OUR 146TH YEAR NUMBER 32 • 24 PAGES INDEX Calendar ............2A Classifieds ........ 5C Obituaries ..........8A Opinion ..............4A Religion............. 3B Sports ............... 1C Weddings.......... 1B 870.367.5325 Subscribe Today! $34.00 A DVANCE-M ONTICELLONIAN 75¢ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2017 SERVING DREW COUNTY SINCE 1870 A DVANCE-M ONTICELLONIAN Boll Weevils tabbed eighth in GAC preseason football poll 1C LAST CHANCE! Vote for our Reader’s Choice Awards 6A, 7A Harold Coggins/Advance-Monticellonian RECEIVING LOCAL ENCOURAGEMENT Before his hearing in front of the Arkansas State Medical Board in Little Rock, Monticello physician Dr. Jeffrey Reinhart (seated in foreground, left—and inset) talks to DMHS CEO Scott Barrilleaux (center), one of several people that drove from Southeast Arkansas to support his opportunity to return to practice. Reinhart cleared to resume practice by medical board BY HAROLD COGGINS [email protected]LITTLE ROCK—Unanimous- ly, the members of the Arkansas State Medical Board voted to allow Dr. Jeffrey Reinhart to return to his Monticello medical practice last Thursday morning. The decision was made during the ASMB’s Au- gust meeting. Reinhart, who had been suspend- ed because of an incident at Drew Memorial Health System since No- vember 2016, was present in the boardroom for the meeting. It was not immediately known when Re- inhart Family Healthcare would re- open, only that the Board had given him the approval to return to prac- tice. That was very welcome news to those that traveled from Monticello in support of Reinhart—and for lit- erally thousands in Southeast Arkan- sas. Among those in attendance in support of the Monticello physician was Scott Barrilleaux, DMHS’ Chief Executive Officer. “I’m humbled and grateful that the Medical Board has allowed me to return to practice,” Reinhart said in a prepared statement a day after his appearance before the Board. “Throughout this difficult time for me and my family, I have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of prayers and encouragement from so many. To all of you who have stood by me, I say, ‘Thank you.’ “My staff and I look forward to reopening my clinic in the very near future. I’m very excited about serv- ing my community again.” Rick Angel, Reinhart’s attorney, laid out the proposal for return to practice before the members of the Board—minus ASMB board mem- ber and Reinhart’s fellow Monticello physician, Dr. Sylvia Simon, who re- cused herself from any decision the Board would eventually make be- fore the presentation began. Among its major stipulations were that Rein- hart would: • Cease from doing any obstetrics work; • Not concern himself with any hospital visits for the time being; • Turn the day-to-day operation of his practice over to a management company; and • Enter into a lifetime physician’s monitoring contract with Dr. Brad- ley Diner of the Arkansas Medical Foundation for accountability. Angel said this proposal had been discussed with Kevin O’Dwyer, the ASMB attorney, and was being of- fered to the Board with the hopes of getting Reinhart back in practice with as little stress as possible. “I want him to walk in (the office) and be able to practice,” Angel noted. “Period.” Members of the ASMB who were present listened intently as Angel and Diner laid out the proposal. Af- ter providing the Board with a few historical facts as to why Reinhart was there in the first place, Angel delivered the proposition. “Our offer to the Board, so the Board does not have to go through a hearing on this issue,” Angel began, “is (Reinhart) fully recognizes and knows that alcohol use and abuse was escalating during this period of See RETURN Page 12A JOINING TOGETHER FOR A GOOD CAUSE Photos by Harold Coggins/Advance-Monticellonian GIVING ’TIL IT HELPS The 24th annual Drew County Log A Load for Kids banquet, benefit- ing Arkansas Children’s Hospital, drew a packed house Saturday evening at Pauline Baptist Church. The event, as usual, was a fish fry and featured a load of logs auction as well as silent and live auctions of other items. While no total for the night is known yet, Gay Pace, one of the event’s coordinators, said, “We are very pleased with our preliminary totals but we are still collect- ing money and will release a final number at a lat- er date.” It is known, though, the evening kicked off with a load of logs auctioned off for $4,000. Drew County Load A Load raised $113,000 a year ago and has raised more than $1 million for ACH since its inception. Donations are still be- ing accepted; contact Pace at 870-460-1140 or via email at [email protected] to give—or give again. More pictures, Page 11A. Local woman accepts guilty plea for forgery BY ASHLEY FOREMAN [email protected]Latisha Ann Allen of Monticello recently accepted a guilty plea to 32 counts of forgery in the second degree (a Class C felony) and one count of theft of property in the amount more than $25,000 (a Class B felony). Allen was the secretary at the Drew County Conservation Dis- trict when she allegedly forged signatures of board members and endorsed checks. A total of $34,684 was missing when the forgeries were discovered. These forgeries allegedly took place between July 1, 2016 and Sept. 15, 2016. Allen will have to pay $52,291.75, including interest, in restitution through the Drew Coun- ty Sheriff’s Office to the Drew County Conservation District. The Monticello-Drew County Chamber of Com- merce will hold a rib- bon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 15 for The Vineyards at Mon- ticello, Chamber Executive Director Glenda Nichols an- nounced. This new apartment com- plex is located at 125 Mid- way Route. Nichols added that the chamber invites all residents to attend and take the oppor- tunity to tour the facility. Chamber sets ribbon cutting ADC begins regional jail discussions BY HAROLD COGGINS [email protected]At the last Drew County Quo- rum Court meeting, a resolution was passed to begin discussions on a regional jail. The first was held at the Southeast Arkansas Region- al Library, Monticello Branch last Thursday with Arkansas Depart- ment of Correction officials and county judges, sheriffs and law- makers from Drew, Bradley, Lin- coln, Chicot and Cleveland coun- ties. Actually, according to to Drew County Judge Robert Akin, no Regional Correctional Commis- sion—as the Interlocal Coopera- tive Agreement passed by the Drew County QC states—has been set up yet because of a lack of participa- tion. “We do have resolutions from these other counties,” Akin said Tuesday. “The Interlocal Agree- ment says when five commission- ers are on board, then it becomes a (Regional Jail) Commission. We have four; we’ve got the Bradley County judge, the Bradley County sheriff, the Drew County sheriff and the Drew County judge. We’re still looking for that fifth commis- sioner.” So Thursday’s discussions were just that—discussions. The idea for a regional jail comes as counties continue to struggle with jail space limitations and costs. ADC officials talked about the potential of a 600- bed facility that would house most- ly state Department of Correction inmates. It also would have a cer- tain number of reserved spots for participating counties. “We’re already housing 300 of our prisoners (statewide) in Bowie County, Texas,” Akin explained. “They’re employing people from the Texarkana area to do the work. If we’re going to do that, why are See ADC Page 12A
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RECEIVING LOCAL ENCOURAGEMENT Before his hearing in front of the Arkansas State Medical Board in Little Rock, Monticello physician Dr. Jeff rey Reinhart (seated in foreground, left—and inset) talks to DMHS CEO Scott Barrilleaux (center), one of several people that drove from Southeast Arkansas to support his opportunity to return to practice.
Reinhart cleared to resume practice by medical boardBY HAROLD COGGINS
LITTLE ROCK—Unanimous-ly, the members of the Arkansas State Medical Board voted to allow Dr. Jeffrey Reinhart to return to his Monticello medical practice last Thursday morning. The decision was made during the ASMB’s Au-gust meeting.
Reinhart, who had been suspend-ed because of an incident at Drew Memorial Health System since No-vember 2016, was present in the boardroom for the meeting. It was not immediately known when Re-inhart Family Healthcare would re-open, only that the Board had given him the approval to return to prac-tice.
That was very welcome news to those that traveled from Monticello in support of Reinhart—and for lit-erally thousands in Southeast Arkan-sas. Among those in attendance in support of the Monticello physician was Scott Barrilleaux, DMHS’ Chief Executive Offi cer.
“I’m humbled and grateful that
the Medical Board has allowed me to return to practice,” Reinhart said in a prepared statement a day after his appearance before the Board. “Throughout this diffi cult time for me and my family, I have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of prayers and encouragement from so many. To all of you who have stood by me, I say, ‘Thank you.’
“My staff and I look forward to reopening my clinic in the very near future. I’m very excited about serv-ing my community again.”
Rick Angel, Reinhart’s attorney, laid out the proposal for return to practice before the members of the Board—minus ASMB board mem-ber and Reinhart’s fellow Monticello physician, Dr. Sylvia Simon, who re-cused herself from any decision the Board would eventually make be-fore the presentation began. Among its major stipulations were that Rein-hart would:
• Cease from doing any obstetrics work;
• Not concern himself with any hospital visits for the time being;
• Turn the day-to-day operation of
his practice over to a management company; and
• Enter into a lifetime physician’s monitoring contract with Dr. Brad-ley Diner of the Arkansas Medical Foundation for accountability.
Angel said this proposal had been discussed with Kevin O’Dwyer, the ASMB attorney, and was being of-fered to the Board with the hopes of getting Reinhart back in practice with as little stress as possible. “I want him to walk in (the offi ce) and be able to practice,” Angel noted. “Period.”
Members of the ASMB who were present listened intently as Angel and Diner laid out the proposal. Af-ter providing the Board with a few historical facts as to why Reinhart was there in the fi rst place, Angel delivered the proposition.
“Our offer to the Board, so the Board does not have to go through a hearing on this issue,” Angel began, “is (Reinhart) fully recognizes and knows that alcohol use and abuse was escalating during this period of
See RETURN Page 12A
JOINING TOGETHER FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Photos by Harold Coggins/Advance-Monticellonian
GIVING ’TIL IT HELPS The 24th annual Drew County Log A Load for Kids banquet, benefi t-ing Arkansas Children’s Hospital, drew a packed house Saturday evening at Pauline Baptist Church. The event, as usual, was a fi sh fry and featured a load of logs auction as well as silent and live auctions of other items. While no total for the night is known yet, Gay Pace, one of the event’s coordinators, said, “We are very pleased with our preliminary totals but we are still collect-ing money and will release a fi nal number at a lat-er date.” It is known, though, the evening kicked off with a load of logs auctioned off for $4,000. Drew County Load A Load raised $113,000 a year ago and has raised more than $1 million for ACH since its inception. Donations are still be-ing accepted; contact Pace at 870-460-1140 or via email at [email protected] to give—or give again. More pictures, Page 11A.
Local woman accepts guilty plea for forgery BY ASHLEY FOREMAN
Latisha Ann Allen of Monticello recently accepted a guilty plea to 32 counts of forgery in the second degree (a Class C felony) and one count of theft of property in the amount more than $25,000 (a Class B felony).
Allen was the secretary at the Drew County Conservation Dis-trict when she allegedly forged signatures of board members and endorsed checks. A total of $34,684 was missing when the forgeries were discovered.
These forgeries allegedly took place between July 1, 2016 and Sept. 15, 2016.
Allen will have to pay $52,291.75, including interest, in restitution through the Drew Coun-ty Sheriff’s Offi ce to the Drew County Conservation District.
The Monticello-Drew County Chamber of Com-merce will hold a rib-bon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 15 for The Vineyards at Mon-ticello, Chamber Executive Director Glenda Nichols an-nounced.
This new apartment com-plex is located at 125 Mid-way Route.
Nichols added that the chamber invites all residents to attend and take the oppor-tunity to tour the facility.
At the last Drew County Quo-rum Court meeting, a resolution was passed to begin discussions on a regional jail. The fi rst was held at the Southeast Arkansas Region-al Library, Monticello Branch last Thursday with Arkansas Depart-ment of Correction offi cials and county judges, sheriffs and law-makers from Drew, Bradley, Lin-coln, Chicot and Cleveland coun-ties.
Actually, according to to Drew County Judge Robert Akin, no Regional Correctional Commis-sion—as the Interlocal Coopera-tive Agreement passed by the Drew County QC states—has been set up yet because of a lack of participa-tion.
“We do have resolutions from these other counties,” Akin said Tuesday. “The Interlocal Agree-ment says when fi ve commission-ers are on board, then it becomes a (Regional Jail) Commission. We have four; we’ve got the Bradley County judge, the Bradley County sheriff, the Drew County sheriff and the Drew County judge. We’re still looking for that fi fth commis-sioner.”
So Thursday’s discussions were just that—discussions. The idea for a regional jail comes as counties continue to struggle with jail space limitations and costs. ADC offi cials talked about the potential of a 600-bed facility that would house most-ly state Department of Correction inmates. It also would have a cer-tain number of reserved spots for participating counties.
“We’re already housing 300 of our prisoners (statewide) in Bowie County, Texas,” Akin explained. “They’re employing people from the Texarkana area to do the work. If we’re going to do that, why are
Licensed Practical Nurse Sonja Snow has many years of experience as a healthcare professional.
Receiving her LPN license from Pensacola State College in 1993, Sonja has held sev-eral different jobs in the nurs-ing field.
“I worked in an Emergen-cy Room in Florida for a few years, as a school nurse for 10 years and as a nursing su-pervisor in a nursing home for five years,” Snow said. “I am currently a post par-tum nurse at Drew Memorial Health System. I love taking care of the newborn babies and seeing the mother’s and father’s faces when they first see and hold their babies. I love being able to educate new parents on how to take care of their newborn baby.”
Snow is no stranger to Southeast Arkansas. She graduated High School from McGehee in 1982. She moved back to Arkansas af-ter many years in Florida and has been at Drew Memorial Health System since 2011.
“I am currently responsible for taking care of the babies along with a great team of nursery and obstetric and post partum nurses,” Snow said. “We all work very well as a team to care for the mothers,
babies and their families.”When she isn’t taking care
of other people’s babies, Snow has a family of her own she tends to.
“I have two daughters, Kristen Snow and Stephanie Peacock,” Snow added. “I have three beautiful grand-children, Josh who is 11, Landon who is 10 and Gracie who is eight. I spend most of
my free time with my grand-children and running them back and fourth to their ac-tivities.”
Snow encourages anyone interested to give the medical field a try.
“I would tell anyone who wants to study medicine to get the highest degree that they can so they will have plenty of options for their career,”
Snow said. “I never thought about being a nurse until my friend, Maria Fosburg, who was going to nursing school told me I should give it a try and become a nurse. Thanks to her, I love my job. Being a nurse has helped me grow as a person and I have met many wonderful nurses and patients over the years.”
COMMUNITY CALENDARGOING ON NOWMarket in the Park Market in the Park will be open each Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at the downtown mini-park, next to the Drew County Detention Center. This year, the market will also be open from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday evenings. For more information contact the Monticello/Drew County Chamber of Commerce at 870-367-6741.Drew County Museum open on select SaturdaysThe Drew County Museum will be open the first and third Saturday of each month. The hours will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For special events, contact Connie Mullis at 870-367-2431 or Tommy Gray at 870-367-2401.Support for local schoolsShow support for local schools by purchasing a school mascot yard sign for only $20. All three (University of Arkansas at Monticello Boll Weevils, Drew Central Pirates and Monticello Billies) may be purchased for $50. Call the Monticello/Drew County Chamber of Commerce office at 870-367-6741 or stop by the chamber office at 335 East Gaines Street. Low-income Home Energy Assistance ProgramSoutheast Arkansas Community Action Corporation will begin taking applications for the 2017 HEAP Summer Assistance Program for regular and crisis program until funds are depleted. The program is designed to assist low-income households with home energy related emergency situations. The following is needed to determine eligibil-ity: Proof of total monthly household income for the month prior to application, all household members birth dates and social security numbers and a recent electric bill or other energy related statement for Summer assistance. Applications will be taken from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Thursday. For more information, contact Annette Esaw at 870-460-0842.THROUGH WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30Art exhibitThe Guachoya Cultural Art Center in Lake Village will hold an exhibit by David Temperato. For more information, call 870-265-6077.THURSDAY, AUGUST 10Home school support group meetingThe Koinonia Christian Home School Support Group will hold its annual mom’s meeting at 6 p.m. Aug. 10 at Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 111 Arkansas Highway 172. For more information, contact Stacey Pennington at 870-308-0236.SATURDAY, AUGUST 12School supply giveawayThe Women to Women group of The Word church and Trinity Full Gospel and other businesses and churches in Monticello will be giv-ing away school supplies for Kindergarten through fifth grade from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, August 12 at 468 South Edwards Street in Monticello. It is a first come, first served event. There will be no back-packs.Second Saturday Family FundayThe Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas will hold its free second Saturday fun day from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, August 12 at The Arts & Science Center in Pine Bluff. No registration necessary.SUNDAY, AUGUST 13Old Union HomecomingThe Old Union Southern Baptist Church will hold its homecoming at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 13. Haley Creek Boys will be singing at 1 p.m.MONDAY, AUGUST 14Tea Party meetingThe SEArkansas TEA Party will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Mon-day, August 14, at the Living Word Fellowship Church, 181 Highway 425, behind O’Reilly’s Auto Parts. We continue to prepare for July 31-August 4 Patriot Camp IV. All are welcome. SATURDAY, AUGUST 19Veterans Affairs Town HallThe Arkansas Department of Veteran Affairs will hold a town hall meeting beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19 at the American Legion Post in El Dorado, located at 105 Christian Drive. Veteran Service Officers will be available to consult with veterans individual-ly about benefits.MONDAY, AUGUST 28 AND TUESDAY, AUGUST 29Auditions for Razzle Dazzle The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas will hold auditions for Razzle Dazzle 2017 from 6-8 p.m. Monday, August 28 and Tuesday, August 29 at their location in Pine Bluff . This year’s theme is “Big Time” focuses on The Big Apple and The Big Easy. Participants may bring a cd accompa-niment track or sheet music for the pianist. Interested dancers need to be prepared to learn a short routine.FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8Sweet potato cooking contestThe University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will host a sweet potato cooking contest beginning at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8 at the UAPB campus.The contest is open to anyone 18 years of age or older and is free to enter. Recipes must be submitted to UAPB by Thursday, Aug. 17. Entrants should send their original recipe with their name, address and phone number to Rachel Will at [email protected] or 1200 North University Drive., mail slot 4966, Pine Bluff , 71601.TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19Drew County Fair ParadeThe Drew County Fair Parade will begin at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Septem-ber 19 on North Main Street. Call 870-723-6740 to register a float or entry. ONGOING• The Kiwanis of Monticello will have their regular meetings from 11 a.m. to noon on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at Two Brothers Restaurant, located on the downtown square. Anyone interested in joining is welcome to attend.• The Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for abused and neglect children of the 10th Judicial District seeks volunteer advocates and board members. For more information, contact 870-367-9449.• The Drew County Relay for Life Committee will have its regular monthly meetings at 5:30 p.m. on the fi rst Monday of each month at Pauline Missionary Baptist Church, 909 North Hyatt Street in Monticel-lo. Anyone interested in serving is welcome to attend. • The Drew Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will meet at 10 a.m. on the fi rst Tuesday of each month in Conference Room A in the Allied Health Building. • Drew Memorial Hospital’s Cancer Support Group will meet every second Monday of each month at noon in Conference Room A. Can-cer patients, survivors, caregivers and family members are invited to attend. • The Monticello Winners Group of Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. every Monday, Thursday and Saturday at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 836 North Hyatt Street in Monticello. Monday meetings are closed but Thursday and Saturday are open to the public. The group also holds open meetings at noon every Tuesday and Friday at the church. For more information, contact 870-723-6568.• The Transitions Grief Support Group of Arkansas Hospice holds meetings at noon on the second Tuesday of every month at the South-east Arkansas Regional Library-Monticello branch, 114 West Jeff erson Avenue. For more information, contact Reba Gaines at 501-748-3393.• Celebrate Recovery of Monticello meets at 5:30 p.m. every Friday at the Monticello Christian Church, 233 South Dillard Street (on the corner of Jackson and Dillard streets). It is free and open to the public. Registration is not necessary to participate. You do not need to be a member of Monticello Christian Church to attend. Celebrate Recovery is a support group aimed at helping people with emotional strug-gles, relational issues, addictions or any thoughts and behaviors that interfere with a joyful life. Meetings begin with fellowship and coff ee. Large-group meetings begin at 6 p.m. with biblically based teachings and music. At 7 p.m., sharing groups are off ered. These small groups are divided into men and women and provide a safe place to give and receive positive support for individual needs. • The Veterans of Foreign Wars and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary host a dance from 7-9:30 p.m. every Thursday at the VFW Post, 148 Veterans Drive in Monticello (in McCloy Park). Admission is $5 per person. • Ms. Maria Rose, rehabilitation counselor for Arkansas Rehabilitation Services in Drew County, is usually in the Monticello ARS offi ce on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of each week. For more information, contact at 870-367-9669.•Alanon meetings are held at 5:30 p.m. every Tuesday evening at the First Presbyterian Church in Monticello. Alanon is a completely confi dential group for anyone who thinks their life has been aff ected by another persons drinking. For more information, contact Jane at 870-723-2493 or Kayla at 501-762-4078.
Saluting local healthcareSONJA SNOW, LPNEditor’s note: It is the Advance-Mon-
ticellonian’s plan to highlight one health-care professional each week to call atten-tion to their accomplishments inside—or outside—the offi ce. Send nominations to Ashley Foreman at [email protected] or call 870-367-5325. Any healthcare professional is eligible, and all will be given careful consideration.
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A CARING SPIRIT Sonja Snow takes care of babies and mothers at Drew Memorial Health System.
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Haynes, Naron to wed in SeptemberJesse Haynes and Will
Naron announce their en-gagement and forthcoming marriage.
Jesse is the daughter of John and Jodie Haynes of
Abingdon, Ill. Will is the son of Ange-
la Naron of Monticello and Ricky Naron of Fayetteville.
Both Jesse and Will are employed by John Haynes
Masonry in Abingdon.The couple will exchange
vows at 5 p.m. Saturday, September 2 at the Haynes Farm in Abingdon, Ill.
Will Naron and Jesse Haynes
Photo courtesy of the Monticello Rotary Club
STATE TREASURER Dennis Milligan addresses the Monticello Rotary Club in a meeting at UAM last week.
