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Candidates disagree on DID law BY MOLLY HILBURN Sun Staff Writer molly@jonesborosun.com

JONESBORO — Craighead County District Court candidates addressed recent discussions involving the state’s drunken, insane, or disorderly statute Saturday, which ended in disagreement between the

two candidates. Candidate David Boling and District Judge Keith Blackman addressed this and several other issues at a candidate forum Saturday. The event was hosted by Farm Bureau and allowed more than 50 candidates a chance to speak to the public about their campaigns and issues.

For Boling, those issues involved district court and the changes he said he would make if elected. “I’m running for Craighead County District Court judge (Position 1). Now why? I think there are several issues going on in our court that our community seems to be aware of,

things that need to change,” Boling said. “I think first and foremost laws are not being followed.” Boling cited recent Sun reporting about the local justice system and mental illness. “For over a four-year period, from 2011 to 2015, over $50,000 has been assessed

against our citizens who have not committed a crime and was clear they had mental illness issues,” Boling said. “Instead of getting the mental health they deserve and mental health benefits, they’ve been brought to court, and they’ve been fined.”

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ASU student studies fines on the poor BY SARAH MORRIS Sun Staff Writer smorris@jonesborosun.com

JONESBORO — While searching the Internet, Kelly Mendes stumbled across news articles, posts and videos discussing excessive fines and poverty. What she learned was eyeopening, she said. Mendes, an Arkansas State University senior who is majoring in sociology and criminology, said she never knew this was an issue in her community; she has only received one traffic ticket in her life. It ignited plans to research the matter further. While she is in the initial stages, she said there are local people stuck in a cycle of debt because of fines too high to pay off that land them in jail, accruing more fees. Another reason is for-profit probation companies, like the Justice Network used in Craighead County, that tack on additional fees that accrue over time. The issue is not the people who could pay but refuse. She said the issue is with the ones who are unable to pay off the growing debt, and a justice system that has become a “money-maker.” “One man said that he went every day to sell his plasma so he could afford the weekly amount he had to pay to the probation company,” Mendes said Thursday while presenting at the Rural Freaks Conference at A-State. “In Jonesboro, one manager reported that several of his employees had two or more jobs, but were unable to escape the debt that had accrued. “The new ‘debtor’s prison’ is enslaving people who are not criminals yet they receive the same treatment that criminals do. The conundrum is that people who are committing criminal acts; or wealthy often can afford an attorney to represent them, and those who are given excessive fines are necessitous, and have to be at the mercy of the probation companies and the justice Please see FINES | A2

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Jonesboro Police Department recruits make their way across the chilly pool Saturday during the Jonesboro Police Department’s Polar Plunge for Special Olympics at the Elks Lodge. See more photos of the event on A9.

Court to mull mental health, e-tickets BY WILL BOWDEN Sun Staff Writer wbowden@jonesborosun.com

JONESBORO — A resolution to Craighead County’s e-ticket revenue issues with cities, support of changes to jail’s handling of mental illness and changes to the 2016 county budget will be the core of Monday’s Craighead County Quorum Court meeting. Monday’s meeting will be at 6 p.m. at the Lake City Courthouse.

E-tickets The interlocal agreement would

be a step toward resolving the longstanding issue between the county and cities over the distribution of Arkansas State Police tickets to cities. Previously, cities would receive money depending on where the tickets were filed by state troopers. A change to policy in 2014 moved processing to the county, and money was no longer distributed to the cities. The resolution, if passed by cities and the county, will distribute the money to where each ticket was written in Craighead County. The Jonesboro City Council ap-

proved the agreement on Tuesday.

Mental health The mental health resolution would show the court’s support to county and state officials and initiatives to reduce the number of people with mental health issues in the Craighead County Detention Center. Craighead County Judge Ed Hill was among the leaders that met at the sheriff’s office on Thursday to discuss a plan to establish a regional

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Panel asks why kids commit crime BY SARAH MORRIS Sun Staff Writer smorris@jonesborosun.com

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Matthew Degarmo (left), an Arkansas State University assistant professor of criminology, listens as Rajhan Watkins, a senior criminology major from Memphis, speaks during a recent fiveperson panel discussion on “Why Do Kids Commit Crime?”

JONESBORO — Lewis Davis was 13 years old when he was placed on probation for theft by receiving. For three months, Davis and his younger brother had walked passed a broken Moped abandoned in a ditch on their way home. One day they decided to take it home to see if it could be repaired. He said two days later an oﬃcer visited their home, and they learned it was stolen property. Davis, Craighead County’s

juvenile court supervisor, recalled the story during a recent five-person panel discussion on “Why Do Kids Commit Crime?” When asked the answer to that question, he said kids may simply not know the law or it is peer pressure. Each time Circuit Judge Tommy Fowler has a child before him in court he asks what led to him or her getting into trouble. He said the main answers are peer pressure, lack of supervision, boredom and a lack of communication. Deputy Prosecutor Tracye Walker agreed.

A lot of times there is no parental support at home or distracted parenting. Where there are no rules, violence runs rampant, Walker said. When talking crime among youth, Dr. Phil Hestand, director of Arkansas State University’s Counseling Services, said they are typically talking about the average kid; there will always be a few who are committing the crime because they are more impulsive or from problems stemming from abuse or neglect.

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TILLICUM, Wash. — A dozen police oﬃcers shot at and killed a homicide suspect during a gun battle along Interstate 5 in Washington state Saturday morning, authorities said. The man, in his 40s, had killed his girlfriend as she worked at a nursing facility in University Place, near Tacoma, at about 6:15 a.m., said Pierce County Sheriﬀ’s Detective Ed Troyer.

Police soon spotted him and chased his vehicle southbound on I-5 as he shot at them. The suspect exited the highway and then got back on heading north, at which point the pursuing oﬃcers forced his car to spin out near an exit for Tillicum, said Lakewood Police Lt. Chris Lawler. The man took cover behind his vehicle and engaged police in a shootout, Lawler said. Twelve oﬃcers from

three agencies — Lakewood and Steilacoom police, as well as the sheriﬀ’s department — shot back, killing him. The homicide victim worked at University Place Care Center, a long-term care facility, which said in a statement that it contacted a private security company to ensure the facility is safe and enlisted counseling services for any traumatized staﬀ or residents.

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increase of 4.9 percent and a delinquent tax update will also be discussed. About $60,000 of taxes are unobtainable from delinquent businesses. Tim Wooldridge, executive director of the Crowley’s Ridge Development Council, will also give a presentation about its services.

People of NEA Jesse Huffman, Jonesboro

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crisis intervention unit.

Other issues Budget

Justice of the Peace Josh Longmire’s Feb. 8 inquiries into the ownership of Craighead Nursing Center and other properties will be addressed. A sales tax revenue

An ordinance would amend the 2016 county budget to add $27,000 in grant funding to the already approved budget. The grants include drug court programs

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“I’m trying to get into the music business,” Jesse Huffman said. “I’ve been playing since I was 6 years old, and I’m 60 now. There’s a couple of DJs in England that are playing my album. It all came about as a mistake that I made when I was trying to send my album to my nephew from my phone. Somehow or another, instead of hitting private, it went public on Google Plus. It wasn’t 20 minutes before my phone was hammered with people asking where they could get the album. I went to Nashville in June to sign a recording contract, and the rest is history.”

FINES system.” Adrian Rodgers, pastor of Fullness of Joy Church on Race Street, spoke alongside Mendes. Rodgers said he has witnessed this problem while serving as a chaplain at the Craighead County Detention Center and has advocated for change for 10 years. Rodgers said the Jonesboro Police Department spends 33 percent of its resources dealing with people who have outstanding fines, resources he thinks should go toward finding people accused of committing more serious crimes. One woman Rodgers met thought she had paid oﬀ the money she owed, but instead she still had one last $20 fee. He said she did not know she still owed money or that a warrant was issued for her arrest for that money until an oﬃcer pulled over the vehicle she was

riding in. She was arrested the next day for the same reason, which added more fees to what she owed. Rodgers said better communication between all parties is needed, although the whole system needs to be looked at. “It needs to change because it is absolutely stupid,” he said. To correct the issue, Rodgers and Mendes said more people in the community will have to be educated on it so they can speak out and demand corrective action be taken. Recently, Mendes said more people are starting to learn about it and speak up, including the creation of the Facebook page “Citizens for a Firm, Fair and Forward Craighead County District Court” that allows people to post their stories without sharing their names. Through it, Mendes heard the story of a single father who learned in 2015 that a warrant was

issued after he did not pay a $25 seat belt ticket in 2010. Mendes said he was assessed $2,400 in fines, 40 hours of community service and 10 days in jail. “This indigenous citizen can’t find anyone to insure him on his vehicle now, and he said that he understands that justice needed to be served, but why was he treated like a criminal and given an excessive punishment that certainly did not match his oﬀense,” she added. In Georgia vs. Bearden, Mendes said the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a local government can only jail someone for not paying a fine if it can show that the defendant could have paid the fine but willfully chose not to. “Excessive fining is not only violating our Constitution, but it is unethical,” she added. “I implore you to educate yourself on the issues of economic and criminal injustice and for inequality in all areas of our community.”

younger brother. He said, during that period, children can learn right from wrong, which includes how to be respectful. If people work to instill good behaviors in young children, the problem may solve itself going forward, Watkins said. “My professor asked us if we wanted to know how the future is going to be because the answer is to go to kindergarteners and watch them,” he added. From the audience, Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin said one big issue is that many people want to avoid the issue when they should be taking action.

For example, if a child comes home with a bad grade then a parent can either berate the child or say he or she is not happy with the grade, but the parent will work with the child to improve the grade, Perrin added. People should also volunteer to work with children. Audience member Lorie Williams of Jonesboro said the answer is love; kids need to know others care about them and that can be shown through small actions like serving as a lunch buddy at school. On the law enforcement level, Sheriﬀ Marty Boyd, who listened to the panel,

said oﬃcers are interacting in a more positive atmosphere with students through their roles as school resource oﬃcers and through expanded drug education programs. In court, Fowler said 50 percent of the children who appear before him are with people who are not their parents. Those adults are asked to say one thing they are proud of about the child in question, and it is amazing to see how the kids light up, he added. “I really think if people would take more interest in children’s lives, a lot of these issues could be solved,” Fowler said.

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CANDIDATES said. “They may be fined or given the minimum charge, but that’s it. Otherwise they can get up to a 30-day jail term if we charge them straight as a person that was drunken or disorderly.” The district court candidates weren’t the only ones concerned with the justice system and mental health. Both candidates for Craighead County sheriﬀ brought up the issue and stated their opinions on the rising topic. Sheriﬀ Marty Boyd said he had been appointed to a mental health committee that works hand-in-hand with the state government to create better services and treatment once someone is incarcerated. “A better understanding of the new programs is that it will not only serve taxpayers and save resources, but it will lead

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Blackman addressed each issue Boling mentioned, including mental health in courts. Blackman said Boling was referring to the drunken, insane, or disorderly statute. The law states: “A law enforcement oﬃcer shall arrest a drunken, insane, or disorderly person whom he or she finds at large and not in the care of a competent person.” Blackman said the court doesn’t penalize people because of their mental health nor does it attempt to. “If you look at it, it’s a statute that says ‘drunken,’ which is a criminal act, and ‘disorderly’ is a criminal act. If you have people coming in front of you doing just that, then they may be treated diﬀerently,” Blackman

to a better quality of life for the victims and their families,” Boyd said. Republican candidate John Shipman said if he was elected he would take care of the mental illness problem. “That’s something I know first-hand about professionally and personally. And I can tell you that to have a family member that is suffering from a mental illness, they’re going to find themselves in the criminal justice system, and it’s hard to get out of it,” Shipman said. “It’s also hard to find them the help they need before they get into the criminal justice system, because it is my personal belief that once that person, that someone with mental wellness problems, reaches the jail, he’s already behind. We’ve already let that person down.”

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Another problem is if the person does not want the help, Hestand and Davis said. Davis has dealt with five boys from the same home and four have since been sentenced to the highest form of penalties. “You can throw money, services to people, but if they do not want it, it won’t work,” Davis said. There are two types of oﬀenders. Matthew Degarmo, an Arkansas State University assistant professor of criminology, said 10 to 20 percent of child oﬀenders go on to commit crime as adults,

but most children don’t. A lot of juveniles don’t commit crime as they age, and the ones who persist are the problem, he added. Hestand said people are complicated, which means there is not an easy fix to stop crimes committed by children. While families often take the blame when the topic of why kids commit crime is discussed, Degarmo said it is really a coordination failure between three systems: the family, the community and the public. If the family is unable to connect with the child for whatever reason, Degarmo said the community should help fill

the void through church, town halls such as the panel and community and neighborhood events. “Put money aside for park events to get neighbors to interact,” he said. “So if they see a kid misbehave, then they can step in.” There are also others ways to chip away at the problem. Rajhan Watkins, an A-State senior criminology major from Memphis, said individuals should allot 30 minutes of each day to talk to the children in their lives without cursing or laying a hand on them. It is something Watkins does daily with his

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Group’s efforts to help mentally ill merit praise

It’s easy to identify problems in our community. Solving them is the hard part. Craighead County — Jonesboro in particular — has a problem with how to handle those suffering with mental health issues. We’re not alone. It’s a problem that many communities across this state and nation have failed to adequately confront. It’s costly and easy to ignore because most people simply don’t understand mental illness and would prefer it be kept in the shadows. That’s why we were encouraged to report Friday that a group of community leaders is committed to finding a way to help those with mental health problems in Northeast Arkansas. The group, led by Craighead County Sheriff Marty Boyd, met Thursday to discuss possible solutions. Boyd has been looking into the issue for more than a year. The sheriff is particularly interested because he sees far too many cases of people with mental health issues being jailed at the Craighead County Detention Center. “I get calls from families of those with mental illness all the time, and they ask me what they can do,” Boyd said during the meeting. “I don’t have an answer because of how we are. The detention center is designed to hold criminals, not help the mentally ill, but right now we’re trying to do both.” Obviously, a jail is no place to treat folks with mental health issues. It’s morally irresponsible. However, the detention center ends up as a dumping ground because there’s nowhere else to house those who’ve committed crimes because they suffer from mental health issues. Sitting in on Thursday’s meeting were Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin, Craighead County Judge Ed Hill and MidSouth Health Systems COO Ruth Allison Dover. The group is looking at ways to establish a crisis intervention unit that would house and monitor mentally ill people who commit crimes. “There are people going to jail who don’t need to be,” Hill said. “We should fix that as soon as possible.” Boyd has been particularly encouraged by recent discussions in the community about mental health, especially the jailing and fining of people through the state’s drunken, insane or disorderly statute. As Managing Editor Waylon Harris and reporter Stan Morris have documented in these pages the past week, district court judges in Jonesboro have been misapplying the state’s drunk, in-

sane or disorderly law to those who suffer from mental illness. Since 2011 — as far as we looked back — hundreds of people have been arrested and illegally fined under the DID statute, which is not a criminal statute and carries no criminal penalties. The law simply exists to keep a person from hurting themselves or others, to help law enforcement deal with people who have gone over the edge. What may be worse, and we don’t have any concrete numbers yet, is that some of those fined for being DID may have failed to pay their fines and ended up being picked up and jailed for failure to pay — a double injustice. A tragedy really. We’re encouraged that district judges Keith Blackman and Curt Huckaby have agreed to no longer fine people under the state’s drunken, insane or disorderly statute when mental health issues are the cause. That’s a start, but the judges shouldn’t remand to court and fine anyone under the DID statute. It’s hard to fathom why they have been doing so in the first place. Mental illness is not a crime. Our coverage of the issue has brought to light a grave injustice, but it’s far more important that community leaders like Boyd, Perrin and Hill work together to find a solution. With the help of professionals who know what’s best for those who suffer from mental illness, we’re confident solutions are on the horizon. As Boyd said during the meeting, it’s time for the community to take on this problem. “The Northeast Arkansas economy is strong and can support this program,” Boyd said of a crisis intervention unit. “We just need to get to work and do it ourselves.” That’s leadership. A possible solution would be to use an existing city or county building to house a regional crisis intervention unit. That building could be staffed by Mid-South Health employees. “Separating the populations would be a huge step,” Boyd said, “but the evaluation and treatment of these people is also a top priority. ... We have the buildings and the passion to solve the problem, and we just need to work out the details.” The group’s efforts will have a dramatic impact on how individuals with mental health issues are treated in our community and go a long way toward ending the cycle of incarceration. We applaud their efforts. — Chris Wessel

Letters Dream of the future What is your dream of the future? The question has been asked, and I challenge each of you to dream. The past was not easy, nor will the future be. We still have dreams and challenges. There is still injustice, prejudice just to name a couple obstacles being practiced to stand in the way, but we must not allow them to not let us dream. What if Dr. Martin Luther King never had a dream for himself or for us as a nation? What if President Barack Obama wondered if the dream of our founders was still alive? We must put our dreams into action. There is as much risk in doing nothing as it is in doing something. Seize an opportunity. We might as well dream. Don’t be satisfied where you are or where people want you to be. Dream beyond that. Follow your dreams as long as you live. Do what you love, cherish every moment and make them count. Be brave, take risks, have an open mind and heart. Make a real diﬀerence, never give up, dream big and always remember ... Dreams come true. Do you have a dream? I do. Norma Ferrell Jonesboro

Public awareness key to rare diseases Rare Disease Day is a day dedicated to increasing public awareness of rare diseases by calling attention to challenges these individuals and their families face on a regular basis. This day of awareness occurs annually on the last day of February. As the mother of a child with such a disease, I can attest to the challenges

that occur with a rare (and genetic) disease. At 10 months old and after many months of not understanding why she wasn’t growing properly, my daughter was diagnosed with Infantile Nephropathic Cystinosis. Cystinosis is a metabolic disease where cystine accumulates in various organs eﬀectively damaging them. Some of these included the kidneys, eyes, liver and brain. It is estimated that about 2,000 people worldwide have the same disease as my daughter. Cystinosis is treatable, but even with treatment is still chronic and progressive. It requires multiple medications, supplements, high intake of fluids and nutritional supplementation via a gtube to keep my child healthy. Dealing with new doctors is often a learning experience. My husband and I have to consistently be strong advocates for our daughter because few health professionals have ever heard of cystinosis. That means we often have to provide a summary of the disease, a detailed description of her daily routine and a few times have had to explain her medications. This also means we spend time arguing with the insurance company over the importance of some of her medications when they decide that they’re merely supplementary. This is more than frustrating when every medication she takes is necessary to maintain her quality of life. In the world of rare diseases, public awareness is important. It helps lead to the raising of funds towards research for improving treatments and hopefully pushing one step closer to cures. I strongly encourage everyone reading this to get involved by visiting www.rarediseaseday.us . Your support matters to these families. For those interested in learning more about cystinosis, please visit cystinosis.org. Britni Westmoreland Brookland Please see LETTERS | A5

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Generals don’t tell the enemy where they are going to attack. Boxers don’t tell their opponents where they are going to punch. But Republicans told President Barack Obama and the Democrats exactly what they were going to do about the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy, and because of that, they may have increased the chances Hillary Clinton will be the next president. Steve After Justice Antonin Brawner | Scalia passed away, Republicans quickly declared that Obama might as well not nominate a successor because the Senate won’t confirm him or her anyway. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the seat “should not be filled” until the next president takes oﬃce. Most of the party’s presidential candidates made similar statements. That was a political mistake. Now, Obama has the high ground. He can make this a contest between himself and McConnell, who’s not exactly an electrifying figure. The “executive order president” can paint himself as the defender of the Constitution. He’ll do his constitutional duty in nominating a

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successor; now will Republican senators do theirs and give a fair hearing to the nominee? Moreover, now he knows the Republicans’ strategy, but they don’t know his, so he can plan his next move accordingly. For example, he can nominate a female with a long list of accomplishments, maybe even a military record. If Republican senators refuse to give her a fair shot, or even treat her poorly, then Clinton can spend the rest of this election talking about those obstructionist Republicans keeping glass ceilings above women’s heads. That message will resonate in an electorate where Obama won women by 12 points in 2012, according to Gallup. In that same election, Republicans won men by only eight points, and more women vote than men. In addition to the vacancy, three justices — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer — are at least 80 years old or getting close. So the irony is that to keep Obama from nominating one justice, Republicans likely have given Clinton an issue she can use to win and have the chance to nominate four. What Republicans should do is praise Scalia as a strict constructionist who

believed the Constitution means what it says it means, and that they will honor him by insisting that Obama’s nominee follows his example. If Obama nominates someone too liberal, they can expose that person’s record and make voters more uncomfortable with Clinton’s potential nominees. By then it will be late spring, and then Republicans can plausibly make the case that, at that point, we might as well wait for the next president. On the other hand, Obama wants to appoint a Supreme Court justice at least as much as he wants Clinton to win, so maybe he will nominate someone Republicans can live with. Some senators might decide they’d rather confirm his nominee in his last year, rather than take their chances on Clinton winning and nominating someone in her first. Republicans, after all, control the Senate now. Next year, they might not. I can think of three reasons Republicans tipped their hand so clumsily. One, many of them viscerally, emotionally dislike Obama, and people in that state of mind make mistakes. Two, it’s a presidential year, so the party’s focus naturally turns to candidates trying to get elected by appealing to the party base, and away from those trying to run a government. And three, they did it

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because they had no choice. A beast has been created these past eight years that must be fed anti-Obama red meat at all times. Had Republican leaders played their cards a little closer to their vests, that beast would have been angry. Let’s not overstate this. Republicans made a bad move, but not a fatal one. It’s a long way until November, when the election will be decided mostly by the actual nominees. Since Obama was elected, Republicans have gained or solidified control of both houses of Congress, a majority of state Legislatures, and a large majority of governor’s mansions. They must be doing something right, politically. But now, for the first time in a long time, they do not have control of the Supreme Court. It’s now 4-4, which means we’re looking at a lot of deadlocked votes. Let’s hope Republicans walk back their previous statements. The president should fulfill his constitutional duty, and they should fulfill theirs. Steve Brawner is an independent journalist in Arkansas. Email him at brawnersteve@mac.com. Follow him on Twitter at @stevebrawner. © 2016 by Steve Brawner Communications Inc.

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Perrin power

I do not live in Jonesboro, but I read The Jonesboro Sun every day. I have been noticing some people refer to Mayor Harold Perrin as a Sun God. While most readers may completely disregard comments like these as nonsense, I think something needs to be said about it. Personally, I believe an elected positionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s salary too often attracts the type of person who has no business being an elected oďŹ&#x192;cial. I think we have too many people who simply chase after the salary rather than putting in the service. We would probably attract better oďŹ&#x192;cials if most of our elected positions were on a volunteer-only basis without any pay whatsoever. With that being said, I do believe Mayor Perrin is an exception. I think Jonesboro is fortunate to have him as its mayor. With its current and projected future growth, Jonesboro needs a mayor who truly understands business, finance, banking, etc. For example, I bet when Mayor Perrin receives a financial report or reviews the city budget, he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to have the chief financial oďŹ&#x192;cer explain what everything means to him. I bet other citiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mayors know that Harold Perrin isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in over his head as mayor. I bet when business owners and leaders meet with the mayor, they are confident he understands what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re saying. I bet it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take long for the mayor to make a great impression on business executives who are touring the town to see if they want to open a new location or manufacturing facility in Jonesboro. It is OK to disagree with an elected oďŹ&#x192;cial. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government. Obviously no one will ever satisfy everyone all of the time. However, you could have a mayor who does more harm than good to your town, its reputation and its future. Fortunately for the residents of Jonesboro, they do not have that problem with Mayor Harold Perrin. Garrett Barnes Bono

Scaliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t transform Supreme Court They are right that Antonin Scaliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sudden death nearly a year before Barack Obama is to leave oďŹ&#x192;ce is an epochal event, but for the loss of the nimble and dazzling old man himself and not because it will produce a major transformation of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the Senate majority leaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dramatic announcement within hours of Scaliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death that the Republican majority in the Senate was united in preventing even consideration of any nomination by the president, in flagrant disobedience of the Constitution, you would surmise, wrongly, that Obama would be dramatically remaking the Supreme Court for another generation. There is scant chance an Obama nominee will become a justice, even if he were to name a conservative Republican like Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah or Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. That was settled 15 months ago when the GOP gained a solid majority in the Senate, every single member of which pledged to allow no enhancement of the Obama legacy his last two years and make every eďŹ&#x20AC;ort to shrink it, like undermining the AďŹ&#x20AC;ordable Care Act and clean-power rules. It is true that, for the first time in 44 years, Republicans do not have a majority on the Supreme Court and for the first time in 25 years do not have a virulently conservative majority. Now and at least for the next 15 months they are tied on both counts, 4 to 4, with little chance for a precedent-setting decision during that period on a big conservative issue, unless one of the softer justices on either side buckles on some issue like the carbon-dioxide rules. If Scaliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seat remains vacant until the spring of 2017, it will be filled either by the Democratic president, giving liberals their first dominion on the court since the torrent of liberal reforms by the court after Republican Dwight Eisenhower packed it

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with liberals and moderates, or else by the new Republican president â&#x20AC;&#x201D; likely the neo-populist Donald Trump. Whether the new president on Jan. 20 is a Democrat or Republican, his or her party will control the Supreme Court for a generation, regardless of what Obama does. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will retire early in 2017, if not sooner, and fellow Democrat Stephen Breyer not long afterward. So the equilibrium on the court caused by Scaliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death or the impact of a successful Obama appointment will be momentary. But the absence of Antonin Scalia will be nonetheless profound. Many have written about the huge impact Scalia, by dint of intellect, brass and wit, made on the court and jurisprudence. No one mentions his biggest legacy, which is that he made a politicized judiciary not only respectable but the expectation. Since the 2014 election, it has been common knowledge that the Senate would not allow the Democratic president to appoint another justice. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put it in writing Saturday, appropriately upon Scaliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death. Republican justices like John Paul Stevens and David Souter often turned out to be liberal rocks. The ultraliberal John F. Kennedyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single nominee to the court, Whizzer White, was at least as conservative as Scalia though not as talented or influential. Scalia had a passion for the law, for he found in its vast tenets the latitude to support whatever he would like for the law to be in any situation. The force of his intellect and brass almost always brought

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other Republicans into the fold. When they strayed, as Kennedy, John Roberts and Sandra Day Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor sometimes did, they felt the sting of his fierce dissents and the need to get back under the blanket. Originalism was the doctrine that he revived and made the bulwark of constitutional law. The Bill of Rights and other parts of the Constitution had to be interpreted precisely as people understood them when they were written, not in light of advancing knowledge and sensibilities. Phrases and concepts like freedom of speech, assembly, association and religion obviously were not intended to protect black people, who were at the time not considered full persons, or other irregular people, like women or gays. Race was a peculiar issue that confounded Scalia. He dodged questions about segregation, though he told one interviewer that he might have voted for the courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s1954 decision outlawing school segregation although it violated his principle of originalism. No theory is perfect. He was maddeningly inconsistent about the doctrine whenever the partisan need was heavy. When the AďŹ&#x20AC;ordable Care Act came before the court and the party as one demanded its dissolution, Scalia found that the commerce clause relegated things like health care to the states and outside the ambit of the national government, although the court had many times recognized it as national prerogative. But Arkansans may remember that Scalia took precisely the opposite stance when President Ronald Reaganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s energy

commission, ignoring an act of Congress that made intrastate utility rates a state matter, ordered Arkansas electric customers to pay for giant nuclear power plants in Mississippi and Louisiana. Arkansas was run by an ambitious Democratic governor and Mississippi and Louisiana were firmly in the Republican fold. Scalia, writing for the Supreme Court, said the commerce clause gave the federal government autonomy on state utility regulation. We duly paid our southern neighbors $4.5 billion to help them on their electric bills. Then there was the switch on interpreting the religiousliberty clause, from American Indiansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; peyote-smoking ritual to the recent opinions on religious exemptions in Obamacare and elsewhere. And there was last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s order, violating all precedents but cheered by all Republican aspirants, that halted implementation of Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clean-power rules even though no appellate court had ruled on their validity. Without Scalia, the courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stay is almost certain to be lifted late this year when a circuit court upholds the rules. It was Antonin Scaliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s towering talent and mystique that he could be blatantly political but be respected, even revered, for it. The original originalists Madison and Hamilton, but no one much today, would be dismayed. One of Scaliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nastiest dissents was in Obergefell, the gaymarriage case. Jim Obergefell, who brought the suit to force Ohio to recognize his marriage in Maryland to his late partner, who died of Lou Gehrigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease soon after the marriage. Sunday, Obergefell sent a tweet to the fallen jurist who had condemned the ruling: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank you for your service to our country.â&#x20AC;? Scalia would have reciprocated.

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Judith Boyer

ARBELA, Mo. — Judith Elaine Boyer, 75, of rural Arbela, Mo., passed away Feb. 17, 2016, at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Mo. Judy was born on Sept. 6, 1940, in Gorin, Mo., to Harold Arlo and Verna Murline (Meyer) Hustead. She spent a few early years in Fort Madison, Iowa, but was primarily raised in Gorin. After graduating from high school in 1958, Judy attended Gem City Business College in Quincy, Ill. Judy was married to Ronald Boyer on March 3, 1963, at Memphis. She spent time working at the Bank of Kahoka and the Mercantile Bank in Memphis while raising four children in between. Later in life, Judy spent considerable time volunteering at the Scotland County Clothes Closet and the Hospital Auxiliary Gift Shop while spending considerable time with her grandchildren and most recently, her great-granddaughter. Judy loved her Lord and dedicated her life to serving him and others continually in prayer and was a very active member of the Gorin Baptist Church. Judy loved gardening, working on the family farm, traveling to see family and was a passionate fan of her beloved Arkansas State Red Wolves. Judy is survived by her husband, Ronnie; and four children, Brad and Kristi Boyer of Moberly, Mo., Beth and Rob Stellmacher of Waunakee, Wis., Brian and Rhonda Boyer of Jonesboro and Kevin and Erin Boyer of Kansas City, Mo.; seven grandchildren, Brett Boyer and his wife Brittany, Lindsey and Brandon Boyer, all of Moberly, Abby and Tyler Stellmacher, both of Waunakee, Zach and Ellie Boyer, both of Kansas City, and one greatgrandchild, Braelynn Boyer of Moberly. She was preceded in

death by her grandparents; her parents; her brother, Allen; and an infant brother. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Gorin Baptist Church in Gorin with Mark Drummond and Mike Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in the Gorin Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Ronnie and Judy’s cousins, Daryl Davis, Nick Davis, Steve Dennison, Dennis Hustead, Darin Hustead, Charlie Boyer and Kenny Clatt. Visitation was Saturday at the Memphis Funeral Home. To honor Judy’s memory, a contribution may be made to the Scotland County Library and may be left at or mailed to Memphis Funeral Home, 378 S. Market St., Memphis, Mo. 63555 or may be left at the church on Sunday. Arrangements are under the direction of Memphis Funeral Home. Online registry: memphisfuneralhome-mo. com.

Violet Campbell

JONESBORO — Violet Ruth Campbell, 79, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. She was born Aug. 18, 1936, in Leachville to the late James B. and Vivian Campbell. She was a member of Cornerstone United Methodist Church in Jonesboro. Violet spent her early childhood in the Monette area before moving to the Valley View area. She was a 1954 JHS graduate. She started her career as a secretary for H.R. Cook Trucking Co. before going on to Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. where she worked for more than 35 years until her retirement. She was a member of the Jonesboro Women’s Bowling League in the 1960s, which won several state tournaments. She enjoyed going to the lake and traveling. She loved her many nieces and nephews and the time she spent with them and her special cat, Twiggy. Survivors include two brothers, Brady (Wanda) Campbell and Kenneth (Zelda) Campbell; and several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. In addition to her par-

ents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Jean Griﬃn; and brother, Joe Mack Campbell. Visitation will be 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Gregg Langford Bookout Funeral Home with the Rev. Chris Hemund oﬃciating. Graveside service at 12:30 p.m. will follow in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery. Honored to serve as pallbearers are Buster Campbell, Benny Campbell, Keith Campbell, Blake Campbell, Danny Liles and James Hewitt. Lasting memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Association. Online registry: www. mcnabbfuneralhomes. com

Donna Crawford

ASH FLAT — Donna Martin Crawford, 66, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. She was a teacher for 33 years and a member of Ash Flat First Baptist Church. Donna was predeceased by parents, Oval and Irene Mabry Rogers; first husband, Charles L. Martin; and granddaughter, Charlsie Caroline Meyer. Survivors include her husband, Thomas; daughter, Leslie Martin; brother, Stan Rogers; sisters, Jeanete Spencer, Karen Coleman and Patricia Sisney; and six grandchildren. Funeral will be 1 p.m. Monday in Tri-County Funeral Home Chapel at Highland. Visitation will begin at noon. Burial will be in Old Baptist Cemetery at Ash Flat.

Ellis Hansen

(Joel), Sara Varn (Trey) and Joshua Hall (Ashley); and three great-grandchildren, Perry Varn, Trace Stark and Eli Varn. Roger is also survived by his siblings, Glenda Nichols (Landa), Randy Hansen (Jeanne), Janis Trammell (Jimmy) and Kim Morgan (Rocky), as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, George Hansen; a son-inlaw, Jake Clark; and sister and brother-in-law, Molly and JT Rogers. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Lakeland, Tenn. Service will immediately follow with burial in Forest Hill Memorial Park East. Services are under the direction of Forest Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Park East, 2440 Whitten Road, Memphis 38133.

Wilma Kirkpatrick

Roberta Conway

WALNUT RIDGE — Roberta Conway, 78, of Walnut Ridge passed away Feb. 19, 2016, at Walnut Ridge. Roberta as born in Olyphant on Jan. 8, 1938. She was a homemaker and enjoyed sewing, knitting, cooking and taking care of the elderly people. Roberta was of the Pentecostal faith. She is survived by three sons, Mike Conway of Peach Orchard, Jessie Conway of Augusta and Wayne Conway of Marmaduke; three daughters, Debbie Mooneyhan of Michigan, Maxine Behlke of Anchorage, Alaska, and Joann Chavez of Van Buren; two brothers, Bill Jones of Cabot and Charlie Carter; three sisters, Betty Cansler of McCrory, Elsie Easley of Newport and Lois Scholl of Anchorage; 26 grandchildren; and 31 greatgrandchildren She was preceded in death by parents, Oscar and Delphia Carter; two brothers, Max Carter and Elisah Carter; one son, Oather Conway; grandsons, Larry Boshears Jr. and Oather Lee Conway Jr.; and one great-grandchild, Caylee Conway. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Ermert Funeral Home chapel. Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. today. Burial will be in Hosea Cemetery.

Wilma’s employment began with Miles and Amseler law firm in Little Rock. Through the years, she worked for the U.S. Army ROTC Department at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, the Arkansas Legislature and Arkansas Real Estate and Insurance. She and Garland lived in Jonesboro for 26 years and Beebe for 29 years. In 2010, they moved to Texas to be close to their daughters. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, J.W. Russell, and two sisters, Juanita Lamuel and Mary K. Dockins. Wilma is survived by two daughters, Marilyn (Mrs. Vince) Lyden of Cypress, Texas, and Carolyn Watkins of Katy, Texas. She was blessed with four grandchildren, Laura and Russell Palmer and Olivia and Garland Marie Watkins of Houston; great-grandsons, Hunter Hayden McCabe and Jackson Palmer Thompson; and nephews, Daniel Russell of Upland, Calif., Ray Russell of Navarre, Fla., and Wayne Zulpo of Tulsa, Okla. Klein Funeral HomeHouston is entrusted with arrangements. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, www. stjude.org, click “donate.”

Hansen

Auston Pry

Kirkpatrick BARTLETT, Tenn. — Ellis Roger “Big Daddy” Hansen passed away Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, at Bartlett, Tenn., at the age of 76. Roger was born on June 2, 1939, to George and Lazelle Hansen. He was a retired milk distributor for Dean Foods and a retired real estate appraiser and broker with State Wide Appraisers. Roger was a longtime member of Raleigh United Methodist Church and current member of St. Paul United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Jane; his mother, Lazelle Hansen of Jonesboro; his children, Laurie Clark (Jake), Jill Verges (John) and Philip Hansen (Cheri); five grandchildren, Chase Hansen (Cassie), Chelsea Hansen, Chanler Stark

CYPRESS, Texas — Wilma Marie Russell Kirkpatrick, 87, formerly of Jonesboro and Beebe, passed away Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016. She was born March 9, 1928, at Sand Springs, Okla., to the late John Oliver and Winnie Annie Russell. The family moved to Little Rock when Wilma was a small child. She attended Woodruﬀ Elementary School and Pulaski Heights Junior High School. Wilma graduated from North Little Rock Senior High School in May 1946 and then graduated from Draughon Business College in Little Rock. On Sept. 4, 1948, she was united in marriage to Garland Kirkpatrick and they were married for 65 years until his death in February 2014.

NEWPORT — Auston Pry, 23, of Newport departed this life Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. He was born June 24, 1992, in Newport to Robert and Melanie Lowery Pry. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Carolyn “MeMaw” Lowery. His survivors are his parents; grandmother, Judy Pry; grandfathers, Scotty Lowery Sr. and Jimmie Pry; and brothers, Colton Lowery and Parker Pry. Life celebration services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Dillinger Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Watson Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 9 p.m. Monday. Arrangements by Dillinger Funeral Home. Online registry: www. dillingerfuneralhome. com.

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JONESBORO — The Craighead County unit of the Arkansas Department of Health inspected a number of restaurants and other places where food is prepared during January. Places inspected and any violations found at the time of the inspections were: • Ana’s Angels Academy, 2614 E. Matthews Ave., Jonesboro — two noncritical violations, handwashing signage must be posted and clearly visible to workers and need to clean mesh filter of venthood. • Andy’s Frozen Custard, 1327 Red Wolf Blvd., Jonesboro — one noncritical violation, need chemical test strips to sanitizer levels. • Apple Tree Preschool, 3107 Dan Ave., Jonesboro — three critical violations, need hand cleanser at all handwash sinks, need hand-washing signage at all handwash sinks used by employees and must store chemicals separately from food; one noncritical violation, need selfclosing hinge for employee restroom adjacent to kitchen. • Arkansas Early Learning-141 Kitchen, 2109 N. Church St., Jonesboro — no violations. • BA Burrito, 405 Southwest Drive, Jonesboro — one critical violation, need to reduce temperature in make-top cooler to 41 degrees F or cooler; three non-

critical violations, wiping cloths must be used in compliance with retail food establishment regulations, need to clean shelves in walk-in cooler and clean dust from fan covers in walk-in cooler. • Brookland Elementary School, 220 N. Oak St., Brookland — one critical violation, date-marked food items not being discarded after 7-day limit; one noncritical violation, all food items must be stored in sealed containers. • Brookland High School, 100 W. School St., Brookland — On Jan. 5: two critical violations, temperature in hot holding cabinet must be maintained at 135 degrees F or warmer and cold holding temperature must be maintained at 41 degrees F or cooler, need ice bath to hold diced tomatoes. On Jan. 12: no violations. • Brookland Pre-School, 120 N. Hickory St., Brookland — no violations. • Brookland Schools Field House, 100 W. School St., Brookland — no violations. • Brookland Schools Football Concession, 100 W. School St., Brookland — no violations. • Brookland Schools Basketball Concession, 100 W. School St., Brookland — one noncritical violation, need to clean dust from air vent grate. • Burger King, 4000 E. John-

son Ave., Jonesboro — no violations. • Café on the Mile, 1416 E. Matthews Ave., Jonesboro — two noncritical violations, wiping cloths must be used as intended and in compliance with regulations pertaining to retail food establishments and need to clean nonfood surfaces of Globe sandwich press and turbo oven. • Captain D’s, 2629 Stadium Blvd., Jonesboro — one critical violation, need to clean and sanitize interior of microwaves; three noncritical violations, need accurate working thermometer for reach-in cooler, need new gasket for ice machine door and need to repair gaps in ceiling . • Casey’s General Store, 2920 S. Caraway Road, Jonesboro — one noncritical violation, food items must be stored in sealed containers. • Children’s House, 300 E. Nettleton Ave., Jonesboro — no violations. • D & E Fish Market, 303 N. Main St., Jonesboro — not in operation. • Dollar General, 5900 E. Johnson Ave., Jonesboro — no violations. • Dollar General, 3619 Stadium Blvd., Jonesboro — no violations. • Dollar General, 8144 U.S. 49 West, Brookland — one noncritical violation, need to replace

damaged toilet tank lid. • Electric Glo, 8471 U.S. 49 North, Brookland — no violations. • Fancy Flour Bakery, 2615 E. Nettleton Ave., Jonesboro — two noncritical violations, need to clean dust for box fan and store wiping cloths in sanitizing solution between uses. • Firehouse Subs, 401 Southwest Drive, Jonesboro — two noncritical violations, need to increase temperature of meatballs to 135 degrees in hot holding and replace thermometer in Firehouse Sub cooler. • First United Methodist Early Learning Center, 801 S. Main St., Jonesboro — no violations. • Fox Meadow Intermediate, 2309 Fox Meadow Lane, Jonesboro — no violations. • Health, Wellness and Environmental Studies magnet school, 1001 Rosemond Ave., Jonesboro — no violations. • Hilltop Tiny Tots Learning Center, 2100 E. Johnson Ave., Jonesboro — no violations. • Hilton Garden Inn Classic, 2840 S. Caraway Road, Jonesboro — no violations. • Hilton Garden Inn Great American Grill, 2840 S. Caraway Road, Jonesboro — one noncritical, need to clean microwave. • Jeny’s Cakery, 3704 S. Caraway Road, Jonesboro — no violations.

• Jonesboro High School, 301 Hurricane Drive, Jonesboro — need to clean or replace fiberglass reinforced plastic board and caulk in dishwashing room and replace wall board in kitchen. • Jonesboro Kindergarten Center, 618 W. Nettleton Ave., Jonesboro — one noncritical violation, need to clean ice machine. • Jonesboro Public Schools/ Aramark, 613 N. Fisher St., Jonesboro — one noncritical violation, need to seal gap at bottom of back door to kitchen. • Jonesboro Public Schools/ Aramark, 1307 Flint St., Jonesboro — one noncritical violation, need to set water temperature lower in kitchen handwash sink. • Jordon’s Kwik Stop, 221 Co-op Drive, Jonesboro — one critical violation, employee beverages must be in sealed, spillproof containers; one noncritical violation, need self-closing hinge for men’s restroom door. • Kids First Learning Center, 4615 E. Nettleton Ave., Jonesboro — one critical violation, need to post hand-washing signage at all handwash sinks used by food workers; four noncritical violations, need smooth, cleanable ceiling tiles in kitchen, sink cabinet need to be finished so that it will not absorb moisture, need to clean interior of triple cooler unit and need to keep

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INSPECTION CONTINUED FROM A6 corrected by Feb. 3. • Kum & Go, 2028 N. Church St., Jonesboro — one critical violation, handwash sink must be used for hand washing only; two noncritical violations, need to mop up standing water in walkin cooler and clean exterior surfaces of ice machine, removing duct tape for threshold surfaces. • Kum & Go, 801 N. Holman St., Brookland — two critical violations, need to clean and sanitize interior of microwave and must date mark food items prepared on site and kept in cold holding longer than 24 hours; one noncritical violation, need to clean interior surfaces of pizza prep cooler. • Lake City Senior Life Center, 401 Walnut St., Lake City — no violations. • The Learning Center, 3801 Aggie Road, Jonesboro — one noncritical violation, need chemical test strips to check sanitizer levels. • Longhorn Steakhouse, 2626 Red Wolf Blvd., Jonesboro — one noncritical violation, need to clean grates of floor drains. • Love’s Travel Stop, 5101 E. Parker Road, Jonesboro — two critical violations, need handwashing signage posted and clearly visible at all handwash sinks used by employees and need to clean and sanitize interior of microwave. • Love’s Travel Stop Subway, 5101 E. Parker Road, Jonesboro — one noncritical violation, need drain boards designed to let small lids to air dry. • MacArthur Junior High, 1615 Wilkins Ave., Jonesboro — no violations. • Math and Science magnet school, 213 E. Thomas Green Road, Jonesboro — no violations. • McDonald’s, 1910 E. Johnson Ave., Jonesboro — two critical violations, need to clean and sanitize interiors of both microwave and ice machine. • McDonald’s, 2124 Red Wolf Blvd., Jonesboro — one critical violation, need to clean and sanitize interior of microwave. • MicroSociety magnet school, 1110 W. Washington Ave., Jonesboro — one noncritical violation, food items must be stored in sealed containers. • Murphy Express, 1601 Red Wolf Blvd., Jonesboro — one critical violation, food must be reheated to 165 degrees F or per product instructions. • Nettleton Elementary School, 2305 Fox Meadow Lane, Jonesboro — no violations. • Next Generation Learning Center, 2200 Grant Ave., Jonesboro — two critical violations, need hand-washing signage posted and clearly visible at all handwash sinks used by employees and must label spray bottles containing chemical cleaners. • Oasis 4 Kids Phase II, 315 E. Nettleton Ave., Jonesboro — no violations. • Papa John’s Pizza, 1300 S. Caraway Road, Jonesboro — no violations. • Pride and Joy Learning Center, 5411 E. Nettleton Ave., Jonesboro — one noncritical violation, need chlorine test strips. • Ready, Set and Learn, 617 Bradley St., Jonesboro — no violations.

