Stories from Friday, May 24, 2013

The Marked Tree Chamber of Commerce and Rotary came together this week to begin discussing a beautification project for the town. "We are making it the 'Clean up the Tree' campaign," said Zach Hatley, president of the rotary club. Hatley added they have been discussing the project for a while and hope to see some major improvements within the town. The clubs' hopes are to have citizens catch on to the beautification process and start making Marked Tree more appealing...

Cedar Park Elementary's third annual Kindergarten stick horse rodeo, held on May 9, has continued to grow each year with 105 students participating this year. The first year of the rodeo, 76 students participated. P.E. Coach Cindy Martin, who runs the rodeo, said she wanted to do something fun to get the kids involved and heard about doing a stick horse rodeo at a workshop she attended in 1995. CPE held its first stick horse rodeo in 2011. "They get really excited about it," Martin said...