State Treasury reports 17 percent increase Special to the Advance
Little Rock– Arkansas investment re-ceipts for fi scal year 2017, which ended June 30, rose $8.6 million – or 17 percent – from the previous year, Treasurer of State Dennis Milligan announced today.
Treasury investment receipts totaled $18.1 million for the fourth quarter, and $57.5 million for the fi scal year. Invest-ment returns haven’t been that high since 2009.
“I’m very excited about these results,” Milligan said. “This money is, I hope, go-ing to help us build a solid foundation for the future fi nancial needs of our state.”
What makes the increased returns even more impressive is that the Treasury has had to deal with lower federal interest rates since the recession hit in 2008. The federal interest rate for the fourth quarter of 2017 was 1 percent, compared to 5.25 percent in fi scal 2007.
“To say I’m excited is an understate-ment, but I’m also humbled because we’ve been able to do more with less,” Milligan said.
He attributed the increase to a more ac-tive management style.
The State Treasury currently has a total investment portfolio of about $3.5 billion: $3.2 billion in bonds, $277.5 million in
demand accounts, and about $155,500 in money market accounts.
The attached graphic shows a histori-cal view of Treasury earnings compared to what federal interest rates were at the same time.
Dennis Milligan was elected Treasur-er of State in 2014. The State Treasury is responsible for overseeing the state’s $3.5 billion portfolio. Since taking offi ce in 2015, Milligan has receipted the state more than $118 million in investment returns and has grown the investment portfolio’s receipts to some of the highest levels in nearly a decade.Arkansas food inspection portal live on ADH website
Special to the Advance
Little Rock – The Arkansas Department of Health hosted a media briefi ng and training to support the launch of the Arkansas Food Inspection Portal. This portal contains elec-tronic copies of retail food inspection reports. To access the portal visit the food protection page on the ADH website at www.healthy.arkansas.gov.
The ADH Environmental Health Branch includes a Food Protection Program that regulates the sale of food for human con-sumption to ensure safety. There are around 15,000 retail food establishments that are regulated under this program including, but not limited to, restaurants, bars, daycares, schools, grocery stores, convenience stores, delis, bakeries, hotels/motels, mobile units, and concession stands. The ADH Retail Food Establishment Program consists of plan re-views, pre-opening inspections, permits, rou-tine and follow-up inspections, investigation of complaints, and education of food service workers to promote safe food handling prac-tices. The retail food establishment program also recommends enforcement action based
on recorded reports. The briefi ng and training provided infor-
mation on how to navigate the online portal and how to interpret the inspection reports. Inspection reports can be accessed by search-ing for food service establishments by name, key words, city, zip code, or region. These re-ports are categorized by type—pre-opening, routine, follow-up, complaint, or investiga-tive inspection. Food service establishments are not graded with a pass or fail score or let-ter grade; instead, they are noted as either in or out of compliance with the Arkansas State Board of Health Rules and Regulations Per-taining to Food Establishments. The regula-tions are written to ensure food is prepared, stored, and served safely, which in turn may prevent food borne illness.
To view the training and tutorial, you can visit the ADH Facebook page (@arhealth-dept). For more information visit www.healthy.arkansas.gov. If there is concern pertaining to a retail food establishment, complaints can be made online or by calling the Environmental Health Specialist at your Local Health Unit. Contact information for Local Health Units can be found on the ADH website.
Soybean science challenge launches gardening projectSpecial to the Advance
LITTLE ROCK — The Soybean Sci-ence Challenge, a program that encour-ages Arkansas high school students to study innovative and scientifi c aspects of the state’s No. 1 crop, has launched Grow Your Own Protein, a program de-signed to help school and community gardens benefi t their respective constit-uents through a closer connection with agriculture. The project aims to grow soybeans — a crop with several health benefi ts, said Karen Ballard, professor of Program Evaluation with the Uni-versity of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. Ballard is also the principal investigator for the Soybean Science Challenge.
The Soybean Science Challenge targets high school science teachers and students and provides online ed-ucation and research about soybeans,
Ballard said. Ballard worked with the Natural Soybean and Grain Alliance (NSGA) to gain access to the Arkan-sas-produced soybean, ARNaSoy 5.6, a licensed variety handled by the NSGA. ARNaSoy seed packets went to the project’s garden partners and Coop-erative Extension Service agents who volunteered to initiate the project in their respective counties. The seeds are non-genetically modifi ed, Ballard said.
Soybeans are a complete protein, with all of the essential amino acids, mean-ing they have as much protein as animal products such as eggs, meats, poul-try and seafood, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA recommends adults ingest 50 grams of protein per day. The Soybean Science Challenge helps raise aware-ness about the state’s No. 1 agricultural crop, said Gary Sitzer, the chairman of
the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board. “Arkansas is a fairly small and rural state, but it still has a lot of population that has very little knowledge of the ag-riculture that they may drive by every day,” Sitzer said. Sitzer said the hope is to reach as many people as possible, including community residents and students, by increasing knowledge and giving people a connection to agricul-ture.
“Soybeans are one of the major crops in the state, both in acres and in dol-lars. It’s a major driver in the agricul-tural economy in Arkansas,” Sitzer said. The project is a chance for peo-ple to connect locally with the crop that has more acres than any oth-er crop in Arkansas, Ballard said. “It’s amazing how people have stepped up and wanted to participate and wanted to contribute,” Ballard said.
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LITTLE ROCK—Many of the bills passed earlier this year took effect at the beginning of August, 90 days after the legislature officially ended the regular session on May 1.
Of the new laws that affect public education, one of the most important is Act 930 of 2017. It makes broad changes in how the state Education Depart-ment holds local school districts accountable, and how the state helps districts when they fail to adequately educate students.
The 60-page law deletes much of the old system, includ-ing designations of schools as being in academic distress when certain numbers of students fail to score highly enough on standardized tests.
Act 930 instead designates levels of support that the state will provide to troubled schools. The act allows for more types of evaluating schools than solely test scores.
The state Education
Department will continue to set and enforce academic standards. It will consider ideas from local educators and members of the community, as well as concepts promoted by national education groups.
This year’s ninth graders will be the first high school class required to take a person-al financial course in order to graduate. Act 480 of 2017 out-lines the basics that a finance class should offer, such as how to manage a checking account, how to live within a household budget, the risks and returns of investing and what goes into retirement planning.
Act 1105 of 2017 limits the amounts of fund balances that school districts may accumu-late. If at the close of a fiscal year a district’s net balance ex-ceeds 20 percent of that year’s net revenue, the district must take steps to bring the balance below 20 percent within five years. The district can use the excess money for construction, for example.
In order to graduate from high school, students will have to pass the civics portion of the naturalization test taken by people seeking citizenship in the United States. Students must correctly answer 60 percent of the questions. The new gradua-tion requirement is in Act 478.
Act 148 affects institutions of higher education that receive state aid. It changes the funding formula to encourage campuses to graduate more students, or to award them a degree that will help them get well paying jobs.
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A decision that had to be madeState medical board’s decision in Reinhart case is welcome newsAs newspaper journalists, most of us
have been pulled kicking and scream-ing into the 21st century world of social media and the Internet. There are times, though, when even the hardest of old-line newshounds have to sit up and take notice of the changing times.
Last Thursday morning when the Arkansas State Medical Board voted to allow well-liked Monticello physician Dr. Jeffrey Reinhart to return to practice, we found out just how strong a newspaper’s social media presence can be. By the time our reporter had posted the crux of the ASMB’s decision on Facebook and re-turned to Monticello, the post had reached more than 10,000 people. We thought that was fairly decent, given the fact there is just under 10,000 people in Monticello, according to the latest U.S. Census.
At last check, the post has reached more than 22,000, has 338 likes, 214 shares and 196 comments. Only one per-son out of that many reactions has been negative.
The vast majority of opinions have been along the lines of either congrat-ulating Reinhart or saying things like, “Great news!,” “Thank goodness!” or “This is the best news ever!” We join our readers in congratulating Dr. Reinhart.
If we’re to be honest, none of us can say with certainty we know how Rein-hart and his family must have felt over
these last nine months of what could only be described as excruciating men-tal pain and anguish. There will still be some that will say Reinhart brought it on himself, but we think the time for fi n-ger-pointing and dredging up the past is over.
We know Reinhart’s many loyal patients are overjoyed—and can’t wait until Reinhart Family Healthcare re-opens. One of the ASMB stipulations on his return to practice, though, was that he ease back into his practice—and we urge all those excited folks to have patience as Reinhart rebuilds his practice.
All would agree, and we include those doctors already practicing in town, Mon-ticello needs more skilled physicians. And, with that, we welcome Dr. Reinhart back into the fold.
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Confi mation hearings must move forwardIn August, the Senate confirmed
Arkansan Mike Platt to serve as As-sistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Mike is a devoted public servant who has spent
a career making the lives of Arkansans and all Americans better. While I’ve known him for many years, his recent meeting with me was routine for presidential nomi-nees to federal posts that require Senate confirmation.
Mike is one of hundreds of presidential nom-
inees who are vetted by the Senate, questioned in committee hearings and approved on the Senate floor as
prescribed by the “advice and con-sent” clause in the Constitution. This obligation allows the Senate to ensure the president surrounds himself with good advisors. It is important that the Senate act on these nominees in a timely fashion so our federal agencies have the personnel needed to fulfill their responsibilities to our country.
Unfortunately, Senate Democrats have continuously delayed the confi rmation process for noncontroversial nominees despite widespread, bipartisan support in committee. Slowing down the approval of presidential nominees is a disservice to the American people. It hinders the ability of the Executive Branch to follow through on and implement the presi-dent’s agenda.
Democrats in the Senate are using unnecessary procedural hurdles be-cause they don’t like the results of the presidential election. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle have
allowed only 10 percent of President Trump’s nominees to be confirmed by voice vote, while more than 90 per-cent of President Obama’s nominees had been confirmed by voice vote at this point in 2009.
The Senate took a big step in early August, by confirming a number of qualified individuals to serve in a va-riety of important positions including a nominee to serve on the National Labor Relations Board, judges to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and Christopher Wray to serve as director of the Fed-eral Bureau of Investigation. Unfor-tunately, a number of key advisor positions remain vacant. It’s time to end the needless delays and proce-dural hurdles that have prevented well-qualified individuals from filling positions within the administration.
This includes nominees like Cody
Most laws passed in buy session now in eff ect
More than 1,100 pieces of legislation were signed into law in the Regular Session earlier this year. Many of the pieces of legislation we pass have what is called an “emergency clause.” That clause allows the bill to become effective the moment it is signed by the governor. It takes a two-thirds majority vote to pass the emergency clause.
Other pieces of legislation have an effective date written into the text. For example, tax measures typically take effect on Jan. 1. But what about the bills that do not specify an effective date?
Acts that do not contain an emergency clause or specified effective date become effective on the 91st day following the day the General Assembly adjourns sine die. For 2017, that date fell on Aug. 1. More than half of the legislation passed this year took effect last week. These new laws impact everything from highways to the
classroom.One of the changes you may
notice is the new name for the state highway department. What was previously known as the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department is now called the Arkansas Department of Transportation or ArDOT.
And speaking of roads, Ar-kansas drivers should be aware of a penalty increase for texting and driving. One of the pieces of legislation that took effect
last week allows a fine of up to $250 for the first offense of texting and driving. The legislation passed this year also clarifies that reading or posting on social media while driving is prohib-ited.
Arkansans can also now purchase lottery tickets with a debit card. Act 876 allows, but does not require, retailers to accept a debit card for the purchase.
Another major change being implemented is called the Helping Our People Excel Act. This legislation allows Arkansas to opt out of a federal restriction that prohibits individuals with a felony drug conviction from receiving federal public benefits including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
During the session, it was explained that 90 percent of individuals released from prison do not have reliable access to food. Several states, in-cluding Georgia and Texas, have opted out of this restriction in hopes of reducing recidivism rates.
Since it is difficult to summarize hundreds of pieces of legislation at once, we have posted a summary of all legislation on our website. The summary is divided into categories such as ed-ucation and criminal justice to make it easier to search.
Visit www.arkansashouse.org to find out more about the new laws.
This is such a busy time for south Arkansans. Back-to-school sales and the sales tax waiver weekend meant many families were out shopping and getting children ready to go back to school this past weekend.
I especially love this time of year when we start seeing new and returning University of Ar-kansas at Monticello students and faculty in the Monticello community. Welcome! We are very proud of our Boll Weevil family here in Southeast Arkansas!
Please don’t let that first impression of UAM’s construction cones and bumpy roads get you down. Construction means exciting new oppor-tunities for students and there are many folks working hard to address road repairs to be made when the building construction is completed.
And speaking of back to school, I received word last week that my request to participate in the Office Depot Foundation Backpack Program with the National Foundation for Women Leg-islators was approved. Mrs. Tracy Streeter in Hamburg and Mr. Gary Williams in Crossett have agreed to work with me to distribute some 150 backpacks as part of this great program. Informa-tion on the program will be publicized on social and print media when details are finalized.
This time of year also signals the excitement of the great Crossett Rodeo and Parade! I regret having to miss the Rodeo Parade this week, but I plan to get down to the rodeo. Best of luck to all the participants, the Rodeo Queen contestants, the vendors, the handlers and the many, many people that work so hard to make this annual event a resounding success that touches every part of the community.
A big part of our Southeast Arkansas commu-nity is also impacted by a fantastic resource we have in Monticello. A huge thank you to Ms. Kar-en Eoff for helping educate me about the South-east Arkansas Education Service Cooperative and the many dedicated employees that help reach the cooperative’s 14 member schools. I enjoyed
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If you haven’t visited Fort Smith in the last couple of years, I recommend that you add it to your list of places to see. You will see some things you might not expect in Arkansas’ second-largest city.
Fort Smith has imagined its downtown as a blank canvas and turned the artists loose in an art festival that leaders have offi cially named Un-expected. As one newspaper headline expressed it last year, Fort Smith has created The Art of the Unexpected.
For the third year in a row, artists from all over the world trav-eled to Fort Smith to
paint sky-scraping murals on the exterior walls of many of the city’s buildings.
On the website unexpectedFS.com, there is a guide to all the murals down-
town. On the Facebook page Unexpect-edFS, organizers have posted behind-the-scenes video about many of the projects.
I had the privilege of participating in a small way last Friday when I spoke at the unveiling of one of the most unexpected mural projects so far—the recreation yard at the Sebastian County Juvenile Detention Center. With the help of 10 young inmates, London artist Lakwena spent the week livening up the four walls with a mural.
The idea for the mural occurred to Lt. Leslie Asbury a couple of years ago. He suggested the idea to co-workers, including Capt. Chris Landrum, who is the administrator of the detention center. Eventually, the Fort Smith Leadership 2016 class undertook the project.
Ten detainees—six young men and four young women—helped Lakwena paint her mural, which incorporated the title of Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise.”
Lt. Josh Heidelberg was one of the
people who helped paint. He called the project a “heaven-sent blessing” because so many in the community put time into the mural for children in trouble with the law.
The offi cers say the mural makes the recreation yard feel bigger, and they appreciate Lakwena’s desire to give hope to the youthful inmates.
Unexpected is brightening up Fort Smith. The artists are creating colorful reasons for people to visit. But the mural in the detention center takes the project to a higher level.
Maybe the fl ash of beauty inside this grim place will be the inspiration for a young person to turn from the life that landed him in custody. This concern for troubled youth is one way we will truly change our cities.
In December, Fort Smith will kick off its celebration of the 200th anniversary of its founding. Thanks to the leaders and the artists, Fort Smith has a good start on the next couple of centuries.
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Bobby was also on my mind when I attended the July meet-ing of the Monticello School Board. Many of the board members that served with him are still serving and I appreciate their dedication and the time and experience they give to help shape the success and the future of our schools. Please thank your local school board member.
The school board meeting allowed me to learn about upcoming policy changes and see firsthand how laws that we passed during the Regular Session will impact faculty and students this upcoming school year.
Best wishes to Mrs. Susan White as she takes over as the new MHS principal and best wishes and welcome to Mr. Jonathan Gosdin, the new MHS vice principal and to his wife, Natalie Gosdin, who will also be teaching in Monticello.
It remains my great honor and privilege to serve as your state representative.
Please call me at 870-460-0773 if I can be of assistance, or reach out to me @BurchforAr-kansas on Facebook or by email at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you.
The previous funding formula placed more emphasis on stu-dent enrollment.
Act 316 creates the Arkansas Future Grant Program. It helps college students avoid having to borrow money if they seek degrees in high demand fields such as nursing, welding and computer science.
The program will pay their tuition and fees for two years at technical and community colleges. There is a community
service requirement of 15 hours a semester, and recipients must agree to talk with a mentor at least once a month.
There is no new cost to taxpayers because funding for Arkansas Future Grants was transferred from other scholar-ship programs.
Some bills passed earlier this year had an emergency clause, which meant that they took effect on the day the governor signed them. Other bills were appropriations that authorize state agency spending. They took effect at the beginning of the current fiscal year, which was July 1.
Hiland, who President Trump nominated to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
I urge the president to expe-ditiously nominate qualified individuals to the other federal
positions in Arkansas that are vacant like the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas and U.S. Marshals for the East-ern and Western Districts.
I look forward to working with my colleagues and the ad-ministration to ensure we have men and women in place who are willing to serve our country in critical positions that support the White House and its agenda.
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ONE OF SEVEN Dr. John Davis (back row, second from right), and assistant professor of Political Science and the Director of Governmental Relations at UAM, was one of seven Arkansas graduates of the Delta Regional Authority’s Delta Leadership Institute, who will collaborate with DRA’s leadership team to continue helping create jobs, build communities, and improve lives across the Mississippi River Delta region and the Black Belt of Alabama. There were a total of 49 graduates who completed the year-long DLI Executive Academy, a training program that brings together business and community leaders from each of the eight states served by DRA to gain the tools, experiences and networks that will help them enhance economic opportunities in their communi-ties as well as boost the region’s economy.
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UAM student selected as Phi Lambda Chi Man of YearBY JACOB MCGUIRE
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IRVING, Texas—Zachery Birdsong, the vice president of the Student Government Associ-ation at the University of Arkan-sas at Monticello, was selected as the Phi Lambda Chi Man of the Year, while the Tau Chapter (Texas A&M University at Tex-arkana), Beta Chapter (North-eastern State, Okla. University), and Rho Chapter (Keene State, N.H. College) were all awarded Chapter Excellence Awards at the 77th annual Phi Lambda Chi National Convention, held from July 28-30.
“It was a tremendous pleasure to host another convention in Ir-ving,” said Paul Smith, Execu-tive Director of Phi Lambda Chi National Fraternity and a former UAM alumnus (1998-2003). “We had a tremendous turnout from all of our chapters and we were able to recognize some outstand-ing accomplishments from our undergraduates.”
Members and alumni from across the country were on hand for the annual convention, which featured educational program-ming for undergraduate members and the fraternity’s annual busi-ness meeting.
Additionally, Marvin Jackson, an Iota Chapter (Northwest Mis-souri State University) alumnus, attended his first convention in 54 years and spoke briefly to the membership.
“I am so pleased that Marvin was able to join us for a while at the convention,” noted Smith,
who also served as Sports Infor-mation Director at UAM from 2004-07 before assuming his present position as Director of Athletic Communications and Associate Athletic Director at Arkansas Tech University. “We all benefited from hearing his perspective and getting to spend some time with him.”
In addition to the awards me-tioned above, UAM’s Jake Ta-lamantez was recognized as the Phi Lambda Chi Secretary of the Year, while Alex Claiborne of Texas A&M-Texarkana was rec-ognized as the Treasurer of the year.
Southern Arkansas Universi-ty’s Nu chapter was recognized as the winner of the national Philanthropy Award, and the A&M-Texarkana chapter was recognized as the winner of both the Community Service and Aca-demic Awards.
During the annual business meeting, the membership ap-proved five voting resolutions presented by the National Exec-utive Board. With the adoption of these resolutions, the Na-tional Executive Board is per-mitted to confer chapter status upon colonies who have com-pleted chartering requirements during the 2017-18 academic year; the charter of the former Lambda chapter (Truman State, Mo. University) was perma-nently revoked and its alumni and members of any successor organization were specifically barred from using or possess-ing any proprietary materials or intellectual property related to
Phi Lambda Chi; a previously initiated member of the UAM chapter was expelled from Phi Lambda Chi for violations of fraternity policy; a draft of ed-its to the Brotherhood Enrich-ment Manual was approved with final approval pending at the 2018 National Convention; and a constitutional amendment re-structuring the Phi Lambda Chi National Executive Board was approved.
The successful integration of Phi Colony into Phi Lambda Chi led to the General Assembly’s approval of chartering of Phi Chapter prior to the 2018 nation-al meeting, pending completion of all colonization requirements.
Board members Kris London (A&M-Texarkana), James Dick (Northeastern State) and Jessie Merritt (University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma) were all re-elected to two-year terms on the national executive board.
With the restructuring of the National Executive Board, the previous Vice President for Alumni position was abolished and the Executive Director/Pres-
ident role was separated into two positions. Smith will remain as the Executive Director, while Keith Beason (SAU) will assume the role of National President af-ter serving as Vice President for Alumni.
“The splitting of these roles provides a needed check and bal-ance within our national board, and will also allow us to serve our undergraduate members,” said Smith. “Our ultimate goal as an executive board is, and always has been, to serve our undergrad-uate membership. This will help us do that.”
London (Vice President for Internal Affairs/Finance), Dick (Vice President for Chapter Op-erations) and Merritt (Vice Presi-dent for External Affairs) will all retain their current positions for the 2017-18 academic year.
At the conclusion of the event, it was announced that the 2018 Phi Lambda Chi Leadership Con-ference would be held Feb. 24-25 in Fort Smith, and that the 2018 Phi Lambda Chi National Con-vention would be held July 20-22 in St. Louis.
