White river journal, may 12, 2016

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DAHS Seniors graduating Friday night, May 13 (See Pgs 8 & 9)

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Thirty-two Des Arc High School seniors will receive diplomas in commencement excercises Friday evening Paul Guess, Commencement Speaker; Philip Ayala, Baccalaureate Speaker

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Revival at Living Waters Main and Erwin Streets

FRI., MAY 13, 8 PM High School Graduation High School Gymnasium

SUN., MAY 15, 7 AM Fellowship Breakfast Gospel Mission

MON., MAY 16, 9 AM Plea Day Hearings DeValls Bluff Courthouse TUES., MAY 17, 8:30 A.M. Kindergarten Graduation Elementary Cafetorium

TUES., MAY 17, 9 AM Plea Day Hearings Des Arc Courthouse

TUES., MAY 17, 7 PM Des Arc City Council City Hall Courtroom

WED., MAY 18, 10:30 AM Alzheimer’s meeting Lower White River Museum

THURSDAY, MAY 19, 12 NOON Chamber of Commerce F&M Bank Meeting Room

THURS., MAY 19, 6 PM Sixth Grade Graduation Elementary Cafetorium FRI., MAY 20 Schools dismissed for Summer Break

Thirty-two Des Arc High School seniors will receive dipomas in commencement excercises to be held Friday evening, May 13 in the Des Arc High School Gymnasium beginning at 8:00 p.m.

Commencement Speaker will be Paul Guess, a 1989 Des Arc High School graduate and owner of Guess and Company, LLC. Paul received his BSBA from the University of Arkansas in 1993 where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.

He received his master’s degree in 2011 from the Harvard Business School Executive General Management Program where he was elected class president.

Paul worked for Eli Lilly and Company for fourteen years where he was a Senior Director of Sales leading the states of Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.

He now resides in Des Arc and owns Guess and Company LLC, the parent

company for Lux Fragrances and Deck the Halls Y’all! brands.

He is the son of Donald and Ann (Bethell) Guess and the grandson of the late John P. and Eloise (Dailey) Bethell and the late Jimmie and Lorene (Hayley) Guess.

Philip Ayala will be the Baccalaureate Speaker. He was born and raised in Southern California. He moved to Des Arc in the spring of 2010 with the help of local friends. He is a Youth Pastor at Gospel Mission Church.

Philip is also a small business owner detailing vehicles and distributing “Go Green” detailing products.

He married his best friend, the former Raven Duch of Hazen and they celebrated the birth of their daughter, Gabriella Flavia Ayala, on April 18, 2016.

Philip and his family enjoy traveling, fishing and spending time with family and friends.

Philip says the family’s

favorite part of living in Des Arc is having a close knit community that continues to welcome and encourage them at all times.

Serving as Escorts are Lexi Cook, Will Gray, Lauren Mapps, and Jobie Smith. Ushers are Madison Evans and Hayden Flud.

Class Flower is a White Rose. Class Color is Lime Green.

Class Song is “Wherever I Go” by Miley Cyrus and Class Motto is “Sometimes you never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory”-Dr. Seuss.

Officers of the Class of 2016 are Kallie RobertsPresident; Sarabeth DeVore-Vice President; Secretary is Levi Caruthers and Student Council Representative is Jade Bell.

Mr. Rodney Ford, Counselor at Des Arc High School, will announce the awards. Senior Brooke Kellar will give the Invocation and Senior Shelby Evants will give the Benediction.

Members of the Class of 2016 are: Kallie Joelynn Roberts-

Valedictorian; Bailey Nell Greenwood-Salutatorian; Sarabeth Dian DeVoreHonor Graduate; John Michael Gray-Honor Graduate; Gabriel Hope Hamric-Honor Graduate; Brooke Leanne KellarHonor Graduate; Jacob Ross Adams; Alyssa Mone Allen; Jade Tristan Bell; Maeve Danielle Boyer; Kevin Cordell Walker Brannon; Macy Janee Burnett; Levi Chance Caruthers; Daylon Dewon Conway; Colt Bradley Covington; Shelby Lee Evants; Randall Edward Flud; Caleb A. Hitt; Drelon Jamal Hunter; Andrew Levi Harris Ingle, Brittany Brichelle Jones; Noah Luke Kennedy; Raymond Tanner Kloss; James Edward (Trey) Lee III; Tanner Lee McCoy; Clayton Ryan Nickelson; Jamie Lynn Norman; James William Robinson; Dora Elizabeth Sutton; Matthew Anderson Tate; Quenton Carl Walters and Jacob Nathaniel Williams.

Paul Guess

Philip Ayala

SUN, MAY 22, 6 PM Fellowship Worship Gospel Mission Church

County receives first federal disaster funds

TUES, MAY 31 Last Day to Assess Personal Property Without Penalty

Concealed weapons decision postponed again

Obituaries Pgs. 4 & 5

C. A. Butcher, 69, Cotton Plant Adrain Brown, 87, Searcy Tressie Bryant, 93, Austin Booker Currie, 87, Brinkley William Davis, 81, Carlisle Charlene Dunn, 62, Carlisle Ricky Fisher, 55, Seawrcy Joe Freeman, 90, Stuttgart Maxine Harrell, 85, Texas Connie Ingle, 56, Hazen Pauline Lambert, 57, Stuttgart Mayme Lassiter, 101, Lonoke Jack Latimer, 65, Searcy Russell Prine, 68, Hazen Fern E. Putt, 92, Carlisle Gary Pullman, 65, Stuttgart Gladys Robbins, 96, Stuttgart Oscar Shaffer, 76, Carlisle Carrie Shoffner, 85, Searcy Billy Tenison, 69, Hickory Plains Frank Thomason, 59, Des Arc Beaureta Worring, 87, Humphrey

Journal Delivery 12 out-of-county locations received May 5 Journal on May 6. USPS established new record of 4 consecutive weeks for next-day delivery !

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Zachery Holloway

Jenna Brown

Brown and Holloway lead Sixth Grade Class The Sixth Grade class at Des Arc Elementary will graduate in commencement excercises to be held at the Des Arc Elementary Cafetorium on Thursday, May 19 at 6:00 p.m.

Leading the Sixth Grade class is Jenna Brown, Valedictorian and Zachery Holloway, Salutatorian.

Jenna is the daughter of Charlie and Heather Brown and Zachery is the son of Jason and Stephanie Holloway, all of Des Arc. They will begin a new chapter in their life as they enter the Seventh grade at Des Arc High School in the fall.

This is the Class of 2022.

Prairie County included in federal disaster declaration President Obama this week granted Governor Asa Hutchinson’s request for a major disaster declaration for Public Assistance for the State of Arkansas as a result of damages due to severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding during the period of March 8 to March 13,

2016. The declaration will allow governmental bodies in the affected areas, who meet certain criteria, to apply for assistance.

Public Assistance for emergency work and repair or replacement of disaster-damaged facilities will be available in Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleve-

The Quorum Court members and guests on Tuesday evening, May 10, heard a report from Judge Mike Skarda regarding federal disaster funds received for repairs of roads and other property during the early spring storms. So far, he said, we have been approved for $60,000.00 and will go up from there, the judge said. “Some roads are still under water,” he said. The federal government will reimburse the county 75 percent and the state will reimburse the county 12.5 percent of the repair costs. The county will only be responsible for 12.5% of the total cost.

The county was also recently issued a check for $100,000.00 for mineral royalties. “The money will go into County General funds. The annual amount is usually $30,000.00, according to Judge Skarda.

The county is also getting a check for $24,000.00 for 911 outlays.

Bill Calhoun presented a grant application for the Northside Fire Department. The grant funds would go for radios and re-

peaters, according to Calhoun The other fire departments are also eligible for this grant, he said. The grant is for up to $30,000.00 per department, depending on the need. The court was advised that If all the departments were able to communicate it would lower the ISO (insurance) rating. Court members unanimously approved doing whatever is necessary to make this possible.

County Clerk Rebecca Hayley presented a Court Security Grant that would benefit Hazen District Court and Des Arc District Court with the purchase of backup generators. The court approvedthis purchase.

The concealed carry motion was revisited. It was tabled until next month. If approved, this would allow county courthouse employees with a permit to carry a concealed handgun into a county courthouse.

Following the discussion, Deputy Prosecutor Tim Isaac made the following comments: Prairie County Quorum Court members are considering

the adoption of an ordinanc providing for the right of elected officials and employees of Prairie County, if they are holders of a concealed-carry license , to carry a concealed handgun onto county-owned property. The ordinance will be in accordance with Artkansas Act 1259 of 2015.

If the ordinance passes certain restrictions would continue, including the restriction from carrying a weapon in a detention facility, in an office of the sheriff’s department or in any courtroom, unless the official or employer has the permission of the presiding judge. Each person who is otherwise qualified must also have the approval of the Prairie County Security Committee.

The quorum court members will again discuss this matter at the regular meeting on Tuesday, Mune 14, at 6:00 p.m.

Interested members of the public are invited to attend the meeting and will be recognized to voice their opinion on this matter.

land, Columbia, Desha, Lincoln, Ouachita, Phillips, and Prairie counties.

Through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program,

funds will be available for actions taken to prevent or reduce long-term risk to life and property from natural hazards for all areas of the state. Additional desig-

nations may be added to the declaration if requested by the state and warranted by results of further damage assessments.

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highways “You want the good news first or the bad news?” he asked.

The question is shopworn no matter its context, no matter the caller. But this was the guy at the tire emporium we’ve used for years; and while I’d not expected any good news the prospect of bad, even worse, news heightened the apprehension.

“The good news is, it isn’t your tire,” he said, before I could opt for the bad news first.

Digression: For several mornings I had fired up my car and immediately the tire pressure warning light came on. The on-board computer showed a deficit on the right front. To the tire store and, as few as five but sometimes a dozen pounds of air later, I was on my way. Until the following morning. A tiresome procedure, no way to launch the day.

On one the earliest visits I suggested that perhaps the pressure indicator, that chip in the wheel, was malfunctioning, an improper adjustment when I’d had the rubber rotated. No, it was fine, I was told. The team searched for a leak by spraying liquid over every inch of the tire, but couldn’t find one. And the valve stem, it was okay as well; and no damage to the wheel rim. These were cool mornings, one of the fellows suggested, so maybe the tire simply needed to warm, expanding the compressed air. Why just that one tire?

I asked. It happens, he shrugged.

The tire was plenty warm a day or so later, on a sunny spring mid-afternoon and after a hundred miles on the road, but there was the warning light again. I stopped at a different tire joint and the attendant, nice guy, painstakingly searched for a leak. Nothing.

So now the car’s back at the place around the corner and the manager is phoning me the good news, that the tire is fine. The bad news?

“It’s your wheel.” A seam within the wheel was cracked, he explained, dooming the metal orbit. It was irreparable. Sorry, but there was no option save a new wheel. $254.55.

“Bad roads,” he told me as he ran my credit card.

“Impact damage, a lot of it. Potholes. Tires, wheels, suspensions. It’s tough to keep wheels aligned on these roads, and we’re doing more of them than we should be doing. More than ever.” In all, he summarized, business that he wouldn’t expect -- premature tire and wheel replacements, realignments, shock absorbers -- were we driving on better streets, roads and highways, that business was up “40 percent, I’d guess.

Maybe a little more.”

We’re not through.

Barely a week passed before my wife called from the parking lot of a restaurant where she was picking up take-out. A water-filled pothole had taken out her (pure coincidence) right front tire. Me to the rescue; me, who hasn’t changed a tire in at least a decade, who needed the instruction manual to make the switch. At least I knew the way to the tire shop.

The bad news: the tire wasn’t simply punctured; the pothole’s jagged edge had essentially shredded its wall. Irreparable. $161.01.

The good news was that my wife’s flat occurred on a field of uncrowded suburban asphalt instead of a busy Interstate or a less traveled secondary road. We were both frustrated, more than that, but I was not a widower.

Oh -- there was the friend stopped by the police some nights ago on suspicion of drunken driving. The cop pulled him over after watching him weave for three blocks on a principal traffic artery that feeds into our neighborhood. Our friend, who hadn’t had a drop, explained that he was only trying to avoid potholes. “I understand,” the officer sighed, and sent him on his way.

Some observer of the culture wrote not long ago that “crumbling infrastructure” was now a cliché.

Wrong. Ports, airline terminals and, especially, bridges, streets and highways -- they aren’t clichés.

They are public facilities that demand public resources for maintenance and they are now, coast-tocoast, public embarrassments, nowhere more so than in Arkansas. More, they are hazards to public safety.

So the General Assembly will return this month for a special session devoted to highways. Gov. Hutchinson proposes duct tape and bailing wire, financed by a diversion of previously sacrosanct general revenues to snare some available federal highway funds. There appears no legislative consensus on any of the alternative plans taking shape and none will take flight without Mr. Hutchinson’s support, even if clothed in acquiescence. The governor’s approach would avoid new taxes; the others would rely on them. I’d bet on the former.

Take a drive, anywhere. Then decide if that’s good news or bad.

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By Rebecca Green The 2016 presidential elections are proving historic, and not just because of the surprising success of self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders, the lively debate among feminists over whether to support Hillary Clinton, or Donald Trump’s unorthodox candidacy.

The elections are also groundbreaking because they’re revealing more dramatically than ever the corrosive effect of big money on our decaying democracy.

Following the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision and related rulings, corporations and the wealthiest Americans gained the legal right to raise and spend as much money as they want on political candidates.

The 2012 elections were consequently the most expensive in U.S. history. And this year’s races are predicted to cost even more. With the general election still six months away, donors have already sunk $1 billion into the presidential race — with $619 million raised by candidates and another $412 million by super PACs. Big money in politics drives grave inequality in our country. It also drives war.

After all, war is a profitable industry. While millions of people all over the world are being killed and traumatized by violence, a small few make a killing from the never-ending war machine.

During the Iraq War, for example, weapons manufacturers and a cadre of other corporations made billions on federal contracts.

Most notoriously this included Halliburton, a military contractor previously led by Dick Cheney. The company made huge profits from George W. Bush’s decision to wage a costly, unjustified, and illegal war while Cheney served as his vice president.

Military-industrial corporations spend heavily on political campaigns. They’ve given over $1 million to this year’s presidential candidates so far — these corporations target House and Senate members who sit on the Armed Forces and Appropriations Committees, who control the purse strings for key defense line items. And cleverly, they’ve planted factories in most congressional districts. Even if they provide just a few dozen constituent jobs per district, that helps

curry favor with each member of Congress.

Thanks to aggressive lobbying efforts, weapons manufacturers have secured the five largest contracts made by the federal government over the last seven years. In 2014, the U.S. government awarded over $90 billion worth of contracts to Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman.

Military spending has been one of the top three biggest federal programs every year since 2000, and it’s far and away the largest discretionary portion.

Year after year, elected officials spend several times more on the military than on education, energy, and the environment combined.

Lockheed Martin’s problematic F-35 jet illustrates this disturbingly disproportionate use of funds. The same $1.5 trillion Washington will spend on the jet, journalist Tom Cahill calculates, could have provided tuition-free public higher education for every student in the U.S. for the next 23 years. Instead, the Pentagon ordered a fighter plane that can’t even fire its own gun yet.

Given all of this, how can anyone justify war spending?

Some folks will say it’s to make us safer. Yet the aggressive U.S. military response following the 9/11 attacks — the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, the NATO bombing of Libya, and drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen — has only destabilized the region.

“Regime change” foreign policies have collapsed governments and opened the doors to Islamist terrorist groups like ISIS. Others may say they support a robust Pentagon budget because of the jobs the military creates. But dollar for dollar, education spending creates nearly three times more jobs than military spending.

We need to stop letting politicians and corporations treat violence and death as “business opportunities.” Until politics become about people instead of profits, we’ll remain crushed in the death grip of the war machine.

And that is the real national security threat facing the United States today.

Rebecca Green is an intern with the women-led peace group CodePink.

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Crime can pay if it’s big enough . . .

By Jim Hightower Wow, $5 billion.

That’s the stunning amount Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay to settle federal criminal charges over its shameful financial scams, which helped wreck America’s economy in 2008. That’s a lot of gold, even for Goldman.

Yet the Wall Street powerhouse says it’s “pleased” to swallow this sour slug of medicine. Is that because its executives are contrite? Oh, come on — banksters don’t do contrite.

Rather, they’re pleased with the settlement. Thanks to backroom dealing with friendly prosecutors, it’s riddled with loopholes that may eliminate nearly $2 billion from the publicized punishment.

For example, the deal calls for the felonious bank to put a quarter-billion dollars into an affordable housing program. But generous federal negotiators put incentives and credits in the fine print that will let Goldman escape with paying out less than a third of that.

Also, about $2.5 billion of the settlement is to be paid to consumers hurt by the financial crisis. Yet the deal lets the

bank deduct almost $1 billion of this payout from its corporate tax.

That means you and I will subsidize Goldman’s payment.

As a bank reform advocate told The New York Times, the problem with these settlements “is that they are carefully crafted more to conceal than to reveal to the American public what really happened here.”

