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Food Preservation Classes to begin
Since 1975
Athletic Banquet to be held
-See Commodities, page 2
Graduation set for MHS Seniors
South Pike County School Dis-trict graduating class of 2016 from Murfreesboro High School will be held Sunday, May 15 at 3 p.m.
The commencement will be held on Holloway Field at Rattler Stadium. In the event of inclement weather, it will be moved indoors to the High School Activity Center.
Ads congratulating the Seniors may be placed at the Murfreesboro Diamond Newspaper Office. Dead-line is Friday, May 13 at 11 a.m.
The 2016 Murfreesboro High School Athletic Banquet will be held Monday, May 23 at 6 p.m. in the Murfreesboro High School Activity Room.
Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at the door. Senior High athletes will attend for free.
For advance tickets contact Gena Corson, Christy Terrell or Candi Allmon.
The University of Arkansas Divi-sion of Agriculture Research and Extension, part of the University of Arkansas System will be holding several different Food Preservation Classes during May.
The classes will be held in the Pike County Extension Office, lo-cated at 100 Court Street, Suite A, in Murfreesboro.
The schedule of classes is as follows: Wednesday, May 11 at 9 a.m.-Pressure Cooking Meats; Tuesday, May 17 at 9 a.m. and again at 6 p.m.-Water Bath-Salsa; Tuesday, May 31 at 9 a.m. and again at 6 p.m.-Jams and Jellies.
The cost is $15 per class and instructors are Pike County FCS Agent Eva Langley and Sevier County FCS Agent Janet Cantrell.
Call 870-285-2161 to register.
Central Arkansas Development Council (CADC) is signing up individuals 60 years of age or older for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) wait-ing list.
The CSFP is a monthly distribution of non-perishable food items to seniors, ages 60 and older.
The service is provided in Saline, Pike, Clark, Mont-gomery and Hot Spring counties.
Proof of income and a valid picture ID are required when signing up for CSFP.
Persons on this program may also receive the quar-terly commodities food program (TEFAP).
To be eligible to receive supplemental commodities, income guidelines must be met. The monthly income limit for this program is $1,276.
Applications to the waiting list are accepted will be accepted during regu-lar business hours at
Decoration and cleanup day at the Shockey Cemetery will be Sat-urday of Memorial Day Weekend, May 28.
A potluck lunch will be offered. The cemetery is located 3 miles
east of Norman – turn on Liberty Road for ¼ miles to Shockey Cem-etery Road … follow the signs.
Shockey Chapel Cemetery Decora-tion and Clean-up Day to be held
Biggs Chapel to hold Decoration Day
Decoration Day at Biggs Chapel in Nathan will take place on Sunday, May 15.
Service will begin at 11 a.m. followed by a potluck lunch on the grounds at noon.
Everyone is invited to attend.
PHOTO | ABIGAIL GRABIN
The South Pike County School District Murfreesboro High School Graduates of 2016 celebrated
their last day of school Friday, May 6. The Commencement Ceremony will be held Sunday, May
15 at 3 p.m. at on Holloway Field at Rattler Stadium. (In the event of inclement weather, the cer-
emony will be held in the Murfreesboro High School Activity Center.)
The Murfreesboro Diamond Newspaper 2016 Graduation Edition will be published on Wednesday,
May 18. Every senior that has turned in a biography and photo will be featured.
AVONNE PETTY
EHC REPORTER
DELIGHT— An exciting event took place during the recent Delight Cemetery Dinner.
After Wallace Alexander led the prayer, the Pisgah Extension Homemakers Club presented Clifford Whitten with a Quilt of Valor.
This quilt was made during the National Quilt of Valor Foun-dation Sew Day. The “Mission of the Quilt of Valor Foundation is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing quilts of valor.”
Whitten was a longshoreman in the Army during World War II. He served from October 23, 1942 until December 12, 1945. Entering service at 20 years of age, he saw service in Italy during the NAPLES EGG-GIA and ROME ARNO campaigns. He was awarded two bronze stars for the campaigns and a Good Conduct metal.
At the Cemetery Dinner on April 29, 1992 Whitten received another surprise. An identification bracelet he lost in 1943 during World War II was returned to him. Before Whitten shipped overseas he had an identification bracelet made with his name, his mother’s name, his Army serial number and Delight, Arkansas engraved
Last day of school at MHS for 2016 Seniors...
The Murfreesboro Chamber of Commerce has chosen the Polka Dot-ted Pig Consignment and Resale Shop as the Busi-ness of the Month of May.
T h e s h o p i s l o -cated on the Square in Murfreesboro and is owned by Whitney Woodall.
An Open House with refreshments and a Ribbon Cutting will be held Friday, May 13 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Murfreesboro COC names
Business of the Month
Applications for
USDA commodities
being accepted
Pisgah EHC members present a Quilt of Valor to Clifford Whitten during the annual Delight Cemetery
Dinner. Pictured are Avonne Petty, Linda Blount, Whitten, Sandra Pilot, and Ettqa Teeter.
