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Arts-adelphia: Arkadelphia Festival of the Arts Kaela McKim Editor-in-Chief The Oracle

What better way to spend the sunny weekend than with local art, food trucks, live music, and astonishing rope dancing?

Previously named the Caddo River Art Guild, 29 artists joined in the downtown area for the first annual Arkadelphia Festival of the Arts to display their creations. The art that was made ranged from clay sculptures to metal and woodwork, and acrylic paintings.

One artist in particular, Chris McHenry, based in Hot Springs, has a history as a pictorial billboard artist, mural painter, scenic

painter, and even a digital computer artist. Another artist named Margarita Peraza-Rugeley, who is also a Henderson State Spanish professor, has a specialty in colonial Latin America art painted with acrylics.n These two artists alone are just a small slice of what the festival had to offer.

“My art is bright and bold, and my creations depict a world stripped of decoration.” said PerazaRugeley.

The culinary arts also s h o wed out wit h foo d offerings such as pizzas, sandwiches, cajun, wings, and pastries. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, Braggs Big Bites made and sold dishes of catfish

and wings with their slogan “Something to Bragg about!” holding true. Say Cheese, from Austin, Arkansas, uses fresh and local ingredients for their handcrafted sandwiches.

ShoBo’s Kitchen, another business from Little Rock, provided cajun pasta, philly cheesesteaks, and a cheeseburger fit for their famous “Bangin burger sauce.”

Music that was performed was all live from artists based in Arkansas.

Country, blues, rock, hiphop, and other genres were represented from all corners of the state. One of the artists, Rodney Block Kollective, blended jazz, hip-hop, and country for a captivating performance

while Lil Skinny Band is a country and southern rock singer. Other artists include Dazz and Brie who front with a blend of rock and soul music.

Though this was the first year of this festival, it will not be the last. As an annual event, more artists of the culinary, music, and painting world will come together in Arkadelphia to show what Arkansas has to offer.

For more information on the painters, musicians, and food truck vendors, Arkadelphia Festival of the Arts has a Facebook page as well as their own website.

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Photo by Kaela McKim Professor Peraza-Rugeley, who teaches Spanish at Henderson, shows off a painting she has just sold.

Greenhouse for the Reddies Lance Brownfield Editor-in-Chief

The greenhouse between McBrien and Reynolds has looked a bit overgrown lately. But better days are right around the corner for the forsaken foliage.

A partnership between Sodexo, Henderson's biology department and the Gardening Club has given new life to the greenhouse by turning it into a community garden.

Part of Sodexo's three-part sustainability program, the food produced in the greenhouse will be used in the Caddo for

Photos courtesy of Steve Fellers Henderson's 2021 Homecoming Royalty has been crowned, with Joce Mount winning overall out of 22 candidates. Runner-ups are Kirby Smith and Martha Masqueda.

students to eat.

The benefits of this program are as plentiful as the plants inside the building.

Students can enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables grown on campus while saving the university money they would have spent on shipments of food.

The other branches of Sodexo's three part program are a Thursday night food rescue program that gives food to students in need instead of throwing it away, and their "Buy a Meal Plan, Give a Meal" initiative.

Getting her hands dirty and working on her green thumb, is Alisa Lollar, Sodexo's marketing/ sustainability/student engagement intern. Lollar is a senior business marketing & management major at Henderson.

Lollar has recruited volunteers from the biology department, gardening club and others excited about the idea of growing their own food and making a positive impact.

The new community garden will be open to the public on Tuesday, Oct. 26 during Henderson's Fall Festival in the quad.

Photo courtesy of Alisa Lollar Three volunteers clean up HSU's greenhouse ahead of the opening of a community garden, which will be housed there. (From left to right) Davy McDonald, Alisa Lollar and Samantha Overcast.

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“Halloween Kills” is a mediocre film that gives a fun experience Sydney Bowman Contributing Reporter

The “Halloween” franchise has been thrilling horror fans for just over 40 years now. With the latest addition of “Halloween Kills,” fans of the series will appreciate the return of slasher icon Michael Myers with some of his most brutal murders yet.

However, many will likely also find it an unnecessary entry. Regardless, the film has already been a hit with audiences.

“Halloween Kills,” a sequel to 2018’s “Halloween” and the third entry in the new timeline that the previous film established, follows Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her family as they recover from their injuries sustained from Myers’ (James Jude Courtney) attack. Unbeknownst to them, Myers also survived the ordeal and has resumed his rampage as Tommy Doyle (Anthony Michael Hall) rallies the townspeople to fight back.

Before delving into the criticism, the film’s strengths must be noted.

