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Family: Maggio’s statements should be evidence

by Marisa Hicks Log Cabin Staff Writer

Two daughters who filed a civil lawsuit against Greenbrier Nursing Home Director Michael Morton and lobbyist Gilbert Baker are asking again that ousted Circuit Judge Michael Maggio’s federal plea agreement be allowed as evidence.

“For the most part, no further argument is necessary and Plain-

tiffs stand on their prior arguments,” a motion filed in Faulkner County Circuit Court earlier this week states.

“This reply rebuts Defendant Michael Maggio Morton’s argument on the admissibility of Maggio’s plea agreement and his sworn statements.”

Rosey Perkins and Rhonda Coppak state through their attorneys — Thomas Buchanan, Brannon Sloan Jr. and Lucas Rowan — that Maggio’s plea agreement along with the sworn statements he made as part of his guilty plea should be considered as evidence.

“It is undisputed that Maggio pleaded guilty to bribery,” the motion states.

Perkins and Coppak are accus-

ing Morton and lobbyist Gilbert Baker of funneling money to Maggio’s campaign after Maggio reduced a $5.2 million judgment in a negligence case to $1 million.

The two filed a negligence case after their mother died in Morton’s Greenbrier nursing home in 2008. The corruption suit claims the judgment was reduced in exchange for donations to Maggio’s political campaign as he ran for a

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Maggio, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to a federal bribery charge in the U.S. District Court, filed an appeal with the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis in March and is currently free on the appeal.

County to recognize its outgoing officials

By Jeanette Anderton Log Cabin Staff Writer

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Forty-eight employees at a local UPS facility collected 858 cans of food in two weeks during a food drive competition with the other 18 UPS locations in Arkansas. The canned goods collected locally will be donated to Bethlehem House.

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The local UPS facility participated in a food drive competition with the other 18 UPS locations across Arkansas.

The competition ended last week, and the Conway facility with 48 employees collected 858 cans of food in

two weeks.

Across the state, UPS collected 2,200 cans of food.

UPS supervisor Carla Delph was the food drive coordinator.

Delph, with the help of supervisors Jill Myers and Leah Crook and driver Kenneth Herring, delivered the food to the United Way Agency Bethlehem

House in Conway.

Drivers Jim Lawson and Brett Williams and preloaders Blake Tacker and Jeremy Watson were the largest food donors.

Delph said Bethlehem House was local and in need of help.

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Faulkner County will have a reception to honor outgoing elected officials prior to the Faulkner County Quorum Court meeting on Tuesday.

The reception will begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Office of the Coroner at 3150 Cimarron Drive in Conway.

“This meeting is to celebrate the service of the outgoing Quorum Court Members and County Officials that will be leaving their offices in January,” County Clerk Tammie Lemings said in an email that included the quorum court meeting information.

Justice of the Peace for District 4 Barbara Mathes and JP for District 12 Damon Edwards did not seek re-election to their posts and will join Circuit Clerk Rhonda Wharton in being recognized.

Wharton, who has been

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Students and community members march Saturday in solidarity protesting Donald Trump, who won the presidential election on Tuesday.

The group traveled from Hendrix College to Simon Park in downtown Conway chanting “no KKK no fascist USA” and “her body her choice.”

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circuit clerk since 2007, was unseated by Crystal Taylor in the Nov. 8 election.

Newcomers Jim Houston and Jerry Boyer were elected for Districts 4 and 12, respectively.

Three proposed ordinances were on the quorum court’s agenda including an appropriation, a change to the personnel policy and a one-time pay raise for employees.

The quorum court meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in Courtroom A of the Faulkner County Courthouse. The reception and the meeting are open to the public.

(Managing Editor Jeanette Anderton can be reached by email at jeanette.anderton@ thecabin.net or by phone at 505-1212. To comment on this and other stories in the Log Cabin, log on to www.thecabin.net. Send us your news at www.thecabin.net/submit.)

New Verizon Wireless Smart Store now open

By Hilary Andrews

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Dozens attended the grand opening for the new Verizon Wireless Smart Store on Saturday.

The smart store not only showcases phones, but also incorporates new technology that enhances a customer’s overall experience, combining devices with accessories.

Shane Thompson, general manager, said the new layout encompasses lifestyle zones — fitness, home, music and more — to better suit a customer’s preference.

He said before they even try to sell a customer any merchandise, employees first ask them if they’ve

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A lot of people don’t know we have all this stuff.

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ever been inside a smart store and give them a tour.

Thompson said the store sells items that connect phones and tablets to household items like a carbon monoxide sensor that,

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Blue Sail Coffee celebrates newest location

By Andy Robertson Log Cabin Staff Writer

With a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, Blue Sail Coffee owner and founder Kyle Tabor ushered in the brand’s second location in Conway in Donaghey Hall.

The new shop features a different look than the downtown location.

“My vision behind this store is creating a completely different experience for my customers,” Tabor said. “As my company grows, I don’t want to be associated with the work franchise. I want every store to be unique and different. I wanted the interior of this store to fit the aesthetics of the building and create a more modern, urban feel.”

Tabor said the store has a fully functional kitchen, unlike the downtown location.

“Downtown, we don’t have enough space for a kitchen, but here, we have a fully functional kitchen,” he said. “From

7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday, we will be serving what we will call ‘brunch.’ We’re really proud of that. It’s been a lot of hard work.”

Tabor said the company roasts its coffee at the downtown location, which is the first coffee roaster in Conway.

“We import coffee from all over the world, bringing that to Conway and roasting it here,” he said. “We’re supplying top restaurants in Little Rock.”

Tabor, who started Blue Sail in May 2014, said he owes his success to the support of the community.

“This all goes back to the support the community has given me,” he said.

(Staff writer Andy Robertson can be reached by email at andrew.robertson@thecabin.net or by phone at 505-1246. To comment on this and other stories in the Log Cabin, log on to www.thecabin.net. Send us your news at www.thecabin.net/submit.)

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Blue Sail Coffee Kyle Tabor cuts the ribbon with Conway Chamber of Commerce ambassadors Friday at the shop’s second location at Donaghey Hall.

Conway Corp recognized as leader in risk management Energi CEO Brian McCarthy (left) presents Energi’s 2016 Excellence in Risk Management Award to Conway Corporation Safety Director Steve Plant and his wife Donna.

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Conway Corporation has received Energi’s 2016 Excellence Risk Management Award for being a leader in the implementation of Energi safety and risk management programs.

Energi, a leading provider of Insurance and Risk Management Programs to the energy industry, recognized Conway Corp as being the “Best of the Best” within the energy industry at the

Risk Management Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Safety Director Steve Plant accepted the award on behalf of the company.

“Conway Corp’s focused commitment to safety, implementation of risk management best practices and willingness to learn and apply new safety techniques have enable us to set a future standard of excellence amongst industry peers,” he said.

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Business Briefs Graphic design firm awarded certificate of appreciation Sanders-2000 Inc., an environmental graphic design firm located at 1500 Museum Road, Suite 101, in Conway, recently received the 2016 Organizational Certificate of Appreciation from The Construction Specifications Institute, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

Ohio State architect and 2016 Institute president Lane Beougher made the presentation to the Conway firm at the organization’s national convention in Austin, Texas.

The award cites outstanding contributions during the Sanders’ combined 112 years of active service to the construction industry organization responsible for issuing and maintaining construction language as it pertains to building contracts and specifications.

All four Sanders’ have served as president of the Little Rock CSI Chapter.

Michael Sanders, CSI, CCCA, CCS, MAI received the Institute’s highest education award in 2006, and both Jan Sanders, FCSI, CCPR and Michelle (Sanders) Christen, FCSI, CCCA, have been named CSI Fellows.

Michelle is the youngest Fellow in the organization’s 68-year history.

Jan and Michelle have the honor of being the only mother and daughter in this elite group of construction industry professionals.

Jerry Sanders, AIA, CSI was Arkansas’ first state architect and served from 1975 to 1991.

Waller Security receives 2016 Best of Conway Award Waller Security Storage Inc., was selected for the 2016 Best of Conway Award in the Boat Storage category by the Conway Award Program.

Each year, the Conway Award Program identifies companies that it believes have achieved exceptional marketing success in the local community and business category.

These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and the community.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category.

The 2016 Conway Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity.

Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Conway Award Program and data provided by third parties.

The Conway Award Program is an annual program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Conway area.

Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.

The program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in the community.

The program’s mission is to recognize the small business community’s contributions to the U.S. economy.

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News

Sunday, November 13, 2016 — 3A

More than 86 percent of state Celebration of Life now in some form of drought OBITUARIES

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — More than 86 percent of Arkansas is in some form of drought ahead of a warm, dry winter forecast, meaning there’s little chance of immediate relief.

Because of the drought, ranchers are turning to alternate sources of feed for cattle as pastureland disappears.

“Everyone is running out of grass,” said Jason Needham, manager of the Southeast Feed store in De Queen, referring to pastureland for cattle.

“Farmers ran later in the summer with pasture grass than before because of the earlier rains. It was pretty good until now,” Needham said.

The U.S. Drought Monitor, released Thursday, shows 86.3 percent of the state is in some form of drought; only the far northern tier of counties are excluded. The driest areas are in southwestern Arkansas and a small portion of southeastern Arkansas, which are rated in severe drought, while an area south of a line roughly from Fort Smith to Jonesboro is in moderate drought.

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“It looks like this could be a very persistent drought,” meteorologist Deborah Bathke with the National Drought Mitigation Center said. “It’s going to remain (in Arkansas) for a while.” The formation of a La Nina, a cooling of the waters in the Pacific Ocean, will force weather patterns to trend farther to the north and keep most moistureproducing systems away from Arkansas, she said.

In Altheimer, the Duck Down Guide Service pumped water on 4,000 acres to provide habitat for migrating ducks ahead of the Nov. 19 opening of duck hunting season.

“We’ve got to put water on them to get the ducks here,” said Tiffany Henderson, who owns the service with her husband.

She said it’s costly, but her husband owns farm irrigation equipment and can readily fill the fields with water.

Fifteen county judges have issued burn bans and the Arkansas Forestry Commission rated the entire state as at least “moderate” for fire danger. A portion of northwest Arkansas is rated “high” for fire danger, and burning there is discouraged.

If there’s going to be a drought, it’s a good time for wheat farmers, who are harvesting their crops now and will be planting again in February, according to Arkansas Farm Bureau spokesman Steve Eddington.

“But we need rain for the spring,” he said. “You can’t plant in the dust.”

Arkadelphia HS enters contest to help homeless ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (AP) — Students at Arkadelphia High School have embarked on an interesting endeavor that will both further their education and benefit those in need.

The project came about after pre-engineering teacher Bud McMillion was contacted by Arkansas Tech University Professor Megan Toland, The Daily Siftings Herald reported.

Having heard about the program at AHS, Toland asked McMillion if he and his students would like to compete in ATU’s Students Design for Change Competition.

This contest consists of teams designing micro shelters that will assist people who are temporarily experiencing homelessness. It is open to all high schools in Arkansas.

“I felt the description of the competition really fit well with Arkadelphia High School’s Project Based Learning environment,” said McMillion.

In addition to this, McMillion shared that it is a good fit for the combined Geometry-Introduction to Engineering Design

(GEOIED) course.

“The reason I think it is such a great idea is that you have to have a good understanding of geometry to build a structure and you have to understand the process of design to create an awesome product like a micro shelter,” said McMillion.

“Solving large scale problems is what engineers do for a living and so designing a micro shelter is great on the job experience.”

The AHS GEOIED classes are comprised of 78 ninth and tenth graders who will be involved in producing design packages that will be sent to the competition. Once they are submitted, the top five design packages will be chosen by ATU. Each of the five selected teams will receive $1,000 that will go toward their designs being constructed.

The packages must include the team’s own micro shelter description, a set of technical drawings, a bill of materials, a building timeline and a statement describing what the students have learned about homelessness.

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Amy Rotenbury (right) shows off her balloon crown and animal, made by Marty Boone, during the grand opening Saturday of the new Verizon Wireless Smart Store on Oak Street.

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Forty-eight employees of a local UPS facility collected 858 cans of food in two weeks during a food drive competition with the other 18 UPS locations in Arkansas. The canned goods collected locally will be donated to Bethlehem House.

UPS from 1A “We made donating fun and encouraged competition within our small group of employees in Conway,” she said. “The UPS team came through and it was a good event that will help

people in our community.

We hope to do more next year.”

Bethlehem House is located at 1115 Parkway in Conway and serves Conway and Faulkner County.

For more information, visit bethlehemhouse.net.

MAGGIO from 1A The sisters point out Maggio “corruptly accepted and agreed to accept from another something of value, that is, campaign contributions, in connection with a business, transaction, or series of transactions,” according to his plea agreement. This statement

when linked with smart light bulbs, will flash if the gas is detected. He said they also sell home security systems someone can control from their phone and other innovative items.

“They like talk to each other,” he said.

“It’s pretty crazy. A lot of people don’t know we have all this stuff.”

Thompson said it isn’t just a cellphone company, but a technology company, too.

A lot of people attended the event, he said, considering Saturday was the first day of deer season and the Arkansas Razorbacks were playing. “[We’re] having a good time,” he said.

“We’ve had a great turnout so far.”

Thompson said during the event, customers who made purchases received Chick-Fil-A. He said they also held draw-

refers to the jury’s $5.2 million judgment being dropped to $1 million two days after Morton mailed thousands of dollars to political action committees to be donated to Maggio’s campaign.

“Here, the material facts show that Morton and Baker, along with Maggio, were involved in an illegal bribery scheme that damages

ings for Dallas Cowboy tickets, Oklahoma City Thunder tickets, Arkansas Razorback tickets, three smart phones, four smart accessories and gave goodie bags to the first 20 customers.

He said they had a balloon twister and face painter on site and held a meet-andgreet with Barrett Baber. Kona Ice and other food vendors also attended the grand opening.

The store is located at 975 E. Oak St., and is open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday-Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.

(Staff writer Hilary Andrews can be reached by email at hilary.andrews@thecabin.net or by phone at 505-1215. To comment on this and other stories in the Log Cabin, log on to www.thecabin.net. Send us your news at www.thecabin.net/submit)

Plaintiffs and deprived them of their constitutional rights,” the motion states.

The sisters ask that the court consider Morton and Baker’s testimony as well as Maggio’s guilty plea.

Judge David Laser temporarily put the civil suit on hold in September, saying he would move for-

ward with the case following a ruling in Maggio’s appeal case.

(Staff writer Marisa Hicks can be reached by email at marisa.hicks@ thecabin.net or by phone at 505-1277.

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State & Region

FAYETTEVILLE The University of Arkansas will restrict employee tuition waivers beginning in May and allow them only for undergraduate hours, unless chancellors at individual campuses agree to pay graduate tuition.

Trustees approved the changes Friday.

Employees currently pay 10 percent of undergraduate or graduate tuition at the university where they work or 30 percent at a sister institution.

Under the new rule, employees of at least one semester can waive 50 percent for up to 132 undergraduate hours. A chancellor could waive more on his or her campus or reimburse a percentage of graduate tuition on another campus — if the campus pays for it.

Employees enrolled before May 1 can continue at the original level if they complete at least three credit hours in a calendar year.

FAYETTEVILLE The number of confirmed or suspected mumps cases in Arkansas has nearly doubled in recent weeks despite efforts to immunize residents against the viral disease.

The Arkansas Department of Health reports that as of Thursday there were 1,230 confirmed or suspected cases, up from 769 on Oct. 26. Most cases are in Benton, Washington and Madison counties in northwest Arkansas and other cases in Pulaski County in central Arkansas. There are currently three public and two private schools affected, in addition to 21 workplaces.

The health department says most cases are schoolaged children between the ages of 5 and 17.

Department spokeswoman Meg Mirivel said that officials are still trying to immunize as many people as possible and are optimistic the situation will improve.

OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma voters last week approved two state questions aimed at curbing the state’s rapidly growing prison population, a decision likely to provide momentum for further changes to the state’s criminal justice system.

State Question 780, which reclassifies drug possession and property crimes under $1,000 to misdemeanors, passed with more than 58 percent of the vote. A companion measure that would reinvest any savings into substance abuse and mental health treatment, State Question 781, was approved with more than 56 percent of the vote.

“The people of Oklahoma have decided that we can no longer afford to fill our prisons with individuals suffering from addiction; that strategy has been far too costly in dollars and in lives,” said Gov. Mary Fallin. “This historic vote reflects a fundamental change in the way our state understands and treats drug addiction, a disease that has destroyed too many of our families. This is a great step.”

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper was injured when he was struck by stolen vehicle that was being pursued by law enforcement.

The Kansas City Star reports that the trooper’s injuries weren’t considered life-threatening.

The incident began Friday when Clay County deputies began following the stolen car on U.S. 69 from Excelsior Springs and contacted the Highway Patrol for assistance. Troopers were getting into position to assist with the pursuit when the stolen vehicle took the exit and crashed into the trooper.

The patrol says the injured trooper was out of his vehicle walking around after the crash.

Authorities arrested a man with several felony warrants.

Compiled from wire reports

Opinion Sunday, November 13, 2016 • thecabin.net • Page 4A

ADH to begin fulfilling requirements of Issue 6 The passage of Issue 6 has created new responsibilities for the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). These responsibilities include rulemaking, issuance of Registry Identification Cards, tracking of dispensed marijuana and other operations. ADH currently does not have an established infrastructure for this type of program. The process for fulfilling these requirements will take several months.

Under this amendment, qualifying patients and designated caregivers can apply to receive Registry Identification Cards from ADH. ADH is required to maintain a database for dispensaries to verify the amount dispensed to card holders. ADH will have other responsibilities, including regulating labeling and testing standards, establishing reasonable fees,

considering public petitions to add additional medical conditions to the list of qualifying conditions, and submitting annual reports to the Legislature.

ADH will update http:// www.healthy.arkansas. gov/Pages/medmarijuana. aspx with information during this process and will alert the public when Registry Identification Cards are available. If you have questions, you can direct them to ADHQuestions@arkansas.gov.

We have also set-up an informational call-line, to be updated periodically, that can be reached at 501 661-2367. Questions about cultivation and dispensing requirements should be directed to the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration.

Thank you for your patience as we work through these new requirements.

LettersPolicy

Too much politics

The Declaration of Independence specifies three inalienable rights it says are endowed by our Creator, one of them the right to pursue happiness, with government’s purpose being to secure those rights.

One way it can do that is to start the How to send letters 2020 election season later. to the editor This ugly election was a part of our Email lives for a year-and-a-half. Presidenkelly.sublett@thecabin.net tial campaigns have always been difficult and divisive, but this latest one editorial@thecabin.net. uniquely tore a hole in the fabric of Mail our society, and I’m not sure how it’s Log Cabin Democrat going to mend. Consider that Presi1111 Main Street, Suite 102 dent-elect Donald Trump announced Federal Plaza he was running on June 15, 2015, Conway, AR 72032 while Hillary Clinton announced her campaign two months earlier, on April 12. The first of many RepubliYou can also drop your letter off at our office.