Pisgah EHC presents Quilt of Valor to Whitten
-See Quilt, page 2
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYS-
TEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – If Zika-carrying insects were in the United States, the mos-quitoes that are associated with the virus
don’t breed in rice fields, swamps or flood waters. They breed closer to home, prefer-ring bird baths, tires and other containers associated with people and their dwellings, said Kelly Loftin, extension entomolo-gist for the
Rice ield mosquitoes not Zika virus vectors
-See Mosquitoes, page 2
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-Commodities, from pg. 1
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the following locations:. Applications will be accepted
at the following locations:Saline County: Benton Senior
Activity Center, 210 Jefferson. Call 501-315-0645.
Bryant Senior Activity Center, 6401 Boone Road, Suite #3. Call 501-943-0056 ext. 3
Pike County: Glenwood Senior Activity Center, 229 Betty Street. Call 870-356-4212. Murfreesboro Senior Activity Center, 120 E. Court, Suite A. Call 870-285-2312.
Clark County: Arkadelphia Senior Activity Center, 1305 North 10th Street. Call 870-246-9871. Gurdon Senior Activity Center, 410 E. Main. Call 870-353-2095
Montgomery County: Mount Ida Senior Activity Center, 158 Senior Drive. Call 870-867-2313.
Hot Spring County: Malvern Senior Activity Center, 1800 West Moline. Call 501-332-5374.
Each box of food may contain the following food items: 4 cans of vegetables, 2 cans of fruit, 2
gallons of juice, one or two cans of meat, one jar of peanut butter and 2 cartons of UHT milk. Every other month, the bag will contain one bag of instant milk, one bag of rice or pasta, 2 boxes of cereal and 2 pounds of cheese.
CADC is a private nonprofit community action agency that was formed in 1965 to fight and win the “War on Poverty.” The mission of CADC is to improve the quality of life and build strong communities in Arkansas. CADC offers USDA Commodities, assis-tance with community organiz-ing, family development, Head Start/Early Head Start, Individual Development Accounts, Financial Education training, Low Income Home Energy utility assistance, public and Medicaid transpor-tation, Senior Activity Centers, Single Parent Scholarship Fund and Weatherization.
For more information, please contact Evelyn Reed at 501-778-1133.
on it. Archie Casey, who was on
shore leave, while serving in the Navy, spotted the bracelet in some bomb rubble, picked it up and kept it.
After the war he lived in Cali-fornia until retiring to Rogers, Arkansas.
In the winter of 1992 Casey was sitting in the mall where he started visiting with Don Russell, whom he had never met before.
Their conversation led to their service in the war. Casey told Rus-sell he had a bracelet belonging to a Delight, Arkansas man that he had found years before.
It turned out, Russell and Whit-ten were old friends and finished Delight High School together on the G.I. Bill after the war.
Russell and Casey made ar-rangements to meet and Russell
returned the bracelet to Whitten during the cemetery dinner that year.
“I can’t remember losing the bracelet,” Whitten said. “I ap-preciated getting it back even if it was such a long time.”
It is a metal plate with a black leather band and is in excellent condition after 73 years. It is proudly displayed in a frame along with Whitten’s medals.
Pisgah EHC members who sewed the quilt top included: Avonne Petty, Jeanette Dea-ton, Etta Teeter, Bessie Gregory, Shelba Grubbs, June Chambers, and (non member) Nancy Floyd.
There have been 136,049 Quilts of Valor presented by the national foundation. Pisgah EHC has made and presented 4 quilts to area veterans.
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
However, there have been no instances of people acquiring the disease through mosquitoes in the United States, according to the federal Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention. All reported cases to date involve acquiring the Zika out of the U.S., and being diagnosed upon return. (see: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index.html.)
There is concern that the virus may become established in the United States.
“It’s important to learn to minimize mosquito bites and the risk of any mosquito-transmitted disease,” Loftin said.
There are two potential mos-quito vectors of the Zika virus, the Asian tiger mosquito or Aedes albopictus; and Aedes aegypti.
“These two mosquitoes breed in artificial containers more closely associated with people and their dwellings,” said Loftin. “Unlike mosquitoes commonly found in rice fields which are active at night, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are active during the day.”
Although both mosquitoes may be present in Arkansas, “for mosquito-borne Zika transmis-sion to occur, potential mos-quito vectors and Zika infected individuals must be simultane-ously present,” he said. So, the proportion of potentially virus infected mosquito vectors would be small.”
The CDC said that only 4
percent of people traveling to Zika infected areas tested posi-tive for the virus. In an April 15 report only about 182 of 4,534 tested from January to March of this year were positive for Zika (MMWR April 15, 2016, http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/in-dex.html).
The two mosquitoes prefer to breed in “small containers holding stagnant water such as bird baths, old tires, catch basins under potted plants, and rain gutters that hold water,” Loftin said. “Breeding source elimina-tion around the home can be very effective, especially when you consider that these mosquitoes have relatively short flight ranges – a quarter to a half mile.
