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A USDA food distribution for Randolph County is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 29, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. or until food supplies are depleted. The distribution will take place at the Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, located at 17723 Hwy 90 West in Ravenden Springs, AR, and at the Pocahontas Community Center located at 205 Geneva Street in Pocahontas, AR. This will be a Drive-Thru Distribution. Participants may choose one location to pick up their food.

Jason Kelley, age 38, of Walnut Ridge; possession of schedule VI LT 4oz Chanci Montgomery, age 31, of Little Rock; hold for court Melissa Page, age 27, of Arkansas; hold for court William White, age 39, of Corning; warrant- FTA Balik Balik, age 26, of Pocahontas; warrant of arrest, driving while license cancelled, suspended or revoked Chloe Arnold, age 19, of Pocahontas; obstructing governmental operations (M), criminal trespassing. Jonathon Beasley, age 27, of Pocahontas; aggravated assault on a family or household member (F) Paul Hettis, age 57, of Pocahontas; no charge data Michael Morse, age 27, of Maynard; warrant Blaze Mullins, age 22, of Ravenden; ACT 570 Brandi Mullins, age 34, of Pocahontas; warrant Duane Pinkston, age 58, of Pocahontas; contempt- class C (M) Gunner Brooks, age 19, of Manila; warrant MaKynzie Haley, age 20, of Pocahontas; violation of No. Contact order, contributing to delinquency of a minor (M) Lonnie Nipps, age 48, of Pocahontas; breaking or entering (F), theft of property (F), warrant Joseph Weisenbach, age 57, of Pocahontas; fleeing on foot with serious physical injury (F), possession of a controlled substance sch I, II, possession of meth para Angela Nichols, age 46, of Pocahontas; warrant Antwon Norman, age 41, of Little Rock, no charge data Khaliq Slater, age 26, of Benton; no charge data Robert Dobyns, age 63, of Ravenden Springs; terroristic threatening in the first degree class D (F)

Time has flown by for me since my last Welcome Center update. Over this past month, I have been out and about working at mobile Welcome Centers, from the AAA Great Vacations Travel Expo in Columbus, Ohio, to the Arkansas State Fair in Little Rock, to right here in Corning during the Harvest Festival. November is Native American Heritage Month, and there are several ways to celebrate in The Natural State. The Museum of Native American History in Bentonville has one of the most extensive collections of Native American artifacts, with over 10,000 pieces spanning 14,000 years. Plum Bayou Mounds Archaeological State Park in Scott preserves an 18-mound complex built by the Plum Bayou Culture along what was once the Arkansas River. Over in the Upper Delta, Hampson Archaeological Museum State Park in Wilson displays the artifacts that were recovered from the site of a 15-acre Mississippian Period American Indian village that existed in the vicinity. Parkin Archaeological State Park in Parkin preserves and documents another Mississippian Period village. This village is believed by many archaeologists to be the village of Casqui, documented by Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. In recent years, several Spanish artifacts have been recovered from the site, such as a glass bead and a bell. The Mississippian Culture was known for its practice of making pottery with the effigies of human heads. No one is quite sure what or who this pottery represents, though it is thought that they are a form of death masks. Their specific use is unknown, but what can be said for certain is that they have only been found among the people who lived along the Mississippi River.