Out of over 1,300 nominations, Windthorst High School math teacher J.J. Belcher was selected as the Red River Best Chevy Dealers Teacher of the Year.

Nominations came from students, fellow teachers and administrators. Her nomination included comments such as, “She follows the golden rule and knows how to make math fun with cool problems.”

O. Harold Mainer of Fort Smith, Ark., passed away on Aug. 16, at Heart of Hospice in Fort Smith, a few days shy of his 99th birthday. A coal miner’s son, he was born to the late Clarence and Ruby (Core) Mainer on Aug. 22, 1921, in Paris, Ark. Harold loved his family and his family loved him. He was affectionately known as “Pa” to his grandchildren and great- grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ella (Hickman) Mainer, and the mother of his three children, Sue (Spain) Mainer.