“Rid your yard of containers that hold water,” he said. “Flush bird baths daily and don’t forget to check and fix rain gutters so water doesn’t stand in them. All sources of standing water should be eliminated.”
Loftin also said that “the first line of defense against mosquito bites are insect repellents. Those containing DEET are effective at repelling mosquitoes.”
Wearing a long-sleeved shirt and long pants will also reduce exposure to mosquito bites. Gear and clothing can also be treated with clothing repellents that con-t a i n p e r -m e -thrin. L o o k f o r these
repellent names in various prod-ucts and follow the use label.
While many consider rice fields to be a breeding ground for mosquitoes, not all mosquitoes are attracted to those areas.
Jarrod Hardke, extension rice agronomist with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said “there are more than thirty species of mosquitoes common to the state of Arkan-sas. However, the main species found in Arkansas rice fields are Anopheles quadrimaculatus and Psorophora columbiae.
“You won’t find the mosqui-toes that could transmit Zika virus out in the rice fields, since they don’t develop in grassland or riceland pools, only in contain-ers,” he said.
Loftin recommends using specific insecticides around the home to minimize the presence of mosquitoes that live where people do. In addition to protec-tive clothing and personal repel-lents, fogging outdoor areas can be very effective.
“Fogging should be used only when mosquitoes are most active because they only last two to three hours,” he said. “Treating areas such as shrubbery can be particularly helpful in controlling resting mosquitoes.”
For more information about pest management, visit www.uaex.edu or contact your county extension office.
-Quilt, from pg. 1
-Mosquitoes, from pg. 1
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Pike County will be accepting bids on rooing the Senior Citizens Center, located at 102 East Court Street, Murfreesboro, Arkansas.Bid will be on tearing of existing roof, hauling of material, replacing 15 lb. felt, installing 3 tab- 20 year comp. Shingle rooing, and one lashing- pipe jack.Bids will be opened Friday, May 20, 2016, at 10 a.m. in the County Judge’s Oice.Pike County reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.
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LEGAL NOTICES
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The fol lowing were booked into the Pike County Detention Facility.
APRIL 25:
Waylon R. Cogburn, 32 of Hot Springs, failure to ap-pear; White Warrant-ADC;
Eric D. Gentry, 33 of Gur-don, hold-Clark County.
APRIL 27:
Rex D. Campbell, 50 of Hot Springs, failure to appear;
Lamonica L. Foster, 25 of Little Rock, hold-Clark County;
Brock A. Henthorn, 19 of Amity, warrant-affidavit;
Mark A. Plyler, 38 of Glen-wood, terroristic threatening;
Tautianan L. Porter, 38 of Little Rock, hold-Clark County.
APRIL 28:
William J. Newman, 32 of Russellville, possession of controlled substance to 4 oz;
Odali C. Pineda, 28 of Mineral Springs, no driver’s license;
Toni A. Porter, 35 of Little Rock, hold-Clark County.
APRIL 29:
Cliffton M. Pate, 20 of De-light, theft of property; com-mercial burglary;
Charles W. Rosier, 36 of Glenwood, domestic battery-third degree;
Kimberly L. Rosier, 59 of Glenwood, aggravated as-sault.
MAY 1:
Casey L. Graves, 39 of Norman, DWI (2); driving on suspended driver’s license (DWI).
Ted C. Pate, 26 of Glen-wood, domestic battery-third degree;
Jeremy L. Williamson, 35 of Glenwood, domestic battery-third degree;
Misty M. Williamson, 29
of Glenwood, possession of a controlled substance; do-mestic battery-third degree.
MAY 2:
Jeremy A. Combs, 27 of Murfreesboro, failure to pay;
Jeffery R. Diffee, 41 of Am-ity, failure to pay;
Stephenie G. Gosnell, 36 of Beebe, domestic battery-third degree;
Carl J. Madison, 31 of Glen-wood, warrant-failure to ap-pear; driving on suspended driver’s license;
Marco A. Morales, 36 of Glenwood, disorderly con-duct; criminal trespass.
The following land transactions were filed in the Pike County Circuit Clerk’s office.
APRIL 19-QUITCLAIM DEED: Gracie Jones, Grantor, to Johnny Jones, Grantee. TRACT 1: Com-mencing at the NE corner of the N1/2, NE1/4, Section 20, Township 8 South, Range 23 West, Pike County, Arkansas. TRACT 2: Commencing at the NE corner of the N1/2, NE1/4, Section 20, Township 8 South, Range 23 West, Pike County, Arkansas.
APRIL 19-WARRANTY DEED: Randall Lee Faulkner and wife, Netta Suzann Faulkner, Grantors, to Brian Pounds and wife, Melinda Pounds, Grantees. Part of the SW1/4SE1/4, Section 17, Township 5 South, Range 27 West, Pike County, Arkansas.
APRIL 20-CORPORATE WARRANTY DEED: Burger Treat, Inc., Grantor, to Tidwell Group, LLC, Grantees. A tract of land being situated in the NW1/4 SW1/4 of Section 1, Township 5 South, Range 24 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, being located in Pike County, Arkansas.
