The Lavaca Middle School will host a Math & Science Carnival on April 20th from 5:30pm – 8:00pm
Live music, door prizes, silent auction, food and games. LMS students are currently selling raffle tickets for door prizes. $100 cash will be the Grand Prize.
This event is in support of their efforts to raise money for an outdoor classroom.
Bring your family and support your Lavaca Middle School students.
Lavaca Middle School Hosts Math & Science Carnival
2018 Waldron Job Fair
Residents in Scott County and surrounding communities will have the opportunity to visit with local recruiters and apply for career opportunities at a Spring job fair on Friday, April 13, 12:30-3:30 p.m., in the Waldron High School Gymnasium, which is located at 1560 West 6th Street. This event is free and open to the general public.
More than 30 representatives from local businesses, colleges, military recruiters, apprenticeship programs and social organizations are expected to be in attendance. The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services’ mobile unit will also be on site during the fair. Mobile Workforce Centers are equipped with computers allowing full internet connectivity and all-in-one (print, copy, and scan) functions. Job seekers will be able to create resumes and then subsequently submit applications online.
“This event was designed to assist job seekers in Waldron and surrounding communities with finding gainful employment,” states Olan James, one stop operator for Western Arkansas. “We are bridging the gap between local qualified candidates and employers by bringing technology to the areas where it is most needed.”
“This event was designed to assist job seekers in Waldron and surrounding communities with finding gainful employment,” states Olan James, one stop operator for Western Arkansas. “We are bridging the gap between local qualified candidates and employers by bringing technology to the areas where it is most needed.”
Sponsored by The City of Waldron, University of Arkansas at Rich Mountain, Western Arkansas Employment Development Agency, Incorporated and Arkansas Department of Workforce Services
Waldron Job Fair
Date: Friday, April 13, 2018
Time: 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Location: Waldron High School Gym 1560 West 6th Street Waldron, AR 72958
Time: 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Location: Waldron High School Gym 1560 West 6th Street Waldron, AR 72958
This event is free and open to the general public.
About the sponsors – City of Waldron, UA Rich Mountain & WAEDA
The City of Waldron is the county seat of Scott County. The University of Arkansas Rich Mountain continues the tradition of being a comprehensive community college providing a broad range of educational programs and learning opportunities in Polk, Montgomery, and Scott counties. Western Arkansas Employment Development Agency (WAEDA) is a federally funded non-profit organization which operates under the Workforce Innovations and Opportunities Act (WIOA).
Mansfield Moves Meet to Work Around Rains
(Pictured above) Jaicy Griffin, Garrett Wilson, Jake Smith, and Blayne Bryant complete the 4x400m relay at the Mansfield hosted Tiger Relays.
It was wet and windy. There was even a moment of sun. A wide range of temperatures and conditions greeted teams as they made the move to run at Mansfield’s rescheduled Senior Tiger Relays on April 3.
Originally scheduled for March 27, Mansfield had to postpone it’s 14th annual home grown track meet because of severe weather in the area. Effected were 24 high schools that had to review their own agendas and make the decision to come back one week later.
Sixteen programs were able to give it a go as the senior high Tigers played host to the long standing local meet seven days late. The conditions were better this time around but less than ideal.
Approximately one hour before teams arrived on that Tuesday, a hefty wind storm coupled with drizzly rain hit the stadium. Tents were trashed, pit covers ballooned, and trash cans tumbled. However, before the first bus pulled the parking brake and dropped off its athletes, the sun was sneaking a peek over the west side of the stadium. The rain had stopped and the meet was on go.
Both Mansfield’s men and women had their moments. As a collection, each squad finished in fifth in their respective team divisions.
Tiger Sophomore Jaicy Griffin continued to assault the state standards. He had been close to the 100m and 200m dash benchmarks in previous meets. At home, he was close again. Less than perfect conditions however slowed his pace leaving him still in search of an early invitation to state.
Mansfield’s fastest track athlete did post a 12.23 in the 100m and 24.89 in the 200m races. Stiff competition from Waldron, Booneville, and Clarksville pushed his final finishes to fifth and fourth respectively in those two sprints.
It was at the long jump pit that Griffin had his best outcome of the evening. An 18’ 8” leap into the sand put him into first place by an inch and one half. Later, Griffin anchored two relays that crossed at third and fourth giving the Tiger enough points to finish among the top three high point placers.
Teammate Devon Pyles totaled 16 points himself through three individual events. The senior distance runner, who set two personal records last week at Alma, scored in the 1600m, 800m, and 3200m runs.
Pyles was third in the mile equivalent at 5:21.33. Next, the two lap 800m race placed him another third with a 2:26.93 measure. Finally, he went 12:28.82 across the eight lap 3200m race for fifth.
Megan Rose from the MHS women’s team continued to lead that squad. The senior posted 18 points with three individual places.
In the 1600m run, Rose was fifth at 6:26.97. After the 800m distance, she was third at 2:56.44. Finally, Rose navigated a busy field in the 3200m run with a second place 13:46.41 mark.
