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Obituary – Barbara Ann Haggard (1948-2022)

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Obituary – Barbara Ann Haggard (1948-2022)

Barbara Ann Haggard of Blueball, Arkansas went to be with her Lord and Savior, Tuesday, July 12, 2022, with her children by her side. Barbara was born April 25, 1948 in Waldron, Arkansas to Roy E. and Dovie Wagner Yandell. She was 74 years old.

Barbara was a homemaker and farmer. She enjoyed reading and working in her garden, but spending time with her children and grandchildren brought her the most joy.

Barbara leaves behind to cherish her memory, daughters, Anna McGinty and husband Jim of Fayetteville, Arkansas and Lea Ann Haggard of Blueball, Arkansas, and one son John Haggard and wife Kristin of Dutch Creek, Arkansas. Grannie will forever remain in the hearts of her grandchildren: Jenna, James, Catherine, and Lexi. Barbara is also survived by one sister Betty Tallmadge and one brother Donnie Yandell. Barbara will be missed by all who knew her, including many extended family members and friends she loved dearly.

Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Johnny Haggard, two children: Vance and Lisa Kathleen, and one sister Patricia Soderling.

A private celebration of life will be held at a later date. Arrangements and cremation are being entrusted to the Heritage Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory in Waldron, Arkansas.

Obituary – John Fred Evatt (1934-2022)

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John Fred Evatt, Jr. Age 88 of Greenwood, Arkansas died July 12, 2022. He was born June 27, 1934, the eldest child of John Fred and Clara Hawthorne Evatt in Waldron, Arkansas.

He was preceded in death by his mother, father and first wife Bobbye Brown Evatt.

John Fred was a seventh generation Arkansan, descended from George Washington Sorrells, who arrived in Clark County around 1820, and Mary Sorrells Doyel, who was born in Abbott Arkansas in 1828 prior to statehood.

John Fred’s career included his education at Arkansas University, Oklahoma University and Central State University. His early occupation was as a Petroleum Reservoir Engineer in the oil fields of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. With the arrival of his sons, he returned to Scott County, where he taught at Waldron High School, raised beef cattle and served a term as Scott County Judge.

John Fred retired from Pine Bluff Arsenal where he served as training officer for hazardous materials, Control Center Chief and Chief of Defensive Chemical Protective Equipment, manufacturing, and rebuild.

It is obvious that John was a hard worker, he always did what was necessary to take care of his family, but there was more to this man.
He cared for the people around him. He became a generous supporter of the River Valley Food Bank. He loved to garden and gave most of his produce away to his neighbors because he always grew more than he could use. It was a game for him.

John Fred was a lifelong Baptist. He is survived by his current wife, Naomi Ann Muncy Hodson Evatt, sons, Joe Nathan Evatt of Greenwood, Arkansas, John Randall Evatt of Amarillo, Texas, nine grandchildren, twelve great great grandchildren of Conway Arkansas, many cousins a nephew, Robert Evatt of Tulsa Oklahoma and best friend, Gaylon Taylor of Waldron Arkansas.

He will be cremated for internment at Duncan Cemetery in Waldron where there will be a memorial service held, to be announced at a later date. Arrangements are being handled by Heritage Memorial Funeral Home.

“Just Roll with It” Serving up Recipes and Humor

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“Just Roll with It” Serving up Recipes and Humor

Hello everyone! Did ya’ll miss me? I have been on vacation and didn’t write my column. I enjoyed my staycation at home. Friday I took the kids to Northwest Arkansas to shop and let me tell ya I like living in my small town. The traffic was crazy. Drivers were making hand gestures welcoming me to their city. It was the hottest day that we’ve had so far, it was 109 degrees. I was out in it acting like I had good sense. We all found some bargains and went to Crumbl Cookie. We enjoyed those treats and headed home. I also took my little blue ice chest with drinks in it and Curtis Feimster made fun of me. He said, “where are you going?” I don’t even go to Fort Smith without a road beverage and my little ice chest. Just ask Rachel James. She always has a road beverage. I taught her well.

I was talking to one of my friends last night about someone I saw on Facebook that we used to know years ago when we were teenagers. We were talking about some of the people we hung out with at Booneville. Now I’m not trying to give myself a bad name, but everyone that I used to like as a teenager has died. I told Lisa I was a black widow. It’s just a fact. I know I am ruining my chances of ever getting a man, but the truth is the truth. I mean every one of them has passed away and they were not old either.

Enough about that dark cloud. And, I don’t want a man because Jacob told me if I ever got married again, he was not going to call the man “dad.” Well, hello, I didn’t figure you would. He is a grown adult. He’s crazy.

I used to babysit Tanner Favea and he and Jacob used to pull some shenanigans. What they didn’t do wasn’t in the book. They started off the day dressed in their Power Ranger costumes. I also kept Rachel and she had a pink Power Ranger costume. They were always into something. One day when they were old enough for me to leave them and run to the store, I pulled up in the yard and Tanner was outside in his unders in a hard plastic swimming pool.

