14 more businesses approved for beer/wine sales

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14 more businesses approved for beer/wine sales
By Sam Pierce
[email protected]
Just over a dozen Saline County
businesses received permit approvals for alcohol sales last month.
According to the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Division of the
state Department of Finance and
Administration, 14 businesses
were approved for varying types of
permits in Saline County.
The ABC approved these 14
businesses during a monthly board
meeting on March 18.
Gascar, located in Bauxite, and
M & J located on Sardis Road in
Mabelvale were approved for beer
off premises and small farm winery
as well as the BP Food Mart in
Benton.
Riverside Grocery, which was
one of the first businesses to
be approved for alcohol sales,
was approved for a Off Premises
Caterer’s permit.
The Harps location at 2905
North Hwy 229 in Haskell was
approved for Small Farm Winery
and the Harps at 6039 Hwy 67 in
Haskell was approved for Beer Off
Premises and Small Farm Winery.
The Bullocks Super Stop, located at 15536 I-30 in Benton, was
approved for Beer Off Premises
and Small Farm Wine.
Taste of D-Light in Bryant,
Smokey Joe’s BBQ in Benton,
Sakura of Bryant, and Colton’s
Steakhouse in Benton, were all
approved for Restaurant Beer &
Wine.
Smokey Joe’s permit is conditional upon submitting currently
held private club permit for inactive status or cancellation and
removal of all spirits from the
premises with re-inspection by
By Joe Phelps
By Joe Phelps
[email protected]
On Saturday morning, a helicopter airlifted a 1,000-pound HVAC
unit from Middleton Heat & Air
and placed it on the roof of one of
the buildings at Outlets at Little
Rock.
“They picked the units up and
set them on the building,” Chris
Besancon, field supervisor for
Middleton Heat & Air, said. “They
had four guys on the ground and
four on the roof.”
Following that, 38 additional
units were set in place on the roof
— many weigh more than that. One
unit weighs nearly 2,400 pounds.
“I think that is the second set
they have done on the building,”
Besancon said. “I think they did 78
the first time and 38 on Saturday.”
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The newly-constructed mall is
A helicopter airlifts a 1,000-pound HVAC unit from Middleton Heat & Air and places it on the roof of
located at the intersection of I-30
one of the buildings at Outlets at Little Rock on Saturday. The new shopping center is set to open in
UNITS, page 5 October.
Woman charged after boy
tests positive for meth
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A Saline County
woman is facing charges
after a 13-year-old known
to her tested positive for
methamphetamine.
In January, officers
with the Arkansas State
Police Crimes Against
Children Division began
investigating Lisa Wright,
39, after receiving a
report of a child being
mistreated. Officers allegedly found a metal spoon
and methamphetamine at
Wright’s home.
“The meth was
being cooked at Lisa’s
house with (the minor)
present,” according
to a Benton Police
Department report.
After conducting a hair
sample test the results
came back positive for
methamphetamine.
“The report states
the hair drug tests
reflect exposure in the
past approximate three
months,” according to
the report.
Wright was charged
with endangering the
welfare of a minor and
introduction of a controlled substance into
body of another person.
Wright is currently
incarcerated at the
McPherson Unit on possession of a controlled
substance charges from
2005.
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During a dance-off with music from DJ Raquel, youngsters show off their best
moves at Alcoa 40 Park in Bryant before a recent egg hunt.
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OBITUARIES .............................. 3
EDITORIAL ................................. 4
SPORTS ..................................6-7
CLASSIFIEDS .......................... 10
COMICS ................................... 11
BEER, page 5
Council OKs
stray ordinance,
current dog law
stays the same
HVAC units
from local
company put
in place at LR
outlet mall
By Sarah Perry
ABC Enforcement.
The Family Mart, located at
1507 Hot Springs Hwy. in Benton,
was approved with the condition that a telephone be installed
with re-inspection by ABC
Enforcement.
The Murphy USA in Benton was
approved for Beer Off Premises
and the Walmart in Bryant was
approved for Beer Off Premises
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The Benton City Council will decide in its next
meeting whether to outlaw feeding stray animals on
public property or on others’ property without permission.
An ordinance outlining the issue was passed
through committee chambers in a meeting Tuesday
of the city’s Animal Control Committee. City officials
learned of the apparent problem in January, when
Terry Parsons, animal control manager, addressed
the committee and proposed that an ordinance pertaining to feeding strays be drafted.
City Attorney Brent Houston said the ordinance
was “designed to take two competing interests.” On
one hand, several homeowners had voiced a problem
with people coming onto their property and feeding
strays, while on the other some residents want to
help homeless animals.
The ordinance, if the council gives it the final nod,
would make it illegal to feed on city property such as
sidewalks or parks, and to feed strays on someone
else’s property without their consent. “We’re not
saying we want to have a complete ban in town,”
Houston said, noting that other Arkansas cities have
done just that. But those who want to “bring that nuisance on yourself” may do so, he said.
The ordinance calls for a $100 fine on the first
offense, followed by $250 and $500 fines afterward in
a five-year period. It also allows police officers, code
enforcement and animal control officers to write citations.
Alderman Jerry Ponder inquired whether video
from surveillance systems could be used as evidence
to capture those who break the law. Houston said it
could.
The committee then allowed discussion and questions from the six or so residents in attendance.
Sarah Jane Yoakum said she told a neighbor to
stop feeding strays on her property, but that she took
to feeding them on the sidewalk instead. She added
later that the same neighbor “walks around the
neighborhood” feeding cats from sacks of feed.
Charles Stitz said he has “come home several
times” to find bowls of cat food in his own yard after
he asked the person to stop. “Strays need to be
rounded up and done away with,” he said, adding he
is tired of stepping in cat feces.
Alderman Kerry Murphy asked Parsons if traps
could be used, but Mayor David Mattingly soon interjected, saying animal control only has two cages and
that would not be a solution to the problem.
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A Montgomery woman
reported income tax fraud.
Theft and criminal mischief was reported at Dean
Kidd Motors.
4:54 a.m.
4:14 p.m.
Officers responded to a
South 3rd Street residence,
where a woman reported
her boyfriend beat her over
using too much water while
showering. A felony warrant is being sought for the
Police responded to a
burglary alarm at G&Y
Superstop, 1507 Highway
5 South. Upon arrival they
found a glass window broken and a lock and chain
cut.
Master Gardeners
annual sale on tap
April 18 at fairgrounds
By Lynda Hollenbeck
[email protected]
The Saline County
Fairgrounds will be bursting with signs of spring
Saturday, April 18 when
the Saline County Master
Gardeners annual plant
sale takes place.
Activities are planned
from 8 a.m. until noon.
The sale has undergone
several changes during the
last two decades, but one
thing has remained constant, according to member
Judy Blackwell. Customers
will still find good plants at
excellent value.
She noted that there is
no admission charge and
parking is free. Most plants
have been grown by local
club members, making
them suitable for Central
Arkansas and ensuring the
likelihood they will grow
well.
Blackwell said the plants
that will be available are
herbs, annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, ground
covers, vegetables, plants
attractive to butterflies,
various bulbs, daylilies and
irises.
She noted that plants
that need full sun or morning sun will be found on
the left side of the building
as customers enter; plants
needing more shade and
house plants will be on the
right side; trees and shrubs
can be found in the middle
aisle.
Blackwell said more
vendors will be present this
year, including birdhouse
builder Gary Milligan.
New to the plant sale
are vendors selling spices,
home-baked goods and
toys, herbs, herbal products, and blueberry and
blackberry plants.
Japanese maples will be
available from returning
vendor Steve Caulkins, and
Ed Griffin will sell his daylilies. Patti Gann again will
have her plants for sale.
Customers need to
arrive early for the best
selection of plant material,
Blackwell said.
“Master Gardeners will
be on hand to answer any
horticultural questions
and to assist with loading
plants.,” she said.
A holding area for purchases will be available,
she added.
Blackwell explained that
the organization uses proceeds from the annual sale
to fund scholarships, to
maintain numerous beautification areas in the county,
and to provide educational
opportunities for Master
Gardeners among other
things.
Fort Smith hikes sewer rate
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FORT SMITH — Fort
Smith city directors voted
Tuesday to increase sewer
rates by 60 percent in an
effort to raise money to
pay for almost $500 million
in sewer system improvements.
The Arkansas DemocratGazette reports the directors passed the ordinance
6-1 on Tuesday. It will raise
volume and billing charges
three times over the next
20 months.
According to calculations
by Fort Smith consultant
Burns & McDonnell, the
typical household in Fort
Smith will see its sewer
bill increase from $19.63 a
month to $32.83 after May
1. On Jan. 1, 2017, that bill
would increase to $52.70.
The funds collected
will help the city become
compliant with the federal Clean Water Act as
mandated by a consent
decree filed against
the city by Arkansas,
the Environmental
Protection Agency and the
Department of Justice.
Fort Smith agreed to
repair its sewer system so
that it no longer dumps
untreated or undertreated
sewage into the Arkansas
River. The city also agreed
to eliminate sanitary sewer
overflows and improve its
maintenance practices.
The city will spend about
$480 million over 12 years
on the improvements.
“No one is excited
about doing this,” Mayor
Sandy Sanders said. “But
the time has come. We’ve
been on the clock since
Jan. 2.”
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Mayor Esmer Shell tries on a Western hat, with a little assistance from Sam McCallie, in preparation for the annual Teen-Age Rodeo, which will be held this weekend in Benton. The mayor signed a
proclamation designating Teen-Age Rodeo Week. McCallie, a local rodeo producer, will furnish the
stock for the rodeo.
Hail, high winds, tornadoes possible for Midwest
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NORMAN, Okla. —
Strong storms rumbled
through the Southern Plains
early Thursday, missing
major population centers
but offering a preview of
bad weather that could hit
Chicago, Detroit and other
big cities in the Midwest
later in the day.
The Storm Prediction
Center said 57 million people lived in an area with an
“enhanced risk” of hail, damaging winds and tornadoes
on Thursday. Tornadoes
were reported Wednesday
and early Thursday in
Kansas, Missouri and
Oklahoma, but those areas
saw minimal damage.
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LITTLE ROCK — Two
members of the Arkansas
Supreme Court — including the chief justice — said
Wednesday that a ruling on
whether to legalize gay marriage in the state is being
unnecessarily delayed by
the rest of the court.
Chief Justice Jim Hannah
and Associate Justice Paul
Danielson recused themselves from a separate case
surrounding whether Justice
Rhonda Wood, who was
sworn in in January, can
rule on the constitutionality
of the state’s ban on samesex marriage. Justices last
week said a separate case
was needed on the matter, a
move that likely pushes the
consideration until after the
U.S. Supreme Court rules
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Meteorologists and
emergency managers
from the high Plains to the
Appalachians were on alert
as the U.S. had the year’s
first widespread bout of
severe weather. The key
message: Have a plan.
“Where to hide, emergency kits with medicines,
snacks, water. Even something like sturdy shoes,
gloves, long-sleeve shirts.
If they get hit by a tornado
they’ll find they’ll need those
things pretty quickly,”
said meteorologist Erin
Maxwell with the National
Weather Service in Norman,
Oklahoma.
“Know what you’re
doing, and just don’t panic,”
Maxwell added.
