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Hazen/DeValls Bluff, Prairie County, Arkansas

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Rollins receives Teacher of the Year Award

Thursday March 9 DeValls Bluff City Council Meeting 6:00 pm- 7:00 pm DVB City Hall Hazen Masonic Lodge 7:30 pm Lodge Hall in Hazen Elsie McCain Club 7:00pm Murry’s Restaurant Hazen Sunday March 12 Daylight Savings Time Begins

Rollins (2nd, Top Row) was one of several art teachers who were recognized at the National Art Educators’ Association convention held in New York City, NY last week.

Body found in Prairie County

Monday March 13 Hazen Chapter 35 OES 6:15 pm Hazen Lodge Hall Tuesday March 14 Quorum Court meeting 7:00 pm Annex Building Des Arc Wednesday March 15 Friendship Luncheon DeValls Bluff Methodist Church 11:30am - 2:00pm Wednesday March 15 Literacy Meeting 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Hazen

Cheryl McMickle and Sue Ann McCoy (Arkansas delegates), Terri TaylorRollins, and Cindy Todd vice-president of Western Region NAEA.

21 donate blood at drive held on Feb. 27

by Sharon Cagle The American Red Cross blood drive on Monday, February 27th at the Hazen United

Thursday March 16 GFWC District IV Spring Convention 5:30 pm Tollville Monday March 20 First Day of Spring Tuesday March 21 PC Master Gardeners 6:00 pm BancorpSouth Thursday March 23 Adult Craft Day Hazen Library 11:00am -12:00pm

Sheriff Rick Hickman Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division, along with the Prairie County Sheriff’s Department, are investigating the discovery of a body found at a Prairie County farm Sunday, March 5, 2017. The report was received by Crime Investigation Division special agents shortly after 4 PM. Agents are presently following leads in the case.

At least two individuals

Sharon Cagle has helped set up blood drive with the Red Cross for over nine years and is a regular donor.

Methodist Church had 21 donations.

Those who donated were: James Gray Nancy Chlapecka Dawanna Keys Steve Chlapecka Connie Starling Mary Craig Martha Starr Freda Wallace Kenneth Alexander Ketrina Wallace Sharon Cagle Bruce Guinn Larissa Harrison Rick Johnson Matthew Ladner Daniel Mallett Deborah Mayher Phillip Perkins Abbi Ross Donors are eligible to give in 56 days. The next blood drive is scheduled for Monday, April 24th

Jr. High Beta Club attends STEM Festival at UALR

have been questioned about the death.

The body has been transported to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for purposes of identification in addition to a manner and cause of death.

As of this hour, the Prairie County Sheriff’s Department does not anticipate any further release of information until the identification or the body is confirmed at the crime lab or an arrest is made in connection with the case.

Sheriff’s Report

Rick Johnson, employee at the Grand Prairie Herald.

2017 from 2 pm to 6 pm at the Hazen United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall.

On February 10, 2017, a Prairie County residence in Ulm was broken into and items were stolen.

During the investigation three male subjects from Stuttgart were identified as suspects in the burglary. By February 14th 2017 all three suspects had been arrested and were being held in jail on $10000.00 bond. The suspects were identified as Johnell Graham, Kiasean Casey, and Jason Rose.

On February 13, 2017 Danielle Duncan was arrested for theft by receiving (felony charge).

Danielle Duncan was found to be in possession of a side by side atv that had been stolen from Monroe County. Bond was set at $25000.00.

On February 24, 2017Jamieson Robinson were arrested was arrested on a outstanding warrant for Failure to pay child support.

Bond $21908.21.

On February 25, 2017 Jeremy Winkowski was arrested on an outstanding warrant for Petition for Revocation of Probation. (felony) $5000.00.

On February 26, 2017 Cable Parks was arrested on a outstanding warrant for contempt of court.

During the week of February 20th, several dispatchers attended ACIC level II training.

Sheriff Rick Hickman asks all Prairie County citizens to report all suspicious activity you see.

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The Jr. High Beta Club visited the STEM Festival at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Friday, March 3rd with sponsor Tammie Lee.

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Ebony Events

Obituaries John Carpenter John Henry Carpenter, 91, of Des Arc died Monday, February 27, 2017 at Unity HealthWhite County Medical Center in Searcy, Arkansas.

Jay was born July 24, 1925 in Lonoke, Arkansas to John H e n r y and Lucy Lenora (Langford) Carpenter.

Survivors include his wife, Lou Ila Carpenter, two sisters, Birtha Larkin, Mary Thate, three step sons, Timothy Green, Ed Bruce, Michael Bruce, seven step daughters, Carolyn DeGunion, Jan Morrison, Sue Burgess, Louise Arledge, Sandy Holloway, Debbie Williams, Judy Powell, nineteen step grandchildren, nineteen step great grandchildren, one step great-great grandchild, two nieces, and four nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Paulette Carpenter, one step daughter, Pat Weatherley, two brothers, Louis Carpenter, Gene Carpenter, and one step granddaughter, Shana Greenwood. Visitation is 1-2 Thursday March 2, 2017 at Garth Funeral Home with graveside services following at 2:30 at Hebron Cemetery by Garth Funeral Home.

