White river journal, august 13, 2015 by charles walls

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White River Journal interior 100 years ago - 1915 (then located on south side of Main, between Sno-White Dairy Bar and LaDue Family Fish Market (formerly White & Son) Left: Charles A. Walls, published his first issue Aug. 15, 1907; Right: Floyd Hoke, employee holds lever of paper cutter . . . which is still around 100 years later . . . and still cuts paper ! The White River Journal completed its 108th year with last week’s August 6 issue. It begins its 109th year with this week’s issue

ACTIVITIES CALENDAR THURS., AUG. 13, 6 PM Mother’s Day Out Open House First Baptist Church SAT., AUG. 15, 8 TO 1 Band Car Wash Des Arc High School SAT., AUG. 15, 6:00 PM Faith & Football Event First Baptist Church SUN., AUG. 16, 7 AM Men’s Fellowship Breakfast Church of God of Prophecy MONDAY, AUG. 17 School Opens for 2015-16 School Year MON., AUG. 17, 12 NOON Chamber Meets F & M Bank MON., AUG. 17, 9 AM Plea Day Hearings DeValls Bluff Courthouse TUES., AUG. 18, 9 AM Plea Day Hearings Des Arc Courthouse TUES., AUG. 18, 1 PM PC Retired Teachers meet White River Dairy Bar

Apologies for US Postal “Service”; Quorum Court gets updates on jail, late delivery of last week’s Journal libraries, roads, Judge Mike Skarda

Chairing the August Quorum Court ern District on part-time basis. We’ve remeeting Tuesday night for hospitalized cently lost two Road Dept. employees Judge Mike Skarda was again Justice one in each district .... and although those Lawrence Holloway. Those present in- positions have been advertised, it’s provTUES., AUG. 18, 7 PM cluded the nine justices, Ronnie Eans, ing difficult to find employees willing to City Council Meeting Northside; Dennis Tipton, Brown Grove; work for salaries Prairie County can afford. Des Arc City Hall Mary Sue Roe and Lawrence Holloway, County Jail Update: Des Arc; Bobby Willeford, Biscoe; Eddie WED., AUG. 19, 11-2 Jeff Miller advised that construction of Ciganek and Buddy Sims, Hazen; Doyle the jail is expected to be completed within Friendship Club Sullins, Ulm; and Matt Sterlling, DeValls the next 6 weeks. Interior painting will be DeValls Bluff Methodist Bluff - and two guest speakers, Jeff Miller, completed by end of next week; plumbing FRI., AUG. 21, 6 PM construction superintendent of the Coun- fixtures and inmate equipment are being Eagle Fest 2015 ty Jail, and Debra Moore, Director of the installed; cabinetry has been received and Hinson-Rollins Field Lonoke/Prairie County Regional Library ready for installation. The old existing jail System. SAT., AUG. 22, is to be converted into offices and 4-5 Justice Holloway advised that Judge holding cells, with the kitchen to be reFair Queen Contest Skarda had just undergone his 3rd back modeled. DeValls Bluff Center surgery since July 6 on Monday this week County Library Update: SUN, AUG. 23, 6 PM (3 surgeries in 35 days) but hopes to come Debra Moore, home this week. Justice Holloway also Community Worship right, advised presented a report prepared by Judge SkarFirst Assembly of God da specifically for Tuesday night’s meeting. the Court that MON., AUG. 24, 7 PM the DeValls That report included the following items: Des Arc School Board Bluff Library re1. Personal note: “I so miss being at the Supt.’s Office opened two office, visiting and helping the great citiweeks ago on WED., AUG. 26, 1 PM zens of Prairie County. I am still conductJuly 31, after Alzheimer’s Support Group ing county business, but my office is now being closed my cell phone.” Lower White River Museum Dec. 31, 2014. 2. Courthouse, Des Arc: Hope to have 2009 Main St., Des Arc Currently it is sufficient grant funds remaining in the open Thursdays portico project to include painting front only - but the columns. number of days open will increase January 3. 3rd Street and area north of Jail: 2016. The removed computers are schedCounty has received a GIF grant to repair uled to be reinstalled next Thursday, Austreet behind jail and to conduct study for gust 20. To aid the library, DeValls Bluff flood protection of the area. The overall Mayor Kenny Anderson said his City will plan also includes obtaining a Federal Mitpay for the library’s internet service, to be igation Grant for not only raising 3rd provided by CenturyLink, thru the end of Street which would include a 60” steel pipe this year. with flood gate, but also raising the grade Because the “Lonoke/Prairie County of all the land between the Walking Trail Regional Library System” will cease to exist and Jail for conversion to additional parkDec. 31, 2015; the two counties will opering. Cost for the project is estimated at ate independently after that date. The Des $190,000, funded 80% by federal funding Arc, Hazen and DeValls Bluff libraries will 20% by local grant. operate under the Prairie County Library 4. Road Repairs: County has completBoard of Trustees which include Chairman ed its chip sealing projects for the year. Beth Rogers of Hazen; Ann Dooley, Biscoe; Work has been completed on Old Hwy 11, Cindy Wolfe, DeValls Bluff; Gloria Ballowe, Fricker Rd., 2 miles on Raft Creek Rd., and Des Arc; and Susan Lisko, Stuttgart. 2 miles on Letchworth Rd. Editorial Note: Debra Moore reminds 5. County Office Budgets: “I’ve set Oct. 15 as the deadline for submission of all of- the public that library members may check out E-books for 2 weeks, giving fice budgets.” Des Arc High School Open House 6. Employees: We’ve just hired Tommy them free access to thousands of books, In the group pictured above enjoying the Open House are: (left) the Holloway family, Holland to drive a gravel truck for North- with never a fine for late return of books. Jacob, Zachery, Stephanie and Jason, enjoying refreshments provided. At right: Payton Landry and her mom, Paula, getting information from Prairie County Health Dept. personnel, Rose Marie Knupp, Prairie County Health Department Administrator, fourth from right and Tammy York, DAHS health coordinator, third from right. A large crowd of students and parents attended the Des Arc High School Open House The Prairie County RePlans will be made for Pg . 7 held Monday evening, August 10. This was a “meet and greet” event for those involved in tired Teachers will meet at attending the Arkansas Rethe school’s opening for the 2015-16 school year on Monday, August 17. The new year the White River Dairy Bar tired Teachers Association Arriea Brasseur, 59, Sherwood begins with a new School Superintendent, new Principals at both elementary and high on Tuesday, August 18 at Convention in September.l Lee Brown, 47, Stuttgart school and several new teachers. Pre-school will also be starting its classes Monday with 1:00 p.m. as announced by Martha Hamric, 85, Hickory Plains Beth Calhoun at the helm there. (See photos and bios of new school personnel along with Kathy Ewing, Unit presi- NOTICE: No Driver’s testing J.L. High, Little Rock this Friday, August 14 bus schedule on Pages 10 and 11). dent. Anita Medford, 72, Hunter To our subscribers in Griffithville, Carlisle, Ward, Lonoke, Stuttgart, Cabot, Beebe, Searcy, Jacksonville, North Little Rock and Sherwood, we offer sincere apologies for the US Postal Service’s delivery of last week’s Journal on Tues., Aug. 11 .... four days later than its expected delivery on Fri., Aug 7. If the USPS were receiving a grade for last week’s “service”, it would have to be an “F”. Of the ten post offices contacted last Friday morning, only Conway reported having received the Journals that day. Followup calls again Saturday morning resulted in the same answer - “no papers received”. Most of the post offices reported late mail trucks both Friday and Saturday, indicating problems at the main distribution center on McCain Blvd in North Little Rock. After two consecutive weeks of near 100% “nextday” deliveries for the Thursday July 23 & 30 mailings; we had expected/hoped that the “next-day deliveries” would continue uninterrupted. (The only exception during the previous two weeks had been a ‘one-daylate’ Ward delivery on Aug. 1 instead of July 31). Mailing our papers in USPS-supplied “tubs”, instead of sacks for the past few months, has proven the capability of “next-day” delivery by the USPS - but at same time has shown that capability not to be dependable. For now, we will persevere in the pursuit of “next-day” delivery, hoping the “learning/adjustment curve” is not too terribly difficult for the postal service. Ironically, some subscribers as distant as in Texas and California advise they are receiving their papers fairly consistently by the following Monday, or Tuesday at the latest.

Retired Teachers meet Aug.18

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Obituaries

William Parker, 69, Carlisle Novella Pittman, 81, Monroe Cynthia Prislovsky, 56, Stuttgart Limon Smith, 80, Clarendon Estelle Thompson, 98, Brinkley Dorothy Whiting, 68, Indiana

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State’s Drug Problem

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Bearing in mind that none of the arrested have had their day in court (though, according to the authorities, a majority have had at least one previous day in court), the sweep of some 70 alleged dealers in drugs and guns in northeast Arkansas is, obviously, not unwelcome news. More than half those indicted were taken into custody by a small army of officers and the rest declared fugitives, eventually to be in handcuffs. The twin cancers of dope and firearms that metastasize most commonly and most rapidly in low-income regions (big steel can’t employ everyone in Mississippi County) are not wholly impossible to combat but the battle is expensive in public treasure and private lives. It is, frankly, often a rear-guard action: the sums that can be harvested from dope and guns make the trade all but irresistible to those of too little hope and insufficient upbringing. Thus the U.S. Attorney’s announcement of the arrests might be greeted with greater enthusiasm were there not a finger-in-the-dike aspect to the operation, The feds (with state and local police cooperating) termed the months-long undercover operation “Blynd Justus.” It resulted not only in arrests but the confiscation of hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of dollars in one or another illicit drug, and a complement of guns, many of them stolen. It called to mind a similar undertaking four years ago, centered farther south in the Delta, in the Phillips and Lee county areas. “Delta Blues,” it was called. Indeed only this year was the last of several law enforcement officers indicted in the sting finally apprehended. And, centered in the West Memphis area, there was “Delta Crossroads.” As with Delta Blues, the geography of Blynd Justus is as easy to notice as its defendants are subject to dismissive stereotyping. A criminal defense attorney who has represented numerous (“More than I can count, let alone remember”) offenders, most of them young and “almost all” on the lower rungs of the drug culture’s ladder, contends it is a “huge” mistake to assign the controlled substances problem to any particular ethnic group, or age range. Or, for that matter, income bracket. And certainly substance: cocaine and its “crack” derivative, heroin, marijuana, or crystal methamphetamine or anything else deviant chemistry can contrive. “I have had kids from seven-figure households that I’m trying to keep out of Cummins and thugs in their fifties who probably ought to be under it,” he tells me. “They’re black, they’re white, they’re Latino. A couple of Asians.” Large-scale law enforcement undertakings such as “Blues,” “Crossroads” and “Justus” are, he says, “understandable, even necessary. But I’m telling you, if you think this is an ‘East Arkansas problem,’ with all that suggests, you’re fooling yourself. “If you could pick up Pulaski and Sebastian and northwest Arkansas and shake them for a couple minutes it would stun you what (illegal drugs) would fall out,” he says. “It may be more genteel, which is to say there’s probably less violence involved,” but the traffic is real, and serious. Consider, too, the fiscal implications for the federal prison system. The latest available figures on inmate costs per-day date to 2013. A minimum security inmate requires about $20,000 annually to feed, clothe and (so to speak) house. A maximum security offender costs half again as much. Inmates in federal hospital prisons average $50,000. Your tax dollars at work. Alternatives to incarceration, especially for drugrelated crimes -- and in particular for those whose primary impetus in wrongdoing is their own addiction -are forever being debated. Arkansas has taken some steps toward lowering its frustratingly large, and almost forbiddingly expensive, prison population; drug courts and other diversionary tools for non-violent offenders can help. Similar discussions are perpetually underway in Washington vis a vis the federal correctional system. Good; the dialogue is important, and the imperative for the nation, financially and socially, is real. But the really bad actors -- and the roster of indictments suggests several were snared in the Blynd Justus net -- are not candidates for a speedy second chance but a speedy trial. And an appropriately adequate term behind bars. Even at our expense. “Our community is worth fighting for, and I believe in Blytheville and Osceola,” said U.S. Attorney Chris Thyer of the Justus dragnet, which revolved around those two cities. “Cleaning up this community begins with holding people accountable for their actions.” Good enough. But only a start. Another start, as one suspects Thyer would confirm. 424 Main Street P. O. BOx 1051 DeS arc, arkanSaS 72040 OPen: M-F 8:30 aM - 6:00 PM

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2015

Can you comprehend a billion? Can you remember when someone with a million dollars was rare? It was hard to conjure up what it would be like to have a million dollars. Now, politicians talk about a billion dollars like it’s pocket change - and actually we do have a lot of billionaires - some here in Arkansas. Inconceivable! Why not share that wealth with employees who have put it into their pockets instead of putting it into monuments that can’t be eaten or used to pay bills - or save a life. No, they are probably drawing minimum wage. Thanks to a friend who sent this bit of information to us: The true value of the word "billion" is interesting The actual figure of one billion, continually drops off our politicians' tongues like honey. This is too true to be funny. The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases. A billion seconds ago it was 1959. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet. A billion Pounds ago was only 13 hours and 12 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it. Stamp Duty Tobacco Tax Corporate Income Tax Income Tax Council Tax Unemployment Tax Fishing License Tax Petrol/Diesel Tax Inheritance Tax (tax on top of tax) Alcohol Tax V.A.T. Marriage License Tax Property Tax Service charge taxes Social Security Tax Vehicle License Registration Tax Vehicle Sales Tax Workers Compensation Tax Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago and our

nation was one of the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt. We had the largest middle class in the world and Mum stayed home to raise the kids. Animal Lovers: Are you an animal lover? I am. I know a lot of other people are. I have been utterly shaken to tears recently reading and seeing on TV the horrific killing of a near-domesticated lion in 00000. This animal was known and loved on a reserve so much so that he was known as “Cecil”. But, his life was cut short by a trophy-crazy dentist who paid $50,000 to hunt and kill on the conservation area. The victim was coaxed out into view with bait.The bow and arrow genius hit him but he got away - but not for long. The moron dentist with a guide tracked the lion for 40 hours before killing it with a gun and having their photo made with this trophy; He probably has a few other trophies including a trophy wife. I hope he never has another patient in his dental office! Thank goodness, the news media ran with the story! I have also been read about elephants that are being killed for their ivory tusks. Another elephant has been kept in a small building confined to being alone for 10 years. Others are made to perform for our entertainment. It is shameful! You could hardly blame the white lion used to perform tricks with other white lions for finally attacking and almost killing its trainer. I was horrified when a few years ago, a local police officer (no longer here) showed me a picture of a dog that had died after being hung by its collar by some angry owner. There should be some form of prosecution for these inhumane acts of cruelty. And then, there are monkeys, intelligent animals, bred in Florida only for proving them for painful experiments in labs. What a life for these poor creatures! I’m sure there are lots of horror stories about animal cruelty occurring that we don’t hear about. I read them every day as they come into my e-mails asking for help in stopping all kinds of animal cruelty. Then, there are those people who let animals starve to death! One of them would be to let your animals suffer in the heat outside without shade or water. Dogs especially are susceptible to being overcome by heat. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR ANIMAL IN A CLOSED CAR (a cracked window is not sufficient) OR TIED TO A SHORT LEASH IN YOUR TRUCK!

Republican presidential debate recap By Rick Manning

The Republican presidential campaign is off and running with the first of many presidential debates. A debate that drew much more attention than a political event 15 months prior to a general election normally would draw due to Donald Trump’s energy and emergence onto the political scene. Unsurprisingly in retrospect, the debate format of short answers kept it lively, but hindered Trump’s ability to use his charismatic advantage to win voters and get into details on his positions. Other practiced debaters, politicians and prosecutors thrived in the familiar format, and later in the debate, The Donald adjusted using his natural charm to his advantage. Viewers anxious to learn about how candidates stood on a variety of issues got an earful of conservative rhetoric and their relative performance. But Republican and Independent voters have heard the promises before. They have heard the lofty speeches and the ads promising a repeal of Obamacare or ending executive amnesty and have endured the disappointment when those same leaders walked away from their promises immediately upon election. In 2016, Republican voters are tired of promises and are looking for someone who actually means it, a leader who has a proven record of fighting for their priorities. The failure of Mitt Romney and John McCain before him, who were each sold as the candidate who could win by the political donor and pundit class, has left a bad taste in GOP voters’ mouths. There is a sense that they traded their vote for “winnability” and ended up with a candidate who refused to fight for conservative issues and, as a result, lost to a president who has taken a wrecking ball to the country. Senator Marco Rubio is

one candidate who will likely fall prey to this phenomenon. Attractive and well scripted, he hits resonant chords when he talks about his upbringing and vision for America. Unfortunately for him, his record in the Senate, including his unwillingness to stand and fight on big issues, will submarine him when compared with Senator Cruz or Paul. Of the governors, Jeb Bush is the most likely victim of this rebellion against the establishment. But the really bad news for Bush in the debate was the strong performance by both New Jersey’s Chris Christie, who used his prosecutor background to perfection, and Ohio’s John Kasich, who was bolstered by his home state crowd. In a perfect Bush world, Christie and Kasich need to go away – because they draw votes from him – so he can establish himself as the inevitable nominee. If anything, Thursday’s first debate just might result in the New Jersey and Ohio governors moving up in the polls at Bush’s expense. Senator Ted Cruz proved himself to be a man in command of the issues, who never backed down. Most importantly for Cruz, he looked and sounded presidential emerging from the caricature the media has drawn of him. Should Trump’s support falter, it is Cruz who likely will be the primary beneficiary, as he is unabashedly going after voters who are disenchanted with the GOP mainstream. [=]Beyond Trump, the candidate who I wanted to see and hear more from was Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Unfortunately in the first twothirds of the debate, Walker was listless by comparison to his colleagues and gave short, concise, forgettable answers to the questions he was posed. The soft-spoken Dr. Ben Carson started tentatively in this difficult setup, but later rebounded with his final two answers

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which provided a strong glimpse of his intellect and appeal. Of those not afforded a place on the big stage, Carly businesswoman Fiorina was the winner as she was featured from the earlier afternoon debate of the final seven challengers in a very positive light in the prime time show without having any of her negatives exposed through direct questioning. The media buzz around her performance is likely to lift her in the polls. However, that might not be enough because the next debate, sponsored by CNN, puts Fiorina, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and former Texas Governor Rick Perry at a distinct disadvantage. Under CNN’s rules, no matter how much a candidate rises in upcoming polls, late-blooming candidates will be dragged down by the debate selection rules which give early polls a much greater weight holding low early name identification against a candidate. I doubt that anyone will look back on Aug. 6, 2015 as the turning point in the presidential election, but the debate itself certainly lived up to the promise making the next one must-see TV.

