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Arkansas’s first solar energy degree program begins this Spring at UA Hope-Texarkana

Wed, 11/17/2021 - 4:00am

Earlier this year, the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT) received approval from the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees to install a one-megawatt solar array and solar learning lab on the Hope campus to integrate into a new Certificate of Proficiency in Solar Energy Technology. The solar energy student lab is under construction now, and the certificate program begins this spring at the UA Hope campus. There are no other programs like this in Arkansas, and the closest program is in Austin, Texas.

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Mark Epperson

Wed, 11/17/2021 - 4:00am

Mark Epperson Chapter U.S.D. 1812 Registrar Nancy Belford recently received an approved supplemental application on her ancestor Samuel Fant of South Carolina. Many of Fant’s descendants live in Cass County and other parts of Texas. Pictured with Nancy Belford as she explains the lineage is her cousin John Fant, another descendant of Samuel Fant.

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Chapter member Sue Lazara

Wed, 11/17/2021 - 4:00am

Chapter member Sue Lazara presented an interesting, informative PowerPoint on the life of Mark Epperson at our October meeting. Our U.S. Daughters of 1812 chapter is named for Epperson, a War of 1812 Tennessee militiaman who migrated to the Sulphur River by November 1834. There for many years he operated a ferry on the well-traveled Trammell’s Trace. After her program, Sue received the prestigious Spirit of 1812 Award, a certificate and medal presented to someone who has made great contributions to the Society. Pictured below are Texas State President Ella Guaqueta, Sue Lazara, and Mark Epperson Chapter Spirit of 1812 Chairman Tammie Duncan Blackburn.

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School News

Wed, 11/17/2021 - 4:00am

Early this Fall, when the award winning marching show, Vikings, was still coming together, a few members of the Queen City ISD staff were sitting in a meeting together discussing extracurricular activities.

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