2 Sections • 16 Pages Thursday, December 21, 2017 GLENWOOD USPS 220-180 92nd Year • Issue 51 The Glenwood Herald will be closed ¢ Monday, Christmas Day HERALDSERVING GLENWOOD, ARKANSAS & THE DIAMOND LAKES SINCE 1926 75 Get your announcements, SEE US ONLINE: WWW.SWARKANSASNEWS.COM AND WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GLENWOOD HERALD etc to us by Fri. Dec, 22nd After 80 years of prohibition, industrial hemp made legal again in state Arkansas Hemp Association newsletter treat hundreds of ailments, hemp can be used to make thousands of products including One of America’s first cash crops, industrial hemp, is now coming back to Arkansas building materials, superfood products, rope, paper, clothing, cosmetics, oil, plastics, after over 80 years of prohibition thanks to the passage of Act 981 – the Arkansas In- and even biofuel. dustrial Hemp Act. Agriculture is a huge part of Arkansas’ economy, with 97% of their 49,346 farms Act 981 was drafted in the spring of 2017 by Nicholas Dial, Jeremy Fisher, Gary being family owned. Industrial hemp is a crop that could easily be incorporated into Fults, and Melissa Fults and was sponsored by Representative David Hillman and Sen- planting rotations to add diversity and provide new opportunities for farmers. ator John Cooper. The legislation establishes an Industrial Hemp Research Pilot Pro- To learn more about industrial hemp and the AHA, visit www.arhemp.org, visit their gram as permitted by the 2014 Federal Farm Bill. Facebook page, or follow them on Instagram at @arkansashemp. Nicholas, Jeremy, and Paula White founded the Arkansas Hemp Association (AHA) The AHA officers are available for interview to answer any questions and/or com- on August 17th, 2017. ments regarding industrial hemp or the Arkansas Hemp Association. The mission of the AHA is to promote and encourage the growth of the state’s hemp industry through research, development, education, and policy. Their goal is to exist as a resource for farmers, processors, businesses, and legislatures to catalyze and facilitate Christmas Eve Candle Service in Norman the emergence of a new industry by providing information and helping to connect in- A Community Christmas Eve Candle Light Service will be held at Barr Memorial Presbyte- dustry participants with one another. rian Church in Norman beginning at 6 p.m. on Sunday, December 24th. The service will also Hemp is a plant related to marijuana but does not contain significant amounts of consist of carol singing, reading of Scripture, lighting of the Christ candle on the Advent wreath, the psychoactive compound THC. While marijuana is generally used as medicine to and special music; Carl Rubly, Glen Polsey, and Louise Ponder will share their musical talents. Pulaski Tech partnering Dress casually for this 45 minute (or less) service and bring the whole family and guests. with Culinary Connection for Student Chef Showdown as local school districts compete for Top 6 spots The University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College is partnering with K-12 Culinary Connection and doing a "Stu- dent Chef Showdown!" This will include students from the nearby local districts. Basically, there are 16 school districts partnered who will compete within their schools, then the top 6 will move on to a final round at UAPTC's kitchen. They will have a list of ingre- dients (like Chopped!) to work with. The Grand Finale competition is in March, 2018. The school districts are: Parkers Chapel School District, Emerson-Taylor- Bradley School District, Horatio School District, Magnolia School District, Camden-Fairview School District, Ashdown Glenwood Country Club hosted the 2017 Canned Goods Open. School District, Caddo Hills School District, Ouachita River This outing benefits the local food pantry at the Glenwood School District, Hector School District, Mount Ida School Church of the Nazarene. Sixty-six golfers joined for a day of golf and fun. Each players’ entry fee was a bag/box of non-perishable District, Cossatot River School District, Kirby School Dis- food items. All donations go toward helping local families during the holiday season. It was highly appreciated of everyone who trict, Perryville School District, East End School District, He- came out to help make this day a huge success! Special thanks to Self Creek Lodge and Marina, Los Agaves, Pizza Shack, The ber Springs School District and West Side School District. Fish Nest, Little Italy Italian Restaurant and Billy and Johnny Plyler for their generous prize donations for the winners. Celebrating Christmas and Country... This was one of the numerous entries Ringers of Hope... Part of the Bell Ringers at the 2017-2018 annual Christmas in the 2017 Norman Christmas Parade held Saturday afternoon, December 16, event held by the Ouachita Hills 7th Day