Severe thunderstorms
packing 70 mph winds and
large hail made their way
across central Missouri on
Wednesday afternoon, including several capable of producing tornadoes.
Weather spotters reported
a funnel cloud near Potosi in
eastern Missouri at 3:35 p.m.,
while an hour earlier the Bates
County emergency manager
reported a tornado in southwest Missouri that destroyed a
60-foot machine shop.
Indiana State Police said
high winds toppled a tractortrailer on Interstate 69 near
Evansville, while utilities
reported a number of power
outages after wind gusts
reached 70 mph. Authorities
in Hendricks County, west of
Indianapolis, blamed a 75-yearold woman’s death on flash
flooding.
Pittsboro Fire Chief Bill
Zeunik said the woman was
clearing debris from a waterfilled ditch in her front yard
Wednesday night when she
fell in and was swept away.
Her body was found in a
creek three-quarters of a mile
away.
Fewer than 1 million people
were covered by Wednesday’s
“moderate risk” area between
Wichita, Kansas, and Jefferson
City, Missouri. Thursday’s
worst weather was predicted
in an area that included
Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis,
as well as those in Memphis,
Tennessee, and Little Rock,
Arkansas.
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Arkansas’ attorney general
on Wednesday rejected the
wording of a proposed ballot
measure aimed at repealing
a new state law prohibiting
local governments from
expanding anti-discrimination protections to include
sexual orientation and gender identity.
Attorney General Leslie
Rutledge said changes were
needed to the proposal,
which would ask voters to
weigh in on the law prohibiting cities and counties from
prohibiting discrimination
on a basis not covered in
state law. Rutledge must
certify the measure before
organizers can begin gathering the roughly 51,000 signatures from registered to
qualify it for the ballot.
Arkansas became the
second state to enact such a
ban in February when Gov.
Asa Hutchinson allowed
the measure to become law
without his signature. It
takes effect later this year.
Rutledge said the proposal can’t be crafted as a
repeal of the state law.
“Contrary to your proposal’s structure, a statewide
referendum is not an effort
or question ‘to repeal’ a
measure; rather, it is simply
a means of putting a legislative enactment (here, Act
137 of 2015) before the
voters for approval or rejection,” she wrote.
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Hannah and Danielson criticized the decision as a delay
tactic. The two said they
would still participate in the
gay marriage case.
“I cannot be complicit in
machinations which have
the effect of depriving justice to any party before this
court,” Danielson wrote.
Hannah wrote that the
court’s majority “has created
out of whole cloth an issue
to delay the disposition” in
the gay marriage case.
More than 500 same-sex
couples married in Arkansas
after a Pulaski County judge
ruled in May that the ban
violated the U.S. and state
constitutions. The state
appealed, and justices in
November heard oral arguments on the case, which
they then agreed to expedite.
Attorney General Leslie
Rutledge asked the court
for a new hearing after
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were sworn in earlier this
year. But the state Supreme
Court, which was not
responding directly to
Rutledge’s filing, singled out
only Wood in its ruling last
week.
Wood replaced Justice
Cliff Hoofman, who had
recused himself from the
gay marriage case last
year. Former Gov. Mike
Beebe appointed Robert
McCorkindale to sit in
for Hoofman on the case.
Hannah and Danielson
argued that McCorkindale
was appointed specifically to
the gay marriage case without a limit on his service.
“This court cannot by
judicial fiat usurp the powers of the executive branch,”
Hannah wrote.
The letters mean that
only four of the seven justices are still participating
in the case over who should
decide on gay marriage’s
constitutionality. Wood has
also recused herself from
that case, but not from the
gay marriage lawsuit itself.
The four justices remaining in the case over who
should participate in the gay
marriage appeal said in a
statement Wednesday that
requests had been made
for Gov. Asa Hutchinson to
appoint special justices for
the three who have recused
themselves. The justices
said that the constitution
requires seven justices
decide every case and said
the dispute over whether
Wood or McCorkindale participates must be addressed
first.
“Until this issue is
resolved, (the gay marriage
case) cannot proceed,” the
four said in the statement.
The U.S. Supreme Court
is expected to hear arguments in April on a separate
gay marriage case and have
a decision by late June.
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SALINE COUNTY EVENTS
Linda Tice Culpepper
Email calendar items to [email protected] or call 501-315-8228 ext. 236.
Calendar items are intended for nonprofit organizations.
Linda Tice Culpepper, 71, of Pine Bluff, passed away
Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Davis Life Care Center. Born
Nov. 17, 1943, in Pine Bluff, she was a daughter of Ellen
Parnell Smith and the late Charles Lee Smith, and the late
Andrew Tice, of Rison. She was reared and received her
education in Pine Bluff, graduating from Watson Chapel
High School in 1963. She also attended classes at the
University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
In 1977, she married Dan Culpepper in Memphis,
Tennessee. They spent the next twenty-five years together,
until his death in 2003.
Mrs. Culpepper had worked as an insurance claim
administrator for several years, before her retirement. Her
passion in life was quilting and was lovingly referred to as a
quilt artist; this was the accomplishment of which she was
most proud. She resided at The Gardens Assisted Living
on Hazel in Pine Bluff, and participated in many activities,
including holding quilting classes for other residents. She
was also a faithful member of Broadmoor Baptist Church.
Mrs. Culpepper fought a courageous and valiant battle
with Multiple Sclerosis for 28 years until she passed from
this life.
Her survivors include her son, Daniel Andrew Culpepper,
and his wife, Christine, of Denver, Colorado; her grandchild, Piper Morgan Culpepper, of Denver, Colorado; her
mother, Ellen Smith, of Capitola, California; her brother,
Charles Smith, of Pine Bluff and her sister, Wanda Kocina,
of Capitola, California. She was a favorite and loving aunt
to her nieces and nephews: Brianna Perdue, Cody Smith,
Stephanie Carlisle, Keri Bolain, Raley Dearman, Alexandria
Bolian, and the late Christopher Powell.
A memorial service to honor her life will be 11 a.m.,
Saturday, April 11, at Broadmoor Baptist Church on
Wisconsin Street in Pine Bluff. The family was assisted by
Ralph Robinson & Son Funeral Directors.
In honor of Linda’s favorite color, please wear a purple
accessory (tie, scarf, jewelry, etc.) to the memorial service.
In lieu of flowers, the family would ask that anyone that
wishes to honor Linda’s life please give a donation to the
National MS Society, Linda Culpepper Memorial Fund,
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/LindaCulpepper or
National MS Society, Linda Culpepper Memorial Fund, P.O.
Box 4527, New York, NY 10163.
Online register: www.ralphrobinsonandson.com.
Arvel Willie Wilkerson
Arvel Willie Wilkerson, 88, of Benton, passed away
Tuesday, April 7, 2015. He was born Feb. 2, 1927 in East
End. Mr. Wilkerson was a WWII Army veteran, a supply
clerk at Reynolds Metal and of the Baptist faith.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Colonel
Jackson and Bertie Wilkerson; two sons, Jimmy and Tim
Wilkerson; four brothers and four sisters.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Wilkerson of Benton;
son, Billy Wilkerson of Benton; two daughters, Mary
Vickers of Texas and Barbara Hall of Little Rock; sister,
Hazel White of Bryant; eight grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, April 11 at
Salem Cemetery in East End.
Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 10 at Ashby
Funeral Home.
Online guestbook: www.ashbyfuneralhome.com.
Runion Renard “Three” “Tre-balenciaga”
Anderson, III
Runion Renard “Three” “Tre-balenciaga” Anderson, III,
35 of Malvern passed away, Thursday, April 2,
2015. He was born Feb. 5, 1980 in Benton, to
Runion Renard Anderson, II and Alice Darlene
Danner-Robinson Anderson. He was a member of Victory Praise and Worship Church. He
attended Sheridan High School and later the
College of the Ouachitas.
Anderson
Runion survivors include his parents,
Runion (LaJuana) Anderson, II of Benton
and Alice Darlene Anderson of Malvern; paternal grandmother, Annie (Columbus) Freeman of Benton; siblings,
Jedadine Tyrus Lahshon Nellums and Megan Letbetter
both of Malvern, Claudius Parker “C.P.” Williams and
Clay Anderson both of Benton and Nadia Anderson of
Russellville; niece and nephews, Jada, Drynan and Vaylen
Nellums; a host of aunts, uncle, cousins, friends and
extended family.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Saturday, April 11, at
Bethel A.M.E. Church 519 West Page Street in Malvern
with Rev. Clarence Guy pastor and Rev. Henry Mitchell
officiating. Burial will follow in Philadelphia Cemetery in
Prattsville.
Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, April 10 at St. Paul
Baptist Church 1200 Dixie Street in Benton. Arrangements
are entrusted to Carrigan Memorial Funeral Services.
Online guestbook: http://www.carriganmemorial.com.
HAIL REPAIR
TODAY
10 a.m.-1 p.m.
DROP-IN COMPUTER HELP
at Herzfeld Library meeting room. During this open
three-hour session, library
staff will be available to
answer questions and provide assistance using the
computer, accessing the
Internet, and more. Bring
your basic computer or
Internet questions. Learn
computer skills or get assistance downloading eBooks.
No registration is necessary.
6 p.m.
SOUTHWEST WATER
ASSOCIATION: Annual Board
Meeting at 620 Airlane Drive
in Benton.
6-7:30 p.m.
HAPPY HENS: “How to
Get the Most Out of Your
Backyard Flock” presented in
the meeting room of Boswell
Library in Bryant. Discussion
will focus on how to care
for poultry from hatch to
death to obtain the best possible return for the time and
money. For beginners and
longtime flock owners.
FRIDAY, APRIL 10
10-11 a.m.
CRAFT WORKSHOP with
the Cooperative Extension
Homemakers, presented
at Herzfeld Library meeting room. All experience
levels are welcome to join
the Cooperative Extension
Homemakers to craft a lace
brooch. All supplies are provided.
6-8:30 p.m.
JEFFERSON-’JACKSONSTYLE’ DINNER: “Blue
Jeans and Barbecue” at
the Benton Event Center.
Dinner and program. Saline
County Democratic Central
Committee sponsors event.
Cost is $30. Charlie Cole
Chaffin, a former state senator from Benton, will be featured speaker.
SATURDAY, APRIL 11
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
WILMA STEWART GARDEN
CLUB ANNUAL SPAGHETTI
DINNER: Ralph Bunche
Community Center in Benton.
Tickets are $6 for adults
and $3 for children under
12. Meal will include choice
of chicken spaghetti or italian spaghetti, salad, French
bread, dessert and beverage.
All proceeds will benefit the
club’s scholarship fund. For
more information, call Evelyn
Reed at 501-776-7122.
10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
INTERNATIONAL TABLETOP
CELEBRATION DAY presented at Herzfeld Library in
the meeting room. A day of
games will be offered. Prizes,
snacks and drinks will also
be provided.
6 p.m.
RE-FASHION BASH at the
Benton Event Center. Tickets
are $5 in advance and $10
at the door. A recycled
art showcase hosted by
the Saline County Youth
Environmental Ambassadors
teams will follow. Doors
open at 5 p.m.
MONDAY, APRIL 13
6:30 p.m.