• Ridgefield Christian School, 3824 Casey Springs Road, Jonesboro — one critical violation, need to clean and sanitize interior of microwaves. • Riverside High School, 2007 Arkansas 18, Lake City — no violations. • Riverside West Elementary, 2001 Arkansas 18, Lake City — no violations. • Riverside West Field House, 2001 Arkansas 18, Lake City — no violations. • Salsa’s Grill, 2240 S. Caraway Road, Jonesboro — no violations. • Shadrachs Coffee, 3326 E. Nettleton Ave., Jonesboro — one critical violation, need handwashing signage posted and clearly visible at all handwash sinks used by employees. • Sonic Drive-In, 1215 E. Johnson Ave., Jonesboro — two critical violations, must have no bare-hand contact with food or ice, employees must use gloves, spatulas, tongs or deli tissues, and need to clean and sanitize can opener blade; one noncritical violation, need to clean air vents above food serving area. • Tiny Treasures Academy, 3704 S. Caraway Road, Jonesboro — one noncritical violation, need chemical test strips. • Tropical Smoothie Café, 2007 E. Nettleton Ave., Jonesboro — six noncritical violations, wiping cloths must be used in compliance with retail food establishment regulations, must check strength of sanitizer in sanitizer bucket often, need to clean inside of stainless steel cabinets in front area of kitchen, remove storage netting in kitchen which is collecting dust, clean floor of walk-in cooler and clean dust from kitchen ceiling. All items must be corrected no later than Jan. 28. • The Truck Patch, 906 Southwest Drive, Jonesboro — one critical violation, must maintain cold holding temperature at 41 degrees F or cooler (gap in salad bar sealed and holding at 32 degrees F); two noncritical violations, all food items must be stored in sealed containers, and all food must be stored at least 6 inches above floor. • University Heights Elementary, 300 Bowling Lane, Jonesboro — no violations. • University Heights Intermediate, 3901 Aggie Road, Jonesboro — no violations. • Valley View Intermediate Blue, 2115 Valley View Drive, Jonesboro — no violations. • Valley View Intermediate Gold, 2119 Valley View Drive, Jonesboro — no violations. • Visual and Performing Arts magnet school, 1804 Hillcrest Drive, Jonesboro — no violations.

• Waffle House, 2905 Phillips Drive, Jonesboro — three noncritical violations, must store wiping cloths in 50-100 parts per million sanitizing solution, need to clean shelves in walkin cooler and clean kitchen floor beneath and around equipment, especially around ice machine, and floor drain in back kitchen. • Wendy’s, 710 S. Caraway Road, Jonesboro — two noncritical violations, need to check strength of sanitizing solution used for wiping cloths often and repair leak in sanitzer solution mixer. • Wendy’s, 2308 E. Parker Road, Jonesboro — one noncritical violations, need to place chemical test strips where they are easily located. • Western Sizzlin, 2405 E. Highland Drive, Jonesboro — On Jan. 6: four critical violations, food items stored in walk-in cooler found at internal temperature of more than 41 degrees F, items should be placed in shallow pans on top shelf of cooler to cool from 135 to 70 degrees F within two hours and from 70 to 41 degrees F within four hours, 41 degree temperature should be maintained during storage; food items prepared on site and refrigerated longer than 24 hours must be date marked with preparation and discard dates; must post consumer advisor regarding undercooked meat; and must use wiping cloths as intended and in compliance with regulations pertaining to retail food establishments, no sanitizer found in wiping cloth bucket; two noncritical violations, need to clean doors to walk-in cooler and clean shelves of walk-in cooler. On Jan. 15: violations corrected. • Westside Elementary, 1834 Arkansas 91 West, Jonesboro — one critical violation, need to install splash guard to keep food prep surfaces from being contaminated by handwash sink. • Westside High School, 4385 Arkansas 349, Jonesboro — no violations. • Westside High School Field House, 4385 Arkansas 349, Jonesboro — one noncritical violation, need thermometers in all cold storage units. • Westside High School Football Concession, 4385 Arkansas 349, Jonesboro — no violations. • Westside Middle School, 1800 Arkansas 91 West, Jonesboro — one noncritical violation, need to seal gaps in wall in dishwashing area with smooth cleanable surfaces. • Wonderland Daycare, 5312 S. Caraway Road, Jonesboro — one noncritical violation, need chlorine test strips. • You’re All My Art Children’s College, 3407 Race St., Jonesboro — no violations.

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JONESBORO — A traffic stop early Saturday morning led to the arrest of Thabiti Steward, 38, on suspicion of six felony charges and three misdemeanors. Jonesboro police officer Bryan Bailey was watching traffic at about 1 a.m. Saturday on Phillips Drive when he saw a car turn in to a parking lot. The vehicle’s license plate was not illuminated. When the officer initiated a traffic stop he recognized Steward, who was a passenger, because he was a parolee on active supervision. Police confirmed Steward’s identity and asked to search the vehicle due to the terms of the suspect’s parole. According to police, the suspect was hesitant and did not want to answer. Bailey retrieved his K9 Shine from his vehicle so that he could conduct an exterior free air sniff on the vehicle. Shine came to a “passive” final response, sitting and staring at the source of the odor he smelled. This allowed police to search the vehicle. According to a police report, officers found two blue pills in the passenger door and a large plastic bag stuffed into a soda can. Steward was taken into custody. Steward admitted there was cocaine inside the bag and that he planned on drinking it to get high, police said.

Police searched the patrol car before putting Steward back inside and found a straw with suspected cocaine power residue inside along with a marijuana cigarette. Police followed Steward’s girlfriend back to her residence to conduct a parole search. They found a marijuana pipe and suspected marijuana, a grinder with residue and two cloth bags containing .45-caliber ammunition. Police also searched the patrol vehicle one more time after removing Steward and found another cloth bag with marijuana and 25 individual bags of suspected cocaine. In the back yard, police found a black sack hidden under leaves. Police found a silver .45-caliber handgun, two extra gun magazines and eight of the same rounds found inside. Steward denied that the guns were his but did admit to owning the cocaine, though he claimed he did not sell it. He was taken to Craighead County Detention Center in lieu of a probable cause hearing on simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, possession of firearms by certain persons, possession of meth or cocaine with purpose to deliver, all felonies, possession of drug paraphernalia both felony and misdemeanor, possession of a schedule VI substance, possession of a schedule IV or V substance, parole violation and tampering with physical evidence.

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WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; It only took one manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death to give Congress an opening to spread its dysfunction to the rest of government. Republican opposition to letting President Barack Obama replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia quickly sparked a constitutional clash over the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right to fill Supreme Court vacancies. Democrats, who have their own history of boxing out Republicans over court nominees, are up in arms, but begrudgingly concede that Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pick is unlikely to be confirmed. So as both parties prepare for political brawling, the eight remaining justices could spend the next year hearing critical cases alongside an empty chair, unable to break a tie in the event of a 4-4 split. The standoďŹ&#x20AC; raises a sce-

nario that Washington long has dreaded: that bitter partisanship in Congress, mixed with obstructive tactics like the filibuster, would eventually jeopardize another branchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basic ability to function. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Republicans do what they suggest, I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re headed not only for a constitutional crisis but also for big problems for the legislative process,â&#x20AC;? said Jim Manley, a former aide to Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the natural reaction to the continued Senate breakdown weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen for years.â&#x20AC;? Supreme Court nominees have been rejected before. Yet Democrats accuse Republicans of taking obstructionism to a new level by insisting Obama not even name a nominee with 11 months left in his term â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and refusing to hold a confirmation vote if he does. Though the Constitution

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DOVER — Troy Allen heard the gunshots that killed his brother, Billy Joe Allen, on Jan. 16, 2014. Troy was lying on the couch in his living room north of Dover when the shots rang out. He didn’t think anything of it. His brother, who lived nearby, was always shooting guns at targets in his yard. “If I had known, I could have been over there in a minute,” Troy said. “If I had only known. I heard them killing him. I didn’t have the damn sense to know what was going

on.” The bodies of Billy Joe and Patricia Meadows, Troy’s niece, were found burned along with the remains of Allen’s travel trailer, which he had been living in since his home burned down. Fifth Judicial District Prosecutor David Gibbons said the cause of death, and the reason the case was upgraded to a homicide, was not — and still will not be — released by his oﬃce because it is part of an ongoing investigation. However, the Allen family came forward with a death certificate for Billy Joe Allen, which stated he died from gun-

shot wounds. Two articles were published by The Courier in the week following the murders, neither of which named the victims. The first story presented the information available at that time — two dead in a house fire. The second story stated police were treating the deaths as homicides. No reason was given for the upgrade. Gibbons said he would not confirm whether or not Allen and Meadows were killed by gunshots because the case is currently an ongoing investigation. “I’m not confirming

they were shot, but I can assure you this case is of utmost importance in the investigator’s minds,” Gibbons said. “Meetings are held frequently, and investigators have even traveled out of state for the case. A week doesn’t go by that it’s not discussed.” After two years, the family yearns for justice to the question aching them still today: Who killed Billy Joe and Patricia? Troy said many of his calls to law enforcement inquiring about the status of the investigation have gone unanswered and unreturned.

Sheriff apologizes for dog attack response FAYETTEVILLE — Washington County’s sheriff is apologizing after a Fayetteville man posted on social media his account of being mauled by a dog and the lackluster response from deputies. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that Sheriff Tim Helder vowed to work with members of the Quorum Court to tighten up ordinances to support animal owners and protect citizens. Washington County doesn’t have a law requiring animals to be restrained. Dogs are allowed to run at large and aren’t required to be contained, the Sheriff’s Office said. The lacking legal framework complicates the issues for deputies responding to animal complaints in the county, the office said. The department said on Facebook it wanted to remedy the situation after receiving a flurry of inquiries about its procedure for handling dog bites in rural Washington County.

Man pleads guilty to defrauding employer LITTLE ROCK — A 45-year-old man who wrote checks for a North Little Rock-based alcohol distributor has pleaded guilty to defrauding his employer of more than $225,000. Edward Lee Casey admitted to submitting fraudulent invoices to Glazer’s Distributing of Arkansas — his employer for 11 years — that were paid to himself starting in 2010, according to his federal plea agreement. He faces up to 20 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and up to three years of supervised release on one count of mail fraud. His sentencing is set Sept. 21. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that according to a summary of the allegations included in his guilty plea, Casey made fake invoices from Renaissance LLC to Glazer’s that were payable to Casey’s North Little Rock post office box.

Disaster recovery center begins operation NORTH LITLE ROCK — A joint federal/state disaster recovery center opens in Jefferson County Feb. 20 to help those whose homes or businesses were affected by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding in December and January, Representatives from the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Small Business Administration and other agencies will be at the center to explain disaster assistance programs and help survivors apply for aid. Disaster aid for individuals and families can include money for rental assistance, essential home repairs, personal property loss and other disasterrelated needs not covered by insurance. Low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration are available to help with residential and business losses not covered by insurance, among other programs.

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TUESDAY

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Monday Craighead County Quorum Court, 5:30 p.m., county judge’s conference room, County Courthouse Annex. Paragould City Council, 7 p.m., Paragould City Hall. Lawrence Memorial Hospital-Lawrence Hall Nursing Center, hospital boardroom, 6:30 p.m. Sedgwick City Council, 6 p.m., Community Center. Jackson County School District, 7 p.m., administration building in Tuckerman. Blytheville School Board, 6 p.m., administration office boardroom, 405 West Park St.

Tuesday City Water and Light Board of Directors, 1:15 p.m., CWL headquarters, 400 East Monroe. Jonesboro Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, 3 p.m., Municipal Center, 300 S. Church St. Cave City City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall. Highland City Council, 7 p.m., City. Hall. Mississippi County Quorum Court, 7 p.m., Osceola Courthouse.

Wednesday Craighead County Solid Waste Commission, 3:30 p.m., 238 County Road 476.

Today in History Today is Sunday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2016. There are 314 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 21, 1916, the World War I Battle of Verdun began in France as German forces attacked; the French were able to prevail after 10 months of fighting.

On this date: In 1437, James I, King of Scots, was assassinated; his 6-yearold son succeeded him as James II. In 1513, Pope Julius II, who’d commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, died nearly four months after the project was completed. In 1613, Mikhail Romanov, 16, was unanimously chosen by Russia’s national assembly to be czar, beginning a dynasty that would last three centuries. In 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated. In 1912, the Great Fifth Ward Fire broke out in Houston, Texas; although property losses topped $3 million, no one was killed in the blaze. In 1945, during the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima, the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea was sunk by kami-

kazes with the loss of 318 men. In 1958, the USS Gudgeon (SS-567) became the first American submarine to complete a round-the-world cruise, eight months after departing from Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. In 1965, black Muslim leader and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom in New York by assassins identified as members of the Nation of Islam. (Three men were convicted of murder and imprisoned; all were eventually paroled.) In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon began his historic visit to China as he and his wife, Pat, arrived in Beijing. In 1986, Larry Wu-tai Chin, the first American found guilty of spying for China, killed himself in his Virginia jail cell. In 1995, Chicago adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean by balloon, landing in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Jonesboro 70/40

Russellville 76/43

Associated Press

Jonesboro through 5 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE High 69° Low 53° Normal high 52° Normal low 31° Record high 77° in 1986 Record low 13° in 1958

Mountain Home 70/37

Fort Smith 75/45

Memphis 71/46

Little Rock 75/47 Hot Springs 74/46

Texarkana 74/50

Pine Bluff 73/46

REGIONAL CITIES Mon. Hi/Lo/W 62/45/r 57/37/c 60/42/c 57/38/pc 56/39/c 52/33/pc 62/38/c 60/40/c 58/46/r 57/40/c 54/38/c 59/45/r 59/33/pc 58/35/pc 65/40/pc 60/44/r 60/41/c 55/37/c

City Kennett, MO Little Rock Magnolia Memphis, TN Mena Monticello Mountain Home Paducah, KY Paragould Perryville Pine Bluﬀ Rogers Russellville Searcy Springdale Texarkana Warren West Memphis

NATIONAL CITIES

City Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Birmingham Boston Buﬀalo Charleston, SC Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas

Today Hi/Lo/W 70/39/s 36/31/sn 67/56/sh 55/35/r 69/53/sh 51/31/pc 40/24/c 76/56/pc 70/52/c 40/28/c 54/33/r 74/50/t 49/27/pc 46/26/c 80/66/pc 51/31/c 57/32/pc 76/49/s

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 65/35/s 41/29/c 66/50/r 49/32/s 62/49/r 40/24/pc 30/17/pc 70/53/r 66/45/c 38/28/pc 45/29/pc 62/46/r 53/24/c 37/21/pc 79/64/s 45/28/pc 52/34/pc 77/49/s

0.00" 0.27" 2.58" 2.07" 6.25"

UV INDEX TODAY

Regional Summary: Warm today with some sun. A couple of thunderstorms; only during the morning in the Ozarks. Cooler tonight; a passing shower in the south. Today City Hi/Lo/W Ashdown 73/51/c Batesville 74/42/c Benton 74/48/c Bentonville 66/37/pc Blytheville 68/42/sh C. Girardeau, MO 60/36/pc Clarksville 75/42/c Conway 75/45/r Crossett 71/52/c Des Arc 73/45/t Dyersburg, TN 66/41/sh El Dorado 73/51/c Fayetteville 68/36/pc Flippin 71/39/pc Fort Smith 75/45/c Hampton 72/51/c Hot Springs 74/46/c Jackson, TN 67/42/r

PRECIPITATION 24 hours through 5 p.m. yest. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date

Greenwood 72/49

El Dorado 73/51

City Los Angeles Louisville Miami Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Omaha Phoenix Portland, ME Portland, OR St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Shreveport, LA Washington, DC

Today Hi/Lo/W 67/40/pc 75/47/t 71/52/c 71/46/t 74/48/r 73/50/c 70/37/pc 62/38/r 68/41/pc 74/45/r 73/46/c 67/38/pc 76/43/r 73/44/r 67/40/pc 74/50/t 72/50/c 69/45/c

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 55/37/pc 60/41/c 59/45/r 58/42/c 61/41/sh 60/45/r 55/34/pc 52/35/pc 54/37/c 60/39/c 57/42/r 56/38/pc 62/37/c 58/38/c 58/38/pc 60/46/r 60/45/r 56/41/c

Today Hi/Lo/W 81/51/s 62/38/r 78/67/pc 36/25/sf 68/44/r 77/61/r 53/36/pc 69/41/s 51/30/pc 86/55/s 48/23/pc 49/39/r 54/35/pc 49/33/s 63/48/s 49/41/r 74/58/c 57/39/r

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 88/54/s 50/34/pc 80/70/pc 38/30/pc 55/39/c 71/58/t 46/30/s 63/39/pc 49/37/pc 87/55/s 37/12/pc 52/35/pc 49/34/pc 44/29/pc 67/50/s 51/36/pc 60/49/r 50/36/pc

THURSDAY

53° 38°

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Fayetteville 68/36

WEDNESDAY

8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low 3-5 Moderate 6-7 High 8-10 Very High 11+ Extreme.

SUN AND MOON The Sun Rise Today 6:44 a.m. Monday 6:42 a.m. The Moon Rise Today 5:06 p.m. Monday 6:02 p.m. Full

Last

Feb 22 Mar 1

Set 5:49 p.m. 5:50 p.m. Set 5:54 a.m. 6:30 a.m.

New

First

Mar 8 Mar 15

50° 29° Partly sunny and warmer

RIVER AND LAKE LEVELS

Levels as of 7 a.m. Saturday. Flood 24 hr Stage Level Chng. Mississippi River Cape Girardeau 32 19.30 +1.10 New Madrid 34 18.40 +0.54 Tiptonville 37 21.18 +0.19 Caruthersville 32 20.60 +0.90 Osceola 28 13.58 -1.01 Memphis 34 14.40 -0.90 Helena 44 23.00 -1.70 Arkansas City 37 24.60 -1.30 Greenville 48 36.60 -1.40 Vicksburg 43 35.40 -1.00 Natchez 48 43.90 -0.50 Arkansas River Van Buren 22 19.71 +0.07 Ozark L/D tw 357 339.26 +0.69 Dardanelle 32 7.91 +3.27 Morrilton 30 9.60 none Toad Suck tw 275 265.11 +0.07 Little Rock 23 7.62 +0.15 Pendleton 31 26.36 -0.13 Fourche Lafave River Gravelly 24 1.62 -0.01 Houston 25 14.13 -1.05 Bayou Meto Lonoke -- 6.97 -0.13 White River Calico Rock 19 11.02 -1.16 Batesville Bridge 15 11.78 -1.16 Newport 26 20.42 -0.39 Augusta 26 31.17 -0.01 Georgetown 21 20.72 -0.05 Des Arc 24 23.35 -0.03 DeValls Bluﬀ -- 21.91 none Clarendon 26 27.03 -0.07 St. Charles -- 24.87 -0.06 BlackRiver Corning 15 3.96 +0.03 Pocahontas 17 5.48 -0.37 Black Rock 14 6.45 -0.36 Elgin Ferry -- 15.69 -0.67 Buﬀalo River Boxley -- 1.67 -0.03 St. Joe 27 4.41 -0.01 Ponca -- 1.68 none Spring River Hardy 10 3.41 -0.02 Imboden 18 4.27 +0.02

Flood 24 hr. Stage Level Chng. Eleven Point River Ravenden Spgs 15 4.10 +0.05 Strawberry River Poughkeepsie -- 1.82 none Cache River Egypt -- 7.21 -0.02 Patterson 8 6.01 -0.27 Cotton Plant -- 7.96 -0.37 Ouachita River Arkadelphia 17 4.18 -0.25 Camden 26 16.32 -2.37 Thatcher L/D hw 79 78.43 -0.24 Thatcher L/D tw 79 78.52 -0.08 Moro Bay St Pk -- 76.40 -0.20 Felsenthal hw 70 66.94 +0.19 Felsenthal tw 70 66.33 +0.09 Saline River Benton 18 3.67 -0.02 Sheridan -- 7.05 -1.63 Rye 26 15.82 -0.10 Warren -- 17.16 +0.01 Little Missouri River Boughton 20 1.82 +0.02 Bayou Bartholomew Garrett Bridge -- 11.91 -0.06 McGehee -- 9.10 +0.82 St. Francis River St. Francis 18 10.37 +0.55 Oak Donnic -- 7.07 none Madison 32 6.88 -0.73 L'Anguille River Colt -- 7.69 -0.26 Palestine 25 18.43 -0.08 Little River Basin Lakes Lake DeQueen 437.52 +0.03 Gillham Lake 502.65 -0.02 Dierks Lake 526.54 -0.02 Millwood Lake 259.46 -0.02 Arkansas River Basin Lakes Blue Mountain Lake 384.46 +0.04 Nimrod Lake 343.51 -0.58 White River Basin Lakes Beaver Lake 1125.94 -0.11 Table Rock Lake 914.32 -0.03 Bull Shoals Lake 661.78 -0.80 Norfolk Lake 554.78 -0.11 Greers Ferry Lake 458.98 -0.17

NATIONAL WEATHER

Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

WORLD CITIES

Today Mon. Today Mon. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 58/50/c 51/38/r Beijing 44/20/pc 48/25/pc London 79/43/s 80/47/s Berlin 49/45/r 47/36/r Mexico City 35/2/c 16/1/s Bogota 69/51/c 68/52/t Montreal 24/19/c 32/28/sn Buenos Aires 88/70/s 90/72/s Moscow 55/46/c 53/45/c Cairo 67/56/c 70/51/pc Paris 61/47/s 62/49/pc Hong Kong 65/60/pc 70/61/pc Rome 79/69/sh 85/70/s Jerusalem 57/44/pc 50/43/t Sydney 59/41/pc 49/41/c Johannesburg 85/62/pc 87/61/s Tokyo Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

T-storms

Rain

Showers

Snow

Flurries

Ice

Cold Front

Warm Front

Stationary Front

National Summary: Another mild day is in store for the Atlantic Seaboard today, while rain pushes in from the Ohio Valley to the mid-Atlantic. Cooler air will ﬁlter into the Midwest and eastern Great Lakes as a storm returns rain and mountain snow to the Northwest. NATIONAL EXTREMES YESTERDAY (for the 48 contiguous states) National High: 89° at McAllen, TX National Low: 3° at Gunnison, CO

El Faro’s captain made final call BY JASON DEAREN Associated Press

The captain of the doomed freighter El Faro said in his final call for help that the “clock is ticking” as his ship took on water and lost propulsion. Part of Capt. Michael Davidson’s call was played Saturday in Jacksonville during a U.S. Coast Guard investigative hearing into the Oct. 1 sinking. All 33 aboard died when the ship sank in 15,000 feet of water near the Bahamas. Davidson called the emergency operations center just after 7 a.m. the day the El Faro sank. He’d left a message minutes earlier with a company oﬃcial, whom he couldn’t reach, saying the ship had a “pretty good list,” or was tipping, but that people were safe. “We had a hull breach,

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Family members of the lost crew members of the El Faro listen Saturday to recordings of a phone call which took place after the captain reported that the ship was taking on water, in Jacksonville, Fla., during a U.S. Coast Guard hearing into the sinking. a scuttle blew open during a storm,” Davidson told an operator in a follow-up call minutes later, his voice calm but urgent. “We have water down in three holds with a heavy

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sel, at which point Davidson sounded frustrated saying “the clock is ticking” and that he needed to speak to a company oﬃcial. He can also be heard calling to crew members to ask what they’re seeing down below. The call was sent to Capt. John Lawrence, the designated person onshore for Tote Services Inc. He said Davidson sounded calm, and planned to “push all the buttons” or activate his emergency beacons. That call was not recorded, but Lawrence took notes and testified that Davidson said the crew was safe. “He said he felt he could pump out the hold ... I expected to talk to him further,” Lawrence said.

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6-hour standoff ends with officer, suspect dead BY JEFF AMY AND REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — One law enforcement officer was killed and three were wounded early Saturday after a six-hour long standoﬀ at a rural Mississippi house ended when authorities stormed the house and the gunman inside opened fire, authorities said. Also killed was the man suspected of firing on the oﬃcers.

The standoff started Friday afternoon when authorities responded to a domestic dispute call at the home in rural northeastern Mississippi, authorities said. But the man, holed up in his home with his wife and 10-year-old daughter, refused to come out, sparking a six-hour standoff with officers outside, said Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain. Strain said man wasn’t

shooting at oﬃcers before they entered the house but they had tried to talk with him for six hours and had fundamentally exhausted negotiations. The woman and child were rescued, said Strain. But the man was killed after he opened fire as tactical teams entered the home. Multiple police agencies remained on the scene Saturday afternoon at the one-story house in sparsely populated woods in Tishomingo County.

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Killed were James Lee Tartt, 44, who was a Mississippi narcotics agent, and suspected gunman Charles Lee Lambert, who was 45. The highpowered rifle Lambert used was also recovered from inside the house. Tartt’s family described him as a dedicated oﬃcer who had spent most of his career battling drugs. “He was just a really good guy, and he wanted to make the world a better place. Ever since I’ve

known him he has always been the type who would do anything to make the world a better place,” said Julia Criss Tartt, the aunt of the slain officer. Her husband, Don Tartt, who is the slain officer’s uncle, said Lee Tartt and his wife had just moved into a new house that the officer had been building for the last two years. They had married about a year ago, said Don Tartt, adding that Lee Tartt’s new wife had two children who

became his stepchildren when they married. Last fall Lee Tartt ran for sheriff in Grenada county but lost to an incumbent, said his aunt. The slain officer was raised in Mississippi and was a “country boy” who loved to fish and hunt, said Don Tartt. In addition to his work as a narcotics agent Lee was also part of an area SWAT team that would respond to situations like the Friday night standoff.

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1. DAVID BOLING possesses the LEGAL ABILITY to comply with the law concerning fines and fees

2. Violated 5 Rules of the Code of Judicial Conduct: • Failure to comply with the law. • Failure to promote confidence in the Judiciary • Failure to be Fair and Impartial • Failure to perform judicial and administrative duties competently and diligently • Failure to ensure everyone has a right to be heard

2. DAVID BOLING possesses INTEGRITY enabling him to make lawful decisions • Never been sanctioned • Complies with the law • Honest and Open-minded • Fair and Impartial • Experienced in judicial and administrative duties • Will give everyone their day in Court

3. Allows the JUSTICE NETWORK to operate without a written contract worth HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of dollars in violation of Arkansas Law.

3. DAVID K. BOLING possesses JUDICIAL COMPETENCE. Will always follow the law; NOT make it.

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SPORTS

BASEBALL A-State earns split, wins series with UAB. B2 BASKETBALL Sun Belt roundup. B3 BASKETBALL: SEC and top 25 roundups. B4

A-State earns share of conference title ASU 85, GSU 64 | ARKANSAS STATE (22-3, 16-0) Bradshaw 1-1 0-0 2, Brown-Haywood 8-18 0-1 20, Gill 1-5 1-2 3, Flanery 5-9 0-0 15, Gamble 11-18 6-8 31, Warren 0-0 0-0 0, Westbrook 0-0 2-2 2, Lawson 4-6 0-0 8, Fowler 0-2 2-2 2, Holloway 0-00 0-0 0, Ladd 0-1 0-0 0, Oliver 1-2 0-0 2, Obinabo 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-62 11-15 85. GEORGIA STATE (9-15, 4-11) Tyghter 1-2 0-0 2, Gerrin 2-6 1-1 5, Newby 6-12 1-1 13, Ponder 3-9 0-0 8, T. Jackson 3-7 0-0 7, Mitchell 3-6 4-6 10, Henry 1-1 0-0 2, K. Williams 0-2 1-2 1, Draper 0-0 0-0 0, Cole 1-7 2-2 4, M. Jackson 2-7 0-0 4, Nichols 1-3, 0-2 2, T. Williams 3-3 0-0 6. Totals 2665 9-16 64. Ark. State 24 18 25 18—85 Ga. State 15 15 15 19—64 3-Point Goals: ASU 12-23 (Flanery 5-9, Brown-Haywood 4-7, Gamble 3-3, Folwer 0-2, Gill 0-1, Oliver 0-1); GSU 3-14 (Ponder 2-5, Jackson 1-3, Newby 0-1, M. Jackson 0-2, Cole 0-3). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: ASU 34 (Brown-Haywood 11), GSU 44 (Newby 8 ). Assists: ASU 19 (Gamble 11), GSU 12 (Newby 7). Total Fouls: GSU 19, ASU 17. Technical Fouls: None. Attendance: 457.

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ATLANTA — The Arkansas State women’s basketball team secured itself at least a share of the regular season Sun Belt Conference championship with a 85-64 victory over Georgia State Saturday afternoon at the GSU Sports Arena. Aundrea Gamble scored 31 points and tied a careerhigh with 11 assists, while Khadija Brown-Haywood added 20 points and 11 rebounds. Jessica Flanery also finished with 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting from beyond the arc. “Give Georgia State credit because they did not

“Give Georgia State credit because they did not go away quitely.” Deidra Johnson A-State assistant coach go away quietly,” A-State assistant coach Deidra Johnson said. “They made some runs at us but our kids handled it perfectly. They were hungry and had the will to win and executed the game plan perfectly to get the job done.” The Red Wolves opened

with the start they wanted and went on a 9-0 run in the game’s opening minutes to take a 9-2 lead after a pair of 3-pointers by Brown-Haywood. Amanda Lawson added a spark in her first game back from injury with eight points in the first half, while Flanery added a pair of 3-pointers to help A-State jump out to a 34-15 advantage with 6:48 to go until half. Arkansas State held the Panthers scoreless for almost the first five minutes of the second quarter as Brown-Haywood (10) and Gamble (12) each reached double-figures, while Gamble also added seven

assists in the half. Georgia State rallied near the end of the half, however, and used a 9-0 run to cut the deficit to 3828 with one minute to go. A-State went 0-9 from the field during the Panthers’ run and did not score for over two minutes until scored with 18 seconds left on layup to send the Red Wolves into the locker room with a 42-30 advantage. Georgia State took advantage of its size on the boards and held a 27-17 edge, including 14 oﬀensive rebounds. The PanPlease see TITLE | B3

SBC STANDINGS | Sun Belt Conference Women’s Basketball SBC All W-L W-L Arkansas St. 16-0 22-3 UALR 12-4 14-11 La.-Lafayette 11-5 18-7 S. Alabama 9-7 13-12 UT Arlington 8-7 13-12 Troy 8-8 13-12 Texas State 7-8 12-13 App State 5-11 8-17 Georgia State 4-12 9-16 Ga. Southern 4-12 7-18 La.-Monroe 3-13 9-16 Saturday’s games A-State 85, Ga. State 64 Troy 100, App State 89 ULL 59, Texas State 47 UALR 50, Ga. Southern 45 UT Arlington 40, ULM 32

Georgia State pulls away for 69-61 win over ASU Sun Press Services

ATLANTA — Georgia State outscored the Arkansas State University men’s basketball team 41-30 in the second half to defeat the Red Wolves 69-61 at GSU Sports Arena Saturday. A-State falls to 11-16 on the season and 7-9 in conference play with their fifth-straight loss. Georgia State snaps a four-game losing streak and improves to 14-11 on the year and 7-9 in conference action. Devin Carter posted his second-straight 20-point game and 13th of the season to lead all scorers with 20 points. Carter was 5-for-12 (42 percent) from the field, including 3-for-7 (43 percent) from 3-point range. Anthony Livingston added 17 points and eight rebounds for the Red Wolves while Sean Gardner also reached double figures with 10 points. Jeremy Hollowell led the Panthers with 18 points. “We just have to find a way to make plays,” said A-State head coach John Brady. “We were out of sync oﬀensively and those little things add up. Our eﬀort is there, but we don’t have any one player to count on to step up and carry our team. Devin (Carter) is the closest thing to that, but if you

GSU 69, ASU 61 | ARKANSAS ST. (11-16) Davis 0-0 2-2 2, Livingston 4-9 9-10 17, Carter 5-12 7-11 20, Dure 0-1 0-0 0, Gardner 3-11 2-2 10, Pierre 0-1 2-2 2, Waters 1-4 0-0 2, Thomas 0-6 0-0 0, Bocoum 4-9 0-0 8. Totals 17-53 2227 61. GEORGIA ST. (14-11) Hollowell 7-13 2-2 18, Session 1-5 0-0 2, Crider 2-5 2-3 6, Donaldson 2-3 0-1 4, Ware 5-9 3-4 13, Benlevi 0-2 0-0 0, Dennis 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 6-11 2-3 17, Thomas 2-6 0-0 4, Shipes 2-4 1-2 5. Totals 27-59 10-15 69. Halftime_Arkansas St. 31-28. 3-Point Goals_Arkansas St. 5-17 (Carter 3-7, Gardner 2-6, Livingston 0-1, Pierre 0-1, Thomas 0-2), Georgia St. 5-16 (Williams 3-8, Hollowell 2-4, Benlevi 0-1, Ware 0-1, Thomas 0-2). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Arkansas St. 37 (Bocoum 9), Georgia St. 32 (Hollowell 7). Assists_Arkansas St. 10 (Thomas 6), Georgia St. 15 (Williams 6). Total Fouls_Arkansas St. 17, Georgia St. 23. A_1,468.

look back we missed a lot of easy shots in the paint. We missed about six layups in the paint and if you make four of those it’s an even game.” The Red Wolves held a 31-28 lead at halftime, but the Panthers opened the half by outscoring A-State 17-6 to open an eight point advantage, 45-37, with 14:13 remaining. A-State was able to get within three, 51-48, with 8:56 remaining. Georgia State pulled away in the final eight minutes, building a 12-point lead with less than two minutes remaining. The Panthers went back up by five, 53-48, on a secondchance opportunity and

SBC STANDINGS | Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball SBC All W-L W-L UALR 14-2 24-3 La.-Monroe 11-5 15-12 La.-Lafayette 10-6 14-11 UT Arlington 9-6 18-8 Ga. Southern 8-8 12-14 Arkansas St. 7-9 11-16 S. Alabama 7-9 12-15 Georgia State 7-9 14-11 Texas State 5-10 11-13 App State 5-11 7-20 Troy 4-12 9-18 Saturday’s games Ga. State 69, A-State 61 App State 78, Troy 74 Texas State 61, ULL 57 UALR 75, Ga. Southern 61 ULM 64, UT Arlington 61

Georgia State closed the game with a 21-8 run to set the final margin. After the game was tied 4-4 in the first half, AState used three-straight 3-pointers to grab their largest lead of the first half, 13-4, with 14:10 on the clock. Gardner hit the first of the three-straight treys for the Red Wolves and Carter netted two from long range to give AState the nine-point lead. Georgia State responded by pulling to within one, 19-18, with 6:15 left in the half. A-State knocked down a pair of free throws to keep the lead and expanded the advantage to Please see ASU | B3

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Arkansas’ Keaton Miles (center) and Missouri’s Jakeenan Gant (right) fight before rebounding a free throw shot during the first half of Saturday’s Southeastern Conference game in Fayetteville. Arkansas beat Missouri 84-72.

Durham’s career-high 17 leads Hogs over Missouri BY KURT VOIGT Associated Press

FAYETTEVILLE — Jabril Durham scored a career-high 17 points as Arkansas ended a threegame losing streak with an 84-72 win over Missouri on Saturday night. Durham added six assists and two steals for the Razorbacks (13-14, 6-8 Southeastern Conference), who never trailed while earning their second victory over the Tigers this season. Dusty Hannahs led Ar-

kansas with 22 points, hitting 7 of 13 shots overall and four 3-pointers, while Moses Kingsley added 15 points and 12 rebounds. Kevin Puryear scored 23 points to lead Missouri (10-17, 3-11), which had its two-game winning streak snapped. Ryan Rosburg added 11 points for the Tigers, while Namon Wright had 12 points and 12 rebounds. The Tigers have now lost 24 straight road games, with their last

victory away from home coming two years ago in Fayetteville. Durham’s previous high for the Razorbacks was a 14-point eﬀort in a win over Northwestern State earlier this season. The senior was distraught after Arkansas’ 90-86 loss to Auburn on Wednesday, a game in which the Razorbacks allowed the Tigers to shoot 61.1 percent. Durham’s ill-timed late defensive Please see DURHAM | B4

Marked Tree knocks off Earle, claims 2A-3 title BY AUSTIN EMERSON Special To The Sun

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Hurricane keep rolling Jonesboro senior guard Trey Lane (left) drives past Searcy’s Simon Medley during Friday’s game at Don Riggs Hurricane Gym. The Hurricane won 83-24 and are two wins away from a second straight unbeaten run in the 7A/6A East conference. Jonesboro celebrates senior night Friday with a game against Marion.

MARKED TREE — Earle came into the 2A-3 district tournament final against Marked Tree as the top seed in the 2A-3 and one of the top ranked 2A teams in the state, but it was Marked Tree that will be going to next week’s regional tournament with the No. 1 seed after knocking oﬀ Earle 68-59 in front of a standing room only crowd on its home floor. Marked Tree trailed 14-11 after the opening quarter and 30-28 at the half before outscoring Earle 21-17 in the third quarter to take a 49-47 lead into the fourth quar-

ter. The Indians won the final period 19-12 to earn the 68-59 victory and district tournament championship. The win improved Marked Tree’s record to 21-7 while Earle dropped to 26-3 overall. “We beat a very good team,” Marked Tree head coach Barbara WilburnCovington said after the game. “Earle is awesome and I think we stuck to our game plan tonight of defense and rebounding.” Wilburn-Covington added the win over one of the top teams in the state gives the Indians some extra confidence and momentum heading into next week’s region-

als by making her team realize they can play with and beat anyone on any given night. “We tried to beat Earle twice this year,” Wilburn-Covington said. “They blew us out here and then we went over there and led by like five with like a minute left and lost by three so this is great.” LaQuentin Miles led Marked Tree with a game-high 35 points, including 10 and 16 points in the second and third quarters respectively. Nick Andrews added nine for Marked Tree while D’Angelo Griﬃn Please see 2A-3 | B4

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2016

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On the Air NBA BASKETBALL 2:30 p.m. — Cleveland at Oklahoma City ....................cable channel 9 (ABC) 5 p.m. — Memphis at Toronto ...............................cable channel 34 (FSSW) 7 p.m. — L.A. Lakers at Chicago ........................... cable channel 32 (ESPN)

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 11 a.m. — Seton Hall at St. Johns ........................... cable channel 62 (FS1) 11 a.m. — LaSalle at George Washington .............. cable channel 63 (NBCS) noon — Michigan at Maryland ..................... cable channel’s 3 and 11 (CBS) 1 p.m. — Northeastern at Hofstra ......................... cable channel 63 (NBCS) 3 p.m. — George Mason at Massachusetts ........... cable channel 63 (NBCS)

AUTO SPORTS noon — NASCAR Daytona 500 ...............................cable channel 13 (KJNB)

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL noon — North Carolina State at North Carolina .... cable channel 33 (ESPN2) noon — West Virginia at Texas .............................cable channel 34 (FSSW) noon — Florida at Georgia .......................................cable channel 35 (SEC) 1 p.m. — DePaul at Creighton .................................. cable channel 62 (FS1) 2 p.m. — Maryland at Rutgers............................. cable channel 33 (ESPN2) 2 p.m. — Syracuse at Pittsburgh ...........................cable channel 34 (FSSW) 2 p.m. — Arkansas at Tennessee .............................cable channel 35 (SEC) 4 p.m. — Mississippi State at Mississippi ........... cable channel 33 (ESPN2) 4 p.m. — Texas A&M at Vanderbilt ...........................cable channel 35 (SEC)

GOLF 2 p.m. — PGA Northern Trust Open ............. cable channel’s 3 and 11 (CBS)

BOWLING noon — Players Championship ............................... cable channel 32 (ESPN

NHL HOCKEY 11:30 a.m. — Pittsburgh at Buffalo .........................cable channel 5 (KAIT2) 2:30 p.m. — Chicago at Minnesota .........................cable channel 5 (KAIT2) 6 p.m. — Detroit at N.Y. Rangers ........................... cable channel 63 (NBCS)

Auto racing Daytona 500 lineup

After Thursday qualifying; race today at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 196.314 mph. 2. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 196.036. 3. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 195.682. 4. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 195.207. 5. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 194.46. 6. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 193.399. 7. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 194.746. 8. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 194.51. 9. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet. 10. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 194.662. 11. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 194.523. 12. (95) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 193.936. 13. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 194.104. 14. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 192.938. 15. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 193.665. 16. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 192.291. 17. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford, 192.365. 18. (14) Brian Vickers, Chevrolet. 19. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 195.118. 20. (93) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 192.686. 21. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 194.675. 22. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 191.302. 23. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 191.436. 24. (38) Landon Cassill, Ford, 191.192. 25. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 193.878. 26. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 194.839. 27. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 192.542. 28. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota. 29. (23) David Ragan, Toyota, 189.068. 30. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 191.583. 31. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 191.249. 32. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 194.25. 33. (32) Bobby Labonte, Ford, 191.808. 34. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 193.753. 35. (44) Brian Scott, Ford, 193.332. 36. (83) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 192.406. 37. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 193.936. 38. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 194.099. 39. (59) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 192.604. 40. (26) Robert Richardson Jr., Toyota, 190.496. Failed to Qualify 41. (35) David Gilliland, Ford, 189.35. 42. (30) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 187.282. 43. (40) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 181.163. 44. (98) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 190.375.

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Saturday at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (19) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 120 laps, 0 points. 2. (8) Joey Logano, Ford, 120, 0. 3. (15) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 120, 0. 4. (10) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 120, 38. 5. (4) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 120, 0. 6. (12) Darrell Wallace Jr., Ford, 120, 35. 7. (7) Brandon Jones, Chevrolet, 120, 34. 8. (2) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 120, 33. 9. (9) Blake Koch, Chevrolet, 120, 32. 10. (6) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 120, 32. 11. (24) Aric Almirola, Ford, 120, 0. 12. (16) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 120, 29. 13. (1) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 120, 29. 14. (18) Dakoda Armstrong, Toyota, 120, 27. 15. (37) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 119, 26. 16. (11) Ryan Reed, Ford, 119, 25. 17. (14) John Wes Townley, Chevrolet, 119, 0. 18. (23) David Starr, Toyota, 119, 23. 19. (28) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 119, 0. 20. (25) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 119, 21. 21. (20) Matt Tifft, Toyota, 119, 0. 22. (36) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 118, 19. 23. (3) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 118, 0. 24. (38) B.J. McLeod, Ford, 118, 17. 25. (21) Jeb Burton, Ford, 118, 16.

