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THURS., AUG. 13, 6 PMMother’s Day OutOpen HouseFirst Baptist Church

SAT., AUG. 15, 8 TO 1Band Car WashDes Arc High School

SAT., AUG. 15, 6:00 PMFaith & Football EventFirst Baptist Church

SUN., AUG. 16, 7 AMMen’s Fellowship BreakfastChurch of God of Prophecy

MONDAY, AUG. 17School Opens for2015-16 School Year

MON., AUG. 17, 12 NOONChamber MeetsF & M Bank

MON., AUG. 17, 9 AMPlea Day HearingsDeValls Bluff Courthouse

TUES., AUG. 18, 9 AMPlea Day HearingsDes Arc Courthouse

TUES., AUG. 18, 1 PMPC Retired Teachers meetWhite River Dairy Bar

TUES., AUG. 18, 7 PMCity Council MeetingDes Arc City Hall

WED., AUG. 19, 11-2Friendship ClubDeValls Bluff Methodist

FRI., AUG. 21, 6 PMEagle Fest 2015Hinson-Rollins Field

SAT., AUG. 22, Fair Queen ContestDeValls Bluff Center

SUN, AUG. 23, 6 PMCommunity WorshipFirst Assembly of God

MON., AUG. 24, 7 PMDes Arc School BoardSupt.’s Office

WED., AUG. 26, 1 PMAlzheimer’s Support GroupLower White River Museum2009 Main St., Des Arc

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White River Journal interior 100 years ago - 1915 (then located on south side of Main, between Sno-White Dairy Bar and LaDue Family Fish Market (formerly White & Son)Left: Charles A. Walls, published his first issue Aug. 15, 1907; Right: Floyd Hoke, employee holds lever of paper cutter . . . which is still around 100 years later . . . and still cuts paper !

In the group pictured above enjoying the Open House are: (left) the Holloway family,Jacob, Zachery, Stephanie and Jason, enjoying refreshments provided. At right: PaytonLandry and her mom, Paula, getting information from Prairie County Health Dept. person-nel, Rose Marie Knupp, Prairie County Health Department Administrator, fourth from rightand Tammy York, DAHS health coordinator, third from right.

A large crowd of students and parents attended the Des Arc High School Open Househeld Monday evening, August 10. This was a “meet and greet” event for those involved inthe school’s opening for the 2015-16 school year on Monday, August 17. The new yearbegins with a new School Superintendent, new Principals at both elementary and highschool and several new teachers. Pre-school will also be starting its classes Monday withBeth Calhoun at the helm there. (See photos and bios of new school personnel along withbus schedule on Pages 10 and 11).

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To our subscribers in Griffithville, Carlisle, Ward,Lonoke, Stuttgart, Cabot, Beebe, Searcy, Jacksonville,North Little Rock and Sherwood, we offer sincereapologies for the US Postal Service’s delivery of lastweek’s Journal on Tues., Aug. 11 .... four days laterthan its expected delivery on Fri., Aug 7.

If the USPS were receiving a grade for last week’s“service”, it would have to be an “F”. Of the ten postoffices contacted last Friday morning, only Conwayreported having received the Journals that day. Fol-lowup calls again Saturday morning resulted in thesame answer - “no papers received”. Most of the postoffices reported late mail trucks both Friday and Satur-day, indicating problems at the main distribution cen-ter on McCain Blvd in North Little Rock.

After two consecutive weeks of near 100% “next-day” deliveries for the Thursday July 23 & 30 mailings;we had expected/hoped that the “next-day deliveries”would continue uninterrupted. (The only exceptionduring the previous two weeks had been a ‘one-day-late’ Ward delivery on Aug. 1 instead of July 31).

Mailing our papers in USPS-supplied “tubs”, insteadof sacks for the past few months, has proven the capa-bility of “next-day” delivery by the USPS - but at sametime has shown that capability not to be dependable.For now, we will persevere in the pursuit of “next-day”delivery, hoping the “learning/adjustment curve” isnot too terribly difficult for the postal service.

Ironically, some subscribers as distant as in Texasand California advise they are receiving their papersfairly consistently by the following Monday, or Tuesdayat the latest.

Apologies for US Postal “Service”;late delivery of last week’s Journal

Quorum Court gets updates on jail,libraries, roads, Judge Mike Skarda

Chairing the August Quorum Courtmeeting Tuesday night for hospitalizedJudge Mike Skarda was again JusticeLawrence Holloway. Those present in-cluded the nine justices, Ronnie Eans,Northside; Dennis Tipton, Brown Grove;Mary Sue Roe and Lawrence Holloway,Des Arc; Bobby Willeford, Biscoe; EddieCiganek and Buddy Sims, Hazen; DoyleSullins, Ulm; and Matt Sterlling, DeVallsBluff - and two guest speakers, Jeff Miller,construction superintendent of the Coun-ty Jail, and Debra Moore, Director of theLonoke/Prairie County Regional LibrarySystem.

Justice Holloway advised that JudgeSkarda had just undergone his 3rd backsurgery since July 6 on Monday this week(3 surgeries in 35 days) but hopes to comehome this week. Justice Holloway alsopresented a report prepared by Judge Skar-da specifically for Tuesday night’s meeting.That report included the following items:

1. Personal note: “I so miss being at theoffice, visiting and helping the great citi-zens of Prairie County. I am still conduct-ing county business, but my office is nowmy cell phone.”

2. Courthouse, Des Arc: Hope to havesufficient grant funds remaining in theportico project to include painting frontcolumns.

3. 3rd Street and area north of Jail:County has received a GIF grant to repairstreet behind jail and to conduct study forflood protection of the area. The overallplan also includes obtaining a Federal Mit-igation Grant for not only raising 3rdStreet which would include a 60” steel pipewith flood gate, but also raising the gradeof all the land between the Walking Trailand Jail for conversion to additional park-ing. Cost for the project is estimated at$190,000, funded 80% by federal funding -20% by local grant.

4. Road Repairs: County has complet-ed its chip sealing projects for the year.Work has been completed on Old Hwy 11,Fricker Rd., 2 miles on Raft Creek Rd., and2 miles on Letchworth Rd.

5. County Office Budgets: “I’ve set Oct.15 as the deadline for submission of all of-fice budgets.”

6. Employees: We’ve just hired TommyHolland to drive a gravel truck for North-

ern District on part-time basis. We’ve re-cently lost two Road Dept. employees -one in each district .... and although thosepositions have been advertised, it’s prov-ing difficult to find employees willing towork for salaries Prairie County can afford.

County Jail Update:Jeff Miller advised that construction of

the jail is expected to be completed withinthe next 6 weeks. Interior painting will becompleted by end of next week; plumbingfixtures and inmate equipment are beinginstalled; cabinetry has been received andready for installation. The old existing jailis to be converted into offices and 4-5holding cells, with the kitchen to be re-modeled.

County Library Update:Debra Moore,

right, advisedthe Court thatthe DeVallsBluff Library re-opened twoweeks ago onJuly 31, afterbeing closedDec. 31, 2014.

Currently it isopen Thursdaysonly - but thenumber of days open will increase January2016. The removed computers are sched-uled to be reinstalled next Thursday, Au-gust 20. To aid the library, DeValls BluffMayor Kenny Anderson said his City willpay for the library’s internet service, to beprovided by CenturyLink, thru the end ofthis year.

Because the “Lonoke/Prairie CountyRegional Library System” will cease to existDec. 31, 2015; the two counties will oper-ate independently after that date. The DesArc, Hazen and DeValls Bluff libraries willoperate under the Prairie County LibraryBoard of Trustees which include ChairmanBeth Rogers of Hazen; Ann Dooley, Biscoe;Cindy Wolfe, DeValls Bluff; Gloria Ballowe,Des Arc; and Susan Lisko, Stuttgart.

Editorial Note: Debra Moore remindsthe public that library members maycheck out E-books for 2 weeks, givingthem free access to thousands of books,with never a fine for late return of books.

Des Arc High School Open House

Retired Teachers meet Aug.18The Prairie County Re-

tired Teachers will meet atthe White River Dairy Baron Tuesday, August 18 at1:00 p.m. as announced byKathy Ewing, Unit presi-dent.

Plans will be made forattending the Arkansas Re-tired Teachers AssociationConvention in September.l

NOTICE:No Driver’s testingthis Friday, August 14

By Rick ManningThe Republican presi-

dential campaign is offand running with the firstof many presidential de-bates. A debate that drewmuch more attentionthan a political event 15months prior to a generalelection normally woulddraw due to DonaldTrump’s energy and emer-gence onto the politicalscene.

Unsurprisingly in retro-spect, the debate formatof short answers kept itlively, but hinderedTrump’s ability to use hischarismatic advantage towin voters and get into de-tails on his positions. Oth-er practiced debaters,politicians and prosecu-tors thrived in the familiarformat, and later in thedebate, The Donald ad-justed using his naturalcharm to his advantage.

Viewers anxious tolearn about how candi-dates stood on a variety ofissues got an earful ofconservative rhetoric andtheir relative perform-ance. But Republican andIndependent voters haveheard the promises be-fore. They have heard thelofty speeches and the adspromising a repeal ofObamacare or ending ex-ecutive amnesty and haveendured the disappoint-ment when those sameleaders walked away fromtheir promises immedi-ately upon election.

In 2016, Republicanvoters are tired of promis-es and are looking forsomeone who actuallymeans it, a leader who hasa proven record of fightingfor their priorities.

The failure of MittRomney and John McCainbefore him, who wereeach sold as the candidatewho could win by the po-litical donor and punditclass, has left a bad tastein GOP voters’ mouths.There is a sense that theytraded their vote for“winnability” and endedup with a candidate whorefused to fight for conser-vative issues and, as a re-sult, lost to a presidentwho has taken a wreckingball to the country.

Senator Marco Rubio is

one candidate who willlikely fall prey to this phe-nomenon. Attractive andwell scripted, he hits reso-nant chords when he talksabout his upbringing andvision for America. Unfor-tunately for him, hisrecord in the Senate, in-cluding his unwillingnessto stand and fight on bigissues, will submarinehim when compared withSenator Cruz or Paul.

Of the governors, JebBush is the most likely vic-tim of this rebellionagainst the establishment.But the really bad news forBush in the debate wasthe strong performanceby both New Jersey’s ChrisChristie, who used hisprosecutor background toperfection, and Ohio’sJohn Kasich, who was bol-stered by his home statecrowd. In a perfect Bushworld, Christie and Kasichneed to go away – becausethey draw votes from him– so he can establish him-self as the inevitable nom-inee. If anything, Thurs-day’s first debate justmight result in the NewJersey and Ohio governorsmoving up in the polls atBush’s expense.

Senator Ted Cruzproved himself to be aman in command of theissues, who never backeddown. Most importantlyfor Cruz, he looked andsounded presidentialemerging from the carica-ture the media has drawnof him. Should Trump’ssupport falter, it is Cruzwho likely will be the pri-mary beneficiary, as he isunabashedly going aftervoters who are disen-chanted with the GOPmainstream.

[=]Beyond Trump, thecandidate who I wantedto see and hear more fromwas Wisconsin GovernorScott Walker. Unfortu-nately in the first two-thirds of the debate, Walk-er was listless by compari-son to his colleagues andgave short, concise, for-gettable answers to thequestions he was posed.

The soft-spoken Dr.Ben Carson started tenta-tively in this difficult set-up, but later reboundedwith his final two answers

which provided a strongglimpse of his intellectand appeal.

Of those not afforded aplace on the big stage,businesswoman CarlyFiorina was the winner asshe was featured from theearlier afternoon debateof the final seven chal-lengers in a very positivelight in the prime timeshow without having anyof her negatives exposedthrough direct question-ing. The media buzzaround her performanceis likely to lift her in thepolls.

However, that mightnot be enough becausethe next debate, spon-sored by CNN, puts Fiori-na, Louisiana GovernorBobby Jindal and formerTexas Governor Rick Perryat a distinct disadvantage.Under CNN’s rules, nomatter how much a candi-date rises in upcomingpolls, late-blooming can-didates will be draggeddown by the debate selec-tion rules which give earlypolls a much greaterweight holding low earlyname identificationagainst a candidate.

I doubt that anyone willlook back on Aug. 6, 2015as the turning point in thepresidential election, butthe debate itself certainlylived up to the promisemaking the next onemust-see TV.

Rick Manning is the presidentof Americans for Limited Govern-ment.

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FOOLING THE BOSS!Two factory workers are talking. The woman

says, "I can make the boss give me the day off."The man replies, "And how would you do that?"The woman says, "Just wait and see." She thenhangs upside down from the ceiling. The bosscomes in and says, "What are you doing?" Thewoman replies, "I'm a light bulb." The boss thensays, "You've been working so much that you'vegone crazy. I think you need to take the day off."The man starts to follow her and the boss says,"Where are you going?" The man says, "I'm goinghome, too. I can't work in the dark."

Can you comprehend a billion?Can you remember when someone with a million

dollars was rare? It was hard to conjure up what itwould be like to have a million dollars. Now, politi-cians talk about a billion dollars like it’s pocket change- and actually we do have a lot of billionaires - somehere in Arkansas. Inconceivable! Why not share thatwealth with employees who have put it into their pock-ets instead of putting it into monuments that can’t beeaten or used to pay bills - or save a life. No, they areprobably drawing minimum wage.

Thanks to a friend who sent this bit of informationto us:

The true value of the word "billion" is interesting The actual figure of one billion, continually drops

off our politicians' tongues like honey.This is too true to be funny. The next time you hear a politician use the word

'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether youwant the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, butone advertising agency did a good job of putting thatfigure into some perspective in one of its releases.

A billion seconds ago it was 1959. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the

Stone Age. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on

two feet. A billion Pounds ago was only 13 hours and 12 min-

utes, at the rate our government is spending it. Stamp Duty Tobacco Tax Corporate Income Tax Income TaxCouncil TaxUnemployment Tax Fishing License Tax Petrol/Diesel Tax Inheritance Tax (tax on top of tax) Alcohol Tax V.A.T. Marriage License Tax Property Tax Service charge taxes Social Security Tax Vehicle License Registration Tax Vehicle Sales Tax Workers Compensation TaxNot one of these taxes existed 100 years ago and our

nation was one of the most prosperous in the world.We had absolutely no national debt. We had the largest middle class in the world and

Mum stayed home to raise the kids.

Animal Lovers:Are you an animal lover? I am. I know a lot of other

people are.I have been utterly shaken to tears recently reading

and seeing on TV the horrific killing of a near-domes-ticated lion in 00000. This animal was known andloved on a reserve so much so that he was known as“Cecil”. But, his life was cut short by a trophy-crazydentist who paid $50,000 to hunt and kill on the con-servation area. The victim was coaxed out into viewwith bait.The bow and arrow genius hit him but he gotaway - but not for long. The moron dentist with aguide tracked the lion for 40 hours before killing it witha gun and having their photo made with this trophy;He probably has a few other trophies including a tro-phy wife. I hope he never has another patient in hisdental office! Thank goodness, the news media ranwith the story!

I have also been read about elephants that are beingkilled for their ivory tusks. Another elephant has beenkept in a small building confined to being alone for 10years. Others are made to perform for our entertain-ment. It is shameful! You could hardly blame the whitelion used to perform tricks with other white lions for fi-nally attacking and almost killing its trainer.

I was horrified when a few years ago, a local policeofficer (no longer here) showed me a picture of a dogthat had died after being hung by its collar by some an-gry owner. There should be some form of prosecutionfor these inhumane acts of cruelty.

And then, there are monkeys, intelligent animals,bred in Florida only for proving them for painful ex-periments in labs. What a life for these poor creatures!

I’m sure there are lots of horror stories about ani-mal cruelty occurring that we don’t hear about. I readthem every day as they come into my e-mails askingfor help in stopping all kinds of animal cruelty. Then,there are those people who let animals starve to death!

One of them would be to let your animals suffer inthe heat outside without shade or water. Dogs espe-cially are susceptible to being overcome by heat.

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR ANIMAL IN A CLOSED CAR(a cracked window is not sufficient) OR TIED TO ASHORT LEASH IN YOUR TRUCK!

Republican presidential debate recap

State’s Drug ProblemBearing in mind that none of the arrested have had

their day in court (though, according to the authori-ties, a majority have had at least one previous day incourt), the sweep of some 70 alleged dealers in drugsand guns in northeast Arkansas is, obviously, not un-welcome news. More than half those indicted weretaken into custody by a small army of officers and therest declared fugitives, eventually to be in handcuffs.

The twin cancers of dope and firearms that metas-tasize most commonly and most rapidly in low-in-come regions (big steel can’t employ everyone in Mis-sissippi County) are not wholly impossible to combatbut the battle is expensive in public treasure and pri-vate lives. It is, frankly, often a rear-guard action: thesums that can be harvested from dope and guns makethe trade all but irresistible to those of too little hopeand insufficient upbringing. Thus the U.S. Attorney’sannouncement of the arrests might be greeted withgreater enthusiasm were there not a finger-in-the-dikeaspect to the operation,

The feds (with state and local police cooperating)termed the months-long undercover operation “BlyndJustus.” It resulted not only in arrests but the confisca-tion of hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, ofdollars in one or another illicit drug, and a comple-ment of guns, many of them stolen. It called to mind asimilar undertaking four years ago, centered farthersouth in the Delta, in the Phillips and Lee county ar-eas. “Delta Blues,” it was called. Indeed only this yearwas the last of several law enforcement officers indict-ed in the sting finally apprehended. And, centered inthe West Memphis area, there was “Delta Crossroads.”

As with Delta Blues, the geography of Blynd Justusis as easy to notice as its defendants are subject to dis-missive stereotyping. A criminal defense attorney whohas represented numerous (“More than I can count,let alone remember”) offenders, most of them youngand “almost all” on the lower rungs of the drug cul-ture’s ladder, contends it is a “huge” mistake to assignthe controlled substances problem to any particularethnic group, or age range. Or, for that matter, incomebracket. And certainly substance: cocaine and its“crack” derivative, heroin, marijuana, or crystalmethamphetamine or anything else deviant chemistrycan contrive.

“I have had kids from seven-figure households thatI’m trying to keep out of Cummins and thugs in theirfifties who probably ought to be under it,” he tells me.“They’re black, they’re white, they’re Latino. A coupleof Asians.” Large-scale law enforcement undertakingssuch as “Blues,” “Crossroads” and “Justus” are, he says,“understandable, even necessary. But I’m telling you,if you think this is an ‘East Arkansas problem,’ with allthat suggests, you’re fooling yourself.

“If you could pick up Pulaski and Sebastian andnorthwest Arkansas and shake them for a couple min-utes it would stun you what (illegal drugs) would fallout,” he says. “It may be more genteel, which is to saythere’s probably less violence involved,” but the trafficis real, and serious.

Consider, too, the fiscal implications for the federalprison system. The latest available figures on inmatecosts per-day date to 2013. A minimum security in-mate requires about $20,000 annually to feed, clotheand (so to speak) house. A maximum security offend-er costs half again as much. Inmates in federal hospi-tal prisons average $50,000. Your tax dollars at work.

Alternatives to incarceration, especially for drug-related crimes -- and in particular for those whose pri-mary impetus in wrongdoing is their own addiction --are forever being debated. Arkansas has taken somesteps toward lowering its frustratingly large, and al-most forbiddingly expensive, prison population; drugcourts and other diversionary tools for non-violent of-fenders can help. Similar discussions are perpetuallyunderway in Washington vis a vis the federal correc-tional system. Good; the dialogue is important, andthe imperative for the nation, financially and socially,is real. But the really bad actors -- and the roster of in-dictments suggests several were snared in the BlyndJustus net -- are not candidates for a speedy secondchance but a speedy trial. And an appropriately ade-quate term behind bars. Even at our expense.

“Our community is worth fighting for, and I believein Blytheville and Osceola,” said U.S. Attorney ChrisThyer of the Justus dragnet, which revolved aroundthose two cities. “Cleaning up this community beginswith holding people accountable for their actions.”

Good enough. But only a start. Another start, asone suspects Thyer would confirm.

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Arkansas has an op-portunity to pay itsdebt. At one time

last winter, approximately800,000 of its people weredependent upon the re-mainder of the country fortheir food. In addition, mil-lions of dollars contributedto the Red Cross that thepeople of this state might befed, truck caravans broughtfoodstuff from as far distantas six or seven hundredmiles and freight cars offood by the hundreds camefrom as far away as Wyo-ming and Florida. Today, wehave food in abundance,more than we can consume.It seems to be a foregoneconclusion that the greatcities of the North and Eastare in the same predica-ment as we were last winter.In view of the situation,Arkansas should do its ut-most to can and preserve asmuch surplus food as possi-ble to be turned over to re-lief organizations at theproper time. By November1, there should not be anempty jar or can inArkansas.

Today, only 13 years afterten million young men diedin a “war to end all wars,”and in spite of the pledgedfaith of 50 nations in theKellogg Peace Pact, leadingpowers are preparing foranother war as rapidly asthey can, Thomas Que Har-rison of the National Coun-cil for Prevention of War de-clared on Mount Sequoyahthis morning at Fayet-teville.” “Already the annualbill has reached five billionof dollars while the omi-nous rumble of another waris beginning to be heard,”he said. “Another war wouldbe with deadly gases, swiftand irresistable air raids ondefenseless cities,” Presi-dent Hoover says, “it wouldbe the cemetery of civiliza-tion.”

Two of the country’smajor wet and dry organiza-tions today stood sponsorfor conflicting claims thepeople of the United States

were two to one against pro-hibition and three to one infavor of it. “The prohibitorylaws remain on the statutebooks not because the dryleaders of the country aresuch super-men as repre-sented by their wet oppo-nents, said Scott McBride,superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, “but be-cause the overwhelmingmajority of the Americanpeople want even more pro-hibition than they havetoday.”

