The Voice of Van Buren County - July 16, 2019

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Plane crash injures three in Clinton

A small plane crashed near the intersection of Highways 65 and 16 in Clinton on Saturday, July 13.

The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management received the report at 11:14 a.m. on Saturday. The plane was operated by civilians.

Detective Jay Murdoch with the Clinton Police Department said the plane was taking off from the Clinton Municipal Airport when it crashed about a quarter mile from the end of the runway.

Aboard, he said, was the male pilot, an adult female passenger and a girl. They were taken to a Little Rock hospital with non-critical injuries, Murdock said. Their identities were not released.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Board will investigate.

JPs uphold dispatcher’s firing A dispatcher with the Van Buren County sheriff’s office was fired for spreading rumors and animosity, according to Sheriff Lucas Emberton.

Elizabeth Frye claimed in a grievance hearing that after a year on the job and a three-day suspension for sleeping on the job in early June, she was given a termination letter on June 26.

The letter, from Jail Administrator Michael Shamoon, read: “Dear Elizabeth, This notice is to in-

form you that as of (sic) Termination your employment with Van Buren County, Arkansas, will be terminated. On May 3, 2019, you attended a detention meeting where all employees were advised that spreading rumors in the Department and/or animosity would be grounds for automatic dismissal.

On 06/23/2019 it was brought to my attention that you had talked about a vehicle accident that happened with a Van Buren County Deputy. During this

conversation Elizabeth insinuated that this deputy had been drinking and driving and that she had been suspended for “stupid” stuff in the past and that this incident would be “swept under the rug like everything else.”

Comments like this that (sic) will not be tolerated in this department.

If you feel you are being terminated for an illegal or unconstitutional reason, you may request a grievance as outlined in the Personnel Policy of the County.”

around 9:30 p.m. June 22. The vehicle which carried the deputy left the scene before deputies and state police arrived, the tapes show.

It was not clear on the tapes whether the deputy was driving the vehicle.

Frye’s termination was upheld by unanimous vote. Arkansas is a “right to work state,” in which an employee may be fired for any reason or no reason at all unless it violates the law, such as discrimination, disability, or retaliation.

Salaries, bills, library are on panel’s radar

Prosecutors looking at June death

The Arkansas State Police have completed their investigation into the killing of William James Beck of Shirley.

Beck, 41, died after Van Buren County deputies were called to his home on June 9, 2019.

A source close to the investigation said a ballistics report to show who fired the fatal shot is not yet complete.

The sheriff’s office said the police report has been turned over to the 20th judicial prosecutor’s office in Conway.

The sheriff’s office has not identified the deputy or deputies involved in the shooting.

Use caution in making donations

A Fairfield Bay man reported that he received a phone call from a local number asking for donations for the fire department.

He said he assumed it was for the local fire department but was then transferred to another party to take payment information. That is when he asked who the donation was for and was told it was going to a national charity. He thought the whole call sounded shady.

Douglas Forsman of the Fairfield Bay Fire Department said the department and the Fairfield Bay Firefighters Association do not do any fundraising over the phone, but raises money through events such as ATV poker runs and golf tournaments.

He also said legitimate state and national fire service organizations do not solicit funds via phone or email.

Frye did request that hearing and it was held Monday, July 8, before the Van Buren County Quorum Court.

Asked by a justice of the peace if the sheriff’s office had verified whether the deputy had been drinking, Emberton replied, “No.” 911 Dispatch and radio scanner talk obtained by The Voice under the Freedom of Information Act show that the vehicle which carried the deputy was involved in a hit and run accident on Highway 16 East near Shirley

Breath-taking scene - The beauty of Van Buren County is on display in this photo by Mary Bayer Johnson. See more of the county’s beauty on Page 14.

Man accused of injuring boy A Fairfield Bay man has been charged with aggravated assault and domestic battering-second degree after police said he attacked his child.

Fairfield Bay officers responding to a domestic disturbance call on July 5 found an 11-year-old with bruising and redness around his neck, bleeding from his mouth and swelling to the back of his head, according to an affidavit for arrest.

The girlfriend of the person arrest-

ed told police the incident occurred because the child had not cleaned the house. The child said he could not breathe and was scared, the report stated.

The girlfriend and child both said the man held the child off the floor by his neck, the affidavit states.

The child was taken to a hospital for treatment and was removed from the home, the report states.

John T. Cullum, 33, has been charged with domestic batter-

Cullum ing II, a Class B felony, and aggravated assault on a family member, a Class D felony.

Arraignment for Cullum is set for Aug. 8 in Van Buren County Circuit Court.

The Van Buren County Quorum Court budget committee met last week to go over county finances.

County Circuit Clerk Debbie Gray said her recorders cost fund, which is used to pay most of the office’s payroll, is $22,000 in the red. She proposed moving payroll back into the county general budget and use 75 percent of the recorders fund to offset that.

County Clerk Pam Bradford said she “can’t let that office go into the red,” and the county would need to give the circuit clerk’s office money to make it through the year.

Committee member Dell Holt suggested leaving payroll where it is until the end of the year then moving all fulltime positions back to county general.

Treasurer Mistie Wilson said she is having to hold bills for the Solid Waste Department because the money is not there to pay them. $40,000 was put into the department’s budget at the first of the year, but now it needs more.

“Recycling needs $28,000,” Holt said.

“When does the bleeding stop?” County Judge Dale James said the recycling business has just collapsed. “We should have moved $60,000 there to begin with.”

All things considered, James said, “We are managing our budget very very well.”

He said the biggest difference in this year’s and last year’s finances is the $438,000 that SWN has refused to pay in tax. They say their product has been overvalued and said they should owe only 41 percent of what they were billed. The dispute is complicated and involves five counties and several school districts, James said. It needs to work its way

through the legal system, he said.

The talk, at one point, turned to the finances of the Van Buren County Library. The library board has announced that it will be unable to make its $330,000 payment on the facility in January 2020 and is gathering signatures for a special election in an attempt to raise the millage rate.

Justice of the Peace Nickie Brown said it is important to show that the county is working toward a solution if it comes to requesting that the loan be renegotiated.

At a meeting of the library board on Monday, the evening before the budget meeting, James advised the board to rethink its position on asking for a special election. The cost of the special election will be about $20,000, Bradford said.

The county will cover the cost initially but the library board has said it will reimburse the county for the cost from its discretionary fund. According to the library’s finance report, there is about $54,000 in that fund. Chairman Phillip Ellis said those funds come from fines for overdue materials, faxes, copies and donations. Ellis said the millage request needs to be made this year before rates are set for 2020.

Otherwise, he said, the library would not see the money until 2022.

At Tuesday’s budget meeting, Chairman Brian Tatum said he supports the library, but, he noted that a millage increase is “only against property owners and that’s wrong.”

Holt said it would be a “commonsense solution” to go back to the bank and renegotiate.

The library board is currently gathering signatures to call the special election. One hundred are needed.

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My Turn

Storm clouds, a frog, and a copperhead

One big, dysfunctional family

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As things are heating up and fingers are being pointed in Van Buren County over special elections, possible rising millage rates, and charges of mismanagement at the county Library, let’s try to remember that we’re a family here - sometimes a big, dysfunctional, family that can’t agree on much of anything.

This particular issue is a hard one for many.

We mostly all love our library, but there clearly was some bad decision-making along the $3.1 million route from Shake Rag Road to Factory Road.

I don’t want the library to close, but I don’t like special elections and I don’t like that the answer to every shortfall in this county and the city of Clinton seems to be to reach into taxpayers’ wallets. It’s becoming more and more expensive to live in our little county, already taxed to the hilt with city, county and state sales taxes.

And there’s more to come. After its own failed special election, the Clinton Fire Department still hasn’t replaced the $1.50 per sewer bill that had to

gotta give for the department to maintain the ISO rating it has.

It seems a certainty that everybody’s water bill is about to increase substantially with new high tech meters and an old system with a multi-million improvement plan waiting in the wings.

And now the proposal to add a mill for the library is another slap at taxpayers. Lines are drawn and the battle already has begun.

There’s nothing wrong with a good fight over an important subject. Debate is a positive thing, it makes us stronger - a stronger county and a stronger nation.

No matter the disagreements, one thing no one should forget about Van Buren County - when the situation calls for unity and cooperation, we do that well.

People fire up the chain saws and crank up the tractors to help neighbors and strangers clean up after storms; we are DevonStrong; and we rally behind our schools and we encourage our local talent. We really are family.

Your right to know

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Meetings

All meetings are open to the public.

Van Buren County Quorum Court, 6 p.m., third Thursday of the month at the Courthouse Annex, Highway 65, Clinton.

