Danielle Woodard–
“I’m asking for your vote on November 3rd. Thank you, Danielle Woodard.”
Tree stand placement can often make or break a hunting season. Pick a dead spot and you will be disappointed; but pick a good spot with lots of activity and enjoy your hunts much more!
It takes scouting and persistence to decide where a good spot for your stand will be. Near a water source, maybe under a bounty of oak trees, or near a known bedding area- each hunter can make their decision for where the best spot truly is.
So what does one need to look for once they pick a spot? Where should their stand go?
To ensure safety of the hunter choosing a large enough tree is of upmost importance. Trees should be a minimum of eighteen inches in width. Anything smaller will not give your stand enough bite into the tree or grip around the tree which could prove very dangerous.
Once you have found a tree large enough it’s time to consider when you will spend the most time in the tree. Having the sun in your eyes is going to make hunting a stressful time. Movements in the tree could also alert deer to your position spoiling your chances of getting a shot.
Hunting in the morning means you should fast the west, evening hunters should consider facing their stand east. Having the sun at your back also puts the sun in the eyes of the deer which will camouflage any movements you have to make. North and south facing is also an option depending on what you are needing to see and how the deer will likely be moving.
The harness that comes with a stand is there for a reason! It’s not fun to wear, and may not look “cool”, but falling out of a tree stand is going to be even less fun when you hit the ground. Safety is important when it comes to everything, especially being a dozen feet or more up in a tree!
Pick your location, get your tree stand ready, and get yourself set! The buck of a lifetime can walk out at anytime!
The Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies named Cpl. Mac Davis of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission the 2020 Colonel Bob Brantley Wildlife Officer of the Year at their 74th annual meeting, held virtually Oct. 26-28. Davis has 20 years of law enforcement experience, including seven with the AGFC.
AGFC Director Patt Fitts said the selection is a real honor for Arkansas, but personally knowing the influence Davis has on his entire community, he knows it is well deserved.
“Wildlife Officers are more than enforcement officers for conservation agencies, they are the face of those agencies who are part of their communities,” Fitts said. “There is no doubt in my mind Cpl. Davis is a living testament to that statement.”
SEAFWA President Paul Johansen agreed.
“Our conservation officers do so much more than the already daunting task of law enforcement, and Corporal Davis is no exception,” Johansen said. “From coordinating fishing derbies for nursing home residents to hosting antler shed hunting classes for Becoming an Outdoors-Woman, Officer Davis promotes hunting, fishing and conservation with a dedication and passion befitting the front line, public-facing employees of our fish and wildlife agencies.”
Davis has worked in Scott County for two decades and is called upon by other divisions and agencies as an expert for his county and community. He is the local contact for the AGFC Chronic Wasting Disease team and the citizens of Scott County. He is a leader on the disaster response team, saving six different people from floodwaters last year. Freely sharing his knowledge, Davis is a field training officer, an instructor at the AGFC training academy in defensive driving, traffic stops, and safe ATV operation, and taught 10 hunter education courses last year, including certifying the entire 8th-grade class at Waldron Middle School.
In addition to tremendous community engagement through organized sports and other events, Davis is a volunteer fireman. He regularly recovers deer hit by vehicles, cleans them, and takes them to a family in need and assists two local food banks with food distribution.
Davis was selected as the National Wild Turkey Federation’s State Officer of the Year in 2018. He received a Regional Forester Award from the USDA Forest Service in 2019 for assistance in a cultural resource theft investigation.
The Association’s Colonel Bob Brantley Wildlife Officer of the Year Award is determined by nominations submitted to the head of law enforcement from the SEAFWA states and territories. In addition to direct law enforcement, an officer is selected based on community service, attitude and leadership, outreach and education, interdepartmental cooperation, and innovations that may be used by other officers and departments.
The Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies is an organization whose members are the state agencies with primary responsibility for management and protection of the fish and wildlife resources in 15 states, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. Member states are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Preserving a recipe through generations pays homage to an unforgettable meal and, often, its remarkable creator. With the holidays approaching, many folks are getting ready to prepare these favorite traditional dishes, reviewing the passed-down recipes laid out on worn notecards or perhaps even on old napkins. With each generation that goes by, maintaining those faded recipes becomes even more important. Find out how to preserve family recipes so that your favorite dishes don’t lose their place at family festivities.
It’s important to account for all the recipes you’re trying to preserve in order to gauge what materials on which most of them are written. In gathering recipes from the ages, you may realize you have scraps of all different shapes and sizes, which will affect how you assemble them together. Purchase a few new binders or photo albums to organize your family scripts. For recipe books that are torn, transferring these cherished recipes to a binder may be easiest, as it allows you to accommodate the size of paper on which they’re written.