There were 47 PrairieCounty farm folks attendingthe Arkansas’ 13th AnnualFarmers Week and 4-H ClubEncampment at the Univer-sity of Arkansas at Fayet-teville. Practically everycommunity of the countywas represented. Ulm camewith the largest representa-tion with six families fromthat community, Mr. andMrs. Bellville, Mr. and Mrs.Strohl, Mr. and Mrs. Brectal,Mr. and Mrs. Bull, Mr. andMrs. Timmerman and Mrs.Kirksieck and children.

The various committeesappointed for the PrairieCounty fair are makingpreparations for the largestFair Prairie County has everhad. Indications are therewill be at least twelve com-munities who have prom-ised to have community ex-hibits: Fairmount, Ulm,Screeton, Tollville, Des Arc,Hickory Plains, Biscoe,Wylie and Peppers Lake.Mrs. George Jenson will bein charge of the entertain-ment and contests.

Mrs. Sarah Humphries ofnear Hickory Plains, a regu-lar reader of the Journal fora number of years, was intown Tuesday with a nice lotof produce for market. Shepresented us with a nicebasket of Concord grapes.

A. I. Rodgers is the newproprietor of the Des ArcBakery, successor to theHome Bakery. Special forSaturday, August 22: Witheach 25 cent purchase, add1 cent and get one dozencookies. Bread, 5 Cents perloaf.

Congressman-Wilbur D. Mills ofKensett, Second

Congressional District,was re-elected 2 to 1 overhis opponent, O. B. Rob-bins in the Prairie CountyPrimary August 11, 1942.County officials electedwithout opposition tosucceed themselves: E. O.Hamilton, Sheriff; L. C.Rogers, Circuit Clerk; GuyDeVore, County Clerk; R.C. “Dutch” Hartlieb,Treasurer; Clee J. Kirk, TaxAssessor; Epps Brown Jr.,Surveyor. No candidatefor coroner. J. B. Garthand T. C Ballowe, re-elect-ed JPs for White RiverTownship; Norman Kirk-wood, Committeeman.

H. Beech Eddins of DesArc thanks everyone forthe vote that sent himback to the office of StateRepresentative.

A notice urges everyhome with old Victrolaphonograph records todonate them to our boysin the service. Leave themat Palace Drug Store orArkansas Power & Lightoffice and they will beshipped to their destina-tion. American Legion isthe sponsor.

There will be an icecream supper at the OakPrairie Schoolhouse onThursday night, August20, sponsored by theHome DemonstrationClub. Proceeds will go tothe Hot Lunch Kitchen atOak Prairie School.

The City Park in DesArc was filled to overflow-ing last Saturday night tohear the orators expoundthe cause of friends aspir-ing to political office andto hear CongressmanWilbur D. Mills and his

opponent, O. B. Robbins,discussing affairs of thenation now involved in alife and death struggle.

Our old friend, BobStory of Griffithville wasin the city a short whiletoday. He was seen by usat a distance and it lookedlike he was going fishing -with a silver hook.

James Lee of this city,who volunteered for theU. S. Marine Corps andhas been in the Philip-pines for several months,returned home Monday.James proved to be tooyoung for military serviceand was discharged.

Arkansas Power & LightCo., in an advertisement,says, “ The one thoughtuppermost in the mindand heart of everyone ofthe 1,200 men andwomen who operate thiscompany is to produce anabundance of power forvictory. Our No. 1 Job is toproduce power for allArkansas war industriesand - Help Win the War.

The next big attractionin Des Arc is the PrairieCounty Livestock Show -September 18 and 19.

Cotton farmers whooverplanted their 1942 al-lotments by no more thanthree acres or three per-cent whichever is larger,will not be considered as“knowlingly overplanted”,says E. H. Whitehouse,chairman of the PrairieCounty Triple A Commit-tee. This means that it willnot be necessary to dis-pose of these small ex-cesses to receive at leastpartial conservation pay-ments.

Our old friend, JimSpeight of Hickory Plains,spent yesterday in thecity.

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What you saw andheard at the shirtplant opening:

Judy Eddins, Miss City Beau-tiful, and maids, Kay Gipsonand Doris Ann Ingram,opened the tour of the newPhillips VanHeusen Plant bycutting the ribbon. If forksused for the free barbecue atnoon, are any guide, 1500people were served; othersbeside the local press cover-ing the news were Gene Gossof KATV, Channel 7; BobBuice of KARK, Channel 4;Polly Hobby of KHTV, Chan-nel 11; and KTHS radio; JohnBelford of KTHS, Tom John-son of Channel 11, MauriceMoore, state editor of theArkansas Democrat, ErnieDean, the Arkansas Travelerof the Arkansas Gazette, andothers. Paul Wood, salesmanand musician with HouckMusic Co., Little Rock,brought a Hammond Organalong and provided musicHe accompanied Mrs. C. J.Walls, in the opening song“God Bless America”; invoca-tion was given by Rev. GeneEfird, pastor of the Des ArcMethodist Church. J. ElmerBerry, postmaster and secre-tary of the Des Arc IndustrialDevelopment Corp., intro-duced Governor Orval E.Faubus; Berry then admittedhis error and RepresentativeJohn P. Bethell introducedthe governor a second timeto the roar of laughter. Thegovernor said there had beentimes he could not find oneperson to introduce him. Thefree lunch came from a num-ber of local business andwholesalers. Some 900 to1200 people crowded intothe high school gym for theprogram after rain forced

them inside. The Chamber ofCommerce officials thankedMrs. John Gipson, Mrs. AllieWray and Mrs. Mamie Har-mony for making slaw and 40gallons of baked beans forthe event, refusing to takeany pay for their contribu-tion. Visiting newspeoplesaid the attitude of the peo-ple was the best they hadever seen at similar events.The governor said Act 9 pro-viding for issuance of rev-enue bearing bonds enabledthe building of the Des Arcplant.

Officers of the FutureHomemakers of Americamet with their advisor, Mrs.Houston Wray, in the HomeEc Cottage on Thursday tocomplete plans for the year’swork. Officers are: Janice Ed-wards, president; 1st vicepresident, Christine Pitts;2nd vice president, KathleenPittman; secretary, Bobby JoMcArthur; treasurer, DorisWard; reporter, WilmaCampbell; historian, LouiseBone, and parliamentarian,Bonnie Reidhar.

The Journal is full of ad-vertisements this week fromlocal merchants including ahalf-page “Back to School”ad from Young’s Dept. Store,Pay & Save Supermarket,Hinson Grocery, NicholsFarm and Home Center, Cal-houn Bros. & Patterson Min-neapolisMoline dealer, West-erfield Cheverolet, U-FinishShell Homes Inc., Clara-Del’sFashions, Fetters West EndSupermarket, Des Arc Imple-ment Co., Alta Holloway’sConoco Station, and manymore.

Charlie M. Crider is ad-vertising the Cozy Cafe forsale this week.

LITTLE ROCK –The state Human Services Department(DHS) will hire an additional 35 employees and reassignanother 20 workers to speed up the process of verifyingthat people now on Medicaid are truly eligible for servic-es.

The governor lifted a hiring freeze for DHS so that itcould add 35 employees. Also, the department has au-thorized employees to work overtime so they can morequickly clear the backlog of responses from Medicaid re-cipients.

The state must verify the annual incomes of about600,000 Arkansas residents who receive some form ofMedicaid services by the end of September. The deadlinewas set by the federal government, which funds about 70percent of the Arkansas Medicaid program.

The process has been a bureaucratic headache fromthe beginning. The department was slow to begin theprocess because of problems installing a new computersystem to handle the verifications. The previous systemwas 25 years old.

Many legislators have expressed frustrations about de-lays and mistakes in the department’s signing of contractswith technology firms that have worked on the new sys-tem. The anticipated cost will be an estimated $200 mil-lion by the time it is functional, according to reports fromDHS to legislative committees.

Other legislators have voiced concerns that thousandsof people perhaps are being dropped from the Medicaidprogram, even though their incomes make them eligible.DHS sent letters to all recipients whose incomes varied bymore than 10 percent over last year, asking them to re-spond with updated information. The letters were sent topeople even if their incomes dropped by 10 percent.

People who fail to respond to the letters within 10 dayswould receive letters that their Medicaid coverage wasbeing cancelled. DHS is hiring additional staff to handlethe volume of responses.

About 47,000 people will lose their Medicaid coverageby the end of August because they have failed to respondto the initial letter from DHS. Those letters began goingout in mid June.

Those who have lost coverage have 90 days to appeal,and if successful their coverage would retroactively payfor medical bills incurred during the lapse.

Most of the people who are being dropped are enrolledin the “private option” Medicaid plan, which means thatthey are covered by a private health insurance companyand the government subsidizes their premiums. Losingtheir eligibility may make it difficult to return to their pre-ferred health plan.

DHS is the single largest state agency, with about 7,200employees in all 75 Arkansas counties. Many countieshave more than one DHS office. The department providesmedical services to pregnant mothers, newborns, chil-dren and people of all ages, including senior citizens inlong-term care facilities.

The department oversees the regulation of nursinghomes and child care centers. It locates abused and neg-lected children in foster homes. It administers programsto deliver hot meals to elderly people. It operates care fa-cilities for people with mental illnesses. It runs detentioncenters for juveniles who have gotten in trouble. It runslong-term care facilities for people with severe and multi-ple disabilities.

This fiscal year the department is budgeted to spendabout $8.4 billion in state and federal funds.

State Capitol Week in ReviewFrom Senator Jonathan DismangAugust 7, 2015

Old Photos

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

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

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

Sunday, August 9IN DES ARC

First Baptist Church...209/212Gospel Mission.....................178Lakeside Miss. Baptist...74/118First United Methodist.........86Faith Missionary Baptist.50/69Family Worship Center.........54First Assembly of God....61/71Fellowship Miss. Baptist....... 35Church of Christ.............8Church of God of Prophecy.. 16Living Waters Full Gospel........ 26

AREA CHURCHESHickory Plains Miss. Bap 75/116Morris Chapel Miss. Baptist..51Pleasant Ridge Miss. Baptist.29Hickory Plains Methodist..... 44Hickory Plains Nazarene...... 19Judson Memorial Baptist...... 27Sand Hill Miss. Baptist........... 13

Reported by churches. Toreport Sunday School Atten-dance and other church news,call 870-256-4254. Also, ifyour church is not on this listand you wish it to be, call thenumber here to get it included.

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REVIVALPleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church

Located Three Miles North of Griffithville on Hwy. 385

August 16-19Evangelists:

Sunday & Monday: Bro. Jerry MillerTuesday & Wednesday: Bro. Mike Churchwell

5 pm on Sunday - 7 pm Monday-Wednesday

We will also be having “Friend Day” for our Sunday Morning Services on August 16

Sunday School starts at 10 a.m. - Worship Services at 11 a.m.

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

“Mother’s Day Out”Open House

Thursday, August 136:00 P.M.

All Persons Interested in this ProgramInvited to Attend

First Baptist Church4th and Erwin Streets

Des Arc, AR

The Y.E.S. (Youth Empowered to Succeed) Program held their annual banquet Thurs-day night at the Calvary Baptist Church Family Life Center in Hazen. The program hoststhe banquet each summer to honor the girls who have completed the “Worth the Wait”summer program. The Y.E.S. Program is a Sexual Risk Avoidance program that focusesnot just on the physical consequences of teen sexual activity but on the emotional andsocial consequences as well. They provide healthy relationship education with the hopethat students will have more tools to help them go on to one day have healthy marriagesand families.This summer more than 30 girls in both Des Arc and Hazen participated in the four-

week program, which focused on future goals, discovering your talents, being safe on-line, modesty, healthy living, dating, and why sex is meant for marriage. The banquet

honored these girls and their families and provided a program update for communitypartners.During the school year, the Y.E.S. Program conducts programs in the high school, in-

cluding a 7th grade curriculum called Choosing the Best Path, an 8th grade curriculumcalled Choosing the Best Life, and two high school programs: Choosing the Best Journeyand Choosing the Best Soul Mate. All of the school programs are 14 days in length.This was the fourth year the Y.E.S. Program has held a summer program to provide

encouragement and reinforcement for girls who have gone through the school program.The founder and director of the Y.E.S. Program is Beth Prine, and the Prairie County

Coordinator is Kelcie Huffstickler.

“Back to School”

BASHSaturday, August 15 - 11:00 to 2:00

Saturday, August 15 is datefor second annual Faith and Football event

The Second AnnualFaith and Football eventfor men and boys will beheld Saturday, August 15 at6:00 p.m. in the Fellowshiphall of the First BaptistChurch in Des Arc. Dinner will be served to

the Des Arc High SchoolFootball teams and coach-es at 5:30 p.m. Special guest speaker

will be Jacob Skinner, for-mer Arkansas Razorback

punter. All men and boys of all

ages from Des Arc and sur-rounding communities areinvited to come and listento Jacob’s special message.Door prizes will be givenaway at the conclusion ofthe evening. For further information,

contact Bro. Michael Mc-Daniel, at the First BaptistChurch at 870-256-4230.

Methodistshost luncheonfor teachers

Teachers and personnelof the Des Arc School Dis-trict were treated to a “tacolunch” on Wednesday at theFirst United MethodistChurch.Guests were served in

the Christian Life Center atthe church on the eve of thenew school term.Pastor Charles Harper

and family are vacationingthis week on the Floridacoast.

Judy Bone brought themessage last Sunday in theabsence of the pastor. Rev.Harper will be back in thepulpit this Sunday, Aug. 15.

* WATER BALLOONS

* WATER GAMES

* FACE PAINTING

* WATER SLIDES

* AND MORE!

Hot Dogs, Cotton Candy & Pop Corn

First Assembly of God ChurchDes Arc, Arkansas

All Children of the Community Invited to Attend!

TEACHER’S LUNCHEON: (above) The Annual “Teacher Appreciation Luncheon”was hosted on Wednesday, August 12, at the First United Methodist Church. Teach-ers and school personnel lunching in the Christian Life Center.

Below: After a very special time with their guests, the kitchen crew takes a lunchbreak. At right are Mary Sue Roe and Tommy Holland.

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Word Tuesday fromPrairie County Judge MikeSkarda, was that he is doingmuch better following hissurgery on Monday and isexpected to be released tocome home by mid-week.

Monday’s surgery wasdescribed as “abdominallumbar” which means thatdoctors went into his backfrom the front this time.According to his wife,Karan, it was discoveredthat his back had brokensometime after his July sur-gery which was causing hissevere pain. He had threefusions in July and morethis week. He now hashardware in front and back,according to Karan, but isfeeling so much better. Hewas walking with a walkeron Tuesday at St. Vincent’sInfirmary in Little Rockwhere the surgery wasdone. Karan said, “I reallythink he is going to be finenow; however, even thoughhe is anxious to return tohis office and will, it will bemonths of recovery time.

Mike’s daughters, Shan-non Skarda of New Orleansand Ginger Whittaker ofVan Lear, Tenn. spent sometime here with Mike andKaran following his July-surgery.

Mike has had four sur-geries in the past two years.Karan said, “He is in goodspirits, the doctors are opti-mistic, and he is ready tocome home.” And his manyfriends will be glad to seehim able to come home.

----------Prayers are sent to Sonia

Weatherley who had sur-gery last week. She was re-leased from the hospitalafter a round of antibioticsbut had to return and washospitalized for infection.She is now at home and isfeeling much better ac-cording to her husband,Robert.

---------Donna Madden and

daughter, Johnnie Madden,traveled to Summerfield, N.C. last week where theyspent several days with

Donna’s sister, BarbaraCausey and husband,Clark.

Barbara has been a can-cer victim the past twoyears diagnosed as Hod-gins lymphoma and was onher second round ofchemo.

Barbara and Clark havethree children, Mark, Amyand Chris, eight grandchil-dren and eight great-grandchildren all living innearby areas.

Barbara is a 1960 gradu-ate of Des Arc High Schooland daughter of the lateMr. and Mrs. Burl Peters.She and Donna also have abrother at Des Arc, GenePeters.

----------Mary Ingle was in the

Journal office this weekthough she is recoveringfrom recent knee surgery.According to Mary, she isdoing great and threw herwalker aside after a coupleof days. “That thing wasjust in my way,” she said.

She plans to have herother knee done soon.

Mary (and John’s) son,Steven Ingle, has had hisbook published recently.The manuscript, “ShadedHistory.” ran chapter bychapter for several monthsin the White River Journal.

Steven, who lives at De-Valls Bluff and teaches spe-cial ed at Cabot, plans towrite another book, ac-cording to his mother.

----------Betty Liska was in the

Journal office ordering asubscription for a relative,Clinton Smith and wife, Glenda, Ulm residents. Bettyand husband, James, residein the Northside Commu-nity. Clinton, formerly em-ployed with Bill CrosbyCarpet Co., is retired

Clinton’s son, Kevin andwife, Laura, are Des Arc res-idents. He is with the high-way department.’s daugh-ter, Mystina, and husbandAndrew, reside in Star Citywhere they reside in an oldhome currently being re-modeled.

Community Calendarby Chris Weems

Thurs., August 13; 7:30 p .m., Hazen Masonic Lodge, Lodge HallTues., August 18; 1:00 p.m., PC Retired Teachers meet, White River Dairy Bar

Housewarming PartySunday, August 16

2:00-4:00 p.m.for

Stelina Buck102 W. Pike St.

Des Arc, Arkansas

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

Registered at Lynn’s Flowers & Gifts, Tania Johnston’s Tupperware, and Walmart

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The Grand Prairie QuiltSociety met August 12 atthe Stuttgart Public Librarywith six members present.

Glenda opened themeeting with the thoughtfor the day..."Your UFO's(unfinished objects are notfrom outer space". The Julyminutes and treasurer's re-port were read and ap-proved. Marsha apolo-gized for not wishing Win-nie a "Happy Birthday" lastmonth. Happy BelatedBirthday, Winnie!!

Marsha and Maeolagave a report on the JulyStitching Circle meetingheld in the Plantation Agri-culture Museum at Scott.Lydia gave a report on thehistory of quilting.

They had fun playing agame of "Match the quiltpattern with its picture." Itwas also interesting to readthe time line on the historyof quilting from the 35thcentury BC with an Egypt-ian king's quilted mantle tothe first mention in thenew world in 1633 in theestate inventory of SamuelFuller of Plymouth Colony,New England that lists a"flock bed quilt."

According to Lydia'shandout..."A milestone inAmerican history, the Bi-centennial celebration of1976, was also a turningpoint in the history ofquilts in America. Thequilt became popular as ameans of expressing na-tional pride and achieve-ment, and a powerful re-minder of our past....Thehistory of America can beseen in the history ofquilts: in the rich heritageleft us by those thrifty, self-sufficient women whohelped settle this land, inthe families whose historyis sewn into quilts onepatch at a time, and in thelegacy of the quilting artspassed on to children andgrandchildren so that theymay carry them forwardinto the future."

The next Stitching Circleat the Plantation Museumin Scott will be Saturday,August 22 from 1:00 to 3:00pm. Call Lydia at 501-961-1409 for more information.

During Show and Share:During the “Show and

Share” time, Shelleyshowed some packages of

rotary cutter blades shehad purchased at HarborFreight which are moreeconomical than those atthe sewing stores.

Ann showed a photo of alovely "guitar" quilt madeby her sister. Glenda had aquilt magazine pattern of a"plus" quilt made up of 281groups of five which aremade of 1560 2 1/2"squares. She has already

cut out half of them andeach five-block group willbe different...no two will bealike. She also showed hercompleted Cook's LakeNature quilt top. She hasadded many differentsashing patterns to herquilt.

The next meeting willbe September 9 at theStuttgart Public Library.

Wedding Showerhonoring

Tiffany MayherBride-elect of Aaron Fisher

Saturday, August 22Two to Four O’clock in the Afternoon

First Baptist ChurchRegistered at Walmart, Lynn’s Flowers & Gifts

Adrianne VanHouten and Beginners ClassHosts

Dora Holloway hosts Oak Prairie EHC meeting

The Oak Prairie Extension Home-makers Club met with Dora Hollowayfor its regular monthly meeting onTuesday, August 4, 2015.

The meeting was called to order byPresident Holloway and she read TheThought “It is good to have an end tojourney toward, but it is the journeythat matters in the end.”

The Inspiration was given by Bar-bara Holmes. She read a poem.

Roll Call was answered by elevenmembers with “Name a bad habityou should break.”

There were 97 hours of Volunteerwork turned in by members.

The secretary, Janice Bell, read theminutes of the July meeting. They

were approved by the group.During the business meeting, the

group was reminded of the Rice Expoat Stuttgart on Friday, August 7. Thegroup also discussed their educa-tional booth for the Prairie CountyFair September 20-26. A theme forthe booth was tabled.

Those attending were reminded ofan EHC Board meeting on August 25at 1:00 p .m. at the Farm Bureaubuilding in Hazen and also of thecleanup day at the Fair Building onTuesday, September 8.

The Program, “Know Your HealthNumbers” was given by Janice. Therewas a group discussion about theprogram. The Eye Opener was a very

pretty baby quilt top made by thehostess. Nola Hampton showed acrocheted afghan and a crochetedsnowman she had made.

The meeting adjourned with thegroup repeating the HomemakersPrayer in unison.

During the recreational period,prizes went to Idena Greenwalt,Merry Sue Hill, Faye Keathley andNola Hampton.

Refreshments were served by thehostess.

The next meeting of the OakPrairie Extension Homemakers Clubwill be Tuesday, September 1 withBarbara Holmes as hostess.

Come and join them!

