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The AHTD (Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Dept.) started work last Friday, Dec. 4 on the collapsed portion of Hwy 323 just south of the levee and ball park near the Des Arc city limits. State Engineer for Heavy Bridge Main- tenance, Stewart Linz, advised WRJ yes- terday (on site) that the temporary bridge is being constructed for the public’s use - until the White River and Beine Creek can recede enough for the damaged portion of two adjacent 8’x9’x150’ concrete cul- verts to be replaced. It’s estimated that the water level will have to drop approximately 20’ to com- pletely expose the culverts and before the permanent fix can begin - which will re- quire closing the highway again. (WRJ comment: it could possibly be as long as next summer before the water drops 20’±.) Per Linz, the permanent “fix” will include removing the bridge, replacing the cul- verts and rebuilding the embankment (dump) - as originally existed. Engineer Linz began the design for the temporary bridge Dec 2, just two days be- fore AHTD had equipment, material and employees on site only two days later, Dec. 4. Equipment and material have in- cluded trackhoes, dumptrucks, crane, pile driver hammer, compressor, lights, welders and various size steel beams up to 60’ in length and 27” in depth. Four steel vertical pilings (40’± cut-in- place length) are being driven down on the north & south side of the culverts (8 pilings total). They will support a 27” deep E/W steel cap on each side, which will in turn support N/S steel beams (over a 56’± span) which will finally carry the bridge decking. The decking material will be 6”x6” wood “planks”. Concrete road construction barriers will be used for rail- ings. (More photos - Page 2) At their regular December meeting Tuesday night, Dec. 8; the Prairie County Quorum Court unanimously approved the 2016 total budget request of $2,463,208. To help insure there will be adequate funds to cover this budget, it is compared to $2,532,347 (90% of total anticipat- ed revenues of $2,813,718 during 2016). The budget includes an annual pay raise of $1,000, effective Jan. 1, 2016 for 52± county em- ployees (and officials). Also included is a base pay (starting salary) increase of $600 from $15,900 to $16,500 for new employees - and a $250 Christmas bonus this year for all current employees. The largest department budgets for 2016 are: COUNTY ROAD ....................... $ 1,684,741 JAIL ............................................... 678,976 SHERIFF ........................................ 474,615 COUNTY & CIRCUIT CLERK ............... 219,379 ASSESSOR ..................................... 185,884 COLLECTOR .................................. 168,341 PRAIRIE COUNTY LIBRARY ... ......... 163,020 REIMBURSE CITIES ..................... 117,100 TREASURER .................................... 82,922 The Sheriff’s budget includes the purchase of two new 2015 Dodge Ram 1500 4WD pickup trucks ($46,948 total). On Tuesday night, Dec. 8 the Court unanimously approved Ordinance No. 2015-8 providing for these purchases. The Journal welcomes your input (comments, suggestions, personal news, photos, etc) New/Renewed Journal Subscribers . . Contact Us: Email: [email protected] Mail: PO Box 1051, Des Arc, Ar 72040 Tel: 870-256-4254 & & Mary Price, Hazen, Ar James Rettig, Carlisle, Ar A A CTIVITIES CTIVITIES C C ALENDAR ALENDAR F RI ., D EC . 11, 2-4 PM Retirement Reception for Debra Whitson, F&M Bank F RI ., D EC . 11, 6 PM Christmas Parade Cotton Plant - Cash Prizes Line-up 5:30 Old High School S AT ., D EC . 12, 4-7 PM Chili Supper fundraiser American Ag. Bldg. S UN ., D EC . 13, 11 AM Christmas Pageant Methodist Church T UES ., D EC . 15, 10 AM White River Irrigation District Board Meeting Hazen Office W ED ., D EC . 15, 10:30 AM Alzheimers Support meet Lower White River Museum W ED ., D EC . 15, 12 N OON PCRTA meeting at Hickory Methodist Church; bring item for County Food Pantry T UES ., D EC . 15, 7 PM City Council at City Hall W ED ., D EC . 16, 11 AM Friendship Club Meeting DeValls Bluff Methodist T HURS ., D EC . 17, 12 N OON Chamber of Commerce Farmers & Merchants Bank T HURS ., D EC . 17, 2-4 PM Farmers & Merchants Bank Des Arc-Open House M ON ., D EC . 21, 9 AM Plea Day Hearings w. Judge Tom Hughes DeValls Bluff Courthouse T UES ., D EC . 22, 9 AM Plea Day Hearings Des Arc Courthouse T UES ., D EC . 22, 12-2 Open House Des Arc Public Library Santa & Door Prizes O O b i t ua r i e s b i t ua r i e s Pgs. 3 & 4 Jolena Barnett, 81, DeValls Bluff Donnie Bass, 68, Beebe Linda Cavalier, 71, Carlisle Lorie Clark, 49, Brinkley Wayne Daniels, 88, Stuttgart Myrtle Doles, 87, Aberdeen Charles Foshee, 66, Des Arc Bonnie Holden, 57, Cabot Bobby Long, 82, Des Arc Vera McGraw, 87, Palestine Nancy Sikes, 72, Stuttgart R.C. Smith, 73, Stuttgart Margerette Tucker, 65, Carlisle Grace Turner, 78, Cotton Plant Jerry Walters, 52, Hazen The Journal will carry Let The Journal will carry Let- ters to Santa, Christmas ters to Santa, Christmas greetings, and extra greetings, and extra Christmas Parade photos Christmas Parade photos in its Christmas edition. in its Christmas edition. To place To place G reeting reetings , please , please call WRJ at 870-256-4254 call WRJ at 870-256-4254 or come by office at 5th & or come by office at 5th & Main by NLT Dec. 14 to Main by NLT Dec. 14 to personally select the per personally select the per- fect one for you or your fect one for you or your business. business. Free Commodities Available Prairie County Judge Mike Skarda announced that free com- modities will be given away next week (limits may apply - call 870-256-3741 to verify). The USDA surplus foods may be picked up on December 15, 16 and 17 at the Des Arc Courthouse Annex located at Hwy 38 Bypass & 5th St., during regular business hours - 8 am to 4 pm. The sacks contain non-perishable food items including canned veg- etables. WINNER AGAIN - On Oct 27, it was $50,000 Wanda Swaim of Des Arc (left) won this TV given away in a draw- ing by the Des Arc Chamber of Commerce at the conclusion of the “After Parade” activities at the courthouse Saturday evening. Pre- senting it to her was Molly Walker, Chamber member and DANRC Administrator. Only about 40 days ago, Wanda won $50,000 with a $20 scratch- off Arkansas Scholarship lottery ticket purchased here at Ringlo’s. Visitors at Monday’s Open House at the new County Jail listen to Amber Duerson (red coat) explain operation of the Control Room (More photos - Pg 12) V OLUME OLUME 109 109 (18TH WEEK OF 109TH YEAR - 5,653 TOTAL WEEKS SINCE 1907) DES ARC, ARKANSAS (COUNTY SEAT ) PRAIRIE C OUNTY “A FREE P RESS AND A F REE PEOPLE - A N UNBEATABLE T EAMT HURSDAY , D ECEMBER 10, 2015 1 S ECTION - 16 P AGES P UBLISHED E ACH T HURSDAY S INCE 1907 75 75 ¢ ¢ MAIN STREET ONLOOKERS READY FOR CHRISTMAS PARADE . . . Saturday afternoon, Dec. 5 Quorum Court approves 2016 budget, pay raise, Christmas bonus, ordinances Des Arc Extension Office to close Jan. 1 Judge Skarda accepts Plaque from Bruce DeVore, left See QUORUM COURT - Page 2 Prairie County Jail is ‘state of the art’ - impresses one and all at Open House; “Very nice place to visit when new, but wouldn’t want to live there” Highway 323 south from Des Arc expected to ‘temporarily’ reopen within 2-3 weeks Collapsed portion of Hwy 323 as of Dec. 3 (Road was closed by AHTD Nov 9) Photo by HJ Sanner AHTD personnel and equipment arrived on scene - ready to start temporary bridge Friday, Dec. 4 Ron & Betty Baldwin (Ron pictured) traveled furthest from Madison, AL to attend 60th DAHS Alumni Banquet Nov. 28 (Additional Alumni Banquet photos - Page 13)

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The AHTD (Arkansas State Highway &Transportation Dept.) started work lastFriday, Dec. 4 on the collapsed portion ofHwy 323 just south of the levee and ballpark near the Des Arc city limits.State Engineer for Heavy Bridge Main-

tenance, Stewart Linz, advised WRJ yes-terday (on site) that the temporary bridgeis being constructed for the public’s use -until the White River and Beine Creek canrecede enough for the damaged portionof two adjacent 8’x9’x150’ concrete cul-verts to be replaced. It’s estimated that the water level will

have to drop approximately 20’ to com-pletely expose the culverts and before thepermanent fix can begin - which will re-quire closing the highway again. (WRJcomment: it could possibly be as long asnext summer before the water drops 20’±.)Per Linz, the permanent “fix” will includeremoving the bridge, replacing the cul-verts and rebuilding the embankment(dump) - as originally existed.Engineer Linz began the design for the

temporary bridge Dec 2, just two days be-fore AHTD had equipment, material andemployees on site only two days later,Dec. 4. Equipment and material have in-cluded trackhoes, dumptrucks, crane, piledriver hammer, compressor, lights,

welders and various size steel beams upto 60’ in length and 27” in depth.Four steel vertical pilings (40’± cut-in-

place length) are being driven down onthe north & south side of the culverts (8pilings total). They will support a 27”deep E/W steel cap on each side, whichwill in turn support N/S steel beams (overa 56’± span) which will finally carry thebridge decking. The decking material willbe 6”x6” wood “planks”. Concrete roadconstruction barriers will be used for rail-ings.

(More photos - Page 2)

At their regular December meeting Tuesdaynight, Dec. 8; the Prairie County Quorum Courtunanimously approved the 2016 total budgetrequest of $2,463,208. To help insure there willbe adequate funds to cover this budget, it iscompared to $2,532,347 (90% of total anticipat-ed revenues of $2,813,718 during 2016).The budget includes an annual pay raise of

$1,000, effective Jan. 1, 2016 for 52± county em-ployees (and officials). Also included is a basepay (starting salary) increase of $600 from$15,900 to $16,500 for new employees - and a$250 Christmas bonus this year for all currentemployees.

The largest department budgets for 2016 are:COUNTY ROAD ....................... $ 1,684,741JAIL ............................................... 678,976SHERIFF ........................................ 474,615COUNTY & CIRCUIT CLERK ............... 219,379ASSESSOR ..................................... 185,884COLLECTOR .................................. 168,341PRAIRIE COUNTY LIBRARY ... ......... 163,020REIMBURSE CITIES ..................... 117,100TREASURER .................................... 82,922

The Sheriff’s budget includes the purchase oftwo new 2015 Dodge Ram 1500 4WD pickuptrucks ($46,948 total). On Tuesday night, Dec.8 the Court unanimously approved Ordinance

No. 2015-8 providing for these purchases.

The Journal welcomes your input ( comments, suggestions, personal news, photos, etc)New/Renewed Journal Subscribers . .Contact Us: Email: [email protected] Mail: PO Box 1051, Des Arc, Ar 72040 Tel: 870-256-4254

&&Mary Price, Hazen, Ar James Rettig, Carlisle, Ar

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CC A L E N D A RA L E N D A R

FRI., DEC. 11, 2-4 PMRetirement Reception forDebra Whitson, F&M Bank

FRI., DEC. 11, 6 PMChristmas ParadeCotton Plant - Cash PrizesLine-up 5:30 Old High School

SAT., DEC. 12, 4-7 PMChili Supper fundraiserAmerican Ag. Bldg.

SUN., DEC. 13, 11 AMChristmas PageantMethodist Church

TUES., DEC. 15, 10 AMWhite River IrrigationDistrict Board MeetingHazen Office

WED., DEC. 15, 10:30 AMAlzheimers Support meetLower White River Museum

WED., DEC. 15, 12 NOONPCRTA meeting at HickoryMethodist Church; bringitem for County Food Pantry

TUES., DEC. 15, 7 PMCity Council at City Hall

WED., DEC. 16, 11 AMFriendship Club MeetingDeValls Bluff Methodist

THURS., DEC. 17, 12 NOONChamber of CommerceFarmers & Merchants Bank

THURS., DEC. 17, 2-4 PMFarmers & Merchants BankDes Arc-Open House

MON., DEC. 21, 9 AMPlea Day Hearingsw. Judge Tom HughesDeValls Bluff Courthouse

TUES., DEC. 22, 9 AMPlea Day HearingsDes Arc Courthouse

TUES., DEC. 22, 12-2Open HouseDes Arc Public LibrarySanta & Door Prizes

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Jolena Barnett, 81, DeValls BluffDonnie Bass, 68, BeebeLinda Cavalier, 71, CarlisleLorie Clark, 49, BrinkleyWayne Daniels, 88, StuttgartMyrtle Doles, 87, AberdeenCharles Foshee, 66, Des ArcBonnie Holden, 57, CabotBobby Long, 82, Des ArcVera McGraw, 87, PalestineNancy Sikes, 72, StuttgartR.C. Smith, 73, StuttgartMargerette Tucker, 65, CarlisleGrace Turner, 78, Cotton PlantJerry Walters, 52, Hazen

The Journal will carry LetThe Journal will carry Let --ters to Santa, Christmasters to Santa, Christmasgreetings, and extragreetings, and extraChristmas Parade photosChristmas Parade photosin its Christmas edition.in its Christmas edition.

To place To place GGreetingreetingss, please, pleasecall WRJ at 870-256-4254call WRJ at 870-256-4254or come by office at 5th &or come by office at 5th &Main by NLT Dec. 14 to Main by NLT Dec. 14 to personally select the perpersonally select the per --fect one for you or yourfect one for you or yourbusiness.business.

Free Commodities Available Prairie County Judge Mike Skarda announced that free com-modities will be given away next week (limits may apply -call 870-256-3741 to verify). The USDA surplus foods maybe picked up on December 15, 16 and 17 at the Des ArcCourthouse Annex located at Hwy 38 Bypass & 5th St.,during regular business hours - 8 am to 4 pm. The sackscontain non-perishable food items including canned veg-etables.

WINNER AGAIN - On Oct 27, it was $50,000Wanda Swaim of Des Arc (left) won this TV given away in a draw-

ing by the Des Arc Chamber of Commerce at the conclusion of the“After Parade” activities at the courthouse Saturday evening. Pre-senting it to her was Molly Walker, Chamber member and DANRCAdministrator.

Only about 40 days ago, Wanda won $50,000 with a $20 scratch-off Arkansas Scholarship lottery ticket purchased here at Ringlo’s.

