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DES ARC, ARKANSAS (COUNTY SEAT) PRAIRIE COUNTY“A FREE PRESS AND A FREE PEOPLE - AN UNBEATABLE TEAM”

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local routes until Friday, June 10)

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DURING MONTH OF JUNEDes Arc MuseumHosts Outdoor ActivitiesTHURS., JUNE 16, 9 AMSenior Football Teamcamp-WynneTHURS., JUNE 16, 11 AMDes Arc Public LibraryStorytime-Ages 9 &underLet’s go Fishing!

THURS., JUNE 16-18Baseball/Softball gamesDABA ComplexSee Schedule Page 10FRI., JUNE 17, 10 AMGrand Re-openingState Farm OfficeIn Des ArcSAT., JUNE 18Sonny Burgess & Pacersat Leland’s in WardMON., JUNE 20, 9 AMPlea DayDeValls Bluff CourthouseTUES., JUNE 21, 9 AMPlea DayDes Arc CourthouseTUES., JUNE 21, 1 PMRetire Teachers MeetHickory PlainsMethodist ChurchTUES., JUNE 21, 7 PMDes Arc City CouncilCity HallWED., JUNE 22, 9 AMSr. Eagle Footballcamp-StuttgartTHURS., JUNE 23, 12-2 PMCommodities HandoutDes Arc City HallSAT., JUNE 25, 8 AMConcealed Handgun CarryClass-Des Arc FirestationMON., JULY 4Fourth of July holidayBanks and Govt. officesclosedSAT., JULY 16, 8 AMPride of the PrairieFootball CampHinson-Rollins Field

The municipal levy of salesand use tax returned to area citiesby the state in May, 2016 is asfollows:Des Arc ....................$ 16,925.67Augusta ..........................29,838.96Bald Knob .....................34,871.03Beebe............................106,286.88Brinkley.................116,537.36Cabot............................716,479.82Carlisle ...........................49,515.56Clarendon ................. 50,931.80Cotton Plant ....................1,500.10DeValls Bluff.................13,974.36DeWitt..........................185,501.81England..........................66.450.02Gillett..............................10,139.21Hazen ............................ 50,496.12Holly Grove......................8,099.10Lonoke .........................145,010.39McCrory.........................18,093.43North Little Rock.....1,434,085.90Searcy...........................781,735.17Stuttgart .......................494,710.15Ward...............................42,085.97

Municipal sales and usetax is based on retail salesand local tax. It is reported toand compiled eachmonth by the Arkansas De -partment of Finance andAdministration. A 3% levy iskept by the state.

Distributionof City SalesTax Revenue

CHAMBER PROJECT: New large white concrete flower pots are replacing the old wood-en flower barrels on corners along Main Street, courtesy of the Des Arc Chamber of Com-merce. Working on putting in soil and plants last week were volunteers (above) Diane andRick Brumley of The Garden Gate in Des Arc, Chamber members; Bob Childers, Cham-ber president, and George Ford, right, retired farmer, who came along just in time to givesome assistance. Local business personnel have volunteered to contribute to the beautythe flowers will add to downtown Des Arc by watering during the summer months.. TheBrumleys will add fertilize as needed.

Quorum Court rehashes concealed weaponcarry by county officials / employeesWhite County resident Roger Mulherin addresses Court re: Hwy 11 flooding near White/Prairie County line

Most of Tuesday night’s Quorum Court meeting wastaken up with a back and forth debate about which PrairieCounty officials and employes, if any of the latter, shouldbe permitted to carry concealed weapons in accordancewith Arkansas Act 1259 of 2015. Also contributing to thealmost 45-minute discussion were two county officials inattendance, Sheriff Gary Burnett and Treasurer Judy Bur-nett, who expressed her objection to the whole idea.

In lieu of any consensus about whom should be li-censed to carry a concealed weapon, on what countyproperty, in what buildings and in specifically] whichrooms and departments; the matter was finally tabled bythe Court until their next meeting July 12. Deputy Prose-cutor Tim Isaac is to continue his research into what othercounties are doing for comparison and prepare an ordi-nance for presentation at that meeting. Judge Mike Skar-da stated that it would be preferable to not rush into anydecision on the matter - and quipped that he didn’t evenown a gun.

Other topics included the expected FEMA reimburse-ment, within a “month or so”, of a substatial portion (75%max) of the approximate $65,000 the County spent repair-ing roads and culverts affected by the spring rains andflooding ($25,000± Northern District - $40,000± South-ern District).

Last item on the agenda was a short address to theCourt by Roger Mulherin, a resident of White County. Hemade an appeal to the Court for Prairie County’s assis-tance in resolving the Hwy 11 flooding from the Showwal-ter’s Corner area (3 miles east of Griffithville) south to the90° curve in Hwy 11 just west of the Prairie/White Countyline. He said the problem has persisted since WhiteCounty raised Fletcher Ellis Rd, which intersects Hwy 11at that curve, in 2009. He says adequate drainage culvertsunder Fletcher Ellis Rd were never installed, and it nowfunctions instead as a dam.

Mulherin has retained an attorney and already collect-ed 160 signatures (expected to increase to 300) on a “Pe-tition for Redress of Grievances”. The petition requests“that White County hire enineers to design and repair its2009 work ... and restore the drainage that existed beforethat work began”.

Mulherin reminded the Quorum Court Tuesday nightthat when Hwy 11 is closed because of this flooding, Des

Arc area citizens working in Searcy or Emergency vehiclesin route to Searcy are impacted by having to detouraround thru Beebe. However, Judge Skarda advised Mul-herin that Prairie County doesn’t have the financial re-sources to help in this endeavor - and it remains WhiteCounty’s problem.

Fourty-five years ago (circa 1970) Mulherin built the“Circle M” Dairy Bar, operated by his mother, at theFletcher Ellis Rd/Hwy 11 curve. He remodeled the build-ing as a 3BR, 2 1/2 Bath residence in 2002-03. However,since the build-up of Fletcher Ellis Rd in 2009, the resi-dence has “been flooded numerous times making it unliv-able and seriously mold damaged”.

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Roger Mulherin addresses Quorum CourtSitting l-r: Members Ronnie Eans, Lawrence Holloway and Buddy Sims

White Oak Landmark Missionary Bapist Churchnear Showalter Corner, Hwy 11, surrounded by flood water

Prairie County SheriffGary Burnett has advisedthe press that Jenna Keith,age 15, of Biscoe, missingfrom her home since Friday,June 3, has been locatedand was brought back toArkansas this week. SheriffBurnett said, “She is nowsafe at home with her par-ents, Mike and Janet Keith.”

The Arkansas State Po-lice assisted the sheriff’s de-partment with the investi-gation.

Sheriff Burnett said, “Iwant to thank everyonewho was involved in thiscase and all the volunteers.”

He declined to add anyother information regard-ing the case.

Missing girllocated andsafe at home

April Highfill, director ofthe Des Arc Public Library,advises the followingschedule of children’s activ-ities through the month ofJune at the library

Thursday June 16th- Letsgo fishing story-time 11am9 years & younger invited.

Thursday June 23rd- Letsgo camping story-time11am 9 years & younger in-vited.

Thursday June 30th- Lit-tle Rock Zoo will be bring-ing their Zoo to you pro-gram with live animals2pm. All ages welcome

Thursday July 7th-kidsmovie & snack day11:30am. Movie will be Toystory that time forgot.

Call the Library at 256-3003 for more info.

Children’s eventsscheduled at Library

DeValls Bluffhires officer

The DeValls Bluff CityCouncil hired Mark Collinsas a police officer at a June10 emergency meeting.

Mayor Kenny Andersonsaid, “We will continue tolook for a police chief.”

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By Janet RedmanNewsflash: Donald Trump isn’t as

retrograde on climate change as wethought. It turns out he’s well aware ofthe dangers of global warming — atleast to his golf courses.The Republican presidential hopeful

is so concerned, in fact, that he’s peti-tioned the Irish government to let himbuild a seawall to secure his luxury golfcourse and hotel on the County Clareseaside.According to an application filed by

one of Trump’s companies, to “do noth-ing” as the ocean continues to eat awayat the waterfront greens would pose a“real and immediate risk” to Trump’sbeachfront property. And it explicitlycites rising global temperatures as theroot of those threats.As any good neighbor would, the re-

al estate magnate also sounded thealarm to local residents. A brochurecirculated by his company to sur-rounding towns makes the case forcoastal protection, pointing out thatmore frequent storms brought on byglobal warming will increase the rate atwhich beaches disappear in the com-ing decades.Climate change, Trump seems to be

saying, is an existential threat to hisIrish golf course. But what does he sayabout it here in the United States? It’s aChinese-orchestrated “hoax.” It’s “BS.”It’s “pseudo-science.”It doesn’t stop there. Trump’s also

picked a pro-oil and coal climate de-nier as a top energy adviser. And he’spromised to trash domestic rules andinternational agreements that cut car-bon pollution.Apparently the billionaire-turned-

politician is happy to appeal for gov-ernment support to protect his over-seas assets. But he’s not on board withpublic policies meant to keep his fellowAmericans and their homes safe.

And the threat to his fellow Ameri-cans is very real.A recent study by the humanitarian

group Christian Aid calculated that 34million people in the United States —that’s 10 percent of us — will be livingin towns and cities exposed to coastalflooding by 2030. The eastern seaboardis especially at risk.Miami ranks eighth for world cities

whose residents face being washedout. It’s forecast to shoulder the highestfinancial costs from rising oceans ofanywhere on earth, with $3.5 trillion inexposed assets over the next 50 yearsalone. New York City, Trump’s home-town, comes in a close third at $2.1 tril-lion in expected losses.But when the storms come, it won’t

be people like Trump who pay thebiggest price.After extreme coastal storms, ordi-

nary families face formidable obstaclesto accessing insurance payouts to cov-er the costs of rebuilding their lives. Bil-lionaires like Donald Trump, on theother hand, can call a private jet towhisk them off to their second (orthird) home.You can bet that if Trump knows cli-

mate change is bad for business at hisgolf course, he knows it’s bad for busi-ness, period — small and large, in Ire-land or here in the United States. Buthe’s happy to let the sea swallow ourhomes, as long as his own property getsa wall.That double standard should give

voters across the political spectrumpause. It’s not about blue or red. It’sabout a brash billionaire thinking hisinterests are more important thaneveryone else’s.

Janet Redman directs the Climate PolicyProgram at the Institute for Policy Studies. Dis-tributed by OtherWords.org.

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-Anne Geddes

By Glenn MolletteIs Afghanistan safer than America? The horrific

murder of 49 people in Orlando this past weekendelevates our country to one of the worst battlefieldsin the world. ISIS has accomplished their goal ofbrainwashing and enlisting everyday Americanpeople into their hate army of radical Islam. One in-dividual wreaked more de ath, wounds and de-struction in a single mass shooting than ever beforein American history. I don't want to mention thedevil's name as he has already solidified his namein the hall of shame.What happened in Orlando, Florida early Sunday

morning is another sickening shooting of innocentpeople who were out living their lives and enjoyingAmerican freedom. America is a place where we areallowed to freely pursue happiness. Americans pur-sue happiness in different ways. We are allowed todo just about anything we want if we are not break-ing the law. Crazy, hate-filled people, like the manwho pledged his soul to ISIS in a 911 call, are en-raged by America's freedom and people who arehappy. Happiness and joy are like water and fertiliz-er to people who are filled with hate. Hate mongerssee people who are happy and they hate more. As inthe Orlando shooter's case and other cases theycontrive ways to totally annihilate joy, happinessand love. Haters don't know or understand joy andhappiness and are resolved to eliminate it.All of this hate is as old as the Bible. Cain resent-

ed and hated his brother Abel and murdered him.Joseph's brothers resented their younger brotherand almost killed him but instead sold him intoslavery. The story of the serpent talking to Eve in theBible is nothing more than a story of hate. The ser-pent hated God's creation and the joy that Eve had

in the Garden of Eden. The serpent wanted to de-stroy the happiness of God's creation. Lookingback, I wish Eve had picked up a rock and killed thatserpent. The serpent was allowed to live unfortu-nately for all.Today we again go back to the gun debate.

Should automatic weapons be outlawed? If they areever outlawed there will be a wave of weaponsavailable from Mexico. Black market automaticweapons will flood into this country just like drugsthat roll into this country every day. Drug addicts inAmerica get drugs. Bad guys will get weapons.Essentially, the people at Pulse night club in Or-

lando, Florida were stripped of weapons. Approxi-mately 300 people were in this night club and as faras I know no one had a weapon to defend them. Thebad guy had a gun. The innocent people all mournwith Orlando and the 49 families devastated withgrief. This one lone shooter shot over 100 people. Allof these people and families will never emotionallyget over this massive rampage.We must eliminate ISIS. We cannot coddle, and

embrace these people. We cannot coddle rat-tlesnakes and cobras. They will bite and the result isdeath. I do believe in a God of love and truly peopledo change. However, evil and the devil do not con-vert to good. Poisonous vipers do not convert toplayful pets. America is a scary battleground filled with hate-

filled vipers. We must be on guard, diligent andeliminate the vipers. Glenn Mollette is an American Syndicated Columnist and

Author. He is the author of eleven books and read in all fiftystates. Enjoy Books By Glenn Mollette at Amazon.com This column does not necessarily reflect the view of any or-

ganization, institution or this paper or media source.

Horrific Orlando, America's BattlefieldAlabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – An attractive city it is, cer-tainly from the Interstate, which permits a surface ex-amination, nothing more than can be absorbed in the10- or 15- minutes that unimpeded traffic allows:glass and steel office buildings, the sense of urban vi-brancy accentuated by a downtown revival, therestoration of use to buildings once deemed uselessbut spared, somehow, from the modern woodsman’saxe -- the developer’s wrecking ball.

But isn’t that the function of an Interstate highway,to rush motorists, passengers, tourists, gawkers,whatever, to somewhere else, offering but a glimpseof the passing scene? And, almost by definition, donot Interstates, the great majority of the miles ofthem, figure less in the cityscape than the country-side?

Yes, and sometimes, in that order. Odd, how the controversies of one state can mimic

those of another, particularly when the two are of thesame region. Not true only of the South, but especial-ly of the South. One-upmanship can be an awkwardgame.

I was reminded of a bull session, not long ago, withsome friends, one of whom was an Alabama native,not entirely at ease yet in Arkansas but plainly not toodistressed at being relocated. There was a lot wrongin ‘Bama, he sighed. The rest of us assured him thatthere were more than a few things wrong in Arkansas,yet somehow we fell to making a list of things thatworked, really worked, in Alabama.

Here’s what we came up with:1. The Crimson Tide, meaning you know who

and you know what;2. The other tide, meaning ‘Bama’s Gulf beaches; 3. Talladega, the NASCAR track. Those are the things about Alabama, the things in

Alabama, which work. About the only things, we agreed, chuckling, feel-

ing a little smug, which means snotty. But then thetransplant spoke up, ahem, a native son standing upfor his native soil, a little. The University of AlabamaMedical Center at Birmingham, he reminded us, waspretty highly regarded. Too, the parent University it-self, at Tuscaloosa, was on track to become one of thesouth’s premier institutions of higher learning, thanksto you know who and you know what. Why, even the[begin ital] New York Times [end ital] had reported asmuch, just the other day. Higher admission stan-dards, improved academic facilities, a faculty almostworthy of the team, which does not mean lacrosse.

Okay. But even the new arrival had to concede thatgovernment in Arkansas was to government in Ala-bama what a Rolex was to a Timex. Consider:

-- Roy Moore, Alabama’s chief justice, is in the dock(again) and subject to removal (again), this time forattempting to contravene the U.S. Supreme Court’sruling on same-sex marriage. Moore ordered local of-ficials to ignore it, just as he had ignored a highercourt order to remove that Ten Commandmentsmonument he’d installed on state property, prompt-ing his removal instead.

