The Voice of Van Buren County - October 23, 2017

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Taking on cancer – It was Pink Out night in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month at Friday night’s football game. The Yellow Jackets were led on to the field by two Jacket mothers who are breast cancer survivors. The boys wore pink socks as they made short work of the Marshall Bobcats. Football Fever, Pages 8-9

Most of Thursday’s Quorum Court meeting was taken up with the new sheriff pleading his case to replace himself and another deputy.

Randy Gurley, who became sheriff on Oct. 1 with the resignation of longtime sheriff Scott Bradley, asked to hire Max Young as chief deputy and to replace David Hess who is now the Clinton School resource officer. He also asked to hire another jailer to replace one who left.

Justice of the Peace, and head of the budget committee, Dale James told Gurley “we can’t hardly justify all the trimming” in other departments and allow

See Damascus on page 3

uty and we need David replaced.”

Gurley was obviously expecting the opposition. He brought a letter from Rainwater, Holt & Sexton law firm that stated that if the sheriff notifies the quorum court of the need for additional jailers and the quorum court deliberately does not appropriate the necessary funds, they can be held liable individually for damages in the event of a lawsuit.

The sheriff told the Quorum Court that so far this year, deputies have made 2,613 arrests. That compares to 4,278 in 2016 and 2,694 in 2015. He said See Sheriff on page 3

Budget committee looking for cuts

Police still can’t write tickets

Cody Hiland is gone, but Damascus police still can’t write tickets on Highway 65.

In February, Hiland, who was the 20th Judicial District prosecuting attorney, found that Damascus was a “speed trap” and as a result its officers could no longer write traffic tickets on a stretch of Highway 65 through their town.

He ruled that the sanctions would remain in place through the end of his term.

Since then, Hiland has become the U.S. Eastern District attorney, and some wondered if that would end the sanctions.

the sheriff’s office to continue to hire.

He read figures on how many employees sheriff’s offices in same-sized counties have, including Grant County, population 17,500 with 24, Drew County, population 18,000 with 25 full time and one parttime, and Van Buren County, population about 17,000 with 39 employees.

Gurley and Jail Administrator Randy Murray pointed out that Van Buren County is different, that there is a lake and annual chuckwagon races that bring in 20,000 people.

“We do a lot of things that ya’ll can’t see,” Gurley said.

“We need a chief dep-

Putting on the dog – Vendors, dog lovers and pets, including Dinah Pup, a Shorkie dressed as Elsa from “Frozen,” turned out Saturday for the Dogtoberfest fundraiser for SNYP Arkansas and Fuzzy Hearts Rescue. Later that evening, Elvis impersonator Tom Christopher performed at the park.

The Van Buren County Quorum Court budget committee met last Tuesday to start hashing out the county’s finances for 2018.

The committee members are looking for about $360,000 to cut.

The committee heard from Circuit Clerk Debbie Gray, Assessor Trina Jones, Coroner Joe Tsosie, Treasurer Kim Hunley, County Judge Roger Hooper, County Clerk Pam Bradford, and Craig Fisher from the Safety and Maintenance department.

Jones said she knew her payroll had to be reduced and said one person has offered to leave.

Gray was told

that she cannot replace an employee who is retiring at the end of this year. Committee Chairman Dale James said her office has more employees than other counties of comparable size.

Bradford has cut one full-time and one part-time employee in her office. The Voter Registration office budget was increased a bit because of 2018 elections.

The Quorum Court cut its budget by $7,291.05. “If we cut anymore, we’ll have to start cutting positions,” Justice of the Peace Dell Holt joked.

“And what is your district?” JP Mary See Budget on page 3

Audience, panel grill Southern CEO

Remains found – Clinton Police Lt. Eric Koonce turns over cremated remains found in Clinton City Park to county Coroner Joe Tsosie last week. The remains were in a backpack lost by a man who was arrested for indecent exposure after being found running through the park wearing only a garbage bag last August. A couple walking in the park found the backpack Oct. 12.

The CEO of Southern Paramedic Services faced some tough questions and complaints at a meeting of the county ambulance board last week.

The meeting was supposed to be about a former workers’ breach of contract complaints, but most saw it as a chance to vent about the ambulance service’s performance at the Oct. 6 Yellow Jacket football game.

In a widely seen video, Yellow Jacket player Caleb Bowman lay on the sidelines struggling to breathe as a paramedic is seen strolling across the field.

When the paramedic arrived, he told the doctor he needed to assess Bowman instead of doing as the

Gary Padget listens to Todd Hink at the Oct. 16 ambulance committee meeting. doctor told him to, according to some who spoke at the meeting, including the doctor. When the EMT arrived, he was flustered and though he had what he needed to get some oxygen started, he could not find it, according to Southern CEO Gary Padget. Folks also were upset that the ambulance did not come onto the field to pick up the boy.

Padget said the paramedic had fol-

lowed protocol, including his pace across the field. (First responders interviewed by The Voice afterward agreed that there was nothing wrong with the paramedic’s speed.)

Team Dr. Keith Coward said the paramedic was rude to him; Padget said he did not know that and it was not acceptable. The paramedic is no longer working in Van Buren County, Padget said.

Padget said the school did not allow the ambulance on the field or track. Since the event, he has met with the Clinton mayor and the school district superintendent and they have agreed on changes for ball games. The ambulance still will not come onto the field, but a cart will be on the sidelines in case a player needs taken off the field, and a paramedic will be stationed on the 50-yard sideline.

From the audience, Todd Hink, a former North Little Rock firefighter, said he was disturbed that the ambulance crew does not take everything it might need into a home when See Southern on page 3

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Lawmaker visits class – State Rep. Trevor Drown visited Amy Owen’s and Alicia Mahan’s classes last week at Clinton. He spoke about the struggles he had in school. Also pictured is Jo Duncan, aide for the Junior High Alternative Education class.

October 24, 2017

Imagine this – GT classes of Clinton Schools sponsored a Cardboard Arcade on Saturday, October 7. Winners of the Best Voted Game were fifth-graders Danielle Keith and Kamryn Keith.

School calendar A parade and bonfire are set to kick off Shirley High School’s Homecoming week Oct. 28.

The parade line-up will start at 4 p.m. in the gymnasium parking lot. It starts at 5 p.m. and travels downtown to the baseball field parking lot. Hot dogs, chips and hot cocoa will be served there by the bonfire. Best float wins $50. Bring your own marshmallows. Everyone is invited.

Lady Jackets take 2nd – The Clinton Lady Yellow Jackets were runners-up in 3A North Central District volleyball tournament in Cotter last week. State tournament play began Oct. 23. Pictured are (back row from left) coach Kelli Wilson, Baylee Breedlove, Kendyl Breedlove, Destanee Biggs, Danielle Teague, Shyianne Teague, Gabby Helton, Callie Sullivan, Emily Kirk, (front row) Courtney Webb, Leslie Carter, Kenzie Rachel, Kelsey Payne, Priscilla Martinez, Katelyn Prosser and Hannah Burnett.

School menus Clinton Elementary School

Oct. 24 – Breakfast: Breakfast burrito, applesauce.

Lunch: Chicken wrap, northern beans, blueberries.

Oct. 25 – Breakfast: Breakfast pizza, peaches. Lunch: Potato and ham soup, broccoli and carrots, Italian bread, apple half.

Oct. 26 – Breakfast: Egg/ham/ cheese wrap, blue-

berries. Lunch: Nacho salad, pinto beans, cinnamon roll, pears.

Oct. 27 – Breakfast: Cereal, graham crackers, mixed fruit. Lunch: Barbecue pork rib patty on bun, coleslaw, baked beans, peaches.

Oct. 30 – Breakfast: Cereal, toast/ jelly, applesauce.

Lunch: Crispito, salad, corn, peaches.

Oct. 31 – Breakfast: Breakfast pizza,

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mixed fruit. Lunch: Ham & cheese Hot Pocket, fresh veggies, black-eyed peas, spooky slush.

Clinton Junior & Senior High

Oct. 24 – Breakfast: Egg and cheese biscuit, fruit. Lunch: Beef taco/cheese or burrito/chili/cheese, pinto beans, cinnamon roll, applesauce/juice.

