December 9

County target of Entergy complaint

City of Kensett Goolsby General Contractors have completed the cleanup of the city’s four asbestos-contaminated buildings ravaged by a fire in January.

Company attorney: County ordinance could lead to higher utility rates

Damaged Kensett buildings removed

BY MOLLY M. FLEMING mfleming@thedailycitizen.com

Entergy Services Inc. has filed a complaint with the Arkansas Public Service Commission against White County govern-

ment, claiming an ordinance approved by the Quorum Court is “unjust, unreasonable, and unlawful.”

Ordinance 2012-5 has raised concern with Entergy because

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it states that a person cannot be supplied utility services until their address is approved by the White County 9-1-1 office. The Please see ENTERGY | 3A

Who: Entergy Services Inc. vs. White County government What: Entergy filed a complaint because of an address ordinance the Quorum Court approved in March

PIONEER VILLAGE HOSTS CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE

City mulls options for property in aftermath of fire, asbestos contamination

BY KYLE TROUTMAN ktroutman@thedailycitizen.com

KENSETT — The cleanup of the four asbestos-contaminated and fire-ravaged buildings has finally been completed in the city of Kensett.

Mayor Max McDonald said Please see BUILDINGS | 2A

Signs The Searcy Fire Department is continuing its holiday tradition of putting wooden signs on fire hydrants. The tradition started 15 years ago as part of the city’s Holiday of Lights. The signs are made by firefighters.

Fire department continues sign tradition

BY MOLLY M. FLEMING

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Lydia Sheets, 15, of Searcy entertained the crowd at Pioneer Village on Saturday with Christmas carols on her violin during the center’s first-ever Christmas Open House. The center offered pictures with Santa Claus, hot cider, and sugar cookies. All of the buildings at the center were opened for tours.

Local police offer theft prevention advice

BY MOLLY M. FLEMING mfleming@thedailycitizen.com

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Fifteen years ago, the city of Searcy was a Christmas lights destination, with thousands displayed around city parks and the Please see SIGNS | 2A

While the holiday season often brings cheerful and festive events, one incident that could occur if people are not careful are vehicle break-ins.

The Searcy Police Department reports that 21 vehicles

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More than 20 vehicle break-ins in Searcy since Thanksgiving have been broken into since Thanksgiving, but as Media Relations Coordinator Brittany Eacret said, those vehicles may not have been hard for thieves

to enter.

“Ninety percent of them — they did not lock their door,” Eacret said. “Most thieves are opportunistic. If the opportunity

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is there, they’ll take it. They go up to the vehicle and pull on the handle. If it’s locked, they keep going.”

In December 2011, the city had 50 vehicle break-ins.

Eacret said the break-ins this

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LOCAL Pioneer Village open house

Break-ins Evan Martin (left), 12, of Judsonia, races against Ryan Christiansen, 11, of Bald Knob, while visiting Pioneer Village on Saturday during the center’s firstever Christmas Open House.

Watching the race is Chandler Albert, 9, of Searcy (left), and Ethan Martin, 10, of Judsonia.

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he’s happy with the work of Goolsby General Contractors, which began working on the cleanup on Nov. 6.

Now, the city is looking at what to do with the empty space, and McDonald said the city is hoping to rebuild.

“We hope to start rebuilding the council chambers and courthouse after the first of the year,” he said. “We plan to build it exactly as it was, but that will all depend on the money.”

The cleanup effort was funded by the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) through an emergency fund grant of $60,000. The city only spent $32,444 on the job, and now McDonald is hoping they can use the rest of the grant money to help rebuild.

According to Amanda Richardson, DRA public affairs officer, the grant money is reimbursed to the city, which pays for the cleanup, and the DRA

does not hand the city a check.

“With every dollar they spend, they have to who how it was spent and invoice us,” she said. “Then, we reimburse them up to the amount of the award.”

The Delta Regional Authority was notified by Gov. Mike Beebe’s office that emergency funding was needed, and the project was approved by the DRA in September.

Richardson said in cases of regular economic development grants, if not all the funds are used, grantees may come up with replacement projects ensure all the money is spent.

However, with the Kensett grant coming from emergency funds, the city may not use the money for anything other than the cleanup effort.

Chris Masingill, federal co-chairman of the DRA, said he is happy the city found a contractor to do the work for less than what the grant awarded, and if Kensett needs help rebuilding the council cham-

bers and court house, the DRA may be able to do so.

“There is a process for them to take advantage of our resources, as we try to provide flexibility and accountability,” he said.

“We’re glad Kensett recognized they do not need all $60,000, and they can submit a new proposal to help with the rebuilding project.

“We would evaluate it in quick order so they know what our position is. We will take thoughts from Gov. Mike Beebe and Designee Steve Jones and then make a final decision.”

Massingil said any new proposal must go through the White River Planning and Development, as that is the process for making economic development proposals to the DRA. “We would take [Beebe’s and Jones’] recommendations very strongly and we’re glad the bids came in less than the grant, because now we have other ways to allocate those resources to help communities even more.”

Donald Starkey, who owns one of the buildings that’s been removed, said he’s happy with the city for its efforts on the project.

“The mayor did a great job getting everything in line to get the work done and I never expected it to go that well, especially early on,” he said. “Mayor McDonald went above and beyond the call of duty, and I really appreciate that.”

Starkey said he has not thought about what to do with his property, but he is not taking any options off the table.

“If the city of Kensett is growing, I may do something to help out the city like put a business there, but I don’t know what direction I’m going yet,” he said.

McDonald said the city does not have the funds to buy the property, but he would like to see some or all of it donated to the city.

“I might be interested in that,” Starkey said. “I haven’t put much thought into it, but it’s possible.”

Police departments around the county are warning residents to watch out for people breaking into vehicles. They advise people to keep their vehicle doors locked and hide all valuable items, especially garage door openers.

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year have occurred to vehicles that were parked out in the open, such as in a street or even on a driveway. They have occurred all around the city and not just in one particular neighborhood or area of the city.

“They’ll go and look in the car,” she said. “When people leave their purse in the driver’s seat or other expensive items, they know something is in the car worth getting.”

Eacret said drivers should hide any electronic devices in the car, such as MP3 devices or GPS tracking systems.

But she said it’s not just the devices themselves that should be hidden.

“People need to hide any evidence that they have expensive stuff,” she said. “Even the suction cup on the windshield for a GPS should be hidden.”

Higginson Police Chief Eric Patterson agreed with Eacret about hiding electronic devices, but also advised hiding other devices often forgotten — garage door openers.

“They’ll leave their garage door unlocked so people will get into a person’s house because of the garage door opener,” he said. “They need to keep their house locked up and keep their garage door openers put up.”

He said shoppers should also be aware when leaving vehicles in parking lots.

“Keep purchases in the trunk of a car,” he said. “If someone has a truck, they need to put them behind the seat of a truck and cover them with a blanket or a coat. Don’t make anything visible in the vehicle.

We try to stress that a lot this time of year. We’re trying to keep everything secure. Everyone’s trying to steal stuff and we’re trying to stop that.”

He said the city has only had one actual vehicle break-in so far this holiday season, but the department has received complaints of people being outside around people’s vehicles.

Bald Knob Police Chief Tim Sanford echoed Eacret and Patterson, and said that his city sees the same pattern in vehicle break-ins.

“We have stuff taken out of vehicles all the time and 90 percent of the time when we ask the question, ‘Was the vehicle locked?’” Sanford said. “The answer is no.

“People need to at least make them work for what they’re going to get. If you make it opportunistic for them, they’re going to take it. We try to have enough patrol but there’s never enough officers on the street. Vehicle break-ins are always higher this time of year.”

People who see suspicious activity around vehicles are asked to call the non-emergency number for the Searcy Police Department at 501-268-3531 or White County Dispatch at 501-279-6241.

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county courthouse for the annual Holiday of Lights display.

While the number of lights have declined, the Searcy Fire Department has continued its contribution to the holiday festivities with its wooden Christmas signs.

Battalion Chief Ryland Lauen said department hand-made wooden signs to add some decoration during the Holiday of Lights.

“It doesn’t really cost us anything,” Lauen said.

“We just put them out there for the people to enjoy.”

The signs are attached to the fire hydrants on the main thoroughfares in the city, such as Race, BeebeCapps and Main Street.

“We started out with just the Christmas trees and now we’ve expanded to the snowman, package, and the candle, just to change it up a bit,” Lauen said.

Each sign states, “Merry Christmas from the Searcy Fire Department.” At a time when that phrase is often debated, Lauen said

it has not been a problem for the department.

“We’ve had people give us positive comments every year we put them out,” Lauen said.

In total, the department has around 40 to 45 signs that are put up each year.

At one time, there were more signs, but they have

been taken from the hydrants.

“We found a couple a few years ago on a couple’s balcony,” Lauen said.

He said the signs also offer an educational opportunity for new firefighters.

“It lets the rookies see the fire hydrant loca-

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Searcy Colonel retires after 42 years of service

Victory Base Camp southwest of Baghdad.

“I hadn’t been at Victory Base Camp but a week, and every Monday night, they would shoot rockets into the camp,” he said.

“We had a counter-rocket artillery mortar, which detects the rockets.

“One night, the guy running the system looked at us and said, ‘This one is going to hurt.’ Once the system detects a rocket, you have about 15 second before it hits, and luckily, this one didn’t hit anything and no one was injured.”

Smith said when he first signed up for the Guard, he never anticipated staying

in as long as he did or going to places like Iraq. However, after going through officer school, he decided to stick with the service.

“I enjoy serving my country,” he said. “If you break it down, only a small percentage of people serve in the military. It’s an honorable job and I hope I’ve helped to do something good.”

Some of Smith’s accomplishments even extended beyond the military, as he was chosen in 1996 to carry the Olympic torch for the Atlanta summer games, a torch he proudly displays on his living room wall to this day.

Although Smith enjoyed serving, he said it wasn’t always easy, especially as a colonel trying to teach up-and-coming officers in training.

“I’ve really enjoyed the past eight years as a warrant officer helping in training and mentoring the men,” he said. “In June of 2004, I resigned as a colonel after Gen. William Wofford asked me to work with in the OCS candidates. I discovered as a colonel, it was hard to work with the guys because they were in awe of my position.

After I became a chief warrant officer, I could work with them better.”

Although it wasn’t always easy, Smith said there were not many times during his career that he wasn’t completely happy with what he was doing.

“Sometimes, [training] is like working with children and you want to bang your head on the wall,” he said. “But it was mostly enjoyable and there were very few times I didn’t enjoy what I was doing.”

Smith has been married to his wife, Susan, for 37 years; has two sons and daughters-in-law: Bryan and Amy Smith and Shad and Elizabeth Smith, who all live in Arkansas; and two (soon to be three)

grandchildren: Riley, Lena Beth and Brooks, who is due in a couple months.

Now that he has retired, Smith said he plans to use his free time to spoil the grandchildren.

“A lot of retired military people I’ve talked to say there’s plenty to do, and I imagine I’ll be spending a lot of time with the grandkids,” he said. “I enjoy reading, [Susan and I] will probably travel some, but being with the grandkids is the big thing.”

Still fresh off retirement, Smith said there are plenty of things he will miss, but the people are who he’ll miss the most.

“I have a lot of good friends and we’re probably closer than a lot of people because when you serve and you’re in combat, it’s something different,” he said. “I will miss working with those guys the most.”

Smith said the bonds formed and the life skills gained in the military are both reasons he would support young men joining the military.

“I would say that it’s something that’s good for them,” he said. “It can help them mature and, if used wisely, will benefit them immensely throughout life. You learn to take care of yourself, manage your time and work with people.”

Smith was born Dec. 1 in Philadelphia, graduated from Arkansas State University in 1976 and retired from 33 years of work as an inspector for the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department in March.

sponsible for making sure people have 911 addresses, which she said is not the responsibility of Entergy.

“Compliance with the White County ordinances would cause (Entergy) to be in violation,” Raney said.

She said this ordinance could ultimately lead to customers paying higher utility rates since Entergy will be required to enforce compliance of a county ordinance.

In her complaint, Raney referenced a similar ordinance that was approved by the Faulkner County Quorum Court, against

whom Entergy has also filed a complaint.

White County attorney Matt Hutsell said the he is looking to Faulkner County to see how the county should handle the complaint.

In his response, Hutsell stated that the code referenced by Raney regarding the state and municipalities means that the right to appeal can only be filed in municipalities and the state that pass such ordinances, not counties. “... According to the complainant’s own reading of the statute, it grants authorities to cities and

towns to pass ordinances, while allowing utilities the right to appeal to the (Arkansas Public Service Commission) on such ordinances,” he wrote. “It it worth noting that the entire chapter of statutes is titled, ‘Municipal authority over utilities.” Thus, the public service commission does not have the authority under state law to rule upon county ordinances.”

He further stated that Entergy did not try to discuss the matter with the county before filing a complaint, as required by state law.

He has asked for the

complaint should be dismissed as “moot.”

According to Public Service Commission regulations, each party will continue to file orders on the

complaint and try to work out the matter. If they cannot reach an agreement, then they will be asked to have a public hearing before the commission.