-- The (now former) speaker of Alabama’s House ofRepresentatives was convicted of a dozen felonyethics offenses a few days ago. Mike Hubbard, hisname, was regarded as perhaps the most powerfulman in Alabama politics, second only, maybe, to youknow who of the Crimson Tide, or, on a good day, thegovernor.

-- The governor: he hasn’t had a lot of good days,not in a while. Robert Bentley, his name, is under im-peachment inquiry for allegedly dallying with a for-mer staff assistant, a woman half his age; andwhether that had anything to do with the breakup ofhis decades-old marriage, who knows?

A trifecta: judicial, legislative and executive branchupheaval, all at once. Since all the principal charac-ters are Republicans, Alabama Democrats ought to begleeful. They are, however, scarcely more empoweredthan their Arkansas counterparts. Eight of Alabama’snine seats in Washington are in Republican hands, asare both houses of the state legislature. Crimson Tide,indeed, but Arkansans are familiar with that.

And with this: progress mostly at the order of oneor another court, sometimes state but usually feder-al. School and university desegregation, and ade-quate funding; racial equity in the public workforce;making prisons of medieval dungeons; delivering so-cial services -- Alabama may have set the standard, bylowering it, but Arkansas, on its own, has raised it toolittle to justify crowing.

Oh -- freeways: the Secretary of Transportation,Anthony Foxx, stopped at Montgomery a few days agoto help commemorate the 60th anniversary of the leg-endary bus boycott that was a launching pad for thecivil rights movement. He spoke of Interstates, andthe good they can do. And the division they can cre-ate -- social and economic, political.

“Entire areas of the country where infrastructure issupposed to connect people acts as a constraint onopportunity,” he said. In other words, the wrong sideof the tracks.

Now, about that big downtown Interstate projectplanned for Arkansas’s capitol city…

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Faced with thegreatest need forfeed in history

and a probable shortageof feed from other sec-tions, Prairie Countyfarmers were urged yes-terday by County Agent K.C. Ross, to use the fewdays remaining of theplanting season to plantfeed crops. He advisedsorghum for silage;peanuts, peas, soybeans,Sudan grass and Millet forhay or grazing; and latecorn for grain.

The Home Demonstra-tion Clubs of PrairieCounty held their springmeeting at Oak Prairie Fri-day, June 4, with 75women representing 10clubs. The meeting wasopened by the countypresident, Mrs. Frank Wit-tenauer, with groupsinging led by Mrs. E. H.Whitehouse of Ulm. Apanel discussion was ledby chairman, Mrs. Wm.Seidenschwarz of Scree-ton on the topic, “WhatCan I Do to Speed Victo-ry?” Mrs. Clyde Stine ofOak Prairie discussed theimportance of having ayear round garden. Mrs.Howard Russell of Ulmshowed various garmentsmade from thrift materi-als and two ladies mod-eled suits made frommen’s suits.

A bill recently passedboth houses of the legisla-ture in the state of NewYork which would permitcity and town governmen-tal agencies to issue to re-ligious and fraternal or-ganizations permits toconduct bingo games for“charity. It was strenuous-ly opposed by the NewYork State Council ofChurches (Protestant)and the New York CivicLeague. Fortunately, forthe church and the Chris-tian religion generally,Governor Thomas Deweyvetoed the bill. If thechurch is ever willing toaccept such concessionsfrom the state, it will have

forfeited its right to op-pose evil elsewhere. Whenthe church must resort togambling enterprises inorder to survive, oppo-nents of the bill said, it isalready spiritually dead.

Pvt. Emmet Shank, sonof Mrs. Annie MarieShank, of Des Arc, hascompleted his basic train-ing preparatory for com-bat duty with an ArmoredForces unit.

Harry Moore of thiscity, a member of the U. S.Army, who has been sta-tioned at Camp Bowie, ishome for a few days.

In the Second War LoanDrive, Prairie County hada quota of $20,000. Ourpeople bought $44,530, or222.7 percent, says J. W.Watson, county chair-man.

Mrs. Willis Eddins ofthis city has bought TheCafe operated in the cor-ner of Young’s Depart-ment Store in this city.With her expert experi-ence and the aid of hermother, Mrs. RossHolmes, the public canexpect first class service.

Capt. Joe Caskey, son ofMr. and Mrs. W. J. Caskey,who joined the U. S.forces Dec. 16, 1940,writes from Hawaii: weare always on alert andenjoying good health.Older brother, Lieut. BillCaskey, who enlisted inthe U. S. Army Dec. 31,1940, writes from Persia:have traveled 27,000 milessince leaving New Jersey.

Mrs. Clifford Gillihan,proprietress of the May-fair Beauty Shoppe, withher little son and mother,have moved their resi-dence from the Ro-munder apartments tothe residence of S. R. Nic-nols, nearer the businesssection.

Our old friend, Mr. L. E.Buchanan, farmer ofUnion, was in town onbusiness and to visit hisdaughters, Misses Vivian,Edith and Addie on Tues-day.

Senator Car-away ofArkansas

charged today thatthe Hoover Adminis-tration is passing thebuck attempting torely on the commu-nity chest and otherlocal relief organiza-tions for aid to theunemployed nextwinter in order toclear itself of respon-sibility.

Steve Brown of theBarrettsville commu-nity about six milesnorth of Carlisle at-tempted to hive acolony of bees whichhad swarmed theretoday and was at-tacked by them. Hewas stung by 200bees. Dr. J. E. Warbrit-ton, who was calledto Brown’s home,said his condition isserious.

---Herman, wholives near DeVallsBluff and --Bond ofNorth Little Rockpleaded guilty tocharges of burglaryand grand larceny ata hearing today be-fore Justice of thePeace L. D. Hall andwere held to theGrand Jury underbond of $750 each.The charges grew outof the robbery ofFarmers Seed Com-pany Friday nightduring which a largequantity of groceriesincluding 600pounds of sugar werestolen. When theHerman’s house wassearched, they founda 50-gallon still, 700gallons of mash andsome whiskey. Con-stable Graham Carleyof Hazen, MarshalBingham of DeVallsBluff and DeputySheriff BedfordHolmes worked onthe case.

President Hoovertonight called uponSecretary Lamont to“make an example”

of three aviators whoflew over the HardingMemorial at Marion,Ill. while dedicationexercises were inprogress. One plane,an autogyro, passedover the crowd sever-al times.

Rain prevented agood ball game be-tween Slovac and DesArc Sunday after-noon at Slovac. Quitea number of Des Arccitizens had accom-panied the team onthe trip down to theprairie village wherea large crowd hadgathered.

Three hundredHealth Gardens inPrairie County areready for canningtheir extra producefor winter supply.The Health Gardensare under the RedCross who receivedseed for their gar-dens. A prize will beoffered in the fall tothe health gardenwhich supplys themost of the familyneeds as a year-round garden andfills the pantry shelfwith products for thewinter.

On Saturdaymorning, June 13,about 10 o.clockword was received intown that a mannamed Smith, wholived on the J. C.Waits farm about sixmiles east of town,had killed his wifeand committed sui-cide. Their bodieswere discovered be-side the road by apasserby. The reportswere that the couplehad been separatedfor sometime butwere trying for a rec-onciliation. They hadstarted walking totown when apparent-ly a quarrel began.Thus, a tale is told;lovers failed to agree,and a shot and shellended the episode.

School Superintend-ent Leon Coker, 47,who has headed

the Des Arc ConsolidatedSchools since 1945, has ac-cepted the superintenden-cy of the new Trade Voca-tional School at Pine Bluff,according to an an-nouncement made thisweek of his appointmentto the $7,500 a year stateposition. According to theDes Arc School Boardpresident, the board ismeeting this Friday nightto work on the problem ofreplacement.

The Lions Club is plan-ning an Outing and FishFry at Whitaker’s Camp atthe Bayou Bridge on June24. Tickets for the meal are$1.50 each.

Bronson Browning, 16,an 11th grader at Biscoe,son of Mr. and Mrs. EarlBrowning, died in a Mem-phis hospital of a brokenneck suffered in a divingaccident in the White Rivernorth of DeValls Bluff onSunday. He struck his headon the bottom when hedove into shallow water.

Governor Orval E.Faubus speaking to some300 people in front of thecourthouse here last night,struck out again at criticswho would belittle his ad-mininistration withoutconsideration for the ac-complishments. Particu-larly did he hit theArkansas Gazette for de-creeing his political deathas a result of his support oflegislative acts that sup-port segregation.

The Prairie CountyFarm Bureau held itsmonthly board of directorsmeeting at the schoollunchroom in HickoryPlains on Thursday night,June 5. The local Farm Bu-reau has been working on

getting telephone serviceinto the Hickory Plainsarea for some time. TheFarm Bureau was told theycould have their annualfish fry again at Bayou DesArc. All members look for-ward to this event.

Mayor T. E. Atkins in citycourt fined two young Ne-groes $11 each for speed-ing and one local man $3for unlawful parking thispast week. Arrests weremade by Town Marshals O.E. Owen and Virgil Self.

J. W. Watson, fondly stillcalled Judge from the timewhen he served as CountyJudge some 40 years ago,will celebrate his 93rdbirthday on June 14.

Hilliard (Slew) Pirtleand wife, Jerri, who laugh-ingly called their farm atthe four-mile cornerAgony Acres, had a badscare Monday night whenMrs. Pirtle found a six-footchicken snake in theirbathroom. Slew killed thesnake after a chasethrough the house but washardly able to sleep after-ward.

The Des Arc Soil Con-servation District has en-tered the national SoilConservation Award pro-gram, sponsored by theGoodyear Tire & RubberCo., it was announced byDistrict Chairman, G. G.Purvis. The Des Arc Dis-trict competes againstother districts in the state.The Des Arc board is com-posed of Chairman Purvis,L. R. Brown, sec.; E. F. Har-ris, C. F. Betzner andRobert M. Hayley.

Stanford Stanley of DesArc, senior at U of A, Con-struction Engineering, isworking this summer withthe U. S. Engineers Officein Little Rock.

Candidates meet and greet at Steamboat Days

Campaigning during Streamboat Days - Gaylon Hale, candidate for Prairie CountyCircuit/County Clerk, with her chief supporter, Billy Mason, were greeting voters on Fri-day and Saturday on Main Street in Des Arc.

A smiling Tamara Forrester Dabney was greeting voters between rain showers Fridayand Saturday at Steamboat Days. She is a candidate for Prairie County Treasurer. Herson, daughter, son-in-law and two special grandchildren were helping her campaign.

Business owners Courtney and Paul Adams were enjoying a snack during SteamboatDays Saturday afternoon. They are well known merchants of DeValls Bluff who own "TheBottoms" a great sporting goods store. The Adams plan to open a second business in De-Valls Bluff in the future!!

Rick Hickman, candidate for county sheriff, was greeting Steamboat Days visitorshere last weekend pictured here with his No. 1 supporter, his wife, April.

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Members of the South-ern Baptist Conventionpassed a resolution Tues-day to discourage churchesfrom flying the Confeder-ate flag, after a panel dis-cussion and a speech fromthe president addressingrace relations.More than 7,000 atten-

dees, known as messen-gers, were gathered in St.Louis for the denomina-tion's annual meeting,which concluded Wednes-dayThe resolution originally

asked churched to "consid-er prayerfully whether tolimit, or even more so, dis-continue" displaying theflag, but an amendmentfrom an attendee offered afirmer stance.The final resolution calls

on church members "todiscontinue the display ofthe Confederate battleflag."This resolution sparked

some contention but even-tually passed.Jason Lupo, a pastor at

Lamar Baptist Church inLouisiana, spoke in favor ofremoving the resolutionfrom the docket becausehe said it's a political issue,not a "kingdom issue."But the resolutions com-

mittee affirmed its supportof the resolution."We are talking about

one particular symbol thatis used by some and is per-ceived by many as a sym-bol of racism and thatcauses great harm," saidStephen Rummage, chair-man of the resolutionscommittee.

Resolutions are notbinding on individualSouthern Baptists orchurches, which are con-sidered to be autonomous.But they are a way forSouthern Baptists to ex-press the mind of the de-nomination and to take astand on issues they con-sider important.President Ronnie Floyd,

senior pastor of CrossChurch in NorthwestArkansas, said in his presi-dential address Tuesdaythat bigotry is a nationalproblem, as shown by riotsin Ferguson, Mo., thekilling of nine at a churchin Charleston, S.C., a yearago, and this week's mas-sacre in Orlando, Fla.He said that events like

these that are based onbias can be preventedthrough the church.David Um, a pastor at

Antioch Baptist Church inBoston and a Massachu-setts Institute of Technolo-gy chaplain, reiteratedthese statements and saidthat the students he teach-es are blind to their per-sonal bias.The Southern Baptist

Convention has a member-ship of about 15.3 million,according to the most re-cent Annual Church Profilereport."The Southern Baptist

denomination was found-ed in 1845 in a divisionwith Baptists in the Northover the issue of slavery."Frank Page, president

and chief executive officerof the executive committeefor the convention, spoke

at the business meetingabout one of the waysmore members of minoritygroups are finding astronger voice in the con-vention -- through a multi-cultural advisory council.Floyd said that if church

members choose not to ad-dress the racial discrimina-tion in the United Statesand in the church, theyface losing their influenceas the largest Protestantdenomination in the U.S.

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Words of Faith/Church News Words of Faith/Church News

Sunday, June 12IN DES ARC

First Baptist Church 210/205Gospel Mission....................170Lakeside Miss. Baptist..67/94First United Methodist........82Faith Missionary Baptist.43/48Family Worship Center........52First Assembly of God36/46Fellowship Miss. Baptist....... 40Church of Christ................12Church of God of Prophecy.. 26Living Waters Full Gospel.....31Faith Outreach Ministry........27

AREA CHURCHES

Hickory Plains Miss. 58/75Morris Chapel Miss. Baptist..19Pleasant Ridge Miss. Bap. 28/40Hickory Plains Methodist..... 28Hickory Plains Nazarene...... 15Judson Memorial Baptist...... 20Sand Hill Miss. Baptist.10

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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: cdharper1979@yahoo.com

A Visit to Narnia: What Susan and Lucy SawScripture: Matthew 28:1-10

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

This week we are concluding our ser-mon series on The Lion, the Witch, andthe Wardrobe. Today we are talkingabout hope and new life. This is a Res-urrection sermon in June. And it con-nects with the experience that Susanand Lucy had in C.S. Lewis’ fable. I will be honest and say that I had not

really thought about Susan and Lucy inrelationship to the woman that came tothe empty tomb on that first EasterSunday. But they are definitely there.Just as the women had gone to pre-

pare the body of Jesus for burial so thegirls with help from the mice removedthe ropes so that Aslan wouldn’t look sohorrible. They stayed with him untilmorning. The woman came in earlymorning at dawn to take care of Jesus’body.Susan and Lucy experienced the

cracking of the stone table and thenAslan arose. I love what Aslan says tothe girls. They say you’re not dead. Andhe says not now. And Susan asks, “Butwhat does it all mean?”Aslan says, “It means that though the

Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is amagic deeper still which she did notknow. Her knowledge goes back to thedawn of time. But if she could havelooked a little further back, into thestillness and the darkness before Timedawned, she would have read there adifferent incantation. She would haveknown that when a willing victim whohad committed no treachery was killedin a traitor’s stead, the Table wouldcrack and Death itself would start work-ing backward.”Our scripture is also about sin and

death working backward and traitorsbeing set free. The women came toJesus’ tomb in despair and hopeless-ness. Their teacher was dead and theywere doing the basics. They were filledwith grief.But then they experienced a new

message - one that would turn theirsorrow into joy, their despair into hope,and their grief into praise. I say they ex-perienced because they first felt themessage of new life and death beingturned on its head in the earthquake.Then they saw the good news in the ap-pearance of the angel who lookedbright like lightning to them. Then theyheard the message. Don’t be afraid butgo see the empty tomb and then leteveryone know that Jesus is not herebut has gone to Galilee. Then they ex-perience something even more fantas-tic - they were in the presence of therisen Lord.One thing that I want to lift up in ad-

dition to the experiential nature of theGood News that the women experi-enced is the importance of the word

translated suddenly in this passage. It’sused twice in this passage and eachtime it’s important. The first time that itis used it signifies fear. The women areafraid because of the earthquake andthen because of the angel. When some-thing that amazing happens you can’thelp but first feel fear or trepidation.The second suddenly was used when

they saw Jesus. This good news wentfrom being a second person account,though from an angel, to a full blownencounter with Jesus. It shook them up.You can’t experience the presence ofGod in such a powerful way withoutbeing shook up. But instead of fear thistime they received even more clear vi-sion. They saw Jesus. And then theywent and did as they were called to do.They went and told the others.So, what does this mean for us today?

