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Ouachita Mountain Hikers Ken Schultz Tribute Ken Schultz could
giggle like a girl. He guffawed and chortled-- laughing always with such joy.
He gave wonderful hugs and told us stories of his young years on a farm in
Wisconsin that was still without electricity when he left, walking to town,
at 18, to join the army. He silenced the Tuesday hiking group as he talked of
the "lard" sandwiches he and his brothers took to school each day
for lunch. He was as good a listener as he was a talker, which is a rare find
in this day and age. For the Ouachita Mountain
Hikers, he frequently acted as hike leader whenever needed. He ran the Gulpha
Gorge clean-up 4 times a year and picked up trash in the campground on off
months on his own. At his home in Hot Springs Village, he fed hoards of
wild turkeys. He worked at keeping up his church and sometimes he went back
to Wisconsin to help his son paint homes that were being remodeled. Ken also
volunteered once a week at the Clinton Center in Little Rock. He loved his family
and greatly enjoyed phone calls from his grandchildren. And, of course, he
loved to hike and to be in the woods. He was a wonderful member of our hiking
community and he is sorely missed. He is |