HARMONY: Group from
the Ozark Folk Center in
Mountain View will make
their 10th appearance at
Herzfeld Library on Monday,
April 13. The group consists
of Dave Smith and Robert
and Mary Gillihan who perform as the group Harmony.
The event is free, but seating
is limited. Call the library at
778-4766 for more information.
TUESDAY, APRIL 14
2 p.m.
Saline County Parkinson’s
Support Group will meet
in the hospitality room of
First Baptist Church, 211
S. Market St. The speaker
will be Lauren Kirby, patient
advocate for Parkinson’s
Disease. Kirby will present information on The
Abbvie Parkinson’s Disease
Advocate program, a no-cost
program available to patients
diagnosed with Parkinson’s
disease and their caregivers. An advocate can provide
information on how to find
resources to help live with
the disease and identify a
team of healthcare professionals to help manage the
disease progression. To learn
more, go to www.pdadvocates.com.
THURSDAY, APRIL 16
SHARON EXTENSION
HOMEMAKERS CLUB: 11
a.m. at Western Sizzlin in
Benton.
SATURDAY, APRIL 18
8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
SALINE COUNTY MASTER
GARDENERS Annual Plant
Sale at the Saline County
Fairgrounds.
7 a.m. - 11 a.m.
CJCOHN PANCAKE
BREAKFAST is set for
Saturday, April 18 from 7
to 11 a.m. at Salem United
Methodist Church in Benton.
TUESDAY, APRIL 21
5:30 p.m.
SALINE CROSSING
REGIONAL PARK &
RECREATION AREA will meet
in the Gene Moss Building
at Tyndall Park. The public
is welcome to attend and
help plan the bicentennial celebration of the first
pioneer settlement in 1815
at Saline Crossing. The restoration project for the Old
River Bridge will also be
discussed.
3:30 p.m.
HASKELL HISTORICAL
SOCIETY will meet Tuesday,
April 21, at 3:30 p.m. at
Haskell City Hall. The program, entitled “Dr. Boulander
Gwaltney,” will be presented
by president Emaline Stroud.
He practiced in Haskell from
Protect the Ones You Love
1913 to 1920. Everyone is
welcome to attend. For more
information, you may contact
Stroud at 1-501-303-0384 or
Darlene Emmons 1-501-3152913.
FRIDAY, APRIL 23
Dinner hosted by the Men
of the Moose, 7 p.m. Cost
is $5.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25
MEN OF THE MOOSE: Family
Karaoke, 8 p.m
MOORE CEMETERY
ASSOCIATION welcomes
all decedents and families
of Charles Franklin Moore
(1825-1889) to attend the
annual meeting at the cemetery on Mountain View
Road. 8 a.m. Break for a
business meeting will be at 9
a.m. Rain date is the following Saturday.
ONGOING EVENTS
Saline Memorial Hospice is
recruiting volunteers. These
volunteers will help with
hospitality at the Hospice
House in Bryant and sit with
patients in their home and
nursing home. For more
information, call Diana Ferrell
at 315-0136
TAX PREPARATION
SERVICES: Central Arkansas
Development Council is seeking volunteers for its VITA/
EITC free tax preparation
services in Saline County.
The service offers free
electronic filing of federal
and state tax returns. The
service will be available at
Herzfeld Library and the
Benton Senior Wellness and
Activities Center. Volunteers
must be certified. CADC provides training. To volunteer
contact Susan Willis at 501778-1133.
BRYANT HISTORICAL
SOCIETY has changed its
meeting date to the second
Tuesday of each month.
The meeting will be held at
Boswell Library in Bryant
on Prickett Road at 6:30
p.m. Those interested in
preserving Bryant’s history
as well as those who wish
to preserve the happenings
of today’s Bryant for future
generations are invited. For
more information, visit the
organization’s Facebook
page.
TAKE OFF POUNDS
SENSIBLY (TOPS
#296) meets at Woodall
Central Fire Station Friday
mornings. Supportive and
fun accountability. Weighin begins at 8:45 a.m. and
meeting beings at 9:30 a.m.
Call Billie for questions at
557-5075.
BENTON ALZHEIMER’S
CAREGIVER SUPPORT
GROUP MEETING: 7 p.m.
every third Tuesday of
the month at First Baptist
Church, 211 S. Market St.
in Benton. The meeting
is open to everyone who
has a loved one living with
Alzheimer’s or other related
dementia. The group offers a
safe environment where discussions are kept confidential. For more information,
contact Sam Sellers at (501)
663-3900 or samuel.sellers@
sbcglobal.net.
STARTING POINT SUPPORT
GROUP MEETING: 1 p.m.
every Sunday at Christ Is The
Answer Fellowship Church
in Traskwood. This is a
Christian-based recovery program. Call Vince for details
722-3110
SALINE COUNTY HISTORY
AND HERITAGE SOCIETY
MEETING: 7 p.m. the third
Thursday of each month at
123 N. Market St. in Benton.
The Family and Local History
Research Room is open
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday
through Thursday. You may
call 778-3770 for more information. The society website is
www.schhs.us.
SADDLES AND SPIRITS
HORSE CLUB MEETING: 6:30
p.m. the second Thursday
of each month at East End
Elementary School. For more
information, contact Melinda
Steele at 501-580-8356.
SALINE COUNTY
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
MEETING: 6:30 p.m. the first
Thursday of each month at
Republican Headquarters, 125
N. Market St. in Downtown
Benton. Visitors welcome
BINGO: 6:30 p.m. every
Thursday evening and every
Saturday at 1 p.m. at VFW
Post 2256, 5323 Sleepy
Village Road (off Alcoa
Road). Members, guests and
the public are welcome. Must
be 21 years of age. No admission charge. Kitchen will be
open serving burgers, fries,
taco salads and other items.
Hearing set for bond issuance
The Saline Courier Staff
A public hearing has
been set regarding the
issuance of capital improvement revenue bonds.
Benton city officials
are proposing to issue
the bonds in the principal
amount of $6.65 million
to finance a “portion of
the costs” for construction at the Riverside Park
Complex.
According to a legal
notice published in The
Saline Courier, the bonds
will be secured by a pledge
of certain franchise fees
the city collects from public
utilities.
The hearing concerning
the proposal will be held
at 6:45 p.m. Monday, April
13, in Council Chambers
at the Benton Municipal
Complex, 114 S. East St.
At the hearing, the public
will have an opportunity
to speak for or against the
proposal.
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Challenge:
Ending black
separation
among us
A
DEAR DOCTOR K: Why does my nose run in cold
weather? Does it mean I’m getting a cold?
DEAR READER: Cold air is not only cold, but
also dry. The lungs are built to deal with air that is
warm and moist. So, a main function of your nose is to
make the air you breathe in warm and moist. Bones
in the nose (called turbinates) are
covered with blood-filled membranes.
The blood running through the turbinates is at body temperature: around
98.7 degrees F. The heat in the blood
warms the cold air you breathe in.
The nose moistens cold, dry air by
having its inner lining make watery
mucus. It’s like a mini-steam bath with
moisture dripping down the walls. The Dr.
colder and drier the air, the more water Komaroff
and mucus need to be produced. This
means more sniffles and drips.
Taking a warm shower or bath can help clear your
sinuses and actually slow down your runny nose.
You’re basically allowing the membranes to stop
secreting mucus because the air you’re taking in now
is already moist and warm. So a runny nose in winter
doesn’t necessarily mean that you are sick.
Now to a question you didn’t ask: Why does your
nose run when you have a cold? It runs for an entirely
different reason. As the mucus leaves your nose, it
takes the germs that are causing the cold out with it.
It’s one of your body’s defenses against infection.
And another question: Why does your nose run
when you have allergies? The reason is similar to why
your nose runs when you have a cold. Your nose is
trying to eliminate, to wash away, the substance causing the allergic reaction. That might be ragweed, dust,
hair and dander from a cat, or many other allergens.
The watery mucus that comes out of your nose
when you breathe cold air is clear. In contrast, mucus
from a runny nose caused by an infection may become
colored and opaque. That’s because the immune system cells that are fighting the infection get into the
mucus. When you have such an infection, you can
help your nose drain by taking hot baths or showers.
If you have nasal congestion from a cold or allergies, you want your nose to run and open the nasal
passages. Spicy foods might help. This time, the
chemical capsaicin, which is found in many spicy
foods, is what does the trick. It causes the sinuses to
open up, sending out mucus.
In fact, capsaicin is such a sinus-clearer that scientists have studied whether taking it as a capsule or
spraying it in the nose would relieve sinus congestion. The results have been disappointing. But eating
a warming bowl of spicy curry is a different story. It
may clear things out for a little while -- and give you
something pleasant to take your mind off your cold.
••
Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard
Medical School. To send questions, go to AskDoctorK.
com, or write: Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second
Floor, Boston, MA 02115.
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Shhh! White House
secrets revealed
T
he new tell-all, “The
Residence,” featuring intimate
anecdotes collected from past
and current White House staff members, is absolutely delicious — and
utterly lacking in nutritious content.
Just as desserts
should be.
Washington political writers, meanwhile, have been
tearing through lists
of revealed secrets
thinking to themselves: OMG, this
is disgusting trash!
Why didn’t I write it? Kathleen
Or was that just me?
Parker
Written by political journalist Kate
Andersen Brower, “The Residence”
was a best-seller in search of a typist. Now we all get to peek behind
the curtain and spy on the world’s
most powerful couples — and their
children.
Let’s just say, the help have spoken.
Although the book is based on
interviews with real people, this one
has the distinct feel of gossip, mostly
because it is. Gossip. We know
it when we hear it, listen intently
because it would be rude not to; and
then grudgingly, we cough it up to
someone else with lowered voice and
the faux-pained caveat: “But please
don’t tell anyone.”
Sure.
Brower’s book suggests people
were happy to talk. From this we
may infer that the taint of gossip has
diminished, as previously private
lives have become public through
the social media-driven interplay of
exhibitionism and voyeurism. The
notion that protecting the president’s
privacy is an honor and a privilege
ran away with our qualms.
Palace intrigue — or the American
equivalent, such as it is — has ever
been nectar to the masses. See,
the queen has warts! And the king
doesn’t bathe except on Sundays!
More than 100 interviews were
conducted with current and former
White House staffers who spoke
mostly on the record — how else to
get credit? — and surrendered what
was theirs to protect. Cheap tricks
for the circus crowd?
Maybe. Then again, former first
ladies Laura Bush, Barbara Bush and
Rosalynn Carter, and several former
first children also gave interviews.
Who dished on whom, one wonders?
Highlights from the book are easy
to find online, so I’ll mention only a
few: John F. Kennedy skinny-dipped
with secretaries when Jackie was
away. It would seem the Earth’s tectonic plates are safe with any fresh
dirt on JFK.
Another: Hillary Clinton threw a
lamp (they think) at Bill after the
Monica Lewinsky scandal broke.
Ya reckon? Also, there was cursing.
“You g-----n b-----d!” , Hillary was overheard yelling at her husband. Which,
all things considered, seems rather
restrained.
White House staff claimed that
the Clinton-Lewinsky liaisons were
no surprise to them as the two had
been cavorting for years before the
world learned of their Oval Office
encounters.
Except, of course, Lewinsky didn’t
work in the White House for “years”
but rather just about nine months,
before being “transferred” to the
Pentagon — a goodly hike from the
mansion.
