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Community Events Calendar Wednesday July 4 Independence Day Most County and State Offices are closed Monday July 9 Hazen Chapter # 5 OES Meeting BancorpSouth 6:15pm Tuesday July 10 Quorum Court Meeting Annex Building Des Arc 6:00pm

Lights installed on walking path...

The street lamps along the T. A. Cowan walkway that goes through the center of Hazen have been installed. The path runs from Highway 63 on the east to Highway 249 on the west. The lights were part of a grant applied for and received by the city.

Copeland chosen to Arkansas Business’ top 40 under 40

Thursday July 12 De Valls Bluff City Council Meeting 6:00pm City Hall Hazen Lodge Meeting 7:30pm Lodge Hall

Scott Copeland Scott Copeland has been chosen as one of Arkansas Business’ “Top 40 under 40” business people for 2018. Copeland is a 1998 graduate of Hazen High School.

For the past 13 years, after a short detour in corporate work, community banking has drawn Scott Copeland’s career

Tuesday July 17 Master Gardeners Meeting 6:00pm-7:00pm BancorpSouth Wednesday July 18 Friendship Luncheon DeValls Bluff Methodist Church 11:30am-2:00pm Thursday July 19 Hazen City Council Meeting 6:00pm-7:00pm City Hall Monday July 23 Hazen School Board Meeting 6:0pm-7:00pm High School Library Community events brought to you by Hazen Chamber of Commerce and the

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The Hazen native graduated in 2002 from Arkansas State University at Jonesboro with a bachelor’s degree in corporate finance.

After college, Copeland joined Alltel Corp. in Little Rock, where he worked in corporate accounting.

In 2005, Copeland relocated to North Arkansas and joined Integrity First Bank as the Lakeview branch manager.

A year later he moved to Mountain Home to work as a consumer/commercial lender through 2012, first as an assistant then as vice president.

In 2012, Copeland also graduated from Barret Graduate School of Banking at Christian Brothers University in Memphis and joined Bank of the Ozarks for a brief stint.

He returned to Integrity First Bank in mid-2014 as executive vice presi-

dent and in March 2018 was promoted to community bank president for the $484 million lender’s Mountain Home market.

On the civic front Copeland is finance chair for the Food Bank of North Central Arkansas and sits on the boards of Twin Lakes Community Foundation, Twin Lakes Future Fund and the Peitz Cancer Support House of Baxter Regional Medical Center.

Alyssa Dohm receives SAU scholarship

Hazen school board makes changes in staff, buys new elementary intercom The Hazen School Board accepted the resignation of three staff members and the approved the hiring of five new staff members at their regular monthly meeting held on Monday, June 25 in the high school library.

Present at the meeting were Board Members David Strohl, Davy Williams, Vicki Skarda, Richie Ingle, Freddie Rogers, and Sandra Penn; Superintendent Bill Crowder; and Elementary Principal Tiffany Glover.

The board accepted the resignations of elementary teacher Kristina Turner, high school Family and Consumer Science (FACS) teacher Jordan Finn, and high school paraprofessional Phyllis Mitchell. Then the board then approved the superintendent’s recommendations to hire Colleen Burrus as high school agriculture teacher and Jon Alexander as assistant football coach and 6-8th grade science teacher.

Katie Martin was hired as a K-12 Special Education/Self-Contained elementary classroom teacher and Katelyn Noah was hired to be a paraprofessional in the K12 Special Education/SelfContained classroom.

Joyce Ingle Kee was hired as a driver for a bus route.

Tammie Lee, elementary science teacher, and

Karen Tipton, elementary social studies teacher, in were re-assigned to the high school where they will teach science and FACS respectively.

After discussing the problems that the elementary school has been having with its intercom system, the board voted to purchase a new intercom system from Blue Sky Technologies, LLC in the amount of $22,324.00.

A new VOIP (Voice Over Internet) phone system will also be purchased from Blue Sky Technologies, LLC for $14,635.00.