Requirements are these: limit the letter to 400 words can presidential debates — the one andkeepthosewordssuitableforprint.Provideyourname where Trump and Fox News’ Megyn Kelly first got into it – was August 6 and contact information for verification.Only your name of last year. The Iowa Caucuses were and city will be printed.

Feb. 1, more than nine months before the election, while Arkansans held their primary only a month later.

The idea of starting all of this again in only two-and-a-half years is unbearable at the moment, and truly not necessary. Americans are supposed to keep a watchful eye on their government, but too much politics isn’t good for anybody.

Most other democracies don’t do it this way. Elections occur when they are called, or when a party exits a governing coalition, or because of other such reasons. As a result, campaigns occur over a period of weeks, not years. Earlier this year in Great Britain, the prime minister voluntarily left office because he believed he had lost too much support after the Brexit vote. He was not dis-

We want to hear from you. If you have a thought or an opinionaboutyourcity,yourrepresentation,yourschoolor your local newspaper, we want to see it. And we want our readers to see it too.

steve brawner graced, and there was no constitutional crisis; his party simply selected his successor. Within days, he was moving out of No. 10 Downing Street and she was moving in.

That kind of thing can’t happen in America. Our system was designed to have elections occur at regular intervals, and the writers of the Constitution didn’t take into account how powerful political parties would become or how much money would be involved. In 1787, the media was composed of printed newspapers, while discourse happened face to face, not on Facebook.

Constitutional change is needed, but that can take years. In the meantime, voluntary steps over the next four years can make the 2020 election cycle less divisive. Candidates can announce their intentions whenever they want, but let’s have no debates until 2020. The Iowa Caucuses should be moved to March 1 and the rest of the season compressed into a tighter period. Arkansas, which moved its own primaries from May to March 1, should permanently move the primaries back to May and never look back.

For this to happen, Americans will have to force the action. Politics is a free market economy, which

means that if there’s a buyer, there will be a seller. This campaign season has been a boon for the news networks, which have seen higher ratings and therefore more advertising revenue. But what’s good for CNN and Fox News isn’t necessarily good for the rest of us, and so when the networks dangle the 2020 race in front of our faces in 2019, we should turn the channel or turn off politics completely.

This doesn’t mean Americans should stop caring about our democracy – it just means our attention should be focused more effectively.

Instead of creating a market for another political circus in 2019, let’s pay more attention to the participatory processes of government, such as what laws and policies are enacted, and then save the campaigning and the debating until 2020.

A never-ending election cycle does not create a better democracy, and apparently a lot of Arkansans agree.

On Tuesday, 70 percent of them voted for an amendment increasing county officials’ terms from two years to four, meaning county judges and sheriffs can actually spend time doing their jobs rather than putting up yard signs every two years.

So let’s appreciate the fact that we elect our leaders — but how about we give this a rest for a while, OK? The next presidential election is in 2020.

Let’s keep it there, and use that extra time for more appropriate pursuits, including the one for happiness.

Steve Brawner is an independent journalist in Arkansas. Email him at brawnersteve@mac.com. Follow him on Twitter at @stevebrawner.

AsOthersSeeIt St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Trump and Obama’s Thursday meeting:

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump met face-toface and shook hands for the first time Thursday. First time ever. A worried American public needed badly to witness this moment and be reassured that a peaceful, respectful transfer of power will happen.

The meeting had high potential to be tense and uncomfortable, given their years of animosity. Perhaps because of the possibility of confrontation, schedulers had initially planned for a light, 10-minute get-together. Instead, it turned into a 90-minute discussion delving into substantive national and international issues.

Thursday’s meeting was perhaps the most sobering one of Trump’s life. No one can enter the Oval Office without being struck by the awesome responsibility of the president’s job. Trump now receives the same daily, top-secret briefings that Obama receives from CIA and National Security Agency officials.

This newspaper, like every major metropolitan daily in the country, had strongly opposed the notion of a Trump presidency. When Tuesday’s election results came in, our initial reaction was that the nation was headed for disaster. Protesters have taken to the streets threatening violence and insisting that Trump is “not my president.”

To them we say: Get over it. The nation cannot continue the kinds of destructive sniping that dominated the campaign — sniping that, yes, this newspaper participated in. Thursday’s

meeting provided some very necessary reassurance that the world around us isn’t going to collapse. Trump can, if he works at it, be presidential.

It truly is time for Americans to set aside the rancor and harsh words. For Obama, the meeting was a chance to show his human face to Trump, an opponent who spent many years treating the president as an object of ridicule and illegitimacy.

It was because of Trump’s sustained public campaign challenging Obama’s status as an American-born Christian that the president felt compelled to fight back hard, starting with a lengthy roasting of Trump at the 2011 White House Correspondents dinner. It endured up to the last day of campaigning this week. Some say it was the humiliation of Obama’s roasting that motivated Trump to run for president.

They never had a chance to clear the air until Thursday. And because of Trump’s penchant for off-the-cuff, abrasive comments during the campaign, there was little reason for Obama or the American public to see him in any light other than one of callous abrasiveness.

We stand by our criticism of his offensive campaign rhetoric and believe he must repudiate it. He should make certain that his followers don’t assume his election signals an open season on insulting and demeaning their fellow citizens, and noncitizens, with reckless abandon.

Now, as president-elect, Trump has shown some recognition that it’s time to assume a more dignified and states-

manlike demeanor. We sincerely hope what was on display Thursday marks Trump’s new beginning.

Lexington Herald-Leader on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

It remains to be seen how much Trumpism and conservatism have in common.

But this much is clear: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has a more important role and bigger responsibilities than ever.

Republicans held the Senate against Democratic challengers on Tuesday, and, unlike House Speaker Paul Ryan, who openly clashed with Trump and may face a challenge from within his caucus, McConnell is secure in his post.

McConnell blames what he calls tepid economic growth on overregulation

by President Barack Obama. With few specifics about a replacement, McConnell also has promised to undo Obama’s signature health care law, which has given 500,000 Kentuckians access to health insurance and medical care.

On Wednesday, McConnell wisely said that Republicans should be humble about their mandate because overreaching after an election is “generally a mistake.”

With both Congress and the presidency in Republican hands, Americans and Kentuckians will be judging the results.

As a novice president takes the wheel, the battle-toughened McConnell should not hesitate to steer his party, the Senate and the country away from cliffs and potholes.

Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ...

— First Amendment, United States Constitution

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Opinion

Sunday, November 13, 2016 — 5A

Who really won in this election I think we can all agree on one thing after this last week’s election: we are somewhat relieved that it’s over. Regardless of how you feel about the winners and losers, it’s been a long year of campaigning, headlines, scandals, investigations, and other election issues. Many people got quite caught up in the politics of it all. Discussions became heated.

Friendships divided. Sides taken. History in the making. In the midst of all this, our children were watching.

Our teachers were teaching.

Our students were learning. Even in the middle of the most scandalous news headline or worst televised debate, they gained life lessons and valuable knowledge about our country and its people during this time.

My daughter is in the second grade. Last week she “registered to vote” by showing a valid proof of address, along with her name and phone number. Then on election day, she proudly cast her ballot for the candidate of her choosing. This after learning all about the candidates (not just the two major party candidates, mind you) and the issues they stood for. She came home talking to me about them using big words that I was surprised she even knew. Remember, she is seven years old. She was so proud of her voting and her knowledge of the issues. She wanted to know about my vote, and excitedly watched the election results that night.

She is not alone. Many other Conway students participated in mock elections as well. I loved hearing teachers and parents talk about the students’ excitement for voting. They are proud to be Americans! Many of them voted similarly to their parents’ decisions in the Presidential race; however, some parents might have been surprised by their kids’ decisions. That’s the great thing about America, right?

The Presidential Race wasn’t the only election held in our schools. Some elementary schools took advantage of this season to hold their own “local” elections for Class President and other class officers. Students had learned about the democratic process, so they were ready to campaign on their own and cast their ballots for their fellow classmates. Many made their own campaign signs, complete with slogans and various campaign promises. “Better Cafeteria Food” made the list as well as classics like “Make Straight A’s, Vote for Grace.”

Our older students

Heather Kendrick Conway Schools

learned more specifics about the different political parties- their characteristics, platforms, etc. Some were able to get more involved in the actual political processes, at the state and local level. On election day, we saw students at Conway Junior High form their own political parties based on what they believed were important issues of the day.

Very eye opening! Conway High School’s Young Republicans and Young Democrats Clubs had a variety of guest speakers throughout the semester. These students show great promise as future leaders in our country, asking great questions and facing challenging issues with resolve and courage.

So as the dust settles on the 2016 Election, it’s these things that I want to remember. Images of elementary students smiling proudly in front of a pretend voting booth, casting their vote for President. A picture of a 4th grade President standing in front of his campaign sign with a “thumbs up.” Middle School kids debating the merits of the candidates for themselves, in their own words, making up their own minds. Junior High students acknowledging the importance of today’s issues by creating platforms of their own. 18-year-old High School Students voting for the first time, informed and inspired to make a difference in their world. As adults we may feel uninspired by this election season. But look a little closer and you’ll see that regardless of which candidate you supported or opposed, there was victory here. The next generation of Americans learned what it means to be an American.

They saw the responsibility and opportunity of citizenship. Why it’s important.

The present may be marked by scandal but history still stands strong and speaks for itself. Our children saw American Democracy in action, imperfect, but still in process. That’s the victory in this election.

Heather Kendrick is the Communications Specialist for Conway Public Schools.

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AsOthersSeeIt Dallas Morning News on why Donald Trump should be a statesman:

Congratulations, Mr. Trump. You’re hired.

The presidency is the biggest job America has to offer, and come Jan. 20, it’s yours. We wish you every success. All of us who live in this great nation depend on strong leadership from you now.

In winning the election you have proved many millions of your supporters right. They said you heard their concerns, while Hillary Clinton and establishment figures in government, media and pop culture did not.

We’ve questioned whether your temperament, experience and values are right for this office. We’d like nothing better than to be proved wrong.

You made a strong start with your elegant victory speech early Wednesday.

You pledged “to bind the wounds of division” and to be “president for all Americans.” Those are noble goals, ones we share.

As you build your Cabinet, we hope its members reflect those aspirations, that they indeed work with you in building a government that works for everyone.

We, too, will use this time to consider anew what les-

sons we take from this long campaign and the results it produced on Election Day. Will establishment figures, from both the Democratic and Republican parties, who dismissed the concerns of Trump supporters re-examine their hostility, and look for ways to bridge cultural chasms?

Now that the election is over, it’s imperative that all Americans, including Republican leaders, broadminded Democrats and Trump supporters alike, seek out their “better angels” and recommit to what’s best for America.

We exhort them to chart a way forward that truly will make Americans safe and secure, that will more equitably distribute economic prosperity, that will inspire free enterprise, personal liberty and a stronger sense of shared community.

Mr. Trump, we call on you to show the way, to lead the country toward these broadly shared goals in ways consistent with the constitutional ideals that have served the United States for more than two centuries. That will take selflessness and leadership by example to build unity and equal opportunity.

We are going to be hopeful. We are going to be aspirational for you and for our country.

Protecting consumers & growing economy Recently, the second-most powerful court in the country ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) had been structured in an unconstitutional manner. This ruling is an important step toward protecting consumers and community banks that are such an integral part of our economy.

The CFPB was created by the Dodd-Frank legislation passed by the Democrat-controlled Congress and signed into law by President Obama in the wake of the financial crisis that began in 2008. While there was clearly a need to reform aspects of the financial services industry, CFPB and other executive agencies have issued heavy-handed regulations that have harmed community banks and hindered economic growth.

Consumers deserve to operate in a fair marketplace. The controversy at Wells Fargo, where employees secretly opened unauthorized accounts without their customers’ knowledge in order to meet sales goals, demonstrates why we need effective and responsible oversight.

Unfortunately, the CFPB has been riddled with problems since its inception, and it is not accountable to Congress or the American people.

It was established as an indepen-

John Boozman U.S. Senator

dent agency with an unaccountable director who is appointed by the President to a five-year term and can only be fired “with cause.” This is in contrast to most other independent agencies which have multimember boards with a bipartisan makeup. The lack of accountability at CFPB is troubling because this agency makes rules and regulations that impact the lives of millions of Americans.

Arkansans understand that part of the role of government is to provide responsible oversight, but as is often the case, executive agencies can overreach and cause more problems than they solve. The CFPB has been issuing regulations that prevent small community banks from providing the support and services necessary for small businesses to effectively operate, create jobs and

stimulate economic growth. As the chairman of the Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, I have met with Director Richard Cordray to stress the need to provide our community banks with flexibility, as Dodd-Frank’s one-size-fits-all approach to regulating our banks is not the answer.

While the court did not order CFPB to disband, its ruling does curb the agency’s power. This is a major win for small businesses and community banks and will bring more oversight to the actions of CFPB. Our next president will be able to remove the CFPB director at any time, an important tool for reining in federal agencies that abuse their regulatory powers.

I welcome the court’s decision and hope it is upheld should it be heard before the Supreme Court. I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues to reform CFPB so that the agency is accountable to Congress and the American people.

John Boozman is the senior United States Senator for Arkansas, and a member of the Republican Party. He served as the United States Representative for Arkansas’s 3rd congressional district since 2001.

State Capitol week in review LITTLE ROCK — Today I begin by congratulating all the voters who showed up to participate in our elections on November 8th. We are fortunate to live in a nation where the power rests with the people who choose every leader that guides our local communities, state government and federal government. Our founding fathers sacrificed tremendously to ensure our independence as a free nation and soldiers have fought and died to defend our American Republic for generations — showing up to vote is the least we can do to fulfill our duties and responsibility as citizens.

Nov. 11 was Veterans Day, a day we set aside every year to honor every man and woman who has served in the United States military. On behalf of our community, I say “thank you” and honor all veterans as heroes for serving to protect and defend life, liberty and freedom for every American citizen. God bless every veteran for their personal sacrifice to serve our country.

At the state level, we are focused on the budget and the upcoming general legislative session. As required by law, the governor proposed a balanced budget for state government for the next two fiscal years and presented it at legislative budget hearings.

The recommendation will be the starting point for the legislature to use for adopting state agency spending levels. Lawmakers are meeting in budget hearings now, in preparation for the regular legislative session that begins on January 9.

The governor’s proposal would increase the Public School Fund by 0.2 percent next year and 2.4 percent the following year. The fund will disburse about $2.2 billion this year and is one of the largest single categories of state spending.

The Human Service Department, which administers Medicaid and

Jason Rapert food stamps and a variety of other social programs, would get a much larger increase in spending levels under the governor’s proposed budget. He proposed increasing the DHS budget by 7.8 percent next year and 10.6 percent the year after that.

Within DHS, the Children and Family Services would get a 29 percent budget increase next year and a 10 percent increase the following year.

It oversees the state’s child welfare system, which includes foster care and adoption services. Its employees investigate allegations of abuse and neglect of children.

The Human Services Department will spend an estimated $7.2 billion this fiscal year, according to legislative budget officials. Of that total, more than $5.5 billion is federal funding and more than $1.6 billion are state matching funds.

The two agencies that operate prisons and supervise parolees and probationers would get an increase in the first fiscal year of the coming biennium, but only a small increase in the second year.

The Correction Department would get a 3.2 percent increase next year and 0.5 percent the following year, bringing the amount of general revenue spent on state prisons to about $353 million. The cost of securely housing inmates is a consistent challenge for legislators. For example, 20 years ago the state spent $121 million on prison operations.

The Department of Community

Correction hires parole and probation officers. It operates drug courts and facilities that transition inmates back into the free world. Its budget would get an increase of 11.3 percent next year and 0.2 percent the following year.

The governor’s recommended budget has no increase in state aid to higher education. The state’s twoyear colleges and four-year universities will receive $734 million in state funding this year, and under the governor’s budget that amount would stay the same in Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019.

However, the governor has pledged to add $10 million to higher education funding if the legislature approves a new funding formula that shifts the basis from enrollment to “productivity,” in other words, how many students graduate with degrees and certificates.

When the governor and his budget officials presented the recommendations to lawmakers, the major headlines were about his plan to reduce state income taxes by about $50 million a year. The cuts wouldn’t begin until the second year of the biennium.

Last year the state collected $5.368 billion in net general revenue, an increase of 2.2 percent over the previous year. This year the total is estimated to be $5.333 billion, reflecting about $100 million in annual income tax cuts for middle class families that the legislature approved last year.

It is an honor to serve you in the Arkansas Senate, if I can be of assistance to you, please contact me at jason.rapert@senate.ar.gov or call my office at 501-336-0918.

Senator Rapert is chairman of the Arkansas Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee and represents the city of Conway, Faulkner County and a portion of Perry County in Senate District 35.

How to contact your government representatives Governor Asa Hutchinson Website: http://governor. arkansas.gov/ Webmail: http://governor. arkansas.gov/contact-info Capitol Address State Capitol, 500 Woodlane Street, Suite 250

Little Rock, AR 72201 Tel: 501-682-2345 US Rep. French Hill District 2 Website: https://hill.house. gov/ Webmail: https://hill.house. gov/contact/email

District Address 1501 North University Avenue, Suite 150 Little Rock, AR 72207 Tel: 501-324-5941 Fax: 501-324-6029 Washington, D.C. Address 1229 Longworth House Office

Building Washington, DC 20515 Tel: 202-225-2506 Fax: 202-225-5903 District Address 1105 Deer Street, Suite 12 Conway, AR 72032 Tel: 501-358-3481

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Across The Nation BOISE, Idaho One of two Idaho police officers wounded during a shootout that left the suspect dead remained in critical condition and faces a long recovery, while the other has been released from the hospital, Boise police said Saturday.

Police Chief Bill Bones told reporters that a 17-year veteran officer, who was not identified, was shot multiple times and was severely injured Friday afternoon. He underwent surgery Saturday at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, the Idaho Statesman reported.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska Anchorage Police Chief Chris Tolley says a man suspected in a theft deliberately ambushed an Anchorage police officer who tried to stop him early Saturday morning.

He says the suspect “totally surprised the officer.”

At a Saturday morning news conference, Tolley said the officer does not seem to have life-threatening wounds even after being shot multiple times.

CINCINNATI A protest involving nearly 1,000 people has broken up after a march through downtown Cincinnati following a mistrial in the case against a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist.

Protesters briefly blocked a streetcar line but remained peaceful Saturday in the hours after a county judge declared a mistrial in the trial of former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing.

