JCHS Marching Band Has Successful Year

The 53 member Junction City High School Dragon Marching Band has had a very successful 2000 marching season thus far. The band has played at all home and away football games, the Ark-La Fest Parade, the J.C. Homecoming Parade and three Marching Countests. They have received eight trophies in the contests - six for Drum Major, Auxiliaries and Percussion, and two for over-all band including the Second Division "Excellent" trophy in Arkansas School and Orchestra Asdsociations Region IV Marching Contest.

Junction City Tops Hampton 31-16
BY WAYNE PUMPHREY 

This Friday's meeting of top ten ranked teams in Junction City will decide who gets a share of the 7AA East Conference title. The Junction City Dragons and Harmony Grove Hornets go into the contest knowing that and a lot more is on the line.

October 26, 2000

Junction City Dragons Play Harmony Grove Here - The Junction City Dragons will play Harmony Grove at home Friday, October 27. Game time is 7:30 PM.   Junction City Junior High To Play Norphlet Here - Junction City Juniors will play Norphlet here Tuesday, October 31. Kickoff is 7:00 PM.   Cabins Available For Rent On Lake Claiborne January 3 - Ten new vacation cabins will be available for overnight guests at Lake Claiborne State Park beginning Wednesday, January 3. The Office of State Parks will begin taking reservations for the cabins Monday, Oct. 9 at 1-877-CAMP-N-LA central reservation line (or 1-877-226-7652).   Cooper Standard Bench Press 2000, November 4th - The YWCA of El Dorado and Cooper Standard Automotive present the Cooper Standard Bench Press 2000 Competition to be held in the YWCA Fitness Center. Weigh-In 11:30 am - 1:30 pm, competition begins at 2 pm. Trophies will be awarded for 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place. The competition is broken into several Weight Classes for both Men & Women. Entry fee is $10.00 per participant. For more information contact Judy Couch at the YWCA, YWCA@m-p-f.com, 870-862-5442.				R.I.P Haunted Hayride, October 27-31 - The Junction City Fire Department is sponsoring the R.I.P Haunted Hayride, Friday and Saturday 7 pm-12 pm and Sunday, Monday & Tuesday 7 pm - 10 pm. Admission is just $3 with proceeds going to purchase "Christmas Toys For Kids".   4th Annual Athens Country Festival Set For November 4 - Athens will host their 4th Annual Country Festival on Saturday, November 4, with lots of arts, crafts, and collectibles--old and new. Food booths will be selling hamburgers, hot dogs, snow cones, bar-b-que, cotton candy, etc. A $10 entry fee will enter you in the domino tournament. Plenty of fun for the whole family. For more information, call (318) 258-3123 during the day or (318) 258-3092 at night.   Annual Christmas Festival In Homer Set For Saturday, December 9 - Chairman Buddy Pixley met August 23 with the several interested persons to begin making plans for this year's Christmas Festival planned for Saturday, December 9. The Committee discussed plans for the parade, entertainment, food booths, and possibly a Christmas Decoration contest. As done in the past, members discussed allowing various groups--marching bands, cheerleaders, dance lines, twirling groups, etc--to compete for trophies prior to the parade. The Festival will also include all-day entertainment and a variety of food booths.
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