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TUESDAY, August 2, 2016 / Vol. 2 Issue 29 / 75 cents
Willoughby named new chief
After meeting in executive session with the City Council for three hours at two special meetings, the Clinton mayor has announced the choice for the new police chief. Veteran law officer John Willoughby has been named interim police chief, replacing Toney Parish who is retiring after 19 years on the job. Mayor Richard McCormac said at the Sunday afternoon meeting that the appointment is for 90 days and an ad will be placed in the See Chief on page 6
Town airs views on water rates About 60 people gathered at the Clinton Senior Center last Tuesday to find out more about proposals to raise water rates. Clinton Mayor Richard McCormac opened the meeting by trying to explain how the Clinton Water Department got into the financial shape it is in. The department is experiencing a shortfall of close to $40,000 each month. The last rate increase for Clinton’s customers was in 2010. The proposal favored by McCormac and Water Department Manager Todd Burgess would
raise all 2,600 Clinton customers’ bills by $20 per month. McCormac explained how and when money has been moved from the infrastructure fund to cover expenses and said, “We’re out of ways to move money around.” He said asking for a rate increase of this size is “very uncomfortable.” Asked what the department would do with the money a $20 increase would bring in, Burgess said that first the department would pay its bills on time, then it would start making much-needed repairs.
Clinton Mayor Richard McCormac, Bob Wright of Crews and Associates and Water Department Manager Todd Burgess address the crowd. Bob Wright of Crews and Associates tried to explain the bond debt the city is carrying. He said water rates must be sufficient to cover the obligation and that at this rate the amount of money in Water Department
accounts would not be enough in 2017. Concerns from the audience included the fact that water customers who live outside the city limits have no representation when rates are set; currently customers in
the city limits pay $6 less per month on a basic bill. Folks also asked what guarantee there was that the $20 increase would be the last. McCormac’s answer: “I don’t have a guarantee for that.”
Teen drowns A 16-yearold Dennard boy drowned Tuesday. Dakota Alvey was swimming at the Johnson Hole in the Barrens Community with a couple of other young people when the accident occurred. Dakota, reported-
Storms knock out power Winds that one observer estimated at 60-70 mph blew through Van Buren County over
the weekend, downing trees and snapping power poles. There were outages in Choctaw, Jeru-
salem, Highway 330, the Barrens Community, Highway 254 and more. Petit Jean Electric crews
worked around the clock and power was reportedly restored to everyone by about 4 p.m. Sunday.
Southern moving its headquarters Southern Paramedic Services is moving its headquarters in Clinton. Owner Gary Padget said last week that he has bought the old Dodge car dealership on Ingram Street and will be moving there. He said Bumper to
Bumper auto parts store will be sharing the building with Southern. Padget is unsure when the move will take place, though he estimated it would be in about two months. Padget revealed the move at Thursday’s meeting of the
ambulance committee of the Van Buren County Quorum Court. Also at the meeting, Van Buren County Rescue Squad’s Brian Tatum questioned Padget about the county being left with no ambulance within its borders on three
recent occasions. Tatum said the most serious incident was last month when a car crash victim had to be transported to the hospital in the back of the police chief’s pickup. That wreck occurred on See Southern on page 6
ly, had swam across the water and was coming back when he apparently began to cramp and drowned about 20 feet from the shore. Dakota would have been in the 10th grade at Clinton High School this year. His obituary is on Page 4.
Man dies after fall A man fell off a cliff about 100 feet high into the waters of Linn Creek on Tuesday. He died at a hospital later. Fairfield Bay Fire and Rescue, aided by a couple of fishermen, got to the man by water, said fire Chief Leo Brandmeyer. Linn Creek is part of Greers Ferry Lake. He said the de-
partment also was aided by a boat from the marina and Van Buren County Rescue. The Voice was told there was a domestic incident that led to the man fleeing toward the cliffs. The sheriff’s office said the incident is under investigation and did not release details.
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Wanda Shannon Clinton
A retirement party was held for Gary Bradley on July 22. He has worked at Arkansas Telephone for 43 years. Friends and family gathered to wish him well. I know he will enjoy all the fishing things that were given to him. John and Sunny Hargis have been in Florida for a Huddle House Convention. Mike and Angela Alexander and children have been visiting DisneyWorld. Don and Sherrin Richardson were in Forrest City and Memphis over the weekend to visit family and friends. Visiting Ben and Linda Mays this week are grandsons Lucas, Rhett, and Julian Mays of Ashville, North Carolina.. Debbie and Kirk Pryor and sons, Josh and Caleb, have been vacationing in Florida. Duane and I went to Same Ole Joes at Greenbriar Thursday for Dinner. We also went to visit my cousin Nina and Richard Johnston while we were that close. She is doing much better this summer than she was last summer. There will be a Prayer Walk at 6 p.m. August 14 at the Clinton School Amphitheatre Hill to pray for the new school year. Penny Owens and her mother Gayle Watts from Millington, Tennessee, are here visiting in-laws Hal and Wanda Owens. While they are here they will also be visiting other friends and family in Dennard. August 6 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. there will be a Back to School Blessing at Formosa Baptist Church, First General Baptist Church in Clinton and Shirley First Baptist Church. Students from Pre-K through 12th grade will receive free school sup-
plies, food, games, prizes and more. Thursday the 28th several people from Clinton and other places attended a gathering of old cars at the Kenda DriveIn at Marshall. The movie was “Smokey and the Bandit.” This was the fifth one that they have had this summer. We took our ‘70 Monte Carlo. Will Shannon, our grandson, chauffeured us. If you haven’t been to our park lately there is a new longer path down by the river, it is very nice and I enjoy it almost every day. They are also working on a disc or Frisbee golf course down there. I think it will be nice, this is a real popular thing. My grandchildren in Wisconsin have been playing this for several years now. Thanks to everyone who gives me news and I hope you keep on doing so , plus some others, it would be nice to hear from. I like to read everyone’s and I know others do, too. Hope you all have a good week and try to stay cool. E-mail me at samsonshannon50@ gmail.com or call me at 501-253-4850.
Patsy Ward Formosa
Visiting Margie Pounds last Sunday was her daughter, Jacque Hennington and her husband, Earnie of Hamburg. Joyce Nicholson, Margie Pounds and
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I went to Conway on Monday. We went shopping at some of the thrift shops and then to Kohl’s. We also had lunch at China Town. We went by Lowe’s and I bought a new cook stove. JR can have some biscuits and gravy again. He sure has been missing them. I also got my garden tilled, thanks to Paul Rice. He did a great job! If anyone needs their garden tilled or bush hogging done, I have his phone number, so give me a call at 7455922, I will get it to you. David Morse made it home from his vacation on Monday. Marva Ward went to Conway for a biopsy, and it came back benign, so that is good news! Sindee Morse and Frank Ward had a cookout and pool party on Saturday for the baseball team they coached. About 35 people attended. They got rained out and wound up on the deck, but I bet they all enjoyed it anyway! Danny Williams spent several days in Conway Regional Hospital, but he is home now and feeling much better. I have been sick all week, don’t know if it is heat related or a virus, hope no one else gets it. Get well wishes and prayers go out to all who are sick or have lost loved ones. Until next week, God bless.
