418 WARD V. STATE [308 Cite as 308 Ark. 415 (1992) DONALD L. CORBIN, Justice. Appellant Bruce Earl Ward was convicted by a Pulaski County jury of the capital murder of Rebecca Doss. The jury imposed the sentence of death by lethal injection.
Sturgeon Moon Name Origin. What is a Sturgeon Moon? The full moon that appears in August is called the Sturgeon Moon. North American fishing tribes called Augustâs full moon the sturgeon moon since the species was abundant during this month, especially in the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water.
Types of Moons. Full Moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern United States. The tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full Moon.Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred.There was some variation in the Moon names, but in general, the same ones were current throughout the Algonquin tribes from New England to Lake Superior.ugust-Full Sturgeon Moon-The Red Moon-Grain Moon-Corn Moon The fishing tribes are given credit for the naming of this Moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily caught during this month.