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Hazen Masonic Lodge Lodge Hall 7:30p.m.

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Christmas in the Park Hazen Park 5:30p.m.-7:30p.m.

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Hazen Chapter #5 OES Masonic Lodge Hall 6:15p.m.

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Hazen Elementary School Literacy Night Hazen School District Band/Choir Winter Concert 7:00p.m. Prairie County Master Gardeners Christmas Party 3:45p.m.

Wednesday December 14

White River Board Meeting, 10:30 a.m. District Office 207 East Front Street Hazen

Thursday December 15

GFWC Elsie McCain Club Christmas Luncheon Little Rock 10:00a.m.

Prairie County and Lonoke County 4-H Clubs volunteered at AETN (Channel 2) Saturday, December 3 from 5:30p.m. to 9:00p.m. in Conway, Arkansas, for the station’s membership drive telethon.

Christmas in the Park Coming to Hazen

Saturday December 17

Hazen High School Student Council Roast & Toast 1:00p.m. Hazen High School Hazen Chapter #5 Installation of Officers Masonic Lodge Hall 1:00p.m.

Sunday December 18 Christmas Cantada First United Methodist Church 6:00p.m.

Tuesday December 20 Prairie County Retired Teachers Christmas Pot-luck DeValls Bluff Methodist Church 12:00p.m.

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The DeValls Bluff Christmas Parade will be postponed until next Saturday December 10th at 5:30 pm

Have you seen signs of the Christmas Spirit around town? Several of our area businesses and homes around town

already have beautiful Christmas decorations up. Whether it is lights on a storefront, a wreath on a door, or a

glistening Christmas tree in a window, there is just something about a small town at Christmastime that

makes even the lifelong residents of a big city a bit jealous. The Hazen Chamber of Commerce wants you to

catch the Spirit of Christmas by making plans to attend Christmas in the Park, on Saturday, December 10th, from 5:30 to 7:30. The whole community is invited to come out to the gazebo in the center of town and enjoy luminaries, hot chocolate, roasted marshmallows, Christmas carols, and pictures with Santa Claus and the Gingerbread Man! Memorial luminaries are being sold and must be purchased by December 9th. For only $1.00, you can buy a special memorial luminary that will be printed with the name of your loved one. We still need volunteers to help. We welcome individuals or groups who would like to lead or help with one of the activities. We also welcome anyone who would like to sing Christmas carols – school groups, church choirs, children’s choirs, or just individuals who like to sing or play music! If you are interested in helping, singing, or purchasing a memorial luminary, please contact Dee Hare at 255-3523 or Dee Black at 255-3551.

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Obituaries Janice White 71, of De Valls Bluff, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016 at her home. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Aleen Ramsey and her twin sister, Paula. Janice is survived by one son, Ronnie White (Olivia Holcomb) of Hazen; Grandchidlren, Ronnie Renee White, Ronald Garrett White, and Hunter Neil White; siblings, Betty Addison (Verlin) of Hazen, Dale Ramsey (Marie) of Memphis and Dwight Felts of Hazen. A graveside service was held 11:00 A.M., Saturday, December 3, 2016 at the De Valls Bluff Cemetery. Arrangements by Westbrook Funeral Home of Hazen.

Robin Renee Cawthorn 46, of McHenry, IL died at her home Monday, November 28, 2016. Robin was born August 4, 1970 in Stuttgart, Arkansas to Robert and Iris (Green) Cawthorn. Survivors include one daughter, Victoria Jairas, parents, Robert and Iris Cawthorn, two brothers,

Sonny Cawthorn, Chaise Cawthorn, one sister, Jeanie Martin. Visitation is 3-5 Sunday, December 4, 2016 at Garth Funeral Home in Des Arc. Funeral services are 2:00 P M Monday at Garth Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sandhill Cemetery. Br. Fred Dover officiating.