Basketball NBA standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 35 18 .660 Boston 32 24 .571 New York 24 33 .421 Brooklyn 15 40 .273 Philadelphia 8 46 .148 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 31 24 .564 Atlanta 31 26 .544 Charlotte 28 26 .519 Washington 25 29 .463 Orlando 24 29 .453 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 39 14 .736 Indiana 29 25 .537 Chicago 28 26 .519 Detroit 27 28 .491 Milwaukee 23 33 .411 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 46 9 .836

GB — 4½ 13 21 27½ GB — 1 2½ 5½ 6 GB — 10½ 11½ 13 17½ GB —

Memphis Dallas Houston New Orleans

32 22 .593 13½ 29 27 .518 17½ 28 28 .500 18½ 21 33 .389 24½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 40 15 .727 — Portland 28 27 .509 12 Utah 27 27 .500 12½ Denver 22 33 .400 18 Minnesota 17 39 .304 23½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 49 5 .907 — L.A. Clippers 36 19 .655 13½ Sacramento 23 31 .426 26 Phoenix 14 41 .255 35½ L.A. Lakers 11 45 .196 39 Friday’s late games Sacramento 116, Denver 110 Portland 137, Golden State 105 San Antonio 119, L.A. Lakers 113 Saturday’s Games Miami 114, Washington 94 Milwaukee 117, Atlanta 109,2OT New York 103, Minnesota 95 Golden State 115, L.A. Clippers 112 Today’s Games Cleveland at Oklahoma City, 2:30 p.m. New Orleans at Detroit, 2:30 p.m. Boston at Denver, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Phoenix, 4 p.m. Memphis at Toronto, 5 p.m. Charlotte at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. Indiana at Orlando, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 6 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 7 p.m. Utah at Portland, 8 p.m. Monday’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Indiana at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Toronto at New York, 6:30 p.m. Boston at Minnesota, 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Golden State at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

NBA Leaders THROUGH FEB. 18 SCORING G FG FT PTS Curry, GOL 51 510 248 1520 Harden, HOU 56 455 503 1569 Durant, OKC 48 458 300 1333 Cousins, SAC 45 413 337 1216 James, CLE 52 495 256 1300 Lillard, POR 48 405 236 1193 Westbrook, OKC 55 469 321 1324 Davis, NOR 48 431 247 1132 DeRozan, TOR 53 418 371 1241 George, IND 54 397 315 1258 Butler, CHI 48 357 307 1074 Thomas, BOS 56 390 321 1210 Anthony, NYK 49 368 246 1048 K. Thompson, GOL 51 394 136 1087 Lowry, TOR 53 353 264 1117 Wiggins, MIN 54 397 295 1120 McCollum, POR 53 429 110 1096 Walker, CHA 53 374 240 1091 Lopez, Bro 55 443 237 1123 Leonard, SAN 51 375 189 1031 FG PERCENTAGE FG FGA Jordan, LAC 227 323 Whiteside, MIA 229 371 Howard, HOU 242 395 Kanter, OKC 261 472 Faried, DEN 249 451 Gortat, WAS 272 497 Towns, MIN 384 714 Noel, PHL 214 398 Lopez, NYK 222 420 Monroe, MIL 352 677 REBOUNDS G OFF DEF TOT Drummond, DET 55 272 548 820 Jordan, LAC 52 191 542 733 Howard, HOU 45 159 375 534 Cousins, SAC 45 103 406 509 Whiteside, MIA 45 136 358 494 Pachulia, DAL 51 186 368 554 Gasol, CHI 51 113 440 553 Love, CLE 52 111 431 542 Towns, MIN 55 155 407 562 Randle, LAL 55 123 430 553 ASSISTS G AST Rondo, SAC 52 617 Westbrook, OKC 55 558 Wall, WAS 53 526 Paul, LAC 49 462 Rubio, MIN 49 423 Lillard, POR 48 351 Green, GOL 52 377 Harden, HOU 56 394 Smith, PHL 49 326 Thomas, BOS 56 371

AVG 29.8 28.0 27.8 27.0 25.0 24.9 24.1 23.6 23.4 23.3 22.4 21.6 21.4 21.3 21.1 20.7 20.7 20.6 20.4 20.2 PCT .703 .617 .613 .553 .552 .547 .538 .538 .529 .520 AVG 14.9 14.1 11.9 11.3 11.0 10.9 10.8 10.4 10.2 10.1 AVG 11.9 10.1 9.9 9.4 8.6 7.3 7.3 7.0 6.7 6.6

Men’s games EAST Army 80, Navy 78, 2OT Binghamton 81, Mass.-Lowell 77 Buffalo 88, Bowling Green 74 Canisius 81, Marist 66 Fairfield 71, Niagara 59 Harvard 76, Cornell 74 LIU Brooklyn 94, St. Francis (Pa.) 89, OT Mount St. Mary’s 71, Bryant 53 Oklahoma 76, West Virginia 62 Penn St. 70, Rutgers 58 Pittsburgh 66, Syracuse 52 Princeton 77, Brown 66 St. Francis Brooklyn 82, Robert Morris 72 Towson 67, Elon 56 Vermont 99, UMBC 54 Villanova 77, Butler 67 Wagner 83, CCSU 57 Xavier 88, Georgetown 70 SOUTH Appalachian St. 78, Troy 74 Belmont 95, Tennessee Tech 86 Bethune-Cookman 55, Florida A&M 54 Campbell 74, Charleston Southern 72 Davidson 99, Saint Joseph’s 93 Delaware St. 67, Norfolk St. 64 Drexel 74, William & Mary 69 ETSU 77, Mercer 74 Georgia St. 69, Arkansas St. 61 High Point 75, Radford 72, OT Jackson St. 61, Grambling St. 58 James Madison 75, Delaware 50 Lamar 87, McNeese St. 76 Lipscomb 77, Stetson 74 Louisville 71, Duke 64 Marshall 82, Old Dominion 65 Mississippi 69, Auburn 59 Mississippi St. 67, Alabama 61 NC Central 73, Morgan St. 59 NC State 77, Clemson 74 NJIT 73, Jacksonville 58 New Orleans 102, Northwestern St. 99 North Carolina 96, Miami 71 North Florida 81, SC-Upstate 78 SC State 62, Md.-Eastern Shore 58

Samford 73, VMI 67 Savannah St. 66, Howard 56 South Carolina 73, Florida 69, OT South Florida 80, Memphis 71 Stephen F. Austin 88, Nicholls St. 53 Tennessee 81, LSU 65 Texas Southern 98, MVSU 67 UNC Greensboro 79, Chattanooga 64 UNC Wilmington 59, Coll. of Charleston 55, OT Vanderbilt 80, Georgia 67 Virginia Tech 83, Florida St. 73 W. Carolina 102, The Citadel 97 W. Kentucky 59, Charlotte 54 Winthrop 81, UNC Asheville 80 MIDWEST Cincinnati 65, UConn 60 E. Illinois 71, SE Missouri 68 E. Michigan 91, Toledo 85 Evansville 83, S. Illinois 71 Green Bay 107, Youngstown St. 90 Kansas 72, Kansas St. 63 Marquette 73, DePaul 60 Milwaukee 88, Cleveland St. 54 N. Dakota St. 63, IUPUI 59 N. Iowa 75, Illinois St. 66 North Dakota 74, N. Colorado 73 Ohio 76, Miami (Ohio) 64 S. Dakota St. 87, W. Illinois 67 St. Bonaventure 79, Dayton 72 W. Michigan 92, Cent. Michigan 85 SOUTHWEST Baylor 78, Texas 64 Rice 86, FIU 70 Sam Houston St. 105, Cent. Arkansas 75 Texas A&M 79, Kentucky 77, OT Texas St. 61, Louisiana-Lafayette 57 UTEP 91, Louisiana Tech 80 UTSA 74, Southern Miss. 53 WEST Air Force 76, New Mexico 72 Fresno St. 75, Utah St. 68 Loyola Marymount 100, San Francisco 87, OT Washington 64, Stanford 53 Weber St. 77, N. Arizona 74 Wyoming 84, Colorado St. 66

Women’s games EAST Army 49, Navy 34 Binghamton 55, Mass.-Lowell 52 Bryant 86, Mount St. Mary’s 52 Bucknell 72, Boston U. 59 Buffalo 58, Miami (Ohio) 39 Holy Cross 59, American U. 50 Lehigh 80, Lafayette 65 Maine 60, Stony Brook 43 New Hampshire 53, Hartford 42 Sacred Heart 80, Fairleigh Dickinson 65 Saint Joseph’s 74, Rhode Island 63 St. Bonaventure 70, La Salle 63 St. Francis (Pa.) 72, LIU Brooklyn 64 St. Francis Brooklyn 72, Robert Morris 65, OT UMBC 74, Vermont 60 VCU 79, George Washington 68 Wagner 64, CCSU 63 SOUTH Alcorn St. 81, Alabama A&M 64 Arkansas St. 85, Georgia St. 64 Austin Peay 81, Murray St. 72 Belmont 70, Tennessee Tech 49 Bethune-Cookman 67, Florida A&M 60 Charleston Southern 66, GardnerWebb 63 Chattanooga 67, Mercer 45 Coastal Carolina 58, Liberty 51 Coppin St. 68, Hampton 64 Delaware St. 64, Norfolk St. 61 E. Kentucky 89, Morehead St. 77 FAU 71, North Texas 61 Florida Gulf Coast 63, Kennesaw St. 41 Furman 71, W. Carolina 56 Grambling St. 75, Jackson St. 61 High Point 80, Winthrop 60 Jacksonville 68, NJIT 37 McNeese St. 92, Lamar 84 Md.-Eastern Shore 61, SC State 55 Morgan St. 66, NC Central 55 Northwestern St. 70, New Orleans 53 Old Dominion 77, Marshall 55 Presbyterian 64, Campbell 54 Radford 80, Longwood 64 Rice 68, FIU 62 Richmond 57, George Mason 50 SC-Upstate 75, North Florida 61 Samford 56, ETSU 51 Savannah St. 69, Howard 64 Southern Miss. 65, UTSA 53 Southern U. 57, Alabama St. 55 Stephen F. Austin 89, Nicholls St. 67 Stetson 79, Lipscomb 75 Tennessee St. 50, Jacksonville St. 40 Texas Southern 85, MVSU 30 Troy 100, Appalachian St. 89, OT Tulane 61, Tulsa 42 UALR 50, Georgia Southern 45 UCF 66, SMU 54 UT Martin 86, SIU-Edwardsville 50 Wofford 104, UNC-Greensboro 64 MIDWEST Ball St. 60, W. Michigan 54 Bowling Green 65, Kent St. 55 Cleveland St. 53, Youngstown St. 43 Denver 55, N. Dakota St. 45 Detroit 95, Wright St. 93, OT E. Michigan 84, N. Illinois 60 Grand Canyon 65, Chicago St. 60 Green Bay 71, Valparaiso 35 Michigan 78, Penn St. 73 Milwaukee 62, Ill.-Chicago 56 Northwestern 71, Wisconsin 53 Ohio 101, Akron 73 Oklahoma 72, Kansas 66 SE Missouri 82, E. Illinois 52 South Dakota 80, S. Dakota St. 75 Toledo 81, Cent. Michigan 79, OT Utah Valley 58, UMKC 44 SOUTHWEST Baylor 78, Iowa St. 41 Cent. Arkansas 73, Sam Houston St. 63 Cincinnati 67, Houston 61 Louisiana-Lafayette 59, Texas St. 47 Oral Roberts 79, W. Illinois 55 Prairie View 70, Ark.-Pine Bluff 66 TCU 79, Oklahoma St. 65 Texas A&M-CC 69, Incarnate Word 52 Texas-Arlington 40, Louisiana-Monroe 32 WEST CS Bakersfield 80, Texas Rio Grande Valley 66 Cal St.-Fullerton 66, UC Irvine 53 Colorado St. 62, Wyoming 57 E. Washington 70, Portland St. 57 Fresno St. 67, Utah St. 61 Idaho 107, Sacramento St. 60 Idaho St. 64, S. Utah 47 Long Beach St. 58, UC Santa Barbara 55 Montana 70, Montana St. 66 New Mexico 58, Air Force 36 North Dakota 59, N. Colorado 58 Pacific 84, Gonzaga 83, OT Saint Mary’s (Cal) 95, Portland 53 San Diego St. 87, San Jose St. 70 San Francisco 81, Loyola Marymount 72 Santa Clara 84, Pepperdine 50 Weber St. 95, N. Arizona 88, OT

Golf LPGA-Women’s Australian Open scores Saturday at The Grange Golf Club, West Course, Adelaide, Australia City. Purse: $1.3 million. Yardage: 6,600; Par: 72 (36-36) Third Round (a-amateur) Danielle Kang 70-70-67—207 -9 Haru Nomura 69-68-70—207 -9 Jenny Shin 67-70-70—207 -9 Lydia Ko 70-70-68—208 -8 Karrie Webb 67-71-70—208 -8 Paula Reto 70-70-69—209 -7 Ha Na Jang 69-70-70—209 -7 Caroline Masson 66-71-72—209 -7 Catriona Matthew 67-69-73—209 -7 Ryann O’Toole 70-72-68—210 -6 Stacey Keating 70-70-70—210 -6 Xi Yu Lin 70-67-73—210 -6 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 71-73-67—211 -5 Nontaya Srisawang 73-70-68—211 -5 Eun Woo Choi 71-71-69—211 -5 Annie Park 70-72-69—211 -5 Kylie Walker 70-70-71—211 -5 Min Seo Kwak 69-71-71—211 -5 Minjee Lee 69-76-67—212 -4 Gaby Lopez 70-74-68—212 -4 So Young Lee 69-75-68—212 -4 Kelly Tan 73-70-69—212 -4 Charley Hull 70-70-72—212 -4 Beth Allen 69-71-72—212 -4 SooBin Kim 63-77-72—212 -4 Bertine Strauss 69-70-73—212 -4 Nicole Broch Larsen 71-75-67—213 -3 Karine Icher 71-73-69—213 -3 Camilla Lennarth 72-71-70—213 -3 Lindy Duncan 74-72-68—214 -2 Chella Choi 71-74-69—214 -2

Georgia Hall Su Oh B. M. Henderson Holly Clyburn a-Hannah Green Dani Holmqvist Tiffany Joh Jiyai Shin

71-73-70—214 69-75-70—214 70-71-73—214 71-65-78—214 72-70-73—215 68-74-73—215 72-68-75—215 70-69-76—215

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PGA-Northern Trust Open scores Saturday at Riviera Country Club, Los Angeles. Purse: $6.8 million. Yardage: 7,322; Par 71 (35-36) Third Round (a-amateur) Bubba Watson 66-68-67—201 -12 Jason Kokrak 68-64-70—202 -11 Chez Reavie 66-67-69—202 -11 Dustin Johnson 68-66-68—202 -11 Kevin Chappell 68-69-66—203 -10 K.J. Choi 69-67-67—203 -10 Rory McIlroy 67-69-67—203 -10 Adam Scott 68-68-67—203 -10 Marc Leishman 68-67-68—203 -10 Hideki Matsuyama 69-67-68—204 -9 Troy Merritt 68-66-70—204 -9 Sung Kang 70-69-66—205 -8 Brendan Steele 70-67-68—205 -8 Steve Stricker 71-68-67—206 -7 Ryan Moore 69-68-69—206 -7 J.B. Holmes 71-66-69—206 -7 Justin Rose 69-68-69—206 -7 Justin Leonard 67-69-70—206 -7 Tyrone Van Aswegen 68-72-67—207 -6 Martin Laird 68-70-69—207 -6 Jon Curran 71-67-69—207 -6 Matt Kuchar 69-69-69—207 -6 Padraig Harrington 71-70-66—207 -6 Camilo Villegas 63-74-70—207 -6 Kyle Reifers 68-68-71—207 -6 Anirban Lahiri 72-67-69—208 -5 Scott Brown 71-69-68—208 -5 Harris English 68-70-70—208 -5 Ben Martin 73-68-67—208 -5 Cameron Tringale 72-66-70—208 -5 Ricky Barnes 67-70-71—208 -5 Justin Thomas 70-72-66—208 -5 Harold Varner III 74-68-66—208 -5 Gary Woodland 71-69-69—209 -4 Aaron Baddeley 71-68-70—209 -4 Jamie Lovemark 69-70-70—209 -4 Seung-Yul Noh 70-71-68—209 -4 Stewart Cink 70-71-68—209 -4 Charl Schwartzel 68-68-73—209 -4 David Toms 70-72-67—209 -4 Francesco Molinari 69-71-70—210 -3 J.J. Henry 69-71-70—210 -3 William McGirt 70-69-71—210 -3 Jamie Donaldson 69-72-69—210 -3 Nick Taylor 70-68-72—210 -3 Chad Collins 73-68-69—210 -3 Fabian Gomez 72-69-69—210 -3 Andrew Loupe 70-72-68—210 -3 Spencer Levin 73-69-68—210 -3 Luke Donald 68-72-71—211 -2 Carlos Ortiz 72-68-71—211 -2 Vijay Singh 70-69-72—211 -2 Adam Hadwin 70-70-71—211 -2 Ben Crane 67-74-70—211 -2 Ernie Els 74-67-70—211 -2 Derek Fathauer 71-70-70—211 -2 Luke List 66-70-75—211 -2

Hockey NHL standings, schedule EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 59 34 18 7 75 164 137 Boston 59 32 21 6 70 181 163 Tampa Bay 58 32 22 4 68 159 146 Detroit 59 29 20 10 68 151 156 Ottawa 60 28 26 6 62 172 186 Montreal 59 28 27 4 60 162 163 Buffalo 59 24 28 7 55 141 162 Toronto 57 20 27 10 50 140 172 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 57 43 10 4 90 191 131 N.Y. Rangers 58 33 19 6 72 170 150 N.Y. Islanders 57 31 19 7 69 164 144 Pittsburgh 57 29 20 8 66 150 148 New Jersey 60 29 24 7 65 133 141 Carolina 59 27 22 10 64 146 156 Philadelphia 58 26 21 11 63 144 158 Columbus 59 23 29 7 53 149 184 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 61 38 18 5 81 175 142 Dallas 60 37 17 6 80 194 169 St. Louis 61 35 17 9 79 153 144 Nashville 59 27 21 11 65 154 154 Colorado 60 30 26 4 64 161 166 Minnesota 58 26 22 10 62 150 147 Winnipeg 58 25 29 4 54 149 171 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 58 34 20 4 72 157 137 Anaheim 57 30 19 8 68 141 139 San Jose 57 31 21 5 67 168 154 Arizona 58 27 25 6 60 161 180 Vancouver 58 22 24 12 56 137 167 Calgary 57 26 28 3 55 158 175 Edmonton 59 22 31 6 50 148 181 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Friday’s Games Montreal 3, Philadelphia 2, SO N.Y. Islanders 1, New Jersey 0 Carolina 5, San Jose 2 Buffalo 4, Columbus 0 Calgary 5, Vancouver 2 Saturay’s Games Ottawa 3, Detroit 2, SO Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 5, Toronto 4, OT Florida 3, Winnipeg 1 Washington 4, New Jersey 3 Los Angeles 2, Nashville 1, OT Boston 7, Dallas 3 St. Louis 6, Arizona 4 Colorado at Edmonton, (n) Today’s Games Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 11:30 a.m. Chicago vs. Minnesota at Minneapolis, MN, 2:30 p.m. Detroit at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 6 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Colorado at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Monday’s Games Columbus at Boston, 6 p.m. Arizona at Washington, 6 p.m. Nashville at Montreal, 6:30 p.m. San Jose at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

NHL Scoring Leaders Through Feb. 19 GP G Patrick Kane, Chi 61 34 Jamie Benn, Dal 59 30 Tyler Seguin, Dal 59 31 Erik Karlsson, Ott 59 11 Evgeny Kuznetsov, Was 56 16 Artemi Panarin, Chi 59 22 Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy 56 22 Sidney Crosby, Pit 55 25 Joe Pavelski, SJ 57 26 Nicklas Backstrom, Was 53 17 Blake Wheeler, Wpg 57 16 4 tied with 51 pts.

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A-State takes series with split in doubleheader Sun Press Services

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Arkansas State baseball team dropped the first game of a doubleheader Saturday to UAB 5-0, but defeated the Blazers 5-2 in the second game to earn a season-opening series win at Regions Field in Birmingham, Ala. In game two, UAB (12) scored a single run in each of the first two innings for a 2-0 edge before A-State (2-1) struck back with two runs in the top of the third. Jeremy Brown was hit by a pitch to lead oﬀ the inning and Ty White singled to center to put the first two runners on. Joe Schrimpf sacrificed the runners up a base before Austin Baker was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Tanner Ring drove home the first run with a hard single through the left side before Garrett Rucker brought home the second run on a sacrifice fly to center field. The game remained tied 2-2 until the top of the ninth inning when AState mounted a two-out rally that scored three runs on only one hit. Jake Bakamus was hit by a pitch and Frankie Alvarez also got hit by a pitch before Dylan Munger came to the mound for UAB. Munger walked Brown to load the bases and then White brought home the winning run with an infield single to the second baseman. A-State picked up two more runs on a wild pitch and error by the catcher on the play to make the score 5-2. Ring entered the game on the mound in relief of J.D. Miller and walked the first batter he faced, but induced a double play and struck out the next hitter for the save in his first action on the mound since 2014. Miller picked up the win after tossing 1.2 scoreless innings. A-State starter Bryan Ayers tossed six innings in his first appearance on the mound since the 2014 season. Ayers allowed two runs (one earned) on 10 hits with six strikeouts and two walks. Col-

lin Nord pitched to one hitter and struck him out on three pitches. UAB’s starter Adam Lamar lasted 2.2 innings while Austin Thomas tossed six innings out of the bullpen for the Blazers but took the loss. White led the team with two hits, while Baker and Ring had the other two hits for the Red Wolves. Griffin Gum led UAB with three hits. UAB began game one by registering a run in the bottom of the first on a sacrifice fly off A-State starter Adam Grantham. The first two batters of the game reached on infield singles before a fly ball to deep left moved both runners up a base to set up the sacrifice fly. The Blazers extended the lead to 3-0 after hitting three consecutive doubles in the bottom of the fourth inning and tacked on another run in the bottom of the sixth on a Carter Pharis home run to take a 4-0 lead. UAB added another run on an error in the seventh inning and A-State couldn’t muster any offense as the Red Wolves lost 5-0. Grantham was solid on the mound as the senior allowed seven hits and gave up four runs (all earned) with seven strikeouts with no walks. Freshmen Bradey Welsh and Peyton Culbertson each pitched an inning to close out the contest with Welsh giving up one unearned run. White doubled to lead off the game for one of AState’s three hits. Brown and Matt Burgess each had singles for the other two hits of the game UAB’s Ryan Ruggles earned the win by throwing six shutout innings, while Thomas Lowery picked up the save by tossing three scoreless innings to end the game. Gum and Carter Pharis each had two hits and two RBIs with Pharis hitting the Blazers’ first home run of the season Arkansas State returns to action Tuesday against Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss. First pitch from Oxford University Stadium/Swayze Field is scheduled for 4 p.m.

Odom confident about Missouri job BY R.B. FALLSTROM Associated Press

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Barry Odom stops short of hard promises and immediate expectations. The last few months have not been easy for Missouri football — a player boycott and a major drop on the field after consecutive SEC East titles. The Tigers also said goodbye to coach Gary Pinkel and dismissed its most experienced quarterback. Pinkel, the school’s career leader in victories, stepped down while battling cancer. Now it’s Odom’s team, and he’s embracing the challenge of bouncing back from a 5-7 season. “I ultimately knew I was

going to be a head coach,” Odom said. “I didn’t know when and I didn’t know where, but I absolutely knew that it was going to happen and you always try to prepare.” New oﬀensive line coach Glen Elarbee has coached against Odom the last three seasons, and came away thinking: “Holy cow, I always thought he was the best defensive mind I went up against.” As a public speaker with self-deprecating humor and plain-spoken goals, Odom has quickly endeared himself to boosters and the fan base. He was a linebacker on Missouri teams that went to bowl games in 1997 and ’98.

Saturday’s deals BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Bobby Parnell on a minor league contract. National League CHICAGO CUBS — Released LHP Luis Cruz. COLORADO ROCKIES — Released LHP Christian Friedrich. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with OF Matt Joyce on a minor league contract. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with RHP Casey Janssen on a minor league contract. FOOTBALL National Football League DETROIT LIONS — Released DT C.J. Wilson.

White County Central, Salem win district titles JUDSONIA — White County Central won the 2A-2 senior boys’ district tournament title Saturday beating Walnut Ridge 55-53 in the cham-

pionship game. In the senior girls’ title game Salem defeated Tuckerman 42-39 to claim the district tournament championship.

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UALR has NCAA tourney in sights with turnaround BY KURT VOIGT Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK — Chris Beard doesn’t view the pursuit of winning as an obsession. Rather, the ArkansasLittle Rock coach simply sees it as his life’s work — a quest and mindset that have served Bobby Knight’s former assistant well in his first season as a Division I head coach. So well, in fact, that the Trojans have emerged as one of the most surprising contenders for an NCAA Tournament berth entering the final few weeks of conference play. At 24-3 overall, 14-2 in the Sun Belt Conference after Saturday’s victory at Georgia Southern, Arkansas-Little Rock has the look of a team destined to earn only its second NCAA appearance in the last 26 seasons. It’s a position few expected the Trojans to be in so quickly under Beard, particularly after a 13-18 record a year ago under former coach Steve Shields and a preseason selection of fifth in the Sun Belt. Regardless of how the rest of this surprising turnaround plays out, the school — with road wins at San Diego State, DePaul and Tulsa on its resume — has showed it belongs in any NCAA Tournament discussion. “I don’t know about on the bubble and all that, but I know we’ve got to at least be a part of the conversation,” Beard said. To fully understand how Arkansas-Little Rock

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Arkansas-Little Rock coach Chris Beard shouts instructions in a Nov. 21 game against San Diego State in San Diego. Led by first-year coach Beard, the Trojans are 22-3 to start the season and have their eyes set on only the school’s second NCAA Tournament appearance since 1990. turned itself from a school that was 87-105 over the last six seasons to a Sun Belt front-runner in less than 10 months, it’s critical to understand what drives Beard. Throughout each of the stops in his coaching career, from junior college to 10 years as an assistant at Texas Tech and even a stop in the semi-professional American Basketball Association along the way, the 42-year-old Beard has never quite lost touch with the 12-year-old version of himself. Beard can still remember his junior high football coach in Texas talking about a diﬃcult threegame trip that lied ahead.

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thers also added 10 second chance points, but A-State was able to offset that with 13 points off 13 GSU turnovers. A-State opened the second half by scoring 19 points in a little over five minutes thanks to the efforts of Flanery who hit three, 3-pointers in the period. The Red Wolves also helped narrow the rebounding and got within six rebounds with 4:05 remaining in the period. Gamble scored 19 points in the second half, and finished two off her career-high of 33 on the afternoon. She also tied a careerhigh with 11 assists and finished with her fourth double-double of the season. It was also the eighth 30-point-plus perfor-

mance of her career, which is the second most in school history. She finished the night 11-of-18 from the field and was a perfect 3-for-3 from beyond the arc. A-State shot 50 percent (31-of-62) from the field on the afternoon, and forced the Panthers into 21 turnovers, which led to 27 points on the oﬀensive end for the Red Wolves. A-State also got out in transition and scored 22 fast break points and got nice production from its bench with 14 points. A-State returns home for the first time in two weeks when its hosts Texas State Thursday at the Convocation Center. The game will also be the Red Wolves’ annual Play4Kay “Pink Game” and fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game. Tipoﬀ is set for 5 p.m.

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27-21 with 4:35 left in the half. The Panthers score the next seven points to take their first lead of the day, 28-27, but Astate scored the final four points of the half on two free throws by Carter and a tip-in by Bocoum. A-State converted 4-of-9 (44 percent) from 3-point range in the first half while shooting 33.3 percent (9-27) from the field. Carter scored 14 points in the period and Gardner was the only other player to reach at least five points. The Red Wolves struggled in the second half, shooting 30.8 percent (8-26) from the field and just 1-for-8 (12.5 percent) from 3-point range. Georgia State was 54.8 percent (17-31) in the second half and 3-for-8 (37.5 percent) from beyond the arc. A-State finished the day shooting 32 percent (17-53) from the field while the Panthers were 45.8 percent (27-59). The Red Wolves were 29 percent (5-17) behind the arc and Georgia State finished 31.3 percent (5-16)

from long range. The Red Wolves were 22-of-27 (81.5 percent) from the charity stripe while the Panthers were 10-for-15 (66.7 percent). Donte Thomas played for the first time in the last four games and logged six rebounds and six assists in 35 minutes. Georgia State forced the Red Wolves into 14 turnovers and finished with a 16-7 edge in points oﬀ turnovers. The Panthers also outscored AState in the paint, 24-14. The Red Wolves return to the Convocation Center for the final two home games next week. A-State hosts Texas State Thursday at 7:30 before closing the home schedule with a 7 p.m. contest versus UT Arlington on Saturday.

And he can remember the coach stressing the importance of winning at least one of those games, hoping to sneak away with a second victory. “I just remember thinking, ‘That’s (crap),’” Beard said. “Why would we ever go into a game not thinking we could win, or play to win? My deal is I just think we have a chance to win every single game. ... As a competitor, I don’t understand how anyone could feel any diﬀerent.” That competiveness has served Beard well in his career, to the tune of a 141-45 overall record as a head coach entering this season — including a 4715 mark the last two years

combined at Division II Angelo State. However, it was the personal lessons he learned along the way to taking over Arkansas-Little Rock that Beard implemented first when he was hired to replace Shields last April. Specifically, he listened. “I’ve always thought the first 30 days as a coach you should do a lot more listening than talking,” Beard said. “Really, we’ve developed relationships quickly, and that’s what’s given us a chance to be successful.” One of the first relationships Beard formed when he arrived in Little Rock was with three-year starter Josh Hagins.

Beard gave each of the Trojans returning players the option of their scholarship release when he was hired, knowing the coaching transition could be diﬃcult for some. However, 45 minutes after his introductory news conference, it was Hagins who sat in his oﬃce — saying, “I’m not going anywhere, and I want to finish what I started.” “There really wasn’t any doubt in my mind,” Hagins said. “I just wanted to play for Little Rock.” Six others stayed along with Hagins, and Beard added a collection of 10 high school recruits, junior college players and transfers to the mix to create the group that has led to the quick turn of fortunes. He also stressed the importance of hiring a group of assistant coaches he believed “would all one day soon be Division I head coaches,” including one with multiple direct ties to central Arkansas in former Mississippi State assistant Wes Flanigan. Flanigan had spent four years as an assistant at Arkansas-Little Rock under Shields from 200408, and the former Auburn standout began his coaching career as a player at nearby Little Rock Parkview High School. He was also well aware of the potential to win with the Trojans, having been a part of two divisional championships in his first go-around at the school. “Just to hear (Beard’s) enthusiasm and his approach to how he wanted

to get this done was refreshing for me,” Flanigan said. “I wanted to be a part of it.” One of Beard’s core beliefs is selflessness on the court, reflected this season by a roster that features nine players averaging more than 14.8 minutes per game. Hagins leads the way with 12.9 points per game, while juniorcollege transfer Marcus Johnson Jr., is second at 12.6, but they are the only two in double figures. Where Beard’s teambefore-self philosophy has shown the most is defensively, where the Trojans lead the country by allowing only 58.3 points per game — a year after the school gave up 70.3 per contest. Fans in central Arkansas have started to take notice of the quick progress, with morning talk radio filled with discussion of the school’s NCAA Tournament chances earlier this week. Also, while 1,936 showed up in the Stephens Center to watch a seasonopening win over Central Baptist College on Nov. 14, a crowd of 4,682 watched Arkansas-Little Rock defeat Georgia State on Jan. 30. All that’s left now is to see if the rest of the country is paying attention. “Just a couple of years back I was watching the NCAA Tournament and didn’t think I would get close to it, but getting this close is an amazing feeling,” Johnson said. “But we’ve got to keep winning.”

Trojans power past Georgia Southern Associated Press

STATESBORO, Ga. — Josh Hagins scored 16 points on 6-for-10 shooting Saturday night to lead Arkansas-Little Rock to a 76-61 win over Georgia Southern. Roger Woods and Jalen Jackson added 12 points apiece for Little Rock (243, 14-2 Sun Belt), which shot 51 percent from the field to set a program record for most victories in a regular season. Mareik Isom and Maurius Hill both finished with nine points and six rebounds for the Trojans. Georgia Southern (1214, 8-8) scored the game’s first five points but quickly fell behind as Little Rock pumped in the next 10 and continued to pull away for a 41-31 advantage at the break. The Eagles then took control in the second half, opening with a 12-0 run that included two of Hagins’ four 3-pointers and made it 53-31 with 15:38 left. Tookie Brown paced Georgia Southern with 16 points, Jonathan Sanks had 12 and Devonte Boykins 11.

South Florida beats Memphis Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. — Nehemias Morillo scored 19 points, Jahmal McMurray had 17 and South Florida won its first home game in league play this season in an 80-71 victory over Memphis on Saturday. Memphis was up 5150 with 8:48 left before Chris Perry, Morillo and McMurray sparked South Florida’s 9-2 run.

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Texas State 61, La.-Lafayette 57

Appalachian St. 78, Troy 74

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Emani Gant scored 19 points to lead Texas State to a 61-57 victory over cold-shooting LouisianaLafayette on Saturday night. Gant was 6 of 9 from the floor. Ojai Black added 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting for Texas State (11-13, 5-10 Sun Belt Conference). Johnathan Stove scored 14 points and Bryce Washington added 13 for Louisiana-Lafayette (14-11, 10-6), which shot just 18 of 62 from the field for 29 percent, and made 17 of 30 for 57-percent shooting from the line. The Bobcats had a 10-point lead midway through the second half before the Ragin’ Cajuns used an 18-10 run to pull to 57-55 with a minute remaining. Gant split a pair of free throws, and Black made a jumper and one of two free throws to stretch Texas State’s lead to 61-57 with 18 seconds left. Louisiana-Lafayette missed its last two shots to end it.

BOONE, N.C. — Ronshad Shabazz completed a 3-point play with 1:14 left to give Appalachian State just enough cushion to hold oﬀ Troy. Shabazz, who finished with 15 points, also grabbed the rebound after Wesley Person’s 3-point attempt rimmed out with 25 seconds left. Shabazz hit two free throws after he was fouled for a 76-72 lead. Frank Eaves had 19 points and Emarius Logan nailed five 3s for 17 points to lead Appalachian State (7-20, 5-11 Sun Belt Conference). The Mountaineers made 12 of 22 from long range. Appalachian State, which stopped a six-game skid, never led by more than five in the second half and Troy was up 5049 with 14:45 left. Matt O’Boyle hit a trey to retake the lead for good at the 14:14 mark Person was 10 of 18 from the floor for a careerhigh 30 points for Troy (918, 4-12). Jordon Varnado

added 18 points.

La. Monroe 64, Texas-Arlington 61

ARLINGTON, Texas — Mack Foster had a tip-in with 38 seconds left to give Louisiana-Monroe the lead and the Warhawks held on to beat Texas-Arlington. Texas-Arlington’s Erick Neal worked the ball underneath the basket on the following play but four Warhawks surrounded him and he turned it over with 14 seconds left. Neal got oﬀ a shot from midcourt as time expired but it hit the back of the rim. Kaelon Wilson drilled a trey with 1:06 left to give the Mavericks a 5958 lead. Foster answered with a tip-in to retake the lead. Nick Coppola made 4 of 7 from long range for 19 points to lead LouisianaMonroe (15-12, 11-5 Sun Belt Conference) which is second in the conference behind Arkansas-Little Rock (24-3, 14-2). Jorge Bilbao had 18 points and 11 rebounds for Texas-Arlington (18-8, 9-6).

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Davis gives Texas A&M win over Kentucky in OT Associated Press

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Tyler Davis’ putback at the buzzer gave Texas A&M a 79-77 win over No. 14 Kentucky in overtime on Saturday after a technical foul on Isaac Humphries cost the Wildcats the lead in the final seconds. With the clock winding down, Danuel House drove into traﬃc and missed a contested shot that hit the front of the rim. The ball caromed directly to Davis, who grabbed the rebound and banked in a layup as time expired. The freshman center finished with 15 points. Anthony Collins missed a shot with 9 seconds left for Texas A&M, and Humphries grabbed the rebound with the Wildcats up by one. But after the Aggies fouled him, he slammed the ball to the court and was whistled for a technical that fouled him out. House made both free throws to give A&M a 7776 lead. Skal Labissiere hit one of two foul shots for Kentucky to tie it before the final possession.

South Carolina 73, Florida 69

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Michael Carrera scored 20 points including the goahead foul shots in overtime to lift South Carolina to a 73-69 victory over Florida on Saturday. The Gamecocks (22-5, 9-5 Southeastern Conference) trailed 39-32 early in the second half before

SEC STANDINGS | Southeastern Conference Basketball Standings SEC Overall W-L W-L Kentucky 10-4 20-7 LSU 9-5 16-11 South Carolina 9-5 22-5 Texas A&M 9-5 20-7 Florida 8-6 17-10 Vanderbilt 8-6 16-11 Alabama 7-7 16-10 Georgia 7-7 14-11 Ole Miss 7-7 17-10 Arkansas 6-8 13-14 Tennessee 6-8 13-14 Miss. State 5-9 12-14 Auburn 4-10 10-16 Missouri 3-11 10-17 Saturday’s games Arkansas 84, Missouri 72 S. Carolina 73, Florida 69 OT Vanderbilt 80, Georgia 67 Miss. State 67, Alabama 61 Ole Miss 69, Auburn 59 Tennessee 81, LSU 65 Tex. A&M 79, Kentucky 77

rallying to force the extra period and end a sevengame losing streak to the Gators (17-10, 8-6). Carrera’s free throws with 1:36 to go in overtime put South Carolina up 7069. Florida, trailing 72-69, had a chance to tie in the final 10 seconds, but Chris Chiozza missed a 3-pointer. Sindarius Thornwell added 17 points for South Carolina and Carrera grabbed 15 rebounds for his third straight doubledouble and ninth this season. Dorian Finney-Smith had 18 points and 13 rebounds for the Gators. The Florida senior had a chance to end things in regulation, but missed a foul shot that left the game tied with 20 seconds remaining. Laimonas Chatkevicius had 13 points, four of those

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Kentucky’s Tyler Ulis (left) and Texas A&M’s Jalen Jones (back) go after a loose ball during Saturday’s Southeastern Conference game in College Station, Texas. in the extra period, for the Gamecocks, who won their most games since going 23-15 in 2005-06.

Vanderbilt 80, Georgia 67 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Damian Jones scored 15 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds leading five Commodores in double figures as Vanderbilt grabbed a big lead early and held on in beating Georgia. The Commodores (1611, 8-6 Southeastern Conference) won for the third time in four games,

bouncing back after blowing a 17-point lead Tuesday night when they lost at Mississippi State on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer. That prompted coach Kevin Stallings to criticize his Commodores, including himself, for struggling after being picked to finish second in the SEC this season. Georgia (14-11, 7-7) lost its third in four games. Wade Baldwin added a team-high 17 points for Vanderbilt. Matthew Fisher-Davis had 13, Jeﬀ Roberson 12 and Luke Kornet 11. J. J. Frazier led Georgia

with 21 points, Yante Mat- opened the second half en added 19 points and with a block and a breakDerek Ogbeide had 11. away dunk. Auburn (10-16, 4-10) cut Mississippi State 67, the deficit to four points early in the half, but Ole Alabama 61 Miss consistently repelled TUSCALOOSA, Ala. any rallies from there that — Quinndary Weather- the Tigers tried to string spoon scored 15 points together. The Tigers jumped out and Mississippi State beat Alabama for the Bulldogs’ to an early 7-2 lead, but second-straight South- Moody keyed an Ole Miss eastern Conference upset. scoring spurt that put the Weatherspoon played a Rebels up by as many as pivotal role in both of the eight points in the first week’s wins. half. The Bulldogs (12-14, 5-9 Cinmeon Bowers had 11 SEC) fought oﬀ a second- points and 17 rebounds for half rally by the Crimson Auburn. Horace Spencer Tide (16-10, 7-7), which added six points, nine rehad won five straight bounds and five blocks. league games to shoulder its way squarely into the Tennessee 81, NCAA Tournament conLSU 65 versation. Weatherspoon, who KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — had 24 points and the Armani Moore had 17 game-winning 3-pointer points, 10 rebounds and in Tuesday night’s victory seven assists Saturday as over Vanderbilt, made 3 of Tennessee withstood the 4 from long range to help absence of leading scorer Kevin Punter Jr. in an 81end that hot streak. Craig Sword scored 13 65 victory over LSU. Ben Simmons was out of points and Gavin Ware fought through foul LSU’s starting lineup for trouble for 12. Guard I.J. the first time all season, Ready had 10 points while though the standout freshsubbing for an injured man entered 4 ½ minutes Malik Newman. into the game and had 21 Retin Obasohan and points and nine rebounds. Shannon Hale scored 22 But he also had eight turnpoints apiece for the Tide. overs to match his season high. Punter injured his right Mississippi 69, foot Thursday in a loss at Auburn 59 No. 14 Kentucky. Punter AUBURN, Ala. — Stefan averages 22.2 points per Moody had 23 points on game and entered the day 8-of-18 shooting and Ole ranked 10th among all DiMiss topped Auburn 69- vision I players in scoring. 59 on Saturday. Without Punter on the Ole Miss (17-10, 7-7 floor, Tennessee (13-14, SEC) led 40-33 at halftime 6-8 SEC) relied on a baland the 5-foot-11 Moody anced attack.

No. 2 Kansas blows lead, escapes K-State free throws in the closing seconds to help the Bonnies (18-7, 10-4 Atlantic 10) pull oﬀ an improbable win. The Flyers (21-5, 11-3) were coming oﬀ a 79-70 loss at Saint Joseph’s on Wednesday. They hadn’t lost consecutive games in their last 77 games, the third-longest active streak behind Villanova and Kansas. Plus, the Flyers hadn’t lost a home conference game since Jan. 29, 2014, winning 20 in a row.

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MANHATTAN, Kan.— Frank Mason III scored 15 points, Perry Ellis added 14 and second-ranked Kansas escaped with a 72-63 victory over Kansas State on Saturday after blowing most of a 17-point lead in the second half. Wayne Selden Jr. also scored 12 for the Jayhawks (23-4, 11-3 Big 12), who needed a jumper from Devonte Graham and some free throws down the stretch to secure their first win at Kansas State in three years. Stephen Hurt and Barry Brown scored 13 points apiece for Kansas State (15-12, 4-10), which got within 65-62 with less than 2 minutes to go. But that’s when Graham knocked down his first basket after five straight misses, and the Jayhawks pulled away from the foul line to wrap up the win. D.J. Johnson and Justin Edwards also scored 11 points each for the Wildcats. After third-ranked Oklahoma beat No. 10 West Virginia earlier in the day, Kansas has a two-game lead over the Sooners, Mountaineers and Baylor with four games left in the conference race. The Jayhawks have won at least a share of 11 consecutive Big 12 championships.

No. 1 Villanova 77, Butler 67

VILLANOVA, Pa. — Josh Hart scored 22 points and Kris Jenkins had 20 to lead No. 1 Villanova over Butler. It was the seventh straight victory for the Wildcats (24-3, 13-1 Big East). Kelan Martin scored 19 points for Butler (18-9, 7-8). It was the first time in Villanova history that a No. 1 team played at the Pavilion, the Wildcats’ oncampus home. Hart, Villanova’s leading scorer at 14.8 points per game, struggled in the last two contests, scoring a combined 11 points on 3-for-15 shooting in wins over St. John’s and

No. 18 Louisville 71, No. 20 Duke 64

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Kansas forward Jamari Traylor (left) blocks a shot by Kansas State guard Justin Edwards during the first half of Saturday’s Big 12 conference game in Manhattan, Kan. Temple. But he came alive against Butler, particularly in the second half when he scored 13 points.

