The Voice of Van Buren County - August 11, 2020

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Late summer means bear trouble Arkansas Wildlife Magazine

Arkansas’s bear population has made the news on more than one occasion in the last few weeks.

Arkansas Game and Fish Biologists have had to relocate some black bears from a few towns in The Natural State recently, with one even taking a stroll on the University of Arkansas’s campus.

Several residents of Van Buren County have reported sightings of the black bears, including one woman who caught one going through her trash. She said deputies came to her house and ran the bear off.

The uptick in sightings is fairly common for this time of the year, but there are a few things people can do to help keep these wild animals in the woods and out of trouble.

“Food is what they’re after at this

Real estate agent charged with theft Virginia Dale Tice Fowler of Fairfield Bay, a real estate agent who also was property manager for the Country Club Ridge owners association, has been arrested.

Fowler, 61, was charged with theft of property less than $25,000, a class B felony, and criminal use of property or laundering criminal proceeds, a class C felony, according go court documents.

Robert McBride, secretary of the property owners association, said when he decided to check the association’s finances, he found that money was missing from 2016-2019, the court documents state.

He said Fowler was to be paid $540 per month to manage the association’s finances and that $20,000 had been transferred from its money market account to its checking account in an attempt to conceal the theft, the affidavit for Fowler’s arrest states.

When confronted

by McBride and association President Jim Werner, Fowler said she had been putting money back in and didn’t think it was much at that point, McBride told the investigator.

Fowler said her husband did not know and asked for See Arrests on page 4

time of year,” said Myron Means, large carnivore program coordinator for the AGFC. “We received calls for 53 nuisance bear cases in July, and that’s a pretty typical count for this time of year.”

Means says the reason for the rise in nuisance calls during mid- to late summer revolves around wild food sources beginning to dry up.

“The blackberries, dewberries, blueberries and other soft mast that bears prefer are just about gone this time of year and it will be a little while before elderberries, pokeberries and other soft mast comes on,” Means said.

“In a month or so, we’ll start to see some hickories, beechnuts and acorns come into play, but this is usually a time when food supplies are getting thinner and bears are having to work a little harder to find them.”

That search can sometimes land bears

in people’s backyards, where they find an easy meal and become a nuisance. According to Means, 90 percent of the calls received by the AGFC about nuisance bears stem from the bears finding food in the form of unsecured trash cans, loose pet food and bird feeders.

And the problem can be solved quickly with the removal or securing of those attractants. As part of the AGFC’s nuisance protocol, biologists won’t remove a bear that is being fed, either intentionally or unintentionally, through human means.

“We just don’t have the staff or equipment to respond to a dozen calls a day, which is how many we can receive in a bad year,” Means said.

“We had so many calls that were about bears where people were feeding wildlife that we had to change our protocol to have

Black bears are a common sight this time of year.

(Photo from Arkansas Wildlife Magazine)

all food removed before we would relocate a bear. And it doesn’t matter how far we remove that bear if it’s an adult, they can instinctively find their way back to their home range and be right back on that food source if the root of the problem isn’t corrected.”

Out of the 53 nuisance cases in July, only four required

a relocation and all were because of public safety concerns from the bears wandering into towns. The other 49 cases were resolved by the landowner simply removing the food source and letting the bear go about its business.

“Once a bear goes to that easy food source and finds it empty a few times,

they will go elsewhere to get a meal,” Means said. “But if people leave food out or intentionally feed the bears, that’s when we get into nuisance problems. Most people do not realize that it is actually illegal to feed bears in Arkansas except during a bear hunting season and 30 days prior.”

2020 Municipal Candidates City Of Clinton Clinton Recorder/Treasurer Dena R. Thompson Malone Clinton Council Members

Ward

Position

Gayla Story Bradley

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Jeff Pistole

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2

Timothy Barnes

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Sammy Ward

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Shon Hastings

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Jason D. Lynch

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2

Fairfield Bay Council Members

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Doyle P. Scroggins

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2

John P. Conry

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Linda Duncan

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Doug Landry

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Robert G. Lanier

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City Of Fairfield Bay Fairfield Bay Recorder/Treasurer Rose M. Ostronic Owen

City Of Shirley Shirley Counci Members

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David Cook

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1

Randall Gardner

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2

Wanda Hooten Paynor

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3

Deborah Ann Kerrigan

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Margaret A. Earnhart

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Damascus Council Members

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Gilbert Lewis

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Justin Moore

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Jackie Williams

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3

Gene Byrd

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Jerry Hensley

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City Of Damascus

At 7:28 p.m. Sunday, Burnt Ridge Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to assist Shirley Fire Department with a reported structure fire in the area of Highway 16 East and Highway 330. The structure was fully involved upon fire department arrival. Units operated defensively, protecting a nearby structure and preventing fire spread into the woods. Shirley, Fairfield Bay, Highway 110, Burnt Ridge, and Choctaw Fire Departments were also on the scene. (Burnt Ridge Volunteer Fire Department photo)

Coronavirus By the numbers - Aug. 10

Arkansas

Van Buren County

• 648 new cases • 42,129 recoveries • 7,342 active cases • 508 hospitalized • 117 on ventilators • 555 deaths

• 5 active positive cases.