The protest had grown after members of a rally

opposing Donald Trump’s election joined it.

Tensing was charged with murder after he shot Sam DuBose in the head after pulling him over in 2015.

Tensing was later fired.

PHILADELPHIA A student at the University of Oklahoma has been temporarily suspended and police are investigating a threat against a Muslim student near the University of Michigan amid racially charged outbursts at schools and universities across the country following Donald Trump’s presidential election.

The Associated Press and other local media outlets identified several reports of racist incidents at schools since Tuesday, including a group chat that the Oklahoma student got involved with aimed at black freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania, Trump’s alma mater.

BEAUFORT, S.C. Investigators in South Carolina are looking into the cause of a fire that gutted the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce building, which had been the target of vandals in the past.

The Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Chief tells the Beaufort Gazette local investigators and S.C. Law Enforcement Division officials will work to determine the cause of the fire and where it started.

Fire Chief Reece Bertholf says the blaze broke out early Saturday morning.

Before the building broke ground, someone spray painted “Racist” in red letters on its sign in July 2015.

Compiled from wire reports

Nation

Sunday, November 13, 2016 — 7A

Trump, McConnell, Ryan unlikely trio

By ERICA WERNER associated press

WASHINGTON — Washington’s new power trio consists of a bombastic billionaire, a telegenic policy wonk and a taciturn political tactician. How well they can get along will help determine what gets done over the next four years, and whether the new president’s agenda flounders or succeeds.

President-elect Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

make up an unlikely alliance, one defined in advance mostly by Trump’s opposition to the Washington establishment that Ryan and McConnell exemplify.

Trump and Ryan clashed throughout the campaign, with Trump taking offense when Ryan initially refused to endorse him and later distanced himself over the audio of Trump talking about groping women.

“Paul Ryan, a man who doesn’t know how to win (including failed run four years ago), must start focus-

ing on the budget, military, vets etc.,” Trump groused over Twitter last month.

But that was then, this is now, as Ryan, the GOP’s 2012 vice presidential nominee, said Thursday after meeting with Trump at the Capitol.

“The past is in the past,” Ryan said in an interview on Fox News Channel. “This was an unconventional year, he was an unconventional candidate, but the point is we unified, especially at the right point, at the end.

And it worked.”

Thousands march in anti-Trump protests

By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press

NEW YORK — Thousands took to the streets Saturday across the United States as demonstrations against President-elect Donald Trump continued in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and beyond.

Protesters rallied at New York’s Union Square before picking up steam and taking their cause toward Trump Tower. Police set up barricades in front of some of the most expensive stores in Manhattan as the group made its way along Fifth Avenue.

“I just can’t have Donald Trump running this country and teaching our children racism, sexism and bigotry,” said Noemi Abad, 30, a fashion designer, as she marched down the famous road. “Out of his own mouth he made this division. He needs to go — there’s no place for racism in society in America.”

Trump’s comments — particularly a 2005 recording of him making lewd comments about women — sparked outrage during his campaign. That spilled over into a fourth day of demonstra-

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Demonstrators march up Fifth Avenue during a protest against the election of Donald Trump on Saturday in New York. tions following an election that ended with half of U.S. voters choosing the other candidate, Hillary Clinton.

In Los Angeles, several thousand people marched through downtown streets Saturday to condemn what they saw as Trump’s hate speech about Muslims, pledge to deport people in the country illegally and crude comments about women.

Jennifer Cruz, 18, of Ventura, California, carried a sign that asked: “Legalize weed but not my Mom?” — a reference to Californians’

Tuesday passage of a measure legalizing recreational marijuana use.

Cruz said her parents have been in the United States illegally for 30 years, although her mother has spent years seeking citizenship. She called the possibility of their deportation terrifying.

“We talk about it almost every day,” she said. “My Mom wants to leave it in the hands of God but I’m not just going to sit back and not do anything. I’m going to fight for my parents, even if it kills me.”

“He doesn’t realize all the families he’s hurting,” she said of Trump.

Shawn Smith, 41, of Los Angeles, wore an American flag vest and held a glittery sign that said “Love Trumps Hate.”

“What he’s been able to do is make 50 percent of the nation look over their shoulder,” he said. “If you’re gay, if you’re LGBT, if you’re Muslim, if you’re Latin, if you’re special needs, if you’re female, it’s a much unsafer place now.”

“What is happening today is going to be the normal for a while,” he said of the demonstration, “because we’re not going to just sit back and watch our rights being taken away, our health care being taken away.”

Protests were mainly peaceful, but in Portland, Oregon, a man who was participating in a march was shot after a confrontation with someone in a vehicle. Police expect the man to survive and detained four people in connection with the shooting.

A motive for the shooting was unclear. The four people detained are believed to be gang members, but the victim is not.

Log Cabin Democrat

8A — Sunday, November 13, 2016

Police Beat

Round About

By Alex Kienlen Log Cabin Correspondent From Conway Police Department reports

ANNOUNCEMENT • The Holiday Food Box will take place from 8:15-11:30 a.m. and 1:15-4 p.m. through Nov. 30 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays only. To sign up, visit 707 Robins St., Ste. 118, or 700 Conway, AR 72034. To qualify you must reside in Faulkner County; only one individual per household need apply; have declaration of household income and photo ID. Distribution will take place Dec. 16 from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at the True Holiness Saints Center. Address: 198 Hwy. 286 East, Conway.

Phone zone A man called police the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 3, about his being harassed. Police took his report by phone.

He told police of serving an eviction notice on a woman who had become several months in arrears on her rent, and with whom he wasn’t able to get in touch. When he finally got inside the space she was renting he found all her things were already moved out, he told the officer, the report stated.

Today, he told police, he got a phone call from a man who asked several questions about him. When the landlord asked what was the man’s interest, the man replied that the woman evicted was his aunt and to the landlord: “He wasn’t getting away with what he did to her,” per the report.

While no actual threat was delivered, the landlord said, the man did say “I’ll be paying you a visit real soon” before hanging up.

The landlord gave police the number the man called from and described the man as sounding like he was in his mid-20s.

The reporting officer was not able to align that number with any person, nor was he able to get an answer when he called the number. Nor was he able to find phone numbers for any 20-ish members of the evicted woman’s family.

The man was told of the warrants process and encouraged to call 911 if anyone suspicious showed up.

Plate date late mate An officer on patrol in the first opening minutes of Sunday, Nov. 6, at 20 minutes before 1 a.m., spotted a car. So far so good. But then the officer checked, and the car, a green import sedan of a given make, was using a license plate registered to a white import coupe of another make. So yeah, bluelights.

The officer spoke with the driver who told the officer his driver’s license was suspended. The officer checked, and not only was the man’s driver’s license suspended, but he had previously gotten a citation for driving on a suspended license.

The officer got the man out of the car, who was then cuffed and stuffed, taken to jail and charged with, yes, driving on a suspended license. (Note here: In no police report do they ever state “jail.” It’s always “Faulkner County Detention Center Unit II,” but it’s not like I’m paid by the word, so “jail” it is.)

In other license platerelated news, police took a call Monday, Nov. 7, just after noon, about a missing license plate. The caller said that sometime during the weekend someone had stolen the license plate off her van as it sat in a parking lot. The van spent most weekends in the parking lot, she told police.

The woman was issued a report number and the license plate number was entered into the crime database.

Oddity

UPCOMING EVENTS • Wednesday — G60 Pitch Contest will take place at 6 p.m. at UCA Downtown. The contest is an event created to promote startups, improve contestants’ communication skills and to increase “creative collisions” in emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems. There will be prizes awarded by audience vote as the People’s Choice and the judge’s vote. Deadline for contestants to register is Tuesday at 10 a.m. For details on the event, visit http://www.g60contest.com/Address: 1105 W. Oak St., Conway • Thursday — F.C. Tea Party Weekly Luncheon – Findley Vincent, Dir. Conway Street Department.

• Nov. 19 — The annual fall clean update for the Mt. Vernon Community Cemetery, located in Mt. Vernon, has been set from 8 a.m.-noon. A potluck will be served at noon at the Mt. Vernon Community Center. In case of rain the cleanup is set for Nov. 26.

Cemetery beekeeping, honey operation buzzes among graves

10:30 a.m. Mother Goose is an interactive story time for walking babies through 2 years old and their caregivers. This program is designed to assist with caregivers bonding and learning with their walking babies.

Due to crowding, this program is limited to walking babies through 2 years old only. Address: 1900 W Tyler St. Conway

TODAY • Holiday Open House — In Downtown Conway, select merchants open their doors from 1-4 p.m. to welcome visitors to explore the hidden gems of Conway.

• 1:30 p.m. at the Springhill Baptist Church, the Faulkner County Singing Club will hold its monthly meeting and the public is invited to attend and sing along. Address: 25 State Hwy. 287, Greenbrier • Sundays — Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2259 hosts bingo from 1-4 p.m. The bingo sessions are open to the general public and are held in a smoke-free environment.

The post is located on Old Morrilton Highway (U.S. 64), just north of the intersection with Donaghey under the Conway water tower. For more information or directions, call 501-3291230 or visit www.vfw2259.com.

NEW YORK (AP) — The silent graves and mausoleums of Brooklyn’s GreenWood cemetery are the final resting place of luminaries who created a buzz when they were alive, like composer Leonard Bernstein, newspaperman Horace Greeley and maverick artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

It’s also home to some 600,000 honeybees and a beekeeping operation that churns out honey sold under the brand name “The Sweet Hereafter.”

Brooklyn beekeeper Davin Larson, 30, who worked with bees as a youngster growing up in the Midwest, got the idea for the hives while listening to a classical music concert at GreenWood’s central chapel two years ago.

“I was sitting there when I thought, “This has to be a perfect place to keep bees in the city,’” he said.

Larson proposed the idea to cemetery volunteer Nicole Francis, herself a backyard beekeeper. She sold the concept to the cemetery’s public programming director.

TUESDAY • Crash Course in Home Network Security from 6-7:30 p.m. at UCA Downtown. You can learn how to protect your home WiFi from unwanted eyes. Contact Chris Davis at 501-4503117 or cdavis@uca.edu. Address: 1105 W. Oak St., Conway • Tyrone Jaegar, associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Hendrix College, will read from his debut collection of short stories at the Faulkner County Library at 7 p.m.

Address: 1900 Tyler St., Conway • The Faulkner County Museum Commission will meet at 4 p.m. at 1110 Main St. for its monthly meeting. The commission will discuss the results of the open hours and long-range planning for the museum renovations.

• A reception and short program have been set at 5 p.m. at the Office of the Coroner at 3150 Cimarron Drive, Conway. This meeting is to celebrate the service of the outgoing Quorum Court members and county officials who will be leaving their offices in January. The Quorum Court meeting will be at 7 p.m. in Court-

MONDAY • At Golden Corral, veterans and active-duty military personnel will be honored with a free meal and beverage.

• Noon-2 p.m. in the McCastlin Ballroom at UCA. The Arkansas Coding Academy will present new Android developers who are ready to show off their scratch-built applications. They need you to try them out! Contact Mary Dunlap at 501-450-5276 or mdunlap@uca.edu if you have any questions. Address: 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway • Conway Mother Goose, 10 and

Yesterdays

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(2006) The students and faculty at Ellen Smith Elementary School live by the motto, “Reading can take you anywhere,” and students recently took that notion above and beyond. The very first school-wide reading day took place Friday at Ellen Smith and 48 members of the community took time out of their schedules to rotate classrooms and read to the students.

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(1991) Pictured: Tara Paul, 4 and Leah Fruechting, 2, are bundled up against the cold weather as they play recently with a neighborhood cat, marmalade, at Once Upon A time Child Care on Mace Circle. Tara is a daughter of Time and Nancy Paul and Leah is a daughter of Jeffrey and Sara Fruechting, all of Conway.

In Sports This Week Sunday Basketball UCA women at Texas A&M University, 2 p.m.

Volleyball Hendrix vs. NCAA Division III Regionals Monday Basketball UCA men at Oklahoma State University, 7 p.m.

CBC men at Arkansas State University, 7 p.m.

Conway girls vs. TBA, noon Greenbrier girls vs. TBA, noon Vilonia girls vs. TBA, noon Tuesday Basketball Hendrix women vs. Dallas, 5 p.m.

Hendrix men vs. Dallas, 7 p.m.

CBC women at Crowley’s Ridge College, 5:30 p.m.

Mayflower vs. Bigelow, 5 p.m.

St. Joseph at Wonderview, 5 p.m.

Guy-Perkins vs. Atkins, 5:30 p.m.

Mt. Vernon-Enola vs.

Southside (Bee Branch), 5:30 p.m.

Wrestling CBC vs. Hannibal-LaGrange University, 7 p.m.

Wednesday OPEN Thursday Basketball UCA women at Alcorn State University, 5:30 p.m.

CBC women vs. Columbia College, 5:30 p.m.

CBC men vs. Columbia College, 7:30 p.m.

Conway girls at Bentonville, 6 p.m.

Conway boys at Bentonville, 7:30 p.m.

Greenbrier boys at Benton, noon Greenbrier girls at Benton,

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(1966) The president of the Arkansas rural Education Association called today for a united effort in working toward a goal of offering every child in Arkansas a quality education. Hersell Lee of Greenbrier said AREA “pledges to work for quality education with the same zeal that it worked against forced school consolidation.”

“The educational leaders of this state have fought one another long enough,” Lee said. “If they will join hands, and attack with the same vigor the problems of education where they exist we will see great strides taken in the right direction.”

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Years Ago

(1941) Rehearsals are underway for “Brief Music,” a sentimental comedy in three acts to be presented by Central College students in the college auditorium December 12.

The cast includes Nancy Hall, senior of Grady and a member of Delta Psi Omega, national dramatics fraternity, along with others.

Years Ago

(1916) The residence of J. J. Courtney, on east Prairie Street, burned this afternoon. The blaze started in the kitchen flue. The loss, estimated $1,500, is partially covered by $700 insurance. None of the household goods were saved.

Compiled by Eliesha Wolverton Log Cabin staff writer

Local 5-Day Forecast 6 p.m.

Swim Conway boys November Meet, noon Conway girls November Meet, 3:30 p.m.

Friday Basketball Conway boys at Fayetteville, 5 p.m.

Mayflower at Atkins, 4:30 p.m.

Guy-Perkins at Nemo Vista, 5:30 p.m.

Mt. Vernon-Enola vs. St. Joseph, 5 p.m.

Cross Country UCA vs. NCAA in Fayetteville, Arkansas Swim Hendrix vs. Inaugural Hendrix Invitational, 5 p.m./10 a.m.

Volleyball UCA vs. Southland Conference Tournament Hendrix at NCAA Division III Championships in Oshkosh, Wisconsin Saturday Basketball UCA men at Maui Jim Maui Invitational (vs. Chattanooga), 7:30 p.m.

Hendrix women vs. Centenary (Louisiana) in Jackson, Mississippi, 1 p.m.

Hendrix men vs. Centenary (Louisiana) in Jackson, Mississippi, 5 p.m.

CBC women vs. William Woods University, 2 p.m.

CBC men vs. William Woods University, 4 p.m.

Conway Christian vs. TBA, noon Cross Country UCA vs. NCAA in Terre Haute, Indiana Hendrix vs. NCAA National Championship in Louisville, KY, 10:30 a.m.

CBC at 2016 NAIA National Championship Football UCA at Sam Houston State University, 6 p.m.

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Around The World KABUL, Afghanistan An explosion at a U.S. airfield in Afghanistan early Saturday morning killed four people, the U.S. military said.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said in a statement that two U.S. servicemen and two American contractors were killed in the explosion. Another 16 U.S. service members and one Polish soldier were wounded.

“For those who carried out this attack, my message is simple: We will not be deterred in our mission to protect our homeland and help Afghanistan secure its own future,” Carter said.

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis is advocating policies of inclusion, saying God’s plan doesn’t exclude people based on their social class, race or religion.

Francis told a group of faithful on Saturday that Christians should welcome others “without classifying them on the basis of social condition, language, race, culture, religion.”

He added “mercy is that way of acting, that style, with which we try to include others in our life, avoiding closing up into ourselves and into our selfish securities.”

LAGOS, Nigeria Amnesty International says as many as 30,000 people in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos are homeless after their community was set ablaze and demolished this week.

It was not immediately clear how the fire began in the Otodo Gbame community, but residents told the London-based rights group that police officers blocked them from trying to put it out. They said police then returned with a demolition team.

Lagos officials have warned that makeshift waterfront settlements pose a “security threat” and must be razed, a process that could affect hundreds of thousands of people.

NEW DELHI Chaotic scenes played out across India on Saturday, with long lines growing even longer and scuffles breaking out, as millions of anxious people tried to change old currency notes that became worthless days earlier when the government demonetized highvalue bills.

In New Delhi, the capital, angry scuffles broke out after ATMs ran out of bills.

Minor stampedes occurred at two banks in the city’s old quarter when thousands of people waiting in line surged forward.

BRIEFLY ...  MOSCOW — Russia’s security service says it has arrested 10 people who were preparing terrorist attacks in Moscow and St. Petersburg and who had contacts with the Islamic State group.  SEOUL, South Korea — Hundreds of thousands of people flooded Seoul’s streets on Saturday demanding the resignation of President Park Geun-hye amid an explosive political scandal, in what may be South Korea’s largest protest since it shook off dictatorship three decades ago.

Compiled from wire reports

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Syrian troops reverse rebels’ advance

Mass grave points to IS horrors to come

By SUSANNAH GEORGE Associated Press

HAMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq — For months, Islamic State group fighters drove thousands of civilians on forced marches across the Nineveh desert into the small town of Hamam al-Alil. Retreating ahead of methodical Iraqi advances on Mosul’s southern approach, IS fighters converged here, rounding up men, women and children for use as human shields and killing dozens of others.

When Iraqi forces began to close in on this cluster of villages along the Tigris River valley, most of the militants fled into Mosul, taking thousands of civilians with them. But before the retreat, IS fighters also led hundreds to a garbage dump past an old IS training camp and shot them dead, leaving the bodies among the piles of trash.

A week after Hamam alAlil was retaken from IS, and days after a delegation from the central government in Baghdad visited the site, about a dozen bodies remain strewn among piles of garbage on the western edge of the town. The bodies that remained were the ones family members were unable to identify. Iraqi officials at the scene said the men were killed for alleged spying in aid of the operation to retake Mosul or having links to the Iraqi government’s security forces.

No efforts to preserve the site were visible on a visit Friday and Iraqi officers reported that wild dogs were eating at the decaying corpses that lay on the edge of an old agriculture college later bombed by coalition aircraft after IS converted the sprawling compound into a training base.

