White river journal, sept 24, 2015 by charles walls

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1 SECT IO N - 16 PAG ES V OLUME 109 (7TH WEEK OF 109TH YEAR - 5,642 WEEKS TOTAL)

ACTIVITIES CALENDAR MON-SAT, SEPT. 20-26 Prairie County Fair Week SAT., SEPT. 26, 6 PM Princess Rice Pageant Hazen Community Ctr. SUN., SEPT. 27, 6 PM Fellowship Worship Gospel Mission MON., SEPT. 28,6:30 PM School Board Report to Public Meeting Follows THURS., SEPT. 24, 6 PM Prairie County Democratic Women Murry’s Restaurant, Hazen TUES., SEPT. 29, 6 PM Hillary Fellowship T.J’s Kountry Kitchen 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

Obituaries Pgs. 4 & 7

Jeanette Brown, 72, Des Arc Connie Flickinger, 82, Stuttgart Melissa Gullett, 57, Searcy George Edd Hart, 76, Des Arc Lonnie P. Holloway, 76, Texas Mary Holmes, 77, Judsonia Mandi Ingle, 34, Hazen David Kelley, 48, Stuttgart Betty Lou Love, 74, Altheimer Hazel Lyons, 82, Lonoke Carmen Murphy, 50, Brinkley E.V. Norwood, 75, Clarendon Marjorie Ott, 93, Searcy B.W. Washington, 70, Brinkley Gene Weems, 56, McRae

“A FREE P RESS AND A FREE P EOPLE - A N U NBEATABLE TEAM ” D ES A RC , A RKANSAS (C OUNTY S EAT ) P RAIRIE C OUNTY

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Angel Tree applications available The Department of Human Services will be sponsoring the 2015 Angel Tree in Prairie County for children up to 12 years of age. Applications can be picked up at the Prairie County Department of Human Services. Applications will be accepted 10/01/15 – 10/31/15. You are also asked for your support by adopting an angel. The angels can be found on one of the Christmas trees located in local banks at Hazen and Des Arc the Monday after Thanksgiving. If you have questions please contact Kelly Chapman at 870-998-2581 ext 114. Your support is appreciated.

Distribution of City Sales Tax Revenue

Royalty Court for school’s Homecoming event announced

The 2015 Des Arc High School Homecoming Court has been chosen and are pictured here. They are front, left to right, Patience McDaniel, Sophomore Maid, Jade Bell, Senior Maid, Brooke Kellar, 2015 Homecoming Queen, Senior Maid of Honor, Bailey Greenwood and Junior Maid, Lauren Mapps. Back row, l-r are Tanner Estes, Sophomore Maid’s Escort, Andrew Ingle, Senior Maid’s Escort, Colt Covington and Noah Kennedy, Queen’s Escorts, Clayton Nickelson, Senor Maid of Honor’s Escort and Hayden Flud, Junior Maid’s Escort. Coronation ceremony begins at 2:30 p.m. Friday, October 2 in the DAHS Gymnasium. Brooke will be The municipal levy of sales crowned by 2014 Homecoming Queen, Bailey Calhoun, at 6:30 p.m. at Hinson-Rollins Field. The Eagles will and use tax in Prairie County and take on the Augusta Red Devils at 7:00 p.m.

its incorporated cities and cities in surrounding area for August, 2015 sccording to state reports is as follows: Des Arc ....................$ 19,181.77 Augusta .........................28,229.14 Bald Knob .....................53,923,21 Beebe............................116,763.04 Brinkley.................119,226.69 Cabot............................720,074.16 Carlisle ...........................47,995.43 Clarendon ................. 41,044.97 Cotton Plant ....................1,306.26 DeValls Bluff.................13,887.56 DeWitt..........................175,044.65 England..........................63,332.69 Gillett ...............................9,851.85 Hazen ............................ 51,314.09 Holly Grove......................6,516.49 Lonoke .........................148,810.88 McCrory.........................18,767.03 North Little Rock.....1,399,120.94 Searcy...........................815,154.49 Stuttgart .......................491,159.15 Ward...............................36,464.55 Municipal sales and use tax is based on retail sales and local tax. It is reported to and compiled each month by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. For the same period in 2014, Des Arc’s tax revenue was $19,074,22, DeValls Bluff, $11,940.57 and Hazen, $58,791.46. The new county tax approved by the voters in Prairie County went into effect in April, 2014. The new tax added .5% to the current 8.5 % in the local area. The local tax rate is 9%. The City of Des Arc collects 1% of that total.

Record alligator caught in Arkansas County

Saturday night Demolition Derby ends Fair Week The always exciting demolition derby will close this week’s county fair activities. The derby begins at 7 p. m. in the arena at the fairgrounds. Tonight, Thursday, at 6 p. m., there will be gospel singing for your pleasure along with a 4-H fish fry from 5 to 7 p. m. The exhibit building with its displays of creative work of many varieties done by local artists will be open from 5 to 8 p. m. Tjirsdau and Friday nights, and from 9:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. Saturday.Livestock judging will get underway at 8 a. m. Saturday followed by a full day of activities and events including a skeet shoot at 10 a. m.; BB shoot with registration at 11:30 a. m. The skeet shoot at 12 noon will be following by a bow shoot at 1:30 p. m. Bow shooters will register at 1:00. An event enjoyed by old and young alike is the Pet Show that will begin at 3 p. m. All pets are eligible. Fair Week activities will end Saturday night with the demolition derby. The gator pictured at left and caught by Morgan Gwin and friends this past Saturday in Arkansas County, measured at 13 foot and 10 inches. Game wardens stated that it was the new state record for Arkansas by 7 inches. Gwin stated that he was absolutely hooked and had been watching this gator for the past hree years. Took them over Three hours to get him caught and tied to the boat.

PARADE MARSHAL: Dora Hayley Holloway was honored as Parade Marshal for the 2015 Prairie County Fair Parade here last Saturday. The parade was the opening event for the fair in progress at the fairgrounds this week. Holloway is a lifetime local resident,, long-time employee/executive with the old Farmers & Merchants Bank in Des Arc, and wife of the late Alta Holloway. She has been active in Fair activities for several years.

New High School Sign now More than a “Vision” Workers installed this new electronic sign at the Des Arc High School Campus on Thursday, September 17. The PEP (Proud Eagle Parents) Club held fundraisers to purchase the sign. PEP Club Facilitator, Beth Hill, and her science class students were on hand to witness the installation. A program panel is being installed that will allow announcement changes to be made electronically from inside the principals office.

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“debate” It just may have been a turning point in my life. If so, I’m not necessarily happy about it -- in fact I know I’m not -- even if it proves I am as sane as scores of millions of other Americans. The seed was planted earlier in the day, at noon, when a bunch of friends met for lunch. One of them, a retired officeholder with a keen interest in public policy, a fellow quite moderate in his politics, wondered aloud whether to watch that night’s Republican presidential debate or to attend a performance of [begin ital.] Macbeth [end ital.] at the Arkansas Repertory Theater. TV or not TV, he pondered: that was the question. Really? Why, the eventual nominee of the Grand Old Party for the nation’s highest office almost certainly would be among the dozen-plus candidates on that stage, at Ronald Reagan’s presidential library in California, the Vatican of contemporary Republicanism. All those guys and one woman poised and posing in front of the Air Force One that ferried The Gipper about the globe. It never would have occurred to me to not watch the debate. A few minutes before the appointed hour I turned off CNN, put on my workout clothes and headed to the gym. Mine is one of those arena-sized cardio parlors with free weights and treadmills and four score and seven exercise machines, and almost that many oversized television screens hanging from the ceiling, unavoidable. And invariably one of those plasma babies offers CNN, and another Fox, and yet another MSNBC. And, for the especially frenzied, Bloomberg. Surely two or more of the signals this night would provide both meatball and geek the opportunity to plug in their earphones and take in the give-and-take. But no. Wonder of wonders, not a single monitor was tuned to the debate, not one. Two baseball games, some soccer, a sitcom, one of the [begin ital] CSI [end ital] sagas, a home renovation program. That kind of mix. Not only was the premises devoid of any especially frenzied gym rats (Bloomberg beamed unobserved) none of the other 40 or so present seemed to believe they were missing anything. No one requested an attendant switch the channel to CNN. Didn’t break a sweat, you might say, notwithstanding the prospect of still more Donald Trump, and the all but certain ambition of Carly Fiorina to undo him. And whatever might flow from the lips of the remaining baker’s dozen. So I missed hearing Trump tacitly warn against childhood immunizations, fearing autism. And then missed Rand Paul and Ben Carson, both physicians, argue for more parental involvement in vaccinations and fewer inoculations in a given span. I missed Fiorina tearing into Trump, yes, but also missed hearing her grossly inflate her record as a businesswoman and then invent a video supposedly showing the imminent dismemberment of a baby, “legs kicking,” for sale by Planned Parenthood. I missed watching Arkansas’s own Mike Huckabee (or is he now Florida’s?) keep raising his hand, hoping to be recognized; and when he got his chance assert again that court orders need not be obeyed provided God so directs. I missed Marco Rubio say that we live in dangerous times. I missed Ted Cruz declaring he would tear up the nuclear agreement with Iran, then not say what his next step would be. I missed Chris Christie saying, for a second time, that he was appointed a federal prosecutor the day before 9/11 when the record shows he was appointed three months later. I also missed -- really, really missed -- John Kasich complaining that if he were watching at home he’d turn the television off. Millions declined to do so. In fact the 24 million Americans who tuned in, on television or their computers, was a record audience for CNN. But that means almost 300 million Americans didn’t watch, either from disinterest or dismay, or a desire to let the process thin the field and allow more time for serious interchange. Or because the Home Shopping Network or a re-run of [begin ital.] Bonanza [end ital.] seemed more interesting. Or a combination thereof. I know I missed all these precious moments because I, well, later that night I watched the replay. And read the transcript. I e-mailed my luncheon companion the next day. Which had he chosen, the Bard or the blather? Shakespeare, he responded, but allowed that he, too, had w “It was difficult to decide which was the better theater,” he wrote.

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All working people should support the Iran deal By Michael Eisenscher This Labor Day, like others before it, finds American workers squeezed on many fronts. Inequality is rising, union membership is dwindling, and wages aren’t keeping up with job growth. Naturally, addressing all those challenges is a huge priority for the labor movement. But this year, I’d like to add another: protecting the nuclear deal with Iran. It makes sense that unions might be concerned with issues like trade and immigration. But why else should workers worry about how our government operates outside the United States? Does labor need its own foreign policy? Let me put it this way: When you don’t speak up, your default policy is the status quo. For most of its first 50 years of existence, the country’s largest labor federation — the AFL-CIO — never once challenged the deployment of U.S. troops into foreign conflicts. But it turns out that workers have as much of a stake in those decisions as anyone. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan together are projected to cost American taxpayers anywhere from $4 trillion to $6 trillion. And now the war on the Islamic State — a direct continuation of the last war in Iraq — has already racked up over $5.8 billion in costs, according to the National Priorities Project. And the tab’s running up at a rate of over $600,000 per hour. That’s money that isn’t available to put unemployed people back to work, fix our nation’s failing infrastructure, provide high quality public education, create a universal Medicare-for-all health care system, build affordable housing, or help transition to a sustainable, de-militarized alternative economy, among many other major social needs identified by the labor movement. War, in other words, is bad for working people. That’s why my organization, U.S. Labor Against the War, challenged the AFL-CIO back in 2005 to abandon its silence and oppose the George W. Bush administration’s illegal war in Iraq.

The unions listened — and subsequently called for an end to the war in Afghanistan, too. Several years later, in 2011, the AFL-CIO executive council proclaimed its opposition to our nation’s “militarized foreign policy.” With increasing clarity, unions have come to recognize that a country that commits over half its discretionary budget to war spending can’t afford to address the increasingly pressing needs of its people. So that brings us to the Iran deal, which was painstakingly negotiated by the Obama administration and its partners in the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany. It’s been endorsed by over 100 former diplomats, hundreds of religious leaders, scores of distinguished non-proliferation experts, and numerous members of both the American and Israeli military and intelligence communities. But some war hawks in Congress — along with their wealthy benefactors in the military-industrial complex and international hardliners like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — are intent on sabotaging the agreement. If they succeed, they’ll put our country and the world on a fast track to yet another disastrous military conflict, the costs of which are too horrific to contemplate. A war like this wouldn’t just be unaffordable. It would be illegal and immoral, too. That’s why the labor movement must see to it that such a conflict never begins. If you’re in a union, contact your rep and urge them to add their voice in support of the Obama administration’s negotiated agreement with Iran. They can sign a statement set up by my organization at bit.ly/IranDeal_LaborSignOn. Michael Eisenscher is a co-founder of U.S. Labor Against the War. He’s a veteran of more than 50 years in the labor movement and an activist for peace, human rights, and the environment.