The superintendent also recommended that the board approve the district audit report and pay the Arkansas School Board Association $27,183.33 for property insurance renewal and $5,388.00 for vehicle insurance renewal. Both were approved.

The district will purchase science textbooks for the high school from Educators Book Depository for $20,713.65, the HMH Journeys Literacy Program for $21,388.50 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for grades 1-4, and Istation Math and Istation Reading resources for $7,200 for additional resources for state testing to be used for Grades K-2. The board also approved the recommendation to submit the state required Wellness

Program for the 20182019 year.

The board also voted to to transfer $161,225.49 from the operating fund to the building fund.

Doing this before July 1st allows the district to postpone dedicating the money to a specific project.

The board also agreed to purchase a Bad Boy Zero Turn mower for $6,274.00.

The new mower will replace the older one that has ceased to function.

Superintendent William Crowder began his super-

intendent’s report by congratulating Luke Van Houten on being chosen to play in the Arkansas All Star Football game.

He also told the board that some FCCLA members will soon be travelling to Atlanta for the national Star Events competition.

Principal Tiffany Glover reported that the teachers are currently working on their summer professional development.

The meeting adjourned at 6:25 with no further business to discuss.

Alyssa Dohm MAGNOLIA, AR -Alyssa Dohm of Des Arc has been selected to receive the Blue and Gold Scholarship from Southern Arkansas University to begin in the 2018-2019 academic year.

This scholarship has a four-year value of $26,400 and includes $3,300 per semester.

Dohm is the daughter of Angela Dohm and is a 2018 Des Arc High School honor graduate.

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Front row, (l to r) The girls were seated, Kathy Clayton Hughes, Tollville, Elizabeth Carpenter, Paula Drotar Coburn, Des Arc, Linda Hinton Black, Pine Bluff, Dorris Cunningham Williams, Benton, Sue Rhodes Pierce, Vicksburg, MS, Carolyn Haygood Beam, Hazen, Malessie Kee Bixler, Pine Bluff, Leslie Hickey Black, Little Rock, and Sherry Hula McGarr, Nashville, TN. The guys are phillip Johnston, Clinton, Rudy Chlapecka, Slovak, George Kerr, Hot Springs, Danny Black, Little Rock, Curtis Martin, Hazen, Jim Foot Little Rock, Morris Doyne Mitchell, Little Rock, Eddie Beam, Hazen, Buster Guthrie, Little Rock, Gayle Holmes, Sherwood, Buddy Hall, Little Rock, and Bruce Proctor, Kerr Rd. Lonoke.

HHS Class of 1968 holds 50 year reunion

By Carolyn and Eddie Beam It is often said, “And a good time was had by all”, and that could have been said by those who attended the fiftieth-year reunion of the Class of 1968 of Hazen High School. They met at Murry’s Restaurant in Hazen and enjoyed the food and the fellowship, as stated by Eddie Beam of Hazen.

Buddy Hall, class president, presided and kept

things going. Buster Guthrie gave the invocation before the dutch treat dinner.

“Gayle Holmes did a superb job with all the plans and got 22 of the members there,” according to Buddy. Gayle used some of his “super-sized” photos of the yearbook pages as room decorations. He had heard from nearly all the class members, one or two he could not find an address for.

The tables were covered

with white tablecloths with purple streamers and a purple and white centerpiece.

Nine members are deceased and the group observed a moment of silence in memory of them.

Those deceased are Limon Clayton, Gary Cook, Bobby Ellis, Larry Hambrick, Mirleen Minton, Donna Gail Perry, William “Butch Tarter, Dennis Van Houten, and Larry Walker.

DeValls Bluff “Class of 55” meets for 63rd reunion

By Alta Oliver The “Class of 55” met June 22, 2018, 5:30 p.m., at Murry’s Restaurant, near Hazen.

This was our 63rd reunion. We started having class reunions after we had been out of school 20 years in 1975. We have met every five years since then, umntil this year, we met a couple years early. We plan to have a reunion in year 2020, which will be our 65th year. The DeValls Bluff Alumni meets then.

