By EILEEN FELDMAN
Leader executive editor
Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer and is also the traditional day to remember one’s dearly departed by visiting family burial grounds and military cemeteries.
Military cemeteries will be having observances including Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery on Maryland Ave. in North Little Rock which will have a Memorial Day observance beginning at 11 a.m.
Air Force MSgt. David Farrier, who is helping to organize the event, said Gov. Mike Beebe is expected to attend and will speak.
He said Gen. Rowayne Schatz, Little Rock Air Force Base commander, and Sen. Mark Pryor are also expected to attend. The Patriot Guard will be on hand and an Air Force detail will be there in full dress blues.
Jacksonville’s city offices will be closed on Monday in observance of Memorial Day. Monday’s garbage, yard waste and recycling routes will be collected on Tuesday, and Tuesday’s routes will run on Wednesday.
The schedule for the remainder of the week remains the same. Landfill day for bulk items is Friday, May 30.
Sherwood city offices will be closed Monday. Trash routes for Monday will be picked up on Tuesday along with Tuesday’s routes.
Cabot’s municipal offices will be closed on Monday, but the city’s trash pickup schedule will remain the same for Monday’s pickups.
In Ward, all city offices will be closed but trash pickup routes will remain the same.
In Austin, city offices are closed and trash routes will be one day behind.
Lonoke city offices will be closed on Memorial Day. Trash routes will run as usual on Tuesday and Thursday.
Lonoke County offices and the courthouse will also be closed.
Searcy’s municipal offices will be closed on Monday.
Trash pickup for Monday will be on Tuesday and Tuesday’s pickup will be Wednesday. Recycling pickup for Monday will be picked up on Tuesday along with Tuesday’s regular recycling route.
Beebe’s municipal offices will be closed on Monday. Trash routes will remain the same for businesses but are one day behind for residential pickups according to a Waste Management spokesman.
Lower White River Museum State Park will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday in observance of Memorial Day. The park is located at 2009 Main St. in Des Arc. For more information, call 870-256-3711.
Pat O’ Brien, circuit-county clerk and voter registrar, said his office at 401 W. Markham in Little Rock, along with other Pulaski County offices, will be closed on Monday.