Grand Prairie Quilt Society in Augustmeeting at Stuttgart Public Library

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By Marsha Hein

Glenda Cook’s Nature Quilt top

Ramblings....by Verna Herkamp

I consider myself a thrifty person. It began in early lifeout of necessity. I looked the word “Miser” up in the dic-tionary. It was defined as a stingy selfish hoarder whodoes so to his own comfort.

That in no way descsribes me, but I have known peo-ple like that one couple who lives in a rotted-out smallcamper to save on utilities. They have never been knownto feed anyone a meal, not even their nearest of kin.

I have known people who had plenty of money, yet lettheir teeth get in such bad shape, people would not sitnear them.

One person, rather than lose a day’s wages, workedthe day their father lay in state. Never even went to hisvisitiation. That person worked till they were in their 70’sbefore the company finally fired them. The person did-n’t live many years longer and part of that was in a nurs-ing home that cost them some of the money they hadhoarded.

From TV, we see the most unbelievable things. Duringa childs visitation with their father, he accidently died,which turned out to be murder, rather than pay childsupport. When it comes to spending someone elses’money, some people are the opposite of a miser whenlosing their job over it.

I am so thankful I live in the USA, where I can expressmy views without fear of being hung at sunrise for doingso. I’m glad I do not live in a country where women arepunished, even jailed, when the husband cheats, and thewife is blamed.

Our new puppy is wearing a cast on one leg. He triedto climb through the bedside table, turned it over andbroke his leg. Of course, he is getting lots of sympathy.Our pets and children can sure tug at our heartstrings.One story I saw on TV about a three year old little boy’sgenerous heart made me cry. He took all his money outof his piggy bank to give to a family of children whosemother had died.

Wasn’t it Lee Greenwood who wrote and recorded thesong, “God Bless America Again”?

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

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by Activity Director, teresa henley

Wow! What a difference afew degrees make in the tem-perature! The temperatureon Wednesday was so muchcooler than in recent weeks. Last week, we had all kinds

of activities going on at DesArc Nursing and Rehabilita-tion Center including games,puzzles, movies, crafts, remi-niscing and of course, Bingo. On Thursday, Aug. 6, sev-

eral traveled to the LowerWhite River Museum to viewthe exhibits and learn someArkansas history. On Friday, the Disciples

performed their sweet gospelmusic for the residents. Jordan popped delicious

popcorn on Saturday and onSunday, the Des Arc UnitedMethodist Church came toshare the Gospel with us.Thank you so much! We ap-preciate you coming and

sharing your morning withus. Monday, Snowball, the Fa-

cility Pet, paid us anothervisit and on Tuesday, we hadshopping for the residentsand we chose a queen to par-ticipate in the Queen’s Pag-eant at Trumann on Thurs-day, August 13. More nextweek on this.Our Resident Fundraiser

for Wednesday, August 12 wasHot Dogs. We will travel to Trumann

early Thursday morning toattend the Queen’s Pageant atTrumann at 9:00 a.m. In theafternoon, we will have ElvisSandwiches and music. The Disciples will be back

with us on Friday, August 14and our friends from the As-sembly of God will be here onSaturday for fun, games, foodand fellowship.

The Methodist Churchand Faith Missionary BaptistChurch will be here on Sun-day, August 16 and our Resi-dent Council will meet onTuesday, August 18 at 2:00p.m.School starts Monday, Au-

gust 17, so watch out forthose kiddos. We can hardly wait for our

Pancake Breakfast coming upThursday, Aug. 20. Ourmouths are watering justthinking about them!That is all for this week.

Enjoy the cooler temps! Thefarmers will soon be in thefields harvesting their crops. Come out to visit soon! We

would love to have you here!So until next time, have a

blessed week.Teresa HenleyActivity Director

Summertime

FavoritesFrom Rev. Jaimie Alexander

From theKitchen ofRev. JaimieAlexander,MethodistMinisterat Bella Vista

Crock Pot Cola Pork Chops, BaconRanch Potato Salad, No-Bake S'MoresCheesecake, and Yellow SummerSquash Relish are great summerrecipes. Each of these recipes are avariation of summertime favorites, so tieon your apron and enjoy!

Crock Pot Cola Pork Chops

4 to 6 pork chops (I used bone-in, centercut chops but any pork chops will do)1 cup coca cola (can use diet Coke,Pepsi, or any cola drink)2 tablespoons brown sugar1/4 teaspoon black pepper1/2 teaspoon salt1 cup ketchup1 cup chopped onion2 tablespoons grape jelly (Optional)1 teaspoon minced garlicBrown chops in skillet on top of thestove. Place in crock pot. Whisk togeth-er the coke, brown sugar, black pepper,salt, ketchup, chopped onion, jelly andminced garlic with a wire whisk. Pourover chops. Cook 7 to 8 hours on low or4 to 5 hours on high. Serve chops withthe gravy poured over them. Makes 4 to6 servings. Enjoy!Note: These chops are so tender theyjust fall apart. You could double or triplethis recipe and pour over just about anypork roast or ribs.

Bacon Ranch Potato Salad

3 lbs. small red potatoessalt½ cup mayo½ cup sour cream1 (1-ounce) packet ranch salad dressingmix4 green onions, sliced thin4 strips bacon, cooked and crumbled(about ⅓ cup crumbled)

Wash and cut potatoes into about 1-inchchunks. Place the potatoes in a large potwith just enough water to cover them.Add enough salt to make the water tastelike ocean water. Place over mediumhigh heat. Bring to a boil and reduce theheat to a simmer. Cook about 15 min-utes, or until the potatoes are tenderwhen pierced with a knife, but notmushy.Meanwhile, make the dressing by com-bining the mayo, sour cream, and ranchdressing mix.Once the potatoes are cooked through,drain them well. If you like your potatosalad cold, spread the potatoes on abaking sheet and and chill them in therefrigerator. (If you find that you mayhave cooked them too long, this alsohelps firm them up so when you tossthem with the dressing, they won't all fallapart.)Combine the potatoes, dressing, greenonions, and bacon in a large bowl andtoss to coat. Serve immediately or refrig-erate until served.

No-Bake S'mores Cheesecake

20 sheets of graham crackers (4 crack-ers each sheet)½ cup (1 stick) butter, melted2 (8-ounce) containers frozen whippedtopping, thawed1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese,softened1 (3.56-ounce to 3.8-ounce) box darkchocolate instant pudding mix1 (7-ounce) jar marshmallow creme (ormarshmallow fluff)

Crush 15 of the crackers well and com-bine them in a bowl with the melted but-ter. Firmly press the mixture into the bot-tom of a 9-inch spring form pan that hasbeen coated lightly with nonstick cookingspray. Refrigerate the crust while youprepare the other layers.In a stand mixer or using a hand mixer,combine 1 container of the whipped top-ping and the cream cheese and blenduntil smooth. Add the pudding mix pow-der and mix well. Spread this layer overthe crust evenly.To make the topping, combine the othercontainer of whipped topping and the jarof marshmallow creme in a stand mixeror with a hand mixer and blend untilsmooth. Spread it over the top of thechocolate mixture. Crush the remaining5 graham crackers by hand and sprinklethem over the top. Cover and refrigeratefor at least 3 hours to allow the layers toset.

Yellow Summer Squash Relish

10 cups shredded yellow summersquash (about 4 pounds)2 large onions, chopped1 large green pepper, chopped6 tablespoons canning salt4 cups sugar3 cups cider vinegar1 tablespoon each celery seed, groundmustard and ground turmeric1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg1/2 teaspoon pepper1. In a large container, combine squash,onions, green pepper and salt. Coverand refrigerate overnight. Drain; rinseand drain again.2. In a Dutch oven, combine sugar, vine-gar and seasonings; bring to a boil. Addsquash mixture; return to a boil. Reduceheat; simmer 15 minutes. Remove fromheat.3. Carefully ladle hot mixture into six hot1-pint jars, leaving 1/2-in. headspace.Remove air bubbles and adjust head-space, if necessary, by adding hot mix-ture. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars;screw on bands until fingertip tight.4. Place jars into canner with simmeringwater, ensuring that they are completelycovered with water. Bring to a boil;process for 15 minutes. Remove jarsand cool. Refrigerate remaining relish forup to 1 week. Yield: 6 pints.

(Little Rock, Ark.)— Dr. Nate Smith, Di-rector of the Arkansas Department ofHealth, announced today that the Depart-ment’s In-Home Services Office will betransitioned to a private sector provider.This process is expected to take at least sixmonths and comes in the wake of finan-cial constraints and competition from theprivate sector over the last five years. TheDepartment does not intend to wind downthe business and cease operating, but in-stead will market the program to privateproviders with the capacity to manage thesize and scope of our operations, includ-ing our employees and patients.In-Home Services has suffered a 28 per-

cent decline in patients, an 18 percent de-cline in revenues and a 19 percent declinein the number of employees over the lastfive years. Had this decision not beenmade now, an immediate reduction of em-ployees would have been necessary. Throughout this process, patients will

remain a priority. ADH will strive to assistpatients and to ensure continuity of care.The In-Home Services Office currentlyserves more than 13,000 patients in theirhomes by providing a number of health-care programs. These programs includePersonal Care and ElderChoices, HomeHealth and Hospice.“The Department provides high quality

healthcare services to our patients, andthis decision was not taken lightly,” saidDr. Smith. “However, the Department

must act responsibly in addressing thesustainability of continuing to operate theprogram with the challenges that we cur-rently face. As we move forward in thisprocess, a top priority will be to maintainhealthcare services in the rural areas of thestate.” Governor Asa Hutchinson voiced his

support for this decision.“I want to thank Dr. Smith and his staff

for the compassionate and thorough waythat they are dealing with this issue. Iknow a lot of thought and research hasgone into this decision. It’s the right one,”said Governor Hutchinson. “This is an ex-ample of a government program that is nolonger sustainable and can be ended be-cause the private sector has stepped in tomeet demand. In the long run, this transi-tion will preserve jobs, save taxpayer dol-lars and result in a more efficient, viableand sustainable in-home care program forArkansans. It makes sense. He went on to add, “Government

should not be in the business of compet-ing with the private sector, especiallywhen the private sector can provide thesame level of quality care. As a state, wewill continue to work with all in-homeservice agencies to provide healthcarethroughout Arkansas. I know the HealthDepartment will assist employees throughthis process and that patients will be takencare of.”

If you are one of the many Arkansanswho receive benefits from Medicaid,ARKids First, or the Private Option, it is ex-tremely important that you check yourmail on a daily basis in the next few daysand weeks.To ensure that individuals currently re-

ceiving these services are still eligible, ver-ification forms are being sent state wide. Ifyou receive one of these notices, you willneed to provide proof of income to the De-partment of Human Services. That proofcan be in the form of check stubs for theprevious month, a letter from your em-ployer, a verification of earnings formcompleted by your employer, or a benefitaward letter (such as Social Security or Un-

employment Benefits). If you do not havean income you can turn in a signed letterstating that you currently do not have anyearnings.If the verifications forms are not sent in

on time, your benefits could be terminat-ed.However, due to the sheer volume of the

forms and some confusion from individu-als, Governor Asa Hutchinson announcedthat DHS will pause for 2 weeks beforesending out any further termination no-tices. The Governor has assigned 20 DHSstaffers to work solely on processing theverification and termination forms and hehas authorized overtime for those staffers.

July 27-31: We have hada few fun filled weeks. Monday the quilters

started on a new quilt. Thelatest quilt shown wasdone for Ms. Bert Liles. Ray Morris came and

spoke to us about how tokeep everything updatedevery year for Medicare,and he brought Bingoprizes to play Bingo withus. Tuesday we read our

Medicare Minutes and hadJoke of the Day. Wednesday we enjoyed

our homemade breakfastand Bingo with pianomusic. Thursday Wanda Hen-

derson made a wonderfulhomemade Sock it To MeCake for our Birthdayrecognition day. HappyBirthday to all our seniors

who had birthdays thismonth! We also made butter

with Monica from theLower White River Muse-um and enjoyed it on hotyeast rolls, yummy! Friday is our recycling

day. We are VERY happy tohave Ms. Mary Ann Cobbhome from the hospital,and will be even morehappy when we get to seeher come back to the cen-ter. Thanks to everyone for

the resalable items we aregetting in for our yard saleroom.August 3rd-7th: We are so ready for the

cool down around here. Monday we had Bean

Bag Baseball practice.Tuesday we had a ball

exercise and Joke of the

Day. Wednesday we had our

homemade Breakfast andBingo and singing. Thursday we had a Men

against Women Bean BagBaseball game. Of coursethe men won again. So thatafternoon we took the busto the Dollar Tree and Wal-mart in Beebe. day Don’tforget to bring aluminumcans to the Center on Fri-day’s for recycling. Ouryard sale room is aboutready to open. We will keepyou posted. God Bless andhave a great weekend!Barbara Williams, Site

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

Quilters complete this one for Mrs. Bert Liles

Department’s In-Home Services to Transition to Private Sector

Important to return verification forms

Mrs. Novella FlowersPittman was sent fromHeaven on September 5,1933 in Monroe, Arkansasto the late Joe Nathan Flow-ers and Earnestine KelleyFlowers. Mrs. Novella matriculat-

ed through the MonroeCounty School system andGraduated from HollyGrove High School. Foodwas her passion, so it wasnatural for her to be em-ployed as a cook. She start-ed at J&M Restaurant, untilshe was hired at MonroeCounty Jail in Clarendon,Arkansas. She worked dili-gently for many years untilher retirement. Novella was a member

of Mount Olive MissionaryBaptist Church in Monroe,Arkansas. She later unitedwith Baptist Grove Churchin Clarendon. Her finalchurch home was UnionBaptist Church in Claren-don. Hobbies included talk-

ing on phone to friends,working until retirement,cooking, watching soap op-eras and having fun withfamily and friends. She was preceded in

death by her parents, twochildren, three brothers,one sister, one grand-daughter and one grand-son. Memories will be cher-

ished by four sons: EarnestPiggee of Clarendon, Cleo-phus (Rose) Davey ofChampaign, IL, Willie (Li-sa) Harvey of Clarendon,AR and Tony (Carolyn) ofNew Market, AL; twodaughters: Cynthia Harveyof Urbana, IL and CleesterHarvey of Champaign, IL;five Sisters, Bessie (James)Davis of Southfield, MI,Myrtis (John) Scott, ArlieBreedlove and OtherineBembrey, all of Kansas City,MO and Dorothea Flowersof DeValls Bluff, AR; 27grandchildren and a host ofgreat-grandchildren, nie-ces, nephews and other rel-atives and friends. Funeral service was at

11:30 a.m, Thursday, Au-gust 6, at Union BaptistChurch in Clarendon offici-ated by Rev. Willie Lee

Gilmore. Interment was in Baynes

Cemetery-Monroe, AR byBrown Funeral Home ofPine Bluff.

Helen Estelle Thompsonbegan her long journey inthis life in the small com-munity of Zent, Arkansas.One of eleven children inthe family of Owen andLela Young, she was bornon February 12, 1917. Intime the family moved tothe Keevil communitywhere she attended theKeevil School. Growing up with ten sib-

lings no doubt gave roomfor plenty of special mo-ments for Estelle, bothhappy and challenging. Shematured into a lovelyyoung lady and stepped in-to the world of matrimony.She and James FermonBurrow were married onJuly 23, 1933 and wereblessed with the birth ofone son, Jimmy.Along with being home-

maker, Estelle worked out-side the home for manyyears. Employment includ-ed the Button Factory, VanHeusen, Cla Clif NursingHome, Van Atkins Dept.Store and the Town HouseMotel. In time Fermonpassed away and Estellecontinued a daily walk withstrength and courage. Ro-mance entered her life for asecond time and she mar-ried Dallas Thompson, whoalso passed away in lateryears. A strong woman of faith,

Estelle was a member ofthe Brinkley First AssemblyOf God Church for morethan 34 years. Always will-ing to serve, she taughtSunday School, served aspresident of the W.M.S.Women’s Ministries andhelped wherever needed. Aspecial joy filled her heartin 1990 when she was cho-sen as the Church MotherOf The Year. With health challenges

she became part of the res-ident family in the Cla Clif

Rehab Center. Blessed witha lifespan of nearly a centu-ry, Estelle (98) passed awaySunday, August 9, 2015 ather home in Cla Clif.She was preceded in

death by parents, Owen C.and Lela Martha (Forbess)Young; husbands: FermonBurrow and Dallas Thomp-son; son, Jimmy Burrow;grandson: Allen Burrow;brothers: Roland, Amos,John Henry, Marion andMerlin Young; sisters: Lou-ise Simpson, Willene Ber-nard, Lois Vondran andGeri Johnson.Survivors are a daugh-

ter-in-law: Lethel ClintonBurrow of Brinkley; sisterVelda Strum of Clarendon;grandchildren, Phillip(Sharye) Burrow of Brink-ley and Sherri (David)Caskey of Brinkley; greatgrandchildren, Amanda(Jake) Gingerich, Caleb(Danielle) Burrow, Joshua(Jaycie) Nash; great-greatgrandchildren, Logan andLincoln Gingerich, ZacheryNash, Dustin and BrooklynGregory.Services were held Wed-

nesday August 12, 11:00AM at the Brinkley First As-sembly Of God Church. Inermentat was at Oak-

lawn CemeteryBatesville Funeral Home

was in charge of arrange-ments.

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Martha Jean Hamric, 85,of Hickory Plains, Arkansas,passed away Wednesday,August 5, 2015.She graduated from

Beebe High School in 1948,was retired from Kerr Glassin Plainfield, Illinois, andwas of the Methodist faith.She loved fishing, camp-

ing, and spending time withher husband, Henry.Martha is survived by

five children, Judy Neu-hauser (Dennis) of Illinois,Tom Hamric (Kathy), JoyTinsley (David), and PatNugent (George), all of Illi-nois, and JoAnne Bien Jew-ell (Bobby) of Arizona; 11grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and threegreat-great-grandchildren.She was preceded in

death by her husband, Hen-ry, of 65 years; her parents,Alvin and Essie (Carlisle)Ferrell; and her brother,Glen Ferrell.Memorials may be made

to Hickory Plains UnitedMethodist Church, or Hick-ory Plains Cemetery, c/o9952 Hwy. 13 N., Carlisle,AR 72024.The family received

friends beginning at 1:00p.m. Monday, August 10, atSmith-Westbrook FuneralHome, Beebe, with funeralfollowing at 2:00 p.m. Interment was in the

Hickory Plains Cemeterywith arrangements bySmith-Westbrook FuneralHome of Beebe.

J. L. High, son of Jamesand Helen Hicks High, diedThursday, August 6, 2015.He grew up in the Fairviewarea, was a teacher andcoach at Forest Heights JrHigh, Hall High andParkview. He received de-grees from Lonoke Highand UCA.Survivors are his wife of

35 years, Carolyn JacksonHigh; sons, Blake (Maylyn-da) High of Plano, Texasand Sam (Jennifer) High ofMaumelle; granddaughters,Haley, Katie and MacKen-zie; many cousins andfriends.Graveside service was at

10:00 a.m. Monday, August10, at Wattensaw Cemeterywith Bro. Jimmy Wallaceand Bro. Dexter Reed offici-ating with arrangements byBoyd Funeral Home,Lonoke.

www.boydfuneralhome.net.

William Parker, Jr., 69,of Carlisle, Ar. passedaway Sunday, June 7,2015.William was born, May

22, 1946, to the late Billyand Odean (Hackney)Parker.Survivors include his

wife, Patsy; daughters,Cassie Ann Parker, Misty(Joe) Besancon andTamara (Johnny) De-vaney; sons; Shane (Ash-ley) Parker and Cory For-resterl; brother; Jerry Par-ker; sister; Sandra Parker,11 grandchildren; twogreat grandchildren and aspecial nephew; Todd(Tammy). A graveside service was

held at the Carlisle Ceme-tery at 2 p.m. Tuesday,June 11, with Bro. Chris-tian VanHounten officiat-ing.

Arrangements provided by WeemsFamily Funeral Services, LLC.

Limon Hiley Smith, age80, passed away Wednes-day, August 5, 2015 inClarendon. A son of Williamand Bertha Smith, he wasborn January 11, 1935 in St.Charles.He served in the US

Army a total of six yearswith two on active duty andfour as reserve. After receiv-ing an honorable dischargeLimon began his owntrucking business. Formany years he drove longhaul across country and inlate years served as a grainhauler for local farmers.On August 7, 1980 he and

Wilma Sue Speer were mar-ried and have become valu-able residents of theClarendon community.Limon was an active mem-ber of the Clarendon FirstBaptist Church. When notworking he enjoyed hunt-ing, fishing and spendingquality time with familyand friends.He was preceded in

death by hisp arents:William and Bertha (Rober-son) Smith; daughter: Mar-la Kay Smith; and siblings:Grover Smith, Alva Baker,Lois Ray and Edna.Survivors are his wife,

Wilma; daughters, Beth andTom Lowman of Clarendon,Lisaand Billy Flake of Brink-ley, Carol and Jeremy Wat-son of Clarendon andMelanie Smith of Claren-don; brother: James andWinnie Smith of Clarendon;grandchildren, Ann Jessup,Russell Booker, Limon (Jes-sica) Williams, Justin (Emi-lie) Williams, PatrickWilliams, Suzanna Watson,Emyleigh Watson, Eli Wat-son, and great grandchil-dren: Logan Jessup, JacksonJessup, Landon Booker,Hadley Booker and KenzlieWilliams

The life of Arriea Annebegan on the mid-summerday of June 16, 1956. Shewas the first born of fourchildren in the family ofG.A. Swayze and his wife,Dorthie. The family lived in Little

Rock, where she attendedPike View ElementarySchool. She received aG.E.D. from the North LittleRock High School and en-tered the public workplace.During her employment

at Sambo’s Restaurant shemet Mark Brasseur, a youngAir Force GI stationed at thebase in Jacksonville. Shewas given the duty of train-ing him as a waiter at therestaurant. Through timetrue love became rooted inboth hearts. They weremarried on October 24,1981 and continued to livein North Little Rock. Theirhome was blessed with twochildren and Arriea becamea great cook and especiallyenjoyed the art of baking. In 1994 the young family

moved to Brinkley where heserved as an officer with theBrinkley Police Depart-ment. Arriea also becamepart of the network by serv-ing as a dispatcher and lateras the court clerk. Throughthe day to day work routineshe became familiar withmany people in the com-munity.In her youth Arriea at-

tended the 18th StreetFreewill Baptist Church andwas currently part of thefellowship of Liberty Fel-lowship both in North LittleRock. She was privileged tobe a member of the Brink-ley Chapter of Eastern Star. She enjoyed the sport of

softball, going fishing andfinding bargains at fleamarkets. Special times werespent with family, especial-ly the grandchildren. Forthe past two years Arrieatraveled the journey of can-cer. With love and encour-agement from loved onesshe met the challenge ofhealing with determina-tion. However the Lordchose a different path forher and on Wednesday, Au-gust 5, 2015, Arriea quietlypassed away at her home inSherwood. She was preceded in

death by her parents, Buckand Dorthie Swayze, andstep father, Jack GloverSurvivors are her hus-

band, Mark Brasseur; chil-dren, Eric Brasseur (Beebe)and Courtney Moon (Jud-sonia), and siblings, GlennSwayze (Little Rock), TeresaPrestwood and husband,Tim (Pleasant Plains), andJena Swift (Searcy); grand-children, Cierra Brasseur,Gavin Brasseur, ElyssaBrasseur, Kyle Moon andBrandon Moon.

