The Voice of Van Buren County - October 8th, 2019

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TUESDAY, October 8, 2019 / Vol. 5 Issue 41 / 75 cents

Increased water rates get unanimous OK Turnout was low and no complaints were lodged at last week’s public hearing to explain the higher water and sewer rates to begin this month.

According to Clinton Water Department manager Will Hinchey, the actual increase for 2019 will be more than 5 percent. The increase will “cover capital improvement and then

we did 5 percent on top of that to start covering our bond issues that we are looking to take in to do the capital improvement. So the first increase you are looking at is more than 5 percent."

As an example, Hinchey said, if your bill currently is $41.92 for water and sewer, now it will be $70.77.

After one year, the rates will increase an-

other 5 percent and continue to do so every year through November 2024.

“Water is not free, you have to pay for it,” said Clinton Mayor Richard McCormac.

“It’s a business.”

McCormac said he is comfortable with the the numbers and the people involved in coming up with them.

Bob Wright, who said he has worked

with a majority of water systems in the state, explained that a city must charge high enough rates to operate the system, pay its debt and have 120 percent of its loan indebtedness available in mortgage funds.

“You’re upside down,” he said. Part of this increase, he said, is just to catch up and break even on a daily basis going forward.

He noted that turnout at the meeting was light and compared it to a meeting in 2016 in which 50 or 60 people filled the Clinton Senior Center to express their concerns about the proposed hike.

In 2016, one woman confronted then Water Department manager Todd Burgess, telling him that elderly people were having to eat cat food

and could not afford to pay more for water.

This time, the public appears to be accepting of the inevitability of the big rate increase.

At the conclusion of the public meeting, a special session of the City Council was called to order and the ordinance increasing water rates was unanimously approved on a second and third reading.

The sporting life Honeycutt

Cyclist arrested, charged A Scotland man faces several charges after being stopped on his motorcycle on Sept. 29.

Van Buren County Deputy Tim Adams was watching for suspicious activity from a gas pad Clinton’s senior girls team defeated Pottsville near Fork Road in the Ethen Drake takes the kickoff in for a touchdown Friday night. The last week. The senior B team lost its match Flint Road area when Yellow Jackets defeated Melbourne 41-28. Full coverage, Pages 6-7. and the junior team won. (Photos by Robert R. Gaut) a motorcycle that appeared to be lacking a license plate drove past him, according to an affidavit for arrest.

Adams reported that the motorcycle also had broken rear signal lights and the drivOctober 31 is year in downtown er was “wobbling from Scare on the Square Scotland. This is side to side” and cross2019 in downtown not just for the kids, ing over onto the wrong Clinotn. The Clinton it’s a great time to side of the road.

Volunteer Fire Decome out and socialAdams stopped partment will be at it ize with friends and the driver near Scotagain with a haunted neighbors and hand land Formosa Road. house, trick-or-treatout candy and treats.

He identified the driving, costumes and er as Eric Honeycutt. A spooky surprises.

Celebrate Halsecond deputy at the For more informaloween at Shirley’s scene, Derek Sanford, tion about the event annual Boo Bash. observed that Honor how to set up your Candy, games and eycutt was carrying a own booth, contact other treats in downGlock handgun, and Fire Chief D.L. Webb town Shirley. Call Honeycutt said he had at 501-454-8882.

723-8290 for more forgotten it was in his information. belt, according to the Scotland Trunk or report.

Treat is bigger and There is still time The affidavit states better than ever with to get your Hallowthat there had been a lot awards for Best Coseen event listed in of drug traffic in the artume, Best Pumpkin The Voice. Send inea, and a K9 was called and Best Trunk, plus formation to voiceto the scene. The dog some new awards editor@artelco.com. “gave a strong alert” on Harvest season decorations are popping up throughout the county. and trophies this the motorcycle, the reThis one was spotted in Crabtree. (Photo by Jeff Burgess) port states. A check on the weapon showed that it had been reported stolen, the affidavit states. The serial number on the firing mechanism had been defaced, the report states.

A line of storms In Fairfield Bay, The deputies also packing some high Jacks fuel system discovered a plastic bag Van Buren County winds, hail and heavy was struck by lightwith about 1 gram of a Wildlife Officer rain moved through ning on Dave Creek white crystalline subBrian Tatum of the Van Buren County on Parkway, putting the stance in it, the affidavit Arkansas Game and Sunday night, causgasoline pumps temstates.

Fish Commission ing some power outporarily out of serHoneycutt, 37, has was named the counages and leaving bevice. been charged with four ty’s law enforcement hind some damage.

There were no reClass D felonies: posofficer of the year at Areas left without ports of injuries. session of a controlled an event in Benton power Sunday night Fall has arrived substance, posseson Oct. 1. Tatum also included Cleveland, as the storms ushsion of drug paraphersits on the Van Buren Scotland, Damasered in cooler temnalia, theft by receiving, County Quorum cus, Marshall and peratures Monday, and possession of a deCourt, representing Clinton, according to with a high of only 74 faced firearm; and siDistrict 7.

Petit Jean Electric. degrees. Lows this multaneous possession Up to 587 members week are expected of drugs and firearms, a were out of powto be in the 40s and Class Y felony. er. By early Monday most of the week, His plea and armorning, power had the high temperaraignment is set for Oct. been restored to all, tures will be in the 21 in Van Buren County Petit Jean stated. mid-70s.

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October 8, 2019

Twisted beyond recognition Opinion

brary board chairman lose your credibility.

bined with head librar- county library is her have 29 each. Big, ole

her workweek in Texas. Then she got busy generalizing.

She says we are against helping our neighbors. Tell that to the folks who have lost everything in tornadoes, fires, illnesses.

We don’t wait for big government to step in; we turn to each other.

Apparently, we are not beholden enough to the government, we’re determined to rid ourselves of institutions trying to help us.

Don’t know what she is talking about here; of course she gave no examples, just a generalized “services” being cut.

Some factual errors: the writer states that Van Buren County is “very remote.” Part of the county is, but her hometown is right here on U.S. Highway 65, the main route to Branson. The errors add up and when you have enough of them, even little ones, you

er needed. At a library board meeting, when Andrea Singleton was asked what her duties are, she stammered something like, “Well, I administrate.”

Singleton spent quite a bit of time on Facebook arguing with folks who objected to the salary, posting both under her name and under Van Buren County Library, condescendingly saying things like, “Bless your heart….” and saying she didn’t know how people could live if they can’t afford another $20 per year for the library.

This writer says Singleton at one point wanted to run away.

I know a lot of people who would be happy to help her pack and give her an escort to the county line.

As far as holding a master’s degree, good for her. But she was formerly an elementary school teacher; our

By Anita Tucker and three residents, The errors mount: ian, was a high-level first job at a library. power-wielding ArkanVoice Editor one of whom spends The writer describes job that was not evThe writer notes sas has 6.

Did you read the fictionalized account of Van Buren County that was printed in the New York Times this weekend?

I do not know this woman who said she is from Van Buren County and then spends 50 or 60 inches trashing us.

Maybe she holds a grudge from her high school days and this was an attempt to even the score. Or maybe she didn’t care what she wrote and just wanted a byline in a major newspaper.

I don’t know, I don’t really care. But after 40 years in journalism, I recognize faulty reporting when I see it.

This woman has written an “opinion” piece, but even opinion pieces should be based on the facts as they are, not twisted to fit whatever the writer wants.

The writer spoke to the county judge, a librarian, the li-

Dear Editor:

Van Buren County Library offers, in addition to borrowing books and movies, a wide range of services to the citizens of our community. There is a wide range of books from reference to fiction to children's books. They also have a good selection of audio books. Citizens can also print pages and send faxes, can borrow computers for use inside the library, and free wifi is always available. Having trouble figuring out something on the computer? Ask the wonderful librarians to help. They can also provide notary services. The library hosts sign language classes, sewing classes, driver's testing and more. The children's programs are prominent during the summer months: free movie showings, crafting classes, gaming days, summer parties and storytimes.

And don't forget their summer reading program. Preschool crafts and storytimes are held all year.

Van Buren County Friends of the Library is asking for donations of gently used books.

These donated books will be used in library book sales, and the proceeds will help support the VBC Library. All donations should be brought to the library. All genres are welcome: fiction, non-fiction, children, etc.

Please stop by the VBC Library and inquire about programs you could participate in, and find out how citizens like you are what make our library great.

Kimberly Tyler FOL secretary

the new library as “hulking.” Hulking? Now, I do not have a master’s degree in anything, but I believe hulking means massive. Is the building massive?

So, let’s talk library, since that is apparently the topic that alarmed this writer so much.

She fails to mention that we already had a library, though it wasn’t “hulking.” She states that the library serves the entire county, which, of course is not true. It is available for all county residents, but there are two other libraries as well as school libraries. Another factual error.

I think the writer doesn’t quite get the reasons residents were upset about the librarian’s proposed salary increase. The request came on the heels of the announcement that the library was unable to pay its debt. The position of “youth librarian,” which was com-

that many people leave Van Buren County in search of, among other things, better schools.

Really? Do they go to Little Rock for that?

You know, the district where eight schools received an “F” rating from the state. Clinton, which according to a recent report card from niche.com, is “an above average public school district” with 64 percent of its students proficient in reading. Teacher rankings, it states, are No. 4 out of 239 and its safety rating is 26th out of 240. Hey, if it doesn’t help make your point, leave it out, right? (If you look up Manassas, Va., schools on the same website, they don’t appear to rate all that well.)

