Greenwood Life MAY 2019. VOLUME 1. ISSUE 2
C O M M U N I T Y | S C H O O L | FA M I LY | FA I T H
Out & About prom’s sizzle and shine classic car show farmer’s market fun
BULLDOG GRILL new restaurant holds tight to traditions advice for grads: live life with
NO REGRETS LEE JOHNSON Rumble plus: Rodeo junior cowboys saddle up
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Graduation Edition caps, gowns & senior fanfare
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New eats, old traditions
Fever 20 Rodeo for the Kids
Rep. Lee Johnson reflects on life choices, shares advice with the 2019 senior class.
Mark your calendar and check out some of the area’s top activities.
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The Bulldog Grill opens with hopes of bringing back some old faves.
Worship Spotlight
Meet the leaders and learn more about First Assembly of God in Greenwood.
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Wedding Bells Are Ringing The Loft hosts an “elegant country” wedding.
The Church Guide
Little 24 New Boys & Girls Meet the newest residents of the Greenwood area.
20 & About News 26 Out 30 City in Greenwood Roundup From the farmers’ market to an antique car show, see where your neighbors have been.
Catch up on the latest from the Greenwood City organizations.
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A directory of places of worship in the area.
An outreach program has blossomed in the dirt, atop saddles.
Artists of the Month
Meet this month’s Greenwood Art Guild featured artists.
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Hometown Hero
JoElla Skaggs has touched many lives at Greenwood High School.
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52 Sports Roundup
Kindergarten to Senior
See all the students attending Greenwood Schools from K-12th Grade.
Highlights from some of the sporting events this past month.
48 Prom Photos 42 Distinguished Graduates Get to know a few of this year’s Distinguished Graduates.
44 Teacher Grants
Read about the Education Foundation and the teachers awarded grants.
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See who was out and about at the Greenwood Prom.
& Miss 50 Mr. GHS
Catch up on winners Brenna Ralston and Cade Lynch in this year’s pageant review.
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Who in 62 Who’s Greenwood
Find out Who’s Who in this year’s Senior class.
Special 64 Graduation 56 Spring Olympics Walk See kids compete at the Special Olympics Spring Games.
58 Senior Scholarships
Find out the recipients of local scholarships.
See Seniors stroll through the halls at East Pointe Elementary.
66 Graduating Seniors
A Complete list of graduating seniors in 2019.
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About Sharla She graduated in 1990 from Greenwood High School.
Her advice to the senior class Utilize these coming years for self-discovery, they will mold who you will be known for. Learn from any mistakes so that those will empower you to become better and better. You are our future!
SHARLA DERRY About Thomas He graduated in 2011 from Episcopal Collegiate School in Little Rock.
His advice to the senior class Never be afraid to take the necessary steps to achieve and/or maintain a sense of mental well-being.
THOMAS SACCENTE About Morgan He graduated in 2009 from Greenwood High School.
His advice to the senior class Incredibly, it has been 10 years for me! My advice is to try as many things as possible until you find what you love to do. Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someonelse’s path unless you are totally lost in the woods and you see a path, then you should follow that.
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About Scott He graduated in 1988 from Northside High School.
His advice to the senior class Embrace your failures, as they often lead to your greatest successes. Love them, but do not fall in love with them. Take time for yourself, whether it be for five minutes, a week, a month, or a year. Be kind. Put all your loose change in a jar and forget about it until you have to remember. The most important definition of success is yours.
SCOTT CUTLIP About Marc He graduated in 1992 from Cliffside Park High School in New Jersey.
His advice to the senior class If I had one piece of advice to give to this year’s graduating class it would be this: don’t be afraid to try something new. You may develop a passion for it. I did not discover the joy of journalism and writing until I was in my 30s. If I had taken the time to develop these skills when I was still in high school or college my life might be completely different. So take a chance on something new. It may be the best decision that you will ever make.
MARC HAYOT About Jamie
He graduated in 1977 from Northside High School.
His advice to the senior class Not everyone needs to go to college. Trade school graduates most often earn more money than liberal arts graduates and in less time. If you choose the college route do everything humanly possible to avoid going into debt to graduate! And the military can be a way to pay for your degree and get a paid on the job training.
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Not without bumps, not always with laser sharp vision, but with a heart to do good by his family and his community, a former Greenwood athlete and graduate, has charted a notable path forward in government and medicine. But it’s his family that he says makes life worth living. Rep. Lee Johnson, Arkansas’ state representative for the 75th district and guest speaker at Greenwood’s high-school graduation on Friday, May 17 will share some of his insight with students standing where he once was. He has given a lot of thought about what he will be telling graduating seniors, based on his own experiences and his nearly lifelong connection with Greenwood. “If I found out I had cancer and I had a week to live, if I had never been a state representative, I’d be okay with that. If I had never been a doctor, I’d be okay with that. But if I hadn’t had my kids, I hadn’t had my wife, I hadn’t enjoyed those things, I
would have regrets. I think it’s important that you prioritize what you do,” Johnson said. Johnson was raised and went to school in Greenwood for much of his childhood, except for periods of time when his mother was getting college degrees. “I had a pretty idyllic childhood,” he said. “I was raised in a neighborhood that was just a couple blocks from the football field. It was a great neighborhood with a bunch of kids.” Johnson graduated from Greenwood High in 1988 and attended Hendrix College in hopes of becoming a doctor. Prior
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to college, his passion to become a doctor was more lip service than a calling. “You’re a kid making decent grades, and everybody thinks you should be something. At some point you just start telling people something [even if you don’t really know]. At that stage, the choices, if you were a smart kid, would be a lawyer or doctor. So telling people that you want to be a doctor when you’re 15- or 16-years-old seems like a pretty solid thing to tell people. If you tell them that, then they quit asking.”
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Mercy). He spent a lot of his downtime then in the emergency room, cementing his later choice to be an E.R. doctor. It was also at Hendrix that he met his future wife, Jennifer (formerly White), also a pre-medical student. The married couple went to medical school, and Jennifer became pregnant in her last year, giving birth two weeks to Will after graduation.
When he told people he wanted to be a doctor, he didn’t truly understand what that meant. But what had started as a way of getting people off his back, eventually became a way of life.
“Rather than start pediatric residency with a newborn, I was a research assistant with the ENT department,” Jennifer said. “After that, we were two years apart, which was really great, because his hardest year of residency happened when I had not started yet, and my hardest years of residency he was finished up. So, he worked part-time.”
Between semesters at Hendrix, he worked as an orderly at St. Edwards Hospital (now
They both attended University of Arkansas Medical School.
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The trend of sharing time while allowing the other parent to progress in their career continued after their son Luke was born and then daughter Wesley, who was born with 5p- syndrome, a chromosome deletion disorder that requires Wesley to have 24/7 care. In working through his daughter’s condition, he found support and stability from his wife and surrounding family. The fact that his wife is a pediatrician also helped them understand better her condition, but her challenges have helped him cope with day to day. He credits his daughter with giving him perspective, and in many ways, peace. “Anyone who has someone like [Wesley] in their life is going to tell you it makes them a better person,” Johnson said. “And that sounds pat, but it really does because it gives you a different perspective. Whatever adver-
sities that may have come up in my day-today work or politics or whatever … I am doing well. I’m pretty healthy. I’ve got a house and family. I think that having the perspective that whatever those adversities are, even if I fail, things are still pretty good.” Johnson moved back to Greenwood in 2004 and, wanting to have adequate parks for his children, joined a grassroots movement to improve the park system. In 2006, a seat on the city council opened up, and Rod Powell, a city councilman with whom he worked on the parks committee, encouraged him to run. “I’ll put my name on the ballot,” Johnson said he told Powell, “but I’m a reluctant participant in the process.” Johnson didn’t campaign much, until it came down a runoff, during which he said his competitive juices started to flow. After he won, he realized how much he hadn’t known about his hometown. “At this point I’m 38, so for 30 years, I’d been a part of this community. And I was borderline ashamed, because I had for decades turned on the water faucet and got water and never thought about the work and effort that went into getting that water to me. I flushed the toilet and never thought about what a lift station was. I drove across the street, I walked on the sidewalk, I appreciated the protection of the fire department and the police department, but had just gone along, not even really aware of all that work that was going on behind the scenes.” In 2017 he had an opportunity to run for state representative and ran unopposed, starting his term at the beginning of January 2019. Johnson credits his family for his drive and determination. From his father, Don, who
always found time to spend with Johnson and his brother, to his mother, Kay Johnson Headley, who went from a young mother at 20-years-old to become a teacher and eventually the superintendent of Greenwood schools to his wife and children. He lives next door to his mother and considers his brother, Brad, his best friend. But perhaps no connection defines him more than with his daughter, Wesley. This connection hasn’t gone unnoticed by those closest to him, either. “To see my father interact with my little sister is to watch purity in motion,” his son Luke said. “They are truly kindred spirits. It has been my privilege to witness the way they light up when they are around each other.” Johnson plans to offer Greenwood graduates with some advice centered around trying “something” even if they are unsure of their life’s calling just yet. “When you’re thinking about what you want to do, be something. Be a fireman. A policeman. A welder. An electrician. A plumber. A doctor. A lawyer. Pick a career path that leads you to be something, as opposed to just go to college because it feels like the right thing to do. When someone asks you what you want to be when you grow up, you don’t say I want to be a major in whatever. “Even if you’re not sure what you want to be, just like I didn’t know what I wanted to be, pick something and work your way towards it, and see how you like it. “And if you don’t like it, you can always arc in a different direction. But have a plan at least out of the gate and pursue that. Because a lot of times in the pursuit of that, it will lead you in the right direction, even if that’s not the right initial place.”
Rep.Lee Johnson says his life’s biggest source of happiness and pride is his family. Pictured from the top: Johnson and his wife Jennifer; Rep. Johnson and Jennifer with their daughter Wesley; and the Representative with his sons Luke (left) and Will. —Photos courtesy of the Johnson Family
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WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE RETREAT FROM IT ALL?