No. 3 Oklahoma 76, No. 10 West Virginia 62

points and 15 rebounds and No. 5 North Carolina regrouped from an emotional loss to rival Duke by routing No. 11 Miami in a matchup of teams tied for first in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Justin Jackson added 15 points for the Tar Heels (22-5, 11-3), who opened the second half on a 10-0 burst to turn this into blowout. North Carolina shot 54 percent and shut down Miami at every turn while leading by as many as 38 points. The Tar Heels were coming oﬀ Wednesday’s crushing 74-73 loss to the Blue Devils, a game in which they led nearly all night only to lose control in the final 3 minutes. And that allowed the Hurricanes (21-5, 10-4) to climb into a first-place tie to set up a critical game in a wide-open league title chase.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Buddy Hield helped get No. 3 Oklahoma out of a temporary lull. The nation’s secondleading scorer had 29 points to lead the Sooners to a victory over No. 10 West Virginia. Oklahoma (21-5, 9-5) stayed close in the Big 12 race, tying the Mountaineers and Baylor for second place behind Kansas. The Sooners were coming oﬀ consecutive losses to Kansas and Texas Tech and three losses in four games after spending three weeks at No. 1. In a second half of several scoring swings, Hield helped put Oklahoma in control. He capped a 9-0 No. 8 Xavier 88, run with a 3-pointer to put Georgetown 70 the Sooners ahead 61-52 with 5:22 left, silencing WASHINGTON — Xavithe home crowd. er broke open a tight game by making 12 of its first 13 No. 5 N. Carolina 96, shots after halftime, and Edmond Sumner finished No. 11 Miami 71 with a career-best 22 CHAPEL HILL, N.C, — points, leading the eighthBrice Johnson had 16 ranked Musketeers past

slumping Georgetown. Getting set to take on top-ranked Villanova in its next game, Xavier (243, 12-3 Big East) played far better than during a home loss to Georgetown a month ago. After shooting only 35 percent in that setback, the Musketeers wound up at 54 percent Saturday, including the near-perfect stretch to open the second half. After leading 35-33 at halftime, Xavier scored 13 consecutive points coming out of the break and eventually went ahead by as many as 21. Georgetown (14-14, 7-8) has lost three straight and six of seven. The Hoyas were led by D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera with 18 points.

St. Bonaventure No. 15 Dayton 72 DAYTON, Ohio — Jaylen Adams matched his career high with 31 points and hit the big shots in the final 36 seconds, leading St. Bonaventure to a victory over No. 15 Dayton, the Bonnies’ first road win over a ranked team in their history. Adams’ 3-pointer with 36 seconds to go snapped a 72-72 tie. He added four

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Damion Lee scored 24 points, including three 3-pointers during Louisville’s furious second-half rally from a 13-point deficit, to the push the 18th-ranked Cardinals past No. 20 Duke. Louisville trailed 4431 with 7:10 remaining before battling back and using an 8-0 run with consecutive 3s by Lee and a slam by Jaylen Johnson after Chinanu Onuaku stole an inbounds pass for a 58-55 lead. Lee added another long-range shot and Johnson made a jumper to make it 63-59 before a final game-changing sequence for the Cardinals (21-6, 10-4 Atlantic Coast Conference).

No. 25 Baylor 78, No. 24 Texas 64 AUSTIN, Texas — Johnathan Motley scored 24 points on 12-of-13 shooting, leading No. 25 Baylor to an impressive victory over No. 24 Texas, handing the Longhorns a rare home loss this season. The win puts the Bears in a solid position in third place in the Big 12 with an outside chance to play for the regular-season title with four games left. Motley, who has become a starter as senior forward Rico Gathers has struggled with the flu, had his second huge game in a week. He scored 27 points in an overtime win over Iowa State. Motley had a perfect game going until missing a 14-footer with 1:15 left to play.

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gamble in the loss led to a key 3-pointer by Auburn, but was at his best in bouncing back from the loss. Arkansas held the Tigers to 25 of 63 (39.7 percent) from the field overall, including 6 of 23 on 3-pointers. After trailing by as many as 17 points in the first half, Missouri opened the second on a 9-2 run to cut the Arkansas lead to 4539 after a 3-pointer by Puryear. However, Kingsley started a 9-2 Razorbacks’ run with a basket inside and Arkansas never led by fewer than eight points the rest of the game. Arkansas shot 62.7 percent from the field while handing Missouri the worst loss in the 11-year history of Mizzou Arena on Jan. 12, a 33-point victory for the Razorbacks. They continued their one-sided domination of the Tigers throughout the first half on Saturday, never trailing and leading by as many as 17 points before settling for a 43-30 halftime lead. After Missouri used a 7-0 run to cut Arkansas’ lead to 22-18, the Razorbacks went on a 19-6 run — with Hannahs’ 10 points during the stretch.

Up next Arkansas hosts LSU on Tuesday.

UA BOXSCORE | MISSOURI (10-17) Puryear 6-14 10-11 23, Rosburg 5-7 1-2 11, Phillips 0-6 2-2 2, Wright 4-10 1-1 12, VanLeer 2-4 0-0 6, Isabell 2-6 2-3 6, Allen 3-5 0-2 6, Walton 0-5 0-0 0, Gant 3-6 0-1 6. Totals 25-63 16-22 72. ARKANSAS (13-14) Kingsley 6-12 3-5 15, Miles 1-3 0-1 2, Hannahs 7-13 4-4 22, Durham 5-11 4-6 17, Bell 1-11 4-4 7, Thompson 2-3 0-0 4, Watkins 3-6 0-0 6, Whitt 1-2 4-4 7, Beard 1-6 0-0 3, Kouassi 0-0 1-4 1. Totals 27-67 20-28 84. Halftime_Arkansas 43-30. 3-Point Goals_Missouri 6-23 (Wright 3-7, VanLeer 2-4, Puryear 1-3, Isabell 0-2, Gant 0-2, Walton 0-2, Phillips 0-3), Arkansas 10-26 (Hannahs 4-9, Durham 3-6, Whitt 1-1, Beard 1-2, Bell 1-8). Fouled Out_Rosburg. Rebounds_Missouri 40 (Wright 12), Arkansas 47 (Kingsley 12). Assists_ Missouri 18 (Phillips 7), Arkansas 18 (Durham 6). Total Fouls_Missouri 21, Arkansas 22. A_16,617.

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A-State tennis plays today at RidgePointe

BY JENNA FRYER

JONESBORO — The Arkansas State women’s tennis team will host its 2016 home opener this morning when the squad takes on in-state foe Central Arkansas at RidgePointe Country Club. First serve is set for 9 a.m. A-State is 0-3 on the dual match season with setbacks against Lamar, Stephen F. Austin and Saint Louis. Freshman Shelby King and junior Julie Gauguery have each captured singles’ match victories on the year, while the Red Wolves have also captured a doubles’ victory in all three of their matches this season. Arkansas State is under the direction of firstyear head coach Kel Lange and had a strong fall tournament season that included the squad earning several strong victories over some of the nation’s top competition.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It’s been 23 years since Joe Gibbs celebrated a Daytona 500 victory. Standing in his way now is a lineup as formidable as Howie Long, Marcus Allen and the 1983 Raiders. Gibbs has four strong chances today to earn a second Daytona 500 victory, and his stable of Toyotas has been among the strongest cars during Speedweeks. The main competition comes from Daytona’s favorite son — two-time 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his Hendrick Motorsports teammates. Denny Hamlin and reigning Sprint Cup champion Kyle Busch already have given Gibbs a pair of wins this week at Daytona International Speedway. But the threetime Super Bowl winning coach has had his heart broken nearly two dozen times since Dale Jarrett took Joe Gibbs Racing to victory lane at Daytona in 1993. Gibbs isn’t used to losing — his only Super Bowl defeat was to the Raiders a decade before he won NASCAR’s version of the big game — and he has made it clear he wants a win in NASCAR’s season opener. “There’s always pressure from Coach,” Carl Edwards said. “Coach wants to win everything.” JGR’s lone defeat during Speedweeks came in the first qualifying race, with Earnhardt passing Hamlin with ease for the victory. Afterward, Earnhardt raved about his car — nicknamed “Amelia Earhart” because he feels unbeatable in that speedy Chevrolet. Amelia has won four of six races over 13 months and never finished lower than third. “This car is something special,” Earnhardt said. It’s often diﬃcult to figure out who is the class of

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Chase Elliott celebrates in victory lane after winning Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Elliott will start on the pole for today’s Daytona 500. the field leading into the 500 because no one knows who may be playing it close to the vest. But JGR and Hendrick have the most speed, and proved it when rookie Chase Elliott put Jeﬀ Gordon’s famed No. 24 Chevrolet on the pole next to Gibbs driver Kenseth. Elliott, the 20-yearold son of Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, could have his hands full in his first 500. He raced against teammate Earnhardt in the qualifying event, and Earnhardt warned him to be selfish on the track. “I told Chase on the starting grid, ‘I’m not going to be helping you. Don’t help me,’” Earnhardt said. “‘Don’t worry about where I’m at. If I’m behind you in one of the lines, don’t jump in thinking you’re trying to help me. Do everything you can to keep the lead. Don’t give the lead up no matter what. “‘I’m going to do what I need to do for me. You do what you need to do for you. You just got to be selfish.’” Elliott, part of a new

youth group moving into NASCAR’s elite series, isn’t alone in having to prove his mettle during the biggest race of the year. Ryan Blaney has proven to be fearless in restrictor-plate races, but the 22-year-old had trouble getting other drivers to trust him enough to draft with him last fall at Talladega. It was a struggle as well in Thursday’s qualifying race, when he came from a lap down in the Wood Brothers’ famed No. 21 Ford to finish third. But he’s a de facto teammate to Team Penske drivers Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano, the defending Daytona 500 winner, and should the Fords figure out an eﬀective game plan, they may be able to disrupt the Gibbs and Hendrick juggernaut. Blaney knows he’ll have to prove himself lap after lap today so someone will work with him in crunch time. “If someone can get like a blowtorch, burn the yellow stripes oﬀ the bumper, that’s going to help,” Blaney said of the stripe

on the back of his car that signifies his rookie status. It wouldn’t be unheard of for Elliott or Blaney to earn an upset win. Trevor Bayne pulled it oﬀ driving for the Wood Brothers in 2011 in his Daytona 500 debut. But “The Great American Race” is no longer considered the wide-open shootout most everyone once considered the hectic pack race. The best plate racers have separated themselves from the field, and those usual suspects are typically the ones in contention. “At every other race track we go to, you’re single-minded, you’re selfish and you’re a jerk,” Earnhardt said. “You’re a jerk on restarts. You’re a jerk every time you’re battling for position. You’re not doing anybody any favors out there. You’re not trying to help anybody. That’s racing. That’s the way it’s always been, right? “That’s why you see the same guys up there, because they understand the mentality. Diﬀerent styles work. Denny and mine is real similar.”

Elliott on a roll with Xfinity race win BY MARK LONG Associated Press

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — One Daytona win down, the big one to go. Chase Elliott won the Xfinity Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, edging Joey Logano for his first victory at NASCAR’s most famous track. Elliott took the lead from Logano on a final restart with 13 laps to go and then blocked his fellow Sprint Cup regular on the last lap. Logano got a strong run on the outside a few hundred feet from the finish line and then banged the side of Elliott’s No. 88 Chevrolet several times, but he couldn’t get past. Elliott calmly climbed out of his car, grabbed the checkered flag and then pumped his fist a

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few times in the air — the kind of subdued celebration outsiders have grown to expect from the son of Hall of Famer Bill Elliott. “It means a lot man,” Elliott said. “This is Daytona. I’m just happy to be here. We still have 500 miles to go tomorrow. Lot of work to do here.” Elliott, a rookie in the Cup series, will start the Daytona 500 on the pole today. He can only hope to have as smooth a run. Elliott ran near the front for most of the 300-mile race, following Logano and Kasey Kahne around the high-banked speedway and waiting for his move. It came late, when he got in front of Logano on the final restart. Elliott edged Logano by 0.043 seconds. It was Logano’s third second-place

finish in three races during Speedweeks. He also was second in the exhibition Sprint Unlimited and one of the twin qualifying races. “Dang it. I’m sick of finishing second,” Logano said. “Too many seconds.” Kahne was third, followed by Elliott Sadler and pole-sitter Austin Dillon. Elliott, Kahne and Sadler gave JR Motorsports three of the top four spots. Darrell Wallace Jr. was sixth, just ahead of Brandon Jones and Daniel Suarez. The race was mostly clean, with just four cautions. It was quite different than recent years. Kyle Busch broke his right leg and left foot in a hard crash into a concrete wall last year in the Xfinity opener. Three years ago, Kyle Larson’s car went

airborne during a last-lap crash and spewed debris into the grandstands and injured fans. It looked as if this one could have a wild ending, too, but Elliott and Logano kept their cars straight despite all the contact. “The plan was to make the move oﬀ of (Turn 4) and going to the top he blocked the first move and wiggled to the bottom and back to the top,” Logano said. “At that point it is a little late and then we touched each other and that is the killer. Once we had that touch, it killed our momentum and I couldn’t pull him back enough to get in front of him.” It was Elliott’s first victory at a restrictor-plate track. “I just barely had enough to get in front of Joey there,” Elliott said.

seven points from Miles, to walk away with regular season revenge, the district tournament title and top seed in the regional tournament at Walnut Ridge. Earle doubled up Marked Tree 14-7 with 3:09 left in the first quarter after a field goal from Banks but Marked Tree scored the final four points of the period on field goals by Griﬃn and Markel Perry-Washington to trail by only three, 14-11 Marked Tree trailed 16-11 early in the second quarter before coming back to tie the game 2525 on two free throws by Miles who finished the quarter with 10 points, including two of his six three pointers for the game, to make the score 30-28 in

favor of Earle at the half. Despite being down by two at the half WilburnCovington said she told her team to continue doing what they were in the first half by staying active and not letting Earle dictate the pace of the game “I just told them we had to come out and execute and continue sticking to the game plan,” WilburnCovington said. “We continued to box out and rebound because Earle is going to that glass.” Miles continued to dominate in the third quarter scoring 16 points as Marked Tree outscored Earle 21-17 to lead 4947 heading into the final quarter. A field goal by Andrews with 1.0 seconds left in the quarter broke a 47-47 tie.

Earle 54, East Poinsett County 43

ARKADELPHIA — Former Jonesboro High School basketball standout Jacob Gibson scored 31 points Saturday and set the Harding University record for career 3-pointers in a 74-58 win over Henderson State in men’s college basketball. Gibson hit eight 3s on the night for Harding University setting a school record with 211 career 3-pointers. The previous record was 206 career 3s.

WBC men fall to Columbia (Mo.) 88-70 WALNUT RIDGE — Columbia (Mo.) defeated Williams Baptist College 88-70 Saturday in men’s college basketball. Tevin Howard led WBC with 20 points and 10 rebounds, E.J. Rucker added 14 points and Aaron Hamby scored 12 points.

WBC women beat Columbia (Mo.) 80-68 WALNUT RIDGE — Da’Monique Brown scored 17 points and Alytrius Perry added 16 Saturday as Williams Baptist College beat Columbia (Mo.) 8068 in women’s college basketball. Andrea Moffitt added 16 points in the win for WBC (18-9, 13-9 American Midwest) while Michaela Thompson finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Gun Runner gets win in Risen Star Stakes

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Gun Runner took the lead entering the final stretch and held off challenges from Forevamo and Mo Tom to win the $400,000 Grade II Risen Star Stakes at the Fair Grounds Race Course on Saturday. Trained by Steve Asmussen and ridden by Florent Geroux, Gun Runner beat 40-1 long-shot Forevamo by a half-length in the prep race for Kentucky Derby hopefuls. Gun Runner ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.94 and paid $12.20, $7.00 and $4.80. Forevamo returned $33.80 and $12.20, and Mo Tom paid $3 to show. Airoforce, the 7-5 favorite, settled near the back of the field and never mounted a challenge. He finished 10th.

U.S., Canada get another tough faceoff HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo says playing Canada always “tends to be a bloodbath.” OK, so that’s an exaggeration, but there is a real rivalry. The World Cup-winning U.S. women will face Canada today in the final of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. The teams secured the region’s berths in the Rio Olympics with victories in the semifinals Friday night. Canada earned its third straight trip to the Olympic Games with Friday night’s 3-1 victory over Costa Rica. The United States beat Trinidad and Tobago 5-0.

Watson works his way into Riviera lead LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bubba Watson saved par from near a concession stand right of the 18th green Saturday and shot a 4-under 67 to build a one-shot lead in the Northern Trust Open at Riviera. Watson will be going for his second victory in three years at Riviera, except there is no shortage of stars trying to catch him. The 10 players within three shots of the lead include Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama. Watson was at 12-under 201. Johnson, a runner-up each of the last two years at Riviera, had a 68 and was one shot behind along with Jason Kokrak (70) and Chez Reavie (69). McIlroy also had a big finish to his 67. He made an 18-foot par putt and was two shots behind.

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scored eight “He is just one of those players that the ball has to be in his hands,” WilburnCovington said of Miles. “He’s a great penetrator and sees the floor well. He can strip the ball and rebound with the best of them but in big picture he just had a great game.” Earle had four players score in double-digits led by Marquis Browns 16 and Cortez Banks 11. Gerry Bohannon and Marcus Brown each added 10 for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs found themselves down by one, 51-50, with 6:48 remaining in the game but Marked Tree would go on to outscore Earle 18-8 from that point, including

Earle did win the girls district final knocking oﬀ EPC 54-43. EPC trailed 15-6 after one quarter and 26-17 after halftime before losing the third quarter 22-14. EPC did manage to outscore Earle 11-6 in the fourth quarter but it was too little too late. Krystan Vornes led EPC with 13 points followed by seven from Bre Ward and six each from Madison Wiggins and Christian Hinson. “It’s a tough loss for us but the third quarter was the diﬀerence in the ball game and early in the game during the first quarter,” EPC head coach Bobby Lewallen said af-

ter the game. “Starting that third quarter we just couldn’t get anything going on oﬀense and would allow them to come back and hit a layup or a big three but I was proud of my kids for fighting back and getting to where they did in the fourth quarter.” Earle was led by Veronique Sanders 15 points on five three pointers to go with 10 points from the recently called up Roshala Scott “Scott was a really good player,” Lewallen said of the freshman. “She’s one of the best players in this area and she’s going to be fun to watch for a really long time.” Sanders connected on two quick three pointers to help Earle get out to a 15-3 lead before Jaleigha

Garrett made at three of her own with 22.7 seconds on the game clock to make the score 15-6 after one quarter. EPC trailed by as much as 23-9 midway through the second quarter but a late 6-1 run by the Lady Warriors brought them back within nine, 26-17, at the half. EPC lost the third quarter 22-14 after six players scored for Earle, including three 3-pointers from Sanders to give the Bulldogs the 48-31 lead after three quarters. Ward led EPC with five of her seven points in the third quarter The Lady Warriors crawled back within 10, 48-38, early in the fourth quarter but EPC would only score five points the final 5:37 of the game in route to losing 54-43.

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Durant recovers from injury, back at MVP level BY CLIFF BRUNT Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant had finally reached the pinnacle. After years of chasing LeBron James, the Thunder forward finally was named league MVP two seasons ago. His emotional acceptance speech was as memorable as his play, and soon, endorsement deals piled up like points for the four-time scoring champion. Everything was moving in the right direction heading into last season. Superstar point guard Russell Westbrook, who had missed much of Durant’s MVP run due to injury, was healthy again, making the Thunder one of the favorites to win it all. Then it happened. Durant, the most reliable of ironmen, broke a bone in his right foot. It required three procedures, and a player who had missed 16 regularseason games in his first seven seasons missed 55. The Thunder didn’t make the playoﬀs, Golden State won the NBA title and Stephen Curry replaced him as MVP.

Through it all, Durant kept reminding himself who he had been, and who he planned to become once again. “I just told myself every day that, ‘I’m the best player in the world,’” Durant told The Associated Press. “‘I’m the best player in the world.’ I wrote that on my wall. I wrote that on my mirror in the bathroom, just because it’s easy to say that when you’re on top of the world, but it’s kind of hard to say it when everybody’s dogging you.” Durant listened to his doubters and made it a goal to shut them down. “I was able to change the perception that was out there of me of, ‘I won’t come back from this, this is going to be devastating, career threatening,’” he said. “I just used all of that. I think that type of pride is good for the game of basketball — just wanting to prove yourself after you fall down and wanting to stand back up even taller and stronger than I did before.” Durant has some opportunities this month to make an even stronger claim to being the best.

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Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant dunks in a Jan. 15 game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City hosts James’ Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday and Curry’s Warriors next Saturday. It wasn’t clear immediately whether he’d be ready to make any kind of claim, but after limited minutes in the preseason, Durant announced his full return in the second game of the season. He dropped 43 points in 54 minutes during a double-overtime win at Orlando. He missed six games in November with a left hamstring injury, but bounced

back again. He shared the Western Conference Player of the Month award with Westbrook in December, then won it in outright in January. For the season, he ranks third in the league with 27.8 points per game. He’s also posting 7.9 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game while shooting .508 from the field. He said it’s meaningful to be playing at such a high level. “I put in the work,” he said. “We talk about individual success a lot, and we kind of deem that as

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being selfish when you think about yourself like that. But I looked at it as the total opposite. I felt like I needed to think about myself a little bit more. I needed to worry about my health, and my game, my mindset.” Thunder general manager Sam Presti took some time to reflect with Durant before this year’s All-Star game. “I’m truly grateful for the fact that he was participating in the All-Star Game, healthy, with a great spirit, having fun,” Presti said. Indiana forward Paul George, whose broken leg cost him most of last season, also has bounced back and regained his place among the league’s elite. He worked out with Durant at times during rehab and is impressed with how his friend has recovered. “It’s either or,” George said. “There’s guys who have that self-doubt, that can’t get back to where they were, and there’s guys that live up to that moment. Knowing at the end of the day where he wants to be, and that’s one of the league’s best players — ul-

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The Nettleton High School bowling team won the 5A-4A state championship Wednesday in Conway. The team includes (back, from left) Clayton Bridger, Sam White, Blake Moore, Jordan Volner, Christian Arnold, Christian Hightower, Luke Sexton, Dalton Pool, coach Bobbie Timmermann, (front, from left) Brandon Vanbuskirk and Caleb Cox.

Bay’s Bailey Williams won the girls’ individual championship Wednesday in the 3A -2A -1 A st ate tournament at Jonesboro Bowling Center. Williams rolled a 537 series that included games of 193, 183 and 161.

The Riverside High School bowling team finished second Wednesday in the 3A-2A-1A state meet at Jonesboro Bowling Center. Riverside had a team score of 3,823, finishing only four pins behind state champion Norfork.

Chapman’s 1st bullpen session an event BY MARK DIDTLER Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. — Aroldis Chapman’s first bullpen session with the New York Yankees quickly turned into quite an event. That what happens to a routine throwing session early in spring training when someone routinely throws over 100 mph. The new closer threw 26 pitches to Brian McCann on Saturday, drawing a large crowd of team oﬃcials ranging from general manager Brian Cashman to guest instructor and Hall of Fame reliever Goose Gossage. “I was just getting sun, buddy,” Cashman joked. “I think the fans should be excited by the guys at the back of our bullpen.” Chapman, through a translator, said the throwing session “felt great.” “For me, it’s something that’s normal,” he said. “It doesn’t matter to me who’s watching or who’s not watching. My job is to

get the job done and focus on my pitches.” Following the acquisition of Chapman from Cincinnati in December, Andrew Miller is moving from closer to a setup role alongside Dellin Betances. “It hit when we were all in the bullpen,” McCann said. “It’s got a chance to be something special.” Miller converted 36 of 38 save opportunities last season, while Betances had an 1.50 ERA over a career-high 74 games. “It’s a nice luxury,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. The bullpen trio all threw together on mounds behind the right-field corner at Steinbrenner Field, where overhead walkways were lined by fans. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said Friday that he expects to have a decision within a few days on two of the first three cases covered by the sport’s new domestic violence policy.

Major League Baseball has been investigating Chapman, Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes and Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig. Chapman hopes the decision on his case is nearing. “Honestly, the sooner the better,” Chapman said. Chapman is under investigation for an incident at his house in Florida in October involving his girlfriend. Chapman is alleged to have fired a gun during the incident. Prosecutors declined to file charges. Chapman has said he would appeal any suspension to baseball’s arbitrator, his right under the policy. “I have full trust in Major League Baseball with whatever they decide to be in the best interest of the sport,” Cashman said.

fourth member of the bullpen group that included Chapman. It was Sabathia’s first outdoor mound session. “Got a little gassed at the end, which is normal,” Sabathia said. “I feel healthy. I feel good.” The left-hander was 6-10 with a 4.73 ERA last year, when he was slowed by his surgically repaired right knee. After returning from the disabled list and using a tighter brace, he went 2-1 with a 2.17 ERA in his last five starts. Sabathia entered an alcohol rehabilitation program last October. NOTES: Girardi joked that you feel “tiny” with Betances (6-foot-8), Miller (6-7), Sabathia (6-6) and Chapman (6-4) on the mound. “Pretty impressive tall group there,” Cashman added. “I should call my buddy at Siena, Jimmy Patsos head basOvershadowed ketball coach, and tell Big Man him: You need some size, CC Sabathia was the I’ve got size for you.”

timately, at the end of his career, one of the league’s best players — that’s what it comes down to. Same way for me. My approach for coming back from my injury was wanting to be back to who I was.” Durant was especially good in the final 16 games heading into the All-Star break, and it went beyond points. He averaged 30 points, 8.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists while shooting 49 percent from the field as the Thunder went 14-2. “Since he’s been in this league, he’s proven to be one of the great scorers of right now, but maybe the history of the game with his eﬃciency,” Thunder coach Billy Donovan said. “I think the one thing I admire with Kevin is his willingness to pass and make people better and be a playmaker. I think there’s so much more to his game than scoring.” Durant is thriving while Westbrook is peaking, too. Last season, Westbrook won the scoring title, in part, because Durant was injured. This season, Westbrook is averaging 24.1 points, 10.1 assists and 7.5 rebounds per game.

MIAMI — Hassan Whiteside had 25 points and 23 rebounds in his return from a one-game suspension to help the Miami Heat beat the Washington Wizards 114-94 on Saturday night. Whiteside was suspended for throwing an elbow at San Antonio center Boban Marjanovic’s head on Feb. 9. It was only the 11th time in NBA history that a player has had at least 20 points and 20 rebounds in a game oﬀ the bench. It was Whiteside’s second 20-20 game in his career. He had 24 points and 20 rebounds at Minnesota on Feb. 4, 2015. Luol Deng had 27 points a night after scoring 30 points in a victory at Atlanta, and Goran Dragic added a seasonhigh 24 points and had eight assists and seven rebounds. Bradley Beal lead the Wizards with 19 points. Washington played

for the third consecutive day and was looking for a rare third win in as many days after beating Utah and Detroit, but the Wizards fell behind by double digits early.

Knicks 103, Timberwolves 95

MINNEAPOLIS — Carmelo Anthony had 30 points and 11 rebounds and New York beat Minnesota to snap a sevengame losing streak. Robin Lopez had 26 points and 16 rebounds to give interim coach Kurt Rambis his first victory since taking over for the fired Derek Fisher three games ago. The Knicks outrebounded Minnesota 51-31 and led by 24 points early in the fourth quarter for their first victory since Jan. 29 against Phoenix. Karl-Anthony Towns had 24 points and eight rebounds, and Andrew Wiggins scored 24 points for the Timberwolves. Ricky Rubio had 16 assists.

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DALLAS — Dallas police say they could conclude their domestic violence investigation of Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel by late next week. Police spokesman Maj. Midge Boyle said Saturday that investigators have reviewed medical records provided by Colleen Crowley, Manziel’s ex-girlfriend. Crowley told police Manziel hit her and dragged her into a car in late January. Manziel hasn’t been charged, but a judge has issued Crowley a protection order against him. Police haven’t interviewed Manziel, but spoke to several other witnesses. Boyle says police want to have their strongest case against Manziel before speaking to him. Some defense lawyers have questioned whether Manziel is getting special treatment and another suspect facing similar allegations might already have been arrested.

Boyle said the detective investigating the allegations “hasn’t gotten all the facts yet.” “She’s still putting the case together,” Boyle said. “It’s been two weeks since this investigation started, and it is highprofile.” “As soon as we have something pertinent to put out, we will let you know,” she said. A Heisman Trophy winner at Texas A&M, Manziel has had several incidents of trouble in the NFL. The Browns have indicated they will release him next month. Crowley said in an aﬃdavit filed with the judge who issued the protective order that Manziel hit her so hard that she temporarily lost hearing in one ear. In the aﬃdavit, Crowley says she and Manziel had a confrontation in his Dallas hotel room around 1:45 a.m. Jan. 30. She says that after hitting her, he threatened to kill himself as he drove her to Fort Worth.

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Elk hunt proves special even without elk

Timing is everything, especially in hunting and fishing. This truth was being pounded into us with a brutal message ... the elk rut was over. Despite the ugly truth we patiently headed out each morning and evening in search of the wapiti that inhabits the Ozarks in this area. The season had been rolled back from its typical earlier opening date for this year and we were not the only ones not seeing elk. Typically the first day of modern gun season for elk is the last one for elk hunters with bull tags because all of the bull tags are filled by noon. Not this time, though. That was OK with me because I was enjoying the hunting and camaraderie of my hunting companions. I had been invited to hunt elk in the Jasper area

not far from Boxley Valley by John Butler, founder of Buck Forage Oats. Of course I Tommy jumped at Garner | the chance to hunt elk or anything else with John Butler. He and I have been friends for many years and a hunting opportunity seemed like a great thing. Not only was elk season open, but there were 45 Arkansas bear tags up for grabs during the modern gun elk hunt as well. There were bears in the area we were hunting, too. It was a little late for the bears, but there was always the possibility we would find a bear who had postponed their winter’s

sleep for a few days. Besides John Butler, another longtime friend was hunting alongside us, none other than Dan Doughty, a Boone & Crockett scorer from Alabama who used to reside in Arkansas. Dan and I go way back in the early days of chasing rumors of giant whitetails that had been killed in Arkansas and putting a tape on the antlers so they could be entered into the record book if they were big enough. We helped unearth several state records in our eﬀorts and Dan is still at it today. There were several others who had come to hunt the wapiti in John Butler’s elk camp, so we got to meet new friends and share some great outdoor memories with them. The weather was absolutely beautiful in early Novem-

ber, with the mountains painted a surreal potpourri of colors blended against the blue sky. Sitting on the deck of John’s cabin, I could see the little church in the Boxley Valley, even though it was three and a half miles away as the crow flies. At night I stood under the clear, star spangled sky and listened as the elk bugled in Boxley Valley miles below. If there is a call of the wild, it has to be the bugle of a bull elk as he proclaims he is king of his domain. And he just well may be. An elk is one of the biggest members of the deer family and in my eyes one of the most regal. Though I have killed elk and mule deer with my bow in the Rocky Mountains, this was my first opportunity to hunt them in Arkansas. I had put in

for an elk permit for several years and finally just stopped because the odds are simply against you drawing one. John had landowner permits that he had to apply for and he graciously oﬀered me one of his permits and invited me to his property to hunt. To be able to share the hunt with him and Dan was a special occasion. It goes down in my book as one of my favorite all-time hunting trips. Every time we went to our designated stands we would be surrounded by deer and turkeys. It seemed like the parade of bucks, does, fawns and longbeards and hens would never stop. And they didn’t as long as we hunted. But the elk never showed. They had been there in the recent past as giant rubs, tracks and elk

droppings seemed to be everywhere. They would continue to elude us each day until season’s end, but the very day after the season ended, the elk showed up. I received a text message from John stating “4 bulls at The Pond today,” the stand where I had spent three and a half days without sighting an elk. A couple days later another text message from John: “8 elk at the Pond today.” Of course the day after elk season closed the modern gun deer season opened, so there were deer hunters in the stand seeing elk they could not shoot. They were seeing some good bucks, too and there is no doubt John Butler’s property will produce some high-scoring bucks in the near future, but that’s another story.

AGFC approves Deer hunters can apply for Triple Trophy Crow as director Game and Fish Commission

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LITTLE ROCK — Commissioners unanimously approved Jeff Crow as director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission at Thursday’s monthly meeting. Crow, AGFC chief of staff, will assume the role of director July 1. He will replace Mike Knoedl, who is retiring after 31 years with the agency. Crow will be the agency’s 17th director in its 101-year history. “I’m very humbled by the Commission’s decision, but I also am very confident moving forward,” Crow said. “The direction and support this Commission has given Director Knoedl and myself gives me that confidence. The staff of the AGFC are like none other in their passion and dedication, and I think we are really poised to continue this agency’s momentum in managing the natural resources of the state for the people of Arkansas.” Each Commissioner spoke highly of all candidates interviewed for the position. “I feel very comfortable that long after I’m gone that we are in good hands with the leaders in place at this agency,” Commissioner Steve Cook said. “You have a great staff underneath you, and I look forward to the progress you’ll make for the people of Arkansas.” Knoedl echoed Cook’s comments. “I’ve been given a lot of credit for this agency’s success, but I’m just one man. We have an allstar team of employees that are passionate about what they do, and I truly think they are the best employees of any agency anywhere, not just in the state.” Crow worked as an AGFC wildlife officer from 1986 to 1996 before accepting a position with Arkansas State Police, where he worked until

his retirement from law enforcement in 2011. He returned to the AGFC in 2012 as colonel of the Enforcement Division, was promoted to deputy director in 2013 and AGFC chief of staﬀ in 2014. He also served 25 years in the Marine Corps, both active and reserve. He is a combat veteran of Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom II. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational management from John Brown University and a master’s in public administration from Arkansas State University. In other business, the Commission: ■ Approved a cost clarification and terms for a new licensing system contract with Sovereign Sportsman Solutions to take over the agency’s point-of-sale hunting and fishing license system. ■ Authorized the director to enter a memorandum of agreement with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s Rural Services Division to outline its role and responsibility in the AEDC’s Unpaved Roads Grant Program. ■ Approved a grant agreement to the AEDC’s Rural Services Division to provide $150,000 toward its Unpaved Roads Grant Program. ■ Approved a one-year agreement with the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation to produce the 2016-17 Arkansas state duck stamp and print. ■ Recognized Derek Winter from Mammoth Spring as the National Wild Turkey Federation’s Wildlife Oﬃcer of the Year for the state of Arkansas. ■ Recognized Shawna Hitchcock as the AGFC Education Division’s employee of the year. ■ Approved a revision to the AGFC’s purchasing policy to extend contract limits past 5 years.

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LITTLE ROCK — Deer season is winding down, but there’s still a reward for those lucky and skilled enough to hit the trifecta of deer hunting. Applications for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Triple Trophy Award may be submitted online by April 10. Hunters who qualify for the Triple Trophy Award must, within a single annual deer season, take at least one deer by each of the three legal hunting methods — modern firearms, muzzleloading rifle or pistol, and archery/crossbow tackle. Qualifying hunters receive certificates suitable for framing and a patch to place on their hunting vest or jacket. The program was started in the mid-1980s to encourage primitive weapons hunting. It was intended to accomplish two things — increase the harvest of antlerless deer, and to spread hunting pressure and reduce crowding during modern gun season. In addition to more liberal seasons, hunters using archery tackle and muzzleloaders are more apt to harvest antlerless deer because of the increased diﬃculty of using the weapons. Protecting does was essential decades ago, while managers where trying to increase the total number of deer in the state. Now that deer are plentiful, the management goal must shift to keeping the herd at healthy levels for the habitat available. Visit http://www.agfc. com/hunting/Pages/

HuntingDeerTripleTro“Arkansas is really forphy.aspx to apply for a tunate to have a strong Triple Trophy Award. geospatial community and one state clearingAGFC locator app house where information is shared.” Moy said. LITTLE ROCK — Smart- “Some areas may not phones have taken the have information, but by place of walkie-talkies, and large we can pool all check stations, maps, sorts of data from all over compasses and a host the state to deliver prodof other hunting essen- ucts like the locator to our tials in less than a de- staff and the public.” To use the app, open the cade. Some apps, such as Google Earth, can provide browser on your smartlocation information in phone and enter gis.agfc. latitude and longitude, com/locator. The page but can be very confusing will ask to use the location for first-time users. AGFC service on your phone. Locator offers basic infor- Select “yes,” and push mation with one push of a the “Locate Me!” button. The app will give a countbutton. Created for wildlife of- down and approximate ficers, the locator app has error in meters from the been very popular with true location. The app will hunters looking for infor- display all pertinent huntmation about zones and ing information available landowner information for the area. If the inforacross the state. In addi- mation is not available, tion to GPS coordinates the app will return “not by latitude and longitude, found” for that item. “There are still quite a users can find the county, nearest city, township, few parcels in some counrange, section and parcel ties that lack all the inforinformation for where mation,” said Moy. “But they are standing. The as more counties enter AGFC also lists the hunt- their data, into the Arkaning zone information for sas Geographic Informathe location, including tion System Office, it will deer, turkey, bear, alli- instantly become availgator and early Canada able on our locator app.” To give the app a pergoose zones. The app also allows you manent home on your to look up this informa- iPhone, open it in your tion on any property in browser, then touch the Arkansas for which you icon at the bottom of the already have GPS coordi- screen that is a square nates. This can be espe- with an arrow pointing cially helpful in determin- up. Select “Add to Home ing landowners to areas Screen,” then name the icon however you wish. you may want to hunt. Moy warns that the app Tracy Moy, chief of AGFC’s Geographic Infor- is not intended for exact mation Systems Division, boundary lines and other says the locator is just one precise measurements. “A GIS tool like the tool that’s made possible through sharing of data AGFC Locator is for reference purposes only, but is from multiple sources.

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Regional archery LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas elementary, middle school and high school students will be nocking their arrows in an attempt to qualify for the Arkansas National Archery in the Schools State Championship at regional meets Feb. 27. According to Curtis Gray, ANASP coordinator for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, this year’s regional tournaments will include 4,460 students. “We have more than 1,850 girls and 2,600 boys registered for the regional qualifiers around the state.” The top three teams from each division at each regional qualifier will be invited to the ANASP State Championship in Hot Springs, April 1-2. One team from each school that hosted a regional qualifier also will get an at-large bid to the state championship, setting the field at 100 teams. The program has grown in the last few years, with close to 500 schools participating in some way and 178 schools competing in regional meets. The competition is a healthy way for students to show what they’ve learned through the archery program, but Gray’s real goal is more about trophies in the field.

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American League spring training outlooks Associated Press A team-by-team look at the American League entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost, and dates of the first workout for pitchers and catchers, and the full squad:

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St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak (left) and manager Mike Matheny watch pitchers throw in the bullpen during Thursday’s spring training practice in Jupiter, Fla.

Molina’s return remains uncertain at Cardinals’ camp BY CHUCK KING Associated Press

JUPITER, Fla. — Mike Matheny put on his St. Louis uniform before the sun rose Thursday while thinking about a photo and the words of a Cardinals great. The photo of Stan Musial is part of a sign near the indoor batting cages in St. Louis that features one of the late star’s most famous quotes: “I love to play this game of baseball. I love putting on the uniform.” That same sentiment grabbed Matheny some five hours before the Cardinals’ pitchers and catchers took the field for their first workout of the spring. “I get it and I felt it today,” Matheny said. “That’s kind of how we started things today.” Matheny walked onto the Roger Dean Stadium back fields in sunny conditions chilled a bit by a breeze than increased in intensity throughout the workout. One year after switching his uniform number to 26, Matheny was back wearing 22 — the number he wore as a player and during his first years as a manger. Last season, he passed the number to Jason Heyward, who came to the Cardinals in an offseason trade. “It was probably into June or July that I’d grab (my uniform) and then look twice at the number because it looked odd,” Matheny said.’ Now Heyward is gone, having signed with the Chicago Cubs a couple months back, but most of the familiar Cardinals returned. Ace Adam Wainwright didn’t wait long before tossing his first bullpen session of the spring. The right-hander missed most of last season after tearing his Achilles tendon but did return in a relief role late in the year. The three-time All-Star acknowledged the extended time off last season could help him this year. “My arm feels amazing,” he said. Wainwright made his tosses to newly acquired catcher Brian Pena, who the Cardinals signed because of worries about the health of veteran Yadier Molina. The eight-time all-star catcher wore a splint on Thursday to support his left (catching) thumb which was surgically repaired twice during the offseason. After stretching, as players headed in different directions for various drills, Molina returned to the clubhouse.

“Yadi (Molina) is going to have plenty of hands on and constant monitoring. He’s got to get his strength up.” Mike Matheny St. Louis manager “We’ve got enough medical people in here to have one-on-one service,” Matheny said. “Yadi is going to have plenty of hands on and constant monitoring. He’s got to get his strength. His strength is our No. 1 concern right now.” St. Louis is not setting a timetable for Molina to resume baseball activities. “He had one surgery, then had to have a second. The last thing you want to do is have a third, because that would be a problem,” general manager John Mozeliak said. With Molina out of action, Pena will serve as the Cardinals’ primary catcher during the spring. He arrived at Cardinals camp on Wednesday and almost immediately sought out Molina in the clubhouse. “I said, Yadier, if you play 15 games in a row or if you play 60 games in a row, I’m going to be the same guy,” Pena said. “I’m always going to be there for you. I’m always going to be ready if my name is called. I’ve got your back man, no matter what.” Unsure of Molina’s spring status, the Cardinals signed free-agent catcher Eric Fryer in November. Fryer played in 15 games with Minnesota last season and has 65 games of major league action spanning five years. The Cardinals invited a total of eight catchers and 33 pitchers to camp. All arrived except for minor league pitcher Robby Rowland, who recently underwent arm surgery. Lance Lynn is in camp but is not participating in drills as he recovers from elbow ligament replacement surgery. Molina completed his clubhouse work and headed to the parking lot about the same time the remainder of the Cardinals completed their final on-field drills. Does Molina expect to be ready for opening day? He oﬀered a simple answer before hopping in his car. “Yes.”

Manager: John Gibbons (fourth season). 2015: 93-69, first place, lost to Royals in ALCS. Training Town: Dunedin, Florida. Park: Florida Auto Exchange Stadium. First Workout: Feb. 22/26. He’s Here: RHP Joe Biagini, OF Darrell Ceciliani, RHP Jesse Chavez, RHP Gavin Floyd, LHP J.A. Happ, OF Junior Lake, RHP Arnold Leon, RHP Drew Storen, RHP/LHP Pat Venditte. He’s Outta Here: LHP Mark Buehrle, LHP Jeff Francis, RHP LaTroy Hawkins, RHP Liam Hendriks, RHP Mark Lowe, C Dioner Navarro, INF Cliff Pennington, LHP David Price, OF Ben Revere. Going campin’: The Blue Jays will bring back the biggest bats from the offense that led the major leagues with 891 runs last season, 127 more than the second-best Yankees. With reigning AL MVP Josh Donaldson in the heart of a lineup that also features sluggers Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion and Troy Tulowitzki, there’s every reason to expect another high-scoring season. The pitching staff isn’t so strong, with question marks in both the rotation and bullpen. Toronto didn’t even try to retain 2015 rental David Price, who left for division-rival Boston. Still, the Blue Jays did hold on to surprise star Marco Estrada, who signed a $26 million, two-year contract after career-bests of 13 wins and a 3.13 ERA. Toronto needs a new leadoff batter after trading Revere to Washington for closer Drew Storen, who will compete with 2015 rookie sensation Roberto Osuna for the ninth-inning role.

