White river journal, oct 1, 2015 by charles walls

75¢ (pictured from left) Peter Pan . . . . . . Chance Caruthers Minnie Mouse . . . Sarabeth DeVore Mickey Mouse . . Clayton Nickelson Winnie the Pooh . . . . . Alyssa Earl Flynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob Adams Cinderella . . . . . . . . . Kallie Roberts Little Red Riding Hood . . Jade Bell These Disney characters were seen at 5th & Main yesterday afternoon returning to the DAHS campus from lunch. Disney Character Day was part of this week’s Homecoming activities.

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Ward man held here on murder charge

ACTIVITIES CALENDAR FRI., OCT. 2, 2:30 PM Royalty Crowning Pep Rally DAHS Gym FRI., OCT. 2, 4:00 PM Homecoming Parade From Acco to High School SAT., OCT. 3, 6 PM Class of 1975 40th Reunion High School Cafeteria MON-FRI, OCT. 5-9, 7 PM Revival Services Hickory Plains Miss. Baptist Church THURS., OCT. 8, 6 PM Powder Puff Football Hinson-Rollins Field TUES., OCT. 13, 12 N Des Arc Lions Club Methodist Church TUES., OCT. 13, 6 PM Quorum Court Courthouse Annex THURS., OCT. 15, 2015 Last Day to Pay Property Taxes SAT., OCT. 17, 10 AM DeValls Bluff School Reunion SAT., OCT. 17, 6:30 PM Republican Party Gumbo Gala Elementary School

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Donna Carter, Hazen Jennifer Harris, 35, Beebe Dennis Mahoney, 69, Sylvania B.F. Mullen, 87, Des Arc H.W. Neaville, 74, Hot Springs Jeanette L. Williams,68, Stuttgart

Local business owners arrested on drug charges A drug investigation that began in August 2013 has led to six White County residents being arrested on charges of possessing methamphatamine with intent to distribute or distributed, including four from Searcy and warrants being issued on two others. Those arrested were Oscar Espinoza Lopez, 41, of Searcy, Raymundo Moreno Lopez, 30, of Searcy, Carlos Avila Tamallo, 38, of Searcy, Anastacio Juarez Pacheco, 38, of Judsonia, Yahir Guzman, 30, of Beebe, and Ampelio Hernandez, 40, of Searcy. Warrants also were issued on Aaron Ray Brown, 34, of Judsonia and Alexis Owenby, 40, of Searcy. Both are currently in state custody on previous charges. According to local authorities, though several of the persons arrested were in the restaurant business at Des Arc, the investigation was done by the Arkansas Drug Enforcement Agency. The business at Des Arc is closed.

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MILITARY CONVOY PASSING: Students were dismissed at the Hazen school on Wednesday to watch a 40-unit convoy of military vehicles pass through town. The convoy was traveling west on Highway 70 after taking a route past; the Tollville area, according to Bill Arnold, who along with Mayor Kenny Anderson of DeValls Bluff followed along. Arnold said farmers in the fields stopped work to wave flags at the convoy of military vehicles and passengers. It was not learned why the convoy was moving; however, Arnold said he say license plates from Florida and Oregon.

Mass flu clinics are scheduled

Prairie County Republicans planning event Rick Dobson of Des Arc announces that a Republican Gumbo Gala will be held Saturday, October 17, at 6:30 p. m. in the elementery school cafetorium. Tickets are $25.00 First District Congressman Rick Crawford will be the speaker. Contact Rick or Rita Dobson for more information or to secure tickets to the event.

Three mass flu clinics will be held in Prairie County in October, it is announced by Rose Marie Knupp, RN, Administrator for the Prairie County Health Unit at Des Arc. At Des Arc the clinic will be held at the Prairie County Health Unit offices and also at at drive-thru in Riverfront Park (weather permitting). The time will

be from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. on October 20. On October 27, a clinic will be held at the Hazen Community Center (old Armory) from 8 to 5. A third flu clinic will be held at the Biscoe City Hall on October 19 For additional information, you may call 870-2564430

Chamber planning for coming events Des Arc Chamber of Chamber"s fourth annual Fall Festival will be held on Saturday, October 17, from 10 am until 1 pm. All merchants and non-profit organizations are invited to participate. There is no charge for a booth, however you will need to set up a kids' game and give candy or token prizes to each participant. We will have a bouncy house, slide, and a costume contest to go along with the free kids games. Our annual Miss Merry Christmas Pageant will be held Saturday, November 7, at 10 am at First United Methodist Church Christian Life Center. We will have beauty and photo-

genic competitions in several age groups; we will not have a boys' photogenic or Mrs. Claus competition this year. We will have the people's choice contest again this year. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5 and will be available for purchase on pageant day. The contestants in each age division with the most tickets will win a people's choice tiara as well as a cash prize. Entry forms are available at ARcare in Des Arc and Hazen, Farmers and Merchants Bank in Des Arc, and Merchants and Planters Bank in Des Arc. For more information, please contact Lana Smith, pageant coordinator, at 870-919-0599 or

dacoc2013@gmail.com. Des Arc Chamber of Commerce has changed its' meeting date from every third Monday to every third Thursday. We hope that this change will make it easier for more members to attend meetings. Meetings will still be at noon at Farmers and Merchants Bank. The Chamber would like to remind everyone that you do not have to be a business owner or involved with a business to join; you can join as an individual or as part of an organization. For more details about anything mentioned in this article, please see the Des Arc Chamber of Commerce's Facebook page.

On February 24, 2009, information was received by the Prairie County Sheriff’s Department in reference to a homicide that had occurred in Prairie County. Chief Deputy Bill Duerson, a detective with the department at that time, was assisted by Special Agent David Moss of the Arkansas State Police in investigating the complaint. The investigation led to the discovery of a body that had been dumped in a rural area of East Pulaski County. The body was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab where it was identified as the remains of Dayla Bullock, formerly of the Hickory Plains area near Des Arc. The cause of death was officially ruled a homicide. As the investigation proceeded, evidence was gathered over three counties, Prairie, Lonoke and Pulaski. According to Investigator Duerson, the case has grown cold over the past 6 1/2 years until recently after a case review was conducted by newly elected Prosecutor Rebecca Reed and newly appointed Deputy Prosecutor Timothy Issac, a warrant was is-

Norman Ray Bullock sued for the arrest of Norman Ray Bullock of Ward, Arkansas in connection with the death of Dayla Bullock. Norman Ray Bullock was arrested Wednesday, September 30, in North Little Rock without incident by officers from the Prairie County Sheriff’s Department and Arkansas State Police. Bullock is being held here without bond on a first degree murder charge in the death of Kayla Bullock. The suspect’s first appearance in Circuit Court will be at 9 a. m. on October 20 at the Prairie County courthouse in Des Arc, according to Officer Bill Duerson.

Dive team aids boaters at Lake Des Arc Dive team aids boaters in Lake Des Arc On Saturday the Prairie County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a Little Rock couple whose fishing boat was stuck on a tree stump in Lake Des Arc. The couple told the sheriff’s department dispatcher and dive team member Chrystal Bonner, that their boat was hung up on a stump in the lake and attempts to dislodge it only caused it to nearly capsize. Other members of the Prairie County Sheriff’s Department’s Dive Operations Group (D.O.G) Albert Harrell and James Medlin responded to the scene and deployed the dive team’s boat. After locating the couple and getting them aboard the sheriff’s department vessel, the boats were tethered and the couple’s boat pulled free and towed back to the launch area of the lake. There were no injuries and no damage to either boat during the incident.

Dive team coordinator James Medlin said that Saturday’s event is just one of many scenarios that play out on waters in Prairie County quite frequently in which the dive team can be of assistance. “Of course we are here for any under water type of operation, but we also perform surface operations such as locating missing persons and search and rescue, in addition to aiding any agency requesting our help and in a variety of conditions” Medlin said.

Irrigation District Directors meeting called for Oct. 6 A meeting of the Board of Directors for the White River Irrigation District has been called for 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 6, at the District’soffice in the Train Depot, 207 E. Front Street, in Hazen.

Arrested on drug violation charges

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“Parenthood” It seems a safe bet that Planned Parenthood will continue to receive state funds, most of which are in fact federal funds. And equally likely that said federal funds will continue to make their way to Planned Parenthood despite demands from all but a couple of the Republican presidential candidates, most of the party’s congressional membership (including Arkansas’s six Washington delegates) and their allies in talk radio, the anti-abortion movement and organizations of similar philosophy. The Senate won’t go along with a cut-off, and the White House would veto it if it did. But of more immediate import to activists on both sides of the abortion question in Arkansas is the Honorable Kristine Baker of U.S. District Court. By now she may have made permanent the temporary restraining order that she imposed against the state Human Services Department in September forbidding it from excluding Planned Parenthood from its authorized health services providers. In the furor over those undercover videos that purport to show Planned Parenthood “selling” fetal body parts, Governor Hutchinson had ordered DHS to terminate payments to the organization. Whether Mr. Hutchinson knew his order would run the state afoul of federal Medicaid regulations, as it evidently did, and was seeking to appease his party’s most conservative anti-abortion members, or whether he acted from genuine conviction -- immaterial to the legal point, which Judge Baker found to favor Planned Parenthood. Some points, beginning with the videos that touched off the latest assault against Planned Parenthood: No one, not even the individuals involved in presenting the tapes, disputes that the videos were edited, and heavily. To what extent still is unclear, but it’s fair to assume that anything that didn’t fit the desired scenario was omitted. Moreover, the tapes do not “prove” that Planned Parenthood personnel were “selling” fetal tissue; federal law provides that it or any other similar facility may recover expenses arising from the transfer of tissue to a medical research entity, which the filmmakers falsely claimed to represent. Planned Parenthood does not receive federal “subsidies,” as so many of its opponents to this moment claim. It bills Medicaid for services provided -- family planning, cancer screenings, etc. -- just as your family doctor does. Planned Parenthood does not use federal funds to cover abortions except as federal law permits -- in the relatively rare instances of rape and incest. Do Planned Parenthood clinics, some of them, perform abortions? No doubt about it. Neither is there any doubt that abortion, subject to existing federal law, remains completely legal. The national president of Planned Parenthood earns a handsome salary, certainly; somewhere north of $500,000 annually. She also manages a $1.5 billion organization, for which her compensation is not at all out of the ordinary. But while we’re at it, consider the pay of executives at for-profit health care combines. Jay Bookman of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution quickly found four whose pay ranges from $17 million to $32 million. All their companies, he notes, rely heavily on Medicaid payments. Their paychecks have thus far escaped the need for congressional hearings. This, too: at least six states, all of them rather larger than Arkansas, have conducted investigations of their respective Planned Parenthood clinics and have found no violations, none, of either state or federal statutes. No “selling” of body parts, no abusive or intimidating tactics employed against patients. Ironically, the latest finding, from our neighbor to the immediate north, was released as the House committee spectacle was underway. From the official summary: “As a result of our investigation, the Office of the Missouri Attorney General has found no evidence that [Planned Parenthood] has engaged in unlawful disposal of fetal organs and tissue…. The information and documentation we reviewed did not reveal any irregularities involving the transmission, examination or disposal of the fetal organs and tissue from surgical abortions performed at [Planned Parenthood.]” Everyone is entitled to their views of Planned Parenthood and, plainly, abortion; men and women of good will can and do and forever will disagree. But facts can be inconvenient, as the congressional hearing demonstrated; when the chairman offered up a chart supposed proving that abortion was surpassing Planned Parenthood’s other services, the data was almost immediately unmasked as fraudulent. Still, the passions aroused, especially in an election year, are bewildering at a minimum. Carly Fiorina, the hot new item among the GOP presidential contenders, insists the undercover videos reveal "a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain." The videos reveal no such thing, not even close. Rather than retract and apologize Fiorina keeps repeating it. And her reward is a measurable increase in the polls. If one government shutdown over Planned Parenthood has been averted, another looms. Where will the Arkansas delegation stand then, on facts or furor? 424 Main Street P. O. BOx 1051 DeS arc, arkanSaS 72040 OPen: M-F 8:30 aM - 6:00 PM