BY KYLE TROUTMAN ktroutman@thedailycitizen.com

After more than 42 years of service, a Searcy Army National Guardsman is hanging up his boots.

A 1970 Bradford High School alumnus, Ret. Col. Davis Bruce Smith, 61, of Searcy, was the longestserving Arkansas guardsman prior to his retirement on Dec. 3.

He joined the National Guard in May of 1970 and quickly climbed the Guard’s ranks. In 1973, Smith joined 16 other men in the Arkansas Military Academy’s Officer Candidate School (OCS), which he completed and went on to hold more than a dozen positions in the Guard, mostly with Arkansas’ 39th Infantry Brigade.

“My mother served in the Women’s Auxiliary Corps in World War II, and my father graduated from the University of Arkansas and enlisted in the Navy,” Smith said. “As a kid, I grew up watching war movies and hearing the stories, and my parents thought it would be a good thing for me to join the military because you learn how to take care of yourself and work with people.

“In the military, it’s not about the individual. It’s all about teamwork.”

Smith exercised that teamwork throughout his career, serving as everything from company commander to battle captain.

Smith served as battle captain for the 39th Infantry Brigade’s second deployment to Iraq, where he worked at the Base Defense Operation Center at

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Davis Bruce Smith, 61-year-old retired colonel for the Army National Guard, shows off memorabilia from when he carried the torch in for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, which is now mounted on the wall in his living room. Smith retired from the Guard Monday, after more than 42 years of military service.

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ordinance was created and approved in March in an effort to help eliminate duplicate addresses in the future, which county officials say can lead to confusion when first responders are dismissed for a call.

The ordinance states: “No person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other entity shall authorize any public utility company as defined by Arkansas law to supply any services to any new residence or business in White County (excepting the cities of Searcy, Beebe, Kensett) until an address has been assigned by the White County 9-1-1 office.”

According to the ordinance, any “person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other entity violating this entity shall be guilty of a misdemeanor publishable by a fine up to $100 and each day or part of a day while such violation exists shall be considered a separate offense.”

The complaint was filed

by Entergy with the public service commission in November and the county filed its answer on Nov. 28.

Entergy’s attorney Tucker Raney said the Arkansas Public Service Commission’s laws for when utility companies cannot provide service only apply to state and municipal laws, not county laws.

“More importantly, the utility can only refuse service to an applicant that is not in compliance with state or municipal regulations governing the service applied for,” she said. “The White County ordinances have to do with 911 emergency addresses. They have nothing to do with obtaining electric utility services.”

Raney also said that since Entergy is regulated by the Public Service Commission, the company cannot deny service to county residents for any other reason than those outlined by the commission in its general service rules. She said the ordinance requires public utilities to be re-

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Remembering Pearl Harbor

here is Pearl Harbor?

What we knew of Hawaii was Dorothy Lamour and Bing Crosby singing. We did not hear about the attack until that Sunday afternoon. The time difference, distance and lack of communication was so different on Dec. 7, 1941.

Mother’s brother, Sam Neelly, called from Carthel Robbins’ house in Stuttgart to ask which he would look better in — an Army uniform or Navy. To receive a long-distance call always was an event. He told us of the attack.

We were attending church in the morning and did not usually turn on the radio until evening.

We saw the bombing on Pathe News at the Rialto once a week. Rumors were we would be bombed in days. But all decided the bombing was so far away it was impossible.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with his booming voice, would reassure us weekly. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto declared, “I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant.” As we now know, many of the Japanese did not want war, but Emperor Hirohito did.

School became a center of patriotism. The fire whistle blew at 11 a.m. daily and we bowed in prayer.

Mother rolled bandages for the Red Cross in the upstairs of the firehouse that burned. We saved dimes to buy war bonds and collected tin cans. Gas was rationed, so was sugar — no nylon stockings.

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DOROTHY WARDEN Daddy worked in the grocery department of Robbins-Sanford and gave many ladies extra sugar for canning. In return, we received venison, ducks and sweet potato pie.

We now know the location of Pearl Harbor. As a family several years ago, we stood on the deck of one of the surviving ships in the harbor. We saw in the dark water the bubbles still rising from the Arizona. She sank with all men aboard.

The memorial on the east courthouse square lists the men who gave their lives in the Pacific and European theaters.

Deaths to families were notified by telegraphs.

There has recently been documentaries on the History Channel of the war in Germany. Even though many returned, many suffered from mental anguish and deadly injuries.

Pray for our troops, today. They are often unaware of the enemy until blown apart.

Dorothy Warden is a longtime resident of Searcy. She can be contacted at 903 Skyline, Searcy 72143, (501) 2689911 or jfwdot@cablelynx.com.

Today in History Associated Press

Today is Sunday, Dec. 9, the 344rd day of 2012.

There are 22 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History On Dec. 9, 1942, the Aram Khachaturian ballet “Gayane,” featuring the surging “Sabre Dance,” was first performed by Russia’s Kirov Ballet.

On this date In 1608, English poet John Milton was born in London.

In 1854, Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s famous poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” was published in England.

In 1911, an explosion inside the Cross Mountain coal mine near Briceville, Tenn., killed 84 workers. (Five were rescued.)

In 1912, longtime House Speaker Thomas “Tip” O’Neill was born in Cambridge, Mass.

In 1940, British troops opened their first major offensive in North Africa during World War II. In 1958, the anti-communist John Birch Society was formed in Indianapolis.

In 1962, the Petrified Forest in Arizona was designated a national park.

In 1971, Nobel Peace laureate Ralph Bunche died in New York.

In 1982, special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski died at his Wimberley, Texas, ranch at age 77.

In 1984, the five-day-old hijacking of a Kuwaiti jetliner that claimed the lives of two Americans ended as Iranian security men seized control of the plane, which was parked at Tehran airport.

In 1987, the first Palestinian intefadeh, or uprising, began as riots broke out in Gaza and spread to the West Bank, triggering a strong Israeli response.

In 1992, Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation. (The couple’s divorce became final Aug. 28, 1996.)

Ten years ago President George W. Bush tapped railroad executive John W. Snow to be his new Treasury Secretary, three days after firing Paul O’Neill. Senate Republican leader Trent Lott apologized for remarks he’d made praising the 1948 presidential run of then-segregationist Strom Thurmond, saying, “A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embraced the discarded policies of the past.” United Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection after losing $4 billion in the previous two years. (United emerged from bankruptcy protection in 2006.)

Five years ago A young man once affiliated with a missionary school shot nine people at the school near Denver and a megachurch in Colorado Springs; four victims died and the gunman, Matthew Murray, killed himself.

National Views

Who will blink?

How are the “fiscal cliff” negotiations going?

Reportedly, Republican leaders and President Barack Obama are in a stare-down. However, many rank-and-file Republican members have blinked, apparently ready to fold a demonstrably losing hand.

These Republicans have begun to recognize that both morally and economically, the tax rates on the wealthy must return to those of the Clinton-Gore era.

But Republican leaders apparently feel that the rich getting richer -- their rates are lower than yours, dear reader -- is more important than getting our country’s long-term finances in order.

The negotiations began when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner visited Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and gave him Obama’s proposal to read. McConnell, by his own account, read it, smiled and then “burst into laughter.” Geithner, apparently a little stunned, said, “I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile.”

Obama then asked the Republicans to present a counter-proposal.

Speaker John Boehner called the president’s proposal “la la land,” then offered to raise just half the revenue Obama proposed, and to do that by closing unidentified loopholes. White House press secretary James Carney characterized their recommendation as “magic beans and fairy dust.”

In 2001, tax rates changed, becoming, in effect, a vacation from taxes for the wealthy, and tax relief for 98 percent of all Americans.

Obama wants to end that vacation. His proposal also includes about a $25 billion in stimulus spending for jobs growth and the extension of the payroll tax cuts. The Republican proposal repeats Mitt Romney’s plan: Close unspecified loopholes and cut safety net programs, specifically Medicare and Social Security.

There’s only one prob-

DONNA BRAZILE lem: The Republican position was thoroughly debated, debunked and rejected in the election only a month ago. Voters chose Obama’s position, a balanced approach of spending cuts and increased revenues. A recent Washington Post poll confirms most Americans agree the wealthy get better tax breaks, and they want the disparity to end. And voters have overwhelmingly insisted that Congress not touch Social Security and Medicare benefits.

If an agreement isn’t reached, a Washington Post-Pew Research Center survey shows 53 percent of Americans will blame the Republicans for pushing America over the fiscal cliff.

Throughout Obama’s first term, Senate Republicans marched in lockstep to McConnell’s directions. They opposed everything.

McConnell even appeared to call the shots in the House during the 2011 debt limit negotiations.

But Senate Republicans may be hearing a different drum. It’s not surprising. McConnell’s stated No. 1 priority, defeating Obama, failed.

And he failed to increase the number of Republican senators. And Romney failed, in part, because he followed McConnell’s “blame Obama” strategy.

Four senators have already stopped marching blindly after McConnell. This week another senator, Bob Corker of Tennessee, joined them.

Corker told a Reuters reporter that his fellow senators were beginning to see value in assenting to restoring taxes on the super wealthy, in return for holding the debt limit hostage once more, in the next Congress.

That’s one step away from the cliff and one step toward the ditch.

Holding the debt limit hostage worked well for

The clock is ticking. It’s time that members of Congress listen to their constituents and honor only one pledge: to advance the common good for the sake of the Republic.

McConnell and Boehner in 2011, but not so well for the rest of the country. On the same day that Boehner’s boast, “I got 98 percent of what I wanted,” made headlines, this was also a headline: “Dow Drops 512 Points.”

However, it seems Republicans still want to play “blink at the brink.”

When Boehner offered a modest loophole closing, Sen. James DeMint attacked it, saying, “Speaker Boehner’s $800 billion tax hike will destroy American jobs ... while not reducing our $16 trillion debt by a single penny.” Veteran political observers saw this as a scripted “good cop-bad cop” moment, meant to give Boehner an excuse and a way out. He can now claim the “modest loophole closing” is the best he can do because of conservative pressure.

That’s a cop-out, because Boehner remains in charge. He purged four dissidents -- conservative Republicans -- of their chairmanships this week, sending a clear message of “to get along, go along.”

He replaced them with ... other conservatives, who have no doubt agreed to play nicely and march in

rank.

The easiest and simplest thing for House Republican leaders to do is to allow a vote on the Senate-passed middle class tax cuts. House Democrats filed a discharge petition to automatically bring the middle-class tax cuts to the floor, with 178 signatures and counting.

Meanwhile, a White House adviser told the Los Angeles Times, “The only time these guys have ever moved on something is when they have felt the outside pressure.” Boehner sent Congress home without having done anything to compromise.

Maybe voters will buttonhole them while they’re home with a little citizen pressure.

The clock is ticking.

It’s time that members of Congress listen to their constituents and honor only one pledge: to advance the common good for the sake of the Republic.

Donna Brazile is a senior Democratic strategist, a political commentator and contributor to CNN and ABC News, and a contributing columnist to Ms. Magazine and O, the Oprah Magazine.

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LIFESTYLES

Woman ready to say yes to man’s 4-year old proposal

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 24-year-old woman and have been in a committed relationship with “Max” for six years. He proposed four years ago and I told him I wanted to marry him, except I wasn’t ready at that time.

The years have gone by, and we have flourished as a couple. Most people would swear that we’re already married.

However, I have been worrying lately that I might have blown my chance for another proposal.

Max doesn’t mention marriage anymore except if I initiate conversation with a related topic. Some of our mutual friends are now engaged and Max has made no comment on the future of OUR relationship. He seems content in our current state.

I feel silly for wanting to be proposed to again, but it is important to me.

I don’t want to be pushy

DEAR HOPEFUL: Max is not a mind reader.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease, so if you want a second proposal, squeak up and tell him so.

Because you put him off before, he may think you are still not ready for further commitment.

What is the time limit for acknowledging someone’s attendance at a memorial service?

My mother passed away nine months ago.

Our relationship had not been an easy one. She had been ill, but the end came very quickly. My youngest sister had died two years before.

To make a long story short, I went into a total meltdown. Life just stopped for me. Would it be appropriate to “come clean” and tell everyone that I was grossly overwhelmed (an understatement) with my grieving, or should I just send a short acknowledgment, thanking them for the time they took to attend my mother’s memorial? — WONDERING IN WEST VIRGINIA

DEAR ABBY: I can’t believe I’m actually writing to you, but I need an answer to this question.

DEAR WONDERING: Grief is an individual process. No two people grieve exactly alike, and

ABIGAIL VAN BUREN DEAR ABBY and force Max into it.

Should I talk to him about it or wait it out and see?

— HOPEFUL FUTURE BRIDE IN NEVADA

most of us understand that. It is never too late to say thank you, and if you include an explanation with your acknowledgment, it would be appreciated.

DEAR ABBY: I am sending out our annual Christmas cards. I do not want to include my husband’s name on them this year.

We haven’t spoken to each other in two years.

We still occupy the same house — but thank God it’s large so we don’t have to see each other often.

We have a son away at college.

