This Week's Edition 5-4-22

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DAHS holds annual athletic banquet. (See page 6.)

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Community Calendar of Events Thursday May 5 Cinco De Mayo at the Hazen Public Library 10:30 a.m.

Baseball & Softball Regional Tournament @ Carlisle Hazen High School Reward Day

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Tornado strikes in northwest Prairie County A landspout tornado touched down in the Little Dixie area of northeast Prairie County on Saturday, April 30, at 4:51 p.m. according to a report from the National Weather Service in Little Rock. The tornado, rated as a weak category EF-0, was active for approximately 14 minutes moving at 4 miles per hour toward the southwest. The tornado continued for about a mile and only went through open fields, crossing Sanner Road once. One field pumping station was damaged during the event. Winds from the tornado peaked at an estimated 65-75 m.p.h. (Cherie Dulany took this photo showing the tornado just north of her house.)

CHS accepts FFA Awards

Friday May 6 Senior Day at Hazen High School 1:00 p.m.

Des Arc School Board accepts resignations, renews contracts At the School Board meeting on April 25th, resignations were approved from Elementary teacher Tammy Roberts and Elementary Aide Jenna Edwards. A retirement letter was accepted from Transportation Director Howard Henshaw.

Mike Weatherly was hired as Transportation Director. Attending the meeting were Superintendent Dr. Marc Sherrell, High School Principal Michael Strother,

Hazen High School Athletic Banquet Pavillion across from Community Center 6:00 p.m.

Elementary Principal Cheryl Holland, District Treasurer Natasha Richards and board members Stewart Morton, Billy Hinson, Jordan Smith, Johnny Reidhar, Sylvester Holloway, Charlie Brown and Drew Widener.

Motions were approved to renew contracts with School Eats for food service and Bug Masters for termite and bug prevention. The 2022-2023 school calendar was approved. Certified and

Classified salary schedules were approved for 2022-2023.

2022-2023 coaching assignments were approved.

The 2022-2023 Special Education letter of Intent was improved.

Bids will be accepted to replace flooring in 33 rooms at both campuses.

Bids will be opened on May 8th.

Superintendent Sherrell announced that The 2022 High School Graduation is planned for May 13th at 6:00pm in the High School Gym.

HIPPY learns about cars

Sunday May 8 Mothers’ Day Monday May 9 Biscoe EHC Meeting First Baptist Church 10:00 a.m.

HHS Honors Banquet Murry’s Restaurant 6:00 p.m.

May 9-12 Hazen Elementary Book Fair Elementary Library Community events brought to you by Hazen Chamber of Commerce and the

By Jennie Gates The Hazen HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters) had their April Group Meeting at the Hazen Community Building on Monday at 3:30 p.m.

The families brought their box cars to the meeting and we had a fun box car parade! We

also read the story, Race Car Dreams, by Sharon Chriscoe and enjoyed fun goody boxes.

The children who attended the group meeting were: MaKay'Lynn Franks, Brody and Huntley Prislovsky, Oakley and Joy Gladish, Ellie Raper, Emma and Hudson Kerr, Brynlee

Young, Paislee Session, Ensley Adair and Oliver Floyd.

HIPPY would like to thank the City of Hazen for letting us use the Hazen Community Center for our meeting.

Next month will be our end of year HIPPY graduation to celebrate these wonderful children and families.

Congratulations to the Carlisle FFA for earning the National Chapter Award. Nina Catherine Brown accepted the award on behalf of her chapter. (Top picture.)

Belle White accepted CHS’s Affiliated Chapter award. Affiliation is such a huge benefit to Ag education students. (Top picture.)

Congratulations to Emma Cook as she walked the stage at the 95th National Convention to be recognized as an American Degree Candidate!

(Bottom picture.)

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Dolly Parton comes to AR Mary Ann Geater Mary Ann Geater, 89, of Stuttgart, Arkansas went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 25, 2022. She was born in Hazen, Arkansas o n September 29, 1932 to the late Jack C. Owens and Annie Ruth Tucker Owens.

Mary Ann is preceded in death by her parents Jack and Ruth Owens; her loving husband of 48 years Ed Geater; 4 brothers Pete Newsom, Charles Owens, Johnny Owens, and Jerry Owens; and 2 stepdaughters Danita Gillespie and Gail Jones.

Mary Ann enjoyed going to the casinos, bingo, and camping. She was a long-standing member of First Christian Church where she worked with the CWF for many years.

Mary Ann loved her family and especially her grandchildren.

A special thanks to the hospice team and her long time Care Giver, Linda Hunt.

Mary Ann leaves behind her daughter Sharon Hunt (Travis) of Carlisle; son Ronnie Jones (Kim) of Devalls Bluff; 2 stepsons David Geater (Shirley) of Cabot and Edward Geater (Karen) of Benton; sister Marie

Price of DeValls Bluff; 19 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren; and many friends and extended family members.