Here now. Right where we’re sitting. My house. This is a very comfortable place for me to be relaxed. I’m blessed to have a really nice place here with a little bit of land behind me and my family around me. This is my No. 1 comfortable retreat.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE ABOUT GOVERNMENT?
I think there’s a lot of layers of government, and there’s definitely some room to make our government more efficient. I think we could be more organized. There’s room to improve how we spend our money.
WHAT’S SURPRISING ABOUT BEING IN OFFICE?
There’s two sides for every issue. I guess I’m a little surprised I haven’t been treated worse. I’m a little surprised those things haven’t been harder after the fact. In the heat of the moment, it’s pretty challenging, but after you’ve made a decision and gone down the path, it’s not been as difficult.
WILL YOU RUN FOR A HIGHER OFFICE?
I’m committed to make 6-10 years, and then we’ll see what opportunities open up. You have to make choices. But right now, this legislative session is the most fun I’ve had in a while. I would have never thought when I started on the parks committee I would be a city councilman. When I started as a city councilman, I didn’t think I would be a state representative. I’m going to be openminded.
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WHAT HOBBIES DO YOU HAVE?
I’m kind of a fitness addict. I run a lot. I went through my little triathlon phase where I did triathlons. I went through a marathon phase where I did marathons. Now I’m sort of a baseline runner. I’ll run 5 times a week. I don’t know if that’s really a hobby or an addiction. I like to hunt. I like to fish. I like to play golf. I like to cook. I love to grill. I love to cook for my family. I’m the primary one that cooks meals.
WHAT’S ONE THING THAT YOU WOULD CHANGE ABOUT GREENWOOD?
I would love to see us have a bigger better facility for our kids with regards to sports. We have a Boys and Girls club. It’s kind of set out west of town. It’s a very spacelimited facility. The people who work out there do a great job with what they have. But I would love to see us have a sports complex with really nice baseball, softball and soccer fields with a really nice facility for after-school programs. I’d love to see that combined with the senior citizen center, so that you had a senior citizen center that’s part of the Boys and Girls club. Getting our youth combined with our senior citizens would be a great thing.”
WHAT’S ONE THING YOU WOULD NEVER CHANGE ABOUT GREENWOOD?
“The people. We have great people. I think that the sense of pride that we have and the schools [is special]. There’s a sense of identity for people who are from Greenwood. I think most people feel proud when they go out in the state —I know I do — and say, ‘Hey, I’m from Greenwood.’ I would never want to change that sense of identity and community pride that I think we share in this community.”
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GREENWOOD FARMERS MARKET
Happenings mobile app. Every dollar raised through Million Meals provides the equivalent of five meals for those in need.
MAY 19
CLARKS CHAPEL DECORATION DAY
Clarks Chapel Cemetery will hold its annual Decoration Day on Sunday, May 19. Cemetery trustees will be there from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, May 18 and on Sunday, May 19 to accept donations for the maintenance and improvement of the cemetery. Donations may also be mailed to the treasurer: Robert McKinney PO Box 1121, Greenwood, AR 72936.
8 a.m.-1 p.m. at Town Square Street, Greenwood. Local farmers join with local craftsmen and women to bring you friendly faces and the quality products.
MAY - SEPTEMBER
OLD JAIL MUSEUM
Tour hours are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturdays. Call the curator for off-hour tours at 479-252-6071. A wealth of information much to see and learn about the area’s history.
MAY 20
FAMILY STORY NIGHT
Join the Friends of the Library for Family Story Night on at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 20 at the Greenwood Library.
MAY 12 - JUNE 1
ARVEST BANK KICKS OFF NINTH YEAR OF FIGHTING HUNGER
Arvest in Greenwood has partnered with Community Services Clearinghouse and Bulldog Breakfast Club to help provide meals to local, hungry families. Participate in Million Meals by dropping off nonperishable food items or making monetary donations at any of the Arvest branches or calling (866) 952-9523 or using the Arvest Go
MAY 28-AUGUST 3
PRIVATE ACTING LESSONS
5- or 10-week private acting lessons are available for all who are 3-years old or older at the Community School of the Arts at 2701 Old Greenwood Road. To register call 479-434-2020.
JUNE 3-7
TEEN MUSICAL THEATRE CAMP
There will be a teen musical theater camp for grades 7-12 and college freshmen from 1-5 p.m. daily at the Community School of the Arts. The instructor is Shannon Stoddard and tuition is $200. To register call 479-434-2020.
JUNE 17-20
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
Greenwood United Methodist Church will hold its annual Vacation Bible School from 6-8:30 p.m. Monday, June 17 through Thursday, June 20 at Greenwood United Methodist Church.
JUNE 20
BINGO FOR BOOKS
Adults can play Bingo and win books at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 20 at the Sebastian County Library in Greenwood. This is a free event.
JUNE 24-28
KID’S MUSICAL THEATRE CAMP (Broadway Babies)
There will be a musical theater camp for grads K-12 with instructor is Shannon Stoddard from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. daily June 24-28 at the Community School of the Arts. Tuition is $150. To register call 479-434-2020.
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BULLDOG GRILL
Continuing a Tradition By Scott Cutlip
CONTRIBUTING WRITER The owner of the new Bulldog Grill, located at 3 South Main in Greenwood, has a long family history in both the restaurant business and the Greenwood community. His grandparents, Bob and Wanda Vowell, opened the Village Inn in the Greenwood Square in 1969, before opening Bob and Wanda’s Catfish, which eventually became Bob and Wanda’s Wagon Wheel in Barling. When Bob Vowell retired, his daughter Karen took over the restaurant and also opened another Bob and Wanda’s in Van Buren. Karen’s brother, Darrell, manages the Barling location, while Karen manages the Van Buren restaurant. Jeremy Vowell worked at Bob and Wanda’s. So, he’s indeed continuing the family tradition, but the Vowells take “family-run business” to a new level. In addition to Jeremy, patrons might meet Jeremy’s father, Robert, at the Bulldog Grill. Or Jeremy’s wife, Michelle. Michelle and Jeremy’s 16-year-old son, Josh, works at the restaurant. And Quinlan, their 10-year-old son, often acts as an unofficial greeter at the door. One of Jeremy’s cousins, Robyn, works there, also. Jeremy’s parents and grandparents grew up in Greenwood. His children also went to school there. So when it came time to decide where to open his restaurant, the decision was an easy one. “Greenwood has a lot of options as a town,
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but it has a small-town feel to it, and that’s not something you can just get anywhere,” he said. The restaurant takes over at the same location as Boo’s Bulldog Diner, which closed last July after a little more than five years in business. Previously, it had been the Bulldog Diner before being taken over by Boo Polk. Vowell says the building originally held a
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laundromat. Since his decision to re-open the location in August, he has spent a lot of time cleaning, renovating and preparing to open. “We had to update the electrical,” he said. “We added the vent hoods. That was one of the major things. We had to take care of sewer issues.”
“ANYWHERE I’M GONNA BE, I’LL HAVE FISH, I PRIDE MYSELF ON OUR FISH.” Jeremy Vowell OWNER BULLDOG GRILL
According to his wife, Michelle, Jeremy and his uncle Darrell spent the first three months cleaning. While Jeremy said that, like the menu at both Bob and Wanda’s, the meals come from family recipes, the Bulldog Grill is not just another Bob and Wanda’s. “We’re basically doing Bob and Wanda’s greatest hits,” he said. “The stuff that I really enjoy cooking and had an aptitude to cook, that was going to be my initial menu. My whole goal is to do a few things well. Once we execute that, we want Greenwood to tell us what they want on this menu.” The menu itself is much smaller than those at Bob and Wanda’s and at Boo’s Bulldog Diner, easily displayed on one sheet, front and back. Breakfast is served all day and includes an Arkansas favorite, chocolate gravy. The lunch and dinner menus include steaks and sandwiches and catfish dinners. “Anywhere I’m gonna be, I’ll have fish,” Vowell said. “I pride myself on our fish.” Although the menu is small, Jeremy said that their goal is to give the customer what he or she wants. “If it isn’t on the menu, if we got it in house, we’ll figure out a way to get it on the table to you.” As time goes on, daily specials will likely be introduced, Jeremy said.
The first few weeks haven’t been gone flawlessly. One night, the point-of-sale system inadvertently lost half the menu, and customer payments needed to be done by hand. “My dad had to come back and clean up the mess,” Jeremy said, with a laugh. Jeremy said that almost everything is made to order. “There’s a few things that we might have to use a bag or a box, but as we refine our process and our people get up to speed, then we’ll be able to really bring out the real-deal scratch food.” Running the restaurant has kept Jeremy there up to 18 hours a day. “If I hadn’t had my family around,” he said, “I wouldn’t be sitting where I am right now.” “Our biggest thing is communication,” Jeremy said. “And routine. You don’t have a routine when you’re starting out. But the routine will be put in place. I told my bunch I wanted this dining room to be run just like my grandmother was sitting over there in the corner, keeping an eye on it. It’s going to be a clean, welcoming atmosphere. I’m not interested in being No. 1. I’m just interested in giving folks good food at a good value, and they’ll decide where we are and what we’re doing.” The Bulldog Grill is open daily from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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SERVICE TIMES
Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Evening Service 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Night Meal 6:10 p.m. Wednesday Night Service 6:30 P.M. ~COMMUNION~ 1st Sunday evening of the month ~ALL CHURCH FELLOWSHIP~ 3rd Sunday evening of the month
WORSHIP SPOTLIGHT
We gather for Food, Fellowship, and Testimonies
First Assembly of God - Greenwood LEAD PASTORS REV. JOHN & TRICIA MILLER Pastors John and Tricia Miller came to First Assembly in July of 1989. John & Tricia have served many churches in their 43 years of ministry. Both John & Tricia attended Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri and John has two degrees, a B.A. Degree in Bible and a B.A. Degree in Sacred Music. He has written a 10 week course entitled “Freedom In Christ” that is part of the Greenwood Bible College which is a one year accredited college on Healing And Deliverance of which he serves as President. Additionally, he wrote a verse by verse teaching on the book of Revelation. Pastor Miller is also the Coordinator for the National Day of Prayer for the city of Greenwood. They have 3 children and 9 grandchildren. To reach Pastor Miller, please call 9966030 or email him at jmiller@greenwoodfirst.com.