Please tell me it is OK. — MARRIED AND NOT, ALBANY, N.Y. DEAR MARRIED AND NOT: If you follow your impulse and omit your husband’s name from the cards, it will be like announcing that he is dead or that you have

Vibration therapy not yet proven effective DEAR DOCTOR K: I’ve heard that vibration therapy can help to improve bone density. Can you tell me more about it?

DEAR READER: Our bones are in constant flux, as old bone is broken down and new bone is created. If old bone is broken down faster than new bone is created, low bone density and eventually osteoporosis develops.

After menopause, women are more prone than men to develop osteoporosis. One reason is that their natural estrogen levels drop, and estrogen helps preserve bones. Women are advised to stimulate their bones through physical activity, particularly weight-bearing and resistance exercise.

That’s because stress placed on the bones through activities such as running and weightlifting makes bones denser and stronger. Many drugs are also used to prevent and treat osteoporosis.

But for some women, exercise and medication may not be enough. As they age, health problems may limit women’s ability to get bone-enhancing exercise.

And many women can’t tolerate or prefer not to take osteoporosis medications.

That’s where vibration therapy might come in.

Low-intensity vibration devices gently stimulate muscle and bone. (Don’t confuse them with highintensity, whole-body vibration, which is used mainly for exercise training.)

In low-intensity vibration therapy, you stand on

DR. KOMAROFF ASK DR. K a platform that resembles a bathroom scale. The device oscillates up and down a barely noticeable amount.

Both the size and speed of the vibration are set to match the natural stimulation that occurs as your muscles relax and contract to maintain your posture.

How vibration therapy promotes bone density isn’t well understood, but researchers have several possible explanations.

Vibration enhances circulation to muscle and bone, boosting the supply of nutrients to these tissues.

Exposure to low-intensity vibration has been used to prevent bone loss in people who are unable to perform any weight-

bearing exercise whatsoever — patients with spinal cord injuries, for example.

But does it work for age-related osteoporosis?

We don’t know yet. For now, it’s not clear who is most likely to benefit from low-intensity vibration, what an effective dose is, and how long it should be done.

There are also safety concerns. The very people who are most likely to benefit from this therapy — frail older people with osteoporosis who are at risk of falling — are also the most likely to hurt themselves trying.

So I can’t recommend vibration therapy to you, based on current evidence. Fortunately, today there are many effective therapies to protect against losing bone density and developing osteoporosis, most of them developed in the past 30 years.

Many different types of medicines are effective: calcium and vitamin D, bisphosphonates, hormone therapy, selective estrogen receptor ago-

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The Daily Citizen

Our Town Deaths

SEARCY GIRL WINS AWARD AT ARKANSAS STATE FAIR

Ramona Kay Dodge

Ramona Kay Dodge, 68, of Judsonia died Friday. Surviving is daughter, Alana Allison; sisters, Ester English and Nadine Ledbetter. Visitation will be held Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 from Noon to 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Graveside services will follow at 2 p.m. at Shady Grove Cemetery. Arrangements are by Powell Funeral Home, Bald Knob-Judsonia. www.powellfuneralhome. net

WEATHER TODAY

Today: Rain likely. Highs in the lower 70s.

Tonight: Thunderstorms likely.

Lows in the mid 30s.

MONDAY

Monday: Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Highs in the upper 30s.

Monday night: Mostly clear.

Lows in the lower 20s.

Lee Henry Lustfeldt

Lee Henry Lustfeldt, 60, of Drasco, died Wednesday in Little Rock. A memorial service will be held Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Heber Springs.

Visitation will be Monday from 1-2 p.m. Arrangements

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TUESDAY

Tuesday: Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.

Tuesday night: Mostly clear.

Lows in the mid 20s.

WEDNESDAY

JUST SO YOU KNOW The following White County meetings are held at these times: Contributed photo

Bald Knob School Board Fourth Monday, 6:30 p.m.

Beebe School Board Second Monday, 6:30 p.m.

Bradford School Board First Monday, 7 p.m.

Jessica Wesson of Searcy won the Reserve Grand Champion Commercial Yearling Ewe and the Reserve Grand Champion Breeding Sheep Showmanship awards at the 2012 Arkansas State Fair. She received two Rosettes and two Champion banners. Wesson was the breeder for her winning ewe, named Darla. Jessica is a member of White County 4-H and attends eighth` grade at Ahlf Junior High School in Searcy. Also pictured holding a banner is Wesson’s brother, Will Wesson. Her parents are Sherri and Kyle Sanders and Jeremy and Sandra Wesson of Searcy.

Pangburn School Board Second Monday, 7 p.m.

Riverview School Board Second Thursday, 7 p.m.

Rose Bud School Board Fourth Monday, 7 p.m.

Searcy School Board Fourth Wednesday, 5:15 p.m.

White County Central School Board Third Thursday, 6:30 p.m.

Griffithville City Council First Thursday, 7 p.m.

Judsonia City Council Second Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Higginson City Council First Monday, 7 p.m.

McRae City Council Third Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Pangburn City Council Second Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Rose Bud City Council Third Monday, 7 p.m.

Russell City Council Third Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Beebe City Council Fourth Monday, 6:30 p.m.

Bald Knob City Council First Monday, 6 p.m.

Searcy City Council Second Tuesday 7 p.m.

Garner City Council First Monday, 6 p.m.

Diabetic Support First Monday, 5:30 p.m.

Alzheimer’s Disease Support Second Tuesday, 3 p.m.

Spinal Cord Injury Support First Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous Every day, 8 p.m.

Crohn’s Disease Support Second Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Stroke Support First Thursday, 6 p.m.

Survivors of Suicide Support First Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.

Searcy Skyline Family Council Second Thursday, 6:30 p.m.

Recovery Connection Group Every day, 7:30 p.m.

Ties that Bind Group Monday, Thursday, Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Narcotics Anonymous women’s group Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

Narcotics Anonymous men's group Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

OBITUARY GUIDELINES Obituaries must come from a funeral home by 2 p.m., the day before desired publication.

There is no Monday publication.

Funeral homes are responsible for calling and confirming the obituary has been received.

Cost: First 50 words free, 30 cents per word after 50, $10 flat fee for photos. Costs are billed to the funeral home.

Obituaries can be emailed to editor@thedailycitizen.com or faxed to (501) 268-6227. For more information call (501) 2688621 and ask for Wendy Jones.

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CALENDAR

Sunday

Animal adoptions: The Searcy Animal Shelter, 112 Johnston Road, will be open from 1-5 p.m. seven days a week. There are 80-90 dogs and cats available. For more information call (501) 268-3535 or visit hss.petfinder.com.

Recycle: The Searcy Recycle Center, 409 West Beebe Capps, now have bins accepting cardboard, tin/aluminum, newspaper and plastic for drop offs outside operation hours of Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information call 2791070.

Donations needed: The Fortress Youth Development Center is in need of donations for care packages to be sent to underprivileged children in Fort Worth, Texas. The organization is directed by Chandler Cromwell of Searcy. Monetary donations are also accepted.

For more information (501) 827-9147.

Dance: The Searcy School of Dance will present “The Nutcrackers and Other Holiday Delights” Dec. 9 at 2:30 p.m. at the ASU-Beebe Owen Center. Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for children, or may be purchased in advance at the school for $4 for adults and $3 for children.

Celebration: The Searcy Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2330, 2107 Davis Drive, will celebrate its 81st birthday of the post home Dec. 9 at 2 p.m.

All veterans welcome. For more information call Carol Brown at 268-6085.

Concert: The Choral Departments of Searcy High School and Harding Academy will present their annual Christmas Concert, sponsored by the Searcy Beethoven Club, Dec. 9, 3:30 p.m., at the Harding Academy Auditorium. For more information call (501) 305-2500.

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Monday

Book sale: The Second Time Around Bookstore will be open Dec. 10-14 at 109

E. Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The store offers used paperback and hardback books of all kinds. All proceeds support the Literacy Council of White County. Donations of books accepted. For more information call (501) 278-5500.

Meeting: The Searcy Chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association will meet Dec. 10, the second Monday of the month, at the Hubach Center at the White County Medical Center. Fellowship starts at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend. For more information call (501) 230-1191 or e-mail searcyCMA@yahoo.com.

Meeting: The Independent Tea Party of White County will meet Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Country Kitchen Restaurant, 1321 Highway 36 in Kensett. For more information call 278-9413 or email teaparty@itpwca.org.

Roller derby: The White County Derby Dollz will face the Central Arkansas Roller Derby Dec. 10 at Thrills on Wheels, 3579 Highway 367 South in Searcy. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Cost is $8 or $6 if a toy is brought for a toy drive. Toys will go to the Searcy Childrens Home and a portion of the proceeds will benefit a Searcy family.

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Upcoming

Meeting: The Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group will meet Dec. 11, the second Tuesday of the month, at Harding Place, 801 S. Benton in Searcy. There will be a special speaker each meeting.

Activities: The Bald Knob Senior Center 55+, 402 E. Fourth, will host arts and crafts from 9-11:15 a.m. Dec. 11.

Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. for a $3 donation. Bingo will be held from 12-1 p.m. The center is open Tuesday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information call (501) 724-2004.

Storytime at the library: The following libraries will hold story time Dec. 11, Beebe 10 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. and Rose Bud, 3:30 p.m.; Dec. 12,

Searcy, 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Dec. 13, Searcy, 10 a.m. and Bald Knob, 4 p.m. with a visit from Santa.

Activities bus: The White County Aging Program will pick up seniors Dec. 12 in Bradford at 9 a.m. at Williams Manor and Bills Foodliner at 9 a.m.; in Russell at the convenience store at 9:15 a.m. and in Bald Knob at Citizens State Bank at 9:30 a.m. The day consists of an activity, lunch at the center, shopping and returning to home. The bus runs on Wednesdays and Fridays. For more information or a ride call (501) 268-2587.

Activities: The Bald Knob Senior Center 55+, 402 E. Fourth, will host exercise from 10-10:30 a.m. Dec. 12. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. for a $3 donation. Bingo will be held from 12-1 p.m. The center is open Tuesday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information call (501) 724-2004.

Bingo: The VFW Post 2330, 2107 Davis Drive, will host bingo Dec. 12 at 6 p.m. for early birds and 7 p.m. for regular session. Bingo is held every Wednesday.

The Sharing Shoppe: The Sharing Shoppe, 110 N. Spring Street in Searcy, will be open Dec. 12-13 from 1-5 p.m. and Dec. 14 from 12-4 p.m.

Proceeds benefit children and families served by Searcy Children’s Homes, Inc. For more information call 268-3243.

Meeting: The board of trustees for the White County Regional Library System will meet Dec. 12 at 5 p.m. at the Ewing P. Pyeatt Building in Searcy.

Habitat Restore: The Habitat Restore will be open Dec. 1315 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 210 W. Mulberry in Searcy.

Bring donated items that are tax deductible. All proceeds go to building homes for the needy. Donations are sold back to the public at bargain prices.

They also recycle appliances and metal. There are building supplies, home furnishings, appliances and more. Large items can be picked up Tuesday and Wednesday in the Searcy area.

For more information call (501) 278-5530.

Wednesday: Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.

Wednesday night: Mostly clear.

Lows around 30.

THURSDAY

Thursday: Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.

Thursday night: Partly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows in the upper 30s.

FRIDAY

Friday: Partly sunny. Rain likely.

Highs in the upper 50s.

Friday night: Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows in the lower 40s.

SATURDAY

Saturday: Partly sunny. Rain likely. Highs in the upper 50s.

Saturday night: Cloudy. Rain likely. Lows in the lower 40s.

SUNRISE/SUNSET Sunrise today — 7:05 a.m.

Sunset today — 4:58 p.m.

HIGHS/LOWS Saturday’s high, 64F, 18C; Saturday’s low, 56F, 13C. Monthly rainfall amount, 1.09 inches. Yearly rainfall amount 24.75 inches. Courtesy of Time and Temperature (501) 268-5532. Weather Info Line, (501) 305-2144.

POLICE REPORTS

Tuesday, Dec. 4 5:50 p.m. — On the 2625 block of East Race, police were called to a disorderly conduct report.

6:09 p.m. — On the 2705 block of East Race, police were called to a shoplifting report.

7:38 p.m. — On the 2500 block of East Moore, police were called to a breaking or entering.

8:06 p.m. — Walk in report, police were called to a criminal mischief.

9:30 p.m. — Walk in report, police were called to a theft of property.

Wednesday, Dec. 5 6:56 a.m. — On the 300 block of Crain Drive, police responded to an accident.

10:04 a.m. — Police served a warrant.

10:53 a.m. — On Eastline, police responded to an accident.

11:02 a.m. — Police served a warrant.

12:34 p.m. — On the 810 block of West Pleasure, police were called to a domestic disturbance.

