White river journal, may 5, 2016

75¢ Downtown DeValls Bluff during 1927 Flood

Photo courtesy of Bill Sayger

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ACTIVITIES CALENDAR THURS., MAY 5, 12 NOON National Day of Prayer Courthouse Square

SAT., MAY 7, 11:30 AM Class of 1951 Reunion Sue Margrave home Call 1-500-200-2220

SUN., MAY 8, 10:30 AM Goodin Family Singing First Assembly of God

MON., MAY 9, 2:30-6:30 Red Cross Bood Drive First Baptist Xhburch

MON., MAY 9, 6 PM Academic Banquet Elementary Cafetorium

TUES., MAY 10, 5:30 PM Athletic Banquet Elementary Cafetorium

TUES., MAY 10, 6 PM Quorum Cour Meeting Courhouse nnex, Des Arc

WED., MAY 11, 8:30 AM Kindergarten Graduation Elementary Cafetorium

MAY 12-14, 7

PM

Revival at Living Waters Main and Erwin Streets

FRI., MAY 13, 8 PM High School Graduation Hinson-Rollins Field If rain, High School Gym

“A FREE P RESS AND A FREE P EOPLE - A N UNBEATABLE TEAM ” D ES A RC, A RKANSAS (C OUNTY S EAT ) P RAIRIE C OUNTY

P U BLISHED EACH T H U R S D A Y S I N C E 1 9 0 7 THU RSDAY, MAY 5, 2016

US Census Bureau rep in meeting at Cotton Plant

Prairie County Land Auction nets $5,270

The City of Cotton Plant in collaboration with Mrs. Deborah T. Pitchford, representative of the US Census Bureau, will hold an outreach meeting for the citizens of Cotton Plant and other surrounding communities.

The meeting will be held in the Babb Community Center Ballroom at 6:30 p. m.

The purpose of the meeting is to provide information on opportunities with the US Census Bureau.

For information concerning the meeting you may contact Mayor Willard Wyland at 870-459-2121 or 870-270-6305

(May 2, 2016) LITTLE ROCK, ARK — The recent auction of tax-delinquent properties in Prairie County collected more than $5,000 for county and state government, the Commissioner of State Lands announced.

The Land Commissioner’s office conducted the auction of delinquent properties recently at the Prairie County Courthouse. Nine bidders participated in the auction, which sold six of the 10 available parcels for a total of $5,270.17 for Prairie County and state government.

The Land Commissioner’s office conducts one tax-delinquent land sale per county each year to dispose of land on which the taxes have been past due over two years.

“We auction only a small percentage of parcels certified for delinquent taxes,” Commissioner John Thurston said. “In most cases, the original owner redeems the delinquent property by paying the back taxes.”

While redemption of property is the preferred method of disposing of taxdelinquent lands, Thurston notes the important role of

land sales in returning inactive parcels to the tax rolls.

Registered bidders may purchase land at the auctions. Registration to bid at land sales is free. Upon sale of tax-delinquent property, the Commissioner issues a limited warranty deed to the highest bidder.

Thurstoln’s office returns delinquent tax and interest collected, whether through redemption or sale, to the county taxing unit just as if the money had been originally collected there.

“Last year, we returned almost $20 million to

Officials proclaim Historic Preservation Month Prairie County Judge Mike Skarda and Hazen Mayor David Duch are among 147 officials in 70 counties who have declared May as Historic Preservation Month and Arkansas Heritage Month, AHPP Director Frances McSwain announced today.

“As we enjoy these

month-long celebrations of our Arkansas heritage, as well as the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, we hope all of the people of Arkansas will take time to reflect on the importance of their local historic sites, especially those listed on the National Register of Historic Places,” Depart-

ment of Arkansas Heritage Director Stacy Hurst said.

(A list of Prairie County’s National Register properties can be found at http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/historicproperties/national-register/search.aspx.)

The proclamations from Skarda and Duch note that historic preservation is an

effective tool for managing growth, revitalizing neighborhoods, fostering local pride and maintaining character community while enhancing livability; and that historic preservation is relevant for communities across the nation, both urban and rural, and for Americans of all ages, walks of life and ethnic

SUN., MAY 15, 7 AM Fellowship Breakfast Gospel Mission

MON., MAY 16, 9 AM Plea Day Hearings DeValls Bluff Courtrhouse

TUES., MAY 17, 9 AM Plea Day Hearings Des Arc Courthouse

TUES., MAY 17, 7 PM Des Arc CityCouncil City Hall Courtroom

WED., MAY 18, 10:30 AM Alzheimer’s meeting Lower White River Museum

THURSDAY, MAY 19, 12 NOON Chamber of Commerce F&M Bank Meeting Room

THURS., MAY 19, 6 PM Sixth Grade Graduation Elementary Cafetorium SUN, MAY 22, 6 PM Fellowship Worship Gospel Mission ChurchTUES, MAY 31 Last Day to Assess Personal Property Without Penalty

school districts and county governments,” Thurston said. “Prairie County received almost $23,243 of that amount. This is an important process, because it provides stable revenue for necessary services including public schools.”

Interested Arkansas residents may visit the Commissioner of State Lands website, www.cosl.org, to view the public auction catalog, a listing of properties offered at auction, or the post-auction sales list of properties available that did not sell at auction.

Corporal Freddie Williams featured onState Police blog This week State Police Corporal Freddie Williams was featured on the Arkansas State Police blog “Why I wear the Badge Wednesdays”.

Cpl. Williams is a native Des Arcian and the son of Frankie and Janice Williams of Des Arc. He is currently stationed with Troop J out of Johnson County.

Below are the comments made by Cpl. Williams on “Why I Wear the Badge . . . .”

“I grew up in a small town in eastern Arkan-sas.

I graduated in 1989 from Des Arc High School. During my high school days, I enjoyed being involved in

athletics, and was able to finish both football and baseball with honors. I was voted captain by my teammates and coaches on the football team my last year.

My teammates always looked up to me for various reasons, and I considered it an honor. I Knew that helping others was always important, even from a young age and I believe that is why I was voted Captain. I developed a strong brotherhood with my teamates and I still have contact with most of the players.

“After high school, I decided to further my education by attending Arkansas Tech University, where I

played four years of college football. I graduated from ATU with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration in 1994. During my last semester of college, I explored the idea of law enforcement and felt like I was called to wear the badge.

“As I considered the thought of law enforcement as a career, I saw that this profession gave me the opportunity to wear a uniform, have a brotherhood, and help protect and serve the citizens of Arkansas. I found all those things and many more, throughout my career with the Arkansas State Police. I still enjoy enforcing the laws

and catching the bad guys after twenty years of service. That’s why I wear the Badge.”

Corporal Freddie Williams

backgrounds.

The officials declare that it is important to celebrate the role of history in our lives and the contributions made by dedicated individuals in helping preserve the tangible aspects of the heritage that shaped us as a people and that 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of passage of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Noting that "This Place Matters! " is the theme for National Preservation Month 2016 and “ARKANSAS ARTS: CELEBRATING OUR CREATIVE CULTURE” is the theme for Arkansas Heritage Month, cosponsored by Prairie County, Hazen, the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Skarda and Duch proclaimed May as National Historic Preservation Month and called upon their constituents to join their fellow citizens across the United States in recognizing and participating in the special observance.

For a list of Arkansas See HERITAGE Page 6

Obituaries Pg . 4

Mary K. Askins, 69, Little Rock DeCarlos Bonds, 43, Little Rock Glenn Davenport, 69, Pine Bluff Michael Edge, Jr., 34, Hazen Cecelia Hicks, Infant, Palestine Ella Hicks, Infant, Palestine Ann Hille, 87, South Carolina Demetrioius Qualls, 68, Hazen Marion Simmons, 86, Des Arc

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The Des Arc High School Bands and Choir were presented in concert Sunday afternoon, May 1, in the Des Arc High School Gymnasium before a large crowd of parents, grandparents, friends and peers. Performing were the Senior High, Junior High, Beginner Ban)Choir. David Yarbrough is director of the school bands and choir.

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E D I T O R I A L S

By Steve Barnes (Guest Writer) Long-time Print and Broadcast Journalist Copyright 2000: Editorial Associates, Inc.

Trump It is difficult to envision U.S. Senator John Boozman losing his reelection bid this November, but you have to give his opponent credit for giving it his best. Conner Eldridge, the Democratic nominee, is keeping as vigorous a calendar as his resources permit, and rarely a day passes without an e-mailed press release scorching, or trying to scorch, the Republican incumbent.

“Boozman: No Friend to Women” declared the May 3 blast, noting the senator’s votes against the Violence Against Women Act, federal funding for rape victims and an equal pay for equal work bill. And something else: an attempt, not the first, to tie Boozman to the man who is now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

As it happened I didn’t open Eldridge’s cyber-statement until the votes started arriving from Indiana, which Donald Trump won not just handily but overwhelmingly, effectively handing him the Republican presidential nomination. Ted Cruz had Carly Fiorina, who sang and then fell from the stage; Trump had the voters, who shoved Cruz off the stage. Cruz was outraged that Trump, in yet another outrage, repeated the [begin ital] National Inquirer [end ital]’s outrageous insinuation that Cruz’s father was connected to President Kennedy’s assassin. Indiana Republicans were outraged, too, but quite evidently not at Trump, who, after all, was merely being Trump. And outrage is the rage these days. So Indianans made theirs the 28th state, including Arkansas, that Trump has won since the season began.

The impossible become the improbable become the inevitable.

Even before Indiana it was mathematically impossible for either of Trump’s supposed rivals to overtake him. The Tuesday numbers demanded Cruz finally count them. John Kasich says he will soldier on until he returns to Ohio, where he is governor, and where he won his only primary, a favorite son. Cruz will return to the Senate, where contempt for him is bipartisan and near unanimous.

Indiana compelled Republican elders, meaning the party’s “establishment,” who are decidedly out of favor with their rank-and-file, to formally acknowledge Trump as their party’s candidate. Yes, Bernie Sanders’ win in the Hoosier State slowed Hillary Clinton’s momentum, but only that. And, yes, lightening could strike by November -- I call it the “all bets are off” campaign season -- and the same frustrations and anger that drove Trump to the GOP nomination, as well as Hillary’s foibles, could produce the most improbable outcome of all on election day. For the time being, though, Republican leaders (and, now, who are they?) will direct their best efforts to the “downballot,” the GOP’s nominees for governor, the House and, especially, the Senate, where five incumbents are in significant trouble, with a couple others (thus far) in danger of making the list. Continued control of the Senate by Republicans is in question, and thus the ideological shape of the Supreme Court.

Which brings us back to Eldridge. His press release included a video montage of Trump’s more egregious remarks about women -- and an audio clip of Boozman pledging to support the GOP’s eventual presidential nominee. For all I know the soundbite was from an impromptu press conference in early April at which I posed the Trump question, and if Boozman felt any anxiety about a Trump candidacy he displayed not a trace of it.

An egregious remark by the senator’s late brother -that rape rarely resulted in pregnancy -- helped Blanche Lincoln defeat Fay Boozman for a Senate seat in 1998; her margin among women voters was 19 points, nearly triple her percentage among men. (In subsequent years, other GOP candidates in two states made similar comments regarding rape and pregnancy and both lost what were previously regarded to be probable Republican victories).

However Eldridge and his surrogates portray John Boozman’s voting record on women’s issues, John Boozman will not repeat Fay Boozman’s gaffe. Besides, it was only six years ago that he smothered Lincoln, winning every demographic save African-Americans in the anti-Obama backlash. What has changed in the Arkansas political temperament since 2010?

Precious little. And our region? Even less.

None of the vulnerable Republican senators hold seats in the deep south or border states. The authoritative Cook Political Report sees not a single incumbent GOP congressperson in Dixie in profound difficulty if little chance for gains there by either party. Only Missouri and North Carolina have gubernatorial races this year, though both are regarded as toss-ups.

But state legislatures? In the nation’s southeastern quadrant only Kentucky has even one chamber under Democratic control. Republican hegemony in southern statehouses is unassailable, not only this year but probably for at least another generation. Clinton crushed Sanders in every southern primary, and Florida looks good for her in November. But the total Red vote in the Old Confederacy far exceeded the Blue, and Trump won everywhere save Cruz’s Texas.

To what extent Trump will win the South come November versus how badly Hillary will lose it is really immaterial. Even to Conner Eldridge, soldiering on.

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A tribute to “small town servants”

By Tori Bell

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t was 12:30 (because Brother York ran a little late, and still didn't finish all of his sermon points of course. Gotta love it!) On a Sunday afternoon, and everyone rushed to the only restaurant open in town on Sundays after church - the new, tiny Mexican restaurant that is owned by a local family who happens to be, in a way, part of my family too.

When we walked in we were greeted by what seemed to be half of our church congregation, most of which were either cousins, classmates or close family friends. I sat down at a round table with my dad, brother, grandparents, and one of their friends who lost his wife years ago. He is a sweet, sweet man who I grew up sitting across from in church every Sunday. Every booth and table in the room was filled with families, couples, happy babies, toddlers and friends.

As everyone was eating, chuckling across their tables, making jokes, and conversing with people from other tables around the restaurant, radios began blaring and beeping from every corner of the small room - and everyone knew what it meant. That all too familiar signal meant that there was a fire and that the fire depart-

ment was being paged out.

The dispatcher announced that there was a house fire reported on 2nd street. Of course, everyone knows which side of town 2nd street is on and who all lives down that street. Without a second of hesitation, the men from every table in the restaurant jumped up and took off to the fire. In this moment, I realized that my southern, small town has so many servants.

In one corner, a father and son pair jumped up, leaving the wife behind with the two small children that were previously bouncing on their laps. Behind me, one of my classmates' husband kissed their daughter's cheek and then ran out the door. Another couple from our church was in the middle of their meal when the husband had to stop what he was doing and take off behind everyone else. Inevitably, he took their vehicle and she was left behind without a ride. Every other woman that was left behind quickly offered to give her a ride home.

I wish I could explain how I felt in this moment. I was humbled to see so many men who are leaders in our church and community come together and volunteer their time to respond to a house fire in the middle of their Sunday

Cameron is Cornered . . .

By Jim Hightower It’s said that there’s nothing more vicious than a wild animal that’s cornered. I’d add that there’s nothing more devious than a top corporate or political official caught in a hypocritical scandal.

Witness the huge menagerie of political critters who’ve recently been backed into a corner by the Panama Papers — a trove of leaked documents revealing billionaires, rich celebrities, corporate chieftains, and seemingly pious public officials who’ve hidden their wealth and dodged their taxes by stashing their cash in foreign tax havens.

Of course, we’ve known for a while that tax dodging is a common plutocratic scam.

But the details from the leaked files of an obscure Panamanian law firm called Mossack Fonseca now gives us names to shame.

One is David Cameron, the prime minister of Britain. He’s loudly declaimed tax sneaks in public, but — oops — it turns out that his own super-rich father was a Mossack Fonseca client. The Conservative Party leader himself has profited from the stealth wealth he inherited from his dad’s secret

stash.

Trapped by the facts, the snarling, privileged politician used middleclass commoners as his shield. “If you want to pass your home to your children,” he said of critics of his secluded wealth, “they will tax it.” No, mister prime minister — the rest of us merely want to tax those who try to pass off tax frauds on the public.

One of Cameron’s partisans even claimed that critics “hate anybody who has even got a hint of wealth in their life.” Again, no — it’s the self-serving hypocrisy of the elites that we the people hate.

Doubling down on their hypocrisy, Cameron & Co. have announced that they’ll host an anti-corruption summit to address the problem of offshore tax evaders.

As Lily Tomlin says: “No matter how cynical you get, it’s impossible to keep up.”

OtherWords columnist Jim Hightower is a radio commentator, writer, and public speaker. He’s the editor of the populist newsletter, The Hightower Lowdown. OtherWords.org.

Bob Beckel: Hillary Could Crush Trump 'From Jail' Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton will win the general election this fall and will "crush" Donald Trump, says CNN political correspondent Bob Beckel, even if she has to do it from jail.

"Remind me I said this, she will crush him," Beckel told CNN's Don Lemon on the "CNN Tonight" show Wednesday.

Beckel added, "I mean, she can crush him from jail."

And as for GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, should he secure the nomination in Cleveland this summer?

"In the end, the bestselling Halloween mask this October will be Donald Trump's face," Beckel said. "You go on to a college campus and mention Donald Trump, and people flee to the woodwork."

His comments came while he, Lemon, Bernie Sanders supporter Nomiki Konst and CNN political contributor Hilary Rosen were discussing the results of Tuesday's New York primary, and whether Sanders can still gather the delegates he needs for the nomination.

Rosen commented that after the primary, Clinton's team is alrleady looking at the general election.

"They need to," she said. "Donald Trump is going to be a tough general election candidate.

That's who everybody expects her to be running against."

However, she pointed out that Sanders will remain on the campaign trail, most likely questioning her judgment.

"She can't take her eye off the ball," said Rosen.

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lunch. Their actions that day displayed such selflessness and sincere service for our community.

Now, I may a little biased towards EMS and firefighters and all that they do, being that my mother is a paramedic and the director of the ambulance service in our small town. She is a role model to me and others through her service towards our community. Being a paramedic for her is not just a job, it is her passion to help others and care for others, beyond just fixing their medical problems.