Oct. 25 – Breakfast: Breakfast pizza, peaches. Lunch: Open-face pork sandwich or chick-

en strips, breadstick, creamed potatoes, green beans, no bake cookie, mixed fruit.

Oct. 26 – Breakfast: Pancake pup, hot cinnamon apples. Lunch: Spaghetti/meat sauce, garlic bread or pizza, salad, corn, fruit/fruit cup.

Oct. 27 – Breakfast: Cereal, funnel cake, blueberries. Lunch: Barbecue pork rib patty on bun or ham & cheese on flatbread, baked fries, coleslaw, fruit.

Oct. 30 – Break-

WATER BOARD POSITION OPEN Bee Branch Water Association District 2 position on the water board is now open for a five year term beginning January 1, 2018. This position is now held by David Hess, who plans to run for re-election.

District 2 includes Highway 336 East, all of east side of Highway 65 to the intersection of Highway 65 and Highway 92 East in Bee Branch, East Mountain Road to the end of Alum Cave, Long Branch Lane, Redress Lane, Sweet Gum Lane, Julie Hills Drive, Copper Springs, Carl Lane, Happy Hollow Road, Old Dug Road, Comanche Trail, Atoka Drive.

Anyone 21 years of age, residing in the above district and having an active water account with Bee Branch Water Association, is eligible to run for this position.

Deadline for applicants is October 31 at 4 pm. Application available at water office located at 11208 Highway 65 South in Bee Branch. Date of election, if needed, will be announced at a later date.

fast: Cereal, cinnamon toast, apple wedges. Lunch: Chicken pot pie, breadstick or corn dogs, salad, green beans, peaches/ juice.

Oct. 31 – Breakfast: Ham and egg cheese wrap, fruit.

Lunch: Baked ham or steak fingers, creamed potatoes, steamed broccoli, wheat rolls, spooky cake, fruit.

Shirley Schools

Oct. 24 – Lunch: Beef nacho, corn,

Clinton Elementary School Gold Team is sponsoring a Fall Festival from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Clinton baseball fields.

There will be games, costume contests and food. For more information e-mail ces.goldteam@ gmail.com.

fruit.

Oct. 25 – Lunch: Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, roll.

Oct. 26 – Lunch: Chicken pot pie, carrot/celery sticks, fruit.

Oct. 27 – Lunch: Frito pie, pinto beans, veggie sticks, fruit.

Oct. 30 – Lunch: Chicken sandwich, French fries, fruit, salad cup.

Oct. 31 – Lunch: Baked chicken, mashed potatoes/ gravy, roll.

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No hands! – (From left) Van Buren County 911 Supervisor Judy Wells, Fairfield Bay Fire Chief Leo Brandmeyer, EMS Capt. Andrea Notz and Fairfield Bay Police Chief David Burnett square off in pie-eating contest at Saturday’s open house at the Department of Public Safety in Fairfield Bay. The fire chief was the winner.

(Photo from Facebook)

Happy anniversary – Clara and Jerry Huie will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on October 28th. Friends and family are invited to a come and go reception in their honor on Saturday, Oct. 28th from 2-5 p.m. at the Fairfield Bay Senior Center. No gifts, please.

Sheriff

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the jail is always full and Murray said the inmates “will hurt you if they can.”

Gurley painted a scene of what deputies could face late at night in areas far from town, when it might take back-up an hour to arrive from the other side of the county.

“The days of deputies being out on their own are over,” said JP Brian Tatum.

Gurley introduced Max Young as his chief deputy. Young has 43 years of law enforcement experience, including SWAT teams, CID, U.S. Marshals service and state police in several different counties.

In the end, the JPs agreed to all of the sheriff’s office hiring requests, but warned

Budget from page 1

Philips responded.

Safety and maintenance made cuts in its budget for supplies and small equipment.

Some of Fisher’s cuts came from eliminating costs for the animal shelter, which was handed over to a non-profit group in July.

Fisher said there were $13,000 worth of air conditioning repairs in 2017. Almost $10,000 of that was at the child care building, which the county has leased out for $1 per year.

James asked when that lease is

that they were only guaranteed for the rest of this year. Gurley will present his 2018 budget to the Quorum Court budget committee Tuesday, Oct. 24.

Gurley also told the Quorum Court that he is trying to work out a deal to buy groceries for the jail locally. He also is looking at having the sheriff’s office run the commissary, saying it could be a moneymaker, and he is planning to revamp the Criminal Investigation Division, which currently has three investigators.

Also at the meeting, James asked department heads to look for cuts in their budgets. “If you can dispose of anything in your budget, no matter how small or large, do it.” up, and Holt said the county needs to see “if there’s any way we can give it as a grant and get out from under the building.”

The county pays all the repairs and does the maintenance on the building.

Fisher noted his budget increases on landfill tipping fees simply because solid waste is handling more trash.

Hooper said his budget for the road department is neutral outside of health insurance on personal services. He said he has 25 employees in the department, down from 32 a few years ago.

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you're trying to eat healthy. How can you add some excitement and some health benefits to your food without adding extra calories? Have plenty of fresh herbs, spices and lemons on hand while you’re cooking, that's how! It’s amazing what a little dash of spice, sprinkle of herbs or squirt of lemon juice can do to liven up a dish.

Did you know that some common herbs and spices are actually some of the healthiest foods on the planet? You can easily boost the nutritional value of your meal simply by spicing it up a bit. And you are literally upgrading it without adding extra calories. They're also very dense in other nutrients such as vitamins and minerals, and because of their nutrient density, they're also thermogenic, meaning they can naturally increase

Southern

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it arrives. He said it should be standard practice that a medical bag and gurney be taken in immediately. He said the window to save a heart attack or stroke patient is sometimes slim and time should not

your metabolism, and some herbs and spices even have medicinal properties. Some have even been used as medicine for thousands of years prior to the invention of modern medicine. For example, chili peppers have an ingredient called capsacin and it is known to relieve pain, increase heart health, stop ulcers and fight prostate cancer. The hotter the pepper, the higher its capsacin content is.

Another spice people love is cinnamon and it is known to help your body manage blood sugar, lower cholesterol and keep arteries clean.

It is delicious in coffee, hot cocoa, oatmeal and sprinkled on top of carrots or sweet potatoes.

Turmeric is related to ginger, and both of these spices can help reduce inflammation from arthritis. Stomach and digestion issues may be helped by turmeric and ginger. Ginger helps reduce nausea and vomiting for cancer patients doing chemotherapy. Ginger also helps reduce motion sickness and turmeric may reduce indigestion problems such as bloating and gas. If you have ever run into motion sickness in the be wasted returning to the truck.

Dr. Chad Simpson, Southern’s medical director, agreed and said the company would make sure that becomes standard.

The ambulance committee is made up of 16 members, seven of them voting members.

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car or out on a boat, you may already know ginger can be a big help in calming stomachs. Turmeric is best absorbed with black pepper, so use them together for maximum effect. Use turmeric to flavor curries and other spicy dishes or sprinkle in soups or stews.

Whether you love or hate garlic, it has a lot of health benefits.

Garlic is anti-fungal, antibacterial and antiviral. It also has the ability to stop blood clots from forming. If you prefer not to season your dishes with garlic, you can get it in pill form. Add it finely chopped to salad dressings, pasta sauces, soups, and chicken broth.

Thyme’s strong flavor goes well with roasts and robust stews. Thyme contains natural oils that are antiseptic and antibacterial. These are such strong agents that they can even help fight MRSA infections, which are resistant to many antibiotics.

Oregano contains a pair of antibacterial agents that fight infection, called thymol and carvacol. And, oregano packs four times as many healthy antioxidants as blueberries.

Southern’s fiveyear contract with the county is up in November, and the committee decided to seek other bids from ambulances companies. Justice of the Peace Brian Tatum is heading up the committee to interview other companies.

Parsley health benefits include helping to prevent plaque buildup in the arteries, pass kidney stones and slow the progression of deafness.

To get the most benefit out of herbs and spices, it's important to store them properly. Fresh herbs can be wrapped in a paper towel and then stored in a plastic bag in the fridge.

Some herbs such as thyme and rosemary can be wrapped in foil and frozen for several months. Freeze cilantro, mint or basil leaves in ice-cube trays and add them to a bubbling soup or casserole. Put a bunch of parsley in a glass of water (like a bunch of flowers) and store it in the fridge.