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breakfast and then on to Little Rock for Jason and my appointments with our thyroid doctors. We were so pleased that we weren’t supposed to go back for six months, but after they got the results from our lab work they called me and I have to go back in six weeks. We had lunch with Ronnie in Clinton before coming on home. Randal and Ann to complain about it came to the cabin Fribeing cold. I have had day evening. He got up Saturday mornenough heat. It is time to remind ing and he and Jason you that it is time for got everything ready our First Saturday and stated sprayBreakfast. This month ing briars and brush. it will be on August 6 Ann mowed Alice and and we will have our Dustin’s yard and I usual breakfast and canned tomato juice serve at 8 a.m. un- so we all had our jobs til the food is gone. to do. Ha. We are sorry we The price is $6. Plan on joining us. Good missed the memorial Food – Good compa- Saturday for Stephen Mitchell. It was at ny – Good time. It has been a busy the Pavilion at Chocweek. The Scotland taw. It was so hot Baptist Church will we thought best just have its fish fry July stay home. My sis30 at the church. The ter, Nettie, said it was Scotland Lighthouse real nice and everyhas had Kid's Cru- thing went good with sade this week and it a good crowd attendhas been very well at- ing. We wish the best for Ashley and the tended. It is time to begin kids and all the famithinking about school ly. It is so hard to give starting and the end up a loved one. Get well wishes of summer. Enjoy the last couple of weeks to Kody Griffin down and finish your to- in Mississippi. He has do list before school been real sick and still attending classstarts. If you have news es. He is in veterinary to put in the paper, school down there. It please call James must be hard to be Burns at 592-3935 away from home and and talk to him or be sick. We congratleave a message. ulate him on getting scholarships from the Have a good week. Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association. I know he appreciates that, and we are proud for him. We do hope and pray Budd Creek Camp bill be a good one this week. About 45 young people went with the Liberty Bap-
tist Church group. I believe they were expecting over 500 to be there this week so that is a large group. Darlene Griffin and some other school teachers have been on a cruise the past few days. Our daughter-inlaw, Ann, is enjoying her new job in the Van Buren County Collector’s office. She says the girls are so nice and patient with her. She is enjoying not having to drive so far. Have a great week.
Jeff Burgess Crabtree
Saturday is the Crabtree Foursquare Church's annual "Back To School Bash” from 9:3011:30 a.m. School-age kids and their parents are invited to attend. School supplies, hot dogs, snow cones and free hair cuts will be available. The same day, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the annual Crabtree Community Reunion and Potluck will be held in the basement of the Foursquare Church. A bounty of food and fellowship and old time music will be featured. All residents and former residents are invited to attend the festivities. Several neighbors
Nora Jean Housley
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Chimes
This has been a busy week and it has been a hot week. We are hoping this week won’t be so bad. We did get a little shower of rain this morning Ronnie came early Thursday morning and we worked in the corn. I guess that is the last of it except just getting some to eat as it gets ready. Friday morning we got up early and drove to Clinton and met Randal and ate
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At the museum
Neighbors from page 2 have reported insect damage in their gardens but productivity remains high for most. I've been able to put up three quarts of blueberries so far with many more on the way. Sadly, the squash vine bugs have won in my garden in spite of my ongoing "squish bugs" method. If you have info about the greater Crabtree and 16 West community call or text Jeff Burgess, 745-1249.
This grinding stone was found in Indian Rock Cave in the early 1940s on land owned by Dorothy and Vernor Hatchett. More than 8,000 years ago, Native Americans lived in rock shelters in Van Buren County. This grinding stone donated by Bob and Aletha Galbraith. The Van Buren County Historical Society and Museum is open from 10 a.m.3 p.m. Monday-Thursday. This cast iron pot is among the many items on display at the Shirley Centennial Museum. Hours for the Shirley museum are 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Thelma Murray Shirley
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Thursday at the home of Gay Whillock. Winners for the evening were: high, Rita Bint-
liff; second high, Billie Fendley; traveling, Conie Reamey; and bingo, Carolyn Lefler.
Mary and Franklin Johnson of Benton visited her niece, Lodean Reeves, Tuesday. They all went to Lexington and visited their cousin Fern Hennessee. Belinda Murray spent last week at Conway taking classes for management, and two days of school in Little Rock this week. Tuesday, Thelma Murray, Louise Emmerson, Carl Trahan-True and Kay Bensuk of Highway 110 EH Club spent the day in Eureka Springs at fair judge training.
Page 3 Danny and Kirsten Sowell and sons Jax and Max of Little Rock spent the weekend with Danny’s mother, Judy Sowell. Ephe Hackett celebrated his 92nd birthday on July 9 at the Ozark Health nursing home. Heather Bradley and son Sam McGlasson of Dixon, Tennessee, visited her grandpa, Gerald Harper, over the weekend. Sam had spent some time with his dad in Texas this summer. Lottie Carroll’s nephew Hunter Welchel of Shawnee, Oklahoma, is visiting her. Last weekend, Cameron and Joni Murray of Conway visited their grandparents, Jimmy and Thelma Murray, before going on vacation to St. Louis, Missouri. This weekend, Corey and Desiree Murray and son Legend of Greenbrier visited Jimmy and Thelma Murray, and Corey played in a golf tournament at Fairfield Bay. Last Friday, Willie Bradley and Thelma Murray attended a retirement party for Willie’s youngest brother, Gary Bradley, at the telephone company. Wednesday, Thelma Murray visited the Ozark Health Nursing Center. Those she visited were Dorthy Cates, Kenneth Ragsdale, Pearl Mahaney, who will be having her 106th birth-
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Kay Weaver Senior Centers
Eighteen people from the senior centers are going to the Sight & Sound Theatre in Brandon to see the “Moses” show and enjoy lunch and fellowship. Please pray for our safety. The Shirley center celebrated another famous watermelon seed spitting contest. See the results on Page 16. The Fairfield Bay Center is planning a rent-a-table garage/ craft sale on Saturday, Aug. 27, from 9 a.m, to 1 p.m. To rent a table, call Betty at 884-7800. New menus for August are available at each center. Activities are also listed on the back of the menus. Come meet your neighbors and friends and enjoy a cool place to eat and visit. You can visit any of the centers anytime. Have a blessed rest of the summer.
Coming up in Shirley
Shirley City Councilwoman Lisa Hackett says that though there will be no Super Sale Saturday in August due to the heat and families gone on vacation, the event will return in September. There will be a special time in historic downtown Shirley with yard sales and a fundraiser at the Shirley Centennial Museum on Sept. 3, she says. Then, in October, Harvest Fest returns, featuring the second annual car show. Call Hackett at 723-4848 for more information.
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Obituaries
Dakota Alvey
Dakota Dallas Alvey, 16, of Dennard passed away July 26, 2016. He was born on June 6, 2000, in North Little Rock, Arkansas, to Tara A. Gillaspie Lindener and William Carl Lindener. Dakota was very smart and when he graduated from high school, he planned to become an airplane technician. He had a big heart, a good sense of humor, never met a stranger and his favorite team was the Dallas Cowboys, whom he was named after. Left to cherish Dakota's memory are his mother Tara Lindener, father William Lindener; siblings Jerry Ringold White Jr. of Dover, Shyann Autumn Ring of Dennard and Shayane Allen Kimble. Dakota is also survived by grandmother Laura Cates, great-grandfather Clayton Ashlock; aunts Lois Miller and Laura McKenzie and "brother" and best friend Gabriel Kennedy; as well as numerous other family and friends. The family will hold a private service at a later date.
Juanita Williams
Juanita Tester Love Williams was born on July 2, 1924, at Copeland, Arkansas, Van Buren County. She was the daughter of Roy and
Ethel Crenshaw Tester. She died peacefully in her sleep on July 21, 2016, at her home in Glade Hill, Virginia. Her daughter Sherry and husband Glenn Thompson were living with her. Juanita is survived by her son, Joe Ed Love of Arizona, and her daughter, Sherry Love Thompson (Glenn) of her home. She is also survived by three sisters, Shirley Henderson of Tennessee, Helen Cheatham (Willis) and Marjorie Malone (Bobby) of Arkansas; one brother, Kenton Tester (Wanda) of Clinton; and a sister-in-law, Opal Tester of Arkansas. Also surviving are three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, and a number of great-greats. She was preceded in death of her parents, Roy and Ethel Tester; her husband Denny Williams; and two brothers, Keith and Roy Jr. Tester. Juanita graduated from Clinton High School in 1942. She attended Central Baptist in Conway and graduated from the two-year college in 1944. Later, she received a BSE and MSE from the University of Central Arkansas. During her career as a teacher in elementary education, she taught at Heber Springs and Clinton, Arkansas, Tieton, Washington, Fort Campbell Army Base in Kentucky and Rocky Mt., Virginia. She retired from teaching in Rocky Mt., and continued to make her home in Virginia. During her retirement, her great joy was growing and arranging flowers for her church, First Presbyterian. She continued her church work until she was 90 years old. A memorial and
burial at Hunter-Hill Cemetery in Clinton is planned.
