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SHADOW BOXES — Liz Shelby’s fourth grade classat County Line Elementary created shadow boxes about

their favorite book. Shown here with their creations arefront row (L-R): Britton Richards and Kastilayah Knudson.Back row: Emma Kuykendall and Landon Greb.

FORESTRY TRIP — Pictured front row (L-R): Michelle Williams, Erin McOwen,Chelsey Durning, Jordan Hatfield, Mike and Jack the dog. Back row: Eric Osborne,Michael Staggs and Donna.

This month the alternative

school class went on its firstforestry trip to Shores Lake.

Mr. Valentine was unable

to work with us, but we all ap-

 preciated him setting every-

thing up. We worked with avery nice couple named Mike

and Donna, and not to forget

Jack, their dog. They were the

Class takes first forestry tripcamp hosts who provided the

supplies we needed andhelped us with our work.

Everyone cleaned out the

fire pits and grills, picked up

trash and mowed grass. It was

hard work, but the payoff was

great.

Afterwards, we sat on

 benches near the water and

ate lunch. It was so pretty.

Everyone had a great time. All

it took was some teamwork. If 

you work together you can

get just about any task done.

- - Erin McOwen

Halloween Not Appropriate

Every year at this time I get

so irritated. Walking into any

store there is Santa, sleighs,

lights, and lots of Christmas

decorations everywhere.

Side-by-side with these are

witches, ghosts, trick or treat

signs and all the stuff associ-

ated with Halloween.

 Now I don’t begrudge an

early Christmas spirit, but

Christ’s birthday displayed by

all these ghosts and goblins

is just not appropriate. I don’t

 begrudge the l ittle ones thei r 

candy either, but sometimes in

my way of thinking that is not

done in the right atmosphere.

Christmas wasn’t even

thought about in my house

until after Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving was an impor-

tant and reverent day and

Christmas was observed as

the day of the Birth of Jesus.

But Halloween was just a

day. I don’t ever remember 

going trick or treating. As a

teenager we walked the roads

and maybe sang, and the

chattering could probably be

heard to the next town.

 Now I remember some cut-

ting down trees in the road,

 but my bunch was never in on

this.I remember one year some

of the bigger boys in the

neighborhood went around

turning over toilets. No names

will be revealed here, but I do

know the names.

Daddy was always the

first one up and out to the toi-

let. When he got there the toi-

let was on its way back up!

Daddy never cracked a smile

when one of the boys said,

“Just a minute, Clyde, and

we’ll have it back up for you.”

Daddy told them they’d just

 better put it back the way it

was.

They had known my daddy

all their lives and I suspect

they weren’t a bit scared of 

him ordinarily, but getting

caught in the act was entirely

another can of worms. They

sputtered a bit, then asked

Daddy if it was okay. Daddy

walked around and inspected

it giving them time to stew in

their own juices, then he said,

“Boys, this won’t happen

again, will it?” They were fast

to promise it certainly would

not, and went on their way.

Daddy laughed later and told

how those boys stewed and

sputtered. Our toilet was never 

turned over again.Kids could get out and

walk all over on those old dirt

roads and daylight or dark we

weren’t bothered. What a dif-

ference now.

It gets worse every year it

seems to me. Now they’ve got

this thing called, Christmas

and Halloween rolled to-

gether. How stupid can you

get? Rolling Jesus Christ’s

 bi rt hd ay toge th er wi th

witches and goblins, is one of 

the worst things I’ve ever 

heard. How many more ways

can people slap Jesus in the

face?I think Halloween should

 be banned, but that’s just my

opinion and I have the right

to that opinion, thank God.

Kids dressed like witches are

scary to me. Druids used to

dress as witches when doing

human sacrifice.

Getting irritated does me

no good, but praying to God

does do me good. I thank God

for that privilege. Thanksgiv-

ing is the next holiday notHalloween.

 Ephe sians 5: 11 - And 

have no fellowship with the

unfruitful works of darkness,

but rather reprove [them].

1 Corinthians 10:21 - Ye

cannot drink the cup of the

 Lord, and the cup of devils:

 ye cannot be partakers of the

 Lord’s table, and of the table

of devils.

Altus Rotary Club toldof documentary project

Ray Bertram of Blind

Man’s Bluff Productions of 

Booneville spoke to the Altus

Sunset Rotary Club last week 

about the documentaries on

towns and events in Arkan-

sas that his team is filming for 

airing on YouTube.

Bertram told the club that

he spent 10 years doing

church work and 10 years

teaching before becoming le-

gally blind from optic neur-

opathy and, since he was al-

ready making films, decided he

would become the “Blind

Filmmaker of Arkansas.”

His team has filmed docu-

mentaries for various towns,

as well as a “This is Arkan-

sas” video available on

YouTube on the Internet

which he showed during the

meeting.B ertram said he

wrote the song lyrics for the

video and the voice was thatof his driver for the evening,

Larry Bean.

In discussing the docu-

mentary project, the speaker 

told the Rotarians, “I want you

to understand how much po-

tential you have.”

“What we do,” Bertram

said, “is use today’s readily

available technology, in con-

 junction with today’s easily

accessible social media and

make world class production

videos about towns and com-

munities that don’t have the

 budgets that those larger cit-

ies do.”

According to Bertram, the

 project is grant-driven, and his

team can help communities

apply for grants.

Rather than a broadcast

reaching 30,000 to 50,000,

Bertram said, a viral video pro-

duction could be seen by hun-

dreds of thousands of people.

Bertram, who lives on Petit

Jean Mountain with his wife

and six children, said he is

from a family of teachers and

he likes to go into schools and

motivate and inspire the stu-

dents.

He was invited and intro-

duced by A.C. Moncrief, and

following his talk, he and hisdriver were each presented an

Altus Rotary Club souvenir 

wine glass by president Laura

Rudolph.

Mayor Larry Stacy, who

was also a guest along with

his wife, Jan, expressed appre-

ciation to the club for the do-

nation of two metal benches

which had just been installed

in the park gazebo.

Franklin Countycrime victims

get reparationsThe Arkansas Crime Vic-

tims Reparations Board

awarded reparations totaling

$411,018.15 statewide during

September, according to At-

torney General Dustin

McDaniel.

Awards were made in 204

new cases, and additional ex-

 penses were paid in 30 previ-

ously submitted cases.

The report indicated that

four crime victims from

Franklin County were

awarded a total of $2,771.76 in

reparations.

The program is adminis-

tered by the Attorney

General’s Office and is funded

through court costs, fees and

fines assessed to convicted

criminals.

For more information

about the Crime Victims Repa-

rations Program, call the At-

torney General’s Crime Vic-tims Hotline at (800) 448-3014

or visit www.Arkansas-

AG.gov.

41.1 million –  The esti-

mated number of potential

trick-or-treaters in 2012 – chil-

dren age 5 to 14 – across the

U.S. Of course, many other 

children, older than 14 and

younger than 5, go trick-or-

treating. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

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