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MON. AUG. 31, 6 PM, PEP (Proud Eagle Parent) Club meets. DA High SchoolMrs. Hill’s Classroom #128

WED., SEPT. 2, 6:30 PMAwana Open HouseLakeside Missionary Bapt.Ages 3 through 12th grade

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TUES., SEPT. 8, 7 PMFarm Bureau Annual meetTollville Parish Hall

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Improvements to StateHighways 249 and 302 willrequire lane closures inPrairie County, accordingto Arkansas State Highwayand Transportation De-partment (AHTD) officials.Crews will seal both

highways with BituminousSurface Treatment (liquidasphalt and pea gravel).The work will include theentire length of State High-way 249 and State Highway302 between State Highway249 and State Highway 86.The lane closures in sec-

tions of both State High-ways will occur weekdaysbetween 8:00 a.m. and 5:00p.m. starting on Tuesday,

August 25th and will con-tinue until Thursday, Sep-tember 10th, weather per-mitting.Bituminous surface

treatment is a provenmethod of sealing cracksand providing a durablewearing surface utilizinglocal materials at an eco-nomical cost. It usuallytakes from four to eightdays from the time the ma-terial is placed until theloose material is swept offthe roadway. The timevaries with the length ofthe section being surfacedand weather conditions. Drivers are urged to use

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a highway that is undergo-ing this treatment becausegravel can cause glassbreakage when it is kickedup by a vehicle that is trav-eling too fast for condi-tions. Numerous signs are

placed near the work zoneto warn drivers of the con-ditions and to restrictspeed to 25 mph. Speed isthe primary factor in re-ducing glass damage. 0Additional travel infor-

mation can be found atIDriveArkansas.com orArkansasHighways.com.You can also follow us onTwitter @AHTD.

The former Searcy policechief on Monday pleadedguilty to possession of acontrolled substance, U.S.Attorney for the EasternDistrict of ArkansasChristopher Thyer said.Jeremy Clark, 36, who re-

signed as Searcy policechief March 3 after authori-ties executed a search war-rant on his home, said thatin August 2014 he obtainedhydrocodone from “at leastone person” who was notauthorized to distribute acontrolled substance, Thyersaid in a news release.Clark was sentenced to

one year of probation,which will include drugcounseling and randomdrug tests, and he will pay a$1,000 fine.Clark also agreed that he

will not seek or accept em-ployment as a law enforce-ment officer with any local,state or federal agency,Thyer said.

The base for the new electronic sign at the Des Arc High School campus is nearing com-pletion. The new sign should arrive in the next week according to school officials. Thesign will be a great addition to the campus. Funds to purchase the sign were proceedsfrom Family Fun Night and other fundraising activities sponsored by the PEP (Proud EagleParent) Club.

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Highway improvements in Prairie Countywill require temporary lane closures

FormerSearcypolice chiefpleads guilty

FIRST RICE AT RICELAND: The first rice of the currentharvest received at Riceland Foods in Des Arc came fromthe Kevin and Robin Harvey farm on Friday, August 21. Thevariety was X729.It was Grade 1 with 18.3 moisture con-tent. Pictured are Scott Huddleston, driver of the truckbringing in the load, with Riceland manager, Drew Widen-er.

Griffithville familyin fatal accidentnear Pine BluffOn August 5, according

to State Police, three peo-ple were killed and threeinjured in a two-vehicle ac-cident that occurred nearPine Bluff involving a Grif-fithville family.Jefferson County Coro-

ner Chad Kelly identifiedthe victims as William Wil-hite, 32, Julie Wilhite, 27,and a 7-year old girl, allfrom Griffithville, Arkansas.The three were pro-nounced dead at the sceneabout 3:00 a. m.The three were passen-

gers in a 2003 Honda vandriven by Jessica Pruitt, 27,of Wisner, Louisiana, thatwas southbound when thevan was struck head-on bya 2010 GMC driven by Mar-tin Cathey, 54, of Pine Bluffthat was traveling north-

bound in the southboundlane, Trooper Kevin Helmsaid in the preliminary re-port.Pruitt, Cathey and an 8-

year old girl who was alsoin the van were injured.State David Sims said thegirl was taken to ArKansasChildren’s Hospital in LittleRock by an air ambulanceand was listed in criticalcondition. Pruitt andCathey were taken to Jeffer-son Medical Center in PineBluff and listed as critical.Sims said the accident

was reported at 2:09 a. m.near the Pines Mall.Sims said the victims

were in the process of mov-ing from Griffithville toLouisiana. He also said theaccident is still being inves-tigated.

School enrollmentdown at both schoolsAccording to Des Arc El-

ementary School PrincipalDena Rooks, total enroll-ment at the school as thefirst week of the new schoolyear ended was 292 ingrades K-6. With Pre-K included the

enrollment rises to 313 stu-dents. High School Superin-

tendent Nick Hill reportstotal enrollment in highschool, grades 7-12, afterone week of school is 272.Total enrollment for all

three schools is 564.Enrollment last year was

310 in elementary schooland 282 in high schoolwhich means 28 fewer stu-dents enrolled this year.

School board schedulesmeeting for public reportThe Des Arc School

Board, meeting Tuesdaynight, set a date for its an-nual report to the public. The board voted unani-

mously to schedule a spe-cial meeting before thenext board meeting for theAnnual Report to the Pub-lic. The date for the publicreport is 6:30 p.m. on Mon-day, September 28.Board members voted to

approve the school joiningthe Cooperative Purchas-

ing Network (TCPN).Purchases unanimously

approved included newcopy machines from Capi-tal Business Inc. for the ele-mentary and high school.and 16 mini I-pads andfour charging stations. TitleI funding will be used forthe purchases.The board also approved

the purchase of seven Red-cat audio systems withTitle I funding. The board voted unani-

mously to hire Retha Allredas a part-time cafeteriaworker for the currentschool year.The following board

members were present:Stewart Morton, JohnnyReidhar, Charlie Brown,Billy Hinson, Eric Kennedy,Kent Childers, SylvesterHolloway and School Su-perintendent Nick Hill.Visitors at the meeting

were Josh Kessler, DenaRooks and Alison Cox.

Secretary Wesley Ward

Secretary of Agriculture Wesley Wardspeaking at annual Farm Bureau meeting

Arkansas’ Secretary ofAgiculture Wesley Ward willbe the guest speaker for theannual Farm Bureau mem-bership meeting scheduledfor Tuesday, Sept. 8.Secretary Ward was ap-

pointed to the position byGov. Asa Hutchinson.“Wes Ward is someone

who understandsArkansas’s important place

in the world when it comesto agriculture, and his cre-dentials make him impec-cably well suited to thisjob,”said Gov. Hutchinson.. The meeting will be held

at the Parish Hall at Tollvilleat 7:30 p. m.

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“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder Iwork the more I have of it.”

-Thomas Jefferson

Is America headed for nothing at all . .

By Glenn MolletteMost Americans cannot tell you how many Republi-

cans are running for President. If they are like me atthis point, they don't care. I suppose if ten more peo-ple announce their candidacy we would just nod ourheads sort of like Linda Blair did in the movie The Ex-orcist. If you didn't see the movie it wasn't pretty.

There is not much pretty right now about all the po-litical rhetoric in our country. I guess we shrug ourshoulders and say, "That's politics in America." Actual-ly it's entertaining and will become more so. We haveLindsey Graham shattering his cell phone after Trumpgave out his phone number. Rand Paul tried to becometheatrical sawing up a copy of the tax code. Ted Cruzrecently called Mitch McConnell a liar and Mike Huck-abee has the Jews at the door of a furnace if the Irannuclear arms deal goes through. Personally I don't likethe idea of trusting anything to Iran either. If they get abomb we will be the second people they will drop oneon, right after Israel. All the while Trump's hairdo hasnot changed. If I had $10 billion dollars I would at leastget a different haircut. While the Republicans get loud-er Hillary is still dealing with her email problems andBernie Sanders is turning up the chase just a bit.

Trying to answer the question of who will be ournext President is a little scary. Just exactly who will beour next Commander in Chief? Who really has the bestideas and the leadership ability to pull this country to-gether and save us from going the way of Greece?

While politicians slug it out Americans are dealingwith their own worries. How long will we have SocialSecurity for retirement? How will Medicare ever pay all

the growing medical bills? My wife recently had threetests done in one of our esteemed clinics and the billwas over $10,000! Fortunately our insurance paid$7,700 but that left us with a nice balance. In my opin-ion the three tests were worth about $2,300.00. I sus-pect we paid the bill and our insurance company wasslammed for the $7,700 of gravy money. Stuff like thisis happening all around. We have University Presidentsin this nation making close to a million dollars a yearwhile 22 year old kids try to pay back their $60,000 col-lege loans. All the while many of the corporations andunions that promised to pay generous lifelong retire-ments plus all the medical bills are trying to renege orat least edit what they promised.

Many Americans watch the news and they knowthat ISIS and terrorism are growing. They know ourjobs are leaving America. They know education is ex-pensive. Even with Obamacare going to the doctor isoften cost prohibitive. They know our country is beingflooded with illegals and they have realized that inmany cases our kids may not have the American lifethat our parents did.

In the midst of all this many Americans are de-pressed and feel hopeless and many don't give an iotaabout who is a Democrat or a Republican. They wantsomebody that gives them a feeling of hope. The manor woman who for the next sixteen months can con-vince the average American that he or she can pull thiscountry together and truly make us a leading andprosperous nation again will be our next President.

Glenn Mollette is an American Syndicated Columnist and Author.He is the author of eleven books and read in all fifty states.

A Thought for Labor Day

By Glenn Mollette

Our congress should immediately put on hold any H-2Aagricultural visas and H-2B non-agricultural visas. People arebrought in from other countries on these visas to work for asmuch as 20 - 45% cheaper labor than our own American peo-ple. Business owners need to invest in America. They need tohire the American people.

Farmers in America are hiring thousands of Mexicans on theH-2A Visa. There are reports of workers being crowded intohouses with less pay than farmers would have to pay Ameri-cans. We should pay Americans $10 - $15 an hour to do thesejobs that Mexicans are doing for much less.

It's time to cut welfare back 25% over the next three to fiveyears and 50% over the next eight years. People should only beon disabled Social Security if they are truly disabled. Put limi-tations on food stamps, SSI and unemployment pay. There areplenty of jobs in America. People are flooding this country fromall over the world and working in America. We need to take ourjobs back. America needs to get back to paying our workers alittle more but Americans must go back to work. The fact that

so many Americans are not working is killing this nation. Weare dying on the inside. If the tide does not change the day willcome when the majority of Americans will be from Mexico, Asiaand India. These people who have had to work so hard willgladly eliminate most of our entitlement programs.

It's time to put a tax on everything Mexico and China wantsto ship to America. This will hurt at first but we need manufac-turers to make their products in America. Give the Americanmanufacturers a corporate tax rate of 15% and let's return backto the days of good paying jobs in America.

Fine employers thousands of dollars for each illegal immi-grant they hire. People who break into our country should notbe rewarded with a job. Our employers are the major problem.

One of the sources of American pride has been the hard workput into this nation. Our nation once was the envy of the world.We once were considered number one. We became number onethrough hard work, strong families and a strong faith in God.Would any of us venture to say that America is leading theworld now in any of these three categories?

We must return to what made us great or eventually we willbe nothing at all.

Glenn Mollette is an American Syndicated Columnist andAuthor. He is the author of eleven books and read in all fiftystates.

By Bill WilsonEstablishment pundits have been desper-

ately trying to explain how Donald Trump hasbeen able to build commanding support thatseems to be unfazed by relentless attacks. Theyconfidently tell each other that this is just asummer fling, that the voters will "comehome" after they've had their fun. Perhaps.But for those truly interested in why Trumphas done so well, a stark example was plas-tered across the editorial pages of the Wash-ington Post last week.

With somber tones and studious analysis,U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) set out allthe reasons why he will vote against the dealthe Obama Administration struck with Iran.All the obvious reasons are listed. But Corkerhimself engages in a bit of spin to cover histracks. He states in the beginning of his meaculpa, "Congress ensured that it would havethe opportunity to review and vote on the nu-clear agreement with Iran." It was the Sena-tor's own bill that set the terms. What he failsto say, however, is that his bill actually turnedthe Constitution on its head and guaranteedthat whatever Obama brought back fromTehran would be implemented.

Congress, because of the Corker ploy, negat-ed the Constitutional provision requiring alltreaties be enacted by a two-thirds vote of theSenate. Instead, Corker's bill only allows thetreaty to be rejected if two-thirds in both hous-es can be mustered to override a Presidentialveto. When pressed on this point, Secretary ofState John Kerry commented that passing any-thing called a treaty is "too hard." So, we justignore the Constitution because it is too tough,too demanding, too much of an impedimentto this Imperial President and his radicalgoals.

Bob Corker is no fool; he knew full well thathis measure would hand the power to Obamato negotiate anything he wanted. For him nowto come out and loudly declare how danger-ous the resulting treaty — er, sorry, agreement— is amounts to a level of duplicity never en-visioned by the Founders. But it does explainwhy millions of conservatives and even mod-erate Republicans are flocking to Trump oroutright abandoning the GOP.

Voters have figured out the scam. These es-tablishment politicians come around and stirup the masses with promises to rein in govern-ment, stop Obama, repeal Obamacare.

Once safely in office, nothing ever getsdone. All the public gets are little dramas likethe Bob Corker double-dealing or yet anothervote to repeal Obamacare while refusing to cutoff funding.

What is so frustrating to millions of Ameri-cans is that the tools are available. Article I ofthe Constitution sets out the powers of Con-gress, the duly elected representatives of thepeople. Most real power was enshrined inCongress, not the executive. But for the past100 years, Congress has frantically handed itspowers, rights and prerogatives over to the ex-ecutive branch. In so doing, they are renderingthemselves impotent and meaningless.

Congress was intended to be the dominantpower, not the least. The power of Congresscomes from the Constitution, not nine lawyersin black robes. Congress has the power tobrush the Supreme Court and "the lessercourts" aside, their authority is not dependenton anything the Court declares or orders. Theexecutive is fully dependent on Congress forfunding. If Congress disapproves of the waythe executive is acting, it has the power to im-pose its will in a variety of ways. All of it isspelled out in Article I. All that is required isfor Congress to have the courage and will tograsp the powers the Founders gave it.One rayof hope is Representative Ken Buck's foundingof the Article I Caucus, where he and a fewlike-minded House members are dedicatingthemselves to using the power of the purse toreassert Congressional authority.

For this administrative state — a centrallyplanned economy, excessive regulation andthe elevation of the so-called "expert" to neardivine status — to rise, required Congress sur-render its power. Over time, that is what hashappened under the guise of a "progressive"advance until we arrived at the sad and pa-thetic place we find ourselves today.

It is a rejection of this state of affairs thathas led to the rise of Trump and other candi-dates disdained as outsiders. The people aretelling the weaklings and quislings in Con-gress that they see through the sham and wantno part of it. And people like Bob Corker canpretend all they want, but their childish at-tempts at dodging responsibility for their per-fidy simply no longer sell.

The author is a Board Member of Americans forLimited Government.

“taylor”

Dearest Taylor,You are a woman now. That’s not me talking, not

your M’Amie, not your parents. It’s the law. You have attained your “majority.” You are an adult.You are 18.I don’t much like it. It scares me. Proud as I am, proud as always I have

been of you, it scaresme, your being 18, being a woman. I imagine all

sorts of mistakes, all manner of turmoil, any numberof bad decisions a new adult can make. I have no trou-ble imagining them because I made all the mistakesand encountered (and at times encouraged) turmoiland, oh, the bad decisions I made! I, all of us, want tospare you that turbulence. And, of course, we cannot.

Now, I think of myself, or like to think of my-self, as a glass half-filled guy, not a half-empty grump.But I am your grandfather, doggone it, and I worry. Isuppose I’ve been worrying for you since you were 18seconds old, perhaps a few (nine) months earlier. Myanxiety seemed a bit more manageable when I couldhold you in one hand.

I ponder the contracts you are now empoweredto enter into: financial, certainly (read the fine print,please, and talk to you parents, please, and maybe alawyer); and the larger social contract (tested today asrarely before in my memory); and -- marital. I think agood age to get married is, oh, 35, wouldn’t you agree?In such pursuits there is the potential for peril aplenty.But there is opportunity, too, and adventure, and thelimits are yours to set.

Already you are a working woman, having ac-commodated, and nicely, the getting-up and getting-dressed and the customer-is-always-right. That firstjob -- at a pro shop, naturally enough, and it made myday when your supervisor answered my “How’s shedoing?” whisper with “Great!” It’s for certain you knowthe merchandise; clubs, bags, attire. They have beenthe business of your pleasure for rather longer than adecade now, and those long hours on the fairways,that investment in practice and performance, are de-livering dividends: How many scholarship offers now?

That senior class ring -- classy! I wonder howlong you will wear it in your first semester at universi-ty. But, hey, that’s a year away. You’ve only begun thefirst semester of your last year in high school, and mayit be the best year thus far of your formal education.Gosh, just considering the events calendar con-fronting you we all wonder how you’ll manage!Dances and proms, programs and projects, the extra-curricular (to include a few tournaments) and, uh, theclasswork. And the maintenance of your faith, the im-perative of stewardship, the obligation to rememberand help care for those who have not been as blessedas you, who have not enjoyed the advantages yourparents’ hard work has provided. You have a lot ofheart, and you have shared it, and your limited purse,nobly, and nothing quite moves me as when you shareboth with others. I hope you know that your generos-ity, in spirit and sweat and mite, will be returned toyou many times over.

Know, also, that your not-so-little sis will lookto you as never before, as a role model, a confidant, asource of advice and, at times, solace. Choose yourwords carefully because she will listen carefully. Holdher close, as she will want to keep you close.

M’Amie and me? We’re reconciled to seeingyou less than in your earlier years, because that is whathappens when girls become women. Girls have agen-das, women have Agendas. Work. Schoolwork. Hob-bies. Boys. (Pursue the first three with vigor, and letthe other pursue you). Still, we hope you’ll be asthoughtful in including us on your invitation list asyou’ve always been, for those banquets and partiesand assemblies and Masses -- every one of them -- areevery bit the landmarks in our lives as they are inyours. Every one adds another page in our scrapbook,every one tightens our throats.

Aren’t those jeans a little tight? You have graced our lives from your first breath.

We hope we have been worthy of you.Oh, one other thing: have you registered to

vote?Happy Birthday, Angel!Love, Granddad.

The Iran vote, Congress' power outage and Donald Trump

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No funds will beavailable fromthe State Equaliz-

ing Fund to aid schoolsduring the school year1931-32, it was an-nounced at the State De-partment of Educationyesterday.

Gov. Franklin D. Roo-sevelt, saying frankly thatrecent gang shootingshave created an emer-gency in New York state, ina new message to the spe-cial session of the legisla-ture today, recommendedpassage of a drastic legis-lature program to combatcrime. “Gangdom haschallenged the strength ofthe law,” he said. The gov-ernor’s plans call forstrengthening the Sullivananti-weapon law, for pas-sage of statutes permittingpolice to jail lawless char-acters simply upon evi-dence that they were of“evil repute” and for out-lawing machine guns.

After a lapse of twoyears, oil and gas develop-ers will begin in this vicin-ity in the near future. ThePowell Creek Oil & Gas De-velopment Co. of Des Arc,under the direction of thepromoter, Mr. A. W. Hick-man, has recently hadcompleted a new derrickbuilt 112 feet high - build-ing supervised by JohnBooth Jr. Location for thenew well was moved twomiles nearer Des Arc andMr. Hickman informs usthat he hopes to be able tobegin actual drilling withlocal cooperation.