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Sunday, December 9, 2012 • Page 7A

FOR THE RECORD For the Record New Incorporation filings

■ Joel T. Inman, 26, of McRae and

■ Nita L. Duchamp, 564 South

Candage Paige Hagwood, 20, of McRae

Wednesday, Dec. 5 ■ Christian Andrew Yoder, 21, of Searcy and Marcy Faye Owens, 23, of Searcy ■ Matthew E. Easley, 25, of Bald Knob and Breanne Nacole Wheeler, 25, of Bald Knob ■ Peter William Messer, 20, of Searcy and Katelyn Nicole Goodwin, 21, of Searcy

Thursday, Dec. 6 ■ Paiton James VanWinkle, 19, of Bradford and Alexis Larue Kellems, 18, of Bradford ■ Delector Trumane Grady, 28, of Conway and Nikita Sade Floyd, 26, of Searcy ■ Dwayne David Merle Deaton, 25, of Searcy and Kaylyn Marie Reed, 23 of Searcy

Highway 305 in Searcy, document number 201216846, filed Nov. 27, Chapter 13, attorney: Paul A. Schmidt ■ Rickey L. Bolding, 2110 Jonathan Lane in Searcy, document number 201216851, filed Nov. 27, Chapter 7, attorney: Kent Pray ■ Randi Wortham, 3216 E Moore Avenue in Searcy, document number 201216866, filed Nov. 27, Chapter 13, attorney: Gregory Niblock ■ Leslie Ladd, 130 Dunn Lane in Bradford, document number 201216868, filed Nov. 27, Chapter 13, attorney: Gregory Niblock ■ Mary Aileen Roberts, 802 West Louisiana Street in Beebe, document number 201216871, filed Nov. 28, Chapter 13, attorney: Laura Grimes ■ Angela Marie Loftin, 806 North Elm in Searcy, document number 201216876, filed Nov. 28, Chapter 7, attorney: Laura Grimes ■ Noble Heath Wood, 937 Ridge Road in El Paso, document number 201216900, filed Nov. 29, Chapter 13, attorney: Laura Grimes ■ Dale Ellenburg, 605 North Birch in Searcy, document number 201216967, filed Nov. 30, Chapter 13, attorney: Gregory Niblock ■ John Winningham, 330 Watson Road in Bradford, document number 201216980, filed Dec. 2, Chapter 13, attorney: Kyle Havner

Bankruptcy filings

■ John Smith Physical Therapy, PLLC, John Smith, 1 Jamestown Drive in Searcy, filed Nov. 26 ■ Imagine Tree Inc, Joshua G. Mallory, 202 Summer Wood Drive in Searcy, filed Nov. 26 ■ Northside Church of Christ, William Allen Douglas, 924 Access Road in Beebe, filed Nov. 28 ■ FCA Care Services, LLC, Buck C. Gibson, 100 North Spring in Searcy, filed Nov. 30 ■ Huck Holdings, LLC, Buck C. Gibson, 100 North Spring in Searcy, filed Nov. 30 ■ Allen Physical Therapy, PLLC, Brad Allen, 120 Trout Way in Judsonia, filed Nov. 30

Marriages

Friday Nov. 30 ■ David E. Stalnaker, 47, of Beebe and Teresa Ann Dorman, 45, of Beebe ■ Willie Cecil Wilson, 23, of Judsonia and Ashle Nicole Smith, 23, of Judsonia ■ Justin Lee Carter, 22, of Searcy and Morgana Fay Morrison, 20, of Searcy

Monday, Dec. 3 ■ Robert H. White, 48, of Searcy and Sissy E. Ramsey, 41, of Searcy

Tuesday, Dec. 4 ■ Mark Andrew Villanueva, 26, of Searcy and Shawna Maria Omealia, 20, of Searcy

Divorces Tuesday, Nov. 20 ■ Plaintiff Kenny Ewing and defendant Deborah Ewing of White County; married April 3, 2006; no children affected; alleged cause: general indignities ■ Plaintiff Alisha McCarty and defendant Edward McCarty of WHite County; married April 14, 2003; two children affected; alleged cause: general indignities

Tuesday, Nov. 27 ■ Plaintiff Antigone Rouchelle Morris and defendant Bradley Kyle Morris of White County; married Aug. 5, 2008; one child affected; alleged cause: general indignities ■ Plaintiff Virginia R. Gill and defendant William D. Gill of White County; married Sept. 24, 2011; no children affected; alleged cause: general indignities

Wednesday, Nov. 28 ■ Plaintiff Waynette Anne Mitchell and defendant Ronald Gene Mitchell Jr. of White County; married April 8, 2011; no children affected; alleged cause: general indignities ■ Plaintiff Sarah Elliott and defendant John G. Elliott of White County; married Jan. 4, 2011; no children affected; alleged cause: general indignities

Friday, Nov. 30 ■ Plaintiff Taylor King and defendant Daniel King of White County; married Dec. 23, 2009; one child affected; case was contested; alleged cause: general indignities

Tuesday, Dec. 4 ■ Plaintiff Johnathon L Eden and defendant Tiffany A. Eden of White County; married June 6, 2009; no children affected; alleged cause: general indignities ■ Plaintiff Nathaniel Birdsong and defendant Jennifer Delk of White County; married Sept. 18, 2009; one child affected; alleged cause: general indignities ■ Plaintiff Timothy Jacob Barnett

and defendant Bindhu Barnett of White County; married March 14, 2012; no children affected; alleged cause: general indignities ■ Plaintiff Karen B. Selridge and defendant Derek Lee Selridge of White County; married July 15, 1996; one child affected; alleged cause: general indignities ■ Plaintiff Jeff Brownderville and defendant Angela Brownderville of White County; married Nov. 3, 2006; two children affected; alleged cause: general indignities ■ Plaintiff Cortney D. Hall and defendant Kevin C. Hall of White County; married March 9, 2012; no children affected; alleged cause: general indignities ■ Plaintiff Bridgett D. Smith and defendant Anthony G. Smith of White County; married April 3, 2012; no children affected; alleged cause: general indignities ■ Plaintiff Barry Crain and defendant Barbara Crain of White County; married April 13, 2008; no children affected; alleged cause: general indignities ■ Plaintiff Kimberly Thompson and defendant Jared Thompson of White County; married July 13, 2002; two children affected; alleged cause: general indignities ■ Plaintiff Michelle Leigh Harrington and defendant Vincent Duane Harrington of White County; married Feb. 28, 2010; no children affected; alleged cause: general indignities ■ Plaintiff Tamara Diane Bell and defendant Terry Eugene Bell of White County; married Sept. 30, 2000; two children affected; alleged cause: general indignities ■ Plaintiff Debra L. Spivey and defendant Christopher S. Spivey of White County; married April 12, 2003; no children affected; alimony was granted; alleged cause: general indignities ■ Plaintiff April Arriaga and defendant Jose Manuel Arriaga of White County; married Feb. 14, 2009; two children affected; alleged cause: general indignities

Code Enforcement The following are the monthly permit reports for the Searcy Inspection Department for November 2012. Each permit is followed by the address, value and fees.

New Single Family ■ Phil Watkins Construction, 415 East Moore, $41,300, $148.75 ■ Phil Watkins Construction, 417 East Moore, $41,300, $148.75 ■ Steve Ghent Construction, 605 Wycliffe Drive, $100,000, $291.25 Total value: $182,600 Total fees: $588.75

Remodel/addition single family ■ Homeowner, 1007 South Spring, $25,000, $77.50 ■ Scott Coleman Construction,

122 Black Oak, $70,000, $190 Total value: $95,000 Total fees: $267.50

New commercial ■ Hart Construction, 310 East Beebe-Capps, $80,000, $265 Total value: $80,000 Total fees: $265

Add to commercial ■ Bentco Inc., 3592 Why 367 South, $28,000, $85 ■ Cleaver Construction, 2609 South Main S-8, $15,000, $52.50 Total value: $43,000 Total fees: $137.50

New multi family ■ Scott Coleman Construction, 601 East Market, $250,000, $700 Total value: $250,000 Total fees: $700

Demolition permits ■ Sims Auto & Rv Sales, 2208 East Race, $50 ■ Spurlock, 400 McRae, $50 Total fees: $100

Electrical permits ■ Ted’s Electric, 100 East Race, Remodel, $50 ■ Spurlock Electric, 112 North Sawmill, Addition, $50 ■ Centech Service Co, 2997 East Race, Remodel, $50 ■ Berkley Reed Electric, 1 Ridgewood Lane, Meter Loop, $50 ■ Mark Baker Electric, 605 West Pleasure, Remodel, $50 ■ Bentco Inc, 3592 Highway 367 South, Addition, $50 ■ Seark, 607 Wycliffe Drive, New Construction, $50 ■ M & R Electric, 2220 Taylor Road, Remodel, $50 ■ M & R Electric, 2220 Taylor Road, cost $1,500, $3.75 ■ Ferrell Stokes Electric, 207 Queensway, Meter Loop, $50 ■ Seark, 616 Sanibel, New Construction, $50 ■ Cin Con Electric, 300 East Beebe-Capps, New Construction, $50 ■ Seark, 507 Samuel Loyce, New Construction, $50 ■ Berkley Reed Electric, 210 Queensway, Remodel, $50 ■ Berkley Reed Electric, 210 Queensway, cost $57,000, $142.50 ■ Seark, 2603 Ridgewood, New Construction, $50 ■ Rrr Electric, 2307 Lorraine, New Construction, $50 ■ Seark, 6 Valley Drive, Remodel, $50 ■ Cin Con Electric, 3524 East Race, New Construction, $50 ■ Berkley Reed Electric, 909 West Race, Remodel, $50 Total fees: $1,046.25

Certificate of occupancy ■ Q 4 Properties, 1014 Pioneer Road ■ Factory Connection, 127 North

Poplar ■ Paris T & C, 605 Samuel Loyce ■ Southern Builders, 1218 Bent Tree Lane ■ David Paul Builders, 3214 East Race ■ Center On The Square, 219 West Arch

Plumbing inspections and permits ■ Brien Black Plumbing, 3130 East Race, Rpz, $15 ■ Doug James Plumbing, 801 North Pine #25, W/H Changeout, $18 ■ Troy Williams Plumbing, 509 North Horton, W/H Changeout, $18 ■ Hayes Plumbing, 3001 East Race, W/H Changeout, $18 ■ Westlake Plumbing, 9 River Ridge, New Construction, $50 ■ Michael Linn Plumbing, 507 Samuel Loyce, Extra Inspection, $35 ■ Able Plumbing, 301 West Pleasure #1, Gas Inspection, $35 ■ Troy Williams Plumbing, 2009 E Beebe Capps, Gas Inspection, $35 ■ Tommy Cole Plumbing, 512 Wycliffe Drive, New Construction, $50 ■ Able Plumbing, 124 Belle Meade, W/H Changeout, $18 ■ Windle Henry’s Plumbing, 3311 E Park Plaza, Gas Inspection, $35 ■ Brooks Plumbing, 1300 West Arch, Water/Sewer Service, $35 ■ Able Plumbing, 806 West Race, Gas Inspection, $35 ■ Tommy Cole Plumbing, 600 Wycliffe, New Construction, $50 ■ Ken’s Plumbing, 500 Llama, Rpz, $15 ■ Lindsey Plumbing, 16 River Oaks Commons, W/H Changeout, $18 ■ Tommy Cole Plumbing, 6 Valley Drive, Remodel, $50 ■ Doug James Plumbing, 41 Country Club Circle, W/H Changeout, $18 ■ Michael Burr Plumbing, 1703 East Market, Water/Sewer Service, $35 ■ Calvin Bittle Plumbing, 902 North Holly, Water/Sewer Service, $35 ■ Tommy Cole Plumbing, 605 Wycliffe, New Construction, $50 Total fees: $668

Fence permits ■ Chris Price Home Improvements, 601 Samuel Loyce, $15 ■ Bobby’s Fence, 900 Truman Baker Drive, $15 ■ Homeowner, 6 Spurlock, $15 ■ Homeowner, 2627 Ridgewood Road, $15 Total fees: $60

HVAC permits and inspections ■ Floyd Heat & Air, 2603 Ridgewood Road, New Construction, $50 ■ Porter Hudson Heat & Air, 109 Summerwood, Changeout, $23 ■ Heber Springs Heat & Air, 507

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Re-inspections and fines ■ Cin Con Electric, 3524 East Race, Rough-In Re-Inspection, $35 ■ Cin Con Electric, 3524 East Race, Re-Inspection of Final, $35 ■ Cin Con Electric, 3524 East Race, 2nd Re-Inspection of Final, $35 ■ Cin Con Electric, 3524 East Race, 3Road Re-Inspection of Final, $35 Total fees: $140

Accessory/Storage Buildings ■ Austin Riley Construction, 63 Country Club Circle, $65,000, $171.75 Total value: $65,000 Total fees: $171.75

Signs ■ Signs By FoRoad, 1511 West Pleasure, $600, $17.50 ■ Connell Construction, 1600 West Pleasure, $750, $17.50 ■ Custom Advertising, 2997 East Race, $6,000, $30 ■ Custom Advertising, 2997 East Race, $7,200, $33 ■ Action Sign & Neon, 127 North Poplar, $1,100, $20 ■ Center On The Square, 219 West Arch, $300, $17.50 Total value: $15,950 Total fees: $135.50 November total value: $731,550 November total fees: $5,789.25

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ENTERTAINMENT

Public anger floods Australian radio station over royal hoax

BY SYLVIA HUI Associated Press

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An orchestra performs the musical themes for game of the year nominees on stage Friday at Spike’s 10th Annual Video Game Awards at Sony Studios in Culver City, Calif.