And one more thing: To say Arkansas has more voting power because of the electoral college is absurd.

California has 55 votes, New York and Florida

Times readers from New Jersey, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, etc., sat in harsh judgment of Van Buren County residents, calling us spiteful, ignorant, racist and mean-spirited, to mention a few of those names. But it is the “hometown” writer’s slings that bruise the most deeply.

So far, this writer has offered Facebook lectures on several topics. She is now working on a book about low-income women in “her hometown.” I do not understand why we continue to talk to reporters from big city media. Remember this: It is not their aim to make us look good. They are looking to portray us as hicks, rubes, ignorant stereotypical hillbillies. Keep that in mind if you talk with them. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.

And that is my opinion.

County judge’s update/Third Quarter

By Dale James New Road.

Greetings, Van Buren County!

Leaves are slowly starting to show some signs of Fall as we enter into October. The morning air is a little bit more crisp and local retail is starting to look forward to the holiday season. We have a lot to cover in this quarterly update…

ROADS

Overgrowth continues to be a challenge. We are using every resource we own to battle overgrowth daily.

JOBS There is some news on the job front coming within the next 120 days or so. Stay tuned.

BUDGET

Van Buren County continues to face budget issues but there are a few key points I would like to mention.

Van Buren County General is operating at the same spending level as in 2007. Everything has gone up in price since that time except your property millage rate, which funds County General.

Under the leadership of Budget Chairman George Bruen and County Judge Bogie Bramlett, the millage rates on property actually decreased during that 20072009 time frame since additional funding was coming in from the gas and oil industry.

The reduction in millage still holds today.

Your Quorum Court, or Justices of the Peace, have done an excellent job of trimming government, cutting costs, and making the budget balance. Please thank them when you see them out and about.

The large mitigation project is complete on Old Highway 9. We expect to receive $25,000 in grant money to help cover the cost of the work. Work is underway to replace the bridge we lost on Buttercreek Road which we hope to complete by the end of October. A low water crossing with reinforcements was constructed on Dean Road to permanently fix an area of chronic washouts.

Ditches are still being pulled and the routes are almost complete. Ditches and culverts are our top priority to prevent repeat occurances of water damage. We still have culvert replacement and drainage projects scheduled for the following roads: Rumley, Watson, Foster Cemetery, Buttercreek, Wilderness Trail, Gravesville Cutoff (2 places), Klondike, Rabbit Ridge, and Morningside among others.

The striping project is complete. New stripes were ABOUT THAT 1-CENT applied to Gravesville Cutoff, TAX CONTINUANCE Van Buren County is well East Mountain, Hwy. 389 (Wilderness Trail), Burnt Ridge, aware of the current finanHighway 16 Loop, and the cial challenges. 911 funding

has been at the forefront of the conversation at both local and state level. The County Library is facing financial hardship. Fire departments are looking for an ISO rating of 6 or below by 2024.

On March 3, you will see a proposal on your ballot to extend the current one-cent sales tax, which currently funds the hospital expansion, to fund key components of the county.

The current penny tax is scheduled to mature on November 1, 2020.

The first twelve months of the extension will pay off the County Library saving the county over $300,000 in interest.

After the first twelve months, the tax will be broken into the following percentages: ¼ cent will protect the investment of the hospital. It would be foolish to invest millions of dollars into state of the art buildings and to have no means of maintaining that property. ¼ cent will fund emergency related functions such as 911, Emergency Management, and other emergency related needs. ½ cent will be evenly divided among every fire department within the county to help them receive the lowest ISO rating possible which could lower your insurance significantly.

Only the ¼ cent tax for 911 and other emergency services can be adjusted by

the Quorum Court. Additional state or federal funding could supplement 911 so that portion should be adjustable.

The tax will allow 30 years of improvements to Van Buren County emergency services.

Taxes of any kind are hard to swallow. This tax will pick up where the other one drops off so we will be spending at a level we are accustomed.

No additional tax will be assessed, but the one currently there will last longer. Taxes, in my opinion, are seldom the answer, but this one is the best option to position VBC for the future. We all receive and we all pay. We all may be in a need to use the hospital, or fire department, or heaven forbid, 911. This one cent tax continuance will secure the future of VBC emergency services.

CLOSING

I was asked recently to give a one word description of Van Buren County’s future considering all the financial challenges we face.

Narrowing that down to one word was difficult, but I said, “hopeful.” We have a bright future ahead of us. We have risen to challenges and continue to overcome. The future really is positive because of you. Every individual of the county makes us who we are.

You are a blessing from God and you are what keeps VBC strong. There are 17,295 reasons to be hopeful in Van Buren County.

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October 8, 2019

Senior Citizens Centers menus Clinton and Damascus

Oct. 8 - Ham and potato soup, pimento cheese sandwich, marinated tomatoes and cucumbers, pears.

Oct. 9 - Teriyaki chicken, fluffy rice, Oriental vegetables, Mandarin oranges, brownie.

Oct. 10 - Smoked beef sausage, sauerkraut, carrots, cornbread, mixed fruit.

Oct. 14 - Spaghetti w/meat sauce, Italian green beans, garlic biscuit, orange smiles.

Oct. 15 - Beef patty with mushroom gravy, stewed tomatoes, au gratin potatoes, pineapple tidbits.

Oct. 16 - Openface roast beef sandwich w/gravy, mashed potatoes, California blend vegetables, fruit.

Oct. 17 - Homemade chicken soup, broccoli/cauliflower salad, cornbread, Jell-O cake.

Fairfield Bay

Oct. 8 - Homemade chicken soup, broccoli/cauliflower salad, cornbread, Jell-O cake.

Oct. 9 - Open-face roast beef sandwich w/ gravy, mashed potatoes, California blend vegetables, fruit.

Oct. 10 - Spaghetti w/meat sauce, Italian green beans, garlic biscuit, orange smiles.

Oct. 11 - Barbecue pork on bun, coleslaw, roasted potatoes, hot winter fruit.

Oct. 15 - Chicken/ broccoli quiche, hash-

browns, hot sliced apples, blueberry muffin.

Scotland

Oct. 8 - Baked ziti, squash medley, salad, peach cobbler.

Oct. 9 - Glazed chicken, green peas, creamed carrots, eggnog pound cake.

Oct. 10 - Fried fish, pinto beans, coleslaw, hushpuppies, hot spiced peaches.

Oct. 14 - Spaghetti w/meat sauce, Italian green beans, garlic biscuit, orange smiles.

Oct. 15 - Baked mushroom burger, stewed tomatoes, au gratin potatoes, pineapple tidbits.

Oct. 16 - Openface roast beef sandwich w/gravy, mashed potatoes, California blend vegetables, fruit.

Shirley

Oct. 8 - Homemade chicken soup, broccoli/cauliflower salad, cornbread, Jell-O cake.

Oct. 9 - Open-face roast beef sandwich w/ gravy, mashed potatoes, California blend vegetables, fruit.

Oct. 10 - Spaghetti w/meat sauce, Italian green beans, garlic biscuit, orange smiles.

Oct. 14 - Barbecue pork on bun, coleslaw, roasted potatoes, hot winter fruit.

Oct. 15 - Chicken/ broccoli quiche, hashbrowns, hot sliced apples, blueberry muffin.

Oct. 16 - Poppy seed chicken, zucchini and tomatoes, salad, bread pudding.

Lakeside Learning Center has provided this information from KidsHealth@, one of the largest resources online for medically reviewed health information written for parents, kids, and teens.

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Make time for your kids It's often difficult for parents and kids to get together for a family meal, let alone spend quality time together. But there is probably nothing kids would like more. Get up 10 minutes earlier in the morning so you can eat breakfast with your child or leave the dishes in the sink and take a walk after dinner.

Kids who aren't getting the attention they want from their parents often act out or misbehave because they're sure to be noticed that way.

Many parents find it rewarding to schedule together time with their kids. Create a "special night" each week to be together and let your kids help decide how to spend the time.

Look for other ways to connect — put a note or something special in

your kid's lunchbox.

Adolescents seem to need less undivided attention from their parents than younger kids.

Because there are fewer windows of opportunity for parents and teens to get together, parents should do their best to be available when their teen does express a desire to talk or participate in family activities. Attending concerts, games, and other events with your teen communicates caring and lets you get to know more about your child and his or her friends in important ways.

Don't feel guilty it you're a working parent. lt is the many little things you do — making popcorn, playing cards, window shopping — that kids will remember.

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Superintendents to offer reports The Van Buren Country Retired Teachers and School Employees will meet at 11:30 a.m. at Western Sizzlin in Clinton on Tuesday, October 15, 2019.

The speakers will be Superintendents Jay Chalk of Clinton Public Schools and Aaron Hosman of South Side Public Schools. They will report on recent changes, give updates and inform about new programs to be imple-

Calendar Jason Mullins, a Master Gardener in Craighead County and founder of Seeds of Change Garden Club, will speak at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 15, at the Van Buren County Library. He will talk about attracting beneficial insects to help combat the harmful insects in gardens.

The Big Event will be held on the parking lot at Ozark Health, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, October 19. Games, vendors, food and free health screenings.

mented for the school year. The Shirley Public School superintendent will come at a later date.

Attendance at this meeting and hearing these reports provides an excellent way for retirees to learn and share the good news about Van Buren County schools.

All retired school employees are encouraged to attend and guests are welcome.