Bro. Paul Fowler officiating. www.garthfuneralhome.com.

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Jerry Swink Jerry Don Swink, 65, of DeValls Bluff died at his home Saturday, March 4, 2017. He was born October 4, 1951 in Des Arc to Elmer and Inez (Mackey) Swink. Jerry was an Army veteran during Vietnam and worked 18 years at Riceland Foods. Survivors include his wife, Ellen (Crisel) Swink, two sons, Joseph Donald Swink of Hot Springs, Jonathan Dewayne Swink and wife, Cari of DeValls Bluff, six grandsons, three granddaughters, three sisters, Marylnn Genise of Lonoke, Carolyn Bernise Clark of Carlisle, and Sharon Kay Stock of DeValls Bluff. Memorial service 1:00 P M Saturday, March 11, 2017 at the community center in DeValls Bluff. There will be a potluck dinner immediately following.

Paul Oslica Paul Joseph Oslica of Carlisle, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Sunday, March 5, 2017. He was born January 5, 1939 in Hazen, Arkansas.

He was the son of the late Joseph John and Mary Agnes Oslica.

Paul is survived by much of his family; his four sisters, Agnes and Mary Louise of Eads, Tennessee, Evelyn of Greenwood, and Joan O’Keane (Jim) of Maumelle; his four children, Connie (Lesley) of Conway, Ramona Ball (Ross) of Paron, Richard (Penny) of Fayetteville, Ed (Wanda) of Omaha, Nebraska; his nine grandchildren, Ren (Nicole), Katie Holt (David), Austin, McKenzie, Aly, Jeremy Ball, Justin Ball, Zac and Morgan and four great-grandchildren, Jasper, Tristan and Addison Holt and Ellis Croken.

Paul was a devoted father to his children and loving brother to his sisters. He was a long time member of St. Rose Catholic Church; member of the Parish Council, Carlisle, Arkansas; the Knights of Columbus, Slovak; and he was a proud member and founder of Cedar Tree Acres, Slovak, Arkansas.

He was also a member of the Carlisle Jaycees.

Paul graduated from Subiaco Academy, Subiaco, Arkansas in 1957. He enjoyed farming in Hazen and Carlisle for 30 years. He continued his love for the outdoors and hunting while working at Greenbriar Hunting Club, Hazen, Arkansas for the past 30 years, making lifelong friends along the way.

Paul was widely respected in his community and loved by all.

He was known for his kindness towards others and his concern for others over himself.

Paul treasured travelling to his grandchildren’s school and sporting events.Some of the special names that Paul is known by are: “Big Paul” – to his many friends, “Schlitz”- to his classmates at Subiaco, “Brother” – to his loving sisters, “Pawpaw” and “Papa” to his grandchildren and great grandchildren, and the greatest name of all known by his children – “DAD”.

We have faith and trust that he has recently heard: “Well done my good and faithful servant.”

Visitation will be from 6:00 to 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at St. Rose Catholic Church in Carlisle followed by Rosary at 7:00 at the church. Funeral Mass will be Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Rose Catholic Church in Carlisle.

Interment will be in the Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery in Slovak.

Laura McKee Laura Anne Konecny McKee, 45, of Stuttgart passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2017. She was born September 26, 1971 in Stuttgart to John and Betty Ahrens Konecny.

L a u r a was preceded in death by h e r father, J o h n Konecny and son Matthew McKee. Survivors are her twins, David and Jennifer McKee; mother, Betty Konecny; brothers, James and Lester; sisters, Vanessa Denman and Cindy Munnerlyn.

Memorials may be made to her children David and Jennifer McKee Memorial fund at Farmers and Merchants Bank, p.o. Box 1010, Stuttgart, Ar. 72160, Visitation and rosary was 6:00 P.M., Thursday, March 2 at Westbrook Funeral Home Chapel in Hazen.

Funeral Mass was 10:00 A.M., Friday, March 3, 2017 at St. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Slovak. Burial was in the St. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church Cemetery in Slovak.

Louise Owens Lois Maxine Owens, 87, of Stuttgart, widow of R.C. Owens, passed away Friday, March 3, 2017, in Little Rock.

Mrs. Owens was born Feb. 18, 1930, in Ethel to Chester Hollace Price and Alice Lokey Price. She was a homemaker and member of Almyra First Baptist Church.

Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her son-inlaw, Matthew Ercanbrack, and brother, Charles Loyd Price.

By Clevella Mosby Survivors are her daughter, Sandra Ercanbrack of Tichnor; grandson, Joe Ercanbrack of Tichnor; one brother, Cecil Price of Warrensburg, Mo.; and two sisters, Elsie Watkins of DeWitt and Ruby Tipton of Stuttgart.

Graveside services are 2 p.m. Monday at Almyra Cemetery by Turpin Funeral Home of Stuttgart.

Please go to www.turpin-co.com to sign the online guestbook.