Visitors at Monday’s Open House at the new County Jail listen to Amber Duerson(red coat) explain operation of the Control Room (More photos - Pg 12)

VVOLUMEOLUME 109 109 (18TH WEEK OF 109TH YEAR - 5,653 TOTAL WEEKS SINCE 1907) DES ARC, ARKANSAS (COUNTY SEAT) PRAIRIE COUNTY

“A FREE PRESS AND A FREE PEOPLE - AN UNBEATABLE TEAM”

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MAIN STREET ONLOOKERS READY FOR CHRISTMAS PARADE . . . Saturday afternoon, Dec. 5

Quorum Court approves 2016 budget,pay raise, Christmas bonus, ordinancesDes Arc Extension Office to close Jan. 1

Judge Skarda accepts Plaque from Bruce DeVore, left

See QUORUM COURT - Page 2

Prairie County Jail is ‘state of the art’ -impresses one and all at Open House;“Very nice place to visit when new, but wouldn’t want to live there”

Highway 323 south from Des Arc expectedto ‘temporarily’ reopen within 2-3 weeks

Collapsed portion of Hwy 323 as of Dec. 3(Road was closed by AHTD Nov 9)

Photo by HJ Sanner

AHTD personnel and equipment arrived on scene - ready to start temporary bridge Friday, Dec. 4

Ron & Betty Baldwin (Ron pictured) traveled furthest fromMadison, AL to attend 60th DAHS Alumni Banquet Nov. 28

(Additional Alumni Banquet photos - Page 13)

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The Road Department’s budget includes leasing twoused Caterpillars model 10M3 for $1,276 per month for 36months, each ($91,872 total). On Tuesday night, Dec. 8,the Court unanimously approved Ordinance No. 2015-7providing for these leases.

In his presentation of the budget, Justice LawrenceHolloway, Budget Committee chairman, addressed thenew status of the Prairie County Library and its effect onthe library bud-get. “As of January 1, the Prairie CountyLibrary will no longer be part of the Lonoke Couty Librarysystem, and thus will be completely on its own. Since newrevenue from the approved millage tax in 2015 will not befully available until late in 2016, the Library budget re-quest of $163,020 was trimmed from what is actuallyneeded.”

Planned LIBRARY OPEN days for 2016 are: DeValls Bluff - 2 - 3 days per weekDes Arc - 4 days per weekHazen - 5 days per week

Debbie Moore, Director of Lonoke County Libraries,thanked the Court and Judge for their help and support ofthe Libraries. She also introduced April Highfill as thenew Director of Prairie County Libraries effective January1.

Brent Griffin, Prairie County Extension Agent, remind-ed the Court that the Des Arc office will be closed as ofJanuary 1 and combined with the office in DeValls Bluff.Reasoning behind this change, per Griffin, “is that the Co-operative Extension Service Administration in Little Rockhas concluded that with the cost savings of closing the

Des Arc office and today’smodern technology, thepublic will actually be bet-ter served”.

An announcement re-garding the Jan.4 Row CropProduction Meeting madeby Griffin Tuesday night,was revised yesterday after-noon. The meeting placehas been changed from theCounty Fairgrounds to theKenneth Caviness Shop onAnderson Road, 3 1/2 milesnorth of Hwy 70. The meet-ing will still begin at 12:30,but a catered lunch at 5:00pm has been added.

Bruce DeVore, who livesin Pulaski County, but whohas a farm in Oak Prairiearea, presented the Courtwith a Plaque with the 20names of the CenturyFarms in Prairie County.His farm is included as a “Century Farm” under the nameof Jacob DeVore, for which he received recognition fromGovernor Asa Hutchinson and Wes Ward, State Agricul-ture Secretary at the State Capitol October 15, 2015.(photo of plaque on Pg 1)

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“Trump”There was a reverse -- no, perverse -- irony in Don-

ald Trump’s demand that all Muslims be prohibitedfrom immigrating to the United States. Upon thatpodium, being his bloviating and gesturing self, whip-ping up the crowd, Trump turned a Pearl Harbor Re-membrance Day ceremony that by all rights shouldhave been a solemn observance of American lives lostthree-quarters of a century ago into a fools-fest. Nev-er mind the Democrats: So appalling was Trump’s pro-posal that every other Republican presidential candi-date, not to mention the party’s Congressional leader-ship, sought to distance themselves from his rhetoric.Some, more than others; some, later than sooner.

Note that Trump won the votes of 24 of the 164 votescast in a straw poll of Arkansas Republican State Com-mittee members last weekend. A decided minority,and the balloting occurred before their man’s most in-cendiary comments. Still --

As Trump noted, more Americans died in the Sep-tember 11, 2001 attacks than were killed at Pearl Har-bor, and that cannot, should not, be ignored nor ex-cused. To be remembered, always, was the braveryand sacrifice of those who died at Honolulu, and to beheeded, always, the call for eternal vigilance as theprice of liberty.

But Trump had other ideas, the basest of which wasto debase the notion of liberty as America has definedit and -- here’s the irony -- sometimes defiled it.

Our state had an up-close experience with thatirony, though the number of Arkansans with first-handknowledge of it are steadily fewer.

Ever heard of Jerome, of Rohwer? The former is inDrew County, the latter in Desha. These two commu-nities, crossroads then as now, became bustling cities,among the largest in Arkansas, during World War II.They grew not because of defense industrialization ormilitary training, but because they housed 17,000Japanese-American citizens who were rounded up andherded like cattle into what were termed “relocationcenters” in the panic following Pearl Harbor. (The lateLt. Gov. Footsie Britt, who lost an arm in the war,would later call them “our version of concentrationcamps.”) They had been accused of nothing, tried andconvicted of nothing. They were American citizens,but -- suspect. Better safe than sorry.

Sorry we were, a little late. Many of those “interned”lost everything save, perhaps, their dignity. A genera-tion after the camps closed President Reagan signed aformal apology for the camps, which, Trump remind-ed us, were created by none other than Franklin D.Roosevelt, the Soldier of Freedom. Roosevelt, whosaved the nation from the Great Depression andsteered the West to victory over the Axis powers. Andwho opined that African-Americans had a naturalsense of rhythm, and that the sometimes uncoopera-tive Supreme Court (which cooperated in his intern-ment program) needed additional justices, whichproves that nobody’s judgment is unimpeachable.

Trump’s judgment, impeached well before his PearlHarbor Day remarks, carried the irony quite danger-ously further: In insulting millions of Muslims in theU.S. and more than a billion others worldwide, Trumpdid nothing to mitigate the possibility of another ter-rorist episode on our soil but in fact heightened thepossibility. Not because the experts say so, thoughthey do, but because common sense declares as much.At a minimum Trump added grist to the jihadists’ mill,fueled the propaganda fire that warms those quartersof the Islamic world in which the West, and the U.S. inparticular, is the Great Satan, the source of all evil, allworldly troubles.

In the hours after his call for an embargo on immi-gration, and the reproves and disavowals it evoked,Trump stood by his notion, insisting he was not advo-cating an FDR-like internment policy against MuslimAmerican citizens. How thoughtful. (The widows andorphans of Islam in flight from the savagery will betouched, surely.) But Trump’s past so often is his pro-logue that it comes with an advisory: Stay tuned.

Could Trump’s shameful but constitutionally per-missible language be enough to push over the edgethose Muslims disenchanted by, angered by, the U.S.in which they now live? Who believe they hear the callof jihad? It has to be considered, just as inflammatoryaccusations against Planned Parenthood, for example,cannot but embolden zealots, mostly professingChristians, who believe their faith authorizes violenceto combat abortion. Are the twisted of both doctrinesout there, waiting? Quite possibly.

Here’s who is out there, for sure: the pollsters, out inthe field, in every state. They are asking likely Repub-lican voters who they support for the nation’s highestoffice. But what they really want to know is whetherTrump finally has gone too far.

Finally, and too far, was a long time ago.

Fear Itself - what a difference 82 years makeby Khalil Bendib

Marriage Counselling A husband and wife were at a party chatting with

some friends when the subject of marriage coun-selling came up.

"Oh, we'll never need that. My husband and Ihave a great relationship," the wife explained.

"He was a communications major in college andI majored in theater arts."

"He communicates real well and I just act likeI'm listening."

QUORUM COURT - Continued from Page 1

Process of reopening Hwy 323 with a steel structural, albeit temporary, bridge

Top left: View looking south toward AHTD workmenand one of two trackhoes positioned on south side ofexcavation Tuesday, Dec. 8. Visable on north side aredrilled holes about 10’ deep, in which steel pilings willinitially sit before being driven down another 30’±.

Top right: Photo taken about 3:30 pm Wed., Dec. 9showing 4 steel pilings already driven down to a depthof about 40’. A backhoe is excavating out between thepilings. A wooden “wall” behind the pilings will retaindirt fill to prevent sluff off into the drainage area.

Above: photo shows steel beam being unloaded.(photo taken Dec. 8, courtesy of Rodney Adams)

Left: Crane lifting pile driver (center) and moving itinto position to drive piling (right) deeper into ground.A “hammer” weighing 3000 lbs inside the driver is hy-draulically lifted to the top and then dropped. The pileis driven down about 6” with each drop of hammer.

NOTE: The AHTD plans to salvage all materials be-ing used in the construction of the temporary bridge.

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Robert Edwards of Searcy,17th District Prosecuting At-torney, was elected to theArkansas Prosecuting Attor-neys Associ-ation Board atthe group’s meeting last Fri-day

Clifford Barlow, assistantfire chief, advised this weekthat the annual CommunityChristmas Tree will be heldChristmas Eve, Dec. 24, at 4 p.m. Santa, with members ofthe department will havebags of fruit and candy FREEfor the children.

Chip Calhoun, president,advises that the Ducks Un-limited Banquet held Satur-day night at Saul’s Headquar-ters grossed $9,600 for DU.

Chief Deputy Bruce Roe,Prairie County sheriff’s Dept.,arrested a white male, 17, forsuspicion of theft of coonhides from the T. D. Hollowayhome, Rt. 1, Griffithville.

Harry Mason Jr. of Biscoehas been appointed execu-tive director of the PrairieCounty Council on Aging ef-fective Jan. 1, 1982. Masonsucceeds Mrs. Lorene Parker.He has been working in agri-culture-related business inJonesboro for several years.

Three Des Arc churcheswere awarded trophies lastThursday for their efforts inconstructing floats for thefourth annual Christmas pa-rade. Eight floats were en-tered for competition. Firstplace went to the Church ofGod of Prophecy; secondplace to Lakeside MissionaryBaptist Church, and thirdplace went to the First UnitedMethodist Church.

Bobby Long presented agift of books to the highschool librarian, Mrs. JoyceMcNeil. The books, a three-volume set of “The Lord ofthe Rings” were a gift fromthe Class of 1951 who had areunion this week. Guests atthe reunion were teachers,Wayne Quick, Mrs. John W.Booth Jr. and Mrs. J. C. Cal-houn, and Mrs. Robert Ed-wards, room mother.

The Des Arc Cyclones wona doubleheader with Lonoke

and Augusta at the local gymSunday. High scorers were W.Harshaw, 37, N. Polite, 25; M.Williams, 19; and B. Jaggers,19.

Jerry Saxton, former DesArc High School Eagle, hasbeen named to the All-AICfootball squad. Son of Mr.and Mrs. Arvurn Saxton ofBiscoe, he is a senior at U ofA, Monticello.

Des Arc church choirs pre-senting Christmas music. Thechoir of the First UnitedMethodist Church will pres-ent “Night of Miracles” di-rected by Mrs. James (Cecily)Norman, accompanied byMrs. C. R. Roe, organist, andMrs. Stephen Finch, pianist;one performance at 11 a. m.and one at 7 p. m. Sunday,Dec. 13. First Baptist YouthChoir is presenting “A FreeSpirit Christmas,” Sunday,Dec. 13, at 5 p. m.; narrationby Susan Guess, Shelley Pat-terson, Jeffrey Webber andJohna McNeil. The adultchoir of the First BaptistChurch will present “Christ-mas is Love” at 7 p. m.. Thechoir is directed by HerndonBarnes. Accompanists areMrs. Fred Kennedy, organist,Mrs. Bill Burrow and Mrs.Jerry DeVorak, pianists. Adultand youth choirs will presenta cantata, “Home for Christ-mas” Sunday, Dec. 20, at 6 p.m. Directing will be BethPearson with narration byTommy Earl Brown. The chil-dren’s choir is directed byGayle Guess and Lila Pear-son.Youth of Faith Mission-ary Baptist Church is present-ing a musical titled “A CertainSmall Shepherd” Tuesday,Dec. 15, at 7:30 p. m., directedby Mrs. David (Ann) Eagle.

Rev. John Gillespie, pastorof the Hickory Plains and He-bron United MethodistChurches advised that spe-cial Christmas programs arebeing planned at bothchurches. Betty Covington isdirecting a play at the Hicko-ty Plains church; a play at He-bron is directed by Mrs. Bob(Kim) Thornton

Ogden L. Mills, un-dersecretary of theTreasury, warned

tonight, speaking in NewYork, that the governmentmust increase revenues, re-duce expenditures andpromptly balance its budgetor face consequences farworse than a temporary in-crease in taxes. Mills said thatgovernment borrowing tomeet deficits must stop.

The main building of theLonoke Public School was de-stroyed by fire originating onthe second floor at 7 the nightof December 15. The build-ing, said to have been thelargest frame building inArkansas, was valued at$75,000.The building, whichhad been in use 31 years,burned in less than one hour.About 800 pupils are enrolledthere with 250 of them com-ing from rural communities.

The large Des Arc Mercan-tile Co. store is advertising apre-Holiday Sale, realizingthe depressed conditions, todo their part in bringing backprosperity and at the sametime reduce their large stockof goods. Items include BullsEye Overalls, heavy grade, $1value, for 89c; Ladies PrincessSlips, 39c; Men’s Union Suits,69c; Men’s Dress Shirts, collarattached, 69c; and other bar-gains - for cash only.

The Oak Prairie 4-H Clubreorganized Wednesday af-ternoon with 46 membersand elected these officers: D.J. Tate, president; KathrynStallings, vice president;Edith Buchanan, secretary;Evangeline Bell, reporter.

Thirteen out of twentymembers of the PlainviewHome Demonstration Clubcanned, pickled and pre-served 4,453 quarts of fruitsand vegetables besides sever-al bushels of dried fruits andbeans; also 60 quarts of vine-gar; quilted twenty quilts withfifteen ready to quilt. Mrs. E.L. Jones leads in the canningwith 634 quarts; Mrs. CharlesJones, with 600 quarts, andMrs. Levi White with 450quarts. Last year they had onepreserve cooker; this yearthey have four new ones.

On account of an epidem-ic of bad colds, sore throat,etc, the school board deemedit best and closed the Des ArcSchool until January 4.

A. L. (Lonnie) Berry is mailcarrier on Route 2 this weeksubstituting for Mr. F. E. Wick-lund, who is confined athome on account of illness inthe family.