Clinton City Council, 6:30 p.m., second Thursday of the month at the Clinton Municipal Airport off Highway 16 East. This month’s meeting has been rescheduled for 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 18.

Damascus City Council, 6 p.m., second Tuesday of the month

at City Hall on Highway 65.

Fairfield Bay City Council, 7 p.m., second Monday of each month at 130 Village Place, Suite 2F in the conference room.

Shirley City Council, 7 p.m., second Monday of the month at the Shirley Community Center.

Clinton Advertising and Promotion Commission, 6 p.m., third Tuesday of the month at the Clinton Municipal Airport on Highway 16 East.

Shirley School Board, 6:30 p.m., fourth

Here’s some nice news from Severn, Maryland: A World War II veteran entered a ChickFil-A shaking and almost in tears. He had a flat tire and no help to change it.

The restaurant manager, Daryl Howard, left his post and jumped into action, changing the flat for the veteran.

A simple act of kindness that meant the world to an elderly man.

I heard from a few other Western lovers out there. A couple of them said they had seen almost every one of the movies on my list and they didn’t seem to disagree with any of the choices.

Pam said her list would include more John Wayne movies, such as “Rio Grande,” “Rio Bravo,” “The Sons of Katie Elder” and “McClintock!” as well as some Audie Murphy films.

Adam said he would include “True Grit,” both versions, and “Open Range,” an “underrated one with Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall as free range cowboys hanging on by a thread.”

Mike said he would include “The Sons of Katie Elder.”

We had a storm cellar where we could go when storms threatened to descend around us on Banner Mountain.

Our cellar had no flooring, just the earth, and above the concrete top, there was a loft and a shakes roof over that.

Sometimes, our cat slept there.

Inside the cellar, a frog made its home and Yvonne named it Mr. Bug Eyes. She and I played with Mr. Bug Eyes. This frog was the inspiration for my children’s book, “Little Bug Eyes.”

Our family made many trips into the cellar when clouds “came up.” Sometimes Mama and Yvonne and I would take shelter there when my brothers wouldn’t go with us. My older brothers were not nervous about the storms, as Mama was.

There is one memory I recall of my mom, Yvonne and me being in the cellar on an afternoon when a mild thunderstorm was “coming up.” My brother, Aaron, threw some buckets onto the top of the cellar just to teasingly scare us. My mother knew what was happening, and it didn’t frighten her. He was the brother who, as a toddler, would tell Mama, “If we go in the cellar, I’ll say ‘How mercy!” He’s the brother who also, as a toddler, had sat down on a board in the yard that had a copperhead beneath it. The head of the snake was stuck under the board and its tail lashed out, slapping the back of my brother, until Mama rescued him.

Before my parents with my older siblings moved to our Banner homestead, they lived not far away in a rent-

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ed house in the Pleasant Valley community which joins Banner community. My older siblings attended the Mountain View school in their early grades. Once while they were at school, a storm was coming up.

Daddy rode a mule to the school and brought Emma, Dean and Merle home. Another time, while my folks lived at the Pleasant Valley residence, a tornado struck in the area. Daddy had taken the team and wagon into town at Shirley and as he started home, the tornado hit and trees were blown down in the road he was traveling.

Daddy could not continue on home by wagon, so he left the wagon, unhitched a mule and rode on toward home, worried for his family.

But when he got home, thankfully, he found all the family safe and no damage to the property. But winds had been so strong at a neighbor’s place that the frightened neighbors came to my parents’ place to the cellar. They came in such a hurry that they had bundled up their baby in a blanket and when they got to the cellar and unwrapped the baby, he was in the blanket upside down.

Also, just before that storm came, some of the neighbor young folks were having a party. And the wind was so strong, the party-goers held onto bushes to keep from being blown away. I think that tornado was in 1929.

by Freeda Baker Nichols

With stories like this passed down to me, it’s no wonder I wrote the following poem. This poem is based on experience but it’s fiction, including names. There has never been tornado damage at our Banner home place. But the threat was always there.

The Family at Evening At twilight, the fireflies light their lanterns, one at a time.

Jumping from porch, Jimmy runs, fruit jar in hand, grabs lightning bugs while whippoorwills repeat themselves, like Grandma.

Lindy brings Ole Jerse from the pasture at Weaver Creek. “Nearly stepped on a copperhead,” she says.

“They crawl this time of day,” Daddy warns.

He tells Mama his check didn’t come.

commission, or other public body holding the She nods. “Candy took executive session. her Executive sessions must never be called for first step today.” the purpose of defeating Daddy reaches for the reason or the spirit of this chapter.

Candy’s hand. Mama No resolution, orlooks dinance, rule, contract, at the sky. Dark clouds regulation, or motion boil in the northwest. considered or arrived at Much like when the in executive session will tornado hit Banner be legal unless, followMountain. ing the executive session, the public body reconvenes in public session and presents and Dear Editor: ranked No. 45 average 49. Education - No. 42. votes on the resolution, I just saw a chart in overall covering several Economy - No. 43. Inordinance, rule, con- the new AARP newspa- categories. frastructure - No. 47. tract, regulation, or mo- per showing sales taxes I guess sales tax Opportunity - No. 42. tion. by state. doesn't necessarily Crime & Corrections There are only two translate to higher stan- No. 47. states with higher com- dards in these areas?

Alma Wallace Monday of the month at bined state and local Makes me wonder is Clinton the PD Room, Adminis- taxes of 9.4 for Arkan- the money being spent tration Building. sas - both Louisiana and wisely?

Everybody has an South Side-Bee Tennessee have 9.5.

At least fiscal stabil- opinion. Share yours Branch School Board, I was curious how ity and natural environ- with us. Letters pub5:30 p.m., third Monday that related to the ment look good. Nat- lished at the discretion of each month in the state's well-being and ural environment - No. of the editor. Send your Linda Pennington Con- found an article on US- 19. Fiscal stability - No. letters to voiceeditor@ ference Room.

News where Arkansas is 21. Health care - No. artelco.com Clinton School Board, 5:30 p.m., third Monday of each month Contact information for Van Buren District 5 - Gary G. Linn, (501) 6544000, glinn@windstream.net at the Administrative of- County justices of the peace: District 1 - Dell Holt, (501) 253-3999, District 6 - John Bradford, (501) 514fices building.

3736, johnlbradford@yahoo.com Van Buren Coun- holtdell29@gmail.com ty Library board of di- District 2 - Nickie Brown, (501) 253- District 7 - Brian Tatum, (501) 2536630, btatum@rescue3@yahoo.com rectors meetings are 8819, nickie@cjbrownattorney.com held at 4 p.m. the sec- District 3 - Sarah Brown, (501) 940- District 8 - Virgil Lemings, (501) 7453213, Lemingsvirgil@gmail.com ond Wednesday of each 8159, sarahbrown8159@gmail.com month at the library District 4 - Mary Philips, (501) 253- District 9 - Ester Bass, (501) 7231447, maryphilips@artelco.com 8111, ebass50@icloud.com meeting room.

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July 16, 2019

James and Joyce Burns Scotland

Great weather for a couple of days last week. Much cooler and less humidity. We would take several more days like this. Alas, we will soon have hot weather so let’s enjoy it for now.

Do not forget Friday, July 19, is the Music at the Scotland Senior Center. 7-9 p.m.

Bring your instruments and play or sing or bring your snacks and come to have a good time and hear great music.

Friday night, July 12, was the Scotland Bonfire on Scotland Formosa Road. Donald Ramsey was the event organizer.

Got to run for now.

Have a great week and if you have Scotland News call 592-3935 and we will get it into the paper.

Senior Centers

Veterans are encouraged to share stories of their military experiences to be recorded and archived. For more about this project, call 745-2244.

You can help secure the future of Arkansas’ senior centers by writing or calling the Governor’s Office and asking for more funding. Tell the Governor’s Office how important the centers are to you and how it makes a difference in your life. Write to: Gov. Asa Hutchinson, State Capitol Room 250, 500 Woodlane Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201 or call (501) 682-2345.

Play cards, dominoes, bingo and other games at your local senior center and enjoy companionship and a nutritious lunch while you’re at it. Some of the menus this week include meatloaf, Mexican chicken and pasta dishes.

Jeff Burgess Crabtree

The Bookmobile is in Tilly on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. and Zion Hill at 11:30 a.m.

The Perseid meteor shower begins Wednesday night and continues into August, when it peaks. This shower is known for having the greatest number of fireballs.

Saturday is the 50th anniversary of humankind’s first footprints on the moon. Neil Armstrong was first followed by crew mate Buzz Aldrin. Can you name the third and fourth (answer below)? Saturday is also Space Exploration Day as proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984.