But then, memories play tricks
and details are often hard to recall.
Sometimes what you remember is an
impression of things. Or you remember the episode — a shouting match,
a thrown lamp, without the context
of the human-ness of the beings
involved, their frailties, sorrows and
personal challenges.
All is not scurrilous. We also learn
that the Obamas danced their first
night in the residence to Mary J.
Blige’s “Real Love.” The staffer apparently felt it obligatory to say he was
taken by surprise when he walked in
on them, but what was he expecting?
Clogging? That the president and his
wife decided to boogie down was,
as Cole Porter might say, just one of
those things.
We learned, too, that George H.W.
Bush and Barbara Bush appeared to
be the favorites. On the less attractive
hand, we hear that Nancy Reagan
pitched a fit when some of her items
were broken — among other lessthan-flattering characterizations.
A former Reagan staffer with whom
I spoke about the book seethed with
bitterness and pointed out that Nancy
had her own difficulties, including
breast cancer and the assassination
attempt on her husband. “I understand that to those much is given,
much is expected. But for the love of
God! Are there no limits?”
Yes, there are no limits.
More’s the pity. The president
and his family have had only one
haven in Washington where they can
escape the constant surveillance of
the capital’s pathologically curious
population. Now the culture of discretion that kept previous staff members
from talking out of school can be pronounced officially dead.
Sold for a tuppence, which is considerably less than what I forked over
to Amazon for overnight delivery.
••
Kathleen Parker writes a twiceweekly column on politics and culture.
She received the Pulitzer Prize for
Commentary In 2010
HOW TO REACH YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS
State Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, District 33,
201 E. North St., Benton, AR 72015, (501) 7733760, [email protected].
State Sen. David Sanders, District 27 Room
320 State Capitol, Little Rock, AR 72201, (501)
682-6107, [email protected].
State Sen. Alan Clark, District 13 P.O. Box
211, Lonsdale, AR 72087, (501) 262-3360, alan.
[email protected].
State Rep. Lanny Fite, District 23, 3324
Hwy. 5, Benton, AR 72019, (501) 794-2228,
[email protected].
State Rep. Andy Davis, District 31 P.O. Box
30248, Little Rock, AR 72260, (501) 837-5109,
[email protected].
State Rep. Julie Mayberry, District 27 3022
E. Woodson Lateral Road, Hensley, AR 72065,
(501) 888-8222, [email protected].
State Rep. Kim Hammer, District 28, 1411
Edgehill Dr., Benton, AR 72015, (501) 840-3841,
[email protected].
Circuit Judge Bobby McCallister, 22nd
Judicial District, Division 1, Saline County
Courthouse, 200 N. Main St., Benton, AR 72015,
(501) 303-5635.
Circuit Judge Gary Arnold, 22nd Judicial
District, Division 2, Saline County Courthouse,
200 N. Main St., Benton, AR 72015, (501) 3035664.
Circuit Judge Grisham Phillips, 22nd
Judicial District, Division 3, Saline County
Courthouse, 200 N. Main St., Benton, AR 72015,
(501) 303-5628.
Circuit Judge Robert Herzfeld, 22nd
Judicial District, Division 4, Saline County Annex,
321 N. Main St., Benton, AR 72015, (501) 3031584.
District Judge Michael Robinson, Benton
District, 1605 Edison Ave., Benton, AR 72019,
(501) 303-5670.
District Judge Stephanie Casady, Bryant
District (Bryant, Alexander, Bauxite, Haskell,
Shannon Hills), Boswell Municipal Complex, 210
SW Third St., Bryant, AR 72022, (501) 847-5223.
Saline County Judge Jeff Arey, Courthouse
200 N. Main St., Benton, AR 72015, (501) 3035640.
Prosecuting Attorney Ken Casady, 22nd
Juicial District, 102 S. Main St., Benton, AR
72015, (501) 315-7767.
Saline County Sheriff Rodney Wright
Saline County Detention Center, 735 S. Neeley
St., Benton, AR 72015; (501) 303-5609.
[email protected]
mong all the enlarging crises —
from insatiably murderous ISIS
to the fading individual liberties
of more Americans in the Bill of Rights,
how many 2016 presidential candidates will
focus also on the fact
that “Blacks are twice as
likely to live in poverty ...
“ and “Black unemployment is nearly double
that of whites”? (“Blacks
‘stall’ in race divide,”
New York Daily News,
Nat
March 26, 2015)
These are quotations
Hentoff
from the long-respected
civil rights organization,
the National Urban League, as further
quoted in the Huffington Post’s story “Black
America is Just 72 Percent Equal to Whites
in Some Areas” (Huffington Post, March 25,
2015).
One example of a subhead in that story:
“Black Students’ Academic Proficiency
Hovers Well Below White Peers:”
Also the continually racially segregated school systems across the land. For
instance, the neighborhood where I live and
work in New York City is effectively segregated by race. This is not done by law, but
by where whites choose to live.
So, while growing up, young blacks and
whites don’t get to know one another.
I don’t recall hearing racial public school
segregation being mentioned by presidential or congressional candidates. Nor is it
evident in most predominant media in their
various forms.
My own growing up experience was different because of my passion for jazz, which
began when I was about 12 years old. Five
years later, I had a jazz program on Boston
radio station WMEX, where I interviewed
and got to know black jazz musicians, some
of whom became my friends.
One of them was Charles Mingus, who
later became a master bassist and leader. I
first knew him as a sideman with a visiting
combo to Boston, and we became friends.
It was when reading his 1971 memoir,
“Beneath the Underdog,” that I viscerally felt the separation I didn’t experience
between blacks and whites:
“Nat Hentoff,” he wrote about our first
meeting, “was the first white I could talk
with.”
So what will the next president do, if anything, if he or she has to suggest nominees
for Supreme Court vacancies who could
significantly reduce the separation between
American blacks and whites? This can also
be a consideration in voting for members
of Congress, state judges and legislators,
mayors, et al.
Otherwise, for how many generations will
this racial separation continue?
What also needs pervasive changing are
the long prison sentences of huge numbers
of Americans, a high percentage of whom
are blacks and other minorities.
Many of these lives are then permanently
blocked from having meaningful access to
the benefits of citizenship.
As I have discovered studying state
prison populations, many blacks with such
blocked futures were first school dropouts imprisoned for non-violent crimes. In
schools where students were measured and
graded collectively by standardized tests,
these black dropouts felt like they had no
reason for being there because they had
been taught they were dumbly incapable of
such learning. Or so they thought.
While I continue to be convinced that
Obama should be impeached for unilaterally
and ceaselessly violating our privacy and
other Constitutional rights, I must credit
him in his current actual attempts to put an
end to mass imprisonments for nonviolent
crimes.
What can also begin to be meaningfully and permanently likely to erase
black inequality is the increased visible
and authentic coming together of these
Americans — blacks and also whites —
who are searching for effective ways to
remove Jim Crow as a malignant presence
in this nation.
Seeing this insistent coalition in action in
politics, education and other core functions
of American life could eventually bring us
back to a self-governing republic by all of
We The People.
Finally, I bring Duke Ellington into the
conversation. He’s been an influence on me,
not only about jazz, since my teens, when
he knew I was starting to write on jazz musicians.
“Don’t categorize musicians,” he told me.
“Like — ‘old timey Dixieland’ or ‘cuttingedge modern.’ Get to know where the musician came from, how he grew up, his family,
what got him into jazz. That’s where his
music comes from.”
My variation on that is a possible society
where some of its members wouldn’t automatically judge a person by politics, race,
gender, et al, but would get to know more
of the particular person’s background and
main interests.
And Charlie Parker, the icon of modern
jazz, warned me back then: “Don’t go by
first impressions, what you first see and
hear. Get to know more than that.”
Thursday, April 9, 2015
The Saline Courier
SC police shooting case rekindles body camera debate Units
Associated Press
NEW YORK — A
bystander’s video proved
pivotal in the filing of a murder charge against a South
Carolina police officer, and
also rekindled a fervent
national discussion about
the use of body cameras by
police officers.
The White House seized
on the case to make a pitch
for wider use of such cameras. So did New York Mayor
Bill De Blasio, whose city
has experienced wrenching controversies related to
police use of force.
And in North Charleston,
South Carolina, where a
white police officer fatally
shot an unarmed black man
in the back, Mayor Keith
Summey said Wednesday
that every uniformed officer
on patrol will get a body
camera. The city already
had ordered 101 cameras,
and is ordering 150 more in
the aftermath of the shooting, the mayor said.
It’s unclear how quickly
Beer
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and Small Farm Winery.
A wet county — the
designation voters chose
for Saline County in the
November general election
— allows liquor stores and
retail establishments to sell
beer, wine and liquor in the
county.
Animals
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that would not be a solution
to the problem.
Alderman Charles
Cunningham said the proposed ordinance had been
“blown out of proportion.”
He said his stance was that it
isn’t right for anyone to use
another’s property without
permission. “I like to see
[animals] fed, too,” he said,
but feeding them on others’
land is an “invasion” of both
public and private properties.
The mayor said he has
personally trapped cats on
his own property and taken
them to animal control,
but that it’s an ineffective
system, as within 24 hours
the same person claims the
animal and returns it to their
home.
Asked by Alderman Jim
Gardner how widespread the
matter is, Parsons said, “It’s
everywhere … It’s not just in
one neighborhood.”
Committee chair Evelyn
Reed said she had heard
complaints of 10 cats or
more being fed near a dumpster at Kroger.
The committee voted
unanimously in favor of
sending the ordinance to the
full council for its approval.
In other business, resident
Brandi Greer had a question
pertaining to another ordinance pertaining to at-large
dogs. She said she has been
harassed by animal control
for not having her dog on a
leash although the dog was
on her unfenced property.
Parsons explained one
section of that ordinance
they’ll be deployed. Summey
said officers have to be
trained and a policy for the
use of the cameras must
be written and approved by
lawyers.
In many jurisdictions
nationwide, there have been
complications and disagreements related to details
of such policies. In some
states, lawmakers have
proposed bills to exempt
video recordings of police
encounters with citizens
from state public records
laws, or to limit what can be
made public.
Paul Butler, a former
federal prosecutor who is
now a professor of criminal
law at Georgetown, said
use of a body camera in
North Charleston might
possibly have spared the
life of 50-year-old Walter
Lamer Scott, who was shot
and killed Saturday by
Patrolman Michael Thomas
Slager after a routine traffic
stop.
“They make both police
and civilians treat each other
better, because they know
they are being recorded,”
Butler said. “If the police
officer knew he was on
camera, he may have been
deterred from firing his
weapon at a fleeing suspect.”
In New York City, de
Blasio described the South
Carolina video as “so disturbing and so painful” and
said it fueled his interest in
expanding the use of police
body cameras in New York.
“We’re seeing things in a
different light now that we
have so much more video,”
he said. “Things in the past
that may have been mischaracterized, we’re now seeing
very starkly, very honestly.
And I believe that will lead
to progress.”
In Washington, White
House spokesman Josh
Earnest suggested that
greater use of body cameras
could help improve community/police relations.
“Even the investigators
themselves have acknowledged that when this video
evidence was presented, that
This does not address
liquor permits in the county.
