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Trinity Lutheran Celebrating 120 Years of Grace Trinity Lutheran Church, located at 1010 Dequeen Street in Mena is celebrating its 120th Anniversary with several special services in the coming year! The first service will be this Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. Ron Bacic, Pastor of First Lutheran Church, Little Rock as the guest speaker. This is a reenactment of the first Lutheran service in Mena! A congregational potluck dinner follows the service! Our 120th Anniversary theme is, “In This Place”, based on II Chronicles 7:1516, “Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name
may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.” Trinity Lutheran Church is known in the community for being the “Oldest Church in Mena Still in Use Today”. Very little has changed to the interior of the sanctuary during the 120 years the congregation has been in Mena! In November 1899, Rev. W. J. Kaiser, who just arrived to serve as Pastor of First Lutheran Church in Little Rock, was encouraged by a former member, Elizabeth Lahr, of his previous congregation, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Huntington, Indiana; to visit her relatives living in the Mena
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Rutledge Names Jewell Polk County Officer of the Year BENTON – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today awarded the Polk County Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award to Chief Deputy Sheriff Randy Jewell with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Rutledge presented the county winners at the annual awards and recognition luncheon during the 2019 Arkansas Law Enforcement Summit at the Benton Event Center. “It’s my honor to recognize our law enforcement officers from around the state for their dedication to protecting Arkansans,” said Attorney General Rutledge. “Every day, these brave men and women leave their families without knowing if they will safely return home. Today’s recipients have gone above and beyond for all of us and we are grateful for their dedication and sacrifice.” In addition to the statewide and regional Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer
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of the Year awards, Rutledge recognized an Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer winner from counties around the State.
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Main Arrested on Drug Charges On Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Polk County Deputies arrested Andrea D. Main, age 30 of Mena, at a residence in Mena. Main was arrested on two outstanding warrants for Delivery of Methamphetamine. These warrants were the result of a narcotic distribution investigation conducted by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the 18th Judicial West Drug Task Force. During the arrest of Main, two small baggies of suspected methamphetamine and various items of drug paraphernalia were found in Main’s possession. Main was transported to the Polk County
Chief Deputy Sheriff Randy Jewell
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Andrea D. Main
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