The Maria Van Buren DAR Chapter will meet at the Van Buren County Museum on Oct. 10 with Sallie Parish, new DAR member and docent at the museum, to view the chapter’s history. On display are names and pictures of women deep in the history of Van Buren County and the Maria Van Buren DAR Chapter.

The Van Buren County Cattlemen’s Association meets Monday, Oct. 14, at Western Sizzlin in Clinton.

Eat at 6 p.m., meeting at 7 p.m. Sponsor is In observance of Cowboy Dodge. breast cancer awareness month, Ozark The Clinton High Health is hosting Lunch School Class of 1970 is and Learn at 11:30 p.m. planning its 50th class Thursday, Oct. 17 at reunion. If you were the Van Buren County in this class or know Library. Seating is lim- contact information ited; call 745-9306 to for members, call 745RSVP. 1136 or (501) 733-7277.

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Obituaries Creek Cemetery.

Benton Allen

James Benton Allen Sr., age 83, of Clinton, was born February 24, 1936 in Jerusalem, the second of eight children, and passed from this life September 28, 2019 at Perry County Nursing and Rehab Center.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Andy and Marylou Allen; two sisters, Lola Ulrey and Judy Freeman; and great-grandson, Stone Martin.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Geraldine Wilson Allen; five children, J. Benton (Susie) Allen Jr. of Gilbert, Sonja Allen (Tom) Drew of Clinton, J. Dean (Kendra) Allen of Rangely, Colorado, Katrina Allen (Harrell) Hosman of Greenbrier, and Kandi Allen (Jeff Matthews) of Conway; 14 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mary Ann Fowler, Evelyn Baxley, Rita Gipson and Gloria Seward; and one brother, Paul David Allen.

Benton was a Christian and a lifelong educator having gained a Bachelor of Arts and Master’s Degree in Education from Harding University and University of Arkansas. He began his career as an English teacher then later superintendent and Adult Basic Education Supervisor for GED programs in the state. He was a member of the Church of Christ and loved A Capella singing. He especially loved to lead singing. He loved his heritage, where he grew up and his family background, always talking about Granny’s Hollow, Pleasant View Community near Jerusalem. He was known at the nursing home as “Benton from Clinton.”

Pallbearers are grandsons: Bo Allen, Josh Allen, Jared McCormac, Ryan Lewis, Gavin Drew, Drew Canterbury, Dalton Dembowski and James Benton Allen III. Funeral service was 11 a.m. Thursday, October 3, 2019 at Jerusalem Church of Christ with Benton Allen Jr. and Dean Allen officiating. Burial was be at Cedar

Sharon Hawley

Sharon Eileen Rogers Hawley, 77, of Clinton, passed away, Tuesday, October 1, 2019. She was born November 10, 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri to the late Jacob D. Rogers and Abbie L. Casebeer. Sharon was a homemaker and a member of Immanuel Baptist Church.

Left to cherish her memory is her husband of 59 years, Charles Hawley; one daughter, Virginia L. Bradley and husband Myron of North Carolina; siblings, Sandy Thornburg of Missouri; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and other family members and friends.

Sharon is preceded in death by her parents; one son, Douglas W. Hawley; two grandchildren, Joshua Bradley and Jessica Willcutt.

Graveside service was 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, at the Hunter Hill Cemetery in Clinton, with Brother Mack Leigitor officiating.

Kari Holsted

Kari Leann Holsted, age 43 of Leslie, Arkansas passed from this earthly life on to her heavenly life on Monday, September 30, 2019 at CHI St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born in Mountain View, Arkansas on June 2, 1976 to Benny Wayne Holsted and Ruth Overholt Holsted.

Survivors include her husband, Richard Tilley; sons, Benjamin Balcom of Leslie and Charles Til-

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Oct. 8 – Breakfast: Chocolate chip muffin or cereal, yogurt, mixed fruit.

Lunch: Chili beans, Spanish rice, Mexicali corn, apple.

Oct. 9 – Breakfast: Pancake on a stick or cereal, peaches. Lunch: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, hot

roll, green beans, mixed fruit.

Oct. 10 – Breakfast: Oatmeal and cinnamon toast, applesauce. Lunch: Deli combo, fries, baked beans, banana half.

Oct. 11 – Breakfast: Biscuits and white gravy, cereal, diced pears. Lunch: Italian

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ley of Bee Branch; daughters, Melissa Tilley of Leslie and Rebekah Tilley of Bee Branch; parents, Benny and Ruth Holsted of Leslie; brother, Kevin Overholt and wife Colleen of Leslie; and many beloved cousins, extended family and friends.

Kari is preceded in death by her grandparents.

Kari attended the Nubbin Hill Church when she was able. She graduated from Leslie High School in 1994 and went on to Arkansas Tech where she earned her bachelor's degree in Psychology. Kari worked as director of Ozark Heritage Arts Center for several years and worked at DHS for almost six years.

Kari also worked for Searcy County School District and currently worked for Shirley School District. She enjoyed her horses, cows and other farm animals.

Funeral services were 10 a.m. Friday, October 4, 2019 at Nubbin Hill Church near Leslie, Arkansas with Bro. Joe Dale Williams, Bro. Glenn Pettus and Bro. Mike Proctor officiating. Burial was in Nubbin Hill Cemetery.

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non of Conway, Arkansas, and several other relatives.

Funeral was 2 p.m.

Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, Clinton. Interment was at the Hunter-Hill Cemetery.

es since May 22, 1966. She loved reading, embroidery, music and cooking.

Memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday October 12, 2019, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Heber Springs.

John Patterson

Don Watts

John David Patterson, 90, of Clinton, Arkansas died on Thursday, October 3, 2019 in Conway, Arkansas. Born January 21, 1929 in Springfield, Missouri, Patterson was a retired marina owner and a founding member of the Raccoon Club in Fairfield Bay. He had a passion for golf, mowing and his cats.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Jackie.

Survivors are his son, Kelly (Janet), and daughter, Darin (Kevin).

Graveside service was 1 p.m. Oct. 7, 2019 at Fairview Memorial Gardens in Fayetteville.

Robert Shannon

Robert Henry Shannon of Greenbrier, Arkansas, originally from Morrilton, passed away September 28, 2019. He was born March 27, 1948 to Oliver and Faye (Parks) Shannon.

He was the third of four sons, often referred to as Butch.

Robert was a pipeline welder by trade for 49 years. Robert was a graduate of Victory Bible Institute and a licensed and ordained minister.

Robert is preceded in death by his parents, and twin grandchildren, Jordan and Isaiah Mitchum.

Survivors include his wife, Flo Ann Shannon; two daughters, Christina Shannon of Greenbrier, Rachel and Justin Mitchum of Higden; two granddaughters; three brothers, Fletcher and Ola Shannon of Atkins, Arkansas, Kenneth and Margaret Shannon of Brighton, Colorado, and Larry Shan-

Don Watts, 80, of Hensley passed away on September 25, 2019. He was born on January 21, 1939 to the late, James and Edna Faye Watts in Arlberg, Arkansas. Don enjoyed fishing and woodworking. He was a member of East End Assembly of God Church where he served as a deacon for many years.

He is preceded in death by parents; sister, Darlene Watts Long and brother, Conrad Watts. Don is survived by his wife of 60 years, Martha Watts; two sons, Randy Watts (Mary) and Mark Watts (Donna); one daughter, Kristen Taylor (Nick); eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one brother, Darrell Watts; one sister, Williajean Teague; and a host of family and friends.

Celebration of life was Saturday, September 28, 2019 at East End Assembly of God.

Mary Smith

Mary Elizabeth Smith of Heber Springs was born Nov. 19, 1938, to Zula Fay Hatman in Possum Grape, Arkansas. She was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her mother; stepfather Robert Rice; husband Henry Smith; son Harold Smith; three brothers, Robert Rice, Sim Rice and Billy Joe Rice. She is survived by her children, Teresa Morehead of Heber Springs, Mark (Shirley) Smith of Heber Springs, and Jennifer Smith of Damascus, Arkansas; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; sister Ruby (Johnny) Cordova of Alma, Arkansas; and many other relatives.

Mary was a member of the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witness-

Oct. 10 – Breakchicken wrap, chips, veggie strips, water- fast: Egg and cheese biscuit, mixed fruit. melon.

Lunch: Baked ham, Clinton Elementary creamed potatoes, Oct. 8 – Breakfast: green beans, hot roll, Breakfast pizza, pears. peaches.

Lunch: Chicken wrap, Oct. 11 – Breakfresh veggies/Ranch, fast: Cereal, cinnapineapple. mon toast, peachOct. 9 – Breakfast: es. Lunch: Corn dog, Pancakes, sausage, baked beans, coleslaw, applesauce.

Lunch: mixed fruit.

Mexican pie, pinto beans, muffin square, Clinton Junior and Senior High apple slices.

Cemetery Clean-up time

Fall clean-up at the Dennard Cemetery will be Saturday, Oct. 12, starting at 8:30. All flowers on the grounds will be removed. Tombstone saddles and hanging baskets will be left.

Oct. 8 – Breakfast: Sausage, egg, cheese biscuit, fruit. Lunch: Beef taco or chicken nuggets, sweet and sour sauce, brown rice pilaf, stir fry vegetables, fortune cookie, fruit cup/fruit.

Oct. 9 – Breakfast: Cereal, Frudel Strudel, fruit. Lunch: Pizza or chicken Parmesan, salad, corn, fruit/juice.