Bill Flatness Bill Carroll Flatness, 37, of Pine Bluff, passed away February 27, 2017. Bill was born i n Stuttgart, December 21, 1979.

He was a devoted Cubs and Chicago Bulls fan and a loving son, father, and brother.

Bill is survived by his parents, Keith and Debra Flatness and his biological father, Billy Joe Quinn; one son, Wyatt Flatness of Hazen; three daughters, Hanna, Cassidy and Bailey Flatness all of Illinois; three brothers, Chris (Jennifer) Flatness of Minooka, Illinois, Joe (Eva) Quinn of Dacula, Georgia, and Ricky Snellgrove of Brinkley; one sister, Angela (Jessie) Barnhill of Hazen and several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and friends.

Funeral services were 2:00 P.M., Friday, March 3, 2017 at the Family Christian Fellowship Church in Hazen by Bro. Teddy Walker. Visitation was from 12:00 to 2:00 P.M. at the church prior to the service.

Arrangements were by Westbrook Funeral Home of Hazen.

Thank You The family of Kenneth Dale Mills would like to Thank you for the heart felt thanks and appreciate all the prayers and phone calls and all the other gifts of kindness during the loss of our loved one.

Thank You, Shirley Mills, Christie & Danny Rose and family Mike & Shelley Mills and family Jason & Erin Ritchie and family Mariah Sides

Condolences extended to the Deacon and Mrs. Bill Rounsaville at the passing of Deacon Rounsaville’s sister.

Services held last Friday, March 3, 2017 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Mr. Luther Walker is reported to be doing better, and hopes are that he will be back home soon.

Funeral services for Mr. Maurice T. Couch the grandson of Ms. Artice Nichols of Carlisle, Ar., were held Saturday morning, March 4, 2017 at Revelation Church in Carlisle, Arkansas.

Mr. Leo Adkins of Roe, Ar. is doing well following a short hospital stay and reutrn home.

Mr, and Mrs. Rufus Owens were keeping medical appointments recently.

Visiting Ms. Ruby Smith was her son Mr. Darrell Smith.

Ms. Jolena Wilson is reported to be doing better, hope she’s 100% soon.

Mr. Emanuel Washington of Carlisle visited Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Curlett last Sunday evening.

Visiting Ms. Emma Curlett was her son Mr. Oscar (Trig) Curlett Jr. of Carlisle.

Prairie Chapel Missionary Baptist Church celebrated “Black History” Month with a program held SUnday afternoon February 26, 2017 at Prairie Chapel.

Please keep all our sick and shut-in, in your throughts and prayers.

Happry Birthday to : Miss Mallory Walker; Mr. Robert Curlett, Ms. Teri Sawyer, Ms. Tamara Owens; Mr. John L. Curlett and all born in March.

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Quote of the Week:

“I don’t want to earn my living; I want to live.”

-Oscar Wilde

Hazen Masonic Lodge 361

Chili Supper

5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.

Saturday, March 18th $5.00 Donation at the Door

Morris Chapel Missionary Baptist Church

Revival

Evangelist: Bro. Jackie Richardson Pastor: Bro. Allen McElroy

March 13-17 @ 7:00 P.M. Specials welcome 7458 Hwy. 11 North Des Arc, Ar

DeValls Bluff Community Center 710 Sycamore St. DeValls Bluff, AR 72017

We would like to invite everyone to the Movies at the Center, on SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2017 AT 6:00 PM.

FREE POPCORN AND BRAND NEW MOVIE.

Hillsong Documentary

Showing March 11 at 6:00 P.M. Free admission and popcorn.DeValls Bluff community Center 710 E sycamore St. This documentary traces the history of Australia-based Christian worship band Hillsong United, from their humble beginnings in a tiny church outside of Sydney to their success as a thriving international ministry. Directed by Michael John Warren. ~ Violet LeVoit, Rovi Film & Animation For more information contact Liz Schwede 870-581-7202 Or via Facebook, Movies at the Center

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PC Extension Service holds Pipe Healthy habits Planner Workshop on February 27 can help boost

The Prairie County Extension Service conducted a Pipe Planner Workshop on Monday, February 27th. Several farmers observed how to apply this to their farm irrigation systems and how to benefit from it.

Pipe Planner is a Webbased application designed to help you create the most efficient irrigation system for your row crops. The next local workshop is on May 24th at the Lonoke Agricultural Center in Lonoke, AR. If you have any questions contact Prairie County Extension Office at 870.998.2614.

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture offers all its Extension and Research programs

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Six ways to be positive: how to stop worry & doubt When you doubt, you’ve stopped trusting the power that created the Universe. Such a silly thing to do when it’s put that way, don’t you think? If you plugged a lamp into the socket, and the light didn’t go on, you’d figure either the bulb was burned out or you hadn’t paid the electric bill. In other words it would be something on your end that caused the light not to work. You would never doubt that the power of electricity was no longer effective.

So when you doubt yourself or have doubts about some event or other person, the problem is on your end, because the power that created the Universe has your back and there is nothing to worry about. So how do you fix your end of this deal? I’ve come up with 5 ways to be positive so you can stay hooked into the joyful source of your life and see the truth that all is well.

