University of Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman watching my son Abel play!
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Congratulations to Bentonville HS for the WIN
Congratulations Abel and team on this terrific win!
Congratulations Abel and team on this terrific win!
Here are the Final stats from the championship game yesterday in Blue Springs: 2023
JLee – 13 pts/11 reb. 2024
Caden Miller – 11 pts/11 reb/9 blocks. 2024
ODehrmann – 11 pts/3 reb. 2022
shanks hayden – 7 pts, 5 reb, 2 stl. 2022
Abel Hutchinson – 6 pts/5 reb.
Mason Krakau 5 pts.
Bentonville uses team effort to down Marion – Abel Hutchinson scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds
Abel Hutchinson scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while Xander Collins, Caden Miller and Harrison Hicks each had six points.
Bentonville didn’t have its standout guard, but the Tigers had an extensive collection of others who helped carry the load in their season opener.
Hayden Shanks hit two free throws with 7.3 seconds left as Bentonville came away with a 61-59 victory over Marion during the Hoopin’ 4 Hoodies Showcase on Saturday at Maumelle’s Hornet Gymnasium.
Owen Dehrmann scored a game-high 24 points, including a key steal and conversion with 17 seconds remaining, to power Bentonville (1-0), which was forced to play without all-star junior Jaylen Lee. However, the Tigers’ stand-ins moved to the forefront when they needed them to against one of the state’s best.
Abel Hutchinson scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while Xander Collins, Caden Miller and Harrison Hicks each had six points. Miller also added 9 rebounds, 5 blocks and 3 steals while Dehrmann had 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks.
“Like I always tell our guys, we try to pride ourselves in that the best player on our team is our team,” Bentonville Coach Dick Rippee said. “With Jaylen out with the flu, it was a good opportunity for our guys to step up. We got tested today against a really, really good Marion team. We took some blows, but we just kept answering.
“The resiliency for our guys was tremendous, and we needed that.”
Bentonville also needed everything it got out of Dehrmann because Marion (2-1) gave it all it could handle.
The Tigers led 19-13 midway through the second quarter before a short jumper from Jayden Forrest kick-started an 11-0 run that put the Patriots ahead for the first time. The Tigers answered by scoring seven of the last nine points of the half, punctuated by a basket from Dehrmann, to tie the game at 26-26 at the half.
Dehrmann would later score 10 points in the third quarter and opened the fourth with a basket to give Bentonville at 48-42. Marion, though, had a response.
A three-pointer from Forrest began a 10-0 spurt that gave the Patriots a 52-48 lead. Marion still led 56-53 with less than two minutes left when Dehrmann scored six consecutive points, not to mention his swipe and lay-up late that put the Tigers ahead 59-56. Darrion Love, who came out after Forrest was injured on a three-point attempt, knocked down three free throws with 7.7 second to go until Shanks hit his pair from the line following a foul on the inbound pass. A last-second shot from Marion sailed wide of the rim at the horn.
“I’m just really proud of my guys,” Rippee said. “Obviously without Jaylen, that changes our team, but we fought. Marion’s a quality team, and they’ve got some guys that can really play. They’re well-coached. … they’re a handful. But for us, I think we got better today, and that’s what I was hoping for.”
Forrest finished with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals, and Ryan Forrest supplied 21 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks before fouling out late for the Patriots.
Jett Aircraft in Fayetteville to expand fleet, service offerings
Asa Hutchinson III, attorney for Jett Aircraft, said the company provides charter flights throughout the United States and is working to receive authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to offer the service to South America, Canada and the Caribbean.
Fayetteville-based charter company Jett Aircraft has plans for growth as it seeks approval to provide international service in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Asa Hutchinson III, attorney for Jett Aircraft, said the company provides charter flights throughout the United States and is working to receive authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to offer the service to South America, Canada and the Caribbean.
Based at Drake Field, the company owns two Bombardier Learjet airplanes, a Cessna Citation Encore and a Daher TBM 700, according to Hutchinson. The company is expected to acquire two more aircraft in 2022 and three to four new planes each year thereafter as they become available, he added.