There is no limit on how
many businesses can sell
beer and wine in the county
and there are no distance
requirements (from churches or schools) for those businesses that are selling only
beer and wine.
ABC began taking applications for permits for beer
and wine on Nov. 17.
requires either a fence or a
leash, and that canines cannot run loose on anyone’s
property without one or the
other. Greer argued that
the same ordinance has an
exception that allows dogs to
run loose between properties
so long as each homeowner
allows it, and said there are
it changed the way that they
were looking at this case,”
Earnest said. “I do think that
is an example of how body
cameras worn by police
officers could have a positive
impact in terms of building
trust between law enforcement officers and the communities that they serve.”
President Barack Obama
has proposed a $75 million
program to help law enforcement agencies buy the
cameras.
The North Charleston
video was provided to the
dead man’s family and
lawyer by a witness later
identified by NBC News as
Feidin Santana. It shows
Slager dropping his stun
gun, pulling out his handgun and firing at Scott as he
runs away. Scott falls after
the eighth shot, fired after a
brief pause.
Charleston County Sheriff
Al Cannon suggested that
investigators would have
ascertained Slager’s culpability without the video, but
the images made their job
easier.
“Like the family attorney
said, once that video came
out, things moved quickly,”
Cannon said.
The swift and forceful
response contrasted sharply
with how events unfolded
after the Rodney King beating and the chokehold death
of Eric Garner in New York
City last July — two other
cases in which videos of the
police action emerged.
King’s 1991 beating by
club-wielding Los Angeles
police officers was depicted
in a videotape made by a
man who witnessed the incident from his balcony. After
four officers were acquitted
in a state trial, the Justice
Department filed federal
civil rights charges and won
convictions against two of
them in 1993.
In the Garner case, a
grand jury decided not to
indict Police Officer Daniel
Pantaleo, who was involved
in the fatal confrontation
with the 350-pound black
man.
5
From page 1
and I-430, adjacent to the
Bass Pro Shops.
Six shops have requested
building permits for Outlets
at Little Rock including:
•China Max
•Dress Barn
•Express
•Gymboree
•Kay Jewlers
•The Children’s Place
Officials with Outlets at
Little Rock said they will
have 75 of some of the best
brand-name outlet stores.
The developers of the
Outlets at Little Rock say the
shopping center will mark
its grand opening on Friday,
Oct. 16.
Outlets of Little Rock is
a project of New England
Development.
For over 35 years, New
England Development has
taken a creative, entrepreneurial approach to real
estate development and
management -- delivering
and sustaining successful
projects across a wide range
of property types.
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at-large dogs in the ordinance.
Houston, the city attorney,
said a judge has not ruled
the ordinance invalid, and
the committee voted to leave
it as is until the judge rules
otherwise. Murphy cast the
only no vote.
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TUESDAY
Baseball
Benton def. LH 3-2
Conway def. Bryant 8-7 in 14
innings
Bauxite def. Carlisle 10-0
HG def. F. Lake 17-0
Softball
Benton def. LH 10-0
Bryant def. Conway 2-1
Cabot def. HG 6-0
Soccer
LH def. Benton (G) 7-0
Benton (B) def. LH 4-0
Bryant (G) def. Conway 4-1
Conway def. Bryant (B) 1-0
today
Soccer
Bryant (B) at De Queen, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY
Baseball
Benton at El Dorado, 5 p.m.
Bryant at Alma (DH), 5 p.m.
Bauxite vs. Mena, 4:30 p.m.
HG vs. Mayflower, 4:30 p.m.
Softball
Benton at El Dorado, 4:30 p.m.
Bryant at Alma (DH), 5 p.m.
Bauxite vs. Mena, 4:30 p.m.
HG vs. Mayflower, 5 p.m.
Soccer
Benton (G,B) at El Dorado, 4 pm
saturday
Baseball
Bryant Jamboree
Soccer
Bryant (G) vs. Fayetteville, 11
a.m. (in Russellville)
Masters offers
a major learning
curve for most
players
By Doug Ferguson
AP Writer
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger
Woods was the exception.
Ben Crenshaw was closer to
the rule.
Woods joined up with
Crenshaw to play the back
nine Wednesday on the
final day of practice for a
Masters that is shaping up
as a mystery in many ways.
They are Masters champions with multiple green
jackets. What separates
them is how soon they got
them.
Crenshaw had to suffer a
little before he could celebrate his first major. He was
a runner-up four times in
the majors, including a playoff loss to David Graham
at the PGA Championship,
before he broke through in
1984 at Augusta National.
He won another one in
1995.
Woods wasted no time.
He won the first major he
played as a pro by setting 20
records in his 1997 Masters
victory, and that was only
the start. He already had
eight majors before he
recorded his first runner-up
finish. He had four green
jackets before he turned 30.
More players have taken
the Crenshaw route.
Tom Watson. Nick Price.
Phil Mickelson. Adam Scott.
The group even includes
Jack Nicklaus, who was a
20-year-old amateur when
he finished second behind
Arnold Palmer in the 1960
U.S. Open. Nicklaus played
that day with Ben Hogan,
who also had a chance to
win until he hit into the
MASTERS, page 7
Thursday, April 9, 2015
[email protected]
Hogs Campbell cools Conway with HT
sweep
Devils
By Nate Allen
Razorback Report
FAYETTEVILLE - Like
vampires, the Arkansas
Razorbacks drew firstinning blood in consecutive games draining the
Mississippi Valley State
Delta Devils Tuesday night
and Wednesday afternoon at
Baum Stadium.
Arkansas scored three in
the first of Tuesday night’s 8-1
romp and scored four in the
first of the 14-0 Wednesday
wipeout completing a twogame nonconference sweep.
Andrew Benintendi, running one home inside the
park and trotting home the
second hit conventionally
out of the park, and Carson
Shaddy, a pinch-hit grand
slam, hit Arkansas home runs
HOGS, page 7
RICK NATION/Special to The Saline Courier
Bryant Lady Hornets sophomore Caroline Campbell scores one of her three goals for a hat trick in a 4-1 victory over Conway on Tuesday
in Bryant. Anna Lowery scored the other goal for Bryant, which improved to 11-1 overall, 3-0 in the 7A/6A Central Conference.
Defense propels Panthers
Norris burns LH
with hat trick
By Tony Lenahan
[email protected]
BENTON – Aaron Norris
completed a hat trick and the
Benton Panthers improved
to 6-0 overall and 5-0 in the
6A South with a 4-0 win over
the Lake Hamilton Wolves
Tuesday night at Panthers
Stadium.
“We started pretty slow
but finished very strong,”
Benton Coach Bobby Winn
said. “Lake Hamilton had a
good game plan to slow us
down, but we worked tough
and gutted it out to beat
them.
“We did not adjust one
bit, but had to play harder to
defeat their trap.
Norris scored in the first
half with an assist from
brother Andrew Norris.
Senior Michael Betyo also
assisted Norris and Andy
Giron, who scored the final
goal.
“Our defense once again
played outstanding and stuck
to the game plan limiting
Lake Hamilton to four total
shots,” Winn said. “Austin
Dow played well from his
keeper spot with one great
save.”
The Panthers continue
South action when they
travel to El Dorado on Friday
play the Wildcats.
STEVEN LOVELL/Special to The Saline Courier
Benton Panther Aaron Norris attacks in a 4-0 win over the Lake Hamilton Wolves on Tuesday. Norris scored three goals for a hat trick in
the win with Andy Giron also scoring a goal. Benton is 6-0 overall and 5-0 in the 6A South. The Panthers play El Dorado on Friday.
HOFer Sears shoots 1st 750 outdoor
LONSDALE, Ark. – On
Saturday, April 4 Rimfire Ridge
in Lonsdale, hosted the first
Unlimited IR5050 match of 2015 with local Hall of Fame
shooter Fred Sears (Lonsdale) shooting a perfect 750 aggregate score with 46 x’s. It’s the first time he shot a 750 in an
outdoor match. Scores:
Special to the Courier
Unlimited 1
Name Score
1 Fred Sears 250
2 Noah Johns Amity 249
3 Bruce Doster Amity 248 4 Chuck Stuckey 246
X
18
18
13
10
Sears
Unlimited 2
1 Fred Sears
2 Noah Johns 3 Bob Paulk L.R.
4 Jerry Coleman
250
250
248
247
14
12
14
15
Unlimited 3
1 Bruce Doster
2 Fred Sears
3 Chuck Stuckey
4 Noah Johns
250
250
249
248
19
14
15
8
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Former Benton resident Jerry Coleman, foregrand, competes at Rimfire Ridge recently.
RIMFIRE, page 7
Thursday, April 9, 2015
The Saline Courier
Hornets fall to Cats
Bryant
sophomore Andy
Doonan
makes a
play in the
Hornets
1-0 loss to
the Conway
Wampus
Cats on
Tuesday.
Bryant plays
next today
at De Queen
with junior
varsity boys
starting at
4 p.m. and
varsity following.
RICK NATION/
Special to The Saline
Courier
Hogs
From page 6
Wednesday and Tyler Spoon
clouted a 3-run double.
The overmatched Delta
Devils of the SWAC return to
Itta Bena, Miss., 6-21-1.
Arkansas raised its record
to 18-15 going into this weekend’s three-game SEC series
vs. the Kentucky Wildcats at
Baum. Game times are 6:30
p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday
and noon Sunday.
James Teague,
Wednesday’s winning starter
though only pitching four
innings since Arkansas
Coach Dave Van Horn wants
him relief available against
Kentucky or even for a possible Sunday start, Jonah
Patten, two innings, Cannon
Chadwick, one inning, Parker
Sanburn, one inning and Kyle
Pate, one inning, combined
for Wednesday’s shutout
after Jacob Stone, beaten in
SEC relief at Auburn hitting a
batter with the bases loaded
for the deciding run of a
3-2 loss, threw five shutout
innings as a winning starter
Tuesday night.
“It has been a good two
days for our team,” Van
Horn said. “It went well
for us on the mound and
offensively. We played pretty
good defense, one error in
two days and we put some
pitchers out there who hadn’t
been out there in awhile and
it all worked well.”
Arkansas right fielder
Spoon, 4 for 5 including a
double and two RBI Tuesday
night, dished it out again
Wednesday starting with a
3-run first-inning double off
losing starter Blake Thomas.
“Spoon has been on a
tear,” Arkansas senior Joe
Serrano (3 for 6 Wednesday)
said after Wednesday’s game.
“The ball looks like a beach
ball to him. Honestly it’s been
an honor just being in his
presence.”
Bobby Wernes singled
home Spoon for the final firstinning run.
Benintendi hit a thirdinning Arkansas solo inside
the park home run, a shot
Rimfire
From page 6
Unlimited Agg
1 Fred Sears
2 Noah Johns
3 Bruce Doster
4 Charles Stuckey
750
747
743
740
46
38
40
38
In the first IR5050 match of 2015 at Rimfire Ridge in
Lonsdale on the day, Rimfire hosted 14 shooters competing
at 50 yards. The results are as follows:
2
1
2
3
4
Gun Agg
Chuck Stuckey of Bismarck
Bob Paulk of Little Rock
Noah Johns of Amity
Fred Sears of Lonsdale
caroming off the left-center
wall eluding left fielder
Terrance Steele and especially center fielder Edward Cox
who fell down. Benintendi
crashed his second home run
over right, a 2-run shot in the
sixth upping his SEC lead to
11 home runs.
