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ACTIVITIES CALENDAR THURS/FRI.JUN.11&12,8:30 Vacation Bible School continues Lakeside M.B. Church

THURS/FRI,JUNE 11-12,9-12 Faith M.B. Church Vacation Bible School continues

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Prairie County Library Board announces open meeting Beth Rogers, county library director, advises the date of the next Prairie County Library Board Meeting. It will be on Tuesday, June 16, at the Hazen Library at 5:30 p.m.

Rogers wishes to inform citizens of Prairie County that this is a public meeting and open to all.

Rogers spoke at Tuesday night’s Prairie County Quorum meeting last in Des Arc. She gave Judge Mike Skarda and the Quorum Court members a copy of the letter of support for ASU Jonesboro’s grant application and a report of the Library’s Legislative Exit Audit.

Summer Basketball Camp DAHS Gymnasium

FRI., JUNE 12, 9 AM & 1 PM Drivers Testing Des Arc City Hall Call 256-4316 for Info DANRC ladies sitting in shade

Closing VBS Program Faith Missionary Baptist Church

SAT., JUNE 13, 7 PM Movies at DeValls Bluff Old High School Auditorium “More than Chance”

MON., JUNE 15, 9 AM Plea Day Hearings DeValls Bluff Courthouse

TUES., JUNE 16, 9 AM Plea Day Hearings Des Arc Courthouse

MON., JUNE 15, 12 NOON Chamber of Commerce F & M Bank, Des Arc

MON-WED.JUNE 15-17,7 PM Revival Services Living Waters Church

TUES., JUNE 16, 1 PM Retired Teachers Assn.

Lindsay’s in Des Arc

TUES., JUNE 16, 7 PM City Council Meet Des Arc City Hall

TUES., JUNE 16, 5:30 PM Prairie County Library Board Meets - Hazen Library

WED., JUNE 17, 11 AM Friendship Luncheon DeValls Bluff Methodist Church

Garry Kirk and Terry Lynch

Garry Kirk named “Teacher of the Year” at Benton school In honor of "Teacher Appreciation Week", Garry Kirk, teacher at Benton Junior High School was honored by Phelan Orthontics in Little Rock by receiving the "People's Choice Teacher of the Year award". Garry was presented the award by Terri Lynch from Phelan Orthodontics.

In honor on Teacher Appreciation week, Phelan Orthodontics asked parents / students to nominate their favorite teacher and tell why they should be

"Phelan Orthodontics Teacher of the Year"! This year the winner is Garry Kirk from Benton Junior High School. Garry is pictured here receiving the "People's Choice Phelan Orthodontics Teacher of the Year" award from Terri Lynch from Phelan Orthodontics.

Gary is a graduate of Des Arc High School and son of the late Thurman Kirk and Lucille Kirk Midgett. He and wife, Kathy, reside in Benton Folks buying ride tickets (or armbands) in foreground, others riding ferris wheel

SAT., JUNE 20, 6 PM Roy Thurmond Honoring First Assembly of God

SUNDAY, JUNE 21, ALL DAY Father’s Day Everywhere!

MON,, JULY 6, 7 P.M. Des Arc Zoning Committee meets-Council Chambers Des Arc City Hall

SAT., JULY 4 Being on Saturday Expect changes in closing notices

Obituaries Pgs. 3 & 12

Oscar Curlett, 82, Hazen James Floyd, 83, Biscoe Mary Galloway, 80, Stuttgart Carl Kagebein, 92, Stuttgart Jack Kagebein, 90, Almyra Lois Lorince, 77, Stuttgart Gracie Lynch, 73, Clarendon George Mack, 75, Des Arc Vernon Metcalf, 71, DeValls Blff William Parker, 69, Carlisle Dorothy Shoemake, 82,Carlisle Lester Thornberry,90, Memphis

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By Steve Barnes

Your guide to the 2016 GOP candidates

(Guest Writer) Long-time Print and Broadcast Journalist

By Donald Kaul The Republicans have a big problem. Their presidential primary contest is beginning to resemble the New York marathon — hordes of contestants as far as the eye can see.

How is a voter expected to choose among them, particularly since virtually all say pretty much the same thing?

To name a few examples, the entire gang of 15 or more politicians wants to cut taxes, roll back the Affordable Care Act, ban abortion, crack down on undocumented immigration, keep gun laws weak, and do nothing about global warming.

They also uniformly despise Hillary Clinton.

As part of my continuing effort to make the world a better place, here’s a brief analysis of a few top GOP candidates. I hope it helps you tell them apart.

Jeb Bush: The former governor of Florida and latest member of the Bush dynasty angling to occupy the White House is the nice-guy conservative of the bunch.

He’s no less conservative than the others, mind you — except for the suspicion that he’s soft on immigrants because his wife grew up in Mexico — but an iron fist in a velvet glove nevertheless. Jimmy Stewart would play him in the movie, if there were a movie and if Jimmy Stewart were still around.

Carly Fiorina: The former CEO of Hewlett Packard is easily spotted since she’s only woman seeking the Republican nomination.

She’s a failed corporate executive who thinks she’s the perfect answer for voters who’d like to vote for a woman but can’t stand Hillary. Maybe.

Rand Paul: The senator from Kentucky passes for this gang’s anti-war candidate. Even if Paul did sign that silly GOP letter that tried to sabotage nuclear talks with Iran, he’s still way, way out to the left of mainstream Republicans, who are nothing if not bellicose.

Paul also has other libertarian-based ideas that make him an odd goose in this company of ducks — especially his opposition to the NSA spying on us all.

Lindsey Graham: The senator from Mars — I mean, South Carolina — has yet to meet an international problem that he doesn’t think U.S. troops can fix. I get

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Lee Williams

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May 28, 1974: At about 9:30 in the evening I caught up with Lee Williams, administrative assistant to Sen. J. William Fulbright, outside the latter’s campaign headquarters, where gloom prevailed. Any comment?

Williams responded with a scatological epithet.

For months he had known it was coming, Williams, even if his boss of two decades had seemed blissfully unaware of the impending, crushing loss. Governor Dale Bumpers, by a 65-35 margin, had denied Fulbright a sixth Senate term.

In the months between the election and the oath, Bumpers and his young cadre were eager to get the lay of the land but understandably anxious at the requisite interplay with Fulbright’s devoted staff. No one had imagined Williams would pack his bags and depart the Capitol, and indeed he would soon be snapped up by the Senate’s Democratic Policy Committee, led by Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and, subsequently, Robert Byrd, giants of the chamber and old Fulbright friends.

Williams, the Bumpers team realized, could be crucial; his savvy, and his favor, could mean for their man the difference between a fast start or a stumble at the gate.

They knew also that Williams was as much a surrogate son to Fulbright as his senior assistant, and had taken the Democratic primary election results harder than had his boss. Would he step in or stand away?

“He took us under his wing,” recalls Bob Brown, who went to Washington with Bumpers before returning to Arkansas and the state Supreme Court. “Always Lee was just a phone call away. He didn’t have to do that but he did. He showed a lot of class.”

Another former Bumpers aide concurs. Williams, as floor manager for the majority leader, was “essential” to Bumpers’ successes in his early Washington years, says Ark Monroe, now a Little Rock attorney. “The action on the Senate floor happened only with Lee’s blessing,” and it was Williams, Monroe adds, who guaranteed a fair hearing, perhaps more than that, for the Arkansas freshman’s agenda.

Retired from the workforce but having never surrendered his passion for politics and policy, and certainly not the golf course, Lee Williams died June 3 in suburban Washington. He was not quite 90. His time in the nation’s capital began in the Eisenhower epoch (as the ugliness of its McCarthy days was fading) and stretched from Kennedy’s New Frontier through the Great Society -- and Rolling Thunder -- of LBJ, and then the torment of Nixon’s Watergate. The relief that Ford represented, the triumphs and disappointments of Carter, the right turn that Reagan steered, the rise of Bush I, and his fall at the hands of the Arkansan who Williams had put on Fulbright’s payroll a quarter-century earlier.

Bill Clinton, whose fondness for the fairways rivaled Williams’, would occasionally summon his early benefactor for 18 holes of respite from the White House.

Williams told me once that, his bond with Fulbright notwithstanding, he had never regarded himself as the senator’s employee, nor the Senate’s, but the nation’s.

He did not always approve of his country’s direction, and he had winced at some of Fulbright’s votes. He had served in World War II, which was not won by walking away from the fight. (As was Fulbright, Williams was appalled by Vietnam, a war they believed was not America’s fight).

Inevitably, perhaps, Williams entered “government relations,” the lobbying industry covetous of his reputation and his Rolodex, a one-two that enabled him to reach almost anyone in Washington.

“Everyone knew Lee,” Brown says. Twenty years as chief of staff to a Senate titan such as Fulbright “embedded” Williams in the corridors of power.

If the private sector rewarded him financially, I suspect he missed the public sector, the fight. I know he missed Arkansas, the face-to-face contact with the hundreds of allies and acquaintances, and some adversaries, the personalities of a life in the arena, though just outside the spotlight.

As a news source Williams was helpful, as an interpreter of national politics he was invaluable. Yet he was discreet; the secrets he took to the beyond are beyond imagining. But I can reveal, now, that it was Williams I was quoting a few months back, in a column constructed around the reflections of a “longtime Washington operative.” He had always believed in his country, and still did; but his signature optimism about its prospects was, in this particular conversation, considerably muted. Big money had perfected the process that gerrymandering already had corrupted; politics no longer stopped at the water’s edge; and the mere presence of a man of color in the Oval Office had summoned old fears and a fresh paranoia. For the life of him, he couldn’t see a way forward.

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the feeling that he’d bomb Canada if he got the chance.

Marco Rubio: The senator from Florida is the closest thing to John F. Kennedy the Republicans have had in years.

Donald Kaul He’s young, he’s good looking, and he gives a good speech. He gets a lot of mileage from how hard his parents, Cuban immigrants, had it when he was growing up. He’d be the ideal vice president for Bush if they didn’t both hail from the same state.

Ben Carson: As the only African-American contender, he’s as easy to pick out in this crowd as Fiorina.

He’s a brilliant brain surgeon, and a rip-roaring speaker prone to saying some strange things.

Ted Cruz: As the leader of the Senate’s does-not-playwell-with-others caucus, it’s unclear how he would forge requisite alliances with Congress if he were elected. He sees his function as being the sand in the gears of government. People who love him, love him a lot. To the rest of us, he’s Darth Vader.

Chris Christie: The New Jersey governor is Tony Soprano on the hoof. If a blustering bully is your idea of a national leader, he’s your man.

Scott Walker: The Wisconsin governor is the one wearing a little label on his lapel that says: “If found, return to the Kochs.” His viability as a candidate depends on whether he remains the billionaire brothers’ favorite.

Mike Huckabee: The former Arkansas governor did quite well in his failed 2008 presidential bid as the pick of the religious right, which dominates the Iowa GOP caucuses.

This growing flock also includes the following sureto-lose politicians: Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, Ohio governor John Kasich, businessman Donald Trump, former Texas governor Rick Perry, and Rick Santorum.

Remember Santorum? The former senator from Pennsylvania and father of seven kids is the biggest zealot and easily the least likable guy in the race. If he wins, expect a mass exodus to Canada.

OtherWords columnist Donald Kaul lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Laws to remember on your next road trip

By State Representative David Hillman Every session the legislature explores ways to make our roads and highways a safer place for you and your family. Each year close to 500 people die on Arkansas roadways. So this week as many of you may be planning a summer road trip, we’d like to remind you of a few laws we’ve passed over the years in an effort to save lives.

Texting while driving is one of most dangerous forms of distracted driving. In recent months police have stepped up their enforcement of laws that prohibit texting while driving in our state. Our laws prohibit the use of a cell phone for texting, typing, email or accessing the internet while driving, regardless of the driver’s age. It is a primary offense which means a police officer can pull you over if he or she suspects you are breaking this law.

Arkansas law prohibits drivers from using a hand held device while driving through a school or highway work zone.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that 40,000 people

are injured each year as a result of work zone crashes. In recent years, we’ve also passed legislation requiring drivers to move to the farthest lane possible away from an authorized vehicle stopped on a road, street or highway. The best rule of thumb when driving through a work zone is to give your undivided attention.

All cell phones, including the use of hands free devices is prohibited for any driver under the age of 18. Drivers from 18-20 can use a hands free device, but not a hand held cell phone while driving.

The number of fatalities on our roads has decreased significantly in the last 7 years. Laws such as cell phone restrictions and strengthening our seat belt enforcement has been a large contributing factor.

But one fatality is one too many.

Arkansas State Police continue their ongoing Toward Zero Deaths campaign to eliminate traffic fatalities.

For more information visit www.TZDarkansas.org

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Former resident remembers home place Here is a brief history of the house recently demolished at 4th and Erwin Streets in Des Arc. The shape of the original house built by Gin Erwin when he returned to Des Arc in the mid-1800’s after the Gold Rush in California. The house was built out of cypress lumber throughout.

Over the years, the southeast corner of rooms were undermined by diggers looking for gold they thought Erwin had buried there.