• Total Positive: 52 • Recovered: 45 • Deaths: 2 • Negatives: 1,522

Wagon races get approval from state The Arkansas Department of Health has approved plans from the National Chuckwagon Races to hold the event Aug. 29-Sept. 6.

A condensed version of the plan for the 2020 Races has been posted on the National Championship Chuckwagon Race on their Facebook page.

Meanwhile, even as Covid-19 cases

are still on the rise throughout the state, teachers returned this week to their classrooms throughout the county. Students will return to school on Aug. 24 if their parents choose to send them.

Statewide, more than 1,000 new cases of coronavirus were reported on July 23 and more than 500 per day have regularly been reported.

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Volunteer fire departments were busy over the weekend, including fight-

(Highway 110 VFD Facebook) ing a fire in Shirley.

(Burnt Ridge VFD Facebook)

Association presents Child care options scholarships vital for recovery The Clinton Scholarship Association is pleased to announce its scholarship recipients from the Clinton High School graduating class of 2020.

Abigail James is the recipient of the Sherman Williams Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $500.

She is the daughter of Dale and Amanda James and she plans to attend the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton (UACCM) this fall.

The recipients of the David Smith Memorial Scholarship, in the amount of $1,000 each, are John Riley Hinchey and Anna Lee. John Riley is the son of James and Lora Hinchey. He plans to attend Arkansas Tech University in the fall.

Anna Lee is the daughter of Justin and Caroline Lee and she plans to attend UACCM this fall.

Kragen Brad-

ley and Livie Dufrene are the recipients of the Gary Kling Memorial Scholarship, in the amount of $1,200 each. Kragen is the son of Rory and Stacy Bradley and he plans to attend the University of Central Arkansas.

Livie is the daughter of Chris and Heather Dufrene. She plans to attend Northwest Arkansas Community College this fall.

The C.G. Cowsert Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to Lauren Wells in the amount of $1,000.

Lauren is the daughter of Chris and Kim Wells. She will attend UACCM in the fall.

The Clinton Alumni Association Scholarships, in the amount of $1,000 each were awarded to Brooke Davenport, Ellie McCormac and Abigail James. Brooke will attend Baptist Nursing College and is the daughter of Steven and Felicia Davenport.

Ellie is the daughter of Richard and Gia McCormac. She will attend Harding University this fall.

The Alumni Association also awarded several $225 scholarships to the following students: Ryan Jones, Weston Amos, Courtney Webb, Natalie Alexander and Brooke Bradford. Ryan is the son of Phillip and Jenny Jones and he plans to attend UACCM this fall. Weston is the son of Dustin and Christina Maxwell and Gary Amos. He plans to attend Harding University. Courtney is the daughter of DL and Jennifer Webb and will attend Arkansas Tech University this fall. Natalie is the daughter of Lance and Brandy Alexander. She plans to attend North Arkansas College in the fall.

Brooke is the daughter of Wayne and Lacy Bradford. She will attend the University of Arkansas this fall.

For the record/July Marriages

Justin Dennison, 32, Clinton and Britney Jones, 24, Clinton Eddie Latiolais, 55, Conway and Renee Latiolais, 57, Conway Cecil Welch, 62, Shirley and Rose Hopper, 50, Shirley Danny Patty, 41, Clinton and Kindra Bohannon, 40, Clinton Leeman Cogbill, 34, Fairfield Bay and Dani-

lyn Cintron, 29, Fairfield Bay Jose Zavala, 28, Clinton and Lizze Poe, 18, Clinton Brian Conaway, 51, Trumann and Barbara Guthrie, 49, Trumann Cameron Passmore, 20, Bee Branch and Brooklyn Bennett, 20, Bee Branch Paul Triplett, 22, Clinton and Paige Martin, 21, Clinton

Divorces

Amber Dixson vs William Dixson James Pennington vs Briannon Pennington Kaitlyn Whitmore vs Ethan Whitmore Pamela Brinson vs John Brinson Sara White vs Destal White Brian Turner vs Gwen Turner

by U.S. Sen. John Boozman since parents’ inability further assistance in

Over two-thirds of American children have all available parents in the workforce.

At the height of the economic shutdown that resulted from the Covid-19 public health emergency, over 800 child care providers in Arkansas closed their doors.

A March survey of Arkansas child care centers by the National Association for the Education of Young Children found that 32 percent would not survive closing for more than two weeks without significant public investment.

According to Arkansas respondents in a second survey in April, 34 percent of child care programs were either completely closed or open only for children of essential workers.

That means many moms and dads have been left trying to be full-time caregivers to their kids while still also attempting to do their day jobs, which makes for an impossible decision for those in jobs where telework is not an option.

As we’ve begun to reopen the economy, there are many parents struggling to return to their previous child care arrangements or find new ones in order to get back to work themselves. This is a tremendous challenge for families in Arkansas and across the country, and the impact will be felt outside of individual homes

to obtain safe, affordable and reliable care for their children will ultimately hamper our economic recovery.

This crisis has taught us a great deal, especially when it comes to certain parts of our society and economy that we now realize are integral to our way of life.

The necessity of accessible, suitable child care options for hardworking families is one such lesson that has become abundantly clear. It is one we must take to heart and commit to address as a society.