Oct. 10 – Breakfast: Breakfast piz-

za, peaches. Lunch: Chicken fried steak or Salisbury steak, wheat rolls, creamed potatoes, green beans, fruit.

Oct. 11 – Breakfast: Cereal, wheat toast/jelly, fruit. Lunch: Barbecue pork rib on bun, coleslaw or cheeseburger, oven fries, ice cream, fruit.

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

If you wish to express your appreciation to friends, neighbors, family, church and community members with a Thank You on the obit page, call (501) 745-8040 or email voiceads@artelco.com

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Jeff Burgess Crabtree

EHC holds its monthly meeting Thursday, 1:30 p.m., in their building near Alread.

It’s Recycling Day, Saturday, 8 a.m. to 12 noon, in Alread. At the same time, a benefit breakfast will be offered by ACCDA, and others, in the cafeteria.

The Zion Hill Church’s Hobo Dinner and Chili Cook Off, originally scheduled for this coming Saturday, has moved to Saturday, October 19.

The Private Land Anterless Only Modern Gun Deer Hunt opens Saturday. Check the Regs for details.

The first full moon of autumn, called the Hunter’s Moon, is official Sunday at 4:08 p.m.

An Inter-organizational Meeting is being held Monday, 6 p.m., in the Alread Community Center, to promote cooperation.

The ACRDC Board Meeting is set for 6:30 p.m., Monday, in the EHC Building.

The Orionids meteor shower begins

CLUBS The Idle Hour Bridge Club met at the home of Gay Whillock. High Danna Hensley; second - Jo Nell Warren; traveling Mary Edwards; bingo - Conie Reamey.

next week Wednesday and continues until the 30th. Best viewing time is 3:30 a.m. until before first light. Look to the east.

Black walnuts and muscadines are falling, goldenrod is blooming, and temperatures are moderating.

Expect leaf drop to accelerate soon.

I’ve just returned from a visit with Mom. She spoke often of having lived a long and good life and that she is ready to go. It reminded me once again how important it is to appreciate them while they’re still with us.

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

ber 70 with a party in Fairfield Bay. About 15 family members attended. His brother Doug Poynor of Red Bud, Illinois visited him Wednesday through Sunday and attended his party. Doug's daughter Katie and family of Morrilton attended. All of Paul's children were there and most of Wanda's family was there.

Pam Murray prepared lunch for Jimmy and Thelma and all our family on Sunday after church.

Thelma Murray visited family, Aunt Geneva Meyner and cousin Paul of Culpepper Mountain and sister Patsy and Jessie Ward of Formosa on Friday.

Jimmy and Thelma Murray are going to be great-grandparents to another great-granddaughter. Parents are going to be Cameron and Joni Murray of Conway. The baby is due to arrive around April 15, 2020..

Thelma Murray Shirley

Lottie Carroll recently visited her family in Blanchard, Oklahoma, including her brothers Ted Welchel and J.H. Welchel, and sister Sharon Garrett.

She attended a family reunion in Tuttle, Oklahoma, where around 350 family members attended and got to meet family members for the first time, especially a new greatgreat-nephew.

Jimmy Murray had about 16 family members present as he was presented with a quilt of valor at Shady Grove Baptist Church on Sunday.

Brother Mitch Meaders had eight family members visiting at Settlement Baptist Church Sunday.

Paul Poynor celebrated birthday num-

Patsy Ward Formosa

Marva and RG Ward and Sindee Morse went to Greenwood last Thursday.

They got to see Rylan’s band play for the football game. On Friday night, Landon’s baseball team played a doubleheader in Springdale. They all went to the games except Marva. She wasn’t feeling well. Sindee, Erica and Rylan went shopping on Saturday. They all attended another game in Springdale on Sunday, then came home.

We made a trip to

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Senior Center - Top finishers last week in the Scotland Senior Center poll games were (from left) 1st place Jeff Brown, 2nd place James Foreman, and 3rd place Jason Allen. (Photo by Doyle Scroggins) Little Rock on Tuesday to see the oncologist.

JR got a good report on his blood work. He is feeling pretty good this week.

I picked some of my pinto bean shellies.

I know they are going to be good for lunch on Sunday.

In a few days the Kentucky Wonder green beans will be ready to pick. I have the longest runners on them that I have ever seen.

We’ve been enjoying the squash and cucumbers out of my August garden. I planted by the almanac and I do believe it works.

I’ve got to cook JR some turnips next week. He asks every couple of days if they are ready. They are getting there.

I keep running across these fire ant mounds. They sure do hurt when they bite.

I’m looking for a sure fire way to dispose of them. If anyone has a good way, let me know.

I’ve been replacing the floor under my sink that’s been out all summer. That was a job, but I got it done.

Thelma Murray came by on Friday and visited for a while. She brought some sweet banana peppers. I am going to can a few pints. I have a recipe that a girl from Russia gave me when I was working at Belden. She came over from Russia to study the cord making process. She was training to be an engineer. Her name was Alex, she was a sweet young lady. We talked a lot about the way things were done in our different countries.

Good times.

There will be a me-

morial service for Bob Tatum at the Formosa Community Center on October 11, at 11 a.m.

Have a great week, God bless all.

Wish I could inform you more of the Fairfield Bay Senior Center but as I have told everyone, you need to ask the director.

James and Joyce Burns Scotland

Gregory S. Alexander Fairfield Bay

Hey Hey, I got my boat fixed. It’s so embarrassing I'm not going to say what was wrong.

I know I keep mentioning this, but we have only two weeks before we have the campground to ourself. Fallfest is seeking donations and volunteers to help them run the carnival site and help with the haunted campground to build, be a character and/ or take down. For the carnival call Shellie at 479-211-8120 and for the campground call Penny at 501-2066725.

I took a ride to the Marina to check on the “One More Time-For The Kids.” The crowd looked pretty good.

Then I drove up into the Bay to check out the Octoberfest. It was packed, the closest parking was at the old Goodwin and Daughters place. I have a feeling that all the booths made their money back just for their place.

Our next event in The Bay will be October 14 at the Dock of the Bay, they are doing a Trivia Night to support "Shirley After Prom.”

Also, the Indian Hill Golf Course is having a tournament October 26 to benefit the Fairfield Bay Library, Animal Shelter and Feed the Hungry.

It is October already. The smell and feel of fall is in the air and it is so nice. A lot is going on in Scotland this month.

October 5 was our First Saturday Breakfast. Still not quite enough to get the hot water tank put in. Maybe by next month.

Don Ramsey's Wolverton Mountain Music Festival was held over the weekend. Big crowd and great lineup of artists expected.

This weekend will be the third year for Pigeye Daze at the Scotland School, ppens at 10 a.m. Lots of games, contests, vendors and music, music, and more music. Hope to see you there.

The Saturday before Halloween is the annual free Chili and Soup Potluck and hot dogs for the kids and do not forget to bring some desserts. There will be the bonfire, hay ride, and roasted marshmallows. Bring a jacket. Remember how cold it was last year?

Trunk or Treat will be in downtown Scotland on Halloween night. Wear your costume and bring your pumpkin that you carved at home. Remember, prizes and trophies for winners of the contests. Let's make it bigger and better each year.

Be safe and have a great time and if you have Scotland News call 592-3935 and we will get it in the paper.

I have a lot of people say they do not have computers or get on FaceBook so they read the paper and enjoy finding out what is going on in our community.

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FOOTBALL FEVER CLINTON YELLOW JACKETS 2019

John Riley Hinchey picks up some yards.

Photos by Robert R. Gaut

Clinton 41, Melbourne 28 Ethen Drake took the Bearkatz kickoff 76 yards for a touchdown to open Friday night’s game at Jim Tumlison field in Clinton.

Melbourne came right back and tied the score 7-7, but that was the last time Clinton didn’t lead in the conference game.

The touchdowns were spread out, with Austin Drake making a 36-yard catch for a score, quarterback Weston Amos scoring a couple and two running touchdowns

by John Riley Hinchey, including a 46-yard run with tacklers hanging on for the Jackets’ final score.

Clinton’s leading rushers for the game were Hinchey with 116 yards and Amos with 105.

Ethen Drake led the team in tackles with 10, while Hinchey added 9. Gonzalez, Nic Epley and Austin Drake added 6 each, and racking up 5 each were Blaine Emberton and Jacob Hutto.

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Step back in time

Ozark Memories:

Searcy County, Arkansas Tina Lewis Johnson

Closing stills posed danger

Keeping it safe - Amy Owen’s class at Clinton Elementary received the school’s first safety award from Officer Casey Dunn.

Places third - Heidi Kottke brought home a third-place medal for her nunchuck weapons performance at United Taekwondo Alliance National Championships in Louisiana. “The Blind Ninja” from Clinton traveled to Louisiana for the competition.

Religion

Perilous times are coming Perilous means dangerous. People kind of know instinctively that the days ahead are looking somewhat dark. I’m no prophet of doom, but the Bible teaches, “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come.” Darkness is headed our way and there’s no doubt about it.

But that doesn’t mean we have to live in paranoia and dread.

It means we are to get ready for the night. We do all kinds of things to do that: we put electricity into our homes, because we know the night is coming. We buy light bulbs, and that includes night-lights. The most important light

in my house is not the night-light, as important as that is to my toes. The most important light in my house is the smallest light in my house: that little light that comes on when I open the refrigerator door. I’m ready for the night. I have outside lights to protect me from burglars.

I’m ready. I’m quite sure you have prepared yourself and your family for the inevitable night that is coming.