One day Chuck looked out the window and Tanner was standing with an apple on his head and Jacob had a real bow and arrow fixing to shoot it off his head. That is the fastest I ever saw Chuck Hopkins move to run outside and stop Jacob before he killed Tanner with the bow and arrow. I guess they had watched Robinhood.

One time it was winter and so cold outside, and they wanted to go out but Tanner didn’t have a hat. His great grandma CoCo made him wear a pair of his underwear on his head. I guess that was supposed to protect him from the cold. The fun times when they were little.

This week’s recipe is chicken enchiladas. I love me some good enchiladas!
WHITE CHICKEN ENCHILADAS
8-10 small flour tortillas
3 cups cooked chicken (I used the boneless, skinless tenderloins and boil them)
3 cups Monterey jack cheese shredded and divided
3 tablespoons of butter
3 tablespoons of flour
2 cups of chicken broth
1 cup sour cream
1 4 oz. can diced green chilies
2-3 tablespoons of green onions sliced (optional)
Spray a 9×13 inch baking dish with cooking spray and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a small bowl, combine the chicken and 1 cup of cheese. Fill tortillas with this mixture and roll them seam side down in your pan. Melt the butter in a skillet and sprinkle the flour over the melted butter and use your whisk to combine (like making gravy). Cook for one minute and remove the skillet from the heat and whisk in the chicken broth. Place back on the heat and cook the mixture until thick and bubbly. Cool the sauce for five minutes (very important the sour cream will curdle). Add the sour cream and the chilies and stir until the sauce is smooth and the sour cream is dissolved. Pour the sauce over the enchiladas and add the remaining cheese on top. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until heated and you can top with green onions and serve. Don’t let the steps to these enchiladas scare you off. Enjoy and have a good week!

Flag Football, Cheer, and Soccer Sign-ups Now in Progress at Paris Boys Club

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The legend of Paris Boys Club founder Bentley Allen continues to be a positive influence on generations of Paris area community children. And as summer moves toward the opening of the new school year in August, the Paris Boys Club is now accepting registrations for the youth sports of flag football, cheer, and soccer. Interested families may sign-up their children through the end of the day on Friday, August 19th.

For more information, parents can contact the Boys Club at 479-963-3577. The Club is located in Paris at 717 N. 5th Street.

RNN Logan County Edition Presents Paris Volleyball Preseason Special Week of July 27

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RNN Logan County Edition Presents Paris Volleyball Preseason Special Week of July 27

The Paris Lady Eagles are practicing and playing in summer camps, all in preparation for the upcoming season that will officially begin on Monday, August 22. It will be a rebuilding year for the Lady Eagles volleyball team that has a roster full of young, talented athletes, but will be relatively inexperienced following the graduation of several seniors who were instrumental in winning the 3A state title a year ago.

RNN Sports will bring you a preseason special on the 2023 Lady Eagles in its Logan County newspaper that will publish the week of July 27. The Logan County Edition is available by subscription and is mailed to subscribers weekly. If you do not have your subscription yet, go to residentnewsnetwork.com and follow the subscription link.

Stay with RNN Sports this fall for complete coverage of Lady Eagles volleyball!

Scranton Schools Release Information for Students & Parents

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Scranton Schools Release Information for Students & Parents

The Scranton schools have released information on its social media sites for students and parents leading up to the start of the new school year in August. School will begin on August 15th for the Rockets, and parents can find a schedule of pre-school year events below per the district’s Facebook page:

Image Credit: Facebook / Scranton Schools

The district also announced via social media that Scranton elementary students will have their school supplies provided by the district this school year. This announcement, along with a short list of items that the students will need to bring to school this year are included in the district’s social media announcement below:

So, enjoy the remainder of your summer, and all of us at RNN wish the students and everyone in the Scranton school district a very happy, safe, and successful 2022-23 school year!

2022-23 Paris Middle School Student Supply Lists

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2022-23 Paris Middle School Student Supply Lists

Hard to believe, but the new school year is just around the corner! As a public service to our readers, RNN is pleased to provide you with the following student supply list information for Paris Middle School. Any school in the area can email RNN at Jim@residentnewsnetwork and we will be pleased to include it in the upcoming Logan County weekly newspaper!

2022-23 Paris Elementary School Student Supply Lists

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2022-23 Paris Elementary School Student Supply Lists

Hard to believe, but the new school year is just around the corner! As a public service to our readers, RNN is pleased to provide you with the following student supply list information for Paris Elementary School. Any school in the area can email RNN at Jim@residentnewsnetwork and we will be pleased to include it in the upcoming Logan County weekly newspaper!

Paris Elementary School principal, Lakaen Schluterman, would like parents to know that they should be on the lookout for information to arrive in their mailboxes the first week in August regarding the opening of school, Open House, and student assignments (who their teachers will be).

List courtesy of Paris Elementary School

Eagles Continue Preparation for Upcoming Season at Pottsville Football Camp

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Eagles Continue Preparation for Upcoming Season at Pottsville Football Camp

Unique to almost any other sport, the game of high school football requires players to practice outdoors during periods of extreme heat, wearing layers of protective equipment, and engaging in contact between players. It requires dedication, a desire to play, and a degree of mental toughness that could easily be argued to be second to no other sport. That is not said in disrespect to other sports; each requires dedication and discipline to be successful.