The Crabtree Senior Night Potluck is scheduled for Friday, July 26, at 5:30 p.m. This month’s theme is Grilling Foods.

The Alread “Back To School Bash” is set for Saturday, July 27, 1 to 4 p.m., in The FUN Park.

A neighbor tells me they’ve had a bountiful harvest of blueberries already. Yet my blueberries, while swollen to full size, have not turned blue. It’s interesting to note that various varieties are listed as early, mid or late season bloomers/producers. I guess mine are mid season varieties. So hopefully real soon.

I checked out Louis Jackson’s sugar cane field and could see what he meant about his planter being sporadic.

Even with that, the rows seemed fuller than in

past years. And the new seed he’s using has definitely produced some robust plants. Maybe this is the year I’ll get some locally produced molasses.

(Answer to above: Charles “Pete” Conrad and then Alan Bean) If you have info about the greater Crabtree and west 16 community, call or text, Jeff Burgess, 745-1249.

Patsy Ward Formosa

We made a trip to North Little Rock on Tuesday. JR had an appointment with his primary doctor. He got a pretty good report, except for losing weight.

They are trying to fix that with supplements.

RG and Marva Ward, John and Teresa Ward and Sindee and David Morse have returned home from a two-week camping trip. They took their party barges to Fairfield Bay on the 5th to watch fireworks. Marva said they had a storm come up on them while they were there.

Frankie, Erica and the boys came down for the 4th. All of their kids and grandkids were there for the weekends.

Scott was there a couple of times to enjoy the fireworks and boat rides.

Scott has a new grandson. He weighed 6 pounds and 1 ounce, 18 inches long. He was born on July 10th. His name is Riggin Michael Farrow. His big brother is Remington Charles and his parents are Jacklyn and Allen Farrow.

Sue Stamper spent a

couple days in the hospital getting her heart checked out. She has some small blockages, but is doing OK at this time.

Donna and Richard Sherrod have been enjoying this hot weather by staying at home and keeping cool!

Donna went to the EH meeting on Tuesday.

There will be a breakfast at the Formosa Community Center on Saturday, July 20. It will be served from 7-9 a.m. The menu will be biscuits and gravy, chocolate gravy, bacon, sausage and eggs.

Coffee and juice will also be served. Price will be $7 age 10 and up, $5 for younger children.

The proceeds will go toward the upkeep of the community center, so come on out and join us and have a good breakfast.

I started my lawn mower a few days ago, let it run for a few minutes and all of a sudden, I was attacked by a swarm of wasps. They had built a nest beside the steering column and behind the gas tank.

I got stung three times, but the worst one was right below my left eye. It really drilled me with that stinger. I still have a good sized knot under the skin. That hurt!

Jacque and Earnie Hennington of Hamburg visited her mother, Margie Pounds, last Friday.

They spent the night and then traveled on to Sage to visit their son, Cole.

JR and I went to town on Friday. We met his sister, Bonnie Drewry, at Walmart and shopped with her. She brought us some home

Page 3 grown eggs. We appre95th birthday ciate that, they are very The family of Macie good.

Huggins invites all Ronnie Webb has family and friends gone home to Housto her 95th birthday ton for a while. His wife, party on Sunday, Brenda, was involved July 21, from 1 in an accident. A young to 4 p.m. at the man ran a stop sign and Petit Jean Electric hit her. She is sore, but Community Room, doing OK. 210 Quality Drive in William and Kayleen Clinton. The family Webb and their children, requests no gifts.

Blake and Jessica of Splendora, Texas, came up to visit his grandmother, Ruth Webb, last week and spent Friday through Monday with her. They have been vacationing on the way The Idle Hour back home.

Bridge Club met at Ruth went to the the home of Emma EH meeting on TuesHink. High - Helen day. She is doing betDobbins; second ter, just trying to build - Billie Fendley; her strength. She saw a traveling - Conie cardiologist on Thursday Reamey. and got a good report, so that is good news.

I hope everyone has a good week and can stay cool this next week. orado, and Jean's son God bless and have a Dennis and Karen Martin of near Pueblo, Hershel good one. and Pat Green of Pacific, Missouri, and people from all over Arkansas that she had worked with attended.

Bill Rolen has finished his radiation treatments and he says he is doing better. He asks for everybody's prayers to help him heal and get stronger.

Thelma Murray Thelma and Jimmy Murray have been Shirley busy canning this week, Last Sunday after- 5 pints of squash relnoon Jimmy and Thel- ish on Tuesday. Marma Murray and Margie gie Beckham helped Beckham attended the with 18 quarts of kraut birthday party at Rush- on Wednesday and 15 ing to celebrate Teresa pints of squash relish on Green's 80th birthday. Thursday morning. She It was a large turnout also stopped by and visof 150 to 200 people. ited Exie Holden and her Her sister Jean and Joe son Thursday afternoon.

Johnson of Pueblo, Col-

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Big and bold - This canna lily is blooming on Fraser Street in Clinton. (Photo by Robert Snyder)

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Obituaries be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 16, at South Side Baptist Church in Damascus, Arkansas. Interment will follow at Pine Mountain Cemetery in Bee Branch, Arkansas.

Katherine Clements Betty Kralicek

Betty Doris Kralicek, 90, of Clinton, Arkansas was born on October 29, 1928 in Bogalusa, Louisiana to the late Nerlie and Myrtle (Bankston) Smith and passed from this life on July 11, 2019 in Conway, Arkansas.

Most of all, Betty was a firm believer in Jesus Christ, always ready to share his love and her testimony of faith.

She loved sewing, was an active quilter and belonged to many sewing clubs. Betty was a superb cook, always preparing her finest dishes for beloved family and friends.

She was a lifelong member of the Eastern Star and was a faithful member of South Side Baptist Church. Always interested in family, she diligently researched her family genealogy. Betty also actively volunteered in her community and for Arkansas Hospice.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband, Amel T. Kralicek, four brothers and four sisters.

Left to cherish her memory are two daughters, Pamela Satterfield and husband Robert of Vilonia, Arkansas, and Alice Smith and husband Rodney of Shirley, Arkansas; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one sister, Wilda Elarton and husband Doug; many other relatives and friends.

Visitation was 6-8 p.m.

Monday, July 15, at the Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Clinton. Funeral services will

Mary Overbey

Mary Louise Overbey, age 89, of Fairfield Bay, Arkansas, passed away July 11, 2019. Born on November 29, 1929 in Mount Vernon, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Bert and Marie Murdach Helverson.

Mary was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of Peace Lutheran Church.

She enjoyed playing bridge, bowling and spending time with her friends and family.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Floyd Oberbey.

She is survived by her daughters Barbara Wagner, Karen McTavish and her husband David, and Debra Higdon; her brother, Carl Helverson and his wife Marilyn; her sister, Barbara Shafer and her husband Rolan; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.

Visitation will be 4-6 p.m.

Tuesday, July 16, 2019 and funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at Peace Lutheran Church with Pastor Kara Shaw officiating. Interment will follow in Woodland Memorial Park. Olmstead Funeral Home.

Katherine Jeanette Denison-Clements, 70, of Clinton, Arkansas was born April 12, 1949 in Lakeview, Oregon to the late Cleo and Martha (Vick) Denison and went to be with her Lord on July 10, 2019 in Clinton.

Kathy loved her Lord with all of her heart and that love shown through in her love for her children, grandchildren, her great-grandchild and her church, New Life Apostolic Church of Clinton. She had an infectious smile and laughter that lit up any room she entered.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband, Daniel Leroy Clements and one brother.

Left to cherish her memory are one son, Robert Waller and wife Gina of Clinton; one daughter, Stormie Fox of Clinton; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Danny Denison and wife Shelly of Florida; other relatives and a host of other friends.

69, of Clinton, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Conway Regional. She was born December 18, 1949 in Tucumcari, New Mexico to the late Denzil and Anna Ruth Iles Cummins. Wanda was a secretary at Volex and was a member of the Scotland Baptist Church. She enjoyed traveling and collecting what knots.

Left to cherish her memory is her husband, Douglas Gardner; two grandchildren; and many friends and other family members. Wanda is preceded in death by her parents and one son, Gary Lynn Gardner.

Pallbearers are Bobby Gardner, Ricky Gardner, Clifford Gardner, Stephen Lynn Gardner, Jerry Lowder and Paul Dunham.

Visitation will be at 1 p.m. with service following at 2 p.m. at the Scotland Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Church, Monday, July 15, 2019 with Sister Shiela Gardner officiating. Burial will follow at Foster Cemetery. Clinton Funeral Service.

