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Letters to Santa from Sandy’s Daycare

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Ms. Jenni and Mrs. Kazia’s class

Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 4 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a baby alive, playdoh, and sticky flarp unicorn slime. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Brooklynn
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 3 years old. This year I have been naughty. My Christmas wishes are babies, a santa claus toy, and a Mr. Grinch toy. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Lilinette
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 4 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a baby alive, LOL dolls, and a pretend sink for my dolls. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Ellie
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 4 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are knee pads, and arm pads. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Liam
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 4 years old. This year I have been naughty. My Christmas wishes are hot wheels, chocolate chip cookies and dinosaurs. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,RJ
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 4 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a real live baby like the commercial, a baymax, and a binky for my baby. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Zoey
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 4 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a panda necklace, a monkey ring, and a remote control car. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Ashton
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 4 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a barbie camper, barbies, and a soft monkey to sleep with. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Kamrynn
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 3 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a pony, a teddy bear, and peppa pig. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Gabbie
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 3 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a boy present, blocks, and race cars. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Easton S.
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 4 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are paw patrol presents. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Gunner
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 4 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a black panther robot, and a minion robot. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Madrox
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 3 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are that shark at walmart, body wash, and a shirt. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Bailey
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 5 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a nerf blaster, a dump truck and a back hoe. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Clayton
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 5 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a dollhouse and elsa. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Karly
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 5 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a rocket ship toy with 2 persons, a dinosaur stuffed animal, and a lunchbox. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Allen
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 4 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a big, giant road, new cars, and a batman robot. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Ryder
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 4 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are cars, monster trucks, and a four wheeler. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Brady P.
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 5 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a JoJo Siwa microphone, a JoJo Siwa outfit and a JoJo Siwa barbie doll. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Kassidy

Ms. Jeannette and Mrs. Savanna’s class

Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 3 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are presents, and a dinosaur. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Christopher
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 3 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a beach, a toy car, a boat, a four wheeler, a duck and a carriage. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Layla
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 3 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a bicycle, presents, and a gun. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.
Love,Easton W.
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 3 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a Santa walking toy, a big robot, big puzzles, and lots of presents. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Brady B.
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 2 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are candy, and presents. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Elaina
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 5 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a new back pack, a new jacket, little butterfly, little stuffed animals for my backpack. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Raelee
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 2 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a back pack and christmas. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Makayla
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 3 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are a toy shark and 2 toys. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Canaan
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 2 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are cars and presents. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Oliver
Dear Santa,
This Christmas, I am 2 years old. This year I have been nice. My Christmas wishes are toys, books and happy toys. I’ll be waiting for you on Christmas Eve with cookies and milk. Merry Christmas Santa.Love,Eivan

2018 Hackett Hornet All-Stars

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By Megan Hecox

Senior Brady Hester/Hackett Quarterback/All-State/All-District. Brady is the 2nd Hornet football player to make All-State twice. This is his 3rd year as All-District.

Senior Cooper Shipman/Hackett RB-LB/All-District 3rd year in a row

Senior Pacey McBride/Hornet RB-S-Return/All-District 3rd year in a row

Senior Mathew Carter/Hornet LB/All-District 3rd year in a row

Head Coach, Lonnie Hester, expresses his thoughts on his seniors, “We are really going to miss these guys. We wish them the best in the future. They are still one of us and always will be. We know they will be successful in life and we hope to see their kids in Black and Gold someday. We are proud of these guys!”

Senior Anthony Collins/RB-DB/Honorable Mention All-District

Sophomore Fischer Shipman/Hornet RB-LB/Honorable Mention All-District

Sophomore Weston Winters/Hornet RB-LB/Honorable Mention All-District

Photos provided by Rick Altes

Waldron Peewee Football Is Stylin’ And Profilin’

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Waldron Peewee Football Is Stylin’ And Profilin’

By Megan Hecox

There’s nothing like getting an early Christmas present. We’ve all been there. You see that huge present under the tree and your parents give you a small early gift as a tease about how good Christmas will be. The excitement of seeing that one early gift can give you chills as you imagine how much better it’s going to be, come Christmas morning. Well, the Waldron Bulldogs Peewee Football Program got an early gift and boy did it give the players chills. Brand new blacked out helmets!!!