We were a small class of 20, graduating in 1955.

We lost six classmates, Alvin Todd, Jr./ Mary Margaret Auesperg Pich, Mary Alice Floyd McKenzie, Dorothy Mae Casteel Lee Cook, Martha Sontag Todd and Dora

Grace Griffin Redmon.

There were five, 1955 graduates that attended this reunion, Ludene King Treadway, Peggy Dooley Jackson, Shirley Dollar Overturf, Gaylon Eugene Miller and Alta Erwin Oliver.

Other classmates and guest attended were: Bud Overturf, Des Arc, Randall Gayle Luck, Joshua, Texas, Richard amd Marilyn Hardwick, Brinkley, Della Peggy’s daughter, North Little Rock, Bobbie White Hester, Sheridan. Wesley Oliver, Hazen and Meg Miller, Hazen.

It was great getting together, catching up with all that’s went on since we last met.

We appreciate Murry’s preparing a place for us to

meet, serving their great fish and other foods, and just being their usual nice “home town” people. It was a perfect place to meet, convvenient to most of us (except for Randall and Gayle Luck, Joshua, Texas). So glad they were able to make it. Randall and his family moved to Texas when he was in the tenth grade. They have attended other reunions and the Alumni, so he has kept in touch.

We were a wonderfull class, raised and schooled in the 50’s, lived the ideal, small town life. Our parents were known as “The Great Generation,” having lived through the aftermath of World War II and the Great Depression.

Hope to see everyone in 2020.

PC Sheriff’s Report As of Wednesday, June 27, the Prairie County Sheriff's Department currently has 43 individuals in custody on both felony and/or misdemeanor charges at the Prairie County Detention Center, located in Des Arc. Recent additions include -- two female for misde-

meanor, one female on a felony, zero male on felony and two males for misdemeanor -- charges.

Recent arrests include: Jeremy Edge was arrested for trespassing violated protection order; Lacy Taylor was arrested on two failure to appear warrants;

Linda Butcher was picked up on two felony petition revocation; Crystal Baker was arrested on a misdemeanor theft of property charge; and Jamie Powers was arrested on a harassment misdemeanor.

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Class of ‘68 teachers who attended the reunion are (l to r) Danny Shedd, math teacher; Chris Weems, home economics; and Fred Johnson, junior high football coach and P. E.

PC Hope Chest announces days for article drop-o off

By Chris Weems Sadie Foster, president of the Board of the Prairie County Hope Chest aanounces that donations to the Hope Chest be made on the first or third Thursday each month, only. When items are left at other times, people come by and look through the bags or

boxes, and do not put them back in the bags or boxes, and they get scattered all over the yard around the door. Besides getting wet if it rains, they get dirty and mold.

She said, “We appreciate the donations when we can take care of the properly. Due to a lack of persons coming by, we have cut our work times, and

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C o u n t y 4 -H H a t t e n d s 2 0 1 8 4 -H H O -R Rama

Aleigha Smith - 1st place Consumer Economics Prairie County 4-H O-Rama participants Prairie County 4-H members showcased their talents in various compet-

itive activities at the 2018 Delta District 4-H ORama recently held at the

Kinslea Fowler - 4th place Performing Arts Dance

East Arkansas Community College in Forrest City. The theme for this year’s 4-H District O-Rama was “Go Wild with 4-H” and the event was open to both junior (9-13 year old) and senior (14-19 year old) 4-H members from 25 counties in the Delta District of Arkansas, who previously qualified through county level competition.

4-H members from across the district competed in various speaking and skill events. Individual results from Prairie County 4-H youth are as follows: Junior Division Rylan Wyatt - Bicycle – 2nd Place Kinslea Fowler Performing Arts Dance –

4th Place Karly Kinard - Health – 4th Place Senior Division Aleigha Smith – Consumer Economics – 1st Place Angela Hoover – Performing Arts Vocal – 5th Place Both senior members qualified to compete in their respective categories at the Arkansas 4-H ORama at the University of Arkansas Campus in Fayetteville on July 2427.