Betty Phillips
Betty Lee Robison Phillips, 76, of Clinton passed away July 27, 2016. She was born May 16, 1940, to Lee Newman Amos and Betty Robison. Betty enjoyed bird-watching and spending time outside. Left to cherish her memory are children Mike Rogers of Clinton and Catherin Miles of Clinton; grandchildren Jennifer Swartz and Jessica Miles; and great-grandchild Maxim Swartz. Betty is also survived by siblings Joseph Robison, Danny Robison, John Robison, Paul Robison, Mary McCollum, Janie Moody and Margaret Talbot; sister-in-law and friend, Pat Schultz; her beloved companion Coal; and numerous nieces, nephews and other family and friends. Betty was preceded in death by her husband Robert J. Phillips; and her parents. The family will hold a memorial service at a later date. Arrangements by Clinton Funeral Service. To sign Betty's Book of Memories, go to www.clintonfuneralservice.com.
ly 24, 2016, in Heber Springs, Arkansas. Born on April 24, 1937, in California, she was the daughter of the late Voicy Gladness Barnerd Baggs and William Buck Baggs. Mrs. Goff was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a retired teacher. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. She began her teaching career in California and taught at different schools until retiring from teaching at West Side Public School in Greers Ferry, Arkansas, and becoming a dairy farmer with her late husband Ralph Randel Goff. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband Ralph; eight brothers and a sister. She is survived by her children Brenda Evans and her husband Dwight of Rose Bud, Arkansas, Gary Goff and his wife Karen of Mandan, North Dakota, and Randel Ralph Goff of Springdale, Arkansas; grandchildren Ethan Evans and his wife Ashley, Tristen Evans, Austin Goff and Issac Goff; and other relatives and many friends. Graveside services were Thursday, July 28, 2016, in the Rose Bud
August 2, 2016 Cemetery. Arrangements by Olmstead Funeral Home.
nephews. He also leaves behind his very faithful dog of 17 years, Kujoe. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers, N.H. Dowdy, L.B. Dowdy, and Johnny Dowdy. There will be a celebration of his life at a later date. Arrangements by Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, Conway.
Ernest Dowdy
Ernest Junior Dowdy, 73, of Conway, Arkansas died Saturday, July 23, 2016. He was of the Baptist Faith. Junior was born December 18, 1942, to Elvie Lester Dowdy and Bethel Mae (Holland) Dowdy of Gravesville, Arkansas. He was known as a straight shooter who loved to play cards, hunt and fish. He also enjoyed watching baseball and old westerns and to talk politics. He is survived by his daughter, Tena Renee Dowdy Van Pelt (Tony) of Conway; grandchildren Dustin Luke Van Pelt and Shelbi Van Pelt of El Dorado, and Ragen LeAnn Van Pelt Reeves and Chris Reeves of Conway; one great grandson; brother, Dewayne Dowdy of Gravesville; and many nieces and
Dennis Wilson
Dennis Keith Wilson, 65, of Greenbrier, Arkansas, was born February 5, 1951, at Indianapolis, Indiana. Dennis went to be with the Lord Thursday, July 28, 2016. Dennis was a ranch hand. Dennis was preceded in death by one brother and his daughter Donna Gustfason. Dennis is survived by his wife, Kathleen Hance Wilson of Greenbrier; children Denia Kay Wilson of GreenbriSee Obituary on page 5
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August 2, 2016 Obituaries from page 4 er, Diane Holloway of Conway, Patricia Graham of Greenbrier Peggy Burns of Greenbrier, Nita Davis of Greenbrier, Buddy Beene of Greenbrier, Tony Beene of Clinton, and William Been of Clinton. Dennis had 49 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Dennis was a member of LIfeSong Baptist Church. Graveside services were at Republican Cemetery, Saturday, July 30, 2016. Arrangements by Bishop Crites Funeral Home, Greenbrier.
Jimmy Mathews
James Curtis “Jimmy” Mathews Jr., 52, of Leslie
passed away July 26, 2016. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on November 27, 1963, to James “Butch” Mathews and Barbara Leavendusky. Jimmy had a great love of family; he enjoyed helping others in his community and counseling individuals with traumatic stress disorder. He was a member of New Life Church in Leslie where he taught Celebrate Recovery for the past eight years. Jimmy was preceded in death by his father and a brother, Christopher White. He is survived by his wife, Ellen Mathews; his mother, Barbara Leavendusky; two children, Christina Mathews and Coty Mathews; stepson, Dustin Roseburrow; two sisters, Kaye Fox (Mark) and Sharon Wallett; and a grandson, Cash Roseburrow. A Celebration of Life was held Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Griffin Leggett Forest Hills Chapel, Alexander, Arkansas.
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South Side School registration open
Billie Caldwell Fendley helps out at the thrift shop every week.
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School at South Side begins Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, at 7:52 a.m. Registration for 11th and 12th grades at South Side High School is Aug. 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For grades 10 and 9, registration is Aug. 3 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Grades 8 and 7 will register on Aug. 4 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. New students will register from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 8. During registration, students will purchase lockers for $3 and parking permits for $5. Students who will be driving to school must register their vehicle with the office by bringing the automobile registration, proof of insurance and drivers license. New students must be accompanied by a parent or
guardian and bring the following: birth certificate, social security card, current shot record, academic records, address of previous school, current mailing address, proof of residence and phone number. High school registration forms can be found on the school web page and should be downloaded and filled out. Seventh-grade students need to bring birth certificate, shot records and social security card during registration. Senior pictures are scheduled to be taken on Aug. 2. Open house will be 6 p.m. Aug. 11 in the new Fine Arts building. All parents are invited to attend. For questions, call the high school at (501) 654-2242 Ext. 115.
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Gifts for the teacher
Billie Caldwell Fendley volunteers one day a week at the thrift shop her late mother, Mary Woodell, helped start more than 60 years ago. The time she spends at the United Methodist Women’s Thrift Store is fun, Fendley says. But more than that, it is “God’s work.” Proceeds from the shop are used to aid many local non-profits and programs including food pantries in Clinton, Choctaw and Damascus, school programs, the Senior Center, Friends of Special People, Ozark Health Foundation, the Community Band, Friends of the Library, the Literacy Council, Rescue Squad and many more. Store money also was used to purchase a drug-sniffing dog named Flame for the area several years ago. The thrift shop, on Griggs Street in
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Clinton, is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Its inventory turns over quickly and it carries a little bit of everything except furniture and major appliances. Fendley is married to Dr. Herbert Fendley who works from Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Pine Bluff. The couple, who has five children and eight grandchildren between them, enjoys traveling. She has been helping at the thrift shop for about two years now. That is currently her only volunteer duties, but now that she has retired, the soon-to-be “sixty-through” yearold is planning to add more volunteer work. She does it, she says, “for the Lord.” If you would like to make a suggestion for Van Buren County Volunteers, call 7458040 or e-mail voiceeditor@artelco.com.
sive to The Voice and must be published from August through November. The winner will receive a basket full of gifts from The Voice and area businesses.
Coats for Kids The Van Buren County Clerk’s office is accepting donation of coats for its Coats for Kids drive for the winter of 2016-2017. The coats will be distributed to chil-
dren who need them throughout Van Buren County. For more information contact County Clerk Pam Bradford at 745-6995.