Waldron’s entire community has come together in a matter of weeks to play Santa Clause. Along with a grant, local businesses and citizens stepped up in an enormous way to show the Peewee program that they believe in them and will help them do whatever it takes to build a great Bulldog program.

Waldron Peewee President, Jared Kluthe, said “The Sodie Davidson Park / Peewee football program has received a very generous grant that allows us to buy some much-needed equipment for the kids that are involved in the football program. So with this along with other donations from people and businesses in our community, we are starting with helmets to try to cut down on concussions. Many of our older helmets are outdated and will not meet safety guidelines in the future and safety is our number one goal for these young athletes. We have discussed many new options for graphics and we truly feel that these bring the new age of the old back into our program as we have decided to go back to black and orange instead of the white helmets. We are still working on new designs for the uniforms. Our goal this year is to get 100 helmets and shoulder pads to replace the old ones. We have had an outpouring of support from several people in Waldron.”

This act of giving by the community of Waldron is the perfect example of the Season of Giving. The Waldron Peewee Bulldogs moto is “Rise As One”, but it is apparent that the players aren’t the only ones who have bought into that moto. Waldron as a whole has bought into it as well and is coming together to Rise As One.

Mansfield Senior Center Hosts Ugly Sweater Contest

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Mansfield Senior Center Hosts Ugly Sweater Contest

By Tammy Moore Teague
On Wednesday, December 12, the Mansfield Senior Center hosted an ugly sweater contest.
Some of the sweaters weren’t exactly “ugly.” In fact, some of them were quite cute! The winners of the contest were:
First place- David Waters
Second place- Paul Mead
Third place-Margie Heydenreich
A special thanks to those individuals who served as judges for the event. Those included Debra Christian, a manager from CV’s, and Angela Elmore from Farmers Bank.
Upcoming events include a tree and table decorating contest.

Oliver Selected to Serve on State Women’s Leadership Committee

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Oliver Selected to Serve on State Women’s Leadership Committee

By Tammy Moore Teague
Scott County resident Regina Oliver has been selected to serve on the Farm Bureau State Women’s Leadership Committee.
The Women’s Committee is a vital part of the county and state Farm Bureau organizations, as they plan and implement programs and activities that are an important part of Farm Bureau’s mission. They conduct community-based activities and programs involving Ag in the Classroom, farm tours, commodity promotion, safety, health and agricultural policy.
Oliver was nominated by the district field agent. After being nominated she and the other ladies were approved by the Arkansas Farm Bureau Board of Directors. “She was chosen because she is extremely active in our local women’s committee and has shown great leadership skills,” stated Scott County Committee President Laurie Richardson. “She also has a great passion for agriculture and wanting to make sure our younger generations know where their food comes from. Regina puts together our program for the county fair every year and also joins the rest of our committee in reading to students at Waldron and Mansfield Elementary schools. We attend the Mansfield Health fair every year and participate in Forestry Field day at Waldron Middle School also, and Regina is always present at those activities talking to our children and teaching them about where our food, fiber and fuel come from.”
Her duties on the state committee are:
Assisting at the state Arkansas Women’s Leadership meeting, which is held in Little Rock, by introducing speakers at the different meetings, setting up for the luncheon, and being available for anything that may arise.
Opportunity to attend the National Ag In The Classroom meeting, which is held in a different state each year. This year Arkansas is hosting the meeting in Little Rock.
Serve as judge at the Arkansas State Rice cooking competition which is held yearly at the Arkansas State Fair. The ladies on the State Women’s committee also have the opportunity to cook a meal for the families staying at The Ronald McDonald House
in Little Rock.
Represent Arkansas on a National Level at the American Farm Bureau Convention, where she will attend the National women’s Caucus and meeting.
Oliver will serve a two year term on the Arkansas Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee and her duties will begin in March with the State Women’s meeting. “We are all very proud of Regina for being chosen to serve on the State Women’s Leadership Committee and very excited for her,” added Richardson.
“I am looking forward to serving on it and hope to bring back lots of exciting info for our county,” Oliver said. “I love everything we do for our kiddos.”