As a dad, grandfather and employer, I’ve seen firsthand how this situation plays out among families and in the workplace. That’s why I’m working to help find solutions for Arkansas’s parents and kids.

One form of assistance came recently as the state of Arkansas announced it was allocating $41 million in funding made available through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to help child care providers continue to offer services to our state’s families, including the ability to offer higher reimbursement rates and extra money to cover more extensive cleaning procedures or hire more caregivers.

According to our state’s child care industry, this was welcome relief and support. It’s important to build on that with even

order to ensure these businesses and their workforces can continue to remain operational in the coming months as we proceed with our coronavirus response and recovery efforts.

That’s why I’ve now also co-sponsored the Back to Work Child Care Grants Act of 2020 which would assist child care providers in continuing to offer critical, affordable services for working families during the Covid-19 emergency.

This bill would provide child care operations and facilities with financial assistance for nine months, allow states to design plans that fit their specific needs and send funds to child care providers more quickly without administrative red tape, all while helping to protect children and workers.

It’s vital that we ensure hardworking parents in Arkansas and across the country are able to return to work when conditions allow.

One major element we must address in order for that to happen is the ability to access safe, adequate child care because that will enable parents to get back to work with peace of mind about the wellbeing of their kids. We must keep working toward that end if we are to make progress on getting our economy and way of life back in any meaningful way.

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Shirley School District As we get closer to school, some parents have questions. We know that this year will be very different. We published our draft reentry plan in June. We have met with teachers, staff, and parents and will take our plan to the school board this week. The final plan will be published after board approval. Please keep in mind that many decisions are being made at the State level by the Governor, the Education Department, and the Department of Health. Every local decision will be made with the safety of students and staff being our top priority.

Some safety measure that we have put in place include: 1. All staff members will be screened daily upon entry to the building.

2. Parents are asked

to screen students daily before sending them to school. We will take student temperatures as they board the bus and/or enter the building.

3 All students and staff will be required to wear face masks when social distancing can’t be achieved. Masks and face shields will be provided for all staff and students.

4. Visitors to the building will be limited to emergencies only.

5. Hand Sanitizer stations and touchless water bottle filling stations have been installed.

6. Supplies and electronic devices will not be shared.

7. Meals will be served in classrooms.

8. Teachers will rotate for classes.

9 Students will move for PE and recess.

10. Students will have assigned seats in class and on bus.

11. Some classes/grades have been moved to larger rooms to facilitate social distancing.

12. Digital Curriculum will be used most of the time.

13.

Restrooms, classrooms, and buses will be cleaned and sanitized on a regular basis as recommended

by Health Department.

Busses will be sanitized after each trip. Classrooms will be sanitized before a different group of students enters if there is that rare occasion. Restrooms will be sanitized multiple times a day. We have purchased 2 Clorox 360 machines and multiple disinfectant sprayers.

14. We have upgraded our air filters to the best we can use for filtering our air.

15. We have purchased individual desks for classes where tables were used before.

16. We have eliminated unnecessary furniture and fabric from classrooms.

17. We have designated a sick room with dividers at each school.

18. We have scheduled small groups for the playground for recess.

19. Students in grades 9-12 can opt into a flexible or hybrid schedule where they can choose to work from home at times.

20. We are working with the state and other groups to get internet access available to all students if possible so students can complete work on the computer from home and not be counted absent if they are ill.

FDA warns of some sanitizers FDA continues to find issues with certain hand sanitizer products.

FDA test results show certain hand sanitizers have concerningly low levels of ethyl alcohol or isopropyl alcohol, which are active ingredients in hand sanitizer products. The agency urges consumers not to use these subpo-

tent products and has expanded its list to include subpotent hand sanitizers, in addition to hand sanitizers that are or may be contaminated with methanol The agency continues to add certain hand sanitizers to import alert to stop these products from legally entering the U.S. market.

FDA reminds consumers to wash their hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after coughing, sneezing, or blowing one’s nose. If soap and water are not readily available, the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) recommend consumers use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 percent ethanol (also referred to as ethyl alcohol).

Additionally, FDA reminds consumers that no drugs, including hand sanitizers, are approved to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Safety tips for teachers  Bring extra clothes to change into before leaving work; bag up the dirty clothes for the laundry.  Bring as few personal items as possible to the classroom and have a designated place for your drinks.  Wear a different mask each day.  Wear hair up and don’t touch your face.  Leave shoes in a plastic container in your car.  Clean, clean, clean cell phones, door knobs, desks, chairs, light switches keyboards with 1/3 cup bleach per gallon of water.

VBC Reads gets $3,500 grant Van Buren County Reads has been awarded a $3,500 Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Emergency Book Assistance grant from Arkansas Imagination Library (ARIL). Grant funds will be used solely to pay for Imagination Library books for children in Van Buren County.

The CLSD-ARIL Emergency Book Assistance Grant provides support to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL) affiliates in Arkansas to cover the cost of their monthly book invoice June through September. In return, affiliates will use grant funds to: Saddle up - Doyle Scroggins' horse Bojangle Increase enrollment is ready to go.

numbers to maximize a 50% match available beginning in October 2020.

Expand coverage areas to county wide coverage.

Help sustain enrollment due to lack of funding because of financial hardship and Covid-19.