Anita Neal Medford, age 72,of Hunter, passed away atCrossridge Medical Centerin Wynne, Arkansas Fridayevening, August 7. Anita was born in

Stuttgart, Arkansas on Sep-tember 26, 1942 and wasthe oldest of three daugh-ters born to the late E.A.Neal and Lorraine ForemanNeal. Survivors are her hus-

band of 55 years, Dale Med-ford; son, Mike Medfordand wife Jana of Hunter;daughter, Holly Hunt ofHunter; her special niecethat she raised TammyMitchell and her husbandDoug of Jonesboro; threegrandchildren, Brandonand Aaron Medford andKaystal Hunt; four great-grandchildren, Brilee,Brant, Barett and Jesse DaleMedford; nieces and ne-phews, Ashley Armstrong,Matt and Raven Mitchell.She was preceded in

death by her parents, andtwo sisters, Kay Smith andDebbie Ferrell.

Funeral services wereheld at 10 AM Tuesday, Au-gust 11, at the Hunter Bap-tist Church with Rev. AlanCook and Bro. J. T. Medfordofficiating. Interment followed at

the Hunter cemetery. Bob Neal Funeral Home

of Brinkley was in charge ofarrangements.

Martha Jean Hamric

Cynthia Prislovsky

Helen Estelle Thompson

Anita Neal Medford Arriea Brasseur

William Parker Jr.

Limon H Smith

Dorothy Whiting

Martha Hamricburied Mondayat Hickory Plains

Service heldWednesday forCynthia Prislovsky

Anita Neal Medford,Stuttgart native,dies at Hunter

Arriea Brasseurwas formerlyof Brinkley

Graveside serviceheld Tuesday forWilliam Parker Jr.

J. L. Highburied Mondayat Wattensaw

Lee Brown died Saturday at Stuttgart

Novella Flowers Pittman was sister of DeValls Bluff resident

Estelle Thompson burial at Brinkley

Limon Smith, Army veteran,dies at Clarendon

Dorothy Whitingwas sister oflocal residentsDorothy Sagitto Lyons

"Whiting" went to be withChrist on Saturday, August8, 2015. Dorothy was born in

1947 in Cotton Plant ARShe is survived by her

three sons, William Whitingand Kenneth Whiting, bothof Ramsey IN and EddieWhiting of St. Louis MO;two brothers Ken Whitingand John Whiting, both ofDes Arc; nine grandchil-dren and three great grand-children. Dorothy was preceded in

death by her parents, K.W.and Katie Whiting, twobrothers, Clarence Smithand Marion Whiting, andone sister Rocia JoshlinMeyers. The family asks that ex-

pressions of sympathy bemade in the form of dona-tions to the American Can-cer Society.

Born to William A. andMartha Hatfield Hosto onNov. 1, 1958, Cynthia Alber-ta was called Home Aug. 9,2015. Cynthia marriedFrank M. Prislovsky Feb. 3,1984.Cynthia attended Zion

Lutheran School, Ulm, St.John’s Lutheran School,Stuttgart, and graduatedfrom Hazen High School.She also attended ASU-Jonesboro. Her employ-ment began in 1978 withStuttgart Memorial Hospi-tal. She was also employedwith Baptist Health-Stuttgart Medical Clinicand continued employ-ment until her health nolonger allowed her to work.Cynthia also worked in theinsurance industry for 11years for local agencies. She served her church

and school volunteeringand the Shut-In meal pro-gram, which is dear to thePrislovsky family’s hearts.Survivors include her

husband Frank; two sons,William Hunter, wife, JackiePollard Prislovsky and sonTrapper Gage Prislovskyand son, Joseph WadePrislovsky and wife, AndreaHunt Prislovsky; her par-ents; sister, Nansi and LarryPorter of Roe, and nephewCorey Porter of Roe; herhusband’s family, brother-in-law Gene and KathyPrislovsky of Stuttgart; sis-ters, Linda and CarrollCalvert of Greers Ferry,Kathy Prislovsky of Conway,and Karen Prislovsky of Lit-tle Rock; nephews andnieces, Amanda Prislovskyof West Memphis, Sarah(David) Hendrix, Sam(Stephanie) Prislovsky ofStuttgart, Dustin (Holly)Calvert and children ofStuttgart, Blake (Jamie)Calvert and son of Carlisle,Karsyn K. (Tyler) Branscumof Greers Ferry, as well ashundreds in her father’sand mother’s families. She will be lovingly re-

membered by her numer-ous co-workers.She was predeceased by

her grandson, William Fish-Prislovsky; in-laws, Joe Jr.and Darcus Prislovsky; andgrandparents Herman andMuriel Hosto, and Harveyand Mary Jane Hatfield.Visitation was held from

9:30-10:30 a.m. prior to fu-neral services at 11 a.m.Wednesday at St. John’sLutheran Church Stuttgart. Memorials to be made to

St. John’s Infant DaycareProgram, St. John’s Shut-InMeal Program, St. John’s Ra-dio Broadcast, Zion Luther-an Church, Sts. Cyril &Methodius Altar Society,CARTI and Baptist HealthMedical Center-StuttgartAuxiliary.

Lee Brown of Stuttgart,loving husband, father,son, cousin, uncle,nephew, coach and friendpassed away on August 8,2015, at 47 years old.He was born on Febru-

ary 16, 1968 in Jacksonville,AR to Terry and DianeBrown. He was preceded in

death by his maternalgrandmother Pauline Tip-ton and his paternal grand-parents, Ulys and KathleneBrown. Surviving are his wife

Tina of 13 years; four chil-dren: Lindsay (26), Kate(24), both of Carlisle, Dal-ton (12) and Kayleigh (10)both of Stuttgart; his par-ents Terry and DianeBrown of Humnoke; his sis-ters Tammy Brown (LonnieAnderson) of Humphreyand Brenda (Eric) Foster ofCarlisle; relatives andfriends; and children hecoached over the years.Lee served six years in

the U.S. Navy as an E5 (Ma-chinist Mate Second Class).He was happiest when hewas playing music, or whenhe was telling stories andcooking for his family athome. He loved to golf,hunt and coach. And hishome was always open toanyone who needed ameal, a place to stay or justsome good Lee Brown ad-vice, which he always gaveeven if you didn't ask.Visitation was held Tues-

day, Aug. 11, from 5-6 p.m.Funeral services followedat 6 p.m. at MacedoniaBaptist Church of Hum-noke. Burial followedWednesday morning at 10a.m. at Frazier Cemetery onHighway 152 in Alcorn.Please also join us for amusical celebration of hislife Saturday, August 15 at 2p.m. at the American Le-gion in Stuttgart.Wilson Robison Funeral

Home of England was incharge of the service.

A small group of personsinterested in catfishingmet at 7:00 p.m. Thursday,August 6, at the PrairieCounty Courthouse Annexin Des Arc. The informa-tional meeting was a desireof James T. (Jay) Hambrickto both encourage localfishermen and to educateyounger people who wouldlike to learn how to fish forcatfish in the White River.

Hambrick welcomedthe group and told of hischildhood when otherboys would pass by theirhouse going fishing. Theywanted to go, too, but hisfather made them work. Itwas then he determinedthat he was going to be afisherman.

Hambrick, who hasbeen fishing for some 53years, began by stressingboating safety and re-counted some laws ofwhich many were un-aware. He then displayedsome catfish books and

videos that might be of in-terest and told of catfishingorganizations in Arkansas.

Next, he spoke aboutdifferent types of catfishand the various baits usedto catch them. He alsoshowed one of his personalrod and reels, explainingabout rods, reels, hooks,line and other tackle andhandy tools."Weather, riverconditions, location, waterlevel and water tempera-ture are all important fac-tors for good fishing," saidHambrick. "Don't wasteyour time! Move to anoth-er location after about 15-20 minutes if the catfisharen't biting," he added.

Hambrick demonstrat-ed how to make pole hold-ers for your boat and gavepreferences for keepingcatfish in the boat oncethey were caught, includ-ing types of ice and snip-ping catfish horns to pre-vent injury.

Hambrick was extreme-

ly pleased to have a specialguest, Randy Smith of Ben-ton, who attended as a rep-resentative of the ArkansasArea Catfish Hunters forRobert Tallman. Smith de-scribed the purpose of theACA and detailed some ofthe organization's activi-ties, including monthlytournaments for children.

Hambrick paid tributeto the late Albert Bush stat-ing that Albert was one ofthe most knowledgeablelocal fisherman he hadever known.

In 2009, Hambrick sawthe need and began seek-ing assistance to secure anew boat ramp in Tom RoeRiverfront Park near thecourthouse in Des Arc. Hewas instrumental in ob-taining the newest boatramp, working in conjunc-tion with former PrairieCounty Judge Bob Chil-ders, Des Arc Mayor JimGarth, the Arkansas Game& Fish Commission, and

the Corps of Engineers.The ramp was completedin 2014.

All persons attendingexpressed their apprecia-tion to Hambrick and that

they were eager to have an-other such meeting.

The next meeting hasbeen scheduled for 7:00p.m. Thursday, August 20.It is free and open to the

public. Hambrick may becontacted with questionsor for additional informa-tion, 501-516-5862 or 870-256-4640.

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Charlotte Wrigley, Deb-ora Carpenter andCharles Oldham traveledto Mountain View recent-ly, to listen to musiciansin the park, a regularevent in that city. Theyenjoyed visiting with sev-eral out-of-state musi-cians. Charles enjoyspicking the banjo. Theyhope to attend theGrandpa Jones weekendat the Folk Center sched-uled to be held theresoon.

On Saturday, theydrove to Branson to catchthe last performance ofthe Jr. Red River Cloggersfrom the Judi King Schoolof Dance in Clinton andHeber Springs. Charles'has a great niece who be-longs to the Silver DollarCity winning cloggingteam that entertained au-diences during 30 per-formances in two weeksat different theatersaround Branson.

James and Peggy Ret-ting were camping latelast week at Tichnor.Mickey and Vanessa Gra-ham joined them on Fri-day afternoon. The Ret-tigs’ trip was cut shortand they came in Satur-day afternoon. James’ 90-year old mother of Beebehad suffered a stroke andis in critical condition atthis time. Keep them inyour Prayers.

Bob Crider took ClaraClark to get her pick linetaken out on Thursday. Iwill take her back to thesurgeon on August 18 toset up time to put perma-nent hip in. We pray thatthey set it up soon and forher to get healed andeverything behind her.Thanks for your past andcontinued prayers.

Sympathy and Prayers

to family and friends,Melinda Tenison, hercaregiver. She went to bewith the Lord on August5. Her Service was reallynice Monday and thecommunity fed the familyat the Methodist Churchafter the burial at HickoryPlains Cemetery.

Sorry to learn thatBrenda Graham’s appen-dix ruptured and she is inSpringhill Hospital, NorthLittle Rock. They did sur-gery late Monday. Keepher in your Prayers.

We had several missingat the “Ladies Drop By”Tuesday, but we had 13present: Ms. LouiseSpeight, Clara Clark,Charlotte Wrigley, DeboraCarpenter, Vanessa Gra-ham, Tressia Roberts,Mary Grace smith, Bar-bara Ingle, MargieSpeight, Mary Lou Miles,Opal Crider, (1 new one),Crystal Finney, just re-cently moved into Ms.Sissy Hill’s house at watertower, and Charles Old-ham. He knew all of uswould want to see him.He has been home fromAfrica for a month afterbeing over there 11months (too long). Wehad good food and fel-lowship.

Bob Crider had doc-tor’s appt. Tuesday morn-ing. He then went by ACHto visit his former co-workers. Then he justhappened to go on toBenton to see TracyCochran and “CochranSeven.”

Mamie Nell and BobbyGraham had four of herHamric cousins for sup-per Tuesday night, beforethey were to leave to goback to their homes.

The next “Ladies DropBy” will be Tuesday, Sept.

8, at the Hickory PlainsMethodist Church at 1PM. Come join us, wehave FUN!

HPOS wants to leteveryone know that Tracywill serve breakfast onSunday mornings. Shewill also have a Sundaylunch special for $4 .99.Dinner SPECIALS onTUESDAYS & FRIDAYS!Come out and enjoy!

Please support HickoryPlains Post Office by pur-chasing stamps, mailingpackages, etc. there. Sup-port our OWN local Post-master, Tammy Bruce.The Hickory Plains PostOffice hours are Mon.-Fri.12:30 PM- 2:30 PM,Sat.10AM-1:30PM.

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Have a Good Week InThe Lord!

Happy Birthday August17th to Jessie Gardner,Donna Livingston & JalenHolloway !

Happy Birthday August18th to Drew Horn !

Happy Birthday August20th to Kristi Flud!

Happy Birthday August21st to Cheryl Guenther!

For our present troublesare small and won't lastvery long. Yet they producefor us a glory that vastlyoutweighs them and willlast forever! 2 Corinthians4:17, NLT

I was asked what waswrong with me that I did-n’t write any news lastweek, they had me think-ing I had really LOST IT,but then they said notmuch. I didn’t knowmuch for last week. So---

The storm hit Big Oakson Tuesday and my newswas already in the printshop. It did a messy jobup there, I didn’t even seeany of the everyday limbsthat my pecan treepesters me with. Blessedwe were.

It went on northeast toJimmy and TammyBeavers and a flash oflightning saved Jimmyfrom at the very least atumble as his porch wastaken away. No electricand he started to go seewhy his dog was barkingand the flash showed himnot to step out on the‘would be’ porch. Manalive, that would havebeen what is called a“rude awakening” if heever did awake!! I don’tknow where it went withit’s ‘trouble’ from there.

Coming to visit Donnyand Michelle Brown onSunday afternoon wereKyle and Rebecca Brown,Carter and Tucker of

Cabot and their cousin,Emily of Searcy.

Hayden Cooper cele-brated his birthday(July31st) a wee bit late, thisSunday afternoon shar-ing his cake and icecream with Mom, Dadand Chloe, plus Troy andDarlene Tims, Ronnie andSharon Ladd of Gregory,Joe and Jean Hall of Mor-ton, Brian Cooper andson, Mason and JaredCooper of Judsonia andHayden’s friend ,Michaelof Augusta.

They tell me thatschool starts next Mon-day. Who told them Sum-mer was over? Mine wentin the ‘OLDEN’ dayswhen it started much lat-er, if I remember correct-ly.

I have been meaning tocall attention of theHwy.33 travelers to theJoe Morris family’s (about4 miles north of Grego-ry)(on the left) soybeanfield, their immaculatelykept yard, then the cornfield which is on a slighthill. The fields are clear ofweeds that I can see. Ifyou are a Country Gal orBoy you will appreciatethe beauty of this.

Helen Fields and I

traveled to Cotton PlantSunday to the 90th birth-day celebration for VictorPaul White at theMethodist Church. It waswell attended and by aheck of a lot of folks I didnot know. I sat down bythe nicest lady — sheasked if I lived there-‘no,Gregory’- she’d neverheard of us - me, thinkingshe lived there - quiteloudly said ‘don’t knowwhere Gregory is?’ Shesaid, “Well, I didn’t knowwhere Cotton Plant wa-seither”. Then I found shewas from Memphis. I findit odd that sometimes weare thought of as CountryBumpkins, but we knowlots of towns and travelthem. I found that true inLittle Rock, I asked thebest route from the hos-pital to head home at 5pm traffic time - thatnurse knew one way - towork and home, comeheck or high water – cer-tainly not how to get toGregory .

Back then I knew LittleRock as well as the folkswho lived there ,just notat 5pm.

That’s it , folks.

Rosetta

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We had a nice size crowdout for services at NewBethel Baptist Church lastSunday.

Tommy Jasper had sur-gery last week. He is report-ed doing good. Severalfrom church visited him.

We extend sympathy tothe family of Connie Wil-son.

Johnny, Sandy, Josh,Kim, Jase, Cody, Allen,Kylee and Cooper enjoyed

a few days vacation inMountain View last week -a fun time.

There are several revivalmeetings this week, alsoyouth rally.

The kids should makethe most with their time asschool will be startingagain on August 17. I justhope it cools down by then.

There will be a Kelly Re-union on August 11 atCarlisle Civic Center. We

look forward to seeingsome of the family we havenot seen for so long. Therewill be pot luck lunch andvisiting - hope to see youthere.

John and I kept a FootDr. appointment. I have-had pain in my right foot.Have been wearing a sup-port and it seems to beworking. Also had inflam-mation in my heel.

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Cat-fishing in White River being taught . . .

LITTLE ROCK – The fi-nalists in Arkansas FarmBureau’s annual YoungFarmer and RancherAchievement Award havebeen announced.

The award honorsyoung farmers and ranch-ers between the ages of 18-35 for the general excel-lence of their operations,their hard work and inno-vation.

The 2015 finalists are:Jamey and Sara Allen of

Prattsville (Grant County).The Allens have a 1,200-head beef cattle operationin addition to Jamey’s AllenGate and Panel company.They have two children,four-year-old Kylee andthree-year-old Kaden.

Derek and ShannonHaigwood of Newport(Jackson County). TheHaigwoods grow corn, cot-ton, rice and soybeans on3,130 acres. They have onechild, two-year-old Judah.

Jeremy and TracieKitchens of Lewisville(Lafayette County). TheKitchens have a cattle andfarrow-to-finish swine op-eration. They are alsogrowing 100 acres of soy-beans and irrigated cornsilage and hay.

The winning couple willreceive a $40,000 GM giftcard to be used toward thepurchase of any new 2016General Motors vehicleand receives a trip in Janu-ary to the American Farm

Bureau Convention in Or-lando, Fla. to compete forthe national award.

The winner of the stateaward will be announcedat the organization’s annu-al convention Dec. 3 at theMarriott Hotel in LittleRock.

The winner of the Amer-ican Farm Bureau Achieve-ment Award will have theirchoice of a 2016 ChevroletSilverado or 2016 GMCSierra, courtesy of GeneralMotors. Three national fi-nalists will receive a Far-mall 65A, courtesy of CaseIH, along with a $2,500cash prize and $500 inmerchandise, courtesy ofStihl.

Farm Bureau names Achievement Award finalists

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CROP REPORTBrent Griffin

CEA-Staff ChairPrairie County

Cooperative Extension ServiceP.O. Boxll 388

DeValls Bluff, AR 72041(Office) 870-998-2614(Mobile) 870-351-54616

Week of August 3Days of field work: 7Top Soil Moisture:

100% ShortSub Soil Moisture:

100% shortLivestock Condition:

Fair

Main Activities:Farmers continued irri-

gation of rice and soy-bean. First harvest of cornand rice is occurring withno yield reports.Sorghum harvest will

begin this week, weatherpermitting.

Growing Progress:Corn: 90% Mature, 10%

HarvestedSoybean: 100% Bloom,

90% Setting Pod, 1% Ma-tureRice: 95% headed, 2%

HarvestedSorghum: 99% Color,

1% HarvestedCotton: 20% Boll Open

Crop Condition:Corn: 10% Poor, 70%

Fair, 20% GoodRice: 10% Poor, 80%

Fair, 10% GoodSorghum: 20% Poor,

80% FairSoybean: 15% Poor,

75% Fair, 10% GoodCotton: 25% Poor, 75%

FairHay/Pasture: 50% Poor,

50% Fair

Prairie County 2015 Plat Book

The new 2015 edition of the PrairieCounty Plat Book is now available forpurchase at the Prairie County Conser-vation District office located at 1600 In-dustrial Street in Hazen. Premium wallmaps are also available. For more infor-mation contact their office at (870) 255-3573 extension 3.

Traditional landownership maps bytownship and range, a land owner indexfor easy cross referencing, and othercounty information are all available inthe new plat book. This book includesaerial view maps opposite the landown-ership map pages.