In 1942, my father, Ed Bacon, bought the old house and by summer 1944 had torn down all but the two original front rooms and open porch hall. With the lumber he removed, he restructured the house that was recently torn down.

The old house was burned by the local fire department recently for the

owner, Eric Williams. This was one of the original old homes in Des Arc. Charles Bacon, a retired educator, was a former guidance counselor at Des Arc High School before he went to Berryville school for a number of years.

He writes, “I am still pleased with my choice to spend my last days and am blessed to have the Baptist Foundation handle my finances for me.”

I know very few people mentioned in the paper anymore. I like the old articles of yester-years.

A friend, Charles Bacon Presbyterian Village 510 Banchead Drive, R30 Little Rock, AR 72205 Ed. Note: Charles lived with his parents, the late Ed and Lozie Bacon, at the 4th & Curran address before moving to Berryville.

Apologies The Steamboat Days Festival Committee would like to send our heartfelt apologies to Lynn’s Flowers and Gifts for omitting their name off the 2015 Steamboat Days Sponsor List.

We appreciate all of our sponsors and want to recognize them for their contribution. Without our sponsors, there is no festival.

Again, our sincere apologies.

2015 Steamboat Days Committee T.J. Nelson, Director Casey Ingle, Co Director Judy Burnett, Treasurer Paula Campbell Terrell Sutton Keith Rhodes Katie Minton

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­Quote­of­the­Week When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

-William Shakespeare

Laugh-In Corner Conservatives versus Liberals --relax, here is your real problem In a University Classroom, they were discussing the qualifications to be Prime Minister of Canada .. It was pretty simple. The candidate must be a natural born citizen of at least 35 years of age.

However, one girl in the class immediately started in on how unfair was the requirement to be a natural born citizen. In short, her opinion was that this requirement prevented many capable individuals from becoming Prime Minister.

The class was taking it in and letting her rant, and not many jaws hit the floor when she wrapped up her argument by stating, "What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country than one born by C-section?"

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large quantity of groceries, including 600 pounds of sugar was stolen. When they searched one man’s house they found a 50-gallon still, 700 gallons of mash and some whiskey, and as a result the men will face liquor charges Wednesday. Constable Graham Carley of Hazen, Marshal Bingham of DeValls Bluff and Deputy Sheriff Bedford Holmes worked on the case.

Three-hundred health gardens in Prairie County are ready for canning their extra products for winter supply. The health gardens are those under the Red Cross who received seed for their garden. Mrs. E. H. Whitehouse, president of the Fairmount Independence Home Demonstration Club has a canning demonstration planned for Friday, June 19. All health gardeners will bring their products to can.

It has been a busy week at Des Arc School with the closing exercises which began with the Baccalaureate Sermon delivered by Rev. P. S. Herron at the school auditorium Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. The senior class, dressed in gowns of gray and white colors were seated in front. Members of the class are Misses Frances Hughes, Evelyn Wicklund, Margaret Herron, Marie Fink and Messrs. Charles Norfleet, Marvin Williford and Richard Lenderman. Commencement is this Thursday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nichols left this Thursday morning for Hot Springs where they will spend several weeks recuperating.

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iss Ernestine Ellis reports: The Watson Local No. 4505 of the Farmers Union met Wednesday evening, June 3. Miss Louise Campbell led the singing of the Star Spangled Banner. A report was given by Mr. Calvin Thomas on the cream he had shipped.

He received almost twice as much as when he did not ship the cream. After the meeting Mr. George Ellis sold pies and Miss Ruth Thomas was voted the prettiest girl.

On the heels of a definite announcement that 10,000 Japanese will be removed from the West Coast to Arkansas, came indications that this is possibly only the first of several groups that will be held in this inland state for the duration. The first 10,000 will occupy an undeveloped 12-acre Farm Security Administration tract in Desha County.

Mr. W. P. Marshall, a resident of this vicinity for a number of years, and one of Prairie County’s most progressive and successful farmers, suffered a heart attack and died suddenly while at work harvesing oats near his home in the Oak Prairie neighborhood, late Wednesday afternoon. It was reported that he was working with Mr. Mark Webber when a rain storm stopped them. They were covering their machine when he suffered heart failure.

Congressman Clyde T. Ellis announced this week that he will open his campaign for the U. S. Senate in Newport Saturday night, June 13. The opening address will be carried over a statewide radio network.

Kaneaster Hodges, his campaign manager, will be master of ceremonies.

Your home is a “front line” on the war front and the production front. Every dollar you save on your household budget, invested in War Bonds, is a Victory dollar added to your county’s quota.

Facilities for grading and marketing Irish potatoes will be available at the Oak Prairie School on Highway 11, beginning Monday, June 15, according

to Clyde Stine, secretary-treasurer of the Oak Prairie Potato Growers Association. Mr. J. C. Thomas, agricultural agent for the Rock Island Railway, is assisting in the sale of the potatoes by contacting buyers.

Mrs. J. W. Watson, chairman, advises that War Saving Bonds and Stamp Pledges in Prairie County for the month of May was $24,626.00. This exceeded the county’s quota, she said.

A full page ad this week announces Prairie County Salvage Days, June 22-23. Your Government Needs Scraps Now! Scrap rubber, scrap iron, scrap aluminum, zinc, galvanized roofing, etc. The Prairie County Salvage Committee asked that scrap concentrated at neighborhood centers be donated to the Prairie County Defense Council and trucks will be sent to pick up the scrap.

Our young friend, Louis Howard Roe, left Sunday for Little Rock where he has accepted a position.

Movies showing at the Temple Theater in Des Arc: Friday night, “Behind the News”; admission 5c, 11c and 17c. Sunday Matinee and Monday night, “Dr. Kildaire’s Victory” with Lew Ayres and Lionell Barrymore; admission 11c and 22c.

Messrs. Russell Thetford and Edwin Logsdon, young men of this city, left Sunday for a visit to relatives in Brownwood, Texas, and seeking employment.

We are authorized to announce that the Hon. Wilbur D. Mills is a candidate to succeed himself from this the Second Congressional District subject to the Democratic Primary .

George Jensen of Hazen announces that he is a candidate for Prairie County Judge subject to the Democratic primary election to be held in August., 1942.

Jack Bittle of Hazen is a candidate for the office of Prairie County Clerk, subject to the Democratic Primary Election.

Farmers have been very busy harvesting their oat crop. The yield is not so good this year. The numerous showers is deterring their work in the cotton fields.

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erry Smith, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnie Smith of Hickory Plains, dived and hit the bottom at Clear Lake last Sunday afternoon and suffered a neck injury that hospitalized him this week at St. Vincent’s Infirmary in Little Rock. He fortunately did not suffer a fracture. He will be released today but will have to wear a brace for 30 to 60 days.

Bob Buice, speaking at the Lions Club meeting here Tuesday night about his trip to Russia in 1959, told of the Russian people being very friendly and asking, “Why does the United States want to fight?” This was their idea of us from news they received.

Buice said he was surprised how many Russian people could and did speak fluent English.

At a Chamber of Commerce meeting last night at the courthouse, eight men were nominated to be voted on for four positions open on the board of directors. The eight nominations were: Willis Eddins, Merlin Hendricks, Marvin King, Henry L. Nichols, Bob Norman, G. P. Mullen, C. J. Rister and Homer Ridout. Ballots have been mailed out and a ballot box has been set up at the Zero Butane Office of Jack Scott, a former Chamber president.

Sheriff E. O. Hamilton and deputies W. B. Whittaker and O. E. Owens were called to the Cozy Cafe of Charlie M. Crider here last Saturday night to investigate an armed robbery. Crider, who said he closed the cafe at 11:15 p. m. and was retiring to his bed in a back room when someone pushed a gun in his neck and took $141.00 in currency and a $9 check. From an alley light, he was able to identify two robbers. With the help of Deputy Bob Harper of

Hazen, two of the three men are jailed. The third party was a 14 year old boy.

William (Sonny) Nichols has rented the store building at the corner of Whippoorwill Rd. and Main Street, from Homer Ridout and has been busy this past week getting ready to open a new fish market there. Johnny Brock will operate the fish market and will be open seven days a week with fresh fish. Sonny Nichols, a native of Des Arc, resides in Brinkley where he has another fish market.

Mrs. Elmo Kirby of Rt. 2, Augusta, has agreed to report the news from McClelland for us. She replaces Mrs. E. W. Butler, who moved recently to Texas. Mrs. Butler was one of our best correspondents seldom ever missing an issue with good local news each week.

Westerfield Chevrolet Co. in Hazen is promoting its Corvair Monza introduced last year. Corvair is the only rear-engined car made in this country. The bucket seats will also please you, they said.

Army Sgt. James R. Colclasure, whose wife, Gladys, lives on Rt. 1, Hazen, recently arrived in Korea and is now a member of the 7th Infantry Division.

See the sparkling new Minneapolis Moline tractors at Calhoun Brothers & Patterson, dealer in Des Arc. Miss Mary Lendermon is employed as a waitress at the Des Arc Sportsman’s One-Stop Cafe.

Miss Deloris Butler, grandaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alta Hambrick, is employed this summer as a waitress at Parks Bungalow Cafe in Des Arc.

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n Saturday morning, June 13, failing in a reconciliation with his estranted wife, shoots her and then commits suicide. The bodies were discovered beside a road by a passerby near the J. C. Waits farm about six miles east of Des Arc. The man’s body was brought to the Caskey Undertaking Parlor in Des Arc. The woman’s body was taken to the home of her sister.

Arkansas farmers have it within their power to save perhaps a dozen lives; prevent the injury of scores of people, the killing or crippling of horses and mules and damage to thousands of dollars worth of wagons and automobiles, says the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is referring to collisions between motor cars and wagons on the highways after nightfall.

The state law requires that wagons on the road after dark must display a light.

Steve Brown of the Barrettsville community, about six miles northeast of Carlisle attempted to hive a colony of bees which had swarmed there today and was attacked by them. Dr. J. E. Warbritton, who was called to the Brown’s home, said his condition was serious. He said that brown was stung by about 200 bees.

A DeValls Bluff man and a North Little Rock man pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and grand larceny in a hearing today before Justice of the Peace L. D. Hall in Hazen. The charges grew out of the robbery of the Farmers Seed Company Friday night, during which a

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Vernon Lee Metcalf

Vernon Metcalf burial Saturday at DeValls Bluff Vernon Lee Metcalf, 71, of DeValls Bluff, died Saturday, May 30, 2-15, at the Des Arc Nursing & Rehab Center.

His wife of 51 years, Willie Nell Gilmore Metcalf, three sons three daughters, his daughter-in-law, 20 grandchildren and a host o f other relatives and friends survive him.

Funeral services were held Saturday, June 6, at 10 a. m. at the Union Chapel Freewill Baptist Church in DeValls Bluff Interment was at the Oakland Cemetery, DeValls Bluff, with Branscumb Funeral Home of Brinkley in charge of arrangements.

Kagebein brothers of Arkansas County die one day apart

Carl Kagebein dies one day before brother Carl Edward Kagebein, 92, of Stuttgart died Tuesday, June 2, 2015.

He was born Sept. 8, 1922 in Almyra to Franz and Fannie Delancy Kagebein, who preceded him in death.

He was a farmer and member of First Baptist Church of Almyra.

Survivors are his wife, Mary Ann Truitt Kagebein; brother, Jack Kagebein of Almyra; four step-children; and four grandchildren.

Graveside services were at 10 a.m. Friday, June 5, at Almyra Cemetery with Essex Funeral Home, DeWitt, in charge of arrangements.

Oscar Curlett, minister 46 years, veteran

James Floyd, Biscoe resident, buried Monday

Rev. Oscar Charles Curlett Sr. of Hazen was born to George Lee and Rachell Ann Stewart Curlett on August 29, 1932 and passed away June 3, 2015.

He confessed a hope in Christ at an early age at Prairie Chapel Church. He was a licensed Ordained Minister for 46 years and Pastored New Salem Baptist Church, Augusta, AR and Green Grove Baptist Church, Hazen, AR. He joined the United Stated Army 1952-1954 with an honorable discharge.

He was united in holy matrimony to Emma Jean Miller on September 14, 1962. To this union two daughters were born, Cassandra Curlett Smith of Arlington, TX and Felecia Curlett (Dwayne) Gardner of Palestine, TX, and sons Oscar (Janice) Curlett Jr. of Carlisle, James Leon Louis (Clara) Curlett of Texarkana, AR, Danny Charles Curlett of Missouri, Brian Fitzpatrick (Deceased) California and adoptive son, Martrell Curlett of Hazen; Brothers and sisters, Robert Curlett of Hazen, John (Norma) Curlett of Conway, Elizabeth (Leonard) Gerren and Maria Crowder, both of Dayton, Ohio, Darrell Penn, of Jacksonville, Cornelius Earl and Tony Earl of Lonoke; brother-in-law Emanuel Washington, sister-in-law Florence Allen Curlett and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Arthur Curlett, James F. Curlett, Milton Curlett, Georgetta Bizzell Goldsmith, Margaree Balenten and Jeanette Curlett Washington.