Free movies The Clinton Fire Department's Friday night movie is at a different location next week. It is being held in conjunction with Clinton Elementary School and will be shown at the school’s base-
ball field. The movie for Friday, Aug. 12, is Nut Job. This week’s movie is Ant Man and will be presented at Clinton City Park. Movies start atnightfall. Admission is free.
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Political Sound-Off
Sound-off
Well, I’ve heard of an actor named Bradley Cooper, but
Sound-off
This is to the teachers, Are any of you seriously thinking of voting Republican in the nationwide races? I heard lots of praise for “the Trump kids” recently. But something Donald Trump Jr. said in his speech at the Republican National Convention stuck in my craw and I’ve been stewing about it since. He said: "Our schools ... are like Soviet-era department stores that are run for the benefit of the clerks and not the customers, for the teachers and the administrators and not the students."
it looks like we have someone here in the county named Bradley Hooper.
What is with those rightnexttoeachother signs? Are the two a pack-
In contrast, at the Democratic National Convention the next week, Vice President Joe Biden said this: "The teachers ... who take money out of their own pockets to buy pencils and notebooks for the students who can’t afford them. Why? Why, because being a teacher is not what they do, it’s who they are."
has your back? Who you gonna vote for?
Teachers, which party do you think
Sound-off
As a retired law enforcement officer it hurts me to see what is happening in our country. Good, innocent,
hard-working police officers killed by citizens due to the lack of respect and hatred mainly caused by
age deal? Sure looks like it. Come on, guys, spring for an extra post! the very few bad/ corrupt employees of our Justice System. I saw and experienced the change in people when they became a law enforcement official. All the sudden, a person is given an authority of power, which becomes addictive. It makes that person feel good, a “power trip,” resulting in the abuse of power. It happens on every level in the Justice System and it happens everywhere. Even in our own backyard. I am not a voter in the town of Shirley, but a federal DEA agent is the mayor. Think about it! If a person would dig into
what a federal DEA agent is capable of doing – from warrantless phone-tapping to secret drone surveillance – then one would know that their civil rights could be jeopardized and at risk if that is the same person that you trust to be your mayor. The involvement he had in the firing of a former drug enforcement officer and the former and present candidate for Van Buren County sheriff, Lucas Emberton, along with the relationship he has with current Sheriff Scott Bradley should be investigated. Not to mention any past and present case or investigation that involves the citizens of Shirley, the town mayor and how it relates to his job with the DEA. It is an obvious conflict of interest, but intimidation from someone with that much power is overlooked with lips sealed to avoid conflict. There could be a lot of damage created merely based on a personal disagreement or argument. It is easy for a person to be set up and charged with a crime. I assume people either don’t want to believe this could happen or they are too scared to speak out due to the possible repercussions. What we don’t realize is that the repercussions of not confronting the issues can be damaging, too.
No contest in school races Filing period open for City Council No candidate running for a school board seat in Van Buren County will face opposition in the Sept. 20 election. The filing period was July 5-July 12.
In Clinton, Jeff Wyborny (Zone 1), Tim Barnes (Zone 5) and Justin Bintliff (Zone 5) will each serve four-year terms. At South SideBee Branch, Michelle
Wilson (Position 2) will serve a five-year term. In the Shirley School District, Rose M. Ostronic (Position 1) will serve a fiveyear term.
Anyone interested in running for the City Council should file paperwork at the Courthouse Annex in Clinton by
noon Aug. 19. In Clinton, all council seats are up for vote as well as the position of city recorder/treasurer.
Contacting your county officials • County Judge Roger Hooper . . • County Clerk Pam Bradford . . . . • Circuit Clerk Ester Bass . . . . . • County Sheriff Scott Bradley . . . • County Treasurer Kim Hunley . . • County Collector Lisa Nunley . . • County Assessor Trina Jones . . . • JP District 1 Dell Holt . . . . . .
Chief from page 1 statewide newspaper to take applications to satisfy state law. The appointment could become permanent after the 90 days. Willoughby is a lifelong resident of Van Buren County. He was
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a combat medic, serving in the Navy from 1986-92. He has been a Van Buren County deputy, a drug task force agent and most recently the Fairfield Bay police chief for four years. He has been in law enforcement since 1998.
He said after the meeting that he will continue his role as the department’s investigator for now. He said one order of business is to get a “feel for what the community needs.” Parish’s last day as police chief is Aug. 3.
• JP District 2 Dale James . . . . • JP District 4 Mary Philips . . . . • JP District 5 Gary Linn . . . . . . • JP District 6 Randy Story . . . . • JP District 7 James Reed . . . . • JP District 8 Kevin Housley . . . . • JP District 9 Wes Newland . . . .
Southern from page 1 Highway 65 in front of the Church of the Nazarene. Padget said the three ambulances were all transporting patients. He said there was an unusual incident involving the sheriff’s office that evening, and that 911 dispatch should have been notified that the last of the
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ambulances was heading out. Tatum noted that if 911 were notified, Fairfield Bay or Chimes could send an ambulance to the county fairgrounds to be in a more central location if needed. Padget said 911 generally is notified. The next meeting of the ambulance committee will be in February.
August 2, 2016
Letter to the Editor Dear Editor:
In regard to the Shirley Homecoming, I was born and raised at Shirley. Graduated from Shirley High School Class of 1953. Had to leave Shirley to employment. Have always returned to attend the Homecoming. This year we arrived in Shirley approximately 1 p.m. to visit with friends and relatives and to watch the parade. But there were no people on the streets, no concessions. We discovered concessions were in the cow pasture by the river’s bank. Being disabled and unable to walk on rough ground, we watched the parade from Main Street, then left for Clinton to attend a class reunion for ’53-54 classes. I heard different reasons of why the Homecoming was changed to the cow pasture. All point to Mayor Johnny Sowell. He said it was moved for the convenience of the vendors. As a member of a vendor team that works statewide, I have never been asked to set up in a cow pasture. Vendors set up where the people are. R.W. “Gub” Towery Greers Ferry
Let’s hear it! Dear Readers: For the months of August and September, you have a chance to say what you think about the issues, politics and politicians on a local, state and national level. We usually don’t encourage political letters, but for the next couple of months, we want you to tell us what you think. We have to know who the letters are from, but we won’t print your name – this is for the political sound-off letters in August and September only. Then, in October we offer the politicians their turn to respond to anything that has been written about them and to make their case as to why they deserve your support. So, come on, Van Buren County – take this opportunity to sound off!
Election Day is Nov. 8 Please vote!
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Police Report
Fake bill used
A white male wearing a white Nike shirt and black shorts used a phony bill at a local store on July 21, according to a report from the Clinton Police Department. A clerk at Dollar General took what was marked as a one-hundred dollar bill and thought it looked odd. When the clerk marked the bill, it marked good, the report said, and the suspect was given change of $80.62. However, a closer examination showed that the bill had been modified from a ten-dollar bill to a one-hundred dollar bill. The transaction was videotaped. The suspect, who appeared to be in his 40s, was driving a black Nissan Altima with dark-tinted windows. It was thought to be a 2006-2010 model. The investigation is ongoing. In another case of “funny money,” police Investigator John Willoughby said a phony $20 bill also has been confiscated. The man who tried to use it said he received the bill as change and could not
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Damage spurs arrest
Deputies from the Van Buren County sheriff’s office arrested a Bee Branch man on a criminal mischief bench warrant on July 22, 2016. Glen Henson, 40, was accused of damaging a vehicle during a disturbance at Choctaw Marina on May 30, according to the report. He was charged with felony criminal mischief.
Intoxication charge
A 67-year-old man is free on bond after being charged with public intoxication. William Doubleday of Shirley was arrested by an Arkansas State trooper and sheriff’s deputies near his residence on state Highway 16 East on July 22, 2016.