She works over 100 hours a week at times, has missed her fair share of mine and my brother's extracurricular activities, has to skip out on countless family meals at Nana's house, and makes so many sacrifices that go unnoticed. Her radio beeps and blares in the middle of the night and she has to respond to an unknown house, walk into an unknown situation, and then spend hours on the road transporting patients. During the holidays, she is out on the road taking care of someone else's children, parents, and grandparents rather than being with her own family. During tornados, thunderstorms, and winter weather, she sends my brother and me off to Nana and Grandad's house to stay safe while she stays

- Kurt Vonnegut

"She's got a few big primaries next week. And California later in the month. She's got to keep working in the Democratic primary."

But Konst denied that Sanders is out of the race, and said Clinton will not reach the number of delegates she needs by June to clinch the nomination.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich is dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, NBC News reported Wednesday.

behind and does her duty as a paramedic and public servant. However, she loves what she does and has literally saved hundreds of lives and has impacted even more - thousands.

I believe this is the case for most of the volunteer firefighters in our community. Our firefighters don't know what they are going to drive up on when they respond to a fire. Our small, little town has experienced much tragedy because of house fires in my short lifetime. They are passionate about the safety of our citizens and step up as leaders to protect their families, neighbors, fellow church members, family friends, their uncles, brothers, best friend, and all of the 1,500 population of our town.

They are volunteers and city employees, so they obviously don't make a sixfigure income, but they continue to dedicate their time to serve our community and make countless selfless acts, and that is the true definition of a small town servant.

Thank you all for everything that you do. I know I am a very, very proud daughter of a paramedic and especially proud of our volunteer firefighters. I am thankful for all of the servants in my small, southern town.

Tori Bell

WEEK’S WEATHER, RAIN & RIVER

82°

50°

E X T R E M ES 4/28 - 5/4

DATE:

H I LOW RAIN

24-hr Temps: Midnight to Midnight

Thrs, Apr. 28 Fri., Apr. 29 Sat., Apr. 30 Sun., May 1 Mon.,May 2 Tues, May 3 Wed, May 4

82 82 68 78 81 70 67 79

58 58 3.25” 64 1.70” 65 55 .25” 54 50 -

THIS WEEK’S PRECIP: LAST WEEK’S PRECIP:

5.20” 5.20 .29” .29

WHITE RIVER 6 pm Depth Readings per National Weather Service

Apr 27 Apr 28 Apr 29 Apr 30

11.80’ 11.23’ 11.60’ 15.32’

May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4

17.74’ 19.20’ 19.89’ 19.95’

Apr 27 Forecast for MAY 1: 10.25’ May 4 Forecast for MAY 9: 20.20’

For comparison, river crested here at 31.49’ on Jan 4, 2016 WHITE RIVER REFERENCE DEPTHS

F LOOD S TAGE . . . . . . . . 24.00’ M AY 7, 2011 CREST . . 39.43’

SUNRISES / SUNSETS THURSDAYS SUNRISE SUNSET Apr 28 6:18 am 7:49 pm May 5 6:11 am 7:55 pm May 12 N/A N/A Latest Sunrise

Jan 15: 7:14 am

Earliest Sunrise

5:52 am 6/4/16

Latest Sunset

Earliest Sunset

8:24 pm 6/23/16

4:54 pm 12/1/16

Laugh-In Corner Guilty of Annoyance A defendant isn’t happy with how things are going in court, so he gives the judge a hard time.

Judge: “Where do you work?”

Defendant: “Here and there.”

Judge: “What do you do for a living?”

Defendant: “This and that.”

Judge: “Take him away.”

Defendant: “Wait; when will I get out?”

Judge: “Sooner or later.”

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“THE PAGES TURNED BACK” (Compiled from White River Journal files)

Thursday, May 12, 1932

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rkansas tribute, written by Bruce Barton, will be included on “Parade of the States” radio program Monday night at 7:30 over a national broadcasting company hookup by the General Motors Corporation. The tribute says, “They call it the Wonder State, and they have named it right.

Much of the nation’s hardwood is cut from its forests; its oil fields are enormous; out of its soil comes every form of mineral wealth from aluminum to diamonds, and almost every crop can be grown on our land. Another treasure on this land that once belonged to the Arkansas Indians, is the glorious healing waters of Hot Springs, a treasure more precious than that for which the Spaniards dug.”

Governor Parnell’s plan for economy is a retrenchment program in which all state departments, offices and institutions supported from the general revenue fund have agreed to reduce operating expenses by trimming salaries or maintenance expenses by 20% during the remainder of the fiscal year.

A majority of the officials put the reduced operating expenses into effect at the last pay day.

The list of gubernatorial candidates seeking the nomination in the democratic primary August 9 is the largest number ever to enter a single campaign, at one dozen.

Earl Page, Commissioner of Agriculture, says, “From the present price outlook, farmers who depend upon cotton as their cash crop will have a very small income this fall, and so it will be absolutely necessary that all cotton growers undertake to produce a full assortment of food and feed crops to carry themselves and their livestock through the winter.

One of the worst hail storms in years passed across the county last Sunday morning, doing much damage to houses, crops, fruits, stock and timber. The streak of hail was a mile wide. W. F. Bell, G. A. Weatherley, Ben Blevins and others near Des Arc, report hail stones so large holes were knocked in tin roofs, blood beaten out of backs

of cattle and hogs and many chickens killed.

The downpour was six to 18 inches deep.

Two farmers east of Des Arc had an altercation Tuesday evening in which one stabbed the other and also crushed his face and fractured his skull with a piece of fence post. One man was taken to the veterans hospital in Hot Springs this afternoon. He is reported seriously wounded. .

In this issue of the White River Journal will be found the announcement of our young friend, Guy DeVore of White River Township, as a candidate for Tax Assessor of Prairie County. He is the first to announce for this office.

A Children’s Day program will be rendered at the First Methodist Church on Sunday night, May 15. Participating will be Adelaide Erwin, Bruce Lunsford, W. I. Booe, Billie Wray, Kathryn Bacon, Mary Hinson, Mrs. L. R. Brown, Miss Marie Fink, Tommy Winchester, and all singing Awakening Chorus.

The 13-year old son, Robert, of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Shafer of Georgetown, formerly of Des Arc, caught the largest fish that has been caught at Georgetown this year, a 70-pound cat.

That homemade ice cream at Butler’s Cafe is delicious - we’ve tried it thanks.

Esq. T. C. Ballowe’s court was in session Monday, about ten defendants having been arraigned for violating the fish laws; jury trial and all acquitted. Attorney Geo. W. Craig represented the defendants.

A. W. Thomason, chairman of the County Democratic Central Committee, also a probable candidate for Representative, and our old friend, Esq. J. H. Wegs of Fairmount, were in the city on business Tuesday.

The Tuesday evening Bridge Club entertained this week with a potluck supper at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Gipson.

Miss Sallie Gipson, as hostess, assisted her mother in serving. Guests were Misses Edna Tarkington and Antoinette Herron and Mr. Guy DeVore.

Thursday, May 6, 1943

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ale of more than 1,500 farm units owned by the Farm Security Administration in Arkansas will be completed and deeds will be in the hands of new owners by July 1, says regional director A. D. Stewart. FSA projects in Arkansas which will be sold are: Plum Bayou at Wright; Lakeview, a Negro project at Wabash; Arkansas Farm Tenant Security project at Crigler, Biscoe Farms at Biscoe, Clover Bend Farms at Hoxie, Desha Farms at McGehee; Townes Farms, a Negro project at Earle; Lonoke Farms at Scott; Truman Farms and St. Francis River Farms at Marked Tree; Chicot Farms at Jerome and Dyess Farms at Dyess.

Willie B. Patterson, son of Bettie Patterson of Des Arc, has graduated from an intensive course in Glider Mechanics and now is prepared to blaze the Axis as one of America’s “commandos in coveralls”. Sheppard Field near Wichita Falls, Texas is one of the many schools of the Army Air Force which trains the specialist technicians to maintain our mighty air armada.

About 25 live members of the Des Arc Young Business Men’s Club, joined in one grand outing, the first this year, and drove out to Brown Acres on Bayou Des Arc last Friday evening where a pan full of fine fried fish, with all the trimmings and hot coffee had been prepared by the old reliable colored chef, Nute Qualls. Guests of the club were M. G. Young of Carlisle, J. E. Bell of Hickory Plains; and Messrs. E. H. Whitehouse, Buell Wood, Oscar Norman and Kermit C. Ross of DeValls Bluff.

The City Cafe in Des Arc is now under new management. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Uland have bought the cafe and are now prepared to serve you with regular meals, short orders, sandwiches, hamburgers, cold drinks, cigarettes, etc.

Mr. Raymond Farris of Biscoe, feed and seed loan supervisor of this district, was in the city Tuesday.

To Whom It May Concern: All Newspaper Directories, Public Relations Bureaus, Advertiser (free items), U. S. Treasury Department and others: to save time, paper and postage, the Des Arc Advocate, a weekly newspaper published in Des Arc, Arkansas, suspended business in March 1942.

The publisher, Chas.

Oury, died at that time, and the Advocate ceased to exist. The plant has been purchased by the White River Journal, the only newspaper in Des Arc, Arkansas, the best advertising medium in Prairie County, Arkansas, the county seat since territorial days.

Mr. Carl Christian of Tuckerman, operator of a chain of moving picture shows, including the Temple Theater in Des Arc, was in this city looking after his interests here this week.

Women wearing slacks in public no longer break the law in Chicago, where the city council has amended an ordinance of long standing that prohibited either sex from wearing the other’s clothes.

The ordinance was chanted to read: “With intent to conceal his or her sex,” after a war worker wearing slacks to her job as machinist was brought into court on a charge of violating this law.

A Tax Collectors Notice, signed by Sheriff and Ex-Officio Collector E. O. Hamilton, says All Poll Taxes must be paid by the first day of October in order to be a qualifed voter and cannot be paid in installments with other general taxes. All General Taxes may be paid in three installments: first installment of onefourth by the third Monday in April; second installment of one-fourth, by the third Monday in July; and third installment of one-half by the first day of October A tribute to Woman over the radio: “Woman was not made from the foot of man to be trampled upon by man; but from his side, to be protected near his heart, to be loved.”

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n this issue of the White River Journal will be found a legal notice stating that the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad has filed a certificate of necessity with the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking to abandon the 37.60 miles from Mesa to Searcy through Des Arc and Griffithville.

The businessmen of this community are meeting Thursday night to make plans for protesting the closure. Two new industries are on the track, the Des Arc Grain Drying Cooperative and the Des Arc Seed and Grain Co. The difficulty seems to be in LCL shipments which can be handled by trucks.

A ground breaking ceremony in Pine Bluff tomorrow, May 2, County Representative John P. Bethell of Des Arc and leader of the legislation that created the vocational technical school, will address a luncheon meeting program at the Hotel Pines The visit of three men from the Department of Cooperative Credit Ministry of Cooperatives in Thailand, were in Prairie County from April 21 to April 25.

Morris Brown and Jimmy Tate have qualified for the State Track Meet; Brown in the 440 yard dash and Tate in both the broadjump and 440. The Juniors won third place in the 440 and 880 relays at Stuttgart.

Team members are Jerry Hinson, Willie Joe Patterson, Jimmy Holloway, and Bobby Joe Keller, 440; and Holloway, Hinson, Wayne Ridout and Brown, 880.

A movement is being made here to form a Chamber of Commerce to work for industrialization and promotion of Des Arc. If you want to be a charter member, see Francis P. Kerr, public accountant, at his office in the bank building.

The Arkansas College Octette will present a special musical program at the Presbyterian Church at 11 a. m. Sunday, May 4. The senior class of Des Arc High School will he special guests for the program.

The Methodist Church will present its Annual Children’s Day Program

on Sunday, put on by the Sunday School teachers and Mrs. Lela Winchester, choir director. Rev. J. R. Callicott is pastor.

Mrs. Milton Ballowe took her 4th grade students to Little Rock Tuesday to tour the State Capitol and visit the zoo.

Mrs. Merlin Hendricks paid a large part of the expense in honor of her daughter, Judy, a member of the class who celebrated her ninth birthday Monday. Other mothers going with the group were Mrs. Don Muse and Mrs. Ralph Weatherley.

At the State Band Festival, Marvin Lawson, director of Des Arc and Hazen school bands, last Friday and Saturday, was told by the judges his group was the best sight readers at the festival.

Soloists were Judy Coker, Mary Kay Walls, Carolyn Clayton, Carol Cunningham, clarinets; Judy Toll, tenor sax; Kay Huffer, baton twirling; Jo Anna Wills, alto sax, and Anne Hartlieb and Kay Huffer, flutes.

County Judge Joe H. Crowly started construction on a new parking lot on the east side of the courthouse in Des Arc last Saturday. G. S. Ridout and the county road crew are constructing a parking lot 60 x 100 feet.

Cecil Gammill, Farm Bureau Insurance Agent, advises that the Farm Bureau Victory Dinner held at the Biscoe Community House on Tuesday night, April 22, was a huge success. The Bureau ended up the membership drive with 715 members. J. E. Tull, prominent farmer of Lonoke, spoke on his trip to Europe and the Far East last year. Emil Hahn, president, advised that the annual fish fry will be held at the Bayou Bridge site at Des Arc in August.

In the city’s Financial Statement, revenue from Dec 31, 1956 to Dec. 31, 1957 was $21,127.10; Distotaled bursements $19,663.06. Assets and debits total: other $288,542.94. A. L. Berry, Treasurer Showing at the Rice Theatre in Des Arc, Sunday Matinee and Night: “An Affair to Remember” with Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant

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Enlargement of this 1917 photo of men from Prairie and nearby counties, which was to appear in this WRJ issue, has been delayed until next week, May 12 Among those to be identified are: Bedford Bethell, John Booth, Dr. G. Gilliam, Quinton McCuin, Dick Toll, G. W. Sparks, John I. Booe, W. H. Bland, R. H. Romunder, Capt. McClintock, Judge J. G. Thweatt, Alvin Harris, B. R. Lacy, Asa Wright, R. W. Bowen, Dee Newhart, I. T. Sims, Walter Williams, and Edward R. Screeton

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Michael E. Edge Jr. burial Wednesday at Center Point

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Mary K. Askins burial Wednesday at Biscoe Cemetery

Michael Eugene Edge, Jr., age 34, of Hazen, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2016. He was born December 5, 1981.

Michael was a 2000 graduate of Hazen High School and recently graduated with an associate’s degree from PCCUA. Michael was a kind hearted individual that carried with him a contagious laugh that could make anyone smile. He loved his family dearly; especially his niece, Olivia Kate.

Michael leaves behind his loving father, Mike Edge, Sr. of Hazen; mother, Debbie Slemming of Ohio, brother, Jon (Amber) Edge of Hazen; niece, Olivia Kate Edge of Hazen; grandparents, Preston and Rosemary Edge of Hazen and Charles and Ann Robinson of Hot Springs; great-grandmother, May Bennett Williams of Carlisle; Aunt Karen (Allen) West of Hazen, Aunt Rebecca (Greg) Shelman of Hazen, Uncle Rick (Chantal) Edge of Butlerville, Uncle Don Williams of Carlisle, Aunt Carolyn Schmidt of Little Rock, Aunt Linda Sullivan of Carlisle, Aunt Sandy (Rob) Curtis of Michigan, and five loving cousins.

Funeral services were at 10:00 A. M., Wednesday, May 4, at Hazen Calvary Baptist Church with Bro. Christian VanHouten officiating.

Burial followed at the Center Point Cemetery with Westrook Funeral Home of Hazen in charge of arrangements.

Mary Kathryn Askins, 69, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2016 in Little Rock.

A daughter of Leroy and Nadine Cronce, she was born in Brasfield on February 14, 1947. She received formal education through DeValls Bluff High School and in time became the young bride of Clay Askins.

Along with the role of homemaker "Katie" worked for many years at the Van Heusen Shirt Factory in Brinkley. She was an active member of the Brasfield Methodist Church and served as a Sunday School teacher.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

Survivors include a son, Chris (LeAnn) Askins of Jonesboro; daughter, Lanette (Raymond) Norman of Jacksonville, FL.; and Kim Baker of Greenbrier;v grandchildren: Erika Norman, Nicholas Norman, Lyric Baker, and Abby Askins; sisters: Nancy Cullbreath of Brasfield and Avis Wilson of Carlisle.

Services were held at 2:00 PM Wednesday May 4 at the Brasfield Methodist Church.

Burial was in the Biscoe Cemetery with Bob Neal & Son Funeral Home of Brinkley in charge of Glenn Wayne Davenport, arrangements. age 69, of Pine Bluff, died

Glenn W. Davenport, longtime worker for Riceland Foods

Infant twins die at Brinkley Cecelia Claire & Ella Marie Hicks were born into heaven Sunday, April 24, 2016. They were the infant daughters of Michael Scott and Olivia Marie Hicks of Palestine.

Other family members who mourn their passing: brothers, Ian Scott and Thomas Gabriel Hicks of the home; grandparents, Michael Hicks and Janet Partain both of Brinkley, Amanda and Tracy Vance of Palestine; great grandparents, Barbara Belcher and Esther Hicks, both of Brinkley, Wayne and Joan Vance, Jim and Doris Mirabella all of Palestine, Dewayne Wallace of Camden.

