Rex Heffington

2911 W. Commercial St.

Ozark, AR 72949
479-667-1260
AR license #32894
Over 30 years experience
I want to take thi s opportu-
ni ty to say Thank You to
each of you who encouraged
and supported me duri ng my
campai gn for Franki n County
J udge. I al so want to con-
gr atul ate Ri ck ey Bowman
and wi sh hi m the best i n the
general el ecti on i n November.
Larry Stacy
POST WINERY at Altus won the traveling trophy for the best attendance at the
Ozark Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours held Thursday evening at
Posts. Pictured (L-R) are Debra Lynn Post, Suzanne Post, Terese Post-Parker holding
son Oliver Parker, Andrew Post, Matthew Post Sr., Christopher Post, Paul, Veronica
and John Paul Post and Joseph Post. During the event, Christopher Post was presented
$500 scholarships from both the Ozark Area C of C and the Altus C of C.
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT Christopher Post of
Altus, a 2014 honor graduate of Subiaco Academy, is pre-
sented a $500 scholarship from the Altus Chamber of
Commerce by member Veronica Post. He was also the
recipient of a $500 Ozark Area C of C scholarship.
P. E. A. C. E. Ne ws
P.E.A.C.E. is a 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization based
in Ozark. Our goal is to pro-
mote the ethical care of pets
with an emphasis on spaying
and neutering to address the
problem of unwanted cats and
dogs in Franklin County.
Present at this months
meeting were Kevin and
Pamela Doyle, Pat Gilbert, Jan
Hudspeth and JoAnn Nixon.
Sylvia Schell took a trip to
New Orleans.
P.E.A.C.E .would like to ex-
tend a big thank you to Sonya
Eveld for creating a Facebook
page dedicated to reuniting
pets with their owners or find-
ing homes for pets that are
homeless. Sonya, we really
appreciate you for taking the
time to do this.
I want to share a few sta-
tistics with you, six-eight mil-
lion cats and dogs enter shel-
ters every year. Approximately
2.7 million are not reunited
with their owners or find new
homes so they are euthanized.
One unspayed female dog
and her offspring can repro-
duce 67,000 dogs in six years.
One unspayed female cat and
her offspring can reproduce
420,000 cats in six years. What
a great reason to spay or neu-
ter your pets.
Dr. Holt still has some
openings available for Mays
Spay & Neuter clinic.
P.E.A.C.E. will be holding
a yard sale this weekend so
we can replenish our funds for
our next clinic, so start going
through your things so you
can donate to the sale. Check
The Spectator this week for
details on the sale.
Please save your alumi-
num cans and bring them to
the P.E.A.C.E. trailer located
behind Rivertowne BBQ. Its
one of our bigger money mak-
ers. Dont forget to check out
the collars and leashes for
sale at Moon Vet Clinic, Ozark
Animal Hospital and River-
towne BBQ. We also make
custom size/color combina-
tions at no extra charge, just
call 667-3363 or 508-7784.
Come join us the third
Monday of the month (next
meeting June19) 6 at Charlies
Meeting Place (adjoins
Rivertowne BBQ). We could
sure use some help!
All donations are greatly
appreciated. Send to:
P.E.A.C.E., P.O. Box 1152,
Ozark, AR 72949
P.E.A.C.E.s tips of the
month: May is be kind to
animals month, give a home-
less pet a home. June is adopt
a shelter cat month, so go
visit Dr. Holt to adopt a home-
less kitty.
Having your dog go with
you in the car is fun, but it can
be deadly, even if you leave
your windows down a little
your car can heat up fast.
Dont forget to treat your pets
and the surrounding habitat
for fleas and ticks.
Adult portable bed
handles recalled
Bed Handles Inc. is recall-
ing Adult Portable Bed
Handles sold nationwide from
January 1994 to December
2007. When attached to an
adults bed without the use of
safety retention straps, the
handle can shift out of place,
creating a dangerous gap be-
tween the bed handle and the
side of the mattress. This
poses a serious risk of entrap-
ment, strangulation and
death.