The Des Arc School1931-32 term will openSeptember 14. All pupils 6years old on October 1st,may enter school at thattime; those arriving at theage of 6 years after thatdate may enter in the sec-ond quarter or at mid-term.

County Judge Screeton

has his road force andequipment at work on theHickory Plains road westfrom Des Arc this week.This is a road that hasneeded his attention forsome time. We hope it canbe put in shape to standthe fall and winter traffic.

Another old landmarkin Des Arc is being torndown this week. The olddrug store building of Dr.J. W. Burney, erected morethan seventy-five yearsago, is now a building inmemory only. This place isowned by H. C. Brown,and may be replaced by amodern brick some day.

WANTED: At the DesArc Veneer Co., Inc., goodgum logs, 16 inches andup, standard lengths, No.1, $18.00; No. 2, $10.00.Pay every Saturday.

The Des Arc JuniorCubs of Des Arc will meetLittle Rock Boys Club nineon the local field here Sat-urday afternoon at 2 o’-clock - a doubleheader.These are 17-year oldboys. Des Arc has a livebunch and they expect towin.

Prairie County JudgeGeorge J. Screeton issuesan order that all Outstand-ing Warrants against thecounty be turned in to theCounty Clerk B. R. Harri-son by November 26, “inorder to ascertain the ac-tual financial condition ofthe County” the sheriffsaid. The notice advisespersons who do not turnin warrants will not deriveany benefit from theirclaims.

The Pentecostal Revivalgoing on at Lost Hill wasstill going on last week;don’t know how muchlonger it will go on.

The first concrete roadof any consequence in theworld was constructed inDetroit, and was elevenfeet wide by one mile long.

Old Civilian Conserva-tion Corps camps in20 states will become

detention centers and quaran-tine hospitals for venerally in-fected girls, it was announcedtoday in Washing-ton, in re-sponse to urgent appeals fromHealth Departments that de-tention quarters were prevent-ing adequate treatment of ar-rested girls. Records show alarge number of those arrestedwere “inexperienced girlsbelow the age of 22 and can berehabilitated with proper casework and job training.

The Post Office Depart-ment announced today thatthe V-Mail Service, inaugurat-ed on June 15, 1942, is nowpast the experimental stage,with each week showing largeincreases in the number of let-ters mailed to American sol-diers overseas. Facilities forphotographing and reproduc-ing V-Mail to and from theUnited States and the BritishIsles, Australia, India, Hawaiiand other points are now inoperation. V-Mail is a safemeans of communicationwith members of the ArmedForces.

An entirely new type of warmap in four colors soon will beavailable to motorists at EssoDealer stations. The Esso Maphas been designed to give a

clearer picture of the worldconflict. The entire reverseside is given over to a graphicpresentation of the Esso Mar-keters contribution to the wareffort.

Over $11,159.50 in bluefood stamps have been issuedto needy families in this coun-ty from the beginning of theprogram Feb. 1 through July31. Families using FoodStamps are first required tobuy orange stamps withmoney they would normallyspend for food. They are thenissued blue stamps whichgives them an increase of 50%in food purchasing power Or-ange stamps will buy any kindof food while the blue stampswill purchase only those foodsfor which farmers need an ad-ditional market.

A tuberculosis clinic will beheld at the Prairie CountyHealth Office in Des Arc, Sep-tember 2, from 1 to 5 p. m. TheMobile X-ray Unit from StateBoard of Health will take x-rays for suspects, contacts andrechecks on patients in thecounty.

We might use a sack of nicered Irish potatoes, eggs, a fewchickens, and a good countryham - on your subscriptionaccount. If you don’t believe it,call at the Journal office atonce.

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milo of the season to theDes Arc Grain Drier on Au-gust 10. It was cut from theJohn Stephens farm northof Des Arc farmed by theBranhams.

The annual Prairie Coun-ty Fair gets underway at DesArc next week, August 17.The week-long schedule be-gins with three Miss PrairieCounty Pageants on Mon-day evening, at the Des ArcElementary School. Mrs.Lovie Roe is pageant direc-tor.

The Des Arc ElementarySchool held a capacitycrowd Tuesday night for the32nd annual Des Arc GrainDrying Cooperative’s mem-bership meeting. They werewelcomed by Board Presi-dent Lawrence Stine. DryerManager Eugene Holloway,and other officials gavegood reports. Other boardmembers are: Elvis Vaughn,J. S. McConnaughhay, V. O.Calhoun Sr., Harvey JoeSanner, George Ford, BobbyWeatherley, Raymond(Chip) Calhoun and JimmyDeVorak.

At the Quorum Courtmeeting Tuesday night, As-sessor Jeannie McFarlin re-ported that assessmentswere near $66 million, up$15 million from last yeardue to the re-appraisalwork. Sheriff Mike Gradypresented outgoing deputyprosecutor Randy Gammillwith an appreciation plaqueand JP Elmer Clark present-ed Mrs. Gammill with apainting.

Mrs. Betty Hollis hasbeen promoted to the posi-tion of Assistant Trust Offi-cer at the Farmers & Mer-chants Bank in Des Arc. Shejoined the bank in 1973 andhas served as teller, loan de-partment secretary andloan interviewer.

Thirty-four class mem-bers attended the Des ArcHigh School Class of 1961reunion held at the AAMbuilding last Saturday night.Sponsors of the class wereGilbert Smith, now of Cor-pus Christi, Texas, and thelate Mrs. Alice Johnson. Onemember, Charlotte Black-wood Wray, of Hurst, Texas,arrived in a new car she had

won as a participant on theTV show “The Price isRight”. Her winnings, in-cluding the car, were valuedat over $11,000.00. For theirpicture, the class memberswere all wearing orchid leisshipped from Hawaii by aclass member, BarbaraFowler Wright.

Des Arc School’s cheer-leaders have been at campthe past week. They aresponsored by Miss AnnWare and Mrs. JoAnn New-ton. Juniors are Yvette De-Vore, Kimberly DeVorak,Jamie Wyatt, LeAnne Patter-son, Angie Whitlock, JanaYork, Jenny Hall and DebbiePrine; seniors are: MischelleGrady, Cindy Stallings,Susan Guess, Carol Davis,Sharon McFarlin, ShelleyPatterson, Anna Beth Guess,Jane Ann Morton and Kris-ten Parnell.

Des Arc Lions Club metTuesday night at Petty’sBungalow Cafe with Presi-dent Bill Dodgen presiding.Coach Jerry Hinson told theLions, “We have the largestgroup out for football prac-tice in past years.” PresidentDodgen, Tom Fisher and R.L. Morton were given pinsfor securing the most mem-bers in 1980. The Des ArcClub recently received aCertificate of Merit for mak-ing a net gain in member-ship last year.

Lorene Parker, ProjectMOUNTAIN’S executive di-rector since 1975, has re-signed. Diane Bratton willserve as interim director.Director Parker has directedactivities at Senior CitizensCenters in Des Arc, DeVallsBluff and Hazen.

Several local people werepart of the CentralArkansas. Wagon Train Clubin Batesville over the week-end: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mor-genstern, Dennis DeVore,Miles Patton, Kim Weather-ley and Raymond Ferguson,Des Arc; Mr. and Mrs. TroyPhifer, Mr. and Mrs. BillCrowly, Mr. and Mrs. EliWeems, Beverly Wood,Charles Lynn Stock, KaronGillioun and Beverly Sim-mons, of Hazen; Clarenceand Terry Parker, Ward; VanDeVore, Searcy; James F.,Billy and Teddy Patterson ofBiscoe.

Arkansas’s duck season will again cover 60 days. It’s the19th consecutive year the Arkansas Game and Fish Com-mission has approved a 60-day hunting season for water-fowl. The vote came today during the Commission’smonthly meeting.

AGFC Waterfowl Program Coordinator Luke Naylorpresented the Commission with the late migratory seasonproposals. Naylor summarized a U.S. Fish and WildlifeService report that said despite an early spring over mostof the waterfowl breeding population and habitat surveyarea, habitat conditions during the 2015 survey were sim-ilar to or poorer than last year. “With the exception of por-tions of southern Saskatchewan and central latitudes ofeastern Canada, in many areas the decline in habitat con-ditions was due to average to below-average annual pre-cipitation,” Naylor explained.

Naylor noted that Arkansas again had the highest mal-lard harvest in the nation with just over 530,000 mallardsharvested in the 2014-15 season. The next highest mallardharvest in the nation was in Missouri with just over254,800. No other state in the Mississippi Flyway harvest-ed over 200,000 mallards. During the 2013-14 waterfowlseason, Arkansas hunters harvested almost 423,000 mal-lards.

2015-16 Duck Season DatesNov. 21 – Nov. 29Dec. 10 – Dec. 23Dec. 26 – Jan. 31Youth Hunt: Dec. 5 and Feb. 6Northwest Canada goose zone seasonSept. 19-28Statewide Canada goose seasonSept. 1-15, Nov. 18-Dec. 4 and Dec. 6-Jan. 31White-fronted, snow, blue and Ross’s goose seasonsNov. 18-Dec. 4 and Dec. 6-Jan. 31 (daily bag limit in-

creased from two to three)Light goose conservation orderOct. 10-Nov. 17, Feb. 1-5 and Feb. 7-April 25The 2015-16 duck bag limits are six ducks consisting of

six ducks consisting of: no more than: four mallards (two

hens), three wood ducks, two pintails, two redheads, oneblack duck, two canvasbacks, one mottled duck or threescaup.

The Commission also heard a proposal to ban simulat-ed wing movement decoys on Bayou Meto and Dave Don-aldson Black River wildlife management areas. If ap-proved, the ban would be in effect from the first day ofregular duck season to the last day of the last segment ofthe regular duck season. The commission will vote on theproposed ban at its Sept. 24 meeting.

In other AGFC business today, the commission:· Approved an agreement with Craighead County on

the transfer of ownership of Lake Bono. The agreementincludes 276 acres of land, access development, mainte-nance responsibility and fisheries management of thelake.

· Approved the 2016 fishing regulations.· Approved a regulation change to remove the out-

board motor restriction on the Eleven Point River.· Approved giving AGFC Director Mike Knoedl au-

thority to resolve a real estate encroachment on HarrisBrake. The encroachment involves approximately 1,000square feet of land.

· Authorized the agency to proceed with a habitatrestoration project on Ed Gordon Point Remove WMA atan estimated cost of $934,000 of which $700,000 has beendonated by Southwestern Energy, Inc.

· Approved donation of a 120-acre tract of mitigationproperty from Magellan Midstream Partners to the AGFC.The land borders Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek BottomsWMA.

· Approved the demolition of a dilapidated buildingon Petit Jean River WMA.

· Granted a Glock pistol to retiring wildlife officerBrian Gaskins.

· Honored Biologist Lou Hausman with the GeorgeDunklin Jr. Arkansas Waterfowl and Wetland Manage-ment Award and AGFC Chief Counsel Jim Goodhart withthe Arkansas Wildlife Federation Harold Alexander Con-servationist of the Year Award.

Last Saturday morning, I sat with my granddaughterElla Beth in a room filled with the excited faces of otheryoung people and 70 laptop computers donated by AT&T.

I listened to fingers drumming swiftly across keyboards— effortlessly coding as if they were born for it. A smilecrossed my face as I tried not to compare their harmonyto my own coding rhythm — much slower, not as grace-ful. We are all in this together, I told myself. Coding is foreveryone.

Students from across Arkansas came to the ClintonFoundation’s annual “Head of the Class Bash” last week-end to kick off the new school year and spend some timecoding with their Governor.

What a great event.Eager students and parents filled the “Hour of Code”

room, and more lined the halls waiting to get in. Even ifsome of them came for the free backpacks, they were in-troduced to a valuable new skill. It’s a skill increasinglynecessary in our computerized world.

You probably remember my granddaughter, Ella Beth,from my campaign commercials. She has become quite astar. Ella Beth helped me sign my computer science billinto law earlier this year, and Saturday she mentored stu-dents who were coding for the first time.

In a way, learning to code is like learning a new lan-guage, which may explain why kids pick it up so muchfaster than adults. Last Saturday, I met a student namedMichael who was helping me through my hour of code.But he was having trouble explaining the process. Or,

maybe, his student — me — was having trouble under-standing the process. Finally, I said, “Michael, how aboutyou try it?”

He sat down at my computer and, with one click, he gotit right. One of the great things about computer coding isthat it’s more than just a mental exercise. It’s also abouttouch; it’s about feel; it’s about familiarity. And the nextgeneration is so terrific at it. They’re naturals.

I watched other students experience that sense of ac-complishment when they, too, made the right click. It’s asif they were completing a puzzle; and as soon as they werefinished, they wanted to start again. Coding will do that toyou.

We already have more than 1,300 students signed upfor computer science classes this fall. We have trained 130teachers in coding, and computer coding will be offeredin every public high school in Arkansas.

I expected the students to be excited by our computerscience initiative. What’s really encouraging to me is see-ing the teachers responding to the demand. Like me,they’re excited to learn — and teach — computer coding.

Last weekend, I learned enough computer language todirect a character to walk around a square. Somebodytaught me how to do it, and then I told the computer howto do it.

I would say that it was great to be a student again, butno matter how old we are, we never stop learning. And ina world that’s changing as much as ours, that’s a very goodthing.

LITTLE ROCK – Last year the Arkansas tourism indus-try grew by about 7 percent, its biggest increase in 15years.

Almost 26 million people made a trip to an Arkansasdestination last year and about two thirds of them werefrom out of state. They spent $6.7 billion, which is whytourism is one of the foundations of the Arkansas econo-my.

Spending by tourists rose by 6.9 percent and tourismtax collections rose 7.04 percent. Arkansas collects a 2percent sales tax on items related to tourism, such ashotel rooms and boat rentals. Last year, revenue from thetourism tax was $13.79 million, a record. In June of 2014the tax generated more than $1.5 million for the first time.

Revenue from the tourism tax is spent to marketArkansas as a tourist destination. Research indicates thatfor every dollar spent on marketing the state’s tourism in-dustry, state and local governments collect about $10 intaxes.

The state Parks and Tourism Department has adaptedits marketing strategy over the past several years to takeadvantage of social media and the Internet. Also, ourmarketing campaigns emphasize the variety of attrac-tions in Arkansas.

For example, Arkansas is not simply a great place foroutdoor activities such as boating and fishing, but it alsohas fine dining and art galleries. On a vacation toArkansas you can get away from it all at a campground,and also enjoy upscale retail shopping on the same trip.

Our cultural heritage includes blues and bluegrassmusic and our historical heritage includes the Civil Warand the civil rights movement.

Visitors to Arkansas are a diverse lot with varied inter-

ests and backgrounds, from church groups who travel bybus to the Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs to thethousands of motorcycle enthusiasts who gather at vari-ous rallies around the state.

The tourism department’s marketing efforts focus onneighboring states. The top urban markets were Spring-field, Missouri and the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, fol-lowed by Shreveport, Kansas City, Houston and Memphis.

Arkansas tourism is marketing in magazine and radioadvertising, the Internet and a variety of television outletsthat include in-house channels in Branson hotels and In-ternet platforms like Hulu.

When visitors came to Arkansas last year the averageexpenditure was $259 per trip. Tourism department re-search indicates that people who visit Arkansas for a vaca-tion are “highly likely” to return.

Market research shows that the typical travel party vis-iting Arkansas for a leisure trip consisted of 3.3 people –an average of 2.3 adults and one child.

The Internet has become a favorite way for people toplan their trips and book lodging. Recently the Internethas grown in importance because of smart phones andtablets, which allow people to stay connected even whilethey are traveling.

The leisure and hospitality industry in Arkansas em-ployed more than 62,000 people last year. Their payrollwas about $1.2 billion. Over the past 10 years employ-ment in the tourism sector has grown by 23 percent.

Twenty years ago the travel industry employed about46,000 Arkansas residents and their payroll was about$503 million.

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State Capitol Week in ReviewFrom Senator Jonathan Dismang

Commission approves 60-day duck seasonProposes ban on spinning-wing decoys on two WMAs

City of Des Arc Building Permits

January 1-July 31, 2015Deronda J. Tucker Deck with roofHoward T. Holliman Addition of porchBrent & Jenny Jackson Storage BuildingJoan M. Scott Mobile HomeCrop Production Svs. Remodel-StorageDarrell W. Turner Portable BuildingTim Green Storm ShelterJerry Gentry Bathroom additionElmer Graham New Storage ShedNo-No’s Liquor 30’x12’ Lean-toDeWayne & Nancy Chappell Addition of two-car

garage and new porch

Rick McIlvoy Metal Carport overcement pad

Wayne Curtis Metal CarportMarion Mack Storage Building

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The development of in-formed, effective, and re-sponsible citizens is an im-portant task. Just likemusic and art, apprecia-tion of democracy is onethat can be enhanced inthe classroom.

That is just part of thereason why members ofthe 90th General Assemblyare reaching out to theirlocal school districts, ac-cording to David Hillman,State Representative, Dis-trict 13.

In the 2015 Regular Ses-sion the Arkansas GeneralAssembly passed a resolu-tion designating Septem-ber as annual “Take YourLegislator to SchoolMonth”. In addition tohelping students learnmore about the legislativeprocess, this bipartisan ini-tiative was also motivatedby a need for members tofully understand the issuesand challenges facing pub-lic schools in their districts.

In addition, it gives dis-tricts an opportunity toshowcase innovative solu-tions developed by our ed-ucators.

The resolution encour-ages public school districtsto plan special events withtheir local legislators. Ex-amples could include al-lowing legislators to visitclassrooms, read to stu-dents, or present guest lec-tures. Districts could alsosponsor panel discussionsin which administrators,teachers, and students dis-cuss issues facing theirschools. We believe any ac-tivity that engages and in-volves legislators in thework of their publicschools would be benefi-cial to both the district andto the legislator.

We devote over 43% ofall net available GeneralRevenue to K-12 educa-tion. Our education com-mittee hears testimonyhundreds of bills every ses-

sion and studies ourprogress continually in theinterim. Relationshipswith teachers can help pro-vide us with the valuableinsight needed to vote in amanner helpful to studentsand teachers.

On our website,www.arkansashouse.org,we have a section titled“Kids in the House”. Thereyou will find all the materi-als your local school dis-trict will need to take ad-vantage of this opportuni-ty. In the materials we haveincluded a spreadsheetlisting the members whorepresent all 257 districts inour state.

If you have a child inschool, we hope your firstweek back was an encour-aging one. We look forwardvisiting the classrooms andmeeting as many educa-tors as possible in the up-coming month.

Sunday, August 23IN DES ARC

First Baptist Church...226/224Gospel Mission.....................200Lakeside Miss. Baptist...62/111First United Methodist.........68Faith Missionary Baptist.37/57Family Worship Center.........46First Assembly of God....47/53Fellowship Miss. Baptist....... 45Church of Christ............15Church of God of Prophecy.. 18Living Waters Full Gospel....... 22

AREA CHURCHESHickory Plains Miss. Bap 61/89Morris Chapel Miss. Baptist..47Pleasant Ridge Miss. Baptist.20Hickory Plains Methodist..... 29Hickory Plains Nazarene...... 19Judson Memorial Baptist...... 26Sand Hill Miss. Baptist........... 11

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“Digging Ditches”

Su n d a y S c h o o lC h u rc h A t t e n d a n c eWords of FaithWords of Faith

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Scripture: 2 Kings 3:9-20

This week we are talking about hav-ing the kind of faith that believes thatGod can do amazing and awesomethings. Not sometime back in thepast or sometime in the future buttoday. This is the God we believe in.