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Zelda Ruth Lassiter Cooper, 92, of Monticello passed away Tuesday at Belle View Estates Rehabilitation and Care Center in Monticello. She was born June 27, 1925 in Ben Hur, Texas to the late William Edgar and Ruth Sansom Johnson.
She was a member of Oaklawn Baptist Church in Bellmead, Texas and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She was a retired offi ce manager for Shirey Corp. in Greenville, Texas.
Also preceding her in death was her fi rst husband, Jack Lassiter Sr., who passed away in 1974; two sis-ters; and two brothers.
Survivors include her husband, William Richard Cooper of Rock-wall, Texas; one son, Dr. Jack (Judy) Lassiter of Monticello; one daughter, Vanessa (Becton) Lassit-er Pope of Caddo Mills, Texas; one brother, George W. Johnson of Fort Worth, Texas; three sisters, Sarah Cole of Houston, Billie Joyce Speck of Waco, Texas and Martha Ben Steadman of Houston; fi ve grandchildren and 11 great-grand-children.
Graveside services were at 4 p.m. Sunday, August 6, 2017 at Memoryland Memorial Park Cem-etery in Greenville, Texas. In lieu of fl owers, memorials may be sent to Greenville Order of the East-ern Star No. 189, P.O. Box 294, Greenville, TX 75403 or Hospice Home Care, 990 U.S. Highway 425 North, Monticello 71655.
Arrangements were by Rose-lawn Funeral Service and Crema-tory in Pine Bluff.
Patricia Ann Layne Hatfi eld, 66, of Star City died Tuesday at Lincoln Heights Healthcare in Star City. She was born October 5, 1950 in Monticello. She was a member of Overcoming Faith Worship Center in Star City and was a homemaker.
Preceding her in death were her husband, John Hatfi eld Sr.; her father, Cecil Layne; three sons, Kenneth David Hatfi eld, Joseph Carl Hatfi eld and Floyd McMunn Jr.; and one daughter, Jennifer Lee McMunn.
Survivors include her moth-er, Gay Cole of Monticello; two brothers, David (Kim) Bussell of Monticello and Randy Bussell of Little Rock; and one sister, Dar-lene Jenkins of East End.
A memorial service will be an-nounced at a later date. Arrange-ments by Roselawn Funeral Ser-vice and Crematory in Pine Bluff.
Victor Benjamin Montgomery, 90, of the Rock Springs communi-ty passed away August 2, 2017 sur-rounded by his loving family. He was born July 7, 1927 in Snyder, Texas to Joe Roy and Mary Evelyn
Montgomery. He was a Mason and a member
of Rock Springs United Method-ist Church. He loved to tinker and woodworking.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his fi rst wife, Lila Mae Collins; two daughters, Jo Car-olyn Clampit and Vickie Lynn Montgomery; two grandchildren,
Shannon Mont-gomery and Ja-mie Jo Clampit; and six broth-ers and sisters, Kenneth Mont-gomery, Nell Harper, Jack Montgomery, James Mont-gomery, Eliza-
beth Terrell and Kathleen Barger.He is survived by his loving wife,
Mary Montgomery of Monticello; two sons, Gary (Esta) Montgom-ery and Billy Montgomery, both of the Rock Springs community; two stepsons, Lee Wallace of Monticel-lo and Tim Wallace of Dallas; one daughter, Susan (Lynn) French of Star City; two stepdaughters, Mary Dean Wallace of Monticello and Patricia Howell of Jacksonville; one sister, Sue (George) Miller of the Rock Springs community; 12 grandchildren; and 37 great-grand-children.
Visitation was from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday August 5, 2017 at Rock Springs United Methodist Church prior to funeral services, which were at 2 p.m. Saturday Au-
gust 5, 2017 at Rock Springs Unit-ed Methodist Church with Rev. Tom Abney offi ciating, assisted by Rev. Ray Hearron. Burial followed at Rock Springs Cemetery.
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(Paid obituary)Geneva Sue Roberds Brown
Geneva Sue Roberds Brown, 88, of Monticello died August 2, 2017 at her home in Monticello. She was born on January 1, 1929 to the late William Roy Roberds and La-verta Howard Hopping.
Other than her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Ray Brown; one daughter, Lillian Ray Brown; one son, James Richard Brown; two brothers, Marion Roberds and Junior Hice; three sisters, Betty Erwing, Irma Ruth Holdcraft and Margaret Hice.
Survivors include two sons, Daniel Brown of Monticello and Jerry (Debbie) Brown of Breaux Bridge, La.; one daughter, Saun-dra Kay (Johnny) Edwards and of the Florence Community; one sis-ter, Myrtle Barnett of Monticello; eleven grandchildren and numer-ous great and great-great grand-children.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Friday, August 4, 2017 at Ste-phenson-Dearman Chapel. Burial followed in Lone Valley Cemetery in Mt. Ida, at 5 p.m. Visitation was from 6-8 p.m. Thursday night at the funeral home. Online guest-book www.stephensondearman.com.Van Austin Brown
Van Austin Brown, 76, of Wil-mar died Thursday, August 3 at the Bradley County Medical
Center. He was born May 18th, 1941 in Warren, a son of the late Ollie Brown and Lura White Brown. He served his country in the United States Navy.
He was also preceded in death by brothers James Ol-lie Brown, Ricky Don Brown and Roy Dwayne Brown, and a sister, Mam-mie Ilene
Brown Harton. He is survived by one son,
Bob Brown of Hermitage; three daughters Becky Hildebrand of Flora, Ill and Tonya Loveless and Katy Fortenberry, both from the Valley community; 10 grand-children, Jim Austin Brown, April Nicole Everheart, Dustin McKinzie Brown, Justin Kyle Hildebrand, Jarrad Lee Hildeb-rand, Branden Lee Jones, David Ashton Jones, Benjamin Dwight Loveless, John Austin Cruce and Jaci Analeigh Fortenberry; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service was at 4 p.m. Monday, August 7 at Frazer’s Chapel with Rev. Gary Carter and Rev. Kevin Dunn officiat-ing. Burial was in 16th Section Cemetery by Frazer’s Funeral Home.
Online guestbook: www.frazerfuneralhome.com.
Maggie Delphia Luper Maggie Delphia Luper, 94,
of Monticello, died Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at Belle View Estates Rehabilitation and Care Center in Monticello. She was born June 14, 1923 in Corbin, Ky. Survivors include one son, Ran-
dy (Cindy) Luper of Monticello; daughter-in-law, Marie Luper of Copperas Cove, Texas; seven grandchildren, Bob Luper, Ryan (Natasha) Luper, Dominic (Ha-ley) Carbonero, Brittany (David) Armstrong, Jessie Luper, Kelsey (Blair) Tucker, Tim Luper; and four great-grandchildren, David, Steven, Cash and Liam. Grave-side services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 5 at Oakland Cemetery with Randy Luper officiating. Arrangements by Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home. Online guestbook www.stephensondearman.com.Alexandria Lynn Parks
Alexandria Lynn Parks, in-fant daughter of Megan Parks, died Friday, July 28, 2017 at her home. She was born May 16, 2017 at Drew Memorial Hospi-tal in Monticello.
Survivors include her moth-er, Megan Parks of Monticel-lo; grandparents, Robert and Patty Parks of Monticello; great-grandmother, Linda Hicks of Muldrow, Okla.; grandpar-ents, Christy and Michael For-rest of Monticello; great-grand-father, Johnny Pemberton, Sr.; one aunt, Ashley Parks of Mon-ticello; one uncle, Robbie Parks of Kansas City, Kan.; one great aunt, Kim Warren of Rogers; two great uncles, Billy Pember-ton of Muldrow, Okla. and John-ny (Jill) Pemberton, Jr. of Mon-ticello. Graveside services were at 1 p.m. Wednes-day, August 2, 2017 at Wilson Cemetery. Arrangements by Stephenson-Dearman. Online guestbook www.stephenson-dearman.com.
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DOT says no to Arkansas speed limit increase to 75 mphBY JOHN CARR
National Motorists Association and long time motorists’ rights advocate
Since the national speed limit was repealed several state legislatures have at-tempted to raise speed lim-its only to be denied by a governor or DOT director who is afraid of drivers obeying the law.
It happened in Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Okla-homa, and now Arkansas.
Arkansas lawmakers re-quested a speed limit in-crease to 75 and the DOT said no.
The excuse is they have to do extensive research.
That is an excuse, not the real reason.
When the national speed limit was repealed, trans-portation officials basically threw a dart at a board and decided 65 was too slow and 75 would risk embar-rassing the state. So let’s try 70.
Although the official rule alleged an engineering study was done, the choice of a uniform statewide speed limit below the actu-al speed of traffic suggests it was not an engineering decision.
If the rural highways I drive on were posted based on engineering studies I would see a mix of 70, 75, 80, and maybe 85. Not all 70. Not all 75 either.
I don’t expect Arkansas
officials will consider traf-fic safety any more than their predecessors did in the 1990s.
Maybe Arkansas will end up like Nevada.
Nevada DOT threw the legislature a bone by rais-ing about a quarter of the Interstate system to 80 when almost all of it should have been posted 80.
Maybe Arkansas will end up like Oregon 15 years ago. The governor told his people to make up reasons not to post 70 mph speed limits.
Once again I advise law-makers looking to raise speed limits: don’t say “please.” Pass a Califor-nia-style speed trap law.
Any speed limits below the state maximum, and preferably all speed limits period, must be justified by a recent engineering study.
That study has to be pri-marily based on the actual speed of free-flowing traf-fic. Facts, not fear. Police will scream “but what about
our pretext stops!” People claiming to be “safety ex-perts” will scream “the sky is falling!”
But the constituents you are supposed to represent will have one less thing to fear when driving down the highway.
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Arkansas fought a little known naval battle during the Civil WarBY KENNETH BRIDGES
Advance correspondent
The Civil War saw battles fought across the country, from village to farm and mountain to shore. Land and naval forces fought back and forth for four long years. Though far from the ocean, Arkansas became the site of an important—though little-known—naval battle, one that would decide control of the White River.
The spring of 1862 had gone badly for the Confederacy. The South was steadily falling back. Confederate forces were unable to move forward in Vir-ginia. Union forces had taken control of the Cumberland River in southern Kentucky and north-ern Tennessee, one of the major waterways of the Upper South. The Mississippi River, the great economic and transportation en-gine of the South, was steadily
slipping away. Baton Rouge, La. and New Orleans had been taken by Union forces. And on June 6, Confederate forces lost control of Memphis, Tenn.
The situation for Confederate Arkansas was not much bet-ter. After the loss at Pea Ridge in February, Northwest Arkan-sas was falling away from the Confederacy. The remainder of the state was beset by political infi ghting and increasing short-ages of basic products and rising prices that frustrated the increas-ingly impoverished civilian pop-ulation.
A large number of Confederate recruits from Arkansas were sent to defend other military theaters in other parts of the South rather than staying and defending Ar-kansas. In the meantime, Union Gen. Samuel Curtis had pushed across northern Arkansas south to Batesville and to Jacksonport, where the White and Black riv-
ers met not far from Newport.State leaders saw Arkansas
on the brink of collapse by mid-1862. However, for Union com-manders, the situation was clear: Press their advantage while they still could.
Confederate Gen. Thom-as Hindman of Helena plotted ways to stop Union advances across the state and ordered his men to construct defensive gun emplacements along the lower White River, near the small com-munity of St. Charles in Arkan-sas County, not far from Stutt-gart. A small group of troops from the 39th Arkansas Infantry manned the embankment and two small Confederate ships had sailed into the area.
Arkansas had few railroads at the time. Roads were in poor shape. The major waterways, however, provided excellent means of transporting goods and people. Access to a navigable
river or port was an important component of a city’s econom-ic success in Arkansas at that time. Though the Mississippi River and Eastern Arkansas had yet to be secured by Union forc-es, Gen. Curtis still intended to use the White River to transport supplies and troops to his posi-tion at Jacksonport.
Realizing that Union rein-forcements were moving up the White River, the commander of Confederate forces in the area, Captain Joseph Fry, ordered two Confederate steamships sunk to block the river. On June 17, four small Union ships sailed up the White River on their way to meet Curtis when they encountered the Confederate stronghold. Fry immediately attacked.
The morning quiet was bro-ken by a fi erce volley of cannon and rifl e fi re, focusing on the Union ship Mound City, a mod-ern ironclad ship powered by a
steam engine with a crew of 175. In the opening volley, the boiler was hit and exploded. The ship went up in a fi reball, throwing screaming men across the river. Many drowned in the chaos or were shot in the river while they fl ailed their way toward the safe-ty of the river bank. One hundred fi ve men from the Mound City were killed, and 44 were wound-ed. Surprisingly, the ship did not sink.
The other ships in the Union fl otilla quickly unloaded their men to the shore to attack the Confederate position directly, with the remaining Union ships fi ring at Confederate positions and two Confederate ships in the river. The 46th Indiana Infantry charged into the gun emplace-ment, soon taking it. The 35 men defending it, seeing the superior Union numbers and fi repower, quickly fl ed. With 160 casualties, the battle was bloody enough but
paled in comparison to many other Civil War confl icts.
The battle would be one of dozens, both large and small, fought across Arkansas during the Civil War. In spite of the Union victory at St. Charles, its offensive stalled out. While Union forces controlled the White River for the remainder of the war, it would be another year before they were able to take control of Little Rock and begin reasserting control over most of the state.
Dr. Kenneth Bridges is a Pro-fessor of History and Geography at South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado where he lives with his wife and six chil-dren. He is also Resident His-torian for the South Arkansas Historical Preservation Society, based in El Dorado. Dr. Bridg-es can be reached y e-mail at [email protected].
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MEMBERS OF THE EXTENSION HOMEMAKERS COUNCIL recently attended the Rice Expo held in Stuttgart. Pictured are back row (from left to right) Berlain Lewis, Helen Banks, Claudia Horton, Robert Akin, Hazelene McCray and Judy Murphy. Middle Row (from left to right) Bettye Kellum, Maria Daniels, Ellen Thomas, Juanita Webb, Sylvia Stephens, Melissa Benefi eld Carolyn Bullock and Sandra Crowell. Front row (from left to right) Brenda Chisom, Anne Hiebsch, Patricia Kulbeth and Verne Wilson. Not pictured are Raymond Jackson and Marie Jackson.
VISITING THE RICE EXPO Governor Hutchinson Declares August 6-12 as Arkansas Farmers Market WeekSpecial to the Advance
Little Rock– Governor Hutchin-son has proclaimed August 6-12 as Farmers Market Week in the State of Arkansas joining the national proclamation by the United States Department of Agriculture.
“Our farmers markets sup-port local economies; offer fresh, healthy food sources for our fami-lies; and provide a way for farmers to directly engage with consumers. We are proud to join a national week of highlighting the role agri-culture and farmers markets play in strengthening our communities.”
An offi cial proclamation, avail-able at https://governor.arkansas.gov, has been signed by Governor Hutchinson and states:
· Farmers Markets are important outlets for agricultural producers in Arkansas, providing them with increased opportunities to meet
consumer demand for a variety of fresh, affordable, healthy, and lo-cally sourced products;
· Farmers Markets across Arkan-sas play a key role in developing lo-cal and regional food systems that support the sustainability of Arkan-sas farms, revitalize rural commu-nities, and preserve Arkansas’s rich tradition of family farming;
·Access to healthy food is a pri-ority area for the Healthy Active Arkansas Initiative to reduce obe-sity rates in the State of Arkansas;
·The increased consumption of fresh produce and other farm prod-ucts found at Farmers Markets, as part of a well-balanced diet, pro-motes the health and well-being of Arkansans;
·The number and popularity of Farmers Markets in Arkansas continue to rise as more and more consumers discover the benefi ts of locally grown and locally made
products;
·The State of Arkansas recog-nizes the many benefi ts of Farmers Markets for agricultural producers and consumers and is committed to educating our State and this Nation about the important role of Arkan-sas agriculture in providing for our food supply and food security;
Find a list of Arkansas Farmers Markets at Arkansas Grown (www.arkansasgrown.org) and the Arkan-sas Farmers Market Association (www.arkansasfarmersmarketasso-ciation.com).
The AAD is dedicated to the de-velopment and implementation of policies and programs for Arkansas agriculture and forestry to keep its farmers and ranchers competitive in national and international mar-kets while ensuring safe food, fi ber, and forest products for the citizens of the state and nation.
Local insurance agency gives back to community by handing out backpacks
Photos courtesy of Amanda Killingsworth
GIVING BACK With insurance costs on the rise, local State Farm agent Mark Gray and his staff gave away 100 backpacks with school supplies last week to children in Drew County. While waiting in line, children and parents were also served free hot dogs.
Attention would-be venture capitalistsThe Internet has created a new
way to raise funds, a dollar at a time via crowd funding Web sites. Some-times crowd funding is used to provide fi nancial relief for needy victims of a tragic event. Scammers have also used it as well.
The Association of Mature Amer-ican Citizens reported a somewhat new crowd-funding resource on the Internet has been established to help creative entrepreneurs. It’s called Kickstarters.com and its aim is to provide “the resources and support they need to make their ideas a real-ity” via a worldwide community of some 10 million small dollar would-be venture capitalists.
Among the projects Kickstarters has funded is a card game called Exploding Kittens, which the mak-
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With the school year fast approaching, bus safety must be made a prioritySpecial to the Advance
LITTLE ROCK — As the school year approaches, stu-dent safety in and around school buses becomes a pri-ority for schools, parents and motorists.
To promote school bus safe-ty, the Arkansas Department of Education and Arkansas Asso-ciation of Pupil Transportation launch the fifth annual Flash-ing Red. Kids Ahead. school
bus safety campaign. While the three-week cam-
paign begins today and con-cludes August 25, school bus safety is important year-round. This school year more than 7,000 school buses will trans-port approximately 350,000 Arkansas students to and from school and school-related ac-tivities.
Motorists are reminded that it is illegal to pass a stopped school bus when its red lights
are flashing, as students are present.
On April 26, 2016, school bus drivers in 100 Arkansas school districts reported 706 instances of motorists illegally passing a school bus. Act 2128 of 2005, also known as Isaac’s Law, increased the fines, pen-alties and punishment for any-one found guilty of illegally passing a stopped school bus.
“As a former school bus driver and district superinten-
dent, I know firsthand the im-portance of school bus safety,” said Jerry Owens, the senior transportation manager at the Arkansas Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation. “School bus safety isn’t just the respon-sibility of bus drivers; every motorist plays a critical role in ensuring all students arrive to and from school safely. Re-member: Flashing Red. Kids Ahead.”
The Flashing Red. Kids Ahead. campaign provides re-sources, including bus safety videos, a copy of Isaac’s Law, safety tips for parents and fli-ers, as well as media outreach resources for districts to use.
To access the resources, visit the Flashing Red. Kids Ahead. webpage at http://www.arkan-sased.gov/divisions/communi-cations/flashingred.
ADE encourages students and schools to get involved
in the campaign by sharing videos and pictures of why school bus safety is import-ant. Videos and pictures can be posted to social media using #2017FlashingRed.
If the videos and pictures are posted on other sites, students and schools are encouraged to send a link to [email protected] for possi-ble sharing on ADE sites.
Another successful year Scenes from the 2017 Drew County Log A Load banquet at Pauline Baptist Church
All photos by Harold Coggins/Advance Monticellonian
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time. He will admit to a violation of the Medical Practices Act. He’s now been sober for nine months, he’s done everything Dr. Diner has asked him to do, he’s done everything that Bradford Health Services (in War-rior, Ala., the treatment facility Re-inhart entered in November 2016 pretty much immediately after his suspension) has asked him to do and everything that I’ve asked him to do.
“With the admission of the viola-tion, there’s certain things—as this Board knows—that I want for him to be successful. One of the main things that I told Dr. Reinhart after listening (to him tell) about his prac-tice and how successful his practice is that I don’t want him to have any-thing to do with the actual manage-ment of his practice.
“We’ve already sat down and in-terviewed, and he will be hiring an independent medical management company. It’s a company that I know well, managing over 60 to 70 prac-tices—including hospitals here in Arkansas. Literally, his employees will be their employees instead of his employees. They will handle ev-erything; all issues with his practice from hiring and fi ring to the day-to-day management of the clinic to lab to X-rays to everything. Billing and coding, they will do, too. So that takes it completely off his plate.
“The other part of the proposal is from the standpoint of monitoring. I have recommended and would suggest that he be under a lifetime contract until he no longer prac-tices medicine. I think that’s in his best interest and the best interest of his patients. I would suggest, if Dr. Diner is agreeable to that, is instead of agreeing to a fi ve-year-contract (which is currently in place), we’ll agree to have a contract until he no longer wants to use his license in Arkansas.
“The other part of Dr. Diner’s in-volvement will be hands-on approv-ing of Dr. Reinhart’s actual return to the practice—actually talking to him about his clinic setting, about making sure this is not a sprint to get back in practice, to make sure he eases back into practice. What-ever we have to do to put him back in a position to succeed rather than not succeed, that’s the reason for all these dynamics.
“I’ve never had a physician in 25 years of doing this with this much support. You would not believe the number of people, colleagues, friends and patients, who have reached out to me. He has a tre-mendous amount of support. He’s very upset with himself. He’s em-barrassed all this has happened. He hates it that the hospital has had to deal with this but he’s worked hard for nine months and he’s ready to re-turn to practice. I think anybody will tell you, from the standpoint of his reputation as a physician, it’s impec-cable.”
Diner corroborated that opinion.“In Dr. Reinhart’s support, he has
dotted every ‘i,’ crossed every ‘t’ and we have no suggestion that he’s been manipulative or evasive at all,” Diner said. “He’s participated regu-larly—and I might add, in addition to what Mr. Angel said—he also went back for a re-evaluation last month with Bradford and he got the
full support of their medical director there. He’s been open, honest and willing to do anything—he still has our advocacy.”
The Board raised only two con-cerns and Diner addressed both. One was about the length of time since the incident and the other was about Reinhart’s clinical work.
