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Arkadelphia Alliance on the airwaves J.T. Dickens Contributing Reporter

With podcasts quickly becoming a pillar in the world of media, Arkadelphia’s Alliance and Chamber has decided to jump aboard this ever-growing genre of content.

The Arkadelphia Alliance and Chamber Podcast is a local pod-

cast that looks to serve multiple goals to the community of Arkadelphia. The idea, which came from newly hired Chamber Executive Vice President and co-host of the podcast Nikki Chandler, aims to help the public be informed with a deep understanding of what goes on within Arkadelphia Alliance and Chamber.

Director of Communications and main host of the podcast Saybra Scott said, ”Economic development is really hard to put together in a social media post or ad,” said Director of Communications and main host of the podcast Saybra Scott. “If we can sit down and talk about it, it’s a lot easier.”

The podcast also plans on using the platform to represent its chamber members, with s ome e p isod e s hig h lighting these members and the businesses that they have.

Currently, the podcast is now on its fourth episode and you can listen to it on Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Apple Podcasts.

Cannonball!

Photo courtesy of Arkadelphia Alliance and Chamber The Arkadelphia Alliance and Chamber's new podcast has featured guests from around the city to promote local business and community efforts.

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Kolby Reck Contributing Reporter

During stage 12 of the Motorcycle Cannonball Endurance Run, riders traveled from Tunica, Mississippi to Arkadelphia.

A combined 100 riders landed in Arkadelphia on Wednesday, Sept. 22 and met on Clinton Street, between 6th and 8th.

The Cannonball is the most difficult antique endurance run in the world.

It is a 15-day challenge that features motorcycles manufactured in or before 1929. The riders take a cross-country route down

the beautiful backroads that this nation has to offer. The first run was mapped out in 2009 and was founded by Lonnie Isam, Jr. The main objective is to encourage antique owners to bring their motorcycles to the road instead of hauling them in trailers to museums and shows, or collecting dust in the garage.

The run takes place every two years and brings more and more riders each time. The theme for this year’s event is “Border to Border,” and it started on the U.S. side of the Canadian border in Sault Sainte

Marie, Michigan, and will end in South Padre, Texas, just north of the Mexico border. The route consists of 16 stages, adding up to about 3,700 miles.

This is an extremely challenging 15-days as riders can endure fatigue, cold, heat, elevations, mental exhaustion, and every element that Mother Nature can throw at them.

All of this on top of the fact that these motorcycles are at least 92 years old.

The course is navigated with the help of paper maps (GPS is not allowed), and they are allowed to meet with their support

crews when they reach each day’s final destination.

While stopped in Arkadelphia, the public was invited to meet the riders and view motorcycles.

“This has to be by far the hardest motorcycle endurance event in the world, but that is why I keep coming back,” said Randy Stegaulle, a local rider from Little Rock. “It is a group of some really unique and amazing people. We are like a traveling museum with our bikes and we get to meet a lot of different people. It’s really amazing.”

HSU pool reopened after temporary closing Phoebe Darley OBU News Bureau

Last week, the Duke Wells Natatorium experienced an expected temporary closure for two days due to mechanical issues with the boiler. A few days before the two-day closure some users informed Head Swimming and Dive Coach, Scotty Serio, that the pool was noticeably cooler than normal. Serio immediately alerted SSC Services for Education, the maintenance company for Henderson State University, that the temperature was cooler than

normal. SSC maintains and repairs the pool for Henderson State University.

The Athletic Director for Henderson State University, Shawn Jones, said the pool is normally supposed to be around 82 degrees Fahrenheit.

Jones went on to say, “It is tested daily for temperature, as well as chlorine, Ph, alkalinity. So SSC tested it at that time as part of their regular pool maintenance and the levels were good, and the temp was running 78.2. SSC said that it is cooler than it normally is, but not cold.”

The reason the swim-

ming pool was colder than normal is that the boiler was occasionally shutting off instead of running continuously. This is not uncommon for boilers but can cause other issues down the road if not addressed quickly enough. If a boiler shuts down completely, it will cause the chemical feeders in the pool to also shut down, which can cause a disruption in the Ph. After the boiler was discovered to be the cause of the issue, the pool was immediately shut down and repairs were made to the boiler so, it did not

completely shut off. Jones confirmed that no one swam in the pool when it was shut down.

“That was the only time the temperature and chemicals would not have been in range for use...Mechanical failures do occur from time to time," said Jones.