APRIL 20-WARRANTY DEED: Sandra Cooper, Grantor, to Ross Farmer, Grantee. All of Lot 20 of the A.L. Clark Addition to the City of Glenwood, as per plat thereof recorded in Record Book 38 at page 349, in the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Pike County, Ar-kansas. ALSO, East Half of Lot 21 and East Half of Lot 22 of Clark’s Addition, as per plat thereof recorded in Record Book 38 at page 349, in the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Pike County, Arkansas.
APRIL 21-WARRANTY DEED(S): LaDonna G. Parker, Grantor, to Ladonna G. Parker Revocable Fam-ily Trust, Grantee. 1) TRACT 1: A tract of land being situated in the NW1/4 NE1/4 of Section 18, Township 5 South, Range 25 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, being located in Pike County, Arkansas. TRACT 2: A tract of land being situated in the NW1/4 NE1/4 of Section 18, Township 5 South, Range 25 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, being located in Pike County, Arkansas. 2) A tract of land being situated in the NE1/4 NW1/4 of Section 18, Township 5 South, Range 25 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, being located in Pike County, Arkansas. 3) The W1/2 of the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 7, Township 5 South, Range 25 West, containing 20 acres, more or less. All that part of the W1/2 of the NW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 18, Township 5 South, Range 25 West.....
APRIL 21-WARRANTY DEED: James R. and Glenda E. Parker, Grantors, to James R. and Glenda E. Parker Revocable Family Trust, Grantees. The E1/2 of the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 7, Township 5 South, Range 25 West, containing 20 acres, more or less, AND: All that part of the E1/2 of the NW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 18, Township 5 South, Range 25 West....
APRIL 21-WARRANTY DEED: Matthew Marshall and wife, Sandra Marshall, Grantors, to Larry Watson and wife, Eva Watson, Grantees. A tract of land being part of the NW1/4NE1/4 and part of the NE1/4NE1/4 in Section 4, Township 8 South, Range 26 West, and part of the SW1/4SE1/4 in Section 33, Township 7 South, Range 26 West all in Pike County, Arkansas.
APRIL 21-WARRANTY DEED: Jeremy Campbell, Grantor, to Henry Ward and wife, Deborah Ward, Grantees. Lot 1001 and South 50 feet of Lot 1003, North Washington Street, in Kelley Addition in Town of Murfreesboro, and Lot 1002 and South 50 feet of Lot 1004, North School Street, Kelley Addition in Town of Murfreesboro, in Pike County, Arkansas.
APRIL 22-LIMITED WARRANTY DEED: Nutt & Osborne Properties Limited Partnership, an Arkansas limited partnership, Grantor, to Edith Osborne Prop-erties, LLC, an Arkansas limited liablility company, Grantee. Township 7 South, Range 26 West: Section 23; Section 26; Section 27; Section 24; Section 25; Section 34; Section 35---some with less and except clauses. Township 8 South, Range 26 West, Section 3.
APRIL 22-WARRANTY DEED: Darlene Houser, and Anna B. Houser, Grantors to Jordan Nutt and Kayla Nutt, husband and wife, Grantees. Part of the SE1/4 of SE1/4 of Section 4, Township 6, Range 25 West.
APRIL 22-SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED: The Sec-retary of Veterans Affairs, Grantor, to Jack Nations, Grantee. Lands lying in Pike County, Arkansas, to-wit: part of the SE1/4 of the SE1/4 described as follows: Commencing at a point that is 558 feet north of the corner common to Sections 11, 12, 13 and 14 on the North side of Highway No. 70.....
The following cases were filed in the Pike County Circuit Clerk’s office.
CRIMINAL:
MAY 4-State of Arkansas vs. Mark Anthony Plyler, terroristic threatening;
MAY 4 -State of Arkansas vs. Kimber-
ly L. Rosier, aggravated assault-family or household member;
MAY 6-State of Arkansas vs. Marion Loyd Scott, Jr., sexual assault-fourth degree.
DOMESTIC RELATIONS:
MAY 5-Herbert Eugene Bridges vs. Bruce Odell Bridges, domestic abuse;
MAY 6-Office of Child Support vs. Angel Dunson, child support.
CIVIL:
MAY 9-Swaha Lodge Inc. vs. Jan Her-ring, bad faith.
The following applied for marriage license in the Pike County Clerk’s office.
APRIL 21-Travis G. Gregory, 79 of Nashville and Bessie R. Harris, 71 of Delight;
APRIL 21-Christopher Lee Marcus, 35 of Murfreesboro and Ladena Marie Katzer, 25 of Murfreesboro;
APRIL 26-Tommy Ray Davis, 25 of Kirby and Jacynda Marie Putz, 24 of Kirby;
APRIL 26-Casey Lee Mullins, 21 of Murfreesboro and Shelby Morgan Milligan, 21 of Delight.
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Ramblings...
On the Edge of Common Sense
The Story of
Little Chip
English Peas
A pillow, a broom & a can of Raid. The three key ingre-dients to survive the attack of a humongous moth.
