Miami has come up with an interesting way toincentivize players to force turnovers.

Hurricanes defensive coordinator Manny Diaz introduced a turnover chain to his players on Saturday before the Bethune-Cookman game, according to a report from 247 Sports.

He told us this morning about the turnover chain,linebackerShaquille Quartermansaid after the game. It goes to whoever gets the turnover. You get to rock that huge Miami-style chain it was just another incentive.

The chain apparently made its first appearance in fourth quarter when sophomore corner Malek Young intercepted a pass.

We didnt really need much, Quarterman said. But that was definitely an incentive. Seeing Malek get it was amazing because we all wanted to know who was going to be the first guy to get it. Malek did his thing and he earned it, so congrats to him.

Miami ranked fifth in the ACC in fumbles recovered in 2016 and 13th in interceptions.

Ryan Finesended the game with the chain after recovering a fumble on Bethune-Cookmans last drive, the report stated.

Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports and The Oak Ridger.

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We all fall out of our workout routines on occasion, and getting back on the train is possible, but there are ways to ensure you will be successful.

Kim Insley, KARE 11:03 AM. CDT September 04, 2017

For many, it could be an injury that derails our fitness plan. It could be a vacation that took you out of your routine just long enough to end a habit you were only just beginning.

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn.-- Summer may have started with the best of intentions. Get outside, walk, run or maybe take up a new sport. Our dreams of finally getting into shape start to turn with the autumn leaves.

For many, it could be an injury that derails our fitness plan. It could be a vacation that took you out of your routine just long enough to end a habit you were only just beginning.

Life Time Fitness trainer Lindsay Ogden works with people at all stages of their fitness journey, and she boils it down to the three C's: Coaching, consistency and community.

Good coaching to determine where you are in your fitness journey and how to begin is a key step to creating a plan that's going to work for you.

Consistency speaks for itself. If you get into a schedule of activity, you are more likely to keep doing it.

Community simply means doing activities with people who can support you, and who are also committed to their own fitness journey. You are more likely to stick with your plan if others are expecting you to be there, and who also benefit from your support.

Ogden spoke about how Life Time's TEAM Burn is a program for people of all fitness levels to come together to encourage each other and learn how to meet their fitness goals. The classes incorporate body weight movements and interval-style cardio.

Ogden showed our KARE 11 Sunrise viewers three moves that are modified for beginners or someone who is coming back from a period of inactivity.

Learn more about TEAM Burn at Life Time Fitness.

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A man has admitted carrying out the sexually motivated murder of a teenage college student in Greater Manchester.

Mark Buckley, 51, attacked 18-year-old Ellen Higginbottom before taking her laptop and mobile phone and leaving her for dead near a field close to Orrell water park in Wigan.

Higginbottom was reported missing after failing to return home from Winstanley College in Orrell on 16 June. Her body was found the next day. A postmortem examination confirmed she died from multiple neck wounds.

On Monday, Buckley, from Preston, Lancashire, pleaded guilty to the murder at Manchester crown court.

Mark Hayton QC, defending Buckley, asked the judge, David Stockdale QC, to adjourn the case until next week for sentencing.

Neil Fryman, prosecuting, told the court there was a sexual motivation for the murder and that it was premeditated.

David Steele, 47, of Billinge, appeared alongside Buckley charged with perverting the course of justice and handling stolen goods. He was not asked to enter a plea after an application by his lawyer, Brian McKenna. He will next appear in court on 6 October.

Two other defendants, Dean Speakman and his partner, Vicki Calland, both 30 and from Billinge, each pleaded guilty last month to a single charge of perverting the course of justice and handling stolen goods.

Both admitted they handled the mobile phone, laptop and other property belonging to Higginbottom and that they destroyed the property believing she had been murdered.

Stockdale remanded Buckley for sentencing on 14 September; Speakman and Calland will also be dealt with at this hearing.

After her murder, Higginbottoms family paid tribute to the psychology student, who loved animals and enjoyed cooking.

In a statement released at the time, they said Higginbottom had astonishingly reinvigorated her love of learning over the last few months after some difficult times and recalled her beauty, love and kindness.