WEEK’S WEATHER, RAIN & RIVER

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WHITE RIVER REFERENCE DEPTHS

F LOOD S TAGE . . . . . . . . 24.00’ M AY 7, 2011 CREST . . 39.43’

SUNRISES / SUNSETS THURSDAYS Aug 6 Aug 13 Aug 20

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Rick Manning is the president of Americans for Limited Government.

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Laugh-In Corner FOOLING THE BOSS! Two factory workers are talking. The woman says, "I can make the boss give me the day off." The man replies, "And how would you do that?" The woman says, "Just wait and see." She then hangs upside down from the ceiling. The boss comes in and says, "What are you doing?" The woman replies, "I'm a light bulb." The boss then says, "You've been working so much that you've gone crazy. I think you need to take the day off." The man starts to follow her and the boss says, "Where are you going?" The man says, "I'm going home, too. I can't work in the dark."

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Thursday, August 20, 1931

rkansas has an opportunity to pay its debt. At one time last winter, approximately 800,000 of its people were dependent upon the remainder of the country for their food. In addition, millions of dollars contributed to the Red Cross that the people of this state might be fed, truck caravans brought foodstuff from as far distant as six or seven hundred miles and freight cars of food by the hundreds came from as far away as Wyoming and Florida. Today, we have food in abundance, more than we can consume. It seems to be a foregone conclusion that the great cities of the North and East are in the same predicament as we were last winter. In view of the situation, Arkansas should do its utmost to can and preserve as much surplus food as possible to be turned over to relief organizations at the proper time. By November 1, there should not be an empty jar or can in Arkansas. Today, only 13 years after ten million young men died in a “war to end all wars,” and in spite of the pledged faith of 50 nations in the Kellogg Peace Pact, leading powers are preparing for another war as rapidly as they can, Thomas Que Harrison of the National Council for Prevention of War declared on Mount Sequoyah this morning at Fayetteville.” “Already the annual bill has reached five billion of dollars while the ominous rumble of another war is beginning to be heard,” he said. “Another war would be with deadly gases, swift and irresistable air raids on defenseless cities,” President Hoover says, “it would be the cemetery of civilization.” Two of the country’s major wet and dry organizations today stood sponsor for conflicting claims the people of the United States

were two to one against prohibition and three to one in favor of it. “The prohibitory laws remain on the statute books not because the dry leaders of the country are such super-men as represented by their wet opponents, said Scott McBride, superintendent of the AntiSaloon League, “but because the overwhelming majority of the American people want even more prohibition than they have today.” There were 47 Prairie County farm folks attending the Arkansas’ 13th Annual Farmers Week and 4-H Club Encampment at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Practically every community of the county was represented. Ulm came with the largest representation with six families from that community, Mr. and Mrs. Bellville, Mr. and Mrs. Strohl, Mr. and Mrs. Brectal, Mr. and Mrs. Bull, Mr. and Mrs. Timmerman and Mrs. Kirksieck and children. The various committees appointed for the Prairie County fair are making preparations for the largest Fair Prairie County has ever had. Indications are there will be at least twelve communities who have promised to have community exhibits: Fairmount, Ulm, Screeton, Tollville, Des Arc, Hickory Plains, Biscoe, Wylie and Peppers Lake. Mrs. George Jenson will be in charge of the entertainment and contests. Mrs. Sarah Humphries of near Hickory Plains, a regular reader of the Journal for a number of years, was in town Tuesday with a nice lot of produce for market. She presented us with a nice basket of Concord grapes. A. I. Rodgers is the new proprietor of the Des Arc Bakery, successor to the Home Bakery. Special for Saturday, August 22: With each 25 cent purchase, add 1 cent and get one dozen cookies. Bread, 5 Cents per loaf.

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State Capitol Week in Review From Senator Jonathan Dismang August 7, 2015 LITTLE ROCK –The state Human Services Department (DHS) will hire an additional 35 employees and reassign another 20 workers to speed up the process of verifying that people now on Medicaid are truly eligible for services. The governor lifted a hiring freeze for DHS so that it could add 35 employees. Also, the department has authorized employees to work overtime so they can more quickly clear the backlog of responses from Medicaid recipients. The state must verify the annual incomes of about 600,000 Arkansas residents who receive some form of Medicaid services by the end of September. The deadline was set by the federal government, which funds about 70 percent of the Arkansas Medicaid program. The process has been a bureaucratic headache from the beginning. The department was slow to begin the process because of problems installing a new computer system to handle the verifications. The previous system was 25 years old. Many legislators have expressed frustrations about delays and mistakes in the department’s signing of contracts with technology firms that have worked on the new system. The anticipated cost will be an estimated $200 million by the time it is functional, according to reports from DHS to legislative committees. Other legislators have voiced concerns that thousands of people perhaps are being dropped from the Medicaid program, even though their incomes make them eligible. DHS sent letters to all recipients whose incomes varied by more than 10 percent over last year, asking them to respond with updated information. The letters were sent to people even if their incomes dropped by 10 percent.

People who fail to respond to the letters within 10 days would receive letters that their Medicaid coverage was being cancelled. DHS is hiring additional staff to handle the volume of responses. About 47,000 people will lose their Medicaid coverage by the end of August because they have failed to respond to the initial letter from DHS. Those letters began going out in mid June. Those who have lost coverage have 90 days to appeal, and if successful their coverage would retroactively pay for medical bills incurred during the lapse. Most of the people who are being dropped are enrolled in the “private option” Medicaid plan, which means that they are covered by a private health insurance company and the government subsidizes their premiums. Losing their eligibility may make it difficult to return to their preferred health plan. DHS is the single largest state agency, with about 7,200 employees in all 75 Arkansas counties. Many counties have more than one DHS office. The department provides medical services to pregnant mothers, newborns, children and people of all ages, including senior citizens in long-term care facilities. The department oversees the regulation of nursing homes and child care centers. It locates abused and neglected children in foster homes. It administers programs to deliver hot meals to elderly people. It operates care facilities for people with mental illnesses. It runs detention centers for juveniles who have gotten in trouble. It runs long-term care facilities for people with severe and multiple disabilities. This fiscal year the department is budgeted to spend about $8.4 billion in state and federal funds.

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ongressmanWilbur D. Mills of Kensett, Second Congressional District, was re-elected 2 to 1 over his opponent, O. B. Robbins in the Prairie County Primary August 11, 1942. County officials elected without opposition to succeed themselves: E. O. Hamilton, Sheriff; L. C. Rogers, Circuit Clerk; Guy DeVore, County Clerk; R. C. “Dutch” Hartlieb, Treasurer; Clee J. Kirk, Tax Assessor; Epps Brown Jr., Surveyor. No candidate for coroner. J. B. Garth and T. C Ballowe, re-elected JPs for White River Township; Norman Kirkwood, Committeeman. H. Beech Eddins of Des Arc thanks everyone for the vote that sent him back to the office of State Representative. A notice urges every home with old Victrola phonograph records to donate them to our boys in the service. Leave them at Palace Drug Store or Arkansas Power & Light office and they will be shipped to their destination. American Legion is the sponsor. There will be an ice cream supper at the Oak Prairie Schoolhouse on Thursday night, August 20, sponsored by the Home Demonstration Club. Proceeds will go to the Hot Lunch Kitchen at Oak Prairie School. The City Park in Des Arc was filled to overflowing last Saturday night to hear the orators expound the cause of friends aspiring to political office and to hear Congressman Wilbur D. Mills and his

opponent, O. B. Robbins, discussing affairs of the nation now involved in a life and death struggle. Our old friend, Bob Story of Griffithville was in the city a short while today. He was seen by us at a distance and it looked like he was going fishing with a silver hook. James Lee of this city, who volunteered for the U. S. Marine Corps and has been in the Philippines for several months, returned home Monday. James proved to be too young for military service and was discharged. Arkansas Power & Light Co., in an advertisement, says, “ The one thought uppermost in the mind and heart of everyone of the 1,200 men and women who operate this company is to produce an abundance of power for victory. Our No. 1 Job is to produce power for all Arkansas war industries and - Help Win the War. The next big attraction in Des Arc is the Prairie County Livestock Show September 18 and 19. Cotton farmers who overplanted their 1942 allotments by no more than three acres or three percent whichever is larger, will not be considered as “knowlingly overplanted”, says E. H. Whitehouse, chairman of the Prairie County Triple A Committee. This means that it will not be necessary to dispose of these small excesses to receive at least partial conservation payments. Our old friend, Jim Speight of Hickory Plains, spent yesterday in the city.

A US soldier replacing “Adolf-Hitler-Str.” sign with “ Roosevelt Blvd in Berlin , Germany (1945).

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hat you saw and heard at the shirt plant opening: Judy Eddins, Miss City Beautiful, and maids, Kay Gipson and Doris Ann Ingram, opened the tour of the new Phillips VanHeusen Plant by cutting the ribbon. If forks used for the free barbecue at noon, are any guide, 1500 people were served; others beside the local press covering the news were Gene Goss of KATV, Channel 7; Bob Buice of KARK, Channel 4; Polly Hobby of KHTV, Channel 11; and KTHS radio; John Belford of KTHS, Tom Johnson of Channel 11, Maurice Moore, state editor of the Arkansas Democrat, Ernie Dean, the Arkansas Traveler of the Arkansas Gazette, and others. Paul Wood, salesman and musician with Houck Music Co., Little Rock, brought a Hammond Organ along and provided music He accompanied Mrs. C. J. Walls, in the opening song “God Bless America”; invocation was given by Rev. Gene Efird, pastor of the Des Arc Methodist Church. J. Elmer Berry, postmaster and secretary of the Des Arc Industrial Development Corp., introduced Governor Orval E. Faubus; Berry then admitted his error and Representative John P. Bethell introduced the governor a second time to the roar of laughter. The governor said there had been times he could not find one person to introduce him. The free lunch came from a number of local business and wholesalers. Some 900 to 1200 people crowded into the high school gym for the program after rain forced

them inside. The Chamber of Commerce officials thanked Mrs. John Gipson, Mrs. Allie Wray and Mrs. Mamie Harmony for making slaw and 40 gallons of baked beans for the event, refusing to take any pay for their contribution. Visiting newspeople said the attitude of the people was the best they had ever seen at similar events. The governor said Act 9 providing for issuance of revenue bearing bonds enabled the building of the Des Arc plant. Officers of the Future Homemakers of America met with their advisor, Mrs. Houston Wray, in the Home Ec Cottage on Thursday to complete plans for the year’s work. Officers are: Janice Edwards, president; 1st vice president, Christine Pitts; 2nd vice president, Kathleen Pittman; secretary, Bobby Jo McArthur; treasurer, Doris Ward; reporter, Wilma Campbell; historian, Louise Bone, and parliamentarian, Bonnie Reidhar. The Journal is full of advertisements this week from local merchants including a half-page “Back to School” ad from Young’s Dept. Store, Pay & Save Supermarket, Hinson Grocery, Nichols Farm and Home Center, Calhoun Bros. & Patterson MinneapolisMoline dealer, Westerfield Cheverolet, U-Finish Shell Homes Inc., Clara-Del’s Fashions, Fetters West End Supermarket, Des Arc Implement Co., Alta Holloway’s Conoco Station, and many more. Charlie M. Crider is advertising the Cozy Cafe for sale this week.

The oldest running car on the planet: the 1884 De Dion, Bouton et

Policemen inspect a “lumber truck” that smelled of alcohol during prohibition (1926)

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The Y.E.S. (Youth Empowered to Succeed) Program held their annual banquet Thursday night at the Calvary Baptist Church Family Life Center in Hazen. The program hosts the banquet each summer to honor the girls who have completed the “Worth the Wait” summer program. The Y.E.S. Program is a Sexual Risk Avoidance program that focuses not just on the physical consequences of teen sexual activity but on the emotional and social consequences as well. They provide healthy relationship education with the hope that students will have more tools to help them go on to one day have healthy marriages and families. This summer more than 30 girls in both Des Arc and Hazen participated in the fourweek program, which focused on future goals, discovering your talents, being safe online, modesty, healthy living, dating, and why sex is meant for marriage. The banquet

honored these girls and their families and provided a program update for community partners. During the school year, the Y.E.S. Program conducts programs in the high school, including a 7th grade curriculum called Choosing the Best Path, an 8th grade curriculum called Choosing the Best Life, and two high school programs: Choosing the Best Journey and Choosing the Best Soul Mate. All of the school programs are 14 days in length. This was the fourth year the Y.E.S. Program has held a summer program to provide encouragement and reinforcement for girls who have gone through the school program. The founder and director of the Y.E.S. Program is Beth Prine, and the Prairie County Coordinator is Kelcie Huffstickler.

Methodists host luncheon for teachers Teachers and personnel of the Des Arc School District were treated to a “taco lunch” on Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church. Guests were served in the Christian Life Center at the church on the eve of the new school term. Pastor Charles Harper and family are vacationing this week on the Florida coast. Judy Bone brought the message last Sunday in the absence of the pastor. Rev. TEACHER’S LUNCHEON: (above) The Annual “Teacher Appreciation Luncheon” Harper will be back in the was hosted on Wednesday, August 12, at the First United Methodist Church. Teach- pulpit this Sunday, Aug. 15. ers and school personnel lunching in the Christian Life Center. Below: After a very special time with their guests, the kitchen crew takes a lunch break. At right are Mary Sue Roe and Tommy Holland.

Sunday School Church Attendance Sunday, August 9 IN DES ARC First Baptist Church...209/212 Gospel Mission.....................178 Lakeside Miss. Baptist...74/118 First United Methodist.........86 Faith Missionary Baptist.50/69 Family Worship Center.........54 First Assembly of God....61/71 Fellowship Miss. Baptist....... 35 Church of Christ.............8 Church of God of Prophecy.. 16 Living Waters Full Gospel........ 26 AREA CHURCHES Hickory Plains Miss. Bap 75/116 Morris Chapel Miss. Baptist..51 Pleasant Ridge Miss. Baptist.29 Hickory Plains Methodist..... 44 Hickory Plains Nazarene...... 19 Judson Memorial Baptist...... 27 Sand Hill Miss. Baptist........... 13 Reported by churches. To report Sunday School Attendance and other church news, call 870-256-4254. Also, if your church is not on this list and you wish it to be, call the number here to get it included.

Saturday, August 15 is date for second annual Faith and Football event The Second Annual Faith and Football event for men and boys will be held Saturday, August 15 at 6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship hall of the First Baptist Church in Des Arc. Dinner will be served to the Des Arc High School Football teams and coaches at 5:30 p.m. Special guest speaker will be Jacob Skinner, former Arkansas Razorback

punter. All men and boys of all ages from Des Arc and surrounding communities are invited to come and listen to Jacob’s special message. Door prizes will be given away at the conclusion of the evening. For further information, contact Bro. Michael McDaniel, at the First Baptist Church at 870-256-4230.

“Mother’s Day Out”

Open House Thursday, August 13 6:00 P.M.

All Persons Interested in this Program Invited to Attend First Baptist Church 4th and Erwin Streets Des Arc, AR

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WATER BALLOONS WATER GAMES FACE PAINTING WATER SLIDES AND MORE!

Hot Dogs, Cotton Candy & Pop Corn

First Assembly of God Church Des Arc, Arkansas

Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church Located Three Miles North of Griffithville on Hwy. 385

August 16-19 Evangelists: Sunday & Monday: Bro. Jerry Miller Tuesday & Wednesday: Bro. Mike Churchwell

5 pm on Sunday - 7 pm Monday-Wednesday

We will also be having “Friend Day” for our Sunday Morning Services on August 16 Sunday School starts at 10 a.m. - Worship Services at 11 a.m.

Bro. Shannon Fennell, Pastor - 870-321-7078

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Social Announcements and Locals Grand Prairie Quilt Society in August meeting at Stuttgart Public Library By Marsha Hein The Grand Prairie Quilt Society met August 12 at the Stuttgart Public Library with six members present. Glenda opened the meeting with the thought for the day..."Your UFO's (unfinished objects are not from outer space". The July minutes and treasurer's report were read and approved. Marsha apologized for not wishing Winnie a "Happy Birthday" last month. Happy Belated Birthday, Winnie!! Marsha and Maeola gave a report on the July Stitching Circle meeting held in the Plantation Agriculture Museum at Scott. Lydia gave a report on the history of quilting. They had fun playing a game of "Match the quilt pattern with its picture." It was also interesting to read the time line on the history of quilting from the 35th century BC with an Egyptian king's quilted mantle to the first mention in the new world in 1633 in the estate inventory of Samuel Fuller of Plymouth Colony, New England that lists a "flock bed quilt."

According to Lydia's handout..."A milestone in American history, the Bicentennial celebration of 1976, was also a turning point in the history of quilts in America. The quilt became popular as a means of expressing national pride and achievement, and a powerful reminder of our past....The history of America can be seen in the history of quilts: in the rich heritage left us by those thrifty, selfsufficient women who helped settle this land, in the families whose history is sewn into quilts one patch at a time, and in the legacy of the quilting arts passed on to children and grandchildren so that they may carry them forward into the future." The next Stitching Circle at the Plantation Museum in Scott will be Saturday, August 22 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Call Lydia at 501-9611409 for more information. During Show and Share: During the “Show and time, Shelley Share” showed some packages of

Glenda Cook’s Nature Quilt top rotary cutter blades she had purchased at Harbor Freight which are more economical than those at the sewing stores. Ann showed a photo of a lovely "guitar" quilt made by her sister. Glenda had a quilt magazine pattern of a "plus" quilt made up of 281 groups of five which are made of 1560 2 1/2" squares. She has already

cut out half of them and each five-block group will be different...no two will be alike. She also showed her completed Cook's Lake Nature quilt top. She has added many different sashing patterns to her quilt. The next meeting will be September 9 at the Stuttgart Public Library.