CHILDREN’S PASTORS CHYLER AND CHRIS BEASLEY Chyler leads our children’s ministries, Kids Club and Kids Club, Jr. including presenting programs for our community; such as Easter & Christmas musicals, Vacation Bible School, and Fall Frenzy. She has many years experience working with children.
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We believe that Praise & Worship is an important part of the Sunday worship experience. We have a contemporary style, yet love to incorporate traditional Hymns with a modern touch. If you enjoy contemporary worship, please join us as we celebrate the God we serve through the powerful words and melodies of music. WOMEN’S GROUP - Designed to develop relationships with other women in our church, this group would like to meet socially. MEN’S GROUP -All men are invited to breakfast once a month for food and fellowship. LIBRARY MINISTRY - The Library’s mission is to provide the tools necessary to educate, enhance and equip our community of caring believers to become effective members of the body of Christ. The Church Library offers reading material and other resources to improve our understanding of the Word and to strengthen our knowledge in Christ. CONNECT MINISTRY - Our Connect Ministry serves to help new members assimilate in our church family. GREENWOOD HEALING CENTER - By Appointment Only - The Healing Center is a Ministry devoted to helping people live a life free of strongholds. Strongholds can lead to sickness, physical pain, depression, anxiety, addictions, and family problems. This ministry is free and confidential.
AGES 6-12- Kids Praise, Puppets, Bible Time, BGMC, Bounce Arounds! Contact Chyler Beasley Beasley.
intense teaching is designed to promote personal, spiritual growth within the body of Christ. GBC is a four semester course that coincides with local school semesters.
PRE-K—6TH GRADE - Wednesdays - Designed to teach children the Gospel at a level that is age appropriate. This fun time features games, worship, and Bible Lessons. Contact Mandy Bay.
YOUTH 7TH—12TH GRADE - Wednesdays*Student lead worship *game room *discipleship training *special events: concerts, youth camp, Parties Youth Convention, Fine Arts Festival, & MORE
CHILDREN PROGRAMS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Ministry to children is an important part here at First Assembly. We believe that the children of today are the future of tomorrow and we want to do our part in training our children in the ways of the Lord. KIDS Club meets every Sunday during the a.m. service. We have newly renovated facilities which includes a two story unit which features an awesome and totally cool slide that goes from the second floor to the first floor. The first floor consists of our worship area with the upstairs being our play area. Our services feature kid friendly praise and worship, Bible stories, puppets and lessons all geared towards equipping our children with the knowledge and love of Christ. AGES 3-5 - We play games, do crafts, and learn about Jesus through the eyes of a preschooler.
LOL KIDS - Summer Kids event for all ages, games, fun and laughter! Bring a friend! Laughter begins on June 2nd - 5th Sunday at 6:00pm and Mon-Wed at 6:30pm at the First Assembly of God - 725 Park Drive, Greenwood, AR 72936. END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR PARTY -Wednesday, May 22nd at 6:00pm at the First Assembly of God - 725 Park Drive, Greenwood, AR 72936. There will be pizza, games and root beer floats! WEEKLY FOOD BANK - Every Wednesday at 10 a.m. First Assembly of God - 725 Park Drive, Greenwood, AR 72936 Kids Club starts at 9:30 a.m. on Sundays. Rock Solid Kids is on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. KIDS Club and Rock Solid Kids is located in the JFW Activity Center.
FOOD BANK - Wednesdays 10:00 AM-11:30 AM - The Food Bank is open to any person in need. Hundreds of meals and groceries are given away each week.
YOUTH PROGRAMS
FEED THE KIDS - Every Wednesday night, our church provides a home cooked meal for kids and teens from ages 3-18 at 6:10 p.m. in our JFW building; just like family while our adult staff serves them. GREENWOOD BIBLE COLLEGE - Held Thursdays at 7:00 PM. GBC is a training and bible study primarily focused on deliverance and healing. This
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AREA WORSHIP GUIDE ASSEMBLY OF GOD
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD Hwy. 10 Spur and Park, 996-6030, John D. Miller, Min.; SS 9:45 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m & 6 p.m..; Wed. 6:30 p.m. ECHO ASSEMBLY OF GOD 1202 Echo Rd., Barber Community; Steve Quick, Pastor • 928-4424 MIDLAND ASSEMBLY OF GOD 6th & Adams, Midland, AR., SS: 10 a.m.; WS 11 a.m. Sunday Evening 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.; Pastor, Andy Jones; 639-2096 CALVARY CHAPEL ASSEMBLY OF GOD 201 Greenwood St., Hackett; 638-8801, Pastors Tim & Gaylene Smith, SS 9:30 am, WS: 10:30 am & 6pm, Wed: 7pm Bible Study calvarychapelhackett@yahoo.com LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER Hwy. 71 S., Witcherville, 479-928-5654, Pastor Tommie Rhamy, SS 9:45 am; Worship 10:45 am; Prayer 5:30 p.m.; Sun Eve 6 pm; Wed., Bible Study & Youth 7 pm
701 McConnell Ave., Bonanza, AR. 72916, Rev. Ricky Yarberro HOWARD HILL ASSEMBLY OF GOD Pastor Quinton Rowan, 3515 Gate 9 Rd., 996-2496 www. howardhillag.com
BAPTIST ARKOAL COMMUNITY BAPTIST Pastor Gene Gullick 8937 Old Arko Rd., Huntington, AR., SS: 10 a.m.; WS 11 a.m., 7 p.m., Wednesday Service, 7 p.m. BURNVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH 5 mi. East on Hwy. 10, Tyler Thompson Pastor, SS 10am; Worship 11am & 6pm CENTRAL FREE WILL BAPTIST 17 E. Central Ave, Central City. Steve Mclain Pastor, 4522308; SS 9:45 am, WS 10:45 am, 6:00 pm; Wed. 7 pm DAYTON BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor Robert Presson, 2305 Apple Blossom Rd., Mansfield, 479-996-5495, 912-294-2281
Tricia Miller 314 W. Center St., Suite B, Greenwood • 996-9311
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DENVER STREET BAPTIST CHURCH 1413 W. Denver St., Greenwood; Alan Davis, Pastor, 479996-7544, SS 9:45 am; WS 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wed. 6 pm EXCELSIOR BAPTIST CHURCH 3421 Smokey Rd, Greenwood; Pastor Mark Griffith; Sunday School and Worship 10 am FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH 14511 Old Jenny Lind Loop; 996-6456, James M. Jones, min.; SS 9 a.m.; WS 10 a.m., 6 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Atlanta & Adair Streets, 996-2166; Pastor Ronnie Deal, Worship, 8 am SS & Worship 9:15, 10:45 am & 6 pm FIRST FREE WILL BAPTIST 504 S. Fowler St, 996-4374, Jim Walker, SS, Worship 10:50am, 6pm; Wed 7pm HACKETT FIRST BAPTIST 401 E. Greenwood St. 638-7363; Pastor, Joe Silva 5976644. Sun 8:30am coffee/donuts, 9:01am SS, 10:10 WS, 5pm Discipleship Training, 6pm EW. Wed. 5:30pm Adult Prayer Meeting, 6pm Youth Services, 5:45pm AWANA Registration, 6pm-7:30pm AWANA. JENNY LIND FIRST BAPTIST 1910 Gate Nine Road, 996-2513; Clay Kibler, min.; SS 9:30 a.m., WS 10:45 a.m.; SEW 6:30 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. LIBERTY MISSIONARY BAPTIST 705 E. Gary St. • P.O. Box 3225, Pastor, Cavan Gappmayer SS 9:45 am; WS 10:45am; SEW 5 pm, WEW 6 pm WESTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH Hwy. 10 Spur - 996-6220, Dewey Hickey, pastor, SS 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 am, 6 pm; Mon. 7:10 pm, Wed. 7 pm PALESTINE BAPTIST CHURCH 1207 Young Ridge Road, Pastor Jordan Martin, SS 10:00 am, Worship 11am & 6pm. and Wed night for Children & Youth 6-7:15 pm SHADY GROVE FREE WILL BAPTIST 6425 New Hope Road; SS-9 am, Worship 10:30 am; & 6 pm; Wed. nights 7 pm. Danny Owenby Pastor.
Pink Bud Nursing Home Golden Years Retirement Village Residental Care & Independent Living 1570 West Center, Greenwood • 996-9945
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astor, 479m., Wed. 6 pm SSTS SABINA & MARY CATHOLIC Jenny Lind; Saturday Mass at 4pm. Father Matt Garrison. OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC fith; Sunday 616 Cherry St., Booneville, Pastor-Fr. Alejandro Puello; Regular Liturgy Schedule, Sat. Vigil Mass: 6pm; Sun. Mass 8:30am; Wed: Mass: 6:00 meal & youth activities, Thurs. Mass in Chapel 8:15 am, First Fri. of Every Month Mass at M. Jones, 5:30 pm adoration followins. Confessions; 30 min. before 0 p.m. Wed/Sat/Sun Masses or by appt.
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GREENWOOD CHURCH OF CHRIST Hwy. 10 & Bell Road, 996-6635 WS 10 am, 6 pm; Wed. 7 pm. JENNY LIND CHURCH OF CHRIST Old Hwy. 71, Sunday WS 9 a.m. NORTHSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST 1240 W. Center, 996-2626; WS 10:45 a.m., 6 p.m.; Wed. 7:30 p.m.
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EPISCOPAL ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S 2701 Old Greenwood, Ft. Smith 783-2101, SS 9:15, WS 8 & 10:30 Sun., WS 5:30 Sat.
