Bucking the regional and national trends, school districts in the lower Arkansas Valley appear to have so far escaped the H1N1 or swine flu scare relatively unscathed.
Commodity food distribution will take place Friday, Sept. 5 beginning at 8 a.m. Individuals who meet the eligibility requirements need to bring a picture form of identification to one of six distribution sites throughout the county.
Recipients of the Ray Scholarship are Kelsey Rushton of Holly, Nathaniel Smartt of Lamar, Raul Pineada of Wiley, Jessica Rojas of Granada, with Wendy Shinn Trustee of the Trust, and Don Steerman.