‘Walking Dead’ selected game of year at award show

BY DERRIK J. LANG Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — “The Walking Dead: The Game” took a bite out of the Spike Video Game Awards.

Telltale Games’ interactive episodic series based on the zombie comic book franchise was selected as game of the year at Friday’s extravaganza, which honors outstanding achievements in the video game industry over the past year.

“Look, ‘Walking Dead’ fans, this is obviously for you,” beamed “Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman. “Thank you so much. You guys watch the TV show. You read the comics. You play the video games. You make all this possible.”

“The Walking Dead” also won the best downloadable and adapted game prizes, as well as best performance by a human female for Melissa Hutchison as young survivor Clementine and studio of the year for Telltale Games.

“The Avengers” star and shooter fan Samuel L. Jackson served as host of the much-censored 10th annual ceremony at Sony Pictures Studios, marking his fourth time hosting the show.

“You know me,” warned Jackson at the start of the ceremony. “Whoever’s in charge of the bleep button, keep your finger ready ‘cause this is gonna be one

heck of a show, (expletive).”

Gearbox Software’s cartoony shoot-’em-up sequel “Borderlands 2” swept the VGAs with the most awards, picking up trophies for best shooter, multiplayer, performance by a human male for Dameon Clarke as villain Handsome Jack and character of the year for chatty robot Claptrap. Other titles winning multiple trophies included 343 Industries’ sci-fi shooter “Halo 4” as best Xbox 360 game and graphics; Quea-

sy Games’ musical platformer “Sound Shapes” as best handheld game and song for “Cities” by Beck; and thatgamecompany’s artsy downloadable adventure “Journey” as best independent, PlayStation 3 game and original score.

“We made ‘Journey’ for you, to show that games can be something different — independent, experimental, moving, emotional, modern, inclusive, different,” said “Journey” executive producer Robin Hunicke. “That’s why we made it.”

LONDON — The British hospital that fell victim to a prank call from two Australian DJs asking questions about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge condemned the hoax on Saturday, as the radio station behind the prank tried to defend itself against rising anger a day after the nurse who took the call was found dead.

The body of Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found early Friday at nurses’ housing provided by the London hospital where Prince William’s wife, the former Kate Middleton, was being treated for acute morning sickness this week.

Police have made no connection between her death and the prank call, but people from London to Sydney have been making the assumption she died because of the stress.

The DJs have apologized for the hoax and taken the show off the air, but station 2day FM was forced to yank its Facebook page after it received thousands of angry comments and complaints have reportedly flooded into Australia’s media regulator.

“This is a tragic event that could not have been reasonably foreseen and we’re deeply saddened by it. I spoke to both presenters early this morning and it’s fair to say they’re completely shattered.”

Rhys Holleran CEO, Southern Cross Austereo Rhys Holleran, CEO of 2DayFM’s parent company Southern Cross Austereo, said the hosts were shocked and devastated by news of Saldanha’s death.

“This is a tragic event that could not have been reasonably foreseen and we’re deeply saddened by it,” Holleran said during a news conference in Melbourne on Saturday.

“I spoke to both presenters early this morning and it’s fair to say they’re completely shattered.”

Greig and Christian have been offered counseling, Holleran said.

“These people aren’t machines, they’re human beings,” he said. “We’re all affected by this.”

Holleran would not say who came up with the idea for the call, only that “these things are often done collaboratively.”

He said 2DayFM would work with authorities, but

was confident the station hadn’t broken any laws.

Lord Glenarthur, the chairman of King Edward VII’s Hospital, wrote the chairman of the radio station’s owner, saying the consequence of the prank “was the humiliation of two dedicated and caring nurses who were simply doing their job tending to their patients.”

“The longer term consequence has been reported around the world and is, frankly, tragic beyond words,” he wrote in the letter.

Police released a grainy photo of Saldanha on Saturday. A native of India, she had lived in Bristol in southwestern England with her family for the past nine years, Scotland Yard confirmed. Police said her death is being treated as “unexplained,” though they said they didn’t find anything suspicious.

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LOS ANGELES — Singer Toni Braxton has been hospitalized in Los Angeles.

The R&B performer says in a Tweet on Friday that she’s b e e n hospitalized because of “min o r health issues” related to Lupus. A Braxton spokeswoman confirmed the hospitalization but had no other details. “But no worries!,” Braxton wrote to fans. “I will be out any day now.”

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TRAVEL

Staff at Spain’s Parador hotels start 2-day strike Associated Press

MADRID — Employees of Spain’s premium hotel chain Parador, a state-run group that uses castles, monasteries and palaces, are holding a two-day strike to protest job cuts and possible closures. The Parador hotels group, which started in 1928, says a drop in

demand could leave it with accumulated losses of $140 million by the end of the year. It intends to cut 644 jobs out of a workforce of 4,400.

Trade union spokesman Antonio Ruda said Friday the losses are partly due to the cost of refurbishing hotel buildings that don’t even belong to the chain.

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Fireworks punctuate the sky Thursday at the grand opening celebration at the Cinderella Castle for the New Fantasyland attraction at the Walt Disney World Resort’s Magic Kingdom theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.. The new attraction is the largest expansion at the Magic Kingdom.

New Fantasyland opens in Orlando

BY TAMARA LUSH Associated Press

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Derrick Weitlich and his friend Leslie Martinez arrived at the Magic Kingdom at 5:40 a.m.

Thursday, wanting to be among the first to visit the park’s New Fantasyland.

Getting up early was worth it, said these Melbourne, Fla., Disney fans, who estimated that they have visited the park some 180 times.

“I love Beauty and the Beast,” said Martinez, while standing in front of the new Gaston’s Tavern restaurant. “And I’m very picky when it comes to details about Beauty and the Beast.”

Martinez and Weitlich weren’t disappointed.

From the antlers lining the walls in the tavern to the animatronic Ariel in the Under the Sea-Journey of the Little Mermaid ride, they were impressed with the New Fantasyland.

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Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts Chairman Tom Staggs (left) and the character Mickey Mouse watch as actress Ginnifer Goodwin (second from left) and singer Jordin Sparks cut the ceremonial ribbon for the New Fantasyland attraction Thursday at the Walt Disney World Resort’s Magic Kingdom theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The new attraction is the largest expansion at the Magic Kingdom.

It’s the largest expansion project in the park’s 41-year history. The new spaces are built on what was once the site of the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea experience, and the expansion doubles the size of the original

Fantasyland. The central Florida theme park near Orlando is blending classic Disney characters (like Dumbo, the flying elephant) and newer, popular hits (like “The Little Mermaid”) with the multimillion dollar ex-

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“It’s really about immersing people in a number of stories, characters and music that they love,” said Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Tom Staggs.

New Fantasyland sits just past Cinderella Castle, with two sections: Enchanted Forest, where visitors will find Belle from “Beauty and the Beast” and Ariel from “The Little Mermaid,” and Storybook Circus, which is inspired by the Disney film “Dumbo.”

Among the highlights: a ride called Under the Sea-Journey of the Little Mermaid, which tells Ariel’s story, and Enchanted Tales With Belle, a walkthrough experience that features a magical mirror and costumed characters.

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TRAVEL

Tourists loving Christmas lights tour of Brooklyn Associated Press

NEW YORK — Tony Muia was born and raised in Brooklyn and always loved the Christmas lights of Dyker Heights, an ItalianAmerican neighborhood where proud locals cover their homes in twinkling bulbs and fill their front yards with life-size Santas and Nativity scenes.

Now he makes his living taking busloads of tourists from around the world to see these over-the-top holiday displays, playing Frank Sinatra on the bus and ending the night with a stop for cannolis and hot chocolate.

“Rockefeller Center, forget about it! Because I’m taking you deep in the heart of Brooklyn,” he told a bus departing from Manhattan’s Union Square on a recent night.

On board for the 10-mile trip to Dyker Heights and another Brooklyn neighbor-

hood, Bay Ridge, were 50 visitors from around the world (Australia, Japan, Holland, England, Northern Ireland) and the country (Utah, Texas, California, Louisiana, Missouri, Virginia, Florida, New York and New Jersey).

“Overwhelming! Over the top! All American!” was all Brigit DeBoer from Zeist, Holland, could say after wandering past three-story mansions draped from roof to sidewalk in shimmering lights.

Other displays featured a 14-foot-tall Santa, twinkling snowflakes, moving carousels, animatronic reindeer, candy canes and characters from “The Nutcracker.” Some homeowners create a traditional Nativity scene with the Christ child in the manger as their centerpiece, while others take a more whimsical approach, like the man who puts a half-dozen dancing bears on his front lawn, one for each of his grandchildren.

For many tourists,

Christmas in New York means the tree at Rockefeller Center, Macy’s holiday windows and Radio City’s “Christmas Spectacular” show. But those who booked Muia’s tour — most of whom came across him online — said they were excited about going to Brooklyn.

“We’ve done Manhattan,” said Robin Green of Fort Pierce, Fla. “We wanted to see something different.”

“We have a few houses like this but not so many in one strip. It’s incredible,” said Julie Morgan of Sydney, Australia. “I’ve been to Brooklyn before but I would never have found this on my own.”

In fact, Brooklyn has lately become a trendy destination for out-oftowners, with Michelinstarred restaurants, boutique hotels and neighborhoods like hipster Williamsburg offering craft beer. But you won’t encounter artists in porkpie hats and Converse sneakers on Muia’s

tour: This is old-school Brooklyn, home for the holidays.

And never mind artisanal concoctions like the Mexican-Japanese tacos found in Brooklyn’s hipper spots. Muia takes his tour to the Bella Luna pizzeria for cannolis, a classic cream-filled Italian

pastry. At least one visitor, Moe Takeuchi, visiting from Tokyo with her mom, found the cannolis quite exotic; she spent a long time taking pictures of her plate.

Muia, 48, grew up in an Italian-American family in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, and

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The celebrity riders were announced Thursday at Mardi Gras World, the New Orleans studio where many Carnival floats are built. Orpheus marks its 20th anniversary when it parades Feb. 11 with more than 30 ornately-decorated floats, some designed to reflect parade themes of the past.

“It’s a nostalgic look back at our 20 years,” Sonny Borey, the krewe’s captain, said during a news conference that included a jazz trio playing Mardi Gras tunes and a local artist painting what will be the commemorative 2013 parade poster.

The Krewe of Orpheus was co-founded in 1993

by Connick and Borey. It has about 1,200 members and is known for attracting celebrities. Those with musical backgrounds often perform at the ball held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center after the parade. Next year, Connick will perform an original song he wrote for the anniversary, called “Smokey Mary Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train.”

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EDUCATION

Schools donate shoes in Ozark Water Projects drive S

hoes, shoes, and more shoes filled three Searcy elementary schools this week. McRae, Deener, and Westside participated in the Ozark Water Projects shoe drive to assist in bringing clean water to some of the poorest countries in the world.

According to Ozark Water Projects website, “In the world’s poorest countries, over 5,000 children die each day. Contaminated water contributes to almost 90 percent of these deaths.�

Students at Searcy schools donated new and used shoes to be exported to distributors in South America, Haiti, and Kenya. The resale of shoes builds the local economies in these areas, and funds are generated to buy welldigging rigs, water purification systems, and other supplies to provide fresh water.

Throughout the school year, Searcy schools continually participate in good-will endeavors in hopes that our students will learn to help others in their times of need throughout their lives. As of Wednesday, Westside Elementary School had collected 2,058 pairs of shoes and still more were

BETSY BAILEY SCHOOL OF THOUGHT being collected, according to school counselor Helen Daniel. We are anxiously awaiting the grand totals at all three elementary schools.

Ozark Water Projects is a 501c3 charity located in Little Rock. Any person who may not have been able to contribute in the school drives may still donate shoes at a number of locations in Little Rock. A list of those drop-off locations is included on the project’s website at ozarkwaterprojects.org.

On a similar note, Searcy High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is hosting its Tenth Annual Santa Paws event on Saturday, Dec. 15 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Ideal Office Machines on Main Street in Searcy. FBLA students invite those who would like to have their pets’ photos made with Santa Claus and put into a Christmas

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McRae Elementary School kindergarten students learn how their donated shoes can help children in other countries stay healthy and safe. card to join them for this fundraiser benefiting the Searcy Humane Society and Paws Inn. The cost of a pet’s photo with Santa is $5 for each color photo.

We at Searcy Schools are very proud of our students who are participating in a number of worthy causes during this holiday

season. Their efforts demonstrate the true spirit of giving.

Betsy Bailey is the school and community coordinator for Searcy Public Schools. She can be reached at (501) 268-3517 or by email at bbaily@ searcyschools.org.

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COMMUNITY White County Farm Bureau wins Gold Stars

Santa Paws to visit downtown Searcy

Tom Lercher (center) of McRae, president of White County Farm Bureau, was honored for the county’s work over the past year at the 78th Arkansas Farm Bureau annual convention Nov. 29 in Little Rock.

Presenting the award were Randy Veach (right) and Rich Hillman, president and vice president, respectively, of Arkansas Farm Bureau.

Each county Farm Bureau is measured in 10 program areas and awarded Gold Stars for exemplary effort in each one. White County earned 10 Gold Stars.

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It’s just another cliff

ey, have you heard of the fiscal cliff?