Often times those amazing thingsdon’t start out that way. They aresmall leaps of faith. They are smallseeds of obedience that bloom inwonderful ways. One of those impor-tant to the Methodist tradition wasthe small group called the Holy Clubthat met at Oxford University in theearly part of the 1700’s. It was formedby a group of students that were con-cerned with their spiritual disposi-tion. They wanted to grow in theirfaith. Among them were John andCharles Wesley who helped to foundthe club and also George Whitfieldwho would later become a well knowevangelist associated with revivals inAmerica and England.

This Holy Club became theseedbed for the Methodist Move-ment, but it started as a club of prob-ably around a dozen who were notcelebrated but made fun by other stu-dents. God used their small act offaith to inspire revival.

Our scripture tells the story of threekings who were seeking to stop a re-bellion and uprising of one of theneighboring people. After Ahab theking of Israel, the northern kingdom,died the people of Moab rebelledagainst being a vassal state to Israel.So Joram, the new king of Israel, askedhelped from Jehoshaphat the king ofJudah and the King of Edom. We don’tknow why for sure these other twokings helped maybe they feared thatthe rebellion would spill over to theirkingdoms also.

So these three kings took theirarmies and, by around about way,tried to meet the army of theMoabites in battle. The problem wasthat they ran out of water. Theirarmies and animals needed water.

So after they had tried doing thingstheir own way, by their own plans,Joram asked is there not a prophet ofthe Lord who we can go ask the Lord’sguidance from. Jehoshaphat remem-bered Elisha who had served Elijah.So they went to Elisha and he toldthem to dig ditches and God would fillthem with water.

Now we don’t have the reactions ofthe kings, but I can imagine that theymay have been skeptical, althoughsome of them had heard about orseen the things that God had donethrough Elijah this was a newprophet. But they did it and Godfilled the ditches with water for themen and livestock.

So what can this story about anamazing provision that God gave so

long ago teach us today. First, thatour greatest need can become a bless-ing when it drives us to depend uponGod. The kings and armies desper-ately needed water. They had beendoing things on their own and theyneeded help. God met them and gavethem water when they acknowledgedtheir dependence on him. What isyour greatest need this morning?Where do you need God’s guidance orhelp today? I was talking to a fellowpastor this week and one thing he saidreally resonates with this today. Hesaid so often our invitations or oppor-tunities to grow in discipleship arebased around intellectual curiosity,but if you look in Scripture often theinvitation to become a followercomes out of a place of need. If youare in a place of indecision, or need,or pain you are in good company.

The second thing we can learn isthat God is the one that can providethe water, but sometimes he wants usto dig a ditch. In other words we be-lieve that the God is the source andprovider of everything, but there is asince in which God invites and wantsour work too. Jesus said that the har-vest was plentiful but the laborerswere few. God calls us to make thoseacts of obedience to work towardbuilding up God’s kingdom.

A reminded of the joke about a reli-gious man is on top of a roof during agreat flood. A man comes by in a boatand says "get in, get in!" The religousman replies, " no I have faith in God,he will grant me a miracle." Later thewater is up to his waist and anotherboat comes by and the guy tells himto get in again. He responds that hehas faith in god and god will give hima miracle. With the water at aboutchest high, another boat comes torescue him, but he turns down theoffer again cause "God will grant hima miracle." With the water at chinhigh, a helicopter throws down a lad-der and they tell him to get in, mum-bling with the water in his mouth, heagain turns down the request for helpfor the faith of God. He arrives at thegates of heaven with broken faith andsays to Peter, I thought God wouldgrand me a miracle and I have beenlet down." St. Peter chuckles and re-sponds, "I don't know what you'recomplaining about, we sent you threeboats and a helicopter."

As Christians we may feel Godnudging us to dig a ditch so to speakto do something in faith, to start outwith something small and grow it.

I want us to ask God how mightGod be calling us to dig a ditch toreach out, to take a leap. What willthat look like for us? May God blessyou this week.

Brother Dee

Lakeside MissionaryBaptist Church is hostingan Open House and Pre-registration for the AWANAand Discovery programs onWednesday, September 2,2015, at 6:30 p.m. for chil-dren Age 3 (on or beforeAugust 1) - 12th Grade.

Parents are urged to at-tend with their children tocomplete registration cards

and medical forms and toget information aboutAWANA and Discovery.Supplies will be availablefor purchase at this time.The 2015-2016AWANA/Discovery yearwill begin on September 9,2015.

For more information,you may contact KathyEwing at 870-256-5540.

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Ramblings. . . . .By Verna HerkampI didn’t receive the package in the mail I expect-

ed today. I did get a catalog for Seniors. I seecream for age spots, scooters, and sleeping pills.Those I could use but they contain melatonin.Doctors say that is a no no. The government hasnot set an amount we need.

Some told me to count slowly and I would beable to sleep. So I tried-one, two, three! Suddenly,I am single, standing at Fifth and Main in LittleRock on a windy day, waiting for the light to turngreen. The wind blew the lady’s skirt up that wasstanding in front of me. She didn’t seem to noticeso I leaned over and told her that her skirt was upand her girdle was showing.

Still looking straight ahead, she pulled her skirtdown. I’ll bet she doesn’t remember that. I would-n’t have either but I was trying to go to sleep whenmy mind really gets busy.

I tried again-one, two three! “Where oh wherehas my little dog gone, where oh where can he be?If I look in the green green box, what there might Isee!! That little kiddie song has come back almost90 years later and interrupted my numbers.

Maybe I have stated this before, but I am not lik-ing this new physicians Group way of treating pa-tients. I prefer to have my own doctor who knowsall my medical needs.

I was in a hospital four days last October, andeach day a different doctor made rounds. I hadnever met any of them before. The last one askedif I would like to go home. I told her I would but Ihad another bag of antibiotics to take. Then shetold me she had already called Fred to pick me up.I called him anyway and sure enough, he was al-ready half-way there. I suppose our regular doc-tors only job is to stay in his office and write pre-scriptions.

Something I learned a long time ago. Our med-ical charts belong to the doctor not us. I oftenwonder what they are really writing about me. My,how times have changed!

The fire I told you about,was the house my sister for-merly owned.

Though she is staying ina temporary home waitingfor her permanent home tobe completed, most of herfurniture and applianceswere still in the house thatburned.

She pretty much lost allbut her and her 9 monthsold son's clothes.

Any home furnishings,appliances and baby boyclothing is greatly needed

The family resides in theEast Side Community.

Assistanceneeded byhouse fire victim

Megan Towell writes:

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Prayers are sent to AprilBranham. She is hospital-ized at St. Vincents North inSherwood for a allergic re-action to a shingles shotshe received. April is in theRN program and was re-quired to take the shot.Family members state thather condition is a little bet-ter.

---------Nicky Hamilton of the

Griffithville area stoppedby the Journal this week totake out a subscription. Heis retired and has rentedout his farmland. He hascattle that he works with.His wife, Melissa, is a re-tired school teacher.

Nicky and Melissa haveboth been fighting Lyme’sDisease he said. Nicky isthe son of the late Jim andEunice Hamilton and acousin of the late MaryFrances Calhoun.

---------Guy Winters of Ward

paid the Journal office avisit to renew his and sev-eral of his dear friends sub-scriptions. He and his wife,Natalie along with newneighbors, Paul and AnitaPhillips were looking todine at LaDue’s Family Fish

Market. Paul and Anitahave just moved from Wa-tertown, Mississippi andbuilt a new home acrossthe street from the Winters.The Phillips son is in the AirForce in Texas and will beretiring in October. He islooking in the Cabot area toreside.

--------- Nola Hampton is at

home recovering from sur-gery she had on Monday,August 24 to break-up akidney stone. She had theprocedure done at St. Vin-cents in Little Rock. Herfamily reports her to bedoing well but is very sore.She is eager to return to theSenior Citizens and herregular activities

--------- Elizabeth Ann White of

Cotton Plant, in Des Arc tovisit her husband, Victor, atDANRC, says, “He is mak-ing real progress.”

Victor, a retired electri-cal engineer, sufferedpneumonia recently and isat the nursing home in DesArc for a few weeks ofrehab. Her mother was theformer Dorothy Berry ofDes Arc.

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Order of Eastern Star honors threeGrand Representatives in special meeting

Stuttgart Chapter #102, Order ofthe Eastern Star, honored threeGrand Representatives to other juris-dictions and two new fifty-year mem-bers with a special meeting Saturday,August 15, at Euclid Lodge Hall inStuttgart.

Alesha Rawls, deputy grand lectur-er of District 12, served as the presid-ing officer.

Alesha introduced Pat Thurmon togive the Invocation before lunchAfter lunch, Alesha led the Pledge ofAllegiance to the Flag and the groupsang the National Anthem.

Lillie Jo Gray, Stuttgart, gave thewelcome. Rose Ahrens introducedKerrick Hartman who played twosaxophone numbers accompaniedby Janie Mattmiller.

Alesha introduced the distin-guished guests, Deputy Grand Lec-turers, Doris Gately-District 11 andAlesha Rawls-District 12. RhondaBarr, Worthy Matron at El Dorado,served as conductress.

The Grand Representatives wereintroduced, and each one gave a littlehistory of the Grand Chapter in herrespective state and told about hercounterpart with whom she has beencommunicating by letter, phone oremail. Marsha and Chris plan to visittheir state’s grand chapter in October.

Rose was presented her certificateand 50-year pin by the secretary. Shetold about her inititation in 1965 andsome of the highlights of her 50-years.

Chris was spokesperson for the

representatives as she presented agift to the visiting representatives.She also told that they were honoringAlesha, Pat, Lillie Jo, Clara and Rhon-da with a donation to a special proj-ect in Grand Chapter.

She thanked Bobbie Glover for thedecorations and the part of the lunchshe prepared. She thanked Rose andLillie Jo for the work they did in get-ting the hall ready and for the foodthey prepared.

The secretary presented the mon-etary gift from the attendees and agift from the chapter to each Cindy,Chris and Marsha.

The meeting closed with the Mis-peh Benediction.

-Chris Weems

Lynnsey Bowling of McCrory (Woodruff County) wasnamed 2015-16 Miss Arkansas Rice on August 22 at theBrinkley Convention Center. Bowling attends McCroryHigh School and is the daughter of Roger and Carrie Bowl-ing. She was crowned by Jenna Martin of Hickory Ridge,2013-14 Miss Arkansas Rice. Emma Williams of Searcy(White County) was first runner-up, and second runner-up was Benton Harvey of Marianna (Lee County).

Other county winners participating in the state finalswere Delia Barrett of DeWitt (Arkansas County), CallieWells of Lake Village (Chicot County), Ragen CarolineHodges of Jonesboro (Craighead County), Madi Driver ofNewport (Jackson County), Tristan Bennet of Carlisle(Lonoke County), Destiny Swindle of Cotton Plant (Mon-roe County), Sara Elizabeth Toll of Hazen (Prairie County)and Haven McElhanon of Forrest City (St. Francis Coun-ty).

The goal of the Miss Arkansas Rice program is to en-courage interest in rice promotion and to publicize theimportance of the Arkansas rice industry to the state'seconomy.

Contestants were judged on their promotion activitiesand knowledge of the rice industry. They also cooked arice dish at the competition on which they were judged.Bowling’s recipe was "Reuben Rice Dip."

The Arkansas Rice Council sponsors the annual contestin cooperation with Arkansas Farm Bureau and theArkansas Cooperative Extension Service.

Arkansas’ rice industry supports 2,500 rice farms, em-ploys more than 35,000 Arkansans and contributes morethan $4 billion annually to the state’s economy.

Arkansas Farm Bureau is a nonprofit, private advocacyorganization of more than 190,000 families throughoutthe state working to improve farm and rural life.

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PC Master Gardeners working on Fair booth;Appreciation Day at Garvan Gardens

The Fair Booth at the Prairie Coun-ty Fair was the topic of discussion atthe regular meeting of the PrairieCounty Master Gardeners on Tues-day evening, August 18 at Bancorp-South in Hazen. Janet Turnage, presi-dent, presided.

The President announced thedates of the Prairie County Fair Sep-tember 20-26. The Committee willmeet Tuesday, September 15, to workon the Fair Booth and on Sunday,September 20 at 2:00 p.m. to set it up.

The booth will be taken down Sun-day, September 27 at 2:00 p.m.

The president and Debora Car-penter will meet with the Lonoke

County Master Gardeners to plandates for the Lonoke County MasterGardeners training. PC Master Gar-deners will help with the training ses-sions, to be held on Saturdays in theSpring of 2016.

PC Master Gardeners received adonation from the American Legionfor the upkeep on the Veterans’ Me-morial in Hazen Park.

Master Gardeners’ AppreciationDay will be at Garvan Woodland Gar-dens Thursday, September 10 from9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Specialists will be on the programbetween 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.Call 1-800-366-4664 to order lunch.

Food trucks will be in the garden dur-ing the day .

Saturday, October 3 the MonroeCounty Master Gardeners will meetat the Brinkley Convention Centerfrom 10:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m.

Speakers beginning with JackieJohnson, Dee Black and Amy Carrollare scheduled. They will have “PlantsN’ Anything” and food vendors.

The next meeting of the PrairieCounty Master Gardeners will beTuesday, September 15 at 6:00 p.m. towork with the committee on the FairBooth.

-Chris Weems

Prairie County Retired Teachers hearreport on trips from guest speaker

“It’s not what we gather but whatwe scatter that counts,” was the mainpoint in the devotional given byHelen Holloway at the Prairie CountyRetired Teachers meeting held at theWhite River Dairy Bar in DeValls Bluffon Tuesday, August 18.

Kathy Ewing, president, presidedwith 16 members and one visitorpresent.

Mary Huie, office worker for theArkansas Retired Teachers Associa-tion in Little Rock was the guestspeaker.

She brought information aboutthe trips offered by ARTA for the restof 2015 and for 2016. The trips in-clude a week to New York City, aneight-day cruise in Alaska and toHawaii, a 10-day trip to Peru in Feb-

ruary, with shorter trips in between. Brochures of some of the trips

were distributed and the other tripsare described in the Interlink, officialpublication of ARTA. Members maytake a friend or family membersalong as space allows.

June Whiteside, secretary, distrib-uted copies of the minutes that wereapproved. The financial report wasgiven by Vivian Novak. Some dueswere paid.

Members who wish to carpool tothe State ARTA Convention, Tuesday,September 22, will meet in front ofCalvary Baptist Church in Hazen at7:30 a.m. to leave.

Registration fee should be mailedby Friday, September 11, with a self-addressed envelope so tickets can be

sent to you. The $25.00 is for refreshments and

lunch. No tickets will be sold on theday of the Convention. The Conven-tion will meet in the Special EventsCenter in Benton.

There will be a Silent Auction be-fore the meeting begins at 10:00 a.m.

The President announced theChristmas meeting for Tuesday, De-cember 15 at noon. She also gave theweb-site for ARTA as

artanow.comQuestions may be addressed to the

web-site for faster response.The next meeting of the Prairie

County Retired Teachers will be Tues-day, October 20 at The Hurley Housein Hazen.

-Chris Weems

Izzy says,” Come out and see our new inventory of flowers and gifts!”

*New Aromatique-Cinnamon Cider*Sassy & Splendor Bodywash/Lotion*Grapevine Wreaths*Stuffed Animals

Lynnsey Bowling

Bowling named 2015-16Miss Arkansas Rice

MissPrairie

County

BeautyPageantSaturday, August 29

2:00 p.m.

DeValls Bluff Community Center

Admission $4.00 Adults $2.00 Children

Day of PageantRehearsal at 8:00 a.m.

Interviews at 10:00 a.m.

For questions, contact Sheila Tosh, Director at 870-255-5008Lynn’s Flowers & Gifts

870-256-3191 Des Arc 870-256-1399

Congratulations to the 2015 Des Arc High School

Homecoming RoyaltyQueen-Brooke Kellar

Maid of Honor-Bailey GreenwoodSenior Maid-Jade Bell

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We will be having ourAlzheimer’s Awareness YardSale Saturday, September 3 at7 a.m. We will be participat-ing in the Alzheimers Walk inOctober.

Thanks to Roy of Augustawho brought us some deli-cious watermelon on Friday.Thank you!

Jacen Kloss, son of AngelaKloss, CNA at DANRC,brought his furry felinefriend, Bear, to visit with resi-dents. The residents enjoyedwatching Bear play and pet-ting him. Bear enjoyed it,too!

Our week started out wellwith Sunday Services led bythe Des Arc United MethodistChurch and fellowship withFaith Missionary BaptistChurch. They are like pre-cious extended family and weappreciate them sharingtheir time with us.

August is National WaffleMonth. We celebrated byhaving the “flat” waffle, betterknown as pancakes made byour Volunteer Staff. A greatbreakfast to start the day.Thanks to these great cooks

for going the extra mile for us!As a treat this week, we

had coffee and donuts. Wecould easily get hooked onthose donuts. The coffee willbe welcome when the tem-peratures begin to fall, whichis not too far away.

The Disciples were hereon Friday sharing their musicwith the residents. They are awelcome sight.

A beautiful new bird hasbeen added to our aviary. Avote was taken and its newname is D.W., in honor ofD.W. Branham who gainedhis “wings” last week. D.W.’sfamily donated a beautifulwreath in his memory that isprominently placed in thedayroom. Thank you to hisfamily. We will miss himdearly.

Bro. Fowler, pastor of theAssembly of God Church hasstarted a new Bible Study onSaturday. He will also beshowing christian moviesthroughout the week.

Our Saturday was roundedout with Jordan’s deliciouspopcorn. The smell of pop-corn makes your mouth

water and it is very good, too!We have been shopping

for the residents, playedgames, excercised, visited theDANRC General Store, remi-nisced, had Ball Toss and ofcourse, Bingo.

Our Resident Council metand are working on somenew activities to try.

We will be having wheel-chair races on Wednesday,September 2.

The Labor Day Holiday isfast approaching. It is the lastholiday before Thanksgiving.Then before you know it,Christmas will be here!

That is all for this week.Come out and visit. Volun-teers are always welcome! Wewould like to say a specialthanks to Sue Smith’s daugh-ter for coming out and help-ing and to all our volunteers.We really appreciate all youdo!

So, until next time, enjoythe cooler weather and havea great rest of the week.

Teresa HenleyActivity Director

“Stand Alone”

RecipesFrom Rev. Jaimie Alexander

From theKitchen ofRev. JaimieAlexander,MethodistMinisterat Bella Vista

Spinach Salad with Garlic Dressing,Beef and Rice Casserole, Apple Marinat-ed Chicken, and Banana Cake Bars withCream Cheese Frosting are recipes fullof flavor. All of these recipes except the AppleMarinated Chicken are great to prepareand take to a potluck or to a friend. So tie on your apron and enjoy preparingthese stand alone recipes! Enjoy!

Spinach Salad with Garlic Dressing

8 ounces bacon3/4 cup olive oil1/4 cup red wine vinegarPinch salt and pepper1 clove garlic, minced1 pound leaf spinach, tough stems removed8 ounces mushrooms, thinly sliced

In a medium skillet, cook the bacon overmedium-high heat until just crisp. Drainon paper towels and crumble when coolenough to handle. Set aside.In a small bowl, whisk together the oil,vinegar, salt, pepper and garlic.Wash the spinach leaves very well andspin dry. Tear the leaves into smallpieces and place in a medium saladbowl. Add the mushrooms and bacon,and toss to combine. Pour 2/3 cup of thedressing over the salad (reserve the restfor another use) and toss again. Serveimmediately.