New York Yankees Manager: Joe Girardi (ninth season). 2015: 87-75, second place, lost to Houston in wild-card game. Training Town: Tampa, Florida. Park: Steinbrenner Field. First Workout: Feb. 19/25. He’s Here: 2B Starlin Castro, LHP Aroldis Chapman, OF Aaron Hicks. He’s Outta Here: RHP Adam Warren, LHP Justin Wilson, OF Chris Young, LHP Chris Capuano, 2B Stephen Drew, INF Brendan Ryan. Going campin’: New York was 57-42 and led the AL East by seven games before play on July 29, then went 30-33 and finished six games back — the first time in team history the Yankees had a lead that large and failed to finish first. With the goal of getting under the luxury tax threshold by 2018, New York has not signed a free agent to a major league contract for the first time since free agency began after the 1976 season. The Yankees traded for their three biggest acquisitions: Castro, Hicks and Chapman, the hard-throwing closer who figures to form an imposing end-of-game trio with LHP Andrew Miller and RHP Dellin Betances. The biggest questions are health: starting pitchers Masahiro Tanaka (wrist, forearm), CC Sabathia (knee, alcohol rehab), Michael Pineda (forearm), Ivan Nova (recovery from Tommy John surgery) and Nathan Eovaldi (wrist) all missed time last year. 1B Mark Teixeira broke his shin in mid-August and is expected to be at full strength.

Baltimore Orioles Manager: Buck Showalter (seventh season). 2015: 81-81, third place. Training Town: Sarasota, Florida. Park: Ed Smith Stadium. First Workout: Feb. 19/24. He’s Here: OF Hyun Soo Kim, OF-1B Mark Trumbo, RHP Odrisamer Despaigne, OF Efren Navarro, RHP Vance Worley. He’s Outta Here: LHP Wei-Yin Chen, OF Gerardo Parra, 1B Steve Pearce, C Steve Clevenger. Going campin’: Coming off a disappointing .500 season, the Orioles enter spring training with an improved offense and a thin starting rotation. Executive VP of baseball operations Dan Duquette’s biggest move this winter was retaining slugger Chris Davis at $161 million over seven seasons. Signing Kim and trading for Trumbo enhanced the outfield and filled out a lineup that already features Adam Jones, Manny Machado, Matt Wieters and steadily improving second baseman Jonathan Schoop. The four-year contract provided to setup man Darren O’Day kept the bullpen sound.

Tampa Bay Rays Manager: Kevin Cash (second season). 2015: 80-82, fourth place. Training Town: Port Charlotte, Florida. Park: Charlotte Sports Park. First Workout: Feb. 21/26. He’s Here: OF Corey Dickerson, SS Brad Miller, C Hank Conger, 1B-OF Logan Morrison, OF-INF Steve Pearce, RHP Chase Whitley, LHP Dana Eveland, RHP Danny Farquhar. He’s Outta Here: LHP Jake McGee, SS Astrubal Cabrera, C J.P. Arencibia, OF Daniel Nava, RHP Brandon Gomes, RHP Kirby Yates, LHP C.J. Riefenhauser, RHP Nathan Karns, OF Grady Sizemore, 1B-DH John Jaso, OF Joey Butler. Going campin’: The Rays’ sub-.500 finish last season left them with consecutive losing records for the first time since 2006-07. An inability to consistently win close games was the reason. They were 46-48 in games decided by two runs or fewer, including 26-30 in one-run games. As a result, president of baseball operations Matt Silverman reshaped the roster through a pair of offseason trades, hoping to add more pop to the middle of the batting order while not compromising one of the AL’s most reliable defenses. Baseball’s youngest manager, Kevin Cash, enters his second season and has to determine how all the new pieces fit — not only offensively but in a restructured bullpen.

Boston Red Sox Manager: John Farrell (fourth season). 2015: 78-84, fifth place. Training Town: Fort Myers, Florida. Park: JetBlue Park. First Workout: Feb. 19/24. He’s Here: LHP David Price, RHP Craig Kimbrel, OF Chris Young. He’s Outta Here: LHP Wade Miley, LHP Craig Breslow, LHP Rich Hill. Going campin’: The Red Sox are coming off their third last-place finish in four years. In 2013, they won the World Series. Farrell returns to the dugout after missing the last six weeks of the 2015 season receiving treatment for cancer; the team went 28-20 under bench coach Torey Lovullo. Price joins the rotation after signing a $217 million, seven-year

contract. Hanley Ramirez, one of last year’s big free agent signings, will move to first base after struggling to adapt to the outfield during his first season in Boston. Third baseman Pablo Sandoval also will try to bounce back in his second season at Fenway Park. If the Red Sox start poorly, attention will turn quickly to the farewell tour for designated hitter David Ortiz, who has said this will be his last season.

Central Kansas City Royals Manager: Ned Yost (seventh season). 2015: 95-67, first place, World Series champions. Training Town: Surprise, Arizona. Park: Surprise Stadium. First Workout: Feb. 19/24. He’s Here: RHP Ian Kennedy, RHP Joakim Soria, C Tony Cruz. He’s Outta Here: RF Alex Rios, RHP Greg Holland, RHP Ryan Madson, LF Jonny Gomes, RHP Johnny Cueto, LHP Franklin Morales, RHP Jeremy Guthrie, 2B-OF Ben Zobrist. Going campin’: The Royals are coming off their second straight World Series appearance and first championship since 1985, and there is little reason to believe the success won’t continue. They brought back All-Star LF Alex Gordon with a $72 million, four-year deal, and signed Kennedy to replace Cueto in the rotation. Otherwise, the team that won the AL Central and beat the New York Mets in five games in the World Series returns mostly intact. There are only a couple of jobs open in spring training: right field, where Jarrod Dyson and Paulo Orlando are expected to platoon, and the fifth spot in the rotation behind Edinson Volquez, Yordano Ventura, Kennedy and Kris Medlen.

Minnesota Twins Manager: Paul Molitor (second season). 2015: 83-79, second place. Training Town: Fort Myers, Florida. Park: Hammond Stadium at the CenturyLink Sports Complex. First Workout: Feb. 22/27. He’s Here: DH Byung Ho Park, C John Ryan Murphy. He’s Outta Here: RF Torii Hunter, CF Aaron Hicks, RHP Blaine Boyer, RHP Mike Pelfrey, LHP Brian Duensing, C Chris Herrmann. Going campin’: The Twins are coming off a promising 2015, with designs on their first postseason spot in six years. Success will hinge on the starting pitchers, with at least eight candidates for five spots after the rotation combined for a 4.14 ERA that ranked 16th in the majors. Twins starters were last in 2014, last in 2013 and second-to-last in 2012. Slimmed-down Phil Hughes needs to bounce back and pitch more like the ace he was in 2014. Trevor May would rather be in the rotation, but he could be more valuable as the late-inning reliever he became last summer. Even if closer Glen Perkins returns to his All-Star, injury-free form, many openings and questions remain in the bullpen. The move of slugger Miguel Sano to right field will be closely scrutinized in camp, as will the adjustment of South Korean power hitter Byung Ho Park to major league competition. Then there’s prized prospect Byron Buxton, who struggled at the plate in 46 games last year but is being counted on to stay healthy.

Cleveland Indians Manager: Terry Francona (fourth season). 2015: 81-80, third place. Training Town: Goodyear, Arizona. Park: Goodyear Ballpark. First Workout: Feb. 18/23. He’s Here: 1B Mike Napoli, OF Rajai Davis, RHP Craig Stammen. He’s Outta Here: INF Mike Aviles, RHP Scott Atchison, OF Michael Bourn, OF Nick Swisher. Going campin’: Picked as a darkhorse to win the World Series last season, the Indians fell way short, missing the playoffs for the second straight year. Corey Kluber anchors one of baseball’s best and deepest rotations. OF Michael Brantley’s recovery from right shoulder surgery will be a major topic during camp. His recovery is on schedule, but he’s expected to miss at least the season’s first month. SS Francisco Lindor batted .313 in 99 games as a rookie in ‘15 and is one of the AL’s rising stars. His presence from the start should stabilize Cleveland’s infield. Napoli brings muchneeded power to a lineup that struggles to produce runs.

Chicago White Sox Manager: Robin Ventura (fifth season). 2015: 76-86, fourth place. Training Town: Glendale, Arizona. Park: Camelback Ranch. First Workout: Feb. 19/23. He’s Here: 3B Todd Frazier, INF Brett Lawrie, RHP Mat Latos, C Dioner Navarro, C Alex Avila. He’s Outta Here: SS Alexei Ramirez, RHP Jeff Samardzija. Going campin’: Few teams were more disappointing than the White Sox last year. Chicago flamed out after a busy offseason that raised expectations on the South Side. Even so, the White Sox still believe they have the goods to make a jump with Chris Sale leading the rotation and Jose Abreu anchoring the lineup. They addressed a big issue at third base by acquiring Frazier, an All-Star and the winner of last year’s All-Star Home Run Derby, from Cincinnati in a three-time deal involving the Los Angeles Dodgers. .

Detroit Tigers Manager: Brad Ausmus (third season). 2015: 74-87, fifth place. Training Town: Lakeland, Florida. Park: Joker Marchant Stadium. First Workout: Feb. 19/23. He’s Here: LF Justin Upton, RHP Jordan Zimmermann, RHP Francisco Rodriguez, RHP Mike Pelfrey, RHP Mark Lowe, LHP Justin Wilson, CF Cameron Maybin, C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, SS Mike Aviles. He’s Outta Here: OF Rajai Davis, C Alex Avila, RHP Alfredo Simon, RHP Joe Nathan, RHP Al Alburquerque. Going campin’: After their streak of four straight AL Central titles ended with a thud last year, the Tigers were facing a somewhat bleak future unless they were willing to keep spending. They were, as evidenced by the signings of Upton and Zimmermann in the offseason. Detroit hopes those two acquisitions and an overhauled bullpen will be enough to put the Tigers back in the postseason. The team’s health will be crucial. Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez and Justin Verlander all missed time last year, and that expensive trio remains a big part of Detroit’s core.

West Texas Rangers Manager: Jeff Banister (second season). 2015: 88-74, first place, lost to Toronto in

ALDS. Training Town: Surprise, Arizona. Park: Surprise Stadium. First Workout: Feb. 19/24. He’s Here: RHP Tony Barnette, RHP Tom Wilhelmsen, OF Justin Ruggiano. He’s Outta Here: OF Leonys Martin, 1B Mike Napoli, RHP Yovani Gallardo Going campin’: The Rangers surprised most people last season by winning the AL West title after pitcher Yu Darvish had Tommy John surgery during spring training. Even more strange was the ending — Game 5 of the AL Division Series at Toronto with that nearly hour-long seventh inning that included three consecutive Texas errors before Jose Bautista’s homer and big bat flip. Still, the success in their first season under Banister — the AL Manager of the Year — has only heightened expectations going into spring training. Cole Hamels will be in the rotation from the start of the season following his midyear addition. Darvish is on track to be back by late May or early June, and the bullpen got even stronger with the addition of two more relievers with closing experience — Barnette (from Japan) and Wilhelmsen (trade from Seattle). The everyday lineup returns pretty much intact, and veteran 3B Adrian Beltre has had plenty of recovery time from left thumb surgery and the strained lower back that kept him out of two ALDS games.

Houston Astros Manager: A.J. Hinch (second season). 2015: 86-76, second place, wild card, lost to Kansas City in ALDS. Training Town: Kissimmee, Florida. Park: Osceola County Stadium. First Workout: Feb. 19/23. He’s Here: RHP Ken Giles, RHP Doug Fister. He’s Outta Here: 1B Chris Carter, INF Jed Lowrie, LHP Brett Oberholtzer. Going campin’: The Astros look to contend again after their long-term rebuilding project finally came to fruition and they made the postseason for the first time since 2005. After coming six outs from a trip to the AL Championship Series — they wasted a threerun against Kansas City in their Game 4 loss and then were eliminated in Game 5 — Houston’s top priority was to boost the bullpen. The Astros added right-hander Ken Giles, who will compete to be their closer, in a trade with the Phillies. They chose not to offer a contract to slugger Chris Carter, which puts pressure on Jon Singleton to prove he can be their everyday first baseman after struggling offensively in parts of two major league seasons. Carter’s absence leaves the Astros without one of their biggest power threats — hit 90 homers in three seasons in Houston. The Astros also count on 2015 AL Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel and AL Rookie of the Year shortstop Carlos Correa to build on.

Los Angeles Angels Manager: Mike Scioscia (17th season). 2015: 85-77, third place. Training Town: Tempe, Arizona. Park: Tempe Diablo Stadium. First Workout: Feb. 19/24. He’s Here: 3B Yunel Escobar, SS Andrelton Simmons, RHP Al Alburquerque, OF Craig Gentry, C Geovany Soto, OF Daniel Nava, INF Gregorio Petit, INF Cliff Pennington. He’s Outta Here: SS Erick Aybar, 3B David Freese, OF David Murphy, C Chris Iannetta, RHP Trevor Gott, INF Grant Green, OF Matt Joyce, OF David DeJesus, OF Shane Victorino. Going campin’: The Angels finished one game out of a playoff position last season, but owner Arte Moreno and new general manager Billy Eppler decided not to push their payroll into luxury tax territory with any gamechanging additions. Los Angeles didn’t fill its gaping hole in left field with an elite free agent, instead patching it with veterans Craig Gentry and Daniel Nava. The Angels also switched half of their infield, obtained glove whiz shortstop Andrelton Simmons from Atlanta and third baseman Yunel Escobar from Washington. With little help expected from one of the majors’ worst farm systems, the Angels will continue to rely on Mike Trout, Kole Calhoun and 36-year-old Albert Pujols, who probably won’t be ready for opening day after surgery on his right foot.

Seattle Mariners Manager: Scott Servais (first season). 2015: 76-86, fourth place. Training Town: Peoria, Arizona. Park: Peoria Stadium. First Workout: Feb. 20/25. He’s Here: C Chris Iannetta, C Steve Clevenger, 1B Adam Lind, 1B Dae-Ho Lee, OF Nori Aoki, OF Leonys Martin, RHP Joaquin Benoit, RHP Steve Cishek, RHP Ryan Cook, RHP Justin De Fratus, RHP Nathan Karns, LHP Wade Miley, RHP Evan Scribner, RHP Joe Wieland. He’s Outta Here: 1B Logan Morrison, SS Brad Miller, OF Austin Jackson, DH Mark Trumbo, OF Dustin Ackley, LHP J.A. Happ, RHP Carson Smith, LHP Roenis Elias, LHP Joe Beimel. Going campin’: No team in the major leagues underwent a bigger offseason makeover than the Mariners, from the front office to the coaching staff to the majority of the projected 25-man roster. Most of the position battles are settled heading into spring training with the main questions backup utility player, the right-handed complement to Adam Lind at first base and how exactly the rotation among five players in the outfield breaks down. The pitching staff will be the focus of attention during spring training, both in the bullpen and rotation.

Oakland Athletics Manager: Bob Melvin (sixth season). 2015: 68-94, fifth place. Training Town: Mesa, Arizona. Park: Hohokam Stadium. First Workout: Feb. 21/26. He’s Here: INF Jed Lowrie, LHP Rich Hill, RHP Ryan Madson, LHP Marc Rzepczynski, RHP John Axford, RHP Liam Hendriks, 1B Yonder Alonso, RHP Henderson Alvarez, He’s Outta Here: 3B Brett Lawrie, RHP Jesse Chavez, LHP Fernando Abad, LHP Drew Pomeranz, LHP/RHP Pat Venditte, RHP Evan Scribner, 1B Ike Davis, 1B Nate Freiman, OF Craig Gentry, LHP Barry Zito. Going campin’: Oakland’s run of three straight playoff berths ended with a disappointing last-place finish as Billy Beane’s bold moves to trade Yoenis Cespedes midway through 2014 and future MVP Josh Donaldson last offseason backfired. The A’s led the majors with 126 errors last season and had one of the worst bullpens in the league. The 4.56 ERA for the relievers ranked last in the AL and the 25 blown saves were second worst. That led to a 19-35 record in one-run games, the most one-run losses in the majors. The return of Lowrie after a year in Houston should help the infield defense, and Axford, Madson, Rzepczynski and Hendriks should fortify the bullpen. The rotation remains a question behind ace Sonny Gray.

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Libya becomes new front in fight against IS Associated Press

BENGHAZI, Libya — Libya is rapidly turning into a new front in the fight against the Islamic State group, which is heavily recruiting militants from abroad and trying to exploit years of chaos to expand its foothold in the oil-rich North African nation. Washington and its European allies are seeking to end the interminable divisions among Libyan factions to form a unity government that the West can support in fighting the jihadis. U.S. airstrikes on Friday against an IS training camp, which killed more than 40 suspected militants including a prominent Tunisian leader, were a sign the U.S. is ready to move robustly even before

a unity government is agreed upon. From their stronghold in the city of Sirte, the militants have lashed out in recent months with suicide bombings against police. They have made forays attacking Libya’s vital oilfields and export facilities, setting back efforts to rebuild what is effectively its only money-making industry. IS has so far been unable to take over large parts of Libya as it did in Syria and Iraq — and the Libyan branch has suffered some setbacks in the past year. Rival militias drove its fighters out of one city, Darna, and a U.S. airstrike in December killed the leader of the affiliate. But it has recently launched a drive to build up its presence: U.S. officials say in past weeks and months,

IS has been bringing in fighters from abroad, mainly from North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. Forging a unified Libyan government to fight the jihadis is a monumental task in what has eﬀectively been a failed state since the 2011 ouster and death of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. After Gadhafi, Libya’s military collapsed and the country fragmented, carved up by powerful militias. There are two governments: One, based in in the capital, Tripoli, is dominated by Islamists and backed by a coalition of militias known as Libya Dawn. The other is internationally recognized and based in the eastern city of Tobruk. It is backed by other militias.

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People gather around a crater created by a U.S. warplane strike on an Islamic State training camp in Sabratha, Libya, in this image released online by the Sabratha Municipal Council on Friday.

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JERUSALEM — Samuel Willenberg, the last survivor of Treblinka, the Nazi death camp in occupied Poland where 875,000 people were systematically murdered, has died in Israel at the age of 93. Only 67 people are known to have survived the camp, fleeing in a revolt shortly before it was destroyed. Treblinka holds a notorious place in history as perhaps the most vivid example of the “Final Solution,” the Nazi plan to exterminate Europe’s Jews. Unlike at other camps, where some Jews were assigned to forced labor before being killed, nearly all Jews brought to Treblinka were immediately gassed to death. Only a select few — mostly young, strong men like Willenberg, who was 20 at the time— were spared from immediate death and assigned to maintenance work instead at the camp, located northeast of Warsaw. On Aug. 2, 1943, a group of Jews stole some weapons, set fire to the camp and headed to the woods. Hundreds fled, but most were shot and killed by Nazi troops in the surrounding mine fields or captured by Polish villagers who returned them to Treblinka. “The world cannot forget Treblinka,” Willenberg told The As-

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Holocaust survivor Samuel Willenberg displays a map of Treblinka extermination camp during an interview with the Associated Press at his house in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2010. Willenberg, the last survivor of Treblinka, died Friday. sociated Press in a 2010 interview. He described how he was shot in the leg as he climbed over bodies piled at the barbed wire fence and catapulted over. He kept running, ignoring dead friends in his path. He said his blue eyes and “non-Jewish” look allowed him to survive in the countryside before arriving in Warsaw and joining the Polish underground. After the war Willenberg moved to Israel and became a surveyor for the Housing Ministry. Later in life, he took up sculpting to de-

scribe his experiences. His bronze statues depicted Jews standing on a train platform, a father removing his son’s shoes before entering the gas chambers, a young girl having her head shaved, and prisoners removing bodies. “I live two lives, one is here and now and the other is what happened there,” Willenberg said. “It never leaves me. It stays in my head. It goes with me always.” His two sisters were killed at Treblinka. He described his survival as “chance, sheer chance.”

BEIRUT — Lebanese politicians traded accusations Saturday over the decision by Saudi Arabia to halt deals worth $4 billion aimed at equipping and supporting Lebanese security forces, adding to tensions in the deeply divided country, which is struggling with the fallout from neighboring Syria’s civil war. The decision was announced by Saudi oﬃcials Friday in retaliation for Lebanon’s siding with Iran amid the Sunni kingdom’s spat with the Shiite power. The Gulf Cooperation Council backed the Saudi decision, raising concerns it could have repercussions for thousands of Lebanese living in Gulf countries. The small Mediterranean country has a sectarian divide that reflects the wider regional split between Sunni and Shiite powerhouses Saudi Arabia and Iran, and has long been a battlefield where the region’s proxy wars play out. The Saudi

announcement prompted sharp accusations among Lebanon’s notoriously fractious party leaders. Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, a key ally of Saudi Arabia, blamed the suspension on the Shiite group Hezbollah and its Christian ally, the Free Patriotic Movement. “Fiery statements offending the Kingdom are rejected and do not represent the policy of Lebanon,” he said after a meeting with the Sunni grand mufti on Saturday. The foreign ministry, which is headed by FPM leader Gibran Bassil, shot back in a statement, calling such accusations “cheap attempts at political exploitation.” The Saudi decision came after Bassil declined to support Saudi resolutions against Iran during two meetings of Arab and Muslim foreign ministers. Bassil is the president of the FPM, which is one of the strongest allies of the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group.

Ugandan leader wins disputed polls Associated Press

KAMPALA, Uganda — Long-time Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni was on Saturday declared the winner of the country’s disputed presidential election, but his main rival rejected the results as fraudulent and called for an independent audit of the count. Museveni got more than 60 percent of the votes, and his nearest rival Kizza Besigye got 35 percent, according to final results announced by the election commission. Besigye was under house arrest as Museveni was declared the winner, with heavily armed police standing guard near his residence on the outskirts of the capital, Kampala. In a video obtained by The Associated Press, Besigye

said he rejects the results. “We knew right from the beginning the electoral commission that was organizing and managing these elections was a partisan, incompetent and discredited body as from the previous elections,” Besigye said. “We knew that the military and security organizations were going to be engaged in a partisan and unfair way like they did in the past.” Besigye urged the international community to reject the oﬃcial tally. The capital was calm following the announcement of results amid a heavy security presence. Museveni’s ruling party, the National Resistance Movement, urged “all candidates to respect the will of the people and the authority of the electoral

commission and accept the result. We ask all Ugandans to remain calm and peaceful and not to engage in any public disruptions.” The voting on Thursday was marred by lengthy delays in the delivery of polling materials, some incidents of violence as well as a government shutdown of social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, which remained inaccessible Saturday. The election was marked by an “intimidating atmosphere, which was mainly created by state actors,” said the European Union observer mission. Uganda’s election commission lacks independence and transparency and does not have the trust of all the parties, EU mission leader Eduard Kukan said.

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House GOP primaries to test mood Economic policies show partisan gap among governors

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WASHINGTON — When the calendar turns to March in this year of the irate voter, the first wave of congressional Republicans will find out whether they have their very own Dave Brat waiting for them. Brat was an underfunded, obscure college professor who shocked the political world in 2014 by ousting House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in what was supposed to be a no-contest Republican primary in Virginia. He now holds the Richmond-area seat and is one of the chamber’s more conservative and recalcitrant members. Next month, GOP House members in a crescent curving from Texas to Illinois face the first congressional primaries in this incumbent-bashing, antiestablishment season of billionaire Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, the leading Republican presidential contenders. Nearly all House members are expected to survive. But a few face contests being watched for possible upsets by conservative challengers. Among them: Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady of Texas, and Reps. Martha Roby and Bradley Byrne of Alabama and

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Rep. Martha Roby, R-Ala., speaks to the reporters on Capitol Hill in 2013. Roby and several other House GOP incumbents face the first congressional primaries in this incumbent-bashing year of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. John Shimkus of Illinois. “It’s an open question whether we’ll see any serious candidates on the fringe right,” said Rob Engstrom, national political director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has started TV advertising backing Roby and Byrne and could engage in other House races. He said that March 1, when Alabama, Arkansas and Texas have the initial House primaries, is “a very important day to measure and determine what the score is.” Mississippi House primaries are March 8, followed by Ohio and Illinois a week later. March 15 House contests

in North Carolina have been delayed until June because of a dispute over redrawing district boundaries. As usual, most incumbents have overwhelming financial and namerecognition advantages. In Texas, Brady’s campaign raised $1.6 million last year, compared with $64,000 for the best financed of his three challengers, pool company owner and former state Rep. Steve Toth. That edge has long made most oﬃceholders impossible to topple. In 2014, just five sitting House members were defeated in party primaries. But 2016 poses

States seek private financial help to fix social problems Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. — A growing number of states and local governments are turning to an unconventional method of financing possible fixes to big social problems, motivated by tight budgets and little incentive to take a chance on initiatives without a guarantee of results. On Tuesday, oﬃcials in Connecticut, South Carolina and Colorado announced new public/ private arrangements to fund so-called “pay for success” projects that aim to help families struggling with drug addiction, improve health outcomes for poor mothers and their children and reduce chronic homelessness.

The concept, often referred to as “social impact bonds,” involves a government entity teaming up with a private intermediary that develops the project, identifies effective programs already being used and raises the capital from philanthropic-minded investors. The 4.5-year, $11.5-million initiative will fund teams of two clinicians and a family support worker that will make in-home visits several times each week to families struggling with drug abuse. Up to 500 families involved with the state’s Department of Children and Families, with children age 6 and younger, will be targeted.

a new test, with voters’ ill feelings toward Washington, fanned by Trump and Cruz, fueling conservatives’ hopes of defeating Republicans deemed too willing to cut deals. “The frustration and anger that’s out there would indicate that this is the year you get beat from the right,” said Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., like Brat a member of the rebellious House Freedom Caucus that last year helped push House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to resign from Congress. “If you don’t get beat this year, you will be golden for a long time.”

WASHINGTON — The nation’s governors received a stark warning from a panel of economists Saturday that a recession is likely within the next years, but their states’ preparation for a potential economic downturn depend largely on which party the governor belongs to. With a pep talk from President Barack Obama, Democratic governors arrived at the winter meeting of the National Governors Association touting their states’ achievements in raising the minimum wage and mandating paid sick leave. Their Republican counterparts, meanwhile, are emphasizing tax cuts and warning that policies seen as unfriendly to business will hurt states in the event of a recession. Although the governors association meeting is meant to foster bipartisan solutions, the governors’ economic priorities reflect the deepening divide between red and blue states. Democratic governors met with Obama at the White House on Friday afternoon, and the president credited

the economic policies of Democratic-led states for reducing the nation’s unemployment rate to 4.9 percent. “As Democrats, we believe that every American should have the opportunity to work for a good wage and benefits, and to be able to advance themselves and their families,” Obama said. “And you’ve helped our businesses create over 14 million new jobs over the past six years.” Republican Gov. Pat McCrory of North Carolina said cuts to income and corporate taxes were the key to job growth and economic stability in his state. “I believe in a very balanced approach in preparing the economy of our state for the future, and that’s having a diverse tax base that’s not reliant on one type of tax revenue, and that’s one reason we reduced the corporate tax and income tax because we were too reliant on those,” said McCrory, who is expected to face a tough re-election battle this year. “I think that was putting North Carolina in jeopardy not only from a financial standpoint but from a competitive standpoint.”

California weighs inmate firefighter standard Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s new corrections chief is backing oﬀ a plan to lower standards for inmate firefighters, focusing instead on persuading county sheriﬀs to send more jail prisoners to the state program. Scott Kernan, who took over last month as secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said in an interview with The Associated Press that he expects California will have enough inmate firefighters for this year’s fire season despite a dwindling pool of candidates from state prisons. The state is using more inmates with violent or serious criminal histo-

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A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation inmate work crew builds a containment line ahead of flames from the Butte Fire, near Sheep Ranch, Calif., in September. ries because recent laws have sent less serious oﬀenders to county jails instead of state prisons, he said. Kernan hopes to use more of those local prisoners to fill the gap.

He’s dropping, at least for now, a proposal by former secretary Jeﬀrey Beard that would have let inmates participate if they have up to seven years to serve on their

sentences, an increase from the five-year limit. Kernan said an analysis showed that changing the limit wouldn’t have produced a significant increase in the number of qualified inmates. Oﬃcials previously said they expected to ease the standard ahead of this year’s fire season, but controversy erupted in October after Beard sought to expand the number of inmates who could qualify despite having violent histories. Oﬃcials first denied, then acknowledged that they have long used inmates with violent pasts in the nation’s largest and oldest inmate firefighter program. Beard quickly withdrew his proposal.

4 fire deaths investigated as possible homicides Associated Press

EDGERTON, Mo. — The deaths of four people in a northwest Missouri fire are being investigated as possible homicides, but there are no suspects, authorities said Saturday. The fire at a home south of Edgerton in Platte County was reported just before midnight Friday. Sheriﬀ’s Capt. Erik Hol-

land said the house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. Investigators including the state fire marshal and medical examiner were at the scene Saturday. Two adult females, a third adult and an infant died in the fire. Holland said investigators haven’t been able to determine whether two of the vic-

tims were male or female because of the extent of their injuries. Authorities were going through what’s left of the single-story, ranch-style home to determine if other victims were inside. Sheriﬀ Mark Owen said there was no time frame for releasing the victims’ identities. He said there were no suspects yet.

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Gunman shoots 2 NYPD officers BY JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press

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A revolver was found in the vehicle of a suspect who crashed his car into a police vehicle Saturday in New York. Two NYPD officers were injured in a shootout with the suspect, Jamal Funes, early Saturday.

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Two police oďŹ&#x192;cers were shot in a confrontation with a gunman who slammed his car into a police vehicle early Saturday, in the second on-duty shooting of multiple oďŹ&#x192;cers in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest city this month, police said. OďŹ&#x192;cers William Reddin and Andrew Yurkiw were in stable condition after the 3:30 a.m. encounter,

which happened as multiple oďŹ&#x192;cers converged and fired at an armed driver who had pointed a gun at some of the oďŹ&#x192;cers, fled and then rammed a police car, Police Commissioner William Bratton said. Police were investigating how many oďŹ&#x192;cers fired and the exact sequence of events, including whether police themselves fired any of the shots that injured their colleagues. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s standard

for police shooting investigations to look into the possibility of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;friendly fire,â&#x20AC;? and Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shooting unfolded in what Bratton described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a complex crime sceneâ&#x20AC;? involving eight oďŹ&#x192;cers and suspect Jamal Funes. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Yurkiw and Reddin were alert and expected to recover. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are very dedicated oďŹ&#x192;cers who were

out there protecting us,â&#x20AC;? de Blasio, a Democrat, said at a news conference. Funes, 34, was in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds, Bratton said. OďŹ&#x192;cers found a .357 Magnum revolver on the front seat of Funesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; car, with five spent shell casings in the gun, Bratton said. He said police were trying to determine what might have prompted Funesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; conduct.

Trials of suspected Killing rattles Virginia Tech community IS supporters begin BY LARRY Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;DELL Associated Press

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NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A U.S. Air Force veteran and former airplane mechanic charged with trying to join the Islamic State will be among the first Americans to go on trial as a result of the U.S. governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pursuit of dozens of suspected sympathizers of the militant group. Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, 48, was stopped at a Turkish airport in January 2015. He told investigators he was just on a vacation, but an indictment alleged that he was carrying 180 jihadist propaganda videos, including one featuring the beheading of an Islamic State prisoner. Later, prosecutors said they found a letter on his computer in which he told his wife he wanted to join the Islamic State. Jury selection in Pughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trial at a federal court in New York City is scheduled to begin in earnest this week. Pugh has pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to provide material support to a terrorist group and

BLACKSBURG, Va. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; As two Virginia Tech students face charges in the slaying of a 13-year-old girl, their classmates are repeating what they have said following other violent debacles in the last decade: The community is defined not by the horrific crimes themselves, but by the way its people pull together afterward. Seventh-grader Nicole Madison Lovellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stabbing death last month marks the latest in what seems a disproportionate number of high-profile slayings in a bucolic region anchored by a university known for its engineering and veterinary programs and its Hokies football team. Tech freshman David Eisenhauer is charged with abducting and killing Nicole, and classmate Natalie Keepers is charged with helping plan the crime and illegally disposing of the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people are saying these students werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t real Hokies,â&#x20AC;? said Arlena Nickle, a freshman marketing and hospitality major from Blacksburg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not

obstructed justice. The Justice Department said it has pressed criminal charges against more than 70 Islamic State sympathizers, though some published reports have put that figure higher. Karen J. Greenberg, director of the Fordham Law Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center on National Security, which tracks terrorism cases, said the U.S. government has charged 78 people in connection with the group. Of those, two dozen have pleaded guilty. Opening statements began last week in Phoenix in the trial Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, a moving company owner charged with plotting to attack a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas. Authorities said two of Kareemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s associates were killed when they brought semiautomatic rifles, bulletproof vests and an Islamic State flag to the event. Kareemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer, blaming the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;overactive imagination,â&#x20AC;? told jurors Kareem had no knowledge the attack was to occur.

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Malik Harmon (left), a junior at Virginia Tech, and sophomore Arlena Nickle pose at a convenience store in Blacksburg, Va., Thursday. The two say the university and the Blacksburg community are not defined by tragedies such as the recent slaying of a 13-year-old girl. how we want Virginia Tech portrayed.â&#x20AC;? Malik Harmon, a materials science and engineering major from Roanoke who works with Nickle at a small convenience store in the Tech student center, said the incident â&#x20AC;&#x153;doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t define our community at all.â&#x20AC;? Violent crime happens everywhere, he said, but it just seems to get more attention when it hap-

pens on campus or involves college students. The spotlight on Virginia Tech was brightest in 2007 when a mentally disturbed student shot and killed 32 people on campus before killing himself â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. But there have been other tragedies. The year before the mass shooting, an armed robbery suspect shot and killed

a hospital security guard and a Montgomery County deputy sheriďŹ&#x20AC; near the campus, which was locked down during a manhunt. The gunman, William Morva, is now on Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death row. Two years after the massacre, a 22-year-old student was decapitated by a classmate who was carrying the womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head when confronted by police in a campus cafe.

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SYCAMORE, Ohio â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A teenager posing as a state senator toured a high school and spoke to a class, and school oďŹ&#x192;cials didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize they were fooled until weeks later, authorities in Ohio said. Mohawk Local School District oďŹ&#x192;cials said Izaha Akins, of Marion, Ohio, visited the high school in December and claimed to be a lawmaker replacing another senator. They realized theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been duped when Republican Sen. David Burke, of Marysville, showed up to speak weeks later, as scheduled. Burke said in an email Friday that when he learned about the hoax, he and the school immediately began working

with law enforcement. He said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was an extremely elaborate scheme and not as simple as walking through the door.â&#x20AC;? The Blade newspaper of Toledo reported that Akins said he was making a point about school security in small communities. He was charged recently with felony counts of telecommunications fraud and impersonating a peace oďŹ&#x192;cer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These country schools think it canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen to them,â&#x20AC;? Akins told The Blade in a brief interview. He said he wanted to â&#x20AC;&#x153;prove a point â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that these kinds of things can happen. They could easily have Googled me, and they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;? School oďŹ&#x192;cials say Akins knew that Burke

was scheduled to speak to a class Jan. 14, and called to bill himself as Burkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s replacement as senator and available to speak earlier. He arranged to visit Dec. 15, provided his real name, presented his driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license at the school that afternoon, got a tour of the school from the principal, then gave his presentation and left, Mohawk Schools Superintendent Ken RatliďŹ&#x20AC; said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The presentation was about being active in politics, political processes,â&#x20AC;? RatliďŹ&#x20AC; said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone thought it was legit; bought into it, including the teacher.â&#x20AC;? Authorities said Reineke Ford provided a car and driver for the day to the supposed legislator.

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Britain to vote on place in EU Koreas trade barbs BY GREGORY KATZ Associated Press

LONDON — It’s been three years in the making, but a June 23 date has finally been set for the momentous “in or out” British vote on whether to abandon the 28-nation European Union. Prime Minister David Cameron vowed Saturday to lead the charge to keep Britain part of the EU, winning the backing of most of his Cabinet and support for his “stay in” goal from political heavyweights in rival parties, including the opposition Labour Party and the Scottish National Party. “I do not love Brussels, I love Britain,” Cameron told the nation in front of his 10 Downing Street residence. He went on to say that he has concluded Britain would be safer and stronger remain-

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Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a statement in Downing Street in London Saturday. Cameron said a historic referendum on whether to stay in the European Union will be held on June 23. ing in the bloc, and that jobs would be created by maintaining open trading ties with Europe. He said a landmark deal reached the day before with EU leaders in Brussels would give Britain more control over its future, lessen welfare payments to migrants

who come to Britain, and protect Britain from being absorbed into a feared European “superstate.” Cameron said he was making good on a 2013 commitment to give British voters a chance to decide whether to remain in the bloc, which is

seen by some Britons as meddlesome, overly bureaucratic, and unable to control its borders. Britain has always remained somewhat apart from the European project, preferring to keep its own currency rather than adopt the euro and declining to join the passport-free Schengen zone in place in much of Europe. The June vote will come as the EU struggles to cope with a sustained immigration crisis that last year brought more than 1 million people fleeing war and poverty to its shores. The referendum battle pits those who believe Britain is better oﬀ in a formal union with Germany, France and other countries against those who see Britain as a proud island nation better capable of managing its aﬀairs on its own.

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PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea responded to an unusually harsh verbal attack by South Korea’s president against the North’s leader and its recent nuclear test and rocket launch with a characteristically colorful invective of its own Saturday, calling her policy traitorous and adding that Washington’s newly enacted sanctions are “laughable.” The North’s oﬃcial reaction — including the insult “senile granny” — was expected, though it took several days for Pyongyang to announce it through its state-run media. North Korea regularly condemns South Korean President Park Geun-hye through sexist and violent

language, saying recently that she lives upon “the groin of her American boss.” But the renewed war of words has some worried that the tensions could lead to real conflict. As evidence of heightened anxieties, sounds of explosions early Saturday caused South Korean residents of a frontline island to prepare to evacuate, but it was later determined that the noise came from a North Korean artillery drill across the rivals’ disputed maritime border. No North Korean projectiles crossed into the south side of the border. Park has been backed up by several high-profile demonstrations of U.S. military might that are seen by Pyongyang as deliberate provocations.

Six held in Spain court probe Indonesia arrests 41 for IS ties into Chinese bank in Madrid BY NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press

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MADRID — A Spanish judge has ruled that six executives of China’s state-owned ICBC bank in Madrid should be detained pending a judicial probe into suspected money laundering and tax fraud, a court statement said Saturday. Three Industrial and Commercial Bank of China oﬃcials were sent to jail while investigations continue. Three others were given the option of paying 100,000 euros ($111,300) bail, the statement said.

Five executives were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of money laundering, crimes against Spain’s tax authority and forgery. The sixth, who previously worked in ICBC’s Madrid offices but now works in the Luxembourg branch, was nabbed Friday. All court interviews were held with interpreters present and all six waived their right not to testify. The court statement said the bank continued to operate normally and Wednesday’s search of its Madrid premises “took place

within the strict framework of pre-trial investigations.” The Chinese embassy in Madrid said in a statement that the Chinese government “requires Chinese companies to maintain a strict compliance of the law.” The statement said the bank was using “the latest anti-money-laundering system” which it said was provided by Spanish authorities. It said the head of ICBC Europe arrived in Madrid “to help” as soon as he had been informed of the search.

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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police said Saturday that they have arrested dozens of suspected Islamic militants in two separate raids on the main island of Java, as authorities get set to tighten anti-terrorism laws following last month’s deadly attacks in Jakarta. The country’s elite anti-terrorism squad early Saturday arrested 36 men who were attending military-style training at a suspected jihadi camp on the remote slopes of Mount Sumbing in Central Java province, said provincial police spokesman Col. Liliek Darmanto. He said police seized air rifles, knives, and jihadi books and flags in the raid. “We are still investigating their possible links to terrorism,” Darmanto said. Separately, five sus-

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Indonesian police officers stand guard outside the house of a suspected militant following a raid in Malang, Indonesia, Saturday. Police arrested a number of people linked to a Jan. 14 attack in Jakarta in a series of raids in the East Java city Saturday. pected militants were captured late Friday in Malang, a hilly city in East Java province, said Lt. Col. Yudho Nugroho, a local police chief. He said police were tipped about their whereabouts after interrogating alleged militants arrested earlier of links to the Jan. 14 suicide and gun attacks

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan oﬃcials said Saturday they hope to fully restore electricity to the capital now that security forces have cleared insurgents from an area in the northern Baghlan province where cables from Uzbekistan were damaged during heavy fighting. Engineers had reconnected some cables and the work should be completed within five days, said Wahidullah Tawhidi, spokesman for the Afghanistan electricity di-

rectorate. The severing of the cables late last month has left most of Kabul’s 5 million residents with just two hours of electricity a day. Many have had to rely on diesel generators and wood-burning stoves through the end of a mild winter. The incident exposed the vulnerability of the capital’s energy supply as well as the country’s reliance on power from outside its own borders. Afghanistan also buys electricity from Tajikistan. The governor of Bagh-

lan, Abul Satar Barez, said the military had cleared insurgents from the Dand-e-Shahabuddin district, where the cables were cut. It was unclear whether the cables were deliberately sabotaged or accidentally damaged during the fighting. The Taliban have been battling the government for 15 years. Following the drawdown of the international combat mission in 2014, the insurgents spread across the northern provinces bordering Central Asia.

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WANNA PLAY?: The ASU Theatre will present “The Miss Firecracker Contest.” C4 HISTORY MINUTE: Dale Evans had interesting life behind the scenes.

This salt and pepper shaker set is a favorite of Randolph County Heritage Museum staffer Linda Rainwater.

Museum displays salt and pepper sets BY KELLIE COBB Sun Staff Writer kb@jonesborosun.com

POCAHONTAS — The Randolph County Heritage Museum, 106 E. Everett St., has seasoned up its exhibit space. Approximately 350 sets of salt and pepper shakers are on display in the museum’s annex. Linda Rainwater, who works at the museum through the Experience Works program, said it took the staff and volunteers a week to get the display up. The shakers were donated to the museum in 2010 by Michael Parker of Florida. They belonged to his mother, Eugenia I. Dickson Parker, and his grandmother, Violetta Dickson, who were from the

Randolph County area. The items on display are only a small portion of Parker’s 2,500-set donation. “This is the third time we’ve had them out,” said Patricia Lambert, who has volunteered at the museum since it opened in 2006. “The first two times we just got different ones out. This time we’ve got some older ones and some newer ones.” “Everybody enjoys them,” Lambert said. The shaker sets come in all shapes and sizes, as well as a variety of material including plastic, ceramic, glass, wood, pewter and more. They fill nine display cases and are grouped together based on subject matter inPlease see SHAKERS | C10

Approximately 350 salt and pepper shaker sets are on display in the annex at the Randolph County Heritage Museum in Pocahontas.

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Patricia Lambert, a volunteer with the Randolph County Heritage Museum, holds a set of salt and pepper shakers from Montana.

Several display cases featured animal-themed salt and pepper shakes.

ON THE LIST | Monday: Donna Ulisse and the Poor Mountain Boys, 7 p.m., The Collins Theatre, Paragould.

Friday-Saturday: “The Miss Firecracker Contest,” 7:30 p.m., Arkansas State University Fowler Center.

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Roll to speak on Missouri Bootheel demonstration JONESBORO — As part of the celebration of February’s Black History Month and March’s Women’s History Month, the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum (STFU) will host a lecture at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the MockRoll ingbird Room at the Carl R. Reng Student Union on the Arkansas State University campus. Dr. Jarod Roll, associate professor of history at the University of Mississippi, will speak on the 1939 Missouri Bootheel demonstration focusing on the Southern Tenant Farmers Union’s involvement and the role women played in the demonstration. The title of his lecture is “On Jordan’s Stormy Banks: The STFU and the 1939 Roadside Demonstration in Southeast Missouri.” Eighty-one years ago

Sharecroppers live on the side of road during Missouri Bootheel demonstration in 1939. Dr. Jarod Roll will speak on the demonstration Wednesday at the Carl R. Reng Student Union at Arkansas State University. at Tyronza, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union was formed to help sharecroppers and tenant farmers who found themselves homeless due to the Great Depression and was intensified by the New Deal’s Agriculture Adjustment Act. The act, which was created to help these farm laborers, contained loop-holes that land owners used to help lift themselves out

of the depression while sending many sharecroppers to live on the side of the road. The union was made up of black and white members — something unheard of in 1934. It also let women be in leadership positions, another unusual event of the era. It was those evicted sharecroppers and tenant farmers that caught the attention of the Rev.

