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The University of 

Arkansas’s Writers in the

Schools (WITS) program re-

cently visited fourth and fifth

grade literacy classrooms at

Ozark Upper Elementary

School.

Students participated in a

two-day poetry workshop led

by graduate students of the

Arkansas Programs in Cre-

ative Writing and Translation.

Teams of M.F.A. candi-

dates visit public and private

elementary, middle, and high

schools throughout Arkansas

every year, and a year-end

anthology featuring student

poetry is published during the

subsequent fall. All students

who are published receive a

complimentary copy of the

WITS anthology as does ev-

ery school the program visits.

Visiting writers were Diana

Reaves, Michelle Myers,

John Englehardt, Caroline

Beimford, Chris Tamigi, and

Kathleen Heil.

WITS visits Ozark elementary students

Just tears for happyby Clydene Overbey

I used to go to nursing

homes and senior citizen cen-

ters and sing for birthdays or

 just anything they asked me

to do. I worked in nursing

homes for more than 20 years

and wanted to do something

for those lonely people.

One day I was singing,

“How Beautiful Heaven Must

Be,” and noticed a little lady

with tears just running down

her face. This upset me badly.

I was going to talk to her be-

fore I left, but never got the

chance.

The next time I was there

this same little lady raised her

hand and asked me to sing,

“How Beautiful Heaven Must

Be.” I sure didn’t want to do it

because I was afraid it would

upset her again, but she asked

and I sang it. I looked at her

crying again and it just about

undone me. I was crying too.

When my program was

over I made a beeline to this

lady. She was little and

slumped in her wheelchair. Her

hair was snow white and

styled nice. Her cheeks and

lips were very lightly shaded

with pink. She had big blue

eyes that I expected to be sad.

They were not sad they were

sparkling and twinkling like a

night star. I noticed she

couldn’t move her arms much

and her hands were all gnarled

and crooked. In those little

hands she clutched on to

something. She couldn’t really

talk very well, but she made

me understand that she

wanted me to look at whatever

it was she held in her hands.

I took the object in her

hands and it was a card. The

card was a funeral announce-

ment like the ones they hand

out at funerals. I read it and

finally understood it was from

her husband’s funeral many

years before. There on the

card was a list of the songs

that had been sung. The very

first one was, “How Beautiful

Heaven Must Be.” I was

stunned and I told her how

sorry I was, but I didn’t un-

derstand why she asked me

to sing it. I told her that I

didn’t want to hurt her and

that song evidently upset her

when I sang it. She started

shaking her head no and was

giving me the sweetest smile

through her tears.

I stayed with her for a

while and listened carefully to

what she was trying to tell me.

Seems the song was her

husband’s favorite and he

had requested that she sing it

at his funeral. She didn’t think 

she could do it, but she had

promised him that she would.

She did sing the song for him

when he died and she was so

thankful that she had been

able to. She told me that her

tears were tears for happy be-

cause when I sang the song

she felt like she was doing it

again for her husband.

I went there many more

times and always sang that

song and always cried tears

for happy with her. One day I

went and she wasn’t there. I

asked about her and she had

died just that morning. Her

son was there and asked me if 

I would record the song and

allow them to take it with them

where she would be buried in

another state. I was honored

and happy to do it. I made a

cassette right there that day

as I sang that song one last

time for that sweet litt le lady. I

can’t remember her name now.

Oh, how I wish I could, but I

can see her little wrinkled face

with the dancing sparkling

eyes. And I can see those

tears for happy on that face. I

can also feel those tears for

happy that are blurring my

eyes as the tears roll down my

cheeks. Tears for happy, good

tears.2 Corinthians 1:3-4:

Praise be to the God and Fa-

ther of our Lord Jesus Christ,

the Father of compassion and 

the God of all comfort, who

comforts us in all our 

troubles, so that we can com-

 fort those in any trouble with

the comfort we ourselves have

received from God.

K of C benefitfish fry and pieauction slated

St. Mary’s Knights of Co-

lumbus Chapter at Altus will

have a benefit fish fry, pie auc-

tion and raffles for five-year-

old Hudson Stane of Ozark 

from 5 to 7 p.m. this Friday at

Lawrence Hall.