Beef and Rice Casserole

1 pound ground beef1/3 cup chopped onion1/2 cup chopped green pepper2 cups cooked long grain rice1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes,un-drained ( I use Rotel Tomatoes)1 can (11 ounces) whole kernel corn,drained1 can (2-1/4 ounces) sliced ripe olives,drained6 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled2 teaspoons chili powder1 teaspoon garlic powder1/2 teaspoon salt1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded cheddarcheese, divided1/2 cup dry bread crumbs1 tablespoon butter, meltedPreheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet,cook beef, onion and green pepper overmedium heat until meat is no longerpink; drain.Stir in rice, tomatoes, corn, olives, baconand seasonings; heat through. Stir in 1cup cheese until melted.Transfer to a greased 11x7-in. bakingdish. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.Toss bread crumbs with butter; sprinkleover top.Bake, uncovered, 15-20 minutes or untilcheese is melted. Yield:4 servings.

Apple Marinated Chicken1 cup apple juice1/2 cup canola oil1/4 cup packed brown sugar1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce

3 tablespoons lemon juice2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley3 garlic cloves, minced6 boneless skinless chicken breasthalves (6 ounces each)4 large carrots2 medium zucchini2 medium yellow summer squash

In a small bowl, whisk the first seven in-gredients until blended. Place 1 cupmarinade and chicken in a large reseal-able plastic bag; seal bag and turn tocoat. Refrigerate 6 hours or overnight.Cover and refrigerate remaining mari-nade.Cut carrots, zucchini and squash length-wise into quarters; cut crosswise into 2-in. pieces. Toss with 1/2 cup reservedmarinade.Drain chicken, discarding marinade inbag. Grill chicken, covered, over mediumheat or broil 4 in. from heat 6-8 minuteson each side or until a thermometerreads 165°, basting frequently with re-maining marinade during the last 5 min-utes. Keep warm.Transfer vegetables to a grill wok orbasket; place on grill rack. Grill, covered,over medium heat 10-12 minutes or untilcrisp-tender, stirring frequently. Servechicken with vegetables.

Banana Cake Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

1 cup flour1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/8 teaspoon salt1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened3/4 cup sugar1 egg1/2 cup (4 ounces) sour cream1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 medium-size ripe banana, mashed(about 1/2 cup)Frosting:4 ounces (1/2 block) cream cheese1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened1 cup powdered sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract2 tablespoons honeyPreheat oven to 350 degrees F. Greasean 8 x 8-inch baking dish and set aside.In a small bowl, whisk together flour,baking soda and salt until well combined.Set aside.In a medium bowl, using an electricmixer, cream together butter and sugaruntil light and fluffy, about 1 to 2 minutes.Add egg and mix well to incorporate.Add sour cream and vanilla and continuemixing until well blended. Add dry ingre-dients, about 1/3 at a time, beating atlowest speed briefly with each additionuntil dry ingredients are just barely incor-porated. Fold in mashed banana byhand and stir until blended. Pour intogreased baking dish and bake for 30 to35 minutes or until toothpick inserted incenter comes out clean and centersprings back to touch. Set aside to cool.Meanwhile, to make frosting, beat creamcheese and butter together in a bowluntil smooth and creamy. Add powderedsugar and beat until sugar is absorbed.Add vanilla and honey and continuebeating until frosting is smooth. Oncecake has cooled, frost in pan, slice andserve.

We hope everyone en-joyed the refreshing rainwe all got last week!

We had a great andeventful week. Monday theMen played against theWomen at Bean Bag Base-ball and the Men won 29-7.Way to go Men!

Tuesday, the Quiltershad a meeting discussingthe next quilt. The latest 2quilts were the same andwere for Margaret Whitakerand Ms. Sherry from theCabot Center.

Wednesday we had our

homemade breakfast,Bingo and piano music.

Thursday was a verybusy day. Ms. Nola Hamp-ton brought wonderfulhomemade peach friedpies!

Monica from the LowerWhite River Museum camethat afternoon and showedus furs and talked aboutthe fur trading from thisarea.

The Lonoke and Cabotcenters came and played aBean Bag Baseball gameagainst us, and we won 26-

9! Go Bobcats! Then we allenjoyed a nice dinner atDondies for Senior Citizennight.

Friday is our recyclingday. Special thanks to Vic-tor Gray, Mr. and Mrs.Petty, and Mary Holcombfor bringing produce fromtheir gardens. We have re-ally enjoyed the fresh veg-gies this summer!

We will let you knowsoon about our yard saleroom. God Bless and havea great weekend!

Mid-Delta CommunityServices, Inc. Summer Cri-sis Home Energy Assistance

Program will close Au-gust 26, 2015 for the follow-ing counties listed belowdue to depletion of funds.Therefore, no further appli-cations will be accepted forthe Crisis Program after thisdate.

Phillips PrairieLeeMonroe

Furry Friend Visits DANRC: Jacen Kloss, with his kitty, Bear, visiting at the Des ArcNursing and Rehabilitation Center on Saturday. Jimmy Bryant, left, making friends withBear. Jacen is the son of Angela Kloss, a CNA at DANRC, and grandson of Linda Klossand the late Dickie Kloss. Bear seems to be enjoying the extra special attention he is re-ceiving!

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Ruby Moon for the Prairie County Bob Cats steps up to the plate to pitch the bean bag

The Bob Cats won their game on Friday against the Lonoke and Cabot Centers inBean Bag Baseball 26-9. Way to go Bob Cats!

Thank You!

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O B I T U A R I E S

There are not enough words to express our grati-tude for all the acts of kindness shown to us duringour time of sorrow.

We thank you for the beautiful flowers, food, cardsand phone calls we received.

We send very special heartfelt thanks to the Des ArcNursing & Rehab Center staff of nurses, CNAs and allother employees - we love you all. Each one of you dosuch a wonderful job of taking care of everyone’s lovedones. To the staff and residents, I thank you so muchfor the thoughtful things you did for me and my fam-ily.

We want to thank Brother Jim West, Brother WoodyLantrip and Brother Paul Fowler for the wonderful jobthey did. Also, to Mary Lantrip and Jalen Bell for thebeautiful songs they sang.

To all the pallbearers, may God bless each andevery one of you, and to everyone who showed us actsof kindness during our time of sorrow, may you all begreatly blessed.

Joy BranhamTammy and David BrittTiffany and Charles Ray Mack p

The family of Viola Baxter would like to thankeveryone for the acts of kindness shown to us duringthe passing of our beloved wife, mother and grand-mother.

Your beautiful flowers, food, visits, cards and espe-cially your prayers have been a geat comfort.

Your acts of kind sympathy and caring are greatlyappreciated by her family.

May God bless you.The Family of Viola BaxterBiscoe, Arkansas p

Viola (Chesser) Baxter,age 86, of Biscoe, passedfrom this life at her homesurrounded by family onAugust 20, 2015.

She was a retired schoolteacher and an alumni ofOuachita Baptist Universi-ty. She was a member of theFirst Baptist Church of Bis-coe.

Viola was born to Jimand Minnie Chesser on Oc-tober 25, 1928, the 4th offive children.

She is survived by herhusband of 66 years, JamesBaxter; her children, JimmyBaxter (Mary), Timmy Bax-ter (Vicki), and TammyRoush (Tom); 6 grandchil-dren; 14 great-grandchil-dren and many specialfriends.

Visitation was 6:00 to8:00 P.M., Saturday, August22 at Westbrook FuneralHome in Hazen. Funeralservices were held at 2:00P.M., Sunday, August 23, atthe First Baptist Church inBiscoe. Burial was in theBiscoe Cemetery.

Pallbearers are hergrandsons.

Relatives at Des Arc areher granddaughter, Aman-da (Mike) Kearby.

Jean Dozier, age 71, ofLonoke died Wednesday,August 19, 2015.

Preceding her in deathwere her parents, Richardand Hazel Dozier, and hus-band, Herman Paul Raper.

Survivors include herchildren, Paula Nibblettand Cindy Benson; sixgrandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; loved byTommy Uptain and manymore family and friends.

Funeral Service was at11:00 a.m. Saturday, August22 at Gardner MethodistChurch, North Little Rockwith burial in LonokeCemetery.

www.boydfuneralhome.net.

Carl (Buddy) Morrison ofCarlisle passed away onAug. 20, 2015 at Hospice InCare at St. Vincent Hospitalin Little Rock.

He was born on the farmon Aug. 30, 1941. The farmwas established in 1899. Hewas preceded in death byhis loving wife, Frances(Rowe) Morrison, they weremarried 33 years, his fatherEdger and his mother Essie(Bass) Morrison, and onesister Martha Justin of LittleRock.

Survivors are one son,Bobby and daughter-in-law, Jan Morrison, and onedaughter, Rebecca Morri-son all of Carlisle; and onegrandson, Jone and wifeAngie, one great-great-granddaughter Ariel Neal ofCabot and four sisters andone brother.

Funeral memorial serv-ice by Weems Family Funer-al Service at Carlisle Ceme-tery by Fred J. Hansel Sr.and very close friends, Saraand Jay Hansel and RandalGammill of Cabot on Satur-day Aug. 22, 2015 at 10 a.m.

Lucille Sherwood Sen-ning, 98, of Stuttgart, widowof Edward Christian Sen-ning, passed away Wednes-day, August 19, 2015, atCrestpark.

Mrs. Senning was bornDecember 14, 1916, inStuttgart to B. Frank andSophia Busch Sherwood.She was a 1935 graduate ofStuttgart High School andmember of First ChristianChurch. She retired in 1984from the USDA.

Besides her parents andher husband, she was pre-ceded in death by herdaughter, Sandra Kay Shu-mate; five brothers, Asa,Lloyd, Walter, Ervin andClarence Sherwood; andthree sisters, Vera Sheeks,Edith Stratton and AnnaAllen.

Survivors are one sister,Lorea Williams of LittleRock; son-in-law, CharlesShumate of Stuttgart; onegrandson, Scott Shumate ofStuttgart; nine nieces; andtwo nephews.

Funeral services, officiat-ed by the Rev. Hart Moore,were at 2:00 p.m. Monday atTurpin Funeral Home withvisitation one hour prior tothe service.

Burial followed in LoneTree Cemetery.

Lucille Senningretired USDAworker, dies

Kenneth James Rogers,age 33 passed away onThursday, August 20, 2015.A son of Lynn Rogers andthe late, Judy Bates Rogers,he was born on August 4,1982 in Stuttgart.

For the past five years“Kenny” was employed as atruck driver for the TriCounty Farmers Co-op inBrinkley. He enjoyed driv-ing and all things involvedwith 18-wheelers.

Kenny and Chasity Stin-nett were married on Octo-ber 20, 2012 and werepresently living in the Richcommunity.

In the community heserved as a volunteer fire-man, umpired softballgames and served as aleader with both the boyand girl scout clubs.

As a true country boy,Kenny loved being out-doors and involved withhunting, fishing, swim-ming, riding 4-wheelers,working on vehicles andoutdoor grilling. Family wasoften surprised with aspontaneous family trip toa favorite place.

With a gift of conversa-tion, he never met astranger and with a com-passionate heart helpedothers in time of need. Hewas a member of theClarendon MethodistChurch.

He was preceded indeath by his Mother, JudyKay Bates Rogers and hisGrandfather, Jesse Rogers

He is survived by hiswife, Chasity StinnettRogers of Brinkley; daugh-ter, Alexie Norris also ofBrinkley; his father, Lynn(Sara) Rogers of Clarendon;his grandmother, CarolynRogers of Clarendon.

Albert "Junior" Lamb,age 82 passed away Friday,August 21, 2015 in HotSprings. A son of the lateArthur and Nancy Lamb, hespent a lifetime in the busi-ness of farming.

Albert also served withthe US Army during the Ko-rean Conflict. He enjoyedhunting and was a memberof the Big Foot Deer Hunt-ing Club.

Albert and Ann marriedon June 6, 1959 in Roe andwere privileged to sharenearly 53 years of marriagebefore her death on Sep-tember 13, 2012.

They became longtimeresidents of the Bald Knobcommunity, where he en-joyed fellowship with theNew Bethel GeneralChurch.

Albert was preceded indeath by his parents, ArthurWillie Lamb & Nancy JaneEvans Lamb; his wife, AnnStokes Lamb; One son,Charles Edward Lamb.

He is survived by sons,Terry & Debbie Lamb of HotSprings, Carl & Mary Lambof Bald Knob and EugeneLamb of Brinkley; onedaughter, Cindy Lamb ofHot Springs; 8 grandchil-dren and 15 great grand-children

Graveside services wereheld at 11:00 am Tuesday atthe Roe Cemetery, Roe,Arkansas with military hon-ors by the United StatesArmy Honor Team.

Martha Caplener of BaldKnob passed away Satur-day, June 7, 2008 at the ageof 77.

Surviving are three chil-dren, Janette Martin ofStuttgart, Mona Jane Mc-Nutt of Bald Knob andRomie Don Caplener ofBald Knob; two sisters, Es-ther Feldman and LeonaGreenway; eight grandchil-dren and fourteen great-grandchildren.

Funeral service was at2:00 p.m. Tuesday June 10,2008 at Powell FuneralHome Chapel in Searcywith Bro.Gary Cloyes offici-ating. Interment was inShady Grove Cemetery

Ida Faye Hambrick, 84, ofthe Northside Community,died Friday, August 21, 2015at her home.

She was born September19, 1930 in Okemah, Okla-homa to Johnnie andMargie (Covington) Lane.

Survivors include herhusband, Linville Ham-brick; one daughter, JoAnneTaylor and husband, Steve;two sons, Danny Hambrickand wife, Nancy, and DougHambrick and wife, Beth;eight grandchildren; eightgreat grandchildren; twosisters, Pat Laucher andOpal Magby.

Funeral services wereheld at 10:00 a.m. MondayAugust 24, at Garth FuneralHome Chapel in Des Arcwith Bro. Doug Hambrickand Bro. Billy Pearson offi-ciating.

Interment was in theWelcome Home Cemeterynorth of Des Arc.

Pallbearers were ColtHuggins, Lane Huggins,Keith Taylor, Adam Ham-brick, Cooper Roberts, JodyRoberts.

Jesse “Bodidle” L. Weath-erley died Saturday, August22, 2015 at Des Arc Nursingand Rehab.

Jesse was born Septem-ber 11, 1923 in Des Arc to G.W. and Lola (Ward) Weath-erley. On November 10,1946 he married OzinaFranceJesse

He served his country inthe Navy during WW II.

He is survived by one sis-ter, Lennie Sue West of DesArc; two sons, Billy WayneWeatherley of Kansas andEugene Weatherley andwife, Brenda, of DeVallsBluff; seven grandchildren,Mike Weatherley and wife,Carrie, Scott Weatherleyand wife, Kelli, RobertWeatherley and wife, Abby,John Weatherley and wife,Christi, Jennifer Riggs, Bri-an Weatherley, GeorgeWeatherley; seven greatgrandchildren, Dacia,Rowan, Megan, Austin,Kaitlyn, Courtney, Keagan;two great great grandchil-dren, Brooklyn, Anna, andmany cousins and friends.

He was preceded indeath by his wife; his par-ents; two brothers, Cleoand Elgen; three sisters,Jane, Earnise and Katie; oneson, George; and one greatgrandson, Keegan.

Visitation will be heldfrom 6 to 8 p.m.Thursday atGarth Funeral Home.

Funeral services will beat 2:00 P M Friday, August28, at Garth Funeral HomeChapel with Bro. Jim West,pastor of the Faith Mission-ary Baptist Church, officiat-ing.

Interment will be inLakeside Cemetery.

Pallbearers are MikeWeatherley, Scott Weather-ley, Robert Weatherley,Austin Weatherley, JohnWeatherley and J. J. Walicki.On-line guest register www.garthfu-neralhome.com.

Roger H. Beedle, age 70,of Carlisle, died Monday,August 24, 2015. He wasborn in Bayou Meto,Arkansas.

He was preceded indeath by his parents, Floydand Ruth Beedle.

He is survived by his wifeDiane Beedle; son, Rodney(Andrea) Beedle; onegrandson Peyton Beedle ofCabot; siblings, Lavern(Archie) Dale, Louise (BillyPaul) Bullock of HotSprings, Nancy (Eddie)Hollingsworth of Gillett andFloyd (Donna) Beedle, Jr. ofStuttgart.

He served in the ArmyNational Guard and was amechanic for many years.

Funeral service was atBoyd Funeral Home chapelWednesday, August 26 at10:00 a.m.

Interment was at theBayou Meto Cemetery nearDeWitt.

Gertrude "Sugar Babe”Dilworth, 89, of CottonPlant, died Sunday, August16, at Des Arc Nursing andRehab Center in Des Arc.

Four sons, two daugh-ters, a sister, 19 grandchil-dren, 22 great grandchil-dren and a host of other rel-atives survive her.

Funeral services wereheld Saturday, August 22 at2 p.m. at the Brinkley Con-vention Center in Brinkley.

Interment was atMorninig Star Cemetery byBranscumb of Brinkley.

Thank you!Words are never adequate to say how much I appre-

ciate the calls, cards, food, gifts and especially yourprayers during my stay in the hospital and recovery athome.

A “special” thank you to my family, Bro. Eddie Addisonand my Lakeside Missionary Baptist Church family for allyour love and support.

Asking for your continued prayers.

Lela Mae Rogers c

Phillip Raymond Immelof McCrory, died Sunday,August 23, 2015. He was 56years of age.

Visitation will be atThompson-Wilson FuneralHome in McCrory from 1 to2 p.m. Wednesday, August26, 2015 followed by agraveside service at FakesChapel Cemetery near Mc-Crory. Thompson-WilsonFuneral Directors of Mc-Crory are in charge ofarrangements. Bro. EllisMcCorkle is the officiatingminister.

Phillip was born in Mc-Crory on March 29, 1959 toForrest “Smokie” and KatiePegg Immel. He attendedMcCrory schools. Duringhis life, Phillip was a truckdriver, self-employed serv-ice man and farmer. Heloved spending time withhis daughter and his grand-kids. Phillip had attendedthe Pumpkin Bend Com-munity Church.

Survivors include hiswife, Teresa Immel , daugh-ter, Shana Immel, brother,Billy Immel all of McCrorysisters, Sharon Peevey ofAugusta, Jo Boling ofWynne, Annette RaySalinasof Marion and PhyllisNichols of Augusta, fourgrandchildren, HarleyArnold, Courteny Smith,Chad Smith and MichelleSmith, two great-grandchil-dren, Joseph Kidwell andEverette Arnold.

Pallbearers are Phil Bur-kett, Jimmy Peevey, RonnieNichols, John Payne andDanny Naracon.

Carl Morrison,lifelong Carlisleresident, dies

Ida Faye Hambrick

Faye Hambrick,longtime Northsideresident, dies

Roger Beedle,Carlisle, longtime mechanic, dies

Phillip R. Immel,trucker, farmer,McCrory native

Viola Baxter was lifelong Biscoe resident

Services hereFriday forJ. L. Weatherley

Jean Dozier burial in Lonoke

Viola Baxter Jesse Weatherley

Albert Lamb, Army Veteran,lifelong farmer

Kenneth Rogerswas driver forTri-County

Gertrude Dilworth, Cotton Plantdies at DANRC

Lorraine Wilsondies at Beebe

Martha Caplener,mother ofStuttgart resident

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Lorraine Teague Wilson,85, of Beebe, Arkansas,peacefully went to her Lordon August 25, 2015.

Born May 24, 1930, Lor-raine was the third child ofOtto Warren and Lydia LoisTeague. She attended PineBluff High School and was agraduate of Hendrix Col-lege, where she met herhusband of 57 years, BennieDial Wilson. Lorraine taughtsixth grade before stayinghome to raise a family inBeebe. She later returned toeducation, finishing her ca-reer as a second gradeteacher.

