Chambers encouraging students to think ahead

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Chambers encouraging students to think ahead
By Sarah Perry
[email protected]
Members of the Benton
and Bryant Area Chambers of
Commerce know the importance
of a good education. With the help
of the Arkansas Scholars program,
chamber members are hoping to
teach students about the value of
education as well.
Arkansas Scholars, a statewide
program, was founded in 1990.
Students who choose to participate in the program by following
certain requirements are eligible
for incentives at colleges across
the state.
To be considered an Arkansas
Scholar, students must earn a
grade of a C or above in all courses, have an attendance rate of 95
percent or better, complete the
recommended courses for graduation and finish high school in
eight consecutive semesters.
Each school year, chamber
members make a presentation to
eighth-grade students to introduce
them to the program. The presentation informs students about the
average salaries of specific jobs
and how the decisions they make
in high school can affect them
later in life.
“It really wakes them up to the
Bryant PD
implements
new software
world,” said Gary James, chamber
president/CEO.
Each year after the presentation, chamber members reward
students who have continued to
follow the program requirements.
The awards change from year to
year.
James mentioned that representatives from Everett Buick GMC
sponsor the awards each year at
Benton High School.
Students who graduate as an
Arkansas Scholar receive recog-
nition during commencement
ceremonies and are eligible to
receive incentives from the college or university of their choice.
Incentives range from discounted
tuition and fees to not having to
pay for books.
The Bryant Area Chamber of
Commerce started participating in
the program more than 15 years
ago, said Rae Ann Fields, who currently serves as executive director of the Bryant Area Chamber
of Commerce but has recently
announced she will be leaving the
post.
CHAMBERS, page 5
LITTLE FIELD DAY IN BENTON
By Sarah Perry
[email protected]
Officers with the Bryant Police
Department are asking members
of the community to bear with
them as they work to implement a
new software system.
Beginning Tuesday, the department will be using a new software
system called Spillman.
“This new system will help
improve how officers, firefighters
and animal control officers type
out incident reports and handle
our day-to-day business,” said
Sgt. Todd Crowson, Bryant Police
Department spokesperson.
For the first couple of weeks,
officers are asking the community
to be patient.
“We know how important it is to
get a copy of any report you make
and we assure you, we will do our
best to see that the time frame is
minimal,” he said.
This system will affect incident
reports and not accident reports,
Crowson said.
“We want to thank you in
advance for helping us get through
these changes and we look forward to using our new software to
better serve the city of Bryant and
surrounding area in the future,”
he said.
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Hannah Colford, a Special Olympics volunteer, stands by as Scarlett Chisum jumps between two stars on Thursday at Ascent Children’s Health Services in Benton.
Students at the center were introduced to Special Olympics by completing a vareity of activites. For more pictures, see page 5.
Sing-off scheduled for Benton School Board to present awards
county courthouse lawn
By Lynda Hollenbeck
[email protected]
By Lynda Hollenbeck
[email protected]
The inaugural Saline County
Music Festival and Sing-Off is
scheduled for 2 p.m., April 30, at
the Saline County Courthouse.
The event will feature numerous area musicians and groups.
A $10 entry fee will be charged
to compete in the event, but there
is no charge for spectators.
To date, those scheduled to
compete are:
• Saline County Community
Orchestra at 1 p.m.
• A bluegrass band at 3 p.m.
• A sing-off competition for
adults and children at 4 p.m.
For more information or to sign
up to participate, call Dimensions
Fine Arts at 870-405-6856.
Dimensions is sponsoring the
event.
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Concert violinist Oksana performs
with one of her students in a musical event at the gazebo on the Saline
County Courthouse lawn. The courthouse lawn will be the setting April
30 for the first Saline County Music
Festival and Sing-Off sponsored by
Dimensions Fine Arts. Call 870-4056856 for more information
Daily
Forecast
TODAY
WEATHER
Benton School Board will be
meeting Monday night in its first
meeting since Jeff Collum vacated his position as superintendent
of the district to return to East
Texas.
Karla Neathery, who was serving as assistant superintendent
for instruction and curriculum,
was named recently as interim
superintendent.
A number of Panther Pride
Awards will be presented in the
meeting.