The price for the meal will

be by donation. The menu will

include fish, hush puppies,

pinto beans, French fries, cole-

slaw, cookies, tea and coffee.

Hudson, the son of Leah

Woolsey of Ozark and Justin

Stane of Fayetteville, is under-

going treatment for Hodgkin’s

Lymphoma.

P.E.A.C.E. Monthly News P.E.A.C.E. is a 501(c) (3)

non-profit organization based

in Ozark.

The goal is to promote the

ethical care of pets with an

emphasis on spaying and

neutering to address the prob-

lem of unwanted cats and

dogs in Franklin County.

Present at this month’s

meeting were Kevin and

Pamela Doyle, Pat Gilbert, Jan

Hudspeth, JoAnn Nixon and

Sylvia Schell.

I personally find it amaz-

ing what five-six determined

people have accomplished

since our organization’s in-

ception. PEACE has helped to

spay and neuter close to 300

cats and dogs. Just imagine

what 10-15 people could ac-

complish by just contributing

a few hours of their time once

a month to this worthy cause.

PEACE is planning an-

other clinic sometime in May

when we will help spay and

neuter a total of 60 cats and

dogs so watch The Spectator 

to find out when.

We are also planning a

yard sale, hopefully the first

weekend in June, so start go-

ing through your things so

you can donate to the sale.

Again, watch The Spectator 

for details.

Kevin and I made a trip to

Van Buren with the aluminum

cans collected for PEACE, and

received $316 for the upcom-

ing clinic. Bring your cans to

the P.E.A.C.E. trailer located

behind Rivertowne BBQ. It’s

one of our bigger money mak-

ers.

Don’t forget to check out

the collars and leashes for

sale at Moon Vet Clinic, Ozark 

Animal Hospital and

Rivertowne BBQ. We also

make custom size/color com-

binations at no extra charge;

 just call 667-3363 or 508-7784.

Come join us the third

Monday of the month (next

meeting April 21) at 6 p.m. at

Charlie’s Meeting Place (ad-

 joins Rivertowne BBQ). We

could sure use your help and

new creative ideas to raise

money! All donations are

greatly appreciated please

send to: P.E.A.C.E., P.O. Box

1152, Ozark, AR 72949.

PEACE’S tip of the month:

“Spring is just around the cor-

ner so it’s time to prepare for

the onslaught of fleas and

ticks. Make sure your pets are

on a flea and tick control pro-

gram and you treat the sur-

rounding habitat as well.”

Thank you to all who do-

nate to our organization. It’s

greatly appreciated! ALL pro-

ceeds go to P.E.A.C.E. to help

us help you spay and neuter

your pets.

- - Pam Doyle

Smart911 program explained toclub; signup help available

Ozark Police Chief Cory

Tedford spoke to the Altus

Sunset Rotary Club on March

24 on the benefits of the na-

tionwide Smart911 program.

He said residents are be-

ing encouraged to sign up for

Smart911 and to enter the in-

formation they want automati-

cally available to 9-1-1 in case

of an emergency to shorten

the response time of EMS, fire

and police. Both land line and

cell phones are accepted by

the system.

Assistance offered

Residents can set up a

profile free of charge at

smart911.com, according to

Tedford, or can take advan-

tage of enrollment assistance

on a 1-on-1 basis Friday, April

4, from 1 to 5 p.m., in the com-

puter lab at Arkansas Tech-

Ozark Campus.

Lowe completesbasic training

Army Pvt. Sean C. Lowe

has graduated from basic in-

fantry training at Fort

Benning, Columbus, Ga.

During the nine weeks of 

training, the soldier received

training in drill and ceremo-

nies, weapons, map reading,

tactics, military courtesy, mili-

tary justice, physical fitness,

first aid, and Army history,

core values and traditions.

 Additional training in-

cluded development of basic

combat skills and battlefield

operations and tactics, and ex-

periencing use of various

weapons and weapons de-

fenses available to the infan-

try crewman.

 Lowe is a 2013 graduate

of County Line High School,

Branch.

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