Of course you have. You are probably like me and are sick to death of hearing about the fiscal cliff. There are but a few precious days left in the year of our Lord 2012, and it appears as though we will spend them beneath the terrifying threat of financial apocalypse.

Boy, they are doing some world-class hand wringing over this whole ridiculous thing, this cliff.

Whatever. I’m worried about it too much, really.

Seems like a non-event to me. Seems that we have made a real habit of going over cliffs these days. People are just a little scared this time because they think it might mean that their taxes might be going up this time instead of just those awful rich people’s taxes. The truth is that this is not a cliff. Nobody really cares what we call it, as long as our magical politicians who all possess superpowers and supernatural intelligence get together and fix it. If they will just fix it, then we can all go back to fighting each other in the malls for some phone or TV or some toy or whatever. Yeah, that’s it. We could pitch a tent on the sidewalk in front of some department store and lie in our own filth for a few days in order to secure our place in the mob pursuing all those bargains.

This is not the first cliff we’ve leapt from.

1. We fell off the common sense cliff some time back.

I can’t really put my finger on the moment we fell, but I know we’ve fallen for a long time now. Sense is not that common anymore.

By the time we hit bottom, nobody will remember the top. Just this past week, sportscaster Bob Costas said that guns seduce us and that guns tempt us and that a 228-pound NFL linebacker may not have killed his girlfriend had he not been beguiled by these persuasive little devices called guns.

2. We jumped off the productivity cliff too, and it’s really bad. The NFL has a campaign called “Play 60.” The point of this campaign is to get Michelle Obama and a bunch of football and basketball and baseball players and such to produce these really cool and catchy TV and radio spots imploring, begging kids to play. Now if we have to do all this in order to get them to play, what would we have to do to get them to work? They say “go to our website for all kinds of really cool suggestions on (no joke) how to play.”

3. We fell off the responsibility cliff like nobody’s business. In the latest election, the exit polls showed that free contraception was a major issue among single women. At a time when our entire civilization is hanging by the thinnest of threads, getting someone else to pay for your sexual activity is a major issue for these women? Really?

Wow. Forgive me ladies, but that is really selfish.

4. We fell off the decency cliff a long time ago and we just keep falling. We keep breaking new ground in our depravity. We continu-

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DANNY WHITLEY ally hit new heights in lowness. The scripture said it like this, “inventors of evil things.” Our society is rotting from within. I blame Hollywood. I blame you, Mr. President. I blame the pornography industry. I blame you, dad, for leaving your wife and children for something more “exciting.” I blame you, ma’am, for sitting there on the

couch stuffing your face watching American Idol or any other idol while your kids are being taught by “Nick at Night.” I blame me. I blame we pastors and elders and ministers and churches who have been too concerned for too long about telling everybody what they want to hear in order to draw larger and larger crowds and pay us fatter and fatter salaries. We’ve told people that righteousness is not important and that God always agrees with us and that he wants what we want and that he is just so crazy about you that he can’t help himself and that he will just look the other

way on all the trash in our lives.

Folks, it’s all a lie. Righteousness still matters. He seldom agrees with us.

His ways are above our ways and His thoughts are above our thoughts. We, like all decadent societies, will splatter at the bottom of this cliff if we do not have a revival of morality.

You have my word.

On these happy notes, I’m inviting you back to church. We need you.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas. Don’t worry so much about the fiscal cliff.

It’s just another cliff. Life will go on and there will be more cliffs to go over.

I think.

Will your pet get a treat or a lump of coal for Christmas?

Pets can make their cases to Santa Paws when he comes to town from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dec. 15 at Ideal Office Machines at 110 Main Street in downtown Searcy.

Santa Paws is brought to pet owners by members of the Searcy High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). Santa Paws, also known as Saint Matt Duncan, will be making his ninth visit to White County pets.

“Everyone needs to bring out their animals,” said Duncan, who is an active member in the club. “FBLA has been doing this for a long time and I want this to be the best year yet since I will be Santa Paws.

“I am looking forward to meeting everyone’s pets. I had hoped to be asked to be Santa Paws.

It is something that my friends have done in past years. They had a great time while helping worthwhile organizations. I hope I can say the same.”

A visit to Santa Paws is

not just for dogs and cats.

In past years, Santa Paws has visited with snakes, ferrets, rats and many other pets.

Pet owners will receive a 4-by-6 digital image of their pet with Santa Paws in a greeting card for a $5 donation. Donations will be divided between the Searcy Humane Society and Paws Inn No-Kill Animal Shelter. Photos will be posted on Facebook for additional downloads following the event.

Santa Paws is just one of the Searcy FBLA Club’s benevolent activities according to club sponsor Debbie Latimer.

“We also do Christmas 4 Kids and buy gifts for a local senior citizen,” she said. “Santa Paws is an event we have been doing for several years and is fun for the kids. They learn to use some of their classroom skills and give back to the community at the same time. We hope to see you and your pet when Santa Paws comes to town.”

Pet owners with questions about Santa Paws should call Latimer at 501268-8315 or email her at dlatimer@searcyschools. org.

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Arkansas Class 3A Football State Championship game

Wildcats win state!

Harding Academy beats Glen Rose on last-minute touchdown, 49-45

By Harrison Keegan hkeegan@thedailycitizen.com

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ITTLE ROCK — There were seven players on the Harding Academy roster with at least one touchdown catch this season.

Caleb Spears was not one of them.

During the first 47:50 of Saturday's 3A state championship game, six different Harding Academy players hauled in at least one reception.

Caleb Spears was not one of them.

But with the Wildcats down 45-42 against Glen Rose on Saturday with 10 seconds on the clock, it was Spears who made the biggest catch of the season.

The senior hauled in a Will Francis pass at the 10yard line, turned upfield, broke a tackle and dove into the end zone with 6 seconds on the clock to cap a stunning fourth-quarter drive and give the Wildcats their fifth state championship and the first since 2002 with a 49-45 win.

"If you would have told me with a minute to go that Caleb Spears was going to catch the game-winning touchdown, I wouldn't have believed you," said Francis, the game's most valuable player. "We were trying to go back side, but Caleb was wide open. I took a chance, and it paid off."

Spears made his mark this season as a hard-hitting safety and dutifully played behind standout junior receiver Kohl Blickenstaff on offense. He wasn't even on the field when the Harding Academy offense took over at its own 27-yard line with a 4-point deficit and 63 seconds to save its undefeated season.

But when Blickenstaff, Harding Academy's leading receiver on Saturday, came up limping after his 14-yard reception set the Wildcats up with first down at the Glen Rose 32-yard line, Spears was rushed onto the field.

Two plays later, he was lying on the edge of the end zone with his first catch since October.

"I knew we were going to get it done," Spears said "I just didn't know it was going to be me."

Francis carried Harding Academy all afternoon. The senior completed 35-of-48 passes for 499 yards and 4 touchdowns and ran for another score, but he was never better than on that final drive.

He calmly completed 5of-6 passes, ran for a first down and led the Wildcats 73 yards in less than a minute against one of the top defenses in the state.

"This is the drive that you

Harding Academy junior Kohl Blickenstaff celebrates as the final second ticks off the clock during the Wildcats' come-from-behind 49-45 state championship victory over Glen Rose at War Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon. Jacob Brower/jbrower@thedailycitizen.com dream about," Francis said.

"State championship game, you've got one minute to go and two timeouts. It's the perfect situation."

Harding Academy (14-0) and Glen Rose (13-2) went back and forth all afternoon, with each offense trying to outshine the other one.

The Beavers thought they

Harding Academy senior wide receiver Caleb Spears celebrates after scoring the Wildcats’ game-winning touchdown with 6 seconds left during his team's 49-45 championship win over Glen Rose Saturday afternoon. It was Spears' first touchdown catch of the season and his only catch of the game. Jacob Brower/jbrower@thedailycitizen.com

had the game won after senior quarterback Collin Hunter found wide receiver James Petersen in the end zone to give them a 4-point lead with 1:11 on the clock.

But that was too much time for Francis and company.

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Harding Academy junior Trey Davis drops to his knees and cries tears of joy as time expires during the Wildcats' comeback win over Glen Rose in the state championship game Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats finish the year 14-0. Jacob Brower/jbrower@thedailycitizen.com

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SPORTS

Bisons lose 2nd straight Harding can’t seem to get a win away from home

BY SCOTT GOODE Special to The Daily Citizen

Harding senior Zach Roddenberry scored 27 points, but the Bisons were not able to overcome Southeastern Oklahoma’s outstanding shooting from 3-point range and fell to the Savage Storm 67-64 on Saturday in Great American Conference action.

The loss dropped Harding to 6-2 overall and 1-2 in the GAC. After winning its first six games of the season at home, the Bisons dropped both games of a two-game road trip in Oklahoma.

Southeastern Oklahoma (7-3, 3-1) led from the 14:15 mark of the first half and answered each Harding run, usually with a 3-pointer. The

Savage Storm made 9 of 16 3-pointers, including 4 of 5 from senior guard Chris Roussell, who finished with a team-high 19 points.

Harding trailed by as many as 10 points with just less than 11 minutes left in the game but rallied to cut the Southeastern lead to two on three occasions in the game’s final two minutes.

Bison guard Adam Sterrenberg’s layup with 13 seconds left trimmed the Storm lead to 66-64. After a Harding foul, Southeastern’s Steven Kohli missed the second of two free throws, but Harding’s potential game-tying 3-pointer from Hayden Johnson was just long.

Roddenberry made 13 of 19 shots, had five re-

Bisons basketball Record: 6-2 Last result: 67-64 loss against Southeastern Oklahoma State on Saturday Next up: The Bisons take on Northwest Missouri State on Dec. 16 at the Oahu Classic in Hawaii bounds and three blocked shots. Johnson scored seven of his 11 points at the free throw line, and Sterrenberg scored a season-high 10 points.

Harding’s next action is in Hawaii on Dec. 16-17.

The Bisons will take on Northwest Missouri State and St. Edward’s at the Oahu Classic.

Lady Bisons drop GAC contest Turnovers are like a plague to Harding in recent loss

BY NATHAN LOONEY Special to The Daily Citizen

Team shoots 9-under to win weekly CARO tournament The Daily Citizen

A team of four persevered in windy, wet conditions to shoot a 9-under-par 63 at The Course at Rivers Oaks Senior Members Golf Association’s best-ball tournament on Wednesday.

Forty players entered the tournament with 10 teams competing. The winning team included Wayland Holloway, Dennis Organ, Winfred Wright and Gary Winseck.

Second place with an 8-under-par 64 went to the team of R.D. Causey, Gordon Sizemore, Ferrell Stokes and Jack Boustead.

The third-place team in at 65 included Jim Thompson, Kent Rollman, Maurice Hinnenkamp and Chester Barner. In fourth place with

a score of 66 as the team of David Martin, Glen House, Allan Isom and Jim Berkley.

Closest to selected pins results were: No. 11 Jim Newman, No. 12 Sizemore, No. 13 Thompson,

No. 14 Causey and No. 16 Bill Dunnaway. Causey and Stokes were prize winners in the weekly drawing for players entering the tournament.

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The Harding women’s basketball team dropped its second-straight Great American Conference game on Saturday as it fell at Southeastern Oklahoma State 72-60. The Lady Bisons fell to 3-4 overall and 1-2 in the GAC. Harding committed 16 turnovers in the first half and ended with a seasonhigh 23.

SOSU only scored 15 points off the Lady Bisons’ turnovers.

Despite Southeastern Oklahoma State shooting 45.8 percent from the field in the first half, Harding stayed close until the Savage Storm hit a 3-pointer with 39 seconds left in the first.

HU trailed 34-26 at halftime. SOSU held

Harding to 38.5 percent shooting in the first half.

After being down by 10 in the first minute of the second half, Harding cut SOSU’s lead to five with 18:05 left.

Southeastern Oklahoma State again built on its lead and led by as much as 13 until the final minutes.

Harding pulled within six with a 1:02 left on Lauren Crenshaw’s 3-pointer.

Harding missed its next three shots and SOSU hit 4 of 4 free throws for the win.

The Savage Storm’s victory snapped a four-game losing streak. Southeastern Oklahoma State shot 50 percent in the second half (12-of-24).

SOSU shot 81.5 percent from the free throw line (22-of-27), led by Bailey Welch who was a perfect

Lady Bisons basketball Record: 3-4, 1-2 Last result: 72-60 loss against Southeastern Oklahoma State on Saturday.

Next up: The Lady Bisons host Missouri Southern State on Saturday at 2 p.m.

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Welch led the Savage Storm in points with 14.

For the second straight game, Shana Holmes led Harding with 18 points.

Holmes scored 15 in the second half. Sophomore guard Montana Lewis picked up her second double-double in the last three games with 17 points and a season-high 12 rebounds.

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SPORTS Local Roundup

Manziel is first freshman trophy winner

BY RALPH D. RUSSO

Beebe girls top Searcy The Beebe girls basketball team made its free throws down the stretch and defeated Searcy 58-48 on Saturday at the Cabot Tournament.

Kalela Miller led Beebe with 26 points, Jamie Jackson added 21 points as Beebe improved to 5-3 on the year.