Lorraine is lovingly re-membered by her daugh-ters Lynn (Henry) Watkinsof O’Fallon, Missouri, Debra(Corky) Thomas of Beebe,and Diana Hartwick of Vilo-nia; one sister, ElizabethWorkman, and brothers Ot-to (Jeanne) Teague, Sam(Carole) Teague, and David(Mary Jane) Teague; fivegrandchildren, Kara (Eric)Williams, Kyle Hartwick,Alyson (Greg) Stewart, Bai-ley Thomas and ShelbieThomas; five great-grand-children whom she adoredand many cherished nieces,nephews and friends.

A memorial service willbe held at 2:00 pm Friday,August 28, 2015, at FirstUnited Methodist Church ofBeebe.

Corky Thomas is a for-mer Des Arc resident.

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Rain came, but wasspotty. Down Dixie waygot less than Gregory andI’m told north of McCrorygot plenty. BUT, be as itmay, we do not controlthe rain. So?Karla Clark spent Sat-

urday at a Little Rock hos-pital with Paula McNight,who is very ill. Her Dad,Brent, remains in Hous-ton,Tex. taking treat-ments at M.D. Anderson’s.Lee Wood of Little Rock

and his Dad, Butch Woodof McCrory, visited MaryVincent on Sunday after-noon.O.B. and Helen Fields

along with friends, Doyleand Earline Fowler of Mc-Crory, were guests forlunch and music at theirbank in Searcy onSatur-day.Jena Pfeffer visited in

Searcy on Sunday after-noon with the LynnTranum family.Rosie Turner of Revel,

is a patient in Cloverdale’sRehab Center at Judsonia.Phillip Immel, brother

of Sharon Peevey of Revel,died Sunday night.I got a call Monday that

my friend, Dr. Bob Smithof Searcy died last Thurs-day with the funeral onTuesday at First Baptist

Church there.Put this on your calen-

dar and your “gonna do”list : American LegionAuxiliary is having a YARDor GARAGE SALE(whichever you want ) onSeptember 4 and 5 at theCooper Place. That isacross from Fred’s. TheCoopers have had SALESthere before, so you knowwhere it is. Save yourmoney and come see us.I will be telling you

again next week, so gostraight to Gregory Glean-ings when you get yourpaper.Folks, when you get

some vitamins that tell

you to consult your doc-tor before taking, believethem. I got me some thatwas going to make thisold brain like a new one.Well, bruised places be-gan appearing all over meand I had not been in anyeven minor fights. I tookoff to get my Coumadinfilled, blood checked andit was a 10. Not good, butgave me a good excuse tocamp on the couch allweekend and eat turnipgreens. Monday, it was a 2so all is well, except thebrain must stay ‘old’.

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Our pastor was called outof state for a funeral over theweekend. Brother AllenMcElroy filled in for him. He brought the morning

and evening message anddid a great job.On Saturday, we enjoyed

the Kelly family reunion inCarlisle. There were around85 to 90 family memberspresent. They came fromWashington, Texas, Carlisle,Des Arc, Hazen, and otherplaces unknown to me.

What a blessing.Kimberly Simmons had a

bad fall on Friday of lastweek and fractured herknee. She has an appoint-ment with an orthopedicdoctor today. (Monday) Shehad to wear a brace over theweekend.We were glad to see Tom-

my Jasper back in church onSunday.We extend Sympathy to

the James Baxter family asthey lost their wife and

mother the past week.We thank the people at

the Carlisle Civic Center forthe nice convenience of theuse of their building for ourfamily reunion on Saturday.We received several

showers of rain over theweekend. Things wererather dry. Our lawn wasturning brown.We had some visitors in-

our service on Sunday.We wish everyone a Safe

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Vanessa Graham went toLonoke one day last week tovisit her sister-in-law, Bren-da Graham.Nikki Kirk came over to

visit Clara Clark last week. Isat on Clara’s porch and vis-ited, too. That’s the morningcoffee porch most morningsfor Bob, Clara and me. If wedon’t come over, her dog, JB,looks for us.It was great to finally

meet Alli Cox at church Sun-day. We all go to the sameChurch, but she and Tyler sitin the balcony. She toldRobbie Weaver that she hasto read my column to Tylerevery week. I appreciatethat.Vanessa Graham went to

the doctor Monday to haveher throat checked. She willgo back Friday to the hospi-tal to have a swallowing testand see the doctor again af-ter that. She has asthma butshe gets choked pretty oftenand they think the problemis in her throat. Please keepher in your Prayers.Monte Crider has been

helping Bob replace oldboards on our deck. Hope tohave it and Clara’s porchwater sealed this week. Bobhas been having more trou-ble with his back and feet,so it’s a slow go.Monday evening we had

some old friends visit us. Patand Shirley Briggs of theOak Prairie communitycame over. Shirley neededsome Stanley degreaser, I’m

glad she did. Use to see eachother all the time, closefriends and now never seeeach other. They went nextdoor to say hi to Clara andsee her trailer.Clara Clark’s hip surgery

has been changed to Sept.17. Please keep her in yourPrayers!I went in to Des Arc on

Tuesday to get a haircut. En-joyed seeing Ms. Walls andCharles at the WRJ. Stoppedby Senior Citizen Center tosay hi to all the folks there;some were gone. Amazingmemory of some. Ray Mc-Vay asked me how BobbyBell was; told him I reallydon’t see him much. Heasked me if I had hit anycows lately? It has been sev-eral years since I hit one ofBobby’s cows. I told a ladyone time, I pray for safetravel, because I had hit adog, a deer and a cow. Shewas shocked about the cow.I told her the cow lookedlike Bullwinkle, the moose,up at my windshield in thedark. I went back at 1 PM tohave lunch with my girl,Leah White, and Debbie.Carter Harrison hurt his

little finger on right handabout eight months ago. It isbent down. He was havingsurgery on it Wednesday.Please pray Doc could fix it.Send him a card, 9952 Hwy13N, Carlisle, AR 72024.The next “Ladies Drop

By” will be Tuesday, Sept.8,at the Hickory Plains

Methodist Church at 1 PM.Come join us, we have FUN!HPOS wants to let every-

one know that Tracy willserve breakfast on Sundaymornings. She will also havea Sunday lunch special for$4 .99. Dinner SPECIALS onTUESDAYS & FRIDAYS!Come out & enjoy!Please support Hickory

Plains Post Office by pur-chasing stamps, mailingpackages, etc. there.. Sup-port our OWN local Post-master, Tammy Bruce. TheHickory Plains Post Officehours are Mon.-Fri. 12:30PM- 2:30PM, Sat.10AM-1:30PM.(REMINDER) For people

to call 870-854-3703 oremail me (OpalCrider@cen-turytel.net) their News.Please call or send!!! If youwant birthdays in my col-umn and you know I don’tput them in, please let meknow!Have a Good Week In The

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Happy Anniversary Sept.4 to Lyndilyn and RussellClark!

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By Mary Hightower U of A System Division of AgricultureDespite a slow, rainy

start to the planting sea-son, Arkansas’ small cottoncrop is looking good, butthere are “still a lot of bearsout in the woods,” said BillRobertson, extension cot-ton agronomist for theUniversity of Arkansas Sys-tem Division of Agricul-ture. “A lot can happen be-

tween now and harvesttime,” he said Monday. Earlier this month, the

National Agricultural Sta-tistics Service of the U.S.Agriculture Department is-sued its nationwide cropforecast. The forecast forArkansas included a recordhigh yield of 1,226 poundsof lint per acre from235,000 harvested acres, arecord low number. “Arkansas’ planted

acreage is down at least95,000 acres from last year,or about 28 percent. SinceJanuary, the December fu-tures contract has tradedbetween 61 and 68 cents,”said Scott Stiles, extensioneconomist for the Univer-sity of Arkansas System Di-vision of Agriculture. “Evenwithout the rain delays wehad this spring, cottonprices were low enough toreduce acreage.” Robertson said he had a

“hard time arguing withthose numbers right now.”However, there are dif-

ferences in the estimate for

harvested acres. For exam-ple, the Boll Weevil Eradi-cation Program counts200,335 acres and FarmService Agency’s figures are5,200 acres different fromthe boll weevil program fig-ures. The differences areattributed to variations incounting methods. “Onemight be a little high, onemight be a little low.” “When I look at the crop

we have now, it looks asgood or better than lastyear,” he said. With theweather becoming moremoderate, “we’ll still have afairly good yield potential.”Seed-per-boll numbers

were a little off from thepast few years, and “wemight not beat last year byvery much or we mightcome up a little shy,”Robertson said. Growers could begin

harvest as early as mid- tolate-September, and mostgrowers should have theirpicking machinery de-ployed by the first of Octo-ber. The crop had a lot of

catching up to do, as springrain kept planters out.Robertson cited the prob-lems faced in PoinsettCounty, which is usuallyNo. 5 among the state’s cot-ton-growing counties. “Poinsett County was

extremely hard hit withrains in May and we could-n’t get in to get planted,” hesaid. “We were at May 40thand still wanting to plant

and weather forced somegrowers to switch to anoth-er crop.” May 40th? “Because we

don’t plant cotton in June,”Robertson said with achuckle. Persistent rain also pre-

vented growers from put-ting out herbicide and en-couraged seedling disease,which made for thin standsfor some growers. Growers spent the sum-

mer battling pressure fromplant bugs that were higherin number due to the high-er amounts of corn andgrain sorghum in sur-rounding fields. As thesecrops mature and plantbug numbers build, theymove into cotton. “When you’re surround-

ed by corn and other crops,it’s very difficult to get ontop of it” especially whenfarmers look at the cost ofcontrol and other invest-ments in the crop and priceat which the crop can besold, Robertson said. The University of

Arkansas System Divisionof Agriculture offers itsprograms to all eligiblepersons regardless of race,color, sex, gender identity,sexual orientation, nation -al origin, religion, age, dis-ability, marital orveteran status, genetic in-formation, or any otherlegally protected status,and is an Affirmative Ac-tion/Equal OpportunityEmployer.

Cotton crop caught up from rain-delayed ‘May 40th’ planting

Ruined lawns, fox holes wallowed intopastures and devoured farm crops are justpart of the estimated $1.5 billion in annu-al damage and control costs linked to feralhogs nationwide.“The explosive growth of feral hog pop-

ulations has caused an immense amountof frustration for farmers and landownersacross Arkansas,” said Becky McPeake, ex-tension wildlife specialist for the Universi-ty of Arkansas System Division of Agricul-ture.“People have shot at hog or put a trap

out thinking that’s all they had to do togain control, but they’re getting outsmart-ed by the pigs,” she said. “Feral hogs arenot comfortable around humans and oncethe pigs encounter humans, they tend tobecome less visible. They are highly adapt-able and will do what is necessary to sur-vive.” McPeake also said “the problem isn’t

limited to just rural areas, they’re now be-ing reported near urban areas like Con-way.” To address the issue, the Cooperative

Extension Service, the Arkansas Forest Re-sources Center and Arkansas Game andFish Commission are hosting two feral hogworkshops in the coming weeks. “Trapping and managing hog popula-

tions takes time and a lot of planning,” shesaid. “We will be presenting research-based methods that landowners can im-plement to help control destructive hogpopulations.” The first meeting is set for Thursday,

Aug. 27, at the Southwest Research and Ex-tension Center in Hope. There’s no cost toattendThe second will be held Saturday, Sept.

19, at the Pine Tree Research Station inColt. There is no cost to attend. RSVPs aredue Friday, Sept. 11, to the county exten-sion office. A head count will be neededfor lunch. Registration 8:30-9:00 a. m.Program expenses are sponsored by the

Natural Resources Conservation Serviceand meals are sponsored by the ArkansasForestry Association. tem Division of Agri-culture/Arkansas Forest Resources Center

Feral hog workshops set for Aug. 27 and Sept. 19

FACT: Feral hogs said to be increasing at alarming rate

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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 17Days of field work: 5Top Soil Moisture: 35%

Adequate; 65% ShortSub Soil Moisture:

100% shortLivestock Condition:

Fair

Main Activities:Harvesting of rice and

corn picked up thoughthe week with limitedyield or quality results re-ported. Scattered rainshowers helped to ease ir-rigation pressure. A majorpod feeding worm out-break has occurred in soy-bean. Sorghum yield re-ports have been fair tovery good. Irrigation hasbeen terminated on cot-ton. Sporadic levels ofarmyworms have been re-ported in pasture.

Growing Progress:Corn: 95% Mature, 20%

harvestedSoybean: 100% Setting

pods, 3% MatureRice: 99% Headed, 10%

HarvestedSorghum: 99% Color,

50% HarvestedCotton: Boll Open 35%

Crop Condition:Corn: 10% Poor, 90%

FairRice: 15% Poor, 85%

FairSoybean: 15% Poor,

85% FairSorghum: 20% Poor,

80% FairHay/Pasture: 50% Poor,

50% Fair

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NRCS Accepting Appli-cations through October16, 2015, for the RegionalConservation PartnershipProgram – Rice Steward-ship Partnership Project inArkansas

Farmers and landown-ers in 30 Arkansas countieshave until October 16,2015, to submit applica-tions to receive financialassistance to implementconservation practicesthrough the Regional Con-servation Partnership Pro-gram (RCPP) – Rice Stew-ardship Partnership Proj-ect sponsored by USA Riceand Ducks Unlimited. Ap-plicants can sign up at theirlocal USDA Natural Re-sources Conservation Serv-ice (NRCS) field servicecenter. NRCS accepts ap-plications for financial as-sistance on a continuousbasis throughout the year.Specific deadlines are usedfor ranking, contractingand funding. Additionalranking pools deadlinesmay be established if fund-ing is available.

This RCPP program willassist landowners and riceproducers who voluntarilyimplement conservationand management practicesthat help improve irriga-tion water management,control sediment and nu-trient runoff, and providewaterfowl habitat on riceproduction lands. Themain goal is to reducegroundwater demand inthe alluvial aquifer fromrice production to insure

sustainability of the watersource for future rice pro-duction.

Funding will be avail-able to eligible landownersthrough the Environmen-tal Quality Incentives Pro-gram (EQIP). NRCS willprovide financial assis-tance for a systems ap-proach using approvedconservation practices forthe purpose of addressingresource concerns. Landand producer eligibility,adjusted gross income, andall other program criteriafor participation must bemet to participate in thisinitiative. Agriculturallands are eligible for enroll-ment in the initiative.

The 30 counties open forsign-up in RCPP are:

Arkansas, Ashley,Chicot, Clay, Conway,Craighead, Crittenden,Cross, Desha, Drew,Faulkner, Green, Inde-pendence, Jackson, Jeffer-son, Lawrence, Lee, Lin-coln, Lonoke, Mississippi,Monroe, Phillips, Poinsett,Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Ran-dolph, St. Francis, White,and Woodruff.

RCPP is a comprehen-sive and flexible programthat uses partnerships tostretch and multiply con-servation investments andreach conservation goalson a regional or watershedscale.

“This program is aprime example of how gov-ernment can serve as a cat-alyst for public and privateinvestment in rural Ameri-

ca,” said Mike Sullivan,Arkansas state conserva-tionist. “This USA Rice -Ducks Unlimited RCPPproject will accomplish awide diversity of agricul-tural and natural resourcegoals assisting rice produc-ers address water quantity,water quality, and wildlifehabitat across 30 Arkansascounties,” said Mike Sulli-van, Arkansas NRCS stateconservationist.

“RCPP puts our partnersin the driver’s seat,” Sulli-van said. “Projects are ledlocally, and demonstratethe value of strong public-private partnerships thatdeliver solutions to toughnatural resource chal-lenges. RCPP provides anopportunity for locallydriven partnerships towork side-by-side withlocal conservation districtsand NRCS to accelerateconservation efforts andachieve measurableprogress.”

Additional informationabout the RCPP projects,area maps and conserva-tion practices, are availablehere.

To learn about technicaland financial assistanceavailable through conser-vation programs, visitwww.nrcs.usda.gov/Get-Started or your local USDAService Center. To locateyour local field office, visithttp://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/ar/contact/local/.

By Ryan McGeeneySTUTTGART — High nighttime tem-

peratures during recent summer monthswill likely affect the quality of harvestedrice in the southern portion of the state,according to University of Arkansas Sys-tem Division of Agriculture experts.

Jarrod Hardke, extension rice agrono-mist with the Division of Agriculture, saidthis week that a stretch of about 20 daysthis past July, during which nighttime lowtemperatures never dropped below 75 de-grees in the southern portion of the state,will likely result in rice grains with a“chalky” or opaque appearance at harvest.

“It’s of specific concern to rice duringheading, between flowering and the finalgrain filling,” Hardke said. “Especially ifthe nighttime temperatures never fallbelow 75 degrees for a stretch of five toseven days or more.”

Although many consumers may thinkof rice as being typically white in appear-ance, healthy rice grains are actuallytranslucent when harvested and polished,Hardke said. But when a rice crop goeslong stretches without adequate “coolingdown” periods at night in the months be-fore harvest, it can affect the consistencyof both the appearance and texture of theharvested product, he said.

“When you’re bagging that grain to sell,that’s something you can visually see inthe bag,” Hardke said. “You’ll see the off-color appearance of the kernels. When youcook it, it can cause inconsistencies in

grain texture and how they cook.” “As with most industries, the rice indus-

try’s looking for a uniform product, interms of appearance, taste, and how itcooks,” he said.

The discoloration does not affect thenutrient quality of the grain, however.Arkansas rice is predominantly grown inthe eastern half of the state, and aboutone-third of the state’s total rice acreage isplanted south of U.S. Interstate 40 be-tween Little Rock and Memphis. Arkansasrice growers are only now beginning toharvest the earliest-planted rice fields, andgrowers in the southern portion of thestate are ahead of those growers to thenorth of I-40, where the majority of thestate’s rice is planted.

Hardke said that weather data recordedin Jonesboro reflected very few nights inwhich nighttime temperatures remainedabove 75 degrees over the summer in thenorthern portion of the state. “In theory,the northern half of the state is positionedto have a better crop than the southernhalf,” he said.

The Arkansas Cooperative ExtensionService is an equal opportunity/equal ac-cess/affirmative action institution. If yourequire a reasonable accommodation toparticipate or need materials in anotherformat, please contact your County Exten-sion office (or other appropriate office) assoon as possible. Dial 711 for ArkansasRelay.

The Gallup organiza-tion, which has conductedthe Gallup HealthwaysWell-Being Index survey forpast seven years, has re-leased its results for thefirst half of 2015. The sur-vey's hunger assessment isbased on a single question:"Have there been times inthe past 12 months whenyou did not have enoughmoney to buy food that youor your family needed?"

Nationally, 15.8 percentof survey respondents inthe first half of 2015 an-swered "yes." This is a dropfrom the 17.1 percent whoreplied "yes" in 2014. Thereport shows that althoughArkansas's food hardshiprate (17.8 percent) has de-clined 3.2 percent from the2014 figure of 21 percent,the state is still above thenational average. The im-pact of the e

Economic recovery plusthe increased share ofhouseholds in need thatare receiving SNAP (foodstamps) along with in-creased participation inUSDA child nutrition pro-grams are showing positiveresults.

"We are happy to seethat the great work of ourFeeding America food bankmembers, SNAP Outreachand Arkansas No Kid Hun-gry teams is showing re-sults in connectingArkansans with the food re-sources they need, butthere are still far too manychildren, seniors and fami-lies who don't always knowwhere they will get theirnext meal," said KathyWebb, Arkansas HungerRelief Alliance executive di-rector. "While poverty andthe lack of access to nutri-tious food remains a chal-lenge in Arkansas, and theemergency food assistancenetwork is still undertremendous strain," Webbcontinued, "we're commit-

ted to continuing our out-reach, nutrition educationand advocacy work to re-duce the food insecurity oflow-income Arkansans."