One more reason Wall Street bankers privately wink and grin at these seemingly huge punishments is that even paying the full $5 billion would be perfectly manageable. To you and me, it sounds like a crushing sum — but Goldman Sachs raked in over $33 billion in revenue last year alone. For them, it’s a reasonable cost of doing business.

After all, Goldman sold tens of billions of dollars’ worth of fraudulent investment packages leading to the settlement. The bottom line is that crime can pay, if it’s big enough.

OtherWords columnist Jim Hightower is a radio commentator, writer, and public speaker. He’s the editor of the populist newsletter, The Hightower Lowdown. OtherWords.orig.

State receives $49 million in Tobacco Settlement Funds LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has secured the 2016 share of proceeds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) with tobacco companies. In 1998, 46 states and numerous other jurisdictions entered into a historic, multibillion dollar agreement to settle consumer protection lawsuits filed by the states for the costs that they had incurred for treating the negative health effects of smoking.

“This settlement was entered into years ago, but it is critical that I continue to enforce the terms of the agreement with the various tobacco companies,” said Attorney General Rutledge. “This money will be used by the State to improve the overall health of Arkansas residents, fund smoking cessation programs and conduct health care research. A large portion of this money will also go to help fund the Arkansas Medicaid program, which is vital for some of our state’s families and children.”

This year’s disbursement of $49,659,216 brings the total amount received since 2001 to fund various public health programs in Arkansas to $896,732,626.

This agreement, referred to as the MSA, imposed health-related and advertising restrictions on tobacco companies. In ad-

dition, the MSA requires the settling manufacturers to make annual payments to the settling states.

Arkansas received about $1.6 billion from the settlement, a portion of which is paid yearly by the settling tobacco companies.

The Attorney General is charged with enforcing the tobacco statutes that were enacted pursuant to the MSA. This enforcement includes operation of a certification process for tobacco wholesalers and manufacturers, ongoing quarterly and annual reporting, maintaining an Approved-For-Sale Directory, conducting audits, collection of escrow amounts and investigation or even litigation should violations of the tobacco statutes occur.

In 2000, Arkansas voters created the Tobacco Settlement Act, which governs how the funds received under the settlement are used. MSA payments are placed into the Tobacco Settlement Program Fund for later distribution to the programs supported by the settlement payments.

A number of programs are supported through the fund, including the Arkansas Biosciences Institute, an agricultural and medical research consortium; the Medicaid Expansion Program, which provides Medicaid coverage for pregnant

women and increases hospital benefits for Medicaid beneficiaries; the Prevention and Cessation Program, which aims to reduce tobacco use; and the Targeted State Needs Program, which includes support for public health programs for minorities, older Arkansans and residents of rural areas and the Delta.

WEEK’S WEATHER, RAIN & RIVER

86°

E X T R E M ES 5/5 - 5/11

49°

H I LOW RAIN

DATE:

24-hr Temps: Midnight to Midnight

Thrs, May 5 Fri., May 6 Sat., May 7 Sun., May 8 Mon.,May 9 Tues, May 10 Wed, May 11

75 76 85 82 75 85 86

THIS WEEK’S PRECIP: LAST WEEK’S PRECIP:

49 49 56 59 66 62 70

.04” .41” -

.45” .45 5.20” 5.20

WHITE RIVER 6 pm Depth Readings per National Weather Service

May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7

19.95’ 19.69’ 19.35’ 18.90’

May 8 18.42’ May 9 17.64’ May 10 16.77’ May 11 16.01’

May 4 Forecast for MAY 9 was: 20.20’ May 11 Forecast for MAY 16 is: 16.40’

For comparison, river crested here at 31.49’ on Jan 4, 2016 WHITE RIVER REFERENCE DEPTHS

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

SUNRISES / SUNSETS THURSDAYS May 5 May 12 May 19

SUNRISE SUNSET 6:11 am 7:55 pm 6:04 am 8:01 pm 5:59 am 8:06 pm

Latest Sunrise

Earliest Sunrise

Jan 15: 7:14 am

5:52 am 6/4/16

Latest Sunset

Earliest Sunset

8:24 pm 6/23/16

4:54 pm 12/1/16

Laugh-In Corner Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip, set up their tent, and fall asleep.

Some hours later, Holmes wakes his faithful friend.

'Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.'

Watson replies, 'I see millions of stars.'

'What does that tell you?'

Watson ponders for a minute.' Astronomically speaking, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, it tells me that Saturn is in Leo. Time wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three. Theologically, it's evident the Lord is all-powerful and we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?

Holmes is silent for a moment, then speaks.

'Watson, you idiot, someone has stolen our tent.'

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Thursday, May 19, 1932

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rs. Nellie Taylor Ross, former governor of Wyoming, vice chairman of the National Democratic Committee, principal speaker at the Victory Dinner of the first annual convention of the Arkansas Democratic Women’s Club at the Hotel LaFayette last night in Little Rock, said that millions are looking forward to the day when a Democratic administration will stop the growing bureaucracy in Washington, which threatens to become a juggernaut ‘riding over our liberties’. She assailed Republican waste.

There has been an outbreak of Blackleg throughout the county. This is a disease that affects young cattle with no known cure.

There is however, an excellent preventative against the disease. That is vaccinations - the cost of vaccinations is very small, usually around 10 or 15 cents per head.

Judge J. M. Futrell of Paragould, Chancellor of the Twelfth District has yielded to the petition of thousands of Arkansas taxpayers to become the people’s candidate for governor.

Ivan Jackson of Hazen was elected captain today of the University of Arkansas track team at Fayetteville for 1933.

Representatives from the state Council of Home Demonstration Clubs spent Wednesday of last week attending the Prairie County Achievement Day at the home of Mrs. Will Toll at Tollville. Mrs. Oscar Miller presided. In the dress contest among club members, Mrs W. H. Crockett of Biscoe, won first place, and Mrs. Earl Steadman of Ulm won second place for house dress. Mrs. R. Farris of Biscoe won first place for the afternoon dress. Mrs. Charles Bretchel of Ulm won first place with a child’s coat and cap made from a pair of white flannel trousers that had been dyed.

Chairman A. W. Thomason, Prairie County Democratic Central Committee met at Hazen last Saturday. Fees for placing names on ballots were levied; a request for two voting precincts for Hazen

township was made. August 9 was set for the primary election.

Although the Des Arc School Board and Faculty labored under adverse circumstances, one of the most successful terms in its history was closed Thursday evening, May 12, with graduation exercises. The graduating class composed of 17 members heard an address by Arkansas County Superintendent Mr. C. A. Jacobus.

Diplomas were handed out by Mr. L. R. Brown.

After the closing exercises, the board and faculty members were special guests at a banquet held at the Hotel Kerin in their honor.

The Currier Drug Co of this city who gives tickets with cash purchases and a cash prize every Saturday evening, is enjoying a nice increased cash business.

Mrs. Mary Murry, who was present, was recipient of the $2.50 given away by this livewire firm.

Among those attending the meeting of the County Democratic Central Committee held at Hazen on Saturday last, from Des Arc, were: J. W. Watson, V. O. Purvis, Q. E. McCuin, George Craig, Mack McQueen, T. C. Ballowe, Beech Eddins, J. J. Holmes, McIver Reid and B. R. Harrison.

Mr. A. F. Horne of this city is beautifying his residence this week by a new coat of paint. Contractor Will Webbwas doing the work.

National News * The Lindbergh child has been found dead in the Sourland hills of New Jersey not far from the Lindbergh home. It had been brutally murdered and had been dead for about two months. No more dreadfully shocking news could be imagined, nothing that could produce so great a horror of the depths of criminality to which this nation has been reduced. * A horse called “Doc” died recently. You never heard of him at race tracks never saw him, he lived and died in his stable, supplying serum to prevent diptheria, enough to protect 41,000 children.

He has earned a place in horse heaven.

Thursday, May 13, 1943

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ttorney General Guy E. W Williams said Monday, May 3, in an unofficial opinion that the Agricultural Extension office should be located in Des Arc, designated by law as the county seat, instead of at DeValls Bluff, as it has been for several years. The opinion was given on request upon efforts by a group to have the office moved to Des Arc while another group is wanting it to remain in DeValls Bluff.

An odd fact is that all three laws to be submitted to the people for approval - the Hale Act, anti-violence and picketing law and the Beebe Junior Agriculture Colappropriation lege measure - all subjects of spirited fights by the 54th General Assembly, all involved one of the most grizzled veterans of legislative battles in the state, Sen. W.H. Abbington of Beebe.

The War Production Board, writing to the White River Journal, advises that Arkansas leads the Seventh Region in collection of scrap metal; is fifth in the nation in collecting kitchen fats and oils.

Batesville today is preparing for what is expected to be one of the highest flood stages of White River as the heaviest rains in many years fell in North Arkansas in the past 48 hours. Flood waters are expected to equal 1927. Weather Bureau reports White River will reach approximately 30 feet, 6 feet above flood stage, at Des Arc, highest water since 1927 when all lowlands were flooded.

Senator Robertson (Rep., Wyo). today warned the Senate that trouble is brewing unless the government stops “pampering and petting disloyal Japanese” in relocation camps. He declared that an investigation at the Heart Mountain camp in Northwest Wyoming disclosed that 1200 of the 10,000 Japanese there profess loyalty to Hirohito and are free to preach Japanese doctrines and to threaten those “who profess loyalty to the United States.”

Our old friend, John J. DeVore, one of our most successful farmers and stockraisers, was a caller at the Journal office while in town Monday and paid his subscription. He ordered the paper for his son, Pvt. Linville DeVore, who is serving in the South Pacific.

Mrs. E. B. Garland, music instructor, presented Miss Carolyn Caskey, in a graduate piano recital in the high school auditorium on Thursday evening, May 6. A chorus composed of Tommy Sommers, Tommy Winchester, Freddie Waters, LaVoy Johnson, Corbett Mask, James Glo-ver, Charles Bacon, Emma Jane Calley, Chloe Winchester, Betty Hamilton, Betty Ruth Griggs, Sue Kirkwood, Virginia Johnson, Ernestine Houston, Em-ogene Morrison, Viola Mask, Charles Calhoun, Hazel Roach, Aline Hayley, Ida Jane White, Mary Brown Gattinger, Lurlyne Greer, Sybil Waters and Lois Greathouse, performed “Love’s Old Sweet Song” on the program. A large crowd filled the auditorium. The lady graduate is a daughter of Judge and Mrs. W. J. Caskey.

Des Arc has an Army they fight every night and their yells would wake up the dead. The dogs, worthless dogs, they have a place in the dog graveyard.

The acreage of Irish potatoes in Prairie County is the largest this year in its history. Recent should make rains bumper crops.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank farmers Chudzinski, from the Gospoda area near Des Arc, were in town trading Saturday.

Tech Sgt. H. S. Hughes of Beebe and Col. Dink Kocourek of Hazen, who are home on a 15-day furlough from West Point, New York, were guests of young lady friends, Misses Anna Sue and Margaret Clough in this city Sunday.

After May 15, the Prairie County Ration Office will issue Canning Sugar on Tuesday and Saturday of each week until October 31, 1943.

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Three candidates for county office announced this week: S. E. (Crate) Grady and Sheriff E. O. Hamilton announce for county sheriff; Albert Erwin Jr. announced for circuit/county clerk.

Jimmy Tate, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Tate of Des Arc, won first in the 440 yard dash at the state meet held at Quigley Stadium in Little Rock last Friday.

Rev. Elbert Pool has accepted the pastorate of the Apostolic Faith Gospel Mission Church in Des Arc, replacing Rev. S. B. Echols. Rev. Pool has been singing first tenor with the Glad Tidings Quartet in revival meetings in Texas and Arkansas the past two months. He and wife, the former Carole Felts of Des Arc will be moving into the church parsonage.

They both attended the Apostolic Faith Bible School in Baxter Springs, Kansas.

Norman Roe and Archie Patterson have changed their station this week from Cities Service to Conoco. Joe Hollis of the Wholesale Oil Co. of Des Arc has been busy repainting the station and putting up signs. The station, located at the intersection of Highways 11 and 38 in west Des Arc is managed by Elmo Overturf with Oliver Hendricks in charge of the garage. $50,000 in free prizes will be given away, get entry blanks at the Conoco Sign; includes Cadillac Station Wagon, $10,000 in cash; 100 TV sets; 10 automatic washer/dryer combinations.

Miss Sylvia Gipson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gipson, Des Arc, was

elected senior representative of next year’s senior class at Henderson State Teachers College in a campus-wide election. A former employee of the White River Journal, Sylvia was editor of the college annual, The Star, last year.

Wm. H. Heard, manager of the Des Arc Seed & Grain Co., reports that some 30 local men interested in raising hogs were present at a dinner given Thursday, May 1, at the Town & Country Club.

Company representatives present were Mr. Heard, W. P. Bond, Bill Johnson, along with representatives of Nutrena Mills Inc. A number of Des Arc merchants are sponsoring Tommy Trent and his band and entertainers from Little Rock this Saturday afternoon in a free concert in the City Park in front of the courthouse, from 2 to 5 p. m.

The Des Arc High School Chapter of FHA has elected the following new officers: Jane Stewart, president; Sonya Howard, first vice-pres.; Faye Griffin, secretary; Jean Walicki, treasurer; Laura Allred, historian; and Rebecca Lendermon, reporter.

Sergeant First Class Lowell Jones, U. S. Army in Korea, distinguished himself by meritorious service during the period of Feb. 15 to 21, 1958. He performed his duties as Chief of Firing Battery in an exemplary manner and was responsible for a majority of the firing battery section training. He has been awarded the Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant for outstanding leadership and devotion to duty.

The grounds around the McClelland Methodist Church and old school grounds were flooded during the weekend, Mrs. E. W. Butler reports. There was a lot of water north of the old railroad dump and as far as Sawyer’s Store.

Young’s Department Store in Des Arc is giving away a 3-piece Bedroom Suite when you purchase a Ben Hur Home Freezer, or a Hot Point Refrigerator, or 3-Piece Blonde Bedroom Suite priced only $179.50.

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GIVE UP? The beautiful young mystery ladies from last week’s page 3, included only the clue that they were “1948 Seniors at DAHS”. Wasn’t really that much there to go on, unless you just happened to be around at that time; and since no one guessed who they are - and without further suspense, their identities are now revealed: L-r: Lillie Mae Williams, whose father Dalten Williams had a “2nd-hand” store in Des Arc at the time; Lula Faye Allen, who was the adopted daughter of Clara and Grover Gilliam and who later worked for many years at Farmers & Merchants Bank and Riceland Foods here; and Florence Stine, deceased Lawrence Stine’s twin sister. Florence married a Mitchell and relocated to Ohio and had a daughter, Betty Brille.

The photo and information were provided by Martha Hambrick Harrell, whose mother, Georgia Ellis Hambrick, had the photo (maybe was the photographer) and was also a 1948 senior and classmate of the three girls.

April 5, 1917 “Good Roads Convention” in Memphis Above mystery photo has been delayed for a 2nd time until the May 19 issue, when several attendees from Prairie and Monroe Counties will be identified as well as details related to the purpose of the convention.

Some of the business men shown in just this portion of the much larger photo include John Booe, Edward Screeton, Quinton McCuin, Dr. G. Gilliam, G. W. Sparks, B. R. Lacy, Walter Williams and Bedford Bethell.

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Services today at Stuttgart for Joe E. Freeman Joe Eddie Freeman, 90, of Stuttgart passed away Monday, May 9, 2016, at his home.

Joe was a dynamic character who loved to tell a good joke (and could do it well!), listen to good music on his porch, and spend time with his beloved family. Joe was a successful business owner and had the Freeman gift for selling everything from ladies' bras to insurance to sprinklers, and a few knives thrown in for good measure. Over the years, he owned Freeman Water Softener, Freeman Security, and Freeman Lawn Sprinklers. He had a strong work ethic and enjoyed working with his clients.

Joe was a proud veteran of World War II, and those who were privileged to hear his stories of storming the beaches of Normandy know the sacrifice that Joe made for his country and the enormous respect he had for our nation and the military. He was a member of the Rotary Club in Texarkana, Texas, and a Mason.

Joe loved his family and never hesitated to give, to make people smile, to take on responsibilities that others might have shirked, and to simply be a loving support to those who needed him. His laughter, generosity, big hugs, and even bigger heart will be sorely missed.

It is a sure bet that Joe is laughing right now from Heaven, with his beloved Hazel patting his arm and shaking her head with a half-smile on her lips. See, he always wore either a suit and tie or his pajamas, so he is being buried in the latter because that is just plain funny - not to mention comfortable. He would want to be remembered with laughter and joy, and with Hazel right next to him.

Joe was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Nancy Freeman; his wife and the love of his life, Hazel Burdett Freeman; a daughter, Anne Freeman Gray; and his brother and sister-in-law, Ray and Janice Freeman.

He is survived by three daughters, Jan Gray of Stuttgart, Jan Freeman Hixson (Kenneth) of Fayetteville and Anne Hayes (Steve) of Texarkana; two sons, Mike Freeman (Carol) of Ashdown and Pat Freeman (Karen) of Conway; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a very special great-grandson, Cole Hardwick of Stuttgart, who was devoted to caring for Joe during the last months of his life.