Similar to its predecessor, the cast of “Halloween Kills” all give praiseworthy performances. Though none of the cast members do the best work of their careers, the characters’ emotions do seem convincing and satisfactory.

Curtis, unfortunately, is not given the screentime to truly shine as she did in the previous “Halloween,” though she still stands out in every scene she does receive.

The film is also pretty decently directed by David Gordon Green, which must always be given credit in the horror genre. The movie features a varied shot structure and even occasionally some creative use of the platform. Two parallel shots of Myers and Strode gazing out a window come to mind. Close-up shots also really benefited this film.

While these aspects kept the film from totally crashing and burning, they, unfortunately, cannot change the sentiment that

“Halloween Kills” was not needed to advance this story. That is because it really does not advance the story at all. Myers survives his “death,” kills a lot of people, and the film ends.

There is a strange new focus on Doyle that pushes back Strode’s family, the protagonists from the last film, effectively halting the flow of events. Because of all of this, the film’s pace has a bizarre quality of feeling dragged down and rushed at the same time. Nothing major really happens in the entire movie, causing what little climax of the story there is to feel entirely unearned with no development.

It also feels like Myers himself is less prevalent in “Halloween Kills,” though a comparison of screen times across each “Halloween” film is needed to be sure.

For most of the film, Myers is not even chasing the protagonists, resulting in long periods where he is hardly seen. What scenes he is in are of course the show-stealers, and the kills are brutally c r e a t i v e (undoubtedly owed to the changing tolerance for violence in film compared to the earlier years of the franchise).

There just needed to be more.

Something that could have actually worked in the movie’s favor is its surprising attempt at thematic symbolism.

To many, that term is thought of as the direct opposite of what “Halloween” really is, but in truth the ideas “Halloween Kills” tries to present are somewhat interesting. As the film goes on, it starts to play with the concept that Myers is a representation of all the darker parts of humanity, a summation of the world’s evil. There is

a long sequence involving an angry mob in which this is stunningly portrayed.

Unfortunately, the idea is abandoned as the film draws to a close, but this level of writing was shockingly effective while it lasted. It truly is a pity that this was not expanded upon.

The “Halloween” franchise is really no stranger to mediocre and even bad movies.

“Halloween Kills” is by no means the worst of the bunch; it effectively beats out the third through sixth installments of the original timeline, “Halloween: Resurrection,” and the two Rob Zombie remakes.

This leaves it on a solid middle ground in terms of quality, though it is by far the worst in its timeline (which also includes the original “Halloween” and 2018’s “Halloween”).

“Halloween Kills” is ultimately an unneeded second movie in a planned trilogy of sequels that could have probably been a duology. Though fans

Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures

of the franchise will enjoy seeing Myers once again, the film adds nothing new to what has already been established and is very much filler for next year's “Halloween Ends.”

“Halloween Kills” is now in theaters and streaming on Peacock.

Pathways to Freedom and Success Asa Hutchinson AR Governor LITTLE ROCK – One of my priorities has been to help pave a path to success for those who are re-entering society after a prison term. Today I’d like to talk about how we’ve addressed that. I also want to share the story of a man who spent his life encouraging young people to make good choices so they wouldn’t go to prison.

During my first year in office, we created Restore Hope, a program designed help inmates prepare for freedom. We needed an effective reentry system to give those coming out of prison a better chance of success, of getting a job, and of contributing to their community. Most importantly, by helping them succeed, we would reduce the risk that they would return to prison.

This also addressed a problem that isn’t as obvious but just as serious.

Often when people enter prison, their children go into our foster care system. When we reduce the number of people going to prison, we reduce the number of children entering foster care.

Pathway to Freedom

is a nonprofit faith-based program that works with inmates while they are in prison and after they are released. The numbers tell the story of Pathway’s success. Of all the programs offered in Arkansas’s prison system, the percent of Pathway graduates who return to prison is the lowest at 23 percent.

Now I’ll tell you about a man whose mission was to keep young people out of trouble so that they never needed a Pathway to Freedom.

Everyone seemed to know Dwayne Yarbrough.

Most people called him Big D. You couldn’t miss him. He was 6-foot-7, and you could see his smile a mile away. Coach Houston Nutt first met Big D at a high school basketball game decades ago. Most people knew him from his security jobs at War Memorial Stadium and the State Fair, which is where I met him. At concerts, he was one of the big guys who stood between fans and the entertainers on stage.

But his day job was as an educator with the Attorney General’s office, where he worked for 23 years. His passion was to steer young people onto the

right path. He created the program “Right Choices, Better Chances,” which he presented at schools and police departments all over the state. He trained law enforcement officers and School Resource Officers.