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other time during the rest of the summer,” said Capt. Stephanie Weatherington, Boating Law Administrator for the AGFC. “That combination of crowded waters and impaired judgement can lead to disaster during a time when everyone is enjoying the outdoors. So we try our best to make sure everyone comes home safely from their adventures.”

Weatherington says only a few minor accidents were reported during the weekend, none of which involved any life-threatening situations.

“The lower number of citations and ac-

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sons, Doug Peacock of Wynne, Arkansas, and Jimmy Utley and wife Sharon Utley of Austin, Arkansas; two daughters, Dana Taylor and husband Roger Taylor of Springtown, Texas, and Misti Hernandez of Quinlan, Texas; one sister, Lois Howton Jones of Brinkley, Arkansas; one brother, Jerry Howton of Palestine, Arkansas; 13 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a host of other family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Archie and Pauline Howton; husbands Thomas Utley and H.O. Smith; two sons, Mike Utley and Jeffrey Smith; sister Helen McDonal; and two brothers, Billy Howton and Charles Bo Howton.

Funeral service was Thursday, July 11, at Bob Neal and Sons Funeral Home, Brinkley. Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery, Brinkley.

Sherman Millsap

Velma Lee Howton Smith was born in Van Buren County, Arkansas on June 18, 1933. She passed away on July 6, 2019 at the age of 86.

She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to many children from a large and loving family. After being a housewife for many years, she was employed at Wal-Mart where she worked for over 23 years and then retired.

Gardner, She is survived by two

Safe boating message catching on Wildlife officers with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission noted a decline in the amount of citations during the Independence Day holiday this year. More than 2,350 boats and personal watercraft were checked during the national Operation Dry Water campaign to reduce boating under the influence. Officers issued 83 citations for boating violations and 314 warnings during the program.

Only five arrests for Boating Under the Influence were necessary.

“We see a higher amount of boat traffic and alcohol use during this weekend than any

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cidents gives me hope while boating is being that our message of re- heard,” Weatherington sponsible alcohol use said.

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The South Side School District is accepting bids on a decommissioned, inactive school bus.

It is a 2004, 65 passenger, International. It is currently not in running condition. Additional information may be provided at Administration Building or bus shop.

Sealed bids will be accepted at the administration building, 334 South Side Road, Bee Branch, Arkansas, until 3:00 p.m., July 30th.

Sherman Doyle Millsap, age 78, of Plumerville, Arkansas passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2019 in Conway, Arkansas.

He was born on March 5, 1941, in Scotland, Arkansas to Orville and Minnie Belle Henley Millsap and was one of eight children. He was of the Church of Christ of faith.

He was a hard worker in the pipeline industry and later became a developer of subdivisions.

He enjoyed raising chickSee Obituaries on page 7

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The staff of The Voice of Van Buren County extends sincere condolences to all who have lost loved ones.

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A step back in time

City marshal ‘fearless and scrupulous’ Haskell Eugene Sitton was a very interesting man who lead an interesting life.

He was born Nov. 23, 1908, in Leslie.

Sitton served in the infantry in World War II. He was a long-time area policeman, being Clinton city marshal from 19451950.

Sitton survived an attempt on his life due to enforcing the liquor laws in a dry county as Clinton marshal. According to the April 10, 1949, Arkansas Democrat, Sitton was shot with buckshot from an automatic shotgun in the arms and chest by an alleged bootlegging suspect who was arrested after hitting Sitton with a blackjack on April 9. The suspect and an accomplice drove to Sitton’s house and began shooting through the bedroom windows where Sitton and his wife lay. Neither his wife nor

his children were injured in the shooting.

Van Buren County Sheriff Doyce Casinger, who helped arrest the assailants, told the Arkansas Gazette that Sitton was a “fearless and scrupulous officer whose stringent enforcement of all laws in Clinton had made him many enemies.”

Sitton helped solve a murder case that garnered national attention in magazines including “Crime Detective,” “Inside Detective” and “Fact Detective Yearbook” in 1948 and 1949.

These magazines were the forerunner to such police shows as “Cops” and “Stories of the Highway Patrol,” which cover stories taken from actual police work.

The murder involved a media-named “Dashing Romeo” who poisoned his mail-order bride, then spent her

money on other women before she was even buried. Through the detective work of Casinger and Sitton, the suspect was sentenced to life in prison.

Sitton worked on many such cases during his career as a police officer.

He started his career in 1935 as deputy sheriff of Boone County. He also served as a Harrison city policeman, as a Yellville officer; Clinton marshal from 1945-1950; and as a Melbourne city marshal from 19561957. In 1958, he joined the Arkansas State Police weights and standards division (which later became the Arkansas Highway Police). Sitton retired as a lieutenant in December 1975.

Sitton lived in Harrison for about 47 years.

He passed away on September 13, 1999, of natural causes.

Three people were arrested on July 7 after police were called by a woman on Pebble Road who said someone was trying to steal her son’s truck out of her yard.

The caller stated that she could hear a woman yelling for someone named Josh to hurry up, according to the arrest affidavit. Deputy Curtis Holliman requested that Clinton Police and another deputy respond to the scene because he was several miles away. While en route, police investigator Jay Murdock spotted a gold passenger car parked off the roadway in what was described as a “suspicious manner.” Inside the vehicle was Joshua Brightwell,

Forgery charge

David Lee Wood, 25, of Clinton has been charged with forgery-second degree, after taking a check that had apparently been altered to First Service Bank in Clinton, according to an affidavit for arrest.

According to a bank employee, Wood said the check was from an investment and agreed to deposit some of it, asking for $1,000 cash because he was needed to pay some bills before leaving town for work, the report states. That was in February.

In June, after gathering more information about the incident, Clinton Police went to Wood’s residence to question him. He told them he didn’t know if the check was real or not and that the money was for selling a 1998 Honda Civic. He said that a week later, the bank manager called to tell him the check was not good and he needed to come pick it up and pay for it. Wood said when he met with the bank manager he told her he would make payments but did not have all the money to pay it back, the report states. Wood said he did not say anything about an investment. He said he used the money to buy a Mustang and that he later sold the Civic to someone else after the other deal fell through, the report states. Wood said he Long gone school - Teacher Everett Maxwell stands in front of the Rex thought the check was School. The school was destroyed by a tornado in 1929. (Photo courtesy of for $1,800, though when the Van Buren County Historical Society asked if it was for $2,400, he said it might have been, the report states.

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Assault charge

A Bee Branch man was charged last month after deputies say he choked his wife.

Dustin Drew Stevenson, 29, reached through the window of the vehicle his wife, Catherine Stevenson, was trying to leave in and grabbed her

according to the affidavit. He did not have a valid driver’s license, the report stated. Holliman’s K-9 alerted to the presence of drugs, according to the affidavit. A search of the vehicle by Holliman turned up a plastic pill bottle with pills later identified as Clonazepam, a set of scales with a crystal-like residue believed to be methamphetamine on them, and 9mm handgun with a box of ammunition, according to the affidavit.

Arrested were: Mariah Jones, 25, of Timbo, Mason Patrick, 26, of Mountain View, and Joshua Brightwell. All three were charged with possession of a controlled substance-methamphetamine or cocaine,

by the throat, according to the arrest affidavit. The report states that he tried to pull her through the window and choked her until she almost passed out.

Stevenson

During the attack the vehicle was running and in gear and three minor children were in the car, the report states.

Stevenson has been charged with aggravated assault on a family member, a Class D felony, endangering the welfare of a minor, a Class D felony, and terroristic threatening, a class D felony.

Texas woman arrested

Brightwell

Jones a Class D felony; misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance; possession of paraphernalia to manufacture, etc., meth or cocaine, a Class B felony; and criminal trespass, a misdemeanor.

tin Clifford alerted to the presence of drugs, according to the report.

About 3.5 grams of suspected methamphetamine and 12.5 grams of suspected marijuana were located in the vehicle, according to the affidavit for arrest.

Helm has been charged with possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine or cocaine, a Class C felony; possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class D felony; misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance; and driving left of center.

Possession charge

Melissa Hardy, 28, of Clinton was charged with possession of a controlled substance on June 22 after Clinton Police Officer Joshua Patterson reported that he saw someone throw something out the passenger’s window during a traffic stop, according to an affidavit for arrest.

Deputy Matt Beeson and Patterson went to Hardy’s address where she acknowledged that she had thrown out the candy wrapper that contained suspected methamphetamine, according to the affidavit for arrest.