Visitation was held on Friday, April 29, 2022 at 1:00 pm with Funeral Service following at 2:00 pm at First Christian Church; 10th and Main Street, Stuttgart, Arkansas. Burial will be at Hazen Cemetery, Hazen, Arkansas following the service.

Arrangements have been entrusted to A Natural State Funeral State Funeral Service.

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Cheryl Ann Talley Bryan Cheryl Ann Talley Bryan passed away on Friday April 8, 2022 in Little Rock, AR. She was born on November 22, 1957 to Barbara Baldridge and William F. Talley as their first born daughter. Cheryl grew up in the small community of Biscoe and graduated from Devalls Bluff High School in 1976. After high school she found love of her life, Frank Bryan and they were married in Brinkley on December 17, 1977 by Rev. Mac McIver. She moved with her husband during their 44 years of marriage to Virginia, Texas, Wyoming and South Korea before settling in Arkansas. Once

they had settled in Arkansas she began working for Leo Smith / Joe Morgan Chevrolet in Stuttgart as a secretary before moving to Brinkley. In her spare time she participated in the Riceland chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Cheryl enjoyed Reading, Vintage Market Shopping, Counted Cross Stitch, Watching Crime / Police Shows, and She was a lover of dogs, especially rescued ones. She was the “MeMe” to her three grandchildren and loved to play with them.

Cheryl was a member of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church during her time in Stuttgart.

She is preceded in death by her father Billy Talley, and step-father Jimmy Jordan.

Survived by her Husband Frank Bryan, of Brinkley, Mother, Barbara Jordan, of DeValls Bluff, Children, Joshua Adam Bryan ( Rebecca ) of Little Rock Cheryl LeeAnn Hackley ( Ryan) of Sherwood, AR, Grandchildren, Logan Alexander Hackley, Jerah Avery Bryan, Greyson Silas Bryan, Brother, Steven Talley (Yvonne),of Biscoe, Niece, Jennifer Lee (Terry), Austin, AR, and Nephew, Andrew Talley, Jacksonville, AR. In lieu of flowers, the family would like donations to the local animal shelters, Down syndrome organizations or your favorite charity.

Prairie County Retired Teachers meet in Des Arc

By June Whiteside The Prairie County Retired Teachers met at the diary bar in Des Arc on April 19 with eight members present at one

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o’clock in the afternoon.

The president Cathy, opened the meeting with a welcome. This was followed by the reading from Proverbs.

Cathy announced an Area 8 meeting at Park View Towers in Little Rock at 11:00 a.m. on April 25. Lunch will be served.

Annual dues of 10 dollars will be collected at

the June meeting.

Officers will be elected at the June 21st meeting.

The June 21st meeting will be held at the Methodist Church in DeValls Bluff at 12:00.

Only light refreshments will be served.

We hope to see all retired teachers at this meeting.

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The City of Hazen Utility Department will be flushing water lines during the week of

On May 5, American icon Dolly Parton will visit Arkansas to celebrate the statewide success of her Imagination Library program at a closed event hosted by Arkansas Imagination Library (ARIL). In addition, at 6:35 p.m. CST on Thursday, May 5, Arkansas PBS will live stream a brief musical performance by Dolly Parton and an interview with Parton and THV 11’s Craig O’Neill. The live stream will be available at: myarpbs.org/imaginationlibraryevent.

Community leaders representing Imagination Library local affiliates across the state will attend the event, along with Governor Asa Hutchinson, statewide leaders, and supporters.

The Imagination Library of Prairie & Woodruff County will be represented during Dolly Parton's visit to Arkansas, by MaryAnne Williams, Margaret Fisher Literacy Challenge Affiliate Group Coordinator, Brenda Williams, Prairie County, Coordinator and Cheryl Holland, Des Arc Elementary School principal.

Inspired by her father’s inability to read and write, Dolly Parton

started her Imagination Library in 1995 to foster a love of reading for the children within her home county. Children enrolled in the program receive a high-quality, age-appropriate book per month from birth to 5 years old – at no cost to families. Today, her Imagination Library has become the world’s preeminent early childhood book-gifting program that gifts more than 1.9 million books each month in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and Republic of Ireland. A book is mailed every 1.4 seconds!

The Imagination Library is now part of thousands of communities’ early childhood strategies and is increasingly a vital part of educational policy for states, provinces, and territories. The program’s impact has been widely researched, and results suggest positive increases in key early childhood metrics.

Since 2017, Arkansas Imagination Library has worked with Imagination Library local affiliates and communities to grow the program to all 75 counties. As a result, there are now over 57,000 children enrolled and growing quickly each

month. With this event, Arkansas celebrates a huge milestone by gifting more than three million books to local children since starting in 2005, but as Dolly always says, there is so much more we can do!