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You get up in the morning, and start getting ready for your day. For some, the first order of business is going to the gym, for some its taking an hour of time to themselves, for others its heading straight to work. Regardless we all have motivators that get us up and at it every morning.

What is your reason? Your reason for picking the first thing you do? For deciding whether to go right to work or to hit the snooze button? It could be anything, some deep value you hold to, or as simple as you need to make money to be able to live. No matter your answer, we all have something that gets us going, and when it comes to motivation there are tons of different places we can find it. So today were going to look at a few different types of motivation and how they play a role in our development in life and fitness.

Have you ever gone out with friends and decided when getting ready that you were going to dress up a little? At first you feel a little uneasy, until you get out of the car and one of your friends immediately says how good you look or how much they like your attire. All the sudden you stand up a little taller and walk more confident because someone else affirmed your decision to dress up. Or maybe, in the context of fitness, you have been working really hard on your diet and are seeing the benefits of consistent exercise and clean eating. Youve lost 10-15lbs and people are telling you how great you look or how proud they are of your effort. It is easy to be motivated by these compliments and keep pushing ourselves or getting outside our comfort zones to because people are recognizing your efforts or results.

On the flip side, what if you had made all these changes and no one said anything? All the sudden the motivation waxes and wanes or disappears entirely. This would be an example of an external motivator. External motivators are factors that come from other people that affect how we see ourselves, how we pursue things outside our comfort zone, and how we view our progress. Other examples could include, comparing yourself and your efforts or progress with others, or focusing so much on a specific number goal or value.

Now lets take the same examples and frame them a little differently. Youre going out with a group of friends and you know that you feel your best and most confident in a particular pair of pants or shirt. You show up and no one makes any comment about your attire, and you enjoy your evening without ever second guessing what you decided to wear. Or maybe you havent been feeling your best and decide that adding in some clean eating and exercise will help you to not only feel better but to improve your overall health and longevity (both natural side effects of clean eating and exercise). You begin your new diet and exercise regimen, see all the benefits of some weight lost, gained strength, and improved health; all with no acknowledgement or recognition from others. Now while this may seem a little sad, perspective tells us that the latter is actually a more sustainable motivation.

Internal motivation comes purely from an inner desire to be your best self, intense focus on the process of improvement, and on pride in knowing the effort you gave was your absolute best. Other examples could be focusing on improving a process to reach a goal, knowing that your effort will benefit someone else, or from seeing the end result only as a cherry on top and not the whole dessert.

Ill use another example. Lets say you set a very specific squat goal with a definite deadline on when you need to hit that number. 315 by end of year or bust! With the external motivator being the 315 pound squat by December 31st, you set yourself up for either 100% success or 100% failure. Flip that perspective and say, I want to be as strong as I can be and to get there I am going to control all the variables I can, regardless of the number on the end I focus on the process of being consistent and giving my best effort each and every day. The shift in focus improves the longevity of your process and will make it easy to stay motivated for longer.

Internal motivation comes purely from an inner desire to be your best self, intense focus on the process of improvement, and on pride in knowing the effort you gave was your absolute best.

Now I want to be clear, getting compliments from others or setting goals are not bad things. They are in fact good things, when taken with the right perspective. The trick is seeing those things for what they are, finite elements reliant on external factors that we cannot control. If we can maintain our focus on the internal factors we can control, it makes the long processes more enjoyable, more fulfilling, and more realistic for long term improvements.

So where do you lie? What is your motivation? Be honest with yourself. You may need to take a step back and look big picture to see how your response to certain struggles and aspects of life is affected by external objects. Regardless of where youre at right now, stay focused on the process of being the best version of yourself. Thats all you can ask of yourself anyway.

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Now that Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed an education funding bill that gives the poorest school districts in Illinois more money, its tempting to think our education problems are solved.

After all, life will be a little easier for teachers working in the states most needy districts.

More money will pay for updated books.

More money will give students access to the latest technology.

And more money will ensure that more teachers can work in their areas of expertise.

But one thing that funding cant do is make up for a lack of motivation.

Motivation is what pushes students over the finish line even when they come from the poorest school districts.

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The same is true for adult learners.

Take Candace Walker. The 26-year-old single mom was stuck in a low-wage job in Little Rock, Arkansas, when she applied for the construction-carpentry program at Kennedy-Kings Dawson Technical Institute.

