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Volume 118 Number 40 - USPS 225-680
Prairie County, Arkansas
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Cow carcasses left in Wattensaw WMA
Community Events Calendar Wednesday November 15 Friendship Luncheon De Valls Bluff Methodist Church 11:30am-2:00pm Thursday November 16 Commidities Distrubtion (Week early because of Thanksgiving) Methodist Church Hazen 10:30am-12:30pm GFWC Elsie McCain Club Meeting 6:00 p.m. Murry’s Restaurant Hazen Hazen City Council Meeting City Hall 6:00pm- 7:00pm Friday November 17 2nd Round of the 6A State Playoffs Hazen Hornets VS Magnet Cove Hornet Field 7:00 pm Monday November 20-24 Hazen School District Closed for Thanksgiving Break Thursday November 23 Thanksgiving Day Tuesday November 28 PC Democratic Women Meeting El Amigo Restaurant 6:00pm Community events brought to you by Hazen Chamber of Commerce and the
Please call F&M Bank, 255-3042 to list events.
Running across AR for vets This is a picture of Dan Ring from Paragould standing in front of our iconic Craig’s Restaurant. Ring ran from Fort Smith to Memphis in honor of veterans this past week. He started his journey October 30 on the Oklahoma-Arkansas line on with the intent to carry the American flag across the state and finally into Tennessee. Here is what he posted on Facebook about his trek: “I plan to run across the state of Arkansas to the Mississippi River, in Memphis, Tennessee. I will carry our Flag, my Flag, your Flag, the Flag
of the United States of America, in honor of every individual who has worn the uniform, of any branch of our military, or any branch of our law enforcement agencies, or any first responder, and has given their life in the line of duty. Know that it will be my high privilege and honor to carry this flag, with a grateful heart for their service and their sacrifice. Asian, Latino, Native American, Black, or White, we all bleed the same. Let’s run this race called ‘LIFE’ together. Let’s stand for one another. If we’re going to fight,
let’s fight for each other. If we’re going to shout, let love be our cry.” Ring also posted this on his Facebook page about Craig’s: “This is Bar-B-Q done right!!! Maybe the best I've ever had!” Ring is raising money for ‘Flags 4 Fallen’ a nonprofit organization that recruits runners all across the country to carry flags in local races in honor of our fallen heroes. If you would like to help support the cause, and make a donation, go to the website: https://www.youcaring.co m/familiesofourfallenheroes-992599
On November 10th at about 7:00 a.m. two cow carcasses was dumped on the side of the roadway in the Wattensaw Wildlife Management Area near Hazen Arkansas. The two cows remains had been cut up and placed in black trash
Sheriff's Department and the Arkansas Game & Fish requests that any one with information about this incident to call 870-256-4137, rewards are available for information that leads to a arrest and conviction. The Wattensaw Wildlife
bags and wrapped in a blue tarps before being dumped on the side of the roadway. It is unknown if the cows was legally owned by a private individual, or stolen from somewhere. The two cows are believed to be around a year old and may have weighed approximately 1000 pounds. The two illegally dumped cow carcasses and various pieces of plastic wrapping and bags have created a environmental hazard and ugly eye sore in the area. The Prairie County
Management Area land that is for public use, Lets all work together to help keep the land clean and healthy for every one’s use.
Golleher named VP of Lonoke AgHeritage
AR rice industry meets to discuss field burning Brinkley, AR Arkansas rice farmers and stakeholders met at the Brinkley Convention Center on Tuesday morning for board meetings of the Arkansas Rice Council, Arkansas Rice Farmers and Arkansas Rice Federation. The Arkansas Rice Farmers board voted to form a task force and develop voluntary smoke management guidelines. The task force will work with agriculture partners in forestry and conservation to consider a model already in place by the Arkansas Prescribed Fire Council's voluntary Smoke Management Guidelines for forest landowners, and private, state, and federal forestry agencies and companies. Although agricultural burning is virtually finished for this year, the group unanimously approved a motion to form the committee and explore ways to address the concern. Specifically, the task force will consider farmer burn plans and the reporting of prescribed burns to the Arkansas Forestry Commission Dispatch Center as part of voluntary smoke management guidelines - a process already in place for forest landowners. Burning crop residue is a recommended crop management practice. A lot of organic refuse is left after the harvest, and it needs to be removed to prepare fields for the next growing season. The refuse can also provide shelter for nuisance weeds and insects that can be detrimental to future crops. Fires can also eliminate potential
diseases. Fire isn't always necessary, but it's especially helpful in rice to manage problematic residue. Waiting on the residue to breakdown during winter can be a gamble. Winter conditions can slow breakdown and lead to increased tillage and delayed planting, resulting in increased production costs and lower yields in some cases. In fields that cannot rotate to crops other than rice, excessive remaining residue in the field can be detrimental to future rice crops. "This is something the ag industry as a whole has acknowledged and is working to address collectively," said Jeff Rutledge, Chairman of the Arkansas Rice Federation. "Field burning is part of a complete crop management strategy and our growers want to ensure the continued quality of the airshed their families and neighbors breathe." Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward and Agriculture Department Communications Director Adriane Barnes addressed attendees regarding the process for existing voluntary smoke management guidelines from the Arkansas Prescribed Fire Council. Don McBride, Assistant State Forester and Fred Burnett, Fire Management Officer both of the Arkansas Forestry Commission, also entertained questions and comments during Tuesday's meeting. "Our industry has repeatedly shown a willingness to adopt voluntary guidelines or best management practices as
opposed to being subject to additional government regulations. Here our row crop industry is looking to the lessons that our forest landowners have learned in the past and we are all working together to find common sense solutions," said Wes Ward, Arkansas Agriculture Secretary. "This is a perfect example of how we can accomplish more together than apart." Arkansas is the largest rice-growing state in the nation, producing nearly 9 billion pounds annually. This year, Arkansas family farmers will produce over 50 percent of the nation's rice for the first time in history. Arkansas rice farmers and millers contribute over $6 billion each year to the state's economy and employ over 25,000 Arkansans.
Griffin Golleher Griffin Golleher has been named VP of Lending and Branch Manager for the Lonoke branch office of AgHeritage Farm Credit Services, according to Cole Plafcan, Senior Vice President Chief Lending and Marketing Officer. Golleher has been serving in the role of Ag Lending Officer at the Lonoke branch since 2014. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance Investment Management from
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Walton College of Business from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Golleher and his wife, Ashley, have two children, Lucy and Blake, and reside in Carlisle. Also in the Lonoke branch office are Josh Cunningham, Ag Lending Officer; Clayton Howell, Ag Lending Officer; JoSara Walker, Customer Specialist and Shelly Hogan, Customer Specialist. The Lonoke branch serves customers in Pulaski, Lonoke and Prairie counties. AgHeritage Farm Credit Services is a financial cooperative with owned and managed assets of approximately $1.15 billion as of December 31, 2016, that provides credit and related services to more than 3,096 farmers, ranchers and producers or harvesters of aquatic products in 24 Arkansas counties. Branch offices are located in Batesville, Brinkley, Dermott, Lonoke, Newport, Pocahontas, Searcy, Star City and Stuttgart.
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