“We’re addressing issues with his return to practice; the overwork that really got him in trouble to start with,” Diner explained. “I think we have a graduated plan for return to work. It might not, at fi rst include hospital work—but he’s been open to that. I think he’s done a lot of good work. We let people go back a lot quicker than nine months. I think it’s probably time for him to begin that process.
“We’ll approve any return-to-work plan, but at least—in the be-ginning—that would not include hospital work for at least the fi rst part of that, until he gets his practice reestablished. My understanding is that it’s a very thriving offi ce prac-tice anyway.”
Reinhart received the endorse-ments from two members of the Board themselves. Pine Bluff’s Dr. Omar Atiq, a professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medi-cine, in the Division of Hematology Oncology at the University of Ar-kansas for Medical Sciences in the College of Medicine, the director of the Head and Neck Medical Oncol-ogy Service and the Bone Marrow Service at the Winthrop P. Rockefel-ler Cancer Institute and the founding director of the Arkansas Cancer In-stitute in Pine Bluff, spoke fi rst.
“I’ve known Jeff for a long time, probably 20 or 25 years plus,” Atiq said. “He does an excellent job but unfortunately, he had issues. It ap-pears he’s dealt with them. I know he’s needed down in Monticello be-cause I’ve have patients tell me that. His CEO, Mr. Barrilleaux, who sus-pended him, or wrote and signed the letter, is here to support him. I think that speaks for him. I hope this all works for him. I’ve never seen bad patient management from him for as long as I’ve known him.
“He also has a strong group of fel-low family physicians in town and at Drew Memorial; six or seven excel-lent physicians who know each other and keep an eye on each other, and I’m hoping they will be a support for Jeff when he goes back.”
After Atiq made the motion to accept the proposal as laid out by Angel and following the unanimous affi rmative vote, the chairman of the ASMB, Dr. Steven Cathey, a neuro-surgeon from North Little Rock who practices at the Arkansas Surgical Hospital in Little Rock, offered this:
“Jeff, I’ve known you and I’ve known your family for a long time and nobody wants you to have more success than I do.”
Because of the need to train new staff, the Reinhart Family Health-care has no exact timeline to be back in business, At press time, Reinhart still said it would be between four and six weeks—but the fact is that reopening is closer that at any time in the past nine months, to the ob-vious delight of his many patients, friends and supporters.
Even though Reinhart won’t im-mediately have hospital duties, Bar-rilleaux said, “I am glad for him and his patients that ASMB has reinstat-ed his license. We look forward to his return.”
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“The big holdup with the ADC is that they were afraid the correc-
tional facility of choice was going to steal their employees from the state. My, and several of the other judges’, argument was we’re go-ing to be a training ground for the ADC. The state will have an instant training ground because the prison-ers would be handled on a federal level.”
Two of the fi ve counties (Drew and Bradley) agreed to move for-ward with plans Thursday. A third county is needed to negotiate a con-tract. Rep. Jeff Wardlaw (R-Her-mitage) said that several private corporations have expressed inter-est in running a regional jail since the meeting Thursday.
Solar eclipse will be historic in ArkansasBY KENNETH BRIDGES
Advance correspondent
On Monday, Aug. 21, viewers in the continen-tal United States will be witness to a rare, spec-tacular event: the total eclipse of the Sun by the Moon. This will be the fi rst total eclipse of the Sun seen in the United States since 1979. And Arkansas will be able to enjoy most of the event in spectacular fashion.
Though the Moon orbits the Earth every 28 days, the alignment of the Earth, the Moon and the Sun to produce an eclipse only happens rare-ly. A wide arc of the U.S. will fall into total dark-ness on Aug. 21 as the eclipse crosses the nation, from Salem, Ore., curving across to Casper, Wyo., to Missouri through Kansas City and St. Louis, then to Nashville, Tenn., and down to Charleston, S.C. The path of the totality, or area of total eclipse, will be about 70 miles wide and viewers in the zone of the totality will be under a total eclipse for roughly two minutes as the Moon’s shadow crosses the Earth at a speed of 2,000 miles per hour.
Eclipses have been sighted for centu-ries. Among the earliest recorded eclipses oc-curred in ancient Mesopotamia in 1375 B.C. An-cient Egyptians, who worshipped the Sun, were reportedly so disturbed by the bad omens asso-ciated with eclipses that they would never men-tion or write about them, fearing bad luck. Some scholars have pointed to eclipses in A.D. 29 and A.D. 33 as possibly being the eclipses observed during the crucifi xion of Christ.
Historically, eclipses have been met with both fascination and dread. The Chinese believed that dragons were eating the Sun, causing an eclipse. An old Choctaw legend held that a black squirrel caused solar eclipses when it tried to eat the Sun and that the people needed to make nois-es to scare it off.
Similarly, the Cherokees believed that a giant frog jumped onto the sun to cause the eclipse and that the people must beat drums and make loud noises to scare it away. For generations, Navajos believed that they should not eat during an eclipse or they would experience digestive problems. Navajo traditions also warned against looking at the Sun during an eclipse, or they would go blind. The ancient Mayans were able to carefully calculate when eclipses would oc-cur.
Eclipses have also been an important tool for scientifi c discovery. Astronomers discovered a new comet during an eclipse in A.D. 418. The Sun’s corona was fi rst noticed in an eclipse in 968. In the 18th century, solar prominences, eruptions on the Sun’s surface, were observed. These all helped give important information on how the Sun worked. The fi rst eclipse photo-
graphed was in 1860. Eclipses in 1919 and 1929 helped confi rm Albert Einstein’s theory of rela-tivity by confi rming that the light of stars trav-eling near the Sun was bent by the Sun’s intense gravity.
The maximum eclipse for Aug. 21 for western and Northwest Arkansas should occur around 1:14 p.m. For eastern Arkansas, this will occur at about 1:22 p.m. In Union County, the begin-nings of the eclipse will occur around 11:45 a.m. In Monticello, eclipse viewers will see an 87 percernt totality at around 1:21 p.m. The eclipse ends around 2:45 p.m.
All of Arkansas will see at least an 80 per-cent eclipse, this being in Texarkana. Viewers in Northeast Arkansas will get the best view, with 95 percent of the Sun eclipsed in Jonesboro, Blytheville and Mountain View.
Viewers must remember that they should nev-er look at the Sun directly. Even with most of the Sun obscured, the glare is too intense for the human eye to tolerate. Looking directly at the Sun is dangerous and could cause permanent eye damage. Not even regular sunglasses or bin-oculars are safe. Darkened Welder’s glass is the only safe glass dark enough to view an eclipse through. The classic pinhole projector will offer
safe viewing: Simply poke a small hole through one sheet of paper (poster board or cardboard can also work) and allow the fading sunlight to project onto another piece of paper.
The National Aeronautics and Space Admin-istration has unveiled a website for the eclipse, including tips on viewing the event safely at https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/safety. Some com-munity organizations in different areas will host eclipse viewings to allow residents to safely en-joy the event.
An even more exciting eclipse for Arkansans will occur on April 8, 2024, as a total eclipse will be observed crossing western Arkansas, with a totality of more then 100 miles wide. The totality in 2024 will cross Texarkana, Fort Smith, Russellville, Little Rock, Conway, most of North-Central Arkansas and Jonesboro. Na-ture offers incredible wonders when we are will-ing to observe.
Dr. Kenneth Bridges is a Professor of History and Geography at South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado where he lives with his wife and six children. He is also Resident Historian for the South Arkansas Historical Preservation Society, based in El Dorado. Dr. Bridges can be reached y e-mail at [email protected].
NFIB: Small business optimism regains momentum in JulySpecial to the Advance
LITTLE ROCK—The Nation-al Federation of Independent Business’ monthly Index of small business optimism, released Tuesday, rose 1.6 percent in July to 105.2, a strong performance led by significant gains in hiring activity.
“Strong consumer demand is boosting small business opti-mism,” said NFIB President and CEO Juanita Duggan. “Small business owners are feeling better about the economy because their customers are feeling better about the economy. This is a good trend that we hope continues.”
State-specific data is unavail-able, but NFIB State Director Sylvester Smith said, “Our mem-bers tell us business is picking up, and that means they’ll need to hire more workers.”
Among the 10 components that
make up the Index, seven im-proved, two declined, and one re-mained unchanged. The biggest gains were: job openings (+5); job creation plans (+4); and sales expectations (+5).
“Sixty percent of small busi-ness owners reported hiring or trying to hire in July,” said NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkel-berg. “Within that group, 87 per-cent said they had a tough time finding qualified workers. The labor market is getting very tight, and the problem is most severe in the construction and manufactur-ing sectors.”
Business owners cite “lack of specific skills” as the main reason they can’t find qualified workers, according to new NFIB research included in the July re-port. Other common reasons in-clude: work history; social skills; wage expectations; and attitude.
Nineteen percent of small busi-ness owners listed lack of quali-fied workers as their number-one problem, second only to taxes.
“The number of owners trying to fill positions and create new jobs is very high,” said Dun-kelberg. “That’s good news for workers, because they can com-
mand higher wages and better benefits. The bad news is that small business employers are finding it very hard to hire and keep their workers.”
Expected better business con-ditions, which dipped last month, rose four points in July. Sales expectations also improved fi ve points.
While most of the compo-nents were strong in July, capi-tal expenditures remained aver-age. Capital expenditure plans dropped 2 points. Fifty-seven percent of owners made capital outlays, which was unchanged from the previous month.
“Small business owners are waiting to see what happens on tax reform before they make big capital improvements or acquisi-tions,” said Duggan.
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Sixty percent of small business owners reported hiring or trying to hire in July.”
Th e Monday blues have been getting me down latelyCan we all just agree that Monday is
the worst day of the week?I don’t care where you stand political-
ly, or religiously, but if you disagree that Monday isn’t the worst day of the week
then I don’t think we can be friends.
Let’s face it, even if you have the best job in the world, I don’t believe there is a person that just ab-solutely loves leaving the comfort of their nice, warm bed on Monday morning after a beautiful weekend of sleeping in and being lazy.
Waking up to the sound of a buzzing alarm, or in my case, Fred screaming “Mama. Morning. Juice. Pwease,” isn’t a pleasant way to be dis-turbed from your dreams of laying on the beach, listening to the waves.
But I am spoiled, I guess. Michael lets me sleep in on Saturdays and he either cooks breakfast or goes to town to get breakfast so I wake up to a delicious hot biscuit and a tall, caffeinated beverage. And Sunday is always a day full of re-laxing with family. We all leisurely wake up and get ready for church and then eat lunch with our family.
On Monday morning, however, it is just me and Fred. Michael is long gone before the sun is up, so I am left to dress the beast, I mean our daughter, by myself. We are currently in that won-derful stage of putting our arms through the head hole of our shirt and wanting to put our shorts on our head. Fun times. And shoes, yea, you can forget about shoes. There are times I wonder if she is truly my child because I love shoes. She would rather run around barefoot and naked.
I fi nally get her in the car and we head to Nonna’s house. Again, I am spoiled and my mother keeps my baby so I have
one less worry on my shoulders. After spending all weekend playing with her daddy and I, and even though she loves her Nonna and Pawpaw, we usually have a little trouble when I leave for work. A child crying because they want to spend time with you is utterly heartbreaking. Can I get an Amen?
I get to work and the Monday morning grind begins. Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoy my job. There is a beau-tiful balance of routine and freshness that really fi ts my personality. But still, Mondays just drag. I look at the clock thinking surely I have been here for a few hours and the time reads 8:56 a.m. This is the moment when my eyes bug out and I put my head on my desk. Why is Monday so hard?
So, after several large caffeinated beverages, the work day is over and we are on the Monday decline. Since I made it through the worst day of the week without ending up in the Drew County Detention Center because the
guy on Highway 425 refused to use his blinker not once but twice and road rage Ashley kicked in to overdrive, I want to reward myself by not cooking. I am not one of those people who fi nd cooking a pleasurable activity. I cook out of ne-cessity. However, on Monday half of the restaurants in town are closed. Why? On Monday of all days, why? I guess restau-rant owners agree with me on the fact that Monday is the worst day of the week and they all got together and decided to close up shop.
As bad as I hate to admit it, a lot of the time, Monday ends up being pizza night.
Go ahead and bring it on mom shamers, pick on me for a minute for feeding Fred pizza and leave the other woman at Wal-Mart alone who opened the box of cookies and gave her kid one before they paid for it.
As I have said before, we as a family, have been making an effort to be health-ier human beings. But, on Monday, pizza prevails.
It could be worse. Pizza has cheese, so we are getting our dairy serving and sauce and meat so we get some veggies and protein. Right? Indulge me, I am trying to convince myself.
See what I mean, Monday makes me crazy and I have to tell myself that pizza is alright to eat.
Speaking of pizza, can somebody please bring back Topp’s? That was the best pizza and ranch dressing on the planet. I need another Amen.
I propose we start a movement to make Monday the last day of the week-end. The work week will be Tuesday through Friday at noon.
From 12:01 p.m. on Friday to mid-night on Monday, it is the weekend. I feel like not working on Monday would make everyone more pleasant human beings.
Maybe I should start my political career on the platform of shortening the work week to four days and increasing the weekend to three days.
ASHLEYFOREMANACCORDING TO ASHLEY
Bringing art and culture to local children
All photos courtesy of Susan Akin
PERFORMING FOR THE KIDS Students from Southeast Arkansas danced as the lioness tribe (Left) in SEARK Concert Association’s Spring production of The Lion King. Area artists (Right) perform a show in full costume and make up for area school children.
SMARTS program enriches the life of students by exposing them to various performancesBY ASHLEY FOREMAN
For fi ve years, SEARK Con-cert Association has been bring-ing art and culture to the children of Drew County and all across Southeast Arkansas. Through the Schools Majoring in the ARTS (SMARTS) program, SEARK Concert Association has been able to bring a different talent to the students in public schools from
Kindergarten to fi fth grade. “The SMARTS program is so
benefi cial to everyone involved,” said SEARK Concert Association Board member Susan Akin.
“It brings new shows to our kids that some of them might not get to see elsewhere and it gives local artists a venue to perform.”
During last year’s season, the SMARTS program paid for local elementary students to see mario-nettes, a dance recital performed
by Arkansas Ballet, The Lion King Musical, Arkansas Brass and a jazz combo.
“The SMARTS funding pays for the tickets to these event,” said Seark Concert Association Exec-utive Secretary Rebecca Copico. “These shows are brought to the schools at no charge to the stu-dents.”
The SMARTS program is fund-ed totally by grants and donations. An advisory board for SEARK
Concert Association reaches out to businesses in the counties in Southeast Arkansas that they serve in an effort to be able to keep bringing the shows to chil-dren at no cost to them.
“In last year’s season, we served 17 school districts and over 15,000 students in the SEARK area,” Akin said. “That is major growth from the previous year and it is our hope to be able to sustain the SMARTS program funding so
that we can continue to bring art and culture to our students.”
No gift is small when it comes to enriching the lives of our local kids.
“We have set up a system on our website where patrons can elect to have a monthly draft taken from a checking account,” Copico said. “It has been proven time and time again that students who are involved and exposed to the arts do better in school and we want to
help every child in our area reach their highest potential. Interest-ed donors can go to our website www.searkconcert.org and follow the simple instructions to initiate the bank draft or they can go by the music building on the Uni-versity of Arkansas at Monticello campus and pick up a card and fi ll it out and return it. Donations made to SEARK Concert Associ-ation are tax deductible.”
BY THE STRINGS Last season, younger students got to view a marionette performance thanks to the SMARTS program.
THE LION KING SEARK Concert Association’s largest performance in the Spring musical. This past year’s production of The Lion King brought people from all over the area to Monticello to watch the talented students and adults perform.
TEACHING AND PERFORMING Local student Lily Copico attends a mas-ter class from an instructor at Arkansas Ballet.
JAZZ COMBO Older area students were exposed to a brass and jazz band in an eff ort to help students choose instruments before they enter their fi rst year of band class.
Abraham and HagarThis week, let’s look at one
famous character in Genesis and one relatively unknown character. Let’s begin with Abraham. He is a very well-known character in the Old and New Testaments. His story begins in Genesis 11:26,
where his name is Abram.
At the age of 75, Abram left his home and all his family in Haran to go to Canaan as the Lord com-manded him. He took with him his wife,
Sarai, and his nephew Lot and all the possessions they owned. Yah-weh tells Abram that he will be a great nation (Genesis 12:2). How-ever, this seemed like it would never come to pass. Although this section of scripture is not an exact timeline, several incidents seemed to get in the way.
Abram lied to Pharaoh that Sarai was his sister, not his wife, and Pharaoh married her—thus
angering Yahweh. A plague fell on Pharaoh’s house. Also, Lot and Abram separated because the land could not support both of their huge fl ocks and they would not be able to support both families. Finally, Lot was captured by warring kings and Abram spent a great deal of time and wealth rescuing Lot. Al-though these three incidents ended well for Abram, he was still without descendants and well on his way to being 100 years old.
But God came to Abram in a dream and after dreaming he was still childless, God showed Abram the stars in the heavens and asked him to count them, if he could. God told Abram, “So shall your descendants be.” (Genesis 15:5)
After living 10 years in Canaan, Sarai decided to take things into
her own hands and sent her slave girl into Abram to produce a child for him. Hagar, the slave girl did, indeed, conceive and bear a son named Ishmael. During her preg-nancy Hagar became contemptu-ous of Sarai and her barrenness.
After Ishmael’s birth, Hagar gloated about the child she bore to Abram—and Sarai dealt with her harshly. Hagar ran away with her son. Abram was now 86 years old. With encouragement from an angel, Hagar returned to Sarai and spent 13 more years as Sarai’s slave girl. As Ishmael grew, so did Sarai’s resentment and jealousy of him and Hagar, and when Sarai saw Ishmael playing with her son, Isaac, it was just too much.
Sarai convinced Abram to send Hagar and Ishmael away to the
wilderness of Beer-Sheba with only bread and one skin of water. Just when Hagar thought she and her son would surely die, God provided a well of water for them from which to drink and refi ll the skin.
Oh, … is this another example of God’s saving grace? Even a slave girl might be saved? In the Old Testament?
When Abram was 99, Yahweh changed his name from Abram (which meant “exalted ancestor”) to Abraham (which means “an-cestor of a multitude”) and that of his wife, Sarai, to Sarah (perhaps meaning princess and mistress, respectively).
In that same time, but before Isaac was born, Yahweh promised again that Abraham would be the ancestor of a multitude of nations.
(Genesis 17:5) Yahweh also sent angels to visit Sarah to tell her she would bear a son.
We all know the story of Sarah laughing; thus their son was named Isaac (which means “laugh-ter”). So, despite their doubt, Sarah and Abraham became parents at the ripe old ages of 90 and 100, respectively. “Is anything too wonderful for the Lord?” (Genesis 18:14).
I have always thought it odd that Sarah laughed when the angels spoke to her. I personally think I would have cried at the thought of chasing after a two-year-old at the age of 92.
Sometime later, one of the greatest stories of God’s salvation took place when Abraham was commanded by Yahweh to sacri-
fi ce Isaac, his only son.Most of us have learned this
story as an example of obedience to God (John 8:31-59). But there is another way to look at this story, not as an example of human obedience to God and what that might bring, but as the salvation of Isaac by God putting the ram in the bushes to be used as a sacrifi ce instead of Isaac.
Rev. Maetta Snyder earned her Master of Divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary in 1989 and was called to serve at First Presbyterian church in Monticello. She served here for six years, then was called to Kansas and Nebraska churches. After retirement, she felt called again to serve part-time at First Presbyterian, which she is presently doing. Rev. Snyder lives in Monticello with her husband, Dr. David “Sam” Snyder, who teaches math at the Uniersity of Arkansas at Monticello. They are the parents of two children, David, who lives in Minneapolis, and Samantha, who is a 1993 graduate of Monticello High School and now lives in Conway with her husband, Jeff Carpenter, and their twin sons, both 14, and a nine-year-old daughter.
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For how to reach the masses, men from every birth, Jesus gave the key: He said, “If I be lifted up from this earth I’ll draw all men unto me.” How do we lift Him up? I’m glad you asked. It’s by the way we walk, by the way we talk—actually it’s by the way we live.
Don’t worry about the govern-ment, for God said if these people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and turn from their wicked ways (this is the key), then we’ll hear from heaven and He’ll heal our land. This land is in dire need. So look to the hills from whence all of our help cometh, for it all comes from the Lord. Can I get an Amen?
Sunday, we at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church had a blessed and glorious time in the Lord, as Pastor B. Bolden brought the word in the absence of Pastor D.J. Buffington. His scripture was 1 Samuel 30:1-4, and his subject was “Bring You Through It.”
There were many present. Among our visitors was Au-gustine Walls from Texas and Thelma Shield, formerly from Chicago. The choir was very inspirational in their singing, with Shelia Jacob as director, Weesie on the piano and T-Man on drums. What a dynamic trio. To God be the glory. And the Bolden family did a selection prior to the spoken word.
We were glad to see Vern Childress in the house.
I attended homegoing service for Charlie Fred Dearman at 2 p.m. Sunday at Stephen-son-Dearman Chapel. There were many in attendance.
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much! It thrills my heart every time someone tells me they read this column.
Well, that’s enough of my ramblings for this week. Until next time, be safe, stay cool, pray for each other and always be thankful to God for His many blessings.
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Charles Graham and Minister Kent Broughton were the solo-ists. Welton Green and Dusty Thompson were among the pallbearers.
I’m so sorry to hear of Sandy Austin being ill, and rushed by ambulance to a Little Rock hos-pital. Also, Corey Riley spent a few days in St. Vincent Hospital.
Bettie Wright and I attended the homegoing of Ruby Dan-iels Wilson at the Holy Divine Spiritual Church in Lacey, where Melvin Foster is pastor. It was a beautiful homegoing. She will be greatly missed by her family and church family, as she was the pastor of the Great I Am Church in Monticello.