This is not an old story, but it is a tale that has been told amongst our house.
Heather vs. the “Moth-man”
Several years ago dur-ing a warm spring, I left my back door open and was enjoying the breeze.
When I went to bed I noticed “a something” with a rather large wing span hanging out in the corner of my ceiling.
At first I thought it was a small bird or a bat, but a closer inspection showed it to be a moth.
A moth that was so big it had what appeared to be a skull. A moth with bones or “Mothman” as I nostalgi-cally remember him.
I decided Mothman wouldn’t harm me if I didn’t harm him, and I allowed him to stay in his spot.
That turned into one of the biggest mistake of the month that year.
I turned the lights out and was drifting off to sleep when I heard the beating of huge wings. As I was convincing myself it was no big deal, Mothman began to attack my head. (I have a deep rooted instinct to flee when flying things come to-wards my head. A parakeet actually entangled it’s toes in my curls one time. That was a dark day in history.)
I jumped up and ran to the kitchen. Sizing up my weapons of choice, I decid-ed the broom would be far superior to the fly swat. All a fly swat would do against
a skull with a moth would be make him angrier and probably break.
Armed with the broom I gave the fatal blow to the moth that was freaking out in my room. It spun him into the closet and although I was unable to retrieve his body at that time, I did visu-ally observe him lying there in a broken heap.
With a small amount of guilt tugging at me I climbed back in bed again.
It was not long before the resurrection of the monster moth occurred. I outrun the thing again and return with the broom and a can of Raid that didn’t specify the killing of mutant moths, but advertised the deaths of wasps so it seemed heavy duty.
I took aim with the Raid and covered the moth. Down he fell. He looked near death and I was naive.
Just as I was about to lie back down, he emerged from his chemical stupor in a violent rage. I grabbed a pillow and used it as a shield in my left hand and had the broom and the raid in my right.
Nothing I had was work-ing against the crazed in-sect. My fight instincts were wore down, it was now time for flight.
My mad dash through the house scared the poor dog so badly she outran me and didn’t even know what was after us.
I put distance against us, but Mothman would not be deterred. It chased me through the house and I quickly dashed back in my room and slammed the
door.About the time I was
choking to death on the lingering smell of Raid and started to open the door, I heard the moth hurling itself against it.
I covered my head with my pillows and hoped for the best.
In the morning the house was silent and the moth lay dead outside my bedroom door. I don’t know if it was the broom beatings, the Raid sprayings or hurling himself at the door that killed it, but the event was over and thank goodness I had won.
So, lessons learned...choose your weapons wise-ly; never underestimate your opponent; and do not continue to hurl yourself at a door that is closed to you.
Make the most out of every day because what is definite today can be destroyed at any time.
Long story short, don’t be Mothman. Learn to pick the battles if you must fight.
“Pressure changes ev-
erything. Some people,
you squeeze ‘em, they
focus. Others fold. Can
you summon your talent
at will? Can you deliver
on a deadline? Can you
sleep at night?”--Al Pacino
negotiating a contract
with Keanu Reeves in The
Devil’s Advocate
“We must let go of the
life we have planned, so
as to accept the one that
is waiting for us.”--Joseph
Campbell
Most of us, rural or ur-ban can get attached to an animal. Our barn cat Jay Jay has a special place in my mind. Somebody dumped a litter of kittens on the church grounds. I took three of the little tom-cats. We got them situated and when the time came I castrated them in the tack room.
Within six months only one was left. The others had been victims of coy-otes or other predators that fly, crawl, slither or pounce. Jay Jay staked his claim and learned to move around the corrals and outbuildings “up high”. He travels from the shop to the tack room on the rock walls, pole fence, shed roofs, cross beams, feeders and hay stacks. During his reign our leather tack has remained free of pack rat damage.
As a lad I had many dogs, cats and horses that still remain in my mind. Our neighbors weren’t farmers but they, too, had a string of pets, real and unreal. Young Ty expanded on his herd by adding turtles, ger-bils, canaries, fish, reptiles and an invisible pet named Chip. The family didn’t have any photos of Chip but he became a real part of the family. And it was fun for all of them to pretend.
“How’s Chip this morn-ing?” they would ask Ty,
five years old at the time, “Did he eat his
breakfast?”Ty would solemnly re-
cite how Chip was feeling, i.e., …he slept okay but the dogs’ barking woke him up. And he doesn’t want Grape Nuts ‘cause they stick in his teeth, he wants to go for a walk and see the crawdads in the ditch…”
It was humorous and touching how Ty took care of Chip and the family played along. But his invisi-ble pet began to complicate things. When they drove to town, Chip had to have his own baby seat, complete with seat belts. Taking Chip into the restaurant required a high chair.
The family began to wor-ry that Ty’s little invisible friend would eventually divert his embryonic ce-rebrum to the point where the human instincts meld into virtual reality. Is he dreaming when he’s awake or dreaming when he’s asleep?