Funeral services are 2 p.m. Thursday at Turpin Funeral Home chapel with burial following in Bayou Meto Cemetery.

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Services Saturday at Hazen for Connie Rena Ingle Connie Rena Ingle, 56, of Hazen died at her home on Saturday, May 7.

She was an employee of Pizza Classic for over 20 years.

Connie is survived by her father, Edward Ingle of De Valls Bluff; two sons, Derrick (Shelby) Ingle of Lonoke and Anden Ingle of Hazen; two sisters, Debbie Riba of Lonoke and Vickie Daniel of Hunter; and two grandchildren, Wyatt Ingle and Sara Ingle.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, May 14, at the First Assembly of God Church in Lonoke.

The family requests that everyone attending wear something bright and cheerful.

Arrangements arby Westbrook Funeral Home of Hazen.

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Mayme Lassiter Lonoke resident dies at 101 Maymie Ferguson Lassiter went to be with her Lord on May 7, 2016. She was 101 years old, born on September 8, 1914.

Maymie was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of the Lonoke United Methodist Church and in her younger days was very active in the church.

Maymie loved working in her yard. She was a graduate of Lonoke High School and attended Arkansas State Teachers College in Conway. Maymie received her teaching certificate then taught school in Oldham school and the Lonoke Public Schools. Maymie also worked for the Arkansas Revenue Office in Lonoke and retired in 1978.

Maymie was preceded in death by parents Luther and Susie Ferguson; her husband William “Dink” A. Lassiter; her brother John V. Ferguson; two sisters, Marguerite S. Ferguson and Donnie M. Rollins; a niece, Mary Susan Parvin and a nephew Larry Rollins.

She is survived by her two sons, Fletcher V. (Doris) Lassiter and William A. (Charlotte) Lassiter of Portland; four grandchildren, William F. Lassiter and Robert (Sherry) Lassiter of Portland; two granddaughters, Lindsey E. Lassiter of Little Rock and Brooke (Scott) Stoehr of Ruston, LA; eight great-grandchildren Funeral services were at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Lonoke United Methodist Church and burial was at Lonoke Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers memorial may be sent to the Lonoke United Methodist Church or the Arkansas Children’s Hospital in her memory.

Arrangements by Boyd Funeral Home, Lonoke. www.boydfuneralhome.net

Jack W. Latimer, age 65 of Searcy, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016 in Searcy.

He was born November 8, 1950 in Searcy to Harry G. Latimer and Verna L. Morgan Latimer.

He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Deborah K. "Debbie" Latimer of Searcy; one daughter, Holly Kathryn Latimer of Fort Worth, Texas; one brother, Ronald M. Latimer and wife Cathy of Indianapolis, Indiana; two sisters, Carolyn L. Phillips and husband Barney of Bryant, Arkansas, Sandra L. Dean and husband Chris of Branson West, Missouri; and one granddaughter, Kathryn A. Tatman of Fort Worth, Texas.

In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that memorials be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.

Fern Elizabeth Putt burial Saturday at Frazier Cemetery Fern Elizabeth Putt, 92, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at Chambers Nursing Home in Carlisle.

She was born March 7, 1924, in the Humphrey area. She was a homemaker and a member of Corinth Missionary Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, Elvin Putt; and two brothers, Bob Wicklund and Bill Wicklund.

Survivors are a son and daughter-in-law, H.L. and Helen Putt of Humphrey; a daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Phil Eichler of Carlisle; five grandchildren and their spouses, Rodney Putt and wife Brenda of Baytown, Texas; Mike Putt and wife Claire of Austin, Ark.; Shannon Bobo and husband Steve of Humphrey; Missy Madar and husband Jason of Carlisle; and Beth Eichler of Stuttgart; and 14 greatgrandchildren; and two sisters, Dorothy McCarty of Humphrey and Anna Belle Flanery and husband Beau of Stuttgart.

Funeral services were at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Turpin Funeral Home with Bro. Garry Wayne Alverson officiating.

Burial followed in Frazier Cemetery by Turpin Funeral Home of Stuttgart.

Maxine Price Harrell was Beebe native Maxine Price Harrell, 85 born in Beebe, died peacefully at her home in Conroe, Texas Friday, May 6, 2016.

She was a devoted housewife who enjoyed her family, quilting, sewing and cooking for her family. She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Conroe, Texas.

Maxine was preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Flossie Price; a brother, Dewey and his wife Tot Price; a sister, Bera and her husband Marion Robinson; three half-brothers Bill, Holland, and Ray Wisdom; and grandson-in-law, Wade

Huggins.

She is survived by husband Waymon; son Howard and wife Victoria of Conroe; granddaughter Amy Huggins of Austin, Texas; and great-grandchildren Wade, Maggie, and Katie; grandson Tres Harrell and wife Poli of Mansfield, Texas; and greatgrandchildren Victoria, Breno, and Pedro.

Graveside service was at Antioch Cemetery at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 10, 2016.

Arrangements by SmithWestbrook Funeral Home, Beebe.

Adrain Louis Brown dies at Searcy Adrain Louis Brown, 87, of Searcy passed away Thursday, May 05, 2016 at Unity Health in Searcy. He was born September 7, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri to the late Fredrick and Missouri Mae (Morrison) Brown.

Adrain was a charter member of the Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Searcy. He was a lifetime member of the VFW Post 2330. Adrain was a kind hearted individual who loved to hand out candy to the kids especially dumdum suckers. He liked to tinker in his shop. He enjoyed playing cards, bingo, and Phase 10 and he really loved to watch St. Louis Cardinal Baseball.

Left to cherish Adrain's memory is his wife of 61 years and 2 months, Carol Brown; two sons, Allen Brown (Debbie) of Charleston, South Carolina

and Bryan Lee Brown (Tracey) of Searcy, Arkansas; six daughters, Ellen Louise Moon (Allen) of Augusta, Arkansas, Linda Lea Ball of Jonesboro, Arkansas, Fananda Lynne Norton (Charles) of McCrory, Arkansas, Alma Mae Gates (Gregory) of Richland, Missouri, Stella Jo Sharp (Richard) of Texarkana, Texas, and Paula Jean Robinson (David) of Clovis, New Mexico; 16 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and a host of other family and friends.

In addition to his parents Adrain was preceded in death by his siblings and one great grandchild.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 9, in the SearcyMcEuen Chapel with burial following at White County Memorial Gardens.

Gladys Marie Robbins

Gladys M. Robbins had passion for music and singing Gladys Marie Robbins, 96, of Stuttgart passed away Friday, April 22, 2016, at Crestpark Nursing Home.

She was born September 17, 1919, in Stuttgart to Edd and Maude McCollum House, one of six children born to this union.

Gladys graduated from Stuttgart High School in 1937. She entered Beauty School in Little Rock in June of that year. Upton completion she was employed at Carlson’s Beauty Shop in Stuttgart until her marriage on Jan. 1, 1939, to Arley Robbins of Hagler, Ark. They moved to Ft. Wayne, Ind., where he was an engineer for the railroad. In 1948 they learned both their sons were diagnosed with muscular dystrophy.

They returned to Stuttgart so she could be with her family.

Gladys’ husband was employed with Layne Arkansas Company as a machinist. She was a receptionist for Dr. Max Denman for 16 years until her husband choses to open his own machine shop. She was his bookkeeper for eight years until his health forced them to retire.

Gladys was a member of First United Methodist Church of Stuttgart where she was an active member of the choir for over 50 years. She was a charter member of the Little Rock Chorus of Sweet Adelines, Inc. for 45 years. She traveled to many states in competition with Top of the Rock Chorus. She also was a member of the Community Choir of Stuttgart. Gladys passion in life was singing.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; their two sons, Max and Donnie Robbins; two sisters, Ruth Mock and Margaret Frances House; and one brother, Allen “Snookie” House.

Survivors are two sisters, Dorothy Grace and Kathy (Rayford) Swint, both of Stuttgart; and numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

Funeral services, officiated by Dr. David Bush, at 2:00 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church with burial following in Lone Tree Cemetery byTurpin Funeral Home.

Her family requests memorials to First United Methodist Church, 307 East Fourth St., Stuttgart, Ark. 72160; or Alzheimer’s Association, Arkansas Chapter, 204 Executive Court, Suite 301, Little Rock, Ark. 722054532.

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Memorial Service for Billy Tenison at later date

Russell Blanche Prine, 68, of Hazen, died Thursday, May 5, 2016.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hazen.

Russell is survived by her son, Heath (Sharona) Prine of Hazen; two daughters, Gina Pirtle of Hazen and Debbie (Keith) Kellar of Des Arc; sister, Carlene Riddell of Texarkana, Texas; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, May 11, at the First Baptist Church in Hazen.

Burial was in the Hazen Cemetery with Westbrook Funeral Home of Hazen in charge of arrangements.

Russell was preceded in death by her parents, James Russell and Geraldine Pitts Crowly of Hazen and grandparents, James and Blanche Crowly of Hazen and Carl and Nona Rochelle Pitts of Carlisle.

Billy Don Tenison, of Hickory Plains, Arkansas, born January 6, 1947, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016.

Survivors include his wife of forty-eight years, Donnie Cook Tenison; two sons, Michael Shane (Melinda) and Mark Shawn, both of Hickory Plains; daughter Melanie of Beebe; two grandsons, Michael Gregory and Mark Nicholas; sisters Joyce Campbell and Carolyn Arkles, both of Lonoke.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a nokill animal shelter or charity of your choice.

A private memorial service will be held at a later date.

Cremation arrangements by Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe.

Gary Lee Pullman, College Station native, dies at Stuttgart Gary Lee (Pully) Pullman, 65, of Stuttgart passed away Friday, May 6, 2016, at Baptist Health-Stuttgart.

He was born Jan. 31, 1951, in College Station, Ark., to the late Lewis and Mary Nell Pullman. He was a member of Jesus Name Church of Christ and held various positions over the years like an entrepreneur.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, John Pullman; and one granddaughter, Elana Pullman.

Survivors are three sons, Bo ( Julia) Pullman of Almyra and Zackary and BJ Pullman of White Hall; two daughters, Trasina (Ronnie) King of Stuttgart and Taylor (Matthew) Watson of White Hall; one brother, Joe (Jean) Pullman of Stuttgart; one sister, Jerry Lynn Rockwell of Stuttgart; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were 10 a.m. Tuesday at Jesus Name Church of Christ with burial following in Lone Tree Cemetery.

Carrie B. Shoffner, Searcy resident, buried at Hazen Carrie Bessie Shoffner, 85, of Searcy passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 at her home. She was born June 18, 1930 in Vandervoort, Arkansas to the late Carlos and Louvada (Faulkner) Duncan.

Carrie was a lifetime member of Trinity Baptist Church in Searcy. She dedicated her life to her family and to her work. She spent 32 years at the International Shoe Factory, and 21 years at Wal-Mart. Carrie worked right up to the day she passed. Carrie was a kind hearted individual who had a feisty side to her. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend who will be dearly missed.

Left to cherish her memory are her two daughters, Norma McCosh (Eddie R.) of Pangburn, and Gina Wilson of Searcy; seven grandchildren, Eddie Wayne McCosh, Jo Ann McCosh, Anna McCosh, Shane McCosh, Karen Ball, Amy McCosh, and Haley Grimes; six great grandchildren, Lindsey Jett, Josey Ball, Corbin Ball, Raelynn McCosh, Jase McCosh, and Maci Gibson; and a host of other family and friends.

In addition to her parents Carrie was preceded in death by her siblings, two brothers, Marion and George Duncan; and three sisters, Minnie Lein, Lula Haynes, and Naomi Wallace.

Funeral services wereheld at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, at Trinity Baptist Church with burial following at Hazen Cemetery.

William Thomas Davis, 81, of Carlisle, formerly of Stuttgart, passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2016.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Jane; father, Bruce Davis; mother Mary Irene McGhee, and half-sister, Sue Davis.

Survivors include sons, Phillip, Larry and Michael Davis of California; halfbrothers Carl (Mignon) Cunningham, Carrol (Pat) Cunningham, and Mickey Davis; half-sister Janet (Larry) Massey.

A graveside service was held at 10:00 am Tuesday, May 10, in Lone Tree Cemetery at Stuttgart.

Arrangements were by www.SearcyMcEuenFunerBoyd Funeral Home, alHome.com Lonoke. www.boydfuneralhome.net

Ricky Lee Fisher

Ricky Lee Fisher set sports records for Searcy Lions Ricky Lee Fisher, 55, of Searcy passed away on May 2, 2016.

He was born October 22, 1960 in Albia, Iowa.

In high school, Rick played football helping to lead the team to many victories in 3A along with setting records in disc and shotput for the Searcy Lions that are still held today.

After high school, he attended Arkansas Tech University before joining his family in Searcy at the family business at Agra Turf where he worked in sales since 1986.

He is survived by his parents, Ronald and LaDonna Fisher; children, Shanna, Holly and Ricky Fisher II; grandchildren, Karson and Laila Fisher; sister, Pamela Morehart ( Jim); brother Rodney Fisher (Angela) also many other loving family members and friends.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Clifford and Ida Lewis; Ralph and Pearl Fisher.

Funeral service were 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 5, at Roller-Daniel Funeral Home in Searcy with Bro. Gary Stotler officiating.

Interment was in White County Memorial Gardens with Aaron Morehart, Austin Morehart, Ryan Fisher, Derek Holloway, Nathan Holloway and Justin Holloway serving as pallbearers. Alan Holloway and Larry Holloway werehonorary pallbearers.

Memorial service held at Carlisle for Charlene Dunn Charlene May Dunn, 62, of Carlisle passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2016.

She is survived by daughters Mandy (Todd) Ferguson of Carlisle and Rhonda (Joe) Wilbourn of Madison, Alabama; two sisters, Earline Hall of Batesville and Patty Dunn of Houston, Texas. She is also survived by two granddaughters, Katlyn Stock and Jada Ferguson, both of Carlisle.

She was preceded in death by her parents Hubert and Albertie Dunn; sisters Louise Dixon and Mary Owens; brothers, James Dunn and twin brother Charles Dunn, and a grandson, Roger Weir.

A graveside memorial in her honor were held on Friday, May 6 at 10:00 a.m. at Carlisle Cemetery.

Arrangements were by Boyd Funeral Home, Lonoke. www.boydfuneralhome.net.

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Services Friday O. W. Shaffer at Cotton Plant dies at Carlisle William (Bill) Shaffor C. A. Butcher fer,Oscar 76 of Carlisle, AR,

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Service Monday at Beebe for Tressie Bryant Tressie Fay Hoggard Bryant, of Austin, Arkansas, was born January 31, 1923 to James Daniel and Hixie Carruth Germany Hoggard on the family farm at Woodlawn in Lonoke County.

She departed this life on May 8, 2016 at the age of 93.

She was a life-long member of Providence United Methodist Church.

Tressie married Posie Bryant on February 20, 1943. They made their home together on the Woodlawn farm their entire married life until his death in 2010, and she was blessed to be able to live out her days on the land she loved.

Tressie was the youngest of five children and was predeceased by her parents, a brother, Albert Hoggard, and sisters Aleine Jones, Marie Baty and Irene Hoggard. She was also preceded in death by one grandson, Dan Bryant and daughter-in-law Myra Bryant.

Survivors include her children Danny Bryant and Galen (Lois Ann) Bryant of Carlisle, Avis (Len) Cotton of Dardanelle, Phil (Patty) Bryant of Broadway, N.C., and Beverley (Guinn) Massey of Sherwood; grandchildren, Cindy Hutchins, Mike Massey, Carey Bryant, Sarah Cotton Patterson, John Bryant, Tom Cotton, Paul Bryant, and Andrea Clevenger; and eleven great–grandchildren.

A child of the depression and a young adult during WWII, Tressie developed a strong work ethic. She was a full working partner with Posie in their dairy farm for 28 years. She retired from Kellwood Industries and later Remington Arms, and then began a thriving quilting business which she continued into her 90’s. She was well-known for her skills as a seamstress and was recognized for over 60 years of continuous membership in the Woodlawn Extension Homemakers Club. The Bryant Family was named the North Lonoke County Farm Family of the Year in 1962.

Visitation will be held Sunday afternoon from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at SmithWestbrook Funeral Home in Beebe.

Funeral services will be Monday, May 16, 2016 at 10 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to a church or charity of the donor’s choice.

Charles Aubrey Butcher, Jr., age 69, passed away at the Baptist Health Medical Center in North Little Rock on Monday, May 9, 2016.

Survivors include his wife, Anne Williamson Butcher of Cotton Plant; two sons, Charles A. Butcher III of Springdale and David Butcher and wife Rachel of Cotton Plant, and three grandchildren, Bryce Butcher, Brayden Butcher and Madisyn Butcher.

Visitation will be 6:008:00 PM, Thursday at Bob Neal & Sons Funeral Home in Brinkley.