I was happily surprised to see my friend, Annie P. Stephens from Hampton, as she and two daughters dropped by for a friendly chat.
Bettie Wright and I visited at Belle View Estates Rehabilita-tion and Health Center the past week with Craig Ridgell, Esley Riley and Addie B. Washington.
Kevin Kelly, pastor of Second Baptist in Little Rock, attended the last rites of Ruby Wilson.
Sorry to hear of David Hicks’ fi rst cousin passing in Ohio. He and his mother will travel there for his last rites, which will be Saturday. The young man that’s deceased attended Morning Star during Christmas holiday in 2016. You’ll have our prayers and sym-pathy, also, grace for safe travel.
Thank God for grace and mercy.
“Yit” was pleasantly surprised by a visit from Becky Daniels. They had a very good visit, which was much enjoyed as Becky had just returned from Texas and Las Vegas celebrating her birthday. I dropped by Peggy and Mattie Orr’s and ate fish and trimmings. It was delicious. I also ate dinner Thursday with Clydean Miller.
A belated birthday wish to my friend Roberta Loche, Aug. 3. If I fail to announce your birthday, it’s because I don’t remember it, if you want me to announce your birthday give me a call. I’m only human; sometimes I forget my own family’s birthdays.
P.S. Don’t forget the youth musical at 3 p.m. Sunday at Morning Star.
Now until we meet again by paper and pen, remember be slow to judge others but quick to judge yourself.
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Saturday yard sales to be held at Pentecostal Faith COGIC
Pentecostal Faith Church of God In Christ, 111 Briarcliff Street (behind the Veterans of Foreign Wars hut in McCloy City Park), will be having weekly yard sales beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturdays. Items to be sold include refrigerators, stoves, water heaters, home items, men’s suits, men’s clothes and lots more. For more information, contact Pastor Robert Marshall Sr. at 870-281-4863.
Hartland to be featured at The Shed
The Hackett’s Family Gospel Singing Shed, 1000 West Speedway in Dermott (at the intersection of U.S. highways 165 and 65, just north of Dermott), will fea-ture Hartland, a Southern gospel singing group, at 7 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served in the fellowship hall after the singing. For more information, contact Denon Weaver at 870-723-5279.
Prairie Grove sets Homecoming celebration
Prairie Grove Baptist Church, south of Monticello on Midway Route, has sched-uled a Homecoming service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Bro Ricky Carpenter will bring the Homecoming message after the morning song service. A potluck lunch will be after the service, followed by a concert from The Stones of Crossett. Ev-eryone is invited to come worship, eat, enjoy great fellowship, renew old friend-ships, then be enlightened with the music and testimonies of The Stones. For more information, contact Sandy West at 870-723-1140.
Morning Star sets youth musical program
Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church, 312 East Oakland Street, will hold a youth musical program at 3 p.m. Sunday. There will be youth choirs, solo-ists and praise dancers performing in this worship service. Pastor D.J. Buffington and the Morning Star congregation invite all to attend. For more information, con-tact Melanie Rawls at [email protected].
Seven Star hosts family, friends day
Seven Star Missionary Baptist Church, 109 Smith Drive in Reed, invites every-one to help the church celebrate its Fam-ily and Friends Day at 3 p.m. Sunday. Dr. Robert L. Handley and the Mount Har-mony Missionary Baptist Church family of Pine Bluff will be the special guests. At the same time, Seven Star will be ded-icating the new addition to the church. For more information, contact Rev. J.B. Handley, pastor, at 870-718-4415.
Shady Grove AME sets revival
Shady Grove African Methodist Epis-copal Church, 1265 Arkansas Highway 138, will be having revival services at 7 p.m. nightly on Aug. 16-18. The evangelist will be Melvin Jackson of First Church of God from Hope. Shirlene Jackson will be ministering the music for the event. Rev. Thelma Hampton, host pastor, officers and members of Shady Grove AME are inviting everyone. For more information, contact Brenda Binns via email at [email protected].
Morning Star to host mission program
Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church, 312 East Oakland Street, will host its annual mission program at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 20. The guest speaker will be LaShunda Jackson, a licensed and or-dained minister and member of Holmes Chapel Presbyterian Church. Host pastor D.J. Buffington invites the public to at-tend. For more information, contact Mela-nie Rawls at [email protected].
Diabetes classes scheduled for Shady Grove AME
Shady Grove African Methodist Epis-copal Church, 1265 Arkansas High-way 138, will be the host church for free classes for people with diabetes or pre-diabetes for four weeks from 5-7 p.m. every Thursday beginning Aug. 24. The event is sponsored by the Daughters of Charity Services of Arkansas. Aug. 24’s topic will be: “Diabetes—Myths and Facts.” Other discussions will cen-ter on “Eating Well” (Aug. 31); “Blood Sugar Control” (Sept. 7); and “Medi-cations and Preventing Complications” (Sept. 14). There will be a free meal and giveaway each Thursday. Rev. Thelma Hampton, the host pastor, officers and members of Shady Grove AME invite the public to attend each session. For more information, contact 870-382-4878, ex-tension 3830.
Joyce Pevey Fifth Thursday singing scheduled
The regular Joyce Pevey Fifth Thurs-day Night Singing at the Campground will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 31 at Mt. Pleasant (Campground) United Meth-odist Church, 194 Campground Road near Monticello. The program will continue un-til about 8:30 p.m. This is a time of class singing with directors choosing songs they would like to hear their classes sing. There will be several special performances mixed in with the class singing and a time of refreshments and fellowship following the singing. The church is located about seven miles north of Monticello—take U.S. Highway 425 North and turn left on Campground Road; the church building is less than half a mile on the right. Everyone is welcome to attend. For more informa-
tion, contact Ab Pevey at 870-723-5306 or 870-367-3849, or Kay Berryman at 870-367-3690.
OngoingHolmes Chapel seeks pianist
Holmes Chapel Presbyterian Church, 527 East McCloy Avenue, is seeking a pia-nist for its adult choir. The pianist is need-ed for the first, fourth and fifth Sundays each month. For more information and/or to express interest in the position, contact Rev. Alford Branch at either 870-723-1954 or 870-367-5913.Business note from Shady Grove AME
Shady Grove African Methodist Episco-pal Church, 1265 Arkansas Highway 138, will not be responsible for any services or payment unless authorized by a signed contract by the pastor and stewards of the church.First Presbyterian Church unveils new sermon series
Dr. Drew Smith begins a new sermon series—“Facing Life’s Uncertainties”—at First Presbyterian Church, 821 North Main Street. All are welcome to the ser-vices which begin at 11 a.m. on Sundays. First Baptist holds community women’s Bible study
First Baptist Church, 413 North Main Street, is holding a community women’s Bible study each Wednesday, and all wom-en are welcome. FBC’s weekly women’s Bible study begins at 9 a.m. in the church’s old fellowship hall. Attendees are encour-aged to meet at 8:30 a.m. for a time of fel-lowship before the study starts. Childcare will be provided. For more information, contact Pat Baugh at 870-367-5968. Christian Interfaith Ministry holds weekly Bible study
Christian Interfaith Ministry, 321 Win-chester Road, invites all to a Tuesday night Bible study from 7-8 p.m. at the church. The ministry also has a Thursday night prayer and deliverance service, beginning at 7 p.m. For more information on any of these events, contact Shirley A. Benton, pastor, at 870-308-7895.Holmes Chapel sponsors free tutoring
Holmes Chapel Presbyterian Church, locat-ed at 527 East McCloy Avenue in Monticello, will sponsor free tutoring when school begins again Aug. 14 from 5-6 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday for youth in grades kindergar-ten through third grade. Students must bring the course work in which they need help. For more information and registration details, contact 870-367-5913. Pine Bluff ministry sponsors clothing/food giveaway
Rhema Redemption International mis-sion ministries, 1201 West 6th Street in Pine Bluff, will host a free clothing give-away from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Tues-day and Thursday throughout 2017 at the church. Food will also be given away free at various times throughout the year. For more information, contact the church ei-ther by calling 870-917-9936 or by email at [email protected].
We need this rain, but it sure makes it hard to get up for the first day back to school. It is a nice break from the heat.
Mrs. Mary Lasiter had com-pany last week. Her nephew, Ronnie Doss, his wife Kathy and daughter Andi visited with her and took her to take care of some things. They had lunch at KFC. They also bought some watermelons from Eubanks farm.
Betty Grafton, Ruth Hunter and Mary Davis enjoyed some catching up with sister time while their husbands went to the gun show in Monticello.
Uncle Don Martin came by the cabin before he went to the gun show. He brought us some delicious tomatoes and a cantaloupe. We had a good visit. Dustin Barnett came and visited a bit on Sunday.
Jim and Billie Ferrell and Debbie Tenario and Shawn and I rode our buggies this past Saturday. We grilled and then road down to the river. We had a great time! We saw Mark West while we were there.
Robert and Tammy Stafford took their grand angels on a mini-vacation this weekend. Olivia and Addi Kate Stafford and Averi and Chase Sledge accompanied them to Blanchard Springs and a few other places. They had a great time!
Jim and Amanda Stafford have a new addition. They brought home a new goat. His name is Django. He is cute!
Congratulations to Crayton Harris, son of Dustin and Laci Harris. He competed in Loretta Lynn’s 2017 Motocross Nation-al Championship. He finished in the top 20th in the nation. He did such an awesome job!
Last Tuesday, I attended a birthday celebration for David Ozment. We went to Hoots in McGehee. Those attending were Kay and David Ozment; Stacy, Shana, Elizabeth and Seth Wilson; Bobby, Christy and Carleigh Roberts; Ray, Kim and Noah Hearron, and Skylar Garner, DDS. We had a wonder-ful time celebrating an awesome man!
Shawn and I attended church at Wilmar Baptist Church Sun-day. It was an awesome service!
There were lots of people there we know.
Uncle James “Son” Brewster is still having health issues. Prayers would be appreciated.
Not do forget the Wilmar All-School Reunion is coming up. Please send $14 to Carolyn Curry at Warren Bank, P.O. Box 350, Warren 71671 by August 21. This will go toward a meal that is being catered by Young’s. The reunion is Sept. 1.
Happy third birthday to Jacob Carter. He is the son of Jason and Holly Carter. Also, happy birthday to Pat Leggett, my sweet mother-in-law, Kay Ozment, Tasha Butler, Keri Cater, Susie Harris, my hand-some nephew, Ethan Gilliam, my sweet friend, Kay Carter, Rachel Barnett, Mary Temple, Andrea Ratcliff, Carrie Teague, Tammy Avery and Cindy Bennett. I hope you all have wonderful birthdays!
Please call 870-224-3383 with news or email [email protected]. No news is too small.
Another week has passed and we are still waiting for that big rain we were supposed to get. But, the Lord knows what is best for us.
Faye, May, Pepe and the late Louise Pace sisters lost one of their best friends we have ever had, Charley Dearman. We sang a many song and attended a moving funeral with Charley. We sure do miss him as well as all of Drew County. We are praying for the family.
Having Sunday lunch with Leola and Rachel Pace were Chuck Karnes, Mark, Chris Pace, Dale, Emma and Dayton Pace, and BJ and Sally Smith.
The birthday list for August is Sandy Smith, Caroline Lane, Cole Harris, Linda Berryman, Thomas Lafever, Faye Wiggam, May Hobbs, Duryla Gifford, Gary Pace, and Donny and Jay Lawson’s wedding anniversary.
Susan Wishard visited her aunt May Hobbs on Friday. Faithful Duwayne Pennington visited Don Wiggam on Tues-day.
Cleora Crook and Faye
GUEST HOUSECLARA CATER
There is no Guest House news this week. Clara Cater had other commitments. Her column will resume in next week’s edition.
At 10 a.m. Saturday, Wom-en’s to Women’s will be having a back-to-school bash behind Trinity Full Gospel, 468 South Edwards Street. There will be free food, backpacks, and school supplies, bring your lawn chairs. There will be a bounce house and various activities going on. The school supplies are for K-5th grade.
What is up with the phone company this week? So many people’s phones and Internet has been down. It’s sad because a lot of older people don’t have cell phones and depend on their home phones if anything goes wrong. I thank my family for coming by or calling my cell-phone checking on me, as well as my dad.
Had to spend a few days in the hospital and want to thank everyone that sent up a prayer for me, and want to thank my husband and family for all your love and support for seeing about me and taking good care of me. A special thanks to mis-sionary Lou Lambert, my spiri-tual mother, who always makes sure I am well taken care of.
And, to Aunt Myrtle Burks who calls from Memphis, Tenn. checking on me. She said she got some switches for me if I don’t get somewhere and sit down. Love you so dearly Aunt
We had a great Sunday school lesson Sunday morning. The attendance was way down. The lesson subject was, called to witness. Lesson scripture was from Acts 1:6-7.
Prayers for the sick and shut in Enda Echols, Daniels Franklin, Horace Junior, Linda Merritt, and Edgar Spencer.
Prayers and sympathy for the Daniels and Dearman family and others bereaved families.
I visited brother Edgar Spen-cer Saturday afternoon at the hospital, he came home Sunday. I also went to see pastor Frank-lin but he was admitted to the hospital Saturday night.
Floyd visited Horace Junior at Belle view Sunday afternoon.
Happy Birthday wishes to Lola Hardin (August 12), and Natisha Lambert (August 13). Thought for the week, to trust God in the light is nothing but to trust Him in the dark that is faith.
Welcome back, ya’ll! August is now in full swing and even though we’ve had some days of lower humidity Summer is still hangin’ it’s hot, ugly head around. But I can almost feel my favorite season; sweet, cool-er Fall; coming just around the corner. I can hardly wait!
Happy birthdays and anniver-saries to: Brandon Lloyd (Aug. 5); Connie and Bill Horn (Aug. 7); Brittany Wardlaw (Aug. 9); Jim Glennon (Aug. 17); Jennifer Craig Haen (Aug. 18); and Kar-en Loveless Reed (Aug. 28).
Monday night, I worked visitation for Mr. Ron Feeser Sr. Thursday, I worked visitation
Wiggam took their sister May Hobbs to Little Rock on Tues-day of last week to see her doc-tor. Her platelets are still low. She is feeling better. We will take her to Little Rock again this Tuesday.
B.J. and Sally Smith of Jones-boro spent the weekend with her mother Leola Pace and sister Rachel.
Have a good week all of you and God bless our country.
Myrtle (a.k.a. mommy). It’s so hard when you have so much on your plate, but I promise I will do my best. Love all my family and much love to all of you.
We enjoyed the Myecon meeting that was held Saturday at our church and we learned so much on cash flow, and how to budget and save money. The speakers were; Mr. Chris Allen, Lou Lambert, Clarissa, Jerome Pace and pastor Robert Mar-shall Sr.
Mrs. Krystal Collins was also there with beautiful jewelry for sale, and evangelist Clarissa Pace had beautiful T-shirts and ladies lapkins for sale.
Pastor Robert Marshall Sr. had his rummage sale as well as sold Lincoln Heritage Insur-ance. We had people form Little Rock, Monticello, Louisiana, Warren, Harrell, Pine Bluff and other parts of Southeast Ark. The event was so awesome and we all learned so much from each speaker.
Happy birthday shout out this week goes to Lakindra Wash-ington (Aug. 7), Trinia Walls (Aug. 9), Delton Gladden (Aug. 10), Tyrone Smith (Aug. 11), and James Scott, Allen Lewis, and Melonie Styles (Aug. 13). Happy Birthday everyone enjoy your special day.
Sunday School was awesome and the lesson was, Call to Witness, coming from Acts 6:1-7. The pastor Robert Marshall Sr.’s message was on: God Sends message’s, coming from Micah 3:1-12. Lovely service.
I went home and enjoyed the beautiful and delicious dinner my husband, pastor fixed for me. He prepared it Saturday night and every bit was so good and tasty. Love you baby. He always makes sure I am well taken care of. He is the greatest!
Scripture for the week is Nahum 1: 2-3 God is a jealous God, and the Lord revengeth: the Lord revengeth, and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries and He reserveth wrath for his enemies. The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked:
the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet.
Until next time, be blessed everyone and much love to all.
for Mrs. Geneva Sue Brown and, on Saturday, I worked visitation for Mr. Charlie Fred Dearman. Sunday evening, I attended visitation for Mr. Van Brown over at Frazer’s in Warren. So many suffering loss. Please remember all these families in your prayers.
My Auntie Letty came by the office Friday afternoon for a visit. Thanks for the malt!
Mr. Eddie came by one eve-ning to make sure I had found the watermelons he had deliv-ered earlier in the week while I was working. He also wanted to tell me that he has seen the Swallow-tail Kites while he was cutting hay at the Albert Knowles’ place. Since his first sighting was while he was cutting hay at the Pete Smith place, I saw a pattern emerg-ing. Apparently the birds have learned that the act of cutting hay stirs up all kinds of bird goodies such as insects, rodents and small birds that make great snacks for Swallow-tail Kites. But they must leave as soon as the cutting and raking ends. Because I drove to both locations on Saturday morn-ing but all was quiet; all I saw were deer and Bluebirds. I also spent a little time at Ozment’s Bluff looking for the Kites but the only kind I saw were the Mississippi Kites. But I hung around a while anyway and took photos of roots and knees of the cypress tree and the springs bubbling along the sandy bank of the Saline River. It almost made it worth not seeing the Swallow-tail Kite. Almost.
Bethel enjoyed a won-derful Sunday service this week. Buck, Bro. Kevin, Bro. John, Jason, Wanda, Stepha-nie, Sis. Cheryl and I sang “Ten Thousand Years.” Bro. Kevin presented a rousingly inspiring message, “Trusting In God’s Protection”, taken from Isaiah 26:1-7 and Philippians 4:6-8. Bethel also welcomed Hugh and Gloria Pennington to our congregation. Next Sunday, we will resume evening ser-vices, conduct business meeting and elect officers for the next
Here’s what happens when a sports reporter has too much time on his handsEven though all three schools’ football
practices are in full swing now, and regis-tration for both youth soccer and peewee football is well underway, I realized Monday for the fi rst time all summer—re-ally all year—there are no games, meets
or matches to cover for the next two weeks.
When the seasons begin, they’ll fl ood us with things to do but to all the local sports fans chomping at the bit for things to watch, I say enjoy the next two weeks. If you have to, go out to Drew Central or Monticello high schools or the University of Arkansas
at Monticello, sit in the air-conditioned comfort of your vehicle, enjoy football practice and dream of Friday night or Saturday afternoons.
Soon enough, you’ll be able to appre-ciate the efforts of the Billies, Pirates
and Boll Weevils. And, for those of you who don’t enjoy football (Is there such a person in Arkansas?), all three schools will be cranking up their cross country squads, Monticello and Drew Central both play tennis in the fall, the Billies, Weevils and Cotton Blossoms play golf, and UAM plays volleyball.
Plus, if you’re really lucky, you can catch the occasional fall baseball or soft-ball game at UAM. Like I said, the sports seasons are upon us. We’ll get a chance to breathe about this time next year.
Given this bonus down time, my mind has had a chance to think on things other than local sports for a change. Trust me, all you fellow sports fanatics that follow whatever can be kicked, hit, thrown, caught, rolled or otherwise used for some type of sporting event, no sports can be fun every now and then.
With no games to cover, I’ve had time to peruse the Internet and am astonished with what I found. I’m not sports expert, never claimed to be and never will, but I have a question: Under what rock did The
Undefeated and SurveyMonkey fi nd the people that participated in the 50 Greatest Black Athletes poll currently on espn.com?
While I can’t argue with most of the athletes listed, I have a feeling I had the same response as most sensible sports fans when they fi rst viewed the list—What?
The explanation alone should have sports fans shaking their heads: “In April, 10,350 adults were asked to rank 200 athletes on 20 different surveys. Respon-dents were asked how great of an athlete each person was/is using a scale of one to 10 stars. The athletes were ranked in order based on their average scores to form a top 50 list.
“From there, the top 60 athletes (includ-ing the fi rst 10 who didn’t make the cut to 50) were used to create a fi nal ranking. Each athlete was ranked on four factors: overall ranking, dominance, inspiration and impact on society. Average scores were calculated from each factor to create a composite score. Athletes were ranked in order by their composite score to deter-
mine (the) fi nal list.”Even employees of The Undefeated,
a website (theundefeated.com), which proclaims to be “the premier platform for exploring the intersections of race, sports and culture,” didn’t agree with some of the rankings, according to espn.com. I can think of several words that carry a stronger connotation than “didn’t agree.” “Laughable,” “ridiculous” and “ludicrous” come immediately to mind.
Evidently, I’ve been behind the times because I just saw this on the Internet. I saw the entire list, which means it’s the fi fth week for this in cyberspace. I can’t believe I hadn’t heard about it before I did.
The last line of the explanation I read says, “The people have spoken, and the results should spark some serious debate.” Ya think?
I’ll let you decide for yourself (please remember what explanation The Unde-feated gave for the list in the fi rst place; see above). Numbers 50 through 41 were Tim Duncan (No. 50), Isiah Thomas (49), Earl Campbell (48), Derek Jeter (47), Da-
vid Robinson (46), Joe Frazier (45), Barry Sanders (44), Reggie Jackson (43), Larry Fitzgerald (42) and Ernie Banks (41).
First impressions? The people that voted on this list must have been San Antonio Spurs’ and New York Yankees’ fans, although none of the four athletes connected with those teams would have been 1) this low on the list or 2) even on this list at all, had I been voting. To me, the most laughable is Isiah Thomas at No. 49. While I don’t deny he was an excellent player, to include him among the Top 50 Greatest Black Athletes is, and I’m going to be kind here, a stretch.
Number 40 through 31 are Roberto Clemente (No. 40), Ray Robinson (39), Arthur Ashe (38), Ken Griffey Jr. (37), Bill Russell (36), George Foreman (35), Herschel Walker (34), Florence Griffi th Joyner (33), Carl Lewis (32) and Michael Johnson (31).