Most of us don’t have the experience ofhaving been raised physically from thedead although there have been reportsin other countries of that happening. Atleast in our context it is rare. But we dohave the experience of people who weredead in their sin being raised to newlife. Spiritually speaking their wholeworlds were shaken up.In his famous journal entry John

Wesley talks about his experience ofnew life. He wrote, “In the evening Iwent very unwillingly to a society onAldersgate Street, where one was read-ing Luther’s preface to the Epistle to theRomans. About a quarter before nine,while he was describing the changewhich God works in the heart throughfaith in Christ, I felt my heart strangelywarmed. I felt I did trust in Christ,Christ alone, for salvation; and an as-surance was given me that He had takenaway my sins, even mine, and saved mefrom the law of sin and death.”John Wesley had all the right answers.

He was trained as a pastor and haddone church work. He had had a repu-tation as a person concerned with holyliving. However it wasn’t until that mo-ment in 1738 that he experienced trueconnection with God.To have a heart strangely warmed, to

know in your soul that you are a child ofGod, fully loved by the creator of theuniverse, this is hope and new life. Thisexperience is what shakes up yourworld and offers new creation.This week I want to invite you to pray

about your relationship with God.Maybe you have never experienced theheart-warming grace of Christ in yourlife. Maybe you have but circumstanceshave cooled the first fire of you love. Bereminded that God loves you and youare His. May you be blessed.

Brother Dee

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Let Confederate flag go - Baptists are urged

Continued recoverywishes are sent to Faye(Kelly) Hughes. She isnursing a broken shoulder.She is the daughter of thelate Raymond and MildredIngram. Raymond servedthe City of Des Arc asMayor.

Faye was Prairie CountyHealth Nurse for severalyears before retiring.

---------Prayers are sent to T.A.

and Wanda Wallace of theOak Prairie Community.They are facing severalhealth issues at this time.

---------It is reported that Glyn-

nis Johnson has suffered abroken hip. Prayers for herrecovery. She is the wife ofthe late Rob Johnson.

---------Congratulations to Tyler

and Allison Cox of Beebeon the birth of their son,Noah Michael Cox. Tyler isloan officer at Farmers andMerchants Bank and Alli-son teaches high school

math. Noah is the greatgrandson of Betty and RoyThurmond of Des Arc andJohnny and June Cox ofBiscoe.

--------Kaylee McDonald was

taken to Children’s Hospi-tal on Sunday evening afterbeing involved in a four-wheeler accident. She suf-

fered a dislocated elbowand several scratches andbruises. Doctors poppedher elbow back in place butXrays revealed that she alsohas a fracture and will haveto have a permanent cast.The other passenger wasshaken up. Kaylee is thedaughter of Chris andDanielle McDonald.

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Little Miss Ruby Eliza-beth Frye-Jackson was wel-comed on June 3, 2016 byher sister, Jemma Rose andher parents, Todd andKathy, in Columbus, Ohio.

She weighed 4lbs 14 oz.and measured 18 1/2 inch-es.

Her grandparents are,Russ and Sheryl LockhartFrye of Columbus,Oh. EllenHale of Charleston, SC.,John and Carlene Jacksonof Kennett Square, PA.Her great–grandmother is-Rosetta Vincent Lockhart ofGregory, Arkansas.

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Blair Jordan Hoover ar-rived in this world on May30, 2016.

She was born at UAMS inLittle Rock weighing 7 lbs5.4 ozs, and was 19 incheslong.

Her parents are Ashleyand Haydn Hoover ofCarlisle.

Her grandparents areSteven and MichelleHoover of Des Arc andArthur and Cheryl James ofLonoke.

An English paper piec-ing quilt workshop washeld Saturday, June 11, atLower White River Muse-um State Park. Eva Howardof McCrory instructed fourparticipants in makingflower quilt blocks fromhexagons.

You are invited to jointhe park staff for Crafts atthe Cabin, our celebrationof National Great OutdoorsMonth. Family friendly ac-tivities start at 2 p.m. everyThursday in June at the logcabin.

Thursday, June 16: Ex-plore early photographyand nature with sun artpaper prints.

Thursday, June 23: Learnthe art of basket weavingwith a kid-friendly intro-duction.

Thursday, June 30: Dis-cover the importance ofstars and make a constella-tion viewer.

Lower White River Mu-seum State Park is alsohosting a soap makingworkshop on Saturday, July16 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Class sizes are limited; reg-istration is required.

For more information orto register, contact MonicaSmith, Museum ProgramAssistant at Phone (870)256-3711 E-mail: moni-ca.f.smith@arkansas.gov.

Lower White River Mu-seum State Park is one of 52state parks administeredby the State Parks Divisionof the Arkansas Depart-ment of Parks and Tourism.

ASU-Jonesboro has released a list of 2,067 studentswho were awarded diplomas on the undergraduate andgraduate levels during Spring Commencement excercis-es on Saturday, May 14. Chancellor Tim Hudson con-ferred the degrees.

U.S. Senator John Boozman, Commencement Speak-er, encouraged the graduates to use their education andtalents to help others.

Below is a list of graduates from the Prairie Countyarea:

Des Arc BiscoeBrittany Berry Alarie Overturf NeedhamBS Management BS Mid-Level Education

John Dobson Tamara OwensBS Agriculture MS-EducationAgricultural Business Education,Theory and Prac

tice

Melissa Graham HazenBS Management Alexandria Davis

BS NursingNursing

Savanna Mote Magna Cum LaudeBS EducationMid-Level Education Cameron VailMagna Cum Laude BS Education

Social ScienceCum Laude

Prairie County studentsamong ASU graduates

The Hughes and Pettyfamilies will gather here onSaturday, June 25, for theirreunion. The gathering willbe held at the American AgBuilding in Des Arc with apotluck at noon.

There will be lots of food,music and fellowship to beenjoyed with your ‘kin’.

All families of the late R.C. and Lemuel Hughes, IthaPetty and Wanda Sears areurged to attend.

For further information,call Melissa Sanders at 501-993-3503.

Hughes - Pettyfamily reunionscheduled here

Des Arc Museum activities scheduled in June

Hamilton familyreunion heldhere Saturday

A reunion of the family ofthe late E. O. and JohnieHamilton of Des Arc washeld at the American AgBuilding in Des Arc on Sat-urday, June 11.

The Hamiltons had fivedaughters, four of whichare living-Johnie Mae Siito-nen of Des Arc and Cabot,Joanne Kelly of Lebanon,Tenn., Mary Evelyn Smithof Houston, Tex. and Car-olyn Eagle of Little Rock,Ark. Johnie Mae is current-ly residing at SmithridgeVillage in Cabot.

E. O. Hamilton, whoserved as Prairie CountySheriff for many years, andhis wife, Johnnie, were ac-tive in the local school andthe Methodist Church.They passed the pride ofcommunity service on totheir daughters. Some wereschool teachers. JohnnieMae served 25 years aslunchroom supervisor atthe local school.

The Hamilton’s daughter,Betty Hamilton Kocourek,wife of the late Dink Ko-courek of Hazen, wasstricken with a cancerousbrain tumor and died at anearly age.

Seated, from left: Carolyn Eagle, Joanne Kelly, Johnie Mae Siitonen and Mary Evelyn Smith; back (first row, from left) Cheryl Eagle Siple, Dallas; Renee Eagle Embry,Beebe; Sharon Kocourek Cagle, Hazen; Jan Kelly Polka, Tenn.; Carol Ann Siitonen Camp, Houston, AR; Nancy Siitonen Chappell, Des Arc; Janet Siitonen Camp,Bigelow; Laura Siitonen Burgess, Dallas; Stephanie Smith, Houston; Paul H. Siitonen, Little Rock, and Gil Smith, Houston.

Recipes for

Chocolate LoversFrom Rev. Jaimie Alexander

From theKitchen ofRev. JaimieAlexander,Ministerat Bella VistaUnitedMethodistChurch

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by Activity Director, teresa henley

Hello to everyone in thecommunty! We hope every-one is staying hydrated andcool. We feel for those whohave to be out in this highheat. Please check on petsand the elderly.

We are celebrating CNAweek here at DANRC. OnTuesday, we had PajamaDay and the staff dressed intheir pajamas. We will con-tinue celebating throughtoday, Thursday.

We finally got to go onour fishing trip. We enjoyedthe outing. We left early inthe morning so as to beatthe heat. Several caughtsome fish. The residentsand staff enjoyed just beingoutside.

Today, Thursday, is Na-tional Fudge Day. We willenjoy some Pecan Cookiesand will watch a movie on

the Big Screen TV. It is National Flip Flop

Day on Friday. The Disci-ples will be here to play andsing for us. We alwaysenjoy their visits. We willhave our Father’s Day trib-ute at 2:00 p.m. and willenjoy Root Beer Floats.

The Assembly of Godfriends will be here on Sat-urday with snacks, gamesand fellowship.

Sunday, is Father’s Day.The Des Arc UnitedMethodist and Faith Mis-sionary Baptist Churcheswill be here to bring us theWord of God and fellow-ship.

Mr. Carroll Denton willbe here on Monday, to helpus get fit with excercise.

The first day of sommeris Tuesday and it is also Na-tional Peaches and Cream

Day. Snowball will be by fora visit with the residents inthe afternoon.

Wednesday is NationalOnion Ring Day and we willbe tasting samples atChucks Place.

Next Thursday is PinkDay and National PecanCookie Day. We are lookingforward to tasting some de-licious pecan cookies andwill get to see a movie in theafternoon.

We have had games, ex-cercise, crafts, Bingo, en-joyed music and ice creamand even got in a little fish-ing.

That is all for this week.Come out and visit. Have ablessed rest of the week.

Teresa HenleyActivity Director

WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday, theU.S. Department of Health and HumanServices released an analysis of how theAffordable Care Act has benefited ruralAmerica.

The findings, which examine inde-pendent studies and other data, show thathealth coverage in rural counties in-creased by 8.0 percentage points betweenlate 2013 and early 2015, and the share ofrural Americans unable to afford neededcare dropped by almost six percentagepoints.

“The Affordable Care Act has helpedmillions of people in rural areas accessquality, affordable health coverage,” saidSecretary Sylvia M. Burwell. “As someonefrom rural America, I know how important

these gains in coverage and access to careare to communities like my hometown ofHinton, West Virginia.”

Despite being disproportionately likelyto live in states that have not expandedMedicaid, rural Americans have seen cov-erage gains under the Affordable Act onpar with residents of cities because theyhave benefited from the Health InsuranceMarketplace and tax credits that keep cov-erage affordable, from other coverage re-forms such as the elimination of exclu-sions based on pre-existing conditions.

The new analysis documents the suc-cess of the Health Insurance Marketplacein particular in expanding coverage andaccess to care in rural areas. In the Health-Care.gov states alone, 1.7 million rural

Americans purchased coverage throughthe Marketplace for 2016, comprisingnearly 1 in 5 plan selections.

This represents an 11 percent increasefrom 2015, greater than the overall in-crease in Marketplace enrollment.

The Affordable Care Act also helped en-sure that Marketplace plans remained af-fordable for rural households.

For the almost 9 in 10 rural consumerswho are eligible for premium tax credits,the average premium increased only 4percent, or $5 per month, between 2015and 2016, despite headlines suggestingdouble digit increases.

Rural Americans, like residents of met-ropolitan areas, have also experienced im-proved access to care as the ACA’s major

coverage provisions took effect. For example, among rural individuals,

the share without access to a personalphysician dropped 3.4 percentage points,and the share unable to afford neededcare dropped 5.9 percentage points.

Even more progress could be made inimproving coverage and access to care forrural communities if the remaining 19states choose to expand. Nearly two thirdsof the rural uninsured (versus 51 percentof uninsured residents of non-metropoli-tan areas) live in states that have not yetexpanded Medicaid at the end of 2015.

To read today’s report, visit:https://aspe.hhs.gov/pdf-report/impact-affordable-care-act-coverage-expansion-rural-and-urban-populations

CNA Week at DANRC: The Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is cele-brating CNA Week, June 13-16. Tuesday was pajama day for CNAs and staff.CNA Week continues through Thursday, June 16.

Fishing Day: The residents and staff of DANRC (shown here) took a fishingtrip to the pond near Hazen on Wednesday, June 8. Everyone enjoyed gettingout and even caught a few fish.

Affordable Care Act dramatically improves health insurance coverage for persons in rural areas

Come beat the heat hereat the Senior Center, wehave plenty of activitiesevery day!

Monday, we playeddominoes and had a “BallExercise”.

Tuesday, a group left outin the van to Oklahomaand stayed overnight at theChoctaw Casino. Therewere 19 total that went allfrom the Lonoke, Cabotand Des Arc Senior Cen-ters. Theresa Hamilton wasour guest speaker that af-ternoon here at the center.

Wednesday, we had spe-cial singing from Mrs.

Linda Petty, played Bingoand the quilters worked ona new quilt.

Thursday, we went outto Sherwood to play aBeanbag baseball game.We won 26-19, and thenate out at China Inn inJacksonville.

Friday, we had Bean BagBaseball practice and ourrecycling barrel out front.

Next Monday morning,we will have an Ice CreamSocial provided by Care-link.

Tuesday morning, wewill have Beanbag Baseballgame here at the center

against Bowker House. Thursday morning, we

will be playing Bingo withRay Morris and have re-freshments.

Our yard sale room isopen every Thursday from8-11 am.

Also, thanks to Mr.Lawrence Holloway forsupporting our center.

God Bless and have agreat weekend!

Barbara Williams, SiteDirector

Olivia Holcomb Osborn,Meals on Wheels

Chocolate is a favorite of many people. I’ll let you in on a secret. Though I am nota true chocolate lover these chocolate recipes even I enjoy. The recipes for Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispies Bars, Triple ChocolateCookies, Chocolate Pound Cake, and Sweet and Saltine Chocolate Crisp aregreat treats. So, tie on your apron and enjoy these chocolatetreats!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispies Bars

1 cup Unsalted Butter24 ounces, weight Semisweet Chocolate Chips50 ounces, weight Mini Marshmallows, Divided1/2 cup Creamy Peanut Butter12 cups Rice Krispies® Cereal45Lightly spray a 12 x 17 inch pan with nonstick spray and set aside. Unwrap thebutter and reserve the paper wrappers for pressing the final mixture into the pan.The wrappers provide a great nonstick means for pressing in that super sticky mix-ture. Measure out the cereal into a large bowl and set aside.��In a very large pot (Iuse a large soup pot) over medium heat, melt butter, chocolate chips, 40 ounces(4 bags) of the marshmallows, and peanut butter. Stir almost continuously with asturdy wooden spoon, scraping the bottom of the pot to make sure the mixture isn'tscorching. The mixture will be very thick. When just about completely combined,remove pot from heat and stir vigorously to finish combining. ��Now you want tomove quickly in these last steps because as this thick mixture cools, it gets moredifficult to fold. Have your cereal and remaining marshmallows ready to go. Thatwooden spoon is going to give you a good workout! Quickly fold in the cereal untilcompletely mixed throughout. Then sprinkle the remaining 10 ounces of marshmal-lows over the top and quickly fold them in. Aim to keep the marshmallows intact,so there are extra-marshmallow bites scattered throughout the bars. Transfer mix-ture to prepared pan and use the buttery side of the reserved butter wrappers topress the mixture evenly into the pan. Let cool completely and then cut intosquares.

