This is video from the summer of 2005 at the Ivan Bright famn near Hope, Arkansas. Two watermelons are picked from the field. The first ends up on the ground in pieces. The second weighs in as the largest watermelon in the world.
Gilt-Edge 78rpm DJ recording of the Stewart Family of Blytheville, Arkansas singing "4 O'Clock in the Morning". The group was featured on KLCN in Blytheville. Group leader V.F. "Pappy" Stewart is best known for writing "Just Out of Reach". The vocal on this is by Bethyl Stewart Brown.
Herndon-Pharr Funeral Home held a ribbon-cutting in September in Hope, Arkansas. New owners Terry & Wendy Pharr are joined by their friends to open a new chapter in a business that began in 1898.
Judge Randy Wright introduces Chad Mullins from CASA, "court appointeed special advocates". This was recorded at the Hope Kiwanis Club on Feb 19, 2008.