The New Edinburg Farmers' Market held its Grand Opening in the historic downtown commercial district Saturday, May 21 with nine vendors selling produce, bird houses, cottage food items, refurbished furniture, handmade jewelry and cedar wood work. Beginning Friday, May 27, the market will be open from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. throughout the summer. The market is located at 6350 Highway 8. Interested vendors may contact Linda Boyter at 501-687-3242 for additional information.
The first annual Farm to Market 5K Run/Walk and 1 mile Fun Run was held Saturday prior to the Farmers Market opening. Seventy-one registered runners and walkers participated in the event with approximately 30 bystanders which included workers, family members, Arkansas State Trooper Randy Rawls, Deputy Sheriff Major McClellan, Deputy Sheriff Jimmie Billings plus Pumper 1 of the New Edinburg Volunteer Fire Department driven by volunteer fireman, Chris Thompson. First Place Male Runner was Madison McClellan with a time of 25.12, First Place Female Runner, Melissa Hopson with a time of 25:20, First Place Female Walker, Cheryl Moring with a time of 43.34 and First Place Male Walker, Keith Cheney with a time of 44.25. First Place Male in the one mile was Jake Puterbaugh and First Place Female was Pamela Nichols. A drawing was held for prizes and winners included Melissa Hopson, Cindy Lash, Daniel Bryant, Renea Morgan, Shelby Siqufus and Jack Bryant. FBT Bank & Mortgage and Warren Bank and Trust Company were sponsors of the race event.
Diane Clement, County Extension Agent-Family and Consumer Sciences for Cleveland County provided healthy snack options before and during the race plus distributed nutritional information. Gwen Paul, Administrator/HHI Leader and Sarah Sturgis, Personal Care RN, provided blood pressure checks and passed out information on various health concerns including stroke prevention, nutrition, diabetes, cancer awareness, and other fitness and nutritional guides.
Several area residents held a community wide garage sale throughout the downtown area Saturday morning. All three activities were organized through the efforts of the community wide re-New-ing Edinburg group.
The first annual Farm to Market 5K Run/Walk and 1 mile Fun Run was held Saturday prior to the Farmers Market opening. Seventy-one registered runners and walkers participated in the event with approximately 30 bystanders which included workers, family members, Arkansas State Trooper Randy Rawls, Deputy Sheriff Major McClellan, Deputy Sheriff Jimmie Billings plus Pumper 1 of the New Edinburg Volunteer Fire Department driven by volunteer fireman, Chris Thompson. First Place Male Runner was Madison McClellan with a time of 25.12, First Place Female Runner, Melissa Hopson with a time of 25:20, First Place Female Walker, Cheryl Moring with a time of 43.34 and First Place Male Walker, Keith Cheney with a time of 44.25. First Place Male in the one mile was Jake Puterbaugh and First Place Female was Pamela Nichols. A drawing was held for prizes and winners included Melissa Hopson, Cindy Lash, Daniel Bryant, Renea Morgan, Shelby Siqufus and Jack Bryant. FBT Bank & Mortgage and Warren Bank and Trust Company were sponsors of the race event.
Diane Clement, County Extension Agent-Family and Consumer Sciences for Cleveland County provided healthy snack options before and during the race plus distributed nutritional information. Gwen Paul, Administrator/HHI Leader and Sarah Sturgis, Personal Care RN, provided blood pressure checks and passed out information on various health concerns including stroke prevention, nutrition, diabetes, cancer awareness, and other fitness and nutritional guides.
Several area residents held a community wide garage sale throughout the downtown area Saturday morning. All three activities were organized through the efforts of the community wide re-New-ing Edinburg group.
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