The Voice of VBC February 16, 2016

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TUESDAY, February 16, 2016 / Vol. 2 Issue 7 / 75 cents

Water chief

City gets new boss forTheZoning mayor of

Clinton announced Thursday that he has hired a new director for Zoning and Planning.

Tim Clark, owner of Clark Cleaners, has been hired for the position, according to Mayor Richard McCormac. The job pays $14.50 per hour.

McCormac read off Clark's past work history, which included a position with Acxiom and former ownership of Western Sizzlin restaurant before opening his dry-cleaning business several years ago.

Addressing the City Council at its meeting Thursday, Clark said he lives in Bee Branch and that he has one son who graduated from Clinton High School and another son who is a senior at Clinton this year. Asked Friday about hiring someone from outside of Clinton for the position, McCormac said that was not a factor.

He said he felt Clark was the best person for the job out of the 12 applicants. Clark, said McCormac, will begin taking classes and working immediately to gain certification to perform inspections.

Clark also was recently named the city's floodplain manager.

Clark will replace Dwight Wilson who has held the position for 11 years and worked for three mayors. Wilson is planning to stay on the job through February.

tightens rules, asks for funds

Orange in the morning

This was the sunrise Thursday morning over Clinton. The forecast calls for near-record high temperatures later in the week.

(Photo by Robert Snyder)

7 teens cited in vandalism Seven teenagers from Greenbrier have been cited for criminal mischief after acknowledging vandalism in Clinton City Park.

A Clinton Police report said a man leaving a martial arts class downtown with his son observed damage at the park and called police around 7:45 p.m.

Feb. 4. The caller described a van the

boys were driving.

Clinton Police Officer Jay Murdock found the van and the teens a few minutes later at the Walmart parking lot.

The damage included trash cans, picnic tables and a rest room door that was kicked in, according to the report and statements Thursday night

by Parks director Charles Wilson.

Wilson said repairs would cost several hundred dollars.

Police Chief Toney Parish said at the meeting that the parents of the teenager had indicated they would make restitution.

Five of the teens were cited as juveniles; two 18-yearolds were cited with criminal mischief as adults.

The new Clinton Water Department manager has wasted no time in making some changes.

Todd Burgess told the City Council he had made some decisions that have not made him very popular among employees. He has ended the practice of taking department-owned vehicles home, even for himself. Only the worker on call takes home a department truck, he said.

And he has changed the way overtime is calculated. Burgess said if an employee has taken comp time or a sick day during the pay period that does not count toward overtime.

Burgess also asked the council for an ordinance that would end the practice of putting 15 percent of money from water bills into the department's infrastructure account and put it in the department's general fund. He said the department has a stack of bills due or past-due to be paid, and noted that he was able to meet payroll the week before with only $400 left in the account.

The ordinance that set aside the money was enacted in 2009, the last time water rates were increased.

City counselors unanimously approved the ordinance Thursday night. It was given three readings

and an emergency clause was passed allowing the change to be implemented in 30 days. Councilman Tim Barnes was not at the meeting.

A second ordinance proposal to move about $150,000 into the department's general fund from the infrastructure fund was tabled until the next meeting.

Asked if the one ordinance would be enough to help, Burgess replied, "It gives us a fighting chance."

Burgess also told the council that he believed water bills needed to be increased by $2 per minimum bill immediately; no further discussion was held on that suggestion.

Also at the meeting, Clinton Municipal Airport manager Will Dawson shared what's new at the airport. He said new hangars are completed and about half of what has been built already have been rented on a monthly basis. The airport, Dawson said, is "self-sustaining," meaning that after initial federal and state grants it is able to generate enough income to pay for itself.

Also, committee assignments for counselors have been finalized as follows: A&P: Gayla Bradley, Nina Baker, Sammy Ward See Water on Page 16

C.G. Bolden Day is Friday

Feb. 19 is C.G. Bolden Day in Clinton.

The celebration will kick off at 8 a.m. at City Park with a flag-lowering ceremony and a song from the Clinton schools choir, according to Clinton Mayor Richard McCormac who issued the Bolden Day proclamation last year.

Events then move up the hill to Clinton schools with speakers and a demonstration on how to properly fold a flag.

There will be a meet and greet with the Bolden family with light refreshments served from 3-4:30 p.m. at the Petit Jean Community Room.

A year ago many eyes were on Clinton as the remains of the young man who died in a POW camp in Korea were ceremoniously returned after 63 years.

In September 1950, Bolden went to Korea. Four months later his wife, Geraldean, received a let-

ter telling her that her husband was missing in action. He had been captured and marched from South Korea to North Korea where he died of malnutrition.

The couple had one son, Larry, and after Bolden's death, the family moved to Conway. Larry Bolden now owns a used car lot in

Clinton.

C.G. Bolden’s remains were part of a group recovered by North Korea more than 25 years ago and returned to the U.S. The military has been working to identify hundreds of remains since. Bolden's were identified in December 2014.

Cpl. C.G. Bolden

List sees Fairfield Bay as state's 4th most boring city

New engine

There will be a ceremony for putting the new Fairfield Bay fire truck into service at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, at the DPS building. It is open to the public.

To its list of city-ofnote honors Fairfield Bay has added a new one: Arkansas' fourth most boring city.

Roadsnacks.net, which bestowed the title, says it uses "a complex algorithm that factors in things we generally think make people exciting, and then we figure out which cities have the least number of those

exciting people."

Some of those factors are percentage of population over 35, the higher the more boring (Fairfield Bay's average age is 67.7 years old); married households (higher equals more boring); and population density (higher is better).

Fairfield Bay Mayor Paul Wellenberger didn't put much stock

in the rating, and noted a couple of other rankings the city has recently received.

"Maybe being in the Safest City in Arkansas makes it boring. Or maybe being in the Happiest City in Arkansas makes it boring.

Or maybe the rating was based on average age without considering what there actually is to do in a city. Bel-

la Vista was ranked the second most boring.

They obviously haven't been there or here."

Happiest City and Safest City titles were listed by onlyinyourstate.com, and named Fairfield Bay No. 1 in both categories.

Roadsnacks most See Boring on Page 2

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Calendar Dance, dance, dance! Come and enjoy a good time at the Clinton Senior Center the second and fourth Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. There is now a full band, the Don Nunley Band.

The Van Bu-

ren County Quorum Court holds its regular meeting at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 18, at the Courthouse Annex on Highway 65. This week, a proposed ordinance on carrying weapons at the annex is scheduled to receive a sec-

ond reading.

February 16-18 and 23-25, 9 a.m.4 p.m.: Arkansas in World War I Traveling Exhibit: The Great War, a free traveling exhibit that tells the story of Arkansas's role during the war at home and on the battlefields, will be displayed at the Fairfield Bay Community Ed-

ucation Center, 130 Village Lane, Suite 5E. The After Prom Pie Auction is set for 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25 at the Clinton High School Cafeteria. Tickets for a chicken dinner by the Hastings family are $8. Contact Angela Bradford at 501253-8566 for more

E-cigarettes no help in quitting

Happy birthday

Delora Humpreys celebrated her 94th birthday at the home of her daughter, Conie Reamey of Clinton, on February 13, 2016.

Bridge club

The Idle Hour Bridge Club met last Thursday at the home of Danna Hensley.

Winners for the evening were: high, Emma Hink; second high, Jo Nell Warren; traveling, Billie Fendley; and bingo, Lou Burgess.

“Vaping” has been touted as a means to help people quit smoking. Balderdash! A new study has found that it not only doesn’t help you quit smoking, it actually makes it harder to quit.

In the January edition of the Lancet Respiratory Medicine, a study was published that showed that E-cigarettes actually lower your

chances of quitting smoking by 28 percent. The American Lung Association is on record as stating that E-cigarettes interfere with quitting because it keeps the user hooked on nicotine.

The other thing about vaping that hinders a person’s efforts to quit smoking is this: They are allowed to use e-cigarettes in places that

do not allow smoking.

Help me here, does that make sense to you?

But back to my point. Now the person can keep using nicotine all the time, whereas before they had to stop at least some of the time while they were in public places. They are even more hooked.

I’ll never forget this. I was watching Johnny Carson

Boring from Page 2

offering to stir up some excitement.

Boring or not, here are some things going on in the Bay: • Texas Hold 'Em Poker tournament to benefit the local animal shelter. The event is set for 6 p.m. March 7 at the Dock of the Bay. Only 42 seats are available, so act fast to play.

• There will be an urban deer hunt in 2016, which

has become an annual event. The first hunt was held in 2011 and the deer population in the city has since declined by 57 percent.; • The city's newest fire truck will be put into service with a ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at the DPS building. The public is invited.

• The Police Department has hired a new officer,

boring city in Arkansas was Cherokee Village, followed by Bella Vista, Bull Shoals, Fairfield Bay, Horseshoe Bend, Star City, Sheridan, Tontitown, Tuckerman and Glenwood. Clinton was ranked 22nd most boring.

The ranking stirred interest on a Fairfield Bay social media page with some folks agreeing, others taking exception and still others

Where to find The Voice

February 16, 2016 information.

The Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce Banquet is set for March 1 at the Clinton High School cafeteria. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served a 6 p.m. This year’s guest speaker will be former Arkansas Attorney General Steve Clark. For more de-

tails call the chamber at 745-6500.

The 4th Annual Clinton Hunger Run, a 5K run/ walk, is open for registration. The event takes place on Saturday, March 26, in downtown Clinton. To sign up or for more information visit www.clintonhungerrun.com.

once a long time ago and he had this scuba diver on the show and he showed this clip of him killing this shark with a poison dart. Johnny asked him what kind of poison that was that could kill a shark so quickly. The scuba diver replied, “Nicotine.” He went on to explain that the dart held the equivalent of the amount of nicotine in 2 cigarettes.

Now, go ahead and enjoy that e-cigarette.

Marriage licenses

-- Ron Henson, RN / Ozark Health Home Care 745-7004 opt.2

Chris Garrett.

