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HHS 10th graders hold annual auction. (See p. 6.)

Volume 119 Number 10 - USPS 225-680

Community Events Calendar Tuesday March 17-27 Schools closed in Hazen, Carlisle, and Des Arc until after spring break. Thursday March 19 Hazen City Council meeting City Hall 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Friendship Luncheon at DeValls Bluff Methodist Church is cancelled for March. Friday March 20 Hazen Methodist Men’s Shrimp & Chicken Strip Supper Pick up and drivethrough ONLY. 4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. First Day of Spring Thursday March 26 Commodies at Hazen Methodist Church Drive through only. 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Thursday April 2 GFWC Elsie McCain Club meeting at Murry’s restaurant in Hazen 6:00 p.m. Saturday April 4 “Gardening on the Prairie” cancelled. Sand Hill Cemetery clean-up day 9:00 a.m. Monday April 6 Hazen Chamber of Commerce Meeting BancorpSouth 6:00 p.m.

Serving all of Prairie County and the Grand Prairie

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Horn resigns as Carlisle district superintendent to take Wilbur D. Mills Cooperative director’s position by Debbye Harrison Brad Horn, Carlisle Superintendent, resigned and has been hired to be the Director of the Wilbur D. Mills Co-op effective July 1, 2020. Mr. Horn was hired as high school principal in 2012-13 and served as superintendent for the last two years. Other resignations included Tabitha Yates, First grade; Betty Graham, Food Service and Tammy Morgenstern, Dance Team sponsor only. All certified personnel were rehired. Leah Cook has been hired for math for the 2020-21 school year and Amanda Kelly will finish out the year as a bus driver. The base salary for certified staff will increase to $33,800 and classified

staff will receive a $1,000 salary increase for the year. The FCCLA competed at the State level and Josie Fortner and Savannah Schafer won Gold with a bid to go to Washington, D.C. to compete nationally. Sierra Gordon and Regan Mills also won gold. If anyone drops out, they will be eligible to go as well. At the State Science Fair, Junior Alyssa Butler competed against 547 entrants and won Second Place in Plant Science. Incentives are being offered to both elementary and high school students for improvement and success on the summative ACSIP tests that will be taken in April.

Governor shuts down schools statewide Local businesses and groups make contingency plans Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced in a press conference on Sunday, March 15, that all schools in the state would close their doors until after spring break. According to Hazen School Superintendent William Crowder, Des Arc Superintendent George Kennedy, and Carlisle Superintendent Brad Horn, local schools will expand their food backpack programs in order to help keep kids fed during the week off. Carlisle High School Counselor Andrea Fortner stuffed backpacks for students to take home on Monday, and Hazen Elementary Counselor Amber Edge has done the same in Hazen. Des Arc School District is also expanding its backpack program. “We’re on top of it,” Horn said. “Andrea Fortner and Emily Shaw (the elementary counselor) have done a great job organizing the backpacks.” Horn said that his district will also deliver food to students throughout the week if parents will notify the superintendent’s office of the need via email. “We’re thankful for the volunteers who came in to help us,” he said. The Des Arc district will deliver the backpacks to homes, If the closings continue into April, Kennedy says that his district will expand the meal program. Crowder said that

Cafeteria Manager Ann Burroughs is organizing dropoff points in the Hazen district to deliver lunch to school children who need it. Students aren’t off the hook, though. All of the districts have sent home packets of work to do during the break and/or assignments have been posted online for some students. All of the districts will be doing a thorough cleaning of buildings during the hiatus. Other groups and businesses have had to rethink how to deal with events and customer service in the light of the national “recommendations for social distancing.” The “Gardening on the Prairie” event hosted by the Prairie County Master Gardeners has been cancelled. The Hazen Methodist Men’s Shrimp Supper scheduled for Friday will be drive-through only, as will the commodities handout at the Methodist Church this Thursday. Banks and government offices have begun limited access policies. The Prairie County courts in Hazen are being rescheduled. The City of Hazen has asked that customers pay their bills by dropping the payments in the dropbox by the door rather than coming in. Farmers and Merchants Bank has asked customers to use the drivethrough window or bank online.

Alyssa Butler, a junior at Carlisle High School, placed 2nd in the Plant Science Division of the Regional Science Fair held on the UALR campus in Little Rock on Friday, March 6.

Congratulations STAR Events gold medalists... These Carlisle High School students received gold medals at the recent FCCLA STAR events state competition held in Hot Springs. Pictured (l to r) are: Sierra Gordin, Raegan Mills, Josie Fortner, and Savannah Schafer. Raegan and Sierra received the gold for their Repurpose and Redesign project. Savannah, who competed in Entrepreneurship, and Josie, who competed in Job Interview, qualified for the national competition which will be held in Washington D.C. this summer. Their Family and Consumer Science teacher is Myra McNeil, who provided the picture and information.

Public Notice AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN RESPONSE TO THE OUTBREAK OF COVID19. Judge Mark Pate has announced that the Prairie County District Court (Hazen Department) has postponed court appearances scheduled for Bench Trial on March 18, 2020 at 1:15 p.m. and Plea and Arraignment (Traffic and Criminal) scheduled for March 23, 2020 at 1:15 p.m.

All Plea and Arraignment cases scheduled for March 23, 2020 have been reset to April 13, 2020 at 1:15 p.m. Cases set for Bench Trial on March 18, 2020 are on a case by case reschedule. If you have a case in Hazen, please contact the court at (870) 255-4513 to get a new court date. If your case involves a minor traffic violation, (Speeding, No Proof of Insurance, Failure To Yield or Stop at a Stop Sign, Expired Tags,

Improper Lane Change, etc.) you may be able to handle this by paying your citation by debit or credit card, please contact (870) 255-4513, ext. 1. The Prairie County District Court - Hazen Department offices are open to answer your calls and assist you in rescheduling your case. We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience, but your safety and the safety of our court employees comes first.

Community events brought to you by Hazen Chamber of Commerce and the

Cookies for sale.. Please call F&M Bank (255-3042) or The Grand Prairie Herald (255-4538) to list events.

Elaina Scherm and Halleigh Doepel were working hard on Saturday, March 7, selling Girl Scout cookies in Hazen City Park downtown. Helping the girls were Anna Scherm, Amber Doelpel, and Maribeth Floyd (pictured in the back.) Elaina and Halleigh are members of Girl Scout Troop 6565 of Ulm.

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