Scanning your recipes may be helpful so that you have spare copies should they tatter or fade any more than they already have. Organize the scanned copies into a folder to be placed somewhere safe and clean in the home.
If you’re fortunate enough, the holidays are a time for abundant food and joy. They’re a time to honor the passing of loved ones through favorite stories and traditions while gathering around warm and full plates of food. Family recipes allow us to key in to the past and highlight the people we dearly miss. You can pay tribute to your favorite dish this year with a family recipe cutting board. It transforms the recipe into a durable and resourceful item to cook with as well as a decorative piece. Plus, it makes a great holiday gift!
When you’re considering how to preserve family recipes in a way that’s most convenient for you, think about employing the Internet by uploading your dish online. This option spreads the love to a broader reach and establishes digital permanency. There are many sites to which you can freely post a recipe, allowing you to share it with long-distance friends and family members as well as with strangers who have a common appreciation for homecooked goods.
You can take advantage of a handful of opportunities to ensure your cherished recipe sticks around for ages. The holidays are a perfect excuse to transfer these recipes into an organized and protected fashion so that when cooking time comes, you know just where to find them.
Day one of the 2020 Class 3A state volleyball tournament is in the books, and half of the field has advanced to the quarterfinals, and for the other half of the field, it has been a good season to make it to state.
Indicative of the kind of year it has been for Arkansas high school volleyball, the first game of the tournament that was to be Hackett versus Dover was cancelled due to COVID reasons on the Dover squad. Hackett was awarded a forfeit win and advanced to the second round.
In the second game of the session, the Charleston Lady Tigers advanced for the second straight year to the quarterfinals by defeating the Valley Springs Lady Tigers, 3-1. Charleston won their first two sets easily, but lost a close third set, 25-23. The Lady Tigers came back strong with an 11-0 start in the fourth set, and went on to defeat Valley Springs in four sets.
In the 4 p.m. game on Tuesday, it was the Waldron Lady Bulldogs, the number four seed from the 3A West conference, playing tough in the first round of the state tournament as they usually do, taking Harding Academy to five sets before eventually losing to the Lady Wildcats. It was just last year that Waldron upset a top seed in the first round of the state tournament.
In the final game of the first session, the Paris Lady Eagles defeated the Rose Bud Lady Ramblers 3-0 to advance to Wednesday’s quarterfinal match with Little Rock Baptist Prep. Paris, bouncing back after a tough loss in the district tournament final, was able to overcome some sloppiness at times during the match to eventually overpower the Lady Ramblers.
The wins by both Charleston and Paris, combined with the first round forfeit win for Hackett means that three of the four seeds from the 3A West conference remain alive in the state tournament entering play on Wednesday.
In other first round action:
Hoxie defeated Central Arkansas Christian, 3-0
LR Baptist Prep defeated Palestine-Wheatley, 3-0
Jessieville defeated Walnut Ridge, 3-1
Piggot defeated Ashdown, 3-1
Tomorrow’s quarterfinals games are:
Hoxie vs. Charleston, 9 a.m.
Paris vs. Little Rock Baptist Prep, 12 p.m.
Hackett vs. Jessieville, 4 p.m.
Harding Academy vs. Piggott, 7 p.m.
The winners of Wednesday’s quarterfinals advance to the semifinals on Thursday to play for the right to go to Hot Springs on Saturday to play in the Class 3A state championship game.
Resident Press congratulates all of the teams in the state tournament, especially all four teams from the 3A West who have represented the conference well in the first round.
Additional photos from the Paris Lady Eagles’ state tournament games will be posted on Facebook at Paris Eagles Sports next week. Paris fans, and any other fan base whose team is in the tournament this year are encouraged to visit the page for any photos of their teams that may have been taken during the tournament. All photos on the page are free for viewing and / or downloading.
Resident Press will have an update of Wednesday’s quarterfinal action on Thursday. Stay with Resident Press for the most complete coverage of Class 3A state volleyball tournament action!
In last Friday’s match-up between Hackett and West Fork, the Tigers kept the Hornets grounded with a final score of 28-12. Although this was the third straight conference loss for the Sr Hornets, they remain focused and undeterred about their final two games of the season. The Hornets got Friday’s game hopping as they delivered the first touchdown of the night. The Tigers were held on the scoreboard until the 2nd quarter when they broke loose of Hackett’s grip and secured 7 points.
