March 12, 2008
10:25 AM

The city council met last night. We had a short but a good meeting. The council heard a report from Dr. McGuire about the project for Jessie Wynne Park. They hope to bid the project in early April with construction during June and July. The city council approved a $10,000.00 donation to the park to be used with the grant funds we will receive. I am excited about the improvements planned for the park.

Mrs. Burt gave the council a report about the Veterans Cemetery planned for Cross County. The cemetery will be 80 acres and is to be located in the northeast part of the county. The committee has done a lot of good work for the benefit of Cross County. They think that construction can begin later this year or early next year. The cemetery will have four full time employees to maintain the cemetery. The total investment will be between 5 and 7 million dollars that will be owned by the state, but paid for by the federal government.

Governor Bebee is in Wynne today. He appeared on Yawn Patrol following me this morning. He then made a speech at Wynne High School. Later he plans to visit the ABC school and tour the new golf course at VCSP. He will conclude his visit with a speech to the Rotary Club. I visited a few minutes with him at the radio station and then attended his speech at WHS. I was impressed with the behavior of the WHS students as they listened to his speech. I will make it a point to express to Carl and Darrell my observations about the students.

The street department is working again on the bridge. They hope to pour some concrete today and complete the job over the next few days.

A decision has been made on the improvements on Killough. We will increase the size of the street by six feet on the east side of the street. We will continue to have open ditches. I would like to have removed the ditches and used curbs and underground piping for the water, but the funds were not enough to make those improvements. We will have a much improved street with the planned improvements. I am looking forward to the completion of this project.