They were preceded in death by their grandfather, Larry Joe Rawls.

Graveside services were be at 11AM Friday, April 29 at Calvary Cemetery at Brinkley.

Demetrious Qualls served in Vietnam with US Army Demetrious(Dee) Qualls, 68, of Hazen died peacefully on Thursday, April 25.

2016 at the Veteran’s Hospital in Little Rock Arkansas.

Demetrious was born December 14, 1947 in Hazen, Arkansas to Ruth Qualls and Robert Dortch, who preceded him in death.

He served in the US Army from 1967-1969, including a tour in Vietnam.

Demetrious is survived by his wife, Gail; daughters, Lila Williams and LaTrece (Tiawain) Dotson; brothers, Chyde Qualls, Leodus (Dorothy) Qualls and Zakee Wadood, Sr.; sisters, Zola Jackson, Ruth Jane Qualls, and Baseemah (Wali) Hasan; granddaughters, Taryn Dotson andJaantje Gailor and a host of relatives and friends.

Funeral services wereMonday, May 2, at 2:00 p.m. at the Hazen Community Center.

Services entrusted to Boyd Funeral Home, Lonoke, AR.

Thursday, April 28, 2016.

Davenport was born Sept. 19, 1946 at Holly Grove, he was a son of the late Clarence Davenport and Alice Hill Davenport.

He worked for a number of years in maintenance at Riceland Foods.

Mr. Davenport was a member of the General Assembly and Church of the First Born, and was baptized in March of 1982.

Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Glenda Ruth Davenport and Mary Ann Seavey.

Survivors include his wife, Charlene Manues Davenport, whom he married on May 24, 1968 at Stuttgart; three children, Crystal Capps (Michael) and JoAnne Wilkinson (Shane) all of White Hall, and Bridget Davenport of Sheridan; his grandchildren, Kelsey, Mariah, Jordan, Drake, and Conner; and his siblings, Bobby Davenport (Betty) and Patsy Cooper (Kenneth) all of Stuttgart, John Ed Davenport (Regina) of DeWitt, Danny Davenport of Humphrey, and Frank Davenport (Lynn) of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Funeral Services were Saturday, April 30, 10 a.m. at the Church of the First Born in Pine Bluff with Lamar Sloate and Travis Born officiating.

Burial was in Fitzhugh Cemetery by Fuller HaleSouth Funeral Services.

By Phylis Dills Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Little Rock, Ark.

DeCarlos Antonio Bonds

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Marion Simmons

Services Saturday in Brinkley for DeCarlos Bonds

Ann Murray Hille dies in South Carolina

Services today at Center Point for Marion Simmons

DeCarlos Antonio Bonds, 43, of Little Rock, formerly of Brinkley, died Friday, April 29, 2016 at UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock.

DeCarlos was born December 6, 1972 to Billy Bonds Jr. and Vivian WashBonds.

DeCarlos was raised in Brinkley and attended Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church (Mount Olive Ministries).

Having attended the Brinkley School District, DeCarlos was a 1991 graduate of Brinkley High School.

“Bad News Bonds” as DeCarlos was affectionately known, was an employee of Sims Metal of Little Rock as a Crane Operator for the past five years. He was a former employee of George Fisher Sloan, also of Little Rock for more than twelve years.

DeCarlos had a great affection for singing and music. He had a great sense of humor and loved to laugh and tell jokes. He loved sports, especially basketball and football. He was a huge fan of the Arkansas Razorbacks basketball and football teams; and loved spending time with his children and family.

His maternal grandparents: Leslie and Blonzie Wash; and paternal grandparents: Billy Sr. and Irene Bonds all preceded DeCarlos in death.

Survivors are: three sons: Corey Rouson and DeCarlos Bonds Jr. both of Little Rock, AR and Xavier Bonds of Wynne, AR; a daughter Alexus Bonds of Little Rock, AR; his parents: Billy “Soul” Bonds of Jackson, MS and Vivian Wash-Bonds of Little Rock, AR; His companion Stacy Cohen of Biscoe, AR; a brother Brandon Bonds of Little Rock, AR; three sisters: Charlotte Bonds and Erica Bonds both of Little Rock, AR; and Shunette (Tony) Bonds-Appleby of Chula Vista, CA; two nephews: Antonio Appleby of Atlanta, GA; and Miles Appleby of Chula Vista, CA; five grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be held Friday May 6, from 6 to 8 PM at Second Baptist Church-South Wing Chapel, 1709 Barrow Road in Little Rock.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 7 at 3 PM at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, 509 North Emmons Avenue in Brinkley with Bro. J. Michael Bonds officiating.

Internment will be in Haven of Rest Cemetery in Brinkley by Branscumb Johnson & Gilchrest Funeral Home of Brinkley Pallbearers are: Matthew Barnett, Donald Bonds Jr., Bobby Bonds Jr., Jerome Bonds, Christopher Paige Sr., and Reggie Adell.

Virginia Ann (Murray) Hille, who was born Nov. 2, 1928, in Des Arc and later returned to her beloved hometown in retirement, died Thursday, April 21, 2016 in Rock Hill, S.C., where she had moved to be near family.

She was the daughter of Charles Russell Murray Jr. and Mary Adelaid (Brown) Murray and granddaughter of longtime Prairie County residents Charles Russell Sr. and Anna (Johnston) Murray and Frederick Epps Brown, onetime Speaker of the Arkansas House, and Ada (Morrill) Brown, the daughter of early Prairie County settler J.C. Morrill.

A granddaughter, daughter and sister of teachers, Ann spent her life in classrooms of one sort or another. While in high school in Des Arc, she helped teach younger students during World War II. She attended Arkansas Tech and the University of Arkansas, where she met her future husband, Roy, before later receiving her teaching degree from Texas Tech in Lubbock while raising three boys.

She then taught middleschool science for more than 20 years in Arlington, Texas, and Littleton, Colo., a Denver suburb.

After their retirements, she and Roy returned to Des Arc, where they briefly ran a bed and breakfast in the B.B. Bethell house on 2nd Street and, more importantly, rekindled old friendships and made new ones. They were active members of the First Presbyterian Church of Des Arc and the community as well.

Still teaching, she mentored for Head Start and volunteered at what is now the Lower White River Museum State Park, near the family farm where she and her sister Mary Brown (Gattinger) Henderson were raised.

Ann and Roy moved to St. Louis in 2004 to be closer to family and, after Roy’s death in 2007, Ann moved with family to Rock Hill in 2008.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, as well as her parents and sister.

She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law — Russ and Kim of Riverside, Calif.; Tom and Jan of Seattle; and Bob and Liz of Rock Hill — and five grandchildren (Rob, Kathryn, Jackson, Peter and Andy) and one great granddaughter (Nia) as well as her dear friend who was like a daughter, Charlotte Baugh, of Des Arc. A proud Arkansan with deep Prairie County roots, Ann’s memorial service will be held at a later date in Des Arc.

Marion Palestine Simmons, 86, of Des Arc, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2016. She was born in Prairie County, Arkansas on February 2, 1930, the youngest of five children to Daniel L. West and Loretta J. McElroy West.

She and her late husband had lived in the Oak Prairie Community for many years.

She is survived by her children, Johnny Simmons and wife, Louise, of Cabot, and Ronnie Simmons and wife, Kathy of Des Arc; four grandchildren, Jason Simmons and wife, jenny of Des Arc, Joshua Simmons and wife, Kim of Des Arc, Jocelyn Pannell and husband, Drew of Beebe, and Patrick Simmons of Cabot; five great-grandsons, Ryley and Emerson Pannell, Owen and Ethan Simmons, and Jase Simmons, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Marion was preceded in death by her husband of sixty years, John H. Simmons; her parents, and her four siblings, Fairest West Patterson of Des Arc, Hardy H. West of Corinth Mississippi, D.L. West, Jr. of Des Arc, and Jessie West Burkeen of Knoxville, Tennessee.

Marion was a homemaker and a devoted minister’s wife for most of her adult life. In addition to being a loving mother, mother-inlaw and grandmother, she was a dedicated Sunday School and Bible school teacher, choir member, pianist (when called upon), food server, clean-up person, and a willing volunteer for practically any other job that her church needed her to perform.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M., Thursday, May 5, 2016 at the Center Point Missionary Baptist Church near Hazen, Arkansas.

Burial will follow at the Hazen Cemetery in Hazenwith Westbrook Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Center Point Missionary Baptist Church, P.O. Box 941, Hazen, Ar. 72064 or the Hazen Cemetery, P.O. Box 92, Hazen, Arkansas 72064.

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Dyess Colony Visitor Center to celebrate Grand Opening Visitors will have an opportunity to celebrate the Grand Opening of the Dyess Colony Visitors Center at the site of the former theatre and pop shop, Saturday, May 21, in Colony Circle, 110 Center Drive. Transformation of the theatre and pop shop into the Visitors Center is phase two of the master plan for the Dyess Colony restoration.

Remarks are at 10:30 a.m. Hamburgers, hot dogs and soft drinks are available at the Colony Circle site from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. From 9 a.m.-3 p.m., tours of the administration building exhibits, the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home and Visitors Center are available free of charge.

Joanne Cash and Tommy Cash, siblings of legendary singer Johnny Cash, will be on hand for remarks. Tommy was once a projectionist at the theatre.

The special event coincides with the 80th anniversary of the grand opening of the original Colony Circle buildings. In August 2014, phase one, including restoration of the administra-

tion building and the Cash home, was opened to the public.

In order to preserve the heritage of the Dyess Colony, A-State personnel, led by Dr. Ruth Hawkins, executive director of Arkansas State University’s Arkansas Heritage Sites program, and assistant director Paula Miles, have worked diligently to obtain grants and private donations to restore key structures in the Dyess area.

When restoration of the theatre began, only the front façade was standing.

The original community building burned and a new theatre was built in 1947. Now completely reconstructed, it serves as a visitor/orientation center, featuring films, materials and other exhibits.

The colony was named Dyess Colony, as a federal agricultural resettlement community for Mississippi County native and for Arkansas’s first Works Progress Administration (WPA) manager, William Reynolds Dyess.

The Dyess Colony was created in 1934 as

part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal to aid in the nation’s economic recovery from the Great Depression. As a federal agricultural resettlement community, it provided a fresh start for nearly 500 impoverished Arkansas farm families, including the family of Johnny Cash.

The colony was laid out with a town center at the hub and farmsteads stretching out from the center. The first 13 families arrived in October 1934. On May 22, 1936, an official dedication was held on the second anniversary of the colony. The project was renamed Dyess Colony in honor of its founder, W.R. Dyess, who died in a plane crash earlier that year.

Several weeks after the official dedication, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited Dyess and addressed the colonists from the front steps of the colony’s administration building.

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S o c i a l A n n oouu n c e me m enn t s / C lu l ubb & L oocc a l N e w s GFWC of AR Holds Spring Convention

By Chris Weems New officers installed during the 119th GFWC convention were Diane Fowler, president, Dr. Diana Glace, presidentelect, Conie Cloinger, vice president, Phyllis Benton, secretary, Jane Jackson, treasurer, and advisers are Katherine Foust and Chris Weems. This is the 126th year of the General Federation of Women’s Club.

Linda McCourt, president, GFWC, Prairie Grove, presided for the sessions.

The minutes of the last convention had been approved by a committee, and the financial report was received and filed.

Debra Strahanaski, GFWC secretary was the distinguished guest, She is from Joliet, Illinois, and was honored with a reception before the first general session Friday night. She was the Keynote Speaker for Saturday night’s dinner, and installed the new officers.

Members of District VI served as hostesses for the convention. They provided table decorations and door prizes for all sessions. The district clubs are Quapaw Women’s Club of Cherokee Village, Saturday Club of Cotter, Twentieth Century Club of Harrison, and Cameo Club of Mountain Home.

The first credentials report showed 55 members registered who hold more than 70 positions in the clubs, district, state and international organizations.

Judy Foot, District IV president, gave the report for the chairman of constitution and by-laws, in place of Eileen Manning who died recently. There

were no drastic changes, but one rule is to be followed, is that scholarship winners should be graduates of high schools in Arkansas and are to attend schools in Arkansas. Districts will go by the number instead of the towns as in years before, but may also use a direction when that seems to designate the district better.

Winners in District IV in the club departments are: International Outreach, third place, Elsie McCain Club; Jr. Special Project, Advocates for Children, second place, Elsie McCain Club; Women’s History and Resources, honorable mention, Elsie McCain Club; and Yearbooks, Carlisle Progressive Club first place.

Ten Penny art awards in the district went to Mattie Owens, and Payton Bragg, Hazen High School, both won second place, and honorable mention to Katie Priest, also of Hazen High School.

Samantha Edwards of Harrison, sponsored by the 20th Century Club won the Eloise Levins Teacher's Scholarship. She was introduced by Judy Foot. She will attend Arkansas State University and major in elementary education. Whitney Meeks of Conway who was sponsored by Morrilton Pathfinder Club was unable to attend the meeting won the Nursing Scholarship.

The Women’s League of Van Buren won the award for having the most members and Stuttgart Junior Woman’s Club. There were awards in both youth and member short storied and poetry, but no entries from

GFWC officers for 2016-2018, who were installed Saturday night at Wyndham Riverfront Hotel are Diane Fowler, president, Dr. Diane Glace, president-elect, Connie Cloinger, vice president, Phyllis Benton, secretary, Jane Jackson, treasurer, and Chris Weems and Katherine Foust, advisors.

District IV. Kathy Williams, Carlise Altruistic won a first level for the ESO reading program.

JeNelle Lipton reported that the fund is in tact for the Old State House, because it might be needed at just any time.

The Newsletter first places, in under 5,000 population, to Timely Club, Hardy, and in over 5,000 went to Warren Women’s Club.

Debbie Kehlri, Chaplain gave the Memorial Service Sunday morning for Members who died since the 2014 convention, that included two past State Presidents, Joanne Swafford, Ft. Smith, and Eileen Manning, Prairie Grove. District presidents gave their annual report followed by the vice president, presidentelect, and the outgoing state president.

Past State Presidents who attended the Meeting Marianne Maynard, Susan Skillen, Debbie Kehlri, and Judy Foot.

The International GFWC Convention will be Baltimore, MD. June 25-29, 2016. The GFWC of AR Workshop and Board meeting will be in North Little Rock Women’s Club House August 20.

At left: District IV members who attended GFWC of AR Spring Convention. Chris Weems, Elsie McCain Club, State Chairman of International Outreach, Kathie Williams, Carlisle Progressive Club, State Chairman of a department, State presdient, Linda McCourt, Prairie Grove and Mary Frances Perkins, Carlisle Altruistic Club, Not pictured Thelma Shook, Carlisle Altruistic Club, State Yearbook, Chariman and Ann Lenderman, Carlisle Progressive Club, State Chairman for scrapbooks

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Words of Faith/Church News The Goodin Family Singers in concert at First Assembly of God The Goodin Family singers will present a concert of songs on Sunday, May 8, at the First Assembly of God Church in Des Arc. The program will begin at 10:30 a. m.and the public is cordially invited to attend.

The Goodin Famiy is a live music ministry from Tishomingo, Okla., with an evangelistic Southern Gospel style.

Writing many of the songs they sing, they have a close refreshing harmony that only a family can possess.

Robert and Karen established the group in 1997 with their two children, Isaac and Leah. Although Leah is no longer in the group, the Goodin family has added a daughter-inlaw, Brandy, tp play the drums, sing, and she is an amazing song writer.

The Goodin Family is a “Winning Souls” ministry , and thus, you will feel like you have been in a church service when they sing.

You can hear them on www.facebook.com/TheGoodinFamily for music and videos.

National Day of Prayer special observance here

Senior Appreciation Day at First Baptist: Eight Des Arc High School graduating seniors who are members of the First Baptist Church in Des Arc were honored during the regular morning services Sunday, May 1. The seniors were presented with a study Bible to take with them as they go off to college and beyond.

Pictured seated, left to right: Quenton Walters, Noah Kennedy and Jacob Adams. Back, l-r: Sarabeth DeAll residents of Des Arc and surrounding communites Vore, Brooke Kellar, Summer McClain, Jade Bel, Bailey Greenwood and Pastor Melvin York. A reception was are invited to attend a special National Day of Prayer held in the dining hall following the church services with refreshments. Tables were decorated for each grad- service to be held Thursday, May 5, at the Prairie County Photo by Rodney Adams Courthouse Square beginning at 12:00 noon. uate.

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The Time is Now: The Hard Right Scripture: Haggai 1:1-11

Inspirational writer William Ward once said, “Discouragement is dissatisfaction with the past, distaste for the present, and distrust of the future. It is ingratitude for the blessings of yesterday, indifference to the opportunities of today, and insecurity regarding strength for tomorrow. It is unawareness of the presence of beauty, unconcern for the needs of our fellowman, and unbelief in the promises of old. It is impatience with time, immaturity of thought, and impoliteness to God.” Discouragement and disappointment are feelings that we all face. It happens when our reality doesn’t meet our expectations or dreams. We often compare where we are and what we have done with those around us. We feel satisfied with our cottage until we see our neighbor’s mansion. We feel left behind and useless when others in our jobs or professions advance more quickly than we do. And on and on it goes the way that we compare and our discouraged.