There came a point when they began to take it seriously. It happened when Dad walked across the wood floor, slipped and fell on his elbow! Ty started scolding Chip while simul-taneously rubbing the floor with a paper towel. “Sawy Dad,” he said, “I’m twaining him but he dint make it to da poddy. Sawy.”
On that fateful day they
had taken the family to the carnival at the county fair. Chip went with them, of course. He played the games, ate the cotton can-dy and looked at the exhib-its, with Ty explaining to Chip as they walked along. Finally Dad said it was time to go. Well, Chip threw a fit! He didn’t want to go…No, No, No! Mother tried coax-ing Chip. He finally agreed to go if he just could take one more ride on the Big Tea Cup. OK. Afterward they loaded in the car and headed home. As they hit the tarmac Ty suddenly cried, “We left Chip on the ride!” Dad glanced out the window and said, “There he is!” With that he swerved sharply. All the passen-gers were slammed to the driver’s side! “Got him,” said Dad.
The car straightened out and continued down the road. Nobody said a word.
It was the last time Ty ever mentioned Chip. That evening Mom commented to Dad that the lesson was maybe a little too harsh. Then she asked him what he would have done if Ty had raised a ruckus? “Oh,” answered Dad, ever the wise and practical man, “I would have said, “I missed him!” and gone back to retrieve the invisible Chip.
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My wife and I just re-turned from a conference for dieticians in Arlington, Texas. We heard some in-teresting lectures, including one on GMO’s by the Sr. dietician from Monsanto. Other topics were food waste, micro organisms in the gut and the Texas Beef Council’s Farm to Plate.” There was a trade show at the conference where I hung out when the topics got too deep, or my wife needed a break from me (imagine that!).I got pretty friendly with some of the food ven-dors, and especially Supe-rior Foods, of Sudan, Texas (www.superiorbean.com) purveyors of black eyed peas. The owners were very much our kind of folk, who
raised and marketed their delicious product ( I had 4 samples to make sure they were delicious, and would have gladly tasted more, had my wife not stopped me).
I learned from the good folk at Superior Bean and Seed that consumption of black eyed peas was down. And, I was surprised to hear there was no Texas Black Eyed Pea Council. My new friends informed me black beans and pinto beans were the hot commodity due to the increased consumption of Mexican food.(A side bar; salsa has now outpaced catsup as the reigning table tomato condiment)I believe that, along with most things I hold dear, the black eyed
pea is out of style.Yes, black eyed peas
should be consumed with cornbread and iced tea under a tin roof as the rain falls on North Bingen- then we’ll all take a nap and when we wake up, we’ll go down to the barn and work on the tractor.
God bless each of you, and most especially the true friends of my family who’ve come by to check on us.
“Precious memories,
how they linger, how they
ever flood my soul. In the
stillness, of the midnite,
precious sacred scenes
unfold.”-Precious Memo-
ries
“Your religious rival-
ries are driving me nuts!”-
A Letter From God” by
Paul Harvey
To all the Rattler baseball/softball and the Little League teams, I would like
to say you all have had a good season.
To the baseball team, I am so proud of you all for placing 3rd in the regional
tournament, that was great!
I know you don’t know who you will be coming up against but, whoever it
will be, please show up Ok.
Good luck guys, we are with you all the way.
#1
Peggy Jordan
P.S. I would like to congratulate all the seniors, you will be missed! For those
staying, keep it going!
Love you all,
Peggy Jordan
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Donations may be given to JW Walls, Gary Don Turner, Helen Henderson, Joyce Woodruff, or Mary Jean Barbre.
Donations may also be mailed to Murfreesboro Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 185, Murfreesboro, AR 71958.
It is time for mowing to begin at the Brocktown Cemetery. If a loved one is buried in the Cemetery, please help with the mowing expense.
Donations can be sent to Louella Terrell, P.O Box 393, Murfrees-boro, AR 71958 or to Sarita Floyd, 280 Kadoha Road, Murfreesboro, AR 71958.
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Please send contributions to Saline Cemetery Fund c/o Gloria Bagwell, P.O. Box 521, Murfreesboro, AR 71958.
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A C0-Ed Church Softball League is forming, sponsored by the Southeast Pike County Alliance.
All games will be played at the Delight City Park field. All revenue gained is to be used to improve the park and field. SEPCA would like to have church leagues signed up in time to be-
gin playing at the Delight City Park by May 16th or 23rd, at the latest. If you have teams or players interested, talk with Tom Henderson
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Felix Gilbert, 68, of Dierks, Arkansas passed away at his home on Friday, May 6, 2016. He was born on March 5, 1948 the son of Lovena Young Gil-bert and the late Felix Ferdie Gilbert Jr.
Mr. Gilbert was a member of the Mt. Carmel Bap-tist Church, and a supervisor for Weyerhaeuser in Dierks. He was an Army Reserve Captain in the 95th division.