Dora Holloway hosts Oak Prairie EHC meeting The Oak Prairie Extension Homemakers Club met with Dora Holloway for its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, August 4, 2015. The meeting was called to order by President Holloway and she read The Thought “It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.” The Inspiration was given by Barbara Holmes. She read a poem. Roll Call was answered by eleven members with “Name a bad habit you should break.” There were 97 hours of Volunteer work turned in by members. The secretary, Janice Bell, read the minutes of the July meeting. They

were approved by the group. During the business meeting, the group was reminded of the Rice Expo at Stuttgart on Friday, August 7. The group also discussed their educational booth for the Prairie County Fair September 20-26. A theme for the booth was tabled. Those attending were reminded of an EHC Board meeting on August 25 at 1:00 p .m. at the Farm Bureau building in Hazen and also of the cleanup day at the Fair Building on Tuesday, September 8. The Program, “Know Your Health Numbers” was given by Janice. There was a group discussion about the program. The Eye Opener was a very

pretty baby quilt top made by the hostess. Nola Hampton showed a crocheted afghan and a crocheted snowman she had made. The meeting adjourned with the group repeating the Homemakers Prayer in unison. During the recreational period, prizes went to Idena Greenwalt, Merry Sue Hill, Faye Keathley and Nola Hampton. Refreshments were served by the hostess. The next meeting of the Oak Prairie Extension Homemakers Club will be Tuesday, September 1 with Barbara Holmes as hostess. Come and join them!

Word Tuesday from Prairie County Judge Mike Skarda, was that he is doing much better following his surgery on Monday and is expected to be released to come home by mid-week. Monday’s surgery was described as “abdominal lumbar” which means that doctors went into his back from the front this time. According to his wife, Karan, it was discovered that his back had broken sometime after his July surgery which was causing his severe pain. He had three fusions in July and more this week. He now has hardware in front and back, according to Karan, but is feeling so much better. He was walking with a walker on Tuesday at St. Vincent’s Infirmary in Little Rock where the surgery was done. Karan said, “I really think he is going to be fine now; however, even though he is anxious to return to his office and will, it will be months of recovery time. Mike’s daughters, Shannon Skarda of New Orleans and Ginger Whittaker of Van Lear, Tenn. spent some time here with Mike and Karan following his Julysurgery. Mike has had four surgeries in the past two years. Karan said, “He is in good spirits, the doctors are optimistic, and he is ready to come home.” And his many friends will be glad to see him able to come home. ---------Prayers are sent to Sonia Weatherley who had surgery last week. She was released from the hospital after a round of antibiotics but had to return and was hospitalized for infection. She is now at home and is feeling much better according to her husband, Robert. --------Donna Madden and daughter, Johnnie Madden, traveled to Summerfield, N. C. last week where they spent several days with

Donna’s sister, Barbara Causey and husband, Clark. Barbara has been a cancer victim the past two years diagnosed as Hodgins lymphoma and was on her second round of chemo. Barbara and Clark have three children, Mark, Amy and Chris, eight grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren all living in nearby areas. Barbara is a 1960 graduate of Des Arc High School and daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Burl Peters. She and Donna also have a brother at Des Arc, Gene Peters. ---------Mary Ingle was in the Journal office this week though she is recovering from recent knee surgery. According to Mary, she is doing great and threw her walker aside after a couple of days. “That thing was just in my way,” she said. She plans to have her other knee done soon. Mary (and John’s) son, Steven Ingle, has had his book published recently. The manuscript, “Shaded History.” ran chapter by chapter for several months in the White River Journal. Steven, who lives at DeValls Bluff and teaches special ed at Cabot, plans to write another book, according to his mother. ---------Betty Liska was in the Journal office ordering a subscription for a relative, Clinton Smith and wife, Gle nda, Ulm residents. Betty and husband, James, reside in the Northside Community. Clinton, formerly employed with Bill Crosby Carpet Co., is retired Clinton’s son, Kevin and wife, Laura, are Des Arc residents. He is with the highway department.’s daughter, Mystina, and husband Andrew, reside in Star City where they reside in an old home currently being remodeled.

Ramblings.... by Verna Herkamp

First Walmart . . . The first Wal-Mart store opened in 1962 by Sam Walton. It was called Walton’s Five and Dime.

Hazen True Value Wedding Registry

Community Calendar by Chris Weems Thurs., August 13; 7:30 p .m., Hazen Masonic Lodge, Lodge Hall Tues., August 18; 1:00 p.m., PC Retired Teachers meet, White River Dairy Bar

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102 W. Pike St. Des Arc, Arkansas

First Baptist Church

Hosted by: Shawna Parnell, Tania Johnston, Charly Green, Krystal Dunlap and Amanda Buck

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I consider myself a thrifty person. It began in early life out of necessity. I looked the word “Miser” up in the dictionary. It was defined as a stingy selfish hoarder who does so to his own comfort. That in no way descsribes me, but I have known people like that one couple who lives in a rotted-out small camper to save on utilities. They have never been known to feed anyone a meal, not even their nearest of kin. I have known people who had plenty of money, yet let their teeth get in such bad shape, people would not sit near them. One person, rather than lose a day’s wages, worked the day their father lay in state. Never even went to his visitiation. That person worked till they were in their 70’s before the company finally fired them. The person didn’t live many years longer and part of that was in a nursing home that cost them some of the money they had hoarded. From TV, we see the most unbelievable things. During a childs visitation with their father, he accidently died, which turned out to be murder, rather than pay child support. When it comes to spending someone elses’ money, some people are the opposite of a miser when losing their job over it. I am so thankful I live in the USA, where I can express my views without fear of being hung at sunrise for doing so. I’m glad I do not live in a country where women are punished, even jailed, when the husband cheats, and the wife is blamed. Our new puppy is wearing a cast on one leg. He tried to climb through the bedside table, turned it over and broke his leg. Of course, he is getting lots of sympathy. Our pets and children can sure tug at our heartstrings. One story I saw on TV about a three year old little boy’s generous heart made me cry. He took all his money out of his piggy bank to give to a family of children whose mother had died. Wasn’t it Lee Greenwood who wrote and recorded the song, “God Bless America Again”?

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Wedding November 7, 2015 FREE GIFT WRAP AND DELIVERY

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Summertime Favorites From Rev. Jaimie Alexander

Crock Pot Cola Pork Chops, Bacon Ranch Potato Salad, No-Bake S'Mores Cheesecake, and Yellow Summer Squash Relish are great summer recipes. Each of these recipes are a variation of summertime favorites, so tie on your apron and enjoy!

A visit to Lower White River Museum: This group of staff and residents visited the Lower White River Museum in Des Arc on Thursday, August 6. Everyone enjoyed seeing the exhibits displayed and learning more of the history of Arkansas and the local area. They were guided in their tour by Curator Neva Boatright and assistant, Monica Smith. The group included (above) left to right: Molly Walker, DANRC Administrator, residents Dennis Vedren and Ricky Coke; Teresa Henley, Activity Director and resident Tommy Gentry.

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Wow! What a difference a few degrees make in the temperature! The temperature on Wednesday was so much cooler than in recent weeks. Last week, we had all kinds of activities going on at Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center including games, puzzles, movies, crafts, reminiscing and of course, Bingo. On Thursday, Aug. 6, several traveled to the Lower White River Museum to view the exhibits and learn some Arkansas history. On Friday, the Disciples performed their sweet gospel music for the residents. Jordan popped delicious popcorn on Saturday and on Sunday, the Des Arc United Methodist Church came to share the Gospel with us. Thank you so much! We appreciate you coming and

sharing your morning with us. Monday, Snowball, the Facility Pet, paid us another visit and on Tuesday, we had shopping for the residents and we chose a queen to participate in the Queen’s Pageant at Trumann on Thursday, August 13. More next week on this. Our Resident Fundraiser for Wednesday, August 12 was Hot Dogs. We will travel to Trumann early Thursday morning to attend the Queen’s Pageant at Trumann at 9:00 a.m. In the afternoon, we will have Elvis Sandwiches and music. The Disciples will be back with us on Friday, August 14 and our friends from the Assembly of God will be here on Saturday for fun, games, food and fellowship.

The Methodist Church and Faith Missionary Baptist Church will be here on Sunday, August 16 and our Resident Council will meet on Tuesday, August 18 at 2:00 p.m. School starts Monday, August 17, so watch out for those kiddos. We can hardly wait for our Pancake Breakfast coming up Thursday, Aug. 20. Our mouths are watering just thinking about them! That is all for this week. Enjoy the cooler temps! The farmers will soon be in the fields harvesting their crops. Come out to visit soon! We would love to have you here! So until next time, have a blessed week. Teresa Henley Activity Director

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July 27-31: We have had a few fun filled weeks. Monday the quilters started on a new quilt. The latest quilt shown was done for Ms. Bert Liles. Ray Morris came and spoke to us about how to keep everything updated every year for Medicare, and he brought Bingo prizes to play Bingo with us. Tuesday we read our Medicare Minutes and had Joke of the Day. Wednesday we enjoyed our homemade breakfast and Bingo with piano music. Thursday Wanda Henderson made a wonderful homemade Sock it To Me Cake for our Birthday recognition day. Happy Birthday to all our seniors

who had birthdays this month! We also made butter with Monica from the Lower White River Museum and enjoyed it on hot yeast rolls, yummy! Friday is our recycling day. We are VERY happy to have Ms. Mary Ann Cobb home from the hospital, and will be even more happy when we get to see her come back to the center. Thanks to everyone for the resalable items we are getting in for our yard sale room. August 3rd-7th: We are so ready for the cool down around here. Monday we had Bean Bag Baseball practice. Tuesday we had a ball exercise and Joke of the

Day. Wednesday we had our homemade Breakfast and Bingo and singing. Thursday we had a Men against Women Bean Bag Baseball game. Of course the men won again. So that afternoon we took the bus to the Dollar Tree and Walmart in Beebe. day Don’t forget to bring aluminum cans to the Center on Friday’s for recycling. Our yard sale room is about ready to open. We will keep you posted. God Bless and have a great weekend! Barbara Williams, Site Director Olivia Holcomb Osborn, Meals on Wheels www.facebook.com/desarcseniorcitizencenter

Quilters complete this one for Mrs. Bert Liles

Important to return verification forms If you are one of the many Arkansans who receive benefits from Medicaid, ARKids First, or the Private Option, it is extremely important that you check your mail on a daily basis in the next few days and weeks. To ensure that individuals currently receiving these services are still eligible, verification forms are being sent state wide. If you receive one of these notices, you will need to provide proof of income to the Department of Human Services. That proof can be in the form of check stubs for the previous month, a letter from your employer, a verification of earnings form completed by your employer, or a benefit award letter (such as Social Security or Un-

employment Benefits). If you do not have an income you can turn in a signed letter stating that you currently do not have any earnings. If the verifications forms are not sent in on time, your benefits could be terminated. However, due to the sheer volume of the forms and some confusion from individuals, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that DHS will pause for 2 weeks before sending out any further termination notices. The Governor has assigned 20 DHS staffers to work solely on processing the verification and termination forms and he has authorized overtime for those staffers .

Crock Pot Cola Pork Chops 4 to 6 pork chops (I used bone-in, center cut chops but any pork chops will do) 1 cup coca cola (can use diet Coke, Pepsi, or any cola drink) 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup ketchup 1 cup chopped onion 2 tablespoons grape jelly (Optional) 1 teaspoon minced garlic Brown chops in skillet on top of the stove. Place in crock pot. Whisk together the coke, brown sugar, black pepper, salt, ketchup, chopped onion, jelly and minced garlic with a wire whisk. Pour over chops. Cook 7 to 8 hours on low or 4 to 5 hours on high. Serve chops with the gravy poured over them. Makes 4 to 6 servings. Enjoy! Note: These chops are so tender they just fall apart. You could double or triple this recipe and pour over just about any pork roast or ribs.

Bacon Ranch Potato Salad 3 lbs. small red potatoes salt ½ cup mayo ½ cup sour cream 1 (1-ounce) packet ranch salad dressing mix 4 green onions, sliced thin 4 strips bacon, cooked and crumbled (about ⅓ cup crumbled) Wash and cut potatoes into about 1-inch chunks. Place the potatoes in a large pot with just enough water to cover them. Add enough salt to make the water taste like ocean water. Place over medium high heat. Bring to a boil and reduce the heat to a simmer. Cook about 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife, but not mushy. Meanwhile, make the dressing by combining the mayo, sour cream, and ranch dressing mix. Once the potatoes are cooked through, drain them well. If you like your potato salad cold, spread the potatoes on a baking sheet and and chill them in the refrigerator. (If you find that you may have cooked them too long, this also helps firm them up so when you toss them with the dressing, they won't all fall apart.) Combine the potatoes, dressing, green onions, and bacon in a large bowl and toss to coat. Serve immediately or refrigerate until served.

No-Bake S'mores Cheesecake 20 sheets of graham crackers (4 crackers each sheet) ½ cup (1 stick) butter, melted 2 (8-ounce) containers frozen whipped topping, thawed 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened 1 (3.56-ounce to 3.8-ounce) box dark chocolate instant pudding mix 1 (7-ounce) jar marshmallow creme (or marshmallow fluff) Crush 15 of the crackers well and combine them in a bowl with the melted butter. Firmly press the mixture into the bottom of a 9-inch spring form pan that has been coated lightly with nonstick cooking spray. Refrigerate the crust while you prepare the other layers. In a stand mixer or using a hand mixer, combine 1 container of the whipped topping and the cream cheese and blend until smooth. Add the pudding mix powder and mix well. Spread this layer over the crust evenly. To make the topping, combine the other container of whipped topping and the jar of marshmallow creme in a stand mixer or with a hand mixer and blend until smooth. Spread it over the top of the chocolate mixture. Crush the remaining 5 graham crackers by hand and sprinkle them over the top. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours to allow the layers to set.

Yellow Summer Squash Relish 10 cups shredded yellow summer squash (about 4 pounds) 2 large onions, chopped 1 large green pepper, chopped 6 tablespoons canning salt 4 cups sugar 3 cups cider vinegar 1 tablespoon each celery seed, ground mustard and ground turmeric 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1. In a large container, combine squash, onions, green pepper and salt. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Drain; rinse and drain again. 2. In a Dutch oven, combine sugar, vinegar and seasonings; bring to a boil. Add squash mixture; return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 15 minutes. Remove from heat. 3. Carefully ladle hot mixture into six hot 1-pint jars, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot mixture. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight. 4. Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 15 minutes. Remove jars and cool. Refrigerate remaining relish for up to 1 week. Yield: 6 pints.

Department’s In-Home Services to Transition to Private Sector (Little Rock, Ark.)— Dr. Nate Smith, Director of the Arkansas Department of Health, announced today that the Department’s In-Home Services Office will be transitioned to a private sector provider. This process is expected to take at least six months and comes in the wake of financial constraints and competition from the private sector over the last five years. The Department does not intend to wind down the business and cease operating, but instead will market the program to private providers with the capacity to manage the size and scope of our operations, including our employees and patients. In-Home Services has suffered a 28 percent decline in patients, an 18 percent decline in revenues and a 19 percent decline in the number of employees over the last five years. Had this decision not been made now, an immediate reduction of employees would have been necessary. Throughout this process, patients will remain a priority. ADH will strive to assist patients and to ensure continuity of care. The In-Home Services Office currently serves more than 13,000 patients in their homes by providing a number of healthcare programs. These programs include Personal Care and ElderChoices, Home Health and Hospice. “The Department provides high quality healthcare services to our patients, and this decision was not taken lightly,” said Dr. Smith. “However, the Department

must act responsibly in addressing the sustainability of continuing to operate the program with the challenges that we currently face. As we move forward in this process, a top priority will be to maintain healthcare services in the rural areas of the state.” Governor Asa Hutchinson voiced his support for this decision. “I want to thank Dr. Smith and his staff for the compassionate and thorough way that they are dealing with this issue. I know a lot of thought and research has gone into this decision. It’s the right one,” said Governor Hutchinson. “This is an example of a government program that is no longer sustainable and can be ended because the private sector has stepped in to meet demand. In the long run, this transition will preserve jobs, save taxpayer dollars and result in a more efficient, viable and sustainable in-home care program for Arkansans. It makes sense. He went on to add, “Government should not be in the business of competing with the private sector, especially when the private sector can provide the same level of quality care. As a state, we will continue to work with all in-home service agencies to provide healthcare throughout Arkansas. I know the Health Department will assist employees through this process and that patients will be taken care of.”

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Dorothy Whiting was sister of local residents Dorothy Sagitto Lyons "Whiting" went to be with Christ on Saturday, August 8, 2015. Dorothy was born in 1947 in Cotton Plant AR She is survived by her three sons, William Whiting and Kenneth Whiting, both of Ramsey IN and Eddie Whiting of St. Louis MO; two brothers Ken Whiting and John Whiting, both of Des Arc; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, K.W. and Katie Whiting, two brothers, Clarence Smith and Marion Whiting, and one sister Rocia Joshlin Meyers. The family asks that expressions of sympathy be made in the form of donations to the American Cancer Society.

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Martha Jean Hamric, 85, of Hickory Plains, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2015. She graduated from Beebe High School in 1948, was retired from Kerr Glass in Plainfield, Illinois, and was of the Methodist faith. She loved fishing, camping, and spending time with her husband, Henry. Martha is survived by five children, Judy Neuhauser (Dennis) of Illinois, Tom Hamric (Kathy), Joy Tinsley (David), and Pat Nugent (George), all of Illinois, and JoAnne Bien Jewell (Bobby) of Arizona; 11 grandchildren; 19 greatgrandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry, of 65 years; her parents, Alvin and Essie (Carlisle) Ferrell; and her brother, Glen Ferrell. Memorials may be made to Hickory Plains United Methodist Church, or Hickory Plains Cemetery, c/o 9952 Hwy. 13 N., Carlisle, AR 72024. The family received friends beginning at 1:00 p.m. Monday, August 10, at Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe, with funeral following at 2:00 p.m. Interment was in the Hickory Plains Cemetery with arrangements by Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home of Beebe.

Anita Neal Medford, age 72, of Hunter, passed away at Crossridge Medical Center in Wynne, Arkansas Friday evening, August 7. Anita was born in Stuttgart, Arkansas on September 26, 1942 and was the oldest of three daughters born to the late E.A. Neal and Lorraine Foreman Neal. Survivors are her husband of 55 years, Dale Medford; son, Mike Medford and wife Jana of Hunter; daughter, Holly Hunt of Hunter; her special niece that she raised Tammy Mitchell and her husband Doug of Jonesboro; three grandchildren, Brandon and Aaron Medford and Kaystal Hunt; four greatgrandchildren, Brilee, Brant, Barett and Jesse Dale Medford; nieces and nephews, Ashley Armstrong, Matt and Raven Mitchell. She was preceded in death by her parents, and two sisters, Kay Smith and Debbie Ferrell. Funeral services were held at 10 AM Tuesday, August 11, at the Hunter Baptist Church with Rev. Alan Cook and Bro. J. T. Medford officiating. Interment followed at the Hunter cemetery. Bob Neal Funeral Home of Brinkley was in charge of arrangements.