Dried herbs and spices should be stored in an airtight container or zip-lock bags in a cool, dark cupboard and can last for up to six months.

My family makes a chicken broth with cayenne pepper, garlic and onions to sip on during the winter months to increase immunity and fight off viruses.

So give yourself a health boost and add some spice to your life!

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Damascus Clerk Pam Mahan said last week the town has been informed that even without Hiland, the officers can not write tickets.

Luke Ferguson, appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to finish Hiland’s term, said the sanctions would remain in effect through 2018.

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Obituaries

Betty Garrison

Betty Marie Garrison, 89, of Bee Branch, Arkansas, passed into eternity Thursday, October 19, 2017. She was born January 30, 1928 to the late Chester and Dallas Barnum.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband of 46 years, Herbert Dale Garrison; sister, Hazel Cunningham; brother, Wayne Barnum’ and son, Scotty Garrison.

Betty was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and aunt. She loved going to church and spending time with her friends and family. She was always an encourager to others. She was good at giving you a pep talk if she thought you needed one. Her favorite flower was “cannie bulbs.” Her favorite sucker was red. Her favorite color was blue. She loved her family and she knew she was loved.

Betty was lovingly cared for by her sister, Faye and her nieces, Judy and Jill. She will be missed.

Betty is survived by her children and grandchildren, Mischell Garrison and Jerry Martis, Jade and Christian Clabaugh, Michael and Jody Garrison, Natalie and Katie; sister, Faye Pierce, and brother, Dave Barnum. She is also survived by many other family and friends.

Funeral service was 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, Clinton. Interment was at Pine Mountain Cemetery, Bee Branch, Arkansas.

Vina Mayall

Vina Treat Mayall, 80, passed away Oct. 13, 2017, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Stuttgart, Arkansas.

She was born

Dec. 16, 1936 in Yellville, Arkansas, the only child of Melvin and Mabel Treat. She was a 1954 graduate of Clinton High School. Vina was an abstractor. She also worked for Shields Horst Realty and Arkansas County Title Co. where she retired in 2004.

She was an inspiration to all who knew her. She was the rock and foundation of her family and her legacy of love and faith will live on through them.

She is survived by her husband of 61 years, J.C. Mayall; two daughters, Terry (David) Simpson and Connie (Gary) Hudson, all of Stuttgart; three grandchildren, Cara (Brad) Coleman of Mountain Home, Drew (Lauren) Jacobs of Stuttgart, and Patrick Hudson of Fayetteville; and four great-grandchildren.

Graveside service was Monday, Oct. 16, in Clinton Cemetery.

Alline Halsted

Alline Faye Halsted, 81, of Leslie, Arkansas passed away October 19, 2017 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

She was a devoted parent, grandmother and great-grandmother she will be deeply missed. She is preceded in death by her parents John P. Eskridge and Bertha (Clark) Eskridge, and her husband P.J. Halsted.

Left to cherish her memory is her daughter Linda Bresette; her sons Paul, David and Dennis Halsted; grandsons Matthew and Jeremy Bresette; granddaughter Samantha Bresette; four great-grandchildren; and many more relatives and friends.

Memorial service

was 3 p.m. October 23, 2017 at the Roller-McNutt Chapel in Clinton. Online guest book can be found at rollerfuneralhomes. com/Clinton.

October 24, 2017

clubhouse at 2345 N. Grant Ave, Springfield to the cemetery.

Ada Thompson

Paulette Kleese Stanley Postell Keith Hughes

Keith E. Hughes of Lampe, Missouri, died peacefully October 9, 2017 at Select Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 66.

He was born August 4, 1951 in DeKalb, Illinois, the son of late Merle and Doris Hughes.

Keith was a veteran of the Vietnam War serving in the United States Army. In 2011, Keith became a member of Vietnam Vets Legacy Vets Motorcycle Club. He was an active member until the time of his death.

Keith loved music and playing drums. He loved his dogs and spending time riding his motorcycle with friends and family.

Keith is survived by his brother, Richard (Laura) Hughes of Clinton, Arkansas; daughters, Jennifer Hughes of Kimberling City, Missouri, and Kali (Chris) Poss of Wentzville, Missouri; son, Brent Hughes of Kimberling City, Missouri; eight grandchildren, Bayli Hughes, Abby Poss, Peyton Henson, Blake Poss, Drake Fullington, Dominic Hughes, Emma Hughes, Braedin Hughes; nephew, Brian (Wendy) Hughes and niece, Karen Hughes of Clinton, Arkansas. Keith was loved by many and will be greatly missed.

Memorial Service with military honors will be held Friday, October 27, 2017 at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield at 3 p.m. Procession ride will start at 2 p.m. at the Vietnam Veterans Legacy MC

Stanley Postell was born May 12, 1947 in Alread, Arkansas, a son to the late Nova Bixler Postell and Phillip Postell.

Stanley passed away on Sunday, October 15, 2017 at the age of 70.

Stanley was of the Christian Faith and during his younger years he loved to hunt and fish.

He is survived by his daughter Carolyn Williams and husband Hank of Olive Branch, Mississippi; three brothers Jerry, Jimmy and wife Rita, and Danny Postell, all of Cleveland; sisters Loretta Postell and Bonnie Felton, both of New Mexico, Shirley Whorton of Jerusalem; one granddaughter; two step-grandchildren; and many other family and friends.

Services were 11 a.m. Thursday, October 19, at Pleasant Grove Church in Rupert. Interment was in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Rupert. Arrangements by Bob Neal and Sons Funeral Home, Morrilton.

Paulette Patton Kleese was born June 11, 1938, in Clinton, Arkansas to Walter Ethridge Patton and Willie Mae Callihan Patton. Paulette passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, at the age of 79.

Paulette worked for Levi Strauss for many years as a seamstress. She was an avid pack rat who enjoyed collecting all kinds of things. She loved researching old items and artifacts.

She is preceded in death by her parents and husband.

She is survived by two sons, Allen Patton and wife Kelley of Nebraska, and Daniel Kleese of Morrilton; daughters Andrea Lynn Patton of Morrilton and Daniell Kleese Caston and husband Joey of Morrilton; two brothers, Bob Patton of Missouri and Joe Patton of Pottsville; sister Karen Patton of Little Rock; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and many other friends and relatives.

Funeral was 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 23, at Bob Neal and Sons Funeral Home, Morrilton. Interment was at Elmwood Cemetery.

Ada Alline Thompson, 88, of Clinton passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2017. She was born December 25, 1928, in Ada, Oklahoma to the late Mark Ray and Venus Mcelyea Ellis.

Ada was the restaurant owner of Momma's Kitchen in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

She was baptized into the Church of God. She also enjoyed bingo, and cooking fried pies as long as her health allowed.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Carolyn and husband Mike Rusche of Clinton; siblings Elizabeth Edwards, Bea Burkett, Veola Webb, Barbara Yarbough and Charles Ellis; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, friends and other family members.

Ada is preceded in death by her parents; two husbands, R.C. Edwards and James Thompson; children, Jesse Edwards, William Edwards, Steven Edwards, Patty Edwards and Debra Edwards; siblings, Kenneth Ellis, Carl Ellis and Lois Cox. Services will be announced at a later date. Arrangements

by Clinton Funeral Service. To sign Ada Thompson's Book of Memories, go to www.clintonfuneralservice.com.

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Calendar cupcakes, also kids' games and fun for the whole family. No pets.

Halloween

Red Ribbon grant – Shirley School received a Red Ribbon Week grant for $2,000 from the Arkansas Sheriff's Association. Sheriff Randy Gurley presented the check to Superintendent Tyrene Gardner and members of the newly formed Shirley School Safe Team. Also pictured are school resource Officer Clayton Borecky and Adam Graddy, Tanner Duda, Luke Lucas, and Jarret Bradley.

Clinton Police Patrol Activity Oct. 10-16, 2017 Incident Reports ................................7 Accidents ................................8 Calls for Service ..............................22 Property checks/extra patrols..............23 Motorist assists ................................0 ATM/Bank Escorts ................................2 Other agency assists ................................4 Funeral escorts ................................2 Alarm ................................2 Warnings issued ..............................11 Citations issued ..............................22

Question: Is it legal to eat while you drive?