Mrs. Della Calley was intown Tuesday with countryproduce for the market anddoing Christmas shopping.

Plenty of fresh pork now -many farmers and a few townfolks did the killing act duringthe cold spell this week.

W. W. Bethell of Conwaymade his usual weekend visithere, looking after businessinterests.

Mr. Fox Edwards was overfrom Little Rock looking afterinterests of The Peoples Storein this city. Remember ThePeoples Store has everythingfor the whole family and re-member, they buy yourcream, poultry, furs, pecans,etc.

The real Des Arc sportswho take advantage of openseasons for killing wild game,especially deer, pitched theirsecond camp this year in thevicinity of Roe. The party wascomposed of G. C. Gilliam, T.C. Parks, Leroy Kloss, WesHolloway, Hull Smith, HomerPinson and the reliable col-ored chef, Nute Qualls.Gilliam got a 10 pt. buck andPinson got a six point the firstday.

Benjamin Blackwood, sonof Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Black-wood of the Griffithville area,has been promoted from pri-vate to corporal. He joinedthe Air Force Sept. 9, 1942.

A total of $511,301.50, thelargest monthly sum yet dis-tributed, was issued to 31,703clients of the State WelfareDepartment for assistanceduring December, Commis-sioner John G. Pipkin ad-vised.

One year of total war hascost the United States over$46 billion dollars - morethan the entire cost of partic-ipating in the last world con-flict 25 years ago.The latestTreasury statements showthat current war expendituresare running at the rate ofabout $6 billion dollars amonth. The net of Americanparticipation in the firstWorld War, treasury statisticsshow, was $40,583,063.000.

Our old friend, Mr. W. N.Harris was badly bruised upearly morning last week by anold family horse, that turnedheels loose on him when hewent to feed him. He says hetouched the horse on the hipand he began kicking.

We are glad to note thatMrs. Coy Ingram of this city,who underwent an appendixoperation at the WakenightHospital in Searcy last week isreported doing nicely.

A program of Christmasmusic will be given at thePresbyterian Church on Tues-day evening, Dec. 17, featur-ing the high school glee club,sponsored by Mrs. JohnBooth Jr. School Supt. H. A.Vinyard is to be the organist.The Glee Club will be assistedby pupils from Mr. JohnBethell’s public speakingclass.

Miss Maxine Marsh, whohas been employed on theSteamer Tom Stallin, a gov-ernment boat out of Mem-phis, the past year, is homeon a holiday visit.

Our old friend, V. O. Purvisof Little Rock, Deputy U. S.Marshal, was a business visi-tor in this his old home Tues-day and renewed his Journalsubscription.

We regret to note that ourold friend, Mr. J. A. Swinney isconfined to his bed sufferingfrom an injured leg whichwas terribly lacerated whenhe stepped in a hole in asmall bridge on his way homeone night last week.

Mesdames Wm. Reinhardtand Clara Baldwin, teachersat the Johnson Chapel school,were pleasant callers at theJournal office this week.

Rep. H. B. Eddins and L. T.Stallings of the New Bethelarea were in the city on busi-ness today.

Do you know that everyfreshman student in everyArkansas college, both whiteand colored, will have chestexaminations between theopening of the 1942 fall termand January 1, 1943.

Throughout the entirecountry women workers arebeing more and more com-pletely accepted as a vitalpart of the Nation’s manpow-er needed for all industrialproduction.

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Margerette Lyvonne PuttTucker, 65 of Carlisle, diedNovember 30, 2015.

Visitation was from 6:00to 8:00 P.M.Thursday, De-cember 3, at Westbrook Fu-neral Home in Hazen.

She is survived by threesons, five siblings, andseven grandchildren.

Jerry Wayne Walters, 52,of Hazen, died Thursday,November 26, 2015. He wasborn in Arkansas.

He was preceded indeath by his father, EdwardWalters; his mother andstep-father, Joe and MarySettlemire; his wife, SalinaWalters and his son, AlanWalters.

He is survived by threesons, Mathew, Andy andAlex Walters; his brothers,Ronnie Walters of Des Arcand Joseph Settlemire ofMissouri; his sisters, SharonSettlemire of Paragould,Judy Settlemire of Missouri,and Mary Jo Jones and hus-band, Steve of Hazen andone granddaughter, Addi-son Garza.

A memorial service washeld 2:00 P.M., Saturday,December 5, 2015 at theFamily Christian FellowshipChurch in Hazen by ScottSkarda.

Wayne Elmo Daniels, 88,of Stuttgart left this world tobe with his Lord and Savioron Thursday, December 3,2015.

Wayne was born July 21,1927 in Selma, Arkansas. Hewas a veteran of the UnitedStates Navy, a retired em-ployee of Lennox Industriesin Stuttgart, and a memberof the First United Metho-dist Church in Stuttgart.Wayne was very active inhis service to God, holdingseveral positions as an offi-cer of the church.

He was preceded indeath by his father, ElmoDaniels; mother, RuthDaniels; and grandsonDrew Abbott.

He is survived by his lov-ing wife and life partner of68 years, Gerry Daniels; oneson, Kirk Daniels of Hum-phrey; two daughters, DetraAbbott of Little Rock andTena (Steve) Bryant ofHumphrey; seven grand-children, Jimmy and AlexAbbott of Little Rock;Heather Tumbleson andPhillip Leder of Jonesboro;Stonewall Bryant ofHumphrey;Teighlor(Steven) Chaney of Beebe and TylerEarls of Stuttgart; onebrother Lamar Daniels ofStuttgart; one sister MarshaMiles of McGehee. Waynewill live on in the hearts andmemories of his friends andloved ones.

Funeral service was heldat 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5at First United MethodistChurch, Stuttgart.

Burial followed at LoneTree Cemetery by TurpinFuneral Home.

Nancy L. Kelly Sikes, 72,of Stuttgart passed awayThursday, Dec. 3, 2015, ather home surrounded byher family.

Nancy was born Nov. 11,1943, in Killeen, Texas, thedaughter of Capt. Edwardand Louise Stone Kelly.With her father enlisted inthe military, Nancy becamea world traveler growing upbefore settling in Stuttgart.Nancy was a member of theStuttgart High School Classof 1961 whose classmatesshe still stayed in contact.

Following her marriageto Maxey Sikes, she busiedherself with raising herfamily. Family was very im-portant to her and not justher husband and children,but she was a huge influ-ence in the lives of hernieces and nephews.

Nancy loved to entertainand was the perfect host atsuch parties. She was verycrafty and loved to paint.She also had worked atCoker-Hampton Drugs formany years.

Besides her parents andhusband, she was precededin death by her son, JerrySikes; and a sister, EddyeKay Kelly Hansen.

Survivors are her daugh-ter and husband, Kelli andDennis Zeutschel of Cy-press, Texas; two grand-sons, Ryan Ray Zeutscheland Maxwell James Zeuts-chel; one sister, Sally Kelly;and several beloved niecesand nephews.

A memorial service washeld at 2 p.m. at Hunter’sChapel United MethodistChurch.

Her family requests me-morials be made to EddyeKay Hansen MemorialScholarship Fund, P.O. Box35, Stuttgart, Ark. 72160.

Bonnie Joanne Holden,57, of Cabot, died Wednes-day, December 2, 2015. Shewas born May 9, 1958 to thelate Vernon Strickland Sr,and Josephine WalkerStrickland.

Bonnie sold a handwrit-ten copy of the Bible to“Ripley’s Believe It or Not”,and then hand wrote an-other copy. Bonnie lovedkids; she was involved withthe Cabot Jaycettes for tenyears, and participated inChristmas for Kids fortwenty years. She was pre-ceded in death by her par-ents.

She is survived by herhusband of 41 years, RandyHolden; children, Cathy JoeSneed, and Duncan Hold-en; brothers, Vernon Strick-land Jr., Doyle Strickland,Tommy Strickland (Debra),Robert Strickland (Kathy),and Kenny Strickland; sis-ters, Patricia Babb, andSherry Graessle (Art);granddaughter, CaliyahHolden; and a host of aunts,uncles, and cousins.

Funeral service was heldSaturday, December 5, at2:00 p.m.

Interment followed atShort Cemetery in But-lerville under the directionof Moore’s Cabot FuneralHome.

Donnie Ralph Bass, 68,of Beebe, Arkansas, passedaway Sunday, November 22,2015. He was born February6, 1947, in Beebe, to Paul“Mutt” Bass and the lateOra Mae Scroggs Bass.

He served as a proudUnited States Marine in theVietnam War. He lovedblack Ford trucks, 3:00 a.m.WalMart trips, Saturdaymorning trips to the BeebeFlea Market, animals, hunt-ing and fishing. He gainedmany great friends from hisgraduating class of 1965from Beebe.

Donnie was a very lovedson, brother, uncle, andfriend. He was always will-ing to do anything to helpsomeone. His nieces, LindaWhitt and Teresa White, al-ways brought a smile to hisface. And we can’t forget his“Little Buddy”, Julie White;they were always intosomething. He also enjoyedvisits from his nephews,Glen Bass and Todd Watts.

He is survived by his fa-ther, Paul “Mutt” Bass; twobrothers, Jim and JerryBass, all of Beebe; one sis-ter, Barbara Watts of Rison;and a host of family andfriends.

Robert Lynn Long Jerry Wayne Walters Wayne Elmo Daniels Jolena Metcalf Barnett

Jolena Metcalf-Barnett,81, of DeValls Bluff, former-ly of Los Angeles, Californiadied Wednesday, November25, 2015 at UAMS MedicalCenter in Little Rock. Shewas the widow of TimothyBarnett.

Jolena was born May 19,1934 in DeValls Bluff,Arkansas to Joseph AndrewMetcalf and Lorene MurphyMetcalf.

Jolena was raised in De-Valls Bluff, Arkansas and at-tended School at the BiscoePublic School System.

Jolena accepted Christ atUnion Chapel Freewill Bap-tist Church in DeValls Bluffat an early age. She was anoriginal founding memberof the “Cheerful Rights”Gospel Singing group ofDeValls Bluff. She later be-came a member of Holy Pil-grim Temple BaptistChurch in Los Angeles, Cal-ifornia, where she re-mained a member for al-most 40 years. During hertime there she sang in theSenior Choir, was a mem-ber of the Mother Boardand a member of thechurch’s Women ChristianOrganization.

“Jo” as Jolena was affec-tionately known, was a resi-dent of Los Angeles, Cali-fornia for more than 50years. She was employedwith an airline manufactur-ing company for severalyears before they closeddown. She then went towork for the Los AngelesPublic School System in theMaintenance Departmentfor more than 35 years be-fore retiring.

Jolena lived a very simplebut fulfilling life. She en-joyed singing, cooking, gar-dening, reading books andlistening to gospel music.She had a quiet dispositionbut enjoyed people, espe-cially family and friends.

Her parents, her hus-band, and two brothers:Herman Metcalf and Ver-non Metcalf all precededJolena in death.

Survivors are her sonPhillp M. Barnett of Los An-geles, CA; a daughter Flo-rence Haddock of Tulsa,OK; a sister, Janet (Odis)Cohen of DeValls Bluff; twosisters in law: Cora Metcalfof Little Rock: and WillieNell Metcalf of DeVallsBluff; seven generationalfamily members: Ruthie M.Metcalf, Earney Metcalf Jr.,Eula Ray Huff, Vernard Met-calf, Sylvester Metcalf andKenny Swanigan all of De-Valls Bluff; and NathanSwanigan of Wheatley, AR;and a host of other relativesand friends.

Funeral services wereheld Saturday, December 5at 10 AM at Union ChapelFreewill Baptist Church,DeValls Bluff, with BishopSylvester Swanigan officiat-ing.

Interment was in theOakland Cemetery, DeVallsBluff, with BranscumbJohnson & Gilchrest Funer-al Home of Brinkleyincharge of arrangements.

Pallbearers were BobbyLarkin, Bruce Metcalf, EarlMetcalf, Derrick Metcalf,Tyrus Metcalf, ShundesMetcalf, Terry Metcalf andCalvin Metcalf.

Jolena M. Barnettburied Saturdayat DeValls Bluff

Wayne E. Daniels,veteran, retiredLennox employee

Jerry W. Walters,brother of localresident, dies

Services heldhere Tuesday forRobert L. Long

Margerette Tuckerdies at Carlisle

Donnie R. Bass,former Marine,dies at Beebe

Vera A. McGrawburial Saturdayat Clarendon

Bonnie J. Holdenburied Saturdayat Butlerville

Nancy L. Sikesdies at Stuttgart

Robert Lynn “Bobby”Long, 82, of Des Arc diedSaturday, December 5, 2015at Des Arc Nursing andRehab.

Bobby was born Febru-ary 23, 1933 in Des Arc,Arkansas to Aubrey andHelen (Osborne) Long.

Bobby was a 1951 gradu-ate of Des Arc High Schooland a Sergeant in the U.S.Army. He was manager atMonsanto in Des Arc andalso worked for other fertil-izer businesses here beforeretiring.

Survivors include hiswife, Hattie (Morris) Long,two daughters, Tanya Cald-well and husband, David,and Beth Long; one son,Tony Long and wife,Denise; seven grandchil-dren, Malcolm Long andwife, Brandi, Callie Long,Colten Long, Jade Felts,Stephanie Billingsley, ClaySain, Grant Caldwell, eightgreat grandchildren, CadenReynolds, Emerson Mason,Katherine Billingsley, ReeseBillingsley, Carsen Felts,Casen McDaniel, PaytonCaldwell and Kase Barton,one sister LaNan Loretz.

Bobby was preceded indeath by his parents.

Funeral services were at2 p.m. Tuesday December8, at Faith Missionary Bap-tist Church with the pastor,Bro. Jim West officiating.

Interment was in Lake-side Cemetery by Garth Fu-neral Home.

Pallbearers were KeithCalhoun, Lynny McFarlin,Stewart Morton, Jerry Mc-Farlin, Darren Burnett andCurtis Mansfield, active.Honorary pallbearers wereRay Bell, Randy Moore,Floyd Calhoun, MalcolmLong and Colten Long.