Who and Where to Call White House 202-456-1414 Gov. Asa Hutchinson 501-682-2345 US Congressman Rick Crawford 202-224-3121 US Senator Tom Cotton 202-224-3121 State Senator Jonathan Dismang 501-682-2902 501-682-6107 State Representative David Hillman 870-830-3004 SANNER GREETS HILLARY: Harvey Joe Sanner, left, was among Hillary supporters in Little Rock on Monday to hear the presidential candidate speak. He said, “She did a wonderful job speaking about the issues and I was fortunate enough to get to say hello again and tell her that we were hosting an event next week in Prairie County for her campaign. She asked me to thank all the Prairie County folks.” Sanner advises: On Tuesday, September 29, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at T.J.'s Restaurant on Main Street in Des Arc we plan to have snack foods and fellowship to support the Hillary for President Campaign. The event is intended to involve more people who make smaller contributions. Contribution minimum requested is $25.00 or whatever one can afford. Some will give more to help reach our goal. We will have campaign literature on hand.”

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As opposed to the extremely inconsistent postal delivery service of the past three weeks; there are actually subscribers who can count on receiving their Journals by NLT Friday, the next day after normal publication. They include those who receive papers thru post offices at Biscoe, Brinkley, Cotton Plant, DeValls Bluff, Hazen and Griffithville. This is possible because their Journals are either “dropped off” at the Hazen PO (and forwarded to other post offices very early Friday) or delivered directly to the Griffithville PO by Journal staff . . . instead of being sent on to the USPS distribution center in North Little Rock. NOTE: Receiving the Journal “ONLINE” ensures receiving the paper on Thursday morning.

Prairie County Judge’s Office 870-256-3741 Prairie County Clerk’s Office 870-256-4434 Prairie County Assessor’s Office 870-256-4692 Prairie County Treasurer’s Office 870-256-4786 Prairie County Sheriff’s Dept. 870-256-4137 Des Arc City Hall 870-256-4316 Emergency Number, Des Arc 870-256-3011

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LAugh-In Corner KIDS . . . My wife hosted a dinner party for all our friends, some of whom we hadn't seen for ages and everyone was encouraged to bring their children along as well. All throughout dinner my wife's best friend's four-year-old daughter stared at me as I sat opposite her. The girl could hardly eat her food for staring. I checked my shirt for spots, felt my face for food, and patted my hair in place, but nothing stopped her from staring at me. Finally I asked her, "Why are you staring at me?" Everyone at the table had noticed her behavior, and the table went quiet, waiting for her response. The little girl said, "I'm just waiting to see how you drink like a fish."

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Thursday, September 24, 1931

arl Page, State Commis-sioner of Agriculture, says, “The coming winter will be a hard one for those tenant farmers in the bottom land country who have not been given ample garden and truck patch acreage and it will be a hard winter for those sharecroppers and tenants who fail to take advantage of the generosity of the landlords who provided those things. The year 1931 has been favorable to the production of food and feed crops. Those who have failed to live up to their opportunities will be poor indeed, and will receive but little sympathy. A three-act comedy, “Chintz Cottage” will be presented in the Des Arc High School Auditorium Friday night, Oct. 16, 1931, under the auspices of the local O.E.S. Chapter. The cast of characters includes: Juanita Loretz, Evelyn Wicklund, Dorothy Berry, V. O. Purvis, Hazel Bacon, Elmer Berry and Lorena Butler. Admission 15 and 35 cents. The Prairie County first Livestock Show was held at Des Arc Oct. 2 and 3. It was well attended and drew a large crowd of exhibitors. There were 40 animals. The registered Hereford Bull of R. H. Romunder’s was the Grand Champion beef animal and the grand dairy animal was Jeff Holmes’ registered Jersey cow. Hallie Grace Wray won the loving cup given by W. B. Hill for the best dairy animal shown by girl or boy under 18 years of age. The people who saw this show

were impressed by the showing of the first crossed Hereford calf. These calves were cross of some registered Hereford bulls brought into the county two years ago. The Prairie County Fair will be held at DeValls Bluff on October 8, 9 and 10. On Thursday, there will be two baseball games, Tollville Ladies vs Prairie County Politicians, followed by a game between Tollville and DeValls Bluff teams, J. D. Thweatt, director. Stunt night will be held at the high school auditorium, Miss Kate Gillespie, director. On Friday, judging of exhibits; queens’ revue, crowning of queen, and queen’s ball at the courthouse with orchestra music; a water carnival on Saturday, colored choir contest, barn dance contest, followed by general dance with music by the Clayton Orchestra. Mayor Albert Erwin Jr, at a meeting of the City Council Tuesday night, tendered his resignation as Mayor, which shall be effective when his successor shall be appointed or elected. There will be preaching at Watson’s Schoolhouse at 3 p. m. Sunday. Rev. Beasley will conduct the services. Everyone invited. O. C. Baugh is the liveliest restaurant man in Des Arc, and he is enjoying a good business - popcorn, chili, candy, etc. Editor M. J. Gillespie and H. E. Thompson, County Agent, were up from DeValls Bluff on Saturday to attend the Livestock Show and Rodeo.

Thursday, September 24, 1942

third Arkansas Ordnance Maintenance Company is being formed. Arkansas men with experience as mechanists, toolmakers, blacksmiths, wel-ders, gunsmiths, lea-ther and canvas workers, carpenters, paint-ers, electricians, cooks, clerks, storekeepers and other allied vocations are eligible to seek enlistment in this branch of the U. S. Armed Forc-es. The age limit is 18 to 45. Arkansas newspapers have been enlisted in a nationwide salvage campaign. The drive is designed to get every available piece of scrap metal from every farm and city lot in Arkansas. Some 450,000 school children will be enlisted in a special Junior Salvage Corps. At least 6,000,000 tons of scrap iron and steel must be collected immediately if the nation is to keep its plants operating at full capacity war production. An estimated 75,000 Arkansans will be in the Armed Services by November 1 and eligible to vote without payment of the Poll Tax, the Secretary of State said. It was believed in statehouse circles that the State Highway Commission will soon reduce the maximum highway

speed from the present 40 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour as proposed by the Baruch Committee. Governor Adkins has asked the commission to order the reduction “in order to take all measures possible for the conservation of tires.” Thomas J. Outlaw of Hickory Plains, Ark-ansas, was accepted September 14, 1942, as a student in the Machine Shop course at the Arkansas State Trade School. The Arkansas State Trade School was established by the 1941 section of the legislature to train workers for the industrial development in Arkansas and National Defense. The Fourth Annual Prairie County Livestock Show was held in Des Arc last Friday and Saturday. Our friends, G. G. Purvis and son, Charles, and brother, C. C. Purvis, managers of the Plunkett Plantation near Biscoe, were in the city Friday morning having brought Andrew Connor, a colored farm hand, who had a leg severely cut while working with hay, to the doctor. Dr. J. C. Gilliam dressed the wound. Gene Horne of Des Arc FFA took advantage of the Auction Sale conducted at the Show Grounds Saturday and sold his fat barrow for $33.25.

Thursday, September 24, 1981

he Des Arc Drier processing peaked last Friday with the handling of 144 loads of rice from the current harvest. The normal handling per day is about 115 loads, said Drier Manager Eugene Holloway. Employee numbers had more than doubled, from 20 to 42, to handle the work. Fire damage at the double-wide trailer home of Benny and Joyce Taylor, seven miles east of Des Arc on Highway 38, Monday morning, ran high, according to Assistant Fire Chief Clifford Barlow. Manuel Holcomb of the Plainview community near Des Arc was named Monday as Director of the state Crime Laboratory. He has been a chief chemist at the crime lab since 1973. A news release by the governor’s office Monday said that Holcomb will assume the post Sept. 28. Holcomb said, “I hate the news release said I’m from Carlisle; I am from Des Arc, always have been, and always will be.” Patrick Mullen of Little Rock, is enjoying spending this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Graham P. Mullen, in Des Arc, while doing some work

in the office of Prairie County Assessor Jeannie McFarlin. At the second annual meeting of the Central Arkansas Area Agency on Aging, Inc. in Little Rock, the DeValls Bluff Center was designated a “Focal Point”. Mary Ann Cobb, Des Arc Site Manager, and Louise Weems, Program Coordinator, received pins for five years of service. Betty Hunt, Assistant Cashier at the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Des Arc is the recipient of the Basic Certificate in Banking, earned through completion of 12 college credit hours at the American Institute of Banking in Little Rock. R. L. Morton, bank president, made the presentation. The Des Arc Eagles and Beebe Badgers fought to a 7-7 tie at Eagle Firld last Friday night. Outstanding on offense were backs Lee Bell and Billy Pearson. Out-standing defense players were Keith Kellar, Kevin Luck, Neal Mitchell and Ray Stidham. Des Arc’s Junior Eagles upped their record to 3-0 with wins at Bald Knob and Augusta the past week. Outstanding: James Rowton, Donald Morton, Brian Voiles and Mike Henley

By Joe Pirtle t occurred to me today (Wednesday, September 16, 2015), that next Wednesday, September 23, 2015, marks the 70th anniversary of my entry into the city of Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan. As a member of the G-2 (Intelligence) section of headquarters company of the 2nd Marine Division we entered the harbor at Nagasaki, without incident, along with the entire Division. This was about six weeks after the dropping of the A-bomb on that city which I believe occurred on August 15, a few days after the first A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. To say that we were frightened is an understatement. Following the dropping of the bombs we and the rest of the world were bombarded with information concerning the conditions remaining at an A-bomb site, i.e. cancer causing radiation, a thousand year half-life of the effect of the radiation. I never understood the halflife thing. Why not a 2 thousand year life. But then, as now, 19 yr olds are 8 feet tall and bullet proof. We managed to man-up and enter without tears or mutiny. Anyone viewing our company and expecting burly, fearsome marines would have been disappointed. I was 5’9” and weighed 139 lbs. and fairly typical of our group. I remained in Nagasaki nine months except for one month at Isahaya, approximately 18 miles from Nagasaki. This resulted from a housing problem. We came back to Nagasaki and spent the next seven months quartered in the Mitsubishi office building located on the river which was also the harbor. Nagasaki was not completely destroyed by the bomb. Located in a series of valleys, the commercial and residential areas were protected. The bomb struck the side of a low mountain or hill which projected the blast up the valley where the city’s industrial function was located. The valley, approximately 1 ½ miles long and ½ mile wide was completely leveled, leaving only a few concrete walls. So completely destroyed that little refuse was left. On January 1, 1946 a football game, designated the 1st Atomic Bowl was played between the Isahaya Tigers and the Nagasaki Bears. The teams were captained by All Americans, Dante Lavelli, of Holy Cross and Angelo Bertelli, of Notre Dame (also a Heisman Trophy Winner).Imogene Durham, (he had a twin sister, Emmagene) later the County Judge of Sevier County, Arkansas participated in the game. Participants were not all “All Americans”. I remember little of the game other than to create the playing field all that was required was to push a bit of rubble aside with a bulldozer on what had been a factory location. The bomb pulverized the buildings and their contents.

Potato Post . . . When we first arrived our main duty was guarding “stuff”. I stood guard at the “potato post” where for some reason potatoes were separated from other foodstuff. Maybe it was because of the sheer volume of potatoes required to feed all the troops (we were not the only Americans there). I also guarded the “plank post”,(building material). In this devastated city people were desperate for food and shelter and no property was safe. One night when I was on guard duty the “sargent of the guard” found me asleep and had possession of my carbine when he awakened me. He was not the least bit respectful but quite colorful in his use of profanity known only to the Marine Corps as he denounced my failure as a human being, a Marine, and creature in general and informed me that I could be court-martialed and shot for sleeping on Guard duty as we were

still in a “state of war”. I doubted that I would be that severely punished as the brig was full of Marines bearing that charge but that gave me scant comfort out there among the potatoes. He then told me that he was not going to file charges as he was being “rotated” (going home) the next day and having been overseas 3 years he did not want to stay around just to testify against me. He then slammed the carbine back in my hands so hard that I still feel the bruising and left. I never saw him again but hope he made it home safely. The reason that there were so many in the brig, for “sleeping on watch” charges, came from the program initiated by the Provost Marshall, the Lt. Colonel in charge of the guard, that guard duty would be performed in six on, six off shifts. Guards would do six hours of guard duty and then in the next six hours they were required to return to their billet, shave (rigidly enforced), bathe, eat, sleep and get back on post. After a few weeks of this insanity, most guards were sleeping on post. Shortly thereafter the Lt. Colonel was reprimanded and guard duty became 8 on, 16 off and the brig emptied. I was not fond of the military. This Lt. Col. bears some of the responsibility for my attitude. Another Colonel, in charge of our section of Nagasaki, gave me the task of mapping the basement of the Mitsubishi building to determine its possible usage. I suspect the real reason was to keep me busy. Others were given equally irrelevant jobs. The basement had about 3 inches of standing water and was unusable. In order to take as much time as possible I mapped the basement, measured everything and placed every item on a map I created using crayons and color coding. I had never mapped anything before and had no idea what was expected of me. The Colonel seemed pleased with the map, smiled a lot while dis-