Carl Lee Drysdale born March 12, 1941 in DeValls Bluff, Arkansas Carl went to be with the Lord on November 23rd, 2016 Carl was born to Carl Franklin Drysdale and Irma Lee Bardin Drysdale. He is preceded in death by both parents and 4 of his siblings, and 2 half sisters. He is survived by: wife of 44 yrs, Pamela Jean Drysdale of Virginia, his loving daughter, Destarte’ (Dee) Lee Drysdale Patton (Richie), 4 granddaughters: Alisa, Jena, Jessica and Sarah. Treva Dee Drysdale (sister in Law) of Kansas City, Missouri, Jimmy Drysdale (Marsha) of DeValls Bluff, Arkansas, Ted Drysdale (Mary)

Conway, Arkansas. Many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews that loved him dearly. More friends than anybody could put on paper. Carl, loved to fish and he would fish any where there was a fishing hole. Carl loved life and he lived it fully! He was an old Hippy (as he called himself). He had a poet’s heart and a gypsy soul. He lived his last years in Feather Falls, California up in the mountains and he had a bucket list that he just about filled before his death. Carl will be missed, but most of all he will be missed by his family and close friends. Memorial/Celebrating of Life will be held on December 10th 2016, at 2PM, First Baptist Church of DeValls Bluff. www.RamseyFuneralHo mes.com

Bill C. Casto 73, passed away on Dec. 2, 2016. Visitation, Dec. 6, 2016, 10-11 a.m., Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Cabot. Funeral service will immediately follow at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at Lonoke Cemetery.

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Arkansas Department of Heritage Gathers Grass Seeds With Help of Prairie County Master Gardeners

From the left: The seed gathering groups Saturday in the Railroad Prairie west of Hazen: Patrick Solomon, Samantha Scheiman, Katie Shannon, and John O’dell, all of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, Natural Heritage Commission in Little Rock.

By Chris Weems “It was getting late to pick grass and wildflower seeds, but we needed to do it, so our team asked for help from the near-by Master Gardeners. We have a team of 12 and we have had a pretty good day, Samantha Scheiman, G r a n t s Coordinator/Field Assistant of the Department of Arkansas Heritage Commission in Little Rock, said as they finished their “seed gathering” in the railroad Prairie beginning in the west side of Hazen, near the Dryer. The two teams had been gathering seeds of the tall blue stem grass and the short blue stem grass and Prairie grass. “The seed will be used by farmers to restore

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nity to see what they are doing. “One of the guys reached over and stripped the seed pods off a grass stalk and handed it to me. He said “you can plant this in a corner pretty sone, and after the seeds have wintered, they will come up if you don’t get them to deep. The secret of planting the prairie grasses is to barely cover them and then they will germinate and grow pretty well.” This group will not be gathering any more seeds as a group, but Samantha will contact the Prairie County Master Gardeners earlier next Fall when they are planning an event, Chris said.

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some prairie spots that have thin or no growth of the native grasses, “Samantha said. Samantha said the other group who had left, was gathering wildflower seeds. Chris Weems, a member of Prairie County Master Gardeners, who had intended to go for the “seed gathering”, was delayed by a delivery being delayed, and only met the groups and they were getting ready to leave Hazen. She told them that she had seen the groups out along the railroad right-of-way with their buckets and had often wondered what they were doing. “And when I got the email last week inviting the Master Gardeners to join the group. I thought this will be my opportu-

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Midnight-tto-M Midnight "Fidel" Cuba and Arkansas. We are continuing to receive daily updates from the Department of Health concerning the mumps outbreak in Arkansas. The Department of Health is reporting that 43 workplaces, 3 school districts, and 5 colleges/vocational schools have now reported cases. As of December 1, there were a total of 1,764 cases reported. The counties with reported case include Benton, Carroll, Crittenden, Faulkner, Howard, Hot Spring, Madison, Pulaski, Saline, Sebastian, and Washington. Arkansas is one of 6 states that has reported more than 100 cases this year to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Mumps is a viral illness that is transmitted by direct contact with respiratory droplets or saliva