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

Over the past few years we have seen tremendousgrowth in the efficiency, effectiveness, and use of windpower. In our report Zoned Out, we analyzed differentapproaches to zoning commercial wind energy sys-tems. The report (http://www.cfra.org/zoned-out-wind-

energy-analysis) also broke down the advantages anddisadvantages of these approaches, and what makes foreffective zoning standards.Wind energy zoning remains generally uncoordinat-

ed and subject to state and local regulations, resultingin a piece-meal approach where zoning standards varybetween states and within states. In order for wind energy development to continue

increasing, there must be an effective approach to windenergy zoning implemented that reduces inconsistencyand unpredictability. Zoning authorities must aim for efficient and effec-

tive standards, incorporating considerations from thelocal areas where wind development would take place.The key to effective wind siting and zoning regulation,however, is to strike the right balance between local andstate control. Authorities at the state and local levelmust consider the pros and cons that can result fromdifference ordinances.As wind power continues to play a bigger role in

meeting our energy demands, controversies and ques-tions from local communities have arisen. How will thisaffect my community? What are the rules for wind ener-gy development? These questions, and others, make itvitally important that we craft regulations that incorpo-rate local preferences and address local concerns whilealso providing clear and consistent standards for devel-opers.

By Dave Edmark STUTTGART, Ark. – Arkansas, already No. 1 in U.S. rice

production, needs to be No. 1 when it comes to rice ex-ported to other markets, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told acrowd some 500 packed into the Grand Prairie Center forthe Arkansas Rice Expo. “We have an opportunity to expand the Cuban mar-

ket,” he said in his keynote on Friday. “While I am veryconcerned about their suppression of human rights, Ialso recognize that agricultural products should not beused as a tool for foreign policy.“And as they expand their market and their tourist op-

portunities, which is going to happen in the comingyears, there’s going to be more demand for rice,” Hutchin-son said. “Arkansas needs to be there at the table and tobe No. 1 in exports to Cuba and other global markets.”Earlier in the day, Keith Glover, president and CEO of

Producers Rice Mill, said that exports will be the key todetermining the price of U.S. long-grain rice in the com-ing year. The total supply is expected to be about thesame as last year, which could help stabilize prices. Otherfactors that could influence the price include the extremeheat of recent weeks. Similar temperatures in 2010 and2012 had adverse impact in those years.

In the market year that just ended, 88 percent of long-grain rice exports are shipped to Western Hemisphere na-tions. But South America is a key competitor for that mar-ket, Glover said. Asian rice is also selling cheaper thanU.S. rice in global markets. Glover noted that last year,Iraq's purchase of U.S. rice was disappointing but Colom-bia's purchases helped pick up the slack. The industry ishoping that Colombia and Venezuela maintain last year'spurchase levels. Lifting the embargo on trade with Cubawould also be a plus, he said.The strong U.S. dollar is also potential problem for rice

prices. "A high dollar is a silent killer of commodityprices," Glover said.

Foundation Seed FacilityOn Thursday, a gold-spades-and-dirt-turning ceremo-

ny at the Rice Research and Extension Center marked thebeginning of construction on the Foundation Seed Facil-ity, an $8.6 million building designed to enable continuedagricultural innovation, with researchers bringing newhigher yielding, higher-quality crop varieties to market.The Foundation Seed Facility will be operated by the Uni-versity of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture.

“We're pleased that farmers in the state decided thiswas a good use of their funds and that they wanted to bea part of this,” said Mark Cochran, vice president of theUA System Division of Agriculture. He noted that the cur-rent seed facility was constructed in 1951 and that thenew building will accommodate the increased capacity ofvarieties that the rice program is handling. The faculty atthe rice center has developed more than 40 varieties since1930.Foundation seed is seed stock produced from breeder

seed under the control of a sponsoring institution. Regis-tered seed is the progeny of foundation seed and used togrow certified seed that is used for crop production.Before the groundbreaking, Cochran welcomed legis-

lators to the center for a joint meeting of the Senate andHouse Agriculture Forestry and Economic Developmentcommittees. Cochran told the legislators that Arkansasgrows the majority of rice produced in the U.S. "We're animpartial source of science-based solutions to relevantproblems of the state,” Cochran said.To learn more rice production, contact your county ex-

tension office or visit www.uaex.edu.

Hutchinson: In rice to Cuba and other export markets, Arkansas needs to be No. 1

The Prairie County FarmBureau President, LukeHooks of the Slovak area insouth Prairie County, wasamong more than 500 whoattended Arkansas FarmBureau's 67th annual Offi-cers and Leaders Confer-ence July 20-21 in HotSprings. The theme for this year’s

conference was “#BeVo-cal.” A variety of workshopsand speakers addressed is-sues important to farm andranch leaders. Highlightsincluded comments fromArkansas Farm BureauPresident Randy Veach ofManila, an update from

Agriculture Secretary WesWard and a keynote ad-dress by Greg Peterson,eldest of the Peterson FarmBrothers, who are wellknown for their song paro-dies about agriculture. Hooks is agent for the

Slovak Investment Co., Inc.with offices in Stuttgart,Arkansas. He is also a part-ner in the Hooks Farms ofSlovak, Prairie County,.Arkansas Farm Bureau is a non-

profit, private farm andrural advocacy organiza-tion of more than 190,000families working to im-prove farm and rural life.

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

Farm Bureau President, Luke Hooks,attends State meeting in Hot Springs

Luke Hooks

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Pets sneak under thedining table, begging fortreats, and they're hard toresist. But many of our fa-vorite foods are poisonousto pets, and sharing canmake them sick and evenkill them. "Many people don't un-

derstand how dangeroushuman foods can be totheir pets," says Tom Ricks,DVM and a member of theAmerican Veterinary Med-ical Association. "But com-mon foods can make themsick, or even kill them, andit often doesn't takemuch," he told NewsmaxHealth.1. Alcohol. Yes, the com-

mercial where the dogbrings its master a can ofbeer is cute, but alcohol —beer, wine, or liquor — candamage a pet's brain andliver just like it can damageyours. And since dogs andcats are so much smallerthan we are, a little canmake them sick — only atablespoon can causemajor problems in cats. Inaddition to avoiding givingthem a sip on purpose,clean up any spilled drinksquickly. Special: Dr. Oz Punished

by GMO Lobby?2. Chocolate. Although

it's tempting to give yourpet a bite of your choco-late, even small amountscan make them sick.Chocolate contains theo-bromine, an alkaloid, and

dark chocolate, since itcontains higher amountsof thermoforming, is moredangerous for your pet insmaller amounts. In dogs,chocolate can cause vomit-ing, seizures, rapid or irreg-ular heartbeat, diarrhea,and muscle tremors. Incats, chocolate can causeheart problems, muscletremors, or seizures. Only acouple of M&M's can bedeadly for a bird. Choco-late can kill within 24hours. 3. Nuts. Although pets

may beg for nuts, some areparticularly poisonous todogs, includingmacadamia nuts and wal-nuts. Symptoms includevomiting, weakness, hy-perthermia (elevated bodytemperature), and palegums that occur within 24hours. Nuts covered withchocolate are especiallytoxic and can lead to kid-ney failure and death. 4. Apple seeds and cher-

ry pits. Dogs crunching onan apple don't leave thecore with its seeds on thefloor — they gulp down theentire apple. And thoseseeds contain cynanide,which is also found inpeach, plum, apricot, andcherry pits. 5. Onions. Onions con-

tain a chemical called thio-sulphate that is very toxicto dogs. The chemical canbuild up in the dog's body,destroying red blood cells

and causing anemia. Catsare also susceptible to theeffects of onions, and smallamounts can cause diges-tive problems. "Even onesmall green onion canmake a cat very sick," Rickssaid. Garlic is also toxic toboth cats and dogs. Symp-toms of poisoning includediarrhea and difficultybreathing. 6. Grapes and raisins.

Grapes and raisins cancause sudden kidney fail-ure in both cats and dogs.Symptoms, which occurwithin 24 hours, includediarrhea, vomiting, de-creased urination, andlethargy. Since raisins aremore concentrated, it takesfewer to cause harm —about half an ounce can betoxic for a cat or small dog.The effects are cumulative,so eating a few grapes orraisins over a period oftime can be fatal. 7. Candy or gum con-

taining Xylitol. The com-mon artificial sweetenerXylitol, found in diet candyand gum, stimulates thepancreas to produce moreinsulin, which causesblood sugar to drop to dan-gerously low levels in dogsand cause liver damagethat can be fatal. Symp-toms can become obviouswithin 30 minutes, and thedog may become uncoor-dinated and vomit.

DALLAS – (Aug. 6, 2015)The U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency recentlyawarded the city of Cabot,Ark. $485,000 to install newwastewater treatmentequipment. The upgradeswill include 10,000 feet ofwastewater piping that willhelp address sanitary seweroverflows. Wastewater manage-

ment encompasses a broadrange of efforts that pro-mote effective and respon-sible water use, treatmentand disposal. Under theClean Water Act, EPA over-sees regulatory and volun-tary programs that help

manage the nation's waste-water.EPA traditionally awards

federal funding to state andlocal municipalities for awide variety of water quali-ty projects including water-shed protection andrestoration, water and en-ergy efficiency, wastewaterreclamation, and tradition-al municipal wastewatertreatment systems, includ-ing nonpoint source pollu-tion control. The funds alsosupport drinking water in-frastructure, as well asdrinking water plant opera-tor training, and technicalassistance.

7 people foods that can kill your pets

EPA awards $485,000 to Cabot for wastewatertreatment equipment

Extension hostingforums to helpidentify priorities in White River watershed

People who live, work,recreate or own property inthe Beaver Reservoir-UpperWhite River watershed areinvited to participate in anAugust 25 forum on waterquality. The forum, hosted by the

University of Arkansas Sys-tem Division of Agriculture,is an opportunity for thepublic to identify waterquality issues or concerns.The forum is scheduled

to begin at 8:30 a.m. andconcludes at 12:30 p.m.,and will be held at the CliftyCommunity Center at 182Madison 8248.

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Upcoming Band EventsSummer Band Aug. 13-14 (8-11:30 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.)

Band Car WashDAHS Band Room Sat., Aug. 15 (8a.m.- 1 p.m.)

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

Who’s New at Des Arc Schools ?

Nick HillSuperintendent

JoAnne AndersonBookkeeper

Natasha RichardsBookkeeper

Josh KesslerHigh School Principal

Jim FeatherstonAcctg/CBA

Jennifer LefevreEnglish/Journalism

Nancy ChappellArt

Ramona HollowayAlg./ Geometry

Drake WidenerHead Football Coach

Doug MilholenBaseball/Football

Jeff AdamsBasketball/Football

Dena RooksElem. Principal

Kimberly McMullanKindergarten

Katlynn BurchfieldFirst Grade

Pamela BrockSixth Grade

Hannah BelewSixth Grade

Amber HolmanFourth Grade

Brynn KiefferThird Grade

Josh Kessler is the newDes Arc High School Prin-cipal replacing Nick Hill,who is now Superintend-ent of Schools. Kessler andwife, Courtney have aseven year old daughter,Bailey. He is currentlyworking on his Doctoratethrough A & M Commerce-Texarkana. They are resid-ing at the former BettyLove residence on PikeStreet.

Superintendent NickHill is no stranger to theDes Arc community. Hecame to Des Arc as Foot-ball Coach, then was HeadFootball Coach and Ath-letic Director and most re-cently High School Princi-pal. Wife, Beth, teachesScience and they have twodaughters, Presley andEmma. Mr. Hill takes overthe helm from Rick Burns,who retired.

JoAnne Anderson is anew bookkeeper for theDes Arc School District.She replaces Cathy Burnswho retired in the Spring.JoAnne previously was abus driver and LunchroomClerk and has been em-ployed with the SchoolDistrict 17 years.

She is married to RobertAnderson and they havetwo sons and one daugh-ter. She says,” I am excitedto be doing somethingnew.”

Natasha Richards is anew bookkeeper for theDes Arc School District.She took over from MarthaAnn Childers, who retired.Natasha is married to TonyRichards and they havetwo daughters, Taylor, 14and Tristan,12 who attendDAHS. Tony and Natashalive in the Northside Com-munity of Des Arc.Natasha said, “I am excitedto be here and close tohome.”

Jim Featherston is thenew Accounting/Comput-er Business Applicationsteacher at DAHS replacingScott Peters. Jim is marriedand has three children. Helikes to golf, fish and is areferee for football. Heearned his degree in Ac-counting and Manage-ment Information fromArkansas State University.He says,” it has been greatso far.”

Jennifer Lefevre is thenew English/Journalismteacher at DAHS. Jenniferhas a Bachelors in Englishand French from CentralCollege-IA and a Mastersin French from ArizonaState. She is working onher Masters in English Sec-ond language at Hender-son State. She has two chil-dren. Jennifer said, “I loveit here.” She replaces Kay-cie Greenwood who movedto Marion.

Nancy Chappell is thenew Art teacher at Des ArcHigh School and Elemen-tary. She replaces DianeBrumley, who retired in theSpring. Nancy is nostranger to Des ArcSchools. She was the Gift-ed and Talented/Coun-selor at Des Arc Elemen-tary and has been retiredfor seven years. She andhusband, Dewayne havetwo sons, Adam and wife,Andi and Seth. Dewayne isengaged in farming. Nancyis a 1972 graduate ofDAHS.

Ramona Holloway re-places Lauren Taylor as Al-gebra and Geometryteacher. Ramona has beenteaching many years andhas taught in Des ArcSchools previously beforeretiring. She is married toPaul Holloway and thehave two sons, Justin andJerrod and three grandchil-dren. Ramona also hasbeen coordinator for theGED program. She isa1964 graduate of Des ArcHigh School and lovesbeing a grandmother.

Drake Widener is thenew Head Football Coachfor the Des Arc Eagles.Drake is a native of Beebe.His wife, Laura, is a coun-selor at Carlisle HighSchool.

Drake comes to Des Arcfrom Lonoke High School..He replaces DustinPrescott who is coachingat Bauxite. Coach Widenersaid, “ I am looking for-ward to the 2015 seasonand we are looking to dosome great things in foot-ball.”

Doug Milholen is thenew Baseball/DefensiveCoordinator coach at DesArc High School. Heearned his coaching de-gree from Arkansas Tech.His wife, Laura, is a veteri-narian and will be movingto Arkansas in September.She is originally fromGillett. They have no chil-dren but have a dog andcat. He enjoys hunting andfishing. Coach Milholenstated, “It is great so far,and we are closer to fami-ly.”

Jeff Adams is the newBasketball/Wide Receiv-er/Linebacker Coordinatorat Des Arc High School.His wife, Amber is a SpeechTherapist at Vilonia. Theyhave two sons, Grant, 5 yrs.and Jacob, 2 yrs. CoachAdams loves spendingtime with family and histwo boys. He earned hisBSA in Physical Educa-tion/Excercise Science andCoaching from UALR. Hesaid, “I am glad to be hereand looking forward tobasketball season.”

Dena Rooks is the newDes Arc Elementary Princi-pal. She takes over thehelm from Cheryl Holland,who retired. Dena is mar-ried to her husband, Corey,who is with Union PacificRailroad. They have threechildren, Haley, 11, Kyndal,11 and Tanner, 9.

She says she loves thesmall school and commu-nity atmosphere. Denaloves going to the lake,camping and is a sportsmom. She says she is get-ting settled in and is fol-lowing Mrs. Holland’s lead.

Kimberly McMullan isthe new Kindergartenteacher at DAES. She re-places Laura Holmes. Thisis the sixth year Kimberlyhas been teaching. She ob-tained her BSA in Pre-Kthrough Fourth Grade atASU Jonesboro.

Kimberly is the daugh-ter of Joni Gates of Hazenand Lance McMullan ofDes Arc. She has a son,Aiden, who is 10 years oldand attends DAES. Kim-berly likes to read and go tothe beach. She says shelooks forward to getting toknow the kids and beingclose to home. She previ-ously taught at Brinkley.

Katlynn Burchfield is anew First Grade teacher atDes Arc Elementary. She isfrom Rose Bud and earnedher BSA in Early ChildhoodEducation from SAU-Mag-nolia. She has 14 horsesand shows horses duringher time off. Katlynn stu-dent taught Kindergartenat DAES in 2014-15. Shehas replaced Angela Dohmwho retired. She says sheis excited to be back andlooking forward to a goodyear and seeing the stu-dents.

Brynn Kieffer is new toDAES and will be teachingThird Grade. This is herfirst year to teach. She andher husband, Bryan, havetwo sons, eleven and eightyears old. She earned herBSA in Business Adminis-tration and her Masters inEarly Childhood Educationfrom ASU-Jonesboro. Sheloves to SHOP, going to themovies and camping atMountain View. Brynnsays she is ready to jump inand get started. She re-places Brenda Williamswho retired at the end ofthe year.

Amber Holman is fromAustin, Arkansas and willbe teaching Fourth Gradeat DAES. She obtained herBSA in Elementary Educa-tion Pre-K-Fourth at ASUJonesboro and is workingon her Masters at ASU.She is engaged to be mar-ried September 26 to herfiancee, Alex. She saysshe likes the small town at-mosphere and is ready toget to know everyone.Amber replaces LindseyPrescott who moved toBauxite.

This is the first year ofteaching for Pamela Brock.She will be teaching SixthGrade at DAES. Pamela ismarried to her husband,Bennie, who is a teacher atCabot High School. Sheworked for Walmart for 22years retiring and obtainedher BSA in Mid Level Edu-cation at ASU-Jonesboro.The Brocks have twodaughters, Channing, whois a teacher at Searcy Highand Taylor, who is ateacher at Cabot Jr. High.She has a grandson due inSeptember.

Hannah Gilliam Belewis no stranger to Des Arc.She is the daughter of Rev.Jim Gilliam and TheresaGilliam, who were bothteachers at DAHS. Hannahattended DAES as a child.She is married to her hus-band, Robert, who is anEighth grade Historyteacher at Batesville Jr.High. This is Hannah’s firstyear to teach. Hannah said,“I am so excited to be back,basically, with family. I amlooking forward to a greatyear”

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

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Des Arc School DistrictFREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS PROGRAM

Des Arc School District today announces its policy for providing free and reduced price meals for children served under the Nation-

al School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. The central office has a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed byany interested party. The price charged for a paid student breakfast is $1.55 the price charged for a paid student lunch is $1.90 for

Elementary and $2.15 for High School.HOUSEHOLD APPLICATIONS

The household size and income criteria identified below will be used to determine eligibility for free and reduced price benefits forSchool Year 2015-16. Children from households whose income is at or below the levels shown are eligible for free or reduced pricemeals.

Household application forms are being distributed by the school with a letter informing households of the availability of free andreduced price meals for their children. Only one application should be submitted for each household. Applications are also avail-able at the principal’s office in each school. To apply for free or reduced price meals, households must complete the applicationand return it to the school. Applications cannot be approved unless it contains complete information as described in the instruc-tions provided with the application. Applications may be submitted at any time during the school year as circumstances change.The information households provide on the application will be used for the purpose of determining eligibility and verification ofdata. Applications may be subject to verification at any time during the school year by school officials.CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY

Children who are members of a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly food stamps, household are categor-ically eligible for free meals. School officials will determine eligibility for free meals based on documentation obtained directly fromthe SNAP office. School officials will notify households of their eligibility. Households who are notified of their eligibility but who donot want their children to receive free meals must contact the school. SNAP households should complete an application ONLY ifthey are not notified of their eligibility by September 1, 2015.

Households with children who are members of currently approved Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (for-merly food stamps) may submit application with abbreviated information as described in the application instructions.Children certi-fied as migrant, homeless or runaway by the district are categorically eligible for free meals. Contact Joanne Anderson at 870-256-

4164 with questions regarding migrant, homeless or runaway meal benefits.Foster childrenwho are the legal responsibility of a wel-fare agency or court are also eligible for benefits regardless of the income of the household with whom they reside. Eligibility for thefoster child is based on the child being the legal responsibility of welfare agency or court. An application for a household that in-cludes both foster children and non-foster must be completed for eligibility to be determined for the non-foster children. ContactJoanne Anderson at 870-256-4164 with questions regarding foster children.Children in households that receive WIC may be eligible for benefits. An application must be completed for determination of eligi-bility.If a household member becomes unemployed during the school year, the household may be eligible for free or reduced price mealsPROVIDED that the loss of income causes the household income to be within the eligibility criteria. An application should be com-pleted for determination of eligibility benefits.Under the provisions of the free and reduced price meal policy the determining official will review applications and determine eligi-bility. 870-256-4164Parents or guardians dissatisfied with the ruling of the determining official may wish to discuss the decision with the determining of-ficial on an informal basis. Parents wishing to make a formal appeal for a hearing on the decision may make a request either to:

Nick Hill 870-256-4164Hearing Official Phone Number

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

DES ARC SCHOOLS

LUNCH MENULUNCH MENU

Joyce Major, lunchroom supervisor at the Des Arc Schools, advis-es the following menus are scheduled for Monday-Friday, Aug. 17-21:

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MONDAY: Pizza (Grain, Protein& Vegetable), Tossed Salad withDressing, Green Beans (Veg-etable), Pears (Fruit), MilkTUESDAY: Hamburger (Protein& Grain), French Fries (Grain),Beans, Sandwich Fixings (Veg-etable) Pineappple (Fruit), Milk WEDNESDAY: Crispitos (Protein& Grain), Great Northern Beans,Steamed Broccoli (Vegetable),Grapes (Fruit), MilkTHURSDAY: Chicken Strips(Grain & Protein), Corn (Veg-etable), Applesauce (Fruit),Cookie (Grain), MilkFRIDAY: Chicken Nuggets(Grain & Protein), Yams, GreenPeas (Vegetable), Peaches(Fruit), Milk

BreakfastMONDAY: Pop Tarts (Grain) orCereal & Toast (Grain), Apples(Fruit)TUESDAY: Egg (Protein) &Toast (Grain) or Cereal andToast (Grain), Oranges (Fruit)WEDNESDAY: Pancakes (Grain)or Cereal & Toast (Grain), Apple-sauce (Fruit)THURSDAY: Biscuit & Gravy(Grain & Protein) or Cereal &Toast (Grain), Pears (Fruit)FRIDAY: Breakfast Pizza (Grain,Vegetable & Protein) or Cereal &Toast (Grain), Pineapple (Fruit)Served with Milk & Juice

Meals are subject to change/USDA is an Equal Opportuni-

ty Provider and Employer

High SchoolLunch

MONDAY: Chicken Nuggets(Grain and Protein), Macaroniand Cheese (Grain and Protein),Yams (Vegetable), Pears, FreshFruit (Fruit), MilkTUESDAY: Taco Salad (Grainand Protein), Pinto Beans,Let/Tom/Cheese (Vegetable),Spanish Rice (Grain), FruitCocktail, Fresh Fruit (Fruit),MilkWEDNESDAY: Chicken FriedSteak (Grain and Protein),Mashed Potatoes and Gravy,Green Beans (Vegetable)Pineapple, Fresh Fruit (Fruit),Cookie (Grain), MilkTHURSDAY: Chicken StripSandwich (Grain and Protein),Lettuce, Tomato, Seasoned 1/2Baked Potato, Steamed Broccoli(Vegetable) Peaches, Fresh Fruit(Fruit), MilkFRIDAY: Cheeseburger (Grainand Protein), French Fries,Baked Beans, Sandwich Fixings(Vegetable), Peaches, Fresh Fruit(Fruit), Milk

BreakfastMONDAY: Donut (Grain) or Ce-real & Toast (Grain), Apples(Fruit)TUESDAY: Breakfast Pizza(Grain and Protein) or Cereal &Toast (Grain), Pineapple (Fruit)WEDNESDAY: Biscuit & Sausage(Grain and Protein or Cereal &Toast (Grain,) Peaches (Fruit).THURSDAY: Biscuit & Gravy(Grain) or Cereal & Toast(Grain), Oranges (Fruit)FRIDAY: Pop Tarts (Grain) orCereal & Toast (Grain), FruitServed with Milk & JuiceChoice of Hot Line, Chef Salador Cold Cut Sandwich

A farewell party for Colton GoodmanColton Goodman, a 2015 graduate of Des Arc High School, was given a proper

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

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

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

2015-2016 School Bus Routes for Des Arc SchoolsDriver Rural Route Town RouteTim Baxter One Stop in Biscoe and One in DVB 5th & 3rd Streets North

of Main, Maoma, EastHwy. 33 to Beulah and Upper Hill Claire and Calhoun Sts.