“A special thanks goes out to our Coordinators and Data Clerks in both Prairie & Woodruff Counties for their devotion and hard work,” MaryAnne Williams, the coordinator for Prairie and Woodruff Counties, said.

In Arkansas, every child under age five is eligible to receive this gift of a monthly book.

Online enrollment is quick and simple. Sign up today! To enroll your child in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, go t o : imaginationlibrary.com.

For more information about Arkansas Imagination Library, visit arkansasimaginationlibrary.org.Thanks to all the parents for registering their children, the volunteers that raise the money to pay for the books so the program is FREE to the families, and the many organizations, businesses, school districts, and individuals that have invested in our county's children every year since 2005.

GFWC Elsie McCain Club discusses civic campaigns

By Chris Weems GFWC Elsie McCain Club met Thursday, April 28, at 1:00 p.m. at Nick's Restaurant, Carlisle.

President Chris Weems, presided with four members present.

The meeting opened with current events.

Minutes were read and the financial report was given.

Weems reminded members of the State Convention May 13-15. at Crown Plaza Hotel, Little Rock. She plans to go Saturday and invites any others who want to go to let her know in time to get them registered.

In unfinished business, the president said that she is working on the drawstring bags for the Operation Smile items.

She distributed the list of things that are needed for the bags and reminded members that the bags are not to be filled to send them to the distribution point.

Members can select from the list of articles to send. They will bring

them to put in the box at the next meeting.

Weems talked about "Grassroots" Projects in Civic Engagement Outreach. One project is "Get out to Vote" campaigns.

She reminded members of the Primary Election on May 14, and encouraged them to remind friends not only to get out to vote but to remind them to have all in their families to be sure to be registered to vote.

One of our projects, "Food Day" can fit right into that department.

Several campaigns already in the community fit in Civic Engagement and Outreach.

The president also

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reported on the Advocates for Children program that GFWC helps the Junior Women's Clubs with that the Elsies are involved in. One other topic that should be added is the advice to people who use their mobile phones regularly is to not try to text and drive. It needs to be a main topic with teenagers or other young people on a regular basis.

The group set Friday, May 20, for the next meeting date. They will meet at 6:00 p.m. at Dondies in Des Arc. The next meeting will be in the summer program.

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CHS Food Truck Faceoff competition

For the past few weeks FACS classes at Carlisle High School have been preparing for a food truck competition.

Each group had to come up with a company name and logo, design a small food truck, create a signature dish to “sell”, calculate production costs, set their price, and then figure out how to display and

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market their product to convince teachers to buy it.

Team Mangiamo made Chicken Alfredo and took the overall award for taste, presentation,

marketing, and display.

They even had Italian music playing. They were in it to win it!

Team Sweet Bites won the Entrepreneur award for earning the largest profit after production

costs.

This project covered several learning areas including food, finance, marketing, customer service, and entrepreneurship.

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Grand Prairie Arts Center holds artist reception

On April 5th the Grand Prairie Arts Council/Arts Center of the Grand Prairie hosted a reception for Decorative Arts and the Arkansas County School Exhibit. In attendance were community members, Board Members, Decorative Art Winners and youth and their family that had works on exhibit from their respective school and or from the After School

Art Classes at the Arts Center. The entire event was very well attended and everyone had an enjoyable time. The exhibits can be found on line by visiting our website at www.grandprairiearts.com . If you would like to see the exhibits in person, please call 870 673 1781 to arrange an appointment.

The Grand Prairie Festival of the Arts win-

ners in the decorative arts category for the 2022 exhibit are as follows: Quilting – Small First Place and Best of Show “Soul Sister” / Lorie Bernhardt Second Place “A dog and her Boy / Lorie Bernhardt Third Place Miscellaneous Woodland Creatures / Lorie Bernhardt Needlepoint/Counted

Cross Stitch First Place “The Last Supper” / Charlotte Stauber Second Place “Racehorse at Oaklawn” / Kay Sparks Knitting/Crochet First Place “Rozeta” / Teresa Lazenby Second Place “Malia Beanie / Teresa Lazenby Miscellaneous First Place “Camp Swampy Gentle Frog’s Club / Shelly Barber

Second Place “Double Bear Paw / Jennifer Price Third Place “A Basket of Sunshine” / Shelly Barber Third Place “Log Cabin Barn Quilt” / Jennifer Price In addition to Decorative Arts the Arkansas County School Exhibit features selected works by grades K thru 6th from Holy Rosary Catholic School,

Stuttgart Public Schools and the After School Program with the Arts Center of the Grand Prairie.

For further information please contact the Arts Center at 870-673-1781 and or email at arts001@centurytel.net.

Additional information about classes and opportunities at the Arts Center may be found on our website at www.grandprairiearts.com.