Services will be 11:00 AM, Friday at Broadmoor Baptist Church in Brinkley.

Burial will follow in Johnson Cemetery in Wheatley.

Fern E. Putt died May 4 at Chambers Fern Elizabeth Putt, 92, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at Chambers Nursing Home in Carlisle.

She was born March 7, 1924, in the Humphrey area. She was a homemaker and a member of Corinth Missionary Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, Elvin Putt; and two brothers, Bob Wicklund and Bill Wicklund.

Survivors are a son and daughter-in-law, H.L. and Helen Putt of Humphrey; a daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Phil Eichler of Carlisle; five grandchildren and their spouses, Rodney Putt and wife Brenda of Baytown, Texas; Mike Putt and wife Claire of Austin, Ark.; Shannon Bobo and husband Steve of Humphrey; Missy Madar and husband Jason of Carlisle; and Beth Eichler of Stuttgart; and 14 greatgrandchildren, Dylan, Austin and Caleb Putt; Ethan, Allison and Madeleine Putt; Alana, Connor and Luke Boston and Elizabeth Raye Bobo; Cade, Callie and Cassie Madar and Katee Vick; and two sisters, Dorothy McCarty of Humphrey and Anna Belle Flanery and husband Beau of Stuttgart.

Visitation is 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Friday at Turpin Funeral Home. Funeral services are 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Turpin Funeral Home with Bro. Garry Wayne Alverson officiating. Burial will follow in Frazier Cemetery by Turpin Funeral Home of Stuttgart.

The family suggests memorials to Frazier Cemetery or to the donor’s charity of choice.

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passed away on Monday, May 9, 2016. He was born on March 18, 1940 in Hitt, MO. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, and sister.

He is survived by his wife Mona Skaggs Shaffer; three sons, Barry (Annette), Brett (Tammy), and Reuben Scott (Lauren); one daughter, Kara Shell (Greg), and five grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held Thursday at 2 PM at the Methodist Church in Carlisle.

Beaureta Worring dies at Stuttgart Beaureta Mae Worring, 87, of Humphrey passed away Friday, May 6, 2016, at Baptist Health-Stuttgart.

Beaureta was born Feb. 12, 1929, in Arkansas County to the late William and Gracie Skaggs. She was a member of Harmony Baptist Church and retired from Producers Rice Mill Quality Control.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ray Worring; three sisters, Marie Wilson, Margaret Skaggs and Roberta Lane; one brother, William Brian Skaggs Jr.; and one daughter Betty Jo Worring.

Survivors are two daughters, Linda Kay Worring of Humphrey and Vickie Ann Branson of Pine Bluff; one adopted daughter, Heidi (Travis) Hall of Sheridan; one adopted son, Shane Ray (Dawn) Worring of Star City; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were 2 p.m. Tuesday with visitation one hour before at Turpin Funeral Home in Stuttgart.

Burial followed in Williams Cemetery.

Pauline Lambert dies at Stuttgart Pauline Lambert, 57, of Stuttgart passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2016.

She was preceded in death by her father, Felix Raymond Arnone; mother, Bonnie May Mixon; brother-in-law, Raymond Martin and grandson, Conner Jackson.

She is survived by her husband, Bobby E. Lambert Sr.; son, Bobby E. Lambert Jr., of Stuttgart; daughters, Amy Lynne (Thomas) Jackson and Jamie Lynne (Billy) Freeman, of Picayune, Mississippi; sister, Lela Mae Martin, of Mobile, Alabama; grandchildren, Emily Diane Jackson, Isabella Jackson and Garrett Jackson, of Picayune, Mississippi; and two brothers, Joe Arnone and Felix Arnone, both of Moblie, Ala. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at Jesus Name Church of Christ in Stuttgart, under the direction of Weems Family Funeral Services of Carlisle.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Jesus Name Church of Christ, 1805 S. Park Avenue Stuttgart, AR 72160.

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F. L. Thomason dies unexpectedly in North Little Rock Franklin Lynn Thomason, 59, of Des Arc died unexpectly Friday, May 6, 2016 at Baptist Health Medical Center in North Little Rock.

Frank was born December 19, 1956 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas to Hershel and Mae (Watkins) Thomason.

Survivors include his wife, May Lynn (Scott) Thomason; four sons, Jeremy (Erin) Thomason, Jacob Thomason, Joshua (Emily Anne) Thomason, and Joseph (Hayley) Thomason; six grandchildren, Benjamin, Audrey, Zoey, Hayden, Jackson, Lillianna Thomason; his mother, Mae Thomason; one brother, Terry (Sherry) Thomason; one sister, Felicia (Terry) Hardage.

Frank was preceded in death by his father, Hershel Thomason.

Visitation was Tuesday, May 10, from 10:00 AM-2:00 PM at First Baptist Church, Des Arc. Funeral services followed at 2:00 with Dr. Melvin York officiating.

Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery by Garth Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Jeremy Thomason, Jacob Thomason, Joshua Thomason, Joseph Thomason, Chris Rogers, Gary Carter. Honorary pallbearer was Melvin Brownfield.

The family moved to Des Arc several years ago. They were in dairy farming and very active in the county fair. His wife is on the high school faculty at Des Arc. The family requests that memorials be made to the Mission Bible Fund, First Baptist Church, Des Arc, AR.

Booker Currie Jr. burial at Augusta Booker Thomas Currie Jr., 87, of B r i n k l e y passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016.

He was born on October 13, 1928 to Booker T. Currie and Rose Anna Gaines in Augusta, Arkansas.

Booker was preceded in death by his wife, Pearlie Mae Whitman Currie and his parents.

He is survived by two daughters, Lula Palmer of Moro, and Ardenia Griffin of Forrest City; five sons, Claudell Whitman Sr. of Moro, Arkansas, Troy Whitman Sr. of Brinkley, Eugene Whitman of Ohio, Julius Whitman of Little Rock, and Jeremiah Whitman of Virginia; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; one sister, Ruby Flint of Texas; two special cousins, Erma Cummins and Viola Moore Smith;

Asthma is a serious, sometimes life-threatening chronic respiratory disease that affects the quality of life for almost 24 million Americans, including an estimated 6 million children.

While asthma cannot be cured, it can be controlled.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has many resources to help educate kids, families, teachers, and healthcare providers on the environmental factors that can affect asthma, and how to avoid triggering attacks.

EPA’s “No Asthma Attacks” educational program features public service announcements, videos, websites and other education resources available for free.

Included in these materials are ready-to-air radio segments in the Native American languages of Navajo, Lakota, and Anishinaabe.

EPA also partners with other federal agencies and national organizations to help raise awareness of asthma and the importance of managing common environmental asthma triggers. Partners include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, the Asthma Community Network, and the American Lung Institute.

By working together, EPA and its partners encourage integration of outreach and education on environmental asthma triggers.

May is Asthma Awareness Month, but you can many nieces, nephews, family and friends.

Visitation was held on Friday, May 6, at 1:00 p.m. at Harris Chapel Cemetery off of Highway 33 in Woodruff County Road 725, Augusta, with graveside services immediately following at 2:00 p.m. Elder Troy Whitman Sr. officiating.

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

Week of May 2 Days of field work: 4 Top soil Moisture: 100% Adequate Sub soil Moisture: 100% Adequate Major Activities: Planting of rice and soybean resumed mid week after torrential rains. Some flushing of rice was occurring to aide in plant emergence. Herbicides and fertilizer continued to be applied to corn, rice and sorghum.

Crop Progress: Corn: 100% emerged Rice: 90% planted, 75% emerged Soybean: 35% planted, 20% emerged Crop Condition: Corn: 100% Fair Rice: 25% Poor, 75% Fair Soybean: 100% Fair Pasture/Hay: 100% Good Livestock Condition: 3 Fair

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By Rev. Dee Harper

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The Time is Now! Scripture: Haggai 2:10-19

A hundred years ago, members of the Bethlehem United Methodist Church built a large sanctuary to accommodate their growing numbers. The church will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the sanctuary later this month. Though renovated and expanded through the years, the original structure remains in use. The Bethlehem Community is located west of Hickory Plains off Hwy. 38 on the west and Hwy. 31 on the south.

By Ed Galucki, Assistant Editor Cabot Star Herald, Cabot, AR

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ne hundred years ago members of Bethlehem church gathered together and built themselves a sanctuary, and now Bethlehem United Methodist Church of Lonoke will celebrate the centennial of that effort, the Rev. Carolyn Y. Staley, pastor, announced. The 100th anniversary of the church sanctuary will be marked on Sunday, May 22, All former members, pastors, friends and interested public are invited to the celebration, she said.

The church serves Lonoke and other communities including Austin and Ward; some church members travel from Jacksonville, Cabot and Beebe, Staley said.

Events on the day begin at 11 a.m. with a special worship service, followed by a fellowship potluck dinner, the program “Memories and Music,” and visitation at Salem Cemetery.

Guest preacher will be the Rev. Richard Lancaster, District Superintendent.

According to documents provided by Staley, the church was founded in 1871.

There had been a Presbyterian church in the community before Bethlehem was established. It was on the land where Salem Cemetery is now located; Salem Cemetery has been on the land since 1867.

In its beginning, Bethlehem church had no conference ties, there was no pastor; the membership roll contained the names of 15-20 persons.

The land for the church was given by Elijah H. McCrosky with the condition that the neighbors would help construct the building. Trees were plentiful, so logs were cut and hewn for the new church; logs were split for pews; wooden shutters were used for windows.

McCrosky was given the honor of naming the church, which was named after Bethlehem Church in his former Tennessee community.

The congregation worshiped in the log building for about nine years. Sunday School met every Sunday and used the only available literature — the Bible.

By 1880, membership had grown to 65 members. Two additional acres of land were purchased and a new frame building was built in 1888. At that time, Bethlehem was admitted to the Little Rock Conference and placed on the Old Austin circuit with Old Austin, Concord, Mt. Tabor, Prov-

idence, Smyrna, Mt. Zion and South Bend.

After several changes through the years, in 1987 Bethelhem was moved to Little Rock Conference where it continues today.

By 1916 the congregation numbered 200 and a larger building was erected, which continues to serve the congregation.

For many years, the fourth Sunday in July marked the beginning of the Bethlehem annual revival. Horse-drawn wagons loaded with families came from every part of the region. Brush arbors were built and the services moved outdoors because of the heat.

Decoration Day has been observed on the fourth Sunday in May, and, since World War II included a potluck lunch on the grounds.

Visitation at Salem Cemetery is also a part of the afternoon for families with loved ones buried there.

A potluck lunch continues to be enjoyed on the fourth Sunday of every month.

In December 1987, following many months of planning, the “Christmas Road to Bethlehem” was begun as a ministry to the community. The project is not owned by the church but is organized and produced with the help of church and neighbors along Bethlehem Road.

Visitors traveling east on Bethlehem Road see life-size scenes and read Scriptures about the birth of Jesus. It leads to the church where the Nativity scene is shown.

The church is well-known for its annual Christmastime “Road to Bethlehem” displays that bring hundreds of people to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas; nearly 40 displays on the lawns of Bethlehem Road residences depict the Bible story of the journey to Bethlehem and Christ’s birth - culminating in the nativity scene on the church lawn, Staley said.

For more information about the Centennial contact Freddie or JoAnn Abshure at 501-438-2272.

Journal Editor Note: My father, L. W. Langford, was born and grew up in the Bethlehem Community, located at the Lonoke County line. His uncle, Jack Langford, and Jack’s son , Aussie Langford, were lifelong members of the church. I was told that Jack Langford could make the rafters of the old church shake when he sang the old hymns.

The late Scottish theologian Peter T. Forsythe said, “The first duty of every soul is to find not its freedom but it’s Master.” This is a uniquely challenging verse for us today. In our culture, there is a specific emphasis on freedom.

We were founded on a revolution after all. We tend to be suspicious of any ideas that would limit or make claim on us. But yet, that very emphasis on freedom can become in its’ own way a master.

We tend to gravitate to wanting to find our own way. If something does not give us an immediate gratification, we say it doesn’t work. We have money back guarantees. The problem comes when we apply this to our spiritual life.

Craig Groeschel, pastor of Life Church in Oklahoma, tells the story of a guy he struck up a friendship with at the gym that he was going to. They had gotten to know each other over several years. Craig had invited him to church several times and the man said no.

One day the man was talking to Craig and talked about all the problems that were going on in his life.

Craig said, “dude you got to come to church”. So the man did and Craig talked to him later and he said, “It didn’t work.”

Craig was like what? The man said it didn’t work. Craig said to him, “You have been smoking everyday for years, you have cheated on your girlfriend not once but with three different women, you have been up to your neck in debt for years, and you have been basically ignoring God for your whole adult life. You think going to church one time is going to instantly solve your troubles!”

This type of idea not only is magical thinking, but it’s also conditional obedience. It’s having the attitude: God, I will follow you if everything starts going right and easy in my life. If it gets hard, God, then I am going to ignore you and your commands.

It is what the faith community in Haggai’s time was facing. They had been stirred up by Haggai’s words and they had started the project, but they again became disappointed because they still thought that this was going to be easy.

Three months had gone by and the land was still challenging, the harvest was meager, and there were still threats. They began to wonder if it was worth it. Their obedience in following God was still conditional.

The prophet Haggai was calling out the people. The laying of the foundation and reconsecrating it was a cause for celebration, but the people had already lost their enthusiasm. They were again wondering what the point was.

Because times were tough, they didn’t want to celebrate the new beginning of the temple.

Haggai went to the other priests and began to talk to them about clean and unclean things. The jist of the conver-

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Bethlehem United Methodist Church today Trump’s campaign selects white nationalist for convention delegate Donald Trump's campaign has selected a white nationalist as a delegate from California to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July.

William Johnson, 61, who leads the American Freedom Party was announced Monday as a delegate for Trump, Mother Jones reported on Tuesday.

His name was included on a list of 169 Trump delegates published by the California Secretary of State's Office.

Johnson's group "exists to represent the political interests of White Americans" and aims to preserve "the customs and heritage of the European American people," Mother Jones reports.

Older citizens make up over 40% of state’s populatiom May is Older Americans Month. With more than 40% of the Arkansas's population age 60 and over suffering from food insecurity, we want to take a special opportunity to raise awareness for those who don't have access to adequate nutrition. Blaze a Trail is the motto of the 2016 awareness month.

Food insecurity among seniors is primarily due to financial hardship, lack of transportation, mobility limitations and the shortage of food stores in the area. Malnutrition can lead to chronical diseases and depression. For the elderly,

this is an especially serious threat, as the immune system is also weaker.

Arkansas has the highest rate in the nation of food insecurity among seniors.

In deed, 33% of all households with elderly or disabled persons in Arkansas receive SNAP benefits and 10.6% of the senior citizens in the state live below the poverty line. Sadly, not all seniors who qualify for nutrition assistance are receiving benefits.

The Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance SNAP Outreach team works to help seniors apply for and receive the benefits they need.

Sunday, May 8 IN DES ARC First Baptist Church 230/258 Gospel Mission....................185 Lakeside Miss. Baptist..55/136 First United Methodist........96 Faith Missionary Baptist.60/92 Family Worship Center........58 First Assembly of God49/70 Fellowship Miss. Baptist....... 35 Church of Christ................24 Church of God of Prophecy.. 17 Living Waters Full Gospel.....39 AREA CHURCHES Hickory Plains Miss. 49/134 Morris Chapel Miss. Baptist..33 Pleasant Ridge Miss. Bap. 13/28 Hickory Plains Methodist..... 34 Hickory Plains Nazarene...... 34 Judson Memorial Baptist...... 22 Sand Hill Miss. Baptist...9 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.

You Are Invited to Worship EVERY Sunday with one of Des Arc’s Local Congregations!

sation was that it is a whole lot more simple to defile clean things than it is to make something unclean, clean again.

He uses this as a metaphor for the unclean state of the people’s hearts.

He said that the problem was not their lack of resources or the hard times that they were facing but that their hearts were defiled.

They were a people whose spirits were not right with God. They were doing the work but they had not dealt with the impurity in their lives. It was this impurity that lived on in the work of their hands.

The prophets message that God gave him was for the people to not only rebuild the temple but to rebuild their lives on the foundation of God’s promise and obedience to the Lord.

The prophet Joel had it right in his prophetic word when he told the people at that time. “Rend your hearts and not your garments.” In other words the people’s hearts needed to be changed before their actions whether actions of repentence or actions of rebuilding were going to be acceptable.

So, what can this passage teach us about our faith journey? It tells us that sin is corruptive. It can infect everything that we do. It can defile all the things that we do.

The people were so passionate three months before, yet that passion became conditional on God making it all better. God wants his people’s hearts and their obedience. He wants his people who returned from Babylon to have the faith that Daniel and his friends had when they were sent there.

You remember when Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were about to be thrown into the fire, they said, “If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

God still calls us today to follow him and to practice obedience. Jesus said if you want to be my disciple take up your cross and follow me.

We are not just saved from something, but we are saved into something. We are given a new life-one centered around being in relationship and following God. The blessing of following God isn’t that all our problems will go away overnight. In fact, following God and being a disciple presents its’ own set of problems.