Triple Chocolate Cookies

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Chocolate Pound Cake 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature, plus more for greasing the pan3 cups all-purpose flour1/2 teaspoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 cup cocoa1/2 cup vegetable shortening3 cups sugar5 large eggs, room temperature2 teaspoons vanilla extractVanilla ice cream, for serving

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch tube pan with butter.Sift the flour,baking powder, salt and cocoa together. Set aside.With an electric mixer, cream the 1cup butter, the shortening and the sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs one a time, beatingwell after each addition. With the motor running, add the flour mixture and the milk al-ternately, beginning and ending with the flour. Add the vanilla.Pour the batter into theprepared pan and bake for 1 hour. Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick into thecake; it should come out clean. Cool the cake in the pan for 30 minutes before turningit out onto a wire rack to cool completely.Slice the cake and serve topped with a scoopof vanilla ice cream.

Sweet and Saltine Chocolate CrispCooking spray35 to 40 saltine crackers2 sticks (1 cup) butter1 cup light brown sugar8 ounces semisweet chocolate chips (about 1 1/3 cups)Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.Line 1 large or 2 small jelly-roll pans withaluminum foil, spray with nonstick spray and arrange the saltines salt-sidedown in a single layer. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and brownsugar together and boil until it turns a caramel color, a few minutes. Removefrom the heat and pour over the crackers, covering them evenly.Put the jelly-roll pan into the oven and bake for 3 to 5 minutes, or until just bubbly, watch-ing carefully. Remove from the oven and pour the chocolate chips over thecrackers. When the chips melt a bit, spread them over the crackers with aknife.Transfer the pan to the freezer for 15 to 20 minutes, or until completelycold. They will form one big sheet. Break up into pieces. Store in an airtightcontainer.

The Des Arc Walking Trail is almost back to normal following the new jail facility con-struction and these bright blossoms along the way are overshadowing the disruption.

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The long and remark-able life of Elsie JohnsonMinton ended on Monday,June 6, 2015 in Little Rock,Arkansas.She was born in Des Arc

on April 11, 1913, the oldestchild of Bill and ForrestJohnson. Her husband, Boice A.

Minton, her parents, andfive younger siblings allpreceded her in death.She is survived by her

daughter, Elizabeth FayeMinton of Little Rock.Mrs. Minton was a life-

long supporter of herhometown and the Des Arcschool. She was a loyalfriend and charmed all whoknew her with her graceand warm smile.Some 15 years ago, Elsie

and Boice began spendingmore and more time in Lit-tle Rock with daughter,Elizabeth. Elsie became anenthusiastic member of thePulaski Heights UnitedMethodist Church whereElizabeth had become veryactive.According to Elizabeth,

her mother remained in re-markably good health untilrecently and was a weeklyparticipant in water aero-bics exercise at UAMS untilafter her 101st birthday.They frequently attendedconcerts and theater pro-ductions in Little Rock andConway. Only last year did her

health began a rapid de-cline. In the past sixmonths, she suffered a bro-ken leg, a blood infection,and pneumonia. Elizabethsaid of her mother, “Shedid not “go gentle into thatgood night.” She foughtwith all her strength to liveuntil her very last mo-ment.” To the end of her 103-

year life, people were at-tracted to her beauty,charm, and vivacity. Shehad a sincere interest inothers and particularly en-joyed the company ofyoung people. As a member of the Des

Arc school board in the1960s, she was primarily anadvocate for the students.Her involvement with theschool began much earlierin the 1940s. Concernedthat consolidation wasbringing in scores of ruralstudents who could notwalk home for lunch, sheobtained surplus WWIIequipment and a smallbuilding near the schoolcampus. On her own ini-tiative, she started the firstschool lunch program forthe Des Arc School andcontinued to operate it asan independent businessuntil 1949. Long after the“lunch room” became theofficial school cafeteria, awhole generation of stu-dents remembered beingfed by “Miss Elsie.” A latergeneration of students willremember her as an aide inthe elementary school li-brary. She loved to keep intouch with all her former“kids” as well as herbeloved DAHS Class of1932. Accordingly, she wasone of the founders andoriginal officers of the DesArc High School AlumniAssociation. She frequentlyhosted class parties in herhome during the three-daymeetings of the early yearsof the alumni association.Elsie was a great organ-

izer. She was president ofthe Des Arc Garden Clubfor the first six years of itsexistence. However, someof her civic projects were short-lived, her daughtersaid.Always interested in

anything of beauty, espe-cially the arts, she began anArkansas Arts Center auxil-iary chapter in Des Arcwhich didn’t last long, al-though it did bring theArkansas Artmobile totown. She also started aLittle Theatre group withher friend, Sally DeVore,but it ended after one pro-duction. Elsie was a member of

the First Baptist Church inDes Arc for many yearsand, true to form, workedwith young people. Sheheaded both the annual Va-cation Bible School and the

Girl’s Auxiliary.Elsie’s involvement in

the life of Des Arc over theyears was excellent prepa-ration for her last career asdirector of the formerPrairie County HistoricalMuseum. During hertenure, the museum wastransferred from theArkansas History Commis-sion to the Department ofParks & Tourism. The re-sulting shift in emphasisaway from local history tobroader educational topicswas difficult for Elsie to ac-cept. For her, nothingcould ever be as interestingas the history of Des Arcand its citizens. Even afterrelocating to Little Rock inher later years, she wouldalways answer “Des Arc”when asked where shelived. If permitted, shewould follow up with abrief lecture on “Des Arc,its history and impor-tance.” She would also talkabout the Johnson broth-ers, her father and hisbrothers, as pioneer busi-nessmen at Des Arc. Shewould also talk about herbrother who died for hiscountry in the South Pacificduring World War II. Elsie never moved far

from her birth place beforegoing to live in Little Rock.She grew up in a two-storyhouse located at 6th &Erwin in Des Arc where herfather, the village black-smith, kept tools, wagonsand mules of that timegoing over the years. Elsieand Boice later made theirhome just one block awayat 5th and Erwin.The beauty and class of

one of Des Arc’s most ar-dent supporters has gonefrom sight but people herewill continue to benefitfrom some of the things sheworked to bring about.

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Kathy Ann Mitchell ofStuttgart died on Monday,June 6, 2016. She was bornon May 22, 1957 to BobbyOrrick and Emma Morris.She was a member of the St.John Lutheran Church ofStuttgart. She had many jobs in her

life including secretary forDHS, bookkeeper for KayeJones and she worked at St.John Lutheran preschool.She loved working with kidsand they loved her verymuch. She also liked to gocamping, traveling roadtrips, being outdoors andtaking pictures.She is survived by her fa-

ther, Bobby Orrick, andmother, Emma Morris; hus-band, D.J. Mitchell, ofStuttgart; two sons, PhillipMitchell of Humnoke andJonathan (Amanda) Mitch-ell, of Stuttgart; one daugh-ter, Mindy Mitchell of Hum-noke; sister, Judy K. Jones,of Wright; three grandchil-dren, Aiden Scott Mitchell,Emily Brooke Mitchell andElaina Blake Garrison and ahost of nieces, nephewsand special friends.A memorial service was

held Thursday, June 9, at 3p.m. at Wilson Robison Fu-neral Home.

Hubert Owens of Stutt-gat was born on November12, 1951 in Lookout, AR tothe late Leora ToliverOwens and Dallas OwensSr.Hubert graduated from

Holman High School in1969. He lived his life inStuttgart, AR, where he wasemployed by ProducersRice Mill, Riceland Foods,Dodges, and Scott Manu-facturing.He leaves a legacy of love

and commitment to hiswife Polly Ann CarterOwens of 45 years; hisdaughters, Diltra (Roger)DeLandro and Kerri OwensChambers, both of Killeen,TX; his grandchildrenSpencer Kelley, LaTia Kel-ley, Trajan Chambers andKori Stevenson, whom hecherished so dearly; his sib-lings Wilbert (Barbara)Owens, Percil (Rebecca)Owens, both of Lookout,AR; Dallas Owens Jr, Rose-mary Bryant, Audrey (Dar-rell) Fitzpatrick, all ofStuttgart, AR; Shelia Brownof Pine Bluff, AR; Legirtha(Dennis) Adams of SterlingHeights, MI; sister-in-lawsDottie Carter and AreaseWalker; . Preceded in deathare his four brothers:Earnest ‘Sonny’ Owens,Johnnie B. Owens, LouDavid Owens and Mack L.Owens.Funeral service was held

Saturday June 11, at AllenTemple Missionary BaptistChurch in Stuttgart at 2:00p.m.Professional services

provided by: Relerford Fu-neral Home in Stuttgart

Betty Janelle Hogan, age78, of Hazen, passed awaydWednesay, June 8, 2016 ather home. Janelle was bornNovember 26, 1937 to Jackand Irene Johnson Box inHazen.She was a factory worker

and homemaker and shedearly loved her family andwas known as “Grandma” toeveryone.Janelle was preceded in

death by her parents; herson, Dwayne Keith Hoganand her sister, Janie BelleDawson.She is survived by her

husband, Bill Hogan;daughter, Linda (Gary)Arman of Hazen; grand-sons, Clay (Brandy) Sniderof Cooter, Missouri, Cody(Sarah) Snider, and Coy(Faith) Snider both ofHazen and five great-grandchildren, Cameron,Emma Grace, Maverik,Luke, and Scarlet Rose.A graveside service was

held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday,June 11, at the Center PointCemetery with Bro. WayneSnider officiating.Arrangements were by

Westbrook Funeral Homeof Hazen.

Ronald Wayne Isbell Sr,age 62, of Dardanelle, diedFriday, June 3, 2016 at hishome. He was born August13, 1953 at Stuttgart to thelate William and AnnieLyons Isbell. He was pre-ceded in death by his par-ents and two brothers,Ricky Isbell and Phillip Is-bell.Survivors include his fi-

ancé and love of his life,Gail Goins, of Dardanelle;six children, Ronald WayneJr. and Laura Isbell, ofSiloam Springs, Jason andMisty Isbell, of Jacksonville,Michael and Sarah Isbell, ofHumnoke; daughters, Tracyand Wayne Rinehart, ofHampton, Tammy andStacy Earnest, of Stuttgart,Crystal Sims, of Marianna;four brothers, Dwight Is-bell, of DeValls Bluff, Jeff Is-bell, of Stuttgart, Lynn Is-bell, of Russellville, BobbyJoe Isbell, of England; twosisters, Willene Boehn, ofRussellville, Debra Phillips,of Springdale, and severalgrandchildren, great grand-children, nephews, niecesand other family members.A family conducted me-

morial service was held at10 a.m. Tuesday, June 14, atthe Dardanelle First UnitedMethodist Church with Bro.Jim Benfer officiating.In lieu of flowers, memo-

rial donations may be madeto the First UnitedMethodist Church, P.O. Box188, Dardanelle, AR 72834.Arrangements are by

Cornwell Funeral Homeand River Valley Crema-tions in Dardanelle.

Donald Wayne DuncanSr., 60, of Stuttgart passedaway Monday, June 6, 2016,at Baptist Health-Stuttgart.Donald was born August

19, 1955, in England toCharles Thomas Duncanand Dorothy Gene CherryDuncan. He was a welder at Rice-

land Machine.Besides his parents, he

was preceded in death byhis siblings, Tommy RayDuncan and Mary AnnDuncan; and grandparents,Willis and Stella Duncanand Claud and FlorenceCherry.Survivors are his wife,

Teresa Ann Wood Duncan;sons, Donald Wayne(Jaime) Duncan Jr. ofCabot, Tommy Ray Duncanof Stuttgart and Charles El-liott Duncan (Stacy Thomp-son) of Bryant; daughter,Cassie Michelle Duncan ofTexarkana; brother, CharlesMatthew Duncan (GaylaLynch) of North Little Rock;sisters, Barbara Ann(Bobby) Bailey of Lonoke,Carol Lynn (Ron) Beasley ofMaricopa, Ariz., Debra Kay(Woodrow) Garrison ofEngland and Zelda DeanDuncan; father-in-law,Tommy Lee Wood Sr. ofStuttgart; aunt, GenevaScrimesher of Humnoke;and six grandchildren,Piper, Dylan, Lauren,Dagan, Kynlee and Cole.

Margaret Ann LuebkerPitts, of Stuttgart “ourbeautiful mother, grand-mother, and great grand-mother” entered into thearms of her Lord on Friday,June 10, 2016 free of thepain she had endured overthe last three and a halfyears. Margaret Ann was born

on October 9, 1935 toBernard and Mildred Lue-bker. She married her hus-band, Wayne E. Pitts Sr., onApril 4, 1959. He precededher in death on March 19,2001.To this union three chil-

dren were born: Arleen(Donald) Tarvin, Wayne(Teressa) Pitts Jr. and Eliza-beth (Brian) Aycock; grand-children are Allison Tarvin,Christa (Daniel) Tiner,Zach Mulherin, MelissaPitts, Sarah (Joe) Wright,and John (Alena) Aycock.Mrs. Pitts is also survivedby seven great-grandchil-dren; brothers, William E.Berg Jr., Carl, Herman, Joeand Tom Luebker, and sis-ters, Christina Yurkovich,Mary Grace Shelton,

Rozann McKinney andMitz Kelly.Besides her parents and

husband, she was also pre-ceded in death by a brotherRobert Berg and two sistersRita Roller and TeresaShultz.Margaret was a devoted

member of the Holy RosaryCatholic Church and washonored in placing herbeautiful flowers on thealtar during May CrowningServices. Her yard was al-ways full of colors of therainbow with her flowersand beautiful garden. Sheloved to sew, embroider,and make quilts. Eventhough she is gone everymember of her family willbe wrapped in quilts madewith love.Rosary services were

held at 7:00 p.m. Sunday atTurpin Funeral Home inStuttgart.Funeral was held Mon-

day at 10:00 a.m. at HolyRosary Catholic Church byFather Phillip Reaves withburial at Holy RosaryCatholic Cemetery inStuttgart.

Ronald Wade Bailey, Sr.,80, of Hot Springs, passedaway Friday, June 10, 2016.He was born August 9, 1935in Dardanelle, Ark to DarrellWade Bailey and VelmaMadden Bailey.He is survived by his wife

of 61 years, Betty Jo, threechildren, Rhonda Jo Keith(Steven) of Little Rock,Ronald W. Bailey, Jr. (Vickie)of Hot Springs and Jil BaileyAmaden (Brent) of Carlisle;eight grandchildren andfive great-grandchildren. In 1967 Ronald took the

helm of Producers Rice Millin Stuttgart, Arkansas wherehe drove a modernizationand expansion campaignfor the cooperative. Underhis leadership, Producersgrew exponentially over thenext 21 years, buildingsome of the most modernand automated facilities inthe industry and expandingthe cooperative’s basethroughout Arkansas andits markets around theworld. In 1988, Ronald retired

from Producers and em-barked on a new career inthe renewable energy busi-ness. Founding PRM EnergySystems along with his son,he proceeded to travel theworld again with a new pur-pose, building gasificationplants to convert waste ma-terials into valuable energyproducts. Over the years,the company has installednumerous plants on fivecontinents. Even as late as his 79th

year, he was still playingtrumpet solos and accom-panying the church choirwith his beloved trumpet.A graveside service was

held at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday inthe Lone Tree Cemetery inStuttgart.

