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WHO, WHAT,
WHEN, WHERE

• Notables
• Grants
• Articles Published
• New Publications
• Coming Events

HEADLINES

• On Top of the Hill
• Development Momentum Continues
• Division Co-Sponsors Biomass Workshop
• Division Forms Biofuels Task Force
• US, EU Exchange Students and Faculty
• Balkan Students Excel in Bumpers College
• Preston La Ferney Retires
• Bob Riggs Retires
• Nolan Arthur Retires
• Graduate Course for HS Teachers
• Delta Classic Raises $35,000
• Barham Endows Scholarship Fund
• Wall Street Journal Discovers Arkansas Berries
• Tailgate Party set for Alabama Game
• Cattle Conference and Marketing Symposium
• Field Days for Crops, Forestry, Wildlife
• College Hosts 4-H O-Rama
• Vegetable Field Day
• Jake Phillips, 1930-2006
• H. Don Scott, 1944-2006
• Darell Widick, 1942-2006
• ACT Group Tours Scotland
• Hospitality Course at Basin Park Hotel
• Apparel Students Visit NYC
• BAEG Designs in Top Three
• Rogers Creek Trail Dedicated
• College Hosts Kauffman Scholars
• College Hosts Gifted & Talented
• Technology Classrooms Ready for Fall
• Carnall Hall Centennial Finale Set


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Vision Credits
Vision is published six times a year by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station in the U of A System's Division of Agriculture and by the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. It is produced by the Communication Services unit of the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, 110 Agriculture Building, U of A, Fayetteville, AR 72701. 479-575-5647.

• Editor: Howell Medders, (hmedders@uark.edu).
• Web manager: David Edmark (dedmark@uark.edu).
• Writers and photographers: Fred Miller and Karen Eskew
• Editorial Assistant: Amalie Holland
• Broadcast e-mail support: Arkansas Alumni Association

E-mail items for publication in Vision to ahollan@uark.edu

Dr. Joe Darell Widick, 1942-2006

Dr. Joe Darell Widick, a Division of Agriculture soybean breeder based at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, died June 14 at his residence in Jonesboro. He was 64.

Dr. Widick was born in Springfield, Tenn. He had a B.S.A. degree from the University of Tennessee and received M.S. and Ph.D. (1978) degrees in plant breeding and genetics from the University of Arkansas.

Since 1982, Dr. Widick has been a Division of Agriculture plant breeder with an emphasis on developing soybeans adapted to high soil salt content, low fertility and extremes in pH. He also developed and evaluated genotypes for narrow row and double-crop applications and evaluated genotypes for nematode resistance.

Survivors include his wife, Martha Carter Widick of the home; two sons, Kevin Darell Widick of Bono and Joe Kyle Widick of Jonesboro; and a grandson, Noah Joseph Widick of Bono.

Memorials may be made to: ASU, College of Agriculture Scholarship Fund c/o Dr. K. Pittcock, P.O. Box 1080, State University, AR 72467.

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