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Taking it lying down vs. plain old lying By Donald Kaul The Republicans have finally found someone to man up to Donald Trump, who’s threatening to turn their presidential primaries into a Saturday Night Live skit. She’s a woman. At the latest Republican debate, with a stage-full of candidates straining at the leash to distinguish themselves by puncturing the balloon that is The Donald, it was Carly Fiorina — and only Carly Fiorina — who coolly stepped forward to reveal his one-man clown show for what it was. The moderator had asked Fiorina to respond to Trump’s insulting critique of her looks. Dripping with contempt, she noted Trump’s habit of backing away from statements like that by pleading misunderstanding, as he already had with his crack about Fiorina’s face. Then she said: “Women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr. Trump said.” Pow! Right in the kisser. The message behind that simple sentence was clear: “You, sir, are a cheap liar and a punk.” Later, Fiorina took center stage again during a general bashing of Planned Parenthood as she told the story of a video surreptitiously taken at a Planned Parenthood clinic. It showed, she claimed, “a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.” Clearly a chilling and horrific story. Even I, a Planned Parenthood supporter, could see why these wonderful, moral Republicans wanted to defund the organization. Except there’s no such video. Fiorina was lying. It wasn’t a mistake. It wasn’t a misunderstanding. It was a deliberate lie designed to make a political point more forcefully. Shame on her. The Republican Party finally gets someone who can stand up to Trump’s lies — and it turns out she’s a liar, too. Fiorina wasn’t the only candidate who took on Trump at the debate. Jeb Bush, who was the front-runner out of the starting gate and has been losing ground

ever since, was easily the most pathetic of the also-rans. Trump’s been driving him crazy for weeks now, ridiculing him at every turn, and it’s begun to get to the former Flori- Donald Kaul da governor. A couple of weeks ago, when asked about Trump, Bush complained: “He attacks me every day with nonsense, with things that aren’t true. He tries to personalize everything. If you are not totally in agreement with him, you’re an idiot, or stupid, or you have no energy, or blah, blah, blah. That’s what he does.” Which is the political equivalent of saying “That bad man is being mean to me. Make him stop.” Is that who you want going eyeball-to-eyeball with Putin or the Ayatollah? Give Bush this, though: He didn’t give up. He took another crack at Trump at the debate, this time in defense of his wife. Trump had insinuated that Bush perhaps had a soft spot for Mexicans on the immigration issue because of his wife, who’s Mexican-American. Bush came out breathing fire. “To subject (sic) my wife into the middle of a raucous political conversation was completely inappropriate,” he said. Then, addressing Trump directly, he added: “She’s right in the audience. Why don’t you apologize right now?” Trump said no. And Bush…said pretty much nothing. If being called an influence on her husband is the worst thing she has to endure in this campaign, Columba Bush is one lucky political wife. As a wise man once wrote: “Politics ain’t beanbag.” But if you demand that an opponent apologize, there should be an “or” afterward. Apologize or “I’ll punch you in the face.” Or “I’ll challenge you to a duel.” Or “I’ll pour coffee on your head.” Something. There was nothing. Which was pretty much the case with all the candidates, save Carly Fiorina — and she lied. OtherWords columnist Donald Kaul lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. OtherWords.org.

No hats off - keep them on; USPS continues backslide A front page article in the Sept. 10 issue of the Journal complemented the US Postal Service (with a “Hats Off ” headline) for its next-day delivery of the Sept. 3 Journal to 10 towns, including Alma in northwest Arkansas. (see first column below). However as shown in chart, the following 3 weeks have gotten progressively worse. (Deliveries requiring 4 days or longer shown in RED)

TOWN / DATE RECEIVED: Alma . . . . . . . . . . . Beebe . . . . . . . . . . Cabot . . . . . . . . . . Carlisle . . . . . . . . Conway . . . . . . . . Jacksonville . . . . Lonoke . . . . . . . . . North Little Rock Searcy . . . . . . . . . Sherwood . . . . . . Stuttgart . . . . . . . Ward . . . . . . . . . . .

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1. Lonoke subscribers did not receive their Sept 17 paper until Sat., Sept 26 (9 days). 2. Stuttgart and Ulm subscribers had not received their Sept. 24 papers as of yesterday., Sept. 30 (6 days and counting).

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Fighting inequality at the local level By Jim Hightower Inequality isn’t a condition. It’s a creation. Inequality is produced by thousands of decisions deliberately made by bosses, bankers, and big shots to siphon money and power from the many to the few. We see Wall Street and Washington doing this, but the deepening chasm of inequality in America is also the product of decisions that local elites are making every day. Take Grand Rapids, Michigan, a city largely run by a few billionaire families sharing an entrenched laissez-faire ideology. They oppose heavy-handed government policies — unless you’re poor or working class. Thus the city’s leaders, who find it unconscionable to hike taxes on the rich, recently socked low-income bus riders with a 16 percent jump in fares. For the 27 percent of people in Grand Rapids who live below the poverty line, that’s a serious chunk of change siphoned right out of their pockets. Then, the board of directors of the city’s transit agency slipped a siphon tube into the wallets of the agency’s own drivers and mechanics, arbitrari-

ly terminating their pensions. Adding a crude insult to injury, the board simultaneJim Hightower ously gave the transit boss a raise — literally stealing from workers to lift the CEO’s salary above $200,000 a year. When the workers, members of the Amalgamated Transit Union, began leafleting bus riders to oppose the fare hike and pension theft, the arrogant boss and autocratic board threatened to arrest and fire them. Luckily, it’s still legal to exercise your First Amendment rights even in Grand Rapids, so the union won an injunction against this repression. Better yet, the attempted siphoning of money and power has rallied community groups, students, bus riders, and others into a grassroots movement to stop widening the inequality gap and start bridging it. OtherWords columnist Jim Hightower is a radio commentator, writer, and public speaker. He’s also editor of the populist newsletter, The Hightower Lowdown. OtherWords.org.

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C ORRECTIONS : Due to computer failure, two errors resulted recently in this newspaper. The Nagasaki bombing was in 1945, of course, not 1944, as the headline stated last week. This was changed, but computer failed to save. Also, in the August 17 issue, a birthday greeting to Marie Price should have been Sept. 20, not Sept. 15. This was another corrected error that the computer failed to save. So much for technology!

Laugh-In Corner Baptizing An Irishman! An Irishman is stumbling through the woods, totally drunk, when he comes upon a preacher baptizing people in the river. He proceeds into the water, subsequently bumping into the preacher. The preacher turns around and is almost overcome by the smell of alcohol, whereupon, he asks the drunk, "Are you ready to find Jesus?" The drunk shouts, "Yes, I am." So the preacher grabs him and dunks him in the water.. He pulls him back and asks, "Brother, have you found Jesus?" The drunk replies, "No, I haven't found Jesus!" The preacher, shocked at the answer, dunks him again but for a little longer. He again pulls him out of the water and asks, "Have you found Jesus, brother?" The drunk answers, "No, I haven't found Jesus!" By this time, the preacher is at his wits end and dunks the drunk again -- but this time holds him down for about 30 seconds, and when he begins kicking his arms and legs about, he pulls him up. The preacher again asks the drunk, "For the love of God, have you found Jesus?" The drunk staggers upright, wipes his eyes, coughs up a bit of water, catches his breath, and says to the preacher, "Are you sure this is where he fell in?”

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“THE PAGES TURNED BACK” (Compiled from White River Journal files)

Thursday, October 29, 1931 Fifty years ago women wore hoop skirts, bustles, petticoats, corsets, cotton stockings, high button shoes, ruffled cotton drawers, flannel nightgowns, and puffs in their hair. They did their own cooking, baking, cleaning, washing, ironing, raised big families, went to church on Sunday, and were too busy to be sick. Men wore whiskers, square hats, red flannel underwear, big watch and chain, chopped wood for stoves, bathed once a week, drank 10-cent whiskey and 5-cent beer, rode bicycles, buggies and sleighs, went on for politics, worked twelve hours a day, and lived to a ripe old age. Stores burned oil lamps, carried everything from a needle to a plow, trusted everybody, never took an inventory, placed orders for goods a year in advance, always made money. Today women wear silk stockings, low shoes, an

ounce of underwear, have bobbed hair, smoke, paint and powder, drink cocktails, play bridge, drive cars, have pet dogs and go in for politics. Men have high blood pressure, wear no hats, (and some no hair), shave their whiskers, shoot golf, bathe twice a day, drink poison, play the stock market, ride in airplanes, never go to bed the same day they get up, are misunderstood at home, work five hours a day, play ten, and die young. Stores have electric lights, cash registers, elevators, never have what a customer wants, trust nobody, take inventory daily, never buy in advance, have overhead, markup, markdown, quota, budgets, stock control, annual and semi-annual, end of month, dollar day, founders day, rummage economy day sales, and never make money. -Selected

Thursday, October 29, 1942 Prairie County 4-H club boys and girls will celebrate Achievement Day on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Hazen High School. The 753 boys and girls of the county who are 4-H Club members are making plans for observing their accomplishments during the past year. The Anti-Saloon League of Arkansas says, Mark Your Ballot for Act 1. Help the forces of decency by sending contributions to fight the whiskey, beer and wine interests in this state. They fail to tell the people of the sixty million dollars cost to the taxpayers to support this vicious traffic. When you vote for Act 1, you are voting to give each county an opportunity to express what they want in their own community. The League says liquor in Arkansas has cost Ar-kansas a yearly crime bill of $30,700,000. Gov. Adkins has accepted the Arkansas State chairmanship for the nationwide celebration of President Roosevelt’s birthday for the third consecutive year. The celebration begun in 1934 when President Roosevelt dedicated his birthday to the young victims of infantile paralysis in the form of contributions to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis which maintains chapters throughout the country. Our old friend, Frank Kennedy of the New Bethel neighborhood, while in town Saturday, informed us that his nephew was being held as a prisoner of the Japs. Mr. Chas. Orlicek, one of our successful rice growers near Des Arc, was in town on business Saturday. He in-formed us that his son,

Francis, who had been reported wounded in action, was recovering in a hospital. Our young friend, James Pay, who is attending the A & M College in Monticello, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Pay, in this city the past week. He tells us that he has volunteered for service with the Navy Reserve Corps. Old friends, Arthur Curry, L. O. Langford, Leroy Walls and D. L. Miller, industrious citizens of the Johnson Chapel neighborhood, were in town trading since our last. A number of our younger men are volunteering for Army service this week. Included are “Red” My-ers, Lester Lee, Robert Margrave, Bobby Garth and Lamar Walls. Our old friend, Bert Holt, one of the best farmers in Union township, was in town trading since our last. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Stine, rice growers south of Des Arc, were shopping in the city Saturday evening. County Extension Agent Kermit C. Ross was up from DeValls Bluff on business Monday. Maintenance crews consisting entirely of women are now working at the shops of the Long Island railroad in New York. Picture the girls working on the big drive wheels of an engine. The Arkansas Malt Beverage Company says in an advertisement: Vote for Act No. 1, vote against opening the door to the bootlegger. Remember 1920-1933: The bootlegger organized underworld vice like it never was organized before or since.

Thursday, October 29, 1981 Continental Drilling Co. of Tyler, Texas, is busy this week getting a modern drilling rig set up on the Pioneer Farm, one mile west of Highway 33 on the county line gravel road (just over the Woodruff County line). About 30 men will be working for Continental at this site. The drilling rig will be running 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Representative V. O. (Butch) Calhoun Jr. of Des Arc has been named Parade Marshal of the 1981 Des Arc Christmas Parade, advises Gene Horne of the Des Arc Merchants Association. Edith Williams Keltner, Eastern Star secretary, advises that a memorial service honoring recently deceased members of the Chapter will be held at the Masonic Temple Thursday, Nov. 5, at 8 p. m. Members being memorialized are Marvin Willeford, Rosa Gardner, Addie Kirkpatrick and Faye Watson. Postage rate will increase from 18 to 20 cents for first class letters Nov. 1. Postcards will cost 13 cents. The first push-button telephone in Des Arc was installed Tuesday in the office of Mayor Willis Eddins. The push-button system is now available to local GTE customers, says O. S. Daniels, Division Manager at Stuttgart. Installers were Phil Caldwell and Ronnie Ward. Former Attorney General and United States Congressman Jim Guy Tucker, 38, announced Wednesday that he will seek the Democratic nomination for Governor in the 1982 primary. Tucker was elected to succeed Wilbur Mills as U. S. Congressman from Arkansas’ 2nd District. He ran for U. S. Senator in 1978 and was defeated in a runoff by U. S. Senator David Pryor. County and Country Cable TV of Fort Smith will begin stringing wire in Des Arc Nov. 2 for cable TV. They will contact residents about

service. The Walters Chapel Reunion Oct. 17 was attended by 87 former residents, teachers, students. Rev. Herston Holland, emcee, rang the bell to call the crowd together. The eldest citizens were Mrs. Lois Booe Hudson, who was born in that community and Mr. Claude Cate, both of Little Rock. Mr. Cate taught in the school in 1911. Planning the reunion were Lucy Bogard Stratton, Lois Ricks Jackson, Ruby Kinsey Pfeiffer, Mary Thweat Swears, and Audrey Jennings Jones. Des Arc’s Senior Eagles defeated the Brinkley Tigers for the first time since 1966, last Friday night, 25 to 6. Tailback Romie Jones was the offensive standout for the Eagles. Leading the Eagles defensive chart was Neal Mitchell Featured players this week: Kenneth Hardnett, Jerry Malone and Mike Nail, seniors. Scoring came on passes from Kevin Campbell, quarterback, to Jones, Eric McGee, a McGee interception, and a quarterback sneak. Des Arc’s Junior Eagles ended their season with a 20-0 shut-out victory over the Hazen Junior Hornets last Thursday night. Leading the Eagle stat charts were linebacker Jimmy Walls, and tackle Bill Hamric. Halfback Jimmy Walls led all rushers with 111 yards on 10 carries. Featured players are Kent Childers, Brad DeVore and Bill Hamric, juniors. At the regional band contest held at UCA, Conway, Kay Ford, Eagle Drum Major, received the “Outstanding Drum Major” award over all senior bands performing. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George (Mardee) Ford. The band will perform Saturday, Oct. 31, at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock at 11:30 a. m. Director Johnny Nash invites everyone to attend.