Elsie Johnson Minton,lifelong champion forDes Arc, dies at 103

Elsie Minton

Jack E. Loretz

Betty Hoganburied Saturdayat Center Point

Donald Duncanwas RicelandMachine welder

Memorial serviceat Dardanelle forRonald Isbell Sr.

Jack E. Loretz,Des Arc native,dies at Carlisle

Judy Burroughs,Biscoe resident, buried

Ronald W. Bailey was leader in rice industry

Kathy Mitchellburied Thursdayat Stuttgart

Kathy Marie Perdue, Des Arc native, dies in Texas

Hubert Owens dies at Stuttgart

Margaret L. Pitts buried Monday

Judy Louise Burroughs,75, of Biscoe, Arkansas wasborn to Loyd Ott and Esther(Shannon) Ott in Parkin,Arkansas on August 31,1940. She passed away onSunday, June 12, 2016 inSearcy, Arkansas.Mrs. Burroughs was a

member of the First BaptistChurch of Biscoe. She was aretired Postal Clerk. Sheloved music, singing, andher boys and grandkids ballgames. She also enjoyedfishing, cooking, and play-ing backdoor bridge withher family and friends. She is preceded in death

by her husband, of 60 years,Buddy Burroughs; her par-ents; two sisters, GraceStone and Esther Neal;brother, Earl Ott.She is survived by two

sons, Danny Joe Burroughs(Mary Lil) and Kenny Bur-roughs all of Beebe; fivegrandchildren, Nathan,Austin, Andru, Bradlee, andGrady Burroughs other rel-atives and friends.Visitation will be 5:00 –

7:00 p.m. Wednesday, June15, 2016 at the First BaptistChurch in Biscoe, Arkansas.Funeral Services will be2:00 p.m. Thursday, June 16,at the First Baptist Churchin Biscoe . Interment will follow at

the Biscoe Cemetery withRoller-Daniel FuneralHome of Searcy in charge ofarrangements.

Kathy Marie Perdue, age65, of Wolfe City, Tex.. andformerly of Des Arc, Ark.,passed away at her homeon Friday, May 27, 2016.She was born June 28,

1950, in Des Arc, Ark., toFreddie and Sue StephensKearns. Kathy married Billy Rae-

ford Perdue on February24, 1971, in Dallas, Tex.

Mrs. Perdue was amember of the NorthsideCommunity BaptistChurch at Des Arc. She wasa longtime caregiver, sittingwith many elderly mem-bers of the community.She is survived by her

husband of 45 years, BillyPerdue Sr.; daughter, KarenTredway and husband,Nick, of Wolfe City; sons,Johnny Valders of Dallas,and Billy Perdue Jr. of Dal-las; six grandchildren, 11great-grandchildren; hermother, Sue Wisenhunt ofAlabama and sister, EvelynSmith of Alabama. Kathy was preceded in

death by her dad, BuddyWyatt, and brother,Leonard Wyatt.Funeral service was at 10

a. m. Monday, May 30, atR.W. Owens & Son FuneralHome Chapel in Wolfe City,Tex. with Rev. Larry Morrisofficiating.Interment was in the

Sonora Cemetery in Fairlie,Tex.Pallbearers were Mike

Perdue, Rodney Hobbs,Philip Wright, Brian Con-way, Scott Burke andColton Landers.

Jack Elmo Loretz, 88, ofCarlisle went to be with hisLord on Monday, June 13,2016. He was born August3, 1927 in Des Arc. He is survived by his

three sons, Michael Loretz(Barbara) of Austin, Rev-erend Danny Loretz Sr.(Sally) of Carlisle, and JohnLoretz (April) of CastlePines, Colorado; eightgrandchildren, Melissa Wil-son of Searcy, Shelly Allen(John) of Prattsville,Melanie Reinert (Jeff ) ofSpringfield, Mo., DannyLoretz, Jr. of Conway, KirkLoretz of Nashville, Tn.,Tyler Loretz of Castle Pines,Co., Todd O’Keefe of PineBluff, and Jennifer Spears(Ronnie) of Forney, Tx.,nine great-grandchildren;and a brother, DennisLoretz of Anapolis, Mary-land. He was preceded in

death by his wife of 59years, Johnnie Loretz; hisfather John Fred Loretz ofDes Arc; his mother, EthelKrieg of Carlisle;, his broth-er John Fred Loretz, and hissisters, Juanita Adkins andMary Loretz. Jack owned and operated

the Duck Inn Café andJack’s Dairy Bar in Carlisleuntil it was destroyed by firein 1967. After the fire hemanaged Baldwin Oil Com-pany, Inc. in Carlisle untilhe retired. He spent manyyears as a volunteer BoyScout leader where he was amember of the Order of theArrow Brotherhood and heearned the Quapaw AreaCouncil Silver BeaverAward. Family visitation was

Wednesday, June 15, at 1:00p.m. at Lonoke BaptistChurch where he was amember, followed by thefuneral service at 2:00 p.m.Services were officiated byhis son, Danny, Rev. ScottMiller, Rev. Jimmy Wallace,and Rev. Jimmie Sheffield.Memorials may be made toLonoke Baptist ChurchBuilding Fund at 406 W.Front St., Lonoke, Ark72086. Arrangements by Smith-West-

brook Funeral Home. www.Smith-FamilyCares.comMr. Loretz was nephew

of former Des Arc residents,Carrie Belle Garland andFayeWatson.

Kathy Marie Perdue

We had a nice serviceSunday at New Bethel Bap-tist Church. Brother Fred-die was back from his tripto Texas. They got hisgrandson entered in Schoolfor the Fall.

We are sorry to hear thatMarilyn Tefteller is in thehospital. She fell and brokeher hip, and was to havesurgery on Monday.

Evelyn will have surgery

again.Johnny came by our

house Sunday evening.They have been busy withthe farmers trying to getcrops in. Some are havingto plant over.

John has an appoint-ment with the heart doctoron the 28th of June for acheck-up.

I had a phone call fromCharlene on Sunday

evening. She is havingsome problems with con-gestion and is coughing.

I had a call from CharlesIngle last week. He was notfeeling well. High fever andhe went to the hospital for acheckup.

We wish everyone aquick recovery to thosewho are ill and not able toget out.

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My friends, I have notcaught many of my folksout visiting so!!!

Lola Tidwell Osier wasin Little Rock for a FamilyReunion.

Rowland and KarlaClark and Peyton spentseveral days at St. Joe withKarla’s Dad, Brent Mc-Night. Rowland helpedwith the hay cutting andbaling. ( my son Stan inConway called me at10:30pm and he had justgot home and had beendoing that.)

Lance Lindsey of Okla-homa is visiting his DadBilly Lindsey this week.

Our Dan and KristieWeeks were in Mississippithis weekend for a FamilyReunion. (Danny Boy ,you know when the cat isaway the mice will play)so we got out of churchabout 11:30. You mightcould try ending by thattime!

I have said many timesthat I could not havesome other lady’s hus-band over for supper be-cause my neighbors( thatmy Sherry asked to ‘ lookafter me’) do just that.Well, same thing applies

all over this county andSearcy town. Know this Iwas alone and this lady—alone, too, in KFC—saidhello and it was IreneDawson from McCrory. Ihad met her when TheBank of McCrory spon-sored The Going Group.(Thanks to the late JerryDyers’s brainstorm andJestene Reynolds takingcare of us on many bustrips to Branson andwherever.) Irene was sokind to compliment meon this column. It is greatto live in Woodruff Coun-ty where people are stillnice.

Look the paper over re-ally good so you can seeabout my latest greatgranddaughter. RubyElizabeth is Sherry’sgrand and belongs to herdaughter, Kathy and it’sPoppa Todd. Ruby’s bigsister(20 months old)Jemma Rose is quite tak-en with her. She has beencalling all kids Baby -- lit-tle or big kids, but thisone is ‘Ruby,Ruby,Ruby’.Seems she likes both Ru-by and her name. Shemakes 10 greats. I don’treally know what that

makes me.Carter and Tucker

Brown of Cabot spent Fri-day until Saturday withNana and PoppaBrown.The Brown boystook Nana shopping. Shehad to put the brakes onthe ‘buying’, telling themall about not buying somuch and that it cost a lotof money. Much later 4 yr.old Tucker came and said,“Nana you don’t be buy-ing a lot of stuff, wait tillCrismus and Santa willbring you stuff and it isfwree!” Little ones do lis-ten—if you don’t believeme just let your tongueslip with an off color wordor like Dennis the Men-ace who tells the Dad’sboss just what he has saidabout him.

The grass is finallygrowing, those 2 boys ofmine mowed and mowedwhen here but Mama hasbeen at it this week. Theytold me they chopped thecorn , but it does not looklike it this week.

And I don’t know an-other thing that is legal toprint.

Rosie

Steven Ingle writes, “Inmy list of attendees, I omit-ted the following people:

J. R. Pasley, Patti Pasley,and Josie Pasley also at-tended the Pasley-IngleFamily Reunion.

Good Ole Days . . .by Lou Keathley Speed

Today, I won’t start outby talking about our goodole days. I guess you couldsay that I am in a foulmood.

I was in Wal-mart andsaw two pretty little girls.Boy, did they ever cease tobe pretty and fast.

They were, I guess,about two and three yearsold. They were running,yelling and grabbing cos-metics off the shelf. Mompaid no attention andshopped on.

Finally, the smaller onestood in front of my buggyand stretched out herarms. She stared at me andlooked like she may besprouting horns.

Her mom finally said,“Well, honey, are you goingto let the lady pass?” Shestood, so I said, “I guess she

will when she gets ready.” Her mom finally took

her arm and pulled her outof the way. As I left, theywere still grabbing, run-ning and screaming.

At the checkout, therewas a little boy in the bug-gy having a fit-no tears-justa screaming fit.

As his mother tried tohand him any number oftoys, he would bite her. Hebit from her wrist to her el-bow!

As I watched this, Icouldn’t help but wonderwhat my Father wouldhave said.

My parents didn’t beatus, but we were taught howto behave. The same wastrue for my children.

We did spank-not beat-we spanked. My childrenwould have never acted

like that. Now, they actthat way everywhere.

Not all children-I haveseen some well behavedchildren- a few. As my hus-band’s wise old grand-mother said, “It isn’t theworld, it’s the people in it.”

So true. I read in our pa-per the other day where alady got a court order forthe right to keep her pla-centa when her baby wasborn. She won. Why didshe want it? To make cap-sules out of it that shecould consume!

Then, there was thechild in the parking lot hit-ting and kicking her moth-er. The mother said, “But,Darling, what can I do?”

Oh, how I wanted to tellher but I drove off as theshow went on for otherpeople that were shaking

their heads. Is it disrespectful, intol-

erant and disobedient chil-dren because we don’t careor are we too busy to tryanymore.

I clipped this out of theWhite River Journal andhave it on my refrigera-tor,”I fear the day thattechnology will surpass ourhuman interaction, theworld will have a genera-tion of idiots.”

Albert Einstein said thi-at. How true! How manywalk around not lookingbecause they are texting?More and worse, are theone’s texting and driving.

There were five girlskilled a couple of monthsago because the one driv-ing was texting.

We have a really largenew Kroger store. One of

their largest. It has a sit-down Sushi bar, flowershop, small appliances,Starbucks, cheese shop,etc. You name it and it is inthere.

Go to the bathrooms.There are three-Men,Women and Unisex. Thedesigners were thinkingahead because the signsays “family restrooms.”

I will finish by saying Iam so proud of the way myparents raised us. I have ani-Phone and enjoy picturesof my children and grand-children and getting textsfrom them but not as Idrive and they all knowthat.

Guess I need to comeback and walk down thatdusty road again and thinkhow different it was thenand now.

Ramblings . . . .by Verna Herkamp

Each time we turn on the television, we are reminded this is an election year fora new president. Whoever wins will someday be a name in the history booksalong with all past presidents-some remembered, some forgotten as time passes.

Noone in the present generation remembers James Polk or Millard Fillmore orwhat their legacy was. The Library of Congress probably has a history on them,but does anyone want to read about them. We are the “Now” generation.

My first memory of a president was Herbert Hoover. Even at seven years old, Iwas smart enough to understand by the talk of the grownups that PresidentHoover was not liked very much. Those were years of depression and poverty thatresulted in soup lines in the cities in order to keep people from starvation.

When President Roosevelt was elected, he ordered Government Work Programsthat put people to work, and times became better.

We don’t like to think about the wars, our national debt or the need for moreand larger prisons. I feel positive the good outweighs the bad. No wonder peo-ple from other countries want to come to the United States to live.

It turns out, Fred’s friend, Mageeb I have spoken of, is not here on a visit but tostay. He was a very rich man in Iran, but he can only get his money a little at atime, since the Iranian government doesn’t allow large amounts of money to leavethe country.

I remember my first public job. A co-worker by the name of Edith Phizer wasJewish. She talked freely about her life in Germany under Hitler’s regime. She was

one of the lucky ones who escaped Hitler’s plan to kill all the Jews.

I would like to hear the candidates talk more about what they will do for theCountry and less name calling. I suspect everyone else would, too.

Everyone is invited to thewedding of Trevor Jones ofCross Roads and bride elect,Candace Nelson of Carlisle.It will be Saturday, June 18at 2PM. The location haschanged due to AC goingout at the home in StuttgartIt will be held at the HickoryPlains Missionary BaptistChurch. Please come jointhem as they make this hap-py joining in marriage.

Clara Clark went to SanAntonio, TX, Wednesday,June 1, to visit her son andhis family, John D., Misti,John Jr., and Ryan, and tosee her youngest grandsonthere, Ryan, graduate fromJohn Marshall High Schoolof San Antonio, TX. He wasone of 600 in his class tograduate. Needless to say,they were there a longtime.

After his graduation onJune 7, they went to a nicerestaurant and had a greatdinner. Actually, John andMisti had just moved intheir new mobile home May27 in Floresville, TX, about40 miles out of San Anto-nio. So they had not reallygotten settled in when Claragot there. But they had agreat time visiting, eating,etc.

Clara also met Sara, JohnJr’s. girlfriend; said she ispretty and she likes her.Sara is in college and is ma-joring in Special Education.Clara came home Thursday,June 9, and I picked her upat the airport that after-noon. She had a great timebut was worn out by thetime she got home. I wasglad to get her home, Boband I missed her.

Tracy Cochran took JosieCochran to New York Cityfor her 16th Birthday, June8th thru June 11th. Theyhad a great time. ChadCochran and 6 of the‘Cochran 7” were here lastThursday night for supper.

Chad brought his parentstravel trailer and set it up forus(that info next week).They all enjoyed supperwith us.

Caleb, Carly Sue, Caseyand Madie stayed with Ma-maw and Papaw that nightuntil late Saturday night.Chad, Emily and AnnieGrace was leaving withChurch group Friday morn-ing to camp and float theBuffalo River. They all leftthere Saturday night to pickup Mom and Josie after11PM at the airport.

Please pray for Ms. Max-ine Walters and send hercards of encouragement to13098 Walters Lane, Ward,AR 72176. Her granddaugh-ter, Lorie Beard has been inthe hospital. They helpcheck on and spend timewith her.

She just needs a touch oflove with cards. Prayers forLorie to get well. Lorie is thedaughter of John Walters.Ms. Maxine(Mimi) has agreat family (raised right),She says,” My in-laws loveme like my own do.” Each

Sunday each kid takes turnsbringing Sunday lunch toMimi’s and they throw indesserts, too.

Sympathy and Prayers toCharlotte Wrigley. Her sister,Gladys Mettelstadt in MNpassed away Thursday. Shewas 88 years old and herhealth was not good lately.She will not be able to go toService, but thankfully shesaw her last year for her88th birthday.

Charlotte has one siblingleft now, a younger brother.Send her cards to PO Box398, Hickory Plains, AR72066. Keep Her in yourPrayers for her health, too.Debora Wrigley and CharlesOldham went to MN for theService to be on Wednes-day.