Patti Bokony said the CLSD-ARIL Emergency Book Assistance Grant was very much needed. She said, “We had to stop online enrollment for Imagination Library in May because our fund-raising was down significantly this year. Rather than enroll new children, we have to honor our promise to the children

already registered until they reach their 5th birthday. The emergency grant enabled us to once again open online registrations immediately.”

Every child enrolled in the Imagination Library program receives high-quality, age-appropriate books in the mail – one book per month until a child’s fifth birthday – at no cost to families.

Currently, 41,678 Arkansas children are enrolled in Imagination Library through independent affiliates operating in all 75 counties in Arkansas. ARIL is a state-wide partner of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

Over 9,039 books have mailed to children in Van Buren County, across all school districts. Currently, 396 children in Van Buren County receive books.

The new grant funding enables us to once again reach out to parents to enroll their children, birth to 5 years of age.

Parents or guardians can register their children at https:// i m a g i n a t i o n l i b r a r y. com/check-availability/. Simply enter your home zip code, city and county. For more information, contact Patti Bokony, President, Van Buren County Reads at pbokony@aristotle.net.

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Obituaries

Jo Ann Banks

Jo Ann (Nunley) Banks, 80, of Clinton, Arkansas, departed from this world on Monday, August 3, 2020. She was born October 24, 1939 in Dennard, Arkansas to the late Lonzo and Ora Inez Middleton Nunley. Jo Ann was a part of Heifer International, a member of the Dennard Community Church, and enjoyed quilting.

Left to cherish her memory is her husband, Floyd Banks; children, Jeffery Banks, Mark Banks, Gregory Banks and wife Paula; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a host of other family members.

Jo Ann is preceded in death by her parents; and one sister, Marian Neldon.

A memorial service was 2 p.m. Saturday, August 8, 2020, at the Dennard Community Church with Brother Will Ward officiating.

Christopher Matthews

Christopher Paul Matthews, 45, of Fairfield Bay, Arkansas departed from this world on Saturday, August 1, 2020. He was born August 21, 1974 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Paul Matthews and Da-

na Graham Frierson.

Christopher was a United States Marine Corps veteran, a fitness instructor, and a member of the Seventh Day Adventist in Clinton. He loved to mountain bike, hike, ride motorcycles, and shoot guns.

Christopher was funny, strong, and always loved to help people in any way he could.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Dawn Matthews; father, mother, and husband Phil; siblings, Shay Matthews, Kody Matthews, Tina Cole; numerous nieces, nephews, friends and other family members.

Marguarete Daniel

Marguarete Capitola Daniel, age 80 of Marsena, Arkansas passed from this life on Saturday, August 8, 2020. She was born in Onaway, Michigan on December 5, 1939 to Theodor Scholz and Capitola Skuse Scholz.

Marguarete was a loving and kind lady.

Survivors include her sons, Darriel Daniel and wife Barb of Crabtree, Bill Daniel and wife Barb of Witts Springs, Joe Daniel of Marsena and Donnie Daniel and wife Mae, also of Marsena; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and many other family and friends.

Marguarete is preceded in death by her husband, T.C. Daniel; one son, James Theodore Daniel; and her daughter, Debra Daniel.

Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at McDaniel Cemetery near Snowball.

Newton County will get a new wildlife officer. (Photo from Wikipedia)

AGFC graduates new class of wildlife officers Arkansas Wildlife Magazine outdoors

One dozen new wildlife officers will be hitting the fields and forests of The Natural State this summer, after graduating from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s training program. The graduation ceremony took place July 31 at the H.C. “Red” Morris Enforcement Training Center off Arkansas Highway 89.

With social-distancing protocols in place, this class of graduating officers did not receive quite the fanfare as previous classes, but they were not shorted any training, thanks to new techniques adopted by instructors in the face of Covid-19.

“I regret that these officers did not get to enjoy some of the celebration as previous classes, but they are sure to make their own marks on their communities, as many officers before them have done,” said Pat Fitts, director of the AGFC. “These men and women do not sign up for this job to be recognized, they do it because protecting the

Rope rescue - About 11:30 p.m. Saturday, the Van Buren County Rescue Squad was called to the area of Lost Creek and Piney after a victim fell from a steep ravine. The rope rescue team lifted the injured patient to the top of the cliff. Units responded from Fairfield Bay Fire Department, Shirley Fire Department, Highway 110 Fire Department, and Burnt Ridge Volunteer Fire Department. Support agencies included the Van Buren County sheriff's office and Stone County sheriff's office.

and serving the people in their communities is a calling they’ve felt compelled to answer.”

Because of restrictions on large gatherings, the graduation ceremony was kept small, with only members of the graduates’ families and a few key AGFC personnel invited. Families were allowed to sit together, but each group was screened before entry and separated from other family groups in attendance.

Despite the changes required by Covid-19, this class of cadets did not get slighted when it came to the training needed to become an AGFC wildlife officer. The class began March 8, and had three weeks of in-person training before the center had to be closed because of social distancing protocols.

“They were introduced to what would be expected of them during that time and we had online training through Google Meets during the time when the center was temporarily closed,” said Lt. Tracey Blake, as-

sistant training administrator for the AGFC. “They also came back for a week of in-person instruction once some of the COVID-related restrictions were loosened. You just can’t teach some things, like shooting, self-defense and accident investigation techniques online.”