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Linville Jones, center, about to be interviewed by Ron Chastain, right. At left, Mrs. Jones (the former Clotine Calhoun)

Linville Jones interviewed for veterans history project Linville Jones of Des Arc, a World War II veteran, was being interviewed at his home on Tuesday by Ron Chastain out of the office of Senator John Boozman. Jones was being interviewed for the Veterans History Project approved by Congress several years ago. Chastain said, “There is perhaps no better way to learn about history than through first hand accounts. You get a better understanding of what really happened when you hear directly from those who lived through the events. That’s what the Veterans History Project (VHP)—an initiative that aims to preserve and make accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans— seeks to do.” Since the VHP was approved by Congress 15

years ago, nearly 80,000 veterans have described their service in audio and video recordings that are now part of the collection. Submissions have been archived from veterans of World War I through Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. “These men and women participated and witnessed some pivotal events in our nation’s history,” Chastain said “Arkansans have a long and proud history of supporting our nation’s military. More than 250,000 veterans call Arkansas home, however only 1,000 Arkansas veterans’ stories are part of the VHP collection. I want to make sure this collection includes examples of courage, bravery and service of as many Arkansans who have worn our nation’s uniform as

October is Farm to School Month By Elisha Smith, elishas@cfra.org, Center for Rural Affairs

October is National Farm to School month (#F2SMonth). “Farm to School” refers to schools serving local, farm-fresh foods ranging from fruits and veggies to honey and meat. The more local foods we serve our kids, the better. One-third of U.S. children are obese or overweight, and only 2% of children get the recommended serving of fruits and vegetable each day. Farm to School programs increase students’ daily fruit and vegetable consumption significantly. Moreover, each dollar invested into Farm to School stimulates an additional $2.16 of local economic activity. In Maine, shifting 1% of consumer expenditures to direct purchasing of local products was shown to increase incomes of Maine farmers by as much as 5%. And each new Farm to School job contributes to the creation of addition 1.67 jobs. Often schools incorporate curriculums that help students learn about nutrition, agriculture, science, math and the path that food takes from the farm to the table as well as creating experience-based learning opportunities by visiting farms and participating in gardening, recycling, and entrepreneurial programs. The Farm to School concept is simple: bring tasty, nutritious food from the

Osceola officials angry overl conslidation of county seats BLYTHEVILLE — Osceola officials are angry about the process in which justices are consolidating Mississippi County's two seats into a larger courthouse in Blytheville. Earlier this year, Randy Carney, county judge of Mississippi County, and several members of the Mississippi County Quorum Court began moving forward with plans to consolidate the county's two courthouses in Blytheville and Osceola. The Jonesboro Sun reports that Osceola officials weren't happy with the decision and retained former Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel to represent the city.

people who grow it to the school kids that want to eat it. The details involved in making this a reality can be daunting, however. With that in mind the Center for Rural Affairs has put together a Farm to School Month Starter Kit, guide and several other resources to help wade through all the complexities. Visit: http://www.cfra.org/f2s.

possible. “Many of us have family members and friends who have served in the Armed Forces. Capturing and preserving their memories is a great way to honor their service and commitment to our country. “ For more information on how you can participate in the Veterans History Project, visit http://www.loc.gov/vets Boozman Invites Arkansans to Preserve the Stories of Veterans

During Liver Awareness Month this October, the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood and platelets to support liver transplant patients and others needing blood products. Liver transplants are the second most common type of transplant with more than 6,000 performed in the U.S. each year, according to the American Liver Foundation. Liver transplant patients may require in excess of 30 pints of blood during surgery. For blood donor Amy Slattery, the need for blood hits close to home. Her mother received a liver transplant and needed more than 70 blood products during the surgery. “I donate to help others that needed blood like her,” said Slattery. “I donate in thanks to those who donate their blood products to help save lives.” Cabot 10/2/2015: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Century 21 Real Estate Unlimited, 801 W Locust 10/7/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Renew Church, 1122 South 2nd Street Carlisle 10/1/2015: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Carlisle High School, 145 Raborn Rd.

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Dennis Mahoney Jeanette Williams Dr. H. Wayne Neaville Jennifer Amanda Harris burial Tuesday burial Thursday Dr. H. W. Neaville, Jennifer Harris at Sylvania at Hazen Cemetery Griffithville native, burial at Dennis Earl Mahoney, Evelyn Jeanette Love born January 29, 1946, died Williams, 68, of Stuttgart dies at Hot Springs Griffithville September 26, 2015. He is survived by his wife Margie and his two girls Denise and Tammy; five grandchildren, Kevin, Felicia, Brandon, Joshua and Tyler; great-grandchildren, Ryleigh and Jaxon; siblings, Gene, Charlie, Robert, Paul, Ricky, Mary Hattie, Joyce Ann and Charline. He is preceded in death by James Dennis, Mable, J.T., Nancy, Lucille and Nell. Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 29 at Country Chapel Church, Sylvania. www.boydfuneralhome.net

Donna Carter dies at Hazen Donna Kay (Rogers) Carter of Hazen passed away peacefully with her family by her side Thursday morning, Sept. 24, 2015. Funeral was Sunday at 2 p.m. at Calvary Missionary Baptist ChurchB in Hazen. Weems Family Funeral Services, Carlisle, was in charge of arrangements.

FOOD PANTRY LOW Mikki Barlow, who collects food for the Prairie County Food Pantry kept at the courthouse annex in Des Arc, advises that the food supply is getting low. She advises that extra food will be badly needed for distribution to the needy by the end of October. Only non-perishable items are accepted.

went to be with her Savior Sunday, September 27, 2015. She was born June 9, 1947 in Little Rock to the late Robert and Inez Love. She was a member of Park Hill Baptist Church in North Little Rock. Jeanette, a former choir member and church accompanist, loved to play the piano and sing beautiful hymns to and with her family. Jeanette’s other passion was her family, never missing a holiday, event or opportunity to shower her grandkids with gifts, cards and notes of encouragement. A former kindergarten teacher, Jeanette was dedicated to teaching her grandkids about kindness, faith and generosity. She lived as an example of these values, always returning even the smallest act of kindness with a beautiful hand-written thank you note. Jeanette is survived by her three sons, Jay Wisener and wife, Tish, of Little Rock; Dr. Jeff Wisener and wife, Becky, of Rogers; and Joshua Hampton and wife, Kelli, of Powderly, Texas; brother, Gene Love and wife, Carolyn Anne of Lawton, Okla.; four grandchildren, James, Rhett, Grace and Gavin as well as extended family and friends who loved her dearly. Visitation will be from 9:00 to 10:30 A.M., Thursday, October 1, at the Westbrook Funeral Home in Hazen. A graveside service at 11:00 A.M., will follow the visitation at the Hazen Cemetery in Hazen, Ark.

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Social Security skepticism good By Phylis Dills

International Skeptics Day falls in October, making it a month of secondguessing and, hopefully, getting to the truth of the matter. At Social Security, we believe that a healthy bit of skepticism encourages you to get the facts. We have created an easy way to cast aside doubt about Social Security, and you can access this resource any time of the year, day or night. You can clear any amount of skepticism you might have about your Social Security earnings by creating a safe and secure my Social Security account at www.socialsecurity.gov/my account. With a my Social Security account, you can instantly check your Social Security Statement. Financial experts have said that your Statement is “… probably the most crucial financial planning document for every American.” If you do find a discrepancy on your Statement, you will need to collect the proper documentation

from your employer to correct any misinformation and submit it to Social Security. For detailed instructions, you can access the publication How to Correct Your Social Security Earnings Record at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs.

Dr. H. Wayne Neaville, 74, of Hot springs, Arkansas passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015 at his home on Lake Hamilton. He was born July 3, 1941 in Griffithville, Arkansas to the late Ralph and Mamie Ruth Powell Neaville. Family came first in Wayne’s life. He was an exceptional and loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend to many. He cherished his time playing golf, horse racing, traveling in his motorhome, snow skiing, and spending time with friends. A true patriot he served his country in the National Guard, having retired as a captain. After graduating from the University Of Tennessee Dental School, Dr. Neaville began a dental practice that would span some fifty years, and became highly thought of in the field of Dentistry. Patients were considered friends, as he loved every one of them. Often, he volunteered at the Christian Dental Clinic. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Hot Springs, American and Arkansas Dental Societies, University of Arkansas Road Hogs, Razorback Foundation, and was a former Jaycees member. Cherishing his memory are his wife of 53 years, Lynn Suzette Neaville; four sons, Dr. Greg Neaville, (Mona) of Batesville, Chris Neaville of Hot Springs, Kyle Neaville (Wendy) of Dallas, Texas, and Matt Neaville ( Jessica) of Hot Springs. He was Umpy to Madison, Mason, Grace, Max, Isabella, Collin, Jacob, Lily, Spencer, Enoch, Autumn, and Hope. He also leaves behind a brother, Charles Keith Neaville (Lynwood) of Des Arc; special aunt and uncle, Dr. Bill Chandler and Mildred Powell Chandler; sister-in-law, Kelly Goodin; nephew, Dr. Keith Neaville (Susan) of Searcy, and a host of cousins, and special friends. A celebration of Dr. Neaville’s life was held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, September, 29, in the chapel of Gross Funeral Home in Hot Springs, with Rev. David Wilson officiating. Serving as pallbearers were his four sons, Rick Saunders, and Mike Ellis. Honorary pallbearers were Sherrod Thompson, Paul Humphreys, Don Hinkle, and Bill Thomason. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Jennifer Amanda Harris, 35, of Beebe passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015 at her home. She was born July 30, 1980 in Yellville, Arkansas to Steven Dew and Beverly Kuhlmann. Jennifer loved sports. Football and Basketball were her favorites. She was a huge Hogs fan in the good times and the bad. She enjoyed crafts. Jennifer was studying to become a registered nurse. She really loved helping people. She was a member of Griffithville First Baptist Church. Jennifer really loved her church family and all their support. Jennifer treasured her family. She loved spending time with Joshua who was the apple of her eye. Jennifer was a very loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend who will be dearly missed. Jennifer is survived by her husband of 16 years, Levi Harris; one son, Joshua Harris; her mother, Beverly Kuhlmann (Danny) of Waldron, Arkansas; her father, Steve Dew (Catherine) of Higden; one brother, Justin Dew (Michelle) of Cave City; one sister, Jessica Martin (Sean) of Batesville; her maternal grandfather, Junior Gillihan; and her mother and father in-law, Marvin and Janie Harris of Beebe; and several nieces, nephews, and friends. Jennifer was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Woodrow and Gertrude Dew; and her maternal grandmother, Opal Gillihan. Funeral services wereheld at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 30, at Searcy-McEuen Funeral Home, Searcy, with Bro. David McCord officiating Interment fllowed at Dogwood Cemetery in Griffithville. In lieu of Flowers Jennifer requested that you please donate to the Joshua Harris college fund. Account 4976 at First Security Bank, (877) 611-3118

Mrs. B. F. (Billie Fern) Mullen, age 87, passed on to her home with her heavenly father on Tuesday evening, September 29, 2015, at the Circle of Life Hospice Home in Springdale where she had been for eight days. For the past several months, she had been a resident at Walnut Grove Nursing Home in Springdale. A few years ago, Mrs. Mullen closed her home and moved to Springdale where her granddaughter, Celeste Wheeler, was a resident. Mrs. Mullen was born at Louisville, Arkansas on November 16, 1927 to William and Fern Turnley. She later moved to Greenville, Mississippi where she graduated from high school. After high school, she attended Mississippi State University where she met her loving husband of 54 years, Graham P. Mullen, who passed on to his maker in December of 2001. In 1952, the Mullen family moved to Des Arc where they made their permanent home. Mrs. Mullen graduated from Harding College at Searcy and began her 30year-plus teaching career at Des Arc High School where she taught English and Spanish. She received her Masters in Spanish from UCA in Conway. She served as sponsor of the Spanish Club at Des Arc High School, where she not only taught the language but also introduced her students to the culture of Latin America. The club members took many trips over the years but the Cinco de Mayo trips to San Antonio were always a treat for everyone. She ended her teaching career at Cotton Plant where she taught English and Spanish for five years before retiring. An avid golfer, Mrs. Mullen had memberships at the Brinkley and Grand Prairie Country Clubs for many years. She was involved in numerous organizations over the years and was an active member of Kappa Gamma Delta teachers society, the Prairie County Democratic Committee, and served a number of years as an officer in the Prairie County AARP Chapter. A dedicated conservationist, she served as State President, Regional President and National President of the Conservation Districts Ladies Auxiliary. She also sponsored the annual Conservation Poster Contest. Many posters from this area won on both the state and national level. Mrs. Mullen enjoyed working in her yard and was involved with the Prairie County Master Gardeners group. She was a member of the Grand Prairie DAR Chapter.