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An injured victim of bomb blast at a Sufi shrine, is treated at a local hospital in Hub town near Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday. Pakistani police say a bomb blast at a Sufi shrine has killed several people and wounded many others in the country’s southwest.

Death toll rises to 50 in IS-claimed blast in Pakistan

By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press

QUETTA, Pakistan — The death toll from a bomb blast at a Sufi shrine in southwest Pakistan Saturday has risen to 50 people with more than 100 wounded, officials said.

The Islamic State group later claimed responsibility for the suicide attack at the shrine of Sufi saint Shah Bilal Noorani in the southwestern province of Baluchistan.

Abdur Rasool, an official at the province’s home ministry, said rescuers were transporting the wounded to hospitals and the dead to local morgues, but were struggling in the difficult mountainous terrain, some 350 kilometers (217 miles) south of the provincial capital, Quetta.

The blast targeted worshippers as they were in the throes of their devotional “dhamal” dance, and the courtyard at the time was packed with families, women and children.

The Islamic State group’s statement on the IS-affiliated Aamaq news agency said the suicide attack had targeted “Shiites.” The shrine is frequented by both Pakistan’s Sunni Muslim majority and Shiite minority. IS considers all Shiite Muslims heretics.

The blast comes ahead of the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s pre-planned trip to the province tomorrow, where he will see off the first Chinese shipping consignment to Africa from Gwadar port.

Baluchistan home minister Sarfaraz Bugti, citing a lack of cellular services in the affected area, said the situation will be much clearer in the morning. He said over 500 people were present in the courtyard of the shrine when the blast happened.

Abdul Hakim Lasi, an official with the Edhi Foundations rescue service, said many of the injured were wounded in a panicked stampede after the blast.

One female witness, who

Turkish government shuts down 370 civic groups and raids offices

By CINAR KIPER Associated Press

ISTANBUL — Turkish opposition groups protested Saturday in Istanbul after the Interior Ministry shut down 370 civic groups on terrorism-related charges — organizations that included professional associations and women’s and children’s rights groups.

The organizations were told about the government decision Friday evening, when police raided their offices and collected their records.

The Interior Ministry said 153 of the organizations had alleged ties to the Gulen network, 190 to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, eight to the Islamic State group and 19 to the banned far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army-Front, or DHKP-C. Lawyers at the left-wing People’s Law Bureau resisted the raid, and their door was broken down by armed special forces who cleared the offices, detained four lawyers and

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Pro-Kurdish demonstrators protest against Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the political repression that followed July’s failed military coup, in Cologne, Germany, on Saturday. changed the office’s locks.

The four were released Saturday morning.

The Progressive Lawyers’ Association, which was also shut down, said it was not subject to such an order due to legislation protecting lawyers. Nergis

Aslan, general secretary for the group, told The Associated Press the Turkish government gave no explanation for the move.

“There is serious suppression against any form of oppositional organization, association or any sort of group. We were expecting it,” she said.

Turkey has come under intense criticism from opposition groups and its allies over its crackdown on dissenting voices during the state of emergency declared after the July 15 coup. Close to 37,000 people have been arrested, more than 100,000 people dismissed or suspended from government jobs, and 170 media outlets and scores of businesses and associations have been shut down over alleged ties to terrorist organizations.

was not identified by name, told the GEO television channel that a “big bang” took place in the midst of the dhamal dance in the shrine’s courtyard. “I don’t know how I escaped unhurt,” she said. “It was like a hell all around.”

A doctor at an area hospital told a local television station that the number of wounded being brought in had overwhelmed the hospital’s capacity.

“We don’t have sufficient space so several people were treated outside on the ground,” the doctor said adding that, “Several wounded people have lost limbs.”

A military statement said that four army medical teams and 45 army ambulances had been dispatched to the scene to assist.

Last month IS claimed responsibility for an attack in which three Islamic militants stormed a police academy in Quetta, killing 61 people, mostly cadets and trainees.

BEIRUT — Syrian government forces regained control Saturday of areas they lost over the past two weeks to a rebel offensive on the edge of the northern city of Aleppo, ending a major attempt by insurgents to break the siege on eastern parts of the city, an activist group and pro-government media said.

The insurgents had seized a couple of strategic areas in western Aleppo after launching an offensive on Oct. 28 in an attempt to break the siege imposed in July on rebel-held eastern Aleppo, which has also been targeted by waves of Syrian and Russian airstrikes.

Russia said last month that it would halt the airstrikes on the city and urged insurgents to leave.

But the fighters, including members of the al-Qaida-linked Fatah al-Sham Front, refused to leave after the government opened corridors for them to cross to the nearby province of Idlib, an insurgent stronghold.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday that government forces and their allies have regained control of Al-Assad and Minyan districts, west of Aleppo.

“The epic battle for Aleppo has failed,” said the Observatory’s chief Rami Abdurrahman, using the term that the insurgents had assigned to the offensive.

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2016 pecan crop struggling in Louisiana SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The LSU AgCenter says Louisiana pecan growers who were eager to bounce back from last year’s disappointing crop will likely have their hopes dashed this year.

Pecan specialist Charlie Graham predicts a smaller than usual harvest.

Graham said in a news release that insects, mites and disease have caused trees in Louisiana to defoliate and yields to drop.

But fortunately, prices and demand remain strong.

He says Louisiana growers will likely harvest 4 million to 5 million pounds of pecans this year. Pecan trees alternate between “on years” with heavy production and “off years” with lighter production.

Harvest in Louisiana typically begins in October, and most growers want to finish by Thanksgiving.

ConocoPhillips plans to sell assets in San Juan Basin FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A Houstonbased oil and gas company plans to sell its assets in northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado.

The Daily Times reports that ConocoPhillips spokeswoman Davy Kong confirmed plans to sell the assets in the San Juan Basin over the next two years.

ConocoPhillips has operated in the basin

for more than 50 years and is the largest operator in the region with thousands of wells in the region. The company employs approximately 500 people in the area, and San Juan County CEO Kim Carpenter said he hopes no jobs will be lost.

County Commissioner Scott Eckstein said it’s too soon to say what the company’s move will mean for the county.

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The scene: Florence is the cradle of the Renaissance, but Italy’s most famously creative city does not limit its artistry to canvas and marble — Florence has fantastic food, from Tuscan specialties to gelato to the city’s sandwich obsession, the panini.

And for 70 years, no panini establishment has been so beloved as hole-in-the-wall Antico Noè, a storefront in an arcaded alley on an ancient piazza.

Now two devoted fans have brought the real deal, authentic Antico Noè, outside Florence for the first time, to New York City’s Midtown East. Part of the agreement is based on authenticity and staying true to the dishes and flavors, and the result has been wildly successful. The duo already are eyeing additional locations in the Big Apple and elsewhere, but for the time being, Florence’s best panini reside on East 53rd Street.

It is a humble space, like its Italian predecessor, a single narrow room with a counter down the left in which the various panini are displayed behind glass awaiting pressing in a line of commercial grills.

The only hint of the exotic nature of the place is the lineup of Italian sodas and flavored sparkling waters behind the register.

There are a few counter spots for eating, but the bulk of the business, as it is in Florence, is to-go — and unlike Florence, via delivery services such as UberEats and Caviar. The restaurant also is soon adding breakfast paninis and a coffee bar to open for

Ready for the panini presses, prepared sandwiches wait in the display case. The Florentine breads are custom-made.

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Vinny Dautaj, one-half of the partnership that brought Antico Noè to the USA, creates an appetizer of caprese skewers. breakfast in addition to lunch and dinner.

Reason to visit: Any of the panini.

The food: The panini sandwich, though widely available, is one of those seemingly simple concepts that has proven difficult to execute in the USA. The proper panini becomes a single integrated unit, and requires the prefect bread, quality filling and the per-

fect ratio of ingredients — overstuffing leads to failure, understuffing to tastelessness.

The panini at New York’s Antico Noè are perfect one and all.

They are all made on a choice of two breads, classic Florentine white or seven-grain; the foundations for this excellence are custom-made by a bakery using recipes from Florence. Ingredients are first-rate and often im-

ported, like the real prosciutto di Parma, the “King of Ham” (most “prosciutto” isn’t), and all the signature Noè sauces Florence is famous for are made here from scratch to original recipe specs.

The Italian original has 25 sandwiches, all sold by number, but the streamlined outpost chose the 10 best-sellers using the same number system. For purists, there are choices like #10, classic caprese (tomatoes, basil, fresh mozzarella, extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar) and #21, the all-around bestseller — basically the #10 with prosciutto di Parma and pesto added.

All the sandwiches I tasted — most of the menu — were excellent. #24 was a sleeper hit with prosciutto, brie, peppery arugula and the walnut sauce, a perfectly balanced combination of flavors.

Another standout is perhaps the most unique of all, #4, Noè’s “famous stuffed chicken” with prosciutto, mortadella, sautéed mushrooms, fresh mozzarella

and “rose” sauce. The stuffed chicken in this creation is a poultry take on Italian comfort food, porchetta, stuffed with prosciutto cotto, mortadella, herbs and spice, roasted in house, and then sliced thin on a deli slicer — better than you ever thought chicken could be. I even loved the vegetarian choice, #13: marinated eggplant, roasted onions, artichokes, sun-dried tomatoes, olive spread and pesto. The only other things on the menu are two salads and an appetizer of caprese skewers, four cherry tomatoes on toothpicks with mozzarella, basil and olive oil.

Pilgrimage-worthy? Yes, if you’ve been to Florence and are craving a repeat experience, or if you just love a good sandwich.

Rating: OMG! (Scale: Blah, OK, Mmmm, Yum!, OMG!) Price: $$ ($ cheap, $$ moderate, $$$ expensive) Details: 220 East 53rd St., New York, N.Y.; 212-750-0802; anticonoe.com

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Tips to throw better movie nights at home StatePoint Media

Whether it’s family movie night and you’re watching an old classic, or you’re hosting a big crowd to screen the latest blockbuster, you can take steps to make the viewing experience feel more like the theater — from upgrading your technology to improving your hosting game.

Here are some cool ideas to help movie lovers better enjoy their favorite flicks at home.

Thematic Snacks

When it comes to food and drink, treat guests to all their theater favorites. Candy bars, soda and popcorn are great standards, and these days, many theaters also offer beer, wine, cocktails and elevated fare.

You can also take it one step further by tailoring your menu to the theme of the movie. Think about the setting, the characters and the plot for inspiration.

But remember, foods that are easy to eat in the dark and don’t make a lot of racket work best.

Upgrade Your Tech

Flat screen TVs are great, but for the real theater feel, consider a highquality projector designed for home use. Look for one that’s low maintenance, easy to turn on and off, and comes with HDMI terminals as well as a USB power supply.

Since you may not have the option of a windowless room or blackout curtains in your home, seek out a projector that senses ambient light in the room and automatically adjusts its brightness accordingly.

For example, the XJ-F210WN LampFree Projector from Casio’s Advanced Series line features Intelligent Light Control that does just that, so viewers can enjoy optimal visuals any time of day and in any lighting conditions. This model also comes equipped with 20,000-hour estimated operating life and reaches full brightness in as fast as five seconds. Its combination of laser and LED light source is a great high-brightness, mercury-free option.

More information can be found at CasioLampFree.com.

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Costume Party

Whether you’re watching a dramatic period piece or enjoying a sci-fi action flick, add a touch of excitement to your party by encouraging guests to wear costumes. This will help get everyone pumped up for the movie well

in advance of the screening.

As host you may even want to include a trivia round afterwards and offer prizes to winners.

With a few tech upgrades and hosting tips, movie night just got even more fun.

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“Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise,” a two-part, four-hour documentary series hosted, executive produced and written by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., will premiere on the Arkansas Educational Television Network Tuesdays, Nov. 15 and 22, at 7 each night. The series looks at the last 50 years of black history – from Dr. King to Barack Obama, from James Brown’s “I’m Black and I’m Proud” to Beyoncé’s “Formation” – charting the progress black people have made and raising questions about the obstacles that remain.

Gates offers a fresh examination of key events and turning points in American race relations and black history over the last five decades – animated by viewpoints that have rarely been heard on television, ideas that are not often said out loud and questions that many are afraid to ask.

“We are at a critical moment in the black experience in America,” Gates said. “Over the past 50 years, following the remarkable strides made during the civil rights movement of Dr. King, African-Americans have achieved a level of cultural, political and economic influence that those early civil rights leaders could hardly have dreamed of.

“At the same time, poverty remains a stubbornly persistent way of life for far too many African-Americans, incarceration rates in our community are at an-all time high, and people are crying out to have their basic human dignity recognized, leading some to wonder if things really have changed. This series looks at the rich history of how we arrived where we are today, through all the highs and lows, and poses provocative questions about how we keep up a momentum of progress.”

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Double Down: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney

Youth: Greg Heffley and his friend, Rowley, decide to make a scary movie; 11th in series (F) (H) Amulet Books

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Gaelle de Barbet joins the resistance in German-occupied France during World War II (F) (E) Delacorte

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Harry Bosch works two cases: searching for a possible heir, and helping the police on a rape investigation (F) (E) Little, Brown

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A man finds his solitary world shattered when a family moves in next door (F) (P) Washington Square Press Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy try to find their places in Hogwarts the way their fathers, Harry and Draco, did before them; eighth in series (F) (H) Scholastic Jack and Grace are a young, successful married couple, but not everything is right with their relationship (F) (E) St. Martin’s Press Angel Elena gets suspicious when she accompanies archangel Raphael to the Luminata compound; ninth in series (F) (E) Berkley Virgil Flowers investigates the disappearance of two rare tigers from a Minnesota zoo (F) (E) G.P. Putnam’s Sons Mitch Rapp is on a mission to keep Pakistani nukes out of the hands of terrorists (F) (E) Atria/Emily Bestler Books Youth: Magnus Chase and his friends have to get Thor’s hammer out of enemy hands (F) (H) Disney-Hyperion Angie returns to Bell Buckle to try and make things work with Wyatt Hennington (F) (E) BAAE Publishing Jacob, 16, discovers the crumbling ruins of an old home that may still be inhabited (F) (P) Quirk Books Robert Langdon enters a mysterious world centered on Dante’s “Inferno” (F) (P) Anchor Subtitle: “Embracing Joy in His Presence” (NF) (H) Thomas Nelson Homicide cop Caleb Rooney investigates the poisonings of diners at a New Orleans restaurant (F) (E) Bookshots Rocker opens up about his career and personal life, including his struggle with depression (NF) (H) Simon & Schuster The Mesan Alignment tries to destroy the reputation of the Star Empire of Manticore; 19th in series (F) (E) Baen Photojournalist Siobhan Walsh tries to find two sisters who disappeared in Mexico; 11th in series (F) (E) St. Martin’s Press YouTubers Dan Howell and Phil Lester document their world travels with candid photos and stories (NF) (H) Random House for Young Readers Carl Herbold is a cold-blooded psychopath who has just escaped the penitentiary, and Anna Corbett is in his crosshairs (F) (P) Grand Central Publishing Subtitle: “A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” (NF) (H) Harper Stone Barrington takes on a new client with a recent turn of fortune; 39th in series (F) (E) G.P. Putnam’s Sons The story of six kids in a blended family from childhood into adulthood (F) (E) Harper Youth: Maddy, who has severe allergies and can’t leave her home, falls for her new next door neighbor, Olly (F) (E) Delacorte Youth: Harry continues to learn magic at Hogwarts; second in series; illustrated version (F) (H) Arthur A. Levine Craig Gisto and his team investigate the disappearance of a high-profile CEO (F) (P) Grand Central Publishing Judge Claudia McDover oversees her first murder case; prequel to “The Whistler” (F) (E) Doubleday Subtitle: “Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life’s Storms” (NF) (H) WaterBrook Press Poetry collection that is divided into four chapters that explore four pains (F) (P) Andrews McMeel Publishing Lifetime strategies for using your talents (NF) (H) Gallup Collection of 20 paranormal and fantasy romance novels (F) (E) Bestselling Boxed Sets Record-holding figures and feats from around the world (NF) (H) Guinness World Records Subtitle: “31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet” (NF) (P) Center Street Children: Learn the consequences of giving a cookie (F) (H) HarperCollins Two women — Caroline Myers and Jenna Walsh — become unlikely brides in Alaska (F) (P) Harlequin MIRA Subtitle: “Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don’t” (NF) (E) The Penguin Press Children: Two sisters look for ghosts after moving to a new town (F) (P) Scholastic Detective Kim Stone tries to find the connection between two murder victims who were killed the same way; fifth in series (F) (E) Bookouture A collection of Bourdain’s favorite recipes from both his own kitchen and his travels abroad (NF) (H) Ecco Debut comic novel narrated by a struggling young actress who is trying to make it in New York in 1995 (F) (E) Ballantine Novella: Sandra has a secret crush on her boss’ best friend, Gabe Laurent — and he finds out (F) (E) Rutherford Press A travel writer sees a woman thrown overboard on a luxury cruise, but no one believes her (F) (E) Gallery/Scout Press Shelby Richmond copes with guilt after an accident that destroys her friend’s future (F) (E) Simon & Schuster

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BOOKS NEW IN PAPER CRITIC’S PICK

This month’s critic’s pick is The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson (Anchor, non-fiction, reprint). The popular travel writer is “endearing, irreverent, insightful, self-deprecating and hilarious” is this book subtitled Adventures of an American in Britain, says reviewer Don Oldenburg. eeeE out of four.

ALSO NEWLY RELEASED:

The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian (Vintage, fiction, reprint). A sex trafficking ring is uncovered after a violent bachelor party.

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger (Sentinel, non-fiction, reprint). Subtitle: The Forgotten War That Changed American History.

The Civil War years: Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at his Union headquarters in Cold Harbor, Va., in June 1864.

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‘American Ulysses’ rewrites the record of a national icon Exhaustive bio looks past the long-held myths Matt Damsker

Special for USA TODAY

American political thinking has a way of coalescing around concepts that hold the public’s attention for a time, REVIEW then fade. “Temperament,” for example, was on many tongues this election season after years of not being much on anyone’s mind.

That may be why Ronald C. White’s new biography of Ulysses S. Grant, American Ulysses (Random House, 667 pp., eeee out of four) seems especially relevant, despite its focus on the sepia-toned memory of a military leader who rose to prominence — and then the presidency — in the 1860s.

This exhaustive book, at nearly 700 pages, portrays a deeply introspective man of ideals, a man of measured thought and careful action who found himself in the crosshairs of American history at its most crucial moment. As Abraham Lincoln’s Union-saving commanding general during the Civil War, the Ohioan Grant, an early West Point graduate, was

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Grant went on to serve two terms as president, 1869-1877.

hardly a war-whooping rouser of his troops. In fact, he first distinguished himself during the Mexican-American War of 1846-48 as a quiet quartermaster, managing supply lines with discipline and dedication.