McCrory wins 2A-6 Title

By Mark Buffalo Two weeks after struggling in a blowout loss to McCrory, the Carlisle Bison had a chance to win the 2A-6 district title agains the Jaguars.

Even though the score was closer, the result was the same.

McCrory beat the Bison 6-5 on Friday in the finals of the district tournament at Rockefeller Park. With the loss, the Bison will play Riverside in the first round of the regional tournament at Rockefeller Park on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

Mother’s Day safe driving campaign Kansas City, MO – Mother’s Day is May 8, and if you’re hitting the roads to celebrate, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Region 7, consisting of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, is reminding everyone to slow down and abide by posted speed limits and move over for emergency vehicles. NHTSA is working with respective law enforcement to ramp up enforcement to raise awareness about the dangers of speeding.

This is part of NHTSA’s Slow Down Move Over enforcement effort from May 6 - 8, 2022.

Nationally in 2020, 30% of all crash fatalities were related to speeding.

According to NHTSA, a road with a speed limit of 65 mph or greater is more than twice as likely to result in a fatal crash than with a speed limit of 45 or 50 mph and nearly five times as likely with a speed limit of 40 mph or below.

“Our region loses too many lives each year in speeding-related crashes, and we are deter-

mined to change that,” said Regional Administrator Susan DeCourcy. “In 2020 alone, 787 lives in our region were lost due to speeding. That’s why we’re reminding drivers to stay alert, to watch for and obey all posted speed limits. We want to make sure everyone can celebrate together for Mother’s Day.” Speeding significantly reduces the driver’s ability to slow a vehicle when necessary or to steer safely around an unexpected curve, another vehicle, or hazardous object in the roadway. NHTSA hopes that drivers keep their mothers in mind when visiting over the weekend.

Also remember Move Over law which helps emergency vehicles, law enforcement, and tow trucks by requiring all drivers to move over a lane or, if they are unable to do that safely, slow down when they see flashing lights.

This Mother’s Day as you get behind the wheel, please remember to Slow Down Move Over. For more information, please visit www.nhtsa.gov/riskydriving/speeding.

Hazen will play Rector at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. Des Arc will play Buffalo Island Central at 3 p.m.

Thursday.

In Carlisle’s game with McCrory, the Bison trailed 2-0 after the first inning. They plated a run in the top of the second.

Noah Seidenschwarz doubled

and scored on a single

by Gabe Boyle.

After McCrory pushed its lead to 4-1 with two runs in the third, the Bison scored three times in the top of the fourth.

Scoring were Zach Busic, Seidenschwarz and David Hayes.

Carlisle tied the game at 5-5 in the top of the fifth.

Holden Jones

walked and went to third on two passed balls. He scored on a sacrifice fly by Jonathan Pickard.

McCrory reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the fifth on an error.

Carlisle had one base runner the remainder of the game. Jones walked with two outs in the top of the seventh, but he

was stranded there to end the game.

The Bison had 9 hits in the loss. Busick and Seidenschwarz had two apiece. Also getting hits were Jones, Pickard, Hayes, Boyle and Hayden Ingle.

Jones and Dalton Ward combined to strike out 9 batters.

You may have been conned during the 2016 Election by falsehoods, Please don’t be conned again in the 2022 Election.

What you received from the con: Four years of no infrastructure funding, trillion dollar deficits for three years in a row and an increase in the federal debt by 7.8 Trillion Dollars in addition you received a bloody and deadly attack on our national capitol and a conspiracy to over turn a presidential election. These falsehoods that conned some people didn’t happen: 1. No one has been forced to have an abortion. 2. No one has had their guns taken from them. 3. No one has been forced into a lifestyle they did not choose. 4. There was NO voter fraud.

Recently a person asked me what I loved about the Democratic Party, I jotted down a few reasons. Some reasons may seem ancient to young whipper-snappers but they are still producing a higher quality of life for millions, my reply to the question is below.

Since you asked me what I love about the Democratic Party, permit me to list a few reasons; For starters, the GI Bill, that transformed America and created a greatly expanded middle class, I like Rural Electric Service, Rural Telephone Service, Rural Water Systems, Social Security, FmHA homes and farm loans that turned sharecroppers into landowners and entrepreneurs. I like Medicare, Medicaid, decent labor laws that created safer workplaces and a 40-hour work week with overtime pay. I’m proud of the Affordable Care Act whose preventive measures saved my life twice and provided health care to millions of Americans who were denied coverage due to suffering pre-existing conditions and its unaffordable cost.

I like Democrats because they stand against voter suppression efforts and their sincere effort to conduct safe and secure elections. I like Democrats for the fact that every one of these great PUBLIC POLICY initiatives that improved the quality of life for society as a whole were created by the Democratic Party and fought against by the Republican Party.

I'm proud of the Civil Rights Act and the Voter Rights Act passed by Democrats with some honest Republicans support. I like the Democratic Party because they have resisted the radical agenda that caters to white supremacists and other racist bigots. I like Democrats because they understand the danger of mixing church and state and they cherish the freedom to worship as one chooses.