Mrs. B. F. Mullen She loved to travel with her husband and over the years they toured Europe, Russia, South America, and Canada. They especially enjoyed train travel and some of their fondest memories were on their train tours. They always kept diaries which are continuing to provide memories of their activities for her family. Mrs. Mullen and husband, Graham were dedicated members of the First Presbyterian Church in Des Arc for many years until it’s closing in 2008. While a member at First Presbyterian, she served as a Sunday School teacher, Deacon and Elder. When the church closed, she moved her letter to the First United Methodist Church in Des Arc. While in Springdale, she attended the First Presbyterian Church with Celeste and her family. She was also preceded in death by her parents and her youngest child, a son, Kevin. Survivors include her son, Patrick Mullen and wife, Lisa, of Des Arc and their two daughters, Beth Ann Tollison and husband, Taylor, of Cookeville, TN and son, Avett, and Tricia Lee Ginn and husband, Tyler, of Marion Ark.; daughter, Paddy Branham and husband, Rick, of Austin, Arkansas and children, Scott Crain and wife, Kristitin of Maryville, TN and their children, Stephanie, Graham and William and Celeste Wheeler and husband, Donnie, of Springdale and their children, Coleman, Benjamin and Truman; a younger sister, Ann Morgan of Maryville, Tennessee and her children, Kim, Kyle, and Kandyce. Friends will be received by the family at Garth Funeral Home in Des Arc on Saturday, October 3 at 1 p.m. followed by a graveside service at Lakeside Cemetery in Des Arc at 2 p.m. Pallbearers will be Donnie and Coleman Wheeler, Scott and Graham Crain, Taylor Tollison and Tyler Ginn. Memorials may be made to a charity or church of your choice.

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NOTICE Advising that the Des Arc Water Company will be flushing hydrants in the city during the month of October. This will not affect water supply or available water. You may notice some yellowing of water, but it is still safe for drinking. Thank You,

Des Arc Water Company Paul Berry, Manager

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Social Announcements and Locals PC Democratic Women install new officers Deronda Tucker, retiring president, installed the officers of the Prairie County Federation of Democratic Women at the regular meeting Thursday evening, September 24. Those installed were Chris Weems, president; Debbie Cook, vice president; Rita Farris, secretary; Nell Pich, treasurer and Jerry Aycock, devotional leader. Harvey Joe Sanner spoke to the group about activities of the Democratic Party in the County and in Arkansas. Sanner urged members to attend the meeting to be held on Tuesday, September 29 in Des Arc to make plans for some special projects to support Hillary Rodham Clinton in her bid

Those attending the ARTA Convention were front row: (l-r) Thelma Gray, Kathy Ewing-PCRTA President, Chris Weems. Back (l-r) Helen Holloway-past ARTA President, Carolyn Brakensiek, Sadie Foster, June Whiteside, Area VI Board Member and James Bradford

ARTA State Convention held in Benton Center Eight members of the Prairie County Retired Teachers were among the largest crowd to attend the State ARTA Convention, with more than 350 attending at the Benton Event Center, Benton, Tuesday, September 22. Dr. Ella Walker Rolfe, president of the Arkansas Retired Teachers Association, presided. This year, the group had a Silent Auction during registration and refreshments, a new fundraiser for the Scholarship fund. Each County Unit supplied the

items for the auction. After the presentation of the flag by Benton High School Junior ROTC, the Bryant High School Honeybees sang a rendition of the National Anthem. The Honeybees are an elite group of the Bryant Chorus that has won many awards as an ensemble. George Hopkins, Director of Arkansas Teachers Retirement System, gave an update on the Retirement fund and Big River Steel Mill in Osceola. The Retirement fund is in the top two percent of

the country. The construction on the steel mill is on schedule and below budget. The Blue Oak, Arkansas, Recycling plant is also on schedule in contstruction. Blue Oak will recycle electronic items such as old cell phones and computuers. ARTS is a major investor in each of the endeavors. Four members of PCRTA earned awards for 1000 plus volunteer hours. They are Bill Arnold, Kathy Ewing, Chris Weems and Helen Holloway.

Personally Speaking Steven Henderson of Ypsilanti, Mich., has been visiting here with his dad, Max and wife, Wanda, In North Little Rock. He came last Thursday and will be helping his dad with some business here. He advises that Max is still undergoing treatments. Stevven and wife, Larah, have three sons. He is employed with SICK Inc., specialists in logistics and electrical. He said, “It’s the same company my dad was with before retiring.” ---------Mary King of Carlisle, and son, Tony Thomas, were in Des Arc last week , at Journal office. Mary, a former local resident, was the daughter of the late Bud and Flossie Smith. She was married to the late Carl Thomas and later married James King, who is also deceased. Besides Tony, she has three other children, Sanford Thomas of Jacksonville, Tina Crane of Carlisle, and Shirley (Jerry) McNeill of Beebe. They are all graduates of Des Arc High School. ---------Ricky Pirtle stopped by the Journal office on Tuesday to renew his subscription. He spent four days in the hospital recently and is slowly recovering from the incident. Doctors went in to replace a lead wire in his pacemaker and punctured a vein bottoming his blood pressure out. They were several days getting his blood pressure somewhat regulated. Ricky and wife, Phyllis have two sons, Winston and Kim of Conway and children Isaac, 8 and

Maddie 2 1/2 and Jonathan who lives in Conway. Ricky is the son of the late H.L. (Slew) and Jerri Pirtle. --------Prayers are sent to Jeff Barlow who fell at his home on Tuesday evening this week and had to be taken by ambulance to UAMS for a broken leg. Jeff has had serious health issues recently. His sisters are helping with his care. He is the son of the late Jack and Betty Barlow. -------Geneva Chlapecka of Slovak was in town paying taxes and stopped by the Journal office for a visit. Geneva, married to the late Rudy Chlapecka, was the daughter of the late John and Katie Grady of the Oak Prairie Community, Des Arc. She graduated at Des Arc High School in 1948 before moving to Hazen. She has two sons, Randy and Rudolph. Randy lives at Newport and served as County Agent in Jackson County before retiring. Rudolph moved back home from Texas two years ago and helps run the family farm. He has a son, Ross, in Bales, Texas. Randy has two sons, Austin teaches at Brooklyn and Justin is working on his Master’s Degree at ASU, Jonesboro. --------Nola Hampton had kidney surgery on Monday, September 28. She previously had surgery to break up a kidney stone. A large piece of the stone was found to not have broken up properly and had to be removed. She will return for a checkup in a couple of

weeks. She is hopeful she will be back at the Sr. Citizens Center quilting and playing Bean Bag Baseball soon. --------Get well wishes are sent to Amy Elam who has been hospitalized, according to her mother, Rhonda Cheshier. While she is recovering, her husband, Teddy is taking care of the children, Kizen and Lizzie. Amy is a LPN. --------Pastor Kenny Ripper of the Church of God of Prophecy was honored by his family, friends, and church congregation with a birthday party on Sunday, September 27 with a potluck lunch and special singing at the church. Everyone sang “Happy Birthday”. Kenny was honored and grateful to everyone for making his birthday a wonderful day. --------Pam Prichard had surgery recently for an acid reflux condition. She is recovering at home with the help of family and friends. Pam is a former deputy treasurer at the Prairie County Treasurers office. --------Prayers are sent to Prairie County Judge Mike Skarda. He returned to his back doctor on Monday to get the results of his tests from his latest back surgery. His wife, Karan, stated that he was pain free for a while but the pain has returned. Doctors were to take a look at his back to see what can be done to alleviate the pain. Wishing you the best, Mike!

Calendar of Events by Chris Weems Thurs., October 8, 6:00 p .m, GFWC Elsie McCain Club Meet, Murry’s Restaurant Mon., October 12, 6:15 p.m., Hazen Chapter # 5 OES, Hazen Lodge Hall Tues., October 20, 1:00 p.m., PC Retired Teachers, Hurley House Cafe, Hazen Tues., October 20, 6:00 p.m., PC Master Gardeners, BancorpSouth Tues., October 27, 6:00 p.m., PC Democratic Women, Murry’s Restaurant

The group saw two former Hazen students who are now retired teachers, Joanna Willis Parker of Mount Ida and Carol Cunningham Day of Hot Springs Village. The next meeting of the PCRTA will be at the Hurley House in Hazen on Tuesday, October 20 at 1:00 p.m. The group has Dutch treat lunch at the beginning of the meeting. All interested persons are invited to attend. -Chris Weems

Museum hosting Dutch Oven Workshop Lower White River Museum State Park in Des Arc will be hosting a Dutch Oven Workshop on Saturday, October 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. You are invited to come and discover the art of cooking in cast iron over a coal fire and enjoy a delicious prepared meal at the end of the workshop! For more information or to register, contact Monica Smith at the Lower White River Museum State Park: 2009 Main Street, Des Arc, AR 72040. Phone (870) 256-3711 Fax (870) 256-9202. E-mail: monica.f.smith@arkans as. 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. Fall Crafts Workshop/Upcoming Museum State Park

as Democratic candidate for president. Sanner had been to Little Rock on Monday to see her as she visited Philander-Smith College. He reported that she made a good presentation of issues the country is facing. The group also discussed the number of solicitations received from similar “Save Social Security” groups. They decided because of the similarity, perhaps they were scams and were to be careful about participating. The next meeting of the PC Democratic Women will be Tuesday, October 27 at Murry’s Restaurant in Hazen. Interested women are invited to attend. -Chris Weems

New Movie scheduled at DeValls Bluff Center “This Is Our Time” is the movie scheduled for showing Saturday, October 10, at the Community Center in DeValls Bluff. Show time is 6:00 pm. Free Admission and Free Popcorn The movie is about Shawn-Caulin Young (Thor), Kate Cobb (The Ghosts), T.J. Dalrymple, Matthew Florida (Marriage Retreat), Erin Bethea (Fireproof), Bruce Marchiano (The Encounter), and Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight). Ethan, Luke, Alé, Ryder and Catherine are five friends connected by their strong faith. After graduation, they each set out to make a difference in the world for God. Their ambitions are high, their passions are strong but will they have the courage to fulfill their calling regardless of what comes their way. The sacrifice they are asked to pay may just be too high. Through godly wisdom from an outside source, the group realizes that this is not their time after all, it's all His!

Class of 1975 holding 40th reunion

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The Des Arc High School Class of 1975 will hold its 40th reunion on Saturday, October 3 in the high school cafeteria at 6:00 p.m. A potluck dinner will be served. “All members of the largest class to graduate Des Arc High School are encouraged to attend,” said Class President Roger Luck. Members of Classes 1974 and 1976 are welcome.

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Just plain ole good cooking is on the menu this week! Crunchy Chicken Cutlets with Buttermilk Gravy, Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes, Nothing Fancy Broccoli Casserole, and Chocolate Pudding Cake with Ice Cream combine to make a unforgettable meal that will bring a delicious pleasure to everyone. So tie on your apron and enjoy preparing this recipes! Crunchy Chicken Cutlets and Buttermilk Gravy 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 large egg 1 tablespoon water 1 cup plain panko breadcrumbs 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley 1 tablespoon paprika 3/4 teaspoon salt 4 (5-ounce) chicken cutlets, pounded thin 1/4 cup peanut or vegetable oil

Gospel Music at the Prairie County Fair: This group of residents and staff from the Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center enjoyed the Gospel Singing at the Prairie County Fair on Thursday, September 24.