I wanted to learn how to build a house, Walker says. The way things were going for me working a minimum-wage job and not being able to save any money I knew I probably wouldnt be able to buy a house.

The most Ive ever made in my life was about $12 an hour, working in a Verizon Wireless call center.

An inspirational message in church got her to pack up her 5- and 7-year-old children and move to Chicago.

The pastor was preaching that we always say what we want to do and what would be better for us, Walker says. I decided to take a chance on life.

The construction-carpentry program ran 16 weeks. A company contracted to rehab public housing properties in Chicago hired her three days after she finished the course.

A year ago, Walker didnt know how to use a tape measure. Now, shes making $41.63 an hour.

I was the only girl in the class, but everything went really well, she says. It was an amazing experience.

Dawson Technical Institute has offered jobs training since 1968. In the past, it prepared students for careers in the culinary arts and health care. Today, its focus is construction technology careers.

Our students come from all walks of life and from different places, says interim dean Lucretzia Jamison. Our students come highly motivated because they are ready to work and to make money.

The program also covers welding, plumbing, concrete masonry, bricklaying and overhead lineman work. A gas utility workers program is offered in a partnership with Peoples Gas.

We have a pre-apprentice type setup that helps our students to connect with apprenticeships, Jamison says.

An apprenticeship provides on-the-job training. And apprentices are paid while they train to be journeymen. That normally takes a three- to five-year commitment.

What Dawson does is prepare our students to get in the door faster, Jamison says.

The construction-carpentry program changed Walkers life.

I cant explain the amount of joy that I have in my heart, she says. I know a trade. I know how to build. I know how to repair and remodel. They taught us how to read blueprints. And you can pretty much build anything if you can read a blueprint.

Her excitement is likely to be a positive influence on her children.

More than ever, CPS students need to bring the joy of learning into the classroom because they will start school under a microscope.

The bickering over education funding might be over, but people will have their eyes on every dime CPS spends.

Expectations are high.

Still, think CPS newly acquired funding guarantees better things for public school students.

The bulk of that burden is still on parents shoulders.

Unfortunately, many parents living in the poorest school districts cant motivate anyone because they are downtrodden. We expect them to volunteer, coach and be cheerleaders when they can barely get out of bed in the morning.

Walkers story offers some hope.

I had doubts about myself, she says. But the program let me know women can do pretty much anything.

Her achievement shows whether they do or they dont, its on us to push our children and ourselves when it comes to education.

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A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of 18-year-old Ellen Higginbottom, as reported bythe Guardian.

Mark Buckley, 51, attacked Ellen Higginbottom, stabbing her repeatedly in the neck, before taking her laptop and mobile phone and then leaving her for dead near a nature reserve in England.

Prosecutor Neil Fryman spoke to the court after Buckley entered his guilty plea.

There was a sexual motivation for this offense and also it was pre-meditated, he said.

In addition to Buckley, three other people have been charged with crimes related to Higginbottoms murder.Dean Speakman, 30, and his partner Vicki Calland, 30, each pleaded guilty last month to a single charge of perverting the course of justice and handling stolen goods. They handled the 18-year-olds laptop and phone after receiving knowledge that she had been murdered, according to Liverpool Echo.

The third person,David Steele, 47, faces similar charges but will not face a judge until October 6.

As previously reported by CrimeOnline, Higginbottom went missing in June after failing to come home from studying. After a thorough search, which included both law enforcement and members of the small community of Wigan, her body was discovered in a nature reserve. An autopsy later revealed that she died from multiple wounds to the neck. Her family remembers the 18-year-old for her beauty, love and kindness.

Her grieving boyfriend, Ryan Warren, posted a tribute on Facebook, as reported by The Sun.

Ellen, I loved you, we all loved you, sleep well and may we meet again. I am lost for words and lost without you, I miss you so much right now but I am humbled by the fact that I know you will be looking down on us all, he wrote. Thank you for everything nugget, love from your chicken.

Buckley will face sentencing next week, according to his defense attorney.

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Staying MotivatedFirst-year students are usually pretty easy to spot this time of year. Theyre the ones roaming around in packs or looking lost. Given a little time, the freshmen will find their way around campus. But heres a sobering thought: Many of them will never be more academically motivated than they are right now.