I also like the fact that Democrats are around to repair the damage caused by trickle-down economics each time it rears its ugly head.

So, as you consider these reasons you may understand why I was, am and will continue to be a Democrat and I don't care how loud the radical right-wingers yell. The bottom line is this, there is much more right with the democratic party than what might be wrong.

One day the Old Confederacy/Bible Belt States will realize how Trickle Down Economics is keeping us behind the rest of the nation. Following 4 years of no infrastructure bill from a republican administration my reasons for being a democrat should be very obvious even to partisans on the other side.

I also like democrats because they are wise enough to keep partisan politics out of our churches, school systems as well as our city and county governments. Injecting bitter political issues into local establishments is an activity that is both dangerous and counter-productive to community development. Lastly, I like democrats because they don’t campaign for office by demonizing their friends and neighbors who may not agree with them with on every issue. Over the top heated rhetoric defined as politics of personal destruction is best left to the other side.

These comments reflect my opinion gained from more than 40 years of hands-on political participation.

Reasons by a proud Democrat.

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Master Gardeners have successful plant sale The Prairie County Master Gardeners held a plant sale on Saturday, April 30, from 9:00 a.m. until noon at the pavilions across from the Hazen Community Center on Front St. The group offered a variety of flowering plants, herbs, bulbs, and hanging baskets for sale. The proceeds from the sale will go toward funding college scholarships for local students.

New books at the library The Therapist- B A Paris The Collective- Alison Gaylin The Love of My Life- Rosie Walsh The Lightning Rod- Brad Meltzer The Investigator- John Sandford Summer at the CapeRaeAnne Thayne Mulberry Hollow- Denise Hunter A Family Affair- Robyn Carr An Unreliable TruthVictor Methos The Family HolidayShalini Boland All a Heart NeedsBarbara Freethy Forever BoyKate Swenson The Dangers of an Ordinary Night- Lynne Reeves Beach Wedding- Michael Ledwidge The Younger Wife- Sally Hepworth What Remains of MeAlison Gaylin The Club- Ellery Lloyd The Secrets We ShareEdwin Hill The Good Sister- Sally Hepworth Contract for a Killer- C. Wayne Winkle (Western) Judd's Journey- C. Wayne Winkle (Western) Two Worlds, One FamilyLeroy A. Peters Dark Night in Big RockWilliam W Johnstone (Western) A Magnolia WeddingAnne Marie Meyer A Magnolia Move-InAnne Marie Meyer Beautiful- Danielle Steel Girl in Ice- Erica Ferencik Lover Arisen- J R Ward Don't Get Close- Matt Miksa Never Look Back- Alison Gaylin Summer on the IslandBrenda Novak Nine Lives- Peter Swanson Crimson SummerHeather Graham Twenty Years LaterCharlie Donlea

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Maybe we should go back to smoke signals . . .

by Dr. James L. Snyder

“Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man” (Colossians 4:6).

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I must admit that communication is an essential part of my life today.

The longer I live, the more sophisticated those communications become, and it’s challenging to me.

Recently, I was working on my latest book using my latest computer and its programs. As I was working, I remembered that I did not always use a computer for writing. I used one of those archaic machines called the "typewriter." Does anybody today know what a typewriter is?

I still remember my first typewriter. My mother got it for me for Christmas one year and I couldn't have been happier with any Christmas gift than that one.

I hammered out many articles and even poems.

I wished I had copies of those, but I'm glad I lost them. I'm sure those were the worst poems ever hammered out on a typewriter.

I got an electric typewriter after graduating from high school and thought I had died and gone to heaven. I've never been able to type faster than on that electric typewriter.

The problem I've had

with those typewriters was, if I made a mistake, I had to throw out that page and start all over again,. Yes, I had carbon copies, but I still had to start all over again. How frustrating that was in many regards.

While I was writing my first book, I thought maybe I should up grade to a computer. I had to think long and hard about that because I loved my typewriter.

Eventually, I succumbed to the times and bought a computer.

Those first computers did not have any internal hard drives and everything had to be done on a 5.5-inch floppy disk.

When I got my computer and learned how to use it, I was ecstatic. I didn't mind putting in the floppy disk and taking it out and replacing it with another floppy disk. That seemed to be easy work at the time. I never had to throw away a sheet of paper and start over again.

Over the years, I kept climbing the ladder of technology and got the latest computer technology and was quite happy with it.

Now I can sit in front of my computer screen and

dictate what I'm writing.

There's a keyboard there, and I only use it when I have an emergency. But now, I can talk everything into my computer, which has become a great experience for me.

When I first used this dictating program, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage was in the other room listening.

Finally, she said, "Who are you talking to?

There's no phone in your room."