Visitation, 2-4 p.m. Sunday, June 7 at Boyd Funeral Home, Lonoke. Funeral Service, 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 8 at the funeral home. www.boydfuneralhome.net .

James Robert Floyd, 83, of Biscoe died Friday, June 5, 2015. He was married to Mary Frances Floyd for 60 yearh before her death.

Survivors are a son, Mark Floyd of Southaven, Miss.; a daughter, Kim Hardke, Mt. Pleasant, Miss.; adopted daughter, Beth Smith of Biscoe; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral service was at 2 p. m. Monday at First Baptist Church in Biscoe.

Interment was in the Biscoe Cemetery with Fowler Funeral Home of Brinkley in charge of arrangements.

Jack Kagebein died Wednesday at Almyra William Parker Jack J. Kagebein, 90, of Almyra passed away Wednesday, June 3, at home with his family.

He was born Nov. 21, 1924 to Fannie and Franz Kagebein of Almyra where he lived most of his life.

His older brother, Carl, preceded him in death by one day, June 2.

During World War II, Jack was called to serve his country and joined in June 1941. As part of the 1st Infantry Division, also known as The Big Red One, he was a gunner who crossed the Rhine River into Germany.

At the end of the war he was assigned to the Military Police where he was a personal guard over Hermann Goering at the Nuremburg Trials, his cell and his hour of exercise.

He came home in June of 1945 and married Mary Ellen Newman in November of that year. They were married 69 years and raised five beloved children, Ronnie (deceased 2005), Lonnie (wife Margo), Kyla (husband Jon), Sharon and Vicky. He had six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Jack was a faithful member of Almyra First United Methodist Church, a gentleman and friend to all. He was a lifelong farmer and also a pilot, who enjoyed many hours of flying his airplanes, especially his favorite Aeronica Champ.

Visitation was 1 to 2 p.m.

June 6 at Essex Funeral Home in DeWitt followed by a graveside service at 2:30 p.m. in the Almyra Cemetery.

Graveside service at Carlisle for William Parker William Parker, Jr., 69, of Carlisle, Ar. passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015.

William was born, May 22, 1946, to the late Billy and Odean (Hackney) Parker.

Survivors include: wife; Patsy Parker, daughters; Cassie Ann Parker, Misty (Joe) Besancon and Tamara ( Johnny) Devaney, sons; Shane (Ashley) Parker, Cory Forrester, brother; Jerry Parker, Sister; Sandra Parker, 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and special nephew; Todd (Tammy).

A graveside service was held at the Carlisle Cemetery at 2 p.m. with Bro. Christian VanHounten officiating.

Services provided by; Weems Family Funeral Services, LLC.

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Dorothy Shoemake business owner, dies at Carlisle Dorothy Ann Moore Shoemake of Carlisle ,age 82, passed away June 1, 2015. She was born April 12, 1933.

Survivors include three children, Randy (Kristi) Shoemake, Mary (Charles) Eads, and Jo (Terry) McCallie, seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren with one on the way, and one brother Raymond Moore of Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was preceded in death by her husband T.L. Shoemake, her parents, one sister and one brother. Dorothy worked side by side with her husband at the Western Auto Store in Carlisle beginning in 1951.

Funeral services were at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, at First United Methodist Church, Carlisle with burial following in Old Carlisle Cemetery. www.boydfuneralhome.net.

Lois Lorince, was long-time Slovak resident Lois Weaver Lorince, 77, was born in Humnoke on October 4, 1937, to Luther and Dixie Weaver. She passed away on Friday, June 5, 2015, in Stuttgart. She was Catholic and a 58-year member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Stuttgart.

She was a proud graduate of Humnoke High School and treasured her days of playing basketball there. Following graduation, she briefly lived and worked in Little Rock. On January 9, 1957, she married Floyd (Big Boy) Lorince in Slovak. Together, they lived in Stuttgart and raised their three children, Lori, Greg and Brad (Boo Boo).

Lois loved fashion and worked retail for several years, eventually owning her own businesses, The Frilly Frog and the Drake Shop. She later changed career directions, and became involved in insurance sales and support. Through this endeavor, she was able to travel extensively and see many places that she had never visited before.

She treasured her family and had many wonderful friends. She was a great hostess and nothing made her happier than to cook for and share meals with those she cared about.

In addition to her husband, Big Boy, she was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Jessie Cheek, Roxie Flannery and Ruby Clifford; and four brothers, Elmer Weaver, Neal Weaver, Bill Weaver and O.C. Weaver.

She is survived by her daughter, Lori Higgins (Mike) of Coppell, Texas; and two sons, Greg (Laura) Lorince of Stuttgart and Brad (Ginger) Lorince of Little Rock; two grandchildren, Alexander Higgins of Coppell and Jenny Lorince of Stuttgart; and her brother, Paul Weaver of Little Rock. She also leaves behind many nieces, nephews and treasured friends.

Mass of Christian burial was held at Holy Rosary Catholic Church at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday.

The family requests memorials to Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery Trust, 1815 S. Prairie, Stuttgart, Ark. 72160.

George Marion Mack Sr.

Services today at Center Point for George Mack George Marion Mack, Sr. was born December 9, 1939 and passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015 at his home in the Oak Prairie Community near Des Arc, Arkansas.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Mack, Sr. of Stuttgart, Arkansas.

He was a welder and mechanic for the farming industry before illness forced his retirement a few years ago.

George is survived by a wife, Betty Mack of Hazen; daughter, Melody Robinson; granddaughter, Vandon Robinson of Hazen; daughter, Marta Clay and grandson, Kurtis Clay of Canada.

He will be remembered by his sister, Julia Ann Nall and husband, Sam of Stuttgart; his brothers, Joseph Mack and wife, Bonnie of Humphrey, Arkansas, Steve Mack and wife, Bonnie of Humphrey, Steve Mack of Augusta, and Charles Mack and wife, Jean of Senatobia, Mississippi.

He will be forever loved and remembered by his son, Marion Mack and wife Lynn who kept their promise to bring him home to love and take care of him.

He will be missed and remembered by his grandson, Andi Mack and fiancée, Sarah Watson which also helped as much as possible.

George was a member of Center Point Missionary Baptist Church. He was a good hardworking man who loved his family and friends. He was blessed to have a wonderful caregiver, Bethany Inman who loved and took excellent care of him. He often said how much he loved and appreciated those who took care of him and he considered Bethany and her children to be family too.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M., Thursday, June 11, at Center Point Missionary Baptist Church in Hazen with Bro. Gary Malone officiating.

Pallbearers will be Andi Mack, Josh Simmons, Jason Simmons, Ronnie Simmons, Loy Kee, Jr., and Dennis Devore, active.

Honorary Pallbearers are Buck Weatherly, Jr. Weatherly, Loy Kee, Butch Weatherly, Greg Orlicek, and John Parr.

Lester T. Thornberry, native of Hazen, burial at Memphis Lester T. Thornberry, Sr. was born in Hazen, AR on Jan. 25, 1925 to James Ed Thornberry and Floy Holmes Thornberry who preceded him in death. He passed away in Memphis on May 21, 2015.

Lester was employed by Wonder Bread for 37 years and was the "Hostess Cake Man" Delivery Driver. He was a member of National Ave. Baptist Church in Memphis for over 50 years where he served as an active Deacon.

He was preceded in death by two sons, Frank and Bill Thornberry.

He is survived by his loving wife of almost 68 years, Louise Thornberry; daughter, Donna Colman; son, Les Thornberry, Jr. (Veronica); grandchildren, Lauren and Logan Ward, and Braden and Nolan Thornberry; brother, Jim Thornberry of Joplin, MO. Services were held at Memphis Funeral Home on Wednesday, May 27 at 10 a.m.Interment followed in Memphis Memory Gardens.

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By Rev. Dee Harper

Pastor, First United Methodist Church Des Arc, Ar

Work: 870-256-3757 - Cell: 501-593-8978 e-mail: cdharper1979@yahoo.com

Work It Out! Scripture: Psalm 138 What does gratitude and thankfulness look like? Why do some people seem to have an easier time with showing gratitude than others? Why are some people more gracious about it than others?

I was thinking about Jesus healing the ten lepers. You remember the story Jesus healed the ten lepers, but only one of those that Jesus healed came back to say thank you. Charles L. Brown suggested nine reasons why the others did not return: One waited to see if the cure was real.

One waited to see if it would last.

One said he would see Jesus later.

One decided that he had never had leprosy.

One said he would have gotten well anyway.

One gave the glory to the priests.

One said, "O, well, Jesus didn't really do anything."

One said, "Any rabbi could have done it."

One said, "I was already much improved."

We are not much different from those men that suffered from leprosy.

It is sometimes easier to give thanks to others or to dismiss the blessing than it is to realize that there really is a being greater and bigger than we are who has made us and watches over us.

Our scripture is from the Psalms this morning is a song of thanksgiving. Now you remember that the book of Psalms is the Bible’s hymnbook. It is filled with wonderful poetic songs that while we no longer know the melody’s the words our powerful. This is an individual song of praise. There is one per-

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“I can never escape from your spirit! I can never get away from your presence!

If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the place of the dead, you are there. If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.”

So where is the place that you are today?

Is it easy or hard to give thanks to God or even to know that God is with you right now? If you are in a good place right now, if you feel close to God and thankful. Then I want to challenge you to take steps to grow your faith.

Continue to attend worship regularly, have times of Bible study and prayer.

Find ways to give back to others. You don’t want to learn to swim in the middle of a hurricane. If you are already building on that faith when tough times come it will help. If you do find yourself in times of trouble remember two things. Depend on the promises that God gives.

Remember that God’s grace is with you and you are not really alone. Also remember that despite our mood or sadness or our pain God has not left it’s our perception that is troubled. Also as the body of Christ I want to challenge us to be with those who grieve or morn or our struggling.

This week invite you to remember that God is working in you and you are not alone. I invite you to examine your Spirit about how you feel about God or how close God feels to you right now and spend time talking to God. May God bless you this week.

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son voicing his thanks for God even in the midst of troubles.

Hermann Gunkel who is considered one of the great fathers of psalm studies writes this about individual hymns of thanksgiving, “A person is saved out of great distress and now with grateful heart he brings a thank offering to Yahweh; it was customary that at a certain point in the sacred ceremony he would offer a song in which he expresses his thanks.” This psalm is attributed to David. It is the first of a series of eight that are the last in the hymnbook to be attributed to him.

This psalm gives thanks in the presence of three groups; other gods, kings of the earth, and the Psalmist’s enemies. Now the gods referred to are not an indication of their actual existence but the writer says for those false idols and by extension those folks who serve them to see how powerful he true God is. David in his address to the kings of the earth shares his desire that they also would worship Yahweh. Enemies is included as a witness that no matter the enemies that surround the writer or the troubles he faces he knows that God is with him. The Psalmist gives thanks because of God’s steadfast love. Professor Nancy de Claisse-Wolford says, “Psalm 138 celebrates the name, the steadfast love, the faithfulness, and the intimate care of God in the myriad places in which we find ourselves in life—our sanctuaries of safety; our chaotic social, political, and economic world; our daily trials and troubles.

God is everywhere we are with us. The Psalmist writes in Psalm 139:7-10,

Oh Lord, You’re Beautiful!

Sunday, June 7 IN DES ARC First Baptist Church...218/236 Gospel Mission......................160 Lakeside Miss. Baptist.....72/93 First United Methodist.........64 Faith Missionary Baptist..45/53 Family Worship Center.........45 First Assembly of God........37/44 Fellowship Miss. Baptist....... 75 Church of Christ...............17 Church of God of Prophecy....19 Living Waters Full Gospel.......19 AREA CHURCHES Hickory Plains Mis Bap 80/99 Morris Chapel Miss Baptist..43 Pleasant Ridge Baptist........... 22 Hickory Plains Methodist ...... 27 Hickory Plains Nazarene...... 12 Judson Memorial Baptist...... 26 Sand Hill Miss. Bapt..15

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Oh Lord, You’re beautiful Your face is all I seek.

For when Your eyes are on this child, Your grace abounds to me.

I want to take Your Word And shine it all around.

But first, help me just to live it, Lord.

And when I’m doing well . . .

Help me to never seek a crown.

For my reward is giving glory to you.

Oh Lord, please light the fire!

That once burned bright and clear.

Replace the lamp of my first love That burned with Holy Fear!

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New exhibits at Historical Museum The Prairie County Historical Museum is proud to announce that it has several new displays for your viewing including a traveling exhibit from the Arkansas and Humanities Council called Old School, Memories of the Brinkley Academy. This is a photographic display and it tells the story about Brinkley Academy and the culture surrounding it. It will be at the museum until the end of June.

Other new displays include two Civil War exhibits, a 1900’s era clothing exhibit, and the Jim Minor music story.

Also, a shell and button collection and an authentic working working button machine are available for viewing.

New summer hours are as follows: The first two weeks of June, July, and August the museum will be open Wednesday – Saturday 9 am – 5 pm and Sunday 1 pm – 5 pm.