We also get discouraged by a lack of progress in what we are doing. If we keep pushing to achieve something and continually encounter challenges and road blocks then it can make discourage us and even break us. In his poem Harlem Langston Hughes writes: What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore— And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?

Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

The 50,000 who had comeback from Babylon must surely have felt the emotions of having their dreams deferred.

They looked at all the challenges they faced in rebuilding the temple and they used those challenges as reasons to keep putting it off. They also as we read later in chapter two compared there work with what Solomon’s temple looked like and how they felt it came up short. They needed to somehow persevere through there times of discouragement.

Our scripture this morning is Haggai second word from the Lord after God had called him to be his prophet and call the people back to the building of the temple. Haggai second word was given 23 days after his first. It was given according to some scholars during the grapes and fig harvest. The possible irony is that just as the people were harvesting the fruit that the land had yielded, God was calling the people to produce spiritual fruit by creating a new temple where the Lord could be worIt is interesting to think about the difference that the 23 day might have made in the life of God’s people. The reason I say that is when Haggai gives his first proclamation the words that God uses are formal “this people.” God is not making a claim on them because of their wrong priorities.

Twenty-three days later God calls them his remnant.

The term remnant is a very important one in both the old and new testaments.

It is a term for those who remain faithful to God when the rest of the community has strayed away. It was those who were in covenant relationship with God. In the New Testament it was a term that was extended to the disciples and the other follower of Christ, especially after his death and resurrection and Pentecost. It is a term of intimacy that is used

for the faithful. So when God inspires Haggai to use it for the people it is a sign at least to me that their hearts have begun to open. They are looking for hope.

The message that God gives Haggai is “I am with you.” God is telling the people that the time is now because you are not alone and I will be with you no matter the challenges you face. Then it says that the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerababel, Joshua, and the people. The Hebrew word for stirred up is the same one that the prophet Ezra uses when it talks about the people being first stirred up eighteen years before to go to Jerusalem and rebuild. It is a sign that God’s presence is being felt and stirring people up again.

So what can this passage from Haggai teach us today? When we are faced with discouragement and disappointment we have the choice to give up or get going. Giving up basically means to run away or to justify why we continue to put off what God is giving us to do. To get going means to be strong in the Lord and to do the work. It also means to be consistent. Often times in life the most successful people do the little things with most consistency, while many of us do them occasionally. Steph Curry who is the leader of the Golden State Warriors basketball team that has been so good the last two years is known as an amazing shooter. He shoots threes like normal people shoot short jumpers.

He also consistently practices those shots day after day. Galatians 6:9 says, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper times we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

Two other things I think are also important when talking about discouragement. First is that God is with us. God stirred the people up again in Haggai’s time so they could finish the work.

God’s presence was with them. God is with us today also. Even when you feel like your dream has died or been deferred God is still with you and can bring about that vision.

Also sometimes when disappointments happen it’s an opportunity to receive a new God ordained vision or dream.

In his book Rising Above the Crowd, Brian Harbour tells the story of Oswald Smith. In 1920 Oswald stood before the examining board whose task it was to select those who would be chose for missionary service. One dream dominated his heart. He wanted to be a missionary. Over and over again, he prayed, "Lord, I want to go as a missionary for you. Open a door of service for me."

Now, at last, his prayer would be answered. When the examination was over, the board turned Oswald Smith down. He did not meet their qualifications. He failed the test. Oswald Smith had set his direction, but now life gave him a detour. What would he do? As Oswald Smith prayed, God planted another idea in his heart. If he could not go as a missionary, he would build a church which could send out missionaries. And that is what he did. Oswald Smith pastored The People's Church in Toronto, Canada, which sent out more missionaries than any other church at that time.

Oswald Smith brought God into the situation, and God transformed his detour into a main thoroughfare of service.

I want to invite you this week that if you feel discouraged to ask God to give insight about his desire for you. I want to invite you to ask God to stir you up this week that you may feel passion for the mission that is ahead. May God bless you and encourage you as you seek to serve Him. Brother Dee

Sunda y School Church Attend ance Sunday, May 1 IN DES ARC First Baptist Church 238/288 Gospel Mission....................175 Lakeside Miss. Baptist..56/120 First United Methodist........63 Faith Missionary Baptist.66/77 Family Worship Center........60 First Assembly of God39/46 Fellowship Miss. Baptist....... 35 Church of Christ................12 Church of God of Prophecy.. 21 Living Waters Full Gospel.....22 AREA CHURCHES Hickory Plains Miss. 68/87 Morris Chapel Miss. Baptist..26 Pleasant Ridge Miss. Bap. 30/36 Hickory Plains Methodist..... 27 Hickory Plains Nazarene...... 14 Judson Memorial Baptist...... 31 Sand Hill Miss. Baptist...8 Reported by churches. To report Sunday School Attendance and other church news, call 870-256-4254.

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You Are Invited to Worship EVERY Sunday with one of Des Arc’s Local Congregations!

Several local churches and pastors will be participating in the service.

“Everyone is invited to come during the noon hour to pray for the Lord’s blessings and guidance of our community, our schools, our city, state and country,” said local participating pastors.

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ment of Arkansas Heritage agency responsible for identifying, evaluating, registering and preserving the state’s cultural resources. Other agencies are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, the Old State House Museum, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and the Historic Arkansas Museum.

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LIVING WATERS Bro. Alton Evans, Ministering May 12 and 14 Bro. Elbert Pool, Ministering May 13 Services Start at 7 p.m.

Everyone Invited 1st & Erwin Street Des Arc, Arkansas

Sunday, May 8 First Assembly of God 10:30 A.M.

WHITE RIVER JOURNAL, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016 From the Kitchen of Rev. Jaimie Alexander, Minister at Bella Vista United Methodist Church

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Great Recipes for Dieters From Rev. Jaimie Alexander

Lettuce Leaf Tacos, Asparagus Bacon Salad, Egg Roll in a Bowl, Crockpot Breakfast Casserole are all recipes on the light side.

If you are on a diet and looking for something different recipes maybe these recipes will be the answer or inspire you to be creative with other recipes who prepare. So tie on your apron and enjoy!!

Lettuce Leaf Tacos

D.W.’s Memorial Garden Pictured above is D. W.’s (Branham) Memorial Garden. D.W loved to garden while at Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He raised all kinds of vegetables and other items. D. W.’s garden is taking on new life thanks to his granddaughter, Tiffany Mack, his wife, Joy Branham, daughter, Tammy Britt, Flossie Brown and Carmen Lee. He would be proud of this garden, too!

D eS A r C nu r Si n g & reh AbilitAt ion Ce nter

by Activity Director, teresa henley

Hope everyone is drying out after all of this rain we have had the past week.

Some folks out in the country reported up to eight inches. The farmers were hard at it trying to get their rice planted. Several will most likely have to replant due to so much water.

The Des Arc United Methodist Church and Faith Missionary Baptist Church started our week off with a wonderful spiritual message and fellowship.

We enjoyed having Snowball visit us on Monday and we excercised and watched the news.

On Tuesday, we watched a movie on the Big Screen TV. At 2:00 p.m., we had our nails done.

We were able to sit on the front porch and visit on Wednesday. We watched as they planted vegetables and flowers in D.W. ‘s (Branham) Memorial Garden. It looks so nice. We know D.W. is looking down from Heaven smiling just as proud as he can be.

We also played Bingo

and had other games and watched the news at 6:00 p.m.

Today, Thursday, May 5 is National Day of Prayer at the courthouse square in Des Arc at 12:00 noon. Several pastors from local churches will participate in the service praying for our communities, schools, local officials, our state and nation.

It is also Cinco De Maya day. We will have tacos, beans, rice, salsa, cheese dip and chips and the Stevie Ray Band will be here to entertain with their music.

Please take a few moments out of your day to come pray with others. If you are unable to attend, stop and take a few moments to say a prayer.

Friday is National Nurses Day. If you see a nurse, tell them how much you appreciate them. They work long hours and work very hard to give their patients the best care.

The Disciples will be here at 10:00 a.m. and Snowball will be making a visit.

We will be honoring our mothers for Mother’s Day at 2:00 p.m. Come out and wish them a Happy Mother’s Day. Saturday, we will have Memory Games, Music, play Dominoes and watch the evening news.

Sunday is Mother’s Day. We hope all of our mother’s have a wonderful day. We will celebrate with coconut pie and cokes. We also want to remember those Mother’s who have gained their Heavenly Wings.

The Des Arc United Methodist and Hickory Plains Missionary Baptist will be here for services, too.

We have several activities planned for next week recognizing the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s with music and trivia.

That is all for this week.

Please come out and visit.

Volunteers are welcome!

We hope you have a blessed rest of the week.

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By Barbara Williams, Site Director

Tuesday we had guest speaker Theresa Hamilton come speak about “How to Kill an Artery” and had Joke of the Day. Wednesday we enjoyed our homemade Breakfast and Bingo.

Thursday we enjoyed Mrs. Barbara’s homemade marble cake for our April Birthday’s to Mrs. Ada Kunkle and Mrs. Ruby Moon.

Friday we had ball practice and our barrel out front for recycling.

Our yard sale room is open every Thursday from 8-11 am, we are adding newly donated items every week.

Please drop off any donations for our silent auction for 3rd Annual Grills and Gowns Fundraiser May 14th at the Cabot National Guard Armory. This event benefits our Meals

1 lb. of lean ground beef (ground turkey or chicken) 1 can of black beans 1 teaspoon of fresh or crushed garlic 1 tablespoon of Cumin 1 tablespoon of Chili Powder 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil or coconut oil 1/2 cup of red onion 1 can of green chilies Shredded cheese Plain Greek Yogurt or Light Sour Cream Salsa of choice Romaine Hearts Lettuce In a skillet, add olive oil, garlic and ground beef and brown over medium heat. While this is browning add your cumin and chili pepper. You may need more depending on how you like your meat seasoned.

Next rinse your black beans and add them to the skillet. Rinse canned beans because it lowers the sodium. Now you will prepare your lettuce, by cutting the bottom off and gently pulling apart. I like to stack two pieces together to make the “taco” a little more stable. Put your Greek yogurt or sour cream on the lettuce first, top with meat mixture and then garnish with green chilies, onion, cheese and salsa. Enjoy!

Asparagus Bacon Salad 1 pound fresh asparagus spears, trimmed cooking spray salt and pepper 3 – 4 pieces bacon, cooked and broken into pieces 1 small onion, cut in rings 1 medium tomato, chopped 1 cup baby spinach, chopped 1/2 cup chopped nuts, walnuts or pecans 1 cup raisins, (optional) Trim the asparagus spears and spread out on baking sheet. Spray with cooking spray and sprinkle with salt (can use sea salt) and black pepper. Bake in preheated 375 degree oven about 10 minutes until tender or to your liking. Combine bacon pieces, onion rings, tomato, spinach, nuts and raisins in salad bowl. Cut asparagus into pieces and add. Toss all ingredients together.

You can add more salt and pepper to taste

Jaimie Alexander

if you like. You could also add boiled eggs or apples to this salad.

Salad Dressing for Asparagus Bacon Salad 1 tablespoon lemon juice (fresh or bottled) 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder (can use fresh garlic, minced, about one clove) 1 teaspoon spicy brown mustard or Dijon 1 teaspoon dried basil (can use fresh chopped) 2 tablespoons honey 1/8 teaspoon black pepper Salt to taste This makes about 1/2 cup. You can double the recipe if you like it. Keeps well in fridge.

Egg Roll in a Bowl!

A Light Meal!

1lb of Lean Ground Turkey 2 bags of Cole Slaw (1lb bags) – you can use only one bag if you want, cabbage cooks way down, that is why I use two.

2 tablespoons of Chili Powder 2 tablespoons of Cumin Brown your ground turkey and add your seasonings, then add your coleslaw to the skillet. You may need to add a little water if your skillet is dry. Continue to cook on medium heat until the cabbage is at the consistency you desire. If you plan to keep it crunchy, then you may start with one bag of slaw and add more if needed.

Crockpot Breakfast Casserole 1 Bag of Sweet Potato Waffle Fries 1/2 cup chopped red onion 1/2 cup chopped green pepper 1 cup chopped broccoli 2 cups of cooked ham 12 eggs 1/2 cup of milk (could use almond milk) 1 teaspoon of garlic powder Pepper to taste Spray crock pot with Pam cooking spray, then layer sweet potato fries on the bottom. Next layer, red onion, green pepper, broccoli and ham. Now you will add another layer of sweet potato fries and layer everything again. In a separate bowl, crack the 12 eggs, add milk, garlic powder and pepper. Whisk together and then pour over the layers in the crock pot.

Cook for 4.5 hours in the crock pot on low.

It depends on what size of crock pot you use (I used 3 quart) and how well “done”

Teresa Henley Activity Director

Seni or Citi zenS Ce nte r We hope everyone will come out to our Bean and Cornbread Supper Friday night starting at 6pm. We will be having Ms. Nola homemade Hampton’s fried pies, and live music from The Disciples and other guests!

This will be donation only to go towards supporting our Seniors that are going to be in the Ms. Heart of Arkansas Pageant.

Monday we started the day off with a warm up game, ate hot dogs and chips, and then headed out to Little Rock and played against Bess Chism. We won 18-5!

Then we took a little road trip to Wrightsville to a Tree Farm, where W.R. Petty bought a bee suit.

Then we stopped at Golden Corral for supper before coming back home.

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on Wheels program for Lonoke and Prairie County.

Stop by the Center to pick up registration forms for the BBQ cook-off contest and the Miss Heart of Arkansas Pageant ages 099.

Vendor booths for businesses and crafts will be available again this year, bounce houses for the kids and Popeye’s Chicken will have their catering team serving their world famous chicken and sides at the concession stand all day.

Doors open at 10:30 AM. You will not want to miss this year’s events! Don’t forget! God Bless and have a great weekend!

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

This is one way to get a parking violator’s attention!

‘Medigap’ insurance covers what Medicare doesn’t

By Bob Moos, Southwest public affairs officer, U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

If you’re about to turn 65, you may be shopping soon for a health plan that covers the costs that traditional Medicare doesn’t.

As welcome as Medicare’s health care coverage is, it does have its gaps. The traditional fee-for-service program generally pays 80 percent of the medical bills. Which means the remaining 20 percent becomes the responsibility of beneficiaries.

To protect themselves, many people buy supplemental coverage from private insurers. The “Medigap” insurance, as it’s called, helps fill the gaps that deductibles, copayments and coinsurance leave. It makes out-of-pocket costs more manageable.

Not everyone should consider a Medigap policy. You don’t need to supplement your Medicare coverage if you’re on Medicaid or signed up for a private Medicare Advantage plan or enrolled in a group health plan through an employer or former employer.

But about one in four Medicare beneficiaries does purchase a Medigap policy.

The best time to buy one is within six months of turning 65 and enrolling in Medicare’s Part B medical insurance. During that period, insurers can’t refuse to sell you a policy, or charge you more than other people, because of a health problem.

If you try to buy after those six months, there’s no guarantee an insurer will cover you.

To help you understand what you’re buying, the government standardized Medigap benefits years ago and labeled each kind of plan with a letter, from A to N. Today, there are 10 kinds of plans. All insurers selling a particular kind of plan must offer the same package of benefits.

Visit www.medicare.gov and click on “Supplements and Other Insurance” to find out more about each of the 10 available kinds of plans.All 10 standardized plans cover these basic benefits: the coinsurance for extended hospital stays, the coinsurance for doctor visits and outpatient services, the coinsurance for hospice care, and the cost of the first three pints of any blood you might need.

Beyond that, different Medigap plans cover additional out-of-pocket expenses, such as the hospital deductible, the outpa-

tient deductible, the coinsurance for skilled nursing care, and the cost of medical emergencies while traveling outside the country.

You’ll pay the insurer a monthly premium for your Medigap policy in addition to the monthly premium you’ll pay Medicare for Part B. Although insurers must offer the same benefits within each kind of plan, their premiums can vary widely. So shop around.

It’s also wise to find out how often an insurer has raised premiums. It’s not just the initial price, but what happens year to year. An insurance broker will have that information.

One note of caution: Medigap insurance doesn’t plug all the holes. It’s not a way to pay for long-term custodial care, dental care, eyeglasses or hearing aids.

Also, new Medigap policyholders need to buy separate drug coverage under Medicare’s Part D if they want it.

Still, the combination of traditional Medicare coverage and a Medigap plan makes good sense for beneficiaries who prefer a broad choice of doctors, hospitals and other health care providers but still want to limit their out-of-pocket expenses.

If you’re interested in supplemental insurance, here are four steps to follow: * First, decide which benefits you want and which standardized Medigap plan best meets your needs.

Visit www.medicare.gov or call 1-800-633-4227 and request a free copy of the Medicare publication “Choosing a Medigap Policy.” * Next, find out which insurers sell Medigap policies in your area. Visit www.medicare.gov for a comparison of supplemental plans. Or call the Arkansas Senior Health Insurance Information Program at 1-800-224-6330. * Then, do some research on the insurers that interest you. Besides comparing premiums, check the companies’ customer service. The State Insurance Department (also at 1-800-224-6330) will have a record of consumer complaints against particular insurers. * Finally, pick the policy that best fits your needs. Contact the insurance company directly, or work with an insurance broker or agent. Once your application has been accepted, you can keep your insurance as long as you pay the premiums.