The Tiger women had their only blue ribbon performance with a winning 4x400m relay team. Addison Goetz, Alyssa Berry, Lennon Woods, and Delilah McKusker joined for the win.
The first three legs on the concluding relay saw Mansfield runners complete their individual sections in near identical times. McKusker, the fourth and final runner, was pursued intently by the Waldron anchor. Because of the chase, McKusker shifted into a slightly faster gear to bring home the Lady Tiger victory.
Immediately after the women’s relay, the Tiger men responded with a solid 4x400m relay as well. The collection of Garett Wilson, Jake Smith, Blayne Bryant, and Griffin took third overall with a 4:08.84 combined time.
Wilson, Bryant, and Griffin passed the stick in an earlier relay as well. The three sprinters completed 75% of the one lap cooperative.
The fourth member of the partnership was Will Meadows. With his far side straightaway sprint, the full team finished fourth in the 4x100m linkage in 48.11 seconds.
Meadows was likewise in fourth in the pole vault at 8’ 0”. Teammate Bryant cleared 7’ 0” in the same event after learning to vault just a few days earlier.
Haylee Buckner off the women’s team scored in a vertical leap as well. The junior cleared 4’ 6” in the high jump to take second.
Mansfield’s next best production came from McKusker who toppled the 300m hurdles in 58.16. She was third.
Janna Coplin, Miracle Pettigrew, Kara Sweeten, and Corrina Wesley all scored for the Mansfield girls.
Tiger Prep Runners Travel to Greenwood
(Pictured above) Seventh grader Madelen Jones is caught at practice over the high jump bar as sophomore Jaicy Griffin looks on during the practice session. Jones has been a consistent scorer in the hurdles for the Mansfield Lady Tigers, and has been working to do the same in the high jump.
The Mansfield seventh grade track teams traveled to Greenwood last week as their inaugural season begins winding down.
The Tiger rookie runners, jumpers, and throwers made the short trip to Bulldog country despite the fact that most of their coaching staff remained to conduct the Senior Tiger Relays back at home.
Assistant Coach Dustin Payne in his first season as the Tiger throws coach, handled coaching duties with the young Tiger cubs. Meanwhile back at home Mansfield staff members John Mackey and Josh Bryan orchestrated the Senior Tiger Relays on the same night.
Payne and company battled a dozen larger schools in the Bulldog Seventh Grade Relays. Most of the Fort Smith schools, Alma, and Van Buren highlighted the bulk of the big school competition. Mansfield, Cedarville, and Waldron were among the smaller schools in attendance.
The Lady Tigers had three blue ribbon events on the night. Thanks to Natalie Allison and Skylynn Harris the MMS women tallied 30 points in the early going.
Allison went first clearing a meet leading 6’ 0” in the pole vault for first place. Harris doubled up on the blue ribbon victories with first place marks in the shot and discus.
Harris, already the junior high record holder in the shot put in just her first season, easily won both events. The novice thrower who competes for both the Tiger Prep and Tiger Junior teams tossed the shot 32’ 4.5” and the discus 67’ 8”.
Allison also placed well in the women’s triple jump. Her 25’ 5” hop, skip, and jump positioned into fourth place at the field event.
Hurdler Madelen Jones continued a streak of ribbon production with a second place clocking in the 100m hurdles. The seventh grader who also competes up on the junior team was marked at 19.18 seconds for the red ribbon reward.
On the seventh grade boy’s team, Branson Carver out jumped all entries in the high jump by three inches. The first time leaper went 5’ 3” for the for the win.
Carver, also the fastest Tiger runner, was clocked at 13.21 in the 100m dash for a sixth place reward. He also anchored two different relay teams for a second and fourth place position.
That second place finish in the boy’s 4x400m relay was the first time the Tigers have lost that particular race this season. Chaffin, a Fort Smith class 7A school, built their squad around two of the top three sprinters in attendance to take the win.
Chaffin took the win by nearly nine seconds. Mansfield, crossing next at 4:39.29, was ahead of notable schools like Ramsey, Ozark, Greenwood, Northridge, Butterfield, and Kimmons.
The combination of Tommy Phang, Gage Rogers, Logan Cravey, and Carver peopled the relay team. The same four players although in different order also made the 4x100m relay squad.
Trenton Leroy was another scoring threat for the Tigers. The vertical leaper finished fourth in the pole vault at 6’ 0”.
Cassidy Carlton, Jadelynn Wood, Trinity Woods, and Allison picked up a point for the girls 4×800 relay. Clinton Stovall, Tyler Woolbright, Gary Willis, and Leroy did likewise for the boys.
Carlton, Wood, Jones and Lita Hecox got sixth in the 4x400m relay. Alyana Turner got seventh in the discus to round out the Lady Tigers’ score.
Braxton Byers garnered three points for the boys. He took seventh and eight place respectively in the discus and shot. Phang placed in both the 300m hurdles and long jump for more Tiger proceeds. Cravey ranked among the top eight for the 300m hurdles to polish off the men’s scoring.