The last two weeks of June and July it will be open Monday – Thursday 10 am – 5 pm.

Call Director/Curator Debbie Cook at 870-2565171 for additional information on hours or to schedule class reunions, large family outings, or other group tours. She will be happy to accommodate you. The Prairie County Historical Museum is located at DeValls Bluff.

Thank You!

There are not words enough to express our appreciation for all the acts of kindness that were done for us while Don was in the hospital and during his recovery at home. Thank you for the visits, calls, cards, gifts and food that was brought to us by friends and neighbors. We especially thank you for all the prayers because we know that prayer is what brought us through.

A special thank you to Bro. Eddie Addison and Lakeside Missionary Baptist Church for the love and support you have given us.

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REVIVAL Monday - Wednesday

June 15, 16 & 17 Services Start at 7:00 p.m.

Living Waters Full Gospel Sis. Edwina Kidd, Evangelist EVERYONE WELCOME

First Assembly of God Invites You to Help Celebrate

ROY THURMOND DAY Saturday, June 20 - 2:30-6:00 pm

Honoring Brother Roy for his life of service to Jesus Christ, the church and the community

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“RANSOMED” A singing group of three young men, Chris, Joe and Steve, will present a special song service at the First Assembly of God Church in Des Arc on Saturday, June 20, at 2:30 in the afternoon. This special song service is being held in conjunction with the “Roy Thurmond Day” being held on June 20 to honor a special member of the church. The public is cordially invited to attend this day of celebration, advised Pastor Paul Fowler.

Roy Thurmond and wife, Betty

Come and Enjoy Special Singing

By The Disciples and Ransomed

Followed By A Fish Dinner

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Grand Prairie Quilt Society met at Stuttgart Library

ANNUAL GET-TOGETHER: The Carlock Sisters, daughters of the late Ruby and Roscoe Carlock, met in Logan, New Mexico for their yearly “Sister Trip” at Ute Lake. Nell Carlock Miller has a trailer at Logan and they spent a week “spending special time” together. The five sisters are Joyce Carlock Winford of Benbrook, TX; Jodie Carlock Howitz of Granbury, TX; Faye Carlock Childers of Brinkley, AR; Ellen Carlock Helms of Sherwood, AR and Nell Carlock Miller of Amherst, TX. Sue Carlock Seevers was unable to attend. A great time was had by all and next year they plan to spend a week in Arkansas at Eureka Springs.

Personally Speaking Joshua Harrell and family, Melody, and children, Kiley and Kaiden, age 3, and Khloe, six months, of Dallas, TX, came for an early surprise Father's Day visit with his father, Dennis Harrell and wife, Martha, and his grandfather, Jay Hambrick, and wife, Mary.

They also visited his grandmother, Hope Dean Harrell, at Beebe. His aunt, Marilyn Sickel, brought her grandchildren over to visit with the babies and all later enjoyed some of the Steamboat Days activities.

Dennis and Martha, both now retired, have had their motorhome parked in Des Arc since June of last year and are enjoying gardening and visiting with family and friends.

Joshua's brother, Tony, was unable to come at this time due to his work schedule. He is a forklift mechanic for a large auto parts regional warehouse.

-------------------Mrs. Dencie McIntosh of DeWitt was here visiting relatives and friends on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week including her niece, Mary McWhorter Hambrick and husband, Jay, Dennis and Martha Harrell, and Jess Weatherley, Mrs. Addie Ewing and Mrs Clotene Jones. She also visited with the quilters at the Northside Community Center before being returned home by her daughter, Mrs. Karen Pryor and husband, Larry, with some fresh garden vegetables, courtesy of the Harrells.

-------------------An early morning breakfast at the Riverfront Park pavilion was held Wednesday to honor Mrs. Ola Mae Cotton of Cabot on her 75th birthday. Others attending included all her brothers and sisters, George McWhorter of Ward, Mary McWhorter Hambrick and husband, Jay of Des Arc, J. W. McWhorter and wife, Pat, of Hazen, Pat Cunningham and daughter, Tammy Rogers, Mrs. Linnie Sue West, also of Des Arc, and Mrs. Dencie McIntosh of DeWitt.

---------Don Rogers is home recuperating after outpatient back surgery he had two weeks ago. He is doing better and a physical therapist comes three times a week.

He has graduated from a walker to a cane according to his wife, Lela Mae. His pain is not as severe as it was and doctors are very hopeful the surgery has corrected his back issues.

--------Prayers are sent to Karie Van Houten as she continues to have tests run and consults doctors on what is making her so very sick.

Karie is a cashier at Harvey’s Garage.

--------Prayers are sent to Thelma Griffith as she continues to seek treatment for a lung condition.

---------Tommy Wyatt of Deland, Fla., came to visit with family and friends Wednesday to Sunday last week. He is a retired Walmart employee.

He visited in Sherwood with brother, Herman and wife, Tina. The boys came back to Des Arc for some of the Steamboat Days activi-

ties and visiting with relatives including cousin, Elmo Sutton. Their parents were the late Noah and Mary Wyatt of Des Arc. Tommy and wife of 47 years, Linda, have two sons, Jimmy and Michael, and a daughter, Tonya, and eight grandchildren. Tommy said he is recovering from have a stint implanted on April 20, but feels better.

Tommy and Herman have another brother, Vernon, in Alabama; amd sisters, Thelma in Ohio and Martha in the Northside Community, Des Arc. ---------Della Nottingham of Little Rock, a recent subscriber to the Journal, this week ordered the Journal sent to her sister, Roberta Young of Austin. They are daughters of the late Marvin and Frances Willeford.

Marvin was with Arkansas Power & Light (Entergy) and was moved from Des Arc to Benton in 1960.

Their sister, Marguerite Williams, is a Hazen resident, and brothers Bobby and Steve, live at Biscoe.

---------Cheryl Stine has returned to her home in North Richland Hills, Texas, after an extended visit here with her sister, Linda Hayley.

Cheryl and husband, Alan, have one daughter, Brooke Hood. She and husband, Caleb, have three daughters and reside in San Antonio, Tex. Cheryl and Linda are daughters of the late James Freeman and Cecile Hayley. Alan’s parents are Melba Simmons Stine and the late Lawrence Stine.

Alan has been in data processing work for a number of years. He came to Des Arc last Saturday for the trip home with Cheryl.

---------Peggy Duggins Walker of North Little Rock was a pleasant visitor at the Journal office on Friday. She was in town visiting friends, including Mary Sue Roe, and cousin, Betty Thurmond . She was in the 1957 class at Des Arc high School and daughter of the late John Duggins and Lillian Duggins Nichols.

Peggy is a retired cosmetition. She has three children, Lisa Downs, Donna

The Grand Prairie Quilt Society met June 10 at the Stuttgart Public Library with seven members present. Glenda opened the meeting with the thought for the day...."My sewing room is my happy place"....and Glenda added....It's a messy place but also my happy place...

Happy Birthday greetings were extended to Marsha and Michele. The May minutes and treasurer's report were read and approved. Glenda also read a thank you card from the library for the table the group donated to the meeting room.

Old Business: There will be a national quilt show in Little Rock on June 18-20.

Go to www.arkansasquiltersguild.com for more information.

New Business: Glenda asked for ideas from the members on what to do with the many flour, seed, and feed sacks given to her by Miss Audrey last year. She will bring them to the next meeting for everyone to look at and sort into different categories. Members are to check with the museums in their locality to see if they want to add some of them to their collection.

Upcoming workshop: English paper piecing quilt workshop at the Lower White River Museum State Park at DesArc on June 13.

Call Monica at 870-2563711 to register.

During Show and Share: Shelley showed a string quilt block hanging with a pieced border; Sherrye passed around a layer cake combo of 42 blocks she recently purchased for a new quilt. Betty had a finished scrap block quilt top she started at the last sit n' sew.

She also showed a cute crocheted cap.

Some expressed an interest in the pattern.

She said she would show us at the next meeting.

Glenda showed her pieced 25-block bingo card for the fall Quilt Arkansas 2015 quilt retreat at the 4-H center in Ferndale on 9/3010-3.

Go to www.arkansasquiltersguild.com for more info.

She also had two pieced blocks for a new quilt she will take to the retreat. She has all her blocks cut out and ready to go. Glenda presented a solution to a problem of a pinwheel block with a congested center. If you open your seams and press them flat, they will lie down together.

She brought out her Cook's Lake quilt blocks and showed the different borders she has designed for them. Everyone is looking forward to seeing the finished quilt top with all the creative borders.

The July meeting will be a Sit 'n Sew on July 8 from 9-4:00 at the Stuttgart Public Library. See you there!

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Busy Hands E. H. Club select “feeding the hungry” as annual project Members of the Busy Hands Extension Homemakers Club of Hickory Plains have selected to “help feed the hungry” as their annual Care Project.

To “help those in need” the club will be providing a food basket each month to the Prairie County Food Pantry.

Darlene Whitaker, left, and Rozanne Bell, club members, are pictured as they deliver their April food basket to the judge’s office in Des Arc. Barbara Ingle is president of the group; Darlene Whitaker is secretary

Farris and Weems serving on state preservation committee

By Chris Weems Mrs. Asa (Susan) Hutchinson, Arkansas’ First Lady and honorary co-chairperson of the Committee of 100 for the Ozark Folk Center, Mountain View, was the guestspeaker at the COOH Summer luncheon.

The luncheon was held at the Clinton School of Public Service, near the Clinton Library in Little

Rock.

The Committee, composed of members from each county with some counties with two or more to begin with 100 members, was started with the goal for the preservation of the heritage of the Ozarks.

Prairie County was represented by Rita Farris of Biscoe, a former co-chairman, and Chris Weems of Hazen, member.

Thank You!

I would like to extend my sincere thanks to everyone for the calls, cards, food and prayers during and after my surgery.

A “Special Thank You” goes to my family, Sandy and Steven Harvey and Aunt Bettye Ross and to Bro. Pat Skarda and Rick Ford.

Please pray for me as I continue to recover.

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Betty and her Scrap Block Quilt

Baby Shower Honoring

Bianca & Drew Baxter Saturday, June 20 At Two O’clock in the Afternoon

Northside Community Center Hosted By: Glenda Churchwell, Andrea Tapp Tanya Lightsey

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Walker and Richard Walker, all in the Little Rock area.

She has two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and said, “I babysit a lot.” Her husband, John, is deceased.

Friends and Family Invited to

Pauline Owen’s

90th “Hawaiian Luau” Birthday

Saturday, June 13 Two to Four O’clock in the Afternoon

Oak Prairie Fire Department Hwy. 11 - Des Arc

Request”: No Gifts Just come by and say “Hi” and enjoy celebrating Pauline’s birthday with her!

SHOWING Saturday, June 13 Start Time: 7:00 pm

“More Than Chance” FREE ADMISSION - FREE POPCORN Old Auditorium 715 Sycamore Street

DeValls Bluff, Arkansas Two-year-old Kelsey Jurgen, surrendered by a poverty-stricken single mother to a Russian orphanage, is adopted by a childless American couple. Shortly after arriving in America, Kelsey is viciously assaulted by her adoptive father with uncontrolled rage that severs the child’s spine, leaving her a paraplegic.

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Jude and Teresa Henley of Des Arc and their dog, Pumpkin, Teresa’s sister, Linda Petty of Des Arc and and Teresa’s daughter , sonin-law and grandson, Jacob, Michelle and Rueben Price of Beebe left Sunday, May 31, for a ten-day trip to the Smoky Mountains.

They arrived in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and enjoyed seeing Dollywood and Dolly Parton’s family called “My People” perform. The group was made up of Dolly’s brothers, sister, nieces and nephews.

Dolly was not there but was in a narrative video introducing the family.

They spent the night in a log cabin high up in the mountains.

They left the next morning heading to Gatlinburg, TN for the journey to North Carolina to the Cherokee Indian Reservation.

The group took a chair lift ride up to a mountain top where they could see mountains for miles and miles Everyone enjoyed seeing the colorful indian outfits at the Reservation.

Teresa said, “The weather was perfect with just a shower of rain one day. The sky was overcast but it was very pleasant. We had a great time and would love to go back again sometime.”

The group returned to Des Arc on Friday, June 5 .

H U R S D A Y From the Kitchen of Rev. Jaimie Alexander, Methodist Minister at Bella Vista

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Recipes From Rev. Jaimie Alexander

Oven Denver Omelet, Honey Kissed Fruit, Breakfast Berry Crepes, and Lemon Quick Bread are on the menu for a summer brunch.

Serving these recipes along with juice and coffee, your brunch will be a huge hit!

Tie on your apron and enjoy preparing a brunch for your family and friends!

Photo above: Teresa Henley left, and sister, Linda Petty, visiting Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina.

Photo below: Riding the chair lift to top of mountain.

Back chair: Rueben Price, left and Jude Henley. Front chair: Rueben’s parents, Jacob and Michelle Price

Oven Denver Omelet 8 eggs 1/2 cup half-and-half cream 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese 1 cup finely chopped fully cooked ham ( or crumbled sausage) 1/4 cup finely chopped green pepper 1/4 cup finely chopped onions 1. In a large bowl, whisk eggs and cream. Stir in the cheese, ham, green pepper and onion.