The awards assembly was held after lunch where first-place winners were awarded trophies for their accomplishments.

Two Prairie County 4Hers were recognized as District 4-H Record Book winners and were presented with a trophy during the assembly: Karly Kinard and Kinslea Fowler. 4-H record books are similar to a portfolio in that they highlight members’ accomplishments in the areas of 4-H project work, leadership, and community service.

Karly Kinard - 4th place Performing Arts Dance A special thank you to the volunteers, parents, and supporters who assisted in preparing the youth for this year’s event! For more information about the 4-H Youth Development Program and how you can get involved, contact the Prairie County Extension Service at 870-998-2614 or email smwilson@uaex.edu. Like us on Facebook: prairiecoarkansas4h or

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The following is a proposed budget for the Des Arc School District No. 5 of Prairie County, Arkansas. The proposed rate of tax will be voted on at a special election to be held on September 11, 2018.

PROPOSED BUDGET OF EXPENDITURES WITH TAX LEVY FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2019 TO AND INCLUDING JUNE 30, 2020 The Board of Directors of Des Arc School District No. 5 of Prairie County, Arkansas, in compliance with the requirements of

All Prairie County and Surrounding Area Voters Welcome On Thursday, July 12th, at 6:00 P.M. Congressional Candidate Chintan Desai will meet and greet voters to hear from us and to explain to us why he is running for Arkansas' 1st Congressional District Representative position.

Drop by and enjoy some snacks and beverages and get acquainted, and if you would like, you can stay and have a dinner prepared by Stan Young and visit further with Chintan. There is no way to lose!

The food will be delicious and the conversation stimulating.

This young man has a very interesting background and he brings a fresh face with new ideas that he is accumulating as he travels the District listening to voters.

He thinks we've been too long without infrastructure funding, and he is eager to hear from 1st District voters of their concerns and hopes for the future. Chintan has also expressed serious concern with the talk of trade wars and what damage that will inflict on our local economy.

Please mark your calendars and meet Chintan Desai on Thursday July 12, 2018.

Paid for by the Chinton Desai for Congress Committee

Amendments No. 40 and No. 74 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas and of Ark. Code Ann. § 6?13?622 has prepared, approved and hereby makes public the proposed budget of expenditures, together with the tax rate, as follows: 1.

Salary Fund Expenditures $2,667,000 2.

Instructional Expense795,000 3.

Maintenance & Operation Expense 696,000 4.

Dedicated Maintenance and Operation Expenditures 0 5.

P u p i l Transportation Expense 267,000 6.

Other Operating Expense383,000 7.

Non?Bonded Debt Payment 14,850 8.

Bonded Debt Payment 360,716 9.

Building Fund Expense5,345,000 To provide for the foregoing proposed budget of expenditures, the Board of Directors proposes a total school tax rate (state and local) of 35.8 mills on the dollar of the assessed value of taxable property located in this School District. The proposed tax includes the uniform rate of tax of 25.0 mills (the "Statewide Uniform Rate") to be collected on all taxable property in the State and remitted to the State Treasurer pursuant to Amendment No. 74 to the Arkansas Constitution to be used solely for maintenance and operation of schools in the State. As provided in Amendment No. 74, the Statewide Uniform Rate replaces a portion of the existing rate of tax levied by this School District and available for maintenance and operation of schools in this District. The total proposed school tax levy of 35.8 mills includes 25.0 mills specifically voted for general maintenance and operation, 5.0 mills voted

for debt service previously voted as a continuing levy pledged for the retirement of existing bonded indebtedness, which bonded indebtedness will be retired from the proceeds of the proposed bonds described below, and 5.8 new debt service mills.