• The city has received several grants recently including one to get sewer lines out to Highway 16; a COPS grant to fund 75 percent of an officer's cost for three years; and one from the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism to pay for basketball courts, a playground and pavilion.

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Police Report Driver rear-ends bus

Four students were slightly injured last week when their bus was rear-ended while it was stopped to make a pick-up on Highway 16 West in Clinton.

According to a Clinton Police report, the bus, driv-

en by Faye S. Daniel, 62, was stopped at a residence to pick up a student on the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 9. The bus’s red lights were flashing, the report said.

A 1997 Toyota SUV driven by Kevin M. Sienko, 39, of Clinton struck the back of the bus, according to

the report Sienko told Officer Steve Bradley that his cell phone began to ring and he glanced over at it. When he looked up, the bus was stopped and he was unable to stop in time to avoid the bus, Bradley wrote.

Sienko was cited for failure to stop for a school bus, the report states.

The children were taken to Ozark Health Medical Center and later released.

Still no details on shooting

There are still no details being released about a shooting that took place Sunday, Feb. 7, in the Clinton area.

A 38-year-old man was shot in the

Page 3 thigh with a .380 pistol about 1 p.m. Sunday, according to paramedics heard on a radio scanner.

The Van Buren County sheriff’s office said the investigation has been turned over to the Arkansas State Police and it will have no comment. The State Police did not return an e-mailed request for information.

Maggio

Ex-judge asks

to change guilty plea Dehart

Edwards

Man charged with setting fire

Van Buren County sheriff's deputies responded to a fire in the woods on Hopewell Road on Feb. 3. After arriving, deputies spoke with the complainant, and was told neighbor Bobby Pearl had set fire to the woods between the two residences and the fire was near their residence, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.

Deputies then spoke with Bobby Pearl, 38, of Bee Branch. Pearl told deputies that he had been hearing people on his property and set the fire to the woods to smoke them out, the report states. After further investigation, deputies arrested Pearl on a felony charge of reckless.

Farrell

No contact warrant served

On February 3, 2016, Cleburne County authorities arrested Travis Edwards, 23, of Rison on a violation of order of protection warrant from Van Buren County. Edwards was taken to the Van Buren County Detention Center, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.

Man charged with assault

Sheriff’s deputies arrested 33-yearold John K. Dehart of Cleveland on Feb. 5 on an aggravated assault warrant. On February 3, deputies, responded to a disturbance in the Dawn Road area of Cleveland in Van Buren County. After speaking to witnesses deputies obtained a warrant for Dehart for aggravated assault, ac-

Nanney cording to a news release.

Sleeping man ends up in jail

On February 7, 2016, deputies from the Van Buren County sheriff’s office came upon a vehicle parked in the roadway on State Highway 110 in the early morning hours. Deputies found a male subject slumped over into the passenger seat, asleep. After several attempts to wake up the occupant, deputies where able to do so. The man, identified as 25-year-old Jaron Farrell of Clinton, gave deputies permission to search the vehicle, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.

During the search deputies reported finding a glass smoking device. Farrell was arrested and charged with misde-

Hickman to be In court March 14 A pretrial hearing for the driver involved in a fatal accident in a work zone in 2014 has been set for March 14 in Van

Buren County Circuit Court.

Jerry l. Hickman of Bee Branch was driving a log truck when the load

spilled, striking workers on a construction crew.

Hickman has been charged with two counts of neg-

Pearl meanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Farrell also has a probation hold from District Court.

Deputies nab man for Pope County

Singleton ed, and turned over to Pope County deputies along with the vehicle.

Woman charged with possession

Deputies received a call Feb. 8 of a stolen vehicle from Pope County. It was reported that Pope County had been in a high speed chase with a stolen Chevrolet Camaro and the vehicle, driven by a man possibly armed with an automatic rifle, may be headed into Van Buren County on State Highway 16 East. Van Buren County deputies, located the vehicle at the Crabtree Four Square Church. Deputies then observed the suspect running behind the church near a substation and found him lying in the grass. The man, identified as David Singleton, was arrest-

On February 11, 2016, deputies from the Van Buren County sheriff's office, during a traffic stop, arrested Kristen Nanney, 36, of Shirley. Nanney was stopped in the early morning hours near Brunt Ridge Road and the New Road in Shirley. After an investigation it was found Nanney was driving with no drivers license. Deputies received permission to search the vehicle and found illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. Nanney charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and felony possession of drug paraphernalia.

ligent homicide and 16 felony counts of battery. His jury trial is set for July.

Meanwhile, Hickman’s mother, Betty Hickman, has pleaded guilty to a mis-

demeanor charge of obstructing governmental operations. She originally was charged with a Class C felony, furnishing prohibited articles. She was accused of taking

A former Van Buren County Circuit judge has asked a federal judge to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea on a federal bribery charge, two weeks before his scheduled sentencing.

Former Judge Michael Maggio’s new attorney, James Hensley, wrote in a filing Friday Maggio's previous attorneys had erred in advising him to plead guilty to the bribery charge last year.

Hensley said there was no evidence the bribe involved government business as required under the charges.

Maggio is accused of accepting campaign donations from a nursing home owner and a lobbyist in exchange for reducing a $5.2 million award in a nursing home negligence case to $1 million.

Maggio's sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 26.

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Betty Hickman was sentenced Feb. 5 to six months suspended imposition of sentence and a fine of $750.

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Obituaries

Fairel Pierce

Fairel J. Pierce, 86, of Bee Branch, Arkansas, went to be with his Lord on Sunday morning, February 7, 2016. He was born June 11, 1929, in Heber Springs to John and Annie Huey Pierce.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served during the Korean War. He was employed by Timex in Little Rock for 45 years as a tool and die specialist.

Later in life he answered the call to preach and was ordained as a General Baptist minister. He preached in a number of churches for 28 years including terms of service as pastor at Mt. Zion in Bee Branch, Pleasant Hill in Center Ridge, and Pine Mountain in Bee Branch. His final pastorate was at Pine Mountain where he served from 1998 until his retirement from the ministry in 2013.

Fairel loved being outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. Rev. Pierce and his family presented bluegrass music shows for 30 years at Cadron Creek Bluegrass Park. Fairel sang and

played guitar, mandolin and fiddle.

The Pierce home was devastated by a tornado in 2008.

Rev. Pierce and his wife, Faye, took refuge in a bathtub. After the tornado had passed, they were found still sitting in the battered tub several yards away from where their home had stood. Fairel was holding a small piece of what was left of the house to protect Faye from the hail that followed the tornado.

He later said the main thing he remembers from the storm was the feeling of being held tightly by strong arms.

Rev. Pierce is survived by his wife of 65 years, Faye Barnum Pierce; three children and their spouses, Judy (Carl) Sparks, Danny (Linda) Pierce, and Jill (Jeremy) Sory; grandchildren, Steven (Lori) Melton, Jason (Lauren) Pierce, Jennie (Kyle) Buell, Michael (Joyce) Melton, Jay Pierce, Mason Eades, Harrison Eades, Jennifer Sory and Jacob Sory; and nine great-grandchildren. He is also survived by two sisters, Betty Wheeler and Norma Faye Sams; his brother, Johnny Pierce; and many other relatives and friends. He is preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Jeff and Roy, and four sisters, Annie, Clio, Elvie and Lois.

Fairel Pierce will be remembered for the

twinkle of mischief in his blue eyes, his tender heart, ready wit, kind smile, and above all else -- for the love he had for his family, friends, and his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him, but we are comforted by the words of Matthew 25:21: “His Lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou has been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of the Lord.”

Visitation was Tuesday, February 9, 2016, at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home Chapel in Clinton, Arkansas. Funeral Service was 1 p.m.

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, at the chapel with Pastor Ron Bird officiating.

Burial with U.S. Army Funeral Honors was at Pine Mountain Cemetery Bee Branch, Arkansas.

Arrangements under the of Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Clinton, Arkansas. Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/ clinton

Charles Grimes

Charles Edward Grimes, 76, of Clinton, was born March 17, 1939, in Wal-

nut Ridge, Arkansas, to the late Henry E. and Agnes (Bonner) Grimes, and went to be with his Lord on Sunday, February 7, 2016, in Clinton.

He was a Navy veteran, worked in nursing and retired from Terminix.

Charles was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church and was a 32nd degree Mason with membership at the Choctaw and Scotland lodges.

Charles is preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Henry Grimes, Jr., and a son, Randy Grimes. Left to his memory are his wife, Laura (Pate) Grimes; one sister, Ida Dickey of Bono, Arkansas; two sisters-inlaw, Ruth Ann Pate of Morrilton, Arkansas, and Wilma Grimes of Sherwood, Arkansas; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.

Pallbearers: Vaughn Wisdom, Mike Barnes, Stan Wilhite, Ronnie Baker, Chad Bailey and Shawn Pate.

Honorary Pallbearers were the Masons.

Visitation was Thursday, February 11, 2016, at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Clinton, Arkansas. Funeral services were 11 a.m.

Thursday, February 11, 2016, at the funeral home with Brother Sam Brown and Brother Allen Nelson officiating. Interment was in Clinton Cemetery with Masonic Rites. Arrangements

by Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Clin-

February 16, 2016 ton, Arkansas. Online guest book: www. rollerfuneralhomes. com/clinton

Aline Smith Delena Watkins

Delena Watkins, age 65, of Morrilton, passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2016. Delena was born September 24, 1950, in Scotland, Arkansas, a daughter to Emmanuel Bradford and Jessie Mae Brown Bradford.

Mrs. Watkins was a member of Harding Street Church of Christ. She was a homemaker, and avid “Days of Our Lives” watcher. She enjoyed hunting and fishing.

Delena is preceded in death by her parents; son Gary Lynn Watkins; and brother Sylvester Bradford. She is survived by her husband of 42 years, Arlie Lynn Watkins of Morrilton; two brothers, Leon Bradford of Scotland and Vernon Bradford of Lonoke; and many nieces, nephews and other friends.

Visitation was Tuesday, February 9, 2016, at Bob Neal and Sons Funeral Home, Morrilton.