Pour into a greased 9-in. square baking dish.

2. Bake at 400° for 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Honey Kissed Fruit Salad

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by Activity Director, teresa henley

Hello from Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center! We hope you enjoyed the Steamboat Days Festival over the weekend. There were some great musical acts performing. We took several to hear the music and see the crafts on Friday. It was rather warm but everyone enjoyed the outing.

National CNA Week begins Friday, June 12. We will be observing the week with several activities.

On Monday, we will have a Mismatched Sock Day for the residents. On Tuesday, we will have Pajama Day and a Pancake Breakfast.

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On Wednesday, June 17, will be Mismatched Clothes Day for the residents.

Thursday is Bad Hair Day and Friday we will observe National CNA Day. The Disciples will also be here bringing their sweet gospel music.

Our friends from the Assembly of God will be here for fun and fellowship on Saturday, June 20.

Father’s Day is Sunday, June 21. We will be honoring all of our Fathers here at DANRC. Tell your father, brother, uncle, grandfather or a friend Happy Father’s Day. I am sure they will appreciate it.

I have just returned from a 10-day vacation and have a lot of catching up to do. Janice has done a great job keeping things going.

Our resident birthday party will be Thursday, June 25.

The weather has been rather warm, but we asked for it and boy did we get it! I will take the sunshine any day over the snow and ice!

Come to visit us. We have lots of fun and would enjoy having you visit.

Until next time, have a great rest of the week.

Teresa Henley Activity Director

1 can (11 ounces) mandarin oranges, drained 1 can (8 ounces) pineapple chunks, drained 1 cup green grapes 1 cup halved fresh strawberries 1 medium firm banana, sliced 3 tablespoons honey 2 teaspoons lime juice 1/4 teaspoon grated lime peel 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon poppy seeds Fresh mint, optional In a large bowl, combine fruit. In a small bowl, combine the honey, lime juice, peel and vanilla. Pour over fruit; gently toss to coat. Sprinkle with poppy seeds.

Garnish with mint if desired.

Breakfast Berry Crepes 1/3 cup 2% milk 2 tablespoons beaten egg

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1-1/2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar 1/4 teaspoon baking powder Dash salt 2 teaspoons butter, divided FILLING: 2 ounces cream cheese, softened 3 tablespoons plus 1/2 teaspoon confectioners' sugar, divided 4 teaspoons 2% milk 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/3 cup each fresh blueberries, strawberries and raspberries In a small bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. In an 8-in. nonstick skillet, melt 1 teaspoon butter. Stir batter; pour about 2 tablespoons into the center of skillet. Lift and tilt pan to evenly coat bottom. Cook until top appears dry; turn and cook 15-20 seconds longer. Remove to a wire rack.

Make 3 more crepes, adding remaining butter to skillet as needed. For filling, in a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth. Spread 1 rounded tablespoon on each crepe; top with 1/4 cup fruit and roll up. Sprinkle with remaining confectioners' sugar.

Lemon Quick Bread 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1 egg 1 cup (8 ounces) lemon yogurt 1/3 cup canola oil 1 tablespoon lemon juice In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and baking powder. In another bowl, combine the egg, yogurt, oil and lemon juice. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.

Pour into an 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 325° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

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By Barbara Williams, Site Director

May 26-30th A few weeks ago Jack and Pat Folts went to the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, AR and found a 21 point white diamond which is almost a quarter carat! Tuesday we had a Bean Bag Baseball game in Jacksonville, and we won 26 – 18! Wednesday we had Breakfast and Bingo. Special thanks to Mrs. Mary Ingle for bringing and donating her fresh country eggs for our Wednesday morning breakfast. Thursday we had another Bean Bag Baseball game here at the center against Hayes Center, and we also won that game 3224! We’re on a roll, keep it up Bobcats! Friday, our executive director, Mrs. Sharon Anderson conducted the Chronic Disease Class. We have a huge barrel to put the recycled aluminum cans in on Fridays.

Saturday we celebrated a late Memorial Day cookout/potluck since we were closed on Monday and had a great turn out. We had a men vs. women bean bag baseball game, and the men won hands down.

Good job everyone, we had a blast.

June 1-5 The weather was great for our local Steamboat Days Festival, but the heat is beginning. We hope all of our seniors are staying cool. Come inside the center and beat the heat this summer. We always need help working on the quilts.

There is always a new puzzle or two out that needs finished, and toss the bean bags around during the domino game breaks.

There is always something to do here! Monday the quilters went to Golden Corral for lunch. Tuesday

we had Joke of the Day and a Ball exercise that afternoon. Wednesday we had Breakfast and Bingo, and Mrs. Linda Petty sang and played some wonderful piano music for us and practiced her song for the upcoming Ms. Arkansas Senior pageant in Alma, AR. Thursday we had a guest speaker come in and talk about Alzheimer's, and Bingo at the library was that afternoon. Bring your empty aluminum cans for recycling on Fridays. Like our Facebook page Des Arc Senior Citizen Center to get our daily lunch menu.

Rumor has it that Elvis will be coming to Des Arc in July! Stay tuned for more info. God Bless and have a great weekend!

From: Barbara Williams, Site Director Olivia Holcomb Osborn, Meals on Wheels

Back in North Carolina . . . with Philip and Lorraine Our month started off with a bang: Philip helped with the Senior Games at the high school field –for various races; Lorraine attended the memorial service for the music director/organist’s husband at the Presbyterian Church and sang with the choir a beautiful rendition of “Alleluia” a capella. Other special music included a men’s group (guitars and mandolin) singing “I’ll Fly Away”.

Lorraine and neighbor/friend, Lea, participated in a Hospice Training session of twelve hours so that we can play dulcimers for hospice patients. We learned so much! We’d heard that hospice workers are like angels; every person we met was exceptional. Subjects covered included: What is Hospice? Infection Control; Spiritual Issues; Patient Care; Psycho-Social Aspects of Care; Office Procedures and Documentation; Ethics; Communications and Self Care; and Bereavement. We are waiting for the green light from our criminal back-ground checks and then will be assigned a patient. Most of their hospice patients are in their homes. It will be a very rewarding experience, we are both convinced. One couple in the volunteer group will provide pet therapy.

Granddaughter, Jennifer, celebrated two graduations!

She received an A.A. degree from GA Perimeter College and her high school diploma from Eastside High School.

Here is an article in the newspaper about Jenny: http://www.newtoncitizen.com/news/2015/may/07/ea stside-high-school-senior-to-be-part-of/ .

We both participated in the Senior Games. Philip won gold in both singles and doubles table tennis. Lorraine won gold in billiards, with only one competitor, Joyce Outlaw, in her age group.

We observed the Spelling competition and noted the especially difficult ones, including: hippopotamus, humongous, italicize, boutonniere, connoisseur, hemorrhage, and kaleidoscope. The first entrant to miss a word – bassoon – said that she’d never played one!

We walk whenever the weather and how we feel allows it. To give us more purpose to our strolls, we bought

a “grabber” and pick up litter along the way, when we are in the mood. Philip attended a presentation by Air Force Electronics Warfare Office Lt. Col. Tom Pyle, who talked about his more than six years in captivity at the hands of North Vietnamese.

We joined lots of beer connoisseurs Phillip and Lorraine (that was another Philip and Lorraine spelling word!) to Senwearing Senior Games T-shirts ior GamescelSenior Gamesebrate the opening of The Lazy Hiker Brewery http://lazyhikerbrewing.com/ - in downtown Franklin.

Considering that Franklin had been “dry” for decades, this business was a major accomplishment. Eight choir members showed up, as well; food is available from a food truck in the parking lot titled “A Fork in the Road.”

Lorraine has joined (for a couple of months only) a community hand bell choir that will perform once at the Presbyterian Church for the annual benefit for the Black Mountain Children’s Home - http://www.blackmountainhome.org/ . Twelve people play, and she learned how to “double” on the second practice afternoon. That is when two bells, (always high, small ones), an octave apart, are rung at the same time. We are practicing five pieces, but will probably play only two or three. Memorial Day was busy. We attended a wonderful ceremony in town, with music and speeches and presenting colors.

The annual campground picnic was fun, with hot dogs and buns provided by campers Ed and Charlotte, and potluck from everyone else. Since we had so many strawberries from our Farmer Deal’s CSA, we made a

Strawberry Icebox Cake, http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/strawberry-icebox-cake-163104.aspx - which was very well received.

Our last excursion for the month was to an important softball game between Franklin High and Forbush High (located 209 miles away!) that was played at Macon Middle School, a few miles from us. Franklin’s girls were on the slight side, and Forbush’s girls were on the hefty side.

Forbush was winning 5 – 1 when we left. Between the beautiful weather, the wildflowers that we see on our walks, and the birds that entertain us outside our dining area window, western North Carolina is a beautiful place to spend the summer months. Strangers wave back at us when we are afoot, and people are very friendly. Here is one of the beautiful campsites in our campground: Remember, we love hearing from you!

Philip and Lorraine 954-618-9948 and 954-830-5190 philipandlorraine@gmail.com Ed. Note: Philip Fuller, a retired educator, is a native of Des Arc. He and Lorraine reside in Hollywood, Florida until summer when they otor-home to North Carolina for the summer months.

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Hickory Plains School Reunion: The Queen of Hickory Plains, Mrs. Maxine Walters and three of her children attended the Fourth Annual Hickory Plains School Reunion on Saturday, June 6. Pictured left to right: Liz Walters White, Mrs. Maxine Walters, Gary Walters and John Walters. The reunion was held at the new Hickory Plains Missionary Baptist Church Life Center.

(EARLY INFO) Come toes, green beans, and She will have surgery June and Go!! Housewarming corn. Chocolate cake with 25th at LR St. Vincent’s. for Derek, Carmen, and forty candles. She was real- Things are better than Harper Doepel ,Sunday, ly surprised and said she most have been when they July 5 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm had no idea. had this done. He will take Location, at their the On Saturday Ronnie and out all of the hip (she had new house outside DeValls Stacy Ashmore took Teddy partial medicated hip reBluff. Come enjoy some and Jewel out to dinner for placement before) and he fellowship and check out their 49th anniversary will put in medicated temthe house! Feel free to tell (June1). The food was porary hip replacement someone! Contact Leah good and company was and she can walk on it. She White, Carmen Doepel, or great. will come home the next Chelsae (Ford) McCall for Rick & Robbie Weaver day with Home Health directions. They are regis- went to Batesville Sunday Care, IV antibiotics. Later, tered anywhere, so gift to attend Church with his they will take that one cards would be great! friend, Reggie. They were outand put in total permaCarter and Debbye Har- having Revival.. nent hip replacement. rison went to Washington Evans Family Reunion When Clara and I got DC for the Annual King Kat was Sunday at the Gospel home Tuesday. Aunt Clara meal. They left Monday, Mission Church Life Cen- got the Cochran kids a waJune 1st and returned Fri- ter in Des Arc. The atten- termelon. Ms. Elizabeth day afternoon, June 5th. dance was good- had plen- Kerr was here visiting the I’m sure they will have arti- ty of food and good fellow- “Cochran Seven”. Later in cle for WRJ soon???? ship. Those not present the day, Jewel Ashmore Our niece, Sharon Lo- were very missed. Thelma stopped by to bring Clara a gan comes everyday to go Griffith being the main card, and a few things to thru boxes for Aunt Clara one, due to her illness. me and visited a while. My Clark, stuff to get rid of and Sunday evening, Mickey buddy, Brenda Evans, whatever she needs done. and Vanessa Graham, Ken- Kenzie and Luke White She’s like her late Mom, neth, Lola and James Allen came to play with the Mary Davis, works all the Brannon, and James and Cochran Seven”, their 4th time.

Peggy Rettig grilled ham- cousins. Leah White picked One day last week a burgers for supper. They her kids up here. Clara young man, Blake Turner were celebrating Vanessa’s Clark came over and got to drove up on a motorcycle 61st and Peggy’s 71st birth- see Brenda, Leah and kids. at HPOS. He asked, ”Do days. This will get me in The “Ladies Drop By” you know a place I can get trouble HA! Tuesday had low attena good breakfast?”I said,” Tracy Cochran won a dance, but they had fun, right here.” I introduced trip to Cancun, NM with food and good fellowship. him to Tracy, to cook him her travel agency. It was to There were eleven there, breakfast. Tracy told him, learn and experience to be Jewel Ashmore, LaVita “now you will be in the pa- an advantage for her cus- Polk, Vanessa Graham, Super.” He said, “That’s neat. tomers. She left early Sun- sanne Bell, Otha Nell ParkHis Mom writes a column day morning.

Chad er, Judy Gore, Debora Carfor the paper at home. He brought us the “Cochran penter, Faye Martin, Pat is from Mineral Bluff, GA. Seven” Sunday evening. Johnson, Barbara Ingle, & He taught English for nine- After Chad had left, Papaw Margie. Next month it will teen years and is now a li- sneezed hard and was in be July 14th at 1 PM at the brarian at the School. I told terrible pain. He either Hickory Plains Methodist different ones, I’d be back cracked a rib or it pulled Church. Come enjoy the sometime, I was going with from his sternum. He does fun fellowship, Good Medhim. He was headed to well most days. We had a icine!