Vera Anna McGraw, age87, died Saturday. She issurvived by her husband,Harold McGraw of Pales-tine, children, Mark (Phyl-lis) McGraw of Palestine,Becky (David) Lawson ofForrest City, brothers, Phil(Arlene) Martin, Ricky (Jen-nifer) Martin both of Brink-ley, sisters, Virginia (Milton)Jackson of Brinkley, Barbara(Howard) Miller of ForrestCity, two grandchildren,three great grandchildren.Visitation will be 6:00-8:00PM, Tuesday at BobNeal & Sons Funeral Homein Brinkley. Services will be10:00AM, Wednesday at theRidgewood Baptist Churchin Forrest City. Burial will bein Johnson Cemetery inWheatley. Guestbookwww.bobnealandsons.com

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Sunday, December 6IN DES ARC

First Baptist Church 207/238Gospel Mission.....................181Lakeside Miss. Baptist..75/118First United Methodist........98Faith Missionary Baptist.48/61Family Worship Center........50.First Assembly of God....37/47Fellowship Miss. Baptist....... 50Church of Christ............10Church of God of Prophecy.. 15Living Waters Full Gospel.......19

AREA CHURCHESHickory Plains Miss. Bap 68/98Morris Chapel Miss. Baptist..36Pleasant Ridge Miss. Baptist.16Hickory Plains Methodist..... 30Hickory Plains Nazarene...... 12Judson Memorial Baptist...... 25Sand Hill Miss. Baptist........12

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FF A I T HA I T H TT R A C K SR A C K SBy Rev. Dee Harper

Pastor, First United Methodist ChurchDes Arc, Ar

Work: 870-256-3757 - Cell: 501-593-8978e-mail: [email protected]

Under Wraps - God is Jealous!

Su n d a y S c h o o lC h u rc h A t t e n d a n c e

Words of FaithWords of FaithO B I T U A R I E S ( Co nt ’d f rom Pg 3 )

A Great Deal, Beautiful Exchange

I take after my Mom.People used to beamazed at what shecould buy us kids, withsuch little money. I tooLOVE getting greatdeals, and with BlackFriday coming up, a lotof us have sales on ourminds. What excites memost, is when I am ableget something very valu-able, worth much morethan I have to pay...

You want to know thegreatest "deal" I evergot?

It was the day I of-fered God what I had,and in return, he offeredme what he had.

He took my sins, con-fusion, doubts, fears,weaknesses, stress, fail-ures, sickness, pain, andpast, and in exchange,gave me, forgiveness,peace, assurance, heal-ing, hope, His righteous-ness, His strength andthru His grace, the abili-ty to live an overcominglife and live eternally.

Now that's a"Beautiful Exchange", orlike I call it, a great deal.

Written by Deborah(Pool) Skarda, submittedby Opal Crider

You’re Invited!!!!Sondra Burnett Family and Friends

Present

“Keep the Faith” Benefit Christmas Concert

Friday, December 116:30 P.M.

At The New

Faith Baptist Church301 Bill Foster Memorial Hwy. (Hwy. 321)

West on Mt. Carmel Rd

Cabot, ArkansasA Love Offering Will Be Received For

“Keep The Faith Foundation”For Kids With Cancer

Lorie Lynn Clark wasborn on the spring day ofMay 28, 1966 in Wynne, oneof five children in the fami-ly of Verlon and FrancisRobinson. She received for-mal education in theWynne schools and gradu-ated with the WHS class of1984.

In a working career, Loriewas employed for a time atthe Exxon Station and laterat the Wynne Exhaust Deal-ership. From there she as-sisted in the financial de-partment of the Kids ForThe Future Day Care Cen-ter. For the past seven yearsshe served as the regionalsecretary for the Fred’sStore in Forrest City.

In 2007, Lorie’s life begana new romantic journeywhen she met Gary Clarkduring an evening out inBrinkley. They were mar-ried in a simple ceremony.They have remained resi-dents of the Brinkley com-munity. Lorie was a mem-ber and enjoyed fellowshipwith the Brinkley First As-sembly Of God Church.

On Monday, Lorie beganto experience health con-cerns and as a result sud-denly and unexpectedlypassed away on Tuesday,December 1, 2015 at herhome.

She was preceded indeath by her parents andone sister, Valerie Robin-son.

Survivors are her hus-band: Gary Clark of Brink-ley; sons: Derek (Jennifer)Bascue of Wynne and LeviGarrison of Wynne, Cody(Taylor) Clark of Palestine,Daymon Free of Bentonand Richard Allen Futrell ofSt. Joe; daughter: KirstenFutrell of Brinkley; broth-ers, Michael Robinson ofBatesville and Steve AllenRobinson of Wynne; sister :Donna Kay (Johnny) Bate-man of Wynne; and threegrandchildren :

Funeral services were at2:00 PM, Friday at the FirstAssembly of God Church inBrinkley.

Burial was in the UpperCemetery by Bob Neal &Sons Funeral Home ofBrinkley.

Lorie Lynn Clark

Dessie Fox Tipton ofClarendon died Monday,November 30, 2015.

She is survived by sons:Lawrence Fox (Eva) andLeonard Fox; daughters,Joyce Chastain (J.T.), GailSingleton (Doug), ShirleyFox, and Ruth Dyer(Bobby); 14 grandchildren;14 great-grandchildren;and one great-great-grand-child.

Services were held atFowler Funeral Home,Brinkley, last Thursday at 2p.m.

Grace M. Turner,Cotton Plantnative, dies

Linda Cavalierdies at homein Carlisle

Lorie Lynn Clarkdies at Brinkleyunexpectedly

Services todayat Searcy forEligia C. Foshee

Services Fridayat Stuttgart forMyrtle A. Doles

R. C. Smith,car dealer atStuttgart, dies

Dessie Tiptondies at Clarendon

Grace Melba (Davis)Turner went to meet herLord on Friday November27, 2015. Grace was born toClyde and Pauline (Ridge)Davis March 7, 1937 in Cot-ton Plant, Arkansas.

She was one of sevenchildren, and was precededin death by her parents,brothers Fred Davis andCarl Davis and sisters Jim-mie Bailey and DeloresHickman.

She is survived by hertwo sisters Anne Bush andMary Bustamonte.

Grace married BenjaminClark Turner January 24,1953. They have two chil-dren Susan (Roy) Lelandand Elizabeth (Michael)White. She has six grand-children and seven greatgrandchildren.

Grace was a member ofLonoke Apostolic Church.She was a Sunday schoolteacher, choir member,candy maker, house keeper,and kitchen worker. Sheshowed service to God andtaught that same love ofservice to those around her.She worked at Otten-heimer/Kellwood sewingfactory from the time itopened in 1963 until itclosed in 1988. Grace be-came a CNA with GoldenYears Nursing Home andLincoln Plaza until she re-tired.

Funeral services wereheld at 11:00 am MondayNovember 30, at LonokeApostolic Church with in-terment following in SunsetMemorial Gardens by BoydFuneral Home.

Linda Vance Cavalier, 71died December 3, 2015 ather home in Carlisle. Adaughter of Elbert and Ida(Smallwood) Vance, shewas born in Clarendon onFebruary 26, 1944. She at-tended Clarendon HighSchool and at the age of 18met the love of her life.

After high school Lindatraveled to Morgan City,Louisiana to visit friendsand was introduced to E.J.Cavalier, best described as atrue Cajun born and raisedyoung man. It was soon ev-ident that true love was intheir hearts, they were mar-ried and made their homein nearby Grand Island,Louisiana. They enjoyed lifethere for the next 42 years.After his death in 2002,Linda moved back toArkansas.

She began employmentwith the Marty Mart Associ-ation of stores and man-aged ones in Marianna,Clarendon and most re-cently the one in Lonoke.

Survivors include broth-ers: James McKinley,George Vance andKrestonVance; sisters: LudeenAlderson, Doris Hawkins(DeWitt), Kathy Calloway(Stuttgart) and DebbieMealler (Carlisle) and spe-cial friend, Kathy CavalierCollins (Houston)

A Memorial service willbe held at 2:00 PM, Satur-day December 12, at BobNeal & Sons Funeral Home-Clarendon.

Burial will be private.

Eligia Charles “Chuck”Foshee, 66, of Des Arcpassed away Tuesday, De-cember 8, 2015 at Des ArcNursing and Rehab.

He was born March 4,1949 in Searcy, Arkansas tothe late Eligia and Cather-ine (Cain) Foshee.

Chuck was a member ofthe Church of Christ DesArc and attended GospelMission Church of Des Arc.Chuck is a retired industrialmanufacturer in Illinois.

Chuck moved to Grif-fithville, Arkansas in the1970’s. He was born physi-cally challenged but wasnever disabled. After suffer-ing a stroke, he was a resi-dent at Des Arc Nursing andRehab for greater than tenyears of his life.

Left to cherish his mem-ory are five sisters, KarenChurchwell Stephens ofGriffithville, Arkansas, Pa-tricia Solberg of Indiana,Sarah McVey of Texas,Wanda Smith and BrendaLynn both of Searcy,Arkansas; four brothers,John Foshee of Indiana,David Foshee of Illinois,Darrell Foshee and PaulFoshee both of Griffithville,Arkansas; numerousnieces, nephews, andfriends from all over theUnited States.

In addition to his parentsChuck was preceded indeath by four sisters, Juani-ta Gentry of Des Arc, StellaFoshee of Griffithville, Thel-ma Parente and ConnieBirdwell of Searcy.

Funeral services will beheld at 11:00 a.m. Thursday,December 10, at Searcy-McEuen Chapel om Searcy.

Interment will follow atWelcome Home Cemeteryin the Northside Communi-ty, Des Arc.

Luke 10:27, Deuteronomy 6:13

Today we are continu-ing our sermon seriesUnder Wraps. Last weekwe discovered that God isexpectant. He expectsthings from us as his disci-ples and he is waiting forus to respond.

We don’t often think ofGod as being jealous. It isnot a nice image. It does-n’t connect for many of uswith our understanding ofa loving God. But just afew verses after our versethis morning fromDeuteronomy we readthese exact words. Sowhat does it mean to saythat our God is a jealousGod?

Jealousy despite howwe often use it does notmean envy. Envy is towant something thatsomeone else has. Jeal-ousy relates to somethingthat we already have orsomeone that we have arelationship with. One ofthe definitions of jealousymeans to carefully orwatchfully guard some-thing you possess. I thinkthis is a closer definitionof what we mean thismorning.

God carefully andwatchfully guards our af-fections. He doesn’t wantanyone whom he loves tobe lead away. The firstcommandment is that weshould have no other godsbefore God. The second isthat we should make notgraven images. God is theonly being worthy or de-serving our worship.

The Luke passage is afamiliar one. In the pas-sage we read a man is an-swering Jesus question tohim about what is the

most important com-mandments. This passageis a familiar one and itagain reinforces this ideathat God wants us to becommitted fully to him.

The Deuteronomy pas-sage tells us to fear theLord. This does not meanfor us to cower, but to liveour lives in humble re-spect seeking to servehim. Some of the versesthis passage follows inchapter 6, verses 4-9 arecalled the Shema. Thispassage is an importantverse in the prayer andworship life of faithfulJewish people. It forms aprayer that is recited inthe morning and eveningas a confession of faith.Verses 10-12 form a warn-ing to the people of Israelwho are about to enter thePromised Land not to for-get the one who broughtyou there, and who willbring you into the land. Itis easy for us as humanbeing to forget our Lord.The Creator who madeeverything is not far awaybut personal and wants usto have a personal rela-tionship with him. Thedanger of prosperity forthe Israelites is that theywill abandon Yahweh andimagine that they havegood things because ofwhat they have done.

I want to encourage usto be careful. Christmas isa time where we are in realspiritual peril. By that Imean we can easily fallinto being satisfied withstuff under the tree, in-stead of being intentionalabout being content theone whose birth we areactually supposed to becelebrating. We can forgetChrist at Christmas notbecause of our perception

of others attacking it, butbecause of our own pros-perity and self-satisfac-tion.

God is jealous. Godwants nothing less fromyou than all of you. Areyou going through themotions this Christmas?Instead of passionatelyseeking to hear the storyof Christ’s birth in a newway and respond, are youjust going from one activi-ty to the next with no joy?Are you frantic, hopeless,or just plain burnt out? Iwant to invite us lay downour expectations, areplans, and are burdens.

Remember the lyrics inthe hymn “In the BleakMidwinter”:

What can I give himPoor as I am?If I were a shepherdI would bring a lamb

If I were a wise manI would do my partYet what I can I givehim -Give my heart

Let’s really focus on lov-ing God and loving othersthis Advent and Christ-mas season. Instead of fo-cusing on what we wantthis Christmas, let’s giveour Lord all that we have?If you don’t have a place toworship and would like tocelebrate the season youwill be welcomed at FirstUnited Methodist Church.We have a Christmas Pag-eant coming up this Sun-day at 11 a.m. in the sanc-tuary. May God bless youthis week.

Brother Dee

Robert Alexander “Bob”Smith, 73, of Stuttgart,Arkansas, died Monday, De-cember 7, 2015, at BaptistHealth-Little Rock.

Bob was born January 5,1942, in Little Rock,Arkansas, to Leo and SisSmith. He graduated fromStuttgart High School inStuttgart, Arkansas, CastleHeights Military Academyin Lebanon, Tennessee, andattended the University ofArkansas in Fayetteville,Arkansas. He was a proudmember of the Sigma NuFraternity and the ArkansasNational Guard.

In 1968, he married hiswife of 47 years DonnaMarie Pope. Bob ownedand operated the Chevrolet,Oldsmobile, Cadillac deal-ership of Stuttgart for 42years. He was active withthe Arkansas AutomobileAssociation where heserved as a Regional Vice-President.

Bob’s greatest loves werehis family, farm and busi-ness. He enjoyed fishing,watching sports and histime at Roc-Roe HuntingClub.

Bob is survived by hiswife, Donna Smith; twodaughters, Christine Dobbsand husband Jay of Birm-ingham, Alabama, andMichelle Ward and hus-band Eric of Little Rock;grandchildren, JacksonWard, Abby Ward, CollierDobbs, Michael Dobbs,Miles Ward and Seth Ward;cousin, George Adams; twosisters-in-law, CydneySmith and Janet Moak; andnumerous nieces andnephews.

A memorial service willbe at Thursday, December10, at 11:00 a.m. at FirstUnited Methodist Churchwith visitation preceding at10:00 a.m.

Burial will follow in LoneTree Cemetery by TurpinFuneral Home of Stuttgart.

In lieu of flowers, thefamily requests memorialsbe made to First UnitedMethodist Church, 307 EastFourth St., Stuttgart,Arkansas 72160; or theWounded Warrior Project,4899 Belfort Rd., Suite 300,Jacksonville, Florida 32256.

Myrtle A. Doles, 87, ofAberdeen passed awayTuesday, December 8, 2015,at Crestpark in Stuttgart.

Mrs. Doles was born May3, 1928, in Roe to Frank andRuby Dehart Draper. Shewas a private sitter and ofthe Pentecostal faith.

Besides her parents, shewas preceded in death byher husband, Jessie Doles;daughter, Martha Johansen;three brothers, Troy, Gar-land and Lucan Draper;and two grandsons,Michael and Joey Jimenez.

Survivors are two daugh-ters, Dyan (Jerry) Brooks ofStuttgart and LouiseLingerfelt of Ulm; threesons, James (Carolyn)Doles, Bob (Shirley) Dolesand Andy (Martha) Doles,all of Aberdeen; one sister,Emma Doughtery of Con-way; 19 grandchildren; 34great-grandchildren; and25 great-great-grandchil-dren.