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Hello to everyone in the community from Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center! Fall has finally arrived. The farmers are so very busy gathering in their crops. The weatherman says it will be getting cooler. We sure need some rain. There are several counties in Arkansas who are under a burn ban. Hunters are going to their favorite hunting areas to check out the deer population. Fall brings the excitement of county fairs and the State fair. Adults, teens and children could spend several hours looking at the exhibits of fruits, vegetables, flowers, sewn garments, quilts, photos, etc. All of the Extension Homemaker Clubs and individuals showcased their handiwork this past week at the Prairie County Fair and the 4H clubs and ranchers paraded their handsome livestock. Even the kids participated in a pet show. And to start the Fair activities was the Fair Parade with a band, queens, hors-

es, and this years Grand Marshal. We could go on and on about our favorite Fall memories. Each memory brings its own specialness. Worship services this past week were with the Des Arc United Methodist Church and Faith Missionary Baptist Church. The DANRC General Store was open for the residents to shop for items they could not live without. We are enjoying our mid-morning breaks with coffee and donuts. The Disciples were in good form Friday and were a very welcomed sight. If they did not come on Fridays, we would miss them terribly. Saturday activities were morning Bible Study, Jordan was here to pop her yummy popcorn and a great movie. We were able to go to the Gospel Singing at the Prairie County Fair after all. Those that went enjoyed the music. Homecoming is Friday and we are so happy we get to watch the Homecoming Parade this year. Looking

forward to hearing the Band, see the Homecoming Queen and her court and the football players. Go Eagles! We had our Resident birthday party for our September birthdays last Thursday. Everyone enjoyed the cake and trimmings and singing Happy Birthday to everyone. Everyone is decorating their homes for fall with all the pumpkins, gourds, corn shocks, and hay bales. Soon the kiddos will be Trick or Treating for Halloween and before you know it, Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here! That is all for this week. Please come out to visit when you can. We love to have visitors come and just have a friendly chat with us. Volunteers are welcome, also! Thanks to all of those who already volunteer. You are greatly appreciated. So until next time, have a safe and blessed rest of the week. Teresa Henley Activity Director

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For Gravy: 2 tablespoons butter 2 shallots, finely chopped 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 cup chicken broth 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup buttermilk Place the flour on a sheet of wax paper. Whisk together the egg and 1 tablespoon water in a large bowl. Combine the panko, parsley, paprika and 1/4 teaspoon salt on another sheet of wax paper. Sprinkle the chicken with the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Dip the chicken into the flour, shaking off the excess, then into the egg mixture, then into the panko mixture, pressing so the crumbs adhere. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook until browned on both sides, about 6 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a platter. Tent loosely with foil to keep warm. To make the gravy, melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the shallots and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 1-2 minutes. Stir in the flour and cook 1 minute. Whisk in the broth and salt and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, whisking constantly, until sauce begins to thicken, about 1 minute. Remove the pan from the heat. Whisk in the buttermilk until blended. Spoon the gravy over the chicken and serve at once. Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes 2 pounds baking potatoes 2 teaspoons salt 3 tablespoons butter 4 ounces cream cheese ½ cup milk salt and pepper

Peel the potatoes and cut them into 1-inch cubes. Add the cut potatoes to a large pot and just cover with water. Add the salt and stir well. Bring to a boil and cook for 15 to 20 minutes or until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork. Drain the potatoes and return them to the pot. Add the butter, cream cheese, and milk and mix will with a hand mixer until the potatoes are smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste. Nothing Fancy Broccoli Casserole 1 (22 oz) bag of frozen broccoli (spears or florets) 1 (10 ¾ oz) can of cream of chicken soup 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, divided 1 egg, well beaten ½ cup mayonnaise ½ cup of sour cream 1 teaspoon of onion powder (or 1 tablespoon of grated onion) Salt and pepper to taste Optional-crushed crackers for topping Cook broccoli until tender in salted water, drain. In a large bowl, combine broccoli, one cup of the cheese, and all the other ingredients; except cracker crumbs. Place in a greased 1 ½ -2 quart casserole dish. Top with the remaining cheese on top. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Chocolate Pudding Cake Cooking spray 1 cup sugar, divided 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, divided 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup milk 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 1 large egg, lightened beaten 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 1 cup hot coffee or water Ice cream Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8 x 8-inch square pan with cooking spray. In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa. Set aside. In a medium bowl, stir together the remaining sugar and cocoa, flour, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the center of the bowl and add the milk, butter, egg and vanilla. Stir together. Spread the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Top with the sugar and cocoa. Pour the coffee (or water) over the top. (Do not stir.) Bake in the oven until the surface of the cake is cracked and the edges look dry, about 35 to 40 minutes. Let sit for 15 minutes before serving.

seNior citizeNs ceNter DES ARC, ARK By Barbara Williams, Site Director

Congrats to all the Seniors that won ribbons in the fair, and to Mrs. Ada Kunkel for getting the Judges Choice big purple ribbon for her delicious apple pie and Ms. Mary Sue Roe for getting the Judges Choice for her homemade apron. Monday we had a ball exercise, played dominoes and took a group to enter their baked goods and items for judging at the Prairie County

Fair. Tuesday we had Joke of the Day. Wednesday we had our homemade breakfast and Bingo, and we went to Senior Hour at the Prairie County Fair. Thursday we recognized our September birthdays and went to the Lower White River Museum that afternoon, and Monica gave us the tour of their exhibits.

Friday was our recycling day, and that afternoon we took the van to the Cabot Senior center for a Beanbag Baseball game were we tied 14-14. Then all 44 of us went out to eat supper at Crossroads! We had a great week of getting out, if only we had some rain soon. We are working hard to get our yard sale Huge thanks from the Brill family to Ed Holmes and the men's fellowship at Lakeroom ready! God Bless and side Missionary Baptist Church for the wonderful ramp! Brother Dennis was recently hospitalized and now uses a wheelchair to get around. We are so gratehave a great weekend! ful for talented hands and big hearts!

Searching for home health care just got easier By Bob Moos/Southwest regional public affairs officer for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare has just begun publishing star ratings for home health care agencies to help consumers tell the good providers from the bad. Medicare pays for health care you receive in the comfort and privacy of your home if you meet certain requirements. You must be homebound, under a physician’s care and in need of part-time skilled nursing care or rehabilitative services. One in 10 people with traditional Medicare relies on home health services in a given year. A third of all home visits are for patients released from the hospital but still requiring atten-

tion. The other two-thirds are for people trying to stay out of the hospital in the first place. Medicare’s website – www.medicare.gov – is a convenient place to begin your search for a home health agency. With a few clicks, you can compare the providers in your area, check on the types of services they offer and the quality of their care. To help you understand the differences in quality between agencies, Medicare has added star ratings to its website. One star means “poor,” two stars are “below average,” three stars mean “average,” four stars are “above average,” and five stars mean “excellent.” Medicare has posted star ratings for more than 9,000 home health agen-

cies nationwide, based on such quality measures as how quickly home visits begin after a doctor authorizes them and how often a patient improves under the home-based care. More than half of Arkansas’ 146 rated home health agencies are performing at or above average levels. Statewide, 13 percent received four or five stars, while 42 percent rated three or 3.5 stars. The remaining 45 percent scored 2.5 stars or lower. The current ratings are based on the providers’ work from last year and will be updated regularly. Medicare didn’t rate some agencies because they didn’t have enough patients to evaluate or because they had only recently started their businesses.

While very useful, the star ratings aren’t meant to be the final word on a provider’s quality of care. They’re simply a screening tool that helps you focus on a few facilities. Visit with your doctor and talk to family members and friends who have had home health care. Understanding homebased care is essential to finding the agency that best fits your needs. Your home care starts with your doctor’s decision that your illness or injury demands it. You may need a skilled nurse to give you IV drugs, shots or tube feedings, or to change dressings, or to teach you and your caregivers about newly prescribed drugs. You also may require rehabilitative services, like occupational, physical or

speech therapy, to become as self-sufficient as possible and regain your independence. The home health agency you select will work with you and your doctor to develop a plan of care. That plan will detail the services you need, how often you should have them, who will provide them, and what results your doctor expects from your treatment. To qualify for home health benefits, your nursing care must be part-time. Home health aides who help with bathing and dressing, as well as homemaker aides who clean or do laundry, may be covered, but only if they’re part of your overall plan of care. Medicare pays 100 percent for your care as long

as you’re eligible. It also pays for 80 percent of any medical equipment you need, such as a special bed or oxygen. If you’re in Medicare’s traditional fee-for-service program and have questions about your home health care coverage, you can call Medicare at 1-800633-4227. If you’re in a private Medicare Advantage health plan, you should consult that plan. Home health care can be a blessing by speeding your recovery after a hospital stay or, even better, by allowing you to avoid the hospital altogether. The new star ratings at www.medicare.gov will help you make an informed choice.

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Words of Faith/Church News FAITH TRACKS By Rev. Dee Harper

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Work: 870-256-3757 - Cell: 501-593-8978 e-mail: cdharper1979@yahoo.com

AD: It all begins with Jesus! Scripture: Acts 1:6-11 The question “who is Jesus” is one that is central to the Christian faith and has been a question that even those with no faith have wrestled with in the western world. It is the question that Jesus asks the disciples in the Gospel of Mark as he moves from his ministry in Galilee to Jerusalem and his sacrifice on the cross. As you read Acts 1:6-11 ask yourself these questions: who is Jesus and what is our mission as His followers? The disciples have gathered together on a hill near Bethany according to Luke’s Gospel. Jesus is there, but the disciples still don’t understand completely everything that is going on. They still expect Jesus to somehow restore the earthly kingdom of Judah and Jerusalem its city. They don’t understand that it is the Kingdom of Heaven that Jesus is concerned about. We often think about people’s last words and what they mean. If you were to convey one message to the people you most care about what would it be? Some famous last words were: President George Washington said: “I die hard, but I am not afraid to go.” Evangelist Henry Ward Beecher said: “Now comes the mystery.” Inventor Thomas Edison said: “It is very beautiful over there.” Pastor John Wesley said: “The best of all is: God is with us.” We often lift up Jesus’ last words on the cross, but Jesus last words to his disciples before his ascension are very important too. Jesus in verse 8 of our Scripture says, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Jesus’ last words predict the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on His followers. He also gives them their mission: go out beginning in Jerusalem and spread the good news, be my witnesses to the earth.” While the church may have been constituted or formed on Pentecost after the empowering of the Holy Spirit, it was commissioned at the ascension. Why did Jesus ascend? I think by ascending, going back into heaven, it shows his dominion his kingship. It also says in John that He went to prepare a place for each one who believes for all eternity. Also I think by ascending it forced the church to go out and be the witnesses that Jesus wanted them to be -to spread the good news. The focus was on going out to all the world where God was moving and active and bringing people to Him also. This also made opportunity for the pouring out of the Holy

Caroline Baptist Association Choir in concert here The First Baptist Church of Des Arc is inviting the public to attend a special music program on Sunday evening, Oct. 4, starting at 7 o’clock. Thirty five churches have joined together to form a mass choir, the Caroline Baptist Associational Choir. This mass choir will be in concert at the First Baptist Church sanctuary this Sunday evening. Everyone is invited. Admission is free.

Spirit which was prophesied by the prophet Joel, “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.” Whatever the reason, as a result of this is that now we as believers are the spiritual and physical body of Christ in the world today. As the poem by Teresa of Avila says: Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks with compassion on this world, Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good, Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, Yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Christ has no body now on earth but yours. Because we are now Christ’s body and we have this calling to be God’s witnesses in the part of the world that we find ourselves in today. The encouragement is that God will give us the resources we need. The mission is to be a congregation that makes disciples for the transformation of the world, who make more disciples and who make more and more. That is the mission that the early church accepted. It is a progression of evangelism and discipleship that has gone on since the beginning of the faith. It is a mission to one extent or another - that is the reason why we have faith today. Isaiah 60:1-3 says, “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.” Jesus told his disciples to not hide their light under a bushel but to let their good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise the heavenly Father. I invite you to continue to shine your light as God has called and gifted you. I want to especially challenge you to shine that light and witness to your friends or family who doesn’t know Jesus. Begin by loving them. Pray for them and as you have opportunity witness to what God has done in your own life. May God work in your life and in the lives of those you care about this week. Brother Dee

Thank You! I would like to thank the community of Des Arc for the care and concern shown for me during my recent surgery, hospital stay and on-going recovery. Thanks to local churches for your prayers for me. To my church family and my own family for taking care of my needs. A special thanks to my sister, Nancy, and my son, Joshua, for being with me during this time. May God bless each of you is my prayer. In HIS love, c Pam Prichard

Dinner is Being Served!

Sunday, Oct. 4 Serving from 11:30 a. m. to 2:00 p. m.