from an infected person. It is best known for painful, swollen salivary glands that show up as puffy cheeks and swollen jaw. The majority of cases in Arkansas are among school aged children. Therefore the Department of Health is requiring any student who has a Mumps, Measles, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine exemption to be excluded from school for 26 days from the date of exposure or for the duration of the outbreak, whichever is longer. Throughout this outbreak, 90% to 95% of school-aged children and 30% to 40% of adults involved in the outbreak have been fully immunized. The vaccine is not perfect. Two doses of the MMR shot are about 88% effective at preventing the mumps. That means that if you have 100 people

who are fully vaccinated, 88 of them will be fully protected. The remaining 12 will still be vulnerable to mumps. If it were not for the vaccine, however, we would be seeing many, many more cases of the mumps. Also, we have only seen a few cases with complications such as swelling of the brain. This tells health professionals that even though some vaccinated individuals are still getting the mumps, they are experiencing mild disease. The vaccine remains the best protection we have against the mumps. The complete list of schools with reported cases along with more information about prevention can be found on the Arkansas Department of Health website www.healthy.arkansas.go v.

State Capitol Week in Review From Senator Jonathan Dismang Businessmen and state economic development officials understand that Arkansas is part of a global market place, and that many of their customers and much of their competition is overseas. Last year Arkansas companies exported $5.9 billion worth of products and services. Since 2010 the value of Arkansas exports has risen 12.5 percent. Over a three year period the average rate of growth in Arkansas exports was 2.8 percent a year. People in foreign countries represent 95 percent of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s customers and 70 percent of its buying power. Arkansas ranks 37th among the 50 states in the value of exports, according to the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC). Canada is our top trading partner. Canadian companies buy about a fifth of all Arkansas exports. Mexico is our second largest trading partner and buys about 14 percent of all Arkansas exports, valued at $837 million. Last year our smallest trading partner was Brunei, a small country on the island of Borneo southwest of the Philippines. A company there bought $2,540 worth of products from an Arkansas firm. Electrical machinery was our largest export,

accounting for more than 13 percent of the total value of goods shipped overseas from Arkansas. Japan, Canada and Mexico, in that order, were the top three destinations for electrical machinery manufactured in Arkansas. Aircraft parts and equipment amounted to almost the same amount of Arkansas exports last year, or 13 percent of the total and $793 million in value. Machinery and mechanical appliances were a close third, accounting for 11.3 percent of all Arkansas exports. Plastics and organic chemicals ranked fourth and fifth. Cereals, a category that includes rice, ranked sixth in the rankings of Arkansas exports. Paper and paper products were seventh and car parts were the eighth most export produced in Arkansas. It may surprise some people that meat products, which includes poultry, is ninth in the rankings of Arkansas exports. Steel and dairy products are followed by arms and ammunition. Chemicals, rubber, optical and medical instruments come next, ahead of cotton. International trade accounts for about a third of the Gross Domestic Product of the United States and directly or indirectly supports 11.7 million jobs nationwide.

The AEDC not only promotes the sale of Arkansas products in foreign markets, it also cultivates relationships with foreign companies that want to invest in Arkansas and create jobs here. For example, France, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany combined account for almost 17 percent of all Arkansas exports. Businesses in those European countries also own plants in Arkansas that are vital to our economy. There are 23 German companies in Arkansas that employ 1,600 people. There are 13 French companies that employ 3,700 employees and 11 British companies that employ 930 people. The Arkansas plants owned by European companies produce car parts, machinery, plastics, power tools, steel, cosmetics and heavy equipment. Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role in our economy is significant. Japanese companies employ 5,300 workers in 20 locations in Arkansas. Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role in Arkansas is growing. Brazil is the top South American presence in Arkansas. There are 10 locations in Arkansas owned by two Brazilian firms that employ 1,800 workers.

