When it comes to volleyball, the Hackett Jr High Lady Hornets, continue to set their opponents up while then turning around and knocking them right back down. Adding to their list of most recent victims, the Jr Lady Hornets chained up the Waldron Lady Bulldogs when they took both sets with scores of 25-14 and 25-6. The girls then turned around and asked the Lavaca Jr Lady Arrows to “bring it” but quickly grounded Lavaca and took yet another victory 2-0. The Hackett Jr Lady Hornets now sit UNDEFEATED in season play 12-0.
“I would say that these are some of the hardest-working kids I know,” exclaimed Coach Bridget Freeman. “They have excellent attitudes and come prepared to work hard literally every single day. They work a lot in off-season playing club volleyball (which means they have dedicated core talent too) and they are always ready to work hard during the summer practices. I cant wait to see what senior high holds for this group of 9th graders.”
From their last two successful matches, Alona Rothwell netted 3 aces, 9 kills, 3 blocks, 4 digs, and 3 assists. Prairie Vaughn earned 8 aces, 5 kills, 3 digs, and 18 assists. Lexi Gann scored 4 kills, 1 block, and 1 dig. Aubree Ruggles made 5 kills and 3 digs. Makenzie Freeman obtained 9 aces, 3 kills, 2 blocks, and 7 digs. Michaelyn Freeman grabbed 1 ace, 5 kills, and 9 digs. And Jessie Mendenhall and Aaliyah Escoffier got 2 and 1 assists respectively.
The Hackett Jr High Lady Hornets will hit the court again tonight, Thursday, October 8 when they host the Booneville Lady Bearcats.
LITTLE ROCK — Hunters planning to hit the woods Oct. 17 for Arkansas’s muzzleloader season and Nov. 14 for modern gun deer season may want to check with the deer processor they normally use to make the most of their harvest. Some processors who handle domestic livestock may be seeing a backlog from recent direct-to-butcher purchases at the beginning of this summer’s meat shortage.
According to Jeremy Brown, assistant deer program coordinator for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, some smaller processors have been booked solid through the fall taking in reservations for local beef and pork production from new customers.
“When news spread of a possible shortage of meat, it wasn’t because cattle and pork producers didn’t have the livestock, it was because large-scale processing plants were being closed from social-distancing precautions,” Brown said. “Many people reached out to their local producers to buy directly from them and arranged processing through a smaller, local processor.”
While the purchases were a real benefit to local producers and kept supply lines flowing, it also caused some of the processors to fill to capacity right at the beginning of deer season.
“Some of the smaller processors depend on deer season to make their money, and many of them have still reserved space or have the ability to add a few more hands to their shops to keep things on track,” Brown said. “Others who are more general may have all of their space reserved until well into the season. It would be smart to give a quick phone call to the processor you normally use or plan to use this year to make sure they can take your deer in.”
Brown says calling ahead also is a good practice so you will be prepared to explain how you would like your deer processed should you have success this season. On opening weekend, many processors will see hundreds of deer come in, and a hunter who knows exactly how they want their deer processed will help keep things moving for everyone.
“It may also be a good time to invest in a grinder, vacuum sealer and a few other tools to debone and process our deer at home,” Brown said. “It’s not hard to do, but it does take some extra effort that many people would rather leave to a butcher.”
Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aje4WKuIGeM to view a video of AGFC Deer Program Coordinator Ralph Meeker deboning and breaking down a deer for transportation from the Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zone.
Additional helpful tips on game processing and cooking can be found at www.agfcnaturecenter.com.
The Mansfield Sr High Lady Tigers are really starting to enjoy how their 2020 season is panning out. Fans are excited and intrigued as well to watch and see what happens next. And so far the entertainment has been exemplary as the Sr Lady Tigers are sitting untouched in the 2A with a 12-0 conference record and 15-0 in season play. On Monday, Mansfield hosted a non-conference showdown with the Charleston Lady Tigers that left every fan wearing red, riddled with nerves.
It’s been said that the first team to reach 15 in the first set, will usually take the entire game. But in true Mansfield fashion, there’s always more than meets the eye. The Lady Tigers took one on the chin from Charleston in the first set 18-25. But the determination seen on every Mansfield players face, let their opponents know very quickly that they were not going down without a fight. And in the next set, that’s just what Charleston got. The Sr Lady Tigers matched every black and gold competitor blow for blow earning them the set 25-23.