cussing it with me, shielded his face with the map from time to time to, I suspect, conceal his laughter. He was very complimentary and obviously amused by my drawing and then gave me another busy work job of mapping all the Japanese gun implacements surrounding Nagasaki. Had we invaded Japan, Nagasaki was our intended target and I suspect he was curious as to the kind of losses we would have taken, had the invasion occurred. I spent a month or so traveling by jeep (I even had a driver) around the hills encircling the city and harbor. The Colonel was transferred or rotated before I finished so my map was presented to his replacement, Major Henry Aldrich (honestly, that was his name). I am not sure if he was impressed by my mapping but he and his officers were quite interested in the results. In order to avoid less interesting work I spent a great deal of time searching out remote gun locations. I believe the concensus was relief that we did not have to invade. In July, we were issued winter clothing (on Siapan) for the invasion. When the Japanese surrendered, we had to return the clothing. The clothing was not returned to us until November by which time we were all half frozen. The cold and campfires built at guard sites, I am sure accounted for much of the on watch “sleeping charges”. Among the interesting memories I have of Nagasaki were my friendship with a “swing” trumpeter who was also our mail clerk (postmaster). Al could determine (by shaking) if a package contained liquid. If he found such a package he opened it and seized the beverage (sending alcohol by U.S. Mail was a crime he said) which we promptly consumed. We were astounded by the different ways that alcohol was disguised, in spiced peaches, with enough olives added to make it appear that was the principal ingredient. I also became friends with a Navajo code talker

whose name was (honestly) Herbert Hoover Woodrow Wilson. I also enjoyed my association with Arpod Biro. When I remarked on his, to me, peculiar name he responded with ”It’s a common name, in Hungary”). I found two local food items that I liked. Mecons, much like a tangerine and the locally grown tea led me to become a hot-tea fan. I only ate in a Japanese restaurant once. That’s when I found that when they cooked a fish “whole” it meant just that, entrails and all. Hitch-hiking home from the restaurant I was picked up by Jimmy Lee from Des Arc,(he lived in Hazen for a while around 1940) who had come down from Sasebo or Fukuoka looking for me. Half way around the world and picked up by a home boy. I also ran into Bobby Coyle from DeValls Bluff on Siapan and Bill Aycock and Ralph Rounsavall, from Hazen at the Palladium Ballroom in Hollywood. On each occasion there were at least 5,000 people present. I was at The Palladium to hear Woody Herman’s 1st Herd on a Tuesday night in November 1944 when Roosvelt’s election to a fourth term was announced. I digress. Most of us, teenagers though we were, thought that the results of the Abomb would end war. We weren’t exactly deep thinkers but that should have been the lesson. I now understand that the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were small when compared to later models and that far more people were killed in Tokyo by fire bombing. For a farm boy from Prairie County I have been privileged to see the up close effects of one of the 2 A-bombs dropped in anger and later to be involved, and significantly so, in the greatest engineering feat ever, NASA’s Moon landing. Of course those don’t equal the time I won a thumb twiddling contest at a church hot-dog social in Hazen and was awarded 2 more hot-dogs.

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George Edd Hart was lifelong Northside citizen George Edd Hart, 76, of Griffithville died Sunday at Unity Health in Searcy, Arkansas. Mr. George Edd was born September 11, 1939 in Griffithville, Arkansas to George Henry and Opal Dean (Holloway) Hart. He was a 1957 graduate of Des Arc High School and a lifelong resident of the Northside Community. He was a self-employed heavy equipment operator. Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Ann (Moody) Hart; one son, George Kevin Hart and wife, Marilyn; two daughters, Brenda Hart Sumpter and husband, Mark and Melody Hart Massengale and husband, Wayne; grandchildren, Kevin Daniel Hart, Justin Eric Hart and wife, Tara, Jonathan Scott Lackie, Jason Quinn Lackie and wife, Davon, Mitchell Alan Heidelberg and wife, Gina, Marcus Andrew Heidelberg, Anna Karen Heidelberg, Audrey Hope Heidelberg, Josiah Sumpter, Garrett Thomas Massengale and George Dillon Massengale; great grandchildren, Olivia Madison Lackie and Ava Grace Lackie; and one sister, Geraldine Wright. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother. Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at Garth Funeral Home Chapel in Des Arc with Bro. Doug Hambrick officiating. Interment was in the Welcome Home Cemetery.

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Lucille Jeannette Brown, 72, of Griffithville (Northside) died Friday, September 18, 2015 at White County Medical Center in Searcy. She was born November 28, 1942 in Roscommon, MI to Richard and Lucille (Gardner) Comstock. Survivors include one sister, Lois Erwin; one son, Charles Smith;, one daughter, Lisa Churchwell and husband, Troy; seven grandchildren, David Smith, Kacey Smith, Torie Smith, Paige Vinek, Jason Churchwell, and Cassi (Nobles) Churchwell; two great grandchildren, four nepews, four great nephews, and one great niece. She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Charles Smith, her late husband, C. A. Brown and one brotherin-law, L. E. Erwin. Visitation was at 10:00 a.m. Monday at Garth Funeral Home in Des Arc with funeral services following at 11:00. Gary Arkels, pastor at Judson Memorial Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was in Welcome Home Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dustin Erwin, Gary Erwin, T. J. Erwin, Shane Erwin, Brandon Thompson and Brian Hennessy. Honorary Pallbearers were Carlos Williams and Stevie McIntosh.

Mary Holmes, age 77, of Judsonia, formerly of Marianna, died, Thursday, September 17, 2015, at her home in Judsonia, AR with her family by her side. Born March 23, 1938, at home in Aubrey (Lee County), AR. Mary was the first child of fourteen children born to T.M. (Sonny Boy) Caldwell and Irene Heritage-Caldwell. Mary was preceded in death by both parents; her first husband of 30 years, Van D. Hamilton; an infant son, Teddy Arnold Hamilton; one brother, Thomas Caldwelll; infant sister, Veronica Caldwell; sisterin-law, Carolyn Caldwell; brothers-in-law, Mack Self, Stanley and Dina Davenport. Survivors are her husband of ten years, Lawrence Holmes; three children, Jerome D. (Jolinda) Hamilton of Searcy, Eddie (Sydne) Hamilton of Hazen, and Joy (Gerald) Bentley of Hackett; three stepchildren, Gail (Drew) Holmes-Carpenter, Rickey (Linda) Holmes, Greg (Wanda) Holmes all of Judsonia; 11 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren; three brothers, Ray Caldwell of Moro, Gary (Kaye) of Wheatley, Caldwell Wayne (Trish) Caldwell of Dumas; eight sister, Hazel Self of Helena, Annie (Howard) Green of Nashville, TN. Margaret Wheeler of Moro, Alma (Keith) Catlett of Marvell, Donna (Bill) Strode of Moro, Linda (Benny) Fisher of Hackett, Rita Davenport of Moro, Theresia Davenport of Monroe and many wonderful nieces and nephews. Mrs. Holmes graduated from Aubrey High School and was a career employee of P & M Manufacturing in Marianna where she retired as Plant Engineer - Manager, after 38 years of dedicated and loyal service. She and her deceased husband, Van Hamilton, were also owners of the roller rink in Moro for many years. Mrs. Holmes was a dedicated Christian lady and was an active member of the Judsonia First Baptist Church for the past 10 years. She was a former member of the Gospel Lighthouse Church of Moro, where she served as Clerk-Treasurer for many years. She was also a former member of Eastern Star, Marianna Chapter, where she state chaired as Arkansas' Worthy Grand Matron and served as past Worthy Matron for the Marianna Chapter. Services were at 2:00 PM, Monday at the Gospel Lighthouse in Moro, Burial followed in Roe Cemetery in Roe. A memorial service will be held 6:00 - 8:00 PM, Saturday, September 26, at the Judsonia First Baptist Church.

Melissa Gullett, Searcy, dies Melissa Ann Gullett, 57, of Searcy, died Thursday, September 17, in Little Rock. She was born October 19, 1957 in Malvern, Arkansas, the daughter of James and Mary Ann McDougal Gullett. Melissa is survived by her son, Daniel Beeson; a sister, Sandy Petty and husband Kirk; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Casey Beeson, and a brother, David Gullett. Graveside services will be at Freeman Cemetery in Grangerland, Texas. Arrangements by Powell Funeral Home of Searcy.

Connie Flickinger dies at Stuttgart Gene C. Weems Connie Eloise Flickinger, dies at McRae 82, of Stuttgart died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, at Crestpark. She was born Jan. 12, 1933, in Brinkley to Edward and Flora Smith Moody. She had previously worked as a cook and a childcare provider. She was a member of First Pentecostal Church of God. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, James Moody and Joe Moody; and four sisters, Flosie Deluce, Alice Keopke, Jean Harney and Virginia Merrell. Survivors are her son, Jim Flickinger and wife Debbie of California; brother, Don Moody and wife Chris of California; sister, Becky Beck of Stuttgart; two granddaughters, Vanessa Roberts and Erica Dunsmore of California; special niece, Kathy McNay of Stuttgart; special greatniece, Terri McKee of Stuttgart; four great-grandchildren; and several other nieces and nephews. Funeral services officiated by Sister Linda Lyons, were at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Pentecostal Church of God Stuttgart. Burial will follow in Lone Tree Cemetery. Her family requests memorials be made to First Pentecostal Church of God.

Gene Clifford Weems Jr., 56, of McRae passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at his home. He was born May 18, 1959 in Kingsport, Tennessee to the late Gene Sr. and Francis Weems. Gene loved sports. He loved dog racing, field trials and fishing. He enjoyed his cars, keeping them polished and clean. In his prime he played pitcher in baseball and was an umpire. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend who will be dearly missed. Gene is survived by his wife of 29 years, Sue Weems; one daughter, Jenny Ward (Kenny) of Florida; three sons, Gene Weems III of Beebe, Robert Weems of New Port, and Jesse Weems of McRae; one sister, Edna Weems; nine grandchildren, Kenny Ward V, Kyle Ward, Kayley Ward, Robert Weems Jr., Katilyn Weems, Angel Weems, Andrea Duncan, Haylee Duncan, and Selena Snelson. Gene was preceded in death by his parents, Gene Clifford Sr. and Francis Weems. Funeral services weree held at 12:00 p.m. Monday, September 21, at Searcy McEuen Funeral Home. Interment was at Kensett

Amanda Harrison Ingle

Lonnie Pat Holloway

Amanda Ingle, young mother, dies at Hazen

Lonnie P. Holloway was wife of former local resident

Amanda Carol Harrison Ingle, an extraordinary angel prematurely earned her wings on Tuesday, September 22, 2015. She lived in Hazen, Arkansas. Mandi was born June 4, 1981 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Joe Lynn and Dana Strohl Harrison Prince. Their family grew in 1984 when Mandi’s little sister Samantha Jo “Sam” was born. Mandi was 34 years old when our Lord took her to her home. She made her heavenly flight September 22, 2015. Being a mother was always Mandi’s dream and Ross Ingle, age 10, and Jaylee Ingle, age 6, of Hazen made that dream come true. She was a dedicated parent and a great friend to all. In addition to her children, she is survived by her ex-husband, Andy Ingle of Hazen; her mother, Dana Strohl Prince and husband, Mike of De Valls Bluff; her father, Joe Lynn Harrison and wife, Darlene of Heber Springs; her sister, Samantha Harrison and son, Bryan of De Valls Bluff; her grandparents, Henry and Gloria Strohl of De Valls Bluff and Joseph and Judy Harrison of Heber Springs; a very special aunt and uncle, Judy “Sissy” and Keith Gladish of De Valls Bluff; her great grandmother, Daisy Hall of Biscoe and a host of aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, and friends. Mandi was a child of God and a member of Palestine Baptist Church in Quitman. Mandi was a people person. Her trademark smile and bubbly personality made her a friend to everyone she met. Her life long best friend, Candace Mertens Taylor, was a companion during difficult days with health issues. Mandi referred to Candace’s sons, Cutler and Chance Taylor as her “first babies”. Mandi’s school days were spent at De Valls Bluff and she was proud to be a Scrapper. She graduated in 1999 excelling in agricultural education. She served as FFA President her senior year. She earned her associate degree at ASU Beebe in 2000. She had a beautiful voice and sang with her sister, Sam and grandfather, Joseph Harrison at church and many public events. Say not in grief “she is no more”, but live in thankfulness that “she was”. She will live forever in our heats. Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M. Friday, September 25, at Calvary Baptist Church in Hazen. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M., Thursday, September 24, at Westbrook Funeral Home in Hazen. Interment will be will be in the Hazen Cemtery. In lieu of flowers, you may honor her memory with a donation to “Mandi Harrison Memorial Fund” at Farmers and Merchants Bank or a charity of your choice.