However, following God also gives us the promise that God is with us and the blessing that we will be with God now and forever.

May you hold on to that promise as you seek to follow God and have a blessed week.

Bro. Dee

AARP Driver Safety Course May 20th Primes Times of the White County Medical Center now Unity Health located at 3214 East Race Avenue, will host an AARP Smart Driver Course on Friday, May 20th, 2016, in the Hubach Center. The class starts at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 12:30 p.m. You need to park in the back of the hospital off Moore Street. For your convenience, use the elevator to go to the 1st floor. You may want to consider bringing a coat due to the chill in the room.

The instructor is Bertie and Jerry Yates. The cost of the course is $15.00 for AARP members and for non-members the cost is $20.00. You will need to make your check payable to AARP or you can pay in cash. To get your discount, you MUST have your AARP card.

Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate which will entitle you to a discount on your auto insurance for 3 years if you are 55 years or older. To register for the class, call Elizabeth Leaver at Prime Times, at 501-278-3230.

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DAHS Class of 1951 in 65th year reunion at Margrave home

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Partain-Inman wedding plans are announbced All friends and family are invited to join Christi Yates Partain and James Inman of Des Arllc as they exchange their wedding vows on Saturday, May 14, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the First United Methodist Church in Des Arc. ;Everyone is also invited to attend the reception in the fellowship hall following the ceremony.

“It was a pleasure hosting the Des Arc High School graduating Class of 1951 at my home in Des Arc to celebrate our 65th reunion,” said Sue Johnson Margrave. The reunion was held on Saturday, May 7, 2016.

The theme throughout the home and activities was casual and homey with much reminiscing, laughter and good will while enjoying a light luncheon.

Those attending were Dr. John Bethell of Little Rock, Dr. James and Farrell (Vance) Ford of Arkadelphia, Kathryn Fuller Smith of Damascus, Gaylor Hale and Margrave of Des Arc. The five roasted Dr. John Bethell as this is his 40th year as a practicing physician.

The group enjoyed recalling some funny instances while in high school and presented him with a “Dammit Doll” which was something he had never heard of nor seen. He was given a demonstration; ie. when frustrated slam the

doll on the table and say dammit, dammit, dammit.

Dr. Bethell had the privilege of making his own schedule at the emergency room of the Baptist Hospital in North Little Rock. He has great understanding, knowledge and wisdom of his profession and we applaud his devotion in taking care of the sick, injured and saving lives.

“So many of our graduates are no longer with us but are not forgotten as we recall the names of those who are not here today,” said Margrave. “We were in all accord with feeling blessed that we can still take care of our daily needs, can still drive and happy that we can share the day together,” she said.

Thanks to Kathryn’s son, Les, for sharing his delicious chocolate chip cookies and to Glenda Gales for her famous Ice Box Coconut Cake.

God Bless us all and God Bless America.

Thoughts and prayers are extended to Kenneth Tallent who after a nineday hospital stay, is undergoing nine weeks of radiation and chemo treatments. He was diagnosed in January.

Get well wishes are sent to Vickie Prine who was rushed to the emergency room at Springhill Baptist recently. She underwent a heart cath and doctors stated that she did not require a stint. She is home but is very weak.

Prayers are sent to Emma Jean Nannie. She is dealing with several health issues and has had a recent surgery. Her sister, Patsy Boothe, has also been having health problems. They are the sisters of Clara Mae (George) Branham.

Several Des Arcians traveled to Alltel Arena in Little Rock to take in the Disney on Ice “Frozen” performance over the weekend.

Everyone reported the children really enjoyed the show as well as the adults.

Mrs. Anna Johnston, our faithful Morris Chapel Missionary Baptist Church reporter, is waiting to find out the results of recent tests she had. She has been feeling under the weather lately but says she is feeling better each day. Prayers for continued good health.

Jason Eldridge and other members of the 77th Combat Aviation Brigade advanced echelon team left Camp Robinson on Tuesday, May 11 heading to Texas for the next phase of their pre-deployment to Kuwait. This team will join other deploying teams from nine other states and territories.

Maeola and her Sports quilt top

Betty's Xmas quilt top

We received welcome email news Wednesday

A baby shower honoring Michekala and Seth Lantrip will be held at the home of Becky Tallent at 3948 Eoff Conder Road on Saturday, May 14 from 1:30 to 3:30 in the afternoon.

They are registered at Babies R Us, Target and Walmart. It’s a Boy!

Maeola's Ballerina quilt

ful donation. We are proud that you are part of the ACH "TEAM"--Together Everyone Achieves Miracles! Let me assure you that your donation of teaching dolls in honor of Asher "Bit" Ray is greatly appreciated by these children and their families.

After all, when they are counting on us, nothing less that the best will do-and your donation helps make that possible."

Plans were discussed for the Country Quilt Camp which will be on June 17-19 at the Cross Heirs Retreat Center. Members were asked to arrive early on Fri-

day to help set up the tables and sewing areas; and also to help campers unload and take them to their rooms.

There are still openings available for anyone who would like to attend the quilt/craft camp weekend. Please call Marsha at 870-673-1430 to register or for more information.

There will be a quilt LKshow at Pine Bluff at the Reynolds center on May 13 and 14.

Show and Share: Maeola had three quilts to show to the group...A Ballerina quilt for an aspiring young ballerina, a Blue

Lisa is a pharmacist with the Palace Drug Store in Des Arc. Husband. father and grandfather, Patrick, is with a large farm operation near Des Arc.

Checkerboard quilt and a Sports quilt top for a grandson's graduation.

Betty showed her Xmas quilt made from layer cake blocks.

The Treasure Table was again full of treasures to take home. Quilt magazines, books, panel squares and crochet thread were snatched up by lucky members.

The next stitching circle at the Plantation Museum at Scott will be May 28th.

The next meeting will be June 8th at 9:30 at the Stuttgart Public Library .

Congratulations to

Molly Jones

Bride-Elect of Brent Calhoun Shower: May 14 Gospel Mission

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Grand Prairie Quilt Society holds April meeting The Grand Prairie Quilt Society met May 11 at the Stuttgart Public Library with 8 members present.

Glenda opened the meeting with the Thought for the Day..."One yard of fabric is just like a cookie, one is never enough." The April minutes and treasurer's report were read and approved.

Betty and Glenda delivered the 43 teaching dolls to Arkansas Children's Hospital. Glenda read a thank you letter from the hospital...."On behalf of all of us at Arkansas Children's Hospital, thank you for your kind and thought-

Lisa Mullen of Des Arc and daughter, Tricia Ginn of Marion, Ar, recently spent three days in Knoxville, Tenn., with Tricia’s sister, Beth Ann Tollison, husband, Taylor, and two-year old son, Avett.

The Tollisons recently moved into a new home.

Beth Ann is a ‘stay at hone mom’ while Taylor does Campus Outreach Ministry at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Tricia is teaching at a Project Based School, the Delta School, the firsr of its kind in Arkansas, located in Wilson, AR. Tyler is an attorney in Marion.

Jason is the son of Dixie Britt and Jimmy Eldridge, Sr. and a Des Arc High School graduate. He is the grandson of the late Lena Britt and the late John and Georgetta Eldridge.

Baby Shower for Seth Lantrips this SaturdayL

Maeola's Blue Checkerboard quilt

from Judy Coker Andrews of Dallas and a 1958 DAHS graduate. Her brother, Dr. Randal Coker, a 1955 DAHS graduate, would’ve been 79 years young May 10 had he lived. And her husband, Bill Andrews died suddenly on May 8 in 1999. Hard to believe it has been 17 years.

Early May has turned out to be full of memories for my family.

But, I find comfort in remembering the positives of having them in our lives.

My twin grandsons (Nick and Drew Mills) will receive college degrees this Saturday from the University of North Texas in Denton. They are our daughter, Theresa's first born. It will be a big day and accomplishment for them -- and for their mother, who suddenly became a widow when they were 9.

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Des Arc Auto & Ag Center

Lamar and Don Harvey Families & Employees West Main St., Des Arc, AR • 870-256-4545

Management and Employees Des Arc, AR - Phone 870-256-3600

Bruce Stevens Family & Employees Des Arc, AR • 870-256-3140

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Gra dua tes of Des Arc High S chool

Alyssa Mone Allen

Matthew Anderson Tate

Maeve Danielle Boyer

Quenton Carl Walters

Macy Janee Burnett

Daylon Dewon Conway

Jacob Ross Adams

Raymond Tanner Kloss

Noah Luke Kennedy

Jade Tristan Bell

Jacob Nathaniel Williams

Caleb A. Hitt

Jamie Lynn Norman

Randall Edward Flud

Andrew Levi Harris Ingle

Colt Bradley Covington

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A Cut Above/Fisher Bait Anna Beth & Shawn Fisher Family 5th & Main St., Des Arc, AR • 870-256-3378

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6th & Erwin St., Des Arc, AR • Rev. Dee Harper

Bell’s Ag Service

Big D’s One Stop

Smith-Taylor Ins. Agy.

Donald & Kelli Morton Family & Employees Hwy. 38 W., Des Arc, AR • 870-256-4700

Don & Tracy Harvey Family & Employees Hwy. 11 N., Des Arc, AR • 870-256-3800

The Tony Smith Family and Employees Des Arc, Ar - Phone 870-256-4176

Sno-White Dairy Bar

Farmers & Merchants Bank

Stephen Mapps Family & Employees Main St. St., Des Arc, AR • 870-256-3306

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Chestnut’s Garage

City of Des Arc

Keith and Rhonda Cheshier Family Des Arc, AR - Phone 870-256-3007

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Palace Drug

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Ray Harvey Family & Employees Main St., Des Arc, AR • 870-256-4317

Des Arc Eagle Booster Club

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Boosting You to Success!

From All Members and Supporters!

Lindsay’s Pizza & Grill

Lawrence Holloway, Agent 5th & Main St. St., Des Arc, AR • 870-256-4406

Riceland Foods

Drew Widener, Mgr., & Employees Hwy. 11 N., Des Arc, AR • 870-256-4125

King Kat Inc. Carter Harrison and Employees Hickory Plains, Arkansas - Phone 870-854-5187

Belinda Scott Family & Employees Hwy. 38 W., Des Arc, AR • 870-256-4400 C on gr a t ula t io ns , Li z zi e Sut t on !

White River Journal Congratulations to All Seniors and Faculty of DAHS

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WHITE RIVER JOURNAL, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016

ASU-Beebe to host 1950’s class reunion

White River Memoirs exhibit at local museum through December

BEEBE, Ark. –Arkansas State University-Beebe will host the Fourth Annual 1950’s Class Reunion at the McKay Student Center on the Beebe campus on Friday, May 27.

Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. and there will be campus tours, a program, speakers, as well as lunch provided in the University Café. Alumni who attended ASU-Beebe, formerly Beebe Junior College, between 1950 to 1959, are especially invited to attend the reunion.

The previous reunion in 2014 was attended by 42 alumnus and 16 guests representing the years 1950 to 1962. The group voted to return in 2016 for another class reunion.

To request an invitation to the reunion, contact Rosemary Frame at (501) 882-8855 or email rframe@asub.edu.

For more information about ASU-Beebe, call (501) 8823600 or view the website at www.asub.edu.

An exhibit opening for White River Memoirs was held on Saturday, April 30 at Lower White River Museum State Park in Des Arc. This exhibit explores the collective memories of the White River through art and other media, and is inspired by photographer Chris Engholm's journey on the river in a handmade canoe. The exhibit will remain on display at the mu-

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seum through December.

Lower White River Museum State Park is also offering a pearl stringing workshop this Saturday, May 7 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Explore the history of pearling on the White River while learning to make and care for pearl jewelry. Participants may make a necklace, bracelet, and/or earrings in the workshop.

For more information,

contact Monica Smith at Lower White River Museum State Park, 2009 Main Street, Des Arc, AR 72040.

Phone (870) 256-3711 Fax (870) 256-9202. Email: monica.f.smith@arkansas. gov.

Lower White River Museum State Park is one of 52 state parks administered by the State Parks Division of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism.

Send News, Photographs, and Letters to the White River Journal PO Box 1051 Des Arc, AR 72040 wrjnews1@centurytel.net

Please report your news to the Correspondent in your local Community GrEGory GLEaNiNGS

By Rosetta Lockhart

Opal Crider, Correspondent

The Hickory Plains School Reunion will be Saturday, June 4th. It will be held at the Hickory Plains United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall amd in the Park.

Lunch will be catered by King Kat (our own local homegrown, Carter Harrison).

Gather around 9:30AM or 10AM. Lunch will be served at 11:30AM! I was asked to request people to bring old recipes of their Mother’s or Grandmothers’.

The Evans Family Reunion will be June 5, 2016 Please put this on your calendars. It will be at the Gospel Mission Church Life Center in Des Arc, back of the Church.

Gather around 10AM, potluck, don’t bring, ice, paper goods or drink. We do take up donation, to give love offering for the use of the building & rest goes to Whippoorwill Cemetery.

Friday, I took JB, Clara’s dog (was very much company to her since she lives alone) to Dr. Jeff to have him put to sleep, while Clara went to Lonoke Sherwood Urgent Care. Then, Bob and I buried JB just before Clara got back home. She can see his grave out her window. Later, Bob, Clara and I went to Coco's and had dinner.

Please pray for her!

Saturday morning Clara's son, Brad, came to see her and to check on her. She had to have her fur baby, JB, put to sleep Friday and Brad had to make sure that his Momma was okay. She had JB almost 13 years and will miss him terribly. But she also knows that he is better off, since he lost his hearing and eyesight.

We had Mother's Day at our house Saturday. Chad and Tracy Cochran and the “Cochran 7”, Rick and Robbie, Carl and Christian Weaver and Chelsea (Carl’s girlfriend) were here.

Robbie and Tracy, fixed most of the lunch. Emily Cochran rolled Oreo balls.

Tracy and some of the kids dipped them after lunch.

They were YUMMY! Carl and Christian loves when Aunt Tracy makes them.

Chad and Rick grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, and all the trimmings.

Clara came over, ate with us and visited for quite awhile. Everyone enjoyed the food as well as visiting

with each other.

There was a great turnout for the wedding shower for Trevor Jones and bride elect, Candace Nelson (Candace is from Stuttgart) Saturday.

If anyone still needs to get this a gift, maybe even want to give it at the Wedding. They are registered at Wal-Mart, Kohl’s, Dillard’s, Bed, Bath,& Beyond. Their wedding will be June 19th.

Will give wedding info(location and time) when we get it.

Vanessa Graham was taken to Unity Hospital Sunday during Church.

She’s had episodes for a few years where she can’t breathe. Mickey and their daughter, Lola, took her to the ER. Doctor thought it was pneumonia. They admitted her and has been doing updrafts. Never was pneumonia.

They were to do the scope on her throat Wednesday afternoon.

Please keep her in your Prayers. She doesn’t want to come home until they really figure out the problem. But her grandson, Kevin Brannon graduates DAHS Friday night. Send her a card, 8477 Hwy 13n, Carlisle, AR 72024.

Sunday, after Clara and I got home from Church, Clara went to Lynda Kirk's and had Mother's Day lunch with her and her family.

Not only did they have plenty of good food to eat, they enjoyed visiting with each other. They have adopted Clara as Aunt Clara, and Clara has adopted them,too.

The Hickory Plains Cemetery Decoration was Sunday. Mr. Doyne Turner or Miles Patton were there for three days for donations to the Cemetery.

Had a great turnout and so thankful for the real nice weather. Cathy McArthur was glad they got Bud McArthur’s headstone set before decoration. It is really pretty!

Sympathy and Prayers to the Billy Tenison family.

Mr. Bill went to be with the Lord, Sunday evening, May 8, 2016. He and Ms. Donnie lived in Hickory Plains years ago, but moved back to Lonoke.

Their son, Shane and Melinda Tenison lives North of Hickory Plains.

Mail them a card, PO Box 303, Hickory Plains, AR 72066. They attend Hicko-

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ry Plains Missionary Baptist Church.

Their son, Shane Tenison lives North of Hickory Plains,too. Mail him a card, 13828, Hwy 13N, Ward, AR 72176. Prayers for Ms. Donnie. They plan to have Memorial Service at a later date.

Ethel McCall came to see me for a little while one day last week. She and HL need your Prayers. Send them a card,12107 Hwy 38 W, Ward, AR 72176.

Congratulations to Chad and Mallory Stallings on the birth, May 9, 2016, of their precious baby boy, Logan Eric. Grandparents are Jerry and Cindy(Covington)Stallings.

Great grandparents are Donnie and Betty Covington. They will have to do a baby announcement and put family names I don’t know.

Congratulations to all but especially ones from our Community that received awards Monday night at the DAHS Academic Banquet.

The Ladies' Drop By was Tuesday and had great attendance with twenty two present. Those attended were, Clara Clark, Charlotte Wrigley, Janice Bell, Jewel Ashmore, Iva Hamric, Judy Gore, Lynwood Neaville, Pat Welch, Dora Holloway, Mary Lou Miles, Margie Speight, Dessle Covington, Alves Bonner, Barbara Ingle, Robbie Veazey, Ms. Louise Speight, Marinell DeVore, Faye Martin, Mary Grace Smith, Pat Johnson.