The 5.8 new debt service mills plus the 5.0 existing debt service mills now pledged for the retirement of existing bonded indebtedness, which debt service mills will continue after retirement of the bonds to which now pledged, will be a continuing debt service tax until the retirement of proposed bonds to be issued in the principal amount of $6,285,000, and which will mature over a period of 30 years and will be issued for the purpose of refunding the District’s outstanding bonded indebtedness; making electrical and safety upgrades to Elementary and High School buildings; replacing roof at High School, renovating High School gym; and constructing, refurbishing, remodeling and equipping other school facilities. The surplus revenues produced each year by the debt service millage may be used by the District for other school purposes.

The total proposed school tax levy of 35.8 mills represents a 5.8 mill increase over the current tax rate.

GIVEN this 25th day of June, 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF DES ARC SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 5 OF PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS _/s/ Billy Hinson _________ President of Board _/s/ Johnny Reidhar____________ Secretary of Board

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Mid-D Delta Head Start accepting applications for 2018 school year Mid-Delta Community Services, Inc. is accepting enrollment applications for the 2018-2019 school year. Ages considered for Head Start childre ranges from 3-5 years old.

Children must be at least 3 years old by August 1. Mis-Delta’s Head Start also accepts childrwn with severe disabilities and special needs. The Head Start Program will provide your child with a learning environment and a comprehensive, age appropriate cirriculum that leads

to School Readiness. To add, Med-Delta also provides transporation for each child. Appllications are available at: <id-Delta Community Service, Inc. 610 South Biscoe Street, Helena, AR. 72342. Phone 870338-6406.

ments must be submitted with applications: Birth Certificate Immunization Record Social Security Card Proof Of Income Proof of Insurance P h y s i c a l Examination?Wellness Exam

Applications can also picked up at your local Head Start Centers (located in Phillips, Monroe and Prairie Counties) or downland at www.middeltacommunityservices.o rg. The following docu-

For more information call Cheryl Denson at (870) 338-3444 Ext. 1009 or Deloris Speed or Latsha Doss at (870) 3383444 Visit online at www.middeltacommunityservices.org

Retired Teachers hold meeting

By Chris Weems Donna Morey, Executive Director of Arkansas Retired Teachers Association, was the guest speaker at the regular meeting of Prairie County RTA Tuesday at the Fellowship Methodist Church in DeValls Bluff.

Thelma Gray, president of the local unit, presided with eleven members and one visitor present.

Lunch was provided y the DeValls Bluff group.

Morey talked about State Convention on October 9, 2018, at the

Benton Event Center in Benton. The agenda will include a business session, a report from ATRS, remarks from ARTA representatives, an insurance update, unit and individual awards, scholarship presentations and some guest speakers.

She also talked about new areas which were done to try to make the areas have nearer the same populations. Area VII, this area, si made up of Pulaski, Lonoke, and prairie Counties, and the change will not only

equalize the Areas but will cut down of the amount of travel necessary to attend the smaller meetings.

Helen Holloway, devotional leader, gave an inspitational devotional, according to comments of members.

The president will register for the members for State Convention. The fee is $30.00 if done by September 29. Late registration will add $10.00.

The next meeting will be August 21st, at Des Arc.

Theatres offer $1 flicks this for Summer Movie Express KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 17, 2018 -- Regal, a leading motion picture exhibitor operating one of the largest theatre circuits in the United States, announces the return of its familyfavorite program, the Summer Movie Express.

This kid-friendly film festival is a nonstop adventure, and the perfect getaway for movie lovers.

The Summer Movie Express features $1 family movies on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m., with a portion of proceeds benefitting charity.

“For just $1, moviegoers of all ages are invited to climb aboard the Summer Movie Express for unbeatable entertainment throughout the summer where they can see great movies like Despicable Me 2, Sing, The Secret

Life of Pets and more," said Ken Thewes, Chief Marketing Officer at Regal. “What better way to be entertained and spend quality time with each other than at your local Regal Cinemas.”