Depends on what you’re eating, say the Clinton Police. You can’t eat a Chinese meal with chopsticks while you’re driving, said one officer, but French fries are probably all right. The key, he says, is that you are not distracted.

Police Report Cabot man charged in theft

On September 15, 2017, deputies from the Van Buren County sheriff's office, assisted

by Quitman police, responded to a person stealing property from a residence on Sheep Shank Road.

After arriving at the location, deputies found the owner of the property had detained the sus-

pect. Deputies arrested 70-year-old Jimmie Ray Cannon of Cabot. Cannon is being charged with felony theft of property. He has been released on a $5,000 bond.

3 arrested in traffic stop

On September 18, 2017, Van Buren County deputies, during a traf-

Senior Citizen Center Menus Clinton & Damascus Senior Centers

Oct. 24 – Baked turkey/gravy, cornbread dressing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, green beans, pumpkin pie w/whipped topping.

Oct. 25 – Chicken/broccoli quiche, hash browns, hot sliced apples, blueberry muffin.

Oct. 26 – Breaded pork cutlet, scalloped corn and broccoli, greens, autumn delight.

Clinton is open Monday-Thursday Damascus is open Tuesday and Thursday

Shirley Senior Center

Oct. 24 – Ham-

burger, corn salad, baked c hips, banana pudding.

Oct. 25 – Chicken/broccoli quiche, hash browns, hot sliced apples, blueberry muffins.

Oct. 26 – Baked turkey w/gravy, cornbread dressing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, green beans, pumpkin pie w/whipped topping.

Shirley is open Monday-Thursday

Scotland Senior Center

Oct. 24 – Pork loin, scalloped corn and broccoli, turnip greens, autumn delight.

Oct. 25 – Hamburger, corn salad, baked chips, banana pudding.

Oct. 26 – White

fic stop, found the occupants to be in possession of illegal drugs and paraphernalia. Arrested at the stop where Ronald Clyde Tatro Jr., 45, of Harrison, Mindy Lynn Green, 38, of Harrison and a 29-yearold also of Harrison.

All three are being charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, and felony possession of drug paraphernalia. All three were later released on bond. beans/ham, red skin potatoes, cabbage and carrots, cornbread, pieapple gelatin.

Scotland is open Monday-Thursday

Fairfield Bay Senior Center

Oct. 24 – Ham and potato soup, pimento cheese sandwich, marinated tomatoes/cucumbers, pears.

Oct. 25 – Orange glazed chicken/rice, Japanese vegetables, fruit, brownie.

Oct. 26 – Beef stroganoff/noodles, spinach, corn, fresh fruit.

Oct. 27 – Fried fish, pinto beans, coleslaw, hush puppies, hot spiced peaches.

Fairfield Bay is open Tuesday-Friday

Fairfield Bay Fall Fest Haunted Hayride will be from 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, at the Fairfield Bay Marina Campgrounds. There will be a carnival and trick or treating from 4-7:30 p.m. Free fun for the whole family.

The VBC Rescue Squad is sponsoring a Haunted House from 7-10 a.m. Oct. 27-31 at the old Bee Branch Feed Store.

Admission is $6 per person.

Scare on the Square is set for 5-10 p.m. Oct. 31 in downtown Clinton.

Free admission for all. Trick-or-treating for the kids, safe and fun, with full traffic control, and an exciting evening of costumes and spooky surprises. Scare on the Square is organized by the Clinton Volunteer Fire Department.

The second annual Trunk or Treat in downtown Scotland is set for 6 p.m.

Oct. 31. Trophies will be awarded for best trunk, best costume and best pumpkin.

Trunkers come early to set up.

Boo Bash will fill the streets of downtown Shirley with spooks and goblins for a fun night of trick or treating. The fun begins at 6 p.m. Oct. 31. The streets will be blocked for safety and everything will be free. Candy, hot dogs, sodas, prizes,

Trunk or Treat at the Alread FUN Park/ School is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31. There will be a costume contest for the kids, and first prize will be awarded to the best “Trunk.”

The United Way Unhinged Haunted House is set for 6-9 p.m. Oct. 27, 28 and 31 at the Van Buren County Fairgrounds on Highway 16 East, Clinton. Admission is $3 for ages 5 and up. The event is co-sponsored by the Van Buren County Fairgrounds.

Coming in November

It’s going to be huge – Pig Eye Daze in Scotland is set for Nov. 4. There will be games for kids and adults, food and entertainment throughout the day. There will be items and raffle tickets for sale, a chili cook-off and a Dutch oven cookoff, archery contests, races and more. Early Arkansas Re-enactors and Mountain Man Rendezvous will demonstrate the life of early settlers. Admission is free and proceeds of the day go toward replacing the roof on the old gym. Food vendors and arts and craft vendors are needed.

For more information, visit the Pig Eye Daze Facebook page.

Roller McNutt Funeral Home will be hosting a Veterans Day appreciation breakfast every Wednesday in November. They will provide a continental breakfast for veterans from 7:30-9:30 a.m.

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is now residing at her house here on Banner Mountain Road.

Later that evening, some additional kinfolk joined them in Mountain View for dinner and music on the square. Now that is what we call a celebration.

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This kind of weather says Fall, Fall, Fall, Halloween, Hayrides, Chili and hot chocolate. My time of year.

It is almost time for our annual Chili and Soup Potluck at Scotland Cafeteria, 6 p.m. October 28. We will have a hayride at 7 p.m. and marshmallow roast afterward. Free, just bring a pot of soup or chili or dessert. We do this every year for Halloween. Ya’ll come and enjoy.

Then on Halloween night, there will be a big Trunk or Treat in downtown Scotland. This is a great event for our community. Pumpkin-carving contest, you can vote on the one that you think is best. I think they will also judge the costumes. Get ready for a great time.

It is getting close to Pig Eye Daze, just two weeks from Saturday. Make plans to come. We have a lot going on, lots of folks have told us they will be here to have a great time. Mary Hall will have lots of history to talk about and share with you. Food, contests, races, lots for kids and adults to see and do. Dutch Oven cook-off. Too many things to remember. Just plan on a great time. The proceeds from this event will be used to get a new roof on the gym, and to do some maintenance on it.

Donna Baker works out of Russellville and does home health. She was nominated for the Paul Diaz Compassionate Caring Award. The ceremony was in Louisville, Kentucky, on Oct. 10-12. This community is very proud of her.

November 4 is Scotland Senior Game Day-Pool Tournament (Registration 9:30 a.m.) and Bingo (10 a.m.). Same

Thelma Murray Shirley

Happy birthday – Bill Rolen celebrated his 84th birthday at the Shirley Senior Center on Oct. 18.

(Photo by Kay Weaver) Day as Pig Eye Daze.

Cash Prizes for Pool Tournament and various prizes for Bingo.

Call 501 592-3377 for more information.

Have a great week and be safe. If you have Scotland News call James Burns at 592-3935 and he will get it in the paper. If we do not hear about it we can not share it with our readers.

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Ferrell Weaver and Winston Tucker were the super champs of last week’s Clinton pool games. It is just hard to beat the seasoned pool players. Way to go guys.

The Scotland winners were, first place – Glendale Rogers, and runner-up – Doyle Scroggins.

Dana Lawrence brought some pretty flowers to the Clinton Center.

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and Mr. Wickman on the keyboard playing music at the Clinton Center Tuesday. The cooks served up a great pasta dish and really good cobbler.

There are several domino layers at Clinton: Bob Ruble, Danny Williams, Barney Berry, Troy Treat, Bill Roberson, Larry Treece and Sam Hensley.

The Shirley car show was well-attended. The People’s Choice went to Larry Meyers. He showed a beautiful red 1957 Chevrolet. Don Vaughn won Best of Show.

Bill Rolen celebrated his 84th birthday on Wednesday at the Shirley Center.

We gave him a cap. If anybody is The Voice of Van Buren County, it is Bill, right!

The Berry girls and guys celebrated Kathy Berry’s birthday at the Shirley Senior Center on Thursday. Kathy from Houston, Texas, Gail Kirkendoll, Lois Compton, Lavern Bolden, Rhonda Carlton, Claudy Jr. and Jim, all from Shirley, were there.