Cristen Witt, 29, of Lubbock, Texas, was arrested June 29 after she failed to stop at a stop sign, according to an arrest affidavit. Deputy Derek Sanford reported that he found two suspected marijuana pipes and two syringes containing residue, according to the report. Witt has been charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class D felony; misdemeanor possession of Charges filed Leslea L. Harris of drug paraphernalia; and failure to stop at a stop Timbo was arrested after the car in which she was sign. a passenger was pulled Drug charges over on Highway 65 near Brenda Helm, 56, Highway 9. of Dennard has been Deputy Martin Clifcharged with possession ford stated in an arrest of a controlled substance affidavit that the license after a traffic stop on Ju- plate light on the vehicle ly 1. was not working and said Deputy Matt Bee- when he stopped the veson reported that he hicle, he could smell marobserved Helm make ijuana. a u-turn then swerve Harris, 31, was across the center line. He charged with possession said Helm appeared ner- of drug paraphernalia, a vous and shaky when she Class D felony, and miswas stopped, according demeanor possession of to the report. a controlled substance.

A drug-sniffing dog All suspects are innohandled by Deputy Mar- cent until proven guilty.

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a good boy and didn't throw anything out. We had a nice walk and Corky is still out there digging and boofing at something under a stump, he will stay with it for hours but as soon as he hears my truck start up he will be by the door.

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chipmunk was smart or just squirrely because he sure tried to commit suicide. If Colt, Corky or Shasta had been there he would have been toast. Never a dull moment in the wood with this pack of wild Critters.

Took a walk with the Pack. Star is getting more independent and is running with the others now but always comes back to check on me. She is getting tall but is always on the go and almost looks skinny, guess that is because all of the others are fat.

The 3 Ink spots eating some of my top soil, I asked the vet, Doc Blair, "why do dogs eat dirt?" he looked straight at me and said, "I don’t know,” and I said, "but you should.” He just laughed and I still don't know why they eat dirt, but they have certain spots they dine at and now I know why all I have is rocks around here - they eat all the good stuff.

Oct. 12

Oct. 17

At almost 6 months old, Star still has a lot of growing to do.

A Star is born Part 3

Oct. 6 Another First.

Robert R. Gaut chronicles Just got back from the first year in the life of the first Saturday BreakGerman shepherd Star. fast at Scotland and

Oct. 3, 2018 Landscaping

Felt energetic in the cool of the morning and got back to my landscaping project. Right now I am soaking wet with sweat and it feels good, probably don't smell so good but the critters don't care, had plenty of help. Started this project this Spring, I had let it grow up in vines and blackberry briars and it was an extreme fire hazard, and believe me it was a mess, this is also my trailhead to the pond. I moved a lot of dirt back up in holes where I had dug out stumps and rolled rocks out. Every time I would throw a shovel of dirt up, Star would have to dig through it and see what it was, then I would rake it and then she would rake it back out, she is a genuine mess.

Oct. 5

It's 0400, got up a while ago and turned the hounds loose, took a shower then went out and Corky knew something was up so I loaded him in the truck. A little later I let Star back in then she wanted out again, opened the front door and she charged out. WOW! there was a cat standing there, I have never seen a dog put on the brakes this fast in my life, first cat she had ever seen. Of course the cat took off and, boy, was this little girl excited, she didn't know what it was or where it went. I just about died laughing.

turned the hounds loose, went in and changed boots and went back out and said, "You all want to go to the pond,” and they were gone, I got about half-way to the pond in the woods when I saw Star coming back toward me, she was soaking wet, she had already hit the pond and gone swimming.

She is running with the pack more now and getting more independent, but I am having trouble getting her to eat, she just wants to play and run and swim, She is getting taller but not filling out yet, but that will come, she just runs everything off.

Oct. 10 A Mutt's Tail

Well the rain has moving in up here, so I took the Pack for an early morning get-about.

Some folks may think I'm mean, but Star got in the pond first so I said OK, let’s play, and I threw the balls into the water and she went after them. When we got home she paid me back, she camped out on my pillow and crashed, she sure is a shooting Star and a wonderful blessing.

Oct. 14

Its 0400, Star and Sig woke me up at 0330, wrestling on the bed.

Corky was still out so I got up and got dressed and went out to find him, then Shasta, Sig, and Cassie took off, Star stuck with me, Corky finally showed up, then Sig, then Cassie and finally Shasta came back, its windy, the sky is clear and its 48 degrees out, not really all that bad. I am wide awake but going back to bed, guess I worry about my babies too much.

Star is starting to show some silver. No Oct. 20 This morning on our one got in the pond Got back late so I get-about, when we got this morning and I was took the Mutts for an afto the pond, Star just took off at top speed and leaped way out in the pond. I think that she is growing gills. Now for the rest of the story, the mutts chased a real pretty chipmunk up a tree near me, there were 7 wild and hungry critters trying to catch him, so he obliged, ran back down the tree and right under all of them and right by me faster than a speeding bullet then up another tree. He sat up there a few minutes then started circling the tree and spiraled down it back into the pack and right under them again and escaped into a pile of brush. They didn't have a clue where he went and I didn't tell them. Not sure if this Star took to the water at an early age.

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July 16, 2019 ternoon get-about. Clear sky but a brisk North wind, may hit the high 30s tonight. Star was so happy to see me last night that she wouldn't let me go to sleep, then Sig got on the bed so she wrestled with him until I finally got a little shut-eye.

serious, three puncture wounds in my left hand, think I am the only one that bled, they are a lot tougher than I am. But I am OK and when they get in a fight they are just biting and it was all my fault but I got them together and all is well.

Star is just moving up the ladder one Mutt at a Oct. 22 time and she will domiMe and Star are go- nate one of these days ing to have to have a lit- and I will have a female tle talk, she keeps get- leader of the Pack. ting my shoeshine brush.

No matter where I hide Oct. 28 it, she finds it, so now it Trapped I heard Wessie barkis on the top shelf of my closet. If she gets it up ing off in the distance, there she will really be not her usual bark so I doing something. Fun- headed out down the ny thing is she doesn't ridge, finally found her. chew on it, just wants to She was near Ms. Remmie who had crawled carry it around. up and under a large Oct. 25 rock. All I could see was It’s raining, foggy, her back legs and tail, and 46 degrees up here she was wedged in real on the ridge, good day to tight and I didn't know stay in and get this house if she was alive, but cleaned up. But that is when I spoke her name a challenge. the No. 1 she wagged her tail. I messer-upper is follow- tried to help her out but ing me around wonder- was afraid I would hurt ing why I am picking up her so I hurried back all the stuff she has car- up the ridge and headried in and chewed up. ed back down with timShe is a genuine mess bers and jacks, a shovand at almost 6 months el, hoe, and pickaxe, old she weights 50-1/2 just kidding about the pounds and there is not timbers and jacks. I dug an ounce of fat on her. out around her and fiShe runs it off, hasn't nally was able to get my learned to walk yet, she hands up under her and either lopes along or scratch out more dirt runs at top speed. I feed and mud and then she her well but she almost with my help was able looks skinny, but she will to wiggle out. If it hadn't fill out. been for Ms. Wessie, I may never have found Oct. 26 her until it was too late.

The Fall colors just Wessie saved her life keep on coming. Had and don't try and tell a great walk with the me she didn't know Pack but made one what she was doing bemistake this morn- cause she did. Never ing. As old as I am you a dull moment around would think I would here. By the way, Remlearn. Star jumped on mie and Wessie are sisWessie, didn't think it ters with a big brother was too serious so I Sig, "The Ink Spots.” broke it up. Well it was

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Calendar The Clinton High School Class of '79 will hold a 40th reunion celebration on Saturday, July 20 at 7 p.m. at L'Attitude

Page 7 Bistro, 1303 Highway 65 S, Clinton, Arkansas.

Classmates are invited to bring a guest and enjoy dinner and reminiscing, so bring photos, memorabilia and stories to share.

Damascus Library is having a book signing for Nancy Powell's new book, "Where Grass Grows High.” It is scheduled for 1-3 p.m. July 19 at the Damascus Library.

Local students on honors lists The University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton announces the Chancellor’s and Vice Chancellor’s lists of students from Van Buren County for the spring 2019 semester. The Chancellor’s List recognizes full-time students who completed at least 12 college-level National competition - The Clinton High School FCCLA (Family Career credit hours with a 4.00 and Community Leaders of America) recently sent five members to FCCLA grade point average. The National Competition and Conference in Anaheim, California. Tania Armas and Faith Sowell were student judges in Early Childhood Education and Recycle and Redesign. Three students competed in Environmental Ambassador (Kailyn Reamon and Kaylei King and Chapter in Review Display Halana Huereca). The students came in third place with a bronze medal.

A few uses for vegetable spray

A neighbor cut down a cedar tree that was too close to the house. As I moved the branches, I got tree sap on my hands and clothes. As I entered the house to check on my invalid mother, I saw that I needed to help her.

