The Benton County Daily Record
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Former Wal-Mart Official Dies
Posted: November 2, 2009 5:27 a.m.Paul R. Carter, who retired from Wal-Mart as chief fi nancial ocer in 2003, died Saturday after a decade-long battle with cancer. He was 69.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Posted: November 2, 2009 5:14 a.m.Marriage licenses issued in Benton County for November 2, 2009.
RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS
Posted: November 2, 2009 5:12 a.m.All reports are from regular food service/food store inspections unless otherwise noted.
Community notes
Posted: November 1, 2009 1:14 a.m.TREC nominations being accepted TREC is the Bentonville Public Schools’ Elementary Gifted and Talented program. Nominations are being accepted for second through fifth grade students. The nomination deadline is Wednesday. Nomination forms may be found on the TREC Web site and submitted via e-mail. The TREC Web site is portal.bentonville.k12. ar.us/TREC/default. aspx. ‘USO Canteen’ planned for Nov. 11 Ambassadors for Christ Academy’s second annual Veterans Day “USO Canteen” will be from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 11.
Kyler’s big day
Posted: November 1, 2009 1:04 a.m.Thursday was a “day of his dreams” for Kyler Kasper. The 2-year-old Pea Ridge toddler was diagnosed at birth with a rare blood disease called Diamond Blackfan anemia, which requires frequent blood transfusions.
Life Way volleyball finishes in semis
Posted: November 1, 2009 12:59 a.m.The Life Way Christian School volleyball team finished its season in the semifinals of the first Arkansas Association of Christian School Volleyball Tournament last week.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Posted: November 1, 2009 12:53 a.m.Ladies Day Out On Nov. 17, the group will visit the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale. Members will lunch at The Crumpet Tea Room and Restaurant inside the Interiors Galleria.
NASA awards grant to JBU team
Posted: November 1, 2009 12:50 a.m.The National Space Grant Foundation recently awarded a team of John Brown University students $5,000 to be used in preparation for NASA’s first Lunabotics Mining Competition, to be held at the Kennedy Space Center in May 2010.