Pat Jones and Terrie Skinner were new attendees. Pat Jones is moving to Beebe, so the luncheon was to honor her and tell her goodbye.

Jewel Ashmore made her a special decorated cake. She will be missed so much after she leaves Hickory Plains. I sure hate I missed it, I didn’t know Pat was going to be there.

CONGRATULATIONS to all our Seniors of DAHS graduating Friday night!!!

Come enjoy time with us at the next “Ladies Drop By”, Tuesday, June 14th at Hickory Plains Methodist Church. Lots of good laughter, food & it helps us to relax just to be together!

(REMINDER) People to call 870-854-3703 or email me () 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

Gathering at the Mickey Holders Mother’s Day were Kyle and Rebecca Brown, Carter and Tucker of Cabot, Matt Brown of North Little Rock, Jeff and Tracye Nick and Lee Willis of McCrory, Mark Holder and Brady of Des Arc and Donny and Michelle Brown of Gregory.

Karla and Peyton Clark attended the Kindergarten graduation of her granddaughter, Parker Tefteller from Lee Academy.

Troy Tims visited at Morton Saturday with Joe and Jean Hall. On Sunday Troy and Darlene visited Ruth Canard at the Woodruff County Health Center.

Sunday afternoon Brian and Jared Cooper of Judsonia and Jason, Hayden and Chloe Cooper of Gregory visited Troy and Darlene.

Virginia Davis of Caldwell surprised her mom,

Fannie Peters when she slipped in and sat by her at church Sunday. Mary Ann and Johnny Barnett and Phillip of Forrest City came for a visit on Saturday afternoon.

Mary Vincent’s Mother’s Day guests this week are her son, Cisco and Linda Serranos of Denver, her brother, Joe Hernandez of Calif.and during the weekend Bruce Vincent of Maumelle, Leo Hinejosa of Searcy, Manuel and Maria Hinejosa and Jennifer and Rosetta Lockhart joined them.

Mr. and Mrs. O.B. Fields spent Friday night in Monticello with David and Gatha Oltmann.

Monday Helen Fields,Fannie Peters and myself went to Cotton Plant for the Hypsion Club’s Salad Luncheon and

to finalize the plans for this coming Sunday’s celebration of the club having been in existence for 100 years ( organized on May 16th 1916) An OPEN HOUSE is set for you to come anytime between 2:30 and 4:30 and enjoy fellowship , goodies and look at the Scrap Book compiled by the club thru out the years.

It is going to be a busy day for this little girlchurch-that celebration and then at 6pm the ”Here’s Hope” event at the First Baptist Church in McCrory. Our very own Pastor,Dan Week's is to be the speaker. Woe may be me ,since I won’t get my nap.

So, let me see YOU at all these events.

Rosetta

­ EW­ BETHEL­ NEWS N Donna Kelly, Correspondent

We had a rather good week, weather wise. However it looks like more rain is in the forecast.

We had good services in Church today. Brother Fred’s Mom came with him Sunday morning.

We extend sympathy to the family of Marion Simmons. Also family of the to the Edge family in their loss.

John and I had a visit to

know! I know people do things that we would all enjoy reading about.

People can still call me to get crosses from Jewel Ashmore. The stained glass in the cross is from the Hickory Plains United Methodist Church taht burned four years ago.

HPOS wants to let everyone know that Tracy will serve breakfast on Sunday mornings.

She will also have a Sunday lunch special for $5.99. Dinner specials on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Come out and Enjoy!

Please suport Hickory P,lains 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 p .m.-2:30 p.m., and Sat., 10;00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Have a good week in The Lord!

Rich and poor have this i in common. The Lord is the Maker of them all. Proverbs 22:2 (NIV)

Dr. Anderson last week for check up and report on his health. I had some blood work.

Johnny came over for lunch with us and mowed our lawn.

John will try some therapy this week in Lonoke.

I hope everyone had a nice Mother’s Day. Charles and Vicki Ingle had dinner with Brother Fred and his Mother.

I had a call from Chloe Tarter. Charles has a busy appointment with the Doctor’s several times a week.

I had a call from Bruce Ingle last week. We had a nice chat. He wanted to know if I had some family pictures I could give him. I have been looking through some that I thought he would like.

We wish everyone a good week.

Lonoke & Prairie County IPM Meetings 11:00 am, Advada’s Diner Carlisle, AR May 17, 2016 Dr. Jason Kelley, Ext Agron-Wheat & Feed Grains Dr. Bob Scott, Professor-Weed Scientist Dr. Jarrod Harke, Rice Extension Agronomist

June 7, 2016 Dr. Jeremy Ross, Extension Agronomist-Soybeans Dr. Travis Faske, Extension Plant Pathologist

July 19, 2016 Dr. Gus Lorenz, Assoc Dept Head/Extension Ent Mike Hamilton, Instructor - Irrigation Education

August 16, 2016 Dr. Jason Kelley, Ext Agron-Wheat & Feed Grains Dr. Jarrod Hardke, Rice Extension Agronomist

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Recipes for Anytime From Rev. Jaimie Alexander Jaimie Alexander

Grilled Beef Tenderloin, Potato Bundles, Broccoli Cauliflower Casserole, Strawberry Shortcake Ooey Gooey Butter Cake combine to make a great meal to serve for a special occasion or an ordinary night. I hope you will enjoy these great recipes so tie on your apron and enjoy your time in the kitchen!

Grilled Beef Tenderloin 1 whole Beef Tenderloin2 sticks Salted Butter, Melted And Slightly Cooled3 Tablespoons Seasoned Salt, More To Taste3 Tablespoons Lemon & Pepper Seasoning, More To Taste Instructions Be careful with the melted butter, as it gets very hot on the grill. Use long, heavy tongs and wear heavy gloves when transporting the pan of finished tenderloin.

Cinco de Mayo: Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center celebrated Cinco de Mayo on Thursday, May 5. Some of the DANRC staff sang along with music brought to us by the Stevie Ray Band. We enjoyed refreshments, too. Thursday was also National Prayer Day that is set aside to pray for our children, schools, government and nation.

DeS ArC nurSing & r ehAbi lit Ation C ent er

by Activity Director, teresa henley

Greetings to everyone in the Des Arc Community.

We hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day. We celebrated Cinco De Mayo on Thursday and had a great time. The Stevie Ray Band was here entertaining us.

Our Mother’s here at Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation were honored on Friday with flowers, singing and refreshments.

Family visits were welcome on Sunday, Mother’s Day. Several of our resident Mothers were able to be home for the day. Everyone reported having a wonderful day.

We celebrated the 1950’s with reminiscing, fashion show and a little music. On Tuesday, we fast forwarded to the 60’s and the Beatles era.

On Wednesday, we were in the zone for the 70’splatform shoes, bell bottoms and psychedelic colors. We had a sweet tea social and cookies and strawberries. Yum, Yum! We played our version of Minute to Win It game.

Everyone had a great time and laughed until their sides hurt.

Today, Thursday, we are moving into the 80’s that some say was Michael Jackson’s best years in music. We had our Frito Pie Fundraiser at 10:00 a.m. snack time.

The DANRC Staff will be serving our supper this evening at 5:00 p.m. and we will watch the news at 6:00 p.m.

There are several things that are just about obsolete now that were very popular back in the 80’s.

There were waterbeds, big hair, shoulder pads in clothing, the Columbia Record Club, video rentals, shopping malls became a weekend trip, video arcades were the place to be for teenagers and the walkman came out.

Friday is National Crouton Day. We will be having apple pie with lunch.

The Disciples will be here at 10:00 a.m. and the Ice Cream truck will be here around 3:00 p.m.

Our Assembly of God

friends will be here for fellowship and games and Sunday, we have the Des Arc United Methodist Church and Faith Missionary Baptist Church here for services and fellowship.

We will have our Resident Council meeting on Tuesday, May 17 and our Fishing Trip has been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 18.

We hope the weather won’t prevent us from going this time.

The Weather Service is calling for thunderstorms today with some severe. Be safe.

Thirty-two seniors will be graduating in ceremonies at Des Arc High School on Friday evening, May 13. Good luck to all Seniors as they move on to another chapter in their lives.

Please come out when you can. We would love to have you come visit or play games with us.

That is all for this week.

We hope you have a blessed rest of the week.

Teresa Henley Activity Director

Using a sharp knife, carefully trim the silvery, tough membrane off the top of the tenderloin, leaving all the sections of the tenderloin intact. Place it into a heavy duty foil roasting pan and pour on the melted butter. Sprinkle on some of the seasonings, then place the pan on the grill.

After the butter starts to get hot, let it cook for a good 10 minutes, then turn it over and season the other side. Turn the tenderloin every 7-8 minutes, or as it starts to brown. If butter cooks away, add more!

Cook the tenderloin, turning occasionally, for a total of 20 to 30 minutes, depending on how thick it is. If using a meat thermometer, remove it when the temperature reaches 125 to 130 degrees.

Transfer the tenderloin to a large baking sheet or cutting board and let it rest for 5 to 10 minutes before slicing. Slice as thin or thick as you prefer.

Potato Bundles 6 whole Russet Potatoes1/2 whole Yellow Onion, Diced1 stick Butter1/2 cup Heavy Cream Kosher Salt To Taste Paprika To Taste Freshly Ground Black Pepper, To Taste2 Tablespoons Minced Parsley Instructions Pile potatoes and onions on a square of foil. Add 2 tablespoons butter.

Splash on cream. Then sprinkle on salt, paprika, and black pepper. Sprinkle minced parsley over the top.

Wrap bundles tightly and bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes, or until extremely tender.

Serve bundles right on the dinner plate. Serves 8.

Broccoli Cauliflower Casserole • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

1 head (large) Broccoli 1 head Cauliflower 6 Tablespoons Butter 1/2 whole Medium Onion, Diced 2 cloves Garlic, Minced 1/4 cup Flour 2-1/2 cups Chicken Broth 4 ounces,Cream Cheese, Room Temperature 1/4 teaspoon Salt 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper 1/4 teaspoon Seasoned Salt, More To Taste 1/4 teaspoon Paprika 1-1/2 cup Grated Monterey Jack Cheese, More To Taste 1 Tablespoon Butter 1/3 cup Seasoned Breadcrumbs

Break the broccoli and cauliflower into small florets, cutting off the thick stalks as you go. Steam them for 3 to 4 minutes until the broccoli is bright green, then remove them from the heat. Set aside.

In a large skillet, melt the 6 tablespoons of butter and saute the onion and garlic until the onion starts to turn translucent, about 3-4 minutes. Sprinkle the flour over the top, whisk to combine, and cook for another 45 seconds. Pour in broth, whisking constantly, then cook until the sauce thickens. Reduce the heat to low and add the softened cream cheese, salt, pepper, seasoned salt, and paprika. Stir to combine until the sauce is nice and smooth. Taste and adjust seasonings, making sure it's nice and flavorful! Keep warm.

In a small bowl, stir together the breadcrumbs and melted butter. Set aside.

Layer half the broccoli and cauliflower in a small casserole dish. Pour on half the cream sauce, then sprinkle on half the cheese. Sprinkle a little paprika on the cheese, then repeat with another layer of broccoli, sauce, and cheese.

End with a sprinkling of breadcrumbs. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 25-30 minutes, until cheese is melted and bubbly and the breadcrumbs are golden brown.

Serve

Strawberry Shortcake Ooey Gooey Butter Cake

Bean and Cornbread Supper at Senior Citizens Center Pictured above are just a few of those attending the Bean and Cornbread Supper at the Senior Citizens Center in Des Arc. The Disciples and Buddy Childress (at back) entertained guests as they dined.

Seni or Ci ti zenS Ce nte r DES ARC, ARK

By Barbara Williams, Site Director

We hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day weekend.

Monday Mrs. Barbara Graggs from Houseaboutit came and spoke to us about state health insurance assistance programs and had Beanbag Baseball practice that afternoon.

Tuesday Mrs. Belina Pedigo from Carelink came and explained about the Free Caregiver Grant Workshop.

We have forms about this if anyone is interested about this program. We played dominoes that afternoon.

Wednesday we enjoyed our homemade Breakfast and Bingo, and Mrs. Linda played and sang for us beautifully.

Thursday Mr. Leon Gad-

berry presented his information on Oxygen and the C-Pap, and we had Beanbag baseball practice again that afternoon.

Friday was our Bean and Cornbread Supper. Thanks for everyone coming out to support us.

Special thanks to Mrs. Ada and Ms. Nola Hampton for fixing the homemade fried pies, and to The Disciples, Ann Quattlebaum, and Allison Petrus for coming and singing and playing for everyone. It was truly great!

Our yard sale room is open every Thursday from 8-11 am, we are adding newly donated items every week.

Don’t forget our 3rd Annual Grills and Gowns Fundraiser May 14th at the

Cabot National Guard Armory. This event benefits our Meals on Wheels program for Lonoke and Prairie County.

Vendor booths for businesses and crafts will be available again this year, bounce houses for the kids and Popeye’s Chicken will have their catering team serving their world famous chicken and sides at the concession stand all day.

Doors open at 10:30 AM. You will not want to miss this year’s events!

God Bless and have a great weekend!

Barbara Williams, Site Director Olivia Holcomb Osborn, Meals on Wheels

Ingredients • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

1 white cake mix 1 egg 4 tablespoons water 6 tablespoons melted butter 1 pint strawberries sliced Cream Cheese filling 1 8 oz package cream cheese 4 oz. melted butter 2 eggs 2 cups confectionery sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Crumble ½ cup flour cup butter 3 tablespoons brown sugar ½ teaspoon salt

Instructions 1.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, 325 degrees if using a glass pan.

2.

Combine the cake mix, egg, water and butter together. Beat until it is combined. Spray a 9 x 12 pan with cooking spray and then put the cake mix layer over the bottom. Pat it down.

3.

Slice the strawberries and spread over the cake layer.

4.

Combine the cream cheese and vanilla until combined. Add the eggs one at a time and mix them in. Add the butter. When this is all combined together add the confectionery sugar. Spread evenly over the strawberry layer.

5.

Mix the crumble together in a small bowl until the crumble is about the size of peas. Spread over the cheesecake layer.

6.

Bake for about 50 -60 minutes. I used a glass pan (bake at 325) and it took just over an hour. The mixture will be puffed up in the center when done. It will jiggly just slightly. Remove from oven and let cool.

7.

Serve with strawberries and whipped cream if desired.

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Des Arc High School Students recognized for Academic Achievement

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Boyer and Hunter sign with UA-Monticello

Photos by Rodney Adams

Twelfth Grade

Maeve Boyer, left and Drelon Hunter, Seniors at Des Arc High School, signed Letters of Intent to attend the University of Arkansas at Monticello for band in ceremonies held before family and friends on Friday, May 6 in the High School gymnasium.

Maeve is the daughter of Kimberly Boyer and David Boyer of Des Arc and

Eight band students selected for Festival of Winds Honor Band

Eleventh Grade

Eight Des Arc High School Band members were selected to participate in the Festival of Winds Honor Band on Saturday, May 7 held at Hendrix College in Conway. The group worked on several pieces in their own section during the day and all came together to perform with the Hendrix College Wind Ensemble, Dr. Gretchen Renshaw, conductor. Pictured left to right are Trevor Hampton, Callie Long, Audrey Crawford, Treasure Durden, Drelon Hunter, Maeve Boyer, Michael Mateja and Larkin Fouse.

Harvey’s Pony League Schedule

Tenth Grade Thurs., May 12 @England* Tues., May 17 @Des Arc* Thurs., May 19 @Lonoke* Sat., May 21 @Hazen Tues., May 24 @Des Arc*

6 p.m.

6 p.m.

6 p.m.

10 a.m.

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

Des Arc Baseball Summer League Schedule

NInth Grade

Eighth Grade

Thurs., May 12 Wild Things vs Diamonds Millenium 6:00 p.m.

Thurs., May 12 Red Hots vs Lil Knockouts Millenium 7:15 p.m.

Thurs., May 12 Lindsay’s vs Garth’s Tony Smith 6:30 p.m.

Tues., May 17 Tortugas vs MJJJ Millenium 6:00 p.m.

Tues., May 17 Palace Drug vs Dondies Millenium 7:15 p.m.

Tues., May 17 F&M Bank vs Lindsay’s Tony Smith 6:30 p.m.

Fri., May 20 Lil Knockouts vs Wild Things Millenium 6:00 p.m.

Fri., May 20 Diamonds vs Red Hots Millenium 7:15 p.m.

DES ARC SCHOOLS

LUNCH MENU

Joyce Major, lunchroom supervisor at the Des Arc Schools, advises the following menus are scheduled for Monday-Friday, May 16-20:

Elementary Lunch

High School Lunch

MONDAY: Hamburger, French Fries, Sandwich Fixings, Fruit Cocktail, Ketchup, Mayonaise, Mustard, Milk TUESDAY: Fajitas, Lettuce, Tomato, Cheese Cup, Pinto Beans, Pears, Milk WEDNESDAY: Chicken Strips, Steamed Broccoli, Coin Carrots, Peaches, Graham Crackers (Grain Sixth Grade Only), Milk THURSDAY: Barbeque Sandwich, Slaw, Corn, Raisins, Milk.