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 10 W. Denver, 996-6397, Wed.: Meal 5:30 p.m., Youth Wed. & Sun. nights, Traditional Sun.: 8:15 & 11 a.m. in Sanctuary, Contemporary 9 a.m. in Family Life Ctr. SS:10 a.m., Rev. John Embrey, Senior Pastor. Rev. Lyn Poplin, Associate Pastor
COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH-GW 601 Ulmer St., Greenwood communitychurch.com Service time is Sunday at 10 am
LIVING WORD TABERNACLE 1848 Hwy 10 • Booneville, 675-4820; Pastors Robert & Melissa Jones; Sunday Worship 10:30 am, Wed. WS 7:00 pm HUNTINGTON COMMUNITY CHURCH 216 East Vine St., Huntington Sun. Worship Service 11 a.m.
NAZARENE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Hwy. 10 West, 996-4688; SS 9:45 a.m. WS 10:45 a.m., 5 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m.; Michael Roach, min.
RIVER VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Phillip McClure and Pastor Adam Kareus. 7030 Taylor Ave, FS in Chaffee Crossing. Sevice Sunday 10am Modern Worship, Classic Christianity
PENTECOSTAL CALVARY TEMPLE UNITED PENTECOSTAL 47 Ware Rd (Off of Hwy. 96), 996-HOPE; SS & WS 10 a.m.; Sun. eve. WS 6pm, Wed 7 pm Family Connect; James Myers, Pastor CITY HARVEST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD Hwy. 10 East & Dawson. Sun. 10-12pm, Wed. 6:30 pm. Billy L. Goines, Pastor, 996-1663 FREEDOM FELLOWSHIP 12311 Hwy. 96, 479-221-8740; CV Lewis, Pastor; Sunday. 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m. CROSS ROAD CHURCH 15024 Hwy. 71 S. Jenny Lind Community; 252-6700. Pastors: Michael & Keshia Tom; Sunday WS 11 a.m., Sun. eve. WS 5:30 p.m., Wed. services, and Youth Night 7 p.m.
LUTHERAN GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 18218 Hwy. 71 South, 996-7747; Jason Zirbel, Pastor; WS 10 a.m. SS 9 a.m.
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WASHBURN UNITED METHODIST Paster, Geral L. Holloway, Sunday: 9 a.m.
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VALLEY VIEW CHURCH OF CHRIST Hwy. 10 West, 996-6040; WS 10:50 a.m., 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 min.; SS 9:30 p.m. 0 p.m. WASHBURN CHURCH OF CHRIST 9911 Old Hwy 10, 252-1213. Sund Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Gappmayer Morning worship 10:15 am, Evening 6pm, Wed Bible study pm 6pm
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ROSE GARDEN FULL GOSPEL Jenny Lind, 928-5745; SS 9:45 am, WS 11 am, 6 pm; Wed. 7pm; Weldon Bratton, min. TYRO COMMUNITY CHURCH 8401 W Hwy 252. Hackett. Pastor: Chris Scott, Sun. 10am & 5 pm, Wednesday 7pm
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By Scott Cutlip
CONTRIBUTING WRITER After weeks of rain, mud and dark clouds, the Free-Range Cowboy Church’s Junior Rodeo got a little help from above with some sunny skies and great weather for the late April event.
concessions. In September, the church caught fire. The church had been built in 2010, after services were originally held in a double-wide trailer since it was established in 2006.
The ground was firm and in ideal condition, except for the areas a horse had left a gift or two.
Vaughn sees the church, which has more than 100 members, as welcoming.
The rodeo serves several purposes, one of the most important is outreach for kids and their families. “We’re kind of a rodeo-based church with a lot of rodeo background,” Pastor Kirby Vaughn said. “There’s a lot of unchurched people in the rodeo community.” “Our main concern is just to give the kids a place to compete, and also it’s an outreach for kids who may never go to church,” Vaughn said. The rodeo was quite an undertaking, beyond the everyday concerns of getting it in place with set-up, volunteers and
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“We have businessmen here. We’ve got ranchers here. We’ve got factory workers. We’ve got bikers. It’s a come-as-you-are type of church. It’s a welcoming place for everybody. You don’t have to be a cowboy,” Vaughn said. Vaughn, who was at one time a Baptist minister, felt a calling to the cowboy church. “God kind of led me to this ministry. It’s kind of what I see it as, as a ministry. A lot of people have maybe been to church in the past and just got away from that, and nothing against traditional church,” Vaughn said. “I grew up in traditional church, sometimes you gotta get out of the box just a little bit. The message
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junior rodeo the day before.
purpose and a call of respect for veterans, police officers and fire personnel. After the National Anthem, festivities started with Mutton Bustin’ for the seven and unders.
“The people here are the nicest people you’ll ever meet, and it’s a lot of fun.” Haley Myers, 11, of Magazine, echoes those feelings. She has been riding since she was 5-years-old and participated in the junior bulls event.
Vaughn believes the rodeo will have a lasting effect. “There’s not a PBR bull rider or PRCA person around that didn’t start in a junior rodeo somewhere. This not only helps them for eternity, but also gives them opportunity if this is what they choose to do,” Vaughn said. Mary Ivey, a 14-year-old from Fort Smith, has participated in barrel racing for four years, but had only decided to participate in this
Free Range Cowboy Church has service Sundays at 11a.m. off Stewart Court in Greenwood. Vaughn said the church is planning a five-week rodeo series for the fall. The church is also running a rodeo Bible camp in July.
doesn’t change, but kind of the way you reach people changes a little bit.” The rodeo was a continuation of the all-arewelcome philosophy. In addition to participants dressed in jeans and boots, the arena was filled with people in tank tops and sneakers and polo shirts. Admission was free. Three long bleachers were filled, and many in the audience had brought their own lawn chairs, which were lined up around the fences. Several people brought dogs. Volunteers in Free-Range Cowboy Church T-shirts directed people where to park their cars and sold food and drinks at the concession stand. Volunteers also provided many of the animals used in the rodeo and performed other functions such as time-keeping and score keeping. Events included bull riding, barrel racing for four different age groups and ranch broncs. Payouts were given out based on the amount of the entry, and the first-place winner also received a buckle. The rodeo started with recognition of the church’s
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HOGAN Married Dec. 15, 2018 at The Loft at Stone Oak in Greenwood
Savannah Hutchinson is from Livingston, La. and Stephen Hogan is from Owasso, Okla. The bride’s parents are Jack and Kim Hutchinson of Louisiana. The groom’s parents are Randy and Lisa Hogan of Lavaca.
How did you meet? Stephen was attending ASU Jonesboro on a football scholarship and I was there on a track scholarship. We saw each other at church on campus. We began talking and seeing one another at other social events. He asked me about dating, and I told him I wasn’t wanting to date anyone at that time. He said if you ever change your mind tell me when. He left and I sent him a one-word text: “when”. From then forward he would buy me ice cream and we would take sunset drives in the country after classes. That one word text began our adventure together.
How did he propose? Each year Stephen’s family spends about a week around July 4th in Bull Shoals. It is one of his favorite places to be. We took a float trip in the rain beginning at Bull Shoals and ended at Cotter on July 5, 2017. By the time we ended the trip and loaded the kayaks it was pouring. The only dry place was a small store with a porch where his family met us. We were taking pictures with Stephen standing behind me. He asked me to look down. When I did, there was the ring! He got down on his knee and popped the question.
What was your wedding day like? It was absolutely perfect! Stephen grew up in Greenwood and told me about The Loft. Due to the guests we would be inviting we needed a central location for both sides of our families and after seeing how beautiful it was and all the things it offered, it was an easy decision. Our colors were wine and sage green and the theme would best be described as elegant country. Some of the extra special personal
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touches were having Stephen’s dad perform the ceremony, having my brother sing and having each of our grandmothers as “flower girls”. Afterwards we enjoyed our first dinner together alone in the bridal suite while The Loft was being transformed for our reception. Our guests enjoyed a buffet dinner, red-velvet cake and a cheesecake bar. We danced the night away with our friends and families and ended it with a “money dance.” We left our wedding in an arch of sprinklers and spent the night in the cabin at The Loft.
Where was your Honeymoon? The following Monday we flew to St. Lucia and stayed at an all-inclusive resort for five days.
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MILESTONES Greenwood Area Births Mackenzie Pipkins and Jonathon Remaley of Greenwood announce the birth of a son born on April 12, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, AR.
Rachel and Trevor South of Greenwood announce the birth of a daughter born on April 22, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, AR.
Tracey and Kevin Schlinker of Greenwood announce the birth of a son born on April 15, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, AR.
Hannah and Nicholas Stovall of Greenwood announce the birth of a son born on April 26, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, AR.
Alicia Hearod and Montana Seals of Greenwood announce the birth of a son born on April 15, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, AR.
Emily and Michael Moschner of Greenwood announce the birth of a daughter born on April 29, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, AR.
Tracey and Kevin Schlinker of Greenwood announce the birth of a son born on April 15, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, AR.
Lynna Dempsey and Stacy Canada of Greenwood announce the birth of a son born on April 29, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, AR.
Alicia Hearod and Montana Seals of Greenwood announce the birth of a son born on April 15, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, AR.
Send us your milestones! Email a photo and the details of your wedding, engagement, anniversary or birth to greenwoodlife@gatehousemedia.com.
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Greenwood Farmer’s Market • Saturday, April 20, 2019 1. Chelsea McAfee , left, and Tammy Biggs with Drop of Encouragement show off a couple of the goat milk scrubs
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and soaps on sale at their vendor booth. 2. Aubrie Phosavang, 12, helps her mother, Kayla Phosavang prepare an order of fried rice for a customer. 3. Quint Hodges with Gardening for Generations sets out a few varieties of tomatoes for sale. The market is open the first and third Saturday, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., April - October.
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5. The Pinkston girls, Ariel, from left, Lou Anne, Laken, 7, and Kenzie, 5, hear about some of the jams and jellies for sale, Saturday, April 20, 2019, at the Smiling H Farm vendor booth in the Greenwood Farmer’s Market on the square.