Funeral services are 2:00p.m. Friday at Turpin Fu-neral Home in Stuttgartwith visitation before theservice beginning at 1:00p.m.

Burial will follow in Roc-Roe Cemetery.

Sondra Burnett in Christmas

concert at Cabot on Dec. 11

Sondra Burnett, singerand recording artist, will befeatured in a ChristmasConcert this Friday, Dec.11, starting at 6:30 p. m.

The concert will be pre-sented in the sanctuary ofthe First Baptist Church lo-cated at 301 Bill Foster Me-morial Highway (Hwy. 321)

.The church is one-halfmile west on Mt CarmelRoad in Cabot.

Sondra, wife of RodneyBurnett, is a former localresident. Her father, Billy(Lila) Pearson, was formerpastor at Lakeside Mission-ary Baptist Church in DesArc.

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The Grand Prairie QuiltSociety met in Ulm on De-cember 9 for their annualChristmas luncheon withten members present andone guest, Sandra Clawit-ter.

Glenda opened themeeting with the ‘thoughtfor the day’ - "It's nothoarding if it's fabric andthread." The Novemberminutes and treasurer's re-port were read and ap-proved. Happy Birthdaygreetings were extended toLou Anna and Shelley.Glenda presented themwith a gift of a fat-quarter.Happy Birthday, Lou Annaand Shelley!

New business:Glenda asked for ideas

for community projects forthe coming year. Past proj-ects have included pillow-cases and teaching dollsfor Arkansas Childrens'Hospital. Everyone wasurged to bring ideas to thenext meeting in Januarywhich will be a Sit 'n Sew.

It was reported that 11ladies have registered forthe June Country QuiltCamp at the Cross HeirsRetreat Center. Registra-tion is still open, and any-one who is interested in at-tending may call Marsha at673-1430. It is open tomembers and non-mem-bers...anyone who is inter-ested in sewing, crafting,

or just enjoying a weekendin the country.

After the meeting, themembers spent the timebefore lunch looking fortreasures among the manyitems in Miss Audrey's col-lection of sewing and quilt-ing items. Different onesshared memories of thespecial person Miss Audreywas, and how much she ismissed. The society wassure that Miss Audrey waslooking down on them andlaughing with them at thegood time everyone washaving.

The members then en-joyed a wonderful Christ-mas lunch provided byeveryone. A good time was

had by all as recipes wereexchanged and futureChristmas plans were dis-ussed.

Shelley surprised every-one with a special Christ-mas treat ... handcraftedquilt journals and a hand-made Christmas book-mark, Thank you, Shelley.

After lunch the mem-bers returned to theirtreasure hunt for itemsthey might have missed intheir first look.

The next meeting will bethe quarterly Sit 'n Sew onJanuary 13, 2016 from 9:00til 4:00 at the StuttgartPublic Library. Annualdues will be collected atthat time.

Lynn Sanner and KellySanner and Kevin and KayTreadwell are pleased toannounce the approachingmarriage of their children,Natalie Juanita Sanner andEvin DeWayne Treadwell.

Natalie is the grand-daughter of Carolyn DeGu-nion and Harvey Joe San-ner of Des Arc and the lateBill and Ann Fetters.

She is a 2014 graduate ofDes Arc High School

Evin is the grandson ofJerry and Mary Gentry ofDes Arc, GlendaCarmichael of Missouriand the late Gerald Tread-well.

Evin is a 2013 graduateof Des Arc High School.

The couple will ex-change vows on New Year’sDay, Friday, January 1, 2016at 2:00 o’clock in the after-noon at the JohnsonChapel Methodist Church.

A reception will imme-diately follow in the GospelMission Family Life Center

in Des Arc. All friends and family

are invited to attend.

MOVIE NIGHTSaturday, Dec. 12

Start Time: 6:00 pm

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Prayers go out to MikeLivesay as he goes in fortriple-bypass surgerytoday, Thursday. His wife,Rhonda and family will beat his bedside.

---------Continued prayers for

Carmen Lee as doctorscontinue to try and deter-mine what is causing herhigh sugar spikes. Herhusband, Jim and children,Samantha and Trey andher parents, Lee and Syre-na (Kirkland) Stallings havebeen sitting with her every-day. She is at the old Cen-tral Hospital location.

---------Prayers for baby Eloise

Estes. She recently hadsurgery to correct a prob-lem with her feeding. Sheis the daughter of Doug

and Laura (Snow) Estes.The Estes also have fivesons, Drew, Tanner, Eastyn,Emersyn and Everett.

--------Raymond Harris of

Sherwood stopped by thenewspaper office Mondayas he was returning homefrom Helena where he hadbeen for a physical check-up. He goes there to see hisson-in-law, Dr. PatrickBell; his wife is Raymond’sdaughter, Ellen. Raymondwent down Sunday andspent the night with them.

A veteran, Raymond haslived in the Sherwood area35 years. The son of Lonnieand Jewel Castleberry Har-ris, he grew up in Des Arc.

----------Pam (James) Chandler

was released from Unity

Health (White County)Hospital on Wednesdayafter being hospitalizedseveral days for a stroke.Pam has also been havingproblems with her back.Prayers for a quick andcomplete recovery. She isthe daughter of the late Vir-ginia (Ward) Harris andRobert Burnside.

---------Laura (Johnson) Kim-

brough, DAHS Class of1960 was the only one ofher class to attend theDAHS 2015 Alumni Ban-quet, Nov. 28, 2015. Shewas going to turn 73 thenext day, Nov. 29, 2015. Shewants to challenge all herclassmates to attend theAlumni Banquet in 2016.She says if she can make it,she knows others can.

Community Calendarby Chris Weems

Thurs., Dec. 10, 10:00 a.m.: GFWC Elsie McCain Club Christmas OutingThurs., Dec. 10, 5:15 p.m. : PC Master Gardeners Christmas PartyThurs., Dec. 10, 7:30 p .m.: Hazen Masonic Lodge meet, Lodge HallSat., Dec. 12, 9:30 a.m.: Hazen Chapter #5 OES, Install 2016 officers, Lodge HallMon., Dec. 14, 6:15 p.m.: Hazen Chapter #5 OES, Regular meeting, Lodge HallTues., Dec. 15, 12 Noon: PC Retired Teachers Assoc., Christmas Luncheon

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Miss Sanner and Mr. Treadwell

Happy BirthdayRobby Jr.

Chili Supper

Fund RaiserSaturday, December 12

Serving 4 pm to 7 pm

Living Waters Church is rais-ing money for a food pantry -it’s purpose is to help the ill, theelderly, and families in need ofhelp during the holidays.

We Will Be Serving:

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Gospel SingingStarting at 5:00 p.m.

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God Bless You!

December 13

Love,Mom,

Robert, Riley, Nanny, Paw Paw, Bubba & Granny

Reception forDebbie Whitsonthis Friday

Debbie Whitson, an em-ployee with the Farmers &Merchants Bank in Des Arc,will be honored with a re-tirement reception at thebank Friday, Dec. 11, from 2to 4.

Ms. Whitson, a Brinkleyresident, has been in bank-ing 28 years. She has beenwith F&M Bank 12 years.

You are invited to comeby the bank Friday and ex-tend a thank you and bestwishes to Whitson as she re-tires.

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Grand Prairie Quilt Society holds annual Christmas luncheon at Ulm

April Highfill, librarian,advises that Santa will bevisiting the Des Arc PublicLibrary on Tuesday, De-cember 22, from 12 noon to2 p. m. during the Christ-mas Open House at the li-brary.

Everyone is invited tocome spend some time atthe library and especially,the children are invited tocome and talk with Santawhile he is at the library.

The library is located onErwin Street between 4thand 5th Streets.

Santa comingto Des ArcPublic Library

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Recipes forHoliday Parties

From Rev. Jaimie Alexander

Greetings from the resi-dents and staff at Des ArcNursing and RehabilitationCenter! We hope you havehad a good week. We are having to really ex-

cercise to shed all the extrapounds we gained over theThanksgiving holiday and toprepare for the Christmasholidays. Sounds like a NewYear’s Resolution comingsoon!Stevie Stillwell came for a

visit and performed some ofhis music for the residentsand staff. We really appreci-ate him coming and playingfor us. The Gifted and Talented

kids from Des Arc Elemen-tary came to visit last week.They are such a joy to visitwith. Thanks so much forcoming. We really enjoyedyour visit and invite you tocome back anytime. The Chamber of Com-

merce Christmas Parade wasenjoyed by many of the resi-dents. We also had a float inthe parade. Everyone en-

joyed wearing the Nemohats and singing, “Just keepSwimming!” Our Jellyfishsure looked cute, too! We have the facility deco-

rated for the Christmas holi-days with Christmas trees,ornaments, lights and craftsnowflakes. Speaking oflights, come out and see ourlight show as they flash tothe music of a local radiostation. It is so neat to seethe lights in rythum with themusic. We thought it would not

stop raining but after fourdays, the sun FINALLY cameout on Tuesday. Warmertemperatures made the dayspleasant and those rainydays forgotten. We have had other visi-

tors here at DANRC. TheDes Arc United MethodistChurch came for our weeklyservices as well as Bro. Westand Faith Missionary, Lake-side Missionary, Bro. Fowlerand our Assembly of Godfriends and many friendsand family.

We also have been remi-niscing, playing dominoes,playing cards and games,reading, watching the news,and of course, playingBingo. The First Baptist Church

Choir will be here for aSongfest on Tuesday, De-cember 15. This event ishosted by the Women onMissions ladies at thechurch. Also, the Des Arc High

School Choir was here toperform for the residents onWednesday. This is the firsttime in a very long time thatthe high school choir hascome out and sang. Theysang beautifully. Come out to visit us and

check out the light show.You will enjoy the company,music and lights!That is all for now. We

hope everyone in the com-munity has a safe, happyand healthy rest of the week!

Teresa HenleyActivity Director

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By Barbara Williams, Site Director

We hope everyone is get-ting ready for the Christmasseason, the weather sure is!Monday we practicedsinging some Christmassongs. Tuesday we read ourMedicare Minutes, and weall made a Jingle Bell Neck-lace that afternoon.Wednesday was our regularBreakfast and Bingo andChristmas play practicethat afternoon. Thursdaywe had a Tree DecoratingParty and played Bingowith candy canes. JudgeMike Skarda put the 1st or-nament on the tree and CityCouncilman Ray McVay putthe last one on. Marcia Kaz-mark won a $10 gift certifi-cate to Dollar General. Wehad a great time, and alsodecorated the van that af-ternoon for the Christmasparade. Friday was our re-cycling day, and Saturdaywe had fun riding the van inthe Des Arc ChamberChristmas Parade. GodBless and have a greatweekend!

Barbara Williams, SiteDirectorOlivia Holcomb Osborn,

Meals on Wheelswww.facebook.com/de-

sarcseniorcitizencenter

Christmas Parties are happening andthese are great recipes to take to an Of-fice, Sunday School, Club, or Familygathering. These are easy recipes and can be easi-ly made, transported, and served. Ranch Dressing Cheese Log,CranberryPecan Christmas Cheese Ball,ChocolateToffee No-Bake Cookies, and PimentoCheese Dip will all be a big hit! So tie on your apron and enjoy preparingthese recipes to serve! Merry Christmas!

Ranch Dressing Cheese Log

12 ounces cream cheese, room temperature1/2 cup mayonnaise1/2 cup buttermilk, well shakenOne 1-ounce package ranch dressingmix, such as Hidden Valley16 ounces cheddar cheese, grated, roomtemperature1 cup pecans, roughly choppedCrackers or bagel chips, for serving

In a stand mixer, beat together the creamcheese, mayonnaise, buttermilk anddressing mix. Add the cheddar cheeseand continue beating until thoroughlyblended. Wrap the mixture in plastic wrapand place it in the freezer for 30 minutes.When firm, shape the wrapped cheesemixture into a log. Spread the pecans outon a baking sheet or a piece of waxpaper. Unwrap the cheese log and roll itin the nuts to coat it on all sides. Servewith crackers or bagel chips.

Cranberry Pecan Christmas Cheese Ball

8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese¼ cups Sour Cream1 cup Finely Shredded Cheddar Cheese¼ cups Shredded Parmesan Cheese¼ cups Finely Chopped Onion½ teaspoons Teaspoon Garlic Powder1 pinch Cayenne Powder1 teaspoon Lemon Juice¼ teaspoons Freshly Ground Black Pep-per⅓ cups Dried Cranberrie½ cups Toasted Pecans, ChoppedCoarse (optional)

Place all ingredients except pecans in alarge bowl. Beat with a hand mixer onmedium-low speed until well combined.

Scrape the mixture onto a piece of plas-tic wrap. Cover with the plastic wrap andshape into a ball or log. Put the cheeseball on a plate and place in the refrigera-tor to harden, about 30 minutes – 1 hour.Roll the cheese ball in the choppedpecans and place on a serving plate.Serve with crackers.Note: this cheese is best if allowed to sitfor at least 1 hour in the refrigerator toallow the flavors to blend. The flavors arebest if it is allowed to sit at room temper-ature for 15-20 minutes before serving.

Chocolate ToffeeNo-bake Cookies

3 cups quick cooking oats1 cup peanut butter1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate chips1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips1/2 cup toffee bits, plus more for sprinkling2 tablespoons softened unsalted butter1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Line a baking sheet with wax paper.Combine the oats, peanut butter, bitterand semisweet chocolate chips, toffeebits, butter and salt in a mediumsaucepan. Cook over medium heat, stir-ring frequently, until the chocolate chipsmelt, 3 to 5 minutes.Scoop heaping tablespoons of batteronto the baking sheet and sprinkle eachcookie with extra toffee bits. Freeze for15 minutes before serving. The cookiescan be stored in the refrigerator in an air-tight container for 1 week.

Pimento Cheese Dip

1 cup grated Cheddar1 cup grated pepper jack4 ounces cream cheese3 tablespoons pimentosKosher salt and freshly ground blackpepper1/4 cup mayonnaise

Add the Cheddar and pepper jack to abowl with the cream cheese. Add in thepimentos and salt and pepper to taste.Using a hand mixer, begin to blend to-gether. Add in the mayonnaise and con-tinue mixing until creamy. Serve celerysticks, pretzels, or crackers

A basket weaving workshop was held Saturday, Decem-ber 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lower White River MuseumState Park in Des Arc, Arkansas. Heather Runyan, Park Interpreter at Village Creek State

Park, taught workshop participants to measure, cut, andsoak basket reeds before weaving them into traditionalgathering baskets.Lower White River Museum State Park hosts monthly

workshops teaching variety of skills. For more informationcontact Monica Smith at Lower White River Museum StatePark, 2009 Main Street, Des Arc, AR 72040. Phone (870)256-3711 Fax (870) 256-9202. E-mail: [email protected]. Lower White River Museum State Park is one of 52 state

parks administered by the State Parks Division of theArkansas Department of Parks and Tourism.