Daylight is coming, just the other side of the night. The kingdom of light will follow the dreadful days of darkness that lie ahead. The same Bible that tells us to make preparation for the night, in-

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forms us that the Lord Himself will come and set up His kingdom on the earth. And then all our prayers will be answered, as His will shall be done on earth as it is in heaven. Yes, planet earth is in for some glorious days as the One who was crucified and resurrected will come and set up a kingdom

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Benjamin Franklin Taylor was a deputy U.S. marshal in Searcy County, Arkansas from 1895 to 1897. The deep hollows and rocky bluffs of Arkansas provided the privacy necessary to manufacture illegal moonshine whiskey, and it was Ben's job to find it.

On the morning of August 29, 1897, Taylor and fellow deputy U.S. Marshal Joseph Dodson of Stone County, along with a small posse, approached a still in Bullfrog Valley, an area notorious for illegal activities.

William Harvey Bruce, a crack shot in the Civil War, saw the men approach the still. His first shot dropped Taylor dead.

The second killed Dodson. The next two shots injured the remaining men.

The Taylor family put up a reward of $550 dead or alive for the capture of Bruce.

After a year, he was

arrested at his family's home in Van Buren County and stood trial for illicit distilling.

He served three years hard labor before standing trial for murder. He was charged with involuntary manslaughter and served only six months.

After paying his

of peace and prosperity such as the world has never seen. Get ready.

Here's a description of those latter days (Remember, this was written 2,000 years ago): “Men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power.” Then it tells us how to respond to these people: “And from such people turn away!”

This is the peril that is coming. Sure, it’s already been here and is here today; but, as the last days approach, Jesus said these will be like a woman in labor,

which means the peril will intensify and grow more rapid. They are called labor pains. They are upon us even now.

The barbarians are at the gate.

Jesus said this, “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world.”

That’s bad. And speaking of the end of the age He said, “For nation will rise against nation, and there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes.”

This information is not given to us to make us freak out, store up food, weapons and ammo, and hide in a cave.

It is wonderfully provided for us that we might prepare for the night; you know, like you did when you moved into your house. We need to get ready and stay ready. How do we do that? The Bible’s simple answer to that is to

debt to society, William Harvey Bruce was given a gun and hired as a marksman to guard the walls of the prison.

(Source: True West Magazine Feb 2015 and The Mountain Wave September 24, 1897)

Capt. Benjamin Taylor

(Photo from Ozark Memories: Searcy County, Arkanas, Facebook page)

repent, which means to make up your mind once and for all to follow Jesus, to so turn to God that you turn your back on your sins.

There is no other way.

And for those who do believe and repent, there is hope. We are warned so that we might look for the hope.

Jesus is that hope. He is coming to make all things right. He will destroy all the enemies of righteousness and set up His kingdom on this earth. The book of Revelation says this about the Lord, that He has “made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth.”

So, don’t look down. Look up. For the believer, the sun will rise one day. The Son is coming! Buckle your seat belt for the ride may get rough, but we will get to our destination.

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assurance as to the location of this covey of quail you could take to the bank.

There was not a doubt the covey crouched just ahead of his nose. Rex would remain motionless until the hunters had eased around him, walking

already imagining the aroma emanating from Mom’s kitchen as she would prepare the feast, featuring a platter piled high with fried quail accompanied by biscuits, mashed potatoes and cream gravy. It made each of us concentrate on accuracy while in the field.

My father, a pastor for forty years, derived great pleasure and release from pastoral tensions in the outdoors and always had hunting dogs, usually preferring pointer birddogs, as did most of his hunter friends.

But Rex, our setter, had proven himself far above anything he had ever experienced. And the dog’s fame rose further one weekend when he took him along to Needs Creek, a community about twenty miles south where he had once served as pastor, for an all-day hunt.

could borrow Rex, and our farm, for a bird hunt with a celebrity who was coming to visit.

Dad of course agreed, and inquired who this celebrity might be. It was none other than Bill Dickey, the all-star catcher for the New York Yankees. The following year he would be named to baseball’s hall of fame and his number (No. 8) retired.

Arky had been a friend of Dickey’s for years, knowing his love of and skill at quail hunting. History records that Dickey trained Yogi Berra on the finer points of catching before moving on to become manager of the Yankees.

Early on that Saturday morning, Arky and Bill showed up at the parsonage in Damascus, greeted by my father and a tail-wagging Rex. After pleasantries all around, the baseball players allowed

slowly, guns alert, in the direction he pointed. Then like a giant roaring fan, twenty or thirty birds would boil from the field with blazing speed, scattering toward the nearest woods. Only the best marksman could fell one or two, thus leaving the majority of the birds, with their grouping instinct, to thrive.

In the Fifties, quail were rather plentiful on Southern farms.

When all felled birds had been retrieved, mostly by Rex as he could find them easily and deliver to Dad, we would move on to another part of the farm looking for new coveys. Our day had just started, and we were

He had been invited by the Glover men—Sam and Jack—and their neighbor, Alton “Arky” Biggs, a professional baseball player home on vacation. Avid bird hunters all, they were known to have high performing dogs, each with jealous attitudes of his own well-trained animal. That day Rex became the star, hands down. It was their first time to see him work, though Dad had regaled stories before.

Perhaps they did not necessarily believe everything, even coming from their preacher friend’s mouth.

It was only a few days later when Arky called my Dad to ask if there was a chance he

Rex into the back seat of Dickey’s car and the three left for our farm.

They were gone all day.

Late that afternoon, my Dad was in his study across the yard at the church preparing for the next day’s service when the hunters arrived. Rex, as usual, bounded out of the car, glad to see Dad and if possible would have told him stories of the day. The Yankee catcher enthusiastically took over the conversation, extolling the moves of this mahogany colored bird dog. Then he exulted, “Bro. Ward, I’d like to buy Rex.” Taken aback, Dad had never thought about such. Rex was a part of the family. But Dick-

Vanished Rex was an outstanding bird dog before he was a pet.

Well, we didn’t exactly have pets, since our father vetoed the idea of any animal desiring to actually enter our house…just not allowed. And pens were not in vogue in our little town of Damascus in the 1950s, as everyone’s dogs—whether hunting or yard—merely roamed the town, some with collars, some naked. And who could ever keep a cat penned, except behind locked doors?

My little sister, Judy, and I would often sit on our front porch in the summer, and Rex would join us, tail wagging…content to just nuzzle or maybe take a walk down the road.

He was a friend to everyone. We might roam a half-mile away, past the big white house where the Scroggins family lived, then on down Brickey Road, with Rex always at our side.

But on special Saturdays in fall and winter, Rex would eagerly hop into the trunk of Dad’s old Chevy and he and my big brother Joe, sometimes including me, would take off to our farm fifteen miles north for a quail hunt. That, to my family, which included three other brothers, was the epitome of outdoor activity. Summer was given over to fishing the creeks and occasionally a lake if we knew anyone with a boat and would hint an invitation, and winter nights could find us roaming

the woods following the sound of our coon hounds hot on the trail as we dodged trees and negotiated fences by the light of carbide lamps.

If someone were producing a volume on consummate bird dogs of the South, Rex could be the lead story. He bore not a long list of pedigrees nor was he touted at dog shows, trotting alongside stern and tight-trousered men with his head held high to the applause of a crowd. No, Rex was merely the real thing—a true hunting dog. As we say in the South, “the proof’s in the puddin’.” But what would become of Rex following his premiere performance on that Saturday in 1953?

When approaching a field of tall grass on a frosty October morning, just pause at the edge and watch Rex work. He would first circle that field, almost silently, to detect any scent of quail.

Then without prompting would return to our side and begin to methodically work the area, back and forth, finally zeroing in on the exact whereabouts of the covey. Quail are flock birds, sticking closely together for feeding and will not fly until a foot gets nearly on top. When Rex slowed and finally stopped, he struck the perfect pose—motionless, tail straight, long hair gently blowing in the breeze, one front foot paused in midair—the true stance of an Irish Setter. And his

Page 9 ey pushed further with his enthusiasm. At that time, in 1953, my father was pastor of a small church, often being remunerated by slim offerings, sometimes produce from the farmers who were members, and occasionally with beef or pork.

Then Dickey exulted, “I’ll give you five hundred dollars!” Dad was now in a dilemma.

That money could feed his family for months, literally, or buy a good car. But this was Rex, his friend and faithful hunting partner. Dad respectfully declined.

And Dickey understood, but didn’t want to give up until he realized the seriousness of Dad’s love for Rex and dropped it, knowing he would feel the same way about this special birddog.

At supper that night, Dad told stories from the hunters and how Rex had performed. Then he mentioned the offer of five hundred dollars. My mind could not wrap around even the idea of five hundred dollars when only last Saturday I had spent a day at the Van Buren County fair with my friend, Joe Lee, each with a single dollar in our pocket. Stunned faces all around the table looked at Dad, perhaps with visions of money, but also with great pride that he would not let go of our dear friend, our pet, our fine hunting dog.

But what happened to Rex? No doubt with our gushing of that rejected offer from the famous baseball player, the word spread quickly. People in town and beyond were proud, yet curious. Why would someone pass up an offer like that?

Then it happened.

A few days later, Rex failed to show up. The search began. Phone lines were kept busy, much wringing of hands and combing of neighborhoods, driving to fields where we had hunted. That ultra friendly birddog had apparently slipped into someone’s car or pickup with only the slightest invitation.

One can only hope that a bright new adventure had begun for Rex, our irreplaceable Irish setter. The mystery was never solved.