Whitney Emison scored 5 points for Beebe, Annlee Glass scored 2 points, Mckenzie Bingham scored 2 points and Sydney Gunter scored 2 points.

Searcy fell to 4-5 with the loss.

The Lady Lions were led by Brittnee Broadway who scored 17 points. McKenna Smith scored 9 points for Searcy and Allie Wilbourn added 8 points.

“In the second half, we couldn’t get any shots,” said Michelle Birdsong, Searcy head coach. “They tightened up their defense.”

Searcy’s next game is Thursday night at Nettleton.

Beebe’s next game is Tuesday night at Vilonia.

Harding Academy boys ready for reinforcements The Harding Academy boys basketball team will welcome some more depth as the football players join the roster on Tuesday night for the Wildcats’ game at Conway St. Joseph.

The five-man Harding Academy team lost 62-57 against Mountain View on Friday in the Lyon College Tournament.

Locke Adair led the Wildcats with 27 points and Mitchell Kirby scored 15 points.

“We were down 20 going into the fourth quarter, but we didn’t quit,” said Brad Francis, Harding Academy head coach. “The guys had a chance to quit, but they didn’t.”

Harding Academy is 4-4 overall this season.

Bradford boys build momentum The Bradford boys basketball team will be playing with confidence when it takes on Southside Bee Branch on Tuesday.

The Eagles defeated Bald Knob 6943 on Friday night to improve to 6-7 on the year.

Zack Wesson led Bradford with 30 points, Matt Steele scored 14 points and Jon Turner scored 11 points.

The loss dropped Bald Knob’s record to 1-3. The Bulldogs’ next game is Friday against Midland.

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Johnny Football just got himself a way cooler nickname: Johnny Heisman.

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy, taking college football’s top individual prize Saturday night after a record-breaking debut.

Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o finished a distant second and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein was third in the voting. In a Heisman race with two nontraditional candidates, Manziel broke through the class barrier and kept Te’o from becoming the first purely defensive player to win the award.

Manziel drew 474 firstplace votes and 2,029 points

from the panel of media members and former winners.

“I have been dreaming about this since I was a kid, running around the backyard pretending I was Doug Flutie, throwing Hail Marys to my dad,” he said after hugging his parents and kid sister.

Manziel seemed incredibly calm after his name was announced, hardly resembling the guy who dashes around the football field on Saturday.

He simply bowed his head, and later gave the trophy a quick kiss.

“I wish my whole team could be up here with me,” he said with a wide smile.

Te’o had 321 first-place votes and 1,706 points and Klein received 60 firsts and 894 points.

Just a few days after turn-

ing 20, Manziel proved times have truly changed in college football, and that experience can be really overrated.

For years, seniors dominated the award named after John Heisman, the pioneering Georgia Tech coach from the early 1900s. In the 1980s, juniors started becoming common winners.

Tim Tebow became the first sophomore to win it in 2007, and two more won it in the next two seasons.

Adrian Peterson had come closest as a freshman, finishing second to Southern California quarterback Matt Leinart in 2004. But it took 78 years for a newbie to take home the big bronze statue.

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Francis found Isaiah English for 13 yards, then Blickenstaff for 8 yards, He scrambled for 6 yards, then hit Blickenstaff again for 14 yards. Next, it was junior Jake Mackey for 12 yards, and finally Spears for the game-winner.

The Wildcats ran for a mere 45 yards on Saturday, but Blickenstaff, Hunter Gentry and Trey Davis each had more than 140 yards receiving.

“We knew that’s how it was going to be,” said Roddy Mote, Harding Academy. “Glen Rose is a very good football team and they are so big up front.”

The Beavers, on the other hand, did most of their work on the ground. Glen Rose head coach Mark Kehner sent his big offensive line right at the Wildcats 45 times on Saturday and gained 225 yards the hard way.

Glen Rose sophomore running back Carlos Burton ran for 121 yards on 18 carries and brought a first-quarter kickoff back for 73 yards for a touchdown.

Hunter would finish the game with 3 touchdown runs.

Trevor Smith was Harding Academy’s leading rusher with 37 yards on the ground, and Davis was the game’s unsung hero, rushing for two touchdowns and recording 10 tackles on defense.

The game belonged to the offenses, but it was a Harding Academy stop late in the second quarter that proved to be

found Davis wide open over the middle for 66 yards to set up a 1-yard touchdown pass to Gentry — his second of the afternoon.

The Harding Academy defense forced a punt on Glen Rose’s next possession.

And the Wildcats then drove 67 yards in 1:35 to retake the lead on Francis’ 12-yard touchdown pass to Blickenstaff with 5:11 left in the game.

Hunter, a standout quarterback in his own right, then pieced together what would have been his MVP-clinching drive. He rushed for 17 yards and completed 3 of 3 passes for 36 yards, including the go-ahead touchdown on a perfectly-thrown 12-yard slant.

But Glen Rose’s 10-play drive was a minute too fast, and the Wildcats stormed back for the win.

In the locker room before the game, Mote told his players to enjoy every minute of Saturday’s game. He said it would take their best effort to get a win.

“I knew it was going to be like this,” Mote said.

“I don’t know how you can come into the last game of the season and not expect to play a very good football team.

You prepare and prepare every week and you just hope your kids are going to play well. I thought our kids played well.

They gave great effort.”

the difference in the game.

After the Wildcats’ offense turned it over on downs at the Glen Rose 31yard line, the Beavers marched 64 yards to set up first-and-goal at the Harding Academy 5-yard line. That would be as far as they got.

The Wildcats held firm on three straight runs to force Glen Rose to settle for a Dakota Harris field goal.

Harding Academy junior linebacker Rayel Jackson was the one who brought down the speedy Burton on third down for one of his game-high 11 tackles.

Jackson got on the field for a few special teams plays as a freshman when Harding Academy lost to Rivercrest in the 2010 state title game. He said Saturday’s locker room scene was a lot more fun.

“We just won the state championship,” Jackson said. “It’s an amazing feeling.”

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A sad day for the Chippewa Wedge-loc I received an email today that almost brought tears to my eyes; another U.S. business was closing. It probably won’t impact the stock market, nor will it impact the unemployment rate, but it will impact the hardcore deer hunters who have used and trusted the world’s greatest treestand, the Chippewa Wedgeloc. They are closing their doors, but oddly enough, not because of a tough economy.

You see, it’s not every day when you come across a product that is superior to all others, a product that is built for you with quality materials and craftsmanship, a product that wasn’t hyped by the big names in the hunting industry because getting big wasn’t part of their plan. For more than 20 years, Terry and Rebecca Smith produced the Chippewa Wedge-loc and they’re hanging up the last proverbial treestand.

In a small shop in the modest town of Midland, Mich., located near the thumb of Lake Huron, the last Chippewa has been fabricated. I’m a self-proclaimed expert in treestands, and the Chippewa is the very best treestand on the market.

My collection of Chippewa’s has significantly gone up in value, and if you tried to purchase one from me, you couldn’t.

Scribed on every treestand that was boxed up and mailed out was “Terry B. Smith,� a hand scribed signature on every treestand. It was sort of a personal touch and it told you that Terry had personally inspected the stand. When you placed the order, chances are that

Terry answered the telephone and he’d politely tell you that he would make your stand and ship it DAVID MOSESSO out in three weeks, provided that was OK with you.

There was a good chance that his wife, Rebecca, would answer the phone and take your order, as she was a working third of the business.

Fabrication of the stands was done by their son and powder coating or painting of the stands was contracted out to a local powder coat shop. Every single Wedge-loc incorporated a design that was, as they say, “copied by several, duplicated by none.� I can attest to that because even yours truly has attempted to duplicate the Wedge-loc, with less than Wedge-loc results.

What really made the Wedge-loc the premium treestand in the hunting world was the manner in which you mount it to a tree. You climb the tree to hang your stand carrying the hanging harness, which incorporates a strap or chain with two large rubber discs, which keeps a small section of cable an inch or so away from the tree. Once secured to the tree, you lift the stand and hang on the harness. Welded on the back of the stand are two V’s which are inserted over the cable. As you push the

stand down, it puts a counter pressure on the cable and self tightens. The more weight you put on it, the more secure it becomes.

Hanging a treestand in the dark is probably the toughest thing a hunter can do, but not with the Wedgeloc. Simply make sure the two V’s are over the cable and step onto the platform with confidence. Gripping the tree on the platform are merely four rubber buttons which create zero damage to the tree.

Unlike most other stands that have steel plates or steel rods piercing the tree, these buttons grip the tree creating a safe, secure platform. I can’t explain how some rubber buttons can grip the bark of a tree so well, but I can attest to the fact that they are an engineering marvel that work very well.

I’ve mentioned the Chippewa Wedgeloc many times in the past in my columns so this news came as quite a surprise to me.

I called them to see if they were still in business and spoke with Mrs. Smith.

She thanked me for calling and told me that after 20 years of building treestands, they had been blessed with an unbelievable demand for their stands and countless customers. A slowdown in the economy wasn’t why they were closing, perhaps just the opposite. You see, they’re now in their 60’s and they want to take this time to enjoy life and to spend more time seeking the one thing that has blessed them so richly,

God. Not surprisingly, Smith told me that over the years they’d paid thousands upon thousands upon thousands of dollars for liability insurance, but have never had a claim against one of their treestands. That doesn’t surprise me because safety was a byproduct of their high-quality standards, and avoiding lawsuits is one of the largest obstacles a treestand manufacturer must overcome.

I admire the Smiths for their mission and hate the fact that an Americanmade treestand company is closing its doors. Someone might purchase the patent and the company in the future from the Smiths, and I hope they’ll carry on the true tradition that they have worked tirelessly to create, a tradition of honest American workmanship, quality products and excellent customer service. Seems as though this is becoming more rare than a B&C buck these days. Somehow a ‘made in China’ stamp wouldn’t be quite the same.

I saw the first ad for Chippewa Treestands many, many years ago in Bowhunter Magazine. Little did I know I’d be writing this today saying goodbye to one of the best treestands ever produced in this country.

The good Lord willing, I will be hanging my American made Wedge-lok for many more years to come.

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7-year-old boy accomplishes very rare feat This has been a fine deer season in Arkansas, likely the best ever in numbers. Hunter Lieblong has done his part.

Hunter is a 7-year-old who lives in Conway.

Yes, his first name is appropriate.

He has taken four deer so far and still has more hunting to do.

He’s qualified for the Triple Trophy award of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, among the youngest ever to win the award given for taking a deer by each of three hunting methods – archery, muzzle-loader and modern gun.

Hunter used four different weapons in getting those four deer.

First was a doe taken with a compound bow.

Then another doe was downed with a .223 rifle. Third was a doe taken with a .50-caliber muzzle-loader and fourth was a five-point buck taken with a .243 rifle.

Hunting is a segment of outdoor recreation

JOE MOSBY that all the Lieblong family enjoys.

The family includes dad Trey, mom Stephanie, 4-year-old sister Kelsey, grandfather George Lieblong and a host of uncles, aunts and cousins. They use family land in Perry County and land near Blevins on Hempstead County, some of which is owned and some leased. “It is family time,�

Stephanie Lieblong said. “We get together and just have a good time (in deer season).�

Hunter has taken all four deer this season from the same spot, an elevated box stand that measures 8-feet-by-8feet and has a number of comforts and facilities.

It was built for him, and he calls it “the condo.�

Those four deer are

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With the current deer season, Hunter Lieblong has been consistent in his shooting. All four deer were taken at relatively close range, from 25 yards to 57 yards. All required only one shot.

The two rifles Hunter used were Rossi young model single shots, a popular type for young Arkansas deer seekers. After the doe was downed during the early

antlerless season, the Lieblongs bought a new rifle for hunter. The .243 provides more punch than the .223 and with little difference in recoil.

Hunter said he has practiced shooting with the rifles a good bit on his family’s Perry County tract.

Deer aren’t the only hunting interest for Hunter. He has been successful in dove hunting and in duck hunting this year, using a youth model Remington 1100 shotgun.

Dad Trey relates an incident during a dove hunt. An adult spotted some doves and said, “They may be within range of my 12-gauge,� then boom. Hunter brought down a dove with his 20-gauge gun.

Fishing is another activity for Hunter, and he smiled in telling of a trip to Lake Ouachita that

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Padres’ Cashner injured while hunting NASHVILLE, Tenn. — San Diego Padres pitcher Andrew Cashner cut a tendon in his right thumb during a hunting accident and probably will start the season on the disabled list. Padres general manager Josh Byrnes said Cashner was injured by a hunting partner while they were trimming a carcass and that the 26-year-old right-hander sustained a small cut and had surgery on the punctured tendon.

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He is a second-grader at Jim Stone Elementary School in Conway and plays football, baseball and is getting into basketball. “I really like math,�

Hunter added, which is coming in handy for him with the multiple deer he’s accounted for. Six is the season limit for Zone 12, where the Lieblongs hunt, so Hunter still has a couple to go.

But one is the number that comes first, as in one shot per deer.

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Your example will inspire imitators.