1. Put yourself first The most important thing to do when you feel doubt is think something that makes you feel good.

Sometimes it helps to go outside to summon happy thoughts or read spiritual material that uplifts you and fills you with positive energy, or look through a travel magazine and focus on a dream vacation.

Only you, know what will cheer you up. It really helps to build a list of thoughts that lift your spirit, so when you get

down in the dumps you can refer to it. I have a notebook filled with happy thoughts, exciting plans, and quote from those who are filled with gratitude. I call it my First Aid Kit, because it serves as a first responder and more often than not gets me back to knowing all is well.

2. Stay alert to your mood When you get used to rehearsing a problem you can get into the habit of negative thinking. When you decide to focus on feeling good, then it’s important to monitor your thoughts carefully.

It gets easy to do with practice and it’s quite fun.

When a negative doubt comes in you’ll be able to say, “Oops, you can’t come in here.”

3. Don’t pick up what you went to bed with When you sleep, your mind gets to defrag and you actually wake up positive. If you’re not careful though, the old pattern you went to sleep with will emerge. Start your morning with positive thoughts instead of thinking, ‘What was I worried about yesterday?

Oh yeah, I’m sad because Calvin left me,’ you’ll just pick up yesterday’s doubt like a garbage man picks up garbage.

5. Play and do something you love When you’re working through a negative situation (we have to have them and I’ll talk about that in a minute) be self-

ish about doing what you love. Sing, dance, play in your garden, take a balloon ride, call a friend, get a massage, meditate, read your favorite book, watch an uplifting movie are some ideas.

6. Put your doubt on your dog Our animals know when we’re not happy and they can absorb our negative energy and magically neutralize it.

There’s a whole new field (thank God) in which animals are trained as therapy animals. Dogs are the best transformers in my opinion, but then I’m a dog lover. I suppose horses are too, but I’ve not met a therapy horse yet.

Tell your dog the whole problem and then get busy thinking happy thoughts and doing happy things.

Why do we have to go through negative stuff?

We need to go through negative times, so we can enjoy better times when they come, and they always do. If we were never sick we wouldn’t love feeling good. If we didn’t get tired, we wouldn’t enjoy being rested as much. If we didn’t get hungry we wouldn’t enjoy our meals. If someone said to you right after you ate a nice dinner, “You wanna go out and have dinner at your favorite restaurant?” You wouldn’t want to. It wouldn’t even sound good to you.

Right now, we hear so much about how divided our country is and we can

get swept up in the negative aspect of that contention, but we don’t have to. Look for the good that’s coming out of this.

For instance, it has caused me to learn way more about my government and the constitution. I never paid much attention to who was in an administration’s cabinet or who was the Speaker of the House or the Senate Majority leader. I barely knew who the governor of my state was. Not anymore! It has actually been fun to learn more about my country and when I hear about peaceful protest rallies turning into violent, destructive riots and it makes me sad, I just get out my First Aid Kit and submerge myself into peaceful thoughts, knowing that’s where my power to heal my countries unrest lies.

So if you’re going through a time that’s less than happy, first and foremost, know it’s temporary and that it's a GOOD thing! Then make your priority be to find ways to feel good no matter what.

For more from Pam Young go to www.cluborganized.com. You’ll find many musings, videos of Pam in the kitchen preparing delicious meals, videos on how to get organized, lose weight and get your finances in order, all from a reformed SLOB’s point of view.

Pam’s books are also available on Amazon.

What happens when the tax bill comes due on retirement accounts They have been on the leading edge of nearly everything since the first of them were born in mid1946. Now the earliest baby boomers are on the verge of another big moment – and it’s one that many of them might prefer to avoid.

This year, the first baby boomers began turning 70, which means by law they are required to begin making withdrawals from their 401(k) and IRA accounts – whether they want to or not.

“Basically, the reason for these mandatory withdrawals is that Uncle Sam wants his tax money,” says Alexander Joyce, president and CEO of ReJoyce Financial (www.ReJoyceFinancial.c om).

“These are tax-deferred accounts, so people are able to avoid paying taxes on the income they contribute to them. But that’s true only for awhile. The money is

taxed when you withdraw it. And when you turn 70, even if you would like all the money to stay where it is, you have no choice but to begin taking money out of it.”

The first year, about 3.65 percent has to be withdrawn from the taxdeferred retirement accounts. Each year after that the withdrawal percentage increases based on an IRS formula.

Fail to withdraw the money – or withdraw too little – and you face a hefty penalty.

But there are strategies retirees can use to avoid the tax, Joyce says. He usually recommends his clients consider moving the money to an assetbased long-term healthcare program.

Some of the advantages of doing that include: • Tax avoidance. There is no tax penalty to move the money from the retirement account to the asset-based long-term

healthcare account.

• Multiple benefits. The program is an interestbearing account that provides income if needed, liquidity if needed, and covers long-term healthcare if needed.