Lonnie Patricia Holloway, 76, went to be with her Lord and Savior on September 19th, 2015. She was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas on June 6th, 1939, the first of three girls to Lonnie and Thetta Smith. Lonnie Pat attended Arkansas State University where she met and fell in love with her soul mate of almost 56 years, Winford R. Holloway. They had two children while still in Arkansas, then moved to Houston, TX where they resided for 38 years. There, Lonnie Pat began her career in home sales for Perry Homes, and then acquired her real estate license. She quickly became a top seller in the Houston area. She became a mortgage broker and founded the very successful mortgage company, Metropolitan Mortgage, in Houston. She was actively involved in the Real Estate community of Houston, the Women’s Counsel of Realtors Houston, as well as the Republican Women’s Club of Houston. Her administration and leadership skills always propelled her to top offices in these organizations and others. Lonnie Pat and Win were long time members of Sugar Creek Baptist Church in Sugar Land. In 2007, she moved to Kerrville when her husband retired and began working again in real estate with the Fore Premier Properties firm. Not surprisingly, she had been the top producer in the office for the past 2 years. Lonnie Pat was also actively involved in the Women’s Counsel of Realtors of Kerrville, the Republican Women of Kerr County where she presided as President for 2 years, and the Hill Country Business Group. Lonnie Pat was a member of Trinity Baptist Church, the Cornerstone Sunday School Class, and a choir member. Her warm smile and loving attitude were a beautiful Christian witness wherever she went. She was an excellent seamstress, extraordinary cook, knitter, and green thumb gardener. It seems that everything she put her hands to she was successful. This includes her family. She was a loving and dedicated wife, mother, and Nana to five grandchildren, and she was loved very much. Lonnie Pat is preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Winford R. Holloway, and parents Lonnie H. and Thetta Smith. Lonnie Pat is survived by her son, Mike Holloway and wife Shay of Florence, TX, grandchildren Ryker and Maddox; daughter Tricia Holloway Zody and husband Brian of Sugar Land, TX, grandchildren Austin, Alexandra, and Addison Zody; sisters Linda Marlow of Stuart, FL, and Ann Cameron of Union City, TN. Memorial services are to be held Friday, September 25, 1:00 p.m., at Trinity Baptist Church in Kerrville, TX, with eception to follow, In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Lonnie Pat’s name at www.mdanderson.org. Lonnie Pat was the wife of W. R. (Bud) Holloway, former local resident, who died just four months ago. Relatives include Rosemary Holloway of Searcy, former Northside/Des Arc resident.

Betty Lou Love burial at Stuttgart Betty Lou Love, 74, of Altheimer passed Sept. 11, 2015. She was born Dec. 5, 1940 in Stuttgart to the late John Henry and Rosie Colvin Ice. Survivors include her husband, Robert Love Jr.; son, Olando D. (Kim) Love of Altheimer; three daughters, Faye L. Ice and Roberta Burton of Altheimer and Yolanda (Tommy) Brooks of Fayetteville; twelve grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Freedom Baptist Church in Altheimer by Rev. Brian Dotson. Burial will be in Lone Tree Cemetery in Stuttgart by Henson-Holcomb Mortuary. Visitation will be Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the mortuary.

Carman Murphy, Brinkley resident Carman Deniece Murphy Martin, age 50, of Brinkley passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2015. A daughter of Clyde and Mary Bryan Murphy, Carmen was born in Helena on April 6, 1965. She was a 1983 graduate of Barton High School and attended Phillips Community College. Carmen was a member of the Monroe Baptist Church and enjoyed sewing, crafts and was a supporter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Carmen is survived by her parents, Clyde and Mary Murphy of Brinkley, son Jordan Martin of Brinkley, daughter, Leah Williams and husband Jeremy of Searcy, brother, Clyde Murphy, Jr. and wife Stacey of Wheatley, sister, Rachael Foster and husband Charles of Wheatley and grandchildren, Trenton Williams, Mylee Williams, Rachael Williams and Alice K. Martin. Visitation was at 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Saturday with services starting at 1:00 PM at Bob Neal & Sons Funeral Home in Brinkley Burial followed in Sunset Memorial Park in Barton.

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E. V. Norwood, had relatives at DeValls Bluff Earnest V. "Ernie" Norwood, age 75, died at his home at Clarendon, Saturday, September 19, 2015. He was born at Rich, Arkansas on November 17, 1939 and received his education at the Holly Grove School System. He continued his education at the Lutheran University in Sequin, TX, graduating with Suma Cum Laude, BA in Business Administration. Ernie was married November 21, 1987 to Dorothy Mayville at her home in Clarendon. He served in the US Air force for 22 years. He worked as a Computer System's Sup./Manager and as a Senior System Programmer of Jacuzzi Bros, Inc. in Little Rock for 10 years before moving to Riceland Foods in Stuttgart where he retired December 1, 1994. Ernie was a member of The American Legion, PUFL Member, The Retired Enlisted Assoc., Armed Forces Top Enlisted Assoc. He enjoyed huntin, fishing and gardening. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Norwood; son: Jimmy Smith; daughters: Virginia (Peter) Stuckey of Little Rock, Elizabeth (Michael) Sundeen of Little Rock and Donna (Starsky) Gilmore of DeValls Bluff; sisters: Bobbie Barclay of Clarendon, Dorothy Spencer of Helena and Wanda (Jimmy) Williams of Marianna; nine grandchildren: Kisha, Christine, James, Daniel, Joshua, Joseph, Donovan, Rachel, Sarah; five great grandchildren: TaTa, Ararius, Kolby, Kayla, Kadence. Funeral Services were at 11AM, Wednesday at Bob Neal & Sons ChapelClarendon with Rev. Richie Malone officiating. Burial followed at RocRoe Cemetery with Military Honors.

Hazel D. Lyons, Lonoke resident Hazel D. Lyons, 82, of Lonoke went to be with her heavenly Father Saturday, September 19, 2015, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on January 7, 1933, to J.O. and Audrey Cardin of Stuttgart. She was a member of Mount Carmel Baptist Church and rocked her many babies in the daycare for 19 years. Always with a stash of chocolate, she loved her gospel music, canning and family dinners. Special times for her were spent barefoot, wearing her costume jewelry, and laughing and joking with family and friends. She is survived by her two sons, Mike (Aree) Lyons of Lexington Park, Maryland, Tommy (Christy) Lyons of Lonoke, one daughter Lori (Art) Cole of Lonoke, and one daughterin-law Robin Lyons of Hickory Creek, Texas. Also, eight grandchildren, Jennifer Lyons, Janet Lyons, Michael (Molly) Lyons, Jaime Lyons, Matt Lyons, Ben Lyons, Natasha (Brock) Durham, Parker Cole, three greatgrandchildren, Emma and Cole Durham, and Fletcher Lyons along with many sisters-in-law, brothers-inlaw, nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband Henry Lyons, one son, Rodney Lyons, one grandson Jacob Lyons, as well as three brothers and one sister. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 26 at the funeral home with burial to follow at Mount Carmel Cemetery. www.boydfuneralhome.net .

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Social Announcements and Locals Cara Norman, Ken Whiting Jr. planning afternoon wedding at First Baptist Church Payton Jane Whiting is pleased to announce the approaching marriage of her parents, Cara Norman and Ken (Boog) Whiting Jr. Cara is the daughter of David and Tracy Norman of Hickory Plains. She is the granddaughter of Ricky and Lorrie Cruise of Beebe and Steve and Pat Norman of Des Arc. She is a 2014 graduate of Des Arc High School and is employed with Harvey’s Garage. Boog is the grandson of C.L. and Louise Turner of Des Arc and the late Kenneth and Katie Whiting. He is a 2011 graduate of Des Arc High School and is employed with Cornerstone Partnership. The couple will exchange vows Saturday, September 26 at 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the First Baptist Church in Des Arc.

Meagan Smith and Wayne Delisle engagement and forthcoming marriage is announced

Mr. and Mrs. JT Brehmer of Dexter are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Meagan Smith, to Wayne DeLisle, son of Buddy and Joanie DeLisle of Portageville, Missouri. Meagan is the daughter of the late Alan Smith of Des Arc, Arkansas and the granddaughter of Rita and Rick Dobson and the late Arnold Smith and the great granddaughter of Janice Bell and the late William Bell and the late Herbert and Gladys Smith. The future bride graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in English. She is employed at Tyson Foods in Dexter, Mr. Whiting and Miss Norman Missouri in the Human ReA reception will be held All friends and family are sources Department. The future groom reimmediately following the invited to attend the celeceived a degree in Ag Busiceremony. bration of this union. ness from Southeast Missouri State University. He is currently the owner/operator of DeLisle Farms in Portageville, Missouri. An April Wedding is planned at St. Eustachius Church in Portageville, Missouri.

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Hypsion Club members hear program by Southern Paramedics of Brinkley

Love Boxes: Biscoe Extension Homemakers Club members are pictured here as they pack “Love Boxes” for delivery to neighbors of their community with needs. This has been the club’s on-going project this year. Front, l-r: Gladys Tucker, Mitzi Osborne, president, Lennie Holmes, Janice Corpier, secretary, and Rita Farris; back l-r: Irene Hampton, Brenda Prince, Patsy Prince, Darline Sickel and Karen Golden

Biscoe EHC continues helping neighbors with Love Boxes Reported by Mitzi Osborne Ten members of the Biscoe EHC met in the Fellowship Hall of the First Baptist Church of Biscoe at 10:30 am for their September 14th meeting. Those in attendance were: Rita Farris, Janice Corpier, Karen Golden, Patsy Prince, Brenda Prince, Irene Hampton, Lennie Holmes, Darline Sickel, Gladys Tucker, and Mitzi Osborne and two guests. President Mitzi Osborne opened the meeting with the Thought of the Day followed by the inspirational reading, “Someone Who Cares” by leader Patsy Prince. Secretary Janice Corpier called roll and read the August minutes which were approved as read. The financial report was given by Osborne in the absence of Treasurer Juanita Hutchinson. The report was filed for audit. There was no unfinished business. Under new business, numerous items were discussed: $15.00 for registration fee/lunch is due by September 28th to Osborne or Thelma Gray for the Delta District State Rally. It will be held in Stuttgart on October 22nd at the Grand Prairie Center. Members will carpool from the church at 8:45 am. Members are asked to wear red. Red logo shirts will be available to purchase at the Rally. Prairie County Fair Week--September 21-26. Volunteers from our club are Darline Sickel, Mitzi Osborne, Karen Golden, and Janice Corpier. Prairie County Fall

Council is October 15th at 9:30 am at the Prairie County Historical Museum in DeValls Bluff. Our club is responsible for registration and hosting with Idlewilde EHC. Biscoe EHC will be selling the Prairie County History Book by Bill Sayger of Biscoe: regular price $21.95 now $15.00. The proceeds from this project will be used for our club’s community service projects. (You can also contact President Osborne at 870-734-7010 for a copy.) ‘The Call’-a Christian Ministry helping with the foster children in our county which is our Prairie County EH service project: Members voted to purchase children’s clothes as requested. Brenda Prince will shop for the items. Fall Outing for county EH: On Oct. 29th travel to Little Rock for lunch and shopping at Holiday House. $10.00 cost is due by Oct 15th. Our club will carpool to Carlisle to meet other groups. The time is to be determined at our October meeting. Voted to donate to the Biscoe Cemetery as a memorial for lifetime Biscoe EHC member, Viola Baxter. Voted to make a donation to the Prairie County 4-H For the program ‘Eating Smart and Healthy,’ special guest Sara Beth Toll, Miss Prairie County Rice, gave an interesting and informational talk on rice. She shared her recipe and small bags of rice to each member. Sara’s mother, Laure accompanied her. Items were brought for our community service

project, ‘Helping Neighbors: Love Boxes.’ Each month a different family/ person in our community is selected to receive a love box of useful household items-cleaning supplies, paper goods, and canned and other food items, etc. These are to encourage our neighbors and let them know that we care. September’s boxes will be delivered by Osborne. October’s recipient was discussed and decided on. For the Eye Opener, Irene Hampton showed a greeting card that a friend had created for her. It had an angel on the front cover made of thread. The birthday cards for this month were for Brenda Prince and Rita Farris. The door prize was won by Patsy Prince. The meeting adjourned with the Homemakers’s Creed. Biscoe EHC meets every 2nd Monday at 10:30 am at the First Baptist Church Biscoe. Everyone is welcome to visit and/or join!

The Hypsion Club of Cotton Plant held their September meeting on the 14th at the club house. Members had a short business meeting followed by a very interesting program presented by representatives of Southern Paramedics Ambulance Service of Brinkley. Guest speakers were Sherry Allan,EMT and Deborah Goodson, Paramedic, they were introduced by program leader, Jerry Lacefield. The program "What We Need When We Call an Ambulance" was information on what to expect in case of an emergency or a home pickup. Some of the things we need to have available in case of an emergency are: medical listing with allergies to medicines all on one paper,personal identification,and all insurance information and also a contact list of names and phone numbers of family or friends to be called.You need to have all of this information in one place. It is important to have each person in the household a complete list of all this information separate with clearly marked names. In the case of a home pickup, the first place they will look for this information is on the front of the refrigera-

EMT Sherry Allan, left and Paramedic Deborah Goodson with Southern Paramedics tor. One other way to speed up contacting family is to have your cell phone programmed for emergency contact ICE on you cell phone. There was a question and answer session followed by a discussion for better preparedness in case of help needed. Following the program, guesst and members were served refreshments of cake, cookies, nuts, fruit and drinks by the day's hostesses, Marilyn Leggett and Louise W. Miller. The club was decorated in the fall theme with fabric pumpkins and silk leaves

and harvested crops of corn, Milo and rice from local fields. The club members and guests enjoyed the program presented at this first meeting of the year and are looking forward to other programs and activities through out the year as we celebrate the Hypsion Club's 100th birthday in May, 2016. Paula Barnett, Publisher and Manager of the Woodruff County Monitor will be our October guest presenting, "Woodruff County History Shared" to club members and guests.