Arkansas scored three off
two relievers in Wednesday’s
fourth, two off bases-loaded
walks and one on a Wernes
single.
Pinch-hitting, ironically
for Spoon, the fourth-year
junior from Van Buren who
walked his next two at bats
before being told to rest
up pre-Kentucky, Shaddy
crushed his grand slam after
Clark Eagan, Joe Serrano
and Benintendi consecutively
singled loading the bases to
start the fifth.
“Some hitters stayed hot
and some got untracked,”
Van Horn said. “Spoon
has been hitting it well.
Andrew has. Serrano got
three hits today. He had
been kind of a tough-luck
hitter. He hit some balls
hard at Auburn that were
caught. (Designated hitter)
Spanberger is kind of the
same way.”
Arkansas middle infielders Serrano, normally the
left fielder but starting
Wednesday at second base,
and Michael Bernal turned a
seventh-inning base-loaded
double play on Alex Bravo’s
grounder quelling the Delta
Devils’ lone compelling scoring threat until loading the
bases in the ninth off Pate
before he recorded the last
out on a fly to center.
Masters
From page 6
3 Gun Agg
1 Chuck Stuckey
2 Noah Johns
3 Bruce Doster
4 Fred Sears
10 1/2 Pound Class
1 Chuck Stuckey
2 Bruce Doster 3 Fred Sears 4 Bob Paulk 249
248
248
247
13
18
13
13
13 1/2 Pound Class
1 Bob Paulk 2 Noah Johns 3 Chuck Stuckey 4 Fred Sears 250
248
248
246
11
16
11
11
The Sporter round
1 Bruce Doster 2 Noah Johns 3 Fred Sears 4 Chuck Stuckey 249
248
246
246
17
9
10
9
On Saturday, April 11, the range will host the Arkansas
Championship IR5050 .22 Rimfire Competition with six disciplines - Sporter Rifle, 10.5 lb. Rifle and 13.5 lb. Rifle at 50
yards and 50 meters. Sign in begins at 8 a.m. with the match
starting at 9 a.m. sharp. The range is located on Owensville
Cutoff at Lonsdale. For more information call range master
at 501-844-5738.
water on the 17th hole at
Cherry Hills.
Hogan said after the
round, “Don’t feel sorry for
me. I played with a kid today
who could have won this
Open by 10 shots if he had
known now.”
Nicklaus figured it out.
Also on that list is Rory
McIlroy, who returns to the
scene of his greatest lesson
in a major.
He was a 21-year-old
with a four-shot lead at the
Masters in 2011, ready to be
crowned the next big thing
in golf, when he shot 80 in
the final round. He handled
the collapse with remarkable
poise, said he would learn
from his mistakes. And then
he posted scoring records at
Congressional two months
later in the U.S. Open.
“A lot of that win has to
do with what happened at
Augusta,” McIlroy said.
The Masters is even more
meaningful now.
It the only major keeping
him from the career Grand
Slam, and McIlroy will be
7
Beard named Trojans’ coach
Special to the Courier
LITTLE ROCK – UALR
Director of Athletics Chasse
Conque has announced
Chris Beard as the Trojans’
new head men’s basketball
coach. Beard spent 10 years
as an assistant coach at
Texas Tech working under
Bobby Knight, and sports
a record of 141-45 (.758) in
six seasons as a head coach,
including a 47-15 mark
over the last two seasons at
Angelo State in San Angelo,
Texas.
“First, I would
like to thank
Chasse Conque
and Chancellor
Joel Anderson
for this opportunity,” Beard
Beard
said. ”This is
a first-class
academic institution in an
incredible city and community. This basketball program
has had a lot of success and
I look forward to taking it to
the next level.”
Beard was named the
National Association of
Basketball Coaches (NABC)
South Central Region and
Lone Star Conference
Coach of the Year after
leading Angelo State to a
program-record 28 wins in
the 2014-15 season. The
Rams boasted a perfect 17-0
home record and finished
the season ranked No. 19
nationally.
Angelo State’s 47-15
record over the past two
seasons includes a 28-2 mark
at home and the program’s
first-ever NCAA Division II
Sweet Sixteen appearance in
2015.
“Chris Beard is a proven
winner at every level and
brings a wealth of experience to the table,” Conque
said. “I believe he is the
right person at this time to
bring a winning program to
Little Rock. His track record
for graduating players and
student-athlete welfare is
second-to-none. Finally, he
understands the importance
of making this program a
part of the community’s fabric and shares our vision for
Little Rock’s Team. I’m excit-
ed about having Chris as our
new head men’s basketball
coach and am confident he
will have us competing for
championships in the near
future.”
During its record-setting
2014-15 campaign, ASU led
the nation in scoring margin
(plus 20.3), finished third
in the nation in field goal
percentage (.528), fifth in
assists (588) and fifth in
defensive field goal percentage (.393). The Rams also
ended the season in the
top-15 nationally in total
rebounds, assist-to-turnover
ratio and assists per game.
Angelo State averaged
84.1 points per game, good
enough to lead the Lone
Star Conference and South
Central Region.
Beard led the Rams to
a 19-9 record in his first
season in San Angelo after
inheriting a program coming
off three straight losing seasons. Angelo State began the
2013-14 season by winnings
its first 10 games – good
enough for its best start
in program history. That
success helped ASU earn a
national ranking for the first
time since 2009.
“I think it’s a great hire,”
Kansas Head Coach Bill Self
said. “He had the chance to
learn under one of the alltime pillars of our game in
Bob Knight. He’ll bring energy, he’ll bring excitement
and he’ll bring a work ethic
and recruiting knowledge
that will be very beneficial to
the UALR program. I believe
that Chris will provide a
freshness that can take this
program, which already has
a solid foundation, to an
even higher level.”
Prior to his stint at
Angelo State, Beard spent
the previous two seasons as
a head coach at McMurry
University and for the ABA’s
South Carolina Warriors.
Under Beard’s leadership,
McMurry went 19-10 in its
first season as a Division II
member in 2012-13. With
Beard as its head coach
in 2011-12, South Carolina
won the Mid Atlantic
Championship, advanced to
the ABA finals and posted
a 31-2 mark as a first-year
franchise.
“I’ve known Chris for a
very long time, and he’s
a great friend of mine,”
Tennessee Head Coach Rick
Barnes said. “Chris has an
incredible work ethic and
has won at every level he’s
ever been. I’m very confident that he’ll accomplish
great things at UALR.”
Beard spent 10 years as
an assistant coach at Texas
Tech, including seven under
legendary head coach Bobby
Knight. He was named
associate head coach in
2008 following Pat Knight’s
appointment as head coach.
In 10 years in Lubbock,
the Red Raiders won 188
games – the best 10-year
stretch in program history
– while earning four NCAA
Tournament bids and three
NIT appearances. Beard’s
run at Texas Tech was highlighted by the Red Raiders’
2005 Sweet Sixteen run.
“I think Chris Beard is
the finest young coach in
America, bar-none,” Texas
Tech Chancellor Emeritus
Kent Hance said. “He is a
great recruiter and coach,
but the thing that I like most
about him is that he cares
about the kids. He graduates players and makes sure
they’re good citizens and
complete student-athletes.
I’m thrilled for him and
UALR. Get ready, because
you’re about to move up.”
Before joining Knight’s
staff at Texas Tech, Beard
garnered head coaching
experience at Seminole
State College and Fort Scott
Community College. At
Seminole State during the
2000-01 season, Beard led
the program to a 25-6 record
and a No. 14 national ranking. In one season at Fort
Scott, Beard helped the
program to 19 wins and a
NJCAA Regional.
“Love the hire of Chris
Beard,” ESPN.com’s Jeff
Goodman said. “He’s
extremely well respected
in the industry and is considered a terrific coach as
well as a grinder – which is
needed in a place like Little
Rock to be successful.”
Cubs top Cards in pitchers’ duel
CHICAGO — Six innings
of two-hit ball wasn’t good
enough for Lance Lynn and
the St. Louis Cardinals.
“If you don’t win, it doesn’t
matter. That’s how I see it,”
Lynn said after Wednesday’s
2-0 loss to the Chicago Cubs.
“When it’s all said and done,
it’s a loss, so I’ve got to pitch
better.”
Jake Arrieta allowed three
hits over seven innings and
Starlin Castro had a go-ahead
RBI single in a two-run seventh.
Backed by just two hits
from Chicago’s offense,
Arrieta (1-0) struck out seven
and walked three. He was 10-5
with a 2.53 ERA in a breakout
2014 and improved to 3-0 with
a 0.74 ERA in six career starts
against St. Louis.
“He deserves everything
that he’s gotten,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “I saw
him in Baltimore, I’m seeing
him right now. He’s definitely
matured as a major-league
pitcher. This guy’s really
good.”
Phil Coke, Neil Ramirez,
Pedro Strop and Hector
Rondon combined for hitless relief. Rondon pitched a
perfect ninth for his first save
of the season. The Cardinals
won the opener 3-0 on Sunday
night’s opener.
Lynn (0-1) struck out nine
in six-plus innings, allowing both runs, one earned.
Castro’s single chased him
in the seventh, and Miguel
Montero hit a sacrifice fly off
Kevin Siegrist.
Both teams again struggled
to score at a cool and damp
Wrigley Field.
Anthony Rizzo was hit by a
pitch leading off the seventh
and advanced when Lynn’s
pickoff throw was wide of
Matt Adams at first for an
error.
“I was just trying to keep
him close to get the double
play ball,” Lynn said.
Castro singled, ending the
Cubs’ 15-inning scoreless
streak at the start of the season, and took second on the
throw.
Siegrist relieved, Chris
Coghlan sacrificed and
Montero’s flyout drove in the
second run.
St. Louis drew two walks in
the first but the inning ended
when Jhonny Peralta took a
called third strike.
the clear favorite when the
Masters begins Thursday.
“Everything I’ve done, all
the work I’ve done gearing
up for this week has been
good,” McIlroy said. “I’m
just ready for the gun to go
off on Thursday.”
The expectations are
higher than ever for
McIlroy, and lower than
ever for Woods, who is
competing for the first time
since Feb. 5. That’s when
he walked off the course at
Torrey Pines to work on a
game that had become so
bad that hardly anyone recognized it.
Woods has shown much
improvement in three days
of practice, including the
nine holes he played with
Crenshaw and Jordan
Spieth.
McIlroy and Woods, even
at different ends of the spectrum, have dominated the
talk so much this week that
a large group of contenders
have largely been ignored.
Bubba Watson is the
defending champion and
going for his third green
jacket in four years. Adam
Scott is back to the long putter he used to win in 2013.
Spieth and Jimmy Walker
might be the hottest players
on the PGA Tour — Walker
is the only player with two
wins this season, Spieth has
won, finished second and
lost in a playoff his last three
starts.
The question for Spieth is
whether he already paid his
major dues.
A year ago, he was on the
verge at age 20 of becoming
the youngest Masters champion when he had a two-shot
lead with 11 holes to play.
Two bogeys put behind
going into the back nine,
and he never caught up to
Watson.