Under “action items,” the agenda notes that the board will:
• Vote on a memorandum
of understanding for school
resource officers.
• Vote on a payment related
to the district’s arrangement with
Pulaski Tech.
• Vote on contract disclosures.
• Vote on proposed policy
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changes.
• Vote on student transfer
requests.
• Vote on an expulsion recommendation.
• Vote on the purchase of
eRate projects.
• Vote on the purchase of
Chromebooks/carts for various
campuses.
• Vote on revised Dell lease
agreement.
The board also will receive
monthly department reports,
which, in most instances, are
approved under a blanket “consent agenda” motion.
The agenda notes that an executive session will be held. No
additional details were given.
Heath Nix, board president, is
scheduled to preside in the session.
Monday’s meeting is set for
5:30 p.m. at the Professional
Development Center on the
Benton High School campus.
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Egg hunt to be held today
SALINE COURIER SCRAPBOOK 1976
By Sam Pierce
[email protected]
Mission by the Creek
Church is hosting an Easter
Egg Hunt today at 11 a.m. in
Shannon Hills, across from
Shamrock Park.
“There is no cost to the
public,” organizer Robert
Perriman said. “We want
these kids to come grab
these eggs.”
Perriman said they had
about 250 children there last
year and he expects to have
even more this year.
“We will start at 11 a.m.
and even though we probably
have close to 1,000 or more
eggs, it only takes them
about 20 minutes to find
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them all,” Perriman said.
“It is a wonderful thing to
see.”
Each plastic egg is stuffed
with prizes, a process that
has taken close to two
months.
“Some eggs will have
coins in them, and they can
bring those up and collect
the prize,” Perriman said.
Mission by the Creek
Church is formerly First
Baptist Church, and
reopened in June 2014 under
the new name.
“This is our 20th year
we have hosted this event,”
Perriman said. “Many members of the old First Baptist
Church attend Mission by
the Creek.”
Disease found in deer, elk
population near Pruitt, Ponca
The Associated Press
JASPER, Ark. — Wildlife
officials say the prevalence
of chronic wasting disease
among deer and elk recently
killed in northern Arkansas
makes it unnecessary to conduct a mass harvest of the
animals to determine how
far the disease has spread.
Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission Chief of
Wildlife Management Brad
Carner said that 19 of 49
sampled deer and elk in a
125,000-acre area around
Pruitt and Ponca have tested
positive for the disease.
The Harrison Daily Times
reports that officials had
planned to harvest about
300 deer and elk to test for
the disease because there’s
no way to do so on a live
animal.
Carner said that the current prevalence rate of 38
percent indicated that the
disease has likely been present in the area for 10 years.
“We weren’t expecting
to find this many positives,
clearly,” Carner said.
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Ann Gossett Hearnsberger of Benton passed away on
Saturday, March 19, 2016 in Katy, Texas. Ann was a longtime resident of Benton. She retired from Benton Utilities
after 30 years of service.
She was born in Bearden to John Charles and Ora
Goodgame Gossett.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband,
Clyde Hearnsberger; brothers, John Charles Jr. and Henry
Martin Gossett; and sister, Sara Frances Gossett.
She is survived by her daughter Susan Daniels (Mark)
of Katy, Texas; grandsons, Michael Daniels (Susan) and
Matthew Daniels (Danielle); and great-granddaughter, Lila,
all of Houston; nephew, Chuck Gossett (Pam) of Bearden;
and nieces Missy Reynolds (Ronnie) of Hot Springs and
Dr. Brenda Gossett of Little Rock.
A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday,
March 26 at Oakland Cemetery in Fordyce with Jerry
Harper officiating.
Services are entrusted to Benton Funeral Home in
Fordyce.
Online guestbook: www.bentonfuneralhome.net.
PAID OBITUARIES
Governor says managed
care plan broadens debate
LITTLE ROCK —
Arkansas Gov. Asa
Hutchinson said Friday that
his proposal to shift some
Medicaid services to private
companies broadens the
debate about the program’s
future beyond the hybrid
expansion he has been urging lawmakers to save.
The Republican governor
called his managed care
and expansion proposals
“historic,” a day after lawmakers got their first look
at legislation outlining his
plans ahead of a special
session planned April 6 on
both issues.