“Because of COVID, there are no suitable planes to purchase at this time,” Hutchinson noted. “The company is a very strong competitor for all the major 135 carriers in the U.S. and has a national customer base.”
Lance Creamer is the sole owner of Creamer Pilot Services LLC, doing business as Jett Aircraft. According to Hutchinson, Creamer founded Creamer Pilot Services in 2013, and it has provided charter flights since 2018, under FAA Part 135 air carrier certificate. Hutchinson noted the company’s origins date back to 2011 when Creamer started leasing his planes to customers, under FAA Part 91 regulations.
The company’s aircraft are identified as Darkhorse, a call sign obtained from the International Civil Aviation Organization. The call sign is exclusively for the aircraft flown by the company, according to Hutchinson.
“This call sign provides privacy for customers and distinct recognition for the company but also helps prevent others from being able to track these flights,” Hutchinson explained. “Independent flight trackers constantly try to track flights and sell that information, which is not technically legal in connection with Part 135 flights.”
Jett Aircraft has 16 full-time employees, six of whom are pilots, not including Creamer. Revenue is projected to exceed $8 million in 2021, Hutchinson said.
In September 2020, Creamer and Fort Smith entrepreneur Luis Andrade, owner of Andrade Holdings LLC, reached an agreement for Andrade to acquire a share of Jett Aircraft. However, the deal fell through and was not completed.
Downtown Dive – remodeled 0.07-acre commercial project in downtown Bentonville
Corner Square LLC, whose members include Asa Hutchinson III, Scott Tucker and Kurt Blackaby, bought the 528-square-foot building at 115 N.W. Second St. The purchase price equals $1,136 per square foot.
DOWNTOWN DIVE
A remodeled 0.07-acre commercial project in downtown Bentonville changed hands recently for $600,000.
Corner Square LLC, whose members include Asa Hutchinson III, Scott Tucker and Kurt Blackaby, bought the 528-square-foot building at 115 N.W. Second St. The purchase price equals $1,136 per square foot. Dalwarr LLC, led by Rex Warr, was the seller.
Encore Bank in Rogers provided financing with a five-year, $467,500 loan.
Bentonville Dive, a casual dive bar with an outdoor patio opened in February this year and owned by Kyle Reidy, will remain the building tenant.
Dalwarr paid the Pruitt Family Trust $375,000 for the property, formerly Corner Barber & Styling, in December 2019.
My son Abel is now entering his senior season at Bentonville high school
My son Abel is now entering his senior season at Bentonville high school in Bentonville, Arkansas (home of Walmart). He will be a third year starter on the varsity team and will likely go to college on a basketball scholarship although he could go on an academic scholarship to any number of colleges.
My son Abel is now entering his senior season at Bentonville high school in Bentonville, Arkansas (home of Walmart). He will be a third year starter on the varsity team and will likely go to college on a basketball scholarship although he could go on an academic scholarship to any number of colleges. Last year he was all conference in the states largest athletic division and all-state runner up. Bentonville is ranked pre-season #2 in the state after losing in the state tournament last year to the state champions and returning all of Bentonville’s starters from last year.
Governors hear Hutchinson pitch – State’s computer plan goes national
Gov. Asa Hutchinson touted Arkansas’ success in furthering computer science education as he unveiled an initiative to take the program nationwide at a luncheon of the National Governors Association on Friday in Washington, D.C.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson touted Arkansas’ success in furthering computer science education as he unveiled an initiative to take the program nationwide at a luncheon of the National Governors Association on Friday in Washington, D.C.
Hutchinson’s national initiative — NGA Chairman’s Initiative, K-12 Computer Science Education — will mirror the Arkansas Computer Science Initiative he kicked off in 2015.
“Arkansas has become known nationally for our computer science education program and, through this initiative, I want to showcase the efforts in other states and show why this matters and how we can expand computer science education,” Hutchinson said.