Fall Crafts Workshop: Pictured left to right with their handiwork is Lisa and Margaret Bolin of Maumelle and Tina Hayley of Des Arc.

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A fall crafts workshop was held Saturday, September 19 from 10:00 a.m. to noon. at Lower White River Museum State Park in Des Arc, Arkansas. Participants prepared for fall by making scarecrow decorations from terra cotta pots and painting wooden pumpkin cutouts. Lower White River Museum State Park will also host a Dutch oven workshop on Saturday, October 3, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. 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@arkansas.gov. Lower White River Museum State Park is one of 52 state parks administered by the State Parks Division of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism.

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This week's recipes are designed to be served for breakfast or a brunch. The recipes for Ham and Cheese Omelette Cups,Smoked Gouda Grits, Smoked Gouda Grits, and Pumpkin Pie Spiced Bread are all very easy and combines to make a delicious. So tie on your apron and enjoy these recipes that will help start your day off right!

Ham and Cheese Omelette Cups 8 large eggs 1/4 cup milk 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup diced, cooked ham 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons shredded cheddar cheese Minced fresh chives for garnish Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick spray. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk and salt. Equally divide ham and 1/2 cup of cheese between the muffin cups. Reserve the extra 2 tablespoons of cheese for later. Pour egg mixture on top of the cheese and ham, so that muffin cups are a little more than 1/2 full. (They will rise like a souffle as they bake, then deflate when you pull them out of the oven.) Bake for about 20 minutes until eggs are set, then remove from oven. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons of cheese over the muffins, then bake for a few minutes longer until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with chives and serve warm, using a butter knife to remove the muffins from the cups.

Ready for the Parade: Popcorn the pony visits with the residents before he and his owners, Gail and John Polk, participate in the Prairie County Fair held on Saturday, September 19 in Des Arc. Also pictured are Activity Director Teresa Henley’s daughter, husband and grandson, Jacob, Michelle and Reuben Price. Gail and John are Reuben’s grandparents.

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Hello to everyone in the community from Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The weather has been a little warm but very tolerable. This week, we want to dedicate a portion of our news to our local newspaper, The White River Journal. We appreciate the Journal publishing our news and keeping us informed. As this is American Newspaper month, we felt that we should share this little interesting thought on newspapers by Marshall McLuhan: “People do not actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like easing into a hot bath.” (Or as with our local newspaper, stepping into a hot bath weekly!) Our week started off with Sunday morning services with the Des Arc United Methdist Church and Sunday afternoon was set aside for family and friends visiting. A Resident’s Fund event this week was Frito-Chili Pie. It is nice not to have to pack a lunch when one can reasonably be purchased and goes to a good cause. The Senior Olympic Game of the week was Bean Bag Toss. Have you ever tried to throw those small bags of beans into those little ole’ holes? It is not as easy as it may look! We have had a bit of hot weather last week. We went shopping for the Res-

idents for their personal requests this week. The Disciples made our Friday with their great music and singing. We wouldn’t think it was Friday if they didn’t stop by for a visit and sharing their music. Our Music Truck is a winner! Not only is it fun to hear all sorts of music but refreshing and brings a smile. Our friends from the Assembly of God were here for fun and fellowship. They always make our Saturday’s great! We were unable to have our Pancake Breakfast this week. I am sure it will be rescheduled soon. We will be unable to go to the Gospel Singing at the Fairgrounds due to circumstances beyond our control. Our patients come first. Our Resident Birthday Party will be at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29. Come out and help us celebrate! Jordan will be here Saturday popping delicious popcorn for the residents. The First of October is next Thursday. The farmers are hard at it working in the fields harvesting their crops. The mums, pumpkins and gourds are on display in the stores along with Halloween decorations. And, would you believe some have their Christmas items out? That is rushing in the season! Everything

is so commercialized that we forget the real meaning of Christmas-Jesus! Our Alzheimers Walk is coming up soon. It will be held at the Clinton Center Park in Little Rock. We have several that will be walking. I understand that the Des Arc High School Homecoming Parade route will begin at the old Acco Building and travel down Main Street to the high school. Can’t wait to see all of the pretty maids and Queen with their escorts, band and other participants. We have been playing dominoes, watching the news, having wheelchair races, reminiscing, crafts, excercise, Snowball has paid us a visit, playing Bingo and sitting out on the porch enjoying the weather. Please come out to visit when you can. We love company and would enjoy your visits. Volunteers are always welcome. There are a lot of things here at DANRC that you can do. Fall is here and we are decorating the halls with bright orange, yellow, rusts, brown and green colors. Halloween is coming up and Trick or Treaters will be out and about. That is all for now. We hope you have a wonderful rest of the week. Teresa Henley Activity Director

tion Day” at Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs recently. Janet worked with County 76 in fundraising during the day. The participants at Garvan Gardens saw demonstrations of “soil solarization” to kill a fungus that has been in some of the flower beds there. It is achieved by tilling the soil and covering it with clear plastic so the sun will cause the heat to build up and kill the fungus. The president reminded the members of the Monroe County MG fundraiser Saturday, October 3. The theme for the activities is “Plant in Anything”. Work hours may be earned at the Welcome Sign or the Gazebo in Hazen where the weeds need to be sprayed. The Hazen Chamber of Commerce is getting some new flower pots. They would like to have them filled with Wave Pansies, kale and winter cabbage during the second week of October. Work hours can be gained in this project. The “beehive shaped” clay pots are to be placed along Main Street and along Highway 70 on the south side. October 13 is the 27th

Smoked Gouda Grits 2-1/2 cups chicken broth 1-1/2 cups half and half 3/4 cup quick-cooking grits 3/4 cup smoked Gouda cheese, grated 4 tablespoons butter salt and pepper to taste Combine broth and half-and-half in small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Stir in grits. Reduce heat to low, and allow to simmer per cooking instructions on package, stirring occasionally. Add cheese and butter to grits and stir. Serve immediately. Smoked Gouda Grits 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest (zest of one

small lemon) 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 2 cans (8 ounces each) refrigerated crescent roll dough For topping: 1/4 cup butter, melted 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 9 x 13-inch baking dish and set aside.Mix together cream cheese, sugar, zest and vanilla in a medium bowl until smooth and set aside. Unroll and press one can of crescent roll dough into pan. Spread cream cheese mixture over dough. Unroll remaining can of dough and lay it gently over top of cream cheese filling.Drizzle butter evenly over top. Mix together sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over top.Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden

Pumpkin Pie Spiced Bread 1 cup all-purpose flour 2/3 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 1 cup packed light brown sugar 1/2 cup vegetable oil 2 large eggs 1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. In a medium bowl, combine the flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt and pumpkin pie spice. Use a whisk to stir together. In another medium bowl, add the sugar, oil, eggs and pumpkin. Whisk until well combined. Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture, and continue to mix until just blended. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake in the oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, 50-55 minutes. Remove from the oven. Let the loaf cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing it from the pan and letting it completely cool on a rack. Tip: When buying canned pumpkin puree, check the label to make sure it does not say pumpkin pie filling (or mix). Filling typically contains added sugar and spices.

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

We hope everyone had a great weekend! Monday we had a Beanbag baseball practice game between the men and women and the men won again. Tuesday we had Joke of the Day and special thanks to

Herndon Barnes for playing the piano and singing for us. Wednesday we had our homemade breakfast and Bingo and Mrs. Linda playing and singing. Thursday we took the bus out to the White County Fair

for the Senior Day and stopped by Walmart before coming home. Friday we had Beanbag Baseball practice and our recycling day. God Bless and have a great weekend!

Elsie McCain Club members discuss projects at first annual meeting

Prairie County Master Gardeners active in county fair activities; plan work in Hazen area With the Theme, “Fall into Gardening” the Prairie County Master Gardeners did some work at the Fair Grounds on Tuesday morning last week and then saw the components of the display at the regular meeting Tuesday evening. The display was set up in the Exhibition Hall at the Fair Grounds. Janet Turnage, president, presided with 13 members present. Janis Toll, Patsy McMullen, Debora Carpenter and Chris Weems were among several from the county at the fair grounds to help clean up for the County Fair in progress this week. Several members were present to help set up the group’s display in the commercial building at the fairgrounds on Sunday afternoon. Members will also be needed Sunday, September 27 to take the display down. Rhonda Betzner, chairman for the display, had the posters ready to be attached to the colorful background. The president, along with Dee Black and Debora Carpenter, represented Prairie County at the Master Gardeners “Apprecia-

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annivesary of the Master Gardeners and PCMGs want to plant a tree in the Welcome sign garden to commemorate the occasion. The next regular meeting of the Prairie County Master Gardeners will be at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 20 at BancorpSouth in Hazen. -Chris Weems

GFWC Elsie McCain Club at Hazen held its first regular meeting of the year on Thursday night, Sept. 17, with Chris Weems, president, hostess. The meeting with current events followed by a report from the treasurer, Meg Miller, who gave the financial report and collected dues. The president reminded members that the report from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs Spring Convention in North Little Rock had listed the awards presented in

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District IV. Department chairs were given their brochures of work and program ideas from GFWC. President Weems talked about some of the projects that can be done in the Junior Clubs Advocates for Children. The plight of foster children in Prairie County and the need for the BackPack program for the weekends for some children were two of the projects that were pointed out as possible. The tentative program for the year was distrib-

uted. The president said that the decision had been made to not have the District Fall board meeting since the forms for reports can be mailed and there wasn’t anything else given out at the State Board meeting. Entertainment prizes were won by Meg Miller, Rita Farris and Nell Pich. The next meeting will be Thursday, Oct. 8, at Murry’s Restaurant in Hazen with Libby Hudson hostess and lesson leader. -Chris Weems

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Marjorie Ott, Searcy resident, had family here Marjorie Ott, 93, of Searcy, died Wednesday, September 16, 2015, at the WCMC in Searcy. Born March 28, 1922, in Monroe, Arkansas, she was the daughter of John Thomas and Anna Lou Wagner Dailey. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband of 13 years, Charles Carpenter, Jr.; her second husband of 13 years, Claude Ott; one brother, Clyde Dailey; three sisters, Frances Robertson, Eloise Bethel and Eva Horton; one son, Tommy Carpenter; and one grandson, Charles Lawrence Carpenter. Left to cherish her memory are three children, Diane (Wade) Murphy of Mountain Home, Drew (Gail) Carpenter of Judsonia, Kay (Alan) Russell of Richmond, IN; seven grandchildren, Shay Murphy of Fort Collins, Co., Will Murphy of Portland, Oregon, Lauren (Matt) Brock of Columbus, Ohio, David (Erin) Semeyn of Louisville, KY, and Ashley Semeyn of Richmond, IN, Joshua (April) Carpenter of Jessieville and Justin Carpenter of Portland; and ten great-grandchildren, Reece Murphy, Drew Murphy, Luciana Kathryn Brock, Summer Carpenter, Sutton Carpenter, Kaitlyn Carpenter, Mason Carpenter, Aaron Carpenter, Ben Carpenter and Caden Carpenter. Mrs. Ott graduated from Brinkley High School in 1940 and earned a bachelor's degree in education from LRU, now UALR. She taught second grade in the Hamburg Public Schools for many years. She was a dedicated Christian and was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Judsonia where she taught the Fidelis Sunday School Class. Mrs. Ott was a true, soft spoken, Southern lady who loved her family, friends, church, and traveling. A memorial service will be announced at a later date and will be held at the First Baptist Church in Judsonia with a graveside service at the Hamburg Cemetery in Hamburg. Memorials may be sent to Samaritan's Purse, c/o First Baptist Church, Box 427, Judsonia, Ar 72081. Arrangements are by Powell Funeral Home, Bald Knob – Judsonia. Relatives include a niece, Ann Bethell Guess and family of Des Arc.

Sgt. David Kelley dies at Stuttgart Sgt. David L. Kelley, 48, passed away in Dallas, TX on Sept. 8, 2015. He was born on Oct. 5, 1966 to the late Mr. Leotis Kelley Sr. and Ms. Dorothy Fairow Kelley. David graduated from Stuttgart High School in 1985. Soon after graduation he joined the Army where he served honorably until his retirement in 2003. He was a Desert Storm veteran.

B.W. Washington, Brinkley, dies Benjamin Willie Washington, 70, of Brinkley, died Friday September 11, 2015, at his home. His wife Leola ClineWashington, six sons, four daughters, his mother-inlaw, three brothers, seven sisters, 30 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends survive him. Funeral services were held Wednesday, September 16 at 1 p.m. at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, in Brinkley. Internment took place at place at Haven of Rest Cemetery in Brinkley by Branscumb Funeral Home of Brinkley.

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Words of Faith/Church News Sunday School Church Attendance Sunday, September 20 IN DES ARC First Baptist Church...261/311 Gospel Mission.....................160 Lakeside Miss. Baptist...79/123 First United Methodist........85 Faith Missionary Baptist.54/69 Family Worship Center.........54 First Assembly of God....43/69 Fellowship Miss. Baptist....... 40 Church of Christ............16 Church of God of Prophecy.. 20 Living Waters Full Gospel....... 21 AREA CHURCHES Hickory Plains Miss. Bap 77/130 Morris Chapel Miss. Baptist..36 Pleasant Ridge Miss. Baptist.32 Hickory Plains Methodist..... 19 Hickory Plains Nazarene...... 18 Judson Memorial Baptist...... 24 Sand Hill Miss. Baptist...........8 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.