Blake says cadets had to maintain the same physical training regiment on their own while the center was shut down, and they were paired with veteran wildlife officers along the way to make sure they received all the resources they needed to get the job done.

“They will go out in the field in their assigned counties and have an eight week field training period before hunting seasons begin, then we’ll likely have them come back to the training center for three or four more weeks of training,” Blake said. “A lot of people think the first training is all a wildlife officer sees, but there’s a lot of in-service training required of every wildlife officer throughout their career. It’s not

a one and done sort of deal.”

Capt. Sydney Carman also directs the cadet-training program with Blake. Many AGFC enforcement officers serve as instructors, and many AGFC biologists and experts from other agencies are brought in to teach specialized topics.

Assignment of the new officers will fill several vacancies in the AGFC enforcement ranks.

The 2020 graduates and their county assignments are: • Caleb McClanahan - Madison County • Kent Slape Newton County • Tyler Staggs Johnson County • Jake Standford - Sevier County • Cody Stone Nevada County • Clint Park Ouachita County • Renner Smith Calhoun County • Eric Rawls Cleveland County • Nate Baker Drew County • Stephanie Carter - Ashley County • David Foret Lincoln County • Michael Dollard - Phillips County

See Arrests ing moved to another on page 4 restraint chair, Charles Hicks kicked a detena couple of weeks to tion officer in the stomget a loan, the affida- ach and later kicked vit states. McBride re- him in the rib cage, accorded the conversa- cording to an affidavit tion with Fowler. for arrest.

McBride said the Another officer’s total amount of mon- arm was cut when he ey owed to the asso- was slammed between ciation was $56,292, the chair and the wall, including attorney’s the document states. fees. He said when When being moved talking with Fowler, to another room, Hicks they could not agree pulled the fire alarm, on the amount owed, the document states. the affidavit states.

It also was discovered The matter was that Hicks had scraped turned over to Fairfield and peeled off the Bay police and an in- paint from the holdvestigator in April. ing cell door, the court documents state.

wrapped his arms around his mother to keep her from calling deputies after he “blew up on me, yelling and cussing,” his mother Pamala said, according to an affidavit for arrest.

Norton’s face and hands were swollen and he told deputies he had hit his bedroom door. When a deputy went to look at the door, he found a bag of what he believed to be methamphetamine, according to the affidavit. A bag of marijuana also was found.

Norton has been charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class D felony; assault-II, a misdemeanor; and interference with emergency communication-1st degree, also a misdemeanor.

Inmate charged with battery

A disruptive inmate apparently intentionally flooded a holding cell at the Van Buren County Detention Center on July 20.

(Van Buren County Rescue Squad photo) When he was be-

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

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Teen charged in assault

An 18-year-old Clinton man is in jail after a fight with his mother at her home on Aug. 4.

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Computer cat - Lefty finally gets her nameplate on the home computer.

She lives with Mary Jean Hall in Scotland. Lefty was adopted from the animal shelter several years ago.

Patsy Ward Cat on a leash - This cat was among the four-legged visitors to the Van Buren County Humane Society’s table Saturday in downtown Clinton.

(Photo from Humane Society Facebook)

Pool winners - Scotland Community Center Pool Tournament winners Aug. 3 were (from left) 1st place Jeff Brown; 2nd place Jimmy Allen; 3rd place Richard McAllister.

Formosa

Donna and Richard Sherrod made a trip to Evening Shade on Wednesday. Their sister-in-law, Barbara Goodman of Melbourne, came home with them to visit a few days.

While they were there, their granddaughter, Khristi Sherrod of Dallas came home, so they got to visit and went out to eat with her and her mom and dad at Cave City.

Donna said Corky got a hair cut this week and he is feeling better!

Prayers go out to Anne Mann and her family, her brother isn't doing well.

I've had company this week. My nephew, Stanley Murray, came by on Monday and visited for a while.

Bill came on Wednesday morning and worked on the cellar some more.

Thelma Murray and Steven, another nephew, come on Wednesday about noon and visited for a few hours.

Steven put a new belt on my dryer. That was a blessing, even though it turned out to be a bigger job than either one of us expected.

Bill came back on Thursday and finished

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up what he could. Maybe next time it storms, I will have a hidey hole!

I enjoyed having all of them and am thankful for all my family.

It makes me feel better when I have company and have someone to talk to once in a while.

I had to water my garden. I was hoping it would rain, but I gave up on it. Maybe next week we will get a few showers.

News is scarce, so have a good week and God bless all.

told us to be very careful about being around where there are groups of people and to be sure to wear our mask because this is not the time to take a chance on being exposed to the virus.

We have not been going to the center to eat, although I have seen several cars there and I see the menu is posted on Scotland Community page each day. We will be going as soon as the crisis slows down.

It is hard to believe that it is almost the middle of August and school will be starting in a couple of weeks.

We will have to get used to watching for the school buses and watch for the kids waiting at the bus stops.

Stay cool, safe and wear your mask and if you have Scotland News please call 5923935 and we will get it into the paper.

James & Joyce Burns Scotland

We have decided to delay our first Saturday Breakfast until the virus calms down.