The Gem Movie Theater

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By Jack James
The Gem Movie Theater was located on the southwest corner of Main Street and Davis. It was quite an operation!
The long brick building was first owned by Charlie and Lou Moore. A general store operated by Mr. Moore and Jim Ingram ran in that building for several years. Then the store changed hands for many, many times until Mr. Lacey Berkley bought out the stock from its last renter, Vin Farmer. Berkley ran a grocery store there himself for several years. He rented the building for twelve dollars a month. After one year of operation, Berkley purchased the building.
In the 1930s, Berkley was approached by Clint Dunn who wanted to curtain off the back of the store and run a movie theater. Dunn used to show silent films on the side of the livery stables downtown. Feeling adventurous and spurred by the idea of talking moving pictures, the men moved the feed sacks and grocery goods to the back of the store and then they were in business. Customers sat on homemade benches and, many nights the building was so crowded that they had to sit on the wood planked floor. Business was so good that they moved the store to the building next door so they could use the entire building as a theater. They opened the doors two days a week on Saturdays and Tuesdays, showing a different film on each night. The admission price was ten cents.
Sometimes kids would sneak into the movies by hiding in the sacks and shelves of the store behind the curtain. The kids would quietly sneak from behind the curtain and sit in the floor in the front when the lights were dimmed and the movie began. Berkley was on constant guard. Several citizens of the area recalled that Berkley caught one of the boys one night who had stolen their way into the theater. Berkley gave him a spanking with an eighteen inch piece of boot strap leather in front of the entire movie crowd.
The theater was bought out eventually and to a man named Carl Dozier. The theater was IN business in Lavaca. The death toll for the Gem Theater, like many other area small town theaters, was the popularity of television in the 1950s. Someone once said, “People quit coming to the movies when the movies started coming to them.” Also, after World War II, the people gained in prosperity and were able to afford vehicles that could make the trip to Fort Smith without much problem. This began the decline of not only the Gem Theater but in local mom-and-pop grocery stores as well.
In the last four years of business, the building was used as a karate club, a fabric shop and a western store. Berkley sold the building to Leon Brown in 1972. Brown sold the place for $3000 to Roger Cook just a few months before he had the building torn down.
The property, along with others along Main Street on that block, is now the location of the beautiful Farmer’s Bank.
Joe Chronister recalled in a conversation about the theater that the admission fee was slowly raised to fifty-cents before the movie theater closed. That’s good money for a ticket in a small town in the mid-century. There were people telling stories of their times there and the movies they saw. Some told of their first date at their theater, about the nervousness they had. There were dates with future wives and husbands. The memories are good ones for everyone I have spoken to about it.

Lavaca Senior Center Celebrates Christmas

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Lavaca Senior Center Celebrates Christmas

By Tammy Moore Teague
There was a very festive atmosphere at the Lavaca Senior Center on Tuesday, December 11. Tables were decked out in Christmas cloths, centerpieces of poinsettias and holly were at each table. The center’s walls were decorated, finishing out the signs of the holiday and the coming celebration of Christmas.
The people began crowding in and taking their places; some on newly set up tables to take the overflow of people. Everyone was walking around and visiting with old friends, laughing and enjoying themselves. The side door opened and there he was: Santa Claus! The jolly old elf got a good greeting from the people who began to line up to have their photos made with him before he got back into his sleigh to head to parts unknown. Bags of goodies: candies, cookies, crackers, apples, oranges and bananas were delivered to each guest.
The Christmas Story was read from the book of Luke in the Bible and the special guest, a young man named Dallas, gave a sweet and heartfelt prayer. Servers came to each table with plates filled with turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, green beans, cranberry sauce and a hot roll.
With full bellies, the crowd began to leave but not before sitting around and catching up with old friends and neighbors. It was a wonderful day.
Thank you to the wonderful ladies of the Senior Center who did an outstanding job today. A warm thank you to the area businesses that provided the many treats that were delivered to the people celebration!

Tigers Come Back For The Win

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By Megan Hecox

It was a slow start in last nights Sr High boys game against the Lincoln Wolves. Struggling to score in the first half, the Tigers finally began to find their rhythm and won the game 60-55. This puts the Tigers at 3-4 in season play and 1-1 in conference play. The Tigers remarkably put up nearly 20 points just out of forced turnovers. Working in the boys’ favor last night was their rebounding and free throw shooting late in the game. Head Coach Keith Dake said, “We shot over 70% from the free throw line which ultimately ended up sealing our victory.” Junior Guard Ethan Stovall led the team with 27 points and Layton Howard brought in 16 points. Finishing the game with over 6 rebounds each was Ethan Stovall, Cody Chick, and Tyler Holmes.