Historian White, we’re told, spent seven years researching Grant, uncovering some new correspondence, and so he emerges with a fresh interpretation of the man. He convincingly refutes the dusty conclusion that Grant was, for all his wartime heroism, a drunk whose two-term presidency, from 1869 to 1877, was notable mainly for its corruption.

“To the extent Grant developed his military abilities during the Mexican War, he did so largely by observing the leadership of senior officers,” White writes. “He was impressed by (Gen. Zachary) Taylor’s dress and his approachability.” Taylor’s temperament, his calm in the face of danger, was a match for Grant’s, but there were struggles. White concludes that a period of heavy drinking at a remote posting in Northern California — during which Grant felt without purpose and missed his beloved wife, Julia, and their children — led him to resign from the Army in 1854, only to return to it

as the Civil War began.

But White finds little if any evidence that Grant fought alcoholism afterward, despite rumors and accusations. If anything, Grant’s incessant cigar-smoking was likely his chief undoing — he died of throat cancer in 1885, and the most poignant section of the book is White’s account of how Grant suffered CYNTHIA C. through his sickness WHITE Author yet worked to comRonald plete his Personal C. White Memoirs, a richly expressive chronicle (as published by Mark Twain) that has never been out of print.

The larger point of White’s book, which challenges the reader with detailed dissections of the Civil War battles that Grant’s Union Army fought en route to a bitter triumph, is that Grant was a noble man of vision. White believes the disputed scandals of Grant’s second term in office unfairly overshadow what he fought for — the rights of African-Americans, a better policy on American Indians, effective federalism — and against, including voter suppression and the Ku Klux Klan.

A true American Ulysses, Grant lost and found himself on his road to American greatness.

My Name is Lucy Barton

by Elizabeth Strout (Random House, fiction, reprint). A hospitalized woman is visited by her estranged mother, and family secrets bubble to the surface in this novella by the author of Olive Kitteridge.

The Mare by Mary Gaitskill (Vintage, fiction, reprint). A Fresh Air Fund kid named Velveteen and a needy upstate woman bond, not always easily, over their love for an abused horse.

Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink by Elvis Costello (Blue Rider Press, non-fiction, reprint). The British musician joins many of his peers in writing an autobiography.

But Enough About Me by Burt Reynolds (Putnam, nonfiction, reprint). The actor opens up about his career and the women in his life.

Custer’s Trials by T.J. Stiles (Vintage, non-fiction, reprint).

This “surprising” biography of George Armstrong Custer, who will forever be remembered for his “last stand” at the Little Bighorn, won the 2016 Pulitzer Price for history.

The Relic Master by Christopher Buckley (Simon & Schuster, non-fiction, reprint). A counterfeit holy shroud gets our medieval “heroes” into trouble in Buckley’s latest comic caper.

Destiny and Power by Jon Meacham (Random House, nonfiction, reprint). This biography of President George H.W. Bush has been praised for its candor.

All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister (Simon & Schuster, non-fiction, reprint).

Traister examines the impact of unmarried women in contemporary America.

Jocelyn McClurg

A secret swirls at the heart of ‘The Mothers’ Two worlds tug at young friends’ intertwined lives

There is an old adage that says never compare your insides to other people’s outsides, a lesson that would serve the REVIEW protagonists of The MARY Mothers well.

CADDEN Set in a black community in contemporary Southern California, Brit Bennett’s debut novel (Riverhead, 288 pp., eeeg out of four) focuses on the lives of three characters and their journey into adulthood: Nadia Turner, a high school

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senior still mourning her mother, who committed suicide; Luke Sheppard, the 21-year-old former

football star and preacher’s son Nadia falls for; and Aubrey, Nadia’s chaste best friend.

And it focuses on a secret — an unplanned pregnancy and how an ensuing cover-up affects the characters’ lives.

The book opens with “the Mothers lamenting” the secret.

These faceless and nameless church elders act as a speculative Greek chorus, reappearing throughout the book, voicing exasperation as well as expectations and opinions. Thus the reader is given an intimate look at the two worlds the protagonists must navigate: the world they live in and the world others, in this case the Mothers, ascribe to them.

Bennett’s witty and worldly

prose belies her age, 26, as she brings a strong voice to her wide range of characters, from the youthful protagonists to the church elders. Her storytelling does what all truly good fiction does: It draws you in and, on a universal level, connects with you and makes you think. We may not identify with Nadia, Luke and Aubrey at first, but we find ourselves relating to them. Their emotions and burdens speak to us.

There is a commonality to how we all live our lives, and it shines through in Bennett’s writing.

We are our past acts and secrets, but we are also what others perceive us to be. The Mothers is a thought-provoking novel that will resonate long after it is read.

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College Football: Hendrix 62, Sewanee 14

Hendrix volleyball season ends in regional semis

Warrior seniors bow out with rout

Area Colleges Roundup

By ANDY ROBERTSON LOG CABIN STAFF WRITER

Twenty-eight Hendrix College seniors ended their college careers in style Saturday at YoungWise Memorial Stadium.

The 28 players who helped restart this program and turned it into a conference championship football team played a role in the Warriors’ (7-3, 5-3 Southern Athletic Association) 62-14 win over Sewanee (0-10, 0-8 SAA).

“To come to the campus and didn’t know what football was going to be like here, and come in here to establish themselves from the start to finish,” Hendrix coach Buck Buchanan said. “Not only are those guys good players, but they are good students. They’ve made us who we are and that’s crucial.”

Hendrix senior quarterback Seth Peters started his day throwing two passes for 42 yards and one touchdown on the Warriors’ opening drive, making the score 7-0.

Fittingly, he ended his day with a school record of seven touchdown passes in the win.

He broke his previous school record of five he set in two previous games, one against Rhodes on Oct. 29 of this year and against Millsaps on Oct. 5, 2013.

“Seth is a pretty good player,” Buchanan said.

“He and Dayton (Winn) are probably two of the best

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TheSideline Gillespie to speak at Sports Club Rodney Gillespie, owner of Gillespie Boxing Club in Conway and the 1988 featherweight Silver Gloves champion from Hot Springs, will be the guest speaker at Monday’s monthly meeting of the Arkansas Sports Club.

Lunch, free to all interested, will begin at 11:30 a.m. The program will be at 12:05 a.m.

Brodacki Freshman of Year University of Central Arkansas freshman Niklas Brodacki earned a pair of Missouri Valley Conference individual soccer awards and was named to the All-MVC first team.

Brodacki, from Norrkoping, Sweden, was named the Valley’s Freshman of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year after a season in which he led the Valley and ranked first nationally among freshmen with 13 goals and 27 points.

Brodacki, who was also named to the All-MVC first team and MVC All-Freshman team, ranked in the top ten nationally in goals, goals per game (0.76), and game-winners (5).

Wes Carson, a native of Fort Smith, was named to the AllMVC second team after tallying six goals and three assists for a total of 15 points.

Johnathan Gilkes, from Boras, Sweden, earned All-MVC honorable mention and joins Brodacki on the MVC All-Freshman team following a year in which he started all 17 games for the Bears and picked up three assists.

Olsen, from Copenhagen, Denmark, joins Brodacki and Gilkes on the MVC All-Freshman team. The young Dane played every minute in goal for the Bears this season, and acquitted himself well, leading the Valley in saves per game (4.94) and ranking second in total saves (84) and save percentage (.800), while tying for the UCA single-season record with six shutouts this year.

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RICHARDSON — The 25thranked Hendrix College volleyball team’s 2016 season came to an end with a 20-25, 25-21, 20-25, 27-25, 12-15 loss at No. 4 University of Texas at Dallas on Saturday evening.

The Warriors finish the season 25-8 under first-year head coach Angie Boldt. They captured their third consecutive Southern Athletic Association regular-season and tournament titles and third straight trip to the NCAA Tournament.

The Comets (32-2) led two sets to one, and had a 24-21 lead in the

fourth. The Warriors fought off four match points to win 27-25 and force a deciding game.

The teams were tied at 6-6, but UTD went on a 5-0 run to take control of the set, eventually winning 15-12.

Junior middle blocker Sara Dyslin set a school record with 14 total blocks to go with nine kills.

Freshman outside hitter Lauren Dwyer recorded a season-best 18 kills and 18 digs. Senior outside hitter MC Rogers came up with 17 kills, 19 digs and six blocks.

Senior setter Allison Gaia posted 26 assists and 14 assists, while sophomore setter Amber Melcher recorded 15 assists and a careerhigh 19 digs. Senior Leila Matsu-

moto tallied a career-high 41 digs. n UCA volleyball At the Prince Center, the University of Central Arkansas Sugar Bears won their fifth straight game and possibly solidified earned a No. 4 seed in this week’s Southland Conference tournament with a 25-20, 25-17, 25-15 victory Saturday over second-place Stephen F. Austin, (19-10, 12-4).

Hailey Tippett had nine kills, two assists and 10 digs. Savanah Allen had nine kills and five blocks. Elizabeth Armstrong had 28 assists. Amanda Dimon added 15 digs and Rayna Jefferis, 12 digs.

The SLC tournament is this weekend at UCA’s Farris Center.

n Hendrix cross country MOUNT BERRY, Ga. — The Hendrix College cross country teams competed in their final meet of the 2016 season at the NCAA South/Southeast Regional in Mount Berry, Ga. Sophomore Caitlin Camper was the Warrior women’s top finisher with a 6k time of 26:00.19, placing 117th. Freshman Mackenzie Gearin finished 146th in 26:49.57. Senior Molly Halter shaved nearly 1:22 off her personal best, running a mark of 27:24.58, placing 163rd. Sophomore Melissa Pizza was 186th in 28:26.34.

For the men, sophomore Nathan Andress recorded an 8k time of 29:27.61, finishing 152nd.

JOSH GOFF  UCA SPORTS INFORMATION

UCA’s Tyler Williams intercepted two passes in the fourth quarter to help preserve victory the Bears’ 31-24 win over Nicholls on Saturday at Estes Stadium.

Off the Ropes Colonels inflict wounds on UCA defense but Bears land final blows

By DAVID MCCOLLUM LOG CABIN STAFF WRITER

The University of Central Arkansas Bears celebrated resilience and redemption Saturday after being pushed to the limits by Nicholls at First Security Field at Estes Stadium.

The Bears (9-1, 8-0) will play undefeated Sam Houston State next week for the Southland Conference title in Huntsville.

But back in Conway on Saturday, there was some heavy sighs of relief after prevailing, 31-24, in a knockdown, drag-out with the Colonels (5-5, 5-3).

The Bears needed some human pinball efforts by running back

Carlos Blackman and three interceptions in the fourth quarter by two recently singed defensive backs to finally prevail in a game that went down to the final seconds.

The UCA defensive scheme puts D-backs on an island on an island and they were awash a couple of times. Nicholls quarterback Chase Fourcade (22-46-3) passed for 340 yards (including an 80-yard touchdown pass) and his senior receiver, C.J. Bates, who caught nine balls for 340 yards and two touchdowns, most at the expense of UCA’s Jaylon Lofton and Tyler Williams.

But the retaliation was sweet.

Trailing 24-21 in a tit-for-tat con-

test in the fourth quarter, Nicholls drove steadily to the UCA 17, when Lofton read a down-the-line option forward pass by Fourcade and returned it 79 yards for a touchdown with 8:09 left.

After a 46-yard field goal by David McKey, the Colonels had two more drives and Williams ended both with interceptions.

“They (the UCA D-backs) were having a rough time of it, then Boom! Lofton makes the play of the game with that pick-6,” said UCA coach Steve Campbell. “Tyler kept battling and battling with their receivers. He kept playing, kept playing and he gets those interceptions.”

“I read the play perfectly (on

the interception return,” said Lofton. “We had practiced against it. Coach told us they would probably try to get the ball to No. 2 (Bates). I was just trying to make a play for my team. When I saw the open field, it was an opportunity to make a play for my team.”

“I played a bad first half and had gotten beat a couple of times,” said Williams. “I was determined to make plays for my team. Our defense had to help the offense.”

Blackman, the freshman runnning back from Gosnell, rushed for 55 yards on eight carries and had 55 yards on two receptions, leaving at

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Arkansas’ Dwayne Eugene (35) and Devin Buckner pull back LSU’s Derrius Guice (5) on Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark.

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas wanted The Boot but apparently not as much as LSU wanted to boot Arkansas.

The visiting Tigers of interim Coach Ed Orgeron booted the Razorbacks start to finish in a 38-10 rout on a chilly Saturday night before 75,156 mostly forlorn fans at Reynolds Razorback Stadium.

The triumph enabled the Tigers to head home to Baton Rouge with the Golden Boot, the trophy accompanying this annual SEC West game that Arkansas owned in 2014 and 2015.

LSU, ranked 24th in the College Football Playoff rankings, improved to 6-3 overall and 4-2

in the SEC while the Razorbacks, with SEC road games next Saturday at Mississippi State and Nov. 25 at Missouri remaining, drop to 6-4 overall and 2-4 in the SEC. LSU running backs Derrius Guice and Leonard Fournette were unstoppable. Normally the second banana to Fournette, Guice tallied LSU’s final touchdown on a 96-yard run completing his career night with 21 carries for 252 yards and two touchdowns.

“They played a four quarter game,” coach Bret Bielema said “I thought we we prepared very well Sunday to Saturday but unfortunately we didn’t play that well It seem as soon as we did something good we shot ourselves

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UCA’s Carlos Blackman scores two touchdowns in the Bears’ 31-24 win over Nicholls on Saturday at Estes Stadium.

UCA from 1C least one would-be tackler on the ground for a few minutes almost every time he touched the ball, including Nicholls’ best tackler (Allen Pitmman), who had 19 Saturday.

Blackman ran over at least three defenders and spun around a defender on a playaction pass along the sideline for 46 yards to the Nicholls 14. He took another pass and bounced and ran over defenders to the 1, then powered for the touchdown from the 1 on the next play to end almost a personal scoring drive to give UCA a 17-14 lead with 2:09 left in the third.

He ran over a couple of de-

fenders and bounced off another on a 15-yard touchdown run that gave UCA a 24-21 lead at 11:16 in the fourth. The 49yard drive was aided by two major penalties, hands-to-theface and pass interference.

“You don’t get many chances to get into the end zone in college football so you have to take advantage of them,” said Blackman. “I was waiting for my number to be called. A lot of people say I’m not small enough to juke. I love to show them different.”

When the game was a defensive, field position game early. punter Patrick Ponder played a big role for the Bears. He averged 47.7 on six punts (one a 60-yarder). Five

of those were inside the Nicholls 20, forcing the Colonels to punt from their end zone four straight times.

“Patrick was a key to the gam by the way he gave us field position,” Campbell said.

The Bears took a 10-7 lead at the half after George Odum fumbled and Brandon Porter recover on the Nicholls 37 with 2:35 left.

After two completions by Haydon Hildebrand to Desmond Smith and a 12-yard run

by Blackman, Antwon Wells scored from the 1.

Each team missed two field goals (Matt Cummins hit a 32-yarder for UCA) and the Bears’ Smith dropped a pass on a fake field goal that

seemed primed for a touchdown.

“We had to hang in there,” said Campbell. “We knew Nicholls had a really good defense. So, you get into a game in which you try not to have self-inflicted wounds and play field position. Once, you get behind, you start doing stuff to open things up.”

“It was a game both teams made plays,” said Nicholls coach Tim Rebowe. “They made one more.”

The victory ties the longest winning streak (eight) since the Bears have been in Division I. “We hung in there and found a way to win,” said Campbell.

“I’m very proud, very proud.”

players in Division III and two of the best in DIII history. Hopefully, they will be awarded and rewarded for their efforts.

It will be hard to get other guys like Seth and Dayton, but they’ve set the standard at those positions and the younger guys are going to try to get better.”

Peters finished with 414 yards and seven touchdowns, completing 23 of 27 passes.

Winn wasn’t as successful on the ground in the games as he has been recently, only rushing for 69 yards, but he returned a punt 53 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter.

It was the first punt returned for a touchdown since the program was restarted in 2013.

The Hendrix offense rolled all game, finishing with 609 total yards.

The Warriors entered the game with the top offense in total yards in DIII football.

Because Hendrix lost its two previous games, its season was concluded with the win Saturday.

Hendrix, struggled the two previous weeks with turnovers, played a turnoverfree football game, which was a positive for Buchanan.

“Today was sweet because we put the whole game together,” he said. “We played well in all phases of the game versus being good in certain places. Also, not turning the ball over, which was a big thing.

“We turned the ball over the last two ballgames, but didn’t turn it over today and look what happened. I think that’s a good lesson for our young guys to understand. If we don’t turn it over, we’re going to win football games.”

Those 28 seniors started four years ago with a 46-44 win over Westminster in Missouri on Sept. 7, 2013.

On Saturday, they blew out Sewanee, and Buchanan couldn’t be more proud.

“Having the opportunity to go out there and represent Hendrix, and to have the pride that they have because they truly believe what we represent as a school,” he said. “Because it matters to other people, it matters to our guys, too. That speaks volumes because those guys are as good as gold. That’s the gold standard.

“We want every senior class to be that way, like Casey Caton, who is here today.

He graduated two years ago and was here for senior today. He was the first senior, he set us apart. He plowed the hardest. Then, these guys capitalized on that, and I’m really proud of that and everything they’ve done. I’ll miss every one of them.”

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Bentonville 38, LR Catholic 31 Bryant 45, Springdale 14 h Conway 35, Rogers 20 Class 6A First Round s Benton 42, Mountain Home 21 El Dorado 38, Marion 3 25, Lake Hamilton 16 d Searcy West Memphis 29, Texarkana 15 Class 5A First Round Alma 38, Blytheville 13 Batesville 35, Harrison 14 Forrest City 60, Greenbrier 34 y LR Christian 31, White Hall 20 a LR McClellan 32, HS Lakeside 16 Pulaski Academy 49, Magnolia 21 Watson Chapel 36, Sylvan Hills 35 Wynne 50, Morrilton 21 Class 4A a First Round Cent Ark Christian 42, Mena 21 Dardanelle 45, Helena-West Helena 23 Dumas 30, Trumann 15 Gosnell 35, Huntsville 6 Gravette 37, Pocahontas 27 Hamburg 55, Highland 12 Nashville 49, Dover 7 Ozark 23, Ashdown 22 Pea Ridge 30, Arkadelphia 24 Pulaski Robinson 44, Pottsville 6 Shiloh Christian 43, Crossett 7 Southside Batesville 21, Booneville 13 Stuttgart 31, Monticello 24, OT Warren 42, Jonesboro Westside 23 Class 3A First Round Atkins 48, Greenland 18 Bald Knob 40, Perryville 7 t Centerpoint 14, Clinton 7 Elkins 55, Jessieville 21 e Glen Rose 27, Fouke 26 Harding Academy 35, Lamar 16 Harmony Grove 31, Mountain View 20 Junction City 38, Manila 20 Newport 29, Mayflower 8 Paris 36, Walnut Ridge 24 Piggott 42, Cedar Ridge 14 Prescott 47, LV Lakeside 6 Rivercrest 55, Barton 20 Smackover 33, Melbourne 21 a Class 2A First Round Carlisle 49, Quitman 21 Conway Christian 28, Bearden 22 Cross County 30, Lafayette County 26 28, Dierks 7 o Earle England 47, Parkers Chapel 0 - Foreman 33, E. Poinsett Co. 30 Hackett 20, Magnet Cove 8 Hampton 53, Hazen 8 , Harmony Grove 34, Palestine-Wheatley 14 Hector 52, Rison 27 Mount Ida 49, Westside-Johnson Co. 0 Mountainburg 41, Marked Tree 8 Murfreesboro 38, Lavaca 30 14 y Salem 28, McCrory MSAIS Eight Man Semifinal Franklin Academy, Miss. 36, Marvell rAcademy 30

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in the foot. They had success in the their quarter and early in the fourth nquarter and put it out of -reach.” e Fournette set the table scoring the first two of his three touchdowns for LSU’s first two scores and finished with 98 yards on 17 carries and also logged 44 yards on two passes from quarterback Danny Etling, 10 of 16 for 157 yards without a turnover.