First impressions? Those that voted must have realized that needed to branch
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Monticello hunters among those issued gator permits
Three Monticellonians were among the 101 individuals who re-ceived permits for a chance at har-vesting an alligator this year. Last Wednesday afternoon, the Arkan-sas Game and Fish Commission fi nally announced those few from the thousands that applied.
The permit draw was held up
due to some unforeseen issues with the process, but Wesley Fletcher, William Lassiter and Mary Simon likely couldn’t care less. All three Monticello residents’ names were drawn for hunting gators in Zone 3 (private land at-large). Arkansas’ 2017 alligator season is Sept. 15-18 and Sept. 22-25, and hunting is only allowed at night.
All permit winners must attend a hunter orientation class before being issued their temporary tags. Mandatory orientation classes for permit holders will be held Sat-urday, Aug. 19 in Monticello and Hope, and the next weekend (Sat-urday, Aug. 26) at the AGFC head-
quarters building in Little Rock. Successful private land at-large applicants must provide written landowner permission and a map of their proposed hunt area.
Fletcher, Lassiter and Simon are joined by Drew County hunters Blake Downen of Tillar and Wil-mar’s Charles Lanehart, and 20 other Southeast Arkansas potential alligator harvesters. Downen and Lanehart were both selected to hunt in Zone 3 (Lower Arkansas River Wetland Complex).
DeWitt’s Allen Counce, Bobby Gentry of Pine Bluff and Dumas’ James Hill received permits to hunt in Zone 1 (private land at-large),
while Star City’s Jeffrey Atwood; Charles Brenke and John Williams, both of White Hall; Raymond Do-ering, Keaton Howard and Bryan King, all of Pine Bluff; and De-Witt’s Bobby Webb were selected to hunt in the same area as Downen and Lanehart.
The majority of area hunters were listed in the same catergory as the three Monticello permit win-ners. Lauren Bryant of Hampton; Eudora’s Carol Doolittle; Virginia Haynes and Jody Hibbard, both of Star City; Pine Bluff’s William Jones; Kelly Mitchell of DeWitt; Robert ONeil and Mary Weather-ly, both of Wilmot; Lake Village’s
Cory Rowe; and Martin Walt of Dumas all received permission to hunt in Zone 3 (private land at-large).
Alligator hunting isn’t for the faint of heart. Hunters scan the sur-face of the water with spotlights from a boat, pinpointing alligators before easing up to them with a harpoon or handheld snare.
Permit winners are allowed up to three assistants during the hunt, but only the permit holder is allowed to snare, harpoon and dispatch the alligator. Arkansas alligator hunters must completely subdue the gator before fi nishing it with a shotgun or shotgun shell-loaded bang stick
using shot no larger than No. 4 common shot.
Once dispatched, all alligators must be tagged with a temporary possession tag and may be checked online. Additional hunt details will be provided at the mandatory hunt-er orientation classes.
Others that will be hunting ga-tors in The Natural State are:
• Zone 1 (private land at-large): William Aitken, Texarkana;
Josiah Allen, Lewisville; Floyd Bell, Conway; Landon Bryant, Texarkana; Floyd Clark, El Dora-do; Michael Clark, Jacksonville; Carter Coates, Greenbrier; Mat-
Three city residents will join two others from Drew County
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ALL TOGETHER NOW UAM head football coach Hud Jackson, somewhere in the middle of the mass of Boll Weevil hopefuls, gives his charges instruction on the fi rst day of fall practice Monday afternoon in the rain at the Weevils’ practice fi eld behind Bankston Hall. More from fi rst day of practice, Page 3C.
At this time of year, football coaches are fond of telling their teams two things: “Everybody’s 0-0” and “Preseason polls aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.”
Oh, and “The games are played on the fi eld, not on paper.”
The University of Arkansas at Monticello’s Hud Jackson has like-ly used each of those coach-speak phrases in his seven-year tenure at UAM. They’ll come in especially handy after the Boll Weevils were selected eighth in the Great Ameri-can Conference coaches’ preseason poll, released by the league offi ce Tuesday afternoon.
Following a 9-3 season that resulted in an appearance in the Agent Barry Live United Bowl, Southern Arkansas University will enter 2017 as the GAC’s preseason favorite, followed by last season’s champion, Harding University. Each school received fi ve fi rst-place votes and Henderson State University, which came in third in the poll, got the other two.
Led by the only 2016 unani-mous All-GAC selection, senior wide receiver Jalen Tolliver, UAM fi nished 4-7 a year ago—good enough for eighth place in the fi nal GAC standings. The Weevils beat Southwestern Oklahoma State Uni-versity, Oklahoma Baptist Univer-sity, Ouachita Baptist University
Time again for Crossett PRCA rodeoBY TED HARBINPete Carr Pro Rodeo
CROSSETT—Rodeo week in this southern Arkansas community means many things for many peo-ple.
Hundreds of cowboys and cow-girls venture in from all over the country for the competition, and locals make plans and have family gatherings around the four perfor-mances of the Crossett Riding Club Pofessional Rodeo Cowboys As-sociation Rodeo, set for 8 p.m. to-day through Saturday at Cap Gates Arena.
“We’re a very small communi-ty, and this is probably the biggest event for this community,” said Marty O’Fallon, chairman of the volunteer committee that organiz-es the annual rodeo. “Everyone around here looks forward to it.
“This rodeo’s been going on for 69 years, and the weekend we do it always marks to the town the end of summer for our community. Ev-erybody looks forward to that week because they have one big thing left before they go back to school.”
It’s also a recognized thing in the world of rodeo, and the hard-work-ing staff at Pete Carr Pro Rodeo makes sure it happens.
“They bring the best bucking stock in the industry,” O’Fallon said. “That helps draw the contes-tants. Our rodeo is on the biggest week of PRCA rodeo, and we still have the top names coming to Crossett.
“Over the past two or three years, we’ve averaged between 10 and 15 past world champions in our rodeo. That means a lot to us because they have three or for more large rodeos to enter and they still come here.”
That’s because the cowboys and cowgirls want to be in Crossett in early August.
“They tell us that it’s because of the professional stock that’s here and the hospitality they get from the committee,” he said. “We do the very best to accommodate our contestants to try to make them feel welcome.”
It has worked, just as the bag of silver dollars that is awarded to the top rides and top times in each event each performance has. It’s a tradition that’s been part of the ro-deo for 34 years.
This year’s festivities include a new local event. Groups from around the area will participate in calf dressing—one night will fea-ture local riding clubs, one will be local banks and one will be mu-nicipal departments (fi re, police, sheriff’s, etc.) from the area. The three winners will advance to the championship on the fi nal night of Crossett’s rodeo.
Numbers mean things to many people. For in-stance, the phase, “third time’s a charm” is very popular. Depending on the situation, the number 13 can be lucky or unlucky, according to superstitions.
Then there’s the num-ber 7. Seven is considered lucky by many people.
T h e r e are sev-en days of the w e e k , s e v e n c o n t i -n e n t s and even s e v e n b r i d e s
for seven brothers. In bib-lical terms, seven is the number for completeness and perfection.
It just about doesn’t get any more complete and perfect than the Universi-ty of Arkansas at Monti-cello’s Doug Tolin, at least on the basketball court. After retiring with more than 400 wins as a colle-giate head coach, Tolin joined son Kyle’s UAM staff in time for the 2015-16 season.
Tolin named to seventh
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Arkansas enhances security with new bag policySpecial to the Advance
FAYETTEVILLE—Since fans from all over the state converge on Donald W. Reynolds Ra-zorback Stadium to attend University of Arkan-sas football games, the UA Athletic Department seeks to make their stay as pleasant as possible.
In an effort to allow fans more convenience and fl exibility while still enhancing stadium se-curity, Arkansas has implemented a clear-bag policy home football games in 2017. In previ-ous seasons, bags were prohibited in Razorback Stadium, with the exception of small purses and bags related to medical and childcare needs.
The implementation of this measure is intend-ed to enhance public safety while minimizing time spent searching bags at gate security check-points, thus easing access into the stadium. Each ticketed fan is permitted to bring in only one clear bag and/or a small clutch purse. Fans are encouraged to arrive early, know which items are prohibited and avoid bringing a bag, if at all possible.
Beginning with the upcoming football season, Razorback fans will be able to bring otherwise permissible items into Donald W. Reynolds Ra-zorback Stadium by using:
• Bags that are clear plastic, vinyl or PVC and do not exceed 12x6x12 inches or one-gallon clear plastic freezer bag (Ziploc bag or similar); and
• Small clutch purses, no larger than 4.5x6.5 inches (the size of the palm of a hand), with or without a handle or strap.
All clear bags and clutch purses will be screened prior to entry into the stadium. All bags and purses not meeting the above requirements will not be permitted. Although permitted, child-care items, including diapers, must also be car-ried in an approved clear bag.
Fans carrying required medical supplies or devices into the stadium are not subject to the clear-bag policy, but will need to go through the bag-check line at their entry gate for a thorough screening of the bag and the medical items. The person requiring these supplies or devices must accompany the bag at all times. Medical excep-
tion bags will be tagged once cleared through security.
Working personnel, including media, will continue to enter the stadium through designated gates where they will be subject to screening and bag inspections already in effect.
Arkansas’ policy is consistent with a South-eastern Conference Bag Policy that is in effect for football games at all league institutions. This week, Razorback football season ticket hold-ers will receive a complimentary clear bag that meets the parameters of the policy with their season ticket booklet.
Here are some frequently asked questions concerning security at the stadium:
• How does the new policy improve public safety?
The clear bag is easily searched and signifi -cantly reduces faulty bag searches. It also sup-ports the Department of Homeland Security’s “If You See Something, Say Something” cam-paign.
• What can be done to help get into the stadi-um more quickly?
Arrive early, know which items are prohibited and avoid bringing a bag, if at all possible. Also, enter the stadium through the gate indicated on the ticket. Gates open two hours prior to kickoff.
• How many bags may each person bring into the stadium?
One large clear bag—either a one-gallon Zip-loc style bag or the 12x6x12 clear bag—plus a small clutch (the size of the palm of a hand) that does not exceed 4.5x6.5. The small clutch allows privacy for small personal items and is easily searched.
• What about diaper bags? Diapers and non-medically necessary items for babies and young children must be carried in an approved clear bag.
• Must fans put everything they’re carrying into the permissible bags?
No. Fans are limited only to the type of bags carried into the stadium, not items that they may normally bring to a game that fi t in pockets or clutch bags (e.g., keys, makeup, feminine prod-ucts, comb, phone, wallet, credit cards). Fans may carry a blanket over their arms, and binocu-lars and/or camera around their necks or in their hands without the case. Fans may also use the clear bag and clutch to carry these items and oth-er permissible items. In all cases, carried items are subject to search.
• May fans carry cameras, binoculars, smart phones or tablets separately from what they put in a clear bag?
Yes. A phone, tablet, binoculars or cameras may be carried independently into the stadium as
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out by choosing Flo Jo, Lewis and Johnson. While I can’t argue with including any of the three on the list, they sure would occupy different positions had I voted. To me, listing Clemente this low is ridiculous. Plus keeping Russell at No. 36 is, at the very least, a slap in the face to the man who was the driving force behind the Boston Celtics’ 11 NBA titles in 13 years.
Numbers 30 through 21 are Jim Brown (No. 30), LeBron James (29), Steph Curry (28), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (27), Wilt
Chamberlain (26), Bo Jackson (25), Sugar Ray Leonard (24), Joe Louis (23), Pele (22) and Wilma Rudolph (21).
First impressions? I can’t argue with any of the 10 but I can certainly see the fl aws in the numbering. To hold both Brown, arguably the best running back the NFL has ever seen, or Pele, still the top soccer placer of all time, in my opinion, out of at least the 20 greatest black athletes is, in a word, ludicrous.
Number 20 through 11 are Gale Sayers (No. 20), Emmitt Smith (19), Satchel Paige (18), Julius Er-ving (17), Shaquille O’Neal (16), Venus Williams (15), Usain Bolt (14), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (13),
Walter Payton (12) and Magic Johnson (11).
First impressions? It looks like you had to be famous for commer-cials (Smith, O’Neal, Erving, etc.) to make it into the top 20. There are several in this list, as there has been in previous lists, that I would consider in my top 10.
And, fi nally number 10 through 1 are Jerry Rice (No. 10), Gabby Douglas (9), Simone Biles (8), Hank Aaron (7), Serena Williams (6), Jesse Owens (5), Willie Mays (4), Muhammad Ali (3), Jackie Robinson (2) and—you guessed it—Michael Jordan (1).
First impressions? Are you kidding me? Two gymnasts in the top 10? Sure, they were both
great—but top 10? Over some of these other great athletes? And how, if you remembered the cri-teria about the impact on society, could you not choose Robinson as the greatest black athlete of all time? Or Ali? Or Owens? Yes, Jordan maybe the most dominant basketball player to ever lace up a pair of sneakers—and he defi nitely belongs in the top 10—but if I were voting, as great as he was, I’d but Air Jordan down the list. For my money, Robinson should be No. 1 and Owens 1A.
Let me know how you’d change the list, who you’d leave off and who you’d add. Send me your top 50 greatest black athletes to [email protected].
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MYSA fall soccer registration is hereThe Monticello Youth Soccer Association is in the middle of
fall soccer registration for girls and boys ages 3-17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at McCloy City Park on four upcoming Saturdays. A player must be 3 and no older than 17 on Aug. 1. Cost is $50 per player and a sibling group of three or more living in the same household is $125. The remaining registration dates are Saturday and Aug. 19, both at the large pavilion. Cost includes the jersey, shorts, socks, medal and insurance. Registration forms may be mailed to MYSA at P.O. Box 1545, Monticel-lo 71657. The forms must be received by 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 18. Practices will start anytime after Aug. 21 and games will begin on Sept. 9 with a Preseason Tournament for ages 8 and above. The younger children will start on Sept. 11. For more information, contact either Stephanie Hill at 870-723-5375 or Armando Romero at 870-370-2831.UAM opens bidding for tailgate row naming
The University of Arkansas at Monticello Department of Athletics is inviting anyone interested to participate in an on-line auction to name the tailgate row area for home football games. The tailgate row area is located along the east side of Weevil Pond, and is full of fans of football game days each fall. The area is also home to the Weevil Walk, featur-ing the UAM student-athletes and coaches coming through the crowd on game days heading to the stadium. The bidding runs through Friday. The highest bid will be updated regularly on the bidding page (http://uamsports.com/sb_output.aspx?-form=17), where interested parties can also place bids. The winning bidder will be granted naming rights of the tailgate row area for one-year, subject to approval from the university. For more information or to place a bid by phone, contact Asso-ciate Athletic Director Brian Ramsey at 870-460-1574.UAPB receives historic grant from NCAA
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is celebrating a feat never before accomplished by its athletics program—the winning of a major grant from the National Collegiate Athletics Association that will vastly improve the level of academic support that it will be able to extend to its student-athletes. The grant, known as the Accel-erating Academic Success Program, is a comprehensive, multi-year award dispersed over a period of three years. UAPB is one of just three schools nationally which had its application for the grant ap-proved and one of just two athletics programs that were awarded the maximum amount of $900,000. Southern University, like UAPB a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, was awarded a $900,000 AASP grant. Morgan State University, a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, was awarded $887,700. Lonza Hardy Jr., UAPB’s director of athletics said the initiatives of UA-PB’s AASP grant application—the brainchild of Student-Athlete Academic Services Director Kimberly Evans—include four initia-tives which should aid the athletics program as it works to make sure that UAPB student-athletes continue to pace their non-athlete counterparts in academic achievement. The initiatives include: In-stallation of a Student-Athlete Academic Center at the J. Thomas May Field House, hiring of additional academic counselors and tu-tors and the purchase of computer hardware and software; funding to increase the number of student-athletes who will be able to attend the Lions’ summer bridge program; a degree completion and schol-arship program that will assist students who will need additional time to earn their degrees after their playing eligibility has expired; and professional development that will provide funds for members of the academic support staff to take advantage of opportunities that would help them to better assist student-athletes. Schools eligible to apply for the AASP comprehensive multi-year grant program are non-Football Bowl Subdivision Division I schools in the bottom 10 percent of resources as determined by per capita institutional expen-ditures, athletics department funding and Pell Grant aid. In addition to the three universities which have been awarded the multi-year grants, six other universities have been awarded single-year grants. Combined with the multi-year grants, a total of $3.1 million is being dispersed to the nine schools by the NCAA. For UAPB, the AASP grant comes just four months after the athletics program received a $315,000 grant from the NCAA which is being used to assist with academic support, promotions and athletics training services. This year alone, the athletics program at UAPB has generated more than $1.2 million to better serve its student-athletes.Lawson joins elite company
Six-time NCAA champion Jarrion Lawson joined two Univer-sity of Arkansas track and fi eld legends, Mike Conley (1983) and Erick Walder (1997), in the history books on Saturday evening in London, becoming the third Razorback to ever medal in the long jump at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships. Lawson fi nished in second place in front of a sellout crowd. His best mark of the day (8.44 meters/27 feet, 8.25 inches) was a mere four centimeters behind South African world champion Luvo Manyonga. A chronological order of Arkansas’ oth-er podium fi nishers at the World Championships is: 1983—Conley (long jump; bronze); 1987—Conley (triple jump; silver) and Rod-die Haley (4x400 relay; gold); 1991—Conley (triple jump; bronze); 1993—Conley (triple jump; gold); 1997—Walder (long jump; sil-ver); 2005—Wallace Spearmon Jr. (200 meters; silver); 2007—Ty-son Gay (100, 200 and 4x100 relay; all gold) and Spearmon (200; bronze and 4x100 relay; gold); and 2009—Gay (100; silver) and Spearmon (200; bronze). Lawson was arguably the most consistent jumper in the fi eld with fi ve out of six attempts in the mid 27-foot range. The world silver medalist will close out his season in Europe later this month at the Muller Grand Prix in Birmingham, England (Aug. 20) and at the fi nal Diamond League meeting in Zurich, Swit-zerland (Aug. 23).
SPORTS BRIEFS
and East Central University last fall and had two other games decided by seven points or less.
Aside from the 6-foot-3, 210-pound Tolliver, who led the league in receiving touchdowns (14), receiving yards (1,090), re-ceptions (69), receptions per game (6.3) and receiving yards per game (99.1) a year ago, UAM has plenty of other weapons returning. Junior quarterback Cole Sears (6-3, 220) and Monticello’s own Imani Riley (5-9, 200), a junior running back, are both back to more than comple-ment Tolliver.
Sears threw for 2,972 yards and had 24 passing touchdowns while Riley rushed for 611 yards and fi ve rushing touchdowns. Beyond those three, Jackson’s cupboard is anything but bare with the likes of senior wide receiver Trevon Smith (6-2, 195), who had almost 500 yards receiving in the latter part of the season, and sophomore running back Deountario Brown (5-9, 180), who was UAM’s second leading rusher, also back.
The defense boasts several re-turning starters, as well. The Wee-vils’ leading tackler from last fall, senior linebacker Ja’lon Watts (5-9, 190), sophomore defensive back Christian Jefferson (6-0, 180) and senior linebacker Wesley Williams (5-10, 220) are all back to leads UAM’s stop troops in 2017.
Watts recorded 66 tackles and 11.5 tackles for loss last year, Jef-ferson fi nished with 59 tackles and one interception, and Williams had 55 tackles and one interception.
Jackson had 52 returning letter-men, six offensive starters and sev-en defensive starters among the 118 players he greeted on the fi rst day
of practice Monday. Among that group are 22 seniors.
Around the GAC, the Muleriders bring back 12 All-GAC performers. Quarterback Barrett Renner, run-ning back Michael Nunnery and tight end Tanner Hudson all earned All-GAC second-team honors. Ren-ner registered his second consecu-tive 3,000-yard season and threw for 27 touchdowns. Nunnery rushed for 1,110 yards and 12 touchdowns while Hudson caught 48 passes for 763 yards and scored nine times. He also ranked third in the GAC with a 41.9 average as punter.
With Jonathan Weisheit and Karonce Higgins joining Hudson, SAU returns its top three receiv-ers. The Mulerider defense features fi rst-team All-GAC tackle Travis William and second-team lineback-ers Corey Jenkins, Malik Preston and Stacy Lawrence.
Harding, which rolled through the conference with an 11-0 record a year ago, became the fi rst GAC pro-gram to advance to the quarterfi nals of the NCAA Division II playoffs.
The Bisons’ 13-1 fi nish was the most wins ever by a collegiate team in Arkansas. They return 11 starters, including eight on offense. They must replace GAC Player of the Year Park Parish and Defensive Player of the Year Trevon Biglow. The Bisons also have new leader-ship as Paul Simmons replaces the retired Ronnie Huckeba.
Henderson State brings back their two quarterbacks, Andrew Black and Evan Lassiter, who combined
for 3,249 yards and 21 touchdowns. Jeremy Wilson tallied 10 rushing touchdowns as a freshman. On defense, the Reddies feature Sam Johnson, who ranked second in the conference with 6.0 sacks and Cam-eron Sonnier, whose 15.0 TFL also placed second in the league.
Those three teams were the only squads to earn more than 100 points in the poll—and just four points separated the three. SAU ended up with 110, Harding with 107 and Henderson with 106.
The rest of the poll was Ouachi-ta, fourth with 90 points; South-eastern Oklahoma State University, fi fth with 82; and Arkansas Tech University, sixth with 80. The re-mainder of the teams were marked-ly below that point total.
Southwestern Oklahoma was seventh with 60 points, followed by UAM with 44. Northwestern Okla-homa State University fi nished ninth with 40 points, and East Cen-tral (10th, 38), Oklahoma Baptist (11th, 24) and Southern Nazarene (12th, 11) rounded out the group.
Ouachita features GAC Fresh-man of the Year Allie Freeman, who amassed 1,416 all-purpose yards—third amongst all Division II freshmen. Ouachita also returns the running back tandem of Kris Oliver and Shun’cee Thomas, who combined for 1,372 yards and 16 rushing touchdowns.
