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Christmas in the Park (See p. 10)
Volume 118 Number 45 - USPS 225-680
Community Events Calendar
Prairie County, Arkansas
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Christmas in the Park held at Hazen Gazebo
Wednesday December 21 Friendship Luncheon DeValls Bluff Methodist Church 11:30am- 2:00pm Hazen School District Closed For Christmas Holidays Wednesday December 20-26 Prairie County Courthouse Offices Closed for Christmas Holidays Thursday December 21 Commodities Distribution Hazen First United Methodist Church 10:30am- 12:30pm GFWC Meeting 6:00pm- 7:00pm Miurry’s Restaurant Hazen December 21 First Day of Winter Monday December 25 Christmas Day Happy Holidays The Herald Office will be closed on Tuesday after Christmas, and the paper will be distributed on Wednesday, December 27 Thursday December 28-30 Hazen Senior Boys play in the Maumelle Charter Invitational tourment TBA Community events brought to you by Hazen Chamber of Commerce and the
Please call F&M Bank (255-3042) or The Grand Prairie Herald (255-4538) to list events.
Santa Claus has come to town: Santa and his Gingerbread Man helper visited the Hazen City Park on Saturday, December 16th, to find out what all the children want for Christmas. The Hazen Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event during Christmas time each year, and the Hazen High School Student Council puts luminaries around the park to give it a festive glow. The HHS Senior Band provided entertainment, the Methodist Church served hot cocoa and cookies, and marshmallows were provided for attendees to toast.
DVB City Council passes resolution to match f u n d s f o r U S D A g r a n t t o p u r c h a s e p o l i c e car by Lisa Mills The DeValls Bluff City Council read and approved a resolution to accept a USDA grant to purchase a new police car. The resolution also appropriates $8,000 to match the required 25% of the grant. The grant has been applied for and can take 3 to 4 years for USDA approval. Council members met December 12 for their regular monthly meeting. In attendance were Mayor Kenny Anderson, Treasurer/Recorder Shante Matthews and council members Alice Metcalf, Bill Arnold, Richard Henry, Marie Flanagan, Wanda Atkins and Raymond Watson. The meeting was called to order then led in prayer. Minutes from November meeting were read and approved. November bills were approved. Assistant Fire Chief Anthony Ingle gave the Fire Department report in the absence of Chief Doyne Martin who is recovering from a stroke. There were 9 First Responder calls, 1 Public Assist, 2 meetings and 2 classes. The 20 new radios should be arriving next week. He also reported that 15 pairs of gloves and 11 sets of turnouts (uniforms) would need to be purchased by the end of 2018. Estimated cost from David's Fire in Cabot is $15,452. Police Chief Charles Atkins reported that in November there was 1 Felony Warrant served for failure to register as a sex offender. 11 Misdemeanor warrants were served and 5 Subpoenas were served. Incidents and citations
Council members and their spouses enjoy a Christmas meal after the regular meeting. included 3 domestic abuse, 1 suicide attempt, 5 disturbance calls, 2 incidents, 1 theft of property, 4 humane society trips, 1 motor assist, 1 DWI, 1 attempted break-in, 1 stalking, 1 disorderly conduct, 1 harassing communication, 2 vehicle accidents, 2 assaults, 2 batteries, 1 obstruction by force, 1 fictious tags, 1 failure to register, 1 driving left of center, 9 sp10 unsafe driving, 1 suspended/revolked drivers license, 6 no liability insurance and 1 careless/prohibited driving. Chief Atkins also reported the department is working hard on the drug problem in the city. One way they are doing this is by working with the Justice Network to help addicts with Rehab. He asked that anyone in the area wanting help for themselves or someone else contact the department or any of these facilities directly: Recovery
Center of AR @ 501-3724611, Division of Behavior Services @ 501686-9164 or Decision Point @ 479-464-1060. Police Officer Kareem
Watson provided a department report for the past year. 107 warrants served, 51 subpoenas served, 4 cyber bullying, 15 assaults, 9 batteries, 4
domestic abuse, 17 possession of controlled substance/drug paraphernalia, 10 theft of property, 57 violation of a city ordinance, 4 obstruction with force, 16 criminal mischief, 7 terroristic threatening, 13 disorderly conduct, 4 stalking, 3 welfare concerns, 3 prowler, 46 disturbance/incident, 37 city calls, 3 shoplifting, 4 drinking in public, 5 fleeing, 8 motorist assists, 9 harassing communication, 2 sexual assaults and 10 no contact orders. Mayor Anderson thanked both officers for their hard work and dedication and the great job they are doing to protect the citizens. Chief Atkins, in turn, thanked the mayor, council, volunteers and citizens for their help. Mayor Anderson announced that some citizens are working to get a Christmas parade put together for sometime this week.
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