It seemed Charleston lost steam in the third set because Mansfield was able to take the “dub” nearly unscathed 25-10. Charleston seemed to have found their footing again in the fourth set but by then it was too late sending Mansfield into the victory circle with the final set of 25-21 and a total score of 3-1. With zero time to rest up, Mansfield was back the next night on Tuesday to host conference foes Life Way Christian. With a muchly needed slower pace to the volleyball action, Mansfield blocked it and locked it for a 3-0 win.
In two matches and seven sets combined, Brooke Wright finished with 32 kills, 14 aces, 3 blocks, 10 digs, and 1 assist. Natalie Allison ended with 16 kills, 5 aces, 1 block, 17 digs, and 33 assists. Brooklyn Adams completed 7 kills, 2 aces, 1 block, 20 digs, and 1 assist. Haylee Helms pocketed 27 digs. Skylynn Harris accumulated 24 kills, 2 aces, and 3 digs. Sadie Roberts gained 12 kills, 1 block, 2 digs, and 1 assist. Madelen Jones picked up 2 kills, 4 aces, 2 blocks, 9 digs, and 40 assists. And Kiara Thomas obtained 1 kill, 6 aces, 33 digs, and 1 assist.
The girls will hit the court again when they host Decatur on Thursday, October 8.
Cody Allen Blessing, 30, was taken into custody by the Waldron Police Department on Tuesday night, October 6. Blessing had escaped the Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center in Oklahoma early that morning, at 1 a.m.
Waldron Police Detective Horacio Gonzalez stated that a caller had contacted the department about a man wearing orange pants, white t-shirt and flip flops knocking on the door of the Coachman’s Inn property. WPD officers arrived and took Blessing into custody without incident.
“This morning the suspect was interviewed by officers from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections,” shared Gonzalez. “During the course of the interview the suspect stated that he had stolen a vehicle from Oklahoma and the vehicle was located at the motel parking lot.” Detective Gonzalez located the stolen car and is waiting on the owners to retrieve the vehicle.
Blessing was serving a five year sentence for child abuse with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
The Waldron Bulldogs Golf Team has achieved the highest finish in school history when they competed in the State Championship this past Monday in Glenwood. In a combined effort by Jaden Hutchens, Lane Tallmadge, Drew Owens, and Lane Metcalf, the Bulldogs worked hard and pushed forward earning them a 3rd Place title. “You know they wanted it when they weren’t happy with 3rd,” expressed Coach Josh Atchley.
Junior, Lane Tallmadge finished as All-State, “which is really challenging in golf.” Juniors Lane Metcalf and Drew Owens “ended with another successful season and will be ready to compete again next year.” And lone senior, Jaden Hutchens, “has come a long way in 4 years and leaves as the winningest Bulldog, team-wise, in program history!”
Just a reminder for people who have a spurweed problem. We are coming into the time of year to treat your yards with a pre-emergent.
Timing is key to control, and now is the time. The spurweed is a winter annual weed that germinates in the fall, producing a ground-hugging plant with parsley-like leaves. It grows in the fall and winter, blooms with tiny white flowers in late winter to early spring, then sets the seed which is the problematic sticker. This fall (mid-October thru November) use a pre-emergent herbicide, such as atrazine.
There are others but make sure it is compatible with your yard type, i.e. Bermuda, St. Augustine, Centipede, Zoysia, etc. This spring (February) spray with a post-emergent herbicide such as a three way like Trimec Southern or Trimec Classic or Fertilome Weed Out to kill the weeds before they set more seeds. There are numerous formulations of two and three way mixes of 2,4-D, dicamba and MCPP. Make sure you read the label before purchasing that they are safe for your particular southern grass. For instance, Bermuda tends to be more herbicide tolerant than St. Augustine, Centipede, or even Zoysia.
It may, in some cases, take an application of both a pre-emergent and post-emergent herbicide. When trying to control weeds, it’s a numbers game. You rarely achieve 100% control with one application. When using a pre-emerge herbicide, keep in mind you may have to come back with a post-emergent herbicide as a clean up to get any you missed with the pre-emergent. What’s the difference in a pre-emergent herbicide vs. a post-emergent herbicide? A pre-emergent is typically used to keep the seeds from germinating and in most cases has no effect on plants that have germinated and are already up. A post-emergent herbicide is used after a plant is already germinated and up.