He taught at the Criminal Justice Institute. Director Dr. Cheryl May praised his ability to convey his message and his method.

Larance Johnson, who recently retired from the Criminal Justice Institute, said Big D lived and breathed his mission. He was a gentle giant whose size and unexpectedly calm voice and manner could bring tense situations under control.

He was one of the early members of the Arkansas Safe Schools Association and served as president of the board from 2018 to 2020.

Big D died on September 8 of this year. Family and friends attended a service for him at War Memorial Stadium. There’s no way to quantify Big D’s impact, but we can honor his work by sharing his mission to set our young people on the path to success so that they won’t need a path out of prison.

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Fall Events Upcoming Events October 20-27 The Henderson State University Fine Art Department is proud to present Emboldened by our graduating BSE candidate Miss Emily Golden.

Emily came to Henderson State University in 2019 from DeWitt, Arkansas. While enrolled at HSU, she has studied under the tutelage of Professor Katherine Strause, Professor David Warren, and Dr. Kelsey Malone. Emboldened is a culmination of these studies in oil paintings.

According to Emily, “Emboldened is a visual commentary on the tradition of the sexualized female nude that is so prevalent in art history. It creates a space in which women are taking back their bodies with power and strength from a world in which their nudity have become tourist attractions for the desire of men.”

An artist talk for Emboldened will be on Monday, October 25 at 12:15 and will be attended by Emily. The student gallery is located on the second floor of the Henderson State University Huie Library and the exhibit will be open for public view from Wednesday, October 20- Wednesday, October 27.

For more information regarding Library hours, please visit http://library. hsu.edu or contact the Fine Art Department at (870) 230-5036.

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Recurring Friday Night Magic The Gathering - Atlas Gaming ♦♦♦ Alcoholics Anonymous hosts two meetings a week in Arkadelphia. The meetings are open to anyone interested in AA’s program of recovery. The Arkadelphia Group meets at 7 p.m. every Tues. in the Sturgis Building at North 9 and Caddo Streets. For more information on the Arkadelphia Group Meetings, call 870-4033001. The U-Turn Group meets at 7 p.m. every Thurs. on the front, upper level of Park Hill Baptist Church, 3163 Hollywood Road. For information on that group’s meetings, call 870-230-2975 or 870-2609277. ♦♦♦ With Late ‘til 8, local businesses stay open to 8:00 pm so that customers can shop and also win door prizes! this is a monthly event that happens every first Thursday of every month. ♦♦♦ Pediatrics Plus is excited to announce that our brand new facility is now open. Our new facility is located at 702 Hickory Street. The new facility offers includes a Developmental Preschool and Therapy Services that include: ABA, Occupational, Physical, and Speech Therapy. In addition, our brand new, state-of-the-art facilities include a House Next Door suite which offers a homey feel for children learning daily living activities like cooking, feeding therapy, making the bed, getting dressed, and more! Other features of the new facility include a new playground, gross motor gym, high stimulation and low stimulation gyms, and a library! Enroll Now to get a spot in our new location! ♦♦♦ Al-Anon meetings, designed to help family and friends affected by alcohol, are held three days a week in the Arkadelphia area: • Tues. at 7 p.m., Sturgis Building, corner of 9 and Caddo.

• 870-403-2019; Thurs. at 6:30 p.m., Park Hill Baptist Church.

• 870-403-2019; Fri. at noon, Clark County Library, 609 Caddo St., side door. 512-750-2292.

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Bobby Dave Watson 7/10/38 - 10/9/21 Bobby Dave Watson, 83, of Bismarck, went peacefully to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 9th, 2021 surrounded by his family. He was born July 10th 1938 in Hampton, Arkansas to the late Homer and Tempie Watson. Bob attended Caney Missionary Baptist Church with his wife, Barbara Watson.

Survivors include his loving wife of 58 years, Barbara Watson; son, Brad (Kim) Watson of Fayetteville; son-inlaw, Paul Shuffield Jr. of Arkadelphia; sisters, Claudean Sealy 1/19/33 - 10/9/21

Claudean Sealy, 88, of Arkadelphia, Arkansas passed away Saturday morning, October 9, 2021, in her home.

Claudean was born January 19, 1933, to Claud Forrest Malcom

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Obituaries Jimmie (Rodney) Strickland of Hampton and Omer Lee Bunn of Benton; six grandsons, Nicholas, Bradley (Amanda), Harrison Shuffield; Grant, Conner Watson; Greg (Chelsea) Philpot and two greatgrandchildren, Camille and Jaxon Philpot.