William Parker Jr.

80, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2015 in Clarendon. A son of William and Bertha Smith, he was born January 11, 1935 in St. Charles. He served in the US Army a total of six years with two on active duty and four as reserve. After receiving an honorable discharge Limon began his own trucking business. For many years he drove long haul across country and in late years served as a grain hauler for local farmers. On August 7, 1980 he and Wilma Sue Speer were married and have become valuable residents of the Clarendon community. Limon was an active member of the Clarendon First Baptist Church. When not working he enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending quality time with family and friends. He was preceded in death by hisp arents: William and Bertha (Roberson) Smith; daughter: Marla Kay Smith; and siblings: Grover Smith, Alva Baker, Lois Ray and Edna. Survivors are his wife, Wilma; daughters, Beth and Tom Lowman of Clarendon, Lisaand Billy Flake of Brinkley, Carol and Jeremy Watson of Clarendon and Melanie Smith of Clarendon; brother: James and Winnie Smith of Clarendon; grandchildren, Ann Jessup, Russell Booker, Limon (Jessica) Williams, Justin (Emilie) Williams, Patrick Williams, Suzanna Watson, Emyleigh Watson, Eli WatGilmore. Interment was in Baynes son, and great grandchilCemetery-Monroe, AR by dren: Logan Jessup, Jackson Brown Funeral Home of Jessup, Landon Booker, Hadley Booker and Kenzlie Pine Bluff. Williams

Novella Flowers Pittman was sister Graveside service of DeValls Bluff resident Mrs. Novella Flowers held Tuesday for Pittman was sent from Heaven on September 5, William Parker Jr. 1933 in Monroe, Arkansas William Parker, Jr., 69, of Carlisle, Ar. passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015. William was born, May 22, 1946, to the late Billy and Odean (Hackney) Parker. Survivors include his wife, Patsy; daughters, Cassie Ann Parker, Misty Besancon and ( Joe) Tamara ( Johnny) Devaney; sons; Shane (Ashley) Parker and Cory Forresterl; brother; Jerry Parker; sister; Sandra Parker, 11 grandchildren; two great grandchildren and a special nephew; Todd (Tammy). A graveside service was held at the Carlisle Cemetery at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, with Bro. Christian VanHounten officiating. Arrangements provided by Weems Family Funeral Services, LLC.

J. L. High buried Monday at Wattensaw J. L. High, son of James and Helen Hicks High, died Thursday, August 6, 2015. He grew up in the Fairview area, was a teacher and coach at Forest Heights Jr High, Hall High and Parkview. He received degrees from Lonoke High and UCA. Survivors are his wife of 35 years, Carolyn Jackson High; sons, Blake (Maylynda) High of Plano, Texas and Sam (Jennifer) High of Maumelle; granddaughters, Haley, Katie and MacKenzie; many cousins and friends. Graveside service was at 10:00 a.m. Monday, August 10, at Wattensaw Cemetery with Bro. Jimmy Wallace and Bro. Dexter Reed officiating with arrangements by Boyd Funeral Home, Lonoke. www.boydfuneralhome.net.

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Arriea Brasseur Limon Smith, Anita Neal Medford, Army veteran, Martha Hamric Arriea Brasseur Stuttgart native, buried Monday dies at Clarendon was formerly at Hickory Plains dies at Hunter Limon Hiley Smith, age of Brinkley Martha Jean Hamric

to the late Joe Nathan Flowers and Earnestine Kelley Flowers. Mrs. Novella matriculated through the Monroe County School system and Graduated from Holly Grove High School. Food was her passion, so it was natural for her to be employed as a cook. She started at J&M Restaurant, until she was hired at Monroe County Jail in Clarendon, Arkansas. She worked diligently for many years until her retirement. Novella was a member of Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Monroe, Arkansas. She later united with Baptist Grove Church in Clarendon. Her final church home was Union Baptist Church in Clarendon. Hobbies included talking on phone to friends, working until retirement, cooking, watching soap operas and having fun with family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, two children, three brothers, one sister, one granddaughter and one grandson. Memories will be cherished by four sons: Earnest Piggee of Clarendon, Cleophus (Rose) Davey of Champaign, IL, Willie (Lisa) Harvey of Clarendon, AR and Tony (Carolyn) of New Market, AL; two daughters: Cynthia Harvey of Urbana, IL and Cleester Harvey of Champaign, IL; five Sisters, Bessie (James) Davis of Southfield, MI, Myrtis (John) Scott, Arlie Breedlove and Otherine Bembrey, all of Kansas City, MO and Dorothea Flowers of DeValls Bluff, AR; 27 grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Funeral service was at 11:30 a.m, Thursday, August 6, at Union Baptist Church in Clarendon officiated by Rev. Willie Lee

Estelle Thompson burial at Brinkley Helen Estelle Thompson began her long journey in this life in the small community of Zent, Arkansas. One of eleven children in the family of Owen and Lela Young, she was born on February 12, 1917. In time the family moved to the Keevil community where she attended the Keevil School. Growing up with ten siblings no doubt gave room for plenty of special moments for Estelle, both happy and challenging. She matured into a lovely young lady and stepped into the world of matrimony. She and James Fermon Burrow were married on July 23, 1933 and were blessed with the birth of one son, Jimmy. Along with being homemaker, Estelle worked outside the home for many years. Employment included the Button Factory, Van Heusen, Cla Clif Nursing Home, Van Atkins Dept. Store and the Town House Motel. In time Fermon passed away and Estelle continued a daily walk with strength and courage. Romance entered her life for a second time and she married Dallas Thompson, who also passed away in later years. A strong woman of faith, Estelle was a member of the Brinkley First Assembly Of God Church for more than 34 years. Always willing to serve, she taught Sunday School, served as president of the W.M.S. Women’s Ministries and helped wherever needed. A special joy filled her heart in 1990 when she was chosen as the Church Mother Of The Year. With health challenges she became part of the resident family in the Cla Clif

Helen Estelle Thompson Rehab Center. Blessed with a lifespan of nearly a century, Estelle (98) passed away Sunday, August 9, 2015 at her home in Cla Clif. She was preceded in death by parents, Owen C. and Lela Martha (Forbess) Young; husbands: Fermon Burrow and Dallas Thompson; son, Jimmy Burrow; grandson: Allen Burrow; brothers: Roland, Amos, John Henry, Marion and Merlin Young; sisters: Louise Simpson, Willene Bernard, Lois Vondran and Geri Johnson. Survivors are a daughter-in-law: Lethel Clinton Burrow of Brinkley; sister Velda Strum of Clarendon; grandchildren, Phillip (Sharye) Burrow of Brinkley and Sherri (David) Caskey of Brinkley; great grandchildren, Amanda ( Jake) Gingerich, Caleb (Danielle) Burrow, Joshua (Jaycie) Nash; great-great grandchildren, Logan and Lincoln Gingerich, Zachery Nash, Dustin and Brooklyn Gregory. Services were held Wednesday August 12, 11:00 AM at the Brinkley First Assembly Of God Church. Inermentat was at Oaklawn Cemetery Batesville Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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The life of Arriea Anne began on the mid-summer day of June 16, 1956. She was the first born of four children in the family of G.A. Swayze and his wife, Dorthie. The family lived in Little Rock, where she attended Pike View Elementary School. She received a G.E.D. from the North Little Rock High School and entered the public workplace. During her employment at Sambo’s Restaurant she met Mark Brasseur, a young Air Force GI stationed at the base in Jacksonville. She was given the duty of training him as a waiter at the restaurant. Through time true love became rooted in both hearts. They were married on October 24, 1981 and continued to live in North Little Rock. Their home was blessed with two children and Arriea became a great cook and especially enjoyed the art of baking. In 1994 the young family moved to Brinkley where he served as an officer with the Brinkley Police Department. Arriea also became part of the network by serving as a dispatcher and later as the court clerk. Through the day to day work routine she became familiar with many people in the community. In her youth Arriea attended the 18th Street Freewill Baptist Church and was currently part of the fellowship of Liberty Fellowship both in North Little Rock. She was privileged to be a member of the Brinkley Chapter of Eastern Star. She enjoyed the sport of softball, going fishing and finding bargains at flea markets. Special times were spent with family, especially the grandchildren. For the past two years Arriea traveled the journey of cancer. With love and encouragement from loved ones she met the challenge of healing with determination. However the Lord chose a different path for her and on Wednesday, August 5, 2015, Arriea quietly passed away at her home in Sherwood. She was preceded in death by her parents, Buck and Dorthie Swayze, and step father, Jack Glover Survivors are her husband, Mark Brasseur; children, Eric Brasseur (Beebe) and Courtney Moon (Judsonia), and siblings, Glenn Swayze (Little Rock), Teresa Prestwood and husband, Tim (Pleasant Plains), and Jena Swift (Searcy); grandchildren, Cierra Brasseur, Gavin Brasseur, Elyssa Brasseur, Kyle Moon and Brandon Moon.

Service held Wednesday for Cynthia Prislovsky Born to William A. and Martha Hatfield Hosto on Nov. 1, 1958, Cynthia Alberta was called Home Aug. 9, 2015. Cynthia married Frank M. Prislovsky Feb. 3, 1984. Cynthia attended Zion Lutheran School, Ulm, St. John’s Lutheran School, Stuttgart, and graduated from Hazen High School. She also attended ASUJonesboro. Her employment began in 1978 with Stuttgart Memorial Hospital. She was also employed with Baptist HealthStuttgart Medical Clinic and continued employment until her health no longer allowed her to work. Cynthia also worked in the insurance industry for 11 years for local agencies. She served her church and school volunteering and the Shut-In meal program, which is dear to the Prislovsky family’s hearts. Survivors include her husband Frank; two sons, William Hunter, wife, Jackie Pollard Prislovsky and son Trapper Gage Prislovsky and son, Joseph Wade Prislovsky and wife, Andrea Hunt Prislovsky; her parents; sister, Nansi and Larry Porter of Roe, and nephew Corey Porter of Roe; her husband’s family, brotherin-law Gene and Kathy Prislovsky of Stuttgart; sisters, Linda and Carroll Calvert of Greers Ferry, Kathy Prislovsky of Conway, and Karen Prislovsky of Little Rock; nephews and nieces, Amanda Prislovsky of West Memphis, Sarah (David) Hendrix, Sam (Stephanie) Prislovsky of Stuttgart, Dustin (Holly) Calvert and children of Stuttgart, Blake ( Jamie) Calvert and son of Carlisle, Karsyn K. (Tyler) Branscum of Greers Ferry, as well as hundreds in her father’s and mother’s families. She will be lovingly remembered by her numerous co-workers. She was predeceased by her grandson, William FishPrislovsky; in-laws, Joe Jr. and Darcus Prislovsky; and grandparents Herman and Muriel Hosto, and Harvey and Mary Jane Hatfield. Visitation was held from 9:30-10:30 a.m. prior to funeral services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. John’s Lutheran Church Stuttgart. Memorials to be made to St. John’s Infant Daycare Program, St. John’s Shut-In Meal Program, St. John’s Radio Broadcast, Zion Lutheran Church, Sts. Cyril & Methodius Altar Society, CARTI and Baptist Health Medical Center-Stuttgart Auxiliary.

Lee Brown died Saturday at Stuttgart Lee Brown of Stuttgart, loving husband, father, son, cousin, uncle, nephew, coach and friend passed away on August 8, 2015, at 47 years old. He was born on February 16, 1968 in Jacksonville, AR to Terry and Diane Brown. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother Pauline Tipton and his paternal grandparents, Ulys and Kathlene Brown. Surviving are his wife Tina of 13 years; four children: Lindsay (26), Kate (24), both of Carlisle, Dalton (12) and Kayleigh (10) both of Stuttgart; his parents Terry and Diane Brown of Humnoke; his sisters Tammy Brown (Lonnie Anderson) of Humphrey and Brenda (Eric) Foster of Carlisle; relatives and friends; and children he coached over the years. Lee served six years in

the U.S. Navy as an E5 (Machinist Mate Second Class). He was happiest when he was playing music, or when he was telling stories and cooking for his family at home. He loved to golf, hunt and coach. And his home was always open to anyone who needed a meal, a place to stay or just some good Lee Brown advice, which he always gave even if you didn't ask. Visitation was held Tuesday, Aug. 11, from 5-6 p.m. Funeral services followed at 6 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church of Humnoke. Burial followed Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. at Frazier Cemetery on Highway 152 in Alcorn. Please also join us for a musical celebration of his life Saturday, August 15 at 2 p.m. at the American Legion in Stuttgart. Wilson Robison Funeral Home of England was in charge of the service.

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Cat-fishing in White River being taught . . . A small group of persons interested in catfishing met at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, August 6, at the Prairie County Courthouse Annex in Des Arc. The informational meeting was a desire of James T. (Jay) Hambrick to both encourage local fishermen and to educate younger people who would like to learn how to fish for catfish in the White River. Hambrick welcomed the group and told of his childhood when other boys would pass by their house going fishing. They wanted to go, too, but his father made them work. It was then he determined that he was going to be a fisherman. Hambrick, who has been fishing for some 53 years, began by stressing boating safety and recounted some laws of which many were unaware. He then displayed some catfish books and

videos that might be of interest and told of catfishing organizations in Arkansas. Next, he spoke about different types of catfish and the various baits used to catch them. He also showed one of his personal rod and reels, explaining about rods, reels, hooks, line and other tackle and handy tools."Weather, river conditions, location, water level and water temperature are all important factors for good fishing," said Hambrick. "Don't waste your time! Move to another location after about 1520 minutes if the catfish aren't biting," he added. Hambrick demonstrated how to make pole holders for your boat and gave preferences for keeping catfish in the boat once they were caught, including types of ice and snipping catfish horns to prevent injury. Hambrick was extreme-

ly pleased to have a special guest, Randy Smith of Benton, who attended as a representative of the Arkansas Area Catfish Hunters for Robert Tallman. Smith described the purpose of the ACA and detailed some of the organization's activities, including monthly tournaments for children. Hambrick paid tribute to the late Albert Bush stating that Albert was one of the most knowledgeable local fisherman he had ever known. In 2009, Hambrick saw the need and began seeking assistance to secure a new boat ramp in Tom Roe Riverfront Park near the courthouse in Des Arc. He was instrumental in obtaining the newest boat ramp, working in conjunction with former Prairie County Judge Bob Childers, Des Arc Mayor Jim Garth, the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, and

the Corps of Engineers. The ramp was completed in 2014. All persons attending expressed their appreciation to Hambrick and that

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HICKORY PL AINS to family and friends, Melinda Tenison, her caregiver. She went to be with the Lord on August 5. Her Service was really nice Monday and the community fed the family at the Methodist Church after the burial at Hickory Plains Cemetery. Sorry to learn that Brenda Graham’s appendix ruptured and she is in Springhill Hospital, North Little Rock. They did surgery late Monday. Keep her in your Prayers. We had several missing at the “Ladies Drop By” Tuesday, but we had 13 present: Ms. Louise Speight, Clara Clark, Charlotte Wrigley, Debora Carpenter, Vanessa Graham, Tressia Roberts, Mary Grace smith, Barbara Ingle, Margie Speight, Mary Lou Miles, Opal Crider, (1 new one), Crystal Finney, just recently moved into Ms. Sissy Hill’s house at water tower, and Charles Oldham. He knew all of us would want to see him. He has been home from Africa for a month after being over there 11 months (too long). We had good food and fellowship. Bob Crider had doctor’s appt. Tuesday morning. He then went by ACH to visit his former coworkers. Then he just happened to go on to Benton to see Tracy Cochran and “Cochran Seven.” Mamie Nell and Bobby Graham had four of her Hamric cousins for supper Tuesday night, before they were to leave to go back to their homes. The next “Ladies Drop By” will be Tuesday, Sept.

8, at the Hickory Plains Methodist Church at 1 PM. Come join us, we have FUN! HPOS wants to let everyone know that Tracy will serve breakfast on Sunday mornings. She will also have a Sunday lunch special for $4 .99. Dinner SPECIALS on TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS! Come out and enjoy! Please support Hickory Plains Post Office by purchasing stamps, mailing packages, etc. there. Support our OWN local Postmaster, Tammy Bruce. The Hickory Plains Post Office hours are Mon.-Fri. 12:30 PM- 2:30 PM, Sat.10AM-1:30PM. (REMINDER) For people to call 870-854-3703 or email me (OpalCrider@centurytel.net) their News. Please call or send!!! If you want birthdays in my column and you know I don’t put them in, please let me know! Have a Good Week In The Lord!

I was asked what was wrong with me that I didn’t write any news last week, they had me thinking I had really LOST IT, but then they said not much. I didn’t know much for last week. So--The storm hit Big Oaks on Tuesday and my news was already in the print shop. It did a messy job up there, I didn’t even see any of the everyday limbs that my pecan tree pesters me with. Blessed we were. It went on northeast to Jimmy and Tammy Beavers and a flash of lightning saved Jimmy from at the very least a tumble as his porch was taken away. No electric and he started to go see why his dog was barking and the flash showed him not to step out on the ‘would be’ porch. Man alive, that would have been what is called a “rude awakening” if he ever did awake!! I don’t know where it went with it’s ‘trouble’ from there. Coming to visit Donny Happy Birthday August and Michelle Brown on 17th to Jessie Gardner, Sunday afternoon were Donna Livingston & Jalen Kyle and Rebecca Brown, Holloway ! Carter and Tucker of Happy Birthday August 18th to Drew Horn !

Happy Birthday August 20th to Kristi Flud! Happy Birthday August 21st to Cheryl Guenther! For our present troubles are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! 2 Corinthians 4:17, NLT

Farm Bureau names Achievement Award finalists LITTLE ROCK – The finalists in Arkansas Farm Bureau’s annual Young Farmer and Rancher Achievement Award have been announced. The award honors young farmers and ranchers between the ages of 1835 for the general excellence of their operations, their hard work and innovation. The 2015 finalists are: Jamey and Sara Allen of Prattsville (Grant County). The Allens have a 1,200head beef cattle operation in addition to Jamey’s Allen Gate and Panel company. They have two children, four-year-old Kylee and three-year-old Kaden.

public. Hambrick may be contacted with questions or for additional information, 501-516-5862 or 870256-4640.