Recalled models include
the Original Bedside Assis-
tant (BA10W), the Travel
Handles (BA11W) which is
sold as a set of two bed
handles, and the Adjustable
Bedside Assistant (AJ1).
Consumers can contact
Bed Handles Inc. at (800) 725-
6903 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
CT Monday through Friday,
or online at http://bedhand
les.com/recall.html for free
safety retention straps to se-
cure the bed handle to the bed
frame, new assembly and in-
stallation instructions.
Remembering Summer Fun
by Clydene Overbey
I remember how anxious
we kids would be by May for
school to be out for the sum-
mer. We were always free in
those days by Memorial Day
since we had no days off for
teachers conferences, snow
days, etc., during the school
year back then.
We were a hardy bunch
who would wade mud and
sometimes a bit of snow, out
to the bus, or walked to school
in it if we were within a mile.
And teachers stayed after
school to meet with parents
for conferences. We only had
10 days off (counting two
weekends) for Christmas
break, and a few days off
around Easter time. And yes,
they were Christian holidays
to be celebrated as such, not
called, winter break or spring
break.
These days, it may be the
third week of June before they
turn the kids loose. By that
time, wed be on our second
skin peel from sunburns wed
already gotten running the
fields, and floating down the
ditch. And our feet would be
callused so hard, we could run
on hot gravel and never feel a
thing.
We would be in the gar-
den by the third week of June
too, and have peas and beans
already coming on. The toma-
toes would be green yet, but
corn would be up eight to 10
inches and honeybees would
be all over the clover coming
through the grass in our lawn.
We loved to catch those
bees in a big old fruit jar with
a slit in the top so they could
breathe. When youd shake
the jar, theyd really buzz.
Now I know how mean that
was.
By mid to late June, all the
ditches had usually dried up
except for maybe some black
mud that was sticky and
stunk, but we still cooled our
feet in them. Such simple plea-
sures we had in our country-
childhood adventures. I still
can name every family living
on that back road in my day. I
can see all their faces too,
young and old on both sides
of the tracks.
We girls had no idea we
were of the feminine gender
then since we ran like wild In-
dians day and night, and were
true Tom-boys. Only one I re-
member was a girlie-girl, and I
was in great awe of her. She
could cook and clean house
by the time she was 10 and I
admit to being a bit jealous of
her. She even had beautiful
long curls that were always
clean and shiny, and to this
day, Ive never seen dirt un-
der her fingernails, (tee-hee!).
My hair would be powdery
with gray dirt just like the
boys, and what the ditch wa-
ter didnt wash off as we
floated down would always be
a hassle with Mamma trying
to dunk me in the tub before
bed every night to get the ex-
tra pound or so out.
Before school would start
in the fall, Mamma would have
to take a scrub brush to my
feet to get the excess dirt out
of the barefoot creases before
she could put those nice,
white, little anklets and sturdy
brown shoes back on her
wayward daughter. And in my
day in grade school, we had
to wear dresses every day
with ties that made a bow in
the back, and have our hair
curled and fussed over each
morning after breakfast, jun-
ior high and high school. No
pants were worn. I must ad-
mit, I hated it until at 13, I dis-
covered I was a girl! Now, that
was a pretty depressing
thought at the time, as I recall.
By the end of May, we
were being taught about fam-
ily and those patriots who had
sacrificed for us so we could
live free in a country without
dictators or kings. (Remember,
this was 60-some years ago,
and times are a changing rap-
idly now and not for the bet-
ter, I fear.) We were taught
what it all meant from the
cradle up, and I still get teary
when I hear Taps played.
After the ceremonies, the
families would decorate all
their relatives graves with
flowers that were already in
season by then. I remember
my aunts iris, snap-dragons,
roses, and peonies were
picked for the occasion every
year. Many a tale was told
standing at those graves of
folks we were kin to, but never
knew. We were hearing our
history, and getting an edu-
cation about our families,
though, as kids, we were
oblivious to most of it until
later years.
Romans 15:13: Now the
God of hope fill you with all
joy and peace in believing,
that ye may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy
Ghost.
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