FRIDAY: NO LUNCH

MONDAY: Chili Hot Dog on Whole Grain Bun, Sun Chips, Corn, Slaw, Pears, Fresh Fruit, Milk, Tea TUESDAY: Cooks Choice, Steamed Broccoli, Sweet Potatoes, Fruit Cocktail, Fresh Fruit, Salsa, Milk, Tea WEDNESDAY: Hot Ham and Cheese Sandwich, Sweet Peas, Pineapple, Fresh Fruit, Ketchup, Mustard, Mayonaise, Milk, Tea THURSDAY: Cheeseburger, French Fries, Baked Beans, Breakfast Sandwich Fixings, Pineapple, MONDAY: Breakfast Pizza or Fresh Fruit, Mayonaise, Cereal & Toast, Peaches Ketchup, Mustard, Milk, Tea TUESDAY: Donuts or Cereal & FRIDAY: NO LUNCH

Toast, Fruit Cocktail

Des Arc Schools Calendar May 12-Honors Award Assembly-Elementary May 13-High School Graduation May 17-Kindergarten Graduation

Seventh Grade

England* McCrory* Lonoke* Hazen Brinkley Lonoke

Breakfast WEDNESDAY: Pop Tarts or CeMONDAY: Waffles or Cereal & real & Toast, Applesauce Toast, Peaches THURSDAY: Biscuit and Gravy or Cereal & Toast, TUESDAY: Yogurt and Graham Crackers or Cereal & Toast, Peaches Pineapple FRIDAY: Pop Tart or Donuts, WEDNESDAY: Pop Tarts or CePineapple real & Toast, Peaches Served with Milk & Juice THURSDAY: Breakfast Pizza or Meals are subject to change/ Cereal & Toast, Oranges USDA is an Equal OpportuFRIDAY: Donuts or Cereal & nity Provider and Employer Toast, Fruit Served with Milk & Juice HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!

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Over 70 decendants of Johnson Chapel families return to where it all began Sunday, May 1 was decoration day at Johnson Chapel where descendants returned to where it all began some 100 plus years ago.

Over 70 were in attendance. The weather was great, food plentiful and lots of family sharing their history.

Keith Knupp was the special guest speaker for the morning service. Special songs were presented by Kirby Roe, Moriah Patterson and Laura Patterson. They were accompanied on the piano by Karen Roe Daniel Hayley caretaker of the church and cemetery, greeted everyone in attendance.

After services, families brought out the “dinner on the ground”. New and old acqaintances were made.

Those in attendance were: Don and Beverly Bone-North Little Rock Ralph and Susan Ferguson-El Paso, AR Laura and Tucker Patterson-Sheridan Moriah Patterson-Little Rock Bob and Lana Guess-Hazen Tim and Dana Files-Austin Shelby Files and Adam-Fayetteville, AR Dorothy Patterson Wright-Sherwood Kirby and Karen Roe-Jonesboro Manuel and Mary HolcombCarlisle Dortha Bone-Griffithville Ronnie White-Hazen Ellen Rice-Griffithville Josh, Dana, Hayden and Avery

Dixon-Beebe Jack Curry-Mountain Home Jeremy, Meredith, Mikinna, Christian and Noah Stogner-Benton Tripp, Jeana, Luke and Lily TackerMountain Home George, Leslie (Patterson), Lukas and Spencer Blackwood-Beebe Paul and Pat Gage Griffith-Sheridan Olivia (Holcomb) Osborn, Valina and Savanna Ruth Ellen Epperson-Bryant Darrel Bone-Bryant Bryan, Laura, Christopher and Andrew Fricker-DeValls Bluff Kylee and Cooper McElroy-Hazen Steve Griffin-Dallas, Texas Margaret Hayley Griffin-Hot Springs Village Vivian Hayley Lambert-Little Rock Don and Shirley Patterson-Ward Russell Patterson-Hickory Plains Judy and Gerald Bone-Des Arc Russell Wray-Des Arc Dora Hayley Holloway-Des Arc Frances Hayley Roe-Des Arc Kyle Love-Des Arc Joey and Fonda English Elizabeth Howell Hampton-Des Arc Alan Hayley-Des Arc Keith Knupp-Des Arc Dan and Rebecca Hayley-Des Arc Decendants of families buried on both sides of Highway 38 West have come for many years to bring flowers in tribute to their loved ones and have dinner on the grounds.

Returning Home: Pictured above are descendants of Ernest and Addie (Ford) Patterson standing on the steps of the little church that their ancestors once attended. Ernest and Addie’s children were Donald, Russell, Mary, Dorothy, Betty and Barbara. Barbara is deceased and Betty, who was unable to attend, lives in Texas. The Patterson siblings have been coming to Decoration Day since they were kids. They continue to pass the tradition down to their children.

Spotlight Dancers do well at competition

Kylie Loewer, Gracie Derrick, Raven Walton and Brie Derrick

Spotlight Dancers located in Brinkley attended their iirst dance competition in West Memphis, Arkansas on April 30 and May 1. Those attending the competition from the Des Arc area were Lilly Hinson and Brie and Gracie Derrick of Biscoe.

Also attending was Kylie Loewer of Wheatley. Results of the NexStar Dance competition are as follows: Brie Derrick’s solo placed First in her division with a High Gold and a Top Ten finish.

She placed Seventh overall. The trio of Kylie Loewer, Gracie Derrick and Brie Derrick placed First in their division and earned High Gold. They placed Fifth overall.

Lilly Hinson’s solo “Broadway Baby” received a Platinum score and she won her division with a perfect score. She placed Seventh overall in the Nine and under division. LIlly also received the special Judges Choice Award “On Her Way to Broadway!” given to dancers who stand out among the competition.

The girls have qualified for Nationals at Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

Raven said,” I am very proud of these girls. They are very talented and have worked so hard. We can’t wait until the next competition and nationals!”

Gracie and Brie are the daughters of Kevin and Tonya Wallace of Biscoe and Lilly is the daughter of Billy and Jane Hinson of Des Arc.

Al Moon, center, and his daughters were enjoying the cool breeze at the Johnson Chapel Decoration Day held on Sunday, May 1. One of his daughters came from California to be with her dad for Decoration.

Family: Pictured left to right are Frances Hayley Roe, Alan Hayley, Karen and Kirby Roe. Frances and Alan’s Dad, Freemon Hayley are children of Talmadge and Claudia (Love) Hayley.

Moriah Patterson sang a beautiful song during the Decoration Day service at Johnson Chapel. She is the granddaughter of the late Nancy and Herval Hayley. Her parents are Tucker and Laura (Hayley) Patterson

Third Annual Eagles Summer Basketball Camp coming May 23-27 HIPPY holds “End of Year” Celebration: HIPPY held its end of year celebration on Monday, May 9 at the Des Arc City Park. After enjoying a circus themed party with hot dogs, chips and sweets, the students were presented with HIPPY medals and certificates for their hard work throughout the school year. Year One students are: Perry Bell, Christopher Brown, Ashlynn Collins, Rooke Covington, Kanaan Widener, Selah Huffstickler, Emilee McDonald, Ashton Green, Matily McAnally, Harper Doepel, Ava Ross, William Ross, Lorelai Gardner, Andersyn Tallent, Michael Eads and Roper Thornton.

Year Two students are: Caleb Williams, Chloe Nichols, Sara Brown, Ruby Kearby, Emersyn Estes, Beckett Knupp, Aidyn Green, Jett Walicki, Luke McIntosh, Ken Holland, Wesley Parnell, Braylee Burgess, Rossie Buckner and Cutter Thornton.

HIPPY is a home-based pre-school for three and four year old children sponsored by the Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative and Des Arc School District. For more information or to enroll your child for the 2016-17 school year, call the HIPPY office at 870-255-1234 or Cory Tallent at 501-516-6565.

The Third Annual Des Arc Eagles Summer Basketball Camp for Boys and Girls, ages 7-13 is going to be held May 23-27 at the Des Arc High School Gymnasium, according to Girls Basketball coach, Brittany Pilcher.

The camp will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. each day.

The fee for the camp is $30.00 per student. Preregistration is accepted

and the student must pay with cash or check.

Each camper will receive a t-shirt. Sizes are Small, Medium, Large, Xtra Large and 2X-Large in Youth and Adult sizes.

No lunch will be provided.

If you should have questions, please contact Coach Pilcher at the High School at 870-256-4166.

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District Court Hearings The following cases were heard before District Judge Robert Abney in District Court Hearings held in the courtroom at Des Arc City Hall on Monday, May 9, 2016: City Cases Theodore L. Chase, Fort Smith, charged with Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver LicenseClass A Misdemeanor, Exceeding Posted Speed 59 MPH/35 Zone, Fictitious Tags, Failure to Yield at Yield or Stop Sign, No Liability Insurance, Reckless Driving, Fleeing Arrest, Failure to Appear. on a Written Summons and False Evidence of Title or Registration. Failed to Appear. Issue Warrant.

Melissa Barbee, Des Arc, charged with Failure to Pay. Time Pay Review.

Tommy S. Barbee, Des Arc, charged with Contempt of Court/Failure to Complete Community Service and Failure to Appear on a Written Summons. Sentenced to 78 days Prairie County Jail suspended upon payment.

Donna Wesson, Des Arc, charged with Failure to Pay. Paid in Full.

Jeffery C. Treadwell, Des Arc, charged with

Contempt of Court/Failure to Complete Community Service. Continued to May 16. 2016.

Royce Wade Bell, Des Arc, charged with Contempt of Court/Probation Violation. Continued to May 16, 2016.

Glen E. Hourston, DeValls Bluff, charged with Possession of Controlled Substance. Continued to June 4, 2016.

Enisha Sparkman, Palestine, charged with No Driver Licenese. Bond Forfeited.

Dexter Washington, Lonoke, charged with Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver LicenseClass A Misdemeanor.

Failed to Appear. Issue Letter.

Billy C. Ingram, Russellville, charged with Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver LicenseClass A Misdemeanor.

Bond Forfeited.

Brandy R. Kellar, Searcy, charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Minor. Continued to May 16, 2016.

State Cases Anthony S. Sanner, Des Arc, charged with Failure to Pay and Failure to Appear on a Written Summons. Continued to May

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16, 2016 by Motion of Defendant.

Roy Miller, Jr., Des Arc, charged with Failure to Pay. Time Pay Review.

Tommy S. Barbee, Des Arc, charged with Failure to Pay. Sentenced to 78 Days Prairie County Jal suspended upon payment.

Lewis Earl Whatley, Clarksdale, MS, charged with Exceeding Posted Speed 83 MPH/55 Zone.

Bond Forfeited.

Melissa Barbee, Des Arc, charged with Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver License-Class A Misdemeanor.

Guilty.

Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $285.00.

Kathryn Roberts, Batesville, charged with Exceeding Posted Speecd 73 MPH/55 Zone and Driver License Suspended for DWI. Bond Forfeited.

David B. Parker, Ward, charged with Careless/Prohibited Driving and DWI-First. Plead Not Guilty by Attorney Tim Blair. Hearing set for August 11, 2016.

Traci Monroe, Des Arc, charged for Contempt of Court.

Defendant in Prairie County Jail to Complete Commitment.

The following information was obtained from the records in the Prairie County Courthouses in Des Arc and DeValls Bluff on Tuesday, May 10, 2016:

Land Transfers Quitclaim Deed Larry D. Tate, Trustee of the Larry D. Tate Revocable Trust, Grantor, hand paid

by Vince Tate, Grantee, the folowing described land situated in Prairie County: A part of Section Five and a Part of Section Eight, T4N, R5W containing 1.84 acres.

Warranty Deed Johnny W. Jones and Patricia A. Jones, Grantor, hand paid by Leroy Goff and Carol Goff, Grantees, the following lands lying in the Northern District of Prairie County: Tract One: Lot One of

McGee, Rodney Taiwan, 37, Hold for ADC. Intake date March 1, 2016.

Crittenden, Lee B. 36, charged with Possession of Controlled Substance, Fleeing, Obstructing Governmental Operations, Parole Violation, Driving with License Suspended, Careless Driving, Improper Display of Tags and Failure to Stop.

Intake date April 5, 2016.

Rocha, Jimmy Jesus, 24, Hold for Another Department. Intake date April 4, 2016.

Branch, Aaron Antwon, 32, charged with Possession of Controlled Substance x2 and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor.

Intake date March 17, 2016.

Wardwell, Eddie, 41, Hold for ADC. Intake date February 3, 2016.

Washington, Earl, 48, charged with Criminal Mischief. Intake date December 28, 2015.

Albizu, James, 47, chargeed with Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver. Intake date March 24, 2016.

Enzor, David Mark, 56, charged with Furnishing Prohibited Articles. Commitment. Intake date March 7, 2016.

Jones, Bobby Joe, 56,

charged with Forgery, Theft of Property and Habitual Offender.

Intake date March 3, 2016.

Dulaney, Malary L., 31, charged with Kidnapping and Terroristic ThreateningFelony. Intake date December 19, 2015.

Oglesbee, Lisa Carol, 53, charged with Probation Intake date Revocation February 13, 2016.

Allen, Wallace, 69, Commitment. Intake date February 24, 2016.

Figueroa, Frank, 36, charged with Possession with Intent to Deliver, Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver and Fleeing-Felony. Intake date March 25, 2016.

Pruitt, Leslie, 24, Hold for ADC. Intake date February 18, 2016.

Bevell, Robert Lynn, 22, Commitment.. Intake date April 6, 2016.

Walls, Johnny Joe, 38, charged with Possession of Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Intake date April 13, 2016.

Kelly, Christopher Martrell, 20, charged with Possession of Marijuana, No Drivers License, No License Plate and Driving Without Insurance. Intake date April 24, 2016.

Hill, Patrick, 41, Hold for ADC. Intake date April 19, 2016 Johnson, Keith Allen, 33, Commitment. Intake date April 26, 2016.

Parks, Chad Eugene, 18,

LITTLE ROCK (May 11, 2016) – Dave & Buster’s, the ultimate entertainment destination, will open its first-ever Arkansas location at The Grove at Gateway Town Center in June 2016. As Dave & Buster’s prepares to open, they are looking to hire more than 200 enthusiastic individuals to join the team as servers, bartenders, hosts and service support staff.

“After 34 years, Dave & Buster’s is excitcharged with Forgery, Theft of Property and Habitual ed to open the first Arkansas location Offender. Intake date April where the idea for the concept was born.” said Chuck Beyer, general manager of 27, 2016.

Book, Anna C., 35, charged with Failure to Appear. Intake date May 2, 2016.

Scheland, Angela, 24, Commitment. Intake date April 26, 2016.

McMillen, Jeremiah, 36 Commitment. Intake date April 26, 2016.

Whittaker, Christopher Scott, 41, Commitment. Intake date April 28, 2016.

Jimmy, 35, Sanner, charged with Failure to Appear, Failure to Pay Fine and Cost, Possession of Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Intake date April 28, 2016.

Howell, Jason, C., 33, Hold for PC Hearing. Intake date May 9, 2016.

Castleberry, Katheryn K., 35, charged with Failure to Appear. Intake date May 9, 2016.

Monroe, Traci, 23, Commitment. Intake date May 5, 2016.

Barbee, Tommy Swain, 46, charged with Failure to Appear. Intake date May 8, 2016.

Grady, Dexter, 27, charged with Failure to Appear. Intake date May 7, 2016.

McClinton, Tyrone, 40, charged with Failure to Pay Fine and Cost. Intake date May 7, 2016.

15” West 249.00 feet for the Point of Beginning of said “Less and Except” Tract; Thence contiue N 00 degrees 27’ 15” West 94000 feet; Thence S 89 Degrees 57’ 45” West 417.00 feet; Thence S 00 degrees 27’ 15” East 940.00 feet; Thence N 89 degrees 57’ 45” 417.00 feet back to the Point of Beginning of said tract containing therein 9.00 acres, more or less.

Warranty Deed Benny Ray Goodwin and Jackie Denise Goodwin, Grantor, hand paid by Leroy Goff and Carol Goff, Grantees, the following lands lying in the Northern District of Prairie County: A part of Lot Six being in the SW 1/4 of Section 30, T5N, R7W containing Nine acres, more or less.

Dave & Buster’s bringing over 200 jobs to Little Rock

Prairie County Jail Count The following inmates are incarcerated in the Prairie County Jail at Des Arc as of Tuesday, May 10, 2016, according to Sheriff Gary Burnett:

the SW 1/4 of Section 30, T5N, R7W. Tract Two: Lot Five of the NW 1/4 of Section 30, T5N, R7W. Tract Three: Lot Six of the SW 1/4 of Section 30, T5N, R7W LESS AND EXCEPT TWO TRACTS: Commencing at the SE corner of Said Lot Six for the Point of Beginning of said “Less and Except” Tract and Thence N 00 degrees, 27’ 15” West 249.00 feet; Thence S 89 Degrees 57’’ 45” West 175.00 feet; Thence S 00 Degrees 27’ 15” East 249.00 feet; and Thence N 89 degrees 57’ 45” East 175.00 feet back to the Point of Beginning of said Tract containing therein 1.00 acre, more or less.