ADULT BUFFET: $9.95

Bring Your Church Bulletin and Receive Free Beverage

DonDiE’s WhiTE RivER PRincEss 103 Curran Street • East End of Riverfront Park Des Arc, Arkansas Regular Open Nights: Thursday, Friday and Saturday Nights

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Remember: senior citizens Discount on Thursday nights

Worshipping, praying and fellowshiping together: The First Baptist Church held a church-wide picnic at the Oak Prairie Fire Station on Sunday, September 27. The picnic was well attended by the looks of the photo above

Senior members enjoying afternoon picnic: Pictured above are senior members of the First Baptist Church visiting and enjoying the fellowship. Pictured left to right are Margaret Purvis, Cornelia Bures, Gladys Hambrick and Elizabeth Kerr. Also pictured is Elizabeth’s daughter, Donna Kerr Speight

Attend the church of your choice this Sunday. You will be welcomed!

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Sunday School Church Attendance sunday, september 27 in DEs ARc First Baptist Church...252/278 Gospel Mission.....................176 Lakeside Miss. Baptist...75/102 First United Methodist........67 Faith Missionary Baptist.41/55 Family Worship Center.........62 First Assembly of God....40/52 Fellowship Miss. Baptist....... 35 Church of Christ............13 Church of God of Prophecy.. 57 Living Waters Full Gospel....... 27 AREA chURchEs Hickory Plains Miss. Bap 71/109 Morris Chapel Miss. Baptist..43 Pleasant Ridge Miss. Baptist.22 Hickory Plains Methodist..... 31 Hickory Plains Nazarene...... 22 Judson Memorial Baptist...... 21 Sand Hill Miss. Baptist..........14 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.

Hickory Plains Missionary Baptist Church

Monday - Friday October 5 - 9

Bro. Ben Hulsey Pastor, White Hall Missionary Baptist Church

Preaching Each Night at 7:00 PM Special Singing Each Night Everyone Invited! Bro. Dirick Hulsey, Pastor

“A Concert of Worship” With The

Caroline Baptist Associational Choir Sunday, October 4 At 7:00 P. M.

First Baptist Church 401 Erwin St. - Des Arc

Church members from over 35 churches within the Caroline Baptist Association have joined together in a mass choir to present "A Concert of Worship". Everyone in the community is invited to come and enjoy the musical. Admission is Free.

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A History - Springfield-Des Arc Bridge and Road By Thomas Eans

his is a story about an old bridge and an older road that played a role in the commercial, colorful and tragic history of Des Arc, Arkansas, and the commerce of the eastern and central parts of the state. Recently a news article in the Conway newspaper described an ongoing discussion about preserving a unique Arkansas road bridge. This was a bowstring arch iron bridge over North Cadron Creek in northwest Faulkner County on the Springfield-Des Arc Road called the Springfield-Des Arc Bridge. The creek today is the boundary line between Conway and Faulkner counties. This certainly caught my attention as I had never heard of Springfield being mentioned in the history of Des Arc, previously being a vibrant port city 60 miles east on White River. I discovered there had been significant commerce involving this road in the mid 1800's, and the decisions made in Springfield were based on price and politics. The iron bridge is interesting in itself but it was built after the heyday of steamboat trade at Des Arc. The Bridge. It is presently remote, located on a county road off Hwy 285 marked only by a street sign type post, now called Springfield Road. The road leads to Springfield. The bridge has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Faulkner County Historical Society, the Arkansas Highway Transportation Department and other entities have been involved with this. In the early 1870's the King Iron Bridge Company had patented a practical method of mass producing bowstring arch bridges. It was a cast and wrought iron tubular arch and truss design. Stone mixed with mortar was used as pier supports for the bridge and its approaches. It is especially unique also because it is the oldest highway bridge still standing (barely) in Arkansas and the second oldest of that design in the U.S. There was a pay ferry (raft) and then wooden bridges on posts in the creek that didn’t hold up. The traffic of the time would have included oxen-pulled heavy wagons as well as horse and mule drawn ones. With the state highway department not existing until 1913, Conway County had this sturdy metal bridge constructed. The prefabricated pieces were shipped on the Arkansas River from Kansas to the Lewisburg port (near present day Morrilton area) and then overland for assembly. It was finished in 1874 for $12,857. Its iron span was 146 ft and it was 188 ft. long including its wood approaches. Its roadway width was 11 ft 6 inches. The state highway department assumed its maintenance in the 1900's. But time, floods and excessive loads so eroded its stone supports and the iron and damaged the wooden decking that it was closed to vehicular traffic in 1987. A bypass with a concrete bridge was completed in 1991. Upon request. the old one was left as a “pedestrian” bridge with cessation of state maintenance. Then being hidden off the road, it became a dumping site for trash, junk and dead animals, and there was repetitive vandalism. Hoodlums even tried to burn it down twice. There were failures of cleanups and destruction of plaques about the bridge, road and local military history and a discarded plan to build a park there. Now it is surrounded by brush and trees and has large holes from deterioration of planks. Its iron appears to still have enough strength for pedestrian traffic, but its appearance has been described as haunting. Perhaps accordingly, a movie was even made centered on the site with the main character being a Civil War era ghost. Conway County gave the ownership of its portion to Faulkner County. The City of Conway has now accepted this historic engineering monument and, assisted by the Historical Society, is seeking money for the salvage effort so it can be disassembled and moved to an appropriate location. Ridiculous you say? The city of Danville preserved a somewhat smaller bowspring bridge and moved it to be part of a walking trail there, and there is even a smaller iron bridge of different design that was moved by a residential developer to be over a pond at his site off W. Brannon Dr in south Conway. The Road. This story was more difficult to research due to the time elapsed with little definitive information available now about it. Almost all Arkansas roads until the late 1800's were dirt. They were built in whole or in part by farmers as farm-to-market roads, or by the US Postal Service or the Military. A “road” was what resulted from cutting trees or moving rocks in the path or where they just drove around them. A government agency might do a better job but building it up with dirt or gravel was not done; eg a military road might have an enhanced surface in some areas by use of raw materials immediately at hand—abundant saplings nearby. Two inch saplings were cut about eight foot long, laid side by side across the road, and dirt was shoveled on top of them. They would stay in place and only slowly decay. It was also called a corduroy road. Except for the incidental shoveling, no ditches were dug to help water runoff, and the wagon wheels’ ruts worsened the problem. It was much better to place your road on an elevated area than in a depression or across a body of water. The way travelers got between two points in the 1800's was to follow whatever roads existed along the way which rarely was a straight line, but they also had to consider whether a path was navigable during wet seasons, being especially important for the heavier freight wagons. It is also likely that travelers on old roads probably found poor directional signs. Many roads on old maps are nonexistent today, being abandoned by traffic and retaken by nature. Des Arc had a large wharf floating on cypress logs and served a wide area of eastern and central Arkansas. When a road is named after a town 60 miles away, it must be a very common destination. Old maps of good quality are rare. No maps were found showing a Springfield-Des Arc named road at the Des Arc end. But a book with a map was found for the 1850's that described a Des Arc-Lewisburg Road. Lewisburg was a now nonexistent town on the Arkansas River. It traveled from Lewisburg north to Springfield, then east across N. Cadron Creek to the Moore House (near later Greenbrier), then to the Hardin House on E. Cadron Creek, then southeast across that Creek to Enola. No more was shown. But another map showed one route of the Butterfield Overland Stagecoach Line in 1858 was to carry the mail from Des Arc west to El Paso, Arkansas (would have been through Hickory Plains and Butlerville), then to Enola, then the Hardin House and west. Obviously these routes intersected. The E. Cadron Creek at its crossing might have been small and the Cypress Bayou (a tributary of Bayou Des Arc) crossing between Enola and Butlerville also should have been small at those locations. An alternative could have been the areas of Greenbrier to Enders to Center Hill to Garner/McRae area to Des Arc. There was even brief information found in a 1997 published article that the named road went through Rosebud, but this is even north of Enders and would have been more difficult. The writer of that did-

Old photo of bowstring bridge towers

n’t have any information saved on that article today and he had no recall of it. It is probable that the name change from Lewisburg to Springfield-Des Arc Road occurred out of spite by the Springfield area over the political differences with Lewisburg described below. A handmade map for the year 1873 showed a Springfield-Des Arc Road starting in Springfield and going east stopping at the Bono/ Greenbrier area which by that time was in the new Faulkner County. So topographically these routes were possible and the first one seems to be the most likely. It is notable that all of them crossed the Little Rock-Clinton Road, which went north and south and through the Hardin House location, a fortuitous intersection for the two trade routes. Why Springfield? Arkansas became a Territory in 1819 and a state in 1836. Springfield was in the rolling foothills of the Ozarks. The Cherokee had been placed just to the west of Springfield and there was thought to have been trade travel using a road to the east directly with the tribe and for supplies for them by the government as well. After final resettlement of the Cherokees to Oklahoma in the 1830's that western part of Arkansas became open to settlers. In 1840 Arkansas passed its Land Donation Act which made land over much of the state available free or at a very low cost. Farmers and others must have thought this opened the pearly gates as emigration greatly increased. The Springfield area was settled in the1830's. It was the Conway County seat from 1850-1873. It was in the “cotton belt”. Its area like so many others had major pre-war growth due to raising cotton, apparently using slaves, especially after 1850, and it had become a trade center. The area also raised open range livestock such as hogs, corn and other grain for themselves and to take to market. The cotton farmers became wealthy as cotton had become more in demand in America, Europe and other places. Stagecoach lines ran through the town. A road connecting Clinton and Marshall in the north to Lewisburg on the Arkansas River ran through it. Lewisburg had a port and was only 15 miles away. But many declined to trade with it due to political differences between the northern and southern ends of the county and suspicions that they were being overcharged. It was more profitable to trade with Des Arc and its more active White River port in spite of the long drive due to lower shipping prices on the White River and a greater variety of goods being available. Why Des Arc? Des Arc was an early French trading post. It had thrived beginning in the late 1830's-40's due to its increasing production of cotton using slaves and the activity at its White River port after the invention of the steamboat in 1811. There was a great amount of forests, rivers and bottom lands between the Mississippi River and Prairie County that made road building difficult and impeded use. A “Memphis to Little Rock Road” had been built by the military in the 1820's over the objection of one of the officers in charge as being impractical. It passed south of Des Arc near present day DeValls Bluff, but it had to cross flood prone low lands in the areas east and west of DeValls Bluff and east of N. Little Rock also. DeValls Bluff’s White River port as apparently not as developed, and commerce seemed to prefer steamboats using Des Arc and the roads going west from there. White River had a navigable advantage over the Arkansas River for shipping due to the Arkansas having generally lower water even though it was wider and deeper at times. It was often not navigable above the Little Rock port. Steamboats went up White River to Jacksonport and sometimes even to Batesville and Cotter and into the Little Red River to its port at West Point. They went down river to the Mississippi to reach Helena, Memphis or even New Orleans. Those using the White were charged less due to its easier navigability but it was far from perfect (or safe). Des Arc was simply an impressive and growing city and port. It had cotton storage facilities. One branch of the Butterfield Overland Express Stagecoach Line bypassed the Ozarks by connecting St Louis to Memphis to Des Arc (crossing the river by rope pulled raft) to Argenta area (now North Little Rock) and then following the Arkansas River to Ft Smith to El Paso (Texas), and on to San Francisco. With the location of the state capitol in dispute again, they had lobbied for it to be in their town, unsuccessfully. There were many and varied businesses there by 1850 and their number was increasing. The stagecoach and steamboats carried the mail also. A Memphis to Little Rock telegraph line was built across the bottom land and through Des Arc in 1858. The steamboat lines, wagon freight lines and the town probably all advertised. This motivated the pioneer settlers, established population and businesses along the connecting roads to transport their products; such as cotton bales, cypress lumber, caged chickens, fish and salted hogs and deer, to the port where it along with the Des Arc area’s similar products were shipped to markets beyond. They undoubtedly transported passengers, including slaves, drummers and entertainers, and goods such as plows, sacks of seed and flour, furniture, cloth, kegs of nails and gunpowder,

rope, saws, kerosene, stoves and cases of canning jars and medicines. They were offloaded by the deck hands onto freight wagons for use by people at least from central western to central eastern Arkansas. The Transformation. The War and its post war depression hurt Springfield and the rest of the state as it did the entire South. The Union soldiers burned their courthouse. The Union military improved the local Springfield-Des Arc Road, but for their own use. Even in 1862 before the Union occupation the entire state had been put under martial law due to lawless behavior in the tumultuous times. Some Des Arc homes and businesses were torn down after their defeat in 1863 by the Union–they “requisitioned” the lumber to build a fort and other buildings at DeValls Bluff. Des Arc was left flat broke and the area was occupied by the Union military from 1863 to several years after the War, controlling the government and interfering with commerce, not the least of which was the invalidation of their Confederate currency. Des Arc area’s population largely moved away, whites and blacks. With this and without slavery and with mechanization far in the future, cotton as a family operation couldn’t produce the revenue or profits of the past. The iron bridge on the Springfield-Des Arc Road came in 1874 and may have rejuvenated some commercial use of that end of the area, but this appears to have come too late to help Des Arc. The military had stopped private boat shipping during 1863-1866. Then the market had to be redeveloped. The coming of the railroads and better roads harmed the business of the steamboats and stagecoaches. Neither Des Arc nor Springfield were on railroad routes, then necessary to continue being trade centers. Their prior drawing areas found better means of shipping and purchasing. After some improvement they were hit by the Great Depression of the 1930's. Although a nice place to live today and with some barge traffic still on the White and certainly harmony between black and white, Des Arc never recovered to the prosperity of its perhaps fifteen years of economic glory in the mid 1800's. This applied to Springfield also which became a hamlet with reduced commerce. There had been a major transportation route, albeit on dirt roads, between the two geographic areas. Arkansas’s population leaped again in the 1870's, but it is not clear that these two areas benefited from that and on an 1890 map no Springfield-Des Arc Road name was found, and some roads that might have been part of its path had disappeared. It is reported that no one in the Springfield area used that name for their local road by 1900. That first stretch of the road east today from Springfield is just labeled Springfield Road.