• Beneficiaries aren’t left out. With traditional long-term healthcare insurance, any unused money goes to the insurance company when the person dies. There is no benefit for beneficiaries.

With asset-based longterm healthcare, any excess money goes to the beneficiaries. “Your family will get it, not the insurance company,” Joyce says.

Joyce says he began recommending the assetbased long-term healthcare to his clients about three years ago as it became clear that push was going to come to shove with those required-minimum withdrawals.

“I foresaw the problems

that they were going to have with their retirement accounts when they turned 70,” he says.

“Some people plan to take out money anyway to live on, but many others have no interest in taking any distribution from their accounts.”

The baby boom that began in mid-1946 continued until mid-1964, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Today, there are roughly 75 million baby boomers in the U.S., which means plenty of people will be reaching the age 70 over the next couple of decades.

“Anyone with a 401(k) or an IRA needs to know the rules and what they will be facing,” Joyce says. “I’d also recommend that they start talking to their financial professional about what their options might be so they and their families are able to keep as much of their money as possible.”

Healthy Habits that Can Help Boost Your Immunity While some aspects of health are beyond your control, there are plenty of proactive steps you can take to support a strong immune system.

“Building a strong immune system can improve and even extend your life,” says Larry Robinson, PhD, and vice president of Scientific Affairs, Embria Health Sciences, a manufacturer of natural, science-based ingredients that support wellness and vitality.

Robinson and the experts at Embria are encouraging people to try these great health and wellness tips.

It’s easy to hole-up during these cold winter days, but it’s not very good for your health or immune system. Research shows that people that have more human interactions are better combating cold weather challenges.

So make sure to chat with your coworkers during the day and make plans with your friends after work. Not only will this boost your immunity, but social activities may also help reduce stress and depression.

While a well-balanced diet of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains can support good health, getting the proper vitamins and nutrients in sufficient quantities every day can prove challenging.

Consider offering your immune system targeted support with a supplement designed to boost healthy immune function.

One of the best immune strengthening ingredients is EpiCor fermentate, which has been clinically shown to support the body’s ability to initiate the proper immune response when needed, support rapid immune response and maintain healthy immune function.

Rest and relaxation can go a long way toward supporting good health.

Ongoing sleep deficiency is linked to a number of major health problems and can impair the way your immune system responds, according to the National Institutes of Health. What’s more, too much stress can compromise immune response.

Improve your health from the inside out. By focusing on boosting your immunity as a goal, you will naturally adopt healthy habits.

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How to tell if you have the flu While each year millions in the U.S. are sickened during flu season, many can’t distinguish between symptoms of the seasonal strain of the flu, a cold and the “stomach flu.” Knowing the difference, and how to properly treat each virus, can speed recovery.

While cold symptoms come on slowly and are limited to the head and upper respiratory system, flu symptoms affect the whole body and come on quickly. Telltale signs of the flu are fever and body aches. However, these are also symptoms of stomach flu, which isn’t related to a flu virus at all.

Common viruses that wreak havoc on the digestive system include the norovirus and the rotavirus. Ironically, an immune system weakened by seasonal flu can leave you vulnerable to these so-called stomach flu viruses.

Although high fever and body aches occur with both seasonal flu and viruses that attack the gastrointestinal system, these symptoms are more prevalent and severe in seasonal flu cases, and are accompanied by fatigue and headache.

The norovirus and the rotavirus both get the misnomer “stomach flu” from primary symptoms being watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and nausea or vomiting. Fever and body aches can also

occur but are milder.

No matter what the cause of a fever, it’s best to monitor your temperature. See a healthcare professional if a fever is too high or lingers for days.

For seasonal flu, the homeopathic medicine Oscillococcinum has been clinically shown to shorten both the severity and duration of symptoms.

When patients took it within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms, nearly 63 percent showed “clear improvement” or “complete resolution” within 48 hours. The key is to act quickly when symptoms surface, nipping them in the bud in a way that won’t interact with other medications or cause unwanted side effects like drowsiness.

For stomach flu, stop eating solid food for a few hours. This will help settle your stomach. Then -stick to foods that are easy to digest, such as toast, gelatin, bananas, rice and chicken -- avoiding fatty or spicy options.

Stop eating if nausea occurs.

Additionally, ibuprofen may upset the stomach, and anti-diarrheal medications may slow down the elimination of the virus. Trust the body’s natural process.

More information and tips about the flu can be found at Oscillo.com.

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Legal Notice IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS SOUTHERN DISTRICT/PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ALVIE JEAN HAMPTON, DECEASED CASE NO.: PR2014012A NOTICE Last known address of decedent: Springbrook Health and Rehab Center, 92 Maple Street, Hazen, Arkansas, 72064 Date of Death: 05/21/2013 Eunice McCoy was appointed Administratrix of the estate of the above captioned decedent on September 5, 2014.

The decedent died intes-

tate.

All persons having claims against the above referenced estate must exhibit them, duly verified, within six (6) months from the date of first publication of this notice, or they shall be forever barred and precluded from any benefit in the estate.