Lavaca Hosts In the Park Events
The Lavaca Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting two upcoming events, which are both FREE.
The first will be “Music in the Park” Saturday, April, 21st at 6:00pm in Lavaca City Park. All musicians are welcome. Bring your lawn chairs.
The second is a “Movies in the Park” on April 27th, at 6:00pm at Lavaca City Hall. Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets will be the movie.
Cherokee Tire Breaks Ground
As the cold winds, and light rain persisted last Thursday afternoon, the spirits of Cherokee Tires groundbreaking were not dampened at their new location in Mansfield.
The building where Cherokee Tires will call home is planned to be 80′ X 50′ with a 20′ X 30′ showroom and four bays that will service both the wheel and tire aspect of all sizes of vehicles, and an easily accessible oil and lube drive-thru.
Members of the Mansfield City Council, Chamber of Commerce were in attendance as well as numerous citizens for the groundbreaking. Construction has already begun on the property and will take an estimated 6-8 weeks before opening to the public.
Owner, Shawn Silvey stated “We’re extremely proud to bring a business like this into Mansfield.”
Mansfield PD Join Push to Curb Opioid Overdose
Article By Tammy Moore Teague
At last Thursday’s city council meeting, Mansfield’s Chief of Police Boyd Farmer reported that the department would be undergoing training for the use of Narcan. This training will be led by a physician.
Narcan is a brand name for naloxone, which is a drug that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. The officers will carry a vial of the drug and administer the spray nasally.
Some states require its police officers to carry naloxone to revive people who have overdosed. Additionally, firefighters and other first responders also carry naloxone.
In 2017 Arkansas signed into law Act 284 the Naltrexone Standing Protocol. This law enabled health care professionals to have standing orders to dispense the drug.
2018-2019 Mansfield Elementary Kindergarten Registration
Where: Mansfield Elementary School
Date: May 22, 2018 8:30 – 11:30 & 1:30 – 5:00
May 23 2018 8:30 – 11:30 & 1:30 – 3:00
May 24, 2018 8:30 – 11:30
Sessions will last 15 to 20 minutes on a 1st come 1st serve basis.
Please bring your child for testing
Please bring the following information
- *Copy of child’s social security card
- *Copy of immunizations (shots) or the Arkansas approved IMM exemption form
- *Copy of Birth Certificate or a statement by a local registrar or a county record certifying the child’s date of birth; an attested baptismal certificate; a passport; an affidavit of the date and place of birth by the child’s parent/guardian; previous school records; or military identification records.
- Required within 30 days of start of school
Your child must be 5 years of age on or before
August 1, 2018 to enroll in Kindergarten.
It’s National Library Week
Many of our local libraries are celebrating National Library Week with events, and plenty of focus on reading. Here’s the dates, and times for the events here locally.
MHS Drama Set to Perform Spring Musical
Article By Tammy Moore Teague
In the above image, Joey (Left, Zack Lowe) and Saul Bisfick (Right, Jud Weaver.) perform in a scene of Reluctant Dragon.
The fun and friendly musical, Reluctant Dragon, will grace the stage at Mansfield High School on Saturday, April 14 at 7 pm. The Mansfield High School speech and drama department will be putting on the show. Students are led by Mansfield native and teacher, Eryn Musgrove-Hunt.
The department has been rejuvenated under her leadership. Her work and dedication along with eager students has given rise to a forensics program. The team competed in four tournaments and brought home two trophies at their last one of the year. Hunt stated that she’s really looking forward to next competition season.
Hunt spent last summer reading scripts narrowing down potential productions for this spring. I like “The Reluctant Dragon,” Hunt said. This, she said, due to the moral lesson it teaches. “With young children, they do not see someone different as odd or show hatred; it is simply someone that they can play dolls or cars with at playtime.” Summarizing that this play is a reminder to not judge a book by its cover.
The setting is in the medieval fairy tale village of Tea ‘N’ Crumpet. The Reluctant Dragon tells the tale of a young man, Joey Bisfick, whose love of dragons and inquisitive nature force him to venture off in search of a dragon that has reportedly been terrorizing the countryside, much to the chagrin of his worrying parents. What he finds instead is a sweet old dragon (named Dennis D. Dragon) and three baby all-singing, all-dancing dragonettes, who he quickly befriends. Things seem idyllic until the Mayoress of the village hires a dragon-slaying knight to hunt down Dennis – then it’s up to Joey to secure a “happy ending.”
The brilliant mix of veteran and rookie actors began working in January on the stage direction and music. “As part of the curriculum for the drama class this spring, Hunt said, students there have been busy building the set.” The cast also includes a story lady narrating part of the tale, a rapping mayoress and knight that likes to dance a little.
This fun and friendly musical is loosely adapted from the children’s book, The Reluctant Dragon, by Kenneth Grahame. “The musical connects to all age groups,” Hunt concluded, “with references to the Medieval ages to the XBox-Nintendo-Playstation-Gameboy generations.”
There will be an additional showing on Sunday, April 15 at 3 pm. The admission is $3 for adults and $1 for children age eight and under.