Services were 2 p.m.

Wednesday at the funeral home. Online guest book www. bobnealandsons. com.

Aline Stroud Smith, 80, of Conway, Arkansas, died Tuesday, February 9, 2016. She was born May 14, 1935, in Damascus, Arkansas, to Reed and Edna Hensley Brown.

Aline was a nurse’s aide for several years. She loved to sew and embroider and was a member of Sunny Gap Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband Jerry Smith of Conway; three sons, Bobby Tucker and wife Maria of Conway, Tim Tucker and wife Tracie of Mayflower, Mark Tucker and wife Toni of Damascus; stepson Terry Smith and wife Sonia of New Blaine; one daughter Martha Page of Conway; one sister Lois May of Conway; 16 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and close family friends. She is preceded in death by her parents; two sons, Ricky and Jerry Tucker; two brothers, Harley and Lawrence Brown; and one sister, Florine Brown.

Funeral service was 10 a.m. Saturday, See Obituaries on page 5

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February 16, 2016

Neighbors

Debby Prout Highway 110

Happy Valentine’s Day! Wow, what a windy week! It sure is blowing hard up on the hill. Seems like winter is back.

Please join me in applauding our firefighters and first responders for their outstanding service with special appreciation to Jerry Bagley, Wayne Lowrance and James Thomas for serving our Highway 110 community for over 20 years. Job well done!

Also wishing Wanda and Leonard Holley a wonderful wedding anniversary of 27 years on February 10.

Jerry Bagley celebrated his 71st birthday on February 3.

Wish him a Happy Birthday when you see him.

Also a Happy Birthday to Nicole Holley Morgan See Obituaries on page 5

February 13, 2016, at Roller-McNutt Funeral Chapel, Conway. Interment was in Springhill Cemetery.

Norene Peden Arrangements pending at this time for Norene Peden.

Clinton Funeral Service.

John Corning

John Lloyd Corning, 62, of Bee Branch, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, January 29, 2016.

John Corning was born to Adelia Chavis Corning and Jasper Trumble Corning on January 20, 1954, in Brownfield, Texas. He moved to Arkansas with his family in 1955. John spent many years working for Corning and Sons Painting Co. in Conway, Arkansas.

who turned 31 on February 9. Though she lives in Wyoming now, she’s still a Highway 110 original.

Dan and I have been busy with calving season, 16 born in the last two weeks.

Always busy on the farm. I know many other farmers who are dealing with the same. Sure is special to watch the calves up and running around! If we have a heifer calf born on 2.14.16, I will name it Valerie (Valentines day)!

Not much else is new up here on 110 this week. If you have any news, let me know! 745-7950.

Until next week, be good.

Patsy Ward Formosa

Marva and RG Ward had dinner at the Amigos Locos restaurant in Damascus. They celebrated Valentine’s Day a couple OF days early.

John leaves behind three sons: John Corning Jr. (Meredith) of Beebe, Heath Corning of Fayetteville, and Brad Corning of Heber Springs, and six grandchildren.

John was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Ben Corning of Tennessee, and Edward Corning of Missouri. Surviving siblings are Cecil Corning (Susan) of Morrilton, David Corning (JoAnn) of Conway, Terrell Corning (Wanda) of Missouri, Jean Shertz of Missouri, and Carol Corning (Ed Pennebaker) of Clinton.

A celebration of his life will take place at 2 p.m. on March 5, 2016, at Lloyd Cemetery in Bee Branch, Arkansas.

The Voice of Van Buren County Sindee and David Morse spent a few days in Oklahoma on a business trip for his work.

Marva and RG went to Frank and Erica’s for the Super Bowl game. Erica made a lot of good snacks, so they enjoyed both the game and the food.

I stopped by and visited with Joyce Nicholson for a few minutes this week, glad to see she has really improved and is doing much better.

The Ward family met at Cadron Creek Catfish house last Saturday for their after Christmas family reunion. Those attending were JR and I, Bonnie Drewry of Tilly, Maudie England and Joe and Melba Ward of Marshall, Rita and Joe Blair of St. Joe, Arkansas, Wade and Laura Blair and their children, Elizabeth, Hunter, Georgia, Savin, Happy and Clementine of Nixa, Missouri, Beverly Treat, Jessica and Dave Roberts and daughter, Amy and Kaleb Spurlock, Brenda and Kenny Cassell, Judy Cassell, Scott and Jackie Tumbleson, Dale and Crockett Ward, Dewayne and Sheila Mainord, David, Logan and Karson Mainord, Donnie, Hayley and Aleah Mainord, all of Marshall, Ricky and Linda Drewry of Tilly, Tyrel Henry of Conway and his fiancée Amanda Wells of Little Rock and Larry and Linda Tumbleson of Dennard. We had a good meal and wonderful fellowship. We were glad that so many could be there, since it was short notice.

There was 42, maybe next year we can get it up to 50.

I went to the EH Club meeting on

Tuesday. We had a good meeting and made some plans for this year’s projects. We are planning a chili supper in the near future. Keep that in mind and try to be there. The date hasn’t been finalized yet.

I visited by phone with Madeline Coleman in Bakersfield, California, last night.

Hi Madeline, hope you enjoy your sample. I think you will like our new paper.

Joyce and Johnny James had their church group over for Super Bowl Sunday.

Joyce says there was around 20 people.

That’s a pretty good crowd!

Have a great week!

God bless.

Thelma Murray Shirley

Robin Treat of Conway visited her parents last Saturday, Garner and Brenda Brown.

Stacy Eoff’s house burned late last month. Troy and Georgia Eoff raised their family there over 50 years ago. There were many domino games played there.

Bramlett and Grady Carlton visited her sister Helen and Gerald D. Isom of Botkinburg last week and ate lunch with them.

Thelma Murray visited Dorthy Lee Bramlett of Botkinburg last Saturday and took her some sourdough starter.

Visiting Calla Linn for four days

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Last Saturday Wanda and Paul Poynor ate lunch at Greers Ferry and visited her mother, Dorthy Hooten, at Fairfield Bay on their way home.

Visitors of Wanda and Paul Poynor on Saturday were her brother Jim Hooten of Vilonia and his fiancée Caren of Perryville. On Sunday, they were visited by her sister Carolyn and Joey Ussery of Greenbrier.

Thursday, Thelma Murray drove through Shirley and saw Jo Hamilton’s dog near a fire hydrant, but didn’t catch him in the act. On Friday evening there were three dogs checking out the trash can at the car wash. There’s not much news to write about.

Ephe Hackett spent four days in the hospital. He is home doing good now.

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Saturday at 5:30 p.m. the Alread EH Club invites the community to come hear local candidates speak their piece. The

club's Yummy Dessert Sale follows to benefit the EH Scholarship Fund. The EH building is located between the Alread Fire Department and Ruppert Baptist Church.

It's Senior Night at the Crabtree Foursquare Church Friday, February 26. Potluck begins at 5:30 p.m. and games follow.

Community members 60 and greater and their spouses are invited.

I'm just back from a visit with my dad, Robert Burgess, in south Florida. Walking the beaches, all the green foliage and mild temperatures was wonderful but upon returning and driving down East Mountain with the view of the South Fork and Archey Fork valley and surrounding high ground before me I felt my heart leap in my chest. And once again I realized like Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" that no matter how far I travel or how exotic the destination "there is no place like home!"

If you have info about the greater Crabtree and 16 West community call Jeff Burgess, 745-1249.

Here's your chance to be nosy for a reason! The Voice is looking for a few good correspondents to cover Dennard, Scotland and news from other communities. If you are interested, call Anita at 7458040 or e-mail voiceeditor@ artelco.com.

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Prom planning – The Shirley Junior Class recently received a donation from First Service Bank toward the 2016 Junior-Senior Prom, which will be held on April 15, at the Fairfield Bay Conference Center. (Photo by Tim Widener)

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Ian Thompson (left), a seventh-grader at Clinton, won first place and $15 in an essay contest sponsored by Van Buren County Farm Bureau about the importance of farming. Pictured with teacher Kim Trujillo and second-place winner T.J. Raimondi, also a Clinton seventh-grader, Ian went on to win first place and $100 in the state contest. Below is his winning essay. (Photo by Cindy Wilson)

Farming of The Future

By Ian Thompson

When it comes to farming, almost no other occupation is needed more for surviving.

Farmers grow food for people, an absolute necessity. Farming is pushed to refine and create new techniques as the world’s population expands. By 2050, 9 Billion people are all going to need food. Farmers are going to have to innovate to keep the growing population fed.

A project known as the Sahara Forest Project will do a lot to satisfy the need of food. The Project is a way to turn Saltwater into Freshwater to grow almost all plants. It is used at places with abundant amounts of saltwater, mostly in desert areas like the Sahara.

The Sahara Forest Project uses winds, fans, and evaporators to convert saltwater into freshwater. Greenhouses get water from the sea by a pump or by gravity. The water goes down honey-

comb-shaped lattices and evaporates, cooling and humidifying the air inside. Since now it’s in the greenhouse, the water is getting hotter (so it can hold more moisture) as it moves across the greenhouse. The air is now in a second humidifier, which supersaturates it. Then, the air moves to a condenser, which pulls out freshwater and stores it in a storage tank to water the plants in the greenhouse. And all of this costs about $5 a square foot.

Another way to make farming better is not with new techniques, but by refining regular farming. One way of refinement is by placing soil sensors underground. Knowing what is in your soil would be very helpful to farmers.

The way soil sensors work is pretty simple. All they do is measure moisture levels, temperature levels, and nutrient data.

All of this data goes

to a central computer. Usually this would be a problem, with the sensors requiring an antenna.

Eventually the antenna would be knocked down by farm equipment. But these new sensors use low-frequency radio signals to transmit data to a computer. This can help farmers exponentially. The soil sensors will cost $20$30, but it will save farmers $150 in water, fertilizer and other resources.

These two ways to advance farming will help farmers. The Sahara Forest Project will use saltwater to water plants by turning it into freshwater. The soil sensors will be able to help farmers adjust their soil to near perfection.