According to the FoodResearch & Action Centerthat provided an analysis ofthe report, "there are manykey factors at play that areresulting in fewer Ameri-cans struggling to put foodon the table. As the econo-my continues to improve,unemployment numberscontinue to fall. Mean-while, federal nutritionprograms buoy this posi-tive trajectory. The Supple-mental Nutrition Assis-tance Program (SNAP, for-merly food stamps), for in-stance, is helping to meetthe nutritional needs ofpeople who are out-of-work as well as those whoare transitioning to em-ployment and/or to jobswith better wages. Sincethe recession hit, thegrowth in the rate of SNAPparticipation, even as thenumber of eligible peoplegrew, kept hunger in Amer-ica from getting evenworse."

The state-by-state re-sults show Mississippi,Oklahoma, Alabama andLouisiana with the highestrates of food hardship inthe nation.

The Prairie County FarmBureau Annual Meetingwill be held Tuesday, Sep-tember 8, at the TollvilleParish Hall in Tollville, AR.

A meal will be served at7:00 p.m. with the businesssession to follow.

Luke Hooks, president ofthe Prairie County FarmBureau board, said, “We arepleased to have as ourguest speaker this year,Wesley (Wes) Ward, Secre-tary of Agriculture forArkansas.”

Secretary Ward serves asthe third Secretary of Agri-culture for the State ofArkansas. He was appoint-ed to this position inMarch, 2015 by GovernorAsa Hutchinson.

Wes is from the smalltown of Lake City in North-east Arkansas and is a grad-uate of Riverside HighSchool.

He earned a Bachelor ofScience degree in Agricul-tural Business with an em-phasis in Agricultural Fi-

nance from Arkansas StateUniversity in Jonesboro.

He earned a law degreeand also completed theLL.M program for a Masterof Laws degree in Agricul-tural and Food Law at theUniversity of Arkansas.

Wes served in the UnitedStates Marine Corps for 15years and completed de-ployments to Afghanistanand Jordan. He is currentlya Civil Affairs Officer in theMarine Corps Reserves.

Aside from the MarineCorps., he has also workedas a Field Coordinator forCongressman Rick Craw-ford doing agricultural out-reach and as an AdjunctLaw Professor at the Uni-versity Arkansas School ofLaw.

“We will also be honor-ing our Farm Family of theYear, the Lane Oliver Fami-ly,” Hooks advised.

Please contact the FarmBureau office in Hazen ifyou plan to attend.

By Marie Powell,Center for Rural Affairs

Post offices are crucialanywhere, but especiallycrucial in rural areas thatdepend on the postal serv-ice to stay connectedthrough news delivery,services crucial to business-es, and, in some communi-ties, a link to prescriptiondrugs and other services.

The Center for Rural Af-fairs has signed letters ofsupport for continuing reli-able, affordable 6-day maildelivery from the US PostalService. Particularly for re-mote rural citizens, theservice is a lifeline. Nearly10,000 people have signedthe pledge.We also signedletters of support for two bi-partisan measures in theHouse of Representatives.One, HR 54, would restoreservice standards to thosein use before last January'sreductions. The combina-tion of reduced servicestandards and closing mailprocessing facilities has leftrural Americans and busi-nesses experiencing theworst of mail delays.

To pledge your support to saveour public postal service visit:http://agrandalliance.org/pledge/OR http://www.cfra.org/standing-rural-postal-delivery.

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With perfect weather,the 2015 Eagle Fest is in thebooks as another success-ful event. Eagle Fest was held on

Friday, August 21 with witha large crowd on hand withthe highlight being the in-troduction of the Pee WeeEagles, Junior and SeniorFootball, and Junior andSenior Eagle Cheerleaders. Hamburgers, hot dogs,

chips and drinks alongwith sno cones, a dunkingbooth, inflatables, jail, piein the face and a punt, passand kick contest was avail-able for all to enjoy. The Jr. and Senior Eagles

showcased their moves in a

a scrimmage of the offenseand defense. Several were put in “Jail”

as Sheriff Eric Kennedy setbail. Coach Drake Widen-erCoach Jeff Adams, andDAHS Principal JoshKessler took one for thecause receiving pies to theface from students. Players, cheerleaders

and their coaches were in-troduced by announcer,

Doug Estes, who alsoserved as Court Reporterfor Sheriff Kennedy. This event is sponsored

by the Des Arc Eagle Boost-er Club. Approximately$4,000 was raised . “Thankyou to everyone who came,made donations andhelped make Eagle Fest agreat success,” said BoosterClub president KentChilders.

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DAHS Principal, Josh Kessler, gets a pie to theface from Brent Bell at Eagle Fest

A long line at the gate for Eagle Fest

The kids enjoying the slide at Eagle Fest

2015 Senior Eagles

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ing 16 seniors. Newcomers Trevor Williams (6-1, 200), a receiver/defensive end,and offensive tackle Ty Alumbaugh (6-4, 330) boost title hopes even more. SeniorWR/CB Montel Hall and junior DT Rafeal Reed (6-2, 270), who missed last season,are talented additions. No. 11 EPC, which returns just three defensive starters, hasdefeated McCrory four years in a row, including 36-32 last fall. All-conference QB/SClay Malone (905 receiving yards, 76 tackles) and tailback Kyler Gordon (1,173 totalyards) return for EPC.

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(ABC-Little Rock) and previews the Arkansas Razorbacks and the day's opponent.LAST YEARHootens.com picked 254 of 305 games (83 percent) involving Class 2A teams.WEEK 1 PREDICTIONS (favored teams in ALL CAPS)6-2AMCCRORY (12) at E. Poinsett County: See Game of the Week.Clarendon at DEWITT (7): The Mark Courtney (49-51-1 at Dumas) era beings at

De Witt where the Dragons enter 2015 off their best two-year run (seven wins) in15 years. Augusta at MARIANNA (36): Augusta (1-8 in 2014) enters its second season

under head coach Chad Floyd. 2-3A member Marianna won this matchup 38-0 ayear ago and should contend for a playoff spot.Marvell at BARTON (45): Marvell hired former Minden (La.) Glenbrook coach

Chris Norton in June as its fifth head coach in seven years. Norton coached at WestMemphis Christian in 2012-13. Barton blasted Marvell 42-0 a year ago.

Des Arc at BALD KNOB (6): Bald Knob lost four turnovers but big-played Des Arcin last year's 21-13 win. Des Arc first-year coach Drake Widener inherits 17 return-ing starters off a 10-win team. Bald Knob all-league junior RB DeShawn Gulledgerushed for 940 yards and 11 TDs in 2014.HAZEN (21) at Earle: Defending 2A state runner-up and No. 3 Hazen will start

three young linemen on offense, but senior (all-state) DTs Donovan Gurley (6-1,320) and Khalid Mills (6-0, 220) spearhead a formidable defense that allowed justnine points per game in 2014. Hazen will not enjoy the depth of a year ago, but No.12 Earle breaks in new starters at four spots on the offensive line and must replacegraduated leading receiver/safety Tevin Scott and tackler Markus Lane.BRINKLEY (19) at Western Yell County: Numbers are down at No. 13 Brinkley,

but its thunder and lightening, all-state RB/LB Daquan Greene (6-1, 220) and all-league scatback Johnny Aldridge (5-8, 150), are back.Rector at PAL-WHEATLEY (12): P-W's defense, which allowed 36 ppg last year,

should improve after its 2014 junior high team didn't allowCarlisle at ENGLAND(12): England big-played its old 6-2A rival Carlisle 54-22 a year ago, and the Lionsstill own a decisive speed advantage.

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The Des Arc EagleMarching Band Boostersmet in the Band Room onthe Des Arc High Schoolcampus Monday, August17 with Director DavidYarbrough. First order of business

was to elect officers for the2015-16 term. Electedwere Crystal Fouse-Presi-dent, Emily Huddleston-Vice President and LizHampton-Secretary. A sign up sheet was cir-

culated for those volun-teering to work the conces-sion stand during the jun-ior and senior homegames. Band members who are

Senior and Junior HonorStudents will help in theconcession stand duringJunior High games. Theycan receive communityservice hours. It was reported the Band

Car Wash netted approxi-mately $600. Students will purchase

band shirts this year for$16.00. The Eagle Marching

Band will be attending theASU-Jonesboro Band Dayon Saturday, September 19.Director Yarbrough re-

quested a volunteer to pullthe band equipment trailerto the away games. Any-one interested may contacthim at the High School. A fundraiser for the

Band Boosters was dis-cussed. Mr. Yarbrough willget with Mr. Kessler andMr. Hill for final approval. Homecoming is Oct. 2

and Mr. Yarbrough statedthat the Alumni is invitedback this year to play withthe Band. Interested alum-ni are asked to contact him.c

Five students attendedband camp this summer.Also the flags, majorettesand drum major attendeda special camp. The next meeting of the

Band Boosters will beMonday, September 21 at6:30 p.m. in the BandRoom at the DAHS cam-pus.

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LUNCH MENULUNCH MENU

Joyce Major, lunchroom supervisor at the Des Arc Schools, advisesthe following menus are scheduled for Monday-Friday, Aug. 31-Sept. 4.:

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ElementaryLunch

MONDAY: Chicken Strips,Mashed Potatoes, GreenBeans, Grapes, Roll, Milk.TUESDAY: Crispitos, SteamedBroccoli, Peaches, Yams, MilkWEDNESDAY: Chili, CheeseSandwich, Carrot Sticks withRanch Dressing, Applesauce,MilkTHURSDAY: Taco Salad, Let-tuce, Tomato, Cheese Cup,Spanish Rice, Pears, MilkFRIDAY: Hamburger, SweetPotato Tots, Sandwich Fixings,Pineapple, Milk

BreakfastMONDAY: Pop Tarts or Cereal& Toast, AppleTUESDAY: Egg and Toast orCereal & Toast, PineappleWEDNESDAY: Pancakes or Ce-real & Toast, OrangesTHURSDAY: Biscuit andGravy or Cereal & Toast,PearsFRIDAY: Breakfast Pizza or Ce-real & Toast, FruitServed with Milk & Juice

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

nity Provider and Employer

High SchoolLunch

MONDAY: Chili, Cheese Sand-wich, Carrot Sticks with RanchDressing, Fresh Fruit, Pears,Milk TUESDAY: Nachos, PintoBeans, Cinnamon Roll, FreshFruit, Fruit Cocktail, MilkWEDNESDAY: Spaghetti,Tossed Salad with Dressing,Green Beans, Fresh Fruit,Pineapple, Roll, MilkTHURSDAY: Mini Corn Dogs,Coin Carrots, Steamed Broc-coli, Fresh Fruit, Peaches, MilkFRIDAY: Cheeseburger, FrenchFries, Baked Beans, SandwichFixings, Pineapple, Fresh Fruit,Milk, Tea

BreakfastMONDAY: Biscuit and SausagePattie, or Cereal & Toast, Ap-ples.TUESDAY: Biscuit and Gravyor Cereal & Toast, PearsWEDNESDAY: Breakfast Pizzaor Ceral & Toast, PeachesTHURSDAY: Donuts or Cereal& Toast, PineappleFRIDAY: Pop Tarts or Cereal &Toast, Fresh FruitServed with Milk & JuiceChoice of Hot Line, Chef Salador Cold Cut Sandwich

2015 Des Arc Senior Eagle Football Schedule

Sept. 4 Bald Knob There 7;00 p.m.Sept. 11 McCrory* There 7:00 p.m.Sept. 18 Brinkley* Here 7:00 p.m.Sept. 25 Carlisle* There 7:00 p.m.Oct. 2 Augusta* (Homecoming) Here 7:00 p.m.Oct. 9 Strong Here 7:00 p.m.Oct. 16 Marvell* Here 7:00 p.m.Oct. 23 Hazen* (Senior Night) Here 7:00 p.m.Oct. 30 Palestine Wheatley* There 7:00 p.m.Nov. 5 Clarendon*(Thursday) There 7:00 p.m.

Junior EaglesSept. 3 Clarendon* Here 5:30 & 7:00 p.m.Sept. 10 McCrory* Here 5:30 & 7:00 p.m.

PEP Club in first meeting of yearlThe PEP Club (Proud

Eagle Parents) is pleased toannounce that their firstmeeting of the 2015 schoolyear will be held Monday,August 31 at 6:00 p.m. Mrs. Beth Hill, Facilita-

tor, advises the meeting

will be held in her class-room, Room 128, at DesArc High School. The PEP Club is a group

of parents and teachersthat meet to come up withideas on how to improveDes Arc High School.

Mrs. Hill said, “Pleasecome and join us for thefirst meeting of the newschool year. Everyone isinvited and we hope to seeyou there!”

A successful 2015 Eagle Fest!

Nearly 800 candidatesrepresenting 31 states andseven countries wereawarded diplomas duringArkansas State University-Jonesboro’s 2015 Com-mencement Ceremony Fri-day, August 7, 2015 at theConvocation Center inJonesboro. Provost and Vice Chan-

cellor for Academic Affairsand Research, Dr. LynitaCooksey, call the evening a“celebration of Accom-plishments” by our gradu-ates. Local residents receiving

diplomas were:Drake M. Widener-Mas-

ters in Education-Educa-tional Leadership.Melissa A. Graham-

Bachelor of Science inManagement.

2015 Des Arc High School Cross Country Schedule

Sat., Sept. 5 Bob Gravett Invitational ArkadelphiaOuachita Baptist University

Sat. Sept. 12 Lois Davis Invitational MagnoliaSouthern Arkansas University(Senior High Only)

Tues., Sept. 15 Josh Park Memorial Heber Spgs.

Sat., Sept. 19 Conway Wampus Cat ConwayInvitational-Beaverfork Lake

Sat., Sept. 26 Russellville Cyclone RussellvilleInvitational

Sat. Oct. 3 Chile Pepper Meet Fayetteville(Senior High Only)

Fifth and Sixth Grade Pee Wee Eagles(Coach Widener at far left scouting)

Third and Fourth Grade Pee Wee Eagles

Coach Widener gets it good with a pie!

Waiting in Jail for their bond to be paid

Punt, Pass and Kick CompetitionAt left, Diane Cohen stretches her leg out for her kick and Ryan Kittler, atright, keeps his eye on the football for the punt on Friday evening, August21 during the Punt, Pass and Kick competition at Eagle Fest

Band Boosters discuss concession, upcomingevents, elect officers at first meeting

ASU-Jonesboro holdsSummer CommencementExcercises

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The following inmates arecurrently incarcerated in thePrairie County Jail at Des Arc,according to Sheriff Gary Bur-nett, as of Tuesday, August 25,2015:

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

ont, 40, ADC 309. Intake dateJune 12, 2013McCraney, Vernist Pete55,

ADC 309. Intake date June 8,2015.Lovett, Dominique R., 24,

charged Possession of Con-trolled Substance with Intentto Deliver, Simultaneous Pos-session of Drugs andFirearms and Possession ofDrug Paraphernalia. Intakedate December 12, 2014. Brazzell, Jerry Wayne, 51,

Commitment. Intake dateJune 20, 2015.Smith, Bruce Andrew, 46,

charged with Delivery/Manu-facture of Other Drug x2 andPossession of Other Drug. In-take date July 2, 2015. Linam, Jeffrey, 20, Com-

mitment. Intake date July 6,2015. Wiggins, Justin Dallas, 28,

charged with Probation Rev-ocation. Intake date July 15,2015.Wilson, Clay Webster, 46,

charged with Non-Support.Intake date August 3, 2015.Clendenin, Ramona Kay,

50, charged with Failure toAppear. Intake date August4, 2015.. Chandler, Nicholas Alan,

23, charged with Possessionof Controlled Substance andPossession of Drug Parapher-nalia. Commitment. Intakedate August 10, 2015. Robinson, Aaron, 52,

charged with Fleeing-Felony.Commitment. Intake dateAugust 4, 2015. Loving, Owen W. 57,

charged with Public Intoxica-tion, Residential Burglary andAggravated Assault. Intakedate August 8, 2015. Paulman, Tyler Jacob, 24,

charged with Possession ofControlled Substance withIntent to Deliver, Failure toPay Registration Fee, Driving

on Expired Driver License,and Driving Without Insur-ance. Intake date August 15,2015. Miller, Roy, 60, Commit-

ment. Intake date August 21,2105. Smith, Marcus Donnell,

34, charged with Failure toAppear. Intake date August20, 2015. Walters, Ronnie Edward,

53, Commitment. Intake Au-gust 18, 2015. Davis, Tammy Diane, 40,

charged with Failure to Ap-pear, Endangering Welfare ofMinor-First, Driving on Sus-pended Driver License andDWI-Second. Intake date Au-gust 23, 2015. Walls, Jennifer Renae, 33,

Commitment. Intake dateAugust 18, 2015.Walker, Kelvin, 26, charged

with Possession of ControlledSubstance-Felony. Intakedate August 19, 2015. Williams, Thornell A., 30,

charged with Deliver/Manu-afacture of Synthetic Drug.Commitment. Intake dateAugsut 21, 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 25, 2015:

Land TransfersQuitclaim Deed

James Henry Cunningham,Grantor, hand paid byShelly Ann CunninghamEasley and James HenryCunningham, Jr., the fol-lowing lands lying in PrairieCounty, State of Arkansas:Lot 61, Hamilton-SiitonenAdditon, Town of Des Arc.

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The following cases wereheard before District JudgeRobert Abney in DistrictCourt Hearings held onMonday, August 24:

CITY CASESTammy D. Davis,

Lonoke, charged with Driv-ing on Suspended or Re-voked Driver License-ClassA Misdemeanor x2, En-dangering Welfare of Minorx2, Drove Left of Center,DWI-First and Second andFailure to Appear on a Writ-ten Summons. Plead NotGuilty. Hearing set for Sep-tember 10, 2015. Jeffery C. Treadwell, Des

Arc, charged with DroveLeft of Center, RefuseBreathalizer and DWI-Three or More. Sentencedto Fine and Cost $2,555.00,Alcohol Education III andMADD Classes, Sentencedto 180 days Prairie CountyJail with Credit for 56served. Douglas L. Caruthers,

Des Arc, charged with Fail-ure to Pay. Failed to Pay.Issue Warrant. Stephanie Yuvonne

Alexander, Wylie, Texas,charged with DWI-First.Sentenced to Fine and Cost$755.00, Alcohol Educationand MADD Classes. Wilbert Thomas, Mari-

anna, charged with Con-tempt of Court(ProbationViolation). Continued toAugust 31, 2015. Ronnie E. Walters, Des

Arc, charged with Failure toPay. Guilty. Sentenced toFine and Cost of $380.00,and fifteen days PrairieCounty Jail with Credit forseven served. Tyler Dewayne Puckett,

Des Arc, charged withDriving on Suspended orRevoked Driver License-Class A Misdemeanor.Bond Forfeited. Two daysComunity Service. Gary Couch, Brinkley

charged with Driving onSuspended or RevokedDriver License-Class AMisdemeanor, CriminalImpersonation, and Ob-structing GovernmentalOperations. Failed to Ap-pear. Issue Warrant. Tommy L. Wyatt, Des

Arc, charged with PublicIntoxication/Drinking in

Public. Guilty. Sentencedto Fine and Cost of $265.00.Gerald D. Young, Des

Arc, charged with Con-tempt of Court/Violationof No Contact Order. PleadNot Guilty. Hearing set forSeptember 10, 2015. Roy S. Miller, Des Arc,

charged with Failure toPay. Guilty. Sentenced toFine and Cost of $380.00and 45 days Prairie CountyJail with cred for fourserved. . Kelvin Walker, Des Arc,

charged with Violation ofArkansas Hot Check Law.Guilty. Sentenced to Fineand Cost $317.66. Thornell Williams, Des

Arc, charged with Disor-derly Conduct-Class C Mis-demeanor and CriminalTrespass. Guilty. Sen-tenced to ten days PrairieCounty Jail. Devin Bonds, Biscoe,

charged with DomesticBattering-Third Degree.Guilty. Sentenced to Fineand Cost of $350.00. Brianna Jones, Des Arc,

charged with Public Intoxi-cation/Drinking in Public,Domestic Battering-ThirdDegree and DisorderlyConduct-Class C Misde-meanor. Guilty. Drinkingin Public and DomesticBattering sentenced toFine and Cost of $615.00.Disorderly Conduct chargemerged.

