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TUESDAY, May 30, 2017 / Vol. 3 Issue 22 / 75 cents Homecoming
Fun, food, music and games await at the 50th annual Shirley Homecoming this Friday and Saturday, June 2-3. Come on out, catch up with some old friends and make some new ones.
Family Chosen Remembering our veterans Farm McMahans of Damascus win honor
Scam
A Voice reader reports that he was the target of a scam recently. A caller claiming to be with Publisher’s Clearinghouse said he had won $2.5 million and a 2016 BMW. All he had to do was send $850 to pay taxes and his prizes would be delivered at 2 p.m. that day. He did not send any money, and of course no prizes were delivered. Don’t be a victim of a scam. Publishers Clearinghouse does not call winners and ask for money. If you receive a scam phone call, contact the state Attorney General’s office.
Diane Hall of the Maria Van Buren Daughters of American Revolution places flags and flowers at the Vietnam Memorial on the Van Bu-
ren County Courthouse Square. The memorial is in honor of the five men from Clinton who died in the Vietnam War. Hall’s hus-
band Gary, was the last of the five to die. He was 25 years old. The Memorial marker was placed in 1987 by the people of Van Buren County.
The Van Buren County Farm Family of the year has been chosen for 2017. It is the Matt McMahan of Damascus. Matt and Kortney McMahan are owners of McMahan Enterprises, a livestock trailer retail business. They have two daughters, Karley, 5, and Kinley, 3, and a third baby due in October. The family also owns cattle, currently 75 cow/calf pairs and three bulls. They have a set of registered shorthorns to begin a line that they plan for their daughters to show one day. They also have a handful of Angus cows and the rest of the herd are
Guidelines for running for board
Accidents
A man died late last week after his car crashed and caught fire on Highway 254 in Dennard. It was not known by press time how the accident occurred. On Sunday, at 15-yearold riding a bicycle collided with a vehicle near the county Fairgrounds. The boy was conscious and was transported to a hospital. No further details were available by press time.
Sick deer
The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission has added Van Buren County to the Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zone. This comes after samples from last season turned up a positive case within 10 miles of the county line. According to the CWD management zone regulations, only cleaned, deboned meat and taxidermy products from deer taken within the CWD zone may be taken outside the zone.
Angus cross cattle. The McMahans own 104 acres and rent another 162. They have been ranching for 15 years. The McMahans are members of the Van Buren County Cattleman’s Association, the state association and the national Cattleman’s Association. The girls already are members of the American Junior Shorthorn Association, and will join 4H as soon as they are old enough. The Farm Family of the Year culminates in December with the selection of the state winners who then go on to regional competition.
Summer blooms – (Left photo) Edible nasturtiums are blooming now in this Crabtree garden. Swiss chard grows in the background. (Photo by Jeff Burgess) (Right photo) Day lilies are in bloom. (Photo by Robert Snyder)
Morrilton man faces hot check charge A Morrilton man has been charged with a felony hot check violation. Peter K. Giovannini, 57, wrote a $3,988.27 check to Payton Dodge on April 6, 2017, according to court documents. The check was returned for insufficient funds, the
affidavit states. A Payton Dodge employee said Giovannini said he would come to the business the next week but did not show up, the document states. The hot check violation is a Class D felony. No court information was available.
In another case, Kimberley Cheryl Avey of Timbo faces charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, both Class D felonies. Avey, 55, was stopped about 12:24 p.m. May 23, 2017, by Clinton Police af-
ter a motorist called authorities to report that a tan Buick had run the red light at Highway 65 and Highway 9 at Choctaw. A white powdery substance was in plain view in the car, and Avey told police it was crystal meth, the report states.
Anyone thinking about running for a local school board should start making plans. According to County Clerk Pam Bradford, candidates may begin circulating petitions to run for school boards on June 11, 2017. The petition must contain at least 20 signatures of registered voters who are residents of the school district. From July 4-11, 2017, a candidate can file a petition of candidacy, the Political Practice Pledge, and the Affidavit of Eligibility (ends at noon on the last day) with the County Clerk’s office Voter Registration. You must register to vote by Aug. 20, 2017, to be able to vote in the 2017 School Board Elections. Sept. 18, 2017, is the deadline to get your absentee ballot in to the clerk’s Voter Registration (in person) by the close of business Sept. 19, 2017, is the annual School Board Election Day. Voting is from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. All forms are available on enjoyvbc.com (Departments, County Clerk, Voter Registration). For questions call 501-7458683.