PRAYERS AROUND FLAGPOLE Ninety-plus students and adults were in attendance Wednesday morning, September 23, for the annual “See You at the Pole” event held at the Des Arc High School campus flagpole. Students, teachers, parents, school officials and civic leaders gathered around the flagpole to offer prayers for local schools, students, teachers, and for city, state and country. Prior to the 7:30 a.m. gathering, the First Baptist Church hosted a breakfast for students.

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Ramblings. . . . by Verna Herekamp

By Rev. Dee Harper

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

Elisha: “I Love Sundays” Scripture: Luke 10:25-28 What does love look like to you? I think it can look like several things or events depending on the type of love you’re talking about. One of the most interesting descriptions of love comes from Christian singer/songwriter Celia Whitler. Celia is a musician, a former science teacher, and a mom. One evening she and one of her sons were saying good night and her son who was young at the time goes up and says, “I love you like a chicken!” So at her children’s concerts she always has the kids go up to each other and say I love you like…and then you fill in the blank. Celia is not the only person who I have ever heard describe love like a chicken. My friend Eric was preaching a sermon one morning and he too said not only that love is like a chicken, but that God’s is like a chicken in how he shows love to his children. Now least you think Eric or I have flown the coop, what he was describing is how he visualized Jesus words about gathering Jerusalem up like a bird gathers her chicks. Also Psalm 91:4 where the writer says, “He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.” In his mind he imagined a chicken sheltering her chicks from the elements and keeping them safe and warm and protected. This week our Scripture is also about love. A lawyer asks Jesus what I must do to have eternal life. It was an honest question, the lawyer it seems believed in the resurrection, he believed in eternal life, and he must have believed that Jesus had some insight or even authority. According to some commentators what the man still didn’t get was the amazing nature of God’s love. He thought like you might with a boss or a teacher how can I get on God’s good side so that I might be worthy of this eternal life. So Jesus answers the man “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” Jesus is essentially asking the man what he learned in Hebrew school. How did he understand it? The lawyer maybe using an answer that he had learned in that Hebrew or Torah school quoted both Deuteronomy and Leviticus. He said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus said,

“Do this and you shall live.” In other words do these things and you shall have eternal life? The man however as one person said being a student of the law and doing what they do, wanted to justify his question so he asked, “Who is my neighbor?” And in the passage write after our Scripture this morning Jesus tells the story of the Good Samaritan. So what does this passage teach us about love this morning? First it reminds us that love is vertical. By that I mean that love is upward toward God. Scripture says that God is love. He loves us and desires us to love and be in relationship with God in return. Love starts with our reaching up in love toward God. Second thing this passage challenges us to remember is that love is horizontal. We begin by reaching up and then we reach out to show love toward our neighbor. It is interesting in this passage that the question of who is my neighbor is also a question of who needs my help. Jesus asked the lawyer who was the one who was a neighbor? The lawyer answered the one who recognized the need of the man and had mercy on him. These two aspects of this passage are important many of us have heard them before. They challenge us to look toward helping others instead of looking for reasons to divide us. But there is one more thing that this passage also reminds us about love and being a neighbor. Jesus’ use of the Good Samaritan not only challenged their cultural prejudices, but it also according to some scholars challenged them to identify with the wounded and robbed man. Love requires us to circumnavigate. To circumnavigate means to steer or circle back around. I use that to remind us that to be a neighbor means that we to have to be willing to show our bruises and our hurts. It requires that we allow others to give and share love with us also. We want to put up a tough front but love and being loved opens us up and makes us vulnerable. David Lose in his commentary on this passage gives us this invitation today. He says, “we are…invited, I believe, to be a community that is also bound together by our shared need, by an awareness of our common vulnerability, by a sense that God has worked through so many people to care for us, wants still to meet our needs through others (and sometimes through those we would least expect or want to help

Thank You! Words cannot express the appreciation I have for everyone who called, visited, brought meals, said prayers, and for the love you have shown me. A special thanks to my sisters, Brenda James and Linda Kloss, for all your help and being there for me. A heartfelt thanks to Robert Hughes for mowing our yard. Thanks, also to my husband, Dennis, for all you have done for me. Grateful Always, p Sue Gurley

I have this big book that we bought from a traveling salesman who said, as they always do, that he was putting 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 died in 1968 and many others in 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 heard 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 would 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 and hour 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 everyone 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 laughter because it didn’t hurt at all. Oh if all of life’s problems were so simple!

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Hickory Plains Missionary Baptist Church

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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

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Scenes from 2015 Prairie County Fair Parade Des Arc Main Street, September 19, 2015 (In Color, Online & PDFs)

Hazen High School Marching Band

Grand Marshall Dora Holloway and her great grandson, Andrew Fricker (Driving the truck was her other great grandson, Christopher Fricker)

Mike Livesay with daughter, Megan Livesay Cain

Payton Whiting, Baby Miss Prairie County with her mother, Cara. Knox Eans also in the truck Freda Wallace, Mrs. Prairie County (40-60 years)

Shawna Parnell, driver and Tania Johnston in back for the Couponistas

Raegan Swaim, Teen Miss Prairie County

Ada Kunkel, Mrs. Prairie County, 60 & Over

Couponistas, Tania Johnston and Lindsey Widener and son, Kanaan

Jodie Mayher driving Des Arc Police Department vehicle with daughter, Tiffany and granddaughter, Lynleigh Fisher

Waiting on portico of old First Presbyterian Church are l-r: John Polk, Jacob and Michelle Price, Jude and Teresa Henley and Linda Petty

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Christina Duncan, Wee Miss Prairie County, left and Austin Carpenter, Toodler Mister Prairie County

Judge Mike Skarda with daughter-in-law Ariel Tate and granddaughter, Addison Tate in Antique Chevy

Aaron Cain and son, Layton Cain

Madelyn Sharp, Junior Miss Prairie County

Watching parade from south side of Main St at corner of 5th (view toward east)

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Paradeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about to pass folks waiting in front of Pre-K School at 6th & Main

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Keathley descendants gather for annual reunion here Saturday They are proud of their family roots, patriotic and strong. The Keathley clan (descendants of Dr. John R. and Viola Bell Keathley) met for the annual “Keathley Reunion” held Saturday, September 12, at Northside Community Center near Family and Des Arc. friends from the community, meet each year on the second Saturday of September. A total of 38 attended, and represented the lineage of deceased family patriarchs and matriarchs, Cuby and Cecile Keathley, Leck and Veda Keathley, and Preston and Irma Keathley. A potluck meal was provided by family members. In addition to the recollections shared among family members, displays of family history and old photos were a highlight of the gathering. Photos were taken as families arrived as well as a parting group photo. L.C. and Jerrye

Keathey of Conway were unable to attend, but provided family history and photos for display. Family matriarch, Kaleta Keathley Livesay attended the reunion. Kaleta is well known for her vast knowedge and research of family history. She has written about family and community events, contributing articles to the White River Journal throughout her years as a resident of the Northside community. Kaleta now resides at the Cabot Health and Rehab in Cabot, near her two daughters. Attendees were from Prairie, Lonoke, Faulkner and Pulaski Counties in Arkansas and Olive Branch, Mississippi; and those traveling the farthest were from California-- grandchildren and great grandchildren of deceased Preston Keathley. In addition to family members, Jim Boggan of Forrest City and Marjorie West of Des Arc stopped in to join the family.

Back, left to right: Darrell Tullos, Byron Keathley, Howard Martin, Scott Keathley, Clint Keathley, Gary Reeves, Chuck Mayfield, Brendon Keathley, Wayne Jervis, Chris Duncan,Dennis Alford; 2nd row, Terry Maxey, Faye Webber Keathley, Judy Alford Martin, Anita Hamlin Keathley, Laneta Livesay Keathley, Nelda Livesay Jervis, Kellie Keathley Duncan, Harry Keathley; front row, Marjorie West, Susan Alford Maxey, Sherrye Alford Tullos, Blakely Tullos, Herschel Alford, Kaleta Keathley Livesay, Betty Higdon Keathley, Monica Gardiner Keathley, Easton Keathley, Michael Keathley. On the floor, Dakota Tullos, Rowan Edward Keathley, Keira Renee Keathley, Kate Keathley and Dallas Keathley. Others in attendance but not in the photo were Kim Tullos, Brad Hawley and his finance, Rebecca Brown, Wayne Hawley and Linda Newminister.

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HICKORY PL AINS Ramona Holland wants to thank everyone for their prayers, calls, cards, food and visits. She appreciated all so much. Bob and I were at ACH Wednesday for Casey Cochran’s tonsillectomy. She was a big girl. The first out of six kids (she was older) that did so well and got to go home same day. She was very blessed. Vanessa Graham enjoyed spending last Thursday with her Aunt Brenda (Ward) Flynn at Carlisle. Her Aunt Brenda recently bought Vanessa Graham’s Mom’s (the late Frances (Ward) Walker’s house she lived in until the passed away a little over a year ago. Brenda was Ms. Frances’s sister. Please pray for our very loved Uncle Robert and Aunt Myrtle Stell. Uncle Robert had five bypasses Wed., Sept.16th and as of Sunday he was still not doing well; BP being too low etc. He is in Springhill Baptist, NLR,,CCU. It is extra hard because Aunt Myrtle has Alzheimer’s and the change is not good for her. It was a blessing to me for Angie Beck to see the King Kat fish fry sign at Arch St. Fire Dept. Saturday night. She is the niece of Shirley Briggs of Des Arc. I had not seen her in years. I got a chance to introduce her to Carter Harrison and sit with her a few minutes while she ate. I called her Aunt Shirley at Dondie’s for both of us to tell Shirley happy belated birthday and Pat and Shirley, Happy Anniversary that were both last Friday. Shirley was envious that I was getting to see Angie. That Fire Dept. was the very one that was dispatched to Angie’s home (BAD FIRE) several years ago. One fireman told Angie and me, that fire like to have killed him. It was winter, their hoses froze, etc. Angie is caring and giving. She helped them clean up afterward the fish fry. Carter, I and others were so glad to see Bryce and Heather Harrison. They were on their way from Hampton to NLR Sam’s and saw the kitchen’s on the road. Bryce called his Dad to find out where we were going, so came back to meal after Sam’s. Heather helped me in the little kitchen and Bryce took over cooking for his Dad. Carter sure enjoyed it, because he misses Bryce, but also with his bunged up hand, he got a break. Bryce is Assistant Principal this year along with previous jobs, Math Coach, Assistant Football Coach this year at Hampton. Heather

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works at the school too. It was good to see my great nephew, Ashton McArthur, Sunday morning at Carter Harrison’s. I was picking up buckets and Ashton was picking up scraps for their hogs. Clara Clark didn’t feel like going to Church on Sunday. She didn’t get to have her hip surgery Thursday due to the high risk for infection. The old scar had some redness to it. The dermatologist said Friday it was dermatitis due to allergic reaction to bacterial wipes they have her use 2 X before surgery date. We will reschedule as soon as possible. Thanks for all your continued Prayers. On my way home from Church, saw Bud and Kathy McArthur, Willie and Terrell Sutton in the yard. I turned around and went back to visit. I have not seen Bud since he has been sick. He looks great and a joy to visit with. He asked me about Carter Harrison’s surgery. He had read about it in the WRJ Sunday after Church Nick, Ashton and Hayden McArthur came to see Aunt Clara Clark and her trailer. They brought her glider and rockers down for her. Sunday evening, Nikki Kirk visited Clara Clark. I didn’t think to have anyone to tell local people that Clara Clark didn’t get to have her surgery. Ramona Holland brought herself and Clara lunch Monday from HPOS. They both had a good visit. Then Ramona came over to visit Bob and me, too. Bob and Ramona were like brother and sister years ago. We had a great visit. Vanessa Graham had severe chest pains Monday afternoon. She was admitted to White County. Hospital in Searcy overnight, heart monitor, etc. She got to come home Tuesday afternoon. She appreciated the Prayers, calls, visits. She will go to the Heart Doctor’s office next week for further tests. Please continue to pray for her. Send her a card, 8477 Hwy13N, Carlisle, AR 72024.