Sympathy and Prayers toCheryl Guenther. She hadplanned to go to CA, Satur-day, June 18th. They put herDad with Hospice. Hepassed away Friday, June 10,2016.

Her Dad was Dan Youngof Fresno, CA, but lived inCarlisle, AR years ago. Shewill stick with her travelplans, so she will be therefor Service Saturdayevening after she arrivesthat morning. Send hercards to 5100 Hwy 302W,Hazen, AR 72064.

Hickory Plains Mission-ary Baptist Church had VBSlast week. They are havinggreat time. Closing pro-gram, grilled hamburgersand hot dogs will be Fridaynight. They had a great at-tendance of around 90.

Vanessa Graham and Lo-la Brannon went to a familyreunion Saturday. The 26thYear, Ward Family Reunionwas held at Advada’s inCarlisle, AR. This is the fam-ily of Vanessa’s late mother,Francis (Ward) Walker.There were 104 present.They played Cousintration ,in place of Concentration! ,had so much fun!

I went to take GrannyNell something Monday. Igot to visit her and Mr. Bullyand Bobby Price for a littlewhile.

Granny Nell and BullyPrice had lot of companylast week. His sister andsome family were here.Some of their grandkidswere here.

She is now excited thather sister, Polly from CA gothere Tuesday evening!That’s great medicine forboth of them. Everyone isexcited when Aunt Pollycomes.

Granny Nell and PapaBully are having a battle inthis life that no one wants togo through. She has to carefor him. He falls a lot, etc.Send them cards of encour-agement to 10860 BullyPrice Rd, Ward, AR 72176.

The “Ladies Drop By”had only twelve Tuesday.Those that attended were,Vanessa Graham, MaryGrace Smith, Judy Gore,Otha Nell Parker, FayeCarlisle, Faye Martin,

Margie Speight, Dessle Cov-ington, Ethel McCall, Bar-bara Ingle, Leslie, Speightand Jewel Ashmore.

So many busy, but if youhave time come join us. It isgood to spend time withfriends. Lots of good, yum-my food! The next one willbe July 12th at the HPMethodist Church at 1PM.

Ethel McCall came from“Ladies Drop by” check onClara Clark since Clara did-n’t come to the meeting asplanned. She stayed a goodwhile and they had a greatvisit. I went over to see her afew minutes.

Jeff and Lori(Walters)Beard, has “BullettHauling, LLC. He needs an-other driver, call him, 870-256-5556. Lori is the daugh-ter of John Walters andgranddaughter to Ms. Max-ine Walters.

HPOS wants to let every-one know that Tracy willserve breakfast on Sundaymornings. She will also havea Sunday lunch special for$5 .99. Dinner SPECIALS onTUESDAYS and FRIDAYS!Come out and enjoy!

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

(REMINDER) For peopleto call 870-854-3703 oremail me () their News.Please call or send!!! If youwant birthdays in my col-umn and you know I don’tput them in, please let meknow! I know people dothings that we would all en-joy reading about. Notmany let me know so that’swhy many weeks is aboutMe and Mine!

Have a Good Week In TheLord!

Happy Father’s Day to allDad’s on June 19th!

Happy Birthday June20th to Gwendolyn Kemp!

Happy Birthday June 21stto Chuck Wrigley!

Happy Birthday June22nd to Brian Patterson!

Happy Birthday June23rd to Avery Gardner!

Happy Birthday June25th to Carly Rose Horn &Christian Kirkland!

Happy Anniversary June25th to Clint & Anna Evans!

Live wisely among thosewho are not believers, andmake the most of every op-portunity. Let your conver-sation be gracious and at-tractive so that you will havethe right response for every-one. Colossians 4:5-6, NLT

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The AgHeritage FarmCredit Services ScholarshipProgram offers opportuni-ties for students acrossArkansas. AgHeritage pro-vides three scholarships,which includes the Cus-tomer Scholarship Pro-gram, University Scholar-ship Program, and the KenShea Memorial ScholarshipProgram.

Customer ScholarshipProgram: Megan J. Bright isone of seven students to beawarded a $500 scholar-ship from AgHeritage FarmCredit Services. She is thedaughter of George Bright.Megan graduated fromBradford High School andhas plans to attendArkansas State Universityat Jonesboro to study Ani-mal Science.

Other 2016 AgHeritageFCS Customer ScholarshipProgram recipients includeMichael C. Hall of MarvellAcademy, Rose M. Mencerof Monticello High School,Clayton Parker of CarlisleHigh School, Madeline P.Lewis of Newport HighSchool, and Chandler M.Konecny of Stuttgart High

School.The Customer Scholar-

ship Program, which wasestablished in 2001, is opento grandchildren and de-pendent children of AgHer-itage Farm Credit Servicesstockholder customers. Re-cipients were chosen fortheir outstanding academ-ic performance and schoolrelated, as well as extracur-ricular activities.

University ScholarshipProgram: Rachel Hutchi-son was awarded the $1000University Scholarship. TheUniversity Scholarship Pro-gram is open to any currentstudent studying agricul-ture at a college or univer-sity in Arkansas.

Ken Shea MemorialScholarship: The Ken SheaScholarship recipient of$500 was awarded to JohnWhitaker of MonticelloHigh School.

The Ken Shea MemorialScholarship is open tograndchildren and de-pendent children of AgHer-itage Farm Credit ServicesSouthern Region stock-holder customers.

After two weeks’ worthof intermittent rains in lateMay and early June delayedthe start of the winterwheat harvest throughouteastern Arkansas, areagrowers were finally able toset to the task early thisweek.

According to a June 6 re-port from the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture, grow-ers had harvested only 3percent of the state’s ap-proximately 350,000 wheatacres by June 5, far behindthe five-year average of 27percent typically harvestedby that point in time. ButPhillips County agriculturalagent Robert Goodson saidan intervening week of“nice, sunny, warm anddry” weather had givengrowers in his county agreen light to begin theharvest.

“They’re not necessarilyputting in extreme hours to‘catch up,’” he said. “Butthey’re all making full useof the day.” He said that ofthe approximately 16,000acres of wheat in PhillipsCounty, about 2,000 hadbeen harvested.

Jason Kelley, wheat andfeed grains agronomist forthe University of ArkansasSystem Division of Agricul-ture, said late-season rainshad negatively impactedwheat acreage and qualityin Arkansas over the lastfew years.

“In general, I think theyield will still be OK,” Kelleysaid. “With the highest-yielding, highest-qualitywheat, you really don’twant any rainfall once it’smature. And right now,most of the producers areanxious to get the wheat

harvested, because most ofthose acres will be plantedback as soybeans. Growerswant to try to get the maxi-mum yield out of those.”

Goodson said earlyyields have been in the 50-65 bushel per acre range,with test relatively strongtest weights ranging from58-58 lbs. per bushel.

Planted acreage in win-ter wheat decreased signifi-cantly in 2015 to 350,000acres, down from 465,000acres planted the previousyear. Russell Parker, staffchair for the CrittendenCounty Cooperative Exten-sion Service office, saidgrowers in his county hadplanted approximately halfof the 25,000-30,000 acresof wheat they had grown inprevious seasons.

“The weather conditionsweren’t real good this fallfor planting, but the mainthing is the prices didn’tlook attractive enough forthem to plant,” Parker said.“The price for wheat in thefall was about $4.50 abushel, and it’s stayedabout there. Normally, we’dbe looking at $5,50-$6.50 abushel.”

Parker said the de-pressed market prices havecontinued to squeezefarmers’ bottom lines asinput prices remain steady.

“Every farmer’s out thereto do the best he can,”Parker said. “And thatmeans not spendingmoney on inputs that don’tgive him a return.”

To learn more about rowcrops, contact your localCooperative ExtensionService agent or visitwww.uaex.edu.

By Fred MillerU of A System Division of Agriculture The Trans-Pacific Part-

nership now before theU.S. Congress is expectedto have an overall positiveimpact on U.S. rice ex-ports, but may pose a riskto long grain exports, ac-cording to a report fromthe University of ArkansasSystem Division of Agricul-ture.

Arkansas producesabout half of total U.S. riceexports that have averaged$2 billion a year over thelast five years.

The reduction in longgrain exports should bemore than offset by a pro-jected increase in mediumgrain exports, said AlvaroDurand-Morat, a Divisionof Agriculture economistand lead author of Trans-Pacific Partnership: Whatcan it mean for the U.S.rice sector.

Durand-Morat said theTPP may lead to openingmore markets for Ameri-can medium grain exportsto Japan because of an in-crease in the import quotafor that country.

American long grain rice

exports may decline slight-ly, Durand-Morat said, be-cause of increasing compe-tition under TTP, especiallyfrom Vietnamese rice inthe Mexican market. Mexi-co is the largest market forU.S. long grain rice, ac-counting for a quarter of alllong grain exports in thepast decade.

Under TPP, Mexico’s tar-iffs on Vietnamese rice —20 percent on milled riceand 10 percent on brokenrice — will be eliminated.Also, although Mexicanconsumers now prefer thehigher quality of U.S. rice,Vietnam is making im-provements in its rice qual-ity.

The report, by Durand-Morat and DistinguishedProfessor Eric Wailes, saysthe impact of the TPP onthe global rice market willbe limited for a number ofreasons, including thesmall share of the globalmarket that it represents —about 5.1 percent.

The impact also will belimited by an already highlevel of of trade integrationamong some of the TPPmembers and the modesttrade liberalization granted

by Japan.Durand-Morat said the

economic model he andWailes used looked at therice markets in greater de-tail than the one used bythe U.S. InternationalTrade Commission.

The USITC model con-sidered all rice as a singlecommodity. The RiceFlowmodel used by the Divisionof Agriculture broke theU.S. rice market down intonine commodities basedon rice types — long grain,medium and short grain,and fragrant rice — andmilling degrees.

Durand-Morat said themodel was run over 15years to see what mighthappen over a long term.But any modeling efforthas limitations when tryingto model an entire eco-nomic sector, he said.

Trans-Pacific Partner-ship: What can it mean forthe U.S. rice sector? isavailable for downloadfrom a Division of Agricul-ture website:

http://www.uaex.edu/farm-ranch/economics-marketing/food-farm-poli-cy/international.aspx

Gardening enthusiasts and horticulture professionalsare already preparing and looking forward to the 26thArkansas Flower and Garden Show in February 2017. Butthanks to a lesser known motive of the show, studentsacross the state are looking forward to their own futuresin the field.

While the beauty and grandeur of the show is enoughto appeal to even the slightest of green thumbs, each yeara number of well-deserving students reap the benefits ofthe largest 3-day gardening celebration in the state. TheArkansas Flower & Garden Show has been rewarding stu-dents exceling in horticultural fields with scholarshipssince 1993. Krista Quinn, Executive Director of the show,happened to be the first among a growing list of recipi-ents.

This year, the Arkansas Flower & Garden Show will beawarding five $1,500 scholarships.

For many students, Quinn said, the scholarships pro-vided can mean the difference between a student ulti-mately attending college or not. For others, it relievesmuch of the burdens of college life experienced by stu-

dents. For Shana Ricks, Service Manager for PlantationServices and a 2009 scholarship recipient, it meant con-tinuing her education, as a new mother nonetheless, onthe best footing possible.

The deadline for scholarship applications is July 1. In-terested students can apply by visiting https://argarden-show.org/, and finding the scholarship application on the“Our Scholarship Program” page at https://argarden-show.org/about/grants-scholarships-education-2/.

Recipients will receive their scholarship checks no laterthan Aug. 15, 2016.

Education is at the core of the mission of the ArkansasFlower and Garden Show. Beyond the scholarships, theshow features educational programs with leaders in vari-ous horticulture fields, including gardening and land-scaping. Which is something Quinn said we all benefitfrom daily.

“From the food we eat to the spaces we enjoy, horticul-ture is important for our well-being,” she said. “The horti-culture industry also employs thousands of people inArkansas and contributes to the local economy.

A large crowd gathered for the first AgHeritage FarmCredit Services Board Alumni Lunch. The event, whichwas held at the Brinkley Convention Center, provided awonderful opportunity to celebrate past and presentBoard members and Farm Credit’s 100 year anniversary.

“Farm Credit has supported Arkansas’ rural communi-ties and agriculture with reliable, consistent credit andl fi-nancial services for a hundred years,” said Greg Cole,President and CEO, AgHeritage FCS, “and the Board andmanagement are committed to take the right steps to en-sure Farm Credit is around for the next 100 years.”

“As AgHeritage FCS operates as a cooperative,” saidMichael Taylor, Board Chair, AgHeritage FCS, “our electedboard is made up of customers-owners. Therefore, we

share the same concerns and face the same adversities asour customer-owners. I am grateful to have had the honorto serve as a Farm Credit Board member. This event pro-vided a grand opportunity to share past Farm Credit sto-ries and to celebrate our centennial anniversary.”

AgHeritage Farm Credit Services is a financial coopera-tive with owned and managed assets of approximately$1.1 billion as of December 31, 2015, that provides creditand related services to more than 3,100 farmers, ranchersand producers or harvesters of aquatic products in 24Arkansas counties. Branch offices are located inBatesville, Brinkley, Dermott, Lonoke, Newport, Pocahon-tas, Searcy, Star City and Stuttgart.

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Wheat acreage down throughout state

TPP may pose good news, bad news for U.S. rice exports

Farm Credit 100 Celebration a Huge Success

CROP REPORTBrent Griffin

CEA-Staff ChairPrairie County

Cooperative Extension ServiceP.O. Box 388

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

Week of June 6 Days of field work: 7Top soil Moisture: 50%

Short, 50% AdequateSub soil Moisture: 100%

AdequateMain Activities:Recent heat has im-

proved cotton, soybeans,rice and corn.

Crop Progress:Corn: 100% planted,

100% emerged 50% tas-seled

Soybean: 90% planted,75% emerged 10% bloom-ing

Rice: 100% planted,100% emerged

Cotton: 100% planted,100% emerged

Crop Condition:Corn: 25% Poor, 75%

goodRice: 50% Poor, 50%

FairSoybean: 25% Poor,

75% FairCotton: 100% FairHay/Pasture: 100% Fair

Flower & Garden Show scholarship application deadline July 1

AgHeritage Farm Credit Services announces scholarship winners

A program that teachesArkansans to take controlof their health can alsochange their lives in otherways, said Lisa Washburn,assistant professor-health,for the University ofArkansas System Divisionof Agriculture.

The Extension WellnessAmbassador Programteaches adults the biggerpicture on being healthy.The five-week course fo-cuses on a researched col-lection of topics including:Healthy eating and weightmanagement, avoidingportion distortion (eatingmore than the recom-mended portion size),strength training, exerciseto improve balance andflexibility, preventing andmanaging chronic disease,health behavior changestrategies that stick and un-derstanding personalitytypes.

The course is currently

up and running in 18 coun-ties, with hopes of expand-ing across the state. Thatexpansion may includeadapting the course forteens and college-aged stu-dents.

According to Washburn,the most beneficial part ofthe program is the internalchange participants see: "Itopens up your eyes to whataffects you, how you affectothers, and how your envi-ronment influences yourdecisions. Most important-ly it empowers the partici-pants to act."

If you are interested instarting this program inyour area, you can contactyour county extensionagent for more informa-tion.

For more informationabout health and wellness,www.uaex.edu or contactyour county extension of-fice.

