State Grant

State Representative Mary Lou Slinkard, left, presents the check to Mary Kay Kelley.
State Representative Mary Lou Slinkard, left, presents the check to Mary Kay Kelley.

— State Representative Mary Lou Slinkard recently presented a $2,512.57 check to Mary Kay Kelley, director of the Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center in Gravette.

It was the center's equal share of an $50,000 State General Improvement Fund appropriation.

All centers in the state, including those at Gentry, Siloam Springs and Bentonville, received similar checks. The funds are to assist the centers in providing services in their respective areas.

School News, Pages 8 on 11/30/2011