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Craft fair is held in Hazen. (See p. 6.)
Volume 121 Number 28 - USPS 225-680
Serving all of Prairie County and the Grand Prairie
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Community Calendar of Events Tuesday July 12 Quorum Court Meeting 6:00 p.m. Annex Building Des Arc Thursday July 14 DeValls Bluff City Council meeting 6:00 p.m. City Hall Friday July 15 Hazen Methodist Church Vacation Bible School 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Monday July 18 Des Arc Property Clean-up Starts Rice Festival meeting Bancorp Community Room 6:00 p.m. Tuesday July 19 Hazen School Board meeting HHS Library 6:00 p.m. Des Arc City Council meeting 6:00 p.m. City of Hazen Big Items pickup day Thursday July 21 Hazen City Council meeting 6:00 p.m. City Hall Community events brought to you by
Last week there was some sewer work being done in Hazen on Leslie St. A pipe collapsed at Highway 70, and the area had to be excavated. Luckily, traffic on the highway was not affected.
In-person rice research field days begin again FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — In-person field day tours return to the Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart on Aug. 5 for the first time in three years with informational programs on a variety of subjects. The program is an annual outreach event held by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture to present results and recommendations from faculty with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service. No registration is required for the event. The Rice Research and Extension Center is located at 2900 Highway 130 East in Stuttgart. This will be the first in-person field day at the Rice Research and Extension Center since 2019, according to Jarrod Hardke, professor and rice extension agronomist for the Division of Agriculture. "We're excited to announce our first inperson field day in three years,” Hardke said. “We had great success
and feedback in the past two virtual field days, given how we needed to do it. We delivered some good information and people enjoyed it. But there is that in-person
and the order of speakers are subject to change as finalizations are made. Speakers and topics will include. Field Tour One: • Rice Breeding
rice extension agronomist • Soil Fertility — Trent Roberts, associate professor of soil fertility and testing; and Gerson Drescher, post-doctoral
IN-PERSON — Xueyan Sha discusses medium grain rice breeding efforts during the Division of Agriculture's 2019 research field day at the Rice Research and Extension Center near Stuttgart. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Fred Miller.) element to ask questions, interact and discuss and have a fellowship that is a big part of it. We look forward to being there in person." The two field day tours run simultaneously at 7:30 a.m. and again at 9:30 a.m. Exact times
Updates — Xueyan Sha, professor and senior rice breeder • Drones in Agriculture — Terry Spurlock, professor and extension plant pathologist • Agronomy — Jarrod Hardke, professor and
fellow Field Tour Two: • Current Issues in Rice Insect Management — Nick Bateman, assistant professor and extension entomologist; Chase Floyd, Ph.D. student; and Trevor Newkirk, master’s stu-
dent • Irrigation — Chris Henry, associate professor and water management engineer • Weed Control in Rice: What’s Working and What’s in The Pipeline — Jason Norsworthy, distinguished professor of weed science; and Tommy Butts, assistant professor and extension weed scientist Indoors at the Rice Research and Extension Center: Beginning at 11:30 a.m., prior to the noon lunch, these presentations will be made. • Introduction — Alton Johnson, director of the Rice Research and Extension Center • Crop Overview — Jarrod Hardke, professor and rice extension agronomist • Division of Agriculture Update — Deacue Fields, vice president of agriculture for the University of Arkansas System For More information about the event and to stay up-to-day please v i s i t https://aaes.uada.edu/ev ents/2022-fielddays/rice/.
First responders honored with outdoor event An appreciation picnic for Prairie County first responders was hosted by the Patriots of Prairie County group on Saturday, July 9 in Hazen City Park East, across from the Community Center. The event was organized to thank first responders in the county for all the hard work they do. The majority of first responders are volunteer and put their lives in danger when they are call to respond. Those honored included the law enforcement officers, ambulance services personnel, county fire department volunteers, city workers, and the wrecker company
employees of Prairie County. “We don’t recognize the professions that protect and serve the citizens on a daily basis nearly enough,” Rick Dobson, organizer of the event, said. “After the last two years the time was right to thank them.” Great food and fellowship was enjoyed by all of those who came. Entertainment was provided by the Stanley Young Band. Also in attendance to thank the first responders were Judge Craig Hannah, State Senator Ron Caldwell, State Representative David Hillman, and Hazen Mayor David Hardke.
Hazen Chamber of Commerce and the
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