Owen Whitfield, a pastor of a local church in Charleston, Mo. Whitfield was a sharecropper himself and understood what these families were enduring during the hard winter of 1939. Serving as the vice president of the local STFU, Whitfield suggested that the homeless families move their tents out of the woods to the side of the road to bring attention to

the plight of the farmers during one of the worst times in American history. Little did he realize at that time he would soon have more than 100 miles of evicted farmers living on the highways of Missouri. More than 1,000 men, women and children took part in what is now known as the Missouri Bootheel demonstration. Roll is a historian of modern America specializing in labor and working-class history, history of religion and history of the South. He is the author of “Spirit of Rebellion: Labor and Religion in the New Cotton South,” which won the C.L.R. James Award, the Herbert Gutman Prize and the Missouri History Book Award. Roll is the co-author with Erik S. Gellman of “The Gospel of the Working Class: Labor’s Southern Prophets in New Deal America,” which won the H.L. Mitchell Award from the Southern Historical Association. He also published

research in the Journal of Southern History, Religion and American Culture, Labor History, Southern Spaces, Radical History Review, and, most recently, “Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas.” During 2012-13, Roll was a research fellow at the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University. He joined the University of Mississippi in 2014 after teaching for seven years at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England. Roll earned a bachelors of arts degree from Missouri Southern State University and a master of science and doctorate from Northwestern University. This event is sponsored by the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum, an Arkansas State University Heritage Site, located at 117 S. Main Street, Tyronza. For further information, contact Linda Hinton, director, at 487-2909 or email at lhinton@astate.edu.

36th annual Easter Sew-In under way JONESBORO — The 36th annual Easter SewIn is under way. Presented by Church Women United, the sewin provides new Easter outfits to area children in need. Each girl will receive a dress, panties and a hair bow, while each boy gets a pair of jeans, a shirt, underwear and socks. The women’s circle of Community of Christ Church will assist the CWU with the boys’ clothing. The clothing will be delivered to 19 schools in and around the Jonesboro area, said Roberta

Horner, sew-in chairman. Last year 177 dresses and 112 boys outfits were collected through the Easter Sew-In. Packets are available at Classic Cleaners, 512 Southwest Drive, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday. The packets include a pattern, material, thread, zippers and buttons — “all you need to make a dress,” Horner said, adding that seamstresses may also use their own patterns and fabric if they would like. Horner said they need items in sizes 6-10. Those who don’t sew can participate in the

project. They can purchase a dress. Monetary donations are also accepted. Dress and monetary donations are accepted year round, Horner said. Checks made payable to Church Women United Sew-In can be mailed to Mary Lou Pickering, 1908 Metzler Lane, Jonesboro, 72401. Completed garments, along with the pattern, as well as purchased clothing, should be dropped off to Classic Cleaners by March 4. More information is available by calling Horner at 897-7752 or Nina Hedger at 926-5696.

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Five generations of the family of Hazel Andrews were together Jan. 30 at her home in Brookland. Pictured with Andrews, who is holding the fifth generation, Chase Foster Smith of Colorado Springs, Colo., are (clockwise, from left) her great-granddaughter, Cynthia Tidwell of Colorado Springs, her daughter, Pat Price of Jonesboro, and her grandson, Randy Tidwell of Brookland.

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Roberta Horner (left) and Nina Hedger pose with some of the Easter dresses to be delivered this year to area girls as part of the Church Women United Easter Sew-In.

Social Whirligig Gamma Rho Gamma Rho Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at Cathedral Baptist Church, 2607 Alexander Drive, Jonesboro. Dr. Adam Long, director of the Hemingway-

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two more men between 1929-45. Singing had been part of her life since a young age, and she looked for work as a performer while living in Memphis. She took several jobs trying to scratch out a living while taking business school courses at the same time. Through her connections while working for a local insurance company, she landed singing roles at two local radio stations, WMC and WREC, by 1930. She moved to Chicago to try to find better employment, but her health collapsed under the strain of work, school and raising her son. After she recovered, she found work at station WHAS in Louisville, Ky., where the station manager suggested her stage name, Dale Evans. By 1936, she made her way back to Texas and found work singing on Dallas radio station WFAA. Her career gradually ascended. In 1942, she appeared briefly in the film, “Orchestra Wives,” the first of 44 films. She also took on a regular role on the popular “Edgar Bergen Show” on NBC radio. With World War II ongoing, she performed in many USO shows to entertain the troops overseas. In 1943, she starred with John Wayne in the film, “In Old Oklahoma.” In 1944, she met Roy Rogers when they starred together in “Cowboy and the Senorita.” Evans and Rogers became close and continued to work on projects together. After his wife died in 1946, the two married the next year and remained together

for the next 50 years. They adopted three children and had a daughter together. Tragically, two of their children died at young ages and a third died in an accident while serving in the army. In the midst of these heartbreaking tragedies, Evans found solace in her faith. She wrote and sang hymns and actively promoted the church and prayer in her appearances and books. The couple appeared in numerous movies together and moved into television. In 1950, she wrote the song “Happy Trails,” which the two sang often on television and in the movies. It also became the title of their 1980 autobiography. In 1951, “The Roy Rogers Show” premiered on NBC and lasted for six seasons. After the program ended in 1957, the two made several more television appearances. Their last movie appearance together was as a cameo in the 1973 madefor-TV movie, “Saga of Sonora.” In 1996, she began hosting a Christian television program, “Date With Dale.” Though her own health was failing, she continued the program as long as she could. She died quietly at her home in California in 2001 at age 88. Ken Bridges, a history professor at South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado, can be reached at kbridges@ southark.edu. The South Arkansas Historical Preservation Society is dedicated to educating the public about the state’s history. The SAHF can be contacted online at http://soarkhistory.com/.

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Cupid has shot his arrows, but love lasts all year. To keep the Valentine’s Day feeling alive in your garden all spring and summer, consider these love-themed plants: Our first stop is love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena), a short-lived annual that must be sown more than once to have flowers through the summer. It comes back every year, from seeds it self-sows. The pale, blue flowers, cheery and hopeful, are surrounded by frilly leaves that become puffy fruits retaining some of that frill. Bolster the charm needed for love’s beginnings with love grass (Eragrostis spp.). The plant is easy to grow and tolerates periodically dry soil. Amethyst flowers cap the stalks in midsummer.

Early Romance Even easier to grow is love apple, better known as the tomato. Sow these seeds indoors 6 weeks before the date of the average last killing frost of spring in your area, which you can find out from your county Cooperative Extension office. Let’s move on to the pink flowers of kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate (Polygonum orientale). At first blush, this plant can be a bit frightening because it looks like a familiar weed, smartweed, which spreads far and wide. Actually, it looks like smartweed on steroids, because kissme-over-the-garden-gate can grow 8 feet high. But it is better behaved than its weedy lookalike, self-seeds with discretion and, with much larger flowers held up higher, is prettier. Now we’re at love-in-a-puff (Cardiospermum halicacabum), more substantial yet fast-growing and potentially invasive. Despite tendrils, this vine might need help growing upward. The small flowers are followed by showy, pale red, inflated fruits. No need to blare out love at this point; you must open the fruits to see that each seed has a heart etched into its surface.

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Tuesday Home Link Ministry of First Baptist, 10 a.m., conference room. Groups of the United Methodist Women of Cornerstone United Methodist to meet as follows: Afternoon Group, 2 p.m., at the

church; and Helping Hands Group, 7 p.m., at the church. WELCA of Our Saviour Lutheran, 7:30 p.m., fellowship hall, 2926 Wood St. Wednesday Women’s Missionary Auxiliary of Fairview Baptist, 7 p.m., at the

church. Women’s Missionary Auxiliary of Ridgecrest Baptist, 7 p.m., at the church. Thursday Fifty-Five Plus Club of Highland Drive Baptist, noon, church fellowship hall.

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This plant of romance, eight feet high and named “kiss-me-over-the-gardengate;” is best planted by a garden gate, like this plant in New Paltz, N.Y. Midsummer Night’s Dream” recounted was “before milk-white, now purple with love’s wound.” Oberon went on to use this small, wild pansy as the aphrodisiac for a midsummer night’s mischief. Broken hearts might turn to love-liesbleeding (Amaranthus caudatus), which drips globs of tiny red flowers from the ends of its stems. Fortunately, it’s not a perennial. On a happier note, try hearts entangled (Ceropegia woodii), notable not for its flowers but for its lovely, heartshaped leaves, which are coated with silver and strung along thin, creeping stems. The plant is a succulent that can weather all sorts of conditions if provided constant warmth. Finally, we come to love-tree (Cercis siliquastrum), the most substantial plant on this romantic ramble. Our native redbud tree is a close relative, similar in leaf and flower, to this native of southern Europe and western Asia. Leaves of love-tree are also heartshaped and each spring, as if reaffirming love, the branches are smothered in flowers. The small flowers are rose-colored, not red-hot but with enough blue to remind us of that love-in-a-mist at the beginning of the path.

Joel Grey, now emboldened, tells his story NEW YORK — At a cafe the other day, Joel Grey was drawn to an item on the menu that was both confusing and intriguing. He called over a waiter and asked: “What is this thing? The herbed goat cheese with chili flakes and pomegranate syrup?” The waiter was stumped. “OK, I’m going to take a chance,” said the Tony-and Oscarwinning actor. Grey, 83, was in high spirits this day, which marked the publication of his memoir, “Master of Ceremonies.” For a performer who hid who he was for decades, Grey is now unburdened and emboldened. “Let’s put it this way: I really feel good. But I have been feeling good for a long time. I don’t think I could have written this book if I’d had axes to grind,” he said. “I don’t like that in a book.” The memoir traces his childhood in Cleveland,

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his rise as a nightclub performer and his breakthrough both on stage and film as the creepy Emcee with rouged cheeks and cupid’s-bow lips in “Cabaret.” It also examines his 24-year marriage to actress Jo Wilder and a long internal struggle with his attraction to men, which triggered feelings of self-loathing and proved his mother’s love was not unconditional. Grey, who loved men and women, tentatively calls himself a “closeted bisexual” but language comes up short: “I never really thought that any of the names were exactly right for me,” he said. A complex portrait emerges of Grey in black and white. He reveals he’s had a nose job, slept with a stripper, fought with legendary director Bob Fosse and once lugged his dirty laundry on a plane. “I’m not that good. I’m just like the rest of you,”

he said. “Maybe worse.” Colin Dickerman, the editorial director of the Macmillan division Flatiron Books, which published the 230-page book, said it’s not a tell-all or a collection of funny stories, but an attempt to explore the roots of the man behind some beloved characters. “He wanted to be as honest as he could be and I think the book really reflects that,” said Dickerman. “It really goes into some personal places and I think does so remaining incredibly respectful to everyone in his life.” Grey’s story also mirrors the evolution of American entertainment, from vaudeville to nightclubs to Broadway and Hollywood, weaving both his personal and professional lives. It reaches a peak in 1985 when Grey started thinking about coming out while starring in the AIDS play “The Normal Heart.”

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Monday Gamma Rho Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma, 6 p.m., Cathedral Baptist Church, Jonesboro. Jonesboro Duplicate Bridge Club, 6:30 p.m., Harlin Henry Senior Citizens Center. Jonesboro Women of Today, 6:30 p.m. business meeting, Girl Scout Office, 4803 E. Johnson Ave. Civil Air Patrol, 7 p.m., Jonesboro Airport, 4112 Lindberg Drive. Ladies Auxiliary No. 3354, Fraternal Order of Eagles, 7:30 p.m., lodge. Leachville Lodge No. 689, 7:30 p.m., Leachville Masonic Lodge. Northeast Arkansas Humane Society membership meeting, 6:30 p.m., St. Bernards Village. n n n

Tuesday Sage Meadows Garden Club, 11 a.m., clubhouse. Jonesboro Porcelain Painters Club, 10 a.m., studio on Pond Ridge Road. Local 535 of the National Association

of Retired Federal Employees, 10:30 a.m., Western Sizzlin. Olive Chapter 147, Order of Eastern Star, 7 p.m., Jonesboro Masonic Lodge, 2206 W. Washington Ave. Fifty Plus Young at Heart Senior Citizens Club, 7 to 9 p.m. dance, Harlin Henry Senior Citizens Center. Quilters Club, 9 a.m., Lake City United Methodist Church. n n n

Wednesday Games Club (Bridge), 9 a.m. to noon, Harlin Henry Senior Citizens Center. Handquilters, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nettleton United Methodist Church. Jonesboro Transplants Garden Club, 11 a.m., lunch at Chef’s In, meeting at Craighead County Cooperative Extension Service. Jonesboro Women of Moose, 7:30 p.m., Moose Lodge. Jonesboro Masonic Lodge No. 129, 7 p.m. practice session, Jonesboro Masonic Lodge, 2206 W. Washington Ave. n n n

Thursday Chapter BN of P.E.O., 10 a.m., home of Braun Campbell. B2B Business Network International,

11:30 a.m., Front Page Cafe, 2117 E. Parker Road. Jonesboro Duplicate Bridge Club, 1 p.m., Harlin Henry Senior Citizens Center. Chpter AJ of P.E.O., 1:30 p.m., St. Bernards Villa. Pistols and Petticoats Square Dance Club, 7 to 9 p.m., Family Life Center, St. Paul United Methodist Church. Caraway Masonic Lodge No. 733, 7:30 p.m., Caraway Lodge. COP Leadership Council, 10 a.m. to noon, Better Life Center, Southwest Church of Christ. Chapter CF of P.E.O., 6:30 p.m. social, 7 p.m. meeting, home of Cindy Paul. Jonesboro Elks Lodge No. 498, 7 p.m., lodge. Stated Communications of Cardinal Lodge 677, 7:30 p.m., Weiner. n n n

Friday Exchange Club of Jonesboro, noon, Barnhill’s Buffet, 1111 S. Caraway Road. KITS (Keep in Touch with Seniors), 7 p.m. dance, Harlin Henry Senior Citizens Center. n n n

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Cast announced for ‘The Miss Firecracker Contest’ JONESBORO — Arkansas State University Theatre has announced the cast and crew for the upcoming production of “The Miss Firecracker Contest” by Beth Henley. “The Miss Firecracker Contest” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Feb. 29-March 2 at the Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive. A meet-the-company dessert reception will follow the Friday opening night performance. Carnelle Scott is rehearsing furiously for the local Fourth of July pageant, the Miss Firecracker Contest, in the small town of Brookhaven, Miss. The unexpected arrival of her cousins Elain and Delmount complicates matters a bit, as does the repeated threat of Delmount to sell the family home and decamp for New Orleans. Aided by a touchingly awkward seamstress named Popeye and several other cheerfully nutty characters, Carnelle perseveres. The A-State Theatre’s production of “The Miss Firecracker Contest” is

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The Arkansas State University Theatre will present “The Miss Firecracker Contest” Friday-Saturday and Feb. 29-March 2 at the Fowler Center. Pictured are (from left) Natalie Norwood, Brooke Thomas and Morgan Carvell. under the stage direction of Lisa Bohn, assistant professor of theater. The cast includes Brooke Thomas of Jonesboro, a senior theater major, Carnelle; freshman Natalie Norwood of Benton, Popeye; Morgan Carvell of Bentonville,

a senior theater major, Elain; Josh Donner of Mountain Home, a senior theater major, Delmount; Logan Powell of Cherokee Village, a freshman theater major, Mac Sam; and Kassidy Ratz of Beebe, a freshman psychology major, Tessy.

Davis Polston, a junior theater major from Searcy, will serve as assistant director. Lighting design and technical director will be Jeff McLaughlin, assistant professor of theater. Assistant lighting designer and light board operator

Tommy Terrific to present magic show JONESBORO — Magician Tommy Terrific will appear at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Round Room of the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, 315 W. Oak Ave. Tommy Terrific, also known as Tommy Diaz, performs each February as part of the library’s Black History Month activities. In addition to wowing kids and their parents with his fun tricks, Diaz also provides a learning opportunity. This year his theme will be “Black Cowboys of the Old West.” “The kids will learn about Bill Pickett who invented bulldogging and Nat Love who was an expert roper,” Diaz said. Children will also learn about Mary Fields. Fields was born into slavery and worked many hard jobs including as a mail carrier earning her the nickname of “Stagecoach Mary.” The educational magic show, which lasts 45 minutes, is designed for children ages 3 to 12, but it offers great fun for the whole family. For more information, visit www.libraryinjonesboro.org or call 935-5133.

Tommy Terrific will perform Tuesday at the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library.

Music teachers group offers ‘Sampler Concert’ today JONESBORO — The Music Teachers Association of the Delta will present a “Sampler Concert” at 3 p.m. today in the Recital Hall of the Fine Arts Center at Arkansas State University. The performance is free and open to the public. The Music Teachers Association of the Delta is a local affiliate of Music Teachers National Association and Arkansas State Music Teachers Association. Young musicians performing in the recital are students of member teachers. “These students and their teachers have worked very hard to put together a beautiful and varied program. I’m sure the public will enjoy hearing these

talented young people present their music,” said Dr. Lauren Schack Clark, the coordinator of the event. Student performers include Suh Young Choi, violin, student of Dr. Sarah Jones-Hayes, and Cody Hutchinson, euphonium, student of Dr. Ed Owen. The following pianists will also perform — Holly Farrah and Greta Hacker, students of Schack Clark; Gabrielle Leslie, student of Christopher Dixon; Alex Guo, Yibing Hu, Cecily Long, Joseph Nuhung, Lycci Pan and Kevin Zheng, students of Dr. J.D. Kelly; Nina Henkelmann, student of Dr. Marika Kyriakos; Halle Malone and Madilyn Kifer, students

of Crystal Sullivan; and Angel Shipley, Brandon Shipley, Dylan Shipley and Joshua Shipley, students of Allen Zirkle. A wide variety of pieces will be performed, featuring music by C.P.E. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, William Gillock, George Frederick Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, John Robert Poe, J. Guy Ropartz and others. Many of the students are performing in preparation for other events, such as the National Federation of Music Clubs Festival, March 5; Delta Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, March 19; and the MTNA Competition National Finals, April 4.

Review: ‘The Humans’ is unsentimental and terrific Associated Press

NEW YORK — A sickening thud is the first thing you hear at Stephen Karam’s powerful Broadway debut “The Humans.” It’s an unexplained noise, and unsettling. There are clearly unseen forces at work here. The dark comedy opened Thursday at the Helen Hayes Theatre with a terrific cast and an unsentimental look at the way we live today — anxiety-ridden, having little control over our environment or bodies, forever stretched and always a step from the abyss. It is an absolute triumph. The play is composed entirely of a single 90-minute, real-time scene set during a Thanksgiving dinner in a run-down

New York apartment, one with exposed, grotty pipes, harsh lighting and poor phone reception. It’s a duplex, but an inverted one — a literal and symbolic basement. It’s the new pad of twentysomething struggling musician Brigid Blake (a superb Sarah Steele) and her boyfriend, Richard (the charming, likable Arian Moayed). The movers haven’t come yet so folding tables and plastic cups must suffice. The rest of the Blake family has driven in from Pennsylvania to celebrate the holiday. There’s Reed Birney as the stressedout patriarch Erik, Janye Houdyshell as the gossipy, gently needling mom, and dad’s Alzheimer’s-affected mother,

(touchingly played by Lauren Klein.) Aimee, Brigid’s older sister (a vivid Cassie Beck), also arrives, weighed down my medical ailments and heartbreak. Each one of these characters is putting up a brave face, but lingering resentments soon boil up — mostly about money — and it is clear their bodies are betraying them — colons, minds, backs and stomachs are failing. As the father says: “Everything you have goes.” Group dinners that expose unseen rifts between people are popular devices in the theater and “The Humans” follows a noble line that connects Tracy Letts’ “August: Osage County” and Ayad Akhtar’s “Disgraced.” Karam, a 2012 Pulit-

zer Prize finalist for his drama “Sons of the Prophet,” can add “The Humans” honorably to the list. What makes his drama so visceral is his soundscape. There are odd noises throughout the play — mechanical rumbles, click-clacks, running footsteps, the crashes of pots and pans. (Fitz Patton did the fantastic sound design.) The script crackles with forced joy and sadness — “Dontcha think it should cost less to be alive?” asks the father — and Joe Mantello directs with a flair for both family dynamics (watch the sisters or the young couple give each other knowing glances) and a comfort with a sort of Edgar Allan Poe macabre.

will be Renisha Parker, a sophomore theater major from Van Buren. Ashley Pratt, a senior theater major from El Dorado, will serve as sound designer. Jeremy Smith, a senior theater major from Dumas, will serve as scenic designer. Claire Abernathy, assistant professor of theater, will serve as costume designer. Betsy Hegger, a senior theater major from St. Louis, will serve as hair and makeup designer. Tyler Gillespie, a senior theater major from Dumas, will serve as properties master. Vanessa Williams, a senior theater major from Little Rock, will serve as charge scenic artist. Justin Almager, a senior theater major from El Dorado, will serve as wardrobe crew head. Sound board operator will be Jacob George, a senior theater major from El Dorado. Mike Reagan, a sophomore theater minor from Paragould, and Jaelyn Epps, a senior theater major from Little Rock, will serve as the wardrobe crew. Davis Campbell, a

freshman theater major from Batesville, will serve as the backstage crew. House manager will be Emma Watkins, a sophomore theater major from Jonesboro. Stage management duties for the production have been assigned to Alyssa Burleson, a sophomore theater major from North Little Rock. Hannah Cummings, a junior theater major from Batesville, will serve as assistant stage manager. Tickets for reserved seating may be purchased in advance at the Central Box Office in the Convocation Center or by calling 972-2781. Tickets are also available online at tickets.astate. edu. Reserved seating tickets (if available) may be purchased at the door on the evening of the performance. Ticket prices are $8 in advance or $10 at the door. Reservations are highly recommended. Children 6 years old and younger are not admitted. Patrons are encouraged to arrive early, because latecomers will not be seated until intermission.

Arts Calendar Today — The Music Teachers Association of the Delta will present a “Sampler Concert” at 3 p.m. in the Arkansas State University Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. Admission is free. Feb. 22 — Donna Ulisse and the Poor Mountain Boys will perform at 7 p.m. at The Collins Theatre, 120 W. Emerson St., Paragould, as part of KASU’s Bluegrass Monday concert series. Feb. 23 — Tommy Terrific will present “Black Cowboys of the Old West” at 6 p.m. in the Round Room of the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, 315 W. Oak Ave. Through Feb. 24 — “Cloth as Community: Hmong Textiles in America” will be on display at the Bradbury Art Museum inside the ASU Fowler Center. Museum hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Feb. 25-27 — The Greene County Fine Arts Council will present “Snow White: Surviving the Looking Glass” at 7:30 p.m. at The Collins Theatre, 120 W. Emerson St., Paragould. Feb. 25 — The A-State Concert Band and Symphonic Winds will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Riceland Hall of the Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro. Admission is free. Feb. 26-27 and Feb. 29-March 2 — The ASU Theatre will present “The Miss Firecracker Contest” at 7:30 p.m. at the Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Tickets are available at the ASU Central Box Office in the Convocation Center, by calling 972-2781 or online at tickets.astate.edu. Feb. 26 — The East Arkansas Community College will present “Million Dollar Quartet” at 7:30 p.m. at the EACC Fine Arts Center, 1700 Newcastle Road, Forrest City. Tickets are $39 and available online at www.eacc. edu or by calling 6334480, Ext. 352. Feb. 26-29 — The Foundation of Arts will present “Oliver” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26-27 and 29 and 2 p.m. Feb. 28 at The Forum, 115 E. Monroe Ave., Jonesboro. Tickets are $17 for adults, $15 for senior citizens, teenagers and military personnel and $8 for children 12 and younger. Tickets are available online at www. foajonesboro.org. Feb. 27 — The eighth

annual “Delta Visual Arts Show” will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Downtown Newport. Admission is free. Feb. 27-28 — The Imperial Dinner Theatre, 1401 Arkansas 304 East, Pocahontas, will present “Clue Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre.” Saturday dinner will be at 6:30 p.m., followed by the show at 7:30 p.m. Sunday lunch will be at 1 p.m., with the show to begin at 2 p.m. Dinner-theater tickets are $26.95 for adults and $23.95 for students. Show-only tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students. For reservations, call 892-0030. Feb. 28 — The ASU Wind Ensemble will present “A Sunday Matinee” at 3 p.m. in Riceland Hall of the Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro. Admission is $5 for the general public and free for ASU students with ID. Through Feb. 28 — The 2016 “Delta National Small Prints Exhibition” will be on display at the Bradbury Art Museum inside the ASU Fowler Center. Museum hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Feb. 29 — Breaking Benjamin and Starset will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the ASU Convocation Center. Tickets are $38.50 and $42.50 (plus applicable service fees.) Tickets are available at the Convocation Center Central Box Office, by calling 972-2781 or (800) 745-3000 or online at www.Tickets.Astate.edu or www.ticketmaster.com. Feb. 29 — A-State music faculty will perform Hugo Wolf’s “Italian Songbook” at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. Admission is free. Through Feb. 29 — “Never Too Late to Shine,” an exhibit featuring works by residents of Morningside of Jonesboro, will be on display at The Jonesboro Sun Gallery, 518 Carson St. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MondayFriday. Through Feb. 29 — Students at the Jonesboro School of Art will have their works on display at the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, 315 W. Oak Ave. Through Feb. 29 — “Mindbender Mansion” will be on display at the ASU Museum. Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and WednesdaySaturday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Admission is free.

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Annual ‘Delta Visual Arts Show’ features 181 artists

The eighth annual “Delta Visual Arts Show” will be Saturday in Downtown Newport. The show will feature more than 180 artists including Dewana McIntosh, whose work “Bare Bones” is pictured.

NEWPORT — The Blue Bridge Center for the Delta Arts will present the eighth annual “Delta Visual Arts Show” from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday in Downtown Newport. This year’s show features 181 artists from three states and 61 Arkansas communities, highlighting primarily artists who grew up in or live or have lived in the Delta or who produce Deltathemed work. A variety of media will be represented — from pottery to painting and jewelry to sculpture. The show will be at several locations in Downtown Newport including the Iron Mountain Train Depot, the Brick Terrace Garden and the John Minor Building, all on Front Street; the Newport Business Resource Center and the old Post Office, both on Hazel Street; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Third Street; the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall

on Laurel Street; and the First Christian Church Fellowship Hall, the Seeds of Faith Church and the W.A. Billingsley Library, all on Walnut Street. In addition, two large tents featuring artists will be set up on Hazel and Walnut streets. Artists will have their work on display, and visitors will be able to meet the artists as well as purchase pieces. Several artists will be conducting demonstrations at their booths during the show. The show features well-known artists from throughout the state and young new artists who are setting up for the very first time. For a complete list of artists participating, email director@newportaredc.org. The Delta Visual Arts Show will feature workshops and demonstrations for adults on various artistic techniques. All workshops are free and links to the event pages can be found on the Blue

Bridge Center for the Delta Arts Facebook page under events. This year there will be workshops for youth, with two workshops aimed at children from 4 to 8 years old in the morning and two workshops aimed at ages 9 to 13 in the afternoon. The workshops are free and information is also located on the Facebook page under events. The center fis also hosting the fifth annual “Children of the Delta Youth Art Contest” in connection with the show. Awards will be given in four categories: PreK and Kindergarten, first and second grades, third and fourth grades and fifth and sixth grades. There will also be the annual “This is the Delta” art show for adults who are participating in the “Delta Visual Arts Show.” Awards will be given in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, pottery, mixed media, jewelry and woodworking.

The winners, including first-, second- and thirdplace in each category and a Best of Show, will be announced by noon Saturday. All entries will remain on display in the Old First National Bank Building (the John Minor Building) throughout the show. The Blue Bridge Center for the Delta Arts project is a joint project of the Iron Mountain Regional Arts Council, the Downtown Revitalization and Improvement Volunteer Effort (DRIVE), Entergy, the City of Newport, the Newport Economic Development Commission, Merchants and Planters Bank, the Newport Area Chamber of Commerce and hundreds of local volunteers. Development of the show was facilitated by the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock. For more information, call 523-1009 or email director@newportaredc. org.

Foundation of Arts to present ‘Oliver’ JONESBORO — The Foundation of Arts will present “Oliver” beginning Friday at The Forum, 115 E. Monroe Ave. Cast members include Miles Shaw, Oliver; Chris Parrot, Mr. Bumble; Cynthia Able, Widow Corney; JR Lawrence, Mr. Sowerberry; Gabrielle Callahan, Mrs. Sowerberry; Betsy Johnson, Charlotte; Conner Barnes, Artful Dodger; Joe Clay Young, Fagan; Shani Barnhill, Nancy; Taylor Watkins, Charles Bates; Katherine Hunter, Bet; Stacey Johnson, Mrs. Bedwin; Laura Cook, Old Sally; Donna Davis, old lady; Matt Dealy, Bill Sykes; Justin Vinson, Mr. Brownlow; Phillip Brunner, Dr. Grimwig and night watchman; Lisa Hacker, first woman; and Rebeccah Orr, second woman. Boys and girls at Fagin Establishment (pickpockets) include Hayden Smith, McKinley Coleman, Gabriel White, William Hacker, John Mark Brown, Aaron Zirbel, Lucy Box, John Michael Jenkins, Seth Harmon, Lauren Phillips, Lauren Box, Joe Clay Young V, Philip Powell, Madison

Donna Ulisse and the Poor Mountain Boys will perform Monday at The Collins Theatre as part of KASU’s Bluegrass Monday concert series.

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The Foundation of Arts will present “Oliver” Friday through Feb. 29 at The Forum in Downtown Jonesboro. Powell, Mason Escue, Channing Wilhite, Payton Wilhite, Paige King, Bennett Young and Evelyn Edgar. Street vendors/criers are Stacha Imhoff, Jerrica Jackson, Stacy Johnson and JR Lawrence. Playing workhouse orphans are Ella Tagupa, Sophie Ramsey, Hayden Smith, Molly Staul, Jackie Couch, Kelly Gibson, Abby Orr, Abby Jane Spades, Hannah Thompson, Jenna

Dortch, Amelia Thompson, Abby Thompson, Catherine Thompson, Makayla Milligan, Cameron Turney, Gabrielle Jackson, Holden Harlan, Sarah Hobby, Ella Gammill, Amber Jenkins, Cameron Salo, Hosanna Hutchinson and Deanne Puryear. Chorus members include Alli Rash, Jennifer Turney, Samantha Schryer, Bethany Gallimore, Brittany Lawrence, Jackie Couch, Rebeccah

Orr, Donna Davis, Sloane Quinn, Aisha Ojeda and Pam Young. Show times for “Oliver” are 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Feb. 29 and 2 p.m. Feb. 28. Tickets are $17 for adults, $15 for senior citizens, teenagers and military personnel, and $8 for children ages 12 and younger. Tickets are available online at www. foajonesboro.org. For more information, call 935-2726.

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Ulisse slated to perform Monday at Collins Theatre PARAGOULD — Donna Ulisse and the Poor Mountain Boys will perform at 7 p.m. Monday, at The Collins Theatre, 120 W. Emerson St., as part of the KASU’s Bluegrass Monday concert series. KASU will collect donations to pay the group. The suggested donation is $5 per person. Ulisse is an acclaimed singer-songwriter, having been nominated on multiple occasions for the “Songwriter of the Year” awards given by the International Bluegrass Music Association and the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America. She was born into a musical family in Virginia, and she grew up surrounded by the traditional music that was prevalent in her home state. In the 1980s, Ulisse was an in-demand vocalist in Nashville for demo recordings and for singing background vocals. In 1991, she released a critically-acclaimed country music CD for Atlantic Records. Later in the 1990s, Ulisse focused her attention on songwriting, and her songs were wellreceived in the bluegrass music community. That response to her songs led to recording her first CD of bluegrass music in 2007. She has since recorded seven additional bluegrass music CDs, primarily featuring her own songs. Ulisse’s songs have been recorded by nu-

merous bluegrass artists including Del McCoury, Claire Lynch, the Bankesters, Nu-Blu and Darrin and Brooke Aldridge. Ulisse is married to Rick Stanley, a cousin to bluegrass legends Dr. Ralph Stanley and Carter Stanley. Rick Stanley leads Ulisse’s band, the Poor Mountain Boys. Ulisse and her band perform at bluegrass festivals and venues throughout the country, and they have appeared multiple times on TV and radio programs. More details about Ulisse and her music, including videos of past performances, are available at www.donnaulisse.com. Seating at the concert is first-come, first-served. Doors to the theatre will open at 6 p.m. Bluegrass Monday concerts are held on the fourth Monday night of each month. These concerts are presented with support from Bibb Chiropractic, the Posey Peddler, Holiday Inn Express and Suites of Paragould, the Northeast Arkansas Bluegrass Association and KASU. KASU, 91.9 FM, is the 100,000 watt public broadcasting service of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. For more information, contact KASU Program Director Marty Scarbrough at mscarbro@astate.edu or 972-2367. Bluegrass Monday is also on Facebook (search “Bluegrass Monday”).

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ASU Wind Ensemble to present ‘A Sunday Matinee’ JONESBORO — The Arkansas State University Wind Ensemble will present “A Sunday Matinee” at 3 p.m. Feb. 28 in Riceland Hall of the Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive. The ensemble will perform the soundtrack to a short film, “This World Alive.” This project is a collaboration among composer Steve Danyew, filmmaker Cuyler Bryant, and a consortium of universities, including Arkansas State University, which commissioned this work.

The program will begin with Franz von Suppé classic “Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna,” followed by the presentation of the film and soundtrack “This World Alive.” Dr. Sarah Labovitz, associate director of bands, will serve as a guest conductor for “Country Band March” by Charles Ives. “Ghost Train” by Eric Whitacre will be followed by the first movement of Johan de Meij’s Symphony No. 1, “The Lord of the Rings.” Personnel for the Wind

Ensemble include Kirsten Hazlewood of Paragould, piccolo; Sarah Cavaliere of Paragould, Angel Hamill of Marion, Lynlie Simpson of Jonesboro and Josh Taylor of Bryant, flutes; Trevor Asher of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Caroline Cato of Bryant and Sergio Rodriguez of Greenwood, Miss., oboes; Taylor Gambill and Nathan Liouh, both of Jonesboro, and Lane Hall of Salem, bassoons; Drew Hampton of Des Arc, Rebecca Grant of Batesville, Morgan Kell of Greenwood, Jian Xun

of Japan and Brett Welch of Jonesboro, clarinets; Hayley Wilson of Blytheville, bass clarinet; Ana Munoz and James Renshaw, both of Jonesboro, and Yu Minakata of Japan, alto saxophone; Tyler Rasmussen of Jonesboro, tenor saxophone; Tyler Remagen of Rector, baritone saxophone; Bryant Bewley of Springdale, Callie Clark of Jonesboro, Austin Merriman of Hardy, Eric Jackson of Trumann, Sean Quaresima of Reston, Va., and Curtis Forsythe of Jacksonville,

trumpets; Blake Bartholomae of Mountain Home, Brooke Cole of Cherokee Village, Corey Bevis and Cassie Ferrell of Jonesboro, and Chris Wilson of Bartlett, Tenn., horns; Nathan Anderson of Sherwood and Austin Lynn and Andrew Hakenwerth, both of Jonesboro, trombones; Dalton Henson of Hoxie, bass trombone; Cody Hutchison of Jonesboro and Fumi Kubota of Japan, euphoniums; Drew Jones of Jonesboro and Kyle Kempf of Cabot, tubas; Terrell Montgomery of

Fort Smith, string bass; Emily Lindley and Molly Stoll, both of Jonesboro, Alex Long of Walnut Ridge, Jordan Ramsey of Griffithville, Heath Rogers of Searcy and Andrew Coleman of Colt, percussion; and Allen Zirkle of Harrison, pianist. Admission is $5 for the general public and free to A-State students with ID. For more information about this concert or any other A-State music event, one may contact the Music Department at 972-2094.

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Encore performances Encore performances of “Clue Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre” will be Saturday and Feb. 28 at the Imperial Dinner Theatre, 1401 Arkansas 304 East, Pocahontas. Saturday dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m., with the show to start at 7:30 p.m. Sunday lunch will be at 1 p.m., with the show to follow at 2 p.m. Dinner-theater tickets are $26.95 for adults and $23.95 for students. Show-only tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students. For reservations, call 892-0030. Pictured are (from left) John Cummings, Andee Evers, Rod Krueger and Meaghan McCrossen.

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Want to record your beloved pet’s likeness in a work of art? There are many unusual options, from artfully designed throw pillows to stained glass, metalwork and paintings. Your pet’s adorable face could adorn holiday ornaments, glass stemware, ceramics, jewelry, rock art — even a spoon or a phone case. Just a sampling of what’s available:

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Digital Portrait In the small fishing port of Brixham, England, Karen McIntosh assembles digital caricatures of pets. “I am a real fan of the dark, moody images of the Old Masters, and love recreating this ambience in my work,” she says. She blends images and adds shadows and brush strokes in Photoshop for a painterly feel to works printed on high-quality matte paper. “It’s so much fun creating the composition around an animal’s expression or breed, and I welcome a challenge,” says McIntosh, who has made portraits of llamas, mice and horses in addition to many dogs and cats. (www.etsy.com/shop/ YourPetsPawtraits )

Painted Metal Lisa Manzo of Plainfield, Illinois, uses high-gloss paints on galvanized steel — a modern-looking canvas — to create colorfully stylized pet portraits. She fills in her black outlines with a vibrant, fluid paint. The combination lends dimension. “(With) some of my works, you really have to take a step back to realize what it is,” says Manzo.

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This photo provided by Kathy Halper Art & Embroidery shows an embroidered dog portrait by longtime painter Halper, of Highland Park, Ill. “I love the fact that the viewer needs to use their imagination to put it together. I think art should make you go, ‘Mmm, how cool.’” (www.etsy.com/shop/ DropMyPaintsStudio )

Painted Pillow Sebnem Ergun’s story begins with a stray cat she found near her home in Istanbul, Turkey. The animal’s courage gave Ergun the strength to quit her day job to paint — first on stones and porcelain but now on cotton fabric finished into pillows. She has mailed her custom-order artwork to customers around the world. “Painting, especially painting pets and animals, is like meditation for me,” Ergun says. “I feel my inner joy and peace while painting their unique beauties.” (www.shebbodesign. etsy.com )

Sewn Pillow In Hartlepool, England, textiles instructor Diane Watson uses applique, embroidery

and pops of vintage fabric color to fashion a pet’s image onto linen that becomes a pillow. She began by embroidering a portrait of her brother’s dog, and has since made hundreds of custom-order pillows, of guinea pigs and goats as well as the usual dogs and cats. “I love animals and have my own pets — a grumpy cat and a friendly greyhound. There’s so much diversity with animals, and they mean a lot to people,” she says. (www.etsy.com/shop/ NaughtyDOG2 )

Embroidery Kathy Halper of Highland Park, Illinois, is a painter who recently began embroidering pet portraits framed in embroidery hoops or stretched over square forms. “Embroidery has always been considered a craft, (but) I approach it as an equal, contemporary art form,” Halper says. “The excitement for me is creating the painting experience with thread.” (www.

Suzanne Ellenbogen of Golden, Colorado, was creating ceramic jewelry and sculpture when she began sculpting animal heads, starting with her two Goldendoodles, Fred and Ginger. Commissioned work soon followed. “I love that a piece starts as a mound of clay, never knowing exactly what it will be until I start forming it, then adding texture and color,” she says. (www.suzellenbogen. com )

Stained Glass Glass pieces lend vibrancy to Suzanne Coverett Earls’ pet portraits. “Glass enables me to bring the realistic sparkle and depth to the eyes of my furry subjects,” she says from her rural home near Brantford, Ontario. Earls tries to capture each animal’s quirks and personality in custom-order pieces using hand-cut stained glass. (www.etsy.com/ shop/PiecefulArts )

Metal Dadra Hunt of Scottsdale, Arizona, welds metal pet portraits out of steel. Working from a photograph, she draws on and handcuts 16-gauge steel, layering and bending the steel before welding it. Pieces are colored using stains, heat or paint. “I have worked with a lot of mediums but metal art resonates with me the most,” says Hunt. “It’s exciting to take something so seemingly hard and impassive and find the character within.” (www.dhseadragon. com/index.html )

JONESBORO — The Arkansas State University Concert Band and Symphonic Winds will present their first concert of the spring semester at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Riceland Hall of the Fowler Center. The program will contain a variety of band music from early in the 20th century through the early 21st century. This concert is free and open to the public. The Concert Band will perform first. It is under the direction of graduate conductors Kyle Kempf and Shane McGarrah. The group will perform “Symphonic Overture” by Charles Carter; “Ballad for Peace” by Frank Erickson; “The Cave You Fear” by Michael Markowski; and “His Honor March” by Henry Fillmore. After a short intermission, the Symphonic Winds will begin its portion of the program under the direction of Dr. Sarah Labovitz, assistant professor of music and associate director of bands. The group will open with “National Emblem” by Bagley and arranged by Loras Schissel. They will follow with “Yorkshire Ballad” by James Barnes: “Magneticfireflies” by Augusta Reed Thomas; and “Variations on a Korean Folksong” by John Barnes Chance. Members of the Concert Band include Paige Busby of West Memphis, Madison Creekmore of Harrisburg, Caitlin Haight of Mountain Home, Claire Howard of Gosnell, Sarah Joiner of Fisk, Mo., Brittany Kimbrell of Stuttgart and Whitney Shug of Jonesboro, flutes; Emily Hohn of Poplar Bluff and Josh Taylor of Bryant, oboes; Shelby Chappell of Dexter, Mo., and Ali Guedea of Paragould, bassoons; Madi Booth, Luke Priest, Hailey Smith and Ana-Liese Torres, all of Jonesboro, Christopher Elliott of Bay, Kelsey Graham of Beebe, Megan Land of Vilonia and Kayla Miller of Trumann, clarinets; Rebecca Grant of Batesville, bass clarinet; Alexandra Borchardt of Monticello, Connor Boyster of Piggott, William Cole, Kyle Runsick and David Stroud, all of Paragould, Bre Francis of Marked Tree, Seth McAfee of Rector, Cameron Sadler of Lake Village and Corrina Whitfield of Marion, alto saxophones; Lauren Barnett of Stuttgart, Dakota Gage of Hoxie, Joshua Longing of Monticello, Joseph VanScoy of Jonesboro and Maryellen Wollschlager of Williford, tenor saxophone; Austin Sandy of Jonesboro, baritone saxophone; Blake Bartholomae of Mountain Home, Kevin Bontempo of Cabot, Dylan Bullard of Blytheville, Kendrick Davis of Batesville, Ethan Lutjen and Luis Portillo, both of North Little Rock, Casey Mullen of Sherwood, Jackson Powers of Paragould and

Chris Wilson of Memphis, trumpets; Cory Huffine and Samantha Risi, both of Jonesboro, and Jennifer Taylor of Cabot, horns; Tyler Beard of North Little Rock, Allen Deaver of Fort Smith, Curtis Forsythe of Jacksonville, Nicholas Householder of Rector and Brandon Lercher of Beebe, trombones; Jenni McDonough of Cabot, Jacklyn Risi of Jonesboro and LaDawna Williams of North Little Rock, euphoniums; Shunn Frazier of Ackerman, Miss., Spencer Graham of Rose Bud and Casey Sherwood of Paragould, tubas; and Erica Bearden of Judsonia, Tye Crawford of Highland, Joseph Erwin of Little Rock and Geoff Flemmons, Gaby Flores and Rex Peevey, all of Jonesboro, percussion. Personnel for the Symphonic Winds are Josh Taylor of Bryant, Sarah Doty and Samantha Holt, both of Jonesboro, Rebekah Skinner of Bradford, Caitlin Sanders of Sherwood, Abby Lovell of Springdale and Peyton Holzhauer of Highland, flutes; Michael Baxter of Brookland and Hannah Cummins of Batesville, oboe; Nathan Liouh and Brianna Allen, both of Jonesboro, bassoons; Brett Welch, Taylor Wilson and Andrew Eckert, all of Jonesboro, Krista Cortez and Scarlet Pense, both of Bryant, Malorie Smithson of Cabot and Kayla Brown of Highland, clarinets; Trevor Belyew of Brookland and Sophie Hedge of Jonesboro, bass clarinets; Jonathan Vickers of Paragould, Jesse Bankston of Jonesboro and Nicole Rigby of Vilonia, alto saxophones; Kyle Thrasher of Poplar Bluff, Mo., tenor saxophone; Zach Mullen of Walnut Ridge, baritone saxophone; Christian Lee of Malvern, Ray Davis of Sherwood, Jordan Cox of North Little Rock, Dalton Austin of Osceola, David Camp of Jonesboro, Caleb Benbrook of Piggott, Ali Guedea and Colton Carner, both of Paragould, and Elaine McConnell of Wynne, trumpets; Ron Smith of Paragould, Hannah Todd of Mountain Home, Casey Garwood of Jonesboro, Hannah Brown of Cabot and Daniel Baxter of Brookland, horns; Nathan Anderson of Sherwood, Katie Gramlich of Fort Smith and John Charles of Hot Springs, trombone; Tylor Wright of Paragould and Chandler Weber of Sherwood, euphoniums; Cody Duncan of Harrisburg and Kyle Kempf of Cabot, tubas; and Alex Washam, Mason Irby, Christopher Isom and Nicolby Newman, all of Jonesboro, Noah Nichols of Morrilton and Tyler Huffstutler of Paragould, percussion. For more information about this concert or any other A-State music event, contact the Music Department at 972-2094.