Cadron Creek Bridge of 1800’s BIBLIOGRAPHY “Bridge to the Past”, Log Cabin Democrat, 8/16/2015. “Style: Travel Back Roads for Variety”, Joe Mosby Outdoors, Log Cabin Democrat, June 8, ‘97. “The Springfield-Des Arc Bridge”, Faulkner Facts and Fiddlings, Fall/Winter 1987. Faulkner Co Historical Society. “The Springfield-Des Arc Bridge”, Historic American Engineering Record, HAER # AR-32. “Historic Bridges of Faulkner Co”, pamphlet, Ark State Highway & Transportation Dept. “Arkansas, History of”, Wikipedia. Early History of Des Arc and Its People, Ted Worley, 1957. 1873 Map of Faulkner Co, W.E.Bailey, Member Faulkner Co Historical Society, 1973. Provided by D. J. Charles, Avid historian. “Faulkner Co Arkansas 1778-1964", Robert Gatewood, 1964. Personal Reports, Larry Taylor, Historian, Lake Brewer, Conway County, Arkansas. www:The Encyclopedia of Arkansas, History and Culture & Roads and Highways (Ark Highway and Transportation Dept, Robt Scoggin) www:cartweb.geography.ua.edu (Arkansas 1890) www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ar0090, Library of Congress. http://www.yelp.com/biz/springfield-des-arcs-bridgespringfield Thomas Eans MD, Retired

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Application deadline approaching for Rice Leadership Program Rice producers and other industry-related professionals who are interested and meet the eligibility requirements are encouraged to complete the application process for the Rice Leadership Development program by October 3. The next class will be announced in December at the USA Rice Outlook Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Rice Leadership Development Program gives young men and women a comprehensive understanding of the U.S. rice industry, with an emphasis on personal development and communication skills training. During a two-year period, class members attend four one-week sessions that are designed to strengthen their leadership skills. The class is comprised of five rice producers and two industry-related professionals chosen by a committee of agribusi-

ness leaders evaluating their applications, reviewing letters of recommendation and conducting personal interviews with the finalists. Candidates must be 25-45 at the time of application and derive their primary livelihood from some aspect of the rice industry. The program is sponsored by John Deere Company, RiceTec, Inc., and American Commodity Company through The Rice Foundation and managed by the USA Rice Federation. For more information on the program and to print an application, please visit usarice.com. The USA Rice Federation is the global advocate for all segments of the U.S. rice industry with a mission to promote and protect the interests of producers, millers, merchants and allied businesses.

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HICKORY PL AINS Congratulations to all Homecoming Royalty and good luck on the Homecoming game Friday night. Our own local guys, Andrew Ingle, Hayden Flud, and Colt Covington and are escorts in the Royalty. Prayers for all players and safe travel. The McArthur Family Reunion will be, Saturday, Oct. 10, at Beebe. It will be at the Beebe Housing Center where Henry andMandy (McArthur) Bush live. It’s on 836 So. Apple St., Beebe, AR. We will gather around 10:30AM, eat around noon for potluck. Smokers need to bring lawn chairs and will have a table outside. We will have balloons onto Apple St. off #31 going into Beebe and coming from Beebe South of railroad tracks on Hwy. 31,. We will also have balloons on Campground onto Apple on North end. Please pray for our very loved Uncle Robert & Aunt Myrtle Stell. Uncle Robert had five bypasses Sept.16th. It is extra hard cause Aunt Myrtle has Alzheimer’s and the change is not good for her. Uncle Robert did finally get sent to a rehab. He can’t take care of Aunt Myrtle. The stress of worrying about her will slow down his healing process. Now he has pneumonia and is very ill. He retired when he turned 80 and now his health is so bad. He was 82 this year. They live in Sherwood, off Kiehl Ave. Last Wednesday, I went to my Chiropractor in Cabot. Tracy and the twins met me there. Tracy got to see Terrell and Willie Sutton there. I brought the twins home. On the way, we stopped by so they could see Mr. Carter Harrison, but they wanted to feed “Queen Bee”, his horse. They enjoyed the two house dogs. They can’t have a house dog because Emily Cochran is highly allergic to several animals. When Tracy got here, they all three rode to the woods with Papaw. Bob and I watch “Larry’s Country Diner” every Saturday night. In July, Bob bought tickets for us to see them and Gene Watson at Branson. We left Thursday morning and thoroughly enjoyed the show at 2PM. We sat for the first hour and I went to the restroom during intermission. While I was gone, the man sitting next to Bob asked where he was from. When Bob told him, he says he goes to Des Arc to Dondie’s sometimes and he liked the fish there. Bob said we knew the owners, and that we have a close friend that caters catfish and that I had worked for him for years. He wanted to know who it was. Bob told him Carter Harrison and the man

Bouquets to volunteer Mr. Logan Crane who saw a driveway that needed shaping and grading as he came riding by on his trusty Kubota backhoe. In short order he eliminated a worrisome pothole that was created in 1981 and corrected a drainage problem in the AAM parking lot. “Thanks Logan for a job well done!!” HJS Photo

said “Oh, I love King Kats’ fish”. I came back to Bob, finding him talking to this man next to him. Bob said, “Here she is now”. (Bob had not mentioned my name) I walked up behind him and I couldn’t believe my eyes, nor could the man believe his. It was an old friend of mine and Carter’s, Jerry Lacy of White Co. Central Schools. He was best friends and coworker with our late friend, Monty Betts, who was superintendent there. We had a pleasant talk and thought what the odds were that we had ended up being seated next to each other in a sold out show that far from home. We must have booked our tickets on-line very close to the same time. We ate too much for lunch and supper that day, topping it off with ice cream in our room watching TV, but it was a very enjoyable day, all in all. Neither of us are shoppers, so we had breakfast Friday morning and enjoyed the drive back listening to the CDs we bought at the show. Thursday afternoon, James Allen Brannon was taken to Springhill (NLR) Baptist Hospital by ambulance from the McCallie Farms on Hwy#13 with a cottonmouth snakebite. He was in bad shape. It is more dangerous sometimes to give anti-venom, so it was a roller coaster ride every day, not knowing what they were gonna do. His foot and leg swelled tight up to his knee. His foot split and leg was oozing, so Doctor said that was good. Thanks for all the Prayers, visitors, calls, etc.. He got to come home Tuesday evening. Mail him a card,13161 Hwy13N, Ward, AR 72176. Thursday, when Bob and I went to Branson, our niece, Sharon McCoy of Stuttgart, came to stay with Clara. She took Clara to a doctor's appointment Thursday, went to visit our brother-in-law, James Thomas, in North Little Rock, and ran a couple of errands. Then Friday, she and Clara took Clara's dog, JB, to the vet. He is getting arthritis in his back legs. Sharon did not know that she was going to be driving and going so much before she came. Ha. She and Clara had a good visit, as they always do. She went home after we got back Friday. We were pleasantly surprised Monday. Carl and Christian Weaver came over. They take it by spells when they show up. Been a long time. Christian beat Papaw 2 out of 3 games of Cribbage. Papaw fixed delicious homemade pizzas. Carl went home later and Christian stayed the night. Prayers for Ludene Treadway. She had knee replacement Monday and

had a pretty rough time after surgery. She is feeling better and got home Tuesday afternoon. Send her a card, 7667 Hwy13N, Carlisle, AR 72024. Manuel Holcomb had carotid artery surgery Monday and got to come home Tuesday. Keep he and Mary (she is sick) in your Prayers. Send him a card, 11804 Hwy13N, Carlisle 72024. Tracy Cochran brought the twins, Casey and Madie to us while she went to Chiropractor in Cabot, Tuesday. Papaw and I were on Aunt Clara’s porch, so they came over there to see her &andJB, her dog. I had cooked lunch and Tracy got back in time to eat. The twins were playing and watching TV. Tracy beat Christian in a game of Cribbage. She doesn’t even play that much HA! Uncle Monte Crider came down in time to see the kids. The next “Ladies Drop By” will be Tuesday, Oct.13th at the Hickory Plains Methodist Church at 1PM. Come join us, we have FUN! HPOS wants to let everyone know that Tracy will serve breakfast on Sunday mornings. She will also have a Sunday lunch special for $4 .99. Dinner SPECIALS on TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS! Come out & enjoy! Please support Hickory Plains Post Office by purchasing stamps, mailing packages, etc. there. Support our OWN local Postmaster, Tammy Bruce. The Hickory Plains Post Office hours are Mon.-Fri. 12:30 PM- 2:30PM, Sat.10AM1:30PM. (REMINDER) For people to call 870-854-3703 or email me (OpalCrider@centurytel.n et) their News. Please call or send!!! If you want birthdays in my column and you know I don’t put them in, please let me know! Have a Good Week In The Lord! Happy Birthday Oct. 2nd to Ms. Geraldine Speight, Andrew Ingle & Nikki Kirk! Happy Birthday Oct. 3rd to Hayden McArthur! Happy Birthday Oct. 8th to Mickey Graham & Emily Richard! Happy Birthday Oct. 9th to Tracy Rouelle, & Heather Harrison! Happy Birthday Oct.10th to Ludene Treadway & Vanessa Holcomb & Uncle Bob Evans! Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God. John 3:20-21 NIV

Fair Time in Woodruff County!! See you Thursday for Senior Day!! I hope they will let me in, even though I AM NOT OLD! (Ha on that!) Last Friday was a good day!! Good friends, Billy and Carletta Duncan of Greenbrier called Fannie Peters, me and Rusty Copeland (of Cotton Plant) to meet them at Pizza and More in Augusta for lunch in honor of the three of our October birthdays. We flew up there and had a grand ole time. Joe Anderson of Cotton Plant and his guests of Augusta— Herbie and Linda Fitzpatrick sat with us. Larry Peebles of Memphis and born in Gregory came by and gave me a hug. As I was leaving Gregory – Gregory born Bill Brady, but of Little Rock now, was stopped at his former family home and I hurriedly drove there and got many hugs. He was giving his friend, Don Dallon, a tour of here and Penn’s Bay. A great day for me as friends are priceless. Fannie Peters spent the weekend in Caldwell in honor of Virginia Davis’ birthday on Saturday. Lee Willis of McCrory came and watched the Razorback game Saturday with Pa Holder. Matt, Kyle and Rebecca Brown went to Dallas for it and went to a game of the Cowboys on Sunday. Carter and Tucker Brown got to come to Gregory, too. Donny and Michelle took them to the Pumpkin Patch Saturday. They had a great time. Sunday was not so great-Poppie and Nana were given the wrong key to get in the house to put the boys in bed so to go to school on Monday as those football lovers didn’t get home till late-late. That was

not a happy ending to the week-end, but they got in! Nathan Gregory called Friday – said “Mama” Margaret is still doing well. He and Brenda had just returned from Arizona and daughter, Sarah and family’s. They had driven there so, enroute home they swung by Colorado and visited sister, Betsy’s son, Noel Arnim and wife, Emily. They were just a bit early for the birth of the Arnim’s first child, who came on Sept. 20th- a baby girl, Rhydan. My (Rosetta) Saturday visitors were Mickey and Mary Ann Robertson of Patterson and DeAnna Jeffers of Oneida, Tenn. The three Cooper ‘boys’, Bryan and Jared of Judsonia and Jason of Gregory spent 3 days during the weekend, at the car races in Madison, Ill. Emily, Hayden and Chloe spent Saturday at Searcy for their festival, “Searcy Down-

town”. Leisa Watkins and her friends joined them at Spring Park. Hayden spent Saturday night with his grandmother, Leisa. Jena Pfeffer spent part of the weekend in Searcy with the Tranum family. Journe Morgan of Patterson visited with Robert and Tammie Doss on Saturday. This is to the people of Des Arc---What is going on down there that is keeping our Brady Holder from coming to see us? Reckon she is ‘out growing’ us and had rather be with her friends? We miss you, Miss Brady. Miss Rosie Oct. 12 event in Fayettevillehighlights importance of policy in global food security Lineup features U.S. Sen. Boozman; Dr. John Stephanie Mercier of Farm Journal Foundation RSVP is required for attendance; for more info call Tonya Renee Foster at trfoste@uark.edu or 479-5752258.