Timing is key here, too! It’s easier to kill a small immature weed vs. a larger more mature plant. The key is to make the application early enough in the winter season to prevent the seed from germinating or going to seed. If you can do this, you will greatly reduce the population for next year, but if allowed to go unchecked, you will have more and more stickers each year!!!
Edit: this doesn’t just help control spurweed but many other cool season weeds as well
Armando Ivan Bahena of Waldron was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center on October 3 at 11:34 a.m. and released on signature bond on October 3 at 3:05 p.m. Bahena was charged with contempt-willful disobedience (failure to pay fine.)
Justin Brady Fuller of Huntington was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center on September 28 at 4:34 p.m. and released on signature bond on September 28 at 10:23 p.m. Fuller was charged with public intoxication – danger to self or others.
Nicole Marie Bartlett of Hartford was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center on September 27 at 5:35 p.m. and released on signature bond on September 27 at 8:40 p.m. Bartlett was charged with contempt-willful disobedience (failure to pay fine.)
Kenneth Wayne Basinger of Hackett was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center on October 1 at 1 a.m. and released on signature bond on October 1 at 2:11 a.m. Basinger was charged with failure to appear – class A misdemeanor.
Kyler Allen Boyd of Waldron was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center on September 28 at 12:05 a.m. and released on signature bond on September 28 at 1:31 a.m. Boyd was charged with failure to appear – class B misdemeanor.
Randall Wayne Fletcher of Hackett was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center on October 2 at 11:40 a.m. and released on signature bond October 2 at 4:17 p.m. Fletcher was charged with theft of property <$1k, and failure to appear – class B misdemeanor.
Clinton Leon Hartsfield was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center on October 4 at 3 a.m. and released on signature bond on October 4 at 12:01 p.m. Hartsfield was charged with criminal mischief in the first degree – $1,000 or less, and terroristic threatening in the second degree.
Steven Lee Jenkins of Mansfield was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center on October 2 at 9:47 p.m. and released on signature bond October 3 at 1:13 a.m. Jenkins was charged with driving while license cancelled/suspended/revoked, no liability insurance, and ignition interlock device – misdemeanor.
Peter Brian Koeppe of Waldron was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center on September 30. Koeppe was given no bond, and remains as a Arkansas Department of Corrections hold.
Sheri Lynn Cochran of Waldron was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center on October 3 at 4:23 p.m. and released on October 3 at 9:10 p.m. Charge description – assist outside agency-misdemeanor.
Joseph Brandon Moore of Hackett was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center on September 27 at 6:20 p.m. and released on signature bond September 27 at 9:40 p.m. Moore was charged with two counts of contempt-willful disobedience (failure to pay fine.)
Charles Edwards Weathers of Hackett was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center on September 30 at 11:44 a.m. and released September 30 at 5:47 p.m. Weathers was charged with petition to revoke – felony.
Justin Matthew Wilkerson of Huntington was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center on October 2 at 5:50 p.m. and remains in custody at the Arkansas Department of Corrections and will return to testify.
**The charges against those arrested are allegations and the cases are still pending in the courts.**
The Greenwood City Council met in regular session on Monday, October 5, 2020. Residents attended the 7 p.m. meeting, showing interest in one agenda item in particular, a resolution “in support of restoring freedom, choice, opportunity, and governance back to local and state elected officials.”
Group organizer Angela Neas addressed the council. “Our children are being robbed of their childhood…people are too sacred to speak up for fear of sounding uncaring.” Neas and others appealed to the council before reading the resolution.
Mike Hamby, City Attorney recommended that the council submit the resolution to the Municipal League for review. He added that there is current ongoing legislation regarding the constitutionality of the governor’s executive orders, and encouraged the council to allow the courts to decide the issue.
Tammy Jones reads a statement from Dr. Lee Johnson.
Dr. Lee Johnson also made the following recommendation: “Masks are an important tool in reducing the spread of Covid-19. Masks effectively reduce the droplet transmission of all respiratory illnesses, the coronavirus is no exception. Wearing a mask is a simple courtesy to others, much like covering your mouth when you sneeze or cough. In an effort to reduce the burden to our healthcare system, it is my hope that we can all work together to limit the spread of Covid-19 in our community by wearing masks when we cannot socially distance, maintaining social distancing when possible, and washing our hands frequently.”