Since 1991, Regal has hosted special summertime entertainment for families to enjoy and to foster a love of moviegoing in each new generation. This year’s Summer Movie Express program will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at participating theatres and feature a fantastic lineup of ‘G’ and ‘PG’ movies including, but not limited to: Iron Giant Curious George Despicable Me Ice Age: Collision Course

Storks Mr. Peabody & Sherman Despicable Me 2 How to Train Your Dragon 2 The LEGO Movie Alvin and the Chipmunks Sing The Peanuts Movie The LEGO Ninjago Movie Ferdinand The Secret Life of Pets Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Theatres participating in the summer program are the Regal McCain Mall Stadium 12 & RPX and UA Breckenridge Stadium 12.

For local start dates and other participating theatres, please visit https://www.regmovies.co m/movies/summer-movieexpress.

House farm bill undermines rural America Lyons, Neb. - Today, the House of Representatives voted for a second time on H.R. 2, its draft of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, commonly known as the farm bill.

Representatives voted 213 in favor and 211 against.

The bill failed a previous vote on May 18, 2018, but an unchanged version passed today.

“This bill undercuts rural communities in numerous and serious ways,” stated Anna Johnson, senior policy associate with the Center for Rural Affairs. “By passing this bill, the House of Representatives is demonstrating limited vision and investment in rural communities.”

The draft includes the elimination of the Conservation Stewardship Program, and would cut funds for working lands conservation by nearly $5 billion over 10 years.

“In addition to the troubling cuts to working lands conservation, we are very concerned that this bill would roll back existing payment limits and create new loopholes for very large operations to exploit,” Johnson said.

“Senator Grassley has made clear he plans to bring proposals for payment limitations to the Senate floor – we are very disappointed that the House of Representatives chose to take the opposite approach.”

Members of the Prairie County Democratic Women’s Club visit with District 1 candidate Chintan Desaiduring their meeting.

PC Democratic Women host candidate Chintan Desai

by Harvey Joe Sanner The Prairie County Democratic Women's Club was proud to host Chintan Desai, a candidate for the 1st Congressional District of Arkansas, at their meeting held on June 28, 2108 at the El Amigo Restaurant in Hazen.

Mr. Desai is a very impressive young man of 29 years with an interesting biography. His parents moved to America from India searching for opportunities that they did not expect to find in their native land. They both worked hard to ensure that their son would be able to get a good education and to become a part of the American dream. He has not let them down, he became an educator himself and he has taught at the quite famous KIPP School in Helena, AR. Chintan decided to run

for Congress because he believes that the 30 counties that compose the 1st District can do better. He is well aware of the challenges we face but he feels that the partisan divisions in Washington D.C. is preventing progress at many levels.

He sees infrastructure projects like the Grand Prairie Irrigation Project being stalled; he notices that barge traffic on the White River has ceased due to a lack of channel maintenance; he understands the needs of the educational community; and while traveling the district’s highways, he realizes the un-met needs of our transportation system.

Chintan, plans to visit all 30 counties to learn from the citizens what they think should be done. While in Hazen, he stressed that he was not here to tell his listeners what they needed to

know, but he was more interested in hearing from them about their concerns and what they saw as most important for the future of their communities. He was very engaging and genuine.

Desai plans to meet as many people as possible in the coming weeks. He will return to Prairie County on Thursday, July 12, at 6 P.M. at Murry's Restaurant for a meet and greet reception with refreshments. Everyone one is invited to drop by and get acquainted, and if you choose to, you can make a contribution to his campaign. At this event, you can let him hear from you and hear from him what he thinks might be possible with a new face in Congress.

Attendees can have dinner and fellowship with friends, neighbors and Chintan afterwards. All Prairie County voters are welcome.

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The bill also would eliminate funding for important programs such as the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program, the Value-Added Producer Grant Program, and the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program.

“We urge Congress to reverse these harmful decisions as deliberations on the farm bill move forward,” finished Johnson.

The Senate Agriculture Committee passed their version of the farm bill out of committee on June 13, 2018, which included a mixed bag of positive policy proposals but troubling funding cuts.

The current farm bill expires Sept. 30, 2018.