For most of this season as quarterbacks, Etling has been criticized and Allen praised.

Not this night. While netting 210 yards passing and a 44-yard touchdown pass to Camden’s Dominique Reed, Allen, the junior from Fayetteville, was intercepted three times, missed some key third down passes and was sacked three times.

LSU thoroughly dominated the 21-7 first half it led 21-0 until Arkansas’ improbable touchdown.

On third and 22, senior receiver Dominique Reed, a midseason to end of the season star in 2015 become forgotten man of 2016, beat the Tigers deep like yesteryear. The Camden Fairview alum caught the 44-yard TD pass from Allen with 5:52 left in the second quarter one play after the Arkansas quarterback had been sacked for a 9-yard loss on the heels of an Arkansas illegal procedure.

Freshman running back Devwah Whaley’s 34-yard run around left end had been the drive’s catalyst until bogging down before the Allen to Reed rescue.

Other than his touchdown pass to the speedster, Allen suffered a mostly nightmare first half, sacked three times and throwing a secondquarter interception directly to linebacker Donnie Alexander who returned it 14 yards to the 18 setting up LSU’s second touchdown drive with Fournette scoring from from the seven standing up from the seven.

Fournette scored his first TD on a 5-yard run at 8:58 in the first quarter after taking a short Etling pass and running it 38 yards to the Arkansas 15.

Guice, splitting time with Fournette especially when Fournette’s ankle ailed for a bit capped LSU’s third firsthalf scoring drive of 80 yards in three plays with

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Mustangs run over Panthers, play Pulaski next

By ANDY ROBERTSON LOG CABIN STAFF WRITER

GREENBRIER — The Greenbrier Panthers (8-3, 6-1 5A West) saw their season come to an end Friday at Don Jones Stadium when they fell 60-34 to the Forrest City Mustangs (8-3, 5-2 5A East) in the opening round of the 5A state playoffs.

It was a long night for the Panthers as they had trouble stopping the Mustangs’ rushing attack.

“Our guys played hard, but [Forrest City] had great speed, and we had trouble handling their speed and tackling their fast guys,” Greenbrier coach Randy Tribble said. “My hat goes off to them.”

On the second play from scrimmage, Mustangs running back Kendriel Johnson ran for a 32yard touchdown before Forrest City was successful on a two-point conversion.

The Panthers struck back with a 1-yard touchdown run by running back Cody Hopper, making the score 8-7.

From there, things fell apart for Greenbrier.

The Panthers were driving trying to answer another touchdown run by Johnson, but wide receiver Grant Brown fumbled. The Mustangs to picked up the fumble and returnedk it 80 yards for a touchdown, making the score 22-7 after a missed two-point conversion.

However, shortly after the second quarter began, Hopper scored on a 1-yard touchdown, bringing the score to 22-14.

Forrest City answered but scoring 26 straight points, giving the Mustangs a 48-14 lead.

Tribble said the Panthers had trouble moving the ball when it got behind the chains.

a 3-yard touchdown run at 10:19 of the second quarter.

Etling’s 48-yard bomb to Malachi Dupre down the middle marked the drive’s biggest play.

Arkansas secured two LSU turnovers in the third quarter but netted only three points from them.

Fournette was powering along an 11-yard run when linebacker Randy Ramsey dislodged the ball and fellow Arkansas linebacker Dwayne Eugene recovered it ending LSU’s first possession of the second half with the Hogs on the LSU 28.

Rawleigh Williams rushed for 18 the 10. However a no-gain rush and LSU breaking up and Allen pass after Williams’ 4-yard run on first down had the Hogs settling on Greenwood senior Adam McFain’s 24-yard field goal at 10:32.

Arkansas senior Cody Hollister recovered the Toby Baker punt fumbled by LSU return man Tre’Davious White at the LSU 40.

LSU so stalled the Arkansas offense that Baker had to punt again.

In between the turnovers LSU scored again.

Fournette scored from 3 for his third touchdown but it was Guice’s drive.

The LSU sophomore evaded safety Josh Liddell’s would-be tackle in the backfield for a 38-yard run and for good measure took the next carry 15 yards to the Arkansas 20.

A Ramsey personal foul penalty and Fournette took it from there.

In the fourth quarter mostly behind Guice, LSU drove 84 yards in 13 plays before settling for a 19yard field goal by Colby Delahoussaye on fourth and one with 7:51 left.

Guice broke a spectacular 96-yard touchdown run, the longest play from history in LSU history, after Allen’s second interception, this one to defensive back Dwayne Thomas, squandered Rawleigh Williams taking an Allen pass 54 yards to the LSU 18.

Allen marched the Hogs one last time from the Arkansas 22 to the LSU 1.

He appeared to have salvaged a little Hog pride with a 10-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jeremy Sprinkle but further review deemed Sprinkle down at the 1.

The next play Whaley fumbled in the end zone finishing Arkansas’ night as badly as it began.

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Forrest City running back Kendriel Johnson rushes for a 35-yard touchdown on the opening drive of the Mustangs’ 60-20 win over Greenbrier on Friday at Don Jones Stadium.

“In the first half, it seemed to me that we drove the ball well,” he said. “But, if we got a penalty or got behind the chains, they knew we had to throw it. We threw it OK when they didn’t know what we were doing, but when we got behind the chains, we didn’t execute as well.

“They did well covering us in those situations, and we couldn’t overcome those deficits. We had some dropped balls and dropped a couple touchdown passes. You just can’t play like that and expect to be very competitive.”

Because Forrest City declined to kick an extra point during the game, the mercy rule didn’t take effect until the 6:49 mark in the fourth quarter when Mustang running back DeMarcus Flenoy ran for an 84-yard touchdown, making the score 60-20.

The Panthers added a pair of touchdowns at the end of the game, but it was too late.

Johnson had the game-high in rushing yards with touchdown runs of 95, 35, 15 and 32 yards.

Despite the loss, Tribble is proud of his team.

“I’m proud of my guys and the season they had, and getting better during the year,” he said. “I would have liked to have a better run in the playoffs, but we just got matched up with a team we couldn’t handle tonight.

“Hopefully some of our seniors and our juniors talk to our young guys about how to work and prepare. We’ll go back to work and try to build a football team.”

Forrest City will advance to the second round and will travel to Pulaski Academy.

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scorecard SportsBetting National Football League Sunday Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog Houston 2 1½ 42 at Jacksonville at Carolina 3 3 45 Kansas City at New Orleans Pk 1½ 49 Denver at NY Jets 2½ 2½ 39½ Los Angeles at Philadelphia 2 1½ 50½ Atlanta at Washington 2 2½ 41½ Minnesota Green Bay 2 2 49½ at Tennessee at Tampa Bay 3 off off Chicago at San Diego 4 3½ 48½ Miami at Arizona 11½ 13 48½ San Francisco 3 2 49½ Dallas at Pittsburgh at New England 7½ 7½ 48½ Seattle Monday Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog at NY Giants 2½ 2 47 Cincinnati

ProFootball National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA New England 7 1 0 .875 217 132 Miami 4 4 0 .500 173 182 Buffalo 4 5 0 .444 237 203 N.Y. Jets 3 6 0 .333 173 235 South

W L T Pct PF PA Houston 5 3 0 .625 137 167 Tennessee 4 5 0 .444 217 226 Indianapolis 4 5 0 .444 239 256 Jacksonville 2 6 0 .250 153 215 North

W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 5 4 0 .556 182 160 Pittsburgh 4 4 0 .500 184 171 Cincinnati 3 4 1 .438 167 189 Cleveland 0 10 0 .000 175 301 West

W L T Pct PF PA Oakland 7 2 0 .778 245 223 Kansas City 6 2 0 .750 185 151 Denver 6 3 0 .667 214 166 San Diego 4 5 0 .444 268 247 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 7 1 0 .875 223 140 N.Y. Giants 5 3 0 .625 161 164 Washington 4 3 1 .563 186 189 Philadelphia 4 4 0 .500 202 145 South

W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 6 3 0 .667 305 259 New Orleans 4 4 0 .500 242 238 Tampa Bay 3 5 0 .375 180 232 Carolina 3 5 0 .375 204 206 North

W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 5 3 0 .625 155 126 Detroit 5 4 0 .556 205 206 Green Bay 4 4 0 .500 198 187

Chicago

2 6 0 .250 131 179 West

W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 5 2 1 .688 162 134 Arizona 3 4 1 .438 179 140 Los Angeles 3 5 0 .375 130 167 San Francisco 1 7 0 .125 167 260 Thursday, Nov. 3 Atlanta 43, Tampa Bay 28 Sunday’s Results Dallas 35, Cleveland 10 Detroit 22, Minnesota 16, OT N.Y. Giants 28, Philadelphia 23 Baltimore 21, Pittsburgh 14 Miami 27, N.Y. Jets 23 Kansas City 19, Jacksonville 14 Carolina 13, Los Angeles 10 New Orleans 41, San Francisco 23 Indianapolis 31, Green Bay 26 San Diego 43, Tennessee 35 Oakland 30, Denver 20 Open: Washington, Arizona, Chicago, New England, Houston, Cincinnati Monday’s Result Seattle 31, Buffalo 25 Thursday’s Result Baltimore 28, Cleveland 7 Today’s Games Atlanta at Philadelphia, noon Denver at New Orleans, noon Houston at Jacksonville, noon Los Angeles at N.Y. Jets, noon Kansas City at Carolina, noon Chicago at Tampa Bay, noon Minnesota at Washington, noon Green Bay at Tennessee, noon Miami at San Diego, 3:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.

Dallas at Pittsburgh, 3:25 p.m.

Seattle at New England, 7:30 p.m.

Open: Detroit, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Oakland Monday’s Game Cincinnati at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m.

ProBasketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 7 2 .778 — Boston 5 4 .556 2 Brooklyn 3 5 .375 3½ New York 3 6 .333 4 Philadelphia 1 8 .111 6 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta 7 2 .778 — Charlotte 6 2 .750 ½ Orlando 3 6 .333 4 Miami 2 6 .250 4½ Washington 2 7 .222 5 Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 7 1 .875 — Chicago 6 4 .600 2 Milwaukee 4 4 .500 3 Detroit 4 5 .444 3½

Indiana 4 6 .400 4 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 7 3 .700 — Houston 5 4 .556 1½ Memphis 4 4 .500 2 Dallas 2 6 .250 4 New Orleans 1 9 .100 6 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 6 3 .667 — Utah 7 4 .636 — Portland 6 4 .600 ½ Denver 3 5 .375 2½ Minnesota 2 6 .250 3½ Pacific Division

W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 9 1 .900 — Golden State 7 2 .778 1½ L.A. Lakers 6 4 .600 3 Sacramento 4 7 .364 5½ Phoenix 3 6 .333 5½ Thursday’s Results Chicago 98, Miami 95 New Orleans 112, Milwaukee 106 Golden State 125, Denver 101 L.A. Lakers 101, Sacramento 91 Friday’s Results Cleveland 105, Washington 94 Philadelphia 109, Indiana 105, OT Toronto 113, Charlotte 111 Utah 87, Orlando 74 Boston 115, New York 87 L.A. Clippers 110, Oklahoma City 108 San Antonio 96, Detroit 86 Portland 122, Sacramento 120, OT Saturday’s Results Boston 105, Indiana 99 L.A. Lakers 126, New Orleans 99 Atlanta 117, Philadelphia 96 Toronto 118, New York 107 Chicago 106, Washington 95 L.A. Clippers 119, Minnesota 105 San Antonio 106, Houston 100 Utah 102, Miami 91 Memphis at Milwaukee, (n) Brooklyn at Phoenix, (n) Detroit at Denver, (n) Today’s Games Charlotte at Cleveland, 2:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Golden State, 7 p.m.

Denver at Portland, 8 p.m.

ProHockey National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 15 13 1 1 27 51 31 Ottawa 14 9 5 0 18 34 33 Tampa Bay 15 8 6 1 17 46 42 Detroit 16 8 7 1 17 41 43 Boston 14 8 6 0 16 37 37 Florida 15 7 7 1 15 40 39

Toronto Buffalo

15 6 6 3 15 44 55 15 5 6 4 14 29 37 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 15 10 3 2 22 47 39 N.Y. Rangers 14 10 4 0 20 58 34 Washington 14 9 4 1 19 37 34 New Jersey 14 8 3 3 19 35 30 Columbus 13 7 4 2 16 45 32 Philadelphia 16 7 7 2 16 55 59 N.Y. Islanders 15 5 7 3 13 40 47 Carolina 14 4 6 4 12 38 46 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 15 10 3 2 22 51 37 St. Louis 16 7 6 3 17 37 47 Winnipeg 16 7 7 2 16 47 48 Minnesota 13 7 5 1 15 39 27 Dallas 15 6 6 3 15 40 50 Nashville 13 5 5 3 13 34 37 Colorado 13 6 7 0 12 27 39 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 15 9 5 1 19 45 38 San Jose 15 9 6 0 18 37 35 Anaheim 15 7 5 3 17 41 35 Los Angeles 15 7 8 0 14 37 38 Vancouver 15 5 9 1 11 28 44 Calgary 15 5 9 1 11 38 55 Arizona 13 5 8 0 10 37 47 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday’s Results Boston 5, Columbus 2 Anaheim 4, Carolina 2 Minnesota 4, Pittsburgh 2 Montreal 4, Los Angeles 1 Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 Detroit 3, Vancouver 1 San Jose 4, Florida 2 Nashville 3, St. Louis 1 Winnipeg 3, Arizona 2 Dallas 4, Calgary 2 Friday’s Results New Jersey 2, Buffalo 1, OT Toronto 6, Philadelphia 3 Ottawa 2, Los Angeles 1 Washington 3, Chicago 2, OT Colorado 3, Winnipeg 2, OT Dallas 3, Edmonton 2 Saturday’s Results Philadelphia 3, Minnesota 2 New Jersey 4, Buffalo 2 Carolina 5, Washington 1 Florida 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT San Jose 3, Tampa Bay 1 Montreal 5, Detroit 0 Pittsburgh 4, Toronto 1 Columbus 8, St. Louis 4 Anaheim at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Boston at Arizona, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Today’s Games Los Angeles at Winnipeg, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Vancouver, 3 p.m.

Minnesota at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

Montreal at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Boston at Colorado, 6 p.m.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY I AM NEVER CONFIDENT, REALLY. THERE WAS A LOT OF DOUBT IN MY MIND. I WAS VERY NERVOUS.” Olympic and world champion Mikaela Shiffrin, who, with Saturday’s victory in Levi, Finland, in the first women’s World Cup slalom of the 2016-17 season, has won all nine she has competed in since February 2015. The American won by 0.67 seconds.

SPORTSLINE FIRST WORD IN PRACTICE, HE’LL SLING IT. IT’S FUN TO SEE HIM DO THAT IN A GAME. I THINK THAT’S BIG FOR HIS CONFIDENCE.” Alabama guard Ross Piersbacher on freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts, who passed for career highs of 347 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 100 yards in less than three quarters in a 51-3 rout of Mississippi State.

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Consecutive season-opening home wins for the LSU men’s basketball program after the Tigers defeated Wofford 91-69.

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LAST WORD “HE WAS FOURTH IN THE HEISMAN LAST YEAR, SO WHY WOULDN’T YOU EXPECT HIM WITH ANOTHER YEAR TO BE BETTER. DO WE EXPECT? YES, WE DO.” Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops on quarterback Baker Mayfield, who passed for 300 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score to help the Sooners defeat Baylor 45-24.

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When baseball’s general managers meetings ended, no team could have imagined that the Atlanta Braves would outspend everyone else, but then again, they weren’t envisioning Donald Trump to be their next president, either.

“It’s been an interesting couple of weeks,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said, smiling. “Cubs won the World Series for the first time in 108 years. Donald Trump got elected president.”

While the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox were the most popular teams at these meetings after declaring they were open to trading any of their star-studded players, politics dominated the conversations behind the scenes.

One general manager declared it the worst day in American history. Another executive jokingly told his assistant to find as many good players in Mexico as possible “before Trump builds that wall.” And another spent time comforting his distraught wife and crying daughter.

Baseball, too, faces an uncertain winter, a point driven home in three days of meetings that ended Thursday.

“We sure got real popular here,” Tigers GM Al Avila said.

“We have so many valuable pieces. We don’t know who’s going to stay or who’s going to go. ...

“We’ll sit back and assess. It’s not going to be a teardown, but an adjustment.”

While the Braves outspent everyone at these meetings — signing free agent starter R.A. Dickey to a one-year, $8 million contract Thursday after re-signing pitcher Josh Collmenter to a one-year, $1.2 million deal — the most titillating action this offseason will involve the trade market.

“Listen, there are good players out there,” Chicago Cubs GM Jed Hoyer said, “but this is probably

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Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow says his club is prepared to be aggressive this offseason. the weakest free agent class that we have seen and probably will see for a while.”

Indeed, unless you’re going to drop at least $100 million for sluggers Yoenis Cespedes or Edwin Encarnacion or spend at least $75 million for closers Aroldis Chapman or Kenley Jansen, you have no choice but to hit the trade market for help.

This is why the Tigers and White Sox can provide a virtual All-Star team with everyone they’re offering: uStarting pitchers: Chris Sale, Justin Verlander and Jose Quintana. uClosers: David Robertson and Francisco Rodriguez. uInfielders: Miguel Cabrera, Ian Kinsler and Todd Frazier. uOutfielders: J.D. Martinez, Justin Upton, Melky Cabrera and Adam Eaton. uDH: Victor Martinez.