(2) Commencing at the SE corner of Said Lot 6 and Thence N 00 degrees 27’

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Dave & Buster’s offers employees far more than the average restaurant or bar job by providing a fun, upbeat work culture combined with a top-notch guest experience. Employees will enjoy:

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CLASSIFIEDS, SERVICES, LEGALS Real Estate

Public Notice As per Act 576 of the 1987 Acts of Arkansas, contents of units listed below will be sold to recover rent and legal expenses.

Owners of contents have until May 10, 2016, to pay in full to reclaim contents. Partial payments will not be accepted.

STORAGE AUCTION TO BE HELD MAY 14, 2016 STARTS AT 10:00 AM Unit # 11: Alicia Vaughn Unit # 22: Betty Jo Hobbs Unit # 41: LeahAnn Whittaker Unit # 56: Barbara Holloway Unit # 58 Unit # 64 Unit # 111: Scott Cook Unit # 117: Los 2 Amigos Unit # 172: Sylvia Holmes

Now Is the Time to Buy!!

INTEREST RATES ARE LOW! HUNTERS’ DREAM! Fish out the back door!! Cabin on the Lake, Lot Leased.

3 Large Rooms, plus kitchen, 1 bth, 300 sq/ ft. screened porch; Floating Boat Dock (2 boats) Horn Lake...............................................$37,000.

Commer Property, 2000 sq. ft. bldg, plus Stg. Bldg. K & B Lane..........$75,000.

3 Bdr. 2 Ba. 1612 sq ft, .73 acre, Hwy. 38 E. ......... NEW LISTING....... $45,000.

3 Bdr, 1.5 Ba, 2306 sq. ft, 411 Pike..............................REDUCED ....... $75,000.

2 Bdr. 1 Ba, Remodeled, Storm Shelter, 108 Whippoorwill.................. $44,000.

5 Acres, Near Lake Des Arc, Bayou - Owner Finance......................... $21,000.

3 Ac Trac near Lake Des Arc & Bayou Des Arc (Owner Finance) $9,000 to $13,000.

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LIST WITH US - FOR SURE SALE! Janice Huffstickler,Broker

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FOR SALE FOR SALE: Hoop/Barrell fishing nets, new and used. Call 501-516-5682 for information.

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JOB OPPORTUNITY Des Arc School District currently has an opening for a K-12 nurse. Candidates must hold an LPN license. Individuals interested may download an application at www.desarcschools.org under employment opportunities. Please email applications to Nick Hill at hilln@desarcschools.org

Historic Home For Sale

Century-plus old landmark home in Green Forest, Arkansas. 3BR, 2BA, 3-car attached garage and gazebo lawn building, unfinished upper level and partial basement. Newer roof and generator.

Price Reduced: $189,000

New Records Set last week: 1. Two out-of-state locations, Midvale, ID and Anaheim, CA have now received paper for 4 consecutive Mondays !

2. Three Arkansas locations, Edgemont, Greenbrier and Sherwood have now received paper for 4 consecutive Fridays !

3. Nine of the first 10 post offices listed below have now received papers for 4 consecutive Fridays (Searcy is exception) !

4. For each location, the Tracking Chart shows actual number of days it took representative subscribers to receive last 4 issues (#days in parenthesis). The “Fewest Days” column shows the shortest/record time taken to receive paper at each location. This column is the ‘bar height’ standard now for comparing subsequent deliveries.

( LAST 4

(1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

FRI., 4/15 FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ”

(1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

FRI., 4/22 FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ”

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Thursday, APRIL 28

FEWEST ( ) = Fewest / Actual #delivery days; DAYS (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

(1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

Thursday, MAY 5

D ATE D ELIVERED FRI., 4/29 FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ”

(1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (2) (1) (1)

FRI., 5/6 FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” SAT., 5/7 FRI., 5/6 FRI., ”

* Above 10 locations are mailed in 10 proprietary containers. Another 175± locations, including the 30 below, are mixed & mailed in 7 containers total - received / sorted @ NLR Terminal.

Alma Benton Edgemont Fayetteville Forrest City Greenbrier Hot Springs Jonesboro Little Rock North Little Rock Rose City, NLR Pine Bluff Rogers Russellville Sherwood Tichnor Ulm Vilonia

(1) (1) (1) (2) (2) (1) (1) (2) (1) (1) (1) (1) (2) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

OUT OF STATE (2) Anaheim, CA Chicago/N Aurora, IL (4) (2) Dallas, TX (1) Enid, OK Houston/Seabrook, TX (4) (4) Madison, AL (1) Memphis, TN (4) Midvale, ID (4) Salem, OR Springfield, MO (4) (5) Springfield, OH (4) St Louis, MO

(5) TUES., 4/19 (2) SAT., 416 (1) FRI., 4/15 (5) TUES., 4/19 (4) MON., 4/18 (1) FRI., 4/15 (4) MON., 4/18 (4) MON., ” (1) FRI., 4/15 (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (5) TUES., 4/19 (1) FRI., 4/15 (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ”

(4) MON., 4/18 (4) MON., ” (5) TUES., 4/19 (2) SAT., 4/16 (5) TUES., 4/19 (4) MON., 4/18 (5) TUES., 4/19 (4) MON., 4/18 (5) TUES., ” (5) TUES., ” (27) Not Rcvd 5/12 (5) TUES., 4/19

Total delivery days: (72) (125 days)

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A-

(4) MON., 4/25

(2) SAT., 4/30

Unreported

(1) FRI., 4/22 Unreported

(5) TUES., 4/26 (1) FRI., 4/22 (2) SAT., 4/23 (5) TUES., 4/26 (1) FRI., 4/22 (1) FRI., 4/22 (4) MON., 4/25 Unreported

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SAT., 4/23 SAT., ” FRI., 4/22 FRI., ” FRI., ”

MON.,4/25 SAT., 4/30 TUES., 4/26 MON., 4/25 TUES., 4/26 TUES., 4/26 FRI., 4/22 MON.,4/25 TUES., 4/26 TUES., ” WED., 4/27 MON., 4/25

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(4) MON., 5/9

Unreported

(1) FRI., 4/29 (2) SAT., 4/30 Unreported

(1) FRI., 4/29 (1) FRI., ” (5) TUES., 5/3 (2) SAT., 4/30 (1) FRI., 4/29 (1) FRI., ” (4) MON., 5/2 (4) MON ” (4) MON ” (1) FRI., 4/29 (2) SAT., 4/30 (2) SAT., ”

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(1) FRI., 5/6 Unreported

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MON., 5/2 FRI., 5/6 MON., 5/2 SAT., 4/30 MON., 5/2

MON., 5/9 SAT., 5/7 FRI., 5/6 FRI., ” FRI., ” Unreported

Unreported

Unreported

(4) (9) (5) (4) (5) (5) (1) (4) (5) (5) (6) (4)

(4) (4) (4) (2)

MON., 5/9 MON., ” MON., ” SAT., 5/7 Unreported

Not rcvd as of 5/4 (4) MON., 5/9

(12) TUES., 5/10 (4) MON., 5/2 (4) MON., 5/2 (5) TUES., 5/3 (6) WED., 5/4 Unreported

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A POOR Delivery

Re: Arkansas locations, “Next-Day” deliveries are shown in BLACK text - later than “next-day” shown in RED italic.

Re: Out-of-state locations, “acceptable” deliveries shown in BLACK text - less than acceptable shown in RED italic.

Exceptional deliveries include black

In the Circuit Court of the Northern District of Prairie County, Arkansas

YARD SALE YARD SALE: Friday & Saturday, May 13 & 14. Helen Hunt residence on the Bayou. Lots of good clothing, all sizes, Priced Cheap! Cheap! Whatnots; Misc.

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HUNTING LEASE WANTED: Carroll Denton of Des Arc would like to lease small area for deer hunting (100-500 acres) Call 501-5165/12/2c 5208. Thanks.

Justin C. Collins and Ashley D. Collins............................................................Plaintiffs vs.

59N CV-16-14 Althea Lumpkin.........................................................Defendants Graydon Lumpkin, Eugene Lumpkin, Pauline Lumpkin Betzner; and Any Heirs, Known or Unknown, of T. B. Lumpkin, Deceased And Lot 9 of Moore Hays Addition to The City of Des Arc, Northern District of Prairie County, Arkansas NOTICE OF QUIET TITLE ACTION Comes Janell Taylor, Circuit Clerk of Prairie County, and gives notice that a Complaint to Quiet Title was filed in this Court on the 5th day of April, 2016, in which the Plaintiffs, Justin C. Collins and Ashley D. Collins, were seeking to quiet title in property described as follows, to-wit: Lot 9 of Block 9 of Moore Hays Addition to the City of Des Arc, Northern District, Prairie County, Arkansas All persons claiming any interest in the land or a lien thereon are hereby notified to appear in court or file an objection and show cause why the title of Petitioners should not be quieted and confirmed.

Given this 26th day of April, 2016 Rebecca Hayley, Circuit Clerk Prairie County, Arkansas

By Rhonda Cheshier, Deputy Clerk 5/12/4c

Extra Words: 15c Ea.

18 Arkansas locations received MAY 5 issue “next-day”, MAY 6 (vs 16 “next-days” Apr 28 week) USPS gets “A” for delivery of MAY 5 issue

* Beebe * Cabot * Carlisle * Conway * Griffithville * Jacksonville * Lonoke * Searcy * Stuttgart * Ward

WILL REMOVE OLD VEHICLES, scrap metal, batteries, etc., for fair price. Call Steve Sanner at 870-256-5178. 5/5/4c

The Des Arc Zoning and Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, May 23, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. in the Des Arc City Council Chambers at the request of Nick Hill.

Mr. Nick Hill is requesting a 10foot variance for the South side of the property at 202 North 7th Street that abuts Walnut Street. The current setback is only 20 feet.

The purpose of the Hearing is to receive public comments from the citizens of the City of Des Arc. All interested persons are urged to attend.

$6.00 Minimum 25 Words Or Less

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LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS DIVISION PROBATE IN THE MATTE R OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN L. WILKINS, DECEASED...................................PR-16-8 LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF DECEDENT: 1151S PRYOR RD., CARLISLE, AR 72024 DATE OF DEATH: MARCH 22, 2016 An instrument dated June 26, 2015, admitted to probate as the Last Will of the above-named decedent, and the undersigned has been appointed Executor thereunder. A contest of the probate of the Will can be effected only by filing a petition within the time provided by law.

All persons having claims against the estate must exhibit them, duly verified, to the undersigned within six (6) months from the date of first publication of the notice, or they shall be forever barred and precluded from any benefit in the estate.

This notice first published the 5th day of May, 2015.

By Lawrence Wilkins, Executor 310 Roosevelt Dr. Smithville, AR 72466 Stuart Law Firm, P.A. Attorney for Estate P. O. Box 206 Lonoke, AR 72086

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Robertson wins RNASA Award The Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) annual awards Gala was held Friday, April 29, at the Hyatt Regency in Houston, Texas.

These awards recognize outstanding achievements in space and help to create greater public awareness of the benefits of space exploration.

Each year since 1987, the foundation has presented awards honoring those who have contributed to the nation’s space program.

This year, Leslie Nettles Robertson, granddaughter and namesake of the late John Leslie Myers, Jr., a former Des Arc resident, was greatly honored to be among the 45 Stellar Award nominees.

Nominations are solicited from government, military and aerospace industry leaders and are accepted in four categories: early career, middle career, late career and teams.

Winners are selected by a Stellar Awards Evaluation Panel based on which accomplishments hold the greatest promise for furthering future activities in space, the extent to which the nominee played a key role in the accomplishment and the extent to which the nominee meets the goal of recognizing heroes of the American space program.

Stellar award winners represent the best of the thousands of people work-

Leslie Robertson, left, receiving prestigious award ing in the space program.

So it came with great pride to Beebe and Des Arc that NASA Astronaut Rex Walheim presented Leslie N. Robertson, as winner of the Stellar Award for Middle Career.

Leslie graduated with her degree in Computer Space Engineering from the University of Houston Clear Lake 11 years ago.

She was immediately employed by Boeing, where she remains employed to this day.

Leslie is the granddaughter of the late J. L. Myers Jr. and Marjorie Brashears Myers. She is the

great niece of Jeannie Myers Lindsey of Des Arc and Beebe, retired ASU coach and teacher.

J. L. was a Des Arc native, the son of the late J. L. Myers Sr. and Thelma J. Myers. Marjorie Myers was a Beebe High School graduate. J. L. played football and basketball for the late Ambrose (Bro) Erwin, a Des Arc native and lauded coach at Beebe for his entire coaching career.

Kathryn Myers Nettles and John Nettles, Houston residents, are the proud parents of Leslie.

Boys and Girls State Delegates These Girl and Boy State delegates will be attending the 2016 session of Arkansas Girls and Boys State to be held May 29-June 3. Girls State is held at Harding College in Searcy and Boys State is held on the UCA Campus in Conway. Delegates are, left to right Lauren Mapps, Lexi Cook and Trevor Hampton. They will be Seniors in the fall at Des Arc High School

CWD topic of scheduled statewide meetings LITTLE ROCK – Eleven public meetings will be held throughout the state May 24 and May 26 to discuss chronic wasting disease and the regulations being proposed by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in an effort to manage the disease.

To date, 82 cases of CWD have been found in Arkansas deer and four more in elk. Currently, the disease has been detected in four counties: Newton, Madison, Pope and Boone.

The AGFC continues to collect roadkill samples statewide to send off for testing out of state.

Public meetings will be held May 24 in Jonesboro, Monticello, Hot Springs, Russellville, Fayetteville and at the AGFC head-

quarters in Little Rock.

Meetings on May 26 will be held at Brinkley, Camden, Hope, Fort Smith and Mountain Home.

An additional public meeting will be held on May 19 at Jasper, near where the first reports of CWD surfaced. One public meeting on May 24 and one on May 26 will be streamed live on the

AGFC’s website, www.agfc.com.

The AGFC also has scheduled a one-hour broadcast on AETN at 8 p.m., May 23, with a panel discussion about CWD. The agency also will be sending CWD information and deer season regulation proposals by email to the state’s licensed hunters.

Low turnout forMay blood drive

Eagle Award Recipients Two Des Arc High School Seniors, Jacob Adams, left and Kallie Roberts were selected as the recipients of the Eagle Award at the 2016 Athletic Banquet on Tuesday, May 10, held at the Des Arc Elementary Cafetorium. More Athletic Photo by Rodney Adams Banquet photos next week.

Latino Republicans Torn Between Trump and Hillary You're a Latino Republican. It's Nov. 8 and you're staring at the ballot. There are two names for president staring back at you.

"On one side, we have a candidate who insults Latinos, on the other we have one who lies to Latinos," Alfonso Aguilar told Fox News Latino regarding his feelings toward Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Aguilar is the executive director of the Latino Partnership for ConserLLvative Principles, and he served in the George W. Bush administration. He says his was the first group to denounce Trump.

Barring Trump retracting everything he has said about deporting millions of undocumented immigrants, Aguilar is faced with encouraging Latino voters to participate in the election — but to leave the presidential part of the ballot empty.

It is a quandary that also afflicts Latino Republican politicians.

Three Miami congressional Republicans are

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struggling with accepting Trump as their party's presumptive nominee, and two of them have said they will not support him, the Miami Herald reported.

Miami Reps. Carlos Curbelo, Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen first supported Jeb Bush, then Marco Rubio.

"My position has not changed," Curbelo told the Herald. "I have no plans of supporting either of the presumptive nominees."

Though Ros-Lehtinen says the same, Diaz-Balart said his "intention" was to vote for the party's nomi-

nee.

At least one conservative Latino sees a silver lining.

Executive director of the Libre Initiative, Daniel Garza, considers all of this soul-searching a positive. "(Trump's) positions allow us an opportunity to educate Latinos with more credibility, especially when he’s wrong," Garza told Fox News Latino. "Folks realize then that we really are, above all else, about the policies that lift people, not the candidate."

A low turnout was reported at the monthly Red Cross Blood Drive held on Monday, May 9 at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.

One donor was refused for low iron. Those giving the “Gift of Life� were: Chuck Hanson, Gerald Bone, Randy Zeps (Double Red), Ronald Eans, Jimmy Jackson, Scott Gilbraith, Wanda Swaim, Kenneth Inman, Harold Kirk, Jim West, Truman Weatherly (Double Red), Jesse Tackett, Bill Ballowe, Louise Merrell.

Coordinator Merrell thanks everyone for their support of the monthlyblood drive s held here.

The Red Cross blood drie i held here once a month at the first baptist church. watch for announcement of the next blood drive. It will appear in the News Briefs section of this newspaper.

The need for blood increases during the winter montbs.

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