These two methods are some of the ways that farming will advance. These methods will make sure that the next generation will be able to eat food without there being a scarcity of it.

Monday – Breakfast: Cereal, Graham crackers. Lunch choices: Beef and cheese tacos with chocolate chip chortles or chicken sandwich; potato wedges, tomatoes, lettuce, salsa; orange juice, box of raisins.

Tuesday – Breakfast: Pancakes, sausage. Lunch choices: Chicken parmesan or chicken pizza quesadilla and marinara sauce; green beans, buttered corn; Mandarin oranges, mixed fruit; or fresh garden salad.

Wednesday – Breakfast: Breakfast pizza, peaches. Lunch choices: Chicken, rice and cheese burrito or cheeseburger; baked beans, Texas chili bean salad, lettuce; fresh banana, frozen peach cup; or fresh garden salad.

Thursday – Breakfast: Ham, egg and cheese biscuit, pears. Lunch choices: Vegetable soup and cheesy bread stick or turkey and cheese flatbread melt; cucumber slices, mixed green salad; diced pears, assorted juice.

Friday – Breakfast: Cereal, cinnamon toast, orange wedges. Lunch choices: Chicken nuggets and chocolate chip cookie or PB&J sandwich, string cheese, chocolate chip cookie; baby carrots, celery sticks; frozen strawberry cup, applesauce.

Feb. 22-26, 2016

Clinton Elementary & Intermediate

Monday – Breakfast: Cereal, doughnut, pineapple. Lunch: Pizza, salad, corn, pears.

Tuesday – Breakfast: Cheese toast, cereal bar, pears. Lunch: Beef taco, pinto beans, cinnamon roll, raisins.

Wednesday – Breakfast: Pancakes, ham, applesauce.

Lunch: Chicken and noodles, English peas, fresh carrots, juice.

Thursday – Breakfast: French toast sticks, yogurt, peaches, juice. Lunch: Steak fingers, creamed potatoes, green beans, roll, applesauce.

Friday – Breakfast: Cereal, toast, spiced apple slices, juice. Lunch: Cheeseburger, tater tots, orange.

Shirley Schools

Tuesday, Feb. 16 – Breakfast: Breakfast pizza, fruit cocktail, cranberries, cereal. Lunch: Hamburger, french fries, carrots/ celery, applesauce.

Wednesday, Feb. 17 – Breakfast: Cheesy toast, pineapple tidbits, banana, cereal. Lunch: Pork roast with gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, buttered carrots, Mandarin sunset, rolls.

Thursday, Feb. 18 – Breakfast: Chocolate gravy and biscuit, ham slice, apple quarters, juice, cereal. Lunch: Mexican chicken, salsa, Oriental veggies, black bean salad, tropical fruit, lime sherbet.

Friday, Feb. 19 – Breakfast: Fruity Cheerio bar, cheese

stick, raisin box, juice, cereal. Lunch: Grilled cheese, potato soup, spinach salad, baby carrots, fruit kabobs, fortune cookies.

Monday, Feb. 22 – Breakfast: Mini pancakes, sausage link, pears, juice, cereal.

Lunch: Chicken sandwich, tater tots, baked beans, apple slices with caramel.

Tuesday, Feb. 23 – Breakfast: Chicken tender biscuit, applesauce, raisin box, cereal. Lunch: Beef tacox, salsa, corn casserole, potatoes O’Brien, grapes, juice.

Wednesday, Feb. 24 – Breakfast: Breakfast burrito, salsa, fried potatoes, strawberry/banana, juice, cereal. Lunch: Hamburger steak, mashed potatoes, salad, green beans, fruit cocktail, rolls.

Thursday, Feb. 25 – Breakfast: Chocolate chip muffin, cheese stick, Mandarin oranges, cranberries, cereal. Lunch: Chicken and noodles green peas, buttered carrots, corn muffin, peaches/pears, blueberry yum-yum.

Friday, Feb. 26 – Breakfast: Bagel with cream cheese or half-bagel with cream cheese and cereal, pears, juice. Lunch: Crispito with nacho cheese, jalapeno rice, salsa, spicy pintos, spinach salad, sunset peaches, raisin box.

Monday, Feb. 29 – Breakfast: Pancake on a stick, raisels, juice, cereal. Lunch: Pizza quesadilla with marinara sauce, salad, veggie strips, orange smiles, pear half.

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First Security collects food for students

First Security Bank’s Cheryl Ragland with South Side Schools’ C.J. Tanner

First Security Bank’s Karen Kyle (left) and Cheryl Ragland (right) with Angie Williams of Shirley Schools

(Front row) First Security’s Cheryl Ragland, Jenny Jones, (back row) Michael Wells and Caroline Nail, all from Clinton schools.

First Security Bank of Clinton collected over 700 food items for school weekend backpack programs in Van Buren County. Each year the employees of First Security choose a project for community outreach during the holidays. Concerned with the hunger rate in Arkansas, especially for children, First Security employees chose a project to contribute to area school food pantries that regularly send food home with children on weekends. During December and January, a collection box was located at the Clinton Banking Center in order to give the community an opportunity to be involved in the project. Employees also held internal activities that raised money to purchase additional food items.

“It was our pleasure to take part in the backpack program,” said Karen Kyle, First Security – Clinton Banking Center manager.

Arkansas ranks first in “very low food security,” according to an annual report by the US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. Arkansas ranked 2nd in the number of people facing food insecurity, which means about 1 in 5 Arkansans do not know where their next meal is coming from. This includes children. Government programs assure that children are fed while at school, but that assurance does not always carry over to home for evenings and the weekend.

Cheryl Ragland, vice president and lender at First Security – Clinton stated, “Child hunger is everyone’s responsibility. First Security hopes to raise awareness of this tremendous need in our communities.”

Food collected was distributed to Clinton, Shirley and South Side-Bee Branch public schools.

Second-place finish – Clinton fourth-grade boys came in second at the Pangburn Pee Wee tournament. The team is (front row from left) Brady Horton, Dylan Jones, Trammell Hastings, Haze Hulse, (back row) Clayton Maynard, Dawson Burgess, Zane Widener and Tristen Treece. Coaches are Denise Burgess and Shon Hastings.

(Photo by Denise Burgess)

(From left) State Rep. Trevor Drown, state Sen. Greg Standridge, Glenda Stagg of the Van Buren County Literacy Council, and county Judge Roger Hooper.

GIF grants go to 3 agencies in county Two local lawmakers recently sponsored GIF grants for three agencies in Van Buren County.

Receiving $999 was the Van Buren County Literacy

Council. The county library received $5,493.

The Van Buren County Aging Program was presented with a check for $5,500.

The grants were from Dwayne Pratt of

West Central Planning and Development District and sponsored by state Sen. Greg Standridge and state Rep. Trevor Drown, according to the county judge’s office.

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Keely was born and raised in Clinton, Arkansas. She and her husband Tyler Kirkendoll have one daughter, Liv, and reside in Van Buren County. They are members of Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Church in Fairfield Bay. She attended the National School of Real Estate in Little Rock where she is a recent graduate and a newly licensed Realtor. “My dream has always been to be a Realtor and I am so excited to be working with Tice Realty. I love Van Buren County where I grew up and look forward to showing others all that it has to offer. I look forward to being a Realtor in this beautiful Ozark paradise and to being part of the Tice Team” Keely stated. Dale Tice commented, “we are so happy to have Keely join us. Her enthusiasm is contagious and her knowledge of the area a true gift to us here at Tice Realty. Stop in today and let Keely share some of her love of the area with you.”

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The Teacher

The article “Jim Berry – Hero” was written by Paul Compton of Shirley for his college thesis. Compton has since passed away, and his widow, Lois, has given The Voice permission to print his paper. Here is Part 2.

This week, we pick up the story of Jim Berry, the Ozark Mountain man who fought Jayhawkers after the Civil War.

Jim Berry – Hero

Jim Berry Jim Berry learned how to take advantage of the forces of nature and of the birds and beasts of the forest in his fight against his enemies. He knew where the crows had their nests and where the jaybirds had their homes. He knew the language of the wolves and the foxes and could talk to the kingfisher and this squirrels in the trees.

Many times the good friends told Jim Berry the whereabouts of his foes, and many times they saved his life.

Sometimes he had to travel nights and sleep in the daytime. He always asked the help of his friends of the forest when he lay down to sleep in the day.

Once before daylight he hid in the bushes near a crow’s nest and went to sleep. He knew that if danger approached the crow would warn him with his, “caw, caw, caw.” With such protection Jim Berry could sleep as well as if the angels had been guarding him. Indeed, these furry and feathery friends were angels guarding him.

He had slept until after noon when he was awakened by his good sentinel the crow with his rough, “caw, caw, caw-caw-caw.”

He peered through the leaves of his hide-out and not far away saw a band of Jayhawkers on horses. They had a dog that was barking and Jim knew that the dog smelled him and that they could find him and kill him.

But he had thought of such a situation before he lay down to sleep. He had other friends lose by, thousands of them, who could come to his rescue if he needed them. He knew which way to run and just what to do to get the help of these friends.

The Jayhawkers hissed the dog and urged him forward.

The dog came on the run as the Jayhawk-

ers stood with their horses fidgeting nervously. Jim Berry laid still as death with his pistol cocked. When the dog was within ten feet of him, he gave the critter the Bill Dark lick between the eyes with a slug of lead, and then leaped to his feet and ran. But he was not scared.

There was a big bluff of rock near, and there was only one place to get through that barrier. As Jim Berry ran for the rocks, the Jayhawkers galloped their horses and shot their guns and yelled for him to halt or they would kill him. They were getting a kittle too close for comfort as he ran between the rocks. And as he ran he picked up a stick and struck a big hornets’ nest a whacking blow. He ran on and as the Jayhawkers entered the narrow passageway, the hornets met them by the thousands. Jim Berry hid behind a rock and had a jolly good time watching his small friends put his great enemies on the run.

The hornets stung the Jayhawkers and the horses.