The sadness remains.

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Arkansas State Square Dance Federation is coming to Clinton, October 10, 11, and 12 at the Clinton Fairgrounds

There will be people from all over the State.

Public is invited to come, watch, enjoy and sign up for square dance lessons in your area.

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Perspective

by Tom Hogan adoption. The dog is

A small dog is trapped in a drain pipe.

No one knows the dog or where she comes from. As a crowd gathers, efforts to rescue her before an impending storm fills the drain border on the heroic. Traffic is diverted and every resource is utilized.

A web page springs up and donations pour in, along with offers of

given a name, “Piper,” and becomes the focus of city-wide attention.

Just as rain starts to fall the last piece of pipe is breached, and little Piper is freed, live, on TV and the internet.

People in bars and elevators cheer openly and hug each other. Toasts are offered for the dog and all who worked so diligently to save her.

Piper is mentioned in

THAT

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by Freeda Baker Nichols

Catching the bride’s bouquet Fiction Part 4 A week went by and

Wasper was still gone.

And Victoria had not heard one word from that young veterinarian.

No “thank you card” for the flowers or any confirmation of receipt.

Meeting him was no longer important, without Wasper. She grew weary of her mother scolding. “I can’t believe you let Tom walk away!”

All her friends, knowing how attached she was to Wasper, had called to say they hoped she would find him. Like her mother, they too were very surprised that she had broken up with Tom. But Victoria did not regret that mutual decision.

A knock on the door sent her to open it. Paige rushed in, holding up a newspaper, gushing out words so fast, Victoria barely could distinguish what she was saying. “It’s him! It’s Wasper! Look at this picture. That’s him high in that tree and the firemen are rescuing him!”

Victoria grabbed the paper, looked at the front-page photo. “It is Wasper!” A lump came to her throat. “Oh, Paige!” she said, jumping up and down. “Oh, I can’t believe it. Where is he now?”

“Just says he had no collar on and gives the number of the animal shelter.”

“Come with me, Paige,” she said, getting her car keys and pocketbook.

They arrived at the animal shelter and were told that several people had called, claiming to own the cat. So, the shelter turned him over to a veterinarian willing to board and care for him until someone proved ownership.

“Doc’s got him?”

“No,” the girl replied. “Another vet called when he saw the picture and offered to treat and board him, for free.”

“Who?” “Dr. Dan Trent. He just opened in Lakeview. A real nice young man.”

Victoria and Paige looked at each other.

Victoria pushed her hair

back and twisted her key chain. She turned back to the girl. “May I have his number?”

She took the number, but she didn’t call.

At Paige’s request, she dropped her off at her place, and headed out of town toward Lakeview.

Arriving at the vet clinic, she opened the door into a spacious room with a counter on one side, and a waiting area on the other.

No one was around. In a few minutes, a door opened, and a young man came in from the back of the building.

“Hi!” he said, walk-

The Voice of Van Buren County prayers that Sunday.

Despite what appears to be an exhaustive search, her owner is never found. Soon Piper is given to a new family, hand picked and perfect. Her donations are given to the local animal shelter. Piper visits hospitals and is featured in her own calendar. It’s a wonderful story with a wonderful ending and everyone smiles.

Meanwhile, across town, a small child is trapped in poverty.

ing over to stand beside her. “I’m sorry you had to wait. My helper left early today. I’m Dan Trent. Just getting settled in here.”

“Hi. I’m Victoria Street from Maple Valley.”

His brown eyes lit up. “Flowers by Victoria?”

Their hands met instantly in a warm, firm clasp.

“Yes,” she admitted, shyly, as she glanced at the enormous bouquet on the counter. She hadn’t recalled that the arrangement was that huge.

However, with pride she noticed the flowers were still in good condition. Someone must be feeding them the packet she’d provided to keep their freshness.

“Thank you for the flowers. They came on a day I needed to be cheered up. It seemed like a geriatric day. Most of the animals brought in were old and in bad shape.”

“Oh. I’m glad. I mean -- I’m glad the flowers helped.” She withdrew her hand, captivated by the expression in his eyes.

Paige had been right.

He was handsome.

He smiled. “How can I help you?”

(To be continued)

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October 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcus Akers October 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Debra Bledsoe October 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Debra Donahue October 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Duncan October 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Pat Ellis October 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Travis Handley October 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mildred Harris October 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dean Paullin October 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred Tanner October 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earl Tatum October 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betty Tomlinson October 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amber Arnold October 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danny Brown October 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Akers October 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Clay October 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Howard October 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karl Lovell October 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wanda Lowry October 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Sawyer October 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Tucker October 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd Burgess October 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellen Gentry October 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Graham October 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caden Hickman

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October 11 . . . . . . . . . . . GleeAnna Housley October 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angie Martin October 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danny Mercer October 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. D. Scritchfield October 11 . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly (Agan) Tester October 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue Bailey October 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brenda Isabell October 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Privitt October 12 . . . . . . . . . . Nancy Skudlarczyk October 12 . . . . . . . . . . Amberlie (Dunham) October 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lola Watts October 13 . . . . . . . . . . . Suzanne Bradford October 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Dixon October 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patricia Melser October 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Roberson October 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilma Adams October 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brad Barnett October 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doris Chandler October 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penny DeWigins October 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy Fosko October 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pam Hickman October 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sevan Hurt October 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger Quarrell October 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Rowe

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Fun & Games

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October 8, 2019

The Voice of Van Buren County

Fishing Report White River

Cooler weather appears on the way, the big lakes are about the turn over, and fishing is about to take off, our reporters say.

Central Arkansas

Little Red River

(updated 10-22019) Greg Seaton of littleredflyfishingtrips. com (501-690-9166) said the river is low and clear with afternoon generation varying each day, so check the forecasted generation before planning your trip. The last couple of days has been about 4-5 hours of one unit starting about 2 p.m.

Wednesday’s schedule was to start at 1 p.m.

“I have been visiting a new grandson in New York City the last week and have not fished,” Greg said.

“I am back and going out this week to check it out. It was great visiting my son, his wife and my new grandson but I’ll tell you it’s wonderful to be back to the peace and serenity of the Little Red. “My friends tell me that the small midges are still a good bet with light tippet. When the water gets this low and clear, a good presentation is important.

Use the smallest indicator possible to help your presentation. The less disturbance when your fly hits the water

the better.”

Greers Ferry Lake

on edges of flats while others roam; use dropshots, jigheads, crankbaits and spoons in the 18-45 feet zone. Bream are still guarding some and eating crickets, crawlers, spoons, inline spinners, crankbaits, etc. all over the lake in real shallow out to 45 feet. Black bass are scattered everywhere and ganged up as well; they can be caught super shallow out to 60 feet on a variety of ways. Drag something or throw it and/or in between random stuff.

Catfishing has been good on some of the species; try jugs, lines and/or rod-and-reel.

Some cats are shallow and also eating 2860 feet as well. Hybrid bass and white bass are eating spoons, inline Texas Tornado, Rinky Dinks and topwater baits. They’re eating vicious at times – with black bass, crappie and walleye mixed with them helping them eat as well – in super shallow out to 60 feet of water. All the catching will improve every hour now for all species until mid-January, Tommy says.

As of Wednesday, the Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 460.55 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 10-22019) Tommy Cauley of Fishfinder Guide Service (501-940-1318) said the water level at Greers Ferry Lake is at 460.55 feet, msl, or 1.99 feet below normal pool of 462.54 feet msl and falling, with a little generation as needed.

“Again we are faced with low dissolved oxygen in the lake due to high water since last fall and things are decaying. Wind and rain will replenish it and the fish won’t feel as though they have a hangover. After the two cold fronts coming, give it a few days and the bite will improve a lot. Just stay with your program,” Tommy says.

He says crappie will still eat if you put something in front of them: crank bait, live bait, jigs, etc. in 1545 feet of water. Some North walleye are ganged up Arkansas

(updated 10-22019) Cotter Trout Dock (870-435-6525) says the tailwaters for Bull Shoals Lake have dropped to within 3 feet of power pool; currently sitting at 664.01 feet msl. This is a good indicator that the Southwestern Power Administration and the Army Corps of Engineers will decrease generation, causing water levels on the White River below the dam to become lower and a little slower; it will also provide the possibility of wading or anchoring.

The brown trout bite is getting tricky, and more patience is required to get their attention. If fishing within a few miles of the dam, down to Wildcat Shoals area, tie on a white jig or try a white, 4-inch Head Hunter with a touch of orange on its belly. Further downriver, nearer to Cotter, the rainbow Rapala, CD5 or CD7, will cause a stir.

The rainbow catch has been very, very good. Bubblegum pink worms, sometimes used in conjunction with white PowerBait, floating mid-depth, will pick up the pace, as will a live and kickin' red wiggler. If that doesn't draw enough attention, add a small bit of shrimp to the barb and catch your limit.

“The Weather Channel is promising some cooler days by the end of the week; that, added to the lower water, will be too much incentive to stay away. See you in a day or two.”

Bull Shoals Lake

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

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664.00 feet msl (normal conservation pool: 659.00 feet msl). (updated 10-22019) Del Colvin at Bull Shoals Lake Boat Dock said the Bull Shoals Lake level is high again, at about 5 feet above normal level. Surface temperature is 80 degrees as of Tuesday midmorning. Clarity is cloudy. Bream reports fell off, with poor results. Crappie are fair.

