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Rice Festival Saturday (See Special B Section)
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Community Events Calendar Wednesday November 1 White River Irrigation Board of Director’s Meeting 9:00am District Office Hazen Thursday November 2 GFWC Elsie McCain Club Meeting 5:15pm Stuttgart Country Club Hazen Senior Hornets VS Palenstine/Wheatly Senior Night Hornet Field 7:00pm Saturday November 4 Community Men’s Breakfast First United Methodist Church 7:00a.m. Wednesday November 8November 10 PC Retired Teachers Branson Trip
Prairie County, Arkansas
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
G r a d y a s s u m e s c o m m a n d o f N C T A M S LANT By Lori Blann, NCTAMS LANT Public Affairs Capt. Jody Grady, a native of Hazen, Ark., assumed command of Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic (NCTAMS LANT) on October 13, on board Naval Station, Norfolk. Grady relieved Capt. Matthew Lear, who has served as commanding officer since 16 June 2015. Lear’s departing words to NCTAMS LANT were, “It has been an honor to serve with the outstanding men and women at NCTAMS LANT. Together we have solidified NCTAMS LANT’s status as the Navy’s premier communications station. I am confident the command will achieve continued success and set new benchmarks under Captain Grady's leadership.” In his opening remarks, Grady shared, “After two years at CYBERCOM, it's an honor to return to the communicator warriors supporting units afloat and ashore by providing world class communications. I am proud to step into the role as commanding officer and lead the fine men and women of NCTAMS LANT.” Rear Adm. Danelle Barrett, Navy Cyber Security Division Director, Deputy Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer, was the honored guest speaker at the ceremony. Grady graduated from Georgia Tech in 1994 with a BE in Aerospace Engineering where he received his commission
from the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps. He has most recently served as USCYBERCOM Liaison Officer to USPACOM from September 2015 until September 2017. Prior to that he served as the Chief Staff Officer of Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic (NCTAMS LANT) from February 2013 until August 2015. He completed a sea tour as the Combat Systems Officer in USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) from July 2011 until January 2013 where he deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Grady was the Knowledge Manager and Convoy Commander, Combined Support and
Training Command – Afghanistan (CSTCA)Flag Communications Officer, Strike Group ELEVEN, deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, then deployed a second time in support of Seventh Fleet operations Executive Assistant, OPNAV N6 Automated Data Processing Officer and OneNET Planning Officer, US Naval Central Command/Fifth Fleet Information Technology Director, Fleet AntiSubmarine Warfare Training Center Assistant Operations Officer, Destroyer Squadron ONE (CDS 1), deployed in support of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT 99) Combat
Information Center Officer, USS JOHN A MOORE (FFG 19), deployed in support of Counter-Narcotics Operations. Grady holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from Naval Postgraduate School. His personal awards include the Joint Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Meritorious Service Medal (4), Navy Commendation Medal (3), Navy Achievement Medal (3), and the Copernicus Award (2004). NCTAMS LANT operates and defends responsive, resilient, and secure computer and telecommunications systems, providing information superiority for global maritime and joint forces. Not only does the command func-
tion as a major information and processing node, but it also serves as the Regional headquarters for 46 activities and base communications offices located up and down the East Coast as far west as North Dakota, and overseas in Djibouti, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Iceland, Sicily, Spain, Greece, and Africa. One reserve unit also provides support to NCTAMS LANT. The 2,505 military, Department of the Navy civilians, and contractors working within the NCTAMS LANT region directly support over 5,396 shore commands and 106 ships home-ported along the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico and deployed around the world.
Lorince family chosen as Arkansas Century Farmers
Thursday November 9 Hazen Masonic Lodge Meeting 7:30 p.m. Lodge Hall Monday November 13 4-H Achievement Banquet 6:00 p.m. PC Fair Grounds Hazen Chapter #5 OES Meeting 6:15 p.m. Lodge Hall s Community events brought to you by Hazen Chamber of Commerce and the
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STATEWIDE, ARK. – The Lorince Farm family members were honored as an Arkansas Century Farm this past Friday, October 27. The Lorince’s have farmed in Prairie County since 1897. Governor Asa Hutchinson and Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward inducted 40 Arkansas farms into the Arkansas Century Farm Program at the State Capitol. The Arkansas Century Farm Program recognizes Arkansas farms of 10 acres or more owned by the same family for at least a century. The Arkansas Agriculture Department began the Century Farm program in 2012 as a way to highlight the contributions of these families to the agriculture industry well as their overall contributions to our state. Agriculture is Arkansas’s largest industry, contributing more than $20 billion to the state’s economy annually and providing one in
every six jobs in the state. Arkansas consistently ranks in the top 25 nationally in the production of 23 agricultural commodities. “Through obstacles and challenges you have maintained your commitment to your farm and to your family. When families are strong, our communities are strong, and our state is strong” said Governor Hutchinson to the Century Farm Families. Including new inductees, 376 farms are currently recognized as Arkansas Century Farms. The 40 newly inducted Century Farms are located in the following 27 counties: Arkansas, Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Columbia, Craighead, Drew, Faulkner, Franklin, Greene, Independence, Jackson, Jefferson, Little River, Logan, Lonoke, Marion, M o n t g o m e r y , Newton/Searcy, Pope, Prairie, Sebastian, Sharp, Stone, Union, White, and Woodruff. Applications for the
2018 Century Farm Inductees will open in February, 2018. For questions about the Arkansas Century Farm program, contact Mary Elizabeth Lea at maryelizabeth.lea@aad.ar. gov.
The 41st annual Rice Festival was held this past Saturday, October 28th, in the Hazen City Park, East. Look for the special section in this week’s Grand Prairie Herald.
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