The Jayhawkers were busy knocking the hornets out of their ears, and the horses were rearing and bucking as the band tried to retreat.

Several were thrown from their horses and one was being stung by so many hornets that he ran down the hill by Jim Berry with his face in his hands, screaming and moaning. Jim Berry let him pass by, but taking good aim, shot another off his horse and then went his way. The next day he came back and found the dead Jayhawker.

He carried him to the rocks and dropped him down in a deep crevasse, and they say that one may see his bones there today.

Just north and east of what is now Timbo, Arkansas, is Panter Mountain and just north of that mountain is Dark Hollow. That hollow was Bill Dark’s hideout and headquarters. In a house between Panter mountain and Dark Hollow, the Jayhawkers had their mass meetings at the times. Jim Berry and other citizens had been planning for some time to catch a number of them there.

Finally, that happened and Jim Berry walked all night telling his confederates to be at the appointed place the next morning.

The citizens surrounded the robbers’ roost in the afternoon and ordered them to surrender. They were having quite a feast of other people’s food and were drinking and so refused to surrender. The parlaying went on and there was a woman in the group of outlaws that came out and went behind the lines of the attackers. She told them she had a young teen-age son that she hoped they would spare. But the outlaws kept delaying and it was decided that they were trying to gain time and let darkness come on and try to make their getaway.

A plan of attack was formulated. Jim Berry disappeared behind the group and then as they parlayed again, Jim crawled through the weeds and brush to get under the house. Very; quietly he worked getting ready to set the house on fire. At a signal Jim Berry set the house on fire. As the Jayhawkers ran out they were shot down by the citizens.

Not one escaped, and even the young boy was killed. Thus at one stroke a number of the enemies of the good people paid with their lives for their evil deeds.

Much credit was given to Jim Berry for his daring act of crawling under and setting fire to the house. But that kind of a task he would always volunteer for.

There was a big snow on the ground one morning and Jim Berry came by the Broyles’ place to get something to eat. But the Jayhawkers had been there a few days before and had taken all the food and the poor people were just about starved to death. Jim Berry knew that he must get some food, so he started walking over the mountain to another house where he hoped to get some help.

The sun had come out and the snow was melting rapidly.

Then Jim Berry found where a bear had been walking in the snow. He thought if he could find the bear

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Paul Compton

and kill it, his friends could have food.

He trailed it to where a big tree had fallen down and had burst open. There the bees had stored several gallons of honey. The bear had eaten and gone so Jim Berry decided to take some of the honey to his friends. But how could he carry the honey without a container. Of course it was cold and the honey was stiff.

Jim Berry had on two pair of trousers.

One pair was thick and of some good material. He had taken them from a dead Jayhawker. He took off his good pair of trousers and tied up the bottom of the legs and filled them with honey.

He had the honey on his shoulder and had started to leave the tree when he heard a growl. Wheeling, he saw the big bear only a few yards away.

Jim Berry had learned to act, and think afterwards in such cases, so he shot the bear between the eyes just like he shot old Bill Dark.

The beast stumbled to the feet of Jim Berry as he continued shooting and ripped a little hold in the trousers that contained the honey. The honey started oozing out, so Jim Berry cut the bear’s ear off with his knife and stopped the hole in the honey bag.

Now Jim Berry had honey and meat, the food of a Sampson, but how to get it to his friends was the next question.

And then he heard the voice of his friend Chris Denton across the canyon. He answered and knew that Denton would come to him. His feet were cold and as he waited for his friend, he cut the bear open and warmed his feet on the steaming gust of the beast.

When Chris Denton came, they skinned the bear. With a load of honey and bear meat they set a feast that night.

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Hogan was up at the break of day And was pleasant and determined to say what he had to say “I’m excited and didn’t sleep at all last night And I need to talk before you take flight” You know we’re going to have to take lessons Before we play and I think I found a way.

Well I saw a sign on Mr. Lewis’ house “He teaches bass, guitar and banjo all without sight. They say he can’t see but does he have an ear. If we schedule lessons at night then no one can see or hear. He has an old barn down by the creek that we could insulate and practice all night without a ‘smidgen of fear’.”

“I know he’s a coin collector and I’ve got a few pieces of eight. Isn’t that great?”

They all laughed when Logan said “He’s not only a leader that knows it, but also a poet that shows it!” oldmanocean

Amen

There’s a million miles of stardust beyond the Milky Way What a thing of beauty I thought that’s where my God must stay It looks like it was made for Him and Him alone I can picture Him sitting on His heavenly throne Then I thought of His loneliness and how lonely He must be.

He would be so far away, too far for man to see That would be a prison for Him though it’s so far and wide I know now He’s everywhere with no need to hide And to we who believe we keep Him safely inside! oldmanocean

A True Friend A friend in need is a friend indeed Or so the poets say A true friend loves you with all your faults Is another good cliché.

But to me a good friend is someone You tell your troubles to Who can also share your every thought Because their heart is true.

You may have had a good many friends And some can make you mad But a good true friend is always there When you’re bad, mad, or sad.

Kay Geer Weaver

February 16, 2016

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Reader Recipes Let them eat cake! And pie!

Pecan Pie Recipe from Emily Johnson Ingredients: • 3 eggs • 1 cup sugar • 1 cup light Karo syrup • 2 tbsp butter, melted • 1 tsp vanilla • 1 ½ cup pecans • 1 unbaked pie shell

Directions: Beat eggs in medium bowl with fork slightly.

Add sugar, Karo and vanilla. Add melted butter and pecans. Pour into pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes.

Coconut Cake Supreme Recipe from Patsy L. Ward

Mom’s Heavenly

Hash Cake From Scratch and Mix-It Recipes by Merl Eoff Ingredients: • 2 cups sugar • 1 stick margarine, softened • 4 eggs • 4 Tbs cocoa • 1 ½ cups flour • 1 cut nuts • 1 jar marshmallow crème

Directions: Cream sugar, margarine and eggs. Add cocoa, flour and nuts. Pour into 9x13-inch pan. Bake at 300 degrees. Place marshmallow crème on top of cake when done. Top with the following icing while hot: 3 Tbs cocoa, one stick margarine softened, 1 box powdered sugar, 4 Tbs Pet milk Mix ingredients until creamy and smooth.

Bake 1 yellow cake mix by package directions, adding 1 cup coconut to batter Let cool about 45 minutes Mix together 1 can cream of coconut and 1 can Eagle Brand milk Poke holes in cake and pour mixture over it very slowly, let soak in for about an hour Mix one 8-12 ounce carton Cool Whip, one 8-ounce carton sour cream and 1 cup coconut Frost cake with mixture Sprinkle top with about ¾ cup toasted coconut Let set in refrigerator for a few hours or overnight.

Southern Oatmeal Pie Ingredients: • 2 beaten eggs • 2/3 c. melted butter • 2/3 c. white Karo syrup • 2/3 c. uncooked oats, regular or quick • 1/4 tsp. salt • 1 tsp. vanilla

Directions: Mix all ingredients and pour into an unbaked 9" pie shell. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees. Serve plain or with whipped topping.

A reader was telling me about a mock pecan pie her mother used to make and how good she remembered it being. She said she would see if she could find it and send it in. I couldn’t wait any longer, and found this recipe that sounded similar, so I gave it a try. In the words of my teenager, it’s just “standard.” C’mon, Joanne, find that recipe!

Busy Day Cake This cake was one my mother, Ray Tucker, used to make. She called it her Busy Day cake, but I think it’s more commonly known today as a Gooey Cake. Whatever you call it, save me a corner!

Chocolate Fried Pies Recipe Filling:

• 3 cup sugar • 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour • 6 tbs. cocoa • 3 cup pet milk • 1 1/2 stick margarine • 3 tsp. vanilla

Ingredients: • 1 (18.25-ounce) package yellow cake mix

Combine sugar, flour, and cocoa in pan. Stir in milk and margarine. Stir until bubbly. Cook 1 minute more. Stir in vanilla. Take off heat. It will be thick. Beat until smooth.

• ½ cup butter, melted

Pie Crust:

• 4 eggs

• 2 eggs

• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract • (8-ounce) package cream cheese

• 1 cup oil • 1 tsp. vanilla • 1 large can pet milk

• 4 cups powdered sugar

• 5 cup plain flour

Directions:

• 1 tsp. salt

Preheat oven to 350F. Mix cake mix, melted butter, 1 teaspoon, vanilla, and 2 eggs with a spoon. Pat into a 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Mix cream cheese, remaining 2 eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla with an electric mixer. Slowly beat in powdered sugar. Pour over cake layer.

Bake 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool.

• 1 tsp. baking powder Beat eggs well, add vanilla, milk, and oil. Add flour, baking powder, and slat. Mix well, then rol dough into golf size balls. Roll until thin.

Place filling on 1/2 the crust. Fold over and pinch edges. Fry at 350 degrees in a 3/4 inch oil until golden brown.

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Weekly Crossword

By EuGene Smith

Rules Here at The Voice of Van Buren County, we love puzzles and games, contests and prizes. And we want you to play along with us.

Solve our Word Find puzzle and enter for a chance to win a prize. Puzzle entry may not be a photocopy, originals from newspaper only. Let us know “Where In the County Is This?” and you become eligible for our drawing for a one-year subscription to The Voice. There will be one winner for each contest every month. To enter, mail your puzzles to The Voice / P.O. Box 1396 / Clinton, AR 72031 or drop them by our downtown office, 260 Griggs St., Clinton. You can also call us at 745-8040 to tell us where the week’s picture was taken. This month's drawings will be held Feb. 26, 2016.

Entries accepted through noon Feb. 26.

February 16, 2016

Where In the County Is This?

We know a lot of the fire stations look very similar, but can your detective skills help you figure out where this one is? Tell us if you know and you'll be entered for a chance to win a one-year subscription to The Voice of Van Buren County. See rules at left.

Dressed for dinner

Bailey is styling in his scarf as he patiently awaits his share of the family dinner. The middle-aged pooch is owned by Drew and Jessica Tucker of Clinton. Send your cute pet photos to voiceeditor@artelco.com.