Sympathy and Prayers to the Harrison and Strohl families. They had a severe shock Tuesday morning of the passing of Mandi Harrison Ingle of Hazen. Mandi was the daughter of Joe Lyn Harrison and Dana (Strohl) Prince, granddaughter of Joe and Judy Harrison and Henry and Gloria Strohl of Biscoe. Please keep them all in your Prayers. The next “Ladies Drop By” will be Tuesday, Oct.13, 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.ne t) 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 Sept. 26th to Ann (Holcomb) Quattlebaum! Happy Birthday Sept. 28th to Amos Fricker! Happy Birthday Sept. 29th to Eric Evans! Happy Birthday Sept.30th to Bobby Bell and Katie (Boggs) Miller! Happy Birthday Oct.1st to Shelby Covington! Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God wants, than to suffer for doing wrong! 1 Peter 3:17, NLT

No rain in Gregory on Saturday! TV guys say this is a sort of record dry September. I know the irrigation pivots are putting ‘rain’ on these late soybeans. Donny Brown and Mickey Holder started picking cotton Monday. I rode down to the cotton they had on the Wedgworth farm and did NOT see a cotton sack one, just a big machine. I told Donny my Papa would fire him for leaving so much cotton on the ground. He could not have handled this machinery gathering. The milo fields have more green stalks now than when they planted in the spring. Virginia Davis of Caldwell and Mary Ann Barnett and Phillip of Forrest City came last week and accompanied their Mom, Fannie Peters to Searcy for a medical test. Troy and Darlene Tims visited her mother, Ruth Canard, Saturday at the Woodruff County Health Center. Rosetta Lockhart visited her niece, Shirley Joyner and Carrie in Searcy Sunday afternoon. Jena Pfeffer spent Saturday night in Searcy with Lynn and Carrie Tranum, Kristin and Avery. David and Gatha Oltman spent the weekend here with O.B. and Helen Fields and attended the funeral of Jimmy Fowler on Tuesday. Kaye Swint of Hot Springs spent a couple of days here

with the Rowland Clark family and went to Brinkley for (granddaughter) Parker’s grandparent day at her school. Karla Clark’s dad, Brent McKnight, is at home for a bit from an extended stay in Houston for treatment at the M.D. Anderson hospital. I ask prayers for a family member, Claire Caldwell. She is barely 15, a beautiful, happy teenager, just getting into the school bit. She complained a little of her back hurting, then a fever accompanied with hurting so severe she asked to go to ER, after many days in ICU, they say she has Evans Syndrome. She had blood clots around her kidneys, went home with two shots daily (of what I don’t know) the rest of her life, and to one day of school. She began with the pain again and to ER they went, her kidneys were bleeding, surgery this time. Was put in a regular room Monday. Who has ever heard of EVANS Syndrome? My nurse relatives have not, but Sallie’s friend found it on the internet, but nothing but the fact. What else can besiege us? Prayers for Butch Woods as he is being sent to Hospice at White County Hospital. Gregory gained 3 more residents last week, Traye, Hillary and Bretton Taylor. The house they were renting

in Augusta was ‘sold out from under them’. They are in the process of getting things worked out to start building here. Hooray! We had 10 to move away this year.(I don’t like that).We only want the good kind of people, though, and don’t tolerate any less than ‘good’. So? Grandparents are the best: Mickey and Billye Holder have both been sick with sinus, but Friday they went to Marvell to see grandson, Lee Willis, play football. There probably were some others playing but grandparents only see that ‘grand’. I missed all that stuff with mine going so far away. We drove to Ohio, 13 hours, for Mike Frye’s grandparent day, was at the school 20 minutes, and they didn’t even feed us lunch. We had gone for his sister, Kathy’s earlier and did get lunch. Have you heard the child saying ‘ when Mama ain’t happy ,ain’t nobody happy?’ Well, the same applies for Grandmothers and this one is NOT happy, my arm is killing me. Tried to tell them at the clinic that it was broken , but they believed the xray machine. Can you believe that? over me? So, they said therapy and that does not help in the “Happy”department! Rosetta

NEW BETHEL NEWS Donna Kelly, Correspondent

It has been a few weeks since I have tried to write. We have been through a lot. John came home from rehab last week. We have been busy getting things together. He will have some help from Home Health Care. We appreciate everyone's concern. Thank you for your prayers and please continue to remember us. I have missed a couple trips to church. We have had some new visitors and I appreciate them. We extend sympathy to those who have lost loved ones recently. We have received several phone calls since we have been home. Our kid’s and grandchildren and great grandchildren send their thanks for the visits and love.

John has an appointment with Dr. Anderson on Tuesday morning. His follow up from rehab. I noticed in the paper that it is fair time again. I would love to go but it’s just not possible right now. I so remember all the good times we had in the earlier days, when it was fair time. The weather has been exceptional. Our lawn is brown. I know that it has

affected the crops also. I always think of the farmers as we spent our earlier years in the fields. I know this is not much news but maybe things will be better next week. Please continue to remember us as John has a very long way to go yet. I had a phone call from Bruce Ingle, my nephew. Brother Fred called this evening and said they had good services today.

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FARM/HOME Soybean Rust returns to South Arkansas Travis Faske Associate Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist

As predicted earlier this month, it was only a matter of time before soybean rust (SBR) returned to the state. Earlier this week SBR was detected in eight counties south of I-40, these include: Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, and Phillips. SBR severity was low (few pustules/leaflet) at these sites with one exception, the site in Jefferson County, which had the highest severity with100’s pustules/leaflet . Soybean growth stage was late R7 at these locations, which is past the stage (R6) where a fungicide is recommended. Rust activity within the pustules was low (little or no sporulation) at these sites but, will resume spore production after several days of cooler weather. Currently, the majority of the 2015 crop is well past the stage of growth where a fungicide is recommended; however, given the slow start to the planting season, some of the late planted beans may be affected by SBR. Therefore, as weather conditions favor SBR development. continue Arkansas Rice Depot President Kim Aaron with participating rice processors Scott Wallace, Jerry Hoskyn, to scout and monitor late planted beans for rust. Addi- Christy Kalder, Gary Reifeiss, Mary Hall, Arkansas Rice Council President Steve Orlicek, Chris Cline, Secretary tionally information on SBR management is available on of Agriculture Wes Ward, Brandy Carroll and Miss Arkansas Rice Lynnsey Bowler following Monday's donation. the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension website, earlier posting on this blog website, and the MP 154.

Arkansas Rice Industry donates over 110,000 pounds of rice

Desha County soybean grower breaks 100 bushels for third year Desha County producer Matt Miles has broken the 100-bushel-per-acre barrier for the third year in a row, despite a departure from the atypical weather conditions that helped him and four other Arkansans pass the yield milestone during the last two growing seasons. Contest officials verified the Miles’ yield at 108.77 bushels per acre from a single field that was grown and harvested specifically for the Arkansas Soybean Association’s “Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Challenge” contest. Wes Kirkpatrick, Desha County extension staff chair for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said contest entries must be harvested from a portion of a field ranging from 5-7 acres, and the soybean weight is corrected for moisture and foreign matter when calculating total yield per acre. Although Miles has established a reputation for producing high yields in the Grow for the Green competition, what made this year’s entry more impressive was the return to “typical Arkansas weather,” said Jeremy Ross, extension soybean agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. “The last couple of years, the weather’s probably been the driving factor for higher yields in the state,” Ross said. “It’s a whole host of different things that have to work really well to hit those high yields. I’m really kind of surprised that he hit it this year — our weather was a little more typical of July and August in Arkansas. Upper 90s, 100s for a couple of days, and we went without rainfall for a pretty good span in July and August. “The weather in 2015 was a little more adverse for a high yield in soybeans than they have been the last two years,” he said.

On Monday, September 21, the Arkansas rice industry donated 110,100 pounds of rice to the Arkansas Rice Depot in honor of National Rice Month. The donation will provide 1.1 million servings of rice for hungry Arkansas families. Participating rice processors included Riceland Foods, Inc., Windmill Rice Company, Cormier Rice Milling, Producers Rice Mill, Riviana Foods and Specialty Rice, Inc. "The Arkansas rice industry is pleased to partner with the Arkansas Rice Depot to fight hunger in Arkansas," Arkansas Rice Council

Breaking 100 came as a surprise to Miles, too. “I made a lot of statements to the effect that it probably wouldn’t happen this year,” Miles said. “We really had no idea that it would happen. But we cut a few fields we knew were pretty stout, and they were doing better than we expected. So as we got closer to the maturity of [the contest] field, I had an idea that it could possibly hapBrent Griffin pen. But three weeks ago, I CEA-Staff Chair would’ve told you, ‘there’ Prairie County no way.’” Cooperative Extension Service In January, a report from P.O. Boxll 388 the U.S. Department of DeValls Bluff, AR 72041 Agriculture put the 2014 (Office) 870-998-2614 Arkansas average soybean (Mobile) 870-351-54616 yields at 50 bushels per acre, a record in the state. Week of Sept.14 The average takes into acDays of field work:7 count growers across the Top Soil Moisture: state, and yields in southeastern Arkansas and 100% Short Sub Soil Moisture: throughout the Delta tend 100% short to be much higher, due in Livestock Condition: part to soils particularly Fair well suited for the crop. Miles said that his yields Main Activities: this year have varied widely Harvesting rolls on in from field to field. corn and rice. A few soy“We were just blessed to bean are being harvested have a good yield this year, with many more beginbut it’s ranging widely,” ning to shed leaves. Yields Miles said. “You’ll go to one are still down along with field that’ll be in the 90’s, rice grain quality. Harvest and the next field a mile aides are being timed for down the road, it’ll be in cotton picking. the 60’s. Every field’s differFrom a financial stand ent.” point, it’s going to be a In 2014, Miles squeaked long winter for grain across the finish ling with farmers. 100.609 bushels per acre. The previous year, he had a Crop Progress: Corn: Harvest 97% 107.63 bushel yield. Miles’ Soybean: 30% Mature, wife, Sherri, also broke the 100-bushel barrier in 2014, Harvest 5% Rice: 80% Harvested with 106.499 bushels per Sorghum: 99% Haracre. Nelson Crow of Dumas vested Cotton: 90% Open boll was the state’s first farmer to make the milestone, hitCrop Condition: ting 100.78 bushels in 2013. Corn: 100% Fair The final day to verify Soybean: 20% Poor, yields for the 2015 Grow for the Green Soybean Yield 80% Fair Rice: 40% Very Poor, Challenge is Dec. 1. For more information 60% Fair Sorghum: 100% Fair about soybean production, Cotton: 25% Poor, 75% contact your county extension agent, or visit Fair Hay/Pasture: 75% www.uaex.edu or http://arkansascrops.com. Poor, 25% Fair

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President Steve Orlicek said. "We are proud to produce a quality food supply in our own backyards that can be used to help feed our neighbors and hungry families across the state." The Arkansas Rice Depot is a statewide food bank that works with 600 Arkansas hunger relief programs including food pantries, school food programs, disaster relief organizations, and a statewide hunger hotline. "I can't express how grateful we are for the Arkansas rice industry's generous donation," Arkansas Rice Depot President and CEO Kim Aaron

said. "Rice is such a staple across the globe, but we are fortunate to have local growers to donate such a versatile product for us to put into backpacks and pantries." Also on Monday, Governor Asa Hutchinson proclaimed September as "Rice Month" in Arkansas. Hutchinson discussed efforts to open new markets for the rice industry during his upcoming trip to Cuba. Accompanied by Secretary Ward and other rice leaders, the governor will travel to Cuba from September 26 through October 2.

Mark Lambert joins Arkansas Farm Bureau’s commodity and regulatory affairs department Mark Lambert has been hired as assistant director of commodity activities and economics in the commodity and regulatory affairs department at Arkansas Farm Bureau. Lambert will coordinate the activities of the wheat and feed grains and forestry divisions, and serve as administrator of both the Arkansas Wheat Promotion Board and the Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Board. He will also assist in economic analysis work in support of Farm Bureau's advocacy and communications efforts. Lambert, a native of Stuttgart, previously served as sustainability coordinator at Riceland Foods Inc., where he helped develop a program to assist farmers with improving farm management and sustainability practices. He holds both

bachelor's and master's degrees in agricultural economics from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. “Mark has a great background in agriculture and an excellent understanding of the economics of farming,” said Warren Carter, ArFB’s vice president for commodity and regulatory affairs. “He grew up in the heart of rice country and brings valuable experience from his time at Riceland, the largest rice exporter in the U.S. We’re excited to have him on board and look forward to his help promoting Arkansas agriculture.” While attending the University of Arkansas, Lambert was awarded scholarships from a variety of agricultural organizations, including the Arkansas Farm Bureau, the Arkansas Crop Protection Association and the

Mark Lambert Arkansas Seed Dealers Association. Arkansas Farm Bureau is a nonprofit, private advocacy organization of more than 190,000 families throughout the state working to improve farm and rural life.

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Personally Speaking Freddie Pate is at home after being in the hospital to have a stent placed last weekend at Unity Health (White County Medical). His wife, Patsy said he was doing well and was asking to go home after the surgery. --------Prayers are sent to Candace McMullen Tomboli of Cabot as she continues recovery from colon issues. Candace is the daughter of Eddie and Sarah McMullen of the Oak Prairie Community. Candace owns and operates a restaurant called “Chef Candace” in Cabot. --------Word was received that Ray Ingle had a stroke but was later retracted stating

that her problems may be caused from her ear. Ray retired as Prairie County Juvenile Officer. Her husband, Ernest Dale, is a retired AGFC game warden. --------Donnie Green is recovering from an ankle injury she sustained recently. Prayers for a quick recovery. Donnie is the daughter of the late Earl and Pearl Raper of the John son Chapel community. Her husband was the late Alvin Morris Green. --------Prayers are sent to Gary Perry of Hazen as he begins chemo treatments. He recently had lung surgery. His wife, Sonya, is keeping a close watch on him.