Donna McIntosh Hwy 38 E, Sand Hill & Little Dixie W. Chester; ShadyLane;Erwin from 8th to WilsonCrestview Apartments

Lesia White Hwy. 11 North of Des Arc to include Gordon from 1st to 4th;Jasmine, Northside, Brown Acres W. Claire; W. Curran

Kristen Wrigley Hwy. 13 North of Hickory Plains Erwin from 8th to 1st; Hwy. 38 from Hickory Plains to East & West Pike;Des Arc; Pump Street; Willie B. Road. Hickory Square Apts.

Sarah McDougal Cross Roads; Hwy. 86 Oak Prairie Afternoon transfer fromBell Road; Letchworth; Hwy. 323 Elem. to High School for

students ridingMr. Donnie’s Bus

Donnie Covington Hwy. 38 West of Hickory Plains No Town RouteHwy. 13 South of Hickory PlainsIngle Lane; Hickory Plains Store;Skarda & Tate Roads.

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

Des Arc High School Marching Band Car WashSaturday, August 158:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Des Arc High School Band RoomDonations Welcome!!!!

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The following inmatesare currently incarceratedin the Prairie County Jail atDes Arc, according to Sher-iff Gary Burnett, as of Tues-day, August 11, 2015:

Thresher, Jason, 43, ADC309. Intake date March 6,2013.Spencer, Demetrius La-

mont, 40, ADC 309. Intakedate June 12, 2013McCraney, Vernist

Pete55, ADC 309. Intakedate June 8, 2015.Lovett, Dominique R., 24,

charged Possession of Con-trolled Substance with In-tent to Deliver, Simultane-ous Possession of Drugsand Firearms and Posses-sion of Drug Paraphernalia.Intake date December 12,2014. Modlin, Jonathan, 18,

charged with ProbationRevocation, Fleeing-Misde-meanor, Disorderly Con-duct, Resisting Arrest,Criminal Mischief-First De-gree, Terroristic Threaten-ing, Pobation Violation andDisorderly Conduct. Com-mitment. Intake date May

27, 2015. Brazzell, Jerry Wayne, 51,

Commitment. Intake dateJune 20, 2015.Smith, Bruce Andrew, 45,

charged with Possession ofOther Drug. Intake dateJuly 2, 2015. Linam, Jeffrey, 20, Com-

mitment. Intake date July 6,2015. Metcalf, Nicoe Jerel, 27,

charged withDelivery/Manufacture ofCocaine. Intake date June23, 2015. McMillen, Jeremiah, 35,

charged with Warrant Serv-ice Fee. Intake date July 9,2015. Wiggins, Justin Dallas,

28, charged with ProbationRevocation. Intake dateJuly 15, 2015.Kilgore, James Oriley, 26,

charged with Theft of Prop-erty. Intake date July 16,2015. Smith, Jamye Lynn, 22,

Hold for ADC. Intake dateJuly 21, 2015. Smith, Latasha, 32, Hold

for Another Department.Intake date July 22, 2015. Childress, Carla Renee,

41, Commitment. Intakedate July 28, 2015.Wilson, Clay Webster, 46,

charged with Non-Support.Intake date August 3, 2015.Shepard, Randy J., 33,

Commitment. Intake dateAugust 5, 2015. Clendenin, Ramona Kay,

50, charged with Failure toAppear. Intake date August4, 2015.McFarland, Brianunna

Nikole, 21, charged withFailure to Pay Fine andCost. Intake date August 10,2015. Chandler, Nicholas Alan,

23, charged with Possessionof Controlled Substanceand Possession of DrugParaphernalia. Commit-ment. Intake date August10, 2015. Robinson, Aaron, 52,

charged with Fleeing-Felony. Commitment. In-take date August 4, 2015. Loving, Owen W. 57,

charged with Public Intoxi-cation, Residential Burglaryand Aggravated Assault. In-take date August 8, 2015.

The following informa-tion was obtained from therecords in the CountyClerk’s office at the PrairieCounty Courthouse in DesArc and DeValls Bluff onTuesday, August 11, 2015:

Divorce DecreesZachary Hill vs Kristen Hill

Land TransfersWarranty DeedDewayne Chappell and

Nancy Chappell, Grantors,hand paid by Kevin Will-hite, Grantee, the followinglands lying in the County ofPrairie, State of Arkansas:A part of the NE 1/4 of

Section 17, T4N, R4W con-taining 3.98 acres, more orless ANDThe fractional E 1/2 of

the NE 1/4 of Section 17,T4N, R4W SAVE AND EX-CEPT A fractional part ofthe NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 inSection 17, T4N, R4W SAVEAND EXCEPT a tract orpacel containing 15.5 acresof land and situated in theNE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 andthe SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 ofSection 17, T4N, R4W. ALSO SAVE AND EX-

CEPT a tract of land in theNE corner of the E 1/2 ofthe NE 1/4 of Section 17,T4N, R4W containing 0.70acres, more or lessANDA fractional part of the

NE 1/4 of the NE 14/ ofSection 17 T4N, R4W

ANDA fractional part of the

NE 1/4 of the NE 14/ ofSection 17, T4N, R4W con-taining 1.17 acres, more orless.

Warranty DeedMichael W. Jones and

Virginia W. Jones, Grantors,hand paid by Darrell DeanSaul III and Randa D. Saul,Grantees, the followinglands lying in the NorthernDistrict of Prairie County: Tract One: All of Lot Two

and that part of Lot Fourlying North of the CountyRoad known as HodgesRoad in the NW 1/4 of Sec-tion 30, T4N, R6WTract Two: The North

part of Lot Five of the NW1/4 of Section 30, T4N,R6W lying North of CrossRoads and Des Arc PublicRoad, Northern District ofPrairie County.

Warranty DeedDavid Dean Patton and

Diana Lee Patton,Grantors, hand paid byShannon M. Lewis,Grantee, the following de-scribed lands situated inthe Northern District ofPrairie County:The NW 1/4 of the SE

1/4 of Section 36, T4N,R7W SAVE AND EXCEPT apart of the NW 1/4 of theSE 1/4 of Section 36, T4N,R7W containing 0.15 acres,more or less.

Warranty DeedDavid Dean Patton and

Dianna Lee Patton,Grantors, hand paid byShannon M. Lewis,Grantee, the following de-scribed lands situatted inPrairie County:SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec-

tion 15, T4N, R7W contain-ing approximately 40 acresof land.ANDNW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec-

tion 36, T4N, R7W contain-ing approximately 40 acresof land.

Warranty DeedJimmy White and Jewell

White, Grantors, hand paidby LaDue Properties LLC,Grantee, the followinglands lying in the NorthernDistrict of Prairie County:Lot Four, Block 28 of

Watkins Survey to the Townof Des Arc.

Warranty DeedBilly R. Perdue and

Kathy Perdue, Grantors,hand paid by Casey ShawnHolloway, Grantee, the fol-lowing lands lying in theNorthern District of PrairieCounty:That part of the NE 1/.4

of the NE 1/4 of Section 15,T5N, R5W containing 3.80acres, more or less. LESS AND EXCEPTA part of the NE /4 of the

NE 1/4 of Section 15, T5N,R5W containing 1.50 acres,more or less. Subject toCounty Road Right-of-Ways along the North andEast sides.

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LITTLE ROCK—TheState Review Board of theArkansas Historic Preser-vation Program nominated11 Arkansas properties inseven counties to the Na-tional Register of HistoricPlaces when it met August5, AHPP Director FrancesMcSwain announcedtoday.Properties nominated to

the National Register are:*Matthews-Story House

at Little Rock in PulaskiCounty, a 1925 Craftsman-style Airplane Bungalow*Dan Stowers Office

Building at Little Rock inPulaski County, a 1961 In-ternational-style building*Sam Strauss Jr. House

at Cammack Village in Pu-laski County, a 1963-64Mid-Century Modern-styleresidence*Jacksonville Commer-

cial Historic District atJacksonville in PulaskiCounty, featuring buildingserected between 1925 and1962*South Howard Street

Historic District at Morril-ton in Conway County, fea-turing five Minimal Tradi-tional houses built around1945*Malvern Commercial

Historic District at Malvernin Hot Spring County, fea-turing 35 buildings con-structed between 1897 and1925*Lawyer’s Row Historic

District at Malvern in HotSpring County, containingfour buildings constructedbetween 1910 and 1922*Highway 79 Bridge

Boundary Increase atClarendon in MonroeCounty, featuring 1.5 milesof reinforced concrete ap-proaches on the west sideof the bridge*Servetus W. Ogan

House at Wynne in CrossCounty, an AmericanFoursquare structure builtof ornamental concrete

blocks around 1910*Lawrence County

Courthouse at WalnutRidge in Lawrence County,built in 1965 and featuringa modern style influencedby New Formalism*Blytheville Air Force

Base Capeheart HousingHistoric District atBlytheville in MississippiCounty, featuring struc-tures built 1957-1962 formilitary families serving atthe base.The board also listed the

Edgar Wright Farmstead atJudsonia in White Countyon the Arkansas Register ofHistoric Places. TheArkansas Register recog-nizes historically notewor-thy places that are not eli-gible for listing on the Na-tional Register of HistoricPlaces.For more information

on the National Register ofHistoric Places program,write the AHPP at 1500Tower Building, 323 CenterSt., Little Rock, AR 72201,call the agency at (501)324-9880 [TDD 501-324-9811], send e-mail toinfo@arkansaspreserva-tion.org or visitwww.arkansaspreserva-tion.org.The AHPP is the Depart-

ment of Arkansas Heritageagency that identifies, eval-uates, registers and pre-serves the state’s culturalresources. Other agenciesare the Arkansas ArtsCouncil, the Mosaic Tem-plars Cultural Center, theDelta Cultural Center, theOld State House Museum,the Arkansas Natural Her-itage Commission and theHistoric Arkansas Muse-um.

MOTHER DOG MISSING: Loki was last seen Wednesdayevening, July 22. She had 11 newborn puppies that weekonly 4 days old when she disappeared. They only surviveda week without her. She usually didn't roam far from home,and she hadn't left the yard at all after the puppies wereborn. She belongs to Megan and Nick Towell, If you haveseen her please let us now: 501-288-2335

The following cases wereheard before District JudgeRobert Abney in DistrictCourt Hearings held onMonday, August 10:

City CasesNicholas A. Chandler,

Des Arc, charged with Con-tempt of Court (ProbationViolation), Failure to Ap-pear on a Written Sum-mons x2 and Failure to Pay.One Failure to Pay chargeand Failure to Appearcharges merged. Con-tempt of Court and Failureto Appear on a WrittenSummons plead guilty.Sentenced to 50 daysPrairie County Jail. Khalil Smith, Des Arc,

charged with DomesticBattering-Third Degreeand Failure to Appear on aWritten Summons. Domes-tic Battering charge dis-missed. Guilty on Failureto Appear charge. Sen-tenced to Fine and Cost$380.00.Terry W. Kendrick, Des

Arc, charged with No Lia-bility Insurance and NoSeat Belt. No Liability In-surance Proof Shown. NoSeat Belt charge Guilty.Sentenced to Fine and Costof $50.00. Wilbert Thomas, Mari-

anna, charged with Con-tempt of Court (ProbationViolation). Failed to Ap-pear. Issue Warrant. Jay Steven Dietrich, Des

Arc, charged with DriverLicense Suspended forDWI. Plead Not Guilty.Hearing set for September10, 2015.

Latrice M. Banks, LittleRock, charged with Drivingon Suspended or RevokedDriver License-Class AMisdemeanor. Failed toAppear. Issue Letter. Dennis Earl Robinson,

Ward, charged with Unlaw-ful Use of Driver Licenseand Driving on Suspendedor Revoked Driver License-Class A Misdemeanor.Guilty. Sentenced to Fineand Cost of $450.00. Patrick J. Jones,

Traskwood, charged withDrinking onHighway/Drinking in Pub-lic. Plead Not Guilty. Hear-ing set for September 10,2015. Brandon Eric Pruitt,

Beebe, charged with Drink-ing on Highway/Drinkingin Public. Guilty. Sen-tenced to Fine and Cost of$265.00. Donna Wesson, Des Arc,

charged with No Lights atNight. Guilty. Sentencedto Fine and Cost of $140.00. Royce Wade Bell, Des

Arc, charged with Failure toPay. Must Pay ProbationFees and complete AlcoholEducation Class. Ronnie E. Walters, Des

Arc, charged with Failure toPay. Failed to Appear.Issue Warrant. Aaron D. Robinson, Des

Arc, charged with Fleeingx3 and Failure to Pay. Flee-ing charge to Circuit Courtas a Felony. Two fleeingcharges merged. Fleeingcharge sentenced to 22days Prairie County Jailwith Credit for Six Served.

Failure to Pay charge sen-tenced to 12 Days PrairieCounty Jail.

State CasesJohnny Thrasher, Ha-

leyville, Alabama, chargedwith Violation of Permit.Bond Forfeited. Timothy Edward Clark,

Joplin, Missouri, chargedwith No Seat Belt. Failed toAppear. Issue Warrant. Shane C. Wise, England,

charged with ImproperWindow Tint. Continuedto August 17, 2015. Daniel Resendiz, Little

Rock, charged with NoDriver License, No LiabilityInsurance, Unsafe Vehicleand DWI-First. Failed toAppear. Issue Warrant. James Ray Tinkle, Cot-

ton Plant, charged with NoLiability Insurance. Failedto Appear. Issue Warrant. Sergio Hernandez, De-

Witt, charged with No Driv-er License and DWI-First.Obtain Interpreter. Con-tinue to August 24, 2015. Charles Rayburn

Dougan, Griffithville,charged with Careless/Pro-hibited Driving and DWI-Second. Defendant Ap-peared and Advised ofRights. Defendant askedfor Attorney. Denied. Setfor Plea August 24, 2015. Charles E. Walls,

Stuttgart, charged with NoSeat Belt and Driving onSuspended or RevokedDriver License-Class AMisdemeanor. Continuedto August 17, 2015.

Propertiesnominated tohistoric register

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3 Bdr, 1.5 Ba, 2306 sq. ft, 411 Pike.....................NEW LISTING...........$87,500.3 Bdr, 1 Ba, 1276 sq. ft., Hwy. 38 West,, 3.66 ac NEW LISTING...........$67,000.2 Bdr, 1 Ba, Remodeled, Storm Shelter, 108 Whippoorwill.................$ 47,500.5 Acres, Near Lake Des Arc, Bayou - Owner Finance........................$ 21,000.3 Ac Trac near Lake Des Arc & Bayou Des Arc(Owner Finance) $9,000 to $13,000.

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NEED PERSON to removeroom and back porch fromhouse on Sandy Banks Rd.;keep lumber. If interested,please call 501-237-2072 or870-659-6380.

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HOUSE FOR SALE

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WHITE RIVER JOURNALFill out this form today and mail with check to:White River Journal, P.O. Box 1051, Des Arc, AR 72040

Out of County = $25 (2 years for $48) Out of State = $30 (2 years for $55)

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WHITE RIVER JOURNAL

ARCHIVESAVAILABLE

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Copies of the White River Journal

from August 15, 1907 - March 2, 1944

are on microfilm andavailable for research here

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STONE CARVINGSTONE CARVING SERVICE.For adding or placing names,dates or portraits, minor repairs,on gravestones, leveling (reset-ting), and cleaning; in localarea, call 662-394-1475.

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POSITIONS OPEN: Personsneeded for Jailer and Dispatch-er in Prairie County Sheriff’sDepartment. Applications avail-able at the Sheriff’s Office in thePrairie County Jail at Des Arc.

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POSITION OPEN: Have open-ing for Deputy Clerk position inthe Prairie County Clerk’s officeat the courthouse in Des Arc.Bring resume to clerk’s office,200 Courthouse Square, Ste.104, Des Arc. Call 870-256-4434 for further information.

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The 2015 School SafetyAct (Act 950) requires thatevery public school in thestate of Arkansas beequipped with Panic But-ton by September 1 of thisyear, bringing better pro-tection to the more thanhalf million students, fac-ulty and administrators inthe state. The bill wassponsored by state sena-tors and representatives,

and supported by multiplestate agencies, includingthe Arkansas Departmentof Education, the ArkansasDepartment of EmergencyManagement, the Associa-tion of Chiefs of Police andthe Association of FireChiefs.

Panic Button, providedby Rave Mobile Safety con-nects 9-1-1, first respon-ders and school personnelin the event of a crisis andshortens the time betweenthe onset of an incidentand the arrival of first re-sponders on-scene.Through a simple five but-ton interface, faculty andstaff activate the app by se-lecting the type of emer-gency – active shooter, po-lice, fire, EMS or other –

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Upcoming Band EventsFlag/Majorette/Drum Major Camp at UAM July 13-16Flag/Majorette/Drum Major Yard Sale(DAHS Band Room) Sat., July 25Flag/Majorette Practices July 21, 24, 28, 31Section Leader Meeting July 27 (9-11 a.m.)Band Room Closed July 29-Aug. 1Summer Band (8-12) Aug. 3-7 (8-11:30 a.m

and 1-3 p.m.)Summer Band (8-12) Aug. 13-14 (8-11:30 a.m.

and 1-3 p.m.)Band Car Wash DAHS Band Room Sat., Aug. 15 (8 a.m.- 1 p.m.)Band Booster Meeting (All Parents 7-12 grade) Aug. 17, 7:00 p.m.

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The “Pride of the Prairie”Pee Wee football camp washeld at Hinson-RollinsField at the Des Arc HighSchool Campus on Satur-day, July 11. It was anothersuccess for the recordbooks with 65 campers at-tending according to coor-dinators.

Campers were putthrough agility stations, of-fensive and defensive drillsand one-on-one instruc-tion from Dallas Cowboygreat and Cyle’s uncle, CliffHarris; former Razorbackand Cyle’s father, TommyHarris; Cyle’s cousin andCliff’s son, Matt Harris, for-mer Razorback safety;Lucas Miller, former Razor-back receiver and currentRazorback offensive guardAdam Deacon along withOuachita Baptist stand-outs, Des Arc’s own BrentCalhoun and defensiveback Waymon Johnson, PeeWee coaches and the DesArc Eagle Coaching staff.

There were plenty of hy-dration stations for thecampers during the hottemperatures and lunch

was served at the conclu-sion of the camp.

Coordinator, Cyle Harriswatched from the sidelinesbut would rather have beenon the field taking part inthe action. Cyle has ALS(Lou Gehrig’s Disease) andis fighting the disease theonly way he knows how-giving these campers thebest instruction from greatteachers on how to excel onand off the field.

Adam Deacon hassomething in commonwith Cyle. His motherpassed away in 2009 fromthe disease.

Camp award winnerswere: Seth Lisko-LinemanAward; Jake Reidhar-Out-standing OffensiveCamper; Trevion Reed-Outstanding DefensiveCamper; Jack Kearby-Har-ris Hustle Award; GabeBerry-Camp MVP Grades1-3 and Hunter Wicklund-Camp MVP Grades 4-6.

Kudos to all the coordi-nators, instructors, par-ents, coaches, sponsorsand campers for makingthis year’s camp a success.

