Longtime announcer Terry Wallace to enter Arkansas Walk of Fame

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – The late Terry Wallace, who for decades was the announcer at Oaklawn Park, will enter the Arkansas Walk of Fame during a Tuesday ceremony in Hot Springs, Ark., according to member Tom Nichols. It will begin at 11 a.m. Central at The Vapors.

Nichols, a longtime broadcaster who has a radio station, said speakers are scheduled to include Eric Jackson and Nancy Holthus, both of Oaklawn, as well as organizers from charities that Wallace worked with closely in Arkansas.

The Arkansas Walk of Fame has plaques situated along the sidewalk area on Central Ave., in Hot Springs.

◗ Oaklawn will be giving away a Thorpedo Anna bobblehead Friday, while supplies last. It honors the Horse of the Year who is a past winner of the Fantasy, which will be renewed Friday. Thorpedo Anna also won the Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn.

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