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Charlotte Wrigley, Debora Carpenter and Charles Oldham traveled to Mountain View recently, to listen to musicians in the park, a regular event in that city. They enjoyed visiting with several out-of-state musicians. Charles enjoys picking the banjo. They hope to attend the Grandpa Jones weekend at the Folk Center scheduled to be held there soon. On Saturday, they drove to Branson to catch the last performance of the Jr. Red River Cloggers from the Judi King School of Dance in Clinton and Heber Springs. Charles' has a great niece who belongs to the Silver Dollar City winning clogging team that entertained audiences during 30 performances in two weeks at different theaters around Branson. James and Peggy Retting were camping late last week at Tichnor. Mickey and Vanessa Graham joined them on Friday afternoon. The Rettigs’ trip was cut short and they came in Saturday afternoon. James’ 90year old mother of Beebe had suffered a stroke and is in critical condition at this time. Keep them in your Prayers. Bob Crider took Clara Clark to get her pick line taken out on Thursday. I will take her back to the surgeon on August 18 to set up time to put permanent hip in. We pray that they set it up soon and for her to get healed and everything behind her. Thanks for your past and continued prayers. Sympathy and Prayers

they were eager to have another such meeting. The next meeting has been scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Thursday, August 20. It is free and open to the

Derek and Shannon Haigwood of Newport ( Jackson County). The Haigwoods grow corn, cotton, rice and soybeans on 3,130 acres. They have one child, two-year-old Judah. Jeremy and Tracie Kitchens of Lewisville (Lafayette County). The Kitchens have a cattle and farrow-to-finish swine operation. They are also growing 100 acres of soybeans and irrigated corn silage and hay. The winning couple will receive a $40,000 GM gift card to be used toward the purchase of any new 2016 General Motors vehicle and receives a trip in January to the American Farm

Bureau Convention in Orlando, Fla. to compete for the national award. The winner of the state award will be announced at the organization’s annual convention Dec. 3 at the Marriott Hotel in Little Rock. The winner of the American Farm Bureau Achievement Award will have their choice of a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado or 2016 GMC Sierra, courtesy of General Motors. Three national finalists will receive a Farmall 65A, courtesy of Case IH, along with a $2,500 cash prize and $500 in merchandise, courtesy of Stihl.

Cabot and their cousin ,Emily of Searcy. Hayden Cooper celebrated his birthday(July 31st) a wee bit late, this Sunday afternoon sharing his cake and ice cream with Mom, Dad and Chloe, plus Troy and Darlene Tims, Ronnie and Sharon Ladd of Gregory, Joe and Jean Hall of Morton, Brian Cooper and son, Mason and Jared Cooper of Judsonia and Hayden’s friend ,Michael of Augusta. They tell me that school starts next Monday. Who told them Summer was over? Mine went in the ‘OLDEN’ days when it started much later, if I remember correctly. I have been meaning to call attention of the Hwy.33 travelers to the Joe Morris family’s (about 4 miles north of Gregory)(on the left) soybean field, their immaculately kept yard, then the corn field which is on a slight hill. The fields are clear of weeds that I can see. If you are a Country Gal or Boy you will appreciate the beauty of this. Helen Fields and I

traveled to Cotton Plant Sunday to the 90th birthday celebration for Victor Paul White at the Methodist Church. It was well attended and by a heck of a lot of folks I did not know. I sat down by the nicest lady — she asked if I lived there-‘no, Gregory’- she’d never heard of us - me, thinking she lived there - quite loudly said ‘don’t know where Gregory is?’ She said, “Well, I didn’t know where Cotton Plant waseither”. Then I found she was from Memphis. I find it odd that sometimes we are thought of as Country Bumpkins, but we know lots of towns and travel them. I found that true in Little Rock, I asked the best route from the hospital to head home at 5 pm traffic time - that nurse knew one way - to work and home, come heck or high water – certainly not how to get to Gregory. Back then I knew Little Rock as well as the folks who lived there ,just not at 5pm. That’s it , folks. Rosetta

NEW BETHEL NEWS Donna Kelly, Correspondent

We had a nice size crowd out for services at New Bethel Baptist Church last Sunday. Tommy Jasper had surgery last week. He is reported doing good. Several from church visited him. We extend sympathy to the family of Connie Wilson. Johnny, Sandy, Josh, Kim, Jase, Cody, Allen, Kylee and Cooper enjoyed

a few days vacation in Mountain View last week a fun time. There are several revival meetings this week, also youth rally. The kids should make the most with their time as school will be starting again on August 17. I just hope it cools down by then. There will be a Kelly Reunion on August 11 at Carlisle Civic Center. We

look forward to seeing some of the family we have not seen for so long. There will be pot luck lunch and visiting - hope to see you there. John and I kept a Foot Dr. appointment. I havehad pain in my right foot. Have been wearing a support and it seems to be working. Also had inflammation in my heel.

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FARM/HOME Hutchinson: In rice to Cuba and other export markets, Arkansas needs to be No. 1 By Dave Edmark STUTTGART, Ark. – Arkansas, already No. 1 in U.S. rice production, needs to be No. 1 when it comes to rice exported to other markets, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told a crowd some 500 packed into the Grand Prairie Center for the Arkansas Rice Expo. “We have an opportunity to expand the Cuban market,” he said in his keynote on Friday. “While I am very concerned about their suppression of human rights, I also recognize that agricultural products should not be used as a tool for foreign policy. “And as they expand their market and their tourist opportunities, which is going to happen in the coming years, there’s going to be more demand for rice,” Hutchinson said. “Arkansas needs to be there at the table and to be No. 1 in exports to Cuba and other global markets.” Earlier in the day, Keith Glover, president and CEO of Producers Rice Mill, said that exports will be the key to determining the price of U.S. long-grain rice in the coming year. The total supply is expected to be about the same as last year, which could help stabilize prices. Other factors that could influence the price include the extreme heat of recent weeks. Similar temperatures in 2010 and 2012 had adverse impact in those years.

In the market year that just ended, 88 percent of longgrain rice exports are shipped to Western Hemisphere nations. But South America is a key competitor for that market, Glover said. Asian rice is also selling cheaper than U.S. rice in global markets. Glover noted that last year, Iraq's purchase of U.S. rice was disappointing but Colombia's purchases helped pick up the slack. The industry is hoping that Colombia and Venezuela maintain last year's purchase levels. Lifting the embargo on trade with Cuba would also be a plus, he said. The strong U.S. dollar is also potential problem for rice prices. "A high dollar is a silent killer of commodity prices," Glover said.

Foundation Seed Facility On Thursday, a gold-spades-and-dirt-turning ceremony at the Rice Research and Extension Center marked the beginning of construction on the Foundation Seed Facility, an $8.6 million building designed to enable continued agricultural innovation, with researchers bringing new higher yielding, higher-quality crop varieties to market. The Foundation Seed Facility will be operated by the University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture.

CROP REPORT Brent Griffin CEA-Staff Chair Prairie County Cooperative Extension Service P.O. Boxll 388 DeValls Bluff, AR 72041 (Office) 870-998-2614 (Mobile) 870-351-54616

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INTERVIEW -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson talks about agriculture with Scott Woodson of East Arkansas Broadcasting Ag Network during a live remote at the 2015 Arkansas Rice Expo.

Zoned Out . . . By Lu Nelsen, lucasn@cfra.org, Center for Rural Affairs

Over the past few years we have seen tremendous growth in the efficiency, effectiveness, and use of wind power. In our report Zoned Out, we analyzed different approaches to zoning commercial wind energy systems. The report (http://www.cfra.org/zoned-out-windenergy-analysis) also broke down the advantages and disadvantages of these approaches, and what makes for effective zoning standards. Wind energy zoning remains generally uncoordinated and subject to state and local regulations, resulting in a piece-meal approach where zoning standards vary between states and within states. In order for wind energy development to continue increasing, there must be an effective approach to wind energy zoning implemented that reduces inconsistency and unpredictability. Zoning authorities must aim for efficient and effective standards, incorporating considerations from the local areas where wind development would take place. The key to effective wind siting and zoning regulation, however, is to strike the right balance between local and state control. Authorities at the state and local level must consider the pros and cons that can result from difference ordinances. As wind power continues to play a bigger role in meeting our energy demands, controversies and questions from local communities have arisen. How will this affect my community? What are the rules for wind energy development? These questions, and others, make it vitally important that we craft regulations that incorporate local preferences and address local concerns while also providing clear and consistent standards for developers.

EPA awards $485,000 to Cabot for wastewater treatment equipment DALLAS – (Aug. 6, 2015) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded the city of Cabot, Ark. $485,000 to install new wastewater treatment equipment. The upgrades will include 10,000 feet of wastewater piping that will help address sanitary sewer overflows. Wastewater management encompasses a broad range of efforts that promote effective and responsible water use, treatment and disposal. Under the Clean Water Act, EPA oversees regulatory and voluntary programs that help

manage the nation's wastewater. EPA traditionally awards federal funding to state and local municipalities for a wide variety of water quality projects including watershed protection and restoration, water and energy efficiency, wastewater reclamation, and traditional municipal wastewater treatment systems, including nonpoint source pollution control. The funds also support drinking water infrastructure, as well as drinking water plant operator training, and technical assistance.

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Days of field work: 7 Top Soil Moisture: 100% Short Sub Soil Moisture: 100% short Livestock Condition: Fair Main Activities: Farmers continued irrigation of rice and soybean. First harvest of corn and rice is occurring with no yield reports. Sorghum harvest will begin this week, weather permitting.

Growing Progress: Corn: 90% Mature, 10% Harvested Soybean: 100% Bloom, 90% Setting Pod, 1% Mature Rice: 95% headed, 2% Harvested Sorghum: 99% Color, 1% Harvested Cotton: 20% Boll Open Crop Condition: Corn: 10% Poor, 70% Fair, 20% Good Rice: 10% Poor, 80% Fair, 10% Good Sorghum: 20% Poor, 80% Fair Soybean: 15% Poor, 75% Fair, 10% Good Cotton: 25% Poor, 75% Fair Hay/Pasture: 50% Poor, 50% Fair

Extension hosting forums to help identify priorities in White River watershed People who live, work, recreate or own property in the Beaver Reservoir-Upper White River watershed are invited to participate in an August 25 forum on water quality. The forum, hosted by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, is an opportunity for the public to identify water quality issues or concerns. The forum is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and concludes at 12:30 p.m., and will be held at the Clifty Community Center at 182 Madison 8248.

“We're pleased that farmers in the state decided this was a good use of their funds and that they wanted to be a part of this,” said Mark Cochran, vice president of the UA System Division of Agriculture. He noted that the current seed facility was constructed in 1951 and that the new building will accommodate the increased capacity of varieties that the rice program is handling. The faculty at the rice center has developed more than 40 varieties since 1930. Foundation seed is seed stock produced from breeder seed under the control of a sponsoring institution. Registered seed is the progeny of foundation seed and used to grow certified seed that is used for crop production. Before the groundbreaking, Cochran welcomed legislators to the center for a joint meeting of the Senate and House Agriculture Forestry and Economic Development committees. Cochran told the legislators that Arkansas grows the majority of rice produced in the U.S. "We're an impartial source of science-based solutions to relevant problems of the state,” Cochran said. To learn more rice production, contact your county extension office or visit www.uaex.edu.

Farm Bureau President, Luke Hooks, attends State meeting in Hot Springs The Prairie County Farm Bureau President, Luke Hooks of the Slovak area in south Prairie County, was among more than 500 who attended Arkansas Farm Bureau's 67th annual Officers and Leaders Conference July 20-21 in Hot Springs. The theme for this year’s conference was “#BeVocal.” A variety of workshops and speakers addressed issues important to farm and ranch leaders. Highlights included comments from Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach of Manila, an update from

Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward and a keynote address by Greg Peterson, eldest of the Peterson Farm Brothers, who are well known for their song parodies about agriculture. Hooks is agent for the Slovak Investment Co., Inc. with offices in Stuttgart, Arkansas. He is also a partner in the Hooks Farms of Slovak, Prairie County,. Arkansas Farm Bureau is a nonprofit, private farm and rural advocacy organization of more than 190,000 families working to improve farm and rural life.

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7 people foods that can kill your pets Pets sneak under the dining table, begging for treats, and they're hard to resist. But many of our favorite foods are poisonous to pets, and sharing can make them sick and even kill them. "Many people don't understand how dangerous human foods can be to their pets," says Tom Ricks, DVM and a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association. "But common foods can make them sick, or even kill them, and it often doesn't take much," he told Newsmax Health. 1. Alcohol. Yes, the commercial where the dog brings its master a can of beer is cute, but alcohol — beer, wine, or liquor — can damage a pet's brain and liver just like it can damage yours. And since dogs and cats are so much smaller than we are, a little can make them sick — only a tablespoon can cause major problems in cats. In addition to avoiding giving them a sip on purpose, clean up any spilled drinks quickly. Special: Dr. Oz Punished by GMO Lobby? 2. Chocolate. Although it's tempting to give your pet a bite of your chocolate, even small amounts can make them sick. Chocolate contains theobromine, an alkaloid, and

Prairie County 2015 Plat Book The new 2015 edition of the Prairie County Plat Book is now available for purchas e at the Prairie County Conservation District office located at 1600 Industrial Street in Hazen. Premium wall maps are also available. For more information contact their office at (870) 2553573 extension 3. Traditional landownership maps by township and range, a land owner index for easy cross referencing, and other county information are all available in the new plat book. This book includes aerial view maps opposite the landownership map pages. V is it m appin gs olu tion s G IS . co m for

dark chocolate, since it contains higher amounts of thermoforming, is more dangerous for your pet in smaller amounts. In dogs, chocolate can cause vomiting, seizures, rapid or irregular heartbeat, diarrhea, and muscle tremors. In cats, chocolate can cause heart problems, muscle tremors, or seizures. Only a couple of M&M's can be deadly for a bird. Chocolate can kill within 24 hours. 3. Nuts. Although pets may beg for nuts, some are particularly poisonous to including dogs, macadamia nuts and walnuts. Symptoms include vomiting, weakness, hyperthermia (elevated body temperature), and pale gums that occur within 24 hours. Nuts covered with chocolate are especially toxic and can lead to kidney failure and death. 4. Apple seeds and cherry pits. Dogs crunching on an apple don't leave the core with its seeds on the floor — they gulp down the entire apple. And those seeds contain cynanide, which is also found in peach, plum, apricot, and cherry pits. 5. Onions. Onions contain a chemical called thiosulphate that is very toxic to dogs. The chemical can build up in the dog's body, destroying red blood cells

and causing anemia. Cats are also susceptible to the effects of onions, and small amounts can cause digestive problems. "Even one small green onion can make a cat very sick," Ricks said. Garlic is also toxic to both cats and dogs. Symptoms of poisoning include diarrhea and difficulty breathing. 6. Grapes and raisins. Grapes and raisins can cause sudden kidney failure in both cats and dogs. Symptoms, which occur within 24 hours, include diarrhea, vomiting, decreased urination, and lethargy. Since raisins are more concentrated, it takes fewer to cause harm — about half an ounce can be toxic for a cat or small dog. The effects are cumulative, so eating a few grapes or raisins over a period of time can be fatal. 7. Candy or gum containing Xylitol. The common artificial sweetener Xylitol, found in diet candy and gum, stimulates the pancreas to produce more insulin, which causes blood sugar to drop to dangerously low levels in dogs and cause liver damage that can be fatal. Symptoms can become obvious within 30 minutes, and the dog may become uncoordinated and vomit.

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Who’s New at Des Arc Schools ?

Nick Hill Superintendent

JoAnne Anderson Bookkeeper

Natasha Richards Bookkeeper

Josh Kessler High School Principal

Jim Featherston Acctg/CBA

Jennifer Lefevre English/Journalism

Superintendent Nick Hill is no stranger to the Des Arc community. He came to Des Arc as Football Coach, then was Head Football Coach and Athletic Director and most recently High School Principal. Wife, Beth, teaches Science and they have two daughters, Presley and Emma. Mr. Hill takes over the helm from Rick Burns, who retired.

JoAnne Anderson is a new bookkeeper for the Des Arc School District. She replaces Cathy Burns who retired in the Spring. JoAnne previously was a bus driver and Lunchroom Clerk and has been employed with the School District 17 years. She is married to Robert Anderson and they have two sons and one daughter. She says,” I am excited to be doing something new.”

Natasha Richards is a new bookkeeper for the Des Arc School District. She took over from Martha Ann Childers, who retired. Natasha is married to Tony Richards and they have two daughters, Taylor, 14 and Tristan,12 who attend DAHS. Tony and Natasha live in the Northside Community of Des Arc. Natasha said, “I am excited to be here and close to home.”

Josh Kessler is the new Des Arc High School Principal replacing Nick Hill, who is now Superintendent of Schools. Kessler and wife, Courtney have a seven year old daughter, Bailey. He is currently working on his Doctorate through A & M CommerceTexarkana. They are residing at the former Betty Love residence on Pike Street.

Jim Featherston is the new Accounting/Computer Business Applications teacher at DAHS replacing Scott Peters. Jim is married and has three children. He likes to golf, fish and is a referee for football. He earned his degree in Accounting and Management Information from Arkansas State University. He says,” it has been great so far.”

Jennifer Lefevre is the new English/Journalism teacher at DAHS. Jennifer has a Bachelors in English and French from Central College-IA and a Masters in French from Arizona State. She is working on her Masters in English Second language at Henderson State. She has two children. Jennifer said, “I love it here.” She replaces Kaycie Greenwood who moved to Marion.

Nancy Chappell Art

Ramona Holloway Alg./ Geometry

Drake Widener Head Football Coach

Doug Milholen Baseball/Football

Jeff Adams Basketball/Football

Dena Rooks Elem. Principal

Nancy Chappell is the new Art teacher at Des Arc High School and Elementary. She replaces Diane Brumley, who retired in the Spring. Nancy is no stranger to Des Arc Schools. She was the Gifted and Talented/Counselor at Des Arc Elementary and has been retired for seven years. She and husband, Dewayne have two sons, Adam and wife, Andi and Seth. Dewayne is engaged in farming. Nancy is a 1972 graduate of DAHS.