Southeastern Oklahoma went 7-4 but must replace Ronnie Green, who in 2016 set the league’s sin-gle-season rushing record, and
Devlon Wortham, who fi nished as the GAC’s all-time leading rusher. The Savage Storm must also re-place Raheem Wilson, a fi rst-team All-America defensive back. The Wonder Boys fi nished with a 6-5 record to post consecutive winning seasons for the fi rst time since three straight from 2004-06.
Southwestern Oklahoma re-turns Karltrell Henderson, who has rushed for 28 touchdowns in his fi rst two seasons with the Bulldogs, including 17 last year. Northwest-ern Oklahoma’s Horatio Smith hauled in nine touchdown recep-tions and totaled a GAC-leading 1,495 all-purpose yards. Oklahoma Baptist brings back Isaiah Mallory, a fi rst-team All-GAC running back who gained 1,083 yards and scored nine touchdowns.
Once again, all GAC games will be against conference foes. UAM opens the 2017 season at home Southwestern Oklahoma at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 at Willis “Con-voy” Leslie Cotton Boll Stadium.
The league season opens on Thursday, Aug. 31 with a quartet of games, headlined by Harding host-ing Henderson State and SAU vis-iting Arkansas Tech. The opening night also features Northwestern Oklahoma traveling to Ouachita and Southeastern Oklahoma facing Southern Nazarene.
On Sept. 2, the other game be-sides UAM-Southwestern will be East Central taking on Oklahoma Baptist as part of the ESPN3/Divi-sion II Football Showcase.
long as it is not in its own bag. Fans may also place those items within their clear bag, as long as they are not contained in an additional container.
• If certain items need to be brought into the stadium for medical reasons won’t fi t in the clear bag, what do fans do?
Fans needing to carry a bag for required med-ical supplies or devices will need to go through the bag-check line at their entry gate for a thor-ough screening of the bags and the medical items. The person requiring these supplies or de-vices must accompany the bag at all times. Med-ical exception bags will be tagged once cleared through security.
• Are all purses prohibited? No. Small clutch purses, with or without a
handle or strap, that do not exceed 4.5x6.5 (the size of the palm of a hand), are permitted along with either the 12x6x12 clear tote bag or the one-gallon freezer bag. Fans are encouraged not
to bring any bags, but the policy has been cre-ated to balance fan needs with improved public safety and convenience.
• What about bringing blankets in cold weath-er?
Fans will be able to bring blankets by carry-ing them over a shoulder or arm or within an approved clear bag. However, blankets must be removed from the clear bag for security inspec-tion.
• What happens if fans show up at the gate with a bag that is not permitted?
Fans carrying bags that do not comply with the Clear Bag Policy will be asked to return their bags to their vehicle and transfer their belong-ings to an approved clear bag before entering the stadium.
• May fans leave a bag or unwanted items outside the stadium rather than returning them to vehicles?
No, the University of Arkansas is not respon-sible for any item left outside the stadium gates upon entry. For security reasons, fans should ex-pect that items left outside the stadium will be removed and discarded.
• Can fans bring a non-clear bag if it fi ts inside the approved clear bag?
No. The only permitted non-clear bags are small clutches no bigger than 4.5x6.5. Clutches, purses and wallets larger than that are prohibit-ed. Fans may transfer the contents of a non-ap-proved bag that is larger than 4.5x6.5 into an approved clear bag to bring into the stadium, but they may not place the entire non-permissible bag itself into a clear bag.
• Have any of the prohibited Items changed as well, along with this new bag policy?
Yes, the Prohibited Items list is reviewed an-nually and updated to remain current with the changing trends in fan safety and security. For a complete list of permissible and prohibited items, visit the Arkansas Razorback Football Fan Guide at ArkansasRazorbacks.com.
• Will this policy affect the ability of fans to tailgate, and are there limitations on tailgating items?
No. The Clear Bag Policy does not pertain to tailgating areas. For complete information on tailgating, visit ArkansasRazorbacks.com Game Day Information Page.
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WILLIAMSWATTSTOLLIVERSEARSRILEYJEFFERSON
Now, the elder Tolin joins his seventh hall of fame. Bartlesville, Okla. Athletic Hall of Fame will induct him on Nov. 11, complet-ing his coaching resume—for now.
Tolin is already in the:• Norman, Okla. High School Hall of
Fame, • Oklahoma Baptist University Athletic
Hall of Fame, • Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Associa-
tion Hall of Fame, • East Central University Athletic Hall of
Fame,
• National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame, and the
• Oklahoma Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
He went to high school in Bartlesville before returning home to coach at Sooner High.
He eventually was hired as the head men’s basketball coach at Oklahoma Baptist, lead-ing his squad to the NAIA Division I cham-pionship game three times, winning the championship in 2010.
Tolin posted a 402-120 coaching record during his 14 years at Oklahoma Baptist. Overall, he has coached in 15 postseason tournaments—14 straight NAIA champion-ship tournaments while at Oklahoma Baptist and this past season with the Boll Weevils in
the NCAA Central Region Tournament. He accumulated 741 career wins as a head
coach, with NAIA national runner-up finish-es in 2002 and 2012, one final four finish and five elite eight finishes, as well as six conference championships. Tolin is a four-time conference Coach of the Year and the 2010 NAIA Nationl Coach of the Year.
During his tenure in Shawnee, Okla., he recruited and coached three NAIA national players of the year, 13 NAIA All-America honorees and seven conference players of the year.
Prior to taking over at Oklahoma Bap-tist, he won 335 games in 22 years as a head coach at four different high schools in Oklahoma, including leading Norman High School to the 1999 state championship.
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Water intake critical in hot weather; know the signs of dehydration
CHARLESBRIDWELLARKANSASOUTDOORS
Humans are largely made up of water, roughly 70 percent. It varies, of course, based on many factors. Water is lost by perspiration, respiration (breathing) and elimination. Men average around 58-60 percent water, women a bit more and babies average 75-78 percent.
Water fl ushes toxins from the body, but also carries away minerals essential for life. When these levels fall too low, we get sick and can die. Sports drinks are loaded with minerals balanced for athletes engaged in strenuous activity, helping maintain balance. They should not be consumed otherwise, as they can cause an excess.
Our bodies are like a car; keep the radiator full and it will continue to function. Let the water get low, and you’re asking for problems. It’s especial-ly true in hot, humid weather. How can you know when your body is dehydrated and low on water? Watch for these 10 warning signs:
• Dark urine: The kidneys sense dehy-dration, and attempt to store water instead of
fl ushing the system. Toxins are concentrat-ed and become more visible. Dark, yellow urine is an early, foolproof indicator of dehydration. Immediate water intake is required.
• Dizziness: If you become suddenly dizzy, especially upon standing, it’s a sign your body may be low on water.
• Cramps: When muscles run low on essentials like potassium or sodium, the result is painful cramping. Sports drinks help avoid this condition.
• Fatigue/confusion: Muscles and the brain cannot function properly when low on water, and the blood is less capable of carrying oxygen to cells.
• Skin: Doctors routinely do a “pinch test” on patients. Normally hydrated skin regains its shape quickly. Dehydrated skin takes longer.
• Heart rate: A pounding, racing heart-beat indicates your body is struggling to deliver essentials to the cells.
• Overheating: Like the thermostat in your car, your system will overheat without suffi cient water. A temperature greater than 103 degrees Fahrenheit is life threatening.
• Constipation: As the body tries to store
water, less is allowed to leave. This results in dry, hard stools which can be diffi cult to eliminate.
• Tears: A lack of tears or eyes that feel dry can signal insuffi cient water.
• Thirst: Though not as reliable an indi-cator, extreme thirst and a swollen tongue are signals of dehydration.
Soldiers carry about two quarts of water on their packs, sometimes more. Water weighs about eight pounds per gallon, so around a pound per pint. Consider that they carry what’s essential to their safety and performance and you’ll realize the im-portance of carrying, and drinking enough water; especially when spending time in the summer heat.The loss of a dog
One of my good friends lost his dog last week. It was a big, black Labrador Retriever with lots of sense and oodles of drive. It has been my pleasure to watch this dog work a few times and he was always a marvel to behold.
Men tease and joke how little blue-haired ladies dote on their lap dogs, but I’ve seen grown men cry in the fi eld when a dog was lost. One of my best dogs, a yellow Lab named Jake, got run over on Easter morning more than 20 years ago. I buried him in a shady spot, thanked God for allowing me to have such a dog and bawled like a baby.
Losing a dog is losing a friend. Dogs give us unconditional love and don’t care much how we treat them. They love us anyway. But they’re much more than the recipient of our affection. A good dog is company and companionship, a family pet, guardian of the home and children, and the automatic dropped-food disposal unit. They are a constant source of joy, entertainment and a large dose of humor.
For the hunter, a dog is much more. He’s a fi ne-tuned wildlife locator and retrieval unit, and more of a hunting partner than a tool. He’s companionship in the blind, boat and truck, and warmth on a really cold day. Some will keep watch behind the hunter, letting him know when birds are coming.
We can’t replace lost dogs. Good ones seldom live 10 years—and the best seem to die young. We honor them in our memo-ries, conversations and photos while we get busy living. There have been some great dogs in my life, and I’ve often wondered why God gave them such short lives.
Perhaps it is to teach us the value of life, friendship and joy; and to ease us gently
into a realization of the pain of death, loss and separation that will one day affect us all. Dogs teach us to live while we can, romp in the sun and the rain, and love without qualifi cation. And they make us laugh and cause our heart to soar when we most need their friendship.
The only cure for a lost dog is a pup. It’s not a betrayal of our love for our dog, it’s just the natural progression; turning another chapter in our lives. We can cry some, and thank God that our lives have been blessed to include the love of a really good dog. Get a pup, though, and we’ll soon be telling him about his forerunner, and what we expect. In time, something wonderful happens. He will become our dog, and all will be well again; at least for a precious, short time.Free permit needed for WMAs
The Arkansas Game and Fish Com-mission wants to get to know you better, especially if you enjoy one of the many wildlife management areas around the state. People who hunt, trap, fi sh or boat on WMAs are now required to obtain a free General Use WMA Permit through the Commission’s license system. The permit may be obtained online at https://ar-web.s3licensing.com, at any license vendor or by calling 800-364-4263. It can be added as a code to your existing license or obtained on its own.
According to Brad Carner, chief of wildlife management for the AGFC, the purpose of the license is to be able to fi nd out exactly how many people are using the public lands the AGFC manages and what outdoors pursuits they enjoy while on the areas.
“Historically we have done vehicle counts at popular WMAs, but this permit will allow us to get much more accurate data on WMA usage,” Carner said.
The permit is an expansion of the Sweet 16 Permits introduced in 2012. The permit portion of the program was intended to gather more information about hunter use and satisfaction on some of the more popular wildlife management areas in the state. Other portions of that program included modifi cations to antler-point restrictions, increased data collection to monitor herd health and habitat usage in deer and disease monitoring.
“One of the greatest benefi ts we saw from the permits was the ability reach out and ask our hunters and anglers about proposed regulations and information
they needed to know before going to the WMA,” Carner said. “The free permit required an email address, so we could let hunters who frequented some WMAs know if roads were closed or if deer season on the area had been shut down because of fl ooding. We also were able to survey hunters on many proposed regulations.”
One example of the Commission using this contact information in the regula-tions-setting process was the reintroduc-tion of the spinning-wing decoy ban on WMAs. Biologists surveyed duck hunters using Sweet 16 Permit information to fi nd out how many hunters were actually using the decoys and how they felt about the proposed change.
“We want to use every means possible to reach out to hunters and anglers on an area,” Carner said. “And these new per-mits give us the ability to do that without the burden on hunters to fi ll out daily pass-es and other methods of data collection.” (AGFC Press Services) Online test available for boating education
Boaters looking for a Boating Education course near them now have the option to take the complete course and test online, from the comfort of their own home.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commis-sion has offered an online course option for many years, but participants were required to print a certifi cate at home and go to a testing site near them to complete their test. Thanks to recent legislation, the requirement of a proctored, in-person exam has been lifted to make it easier for people to get on Arkansas’ waters and stay safe while doing so.
“If you pass the test, you will receive a temporary voucher to print until your permanent card arrives in the mail,” said Alex Hinson, AGFC Boating Education coordinator. “The online option is admin-istered by Kalkomey, who handles boating and hunter education for many states, and is customized to fi t Arkansas’s boating laws.”
While convenient, the online option does cost a small fee. Kalkomey collects $24.50 for the online course.
The AGFC still offers, and recom-mends, free in-person classes for boater education. Classes last a six hours, which can be completed in two nights or a full day, depending on the course scheduled.
“I personally feel that people get a lot more out of the in-person classes, especial-
ly younger students,” Hinson said. “There’s just more opportunity to have questions answered and clear up anything that a per-son might be confused about. But the new option is defi nitely more convenient.”
Anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1986 and of legal age to operate a motorboat or sailboat, must have successfully complet-ed an approved boating education course and carry proof while operating a motor-boat or sailboat on Arkansas waters.
To operate a motorboat powered by an engine of 10 horsepower or more, a person must be 12 or older, or be under the direct supervision of a person at least 18. To op-erate a personal watercraft, a person must be 16 or older, be 12 to 15 years old and under the direct supervision of someone at least 18. People younger than 12 may only operate a personal watercraft while under the direct supervision of someone at least 21.
Visit www.agfc.com/boatered for more information about Boater Education in Arkansas. (AGFC Press Services)Sugarloaf Lake set for fall drawdown
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commis-sion will lower the water level of Sugar-loaf Lake following the Labor Day Hol-iday (Sept. 5). The drawdown will lower the lake’s water level by three to fi ve feet and should last until mid-winter.
Drawdowns are important tools for fi sh-ery management because they congregate baitfi sh away from dense shoreline cover, so sport fi sh may feed upon them. This increases the growth rates of sport fi sh such as bass and crappie.
Drawdowns also allow landowners to complete AGFC-approved land-use projects around the lake. Landowners with lots adjacent to AGFC property are reminded that you must have an approved permit application (available in the AGFC Land Use Policy at https://www.agfc.com/en/enforcement/land-use-policy) before beginning construction of any new structures on AGFC property. During the drawdown, no vehicles or heavy machin-ery are allowed on the lake bottom.
In the future, drawdowns will be con-ducted at Sugar Loaf Lake on a fi ve-year rotation, with the next drawdown sched-uled for 2022.
If you have questions or wish to obtain a printed copy of the AGFC Land Use Pol-icy, please call the Russellville Regional Offi ce at 877-967-7577 and ask to speak with Frank Leone. (AGFC Press Services)
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thew Davis, Conway; Paul De-loney, Texarkana; Ryan Dewey, Cabot; Tony Dinger, De Queen; Mark Fielding, Horatio; Mi-chael Foster, Hope;
Michael Hale, Mineral Springs; Ashley Hale, Nash-ville; Justin Harman, Texarka-na; Charles Hines, Texarkana; Daniel Hollinger, Conway; Jeremy Jeane, Texarkana; Aaron Lawrence, Texarkana; Samuel Leamons, Arkadel-phia; Charles Mattox, El Do-rado; Taylor Moody, Hope; Phillip Neill, Magnolia; Bri-an Ratliff, Conway; Martin Siems, Scott; and Marlin Ter-ry, Ashdown.
• Zone 1 (Dr. Lester Sitzes III, Bois D’Arc Wildlife Man-agement Area): John Call, Ward; and Jimmy Perkins, Lonoke.
• Zone 1 (Lake Erling): Seth Jean, Magnolia.
• Zone 1 (Little River): La-kota Hoover, Murfreesboro; and Amy Miller, Hope.
• Zone 1 (Millwood Lake): Cynthia Blankenship, Ash-down; Elizabeth Chastain, Malvern; Kenneth Crumpton, Texarkana; George Dixon, Magnolia; Cody Friday, Ash-down; Jason Glass, Taylor; Philip Redfearn, Ashdown; Beau Redfearn, Texarkana; Leslie Smithpeters, Arkadel-
phia; Marvin Weido, Magnolia; Ryan Whitlow, Foreman; Randi Young, Texarkana; and Demar-ius Zacarias, Van Buren.
• Zone 3 (private land at-large): Christopher Beller, Batesville; Rodney Chastain, Jonesboro; Brian Corcoran, Bella Vista; Richard Craw-ford, Paragould; Kyle Elkins, Fayetteville; Richard Gore, Little Rock; Michael Hill, Little Rock; Brooks Joseph, Conway;
Andrew Ligon, Stuttgart; Paul Lovell, Mountainburg; Michael McFadden, Lonoke; Patrick McGarity, Sheridan; Christopher Morgan, Stutt-gart; Andrew Norwood, Lit-tle Rock; Hunter Thomasson, Fayetteville; Burtis Walker, Paragould; and Paul Williams, Rogers.
• Zone 3 (Lower Arkan-sas River Wetland Complex): David Gates, Newport; Mi-chael Gillion, Beebe; Jor-dan Gosverner, Roland; Steven Isom, Greenbrier; Donovan McFadden, Roland; Ian McReynolds, Jonesboro; William Monagle, Little Rock; Arthur Pattin, Raven-den Springs; Hannah Smith, Marion; Louie Smith, Marion; and Ronald Tedford, Rogers.
• Zone 3 (Mercer Bayou/Sulphur River WMA): Jesse Howard, Jonesboro; Zach-ary Kiser, Fayetteville; and Chirstina Shaw, Vilonia.
— AGFC Press Services contributed to this story
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Waterfowlers can never have enough gear at their disposalBY WADE BOURNE
Ducks UnlimitedIt never hurts to be prepared
when duck hunting. Following is a somewhat random list of gear hunters should always keep handy while waterfowling. Obviously, different items will be applicable in different hunting situations. But any of them could help save the day on the next duck hunting trip.
• Camo netting. I keep a large section rolled up and stuffed in a tote bag for hiding hunters, dogs, boats, ATVs, etc. I prefer mili-tary-issue camo strips stapled onto heavy string netting. This type of camoufl age can be purchased at most military surplus stores.
• GPS. This device can lead a
freelance hunter to the “X” and get him back to the truck when the hunt is over. Some prefer the Bushnell BackTrack, a simple three-way-point device that’s the size of a hockey puck.
• Multi-tool. Knife, screwdriver, punch, fi le, and pliers all in one—these practical gadgets allow you to carry the equivalent of a small toolbox on your hip or in your blind bag.
• Life jackets. Each hunter in a boat is required to have his or her own Coast Guard–approved per-sonal fl otation device, and each hunter should be required to wear it when the boat is under way. Life jackets save lives.
• Headlamp. A headlamp leaves
your hands free for handling a boat and decoys or toting gear to the blind in the pre-dawn darkness.
• Cell phone. Most hunters car-ry them—for good reason. A cell phone can be a lifeline in medical emergencies, and can help you out of a jam if a boat motor quits or a truck gets stuck. Carry the phone in a resealable plastic bag to keep moisture out.
• Marsh seat. These portable seats are compact, lightweight,
and sturdy—great for taking a load off when hunting in marshes and fi elds.