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Greenwood Car Show • Saturday, April 27, 2019 1. Melissa Hall and John H. Bowdler spend the morning taking in the cars on display, Saturday, April 27, 2019, at the 32nd annual Greenwood Open Car Show on the town square. 2 Vinny Roberts of Wilberton, wipes down his custom 1933 Plymonth rat rod. The family-friendly show offered music and food to go along with the hot rods, street rods, classic cars and truck as well as motorcycles and rat rods. 3 Memphis Stacy, 5, watches as his grandfather, Henry Stacy, left, and Dustin Stacy, move a pop-up cover over their 1950 GMC tow truck in case of rain.
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City News ROUND-UP By Thomas Saccente CONTRIBUTING WRITER
GREENWOOD PARKS PANEL GETS DIRECTOR APPLICATIONS The Greenwood Parks Commission is moving forward in the search for a new city parks director. Discussion of applications for the position was on the agenda for the commission’s April meeting. Greenwood Interim Parks Director Tammy Briley said there was no discussion about the candidates during the meeting. Briley emailed each commissioner all the applications afterward. Applications were discussed during a special meeting April 24. “We have been running an ad in the Times Record for a parks director and on our website and it’s posted here at Greenwood City Hall as well,” Briley said. Briley said parks commission members are in the process of going through the submitted resumes. The next special called meeting of the Greenwood Parks Commission will be to review the top three applicants for the city parks director position. The parks commission voted to accept the resignation of the previous city parks director, Nathan Neighbors, as well as assign the position of interim parks director to Briley for 30 days, during a special called meeting March 25, according to minutes from that meeting.
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The next regular Greenwood Parks Commission meeting is scheduled to take place May 21.
The Greenwood Planning Commission will next meet May 20.
GREENWOOD PLANNERS HAVE GREENWOOD COMMISSION TALKS SEWER COLLECTION CONCERNS ABOUT STATE ACT LINES, STUDY A new piece of state legislation was a topic of discussion for the Greenwood Planning Commission in April. Sonny Bell, director of the Greenwood Planning and Community Development Department, said the commission talked about Arkansas Act 446 of 2019, which concerns county and municipal regulation of residential building design elements, during its meeting Monday. The commission reviewed areas of the act they felt would impact Greenwood’s accessory building ordinance. “Greenwood right now has no ordinances that regulate the construction of residential buildings, so that was not a concern to us, but the way the bill read, it could flow over into some of our accessory building ordinances,” Bell said. Bell said the commission wants to get the opinion of the Arkansas Municipal League concerning a couple of questions the commission devised before it moves forward with any changes to the accessory building ordinance. Bell phoned the league at the end of last week, and was waiting for a return call as of early Tuesday afternoon.
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Work on sewer collection lines in Greenwood was a topic of conversation for the city’s Water/Wastewater Commission during its meeting April 22. The commission talked about the sewer collection lines in the city’s Indian Hills subdivision during this meeting. Greenwood Water Treatment Plant/Wastewater Treatment Plant Director Greg Cross said April 23 the Greenwood Wastewater Department is looking at possibly replacing some of the six-inch clay lines in that subdivision. “It’s got a lot of influent and infiltration over there,” Cross said. “That’s some of the biggest problems we’ve got. Of course, we’re not positive yet that it’s over there, but we’re pretty sure. We have a lot of problems over there. We’re doing an upgrade on one of the lines. It’ll be about 1,200 feet. We’re going to replace a line, take the old six-inch clay line out and put a new 8-inch … SDR 35 or plastic line in this year.” Cross said the wastewater department has done some “camera work” in the Indian Hills subdivision to try to find what some of the problems are over there.
“And you find little problems here and there, but if we fixed all of our lines, you would only fix 50 percent of the problem because 50 percent of the problem comes from the lines that are house lines, which are peoples’ service lines,” Cross said. These house lines break and leak as well, Cross said.
The water/wastewater commission also received an update regarding a city sewer study, which the city is doing in sections. Cross said this study was in last ill next meetyear’s budget and is not yet complete. A couple more drawdown tests on certain lift stations have to be done to complete the current section of the study, which is from U.S. 71 to Lift Station 1.
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this meeting. The next Greenwood Water/Wastewater Commission t/Wastewater meeting is scheduled to take place May 27. aid April 23 is looking at y lines in that
EDWARDS NAMED TO ARKANSAS FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE
She graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s of science degree in biology and minor in information technology from the University of Arkansas Little Rock in 2003.
Dr. Shannon Edwards of Greenwood was recently named associate medical director of the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care. She will work at AFMC’s Fort Smith campus. AFMC’s associate medical directors provide expertise for health utilization management review work. Working with both public and private health plans, AFMC’s reviewers ensure that all healthcare services are provided in the most efficient manner and are medically necessary, a news release states. Additionally, this helps prevent fraud and abuse in health care reimbursements. AFMC, a nonprofit health care quality improvement and education organization serving Arkansas’ health care community and health care consumers for 47 years, is headquartered in Little Rock. Edwards, who is board certified in internal medicine, received her medical degree in 2008 from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock. She was an internal medicine resident at UAMS from 2008 to 2011.
She has more than 10 years of experience in various health care settings. Before coming to AFMC she served as medical director for Humana’s central region Medicare Advantage, and she still works part-time as a hospitalist for both the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fayetteville and Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith. She also worked as an inpatient physician for palliative care at the Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville. Edwards has also volunteered as the physician for the Honor Flight Network’s flight medical team. Honor Flights fly older veterans, at no cost to the vets, to Washington, D.C., to see the various war memorials. Her other interests include advocacy for children and adults with autism spectrum disorders and disabilities. In selecting Edwards, AFMC’s Chief Medical Director Dr. Chad Rogers said, “Dr. Edwards brings a tremendous amount of knowledge and expertise to AFMC. We look forward to her new insights about how we can continue to provide the highest quality of medical review work that our customers expect from us.”
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FIVE FEET APART (2018) by Rachael Lippincott When Stella Grant and Will Newman, both eighteen year olds with cystic fibrosis, first meet during their hospital stay, it is NOT love at first sight. Stella finds Will’s careless, rebelling attitude annoying, and Will thinks Stella is too much of a goody two shoes. Following the CFer rule of at least six feet apart from each other to avoid getting each other sicker is not going to be a problem for these two, or is it? In a compromise to help Stella feel control with something in her life, Will agrees to allow her to help him stick to his health regimen if she agrees to pose for him as he sketches her. The agreement between the two allows Stella and Will to get to know each other better and become close friends. However, as the relationships grows, staying six feet apart becomes a struggle.
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THE TATTOIST OF AUSCHWITZ (2019) by Heather Morris Based on the true story of two Holocaust survivors, Lale Sokolov’s and Gita Fuhrmannova’s experiences in a concentration camp are recreated in this fictional novel. After becoming a prisoner, Lale is assigned the job of tattooing the arm identification numbers on thousands of fellow prisoners. That is how he meets Gita. After that brief encounter, he vows he will survive and will marry Gita. In an interview with Heather Morris, Lale is quoted “I tattooed her number on her left hand, and she tattooed her number in my heart.”
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Reflections Remembering Brother Jim’s Birthday By Drucilla Hughart “Though April Showers may come your way, they bring in the flowers that bloom in May. So when it’s raining rain hold no regrets cause when it’s raining rain it’s raining violets.” Thus it is this morning with the shower. It brings back memories of this old song. I can look out and see green that did not appear to be there yesterday. My Baby Brother Jim had a birthday this week. I will not reveal which one although I can remember the day as if it was yesterday. It was on a bright sunny morning, eighty-six years ago that I walked from my dear friends Miss Ellen Squires and Miss Bell Murry’s house to the Governor Little Farm where my family lived. The farm was located where Crooked Creek is now located. Miss Ellen and Bell lived just down the hill from the old Rock School, now the home of the Ed Wilkinsons. Miss Ellen held my hand while I walked the rails. When we got to my house what did I find? A Big Surprise! A baby brother! He sure knocked me off my throne and I was no longer the baby of the family. This year when I looked for THE Birthday Card I found it without any trouble. I remembered I put it in the underwear drawer.
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For the past twenty years we have exchanged the SAME Birthday Card. I can tell you it is getting in pretty bad shape. I sent it to him first. It fits in a long business envelope so there is no problem finding an envelope to mail it in. As Jim can’t remember what day in July is my birthday he will mail the card back to me the first of July. Last year I thought I had lost it. I was in a panic. I couldn’t break a tradition by losing the card. I had put it in my underwear drawer so I wouldn’t lose it. I just forgot WHERE I put it.
I am so glad the stork visited our family on April second, Nineteen thirty-three. I am also glad he visited again on June twelve, nineteen thirty-six and surprised me with my sister Jane. I am so thankful that he had visited three time before me. Times were hard when we were growing up, but I didn’t know but what the Bolin Family had the best the world had to offer. I should say, “I am glad we had the “Best” as we had the gift of love for one another.” I am also thankful for the April showers we are having today, April Fourth, my Daddy’s 134th birthday.
Mama By Jim Bolin It was on a Sunday...and Mother’s Day at that. But perhaps that was a most appropriate time for the home going of one who had been a loving mother for seventyfive plus years and a lover of God’s word for longer than that. For nearly ninety-seven years she worked, planned, discussed and generally “made do” with the meager lot she fell heir to. Never a silver spoon found in her mouth, but a silver tongue until the very last. With a body nearly worn out; with arthritic hands and knees, poor hearing and even poorer eye sight, she kept on going...writing, orating, planning for next week...and next year, setting goals and achieving most of them. Handing out well-intended advice to her family, sharing her life story with those who would listen and turning out a weekly column for the Greenwood Democrat for those who were not within her reach. I heard my first whip-poor-will of the year the night before she left this world. Mama was always the one who heard the first whip-poor-will, the first katydid... who saw the first crocus of Spring...year-after-year. She never saw the sun rise in the morning. What she saw was the sun rising above the hills, showering it’s golden rays through the cottonwood trees, causing playful shadows to dance across the fields to the tunes of early morning bird songs. That’s just the way she was, always poetic in thought and deed. She’s gone now to an eternal Spring time, but leaving behind a legacy that may never be touted in the world press, but one burned deep into the hearts of those who knew and loved her, and as Mama always said, “life flows on like Thompson’s Brook”, and it does!