Utah & CO. Of course, good time with the kids.

HPOS wants to let everyone knew I wasn’t They aren’t perfect, but everyone know that Tracy getting on a motorcycle good kids. Papaw had will serve breakfast on and leaving my comfort made Josie a Cribbage Sunday mornings. She will zone, Our community HA! board and she won her also have a Sunday lunch His wife gave him until first game they played on special for $4 .99. Dinner middle of July to be back it. Then they each won and SPECIALS on TUESDAYS home for their daughter’s lost several more. It has a and FRIDAYS! Come out & 10th birthday. picture from, The Hobbit”. enjoy!

Hickory Plains School Papaw put a picture of his Please support Hickory Reunion was Saturday. It face in a flower on it and Plains Post Office by purwas at the Hickory Plains put a special address of chasing stamps, mailing Baptist Church Life Center. Josie’s DOB and her nick- packages & etc. there..

There were sixty-nine in name from him, Sug-A- Support our OWN local attendance-a little fewer Boog, on the mailbox.

Postmaster, Tammy Bruce. than last year. Everyone Papaw and Uncle Monte The Hickory Plains Post enjoyed fish lunch, catered took them fishing Monday Office hours are Mon.-Fri.

by Carter Harrison/King evening. They caught a lot 12:30 PM2:30PM, Kat, good fellowship and it of fish, but we didn’t cook Sat.10AM-1:30PM. was so nice and roomy in them. Mr. Carter supplied (REMINDER) For peothe Hickory Plains Baptist us with a big bag of King ple to call 870-854-3703 or Church Life Center. Angelo Kat fish. We had it for lunch email me and Evelyn Coppola’s few days. Josie cooked sup- (OpalCrider@centurytel.n daughter, Dawn, brought per Tuesday night. We had et) their News. Please call cake and pittifors to cele- sundaes for dessert. Papaw or send!!! If you want birthbrate her parents 52nd an- showed Josie how to make days in my column and niversary. Mary Grace homemade biscuits you know I don’t put them Smith brought a big cup- Wednesday morning. Their in, please let me know! cake for Vanessa Graham’s Mom, Face timed with Have a Good Week In birthday. them Wednesday, the first The Lord!

I left at last minute Sat- time to see or talk to her Happy Birthday June urday afternoon for since Saturday night. They 11th to Trevor Jones, Maumelle to attend, our played in the sprinkler George Bonner & Taffa granddaughter, Emily Wednesday. Chad was to Miller!

Cochran’s 3rd year in pick them up Thursday to Happy Birthday June Dancer’s Corner Ballet. It head to TN. They were to 13th to Candace Crye! was Cinderella Ballet. She pick Tracy up Thursday Happy Birthday June does so good. She was a evening at airport in 16th to Katrina Price & Messenger and also is old Nashville, TN. They were Andy Bookalis! enough now to help little going to Clarksville, TN to Happy Birthday June ones perform. spend the weekend with 18th to Newton Buckner & A surprise birthday par- their friends, the Highfills. Bill Hartsell! ty for Stacy Ashmore was They will transfer (MiliLet the wise listen to enjoyed by about 25 peo- tary)to Rhode Island later these proverbs and become ple at Hickory Plains this summer. even wiser. Let those with Methodist Church on Frireceive Clara Clark still needs understanding day, June 5. Dinner was you continued Prayers. I guidance. Proverbs 1:5, NLT served to all who attended took her to the surgeon, pork loins, mashed pota- Paul Edwards, Tuesday.

Mark your calendar now –children and adults, too- for June 27th for Gregory Baptist Church’s one day Bible School.

Bible study, crafts, games and Pizza for lunch!! How about that?

Go put it on your calendar---NOW!!!!

That means YOU, wherever you live!!

Billye Holder accompanied Tracye Nick to Conway Friday to retrieve son, Lee Willis from Boys’ State and visited Billy Nick at a Conway Nursing home.

Fannie Peters visited Rosie Turner at the Rehab Center in McCrory last week.

Mickey Holder and Michelle Brown went to Cabot Friday to see Carter Brown play T-Ball. Granddad Donny was on that planting machine!!, like all other farmers. They are not getting that afternoon nap, for sure!

The Augusta High School Senior graduating class of 1975 met at The Tamale Factory Saturday evening for a mini class reunion. Some spending the night with Donny and Michelle Brown were Randi Jean Rives Fergus

of Memphis and Donnie and Reba Gaddis Danner of Mt. Julie, Tenn.

Jena Pfeffer spent the weekend in Searcy with Lynn and Carrie Tranum, Kristen and Avery and John McNeill.

Fannie Peters went to Cotton Plant Baptist Church last Thursday for their Fun Day and Pot Luck dinner.

Stan Lockhart of Conway spent Thursday here with Rosetta Lockhart.

Billye Holder and Michelle Brown were supper guests of Kyle and Rebecca Brown ,Carter and Tucker on Monday.

My 9 year old friend, Hayden Cooper got a lesson in lawn mowing Saturday. Dad, Jason was there for every move but let him do it. He was so proud!!

Folks, there is great pride in working. Some of our people have not learned that and it is sad.

I am 86 and was proud Monday that I mowed, that I am still able—I came in and lay on the sofa for 3 hours!! but would have anyway!!

Saturday I was invited to share in honoring Bill Jones’ 80th birthday cele-

bration at Grays. His wife, Frances (Moon) grew up here. I saw several that I knew and don’t see often.

Was nice to be able to gather without it being a funeral, even though I am glad we still do even if it is a funeral.

Jamie Godfrey of Rockwall, Texas is spending this week here with Della Wood Pinegar. They plan to attend the Wood Family Reunion on Saturday at Judsonia.

Larry and Sally Peebles of Memphis spent a few days here last week. On Tuesday Larry visited at Revels with Tommy Vincent who had been in the hospital. Some others visiting at various times have been Gary Woods, Kelly Crenshaw, Mickey Holder and Rosetta Lockhart.

Rowland and Karla Clark and Peyton spent the weekend at Hot Springs and visited Kaye Swint. They went to St. Joe Monday to visit her dad, Brent and Susan McKnight. Brent is having health problems and needs your prayers.

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NEW BETHEL NEWS Donna Kelly, Correspondent

What beautiful weather the last few days. Just a little on the warm side, at least it is drying things out.

The Bible School last week went over very well.

We had the closing program Sunday evening, a very good program.

Thanks to all the ladies that worked with the children.

It was amazing driving to church after all the water we had last week. It was so nice to see the dust fly.

CROP REPORT Brent Griffin CEA-Staff Chair Prairie County Cooperative Extension Service P.O. Boxll 388 DeValls Bluff, AR 72041 (Office) 870-998-2614 (Mobile) 870-351-54616

Week of June 1 Days of field work: 4 Top Soil Moisture: 100% adequate Sub Soil Moisture: 100% adequate Livestock Condition: 3 Fair Main Activities: Farmers resumed soybean planting, herbicide and fertilizer applications to cotton, corn, sorghum, and rice. First hay cuttings were being made.

Planting Progress: Corn: 100% planted, 100% emerged Rice: 99% planted, 95% emerged Soybean: 70% planted, 50% emerged Cotton: 100% planted, 100% emerged Sorghum: 100% planted, 97% emerged Crop Condition: Corn: 25% Poor, 75% Fair Rice: 30% Poor, 70% Fair Soybean: 30% Poor, 70% Fair Cotton: 50% Poor, 50% Fair Sorghum: 30% Poor, 70% Fair Hay/Pasture: 40% Poor, 60% Fair

Cody McElroy and children, Kylee and Cooper, were visiting at our church on Sunday. A very nice surprise. Allen was preaching at Mission Church in Conway.

Johnny came over and mowed our yard. There were places that were still too wet to go through with the mower.

The farmers are really busy getting their crops planted. The rice and corn are looking good.

We want to pray for Kenneth Caviness who is

a patient in the hospital and also extend sympathy to the family of Dorothy Shoemake.

Our little grandson, Cooper, spent the day with us early last week.

He is such a bundle of joy.

Jerrad Greenwalt and wife, Wendy were among the parents of children who were in our Bible School. They have three little darling girls.

We wish everyone a good week.

Farmers Market opens in Stuttgart Area residents hoping to sell their homegrown produce now have another venue.

The Grand Prairie Farmers Market in Stuttgart, which will be located in the new pavilion next to the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce, opened Saturday, May 30. The farmers market will be open every Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until vendors sell out.

The Chamber is currently accepting vegetable producers to sell their produce in the market.

Vendors will each have a 10x10 space to display their produce. The spaces are first come, first serve each

Saturday. Vendors will need to supply their own table and chairs.

Vendors can sign up for the entire season for $20or single days for $5 each.

Early registration is not required.

According to the Chamber, all produce must be Arkansas grown and state laws governing farmers markets must be followed.

To learn more about the Grand Grand Prairie Farmers Market or to sign up as a vendor, contact Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce Director of Programs Jenni Vester at (870) 6731602.

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Harvey’s Exxon Pony League team takes Second Place at Lonoke Tournament

Jennifer Bass

Congratulations to the Harvey’s Exxon Pony League team who traveled to Lonoke to participate in a tournament held Friday through Saturday, June 5 and 6. The Pony League team took second place at the tournament. The team played hard and had fun over the hot two days at the tournament.

Pictured front row, left to right are: Jerrod Williams, Bryar Morden, Hunter Hill, Austin Weatherley and Jeffrey Harrell.

Back row, left to right are: Dillon Conway, Jared Kidwell, Austin Williams, Coach Larry Holloway, Justus HolPhoto by Jackie Holloway loway, Nylein Earl, Coach Stuart Morden, Coach Jeff Hall, and Coach Taddy Hill.

DAHS Football Eagle program hosts summer camp at Hinson-Rollins Field Coach Drake Widener and the Des Arc High School football program hosted a one-day summer camp at Hinson-Rollins Field on Friday, June 5 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. Teams from Wynne, Barton, Lonoke and Stuttgart as well as the Des Arc Senior Eagles were put through skill drills for offensive and defensive teams as well as goal line competitions.

Coach Widener said, “This camp gave everyone a chance to identify areas that will need to be worked on when practice starts in July and improved upon before the 2015 season starts.”

Photos by Lexie Cook

Two from Prairie County graduate from ASUJonesboro ASU-Jonesboro has released a list dated May 9, 2015 of 1800 students who were awarded diplomas during 2015 Spring Commencement ceremonies held at the Convocation Center.

Chancellor Tim Hudson conferred the degrees.

Those from Prairie County receiving degrees are: Carlee Yvette Fisher-Des Arc-BS-Acounting Andrew Sayger-HazenBS Agriculture-Agri Business.

Softball Summer League Action. . . .

Photo top left: Bella Flanagan, #24 for Kennedy Law, slides safely across homeplate on Tuesday, June 9 Photo bottom left: Layla Gardner, Red Hots, swings the bat in their game against the Lil Knockouts. Kymber Buckner is backcatcher for the Lil Knockouts

Photo top right: Brylee McIntosh, LIl Knockouts, beats the tag at first base as Mia Dunlap, Red Hots, scoops up the ball.

Photo bottom right: Meredith Reidhar, #8, F&M Bank, sneaks by the tag at homeplate for a run on Tuesday evening.

Senior earns college degree before high school diploma NewtonCitizen.com-COVINGTON – A local high school senior will be a part of Georgia Perimeter College Newton Campus’ final graduating class before it becomes a part of Georgia State University.

Jennifer Bass, who is a senior at Eastside High School and is enrolled as a Move On When Ready student at GPC Newton, will earn her associate’s degree in journalism alongside her peers. She is one of a handful of students who will receive her associate’s degree prior to earning her high school diploma, according to GPC Assistant Director for Campus Communications Rebecca Rakoczy.

After the May 8 graduation from GPC, Bass then accepted her high school diploma on May 22 with her fellow EHS Eagles in the class of 2015 — earning two degrees in less than a month. She has maintained a 3.83 GPA while at GPC, and a 3.74 at Eastside. She will be attending Georgia College in Milledgeville after high school graduation.

Bass was also distinguished as one of Eastside’s leading seniors at the Covington Rotary Club’s Top Ten ceremony in April.

Jennifer is the granddaughter of former Des Arc resident Phillip Fuller of Hollywood, Fla., retired educator.

Philip’s mother was also a teacher at Des Arc. Held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Downtown Atlanta, the GPC graduation ceremony will conferred degrees to GPC Newton students, as well as students from other GPC campuses before it is consolidated as part of Georgia State. Systemwide, GPC will graduate more than 2,050 students, who will be earning their associate’s degrees in various areas including business, psychology, health information, general studies, nursing and computer science. The Newton campus will have 250 students graduating.

The University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved the consolidation of GSU and GPC in January. The consolidation will take effect in January 2016.

