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TUESDAY, June 20, 2017 / Vol. 3 Issue 25 / 75 cents
Resolutions for hiring get OK
Line work – Clinton Water and Sewer and Phillips Construction of Fort Smith worked last week on sewer repairs in the North Side Shopping Center. Workers threaded 350 feet of new line through the old metal one that was corroding and crumbling. The work was completed Thursday, according to department Manager Richard Hink.
In a short Van Buren County Quorum Court meeting last week, a resolution was passed allowing the Clinton School District to hire a resource officer through the sheriff’s office. The school district will pay the officer’s salary, but the position will be certified through the sheriff’s office. The Clinton School District spent most of last year without a resource officer. Also at Thursday’s meeting, resolutions were approved to allow the sheriff’s office to hire two part-time deputies, a part-time and a full-time male jailer and a part-time and a full-time female jailer. Sheriff Scott Bradley said the jail had lost four employees and that the positions already existed.
Ali King Sugg named one to watch Clinton native Ali King Sugg was honored at a luncheon in Little Rock last week as part of the 2017 Class of 40 Under 40. Each year, Arkansas Business honors 40 business and political leaders under 40 years old who bear watching. Sugg is owner and general manager of Red River Radio in Heber Springs. She graduated from Clinton High School in 2000 before going to Arkansas State University. Sugg is no stranger to the entertainment industry. Her father, Sid King, is owner of KHPQ and
KGFL in Clinton. Her sister Ashley King also is in radio as an onair personality for IHeart Media and KSSN. Her mom, Judi, is a dance teacher. Sugg’s FM radio station, KSUG, 101.9 The Lake, went on the air in May 2016. She also is one of the DJs on the station, which plays classic rock, R&B and pop from the ’70s and ’80s. According to its web page, The Lake is “on a crusade to end boring radio.” The station also offers local news, high school sports and community events.
Festival time
This weekend is Archey Fest in Clinton. There is a car show, soap box derby, fishing derby, crafts, concessions, live music and fireworks at dark. Festivities begin at 8 a.m. Saturday with the car show and softball tournament, and it ain’t over ‘til the last sparkle fades from the sky. Admission is free.
Fourth of July
Ali King Sugg speaks last week at the 40 Under 40 luncheon at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock.
Crash kills 3 A two-car crash on Interstate 40 near Mayflower on Wednesday afternoon killed three people from Shirley, according to the Arkansas State Police. Agency spokesman Bill Sadler said some of the injured were transported to hospitals by helicopter. Authorities closed eastbound lanes of the interstate after the crash, which occurred about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Faulkner County. According to the report, a 2004 Ford Taurus was being
A resolution also was passed to allow the road department to hire two workers after one quit and another transferred to the solid waste department. Because the county is under a hiring freeze, all departments are required to submit resolutions for approval to hire. Also at the meeting, County Judge Roger Hooper read a proclamation honoring Marine Corps Pfc. Larry R. Roberts who was killed during World War II. His remains recently were identified and returned home. Roberts was from Damascus and because it is unknown whether he lived in Van Buren or Faulkner county, both county judges read the proclamation, Hooper said.
driven by Matthew Collins, 23, of Shirley when mechanical problems caused him to slow in the right lane of the interstate. A 2016 Toyota 4Runner driven by Hayden Knox, 24, of Bryant, Arkansas, struck the Taurus, the report states. Three passengers in the Taurus, Jessica Marie Johnson, 26, Victoria Jeanette Lindsey, 65, and an unidentified infant, all of Shirley, were killed. Collins, Knox and another passenger in the Taurus, Harry Lee Johnson, 67, also of Shirley, were injured.
The Voice of Van Buren County will go to press at its regular time on Monday, July 3, 2017, and will deliver the newspapers to the Clinton Post Office that afternoon. However, carriers will not be delivering mail on July 4, so the paper will arrive in mail boxes a day later than usual that week. The Voice will be available in news racks throughout the county on Tuesday, July 4.
Traffic stop yields 2 arrests
Brock
Chumley
Two Cleburne County men were arrested by Van Buren County deputies during a traffic stop on June 13, 2017. Deputies arrested Clifford Lee Chumley, 43, of Rose Bud and 32-yearold Christopher Rorscheib of Quitman after finding illegal drugs in their vehicle, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. Chumley is was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, felony possession of drugs and firearms, and mis-
demeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Rorscheib was charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and unclassified offense of driving on suspended license. Both men have been released on bond. In another arrest by sheriff’s deputies, Chad Brock, 28, of Damascus has been charged with failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements. The arrest was made on June 15, 2017, and Brock is currently being held in the Van
Buren County Detention Center. On June 14, deputies responding to a disturbance call arrested Jason R. Ashlock, 41, of Clinton. When deputies arrived they found Ashlock, screaming and cursing the victim, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. Ashlock is being charged with felony terroristic threatening, misdemeanor resisting arrest, and misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Ashlock has been released on bond.