By Steve Barnes, long time journalist whose columns appear in the White River Journal. 11/1/2016 Let's discuss, not for the first time. At the top, there is no glamorizing the late president of Cuba although, over the last half-century, dozens have tried: the occasional French intellectual, an American academic or three, a few Hollywood Blist stars sneaking onto the island to cut sugar cane (for a day or so) "in solidarity" with the "workers." Without question Fidel Castro made a difference in the lives of his 11 million constituents, who would be better described, and then generously, as subjects. Living standards for the poorest were upgraded, health care improved almost exponentially (Cuba's infant mortality rate is lower than America's) and education, of a particular sort, was made universal. That's enough of that. Richard Cohen, the ace foreign affairs analyst of [begin ital] The New York Times [end ital], tells it with the bark off: "Fidel, the romantic liberator, had made of his island a prison, full of inert people mired in the poverty engendered by a nightmarish system. His considerable achievements in education, health care and basic welfare could not mask this fundamental failure." Now, to Cuba post-Fidel, and Arkansas. Gov. Asa Hutchinson is in something of a pickle, though not the only one he is likely to wrestle come January. Just two months ago the Governor was in Havana, leading a small group of Arkansas exporters salivating at the prospect of billions in sales to the island. But now the president-elect he endorsed, however uncomfortably, at the Republican National Convention and elsewhere is threatening to scuttle the normalization of relations between the U.S. and Cuba, a process begun 40 years ago and accelerated by the Obama administration. The U.S. again has an embassy in Havana. Mr. Hutchinson floats not alone in the brine. Every member of the state's congressional

delegation -- all six are Republicans, all supportive of Trump -- expresses comfort with a restoration of formal diplomatic relations and trade with Cuba, all save one: Sen. Tom Cotton. Ever the hard-right warrior, Cotton demands that Cuba become an American-style republic and scrub itself of all traces of totalitarianism lest it remain isolated -from the U.S., that is; much of the rest of the world has done business with Cuba for decades and reaped the benefits. "I'm not bright," says Harvey Joe Sanner, who is quite bright, "but even a dim bulb can understand the futility in trying to force feed democracy! It has to be allowed to attract those in Cuba willing to seek a change." Sanner, of Des Arc, is a farm fellow and like so many of his buddies in Arkansas agriculture, would love to peddle rice and wheat and corn, and beef and pork and poultry, to Cuba. (Market economics, from aYellow Dog Democrat!). A lot of other Arkansas businessmen, many of them Republicans, yearn for the chance to sell their products to the little island; and can't one imagine the zest with which its 11 million residents would flood a Walmart? Yes, Arkansas and other states now export both food and finished products to Cuba, but on a strict cash-only basis, the antithesis of international trade. Trump threatens to terminate negotiations that could ease such restrictions. "There is no way that one can defend the actions of Fidel," says Sanner, "but one can look at the situation realistically and draw a conclusion that the best way to move forward is to have communication between

the Cuban people and American citizens." There's no communication like commerce. Faintly amusing: many of Trump's supporters, individuals and interest groups consistently demanding that the government get out of the way of business, of free enterprise, and fearful that a Hillary Clinton presidency would impose still further regulation, is alarmed that their champion of the moment might re-seal a promising profit center. Fidel's death was not timed for Mr. Hutchinson's convenience; the dictator's ashes will still be cooling when the Governor speaks to the annual convention of the Arkansas Farm Bureau, long an advocate of improved U.S. - Cuba relations (read Arkansas Cuba farm exports). Further amusement, faint: the Bureau's membership, it's a good guess, voted overwhelmingly for Trump, and probably in the same percentage as it voted, six years ago, to oust Sen. Blanche Lincoln, chair of--the Agriculture Committee. And, two years ago, by a similar margin, to replace Sen. Mark Pryor, a trade advocate, with -- Cotton. Noted: Mr. Hutchinson's larger concern will be his president's vow to repeal Obamacare. Should Trump follow through Arkansas would lose hundreds of millions of dollars in federal health funds, shattering the budget. But Trump's tantrum on Cuba probably will follow the same trajectory as his pledges to expel all undocumented immigrants, jail Clinton and restore coal mining -- and eliminate Obamacare -- all calculated to fire up his political base. A part of that base could burn hotter than he realizes.