Most of us that cook breakfast have health problems and the doctors tell us to stay away from crowds and take care and not get exposed to the virus. Also we care about all of our friends that have supported us all of these years and would feel terrible if Scotland was a place that they could have been exposed. We will let you know as soon as we feel it is safe. We are not giving up. Just being cautious.

James Burns has had melanoma on his foot twice ( in the same place). We have had a biopsy and it has come back again in the same place. We are waiting to see exactly what they will do about it.

We were told there are some new options and now we are just waiting on the appointments. We have been so blessed and have been told it is not as bad as we thought it was. Thanks to all that have remembered us in their prayers.

The doctors have

Jeff Burgess Crabtree

EHC will meet, Thursday, 1:30 p.m., at the Alread FUN Park.

Wearing a mask and social distancing are required. Bring a chair.

All other EHC activities, at their Rupert facility, are canceled due to coronavirus concerns.

The K-Cygnid meteor shower peaks next Tuesday night with 3 per hour. There will also be a few stragglers from the Perseid meteor shower’s peak this week. Moonlight drowning out the faint ones won’t be much of an issue as the New Moon is official next Tuesday at 9:41 p.m., making it very dark all night.

Just a reminder, Crabtree Cemetery upkeep donations are always appreciated. Make your check to “Crabtree Cemetery Fund” and mail to Barbara Jackson, 10766 Hwy 16W, Clinton AR 72031.

A neighbor tells me they’ve seen a few hints of color change around their place. Where I am, it’s all lush summer green still except for a few low-growing sumacs starting to show some red.

Dragonflies are out in force up this way with fields of thousands on the wing, in some locations. That’s a good thing since they are very big eaters of mosquitoes, termites, deer flies, black flies, horseflies and midges.

You can increase numbers in your location with a small pond that holds water year round. For best results have some shallow edges, depth about 2 feet, submerged and floating plants, and no fish, frogs or ducks.

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

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Arkansas History

Flu Epidemic of 1918 ease, thirst, or starvation. Country people, who were known for helping each other during illnesses, generally could not or would not help their neighbors in 1918 either from being too sick themselves or out of fear.

In Arkansas, many voters were too sick or afraid to go out on the

rainy election day of 1918.

The state remained in the grips of influenza through much of 1919, Then epidemic disappeared almost as suddenly as it struck.

(Information from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas was used in this article)

TV Trivia Answer Mabel Anderson Sudoku Solution

An influenza ward in 1918.

A deadly influenza outbreak began in 1918 and spread around the world, killing more people than any other outbreak of disease in human history.

In Arkansas, the flu killed about 7,000 people.

The disease was quick, contagious, and had the ability to mutate into different strains, so treatment for one strain might not work for another.

Scientists theorize that the 1918 strain may have begun in rural Kansas, where people lived close to their pigs and poultry. With the entry of the United States into World War I on April 6, 1917, men were drafted and sent to large training camps before being transported to Europe. In February 1918, after visiting their families in Kansas several soldiers on leave reported back to duty at Camp Funston, in eastern Kansas.

In early March 1918, a soldier at Camp Funston went on sick call complaining of headache, sore throat, muscle aches, chills, and fever. By noon, more than a hundred men joined him. Within a

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month, 1,000 were sick, and almost 50 soldiers were dead. They were strong, healthy young men whose lungs filled with fluid so quickly they drowned, sometimes within 12 hours of feeling sick.

The 1918 flu would go on to kill more people in one year than the Black Death did in a century.

Conditions in 1918 were perfect for spreading the disease as civilian war workers moved around the country, draftees were sent to overcrowded training camps, and soldiers were shipped off to war in the cramped, stuffy holds of troop ships, which became known as “floating caskets.” Influenza spread to American cities and rural areas alike, as well as to the battlefields of France before spreading throughout Europe. It killed 8 mil-

lion Spaniards with terrible speed. Because the press in Spain was not censored into ignoring the epidemic, it became known as the Spanish Flu. In Arkansas, the flu ultimately killed more than 7,000 people. It may also have had more far-reaching consequences: the port city of Brest in France, where almost half of all U.S. soldiers disembarked, suffered its first outbreak with high mortality occurred in July, in a replacement detachment of American troops from Camp Pike, Arkansas,” according to John M. Barry.

J.C. Geiger, U.S. Public Health Service officer for Arkansas, downplayed the threat to the state with reassuring statements, even after he caught the flu and his wife died of it. Arkansas officials

did little to prepare for the epidemic, partly based on Geiger’s reassurances and the lack of press coverage in wartime.

The disease spread to rural areas of Arkansas, where many Crossword Solution deaths likely went unreported. It cannot be determined how many rural residents died because of several factors: lack of medical care in isolated areas, no telephones or other means of communication, lack of literacy skills to record the deaths, and no cemetery records, since many were buried in unmarked graves in family burial grounds. Sometimes entire families, too weak to draw water or cook their own food, died of the dis-

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CHURCH PAGE

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Thanks to those of you who called and correctly identified last week's featured church as First Baptist Church of Sugarloaf. 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

Happy Caldwell, an 81-year-old angler, had a happy day fishing recently with guide John Duncan on DeGray Lake.