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

Week of April 25

Corn production in Arkansas Arkansas growers planted 1 million acres of corn in 2013, the highest number since 1951, when 1.05 million acres were planted. Corn acreage has been increasing for the last 15 years in large part due to profit potential compared to other crops. Most of Arkansas' increase in corn acreage has come from declining cotton acres.

Approximately 90% of Arkansas corn is irrigated. Much of Arkansas produced corn is exported via the Mississippi River, but an ever increasing amount is consumed by poultry feed mills located in Arkansas.

Yields have been increasing over time due to irrigation and proper management. In 2013, a new record state average yield of 187 bu/acre was set, topping the previous record of 178 bu/acre set in 2012. Arkansas farmers harvested 855,000 acres of corn in 2013. Corn is typically planted in March and April and harvested in August and September.l

Glyphosate tolerant soybean offers higher yields

By Fred Miller U of A System Division of Agriculture

The second University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture soybean variety based on Roundup Ready® technology offers higher yields and a more upright plant than its predecessor, said soybean breeder Pengyin Chen.

Chen said UA 5715GT — “GT” stands for glyphosate tolerant — offers the weed control advantages of Roundup Ready® soy-

Arkansas elk hunt applications online The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is accepting applications May 1June 1 for Arkansas’s annual elk hunting season.

Brad Carner, AGFC chief of wildlife management, says he has received many calls about the future of elk and elk hunting since the discovery of chronic wasting disease in the state.

“We are still in the beginning stages of adjusting our management strategies for deer and elk,” Carner said.

“We still need to make adjustments on exact dates and numbers of permits available, but we do plan to move forward with this year’s elk hunt.”

Carner expects to have the exact number of elk permits, private land elk quota and elk season dates set at the June 16 Commission meeting in El Dorado.

The AGFC also plans to continue drawing the permits at the Buffalo River Elk Festival in Jasper, June 2425, with a small number of additional permits available to people who sign up on site.

Applying for an Arkansas elk permit is free, although applicants do need a valid hunting license to apply.

Carner says continuing the elk hunt will allow the AGFC to keep monitoring the disease in the state’s herd without taking this rare opportunity away from Arkansas hunters who cannot afford big-game trips out West.

“Testing samples from last October’s elk hunt made us aware of CWD being in the state,” Carner said. “We plan to continue testing elk taken during this hunt for CWD as well as brain worms and other diseases that can impact the herd.”

Visit http://www.agfc.com/licenses/Pages/PermitsSpecialElk.aspx to apply May 1June 1. Applications are available online only.

beans without the added cost of technology fees. As with UA 5414RR, the division’s first Roundup Ready® soybean, growers can save seed from each harvest for planting the following year.

UA 5715GT is a late maturity group V soybean that averaged 60.8 bushels per acre in Division of Agriculture soybean performance trials. That’s nearly 3 bushels per acre better than UA 5414RR, Chen said.

The new soybean has upright plant growth that is taller than UA 5414RR and is highly resistant to lodging and shattering, Chen said. It is also adapted to a broad range of growing conditions across Arkansas UA 5715GT is resistant to stem canker and frogeye leaf spot, and moderately resistant to reniform nematodes, Chen said. It is susceptible to southern root-knot nematode and soybean cyst nematode (races 1, 2, 3, and 5), and moderately susceptible to sudden death syndrome.

Monsanto’s patent on

the first generation of Roundup Ready® products expired in 2015, Chen said, and the company shared the breeding material with public breeding programs, including the Arkansas program directed by Chen.

Chen said UA 5715GT and UA 5414RR fill a niche for growers who want to use the Roundup® system of weed control but don’t want to pay the higher cost of the next generation Roundup Ready 2 Yield® technology.

The Division of Agriculture’s Foundation Seed Program is selling UA 5715 to licensed seed dealers this year. Chen said the initial offering began with 905 bags of seed, though most of that has been sold.

Seed growers or dealers can contact Debbie Ahrent at the Division of Agriculture’s Foundation Seed Program for more information about acquiring UA 5715GT. Call Ahrent at 870672-2661.

The seed should be widely available to soybean producers in 2017, Chen said.l

Rice DD50 available on line The 2016 Rice DD50 program is now updated.

The link to access the program is http://dd50.uaex.edu/, or from the home page http://www.uaex.edu, it can be found under Farm Ranch, Crops & Commercial Horticulture, Rice Production, Mobile Apps & Online Tools.

If you have any ques-

tions, please feel free to contact us. There is also a link to the DD50 User’s Guide which contains information about different program options.74z Enter your DD50 login name and password on the “University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service DD50 Login” screen, and then select the link for “Producer Log-in.”

Days of field work: 4 Top soil Moisture: 100% Surplus Sub soil Moisture: 100% Adequate Major Activities: Scattered rainfall limited some field work early week and heavy rainfall halted all field work end of the week. Rice planting continued with soybean planting moving forward.

Herbicide applications continued for corn and rice with early corn receiving layby Nitrogen.

Face flies and gnats continue to trouble livestock.

Crop Progress: Corn: 100% planted, 95% emerged Rice: 85% planted, 60% emerged Soybean: 15% planted, 10% emerged Crop Condition: Corn: 100% Fair Rice: 100% Fair Soybean: 100% Fair Pasture/Hay: 100% Good Livestock Condition: 3 Fair

Bridge to the Future festival re-scheduoled The Clinton Presidential Center has rescheduled the “Bridge to the Future” festival for Saturday, May 21. scheduled Originally for THIS Saturday, the festival has been postponed as a result of potential severe weather.

The Clinton Presidential Center, along with partners Hippy Arkansas and Special Olympics Arkansas, will host the “Bridge to the Future” Festival, a free community festival that encourages students to read throughout their summer break and will include fun activities for kids.

Kudzu bugs detected in multiple counties, soybean damage a concern

By Ryan McGeeney U of A System Division of Agriculture

Kudzu bugs, silently building their numbers since 2014, are now poised to be a threat to the state’s soybean crop.

Gus Lorenz, extension entomologist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said he and his staff have received reports of the pests from northeastern Arkansas, including Poinsett, Mississippi and Crittenden counties. Lorenz said the insects were found during pest sweeps of test plots at the Division of Agriculture’s Lon Mann Cotton Research Station in Marianna in recent days.

Since their initial detection, the pests have primarily remained in kudzu, although they were found in soybeans in non-damaging numbers in 2015. Lorenz said that in 2016, however, the bugs will likely pose a threat to the crop.

“We’re expecting to see damaging levels this year,” Lorenz said. “Last year, they never rose to the treatment threshold, but this year, we’re seeing them a lot more frequently, and they’re increasingly moving from kudzu to soybeans as they seek a new host.”

Adult kudzu bugs are olive green to brown with a box-like shape, similar to a ladybug. Newly hatched nymphs are orange, about the size of a pinhead, and stay close to the eggs, while older nymphs are green, oval-shaped and hairy.

Adult kudzu bugs are olive green to brown with a shape similar to a ladybug.

Newly hatched nymphs are orange, about the size of a pinhead, and stay close to the eggs, while older nymphs are green, ovalshaped and hairy.

The kudzu bug feeds on plant sap, which it sucks from the stems of kudzu,

soybeans and other related plants. Kudzu and soybeans are the most important hosts, although they will also develop on closely related legumes such as edamame and black-eyed pea. Adults often congregate on wisteria and some edible beans, but the survival of nymphs is low on these plants. Peanut, alfalfa and clover are not hosts.

Large numbers of immature kudzu bugs can cause yield losses in soybeans, and adults can be a nuisance if they enter homes in the fall in search of a place to spend the winter.

The treatment threshold for kudzu bugs in soybeans is the detection of one nymph per sweep. Kudzu bugs in soybeans can be controlled with pyrethoid insecticides, although Lorenz cautioned that growers should not apply the pesticide before the insects are detected in threshold levels.

If you treat them as soon as you find a single nymph in an entire field, you’ll just have to go out and treat them again,” Lorenz said.

“When you treat with pyrethoids, you open the door for other pests, because you’re also killing all the beneficial insects. With this particular bug, you just want to wait.”

A native of Asia, Kudzu bugs were first discovered in the United States in 2009. In 2014, the bugs were found in Crittenden County and in 2015, had spread to six other counties in Arkansas: Mississippi, Lee, Ashley. St. Francis, Phillips and Poinsett.

(See: http://www.uaex.edu/med ia-resources/news/september2014/09-08-2014Ark-Kudzu-Bugs.aspx) For more information on pest management, visit www.uaex.edu, http://arkansascrops.com or contact your county extension office.

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Scenes from Annual Decoration Day at Johnson Chapel

Paul Griffith, Dortha Bone, Ellen Rice, Pat Gage Griffith, Paul’s brother, J.W Griffith

Hayley Sisters Margaret Hayley Griffin, Vivian Hayley Lambert and Dora Mae Hayley Holloway

Gerald Bone, left and Donald Bone with family

Daniel Hayley, Johnson Chapel Church Caretaker, left, welcomes Jack Curry of Mountain Home

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Photo above: Casey and Madie Cochran performed in Dancers’ Corner Ballet for the first time.

Photo at right: Casey, Emily and Madie Cochran after their performance.

There will be a Wedding shower for Trevor Jones and bride-elect, Candace Nelson (Candace is from Stuttgart). It will be this Saturday, May 7th at 2PM at the HP Baptist Youth Center. All family and friends are invited. It will hosted by the Jones family.

They are registered at WalMart, Kohl’s, Dillard’s, Bed, Bath, and Beyond. Their wedding will be June 19th.

Will give wedding info(location/time) when we get it.

The Hickory Plains Cemetery Decoration is this Sunday. Mr. Doyne Turner or Miles Patton are there for two or 3 days for donations to the Cemetery.

J.W. and Judy Gore and daughter Leslie Mahoney have returned from a trip to New Mexico visiting family and friends in Hobbs, Lovington and Ruidoso. While in Ruidoso, they drove up Sierra Blanca Mountain, a sacred mountain to the Mescalero Apache Indian, to the ski lodge some 11 thousand feet in elevation. They had side trips to Alamogordo, Cloudcroft, Tularosa and Hondo. Things sure have changed since they were last there some 47 years ago. Judy said,” Have to pass on a quote from Geronimo, a famous Apache Chief.” “There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness and winds are all Listening to what we have to say” think he was a wise man.....

Last Thursday morning, I took a huge bag of fish and chicken from Carter Harrison to Treadway Minnow Farm for the guys.

They had lunch and breaks probably for two days HA! I took some to Ludene Treadway that morning, too. We had a nice visit.

Friday morning, I went to see Ms. Maxine Walters for a little while. I didn’t go at coffee time. I just went to see her, but left when thunder and lightning was getting worse.

Robbie Weaver and I had a mother/daughter night out Friday. We had supper at Colton’s in Cabot and then enjoyed the movie, Mother’s Day. We had a great time together.

Saturday morning, Robbie Weaver and I went to Maumelle Performing Arts Center to watch Emily, Casey and Madie Cochran perform in the Dancers Corner, “Mary Poppins Ballet Recital.” Emily has done this for seven years and it was the twins first year.

Casey and Madie were sugar cubes and absolute, dolls. Ms. Elizabeth Kerr and Donna Speight went to watch Emily in the evening performance. (Photos of the girls above) Clara Clark, Bob and I had lunch at the HPOS Sunday.

There were twenty eight family members (McWhorter’s and Graham’s) gathered for potluck at the Cross Roads Fire Department Sunday. They gathered for lunch and visiting then went to the Wal-

‘wanna be’ leaders seem Me thinks the April Grandkids! Ha Fannie Peters visited qualified to do best. MunShowers does not know it is with Nettie Turner Monday dane stuff! now May Flowers time!!

Let me, maybe, get it BUT when has what I afternoon.

On behalf of the Cancer straight about the John thought ever mattered?

Holder Boy(Mickey) is Survivors who were hon- Davis Center: I don’t have getting forgetful since he ored last Thursday evening my name on a door. YET. turned 80 yrs. old. He tried with a Banquet given by AND the cost last July (that to tell ME that he told me ARcare, I say ‘Thanks’ AR- is when I asked) was still last week about his brother, care workers for all your ef- $1200 per month.That may John Holder of Mineral fort in making it a pleasant not still be true—BUT I doubt it has jumped to the Wells, Tex. coming to see time.

Betty Payne got hearty $3,000 I had been told. I them!!! He didn’t tell me then so we will do it late. applause for her 39 years hope I have gotten this John’s daughters, Shannon surviving, my 26 might straight this time.

I got an email today with Caviness and Kim Adcock have been the next longest accompanied their Dad time.( you know it being some of the cutest pictures. mostly women there that it I can’t draw them but this here for a few days.

Troy and Darlene Tims was noisy).However many one was cute even if it was by a man putting we have been working on de- is a miracle!!

Did anyone see the women down, but he was molishing their old house on weekends and with the comic on the Editorial page correct-we are always Saturday’s Demo- ‘right’. It was concerning help of sons, Jared of Jud- of sonia and Jason of Gregory Gazette? In among the pic- this junk about everyone it is almost finished. ture of rubble with labels of using the same bathroom. (someone bargained to do ’no jobs’, ’debt’, ’world It said on the sign: Men’s is it, and got part done and chaos’ etc was a cartoon to the left—Women’s is to quit)(bargaining doesn’t al- picture of the Prez. saying “ the right. They are always ter’s Chapel Cemetery Dec- ways work out). But kids I KNOW!! LET’S CHANGE right. oration.

Goodnight are good to have, especially the TWENTY DOLLAR There was a great when they go home to eat BILL!” That is just what our Rosetta turnout for the Johnson and sleep! Kinda like whole batch of leaders and Chapel Cemetery Decoration Sunday . Everyone was thankful for the beautiful day.

Sunday evening, Clara Clark came over. She had Donna Kelly, Correspondent made a pot of soup and we had cornbread. She stayed It was good to see the Charles Ingle lately. He news. They say it is goand watched a good movie sunshine Sunday morn- had some teeth taken ing to be a little cooler. with us and didn’t go home ing. However, on our out and left him feeling We may have more (a long walk to her house way to church, we saw pretty bad. rain. We wish all a good HA) until 10PM. water on some of the We are remembering week.

Monday night, we enfields that was pretty families of those who Our little greatjoyed having Carter Harrideep. The ground had have lost loved ones. grandson, Jase, spent a son eat supper with us. I not been planted.

We had a good serv- few days last week with cooked a meal he really I had to go to Lonoke ice Sunday at church. John and me. He had liked-pork chops, white on Saturday to pick up On Sunday evening we been feeling bad and beans, his favorite was medicine and the fields had a special service for running fever and was scabby fried tators and thin looked like fish ponds. three young men that kept out of school. His crispy edge cornbread. He We had the nurse will graduate this year. Mom had some things and Bob had strawberry come on Saturday and We had fellowship after she had to do. We are alshortcake for dessert on dismissed John from service and several fam- ways eager to see or the deck, until it was gettheir list. It has been ilies of the three came keep the little ones. ting too cool. Carter and nearly 8 months. We are to be with us.

Haven’t heard from Bob enjoyed a normal constill watching his foot I had a phone call him but, I hope he is versation. The first time to for fear it might come from Charlene last feeling better and back do this. Only time Bob is back. We will be very week. Her daughter, Jan in school. around him and says anycareful. was doing rather good. thing, it’s something to I haven’t talked to We are watching the make Carter laugh or pull a funny on him. He had been and you know I don’t put CIALS on TUESDAYS and Happy Birthday May batching for two weeks. them in, please let me FRIDAYS! Come out and 11th to Lexie Bell, Sarah More on that another time. know! I know people do enjoy!

McDougal, & Brittney Come enjoy time with us things that we would all Please support Hickory Millerd! at the next “Ladies Drop enjoy reading about.

Plains Post Office by purHappy Birthday May By”, Tuesday, May 10th at People can still call me chasing stamps, mailing 12th to Alisha Covington!

Hickory Plains Methodist to get crosses from Jewel packages, etc. there. SupHappy Birthday May Church. Lots of good Ashmore. The stained glass port our OWN local Post- 13th to Manuel Holcomb! laughter, food and it helps in the cross is from the master, Tammy Bruce. The Happy Birthday May us to relax just to be togethHickory Plains United Hickory Plains Post Office 19th to Tyler Richards! er! Charlotte Wrigley says it Methodist Church that hours are Mon.-Fri. 12:30 Happy Birthday is ”good medicine.!” burned 4 years ago.

PM- 2:30PM, Sat.10AM- May20th to Deidra Whit(REMINDER) People to HPOS wants to let every- 1:30PM. tenburg and Trena Crye! call 870-854-3703 or email one know that Tracy will Have a Good Week In And don't forget to do me (OpalCrider@centuryserve breakfast on Sunday The Lord! good and to share with tel.net) their News. Please mornings. She will also Happy Mothers’ Day to those in need. These are the call or send!!! If you want have a Sunday lunch spe- all the Mothers , Sunday, sacrifices that please God. birthdays in my column cial for $5 .99. Dinner SPE- May 8th !

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Dodenherdenking (Remembrance of the Dead) Speech delivered yesterday

by Silke Meijers Wednesday afternoon (May 4) at 1:00 pm in Des Arc (8:00 pm in Eygelshoven, a village within Kerkrade, Holland), a family member of the Journal’s Holland-connection, college student Silke Meijers was about to deliver the following speech before a crowd gathered to celebrate Dodenherdenking.