The game went into halftime as either team’s chance to win with a score of 7-6 West Fork. The third quarter saw both teams throwing points up but unfortunately, that’s where the train stopped for Hackett. With the Hornets unable to match any more points in the fourth quarter, the game came to an end 28-12 Tigers. Hackett now sits 1-3 in conference play with two games left in the season. “They did a really good job of controlling the clock,” explained coach, Michael Meador. “West Fork’s offense is very difficult to stop. We had our chances on offense and didn’t finish.”
“Football is about as similar as it can be in life. There are times when you are going through a rough patch and you have to keep working. Keep pushing through and that’s what we are continuing to tell our athletes.” QB, Ethan “Superman” Slavens ended the night with 15 passes for 193 yards, 2 TDs, and 1 INT. Weston Winters made 19 carries for 76 yards. Peyton Hester snagged 8 catches for 159 yards and 1 TD. And Fischer Shipman made 2 catches for 16 yards and 1 TD. Defensively, Peyton Hester got 12 solo tackles and 7 assists. Weston Winters earned 8 solos, 4 assists, and 1 INT. Mason Oelke scored 6 solos and 3 assists. Nate Gordon grabbed 4 solos and 2 assists. And Jesse Esparza finished with 5 solos and 3 assists.
“We still have games left so we can keep pushing to get better. We can still make a run in the playoffs and we believe we can. The playoffs will be so crazy and the team that can adjust the best will make a run.” The Hackett Sr Hornets have the Greenland Pirates and the Mansfield Tigers left on their schedule. First up Hackett will host Greenland (4-1) on Friday, October 30. “Greenland has several skill guys that can get up and go and they have a D-Lineman that has been approached by the Hogs. It looks like it will be another tough game but we will be ready!”
Photos courtesy of Mandy Foster
In a series of profiles of candidates for Mayor of the City of Hartford, we will highlight each one who submitted their information to us.
Jesse Keeth-
“No mountain to tall to climb, no problem unsolvable, adapt and overcome! I believe that Hartford is about to come back to life! I am willing to accept responsibility for the way things are and to keep the community updated with constant progress. Consistency is the key to great success! Vote JESSE KEETH FOR MAYOR!”
In a series of profiles of candidates for Mayor of the City of Hartford, we will highlight each one who submitted their information to us.
Allen Tabor-
Combat veteran with 14 years in the military, Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, 25 years of supervisory experience in the engineering divisions of the Department of Defense and the Arkansas Military Department.
Current projects:
“As your mayor, I will continue to work on cleaning the city property and residences, work on much needed street repairs, work on the water department shortfalls, and continue to improve the transparency between administration and the citizens of this town.”
It started out as a season that was severely impacted by the COVID pandemic, and that is the way the season will apparently end. The Arkansas Activities Association (AAA) is currently considering how it will bracket playoff match-ups in the upcoming Class 3A state football playoffs that are scheduled to begin November 13. Compounding this year’s playoff configuration are the cancellations of games due to the virus and the question of how to fairly seed teams and determine their eligibility for the state playoffs. This has been an issue that I, as a reporter, have questioned with respect to how the AAA has managed high school volleyball, and now, football is in question.
Earlier in the season, the AAA released a policy for this year in response to the COVID pandemic and how playoffs would be determined. Resident Press reported on this policy and included the policy in its story. In short, the policy stated that if any team or teams in a conference were not able to make up games, then everyone in the conference affected would become eligible for the playoffs. This was as much of a surprise in the football world as that of not requiring all volleyball games to be made up in the conference season, and using the loss of game opportunities as losses and lowering seeded teams going into the state tournament. Now, with football playoffs on the horizon, the AAA is considering two possible brackets for the state playoffs. Each bracket has been drafted to adjust to the actual numbers of non-seeded teams that elect to participate in the state football playoffs.
Originally, per the policy of the AAA, superintendents of the affected, non-seeded schools had until today to declare their intentions to play or not play in the state playoffs. But as a recent memo, obtained by Resident Press, indicates, schools are having multiple issues with scheduling, and the deadline to declare for the playoffs has been extended to Saturday, 8 a.m., November 7. Per the AAA memo, there have been “108 games cancelled. We have played 616.”
The memo goes on to say, “Below are two examples of possible bracket scenarios. One is for the 16 team bracket and the other for the 32 team bracket.” A meeting with conference chairs will be held on Wednesday, October 28 to “discuss seeding responsibilities.” There are opinions among some coaches that the AAA may try to “talk teams out of participating” in the tournament if they would not have traditionally qualified as a 1-5 seed in their conferences.
Below is the sixteen team state playoff bracket that is under consideration by the AAA.