Letter to the editor RE: Removing Laura Ingalls Wilder's name from ALA award Anyone who has read Mrs. Wilder's books would agree that she has contributed greatly to our understanding of the trials and tribulations faced by the early settlers of this country. From her stories we have experienced travel by covered wagon and living in a log cabin...to teaching in a small schoolhouse in the middle of the winter...to facing the hardships of drought and fire and losing your baby son and then starting a new life in Missouri.

She was always polite and generous in her writings. She often mentioned that Dr. Tan saved her family's life when they all were

sick from the "ague" (now the flu) and that a Native American leader convinced his group not to attack the settlers in their area. She had nothing but good to say about any group. To take her views in the 1930's when her books were written and hold her to today's political correctness is unfortunate. I'm sure she would be embarrassed and upset to know that the American Library Association is taking her name from the Children's Literacy Award.

She never wanted this accolade in the first place back in 1954. And now to dishonor her in this way when she is not here to defend herself is unfair.

She is one of our preeminent women authors and

to dismiss her in this way is doing her an injustice.

Laura was born in 1867.

The different Wilder sites celebrated her 150th birthday last year in 2017. I believe we need to let history be history and let it speak for itself.

"Let the Future learn from the Past"...not "change" the past but learn from it and move on. Laura herself apologized long ago for anything in her books that might have offended anyone. So let's read her books in the context that they were written in and revel in the history of our pioneering history, not try to erase it. Laura deserves better than that.

Marsha Heien Stuttgart

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Extension Homemakers attend 2018 state meeting HOT SPRINGS – “Growing through Communication” was the theme for the 2018 state meeting of the Arkansas Extension Homemakers Council, held June 5-7 at the Hot Springs Convention Center. The Council is a volunteer organization associated with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service that provides its members opportunities for

Extension Homemakers program in Arkansas.

During the opening luncheon, Randy Frazier was the keynote speaker.

Frazier is a nationally recognized motivational speaker and trainer on the topics of Leadership, Communication Skills and dealing with Change.

He presented a funny, inspirational tribute to some of the most resilient, tough-minded and adaptable people on earth – the farmers. Members then

Dora Holloway receiving her certificate

directors for each of the three districts in the state. The luncheon program on Wednesday included the presentation of awards for project books, completed by clubs and county councils, and the presentation of scholarships and other awards.

A talent show was held that evening.

The final session was held the morning of June 7. Charles Graham, a renowned vocalist, was the capnote speaker.

Graham was born and raised in southeast Arkansas, but his ministry in song has taken him all over the United States as well as overseas.

Graham shared his life story and ministry in a way that was lively, fun and heartwarming. He has recorded six gospel albums, including his most recent release, “You Amaze Me.” A memorial service, installation of district directors and drawing for door prizes concluded the session and the meeting.

Those remembered during the memorial service from Prairie County included Paulette McDaniel, Betty Stallings, and Charlotte Wrigley.

Marie Price receiving her AEHC award for 77 years of service

Mitzi Osborne receiving her certificate

Janice Bell receiving her certificate education, leadership development and community service.

Mitzi Osborne, Janice Bell, Dora Holloway, and Marie Price all members of the Prairie County Extension Homemakers Council, were among the more than 400 Extension Homemakers, their guests, vendors and exhibitors and Division personnel who gathered for this year’s event, which showcased the accomplishments of the more than 4,000 members.

The first day of the conference, June 5, was declared “Red T-shirt Day.” All participants wore red to show pride in and support of the

hadthe opportunity to purchase his new book “What I've Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.”

During the luncheon milestone members – 50-, 60- and 70-and-above-year members – were recognized. Milestone members from Prairie County included Marie Price. She was recognized for 77 years of service to AEHC. After lunch, attendees had the opportunity to attend a series of living well, leadership, communication, and creative skills classes. The day's activities concluded with an evening of bingo.

On June 6, the board of directors meeting was held. Among the agenda items was the election of

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Where have all the fathers gone?

by Dr. James L. Snyd der

“For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth” (Proverbs 3:12). .