Two-thirds of fourth-year students surveyed for the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education saw their motivation stay the same or decline during college. Its a finding that Josipa Roksa, co-author of Academically Adrift, has described as much more disturbing than the small gains in critical thinking detailed in that book. So why does motivation flag? And is there anything professors can do to turn it around?

One culprit is grades or at the least the evaluative grades (think letters or percentages) used in most classes, as discussed in this recent article. Students who get low grades may become less engaged; those who get high grades may focus on keeping them up rather than on learning. One way to boost motivation, then, is to provide descriptive feedback instead.

Theres more to motivating students than how you grade, of course. Students motivation is closely tied to their sense of a courses intrinsic worth, research has found. Thats something professors can cultivate by giving students autonomy, for instance by letting them tailor assignments to their interests. Motivating students isnt just a warm, fuzzy thing to do: Gains in motivation predict retention. And whatever else happens to this years freshmen, colleges definitely want them back as next years sophomores.

How have you helped students forge a deeper connection to your course? Are there strategies youve used to help students maintain or even increase their motivation? Send an example to beckie.supiano@chronicle.com and I may include it in a future Teaching newsletter.

Education and Polarization

Education is often touted as an effective way to counteract our increasingly polarized climate. But it might not always help, according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University who studied the interaction between education, political and religious identity, and attitudes about polarizing issues.

For certain topics, people who had taken more general-education courses and had more-extensive science knowledge held more-polarized attitudes. Specifically, when these highly educated people were asked about stem-cell research, human evolution, and the Big-Bang theory, their religious or political identity came into play, and their views became increasingly polarized. When they were asked about climate change, their political identities were activated, which also increased polarization. In contrast, nanotechnology and genetically modified food didn't trigger the same kinds of polarization.

When it comes to controversial issues, the authors wrote, "the gap between beliefs among political conservatives and liberals widens as education increases."

These findings bring to mind the work of Dan M. Kahan, of Yale, about whom our former colleague Paul Voosen wrote a few years ago. Mr. Kahans theory is that tribal biases, or what he calls "cultural cognition," often govern how we perceive scientific knowledge.

Another Use for the SyllabusA few weeks ago, we asked you to share ways that you use your syllabus as a teaching tool. Catheryn J. Weitman, dean of University College at Texas A&M International University, uses hers to model how students can complete an assignment that she often gives in her organizational-leadership course.

In this assignment, students select and submit a quote that, in some way, relates to each chapter they must read. The assignment allows her to see who understands the reading and helps her start the discussion of each chapter.

In her syllabus, she models how the assignment might be completed, by including quotes that relate to various parts of that document. For example, in the part of the syllabus thats about deadlines, she quotes the writer Douglas Adams: I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make when they fly by.

Beckie and Dan

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FOREST CITY Michaela Clark, 82, has always loved to read.

Sometimes I have three books going at once, said the Forest City resident.

Now she is encouraging others to develop a love of reading.

A few weeks ago she opened a Little Free Library in front of her house at 130 Westgate Drive. She thinks its the first one in Forest City.

A Little Free Library is a wooden box thats filled with books. The box has a door with a window so passers-by can see the titles of the books that are inside before they open it.

People are encouraged to take a book and return it, or keep the book and replace it with another book.

The more than 50,000 Little Free Libraries around the globe are maintained by volunteer stewards like Clark.

Clark said she had heard about Free Little Libraries here and there and mentioned it to her daughter Theresa Giradi, who lives in the Des Moines area.

Theresa told her husband, Tony, and he looked up the directions online on how to build a Little Free Library.

Clark, who had forgotten she had even told her daughter about the Free Little Libraries, was at their house and saw Tony building something.

I asked if it was a birdhouse and he said, No, its for you. Its your library, she said. Hes such a sweetheart.

Theresa painted the library for her mom.

Clarks other daughter and son-in-law, Lorie and Doug Bolinger, who live south of Forest City, installed the Little Free Library box on top of a post on the lawn next to the curb in front of her house.

Clark put some books from her huge collection in the box. She said she checks the library once in a while and can see people have removed books and replaced them.

One day she saw some children open the door to check out what was inside.