It took a while to explain to her that I was talking to my computer while writing an article.

She never heard of that before, and I never did either. Finally, I was able to convince her that it was the computer I was talking to. Who else would listen to me?

Things have developed over the years that are beyond my imagination.

In our home, we have the latest media service, TV, telephone, and Internet service.

I never knew how much I appreciated all of this service until one day this week.

I had just finished my latest book manuscript and was ready to email it to my publisher. My deadline was crunching

down, and I used every minute to work on the book. I finally finished it, got to my deadline, and was now ready to email it.

Nothing is more satisfying than getting the project done and sending it to the publisher. As I set it up to email it, I suddenly realized that everything was down. So I could not send my manuscript out.

Just a half-hour before this, everything was closed: the TV, cell phone, and the Internet.

So there is no way I could get this out on time.

The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage called the company and finally got through and was told it would be up and running by 7 p.m.

I can’t explain how frustrated I was. I checked my temper, and it was boiling over with heat.

Probably there was some steam coming out of my ears. I wanted to give them a piece of my mind, but there was no way I could get it to them.

Everything was down.

It was then that I realized how important all of this modern technology is. I didn't know that I had built my life on technology, but, it seems like I have done just that.

Technology is wonderful when it works. When it doesn't work, it is the most annoying thing in the world.

I began thinking about the days when communication was done with smoke signals. I'm not sure how that worked, but they were able to convey their message across the country with smoke signals from one mountain to the next.

But it got through, which was all that matters.

Maybe we should go back to the good old smoke signal communication days.

I had a few moments to think about this. When thinking about communication a certain verse of Scripture came to my mind.

“Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man” (Colossians 4:6).

Sometimes it’s very important to think before you speak and I have discovered if I do think, I sometimes don’t speak.

Dr. James L. Snyder lives in Ocala, FL with the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. Telephone 1-352-216-3025, e-mail jamessnyder51@gmail.com

Evening Worship: 6:00 PM Wednesday Service Adult Bible Study and Prayer 7:00 PM Children's Program 7:00 PM "HYPE" Youth 7:00 PM

First United Methodist Church 211 North Hazen Avenue, Hazen, AR Phone (870) 255 - 4657 Pastor Chris Wright Sunday School: 9:45 AM Worship Service: 10:55 AM

Phone (870) 673 - 2858 Rev. Andrew Toopes, Pastor Worship: 8:00 am-10:15 am Sunday School & Bible Class: 9:15 AM Radio - KWAK 10:15 AM Sundays www.stuttgartlutheran.com

Wed. Serv. 7 PM

Sunday morning -11:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening-5:00 p.m.

Wednesday Night-7:00 p.m.

Hazen Church of Christ 204 Adams Street, Hazen, AR. Phone (870) 255 - 3633 Sunday - Bible Study: 10 AM Worship Service: 11 AM Sunday Night: 6 PM Wednesday Bible Study: 7 PM

First United Methodist Church 215 East Third St., Carlisle, AR Phone (870) 552 - 7789 Rev. Michael Daniel, Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 AM Worship: 10:45 AM

St. Peters Episcopal Church Highway 86, Tollville, AR. Worship Service: 9 AM Sunday School: 10:30AM

Immanuel Baptist Church Pastor Bill Ricks Highway 13 North Carlisle, AR. Phone (870) 552 - 3100 Sunday School: 9:45 AM Worship:11 AM Sunday Evening: 6 PM Wednesday Evening: 7 PM

Center Point Missionary Baptist Church 2997, Center Point Road, Hazen, AR Bro. Billy Booth Pastor Sunday School: 10 AM Worship: 10:50 AM BTC: 5 PM Worship: 5:50 PM Wednesday - Youth Night 6:30 PM

Family Christian Fellowship 603 W Washington Hazen, AR. Pastor Scott Skarda 501-516-5971 Sunday: 10 AM, Wed, 7 PM New Bethel MB Church 8525 New Bethel Road P.O. Box 87 Hazen, AR. Pastor Bro. Freddie McCann Sunday School 10 am Sunday Service 11 am Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Pastor Joe Mills 7474 Highway 86 North, Hazen, AR Sunday School:10 AMService:11 AM BTC: 5 PM Sunday Night: 6 PM Wed. A.C.E. at 6:30 PM & Bible Study: 7:00 PM Prairie Chapel MB Church Center of North Washington & Woodlawn, Hazen, AR. Rev. Maurice Williams Pastor Sunday School: 9:30AM Worship: 11AM Wednesday 7 PM Bible Study Carlisle Pentecostal Church of God Scott & McDonald Sts., Carlisle, AR. Phone 501-438-1643 Pastor Daniel Strength Sunday School: 10 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11 AM Sunday Evening Service: 6 PM Wednesday Evening Service: 7 PM Mt Zion MB Church Rt 2 Carlisle, AR Rev. Rev. Cruthfield, Pastor Sun. School 9:45 A.M. Worship 11 A.M. Wed Prayer & Bible Class 7 P.M. Fellowship Baptist Church Des Arc, AR Elder Lee Russel Penn, Pastor First Pentecostal Church of Prairie County 3201 Hwy. 70 E., Hazen, AR (870) 255-9177 Pastor J N Holmes Sunday 10 A.M. Wednesday 7 P.M. First Baptist Church 319 Court St., P. O. Box 25, Carlisle, AR Phone (870) 552 - 7732 David Lee - Pastor Sun School: 9:45 AM Worship: 11 AM Awana: 5 PM Worship: 7 PM Holy Temple COGIC Elder McFadden, Pastor