The Hackett Hornets showed they are ready to make a playoff run this season in the 3A-1 conference (RNN Sports Photo / Jim Best)

And on a very warm July morning last week in Pottsville, six teams donned the pads to continue their preseason conditioning and practices to will eventually lead up to the start of the season just after the start of the new school year. In addition to the host school Pottsville, Hackett, Lincoln, Mena, Ozark, and Paris all played session rotations against each other on the blistering hot artificial turf at Pottsville High School. The unofficial temperature was approximately 95 degrees, and the turf temperature was approximately 10 degrees warmer.

High school football coaches, in this writer’s opinion, have become increasingly aware of the risks of heat-related illness and are doing a very good job of keeping players hydrated, taking frequent breaks, and reducing the camp sessions from approximately two hours down to approximately 90 minutes. So, in addition to the great plays that were made by players from all of the schools, perhaps most impressive were no visible signs of heat exhaustion or lack of conditioning and acclimatization to the heat. The players and coaches are to be congratulated on having their teams in good condition at this point of the summer.

The Hackett Hornets, who play in the 3A-1 conference with Charleston and Booneville, were very impressive all morning at the camp. The Hornets have talented players at the skill positions, and they showed off that talent, particularly at the wide receiver position. Hackett appears to be ready to make a playoff run this season, possibly as a number three seed behind top contenders Charleston and Booneville.

The young Paris Eagles continue to work hard to develop chemistry with several new players at the critical skill positions on offense, and in the defensive secondary. The Eagles graduated several starters on both sides of the ball last year, and the 2022 season will be a “work in progress” as the coaching staff continues to teach and install a system to the new starters. Paris will start the season at Waldron and will also face another tough non-conference game a few weeks later at West Fork. Patience will be the operative word for Eagles fans this year. It will be critical for the team to remain relatively injury-free in several key positions.

RNN Sports will bring our readers a preseason special in August that will analyze the Eagles’ 2022 schedule and personnel. Watch for this announcement soon in the Logan County weekly newspaper.

And thanks to the good people of Logan County and the surrounding communities for the great response to the newest weekly print newspaper. We appreciate your subscriptions, and we hope you will pass the word along to others who would like to read LOCALLY focused news and sports each week!

Financial Focus: Prepare yourself for a long retirement

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Tammy Teague

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Financial Focus: Prepare yourself for a long retirement

By Jeffery O’Neal
Financial Advisor

We all want to live long lives. We all expect to live long lives. But are we financially prepared for this longevity?

Before we get to the issue of preparation, let’s look at a couple of interesting findings from a 2022 survey by Age Wave and Edward Jones:

• The surveyed retirees said, on average, they expect to live to 89, and they said the ideal length of retirement is 29 years.

• When asked if they want to live to 100, nearly 70% of the respondents said “yes.” The main reason for this desire for long life? To spend more years with their family and friends.

Of course, none of us can see into the future and know how long we’ll be around. But with advances in medical care and a greater awareness of healthy lifestyles, these aspirations have a real basis in reality.

However, if you’re going to enjoy a longer lifespan, and the extra years with your loved ones, you need to ensure your finances are also in good shape. How can you make this happen?

Here are some basic steps to follow:

• Save and invest early and often. This may be the oldest piece of financial advice, but it’s still valid. The earlier you start saving and investing for your retirement, the greater your potential accumulation. Consider this: If you began saving just $5,000 per year at age 25, and earned a hypothetical 6.5% annual rate of return, and didn’t take any early withdrawals, you’d end up with $935,000 by the time you reached 65. But if you waited until 35 to start saving and investing, and you earned the same hypothetical 6.5% return – again with no early withdrawals – you’d only end up with $460,000. And if you didn’t start saving until 45, you’d end up with just over $200,000, again given the same 6.5% return.

• Be mindful of debt. You may not want to be burdened with certain debts when you enter retirement. So, while you’re still working, try to reduce unwanted debts, particularly those that don’t offer the financial benefits of tax-deductible interest payments. The lower your debt load, the more you can save and invest for the future.

• Keep reviewing your progress. It’s important to monitorthe progress you need to make toward achieving your goal of a comfortable retirement. Over the short term, your investment balances may fluctuate, especially in volatile financial markets such as we’ve seen in the early part of this year. But you’ll get a clearer picture of your situation if you look at long-term results. For example, have your accounts grown over the past 10 years as much as you had planned? And going forward, do you think you’re in good shape, or will you need to make some changes to your investment strategy? Keep in mind that, if you’re 50 or older, you can make “catch-up” contributions to your IRA and 401(k) that allow you to exceed the regular limits. You may also want to adjust your investment mix as you near retirement topotentially lower your risk exposure.

Hopefully, you will enjoy many years of a healthy, happy retirement. And you can help support this vision by carefully considering your financial moves and making the ones that are right for you.

This article is provided by Jeffrey O’Neal, Financial Advisor
Edward Jones
20 N Express St, Paris, AR 72855
479-963-1321
jeffrey.o’neal@edwardjones.com
edwardjones.com/jeffrey-o’neal
Edward Jones, Member SIPC

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