"No one was in danger, and no one used the pool when it was out of range from a temperature and chemical perspective.”

The swimming pool is now reopened and safe for use.

at going to trial at the end of October.

According to Prosecuting Attorney, Dan Turner, a regular criminal docket is set for Oct. 5, while Bateman can expect to go the

week of Oct. 25.

Bateman makes up one half of the "Breaking Bad" professors duo that made national news last year and were quickly terminated for their offenses. His partner

in crime, Bradley Rowland, was a fellow professor.

A trial has not yet been set for Rowland.

Check back for updates as this story develops.

Bateman set for trial Lance Brownfield Editor-in-Chief

The nationally infamous professor, Terry Bateman, known for creating a meth lab at Henderson is looking

Amazon Prime’s comically terrible "Cinderella" adaptation Emberlynn Pendergraft

Comics Reporter

Amazon Prime’s new “Cinderella” is undoubtedly one of the worst movies of 2021 thus far. The first five minutes alone give the audience a good idea of how they will spend the next couple of hours: grimacing through poorly executed cover songs and trying not to fall asleep.

The movie boasts a star-studded cast, including Camilla Cabello, Billy Porter, and Idina Menzel.

Of course, James Corden also found his way into the cast, just as it seems he has for every mediocre moviemusical released in the past half-decade.

“Cinderella” is Cabello’s acting debut, and it’s obvious. Relatively speaking, it is not the worst pop starturned-actor performance that Hollywood has seen (the entire cast of “Cats” (2019) comes to mind). Regardless, every line Cabello delivers seems a bit too forced, creating an almost aggressive performance.

Altogether, the adaptation is relatively distanced from the original story. The “evil’ stepmother (Idina Menzel) seems unpleasant at best, and for the majority of the film, the evil step-sisters, Narissa (Charlotte Spencer) and Malvolia (Maddie Baillio), are almost supportive of Cinderella (Camilla Cabello) and her endeavors.

Cinderella herself is not the unfortunate yet hopeful protagonist usually portrayed in the story. Instead, she’s a quirky, #girlboss, feminist who rejects love to pursue her dress-making career. The prince (Nicholas Galitzine) is drawn to

her, not because of her beauty, but because of her silly eccentric personality.

One of the most obvious character changes in the movie is that of the fairy godmother, the movie’s token LGBTQ+ character and 1 of 4 black characters that get more than a minute of screen time. It is painfully obvious that the “fabulous” godmother (Billy Porter) is supposed to bring queer representation to the story, but instead, the character’s personality is so stereotypical it borders misrepresentation.

“Cinderella” as a whole attempts to come off as progressive and diverse. While the effort is appreciated, the political commentary it is trying to make is executed so poorly it instead seems more like a giant parody of itself.

It becomes evident halfway through the movie that comedic elements are being attempted, but almost every joke fails to land with such spectacularity that it’s hard not to cringe. The film is filled with the type of humor one would expect from a teacher trying to be “cool” and “relatable,” not a director with five other major motion pictures in her repertoire.

Almost every element of the movie comes across as forced and overbearing. Everything from the soundtrack full of cover song mashups to the poorly executed comedic elements creates a movie that is nearly impossible to finish in one sitting. Overall, “Cinderella” is simultaneously the most underwhelming and overexaggerated film adaptation released in recent history.

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Enriching lives with Arkansas rice Asa Hutchinson AR Governor LITTLE ROCK – September is National Rice Month, Arkansas produces more rice than any other state, and an Arkansas family farm recently sold their rice to China, the first shipment from an Arkansas grower ever. Today, I’d like to talk about... rice.

We’ll start with rice by the numbers. Arkansas produces more than 48 percent of the rice grown in the United States. Arkansas’s No. 1 agricultural export is rice, which is valued at $722 million. Rice grows in more than 40 counties in Arkansas, with Arkansas County growing the most rice in the state.

Arkansas has 1,877 rice farms, and 97 percent of those farms are familyowned and operated. In 2021, Arkansas farmers grew approximately 1.2 million acres of rice with an estimated yield of 167 bushels per acre. That is a lot of rice.

Arkansas produces predominately a long-grain rice on 1.1 million acres, but we also produce a small amount of medium grain and short grain rice. And the state’s rice industry donates nearly 170,000 pounds of rice a year to the

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less fortunate in Arkansas, which is more than a million servings of rice.

