September 7, 2016

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See Page 3 Volume 117 Number 36 - USPS 225-680

Community Events Calendar Thursday September 8 Idlewild EHC meeting

Hazen/DeValls Bluff, Prairie County, Arkansas

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Potts throws first pitch at Travs game

Hazen Masonic Lodge 7:30p.m. at the Lodge Jr. High Hornets @ Clarendon 7:00p.m.

Friday September 9 Sr. High Hornets VS Clarendon Hornet Field 7:00p.m.

Saturday September 10 Movies at the Center Miracles from Heaven 6:00p.m. Commumity Center DeValls Bluff Landon Potts had the honor of throwing the first pitch at the Arkansas Travelers baseball game on Monday, August 29th, at Dickey Stephens Park. Landon is the 10 year old son of Shane and Charlotte Baumgardner Potts and the grandson of Gino and Kathy Morrison and the late Earl

Monday September 12 Hazen Chapter 35, OES, Hazen Lodge Hall 6:15 p.m.

Sunday September 18

Public Notice

PC Master Gardeners, PC Fair Grounds for Prairie County Fair exhibit set-up

Thursday September 22 Commodities at Hazen

First United Methodist Church 11:00a.m.- 2:00p.m. Bring photo I.D and proof of PC Residence

Friday September 23 Hazen School District Junior and Senior High Homecoming 2:00p.m. in School Gym and again on the field before the game

Tuesday September 27 Adult Bingo Hazen Library 11:00a.m. - 12:00p.m.

Community events brought to you by and the

Hazen Chamber of Commerce

Please call F&M Bank, 255-3042 to list events.

Baumgardner and Carolyn Potts. Landon is a fifth grade honor student at Pulaski Academy where he is a member of the PA Student Council. He played with the Maumelle Baseball All Stars in the USSSA World Series in Gulfport, Mississippi this year.

School Election

Landon Potts smiles for the camera before making his debut as a major league pitcher.

HSD School Board approves the leasing of three new buses The Hazen School Board held their monthly meeting on Monday, August 29 at 6:00 p.m. in the high school library. School Board members present were President David Strohl, Richard Ingle, Freddie Rogers, David Williams, Sandra Penn, Vickie Skarda, and Superintendent Nanette Belford. Action Items The board approved Superintendent Nanette Belford’s request to lease three buses from American Bus Sales in a three year agreement. Belford budgeted $75,000 into the leasing of new buses for the school district. The three year contract with American Bus Sales will include five used buses; three, seventy-one passenger buses, one, seventy-eight person bus, and one forty-seven passenger. The lease will be under $70,000 and and if anything happens the company will fix the buses. The school buses belonging to the school will become spares.

Superintendent’s recommendation to accept the revised policy 7.10 Public Use of School Buildings was approved. The revised policy will allow the use of the old gym for the newly formed peewee basketball program. The program will be lead by Dr. Jeff Dulany. The organization has agreed to purchase a $1,000,000 liability insurance plan. Superintendent’s recommendation to change the high school hand book policy concerning the honors student was passed. The honor graduate students will now be able to opt out of Advanced Placement Calculus, and instead take an online concurrent credit college algebra class. Superintendent’s recommendation to enter a tuition agreement with The Sunshine School was approved. The agreement covers the tuition of two students for 2016-2017 years for $33,400. The A.C.A 6-24-101 resolutions for the dis-

trict to conduct business transactions with vendors in which school employees may be “directly interested” was approved. Other business included the superintendent’s recommendation to approve three students to work in the cafeteria part time for the 20162017 school year.

In accordance with Election Law 6-14-102 (2) (A) and since there are no contested races or millage increases on the ballots, the Hazen School District has recommended to the Prairie County Election Commission that the upcoming election be conducted by Early and Absentee Ballots only.

Monday, September 19, 2016 during regular office hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Clerk’s Office in the Prairie County Courthouse.

Candidates who have filed for the Hazen School District are: Zone 2 – Vicki Skarda Zone 4 – Freddie Rogers

Prairie County Election Commission:

Early Voting will begin on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 and end on

Applications for absentee ballots can be requested by calling the Clerk’s Office at 870256-4434.

Rita Dobson (501)516-7264 Harvey Joe Sanner (501) 516-7000 Stan Ferguson (501)516-6156

HHS Kicks Off Season In Home Game Against Piggott

The Hazen Senior High Hornets played the first game of the year Friday night against the Piggott Mowhawks. See Page 6.


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