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Garage upgrades make room for entertaining “Every time you open your garage, you really do smile because it’s so organized. Who doesn’t love an organized space?”

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Many homeowners would never let sports gear, tools and yard equipment clutter up the front hall where it’s the first things guests see. But they’re willing to wend their own way into the house through a garage stuffed with those things, plus patio furniture, bikes, holiday decorations and more, says Todd Carter of Tailored Living featuring Premier Garage, in Reston, Virginia. The company focuses on renovating and improving garages, and that’s a hot area in home renovation, experts say. From cabinetry and shelving to flooring and overhead storage, there are many new ways to turn a garage into an organized and attractive space for storage, entertaining or working out. The trend has been made possible by today’s larger garages. “The sky’s the limit,” said Greg Parsons, owner of Motor City Garages in Clarkston, Michigan. “It’s all based on the homeowner’s stuff.” He routinely outfits garages with high-end, scratchresistant cabinetry, sinks and epoxy flooring — an easy-toclean coating that comes in numerous colors and finishes. He recently added a line of cabinetry that lets buyers customize the color to match their car. Some homeowners end up adding televisions and seating, Parsons said. Jeff and Linda Marsack of Macomb, Michigan, hired Parsons to organize their two-car garage. They added cabinets to store shoes, sporting equipment and tools. She chose red cabinets

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Todd Carter of Tailored Living featuring Premier Garage decided to clean up a messy garage space to make it more attractive and useful. Carter added wall storage systems and flooring to transform the space into a workout room. to match their kitchen. “Every time you open your garage, you really do smile because it’s so organized,” she said. “Who doesn’t love an organized space?” Susan Rhodes of Tempe, Arizona, purged a lot of items from her garage, added nice flooring and cabinetry, and created a work bench near a window where she can do crafts or pot flowers. The space is so tidy that when temperatures dropped over Christmas, she moved tables from the patio into the garage for dining. “It was just perfect,” she

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AUSTIN, Texas — “I wanna hear Derek O’Brien play some guitar.” It’s a Friday night at the new Antone’s, and one of the club’s coowners, Gary Clark Jr., is savoring his first visit to the Austin institution he helped revive. Just back from an Australian tour, he’s at ease in the freshly christened downtown bar that is once again the city’s Home of the Blues. For most of the night, Clark watches from the crowd, catching up with friends and fans that turned out on a midJanuary night partly to welcome him home. But even when he inevitably slips onstage to sit in with the house band, what he really wants is to just watch and listen, as O’Brien and fellow guitarist Denny Freeman let loose with solos that cut straight to the heart of the blues. Clark may be the star of the moment, but he’s well aware that this rebirth would not have happened without the musicians who helped realize founder Clifford Antone’s dreams four decades ago. When Clark and his high school friend Will Bridges got involved with the effort to bring Antone’s back after a two-year absence from Austin’s environs, it was to make sure the city once again had moments like this. “Blues does something at a cellular level where you can’t keep your feet from stomping, and I’ve got that bug,” Bridges told the Austin American-Statesman. “That’s like the root, and people from country and indierock and folk and jazz can all meet on that common ground. They can all speak that common language. And because it is such a simple language, it leaves all this headroom for expression. That’s what the blues is really all about.”

He sums up his feelings in a few simple words: “I don’t want to live in an Austin without Antone’s.” The new Antone’s occupies the old Maxey Glass building at 305 E. Fifth St., between Eddie V’s seafood restaurant and the Russian House bistro, and across from the new Westin hotel. It’s four blocks east of the club’s 16-year home at Fifth and Lavaca streets, which was followed by a few doomed months on East Riverside Drive before the club shuttered at the end of 2013. The building dates back to the early 20th century, at one point housing a Cadillac dealership with a showroom of cars on the second floor. This is the sixth location in the 40-year history of Antone’s. The club’s heyday, spanning the 1980s and most of the ‘90s, happened just north of the University of Texas campus on Guadalupe Street, across from where Antone’s Record Shop still stands. A brief stopgap farther north on Great Northern Boulevard near Anderson Lane filled the year between Guadalupe and the original bar that Clifford Antone opened in 1975 at Sixth and Brazos streets, just two blocks from the new place. The venue’s fate since Clifford’s death in 2006 has been marked by frequent turmoil. His sister, Susan, has remained a constant grounding presence on the club’s board of directors, but from 2010 to 2013, Antone’s was managed by former Emo’s owner Frank Hendrix. After the East Riverside misadventure, Hendrix departed and an ownership group headed by geneticist Spencer Wells took control. But it wasn’t until after Bridges and Clark became involved in August 2014 that the push to reopen Antone’s finally began to take shape.

said. “It’s good to know, it’s not just for cars and gardening.” Professional organizer Melanie Dennis gets many calls from homeowners who want to redo their garage because it’s too cluttered to fit a car. “It’s a combination of people not wanting to get rid of their stuff and having access to buy things 24/7 and have it delivered to their house,” said Dennis, owner of Neat Streak in Columbus, Ohio. Families today have more stuff than previous generations did, she said. They decorate for more

holidays, have dishes that they only use on special dinners, and hang onto photos and sentimental items with the intent of making scrapbooks, she said. Bill McDonough, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for M/I Homes, a Columbus-based home builder, agrees. “The big trend has one word, and that is ‘storage,’” he said. “People of all ages have an increasing amount of stuff.” Customers increasingly ask for three-car garages or bumpouts that extend the garage’s length or width, McDonough

said. The National Association of Homebuilders found that 23 percent of new homes built in 2014 had three or more garage bays. In 1994, only 13 percent of new homes had garages that large, according to the Washington-based organization. Storage products for the garage include wall-mounted panels with slots that can hold everything from pliers to bikes to motorized lifts for hanging golf bags and kayaks. There’s cabinetry designed specifically to hold power tools. Garage renovations are also a popular do-it-yourself project, said Jason Arigoni, field divisional merchandizing manager for Home Depot’s Southern Division. “I’m definitely seeing more interest in the garage,” he said. “It often starts with function and then jumps into fun.”

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Playing ‘good dad, bad mom’ harms relationship DEAR ABBY: How do I connect with my son? He is 4 and he prefers his father to me. I generally “get” to be the bad guy — the one who takes him to doctor appointments, gives icky meds, Abigail Van Buren | enforces bedtime and keeps order. Dad doesn’t even have to try to get affection. They are best buds. My son even asked me to go away so Dad would love him more. It stings. Aren’t boys supposed to

love their moms? — Sad mom in West Virginia DEAR SAD MOM: Of course they are. Parenting responsibilities are supposed to be shared, and these days many men step forward and share those responsibilities. Your husband appears to think that being a “bud” is more fun than being a father. Making you the “bad mommy” while he is the “good guy” is unfair not only to you, but also to your son. The two of you should have already formed a united front when it comes to discipline. If

this is allowed to continue, your boy will play each of you against the other — if he isn’t already — and your problems are only starting. nnn

DEAR ABBY: I am a medical receptionist with a university medical group. It is common for people to approach my counter and “hover” next to the person I am helping, listening to the information I’m being given without any regard to it being private. When I ask them to stand back, they usually get upset with me. I’m tired of people acting like it’s me who’s

being rude. I could get in trouble by not speaking up because private medical information is supposed to be protected. Would you please inform your readers that standing and listening to people while they are being checked in for a medical appointment is not OK, and if they are asked to step away to not take it personally? — Tired of asking DEAR TIRED: I’ll inform them, but I have another suggestion to offer: Discuss this problem with your office manager and ask if it would be prudent to post a sign asking patients not to

Was broken sensor due to clumsy mechanic? Dear Car Talk: My 2007 Toyota Sienna has a Tire Pressure Monitoring System. It recently alerted me to a leaking tire, and I found the nail in the tire and took it to be fixed. The mechanic removed the tire, because he claimed it was better to seal the leak from the inside instead of just plugging the tire from the outside. While doing this, he noticed that the tire-pressure sensor casing was cracked, and he wanted to replace the entire sensor. I told him not to do it, simply because I knew the sensor was working fine since it was the sensor that had alerted me to the leaking tire recently. Two days after the repair, the tirepressure monitor light

is blinking, indicating a malfunction in the system. This is too much of a coincidence, to me. Are the sensors that delicate, or are the mechanics that clumsy? — Phil Well, first of all, your mechanic was right about sealing the tire from the inside. That’s absolutely the right way to patch a tire. Was he clumsy? It’s possible. If he was really careless, and put the tire on the tire machine incorrectly, that could have broken the pressure sensor. But it’s not very likely.

Was he dishonest? Did he whack the sensor by accident, and then shrug and tell you that you had a pre-existing crack? Again, it’s possible. But at this point, how are you ever going to prove it? And it’s just as likely that he was telling you the truth. I think your mistake, Phil, was not agreeing to replace the sensor once you knew there was a crack in it. Now, instead of being out $75 for the sensor, you’re out that much plus the cost of removing, remounting and rebalancing that same tire. My brother used to say, “It’s the stingy man who spends the most,” Phil. I think he was absolutely right about that. Of course, he also used

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to say, “This is definitely my last marriage.” But here’s a bigger issue to consider: If you trust this mechanic so little that you told him to leave a broken part inside your tire for fear of being ripped off, it’s time to find a mechanic you really do trust. Get a recommendation from friends or family. Or check out www. mechanicsfiles.com for recommendations from our readers and listeners. File this one under “lessons learned.” And congratulations on your upcoming new pressure sensor and unnecessarily remounted and balanced tire, Phil. © 2016 by Ray Magliozzi and Doug Berman, distributed by King Features Syndicate Inc.

stand within three feet of the reception desk when waiting to sign in. That way the onus won’t be on you, everyone’s privacy will be protected and no one will be offended. nnn

DEAR ABBY: I’m 12. I love dancing and singing, but my mom has told me many times that I’m not good at it. It has lowered my self-confidence. I’m now scared to sing or dance in public, although when I was younger, I would do it happily. What can I do to feel OK about my dancing and singing abilities? — Entertainer in San Francisco

DEAR ENTERTAINER: Nobody starts out being a star. Talent needs to be developed and nourished before it can blossom. If you enjoy singing and dancing, continue to do it — if only for the joy it brings you — and stop worrying about approval from others, even your mother. nnn

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Horoscopes ARIES (March 21-April 19). When in doubt, keep it brief in every way. Take the short route; use the short words. Cut it off at the first break. You’ll be doing yourself a huge favor. It’s when things drag on and on Your that they birthday get complicated. HOLIDAY TAURUS MATHIS | (April 20May 20). When you gave up that thing that was so hard (and so necessary) for you to give up, you earned karma points while making room in your life for something wonderful to drop in. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Some days it’s like you have an “on/off,” button but today your main control is a volume knob that incrementally changes the intensity of your experience. You’ll move seamlessly and suddenly find yourself living out loud. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your best is good enough. Believe it. If you cast doubt on yourself or your work, you’ll only make the other person feel uncomfortable. So stand strong and stand tall in what you believe, even if it feels like a ruse. You’ll get used to it. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It may seem like the sickness and the cure are one and the same today. If you can figure out what benefit you are getting from the thing that sometimes pains you, you’ll recuperate quickly. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The first step to taking back your power is realizing that you had it in the first place. Track it down and grab it back. Don’t blame anyone or make an excuse. You are aware now; that’s what matters. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There is much that seems out of your control that is actually well within it. In order to see your

whole range of options, make the assumption that you can change what’s going on around you today. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It’s the little things -- but it’s also the big things, which you can’t get to if you’re obsessing over, bogged down in or endlessly dealing with the little things. Some details are built to be blown off. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Some say love hurts; others say it’s the only thing that doesn’t hurt. You’ll form your own opinion and then probably change it half way through the day because you’ve never known love to be just one way. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). You probably sense that you are getting too rigid about the plan. You’re not a robot, you know! Break the routine by incorporating indeterminacy into this. Some decisions are best made with a coin toss or dice throw. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). Life could be greatly enhanced were you to make upgrades to something you use in your regular routine. This will be worth the trouble and expense but if you do it today or tomorrow, there won’t be much of either! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Not everyone needs a perfectly put-together plan. In fact, most won’t follow even the best-laid one. Determine and commit to the three steps that are most pertinent to your success. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 21). It’s all lining up for the win. Your resources will come together with little effort from you. You’ll get a cheerleader when you need one in March and a challenger when you need one in April. Improvements to the home dynamic in June lead to more love and exciting joint ventures. Travel in July. Aries and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 23, 39, 24 and 14. © 2016 CREATORS. COM

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Move over, holiday lights. Large-scale light installations that blend contemporary art and technology are taking off as a trend, lighting up the night from New Orleans and Baltimore to Sydney and London. Many of these free light festivals include interactive displays that turn spectators into participants who can change colors or patterns by moving or playing a game. The events are also tourism magnets, attracting locals and out-of-towners alike to waterfronts, historic districts and other neighborhoods on dark winter nights and other periods when tourist activity may be low. London counted more than a million visitors to its first light festival over four nights in January this year. The Lumiere London event included a larger-than-life projected elephant stomping through the air, a digital painting at Westminster Abbey and sculpted human forms flying above buildings. New Orleans’ LUNA Fete attracted 30,000 visitors in 2015, its second year. The event included “The Pool” by artist Jen Lewin, in which a pool of swirling circles of light and color changed as spectators interact with it. “The Pool” will also be part of Baltimore’s first light festival, Light City Baltimore, taking place around the city’s Inner Harbor March 28-April 3. Other exhibitions at Light City Baltimore will include digital portraits by an artist projecting lights, patterns and colors on festival-goers; “Lumin,” featuring lit-up sheets of acrylic that visitors can draw on to create a glowing, collaborative mural, and a flower sculpture called “Laser Lotus” that changes based on input from interactive touchpads. Why the sudden boom in light festivals? For one thing, said Nick Stillman, acting director of Arts Council New Orleans, which organized LUNA Fete, “the technology is becoming more accessible and user-friendly and inexpensive.” Contemporary artists are also increasingly using multimedia platforms and public spaces to bring art to wider audiences, col-

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CHICAGO — More grandparents are taking on the role of parents for their grandkids, as social service agencies try to place foster children in so-called kinship families. Experts say the trend is likely to continue as the nation responds to the opiate epidemic. Military deployment and a growth in the number of incarcerated women are other factors forcing grandparents to step into parental roles. Research has shown that children fare better with family than in foster care. Yet many grandparents are living on limited incomes, and that makes it difficult to take on the job of rearing a child. Georgia and some other states are offering financial aid for kinship families. States such as Washington are using kinship family navigators to help grandparents work their way around the system.

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People interact with “The Pool,” a work that was part of New Orleans’ LUNA Fete light festival, Dec. 3 2015. The work, by artist Jen Lewin, is also going to be on display at Light City Baltimore, a light festival taking place in Baltimore March 28-April 3. Light festivals that combine contemporary art and technology, often with interactive features, are taking off as a trend. laborating with museums, governments and other entities “to produce things on a scale that is larger and more impactful” than what can be done in a studio, gallery or even a public plaza, Stillman said. Public art, he added, is no longer just “a sculpture plopped in a plaza and left there for a couple of years until maintenance is done. We can be so much more engaging than that.” Some light festivals include performances, conferences and other cultural components. In Australia, Vivid Sydney attracted 1.7 million people last year with 70 bands and 500 speakers in addition to more than 80 light installations. The Sydney event included light projections on famous buildings like the Sydney Opera House. Vivid Sydney’s eighth light festival, May 27-June 18 of this year, will include giant, luminous animal sculptures in a display at the Taronga Zoo. In Canada, Montreal en Lumiere, a wintertime arts festival that’s running now through March 5, includes light installations in Old Montreal, the Place des Festivals and other locations. In Germany, Berlin’s Festival

of Lights uses projections and 3-D video mapping to turn buildings like the Brandenburg Gate into light art. Jerusalem drew 250,000 visitors to its light festival last year, which returns this year May 25- June 2 with 3-D light exhibits, videos and other displays using buildings in the Old City. Other light shows are more movie-like than conceptual, using largescale video projections to tell stories. Chichen Itza, the ancient Mayan complex in Mexico, started a light show last year called “Nights of Kukulkan,” named for the Pyramid of Kukulkan. Shown nightly, the show is projected on Kukulkan’s facade and tells the story of the Mayan people. Most light festivals are more sophisticated than the usual holiday displays of twinkling reindeer, snowmen and trees that light up city parks, botanical gardens and resort grounds each December. But even some of the big artsy light festivals take place over the Christmastime holidays. Illuminate SF Festival enters its fourth season this year with light art on display in San Francisco from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day.

The organizers of New Orleans’ festival cite the Fete des Lumieres in Lyon, France, as their inspiration. The long-running Lyon event typically attracts millions of spectators, but it was cancelled last year following the terror attacks in Paris. Instead, organizers in Lyon used light to create a simple but powerful onenight tribute to the Paris victims. They asked residents to place candles in their windows, and showed just one large-scale work, called “Regards.” It featured close-ups of the eyes of figures from master paintings, and was shown in conjunction with a scroll of the names of victims from the terror attacks.

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The Randolph County Heritage Museum’s salt and pepper collection includes a number of flocked sets.

The salt and pepper shaker sets come in all shapes and sizes. The sets in this collection are made from a variety of materials.

About the museum The Randolph County Heritage Museum, which runs entirely on donations, was started to preserve the heritage of the area. It features exhibits from Northeast Arkansas’ rich 200-year history, including life on Randolph County’s five rivers. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Admission is free. For more information, call 892-4056 or visit RandolphCoMuseum.org.

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JONESBORO — Rick Bailey and Greg Markum have been promoted by Trinamic Corporation, headquartered in Jonesboro. Trinamic owns AutoMail LLC, a software development company, and DOC, Document Output Center, an outsource provider of document creation and delivery services with a satellite facility in St. Louis. The announcement

was made by Harry Herget and Steve Smith, Trinamic founders. Bailey was named vice president and marketing manager of Trinamic Corporation. Bailey’s current role as Midwest regional sales manager will continue with the added responsibilities of planning and coordinating marketing activities for the entire company. He is a graduate of Northern Illinois University in

DeKalb. “Bailey has the professional experience and technical skills to define Trinamic’s marketing objectives and to translate them into optimal sales results,” Herget said. Greg Markum has been named Trinamic’s assistant vice president and manager of technical services. He also serves as Trinamic’s security and compliance oﬃcer. In his new role, Markum

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Profit or patriotism? What’s driving fight between U.S., Apple BY TAMI ABDOLLAH AND ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. and the U.S. government are making their cases before anyone steps into a courtroom over a judge’s order forcing Apple to help the FBI hack into an iPhone in a terrorism case. Their legal arguments are expected to pit digital privacy rights against national security interests, and could aﬀect millions of cellphone users. Apple has until next Friday to protest in court the decision by a U.S. magistrate judge in California, according to two people familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe ongoing, private legal discussions. One person said Apple had requested an extension and that the judge granted it during a teleconference Thursday with lawyers in the case. Prosecutors had opposed the request, the person said. The publicly available court docket wasn’t immediately updated to reflect the new schedule. Meanwhile, the public relations campaigns are already under way. Is Apple adequately cooperating with federal agents investigating last year’s deadly attack in San Bernardino, California? Is this simply a dispute to recover information from an iPhone used by the gunman, or a broader fight aﬀecting the privacy rights of citizens who use

Apple’s flagship product? Is this about profits or patriotism? The Justice Department asked the judge to order Apple to create sophisticated software that the FBI could load onto the phone to bypass a self-destruct feature that erases all data after 10 consecutive, unsuccessful attempts to guess the unlocking passcode. Prosecutors said Apple could help the FBI “but has declined to provide that assistance voluntarily,” and they said Apple could perform the task easily. That point is crucial because the government can’t compel a company’s help in some cases if doing so would be unreasonably burdensome, even though the U.S. would almost certainly pay Apple for the work. Apple CEO Tim Cook distanced the company from the suggestion that it was protecting the privacy of an extremist. “The FBI asked us for help in the days following the attack, and we have worked hard to support the government’s eﬀorts to solve this horrible crime,” Cook said. “We have no sympathy for terrorists.” Cook also said the FBI’s latest demand went beyond previous requests for help: “The U.S. government has asked us for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create,” Cook said. “They have asked us to build a backdoor to the iPhone.”

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An Apple iPhone 6s Plus smartphone is displayed at an Apple store in Los Angeles in September. On Wednesday, a federal judge ordered Apple Inc. to help the FBI hack into an encrypted iPhone used by Syed Farook, who along with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people in December in the worst terror attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001. Apple has helped the government before in this and previous cases, but this time Apple CEO Tim Cook said no and Apple is appealing the order. The term “backdoor,” describing a behind-thescenes method that hackers use to gain unauthorized access, has for years colored the discussion of how the government can obtain protected information or eavesdrop on encrypted communications from criminals or terrorists. The government is stressing that it wants help to unlock only the work-issued iPhone used by Syed Farook, who along with his wife killed 14 people in December. But Apple says helping the U.S. bypass its encryption locks on Farook’s iPhone would threaten the privacy of all its customers. “While the government may argue that its use would be limited to this case, there is no way to guarantee such control,” Cook said, adding: “Ultimately, we fear that this demand would undermine the very

freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect.” FBI Director James Comey has been slow to criticize U.S. technology executives over such concerns, describing them as “good people” who share the bureau’s commitment to public safety. But in recent months, he suggested companies have the technical capability to help the FBI but don’t have a business interest. “Lots of good people have designed their systems and their devices so that judges’ orders cannot be complied with, for reasons that I understand,” Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee one week after the California shootings. “I’m not questioning their motivations. The question we have to ask is, should they change their business model?”

Big tech companies joining Apple in encryption fight BY BRANDON BAILEY AND MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — The tech industry is starting to line up with Apple in its fight against the federal government over the encryption it uses to keep iPhones secure. Earlier this week, a U.S. magistrate ordered Apple to help investigators break into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino mass shooters. Apple was given until Tuesday to challenge that ruling, but a person familiar with the case says Apple has been granted an extension until next Friday. The court order sets the stage for a legal clash that could determine whether tech companies or government authorities get the final say on just how secure devices like smartphones can be. Federal officials say they’re only asking Apple for limited assistance. Other leading tech companies were initially silent when the case erupted. But several are now voicing support for Apple CEO Tim Cook’s argument that the federal order would degrade iPhone security, making users more vulnerable to spies and cyber thieves. “We stand with @tim_cook and Apple (and thank him for his

leadership)!” Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey wrote in a tweet Thursday afternoon. In a statement late Thursday, Facebook said it condemns terrorism and also appreciates the essential work of law enforcement in keeping people safe. But it said it will “fight aggressively” against requirements for companies to weaken the security of their systems. “These demands would create a chilling precedent and obstruct companies’ efforts to secure their products,” the statement said. Google CEO Sundar Pichai had earlier voiced support for Apple in a series of tweets. “Forcing companies to enable hacking could compromise users’ privacy,” Pichai wrote on Wednesday, adding that the case “could be a troubling precedent.” Yahoo’s chief information security officer, Bob Lord, chimed in with his support of Apple, although there was no word from that company’s embattled CEO, Marissa Mayer. “Ordering a company to hack one targeted system is clearly the first step to ordering them to backdoor them all,” Lord tweeted Friday with the hashtags “slipperyslope” and “usersfirst.” Apple’s recent iPhones use

encryption security that Apple itself can’t unlock. The government isn’t asking Apple to help break the iPhone’s encryption directly, but to disable other security measures that prevent attempts to guess the phone’s passcode. Cook argues that once such a tool is available, “the technique could be used over and over again, on any number of devices.” Law enforcement insists that safeguards could be employed to limit use of the workaround to the particular phone at hand. For months, Cook has engaged in a sharp, public debate with government officials over his company’s decision to shield the data of iPhone users with strong encryption — essentially locking up people’s photos, text messages and other data so securely that even Apple can’t get at it. Law-enforcement officials from FBI Director James Comey on down have complained that terrorists and criminals may use that encryption as a shield. While tech companies have spoken against broad government surveillance in the past, the Obama administration has recently sought to enlist the tech industry’s help in fighting terrorism.

Paragould Hays announces new store manager PARAGOULD — Hays Supermarkets announced Chris Watson as store manager for Hays on East Kingshighway in Paragould. Watson takes over for Barry Hestand, who was recently named store manager for the Walnut Ridge location. Watson had been serving as store manager at the Hays on Nettleton in Jonesboro for four years prior to accepting the new role. Watson was also a store manager at the Hays on Gee Street in Jonesboro and has held diﬀerent positions at Hays for 14 years. “Chris was the clear choice to take over this store for us. He’s been with Hays a long time and has an extensive history with this store,” Jon David King, vice president of operations, stated. “He is a hard-

working manager dedicated to making his store as successful as it can possibly be.” Before Joining Hays, Watson was an assistant store manager for Big Star in Paragould. “I’m Watson looking forward to returning home to Paragould. Having worked at Hays No. 10 prior to managing in Jonesboro, it’s a homecoming for me,” Watson said. “Rekindling relationships with coworkers and customers will be a joy.” Watson and his wife Sheri live in Paragould with their kids, Emily and Rachel.

Consumer prices show signs of acceleration BY JOSH BOAK Associated Press

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in January, as the rising costs of housing and health care were largely oﬀset by cheaper oil. But the annual pace of inflation showed signs of acceleration. The Labor Department said Friday that prices have risen 1.4 percent over the past 12 months, compared to a year ago when annual inflation was close to zero. Consumer prices climbed at the fastest annual rate since October 2014. Core inflation, which excludes volatile energy and food costs, rose 0.3 percent in January. Over the past 12 months, this category closely watched by the Federal Reserve has climbed 2.2 percent. The rising tempo for inflation follows a Fed decision in December to raise a key short-term interest rate for the first time in nearly a decade. But the turmoil in the stock and bond markets after the Fed rate hike suggested to many investors that inflation might barely budge amid a slowing global economy. Jennifer Lee, a senior economist at BMO Capital Markets, said that January’s report on consumer prices aﬃrms the Fed’s decision and raises the potential for further rate increases later this year. “In a way, this justifies the December rate hike and keeps the Fed at the rate hike table,” she said.

The combination of a strong dollar and cheaper oil has suppressed inflation across much of the economy. Gasoline prices at the pump have dropped 24 percent over the past year to a national average of $1.72 a gallon. At the same time, economic growth struggles worldwide have pushed up the value of the dollar, making foreign imports cheaper. But the rate of gasoline prices declining slowed in January, weakening its downward pull on inflation. Housing expenses — which account for a third of the consumer price index— have risen 3.2 percent from a year ago. Medical services are up 3.3 percent. In January, prices also rose on a monthly basis for airfare, clothing and autos, while food expenses were flat. The Fed is closely following inflation, looking for assurance that it will accelerate to 2 percent in its preferred measure. That particular measure of personal consumption places less of an emphasis on housing. It posted a modest annual increase of 0.6 percent in December. Fed oﬃcials have said they are increasingly unsure about the path of inflation after raising a key interest rate in December from a record low set in late 2008. The quarter-point increase pushed the federal funds rate from near zero to a range of 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent.

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THE JONESBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT is accepting applications for the position of Police Officer. Police officers are employed for the purpose of maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, protecting the rights, lives and property of citizens, and enforcing the laws. Must be at least 21 years of age or older, possess a high school diploma or equivalent, be a U.S. citizen, and have no felony convictions. Applicants will be required to meet these state requirements, pass physical agility tests, written test, drug screen, polygraph, medical and psychological examinations, and an intensive background investigation. Starting pay for certified and non-certified officers is currently $32,382. Benefits include medical, dental, vacation, sick leave, pension, take-home vehicles, advanced training opportunities, pay incentive plan, and others. Applications may be picked up at the Jonesboro Police Administration Office, 1001 S Caraway, Jonesboro, AR 72401 or may be obtained from our website at www.jonesboropolice.c om and will be accepted through Friday, March 4, 2016. Questions should be directed to Sgt. Cassandra Brandon at 870.935.5562 or at cbrandon@jonesboro.org. The City of Jonesboro is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its employees.

0232 General Help A NATIONAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY is looking to hire for a site manager position. The position is overseeing the day to day operations and maintaining the property at a MultiFamily Housing Complex. The position is in the Paragould Arkansas area. If interested please call 573-448-3000. Ext. 1133 or Ext. 1135 or email sandy@macocompanies.com. for an application. STOCKER/ CASHIER needed. Some wine knowledge preferred. Call between 9am-3pm. 870-578-9380. TEMPORARY FARM Labor: Coffee Creek Farms, Marvell, AR, has 3 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating large farm equip for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting & harvesting grain & oilseed crops, transporting grain & oilseed crops from field to storage; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.69/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; threefourths work period guaranteed from 3/15/16 – 12/1/16. Apply at nearest AR Workforce Office with Job Order 1483156 or call 501-683-2372. TEMPORARY FARM Labor: Stephens Partnership, Helena, AR, has 5 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating large farm equip for cultivating, tilling, planting & harvesting of corn & soybeans, transporting corn & soybeans form bins to storage; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.69/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; threefourths work period guaranteed from 3/10/16– 11/1/16. Apply at nearest AR Workforce Office with Job Order 1462393 or call 501-683-2372.

THE JONESBORO Sun is seeking a self-motivated, hard-working applicant to fill an open Arkansas Northeastern College is accepting applications full-time reporter position. This position will for the following position: include general assignment reporting duties as well as beat-specific responsibilities. This poMaster’s degree in nursing required.sition Unencumbered requires some n i g h t of and weekend license as a Registered Nurse in the State Arkansas shifts.

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ferred, it isand not will a reReview of applications will begin immediately quirement if the cancontinue until positions are filled. Interviews may occur didate has prior reportthroughout the application period. ing experience at a daily or weekly newspaper or media outlet.

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offers competitive pay Office of Human Resources with benefits, including vacation time, health inArkansas Northeastern College surance and a matchP.O. Box 1109 ing 401k retirement plan. Blytheville, AR 72316-1109 THE CITY of Jonesboro is Jonesboro is a thriving

applications city with aa population Applicants applyingaccepting for a position requiring license, Seasonal Park attainment Work- o f a b o u t 7 5 , 0 0the 0 in certificate, and/or for educational beyond e r s f o r S o f t b a l l , Northeast Arkansas and high school level will be required to provide the official Cemeteries and Parks – is home to Arkansas documents prior to being approved Duties will include, for buthire. State University, which a r e n o t l i m i t e d t o , has a main campus en-

maintaining ball fields, r o l l m e n employer t of about ANC is an affirmative action, equal opportunity

0232 General Help TEMPORARY FARM Labor: Southern Wheel & Iron Works, Earle, AR, has 2 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating large farm equip and machinery for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting & harvesting soybeans, rice & wheat, transport crops from field to storage, operate laser equipment for leveling fields for irrigation, daily irrigation maintenance; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.69/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; threefourths work period guaranteed from 4/1/16 – 11/30/16. Apply at nearest AR Workforce Office with Job Order 1502601 or call 501-6832372.

mowing, weed eating, trimming shrubbery, watering and fertilizing, Help 0232 General picking up litter, cleaning park and playfield restrooms, and maintaining equipment and tools. Applications will be accepted on the city’s web-site at www.jonesboro.org or at the Human Resources Department, Municipal Complex, 300 S Church St, Jonesboro, AR 72401. The City of Jonesboro is an Equal Opportunity Employer

13,200.

Send Generalclips Helpand 0232 resume, references to: Chris Wessel, editor, at cwessel@jonesborosun. com; or 581 Carson St., Jonesboro, Ar., 72401.

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CREW LEADERS and experienced metal building erector positions available. Call 870-520THE JONESBORO Sun is 6152. seeking a self-motivated, hard-working ap- 0240 Skilled Trade plicant to fill an open full-time reporter posi- MACHINIST NEEDED imtion. This position will mediately. Must be able include general assign- to run Summitt and ment reporting duties Bridgeport, CNC. Must as well as beat-specific have experience with responsibilities. This po- this type of machinery. sition requires some Full or part-time. Great night and weekend hours, rarely work shifts. weekends. Salary negotiable. Send contact While a bachelor's de- info and qualifications gree — preferably in to: journalism or commuJob 523 c/o The Sun, n i c a t i o n s — i s p r e - 518 Carson, Jonesboro ferred, it is not a reAR 72401 quirement if the candidate has prior reporting experience at a daily 0244 Trucking or weekly newspaper or (HOME EVERY NIGHT media outlet. AND WEEKEND) Class A CDL, requires 1 The Jonesboro Sun, year driving experience. which publishes mornEstimated work hours ings seven days a week, M-F 11 Am to 7 Pm. offers competitive pay Daily Salary 870-926-4464 with benefits, including vacation time, health insurance and a matchCDL DRIVERS ing 401k retirement Cash Arkansas. plan. Crop TRACTOR MECHANIC Production Services, wanted. Must have ex- Jonesboro is a thriving 870-477-0010 perience and tools. $20 city with a population hr. Contact Paul 870- o f a b o u t 7 5 , 0 0 0 i n Northeast Arkansas and MCD EXPRESS INC, is 762-9842. is home to Arkansas looking for OTR Flatbed THE CITY of Jonesboro is State University, which drivers in the Paragaccepting applications has a main campus en- ould, Ar area. We have for Seasonal Park Work- r o l l m e n t o f a b o u t late model equipment, e r s f o r S o f t b a l l , 13,200. drop and hook, tarp Cemeteries and Parks – pay, stop pay, home Duties will include, but Send resume, clips and w e e k e n d s , w e o f f e r a r e n o t l i m i t e d t o , references to: Chris health insurance, paid maintaining ball fields, W e s s e l , e d i t o r , a t vacation. Experience a mowing, weed eating, cwessel@jonesborosun. plus, but will train. If intrimming shrubbery, com; or 581 Carson St., t e r e s t e d p l e a s e c a l l watering and fertilizing, Jonesboro, Ar., 72401. Frank or Dan at 507 332 picking up litter, clean4006

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4515 Kalli Cove (Stoneridge Estates) 4519 Kalli Cove (Stoneridge Estates)

3622 Charleston • $171,900 • 1-3 PM

$281,500 mls #10063287

New 4 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath home sitting in quiet cul-de-sac of Stoneridge Estates Subdivision. Valley View School District.

$290,000 mls #10063286

New 4 bedroom, 3 bath home sitting in quiet cul-de-sac of Stoneridge Estates Subdivision. Valley View School District. Brought to you by: Linda Goad 870-219-1896

Brought to you by: Linda Goad 870-219-1896 realtygroupjonesboro.com

Josh Olson, Broker/Owner Jonesboro Realty Company cell: 870.243.3993 office: 870.932.0000

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0610

Unfurnished Apartments

MOVE IN

SPECIAL NEW 1-BR UP TO

1,550

DISCOUNT

MAGIC TOUCH

935-4800

Call for details

0610

Unfurnished Apartments

Move In Special! Grand Oak Place Apartments 1st Month Free Remodeled spacious 2 bedroom, 1 bath, and 3 bedroom 1.5 bath with CH&A, dining area, spacious closets, onsite laundry facility, onsite maintenance, and onsite management. We have 2 bedrooms and 3 bedrooms available now!

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Contact Ray Moody at 870-897-5278, licensed real estate agent with Exit Realty.

OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE!! UTILITIES PAID

$10 PER SQ FT

Located across Highland from new Kroger location

One block from Highland/Caraway intersection

2005 E. Highland

Ft. Square Properties For information/appointment to view contact D. Hottel

870-930-2202 or 870-974-0096

0610

Unfurnished Apartments

UNIQUE TOWNHOUSE. Central location. 2 large bedrooms, dining room, living room with fireplace. All appliances. $695 month. 870-9261749

0610

Unfurnished Apartments

Paragould

FOR RENT very nice 2 bedroom Brick Apartment, all electric, appliances furnished, 1205 North Rockingchair Rd., $550 month, $550 deposit. Call 870-240-3386 or 870-240-3615 2 BEDROOM, all utilities, paid weekly or monthly, stove & refrigerator furnished. 870-476-1310 or 870-476-1319

Whitten Creek Apartments

0610

Unfurnished Apartments

0620

Homes for Rent

2 BEDROOM, 1.5 Bath with fireplace. All appliances included. No pet policy. $625 rent, $475 deposit. Call day: 870236-8704 nights: 870- 2 BR/ 1 ba totally renovated house, 634 W. Elm 335-6250 Large back yard. Great location! $775/ mo. Furnished $600 deposit. 0615

Apartments

0620

Homes for Rent

#105 CHANDLER Brookland. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, no pet policy, No HUD. $1000 month. 870-9262013

870-243-1140

3 BEDROOMS, 2 baths, large storage, refrigerator, w/d, 1506 Frierson. $975. 870-219-1432

Condominiums Mobile Homes 0625 for Rent 0675 for Rent 2 OR 3 BR/ 1, 2 or 2.5 Bath RidgePointe Condo. 1 or 2 car garage, safe room. $1090, $1390,$1590/month. Carroll Caldwell 870-9318233 Coldwell Banker VCI

Duplexes for 0630 Rent Business 0670 Places/Offices

1-2-3 Bedrooms

Have you ever noticed letters behind a Realtors® name on their business card or listing signs (i.e. John Smith, ABR, CRS, GRI)? If so, have you ever asked or looked into what those acronyms mean? For the majority, those acronyms stand for designations that Realtors® have spent time and money to further their education in Real Estate in order to better serve their clients. The value that these designations provide is undeniable when working with a Realtor®.

Family home: 6105 Friendly Hope Cove-1.2 acres (great for family activities; hardwood; tile; 5 spacious bedrooms; 4 full bathrooms; 2 family rooms; sizable bonus room; capacious kitchen w/Island & bar; quietneighborly cove; beautiful shade trees; 5 minutes from Valley View Schools. • 870-761-8582

ALC

Accredited Buyer Representative, a certification of NAR for buyer representation

2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Condo 1300 S. Church St.

Highly desired first floor unit in gated community with pool. Steps away from dedicated parking space. New carpet & paint throughout. Wood burning fireplace. Refrigerator, dishwasher, oven, microwave, trash compactor, and stacked washer/dryer included.

$72,500

870-273-4785

1404 Woodbury $569,000

4400+/- New Construction 4 Bedroom 4 Bath Across from the JCC

COE

CPM CRB CRS

REALTORS® Code of Ethics

$2,200,000

$2,000,000

MLS

Multiple Listing Service; MLSs are private databases that are created, maintained and paid for by real estate professionals to help their clients buy and sell property

NAR

National Association of REALTORS®

REALTOR A trademarked term denoting membership in the National Association of REALTORS®; not a generic term; Not all real estate agents are REALTORS® RLI

SRES WCR

REALTORS® Land Institute, an affiliate of NAR

Senior Real Estate Specialist, a designation offered by the California Association of REALTORS®—selling to seniors Women’s Council of REALTORS®, and affiliate of NAR primarily for women but open to men

FSBO - 4108 CYPRESS MOSS DRIVE

2151 SQ. FT Spacious 4 Br – 2 Ba, Split Floor Plan; Open Living Room To Formal Dining Room; Beautiful Kitchen W/Upgraded Cabinets And 2 Pantries; Master Suite W/Large Bath, Jet Tub; Large Br W/Walk In Closets; Separate Laundry Room; 2 Car Garage & Workshop; Standing Room Storage Space (350+ Sq.Ft) In Attic; Large Patio; Near NEA Hospital (One Mile); with home warranty.

New Price…$223,000; 870-932-2633

hendrixauctions.com 2.09 acres Includes 800 sq. ft. building on property. Paved parking lot

Call 870-476-2320 or 870-476-1160 Just ! Reduced

FOR SALE BY OWNER

184 Acres

Duck Hunting Land 60 Acres Farm Land Cross County Owner will finance!

870-318-5504 “MAKE OFFER”

Jonesboro

FOR SALE - 605 Centre Grove, Jonesboro. 3 bedroom/2 bath, 1 level, open floor plan, new appliances, wood floors, granite countertops, fenced yard with rock fountain. $189,000. 870-930-4308

0720 Duplex/Apts

Jonesboro 2 Lots, 1800 sf Brick 2 B/r 1bath triplex, quiet neighborhood, 3 BR/ 2 BA with Central H/A, all apappliances, laminate & tile floors, new shin- W/D, pliances, newly cargles, storm cellar, lots of closet space, sun peted and painted. No pets, No HUD, Settled room with heat, 2 extra buildings. people preferred. 933Security door, corner lot, 2 car carport. 8731 30x50 steel building with heat & 1/2 bath. 0728 Lake/River/ Resort Bono. $125,500. 870-275-6171 0734 Lots & Acreage

1 TO 2 Acres, near 351. Hills, trees, electric, water, cable, owner financing, 870-935-5411/ 870935-7863

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PRICE REDUCED! 1605 Shady Grove, Jonesboro

Executive Broker office 870.931.9090 • fax 870.932.8311 2532 Alexander Dr., Suite B • Jonesboro, AR 72401 • www. phyllisnew.com

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House to House is distributed weekly by the Arkansas REALTORS® Association. For more information on homeownership in Arkansas, readers may visit www.ArkansasRealtors.com.

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Regulations regarding real estate, as with every sector of the business world are subject to change and may not come to the attention of most individuals. When purchasing and/or selling your property, it is important that you not only trust your Realtor® but trust that they are knowledgeable and dedicated to providing you with the best experience possible.

870-761-7618

870-974-0078 DarrelCookRealEstate.com

745 Craighead Road in Jonesboro

$160,000.00 OBO 417-293-7323.

Certified Residential Specialist, a designation awarded by the Council of Residential Specialists

LFRO Limited Function Referral Office, a company licensed for the sole purpose of providing referrals to another firm

Serving Your Real Estate Needs Since 1988.

