Lady Bulldogs Cruise Past Lady Airedales
With five games left in the regular season the race for the top spot is heating up for the Lady Bulldogs. With a second match-up against Farmington looming, the Lady Bulldogs took on the Lady Airedales in 5A-West Conference action, winning 80-34
A smothering defense and a quick offense put the Bulldogs on top quickly. Izzy Smith would open the game with a 3-pointer. After trading free-throws, Alma would answer with a 3-pointer, but that would be their last basket until 1:57 left in the period. Greenwood would go on a 14-0 run in between Alma baskets. A turnover in the closing seconds ended with Kylah Pearcy getting a basket as time expired. Seniors Piper Pitts, Izzy Smith, and Junior Kylah Pearcy had 7 points in the period. Ashlin Rose added 5 more. Greenwood led Alma 26-7.
Period 2 had Greenwood adding 31 points to their total and pulling away from the Airedales 57-20 when the halftime buzzer rang. The Lady Bulldogs were shooting 13/20 in the second with Izzy Smith and Pearcy having a total of 15 points each. Senior Pate Jones had 7 points in the period. Ashlin Rose and Journey Clements added 3 points each. Halie Fox added 2.
The second half of the game saw nearly every Greenwood player that came off the bench scored in the game. Trinity Spicer and Eva Booth would add scores in the half. From there the Lady Bulldogs finished the game 80-34.
“As far as locked in, you know mentally. Ready to play and how we played, I thought we did a really good job on the defensive glass.” Head Coach Ryan Casalman said following the game. “I thought we were really active and had a lot of energy defensively. Offensively, we shared the basketball and moved and our spacing was as good as it’s been all year.”
“Even with our big win at Mountain Home, I don’t know if that [Alma] wasn’t a more complete game.” Coach Caslaman said.
The Lady Bulldogs face the Cardinals in Farmington on Friday night, which could have #1 seed implications.
Obituary: Obie Beshears (1939-2025)
Obie Beshears passed from this world Saturday, February 8, 2025 at his home with his wife and son by his side. OB was 85 years, 6 months and 9 days old. He was born July 30, 1939 to Hubert and Rilla Beshears in Osceola, Oklahoma.
OB loved helping folks, cutting wood, deer hunting, going to church and just being outside. He was a God loving soul all his life and surely walking those streets in Heaven. He was a good husband, a wonderful father, a provider and teacher of life. Those who knew OB knew him to be straight forward, hard working and honest. When the man told someone something, he bent over backwards to see it done. One of the last true loggers mule skinners, and chainsaw hands there was. OB had done it all and found pleasure in that hard line of work. Never meeting a stranger or making enemies, OB will be missed greatly in the lives of those who love him, until they are together again in Heaven.
OB is survived by his true loving wife of 64 years Mary Irene Beshears of Waldron, Arkansas, four daughters: Barbara Thompson of Bates, Arkansas, Lenate Hawkins, Betty Lou Oliver and Tammy Forrest all of Waldron, Arkansas and one son Wes Beshears of Hon, Arkansas as well as many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Ob is also survived by his sisters: Mayfern McDaniel and Retha Lou Page. OB will be missed by all that knew him and the many whose lives he impacted including a host of extended family, friends and neighbors he loved dearly.
OB is preceded in death by his parents, Hubert and Rilla Beshears and two brothers: Glen Beshears and A.C. Beshears.
OB’s life celebration will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 13, 2025 at the Bates Assembly of God Church in Bates, Arkansas with Rev. James Self officiating. Interment will follow in the Pilot Prairie Cemetery near Waldron, Arkansas. Arrangements are being entrusted to the Heritage Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory in Waldron, Arkansas.
OB’s pallbearers will be William Conley, Trever Hall, Danny Hall, Jeremy Staggs, Zack Oliver and Adam Forrest.
OB’s visitation will be Wednesday, February 11, 2025 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Heritage Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Waldron, Arkansas.
Rep. Johnson Sponsors Bill to Levy Fire Dues
(R) State Representative Lee Johnson has filed house bill 1416, allowing municipal fire departments servicing unincorporated areas of the county to levy dues.
This bill would allow municipal fire departments to levy tax on personal property to those who do not live in their municipality or an area with a volunteer fire department.
HB1416 states: A municipal fire department providing fire protection services outside of its corporate limits to unincorporated areas of the county as described in this section may have dues collected from a property owner located in the designated unincorporated area in accordance with § 14-20-108.
The bill, which can be read in its entirety –HERE-, is being co-sponsored by (R) Senator Kim Hammer.
“Just Roll with It” Serving up Recipes and Humor
By Sheri Hopkins, Lifestyle Contributor
Hello everyone! Winter, spring, summer or fall–all you have to do is wish for it and you will get one of the four seasons in Arkansas. Today is cool but tomorrow is supposed to be beautiful. We shall see.
Y’all know how my niece Kelly is always leaving her purse or wallet somewhere or losing an inheritance check, etc. Well, I have decided that our editor, Tammy Teague, is part of my family. Her hubby, Jason a.k.a. Johnny Paul Jason was eating out and they were checking out and the waitress runs up to her and says, “ma’am, you left your purse.” I had to tell y’all about it. It made me laugh to think she left her purse at a restaurant. We have to be kin folk!
Last Friday night my nephew, y’all know the one I am talking about, calls me and says, “we will have all three granddaughters if you want to come over.” I go over and sure enough all three of them are there and it’s wild. One would take a toy and the other would chase her and this went back and forth all night. I said, “I wish there was a half dozen of them!” It was crazy and I loved every minute of it. The neighbor down the road had gotten a new dog. My nephew and his wife have three of their own. When I say neighbor, we are talking like half a mile down the road. We are all talking and visiting and all of sudden total chaos breaks out. Dogs are barking, kids are screaming and running in circles. Well low and behold looking in the back glass door is the neighbor’s dog and it’s the size of a Shetland pony. His name is Rocco and Rawlings is scared to death of dogs, so she is in my lap, and Ivy Jane is on the couch and Sutton is the only one that is not bothered. Michael goes out the back door to try to run Rocco home, and low and behold we are sitting there and in runs Rocco. If you thought things were crazy before, you should have seen and heard it then. The three dogs of my nephews are barking and going more nuts than they already were. Rocco is laying in the middle of the living room floor with his legs in the air wanting his belly rubbed and the girls are hysterical. He was a gentle giant. I said, “if we had a saddle for Rocco, we could give pony rides.” I could not make this stuff up, I had more fun over there. I told them I needed some more popcorn to watch the show. An amusement park would not have been any more fun. Never a dull moment with my family. We always have some kind of chaos going on when we are together.
This week’s recipe is a pecan dessert, and I haven’t made it, but I bought the stuff to make it. It sounds so good!
PECAN PIE DELIGHT
Crust: 1 stick of butter, 2 cups graham cracker crumbs mixed together till combined and pressed in a 9×13 dish. Set in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes.
You can buy one of the tubs of the Philadelphia cheesecake filling, it’s about $6 a tub or you can make your own recipe for cheesecake filling. Spread this on the graham cracker crust.
Filling: 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup Karo syrup, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 4 tablespoons of butter, 2 cups chopped pecans. Mix all this together and cook over medium heat till bubbly and sugar is disolved. Remove from heat and let cool completely. Spread over the cream cheese layer. Spread 1 8 oz. Cool Whip on the top and sprinkle chopped pecans on top. Keep in the refrigerator.
I know it is going to be good; I cannot wait to make it. Have a blessed week. Don’t forget your Valentine.