The family from Atkins that just announced its sale of rice to China has been farming for 10 generations – from Scotland in the 1700s, to Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kansas. In 1957, Charles and Grace Ralston moved their farming to Arkansas, six years before Tim Ralston was born. Tim and his wife, Robin, now own and operate Ralston Family Farms.

For the first fifty years in Arkansas, the Ralstons raised soybeans, corn, cattle, and a few acres of rice. When the local water district made water from the Arkansas River available, the Ralstons turned to rice. Eight members of the family – from 25 years old to 58 – work the farm, where they do everything from planting to milling to packaging and distributing their rice. Last year, they raised 4,000 acres of rice, and their ability to track their rice from planting to the shipping appeals to the Chinese grocery distributor who bought the Ralston rice in July. Their first commercial shipment to China was 20 metric tons of long grain rice, which arrived in July, and a second shipment is en

route.

As of today, about 20 percent of the Ralstons’ crop is in, and they expect to complete the harvest in early October. The Ralstons’ rice is sold in every state and in about 6,000 stores. They eat rice at least once a day, and at church potlucks, everyone knows there will be at least one rice dish on the table.

The Ralstons embody the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit that has fueled so many companies in Arkansas.

They saw a need and an opportunity, and this year they made history by selling their product to China.

The Ralstons’ rice is more than a commodity, and growing rice is more than a job. When they exported that first shipment to China in July, they were shipping a piece of their heart and their heritage. The rice raised in the Arkansas soil will enrich lives in China, and perhaps shrink the distance between our nations and our cultures. Everybody loves rice, and it’s a good development for the state’s rice growers and the Ralstons to imagine that at a potluck supper, someone will bring a casserole made with Ralston Rice from the Natural State.

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Fall Events Upcoming Events October 5-16 The Henderson State University Fine Art Department is proud to present Behind The Face by our graduating BSE candidate Mrs. Emily Blaylock.

Emily Blaylock came to Henderson State University in 2018 from Malvern Arkansas. While enrolled at HSU, she has studied under the tutelage of Aaron Calvert, David Warren, and Kelsey Malone. Behind The Face is a culmination of these studies in ceramics and sculpture. According to Emily Blaylock, “My series, Behind The Face, asks the question of what truly is behind everyone’s faces.”

The student gallery is located on the second floor of the Henderson State University Huie Library, and the exhibit will be open for public view from Oct 5th through Oct 16th.

For more information regarding Library hours, please visit http://library.hsu. edu or contact the Fine Art Department at (870)-230-5036.

October 20-27 The Henderson State University Fine Art Department is proud to present Emboldened by our graduating BSE candidate Miss Emily Golden.

Emily came to Henderson State University in 2019 from DeWitt, Arkansas. While enrolled at HSU, she has studied under the tutelage of Professor Katherine Strause, Professor David Warren, and Dr. Kelsey Malone. Emboldened is a culmination of these studies in oil paintings.

According to Emily, “Emboldened is a visual commentary on the tradition of the sexualized female nude that is so prevalent in art history. It creates a space in which women are taking back their bodies with power and strength from a world in which their nudity have become tourist attractions for the desire of men.”

An artist talk for Emboldened will be on Monday, October 25 at 12:15 and will be attended by Emily. The student gallery is located on the second floor of the Henderson State University Huie Library and the exhibit will be open for public view from Wednesday, October 20- Wednesday, October 27.

For more information regarding Library hours, please visit http://library. hsu.edu or contact the Fine Art Department at (870) 230-5036.

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Emberlynn Pendergraft

Contributing Reporter

Content warning: This article discusses topics like self-harm, suicide, and mental illness, which may be emotionally unsettling for some readers.

Four months after I turned fourteen, I was diagnosed with depression and social anxiety disorder. There I sat in a psychologist's office with a brand new label to the thing that had controlled more than half of my young life.

I spent a large portion of time fighting something I didn't even know had a name because of the lack of conversation and stigmas surrounding mental health, self-harm and suicide. No one was willing to talk about this dark and brooding thing that took over the lives of thousands of young Americans.

Just after I graduated high school, I was diagnosed with severe generalized anxiety disorder, adding yet another term for the list of things I struggled with but wasn’t really supposed

to talk about.

I spent almost all of my time in high school using harmful coping mechanisms as a way to take control of the situation, and eventually, I began to struggle with suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

For years, I truly believed that I would not live to see myself turn eighteen.