The “Advocates for Restoration of Representation on State Level” released the following:
A group of Greenwood residents is seeking the support of the City Council in a resolution calling for the reassembly of the Arkansas State Legislature and an end to the on-going state of emergency in Arkansas. The group, initially organized by lifelong resident Angela Neas, is seeking “government with representation” and hopes to see elected state officials involved in the process of making decisions regarding the mandates and restrictions in Arkansas as related to SARS-CoV-2.
The group believes individual municipalities need to show their support of calling an end to the state of emergency and restoring the decision-making responsibilities to state elected officials via a special legislative session. They will be asking the Greenwood City Council members at Monday night’s meeting to sign a resolution to be sent to Governor Hutchison asking for such measures.
“We are simply asking for fair representation. Isn’t that what we all want?” says Neas.
Neas is joined by other Greenwood residents and local business owners in her efforts. The group collected signatures from Greenwood residents in agreement with the resolution. Their hope in collecting signatures was to demonstrate the wide-spread readiness of area residents to re-evaluate the state of emergency and restore the integrity of state government.
On a state level, a group of legislators filed a lawsuit filed against Dr. Jose Romero, Secretary of Health on Thursday, September 3. The civil case is being spearheaded by State Representative and Senator-Elect Dan Sullivan. Additional legislators include Senators Bob Ballinger, Alan Clark, Gary Stubblefield, and Kim Hammer, and Representatives Mary Bentley, Steven Meeks, Josh Miller, John Payton, Laurie Rushing, Brandt Smith, Richard Womack, Harlan Breaux, Bruce Cozart, Justin Gonzalez and Nelda Speaks. The filing states that directives such as the requirement of face masks are “outside the scope of delegated power.” Additionally, that their rights and status as legislators were infringed by “administrative actions of the Director of the Arkansas Department of Health.” The lawsuit is seeking to have all 43 directives deemed invalid. On September 22, Romero and Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge responded with a motion to dismiss that lawsuit with prejudice.
The Greenwood City Council took no official action on the proposed resolution.
Last Friday night, the Magazine Sr High Rattlers remained calm and collected as they hosted the Mountainburg Dragons in conference play. And boy did it pay off. With hundreds in attendance, Mountainburg was first to open the game by kicking off to the Rattlers. After plenty of back and forth action but zero deal-making, the first quarter ended with a score of 0-0. After Magazine recovered a fumble by Mountainburg to start the second quarter, it was nothing but high octane Rattler skills offensively and defensively.
Tatum Scott put up the first TD with 16 rushing yards while Ashton Droemer rushed for the 2-point conversion. Kobe Faughn stepped into the spotlight next with a 4-yard rushing TD topped off with a completed 2-point conversion pass from Scott to Brad Price. The quarter ended with Faughn delivering one more TD from a 7-yard rush. Fortunately, in the second quarter, the negative action tone was only set for the Dragons as Magazine hammered 22 points on Mountainburg going into the half with a score of 22-0.
#5 QB Tatum Scott
With another 0-0 quarter in the third, the Rattlers delivered one final blow in the 4th as Brad Price bulldozed the ball in for paydirt with his first-ever career TD. Adding the 2-point conversion rushed by Droemer and the Rattlers sealed 30 points on the game. Mountainburg was able to put up 6 points in the finale but it was too little too late. The game concluded with the scoreboard lit at 30-6 Magazine. The win put the Rattlers at 1-1 in conference play.
“We played our best game of the season this past Friday against Mountainburg,” stated coach, Ryan Chambers. “Our offensive line play was great as we ran for 406 yards.” Kobe Faughn made 28 carries for 199 yards, 2 TDs, 11 tackles 2 forced fumbles, and recovered 1. Ashton Droemer ran for 91 yards and 2 2-point conversions. Tatum Scott ran for a total of 67 yards and a TD. And defense forced 3 turnovers.
Next up, the Rattlers will travel to Hector to take on the 1-0 Wildcats in another bare-knuckle conference battle on Friday, October 9. “In this Friday’s game against Hector, we just need to continue building on the momentum from last week. We can’t have any letdowns. Hector looks similar to us as they also run the double wing. Right now they are more run-oriented but have shown in the past they can throw the football. And we have to work on tackling better since we had some missed tackles last week that could have been no gains but turned into 6 or 7 yard gains.”
