the grounds, the crimson beams of their taillights fading in the pre-dawn darkness as they head south toward Interstate 40. The Open Event hunters are settling it in a one-hour hunt, the final cast of the 2002 PKC Nite Lite Outdoors Hunt here in northwest Arkansas. It’s been a good one with 330 hounds hunting the three nights. Two questions came in for the entire weekend and those were on Thursday night.

The Clarksville Coon Hunters Association and the Yell County Coon Hunter’s Association can rest well tomorrow knowing they have done a tremendous job.

Here are the split winners of the Pup Derby:

Pup Derby
June 29, 2002
20 entries
$500 Added
Split winners

4th – Stem-Winder
Coomer or Smith or Vogel owners, Delta, MO
Jack Coomer, Delta, MO handler

4th – Bazooka’s Sally
M and G Kennels, Salina, OK
Donald Griffin, Salina, OK handler

4th – Southern Pines Sue
Cross or Walker, Clinton, IA owners
Ricky Hawkins, Hamburg, AR handler

4th – Caney Creek Shedaisy
Terrell Delaney, Emerson, AR owner
Stephen Pennington, Gurdon, AR handler

The Open Event runoff had the following results:

Open Event
June 29, 2002
$1500 Added
98 entries
Winners

1st – Hardtime S.O.B
John Foster, Prescott, AR owner
James Dickerson, Gurdon, AR handler

2nd – Heart Attack (Whitey)
John Treadwell, Claremore, OK owner
T. John Treadwell, Claremore, OK handler

3rd – Wipeout Misty
Allen Gullett, Perry, AR owner/handler

4th – Pruitt’s Wipeout Sam
Lyndon Pruitt, Morrilton, AR owner/handler

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2002 PKC/Nite Lite Outdoors Hunt!

PHOTO CAPTIONS: Left – The Saturday night Pup Derby split winners. Right – The Saturday night Open Event winners.

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