Anglers have found it hit or miss. The best crappie bite is found in the creeks; use minnows or jigs. Black bass are in their traditional fall pattern, with the typical baits for that pattern working, Del says.

Go with topwater lures.

Walleye are found in 32 feet or water and are being caught with bottom bouncers. No other reports.

Norfork Lake

As of Wednesday, the Army Corps of Engineers reported the lake’s elevation at 558.25 feet msl (normal conservation pool: Sept.-April, 552.00 feet msl; April-Sept. 555.75 feet msl). (updated 10-22019) Lou Gabric at Hummingbird Hideaway Resort said summer-like weather is hanging on longer this year than normal. “I’m really getting anxious waiting for the fall fishing season to begin. Even with the warm water temperature, my fishing guests and I have been doing pretty well fishing for a variety of species in Norfork Lake. Crappie, largemouth, smallmouth, bluegill, catfish and walleye are all being caught.

The crappie bite is still one of the better bites at this time,

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with several of the big slabs starting to show up. Crappie are being caught from 15 feet down to 35 feet, suspended and on the bottom in and around large brush piles. The best areas have brush from 22 feet of water out to 35 feet of water. You will be able to stay in one area longer with the brush covering such a large depth range. What I try to do is start in the shallow part of the brush and fish close to the bottom.

As the sun gets to the treetops, I move a little deeper and will start to find fish suspended toward the top of the brush. But once the sun gets high in the sky the fish seem to move inside of the brush.

If you are not getting bites you need to move to another brush pile.

The bite may stop after you catch several fish and if it does, make the move then come back to this brush after you give it some time to rest. I have been using a quarter-ounce white with chartreuse back spoon, as well as ones with a pink and green back. These colors seem to be my goto colors, but if the bite seems to be slow, I do switch out to other colors until I find one that the fish are wanting. I currently have several guests fishing for pan fish with live minnows and crickets. They are doing quite well catching big blue gills, along with some nice crappie and bass. The best depth so far for my guests have been 2530 feet towards the bottom close to or inside of brush piles.

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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 Scotland Church of Christ. 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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Classifieds • Legal ANNOUNCEMENTS

MISC. FOR SALE

The Clinton High School Class of 1970 is planning their 50th Class Reunion. If you were in this class or know contact information for members of the class, please, call (501)7451136 or (501)733-7277 Fall clean-up at the Dennard Cemetery will be Saturday, October 12th starting at 8:30 a.m.

All flowers on the ground will be removed. Tombstone saddles and hanging baskets will be left.

ParkFest

at Archey Fork Park, Saturday, October 26.

Free & open to the public. For booth space call 501-745-8110.

Lalla Ostergren’s books “My Road Home” $15.00 and "12 Months of Gardening" $10.00 at The Voice 328 Main Street Clinton

Experience, strength & hope offered to family & friends of problem drinkers.

Tuesday, 7:30p.m., 167 Joe Bowling Rd, Clinton.

Reflect A Moment He said, " God is spirit,"

PERSONALS

Thank you so much Linda for your continuing patience.

WANTED

Horse drawn wagon or wagon parts in good condition.

Call Tom 501-745-4378

Readers, use these Personal Spots to say Happy Birthday, Wish someone Good Luck, Contact old friends, make new friends.

Shout out that you are alive an well in Van Buren County.

The cost is $5.00 for 25 words or less.

LEGAL

For Rent

CITY OF CLINTON ORDINANCE NO. 2019-06

Available now!

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 10.08.01 AND 10.08.02 OF THE CLINTON MUNICIPAL CODE; AND PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO.

FOR RENT in Clinton area.

2 BR/1B Apartment with kitchen appliances.

Towlite 3 horse slant trailer Excellent condition with extras. Priced below market. $5,500.00.

Call: 745-4378

No Smoking inside or out.

No animals inside or out. $450/month with $400 Deposit.

Call: (501) 745-6392

WHEREAS, the City of Clinton, Arkansas (the "City") owns and operates water and sewer facilities, which water and sewer facilities are operated as one interrelated municipal undertaking (the "System"); and WHEREAS, the existing rates for services of the water facilities of the System are codified in Section 10.08.01 of the Clinton Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the existing rates for services of the sewer facilities of the System are codified in Section 10.08.02 of the Clinton Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, it is necessary for the City to amend Sections 10.08.01 and 10.08.02 of the Clinton Municipal Code in order to increase rates charged for services of the System; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Clinton, Arkansas: Section 1. Section 10.08.01 of the Clinton Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Shop Booth 75 at Howard's Antiques for crocheted items, knickknacks, dishes and jewelry.

EMPLOYMENT

Liberty Tax Service Tax Preparer Free Tuition Tax School starts October 21

Help Wanted!

Office Managers, Receptionists, & Marketing positions available as well.

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY •••• Office or Retail Sites for lease 2000 to 2500 sq ft •••• NORTHSIDE SHOPPING CENTER Call: 501-253-0924

YARD SALE

COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE for lease.

3000 sqft. ******** In Archie Fork Mall

By LaRosita's Restaurant ******** Call 501-253-0924

For Rent:

with front porch and side deck.

Located in City of Clinton, schools in walking distance.

Please call (501) 745-3819 after 6:30 pm or leave message

••••••• 2000 square feet of EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN! ••••••• Come find something for yourself!

REAL ESTATE

DUPLEXES FOR RENT Nice 1000 sqft 2-bedroom Duplexes with appliances. No Pets. No Smoking. $600-$650/month plus deposit.

Call: 501-745-5858 or 501-412-7682

For Sale

FOR SALE OR LEASE 20x40 Office with 8x40 Covered Porch and 3 Green Houses on 1 acre on Highway 65 South, Clinton, AR

Call 501-940-5448

(1) Clinton Commercial Inside City Limits Customers with 3/4-inch meters: First 1,000 gallons $22.05 All over 1,000 gallons 6.30 per 1,000 gallons

(3) Clinton Commercial Outside City Limits Customers with 3/4-inch meters: First 1,000 gallons $29.40 All over 1,000 gallons 6.30 per 1,000 gallons (4) Clinton Residential Outside City Limits Customers with 3/4-inch meters: First 1,000 gallons $25.20 All over 1,000 gallons 6.30 per 1,000 gallons

(6) Clinton Customers with 2" meters: First 1,000 gallons $80.96 All over 1,000 gallons 6.30 per 1,000 gallons

LARGE INDOOR

Friday, October 11 Saturday, October 12 at 117 Briarwood, Shirley Across The New Road from Airshow Big Green Building

A. Monthly Rates

(5) Clinton Customers with 1" meters: First 1,000 gallons All over 1,000 gallons $45.91 6.30 per 1,000 gallons

Newly renovated 3 bedroom, 1 bath house

YARD SALE

"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.

(2) Clinton Residential Inside City Limits Customers with 3/4-inch meters: First 1,000 gallons $18.90 All over 1,000 gallons 6.30 per 1,000 gallons

For more information call Angela (501) 745-4829

Nondenominational.

RESEARCH

REAL ESTATE

(7) Clinton Customers with 3" meters: First 1,000 gallons $116.01 All over 1,000 gallons 6.30 per 1,000 gallons (8) Clinton Customers with 4" meters: First 1,000 gallons $168.18 All over 1,000 gallons 6.30 per 1,000 gallons (9) Clinton Customers with 6" meters: First 1,000 gallons $221.20 All over 1,000 gallons 6.30 per 1,000 gallons (10) Burnt Ridge and Dennard Customers: First 1,000 gallons $25.20 All over 1,000 gallons 6.30 per 1,000 gallons (11) Oil and Gas Customers with 3/4-inch meters: First 1,000 gallons $25.20 All over 1,000 gallons 6.30 per 1,000 gallons (12) Bee Branch Water Association: $3.27 per 1,000 gallons (13) Van Buren County Water Association: $3.31 per 1,000 gallons B. The Clinton Outside Customers will consist of previously designated Outside and New Line Customers.

C. The water rates in A (1) through (11) above shall be increased by five percent (5%) on October 1, 2020 and on each October 1 thereafter through October 1, 2024. The water rates in A (12) and (13) above shall be increased by five percent (5%) on January 1, 2020 and on each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2025.

D. Each customer who connects with the water facilities of the System shall pay a meter deposit as follows: Residential $100.00 water and $50.00 sewer Commercial $150.00 water and $100.00 sewer

FOR RENT Apartments and mobile homes in Bee Branch area. $400-$650/month.

Deposit required.

Call for availability (501) 581-8640 After 2:00 pm

E. There shall be a tapping fee for each customer who hereafter connects with and uses the water facilities of the System. The fee shall be charged based on the cost of materials and labor required to install the tap.

F. 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 charge 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.

G. In the event any premises are disconnected from the water facilities of

LEGAL the System, the customer concerned, prior to reconnection, shall pay all delinquent charges, together with a reconnection charge for each reconnection of the premises to the System as follows: $35.00 for customers outside the city limits (excluding Dennard customers); $50.00 for Dennard customers; 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.

H. None of the facilities or services afforded by the water system shall be furnished without a charge being made therefor.

I. The operation of the water system shall be on a fully metered basis with a meter installed at each water connection. 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 not be more than one (1) structure on a single meter.