Survivors include his wife Kay Gilbert of Dierks; children Jo Ann (Marty) Mahan of Greenwood; Felix (Tonya) Gilbert Jr. of Dierks; Matthew Chanc (Beth) Gilbert of Dierks; his mother, Lovena Gilbert of Di-
erks; a brother Marvin (Cathy) Gilbert of Dierks; two sisters Loretta (Truman) Hill of Newhope; and Cindy (Tim) Harding of Nashville; eight grandchildren Jus-tin Gilbert, Zackery Gilbert, Tasha King, Samantha Fink, Hannah Ellis, Jordan Mahan, Matthew Mahan, and Joseph Mahan; four great-grandchildren Riley Fink, Kylon Fink, Carson King and Gracie King, as well as a number of nieces, nephews, and friends.
Graveside services were held on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at the Mt. Carmel Cemetery, with Bro. Cal-vin Parker oficiating, under the direction of Latimer Funeral Home.
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Felix Gilbert, 68, Dierks
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ThePikeCountyRe-publicanCommitteewillhosttheirstannualFunDay at John BenjaminParkinGlenwoodonSat-urday,May21.
Bring a lawn chairand enjoy an eveningof fishing, music, food, andmeetingwithyourcountyandstateRepub-licanelectedoficialsandcandidates for the2016general election.
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6-8p.m.—Mealofham-burgersandhotdogsandmusicbyBPositiveBand.
The Arkansas GameandFishCommission’smobileaquariumwillbeon display throughouttheevening.
EveryoneisinvitedtoattendthemonthlyPikeCountyRepublicanCom-mittee meetings. Theprimarypurposeofthiscommitteeistosupportconservativecandidatesbyorganizinggrassrootsefforts.
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Across Clues:2. Nightingale promoted what?6. Florence Nightingale made hospital conditions more what?8. Nurse who diagnoses.9. A nurse provides ___ to patients.10. Nurse who delivers babies.12. Medical professional trained to
13. Nurses are in high ______.Down Clues:1. Nightingale also promoted the proper what of hospital wards?
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Dear Preacher: “I am a new Christian, and I realize that when I sin, if I repent and ask God that He will forgive me. What does the Bible say about confirmation of His forgiveness?”
You are correct, that if (as a Christian) you ask God’s forgiveness, He will grant it. But as to confirmation of that for-giveness, the Bible does not say. Except that, “He is faithful that promised” (Heb. 10:23). When God says that he will do some-thing, the entire Bible is confirmation that He will do it. So, if you sin and
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Direct all questions to: church of Christ, P.O. Box 256, Murfreesboro, AR. 71958. Thank you and have a great day.
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Listen!You have been there . .
. in conversations where someone dominated the scene with overshadowing self-centered talk. I have been there too, when it was impossible to get a word in sideways. I felt like trying to wait for the right moment when you are jumping rope, to quickly insert anything of substance into the conver-sation. It makes everyone feel uneasy to listen to a “motor mouth” go on and on about himself/herself.
The Bible says: “A fool does not delight in under-standing but only in reveal-ing his own mind” (Proverbs 18:2). One of Jesus’ favorite challenges was: “He who has ears to hear, let him hear” (Luke 8:8b). Two ears, one mouth . . . that is the idea! It requires discipline and interest in the other person to listen well to what he/she is saying and at the appropriate time, in shared conversation, interjects your insightful comments.
We should have learned to take turns in Kindergarten! We are challenged to moni-tor our talk and insist on allowing others to share the time. After all, we learn from each other and there is a sharpening effect like iron sharpening iron.
Try this out . . . Next time you are in casual conversa-tion, just wait to speak and let others go before your-self. You may be surprised at how attentive the group becomes to your conversa-tion when it becomes your turn to talk. After all, the Scripture teaches us to pre-
fer others before ourselves. Shouldn’t that apply to the art of listening?
We train our children to not interrupt others when they are talking. Why should we not practice the same rule when we are engaged in conversation? Others will notice your discipline and your interest outside of your self and it will give glory to God as they see the love, acceptance, and care of our Lord in your life-style.
Just ask yourself the question, ‘Do I talk too much?’ No . . . Ask this question to those who love you and will speak the truth to you. Now you may get a more realistic answer. Bet-ter still, why do you not ask the Holy Spirit who resides within you to reveal His perspective on your rela-tionships and signal to you when you are self-absorbed.
You are loved, Bro. Johnny
Johnny Baker, D.Min., Ph.D.Pastor, First Baptist Church,
Murfreesboro
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South Pike County School District Lunch Menu Monday, May 16
Breakfast: Cereal bar or cereal, juice, milk.
Lunch: Mexican chicken, (7-12) torti-
lla chips, refried beans, mixed fruit, milk. Line #2- Burrito.
Tuesday, May 17Breakfast: Pancakes, syrup, or
cereal,juice, milk.Lunch: Meatball sub, seasoned
corn, pears, milk.Line #2- Corn dog.
Wednesday, May 18Breakfast: Ham & biscuit or cereal,
juice, milk.
Lunch: Beef tacos, pinto beans, salsa,
pineapple, milk. Line #2- Chicken fajitas.
Thursday, May 19Breakfast: Breakfast pizza or cereal,
juice, milk.