Our Van Buren County Family Album

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Dog slaughter still under investigation

Skeeter’s Mailbag Hey Skeeter, Do you play on the computer? Have your computer skills improved? You know when I first came home with my human, Mary Jean, I posted on FaceBook, but I didn’t know what I was doing.

The things you need to learn about is the keyboard and the mouse.

Mary Jean’s fingers just fly across the keyboard and all these letters and numbers appear on the screen. What you do is walk across the keyboard, stepping on as many of the keys that you can and the same thing happens.

But I just don’t get it, Mary Jean says, “Lefty you can’t walk on the keyboard!”

And I am like why not? What is the dif-

ference between her fingers and my paws?

We are both putting stuff on the screen. If you step, sit, or lay on the mouse (mouse?

Doesn’t look like no mouse to me) the little arrow will fly all over the screen.

I just love it! But Mary Jean doesn’t like that either, she will reach over and pull the mouse out from under me. Well, after not letting me walk on the keyboard and pulling the mouse out from under me, you know what I do?

I jump on the top shelf of the computer desk and lay down for a while. And then when Mary Jean isn’t looking, I jump down on the top the computer. See the on/off button is on top and if I judge it just right, my left front paw will land

on the on/off button and I just turn the computer off on her!

Before she gets “L e f t y” out of her mouth, I have hit the floor running. I stay in the other room for a while until she cools off.

The other thing that is really neat is the printer. I just love to stick my nose to the tray and let the paper hit my nose when it prints.

It tickles! The printer has a touch screen and Mary Jean taps on the screen and makes copies. So I stop in front of the printer and lean in with my hip and tap the screen. Just tap and wiggle, tap and wiggle, and something will happen. I have printed some really pretty ink status, reports, and cop-

ied some blank pages.

Mary Jean says I’m wasting ink and paper, but I am having fun! Besides, I think she spends too much time on the computer when she could be playing with me.

So remember, stepping on the keyboard puts stuff on the screen.

Stepping, sitting, or laying on the mouse makes the little arrow go crazy on the screen. You can turn the computer off by landing on the on/off button.

And you can have a lot of fun if the printer has a touch screen, just tap and wiggle, tap and wiggle.

Until next time.

Your Friend, Lefty

Almost two months after 57 dogs were found poisoned and shot to death in the Chimes-Trace Ridge area just outside Van Buren County, the Searcy County sheriff’s office told The Voice last week that the case is still being investigated.

Just days before Christmas two men looking at timber tracts in a remote area off Highway 254 made the horrific discovery.

According to reports, the dogs were apparently brought to the tract of land where they were fed sleeping pills encased in hot dogs then shot.

A few of the animals survived. Six had to be euthanized because of their injuries.

On its Facebook page, the Searcy County Humane Society announced that it has received permission to place the survivors in new homes, either through adoption or foster care.

Jean Passmore, the group’s treasurer, said one of the dogs is being prepared to go to his new home out of state.

Sheriff Joey Pruitt told reporters in December that he had been in law enforcement for 25 years and had never seen anything like this situation.

A $5,000 reward has been offered for information in the case. Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at (870) 448-2340.

Jasper needs a home – Jasper, a young male dog, has waited and waited for someone to adopt him. He is a big goofball with a great personality. Instead of eating his dog cookies he wanted to play with them. Jasper would be a fun dog to own if someone would just give him a chance. Maybe he’s just right for you. Call Van Buren County Animal Control at 745-2121 to find out more about adopting Jasper or another pet.

Contest time

Attention readers:

The Voice wants you to put words in their mouths! We have gathered some of artist Shannon Belonie’s cartoons and wiped out his captions. Now we are inviting you to give them a new line or two. Whoever can make our cartoonist laugh the loudest will win a really cool prize.

All entries must be in The Voice office by 4 p.m. March 11 to be eligible for the prize. Mail your entries to The Voice, P.O. Box 1396, Clinton, AR 72031 or bring them by our office at 260 Griggs St., Clinton.

Make it funny, and please keep it clean.

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Van Buren County

Region: Northwest County Seat: Clinton Established: November 11, 1833 Formed in 1833, Van Buren became the twenty-ninth county in Arkansas Parent Counties: Conway, Independence, Izard Territory and preceded statehood by three years.

Population: 17,295 (2010 Census) Area: 708.14 square miles (2010 Census)

Old Van Buren County Courthouse in Clinton; circa 1910. Courtesy of the Van Buren County Historical Society

Present-day Van Buren County Courthouse in Clinton; 2007. The courthouse was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) construction built in 1934. Photo by Mike Keckhaver

National Championship Chuckwagon Race on Dan Eoff’s ranch, west of Clinton (Van Buren County). Courtesy of the Van Buren County Historical Society

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Classifieds • Legal ANNOUNCEMENTS

SALES/SERVICE

EMPLOYMENT

DONATIONS NEEDED

HOME IMPROVEMENTS 4 LESS

Help Wanted!

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Store Hours are: 8:30am to 4:30pm Seven Days a Week THRIFT, GIFTS & MORE 745-3278

PERSONALS Readers, use these Personal Spots to say Happy Birthday, Wish someone Good Luck, Contact old friends, make new friends.

Shout out that you are alive and well in Van Buren County. All kinds of things.

The cost is $5.00 for 25 words.

We build custom decks, fences, bath rooms, and kitchins

Get well soon, so you can once again experience all the fun and delight that life has to offer!

WANTED Horse drawn wagon or wagon parts in good condition.

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• Complete remodel and renovation • Painting • Drywall • Chain Link Fence • and much more We offer a price guarantee. We will beat all competitors' quotes. The competing companies must be insured and bonded.

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FLEA MARKET on Highway 65 S, 6 miles south of Walmart and 2 miles north of Bee Branch.

Where you can find things you need from A to Z, not just things you collect… at a reasonable price.

OPEN ALL 7 DAYS EVERY WEEK.

EMPLOYMENT

TLC Bookkeeping & Tax Service (501) 745-4969

First Service Bank is now accepting applications for a part-time Universal Banker in Clinton, Arkansas. High School diploma or equivalent, six months or more of previous cash handling experience in a business-related environment, good math and computer skills, proficient communicator, along with a talent for serving the public are all required. Teller/ Customer Service Representative / loan administration / sales experience preferred, but not required. Must be available to work opening and/ or closing hours and Saturdays.

5 kw Generator $500 OBO Belongs to Hwy 110 Fire Department.

Call Chief Emberton at 501-253-3205

FOR SALE: Square Bails Bermuda Horse Hay $5/bail Call 501-208-1830

For Rent

HOMES FOR RENT IN FFB AREA From $375/mon $750/mon Call: (501) 723-4424 Buckhorn, Inc.

IN THE COUNTY COURT OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, ARKANSAS

LAKEFRONT WITH STEPS to the water.

Deck runs full length of the house with a 6 foot overhang.

Gas log fireplace, 4 bdrm, 2 full baths. Subdivision with restrictions. $149,900.

MLS#16000002 Call Chris at Graham & Assoc. Real Estate 501-745-2436

House for Rent in Clinton, AR. Very nice 3BR/2BA, unfurnished, storm cellar, shed and fenced area.

AVAILABLE $750 mo. with $750 deposit Ph. 501-253-3658

(501) 253-1179

It is preferred that applicants live within 20 miles of Clinton or be willing to relocate.

Apply online at: https://www. firstservicebank. com/aboutus/ careers.aspx.

IT'S ALL HERE! 3BR/2BA 1600+sqft house, one block south of Shirley School on Hwy 9 on 1.25 acre lot.

501-204-9261

Commercial Building for Rent 3000sqft great for store or restaurant 253 Court St, downtown Clinton.

Prefect to move in now! $500/month Call: 592-2910 or 745-4900.

FOR RENT 2BR MOBILE HOMES Bee Branch.

Wheel Chair accessible. Call for availability.

(501) 581-8640

Commercial Office or Retail Space for rent.

1500 sqft next to LaRosita Restaurant.

Call (501) 253-0924

FOR LEASE 2500 sqft COMMERCIAL OFFICE OR RENTAL SPACE next to CashSaver in NORTHSIDE SHOPPING CENTER Call (501) 253-0924

Case # NO. 2016-02 VAN BUREN COUNTY, ARKANSAS PLAINTIFF VS. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF FAY E. EDWARDS DEFENDANT WARNING ORDER – ANY UNKNOWN OWNERS The owners being unknown, any and all persons or entitles claiming any interest therein and all persons asserting ownership of, or any interest in, certain lands as described herein and located in the following described lands in Van Buren County, Arkansas, are hereby warned to appear in the County Court of Van Buren County, Arkansas, within thirty (30) days and answer the complaint of Plaintiff, Van Buren County, Arkansas, which has condemned said lands: JOB NO. 080445 SECTIONS 28, 29, AND 33 OF TOWNSHIP 9 NORTH, RANGE 12 WEST

For Sale 2000 sqft double wide Mobile Home setting on concrete footers with rock underpining on 2 acres of land in Morganton area. $79,000.00 Owner financing available.

Call for details:

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1973 Ford Pumper Truck $1500 OBO

REAL ESTATE

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Tax Time is here again!

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He said, "If you love (only) those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even the sinners love those who love them."

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Have Some Fun & Get Paid to Wave!

REAL ESTATE

17.36 acres, 2 bedroom, 1 bath home central H/ Ac, + propane infra-red heaters for backup. Porches overlooking a great yard. Storm shelter.

Shop & garage. $140,000.

MLS#15004733 Call Graham & Assoc. Real Estate 501-745-2436

Liberty Mission Baptist Church The Liberty Missionary Baptist Church, 2712 Hwy 254 West, Chimes Community, was established in the late 1800s. Liberty Missionary Baptist Church has been serving the community of Chimes ever since. Nora Housley has been an active member since 1942.

Her Great-Grandmother, Sally Hefner was a Charter Member of Liberty Missionary Baptist Church.