2015 “Pride of the Prairie” Pee Wee Football CampThis group of campers and instructors participated in the 2015 “Pride of the Prairie” Pee Wee Football Camp held atHinson-Rollins Field on Saturday, July 11. A total of 65 campers participated. Dallas Cowboy great, Cliff Harris, andbrother, Tommy Harris, former Arkansas Razorback are both DAHS Alumni. Tommy is “Pride of the Prairie” coordina-tor, Cyle Harris’ dad and Cliff is Cyle’s uncle.

Camp Award WinnersWinners of awards for “Pride of the Prairie” Pee Wee Football campwere left to right: Hunter Wicklund-Camp MVP Grades 4-6; Seth Lisko-Lineman Award; Jack Kearby-Harris Hustle Award; Jake Reidhar-Out-standing Offensive Camper; Gabe Berry-Camp MVP Grades 1-3 andTrevion Reed-Outstanding Defensive Camper.

Camp InstructorsThis group of “young” men were on hand Saturday, July 11 to lend “Cyle’s Kid’s” a helping hand dur-ing the “Pride of the Prairie” Pee Wee Football camp held at Hinson-Rollins Field on the Des Arc HighSchool Campus. Pictured left to right are: DAHS Coach Jeff Adams; Chad Avants (friend of Cyle’sfrom Rugby Club); Matt Harris,Cyle’s cousin and former Razorback Safety; Lucas Miller, former Ra-zorback wide receiver; Brent Calhoun, All American Ouachita Baptist standout; Randy Pickrell, PeeWee Coach; Waymon Johnson, Ouachita Baptist standout defensive back; Jimmy Flanagan, Jr., PeeWee Coach; Tommy Harris, Cyle’s father and former Razorback; Adam Deacon, former Razorbackoffensive lineman; DAHS Head Coach Drake Widener and DAHS Coach Doug Milholen.

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The Junior and Senior Des Arc High School Cheerleaders were off to UCA CheerCamp at the University of Central Arkansas campus in Conway for a week of in-struction in cheers, chants, stunts and tumbling. The girls left on Tuesday, July14 and will return on Friday, July 17. Good luck girls and bring home the “SpiritStick”! Krissy Covington is sponor for both squads.

Photo Above: Representing the Senior High Squad are left to right: SkylonWilliams, Jade Bell, Brooke Kellar, Madison Evans, LaurenMapps, Gracen Hambrick and Lexi Cook.

Photo Below: Representing the Junior High Squad are front, left to right: Lind-sey Reidhar, Kelby Huddleston, Faith Gross and Caroline Harris.Back Row, left to right are Karson Covington, Taylor Richards,Kayci Kellar and Riley Voiles

Coach J.D. Babb, left and the 2015 State Champion Lady Eagles Track team celebratedwith “bling” when they received their 2015 State Track Championship rings on Saturdayevening, July 11 at Dondies White River Princess.

Pictured left to right are Coach J.D. Babb, Alyssa Earl, Skylon Willams, Alyssa Dohm,Haley Malin, Shelby Hollis, Samantha Gonzalez and Kirby Smith. Haley, Shelby, Saman-tha and Kirby all graduated from Des Arc High School in May.

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Des Arc High SchoolCross Country coach, J.D.Babb announces that CrossCountry practice for the2015 season will begin onMonday, July 27 at 7:30 a.m.

Girls seventh throughtwelfth grades interested in

running Cross Country areadvised to meet at the DesArc High School gymnasi-um.

For any questions,please contact Coach Babbat 501-350-3472.

High SchoolRegistraton dates

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Seniors: Mon., July 27

Juniors: Mon. Aug. 3

Sophomores: Tues., Aug. 4

Freshmen: Wed., Aug 5

Eighth Grade: Thurs. Aug. 6

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By Brian WagnerPosted on Jul 9, 2015 in News (0) CommentsDrag racing is a family

affair at all levels, from thelocal bracket racing family,all the way up to the nitro-burning Force clan. In the LSX racing world

there’s a multi-genera-tional family that’s beenmaking some noise, andthings are getting evenlouder in 2015. The Rounsavall racing

family has experiencedsuccess over the years inthe LSX Challenge Series,and now young HaleyRounsavall is looking tomake a statement that girlscan race just as well as theguys.Rounsavall’s addiction

to speed can be tracedback to current Chevy Per-formance Stock class ace,her grandfather RonnieHackelton, who has beenracing since the 1960’s andowns an NMCA title wheel-ing his blown fifth-gen Ca-maro. If that wasn’t enough,

Rounsavall’s father, Kevin,is a two time LSX RealStreet Champion and wasthe first to crack the seven-second barrier in the class.It goes without saying thatthis family has race gas intheir veins.Rounsavall reminisces

fondly about what got herreally hooked into racing.“When I was younger I

watched a movie aboutErica Enders’ life, and im-mediately after watching Itold my parents that Iwanted to be like Ericawhen I grew up, that Iwanted to race like shedid.”After getting her license

and a fifth-gen Camaro,Rounsavall hit the trackand began making passes.But don’t think for one sec-ond she was just a test-n-tune hero — Rounsavallwas in it to win it.“In the fall of 2011, the

Arkansas High School DragRacing League was startedand I raced in the series forpoints that year. I won thefirst-ever High School DragRacing League race atPrescott, Arkansas andwent on to win four moreraces and the Champi-onship Race at CentervilleDrag way that year.”Last year Rounsavall

wheeled her grandfather’sC7 when she could getaway from her studies atthe University of Arkansas.In 2015 she turned thingsup a notch, stepping be-hind the wheel ofgrandad’s blown Camaroand competing in theNMCA Street King class,and has already been in thenine-second zone.Despite her reserved na-

ture, Rounsavall is there forthe competition.“My main goal for my

racing career is of course towin, but that’s not all. Iwant to prove to all theboys that a girl can race,too. ““Being a female in what

is mostly considered a “guy

sport” always makes mefeel like the underdog in arace, which I wouldn’tchange, because the lookon a guy’s face when heloses to a 21-year old girl ispriceless. ““I may not always win,

but if by just getting in mycar and trying, I can inspireother girls to get out thereand compete too, then it’sall worth it to me.”So be warned, if you see

a certain orange fifth-genblown Camaro pull up be-

side you in the lanes, don’tdiscount the female driver,because she’ll take thestripe and the win lightwithout thinking twice.Haley is the daughter of

Kevin and Christi Roun-savall of Hazen.

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Stuart, Kristi and Bryar Morden, accompanied by their miniature schnauzer Bella re-cently returned from a trip to the Smoky Mountains in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. They en-joyed fireworks in Gatlinburg on the Fourth of July. While there, they also took in thebeautiful scenery and visited the Christ in the Smokies Museum and Gardens, Cooter’sGarage, the Hollywood Cars Museum, the Guiness Book of World Records Museum, aswell as shopping and lots of good food. The weather was perfect for a white water raft-ing trip, zip-lining and riding extreme go-karts and they also traveled to Ashville, NorthCarolina to visit the Biltmore Estate before returning home.

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Haley Rounsavall with her Street King ride

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Family Time at the TrackRonnie Hackelton, Haley and Kevin Rounsavall

U.S. Rice Industry United in Efforts to Open Chinese Market Brantley wants a reasonable agreementDALLAS, TEXAS -- At a meeting here July 9 the USA Rice

Producers' Group unanimously passed a motion urgingthe conclusion of negotiations between the United Statesand China to establish a phytosanitary agreement thatwould pave the way for U.S. rice to be exported to China.The group, representing rice farmers in all six rice states

covering close to 90 percent of the U.S. rice crop, offeredguidance to U.S. negotiators to help them finalize a dealthat would be acceptable and manageable to the U.S. in-dustry.The negotiations, between USDA's Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and their Chinesecounterparts (AQSIQ), have dragged on for years and hitsnags recently when the Chinese made demands the U.S.industry felt were not based on sound science."The Chinese are demanding our industry set traps for

insects that do not exist in the United States, and that weset a totally unreasonable number of traps per square footof storage space," said John Owen, a Louisiana rice farmerand chairman of the USA Rice Producers' Group.Chinese negotiators are also demanding very specific

package labeling that is both unprecedented and manyfelt unfeasible.The three organizations came together under the in-

dustry's national organization, USA Rice, to adopt thejoint resolution.Dow Brantley, an Arkansas rice farmer and chairman of

USA Rice, was pleased with the industry's unity andstrong statement that both supports, and guides, U.S. ne-gotiators."There's no question we'd like to participate in the Chi-

nese market, but these ever-evolving demands beingmade by the Chinese government were making it ever-lesslikely we were going to actually gain access to the market,"Brantley said. "We appreciate the efforts of the U.S. nego-tiators on our behalf, and are happy to provide input as aunited industry."Brantley said the market has great potential for the U.S.

industry, and that his group has been working for years toestablish trade relationships and line up customers for theday the phytosanitary deal is complete. However, he saysif the final deal is based on unreasonable, unscientific de-mands that can never be truly satisfied, there's little pointto agreeing."The notion that you can agree to something with the

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The movie “ MatchmakerMary” will be showing atthe theatre in DeValls Bluffon Saturday, July 24, at 6 p.n.The story: After getting

an “A” on her sixth gradefinal exam, Mary (KatherineMcNamara) is rewardedwith a puppy. Experiencingthe love of this little puppy,and seeing several of heradult friends single and un-happy, Mary believes thatplacing two people togetherwith the assistance of someloveable puppies will resultin a happy relationship.With the help of her AuntKaren (Dee Wallace) andCameron Banks, (JeffFahey), the three of thembecome self describedmatchmaking angels Alongthe way, Aunt Karen andCameron, not only becomeaccomplices in theirscheme but they get“matched” too! As her suc-cess ratio continues, Maryutilizes her new matchmak-ing angels to carry out thebiggest and most importantplan: to bring her own par-ents back together again.

Bryar Morden at the Hollywood Cars Museum in Gatlinburg

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George Robert WatersMarcus D. Isbell

Thomas J. PrivettMaxine Putt

John Edward Smith

George Robert Waters,93, went to be with the Lordon Tuesday July 7, 2015. He was born to Jewell

Owen Waters and PearlWhite Waters on January 27,1922 in Prairie County,Arkansas and was the old-est of three children. Hegrew up in the Crossroadscommunity and attendedschools in Crossroads,Plainview, Carlisle, and DesArc. Robert was an honor

graduate in the 1942 class atDes Arc High School.After brief careers in

farming, working at a bak-ery and pipelining he ac-cepted a position in 1944 atAddressograph Multigraphas a service manager. Hewas transferred from LittleRock to Enid, Oklahomawith the company in 1970.August 6, 1949 he mar-

ried Nell Johnson of Des Arcand they had two daughtersKay and Barbara. Robertmarried Linda Miller onJanuary 24, 1971 in Jack-sonville, Arkansas. Theymade their home in Enidwhere they raised theirdaughter Debbie. After 42 years with Ad-

dressograph Mutigraph,Robert retired in 1996, andthen worked several yearsfor Memorial Park Ceme-tery and Enid Speedway. Bob was a people-person

and could always findsomeone to talk to. He en-joyed spending time twice aday with his coffee buddies.Robert is survived by his

wife Linda Waters of Enid,Oklahoma; three daughtersKay Waters Sakaris andJohn, Barbara WatersGeorge all of Houston,Texas, and Debbie Laganand Billy Joe Dilley ofCreede, Colorado; threegrandchildren James Sakar-is of Houston, Texas, DanielGeorge of Honolulu, Ha-waii, and Ashli Coleman ofEnid, Oklahoma; and one-great granddaughter, AudriColeman of Enid, Oklaho-ma. He will be lovingly

missed by everyone. A graveside memorial

service was held Saturday,July 11, at Memorial ParkCemetery in Enid, Oklaho-ma.

Maxine G. Putt, 81, of Lit-tle Rock, formerly of Hazen,passed away Thursday, July16, 2015. Born in Des Arc to John

N. “Doc” Smith and DollieJane Sutterfield Smith, shewas preceded in death byher parents, her siblings,husband, Aubrey L. “Bud-dy” Putt and her son, JohnAubrey Putt. Maxine was a homemak-

er and she and Buddy rantwo businesses over theiryears together, Putt’s DollarStore in Hazen and Putt’sEsso in Stuttgart. She was amember of Center PointMissionary Baptist Churchnear Hazen.Maxine is survived by her

daughter, Sandra and hus-band Stan Grinder of LittleRock; granddaughters,Courtney Grinder of NorthLittle Rock, Rhonda Swin-ford and Daniel Patton ofStuttgart,, Brandy Putt ofLittle Rock and Jamie Puttof Russellville; grandson,Christopher Grinder andwife, Stephanie of Conway;and great-grandchildren,Samantha and ZacheryWorring of Stuttgart, Alexis,Tristan and Cayden Grinderof Canton, Georgia, Made-liene Victoria Grinder ofConway, Kailyn and KelseyPutt of Little Rock andgreat-great grandson, Con-ner Farrester of Stuttgartand she was “Aunt Mac” to ahost of nieces andnephews.Services were held at

Center Point MissionaryBaptist Church on Sunday,July 19.Interment was in the

Center Point Cemetery. Visitation was held on

Saturday, July 18, at West-brook Funeral Home inHazen.

lThomas Joseph Privett,77, of Lonoke, AR died inhis home on Saturday, July11, 2015. Thomas is survived by

his wife of 57 years, LindaSweatman Privett and hisdaughter, Lisa Privett. He ispreceded in death by hisparents, T.E. and MildredPrivett; his son, Joey Privett;and his sister, RosemaryMoody. Thomas, a lifelong resi-

dent of Lonoke, attendedOuachita Baptist Universi-ty, University of Arkansas,and UALR. He became aReal Estate Broker andstarted Privett Real EstateCo. He owned and operat-ed Lonoke Lumber Compa-ny for more than 50 yearsprior to semi-retirement.In the 1970’s, he developedPrivett Park Subdivisionand built over 150 houses inthe community.Devoted to the City of

Lonoke, Thomas was Mayorfor four years, from January2003 to December 2006 andCity Treasurer from January1973 to December 2002. Hewas instrumental in bring-ing the Hwy 89/I-40 inter-change and worked tire-lessly to bring industry,businesses and progress toLonoke. The Lonoke Area ofChamber of Commerce rec-ognized this service withawarding “The Order of OakTree-Deeply Rooted inCommunity Investment” toMayor Thomas Privett in2005.His community involve-

ment began early withmembership the local andstate chapter of Jayceesserving as State Vice Presi-dent in 1968 and State Pres-ident in 1969. Recognizedas one of the OutstandingYoung Men in America in1968 receiving that nationalhonor in a ceremony inMemphis. That year he al-so received the M. KeithUpson Award and the Out-standing VP for ArkansasJaycees. The Lonoke chap-ter of Jaycees recognizedthis with the DistiquishedService Award in 1974 andBoss of the Year in 1981. Heis a lifetime member ofArkansas Jaycee Senatorsand JCI Senators. He was a member of

Lonoke Baptist Church, butover the last few yearsfound another church fam-ily in Lonoke Assembly ofGod.Memorial Services were

held at 10:30 am onWednesday, July 15, atLonoke Baptist Church inLonoke. Arrangements were by

Boyd Funeral Home,Lonoke, AR. In lieu of flowers, memo-

rial contributions may bemade to either Friends ofLonoke Animal Shelter, POBox 384, Lonoke, AR 72086or Open Arms Shelter, POBox 161, Lonoke, AR 72086

Marcus Dee Isbell, age73, of Carlisle, Arkansaswent to be with the Lord onMonday, July 12, 2015. Hewas born July 30, 1941 inthe Snake Island Commu-nity to the late Joe T. Isbelland Carlee Nation Isbell. He is survived by his wife

of 54 years, Linda Tipton Is-bell; two daughters, Carla(Martie) Underwood ofCarlisle, and Karen (Mike)Fairbanks of Russellville;four grandchildren, Justin(Brodie) Underwood, StacieUnderwood, Trent andGrant Fairbanks; one sister,Cora Etta Isbell Billings andmany nieces, nephews,loved ones and friends.He was preceded in

death by his parents, twosisters, Helen Virginia Isbelland Mary Etta Isbell Pruettand one brother Joe CarrollIsbell.He was a member of the

Snake Island communitychurch for 41 years until theclosing in 2011 where hewas Sunday School Super-intendent for many years.He is currently a member ofthe Humnoke PentecostalChurch of God in Humnokeand served on the Board ofDirectors. He was employed with

Riceland Foods of Stuttgartfor 31 years and retired in2006. After retirement hestayed busy serving in hischurch, helping his son-in-law, Martie Underwood, onthe farm, helping in WalterBowlan’s repair shop, andplaying with his grandchil-dren.Funeral Services were

held Wednesday, July 15, at2:00 p.m. at the PentecostalChurch of God in Hum-noke. Interment followed in

the Hamilton Cemeterywith arrangemenys by BoydFuneral Home of Lonoke.www.boydfuneralhome.net.

Kenneth “Big Kenny”Gray Sr., 63, was born May15, 1952 to Robert and Vio-let Gray. He left this worldsuddenly on June 18, 2015.Big Kenny was preceded indeath by his parents, twosisters and one brother.Big Kenny is survived by

his companion of 13 years,Cecilia “Boo Bear” Murrayand their two Chihuahuas,Peppy and Lizzie.He is also survived by his

children, Heather (Jason)Williams of Alvin, Texas,Kenneth “Little Kenny”(Stacy) Gray Jr. of Willis,Texas, and Sean (Juanita)Gray of Alvin, Texas. He alsoleaves to cherish his memo-ry eight grandchildren, Brit-tanie, Zachory, Tristyn,Hannah, Lyndsey, Bradley,Austin and Lily; one broth-er, Gene; one sister Brenda;and the mother of his chil-dren, Linda Martin. Big Kenny served as a

staff sergeant in the UnitedStates army from 1973-1983.A memorial service will

be held at a later date.Professional Services en-

trusted to and provided byRichardson Memorial Fu-neral Home, Stuttgart.

Cleaodis Pickett wasborn to the union of Iscom(Butch) Pickett and HarrietAlexander Pickett on Nov.17, 1953. He entered eternallife on July 8, 2015.Cleaodis Pickett enlisted

in the United States Navyon Feb. 29, 1975. He was ac-tive three years and inactivethree years. Later in life hewas employed at RicelandInc. for 30 years before re-tiring. He was a member of the

Bethel AME Church underthe leadership of Rev.Napoleon Davis Jr. wherehe was the prime exampleof a faithful and reverentworker until his health de-clined. He was well taughtand very studious in theword of God. He was a de-voted servant of God withseveral roles in his church: aSunday School Teacher,which was one of his pas-sions, a Trustee and a mem-ber of the Sons of Allen toname a few.He was a loving and

compassionate husband,father, son, brother, uncleand friend. He enjoyed thesports of basketball andfootball and enjoyed play-ing dominos.

Cleaodis Pickett waspreceded in death by his fa-ther, Iscom (Butch) Pickettand sister, Emma Pickett.His memories will live on

through his loving wife of13 years, Mrs. Mary AnnPickett; his mother, HarrietPickett; one son, DelbertPickett of Maumelle andstep son; Andrew Bryant ofStuttgart; three step-daughters, Deshundra Tay-lor, Anita Brantley and An-gela (Ray) Thompson; threebrothers, Ray (Maretta)Pickett and Anthony(Kandy) Pickett ofLewisville, Texas, and KeithPickett of Stuttgart; four sis-ters, Betty Chambers, Bar-bara (Wilbert) Owens, Jan-ice Pickett Wofford, all ofStuttgart, and Shirley Pick-ett of Detroit, Michigan; 13grandchildren; one great-grandchild.Funeral service was Sat-

urday, July 18, at BethelAME Church, Stuttgart at 11a.m.Integrity Funeral Home,

Stuttgart, was in charge ofarrangements.

Kenneth Gray,former Armysergeant, dies

Clara M. Bishopdies at Chambersin Carlisle

E. L. Hendersonwas formerlywith Wingmead

Maxine G. Putt,Des Arc native,dies at Little Rock

Cleaodis Pickettdies at Stuttgart

John E. Smithwas native ofCross Roads

Robert Waterswas formerlocal resident

T. J. Privettwas formerLonoke Mayor

Marcus D. Isbellwas formerlywith Riceland

John Edward Smith ofNorth Little Rock died Sun-day, July 19, 2015. He was born June 9, 1924

to Bill and Mabel Smith inthe Cross Roads Communi-ty, near Des Arc, in PrairieCounty Arkansas. He served in the United

States Army, was a Veteranof WWII and was on UtahBeach during the Nor-mandy invasion. He enlist-ed from the Army into theArkansas National Guardwhere he served for 23years before retiring as aMaster Sergeant. He also re-tired with 37 years of serv-ice from the VA at FortRoots.He was a member of

Gardner Memorial UnitedMethodist Church for over50 years, a member of theFidelis Class and the XYZ.John and his family hadmany fond memories oftheir times at Gardner. Heserved on various boardsand committees over hislifetime and was active inthe Medical Clinic ministryuntil a few years ago. John was preceded in

death by his parents; hiswife of 52 years, Anna BellGlover Smith; and brother,Thurlo Smith. He is sur-vived by his sons, Rayburn(Tammy) Smith and Jeffery(Sherrie) Smith; six grand-children; three great-grand-children; and sister, PatsySouthard.In lieu of flowers the

family requests memorialsbe made to Gardner Memo-rial United MethodistChurch, 1723 Schaer Street,North Little Rock, Arkansas72114 or Cystic FibrosisFoundation, 1501 NorthPierce Street, Little Rock,Arkansas 72207.Funeral services were-

held at 2:00 p.m. Wednes-day, July 22, at Gardner Me-morial United MethodistChurch. Interment was in the

Arkansas Memorial Gar-dens.www.SmithFamilyCares.com.