Basket-weaving workshop at local museum attracts large group of paticipants

Stevie Stillwell visited at Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center one day last weekbringing his music and song for the residents to enjoy. Stevie comes periodically to enter-tain. “We really appreciate his visits,” the residents and staff remarked.

From theKitchen ofRev. JaimieAlexander,MethodistMinisterat Bella Vista

Ray McVay putting last decoration on Christmas tree

MRS. MERRY CHRISTMAS: Ada Kunkel, Mrs. Merry Christmas, and Tommy Williams,who drove the Sr. CItizens van, was featured in the Christmas Parade here on Saturday,Dec. 5

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U.S. Department ofAgriculture (USDA) 1890National Scholarship ap-plication forms are nowavailable online, saidGeorge Richardson, USDA1890 program liaison at theUniversity of Arkansas atPine Bluff. Because thestakes are so high, he sug-gests that students down-load the application andwork on it during the se-mester break.

Students, at times, maythink the applicationprocess is lengthy, saidRichardson. With the aver-age cost of attending afour-year public in-stateuniversity approaching$20,000 per year, the returnon the time spent on theapplication process is wellworth it.

USDA 1890 NationalScholars can graduate fromcollege debt free with abachelor’s degree. Theyhave a job with employeebenefits with USDA duringthe summers while in col-lege and a professional po-sition available throughwww.jobsusa.gov upongraduation.

The National ScholarsProgram awards scholar-ships to students attendingone of nineteen 1890 His-torically Black Land-GrantUniversities and who arepursuing a bachelor’s de-gree in agriculture, food,natural resource sciencesor related academic disci-plines.

Students receive full tu-ition, books, room and

board. The scholarship isrenewable and continuesfor up to four years as longas normal progress is madetoward a bachelor’s degree,said Richardson.

When the programbegan in 1992, applicantshad to be incoming fresh-men, but now the programis open to college sopho-mores and juniors whodemonstrate leadershipand community service.

National scholars mustmajor in agriculture or re-lated sciences which in-clude agronomy, animalsciences, botany, food sci-ences and technology,botany, forestry, home eco-nomics and nutrition, hor-ticulture, natural resourcesmanagement, soil conser-vations, farm and rangemanagement, pre-veteri-nary medicine and com-puter sciences.

Recipients are selectedby participating agenciesand not the 1890 institu-tion. Recipients apply foradmission directly to the1890 institution of theirchoice and then submit ascholar’s program packet.Each 1890 institution cansubmit up to 12 packets ofqualified candidates to theUSDA Office of Advocacyand Outreach, which con-tacts the USDA agencieswho make the final selec-tions.

Students are not restrict-ed to applying to only oneinstitution; they can applyto multiple institutions,but each packet submitted

must contain original sig-natures and transcripts orit will be disqualified, saidRichardson. With thescholarship applicationdeadline not until April 11,2016, students have time toapply for admission tomore than one 1890 insti-tution thus increasing theirchances for a debt free col-lege education, saidRichardson.

Application packets areposted on the web athttp://www.outreach.usda.gov/education/1890/index.htm. Click on the appli-cation link near the end ofthe website.

For more infor-mation or help with the ap-plication process, contactRichardson at (870) 575-7241; (870) 541-0047 [email protected] [email protected].

Craighead is top Farm Bureau county again

Craighead County is thestate’s top county Farm Bu-reau organization for thethird year in a row.Arkansas Farm BureauPresident Randy Veach andVice President Rich Hill-man presented the Presi-dent’s Award Dec. 3 tocounty President JoshCureton at the organiza-tion’s 81st annual conven-tion at the Marriott HotelConvention Center in LittleRock.

Derek and ShannonHaigwood of Newport wonthe Arkansas Farm Bu-reau’s 2015 Young Farmers& Ranchers (YF&R)Achievement Award. FarmBureau honored them Dec.3 at its 81st annual conven-tion at the Marriott Hoteland Convention Center inLittle Rock.

The Haigwoods are afourth generation row-crop farm family and growsoybeans, rice, corn andcotton on 3,130 acres.Derek is 35 years old andShannon is 34. The Haig-woods have one child, 3-year-old Judah. The Haig-woods want to leave a sus-tainable farming legacy fortheir son. “I’m passionatelyinvolved with making suremy son has the tools neces-sary to farm. No one isgoing to take better care ofthe ground that I farm,”Haigwood said. “It’s where Imake my living, so whobetter to protect it than thefarmers? Receiving thisrecognition is an incrediblehonor.”

He’s active with theUnited Soybean Board,United States Soybean Ex-port Council and USA RiceFederation. Shannon ispresently serving on thecounty Women’s Commit-tee and served on the An-nual Meeting PlanningCommittee this year. The

Haigwoods are active atFirst Baptist Church inNewport.

The Haigwoods won a$40,000 gift card to use to-ward the purchase of a new2016 General Motors vehi-cle courtesy of SouthernFarm Bureau CasualtyCompany.

The runners-up in thecompetition were Jeremyand Tracie Kitchens ofLewisville, who raise cattleand swine, and Jamey andSara Allen of Prattsville,who raise cattle and oper-ate a gate and panel com-pany. Each couple won$1,000.

Jake Haak of Gentry wonthe YF&R Discussion Meet.Haak is the chief financialofficer for the RogersSchool District. Haak alsohelps on his parents’ dairyfarm. The discussion meetprovides a forum for youngfarm leaders to demon-strate their verbal andproblem-solving presenta-tion skills while they dis-cuss their views on issuesaffecting agriculture. Therewere seven competitors inthe Discussion Meet.

Haak, 35, won $7,000 to-ward the purchase of a Po-laris All-Terrain Vehiclecourtesy of Southern FarmBureau Life Insurance Co.and $2,500 from Farm Bu-reau Bank.

Honors also went to

Grant and Heather Keenenof Washington County. Thecouple won the Excellencein Agriculture award. Theaward recognizes youngfarmers involved in agri-culture but who get themajority of income off thefarm.

The Keenens have a beefcattle, wheat, corn and soy-bean farm outside of Farm-ington.

Away from their farm,Grant, 35, manages the Patand Willard Walker Charo-lais cattle ranch. Heatherworks in the poultry indus-try managing farm ap-praisals in four states.

The Keenens have a 2-year-old daughter, BellaCate.

The Keenens won a Po-laris Ranger All-Terrain Ve-hicle courtesy of Farm Bu-reau Mutual InsuranceCompany and $2,500 cour-tesy of Publishing Con-cepts Inc.

All winners also earnedexpense-paid trips in Janu-ary to the American FarmBureau Federation nation-al conference in Orlandowhere they’ll compete fornational awards.

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Randy Veach and RichHillman will continue aspresident and vice presi-dent, respectively, ofArkansas Farm Bureau fol-lowing their re-election Fri-day. Delegates also re-elected seven board mem-bers during the final day ofthe organization’s 81st an-nual convention at theMarriott Hotel and Con-vention Center in LittleRock.

Veach, of Manila (Mis-sissippi Co.), begins aneighth term as president.He is Arkansas Farm Bu-reau’s 10th president sinceits creation in 1935. Veachfarms cotton, soybeans,rice, wheat, corn and miloin and around the commu-nity of Lost Cane nearManila. He is a third-gener-ation farmer and he and hiswife, Thelma, farm withtheir son Brandon.

“My heart is with thefarmers and ranchers ofArkansas,” Veach said.“This organization has a re-sponsibility to advocate for

and strengthen the inter-ests of agriculture. Our jobis to ensure that the menand women of agriculturecan continue to deliverfood, fiber and shelter tothose around the globe.”

Hillman hails fromCarlisle (Lonoke County)and will also begin hiseighth term as vice presi-dent. He is a sixth-genera-tion farmer. His main cropsare rice, soybeans andwheat. He and his wife Tinahave two grown children,Collin and Caroline.

“I’m pleased and hum-bled to continue servingthose committed to agri-culture throughout thestate,” Hillman said.

Board action later result-ed in the election of JoeChristian of Jonesboro assecretary/treasurer. Chris-tian is a row-crop farmerwho grows rice and soy-beans. He and his wife,Leah, have two children,Alex and Grayson.

The voting delegates re-elected seven board mem-

bers to new two-yearterms.they include: Troy Buck,Alpine (Clark Co.); JohnCarroll, Moro (MonroeCounty; Sherry Felts, Joiner(Mississippi County); MikeFreeze, England (Lonoke-Co.); Bruce Jackson, Lock-esburg (Sevier County.);Gene Pharr, Lincoln(Washington County ) andJoe Thrash, Toad Suck(Faulkner County).

Voting delegates also ad-dressed a wide range offederal and state policyissues. Specifically, they de-fined the Arkansas FarmBureau’s positions relatedto burdensome federal reg-ulations; regulation of un-manned aerial systems(drones) by the Federal Avi-ation Administration; fed-eral crop insurance pro-grams; state road mainte-nance; international trade;GMO labeling; avian in-fluenza; feral hog control;and consumer awareness.

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Arkansas Farm Bureau president Randy Veach (left) and vice president Rich Hill-man (right) present the 2015 Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement AwardShannon and Derek Haigwood of Newport (Jackson County) at the organization'sannual convention in Little Rock Dec. 3.

Farm Bureau honors young farmers

USDA 1890 Scholarship Applications Available Online

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The Gore family wouldlike to thank the Cross Roadsand Butlerville Fire Depart-ments and the guys and galsthat came to Tracy’s rescuethis past week with her housefire. Thanks to all......So glad to have two new

families in our community.They have been moved in forfew weeks. Treadways boughta large part of GrandmaHorn’s old home place. Theyfixed up the trailer and Davidand Victoria Keel are so gladto live there. David works forTreadway’s, but Victoria willhave to drive to town for herwork at TJ’s. So glad to havethem out here. The other isStephen and Michelle (Horn)Hoover and kids. They put anew double wide trailer onthe corner where her lateDad, Bennie Horn and herMom, Linda Horn raised alltheir kids. Welcome homeMichelle!(FYI) Please mark your

calendars for 2016. The Hick-ory Plains United MethodistChurch ALWAYS have thePoole’s sing, Park lighting &fellowship and goodies onDec. 1st. They had a greattime this year but attendancewas down, partly due to, Iforgot to put it in my column.I was at ACH Wednesday

morning for Madie Cochran’stonsillectomy. She did greatand went home same day asher twin, Casey did a fewmonths ago. Jack and PatFolts, Larry and Jackie Hol-loway of Des Arc were there.Justus Holloway was having aEDG,(light down throat). Allwas fine. Johnny and PatJones (North of HickoryPlains) and son, Todd and(wife)Kayla and son, DouganSkinner were there, Todd andKayla’s, daughter, Anna Fayewas having serious foot sur-gery. She will be in a cast andwheelchair for 3 months. Willhave another surgery on thebones part next year. Keep allin your Prayers.Bob and I were both busy.

So thankful to Monte Criderfor taking Clara ClarkWednesday morning toSpringhill Surgical Center forEDG. They thought they werelooking for ulcers, but founda bad yeast infection in heresophagus. Doctor wrote onher chart caused from antibi-otics. Brenda Evans and I tryto encourage and inform allwomen, doesn’t hurt men ei-ther to take acidopolus whenon antibiotics. She did takebefore, but guess notenough. So thankful to NikkiKirk for coming over than af-ternoon to stay with Clara fornight and a day. She wasn’t tobe by herself after the medsfor test. They had a great timetogether. Clara can’t getaround as good as she didright after surgery. Pleasekeep her in your Prayers!Bob Crider left last

Wednesday for our sonRandy Crider and family inTN. He went to deer huntwith Randy. They didn’t get adeer, but spent some muchneeded time together. Papawgot to attend a basketballgame at Lipscomb Universityin Nashville, TN to watch ourgranddaughter, Payton Crid-

er cheer at a basketball game.They all ate at Macaroni Grillafter the game for Randy’sbirthday which was on Mon-day, Dec. 7th. He enjoyedtime with the other three stillat home, Kennedy, Evan andAiden. He got home Mondayevening. He brought homethe meat-one squirrel. Hehad it for supper.I met Carl Weaver at Otter

Creek Thursday evening. Wewent on to Benton to BishopHS to attend Josie Cochran’sswim meet. I think Josie wasmore excited Carl was therethan me. Josie had 3 compe-titions and did very good.She’s on the Benton HS swimteam, but they don’t havetheir own pool yet.Rick, Robbie and Chris-

tian Weaver left early Satur-day morning for Murfrees-boro, TN. First time for Rickand Robbie to meet Christ-ian’s friend, Charis. She is aSenior and is in ROTC. Chris-tian went to be her escort atthe ROTC Banquet. I babysattheir dog, Jax. Clara was ather house with her dog, JB.Jax hasn’t stayed at Mamaw’sin several years. He was agood dog, but could tell hemissed home.It was so good to see

Spook Hamric at HPOS oneday last week. We sure misshim and the good ole dayswhen several of us workedHPOS or Bell’s at that time!I really enjoyed our Christ-

mas Dinner at Gospel Mis-sion Sunday night. The kidsput on a program. CrystalFouse sang a special. She issuch a blessing with hervoice and herself. Two boysplayed songs on the key-board. Had plenty of goodfood. Beverley McIntosh getsall kinds of little helpers toput on this feast. The maindish was smoked brisket. Ibrought Clara Clark a traywith food and goodies. Shemisses getting to go toChurch. She hasn’t beensince before her hip surgery.Granny Nell and Bully

Price need our Prayers.Granny woke up Mondaymorning with everythingspinning. Sally Beth cameover. Ambulance tookGranny to Searcy and kepther all day. She was so sick inevery way. They diagnosedher with inner ear infectionand she already takes vertigomeds. Wednesday morningstill doing well. Sally Bethstayed with them two nights.Mr. Bully still falls a lot.The “Ladies Drop By” was

really fun Tuesday. I was gladto finally get to attend. Therewere eighteen present, JewelAshmore, Debora Carpenter,Mary Holcomb, Faye Martin,Mary Grace Smith, VanessaGraham, Tressia (Raney)Roberts, Ms. Janice Bell, Ms,Dora Holloway, Otha NellParker, Barbara Ingle, PatJohnson, Iva Hamric, MargieSpeight, Robbie Veazey,Dessle Covington, CharlotteWrigley and myself. Therewas lots of yummy food, funand laughter. The next onewill be Jan.12, 2016. Put it onyour calendars!Mickey and Vanessa Gra-

ham went to Searcy to visit

his sister, Anita Ingle Tuesdayafternoon. Anita was in thehospital for diverticulitis. Shewas maybe getting to gohome Wednesday. Keep herin your prayers!Carter and Debbye Harri-

son had errands all day Tues-day. They at last minutemade dinner plans with hersister & brother-in-law Mack& Tandee. They had a goodvisit. Mack & Tandee takecare of different CampingParks & now are at MaumellePark.Please pray for our mail

carrier, Millie. She has the flu!Prayers for Mike Livesay.