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Local Artists team up for Greenwood Art Guild
Artist of the Month
Ginger Hamm and Helen Kliner are teaming up for the Greenwood Art Guild Artist of the Month at City Hall. Their works will be on display in the lobby of City Hall for the month of May. Helen Kliner moved to Greenwood from Chicago in 1997. Her two daughters are graduates of Greenwood High School. She retired from UAFS in 2013 where she was the Associate Director of Financial Aid. While living in Chicago, she retired from the Chicago Police Department in 1993. Helen’s art career Helen’s love of art began in her youth and included taking oil painting classes from a Chicago artist who gave lessons in his home. She has also received training from what was once Loop Jr. College in Chicago & here in Arkansas at UAFS. Helen says “My husband and I spent time in Englewood, Florida where I took watercolor classes and drawing classes. The first time I displayed my art or offered it for sale was at a Greenwood public art venue. My goals are to continue to learn and explore oil and watercolor painting, and also to experiment with acrylic painting and possibly pastels. I consider myself to be a student of art with a lot to learn. I’m proud to be a member of the Greenwood Art Guild and am impressed with the talent and expertise of my fellow members. They keep me inspired and motivated!” Ginger was born and grew up in Texarkana. Taking art classes was a joy for her but became more serious at LSU in Shreveport where she studied color theory and design receiving certification to teach art in high school. Ginger has found that happiness comes from living a creative life; and although much pleasure is derived when others find her artwork pleasing, the real happiness comes from the doing.
Pictured top - Helen Kliner Pictured bottom - Ginger Hamm
Ginger resides in the Greenwood area and says she is always changing, so her style has evolved over time. As her interests shift, she works with different themes and has become more comfortable with different mediums. Currently she is enjoying working in layers using memories, symbols, textures, colors and language all the while discovering new techniques using a variety of mediums. Ginger believes “that inspiration is everywhere if our eyes are open and looking for it. It may come from a beautiful sunset where God has flung His paint box of colors across the sky. It may come from a drive on an autumn day or a stroll through a beautiful garden. We are all creative. We should just stop resisting, relax and let it flow.” Come by and see these artists’ beautiful works. If you are interested, the Greenwood Art Guild meets the 4th Thursday of the month January – October at 6:00 p.m. in the main branch of Farmers Bank Community room.
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HOMETOWN HERO: JoElla Skaggs
By Marc Hayot
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Very few people can say that they have touched the life of almost every student. However, JoElla Skaggs can claim that honor. As a teacher, sponsor, director and volunteer, Skaggs has touched the lives of many students at Greenwood High School. Skaggs began her teaching career at an extremely young age: six. “My mother would tell stories about when I came home from first grade and I would teach my brothers and sisters what I had learned” Skaggs said. She discovered her desire to teach during college and after graduating Skaggs spent 13 years teaching in Sherman, Texas. Then in 1993 she moved back to Greenwood and got a job with the school system. That was when Skaggs began to fulfill her destiny. Skaggs has taught numerous courses at Greenwood High School including U.S. History and Economics. Yet she is best remembered for her work as a sponsor for the Junior Class and Beta Club. When asked what made her chose to volunteer her time Skaggs said “It was something beyond the classroom that I could do. I love the extracurricular stuff and the kids usually get into that more sometimes than their lessons. You get to do fun stuff and you hopefully tell them that volunteer work is the right thing to do, not just to pad your college application.” In 2003, Skaggs took on a new volunteer opportunity when she became the Executive Director for the Greenwood Education Foundation. When she is away from school, Skaggs can be found at First Baptist Church playing the piano for the 8 AM service or at Walmart talking to someone as she shops. When asked what the future looks like Skaggs simply said, “I enjoy what I do, and I’d like to keep doing it as long as I can.”
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I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LIVE WITH LIFE. BE COURAGEOUS, ADVENTUROUS. GIVE US A TOMORROW, MORE THAN WE DESERVE Maya Angelou TO UC RIVERSIDE IN 1977
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Students attending Greenwood Schools from
Kindergarten to 12th Grade
FRONT ROW L TO R: Kayley Lawson, Shaylyn Roberts, Kaitlyn Robine, Jordan Slater, Aubrey Barnes, Kylee Mendenhall, Sarah Motley, Courtney Barbry, Laura Young, Brandy Hayes, Hannah Cringle, Kenzie Tallakson, Kenzie Smith, Maycee Atkins, Baleigh Wigington, Abby Denison, Hayley Krone, Sara Kennon, Brooklyn Barton, Alaura Vincent, Edgar Alvarez
Addison Devane, Hannah McAdams, Abby Short, Merissa Buchanan.
ROW 2 L TO R: Hailey Thomas, Ashlyn Barton, Joey Toole, Noah Nelson, Noel Beck, Katie Muncrief, Izabelle Andrews, Sarah White, Sara McOlvin, Makynlee Young, Katelyn Sosebee, Kayla Cole, Lanie Wells,
ROW 4 L TO R: Jacob Simmons, Noah Fox, James Christian, Dalton Russell, Isaiah Belue, Jordan Tedford, Ashley Stanfill, Jamie Wroten, Julia Brixey, Jack Gaston, Mark Johnson, Cameron Goins, James Colvin, Trey Woods.
ROW 3 L TO R: Ariel Thomas, Dwight Hood, Zach Rylee, Evan Griffith, Corban Dye, Nolan Brasher, Kaitlyn Deer, Faith O’Mahony, Abbey Ivey, Hannah DeLeon, Janie Pendleton, Dylan Wilson, Lexi Wolfe, Collin Curry, Sam Sandifer, Alec Broomfield.
ROW 5 L TO R: Marc Jones, Cheyanne Fulford, Ryan Hankins, Kenney Sweeny, Bryce Marek, Garrett Whitlock, Ashton Stewart, Mariah Hamilton, Taylor Looper, Victoria Horan, Brandon Scott, Jake Sebren, Jayden Grimes. ROW 6 L TO R: Abbie Wofford, Madison Barker, Michael Lytle, Riley Hightower, Kaleb Bivins, Tyler Merreighn, Cameron Adams, Christian Kelly, Devin Stallings, Noah Walker, Justin Areguleo, Bryce Womack. ROW 7 L TO R: Emerson Lejong, Emma Booker, Clayton Hobbs, Abby Cagle, Zach Meskill, Jordan Thompson,
Lane Gassman, Baylee McLellan, Nixie Wallace, Timmy Eglinsdoerfer, Hector Morales, Aaron Ohl, Travis Cox, ROW 8 L TO R: Korie Edelen, Jada Jenkins, Paige Mathews, Carson Whitmire, Daley Barnett, Cade Lynch, Xavier Nelson, Braden Gassman, Austen Shown, Timothy Earnhart, Josh Maze ROW 9 L TO R: Tristan Goodwin, Kenny Kirkes, Hunter Ruth, Seth Dungan, John Chance, Ethan K. Williams, Trent Davis, Connor Francis, Ricky Dean.
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If you could be any animal, what would you be? I would be the family dog of a rich family with lots of loving kids. I could eat well, get to play a lot, and cuddles.
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SUPERIOR, CUTTING-EDGE
By Marc Hayot CONTRIBUTING WRITER
EDUCATION Foundation grants allow teachers to expand classroom opportunties. Wendi Dungan, a fifthgrade teacher at East Hills Middle School received her first-ever grant from the Greenwood Education Foundation in April. Dungan and co-recipient Theresa Asbill plan to use the grant to purchase windmill kits for the science department as part of a project on renewable energy. “These kits will allow the kids to simulate a windmill and to test them, modify them and make them better, [then] to test them again. I even ordered a couple of motors so we can see how much the output [will be].” Asbill said. 44
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Also the recipient of her own grant, Asbill plans to use her funds to help the school’s robotics team. “With the robotics grant we are buying more Vex IQ Robot Kits so next year I’ll have enough robots to take the kids to competitions, so that they can compete with other kiddos and increase their understanding of coding, help with social skills and help with team work,” Asbill said. “This is going to allow me to have enough robots to form seven different teams.” Developing these programs would not be possible without the assistance of the Foundation. The Greenwood Education Foundation is an entity that provides funds for activities and equipment that the Greenwood Public School System would not normally fund. The Foundation traces its roots back to the early 1990s when a group of teachers were
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trying to find a way for people to make tax-deductible donations to the school system. “We started over 20 years ago. Bobby Turner, along with some of the teachers and I, were trying to find a way to let people be able to donate money to the school, [plus] to be able to help the kids and the teachers. We were also in the process of trying to figure out how we were going to get an auditorium. So that gave people that had a lot of money to apply money that they could use as a tax write off and help a lot of people in the process,” said Carolyn Tarver, a board member and the newest inductee into the Greenwood Education Foundation’s Hall of Honor. Over the years the Foundation has paid for different things like playground equipment, the press box at the football stadium and student trips to Washington D.C. to see the government in action. Teachers can apply for grants
through an application on the Greenwood Public Schools website. The board members vote on which grants to approve. Board president Eddy Beshears said that they try to approve as many applications as possible. The grants were finalized and announced at the April board meeting, along with the news that Tarver would be the newest member of the Hall of Honor. The board presented her with flowers and balloons during the meeting. “I just love this school system. It’s probably the best in the world,” Tarver said after receiving the award. Many projects were approved to receive grants, however robotics projects were one of the most popular ones for 2019. Along with Asbill’s grant, Sherlett Myers, one of the fourth-grade teachers at East Pointe Elementary, received a grant for her robotics team. Myers’ team recently competed in the
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The Greenwood Education Foundation awarded over $7200 to the Greenwood School District in April. Teachers submitted grant applications and the foundation awarded the following classroom initives.
ALTERNATIVE SEATING: 5 Westwood Elementary teachers will now have five alternative seats per classroom. This can help some students maintain focus while working or stay engaged in a group. Total award amount of $1000. MUSIC KEYBOARDS: Leigh Leonard, the elementary music teacher at Westwood Elementary, will be adding five new keyboards for her music classroom. Amount awarded was $750.