I had to act fast. It just occurred to me to use the kitchen vegetable

Adding some plants and polish - New Life Church (Greenbrier campus) and Clinton Life Group spruce up the Clinton School campuses. Saturday was National Serve Day, and these groups chose to focus on the school.

They are establishing a group in Clinton and want to serve the people of the community.

They will be serving all aspects of the community throughout the year.

Shirley – Kristen Vice Chancellor’s List recognizes full-time stu- Reeves Vice Chancellor’s List dents who completed Bee Branch – Chancat least 12 college-level credit hours with a 3.50 ey Warner Clinton – Brandy to 3.99 grade point averBurch, Tiffany Collister, age.

Monica Cooley, SavanChancellor’s List nah Henderson, CourtBee Branch – Randy ney Oleson Hooten, Sarah ThompDamascus – Kelly son Clay, Karen Hall Clinton – Rebecca Shirley – Maizey Whitbey Harper oil spray on my hands, wipe with a paper towel, and my hands were clean enough to help Mom. Then I used the vegetable oil spray on the spots on my clothes, after which I pre-washed the spots with a bar of Ivory soap, then laundered as usual. Worked perfectly!

I already knew you can use Crisco to remove black grease from fabric, then pre-treat with Ivory soap, launder

and they are spotless.

Later when a neighbor woman told me that W-D40 was the fix for the door locks on my old Mercury Sable, I first thought about that smell and how I put off using it because of it. Then, I remembered the tree sap incident. Sure enough, it removed the W-D40 odor instantly. The vegetable oil spray also helps clean garden tools.

But I don’t want it on my food!

Needs a home - Suzie is about 2 years old and has two puppies with her.

She is good with other dogs, but hasn’t been tested around cats. She is heart-worm negative and spayed. Suzie is a shy but loving dog. For more information or to meet Suzie, call Gary’s Adoptable Dogs at (501) 745-7346.

Obituaries Hope of Plumerville; sisfrom page 4 ters Carma Garrett and husband Charles of ens and cattle, fishing, Plumerville, Linda Edand hunting. He had wards and husband a green thumb which Charles of Center Ridge, could grow almost any- and Emma Jean Koone thing in the garden. of Overcup; and two Sherman is preced- grandchildren. ed in death by his parGraveside service ents; brothers Oliver, was Thursday, July 11, Joe, Bob Millsap; and 2019 at the Lanty Cemeone sister, Myrna Mill- tery. Bob Neal and Sons. sap.

He is survived by his Greg Henry Greg James Henloving wife of 48 years, LaNelle Millsap; son, ry, 81, of Leslie, passed Jhay Millsap and wife away Thursday, July 11,

2019 at the VA Hospital in Little Rock. Born April 28, 1938 in Hornell, New York to the late James Henry and Gertrude Henshaw, Greg served in the United States Air Force and was a cook. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, reading and was a member of the Eagles Club.

Greg is preceded in death by his parents.

A memorial service will be held at a later date. Clinton Funeral Service.

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Senior Citizen Centers Menus Clinton and Damascus

July 16: Mexican chicken, southwestern corn, zucchini, bread stick, cookie.

July 17: Pasta w/ meat sauce, Italian vegetable blend, green salad, garlic bread, pineapple.

July 18: Meatloaf, macaroni and cheese, green peas, mixed fruit.

July 22: Submarine sandwich, macaroni salad, peaches.

July 23: Country fried steak/gravy, mashed potatoes, 5-way blend vegetables, roll, sherbet.

July 24: Chicken strips, Montreal potatoes, capri blend vegetables, jade salad.

July 25: Chicken and dressing, broccoli, carrots, fruit cocktail cake.

July 29: Hamburger, seasoned potato wedges, baked beans, watermelon.

July 30: Taco salad, refried beans, Mexican corn, frosted grapes.

July 31: Pizza, salad, strawberries and angel food cake dessert.

Fairfield Bay

July 16: Chicken salad on wheat bread, broccoli slaw, baked chips, fresh orange.

July 17: Meatloaf, rice and cheese, green peas, mixed fruit.

July 18: Pork loin, purple hull peas, cabbage stir-fry, cornbread, zippy apple salad.

July 19: Lasagna w/ meat sauce, Italian veg-

etable blend, green salad, garlic bread, pineapple.

July 23: Grilled chicken salad, crackers, melon, banana nut bread.

July 24: Meatballs w/gravy, mashed potatoes, spinach, wheat roll, lemonade pie.

July 25: Barbecue chicken breast, Brussels sprouts, potato salad, cobbler.

July 26: Fried fish, oven fries, coleslaw, 2 hushpuppies, hot spiced applesauce.

July 30: Spring chicken salad, vegetable collage, crackers, vanilla ice cream.

July 31: Submarine sandwich, macaroni salad, peaches.

Scotland

July 16: Mexican chicken, southwestern corn, zucchini, bread stick, cookie.

July 17: Pasta w/ meat sauce, Italian vegetable blend, green salad, garlic bread, pineapple.

July 18: Meatloaf, macaroni and cheese, green peas, mixed fruit.

July 22: Submarine sandwich, macaroni salad, peaches.

July 23: Country fried steak/gravy, mashed potatoes, 5-way blend vegetables, roll, sherbet.

July 24: Chicken strips, Montreal potatoes, capri blend vegetables, jade salad.

July 25: Chicken and dressing, brocco-

li, carrots, fruit cocktail cake.

July 29: Hamburger, baked beans, seasoned potato wedges, watermelon.

July 30: Taco salad, refried beans, Mexican corn, frosted grapes.

July 31: Pizza, salad, strawberries and angel food cake dessert.

Shirley

July 16: Meatloaf, rice and cheese, green peas, mixed fruit.

July 17: Pork loin, purple hull peas, cabbage stir-fry, cornbread, zippy apple salad.

July 18: Lasagna w/ meat sauce, Italian vegetable blend, salad, garlic bread, pineapple.

July 22: Grilled chicken salad, crackers, melon, banana nut bread.

July 23: Meatballs w/gravy, mashed potatoes, spinach, wheat roll, lemonade pie.

July 24: Barbecue chicken breast, Brussels sprouts, potato salad, cobbler.

July 25: Fried fish, oven fries, coleslaw, 2 hushpuppies, hot spiced apples.

July 29: Spring chicken salad, vegetable collage, crackers, vanilla ice cream.

July 30: Pinto beans/ ham slice, marinated tomato and cucumber, turnip greens, cornbread, pears.

July 31: Submarine sandwich, macaroni salad, peaches.

Here are a couple of recipes to make your own Zippy Apple Salad.

Zippy Apple Salad

Dissolve Jello in boiling water.

• 3 Granny Smith or other green Add orange juice and applesauce. Alapples low at least 6 hours to set.

• 5 celery stalks Bacon Broccoli Salad • 1/2 lb red seedless grapes Ingredients • Juice of 2 lemons • 2 bunches of fresh broccoli • 1/4 cup olive oil washed and cut into bite size pieces • Salt and pepper to taste • 1/2 cup dried cranberries or raisins • Rinse the grapes and cut them in • 1/2 cup sunflower seeds • 1/2 carrots shredded half. Should make about 2 cups.

• Rinse and chop celery stalks. Add • 1/2 cup shredded cheese • 1/2 cup purple onion diced small to bowl with grapes.

• Cut apples into bite-sized slices, • 1 cup mayonnaise • 2 TB sugar leave the skin on. Add to bowl.

• Squeeze the lemons over the • 8 slices bacon cooked hard and crumbled bowl.

Instructions • Add olive oil, salt to taste.

• Chop the broccoli into small • Toss and enjoy. pieces.

Zippy Apple Salad • Cook and crumble bacon.

• Dice onion.

• 1 3-ounce pkg. orange Jello • Combine sugar and mayo.

• 3/4 c. boiling water • Mix all ingredients and refrigerate.

• 1/2 c. orange juice Use within 2 days.

• 2 c. thick applesauce

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July 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Bates July 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Bates July 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June Bradford July 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Collins July 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Donald July 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanie Dunn July 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miranda Hartwick July 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Hodges July 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Horton July 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanie Jackson July 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edd Litaker July 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blakeland Presley July 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Rogers July 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Bradley July 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosalie Ferguson July 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete Ship July 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Beckham July 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Bradford July 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Hammaker July 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minnie Hunnicutt July 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donnie Smith

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CHURCH PAGE

Photo by EuGene Smith

Thanks to those of you who called and correctly identified last week's featured church as Faith Lutheran Church. If you can identify this week's 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 757-2069 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 Church Highway 65 N & Harper Mountain Lane, Dennard, AR 72629 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

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, Clinton 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 Lute Mountain Road, off Highway 16, Shirley 723-8299 Main Line 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 501-215-1595 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 723-8101 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

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Fishing Report

Another Kansas woman who is a client of guide Austin Kennedy came away from The Natural State landing a nice rainbow trout in the tailwater of Beaver Lake Dam in north Arkansas.