Depending on the total number of non-seeded, or, “wild card teams” as termed by the AAA that elect to participate in the state playoffs, the AAA is also considering the 32-team bracket below:
The conjecture by some coaches I have talked to privately is that the AAA has made a mistake by letting everyone be eligible for the playoffs, and now it has presented a huge problem with respect to ensuring fair play for everyone. Much like the volleyball playoff controversy, football is affected as well, and it will be very interesting to see what the feedback is in the Wednesday conference chairs’ meeting from some traditional football powers that are being adversely affected by the cancellation of games.
Whatever the outcome, a fair solution has to be found now for football, and the issue must be settled with respect to making up games and determining seeding for the basketball regional and state playoffs before the season starts. Both football and basketball popularity around the state will demand this, and it will be very interesting to see what happens when the AAA makes its final decision. In the eyes of football and basketball fans across the state, they will be watching to see that the AAA gets the issue fixed and makes it right with respect to cancellations, make-up games, and the seeding of state playoff teams.
Thinking back to the summer months when all was in doubt as to if football would be played, the common theme that was heard around the state was if we could just play, that would be great. Now that football is entering week nine of the season and the playoffs are just two weeks away, the focus has seemingly shifted to playoff seedings and advantages and disadvantages that teams may or may not face going into the playoffs. Unfortunately, some one, at some point in the state playoffs, will be affected by the virus and will be forced to quarantine players. The potential affect of the quarantine could adversely affect a favored team in the playoffs, and, it could give a team who would not have been given much of a chance to advance in the playoffs, a huge break in their quest to win a championship. No one knows at this point how it will happen, when it will happen, or to whom it will happen, but if it does, there will be virtually no way to make up a game. Here lies the tragedy for the players, in particularly the seniors, who could be affected.
Football is a unique sport from the stand point of the physical nature of the games. Football games are very difficult to make up, and seedings cannot be determined in a conference tournament. Players require recovery time between games, further complicating the issue. Volleyball, basketball, baseball, and softball games can be easily rescheduled, so football has the biggest opportunity to be adversely affected.
The AAA has a daunting task this year. They and the athletic administrators across the state are doing the best they can to make everything fair for everyone. But one step that must be taken is making sure that in the process of trying to make everything as fair as possible, that another problem or opportunity is not created and has the opportunity to be taken advantage of to gain a strategical advantage over other schools. That is the AAA’s task, and the meeting on Wednesday should be a good one.
Resident Press will have more on this issue as information becomes available.
In their fourth straight conference win of the season, the Magazine Sr High Rattlers sent the Panthers tails tucked yelling back to Yellville with a score of 41-14 last Friday night. With 35 of those Rattler winning points accumulated in the first half of the match, it’s evident that Magazine football continues to be on the rise. This victory upgrades the Rattler’s records to 4-1 in conference and 5-2 overall. During the game, Magazine held possession of the ball for 35:31 minutes while holding Yellville to just 12:29 of ball time.
Offensively, the Sr Rattlers earned 51 passing yards, 262 rushing yards, and 20 first downs. QB, Tatum Scott catapulted 2 passes for 51 yards and 1 TD. In rushing, Kobe Faughn made 15 carries for 88 yards and 1 TD. Ashton Droemer had 8 carries for 83 yards and 4 TDs and 1 35 yard reception for a touchdown. Cameron Mattson got 8 carries for 34 yards. Tatum Scott carried 6 times for 32 yards. Brad Price made 3 carries for 18 yards. Ethan Vasquez earned 3 carries for 8 yards. Connor Ryan got 2 carries for 1 yard. And Cameron Raggio made one 16 yard reception.
Defensively, the “Diamondback D” forced 3 turnovers in the game. Faughn snagged 10 tackles. Mattson obtained 6 tackles and 1 TFL. Droemer scored 4 tackles and 1 INT. Trace Nichols grabbed 3 tackles. Scott 3 tackles and 1 TFL. Price 3 tackles. William King 2 tackles, 1 sack, and 1 TFL. Raggio and Terrence Thurman had 2 tackles each. Austin Krigbaum had 1 INT. And with one tackle a piece was A.J. Malouf, Ethan Vasquez, Connor Ryan, Landon Cox, and Dakota Pack.
“For these last two games we are focusing on developing depth with the few guys we have on the sidelines,” explained coach, Ryan Chambers. “We have some young guys that could give us some quality minutes, they just need some game reps. Kobe Faughn will be the 8th player in school history to run for over 1000 yards.”
The Rattlers will host the Conway Christian Eagles on Friday, October, 30. “We will prepare for our game against Conway Christian like any other game. This game is just as important as any this season. They have a lot of really solid athletes on the field. Their running back has put up some good numbers this year so we’ll work hard on stopping him. He’s a good athlete that can make people miss in space.”
Photo courtesy of Magazine School District
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