AP MATERIALS Joann King and her AP Chemistry class.
LIFETIME OF AP MATERIALS: As the AP Curriculum changes every few years, teachers struggle to stay current with the changes and the materials to teach. This grant covered a lifetime membership to an AP Curriculum that will stay with the current curriculum. Joann King at Greenwood High School was awarded $499. SCIENCE EQUIPMENT: Greenwood High School teacher Audrey
Duncan was awarded $375 to purchase lab scales, incubator, chamber and freezer.
WHERE THE WIND LEADS: Creative writing teacher at Greenwood High School, Nikki Adams, will be ordering 118 copies of “Where the Wind Leads” by local author for her classroom. Total amount awarded was $1500. ROBOTIC TEAM EXPANSION Sherlette Myers, Jill McMahan and members of their East Pointe Robotics Team.
INTRO TO EDUCATION: Greenwood High School teacher, T. Brewer was awarded $253.43 for the Children’s Books for Intro to Learning. ROBOTICS EQUIPMENT:
The East Hills Middle School Robotics class will be purchasing new equipment for their robotics lab. They were awarded $600.
INTERFACE KITS: East Hills Science team was awarded $699.94 for Nervous/Muscle Systems Interface Kits. ARCHERY TAG SET:
Shawn English at East Hills will now have an Archery Tab set in the amount of $1700.
ROBOTICS EQUIPMENT Theresa Asbill and members of her East Hills Robotics Team —Photos by Marc Hayot
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East Pointe Elementary teacher, Kristin Motley, will be purchasing drones for the Science of Flight. The total amount awarded was $300.
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Teachers Sherlett Myers and Jill McMahan will be using their $600 grant on supplies for expansion of the newly formed Robotics team at East Pointe Elementary.
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READING INSPIRATION Greenwood High School will be purchasing 118 copies of “Where the Wind Leads” by Local author/speaker Vinh Chung. Total amount awarded was $1500. Pictured is teacher Nikki Adams with her creative writting students. —Photo by Marc Hayot
One grant recipient was Greenwood High School teacher Nikki Adams, who started a creative writing class during the 2017-2018 school year. “A lot of students like to write, but everything they write is so academic that they don’t ever get to develop their own voice. We just wanted a place for them to develop that.” The grant will be used to purchase copies of a book called “Where the Wind Leads” for her classes to use this year and next year, Adams said. The book is about Vinh Chung, a refugee from Laos who was brought to Fort Chaffee in the 1970s and has stayed in the River Valley to become a successful business man. Adams also plans to bring the author to speak at the high school next year about his experiences in Arkansas and how he became a success.
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state’s VEX Robotics Championship and placed second in the state. With her grant, Myers said that she plans to purchase more robots and to form a separate all-girls robotics team. Fellow East Pointe teacher Jill McMahan will use her grant to purchase drones. “We are working on drones. We do a unit that is called Science of Flight and so we are going to buy some drones to learn how to fly them.” This is McMahan’s second time winning a grant from the Foundation. A few years earlier she won a grant where she purchased Wobble Stools and
ARCHERY TAG East Hills Archery Coach, Shawn English, was awarded $1700 to purchase an archery tag set. Pictured with English is Assistant Archery Coach, Cassandra Lachowski, and one of his Special Education students. —Photo by Marc Hayot
“We are going to buy some drones to learn how to fly them.” Jill McMahan EAST POINTE ELEMENTARY
Bouncy Bands, which were used for a seating activity. The Foundation hopes to grow its funds and award even more grants in the future. The board works to
do this by getting the word out that they exist and are there to enhance the lives of the students. “[We want to] make sure they understand that there is a mechanism for donating to the school through the foundation and understanding all the work that the committee does” said board member Michael Lejong. To donation to the Foundation, send a check payable to the Greenwood Education Foundation and mail to: Greenwood Education Foundation; Attention: JoElla Skaggs; 501 Bulldog Loop, Greenwood, AR 72936.
Grant recipient Shawn English teaches Special Education at East Hills Middle School. He also has a love of archery that he shares as coach of the school’s archery team. English was the first to admit that he was surprised that he received the grant, yet that does not mean that he did not have concrete plans on how to use the money. “I would like to get a set of archery tag equipment to help our school and our community get more knowledge of archery,” English said. Greenwood Life
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MISS GHS Brenna Ralston By Kim Murdock CONTRIBUTING WRITER
“Just a normal girl” giving back to her community of Greenwood, Brenna Ralston, a Greenwood High School sophomore, challenges others to “put themselves out there.” In the short time since April 6, when Ralston was crowned Miss Greenwood at the 2019 Mr. and Miss Greenwood Pageant, she said she has “already experienced so much and (been able to) raise awareness of what (one) can do for your school and community.” Since the event, Ralston said she has helped with the presentation of awards at the Special Olympics. The pageant offered 13- to 18-year-old participants the experience of a sit-down interview, said Liz Earnhart, director of the Mr. and Miss Greenwood Pageant. “It puts students in the interview process,” said Coach Trey Holloway, head baseball coach for Greenwood High School. The pageant interview experience is “super beneficial,” said Earnhart. “It has given me the experience I will need for applying to college and for jobs,” Ralston said. Typically, individuals do not experience their first sit-down interview until they ac-
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tually interview for college or for their first job, Earnhart said. Ralston plays the bass guitar, ukulele, piano, flute, piccolo and cajon. Her favorite would either be the piano or the ukulele, she said, because she also loves “to sing and can easily do that with both of those instruments.” Ralston plans to attend either the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville or the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and major in education, she said All pageant contestants are given a questionnaire to complete, Earnhart said. The questionnaire for a 3-year-old asks questions about older siblings, pets, favorite color and more. The questions asked onstage of contestants in that age category, and all age categories, actually, literally come from the questionnaire, she said. The questions are all age appropriate. “Kids today are so much braver, I think, than when I was growing up,” Earnhart said. The on-stage interviews involved participants aged three through 18, as well as the senior boys’ baseball team participants, Earnhart said. The teen and miss participants, additionally, will walk across the stage dressed in spring wear and then, again, in an evening gown.
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The girls are judged on how their selections fit, rather than on the selections themselves, said Earnhart. She said the panel consisted of three judges. Earnhart has known Ralston since she was very small, and Earnhart described the 2019 Miss Greenwood as “kind and very smart (with a) great sense of humor.” She said both Lynch’s and Ralston’s confidence and authenticity contributed to the earning of their titles. Their personalities shone through,” she said. Ralston is very polished in the pageant scene, and she is very kind. Lynch is a “funny guy (who is) always making people laugh.” While the girls have the various age group categories, including those that span from birth to age 18, the boys will only have one division, senior baseball player boys. Girls from across the river valley, primarily, but also from northwest Arkansas participate, Earnhart said. There will be several repeat participants, the girls will make friends and they will have a good experience, Earnhart said. The Miss and Mr. Greenwood pageant is more focused on genuineness than being “about the pretty face,” Ralston said.
The pageant looks more toward the intellectual conversations and whether one is
kind, bold and courageous and can make witty jokes.
Ralston has “made a lot of amazing friends” through her pageant experience, she said. It has “proven every stereotype about pageants wrong.” Friendships have been formed through her pageant involvement, Ralston said. She is “getting good at networking,” and it has gotten her “so many opportunities out in the world.” “It’s been a whirlwind experience. I’ve never done anything like it before. It’s become a part of my life.”
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nd can make “Baseball does not dictate who we are,” says coach Trey Holloway, head baseball coach for Greenwood High School.
All of Holloway’s senior baseball players parof amazing ticipate in the annual Mr. and Miss Greent experience, wood Pageant, which is conducted by Liz ry stereotype Earnhart, the pageant’s director. The pageant raises money for the team, Holloway said.
med through Greenwood High School’s senior baseball Ralston said. players were included in the pageant startrking,” and it ing last year, at Holloway’s request, Earnortunities out hart said.
Cade Lynch was named the 2019 Mr. nce. I’ve nev- Greenwood, and Brenna Ralston was e. It’s become named Miss Greenwood. The 2019 pageant was held April 6. The pageant “is really good for our program,” Holloway said. Rather than being recognized for their individual contributions to baseball games, the pageant allows the team the opportunity to “showcase each individual off the baseball field,” he said. “It was fun,” Lynch said of the pageant. “We were laughing a lot,” The program “really helps us too with making sure” scholarships are not just made available for girls, Holloway said. It gives boys scholarship opportunities as well.
A total of $500 in scholarships was awarded to the boys and girls who participated in the 2019 pageant, Earnhart said. Ralston, a sophomore at Greenwood High School and the Miss Greenwood winner for 2019, was awarded a $250 scholarship. Lynch, the Mr. Greenwood scholarship recipient, was awarded $100, Earnhart said. Lynch plans to attend Arkansas Tech University in Russellville and major in engineering. Considering both electrical and mechanical engineering, Lynch said he would likely select electrical over mechanical engineering “because it is more math-related,” he said. He is interested too in data analytics, which also involves “quite a bit of math;” predictive analysis or becoming a financial advisor – “anything really to do with math.” Ralston is currently planning to pursue an education major at either the University of Arkansas in Fort Smith or the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. The remaining senior baseball players/ pageant participants showcased in the 2019 pageant include Timothy Earnhart, Peyton Holt and Ethan Williams, according to Earnhart. They were awarded scholarships of $50 each. Lynch was awarded a wood baseball bat engraved with his name as well. He said he will probably hang the memento at
home in his room. All pageant contestants, both boys and girls, are placed “in the interview process,” Holloway said. They have the opportunity to gain on-stage confidence, he said. Translate their confidence on the field to the stage, and players are “shown off a little bit” as they answer questions on-stage “with ease.” The question asked on-stage of Lynch involved identifying the most influential person in his life, Earnhart said. Lynch cited his maternal grandfather. After his parents divorced when Lynch was about age 4, Lynch’s maternal grandpa, Dennis Brownfield, was there to help, he said. Lynch’s great sense of humor is utilized to help lighten the mood when the team spirit is heavy, Holloway said. At the pageant, in fact, Lynch said he was “told to lighten the crowd.” In addition to the overall award of Mr. Greenwood, students also received awards based on their interviews, crowd appeal and responses to their onstage questions, Lynch said. Earnhart wanted to make a difference in the community while raising money to support the local travel baseball program, she said. Consequently, nine years ago, the Mr. and Miss Greenwood pageant was founded.