The Houston Astros, hoping to become the American League’s version of the Cubs’ success story, have plans to dive right in.

“We’re ready to move quickly this year,” Astros GM Jeff Luhnow told USA TODAY Sports.

“We don’t feel like we have to wait and see how the market develops and try to pick up guys who make sense for our budget and our team.”

There’s a sense of aggressiveness throughout the industry.

The only potential holdup might be the collective bargaining agreement, with teams not knowing the new draft compensation rules for free agents or whether the $189 million luxury tax will rise significantly or stay flat.

“The CBA probably creates more uncertainty in these discussions,” Hoyer said, “because you don’t know what rules we’re playing by going forward. So that

could slow things up. It adds some uncertainty to the process.”

The Boston Red Sox, for instance, want to find a DH to replace retired David Ortiz and bullpen help. Yet with a $200 million payroll and not knowing the tax ramifications, they might have no choice but to delve into the relief market first.

They might have to wait before knowing whether they go for a shorter-term deal with Carlos Beltran or a long-term plan with Encarnacion or perhaps Jose Bautista.

“This is the time to dream big,” Los Angeles Angels GM Billy Eppler said. “Everyone dreams big this time of year. But by the end of winter meetings, a lot of times your dessert is humble pie.

“It’s going to be an intriguing next few weeks.”

And perhaps the next four years, too.

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Dak Prescott has yet to throw for 300 yards. Flanked by rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott and bolstered by the NFL’s best offensive line, no team has run more frequently than the Dallas Cowboys, which is also why no team has had more possession time.

It’s the perfect formula for breaking in a new quarterback: Protect him with a strong rushing attack and minimize the risks with his arm.

Yet none of this should disqualify Prescott from keeping his job nor from getting major credit.

The way I see it, no player in the NFL has been more valuable than super-efficient Prescott, a fourthrounder from Mississippi State seemingly sent from the heavens.

Others in the MVP conversation have better numbers. But imagine where the Cowboys would be without Prescott. We saw that last year, when Tony Romo’s twice-broken collarbone redefined Big D as Big Distress. The Cowboys finished 4-12 in 2015, 111 without Romo.

Now? Their 7-1 record is the NFC’s best.

That’s a starting point for Pres-

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Dak Prescott has the Cowboys atop the NFC at 7-1. cott getting props as my midseason MVP, ahead of Matt Ryan, Derek Carr and, yes, Tom Brady.

Some might argue Prescott isn’t the top rookie on his own team, let alone an MVP candidate. Elliott’s 891 rushing yards lead the NFL. But I’d still pick Prescott. He plays a tougher position with more responsibility. In eight starts, he’s committed just four turnovers (two interceptions, two fumbles).

Romo is practicing again, ap-

parently healed from the compression fracture in his back. Still, while Romo, 36, is 16-4 in his last 20 starts, he has played only four times since the start of last season and didn’t finish two of the last three games he played.

Prescott, fourth in the NFL with a 104.2 passer rating, will start Sunday at the Pittsburgh Steelers. Presumably, he’ll continue to do so if he continues to play well. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was once adamant that Romo, his $100 million quarterback,

would get his job back. Then, as this seven-game winning streak progressed, the talk revolved around sticking with the hot hand.

Romo has never received the unconditional love he deserves from some Cowboys lovers, and he won’t get it now. At the moment, Prescott would win a postelection day ballot in a landslide.

The Cowboys are the hottest team in football, accented by chemistry, rhythm and energy flowing from the rookie quarterback. He’s won over the locker room, too, as a level-headed leader who puts in the work.

Why mess with that?

No, Prescott doesn’t have the experience of Romo, who can better exploit defenses. And there’s a sense that Prescott sometimes leaves opportunities for big plays unclaimed.

But Prescott has established a trait for protecting the ball. He isn’t prone to foolish decisions, which is why he’s the first rookie in NFL history with a passer rating of 100 in six of his first eight games. Maybe that’s why he’s to be trusted. Romo, with all of his instincts and football IQ, might be more tempted to take chances that lead to trouble.

The Cowboys have options.

There’s still no need to rush into a decision on Romo.

Instead, they can keep living the George Allen mantra: The future is now.

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Woman plans for Christmas without mom and daughter

osters found in attic fetch $503K

Review: Clark hits stride with ‘Moral Defense’

By KIM CURTIS Associated Press

“Moral Defense” (Thomas & Mercer),

by Marcia Clark “Moral Defense” by former Los Angeles prosecutor Marcia Clark has it all: a hard-charging lawyer heroine, tough-as-nails cops, realistic, yet somehow lovable “bad guys,” as well as fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants pacing and page-turning twists.

Say what you will about her performance during O.J. Simpson’s 1995 criminal trial, Clark has more than proven her writing chops in her sixth novel — her second featur-

ing Samantha Brinkman, a tough, but fair criminal defense attorney who’s always just a half-step away from bankruptcy as she strives to build her practice. Sam, along with Michelle, her childhood best-friend paralegal who manages to keep her grounded, and Alex, her sexy, gay investigator who turns on the charm at all the right times, form a likable trio.

In the first book of the series, Sam is trying to prove her mettle in the cutthroat world of criminal defense.

In “Moral Defense,” she’s landed herself in the headlines when she’s brought in as an advocate for 15-year-old Cassie, who survived a

brutal attack that left her father and brother dead and her mother in a coma. When the situation flips and Cassie herself becomes the target of the investigation, Sam quickly gets herself embroiled in a complicated and emotionally wrenching case that leaves her tapped out.

If one tangled story line isn’t enough, Clark weaves in two others — one featuring a gangbanger on the run and the other, her former client/father whom we first met in the previous novel. At times, it feels like overkill, but it also leaves readers wondering if juggling multiple cases at one time, if not frenetic, is also more realistic.

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RESPONSIBILITIES: •Welcome and identify customer needs •Explain products and services to customers •Monitor inventory to ensure product is in stock •Enter and process customer orders •Investigate and resolve customer complaints QUALIFICATIONS: •Previous experience in sales, customer service, or other related fields •Ability to build rapport with customers •Excellent written and verbal communication skills •Clean Background Check & Clean Driving Record

APARTMENT MANAGER/ CARETAKER

Complexes in the Conway, Riverview, Camden and other locations throughout the state of Arkansas.

Current opening in Conway!

Experience preferred, but will train the rifht person. Position ideal for a couple.

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Please send resume and inquires to: Apartment Manager/Caretaker PO Box 25726, Little Rock, AR 72211 or email to: USArusselljaltizer@gmail.com TODAY

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Announcements INVESTOR WANTED: My name is Ronnie Wright and I am seeking a wealthy businessman to back me in buying land and building a Vegas-style cafeteria. If interested, please reply by mail to BOX 1, PO Box 969, Conway, AR 72033

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MERCHANDISE

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‘PantSuit Nation’ reels, vows to press on Jessica Guynn USA TODAY

SAN FRANCISCO For the 3.1 million members of the Pantsuit Nation, who watched in disbelief as Donald Trump defeated the only woman ever to come close to the Oval Office, it was time to regroup.

On the morning after the election, even as they struggled to process the pain and shock, “a rallying cry for the ages” coursed throughout the private Facebook group, inspired by the shoutout from Hillary Clinton in her concession speech, who urged them to make their voices heard “going forward.”

“If Hillary can get up this morning, put on her pantsuit and face the nation, we can too,” wrote one member of the Pantsuit Nation, a group for Clinton supporters whose name is a nod to her customary outfit on the campaign trail. “The work never stops, my friends. Fight on.”

With that sense of renewed purpose, the women and men of Pantsuit Nation came together again by Wednesday. They pledged to continue building a viral movement, not yet a month old, that can advocate beyond the 2016 election for the rights of women, immigrants and minorities. The invitation-only group’s administrators began work on a Pantsuit Nation platform, distributed a Google doc to collect ideas and convened a group-wide virtual meeting to brainstorm next steps.

“My dear, beautiful, heartbroken friends. This is not the end.

And while we must take time to grieve, we must also look ahead,” a message to the group read.

It continued: “If you’re a person of color, if you’re gay or lesbian or queer or trans, if you’re an immigrant or disabled or a veteran or a victim of sexual abuse, or if you’re feeling marginalized or afraid, please know WE HAVE YOUR BACK. This group can be a powerful force of good in our country if we all pitch in. I’m not giving up. #pantsuitnation #pantsuitsforever.”

The outpouring of determina-

Women who rallied for Hillary Clinton aim to grow movement already 3 million strong

“If Hillary can get up this morning, put on her pantsuit and face the nation, we can too.”

A post the day after the election on Pantsuit Nation’s Facebook page

CHRIS PIETSCH, THE REGISTER-GUARD, VIA AP

tion temporarily overwhelmed the Facebook group. For a time, Pantsuit Nation had to suspend adding posts because of technical glitches and to let exhausted administrators of the group take a much needed break. “We are literally breaking Facebook,” one of them wrote.

Libby Chamberlain, a 33-yearold mother of two from rural Maine, created Pantsuit Nation as a safe place for people to share support for Clinton, a former first lady, senator and secretary of State who would have been the first woman to serve as president.

Pantsuit Nation quickly became the go-to forum to discuss the issues raised by Trump’s candidacy, gaining momentum after the release of an Access Hollywood tape in which Trump could be heard discussing how he grabbed women’s genitalia. Dozens of moderators desperately tried to keep up with the flood of posts. Elsewhere online, Pantsuit Nation became a popular hashtag and a Twitter handle.

On Tuesday, members of the Facebook group wore white in honor of the suffragists or pantsuits in honor of the Democratic nominee. They wrote of taking their young daughters with them into voting booths and shared photographs of their daughters wearing “Future President” Tshirts or grandmothers who never lived to see the day a major political party nominated a woman.

By Wednesday morning, the exuberance of what was to be a historic election day had deflated.

“I have nothing nice to say. Nothing uplifting,” one member wrote.

“This is not the America I want for myself and my children. I only feel safe here, in this space. I wish I could crawl into it.”

But many in the Pantsuit Nation Facebook group, which members say has grown so quickly because of its uplifting posts, began shaking off grief. Members pledged to stay active. Some pulled on their pantsuits for a second day and posted selfies.

“Two words: organize and unite. Let’s do what Hillary said, make our voices heard. Put writings into action,” commented one member.

Susana Gallardo, a sociology lecturer in women’s studies at San Jose State University, said she’s not sure “there’s much depth to Pantsuit Nation.”

“But certainly the awareness that a white Republican male leader can openly discuss assaulting women and depriving people of color of their constitutional rights, and still be elected, is not something that will go away soon,” Gallardo said. “The continued activism of women’s rights advocates, activists of color, educators, community organizations, will hopefully benefit from those who learned some powerful, if disheartening, lessons during this election cycle.”

Lee Ann Moyer, a 37-year-old speech-language pathologist and marketer from Portland, Ore., proudly captured election night with a three-generation pantsuit photo at a family party on Tues-

day night before the electoral map turned red. She says she’s not ready to retire the pantsuit and remains as determined as ever to shatter the nation’s highest glass ceiling.

“I’m somewhere in the stages of grief and I am trying to race through them,” said Moyer, who joined Pantsuit Nation when it had fewer than 30,000 members.

“If this can be a jumping-off point,” she said of Pantsuit Nation, “well, to jump off into a social movement with 3 million people at the ready, amazing things can happen.”

Angela Gyetvan, a 50-year-old digital strategy consultant from Los Angeles who stumped in battleground states and worked on the Clinton campaign, says she felt solace from Pantsuit Nation and from speaking with her 20year-old daughter, a first-time voter, Wednesday morning.

“We talked about how we must all step up to the plate and fight for what we believe in. She is advocating that we think positively,” Gyetvan said. “Back into the arena.”

Ela Heyn McAdams, a 50-yearold accounting analyst from Highland Lakes, N.J., seized on a quotation from former congresswoman Pat Schroeder, D-Colo., passed along by a friend: “You can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.”

“I am disappointed, of course, but I think a lot of us are trying to find a way to make it a positive thing,” McAdams said. “We have a lot of momentum behind us.”

Michele Bulgatz raises her arms in celebration as she joins a group of women for a Pantsuit Nation group photo on the steps of the Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse in Eugene, Ore., last Tuesday.

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Sunday, November 13, 2016 — 9C USA TODAY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016

PERSONAL FINANCE Michael Molinski

Special for USA TODAY

Americans have gotten too wrapped up in saving for their retirement, to their own detriment. That’s because we’re treating our 401(k)s like emergency savings accounts, and it’s costing us a lot of money.

A new study shows that lower-income households — half of the Americans who invested in IRAs and 401(k)s — were more likely than moderate- or highincome households to experience economic shocks as a result of the 2008 and 2009 crisis ... and, surprisingly, their investments in 401(k)s were a contributing factor to their losses.

Almost one-third of lower-income households dipped into their retirement accounts because they lost their jobs or needed cash and had nowhere else to go.

Those younger than 591⁄2 who tapped their 401(k)s likely suffered a 10% early-withdrawal penalty on top of the taxes they paid.

For example, let’s assume that a middle-income worker takes $30,000 out of his 401(k). His federal and state taxes withholding of 20% would reduce his withdrawal by $6,000, and a 10% early-withdrawal penalty would take another $3,000 bite. So his 401(k) would be down $30,000,

DON’T BE A RETIREMENT SAVINGS SUCKER 401(k)s are not for emergencies, so don’t fall into a costly early-withdrawal trap

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but he’d walk away with only $21,000 in cash.

“It is not that low-income households are making the wrong decisions, they just have too many obstacles to overcome,” said Siavash Radpour, a research associate at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at The New School in New York, and one of the co-authors of the study, “Household Economic Shocks Increase Retirement Wealth Inequality.”

The study isn’t alone in its conclusions. Fidelity Investments and Boston College came up with similar results. Americans typically leak 25% out of their 401(k) accounts before they reach 591⁄2, often because they lost their jobs or switched jobs, according to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Similarly, Fidelity estimates that one-third of 401(k) investors take money out of their 401(k)s before reaching 591⁄2 — the minimum age at which you can avoid a penalty.

The financial crisis of 20082009 hit low-income households the hardest, with 21% of them suffering a job loss or other economic shock, vs. 17% for middle-income households and just 13% of those with upper incomes. Not surprisingly, low-income households were also the most likely to tap their retirement accounts due to economic shocks, with 32% of their withdrawals caused by these financial emergencies, The New School study showed.

The resulting drain on lower-income people’s 401(k) accounts means that not only are Americans facing growing income inequality, they’re facing rising inequality in retirement income as well.

“You can’t place the blame on the lower class,” said Anthony Webb, economic policy research director at The New School. “The people who built these retirement calculators live in a different world. You need to fix the 401(k) system. The 401(k) is being asked to do two things: saving for retirement and saving for a short-term shock. It can’t do both.”

Until the 401(k) system is fixed, what are we to do?

For now, 401(k)s represent the best solution for retirement savings for most individuals. They allow

you to save tax-advantaged money for retirement, possibly with matching investments from your company. Few other investments allow you to save for retirement like the 401(k), and saving for our retirement is essential.

However, not enough Americans have rainy-day accounts that they can draw upon during emergencies, such as a sickness or a car that breaks down. Three to six months of income is the general guidance from financial advisers, but nearly half of Americans don’t have that —

“The people who built these retirement calculators live in a different world.”

Anthony Webb, economic policy research director at The New School

and 28% have no emergency savings at all, according to Bankrate.

While a 401(k)’s tax benefits and possible company match may be tempting, before you invest in one, make sure you have enough in a rainy-day account.

And for investors who have more appetite for risk, consider going for taxable accounts that invest in mutual funds or exchange-traded funds that are broadly diversified. Those accounts you can withdraw from without facing a tax penalty.

Finally, consider investing in yourself. Lower-income households may consider setting aside part of their rainy-day funds for a career switch at some point. If you can, go back to school part time while you’re working. For middle- and upper-income households, consider setting aside funds in a savings or investment account.

And if you have the wherewithal, open your own small business on the side. Sometimes that’s the only solution for those having trouble finding good jobs that pay well. But be careful, although you may be good at making cupcakes, not all of us have the entrepreneurial knowledge required to start a business.

Molinski is a Paris-based economist and writer, and a former retirement editor at Fidelity Investments and a former journalist at MarketWatch and Bloomberg.

RETIREMENT

Helping Mom with a joint account? Careful

Joint checking accounts can smooth the way for your parents, but they carry risks, for you and for them as well

NerdWallet

Sharing a joint bank account with an elderly parent seems like the obvious choice when you’re tasked with managing his or her finances.

It worked for Pat Sikora and her mom, but it was challenging.

After decades of tracking her finances in a little notebook, Sikora’s mom wasn’t pleased with the spreadsheet her daughter used to manage her account.

“Giving up control was really hard for her,” Sikora says.

Joint bank accounts can work for some families, but experts warn that they carry legal risks. A power of attorney, a document that gives a person permission to make financial decisions for another, can offer the same benefits without the consequences.

BENEFITS OF A JOINT BANK ACCOUNT

One major risk: An account can be drained if the parent or child has unpaid debts.

tor her account carefully to guard against fraud and have been able to get money back from questionable transactions.

“We have to all be paying attention to protect my mom because she is gullible and innocent,” Miller says.

A power of attorney can cost several hundred dollars, depending on how complex it is. Online legal services or legal aid clinics can lower the cost. Forms may also be available for free on your state’s website, but you risk leaving something out by doing it on your own.

Melissa Lambarena

As the co-owner of a joint bank account, an adult child has the same privileges as the parent.

With that access, the child can: uHelp the parent identify fraudulent activity on the account. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau estimates financial exploitation costs older Americans $2.9 billion each year. uKeep tabs on bank fees, such as overdraft charges. uPay the parent’s bills if his or her health fails.

Sikora’s husband suffers from Parkinson’s disease, which adds to the family’s expenses. The joint bank account prevented financial hardships when her mom died because it covered funeral expenses and remaining bills.

LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF A JOINT BANK ACCOUNT

A joint bank account carries some

IT’S NEVER TOO EARLY TO PLAN

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legal risks for parents and children, Colorado attorney Catherine Seal says. These legal consequences vary by state, and they can cause financial hardships. uCreditors for either owner can use the account to satisfy debts. An account can be drained if the parent or child has unpaid debts. uSiblings could be disinherited. Depending on the terms of the account, the money could go to the co-owner when a parent dies. The rights of survivorship on the account could bypass a will or other estate-planning provisions. uThe money could be involved in a divorce. The bank account may be listed as an asset in the adult child’s divorce. An attorney would have to build a record to prove that the money belongs to the parent. uEither owner could forfeit eligibility for financial assistance. Whether the adult

child wants financial aid for his college-bound kid or the elderly parent needs Medicaid, the money in the account is factored into eligibility.