“Catholic Action” with the Third Order of St. Francis

St. John's Lutheran Church Fifth and College Streets, Stuttgart, AR

Landmark Baptist Church 517 East Third, Carlisle, AR. Phone (870) 552 - 3568 Pastor Albert Young Sunday School: 9:45 AM Worship: 10:45 AM BTC 6 PM - Worship 7 PM Wed. Evening: 7:30 PM

First Assembly of God Hwy 33 and U.S. 70 Biscoe, Arkansas Sunday Services: 10:30 A.M., 6 P.M. Wednesdays WNYG, Kids Club, Bible Study 7 P.M. St. John's Baptist Church Biscoe, AR 870-998-2777 Sunday School 10 A.M. Worship 11 A.M. Rev. William Brown - pastor Holy Temple Church of God in Christ Elder James Clark, Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 AM Worship Service: 11 AM

Zion Lutheran Church Hwy 79 PO Box 158 Ulm, AR 72170 Phone: 870-241-3778 email: zionlutheran@hotmail.com Sunday School at 10 am Worship at 11am Bible study: Wed at 5:30 The Apostolic Church of Des Arc 712 Calhoun Street Services Sunday at 10:30 and Wednesday at 7:30 Pastor Russell Penn

Jehovah Community Temple Church 710 Sycamore St, DeValls Bluff, AR Elder Ronnie Mosby Sunday 10:30 AM Monday Bible School 7 PM

St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church of Biscoe Pastor Jerry Saxton Sunday School 10:00-11:00 Service 11:00-12:00

Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Alan Minton Hwy. 70 West of DeValls Bluff Sunday School-10:00 a.m.

Hickory Plains United Methodist Church Rev. Debbye Harrison Intersection of Highways 13 and 38 Service starts at 9:45 a.m.

St. Rose Catholic Church Highway 70, Carlisle, AR. Phone (870) 552 - 3601 Father Shaun Wesley Sunday Mass 10:30AM English 12:00PM Spanish Tuesday Mass 6:00 PM Wednesday Mass in Spanish 5:30 PM Holy Hour & Confessions 6:05PM Friday (except First Friday) Mass 8:30AM Saturday Mass in Spanish 7:00 PM United Methodist Church of DeValls Bluff Highway 70 West, DeValls Bluff AR. Pastor Chris Wright Sunday Morning Worship: 9 AM Friendship Lunch: 3rd Wed. of Month, 11:30 AM First Baptist Church of DeValls Bluff Pastor Bobby Powers P. O. Box 358 Highway 70 West, DeValls Bluff, AR. Phone (870) 998 - 7118 Sunday School: 9:45 AM Morning Worship: 11 AM Evening Worship: 5 PM Wednesday Evening: 7 PM

102 West Front Street 870-255-3954

Mount Olive MB Church Highway 70, DeValls Bluff, AR. Rev. Joe L. Pumphrey Sunday School: 9:30AM Worship Service: 11 AM Peppers Lake Church of Christ Hwy 302, SE of DeValls Bluff, AR. Sunday - Bible Study: 10 AM Worship: 11 AM Evening Service: 6 PM Wednesday - Bible Study: 7 PM Union Chapel FreeWill Baptist Church Metcalf Road, Rt.1, DeValls Bluff, AR Pastor Darrell Foster Sunday School: 9:30 AM Worship Service: 11 AM Sts. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church Highway 86, Slovak, AR. Fr. Shaun Wesley, School: 9:45 AM Mass: 8:30 AM Thursday Holy Hours 5:00 pm and Mass at 6:00pm Biscoe Baptist Church Biscoe, AR. Pastor David Rogers Sunday School: 10 AM Worship Service: 11 AM & 7 PM Training 6 PM -

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CALL FOR BIDS The Des Arc School District will receive bids until 9:00 a.m. on May 6th, 2022 at the Administration Building, 600 Main St. Des Arc, AR for replacing carpet and tile in 33 rooms at DHS and DES. All interested parties must complete a walkthrough of the classrooms before submitting a bid. This can

be scheduled at the administration office by calling Dr. Marc Sherrell at 870-2564164.