He is to have three heart by-passes Thursday at AR HeartHospital. Send him a card,14889 Pump Rd., Des Arc, AR72040 .The Hickory Plains United

Methodist Church ChristmasProgram will be Dec. 20th at6PM. Everyone welcome!(FYI)The Hickory Plains

United Methodist ChurchChristmas Eve Commun-ion and Carols has alwaysbeen at 11 PM, (Change intime) it will be at 8 PM!Everyone is welcome!The women’s exercise atHP Methodist Church hasbeen canceled through theholidays. They will startback Jan. 4, 2016! Allwomen welcome!(REMINDER) For peo-

ple to call 870-854-3703 oremail me([email protected]) their News. Please call orsend!!! If you want birth-days in my column andyou know I don’t put themin, please let me know! Iknow people do things thatwe would all enjoy read-

ing about. Not many let meknow , so that’s why manyweeks is about Me & Mine!HPOS wants to let

everyone know that Tracywill serve breakfast on Sun-day mornings. She will alsohave a Sunday lunch spe-cial for $4 .99. Dinner SPE-CIALS on TUESDAYS &FRIDAYS! Come out & en-joy!

Please support HickoryPlains 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.

Have a Good Week InThe Lord!Happy 53rd Birthday

Dec. 9, to Kathy McArthurHoofman.Happy Birthday Dec.

16th to Dana Files!Happy Birthday Dec.

17th to Emma Buckner!Happy Birthday Dec.

18th to Jewel Ashmore &Kevin Brannon!Happy Birthday Dec.

19th to (ME) Opal Crider!Happy Anniversary Dec.

19th to Mary and ManuelHolcomb!

Those who live in theshelter of the Most High willfind rest in the shadow ofthe Almighty. Psalm 91:1, 0

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Area Community NewsPlease report your news to the Correspondent in your local Community

Fall has decided to benice, and nice it is rightnow!!Rowland and Karla Clark

and Peyton spent last weekin St. Joe with her dad,Brent McKnight. Mrs. Brenthad to be out of town. Join-ing them there were hersisters, Amy and Maryann.Fannie Peters’ Thanks-

giving Day guests were theJohnny Barnetts of ForrestCity and Virginia and JodiDavis of Caldwell.Emily Cooper and other

ARcare workers were in LasVegas last week for a meet-ing.Little Miss Journe Mor-

gan of McCrory visited withher grandparents, Robertand Tammie Doss, duringthe weekend.Donny and Michelle

Brown attended the ballgame of their grandson,Carter Brown, at Cabot Sat-urday.Gregory Baptist is proud

of Lee Willis and his fellowJaguars for their win and

they play next Friday at WarMemorial Stadium. Lee isour “Music Man.” Not hav-ing a piano player, we havea “music machine” whichLee operates. Last weekMike McCabe, nephew ofMickey Holder, and profes-sional piano player, gavethat piano a workout out ofthis world.Jena Pfeffer spent the

weekend in Portagevilleand Springfield, Mo., Shedrove to sister, Diane Pull-man’s, on Thursday and thetwo went on to Springfieldfor the funeral of her broth-er-in-law, Ed Carlstrom.They spent Friday and Sat-urday night with PatsyCarlstrom.Ben and Molly Lee in

Augusta honored Bob Pre-ston Saturday for his 93rdbirthday by cooking dinnerfor him (he told me shecooked his favorite food –pinto beans and corn-bread).You know how the TV

and newspapers are in

their glory when they get toreport bad news, whether itbe tornadic weather ormass killings? Well there isstill GOOD going on:Theresa Peebles (who nowmans our post office someof the time) was telling methat her granddaughter,Amelia, was highly allergicto peanuts and that therewas a peanut field rightnear their house that be-longs to Michael John GrayAND that in the fall hecalled her and said, “Incase Amelia is there, we aregoing to be harvesting thepeanuts today.” Unless youare or have someone withthose type allergies, youmay not see what a com-passionate thing that was –but it is, and I want theworld to know there arestill GOOD people here onearth. And that is why Godhas not destroyed it!! SaysRosetta, and I applaudMichael John and manyothers for caring.Rosetta

The Cooperative Exten-sion Service’s annual seriesof county productionmeetings is set to beginDec. 11 in Dardanelle at theYell County Wildlife Feder-ation Building. The meetings are an op-

portunity for growers tolearn about current re-search in commodity cropsand other aspects of pro-duction being performedby University of ArkansasSystem Division of Agricul-ture agronomists and otherexperts. The meetings typi-cally include reviews of theperformance of verificationplots across the state, andan assessment of recom-mendations provided byDivision of Agriculture ex-perts throughout the previ-ous year. “What we’re doing is

sharing the latest researchinformation and providingproducers with productionpractices they can imple-ment that hopefully will

save them money,” saidHank Chaney, extensionarea agriculture and natu-ral resources specialist forthe Division of Agriculture. “Our recommendations

are non-biased,” he said. “Ifwe talk about particularproducts, we’re not pro-moting anything for anyother reason than that’swhat we’ve found to workbest.” The series of meetings

will continue thoughMarch 2016. A meeting will be held

Monday, January 4, startingat 12:30 p.m. at the Ken-neth Caviness Fish Barn onAnderson Road in PrairieCounty. A steak dinner willbe served following themee ting.Scott Stiles, Bob Scott,

Jeremy Ross, Travis Faske,Gus Lorenz and JarrodHardke, Jason Kelley willdiscuss Soybean, Rice,Corn, Grain Sorghum.

The Arkansas Waterways Commis-sion announces that five public portsin Arkansas will receive $450,644.42through its Arkansas Ports, Inter-modal and Waterways Grant. Thefunding will support capital improve-ments at Arkansas’ public ports.“We received over $1.2 million in

requests and wish we could fulfill allthe requests, ” says Gene Higginboth-am, Executive Director of theArkansas Waterways Commission.“We hope to have additional funds inthe future. Developing our ports iscritical to our state’s economic devel-opment.”Under the grant program, ports

can implement capital projects suchas construction, improvement, capi-tal facilityrehabilitation, and expansion of a

public port facility. Dredging projectsare also eligible. Funds awarded maynotexceed 90% of construction or 50%

of dredging. Grant recipients mustprovide a 10% match.Winning ports and projects:• Crossett Port, $50,000, hard sur-

face existing gravel road circling the

port warehouse• Fort Smith Public Port Authority,

$125,644.42, to construct a bulk stor-age building up to 30,000square feet• Helena-West Helena/Phillips

County Port Authority, $50,000, to re-place crossties from existingHelena Harbor rail track• Little Rock Port Authority,

$100,000, to install enhancedperimeter fencing and CCTVsurveillance• Osceola Port Authority, $125,000,

to clean, patch, and overlay entranceroad and all paved areaswithin the portThe Arkansas Waterways Commis-

sion is the sole state agency responsi-ble for developing, promoting andprotecting waterborne transporta-

tion in Arkansas. The Commission al-so promotes economic developmentforports on the five commercially

navigable rivers of the state: theArkansas, Mississippi, Ouachita, Redand WhiteRivers.Harvey Joe Sanner, a member of

the Commission, stated, “For me thereal story behind the story of theArkansas Waterways Commissiongrant program for river port opera-tions is that it creates jobs! Someports hire quite a few people to oper-ated the facilities but many times theraw products coming into anArkansas port is off loaded andtrucked to a manufacturer manymiles removed from the river systemwhere the port is located. The num-ber of jobs created because employ-ers are able to utilize the cheapestform of transportation—water bornetransportation- is huge! Sadly, thegeneral public may never realize thatjobs are there because of the invest-ment made in a river system and theports located on it.“Arkansas is blessed to have nearly

2000 miles of commercially navigablewaterways and that blessing is multi-plied many more times than what itcost us. “Navigable waterways are some-

thing many areas of the world woulddie to have, let us never take ourArkansas system for granted.

More than $450,000 awarded to public ports in Arkansas County production meetings scheduledIn Prairie County on January 4

Arkansas Farm Bureau has reiterated its call for repeal of Country of Origin labelingrequirements.On Monday, the World Trade Organization authorized Canada and Mexico to place

more than $1 billion in tariffs on beef, pork and poultry, based on U.S. law that requirescountry of origin labeling on these products. An arbitration panel at the World Trade Or-ganization ruled that the U.S policy, known by its acronym COOL, was unfair because itputs imported livestock at a disadvantage to domestic livestockArkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach called on Sens. John Boozman and Tom

Cotton to bring the issue in front of the U.S. Senate, in order to mirror action taken bythe House of Representatives in June.“If we are going to continue to engage in free trade with our neighbors to the north

and south, we must change our law to be compliant with the WTO ruling,” said Veach.“Arkansas is one of the nation’s largest producers of poultry products, and a top 10 pro-ducer of beef. The tariff the WTO has allowed Mexico and Canada to apply to our beef,pork and poultry would negatively affect Arkansas farmers and ranchers. We must takeaction to eliminate COOL.”Arkansas Farm Bureau policy calls for repeal of COOL requirements, because of the

potential impacts to agricultural exports.

Farm Bureau Says WTO Ruling Calls for Senate Action

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DES ARC SCHOOLS

LUNCH MENULUNCH MENU

Joyce Major, lunchroom supervisor at the Des Arc Schools, advisesthe following menus are scheduled for Monday-Friday, Dec. 14-18.:

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Des Arc, Arkansas

ElementaryLunch

MONDAY: Hot Ham & CheeseSandwich, Sun Chips, Corn,Fruit Cocktail, Mayo, Mustard,MilkTUESDAY: Baked Chicken,Mashed Potatoes, SteamedBroccoli, Roll, Peaches, MilkWEDNESDAY: Christmas Din-ner: Ham, Sweet Potato Crunch,Green Bean Casserole, Peaches,Christmas Cake, Roll, MilkTHURSDAY: Chicken Strips,Ketchup, Green Beans, Apple-sauce, Oatmeal Cookie, MilkFRIDAY: Hamburger, FrenchFries, Sandwich Fixings, Mus-tard, Ketchup, Mayonaise,Pineapple, Milk

BreakfastMONDAY: Whole Grain PopTarts or Cereal & Toast withJelly, AppleTUESDAY: Egg and Toast orWhole Grain Cereal & Toastwith Jelly, PineappleWEDNESDAY: Whole GrainWaffles with Syrup or WholeGrain Cereal & Toast with Jelly,OrangesTHURSDAY: Whole Grain Bis-cuit & Gravy or Whole GrainCereal & Toast with Jelly,PeachesFRIDAY: Yogurt with GrahamCrackers or Whole Grain Cereal& Toast with Jelly, Fruit CocktailServed with Milk & JuiceMeals are subject to change/USDA is an Equal Opportuni-ty Provider and Employer

High SchoolLunch

MONDAY: Chili, Cheese Sand-wich, Carrot Sticks with Ranch,Fresh Fruit, Fruit Cocktail, MilkTUESDAY: Christmas DinnerHam, Sweet Potato Crunch,Green Bean Casserole, FreshFruit, Peaches, Cupcakes, MilkWEDNESDAY: Crispitos, CoinCarrots, Cookie, Fresh Fruit,Fruit Cocktail, MilkTHURSDAY: Mini Corn Dogs,Mustard, Ketchup, Mayonaise,Blackeyed Peas, Steamed Broc-coli, Peaches, MilkFRIDAY: Cheeseburger, Mayon-aise, Ketchup, Mustard, FrenchFries, Baked Beans, SandwichFixings, Pineapple, Fresh Fruit,Milk, Tea

BreakfastMONDAY: Biscuit and SausagePattie or Cereal & Toast, ApplesTUESDAY: Biscuit and Gravy orCereal & Toast, Fruit CocktailWEDNESDAY: Breakfast Pizzaor Cereal & Toast, PeachesTHURSDAY: Donuts or Cereal &Toast, PineappleFRIDAY: Yogurt with GrahamCrackers or Cereal & Toast, Ap-plesServed with Milk & JuiceChoice of Hot Line, Chef Salador Cold Cut Sandwich

MERRY CHRISTMAS and

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2015-16DAHS Basketball Schedule

Date Opponent TeamsDec. 5-12 Midland Tournament 3,4Dec. 11 @ Brinkley* 2, 3, 4Dec. 14 Carlisle* 7B, 1, 3,4, Dec. 15 @Woodlawn 1, 2, 3B, 4Dec. 18 @Clarendon* 1, 3, 4

Scenes from 2015 Daddy/Daughter Dance

Des Arc High School Band and Choir presented in concert

Hooten’s and Farm Bureauannounce football finalistsHooten’s Arkansas Football and Farm Bureau have re-

leased the names of the finalists for outstanding offensive,and defensive player and Coach of the Year. Finalists from the 2A Conference are Kaegen Rogo-Mc-

Crory-Offensive Player, Donovan Gurley-Hazen-Defen-sive Player and Chris Kennon-McCrory-2A Coach of theYear. The winner of the offensive and defensive player and

Coach of the Year in each classification will be announcedat the Hooten’s Arkansas Farm Bureau banquet on Mon-day, December 14 in Little Rock. Good Luck to the Jaguars in their bid for the State 2A

title over Rison Friday, Dec. 11 at War Memorial Stadium,Little Rock. The Jaguars are favored to win according toHooten’s Arkansas Football Rankings for Week 15. Des Arc’s All State and All Conference selections have

been released and will be published in the coming week..

Seventh Grade Band

Choir

Senior High Band

The Des Arc High SchoolBand, Choir and Seventhgrade band was presentedin the “Spririt of Christ-mas” concert at the DesArc High School gymnasi-um on Sunday, December6 at 3:00 o’clock in the af-ternoon before a large

crowd. The Seventh Grade band

performed Jingle Bells,Jolly Old St. Nicholas, TheDreidel Song and KwanzaCelebration. Winter Wonderland, Do

You Hear What I Hear? andWe Wish You a Merry

Christmas were the selec-tions performed by theChoir. The Senior High Band

performed the muscialpieces Christmas at theMovies, Angelic Hosts Pro-claim and for a fun twist,performed Grandma Got

Run Over by a Reindeer. David Yarbrough is Di-

rector. The Sr. High band will

travel to Cabot on Sunday,Dec. 13 to participate inthe annual Cabot Christ-mas Parade. Good Job, Everyone!

Basketball Highlights. . . .

I Believe I Can Fly: #5, Daylon Conway, flies throughthe air for a basket against Marvell on December 1.

Up and In: Bryar Morden, far right, lays the basketballup and in for two points against Marvell on Tues., Dec. 1.

