Prairie Grove, AR-2020

Community Happenings People We Know

Young Entrepreneurs Hadleigh Mays and Kinley Ault had an idea, put together a business plan, and saw it through. They raised $160.00 in three weeks by selling homemade dog treats at the Prairie Grove Farmer’s Market. All money was donated to Friends of the Prairie Grove Pound. Photo courtesy of Lynn Kutter, NWADG

Farmington Lights Up Sky at Freedom Fest Farmington skies showcased an aerial display of patriotism as the community celebrated Freedom Fest with a traditional fireworks show on the Fourth of July. Photo courtesy of Lynn Kutter, NWADG

The Price of Progress The old high school gym is rubble after a demolition crew tore down the building. Farmington will replace this building with a new 23,000 sq ft classroom facility. Demolition of the old gym at the former Farmington High School campus, now Farmington Junior High, started on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 and continued throughout the week. The old gym was built in 1945, according to school records. Demolition also included office space and some locker rooms. Photo courtesy of Lynn Kutter, NWADG

Quarantine Time Katie Young, Prairie Grove High School choir teacher, and her son, Michael, 30, enjoy a beautiful sunset from their home in Hogeye while they are on quarantine because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Young, like all other teachers in the state, was teaching her students virtually for the rest of the school semester. Photo courtesy of Joe Young

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