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Around this time of the year, my thoughts wander back to my father. He’s been gone quite a spell but his memory lingers. I often wonder what he would think of what is happening in our world today if he were to come back.

I grew up with a father who believed in being “the” father. I confess he was not always right all the time, but what he said was law in our house. That is, of course, unless his wife contradicted him. Then it was time for us kids to seek sanctuary outside where we could not hear what was going on.

I cannot help but believe that some of the problems we are having in our society today would not be such a problem if we had fathers.

How many families are there where children grow up not knowing their father?

No wonder they have no respect for authority.

Although my father was not a very well educated person, he knew how to use the Board of Education on the Seat of Learning for all his children. Some of the stuff he did back in “the day,” would bring him some real legal problems today.

For example. My father believed he had the right to

be judge, jury and executioner concerning all things in his children’s life, with no appeal to a higher authority.

In the kitchen hanging next to the door to go outside was a very interesting parenting tool, at least in my father’s eyes. It was a paddle with a religious inscription, “I Need Thee Every Hour.”

The inscription was quite true to the reality of life in our home.

Spanking was a routine exercise in our home. My father had the idea that if you were in trouble in school you were also in trouble at home. He had this fantastic idea that the teacher was right and I was wrong. I guess he knew me and that I could take a little bit of truth and spin it into a lie. I wonder who I learned that from?

Several times I got in trouble at school, which involved a spanking down at the principal’s office. The first time this happened I well remember walking into the kitchen and saw my father standing there holding in his hand that infamous paddle. Within a few moments, the paddle was doing its duty and I was doing the “paddle dance.”

After the paddling, my

father sat down with me and said, “Okay, what trouble did you get into at school requiring the principal to paddle you?”

I wished he had asked me before the paddling, because now I had no incentive whatsoever to lie. Looking back, maybe that was the whole purpose of the paddling.

I well remember one time out in the backyard, I did something requiring parental action. My father looked at me and said, “Go get me a switch. You need to be taught a lesson.”

At the time, I thought it was funny, however, after the fact I could see no humor whatsoever in it. I went to get the “switch” according to my father’s instructions and came back with a twig. I thought it was funny, but my father had no sense of humor about this.

In a few moments, my sense of humor evaporated because my father went and got a switch, which is a whole lot different from a twig, just ask my backside.

Ruminating over these things, I tried to calculate how many spankings I actually got during my lifetime.

Let me just say, it was significant. More than that. It

taught me respect for authority.

I wonder if some of these young people getting into trouble today ever had a spanking? Of course, today that is completely against PC. My father did not believe in PC, but he did believe emphatically in BS (Back Side). I think if parents today would focus more on BS than PC, things might be a lot different.

Today, people think those old-fashioned spankings represent cruel and unusual punishment. However, if you look at this generation that has not had an old-fashioned spanking; I think the evidence speaks for itself.

To spank or not to spank, that is the dilemma today.

Most gravitate towards the “not to spank” aspect unaware that they are creating a lot of damage for the next generation.

I must say that my father was not too much interested in what people call “love” today. He was more interested in respecting authority.

In fact, as I think about this, when you are respecting authority you are exhibiting love.

People today do not know how to love because they do not know how to respect

authority.

I think if some of these youngsters could spend a week with my father and his infamous “paddle” they would grow to respect authority. Unfortunately, there is no authority figure in most homes today. Even those homes that have fathers are coerced into believing the father has no real significance in the family.

All I can do is to quote a famous psychologist, “How’s that working?”

Well, how is that working?

The wisest man in the world, Solomon, said, “For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth” (Proverbs 3:12).

True love always corrects that which is wrong, especially in the person they love.

The Rev. James L. Snyder is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, 1471 Pine Road, Ocala, FL 34472. He lives with the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, in Silver Springs Shores.

Call him at 352-687-4240 or e-mail jamessnyder2@att.net. The church web site is www.whatafellowship.com.

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