Lunch: Chicken spaghetti, green
beans, whole wheat roll, peaches, milk.Line #2 Chicken sticks.
Friday, May 20Breakfast: Cinnamon bun, fruit, juice,
milk.
Lunch: Chicken on bun, baked beans,
raisins, milk.Line #2 Cheeseburger.
*Menus are subject to change with-out notice
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Monday, May 16O r a n g e j u i c e ,
scram,bled eggs, bacon strips, fresh oranges, biscuits & gravy.
Crock Pot: Chocolate gravy
Tuesday, May 17Open faced roast beef
sandwich, baked pota-toes, sour cream, Eng-lish peas, wheat bread,
peach crisp.Crock Pot: Brown
gravy. Friday, May 20
(Free Menu)Fried fish, cole slaw,
pinto beans, hush pup-pies, peach cobbler, ice cream.
Crock Pot: Green to-mato relish.
Lunch is served at
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call 870-285-2312Transportation is avail-
able.The CADC Adult Center
hours are Monday-Tues-day- Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Table games and visita-tion offered daily.
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If you want to go out of this life and leave a memo-rable impression it would be a good idea to think of something real clever to say with your last breath. For instance there was an old man about to cross over the river Jordan. His 7 sons were gathered at his side. They were in order of the oldest to the young-est, which also coincided with dumb to dumber. They thought Euthanasia had something to do with Chinese teenagers, that a Brazilian was how many people lived in India, and one of them got fired from quality control at the M&M plant for throwing away all the W’s. You get the picture?
Well, the oldest son asked Pop if he had any last words of wisdom. Pop was gasping for breath because he was on his way out, and 7 sons standing on his Oxy-gen tube wasn’t helping. He managed to say, “Life is like a moonbeam.” The young-est son couldn’t hear so he asked, “What did he say?” They passed it on up the
line. The oldest son passed the remark back down. The youngest wrinkled his brow and asked, “What does that mean?” By the time it reached the old man again, he was fading fast so he gasped, “So, life is not like a moonbeam.” Then he died. It was good to go out leaving no questions unanswered.
The writer Oscar Wilde was said to have uttered these words as his last, “Women! What do they want? My Lord, what do they want?” As far as I know the answer still re-mains a mystery.
Drummer Buddy Rich died after surgery in 1987. As he was being prepped for surgery, a nurse asked, “Is there anything you can’t take?” His last words were, “Yeah, country music.” As sort of a rebuttal country musicians have for years told the story of a wreck on the highway that rolled the bus over several times. They like to say, “It was bad. Seven musicians, the driver and a drummer were injured.” Even Confucius is
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Convicted murderer Thomas J. Grasso’s last words were used to com-plain about his last meal. He said, “I did not get my Spaghetti-O’s, I got spa-ghetti. I want the press to know about this.”
Murderer James W. Rod-gers, in front of a firing squad in Utah was asked if he had a last request. He replied, “Bring me a bullet proof vest.”
Charles Gussman, a writer for Days of Our Lives, planned to say some-thing special when his time came and was prepared for it. When reminded of the vow he removed his oxygen mask, remarked “And now for a word from our sponsor…” and drifted off with a smile.
I’ve thought about this and I plan to say, “I knew if I lived long enough some-thing like this would hap-pen.” www.docblakely.com
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Heather Turner Grabin, Editor 1995 Rattler Graduate
Christy Henderson Coccarelli, Office Manager 1987 Rattler Graduate
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The South Pike County School District Murfreesboro High School Graduating Class of 2016 Commence-ment Ceremony will be held Sunday, May 15 at 3 p.m. at on Holloway Field at Rattler Stadium.
(In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in the Murfreesboro High School Activity Center.)
Congratulations to the Rattler Class of 2016!
Heather Grabin, Editor 1995 Rattler Graduate
Christy Coccarelli, Office Manager 1987 Rattler Graduate
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Three area youths
recently took part
in the Hot Water
Hare Scramble
Motorcycle Race
Series on Sunday,
April 24, 2016 in
Hot Springs.
From left, Hold-
en Allmon-Third
Place in Kid Be-
ginner Class; Ja-
kob Allmon, First
Place in the Junior
Advanced Class
and Overall Short
Course Race; and
Wade Skinner, Sec-
ond Place in Junior
Beginner Class.
Michael Staten, of Nashville, graduated from Texarkana College Hy-brid Fire Academy #H1 on April 29.
This was the first Hybrid class that was held at the college. Staten is employed by Husqvarna Home Products and is a fireman with
the Nashville Fire Department. He is married to Kira Harwell Staten and they have two children, Cayden
and Emmalyn. He is the son of Donny and Diana Staten of Murfreesboro, and is a 2002
graduate of Murfreesboro.
Three area youths place in race...
Staten graduates from Texarkana College Hybrid Fire Academy #H1
What lies and falls around us...
This drone was recently found in J.W. Walls’ yard in
Murfreesboro. The owner may contact the Murfrees-
boro Diamond Newspaper for it’s return.
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