Steamboat Days basketball Three on Three winners

Winners of Steamboat Days Three on Three Basketball Tournament are left to right: Ortavious Dunlap, Trentt Whiting and DaNerryen Spencer Photos courtesy of Katie Minton

Area students named to Dean and Chancellor Lists at ASU-Jonesboro Several area students have been named to the 2015 Dean and Chancellor Lists for the Spring semester.

Students included on the Chancellor’s List (CL) are those students with a 3.804.0 GPA. Students included on the Dean’s List (DL) earned a 3.6-3.79 GPA. Area students are: Tori Bell-CL-Des Arc Hayley Calhoun-CL-Des Arc Savanna Mote-CL-Des Arc Taylor Strohl-CL-DeValls Bluff Alexandria Davis-CLHazen Micah Rogers-DL-Hazen Cameron Vail-DL-Hazen R a n d a l l R a m s e y- D L Griffithville

Runnersup of Steamboat Days Three on Three Basketball Tournament are left to right: Shaquille Mosby, Jimel Brown and Corlandise Bonds

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Crowd getting seated for entertainment act

Event Winners and Contestants

Victoria Keel with her dog, Harley Sue Best of Show and Best Kisser

Emma Petty with her dog, Chloe Best Trick-Second Place

Barbecue Cookoff: Left to right are Slappin Butt BBQ of Little RockBest Ribs; Chris Smith, Co-Chairman; Rhonda Hoffan of RACS BBQ & More of Brinkley-Best Chicken and Chairman Jimmy MInton. The BBQ cookoff was sponsored by First Arkansas Bail Bonds

Rossie Buckner with her dog, Scooby. At right, Rossie’s mom, Kandace Buckner. Scooby was Peoples Choice Winner

Ross Hite Winner Steamboat Days Duck Calling Contest Duck Callers: Dawson Moye; left, won Second Place in the Duck Calling Contest. At right: Jakin Cox who did not place but Dawson was kind enough to give Jakin the duck call he won in the contest.

2015 Steamboat Days Horseshoe Pitching winners Front, left to right: Tyler Huffstickler, Denise Long and Brian Brooks. Back, left to right: Mark Holder and Jimmy Flanagan, Jr. Denise and Brian won First Place; Tyler and Dane, Second Place and Mark and Jimmy, Jr., Third Place.

Thirteen teams participated in the event

Dog show winners: Pictured left to right: Adrianne VanHouten with Mitt Mitt (Best Trick-First Place); Lily Anderson and mother with their dog, Pebbles (Best Dressed-Second Place) and Sandy and Kyrstin Horton with mother and grandmother’s dog, Bella(Best Dressed First Place)

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Carnival, Fun and Entertainment Several enjoying the Sling Shot

Festival goers entering just one of many attractions Children’s Activities

Kids checking out the rides

Children’s Activities

Kyla Horton

Geraldine Odell showing off her moves

Cummins Prison Band

Hope’s Revival-left to right: Brad Knupp, Sarah Bell, Reuben McMillen, Libby McMillen, Jerry Greenwood, Shauna Gilbraith, Teresa Bell, Sarah McMullen and Newton Buckner

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Arkansas Agriculture Dept. announces national organic certification cost-share program The Arkansas Agriculture Department (AAD) has entered into a cooperative agreement with the USDA, Agriculture Marketing Service for the allocation of organic certification cost share funds. The USDA National Organic Certification Cost Share Program was authorized under 7 U.S.C. 6523, as amended by section 10301 Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008.

Under this Act, USDA is authorized to provide cost share assistance to organic producers and handlers certified to the National Organic Program (NOP) by accredited certifying agents.

The program will reimburse certified organic producers, processors or handlers of organic agricultural products 75% of allowable expenses up to a maximum of $750 per certification or category of certification.

To qualify, a producer, processor or handler’s inspection and certification or recertification must occur between October 1, 2014 and September 30,

2015.

If you are interested in participating in the program, please submit the following documents: Completed AAD Organic Cost Share Application Copy of current certification (s) (Must be dated between 10/1/14 and 9/30/15) Complete W-9 Form (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number) Copy of invoice statement showing fees assessed for certification from a USDA accredited certifier Proof of payment to certifier for costs incurred for certification or recertification.

Mail all documents to: Organic Certification Cost Share Program Arkansas Agriculture Department 1 Natural Resources Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 Application packets must be received by October 31, 2015 to be considered.

Boozman praises Cuba deal; Hutchinson touts Rural Services

By Steve Brawner May 26, 2015 Improving relationships with Cuba will help that country and Arkansas, Sen. John Boozman said last week while Gov. Asa Hutchinson said that merging the Arkansas Department of Rural Services into the Arkansas Economic Development Commission will help it better serve rural communities.

The two men were part of a lineup of speakers addressing the Delta Grassroots Caucus, a seven-state coalition of advocates and legislators meeting in Little Rock. Former President Bill Clinton also addressed the group.

Boozman said that Tom Osborne, who served with him in the U.S. House of Representatives and earlier coached the Nebraska Cornhuskers college football team, had told him that when he ran the same play repeatedly without success, it was time to try something different.

"I'm a guy that really feels like the way that you change people is through personal relationships," Boozman said.

"What we've been doing ... hasn't worked."

He said better relations with Cuba would open an important market for Arkansas and would improve the lives of Cubans. He said the United States has trade relations with countries with worse human rights records, including Saudi Arabia, China, Russia and Vietnam.

Boozman last week along with the rest of the Senate voted to give the president trade promotion authority, a six-year ability to negotiate trade deals that are subject to an up-or-down vote by Congress. If the House approves the authority, the focus will shift to the Trans Pacific Partnership, which would involve the United States and 11 other Pacific ountries. Boozman said he did not know if he supported that deal because it hasn't been completed.

"We want a deal that's not free trade but fair trade. We want a deal that's good for both sides," he said.

In his speech, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said his proposal to merge the Department of Rural Services into the Arkansas Economic Development Commission would end the department's isolation.

"I think it elevates them and sends a signal that economic development is important not just in urban Arkansas, but it is important in every area of the state, and Rural Services will be a part of that," he said.

He said the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, for which Arkansas legislators are meeting to approve an incentive package for potential manufacturer Lockheed Martin, will lead to jobs and provide money to Southern Arkansas University Technical College for equipment and job training.

Former Gov. Mike Beebe spoke on behalf of Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy, while Alice Stewart, former Gov. Mike Huckabee's communications director, spoke on behalf of his candidacy.

Key initiatives that a clear majority of Delta Grassroots Caucus support to Congress, the national executive branch, governors and state legislators, and local leaders include: * Support for expansion of health insurance coverage for lower-income Deltans, noting the major expansions in Arkansas, Illinois and other states; * Full funding for the Small Business Administration, USDA programs, the Export and Import Bank, the south Arkansas job creation project in Camden, and other initiatives for creating jobs, especially for small businesses as the most dynamic engine for jobs; * Full funding for SNAP, WIC, school meals and other nutrition programs, as well as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and other major safety net programs addressing hunger, nutrition and poverty, especially for women, children and youths up to age 18 who suffer from poverty rates far above national averages in our region; * Funding the federal highway bill, expansion of broadband access to permit Deltans to gain access to the information superhighway, and aid for home-ownership to repair our deteriorating infrastructure, promote sustainable economic development and create jobs; * Opening up farm trade and other exports to Cuba to re-establish a formerly lucrative market for Delta rice, poultry and other products, and end the failed embargo that has done nothing to undermine the Castro regimeafter 50 years of failure, it's time for a change; * Civil rights/racial and economic justice for all: Opposition to legislation restricting people's right to vote, ending excessive sentences for non-violent crimes that amount to "mass incarceration," more training for police to avoid profiling of African Americans and other minorities; and support for restricting police use of military equipment that promotes excessive use of force against demonstrators; * Support for Delta heritage tourism, such as civil rights, Civil War, natural resources, and blues and jazz legacy, and support for the Delta Queen bill to get her traveling on the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers again.

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City of Des Arc 2014 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report We're pleased to present to you this year's Annual Drinking Water Quality Report. This report is designed to inform you about the quality water and services we deliver to you every day. Our goal is to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water, and we want you to understand, and be involved in, the efforts we make to continually improve the water treatment process and protect our water resources.

Where Does Our Drinking Water Come From?

The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. Our sources of water are four wells that pump from the Alluvial and Sparta Sand Aquifers.

How Safe Is The Source Of Our Drinking Water?

The Arkansas Department of Health has completed a Source Water Vulnerability Assessment for City of Des Arc. The assessment summarizes the potential for contamination of our sources of drinking water and can be used as a basis for developing a source water protection plan. Based on the various criteria of the assessment, our water sources have been determined to have a medium susceptibility to contamination. You may request a summary of the Source Water Vulnerability Assessment from our office.

What Contaminants Can Be In Our Drinking Water?

As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. Contaminants that may be present in source water include: Microbial contaminants such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife; Inorganic contaminants such as salts and metals, which can be naturally occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming; Pesticides and herbicides which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses; Organic chemical contaminants including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban stormwater runoff, and septic systems; Radioactive contaminants which can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.

In order to assure tap water is safe to drink, EPA has regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health.

Am I at Risk?

All drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. However, some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from small amounts of contamination. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtainHG E\ FDOOLQJ WKH (QYLURQPHQWDO 3URWHFWLRQ $JHQF\¶V 6DIH 'ULQNLQJ :DWHU +RWOLQH DW -800426-4791. In addition, EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by microbiological contaminants are also available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline.

Lead and Drinking Water If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. We are responsible for providing high quality drinking water, but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.

How Can I Learn More About Our Drinking Water?

If you have any questions about this report or concerning your water utility, please contact Paul K. Berry, Water Operations Manager, at 870-256-4316. We want our valued customers to be informed about their water utility. If you want to learn more, please attend any of our regularly scheduled meetings. They are held on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM at City Hall, 107 South Third Street in Des Arc. TEST RESULTS We routinely monitors for constituents in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws.

The test results table shows the results of our monitoring for the period of January 1 st to December 31st, 2014. In the table you might find terms and abbreviations you are not familiar with. To help you better understand these terms we've provided the following definitions: Action Level - the concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.

Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) - the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water.

MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology.

Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) ± unenforceable public health goal; the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL) - the highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.

Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal (MRDLG) - the level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.

NA ± Not applicable Parts per billion (ppb) - a unit of measurement for detected levels of contaminants in drinking water. One part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or a single penny in $10,000,000.

Parts per million (ppm) ± a unit of measurement for detected levels of contaminants in drinking water. One part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in $10,000.

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MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS Level MCLG MCL Unit Detected (Public Health Goal) (Allowable Level) 1 positive sample None Present 0 per month INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS MCL MCLG Level Detected Unit (Allowable (Public Health Goal) Level) Average: 0.74 Range: 0.48 ± 1.21

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Major Sources in Drinking Water Naturally present in the environment Major Sources in Drinking Water Erosion of natural deposits; water additive which promotes strong teeth

LEAD AND COPPER TAP MONITORING Number of Sites 90th Percentile Action Unit over Action Level Result Level

Major Sources in Drinking Water Corrosion from household Lead 0 0.003 ppm 0.015 plumbing systems; erosion of Copper 0 0.39 ppm 1.3 natural deposits i We are on a reduced monitoring schedule and required to sample once every three years for lead and copper at the FXVWRPHUV¶ WDSV 7KH UHVXOWV DERYH DUH IURP RXU ODVW PRQLWRULQJ SHULRG LQ 14. Our next required monitoring period is in 2017.

REGULATED DISINFECTANTS MRDLG MRDL Violation Major Sources in Disinfectant Level Detected Unit (Public Health (Allowable Y/N Drinking Water Goal) Level) Average: 0.76 Water additive used Chlorine N ppm 4 4 Range: 0.3 ± 1.3 to control microbes BY-PRODUCTS OF DRINKING WATER DISINFECTION Violation MCLG MCL Contaminant Level Detected Unit Y/N (Public Health Goal) (Allowable Level) Highest Running Annual HAA5 NA ppb 0 60 Average: 20.7 [Haloacetic Acids] Range: 14.6 ± 29.7 Highest Running Annual TTHM NA ppb NA 80 Average: 81.6 [Total Trihalomethanes] Range: 43.6 - 136 i The levels detected for HAA5 & TTHM are from investigative (or preliminary) monitoring performed under the upcoming Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (Stage 2 DBPR). The purpose of the Stage 2 DBPR is to increase public health protection by having us meet the HHA5 and TTHM allowable levels (MCLs) as an annual average at specific locations and not just averaging the entire system. This is a tougher standard and when the Rule goes into effect some localities will have trouble meeting it. To assist us in meeting these stricter requirements we are taking investigative samples to work on reducing HAA5s and TTHMs throughout the distribution system before new Rule goes into effect. MCL violations are not applicable to investigative monitoring.

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Chloroform 2.58 ppb 70 Bromodichloromethane 8.51 ppb 0 By-product of drinking water disinfection Dibromochloromethane 18.7 ppb 60 Bromoform 12.8 ppb 0 i Unregulated contaminants are those for which EPA has not established drinking water standards. The purpose of unregulated contaminant monitoring is to assist EPA in determining the occurrence of unregulated contaminants in drinking water and whether future regulation is warranted. MCLs (Maximum Contaminant Levels) and MCLGs (Maximum Contaminant Level Goals) have not been established for all unregulated contaminants.