Kathy was in the hurricane that hit Houston and lost her house and everything in it and her car. She

Visiting Ruth Hodge was her nephew Jerry Hensley of Little Rock and her niece Karen Johnson of Poe Ranch.

Wanda Poynor is taking it easy and waiting for her knee to heal and Paul is taking good care of her.

Ken and Mary McWilliams are enjoying a visit with their daughter Debbie Willette of Grand Ridge, Florida. It had been six years since they had seen her. Debbie and Ken had a great time fishing.

Recently, Garner and Brenda Brown, son Doug and grandson Colten spent a few days in Branson, Missouri.

Last weekend Troy and Robin Treat of Vilonia visited her parents, Brenda and Garner Brown.

Eddie and Carlene Rushing’s grandsons, Kaden Rushing of Conway and Grandon Rushing, spent the weekend with them.

Those who attended the Caldwell/ Williams reunion on October 7 at the Shirley Community Center included Tommy and Pam Trawick of South Lake, Texas, Boyd Williams and grandson Matt of Wanette, Oklahoma, Myron Williams of Wanette, Oklahoma, Steve Maupin of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Mike and Pam Brafford of Russellville, Tyler and Michelle Brafford and children Corey, McKayla and Chase of Bentonville, Don Brafford of Clinton, Everett Brafford and Ava of Bentonville, Shannon Brafford Hol-

October 24, 2017 land of Bee Branch, Sammie and Belinda Brown of Charleston, David and Rae Lynn Brown of Hector, Cathy Caldwell of Clinton, Cade Lindsey of Ozark, Kirsten Jones of Conway, Billy and Peggy Nuckles of Pleasant Plains, Chris and Sarah Nuckles and son of Pleasant Plains, B.J. Nuckles, Noah, McKenzie and Lennon of Pleasant Plains, Barbara Johnson of Fairfield Bay, Tommy and Sarah Slavens and children McClain and Riley of Fairfield Bay, Earple and Lilly Hendrix of Clinton, Billy Sowell, Kaitlin and Kobi, Jack and Rosa Caldwell, Margaret Slavens, John Slavens, Tommy and Jackie Gatlin and children Alyssa and Corey, Tommy Collins, Betty Jo Williams, Terry Fisher, Billy and Rebecca Burgess, Renee Brown, Jimmy and Thelma Murray, and Sam and Brenda Brown.

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Ruth Webb went to town on Thursday and came home to lots of company.

Visiting Ruth and BE was their niece, Joyce and John Christopher, and nephew, James Wendell Webb, all of Conway. Also visiting was his sisters, Ruby and Thelma Webb. They had a good visit and I believe Ruth said they brought lunch. That is some nice company!

Marva Ward and Sue Stamper went to Branson last Thursday. They went to see the Gene Watson concert. Marva said it was really good and Gene can sing as good as ever. They also did some Christmas shopping while there.

Marva cooked a birthday cake and dinner for grandson, Landon Ward, to celebrate his 9th birthday last Sunday. Those attending were Sindee and David Morse, Scott and John Ward, Frankie, Erica and Rylan Ward, along with the guest of honor. Happy belated birthday, Landon, have a great

year!

Richard Sherrod got a good report from his heart doctor this week. That is some good news!

JR and I went to town on Thursday to get our weekly shopping done. He didn’t spot any yard sales, so we got home a little earlier than usual!

Hope you all have a great week.

God bless all.

Jeff Burgess Crabtree

It’s Prayer Night Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m., at the Crabtree Foursquare Church. Then on Friday, 5:30-7:30 p.m., it’s The Senior Night Potluck in the old Foursquare sanctuary kitchen. The theme this month is birthdays.

It was 38 degrees on my front porch last week, a neighbor said 37 at his place. Winter is coming. Contrary to my neighbor’s “feeling” about bad weather, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says in our part of the country it’s going to warmer than usual with average precipitation. We'll see.

My friend and fellow organic gardener Lalla Ostergren suggests we get ready with a plan before the first frost happens. Where will the potted plants go?

Which crops should I cover? Are my plant covers easy to get and ready to go?

She says s good plan saves time and plants when that first freeze suddenly appears.

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

Clubs The Idlehour Bridge Club met Thursday at the home of Merl Eoff with hostess Billie Fendley. Winners for the evening were: high, Billie Fendley; second, Dana Hensley; traveling, Jo Nell Warren; and bingo Merl Eoff.

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Scotland Some treasures buried, others are human

By Don Ramsey

The first settlers of Scotland didn’t have banks to hold their money or gold and silver so they hid it there on the farms and homesteads.

Doctor T.H. Jones was a physician in the Civil War and was assigned to Company D of the 36th Arkansas Infantry and later he would be the founder of Scotland. It is told that when he came home from the Civil War he and his wife, Delilah, homesteaded a parcel of land up around the Brock Creek area and hid their gold in several places as that the Jay Hawkers were bad about coming and robbing people.

In one instance, Jay Hawkers came to their house and put hot coals to T.H.’s feet to make him tell them where his gold was. After they had roughed him up pretty good he told them where he had hidden some of his gold and they left, only to return a few days later. As Delilah was preparing their food on the Dutch Oven the Jay Hawkers came up and kicked over the oven spilling their supper onto the ground. T.H., not wanting to cause any harm to his family, told them where he had hidden some more of his gold.

The third time they came back they took T.H. down the road with the intentions of killing him. The leader of the Jay Hawkers asked if this was Doctor T.H. Jones and they said “Yes.” The leader then told them if they harmed Doctor T.H. he would shoot the last one of them. The men all wore mask but T.H. recognized the leader before he had ask if it was Doctor T.H. After the encounter with the Jay Hawkers, T.H. hid in a cave to keep the Jay Hawkers away from his family and house and he issued medicine from there in the cave. His wife, Delilah, would bring him food and would take back the medicine for the people. Sometimes she would send a boy named Brock.

Before going to the cave, Delilah would put her head to the ground to listen for horse hoofs. T.H. had instructed her

not to come to the cave at night. Delilah was a tough woman on the homestead and it is told that she was afraid “Only of a man.”

Scotland has many folklore and myths of buried treasure in the area. There are a couple that stand out in my memory of ones that my Granny Dunham told me as a young kid and have always been in the back of my mind.

One is that as back in the day people use to walk about everywhere they went but if they were fortunate enough to have a wagon and a team of mules or horses then they would be able to ride along in the wagon on their journeys.

But mostly people walked and if they were going to see family in other towns then at night they may stay with people along the road that they had befriended.

One such instance was an older Indian that would pass through and stay with them from time to time. This old Indian once made mention to Granny that there was enough gold in the hills of Scotland for all of the people in Scotland to be able to live very good for years.

As a child my cousin Paul and I would ask her where the Indian had mentioned about the gold and Granny would motion that he would always come from the mountain side there across the holler from their house and said there was signs there on the rocks.

My cousin and I were probably about 10 or 12 years old and we always wanted to find that gold. At one point we found some strange-looking signs on the slick rock portion of the creek that Granny had motioned toward, but we never found the gold as that we never panned the creek. We were looking for big nuggets and didn’t know what to look for.

Another story that Granny and Grandpa told us had some eyewitness to it and recently one of the eyewitnesses passed away.

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The Jones’ family home still stands in Scotland. It is now occupied by great-great-grandson Andrew Jackson. ter of their marriage she ended up leaving Cisroe for another man.

Cisroe and his three children lived across the spring hole holler from my grandparents’ place.

He was a very interesting man who liked to live off away from people, but in his younger days he was a hard worker and had worked out west in the silver and copper mines and returned home with a small fortune. But Cisroe didn’t trust the banks.

Cisroe would always have silver dollars with him and all his silver certificates.

He would get a Mason jar full and then go bury his money and silver dollars.

The story goes that one day he came home from town to his little one room cabin and his children were jumping on some old bed springs. As he held a Mason jar full of silver dollars, he told the children to go around to the back of the house to play and not to be peeking and to stay back there until he said they could come back around to the front of the cabin.

After a few minutes he told them they could come back around to the front of the house and Shirley and Daphne and their brother noticed that he didn’t have the Mason jar.

He once remarked to his son, Joseph Cisroe Jones Jr., that he had enough silver dollars hidden on his land and in the hills close by to take good care of them if any-

thing ever happened to them.