Ramona Holloway replaces Lauren Taylor as Algebra and Geometry teacher. Ramona has been teaching many years and has taught in Des Arc Schools previously before retiring. She is married to Paul Holloway and the have two sons, Justin and Jerrod and three grandchildren. Ramona also has been coordinator for the GED program. She is a1964 graduate of Des Arc High School and loves being a grandmother.

Drake Widener is the new Head Football Coach for the Des Arc Eagles. Drake is a native of Beebe. His wife, Laura, is a counselor at Carlisle High School. Drake comes to Des Arc from Lonoke High School.. replaces Dustin He Prescott who is coaching at Bauxite. Coach Widener said, “ I am looking forward to the 2015 season and we are looking to do some great things in football.”

Doug Milholen is the new Baseball/Defensive Coordinator coach at Des Arc High School. He earned his coaching degree from Arkansas Tech. His wife, Laura, is a veterinarian and will be moving to Arkansas in September. She is originally from Gillett. They have no children but have a dog and cat. He enjoys hunting and fishing. Coach Milholen stated, “It is great so far, and we are closer to family.”

Jeff Adams is the new Basketball/Wide Receiver/Linebacker Coordinator at Des Arc High School. His wife, Amber is a Speech Therapist at Vilonia. They have two sons, Grant, 5 yrs. and Jacob, 2 yrs. Coach Adams loves spending time with family and his two boys. He earned his BSA in Physical Education/Excercise Science and Coaching from UALR. He said, “I am glad to be here and looking forward to basketball season.”

Dena Rooks is the new Des Arc Elementary Principal. She takes over the helm from Cheryl Holland, who retired. Dena is married to her husband, Corey, who is with Union Pacific Railroad. They have three children, Haley, 11, Kyndal, 11 and Tanner, 9. She says she loves the small school and community atmosphere. Dena loves going to the lake, camping and is a sports mom. She says she is getting settled in and is following Mrs. Holland’s lead.

Kimberly McMullan Kindergarten

Katlynn Burchfield First Grade

Brynn Kieffer Third Grade

Amber Holman Fourth Grade

Pamela Brock Sixth Grade

Hannah Belew Sixth Grade

Kimberly McMullan is the new Kindergarten teacher at DAES. She replaces Laura Holmes. This is the sixth year Kimberly has been teaching. She obtained her BSA in Pre-K through Fourth Grade at ASU Jonesboro. Kimberly is the daughter of Joni Gates of Hazen and Lance McMullan of Des Arc. She has a son, Aiden, who is 10 years old and attends DAES. Kimberly likes to read and go to the beach. She says she looks forward to getting to know the kids and being close to home. She previously taught at Brinkley.

Katlynn Burchfield is a new First Grade teacher at Des Arc Elementary. She is from Rose Bud and earned her BSA in Early Childhood Education from SAU-Magnolia. She has 14 horses and shows horses during her time off. Katlynn student taught Kindergarten at DAES in 2014-15. She has replaced Angela Dohm who retired. She says she is excited to be back and looking forward to a good year and seeing the students.

Brynn Kieffer is new to DAES and will be teaching Third Grade. This is her first year to teach. She and her husband, Bryan, have two sons, eleven and eight years old. She earned her BSA in Business Administration and her Masters in Early Childhood Education from ASU-Jonesboro. She loves to SHOP, going to the movies and camping at Mountain View. Brynn says she is ready to jump in and get started. She replaces Brenda Williams who retired at the end of the year.

Amber Holman is from Austin, Arkansas and will be teaching Fourth Grade at DAES. She obtained her BSA in Elementary Education Pre-K-Fourth at ASU Jonesboro and is working on her Masters at ASU. She is engaged to be married September 26 to her fiancee, Alex. She says she likes the small town atmosphere and is ready to get to know everyone. Amber replaces Lindsey Prescott who moved to Bauxite.

This is the first year of teaching for Pamela Brock. She will be teaching Sixth Grade at DAES. Pamela is married to her husband, Bennie, who is a teacher at Cabot High School. She worked for Walmart for 22 years retiring and obtained her BSA in Mid Level Education at ASU-Jonesboro. The Brocks have two daughters, Channing, who is a teacher at Searcy High and Taylor, who is a teacher at Cabot Jr. High. She has a grandson due in September.

Hannah Gilliam Belew is no stranger to Des Arc. She is the daughter of Rev. Jim Gilliam and Theresa Gilliam, who were both teachers at DAHS. Hannah attended DAES as a child. She is married to her husband, Robert, who is an Eighth grade History teacher at Batesville Jr. High. This is Hannah’s first year to teach. Hannah said, “I am so excited to be back, basically, with family. I am looking forward to a great year”

Upcoming Band Events Summer Band Aug. 13-14 (8-11:30 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.) Band Car Wash DAHS Band Room

Sat., Aug. 15 (8a.m.- 1 p.m.)

Band Booster Meeting (All Parents 7-12 grade) Aug. 17, 7:00 p.m.

Teacher and Administration Breakfast: Faculty, Administration and Service personnel of Des Arc Schools was treated to breakfast on Wednesday, August 12 at the Des Arc Elementary Cafetorium. The First Baptist Church Youth were on hand again this year to serve everyone.

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2015-2016 School Bus Routes for Des Arc Schools Rural Route One Stop in Biscoe and One in DVB

Driver Tim Baxter

Hwy. 33 to Beulah and Upper Hill

Town Route 5th & 3rd Streets North of Main, Maoma, East Claire and Calhoun Sts.

Donna McIntosh Hwy 38 E, Sand Hill & Little Dixie

W. Chester; ShadyLane; Erwin from 8th to Wilson Crestview Apartments

Lesia White

Hwy. 11 North of Des Arc to include Jasmine, Northside, Brown Acres

Gordon from 1st to 4th; W. Claire; W. Curran

Kristen Wrigley

Hwy. 13 North of Hickory Plains Hwy. 38 from Hickory Plains to Des Arc; Pump Street; Willie B. Road.

Erwin from 8th to 1st; East & West Pike; Hickory Square Apts.

Sarah McDougal Cross Roads; Hwy. 86 Oak Prairie Bell Road; Letchworth; Hwy. 323

Afternoon transfer from Elem. to High School for students riding Mr. Donnie’s Bus

Donnie Covington Hwy. 38 West of Hickory Plains Hwy. 13 South of Hickory Plains Ingle Lane; Hickory Plains Store; Skarda & Tate Roads.

No Town Route

Willie McNeil

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A farewell party for Colton Goodman Colton Goodman, a 2015 graduate of Des Arc High School, was given a proper “Farewell and Good Luck” party on Saturday, August 8 with the Young Guns versus Old Guys softball game at the Des Arc Baseball Big Field. The “Old Guys” showed the “younguns” a thing or two with the win 14-10. (No report on how the Old Guys were doing the next day!) Colton left Tuesday, August 11 to attend the University of Arkansas-Monticello. After the big game, everyone cooled off in the pool and a meal at the Goodman’s. “Good luck to everyone going off to college. We wish you the best!” was the sentiment of all. Colton is the son of Ronnie and Amy Goodman of Des Arc.

Special Needs Bus to Sunshine School in Searcy

Coach Hurt and Mrs. Anderson are not driving regular routes this year. Mr. Tim Baxter is taking over for Coach Hurt. Mrs. Donna McIntosh will now drive the route formerly driven by Mrs. Anderson and Ms. Sarah McDougal will drive the route that Mrs. McIntosh drove. Just a reminder that passing a stopped school bus anytime the red overhead warning lights are flashing is dangerous and illegal. You may not pass from either direction when these lights are on. It is also illegal to cross in front of or behind the bus at an intersection if the red lights are flashing. This also means that you may not even creep by the bus at the High School if the red lights are on. We realize it may be inconvenient but for safety reasons, Arkansas State Law requires the driver of a bus to turn on the red lights any time students are loading or unloading. As soon as the transfer bus arrives at the High School, some students are let off the bus. At this time, the driver activates their lights and they remain on until they are finished unloading and loading. Usually by this time other buses have arrived to load and their lights will then be activated, so if at all possible, all drivers are urged to avoid Seventh Street by the High School in the afternoon. If you have any questions concerning the bus routes or the bus your child should be riding, please contact Howard Hinshaw, Transportation Supervisor at the High School, 870-256-4167.

Safe! Young Gun Trey Lee beats the tag and is safe at First Base as Old Guys first baseman Wesley Hambrick fields the ball. At far right is Umpire Garrett Goodman. At the pitchers mound for the Old Guys is Dewbaby Richards, back center.

EAGLE FEST 2015 Friday, Aug. 21 • 6:00 p.m. • Eagle Field

BACK AGAIN WITH FuN • FooD Meal only - $5.00 • Meal and Games - $10.00 Featuring Pee Wee Eagles!

Meet the 2015 Jr. & Sr. Eagles!

FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY

Just a tad too late: Ronnie Goodman, left, made it back to First Base safely as his son, Colton, right watches closely for his dad’s foot to come off base for a quick tag. Hunter Hambrick is pitching for the Young Guns, far right. The Old Guys won the game 14-10. Colton will be attending the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

Des Arc High School Marching Band Car Wash

Membership Drive!

Food!

Saturday, August 15 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Des Arc High School Band Room

Games!

Donations Welcome!!!!

Sponsored Each Week by

Farmers & Merchants Bank Member FDIC

Household application forms are being distributed by the school with a letter informing households of the availability of free and reduced price meals for their children. Only one application should be submitted for each household. Applications are also available at the principal’s office in each school. To apply for free or reduced price meals, households must complete the application and return it to the school. Applications cannot be approved unless it contains complete information as described in the instructions provided with the application. Applications may be submitted at any time during the school year as circumstances change. The information households provide on the application will be used for the purpose of determining eligibility and verification of data. Applications may be subject to verification at any time during the school year by school officials. CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY Children who are members of a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly food stamps, household are categorically eligible for free meals. School officials will determine eligibility for free meals based on documentation obtained directly from the SNAP office. School officials will notify households of their eligibility. Households who are notified of their eligibility but who do not want their children to receive free meals must contact the school. SNAP households should complete an application ONLY if they are not notified of their eligibility by September 1, 2015. Households with children who are members of currently approved Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (formerly food stamps) may submit application with abbreviated information as described in the application instructions.Children certified as migrant, homeless or runaway by the district are categorically eligible for free meals. Contact Joanne Anderson at 870-2564164 with questions regarding migrant, homeless or runaway meal benefits.Foster children who are the legal responsibility of a welfare agency or court are also eligible for benefits regardless of the income of the household with whom they reside. Eligibility for the foster child is based on the child being the legal responsibility of welfare agency or court. An application for a household that includes both foster children and non-foster must be completed for eligibility to be determined for the non-foster children. Contact Joanne Anderson at 870-256-4164 with questions regarding foster children. Children in households that receive WIC may be eligible for benefits. An application must be completed for determination of eligibility. If a household member becomes unemployed during the school year, the household may be eligible for free or reduced price meals PROVIDED that the loss of income causes the household income to be within the eligibility criteria. An application should be completed for determination of eligibility benefits. Under the provisions of the free and reduced price meal policy the determining official will review applications and determine eligibility. 870-256-4164 Parents or guardians dissatisfied with the ruling of the determining official may wish to discuss the decision with the determining official on an informal basis. Parents wishing to make a formal appeal for a hearing on the decision may make a request either to:

Nick Hill Hearing Official

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A household may SUBMIT an application ANYTIME DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. Non-discrimination Statement: The U.S Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.) IfyouwishtofileaCivilRightsprogramcomplaintofdiscrimination,completethe USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form , found online at http:// w ww.ascr. usda.gov/index. html,oratanyUSDAoffice,orcall (866) 632-9992 to request the form. Youmay also write aletter containing all ofthe informationrequested intheform.Sendyourcompleted complaintform orlettertousby mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 ,by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program.intake@ usda.gov. Individual s who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339; or (800) 845-6136 (Spanish). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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District Court Hearings The following cases were heard before District Judge Robert Abney in District Court Hearings held on Monday, August 10: City Cases Nicholas A. Chandler, Des Arc, charged with Contempt of Court (Probation Violation), Failure to Appear on a Written Summons x2 and Failure to Pay. One Failure to Pay charge and Failure to Appear charges merged. Contempt of Court and Failure to Appear on a Written Summons plead guilty. Sentenced to 50 days Prairie County Jail. Khalil Smith, Des Arc, charged with Domestic Battering-Third Degree and Failure to Appear on a Written Summons. Domestic Battering charge dismissed. Guilty on Failure to Appear charge. Sentenced to Fine and Cost $380.00. Terry W. Kendrick, Des Arc, charged with No Liability Insurance and No Seat Belt. No Liability Insurance Proof Shown. No Seat Belt charge Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $50.00. Wilbert Thomas, Marianna, charged with Contempt of Court (Probation Violation). Failed to Appear. Issue Warrant. Jay Steven Dietrich, Des Arc, charged with Driver License Suspended for DWI. Plead Not Guilty. Hearing set for September 10, 2015.

Latrice M. Banks, Little Rock, charged with Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver License-Class A Misdemeanor. Failed to Appear. Issue Letter. Dennis Earl Robinson, Ward, charged with Unlawful Use of Driver License and Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver LicenseClass A Misdemeanor. Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $450.00. Patrick J. Jones, Traskwood, charged with Drinking on Highway/Drinking in Public. Plead Not Guilty. Hearing set for September 10, 2015. Brandon Eric Pruitt, Beebe, charged with Drinking on Highway/Drinking in Public. Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $265.00. Donna Wesson, Des Arc, charged with No Lights at Night. Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $140.00. Royce Wade Bell, Des Arc, charged with Failure to Pay. Must Pay Probation Fees and complete Alcohol Education Class. Ronnie E. Walters, Des Arc, charged with Failure to Pay. Failed to Appear. Issue Warrant. Aaron D. Robinson, Des Arc, charged with Fleeing x3 and Failure to Pay. Fleeing charge to Circuit Court as a Felony. Two fleeing charges merged. Fleeing charge sentenced to 22 days Prairie County Jail with Credit for Six Served.

Failure to Pay charge sentenced to 12 Days Prairie County Jail. State Cases Johnny Thrasher, Haleyville, Alabama, charged with Violation of Permit. Bond Forfeited. Timothy Edward Clark, Joplin, Missouri, charged with No Seat Belt. Failed to Appear. Issue Warrant. Shane C. Wise, England, charged with Improper Window Tint. Continued to August 17, 2015. Daniel Resendiz, Little Rock, charged with No Driver License, No Liability Insurance, Unsafe Vehicle and DWI-First. Failed to Appear. Issue Warrant. James Ray Tinkle, Cotton Plant, charged with No Liability Insurance. Failed to Appear. Issue Warrant. Sergio Hernandez, DeWitt, charged with No Driver License and DWI-First. Obtain Interpreter. Continue to August 24, 2015. Charles Rayburn Dougan, Griffithville, charged with Careless/Prohibited Driving and DWISecond. Defendant Appeared and Advised of Rights. Defendant asked for Attorney. Denied. Set for Plea August 24, 2015. Charles E. Walls, Stuttgart, charged with No Seat Belt and Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver License-Class A Misdemeanor. Continued to August 17, 2015.

Prairie County Courthouse News The following information was obtained from the records in the County Clerk’s office at the Prairie County Courthouse in Des Arc and DeValls Bluff on Tuesday, August 11, 2015:

Divorce Decrees Zachary Hill vs Kristen Hill

Land Transfers Warranty Deed Dewayne Chappell and Nancy Chappell, Grantors, hand paid by Kevin Willhite, Grantee, the following lands lying in the County of Prairie, State of Arkansas: A part of the NE 1/4 of Section 17, T4N, R4W containing 3.98 acres, more or less AND The fractional E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 17, T4N, R4W SAVE AND EXCEPT A fractional part of the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 in Section 17, T4N, R4W SAVE AND EXCEPT a tract or pacel containing 15.5 acres of land and situated in the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 17, T4N, R4W. ALSO SAVE AND EXCEPT a tract of land in the NE corner of the E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 17, T4N, R4W containing 0.70 acres, more or less AND A fractional part of the NE 1/4 of the NE 14/ of Section 17 T4N, R4W

AND A fractional part of the NE 1/4 of the NE 14/ of Section 17, T4N, R4W containing 1.17 acres, more or less.

Warranty Deed Michael W. Jones and Virginia W. Jones, Grantors, hand paid by Darrell Dean Saul III and Randa D. Saul, Grantees, the following lands lying in the Northern District of Prairie County: Tract One: All of Lot Two and that part of Lot Four lying North of the County Road known as Hodges Road in the NW 1/4 of Section 30, T4N, R6W Tract Two: The North part of Lot Five of the NW 1/4 of Section 30, T4N, R6W lying North of Cross Roads and Des Arc Public Road, Northern District of Prairie County.

Warranty Deed David Dean Patton and Lee Patton, Diana Grantors, hand paid by Shannon M. Lewis, Grantee, the following described lands situated in the Northern District of Prairie County: The NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 36, T4N, R7W SAVE AND EXCEPT a part of the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 36, T4N, R7W containing 0.15 acres, more or less.