My entire day revolved around my mental stability. From the time I drug myself out of bed to the time I finally went to sleep, I was miserable, but eventually, I accepted help. I finally got to a point where I realized that talking to a professional was not a waste of time and that getting help did not make me weaker.

However, my story is not customary.

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness regarding mental health and suicide prevention across the country. Yet, many college students still avoid discussing the topic or reach out for help.

The World Health Organization (WHO) study

found that between 30 and 80 percent of people with mental health issues don’t seek treatment. This is especially evident in college students. “Often, students will only seek help when they find themselves in a mental health crisis, requiring more urgent resources,” says Boston University mental health researcher Sarah Ketchen Lipson.

“The traditional college years of life coincide with the age of onset for lifetime mental illnesses,” says Lipson in an interview with Boston University’s “The Brink”. This means that getting help during your time as a college student can make a significant difference later on in life.

If you are struggling with mental health, consider seeking counseling at the Student Health and Wellness Center by calling 870-230-5102. For more information, visit www. hsu.edu.

If you or someone you know is in an emergency, call The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or call 911 immediately.

Alcoholics Anonymous hosts two meetings a week in Arkadelphia. The meetings are open to anyone interested in AA’s program of recovery. The Arkadelphia Group meets at 7 p.m. every Tues. in the Sturgis Building at North 9 and Caddo Streets. For more information on the Arkadelphia Group Meetings, call 870-4033001. The U-Turn Group meets at 7 p.m. every Thurs. on the front, upper level of Park Hill Baptist Church, 3163 Hollywood Road. For information on that group’s meetings, call 870-230-2975 or 870-2609277. ♦♦♦ With Late ‘til 8, local businesses stay open to 8:00 pm so that customers can shop and also win door prizes! this is a monthly event that happens every first Thursday of every month. ♦♦♦ Pediatrics Plus is excited to announce that our brand new facility is now open. Our new facility is located at 702 Hickory Street. The new facility offers includes a Developmental Preschool and Therapy Services that include: ABA, Occupational, Physical, and Speech Therapy. In addition, our brand new, state-of-the-art facilities include a House Next Door suite which offers a homey feel for children learning daily living activities like cooking, feeding therapy, making the bed, getting dressed, and more! Other features of the new facility include a new playground, gross motor gym, high stimulation and low stimulation gyms, and a library! Enroll Now to get a spot in our new location! ♦♦♦ Al-Anon meetings, designed to help family and friends affected by alcohol, are held three days a week in the Arkadelphia area: • Tues. at 7 p.m., Sturgis Building, corner of 9 and Caddo.

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Mary J. Walker 10/12/27 - 9/22/21 Mary J. Walker, age 93, passed away Wednesday September 22, 2021. She was born on October 12, 1927, to the late Luna Albert Francis and Amanda Izora (Thomason) Francis in the Fendley Community in Clark County. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Walker; son, Jimmy Burress; stillborn daughter, Meredith Burress; one brother, Ira Francis; and two sisters, Audie Buck, and Vernell Holder.

Frederick Tilden Winfrey 3/16/57 - 9/17/21 Frederick Tilden Winfrey was born into this life on March 16, 1957, in Forrest City, Arkansas to Elmond J. and Mary Ophelia Winfrey. Fred was as real as they come. He enjoyed life to the fullest and cherished all his relationships with family and friends. Fred would keep anyone laughing, with his theatrical storytelling, witty sense of humor, and his unique way of giving life lessons. Fred never met a stranger, and when you did meet him, you became family.

He passed from this life on September 17, 2021.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Elmond J. and Mary Ophelia

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Mary was a long time resident of Arkadelphia and worked at Hollywood Vassarette for 33 years.

She treasured her time as a Grandparent in the Perritt Elementary School until her late 80’s. Mary was a master seamstress and many people benefited from her joy of piece quilting. The family has fond memories playing Skip-bo and enjoying time together.

Mary is survived by granddaughter, Angela Laliberte of Arkadelphia; three nephews, James holder of Kilgore, TX, Troy Buck of Alpine, and Jerry

Buck and wife Betty of Alpine; and daughterin-law, Cyndia Dunne of Arkadelphia.

Funeral service will be 10 AM, Saturday, September 25, 2021, at Ruggles-Wilcox Funeral Home, 517 Clay St, Arkadelphia, AR 71923.

