PHOTO: Janet Wood (center) is congratulated by teachers and staff at the Mountain Home Kindergarten as they recently celebrated her birthday and retirement.
Teacher, coach, principal and athletic director, Janet Wood wore each of those hats during her 40 years in the Mountain Home Public School District.
After a total of 42 years in education, the past four spent as principal at Mountain Home Kindergarten, Wood says the time is right for her to step away from education to spend time traveling with her husband, Lou, and enjoying the grand kids.
Wood grew up in Melbourne, winning Class B and overall state basketball titles in 1973, played four years of college basketball at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, and earned a Master’s degree in physical education in 1979.
Two area school districts will hold a total of four graduation ceremonies Saturday.
The Cotter School District will hold its graduation ceremony for its senior class at 7 p.m. at the gymnasium.
Fourty-four Cotter seniors are expected to walk at graduation, with Anna Haynes serving as the class valedictorian and Carlie Williams serving as the salutatorian.
The Ozark Mountain School District will hold three graduation ceremonies Saturday, one each for the Bruno-Pyatt, St. Joe and Western Grove high schools. All three graduations will be held at Pioneer Pavilion at North Arkansas College in Harrison.
Bruno-Pyatt’s 10 seniors will graduate at noon at Northark. Dominic Giles is the valedictorian and Shaylen Ricketts is the salutatorian.
Twin Lakes Community Foundation, an affiliate of Arkansas Community Foundation, recently announced $26,200 in Giving Tree Grants had been awarded to nonprofits in Marion, Fulton, Izard and Baxter counties. These grant awards were presented on April 23 at Big Creek Golf and Country Club in Mountain Home.
“Since 2003, our Giving Tree has awarded more than $300,000 in grants to a large variety of nonprofit organizations across the Twin Lakes area,” says Kimberly Jones, the executive director of the Twin Lakes Community Foundation.
Heather Larkin, president and CEO of the Community Foundation, says that the Giving Tree program helps Arkansans support a variety of needs in their hometowns.
The Gassville City Council will move through a fairly light agenda during its regular March session Tuesday evening at 6.
The council will consider requests for banking proposals and a banner placement with the Cotter School District. The council will also consider park items.
The meeting will be held at the Gassville Community Center on South School Street.
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