In short, when it comes to gear, hunters should carry what they think they’ll need—and then take along extras. Shells, calls, batter-ies, hand warmers, snacks, decoy string, toilet paper, fi rst-aid kit, etc. Keep a “possibles bag” stocked with such extras, too. It’s amazing how many times that bag will be used for replacements each season.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Fight HungerHope Place of Monticello in-vites our community to drop off non-perishable food donations. We are open to receive donations Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday from 9:30am-4:30pm. Suggested items: Pasta, Peanut Butter, Rice, Beans, Soup, Canned Meats, Canned Fruits & Vegetables, Mac&Cheese, Cereal, Juice and Boxed Meals. 103 North Main, Monticello. TFN
Historical Preservation Funds Needed For
Enon SchoolFunds are needed for the mainte-nance of Enon’s 2-room school-house located at 2474 Highway 35E outside of Monticello. Any donation amount will be greatly appreciated to keep the legacy alive and well. For more infor-mation on how to help preserve Enon’s schoolhouse or to make a donation contact, James Jarrett at 870-367-3765. TFN
CASA of the 10th Judicial District is seeking volunteer advocates and board members. To find out how you can help a child in need, please contact (870) 367-9449. TFN
Monticello 2nd Chancefurdogs is in need of supplies: Dog pens, kennels and crates, dog houses, 20x20 plastic tarps, dog feeders, dog and puppy food ALWAYS needed. If you would like to do-nate, please contact: [email protected] or call 870-224-2486. TFN
SEARK WILDLIFE REHABILITATION
Is a nonprofit permitted by AGFC, Available 24/7 to help Arkansas wildlife. For more information check out https://m.facebook.com/SEARKWildlifeRehabilitation or call Brandy Williams (870) 623-2509. Donations are accepted to help defray the cost of rehabilita-tion. TFN
Booth #5 at Trinkets and Trea-sures located inside Discount Merchandise on the square in Monticello has several mark-downs including Scentsy, girls clothes, ect. Come check out the reduced prices and the newly add-ed items. coming soon: Teachers corner, collectibles figurines, girls winter clothes, sizes 5-10. Don’t see what you want you want, Please Call: 870-723-3700. 9 /2 TFN
APARTMENTS
Lively Branch & Meadowview
ApartmentsOffering 2 Great Locations in Mon-ticello 1&2 Bedroom Apartments, Very nice, Spacious, All Appliances Furnished, Washer/Dryer optional, Carpet/Laminate Flooring. Leasing Information Contact: Lively Realty Co., Inc. 870-534-2251/870-941-9008. BRAND NEW UNITS AVAIL-ABLE. TFN
PARKHILL APARTMENTS
1 and 2 Bedrooms, CH/A. All elec-tric, water paid. Call 367-6241 from 9 am to 5 pm. TFN
Weevil Run Apart-ments
Choose 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom or 1 bedroom, 1 bath. All feature stove, refrigerator and dishwasher, hook-up for washer/dryer. Adjacent to UAM campus. 870-723-4943 or 870-723-2342. TFN
Kitchen Remodeling: white Ken-more electric set in stove oven 28hx31wx25.5 deep, $100.00. Cream dishwasher Kenmore $100.00, Kitchen faucet $20.00, 3 under-cabinet fl uorescent lights 38x3, $10.00 for all 3, one 48” fl u-orescent light,$12.00. Call Nancy 870-367-959. 4tpd 8/30
For Sale: Refrigerator and chest freezer $115.00 each. call 479-270-2662. 4tpd 8/26
AUTO
2000 Lincoln Continental, 4 door all electric, good driving. $2,200 or best offer. Can be seen in Monticel-lo. Call 870-367-7870. 7/12 4tpd
2003 Kia Sorento, Perfect Condi-tion, New Ac, $3,500Call 870-723-2494 or 870-723-0612. 8/16 4tc
AUTO REPAIR
East EndTransmission
Transmission and general auto repair. All the latest computer di-agnostic equipment and training for todays electronic transmission. 17 years experience. 1850 Hwy 278 E Monticello Ar. (870) 367-3222. TFN
AUTO SALVAGE
Buying Junk Cars!! Sat/Sun only cash in your hand. We pay cash on the spot and haul the car away free all you do is take the cash. Any Model or make. Mr. Johnny 870-460-5399. 10/21 12tpd
WE BUY JUNK CARS
We buy Junk Cars, Running Cars and will haul them away for you. Contact (870)723-9698 or (662)303-4476. TFN
BOATS
2015 boat, moter, and trailer. 15’alu-ma craft boat, live well, storage on both sides, carpet. 20hp Yamaha 4 stroke electric start, lots of power. Foot controlled trolling motor. New price 12,000. Asking 8,500. Call 870-723-6674. 8/19 4tpd
CAMPER
Nice Bumper pull camper for sale, 4 new tires, sway bars, selling due to illness. $3,500. Call 870-723-2494 or 870-723-0612. 8/16 4tc
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CARS
Want to buy a nice clean Chevy or GMC reg cab truck in $10,000 or $12,000 price rang. Call 870-500-
8515. 4tpd 8/26
CHILD CARE
Good Shepherd 203 E. Trotter Avenue, Monticello (870)460-0503 Educational child care, after school care and summer programs. Open Saturdays from 7 am to 5 pm. Come in for a free trial day and see what makes us different. 50% off fi rst week. We are bilingual and accept vouchers. TFN
COMM. PROPERTY
2,950 sq ft. commercial building in high traftic area. Great location. Excellent for offi ces, apartments, business. Close to banks, atms, and restaurants. $79K. Call 870-723-1904. 8/12 4tc
Two offi ces for rent. One stand alone offi ce on Gaines St and one offi ce in Bulloch Real Estate build-ing on Highway 425 South. Contact Bulloch Real Estate at 870-367-6806. 8/30 4tc
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GARAGE SALE
Multiple family yard sale Saturday Aug 12 7am ?. 245 Browning dr if raining, 262 Browning. 1tpd 8/12
Garage Sale in Wilmar - 2475 Hwy 278 West. Call before you come - 870-469-5539. Metal cabinets, shelves, 4 wooden school chairs, a little bit of everything. 4tc 8/19
HELP WANTED
Bicycle maintenance person or someone to do light maintenace on a bicycle. Call 870-723-3534. 8/26
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Carpentry & internship. Hardwork-ing individual skilled in carpentry. Will train if needed. Call Gene Cot-ter at 870-299-3550 if interested. Location: Little Rock, AR. 4tc 8/19
DriversDedicated Opening! Excellent Home-time! Paid Orientation! Low-cost Insurance, Paid Holiday’s, PTO, 401(K), and More! Have your Class-A. Call Averitt Today: 855-280-0910. 2tpd 8/9
DODGE SERVICE TECH
Needed: Certifi ed Dodge Tech-nician, Level 2 or above desired. Competitive pay, good benefi ts, growing dealership. 870-367-4343 or email: [email protected] TFN
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HOMES FOR RENT
Taking applications. Two bed-rooms, 1.5 bath, living room, dining room and kitchen. Double carport with storage. Central heat and air. Fenced in backyard. $500 rent, $500 deposit. No house pets. Call 870-723-1301. 4tc 8/26
3 bedroom 1 bath house for rent. 611 E Pauline Street in Monticel-lo. References and application required, $450/month Call or Text Don with questions or to view. 870-723-3333. 8/26 4tc
HOMES FOR SALE
21141 Hwy 425 South 3 Bedrooms, 3 baths, den with fi replace, 2 car garage, gazebo with heat and air, 2 brick storage buildings, storm cellar located on 3 acres. And 2027 Alexander Road, Star city Ar 71667 3 bathroom 2 bath 10 years old open fl oor plan 20x30 workshop Star Cith School District Located
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on 5.6 acres. For information con-tact Frances Harper Real Estate: e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.francesharper-realestate.com. 870-628-5286. 4tc 8/30
Home and Land For Sale: Lots of Merchandise as well. Call 870-469-5539. 8/12 4tc
In city Limits!! 3 bedroom/2bath on 2.2 acres. With all appliances, some updates, can be seen at 193 Tracy Dr. Asking $125,000. Call 870-723-1473. 8/8 4tpd
REDUCED20 acres with 2,156 sqft double wide located on Hwy 35 East, one mile past fairgrounds. This spacious 4 bedroom, 3 bath home, in very good condition. Has an open fl oor plan and an attached 2 car carport with storage room. If interested call 870-723-3470. 9/2 4tpd
For Sale – 502 North Main Historic Register, 2 story 4776sq ft. plus attic, porches, barn & 2 car garage w of-fi ce $140K See www.502northmain.com. 870-723-9116 Orrell Auctions & Real Estate PLLC. 8/30 4tc
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LAND FOR SALE
Greenfi eld Rd. 109 acres of 15 year old Oak trees Located in East Lincoln County. Trees have a CRP Contract. For information contact Frances Harper Real Estate: e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.francesharperreales-tate.com. 870-628-5286. 4tc 8/30
2 tracts on Lambent Road. 31 acres and, 22 acres across road form each other. Section 3, township 14 range 8 Bulloch Real Estate. Call 870-367-6806. 8/23 4tc
4 to 8 acre tracks located at Lac-ey owner fi nancing with low down payment. Call Dale Donham at 870-692-3557 or go to www.donham-land.com 8/26 TFN
4 TO 12 ACRES FOR SALE$3500/acre, rural water, electricity, lots of trees, Drew County, Ladelle area, owner fi nancing available. 870-723-4996. TFN
LOST & FOUND
Found on Bowser Rd July 18. To claim, you must have info that I can
clarify! Call 870-510-3375. 4tf 8/19
MISCELLANEOUS
Pink Hoverboard still in box. $400
Call 870-543-9568. 8/12 2tf
Wanted house to rent. By retired singe man. Prefer nice clean place out of town. Call 870-500-8515. 8/12 1tpd
Selling a Prentice log loader mount-ed behind the cab on a MACK CH model Truck, $8000. Also, wanting to buy all types of timber and tim-berland. Top prices. 870-692-1152. TFN
Perkins Farm Supply (870) 367-5257 Pellet, wood & natu-ral gas stoves and fi replace inserts. Sales, Service & Installation. [email protected] 1266 Old Warren Rd. TFN
MOBILE HOME LOTS
Two mobile home sites at Midway Heights Mobile Home Park, “Mon-ticello’s Friendliest Mobile Home Community”, 132 Midway Route. $200 per month. Call Ray Ryburn Real Estate, (870) 367-5524 or (870) 723-7983. TFN
MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT
3Bedroom, 2 bath Moble home Locat-ed in the quiet Cominto community. $375 monthly $ 300 deposit. Water and trash paid. Call 870-732-2364 4tpd 9/2
For Sale or Rent: 2 bedroom moble home in the country, large screened in back porch, $300 a month or $3,000 cash on sale. 870-460-0068. 8/23 4tc
For Rent: 1 bedroom/1bath mobile home on large shade lot 8 miles North 425 $350 month $200 deposit. And a 3 bedroom/2bath for $400 month $200 deposit. Call 870-367-2935. 4tc 8/23
MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE
House on the Prairie: 1,500 sq ft. 4 bedroom, 2 bath, with utility room, big open kitchen and dining with pantry, nice livging room with gas fi replace, carprot with concrete pad. All on 2 acres. Call Bryon 870-723-5882 or Mariah 870-718-8556. 4tpd 8/19 2011 28x68 double wide mobile home sitting on 3 acres of land South 16 Section Road. 4 bedroom, 2 bath. In good condition. Comes with stainless steel appliances. If you are interested call 501-316-6248. 5/24 4tpd
PAGEANT DRESSES
For sale: Pageant dresses have 4 need gone very nice ones. text 870-543-9568. 8/12 2tf
PETS
Monticello 2nd Chance furdogs is in need of supplies: Dog pens, ken-nels and crates, dog houses, 20x20 plastic tarps, dog feeders, dog and puppy food ALWAYS needed. If you would like to donate, please contact: [email protected] or call 870-224-2486. TFN
PAWS Animal Shelter is in great need of dog food. If you can donate a bag or make a monetary donation call 460-0877 and leave a message or mail check to: PO Box 126, Mon-ticello, AR 71657. TFN
Post on our Facebook page de-signed to reunite missing pets in the Monticello/Drew County area with their owners! Monticello Lost Pet Network. TFN
PRODUCE
Hackett ProduceLocated at 178 and Hwy 35 inter-section toward Dermott. Cucumbers 4 for $1; Sweet Corn 4 ears for $1; Tomatoes $1 per pound; Squash .50 per pound; Jumbo Vidalia On-ions $1 each; watermelon, canta-loupes and other products. TFN
RV
1992 Prowler RV fi fth wheel for sale $1200. Great for camping. Call Nora Lucas at 901-267-9568. 8/12 4tpd
SERVICES
Adams Ice Cream and Vending Truck available for events and Par-ties. Call or text to schedule the Ice Cream Truck to come too your next party!!!! 870-224-3616. 4tc 8/30
ADL ConstructionRoofi ng, remodeling, free estimate, excellent prices, metal roofi ng, Call Dennis at 870-308-6001. 4tpd 8/26
Bailey’s Mobile Home Service
releveling, underpinning, etc. Call Dennis at 870-308-6001. 4tpd 8/26
B&T Mobile Home Transport & Service
18 years experience Licensed, Bonded & Insured. Call 870-370-
1717. 10/28 16tpd
A&M ConstructionMetal Roofi ng, Storm Damage Repair, Siding, Remodels, Fences, Room additions. Insured. Insurance Jobs Accepted. Matthew Burdan, 870-224-3154 or 870-224-3158. 4/15 10tpd
Need a Handyman?Flooring, roofi ng & repairs, clean gutters, build fences, painting, & back-splash, remodels, add ons, porches, carports, house level-ing and more. No job too big or too small. For all your handyman needs, call (870) 838-9683. TFN
For all your yard mowing and bush hogging needs. Call 870-723-5904. 8/19 4tpd
House and trailer washing, paint-ing, spray, brush or roll, interior or exterior. House, barn, tanks and blown textured ceiling. Call Bob Hackett at 870-224-5933. TFN
Scholarships guaranteed or your money back! Beware of scholarship “guarantees”. Before you pay for a search service, get the refund poli-cy in writing. Call the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-FTC-HELP to learn how to avoid scholarship scams. A message from The Ad-vance Monticellonian and the FTC.
SEWING MACHINE
Sears Kenmore Sewing Machine in cabinet plus assessories $75.00. Call 870-469-5616 1tpd 8/9
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JOB OPENING10TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUVENILE
COURT HAS A POSITION OPEN FOR JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER
FOR DREW AND BRADLEY COUNTYAccepting applications until
August 20, 2017
Send resume to:Juvenile Court, PO Box 50, McGehee, AR 71654
HELP WANTEDWE ARE GROWING!LPN’s & RN’s needed for ALL SHIFTS and WEEKENDS. Please apply in person at Trinity Village Medical Center, last
building on the right. No Phone Calls Please!
TRINITY VILLAGE
Applications will be accepted until August 11, 2017. Applications may be picked up at 168 West College, Monticello, AR 71655, or by accessing our website at www.advantageseark.org.
Job Opening Full-Time Paraprofessional
Discovery Children’s Center of MonticelloDiscovery Children’s Center has an opening for a full-time paraprofessional.
Qualifications: Applicants must have a high school diploma or GED and pass background checks. Childcare experience is preferred.
Advantages of Southeast Arkansas is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race,
color, creed, physical disability, national origin or religion.
Help WantedSecond Baptist Church
is now accepting applications for a part-time custodial position.
Applications are available
8-4, Monday-Friday.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2017• PAGE 7C | mymonticellonews.netADVANCE-MONTICELLONIAN
LegalsIN THE
CIRCUIT COURT OF
DREW COUNTY, ARKANSAS
PROBATE DIVISION
DIVISION 3RDIN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE OF CHARLES DA-VIS HICKAM, deceased
No. 22PR 2017-72-3
NOTICELAST KNOWN ADDRESS
OF DECENDENT:419 Greenhill RoadWilmar, AR 71675
DATE OF DEATH: October 30, 2015
On the 3 day of August, 2017, an Affi davit for Collection of Small Estate by Distributees was fi led with respect to the Estate of Charles David Hick-am, with the clerk of the Pro-bate Division of Circuit Court of Drew County, Arkansas, un-der Arkansas Code Ann. §28-41-101.The legal description of the
real property listed in the affi -davit is as follows:South Half of the North Half
of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (S1/2 N1/2 NE1/4 SE1/4) of Section 25, Township 13 South, Range 8 West, containing 10 acres of land, more or less.All person having claims
against the estate must exhibit them, properly verifi ed, to the distribute or his or her attorney within three (3) months from the date of the fi rst publication of this notice, or they shall be forever barred and precluded from any benefi t of the estate.The name, mailing address
and telephone number of the distributee’s attorney is R. Vic-tor Harper, 717 S Lincoln, Star City, Arkansas 71667, 870-628-4118.This notice fi rst published this
9th day of August, 2017.
/S/ R. VICTOR HARPERR. VICTOR HARPER
ATTORNEY FOR THE ESTATE
717 S. LINCOLNSTAR CITY, AR 71667
#92750 8/9-8/16mmm
IN THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF DREW COUNTY,
ARKANSASPROBATE DIVISION
DIVISION 3RDIN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE OF ELLA MERLE RODGERS HICKAM, de-ceased
No. PR-2017-73-3
NOTICE
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF DECEDENT:419 Greenhill RoadWilmar, AR 71675
DATE OF DEATH: May 23, 2017
On the 3rd day of August, 2017, an Affi davit for Collec-tion of Small Estate by Distrib-utee was fi led with respect to the Estate of Ella Merle Rod-gers Hickam, with the clerk of the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Drew Coun-ty, Arkansas, under Arkansas Code Ann. §28-41-101.The legal description of the
real property listed in the affi -
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14763 S. Nash, Alexander, AR
AUG. 19th @ 10 amSaline County- Estate of Terry Poe, 20 acres, 4000 sf 3 br 2.5 ba 75% complete very unique, High ceilings, open living areas. 2 car garage oversized & storage.
Personal Property: All kinds of wood for cabinetry and furniture, equipment, & contents of shop.
Old Bus and Ford fl atbed.“Pre-offers and bids WELCOME”
Shop - 3600 sq. ft + upstairs. RE :TERMS: $20,000 Certified Funds, Sold “as-is” by seller confirmation, closing 30 days or sooner.
For more info contact:
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
U.S. GOVERNMENTThe U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency in Lincoln
County (Star City), Arkansas is interested in leasing approximately 3,722 usable square feet of space. The rentable space shall yield a minimum
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The area to be considered for the Lincoln County USDA Farm Service
sustainability standards per the terms of the Lease.The expression of interest must be received by the USDA contact no
Send expression of interest to:
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OF AGRICULTURE
MONTICELLO SCHOOL DISTRICTDESTROYING
SPECIAL EDUCATION RECORDSThe Monticello School District has
announced that it will soon be destroying special education records for the
2011-2012 school years. Parents may obtain copies of their children’s records by calling
Erica Burnett or Nancy Early at 870-367-4000 by August 24, 2017.
Express Employment is back in the McGehee, Dumas,Monticello area taking applications for employment opportunities.Express will be taking applications at the
from10am to 1 pm and at the from 10am to 1pm. Applicants must have I-9 documentation that proves your identity and eligibility to work, and able to pass a drug screen. Come see us and get ready to go to work!!!
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Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative
Destruction of RecordsThe SE AR Education Cooperative, Early childhood/Special Education retains student records for up to six years. Records beyond six years will be destroyed ON October 27, 2017. Anyone wanting their child’s records should contact Michele Sadler, Early Childhood Coordinator, SE AR Education Cooperative, 1022 Scogin Drive; Monticello, AR 71655 at (870) 367-4816 BEFORE September 25, 2017.
NOTICE OF RECORDSDESTRUCTION
Discovery Children’s Center will be destroyingSpecial Education records of students whose special education services ended more than five years ago. If you would like to request records, you will need to do so in writing and send to Discovery Children’s Center, P.O. Box 359, Monticello, AR 71657. ALL RECORDS will be destroyed on August 15, 2017.
SEALED BID SALETimberland in
Drew County, ARTwo tracts totalling 91.09 acres comprised of pine and hardwood timberlands. Can be bid on as a whole or as individual tracts. Tract 1 offers the potential for a resi-dential development or a singular residential estate and has frontage along Highway 172. Deer and tur-key hunting opportunities. Sealed bids due by Thur. Aug. 31, 2017 by 3pm. Call with questions or to schedule a property tour.
Brandon StaffordLile Real Estate
501.374.3411 (o)501.416.9748 (m)
davit is described as follows:A parcel of land in the North
Half of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (N½ N½ NE¼ SE¼) of Section 25, Township 13 South, Range 8 West, bounded by a line com-mencing at a 2” brass cap mon-ument at the Northeast corner of said N½ N½ NE¼ SE¼; thence run South 89° 50’ 22” West along the North bound-ary of said Northeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter (NE¼ SE¼), a distance of 438.97 feet; thence run South paral-lel with the East boundary of said NE¼ SE¼ a distance of 165.40 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING FOR THE PAR-CEL OF LAND HEREBY DESCRIBED; thence contin-ue running South a distance of 165.30 feet to the South boundary of said N½ N½ NE¼ SE¼; thence run South 89° 51’ 03” West along last-mentioned boundary a distance of 878.76 feet to the Southwest corner of said N½ N½ NE¼ SE¼; thence run North 00° 08’ 43” East along the West boundary of said N½ N½ NE¼ SE¼ a distance of 165.22 feet; thence run North 89° 50’ 43” East a distance of 878.34 feet back to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 3.333 acres of land, more or less, all as shown on survey prepared by Bob Sum-ers, professional Land Survey-or, on November 10, 2004;SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to
any and all validly existing roads, rights of way and ease-ments; and FURTHER SUB-JECT TO any outstanding mineral rights and interests including all rights of ingress and egress incidental or related thereto.ANDA parcel of land in the North-
east Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NE¼ SW¼) and in the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW¼ SE¼) of Section 23, Town-ship 13 South, Range 8 West, bounded by a line described as follows:Beginning on the North
boundary line of said NW¼
SE¼ at a point which is 27 yards East of the Northwest corner thereof, and running thence South parallel with the West boundary line of said NW¼ SE¼ a distance of 160 yards to the center of a neigh-borhood road therefound; thence Southwesterly along the center of said road a distance of 150 yards; thence North parallel with the West bound-ary of said NW¼ SE¼ a dis-tance of 70 yards; thence East a distance of 70 yards; thence North to the North boundary of said NE¼ SW¼; thence East along the North boundary line of said NE¼ SW¼ and of said NW¼ SE¼ to the POINT OF BEGINNING; hereby convey-ing 4⅓ acres of land, more or less, together with all rights acquired under a certain unre-corded Contract and Easement executed on or about October 4, 1958, wherein C.E. Piper and Mrs. Eva Piper and Her-man Watts and Lottie Watts are the parties thereto, said con-tract being relative to use of water well.All person having claims
against the estate must exhibit them, properly verifi ed, to the distributee or his or her attor-ney within three (3) months from the date of the fi rst pub-lication of this notice, or they shall be forever barred and pre-cluded from any benefi t of the estate.The name, mailing address
and telephone number of the
distributee’s attorney is R. Victor Harper, 717 S. Lincoln, Star City, Arkansas 71667, 870-628-4118.This notice fi rst published on
this 9th day of August, 2017./s/ R. Victor Harper
R. VICTOR HARPERATTORNEY FOR THE
ESTATE717 S. LINCOLN
STAR CITY, AR 71667
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NOTICEOF
SALEOn Friday August 25 at 9:00
a.m., University Self Storage will offer at Public Sale for cash the contents of the fol-lowing unit for the collection of storage charges to wit:Location: 103 Bowser Rd.
Monticello, AR 71655Unit #55 Heather Collins
(10x20)Sale will be held in front of
unit on the premises at the des-ignated time.*Attention: Renter has until
24 hours before the sale to pay bill in full and claim belong-ings or continue to rent. 870-723-7759
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NOTICEThe following vehicle(s) will
be sold, dismantled or de-stroyed in fi fteen (15) days un-less claimed at Rod’s Towing and Recovery, 1010 Hwy 425 South, Monticello, AR 71655, 870-367-1700.2002 Ford Escort White
VIN# 3FAFP13P42R2090611996 Ford Explorer Sport
Red VIN# 1FMCU22X-1TUD763971997 Pontiac Grand Prix
be sold, dismantled or de-stroyed in fi fteen (15) days un-less claimed at Rod’s Towing and Recovery, 1010 Hwy 425 South, Monticello, AR 71655, 870-367-1700.2004 Honda Civic
White V I N # 1HGEM22944L032120
#92684 7/26-8/16mmm
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