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Properties nominated to historic register LITTLE ROCK—The State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program nominated 11 Arkansas properties in seven counties to the National Register of Historic Places when it met August 5, AHPP Director Frances McSwain announced today. Properties nominated to the National Register are: *Matthews-Story House at Little Rock in Pulaski County, a 1925 Craftsmanstyle Airplane Bungalow *Dan Stowers Office Building at Little Rock in Pulaski County, a 1961 International-style building *Sam Strauss Jr. House at Cammack Village in Pulaski County, a 1963-64 Mid-Century Modern-style residence *Jacksonville Commercial Historic District at Jacksonville in Pulaski County, featuring buildings erected between 1925 and 1962 *South Howard Street Historic District at Morrilton in Conway County, featuring five Minimal Traditional houses built around 1945 *Malvern Commercial Historic District at Malvern in Hot Spring County, featuring 35 buildings constructed between 1897 and 1925 *Lawyer’s Row Historic District at Malvern in Hot Spring County, containing four buildings constructed between 1910 and 1922 *Highway 79 Bridge Boundary Increase at Clarendon in Monroe County, featuring 1.5 miles of reinforced concrete approaches on the west side of the bridge *Servetus W. Ogan House at Wynne in Cross County, an American Foursquare structure built of ornamental concrete

Dianna Lee Patton, Grantors, hand paid by Shannon M. Lewis, Grantee, the following described lands situatted in Prairie County: SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Section 15, T4N, R7W containing approximately 40 acres of land. AND The following inmates NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Section 36, T4N, R7W contain- are currently incarcerated ing approximately 40 acres in the Prairie County Jail at Des Arc, according to Sherof land. Warranty Deed iff Gary Burnett, as of Tuesday, August 11, 2015: Jimmy White and Jewell White, Grantors, hand paid Thresher, Jason, 43, ADC by LaDue Properties LLC, 309. Intake date March 6, Grantee, the following 2013. lands lying in the Northern Spencer, Demetrius LaDistrict of Prairie County: mont, 40, ADC 309. Intake Lot Four, Block 28 of date June 12, 2013 Watkins Survey to the Town Vernist McCraney, of Des Arc. Pete55, ADC 309. Intake Warranty Deed date June 8, 2015. Billy R. Perdue and Lovett, Dominique R., 24, Kathy Perdue, Grantors, charged Possession of Conhand paid by Casey Shawn trolled Substance with InHolloway, Grantee, the fol- tent to Deliver, Simultanelowing lands lying in the ous Possession of Drugs Northern District of Prairie and Firearms and PossesCounty: sion of Drug Paraphernalia. That part of the NE 1/.4 Intake date December 12, of the NE 1/4 of Section 15, 2014. T5N, R5W containing 3.80 Modlin, Jonathan, 18, acres, more or less. charged with Probation LESS AND EXCEPT Revocation, Fleeing-MisdeA part of the NE /4 of the meanor, Disorderly ConNE 1/4 of Section 15, T5N, duct, Resisting Arrest, R5W containing 1.50 acres, Criminal Mischief-First Demore or less. Subject to gree, Terroristic ThreatenCounty Road Right-of- ing, Pobation Violation and Ways along the North and Disorderly Conduct. ComEast sides. mitment. Intake date May

MOTHER DOG MISSING: Loki was last seen Wednesday evening, July 22. She had 11 newborn puppies that week only 4 days old when she disappeared. They only survived a week without her. She usually didn't roam far from home, and she hadn't left the yard at all after the puppies were born. She belongs to Megan and Nick Towell, If you have seen her please let us now: 501-288-2335 blocks around 1910 *Lawrence County Courthouse at Walnut Ridge in Lawrence County, built in 1965 and featuring a modern style influenced by New Formalism *Blytheville Air Force Base Capeheart Housing Historic District at Blytheville in Mississippi County, featuring structures built 1957-1962 for military families serving at the base. The board also listed the Edgar Wright Farmstead at Judsonia in White County on the Arkansas Register of Historic Places. The Arkansas Register recognizes historically noteworthy places that are not eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. For more information

on the National Register of Historic Places program, write the AHPP at 1500 Tower Building, 323 Center St., Little Rock, AR 72201, call the agency at (501) 324-9880 [TDD 501-3249811], send e-mail to info@arkansaspreservation.org or visit www.arkansaspreservation.org. The AHPP is the Department of Arkansas Heritage agency that identifies, evaluates, registers and preserves the state’s cultural resources. Other agencies are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the Delta Cultural Center, the Old State House Museum, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and the Historic Arkansas Museum.

Prairie County Jail Count 27, 2015. Brazzell, Jerry Wayne, 51, Commitment. Intake date June 20, 2015. Smith, Bruce Andrew, 45, charged with Possession of Other Drug. Intake date July 2, 2015. Linam, Jeffrey, 20, Commitment. Intake date July 6, 2015. Metcalf, Nicoe Jerel, 27, charged with Delivery/Manufacture of Cocaine. Intake date June 23, 2015. McMillen, Jeremiah, 35, charged with Warrant Service Fee. Intake date July 9, 2015. Wiggins, Justin Dallas, 28, charged with Probation Revocation. Intake date July 15, 2015. Kilgore, James Oriley, 26, charged with Theft of Property. Intake date July 16, 2015. Smith, Jamye Lynn, 22, Hold for ADC. Intake date July 21, 2015. Smith, Latasha, 32, Hold for Another Department. Intake date July 22, 2015. Childress, Carla Renee,

41, Commitment. Intake date July 28, 2015. Wilson, Clay Webster, 46, charged with Non-Support. Intake date August 3, 2015. Shepard, Randy J., 33, Commitment. Intake date August 5, 2015. Clendenin, Ramona Kay, 50, charged with Failure to Appear. Intake date August 4, 2015. McFarland, Brianunna Nikole, 21, charged with Failure to Pay Fine and Cost. Intake date August 10, 2015. Chandler, Nicholas Alan, 23, charged with Possession of Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Commitment. Intake date August 10, 2015. Robinson, Aaron, 52, charged with FleeingFelony. Commitment. Intake date August 4, 2015. Loving, Owen W. 57, charged with Public Intoxication, Residential Burglary and Aggravated Assault. Intake date August 8, 2015.

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The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pride of the Prairieâ&#x20AC;? Pee Wee football camp was held at Hinson-Rollins Field at the Des Arc High School Campus on Saturday, July 11. It was another success for the record books with 65 campers attending according to coordinators. Campers were put through agility stations, offensive and defensive drills and one-on-one instruction from Dallas Cowboy great and Cyleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uncle, Cliff Harris; former Razorback and Cyleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, Tommy Harris; Cyleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cousin and Cliffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son, Matt Harris, former Razorback safety; Lucas Miller, former Razorback receiver and current Razorback offensive guard Adam Deacon along with Ouachita Baptist standouts, Des Arcâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Brent Calhoun and defensive back Waymon Johnson, Pee Wee coaches and the Des Arc Eagle Coaching staff. There were plenty of hydration stations for the campers during the hot temperatures and lunch

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Camp Instructors This group of â&#x20AC;&#x153;youngâ&#x20AC;? men were on hand Saturday, July 11 to lend â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cyleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? a helping hand during the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pride of the Prairieâ&#x20AC;? Pee Wee Football camp held at Hinson-Rollins Field on the Des Arc High Winners of awards for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pride of the Prairieâ&#x20AC;? Pee Wee Football camp School Campus. Pictured left to right are: DAHS Coach Jeff Adams; Chad Avants (friend of Cyleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s were left to right: Hunter Wicklund-Camp MVP Grades 4-6; Seth Lisko- from Rugby Club); Matt Harris,Cyleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cousin and former Razorback Safety; Lucas Miller, former RaLineman Award; Jack Kearby-Harris Hustle Award; Jake Reidhar-Out- zorback wide receiver; Brent Calhoun, All American Ouachita Baptist standout; Randy Pickrell, Pee standing Offensive Camper; Gabe Berry-Camp MVP Grades 1-3 and Wee Coach; Waymon Johnson, Ouachita Baptist standout defensive back; Jimmy Flanagan, Jr., Pee Wee Coach; Tommy Harris, Cyleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father and former Razorback; Adam Deacon, former Razorback Trevion Reed-Outstanding Defensive Camper. offensive lineman; DAHS Head Coach Drake Widener and DAHS Coach Doug Milholen.

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The Junior and Senior Des Arc High School Cheerleaders were off to UCA Cheer Coach J.D. Babb, left and the 2015 State Champion Lady Eagles Track team celebrated Camp at the University of Central Arkansas campus in Conway for a week of in- with â&#x20AC;&#x153;blingâ&#x20AC;? when they received their 2015 State Track Championship rings on Saturday struction in cheers, chants, stunts and tumbling. The girls left on Tuesday, July evening, July 11 at Dondies White River Princess. 14 and will return on Friday, July 17. Good luck girls and bring home the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spirit Pictured left to right are Coach J.D. Babb, Alyssa Earl, Skylon Willams, Alyssa Dohm, Haley Malin, Shelby Hollis, Samantha Gonzalez and Kirby Smith. Haley, Shelby, SamanStickâ&#x20AC;?! Krissy Covington is sponor for both squads. Photo Above: Representing the Senior High Squad are left to right: Skylon Williams, Jade Bell, Brooke Kellar, Madison Evans, Lauren Mapps, Gracen Hambrick and Lexi Cook. Photo Below: Representing the Junior High Squad are front, left to right: Lindsey Reidhar, Kelby Huddleston, Faith Gross and Caroline Harris. Back Row, left to right are Karson Covington, Taylor Richards, Kayci Kellar and Riley Voiles

was served at the conclusion of the camp. Coordinator, Cyle Harris watched from the sidelines but would rather have been on the field taking part in the action. Cyle has ALS (Lou Gehrigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Disease) and is fighting the disease the only way he knows howgiving these campers the best instruction from great teachers on how to excel on and off the field. Deacon has Adam something in common with Cyle. His mother passed away in 2009 from the disease. Camp award winners were: Seth Lisko-Lineman Award; Jake Reidhar-Outstanding Offensive Camper; Trevion ReedDefensive Outstanding Camper; Jack Kearby-Harris Hustle Award; Gabe Berry-Camp MVP Grades 2015 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pride of the Prairieâ&#x20AC;? Pee Wee Football Camp 1-3 and Hunter WicklundThis group of campers and instructors participated in the 2015 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pride of the Prairieâ&#x20AC;? Pee Wee Football Camp held at Camp MVP Grades 4-6. Kudos to all the coordi- Hinson-Rollins Field on Saturday, July 11. A total of 65 campers participated. Dallas Cowboy great, Cliff Harris, and nators, instructors, par- brother, Tommy Harris, former Arkansas Razorback are both DAHS Alumni. Tommy is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pride of the Prairieâ&#x20AC;? coordinaents, coaches, sponsors tor, Cyle Harrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dad and Cliff is Cyleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uncle. and campers for making this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s camp a success.

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Drag racing is a family affair at all levels, from the local bracket racing family, all the way up to the nitroburning Force clan. In the LSX racing world thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a multi-generational family thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been making some noise, and things are getting even louder in 2015. The Rounsavall racing family has experienced success over the years in the LSX Challenge Series, and now young Haley Rounsavall is looking to make a statement that girls can race just as well as the guys. Rounsavallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s addiction to speed can be traced back to current Chevy Performance Stock class ace, her grandfather Ronnie Hackelton, who has been racing since the 1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and owns an NMCA title wheeling his blown fifth-gen Camaro. If that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough, Rounsavallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, Kevin, is a two time LSX Real Street Champion and was the first to crack the sevensecond barrier in the class. It goes without saying that this family has race gas in their veins. Rounsavall reminisces fondly about what got her really hooked into racing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was younger I watched a movie about Erica Endersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; life, and immediately after watching I told my parents that I wanted to be like Erica when I grew up, that I wanted to race like she did.â&#x20AC;? After getting her license and a fifth-gen Camaro, Rounsavall hit the track and began making passes. But donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think for one second she was just a test-ntune hero â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rounsavall was in it to win it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the fall of 2011, the Arkansas High School Drag Racing League was started and I raced in the series for points that year. I won the first-ever High School Drag Racing League race at Prescott, Arkansas and went on to win four more races and the Championship Race at Centerville Drag way that year.â&#x20AC;? Last year Rounsavall wheeled her grandfatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s C7 when she could get away from her studies at the University of Arkansas. In 2015 she turned things up a notch, stepping bethe wheel of hind grandadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blown Camaro and competing in the NMCA Street King class, and has already been in the nine-second zone. Despite her reserved nature, Rounsavall is there for the competition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My main goal for my racing career is of course to win, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not all. I want to prove to all the boys that a girl can race, too. â&#x20AC;&#x153; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being a female in what is mostly considered a â&#x20AC;&#x153;guy

sportâ&#x20AC;? always makes me feel like the underdog in a race, which I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change, because the look on a guyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face when he loses to a 21-year old girl is priceless. â&#x20AC;&#x153; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I may not always win,

but if by just getting in my car and trying, I can inspire other girls to get out there and compete too, then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all worth it to me.â&#x20AC;? So be warned, if you see a certain orange fifth-gen blown Camaro pull up be-

Des Arc High School Cross Country coach, J.D. Babb announces that Cross Country practice for the 2015 season will begin on Monday, July 27 at 7:30 a.m. Girls seventh through twelfth grades interested in

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Family Time at the Track Ronnie Hackelton, Haley and Kevin Rounsavall

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Bryar Morden at the Hollywood Cars Museum in Gatlinburg Stuart, Kristi and Bryar Morden, accompanied by their miniature schnauzer Bella recently returned from a trip to the Smoky Mountains in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. They enjoyed fireworks in Gatlinburg on the Fourth of July. While there, they also took in the beautiful scenery and visited the Christ in the Smokies Museum and Gardens, Cooterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garage, the Hollywood Cars Museum, the Guiness Book of World Records Museum, as well as shopping and lots of good food. The weather was perfect for a white water rafting trip, zip-lining and riding extreme go-karts and they also traveled to Ashville, North Carolina to visit the Biltmore Estate before returning home.

The movie â&#x20AC;&#x153; Matchmaker Maryâ&#x20AC;? will be showing at the theatre in DeValls Bluff on Saturday, July 24, at 6 p. n. The story: After getting an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;? on her sixth grade final exam, Mary (Katherine McNamara) is rewarded with a puppy. Experiencing the love of this little puppy, and seeing several of her adult friends single and unhappy, Mary believes that placing two people together with the assistance of some loveable puppies will result in a happy relationship. With the help of her Aunt Karen (Dee Wallace) and Banks, ( Jeff Cameron Fahey), the three of them become self described matchmaking angels Along the way, Aunt Karen and Cameron, not only become in their accomplices scheme but they get â&#x20AC;&#x153;matchedâ&#x20AC;? too! As her success ratio continues, Mary utilizes her new matchmaking angels to carry out the biggest and most important plan: to bring her own parents back together again.

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Robert Waters was former local resident

John E. Smith was native of Cross Roads

T. J. Privett was former Lonoke Mayor

Marcus D. Isbell Maxine G. Putt, was formerly Des Arc native, dies at Little Rock with Riceland

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Brantley wants a reasonable agreement DALLAS, TEXAS -- At a meeting here July 9 the USA Rice Producers' Group unanimously passed a motion urging the conclusion of negotiations between the United States and China to establish a phytosanitary agreement that would pave the way for U.S. rice to be exported to China. The group, representing rice farmers in all six rice states covering close to 90 percent of the U.S. rice crop, offered guidance to U.S. negotiators to help them finalize a deal that would be acceptable and manageable to the U.S. industry. The negotiations, between USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and their Chinese counterparts (AQSIQ), have dragged on for years and hit snags recently when the Chinese made demands the U.S. industry felt were not based on sound science. "The Chinese are demanding our industry set traps for insects that do not exist in the United States, and that we set a totally unreasonable number of traps per square foot of storage space," said John Owen, a Louisiana rice farmer and chairman of the USA Rice Producers' Group. Chinese negotiators are also demanding very specific package labeling that is both unprecedented and many felt unfeasible. The three organizations came together under the industry's national organization, USA Rice, to adopt the joint resolution. Dow Brantley, an Arkansas rice farmer and chairman of USA Rice, was pleased with the industry's unity and strong statement that both supports, and guides, U.S. negotiators. "There's no question we'd like to participate in the Chinese market, but these ever-evolving demands being made by the Chinese government were making it ever-less likely we were going to actually gain access to the market," Brantley said. "We appreciate the efforts of the U.S. negotiators on our behalf, and are happy to provide input as a united industry." Brantley said the market has great potential for the U.S. industry, and that his group has been working for years to establish trade relationships and line up customers for the day the phytosanitary deal is complete. However, he says if the final deal is based on unreasonable, unscientific demands that can never be truly satisfied, there's little point to agreeing. "The notion that you can agree to something with the Chinese government now and fix it later is very naĂŻve," he said. "Once the ink dries on that deal, the Chinese are going to hold us to it, so it needs to be a deal we all can live with today and that actually allows us to start sending our rice over there."

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Twenty Prairie County Democrats were of in Israel.â&#x20AC;? among an annonced 2,500 persons who Mrs. Clinton spoke about her grandEdward Lee Henderson, attended the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner daughter, Charlotte, who is not quite a 88, of Stuttgart passed away Saturday evening, July 18, at Verizon Arena year old. They all read to her, sing and talk Saturday, July 4, 2015, at in North Little Rock. Former U.S. First to her she said. Crestpark in Stuttgart. Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was the She was critical of the Republicansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mr. Henderson was born Keynote speaker. conservative philosophy of â&#x20AC;&#x153;trickle-downâ&#x20AC;? The invocation was given by Rev. Justin economics, the idea that the tax breaks for Dec. 2, 1926, in Walters, Bilson, Youth Pastor, St. Markâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Baptist the wealthiest Americans will lead to eco- Oklahoma, to Edward Lee Church. Carlos Cervantes, a Vietnam War nomic benefits for Americans at all in- Henderson Sr. and Zella Hoodenpyle Tatum. He reVeteran, led the Pledge of Allegiance. come levels. Caleb Conrad sang the National Anthem. Mrs. Clinton said that as president, she ceived a Bachelor of SciAwards were made to Democrats from will â&#x20AC;&#x153;work toward expanding pre-kinder- ence degree in animal husacross Arkansas. Vince Insalaco, chair- garten education opportunities. She also bandry from the University man, Democratic Party of Arkansas, intro- wants to enact sensible regulation on Wall of Oklahoma. He had duced Asher Brooklyn, Jaylen Harber and Smith Street, work at rebuilding nationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in- worked at Cripple Creek in Privett Thomas J.the Robert Waters George John Edward Marcus D. Isbell Maxine Putt Liberty Walls, children, who gave special frastructiure and support job gowth across Oklahoma and Wingmead reasons for why they were happy to pres- the countryâ&#x20AC;?. Farms near Roe and was ent Mrs. Clinton to the crowd. She also wants â&#x20AC;&#x153;to find ways to curb manager at Saddle and SirFormer Governor Mike Beebe made the growing student debt, saying educaton formal introduction of the Keynote Speak- should lift up young people, not drag them loin Club in Kansas City. He was an avid duck hunter er, Hillary Rodham Clinton. down.â&#x20AC;? The former First Lady of Arkansas reâ&#x20AC;&#x153;The Republicans, â&#x20AC;&#x153; she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;need to and dog trainer of a line of ceived an enthusiastic welcome from the realize that climate change is real and will Weimaraners. He was also a lThomas Joseph Privett, Methodist, Mason and an Arkansas audience. Clinton remiaffect generations to come. We can move Robert Waters, Mrs.John George Edward Smith of Marcus Dee Isbell, Maxine the G. Putt, 81, of Lit-detaches 77, of Lonoke, AR died in nisced her Lord days inNorth Arkansas, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Workforward veteran the on Korean ABOVE: Gregof Smith, the ground, assisting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mosquito Manâ&#x20AC;?, hose dispensing the age to beabout with the 93, went Little Rock died Sun-into a clean energy future and we Army 73, plane. of Carlisle, Arkansas Rock, formerly Hazen, his home on Saturday, ways to improve education for our can create millions ing on of good new jobsJuly if we War. spray fromofStan Fergusonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chemical mixture used totle July 7, 2015. on Tuesday day, July W 19, R forward J2015. 3 TtheE go , mosquitos 2evening, 01 5 H I2015. I V E R11, O U R N A L , T H U R S D A Y , J U L Y 2passed went to be over withDes theArc. Lord on Thursday, July for as helping implement children, with that.â&#x20AC;? BELOW: washe seen on Fridayaway July 17 spraying mosquitos hisFerguson parents, BesidesStan He was bornsuch to Jewell wasa born He Monday, July 12, 2015. He she had seen modelJune 9, 1924 Thomas is survived by was preceded in death by 16, 2015. Watersprogram and that Pearl Owen HIPPY

Virginia. Commission merchants buying crops from farmers who received drouth loans were warned today by the Agriculture Department that they are liable if the borrowers fail to repay the government. Farmers in the drouth states have been granted loans in the amount of $67,000,000 from the emergency fund approved by the last Congress. The Town of Des Arc has passed Ordinance 139 requiring all persons with butcher shops to pay an inspection fee in the amounts as follows: 25 cents per carcass for sheep and goats; 50 cents per carcass for hogs; 50 cents per carcass for cattle weighing up to 200 pounds; and $1.00 for cattle over 200 pounds, for the purpose of paying for the cost of inspection. Lady tourists and their chauffeur, 25 in number, who had been attending a convention in Chicago, traveling across country, stopped at the Henderson Cafe in this city for supper Sunday evening. Mr. Henderson said his whole force was quite busy for a while serving their guests. A petition of several residents was presented to the City Council Tuesday night asking sanitary relief and protection from the polluted drainage from the Hotel Kerin (Des Arc Hotel) that has been permitted to flow in front of their premises. Mayor Erwin has asked the health officer for advice. Lawson and Messrs. Guthrie of Hazen, representatives of the Standard Oil Co., were over with their tanks replenishing their filling stations here Tuesday. The Des Arc Pharmacy advises that they will buy your used High School books. Des Arc has been overflowed this week with fruits and vegetables of all kinds from the country.