This notice first published the first day of March, 2017.

Eunice McCoy Administratrix of the Estate c/o Todd L. Griffin, Law Offices of Todd Griffin, PLLC 415 N. McKinley, Suite 1000 Little Rock, AR 72205

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State Capitol Week in Review From Senator Jonathan Dismang Soldiers and airmen of the Arkansas National Guard who are students at state-supported colleges and universities will have their tuition paid for, under legislation passed by the Senate.

Senate Bill 278 has several purposes. First is to improve the Guard’s readiness, both for domestic emergencies and foreign missions. Arkansas has lost units to other states that provide more benefits, which means that fewer units are available in Arkansas to respond to natural disasters and other emergencies.

The loss of Guard units has a negative impact on local economies. In 2016 an estimated $37.2 million was lost in the Arkansas economy due to the loss of Guard units.

After its passage by the Senate on a vote of 34-to0, SB 278 was sent to the House Education Committee.

The Senate passed SB 136, a 55-page bill addressing criminal justice, prisons and sentencing laws. It authorizes the construction throughout the state of mental health crisis stabilization units with 16 beds each.

The governor’s proposed budget calls for opening three units. Criminal justice experts say there is a need for as many as eight.

Police officers will get some training in how to recognize mental health issues and how to deal with people experiencing a mental health crisis.

They will be taken to one of the stabilization centers instead of to jail, where treatment for mental health problems is lacking.

It passed 27-to-4 and was sent to the House Judiciary Committee, which gave it a favorable recommendation.

The next step is a vote in the entire House.

Both chambers passed HB 1426, which creates a new tuition grant program that will allow students to receive two years of tuition if they study in high-demand fields, such as computer science, technology or welding. They must perform community service and commit to working in Arkansas for at least three years after receiving their degree.

The grants will be available in the fall of this year.

The governor signed Act 281, a Senate bill that makes Arkansas the first state to designate the grounds of its Capitol as a site for a monument honoring Gold Star families.

Since World War I gold stars have traditionally designated the loss of an immediate family member during wartime.

The monument shall be designed and constructed in the manner recommended by the Hershel “Woody” Williams Medal of Honor Foundation.

Williams, who attended the bill signing, is the sole living recipient of the Medal of Honor from the battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. His foundation works to place Gold Star monuments all across the county.

Both chambers have passed HB 1427 to require political candidates to file campaign finance reports electronically, and to require the Secretary of State to maintain those records on a web site with a search function.

Candidates who do not have access to the technology necessary could submit paper records throughout the election cycle. The effective date of the bill is October 1, 2017.

The Senate passed SB 362 to phase out a tax credit program for manufacturers called InvestArk. The bill gradually repeals the sales tax they pay on replacement and repair parts. By the time it has been fully implemented in 2022, it will save Arkansas manufacturers about $12.6 million a year.

Consumer Alert SCAMMERS POSE AS VETERAN ADVOCATES From Attorney General Leslie Rutledge Hackers are taking hostages in cyberspace and using new methods to extort money from individuals and businesses.

Using methods called “ransomware,” they can capture and control access to prized photos, like wedding albums or pictures of children or grandchildren, or important documents, like taxes or legal documents. Using a virus, computer files are remotely encrypted and users can no longer view them, unless you pay the hackers for the “key” to unlock the files. Often these criminals demand payment in Bitcoin or some other untraceable form of payment. The Arkansas Attorney General’s office has been contacted about this growing form of malicious malware that can get installed on a computer or mobile phone without the user even knowing, until they try to access a file that has been locked.

The FBI reports ransomware attacks hit an all-time high in 2016.

This virus is masked as an attachment or hyperlink via email or social media messengers and could even come from people you may know.

Once a consumer clicks on the attachment or hyperlink, the computer is infected and can spread the malware.

“Hackers are taking control of computers and tools from cyberspace,” said Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. “These are sophisticated criminals from around the world, but there are simple steps individuals and businesses can take to stay protected from these hackers.”

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Rutledge released the following steps consumers can take to prevent a ransomware computer attack.

Back up important files regularly.

Avoid opening attachments that look suspicious.

Do not open hyperlinks if you do not recognize the address or it looks suspicious.

Keep operating systems, antiviruses, browsers and other software up to date.

Make sure unused wireless connections are turned off.

If your computer or phone is acting suspicious, disconnect from the internet until it has been diagnosed.

Many anti-virus and computer systems, along with computer technicians, can remove the virus if a computer does get infected. Ransomware attacks should also be reported to the FBI’s Internet Crime Compliant Center.

For more information and tips to avoid scams and other consumer-related issues, contact the Arkansas Attorney General’s office at (800) 482-8982 or consumer@arkansasag.go v or visit ArkansasAG.gov or facebook.com/AGLeslieRutled ge.

About Attorney General Leslie Rutledge Leslie Carol Rutledge is the 56th Attorney General of Arkansas. She is the first woman and first Republican in Arkansas history to be elected to the office. Since taking office, she has begun a Mobile Office program, a Military and Veterans Initiative, a Metal Theft Prevention

program and a Cooperative Disability Investigations program.