If you have any information regarding the history of Liberty Missionary Baptist Church in Chimes, please, contact The VOICE of Van Buren County…

Call: (501) 745-8040, Fax: (501) 745-8077, and/or Email: thevoice@artelco.com

As described in Van Buren County Court Order No. 2016-02 as filed and recorded on January 29, 2016 for property abutting Highway 124 (Damascus Road).

You are hereby notified that Van Buren County, Arkansas, Plaintiff, by the Honorable Roger Hooper, Van Buren County Judge, 1414 Highway 65 South, Clinton, Arkansas 72031, has filed a Court Order in eminent domain against said lands, a copy of said Court Order shall be delivered to you or your attorney upon request. If you fail to appear within 30 days from the first date of publication of this Warning Order, you may be barred from answering said Complaint or otherwise asserting your interest.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and SEAL as Clerk of the County Court of Van Buren County, on this 29th day of January 2016. s/s Pam Bradford Pam Bradford Van Buren County Clerk

LEGALS

CITY OF CLINTON ORDINANCE NO. 2016-02 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2009-17 TO ELIMINATE THE 30% SET ASIDE OF CERTAIN WATER REVENUES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Clinton, Arkansas, has reviewed the Current Water Rate Structure and finds it insufficient for the payment of current expenses out of current revenues.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CLINTON, ARKANSAS: Section 1. This ordinance shall be known as the “Ordinance to Eliminate the 30% Set Aside of Certain Water Revenues”.

Section 2. All other ordinances which conflict with this ordinance are repealed to the extent of such conflicts.

Section 3. The 30% set aside provided for in 2009-17 is eliminated and all such funds received in the future shall be deposited in the operating fund of the Water Department.

Funds currently held pursuant to the 30% set aside will not be transferred without further action by the Council.

Section 4. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. Because of the current insufficient rate structure which is requiring near monthly transfers of monies from accounts established for repair and expansion and the inevitability of those accounts being exhausted, and the recognized human need for clean and safe water, such being produced by the City of Clinton, an emergency is hereby declared. THEREFORE, this ordinance, being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public, health, safety, and welfare, shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.

PASSED: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 ATTEST: /s/ Richard W. McCormac Richard W. McCormac, Mayor /s/ Dena R. Malone Dena R. Malone, Recorder/Treasurer

Call 745-8040 to place an ad in the classifieds

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CHURCH PAGE Pleasant Grove Friendship Church 2221O Highway 16 W, Alread 745-8450 Pleasant Valley Baptist Church 5092 Banner Mtn Road, Shirley 723-4737 Pleasant Valley General Baptist No. 1 5153 Highway 92 W, Bee Branch Point Remove Baptist Church 10954 Highway 336 W, Formosa Rabbit Ridge Church of Christ 215 Rabbit Ridge Road, Bee Branch 745-4634

Photo by EuGene Smith

Congratulation to those of you who corrected identified last week's photo as the Liberty Missionary Baptist Church. If you can identify this Church call 745-8040. (Remember to send a history of your Church.)

Archey Valley Community Church Highway 254, Chimes Bee Branch Baptist 11509 Hwy 65 South, Bee Branch 654-2630 Bethel Community Church 17904 Highway 95 W, Cleveland Botkinburg Baptist Church 9297 Highway 65 N, Botkinburg 745-3530 Botkinburg Community Foursquare Church 7054 Highway 65 N, Botkinburg 745-2311 Burnt Ridge Community Church 5846 Burnt Ridge Road, Clinton 745-6737 Calvary Missionary Baptist Church ABA 144 Nickie Ave., Clinton 745-3245 Choctaw Baptist Church 208 Highway 330 E, Clinton 745-7370 Choctaw Christian Center 4157 Highway 65 S, Choctaw 745-8264 Choctaw Church of Christ 233 Highway 330 E, Choctaw 745-8264 Christian Fellowship Church 674 Highway 658, Clinton Church of Christ 20452 Highway 16 W, Alread 745-5498

Eagle Heights Baptist Church Independent Fundamental VBC Fairgrounds, Clinton 757-0013 Eglantine Church of Christ 3796 Highway 330 S, Shirley 884-6880 Fairbanks Community Church 4753 Arkansas 356 E, Bee Branch Fairfield Bay Baptist Church 481 Dave Creek Parkway, Fairfield Bay 884-3371 Fairfield Bay United Methodist Church 765 Dave Creek Parkway, Fairfield Bay 884-3373

Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Church 250 Dave Creek Parkway, Fairfield Bay 884-3304 Landmark Missionary Baptist Church ABA 229 Third St., Clinton

Sand Springs Missionary Baptist Church Highway 124 E, Damascus 335-8003 Sardis Freewill Baptist 4141 Highway 124, Gravesville 335-8027 Scotland Baptist Church 278 Postal Lane, Scotland 592-3787 Scotland Church of Christ 297 Scotland-Formosa Road, Scotland Scotland Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Church 1476 Scotland-Formosa Road, Scotland 592-3311

Faith Christian 10839 Edgemont Road, Edgemont 723-8109

Liberty Missionary Baptist Church 2712 Highway 254 W, Chimes Community

Shady Grove Baptist Church 5448 Shady Grove Road, Shirley 723-4273

Faith Lutheran Church 310 Snead Drive, Fairfield Bay 884-3375

Low Gap Community Chapel 4320 Low Gap Road, Alread

Shady Grove Chapel 4790 Highway 254 E, Dennard

Lute Mountain Community Church Victory Lane near Highway 16, Shirley 723-8299

Shirley Church of Christ 10509 Highway 16 E, Shirley 745-4859

MainLine Full Gospel 114 Mariposa Loop, Bee Branch 253-1005

Shirley Community Church/First United Methodist 784 Matthew Clark Memorial Drive, Shirley 723-4387

First Assembly of God Church 2466 Highway 65 N, Clinton 745-2285 First Baptist Church of Clinton 211 First Baptist Road, Clinton 745-6113 First Baptist Church of Damascus 43 Oak Tree Road, Damascus 335-7440

Clinton Church of Christ 184 Third Street, Clinton 745-4252

First General Baptist Church 664 Highway 16 E, Clinton 745-4043

Clinton Seventh-day Adventist Church 125 Skyhill Drive, Clinton 745-4043

First Pentecostal Church of Clinton Highway 65 S at 1128 Lyn Road, Choctaw

Clinton United Methodist Church 636 Joe Bowling Road, Clinton 745-5181 Colony Church of Christ Hwy 92 E, Bee Branch

Crabtree Foursquare Church 11301 Highway 16 W, Crabtree 745-2894

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses 3624 Highway 65 S, Clinton 745-8781

Salem Primitive Baptist Church Gravesville Cutoff Road, Bee Branch

Lexington Baptist Church 9525 Highway 110, Shirley 723-4787

Church of the Nazarene 1664 Highway 65 S, Clinton

Cornerstone Evangelical Church 3351 Highway 330 S, Fairfield Bay 884-6657

Kaley Hill Missionary Baptist 6505 Highway 356, Bee Branch

Rupert Baptist Church 21434 Highway 16 W, Clinton 745-8593

Faith Baptist Church Highway 65 N & Harper Mountain Lane Dennard,AR

First Baptist Church of Sugarloaf 557 Arkansas 337, Higden 654-2354

Corinth Baptist Church 5158 Holley Mountain Road, Clinton

Immanuel Baptist Church 498 Highway 16 E, Clinton 745-8528

Red River of Life Church of God 10839 Edgemont Road, Edgemont 723-8109

Maranatha Assembly of God 11929 Highway 16 E, Shirley 723-8181 Mount Zion Church of Christ 1202 Highway 16 W, Clinton 745-2572 Mount Zion General Baptist 2333 Mount Zion Road, Bee Branch 362-3807

Shirley First Baptist Church 10277 Highway 16 E, Shirley 723-8171 South Side Baptist Highway 65 N, Damascus 335-7423

New Beginning Church 12200 Highway 254 E, Dennard

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church 250 Woodlawn Drive, Fairfield Bay 884-3349

New Hope Baptist Church 4198 Highway 65 N, Clinton 757-2332

Tabernacle of Praise 159 Boston Fern Road, Shirley 723-8280

Formosa Baptist Church Highway 9 and County Line Road, Clinton 745-7709

New Liberty Church of Christ 4815 Highway 95, Cleveland 669-2575

The Gathering Ministry Outreach 80746 Highway 16 W, Rupert 745-3883

Formosa Church of Christ 4940 Highway 9 W Clinton 745-4446

New Life Apostolic Church of Clinton 198 Richard Road, Clinton 745-6411

The New Tabernacle 12174 Highway 65 N, Dennard 514-8535

Friendship Baptist Church 1321 Third St., Clinton 745-7177 Full Gospel Tabernacle 128 Catland Lane, Shirley 723-4500

Culpepper Community Church 6055 Highway 336 W, Culpepper

Grace Baptist Church 3793 Highway 65 S, Clinton 472-7462

Culpepper Mountain Church of Christ 118 South Essie Road, Culpepper

Half Moon Baptist Church 1031 Half Moon Road, Clinton 745-2273

Damascus Church of Christ No. 6 Highway 124 W, Damascus 745-4446

Harmony Mountain Church of Christ Quattlebaum and Harmony Mtn Roads 745-2059

Damascus United Methodist Church 17194 Highway 65 S, Damascus

Hope Community Church 905 Damascus Road, Quitman

Peace Lutheran Church of Edgemont 10849 Edgemont Road, Edgemont 723-4726

Trace Ridge Bible Church Highway 254 W at Morris Road, Chimes Walnut Grove Church 6940 Highway 95 W, Clinton 745-3445 Zion Hill Missionary Baptist ABA 29129 Highway 16 W, Jerusalem 745-4467

Pee Dee Baptist Church 2744 Highway 16 E, Clinton 745-4115 Pine Grove General Baptist Church 102 Silvertree Road, Shirley

Last Week's Featured Church

Pine Mountain General Baptist Church Gravesville Cutoff Road, South of Bee Branch Plant Baptist Church 4897 Highway 110, Clinton 745-6887

Liberty Missionary Baptist Church see brief history on page 13

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Fishing Report

Catfish completing community service after trout theft

Four massive blue catfish were added to the AGFC’s mobile aquariums when they were found breaking and entering at the AGFC Jim Collins Net Pen facility in Mt. Ida this winter. The catfish were busted stealing rainbow trout from net pens, where the AGFC raises rainbow trout to catchable sizes for Arkansas anglers. The largest of these cats was a 106lb. monster, just 10 pounds shy of the current state record. They'll be making their way around the state this year in the large mobile aquariums maintained through the AGFC's Aquatic Resources Education Program.