“When we all make some effort to get to know each other, we will take away a lot of misery in the world around us!

Dodenherdenking (Remembrance of the Dead) Remembrance of the War Dead is held annually on May 4 in the Netherlands. At 20:00 (8:00 pm local time), two minutes of silence are observed throughout the Netherlands. Public transport is stopped, as well as all other traffic.

The main ceremony is observed in the city of Anne Frank (Diary of), Amsterdam at the National Monument in Dam Square and is broadcast by the public broadcasting company NOS (radio & TV) from 7:00 - 8:30 pm. This ceremony is usually attended by members of the cabinet and the royal family, military leaders, representatives of the resistance movement and other social groups. (see above photo taken May 4, 2014, where King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima laid the first wreath just before the two-minutes of silence).

The most other notable commemoration occurs at the Waalsdorpervlakte near The Hague in Rotterdam, where many Dutch resistance fighters were executed during WWII. In many towns, before or after the two minutes of silence, people gather around a monument, listen to speeches, and lay down flowers to remember the dead. The next day, on May 5, Dutch people celebrate the liberation of the nation from the German occupation of 1940 to 1945.

Principals in speech at right - WRJournal publisher’s Holland connections

Veerle, left, and Silke Meijers

Peter and Miriam Meijers Grave of Rayburn Langford at Margraten

Lt. Rayburn Langford May 23, 1915 - Mar 24, 1945

May 1, 2016 American Military Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands

This story begins in 1915. On the 23th of May 1915 a little boy was born in an American family: Rayburn L. Langford. He would be the only son in a family with three children. Rayburn became a handsome young man, a proud older brother to his two little sisters. He knew how to make girls fall in love with him and that only became easier when he joined the army and went to Hawaii for his service.

Exactly eighty years after Rayburn was born, specifically on the 23th of May 1995, a little girl was born in the midwife school in Kerkrade, the Netherlands. That little girl is my sister (Veerle). In 2013, my sister tried to contact Arkansas through the Internet. My parents had adopted the grave of Rayburn L. Langford a year earlier and all of us were very curious who this young man had been, what he was like before he died in Europe, on March 24, 1945, two months before the Second World War ended.

After months of waiting, we got a message from the United States: Rayburn’s youngest sister had received our message. Dean (Langford Walls of Des Arc) – already 91 years old – was very pleased and happy to hear that there were people who took care of her brother here, far away from home. On this very day, we still speak and communicate with Rayburn’s family, through e-mail, (Facebook and video chat). They are so grateful that we bring flowers to his grave, tell people about his story and in that way keep his memory alive. This young man is one of the many young men who gave their lives for us, for our freedom. Without them, we wouldn’t be able to hear this story When we all make some effort to get to know each other, we will take away a lot of misery in the world around us!

At this very moment, thousands of refugees are crossing our Dutch borders, looking for shelter. We take care of these people, offering them food and a place to stay.

These people are not as lucky as we are, they have not yet gotten the things that we received through young men like Rayburn: Freedom. Tranquility. Peace. And still, we are all mumbling and whispering: ‘How are we gonna keep up with all these people flooding our lands?’ I haven’t got the answer to this question, but one thing I know for sure: When we all make some effort to get to know each other, things will work out just fine, eventually.

In the past months, my girlfriend (Esther) has been teaching music to refugees. Some of these poor children were staying in Heumensoord, an emergency shelter in the forest near Nijmegen, for nearly half a year. By learning songs, singing and dancing together, they were able to forget about the misery around them for a while. They got a feeling of being home again, being human again.

Suddenly, there were people who knew who they are, what their names are. And that touch of humanity is the key to everything. That touch of humanity is the reason we still take care of the graves and memories of young men like Rayburn. We are able to give people who seem so distant and foreign the feeling that they are not forgotten, thanks to all the young soldiers who gave their lives for our freedom.

When we all make some effort to get to know each other, we will take away a lot of misery in the world around us!”

“This morning for the second time with my daughter in her life to the crosses . . . that we may pass it on to our children”

Wednesday’s ceremonmy began with a Holy Mass in the local, Old Church on top of the hill, after which members of Scouting Netherlands picked up the wreath and carried it outside.

Upon exiting at the church doors, everyone received a flower, one for each soldier or civilian who died in Eygelshoven because of the war. The church crowd proceeded to the foot of the hill, where the wreath was placed at a local memorial. There were three speeches given: one by an ex-soldier, one by a school girl and the one by Silke Meijers shown above.

The local wind band played a trumpet signal, the national hymn (The Wilhelmus) and two commemorative songs.

Faces of Margraten, May 1-5, 2016, American Military Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands The FUAAWG (Foundation United Adopters American War Graves) has been working to create a unique tribute to the men and women buried or memorialized at the cemetery. They have been collecting photos in order to give a face to the names on the marble headstones and the Walls of the Missing. In its second year, the effort has collected more than 4,000 photos.

During the Faces of Margraten, the photos are placed directly next to the headstone or wall. Visitors can walk through the cemetery and see the faces of the men and women who gave their lives in the fight to liberate the Netherlands.

The walls on either side of the Court of Honor contain the Tablets of the Missing on which are recorded the names of 1,722 American missing who gave their lives in the service of their country and who rest in unknown graves. Beyond the chapel and tower is the burial area which is divided into sixteen plots. Here rest 8,301 American dead, most of whom lost their lives nearby. Their headstones are set in long curves. A wide tree-lined mall leads to the flag staff which crowns the crest.

As of 2015, there are 25 sites under the care of the ABMC (American Battle Monuments Commission). There are 124,905 U.S. servicemen and servicewomen interred at these sites, and more than 94,000 missing in action, or lost or buried at sea, whose names are individually carved into monuments.

May 1 photo by Marcel Bahnen

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Master Gardeners have busy April meeting Deloris Tosh spoke to the Prairie County Master Gardeners Tuesday, April 19, at the regular meeting at BancorpSouth.

She is a member of the Prairie County Fair Board and talked about the County Fair and the need for more volunteers to help with the work, particularly registering. Some members said they would consider helping in September.

Three members, Sue Clayton, Larenda Dunlap and Keith Robinson, have just finished their training course administered by the Lonoke and Prairie County Master Gardeners.

The Prairie County group will have the annual ‘Gardening on the Grand Prairie” fundraiser Saturday, June 11, at the First United Methodist Church fellowship hall. Committees are working on the program.

Janet Turnage, president, presided with about 16 members. She thanked the members for helping with the Master Gardener training. “All went well,” she said.

The work sheets were distributed and completed for the month.

Work opportunities were discussed. The flower pots that the Chamber of Commerce helped obtain are ready to be replanted.

Work hours were the week of April 25-29, at

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DAHS band holds concert and presents awards at banquet

times designated by the group for the day. Workers began at True Value Hardware each morning.

Dee Black reported the two new Chase trees to be planted at the Hazen Welcome sign are in as are the Knockout Roses for the Gazebo.

Also, work is continuing with the Agri Class at the high school. That work is to be done when the workers can go. The two raised beds behind the greenhouse are ready to be planted with the vegetables.

Some other dates to remember are the River Valley Master Gardeners 25th Anniversary Event, The Learning Fields at Chaffee Crossing, 7300 Gardeners Avenue, Fort Smith. A tour of the Demonstration Gardens will be 2-5 p.m.

Garland County Master Gardener Plant Sale was April 30 at the Farmer’s Market, 121 Orange Street in Hot Springs. Also, the Montgomery County Plant sale was April 30 at Heritage Museum in Mount Ida. The president and Lynda Andrews plan to attend the State Master Gardeners convention in Eureka Springs in June. Registration closes today, Thursday, May 5.

The next regular meeting will be Tuesday, May 17 at Bancorpsouth in Hazen.

Jazz Band Drelon Hunter John Phillip Sousa Award

Beginner Band

James Robinson Patrick Gilmore Award

News from Des Arc Public Library New Books Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanna Fluke Revenge by Lisa Jackson Dark Promises by Christine Feehan The Friends We Keep by Susan Mallery Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs The 14th Colony by Steve Berry Crazy Blood by T.Jefferson Parker Dominion: The Chronicles of the Invaders

by John Connolly No Safe Secret by Fern Michaels Lone Heart Pass by Jodi Thomas The Big Showdown by Mickey Spillane That Darkness by Lisa Black Cravings by Chrissy Teigen Fragile by Lisa Unger Rebecca’s Reward by Lauraine Snelling Hide Away by Iris Johansen Extreme Prey by John Sanford The Last Mile by David Baldacci War Hawk by James Rollins

Choir

Maeve Boyer Directors Award

Senior Band

New DVD’s The Walking Dead-Season Two Vikings-Season Three Forsaken The Revenant The Outlander Volume Two The Walking Dead-Season Four Point Break The Forest Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Adult Activities at the Library The Second Thursday of every month at 10:00 a.m. will be a Movie and Popcorn. Bring your own drink.

The Third Thursday of every month at 1:00 p.m. will be color and tea party. We supply the color pages, pens, pencils markers and flavored tea.

Senior High 11-12: James Robinson-Outstanding Percussion, Trevor Hampton-Outstanding Brass and Overall Bandsman, and Drelon Hunter-Outstanding Woodwind

Most Improved Michaela Dunlap, Faith Harrell, Serena Baxter and Kizen Holland

Junior High 9-10: Callie Long-Outstanding Percussion and overall Bandsman, Larkan Fouse-Outstanding Brass and Emilee Johnson-Outstanding Woodwind

Junior High-7th-8th: Anna Holloway-Outstanding Percussion and Overal Bandsman , Kayla Craig-Outstanding Brass. and Destiny Howell-Outstanding Woodwind

The Last Thursday of every month at 10:00 a.m. is BINGO. We will give small prizes to the winners.

James Robinson, Maeve Boyer and Drelon Hunter with Senior Blankets

National Park Service will celebrate 100th birthday with park highlights

By Senator Tom Cotton On August 26, 2016 the National Parks Service (NPS) will celebrate its 100th birthday.

In celebration of this important milestone, the NPS is leading a year-long initiative to highlight parks across the country. Arkansas is home to seven beautiful national parks and several other national historic sites, so I’ve decided to join the NPS in their efforts.

Last week, I announced my own initiative to recognize each of Arkansas’s national parks.

“Over the next year, I will post several graphics featuring each of Arkansas’s national parks on my social media pages. I will also submit remarks to the Congressional Record each month highlighting the history of each park or historic site. I will post those remarks on my official website. If you have a favorite park or a story from one of these parks, please be sure to contact my office so I can share your story in the Congressional Record. I would also like to feature your favorite photos of our National Parks, so be sure to submit those as well,” said Sen. Tom Cotton last week.

“I am excited to share some of my personal stories from these treasured places and highlight why they’re so special. For instance, did you know that Arkansas Post Nation-

al Park was the site of the Battle of Arkansas Post, the only Revolutionary War activity that took place in what is currently the state of Arkansas? I have many memories of visiting Hot Springs National Park as a young boy with my family and I can’t wait to take my son Gabriel there one day too. I hope you will take some time to visit my website and social media pages to learn more.

“You may not know that there are several entrance fee-free days at National Parks around the country where all fees are waived for that particular day. There are 16 days scheduled for 2016. Additionally, all fourth grade students in the United States are eligible for free entry to National Parks throughout the year under the National Park Service’s “Every Kid in a Park” program. I encourage you to visit the National Park Service’s website to learn more.

“Arkansas is the Natural State and Arkansans have an inherent appreciation for the beauty of our parks. That’s why it’s no surprise that our National Parks and National Historic Sites are some of the best in the country. Be sure and stay tuned for more on Arkansas’ National Parks!”

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Lady Eagles run at England in State meet Alyssa Dohm earns first place in 1600m and 800m run The Class 2A State Track and Field Championships were held on the England High School Track on Monday, May 2.

The Lady Eagles Track team had four athletes to qualify to run in the State Track Championships.

Alyssa Earl competed in the Triple Jump and the 800m run, Skylon Wiliams competed in the 300m Hurdles and Lee Ann Harrell and Alyssa Dohm competed in the 800m run.

Alyssa Dohm had a great meet by winning both the 800m and 1600m. In the 1600m run, Dohm made a move on the final lap to distance herself from the rest of the field. Her time of 5:40.74 was her best time of the year.

In the 800m, Dohm had to outduel a competitor from Magnet Cove the last 150 meters to win with a time of 2:33.11.

“Alyssa has worked very hard all year and she de-

seres these wins,” said Coach J.D. Babb. “These victories earned her AllState Honors and a chance to compete in the Meet of Champions in Russellville on Saturday, May 14.

Magnet Cove won a well deserved team title after finishing Second at the State meet for the past five years. Clarendon took the Second place Alyssa Dohm, wearing her First spot.

Place medals, right with her Coach In the Sen- J.D. Babb ior High State Seventh in the Triple Jump.

Track, Dillon Conway was The Junior Boys were Fourth in the 110m HurThird in District competi- Young Entrepreneurs: Kevin Brannan, Macy Burnett and Johnny Gray, sendles, Third-300m Hurdles, tion. iors at Des Arc High School, are enrolled in the Entrepreneurial Class. They Fifth in the High Jump and

Eight Des Arc High School band students chosen for Festival of Winds concert Eight Des Arc High School Senior High Band students were chosen to participate in the Festival of Winds concert to be held at Hendrix College in Conway on Saturday, May 7. The students will be in practice sessions for their respective instrument groups and will converge together for a special concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. Those chosen were Drelon Hunter, Maeve Boyer, Trevor Hampton, Larkan Fouse, Michael Mateja, Treasure Durden, Callie Long, and Audrey Crawford. Congratulations!

have created MJK Enterprises, a company that prints and markets items with the 3-D printer. Pictured are Brannan, Burnett and Gray with just a few of the tiems (pictured left in photo) printed by them this semester. All three will be graduating Friday, May 13. May Lynn Thomason is instructor.

Local seventh and eighth grade students visit museum at DeValls Bluff for School Days

Eagles Baseball/Lady Eagles Softball headed to Regional tournament at Poyen lThe Des Arc Eagle Baseball and the Lady Eagles Softball teams are heading to the Regional Tournament for Class 6-2A at Poyen today, Thursday, May 5. Both teams earned a spot at the tournament.

The Eagles defeated Brinkley 11-1 in the first round. Due to weather de-

lays, the baseball district tournament was postponed. The Lady Eagles defeated the home team of Carlisle in a close game 109.

The Lady Eagles faced McCrory and was run ruled to put the Lady Jaguars in the finals. The Hazen Lady Hornets defeated Palestine

Wheatley and went on to win the championship game against the undefeated Lady Jaguars.

The Eagles will face Mount Ida in the first round of Regional tournament play.

The Lady Eagles will take on Magnet Cove.

Good Luck in Regionals!

Trap Shooting team qualifies for State meet Sharon Arnold dressed in Civil War period clothing

The Des Arc Eagle Trap Shooting teams participated in the Regional ASSYP tournament held in Jacksonville April 28 and 29. The team of Jake Hasley, Jacob Williams, John Hagar, Sawyer Hagar and Dawson Moye qualified for the State meet with a score of 225. Mr. Con Sullivan is instructor. Assisting is Mike Hagar. The State meet will be held Photo by Ann Harrell in June.

Des Arc Baseball Summer League Schedule Thurs., May 12 Thurs., May 12 Thurs., May 12 Tues., May 17 Tues., May 17 Tues., May 17

Wild Things vs Diamonds Red Hots vs Lil Knockouts Lindsay’s vs Garth’s Tortugas vs MJJJ Palace Drug vs Dondies F&M Bank vs Lindsay’s

Millenium Millenium Tony Smith Millenium Millenium Tony Smith

Harvey’s Pony League Schedule Tues., May 10 @Beebe 6:30 p.m. Beebe Thurs., May 12 @England* 6 p.m. England* Tues., May 17 @Des Arc* 6 p.m. McCrory* Thurs., May 19 @Lonoke* 6 p.m. Lonoke* Sat., May 21 @Hazen 10 a.m. Hazen

Des Arc High School

Athletic Banquet Des Arc Elementary Cafetorium

Tuesday, May 10 Tickets: $7.00 Menu Ham, Baked Beans, Potato Salad, Roll, Tea, Dessert Athletes-5:30 p.m.

Guests-6:00 p.m.

Sponsored by the Des Arc Eagle Booster Club

6:00 7:15 6:30 6:00 7:15 6:30

p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.

Third Annual summer basketball camp to be held May 23-27 The Third Annual Des Arc Eagles Summer Basketball Camp, ages 7-13 years for boys and girls, will be held Monday through Friday, May 23-27 at the Des Arc High School Gymnasium.

Registration is May 23, 7:00-8:00 a.m. Pre-registration is accepted. The cost of the camp is $30.00 per student.

Fee must be paid with cash or check.

Each camper will receive a tshirt. You must specify the size requested- small, medium, large, x-large and xx-large in youth or adult sizes.

There will be a lunch break. No lunch will be provided for campers. Bottled water will be available for campers.

If you have any questions, please contact Des Arc High School Girls Basketball Coach, Brittany Pilcher at the High School.