Bob’s grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Honorary pallbearers are Paul Bond, Jimmy Rodgers, Crandall Duncan and Mark Morgan. The family would like to extend their sincere appreciation to Kindred Hospice, Southern Caregivers and the Patton family for

the extraordinary love, dedication, and kindness they have shown during this difficult time.

Visitation will be from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Thursday, October 14th at Ruggles-Wilcox Funeral Home in Arkadelphia.

Service will be 2:00 PM Friday, October 15th at Caney Missionary Baptist Church with Bro. Ralph Ruffin officiating. Burial will follow at Hickory Grove Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Caney Missionary Baptist Church of Hickory Grove Cemetery Fund c/o

and Alta Lee Wilson Malcom in Monette, Arkansas. She graduated from Arkadelphia High School. She was married to Garland Sealy until his passing in 1991. Claudean was a member of Third Street Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her mother and the following brothers and sister: James F. Malcom (Lorena), Paul W. Malcom (Lillian), Doyle F. Malcom (Corine), Bertha A. Whitworth and CF Malcom.

Claudean worked at Oberman’s and the Hollywood Vassarette during her career years.

After retirement, she and her sister, Wilma Franklin kept small children in

Wilma’s home for many years.

Claudean and Wilma had many adventures together. It was common for them to take random trips and at least yearly vacations. As Claudean’s health deteriorated after a stroke Wilma became her sole caregiver.

One of Claudean’s biggest regrets is that she could not have her own children. Overcoming those losses earlier in life were a challenge.

However, she quickly jumped in and joined her siblings in loving all her nieces and nephews.

She was particularly invested in Wilma’s children Sammie Thompson of Wichita,

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She leaves behind a host of nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be held at Richland Cemetery Saturday, October 16, 2021, at 11:00am. Brother Robbie Horne, officiating.

Visitation will begin at the graveside at 10:00am.

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7-4A Football Conference Standings

Thursday, October 21, 2021

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Panthers beat the Devil out of the Go-Devils

Week 8

1. Ashdown 7-0

2. Robinson 6-1

Photo by Aaron Weatherford The Gurdon Go-Devils took on the Magnet Cove Panthers in a big 2A-5 conference matchup last Friday night at Cabe Field.

3. Arkadelphia 4-3

4. Fountain Lake 4-3

5. Malvern 3-4

Aaron Weatherford Contributing Reporter Senior night is a night that lets athletic players enjoy their final game at their hometown football, basketball, baseball, or softball venues. It’s a night of enjoyment and gratitude. Last Friday, Gurdon hosted their senior night for their 2022 senior football players.

This class has accomplished quite a bit and won a lot of

6. Haskell Harmony Grove 2-4

7. Bauxite 2-5

8. Nashville 2-5

games during their time, including three straight semi-finals appearances for the past three years.

They hosted the Magnet Cove Panthers, who they had beaten two years in row. As mentioned, the Go-Devils wanted to get

this win for the seniors as well as possibly win a conference title for the second straight year. This was unfortunately not the case when the final horn went off.

It was a low scoring game throughout the night and it seemed that the Go-Devil defense was to win the game for Gurdon. It was a struggle for the offense most of the night for Gurdon as well.

The Go-Devils ended the game with four turnovers that proved to be disastrous for Gurdon.

Gurdon’s Zamari Haynie would score Gurdon’s only two touchdowns for the entire night. After his second touchdown in the third quarter, the GoDevils held a 13-0 lead.

Magnet Cove was not able to get any offense going at all throughout the game, until the fourth quarter. Running back Brett Williams got things going for the Panthers when he scored to start the fourth quarter, and it was all Magnet Cove from then on.

The Go-Devil offense stalled on all of their later offensive possessions, while Magnet Cove capitalized. After another Panther score and a missed PAT late in the fourth quarter, it was a tied ball game at 13-13.

On the final drive of the game, the Panthers

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Arkadelphia Badgers 4-3 3-1 47-20 8-2 38-27 2020

were able to move the ball down the field while also getting a targeting call penalty against Gurdon.

Magnet Cove brought in freshman kicker Anthony Villezcas to kick a 25-yard field goal. The kick was good and Magnet Cove would go home with a 1613 upset win over Gurdon.

Current record Current conference 2020 game score 2020 record playoff record last playoff appearance

This was Gurdon’s first loss against a Class 2A team this season. The GoDevils are now 6-2 overall and 0-1 in conference play.

Gurdon is on the road tomorrow night as they head to Grant County to take on the Poyen Indians.