“Arkansas has become known nationally for our computer science education program and, through this initiative, I want to showcase the efforts in other states and show why this matters and how we can expand computer science education,” Hutchinson said.
The initiative encourages governors around the nation to implement the tenets of Arkansas’ program in their home states in order to build a wider tech workforce and keep computer jobs from going overseas.
“It is an initiative that is urgent and it is very necessary,” Hutchinson said.
Carl Frank, a computer science teacher at the Arkansas
School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts, said he was excited to hear Hutchinson’s announcement. Frank has served on two of the governor’s task forces on computer science education and cybersecurity and on numerous standards and framework committees for the Arkansas Department of Education and what is now the Division of Career and Technical Education.
“The success of the Arkansas Computer Science Initiative and the multistate collaboration efforts and partnerships that have been formed here may serve as a model to other states,” Frank said. “Every state has unique challenges and perhaps solutions to those challenges. A national computer science initiative will help facilitate strategies that work among the states, and provide mechanisms for sharing new ideas and approaches that may emerge.”
“The success of the Arkansas Computer Science Initiative and the multistate collaboration efforts and partnerships that have been formed here may serve as a model to other states,” Frank said. “Every state has unique challenges and perhaps solutions to those challenges. A national computer science initiative will help facilitate strategies that work among the states, and provide mechanisms for sharing new ideas and approaches that may emerge.”
Hutchinson told the group gathered in the National Press Club ballroom that jobs that require computer science skills will continue to grow and there are currently more than 410,000 open computing jobs.
“Today, coming out of the pandemic, through the pandemic, the need has never been greater to emphasize computer science education,” he said. “Take advantage of this unique moment in history when students see it, understand it and value it.”
Global competition for computer science jobs is intensifying with the majority of H1B skilled-worker visas coming from companies that cannot fill their openings, Hutchinson said.
Furthermore, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the number of computer science jobs will grow by 11% by 2029, Hutchinson said. Computer science majors earn up to 40% more than the average college graduate.
Arkansas became the first state to require every public and charter high school to offer a computer science course when Hutchinson’s initiative was implemented six years ago.
The Arkansas Computer Science Initiative was initially launched as a peer-learning program that took teachers from five of the state’s public high schools into a peer-learning program to bring computer learning to the state’s students.
The Arkansas Computer Science Initiative was initially launched as a peer-learning program that took teachers from five of the state’s public high schools into a peer-learning program to bring computer learning to the state’s students.
The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts in Hot Springs led the project by providing training, support and mentoring for teachers across the state, who in turn provide computer science courses to students in their districts.
In 2014, before the initiative began, fewer than 500 high school students in Arkansas took a class in computer coding, and 25% of that number hailed from the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts.
Today, more than 10,000 of the state’s high school students have taken a computer science class, and the number of computer-science certified teachers has grown from fewer than 20 to more than 600, Hutchinson said.
Today, more than 10,000 of the state’s high school students have taken a computer science class, and the number of computer-science certified teachers has grown from fewer than 20 to more than 600, Hutchinson said.
Hutchinson has been to more than 80 school assemblies in the state promoting computer science.
“The message that I had for them is, ‘If you learn to code and you have access to high-speed broadband internet, you could run the the world from your front porch in rural Arkansas,” the governor said.
There are six major goals of the NGA initiative, Hutchinson said:
■ Increase the number of the nation’s high school students who take at least one computer science course.
■ Engage more governors in the partnership.
■ Grow policy support for computer science education.
■ Increase the funding by the states to support computer science education.
■ Expand the number of states that require public and charter schools to have at least one computer science class for high school students.
■ Increase racial and gender diversity in coding classes.
“We’re going to do this by messaging, just like today,” Hutchinson said. “We’re going to do it by calling national attention to it. We’re also going to have regional conferences at which we are going to be able to showcase what other governors are doing, draw attention to it and try to engage other states.”
“We’re going to do this by messaging, just like today,” Hutchinson said. “We’re going to do it by calling national attention to it. We’re also going to have regional conferences at which we are going to be able to showcase what other governors are doing, draw attention to it and try to engage other states.”