Clara Mae Bishop, 74, ofHumphrey passed awaySaturday, July 18, 2015, atChambers Nursing Homein Carlisle.Clara was born April 4,

1941, in Pine Bluff to JesseJames Beliew and VioletBradberry Beliew. She was ahomemaker and retiredhousekeeping supervisor.She loved to crochet andtend to her garden, and wasan avid reader.Besides her parents, she

was preceded in death by ason, David Bishop; onebrother, James Beliew; andone sister, Freda Yarbrough.Survivors are three sons,

Michael Bishop, Carl Bish-op and wife Maria andRobert Bishop and wifeDebbie, all of HeberSprings; eight grandchil-dren; and numerous great-grandchildren.Funeral services are 11

a.m. Wednesday at TurpinFuneral Home with visita-tion beginning at 10 a.m.before the service. Burial was in Hamilton

Cemetery.

Edward Lee Henderson,88, of Stuttgart passed awaySaturday, July 4, 2015, atCrestpark in Stuttgart.Mr. Henderson was born

Dec. 2, 1926, in Walters,Oklahoma, to Edward LeeHenderson Sr. and ZellaHoodenpyle Tatum. He re-ceived a Bachelor of Sci-ence degree in animal hus-bandry from the Universityof Oklahoma. He hadworked at Cripple Creek inOklahoma and WingmeadFarms near Roe and wasmanager at Saddle and Sir-loin Club in Kansas City. Hewas an avid duck hunterand dog trainer of a line ofWeimaraners. He was also aMethodist, Mason and anArmy veteran of the KoreanWar.Besides his parents, he

was preceded in death byhis wife, Cordie EvelynSparks Henderson.A casual memorial serv-

ice will be 1 p.m. Friday, Ju-ly 24, at Lone Tree Cemeterychapel.Cremation arrange-

ments provided by TurpinFuneral Home, Inc. ofStuttgart.

Terry Lee Peoples ofStuttgart was born Aug. 5,1966 to James Lewis Peo-ples and Letha Mae Holt-Peoples. He departed thisearthly life on Thursday, Ju-ly 9, 2015.Terry graduated from

Stuttgart High in 1984. Hisfavorite pastime waswatching football andwrestling. As family andfriends reminisce aboutstories of Terry, they will re-member his smile, hislaughter and his outgoingpersonality.Terry was preceded in

death by his mother, LethaMae Holt-Peoples.He leaves to cherish his

memories a loving father,

Mr. James Lewis Peoples;five sons, Carlos Cox,Jerome Cox, Terrell LeePeoples, Tyrin OsheaKnighten Peoples and Ty-ron James Knighten Peo-ples; one daughter, AmyahDachele Knighten Peoples;two brothers, James Peo-ples Jr. and Larry Peoples;four sisters, Mary Jo (Seller)Herring, Marilyn Peoples,Gloria Hicks and Lou AnnPeoples; a very specialfriend, Quechele Knighten;with a host of nieces,nephews, cousins and oth-er relatives that really lovedhim.Funeral service was Sat-

urday, July 18, at 1 p.m. atHoly Benton.

Terry Lee Peoples dies at Stuttgart

PAGE 7 - JULY 23, 2015

Ray McVay Sr., Mary Sue Roe, Marilyn Burnett and Harvey Joe Sanner

Standing: Bart and Laura Calhoun. Seated: Lynn Sanner, Butch Calhoun, Wilma Robinson and Claretta Anderson

From left: Sadie Foster, Helen Holloway, Thelma Gray, Holly Powell, and Deronda Tucker, past presi-dent of Prairie County Democratic Women

L-R: Deronda Tucker, Rita Farris; Chris Weems, president of Prairie County Democratic Women;Harvey Joe Sanner, Chairman of Prairie County Democratic Central Committee, Nell Pichand Jerry Aycock

Twenty Prairie County Democrats wereamong an annonced 2,500 persons whoattended the Jefferson-Jackson DinnerSaturday evening, July 18, at Verizon Arenain North Little Rock. Former U.S. FirstLady Hillary Rodham Clinton was theKeynote speaker.

The invocation was given by Rev. JustinBilson, Youth Pastor, St. Mark’s BaptistChurch. Carlos Cervantes, a Vietnam WarVeteran, led the Pledge of Allegiance.Caleb Conrad sang the National Anthem.

Awards were made to Democrats fromacross Arkansas. Vince Insalaco, chair-man, Democratic Party of Arkansas, intro-duced Asher Brooklyn, Jaylen Harber andLiberty Walls, children, who gave specialreasons for why they were happy to pres-ent Mrs. Clinton to the crowd.

Former Governor Mike Beebe made theformal introduction of the Keynote Speak-er, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The former First Lady of Arkansas re-ceived an enthusiastic welcome from theArkansas audience. Mrs. Clinton remi-nisced about her days in Arkansas, “Work-ing on ways to improve education for ourchildren, such as helping implement theHIPPY program that she had seen a model

of in Israel.” Mrs. Clinton spoke about her grand-

daughter, Charlotte, who is not quite ayear old. They all read to her, sing and talkto her she said.

She was critical of the Republicans’conservative philosophy of “trickle-down”economics, the idea that the tax breaks forthe wealthiest Americans will lead to eco-nomic benefits for Americans at all in-come levels.

Mrs. Clinton said that as president, shewill “work toward expanding pre-kinder-garten education opportunities. She alsowants to enact sensible regulation on WallStreet, work at rebuilding the nations’ in-frastructiure and support job gowth acrossthe country”.

She also wants “to find ways to curbgrowing student debt, saying educatonshould lift up young people, not drag themdown.”

“The Republicans, “ she said, “need torealize that climate change is real and willaffect generations to come. We can moveforward into a clean energy future and wecan create millions of good new jobs if wego forward with that.”

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Photos and story by Chris Weems

ABOVE: Greg Smith, on the ground, assisting the “Mosquito Man”, detaches hose dispensing thechemical mixture used to spray mosquitos from Stan Ferguson’s plane.

BELOW: Stan Ferguson was seen on Friday evening, July 17 spraying for mosquitos over Des Arc.

MOSQUITO MAN:

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Ray McVay Sr., Mary Sue Roe, Marilyn Burnett and Harvey Joe Sanner

Standing: Bart and Laura Calhoun. Seated: Lynn Sanner, Butch Calhoun, Wilma Robinson and Claretta Anderson

From left: Sadie Foster, Helen Holloway, Thelma Gray, Holly Powell, and Deronda Tucker, past presi-dent of Prairie County Democratic Women

L-R: Deronda Tucker, Rita Farris; Chris Weems, president of Prairie County Democratic Women;Harvey Joe Sanner, Chairman of Prairie County Democratic Central Committee, Nell Pichand Jerry Aycock

Twenty Prairie County Democrats wereamong an annonced 2,500 persons whoattended the Jefferson-Jackson DinnerSaturday evening, July 18, at Verizon Arenain North Little Rock. Former U.S. FirstLady Hillary Rodham Clinton was theKeynote speaker.

The invocation was given by Rev. JustinBilson, Youth Pastor, St. Mark’s BaptistChurch. Carlos Cervantes, a Vietnam WarVeteran, led the Pledge of Allegiance.Caleb Conrad sang the National Anthem.

Awards were made to Democrats fromacross Arkansas. Vince Insalaco, chair-man, Democratic Party of Arkansas, intro-duced Asher Brooklyn, Jaylen Harber andLiberty Walls, children, who gave specialreasons for why they were happy to pres-ent Mrs. Clinton to the crowd.

Former Governor Mike Beebe made theformal introduction of the Keynote Speak-er, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The former First Lady of Arkansas re-ceived an enthusiastic welcome from theArkansas audience. Mrs. Clinton remi-nisced about her days in Arkansas, “Work-ing on ways to improve education for ourchildren, such as helping implement theHIPPY program that she had seen a model

of in Israel.” Mrs. Clinton spoke about her grand-

daughter, Charlotte, who is not quite ayear old. They all read to her, sing and talkto her she said.

She was critical of the Republicans’conservative philosophy of “trickle-down”economics, the idea that the tax breaks forthe wealthiest Americans will lead to eco-nomic benefits for Americans at all in-come levels.

Mrs. Clinton said that as president, shewill “work toward expanding pre-kinder-garten education opportunities. She alsowants to enact sensible regulation on WallStreet, work at rebuilding the nations’ in-frastructiure and support job gowth acrossthe country”.

She also wants “to find ways to curbgrowing student debt, saying educatonshould lift up young people, not drag themdown.”

“The Republicans, “ she said, “need torealize that climate change is real and willaffect generations to come. We can moveforward into a clean energy future and wecan create millions of good new jobs if wego forward with that.”

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ABOVE: Greg Smith, on the ground, assisting the “Mosquito Man”, detaches hose dispensing thechemical mixture used to spray mosquitos from Stan Ferguson’s plane.

BELOW: Stan Ferguson was seen on Friday evening, July 17 spraying for mosquitos over Des Arc.

MOSQQUITO MAN:

M. Wayne Covington, aretired dairy farmer ofAustin, Arkansas, was calledhome by our Lord Friday,July 17, 2015.Wayne was preceded in

death by his parents, Milton“Buddy” Covington andMarldene Thomas Coving-ton, and a brother, James C.Covington.Wayne is survived by his

wife, Phyllis McCollum Cov-ington of forty-nine years;sons, Dewayne and daugh-ter-in-law Susan Seiden-schwarz Covington, andDavid and daughter-in-lawKim Call Covington, Rustyand daughter-in-law BettyAnn Webb Robertson, andadopted by the heart Jerrelland daughter-in-law TraciHoltquist Cummings;grandchildren, Casey andSarah Covington, GarrettCovington and LakenSanderson, Hannah Coving-

ton, Ann MarieCovington, MasonCovington, KaitlynCummings, Mc-Kenzie Cum-mings, Kane Cum-mings; great-grandchildren,Keira Covingtonand Camden Cov-ington; sisters,Mary Lois andbrother-in-lawDavid Rick andMelba and broth-er-in-law DeweyHiggs; sister-in-law Patricia andbrother-in-lawSteve Johnson; and a host ofnieces and nephews, ex-tended family and manydear friends.Family will receive

friends from 6:00 to 8:00p.m. Wednesday at Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home,Beebe.

Funeral service will be10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 23,at the Mt. Carmel BaptistChurch in Cabot.Interment will be in Oak

Grove Cemetery. Arrangements by Smith-

Westbrook Funeral Home.www.smithfamilycares.com

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“ T“ T H EH E PP A G E SA G E S TT U R N E DU R N E D BB A C KA C K ””(Compiled from White River Journal files)

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Our old friend, Mr. J.J. Johnson of nearDes Arc, and one of

our best farmers, was in townon business Tuesday. Mr.Johnson informed us that hehad 10 acres in sorghumwhich he would make intomolasses, beginning in ashort time.We regret very much to

state that our highly es-teemed citizen, Mr. D. J.Burks, who was stricken withparalysis last week, is in a se-rious condition. We hope,however, that he will recover.We failed to mention last

week that Mr. and Mrs. T. E.Atkins have purchased the U.E. Brown Cafe. They are nowin charge and with their ex-perience in the restaurantbusiness, we predict forthem a success.

At last the farmer hasfound something that he canturn into ready cash. Withwheat selling for around 25cents a bushel and butter,chickens, and eggs at thelowest price level in years,the tiller of the soil has beenhard put to realize enoughcash to buy shoes for hisfamily. Now comes word thatfarmers are turning a plagueinto cash in Nebraska. Peo-ple of that state, invaded bygrasshoppers, are sellingthem to fish hatcheries for 20cents a pound and hundredsof pounds are being shipped.The last six months has

seen more stringent enforce-ment of the prohibition lawsthan at any time within thelast six years, said F. ScottMcBride, national superin-tendent of the Anti-SaloonLeague, and that they wouldsupport President HerbertHoover who is making anhonest effort to have prohi-bition enforced and is suc-ceeding to a degree that isdisconcerting wets. “We can-not support the candidaciesof Franklin D. Roosevelt, Al-fred Smith, or Owen D.Young, Democratic nomi-nees. He said they wouldsupport Senator JosephRobinson of Arkansas andformer Gov. Harvey Byrd of

Virginia.Commission merchants

buying crops from farmerswho received drouth loanswere warned today by theAgriculture Department thatthey are liable if the borrow-ers fail to repay the govern-ment. Farmers in the drouthstates have been grantedloans in the amount of$67,000,000 from the emer-gency fund approved by thelast Congress.The Town of Des Arc has

passed Ordinance 139 re-quiring all persons withbutcher shops to pay an in-spection fee in the amountsas follows: 25 cents per car-cass for sheep and goats; 50cents per carcass for hogs; 50cents per carcass for cattleweighing up to 200 pounds;and $1.00 for cattle over 200pounds, for the purpose ofpaying for the cost of inspec-tion.Lady tourists and their

chauffeur, 25 in number,who had been attending aconvention in Chicago, trav-eling across country, stoppedat the Henderson Cafe in thiscity for supper Sundayevening. Mr. Henderson saidhis whole force was quitebusy for a while serving theirguests. A petition of several resi-

dents was presented to theCity Council Tuesday nightasking sanitary relief andprotection from the polluteddrainage from the HotelKerin (Des Arc Hotel)that has been permitted toflow in front of their premis-es. Mayor Erwin has askedthe health officer for advice.Messrs. Lawson and

Guthrie of Hazen, represen-tatives of the Standard OilCo., were over with theirtanks replenishing their fill-ing stations here Tuesday.The Des Arc Pharmacy

advises that they will buyyour used High Schoolbooks.Des Arc has been over-

flowed this week with fruitsand vegetables of all kindsfrom the country.

Mrs. Lila Sallee, Dis-trict Nursing Con-sultant from the

State Board of Health, isspending several days in thiscounty conferring with HealthNurse Mrs. Clessie Waddell.Due to the tire situation, muchthought and time are neededto plan a well balanced pro-gram for the prevention andcontrol of disease, she said.David O. Terry, candidate

for the U. S. Senate, writes tothe Superintendents of theSunday School Conference atMount Sequoyah, Fayetteville,Ark.: I know that I express theviews and conviction of everyMother and Father through-out this country in favoringlegislation that will make pos-sible eradication of liquor andvice conditions at or in Mili-tary Camps. I also favor an ex-panded program of U.S.O. ac-tivities, to give better recre-ational facilities.Arkansas farmers are mak-

ing unusual effort to aid in thefight against the Axis, reportsStewart L. Bryan, senior agri-cultural statistician of the Fed-eral State Crop ReportingService, and J. V. Highfill, FSAstate director, indicate. Cropreports show that Arkansasfarmers have planted2,105,000 acres of corn;319,000 acres of oats and smallgrain; 98,000 acres of peanuts;378,000 acres of soybeans, and268,000 acres of rice.Jack Holt, candidate for U.

S. Senator, says, “While Amer-ican boys were receiving $21 amonth to fight and die onBataan, Corregidor, Wake Is-land and Midway, my oppo-nents took time out to votethemselves a pension of farmore dollars than most peoplein Arkansas earn by the sweatof their brow. John McClellan,earned $40,000 during his fouryears in Congress and intro-duced only 32 bills; over halfto pay for personal claims.Our old friend, Lt. Dave Hill

of the U. S. Army, now locatedat Camp McClelland, Ark.,spent several days with friendsin this his former home thisweek.Our young friend, Joe

Atkins, member of the U. S. AirCorps, is on leave and spend-ing this week with parents, Mr.and Mrs. T. E. Atkins.Miss Vivian Buchanan and

Mrs. Henrietta Sommers ofthis city are spending their va-cation visiting with relativesand friends in Homer, La. andJefferson, Texas.Notice: $1.50 Reward for

the return to me in good con-dition, One Ice Satchel, lostbetween Des Arc and Childersfilling station on July 10.Ernest Norman, Des Arc.Willis Eddins, who had an-

nounced his candidacy forCounty Treasurer, has sincehad a checkup by his physi-cian, who advised that hisphysical condition would notpermit him to campaign.

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Charles Cooper, man-ager of the PhillipsVanHeusen Corp.

Shirt Factory at Des Arc,moved the pilot plant fromthe Berry brick on mainstreet to the brand new air-conditioned factory buildingon Highway 11 west of DesArc last weekend. Ten newemployees have been hired.Production has reached wellover 100 dozen shirts perday.Construction of tele-

phone facilities for the resi-dents of the Hickory Plainsarea is progressing accordingto schedule, says T. B.Hollingsworth, divisionmanager for the Southwest-ern States Telephone Co. atStuttgart. The system pro-vides 173 more connectionswith the Des Arc exchangewhich means the new tele-phone dial system in eitherof these exchanges may dialeach other without long dis-tance charges.Officers are making it

rough for traffic violators inthis area. Although notifiedof the checks for brakes,lights, licenses etc, violatorswere more than ever the pastweekend. Officers working tomake highways safe are townmarshals, W. B. Whitaker andRoss Holmes; deputy sheriffH. L. (Bud) Forrester; JohnHunnicutt of the AlcoholicBeverage Control, and statepolicemen Clifford Mask andBill Breashears. Those arrest-ed were fined before MayorJason W. Hull and Justice ofthe Peace Henry Brown.C. W. Crowly, Prairie

County farmer, has been ap-pointed to the FarmersHome Administration coun-ty committee, according toEugene H. Smith, theagency’s county supervisor.Reverend S. B. Echols and

Reverend Elbert Pool willbegin their non-denomina-tional “Camp Meeting” hereAugust 3 for two weeks. The

Camp Meeting is being setup on grounds at the Echolshome west of town on High-way 11 known as the JeffCampbell hickory mill site.There will be a large tent forservices and one providingfood.Talk around town Satur-

day night insisted that it wastrue that J. H. Broadaway,age about 40, had jumped ordived from the middle of theWhite River suspensionbridge, some 75 feet to thewater below just before dark.Trying to verify the informa-tion, we found that MayorJason Hull and MarshalWhitaker had gone to thescene and found Broad-away’s new Chevy and droveit off the bridge. They saidBroadaway had come to theMayor and asked what hisfine would be. He was told bythe Mayor that there was nofine but that he should havelet people know so theycould have watched his feat.He is a former East Side resi-dent and was said to havemade the dive on a dare.A large group of Des Arc

businessmen made a trip upWhite River yesterday,camped out, cooked and atesupper and breakfast on thebig sand bar at what isknown as Chandler log yard.Four boats were taken on thetrip, owned by Leo Simmons,Eagle Boyd, Homer Ridoutand Joe Skarda. Others onthe trip were Marvin Moore,Willis Eddins, Ervil Fetters,Tom Edd Livesay, Slew Pirtle,Alvin Green, V. O. Calhoun,Bob Norman, Buddy Rogers,Max Hestir, Howard Fordand John Bethell.The annual 4-H dress

revue was held at the FirstMethodist Church in HazenJuly 20. Winners included:Carol Stallings of Oak Prairie,Junior Sweepstakes winner;and Gloria Faye Webber ofOak Prairie, Senior Sweep-stakes winner.

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Jonathan Grubbssuccumbs afterlengthy illness

Members from fire departmentsacross Prairie County honored Cap-tain Jonathan Grubbs of the DeVallsBluff Fire Department with a “Fire-man’s Funeral” Saturday morning,July 18. Captain Grubbs was not only a

dedicated firefighter, but he hadalso fought lukemia which hadthreatened his life from the age ofthree.Following the funeral service and

loading of the casket onto thehearse (above photo), fire trucksfrom Des Arc, Hazen, Tollville, SandHill, Biscoe, DeValls Bluff, CenterPoint, Northside and Oak Prairie ledthe funeral procession from Des Arcto Hazen for interment.(Departments from Brown Grove,

Slovak and Cross Roads had no re-serve fire trucks they could send.)

Casket being hoisted atop DeValls Bluff fire truck by fellow DVB firemen

Plaque presented to Jonathan’s family

Firemen and police salute family members as they enter funeral home

Jonathan Grubbs

Services at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church for retired dairy man, Wayne Covington

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Jonathan DeWayneGrubbs, 31, of DeValls Bluffdied at his parent’s homeThursday, July 16, 2015.Jonathan was born Au-

gust 25, 1983 in Little Rock,Arkansas to Derrell andKaren (Stallings) Grubbs.He had suffered with re-

curring luekemia since hewas three years old.Survivors include his

parents; a special sister,Lori Jackson; his maternalgrandmother, Martha Stal-lings; his paternal grandfa-ther, Lloyd Grubbs, and nu-merous aunts, uncles, andcousins. Jonathan was preceded

in death by his grandfather,E. B. Stallings; and hisgrandmother, AnnettaGrubbs. Funeral services were

held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday,July 18, at Garth FuneralHome Chapel in Des Arcwith Bro. Sam Parker offici-ating. Interment was in theHazen Cemetery. Pallbearers were Lance

Stallings, Cory Stallings,Kevin Cook, Joshua Dixon,Jeremy Stogner, JoshuaRodden and Will Loan. Honorary pallbearers

were members of all PrairieCounty fire Departments. Web site to sign guest

book or express sympathy:www.garthfuneralhome.comEditorial Note: In a serv-

ice-ending tribute, a packedChapel heard Johathan’snumber 1304 called threetimes on all the firemen’spagers. After the last call, avoice over the speaker an-nounced that he was here-by relieved of duty.

M. Wayne Covington

The State Review Boardof the Arkansas HistoricPreservation Program willconsider 11 Arkansas prop-erties in seven counties fornomination to the NationalRegister of Historic Placeswhen it meets at 10 a.m. onWednesday, August 5.Properties to be consid-

ered for National Registernomination include theHighway 79 Bridge Bound-ary Increase at Clarendonin Monroe County

Clarendon bridgeconsidered forhistoric register

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