Central Arkansas

Lake Conway

(Updated 02-162016) Bates Field and Stream (501470-1846) said the water is stained and at normal level. The surface water temperature is 51 degrees. Bream are biting well on worms and crickets fished right on the bottom.

Crappie are excellent on minnows and jigs fished around Adams lake and Gold Creek.

Bass are fair on topwater lures and jerk baits. Catfishing is fair on worms and minnows hung from limb lines and yo-yos around cypress trees in 6 feet of water.

Little Red River (Greers Ferry Tailwater)

(Updated 02-16-

2016) Lowell Myers of Sore Lip ‘em All Guide Service said heavy water releases continue on the Little Red River. Recent water release has been dropping the lake level approximately 6 inches a day. We are not far from the desired lake level which should result in water release pattern change and provide favorable river fishing levels in the near future. Until then, current pattern eliminates any wade fishing opportunities and those planning to drift fish should exercise caution. Egg patterns, San Juan worms, micro jigs and weighted nymph patterns tend to work well. Streamers are an effective pattern during high water conditions. For Trout Magnet fishing,

use long leaders and heavy weight with hot pink, cotton candy and purple bodies on silver and chartreuse jig heads. Key for both fly fishing and Trout Magnet fishing during heavy generation is the ability to get and maintain a good presentation of the fly or Trout Magnet using long leaders and heavy weight.

Greers Ferry

As of Wednesday, the Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 462.73 feet msl (normal conservation pool – 462.04 msl).

(Updated 02-162016) Tommy Cauley of Fish Finder Guide Service said the water level is 0.79 feet above normal pool and still falling. Bass fishing is pretty good with some larger fish coming in on spinnerbaits, jigs, Alabama rigs and crankbaits fished over humps, points and 45-degree banks. The walleye have pulled back with the recent drop in temperature, but the bite should return with warmer weather. Try jigs tipped with minnows, crankbaits and bream fished at night and on cloudy days. Hybrids and white bass are biting well on in-line spinners, spoons, hair jigs, swim baits and live shad anywhere you can find schools of baitfish. Start your search in 25 to 70 feet of water.

Harris Brake Lake

(Updated 02-16-

2016) Harris Brake Lakeside Resort (501889-2745) said the water is murky and high. Crappie are biting well on live minnows fished around stumps in 6 to 7 feet of water. Catfishing is fair in deep water.

No report on bass or bream.

Lake Maumelle

(Updated 02-162016) Jolly Roger’s Marina said the water is 0.5 feet above the spillway and the surface water temperature is 44 degrees.

Bass are biting well in 10 to 15 feet of water on spinnerbaits, jerk baits and deadsticked wacky-rigged worms. Spotted bass are biting well on jigs and crankbaits in 10 to 15 feet of water.

White bass are biting well west of Arkansas Highway 10. They’re hitting deep-diving Bomber and Bandit crankbaits on the east side of the bridge and Rooster Tails and a jig-and-grub combo on the west side of the bridge. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs fished around brush on the edges of river channel bends in 20 to 25 feet of water. Bream are slow. Catfishing is fair on chicken livers, live bream and stinkbait fished in 15 to 20 feet of water.

Sunset Lake

Updated 02-162016) Lisa's Bait Shop in Benton (501778-6944) said a few catfish have been taken on bass minnows and bait shrimp.

No recent report on crappie. Bass are fair on Beetle Spins.

Saline River Access in Benton

Updated 02-162016) Lisa's Bait Shop in Benton (501778-6944) said it is prime time for the walleye. They are still doing great on brood minnows.

Smallmouth and spotted bass also have been taken on brood minnows. Crappie are slow but biting on no.

6 crappie minnows and pink crappie minnows. Catfish been hitting bass minnows and night crawlers.

Lake Norrell

Updated 02-162016) Lisa's Bait Shop in Benton (501778-6944) said there’s still a lot of talk about crappie being caught on pink crappie minnows. Catfish are biting on goldfish and black salties. Bass are fair on spinner baits.

Lake Winona

Updated 02-162016) (Lisa's Bait Shop in Benton 501778-6944) said some anglers are saying they’ve caught some walleye on Beetle Spins lately. Crappie are biting well on no.

6 crappie minnows.

Catfish are biting on bait shrimp and cut shad. Bass are fair on bass minnows.

Little Maumelle River

Updated 0216-2016) River Valley Marina (501-5171250) said the water

is clear and at normal level. The surface water temperature is 40 degrees. Bream are fair on worms fished 7 to 8 feet deep. Crappie are biting well on minnows and jigs.

Bass are biting well on crankbaits and topwater lures. Catfishing is slow. Some white bass are in the creek and are biting well.

Arkansas River (Little Rock Pool)

Updated 02-162016) The folks at Fish ’N Stuff (501834-5733) said the water is muddy.

Crappie are slow to fair, with a few being caught on glowing jigs and orange jigs.

Bass are shallow in the backwaters and are biting fairly well on spinnerbaits and black/red jigs. Catfishing is slow on cut shad and chicken liver by the dam.

Clear Lake

Updated 0216-2016) McSwain Sports Center (501945-2471) said the water is muddy and high. Crappie are fair on minnows. No report on any other species

Peckerwood Lake

Updated 0216-2016) Herman’s Landing (870-2413731) said Peckerwood Lake is now open for fishing.

The water is a little stained and high, but the fish should be ready to bite after the long winter.

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Some of the members of the NCA Artist League are (front row, from left) Jeanne Homuth, Dorothy Hendrickson, President Joan Bland, Julie Caswell, Judy Schumann, Secretary Alecs Long, (back row) Mark Davis, Kathleen Hadley, Jan Cobb, Gay Ryan, Ellen Kelly, Carolyn Goettsch, and Joyce Hartmann.

Artist league hangs new Love exhibit at hospital "Love Me Some Art" is the theme for 47 new paintings hung at Ozark Health Medical Center on South Highway 65 in Clinton. The may view the art until May 16.

The exhibit located at the upper lev-

el near the nursing home entrance and the cafeteria can be viewed from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week. The exhibit in the hallways of the lower level of the outpatient wing is closed during the weekend and can be viewed from 8 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday only.

Quite expectedly, the "Love" theme includes hearts, red roses, and pink and red colors. But there are creative surprises here, too. One large acrylic painting remembers and mourns Roc, the

30-year-old Little Rock Zoo orangutan who recently passed away. Several paintings show a love for fishing, boating, lakes, and a rural life. A walk to the cafeteria is a lovely nature walk, with paintings of a redheaded woodpecker, a Pi-

leated Woodpecker, owls, raccoon, and more. There are cats, lions and tigers, oh my, and even a rooster and a pig.

The NCA Artist League welcomes new members interested in making art. They meet each Monday at Fairfield

Bay to socialize and paint together. Interested persons are invited to come to Bayside at the corner of Greenwood Road and Highway 330 in Fairfield Bay on Monday mornings or call President Joan Bland at 785-979-5193 for further information.

Old Glory flies high

Smile for the camera – Mollie, the therapy dog at Clinton Funeral Service, had some special visitors on Friday, Feb. 12. The photography class of the Clinton High School visited and photographed Mollie as an assignment on photographing animals. Mollie loved the attention and the love she received from the class.

Getting in touch

The giant U.S. Flag outside First Service Bank in Clinton snaps in the wind on Tuesday. The area saw a few days of bone-chilling wind last week. (Photo by Robert Snyder)

These candidates: • County Judge Roger Hooper for re-election • County Sheriff Scott Bradley for re-election • County Circuit Clerk Ester Bass for re-election • County Assessor Trina Jones for re-election • Phillip Ellis for County Clerk • Mike Murphy for Court of Appeals • Kent Tester for District Judge will have a Meet and Greet at the Fairfield Bay Conference Center on Friday, February 19th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Refreshments and desserts will be served.

Please, come and meet all the candidates with your questions. We look forward to seeing you on February 19th.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Public notice is hereby given this 9th day of February, 2016 that the Van Buren County Special School, P.O. Box 39, Choctaw Arkansas, 72028 has made application for funds through Section 49 U.S.C. Section 5310 for the purchase of the following type of passenger transportation vehicle: Small Cutaway Bus with Lift.

This vehicle will be used primarily for the following purposes: Transporting developmentally delayed children and developmentally challenged adults for center based services. **Van Buren County Special School is requesting a vehicle that is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and does meet the “equivalency of service” requirements to individuals with disabilities in the community.** Any objection should be submitted in writing only to persons listed below. All comments will become a part of this organization’s application and will be a matter of public record. All written comments must be submitted within 30 days of the date of this notice. Any person wishing to request a public hearing on the proposed project must submit a request in writing 10 days of the date of this notice to the persons listed below: Neil A. Wilkins, Jr. Executive Director Van Buren County Special School P.O. Box 39 Choctaw, AR 72028 and to

Mr. Don McMillen Public Transportation Administrator Public Transportation Programs Office Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department P.O. Box 2261 Little Rock, AR 72203·2261

Water from Page 1 Airport: Sammy Ward, Jason Lynch Animal Control: Tim Barnes, Gayla Bradley Fire Department: Tim Barnes, Nina Baker Parks and Recreation: Gayla Bradley, Jason Lynch

Police: Tim Barnes, Johnny Moore, Sammy Ward Streets: Johnny Moore, Gayla Bradley Water Department: Tim Barnes, Johnny Moore, Sammy Ward Zoning: Nina Baker, Jason Lynch Budget: Johnny Moore, Tim Barnes

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