She has led efforts to teach internet safety, combat domestic violence and make the office the top law firm for Arkansans. Rutledge also serves as Vice Chairwoman of the Republican Attorneys General Association and re-established and cochairs the National Association of Attorneys General Committee on Agriculture.

A native of Batesville, she is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. Rutledge clerked for the Arkansas Court of Appeals, was Deputy Counsel for Gov. Mike Huckabee, served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Lonoke County and subsequently was an Attorney at the Department of Human Services before serving as Counsel at the Republican National Committee. Rutledge and her husband, Boyce, have a home in Pulaski County and a farm in Crittenden County.

When it comes to K-12 education, this session the House has addressed everything from school bus safety to reading proficiency.

Act 246 increases the minimum amount a school district can pay a teacher. It increases the minimum amount by $400 for the next school year. School districts can pay more but not less than the minimum amount set by the state.

The minimum starting salary for a teacher with a bachelor’s degree would be $31,400 a year. For a new teacher with a master’s degree the minimum starting salary would be $36,050.

The House passed SB328, which requires anyone who applies for a K-6 teaching license or a special education K-12 license to receive training and pass a test on the science of reading. This legislation is designed to improve the ways schools teach students to read.

Currently, 63% of Arkansas third graders are not reading at grade level.

This bill has passed both chambers but now in the process of amendment approval back in the Senate.

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The House passed HB1539 which requires students to pass the civics portion of the naturalization test, used by immigration services, before they can receive their high school diploma. The bill would require the student to answer at least 60 of the 100 questions correctly. It allows the students to take the test as many times as needed.

This is awaiting approval in the Senate.

HB1144 allows images gathered from an automated school bus camera to be used in court. This technology could be used to investigate cases of drivers passing a stopped school bus. This bill is now awaiting the Governor’s signature.

HB1002 directs school district administration officials to calculate the cost of placing seatbelts on new school buses if 10% of individuals within the district sign a petition. This would then allow voters to decide if they want to pursue installing the seat belts

at the next school board election. This bill is now awaiting the Governor’s signature.

The House Education Committee advanced legislation this week designed to help fund technical training programs for high school students.

SB288 would allow a school district to join with cities, counties, vocational-technical schools, and even neighboring school districts to create workforce development centers. These centers would provide students, who may not want to pursue a degree, an opportunity to learn a technical skill such as welding.

The sponsor of the legislation explained that many school districts cannot afford the state of the art equipment and facilities that are now needed to provide proper training. This would allow cities and counties to work together with the schools to develop new funding sources.

There are still more than 30 bills waiting to be heard before the House Education Committee.

All House education meetings are held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 10am. The meetings are streamed lived and also archived on our website www.arkansashouse.org.

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Lady Hornets start softball season at Lonoke Tournament

By David Hoover Hazen started the season facing four teams from the 4A and 5A classifications and struggled to stay with the big girls.

The week began with a Thursday game at Lonoke which ended in a 4-1 loss for the Hornets.

Elizabeth Foot led off the game by reaching first base on an error and moved to second on a ground out by Abby Rounsavall. After a wild pitch sent her to third, Foot scored on another ground ball, this time by Allie Burroughs and Hazen led 1-0 without getting a base hit. But they would not threaten again, getting only one more runner as far as second base. Lonoke got runners in scoring position in every inning and finally pushed across three runs in the bottom of the third on just one hit. The Lady Hornets went down in order in five of the last six innings and never did get a base hit. Lonoke combined a sixth inning single with two Hornet errors for the final run to make the final score 4-1.

Burroughs allowed only three base hits but six walks and five Hazen errors combine with no offense spelled their doom in the season opener.

On Friday, Hazen hosted the 2A Woodlawn and dominated the Bears, coming away with a 5-0 win. Burroughs allowed no hits and only two base runners and the defense committed no errors in the game. Foot led off the first with a walk, stole second and scored on a dropped third strike for another quick 1-0 lead.

But, they left runners on second and third with nobody out. Brayden Williams singled to lead off the second, went to third on a ground out by

Morgan Stock and scored on another Woodlawn error to make it 2-0.

Burroughs continued to mow down batters striking out seven of the first ten she faced.

With the score still 2-0 heading to the bottom of the sixth, Hazen put together their best inning of the young season. The Hornets loaded the bases when Payton Fought walked and both Chase Wiggins and Williams reached on Woodlawn errors. Consecutive singles by Sydney Bateman, Foot and Rounsavall each drove in a run and the lead had grown to 5-0.

Burroughs set down the side in order in the seventh to seal the victory and even Hazen’s record at 1-1 for the season.

On Saturday, Hazen began tournament play against 5A Maumelle and played the Hornets tough.

But moral victories don’t taste any better than any other loss, so the 2-1 defeat stung like any other defeat. All the scoring took place in the first inning with Maumelle jumping out to a quick 20 lead The first three batters reached base on singles, the only hits they got in the four inning game, and the runs scored on a bases loaded walk and a wild pitch. In the bottom of the first, Hazen got one run back when Ronsavall walked, went to third on Burroughs’ single, Hazen’s only hit, and scored on a steal of home.