They were so cute standing there and going through them all, Clark said.

The youngsters came back and put some childrens books in the Little Free Library. Clark said she appreciates that because there werent many books for kids in the library originally.

Last Wednesday the Little Free Library contained novels by Danielle Steel, Tom Clancy, Herman Wouk and Gillian Flynn, as well as the classic childrens book The Story About Ping and the more contemporary Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

She plans to switch out some of the books in the box with others she owns.

You never know what people like to read, she said.

Clark has plenty of books to choose from.

I have quite a stash downstairs, she said.

Clark said her library, which is registered with the Little Free Library non-profit organization, is in an ideal spot, with lots of single family homes and apartment buildings in the neighborhood.

We have a lot of little kids from across the road, she said.

Its not difficult to start a Little Free Library of your own, she said. All the information is available online at littlefreelibrary.org.

The hardest thing was getting a building permit and all the stuff that goes with it, she said.

Clark hopes her library will encourage others to read, and maybe start Little Free Libraries of their own.

I hope it catches on and someone gets some good out of it, she said.

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The beginning of a new school year always feels like a new chapter, with students from preschool to college starting fresh on a year full of learning and growth. Theyre working toward goals like reading independently, conquering quadratic equations, creating a website or writing a research paper.

Whatever a students level, the public library has resources and tools to help them be successful.

If you have a child who is learning to read independently, and find you dont have enough books at their reading level, the childrens librarian at the public library is ready to offer assistance with the librarys supply of leveled readers for children. For older students who may be looking for their next great read, or who need to choose a good book for a school assignment, Central Rappahannock Regional Librarys Book Match and My Librarian services provide personalized reading recommendations based on the readers interests. Both services can be found under the Explore tab at librarypoint.org; simply fill out the online form and click Submit.

All you need to have full access to the online tutoring via Credo Online Reference database is a CRRL library card. Credos Homework Help offers online tutoring in science, math, social studies, reading and writing for students in grades 3 through 12.

With tutors available Monday through Thursday and on Saturday, Homework Help connects students with trained teachers through a live chat where students can ask questions and show their work on a virtual blackboard. Credo Online Reference database can be accessed on CRRLs website at librarypoint.org and then clicking the Research tab.

For high school, college, grad school and other post-secondary students, CRRLs Testing and Education Reference Center is a goldmine of test prep help with online tutorials, question banks and practice tests for AP, SAT, ASVAB, GED, LSAT and more. Simply have your CRRL library card handy, click on the Research tab at librarypoint.org and select Testing and Education Reference Center to begin studying.

While older students may be accustomed to the routine of starting a new school year and dive into studying, younger children may want some help easing into a new school year. These picture books can help by providing some reassurance and humor about their new school experiences.

Here Comes Teacher Cat by Deborah Underwood. When Ms. Melba has to go to the doctor, Cat needs to fill in as teacher for the kittens. Things dont go quite as planned. Cat is not excited about kittens, especially when it means interrupting nap time. Cat doesnt have a plan for what to do with the kittens all day, so makes due with inspiration from the supply closet. Ms. Melba comes back to find both Cat and the kittens had a day filled with fun and learning (which involved making a bit of a mess).

Tool School by Joan Holub. Five cool tools head to school with their super building skills. They find each of their skills is impressive, but they can only do so much alone and can accomplish much more by working together as a team.

Fall is for School by Robert Neubecker. Sister is excited for fall because that means it is time for school to start, but brother is not excited at all. He wants the running and playing of summer to continue. Sister tells him how fun school is, learning about the planets and the stars, and dinosaurs and mummies, and reading about fascinating people. His sisters enthusiasm finally convinces brother that summer might be a little too boring, and that he really is excited for school to begin.

The Teachers Pet by Anica Mrose Rissi. After the class science project hatches, Mr. Stricter decides to keep one hatchling, Bruno, as a class pet. Little does he know how big and out of hand Bruno will become. Mr. Stricter loves Bruno so much he cant see all the problems the class pet creates, so the students try to show their teacher just how troublesome Bruno is. A farcical story about a science experiment gone wrong.

Darcie Caswell is youth services coordinator at Central Rappahannock Regional Library.

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ARKADELPHIA The Clark County Library has been a fixture in downtown Arkadelphia for more than 100 years. It is showing its age.