Adventist Christian educational insti- on the main street of town. This entry and others threw candy to the people lined tution of Amity are shown here at their December 16 Show. the street. There were fire engines, police, church floats, Santa Claus and even Photo by Mike Wallace Mickey Mouse. Photo by Mike Wallace Celebrating Viet Nam veterans with special ceremony in LR Arkansas is celebrating Vietnam Veterans who served in the military between Nov. 1, 1955 and May 15, 1975 with a Vietnam War Commemora- tion ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m. on March 29 at the Little Rock Capitol building. Vietnam Veterans have until Jan. 15 at 10 a.m. to register online to be recognized at the ceremony by going to the Arkansas Department of Veteran Affairs website: www.veterans.arkansas/gov and selecting “Yes” at the pop-up or following the link for the event. Veterans can also complete a paper registration by Jan. 12 with their county veteran service of- ficer. The registration is necessary to arrange for Vietnam Veteran Commemoration lapel pin which will be presented to the veterans after the ceremo- ny by the veteran’s state representative and other leaders. Veterans not sure of who their county veteran service officer is can consult the ADVA website or call their county judge. Area veteran service officers include: Howard County - Milton Puryear (870) 845-7536 Pike County - Freddie Clay (870) 285-2249 or 285-2011 Arkansas VA Regional Office, Hope - James Wil- liams (870) 777-0821 Centerpoint 7th grade G/T students recently met Governor Asa Hutchinson. Students were able to ask him questions, he also asked ques- tions about the school and the different programs being offered and also gave some advice about "life." The students then toured his office at the Capitol. This field based learning trip was in conjunction to their study of "Leadership." Seventh grade G/T students are from the left: Mrs. Spray, Teacher, Amber Coleman, Jocylin Tigue, Kendall Hale,Governor Asa Hutchinson, Abbi Crawford, Kaitlynn Null, Faith Thomason, Jaci Bradford. Page 2 • Glenwood Herald • Thursday, December 21, 2017 Bladesmithing has deep roots in Arkansas Zoie Clift, travel writer blade smith levels. A series of intensive cours- knife gallery and display featuring antique and knife from that maker will be handed down as Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism es are offered throughout the year in Washing- modern forged blades, the ABS Hall of Fame, well.” The popularity of the History Channel’s ton, Arkansas, which is one of the nation’s pre- and an interpretive blacksmith shop onsite that Fisk noted the material used to make these Forged in Fire series shows that interest is high mier historic villages and is both a state park hosts demonstrations by blacksmiths and blade knives also stands out. “Some use a high car- in learning about the historic craft of blade- and town intermingled. Courses are taught in smiths. bon steel or a spring from an automobile or smithing. Arkansas has many connections to a replica one-room school that blends in with For those who are interested in learning the they make their own Damascus steel forged the art form and the state is home to many tal- the atmosphere of Historic Washington State craft, Crowell, who currently teaches at the out in their own shops,” he said. “The layer ented blade smiths, some of whom have been Park and instructors include world-class blade Bill Moran School of Blade smithing and at counts can vary from three layers to a million showcased and won competitions on the series. smiths sanctioned by the American Bladesmith seminars across the country, suggests joining or more. I have made knives with up to 320 “Forged in Fire has been good for blade Society (ABS). For many years the school the ABS. “They are the largest group of this million. Right now I have some authenticated smiths,” said Jerry Fisk, a well-known mas- was the only one of its kind in the nation. It is type in the world,” he said. “They have an in- steel from the year 250 that’s from a broken ter blade smith based in Nashville, Arkansas. named after Bill Moran, the first smith of this formative website with a wealth of informa- sword. The client is having me forge the steel “Sometimes craftsmen can use all of the help century to successfully forge Damascus steel. tion, books, articles and DVDs. The internet from that into his own knife. I will have it ana- they can get to make folks aware of what they “Arkansas, since the start of ABS, has been provides access to a lot of information as well, lyzed first to see exactly what I am working do. This show gave a boost to the entire in- a hotbed of blade smithing,” said Jim Crowell, videos on virtually every aspect of this craft. with, then will begin work on it next year. I dustry, which is good.