Pitching her third game of the year, Burroughs struck out eight and walked one while giving up three singles.

The Lady Hornets had to turn around right away and play another 5A school, Beebe, immediately after the end of the Maumelle game. A

promising first inning began with a walk by Foot and a single by Rounsavall. But a strike out and a double play ground ball ended the threat. Beebe scored twice in the first on a walk, two singles and the only Hornet error of the game.

Hazen threatened again in the second but couldn’t push across a run. Beebe extended the lead to 4-0 with a two-run, two-out home run in the second.

Two singles sandwiched around a stolen base in the third inning made the score 5-0, which is where the game finished. On a high note, the Lady Hornets only struck out three times in the four inning game, but base hits are still hard to come by. Burroughs started her fourth game in three days but Christin Young got her first pitching experience of the year with an inning of relief.

After a short break of about four hours, Hazen came back to battle another set of bugs, the 5A Wynne Yellow Jackets. It was over before it really got started. After a scoreless first inning, Wynne plated five runs in the second, highlighted by a two-out, grand slam home run and three more in the third on two hits and two Hornet errors to make it an 8-0 game. A third inning rally by Hazen dried up despite two hits and two walks. Wynne tacked on another run in the fourth and the Hornets came up empty in their half, leaving the bases loaded.

Young pitched the whole game and gave Burroughs some needed rest. Next up is a home double header on Monday March 6th against 2A Cross County.

Go Hornets!

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Plant of the Week Rhododendron Glenn Dale “Festive,” Festive Azalea By: Gerald Klingaman, Retired Extension Horticulturist - Ornamentals If I were more organized, I’d probably be diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. I try to record things like bloom dates – I want to record them – but I don’t always get around to it. Looking at my garden logbook, I find that I’ve done pretty well with my Festive azalea over the years. I have 13 peak bloom dates entered since the planting was made 20 years ago.

Festive, a Glenn Dale azalea, is one of the 10,000 or so named azalea cultivars, but only a fraction of these – probably on the order of a couple hundred – are available in the nursery trade.

The Azalea Society of America, a self-help group for those of us who can’t get enough azalea diversity in our lives by relying on those chosen for us by commerce, propagate and share hundreds of other clones that have been developed by commercial and hobby breeders over the past century.

Festive is described as a six-foot-tall and wide evergreen azalea, though mine is only half that size after 20 years in the ground. It has two-and-aquarter-inch single flowers that appear white but are actually marked with subtle streaks and occasionally bold blotches of purple-red running lengthwise down the petals.

B.Y. Morrison, (1891 – 1966) was hired by the USDA as a rose breeder, but azaleas were his true love and became the focus of his research over the last 25 years of his official career. In 1928 he began making crosses in his own back yard but by 1929 he had convinced his bosses that azalea breeding was a better fit, so he launched his official breeding program at the Glenn Dale Plant Introduction Station in Glenn Dale, MD. Because of his access to many new azalea (Rhododendron) species and cultivars that were introduced to the

United States in expeditions to Japan and China in the 1920’s, he was uniquely positioned to breed large-flowered, evergreen azaleas adapted to the Mid-Atlantic region.

Festive was the result of a cross between two old Japanese clones, “Vittata Fortunei” and “Ho Oden.”

As the seed parent, “Vittata Fortunei,” was a favorite of Morrison’s because it had clear white flowers marked with purplish-red streaks and it reliably set seed when pollinated by a range of species and clones. It was the seed parent of 71 of the 454 Glenn Dale azaleas he released. The pollen parent, ‘Ho Oden’ was a selection of a cold hardy species, R. mucronatum, which figured in the background of many of his introductions because it extended the growing range further north.

Festive is an azalea with a low-chill requirement.

Azalea flower buds form after mid-July, the summer before they bloom.

Releasing these blooms from dormancy requires a prescribed number of “chill hours,” the number of accumulated hours experienced between 32 F and 45 F. I find no record of the number of chill hours required for Festive, but it is probably

in the 400-500-hour range. Even during a warm winter, it is easy to log that many hours.

My Festive has bloomed from as early as March 18 until as late as April 15, with an average bloom date over the last 20 years of April 6. After the record-breaking warm winter of 2016-17, it looks like it will be in full bloom around March 6, a month ahead of average.

The times, they are a changing. The major threat of early bloom time for azaleas is not the loss of flowers in a freeze, but splitting the bark if the plants are too far advanced and the temperatures drop below 25 F and stay there for more than three hours.

Hopefully that won’t happen this year, but should a hard, late freeze occur, plants should be checked for popped bark.

As drastic as it sounds, cutting the plant back to almost the ground – but only if the bark is popped lose all around the stem – can save the plant.

For more information about horticulture or to see other Plant of the Week columns, visit Extension’s Website, www.uaex.edu, or contact your county extension agent. The Cooperative Extension Service is part of the U of A Division of Agriculture.

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