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Volume 120 Number 10 - USPS 225-680
Serving all of Prairie County and the Grand Prairie
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Community Calendar of Events Thursday March 11 DeValls Bluff City Council Meeting 6:00 p.m. City Hall Local residents signed up to get their Covid vaccines on Tuesday, March
2. The shots were given at the Hazen Community Center by representaFriday tives of Prescription Shop. Approximately 230 people got their vaccine on March 12 that day. Arkansas is now in Phase IB which includes people ages 65 and above. Hazen Bobby Glover reappointed to seven year Methodist term on Arkansas Board of Corrections Men’s Former State Senator School System also proShrimp Supper Bobby L. Glover of vides programs at most of Carlisle has been reapthe facilities. Drive through pointed by Governor Asa Glover, a 28 year veterHutchinson to a new an of the legislature, left only seven year term to the the Senate at the end of Arkansas Board of 2010 because of the term 4:30 p.m.Corrections. The Board limits amendment to the oversees the operations of state Constitution. 7:00 p.m. the Arkansas Department Throughout his legislaof Corrections, which tive career he has taken Hazen includes the Division of an active role in law Correction, the Division enforcement issues. Methodist of Community Correction, As a member of the Church and the Arkansas Arkansas Legislature
Sunday March 14 Daylight Savings Time Begins Wednesday March 17 St. Patrick’s Day Monday March 18 Hazen City Council Meeting 6:00 p.m. Hazen Community Center Monday March 22 Hazen School Board Meeting
Correctional School System. Glover was originally appointed to the Board of Corrections by Governor Mike Beebe in February 2011, and reappointed by Governor Beebe in 2014. The Division of Correction has 18 prisons that are scattered all over the state with over 4,500 employees that are responsible for more than 16,000-plus inmates incarcerated in the system. The Division of Community Correction has six centers where they house approximate-
Bobby Glover ly 1,600 residents. The agency's 1,450 employees also supervise more than 67,000 offenders on probation and parole. The Arkansas Correctional School System provides classrooms in most of the facilities, and employs approximately 90 teachers and staff. Approximately 800 inmates earn a GED credential every year. Riverside Vocational Technical School which is a part of the Correctional
Sherman receives Boys State tuition
Mason Sherman received $130 tuition for Boys State from the Masonic lodge. Pictured
are James Kirkland, James Rowton, Mason Sherman, and Daniel Hayley.
Glover sponsored legislation that set up current laws on pardons and paroles, to strengthen the authority of prison officials to keep violent and habitual offenders off the streets. Also, he was chairman of the Legislative Ad Hoc Committee on Pardons and Paroles that wrote the law. In his career has been director of governmental affairs for the Arkansas State Police Association. He currently serves on the Arkansas State Police Foundation Board. He served as chairman of the University of Arkansas Criminal Justice Institute Advisory Board. Also, he has been Executive Director of the Arkansas Municipal Police Association. As a Senator he served as Chairman of the Legislative Penal and Correctional Institutions Committee. "I'm very grateful to Governor Hutchinson for this reappointment,” Glover said. “I look forward to continuing my work with the other members of this Board and the staff of the Department of Corrections.”
Carlisle City Council is warned baseball program in danger By Debbye Harrison The Carlisle City Council met February 23. Ronnie Ashmore, Parks and Recreation Director, warned Council Members that the summer baseball season is in danger of not taking place due to lack of participation. He reported that at the present time there have been only 44 sign up. In order to field the same teams as the years before, at least 100 children of all ages are needed. The last two years have had 175 to 180 participants. Ashmore said that the COVID 19 restrictions are primarily to blame for the lack of interest. The CDC requires that masks be worn by everyone and that social distancing is observed. These will be strictly enforced with the help of volunteers. Further, the number of fans will be limited for each ball player. Larry Flynn, council member, shared that he will not be able to see his grandchildren play
(in another city) this summer because they are only allowed two visitors at a game. Ashmore has taken 250 registration forms to the elementary school hoping that this will encourage participation. The deadline for registration is The Council has taken under consideration the ordinance concerning the amount of deposit for city water. Renters, particularly, have been leaving without paying their water bill in full and the deposit does not cover it. The $50 that Carlisle charges is less than surrounding towns and has left the city with mounting deficits. Council members will review the current ordinance at the next meeting. Budget matters included the purchase of a compressor for the Fire Department. The Department will qualify for a 50 per cent grant for $45,000. The rest of the cost has been approved in the Fire Department budget.
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Girl Scout cookies for sale... These lovely ladies from Troop 6565 in Ulm were in Hazen City Park West selling the famous Girl Scout Cookies to local residents. The girls are raising money to go to horse camp. Pictured are: (back) Maribeth Floyd and (front left to right) Blakelynn Webb, Whitley Webb, Serenity Ables, and Maribeth Floyd.
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