“How much value do I
take out of losing? A lot,”
Spieth said. “But I’m not one
of those people who believe
it was better for me not to
win. I don’t think I would
have handled it the wrong
way. I don’t think Rory
would have if he had won.
He was saying he didn’t feel
ready to close that out and
found out what he was doing
wrong.
“I take a lot out of what
happened, but I don’t necessarily think it was better for
me.”
Padraig Harrington is
another major champion
who lost before he could
win.
“The best preparation
for winning is contending,”
Harrington said.
The Irishman made
bogey on the final hole at
the 2002 British Open that
cost him a spot in the playoff
at Muirfield. He finished
with three straight bogeys
at Winged Foot in 2006 and
finished two shots behind in
the U.S. Open. A year later,
he won the first of his three
majors, going back-to-back
at the end of 2008.
“You do need to be in that
situation a couple of times to
be comfortable,” Harrington
said. “That’s not true for
everyone. But for most players, you have to lose a few
before you can win a few.”
Maybe that explains why
no Masters rookie has won
a green jacket since Fuzzy
Zoeller in 1979. Or why the
Masters has the fewest number of first-time champions
compared with the other
three majors over the last 20
years.
McIlroy paid a steep price
four years ago and found
redemption in other majors
right away. Still missing,
however, is the green jacket.
By John Jackson
AP Writer
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Former Brookland minister
admits viewing child porn
The Jonesboro Sun
JONESBORO — A former Brookland Church
of Christ minister faced
child porn charges in court
Wednesday after police
found explicit images of
children on his computer.
John-Mark Wilson, 45, of
Brookland, stood in court
accused of viewing pictures
of “prepubescent children
involved in sexual activity,”
Jonesboro Internet Crimes
Detective Brandon King
said.
“I’ve never touched a
child or done anything
inappropriate with a child,”
Wilson told The Sun before
he was taken into jail for
fingerprinting.
“Isn’t child pornography inappropriate?” a Sun
reporter asked.
“I did look,” he responded. “Yes, it is inappropriate.”
King said police first suspected he possessed child
pornography about three
weeks ago when child porn
pictures were linked to his
IP address.
The pictures were then
downloaded from Wilson’s
Thursday, April 9, 2015
computer using police computers.
When a search warrant
was obtained, King linked
the IP address to Wilson.
During the search, officers confiscated his computers, cell phones and other
digital storage devices,
according to a probable
cause affidavit.
He wouldn’t deny the
crime to detectives.
“Wilson later admitted to
downloading and viewing
the sexually explicit images
of young children,” King
said.
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of the confiscated devices,
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porn photos were found.
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Keith Blackman’s court
Wednesday, the suspect
learned sufficient evidence
existed to charge him with
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LITTLE ROCK — A
shortage of mental health
doctors meant longer than
average waits at two of
Arkansas’ Veterans Affairs
medical centers, even
though the state’s veterans
have largely escaped some
of the infuriating waits experienced by VA patients in
parts of the South.
The Associated Press
examined waiting times at
940 VA hospitals and outpatient clinics during the
period from Sept. 1 to Feb.
28, the months where the
most detailed data was available, to gauge any changes
since a scandal over delays
led to the resignation of
VA Secretary Eric Shinseki
and prompted lawmakers in August to pass the
Veterans Access, Choice
and Accountability Act.
Overall at Arkansas’
medical centers and clinics,
only 2.53 percent of appointments took longer than 30
days to complete, slightly
better than the national
average of 2.8 percent.
Things weren’t as rosy
at the Veterans Healthcare
System of the OzarksFayetteville — about 3.94
percent of the appointments took 31 days or
longer to complete during
the six-month timespan.
Mark Worley, interim medical center director at the
Fayetteville facility, said the
biggest hurdle in meeting
the goal is staffing.
“We have a shortage in
psychiatry, and we’ve been
actively trying to recruit,”
Worley said. “Primarycare access tends to be
quicker than for psychiatry
or specialty care because
the patients are already
assigned to a primary care
team. We have two psychiatry residents who will be
joining our team in July, and
that should help reduce the
overall wait times.”
The three veterans’ hospitals in Arkansas completed
roughly the same number of
medical appointments in the
six-month period, but officials said the high demand
for psychiatry services at
two facilities increased the
percentage of appointments
that were delayed.
The John L. McClellan
VA Memorial Center in
Little Rock was able to
complete all but 1.3 percent
of its appointments within
a 30-day window. It refers
psychiatry and several other
high-demand appointments
to the neighboring Eugene
J. Towbin VA HealthCare
Center in North Little Rock,
where the timeliness rate
was slightly higher than the
national average with about
3 percent.
Cody Sublett, a 30-yearold Army veteran, said he
has opted several times in
recent years to seek treatment outside of the VA,
including for a gastrointestinal issue. Sublett says he
still sees a mental health
professional at Towbin, at
his wife’s request, but he
has considered finding help
elsewhere.
“I go in and (the doctor)
asks me the same 10 questions and then renews a prescription. That’s what happens every time,” he said.
“I’ve asked to see another
doctor, but they said it
would be five or six months
before someone else could
see me.”
Staffing issues also led
to a marked increase in the
number of appointments not
completed within 30 days
in January and February at
one of the state’s 15 rural
VA outpatient clinics. The
El Dorado clinic was below
the national average of 2.8
percent during the last
four months of 2014, but
jumped to 5.65 percent in
January and 7.69 percent in
February.
Patricia Hill, the spokesman for the Central
Arkansas Veterans
Healthcare System, which
oversees the El Dorado
facility, said the system is
actively trying to recruit
primary-care physicians to
replace missing staffers.
After bomber’s conviction, jury to decide life or death
The Associated Press
BOSTON — Now that a
jury has convicted Boston
Marathon bomber Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev on all charges, even
more is at stake in the next
phase of the federal trial: The
same 12 people must decide
whether the 21-year-old lives
or dies.
Tsarnaev was found guilty
Wednesday of 30 counts
against him, including conspiracy and deadly use of a
weapon of mass destruction.
Seventeen of those charges are
punishable by death.
The verdict was considered
practically a foregone conclusion since Tsarnaev’s lawyer
admitted he participated in the
bombings.
The former college student
was found responsible for the
deaths of three people who
died in the bombings as well as
the killing of a Massachusetts
Institute of Technology police
officer who was gunned down
days later as Tsarnaev and his
now-dead brother, Tamerlan,
attempted to flee.
In addition to the people
who were killed, more than
260 others were injured when
twin pressure-cooker bombs
packed with shrapnel exploded
near the marathon’s finish line
on April 15, 2013, turning the
traditionally celebratory home
stretch of the world-famous
race into a scene of carnage.
The defense lawyers, who
barely cross-examined the
prosecution’s witnesses during the first part of the trial,
are expected to become much
more aggressive during the
penalty phase, when they will
make a case that Tsarnaev’s
life should be spared.
The defense gave a preview
of its case during the trial when
it insisted that the then 19-yearold Tsarnaev was strongly
influenced by his radicalized
older brother, who was said to
have masterminded the attack.
Tsarnaev’s lawyers are
expected to continue that
theme, but also to explore the
brothers’ relationship more
deeply and perhaps bring in
evidence about Tsarnaev’s
life in Russia and the former
Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan,
where the family lived before
moving to the U.S. about a
decade before the bombings.
The defense can present
any mitigating evidence it
believes will persuade the
jury that life in prison is the
appropriate punishment
rather than death.
Legal analysts said they
don’t expect the defense case
to contain any new revelations
about Tsarnaev.
“The crime is so horrific
that they don’t have much else
really to point to, other than
his age and the influence of
his older brother,” said Dan
Collins, a former federal
prosecutor who handled the
case against a suspect in
the 2008 terrorist attacks in
Mumbai, India.
“At this point, it’s going
to be the life experiences
and the perspectives of the
jurors in deciding whether
or not they believe that
these points are strong
enough that his life should
be spared,” he said.
Meg Penrose, a death
penalty expert and professor
at Texas A&M University
School of Law, said it will be
difficult for the jury to overcome the image of Tsarnaev
planting a bomb just feet
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including 8-year-old Martin
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.
— A year after Americans
recoiled at new revelations
that sick veterans were
getting sicker while languishing on waiting lists
— and months after the
Department of Veterans
Affairs instituted major
reforms — government
data shows that the number of patients facing long
waits at VA facilities has not
dropped at all.
No one expected that
the VA mess could be
fixed overnight. But The
Associated Press has found
that since the summer, the
number of medical appointments delayed 30 to 90
days has largely stayed flat.
The number of appointments that take longer than
90 days to complete has
nearly doubled.
Nearly 894,000 appointments completed at VA
medical facilities from Aug.
1 to Feb. 28 failed to meet
the health system’s timeliness goal, which calls for
patients to be seen within
30 days.
That means roughly one
in 36 patient visits involved
a delay of at least a month.
Nearly 232,000 of those
appointments involved a
delay of longer than 60
days.
A closer look reveals
deep geographic disparities.
Many delay-prone facilities are clustered in a handful of Southern states, often
in areas with a strong military presence, a rural population and patient growth
that has outpaced the VA’s
sluggish planning process.
Of the 75 clinics and
hospitals with the highest
percentage of patients waiting more than 30 days for
care, 12 are in Tennessee
or Kentucky, 11 are in
eastern North Carolina and
the Hampton Roads area of
Virginia, 11 are in Georgia
or southern Alabama and
six are in north Florida.
Seven more were clustered in the region between
Albuquerque, New Mexico
and Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
Those 47 clinics and hospitals represent just a fraction of the more than 1,000
VA facilities nationwide,
but they were responsible
for more than one in five
of the appointments that
took longer than 60 days to
complete.
That has meant big
headaches for veterans
like Rosie Noel, a retired
Marine sergeant awarded
the Purple Heart in Iraq
after rocket shrapnel
slashed open her cheek and
broke her jaw.
Noel, 47, said it took 10
months for the VA to successfully schedule her for a
follow-up exam and biopsy
after an abnormal cervical
cancer screening test. Her
first scheduled appointment
in February of 2014 was
postponed due to a medical
provider’s family emergency, she said. Her make
up appointment at the VA
hospital in Fayetteville, one
of the most backed-up facilities in the country, was canceled when she was nearly
two hours into the drive
from her home in Sneads
Ferry on the coast.
Noel said she was so
enraged, she warned the
caller she had post-traumatic stress disorder — and
they better have security
meet her in the lobby.
“To say I was livid is
being mild,” she said.
The AP examined six
months of appointment data
at 940 individual VA facilities to gauge changes since
a scandal over delays led to
the resignation of the VA’s
secretary and prompted
lawmakers in August to give
the VA an additional $16.3
billion to hire doctors, open
more clinics and build the
new Choice program that
allows patients facing long
delays to get private-sector
care. Data for individual
facilities were not available
for August.
The analysis reveals stark
differences between the
haves and have-nots.
In the Northeast,
Midwest and Pacific Coast
states, few VA sites reported
having significant delays. A
little less than half of all VA
hospitals and clinics reported averaging fewer than two
appointments per month
that involved a wait of more
than 60 days.
But at the VA’s outpatient clinic in Jacksonville,
Florida, 7,117 appointments
completed between Sept. 1
and Feb. 28 involved a wait
of more than 60 days. There
were more vets experiencing extended delays there
than in the entire states of
New York and Pennsylvania
combined.