Burial to follow at Alpine Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM, Friday, September 24, 2021, at the funeral home.

Memorial may be made to Alpine Cemetery Fund, PO Box 62, Amity, AR 71921.

Arrangements by Ruggles-Wilcox Funeral

Winfrey and his siblings Gail Winfrey, Linda Davis, Keith Winfrey, Barry Winfrey, Sandra Johnson, and Betty Brown. Lifelong friends, Rocky Sadler, Columbus Mahan, and Sonny Burrows.

Frederick leaves to honor and celebrate his life’s journey: His wife, Barbara Winfrey of Bismarck, AR; his two daughters, Katrina (Chris) Gordon of Hot Springs and Alisha (Haley) Winfrey of Hot Springs; a bonus daughter, Tameka Nelson; five grandchildren, Audrianna and Braylee Winfrey, Colton Gordon, Kaedin Fuqua, Zoey Gordon, and four bonus grandchildren, Kason Brown, Adrianna Newborn, Stephen and Jeremiah Kelley; one special nephew, Corey Davis of Hot Springs; four

siblings, Reverend Alex (Brenda) Winfrey, Roy (Margaree) Winfrey, Vicky (Oscar) Ellis, Angenett Winfrey, many brothers and sister in law, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and lifelong friends.

Submitted by the Winfrey Family Pallbearers will be The Nighthawk Athletics and the honorary pallbearers will be Corey Davis, Chris Gordon, Haley Winfrey, Melvin “Killa” Davis, Houston Brown, Reverend Alex Winfrey, Roy Winfrey, Oscar Ellis, Peppers, and Reggie.

Visitation will be at Williams Funeral Home, 1517 Caddo Street, Arkadelphia on Friday, October 1, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Services will

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Martinez tabbed as GAC player of the week David Salley HSU Sports

After a perfect night kicking the ball on Saturday, Henderson State junior kicker Temo Martinez was named Great American Conference Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday.

Martinez, from Dardanelle, Arkansas, was 8-for-8 on extra point

attempts against Southern Arkansas and also had a pooched kickoff that was recovered by the Reddies and set up a touchdown at the end of the first half.

Through four games, Martinez is the top special teams point scorer in the GAC with 34 points. He is 22-for-23 on extra points and 4-of-5 on field goal attempts with a long of 43

yards. Martinez has scored 166 points in his career at Henderson and the GAC weekly award is his third in as many seasons at HSU. The No. 18 Reddies will play in the GAC's biggest game of the season thus far on Saturday when they travel to Durant, Oklahoma to take on unbeaten Southeastern Oklahoma State at 2 p.m.

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Jaggernauth and HSU’s top doubles make finals Courtlin Haygarth HSU Sports

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Henderson State came into the final day of the Great American Conference Individual Championships with Mulan Kamoe, Erica Jaggernauth and Kamoe/ Georjemah Row playing in the semifinals of their respective flights.

Day two played out with Erica Jaggernauth landing her spot in the Flight 4 finals match after her semifinal opponent, Southeastern's Stephi McDonald, withdrew from the contest. After Southern Arkansas' Sarah Roy defeated Lindy Carpenter of Harding, Jaggernauth and Roy met for the Flight 4 GAC Individual Championship.

Roy edged out Jaggernauth for the crown, defeating the sophomore in a single-set tiebreaker, 8-4. The Rogers, Arkansas, native finished third among all Reddies.

The Kamoe-and-Row duo took on the Lady Bisons of Harding in the Flight 1 doubles semifinals, defeating HU's top tandem of Grace Dodd and Romane Britt, 6-4.

With another Harding doubles team awaiting them in the final, the HSU pair came up just shy, 6-3, finishing as the runner-up in Flight 1 Doubles.

Henderson State will see its next action on Friday, Oct. 1 for the ITA Regionals in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The tournament will last until Sunday, Oct. 3.

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HSU football kicker Temo Martinez was named GAC player of the week as the leader in the conference in special teams points.

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Kiwanis plans virtual auction to benefit Clark County area kids Joel Phelps The Arkadelphian When last year’s Covid-19 pandemic seemed to bring everything to a screeching halt, it didn’t stop Kiwanis of Clark County from showing the group’s dedication to serving children. Although its largest fundraiser of the year wasn’t held in person as in years past, the organization saw to it to hold its dessert auction.

“We know when a school needs money for something. And the more money we raise, the more we can help children in that way.”

