Next time you check out your local Texas Eagle Amtrak train schedule, look for Hope worked in between the Arkadelphia and Texarkana stops.

Have you ever been tempted to grab more than just one newspaper from the rack? ‘There all the papers just sit; why not take more than one?’ seems to be the mindset for many people lately. The problem of taking a  newspaper that is not paid for is an increasing problem lately for the Hope Star and also has been reported with some bigger papers.

The political fallout from the election last week of a Republican to fill the U.S. Senate seat held for a half-century by the late Senator Teddy Kennedy, D-Mass., is a wake-up call to Democrats which U.S. Representative Mike Ross, D-Ar., said he saw coming.

Closing in on the final phase of a project begun four years ago, architects and board members of a local charity medical clinic will meet Monday night to begin shaping a new life for the former Martindale Clinic building.

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Hope Police Officer Daniel Oller was recently honored by the Hope Rotary Club for his work as a corporal in the Hope Police Department. Oller is the canine officer for the police department; is a field training officer and is the handler for Jett, a German Shepherd imported from Czechloslovakia.

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Recently the Hope Kiwanis Club paid tribute to 62-year Kiwanis member George Frazier.
The hour was filled easily as program chair Bob Willis opened the floor for anyone at the meeting to share thoughts and memories about George and Effie Frazier.

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 Kiwanis Club members recently paid tribute to George Frazier for his 62 years of membership in the Kiwanis club.

A noted Arkansas civil rights attorney from Little Rock will keynote of the annual Black Historical Development Society Martin Luther King Jr. celebration.

As AEP/Southwestern Electric Power Co. seeks to balance its power production costs between natural gas-fired and coal-fired baseload generation, the allocation of those costs is becoming a factor as municipal utilities such as Hope Water and Light Corp. consider their own cost structures.

A first court appearance may soon be handled through a video system in Hempstead County allowing judges to make the decisions while an inmate is still behind bars.

Although based on records of arrests and citations issued throughout the holiday period, Hope Police Department and other lawmen were busy, but did not see an increase in traffic related offenses.

The Boy Scouts of America will observe the 100th anniversary of the youth organization this year, and that brought Jim Paulsen, of the Caddo Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, to the Hope Rotary Club recently to explain Scouting.

Medical Park Hospital is the only operating hospital currently owned by Shiloh Health Services. It’s survival is key to the survival of Shiloh, according to MPH CEO Terry Amstutz.

The cold may have fogged memories of hot summer and a cold slice of watermelon, but don’t worry, those days will be back soon. Until then, Hope watermelon lovers can celebrate news about Lloyd Bright who is still making Hope proud with oversized watermelons.

“We made it through!” seemed to be the buzz about the room as outgoing and incoming Hope/Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce board members and officers attended the first coffee of the of 2010.