Hutchinson praised the bipartisan support for the initiative from numerous governors around the nation.
Frank said Arkansas has already helped to shape computer science in other states through collaboration and through the participation by Arkansas members of the Computer Science Teachers Association in developing a multistate computer science licensure test.
“Arkansas has been a leader in computer science education and has done a tremendous job in transforming computer science education in the state,” Frank said.
Arkansas governor says that fellow GOP Gov. Kristi Noem set ‘a bad precedent’ in using private funds to send National Guard to US-Mexico border
“I would consider it a bad precedent to have it privately funded. Now, whenever you are looking at supplemental pay for some state employees, we use private foundation money, so it is not an across-the-board rule against that.”
- Gov. Hutchinson said that sending troops to the border using private funds sets “a bad precedent.”
- “This is a state function,” he told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
- Gov. Noem received a donation to be used to aid in efforts at the US-Mexico border.
GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas on Sunday said that deploying a state’s National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border using private funds sets “a bad precedent.”
During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” anchor Dana Bash asked Hutchinson about fellow Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s decision to use a donation from Tennessee billionaire Willis Johnson to send 50 South Dakota National Guard members to the border.
Last week, Hutchinson announced hat he would deploy National Guard troops from Arkansas to the border, the latest salvo in a national GOP-push to highlight the surge in attempted migrant border crossings in recent months.
However, Hutchinson is not using private funding and chided Noem for doing so.
“Would you use a political donation to send your troops to the border?” Bash asked.
“Not for this purpose,” Hutchinson replied. “This is a state function. It is something that we respond to other states in terms of disaster.”
He added: “I would consider it a bad precedent to have it privately funded. Now, whenever you are looking at supplemental pay for some state employees, we use private foundation money, so it is not an across-the-board rule against that.”
Gov. Asa Hutchinson ponders future in GOP that feels effects of Trump
Leading a state that went heavily for Donald Trump in the 2020 election and that has enacted some of the most aggressive laws on social issues, Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson in Arkansas has been in the national spotlight this year.
But not for embracing the state’s turn toward Trump and his politics. It’s for distancing himself from it.
Leading a state that went heavily for Donald Trump in the 2020 election and that has enacted some of the most aggressive laws on social issues, Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson in Arkansas has been in the national spotlight this year.
But not for embracing the state’s turn toward Trump and his politics. It’s for distancing himself from it.
At a time when red state governors like Ron DeSantis in Florida and Kristi Noem of South Dakota are carrying forward Trump’s rhetoric and policies, Hutchinson is doing the opposite. He’s taking a contrarian position that’s making him an outsider in the state party he helped build and that now could test whether there’s a path forward for ambitious Republicans in the reddest parts of the country that doesn’t rely on the former president.
“He represents an important voice in the party, a voice that is relatively independent of any established consensus,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres, whose firm worked with Hutchinson before he was governor. “He thinks for himself and there are a number of us in the party who find that refreshing.”
But, Ayres said, where the party is headed right now “remains a very open question.”
Hutchinson couldn’t be more different than Trump, at least when it comes to style. A mild-mannered attorney, Hutchinson tweets out Bible verses every Sunday morning. He tries to split the difference on contentious issues , such as when he supported keeping the state’s Medicaid expansion but with a work requirement later blocked by courts.
He’s also trying to manage an increasingly ominous covid-19 situation in his state, with cases on the rise and vaccine rates low. His powers to address it were curbed by conservative lawmakers angry about his earlier restrictions.
Midway through his second term, Hutchinson, 70, would seem poised for a big move. He is to take over next week as chairman of the National Governors Association, a position that predecessors Bill Clinton and Mike Huckabee used to launch their own White House bids. He’s started a political action committee that he said will help Republican candidates in next year’s midterm election.
He’s also become a fixture on cable television, defending his veto of legislation targeting transgender youths in the state and warning fellow Republicans about tying their fortunes too closely to Trump.