Central Arkansas

Little Red River

(updated 8-5-2020) Greg Seaton of littleredflyfishingtrips. com (501-690-9166) said, “We’re in the summertime pattern of afternoon generation.

This can vary slightly each day, so it’s best to check the schedule (USACE Little Rock is a good app for your phone). The schedule has been from about 3-6 p.m. with one or two units each day.

Water temperature has been from about 52 degrees at the dam to 65 degrees at 305 bridge below Pangburn.

The banks are slick due to daily generation, so watch your step as you walk into the river.

The bite has been good on small mayfly nymphs and midge pupa.

Greers Ferry Lake

As of Wednesday, the Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 460.62 feet msl (normal conservation pool: 462.54 feet msl). (updated 8-5-2020) Tommy Cauley of Fishfinder Guide Service (501-940-1318)

said the water level at Greers Ferry Lake is at 460.61 feet msl, 1.93 feet below normal pool of 462.54 feet msl for this time of year. The lake will continue to fall with generation as needed and through evaporation. Crappie action is still great spider-rigging and vertical-fishing with minnows, small crankbaits and jigs fished 15-30 feet deep. Walleye are schooled up together, other than a few traveling under other species eating their leftovers from busting through shad. Try dragging a nightcrawler in 23-45 feet on flats. Catfishing is going strong all over lakes and rivers, and any live or manmade baits are working on various methods. Black bass are schooling, some are shallow chasing bream, and some are sitting and staying on structure out to 45 feet deep. A gauntlet of baits are working on the bass. Bream are eating well on crawlers, crickets, inline spinners and small crank baits from super shallow out to 20 feet. Hybrid bass and white bass are chewing at different times throughout the day and night on

live bait, spoons, inline spinners, the new Largo Super Spinner, topwater baits and swimbaits. Most of the fish are 25-45 feet deep. (updated 8-5-2020) Fish ’N Stuff (501-8345733) in Sherwood says the water is normal, perhaps slightly low, and clear. Black bass are biting well in the early mornings and late evenings on Carolina rigs, deep-diving crankbaits and big swimbaits in 20 feet of water.

Arkansas River at Morrilton

(updated 8-5-2020) Charlie Hoke at Charlie's Hidden Harbor at Oppelo (501-354-8080) said the black bass are mainly being caught in the early morning on topwater baits, and jitterbugs “seem like doing pretty good,” he said, as well as spinnerbaits going across the water. Then, as the day moves on, they’re going down around the jetties, and anglers are using medium-diving pearl- or shad-colored crankbaits. The bass bite is fair, not great, he said.

Catfish are being caught in the early morning on the grass

lines with shad mainly. Later on, anglers are drift-fishing for them using a shad/nightcrawler combination.

Catfish catches have been good.

Bream are biting on the grass lines and under the over hangs mostly in the early morning. Crickets will work then. As the day progresses, bream go to the jetties and drop down off the grass line a little bit. Use a black Rooster Tail there.

No report on crappie. No report on stripers. White bass are schooling and are at the mouths of creeks early and late. Shad-colored and pearl-colored crankbaits are the way to go for white bass.

Catches have been good.

North Arkansas

White River

(updated 8-5-2020) Cotter Trout Dock (870435-6525) said, “If ever you wanted to be on the river, it would be now.

We have been blessed with fantastically mild August weather: sunshine, low(er) humidity, and temperatures in the low to mid-80s for a few more days. Breathtaking and gorgeous.

Water levels have decreased to just below 9,000 cfs during the day, but evening releases of six generators (18,000 cfs) continue.

Orange and black jigs have proven successful on the lower water, and rogues and stick baits with orange bellies, black backs and silver sides compete nicely. Swim them middepth with a small tug now and again.

“Yellow and/or Sunrise PowerBait are bringing in the rain-

bows of a good size and color. The catch of golden rainbow trout is not as large as you might expect based on how luminous they appear in the clear, cold White River waters, but they're a favorite to look for and lots of fun when you finally hook one. Come on over, get out of the house, and enjoy the great weather in the beautiful Natural State and the Arkansas Ozarks.”

Bull Shoals Lake

As of Wednesday, the Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 685.87 feet msl (normal conservation pool: 661.20 feet msl). Table Rock Lake above Bull Shoals on Wednesday was at 919.96 feet msl (normal conservation pool is 917.00 feet msl). (updated 8-52020) Del Colvin at Bull Shoals Lake Boat Dock reports that the Corps of Engineers is allowing limiting access to ramps and parking; customers/boaters/anglers should call first, especially on weekends. Summer fishing patterns are in effect.

For largemouth bass, fish with topwaters in the mornings. Berkley Wake Bait, poppers, Whopper Plopper, buzzbaits or chatterbaits continue to work for power fishing shallow if it’s cloudy or stormy. During the day, smallies and spotted bass (Kentucky bass) are stacked out on main and secondary points, sunken islands, humps, channel swing bluffs and bluff ends. With shad present, fish position will change depending on sun, wind, current, clouds, etc. Still a lot of places for them

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to hide with high water, so keep it moving. Use a big worm in sunken trees, near ledges, or a half-ounce jig in green pumpkin orange or green pumpkin blue in 18-28 feet of water.