Ramblings. . . . by Verna Herekamp I have this big book that we bought from a traveling salesman who said, as they always do, that he was pu tting himself through college. It was about the best money we ever spent. It has a wealth of information. One entry on makers of World History includes the good and the bad. It starts with Cicero, William Shakespeare, George Washington, Adolph Hitler to Martin LUther King, who die in 1968 and many others between. Much of our ancients we would have been better off without. Still, we owe a lot to the people who were the inventors as well as the explorers. I remember the first time I head of computers though they didn’t mention the word “Computers”. It was on the early morning news. The man at the desk told of a new invention that woiuld change our world as we knew it. The woman said she hoped it would be something to replace panty hose. It was far better than that. As greatful as I am for all the inventors, I don’t understand any of it. My finite mind cannot even understand how that tiny little clock that sets on my bedside table knows what day andhour to set itself one hour forward or one hour back. In the middle of the night, when I want to know the time, I just touch the little clock. It tells me the time, the day of the week, the hour, the minute and the second. Almost every one has one like that. SOme clocks announce the time every hour. When Christian was two years old, I got him a monkey clock. It is a little house with monkey’s climbing all over it. Every hour, a monkey comes out of the little house and makes monkey noises. It has a little button that stops the monkey business, for it was waking everybody up. I do not remember when I learned to tell time by the clock or when I lost my first tooth. I do remember my youngest brother, Herbert losing his first tooth. He was trying hard to be brave. Daddy tied a string around his tooth and the other end to the door knob. When Daddy opened the door and the tooth came out, Herbert fell over in the floor in a fit of laughing because it didn’t hurt at all. Oh if all of life’s problems were so simple!

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Senior Eagles pull out an exciting win against Carlisle 28-24/Homecoming Friday, Oct. 3 Jr. Eagles suffer conference loss to Jr. Bison 20-12 The Des Arc Junior Eagles hosted the Jr. Carlisle Bison on Thursday, Sept. 24 and the Senior Eagles traveled to Carlisle Friday, The seventh Sept. 25. grade Eagles were defeated by Carlisle 20-0 and the Jr. Eagles lost their first conference game to Carlisle 20-12. The Jr. Eagles will travel to Augusta with games at 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. The Senor Eagles pulled out an exciting conference win, playing until the last second, by a score of 28-24. Carlisle won the toss and elected to receive. The Des Arc defense did their job keeping the Bison offense from moving the ball. Carlisle punted the football away to the Eagles. Noah Kennedy was sacked on the keeper for a loss of three yards. Ontario Conway carried the football for a first and goal on the three yard line of the Bison Kennedy punched in the six pointer with Trey Lee on the carry for the two point conversion putting the Eagles 8-0 over the Bison. The Eagles kicked off to the Bison. Carlisle pulled a rabbit out of the hat on the return running 63 yards for the TD. Carlisle scored the two point conversion to tie the game at 8 all with 4:59 left in the first quarter. The Eagles tried another drive at the goal line but were forced to turn the ball over on downs with First and Ten at their own 46 yard line. Carlisle scored a TD and

the two point conversion at the start of the Second quarter at 11:18 left in the half. Colt Covington intercepted a Carlisle pass to return the football to the 35 yard line of the Bison. Daylon Conway carried the football for ten yards. Covington scored the touchdown but the Eagles were called for a Block in the Back penalty putting Des Arc facing a Second and Eleven Yards situation. Des Arc dug deep and clawed their way back to the 15 yard line of the Bison. On second and six yards, Lee gained ten yards for a First and Goal at the four yard line. Lee finished the series with a touchdown. The wind was taken out of the Eagles sails when they did not convert the two point play leaving the Eagles trailing 16-14 with 2:01 left in the half. The Bison were not done yet, carrying the football for a gain of twenty yards. Adams sacked the Carlisle quarterback for a loss of seven yards with 27 seconds left in the half. Just as the horn sounded the end of the second quarter, the Bison completed a pass up the middle short of the touchdown, To start the second half, the Eagles were back to receive. Covington zig zagged back and forth and was finally downed at the 16 yard line. The Eagles gained a few yards here and there for a first and ten at the Bison

thirty-three yard line. Des Arc was knocking at the door of a touchdown with 5:12 left in the third quarter. On second and gola at the six yard line, Lee flipped over the Bison defenders to give the Eagles Third and Goal at the one yard line. Lee would finish the job with the touchdown and the two point conversion giving the Eagles the lead 22-16. Carlisle scored a touchdown with 11:19 left in the fouirth quarter and the two point conversion to put Carlisle in the lead 24-22. Covington returned the football out to the 40 yard line of the Eagles. Short yardage gains and an illegal procedure penalty against Des Arc put the Eagles First and Fifteen at the 40 yard line. Covington put the Eagles at first goal at the five yard line on a pass from Kennedy. Trey Lee scored the touchdown with 7:31 left in the game. The two point conversion was unsuccessful. The Eagle defense did a good job keeping the Bison off their game. The Bison quarterack was tackled in the backfield, an illegal motion penalty and an incomplete pass forced the Bison to turn the football over to the Eagles. It was just a matter of holding onto the football and making their first downs to give the Eagles a win. With time running out,

Queen, Brooke Kellar will be crowned by Bailey Calhoun, 2014 Homecoming Queen at 6:30 p.m. The Homecoming Parade is at 4:00 p.m. and will travel from the Old Acco

the final score Des Arc 28, Carlisle 24. Homecoming is Friday, October 3 and the Eagles will host the Augusta Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. The 2015 Homecoming

building to Dondies White River Princess. Queen Brooke and her court will be presented in Coronation Ceremonies at 2:30 with the Pep Rally to follow.

Alley-oop: Ontario Conway #19, left, leaps over one tackle and eludes another Carlisle defender in the Eagles defeat of the Bison 28-24.

Hold that Line! The whole Jr. Eagle offensive line holds back the Jr. Carlisle defense in Thursday’s game against Carlisle. Pictured are l-r: #9 Jackson Morton, #31 Will Kearby, #62 Chuck Crawford, #5 Jacob Moody, #6 Cooper Roberts, #52 Jarrett Hambrick and #54 Sloane Huddleston.

Paying it Forward: The Senior Eagle Football team was on hand to greet elementary students as they arrived at school on Thursday, September 24. The car and bus riders enjoyed the players visiting and giving them “five” as they walked by. Photo above: Sr. Eagles greet a bus load of students at DAES. Photo at left: Sr. Eagle Tanner Estes #24, right, opens the vehicle door for Seth Lisko as he arrives at school. The Sr. Eagles will host the Augusta Red Devils for Homecoming Friday, Oct. 3 at 7:00 p.m.

Homecoming Activities Thursday, Oct. 1-Day in Decades (Pick any decade) Friday, Oct. 2-Green and White Day Coronation Ceremony/Pep Rally-2:30 p.m. Parade-4:00 p.m. (From Old Acco Building to Dondies ) Crowning at 6:30 p.m. at Hinson-Rollins Field Game at 7:00 p.m. DAHS Band and Alumni Band performing at halftime At left is Patience Smith, Mrs. Judy Bone and Beth Norman dressed up for Hillbilly Day at DAHS

Powder Puff Football game is October 8 The Senior, Junior and Sophomore girls will play each other for bragging rights at the annual Powder Puff football game to be held at Hinson-Rollins Field on Thursday evening, October 8. Admission is ? Concession? There will be some very competitive teams who will be playing for the championship. For entertainment, the Powder Puff Cheeleader team will be performing. Come out for a fun evening of powder puff football.

Hootens.com Rankings Class 2A, Week 5, 2015 Copyright Hooten Publishing, Inc. 1. Rison (3-1) 2. Junction City (2-2) 3. McCrory (4-0) 4. Mount Ida (4-0) 5. Earle (3-1) 6. Hector (4-0) 7. Cross County (4-0) 8. Des Arc (3-1) 9. Conway Christian (2-2) 10. England (4-0) 11. Hazen (1-3) 12. Gurdon (1-3) 13. Lafayette County (3-1) 14. Spring Hill (4-0) 15. Brinkley (3-1)

16. Marked Tree (2-2) 17. Dierks (2-2) 18. Hermitage (2-2) 19. Strong (1-3) 20. Murfreesboro (1-3) 21. Parkers Chapel (2-2) 22. Hackett (3-1) 23. Bearden (1-1) 24. Magnet Cove (1-3) 25. Mountainburg (4-0) 26. Walnut Ridge (2-2) 27. Salem (2-2) 28. Quitman (3-1) 29. Carlisle (1-3) 30. Woodlawn (1-1) 31. Augusta (2-2) 32. E. Poinsett County (1-3) 33. Poyen (1-3)

34. Palestine-Wheatley (2-2) 35. Mineral Springs (0-3) 36. Foreman (1-3) 37. Bigelow (0-4) 38. J.C. Westside (2-2) 39. Clarendon (0-4) 40. Midland (0-4) 41. Union Christian (1-3) 42. Marvell (0-4) 43. Magazine (0-4) 44. Mountain Pine (1-3) 45. Decatur (0-4) 46. W. Yell County (0-4) 47. Cutter M. Star (0-4) 48. Rector (0-4)

GAME OF THE WEEK No. 13 Lafayette County at No. 14 Spring Hill After a winless 2014, undefeated Spring Hill qualifies as the turnaround team in Class 2A. The junior-oriented Bears hand the football up to 30 times a game to senior RB Jacob Crow (5-8, 190, 4.6 speed), who's nearing 800 yards. Junior Dylan Watson (6-5, 265) has emerged on the offensive line, and junior Josh Winfield is the strongest Bear up front. Those two and senior linebacker Colton Featherston lead the team in tackles. Lafayette County is not a one-man wrecking crew any more. Senior RB Tre' Burks has carried just 59 times for 728 yards. Junior WR Cualan Williams is gaining DI recruiting attention with seven receptions for 324 yards and seven TDs. The Cougars have not committed a significant turnover since Week 1. Junior G/LB Matthew Fenske paces them with 33 tackles. Proximity (41 miles) has turned this game into a new rivalry. Both teams consider this a statement game, and it ranks as the biggest for Spring Hill in four years. LAST WEEK Hootens.com picked 18 of 23 games (78 percent) involving Class 2A teams. It has correctly picked 102 of 129 (79 percent) for the season. WEEK 5 PREDICTIONS (favored team in ALL CAPS followed by point spread) 6-2A Augusta at DES ARC (14): Des Arc might have overlooked improved Carlisle last week and had to rally for a 28-24 win. All-league RB/LB Jalin Brown makes plays for Augusta. Augusta stopped a two-point conversion attempt last week to knock off Palestine-Wheatley. Brinkley at HAZEN (1): Hazen is 1-3 and struggling to find the end zone. The Hornets managed 147 yards last week on McCrory's first-team defense with senior RB Logan Penn gaining 82 of those yards. In a 32-14 loss, Hazen scored on McCrory reserves as time expired. CARLISLE (42) at Marvell: Carlisle stays in playoff mix, while Marvell drops its 15th in a row. Marvell had seven turnovers and netted 7 yards last week in a 60-0 loss to No. 1 Rison. MCCRORY (35) at Pal-Wheatley: Junior tackles Bradley Wiggins and Jamone McCoy and senior center Garrett Coley paved the way last week for senor RB Kaigen Rogo's 174 yards and three TDs on 20 attempts vs. Hazen. McCrory dropped Hazen 32-14. Senior QB Cade Campbell passed for 62 yards, ran for 55 yards and scored two TDs. Senior LB Hunter Davis collected 19 tackles, while Campbell made 14 stops. MOUNTAINBURG (10) at Clarendon: Mountainburg senior RB Clayton Stephenson piling up numbers, carrying 19 times last week for 191 yards and four TDs in a 47-12 win over J.C. Westside.