The roof leaks in several places, one of the four iconic columns that define the front of the building is in dire need of repair and the windows no longer hold a seal.

The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, recently awarded the Clark County Library a Historic Preservation Restoration Grant of $26,666 for roof, window and column restoration.

The library was one of 31 projects statewide that shared $960,853 in Historic Preservation Restoration Grants, which distribute funds raised through the Real Estate Transfer Tax to rehabilitate buildings listed on the Arkansas or National Register of Historic Places. The Clark County Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on Nov. 5, 1974.

Repairing the roof is the No. 1 priority, said Ashley Graves, library director. We have several leaks in the roof, particularly around where the old fireplaces used to be.

We also want to focus on the front of the building, in particular, on one of the columns that has deteriorated, she said. As I understand it, that column will have to be reconstructed. It is made of multiple pieces of wood around a metal pole. It will have to be made by hand and rebuilt in place.

Graves said a local architectural firm Twin Rivers Architecture has been contacted.

The grant has been approved but the architect has to submit a work plan before the grant money can be released, said Graves, who was hired as the library director in February. The plan has to be approved by the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program and has to maintain the historical integrity of the building.

Graves served nine years as director at the Malvern-Hot Spring County Library prior to coming to Arkadelphia. She holds a bachelors degree in English and history from Henderson State University

and a masters degree in library science from Texas Womans University.

Graves said the front of the library features four wooden columns that are original to the building.

They all need to be restored, but one in particular is in bad shape, she said. We will have to ask for additional funding in the years to come to restore them all.

Graves said the library applied for $40,000 from AHPP, but by the time we pay our matching part of the grant, which is 33 percent, we will receive $26,666 from AHPP.

We will pay our percentage from our regular budget from funds allocated for capital outlay, she said.

Graves said the Clark County Library Board has been brainstorming for some fundraising ideas.

Without additional funding, we cant afford to do much, she said. We have been told [by AHPP] that another grant cycle will probably open up at the end of the year.

With this current grant, we hope to be able to repair the roof and the one column, she said. Then, depending on how far that money goes, we hope to have the entire outside of the library painted.

Graves said the windows in the library need restoration as well.

Due to moisture, they are starting to separate at the bottom, she said. They need to be redone to seal out the moisture.

She said some problems are evident in the back of the building, also; the back of the building is an addition to the original building.

Some of the masonry is beginning to pull away from the building, she said. The windows in the back of the building also need to be replaced in accordance with AHPP guidelines.

That is the least of the problems right now, she said. Structurally, that part of the building is OK right now.

Graves said the Clark County Library is funded by a dedicated millage 1 mill, she said. To date, that is our only source of funding. That 1 mill does not go very far.

This AHPP grant is just getting us over the hump, Graves said. This building is over 100 years old and will always require maintenance. We hope to work with the Department of Arkansas Heritage in helping us develop a long-range plan to maintain this building.

Working with Graves at the Clark County Library are Danella Metcalf, childrens coordinator; Linda Jones, circulation manager; and Tionna Carter and Destanie Nelson, library clerks.

According to information found on the AHHP website, the Clark County Library was built at 609 Caddo St. through the efforts of the Womens Library Association, which was formed in 1897. The building was completed in 1903. Charles L. Thompson designed the library in the Classical architectural style; James Pullan was the builder.

From its 1903 opening until 1939, the library was owned and operated by the Womens Library Association, which continues to meet monthly at the library. In later years, the building and its contents were donated to the city of Arkadelphia. In 1974 the deed was transferred to the Clark County Library Board, which now manages the library and operates under state and county codes and the guidance of policies established by the American Library Association; board members are appointed by the Clark County Quorum Court.

Allison Echols, chairman of the library board, said the AHHP grant is fantastic.

The library needs so much, she said. It is hard to keep it up. Lots and lots of things need attention. The board appreciates all grants and donations. We would love to be able to re-do the whole building to bring it up to par.

Echols said she has been a member of the library board off and on for 20 years or more.

I love the library, she said. I went there as a child and have never quit going.

The Clark County Library is part of the Clark County Library System, which also operates the Cabe Public Library in Gurdon. The Clark County Library System is a department of Clark County.

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