Central Arkansas

Little Red River

(updated 7-10-2019) Lowell Myers of Sore Lip’em All Guide Service said Wednesday morning the Corps of Engineers is releasing 12 hours of two units of generation daily. This generation pattern is providing small windows of wading opportunities on the upper sections of the river early mornings and on the middle and lower sections later in the day and good drift-fishing on all sections. An increase in generation on the Little Red River is expected to lower the lake to seasonal pool as soon as possible. How much of an increase and duration will depend on rainfall and potential flooding downstream during the time they are lowering the lake. Until that time, Lowell recommends midges, sowbugs, emergers, blue-wing olives and streamers for fly-fishing.

For Trout Magnet fishing, use hot pink-colored bodies on chartreuse jigheads. 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

Greers Ferry Lake

As of Wednesday, the Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 471.40 feet msl (normal conservation pool: 462.04 feet msl Oct. 1-April 30; 463.04 feet msl May 1-June 1; 462.54 feet msl June 1-Sept. 30). (updated 7-10-2019) Tommy Cauley of Fishfinder Guide Service (501-940-1318) said the water level at Greers Ferry Lake is at 471.42 feet msl and falling with evaporation and generation. It is 8.88 feet above normal pool of 462.54 feet msl and will continue to fall with 16 hours of generation a day until they reach normal pool.

The black bass are set up on ambush points, eating well from shallow to 45 feet. A lot of different baits working, and some schooling is taking place as well all around the lake and rivers. Fish your strengths shallow or use your electronics and find bait fish to catch them deeper. Crappie are still eating vertical 15-30 feet or trolled

baits in the same range.

Catfish are eating well all around the lake and rivers, on a gauntlet of baits and ways to catch them.

Bream have been caught from super shallow out to 25 feet on crickets and crawlers. Walleye are still acting a little crazy with all the moving water; try dragging crawlers from 15-45 feet until you find them for that hour and then go back and forth through them. Hybrid bass and white bass are eating on and off around the clock from 25-45 feet of water. Use spoons, inline spinners, hair jigs and swimbaits, and stay around the bait.

North Arkansas

White River

(updated 7-10-2019) Sportsman’s White River Resort (870-453-2424) said the water temperature and clarity are variable. The water is very hot now, they say. The water starts low and gets high every day. Fishing was good when the water was low; when the water got high at 2-3 p.m., fishing was over.

But overall, the trout bite was good, they report.

Anglers caught sever-

al rainbows and a few added. Stripers are being brown trout. caught in Shoal Creek around 6:30 a.m. along Norfork Lake the bluff wall. The only As of Wednesday, problem is it's not every the Army Corps of Engi- day. There is no consisneers reported the lake’s tent bite anywhere right elevation at 572.22 feet now. Hopefully the hot msl (normal conserva- weather and lowing of tion pool: Sept.-April, lake will get the stripers 552.00 feet msl; April- into their normal sumSept. 555.75 feet msl). mer pattern. “I continue (updated 7-10-2019) to fish the main lake from Tom Reynolds of STR Thumb Point to Hand Outfitters said, “This is Cove and the Dam Area. a strange year for striper This pattern will hold true fishing on Norfork Lake. well into September.”

In fact, in all my years of guiding I cannot recall Norfork Tailwater (updated 7-10-2019) (another time like) how the stripers are acting John Berry of Berry this year. Last year I talk- Brothers Guide Service ed about the thermocline in Cotter (870-435-2169) needing to move down said last weekend that this year. It did and the during the previous week stripers went deep. Right Norfork Lake fell 2.1 feet now almost all the fish to rest at 18.6 feet above myself and my son catch seasonal power pool are at 60-80 feet. Most of of 556.02 feet msl and the fish being caught are 7.4 feet below the top between 60-70 feet and of flood pool. The Northe bite usually starts fork had heavy generaaround 6 a.m. and lasts tion and no wadable waabout 1½ hours. There is ter. Seasonal power pool a period where the strip- has been reset for the ers move to the chan- lakes in the White River nel edge and feed heavy system. All of the lakes in 72 feet on the bot- in the White River Systom but the bite does not tem are well over the top last long and then they of power pool. The dams move back out into the on the System are seedeep water following the ing heavy generation, and expect it to continchannel.”

Tom says that last ue for the foreseeable weekend he had a great future.

The Norfork has three days of catching stripers. By Mon- been slow. Navigate this day he fished the same stream with caution as spot and did not have a there has been major bite. “In fact, both Mon- gravel recruitment at the day and Tuesday I on- bottom of Mill Pond and ly had two bites and no the dock hole over the fish. Wednesday I moved last couple of years from to Dam Cove and we flooding. The most procaught six and by week’s ductive flies have been end my son was limiting small midge patterns out each day while I al- (sizes 18, 20, 22) like ruso was catching good by midges, root beer quality stripers. I was not midges, zebra midges limiting, but my clients (black or red with silver were having a good time wire and silver bead) and seeing all the action.” soft hackles (sizes 14, He says the only artifi- 16) like the Green Butt. cial technique working Egg patterns have also is spooning. “The troll- been productive. Douers by me did not catch a ble-fly nymph rigs have single fish this week,” he been very effective. Try

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a small ruby midge (size 18) suspended 18 inches below a red fox squirrel and copper (size 14).

The fishing is better in the morning. Dry Run Creek is fishing well.

With school out, it will be crowded. There is some work being done at the hatchery that has affected access to the upper areas on the creek and some of the hatchery discharge pipes are not running, resulting in lower flows on the creek.

The hot flies have been sowbugs (size 14), Y2Ks (size 12), various colored San Juan worms (worm brown, red, hot fluorescent pink and cerise size 10) and white mop flies.

Remember that the Norfork River and Dry Run Creek are infected with didymo, an invasive alga. Thoroughly clean and dry your waders (especially the felt soles on wading boots) before using them in any other water. Many manufacturers are now making rubber soles that are easier to clean and are not as likely to harbor didymo.

Buffalo National River/ Crooked Creek

(updated 7-10-2019) John Berry of Berry Brothers Guide Service in Cotter (870-435-2169) said the Buffalo National River and Crooked Creek are navigable and greatly cleared. The smallmouths are more active with the warm conditions. John’s favorite fly is a Clouser minnow. Carefully check the water level before entering Crooked Creek or the Buffalo River. There are no dams on these streams. They both have large drainages and are prone to flooding during and following any rain event. The water can rise very quickly.

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WHEREAS, in reviewing the water tap fees set forth in Title 10, Chapter 10.08 of the Code of Ordinances, various technical defects in the organization of the chapter were identified that must be corrected to properly amend the subsection concerning tap fees.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Clinton, Arkansas: SECTION 1: Title 10, Chapter 10.08 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Clinton, Arkansas, is hereby amended to read as follows: 10.08.01 Water rates. The following rates and charges which the City Council of the city of Clinton, Arkansas, hereby finds and declares are fair, reasonable and minimum rates to be charged for water services be, and they are hereby, fixed as rates to be rendered by the system.

A. The authorized monthly rates for water service from the Clinton Water and Sewer Department are hereby increased as follows: (a) Clinton Commercial Inside City Limits Customers with 3/4-inch meters will be charged: 1st one thousand (1000) gallons-$18.00 Next four thousand (4000) gallons-per thousand $2.70 per one thousand (1000) gallons thereafter-$3.00 (b) Clinton Residential Inside City Limits Customers with 3/4-inch meters will be charged: 1st one thousand (1000) gallons-$15.00 Next four thousand (4000) gallons-per thousand-$2.50 per one thousand (1000) gallons thereafter-$3.00 (c) Clinton Commercial Outside City Limits Customers with 3/4-inch meters will be charged: 1st one thousand (1000) gallons-$25.00 Next four thousand (4000) gallons-per thousand-$3.03 each one thousand (1000) gallons thereafter-$3.75

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in pursuance of the authority and directions contained in the decretal order of the Circuit Court of Van Buren County made and entered on the 1st day of July, 2019 in a certain cause then pending therein between: PETIT JEAN STATE BANK vs.