Several area schools seventh and eighth grade students participated in the annual School Days event held at the DeValls Bluff Commmunity Center on Friday, April 29. Schools participating were Des Arc, Hazen and Brinkley.

Several Civil War re-enactors were on hand to give the students a look back into history of the Civil War and to the present time.

Bill and Sharon Arnold, retired teachers of the DeValls Bluff School District, were among the re-enactors.

Mrs. Arnold was dressed in period costume greeting the students with a short introduction into the everyday life on the farm.

She is a retired teacher of DeValls Bluff Schools Bill, an avid historian and community supporter, portrays the Confederate guerilla Howell A. “Doc” Rayburn and is dressed in uniform as Rayburn wore during his antics in DeValls Bluff and nearby areas during the Civil War. Other re-enactors on hand to help with School Days were Ronald KelleyArkansas historian specializing in a vast knowledge of the Civil War; Erik DitzlerNational Park Service; Mary Lee Saunders-Frayportrays her great, great grandmother of the PettusSaunders family; Doug Kid-Director, provided the vision for School Days and is owner of Border States Leatherworks and an avid historian; Monica SmithProgram Assistant at the Lower White River Museum in Des Arc; David Wilson-has been a re-enactor for 27 years. His horse, Joe Shelby, accompanies him in the re-enactments; Daniel Cockrell-Youth Education Coordinator at the Old State House Museum in Little Rock; Mathew Hoffman-Living History Interpreter at Old State House Museum in Little Rock since 2011; Kent Goffliving history expert; Seth Goff-European Theater of Operations narrator;

Bill Arnold aka Howell A. “Doc” Rayburn

Gweneth Goff and Zane Goff-presented DeSoto’s Expedition-circa 1542 Arkansas only female survivor and young page.

The museum is open Tues-Fri, 10 am to 4:00 pm.

Debbie Cook is curator at the museum.

DES ARC SCHOOLS

LUNCH MENU

Joyce Major, lunchroom supervisor at the Des Arc Schools, advises the following menus are scheduled for Monday-Friday, May 9-13:

Elementary Lunch

High School Lunch

MONDAY: Chicken Nuggets, Yams, Green Peas, Peaches, Milk TUESDAY: Hamburger, French Fries, Sandwich Fixings, Mayonaise, Mustard, Pineapple, Milk WEDNESDAY: Chicken and Noodles, Great Northern Beans, Steamed Broccoli, Grapes, Milk THURSDAY: Chicken Strips, Corn, Applesauce, Cookie, Ketchup, Milk FRIDAY: Field Day-Sack Lunch: Ham & Cheese Sandwich, Chips, Carrot Sticks, Raisins, Milk

MONDAY: Chicken Nuggets, Macaroni and Cheese, Yams, Pears, Fresh Fruit, Milk TUESDAY: Taco Salad, Lettuce, Tomato, Cheese, Pinto Beans, Spanish Rice, Salsa Fruit Cocktail, Fresh Fruit, Milk WEDNESDAY: Chicken Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Green Beans, Cookie, Pineapple, Fresh Fruit, Milk THURSDAY: Chicken Sandwich or Hot Chicken Sandwich, Lettuce, Tomato, Seasoned 1/2 Baked Potato, Steamed Broccoli, Peaches, Fresh Fruit, Ketchup, Mayonaise, Mustard, Milk Breakfast FRIDAY: Cheeseburgers, MONDAY: Biscuit and French Fries, Baked Beans, Sausage or Cereal & Toast, Sandwich Fixings, Pineapple, Fresh Fruit, Milk Oranges TUESDAY: Pancakes with

Breakfast

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Cache River National Wildlife Refuge Adds Lands for Wildlife Conservation The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is improving its habitat conservation capacity at Cache River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in order to enhance populations of wintering waterfowl, migratory birds, and other native wildlife by acquiring lands from willing landowners. The Service uses various funding sources to purchase lands for the National Wildlife Refuge System, which consists of more than 560 national wildlife refuges encompassing over 150 million acres. These monies include the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund (MBCF - from revenues from the sale of “Duck Stamps”), Land and Water Conservation Fund (derived primarily from proceeds from offshore oil and gas royalties), and the North American Wetland Conservation Act (NAWCA - derived primarily from interest accrued on a trust fund from excise taxes on firearms, ammunition, bows, arrows). This year the Service was awarded $1.391 million from the MBCF and $1 million from NAWCA. These funds enabled the Service to purchase 978 acres of fish and wildlife habitat in Prairie and Monroe Counties, Arkansas to be incorporat-

ed into Cache River NWR. These lands will be conserved, restored, and managed to fulfill the purposes for which Cache River NWR was established in 1986, which includes protecting wetland ecosystems, and providing habitat for waterfowl, other migratory birds, and other native fish and wildlife species. Due to the requirement for NAWCA funds to be “matched” by non-federal monies, the NAWCA project ultimately resulted in a total of 2,177 acres of critical wetlands and floodplain habitat being protected, restored, or enhanced in the Lower White and Cache Rivers Basin.

In addition to purchasing lands offered by willing sellers, the Service in 2016 also was successful in completing an exchange of lands near Biscoe, Arkansas in which Cache River NWR exchanged an isolated 322-acre tract of refuge land in Monroe County for 569 acres of private lands in Prairie and Monroe Counties. The surplus 247 acres and associated real estate value of the private lands compared to the refuge lands were donated by the private landowner, as well as the costs of the appraisals, surveys, and other transaction

costs. This exchange will bring significant and immediate public benefits because it increases the number of acres conserved for fish and wildlife, increases public ownership on the White River, increases public recreational opportunities, improves public access to interior parts of the refuge overland and from the White River, connects the two largest (and previously disjunct) tracts of refuge lands, and improves the Service’s ability to effectively administer the refuge in fulfillment of refuge purposes. Moreover, the exchange and donation of these lands allowed the Service to use its limited acquisition funding to purchase other tracts of land for the refuge.

The new Cache River NWR lands, which are in the vicinity of Biscoe and Cotton Plant, Arkansas, will be available to the public for hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and photography, environmental education, and interpretation. The addition of lands to Cache River NWR and other refuges also has a favorable impact on the economy.

Recreational visits to national wildlife refuges across the country result in significant economic activity. An eco-

nomic study released by the Service (“Banking on Nature 2006: The Economic Benefits to Local Communities of National Wildlife Refuge Visitation”) concluded that in Fiscal Year 2006, 34.8 million people visited refuges in the lower 48 states for recreation and their spending generated nearly $1.7 billion of sales. As a result of this spending spreading through the economy, almost 27,000 people were employed and $542.8 million in employment income was generated.

This recreational spending on national wildlife refuges resulted in about $185.3 million in tax revenues at the local, county, state, and Federal levels.

Along with purchasing and exchanging lands to better fulfill the refuge’s conservation goals, Cache River NWR also is in the process of accepting donation of a conservation easement on a 273-acre private property in Jackson County that borders the refuge property. The private landowners will continue to own and exclusively use the property, but certain restrictions will be placed on their activities and land management practices. This easement will be administered by the

Service, and will ensure that habitat values for waterfowl, wading birds, songbirds, and other native wildlife are conserved and enhanced on the protected property, but also will serve to multiply those benefits on adjacent refuge lands.

These additions to Cache River NWR were made possible by the cooperation of several part-

ners including Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Ducks Unlimited, The Nature Conservancy, Darby’s Warrior Support, and private landowners.

The Service is grateful for the funding it received for land purchases and the willingness of private landowners to become part of an enduring conservation legacy by donating, selling, or exchanging their lands.

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PRAIRIE COUNTY LANDS FORFEITED TO STATE OF ARKANSAS The Real Estate Books of Prairie County reflect the following list of Real Property to be Delinquent for nonpayment of taxes for the year 2013. Last day to pay will be Friday, May 27, 2016. Call the Tax Collector’s office at 870-256-4764 for the correct amount due.

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CERTIFICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all lands upon which the taxes have not been paid for one (1) year following the date the taxes were due, October 15, 2014,shall be forfeited to the State of Arkansas and transmitted by the certification to the State Lands for collection or sale.

I, Gary Burnett, Sheriff and Ex-Officio Collector of Prairie County, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct list of land and town lots to Prairie County, Northern and Southern District, forfeited for the non-payment of taxes for the year 2013 and remaining unredeemed as of this date. If not redeemed prior to May 27, 2016 said lands will be cer5ified to the State of Arkansas for collection or sale.

WITNESS MY HAND as such Collector, this 3rd day of May 2016.

Gary Burnett, Sheriff & Collector Prairie County, Arkansas Rebecca Hayley, Clerk

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District Court Hearings The following cases were heard before District Judge Robert Abney in District Court Hearings held in the courtroom at Des Arc City Hall on Monday, May 2, 2016: City Cases Christopher Scott Whittaker, Des Arc, charged with Failure to Pay and Failure to Appear on a Written Summons.

Failure to Pay charge Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $380 and 28 days Prairie County Jail.

Failure to Appear on Written Summons Guilty.

Sentenced to Time Served.

Jimmy Sanner, Des Arc, charged with Domestic Battering-Third Degree, Failure to Pay, and Failure to Appear on a Written Summons.

Domestic Battering Defendant changed Plea to Guilty.

Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $350.00 and Time Served. Failure to Pay charge Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and cost of $380.00 and Ten Days Prairie County Jail. Failure to Appear on Written Summons plead Not Guilty. Hearing set for May 12, 2016.

Richard McGuire, Des

Arc, charged with Tail Light Out. Proof of Repair Shown. Charge Dismissed.

Tracy Leighann Robinson, Des Arc, charged with Failure to Pay. Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $380.00.

Ronny R. Cobb, Des Arc, charged with Failure to Pay. Sentenced to 12 days Prairie County Jail with Credit for Five served.

Joshua W. Sanders, Des Arc, charged with Failure to Pay. Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $380.00 and 20 Days Prairie County Jail with Credit for Five Served.

Kayla L. Walicki, Des Arc, charged with Violation of Arkansas Hot Check Law. Bond Forfeited.

Jeremiah L. McMillen, Des Arc, charged with Contempt of Court/Failure to Complete Community Service. Committed 19 days with Credit for Seven Served.

State Cases James R. Tinkle, Cotton Plant, charged with Domestic Battering-Third Degree. Commitment.

Anthony S. Sanner, Des Arc, charged with Failure

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to Pay. Time Pay Review.

Issue Warrant.

Michael C. Carr, Cabot, charged with No Driver License. Failed to Appear.

Issue Warrant.

Kathryn A. Roberts, Batesville, Exceeding Posted Speed 73 MPH/55 Zone and Driver License Suspended for DWI. Failed to Appear. Issue Letter.

Jelecia M. Jackson, Des Arc, charged with Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver License-Class A Misdemeanor and Violation of No Contact Order.

Continued May 11, 2016.

Ronny R. Cobb, Des Arc, charged with Possession of Instrument of Crime. Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $655.00.

Jeremiah L. McMillen, Des Arc, charged with Possession of Controlled Substance. Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $755.00, Six Months Driver License Suspension and 20 Days Prairie County Jail.

James Houghtlen, Beebe, Defendant requested time.

Time granted. Continued to June 9, 2016 by Motion of Defendant.

The following information was obtained from the records in the Prairie County Courthouses in Des Arc and DeValls Bluff on Tuesday, May 3, 2016:

Land Transfers Quitclaim Deed Bank of America N.A., Grantor, hand paid by Selene Finance LP, Grantee, the following described lands in the County of Prairie, State of Arkansas: Lots 11 and 12 of Block Seven, Walts Addition to the City of Des Arc.

Eight, T4N, R4W containing 1.86 acres.

Warranty Deed Ralph E. Cawthorn, Grantor, hand paid by Robert Cawthorn and Iris Ann Cawthorn, Grantees, the following lands lying in the Northern District of Prairie County: A part of the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section Eight, T4N, R4W containing 1.21 acres.

Warranty Deed Robert Cawthron and Iris Ann Cawthorn, Grantors, hand paid by Ralph E. Cawthorn, Grantee, the following lands lying in the Northern District of Prairie County: A parcel of land lying in the E 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Section Seven, T4N, R4W containing 4.0 acres, more or less.

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Warranty Deed Ralph E. Cawthorn, Grantor, hand paid by Robert Cawthorn Jr. and Samantha Cawthorn, Grantees, the following lands lying in the Northern District of Prairie County: A part of the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section

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Prairie County Jail Count The following inmates are incarcerated in the Prairie County Jail at Des Arc as of Tuesday, May 3, 2016, according to Sheriff Gary Burnett: McGee, Rodney Taiwan, 37, Hold for ADC. Intake date March 1, 2016.

Crittenden, Lee B. 36, charged with Possession of Controlled Substance, Fleeing, Obstructing Governmental Operations, Parole Violation, Driving with License Suspended, Careless Driving, Improper Display of Tags and Failure to Stop.

Intake date April 5, 2016.

Rocha, Jimmy Jesus, 24, Hold for Another Department. Intake date April 4, 2016.

Branch, Aaron Antwon, 32, charged with Possession of Controlled Substance x2 and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor.

Intake date March 17, 2016.

Wardwell, Eddie, 41, Hold for ADC. Intake date February 3, 2016.

Washington, Earl, 48, charged with Criminal Mischief. Intake date December 28, 2015.

Albizu, James, 47, chargeed with Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver. Intake date March 24, 2016.

Enzor, David Mark, 56,

charged with Furnishing Prohibited Articles. Commitment. Intake date March 7, 2016.

Jones, Bobby Joe, 56, charged with Forgery, Theft of Property and Habitual Offender.

Intake date March 3, 2016.

Dulaney, Malary L., 31, charged with Kidnapping and Terroristic ThreateningFelony. Intake date December 19, 2015.

Oglesbee, Lisa Carol, 53, charged with Probation Revocation Intake date February 13, 2016.

Allen, Wallace, 69, Commitment. Intake date February 24, 2016.

Hourston, Glen E., 64, Commitment. Intake date March 31, 2016.

Figueroa, Frank, 36, charged with Possession with Intent to Deliver, Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver and Fleeing-Felony. Intake date March 25, 2016.

Pruitt, Leslie, 24, Hold for ADC. Intake date February 18, 2016.

Bevell, Robert Lynn, 22, Commitment.. Intake date April 6, 2016.

Walls, Johnny Joe, 38, charged with Possession of Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Intake date April 13, 2016.

Kelly, Christopher

Martrell, 20, charged with Possession of Marijuana, No Drivers License, No License Plate and Driving Without Insurance. Intake date April 24, 2016.

Hill, Patrick, 41, Hold for ADC. Intake date April 19, 2016 Johnson, Keith Allen, 33, Commitment. Intake date April 26, 2016.

Parks, Chad Eugene, 18, charged with Forgery, Theft of Property and Habitual Offender. Intake date April 27, 2016.

Book, Anna C., 35, charged with Failure to Appear. Intake date May 2, 2016.

Scheland, Angela, 24, Commitment. Intake date April 26, 2016.

McMillen, Jeremiah, 36 Commitment. Intake date April 26, 2016.

Whittaker, Christopher Scott, 41, Commitment. Intake date April 28, 2016.

Wisdom, Travis, 29, charged with Warrant Service Fee. Intake date May 1, 2016.

Sanner, Jimmy, 35, charged with Failure to Appear, Failure to Pay Fine and Cost, Possession of Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Intake date April 28, 2016.

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Rural Estate Sale by Dan May 5, 6, 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 188 Buckglade Rd, (from Beebe 31 So. To Campground Rd, or Cypress Lake Road from Hickory Plains.) Watch for Green Direction Signs Setting: ten room farm house with large shop. (Approximately 10 miles North of Hickory Plains and 5 miles South of Beebe) Farmall 140 and Case 1194 w/brush hogs. V-bottom fiberglass boat, DR trimmer, vintage Johnson outboard motor, chainsaw, tiller, heater, JD riding mower, older JD mower for parts, pressure washer, metal band saw, variety of hand tools, wash pot, patio table w/chairs, old lumber and much more.

House: Kitchen full of usual items including Corning Ware, sets of China, baking, gadgets, pots, pans, bowls, crockery, Royal Doulton Toby Mugs, Flow Blue Tureens and Plates, cut glass, Elegant glassware, depression glass, post depression glass, nice Christmas ornaments, prints, PR. Wingback chairs, sofa, rocker, chairs, 3 pc. Parlor, Oak pump organ in nice condition with new bellows, sofa table, tilt B & C table, D.P. round table, Victoria dining table, Framed Victorian Lady print, Lg. Oil painting chicken yard, several small tables, portable sewing machine w/wooden carrying case, metal flower stands, F&F, nice silver plate, matching pr. lamps, floor lamps, table lamps, electric log fireplace with decorative top, Unicorn statues, hummingbirds, cook books, kiln fired unpainted china, h.p. china, fired and decorated Santa water set, English China handle flatware set, Handicap items: hover

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3 Large Rooms, plus kitchen, 1 bth, 300 sq/ ft. screened porch; Floating Boat Dock (2 boats) Horn Lake...............................................$37,000.

Commer Property, 2000 sq. ft. bldg, plus Stg. Bldg. K & B Lane..........$75,000.