Once he blindfolded his son and led him out in the woods and he dug up several Mason jars full of silver dollars and showed them to his son and said if he ever told anyone about it that he would kill him and then blindfolded him and led him back out of the woods and back to the little one room log cabin. Joseph told my Grandpa, “Uncle Paul, I believed that he would, too.”

Cisroe later bought an old truck and one morning he was found slumped over the steering wheel of his truck in the ditch not even half a mile from town on what is now called Low Gap Road. All his silver dollars and silver certificates were missing and he had a large goose egg knot on his head. Some say that he may have had too much to drink and ran off the road and hit his head, others say that he was murdered and robbed. The truth is really only known by Cisroe. But his Mason jars are still out there in the hills of Scotland not too far from his cabin, and that is the true story about Cisroe Jones treasure.

My grandparents later bought the land where Cisroe’s one room cabin still stands to this day and as of yet no one has found any of his Mason jars full of silver dollars from the early 1900s.

The Van Buren County newspa-

Dr. T.H. and Delilah Jones per printed an article back in 1923 October 5th with the title of the article “Local Man Finds 30 Silver Dollars Buried Many Years Ago.” The article states that Jess Newton had recently bought a parcel of land from Mr. Frank Hawkins who had bought the land from Hosea Meeler’s widow who had remarried to Ed Neely and had moved with him to Oklahoma where Mr. Neely met his demise when he became involved with some cattle rustlers. Mrs. Neely, now widowed twice, sold the land to Mr. Frank Hawkins who then sold it to Mr. Jess Newton.

Before moving his wife and himself to Oklahoma, Mr. Neely had found $1,700 in silver coins in the smoke house where Mr. Hosea had hidden it prior to the Bank of Scotland opening and also due to the fact that Mr. Hosea didn’t trust banks, so he hid his money on and around the home place.

After buying the land from Mr. Frank Hawkins, Jess New-

ton was raising the Meeler house to move it out of the way so he could build a new house. When he removed the walk way, he found 30 silver coins laying edgewise and dating back to 1882 or 1883.

Hosea Meeler had a neighbor named John Stobaugh who also didn’t trust banks and had a sizable fortune and was thought to have buried it on his home place as well.

So when Jess Newton found the 30 silver coins it caused people in the area to think that maybe the late Mr. Stobaugh might have his money buried in the yard.

So while Miss Stobaugh was gone out of town to visit family, some treasure seekers went and dug up her yard seeking the Stobaugh Treasure. If they found it or not no one really knows, all that is known is that when Widow Stobaugh returned she found that she had a freshly dug yard and walk way.

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October 24, 2017

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Football Fever Clinton Yellow Jackets 2017

Jackets crush Bobcats The Yellow Jackets were not kind hosts Friday night at Jim Tumlison Field in Clinton.

Sophomore standout Ethen Drake ran the kickoff by Marshall back 65 yards for a Clinton touchdown, and after that, the night just got worse for the hapless Bobcats from up the road.

Next came a 20-yard touchdown run by senior star Charleston Sowell to cap off a 42-yard drive for the Jackets. Then there was a 73-yard touchdown run by workhorse sophomore John Riley Hinchey, followed by a reception by Ethen’s twin Austin Drake for a touchdown, and finally a second touchdown by Ethen Drake at the buzzer. Matt Gonzalez was successful with all the extra point attempts and the score was 35-0. That was

just the first quarter.

The second quarter started with a good run by senior Nate Lonnon followed by a 30-yard pickup to the 4-yard line by Jonathan Carter who carried it over the goal line on the next play.

Later in the quarter, the Bobcats recovered a Yellow Jacket fumble after a punt, then turned it right back over with their own fumble. Sophomore linebacker Jayden Exzabe picked it up and ran 71 yards for a touchdown.

The extra point was unsuccessful and the score was 47-0.

The Jackets scored one more touchdown in the half when Kadance Sowell picked off the Bobcat quarterback and ran the football in for a touchdown. Halftime score was 53-0.

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Some different Yellow Jackets scored touchdowns Friday night. From top left, Jacob Hagerman, bottom left Jayden Exzabe and Tyler Wilson make their touchdown runs.

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The Yellow Jackets pushed their record to 8-0 while Marshall is now 0-8.

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Entertainment The

Music Scene

Jeff Stansbery Movies can be music's biggest promoter Sometimes a song will make such a huge impact on us that we can recall when we first heard it, where we were and even who we were with. Music has a way of grabbing us when we are in a vulnerable situation or our senses are heightened, and watching a movie often covers both of these bases. So, it is with this in mind that we will explore some great songs that were a bi-product of some great movies. It might even surprise you how many songs were introduced in a movie before they were a commercial success on the radio and in the music industry.

Take the phrase "if I was a rich man."

What would first come to your mind?

Perhaps "Fiddler on the Roof" might pop up. And if I was to say "the hills are alive,” one would likely finish my sentence, "with the sound of music."

It is interesting how easily conditioned we become when we watch a movie and hear a catchy song. The song, like the movie, can make such an impression that we just naturally put the two together. It may be a subconscious connection. On the other hand, those who put songs in movies know the song can make a powerful impact on the movie.

Many times the connection of the song to the movie brings back some of the images from that movie.

Take the movie "Close Encounters of

the Third Kind." This movie is a classic example of how a tune can actually drive the movie. It is based on the premise that an alien species may be able to communicate with us through musical tones. The five notes that were played in the movie were first planted subconsciously in a child and apparently others were drawn the same way and taken on board the alien spacecraft.

Others (like the Richard Dreyfus character) had visions of the rendezvous place where the space craft would connect with humans. But the communication between the human race and the aliens was based on the five notes in this movie; and if you were to ask most people to hum those five notes just from hearing them in the movie, they could possibly do so.

The movie "Ghost" is another movie that utilized one particular song to emphasize the love scene between actor Patrick Swayze and actress Demi Moore.

Nearly everyone who has seen this movie can tell you the name of the song and who it was sung by. Of course, I'm referring to "Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers. Now, whenever I hear that song, the movie "Ghost" comes to mind and the scene of the two molding pottery together while the song is playing spontaneously appears in my mind.

Another mov-

ie where the music score is predominant is "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Of course, Robert Redford and Paul Newman helped with their convincing acting performances, but "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" sung by BJ Thomas is another song that stands out in the movie and can bring back memories of a particular scene when that song was playing.

There are dozens of movies where the music score is every bit as important as the plot and theme of the movie, and many pictures are done where the music composers and arrangers work closely with the producers and directors to place the music just where it needs to be to emphasize a particular scene or mood.

Nearly all of the animated Walt Disney films utilize songs and even particular singers portrayed in the animation as the characters who are singing those songs.

It is quite an effective technique. On many occasions this has helped the careers of the singers and songwriters who were involved in the movie production.

Now this director/actor/producer extraordinaire is no mystery to anyone who follows movies.

His private life however is not as widely circulated as his movies. I'm talking about Clint Eastwood. Yeah, the "Dirty Harry" guy and "the Man with No Name" as

he was portrayed in his "Spaghetti Westerns. Quite a while back I saw an interview with Barbara Walters talking to Clint Eastwood in his home in Carmel, California. He divulged a bit more information about his private life as it pertained to music than I had previously heard. One of the little known facts about Eastwood is that he plays piano and sings. If you used to watch him as Rowdy Yates on that old TV show "Rawhide" from back in the 1950s and 1960s, you may have heard him sing on several episodes.

In his documentary, Eastwood states: "I've always felt that jazz and blues were true American art forms. Maybe the only really original art forms that we have."

Clint Eastwood is also a composer and jazz aficionado.

Combining his love of both art forms, he's included classic jazz recordings in his films, including "Play Misty for Me," which features the famous Errol Garner ballad.

In this movie, Clint highlighted Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," as he played the part of a latenight disc-jockey in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California who was being stalked by an obsessed fan played

by Jessica Walter.

October 24, 2017 This movie possibly reveals Eastwood's passion for music and the influences that he gravitated toward.