Earnhart’s son, Timothy, played travel baseball, and she said she knew how expensive the sport was. After six years of playing travel baseball, Timothy became eligible to play for and made the Greenwood team. When Timothy transitioned from travel to high school sports, Earnhart wanted to help support Timothy’s new team. She approached Holloway, and later transferred the proceeds of the pageant to the Greenwood High School team. “Ms. Earnhart is amazing,” Holloway said. “She’s done this for years, and we are honored and blessed to be a part of it.” The four 2019 senior baseball players / Mr. Greenwood pageant participants hold an average ACT score of 30, have an average GPA of 3.41, have collectively earned more than $250,000 in college scholarships and together have completed more than 300 hours of community service, Earnhart said. “What’s awesome about (the players) is that I get to spend tons of time with them,” Holloway said. Oftentimes, Holloway spends more time with his baseball players than the players spend with their parents. The pageant’s mission statement promotes “building character, leadership and confidence,” Earnhart said.
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Following Gravette’s three-run top of the first, Greenwood (175) answered in its half with RBI singles from Ally Sockey and Rheding Wagoner to get within a run, 3-2.
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Then in the second, with two out and two on, Mariah Hamilton connected on a pitch off the end of her bat and delivered a drive to left center, scoring both runners as Hamilton reached second with a double, putting the Lady Bulldogs ahead, 4-3. Wagoner, the starting pitcher, then made that lead stand by going the first five innings. Her defense also helped out by turning two double plays. The second double play came in the top of the fifth, after Gravette loaded the bases with nobody out. After Sockey, playing shortstop, threw to home plate for a force play, Wagoner got a comebacker hit right to her. She threw to catcher Chloe Creekmore to get the lead runner, then Creekmore fired it over to first baseman Harley Terry to finish off the double play and keeping Greenwood ahead.
Baseball: Greenwood 4, Farmington 3 (April 19) Colton Sagely drove in Ethan Williams to cap a three-run seventh inning as the Bulldogs rallied to beat Farmington, 4-3.
Gravette’s Kally Kildow knocks the ball from Greenwood’s catcher, Chloe Creekmoore, for run, Friday, April 19, 2019, in the first inning at Greenwood. - Photo by Jamie Mitchell
April 15-21 Baseball: Greenwood 7, Beebe 0 (April 16) Landry Jurecka and Cade Lynch combined on a one-hit shutout Tuesday as Greenwood blanked Beebe, 7-0, in the first game of their 5A-West doubleheader.
Jace Presley went the distance for the win, striking out seven and allowing two earned runs.
April 22-29 Baseball: Greenwood 16, Alma 0 (April 22) The Bulldogs won their eighth straight game in the opener of a 5A-West doubleheader with a 16-0 run-rule victory over rival Alma.
Reed Carroll had a hit and scored twice for the winners. Colton Sagely drove in a run and scored a run in Greenwood’s victory.
Landry Jurecka pitched to the minimum 18 batters over six innings and allowing just one hit. That runner was erased on an inning-ending, ground-ball double play.
Greenwood responded to a 3-0 deficit in the top of the first inning by scoring two runs in each of the first two innings to go in front. The Lady Bulldogs then got strong pitching and defense to maintain that lead as they went on to post a 7-3 win. The win avenged a 1-0 defeat to Gravette at last month’s Farmington Tournament. Greenwood’s Ally Sockey scoops the Gravette hit to the infield and makes the throw for the out, Friday, April 19, 2019, during second inning action at Greenwood. - Photo by Jamie Mitchell WWW.GREENWOODARLIFE.COM | MAY 2019 |
Sagely, who drove in Greenwood’s first run, sent everyone home happy by hitting a ground ball that was misplayed for an error.
Freshman Matthew Munday drove in three runs and Chance Eoff had a triple and a double and two runs batted in to pace the surging Bulldogs (14-7).
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The Cardinals took a 3-1 lead into the final inning before Landry Jurecka, pinch-hitter Caden Brown and Williams hit consecutive singles to load the bases for Chance Eoff. The Bulldog outfielder walked to force home the second run, and Peyton Holt’s RBI single tied the game at 3.
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Jurecka struck out 12 Airedales, and ground ball outs accounted for the other six outs. Softball: Greenwood 12, Alma 2 Greenwood 15, Alma 1 (April 22) ALMA — Before being swept in a doubleheader by Beebe last week, the Greenwood Lady Bulldogs had posted 14 games where they scored double-digit run totals. The Lady Bulldogs are gradually regaining their offensive groove with the 5A State Tournament on the horizon. Greenwood scored a total of 27 runs in a 5A-West sweep at Alma on Monday. The Lady Bulldogs posted a 12-2 five-inning
enwood (17- run-rule win in the opening game; then got the sweep with a Sockey and 15-0 three-inning win the nightcap.
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stand by go- The Greenwood Bulldogs had Siloam Springs in their sights. out by turning They even got a goal from senior Chance Pennington.
But Siloam Springs, like a cat waiting to pounce, scored twice h, after within a minute of the second half to break open a tight match Sockey, play- and help the Panthers cruise to a 6-1 victory. , Wagoner got Pennington’s first goal of the season cut Siloam Springs’ dominate first half deficit to one with six seconds left in the half. ead runner, ley Terry to Siloam Springs (13-4, 9-2) doubled its lead, however, at the 27:39 mark of the second half with a pair of Danny Daugherty ahead. and Christian Marroquin goals.
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ree-run sevGirls Soccer: Siloam Springs 1, Greenwood 0 (April 23) gton, 4-3. The Siloam Springs Panthers made a first half goal stand up in a before 1-0 win over Greenwood. Williams hit
off. The Bull- Laura Morales scored with 9:27 left in the first half for the un, and Peyton game’s lone goal.
The Panthers (14-6, 11-1) had plenty of other chances. But veryone home Greenwood keeper Camryn Presley was up to the task, allowing for an error. the Bulldogs to stay in it until running out of time.
g out seven Baseball: Greennwood 5, Fayetteville 3 (April 25) Sophomore Reed Carroll singled home two runs in the second and Jace Presley allowed three unearned runs over six innings as Greenwood defeated 6A-West foe Fayetteville Bulldogs, 5-3, Thursday afternoon in nonconference play.
Greenwood goal keeper Kenny Sweeney attempts to block a free kick Tuesday against Siloam Springs at Smith Robinson Stadium in Greenwood on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. - Photo by Aaron Shaffer The win also clinched a third straight 20-win season for the Bulldogs (20-7).
The Panthers (19-4, 12-2) won the second game, 9-4.
Colton Sagely singled home Peyton Holt in the third and Sagely scored two batters later on a wild pitch to make it 4-0. Presley’s RBI single made it 5-0.
Peyton Holt’s three-run homer gave the Bulldogs a 6-3 lead in the top of the sixth inning. But the Panthers scored five times in the bottom half of the sixth to secure an 8-7 win . Holt, Colton Sagely and Landry Jurecka had two hits apiece.
Softball: Greenwood 5, Bentonville 2 (April 26)
Dalton Linn’s two-out RBI double capped a five-run fourth in the nightcap, helping the Panthers erase a 3-1 deficit.
The Lady Bulldogs trailed 2-0 through five innings before tying the score in the sixth and breaking it with a three-run seventh at Bentonville. Greenwood (20-5) took a 3-2 lead with two outs in the top of the seventh when Emma McCorkle raced home on a passed ball. The Lady Bulldogs then got insurance as Mariah Hamilton added a two-run double.
Greenwood finishes the regular season 20-9 overall and 8-6 in the 5A-West.
Hamilton was 2-for-4 with her two-run double. Haven Clements pitched all seven innings to get the win. She gave up two earned runs on five hits, registering one strikeout.
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(LEFT) Gravette’s Kally Kildow knocks the ball from Greenwood’s catcher, Chloe Creekmoore, for run, Friday, April 19, 2019, in the first inning at Greenwood. - Photo by Jamie Mitchell (RIGHT) Greenwood midfielder Chance Pennington strikes the ball with his head during their game against Siloam Springs at Smith Robinson Stadium in Greenwood on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. - Photo by Aaron Shaffer
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Junior High team breaks 20 year record Greenwood Jr High girls 4x800 relay team break Greenwood Junior High School record set in 1999. The girls competed in the Kimmons Relays held at Southside on April 8. The previous record held for over 20 years was 11:13 set. The girls ran a 10:55 breaking the 20 year old record. All girls are currently 8th graders, and they run Cross Country and Track for GJHS.
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Arkansas Special Olympics Spring Games at GHS Saturday, April 12, 2019 1. Athlete Jaden James, left, carries the Arkansas Special Olympics’ Torch with Arkansas State Trooper Sgt. Brandon Margis during the opening ceremony on Friday, April 12, 2019 at Greenwood High School. More than 630 athletes from 34 schools competed in 20 events during the day. More than 250 volunteers assisted with the Spring Games.
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Greenwood Places Second in 6A Quiz Bowl Finals Greenwood High School placed second in the 6A conference finals of the Arkansas Governor’s Academic Competition “Quiz Bowl 2019” Saturday, April 27, against Russellville High School. The team includes (front, from left): Ashlyn Barton, Amber Alzufari, Tyler Merreighn, Hannah McAdams, Gayla Stilley; (back) coach Rick Clow, Shayla Woolsey, Jonathan Ivey, Riley Farr, Taylor Aishman, Alydia Brashear, Ashlyn Compton and assistant coach Carrah Efurd. Finals were held at the Arkansas Educational Television Network in Conway.
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