Washington County Enterprise-Leader

News

Lots Of Apples, Lots Of Junk Thousands Enjoy Area Lincoln And Prairie Grove Festivals LINCOLN -- Crowds showed up Friday and Saturday for the 44th Arkansas Apple Festival and Junk weekend in Prairie Grove as fall weather moved into the area for the weekend. by Lynn Kutter

A Place To Calm Down PRAIRIE GROVE -- Classrooms at Prairie Grove Elementary School will soon have a designated place for students to go to when they need to calm down for a few minutes and pull themselves together. by Lynn Kutter

New Shop Offers All Natural Fruit Pops FARMINGTON -- Pedal Pops is a new business in Farmington that started eight years ago from the seat of a tricycle. by Lynn Kutter

Prairie Grove School Gives Annual Report To The Public PRAIRIE GROVE -- Prairie Grove School District hosted the September meeting for the Chamber of Commerce at the district's central office and used the opportunity to present the Annual Report to the Public, as required by state law. by Lynn Kutter

4-H: Not Just 'Cows, Corn and Cooking' Anymore FARMINGTON -- Across the country, millions of youth, parents, volunteers and alumni are celebrating National 4-H Week, held Oct. 6-12. by Lynn Kutter

Introducing New County 4-H Extension Agent My name is Isaac Gauvey, and I am the 4-H County Extension Agent for Washington County. by Issac Gauvey SPECIAL TO ENTERPRISE-LEADER

What 4-H Means To Me To me, 4-H means hard work and family. Joining 4-H fairly young, I have built a very large family through the county fair, 4-H events, and 4-H competitions. I can always turn to these people for answers to questions, advice, and knowledge. by Carson Frisby BETHEL GROVE 4-H CLUB

How Do I Become A 4-H Member? Step 1 -- Contact the County Cooperative Extension Office (479) 444-1755 and request the 4-H clubs list.

Sports

Cardinals Take District Second Year In A Row FARMINGTON BOYS AIM FOR STATE TITLE by Mark Humphrey ENTERPRISE-LEADER

Tigers Capitalize On Turnovers PRAIRIE GROVE -- Prairie Grove (2-3, 2-0 4A-1) utilized an early turnover to change the tone of the game on the way to routing Gravette, 48-7, while celebrating Homecoming Friday. by Mark Humphrey ENTERPRISE-LEADER

Pea Ridge Runs Away From Wolves LINCOLN -- Pea Ridge coach Stephen Neal won his 20th conference game since taking over the Blackhawk program in a 55-21 rout of Lincoln Friday. by Mark Humphrey ENTERPRISE-LEADER

That's A Big 10-4 Cardinals FARMINGTON -- In the 10th month on the fourth day Farmington notched its first victory over Alma since joining the 5A West by a 31-25 margin to spoil Alma's Homecoming Friday. by Mark Humphrey ENTERPRISE-LEADER

Tigers Gathering Steam PRAIRIE GROVE -- The Tiger defense scored three times on interception runbacks in a week four 55-14 blowout of Green Forest which got Prairie Grove into the win column for the first time in 2019. by Mark Humphrey ENTERPRISE-LEADER

West Fork Draws Energy From Young Vocalist WEST FORK -- Nine-year-old Jolie Vaughn never sang the Star Spangled Banner at a West Fork volleyball match before her Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, stirring rendition which fired up the home team. by Mark Humphrey ENTERPRISE-LEADER

Homecoming Celebration At Tiger Den Stadium PRAIRIE GROVE -- Prairie Grove celebrated Homecoming Friday night prior to the Tigers' 48-7 win over Gravette in the Homecoming football game. by Mark Humphrey ENTERPRISE-LEADER

Farmington Volleyball Becomes League Leader Farmington (12-1-1, 7-0) stands first among 4A-1 volleyball teams with three weeks left in the regular season on the heels of an unprecedented, 25-17, 25-23, 27-25, sweep of Shiloh Christian on Oct. 1.

Opinion

EDITORIAL: Reaching For Life I've been looking at my pictures of the redwood forest in northern California. The trees are big! Our pine tree in the backyard that is over two and a half feet in diameter looks big, but it is small compared to a relatively small five-foot diameter redwood tree. Amazingly, redwoods that are 10- to 18-feet in diameter are common; and it staggers the imagination knowing that the diameter of the General Sherman Redwood is more than 32 feet! by Gene Linzey

Ay Magazine Honors Fite; Judge Rules In Hendren Wage Lawsuit Sometimes our friends in political life like to see their names in print -- take for instance state Rep. Charlene Fite (House District 80) being named by AY Magazine as one of the Intriguing Women of 2019. by Maylon T. Rice WCEL Columnist

Celebrating Columbus Columbus Day is a holiday I always remember observing with great pride. For me, Columbus represents the spirit of the pioneers, the spirit of adventure, the spirit of discovery. As Edgar Guest reminds us, by Don Kuehle Guest Columnist

EDITORIAL: The Joy Of Family Time In mid-August our daughter, Darlene (and her husband Victor), asked Carol and me to join them for a five-day vacation in Pagosa Springs, Colo. Our other daughter, Rebecca (and her husband Timothy, and children), came up from Texas, and our dear friends Charles and Cathy Knoop trekked from New Mexico. by Gene Linzey

OPINION: Get your flu shot I know there will be some naysayers to this column. by Maylon T. Rice WCEL Columnist

EDITORIAL: No Place For Conservatives I heard a story recently about a local policeman who was refused service at one of my favorite places in Fayetteville. He was a cop in uniform. The clerk sent him away. by Ron Wood

COLUMN: More Rain Comes Down We had another downpour and received 2.4 inches the first time (it rained more later). I'm thankful we live on the top of an Arkansas mountain, so no real flooding, but enough rain to keep everything green, especially the trees that give us oxygen as well as beauty, and the mountains look like dense carpets. by Marie M. Roy WCEL Columnist

Religion

RELIGION: Jesus had compassion on her "And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother." Luke 7:13-15 (Read Luke 7:11-17) by Randy Moll

RELIGION: New Lenses Help Us See The World Through The Eyes Of Jesus I want to explain one way the Holy Spirit communicates to us today but let me begin with a bigger picture: how God sees people. People who don't know the Lord tend to think he's a vengeful Old Testament judge. This stereotype is a misrepresentation of God. They think God is out to get them; he's an angry Deity eager to punish their sins. Not so. by Ron Wood

RELIGION: Walk In The Spirit, Not In The Flesh; Saved By Faith, Not By Works "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law." Gal. 5:16-18 by Randy Moll