(71CV-2019-14) MARK JONES and LINDA JONES, husband and wife, the undersigned Commissioner of said Court, will offer for sale at public venue to the highest bidder at the front door or entrance of the Van Buren County Courthouse in which said Court is held, within the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales, on Wednesday, the 14th day of August, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. the following described property, located in Van Buren County, Arkansas, to-wit:

(d) Clinton Residential Outside City Limits Customers with 3/4-inch meters will be charged: 1st one thousand (1000) gallons-$21.00 Next four thousand (4000) gallons-per thousand-$3.00 each one thousand (1000) gallons thereafter-$3.50

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NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER’S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in pursuance of the authority and directions contained in the decretal order of the Circuit Court of Van Buren County made and entered on the 4th day of June, 2018, in a certain cause, No. 71CV 2018-73, then pending therein between Plaintiff, First Service Bank and the Defendants, Douglas Chenault and Cynthia Chenault, husband and wife, and Marion Chenault, the undersigned, as Commissioner of said Court, will offer for sale at public venue to the highest bidder, at the County Courthouse, in which said Court is held, in the County of Van Buren, within the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales, on the 31st day of July, 2019, at 11:30 a.m., the following described real estate, situated in Van Buren County, Arkansas, to-wit: THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (W1/2 SE1/4 SW1/4), SECTION FIVE (5), TOWNSHIP ELEVEN (11) NORTH, RANGE FOURTEEN (14) WEST, VAN BUREN COUNTY, ARKANSAS, CONTAINING 20 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. LESS AND EXCEPT: THE SOUTH 75 FEET OF THE W1/2 SE1/4 SW1/4, SECTION FIVE (5), TOWNSHIP ELEVEN (11) NORTH, RANGE FOURTEEN (14) WEST, VAN BUREN COUNTY, ARKANSAS, CONTAINING 1.4 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. LEAVING 18.86 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. TERMS OF SALE: On a credit of three months, the purchaser being required to execute a surety bond as required by law and the order and decree of said Court in said cause, with approved surety, bearing interest at the rate of ten percent per annum from date of sale until paid, and a lien being retained on the premises sold to secure the payment of the purchase money.

Given under my hand this 9th day of July , 2019. /s/ Debbie Gray Debbie Gray Commissioner of Circuit

(f) Clinton Customers with 2" meters will be charged: 1st one thousand (1000) gallons-$74.10 Next four thousand (4000) gallons-per thousand-$2.70 each one thousand gallons (1000) thereafter-$3.00 (g) Clinton Customers with 3" meters will be charged: 1st one thousand (1000) gallons-$107.49 Next four thousand (4000) gallons-per thousand-$2.70 each one thousand gallons (1000) thereafter-$3.00 (h) Clinton Customers with 4" meters will be charged: 1st one thousand (1000) gallons-$157.17 Next four thousand (4000) gallons-per thousand-$2.70 each one thousand gallons (1000) thereafter-$3.00 (i) Clinton Customers with 6" meters will be charged: 1st one thousand (1000) gallons-$207.67 Next four thousand (4000) gallons-per thousand-$2.70 each one thousand gallons (1000) thereafter-$3.00 (j) Burnt Ridge Customers will be charged 1st one thousand (1000) gallons-$21.00 Next four thousand (4000) gallons-per thousand-$3.50 each one thousand gallons (1000) thereafter-$3.75 (Ord. No. 2009-17, Sec. 1.)

B. All other water rates shall remain the same as are being currently charged. The Clinton Outside Customers will consist of the previously designated Outside and New Line Customers.

(Ord. No. 2009-17, Sec. 2.)

C. Thirty percent (30%) of the increased revenues generated from this rate increase will be set aside and used solely for repairs, replacement and construction of infrastructure needs of the water system or deemed necessary by the City Council of the City of Clinton. Seventy percent (70%) of the increased revenues generated from this rate increase will be placed in the operating funds of the Water Department.

(Ord. No. 2009-17, Sec. 4.)

D. The base or minimum rate for water for those customers of the Clinton Water Department who are billed by the City of Clinton is hereby raised three dollars ($3.00).

This increase shall apply only to the base or minimum bill and shall not apply to amounts of water used in excess of said minimum.

(Ord. No. 2016-13, Sec. 3.)

E. The following monthly rates and charges which the City Council hereby finds and declares are fair, reasonable and minimum rates to be charged for water services by, and they are hereby, fixed as rates to be rendered by the system: Bee Branch Water Association $2.05 per 1,000 gallons Dennard Water Association $2.54 per 1,000 gallons Van Buren County Water Association $2.08 per 1,000 gallons Burnt Ridge Water Association $2.05 per 1,000 gallons (Ord. No. 99-279, Sec. 1.)

F. Monthly Wholesale Water Rates. The monthly retail water rates for residential and commercial customers, both inside and outside the city limits, be increased by 4.5%

(.045) commencing January 1, 2001. (Ord. No. 00-288, Sec. 1.)

G. Retail and wholesale water rates.

Commencing January 1, 2001, retail water rates for all customers, including residential and commercial customers located inside and outside the city of Clinton as well as wholesale water rates for all rural water associations purchasing water from the City of Clinton shall be increased 4.5% (.045). (Ord. No. 00-288, Sec. 2.)

H. Meter deposit. Each customer who connects with the water facilities of the System shall pay a meter deposit in the amount 1. Residential $50.00 water $25.00 sewer 2. Commercial $100.00 water $50.00 sewer I. Tapping Fee. There shall be a tapping fee for each customer who hereafter connects with and uses the water facilities of the System. The fee for water taps shall be as follows: 1. Sewer Taps Residential $450.00 Commercial $475.00 2. Water Taps. Water tap fees shall be charged based on the cost of materials and labor required to install the tap.

J. Additional Fees. In addition to all other charges, each meter which measures water usage for water processed and sold by the City of Clinton, regardless of the entity which provides and/or bills for such usage, directly or indirectly, shall be subject to a three-dollar ($3.00) charge. The proceeds from this water rate increase shall be used solely to retire the indebtedness related to the purchase and installation of the water clarifier. This charge shall be for each meter and is not related to any base rate or surplus rate water service. (Ord. No. 2016-12, Sec. 3.)

K. Re-connection charge. In the event any premises are disconnected from the water facilities of the System, the customer concerned, prior to re-connection, shall pay all delinquent charges, together with a re-connection charge for each reconnection of the premises to the System as follows: $35.00 for customers outside the city limits; and $20.00 for customers inside the city limits. All customers inside and outside the City shall pay a $60.00 after hour’s service charge. (Ord. No. 2010-04, Sec. 1.)

L. That none of the facilities or services afforded by the water system shall be furnished without a charge being made therefor.

(Ord. No. 2010-04, Sec. 1.)

M. The operation of the water system shall be on a fully metered basis with a meter installed at each water connection, and there shall be one (1) user on a single meter. All bills for water services shall be rendered in the net amount due. If any water bill is not paid on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the month after the bill shall be rendered, a ten percent (10%) penalty shall be added and if any bill is not paid by the twenty-fifth (25) day of the month after the bill shall be rendered, water service may be disconnected. There shall be no dual connection, that is, there shall be not more than one (1) user on a single meter. (Ord. No. 2010-04, Sec. 2.)

N. The city shall provide an additional water meter to customers for irrigational purposes only. Those water customers who already have a service line and meter may request such an additional irrigation water meter from the city. Said meter shall be placed on a separate water line which shall be installed at the customer’s expense and which will tap into the pre-existing service line.

O. No sewer charge shall be levied or collected by the city in connection with water passing through the separate water meter used solely for irrigation purposes.

P. The city shall charge certain costs for the installation of the irrigation water meter to the customer. These costs for the separate meter as described herein within the City of Clinton shall include a service charge of $7.50, a tapping fee of $150.00 and a deposit of $15.00.

These costs may be modified from time to time without amending the ordinance herein.

Q. Penalty. If any water customer who has an additional water meter for irrigation purposes knowingly uses the water passing through said meter for any other purposes, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and if convicted, shall pay a fine of $10.00. Each day of such unlawful use of water through the additional meter as described herein shall constitute a separate offense of this ordinance. (Ord. No. 160, Sec. 1-4.)

SECTION 2: SAVINGS/REPEAL. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are repealed to the extent of such conflict.

SECTION 3: SEVERABILITY. That should any word, sentence, clause, paragraph or provision of this Ordinance be held to be invalid or unconstitutional the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 5: EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is hereby declared that an emergency exists as the current tap fees are not adequate to cover the Water Department’s expenses. This Ordinance is necessary to preserve the peace, health and welfare of the citizens of the City of Clinton, Arkansas, and therefore shall be enforced from and after the date of its passage.

PASSED: June 27, 2019 APPROVED: /s/ Richard W. McCormac Richard W. McCormac Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Dena R. Malone Dena R. Malone, CMC, CAMC Recorder/Treasurer

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The Voice of Van Buren County

July 16, 2019

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