Saybra Scott, Kiwanis of Clark County Kiwanis took their fundraiser virtual, and are planning to do the same this year as a safeguard until the pandemic is over.

Going once, Going twice!

Saybra Scott, president-elect of the local organization, said this year’s Feeding Kids, Feeding Futures fundraiser will take place online, and hopes community members will reach into their wallets so Kiwanis reaches its goal. Scott said Kiwanis is $5,000 shy of reaching its $15,000 goal — the bulk

of it having come from sponsorships prior to the fundraiser.

The dessert auction, which can be found on the Kiwanis Club of Clark County’s Facebook page, is as simple as any auction.

There are 23 “mouthwatering” desserts that will be posted on the page. Participants place their bid in the comments below, and the highest bidder wins that dessert.

The fundraiser takes place Sept. 27-30, with winners announced on Oct. 1.

The challenge in holding a virtual auction as opposed to a live one is the lack of the social connection. “Before we auctioned off items, we could talk about the organization and how important it is to help,” Scott said. “In person it’s a lot easier to raise money. We were able to raise $13,000 the first year I started, and we were raising more every year until Covid hit.”

During the live auctions, Scott said, it was common for a pie to go for $100.

Although 2020’s virtual auction didn’t pull in as much as the club would have liked, Scott said the club was still able to help children.

“Every year’s a success,” she said. “We didn’t reach

our goal, but didn’t expect to because of Covid. The fact we were still able to raise over $10,000 was awesome.”

Kiwanis takes 15 percent of the auction’s proceeds to operate the club’s other events throughout the year. The rest funds the many other youth programs Kiwanis is responsible for.

Since the local organization’s inception nearly a decade ago it has been giving out food-filled backpacks to children in area schools — from Centerpoint to Sparkman, and from Gurdon to Arkadelphia.

The backpack program ensures that students in need of food have something to take home and eat for the weekend.

Churches in Sparkman’s neighboring communities took over the backpack program, so Kiwanis took a different approach, supplying funds so that students without Internet access at home had a hotspot.

Each year, Kiwanis has a Christmas event in which members go to area schools and, dressed as Santa Claus, hand out coloring books and crayons to elementary students.

Kiwanis recently

donated to the Percy and Donna Malone Child Safety Center.

The organization has donated hygiene products where needed, and have delivered water and snacks to band students in both Gurdon and Arkadelphia. When they’re not busy giving back to children, they’re

busy collecting for them.

The group occasionally convenes at Flying Burger in Caddo Valley, collecting donations that can be added to the total cost of the meal at that restaurant.

“We know when a school needs money for something,” Scott said.

“And the more money

we raise, the more we can help children in that way.” Kiwanis of Clark County also has a PayPal account where individuals can donate for any fundraising event or at anytime throughout the year.

the glass out of a female’s car window as she was trying to leave him there.

She told police she was transporting the man to Prescott from Little Rock when he became hostile toward her, and she pulled off the interstate to leave him.

after she washed it. She claimed that a neighbor might have struck it with their car.

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Dispatch Desk: Monday, Sept. 27 Joel Phelps The Arkadelphian

The following incidents were gathered from reports filed at the Arkadelphia Police Department and Clark County Sheriff’s Office.

Names of arrested individuals were collected at the Clark County Detention Center on Crittenden Street in Arkadelphia. They are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law.

Arkadelphia Police Department Sunday, Sept. 26 2:57 p.m.

Officers arrested a Morrilton man at Stuckey’s, 3111 W. Pine St., for disorderly conduct after causing a scene at the convenience station. The man apparently broke

Saturday, Sept. 25 6:04 p.m.

Police were summoned to the 1100 block of Haddock Street, where someone had forced open the rear door of a vacant residence. Nothing appeared to have been stolen.

A juvenile was bitten by a dog.

Friday, Sept. 24 9:30 a.m.

A Powder Mill Apartments woman reported observing damage to her vehicle

5:49 p.m.

A SCAT driver reported that, as she was filling out her end-of-shift paperwork, a colleague behind her grew impatient and pushed her.

Arrests Saturday, Sept. 25 Joseph Hill, 38, was arrested for failure to appear.

Mechele Skai Singleton, 22, was arrested by Arkadelphia police for a hold for another agency.

Sunday, Sept. 26 Kenneth L. Reed, 38, was arrested by Arkadelphia police for disorderly conduct.