In his movie "Every Which Way But Loose," Eastwood helped promote Eddie Rabbitt who was primarily a songwriter (he wrote "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley) but now was breaking out on his own as a singer. Rabbitt recorded the song "Every Which Way But Loose," which was written by Steve Dorff, Snuff Garrett and Milton Brown as the only single from the soundtrack of the 1978 movie by the same name. Later the song would spend three weeks atop of Billboard Magazine's hot Country singles chart in February 1979. Sondra Locke, Clint's girlfriend actress in this film and others, portrayed country singer Lynn Halsey Taylor in the movie and recorded several songs for the soundtracks of Eastwood's films as well.

Perhaps the most memorable instrumentals from Eastwood's Spaghetti Westerns were from the film, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." It is also the main theme title to the soundtrack of the film. This haunting melody by Ennio Morricone was also recorded by American musician Hugo

Clint Eastwood Montenegro, whose Moog synthesizer rendition was a No. 2 Billboard pop single in 1968.

Did you know that Clint Eastwood also co-starred in a musical with actor Lee Marvin? The movie was "Paint Your Wagon" and Eastwood and Marvin played gold prospectors who were in love with the same woman. Ole Clint airs out his vocal chords in this movie with songs such as "I Talk to the Trees." Lee Marvin with his raspy gruff voice even adds his own flair to a song called "Wanderin' Star," which is actually my favorite song in that movie.

To hear Clint Eastwood play a bit of jazz, go to You Tube and check out the song "After Hours." Yeah, the guy has a bit of soul in him as he lights up those ebony and ivory keys on the piano.

Well, he might not be a major virtuoso, but hey, the guy can't do everything, can he?

Or can he?

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Dennard • Dennard Country Store (Inside sales) Fairfield Bay • Jack's (Inside sales) • Craven’s Grocery ~ Dollar General (Outside Rack sales) Leslie • Misty's Conoco & Convenience (Outside Rack sales) • Smith's Citgo (Inside sales)

Scotland

• Lowder General Store (Inside sales)

Shirley

• First Service Bank (Outside Rack sales) • Reaves Food Store, Hwy 330 S (Outside Rack sales)

October 24, 2017

The Voice of Van Buren County

Fun & Games

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. Deadline to enter is 2 p.m. Nov. 3. Drawing will be at 4 p.m. Nov. 3.

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Where can you see this in Van Buren County? Tell us for your chance to win a one-year subscription to The Voice. See Rules at left.

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Fishing Report

Millwood Lake was already warming up as a "hot spot" a few weeks back, but now it's really on fire, guide Mike Siefert said this week.

Bass anglers need to head that way.

Central Arkansas

Craig D. Campbell Lake Conway Reservoir

(updated 10-182017) Bates Field and Stream (501-4701846) said the lake has the stain anglers look for here, and the level is now low. On Tuesday under a full sun the surface temperature was 79 degrees. Crappie are excellent. Minnows and jigs are being used, and the fish are most active in the usual haunts: the Highway 89 bridge, Gold Creek and Caney Creek. The bass bite is good. Anglers have having success with white spinnerbaits and soft plastic worms fished around lily pads. Catfishing is excellent. Cats are active on limblines and trotlines around the creek channels. Bait with goldfish or minnows.

While bream weren’t quite as active as the other species, they’re still fair. You’ll find bream about 20 feet from the shorelines. Use worms and crickets.

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Little Red River

(updated 10-182017) Lowell Myers of Sore Lip’em All Guide Service said that with Greers Ferry Lake below pool and with cooler fall temperatures, the Little Red is receiving small amounts of generation creating low water conditions. This is providing excellent wading opportunities.

Midges, soft hackles and Woolly Buggers are working well for fly anglers. Pink-colored Trout Magnets are recommended for spin fishing. Always check before heading to the Little Red River by calling the Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District water data system (501-3625150) for Greers Ferry Dam water release information or check the Corps of Engineers website (swl-wc.usace.army.mil) for real-time water release and the Southwestern Power Administration website (swpa.gov) to see forecasted generation schedule.

Greers Ferry Lake

As of Wednesday, the Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation

at 458.13 feet msl (normal conservation pool – 462.04 msl Oct. 1-April 30; 463.04 msl May 1-June 1; 462.54 msl June 1-Sept. 30). (updated 10-182017) Tommy Cauley of Fishfinder Guide Service (501-9401318) said the water level continues to fall with generation, and Wednesday it was 3.91 feet below normal pool of 462.04 feet msl for this time of year. The catching overall has improved a lot over the last few days and will continue to get better every day until it gets super cold. The lake turnover is subsiding and a good water color is back, and with the rain and wind they have had lately, it has rejuvenated the dissolved oxygen content.

The black bass are eating spinnerbaits, C-rigs, jigs and Texas rigged worms, with some super shallow and some out to 40 feet – pick your poison. The crappie have been eating jigs and minnows in 12-18 feet of water day and night. The walleye bite has improved some on spoons in about 25 feet of wa-

ter. Or, try dragging crawlers in the same depth on a drop-shot rig. Bream are roaming around eating crickets and crawlers as well as inline spinners from real shallow out to 18 feet.

No report on catfish, but the cooler water will improve the bite.

The hybrids and white bass are back responding from the turnover and are eating spoons the best.

Look for the topwater bite to explode soon.

Harris Brake Lake

(updated 10-182017) Harris Brake Lake Resort (501-8892745) said the past week was a slow one at the lake. The water appears to be going low. Surface temperature was 79 degrees under sun on Tuesday. Clarity is clear. Bream are fair on worms and crickets. Crappie are fair on minnows or jigs. Bass are fair on spinnerbaits and plastic worms. Catfish are fair; use blood bait or chicken livers.

Lake Overcup

(updated 10-182017) Johnny “Catfish” Banks at Overcup Bait Shop and R.V. Park (501-354-9007) said water level is normal if not a little low.

Clarity is good, temperature is around 73 degrees. Bream are slow but they are seeing some good redears. Bass are still doing well. Catfish are doing well with stink bait, bass minnows and hot dogs. Johnny had a 30-pound blue last week. Crappie are starting to pick up

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with jigs and minnows in the channels at different depths, some in 5-6 feet of water, 9-12 feet of water. “If you ain't fishing, you don't know what you are missing,” Johnny says.

Brewer Lake

(updated 10-182017) Lisa's Bait Shot (501-778-6944) in Benton says a couple reported Saturday that the crappie at Brewer Lake in Conway County were biting size 6 and size 4 minnows as fast as they could get them in the water. The two got excited telling us about it as they got minnows to go again.

Lake Maumelle

(updated 10-182017) Hatchet Jack’s (501-758-4958) said crappie are excellent. Anglers report success with pink minnows, feather jigs and crappie minnows.

Arkansas River at Morrilton

(updated 10-182017) Charley’s Hidden Harbor at Oppelo (501-354-8080) said there are very few fishermen and really more hunters than fishermen using the river. Black bass are active late in the day on the jetty tops, up the Petit Jean River and in Point Remove Creek. Use crankbaits like the Rapala Fat Rap or a jig-andpig. Reports are slow, however. Bream have been active late in the day around grass on riprap. Use crickets or a Mepps spinner in black. Like bass, bream are slow. White

bass are chasing shad schools early in the day and late in the afternoon. Use crankbaits.

Results have been slow. Kentucky bass are also slow, but some are around jetties. Use CC Spoons. Catfishing has been fair. Fish around the jetties using skipjack.

North Arkansas

White River

(updated 10-182017) Cotter Trout Dock (870-435-6525) said, “Jigs, jigs and jigs. If you didn't think jig fishing was a successful method to catch trout, think again. It's all in the wrist – with the right action, we've been pulling in really nice, fat rainbows and a good share of cutthroats.” They suggest trying the white on white, 1/8-ounce jigs that worked last week, the brown-andorange-skirted jigs with dark heads, and the white-and-grayskirt silver jighead. The water level is holding steady at about on unity, or 3,300 cfs.

Garlic-scented PowerBait has lured in lots of trout for the wade/ bank anglers. It's the time of year to switch to orange, white and/ or sunrise colors for your egg pattern flies or PowerBait.

The brown bite continues to be slow. Add a few sculpins to your bait bucket and remember that you're on the river, not at work or stuck in traffic. Enjoy the wait.

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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 Scotland Church of Christ. If you can identify this Church call 745-8040.

(Remember to give me a contact for the history of your Church. We want to print the history of every Church in Van Buren County. With your help, we will!)