Ashdown Panthers 7-0 4-0 20-47 7-4 16-19 2020

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Dixon crowned 2021 Homecoming Queen at Ouachita Julia Shands OBU News Bureau

Erica Dixon, a senior graphic design major from Arkadelphia, Ark., was crowned Ouachita Baptist University’s 2021 Homecoming Queen during a pregame ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 2. Dixon represented Tri Chi women’s social club, which she serves as president. She also is a member of the Tiger Steel Band and is a Kappa Chi men’s social club little sis.

Erica Dixon is crowned Ouachita Baptist University’s 2021 Homecoming Queen.

“To be Ouachita

Homecoming Queen means more to me than I can express,” Dixon said.

“The ceremony was such a happy moment for me and my family because Ouachita has played a major role in all of our lives. My late grandfather was the dean of students for many years, my parents met here and now my mother is on staff and all my sisters have been students here.

I basically grew up on campus, which made the moment that much sweeter. I am so honored and excited to represent a place that my family and I love so much.”

Dixon was presented along with other members

of the Homecoming court at Cliff Harris Stadium in front of students, faculty, staff and alumni for Ouachita’s victory over Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Dixon was crowned by Holly Shipp, Ouachita’s 2020 Homecoming Queen.

“It was so special to be crowned by Holly Shipp, because I looked up to her example in our social club and at Ouachita,” Dixon said.

“I was so surprised and overcome with joy that I couldn’t stop shaking while we were trying to take photos together.”

Ouachita’s 2021 Homecoming Court included: (from left)

Anna Roussel, escorted by her mother, Amy; Emily McMaster, escorted by her father, Clay; 2021 Queen Erica Dixon, escorted by her father, David; 2020 Queen Holly Shipp; Jazmyn Parker, escorted by her grandmother, Lisa Maryovich; and Jael Winterholder, escorted by her faculty advisor, Dr. Scott Duvall.

First runner-up was Jazmyn Parker, a senior elementary education major from White Hall, Ark. Parker represented Kappa Delta Pi honor society for education, which she serves as president. She is a student assistant in the

Office of the President and a member of EEE women’s social club.

Second runner-up was Emily McMaster, a senior communication sciences and disorders major from Texarkana, Ark. McMaster represented EEE women’s social club, which she served as Tiger Tunes director. She is a member of the Ouachita Student Foundation and the National Student Speech Language and Hearing Association.

Third runner-up was Anna Roussel, a senior mass communications and political science double major from Searcy, Ark. Roussel represented the Ouachita Student

Foundation, which she serves as president.

She is co-editor for the “Ouachitonian” and a member of EEE women’s social club.

Fourth runner-up was Jael Winterholder, a senior Christian studies major from Fort Wayne, Ind. Winterholder represented the Pruet Sisterhood. She is a member of the Carl Goodson Honors Program and Tri Chi women’s social club, and serves as a student assistant in the Office of the President.

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Mr. Goodtime’s Hearsay Fishing Report Lee Seale Mr. Goodtime Hey y’all, Mr. Goodtime back at it again. I’m super excited about this week’s story, and I hope y’all are too.

Counting down to the Number 3 must-have of a fisherman is some real good bait, or baits if bass fishing is your cup of tea.

This round we are talking about some good old secret recipe stink bait.

My old man used to

make his own bait, and if I say so myself it worked pretty good; but you most definitely did not want to get it on you because it would have you stinking for a week! It would not wash off, as they say.

My dad and I went to the Arkansas River one night fishing, having a real good time (or at least he was) catching fish left and right. Now keep in mind my dad is a bit of a clean freak and always had everything to a T, so

he never had to worry about getting the bait on him.

I’m just kinda hanging out with my pops, ya know, quality time. As I said he was catching and I was having no luck, so I thought to myself, Well maybe I just need to stuff more of the stink bait on my hook. The thought process being more bait more fish, right? Wrong thing to do!

I loaded that hook up with as much as it

would hold then I reared back and let her fly. I was sitting there pretty content, waiting on a bite. I noticed my dad had just abruptly stopped talking so after a minute or two I turned around and said, “What’s wrong, Dad?” He was just sitting there (in shock, I guess).

He looked up at me and said, “You just flung that all over me!” It was not the perfect time to laugh, but I could not help myself.

See, when I cast I remembered hearing something that sounded like a hand full of dog food had hit the water behind me and thought nothing of it. But it was my bait peppering everything behind me, including my good ol dad — and that’s the quickest way to end a fishing trip I have ever seen.

I do not recommend trying it, though, seeing as how it was not funny whatsoever to him. But

the moral of the story is it was really good bait for both parties seeing as I was ready to leave and he has caught a lot of fish with it.

Next week we will discuss Number 2 on the list, which is a good ol lady or wife to support your fishing habits.

Until then, whatever you do have a “goodtime” doing it and God bless.