3 Bdr. 2 Ba. 1612 sq ft, .73 acre, Hwy. 38 E. ......... NEW LISTING....... $45,000.

3 Bdr, 1.5 Ba, 2306 sq. ft, 411 Pike..............................REDUCED ....... $75,000.

2 Bdr. 1 Ba, Remodeled, Storm Shelter, 108 Whippoorwill.................. $44,000.

5 Acres, Near Lake Des Arc, Bayou - Owner Finance......................... $21,000.

3 Ac Trac near Lake Des Arc & Bayou Des Arc (Owner Finance) $9,000 to $13,000.

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Journal Delivery Tracking Chart 16 Arkansas locations received April 28 issue “next-day”, Apr 29 ( 17 “next-days” last week) USPS gets “B” for delivery of Apr 28 issue NOTES: For each location, the Tracking Chart shows actual number of days it took representative subscribers to receive last 4 issues (#days in parenthesis). The “Fewest Days” column shows the shortest/record time it took to receive paper at that location. This column is used for comparing deliveries and assigning USPS grade.

One location, Midvale, Idaho, has received the only consistent delivery (on Mondays) for the last four weeks !

A new record was set 4/29 when the first 10 listed post offices received papers on Friday for 3rd week in a row !

USPS Mail Facility, DATE MAILED NLR, Ar receives / disThursday, tributes Journals to the Thursday, APRIL 7 APRIL 14 42 listed locations

LOCATION * Beebe * Cabot * Carlisle * Conway * Griffithville * Jacksonville * Lonoke * Searcy * Stuttgart * Ward

( LAST 4

(2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)

SAT., 4/9 SAT., ” SAT., ” SAT., ” SAT., ” SAT., ” SAT., ” SAT., ” SAT., ” SAT., ”

(1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

FRI., 4/15 FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ”

Thursday, APRIL 28

Thursday, APRIL 21

FEWEST ( ) = Fewest / Actual #delivery days; DAYS (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

ISSUES )

(1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

D ATE D ELIVERED FRI., 4/22 FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ”

(1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

FRI., 4/29 FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ”

* Above 10 locations are mailed in 10 proprietary containers. Another 175± locations, including the 32 below, are mixed & mailed in 7 containers total - received / sorted @ NLR Terminal.

Alma Benton Edgemont Fayetteville Forrest City Greenbrier Hot Springs Jonesboro Little Rock North Little Rock Rose City, NLR Pine Bluff Rogers Russellville Sherwood Tichnor Ulm Vilonia

(1) (1) (1) (2) (2) (1) (1) (2) (1) (1) (1) (1) (2) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

(6) WED., 4/13 (4) MON., 4/11 (4) MON., ” (5) TUES., 4/12 (6) WED., 4/13 (4) MON., 4/11 (2) SAT., 4/9 (4) MON., 4/11 (4) MON., ” (4) MON., ” (4) MON., ” (4) MON., ” (5) TUES., 4/12 (2) SAT., 4/9 (4) MON., 4/11 (4) MON., ” (4) MON., ” (2) SAT., 4/9

(5) TUES., 4/19 (2) SAT., 416 (1) FRI., 4/15 (5) TUES., 4/19 (4) MON., 4/18 (1) FRI., 4/15 (4) MON., 4/18 (4) MON., ” (1) FRI., 4/15 (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (5) TUES., 4/19 (1) FRI., 4/15 (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ”

(4) MON., 4/25 Unreported

Unreported

(1) FRI., 4/22

(1) FRI., 4/29 (2) SAT., 4/30

Unreported

(5) TUES., 4/26 (1) FRI., 4/22 (2) SAT., 4/23 (5) TUES., 4/26 (1) FRI., 4/22 (1) FRI., 4/22 (4) MON., 4/25 Unreported

(2) (2) (1) (1) (1)

(2) SAT., 4/30

SAT., 4/23 SAT., ” FRI., 4/22 FRI., ” FRI., ”

Unreported

(1) FRI., 4/29 (1) FRI., ” (5) TUES., 5/3 (2) SAT., 4/30 (1) FRI., 4/29 (1) FRI., ” (4) MON., 5/2 (4) MON ” (4) MON ” (1) FRI., 4/29 (2) SAT., 4/30 (2) SAT., ” Unreported

Unreported

OUT OF STATE (2) Anaheim, CA Chicago/N Aurora, IL (4) (2) Dallas, TX (1) Enid, OK Houston/Seabrook, TX (4) (4) Madison, AL (1) Memphis, TN (4) Midvale, ID (4) Ogden, UT (4) Salem, OR Springfield, MO (4) (5) Springfield, OH (4) St Louis, MO W. Melbourne, FL (5)

MON.,4/25 SAT., 4/30 TUES., 4/26 MON., 4/25 TUES., 4/26 TUES., 4/26 FRI., 4/22 MON.,4/25

(4) MON., 5/2

(4) MON.,4/18 (4) MON., ” (5) TUES., 4/19 (2) SAT., 4/16 (5) TUES., 4/19 (4) MON., 4/18 (5) TUES., 4/19 (4) MON.,4/18 (5) TUES., 4/19 (5) TUES., ” (5) TUES., ” (20) Not Rcvd 5/4 (5) TUES., 4/19 (6) WED., 4/20

(4) (9) (5) (4) (5) (5) (1) (4)

Total delivery days: (81) (154 days)

(115 days)

(Total days N/A) (Total days N/A)

B-

A-

USPS Grade

(2) SAT., 4/9 (11) MON., 4/18 (4) MON., 4/11 (4) MON., ” (4) MON., ” (6) WED., 4/13 (8) FRI., 4/15 (4) MON., 4/11 (4) MON., ” (6) WED., 4/13 (4) MON., 4/11 (5) TUES., 4/12 (5) TUES., ” (6) WED., 4/13

TUES., 4/26 TUES., ” WED., 4/27 MON., 4/25 Unreported

B

NR = New Record delivery time (none set) EXCEPTIONAL Delivery

(4) MON., 5/2 (2) SAT., 4/30 (4) MON., 5/2 Not rcvd as of 5/4

(2) SAT., 4/30 (4) MON., 5/2 Unreported

Unreported

(5) (5) (6) (4)

Not rcvd as of 5/4

(4) MON., 5/2 (5) TUES., 5/3 (6) WED., 5/4 Unreported Unreported

B POOR Delivery

Re: Arkansas locations, “Next-Day” deliveries are shown in BLACK text - later than “next-day” shown in RED italic.

Re: Out-of-state locations, “acceptable” deliveries shown in BLACK text - less than acceptable shown in RED italic.

Exceptional deliveries include black

“thumbs up”. Poor deliveries include RED

“thumbs down”.

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YARD SALE YARD SALE: Friday & Saturday, May 6 & 7 and Friday & Saturday, May 13 & 14 EVERYTHING MUST GO! cheap! cheap! AT HELEN HUNT HOME ON BAYOU DES ARC. 1p

YARD SALE: Saturday, May 7, 7 to 1, at 601 Anderson St. C. L. p Turner residence.

LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS III DIVISION PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN L. WILKINS, DECEASED...................................PR-16-8 LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF DECEDENT: 1151S PRYOR RD., CARLISLE, AR 72024 DATE OF DEATH: MARCH 22, 2016 An instrument dated June 26, 2015, admitted to probate as the Last Will of the above-named decedent, and the undersigned has been appointed Executor thereunder. A contest of the probate of the Will can be effected only by filing a petition within the time provided by law.

All persons having claims against the estate must exhibit them, duly verified, to the undersigned within six (6) months from the date of first publication of the notice, or they shall be forever barred and precluded from any benefit in the estate.

This notice first published the 5th day of May, 2015.

By Lawrence Wilkins, Executor 310 Roosevelt Dr. Smithville, AR 72466 Stuart Law Firm, P.A. Attorney for Estate P. O. Box 206 Lonoke, AR 72086

ACCEPTING BIDS CITY OF DES ARC IS ACCEPTING BIDS on 1995 Ford E350 (previously used as rescue truck for fire dept.) has ambulance box on back - good for tools. Please contact Don Harvey for more information at 870-256-4545.

Sealed Bids should be mailed to Mayor’s Office, P.O. Box 389, Des Arc, AR 72040 or brought to City Hall at 107 So. Third St. Bids will be accepted until 12 noon on May 17, 2016. Bids will be opend at regular council meeting May 17, 2016, at 7:00 p.m.

City of Des Arc reserves right to reject any or all bids.

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JOB OPPORTUNITY DES ARC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is taking applications for K-6 Paraprofessional/Instructional aide beginning in 2016-2017 school year. To apply, send resume to

rooksd@desarcschools.org Resumes will be accepted until 4/28/2c May 9, 2016.

Des Arc School District currently has an opening for a K-12 nurse. Candidates must hold an LPN license. Individuals interested may download an application at www.desarcschools.org under employment opportunities. Please email applications to Nick Hill at hilln@desarcschools.org

PAY CASH WILL PAY CASH - For Nonrunning Lawn Mowers. Call 501-827-6771. Thomas Good4/28/2c win, Kensett, AR

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: The Housing Authority of the City of Des Arc, Arkansas is seeking an Executive Director to administer the planning, directing, and implementation of all programs and policies. The individual selected will direct and assume responsibility for all finance, budgeting, procurement and maintenance. A four-year degree is required; however, degree status can be waived depending upon level and Housing Authority type of experience acquired.

Submit resume to DAHA, P.O. Box 309, Des Arc, AR 72040.

ATTN: Ms. Sharon Brown, by 10:00 a.m. May 16, 2016.

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W E B U Y S CRAP WILL REMOVE OLD VEHICLES, scrap metal, batteries, etc., for fair price. Call Steve Sanner at 870-256-5178. 5/5/4c

ANIMALS

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Week of 05-02-16

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2016 VOLUNTEER RESPITE TRAINING

Free Respite Training for Volunteer Respite Providers, Family Caregivers, and Community and Faith-based Groups. Approved for 7.5 CEUs. This is a free event, but you must register.

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Movie Night Saturday, May 14 at Community Center Theater

Celebrating 70 years of Community Banking: Merchants and Planters Bank in Des Arc was celebrating 70-years of Community Banking along with other branches on Thursday, April 28. Merchants and Planters have branches in Des Arc, Searcy, McCrory, Batesville Southside, Newark, Swifton and Tuckerman with parent bank in Newport. Above, left to right, Jane Hinson, Cara Whiting and Sharon Wilson employees at the Des Arc branch, were serving refreshments on Thursday as part of the celebration. Paul Dickson is President of the Des Arc branch.

Book about life along Buffalo River wins award for Conway author Author and Arkansas native Jenny Barnes Butler's book, Stolen Water, Forgotten Liberties: A True Story of Life Along Arkansas’ South Highway 14 and the Buffalo River, has been named a Finalist in the 2016 Next Generation Indie Awards in the Memoirs/Historical/Legacy/Career category.

The Next Generation Indie Book Awards is the largest Not-for-Profit book awards program for indie authors and independent publishers in the country.

According to its website it is in its ninth year of operation and “...was established to recognize and honor the most exceptional independently published books in over 70 different categories.”

In 2015, “Stolen Water, Forgotten Liberties” was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Biography/Autobiography/Memoir category at the Los Angeles Book Festival. It was selected from more than one hundred entries and shares Honorable Mention honors in the category with several other authors from across the country. The Los Angeles Book Festival has been in existence since 1999 and is affiliated with the New York and Hollywood Book Festivals.

Also in 2015, Ms. Butler’s book was named as a Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Awards in the Regional Non-Fiction category.

She recently signed a contract with an entertainment group that is writing a screen play to produce a movie based on her book.

Jenny Barnes Butler grew up on South Highway 14 and the Buffalo River in Arkansas. She graduated from YellvilleSummit High School and has an MS in English Liter-

ature and an MS in Psychology from the University of Central Arkansas. Her father, Joe Barnes, operated Barnes’ Canoe Rental below the Highway 14 bridge over the Buffalo River for many years before he was forced to sell his land to the federal government when the Buffalo became a national river, and move his business up on the hill from the bridge. He sold his business, now known as Wild Bill’s Outfitters, 22 years ago.

This book is two stories braided together. One is a memoir and the other is a never before told story about what happened to the 40 canoe and fishing businesses 6 years after the river became a national river. The book tells the larger story of a community bound together by a river that provided sustenance and livelihood, only to see it all threatened.

Scotty Jefferson, County executive Director for the Farm Service Agency for Baxter, Marion and Searcy counties, Arkansas, said “This book will be a treasure of mine that I’ll always keep, not only because it talks about two wonderful people … but also because it stirs emotions in all of us whose lives have been forever molded by the Buffalo River.” The author currently resides in Conway, AR.

Saturday, May 14, is Movie Night at the Community Center Theater in DeValls Bluff. The film “Birdie and Bogie” will be showing starting at 6 p. m.

Free admission and free popcornBirdie & Bogey is a 2009 Christian drama film directed by Mike Norris. It was released on November __17, 2009 by EMI CMG Distribution.[1] The DVD, which contains "The Making Of", "Trailers", and "Commentary" bonus features, is now available at national retailers from EMI CMG Distribution.[2] The film stars Janine Turner, Mike Norris, Sheree Wilson, Carey Scott and Amanda Alch.

The story is about Danny O'Connor who chooses his daughter, Birdie, as his caddy. At first, the golfing association is shocked, but when Danny

starts to win, the world takes notice. Danny has a chance to play in the PGA Tour. Just when his position on the Tour seems secure, Birdie's life is threatened with a deadly disease.

Without his daughter's inspiration, Danny must find a way to compete alone, and fulfill his daughter's dying wish.

August 6 and 7 is Sales Tax Holiday in State The Arkansas Sales Tax Holiday for 2016 will begin on Saturday, August 6, at 12:01 AM and will continue through ‘sunday, ugust 7, at 11:59 p.m.

State and local tax will not be colleced during this 48-hour period on the sale of clothing and other items if the price is under $100.00 Act 757 of 2011 provides this for this sales tax holiday,

Personally Speaking Rev. and Mrs. Paul Fowler spent last week in Denton, Texas, with son, Aaron, wife, Ashley, and children, Alex, age 8, and Aiden, 4. They went especially to celebrate the 10th wedding anniversary of Aaron and Ashley and Aiden’s fourth birthday on April 19. Bro. Fowler preached at the Bridge Church of God where Aaron is a musician and sound technician.

They also visited recently with son, Ruben and wife, Hayleigh, in Jonesboro where he is a student and also manages the new Colton’s Restaurant. Colton’s, recently restored after a fire, was giving free meals to everyone on their opening day - Bro. Fowler said they enjoyed a steak dinner, ---------Johnie Mae Siitonen is doing very well, her daughter, Nancy Chappell, said Wednesday, May 4.

Johnie Mae resides at Southridge Village in Cabot and Wednesday was her birthday, 92 years young.

Nancy says her mother can still get around on a walker some and is an avid reader.

Johnie Mae was lunchroom supervisor at Des Arc Schools for 25 years. Her parents were the late Sheriff E.O. and Johnie Hamilton. She married Paul Siitonen while serving in the WAVES during World War II. Paul, a native of Massachusetts, was in the Navy.

Now deceased, Paul, a designer and builder, in partnership with his father-in-

Festival On The Ridge Saturday, May 14

law, developed the Hamsit Heights Addition at Des Arc. If you would like to send Johnie Mae a card her address is 601 E. Mountain Springs Road, Southridge Village, Apt. 109, Cabot Arkansas 72023.

Nancy and husband, Dewayne Chappell, sold their home across the river and have and are residing in her parents’ home in Hamsit Heights.

--------Tommy Neeley, a former resident and a 1975 graduate of Des Arc High School, recently had a stroke and heart attack. He had surgery on Tuesday this week for the placement of four stents.

He is waiting to hear the extent of heart damage, if any. Tommy is the son of the late Slick and Lorene Neeley. Tommy has a son, Andy.

--------Joe Foster of Sherwood stopped by the Journal office on Tuesday to renew his subscription. He also said he was checking out the White River to see what effect the latest rains had on its level at Des Arc. Joe grew up in the Hazen area and has relatives in the county.

Take Mom out for dinner . . . .

We will Be Open Sunday, May 8 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

We Will Have A Gift for All Moms Dining With Us on Mother’s Day

Dondie’s “On the Bank of White River”

Don’t Forget!

Mother’s Day is Sunday May 8

Give Her A Gift from Lynn’s! * New T-Shirts

* Plants, Silk Flowers and Wreaths

* New Jewelry

* Crystal - Large Selection * Bath Line

Southern Trend and Kerusso Simply Noelle Clothing Line

by Lenny & Eva

Opening Parade at 9:30 am Fireworks At 9:00 pm

Historic Downtown Harrisburg, Arkansas More info contact Mark Weston at 870-931-2790

Des Arc, Arkansas 870-256-3311

* Aromatique

Sorbet, Mojito Beach, Orange, White Teak & Moss, Gardenia Many More-Big Selection

* Yankee Candles New Spring Scents

Farm House Fresh Aromatique Splendor & Sassy

* Willow Tree * Fresh Flowers * Corsages

Order Early

Also: We Have Great Graduation Gifts!

Introducing Noah Childress,

a third generation pest service provider, now available for all your pest service needs! For more information or to schedule, please contact Lucas Childress at 501-516-1489 or the bug Master’s office toll-free at 800-700-4888

Lynn’s Flower & Gift 4/21/4c

16th and Main Streets Des Arc, Arkansas Phone 870-256-3191 or 870-256-1399