Brandon Keathley, wife, Monica, and their sons, Easton, age 2, and Rowan, 6, here from California for the Keathley family reunion held at Northside Community Center last Saturday, camped out one night on property he purchased a few years ago in the Johnson Chapel community.. Brandon, who is the city water manager for Victorville, , Calif., where the family lives, hopes to come back and build their permanent residence on the Johnson Chapel property some day. Brandon is the son of the late Preston Keathley, a former local resident.

Petrus Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac and Petrus Ford Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Stuttgart, Arkansas is proud to announce that Kyle Simpson has joined its team as a salesman. Kyle and his wife, Maghan are residents of Des Arc and expecting their first child helping Des Arc grow.

Kyle brings years of experience to Petrus for such a young man. For all your new car and truck or used vehicle needs, he can take great care of you from maintenance to sales. We pick up and deliver. Contact Kyle Simpson here at the store at 870-673-2664 or on his cell phone at 501-288-3510. Also visit our web site at www.petrusgm.com. 9/17/2c

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Senior Eagles roll over Brinkley Tigers 42-16, at Carlisle this Friday Junior Eagles come out on top for third conference win at Brinkley 34-26 The Des Arc Junior and Senior Eagles were in action last week facing the Brinkley Tigers. The Junior Eagles traveled to Brinkley and won their game 34-26. Donald McCoy had eleven carries for 162 yards, three Touchdowns, 116 Kick Return Yards with one TD and 10 tackles. Jacob Moody had 13 carries for 108 yards, one two-Two Touchdown, Point Conversions, five Tackles on Defense and a Fumble Recovery. Garrett Goodman had four Tackles, and an Interception that was returned for 42 yards on Defense. Berghan Taylor had nine Tackles and Will Kearby had seven Tackles on De-

conversion pass was overthrown. The Eagles were up 12-0 over the Tigers. Brinkley’s drive was four downs and out as a host of Eagles led by Hayden Flud forced the Tigers to a fourth and a long four yards situation. Brinkley made a run at a first down but Spencer Wrigley tackled the Tiger ball carrier forcing Brinkley to turn the ball over on downs. With 2:05 left in the first quarter the Tigers were call ed for an offside penalty. Covington carried the ball down to the 35 yard line of the Tigers . Quarterback Noah Kennedy gained eight yards on a keeper and Trey Lee finished with the first

Team Captains: Pictured left to right are Jed Reidhar, #66, Blayne Cook, #12 and Jacob Moody, #5, Team Captains for the Jr. Eagles, in their game against McCrory. The Jr. Eagles defeated Brinkley on the Jr. Tigers home turf 34-26 fense. Des Arc had 270 yards of total offense, all rushing with no pass attempts. Brinkley had 234 yards Rushing, 67 yards Passing and two Turnovers. The Jr. Eagles will host the Junior Carlisle Bison today, Thursday, September 24 at 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. Come out and eat a burger at the concession stand and watch great kids playing good football!

Senior Eagles The Senior Eagles hosted the Senior Brinkley Tigers on Friday, September 18 at Hinson-Rollins Field. The Eagles rolled over the Tigers 42-16. Brinkley won the toss and elected to defer to the second half. Colt Covington and Daylon Conway were back to receive for the Eagles. Covington scored on a sneak play from about the eight yard line. The two point conversion was no good. Des Arc’s defensive line stopped the Tigers from moving the ball with short yardage gains. Daylon Conway intercepted a Brinkley pass and ran the ball back to the 31 yard line. Conway closed the deal on third and goal for the touchdown. The two point

down. Covington did what he does best with a carry into the endzone for six points. Conway completed the two point conversion bringing the score 20-0 in the top of the second quarter. Des Arc kicked off to the Tigers and the ball was spotted for first and ten at the 40 yard line of the Tigers. Jacob Adams wrapped up the Brinkley ball carrier for a loss of 14 yards for second and 24 yards. The Tigers fumbled the football on their next play with Wrigley for the Eagles on the ball for the recovery. The Eagles drove the football down to the 14 yard line of Brinkley. However, the Eagles would fumble the football with Brinkley on the recovery giving the Tigers first and ten on the two yard line. The Tigers were deep in their own territory. A delay of game penalty placed the football half the distance to the goal for third and eleven. Isaiah Williams and Andrew Ingle teamed up to stop the Tigers for a gain of only one yard. Brinkley punted the football away to the Eagles after failing to gain a first down. Des Arc began their drive on the 39 yard line for

Push’em Back, Way Back! Senior Eagle Jacob Adams, #16 center, pushed the Brinkley ball carrier back for a loss of 14 yards in their game on Friday, Sept. 18. first and ten. On a reverse, yards and one passing TD. Covington sailed down the Colt Covington: Twelve left side for a touchdown Carries, 129 yards, three only to be called back for a Rushing TD’s, 10.8 yards holding penalty against the per Carry, Two Receptions Eagles. for 74 Yards, One TD ReWith 4:33 left in the half, ception and 40 yards KickKennedy crossed the goal off Return. line on a keeper for the TD. Trey Lee: Three Carries, The two point conversion 17 yards, 5.7 yards per was no good putting the Carry, One Reception for Eagles up over the Tigers eight yards. 26-0. Total yards rushing was With 3:41 left in the half, 275 and 82 passing yards. the Tigers dropped the Defense football but picked the ball Hayden Flud: Five Tackup and returned the foot- les, One Sack. ball to the 20 yard line. Isaiah Wiliams:Eight The Tigers pass was Tackles complete and the ball carDaylon Conway: Three rier was run out of bounds Tackles, Two Interceptions by Covington for a first and Jerrod Williams: Three ten at the Des Arc 33 yard Tackles line. Hunter Hill:Three TackWrigley and Trey Lee les sacked the Tiger quarterNoah Kennedy:Two back for a loss of three. Tackles Daylon Conway interceptJacob Adams: Three ed a Brinkley pass. Tackles, One Sack With a little over 30 secCarlin Jones: Six Tackles onds left, Kennedy comColt Covington: One pleted a pass to Covington. Tackle Covington ran the football Ontario Conway: Eleven for 51 yards for the TD. Tackles Trey Lee completed the Trey Lee:Three Tackles two point conversion Austin Weatherley: Five bringing Des Arc’s score Tackles 34-0 at the half. Andrew Ingle:Three In the second half, Des Tackles Arc scored one more Spencer Wrigley:Six touchdown on a pitch-out Tackles, One Fumble Reto Covington and Lee fin- covery ishing the play with a two Clayton Nickelson:Two point conversion. The Tackles score is now Des Arc 42, Jamie Norman: Three Brinkley 8. The Tigers Tackles scored a touchdown and a Mathew Tate: Two Tacktwo point conversion on les their possession. Brinkley scored another eight points late in the fourth quarter. Final score Des Arc 42, Brinkley 16. The Eagles will travel to Bison Country on Friday, September 24 beginning at 7:00 p.m. Come Hootens.com Rankout and support your Eaings gles! Class 2A, Week 4, 2015 Stats for Brinkley Game Copyright Hooten Offense Publishing, Inc. Daylon Conway: 16 Car1. Rison (2-1) ries, 74 Yards, One Rushing TD, 4.6 yards per Carry, one 2. Junction City (1-2) Fumble. 3. McCrory (3-0) Noah Kennedy: Six Car4. Mount Ida (3-0) ries, 42 yards, One Rushing 5. Earle (2-1) TD, 7.2 yards per carry, 6. Hector (3-0) Three Pass Completions 7. Cross County (3-0) out of six attempts with a 8. Des Arc (2-1) 50% completion for 82 9.Conway Christian (1-2) 10. Hazen (1-2) 11. E. Poinsett County (1-2) 12. England (3-0) 13. Gurdon (0-3) 14. Lafayette County (2-1)

Homecoming Activities Monday, Sept. 28-Hillbilly Days Tuesday, Sept. 29-Tacky Tourist Day Wednesday, Sept. 30-Disney Day 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 High School ) Crowning at 6:30 p.m. at Hinson-Rollins Field Game at 7:00 p.m. DAHS Band and Alumni Band performing at halftime

Des Arc versus Hazen Food Drive Each year, Des Arc and Hazen have a competition to see who will win the trophy for gathering the most canned food items that will benefit the Prairie County Food Pantry. Hazen has won the trophy for several years in a row. We are calling all Des Arc School students and parents to pull together and help bring the trophy to Des Arc. Deadline to bring canned goods to the High School is Friday, Oct. 16. Contact any Student Council representative or contact Des Arc Schools for more information.

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Alyssa Dohm places First at Josh Park Memorial in Heber Springs The annual Josh Park Memorial Cross Country Meet was held on Tuesday, September 14 at Dam Site Park on Greer’s Ferry Lake in Heber Springs. It is a very challenging course with some long hills according to Coach J. D. Babb. Alyssa Dohm, a Sophomore, took first place in the 1A - 4A division by running a 22:34.08 over the 5k course. There were 85 runners in the Senior Girls Division. Alyssa received a First Place medal and a top ten t-shirt for her effort. “In Cross Country, it is an honor to earn a top ten t-shirt at a competition. I am very proud of Alyssa. She has worked very hard and deserves this honor,” said Coach Babb. There were approximately 150 runners in the Jr. Girls division. Tristan Richards for the Junior Lady Eagles placed 24th with a time of 16:28.36 over the 2-mile course. Haylie Flud was the Jr. Lady Eagles second runner with a time of 17:11.73 for 34th place. Haylie was followed by Meredith Reidhar in 52nd place in 17:47.61 and Lee Ann Harrell was 54th in 17:57.57. “Jacy Adams also ran, but we were unable to get her time and place due to a problem with the timing system before she fin-

A Family Affair The Childers and Hayes Families traveled to Conway on Friday, September 18 to watch son, grandson, brother and nephew, Ross Childers, a senior at Springdale-Harber High School, play football. Ross plays right guard for the Harber Team. Springdale-Harber defeated Conway 37-7. Ross is the son of Kent and Stacy Childers of Des Arc. Pictured front, l-r are Stacy Childers, Ross’ brothers, Cooper and Cane Childers. Second Row is grandmothers, Ola Hayes and Martha Ann Childers, Ross, Kent Childers, and Uncle and Aunt, Cliff and Lee Childers of Heber Springs. Very Back are grandfathers, Ron Hayes and Bob Childers. Ron and Ola Hayes are Stacy’s parents who live in Monticello. Ross has a brother, Andrew, who attends the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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HOOTENS.COM GAME OF THE WEEK No. 3 McCrory at No. 10 Hazen McCrory should be completely healthy Friday night for the first time this year. Senior RB Kaigen Rogo ran just four times last week at Marvell for 129 yards. Reserve RB Peyton Williamson ran for 100 yards and two TDs. No. 10 Hazen spit and sputtered offensively last week with turnovers and penalties in a 14-8 loss to Class 3A Osceola. But Hazen senior RB Logan Penn (4.5 speed) remains a home-run threat behind monster two-way linemen Donavan Gurley (6-1, 320) and Khalid Mills (6-0, 220). LAST WEEK Hootens.com picked 28 of 34 games (82 percent) involving Class 2A teams. It has correctly picked 84 of 106 (78 percent) for the season.

Alyssa Dohm, right, First Place Finisher with Coach J.D. Babb ished,” Babb said. Coach Babb continued, “This is probably the hardest course these kid’s will run on all year. I am very proud of how this Jr. High team is improving and competing. I can see improvement every week.”

Conway Wampus Cat Invitational Meet The Des Arc Eagle Cross Country teams ran in the Wampus Cat Invitational at Conway on Saturday, September 19, 2015. Running in the Senior Girls division was Alyssa Dohm who finished 13th out of 182 runners with a time of 21:55.

In the Junior Girls division, the Jr. Lady Eagles scored 400 points to tie with Pangburn for 14th place out of sixteen teams. There were 229 runners in the event. Below is a list of times and finishes for the Jr. Girls: Tristan Richards: 68th-14:51 Meredith Reidhar: 112th-16:04 Haylie Flud: 120th-16:15 Lee Ann Harrell: 149th-16:48 Jacy Adams: 212th-19:55

WEEK 4 PREDICTIONS (favored team in ALL CAPS followed by point spread) 6-2A Hazen at MCCRORY (12): See Game of the Week. PAL-WHEATLEY (8) at Augusta: P-W got untracked last week in a 42-14 win over winless Clarendon, while Augusta lost to Carlisle 28-22. P-W won this matchup 6649 a year ago. BRINKLEY (35) at Clarendon: Brinkley was rocked early last week by No. 8 Des Arc and its senior RB Colt Covington (129 yards) and a striking defense. Des Arc won 42-16. Clarendon has been outscored 144-32. DES ARC (20) at Carlisle: No. 8 Des Arc, led by senior RB Colt Covington's 129 yards and a striking defense, rocked Brinkley early last week and cruised to a 4216 win. Carlisle rebounded from an 0-2 start to defeat Augusta 28-22. RISON (35) at Marvell: Marvell dressed 18 last week in a 52-0 loss to McCrory. Top-ranked Rison ground out a 29-20 win over Class 3A No. 7 Camden Harmony Grove, rushing for all of its 370 total yards. Rison also held H. Grove to 61 rushing yards. Rison's Veer attack spread the rushing yards between senior Bryson Marks (163), junior Ja'quan Henry (158) and senior Jordan Brown (46).