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The Basics of Defense and Declarer Play

By Phillip Alder

Augie Boehm has written a primer on the basics of declarer play and defense, “Boehm’s Card Play Essentials” (A.L. Ayers Printing). Aimed at a nearbeginner, each of the nine chapters discusses deals and includes highlighted Key Plays. The book ends with six quiz questions and a brief glossary. It is worth reading; I just wish the diagrams had contained suit symbols instead of letters.

In this deal from the book, South is in four spades. West leads the diamond two. East takes dummy’s queen with his ace and shifts to the club two. How should declarer continue?

There is no bidding given for any deal. To reach four spades is very aggressive; stopping in three spades would be normal. Here, if three spades is nonforcing (as North wishes), South should pass

with his minimum opening.

When in a suit contract, declarer should start by counting the losers in his hand. Here, given that East had the diamond ace, South must lose two hearts and one diamond.

He might also concede as many as one spade and two clubs. To get home, both black-suit finesses must be winning and a club loser must be ruffed on the board.

At trick two, South puts in his club queen. When it holds, he cashes the club ace, and ruffs the club four. Now that he is on the board, he runs the spade jack (assuming East does not cover, of course). When that wins, declarer continues with the spade 10 and (again assuming East does not cover) overtakes with his queen, cashes the spade ace, and concedes those three tricks.

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1,047 5,687 58,027 46,012 55,406 57,416 44,920 40,202 39,907 3,388 857 185 59,112 472 4,926 41,736 1,575 779 238 78 174,658 1,297 21,829 59,368 67,435 48,578 58,956 77,180

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-0.6/C +2.0/B +0.7/C -1.4/C +0.4/C +2.9/B +0.3/C +1.1/B -1.3/D -1.8/D +2.6/D +2.0/C +1.5/B +2.6/B -4.4/E +3.9/C -0.1/D -3.4/D +5.6/B +6.0/A +8.6/A -4.1/E +0.9/B +1.1/B +1.1/B +1.1/B +1.6/A +1.5/A

Pct Min Init Load Invt 4.25 2,500 NL 2,500 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 2,500 5.75 1,000 NL 1,000,000 5.50 1,500 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 4.25 1,000 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 4.75 1,000 4.75 1,000 NL 1,000,000 5.75 1,000 NL 2,500 NL 10,000 NL 5,000,000 NL200,000,000 NL 10,000 NL 3,000

CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV - Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.

Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous day’s net asset value. s = fund split shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.

SAN FRANCISCO — This holiday season is shaping up to be a record-breaking period for Apple as shoppers snap up iPhones and iPads. So, why is the world’s most valuable company losing its luster with investors?

Apple began selling the iPhone 5 on Sept. 21, the same day the company’s stock hit an all-time peak of $705.07 per share.

Since then, the stock has plunged nearly 25 percent, trimming the company’s market value by more than $150 billion. On Friday afternoon, shares were trading at around $534.

The sell-off has had broad impact. It has reached beyond Apple’s own stockholders because the company is the largest component in the Standard & Poor’s 500 and Nasdaq composite index — two benchmarks that are tracked by widely held mutual funds and exchange traded funds, or ETFs. Apple comprises 4 percent of the S&P 500 and nearly 12 percent of the Nasdaq, according to FactSet. The Nasdaq has shed 6 percent since Apple’s stock price peaked while the S&P 500 has declined 3 percent, the same as the Dow Jones industrial average, which doesn’t in-

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clude Apple in its basket of 30 stocks. Apple’s abrupt descent is fueling a debate among market-watchers.

Is the stock now a bargain, as some would argue? Or, is the recent markdown in Apple’s value justified because the company has entered a phase of less innovation and slower revenue growth?

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the government would only consider future takeover deals in the oil sands by state-owned companies in exceptional circumstances.

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FOOD

Entertaining with easy-to-assemble party foods

BY MICHELE KAYAL Associated Press

It’s easy to have romantic visions of the holidays — cozy fires, perfectly wrapped gifts, your house decorated like a magazine spread, all your friends gathered to celebrate, marveling at your culinary prowess.

But let’s be honest, parties take work. But if you do it right, the cooking can be the least of your worries. In fact, you can sometimes get away with no cooking at all. With just a few simple ingredients and minimal effort you really can throw an elegant affair that meets the culinary mark.

So we’ve assembled dozens of easy-to-execute party bites from cookbook authors and chefs to get you off to a good start. But as for doing the dishes after the party? You’re on your own.

Christmas sangria and spring pea guacamole

JOSE GARCES (Philadelphia chef and author of “The Latin Road Home”)

Feta cheese and honey

Smoky almonds Dust roasted marcona almonds with smoked paprika and Maldon sea salt.

■ Spoon snack Combine good quality canned Spanish tuna, quartered cherry tomatoes, sliced green Spanish olives like arbequina or manzanilla, chopped chives, a splash of sherry vinegar and a bit of olive oil. Serve on miso spoons for an impressive and pretty one-bite snack.

■

JAMIE BISSONNETTE (chef and owner of Boston’s Coppa and Toro restaurants) Cheese and apples Serve Epoisse cheese at room tem■

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perature on a decorative spoon topped with a slice of apple and some toasted walnuts.

■ Mortadella rolls Buy sliced mortadella and roll it up stuffed with olives and oozy robiola due latte cheese.

■ Asian dip Take onion dip to Chinatown. Instead of instant onion soup, spike your sour cream with a ramen noodle flavoring packet and spicy kimchi. Add a little cream cheese for texture. Serve with rice crackers.

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■ Brie with bourbonbalsamic glaze Gently simmer 1 cup of bourbon and 1 cup of balsamic vinegar until syrupy and reduced to 1⁄4

Brie with bourbon-balsamic glaze cup, about 20 minutes.

Season with black pepper.

Drizzle while warm over a round of brie that has come to room temperature. Serve with slices of baguette.

■ Spring pea guacamole In a food processor, combine the flesh of 2 avocados, a 15-ounce can of peas (drained), 1⁄4 cup packed fresh cilantro, juice of 1 lime and a splash of hot sauce. Process until smooth, then season with salt and pepper. Serve at room temperature with crackers.

■ Feta cheese and honey Arrange slices of feta cheese on a platter.

Sprinkle toasted pine nuts and fresh oregano over it,

then season with black pepper and smoked paprika. Drizzle honey over everything, then serve with baguette slices.

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Salty-sweet spread Puree equal amounts of dried figs and pitted Kalamata olives for a delicious smear for pita.

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with lox (smoked salmon) for a healthy, crunchy appetizer or finger snack.

MICHAEL ROMANO (James Beard award winning chef with New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Union Square Hospitality Group)

Mediterranean dip Drain a jar of prepared baby artichokes and toss with good quality canned tuna (packed in olive oil). Add a squeeze of lemon, chopped black olives, Aleppo pepper and chopped parsley. Serve with crackers. â&#x2013; Crunchy caviar Slice celery into very thin strips, then lightly salt them. Top with grated bottarga caviar and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil. â&#x2013; Peppers and toast Toast focaccia or garlic bread slices and top with good quality prepared roasted peppers. â&#x2013;

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Smoky sweet apples Wrap thick apple wedges in smoked bacon and â&#x2013;

sprinkle with brown sugar.

Broil until the bacon is crisp. â&#x2013; Baked brie, 2012 Spread store bought puff pastry or croissant dough into an â&#x20AC;&#x153;X.â&#x20AC;? Put a wheel of brie or camembert in the center and cover in truffle honey.

Tuck a few toasted walnuts inside for crunch, if you like. Pull up the sides of the dough like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wrapping a present. Bake until golden brown. â&#x2013; Smoked fish dip Buy hot-smoked salmon or trout. Blend in a food processor with room temperature cream cheese, onion powder, garlic powder and fresh chives.

Use as a dip for crackers or spread onto slices of toasted baguette. â&#x2013; Fruit and cheese bites Buy brioche and punch out bite-sized rounds or cut into squares. Top with sliced pears, cooked smoked bacon and sharp cheddar cheese. Put on baking sheet and bake at 350 F until the cheese melts.

SEAMUS MULLEN (chef and owner of New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tertulia and author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hero Foodâ&#x20AC;?)

Puree black olives.

Toast baguette slices and spread with ricotta cheese. Top with a dollop of olive puree.

WALTER ABRAMS (chef at Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Le Bec Fin)

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Feta cheese and honey served with toasted crackers â&#x2013; White Beans and sardines Puree canned cannellini beans with roasted garlic, canned artichokes, olive oil and lemon juice for a white bean spread to serve with smoked sardines on toast. â&#x2013; Tuna and avocado toasts Fork mash avocado with olive oil and lemon juice. Grill some flatbread, spread with the avocado mash, and top with grapefruit segments, good canned tuna and coarse sea salt.

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DAVID BURKE (chef of several New York restaurants, including David Burke Townhouse) Parmesan pops Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. Place wooden skewers about 4 â&#x2013;

inches apart on the paper.

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â&#x2013; Cucumber and Boursin tea sandwiches Cut the crusts off good quality white sandwich bread. Make a sandwich using Boursin garlic and herb cheese and thinly sliced cucumber. Cut into attractive diamonds. Finish with a sprig of fresh chervil. â&#x2013; Caviar and quick chive cakes Grab a box of pancake mix, add chopped chives and prepare according to the box instructions (omitting sugar, if called for).

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Dandelion greens freshen the flavor of cornbread in seeds 1â &#x201E;2 teaspoon red pepper flakes Juice of 1 lemon 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup cornmeal 2 teaspoons baking powder 1â &#x201E;2 teaspoon baking soda 1â &#x201E;4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 11â &#x201E;3 cups milk 4 tablespoons (1â &#x201E;2 stick) butter, melted 2 large eggs 1 cup frozen or canned corn kernels

BY J.M. HIRSCH Associated Press

etâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get the hard part out of the way. This week, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m suggesting you eat something most people spend the better part of their adult lives trying to eradicate from their lawns.

Dandelion greens. Not the flowers or stems or the puffy white seeds kids love to blow (thereby complicating your eradication efforts). Just the long, green leaves that grow toward the base of the plant. Because though we know it better as a weed, since prehistory the leaves of this plant have been gathered and consumed around the world.

Americans have been cooking with them for many years. In fact, Fannie Farmer included them in the first edition (1896) of her classic cookbook.

The taste is a cross between arugula and kale â&#x20AC;&#x201D; slightly bitter and robustly peppery. They are about a foot long with a saw-tooth edge. Why try them? So-called bitter greens (of which dandelion leaves are just one of many at grocers today) work so well with so many of the flavors you already love.

They go particularly well with rich, even fatty ingredients, helping to cut through those flavors much the way acid (think lemon juice) does.

A note about foraging.

First, be careful. Never eat anything from an area that could have been sprayed with herbicides or other lawn treatments.

Second, while wild dandelion greens are perfectly edible, they tend to be shorter and slightly more bitter than the cultivated variety found in grocers.

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Cumin-dandelion Green Cornbread Dandelion greens can be refrigerated in a plastic bag for several days.

For longer storage, trim the bottoms and stand in a glass of water in the refrigerator. If you find the bitterness a bit too much for you, you can cut the bitterness by blanching the greens for a minute in boiling water.

Stymied for how to use them? Consider them for any recipe youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d normally used arugula, or even baby spinach. For example, dandelion greens would be delicious mixed into the cheese of a lasagna or stuffed pasta shells. Need more ideas?

Try these, as well as my recipe for cornbread studded with chopped dandelion greens, corn kernels and whole cumin seeds. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In the South, chopped fresh dandelion leaves are a classic addition to stewed pork. Or mix it up by adding to pork meatballs or a pork-based chili. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Add a handful of chopped raw leaves to your salad, but balance the bitterness with

crunchy croutons and soft goat cheese and hardboiled eggs. â&#x2013; For a delicious side, serve the greens raw by the bowlful. Make a lemon vinaigrette (blended with an anchovy), then heat and drizzle it over. â&#x2013; Saute the greens with a bit of olive oil, garlic and onions, then toss with cooked pasta and as much grated Parmesan and cracked pepper as you can handle. â&#x2013; For a cooked side,

saute the greens with a bit of garlic and bacon, then dress with lemon juice, salt and pepper.

Cumin-dandelion Green Cornbread Start to finish: 45 minutes Servings: 8 1 tablespoon olive oil 4 cups chopped fresh dandelion greens (about 1â &#x201E;2 bunch) 1 teaspoon whole cum-

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Heat the oven to 375 F. Place a 9-by-9-inch metal baking pan or 9-inch castiron skillet in the oven to heat.

Meanwhile, in another large skillet over mediumhigh, heat the oil. Add the dandelion greens, cumin and red pepper flakes.

Saute until the stalks are tender and any extra liquid has evaporated, about 10 minutes. Drizzle the greens with the lemon

juice, toss well, then set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt.

In another bowl, whisk together the milk, butter and eggs. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry, stirring only enough to moisten the dry ingredients.

Gently stir the dandelion greens and corn into the batter. Remove the heated pan from the oven and coat with cooking spray. Spoon the batter into the pan and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until golden. Cool in the pan.

Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 270 calories; 100 calories from fat (37 percent of total calories); 11 g fat (5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 65 mg cholesterol; 37 g carbohydrate; 7 g protein; 3 g fiber; 520 mg sodium.

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