The Lady Tigers ran into a few small bumps which ultimately led to them falling to the Lady Wolves 53-24. Last nights game, brought the Lady Tigers to 2-5 in season play and 0-2 in conference play. This girl gang of Tigers played hard all night using leadership and aggression. The Lady Tigers are definitely not afraid of a little pain. Contributing to the final score was, Amber Elmore, Makayla Strutton, Rylea Weaver, Maggie Strunk, Hailey Walker, and Mikayla Harrison.

The Mansfield Tigers are back in action when they head south to take on the Waldron Bulldogs on Friday, December 14th at 4:30 pm.

Sr Bulldogs Must Have Their Degree From Dunkin’ U

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Sr Bulldogs Must Have Their Degree From Dunkin’ U

By Megan Hecox

The Sr High Bulldogs boys team has done it again. They forked over good passes, dished out assists and served up a win for their game against the West Fork Tigers. Last night the Bulldogs won 68-67 which brings their total season play to 9-2 and 1-0 in conference play. Letting your guard down is not something you want to do when facing these young men. They are focused and determined to make it to the top. Lady Luck was courtside as the Bulldogs took their first lead of the night in the last 7 seconds of the game. They were able to hold off the Tigers and secure a win. Payton Brown came out on top with 32 points and Ruben Valdez added 18 to the total. Head Coach Joshua Brown said, “I am proud of our guys for persevering tonight when some things didn’t go our way. Sometimes you have to make your own breaks and our guys did that tonight.”

The Sr High Lady Bulldogs played incredibly well during their game against the Lady Tigers. The girls came up a little short in their first conference game of the season. Ending the game with a close 45-41, the Lady Bulldogs are now 1-8 in total season play and 0-1 in conference play. Jillian Davis scored 16 points for her team while Chenoa Burdess made 9. Head Coach Josh Atchley says, “I know that these girls will get over this hump. They just have to trust in all of their hard work paying off.”

The Sr High Bulldogs will Face off against the Mansfield Tigers in the Hwy 71 Rivalry Game on Friday, December 14th at 4:30 pm. This will also be the 30th Anniversary for the Waldron Activities Center. The first game played in the WAC was in 1988. The Coaches are asking that any and all players that played in the WAC between 1988 and now, to please come out and join in the celebration and Pack the WAC.

Jr Tigers Keep On Rollin’

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By Megan Hecox

The Mansfield Tigers sure do love to keep their fans on the edge of their seats. The Jr High Tigers played the Lincoln Wolves in last nights basketball game. The Tigers boys team walked away victorious over the Wolves with a final score of 41-31. The Lady Tigers came in two points short of a win against the Lady Wolves 50-48.

The Lady Tigers came out firing on all cylinders to get their match going. Within the first quarter alone the score read 17-3. It was back and forth action the entire game with the Lady Tigers giving everything they had including their blood, sweat, and tears. The 4th quarter was where all the nail-biting took place. With 36 seconds left in the game, the Lady Tigers were tied with the Lady Wolves 48-48. Unfortunately, time was not on the Lady Tigers side when the Lady Wolves made two more points, securing the win. Leading the team with a whopping 23 points was Sadie Roberts. Alyson Edwards brought in 9 points while Skylynn Harris contributed 7 points. Also adding to the final score with a combined total of 9 points was Natalie Allison, Olivia Bouse, and Sarah Fisher.

The Jr High boys team played all night like they were walking on lava barefoot. Because of their quickness on the court, they were able to dominate offensively and defensively, giving them the edge to always stay one move ahead. It was 19-15 at halftime and when the Tigers came back from their break, they jumped back into the game and delivered another 22 points to the final score. Ethan Pettus lead the team with 14 points. Zayne Dugan made 10 points. Tyler Escalante brought in 9 points. And Clint Stovall and Steven Perez scored a combined total of 8 points.

The Jr High Tigers will prepare to take on the Bulldogs as Waldron comes to town on Thursday, December 13th at 4:30 pm.

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Ms. Jenni and Mrs. Kazia’s class

Ms. Jeannette and Mrs. Savanna’s class

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