STATE CASESLeon Demarz Holder,

Clarendon, charged withCareless/Prohibited Driv-ing, Driving on Suspendedor Revoked Driver License-Class A Misdemeanor,DWI-First, and Failure toAppear on a Written Sum-mons x3. Driving on Sus-pended Driver License andDWI-First sentenced toFine and Cost of $1020.00,Alcohol Education andMADD Classes, Two DaysPrairie County Jail. Car-less/Prohibited Drivingmerged. Failure to Appearcharges sentenced to timeserved. Sergio Hernandz, De-

Witt, charged with DWI-First. and No Driver Li-cense. Failed to Appear.Issue Letter. Haley Elizabeth Roun-

savall, Carlisle, charged

with Exceeding PostedSpeed 77 MPH/55 Zone.Bond Forfeited. Roger Dale Crisp, Beebe,

charged with ExceedingPosted Speed 66 MPH/55Zone. Continued to August31, 2015. by Motion of De-fendant. Kevin Eugene Stump,

Austin, charged with Ex-ceeding Posted Speed 69MPH/55 Zone. Bond For-feited. Jim F. Vent, Hazen,

charged with MotorcyleRiding without Insurance.Bond Forfeited. Robert Lynn Tracy, Bald

Knob, charged with NoSeat Belt, Driving on Sus-pended or Revoked DriverLicense-Class A Misde-meanor and No LiabilityInsurance. Failed to Ap-pear. Issue Warrant. Richard H. Biggadike,

Augusta, charged with Mo-torcycle Riding without Li-cense. Bond Forfeited. Rickey D. Mcilvoy,

Searcy, charged with Caer-less Prohibited Driving.Bond Forfeited. Charles Rayburn

Dougan, Griffithville,charged with Carless/Pro-hibitied Driving and DWI-Second. Plead Not Guiltyby Attorney Eric Kennedy.Hearing set for November12, 2015. James Tapp, Clarendon,

charged with Failuure toPay. Guilty. Sentenced toFine and Cost of $380.00and 14 days Prairie CountyJail. Willie A. Washington,

Forrest City, charged withDriving on Suspended orRevoked Driver License,Endangering the Welfare ofa Minor-Third Degree,DWI-First, Refusal to Sub-mit to Chemical Test, Ex-pired Tags, Fictitious Li-cense, and Drove Left ofCenter. Failed to Appear.Issue Letter. Daniel W. Peterson,

Franksville, WI, chargedwith Failure to Appear on aWritten Summons, and Vi-olation of Permit.Roy Miller, Des Arc,

charged with Failure to PayFine and Cost. Guilty.Merged with City Charge.

August Plea Day Hearings The following cases were

heard by Judge Tom Hugh-es in Plea Day hearingsheld at Des Arc and DeVallsBluff for the Northern andSouthern Districts:

Northern DistrictDaniel Wayne Powell

charged with Possession ofFirearm by Certain Per-sons-Class B Felony. War-rant Issued. Bond$100,000.00.Jarrod Allen Felkins

charged with Rape-Class YFelony. Entered Not GuiltyPlea. Pre-trial set for Octo-ber 20, 2015. Cody A Edwards

charged with ResidentialBurglary-Class B Felony,Theft of Property-Class DFelony and Fleeing-Class DFelony. Charles Cobb charged

with Sexual Solicit/Inde-cency with a Child-Class DFelony. Hearing set for No-vember 17, 2015. Cassie Evans charged

with AggravatedAssault/Corrections Offi-cer-Class D Felony. Hear-ing set for September 22,2015. Kathi Alday charged

with Possession of Con-trolled Substance ScheduleI, II Excluding Meth-ClassD Felony. Continued. James Kilgore charged

with Theft of Property-Class C Felony. Continuedto November 17, 2015. Jeremiah McMillen

charged with Possesson ofFirearm by Certain Per-sons-Class B Felony andAggravated Cruelty to dog,cat or horse-Class D Felonyx2. Request for Court Ap-pointed Attorney denied.Hearing set for November17, 2015. Au s t i n We a t h e r l e y

charged with Battery-Sec-ond Degree-Class DFelony. Plead Not Guilty.Pre-trial set for September22, 2015. Linda Butcher charged

with Probation Revoca-tion/Probation Violation.-Class U.Jelecia M. Jackson

charged with ProbationRevocation/Probation Vio-lation-Class U and BatterySecond Degree-Class DFelony. Continued to Sep-tember 15, 2015. Michael Baker charged

with Probation Revoca-tion/Probation Violation-Class U. Continued to Sep-tember 22, 2015 by Motionof Defendant. Justin Dallas Wiggins

charged with ProbationRevocation/Probation Vio-lation-Class U and Adulter-ate Drug Test or Poss Aldul-terants-Class B Felony.Sentenced to 48 monthsADC with credit for 105days. Willie Ray Hambrick

charged with Possession ofFirearm by Certain Person-Class D Felony Continuedto October 20, 2015.Dena Lynn Waytt

charged with Theft ofProperty-Class C Felony.Sentenced to 60 monthsProbation.Robert S. Price charged

with Aggravated Assault-Class D Felony. Gerald David Young

charged with AggravatedAssault-Family/Householdmember-Class D Felony,Endangering the Welfare ofMinor-Second Degree-Class A Misdemeanor andFalse Imprisonment-Sec-ond Degree-Class A Misde-meanor. Hearing set forOctober 20, 2015. Owen Wayne Loving

charged with AggravatedResidential Burglary-ClassY Felony, Aggravated As-sault-Class D Felony andPublic Intoxication-Class CMisdemeanor. Nicholas Chandler-

hearing set for September22, 2015. Vickie Hunt-Plea set for

September 22, 2015. Scott Sponsler-Contin-

ued to September 22, 2015for possible plea. Ramona Clendenin

plead not guilty. Waivedarraignment. Pre-trial Sep-tember 22, 2015. Aaron Robinson-Attor-

ney Eric Kennedy appoint-ed. Plea and arraignmentset for September 22, 2015. Reginal McCarter-Con-

tinued to September 22,2015.

Southern DistrictPenny Renee Noel

charged with Probation Re-vocaton. Petition Revoked. Patrick Keith Hill

charged with Fraudulentpractices, Fraud or Deceit.Reset for Pre-Trial Septem-ber 21, 2015. James Randall Bernard

charged with Possession ofFirearms by Certain Per-son. Sentenced to 36months Supervised Proba-tion plus Court Costs. Dominique Lovett

charged with Possession ofSchedlue VI ControlledSubstance with Purpose toDeliver, Simultaneous Pos-session of Drugs andFireamrs x3 and Drug Para-phernalia. Reset for Sep-tember 18, 2015.Dequincy M. WIlson

charged with Possession ofSchedule VI ControlledSubstance with Purpose toDeliver. Sentencd to 36months Supervised Prob-bation plus court costs. Madison Walker charged

with Theft of Property andCriminal Trespass. Pleaand arraignment Septem-ber 21, 2015.,Jason Edward Holmes

charged with Possession ofMethamphetamine or Co-caine with Purpose to De-liver and Drug Parapherna-lia. Reset for September19, 2015. Carl Stewart charged

with Fleeing. Reset forSeptember 21, 2015.

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Remember When . . . Identifications August 20, 2015 Issue:

The young man seated on the toy tractor is HaydenSutton, son of Tracy and Kari Sutton of Farmington,Arkansas. Hayden is a Freshman at the University ofArkansas. Tracy is coaching at Farmington. and Kari isa Kindergarten teacher. They have one other son, Tate. The young man standing behind Hayden is Drew

Hampton, son of Tony and Liz Hampton. Drew is fin-ishing up his music studies at ASU-Jonesboro. At the time this photo was taken, Tracy was the Des

Arc High School Baseball coach and Drew’s brother,Brandon, was playing baseball for the Eagles underCoach Sutton. Hayden is the grandson of Terrell and Willie Sutton of

Des Arc, Dwight and Merlene Cook of Prairie Grove andLarry Ridgeway of Farmington. Drew is the grandson of Nola Hampton of Des Arc

and the late Everette and Elaine Howell and the lateHenry Hampton, Jr.

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there are no contested races or millage increases on the bal-lots, the Des Arc School District has recommended to thePrairie County Election Commission that the upcoming elec-tion for positions on the Des Arc School Board be conductedby Early and Absentee Ballots only.Candidates who have filed for the Des Arc School District

are: Zone 2 – Charles Brown.Early Voting will begin on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 and

end on Monday, September 14, 2015 during regular officehours of 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM at the Clerk’s Office in the PrairieCounty Courthouse in Des Arc.Applications for absentee ballots can be requested by call-

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A SaluteA Saluteto the

LANE OLIVERS

T H E L A N E O L I V E R FA M I LYLANE, HANNAH, LUKE AND ERIN OLIVER

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S from

Friends, Family and Supporters Appearing in this Special Section

2015Prairie County

Farm Family of the Year

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Congratulations Oliver Family,on being named 2015 Prairie County Farm Family!

The Lane Olivers, Farm Familyof 2015, reside in southernPrairie County near Stuttgart

Over the 57 years PrairieCounty agricultural leadershave annually recognized aspecial farm family andtheir accomplishments, theprogram has changed.

In 1959, the first year,two farm families were se-lected - one each fromsouth and north PrairieCounty. Since that firstyear, only one “Farm Fami-ly” has been chosen to rep-resent the whole county.

Each year, newspapersin the county have pub-lished a special sectionwith sponsors that wish tohonor the county’s out-standing farm family.“There are so many fami-lies that deserve recogni-tion for their accomplish-

ments,” said Brent Griffin,Prairie County CooperativeExtension Service staffchairman, “but we can se-lect only one.” Griffinserves as chairman of thecommittee composed ofagricultural leaders in thecounty that makes the se-lection.

The family being hon-ored this year is the LaneOliver family of southernPrairie County. This farmfamily is composed of Laneand Erin Oliver and chil-dren, Luke, 14, and Han-nah, 17. Luke and Hannahattend Stuttgart HighSchool; Luke, 9th grade,and Hannah, 12th grade.

(See Page 8 for map loca-tion of the Oliver farm)

Lane Oliver Family: Luke and Hannah (front); Erin and Lane (back) in a relaxed pose at their homelocated in very southern tip of Prairie County on Hwy 343 and about 6 miles northwest of Stuttgart

Lane Oliver in one of the Oliver farm’s rice fields

(At left: Lucas and Erin Oliver At right: Lane and Hannah Oliver, and Mary Jo Fortune)

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Oliver farm consists of 2,840 total acresLane Oliver describes his family’s farming oper-

ation as an owner/renter combination andalso a partnership. The Oliver farm is located

west of Stuttgart and south of Slovak and the familyhome is located at 19172 Highway 343, Stuttgart,Arkansas.

The total acreage currently being farmed consists of2,840 acres with 1,164 rented, 1,076 managed, and 72acres owned.

The major crop on the Oliver farm is soybeans with983 acres devoted to this main crop. There are also 837acres of rice and 365 acres of corn, all irrigated.

Last year’s yield for rice was 196 bushels per acre; forsoybeans, 56, and corn, 180.

There are no other major enterprises, including live-stock, on the farm.

The Olivers use a marketing adviser to help makedecisions when about to sell their crops. The adviserssend them weekly reports that help Lane make deci-sions about buying commodity options. Lane said, “Ihave also sold corn to private dealers who come to thefarm and pick up their corn. This results in increasedprofit due to not having to deliver the corn to a proces-sor.”

One interesting related business the family has is aduck hunting club that Lane operates out of his farmshop. He said, “This generates revenue to our farm op-eration during the winter months. The income is in-vested back into the farm.” It also allows funding forproviding wildlife habitat by planting food plots andholding fields of water, he said, describing the farm’sonly additional enterprise.

Future expansion plans“Our main goals have been to improve efficiency,

level more farm ground, expand our grain facility, andpurchase equipment to help conserve time and ener-gy,” Lane said. He advised that they have achievedsome of their goals which included building a newshop with offices and a duck lodge. These were com-pleted in the fall of 2014, according to Lane.

Water problems solvedBecause of decreasing underground water, the Oliv-

ers have added a reservoir, enlarged an existing reser-voir and pit reservoir, and are currently building a newpit reservoir as well as leveling acres of cropland to in-crease water efficiency.

In 2011, a farm contract with Lane ended as theland owners decided to farm the land themselves, andthe Oliver farm lost 900 acres of their operation.

Lane said, “I was worried that we would not haveenough revenue to support our needs. But, actually, it

made me a better farmer. I was able to give more atten-tion to the remaining farm ground.” He was diagnosedwith cancer the following year “and considered it ablessing to have less land to farm while I completedtreatments,” Lane shared.

The Oliver family has plans for future expansionwith acquiring more farm ground, expanding theirgrain system by adding more grain storage, and to leveland make improvements to their own land.

Environment & Conservation Practices“Our water system currently is returning 90% of the

runoff water to one location,” Lane said. “We also use different styles of irrigation practices

such as using multiple inlets in rice and try to keep ourrow crops watering with poly pipe as efficient as possi-ble.

“Adding corn to our crop rotation has helped us toreduce the amount of chemicals we have to use onother crops.

“I have raised some winter cover crops and use min-imum tillage practices,” Lane said, adding, “we also re-cycle our waste oil and poly pipe.”

In the Beginning . . . . After graduating from Stuttgart High School, Lane

entered the University of Arkansas. While he was incollege, he became aware of his father’s decliningghealth due to Mutiple Sclerosis. ”So,” he said, “Ithought I should return home and learn as much as Icould about farming from him before he was unable toteach me.”

Lane added, “It turned out that this was a good de-cision because within a year my father went fromusing a cane to get around to a wheelchair.”

After farming for his father for several years, Lanewas able to pick up some of his own farm ground. Hebegan farming on his own while managing his parent’sfarm and he is continuing this today. His parents,Tommy and Kim Oliver have farmed in the area southof Slovak for a number of years. Lane’s grandfather andgreat-grandfather were also farmers.

Lane Oliver family . . .Lane and his wife of 18 years, the former Erin Lee of

Stuttgart, daughter of David and Charlotte Lee, havetwo children, Luke, 14, and Hannah, 17.

They attend the First Christian Church in Stuttgartwhere Lane has served as an Elder.

Other Activities . . .

Erin has been involved in the Stuttgart PublicSchools Parent-Teacher Organization for 12years. She has served as secretary, vice presi-

dent and president of the Alpha Epsilon Chapter ofBeta Sigma Phi which is a non-profit organization forwomen. As a part of this group, she has volunteeredand raised money for Dana’s House and other local or-ganizations, as well as awarding scholarships to localcollege-bound students.

She is a member of the Stuttgart Public Schools Par-ent/Teacher organization and served as a Rid LitterDay volunteer.

She has also served on committees at the First Chris-tian Church in Stuttgart and helped organize the after-school ministry Bible Buddies and Vacation BibleSchool.

Erin loves participating in outdoor sports, playing inthe Stuttgart Tennis League and running. She has com-pleted eight half marathons and one full marathon.

Lane is involved in a number of farm-related or-ganizations including serving on the board ofProducers Rice Mill and Riceland Foods. He is

also a member of boards at Phillips Community Col-lege, University of Arkansas Council; Deacon at FirstChristian Church in Stuttgart; a member of The Sons ofthe American Revolution, Kappa Alpha Order, and hasbeen a trap shooting coach since 2013. He also servedtwo years on the Young and Beginning Farmers Adviso-ry Board.

A Salute to the

Lane Oliver Family2015

Prairie CountyFarm Family

This farm family is right at home in a rice field

We Salute . . .

the Lane Oliver family2015 Prairie County

“Farm Family of the Year”

Best Wishes for Your Continued Farming Success!

prairie county

conservation District

Board Members:Patrick Mullen, Tim DeVore, Paul Betzner and Kenneth Foot

Just A Farmer!“Just a farmer,” you said, and I laughed because I knewAll the things that farmers must be able to do.They must study the land, then watch the sky,And figure just when is the right time and why -To sow and to plant, to buy and to sellTo go to market with grains, and cattle.You know the records that farmers must keep,To pay all those taxes and be able to sleep.And you know the fixing that farmers must do,When their machines blow a gasket or two.I guess when God needed people to care for His earth,He chose “just farmers”because He knew their worth.

By Helen G Coon

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Lane's Favorite:

Butter Baked Rice

1 stick butter2 cans Campbell's Soup Chicken Broth1.5 cup rice1 Tablespoon Garlic Salt

Melt butter in casserole dish. Add remaining ingredi-ents. Cover and bake at 400 degrees for 30-40 minutes.

Sausage Cheese Grits

I serve this every year for Christmas morning brunch.

1 cup uncooked grits1 pound ground sausage1 small onion, chopped1 can chopped green chilies1 stick butter2 eggs, beaten2 cups cheddar cheese, gratedGrated cheese for garnish

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Cook grits according to pack-age instructions. Saute sausage and onion. Drain fat. Addbutter, eggs, chilies, and cheese to grits. Combine gritsand sausage mixture. Pour into a 13x9 casserole dish.Garnish with shredded cheese.

Bake 1 hour.

Rice Dressing

A Thanksgiving favorite at our house

3 cups cooked rice1.5 pound ground beef.5 pound ground sausage with sage2 T butter1 cup chopped onion1 clove minced garlic.5 c chopped celery2 beaten eggs2 tsp cornstarch

Saute onion, garlic and celery in butter. Mix rawsausage and ground beef. Add remaining ingredients andmix well.

Bake in 9x13 greased dish at 350 till golden brown 45-60minutes.

Oven Fried Chicken

1.5 cups buttermilk2 T Dijon mustard.5 tsp garlic powder.5 tsp onion powder.5 tsp salt.5 tsp pepper4 boneless chicken breasts3 cups panko bread crumbs3 T oil

Mix together buttermilk, mustard, and seasonings in alarge baking dish.

Add chicken and turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate for1-4 hours. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix panko and oil ina shallow baking dish. Remove chicken from marinadeand dredge in breadcrumb mixture. Place chicken on agreased baking sheet.

Bake for 25 minutes until golden brown or until tem-perature reaches 160 degrees.

Some ofFamily’s Favorite Foods

Erin, like most farm wives and mothers, serves her family’s favorite foods from this convenient kitchen

Broccoli Cheese & Chicken Casserole

4 boneless chicken breasts2 T Butter1/4 cup flour1 cup milk1 egg beaten1 cup sour cream1/2 cup mayonnaise1/2 tsp salt1/4 tsp pepper2 10-ounce packages frozen broccoli spears2 cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Boil chicken until tender, reserving 1/2 cup broth.Chop while hot. Set aside. Melt butter in a saucepan overlow heat. Add flour, stirring until smooth. Cook oneminute stirring constantly. Gradually add milk and re-served broth. Cook over medium heat, stirring constant-ly, until thick and bubbly.