J. 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.

K. 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.

LEGAL

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, ARKANSAS FOURTH DIVISION NO. PR 2010-75 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LIZZIE BAGLEY, deceased NOTICE OF PROBATE Last known address of decedent: 6578 Highway 110, Clinton, Arkansas 72031 Date of death: October 28, 2011 An instrument dated August 15, 1979, was admitted to probate as the Last Will of the above named decedent on August 20, 2014, and Jerry Bagley has been appointed Administrator thereunder. A contest of the probate of the Will can be effected only by filing a petition within the time provided by law.

All persons having claims against the estate, including those for injury or death caused by the negligence of the decedent, must exhibit them, duly verified, to the undersigned within six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or they shall be forever barred and precluded from any benefit in the estate, This notice first published the 1st day of October. , 2019 By: /s/ Ralph Blagg .

The Blagg Law Firm 168 Court Street P. O. Box 1169 Clinton, AR. 72031 (501) 745-4302

L. 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 equal to the cost of materials and labor required to install the tap and a deposit of $100.00.

M. 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."

Section 2.

Section 10.08.02 of the Clinton Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "10.08.02 Sewer rates. The following rates and charges which the City Council of the City of Clinton, Arkansas hereby finds and declares are fair, reasonable and necessary minimum rates to be charged for sewer services be, and they are hereby, fixed as rates to be rendered by the System.

Sewer Rates For each residential customer served by the System First 1,000 gallons or less $14.07 All over 1,000 gallons 6.30 per 1,000 gallons For each commercial customer served by the System First 1,000 gallons or less $15.75 All over 1,000 gallons 6.30 per 1,000 gallons The sewer rates above shall be increased by five percent (5%) on October 1, 2020 and on each October 1 through October 1, 2024.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF VAN BUREN COUNTY ARKANSAS FOURTH DIVISION Case No.: 71DR-19-109 JAMES R. VAIL PLAINTIFF VS. TERESA M. VAIL DEFENDANT WARNING ORDER STATE OF ARKANSAS COUNTY OF VAN BUREN The defendant is hereby warned to appear in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this Order and answer the Complaint for Divorce filed against her by the Plaintiff herein.

Failure to file a written answer within 30 days may result in an entry of judgment by default against you or otherwise bar you from answering or asserting any defense you have.

WITNESS my hand as Clerk of said Court, and the seal thereof, on this 26th . day of September , 2019. /s/ Debbie Gray DEBBIE GRAY, Van Buren County Circuit Court Clerk

Monthly billings for the sewer system shall be made with and as a part of the water system billings and payment of water service shall not be accepted without the payment for sewer system service.

No customer shall be allowed to connect to the sewer system unless such customer is also connected to the water system.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, ARKANSAS

None of the facilities or services afforded by the sewer system shall be furnished without a charge being made therefor.

FOURTH DIVISION

There shall be tapping fee for each customer who hereafter connects with and uses the sewer facilities of the System. The fee for sewer taps shall be as follows: Sewer taps Residential $450.00 Commercial $475.00" Section 3. The provisions of this Ordinance are separable and if a section, phrase or provision shall be declared invalid, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the Ordinance.

Section 4. All ordinances and resolutions and parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.

PASSED: September 30, 2019 APPROVED: /s/ Richard W. McCormac Richard W. McCormac Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Dena R. Malone Dena R. Malone, CMC, CAMC Recorder/Treasurer CERTIFICATE The undersigned, Recorder/Treasurer of the City of Clinton, Arkansas, hereby certifies that the foregoing pages are a true and perfect copy of Ordinance No. 2019-06, adopted at a special session of the City Council of the City of Clinton, Arkansas, held at the regular meeting place in said City at 6:05 o'clock p.m., on the 30th day of September, 2019, and that the Ordinance is of record, now in my possession.

GIVEN under my hand and seal on this 30th day of September, 2019.

Recorder/Treasurer

NO. 71PR-19-30 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JERRY WAYNE DUNCAN, deceased NOTICE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF DECEDENT: 7488 Highway 92 West Bee Branch, Arkansas 72013 DATE OF DEATH: January 13, 2019 On March 28, 2019, an Affidavit for Collection of Small Estate by a distributee was filed with respect to the estate of Jerry Wayne Duncan, deceased, with the Clerk of the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Van Buren County, Arkansas, under Ark. Code Ann. § 28-41-101.

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

Provided, that claims for injury or death caused by the negligence of the decedent shall be filed within six (6) months from the date of the first publication of the notice, or they shall be forever barred and precluded from any benefit in such estate.

THIS NOTICE first published this 8th day of October , 2019 Then name, mailing address, and telephone number of the distributee or distributee’s attorney is: /s/ Chad J. Brown CHAD J. BROWN, I.D. No. 2010085 Attorney at Law 203 Court Street Clinton, AR 72031 501-745-8801 FAX 501-745-6262

The Voice of Van Buren County

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October 8, 2019

Corky “The Biker Dude” Part 2

the only time he ever

By Corky as told to saw a Mutt run backRobert R. Gaut wards and Choco and

One day, it was warm and the sun was bright and shiny. We were walking down the gravel road to the shop when I spotted something out of the corner of my eye. It was following me so I sped up to try and get away from it, but it stayed right with me everywhere I went. I just couldn’t get away from it. I looked back and Pop was rolling in the road laughing at me, but I couldn’t figure out what it was.

Pop called me over, he was still giggling under his breath, and tried to explain and show me what it was. He said that it was just a shadow of myself from the bright sun and that it wouldn’t get me or hurt me, but I really wasn’t so sure. I did realize that it wasn’t going to get me, so from that day on I just ignored my shadow.

When I got a little older I started staying with Choco. I guess Mom was sad but understood us Mutts needed to hang out together. Pop put a fence around his fruit trees down by the shop and built a doggie door so we could go in and out at night and take care of business and not run off into the woods all night chasing things because when me and Choco would run at night Pop would stay up and look for us until we came home. He sure worried about us a lot.

One day when Mom and Pop were working on the new house I was playing out in the back yard in the woods when I spotted a big ole deer. I decided to chase her off and I ran out and boofed at her but she didn’t like that and chased me back into the house.

I was running backwards and boofing but she kept on coming, Pop was on the roof and was laughing so hard he almost fell off.

Now that would have been funny but the big deer chasing me was not. When the deer saw Pop she trotted off back into the woods so I went back out to play and the deer came back so I barked at her again and she chased me back into the house again. Pop said that is

Hooch heard me this time and came running around the house and when the deer saw them she took off for tall timber. I heard Pop tell Mom that the deer must have had a fawn nearby so he went out to see if he could find it. When he came back he told Mom that he had found a little spotted fawn by a log in the woods so he rounded up Choco and Hooch and put them in the shop so that the deer could come back and get her baby, which she did. I still don’t like deer, I think that they are mean to little pups, so when I grow up I’m going to chase them.

One day, Mom brought two Mutts home from the animal shelter, they were both pretty sick and had been badly mistreated.

They were sisters and were part coyote. Mom put them in the pen behind her shop but they climbed out and ran away. A couple of days later Pop saw one of the Mutts and caught her, she was very weak and sick so Mom took her to the vet and she had tick fever. She got some medicine for her and she slept by Mom’s bed for a long, long time but she finally got well. Mom named her Shasta and when she got better her coat grew out she was a beautiful Mutt and she taught me how to hunt moles and squirrels. She was also very shy and when someone would come and visit she would watch them from a distance in the woods. We never did see her sister again.

Cassie was a nice girl, medium-build Chocolate Lab that Mom brought home for Pop. She was a little older but had been badly abused and was afraid of Pop at first, but with some love and kindness she slowly came out of her shell and ran and hunted with me and Choco.

She loves Pop’s truck as much as Choco and I do. Pop even took her and Rina to work with him in Oklahoma because she wouldn’t stay home and tries to follow him off. One time she got bit by a copperhead on her front leg and it swelled up,

Corky on his John Deere. but Pop gave her some pills and took care of her and she was OK. The next year she got bit by Ole Sneaky Snake. She was running through the woods and ran right over him, guess she just didn’t see him and he struck her on her right rear thigh. She was sitting by a tree. When Pop saw her, he knew something was wrong so he went over and picked her up and carried her around a quarter mile to the shop where he checked her and gave her some medicine and he held her on his lap in his big ole chair. She stopped breathing twice that night but Pop got her going again, then Pop fell asleep and Cassie got up and went out in the shop and laid down by his truck. When Pop woke up he went out and saw her and helped her in his truck where she stayed for two days, only getting out to go to the bathroom and drink a little water. On the third day she got out of the truck and was just fine.

She sure is a tough little girl and was bonded with Pop forever. Cassie and I have a lot of fun together running and chasing deer and squirrels with Choco, she is one of my best buddies and we are never separated now.

Pop calls us the 3 “C’s” Corky, Cassie, and Choco.

One day when we had been playing while Pop was working on the house and he took us back to the shop.

Pop didn’t see Choco head out around the shop and thought that we had all been put inside and later when Pop started to feed us he couldn’t find Choco.

Pop had a strange look on his face as if he knew something was very wrong and he started calling and looking for Choco but we could not find him.

Pop loaded me, Cassie, and Taz up in the truck and went to look for him. Then Pop took Cassie was a chocolate lab. us back to the shop and put us up and left.

Pop had found Choco out on the highway.

He had been hit by a car while chasing a deer across the road, Pop was very sad for a long, long time but me, Taz, and Cassie helped Pop, and I started swimming with Pop and doing the things Choco did like jump off the pier with Pop, hop up on his tractor, and ride with Pop and naturally get in the pickup whenever the door was open and run up and bite Pop on the butt when he was walking too slow. (continued next Shasta was part coyote. week)

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