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U.S. Rice Industry United in Efforts to Open Chinese Market

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Thursday,July 30, 1931

ur old friend, Mr. J. J. Johnson of near Des Arc, and one of our best farmers, was in town on business Tuesday. Mr. Johnson informed us that he had 10 acres in sorghum which he would make into molasses, beginning in a short time. We regret very much to state that our highly esteemed citizen, Mr. D. J. Burks, who was stricken with paralysis last week, is in a serious condition. We hope, however, that he will recover. We failed to mention last week that Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Atkins have purchased the U. E. Brown Cafe. They are now in charge and with their experience in the restaurant business, we predict for them a success. At last the farmer has found something that he can turn into ready cash. With wheat selling for around 25 cents a bushel and butter, chickens, and eggs at the lowest price level in years, the tiller of the soil has been hard put to realize enough cash to buy shoes for his family. Now comes word that farmers are turning a plague into cash in Nebraska. People of that state, invaded by grasshoppers, are selling them to fish hatcheries for 20 cents a pound and hundreds of pounds are being shipped. The last six months has seen more stringent enforcement of the prohibition laws than at any time within the last six years, said F. Scott McBride, national superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, and that they would support President Herbert Hoover who is making an honest effort to have prohibition enforced and is succeeding to a degree that is disconcerting wets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cannot support the candidacies of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alfred Smith, or Owen D. Young, Democratic nominees. He said they would support Senator Joseph Robinson of Arkansas and former Gov. Harvey Byrd of

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side you in the lanes, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t discount the female driver, because sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take the stripe and the win light without thinking twice. Haley is the daughter of Kevin and Christi Rounsavall of Hazen.

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rs. Lila Sallee, District Nursing Consultant from the State Board of Health, is spending several days in this county conferring with Health Nurse Mrs. Clessie Waddell. Due to the tire situation, much thought and time are needed to plan a well balanced program for the prevention and control of disease, she said. David O. Terry, candidate for the U. S. Senate, writes to the Superintendents of the Sunday School Conference at Mount Sequoyah, Fayetteville, Ark.: I know that I express the views and conviction of every Mother and Father throughout this country in favoring legislation that will make possible eradication of liquor and vice conditions at or in Military Camps. I also favor an expanded program of U.S.O. activities, to give better recreational facilities. Arkansas farmers are making unusual effort to aid in the fight against the A

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M. Wayne Covington, a retired dairy farmer of Austin, Arkansas, was called home by our Lord Friday, July 17, 2015. Wayne was preceded in death by his parents, Milton â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buddyâ&#x20AC;? Covington and Marldene Thomas Covington, and a brother, James C. Covington. Wayne is survived by his wife, Phyllis McCollum Covington of forty-nine years; sons, Dewayne and daughter-in-law Susan Seidenschwarz Covington, and David and daughter-in-law Kim Call Covington, Rusty and daughter-in-law Betty Ann Webb Robertson, and adopted by the heart Jerrell and daughter-in-law Traci Holtquist Cummings; grandchildren, Casey and Sarah Covington, Garrett Covington and Laken Sanderson, Hannah Coving-

to Bill and Mabel Smith in White Waters on January 27, the Cross Roads Communi- his wife of 57 years, Linda 1922 in Prairie County, ty, near Des Arc, in Prairie Sweatman Privett and his daughter, Lisa Privett. He is ArkansasPhotos and was andthe storyoldby Chris Weems Arkansas. County preceded in death by his est of three children. He He served in the United in the Prairie Crossroads grew up Twenty CountyStates Democrats in Israel.â&#x20AC;?parents, T.E. and Mildred Army,were was aofVeteran Privett; his son, among and an annonced persons who Clinton spoke aboutJoey herPrivett; grandcommunity attended2,500 and was onMrs. Utah of WWII and his sister, Rosemary the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner daughter, Charlotte, attended in Crossroads, schools Beach during the Nor- Moody. who is not quite a Saturday evening, at Verizon Arena year old. They all read to her, sing and talk Plainview, Carlisle, and July Des18,mandy invasion. He enlistU.S. First to her she said.Thomas, a lifelong resiArc. in North Little Rock. Former ed fromwas the the Army into Lady was Hillary Shethe was dent critical the Republicansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of of Lonoke, attended Robert an Rodham honor Clinton Arkansas Nationalconservative Guard Keynote speaker. philosophy of â&#x20AC;&#x153;trickle-downâ&#x20AC;? graduate in the 1942 class at where he served for 23 Ouachita Baptist UniversiThe invocation was given by Rev. Justin economics, ty, the University idea that theof taxArkansas, breaks for Des ArcBilson, High School. before retiring as a and Youth Pastor, St.years Markâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Baptist the wealthiest Americans to ecoUALR. will He lead became a brief careers in After Sergeant. also reMaster Church. Carlos Cervantes, a Vietnam War He nomic benefits Americans at alland inReal forEstate Broker farming, working a bakVeteran, ledatthe Pledgetired of Allegiance. levels. with 37 yearscome of servstarted Privett Real Estate pipelining he acery and Caleb Conrad sang the National Anthem. Clinton said that as president, she the VA atMrs. Fort ice from Co. He owned and operatpositionwere in 1944 at to Roots. cepted a Awards made Democrats from will â&#x20AC;&#x153;work toward expanding pre-kindered Lonoke Lumber CompaMultigraph Addressograph across Arkansas. Vince Insalaco, garten education She also a member of ny foropportunities. He waschairmore than 50on years Arkansas,Memorial intro- wants man, Democratic to enact sensible regulation Wall manager.Party He ofGardner as a service United to semi-retirement. duced Asher Brooklyn, Harber and Street, workprior at rebuilding the nationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; inwas transferred from Little Jaylen Church for over In Methodist the 1970â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, he developed Walls, children, who gave special frastructiure and support job gowth across Liberty Enid, Oklahoma Rock to 50 years, a member of the reasons for why they were happy to pres- the countryâ&#x20AC;?.Privett Park Subdivision company in 1970. with the XYZ. Fidelis Class and theShe ent Mrs. Clinton the crowd. also and wants â&#x20AC;&#x153;toover find150 ways to curb built houses in August 6, 1949 he to marhadstudent Former Governor MikeJohn Beebeand madehis thefamily growing debt, saying educaton the community. of Des ArcRitamany ried Nell Johnson L-R: introduction Deronda Tucker, Chris Weems, president of Prairie County Democratic Women; fond memories of formal of theFarris; Keynote Speakshould lift up young people, them Devoted to not thedrag City of had two daughters and they Harvey Joe Sanner, Chairman of Prairie County Democratic Central Committee, Nell Pich times at Gardner. He Lonoke, their Rodham Clinton. er, Hillary down.â&#x20AC;? Thomas was Mayor Barbara. Kay andThe and JerryRobert Aycock on various boards former First Ladyserved of Arkansas reâ&#x20AC;&#x153;The Republicans, â&#x20AC;&#x153; she from said, January â&#x20AC;&#x153;need to for four years, married Linda Miller on welcome an enthusiastic from the realize ceived that climate is real andand will over his and committees 2003 to change December 2006 24, 1971 in Jack-Mrs. January Arkansas audience. Clintonand remiaffect generations to come. We can move was active in City Treasurer lifetime from January sonville, Arkansas. about her They days in the Arkansas, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Worknisced into a clean energy future and we forward Medical Clinic ministry 1973 to December 2002. He their Enid education made ing on home ways toinimprove our ago. can create millions of good new jobs if we until a fewforyears was that.â&#x20AC;? instrumental in bringsuch astheir helping implement go forward where children, they raised preceded in with John wasthe ing the Hwy 89/I-40 interprogram that she had seenbya model HIPPY daughter Debbie. his parents; his death After 42 years with Ad- wife of 52 years, Anna Bell change and worked tiredressograph Mutigraph, Glover Smith; and brother, lessly to bring industry, Robert retired in 1996, and Thurlo Smith. He is sur- businesses and progress to then worked several years vived by his sons, Rayburn Lonoke. The Lonoke Area of for Memorial Park Ceme- (Tammy) Smith and Jeffery Chamber of Commerce recognized this service with tery and Enid Speedway. (Sherrie) Smith; six grandBob was a people-person children; three great-grand- awarding â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Order of Oak and could always find children; and sister, Patsy Tree-Deeply Rooted in Community Investmentâ&#x20AC;? to someone to talk to. He en- Southard. Mayor Thomas Privett in joyed spending time twice a In lieu of flowers the day with his coffee buddies. family requests memorials 2005. His community involveRobert is survived by his be made to Gardner Memowife Linda Waters of Enid, rial United Methodist ment began early with Oklahoma; three daughters Church, 1723 Schaer Street, membership the local and Kay Waters Sakaris and North Little Rock, Arkansas state chapter of Jaycees and Deronda Tucker, past presiFrom left: Sadie Foster, Helen Holloway, Thelma Gray, Holly Powell, Barbara Waters 72114 or Cystic Fibrosis serving as State Vice PresiJohn, dent of Prairie County Democratic Women dent in 1968 and State PresGeorge all of Houston, Foundation, 1501 North ident in 1969. Recognized Texas, and Debbie Lagan Pierce Street, Little Rock, as one of the Outstanding and Billy Joe Dilley of Arkansas 72207. Young Men in America in Creede, Colorado; three Funeral services were- 1968 receiving that national grandchildren James Sakar- held at 2:00 p.m. Wedneshonor in a ceremony in is of Houston, Texas, Daniel day, July 22, at Gardner MeMemphis. That year he alGeorge of Honolulu, Ha- Farris; Chris United Weems, Methodist president of Prairie Democratic Women; L-R: Deronda Tucker, Rita morial so County received the M. Keith Coleman of Chairman waii, and Ashli Church.of Prairie County DemocraticUpson Harvey Joe Sanner, Central Award Committee, andNell thePich OutandAycock oneEnid, Oklahoma; and Jerry Interment was in the standing VP for Arkansas great granddaughter, Audri Arkansas Memorial GarJaycees. The Lonoke chapColeman of Enid, Oklaho- dens. ter of Jaycees recognized ma. www.SmithFamilyCares.com. this with the Distiquished He will be lovingly Service Award in 1974 and missed by everyone. Boss of the Year in 1981. He A graveside memorial is a lifetime member of service was held Saturday, Arkansas Jaycee Senators July 11, at Memorial Park and JCI Senators. Cemetery in Enid, OklahoHe was a member of ma. Lonoke Baptist Church, but over the last few years found another church family in Lonoke Assembly of Kenneth â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Kennyâ&#x20AC;? God. Memorial Services were Gray Sr., 63, was born May 15, 1952 to Robert and Vio- held at 10:30 am on let Gray. He left this world Wednesday, July 15, at suddenly on June 18, 2015. Lonoke Baptist Church in Big Kenny was preceded in Lonoke. Arrangements were by death by his parents, two Mae 74,Bart ofHelen Clara Boyd Funeral Home, From left:Bishop, Sadie Foster, Holloway, Thelma Gray, Holly Powell, and Deronda Tucker, past presiStanding: and Laura and Calhoun. sisters one brother. Humphrey passed away Lonoke, dent of Prairie CountyButch Democratic Women Lynn Sanner, Calhoun, Robinson ClarettaAR. Anderson Seated: Big Kenny is Wilma survived by and In Saturday, July 18, 2015, at lieu of flowers, memoChambers Nursing Home his companion of 13 years, rial contributions may be Cecilia â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boo Bearâ&#x20AC;? Murray made to either Friends of in Carlisle. Clara was born April 4, and their two Chihuahuas, Lonoke Animal Shelter, PO 1941, in Pine Bluff to Jesse Peppy and Lizzie. Box 384, Lonoke, AR 72086 James Beliew and Violet He is also survived by his or Open Arms Shelter, PO Bradberry Beliew. She was a children, Heather (Jason) Box 161, Lonoke, AR 72086 homemaker and retired Williams of Alvin, Texas, housekeeping supervisor. Kenneth â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Kennyâ&#x20AC;? She loved to crochet and (Stacy) Gray Jr. of Willis, tend to her garden, and was Terry Lee Peoples of Texas, and Sean (Juanita) an avid reader. Stuttgart was born Aug. 5, Gray of Alvin, Texas. He also Besides her parents, she 1966 to James Lewis Peowas preceded in death by a leaves to cherish his memo- ples and Letha Mae Holtson, David Bishop; one ry eight grandchildren, Brit- Peoples. He departed this brother, James Beliew; and tanie, Zachory, Tristyn, earthly life on Thursday, Juone sister, Freda Yarbrough. Hannah, Lyndsey, Bradley, ly 9, 2015. Survivors are three sons, Austin and Lily; one brothTerry graduated from Michael Bishop, Carl Bish- er, Gene; one sister Brenda; Stuttgart High in 1984. His op and wife Maria and and the mother of his chil- favorite pastime was Robert Bishop and wife dren, Linda Martin. watching football and Debbie, all of Heber Big Kenny served as a wrestling. As family and Springs; eight grandchil- staff sergeant in the United friends reminisce about dren; and numerous great- States army from 1973- stories of Terry, they will regrandchildren. his smile, his Ray McVay Sr., Mary Sue Roe, Marilyn Burnett andmember Harvey Joe Sanner 1983. Funeral services are 11 laughter and his outgoing memorial service will A a.m. Wednesday at Turpin personality. Funeral Home with visita- be held at a later date. Terry was preceded in Professional Services en- death by his mother, Letha tion beginning at 10 a.m. trusted to and provided by Mae Holt-Peoples. before the service. Bart andRichardson Laura Calhoun.Memorial FuBurial was Standing: in Hamilton He leaves to cherish his Seated: Lynn Sanner, Butch Calhoun, Wilma Robinson and Claretta Anderson neral Home, Stuttgart. Cemetery. memories a loving father,

Clara M. Bishop dies at Chambers in Carlisle

ton, Ann Marie Covington, Mason Covington, Kaitlyn Cummings, McKenzie Cummings, Kane Cummings; greatgrandchildren, Keira Covington and Camden Covington; sisters, Mary Lois and brother-in-law David Rick and Melba and brother-in-law Dewey Higgs; sister-inlaw Patricia and brother-in-law Steve Johnson; and a host of nieces and nephews, extended family and many dear friends. Family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at SmithWestbrook Funeral Home, Beebe.

MOSQ wife,Q UITO Cordie MAN: Evelyn his Sparks Henderson. A casual memorial service will be 1 p.m. Friday, July 24, at Lone Tree Cemetery chapel. Cremation arrangements provided by Turpin Funeral Home, Inc. of Stuttgart.

Born in Des Arc to John was born July 30, 1941 in N. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Docâ&#x20AC;? Smith and Dollie the Snake Island Community to the late Joe T. Isbell and Carlee Nation Isbell. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Linda Tipton Isbell; two daughters, Carla dyâ&#x20AC;? Putt and her son, John (Martie) Underwood of Aubrey Putt. 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State of Arkansas announces deployment of Rave Panic Button in Public Schools Today, at a press conference at the state Capitol Building, Arkansas announced that it would be deploying Rave Panic Button in all of its more than 1,050 public schools statewide, in time for the new school year. The press release is pasted below for your convenience. The 2015 School Safety Act (Act 950) requires that every public school in the state of Arkansas be equipped with Panic Button by September 1 of this year, bringing better protection to the more than half million students, faculty and administrators in the state. The bill was sponsored by state senators and representatives,

and supported by multiple state agencies, including the Arkansas Department of Education, the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, the Association of Chiefs of Police and the Association of Fire Chiefs. Panic Button, provided by Rave Mobile Safety connects 9-1-1, first responders and school personnel in the event of a crisis and shortens the time between the onset of an incident and the arrival of first responders on-scene. Through a simple five button interface, faculty and staff activate the app by selecting the type of emergency â&#x20AC;&#x201C; active shooter, police, fire, EMS or other â&#x20AC;&#x201C;

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