Stir one fourth of hot mixture into egg. Add to remain-ing hot mixture and cook one minute stirring constantly.Remove from heat and add sour cream and mayonnaise.Layer half each of broccoli, chicken, and sauce in casse-role dish. Repeat layers. Top with Cheese. Bake uncov-ered at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Cheese Dip

1 can rotel1 can water2 tsp cumin1.5 tsp garlic powder1 pound Velvetta Cheese, grated

Boil rotel, water and seasonings for 10 minutes. Reduceto simmer for 30 minutes. Put half of cheese in blender,add sauce and remaining cheese. Blend until smooth.Serve with chips.

Banana Oatmeal Cookies

My grandmother, Audrey Volk's recipe

1.5 cups flour1 cup sugar1/4 tsp nutmeg3/4 tsp cinnamon1 tsp soda1 tsp salt3/4 cup shortening1 egg, beaten1 cup mashed banana2 cups oatmeal1/2 cups chopped pecans1 tsp vanilla

Mix dry ingredients. Cut in shortening and egg. Add re-maining ingredients. Drop by tablespoon fulls on agreased cookie sheet. Flatten top of dough with damp fin-gers. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until lightlybrowned. Allow to cool before removing from pan.

Bacon Rollups

1/4 cup butter1/2 cup water1.5 cups of herb stuffing mix1 egg beaten1/4 pound sausage8-12 ounces bacon

Melt butter in water. Remove from heat and add stuff-ing, egg and sausage. Chill 1 hour. Preheat oven to 375 de-grees. Shape pieces into the size of pecans. Cut baconinto thirds. Wrap around mixture and secure with tooth-picks. Bake in a shallow pan for 35 minutes, turning once.Drain on paper towels.

Serve hot!

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Congratulations !to the

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2015 PRAIRIE COUNTY FARM FAMILY

We Commend Your Success in the Farming Industryand Wish You Many More Years of Successful Farming

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Lane, Hannah, Luke and Erin in Sorghum field - Storage shed at right

Hannah and Luke at Stuttgart High School Media Day. Hannah is a Senior Cheerleader and Luke is a freshman on the Ricebird football team at Stuttgart High School

Luke, Erin, Lane and Hannah

PETRUS AUTO SALES607 S. Park Ave

Stuttgart, AR 72160

870-673-4602www.petrusauto.com

Hannah is ac-tive in manyschool activi-

ties.She participates in the

Student Council, andhas served as Presidentof her class for her fresh-man, sophomore andjunior year.

She is also a Ricebirdcheerleader.

Outside of school, sheis a member of DeltaBeta Sigma and servesas corresponding secre-tary.

She currently holdsthe title of Miss North-

east Arkansas’ Out-standing Teen and thissummer will competefor the title of MissArkansas OutstandingTeen.

As part of this pro-gram, Hannah promotesher platform, MultipleSclerosis: Taking StepsToward a Cure, by rais-ing money and aware-ness in honor of hergrandfather who hassuffered from MS since1980.

She also loves danc-ing as a member of theStudio Allegro Dance

Team, where her dancegroup won the OverallDance Group Division atthe 2014 Arkansas StateFair

Luke is a memberof the Confer-ence Champion

Stuttgart Jr. High Foot-ball team and theStuttgart Trap ShootingClub which qualified atthe regional competi-tion to compete for theState Championship.

Luke also enjoys deerand duck hunting andhelping his Dad on thefarm.

Hannah and Luke actively involved in local activities

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Crow Burlingame

Congratulations!to the

Lane Oliver Family2015 Prairie COunty Farm FamiLy

It’s been our pleasure to serve

your needs!

B E S T W I S H E S

F O R C O N T I N U E D

S U C C E S S !

Butch Calhounand FamilyDes Arc, Arkansas

CONGRATULATIONS!to the

Lane Oliver Familyon your honor of being selected

Prairie County Farm Family of the Yearand Best Wishes for Continued Success!

Bennie Bullock & Staff521 South Park Ave

Stuttgart, AR870-673-3502

LANE OLIVER

Fourth

Generation

Farmer

NEW HOLLAND MAN - LANE OLIVER - It takes big equipment farming on the prairie today.

Farmer's Thanksgiving With faith we plant the seeds to grow

Our soybeans, rice, wheat, and corn;

With hope we can cultivate our rows

Long hours into the night from such an

early mom.

We dread the drought and fight the flood.

We battle with the weeds and pests.

Each day we need recharged life blood,

There is very little time to rest.

Then when the growing time has passed,

And harvest days again are here,

We rally new strength at the last

To reap the harvest for the year.

And as we bring the harvest in,

We know that we are richly blessed;

To God we humbly, gratefully turn

With Thanksgiving prayers in every breath.

For the toil that sweetens the dirt and

ground,

For the faith that brings sleep at night,

For the hope that the world may resound,

For the love that makes all our labor and

lives light.

-By Geneva Cook of Pine Bluff, AR

BIG WHEELS: Lane, Erin, Luke and Hannah, with big trucks that transport grainduring the harvest season

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Congratulations

LANE OLIVER FAMILYon being selected as the

2015 Prairie CountyFarm Family of the Year

Congratulationsto the

Lane Oliver Family2015

Farm Familyof the Yearin Prairie County

We are Proud of

Your Success

Thank You for Letting Us Share

in Your Achievements

Erin, Luke, Hannah and Lane

Chemical - Feed - SeedGrant Carter & Staff

Stuttgart, Arkansas EARLYWINE REAL ESTATE, LLC

Jerry Earlywine, Principal Broker

Stuttgart, Arkansas

Luke, Hannah, Erin and Lane

Left:Family standsbeside one ofthe Oliver Farmtrucks

Right:Lane is ahands-on farmerwho keeps aneye on his crops

Lane and Erin, left background . . . . . . . Lucas and Hannah, right foreground

Lucas, Erin, Lane and Hannah standing tall with the corn(The Oliver Farm grows 365 acres of corn)

At home on front porch . . .

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At home on front porch . . .

The Oliver Family - Hannah and Erin sitting, Lane and Luke standing

We Are Pleased to Add Our

Congratulationsto the

lanE oliVEr FaMilYon the honor of being selected

2015 Farm Family of the Yearin Prairie County

We Wish You Continued Success in Your Farming Operation!

From Everyone At The

White River JournalDes Arc, Arkansas

Lane

Erin

LukeHannah

Hwy 165Hwy 165

STUTTGART

Rd 925Feilke Rd

Hwy 63

N Buerkle St

Pond Rd

McCoy Rd

Hwy 165

Hwy 63-79

Hwy 343

Hwy 343

Below: Satellite view of Oliver Family home (Color ground view above)

LANE OLIVER FARMBroken line indicatesapproximate property line(6± miles NW of Stuttgart)

O L I V E R FA M I L Y R E S I D E N C E

Mack’s PrairieWings

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Our Thanks to the Oliver Family and sponsors for theirhelp and patience in the production of this special section

WHITE RIVER JOURNAL, INC.Des Arc, Arkansas

We Wish to Add Our

Congratulat ionsto the

LLAneAne OOLiverLiver FFAmiLyAmiLy

On Their Honor As

2015 Prairie County

Farm Family of the Year

Prairie Implement Company1000 Highway 79 • Stuttgart, AR 72160 •Telephone: 870-673-7208 • Toll Free: 800-433-7208

Oliver Farm Equipment Shed: On this day, these “work Horses” of the modern-day farm are all parked at “parade rest” and ready for photographer

Lane Oliver and combine ready for harvest season

BBetzner Seeding & Mulchingetzner Seeding & MulchingB I S C O E , A R K A N S A S

Paul Betzner and Crew

L a n e O l i v e r F a m i l yL a n e O l i v e r F a m i l y2015 P2015 P rairierairie CC OuntyOunty

Farm Family of the yearFarm Family of the year

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We are Pleased to Join in Saying

Congratulationsto the

lanE oliVEr FaMilYon your selection as

2015 Prairie CountyFarm Family of the YearIt’s A Pleasure Serving You!

Luke, Hannah, Erin and Lane Oliver

Lane Oliver Family2015 Farm Family of the Year

DAVID HILLMANState Representative

District 13

The Last Will and Testament of Mr. Farmer

I leave:

To my wife, the overdrafts at the bank-maybe she can explain them all.

To my banker, my soul - he has the mort-gage on it anyway.

To my neighbor, my clown suit- he’llneed it if he continues to farm as he has inthe past.

To the ASCS, my grain bins- I was plan-ning to let them take them next year any-way.

To the county agent-50 bushel of corn tosee if he can hit the market highs- I nevercould.

To the junk man, all of my machinery-he’s had his eye on it for years.

To my undertaker, a very special re-quest- I want six implement and fertilizerdealers for my pallbearers. They are usedto carrying me.

To the weatherman, all the rain and sleetand snow for my funeral- please, no sensehaving good weather now.

To the grave digger, don’t bother- Thehole I’m in should be plenty big enough.

From Your Friends at

Mack’s Prairie WingsStuttgart, Arkansas

I am proud ofyour pastachievementsand wish youcontinuedsuccess in yourfarming opera-tions.Call on me anytime.

Lane, Hannah, Erin and Luke Oliver

What is a farmer? Farmers are found in

fields, plowing up, seed-ing down, rotatingfrom, planting to, fertil-izing with, spraying forand harvesting with. Wives help them, little

boys follow them, cityrelatives visit them,salesmen detain them,meals wait for them,weather can delay them,but nothing can stophim. A farmer is a paradox.

He is an overall-ed exec-utive with his office inhis home. He is a scien-tist who uses fertilizerattachments, a purchas-ing agent in an old strawhat, a personnel directorwith grease under hisfingernails, a dietitianwith a passion of freshfruits and vegetables, aproduction expert facedwith a surplus, and amanager battling aprice-cost squeeze.

He manages morecapital than most of thebusinessmen in town. He likes sunshine,

good food, county fairs,dinner at noon, auc-tions, his neighbors, hisshirt collar unbuttonedand above all, an above-average annual rainfall. He is not much for

drou ghts, ditches, free-ways, weeds, the eight-hour day, dusty roads,development, insects,diseases, freezingwether or helpingaround the house. Nobody else gets so

much satisfaction out ofmodern plumbing, goodweather, automatic fur-naces, electric blanketsand homemade icecream. Nobody else has in his

pockets at one time abillfold, a pair of pliersand a combinationmemo book and generalfarm guide.

A farmer is both Faithand Fatalist. He musthave faith to meet thechallenges of his capaci-ties amid the ever-pres-ent possibility that anact of God (a late spring,an early frost, flood,drought) can bring hisbusiness to a suddenhalt. You can reduce hisacreage but you can’t di-minish his optimism. Might as well put up

with him. He is yourfriend, your competitor,your customer, yoursource of food and fiber.He is your countryman-denim dressed, busi-ness-wise statesman ofstature.And, when he comes

in at noon having spentthe energy of his hopesand dreams, he can berecharged anew with themagic words--”Themarket’s up!”

Who is that executive in overalls?

THIS MODERN FARMER doesn’t wear overalls, but Lane Oliver can remember when hisdad and grandfather wore overalls to work - even the little boys were clad in overalls backin those early days on the farm - and many were barefooted.

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to the

Lane Oliver Family2015 Prairie County

Farm Family of the Year

Serving You is

Our Pleasure!

Hartley’s Flying Service, Inc.Stuttgart, Arkansas

PIERCE & COMPANYStuttgart, Arkansas

Congratulations!LANE OLIVER FAMILY

PRAIRIE COUNTY FARM FAMILY

We are proud to join others in congratulating you on a

job well done!

Best Wishes for Future Success

Oliver family with one of the tractors used on the 2300 acres planted and harvested onthe Lane Oliver farm

Family Time: The Oliver Family takes time out of their busy schedules for some fam-ily time at their home in Southwest Prairie County.

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Congratulationsto the

Lane Oliver Familyon your honor of being selected

2015 Farm Family of the Yearin Prairie County

Best Wishes for Your Continued Success in Your Farming Operation

FROM ONE FARM FAMILY TO ANOTHER

WE’RE PROUD OF YOU!

James SaulFamily

DeValls Bluff, AR

Lane, Hannah, Erin and Luke

We are Pleased to Add our

Congratulationsto the

Lane Oliver Familyon Your Honor as

2015 Prairie CountyFarm Family of the Year

Prairie County JudgeMike SkardaOffice Staff and Road Crew

Oliver Family: Lane, Erin, Luke and Hannah

Walking away from camera with hands joined, Olivers happy photo shoot about overSoybeans growing on the Oliver farm - field storage shed in background

The corn grows tall on the Oliver farm Oliver family stand in front of New Holland combine

Closeup of brother and sister, Luke and Hannah; parents, Lane and Erin, at left

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Farm Family Program in 69th year -

57 years in Prairie County

Since 1947, the Arkansas Farm Family of the Year Pro-gram has served as a vehicle to recognize outstanding farmfamilies throughout the state. The objectives of the FarmFamily of the year program are:To give recognition and encouragement to farm families

who are doing an outstanding job on their farm and in theircommunity.To gain recognition of the importance of agriculture in

the community and state.Each year an outstanding farm family is selected to rep-

resent their county. In turn, district farm families are select-ed from which the “Arkansas Farm Family of the Year” isnamed.The objective of this program is to give recognition to de-

serving farm families and call attention to the importanceof agriculture to the state’s economy.Prairie County’s “Farm Family of the Year” is selected by

a committee of agriculture-related business people, agri-culture leaders, a farm wife, and media personnel.

Prairie CountyFarm Family

The Farm Family of the Year program started in PrairieCounty in the year 1959. The following farm families select-ed in Prairie County are listed below by year:In the first year, two families were selected: Cyril Plafcan,

South Prairie County, and Wayne Tate, North Prairie Coun-ty, and families.After 1959, only one family was selected county-wide.

They were:1960: L. F. Seidenstricker, Hazen1961: Gene Milton, Hazen 1962: William Bell, Des Arc, North Prairie County1963: Melvin Hula, Hazen, South Prairie County1964: Guy Mitchell, Des Arc, North Prairie County1965: Horace Sickel, Tollville, South Prairie County1966: John Naill Jr., Biscoe, South Prairie County1967: William Lisko, Des Arc, North Prairie County1968: Edwin Doepel, Ulm, South Prairie County 1969: Darrell Saul, Des Arc, North Prairie County1970: Gene Milton, Hazen, South Prairie County

1971: Dorris Greenwalt, Hazen, South Prairie County1972: Johnny Prislovsky, Des Arc, North Prairie County1973: Eugene Miller, Hazen, South Prairie County1974: Dale Dicks, Des Arc, North Prairie County1975: Bennie Dierks, Hazen, South Prairie County1976: Austin Nail, Biscoe, South Prairie County1977: Jake Mosby Jr., Hazen, South Prairie County1978: George Ford, Des Arc, North Prairie County1979: Don Vaught, Hazen, South Prairie County1980: Jon D. Clawitter, Hazen, South Prairie County1981: Rayford Jenkins, Des Arc, North Prairie County1982: Jimmy DeVorak, Des Arc, North Prairie County1983: Joe Prislovsky, Hazen, South Prairie County1984: Ralph Greenwalt, Hazen, South Prairie County1985: V. O. (Butch) Calhoun, Jr., Des Arc, North Prairie Cty 1986: Mike Skarda, Des Arc, North Prairie County1987: Lynn Sickel, Tollville, South Prairie County1988: Donald DeVore, Des Arc, North Prairie County1989: Jimmy Holloway, Des Arc, North Prairie County1990: Donald Holmes, Hazen, South Prairie County1991: John Simmons, Des Arc, North Prairie County1992: Bob Childers, Des Arc, North Prairie County1993: Ronnie Hackelton, Hazen, South Prairie County1994: Tommy Ray Oliver, Hazen, South Prairie County1995: Ronnie Sabbatini and Skip Hula,

Hazen, South Prairie County1996: Randy Skarda, Hazen, South Prairie County1997: Davis Bell, Des Arc, North Prairie County1998: Pat Skarda, Des Arc, North Prairie County1999: Robert Seidenstricker , Hazen, South Prairie County2000: Burnell Minton, Hazen, South Prairie County2001: James and Harold Saul, DeValls Bluff, South Praire Cty 2002: Dennis and Tim DeVore, Des Arc, North Prairie Cnty.2003: Jackie Prince Family, Brasfield, South Prairie County2004: Kent Smith Family, Biscoe, South Prairie County2005: Eddie McMullen Family, Des Arc, North Prairie Cnty2006: Martin Marek Family,Slovak, South Prairie County2007: Lamar Harvey Family, Des Arc, North Prairie County2008: Tim Bednar Family, Hazen, South Prairie County2009: George Toll Family,

Tollville, South Prairie County2010: Donald Morton Jr.

Family, Des Arc, North Prairie County2011: Frank Lisko Family,

Slovak Area, South Prairie County2012: Frank Jones Family,

Hickory Plains, North Prairie County2013: Hooks Families, Slovak2014: Seth Skarda Family, Hazen2015: Lane Oliver Family, Stuttgart, South Prairie County

Prairie County has had three state winners; they were thefamilies of L. F. Seidenstricker, Ronnie Hackelton, andJames and Harold Saul.Prairie County District Winners were the families of:

Johnny Prislovsky and Dale Dicks, Des Arc, Jimmy DeVorakof the Oak Prairie Community, and Jimmy Holloway, of theNorthside Community, all in North Prairie County, andRalph Greenwalt of the Center Point Community in SouthPrairie County.

The eight district winners this year are:Lonnie and Betty Medford of Brinkley, Monroe CountyMark and Susan Trucks of Batesville, Independence

CountyGino and Lucetta Baoini of Marion, Crittenden CountyBill and Delia Hanks of Gentry,Benton CountyMichael and Becky Knoll of DeWitt, Arkansas CountyChet and Kelly Brown of Warren, Bradley CountyBrian and Elizabeth Walker of Horatio, Sevier CountyBob and Pat Schaefers of Conway, Faulkner CountyA state-wide Farm Family will be chosen from one of

these eight county winners later this summer. The ArkansasFarm Family will be announced on Farm Family Day, Dec.11, when all the county winners will be honored with a ban-quet at the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel in North Little Rock.The Farm Family of the Year program is sponsored by the

Arkansas Farm Bureau, Farm Credit Services of WesternArkansas, Ag Heritage Farm Credit Services, Farm CreditMidSouth Associations Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas inpartnership wth the Arkansas Press Association.

Lane, Hannah, Erin and Luke

Congratulations!

Lane Oliver Family2015

Prairie COuntyFarm FamiLy

Lane Oliver Family: Lane, Erin, Hannah and Luke

DDondie’s White River Princessondie’s White River PrincessD E S A R C , A R K A N S A S

Mike and Karan Skarda and Staff

L a n e O l i v e r F a m i l yL a n e O l i v e r F a m i l yPPrairierairie CCOuntyOunty

Farm Family of the yearFarm Family of the year

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PRAIRIE COUNTYPRAIRIE COUNTY

Farm BureauFarm BureauMembers and StaffMembers and Staff

Bobby Bobby LL ott, ott, MM anager, Neil Shafer, Ronnie anager, Neil Shafer, Ronnie BB ednar, Sue Price and Tammy Hamricednar, Sue Price and Tammy Hamric

Congratulations & Best Wishes!Congratulations & Best Wishes!To the Lane Ol iver Fami lyTo the Lane Ol iver Fami ly

2015 Prairie County Farm FamilyWE ARE PLEASED TO ADD OUR WISH FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS!

Home, work and play . . .

The Kitchen: Where Erin prepares her family’s meals

Hannah was the 58th Queen Mallard - pictured with her family after crowning Luke's trap shooting team at the State Championship event Luke is 2nd from right - his father, Lane [not pictured], is a coach for the team

Lane in cab of combine

Lane, Hannah, Luke and Erin