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Assault charge
A call reporting shots fired resulted in the arrest of a Clinton man on July 24, 2016. Van Buren County sheriff’s deputies responded to a disturbance call on Oyler Road off state Highway 110, and were shown a video with audio by the caller who claimed a neighbor had fired shots near their residence. Leslie Johnson, 31, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault in the third degree.
Battery charge
An arrest was made July 24, 2016, after a woman told Van Buren County sheriff’s deputies she was hit on the head. Deputies spoke with the woman after arriving at a disturbance call on state Highway 16 West. Floyd M. Cathy, 60, of Clinton was arrested at the scene and charged with domes-
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tic battery-third degree.
Paraphernalia arrest
A Cleveland man was arrested after a search of his car turned up a glass pipe and set of brass knuckles, according to a news release from the Van Buren County sheriff’s office. On July 26, 2016, a deputy found Jodie Honeycutt, 31, lying in the front seat of his car that was parked at highways 9 West and 336 West. Asked why he was there at 2:30 a.m., Honeycutt told a deputy he was waiting on someone to bring him brake fluid, according to court documents. After a search of the car, Honeycutt was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class D felony. His bond was set at $2,500. First appearance is scheduled for Aug. 22 in Van Buren County Circuit Court.
Preparing for natural or man-made disasters
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We in small-town Arkansas are somewhat immune to unexpected disasters. Our biggest threat is from floods and tornadoes. Buy we also have a very busy highway that carries all sort of contaminates up and down the roadway. Any of these can cause an unexpected disaster! Civilians should be prepared to act in any mass trauma event. Are you and your family prepared? Disasters can be anything from natural, such as a tornado, to a major accident to a school shooting. Too many times our communi-
ties prepare based on the assumption that medical care will be readily available. For rural America, this is not always the case. This means that “regular people” need to be educated and empower to be able to bridge the gap and provide emergency care at a disaster scene, until help arrives. Depending on what and where the disaster occurs will depend on how long medical help can arrive to assist the local EMS, fire department, law enforcement, and first responders. Now is the time for the public to become educated, not wait until
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Outreach program set The Botkinburg Foursquare Church will sponsor a Ninja Warrior Outreach from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6. Former Ninja Warrior competitor Rocky Thomas and two-time competitor Jared Greer will be there, and youth from sixth-grade on up
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Okra can be more than just fried With a visit to a farmers’ market or roadside stand, you will likely find okra. It’s a popular vegetable we are accustomed to seeing during these hot summer months. Many purchase it to make a favorite gumbo recipe, put in a summer salad, or make a southern favorite, fried okra. When buying fresh okra, look for firm, brightly colored pods under 4 inches long. The pods must be harvested when they are very young. Larger pods may be tough and fibrous. Avoid those that are dull in color, limp or blemished. After your purchase, refrigerate unwashed, dry okra pods in the vegetable crisper, loosely wrapped in perforated plastic bags. Wet pods will quickly mold and become slimy. Okra has a short shelf life, usually only two or three days. When the ridges and tips of the pod start to turn dark, use it or lose it. Once it starts to darken, okra will quickly deteriorate.
Okra is a powerhouse of valuable nutrients, and contains only 25 calories per one half cup. Nearly half of the nutrients are soluble fiber in the form of gums and pectins. Soluble fiber helps to lower serum cholesterol, reducing the risk of heart disease. The other half is insoluble fiber which helps to keep the intestinal tract healthy, decreasing the risk of some forms of cancer, especially colorectal cancer. Nearly 10 percent of the recommended levels of vitamin B6 and folic acid are also present in a half cup of cooked okra. Okra exudes a unique juice that is responsible for its thickening power in the famous Louisiana Creole gumbo dish. Aside from gumbo, okra complements tomatoes, onions and corn, as well as shellfish and fish stock. It has a subtle taste, similar to the flavor of eggplant. If you love okra, freezing is the best method for long term home storage. Freeze
only young, tender okra. Okra must be blanched before freezing, as with all vegetables. Unblanched okra will quickly become tough and suffer huge nutrient, flavor, and color loss during freezing. Follow the procedure outlined below for successful home freezing. It’s important to remember that freezing does not improve the quality of any vegetable; you must start with fresh green pods. Okra that is at peak quality for eating is best for freezing. Select young tender pods; wash and remove stems at the end of the seed cells, being careful not to expose the seed cell. Water blanch small pods for 3 minutes. Cool promptly in an ice bath for another 3 minutes and drain. Leave whole or slice crosswise. Package in freezer quality containers or baggies, leaving one-half inch headspace. Seal container, label and freeze for up to one year. Purchase fresh,
locally grown okra from a roadside market and try this recipe for Roasted Okra. This is a change of
By Torrie Caston / UA Extension Agent
pace from the normal fried okra. It still tastes good and is better for your health. This recipe contains only 65
Roasted Okra
Ingredients • 18 fresh okra pods 4 inches or less, sliced 1/3 inch thick • 1 tablespoon olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Directions: Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray and arrange okra slices in one layer. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes.
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calories, 5 grams of fat, 6 carbohydrates, and 3 grams of dietary fiber.
Fried Okra Salad
Ingredients • 2 slices bacon • 20 ounces breaded frozen okra • 1/3 cup chopped tomato • 2 tablespoons chopped green onion • 2 tablespoons chopped green bell pepper • 1/2 cup vegetable oil • 1/2 cup white sugar • 1/4 cup distilled white vinegar Directions: Fry bacon until browned. Drain. Cook okra in same skillet until tender and browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove and drain on paper towels. Combine bacon, okra, tomato, green onion, and green bell pepper in a bowl. Whisk oil, sugar, and vinegar together. Heat in microwave on high for 1 minute, stirring every 10 seconds, until dressing is boiling and sugar is dissolved. Pour over vegetables just before serving; toss to coat.
Calendar
Chamber After Hours – The Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce hosted Jarrod Norwood, business consultant for the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center last week. (Photo by Carrie Hinds)
The Van Buren County Cattlemen meeting will be Monday, Aug. 8, at Western Sizzlin in Clinton. This will be the annual auction, so bring an item to sell. Eat at 6 p.m.; meeting is at 7 p.m.The sponsor will be Maus Implement Company of Damascus.
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There will be a Back School Prayer Walk on Aug. 14. The community will gather at Amphitheater Hill at 6 p.m. All are wel-
Beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, the annual Crabtree Community Reunion and Potluck will be held in the base-
Crabtree Foursquare Church's Annual "Back To School Bash will be 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6. School supplies, hot dogs, snow cones and free hair cuts will be available.
Leg It to the Library set for Sept. 17 The Van Buren County Friends of the Library will hold its third annual, twomile fun run/walk on Saturday, September 17, 2016, at Choctaw Park. Leg It to the Library is a family friendly event where all ages are encouraged to participate. The goal
is to provide a wholesome and enjoyable competitive environment while promoting and raising funds for the library. What can you find at the library? The ever-expanding catalog of materials includes books, audiobooks, DVDs, CDs and magazines, and the fcl.
PUBLIC NOTICE The Van Buren County Clerk's Office will accept sealed bids for the construction of a 18x28x6 carport. Bids will be opened on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Office of the County Clerk, 1414 Hwy 65S Suite # 128, Clinton AR. This office reserves the right to reject all bids and to waive all formalities in the award of the bid.
org website provides access to online databases as well as downloadable reading and listening content. The library also offers a number of services such as scanning, faxes and copies. The Van Buren County Public Library is also home to a 3D
printer, media room, smart board, and computers for in-library check out. Additionally, there is a number of children’s programs that run throughout the year and the library is expanding its adult program selection. The library provides a vital service to
The Red River Golf Course is open and will operate using an Honor System. This is a nine hole walking course located on Factory Road near the Warren Wellness Center, next door to the new Van Buren County Library. Golfers may bring own carts. There is a service shed where golfers will sign-in and leave the money to pay for the number of holes they will play.