VA officials cite numerous efforts to ramp up
capacity by building new
health centers and hiring more staff. Between
April and December,
the system added 8,000
employees. In Fayetteville,
the VA is finishing a new
250,000-square-foot health
center to help alleviate the
delays that frustrated Rosie
Noel.
And they say that in one
statistical category, the VA
has improved: The number
of appointments handled by
VA facilities between May
and February was up 4.5
percent compared to the
same period a year earlier.
Referrals to private sector
doctors are rising.
But they also acknowledge that in some
places, the VA is perpetually behind rising demand.
Total enrollees in the VA
system have ballooned
from 6.8 million in 2002 to
8.9 million in 2013.
“I think what we are seeing is that as we improve
access, more veterans are
coming,” Deputy Secretary
of Veterans Affairs Sloan
Gibson said.
He also acknowledged
that the VA takes too long
to plan and build new clinics, and hasn’t been flexible
about reallocating resources to areas experiencing
fast growth.
By Claudia Lauer
The Associated Press
NORTH LITTLE ROCK
— Representatives from
dozens of Arkansas medical facilities told stories
Wednesday of lost medical records, requests for
reimbursement that have
gone unpaid for months and
other problems when asking federal officials to pay
for medical care provided to
veterans.
U.S. Sen. John Boozman,
R-Arkansas, sent staff members to facilitate a meeting
between local and federal
Veterans Affairs officials,
medical facilities, physicians’
advocates and veterans
groups at Pulaski County
Technical College in North
Little Rock.
VA officials said new
timeliness standards meant
to cut down on wait times
for veterans seeking medical care will also cut back
on how long those medical
facilities will have to wait.
State officials were concerned that cutting down on
the time it takes to consider
a payment request might
lead to more claims being
denied.
Steve Gray, a former vet-
erans and military liaison
for Boozman’s office, said
he had surveyed the 60 hospitals and medical facilities
that have complained about
the late payments over the
past few years on Monday.
He said 35 of the medical
centers responded with
more than 4,400 outstanding
claims worth upwards of $25
million.
Steve Lange, the executive director of the revenue
cycle at the White River
Health System, said he sent
a box of medical records
to the regional center for
review and payment months
ago.
“It’s been over 180 days.
We track every contact we
make on those claims consistently,” he said.
Joe Enderle, the director
of the VA’s Chief Business
Office of Purchased Care,
said the Veterans Access
Choice and Accountability
Act of 2014 has started several pilot programs to make
the system more uniform
and ultimately meet the goal
of having 80 percent of medical reimbursement claims
decided in 30 days or less.
The act also included money
for new hiring and manda-
tory overtime to try to clear
the existing backlog.
“We admit we’ve had
some challenges. We’ve had
some staffing issues. There
was a hiring freeze at one
time,” Enderle said. “We’ve
had some IT issues. Don’t
get me wrong, we’re not trying to make excuses. We’ve
had some issues, and we
want to fix that.”
VA officials said as of
Wednesday, the Veterans
of the Ozarks system in
Fayetteville had 13,440
claims, about 9,000 of which
or 66.26 percent were less
than 30 days old. For the
Central Arkansas Veterans
Healthcare System based in
Little Rock had 7,415 claims,
about 5,800 of which or 78
percent were less than 30
days old.
Ken Griffin, the Military
and Veterans Affairs liaison for Arkansas Gov. Asa
Hutchinson, said he was
concerned about those numbers because they included
rejected claims. He said
he worried that the push
to deal with claims faster
would lead to more requests
for payment being rejected.
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accrue until all such assessments, or liens to preference the time of
along railroad Union
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created,
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for 671.04the point of for 239 feet to run thence
SALINE
DISTRICT
shall be
cost that and Said sale
COUNTY,
beginning; a point that
in full force
feet to
may purchaser will be
NO. 14
the point
CONSTRUCTIONARKANSAS
held at
and effect
run
SALINE IS SO ORDERED
security at said sale 11:00 A.M. on of beginning thence
DATED
from and
COUNTY
BONDS
will be
the
IMPROVEMENT
after interest to secure
PROPERTYthis 5th day
Sealed SEPTEMBER
required date stated.
the payment
1, 2013
from
to give
The
10:00 a.m. bids will be
DISTRICT OWNERS' of August, 2013.
and a lien the date
bond with
of the purchase
/s/ Travis
MULTIPURPOSE
local time received until
NO. 72
of
approved For the above
purchase will be retained sale at the highest
on August
price together
/s/ Mickey P. Bull • Commissioner
on February bonds, which
price.
on said
20,
rate
with
WITNESS
land to
/s/ Jerry D. Cunningham
mature 2013
1 of each
through
secure allowable by
my hand
Cunningham
serially
• Commissioner
further said
law,
2040
this
the Official inclusive. of the years
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Dennis 17th day of June,
Prepared
2014
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2013.
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Commissioner,
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Dollar may be next screw for U.S. to tighten on North Korea
Associated Press
TOKYO — The last time
the United States tried the
military option on North
Korea, more than a million
died, a hostile and unexpectedly resilient adversary
emerged and instead of
regime change it got three
generations of the Kim family. Understandably, there is
little appetite in Washington
to try that again. But if sending in the Marines is off the
table, what’s an administration to do?
A bill now making its way
through the U.S. Congress
— and being watched
closely in Pyongyang — is
designed to shut off the
North, and anyone who
deals with it, from the U.S.
dollar.
Supporters say the tactic
directly targets the wallets
of North Korea’s senior
leaders. But opponents warn
that over-politicizing the
greenback might have more
impact on its standing as
the world’s most influential
reserve currency than on
a country already largely
excluded from international
finance.
The House bill would
block dollar-denominated
trade or investment deals
with North Korea as they
pass through the U.S. controlled, dollar-based financial system.
The vast majority of all
international financial transactions are denominated
in dollars and nearly all of
them are cleared through
U.S.-based banks, which
are regulated by the U.S.
Treasury Department. That
gives Washington its leverage.
The bill would punish
North Korea’s enablers by
limiting their access to the
dollar-based financial market, even on business that
doesn’t involve North Korea.
“By shutting down North
Korea’s illicit activities, we
deprive the Kim regime of
the money it needs to pay
the generals and to conduct
nuclear weapons research,”
House Foreign Affairs
Committee Chairman Ed
Royce, R-California, said
after the act was introduced
in February. He said the
act, updated after the massive cyberattack on Sony
Entertainment, would “step
up the targeting of those
financial institutions in Asia
and beyond that are supporting this brutal and dangerous regime.”
President Barack Obama
— and Senate Democrats,
who have been lukewarm
toward the bill — appear
hesitant to take action that
would make future negotiations with Pyongyang more
difficult, or open up a new
fight with China, which is
where most of the potentially sanctionable banks would
likely be.
Obama already has
authority to take some
action, and has used it. After
pointing the finger at North
Korea for the December
cyberattack on Sony
Pictures, he took executive
action allowing the U.S. to
sanction any entity, including a foreign bank, working
with the North.
Treasury officials say
their problem isn’t the lack
of power, but the dearth of
targets.
North Korea has proven
to be highly resilient and
creative in the face of conventional sanctions. It is also
accustomed to being deeply
isolated from the global
financial market.
Even so, the congressional action could be significant because it would provide even further incentive
for foreign banks and multinational companies — which
do need to remain in good
standing within the international financial community
— to avoid North Korea lest
they face fines and litigation or are forced to freeze
accounts and provide data to
authorities about overseas
operations and clients.
“The message is clear,”
Michelle Frasher, an expert
on financial sanctions and
a visiting scholar at the
European Union Center of
the University of Illinois,
said in an email to The
Associated Press. “If you
want to do business here,
you have obey U.S. laws and
support U.S. interests, even
abroad.”
Pyongyang appears to be
taking the threat seriously.
An editorial last week in
the mouthpiece of the ruling
Workers’ Party slammed
efforts in Washington to
use the dollar as a weapon
of coercive diplomacy. It
referred to a statement by
the U.S. Treasury secretary
emphasizing the need for
the U.S. to retain its leadership role in the International
Monetary Fund as potential
adversaries, and even some
close U.S. allies, are beginning to back a potential rival
organization being established in China.
“Many countries are
rejecting with vigilance the
U.S. using its currency as
a lever for bringing down
the social systems of other
countries and realizing
‘liberalization,’” the Rodong
Sinmun editorial said. “The
dollar has already lost its
monopoly position as the
world’s key reserve currency.”
“The U.S., the empire of
dollars, is bound to go bankrupt,” it said.
Pyongyang recently
announced it will con-
duct trade in rubles with
Moscow, sidestepping the
dollar altogether. It is now
engaging with the Asian
affiliate of the Paris-based
Financial Action Task Force
on Money Laundering.
North Korea remains one
of just two countries on the
influential body’s blacklist — the other is Iran.
Improved relations are key
to building the country’s
credibility in the global
financial world.
The weaponization of
finance concept was tried
out in 2005 with mixed
results when Washington
imposed sanctions against
a Macau-based bank, Banco
Delta Asia, which held about
$25 million in North Korean
funds. The sanctions cut
Banco Delta Asia off from
the international dollarbased financial system and
almost caused it to collapse.
It was later lifted to facilitate nuclear talks, but the
stigma it created turned
North Korea into kryptonite
for most banks, which
continue to avoid transactions with the country even
when they are not expressly
banned.
U.S. ends brake-line rust probe, urges people to wash vehicles
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DETROIT — If you live
where salt is used to clear
the roads of snow and ice,
U.S. safety regulators have a
message for you: Wash the
underside of your car.
The message came
Wednesday from the
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, which
closed a five-year investigation into rusting pipes that
carry brake fluid in about
5 million older Chevrolet,
Cadillac and GMC pickups
and SUVs, without seeking
a recall.
Instead, the agency
blamed the problem on rust
caused by road salt and a
lack of washing. It determined that it was not the
result of a manufacturing or
design defect.
The agency urged people
in 20 cold-weather states and
Washington, D.C., to get
their car and truck undercarriages washed several times
during and after the winter, and to get their brake
lines inspected for rust and
replace them if necessary.
The warning underscores
the importance of washing
highly corrosive salt from
beneath a car because over
time, it can cause suspension parts, the frame, or
other components to cor-
rode and fail.
NHTSA’s finding that the
GM trucks weren’t defective came even though it
received 3,645 complaints
of brake pipe rust in the
General Motors vehicles
from the 1999 to 2007 model
years, including 107 crash
reports and 40 reports of
injuries. Seventy-five percent of the complaints came
from trucks in the first four
model years covered by the
investigation, 1999-2003, the
agency said.
Investigators checked
similar vehicles in
Pennsylvania, surveyed owners in Ohio, and did random
checks in other salt-belt
states to determine that the
same problem exists in just
about every other vehicle
from the same era because
brake lines were all made
of the same steel materials
with aluminum coatings.
The industry gradually
switched to nylon or plasticcoated steel lines in the mid2000s, NHTSA said.
The investigation started
after NHTSA received
a complaint from a
Middletown, Ohio, man in
March of 2010, who said the
pipes that carry brake fluid
on his 2003 Chevy Silverado
rusted and leaked, causing a
sudden reduction in braking
power.
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