Smallmouth bass are at gravel banks, boat ramps and old roads.

Drag baits like the Ned rig, Hula Grubs, tubes, the Lil’ McMinnow, and fish a drop-shot suspenders off bluff points, main lake points and hump islands at 24-34 feet depth.

The water continues to run high, but it’s at 27 feet above normal at last check and falling. The clarity is dingy to clear, and surface water temperature is 87 degrees.

Norfork Lake

As of Wednesday, the Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 569.68 feet msl (normal conservation pool: Sept.-April, 552.00 feet msl; AprilSept., 555.95 feet msl). (updated 8-5-2020) Tom Reynolds of STR Outfitters said, “Norfork Lake continues to frustrate me. One day you can catch your limit in minutes, then you only catch one or two stripers. After a couple of days of catching only a few fish, Tuesday was the exception – the stripers and hybrids went crazy in Hand Cove area. Acres of hybrids and stripers were feeding from 2040 feet and it only took 20 minutes to catch a limit. What's crazy is the first fish we caught were in 70 feet of water and we caught it at 60 feet. Right now you have to fish all the water columns within a four-hour trip.

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1 Angus 5 Compels to go 10 Time zone 13 Opposed 14 Ancient Greek marketplace 15 Passenger car 16 Hard-of-hearing 17 Threatens 18 Nova 19 Kimono sash 21 Government travel document 23 Central daylight time 26 Shoshonean 28 River 29 Reflexive pronoun 32 Father's sister 33 Compass point 34 Suitable 36 Streetcar 37 Commercial estab lishment that provides overn ight lodging 38 U.S. Department of Agriculture 42 Let down 43 Vesse l build to carry people and goods through deep water 44 Thick soup 46 Bureaus 49 Contempt 51 Talk incessantly 52 Dined 53 Prison in San Francisco Bay 57 Beheld 59 Carved Polynesian pendant 60 Out and _ 62 Imitated 66 Prayer ending 67 Edgy 68 Go at it alone 69 Fisherman 's tool 70 Maneuver 71 Take a long walk in the country

1 Not good 2 Vane direction 3 Estimated time of arrival 4 "First in, first out" 5 Rock salt 6 Gone by 7 Lasso 8 Writer Bernbeck 9 Back talk 10 Removing from the surrounding paper 11 Heavenly lights 12 Light cake 15 Quaking tree 20 Large motor vehicle with many seats 22 Indecent language 23 Saclike structures filled with fluid or diseased matter 24 One who gets things done 25 Bass horn 27 Jostle 30 Rapid eye movement 31 Gave a lavish party 32 Cause of sickness 35 Boat used to carry people and vehicles across a body of water 37 In what manner 38 Ship initials 39 Popular stadium 40 Soil 41 Niche 42 Allowed to borrow 44 Electric _ 45 Connected series of railroad cars 47 Spring holiday 48 Resort hotel 49 Devil 50 Climate 54 Rodents 55 A wager (2 wds.)

56 Subdivide 58 Remove dirt 61 Manipulate 63 Luau dish 64 Antlered animal 65 Female deer

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The Voice of Van Buren County

August 11, 2020

Dragonfly season - Dragonflies are out in force now eating huge numbers of mosquitoes and flies, in many areas of the county. This one is taking a break from its feasting on a clothes- Clinton vs. Concord - Clinton’s 10 and under team takes on Concord in the semi-finals.

(Photos by Robert Snyder) line in Crabtree. (Photo by Jeff Burgess)

Hartmann art exhibit at FFB Library Choctaw artist Joyce Hartmann has a new exhibit “Corona Corona”! at the Fairfield Bay Library, 369 Dave Creek Parkway.

Her exhibit shows a variety of subjects, from birds and landscapes to flowers and editorial cartoons. Hanging now through October, the public can view it whenever the library is open, currently between 1 and 4 p.m. daily. Call 884-4930 to check, as hours may change due to Covid-19.

The exhibit consists of 19 paintings, most in watercolor but some mixed media and acrylics. More than half were completed during this pandemic and have never been exhibited anywhere before.

As a member of ABUN (Artists and Biologists United for Nature), she works with artists worldwide to produce art that is used to help provide funds and awareness for endangered animals, some of which can be seen in this exhibit. Pallas’s Cats are a wild cat in Mongolia that is threat-

ened and endangered; a pair of kittens are included in this exhibit. Spix’s Macaw has only 100 left in the wild. The Philippine Cockatoo and Walden’s Hornbill both have only 500 pair left in the world.

Local flora and fauna are also featured: the Roseate Spoonbill, while usually associated with the Texas coast and more Southern states, has been observed nesting for the first time in Arkansas. There’s a watercolor of flowers and a Junco, so enjoyed in Arkansas during the winter; this snowbird moves north to nest just when the spring flowers

bloom here.

Local scenes include Greers Ferry Lake, Sugarloaf Mountain, and the cabin in Fairfield Bay. Editorial art pieces express the artist’s frustration with the pandemic and politics.

Hartmann is also a member of the North Central Arkansas Artist League, Arkansas Arts Council, and Conway Artist League. Her work has won numerous awards and has been purchased by businesses and individuals worldwide. She retired to Arkansas from Kansas and maintains a studio at her home which is open by appointment.