708-B Windover, Jonesboro

3 BR/2 BA; CH&A; Security System; new appliances, carpet, paint and much more; 1597 sq. ft; 2 car garage; large fenced-in yard;

Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager, a designation awarded by the Council of R.E. Brokerage Managers

GRLA ARA’s Leadership Academy

1807 WEST Matthews. 4 BR/ 2 BA, Seller financing. $1150 monthly. 870-930-7474.

870-932-3562

Certified Property Manager, a designation awarded by IREM

Graduate, REALTOR® Institute, a NAR designation awarded at state association level

Homes for 0710 Sale

Jelena Prichard

ePRO A technology certification provided by NAR GRI

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

HOME LOANS

Arkansas REALTORS® Association

CCIM Certified Commercial Investment Member, a designation awarded by the CCIM Institute

TWO 3 bedroom, 2 bath Mobile Homes for Rent.Call 870-239-4203 or 870-240-7311.

Kent Arnold Arnold Group 930-7750

Accredited Land Consultant, a designation awarded by the REALTORS® Land Institute

ARA

3 BEDROOM, 2 bath mobile home on 5 acres. $475 month or owner finance. Pets welcome. AND 6 bedroom, 1 bath two story house, in Paragould $600 month. 870-656-3093

Price Reduced!! $322,500

In order to help you decipher what some of these acronyms are, we’ve prepared a list for you. The next time you work with a Realtor® you’ll have a better understanding of how much they value continuing their education to provide you the best service possible. ABR

Jonesboro

CABIN FOR SALE: on Black River at Gerrins Camp near Knoble, AR. Everything in cabin stays, turn key ready with boat dock. $29,500. 870-215-2128

Understanding Realtor® Lingo

By: Emily Morgan, Director of Public Relations, Arkansas Realtors® Association

TWO BEDROOM mobile home in Bay. Starting at $75 per week. 870-9265667

2 OR 3 Bedroom- Weekly FOR LEASE: Business or monthly plus deposSpace. 2003 Industrial it. 870-932-5981 Drive. 1000 feet of office space, with 1400 sf Paragould shop area with storage 2 AND 3 bedroom moand overhead door. 2 bile homes in Paragy e a r l e a s e . $ 1 4 0 0 ould, $300 and up. Call monthly. 870-935-4053. 870-335-5073 870-243-4200 2 AND 3 bedrooms for OFFICE AND Retail rent. $300 and up, Space- 500 to 5,000 sq. monthly or weekly, plus ft. Starting at $350 per deposit. No pet policy. month. Please call 870- No HUD. Call 870-5656074. 935-9018.

701 MELTON- 3 bedCLEARVIEW room 2 bath, great APARTMENTS neighborhood, $1200 (New Owners) 870-935-5799 207 B Street. Weekly or Paragould rates. Utilities 3 BR, 2 BA, garage, $925 3 B E D R O O M , 2 b a t h , www.arkansasapartments.net monthly and cable included. $300 monthly. Please call range included utilities move-in special. 870870-897-2116 not included. No pet 236-3217. Brookland AR policy. $700 month, $400 AVAILABLE 3-1-2016 in deposit. 870-239-1336. 10 Minutes from the 601 BERTIG Street, 2 Valley View School Disnew NEA Hospital bedroom, 1 bath, $650 trict: 3313 Quail Ridge 2 1 1 0 2 P O R T E R S t r e e t , & Medical Center month, $375 deposit BR/ 1 Bath, appliances $450 month, $250 deAND 1 bedroom, 1 bath, furnished, washer/ dry- posit, 2 bedroom, 1 • Spacious Kitchens $575 month, $325 deer hook up, fenced back bath, gas & electric. No • Washer & Dryer posit. Both utilities and yard, References req. pet policy. 870-239-9328 SHOP BUILDING. High• Kitchen appliances appliances furnished. $850 monthly, $500 de2 BEDROOM, 1 bath way 412 West. $450 • Microwave • Ice maker No pet policy. 870-239- posit. 870-336-3900. h o m e . $ 4 0 0 m o n t h , monthly. 870-239-4366. • Fitness Center • Pool 1336 • Private Balconies EXECUTIVE HOME, 2621 $200 deposit. Call 870Small Office Space, • Ceiling Fan • All Electric Keystone. 3 BR, 2.5 BA. 215-3780 or 870-565913 HOWELL STREET "Great Price" 5208 870-926-9002 (Paragould) •Water/Sewer/Trash Paid Southwest DriveColdwell Banker, Phillip PURCELL ROAD, 3 new “Country Living with 870-351-5505 Jonesboro New Triplex houses, stainless steel 870-935-2059 Big City Access” 1207 W Warner. 3 br, 1 a p p l i a n c e s , w a l k - i n Apartments b a . L s h a p e d l i v i n g closests, garages. No 2 bedroom, 1 bath No HUD Mobile Homes room, dining room, gal- pet pollciy. $850 rent, with garage 870-933-1298 0675 for Rent ley kitchen, fenced in $650 deposit 870-335$675 month HJE, LLC Properties back yard, and garage. 6937 Range, refrigerator, and Now Taking Jonesboro dishwasher included. Applications Condominiums 1/ 2 Bedrooms, starting 1 AND 2 bedroom apart- 1 year lease required. Some hard wood floors. 0625 $200, deposit, no pet for Rent ments, winter special Quiet neighborhood. policy. 870-930-8137 starting at $400 870-275$800 monthly. By applic- GREAT 3RD Floor Condo Call 870-215-3939 2717 ation only. 870-219-2780 for rent. Vaulted ceiling, 3 B E D R O O M M o b i l e PARAGOULD. 3411 Cana2 BR 2 Bath. Cambridge Homes for rent in MARdian #1. 2 bedroom 1 2 B R , $ 4 5 0 , N o p e t Court. $700 per month, MADUKE. $425 month. bath $500 month. No policy, 526 N. Main. 870- 350 deposit. 870-243- No Pet Policy. 870-236Pet Policy. 870-565-3039. 219-8999 0164 0762

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COUNTRY LIVING AT KNOB: 3 bedroom, 2 bath trailer, 8 years old, all electric, CH&A, 2701 Greene 402 Road. $500 month, $300 deposit. No pet policy. 1 year lease. Call 870-239-9328 or 870-586-0917

Single level, brick veneer, 3 Bedrooms 1 1/2 bath, living room, kitchen, den, laundry room, standing fire place, fenced with storage unit. Approximately 1,870 Sq Ft. Seller will pay $3,000 of closing expenses.

$110,000

870-932-5206

10,000 sq ft commercial space. Offices, classrooms, and hangar space. Please Contact:

Rhonda Stone,

Associate VP for Finance, Black River Technical College Pocahontas, Arkansas. 870.248.4031.

315+ ACRES, Cross Co, Wynne, Ark. Crowley’s Ridge •2400 sq. ft. house/ lodge, •1920 sq. ft. house/ lodge, Deer and Turkey Hunting 80- 85% Owner Financing LAWSON REAL ESTATE 870-588-1387

ACREAGE ON hwy 351, Near city limits owner financing 870-761-1256

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0734 Lots & Acreage 0816 Recreational Vehicles

SEALED BID 40 +/- Ac located on the north side of Gosnell, AR with ¼ mile of Hwy frontage. Most utilities available. Property has agricultural improvement potential and longer term development. Submit bid by 9AM on March 4, 2016. Contact Glaub Farm Management, LLC. 870-972-6996 or www.GlaubFM.com

Commercial/ 0754 Office

Business 0760 Properties TRANSPORTATION

0804 Boats for Sale 17 FT. Lowe Boat, 50 horse Johnson motor, tilt, trim, electric start, locking rod box. 2 live wells, lots of storage, one owner, stored inside. Extras. $6,995. 870351-9473 Jonesboro area. 18 FOOT Lund Boat, 90 hp Mercury Motor. $4,500. 870-215-2128

0832 Motorcycles 2006 HARLEY Davidson Heritage soft tail classic, black with 36k miles, Vance and Hines exhaust, Lots of chrome, $8250 obo, 870-240-6378

2002 32ft Cardinal

5th wheel travel trailer by Forrest River, 3 slide outs, dual air conditioners, washer and dryer hook ups, aluminum structure, cleaned and serviced. Asking $12,500 OBO

870-974-1847

34’ FOURWINDS Windsport - 55,600 miles, Triton V-10, sleeps 6, 1 slide.

Call for info

870-275-7253

2012 Class A

Thor ACE 10,200 miles, 30’, 1 slide

Sport Utility 0856 Vehicles

Trucks for 0864 Sale

2006 TOYOTA 4 Runner SR5 2WD 4.7V8 auto, air, tilt, cruise, power windows, power door locks, power sunroof, leather, only 90K, $11,900. 870-932-9357 See @ www.jandlautos.com

2000 CHEVY Silverado LS extended cab. Z-71 4wd. "Like new" leather interior with dualpower seats. 5.3 vortec with 264,000 miles (mostly highway miles). Very good mechanically. $6500 OBO. 870-5302781 Jeff.

2007 DODGE Ram 1500. 4 x 4, SWB, V8, auto, tow pkg. 4 inch lift kit. Below Wholesale.… $7,900. Negotiable. 870-307-5124

2007 TOYOTA 4-Runner SR5 4x4, white, 101k miles, $12,500. 870-5882232

$25,900

0832 Motorcycles

Jonesboro

2 SPACES available for rental on Marketplace, great location, across from Cavenaugh Hyundai super nice, 870935-6140 for details.

Campers/ 0820 Trailers

2011 JEEP Liberty, 2 2007 Honda Wheel Drive 63k Miles, Shadow 750, $11,500 870-588-2232 16,000 miles, few extras, Excellent 0860 Vans for Sale condition, $3350 15 PASSANGER van for sale, 1997 Dodge Ram 870-240-4749

Trucks for 0864 Sale

2012 FORD F-150

DNW Duck Truck

2001 GMC Yukon, Mallard Ed. 4X4, New 2004 Harley Davidson Camo skin, New 20” Soft Tail Springer Sports rims, New 20” Fxsts 1450 engine. mudders, Lift kit, New 94,000 Miles- $4,500 OBO, $4000 in Chrome. In good condition and shocks, All tinted glass, 13,000 $9,800 2013 YAMAHA 650 street gets good gas mileage. Lighted step rails. Fun to bike. 6600 miles. One 870-520-2393 Serious Inmiles. drive. $10,995 OBO. obo

LARIAT ECOBOOST LOADED 24K MILES EXCELLENT CONDITION

ASKING $34,000 PLEASE CALL OR TEXT

870-878-1987

o w n e r . A d u l t r i d e n . quiries Only. 870-761-0752. Good condition. $2900. 2000 GMC Safari- Cus870-275-5606. tom van, lots of new 2015 CHEVROLET Subparts, dependable 870- urban LT 2-wheel dr. 40k Sport Utility miles. 870-588-2232 284-2889 $2500 0856

$74,900

(loan value up to $89,000)

2001 CHEVY Trailblazer. Loaded. Good drivCampers/ etrain. 210,000 miles. 0820 Trailers 870-935-7205 $3295 OBO. 870-650-0400 NEW 2014 Delta Dump 2006 HARLEY Davidson Call anytime. Trailer, 12 ft long, Hy- Heritage soft tail classic, draulic dump, $5750, black with 36k miles, 2005 TOYOTA Sequoia Vance and Hines ex870-588-2232. haust, Lots of chrome, Limited V-8 4-WD, 167K, $8250 obo, 870-240-6378 leather, heated seats, all power, 3 row seating, Sell it in a flash with 2008 HONDA Shadow brand new all-weather Spirit 750, silver 3,800 tires, excellent condiour Classifieds miles. Shed kept. No joy tion Great hunting rig, 870-935-5525 riders. $3900. Cash Only Mom-mobile, first car. www.jonesborosun.com 870-351-6485. $12K obo. 870-664-0908

Both for $40,000 Call Steve

870-702-1063 0868 Cars for Sale

1973 VOLKSWAGEN Beetle, baby blue, 13k miles since everything was rebuilt. Very nice car. $7900. obo. 870-3163134. Serious inquires only!

1930 A Model Ford Coupe W/rumble seat, Restored $20,000.00 PH. #870-238-9327

Vehicles

870-919-9299

KW T-600, 400 Cummins, 13 speed, $20,000. Big Bubba trailer, $20,000,

GEORGE KELL MOTORS SURPLUS AUCTION Saturday February 27, 2016 @ 9:00 a.m. 501 Highway 367 North • Newport, AR

NEED CASH?

Directions: Auction is located at the former George Kell Motors facility at 501 Highway 367 North in the middle of Newport, Arkansas. Watch for Auction Signs and Banners. Terms & Conditions: All items must be paid for the day of the auction in U.S. Funds. All items sold “As-Is / Where-Is”. A 10% Buyers Commission will be charged on all assets sold at this auction. Visa, Discover & MasterCard accepted at this auction with a 3% convenience fee. All announcements made auction day take precedence over any printed material. George Kell has moved to their NEW location. They were in this location for many years and did not take a lot of their equipment and supplies with them. They will be selling these surplus assets at auction on Saturday February 27, NOTE EARLY START TIME. A abbreviated listing follows:

2008 BMW 535XI 120k miles V6 3.0 Twin Turbo. $9800 Call (479)926-4492

Ready for Tailgating or retirement. 2005 Holiday Rambler Navigator. 45 Ft and 4 slides. Excellent condition. PRICE REDUCED…$159,900 Call for Info 573-757-8318

1962 Chevy BelAir 4-Door Sedan. Restored!

2004 Honda V-13

Saddle bags/Windshield $3,395

Contact: Trey 573-359-4499

Dependable, Fun Driver. Rebuilt Eng & Trans. New Drive Shaft, Brakes, Tires, & Wheels. Radiator Chrome Eng. Acc. New Red & White Upholstery, New Paint. I have done everything this car needed! Nothing Spared!

$10,000 OBO. 870-935-0863 Cell 870-897-0571

1989 (box)

Chevrolet Caprice

1983 El Camino

All the extras, beautiful 2 tone blue, runs and drives good, new tires, $9250 • 870-275-7198

305 V8 engine. Blue in color. Hard top. 20 Iroc wheels and tires. New Kenwood stereo. Flowmaster exhaust. New complete brakes. New shocks. Tinted windows. New radiator. New fuel pump. Converted A/C 1134 R. Etc nice ride. 76,000 actual miles. $6000. 870-919-3335.

EQUIPMENT AUCTION Saturday, February 27, 2016 10:00 A.M

Sale Located: From Walnut Ridge take Highway 67 North approximately 4 miles turn left onto Lawrence County Road 410 and go approximately 4 1/2 miles, then turn right onto Lawrence County Road 403, go 1/4 mile to sale site (Old Clear Lake School House). Mr. Forehand is discountinuing his farming operation and has commissioned Foley Company to sell the following list of equipment.

Foley Auction Company does not guarantee the condition of equipment. Announcements made day of auction take precedence over printed material. J.D 4640 Cab Tractor w/Duals J.D. 8820 Combine w/J.D. 220 Header J.D. 222 Flex Header on Trailer 1971 GMC Single Axle Tractor w/238 Detroit (Diesel) w/32-Ft. Trailer 1965 GMC Grain Truck w/Dump Bed & Rollover Top J.D. 7100 6-Row Planter J.D. 940 24-Ft. Field Cultivator J.D. 520 20-Ft. Grain Drill J.D. 8300 Grain Drill IH 470 19-Ft. Disk

J.D. 950 15-Ft. Roller J.D. RG 6-Row Cultivator J.D. 400 6-Row Rotary Hoe W&A 8-Blade Levee Plow International 6-Row Cultivator Amco 21-Ft. Disk Land Plane Eddington 350-Bushel Grain Cart International 15-Ft. Field Cultivator Mohawk 11-Ft. Chisel Plow International 990 Mower/Cond. Cutter Wrangler Older Front End Loader Other Miscellaneous Items

Person Not Known to Auction Company Must Have Letter of Credit.

Terms: Cash or Good Check • Not Responsible For Accidents • No Buyer Premiums

Owner - Harold Forehand

Foley Auction Company • Jerry R. Foley • AALB#9

Licensed & Bonded • 501-412-1460 • www.jfoleyauction.com

Auctioneer is not responsible for listed articles that are sold or changed before sale

(3) Rotary 9000 pound Lifts (2) Rotary 10,000 pound Lifts Challenger 10,000 pound Lift Rotary 12,000 pound Lift Forward 14,000 pound 4 Post Lift Challenger 14,000 pound Drive Thru Lift Several Large Air Compressors & Dryers John Bean EHP System III Flat Fixing Machine John Bean VPI System I Tire Balancer On Car Brake Lathe & Attachments Transmission, Engine & Standard Jacks Oil Drain Buckets & Pans Air Conditioning & Recovery Machines Parts Washers, Drill Presses, Chain Hoists Commercial Vacuum Cleaner System (5) Bulk Fluid Tanks with Pneumatic Pumps Heavy Shop Work Tables & Benches Shelving Units & Parts Bins Lots of Barrel & Pedestal Fans Key Making Machines & Key Blanks Bolts Bins & Bolt Inventory Clean Burn Heater System – to be removed

Pallets of Factory Carpet & Floormats Pallets of Headlight / Tail light Assemblies Pallets of Mirrors & Door Handles Pallets of Factory Repair Manuals Pallets of Brake Shoes & Pads Pallets of Factory Interior Covers & Carpets Pallets of Transmission Repair Kits Pallets of Oil, Diesel & Other Filter Pallets of NOS for Antique Vehicles (Pre-85) Pallets of Misc. and Assorted Parts – MANY Pallets of Body Parts Pallets of GoodWrench & Delco Parts Pallets of Factory Radios Sets of Pull Off Tires and Wheels Sets of Factory & Aftermarket Wheels Running Boards, Nerf Bars, Cargo Carriers MANY Late Model Factory GM Grills Office Desk & Chairs, Filing Cabinets Reception Area Chairs, Displays & Banners Computers, Telephone Systems other electrical Break Room & Kitchen Supplies 8’ Sheet Metal Break – Other Shop Tools

MANY OTHER ITEMS NOT LISTED IN THIS ADVERTISING

For More Information and Pictures See our Website or Contact: 2600 Airbase Road • Newport, AR (870) 503-1438 or (870) 503-1466

www.gradyauctions.com AALB # 257 & 1200

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0868 Cars for Sale

2006 Chrysler 300, V-6 4Dr sedan with 68,000 miles, one owner, new tires and battery. Excellent condition. Asking $8,495.00 870-933-8776

0868 Cars for Sale 1994 CORVETTE Convertible 6 speed, manual. LTI-300 H.P. Engine. Blue/ Black top/ Black interior. Z06 Wheels 275/40/ZR17-F 295/35/ZR18-R Uredestein Tires. Power Effect exhaust- Tunable 870268-0412 2001 MERCURY Grand Marquis LS. 104,000 miles. Good motor and transmission. New battery. $2995 cash. 870650-0400

2001 TOYOTA Camry LE 4 cyl. auto, air, tilt, cruise, 1959 STUDEBAKER Lark power windows, power new paint, new interior, door locks, 140K. $3750. new tires 2 years ago. 870-932-9357 See @ 870-588-2232 www.jandlautos.com

0868 Cars for Sale

2003 PT Cruiser. 162,000 miles. Chrome wheels. Custom paint. Dependable car. $3350 cash. 870-650-0400

2002 Lincoln Continental 157K miles, V-8, leather, sun roof, great condition,

$5,000

870-935-2413

2006 CHEVROLET Monte Carlo Lt, White, good miles, well taken care of. very clean, one owner, very nice car. $5990 870-253-8639

WOW!

2008 Nissan 350Z dark blue, 56,000 miles, original owner, dealer maintained, very good condition, 6-speed Manual Trans.

$11,900 870-926-5090

2009 TOYOTA Camry LE 4cyl, auto, air, tilt, cruise, power windows, 2003 JAGUAR S-type V8, power door locks, 128,000 miles, loaded power, sunroof, leather, $3850 cash OBO, 870- 2006 FORD Focus ZX 4, 4 door, auto, 119k, runs 49K. $9950 870-932-9357 650-0400 See @ great $2995 870-932www.jandlautos.com 1022

HENDRIX AUCTION COMPLEX

FARM AUCTION Friday, March 4 - 10:00 A.M.

0868 Cars for Sale

heated seats, Sun roof, one owner. Excellent Condition $10,500

501-352-0688

NOTE - IF YOU HAVE EQUIPMENT OR LAND TO SELL CALL JR. HENDRIX - SELLING ON SITE ON OUR COMPLEX

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Great first car $4,999 870-761-2270

Negotiable

2011 TOYOTA Camry XLE V-6 auto, air, tilt, cruise, power windows, power door locks, power sunroof, leather, 64K, $12,900 870-932-9357 See @ www.jandlautos.com 2012 BLUE Ford Focus SEL. Excellent condition. Power windows, doors, driver seat. Leather interior. 79K miles. One owner. Can txt pictures. $9500. 870-897-4508 or 870-897-4548

United Country Dynasty presents a great home on Lake Thunderbird in Cherokee Village. Home features 3 bedroom , 2 baths, 2 living areas with frieplaces, walk out basement, covered patio overlooking the lake and private dock with quaint sitting area and fire pit.

Terms: Property to sell as-is, with no contingencies. Buyers are encouraged to complete due diligence prior to auction and to not use marketing materials for source of inspection. 10 % of the total contract price is due upon successful bid. A 3% buyer’s premium will be added to the high bid price to represent the total contract price. The home is subject to pre-sale and seller’s confirmation.

INFORMATION: UCDynastyAuctions.com Preview Date: Sunday March 13th 2PM - 4 PM Call for earlier previewing

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Preston King Joel King AALB 2459 AALB 184 870-847-2375 870-847-0945

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870-933-0026 1115 Windover Rd. Jonesboro, AR 72401 Each office independently owned and operated.

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4212 Villa Cove

5024 Rockport

2209 Auburndale Cove $439,900

2014 Volkswagon

Stunning 2 story custom built brick home in quiet cul-de-sac, boasts over 4,000 sq ft of beautiful living! This 4 bedroom 3 bath traditional showcases beautiful cherry wood cabinets and granite throughout the house. Cozy up by the custom marble fireplace and enjoy all this home has to offer- including oversized bedrooms, walkin closets, crown molding, 2 living areas, large backyard, and a custom basketball and RV pad. Directions: From Parker Rd Take Woodsprings Rd, Right on Lexington Place, Right on Auburndale Cv Directions: From Parker Rd Take Woodsprings Rd, Right on Lexington Place, Right on Auburndale Cv

Located in Sage Meadows, this gorgeous 4 bed/3 bath home has elaborate millwork, hardwood floors, granite countertops, low-E windows, blown insulation and waterless water heater. Kitchen includes breakfast bar, stainless full size freezer/ refrigerator, gas cook top and double ovens. Open family room with plasma fireplace. Upper level includes 2nd living and 2nd master suite! Talk2Diane Diane Cottingham, CRS GRI 870-219-7717 www.dianecottingham.com Directions: Hwy 351 to Sage Meadows Blvd, Past the Clubhouse to Villa Drive

New Construction in Valley View schools! Gorgeous 4 bed/3.5 bath plus a huge unfinished bonus room that could be custom media/game room. Very open living/dining and kitchen. Gorgeous kitchen with top of the line appliances. Master suite is large and master closet includes built-in dressing table. Large deck on the back of the home. This is a must see! Directions: Hwy 49 S to Right on Kellers Chapel, Left on Flatrock Trail, Right on Rockport Drive

OPEN HOUSE • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

$409,900

870-243-8071

WOW!

Lakefront home Auction Friday march 17th • 10:00am 61 Wyandotte Dr. Cherokee Village, AR

www.unitedcountrydynasty.com • 870-275-6249

OPEN HOUSE • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

2010 Cobalt 4 dr

2011 CHEVY Malibu, 4 2015 TOYOTA Corolla cylinder, 30 MPG Front Auto, air, tilt, power wheel drive, 4 door windows, power door Sedan, 28,000 miles, locks, like new, clean c l e a n t i t l e , title, 16K, $13,900. Automatic,White with 2011 CHEVROLET Aveo 870-932-9357. See @ grey interior, $12,500 LT. 4 door. Auto. Power. www.jandlautos.com 870-919-5191 90K. $4495. 870-932-1022.

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0868 Cars for Sale

LT, 136,000 miles, Convertible Beetle loaded, leather, 14,200 Actual Miles 2009 Ford Fusion Sel sound system, 4cyl, V-6, 40k Miles, leather, white, black interior. $11,500

JONESBORO, AR. - 7 MILES E. OF JONESBORO AR. ON HWY 18

LOCAL FARMER MAKING CHANGES – JD 4960 MFWA * JD 2955 HI CROP, 4 WD * 876 FORD VERSATILE 4 WD * JD 9860 STS & JD 9600 COMBINES * 4 JD POWER UNITS, MORE FIELD EQUIPMENT

0868 Cars for Sale

$308,900

1998 Ford Mustang GT Convertible 110k, loaded 5-speed. Very nice!

$5,000 OBO 870-351-8341

2013 HONDA Accord EX; CLASSIC CAR! 4- door, 4 Cylinder, 30 MPG, Front Wheel Drive, 1959 Studebaker White with white cloth Lark, series VI, new interior, sun roof, 78500 paint, new interior, new miles, loaded. $15,750 tires, $5900 obo. 870-919-5191 870-588-2232.

2013 TOYOTA Camry SE 4 FOR SALE. cyl. Auto, air, tilt cruise, 2015 Buick Lacrosse. power windows, power 3,500 miles, door locks, 13K, $13,900 leather seats, 870-932-9357 See @ Reverse camera, www.jandlautos.com grey colored $36,345.80 2014 TOYOTA Prius Auto, 870-763-2140. air, tilt, cruise, power windows, power door LOOKING FOR a Car, locks, clean title, 9K, Truck, Van, RV Motorcy$16,900. 870-932-9357 cle? Visit us at See @ www.jonesborosun.co www.jandlautos.com m "Find a Vehicle"

PUBLIC AUCTION

Saturday, March 5, 2016 - 10:00am Location: Wiseman AR. Watch for Perryman and Perryman Auction signs. HouSeHold • FARM EQUIPMENT & TOOLS GOING TO HIGHEST BIDDER ON SALE DATE WITHOUT MINIMUM OR RESERVE Go to www.perrymanauction.com for pictures

REAL ESTATE to Sell with a 10% Buyer Premium • 55 acres m/l • Beautiful updated home, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths • Oak hardwood floors, vinyl and carpet • Eat-in kitchen with large island & breakfast bar • Refrigerator, dishwasher and elec. range • Master bedroom has side entrance • Storage shed & cellar • 24x24 ft. car shed • Oak and cedar barn with stalls an loft • 2 - hay barns 40x80 • Shop with side shed • 1 pond, seasonal stream • Fenced and cross fenced • Located on Hwy 354 with paved driveway. • Excellent location. TERMS: Property to sell with a 10% Buyer Premium to become part of purchase price. Buyer to have 10% down sale day as down payment and the balance due at closing. Closing to be as soon as possible or within 30 days from sale date. Property to sell with no contingencies

Perryman and Perryman Auction Co. VIOLA, AR 72583 and Perryman Realty, Inc.

P.O. Box 345, Viola, AR 72583-0345 Danny Perryman - Auctioneer AALB #53

2700 Michael Lane

2104 Boulder Cove

$299,900

$259,900

308 Waverly Cove $239,900

PRICE REDUCED! Wonderful, 3 level home on large, landscaped lot. Large formal dining room, Kitchen with granite countertops and center island, Large living room with vaulted ceiling and fireplace. Main floor master suite. 3 beds and 2 full baths upstairs. Walk-out basement has bedroom and additional full bath plus living area with built-ins. Great for a large or growing family!! Must See! Directions: From Parker Rd, Take Woodsprings, Left on Nix Lake, Left on Rusher, Right on Michael Ln

Wonderful family home that sits in a cove! This 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath has an abundance of storage and a gas fireplace with built-in’s in the living room. Very nice layout and the rooms are a great size for a growing family! Storm shelter in the garage, new sprinkler system installed. This is a beautiful home in Valley View schools. Directions: Hwy 49 S to Left at Kellers Chapel, Left on Flatrock Trial, Right on Rockport, Left into Bolder Cv

Immaculate Home in Kensington Estates! Lovely formal dining room overlooks the living area with lots of windows, fireplace, and custom built-ins. Large custom kitchen with island, five burner gas stove, walk-in pantry, and breakfast area. Split bedroom plan with 3 large bedrooms, and 3.5 baths. The master closet doubles as a safe room. Don’t miss this gorgeous home! Directions: S Culberhouse, Right on Dunwoody, Left on Huntcliff, Left on Buckhorn, Left on Waverly Cove

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2712 Harrisburg Rd.

1004 Brownwood Circle

102 N Hunter

$239,000

$238,500

$169,900

This home sits on a shaded corner lot with a wrap around porch. Oversized kitchen welcomes you with brick floors and a center island and lots of storage. Beautiful view from the huge bay window in the living room. 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, large 2nd living room. Come see this spacious home! Directions: Corner of Harrisburg Road and Fernwood

Gorgeous home with high ceilings, open floor plan, spacious kitchen and new flooring throughout bedrooms and living areas! This 3 bed, 3 bath home includes a formal dining area, 2 living areas, spacious master suite with huge master bath and a great area for a home office or study! Plantation shutters throughout this home. Large covered back porch and privacy fenced backyard. This is not one to miss! Directions: South on Harrisburg Rd, Right on Brownstone, Right on Brownwood

This all brick home, 3 bedroom 2.5 bath home has been completely remodeled and is move-in ready. Kitchen has new countertops, a bay window breakfast area and a walk in pantry. Master bedroom downstairs with large master bath, double vanities, jet tub and walk in shower. New hardwood floors in living room and bedrooms. Vented gas fireplace is in the living room. This home is convenient to ASU and new NEA hospital. Directions: Stadium Drive, East on Aggie, Left on to Hunter, Second house on the right

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OPEN HOUSE • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM ATTN: DEER HUNTERS, DUCK HUNTERS & RECREATIONAL LAND BUYERS!

102+/- AC of Prime Hunting Property ~ Pine & Hardwood Timberland Along Locust Creek ~ Offered in (2) Tracts & in its Entirety ~ Selling On-site w/Live, Online Bidding Available ~

2506 Greenbriar

1416 Cole

4405 Stoney Drive

JACKSON COUNTY 102+/- ACRE

$157,500

$114,000

This 3 bedroom 2 bath home is located in a well established neighborhood in the center of Jonesboro. With 1850+ sq/ft home features low maintenance exterior and yard. Home has recently been updated with new hardwood and tile flooring and fresh paint. 4th bedroom downstairs could also be used as a bonus or home office. Directions: SW Drive, Left on Stroud, Left on Greenbriar

Very cute home near downtown. 2 bed/2 bath home with charming hardwood floors, recently painted interior and an extra room that could be an office or second living room. Large kitchen with breakfast bar and extra large dining area. There is an attached double carport. This is a must see! Directions: W Nettleton Ave, Left on Cole, Home is on the left

3 bedroom 2 bath home located in Valley view schools. With over 2,100 square ft of living space, this home is a must see. Huge living room, split floor plan, vaulted ceilings, recessed lighting and lots of natural light. Kitchen has dark wood cabinetry, separate dining area, and stainless appliances. Covered back patio and a beautiful back yard. Directions: S on SW Drive, Right on Ozark, Right at stop sign, Dead end on Stoney

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1617 Montez

2601 Cottonwood

2805 Robert Cove

Adjoining Locust Creek, Sitting 3.5 Miles West of the Cache River, Only 1.5 hrs. from Little Rock & 1 hr. from Jonesboro, this 102+/- Acres is Covered in Hand Planted Hardwood (Cherry Bark) & Pine Timber w/ Existing Food Plots, Feeders, Creeks & a Small Pond for Teal Hunting ~ Superb Arkansas Deer Hunting w/Duck Hunting Potential ~ 160 Inch Bucks Have Been Harvested off the Property in the Last 2 Yrs. & Several 140+ Bucks Harvested Over the Last 10 Yrs. ~ (TRACT 1) 94+/- AC Lying North of CR 33 & West of Locust Creek ~ (TRACT 2) 8.5+/- AC Lying South of CR 33 & West of Locust Creek.

$239,000

$189,900

$154,900

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What a find, centrally located in Jonesboro and so much space! Beautiful Tudor exterior. Large living room with fireplace and built-ins. The kitchen has a breakfast bar and a large breakfast area with french doors that lead to the deck. Large bonus room that could also be a 4th bedroom! Don’t miss the basement which has tons of space perfect for game room or multipurpose room. Directions: Highland Drive to Metzler, Right on Wilkins, Left on Montez

Very spacious and well maintained home in an established neighborhood. Many unique features including bleached wood walls, stone fireplace and built-ins in living room. Kitchen has a large breakfast bar overlooking the living room and also includes beautiful cabinetry and tile back splash. 4th bedroom would also be great for a guest room or home office. Large deck spans the back of the home. Directions: From Wood Street, Turn on Twin Oaks, Left on Cottonwood

$199,900

SELLING REGARDLESS OF PRICE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER!

Spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bath home centrally located in Jonesboro. High, vaulted ceiling with wood beams in the living, dining and kitchen. Kitchen/dining area features a fantastic, wood burning, floor to ceiling rock fireplace. New engineered hardwood floors in living room, den and kitchen, freshly painted cabinets and new stainless appliances in kitchen! Directions: Southwest Drive to Stroud, Right into Robert Cove

ABSOLUTE RECREATIONAL LAND AUCTION WEDNESDAY ~ FEBRUARY 24, 2016 ~ 11:00 A.M. JACKSON CR 33 W ~ NEWPORT (REMMEL), AR

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or Contact our Office Toll Free: 877-243-2289. Announcements made day of sale take precedence over printed material. WILSON REAL ESTATE AUCTIONEERS, INC. E-MAIL: info@wilsonauctioneers.com AAL #4

State of Arkansas to act as surety, or other or sureties acceptable to the Owner. The attention of bidders is called to the fact that 150 of 1965 (as Legals 0955Act amended), Arkansas Statutes, states that under certain conditions a Contractor must be licensed by the State Licensing Board for Contractors before he may undertake work in Arkansas. The Bidder shall comply with requirements of this, and all other, Arkansas Law. Plans, specifications, proposal forms and other contract documents may be examined and secured from Stuck Associates, PLLC, 328 South Church Street, Jonesboro, Arkansas 72401. All Contract Documents will be issued as PDFs on a CD; no deposit is required. Registered holders of a valid CD are granted permission to make p r i n t s d i rectly from their CD for exclusive use of company personnel. Any other copying or sharing of the bid documents may be in violation of the federal copyright laws. Bid Documents Sets are made available only for the purpose of obtaining offers for this project. Their use does not grant a license for other purposes. Any addendum to this bid will be provided to registered plan holders no later than 5 days before bid opening. Any inquiry regarding the project should be e m a i l e d t o menos@stuckarchjb.com. No phone calls will be accepted. Proposals will be considered on the basis of cost, the bidder's financial responsibility, his equipment, and his past performance in completing similar work of the type and scale of this project. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informalities, and to accept the proposal deemed to be for their best interest. The Paragould Light Water and Cable encourages participation of small, minority, and woman owned business enterprises in the procurement of goods, services, and construction, either as a general contractor or subcontractor. It is further requested that whenever possible, majority contractors who require sub-contractors seek qualified small, minority, and women owned businesses to partner with them.

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NOTICE: THE Sun does not have the opportunity to fully investigate the credibility of each advertiser appearing within this section. Many of these ads are selling lists that you may be asked to send money for. If an offer sounds "too good to be true", it probably is. Proceed with caution IF you are asked to send money, give a credit card number, or your bank account number. If you have any concerns about an advertiser, please contact: Better Business Bureau of Arkansas 501-664-7274 12521 Kanis Road Little Rock, AR 72211

LEGALS

0955 Legals The Buffalo Island Central School District is accepting bids for two used school buses. The School District will offer up for sale a 1998 and a 2005 international to the highest bidder. Buses may be inspected at the Monette campus, east of the baseball field. Bids may be individual or lumped together. The district will accept the bid or bids that bring the district the most money. All bids must be turned into the Superintendents office by March 1, 2016. Bids will be opened at 10 am March 2, 2016. A DVERTI S E M E N T F O R B IDS Sealed bids for the construction of a new entry canopy and vestibule, a remote stand-alone 2land drive through, new asphalt drives and parking for Paragould Light Water and Cable will be received at the Office of Brett Bradford, Resource and Facilities Manager, located at 1901 Jones Road, Paragould, AR 72451 until 2:00 P.M. (Local Time) on March 3, 2016 and then publicly opened and read for furnishing all labor, material, and equipment, and performing all work required to provide complete construction of the project as defined in the contract documents. Proposals shall be accompanied by a cashier's or certified check upon a national or state bank in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total maximum bid price payable without recourse to the Paragould Light Water and Cable or a bid bond in the same amount from a reliable surety company, as a guarantee that the Bidder will enter into a contract and execute performance and payment bonds within ten (10) days after notice of award of Contract to him. The notice of award of Contract shall be given by the Owner within sixty (60) days following the opening of bids. The successful Bidder must furnish a performance and payment bond upon the form provided in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price from an approved surety company holding a permit from the State of Arkansas to act as surety, or other surety or sureties acceptable to the Owner. The attention of bidders is called to the fact that Act 150 of 1965 (as amended), Arkansas

INVITATION TO BID You are invited to bid on a Contract for: Fire Training Tower for Black River Technical College – Pocahontas campus. Bidders will be required to guarantee their prices for a maximum of 60 calendar days from the date of bid opening. The bids shall be on a lump sum basis. The Owner’s Representative will receive bids until 2:00 PM, local time, March 9, 2016. Bids may be mailed or delivered to Black River Technical College c/o Michael Smith, Purchasing Department, 1410 Hwy 304 East, Pocahontas, AR 72455. Bids received after this time will not be accepted. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the time and date mentioned above on the main campus of BRTC – Pocahontas in the Conference Room of Dr. Eric Turner, President. Interested parties are invited to attend. There will be a nonmandatory Pre-Bid Conference held at the project site– 1410 Hwy 304 East, Pocahontas, AR 72455, on March 2, 2016, at 2:00 PM. All bidders are encouraged to attend. The general description of scope for this project is as follows. Provide labor and materials for the construction of a new fire training tower at Black River Technical College– Pocahontas campus. Please refer to the Construction Documents for further project information. BRTC supervises the bidding and awarding of all construction contracts, approves contracts, change orders, requests for payment and insures that on-site inspections are accomplished. Contract Documents will be available to Contractors on February 22, 2016 and may be examined at the plan rooms listed below: Southern Reprographics 901 West Seventh Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Tel. (501) 372-4011 Fax (501) 372-2902 General Contractors may obtain up to three (3) complete sets of contract documents after depositing a check in the amount of $100.00 per set, payable to Allison Architects, Inc. Deposits will be refunded to General Contractors who return the contract documents in good condition to Allison Architects, Inc. within ten (10) days after the bid opening. General Contractors who require additional sets and subcontractors may purchase contract

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 23, 2016-10 A.M. WALNUT RIDGE, ARKANSAS Physical address: 481 Lawrence 408 Road, Walnut Ridge LOCATION: From Walnut Ridge, AR take Hwy. 34 East 6.3 miles, turn left onto Lawrence Co. Road 408, go 1.6 miles to sale. OWNER: Jeremy& Stormy Cunningham d/b/a Sunnie Harvest General Partnership For More Information on this sale contact Jeremy at 870-809-1463 between 8A.M. and 5 P.M. AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Jeremy Cunningham d/b/a/ Sunnie Harvest General Partnership has leased out his land, is quitting farming and has commissioned Magee Auction & Realty to sell the following equipment at public auction, regardless of price. This a closed auction, no outside equipment accepted with the exception of the equipment listed under Mike Ellis. TRACTORS JD 8420T Trac Tractor, Trimble auto steer, frt. wts., qk. ht.. 3 remotes, p/s, 8328 hrs., Sn#T903082 JD 8310, mfwd, Trimble auto steer, frt. wts., R42 duals, qk.ht., 3 remotes, p/s, 8178 hrs., Sn#13513 JD 8300, mfwd, frt. wts., R42 duals, qk.ht., 4 remotes, p/s, 11,669 hrs., Sn#21420 JD 6140D, mfwd, w/ JD Loader #563, qk.ht., 2 remotes, 3691 hrs., Sn#PXCG048005638 Case IH 5240, Maxium, c/a, 4x4, qk.ht., 3 remotes Case Agri King 570, c/a, frt. wts., 2 remotes COMBINE, HEADERS, GRAIN CARTS Case IH Combine #2188, axial flow, R42 duals, 3908 eng. hrs., 2779 Rotary hrs., Sn#JJC194266 Case IH Flex Header, mo.#1020, 25 ft. Case IH Flex Header, mo. #1020, 25 ft. (for parts) Shelbourne Reynolds Header RSD24 Shelbourne Reynolds Header RVS22 Brandt Grain Cart, mo.882 Brandt Grain Cart, mo. 780 J&M Gravity Flow Trailer, 250 bu. M&W Grain Wagon, mo.5000 FIELD EQUIPMENT Verti-go Earthmaster Turbo Tillage Disk, mo#T3400, 34 ft. Brandt Hipper Roller, 32 ft. Kelly Diamond Harrow, 45 ft. Phillip Harrow, mo#4305A, 43 ft. 2-JD Grain Drills #1560 w/Yetter markers, no till Fair Oaks Smooth Rice Roller, hyd. fold, 30 ft. Proctor Rice Roller w/teeth, 20 ft. Rhino Cutter, single bat wing, mo#SR14 Frontier Quick Attach Forks for JD Loader TRUCK, TRAILERS Kenworth Truck, ’97 mo., twin screw, 10 spd. Trans., Detroit motor 60 series, 750,377 miles Wilson Trailer, Hopper Bottom, ’93 mo., 43 ft. aluminum, 74 in. sides, roll-over trap (bought new on this farm) Seed Tender Wagon w/Kilros Run-

ning Gear Adams Fuel Trailer, 1800 gal. poly tank, w/ B&S gas engine J&M Header Trailer Utility Trailer, 10 ft., tandem axle, bumper hitch IRRIGATION AND DIRT EQUIPMENT 13-Duetz Power Units, 8-6 cyl., 5-4 cyl., some on trailers Duetz Power Unit, 4 cyl. On stand w/ fuel tank Case IH Power Unit, #4391T on trailer Case IH Power Unit, #4390 Isuzu Power Unit, diesel 3-Proctor Camel Back Relift Pumps, 2-12/30, 1-10x30 Perry Manus Camel Back Relift Pump, 10x30 Crowleys Ridge Camel Back Relift Pump, 10x30 2-Berkley Relift Pumps, 8x6 Hicks Brothers Poly Pipe Machine, double, hyd., 3 pt. ht. Poly Pipe Machine, 3 pt. ht. W&A Levee Plow, double gang, tapered, 3 pt. ht. Prime Levee Plow, tapered, 3 pt.ht. W&A Levee Plow, 8 blade, 3 pt. ht. Baker Plow Blade Ditcher, 3 pt. ht. Allen Levee Auger, 3 pt. ht. 2-Proctor Land Planes, 18x52 ft. FUEL TANKS 14- Fuel Tanks, 550 to 2000 gallon on stand BELT AUGERS Batco Belt Auger, mo.#2085, like new Brandt Belt Auger, field loader, mo.#1535 Batco Belt Auger, drive-over, mo#PS2500 MIKE ELLIS has consigned the following equipment to this auction. For information on this equipment, call Mike Ellis @ 870-926-5399, 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. JD Combine #9860, STS, engine hrs. 3118, Rotary hrs. 2455, Sn#S710978 JD Corn Header, 12 row, mo.#1293, Sn#H01293X065782 KMC Peanut Digger, hyd. drive, mo#6-30 Amadas Peanut Fluffer, 25 ft., mo#CLC-25, 3 pt. ht. Sn#52045

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MAGEE AUCTION & REALTY Gary Magee, Auctioneer, AR Lic#3 Ramona Magee, Broker Piggott, AR • 870-598-2689 • 870-598-7334 cell 3908 HeritagePark Road, Piggott, AR

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