Extension Health Ambassador Program changes lives, habits

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DABA Baseball/Softball ScheduleRevised 6/6/16

Girls 8 and underThursday, June 16Wild Things vs Red Hots Millenium 6:00 p.m.Diamonds vs Lil’Knockouts Millenium 7:15 p.m.Friday, June 17Lil Knockouts vs Diamonds New 6:00 p.m.Sat,, June 18Lil Knockouts vs Red Hots Millenium 1:30 p.m.Lil Knockouts vs Red Hots Millenium 3:00 p.m.Diamonds vs Wild Things Millenium 4:30 p.m.Diamonds vs Wild Things Millenium 6:00 p.m.Girls-12 and underSat. June 18:Kennedy Law vs Stealerz Millenium 7:30 p.m.Tues., June 21:Stealerz vs Kennedy Law New Field 6:00 p.m.Buddy LeagueThurs., June 16MJJJ vs Tortugas New 6:00 p.m.Fri., June 17Tortugas vs Palace Drug Millenium 6:00 p.m.MJJJ vs Dondies Millenum 7:15 p.m.Sat., June 18MJJJ vs Tortugas New 4:30 p.m.Dondies vs Palace Drug New 6:00 p.m.Little LeagueSat., June 18Lindsay’s vs F&M Bank T. Smith 5:30 p.m.Lindsay’s vs Garth’s T. Smith 7:00 p.m.Tuesday, June 21Garth’s vs Lindsay’s T. Smith 6:00 p.m.Lindsay’s vs Garth’s T. Smith 7:30 p.m.

Members of the Chancellor’ and Dean’s Lists for Spring 2016 at Arkansas State Univer-sity have been announced. Combined, the group has 2,067 students. The two lists rec-ognize undergraduate students who achieved the highest grade point average while en-rolled in 12 or more credit hours of study. The Chancellors list includes students whoearned a grade point average of 3.80 to 4.0 for Spring classes. The Dean’s list includesstduents with a grade point average of 3.6 to 3.79. Students from 28 states and 15 coun-tries are included on this list. Those from the local area listed are:Chancellor’s List Dean’s ListAlarie Overturf Needham-Biscoe Hayley Calhoun-Des ArcTori Bell-Des Arc Mathew Lawman-DeValls BluffSavanna Mote-Des Arc Emily West-GriffithvilleTaylor Strohl-DeValls Bluff Madison Hill-HazenRandall Ramsey-GriffithvilleAlexandria Davis-HazenLucas Tenison-HazenCameron Vail-Hazen

ASU-Jonesboro announces Spring 2016 Chancellor and Dean Lists

Second Place in Lonoke Tournament: The Harvey’s Exxon Pony League teamplaced Second in the Lonoke Tournament held last weekend in Lonoke. Theteam battled back out of the losers bracket to earn Second place. Pictured are front row kneeling: Blayne Cook, Caeden Fields, Jarrett Hambrick,Payton Weatherley, Coach Kevin Cook. Second row, l-r: Coach Mike Weatherley, Bryar Morden, Ryan Rosel, SloaneHuddleston, Will Kearby, Cooper Roberts, Garrett Goodman and Kable Walters.Very back is Coach Stuart Morden

Photo by Melissa Cook

DAHS Junior and Senior Cheer squads do well at camp: The Des Arc High School Junior and Senior Cheer squads attended cheer camp at the ASU-Jonesboro campus June9-13. The Junior High Squad (pictured at left) earned Most Improved for the week and First in their Division for Cheer. Dominique McCoy and Meredith Reidhar were named All-American Cheerleaders. The Junior High squad are front row l-r: Madison Brown, Sadie York, Gracie Derrick, Dominque McCoy, Captain, Kelby Huddleston, Co-Captain, HadleyWhittenburg, Kelly Taylor. Back Row, l-r: DAJHS Cheer Sponsor Savanna Mote, Shelby Vogeltanz, Alysa Fields, Jenna Brown, Caroline Harris, Tristan Richards, Meredith Reidhar,Kyndal Morton and Maggie Lantrip. The Senior High cheer squad also earned several awards while at camp. They won two Gold Ribbons and One Blue Ribbon for their evalua-tions at cheer camp. They were also awarded a Superior Trophy. Lexi Cook was awarded the Pin-it-Forward honor. This award is given out by the UCA(Universal Cheer Associa-tion) staff to individuals that exhibit leadership skills and are encouraging and helpful to not only their team, but other teams as well. A total of five pins were given out to individualsin camp. Lindsey Reidhar received a pin from a cheerleader from Briarcrest Christian High School in Memphis, TN. DAHS Senior Cheerleaders receiving All-American Cheerleaderhonors are Lauren Mapps, Madison Evans and Skylon Williams. Payton Landry received All-American Mascot honors. All-American Cheerleader is one of the highest awards an in-dividual can achieve in cheerleading. While at summer camp, thousands try out for All-American Cheerleader and only 10 percent are chosen. Senior Cheer squad(pictured at right)are: Front row, l-r: Lexi Cook and Lauren Mapps. Second Row, l-r: Madison Evans, Faith Gross, Lindsey Reidhar, Skylon Williams. Back row, l-r: Riley Voiles, Payton Landry, Mas-cot, Gracen Hambrick, Brie Derrick, Taylor Richards, Kayci Kellar and Karson Covington. Krissy Covington is sponsor for the Senior High Squad.

Boys and Girls of Summer. . .

Jr. & Sr. HighFootball Practice

ScheduleJr. High-June 20 and 21

11 am-1 pmJune 27-July 9(Dead Period)July 11 & 1311 am-1 pmJuly 26-1-3 pmJuly 14 & 21Team Camp9-11 amJuly 28-6 pmParent Meetingin Gym

Sr. High- June 20 & 218-10 a.m.June 22-9 amTeam Camp-StuttgartJune 27-July 9(Dead Period)July 11, 13, 8-10 amJuly 14-8-10 amJuly 11- 7 on 74:30 p.m.July 12-9 amTeam Camp-StuttgartJuly 13-4:30 p.m.7 on 7-CabotJuly 16-8 amLittle Eagles Camp

Out! Presley Hill, left, keeps an eye on the runner as theball is thrown by teammate Ella Fields, right, for an outagainst the Wild Things on Friday, June 10

Swing! Tristan Branham for Lindsay’s, right, swings at apitch as Landon Dobbins, F&M Bank gloves the ball in theirgame held at Tony Smith Field on Thursday, June 9

Waiting patiently: Braydon Knupp for MJJJ, right, throwsthe ball to his teammate Gabe Tipton, left, waiting patientlyat First Base for the ball as Zachary Hampton, Tortugas#95, center, tries to beat the tag

Scoop for the out: Garrett Cook, F&M Bank shortstop,scoops up a ground ball and makes the throw at first for anout against Lindsay’s on Thursday, June 9

Going for second base: Annaston Pate, Lil Knockoutsrounds first heading to second base in their game againstthe Red Hots.

I give up! Not!! Joe Skarda, Palace Drug, left, avoids thetag by Ty Tallent, Dondies, right

Hold onto your hat uh helmet! Preslee Brown, Red Hots,right, holds on to her helmet as she runs down first baseline on Friday, June 10.

NOTICE

The Des Arc BaseballAssociation advisesthat only one cooler

per team is allowed forplayers and coaches.

The Association doesnot charge a gate feeand relys on conces-sions for operation.

Thank you for yourcooperation.

Mike Weatherley, DABA Presidentand DABA Board

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Last view of 31st Annual Steamboat Days

Crowd waiting for Miss Carla’s Dance Students to perform

Steamboat Days BBQ ContestFirst in Chicken and Exotic

Rat Pack-Kent Childers, left and Cliff Childers

Steamboat Days Horseshoe ContestSecond Place

Craig Treadwell, left and son, Allen

Friday Night EntertainmentHighway 124 Band

Little Miss Peyton Whiting seems to be saying,” Oh,no! Not rain again! I want to ride! She and many oth-ers enjoyed the Steamboat Days Festival June 2-4Peyton is the daughter of Ken, Jr. and Cara Whiting ofDes Arc

Reed McDonald, top, with the help of his sister, Kaylee, drops the disc towin a prize during the Eggstravaganza on Saturday morning, June 4 heldduring the 31st Annual Steamboat Days Festival

Pictured above is the midway looking East down Main Street, Des Arc. Dark clouds were movingthrough at the time this photo was taken but that did not deter festival goers. Periods of rain felloff and on all day on Saturday, June 4.

Thanks to Casie Ingle for taking photos

Steamboat Days Horseshoe ContestThird Place

Mark Holder, left and Stewart Morton

Steamboat Days BBQ ContestSecond Place-Chicken, Ribs and Exotic

Shiner BBQ - Ann and Jim Riley

Lora Smith, left and Bob Childers man the Chamber of Commerce table

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

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The following informa-tion was obtained from therecords in the Prairie Coun-ty Courthouses in Des Arcand DeValls Bluff on Tues-day, June 7, 2016:

Land TransfersQuitclaim Deed

Dennis Johnson and Re-becca Johnson, Grantors,hand paid by Kathy Hart,Grantee, the following landslying in Prairie County, Stateof Arkansas: Lot 12, Block 31, Watkins

Survey to the City of DesArc.

Warranty DeedShelby Williams, Grantor,

hand paid by Eric Williamsand Samantha Williams,Grantees, the following de-scribed lands situated inPrairie County, Arkansas:Lot 10, Block 53 of

Watkins Survey to the Townof Des Arc.

Warranty DeedMichael McConnell and

Felicia McConnell,Grantors, hand paid byKendall Cook and DillionCook, Grantees, the follow-ing described lands situatedin Prairie County, Arkansas:A part of the NW 1/4 of

the NW 1/4 of Section 27,T3N, R6W containing 6.05acres, more or less.

The following inmatesare incarcerated in thePrairie County Jail at Des Arcas of Tuesday, June 14, 2016,according to Sheriff GaryBurnett: Walker, James Nicholas,

30, charged with Public In-toxication and Possession ofControlled Substance. In-take date June 6, 2016. Graham, Johnell Delacy,

19, Hold for PC Hearing. In-take date June 6, 2016.Hudson, Keenan Letrell,

18, Hold for PC Hearing.In-take date June 6, 2016. Walls, Johnnie Joe, 38,

charged with Possession ofControlled Substance andPossession of Drug Para-phernalia. Commitment.Intake date April 13, 2016. Washington, Earl, 48,

charged with Criminal Mis-chief-First. Intake date De-cember 28, 2015.Branch, Aaron Antwon,

32, charged with Possessionof Controlled Substance x2and Possession of DrugParaphernalia-Class A Mis-demeanor. Intake dateMarch 17, 2016. Mitchell, George W., 37,

charged with Possession ofDrug Paraphernalia x2. In-take date May 25, 2016. Rocha, Jimmy Jesus, 24,

Hold for Another Depart-ment. Intake date April 4,2016. Wilson, Jerome, 47, Hold

for Another Department. In-take date June 2, 2016. Albizu, James, 47,

charged with Possession ofControlled Substance withIntent to Deliver x2. Intakedate March 24, 2016. Enzor, David Mark, 56,

charged with FurnishingProhibited Articles. Intakedate March 7, 2016. Jones, Bobby Joe, 56,

charged with Forgery, Theftof Property, and HabitualOffender. Intake date March3, 2016. Doss, Myesha, 23, Com-

mitment. Intake date May16, 2016. Dulaney, Malary L., 31,

charged with AttemptedMurder, Kidnapping andTerroistic Threatening-Felony. Intake date May 5,2016. Monroe, Traci, 23, Com-

mitment. INtake date May 5,2016. Oglesbee, Lisa Carol, 53,

charged with Probation Rev-ocation. Intake date Fbruary13, 2016. Piety, Shaina, 31, Hold for

Another Department. Intakedate May 18, 2016. Allen, Wallace, 68, Com-

mitment. Intake date February 24, 2016. Elliott, Jonathan R., 28,

Commitment. Intake dateMay 17, 2016. Good, Lattorrey L, 36,

charged with TerroristicThreadenting-Misde-meanor and DisorderlyConduct. Intake date June 4,2016. Hill, Jason Shannon, 34,

Commitment. Intake date

May 15, 2016. Holder, Leon Demarz, 28,

Commitment. Intake dateJune 3, 2016. Nady, Timothy Wayne, 36,

charged with Careless Driv-ing, Obstructing Govern-mental Operations, Disor-derly Conduct, Carrying aGun/Knife/Club as Weapon,Drinking on Highway andAll Other Offenses. Com-mitment. Intake date May14, 2016. Noble, Spencer Jordan,

22, Commitment, Intakedate May 29, 2016. Polk, Anthony Todd, 41,

Hold for Another Depart-ment. Intake date May 22,2016. Williams, Justin W., 34,

charged with Failure to Ap-pear. Intake date June 1,2016. Winder, Aaron Leif, 33,

charged with Failure to Ap-pear. Hold for Another De-partment. Intake date May31, 2016. Marcum, Ronnie, 33,

charged with Theft of Prop-erty x2. Intake date May 16,2016. Metcalf, Nicoe Jerel, 28,

charged with Probation Rev-ocation. Intake date May 10,2016. Figueroa, Frank, 36,

charged with Possessionwith Intent to Deliver, Pos-session of Controlled Sub-stance with Intent to Deliverand Fleeing-Felony. Intakedate March 25, 2016. Ward, Jacob Edward, 25,

charged with Battery-FirstDegree. Intake date May 27,2016. Ramierez, Jose Rios, 31,

charged with Possession ofControlled Substance-Felony. Intake date May 14,2016. Williams, Thornell, 31,

charged with Possession ofDrug Paraphernalia-Class AMisdemeanor. Intake May28, 2016. McGee, Nickey A., 54,

Commitment. Intake dateMay 19, 2016. Paulman, Tyler Jacob, 25,

charged with Probation Rev-ocation. Intake date May 11,2016. Acre, Josephine A. 44,

charged with Careless Driv-ing, DWI-First, Public Intox-ication and Refusal to Sub-mit. Intake date June 13,2016. Manjarez, Albar Diego,

24, Hold for Another De-partment. Intake date June7, 2016. Earl, Teresa, 36, charged

with Failure to Pay Fine andCost. Intake date June 8,2016. Carpenter, Matt Leo, 36,

charged with Theft of Prop-erty and Criminal Mischief.Intake date June 12, 2016. Hurt, Aaron, M., 27,

charged with TerroristicThreatening-Misdemeanor.Intake date June 10, 2016. McDaniel, Jeremiah Lam-

ont, 37, charged with Failureto Appear. Intake date June10, 2016.

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The following cases wereheard before Judge RobertAbney in District Courthearings held in the Court-room at Des Arc City Hallon June 13, 2016:

CITY CASESAnthony S. Sanner, Des

Arc, charged with No Vehi-cle License and No LiabilityInsurance. Failed to Ap-pear. Issue Warrant. Jelecia M. Jackson, Des

Arc, charged with Disor-derly Conduct-Class C Mis-demeanor, Interferencewith Police Officer and Vio-lation of No Contact Order.Plead Not Guilty. Hearingset for July 14, 2016. Thornell Williams, Des

Arc, charged with Violationof No Contact Order. PleadNot Guilty. Hearing set forJuly 14, 2016. Randall C. Lloyd, Ben-

ton, charged with Conse-quences of Non-Payment.Continued to June 27,2016. Teresa Earl, Des Arc,

charged with Failure to Ap-pear on a Written Sum-mons. Plead Not Guilty.Hearing set for July 14,

2016.Jelecia M. Jackson, Des

Arc, charged with Con-tempt of Court-Violation ofNo Contact Order. PleadNot Guilty. Hearing set forJuly 14, 2016. Thornell Williams, Des

Arc, charged with Con-tempt of Court-Violation ofNo Contact Order. PleadNot Guilty . Hearing set forJuly 14, 2016. Donna Wesson, Des Arc,

charged with DisorderlyConduct-Class C Misde-meanor. Plead Guilty. Re-straining Order in full ef-fect. Sentencing deferredfor Six Months. If No Fur-ther Violations, charge dis-missed. Gary Cunningham, Ft.