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Van Buren County by providing an environment that fosters life long learning and access to information and current technologies. Register for the Leg It to the Library race can be found at www.runsignup.com or pick up an entry form at the library.
ment of the Foursquare Church. All residents and former residents are invited to attend the festivities. An ice-cream social is set for 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, to mark the 35th anniversary of the Alread EH clubhouse. The celebration will begin with supper and include ice cream, a cakewalk and bingo. Commemorative T-shirts will be available. Anyone able to make homemade ice cream is encouraged to bring their favorite variety. Learn to navigate the night sky without needing a telescope as Debra Burris, PhD, associate professor in Physics at the University of Central Arkansas conducts a free class from 1:152:15 Wednesday, Aug. 3, at the Fairfield Bay Community Education Center. Call 501-8444440 for more information.
City of Clinton is accepting bids for resurfacing various streets.
For more information about the locations and the bids, contact the Street Superintendent at (501) 253-0162.
Bids must be dropped off at City Hall, 342 Main Street, by August 5. Bids will be opened at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 9.
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Through the Years – 1835-2010
Clinton First United Methodist Compiled in 2010 from various reports and records The first church building in Clinton was erected by the Methodist Church and services were being held as early as 1835, as a regular appointment. The Methodist Episcopal Church South began in the early 1850s. In 1939, when the branches of the Methodist Church united, the church at Clinton became the First United Methodist Church when the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church united. In 1879, a session of District Conference was held at Clinton for the purpose of establishing a church school at Quitman, later Quitman College. This college was later merged with Hendrix College at Conway. In April 1901, a Woman’s Missionary Society was organized. The women of the church have always worked hard to promote the Kingdom of God. In 1907, they could see the need of a new church building. These hard-working Christian women decided to start the fund. They gave their time doing odd jobs to start the fund. The building was started after the ladies raised $600, but was not completed until 1915. Through the united efforts of the women, the sum of $1,500, or about half the cost of the building, was raised and the site was given by the late J.W. Whillock. This building was used until 1928, when the congregation moved into a more modern building located on the hill where the present church parking lot is. In the late 1950s, an Educational Building was built across the street and the present brick sanctuary was added in the early 1960s. The street was formerly known as Second Street, at this date the address is 167 Joe Bowling Road. In the 1990s, we were at it again. In 1992, stained glass
Pastors Robert Gregory J.M. Steele A.W. Simmons Issac Hicks J.T. Hamby Jesse Griffen W.E. Wittenburg J.R.N. Bell J.E. Dunaway
windows were designed by Roberta Katz of Pentacle Studio in Clinton and fabricated by Pentacle Studio and Soos Stained Glass of North Little Rock. They replaced plain amber glass windows. Donations were given by many to pay for the windows. The three on the east side of the sanctuary depict Baptism, Communion and Resurrection. The six windows on the west side depict six attributes of Christian life – Faith, Hope, Love, Grace, Forgiveness and Transformation. The religious symbolism of the windows was coordinated by a committee composed of Danece Bowling, Patsy Jackson, Nobia Johnson, Jane Shannon, the pastor Nicholas Lascaro, and the artist, Robert Katz. The following year, the entry window over the front door was commissioned and designed by the same artist. The “Radiant Cross” has the same background colors and symbols as the sanctuary windows but has a depiction of the alter cross as its theme. Cut clear German jewels, faceted bevels and star bevels radiate from the center of the cross catching and reflecting light in every direction. Long bolts of light in shades of the sun add to the sense of radiant power. Interior night lighting makes the window a beacon of light each evening for observers. On November 14, 1996, a contract was signed to remodel the Educational Building, adding more classrooms and a Fellowship Hall with a commercial grade kitchen and additional restrooms. Nicholas Lascaro was pastor. The building committee was chaired by Ralph Blagg and consisted of Brad Mohr, Nancy Miller, Harry Mann, Patsy Jackson, Faye Rodgers, June Love, Andy Wilbers, Ben Mays and Kent Shreeve. It
A.C. Ray J.L. Massey W.H.W. Burns W.W. Anderson J.W. Bowden J.L. Tarlton Z.W. Lindsay T.A. Graham C.H. Culpepper Jesse Williams J.E. Sutton
was raining the day the groundbreaking was scheduled, so a bucket of dirt was brought into the sanctuary and the ceremony was held inside. This addition was paid in full June 1999. The Dedication Service was held June 11, 2000. The Fellowship Hall was named the Johnson Fellowship Hall. Judy Phillips painted Noah’s Ark, complete with water and various characters on the nursery room walls in 2000. By the addition to the building, an almost completely enclosed courtyard was formed and a Prayer and Meditation Garden was created. It has concrete walks and a large fountain. Six white cedar benches were placed in the garden. The garden was designed and landscaped by Sue and Brad Mohr. Work was done by the Clinton Iris Garden Club and various members of the church. Pine bark is used throughout the garden for mulching. There are many trees and flowers and shrubs that bloom throughout the year. The garden can be seen from the nursery, two classrooms and the Fellowship Hall. The large metal cross that was on the former church building bell tower had been on a brick steeple at the front of the church building. However, it kept getting struck by lightning and bricks would fall off. It was moved and installed in the garden on a short rock base. An enclosed playground was built to the southwest of the new Fellowship Hall. The land where the Fellowship Hall and playground are located was donated by June Love, who lives just west of the church. In 2007, a large cross and flame metal sculpture was created by Bob Johnson and installed with lights by Bob Johnson and Brad Mohr in the front yard just to the northwest of
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The First United Methodist Church of Clinton has gone through several changes since its beginning.
the building. From 2008 through 2010, the library, nursery, children’s classrooms, youth room and the offices were renovated. Some of the main workers on these projects were Ida and Dell Holt, Conie Reamey, the pastor Vaughn Marsden, church secretary Katala Sisco, Dickie Hink, Susan Smith and the Young Adult Sunday School class. The ladies have always shown determination and hard work when they believe in a project for the Lord’s work. This incident reported from 1907 shows some of the ways they used what was available at the time. R.C. Thomas, a farmer living on a farm three miles west of Clinton, volunteered the donation of a wagon load of good corn if the ladies would personally gather it. The challenge was promptly accepted. The ladies, with a good two-horse wagon and a strong team, invaded the corn field and when they left that afternoon, they brought out the biggest load of corn hauled from the field, perhaps, that season. Mrs. Henry Graham was placed in
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the wagon to see that the corn was well packed. When the regular bed had been well packed, ears were placed beneath the sideboards and the load well packed and rounded off. Being advised of the ladies expected arrival, Mr. Thomas had placed a nice shoat (young hot, usually less than 1 year old) in a wire pen and when the cornhuskers were ready to depart, he told them that if they would catch and hog tie the shoat they could have it. This challenge was also accepted. Mrs. A. L. Stephens and Mrs. G.C. Morrow promptly scaled the fence and readily caught the shoat. Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Tennie Bradley did the “hog-tying” stunt in approved style. Mr. Thomas, an interested onlooker, later remarked that if his pen had been round and the shoat greased, the outcome would have been the same. The ladies returned to Clinton, circled the courthouse square singing a wellknown hymn, and announced a public auction. The corn and shoat were sold at public outcry, Luther Bradley acting as auctioneer. Judge James
E.G. Kaetzell Lester Weaver Virgil Hanks J.H. Holt W.W. Allbright Verlie Harris J.L. Pruitt W.P. Connell Cyril Wilson Clyde Crozier Kenneth Renfroe
H. Fraser was the highest bidder. He presented his check for $24.33 for corn (26 bushels) and shoat. He then very generously gave the shoat back to the ladies and it was sold again and brought several additional dollars. The United Methodist Women started a Thrift Shop, sometime about the mid1950s, in a log cabin where the fire station is located downtown (Highway 65B, Main and Park streets intersection). On September 27, 1977, they paid $5,000 for a building owned by the Coffman family that they had been using as a funeral home. In 1919, that building was a doctor’s office, and before that, it was a livery stable. They used the small (under 1,000 feet), seven-room building for almost 30 years – open one day a week. For several years, the ladies considered expanding and repairing the existing building. However, they were told by City Hall that any addition would have to be raised by 5.11 feet as it was located on the flood plain. This See Church on page 11
Harould Scott Ellsworth Watson Joe L. Kennedy Joe M. Sherman Gerald Meeks Nicholas Lascaro Gerald Rainwater Norman Moyer Vaughn Marsden George Odell
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Recipes
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from “Through the Years,” First United Methodist Church cookbook.