Bid packets can be picked up at the administration building. All bidders will be required to have a notarized statement of assurance, performance bond and meet the Davis-Bacon act.

Bowman Plumbing Serving the Entire Grand Prairie Adam Bowman, MP 6142 Repair - Remodel New Construction Dependable Service Free Estimates Family Owned and Operated Call: (870) 256-5230

Request for Bids The City of Hazen will be accepting sealed bids for the aerial application of mosquito abatement.

Pilots must be FAA licensed and experienced in aerial application.

FAA approval of the sprayings must be documented, and proof of liability insurance is required. The application should follow each east/west street.

The aircraft must be equipped with GPS tracking application system to give real-time onboard information such as area being treated, exact amount and rate of insecticide application, aircraft speed, heading and altitude.

Aircraft must also have the capability of furnishing customer with pertinent information and preferably use rotary atomizer spray nozzles to disburse the mosquito insecticide.

The application equipment must be capable of producing median droplet size of 60

microns. City pays for the insecticide and selects the appropriate insecticide with consultation with applicator.

There will be a minimum of twenty-five applications and maximum of 30 applications based on at least two applications per week beginning June 15, 2022 and ending the week of September 5, 2022.

Term of contract to be three years.

Bids will be received until 10:00 a.m. local time on May 18, 2022, at City of Hazen City Hall at 111 North Hazen Avenue, Hazen, Arkansas. Bids received after this time will not be accepted. Bids will be opened and publicly read immediately after specified closing time.

City of Hazen reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

For more information, contact the City o Hazen Mayor’s office at 870255-4521.

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 364 of 2013, Martin’s Mini Storage, Hwy 70, will sell/destroy the following personal property, Saturday, May 7, 2022 to satisfy liens: Units 149.

Billy’s Body Shop & Wrecker Service. P. O. Box 696, Hazen Ark 72064.

To whom it may concern: A 2006 Chevrolet Suburban Vin # 1GNEC16262J341156 is located at 1203 Hwy 70 East, Hazen Arkansas 72064. The vehicle is stored at P.O. Box 696 Hazen Ar. Phone 870255-4922 and is accruing storage as a legal liability

of the owner. The wrecker company claims a first priority possession lien on the vehicle and its contents for all charges.

Unless the vehicle is claimed within 45 days the owner and/or lien holder waives all rights, title, and interest in the vehicle and its contents and consents to the sale of the vehicle. The vehicle will then be sold for towing and storage fees.

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Des Arc High School holds annual athletic banquet

By Lisa Mills The Des Arc Booster Club held their annual Athletic Banquet on April 26th.

Head Football Coach B.J. Paschal opened by

thanking the Booster Club for all their support through the year and for honoring the athletes with the banquet.

The athletes, coaches, staff and a

large crowd of supporters enjoyed a BBQ dinner provided by the Booster Club.

Local businessman Dare Saul was the guest speaker. Saul is a for-

Paid for by Rick Dobson.

mer DAHS athlete who participated in football, basketball, track and baseball. He titled his speech “Write Your Own Story” and spoke about perseverance in athletics, academics and life in general. He reminded students how athletics can help build character, teamwork and leadership skills. Saul gave some statistics about the Des Arc Athletic program which began in the 1920s and how Des Arc has always had an outstanding program and amazing com-

munity support.

Awards were presented as follows.

Archery: Kaley McDonald, Marley Widener, Payne Childers, Maddox Ward Jr. High Cheer: Jada Renfroe, Kimber Buckner, Kirsten Horton, Marley Hogue, Hattie Burton, Kaley McDonald, Marley Widener, Mackenzie Williams, Emma Buckner, Makayla Fowler, Grace Knight, Journey Washington, Elisha Maloy, Addison Garrett

Sr. High Cheer: Kyndal Morton, Jenna Brown, Hadley Whittenburg, Gabi Berry, Bella Flanagan, Jyllian Smith, Rachel Riedhar, Jaylen Renfroe, Calleigh Skarda, Aubrey Wilhite, Lizzie Elam, Brady Holder Jr. Girls Basketball: Emma Buckner, Charlie Patterson, Grace Knight, Kirsten Horton, Kaley McDonald, Mackenzie Williams Sr. Girls Basketball: Calleigh Skarda, Rachel Riedhar, Bella Flanagan, Gabi Berry, Cheyenne Bell.

Cheyenne Bell, Bella Flanagan, Harley Holloway and Gabi Berry made All Conference. Gabi Berry made All State Jr. Boys Basketball: Miles Hogue, Cole Eldridge, Walker Harris, Davion Bell Sr. Boys Basketball: Jamison Renfroe, Cache Flanagan, Davante Holmes, Jonah Winkowski Jr. High Trap Shooting: Cane Childers, Brady Cane.

Sr. High Trap Shooting: Cade Holloway, Zackery Holloway, and Wesley Rogers.