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From the Book of Psalms Chapters 95-9 98:1-7 7

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, [1] as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” Book of Romans 1:16-17 Calvary Baptist Church West North Front Street, Hazen, AR Phone: (870) 255 - 4038 Sunday School: 9:50 AM Worship: 10:45 AM BTC: 6 PM, Evening Worship 6:45 PM Wednesday Bible Study: 7 PM First Baptist Church 224 N. Hazen Ave. Hazen, AR 72064 Phone: (870) 255 - 4464 Pastor, Sam Higgs Sunday Service Sunday School: 10:00 AM Morning Worship: 11:00 AM Evening Worship: 6:00 PM Wednesday Service Adult Bible Study and Prayer

95 1 Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. 3 For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. 5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. 6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; 7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice, 8 “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness, 9 where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did.

10 For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways.’ 11 So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’” 96 1 Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. 3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. 4 For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. 6 Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and glory are in his sanctuary. 7 Ascribe to the Lord, all you families of nations, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come into his courts. 9 Worship the Lord in the splendor of his[a] holiness; tremble before him, all the earth. 10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.” The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity. 11 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it. 12 Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy. 13 Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness. 97 1 The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice. 2 Clouds and thick darkness surround him;

righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. 3 Fire goes before him and consumes his foes on every side. 4 His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles. 5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth. 6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all peoples see his glory. 7 All who worship images are put to shame, those who boast in idols— worship him, all you gods! 8 Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, Lord. 9 For you, Lord, are the Most High over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods. 10 Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. 11 Light shines[a] on the righteous and joy on

the upright in heart. 12 Rejoice in the Lord, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name. 98 1 Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. 2 The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations. 3 He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 4 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; 5 make music to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, 6 with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn— shout for joy before the Lord, the King. 7 Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.

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

Zion Lutheran Church Hwy 79 PO Box 158 Ulm, AR 72170 Phone: 870-241-3778 email: zionlutheran@hotmail.com Pastor: Rev. Johnny Graham Sunday School at 10 am Worship at 11am Bible study: Wed at 5:30 pm

St. Rose Catholic Church Highway 70, Carlisle, AR. Phone (870) 552 - 3601 Father Shaun Wesley Saturday: Spanish Mass 6:30 PM Sunday School: 9:45 AM Sunday: Mass 11:00 AM United Methodist Church of DeValls Bluff Highway 70 West, DeValls Bluff AR. Pastor Carolyn Doering Sunday Morning Worship: 9 AM Sunday School: 10:15 AM Fellowship Meal: 4th Sun. of Month, 6 PM First Baptist Church of DeValls Bluff P. O. Box 358 Highway 70 West, DeValls Bluff, AR. Phone (870) 998 - 7118 Pastor Bill Bruce Sunday School: 9:45 AM Morning Worship: 11 AM Training Hour: 5 PMWorship 6 PM Wednesday Evening: 7 PM 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 Elder Sylvester Swanigan Sunday School: 9:30 AM Worship Service: 11 AM Sts. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church Highway 86, Slovak, AR. Fr. Shaun Wesley,Sunday 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 Wed. Serv. 7 PM St. John's Lutheran Church Fifth and College Streets, Stuttgart, AR 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 First Assembly of God Hwy 33 and U.S. 70 Biscoe, Arkansas Sunday Services: 10:30 A.M., 6 P.M. Wednesdays WNYG, Kids

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It's that time again, Kids! My name is: This year I have been:

very good

quite good

a bit naughty

What I would MOST like for Christmas this year is:

My boss will be making his annual check on who's been naughty and nice. So now is the time to write your letter to Santa.

because:

If your elves are not too busy, I would also like:

He's arranged to have your letters printed in the Wednesday, December 21st edition of The Grand Prairie Herald. Mail them to Letters To Santa, PO Box 370, Hazen, AR 72064, bring them to our office at 111 Hwy. 70 East in Hazen or email us at heraldpublishing@gmail.com by Monday, December 12 at Noon.

I promise to leave you some

Hazen Elementary Students Pre-K - 3rd will turn their Letters in at school to their teachers.

on Christmas Eve.

I'll see you Christmas Eve, but you won't see me!

Merry Christmas, Rudolph PARENTS of Children NOT in School : Cut out the letter above and have your children fill it out. Bring it by or mail it to us!

2016-2 2017 Hazen School District Basketball Schedule DATE

OPPONENT

TEAMS

SITE

TIME

12/9

Marvell

Away