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It’s harvest time on the Grand Prairie. (p. 6)
Volume 118 Number 36 - USPS 225-680
Community Events Calendar Thursday September 14 Hazen Masonic Lodge Meeting Lodge Hall 7:30 p.m. District IV and VIII GFWC Meeting Arkansas Bank Stuttgart 4:30 p.m. DeValls Bluff City Council Meeting DeValls Bluff City Hall 6:00p.m.- 7:00p.m.
Prairie County, Arkansas
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Grand Prairie comes together to collect donations for Port Arthur flood victims The Grand Prairie came together as one last week in a crisis and it all started with Tanner White of Biscoe. He had been helping rescue people with his boat in Port Arthur from Hurricane Harvey, and had been in the water one day 1 and 2 and on the third day he pulled into a Supply location and noticed how scarce the supplies were and knew that they needed more supplies and put a plan to work. It started out as a post on Face Book and then it went wild, everyone wanted to help so he and others from this area let others know how bad things were needed.. Most of the churches in Prairie County were drop off places for donations, The First Baptist Church of Biscoe was a big help, and Carly Booker ask the
products, can food, baby diapers and lots more. The United Methodist Church on Relief donated 150 fluid buckets full of cleaning supplies. CPS of Hazen were great, after the donated items were picked up, they were wrapped in bubble wrap and put on pallets by the employees at CPS, and also they loaded it in the trailer for them. Jackie Prince went to the owner of Stratton Seed and spoke to Wendell Stratton about getting a trailer to haul all donated items to Port Arthur and he didn’t hesitate, said he would gladly furnish it. Glenn Overtourf was working over the road and got home on Friday night with his own truck and drove the items to Port Arthur. Makes one proud to live in a small town
Carlisle School District to get on Board and they did, along with Hazen School District. Kent Smith was a big help and offered his farm truck up and CPS of Hazen loaned a 1 ton truck to carry all donated items back to CPS for load up on Friday September 8th. Those picking up donated items were Tanner White and Jackie Prince. There were non-perishable items, cleaning supplies, paper
where everyone pitches in to help their neighbor who is need. Thanks to everyone who helped in anyway and also the ones that donated items. Special thanks to Tanner White and Jackie Prince for helping us with the story and starting this chain of events. Thanks to CPS and Stratton Seed for all your help, we couldn’t have done this without everyone's help!!
Saturday September 16 Prairie County Fair Parade, Line up at old Acco building 4:30 p.m. Sunday September 17 PC Master Gardeners Fair Grounds 2:00 p.m. Tuesday September 19 DeValls Bluff Bingo DeValls Bluff Library 11:30- 12:30p.m.
Corley receives journalism award
Master Gardeners Meeting BanCorpSouth Hazen 6:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m Wednesday September 20 Friendship Luncheon DeValls Bluff Methodist Church 11:30 - 2:00 p.m. Thursday September 21 Hazen City Council City Hall 6:00pm - 7:00pm Community events brought to you by Hazen Chamber of Commerce and the
Please call F&M Bank, 255-3042 to list events.
Eden Corley, former editor of the Grand Prairie Herald, with her award. Hazen High School alumna, Eden Corley, recently attended the 41st Mid-America Emmy Awards Gala in St. Louis, Missouri, where she was a recipient of a Student Television Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) MidAmerica chapter. Corley won the award while earning her bachelor's degree in Electronic Media Production from Harding University. The entry, submitted by Harding University, won in the long-form non-fiction category and featured the university's television station, HU16's, Live Election Coverage that aired last November. Corley had been involved with the station for two and a half years and served as the Executive
Producer for the broadcast. Her director and fellow classmate, Matt Garner, was also recognized for the award. In a brief statement from Corley, she expressed her gratitude to the foundation, as well as her news team, "It was a crazy night where everything felt like one train wreck after another. We really lucked out with the final show. I'm completely awe struck to have won, but I by no means did it alone. I'm very thankful for my team who worked with me all night and stuck in there to the end." Corley has since graduated from the university and now resides in Conway where she works as the Online Media Reporter for the Log Cabin Democrat.
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