It was 1960, the dawn of the New Frontier, and Calvin R. Ledbetter Jr. had the right stuff.
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Story and Video By Caroline M. Tyler
Her picture still hangs on the wall, her soft eyes and unending smile shining over the pages of the family Bible below. Just past the Psalms and the 1921 baby grand is a four-level stereo tuned to classical music station KLRE. But if Mary Matthews were still alive, says her sister Minnie Carson, that radio would broadcast the news. Matthews read two newspapers daily before losing her vision in the late 1980s, but thanks to KUAR, her blindness couldn’t take her love of news.
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Thanks to computers donated by the UALR School of Mass Communication, the Oak Forest United Methodist Church in the University District is offering free English as a Second Language (ESL) and computer classes to community members.
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UALR has received another $10,000 gift from the Chamberlin Family Foundation, bringing to $40,000 the amount the conservation-minded family has donated towards the restoration of Coleman Creek.
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Lewis May, president of May Construction Co. and a stalwart supporter of UALR’s construction management program, was installed last week as the new chair of the University’s Foundation Fund Board.
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A full 53 percent of faculty and staff participated in UALR’s 2008 Campus Campaign – a new record of giving that exceeded this year’s goal.
Trojan Athletics is offering half-price tickets for all members of the UALR campus community – a giant “thank you” for reaching the 2008 Campus Campaign goal.
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UALR’s Campus Campaign exceeded its 2008 goal of 50 percent participation with three weeks to go in the year, campaign Chair Cindy Milazzo has announced. To celebrate, the Trojan Athletic team is offering employees half-price basketball tickets for the Jan. 17 game against Middle Tennessee State.
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There is a new reason for faculty and staff to contribute to UALR’s 2008 Campus Campaign.
Howard and Keri Walker planned for their firstborn to arrive on schedule in July. When Owen Lee Walker arrived on May 19, everyone scrambled. Three weeks later, a healthy Owen came home.