Cookbook is available at the Thrift Shop and First United Methodist Church. The cost is $7.
If you would like to see your church’s history featured in The Voice, contact Terry at 745-8040 or e-mail thevoice@artelco.com.
Church from page 10 was confirmed by survey. This was not feasible for such an old building. Several buildings were scouted as possibilities, but each had some drawbacks. In 2004, a nice lot located on Griggs Street was mentioned as a good location. It was also in the flood plain. Surveying revealed that we must build up to 510.5 feet. This required over 5
feet of fill dirt. Plans were made to proceed. Brad Mohr was chosen as our U.M.W. contractor, as he had building experience and is an electrician as well. Groundbreaking was September 1, 2004, for an 80x40 foot (3,200 square foot) building with additional handicap accessible covered front porch and covered back loading dock with donation box. Bob and Wilda Johnson, Dell and Ida Holt,
and also Sue Mohr, Brad’s wife, started planning the interior of the building. They hired a local carpenter and an air-conditioning expert, and a plumber volunteered his work and many of his supplies. Donations began to come in from many sources. Even people who do not attend our church gave things that were needed. The new Thrift Shop opened May 5, 2005. The old building was sold.
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The mortgage burning for the Thrift Shop was January 29, 2006. All workers are volunteers. The shop is open for business two days a week, with an additional day for sorting and pricing. All items sold are donations from the community. Prices are kept low to help people in need. We give to people who have had a burn-out, and tornado survivors, and others in such dire needs. Ten percent of
sales is given to the church. We provide grants to community efforts such as purchasing a drug dog for the police, furnishing an ER Trauma room at the hospital, purchasing equipment for Foods for Life, the Literacy Council, the Senior Center, Dove House, the Animal Shelter, ice storm clean up at Mount Eagle Christian Retreat Center, CASA. Van Buren County Adult Education, Camp Alders-
gate and friends of Special People – who provide shoes and coats for county underprivileged children and gifts for them at Christmas. The mission is to serve the needs of the people of this county. The Thrift Shop is operated by the UMW, with the assistance of many men of the church. (Article from Through the Years, a cookbook from First United Methodist Church)
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By EuGene Smith
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. Deadline to enter is 2 p.m. Sept. 2; drawing will be at 4 p.m. August's Word Find prize is from Deb's Fashion Outlet.
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Contest winners
Winner of the July contests were Lorna Beach for Where in the County Is This, and Thelma Harmon for the Word Find. Lorna wins a one-year subscription to The Voice; Thelma gets a $25 gift certificate to PEH Supply. Lorna and Thelma, please contact us. Thank you to PEH and to everyone who plays along with us. The July photographs were: July 5 – The store is in Bee Branch; July 12 – weeping willow is at the hospital; July 19 – the bleachers are at Clinton School; and July 26 – the orange slide is at First Baptist Church in Clinton.
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Fishing Report Cabot bowfisherman sets a North carp sucker mark Arkansas (NOT EXACTLY VAN BUREN COUNTY BUT AN INTERESTING READ)
Ross Martin may have established a state record for river carp sucker, but he doesn’t expect it to stand long. He’s pretty sure he has caught bigger examples of the species before he pulled in a river carp sucker out of the Maumelle Pool of the Arkansas River late on July 11 with his bowfishing rig. “Nobody knew if there was a state record,” said Martin, who was fishing with his ex-brotherin-law, Steven Ruple. “We didn’t know what they were at first. We caught some that were bigger than that, some other times we went. I figured out too late what they were, and that there wasn’t a record established, so I went back and got another one.” This river carp sucker measured 2 pounds, 7.4 ounces at the Little Rock Fisheries Headquarters. The total length from tip to tail was 18 inches; fork length, which is from the tip of the nose to the “V”
in the tail, was 16¾ inches. The fish’s girth, measured in front of the dorsal fin, was 11½ inches. Martin, who is from Cabot and who works in an oil field, says he bowfishes about two nights per week. He and Ruple look mainly for other rough fish like buffalo or gar, which is what led to finding the river carp sucker. He said carp suckers are “almost impossible” to take by other means. Specifically, he said, the carp suckers were found in Murray Lake, upriver from the Murray Lock and Dam. “At night, they come up in the shallow water,” he said. “I haven’t seen a whole bunch of them.” Martin, who is 35, says he’s hunted game and fish with bows since he was 14. He plans to return regularly to beat his established mark, but figures his friend, Ruple, will be trying to best the record, too. They may be exchanging existing records for a while, Martin said with a chuckle. In the meantime, they’ll still focus on the fish they prefer to eat: the buffalo, the gar, and the catfish in season. “Buffalo are good, and gar actually are good if you cook it right,” Martin said.
Norfork Lake
As of Wednesday, the Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 552.71 feet msl (normal conservation pool: September-April – 553.75 msl, April-September – 552.00 msl). (updated 7-272016) Tom Reynolds of STR Outfitters said stripers continue their summer feeding pattern. Both live bait and trolling seems to work the best right now. The trollers are mostly trolling between point 2 and the dam, staying on the edge of the channel. One person said he had caught 13 one day. The Arkansas Fish and Game Commission has requested that anybody who catches a legal striper should not be releasing them back into the lake. The warm water causes tremendous stress on the fish. They will look fine when released but later in the day they die, according to fish studies of stripers released in hot water. Catch your limit then switch to another species or call it a day and head for the beach. The stripers are still feeding in 35-50 feet of water before light, they then move off the points and suspend in or near the old river channel. Look for them off Thumb, Georges Cove, Koso and the dam ar-
ea. The lake is being maintained at the 553 level until the dam gate work is completed. We should continue to see excellent striper fishing well into the fall.
North Fork River (Norfork Tailwater)
(updated 7-272016) Berry Brothers Guide Service (870453-2424) said Norfork Lake fell 0.1 feet to rest at 3.1 feet below seasonal power pool of 555.75 feet and 27.3 feet below the top of flood pool. On the Norfork, we had reliable, wade-able water every morning when it was a bit cooler. The Norfork has fished better on the lower water this week. The most productive flies have been small midge patterns (sizes 18, 20, 22) like ruby midges, root beer midges, zebra midges (black or red with silver wire and silver bead) and soft hackles (sizes 14, 16) like the Green Nutt. Egg patterns have also been productive. Double fly nymph rigs have been very effective. Try a small bead headed nymph (zebra midge, copper John or pheasant tail) suspended 18 inches below a brightly colored San Juan worm (hot fluorescent pink or cerise No. 10). There have been reliable hatches of small midges (try a size 24 Adams parachute) and caddis (try a size 18 elk hair caddis). The fishing is better in the morning. My
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Greers Ferry
As of Wednesday, the Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 459.85 feet msl (normal conservation pool – 461.44 msl). (updated 7-272016) Tommy Cauley of Fish Finder Guide Service said black bass are for sure in their summer patterns and most are deep. With a few fish being shallow all year, the deeper fish can be caught on tubes, Texas rigged worms, C-rigs and deep diving crankbaits. The shallow fish will bite a spinnerbait if you have some wind, as well as small crankbaits and tube jigs. The crappie are all sitting around pole timber or brush piles either suspended or on the bottom and can be caught 15-35 feet deep on minnows or jigs. The catfish are eating a lot this time of year and can be caught on jugs, trotlines or rod and reels using live or prepared bait of your choice on flats next to deep water. The bream have just come off another spawn and guarding fry. There are shallow beds and deep beds, and your better fish will be in 20-27 feet of water and can be caught on crickets or crawlers. The walleye fishing is kind of rough this time of year; drag crawlers or crankbaits off of pea
gravel banks in 24-30 feet of water for the best results. The hybrid and white bass are schooling some on and off all day. Use topwater baits for these and/or flies; the fish that are down in 25-45 feet of water can be caught on spoons, in-line spinners fished vertical and swimbaits.