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 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 630 Highway 9 W, Clinton 745-7709 Formosa Church of Christ 6603 Highway 9 West Clinton AR. 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

Kingdoms Gate Ministries 10973 Hwy 16E PO Box 335 Shirley, AR. 72153 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 Settlement Baptist Church 10277 Highway 16 E, Shirley 723-8171 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 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 Zoo Church 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

Last Week's Featured Church

Scotland Church of Christ Scotland/Formosa Road, RR 1 Box 115, Scotland, AR 72141 (501) 592-3787

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE QUORUM COURT OF THE COUNTY OF VAN BUREN, STATE OF ARKANSAS, AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED: AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE #2016-52, THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR 2017, TO INCREASE THE PROJECTED REVENUE AND APPROPRIATE $23,094.00 INTO THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT #3009-7003104 Tipping Fees.

WHEREAS: These monies have been collected from Landfill Fees, Recycling Sales, and Sales Tax; and WHEREAS: This money needs to be appropriated into the Solid Waste Budget to pay the Tipping Fees for the remaining of the year.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE QUORUM COURT OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, ARKANSAS THAT: This money be appropriated into the Solid Waste Department #3009-700-3104, Tipping Fees.

Approved this 19th day of October, 2017

Sponsored by J.P. Rick Sundelin VAN BUREN COUNTY QUORUM COURT ORDINANCE NO. 2017-29 BE IT ENACTED BY THE QUORUM COURT OF THE COUNTY OF VAN BUREN, STATE OF ARKANSAS, AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED: AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE AND TRANSFER $7,267.00 INTO COUNTY GENERAL 1000-102 FROM CIRCUIT CLERK’S RECORDERS COST FUND #3006-102.

WHEREAS: Some of the Insurances, etc. were paid out of County General that should have been paid out of Recorder’s Cost Fund for some of the employees; and WHEREAS: These monies need to be re-appropriated back into the County General budget.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE QUORUM COURT OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, ARKANSAS THAT: These monies be appropriated and Transferred as follows; $6,208.00 From #3006-102-1001 To #1000-102-1001 Salaries $916.00 From #3006-102-1008 To #1000-102-1008 Retirement $143.00 From #3006-1021011 To #1000-102-1011 Unemployment $7,267.00 Approved this 19th day of October 2017 APPROVED: /s/ Roger W. Hooper Roger W. Hooper, County Judge ATTEST: /s/ Pam Bradford Pam Bradford, County Clerk

APPROVED: /s/ Roger W. Hooper Roger W. Hooper, County Judge ATTEST: /s/ Pam Bradford Pam Bradford, County Clerk

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, ARKANSAS PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ISABEL MARTHA DAVIS, DECEASED 71PR-17-104 NOTICE Name of decedent: Isabel Martha Davis Last known address of decedent: 195 Yellow Jacket Lane, Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas Date of Death: April 30, 2017 On the 9th day of October, 2017, an Affidavit for Collection of Small Estate by distributee was filed with respect to the Estate of Isabel Martha Davis, deceased, with the Clerk of the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Van Buren County, Arkansas, under Ark. Code Ann. § 28-41-101.

All persons having claims against the estate must exhibit them, properly verified, to the distributee or his attorney within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or they shall be forever barred and precluded from any benefit of the estate.

This notice first published the 24th day of October, 2017.

Robert Del Castillo c/o Melanie Beltran (AR Bar# 2014144) Attorney at Law, PLLC PO Box 1155 184 Griggs St. Clinton, AR 72031 (501) 745-3111

BE IT ENACTED BY THE QUORUM COURT OF THE COUNTY OF VAN BUREN, STATE OF ARKANSAS, AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED: AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE COUNTY OF VAN BUREN, STATE OF ARKANSAS; REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS: The ordinances of Van Buren County, Arkansas, are inadequately classified to such an extent as to render them non-conducive to searches by either County Officials or the general public; and WHEREAS: Arkansas Code Annotated (A.C.A.) § 14-14-903 empowers and authorizes Van Buren County, Arkansas, to revise, amend, restate, codify and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one unified code in book form; and WHEREAS: The Quorum Court of Van Buren County, Arkansas, has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of Van Buren County, Arkansas, of a general and permanent nature and the publication of such ordinances in book form; and WHEREAS: the codification of the ordinances of Van Buren County, Arkansas is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of Van Buren County, Arkansas and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of Van Buren County, Arkansas, that this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage.

WHEREAS: code of ordinances for Van Buren County has been filed in the County Clerk’s Office and available for inspection a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to its adoption as required

by AC.A. §14-14-909.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE QUORUM COURT OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, STATE OF ARKANSAS, THAT; 1.) The general ordinances of Van Buren County, Arkansas, as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the “Code of Ordinances of Van Buren County, Arkansas.”

2.) Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Chapters: Chapter 1: General Provisions Chapter 2: Administration Chapter 3: Law Enforcement Chapter 4: Taxes Chapter 5: Public Records Chapter 6: Agriculture/Livestock Chapter 7: Animals Chapter 8: Community Services Chapter 9: Emergency Services Chapter 10: Human Services Chapter 11: Public Works Chapter 12: Roads/ Transportation Chapter 13: Urban/Rural Development Chapter 14: County Services REPEALER: All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects addressed in this Code of Ordinances are hereby repealed from the effective date of this Ordinance unless they are included and re-ordained, in whole or in part, in this Code; provided such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this Ordinance.

Nor shall such repeal affect ordinances which levy taxes, appropriate funds, annex or detach territory, establish franchises, or grant special rights to persons, authorize the public improvements, authorize the issuance of bonds, or borrowing of money, authorize the purchase or sale of real or personal property, grant or accept easements, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacate or set the boundaries of streets or other public places. Nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code.

Such Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the County Judge of Van Buren County, Arkansas.

The County Clerk of Van Buren County, Arkansas is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the office of the County Clerk.

EMERGENCY CLAUSE: This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of Van Buren County, Arkansas and therefore this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage.

APPROVED THIS 19th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2017 APPROVED: /s/ Roger W. Hooper Roger W. Hooper, County Judge ATTEST: /s/ Pam Bradford Pam Bradford, County Clerk

The Voice of Van Buren County

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October 24, 2017

Pee Wee Playoffs

No. 90 Max Lopez and No. 28 Joshua Fultz make a sack in the backfield as the 5th grade Yellow Jackets defeated Heber Springs in the first round of playoffs, 13-0.

No. 8 Billy Standlee runs for a touchdown after he intercepts a pass against Rosebud. The Clinton 6th graders won 46-0 in the first round of playoffs. The 3rd and 4th grade teams got a bye into the second round.

Photos by Robin Hutto

Clinton Pee Wee cheerleaders always show up with amazing spirit!

Junior High football

No. 1 Landon Rose makes a catch as the Clinton 7th grade team defeats Marshall 22-0.

No. 2 Nick Epley on a quarterback keeper as the Junior High Yellow Jackets defeat Marshall 34-14.

Photos by Robin Hutto

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Scotland from page 7

ly 1990s, I bought a parcel of land from a Reverend Earl and Lillie Maxwell down on Foster Cemetery Road. One day I ask Preacher Maxwell why in the woods just in the back of my house there were all of these sink holes and dirt mounds. I had thought it may be Indian burial grounds.

Preacher Maxwell told me the story the man he had bought the land off of had related to him was that some people had robbed a stagecoach back in the days of stagecoaches and it was told that they

buried their haul at the base of the hill that we now know as Massey Ridge.

Apparently someone back in the day had thought they would dig until they found it, so they dug all these deep holes about 10 feet long and about 4 or 5 feet deep and about 8 feet wide all along the base of Massey ridge.

According to the story no one ever found the money. So is this treasure still buried somewhere along the base of Massey Ridge? It could very well be, but really only the hill knows the truth, the hill isn’t telling.

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its history and perhaps you too can find some of them. Some of Scotland’s greatest treasures are not buried or hidden and can be found very easily by stopping in either one of the two stores in Scotland and having some of the good food, and talking to the people that come in and out of the store, or sit around the table and have a cup of coffee each morning with some of the living treasures of Scotland.

Scotland has many natural beautiful treasures to be found as you explore the rolling hills and hollers and see nature’s beauty as the woodland creatures slip quietly through the woods and forest along the rivers and streams that all make up our town of Scotland.