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Hayden Childers, left and Bryson Duerson tellSanta what they want him to bring

You are never too young or t oo old t o t el lSanta what you want fo r Christmas

Josh and Dana Dixon with twin daughters,Avery Kate, left and Hayden Reid Dinecia Zeps at Santa Breakfast on Sat. Dec. 5 Kymber Buckner at Santa Breakfast

Welcome Visitor!

Jim West, pastor of Faith Missionary Baptist Church,

Santa and Kelly Taylor

Rhett Holloway and Santa

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Des Arc High School Marching Band

Des Arc Lions Club - Larry Atkinson tipping his hat First Place Float Winner

Church of God of ProphecySecond Place Float Winner

Merchants and Planters BankThird Place Float Winner

Paul Dickson flashing the money

Prairie County Little 4Hers

Antique Car driven by James “Red” VanHouten

Santa Arrives in Style - Riding on Northside Fire Department Engine 702 in the Christmas Parade

Ada Kunkel, Mrs. Prairie County (60 & over)Ada’s sister, Pam Lucy, driver

Matily McAnally (aka Cindy Lou Who)Tiny Miss Merry Christmas, right and RossiBuckner (aka The Grinch)

Pony rider in Christmas Parade

Des Arc Senior CitizensTommy Williams driving

Saturday’s Christmas Parade brings Santa Claus to town

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Camera’s Control Room view of 8 man dayroom - where 8 men live, eat, shower and sleep(combined open shower, restroom, and teeth-brushing area at top right)

Both curious & interested tour new Prairie County JailOPEN HOUSE & Free Lunch Monday, Dec. 7

Dewayne Mayher graduates with degree from ASU-Beebe

Dewayne Mayher

Dewayne Mayher of DesArc graduated on Friday,December 4 with an Associ-ate’s Degree in CriminalJustice from Arkansas StateUniversity at Beebe. He is currently employed

as a sergeant with the DesArc Police Department. Heis the son of Levern (Hern-don) Barnes of Des Arc andthe late Adrian Mayher. He and his wife, Jodie

have two daughters, Adri-anne (Tyler) VanHoutenand Tiffany (Aaron) Fisherall of Des Arc. He has twograndchildren, LynleighFisher and Briley Van-Houten, who were all in at-tendance at the graduation. Other family and friends

were also in attendance.

Good donor turnout for Monday’s blood drive

Just hanging out: Gerald Bone is ready to donate the Gift of Life at the monthly RedCross Blood Drive as he jokes with the Red Cross technician. The Blood Drive was heldat the First Baptist Church Fellowship hall on Monday, December 7.Nineteen donors gave blood according

to Coordinator Louise Merrell. Randy Zeps was a Double Red donor.

Others giving were Bro. Jim West, JimmyJackso, Ronald Eans, Gerald Bone, GeorgeFord, Chad Tallent, Harold Kirk, Cory Tal-

lent, Jesse Tackett, Charlotte Kidwell,Dondie Guess, Kenneth Inman, DewayneMayher, Jeremy Kirkland, Joey York, Jere-my Knight, Bill Ballowe and Louise Mer-rell.

Free BBQ sandwiches, slaw, baked beans, chips and drinks were served by 1st Arkansas Bail BondsFrom left: Ariel Minton, Russ Staggs (Batesville), Phyllis Worley (Searcy), Jimmy and Katie Minton

From left: Judge Mark Derrick, Judge Mark Pate, and Don Abernathy (jail construction manager)

Women’s Dayroom

Visitors receive explanation of the 8-man Dayroom for misdemeanor inmates - left photo below shows the same room from the Control Room camera

Amber Duerson shows visitors how cameras in the Control Room are able to watch all areas within the Jail 24/7 (as well as zooming in on surrounding areas such as the Sno-White Dairy Bar)

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2016 Alumni President Sylvester Holloway, leftwith Kent Childers, 2016 Vice President

& Program Chairman

Dickie Minton, left and Don Rogers catch up

AT LEFT:CLASS OF 1961Back: Dickie Minton,

Elsie JohnsonBounds, HarveyJoe Sanner andBob Childers. Seated:Manuel Hol-

comb and MarilynPatterson Burnett

Candid Photosby

Rodney Adams

Ron Baldwin (and wife, Betty)Farthest Traveler - from Alabama

Scenes from 2015 Des Arc High School Alumni Association meeting

Opal Crider, left, and Kay Garth, right, visiting withFreddie, second from left, and Charles Evans, seated

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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, December8, 2015:

Blake, Terrence Rene, 58,Commitment. Intake dateOctober 30, 2015.

Brewer, Frederick D., 25,Commitment. Intake dateOctober 28, 2015.

Palton, Mario Markell, 22,

Commitment. Intake dateNovember 3, 2015.

Hood, Paul Anthony, 42,charged with Rape and Sexu-al Assault. Intake date No-vember 8, 2015.

Riggins, Cleophis Oliver,32, Commitment. Intake dateNovember 4, 2015.

Carpenter, Matt Leo, 35,charged with Possession ofControlled Substance andPossession of Drug Parapher-

nalia. Commitment. Intakedate November 4, 2015.

Anderson, Michael C., 35,Hold for ADC. Failure toComply. Intake date Novem-ber 15, 2015.

Riggins, Cleophis Oliver,32, Intake date November 4,2015.

Minton, Eric B., 37, Intakedate December 7, 2015.

The following informa-tion was obtained from therecords in the CountyClerk’s office at the PrairieCounty Courthouse in DesArc and DeValls Bluff onTuesday, December 8,2015:

Marriage LicenseAndrew K. Bookalis Des

Arc and Susan F. Bookalis,Des Arc.

Land TransfersQuitclaim Deed

Margaret Ann Farrish andFranklin Farris, Edna R.Shelby, Wanda Wallace and

T.A. Wallace, Grantors, handpaid by Billy Caruthers andToni Caruthers, Grantees,the following describedlands situated in theNorthrn District of PrairieCounty:

The S 1/2 of Lot Sevenand the S 1/2 of Lot Eightand all of Lot 9 of Block 7,Moore Hayes Addition tothe City of Des Arc.

Quitclaim DeedJohn Jeffrey Barlow,

Grantor, hand paid by BillyCaruthers and ToniCaruthers, Grantees, the fol-lowing described lands situ-ated in the Northern District

of Prairie County:The N 1/2 of Lot Seven

and Eight, Block Seven,Moore Hayes Addition tothe City of Des Arc.

Warranty DeedJohn Lee Prislovsky,

Grantor, hand paid by Den-nis DeVore and Marinell De-Vore, Grantees, the follow-ing described lands situatedin the Northern District ofPrairie County:

The SE 1/4 of SectionThree, T3N, R5W containing160 acres, more or less.

P r a i r i e C o u n t y J a i l C o u n t

P r a i r i e C o u n t y C o u r t h o u s e N e w s

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The following cases wereheard before District JudgeRobert Abney in District CourtHearings held in the court-room at Des Arc City Hall onMonday, December 7, 2015:

City CasesPaul Fennig, Little Rock,

charged with Driving on Sus-pended or Revoked Driver Li-cense-Class A Misdemeanorand Failure to Appear on aWritten Summons. Failed toAppear. Issue Letter.

Wilbert Thomas, Marian-na, charged with Contempt ofCourt (Probation Violation).Contiued to December 14,2015.

Patrick J. Jones, Traskwood,charged with Drinking onHighway/Drinking in Publicand Failure to Appear on aWritten Summons. Failed toAppear. Issue Letter.

Tyler J. Paulman, ForrestCity, charged with Driving onSuspended or Revoked DriverLicense-Class A Misde-meanor, No Liability Insur-ance and Failure to Pay Regis-tration Fee, Failed to Appear.Issue Warrant. No Bond.

Tommy Burcham, NorthLittle Rock, charged with NoDriver License. Guilty. Sen-tenced to Fine and Cost of

$165.00.J.J. Sanner, Des Arc,

charged with Failure to Pay.Case Review.

Cody L. Allen, McRae,charged with Careless/Pro-hibited Driving and Drove Leftof Center. Plead Not Guilty.Hearing set for January 14,2016.

Camara P. McDonald, DesArc, charged with Failure toPay and Terroristic Threaten-ing. Failure to Pay -Must payby January 14, 2016. Terrorist-sic Threatening Plead NotGuilty. Hearing set for Janaury14, 2016.

Cassie Evans, Des Arc,charged with Contempt ofCourt/Failure to CompleteCommunity Service. Contin-ued to December 14, 2015.

Tommy S. Barbee, Des Arc,charged with Contempt ofCourt/Failure to CompleteCommunity Service. Contin-ued to December 21, 2015.

Jelecia M. Jackson, Des Arc,charged with Contempt ofCourt/Failure to CompleteCommunity Service. Contin-ued to December 21, 2015.

State CasesDavid Morrow, Cherry Val-

ley, charged with TerroristicThreatening-First Degree.

Continued for Six Months toJune, 5, 2016.

Megan J. Cain, Des Arc,charged with No Seat Belt.Bond Forfeited.

Henry Brendan Brown,Searcy, charged with Exceed-ing Posted Speed 83 MPH/55Zone. Bond Forfeited.

Christy Lynn Donaldson,Monticello, charged withDriving on Suspended or Re-voked Driver License, DWI-First and Endangering Welfareof Minor x2. Defendant Ap-peared and Advised of Rights.Defendant asked for time andwas granted to December 21,2015 for plea.

Lonette Puckett, CottonPlant, charged with Drivingon Suspended or RevokedDriver License-Class A Misde-meanor. Guilty. Sentenced toFine and Cost of $285.00.

James C. Lamb, Wynne,charged with ImproperlyParked on Highway. Contin-ued to December 14, 2015 byMotion of Defendant.

Amy Jones, Ward, chargedwith Failure to Pay. Bond For-feited.

Tommy S. Barbee, Des Arc,charged with Faillure to Pay.Continued to December 21,2015.

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The father of a toddlerwho vanished from his fa-ther’s Searcy home morethan a year ago was or-dered held without bail ona capital-murder chargeWednesday, Dec. 2, justhours before police dis-closed they had foundwhat they believe to be theboy’s remains in rural Jack-son County.

Searcy police said theyarrested Jeffery Clifton, 43,just before midnight Tues-day, Dec. 1, accusing himof killing 2-yearold MalikDrummond. He was alsocharged with a felonycount alleging abuse of acorpse. Both are felonies,with capital murder pun-ishable in Arkansas bydeath or life in prison with-out parole.

“I anticipate that therewill be more arrests” withinthe next 30 days, Prosecut-ing Attorney Rebecca Reedsaid.

Reed said she did notknow whether there wouldbe one or two additionalarrests.

Police officers and hun-dreds of volunteerssearched for Malik on theevening of Nov. 23, 2014,after a report that the childhad wandered away fromhis father’s home at 710 W.Park Ave.

Family members toldpolice that Malik was lastseen playing in the livingroom with his twin sister,Aryanna.

Malik lived with hismother, Tanya Drummond,but for the previous twoweeks had been stayingwith his father, who sharedhis home with girlfriendLesley Marcotte, authori-ties have said.

On Wednesday morn-ing, officers from the Jack-son County sheriff’s officejoined the Searcy PoliceDepartment and the FBI tosearch for body remains inAuvergne, along Arkansas17 south of Newport, Jack-

son County Sheriff DavidLucas said.

Lucas said he could notcomment on whether theremains were the child’s,but Searcy police issued anews release saying theybelieved them to beMalik’s.

Officers searching thearea “have been on it allday. It’s a slow process,”Searcy police Sgt. SteveHernandez said.

Lucas said the remainswere lying on the ground ina vacant lot in the smalltown and were not buried.

Neither Reed nor Her-nandez would commenton the cause of death. Nei-ther knew whether Cliftonhad hired an attorney.

Reed said Clifton was ar-rested at the Searcy policestation.

Wednesday’s develop-ments came less than onemonth after the FBI an-nounced a reward of up to$20,000 for informationleading to a conviction inthe case.

Hernandez said that, tohis knowledge, “the rewardhas nothing to do” withClifton’s arrest.

The Arkansas State Po-lice had issued a MorganNick Amber Alert for Malikthe day after he was report-ed missing.

Over the past year, pic-tures of the smiling, curlyhaired child have appearedon television, on videoscreens at some servicestations and in newspa-pers.

State police spokesmanBill Sadler said the alertwould remain in effectuntil the Searcy Police De-partment advises that itshould be canceled.

Reed said she expectsthe formal alert will bewithdrawn “based on thefact that we know the childis deceased, and we havesomeone charged with dis-posing of that body.”

In White County District

Court on Wednesdaymorning, Judge Mark Pateordered Clifton held with-out bail in the county jail.Pate set a Jan. 6 date forClifton’s arraignment inWhite County Circuit Courtbefore Judge Robert Ed-wards.

Reed said she does notexpect Clifton to enter aplea then but to be askedwhether he has an attorneyor needs a public defender.

Details surroundingwhat led to Clifton’s arrestand the remains have notbeen disclosed. Reed con-firmed Edwards had sealedthe felony informationcharging Clifton, affidavitsand the arrest warrant sothat police could makesure they had Clifton incustody first.

There are no workingphone numbers listed inSearcy directory assistancefor Tanya Drummond orMarcotte.

Drummond did notreply to a message sent toher on Facebook. She up-dated her page Wednesdaywith an image containingpictures of Malik and thewords, “Justice for Malik.”

Clifton played collegebasketball at ArkansasState University in Jones-boro, where he was induct-ed into the Letterman’sHall of Honor in 2004.

A forward, he letteredduring the 1992-93 and1993-94 seasons and ledASU in scoring both sea-sons, averaging 12.6 pointsa game in the 1992-93 sea-son and 21.3 points a gamein 1993-94. He was namedthe Sun Belt Conference’sCo-Player of the Year forthe 1993-94 season.

He ranks fifth on theschool’s career scoring av-erage list with 19.6 points agame.

Information for this re-port was provided by TroySchulte of the Arkansas De-mocrat-Gazette.

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The Farm Family of the Year programhas honored farm and ranch families inArkansas since 1947. It is the longest run-ning recognition program of its type in thenation.

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The New York Times is using space on its front page to call for greater gun regulationin the wake of recent deadly mass shootings.

Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. says the newspaper ran its first Page 1 editorial since1920 on Saturday to "deliver a strong and visible statement of frustration and anguishabout our country's inability to come to terms with the scourge of guns."

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The editorial comes after three people were fatally shot at a Planned Parenthoodclinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, recently, and 14 people were killed in a shootinglast werk at a social services center in San Bernardino, California.

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Class of 1980: Members of the Class of 1980 gathered at the 2015 Des Arc HighSchool Alumni Banquet held at the Elementary Cafetorium on Saturday, November 28. Pictured are seated, l-r: Linda Pool Skarda, Brenda Pool Childress, Barbara Teague Kee,Diane Rogers Taylor and Theresa Dozier Back row, l-r: Rodney Adams, Allen Childress, David Dunbar and Eddie Lewis.

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