Little Red River (Greers Ferry Tailwater)
(updated 7-272016) Lowell Myers of Sore Lip ‘em All Guide Service said the Little Red is receiving several hours of daily generation on weekdays, providing excellent wade and drift fishing opportunities on all sections of the river. For fly fishing, sowbugs, midges and Woolly Buggers are working well. For Trout Magnet fishing, Myers recommends hot pink and white-colored bodies on chartreuse jig heads. Always check before heading to the Little Red River by calling the Corps of Engineers Little Rock District water data system (501-362-5150) for Greers Ferry Dam water release information. (updated 7-272016) Greg Seaton with Little Red Fly Fishing Trips (501690-9166) said the river remains clear and cool and the weather remains humid and hot. Morning fishing is the best option because of the heat.
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Classifieds • Legal ANNOUNCEMENTS
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CHURCH PAGE
Photo by EuGene Smith
Thanks to all of you who called and correctly identified last week's featured church as Burnt Ridge Community Church. If you can identify this Church call 745-8040. (Remember to give me a contact for the history of your Church.) Antioch General Baptist Church 1608 Highway 9, Fox (870)363-4509 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 Church of the Nazarene 1664 Highway 65 S, Clinton Clinton Church of Christ 184 Third Street, Clinton 745-4252 Clinton Seventh-day Adventist Church 125 Skyhill Drive, Clinton 745-4532 Clinton United Methodist Church 636 Joe Bowling Road, Clinton 745-5181 Colony Church of Christ Hwy 92 E, Bee Branch Corinth Baptist Church 5158 Holley Mountain Road, Clinton Cornerstone Evangelical Church 3351 Highway 330 S, Fairfield Bay 884-6657 Crabtree Foursquare Church 11301 Highway 16 W, Crabtree 745-2894 Culpepper Community Church 6055 Highway 336 W, Culpepper Culpepper Mountain Church of Christ 118 South Essie Road, Culpepper Damascus United Methodist Church 17194 Highway 65 S, Damascus 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 Faith Baptist Church Highway 65 N & Harper Mountain Lane Dennard,AR Faith Christian 10839 Edgemont Road, Edgemont 723-8109 Faith Lutheran Church 310 Snead Drive, Fairfield Bay 884-3375 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 First Baptist Church of Sugarloaf 557 Arkansas 337, Higden 654-2354 First General Baptist Church 664 Highway 16 E, Clinton 745-4043 First Pentecostal Church of Clinton Highway 65 S at 1128 Lyn Road, Choctaw Formosa Baptist Church Highway 9 and County Line Road, Clinton 745-7709 Formosa Church of Christ 4940 Highway 9 W Clinton 745-4446 Friendship Baptist Church 1321 Third St., Clinton 745-7177 Full Gospel Tabernacle 128 Catland Lane, Shirley 723-4500 Grace Church 3793 Highway 65 S, Clinton 472-7462 Half Moon Baptist Church 1031 Half Moon Road, Clinton 745-2273 Harmony Mountain Church of Christ Quattlebaum and Harmony Mtn Roads 745-2059 Hope Community Church 905 Damascus Road, Quitman Immanuel Baptist Church 498 Highway 16 E, Clinton 745-8528 Kaley Hill Missionary Baptist 6505 Highway 356, Bee Branch
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses 3624 Highway 65 S, Clinton 745-8781 Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Church 250 Dave Creek Parkway, Fairfield Bay 884-3304 Landmark Missionary Baptist Church ABA 229 Third St., Clinton Lexington Baptist Church 9525 Highway 110, Shirley 723-4787 Liberty Missionary Baptist Church 2712 Highway 254 W, Chimes Community Low Gap Community Chapel 4320 Low Gap Road, Alread Lute Mountain Community Church Victory Lane near Highway 16, Shirley 723-8299 MainLine Full Gospel 114 Mariposa Loop, Bee Branch 253-1005 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 New Beginning Church 12200 Highway 254 E, Dennard New Hope Baptist Church 4198 Highway 65 N, Clinton 757-2332 New Liberty Church of Christ 4815 Highway 95, Cleveland 669-2575 New Life Apostolic Church of Clinton 198 Richard Road, Clinton 745-6411 Peace Lutheran Church of Edgemont 10849 Edgemont Road, Edgemont 723-4726 Pee Dee Baptist Church 2744 Highway 16 E, Clinton 745-4115 Pine Grove General Baptist Church 102 Silvertree Road, Shirley Pine Mountain General Baptist Church Gravesville Cutoff Road, South of Bee Branch Plant Baptist Church 4897 Highway 110, Clinton 745-6887 Pleasant Grove Friendship Church 22210 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 Red River of Life Church of God 10839 Edgemont Road, Edgemont 723-8109 Rupert Baptist Church 21434 Highway 16 W, Clinton 745-8593 Salem Primitive Baptist Church Gravesville Cutoff Road, Bee Branch 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 Shady Grove Baptist Church 5448 Shady Grove Road, Shirley 723-4273 Shady Grove Chapel 4790 Highway 254 E, Dennard Shirley Church of Christ 10509 Highway 16 E, Shirley 745-4859 Shirley Community Church/First United Methodist 784 Matthew Clark Memorial Drive, Shirley 723-4387 Shirley First Baptist Church 10277 Highway 16 E, Shirley 723-8171 South Side Baptist Highway 65 N, Damascus 335-7423 St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church 250 Woodlawn Drive, Fairfield Bay 884-3349 St. Jude Catholic Church 3178 Hwy 65 S, Clinton 745-5716 Tabernacle of Praise 159 Boston Fern Road, Shirley 723-8280 The Gathering Ministry Outreach 80746 Highway 16 W, Rupert 745-3883 The New Tabernacle 12174 Highway 65 N, Dennard 514-8535 The Power House (non-denominational) 159 Mt. Zion Road, Bee Branch, AR 253-2385 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
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Faces
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Places
Nature’s waterfall – Heavy rain Saturday had the natural waterfall alongside Highway 65B in downtown Clinton flowing.
Signs point to … New wayfinding signs have sprang up around Clinton, pointing the way to some locations of interest.
Head to the sky – Sunflowers, widely appreciated for their beauty, are also a valued source of food from the oil to the seeds.
(Photo by EuGene Smith)
(Photo by Robert Snyder)
(Photo by Kay Weaver)
Future Pioneer – Wyatt McHam signs his contract to play 2016-17 baseball for the Crowley’s Ridge College Pioneers in Paragould. He is a 2016 graduate of South Side-Bee Branch. With Wyatt are his parents (from left) Frank and Melinda McHam of Bee Branch and Tanya Langston of Damascus.
Lighting the way – Work is progressing on the sidewalk lights near downtown Clinton. (Photo by Robert Snyder)
Super seed spitter – Ray Earnhart was the winner of the famous watermelon seed spitting contest at the Shirley Senior Center, spitting seeds 27 feet. Calla Linn won the women’s division with 20 feet; and Aurora Linn won the children’s division with 6 feet. (Photo by Kay Weaver)
Growing tall – Marion Smith of Clinton stands beside this plant to show how tall it is – Marion is 5 feet, 10 inches. (Photo by Bobby Smith Jr.)