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Left of Center, DWI-Three or More, and Refuse Breathalizer. Continued to June 22, 2015.

Jimmy Lee Chase, Des Arc, charged with Public Intoxication/Drinking in Public. Failed to Appear.

Issue Warrant.

John Wayne Woods, Conway, charged with Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver LicenseClass A Misdemeanor.

Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $285.00.

Tommy S. Barbee, Bald Knob, charged with Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver License. Defendant contacted Court Officer with cash bond.

Will appear June 15, 2015.

Jelicia M. Jackson, North Little Rock, charged with Violation of Protection Order and Disorderly Conduct. Plead not Guilty.

Hearing set for July 9, 2015.

Issue No Contact Order.

Cassie Evans, Des Arc, charged with Resisting Arrest-Class A Misdemeanor, Disorderly Conduct and Domestic Battering-Third Degree. Plead Guilty. Sentencing set for June 15, 2015.

Jermaine Jones, Biscoe, charged with Failure to Pay. Guilty. Sentenced to Fine

and Cost of $380.00.

State Cases Bobby W. Brooks, Ward, charged with False Imprisonment-Second Degree, Interference with Emergency Communication and Failure to Appear on a Written Summons and Third Degree Assault on Family or Household Member.

Defendant to attend Anger Management Class. Continued to July 27, 2015.

Failure to Appear charge dismissed.

James C. Lawson, Ward, charged with Third Assault on Family or Household Member.

Counseling Completed. Charge Dismissed.

Joshua Seth Snead, DeValls Bluff, charged with Exceeding Posted Speed 90 MPH/55 Zone, DWI-First, and Drunk on Highway.

Exceeding Posted Speed and Drunk on Highway merged with DWI. DWI charge sentenced to Fine and Cost of $755.00, Alcohol and MADD Classes.

Kenneth S. Morton, Ward, charged with Failure to Pay and Failure to Appear on a Written Summons. Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $380.00 and Ten Days Prairie County Jail.

Wonda C. Steward, Hazen, charged with Drove Left of Center. Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $140.00.

Filadelfo Ramos, Beebe, charged with No Driver License, No Liability Insurance, Drove Left of Center and DWI-First. Failed to Appear. Issue Letter.

Waylon Don Gordon, Austin, charged with Unlawful Use of Driver License and Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver License-Class A Misdemeanor. Unlawful Use of Driver License merged with Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver LicenseDriving on Suspended or Revoked Driver License Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $285.00.

Lisa A. Anderson, Griffithville, charged with Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver LicenseClass A Misdemeanor.

Failed to Appear. Issue Letter.

Taylor Warren, Des Arc, charged with No Liability Insurance. Proof Shown.

Charge Dismissed.

Dominique C. Bailey, Searcy, charged with Failure to Pay. Failed to Appear. Issue Warrant.

Prairie County Clerk’s News The following information was obtained from the records in the County Clerk’s office at the Prairie County Courthouse in Des Arc on June 9, 2015:

Divorce Decrees Stephanie Bitner Christopher Bitner

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Marriage License Martin S. Eades, 53, Des Arc and Sandra Y. Grunwald, 43, Des Arc.

Land Transfers Warranty Deed Calvin L. King and Mary E. King, Grantors, hand paid by Jerry L. Owens, Grantee, the following

lands lying in the Northern District of Prairie County: The West 1/2 of Lot Nine of Block 22 of Watkins Survey to the City of Des Arc. Quitclaim Deed Ricky L. Stacy, Grantor, hand paid by Ricky Stacy and/or Jowanna L. Stacy, Grantees, the following lands lying in Prairie County: A parcel of land lying partially in the W 1/2 of the NW Fractional 1/4 of Section 13, T4N, R5W , West of White River and partially in the W 1/2 of the SW Fractional 1/4 of Section 13, T4N, R5W, West of White

River containing 0.66 acre of which 0.19 lies in the W 1/2 of the NW Fractional 1/4 of 0.47 acre in the W 1/2 of the SW Fractional 1/4, All in Section 13, T4N, R5W, West of White River, Northern District of Prairie County.

Warranty Deed William M. Wade and Nichole D. Wade, Grantors, hand paid by Gerry T Smith and Sonya Nicole Smith, Grantees, the following lands lying in the County of Prairie: Part of Lot Four of the NW 1/4 and part of Lot Five of the NW 1/4 in Section 18, T4N, R7W, also

known as Lots 70 and 71 of an unrecorded plat of Meadow Creek Estates Subdivison to Prairie County.

Quitclaim Deed Christopher S. Bitner, Grantor, hand paid by Bitner, L. Stephanie Grantee, the following lands lying in the Northern District of Prairie County: A part of the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 7, T4N, R7W Northern District of Prairie County contaiining 3.25 acres, more or less, subject to a 30 foot road easement along the West side.

Prairie County Jail Count The following inmates are currently incarcerated in the Prairie County Jail at Des Arc, according to Sheriff Gary Burnett, as of Tuesday, June 9, 2015: Thresher, Jason, 43, ADC 309. Intake date March 6, 2013.

Spencer, Demetrius Lamont, 40, ADC 309. Intake date June 12, 2013 McCraney, Vernist Pete55, ADC 309. Intake date June 8, 2015..

Whittenburg, Phineas E., 20, Commitment. Intake date November 28, 2014.

Taylor, Ron Janquel, 20, charged with Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, Possession of Firearms by Certain Persons, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Intake date December 11, 2014.

Holloway, Lyne C., 47, charged with Terroristic Threatening-Felony. Intake date January 12, 2015.

Herrera, Elias, 40, charged with Sexual Assault. Intake date February 7, 2015.

Lovett, Dominique R., 24, charged Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, Simultaneous Possession of Drugs and Firearms and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Intake date December 12, 2014.

Holmes, Jason Edward, 34, charged with Driving on Suspended Driver Licenseand Careless Driving. Hold for PC Hearing. Intake date May 17, 2015.

Lindsey, Demario Andrew, 28, charged with Warrant Service Fee. Intake date May 14, 2015.

Humbert, Robert, 46, charged with Probation Revocation and Failure to Appear. Intake date May 20, 2015.

Wa s h i n g t o n , S t e v e n Allen, 45, Commitment. In-

take date May 26, 2015.

Berry, Rhonda Ann, 49, charged with Failure to Pay Fine and Cost. Intake date May 26, 2015.

Dixon, Geraldine Angelic, 22, charged with Possession of Marijuana, Failure to Appear. and Failure to Pay Fine and Cost. Intake date June 1, 2015.

R o b i n s o n , Tr a c y Leighann, 256, Commitment. Intake date May 28, 2015.

Modlin, Jonathan, 18, charged with Probation Revocation, Fleeing-Misdemeanor, Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest.

Intake date May 27, 2015.

Clendenin, Ramona Kay, 49, charged with Drinking on Highway, Disorderly Conduct and Failure to Appear. Intake date June 1, 2015.

Farr, Elton Detravorsy, 25, charged with Failure to Appear and Failure to Pay

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District Court News The following cases were before District Judge Robert Abney in District Court Hearings held on Monday, June 8: City Cases Ramona K. Clendenin, Greenbrier, charged with Drinking on Highway/Drinking in Public, Disorderly ConductClass C Misdemeanor and Failure to Appear on a Written Summons x3. Two Failure to Appear charges merged with other. Drinking on Highway/Drinking in Public, Disorderly Conduct and Failure to Appear on Written Summons charges Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $550.00 and 30 days Prairie County Jail with Credit for Eight Served.

Nicholas A. Chandler, Des Arc, charged with Contempt of Court(Probation Violation) and Failure to Appear on a Written Summons. Failed to Appear.

Issue Warrant.

Richard Eubanks, Little Rock, charged with Public Intoxication/Drinking in Public and Failure to Appear on a Written Summons, Failed to Appear.

Issue Warrant.

Jeffery C. Treadwell, Des Arc, charged with Drove

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Louden, Terrance L., 47, charged with Failure to Pay Fine and Costs, No Tail Lights, Driving Without Insurance, Driving on Suspended Driver License and Failure to Pay Registration Fee. Intake date June 4, 2015.

Morton, Kenneth Shannon, 42, charged with Failure to Pay Fine and Cost.

Intake date June 4, 2015.

Daniel, Jacob Austin, 24, Intake date June 8, 2015.

Swartz, David Wayne, 27, charged with Felony Fleeing.

Intake date June 5, 2015.

Stewart, Carl, 40, charged with Felony Fleeing and Driving with License Suspended. Intake date June 5, 2015.

Wiggins, Justin Dallas, 28, charged with Parole Violation. Intake date June 8, 2015.

Mary Caroline Galloway

Gracie Lynch

Services today Gracie Lynch, at Stuttgart for Clarendon Mary C. Galloway resident, dies Mary Caroline Bull Galloway, 80, of Stuttgart, widow of Robert Baker Galloway Sr., passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015, at Baptist Health-Stuttgart.

Mrs. Galloway was born Oct. 26, 1934, in Stuttgart to Herbert and Marie Rittman Bull. She was a graduate of Stuttgart High School and member of St. John’s Lutheran Church. She was a retired school secretary and Life Master Duplicete Bridge player. She also enjoyed being an active member of the Ladies Aid at church.

Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her brother, Dennis Bull.

Survivors are three sons, Robert B. Galloway Jr. and wife Carol of Austin, Texas, Herbert Scott Galloway and wife Katherine of Houston, Texas, and Frederick Neal Galloway and wife Donna of Stuttgart; one sister, Linda Shannon and husband Charles of St. Louis, Missouri; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A memorial service, officiated by Pastor Don White, will be 1 p.m. Thursday at St. John’s Lutheran Church.

Her family requests memorials be made to St. John’s Lutheran Church, 205 E. Fifth St., Stuttgart, AR 72160.

Please go to www.turpinco.com to sign the online guestbook.

Gracie Lynch, age 73 passed away June 8, 2015 in Clarendon. A daughter of the late Barney and Sybil Dunbar, she was born in Clarendon. She became a 1960 graduate of Clarendon High School and in 1960 became the young bride of William Lynch.

Gracie spent many years as a sales representative for Avon cosmetics. She was a faithful member of the First Assembly of God Church and dearly loved her family and friends.

Survivors are her husband: William Lynch; sons: Travis (Susan) Lynch of Nesbit, MS and Anthony (Charlene) Lynch of Hernando, MS; daughter Patty (Steve) Harris of Horn Lake, MS; brother Billy Wayne Self (Cynthia) of Garland City, AR; grandchildren Jonathan Baldwin, Jacki Ann Lynch, Allen Lynch, Services are at 2:00 PM Thursday, June 11, at Bob Neal & Sons Funeral Home, Clarendon.

Interment: Shady Grove.

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Steamboat Days #30 - Remembered in Photos Additional photos Pages 1, 9, 10 - See all pages now in color via Journal Online Special T HANKS to Casey Ingle, Assistant Director of Steamboat Days, who provided photos from the event

Steamboat Days Pageant Winners

2015 Miss Steamboat Days Bailey Greenwood, Queen Photogenic Winner ‘80’s Wear Winner

Miss Teen Steamboat Days Ansleigh Wilson, Queen, left and Sara Toll, First Runnerup and Photogenic Winner

Pre-teen Miss Steamboat Days Lainey Martin

Tiny Miss Steamboat Days Left to right: Queen, Heidi Ward; Second Runnerup-Addison Tate; Alexia Griffin-contestant; Lilyanne Anderson-contestant; Annabella Walker- First Runnerup and Photogenic Winner and Kinsley Stuckey-contestant

Steamboat Days Photogenic winners Announced Wee Miss Steamboat Days Queen Matily McAnally, center; First Runnerup, Lillian Edwards, right, and Kember McDonald, Second Runnerup, left

Left to right: Queen and Photogenic Winner, Jolie Spratt; First Runnerup, Mia Dunlap and Second Runnerup, Annastacia Edwards

The Miss Steamboat Days pageant and photogenic competition was held on the Courthouse Stage Thursday evening, June 5 at 7:00 p.m.

Photogenic winners were: Boys-0-11 months-Zander Gonzalez Boys-12-23 monthsParker Churchwell Girls-12-23 monthsAnnabella Walker Girls 2-3 years-Leah Hampton Girls-4-6 years-Kearston Glidewell Girls-7-9 years-Jolie Spratt Girls-10-12 years-Zoey Gonzalez Girls 13-16 years- Sara Elizabeth Toll Girls 17-21 years-Bailey Greenwood.

Bailey also was the 80’s Wear winner.

Little Miss Steamboat Days Queen and Photogenic Winner, right, Kearston Glidewell; Second Runnerup, Rowann Hamm, center, and Emma Buckner, First Runnerup, left. Assisting with crowning were past Steamboat Days Queens (back), Maria Grunkue, left, and Madison Brown

Baby Miss Steamboat Days Peyton Whiting