SAFER OPTIONS

A convenience account — available at some banks in some states — can be slightly safer.

“This account is opened with the understanding of both parties that after the parent dies, the account is not intended as a gift to the co-owner of the account,” New York attorney Linda Toga says.

Toga says a power of attorney is better because a convenience account is still a joint account with many of the legal risks mentioned above. With a power of attorney, the parent remains as the owner of the bank account and the adult child is chosen as the agent to make financial decisions.

Elizabeth Miller and her three sisters share power of attorney for her mom, Carole. They moni-

A joint checking account can make things easier, but it could also set you up for some problems.

It’s difficult for both child and parent to make peace with their roles being reversed. After Sikora’s mom died, Sikora found out her mom was still trying to track her own finances in the little notebook she was so attached to.

Sikora’s mom didn’t fully accept the transition, but it was bearable because Sikora initiated conversations well in advance of when changes took place.

“The dialogue needs to start years before the need occurs,” Sikora says.

She didn’t wait until it was too late, and neither should you.

POWER OF ATTORNEY ONLINE RESOURCES

While many legal experts recommend you get professional help, if you wish to try on your own, here are two sites to consider: uLegal Zoom: legalzoom.com uNolo: nolo.com Lambarena is a staff writer at NerdWallet, a personal finance website.

Email: mlambarena@nerdwallet.com.

Twitter: @LissaLambarena.

NerdWallet is a USA TODAY content partner providing general news, commentary and coverage from around the Web. Its content is produced independently of USA TODAY.

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Toys/Children Items

TRANSPORTATION

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Storage Unit Facility Storage units for rent starting as low as $30 mo. Great location on Dave Ward Dr. Prestige Storage. (501)327-6117 I’LL BUY YOUR RIDING MOWER, working or non-working. Must be reasonably priced. Call anytime, 501-472-5077 Patio stones: Red, square patio stones, 16x16. 80 stones, $1 each. 501329-0605

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Vehicles Wanted We buy all types of vehicles.

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Carpet Cleaner, used once, $50.

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Greenbrier Schools. Updated 3-bed.

2-ba. on 3.43 acres. Horses allowed, shop & fire pit included. MLS #16017596. Call Cathy Neal with RE/ MAX Realty Group at 501-472-4186

Mayflower- 1 & 2-bed. apts. Starting at $350 mo. No pets (501)472-5776

Business Property for Lease High traffic location- 2201 Washington Ave. 1,500 sq. ft. office suite, 5 private offices, 2 open areas, work room, kitchenette. $1,200 mo. incl. utilities.

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Professional office space for lease in downtown Conway. 701 Chestnut, Conway, AR. 2,880 sq. ft. (501) 514-3377

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Commercial/Industrial for Rent

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2-Bedroom RENT SPECIAL

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WE BUY JUNK CARS, trucks, farm machinery, scrap metal & more! NO TITLE NEEDED! No charge for pickup. 501-679-1611 or 501-335-7901

Call for Details ~ Limited Time Offer

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Houses for Rent

3400 Irby Drive, Bldg A • Conway

Washer & Dryer In Apt Unlimited Golf Swimming Pool Whirlpool - Sauna Fitness Center Tennis Court Pet Friendly

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Equal Housing Opportunity

4 barrel carburetor for 1986 Honda motorcycle. $75 cash obo. Call 501697-5357.

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4 beautiful acres, septic, water meter & well, electric meter, circle driveway, woods & ephemeral creek. $500 down, $325 mo. 501835-8613

Guy-Quitman. 1, 2, or 3 acres. Some with hookups, woods, pasture, view or creek. Owner financing. 501835-8613

Manufactured Homes for Sale

at Cadron Valley

501-513-0000

Lot for sale on Overcup Lake Rd. in Morrilton. .26 acres. Across from lake, has septic tank, city water, electricity, chain-link fencing across the back, half-way down both sides, double gates, asphalt driveway, great shade trees, plus a 20x24 storage building with lean-to. 2/10ths of a miles from boat launch and marina. Come to one of the great fishing lakes in Arkansas! Build a cabin or set up your camper or mobile home up. Asking $28,000. 501-428-8392 or 870-550-9220

CONWAY. 3-BED. 2-ba. 2-car garage.

Privacy fence. All kitchen appliances. 1670 Arden Lane. $995 mo. $995 dep. Available November 1!

(501)327-5464 or (501)730-5000 3-BED. 2-BA. HOME FOR RENT- 2-car garage, PLUS MANY EXTRAS; formal dining, breakfast nook, replace, walk in closets, W/D, all major appliances. $1,100 mo. Call 501513-0000. EHO

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2-ba. with walk-in closet. Lots of storage! All kitchen appliances.

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Real Estate Wanted Buyer looking for acreage North or East of Conway.

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Agents & Realtors

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I’LL BUY YOUR RIDING MOWER, working or non-working. Must be reasonably priced. Call anytime, 501-472-5077

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Full-size washer & dryer, space saver closets, custom interiors, controlled access gate, pet friendly, and energy efficient heat pumps.

Call today! (501)513-2200

TRUE SENIOR LIVING

FOUND: Bull, red & white on 10/28 on E. Lewisburg in Vilonia. Call 501796-2040.

RECREATION

Hunting/Fishing Supplies SHELLED CORN. 50-lb. bags.

Call 501-733-1654

No stairs, No hallways, No elevators!

Don’t give up the things you love most...private patios, garden area, pet friendly. Just $600-$735 mo. for a 2-bed., 2-ba.

3-bed., 1-ba., 14x64 mobile home; $300 deposit, $500 rent with $50 discount when rent is paid on time. Central H/A. Appliances included. All electric with water, sewer & trash included.

No pets. Hwy. 365 Mobile Home Park, 501-472-3762

2-bed. 2-ba. mobile home on 1-acre lot.

3 miles from I-40, 6 miles from new Baptist hospital. Very nice country setting. Very clean! No inside pets. $600 mo. $500 dep. 501-339-6726 For Rent: Lawrence Landing area. 2-bed., 1-ba. All electric. $400 mo. $300 dep. Vilonia area. 2-bed. 1-ba. All electric. $375 mo. $300 dep. 501796-8685 or 501-269-2231

♦ OAKWOOD VILLAGE ♦

All Sizes

♦ (501)450-0401 ♦ Campers or efficiency apartments. $115 per week. Utilities PAID! (501)3293244 or (501)327-3400 Springhill: 3BD, 2BA, $600 mo. 2BD, 2BA, $425 mo. No pets. (501)4721884 ERA Team Real Estate Maumelle. Nice, 2-bed. Central h/a. All electric. Kitchen appliances. $550 mo. No pets. 501-327-3835

REAL ESTATE Houses for Sale

Park at Whispering Pines 605 1st Ave., Conway.

(501)513-9205

Income restrictions apply.

Equal Housing Opportunity

MOVE-IN SPECIAL! All-Bills-Paid Apartments - Queens Manor & Grassy Lake Apts Efficiency, 1-bed., or 2-bed.

Cable/NFL!! Weekly & Monthly Rates.

No lease. Small deposit.

Pets welcome! Starting at $500/mo.

(501)470-9999

Conway. 4-bed. 2-ba. home on 1.38 acres. Newly remodeled! 1,908 sq. ft. 2-car attached garage, 2 fireplaces, small workshop. By appointment only. 501-585-5065, no realtors.

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Agents & Realtors

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Legal Notices FAULKNER COUNTY’S 5 YEAR CONTRACTED REAPPRAISAL

Home Services

Home Services BACKHOE, TRACKHOE, AND DOZER. Roads, driveways repaired, lots cleared. (501)470-1751. Tom Capps.

ADDITIONS. BATH & kitchen remodels.

Siding. Windows. Flooring. Licensed & insured. (501)679-1645, (501)428-0645

D AV I D ’ S C O M P L E T E H A N D Y M A N SERVICE. We do it all! Senior Citizen’s Discount. (501)472-1028.

Landscaping

A-State Handymen, Inc.

Remodeling, Custom Decks, Custom Cabinetry, Tile Work & Home Improvements. Licensed & insured member of the BBB & Angie’s List.

Free estimates! No money up front!

Satisfaction guaranteed!

Call Rob Carroll (501)269-4034 Poor Boy’s Handyman Service Demolition, Hauling, yard clean-up, junk removal, gutter cleaning, pressure washing, painting & more!

Free estimates!

501-679-1611 or 501-335-7901

David’s Construction: 35+ yrs. construction exp. Dependable, detail oriented. Painting, drywall, remodeling. Reasonably priced. Locally owned/operated. (501)514-1995

BROCK ROOFING Metal, wood, tear-off, whatever you need!

Call Ricky Brock (501)730-0184.

AFFORDABLE LAWN CARE Specializing in mowing, lawn care, landscaping, tree trimming, yard clean up, leaf removal, mulch, sod & more! No job too big or small!

FREE ESTIMATES, call for yours today!

FINANCING NOW AVAILABLE! (501)358-8594

Tax payers of Faulkner County, unbelievably, 5 years has passed and Faulkner County is finishing its five (5) year countywide reappraisal, and the time has come to start a new reappraisal cycle. In October an advertisement to bid on the county was placed in the newspaper, and four response forms were submitted back to the Faulkner County Assessor’s Office.

The contracted reappraisal firm, Total Assessment Solutions Corporation, was chosen to perform the next 5 Year Reappraisal Cycle for the County.

The reappraisal will be for the time period of January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2021.

The Countywide Reappraisal is to be completed in accordance to all bid specifications, for contracted reappraisals provided by the Assessment Coordination Department of the State of Arkansas.

Angela Hill Faulkner County Assessor

CENTER VALLEY LAWN CARE Mowing, weedeating, leaf removal, fall cleanup, gutter cleaning, pressure washing, hedge trimming. Free estimates. Senior discounts.

Call Jerry 501-764-6230

Use classified ads to sell the piano no one plays. Call (501)327-2727.

If you know what you want to adver tise but don’t know how to say it, let us help! Well-written classified ads will put you in touch with the right people. Our classified advi sors are waiting to help you! Just call (501)327-2727.

Legal Notices

Legal Notices

Legal Notices

Legal Notices Notice of Foreclosure of Lien

Steve’s Auto Center of Conway, Inc., has the following vehicles to be sold at public auction on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 9:30 am. Auction will be held at 280 Hwy 64 E, Conway, AR 72032, (501)3368473. The owner/lien holder is either unknown or has not made contact with Steve’s Auto Center to retrieve said vehicle. As required by ACT 1000; or ACT 841, towing, storage, and administrative costs are accruing as a legal liability of the owner/lien holder. Steve’s Auto Center of Conway, Inc. has a possessor’s lien against said vehicles for all such charges. The owner/ lien holder should make immediate arrangements to retake possession of said vehicle by appearing, providing proof of ownership, and paying all charges. If unclaimed, owner/ lien holder will lose all rights of ownership. The below listed vehicles will be sold, if not reclaimed and possession taken by 5:00 pm Monday, November 21, 2016. Auction is open to the public, vehicles must be paid for by cash immediately following the sale, and a valid driver’s license must be shown at sign in.

1984 GMC SIERRA 2500 1GTGC24M5EF705105 1985 HONDA CMX MOTORCYCLE JH2MC1314FK001935 1988 DODGE RAM JB7FL55E8JP056828 1992 DODGE CHARGER 3B4GM07Y5NM520095 1992 DODGE B25 VAN 2B6HB21X2NK120641 1996 NISSAN MAXIMA JN1CA21D9TT100630 1998 FORD EXPLORER 1FMYU22X2WUD26005 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE 1J4FT28S0XL660187 2000 CHEVY IMPALA 2G1WF55E5Y9146480 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2B3HD56J8YH174752 2001CHRYSLER 300 2C3AE66G21H673385 2003 FORD EXPLORER 1FMDU73WX3UA22188 2003 FORD F150 1FTRW07L43KA97749 2003 SATURN VUE 5GZCZ53B93S811042 2004 FORD FOCUS 1FAHP34NX5W189224 2004 TOYOTA TACOMA 5TEVL52N84Z452044 2005 GMC YUKON 3GKEC16Z45G272499 2006 KAWASAKI VULCAN JKAVN2D116A002861 2007 DODGE CALIBER 1B3HB78K97D331725

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids will be received until 2:00 PM prevailing local time, December 1st, 2016 at the City of Conway Mayor’s Office, Conway City Hall, 1201 Oak Street, Conway, Arkansas 72032 for the following:

Remediation of the former Conway Scrap Metal site located in Conway, Arkansas for the City of Conway (the Owner).

There will be a mandatory Pre-Bid Conference to be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at the Conway City Hall at the address above. The Owner reserves the right to schedule additional mandatory meetings. No bid shall be accepted from any Bidder failing to attend any mandatory meeting(s).

BID DOCUMENTS: The official version of the complete set of the Contract Documents should be examined and are obtainable from the City of Conway at the address above.

Bidders must deposit a check in the amount of $35.00 per set, payable to City of Conway. No refunds will be made.

Partial sets of the documents will not be provided. Emailed copies can be provided at no charge, by making such request to Felicia Rogers at (501) 450-6105 or via email to felicia.rogers@cityofconway. org.

DESIGN PROFESSIONAL: FTN Associates, Ltd., 3 Innwood Circle, Suite 220, Little Rock, AR 72211 (501) 225-7779.

The current United States Department of Labor’s General Prevailing Wage Rates (AR165) for Faulkner County, Arkansas (per 29 C.F.R. Part 1) shall apply to this project. A bid security in the amount of 5% shall accompany each bid.

Pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 22-9-203, the Owner encourages all small, minority, and women business enterprises to submit bids for capital improvements. Encouragement is also made to all general contractors that in the event they subcontract portions of their work, consideration is given to the identified groups.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any formalities.

Public Logic and Accuracy Test for the 2016 General Runoff Election in accordance with ACA § 7-5-515 (c)(2)(A); ACA § 7-5-611 (b)(1)

The Faulkner County Board of Election Commissioners will conduct a Public Logic and Accuracy Test for the 2016 General Runoff Election to be held on November 29, 2016. The test is scheduled for Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., in the Faulkner County Courthouse, Early Voting Room at 801 Locust St. Conway, AR 72034.

Please call the County Clerk’s office at 501-450-4909 or e-mail me at teresa.horton@faulknercounty.org for any questions.

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Tips for getting deals for Black Friday weekend

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated press

 associated press

Cousins Stacy Levine, left, and Melissa Bragg shop at a Toys R Us store in Atlanta on Black Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Serious deal-seekers are already planning their Thanksgiving weekend shopping.

NEW YORK — Serious deal-seekers are already planning their Thanksgiving weekend shopping, and experts believe that once again the holiday itself may offer better deals than Black Friday the day afterward.

Amid the clutter of deals clamoring for attention, smart and careful shoppers can come out ahead.

“Start researching and planning,” says Benjamin Glaser, features editor with DealNews.com, a deal comparison website.

Here are four ways to get the most out of Black Friday weekend — and beyond. n Study up: Make a comprehensive list of what you plan to buy, research what those items usually sell for at full price and on sale, and figure out how much you want to spend.

Also check out store flyers from previous years online, since many retailers repeat the same deals at the same price. Eighty percent of the products and 43 percent of the prices highlighted on the front pages of the 2015 and 2014 Black Friday flyers of Best Buy, Macy’s, Target, Kohl’s, Walmart and J.C. Penney were the same, says Market Track LLC, a price tracking firm.

Make sure to note at what

times different stores plan to start their Black Friday deals — both online and at the store. For example, J.C. Penney is making its deals available on its website on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving for the first time. It will open its doors on Thanksgiving at 3 p.m., the same time as last year.

Kohl’s offered last Thursday a subset of the Black Friday deals that will be available for Thanksgiving, when it opens its doors at 6 p.m. For the first time, it will offer “doorbusters” online starting on Thanksgiving while supplies last. In the past, doorbusters were only at the store. n Look at the whole season: Retailers have been starting to spread their offers out, with some starting well before Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Earlier this month, Wal-Mart and Amazon.com both kicked off holiday deals on thousands of items.

Still, there’s a good chance you can get a better deal on Thanksgiving for certain items. DealNews.com says 38 percent of the specials pushed on the holiday were what the site considered top deals, compared to only 31 percent for Black Friday.

But not every deal is the best on Thanksgiving. DealNews.com says it’s likely better to buy cameras, TVs, tablets and major appli-

ances on Thanksgiving, and tools on Black Friday. On the Monday after Thanksgiving, known as Cyber Monday, is also a good day for shoppers to get deep discounts on clothing and laptops.

Traci Gregorski, senior vice president of marketing at Market Track, says that Monday is also a good time to buy laptops, small appliances and toys and games, based on an analysis of more than 1,400 listings across Amazon, Best Buy, Kmart, Sears, Target and Wal-Mart.

“It’s to the shoppers’ benefit to do their homework to ensure they are getting the best deal,” Gregorski said. n Use apps and rewards: Strategize how to leverage the store rewards points you already have or holiday bonus offers. Look for the apps that work well for you. For example, Flipp recreates the traditional print flyer experience so you don’t have to sift through all the weekly store flyers — and not just on Black Friday. DealNews Black Friday keeps track of specials throughout the holiday season too.

Plenty of retailer apps offer customers special discounts. Customers who use the Staples app will have gotten a sneak peek of the Black Friday deals, which started Sunday, and will be able to see the latest specials throughout the season.

Business Highlights

NEW YORK The uncertainty surrounding who will be the next U.S. president is over. But with people still bitterly divided, are they ready to think about a holiday shopping season that thrives on feelings of joy and peace?

Reports from retailers, including department stores like Kohl’s, Macy’s and J.C. Penney, showed that shoppers had been starting to step up their spending in the weeks leading up to the election won by Republican Donald Trump. And the companies are generally optimistic about a good holiday season, pointing to higher wages for workers and leaner inventories.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. The Senate’s top Republican said Friday he asked President-elect Donald Trump to move swiftly in approving construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which has drawn strong opposition from environmentalists.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky told reporters he made the request during his Capitol Hill meeting with Trump a day earlier.

Trump listed the stalled Keystone project among his top priorities for the first 100 days of his administration.

The 1,700-mile pipeline would carry oil from tar sands in Alberta, Canada, to refineries in the Houston area, passing through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.

BRIEFLY ...  DALLAS — Travelers on several airlines had trouble checking in for flights and waited out delays Friday after a computer outage at a company that runs airline technology systems.  ASSOCIATED PRESS — Drugmaker Pfizer says it’s reducing what it charges humanitarian groups for its blockbuster vaccine against pneumonia, ear and blood infections.

Compiled from wire reports