“If Trump is the issue in 2022, we lose,” Hutchinson told The Associated Press in a recent interview in his office. “He’s not on the ballot and we have to be the party of ideas and principles that are relevant to what’s happening in our country today. We can’t be revisiting what happened last election and we can’t relitigate that.”
Hutchinson has provided a contrast with other top Republican figures in his state, including the frontrunner to replace him. Sarah Sanders is seeking the party’s nomination with a campaign that showcases her time as Trump’s press secretary, during which she regularly sparred with reporters and defended the president’s most contentious policies.
Sen. Tom Cotton, a hard-edged conservative, has already been laying the groundwork for a presidential campaign, with visits to key early states.
Hutchinson’s history in Arkansas’ politics dates back to the 1980s, when Ronald Reagan appointed him as a U.S. attorney. He went on to chair Arkansas’ Republican party and was elected to Congress before serving as head of the Drug Enforcement Administration and later as a federal Homeland Security official in George W. Bush’s administration.
He ran unsuccessfully for statewide office three times before winning the governorship in 2014. Some critics on his right now say the state’s politics have left him behind.
“What he’s done for the last 30 or 40 years isn’t how the party is going to succeed moving forward,” said Republican Sen. Trent Garner, who frequently clashed with Hutchinson. “While I can appreciate Gov. Hutchinson’s service, he is a relic of the past. Trump and Trumpism is the bold new future of the Arkansas Republican Party.”
Hutchinson leaves office in 2023 and it’s unclear what he plans on doing next. Unlike his Democratic predecessor Mike Beebe, Hutchinson won’t rule out another run for office.
But he’s not making overt moves. He appears more eager to talk about dry policy than identity politics. He testified before a Senate committee in favor of efforts to end the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenders. He aims to promote one of his pet issues: computer science education in public schools.
Hutchinson said next year’s midterms may demonstrate whether his message still resonates with the electorate.
Hutchinson drew the ire of some conservative lawmakers this year by vetoing a bill that banned gender confirming treatments for transgender youth. The veto, which was promptly overridden, was also criticized by Trump, who called Hutchinson a “RINO,” or Republican In Name Only.
The bill was among several that the governor complained were the product of culture wars and weren’t necessary.
But Hutchinson hasn’t strayed as far from the right wing as he could have. He was among more than two dozen governors who decided to end supplemental federal unemployment payments before they were set to run out. He’s signed other bills restricting transgender people’s rights, including one banning trans girls and women from competing on women’s school sports teams.
This week, he announced he was joining the growing list of GOP governors directing law enforcement or other help to Texas to assist with security along the border with Mexico in a fight with the Biden administration over immigration policy. Hutchinson initially said he would not send state troopers, citing public safety needs in the state. But hours later he announced he was dispatching up to 40 members of Arkansas’ National Guard.
Hutchinson has defended his party, even when his nephew, state Sen. Jim Hendren, made a high-profile exit after the deadly riot at the U.S Capitol.
Hendren, who has formed a group aimed at promoting centrist candidates, pointed to his uncle as a model for Republicans in the post-Trump era.
“I would be surprised if he’s ready to lay down that mantle of public service that he’s carried for so long,” Hendren said.
Asa’s First Black Buck Antelope!
Hunting in Mountain Home Texas, beautiful place located in Kerr County.
Went with my father and my son had a great time with family which is always important in this busy world. Now that Covid-19 is starting to get behind us, I hope everyone gets a chance to enjoy family and friends and some travel.
Hunting in Mountain Home Texas, beautiful place located in Kerr County.
Went with my father and my son had a great time with family which is always important in this busy world. Now that Covid-19 is starting to get behind us, I hope everyone gets a chance to enjoy family and friends and some travel.
I believe hunting gives parents another way to teach and spend time with their kids. They grow up very fast, so taking time to do those things while they’re younger will cement them in place for the future.
The hunting tradition is so critical for us to carry on to the next generation because hunter recruitment and retention are serious issues in today’s world. The simple fact is that hunters are some of the world’s best conservationists, spending millions of dollars each year to support wildlife management and habitat conservation work.
Thank you
Asa Hutchinson III