Collins, Colorado, chargedwith Drove Left of Center,DWI-First and RefuseBreathalizer. Plead NotGuilty by Attorney EricKennedy. Hearing set forJuly 14, 2016. Julie Sanger, Ft. Collins,

Colorado, charged withPublic Intoxication/Drink-ing in Public. Guilty. Sen-tenced to Fine and Cost of

$265.00.State Cases

Anthony S. Sanner, DesArc, charged with Failure toPay. Failed to Appear. IssueWarrant.Roy Miller, Jr., Des Arc,

charged with Failure toPay. Paid in Full. Robin Leanne Parr,

Hazen, charged with Ex-ceeding Posted Speed 78MPH/55 Zone. Bond For-feited. Alex R. Thomas, Des Arc,

charged with ExceedingPosted Speed 86 MPH/55Zone. Bond Forfeited.Steven Matthew Culp,

North Little Rock, chargedwith Possession of Con-trolled Substance, CriminalTrespass and Public Intoxi-cation/Drinking in Public.Guilty. Sentenced to Fineand Cost of $285.00.Christopher Michael

Cashin, Des Arc, chargedwith Careless/ProhibitedDriving, No Seat Belt andDWI-Second. Plead NotGuilty by Attorney EricKennedy. Hearing set forJuly 14, 2016.

Steamboat Days Bass Tournament

Second Place and Biggest Bass: Chris McCreaand Terry Hackleton took Second place in the 2016Steamboat Days Bass Tournament held on theWhite River at Des Arc Saturday, June 4. Chris andTerry hauled in 15.74 pounds of bass and won theBiggest Bass in weight-4.37 pounds. They earned a$500 paycheck while having fun on the river. Ron-nie Ward was Third with 14.14 pounds. He earned$300.00. There were 16 boats total entered. TerrellSutton was chairman of the tournament

Steamboat Days drawingwinners announced

The winners of the drawing for Duck Calls and the Sen-ior Citizens Quilt is announced by the Steamboat DaysCommittee. Those winning Duck Calls donated by Paul Holloway

were: Sidney Matthews, Sharon Arnold and Shirley Sut-ton. Winning the Senior Citizens quilt drawing was Sara

Porto. Congratulations to all the winners!

Arkansas Concealed Handgun Carry

LICENSE CLASSDes Arc Firestation

Des Arc, Arkansas

Saturday, June 25at 8:00 a. m.

Individual: $75 - Couple: $125For further information

and to enroll in the class,

Call Jamie at

870-830-6575Instructor #08-530

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Des Arc, AR

OPEN; Friday: 1 to 5

Saturday: 9 to 12

HUNTERS’ DREAM! Fish out the back door!! Cabin on the Lake, Lot Leased.3 Large Rooms, plus kitchen, 1 bth, 300 sq/ ft. screened porch;Floating Boat Dock (2 boats) Horn Lake...............................................$37,000.Commer Property, 2000 sq. ft. bldg, plus Stg. Bldg. K & B Lane..........$75,000.3 Bdr. 2 Ba. 1612 sq ft, .73 acre, Hwy. 38 E. ......... NEW LISTING....... $45,000.3 Bdr, 1.5 Ba, 2306 sq. ft, 411 Pike..............................REDUCED ....... $75,000.2 Bdr. 1 Ba, Remodeled, Storm Shelter, 108 Whippoorwill.................. $44,000.5 Acres, Near Lake Des Arc, Bayou - Owner Finance......................... $21,000.3 Ac Trac near Lake Des Arc & Bayou Des Arc(Owner Finance) $9,000 to $13,000.

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THE CITY OF DES ARC hasOpening for a general laborer.Benefits include health insur-ance, retirement, vacation. TheCity does require drug testing.Interested persons can pick upan application at the City Hall.

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FULL TIME EMPLOYEEWANTED: Garth Hardware andGarth Funeral Home in Des Arcare looking for full time employ-ee. Must be willing to work inthe hardware store and lumberyard and funeral home environ-ments. Salary and benefits in-clude paid vacation, health in-surance allowance and bonus.Contact Jim Garth at GarthHardware, 870-256-4676.

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ANIMALS

26 Arkansas locations receive last week’sJUNE 9 issue on next day, FRI., JUNE 10

USPS extends Delivery Consistency to 9 weeks !1. Midvale, ID has rcv’d paper on 3rd business day for 9 consecutive weeks (8 Mondays plus the 1 Tuesday fol-lowing Memorial Day, 5/30/16). Anaheim, CA rcv’d 3rd business day for 8 consecutive wks prior to June 14 .

2. 9 of 10 post offices (in Group A) have now received papers 9 consecutive Fridays (Searcy has received 8 of 9).3. Sherwood has now received paper on 8 of the last 9 Fridays (Sat, 5/28 being the exception).4. Hot Springs has now received paper on 7 consecutive Fridays.5. Greenbrier and Edgemont, Ar have received paper on 8 of the last 9 Fridays.6. For each location, the Tracking Chart shows actual number of days it took representative subscribers to receivelast 4 issues (#days in parenthesis). The “Fewest Days” column shows the shortest/record time taken to re-ceive paper at each location. This column sets the ‘bar height’ standard for comparing subsequent deliveries.

D A T E M A I L E D (LAST 4 ISSUES)Thursday, Thursday, Thursday, Thursday,MAY 19 MAY 26 JUNE 2 JUNE 9

LOCATION FEWEST ( ) = Fewest / Actual #delivery days; DATE DELIVERED(GROUP “A”) DAYS

* Beebe (1) (1) FRI., 5/20 (1) FRI., 5/27 (1) FRI., 6/3 (1) FRI., 6/10* Cabot (1) (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ”* Carlisle (1) (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ”* Conway (1) (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ”* Griffithville (1) (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ”* Jacksonville (1) (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ”* Lonoke (1) (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ”* Searcy (1) (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ”* Stuttgart (1) (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ”* Ward (1) (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ”

* Above 10 locations are mailed in 10 proprietary containers. Another 170± locations, includ-ing the 35 listed below, are mailed in 7 mixed containers (received / sorted @ NLR Terminal).(GROUP “B”)

Alma (1) (2) SAT, 5/21 (2) SAT, 5/28 (4) MON, 6/6 (2) SAT, 6/11Arkadelphia (1) (1) FRI, 5/20 (1) FRI, 5/27 (1) FRI, 6/3 (1) FRI, 6/10Bald Knob (1) (New location added) (1) FRI, ” Edgemont (1) (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” Fayetteville (2) (2) SAT, 5/21 (2) SAT, 5/28 (5) TUES, 6/7 (4) MON, 6/13Forrest City (2) (4) MON, 5/23 (8) FRI. 6/3 (5) TUES, 6/7 (2) SAT, 6/11Greenbrier (1) (1) FRI, 5/20 (1) FRI, 5/27 (1) FRI, 6/3 (1) FRI, 6/10Hot Springs (1) (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, 5/27 (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” Jonesboro (2) (4) MON, 5/23 (5) TUES, 5/31 (5) TUES, 6/7 (2) SAT, 6/11Little Rock (1) (1) FRI, 5/20 (1) FRI., 6/3 (1) FRI, 6/10Mabelvale (1) (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” (2) SAT, 6/11McGhee (1) (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, 5/27 (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, 6/10North Little Rock (1) (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” Rose City, NLR (1) (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” Pine Bluff (1) (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, 5/27 (1) FRI, ” Rogers (2) (2) SAT, 5/21 (2) SAT., 6/4 (2) SAT., 6/11Romance (1) (5) TUES, 5/31 (1) FRI, 6/10Russellville (1) (1) FRI, ” (2) SAT, 5/28 (1) FRI, 6/3 (1) FRI, ” Sheridan (1) (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” Sherwood (1) (1) FRI, ” (2) SAT, 5/28 (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” Tichnor, Gillette PO (1) (1) FRI, ” (5) TUES, 5/31 (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” Ulm (1) (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI., 5/27 (2) SAT., 6/4 (1) FRI, ” Vilonia (1) (1) FRI, ” (5) TUES, 5/31 (4) MON, 6/6

OUT OF STATEAnaheim, CA (2) (4) MON, 5/23 (5) TUES, 5/31 (4) MON, 6/6 (5) TUES, 6/14Chicago/N Aurora, IL (4) (5) TUES, ” (6) WED, 6/8 (5) TUES, ” Dallas, TX (2) (4) MON, 5/23 (4) MON, 6/6Enid, OK (1) (2) SAT, 5/21 (2) SAT, 5/28 (4) MON, ” (2) SAT, 6/11 Houston/Seabrook, TX (4) (5) TUES, 5/24 (4) MON, 6/13Madison, AL (4) (4) MON, 5/23 (5) TUES, 5/31 (6) WED, 6/8Memphis/Bartlett, TN (1) (4) MON, ” (8) FRI, 6/3 (6) WED, ” (2) SAT, 6/11 Memphis/Millington (2) (5) TUES, 5/24 (5) TUES, 5/31 (4) MON, 6/6 (2) SAT, ” Midvale, ID (4) (4) MON, 5/23 (5) TUES, ” (4) MON, ” (4) MON, 6/13Salem, OR (4) (5) TUES, 5/24 (5) TUES, ” (6) WED, 6/8 (5) TUES, 6/14Springfield, MO (4) (4) MON, 5/23 (5) TUES, ” (5) TUES, 6/7 (4) MON, 6/13Springfield, OH (4) (4) MON, ” (5) TUES, ” (5) TUES, ” (5) TUES, 6/14St Louis, MO (4) (4) MON, ” (5) TUES, ” (4) MON, 6/6 (4) MON, 6/13W. Melbourne, FL (4) (6) WED, 5/25 (6) WED, 6/1 (6) WED, 6/8 (6) WED, 6/15

Total Fewest days: (81) (Actual #delivery days for each week left untotaled)USPS Grade A+ B- A- A+

EXCEPTIONAL Delivery POOR Delivery

USPS Mail Facility inNLR receives / distrib-utes Journals to these47 tracked locations

Re: Arkansas locations (Group A): Friday deliveries shown in BLACK text - later than “next-day” in RED italic.Re: Arkansas locations (Group B): Fri/Sat deliveries shown in BLACK TEXT - Monday or later shown in RED italic.Re: Out-of-state locations, “acceptable” deliveries shown in BLACK text - less than acceptable shown in RED italic.

Exceptional deliveries include black “thumbs up”. Poor deliveries include RED “thumbs down”.

Journal Delivery Tracking ChartJournal Delivery Tracking Chart

USPS gets “A+” for delivery of JUN 9 issueUSPS gets “A+” for delivery of JUN 9 issue

ACCEPTING BIDSThe Des Arc School District

is accepting bids for mowingservices at Des Arc ElementarySchool.

A copy of specifications canbe picked up at the Superinten-dent’s office.

Bids should be hand deliv-ered or mailed to the Superin-tendent’s office at 600 Main St.,Des Arc, AR 72040. Bids mustbe received by 2:00 p.m., June,21st, 2016. For more informa-tion, contact Nick Hill at(870)256-4164.

The Des Arc School Districtreserves the right to reject anyor all bids. 6/9/2c

SAYGER COOK BOOKS:Recipes by local EHC ladies ofthe 1930’s and 1940’s. Avail-able at Journal Office. $8.00each.

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AUCTION

TRAINING/EDUCATION

MOBILE/MANUFACTURED

HOMESMobile Homes with acreage. Ready to move in. Seller Financ-ing (subject to credit approval). Lots of room for the price, 3Br 2Ba. No renters. 501-588-3300.

ADOPTIONADOPTION: Hopeful mom prom-ises your baby a loving, secure & happy home. Expenses paid. Debbie 1-877-600-4973.

ADOPTION: WARM, FUN Mom and Dad eager to cherish and provide your baby love and happiness forever. We are your perfect choice. Expenses Paid. Christina and Michael (877) 298-1945.

Week of 06-13-16

2016 VOLUNTEER RESPITE TRAINING

Free Respite Training for Volunteer Respite Providers,

Family Caregivers, and Community and Faith-based

Groups. Approved for 7.5 CEUs.

This is a free event, but you must register.For more information,

please call The Choices in Living Resource Center at

1-866-801-3435.

Corn will be ready from June 21st - July 29th.

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* Delta Dental * Delta Vision

* 401k (Matched Up To 4%)

Little Rock Based Company is seeking OTR Drivers for our

dry van division. Qualifi ed applicants must be 23 years of age, have a Class A CDL with 2 years Verifi able Over

the Road Experience.

CNA’s & PCA’sWant to earn more

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FedEx Ground *STARTING PAY 50 CPM* NEED ASAP! TEAM RUNS! . FedEx Ground Contractor is

currently looking for Class A CDL drivers for team runs.

SIGNING BONUS ON DAY ONE. Will receive premium mileage

pay and great benefi ts for these positions. HOME 2 DAYS PER WEEK. Apply today. Must have 1 yr. of experience, and be able to

get doubles endorsement. Call/text for more info. 870-754-5100 or

email: drivenow@outlook.com

DRIVERS - East Ar area

2 AUCTIONS! 2 Days!

Sunday, June 19th @10 AMFather’s Day Equipment

@ SW Auction Pavilion Wheaton, MO

Southwest Auction Service(417) 652-7540

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Sat. June 18th @ 10 AMAntique Sign & Native Collectibles

@ Jack Lawton Webb Convention Center • Joplin, MO

Taking Consignments on: Farm Machinery, Vehicles, Trailers, Sporting Goods, Firearms, Outdoor, etc...

Panther CreekCarports

Rated for 90 mph winds & 20 lbs snow loads

Factory Direct$598

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND through June 15th | Free Delivery

10’x20’x7’

Call 1-501-835-7222OD Funk Manufacturing Inc.Sherwood, AR | Since 1976

Experienced Sales personwanted at D3 Auto Sales in DesArc location. Experience in Fi-nance and Sales is preferred(not an absolute). $50,000 to$60,000 in potential salary/com-missions per year depending onperformance. Also applicantmust have adequate credit, ascredit check will be required.Call 870-256-1600 to set up anappointment. Also can place aresume atd3autosales@gmail.com

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WHITE RIVER LEVEE DISTRICT2016 FINANCIAL REPORT

December 3, 2015 Beginning Balance.................$131,195.80Income

Expenses

June 1, 2016 Ending Balance.............................$130,024.59

Taxes Received............................$9,455.19Interest Received......................... 44.90

Total Income..........................$9,500.09

Utilities & Rent............................$ 1,078.59Salaries...................................... 6,919.50Postage & Office Supplies......... 705.44Legal Expenses......................... 651.57Insurance................................... 82.20Donations................................... 25.00Tax Payments.............................. 1,071.00Advertising.................................. 138.00

Total Expenses....................$10,671.30

Historic Home For Sale: Century-plus old landmark home in Green Forest, Arkansas. 3BR, 2BA, 3-car attached garage and gazebo lawn building,

unfi nished upper level and partial basement. Newer roof and generator. Price Reduced: $189,000

For more information on this beautiful home, go to www.mwrrealty.com, call Larry Montgomery at Montgomery

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MOSQUITO

TREATMENTMosquito treatment services are great for out-

door events such as cookouts, barbecues,weddings, weekend gatherings, etc.

Note: this is not a total control since mosquitoes aremoved by wind and constant hatching but our treat-ment can relieve you of unbearable outdoor activities.

Our service is inexpensive with great results.

For free inspections and estimates, call

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24 hour notice is required and price is given at the time of the inspection and is based according to the size of the area to be treated.

For an evening of fun and great music . . .

Join

Sonny Burgess and the Pacers

at Leland’sin Ward, Arkansas

Saturday, June 18The Pacers recently played at the Elvis Presley Festival in

Tupelo, Miss. where they entertained thousands of people,and at Charlie Watson’s Silver Moon

“I highly recommend them for your listening and dancing pleasure,”-Geraldean

Museum of Discovery (above and below) teaching children to have fun while learn-ing science at the Des Arc Public Library. Activities continue at the Des Arc PublicLibrary each Thursday through June 30, advises April Highfill, Director