“We’ve broadened the
debate simply from the
one small slice of the pie
chart that is impacted by
the expanded Medicaid
population and we’ve put
the reform in the entire pie
of Medicaid,” Hutchinson
told reporters at the state
Capitol.
Hutchinson has proposed
having the state contract
with private companies
to manage the state’s
Medicaid services for the
developmentally disabled
and mentally ill. Hutchinson
said some of the $1.4 billion
in savings projected from
the managed care proposal
would be used to reduce
the state’s waiting list for
home and community-based
services for the developmentally disabled.
“It is a realistic plan to
create savings, and the savings can be used to reduce
that waiting list population
and creates a trust fund to
accomplish that,” he said.
The managed care proposal faces resistance, especially from Democrats who
have historically backed
the state’s hybrid expansion. Top Democrats in
both chambers say they’re
encouraged the managed
care and expansion proposals will be considered separately.
Senate Minority Leader
Keith Ingram said he’d prefer the competing proposal
offered by managed care
opponents that calls for the
state to contract with a private company to coordinate
some services. Unlike the
managed care proposal, the
state would still pay health
providers directly under
this plan.
“I’m just uncomfortable
with making this big of a
move when so many states
have had mixed results,”
said Ingram, a Democrat
from West Memphis.
Hutchinson also faces a
split among Republicans
on his plan to keep the
state’s hybrid expansion,
which uses federal funds to
purchase private insurance
for the poor. The program
was approved in 2013 as
an alternative to expanding
Medicaid under the federal
health law.
Hutchinson has proposed
adding new restrictions,
including a requirement
that beneficiaries making
at least 100 percent of the
federal poverty level pay
premiums.
Hutchinson said he’s
focusing now on getting the
simple majority needed to
pass the legislation outlining the changes in next
month’s special session.
Final approval for keeping the reworked program
will mean passing the
Medicaid budget bill, which
will require three-fourths
support in the House and
Senate.
“I don’t think you can
read very much into the
numbers,” Hutchinson said.
“My goal is to get it passed
in the authorizing or special
session by a majority vote
and to be able to succeed in
the appropriation session.”
State’s unemployment rate
drops again to 4.2 percent
LITTLE ROCK —
Arkansas’ unemployment
rate is continuing its steady
decline, coming in at 4.2 percent in February.
The Arkansas Department
of Workforce Services said
Friday that Arkansas’ rate
is below the national unemployment rate of 4.9 percent.
Arkansas’ jobless rate in
January was 4.4 percent.
Officials say seven major
industry sectors posted
gains, led by the government
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SALINE COUNTY EVENTS
Ann Gossett Hearnsberger
By Andrew DeMillo
The Saline Courier
sector, which added 5,000
jobs.
The bulk of those jobs
were from public school
employees returning from
winter break. Leisure and
hospitality jobs increased by
2,700 in February while educational and health services
added 1,100 jobs. The professional and business services
sector also increased by
1,100 jobs.
The state says that
Arkansas’ nonfarm jobs have
increased by 27,200 since
February 2015.
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
10:30 a.m.
Family Story Time is set for
10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 26
at Herzfeld Library in Benton.
Join in for family story time
and enjoy songs, stories, and
a craft to take home with you.
The theme is family.
Noon
Animeniacs! is set for noon
Saturday, March 26 at Herzfeld
Library in Benton. Join the
Animeniacs for an awesome
afternoon of Anime and Manga
related activities. Teens ages
12-18 are invited. Snacks will
be provided and there will
always be a craft to do, an
anime to watch, or games to
play.
MONDAY, MARCH 28
6 p.m.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
OF SALINE COUNTY
APPLICATION MEETING will be
held at 6 p.m. Monday, March
28 at Herzfeld Library. Anyone
interested in learning more
about affordable housing through the Habitat for
Humanity program is invited
to attend. All applicants are
required to attend an application meeting. For more
information on the Habitat for
Humanity affordable housing
program, please call 501-3155434.
SATURDAY, APRIL 2
9 a.m.
Sardis Community Garden
Plant Swap is set for 9 a.m.
Saturday, April 2 at Sardis
United Methodist Church
located at 10715 West Sardis
Road. Attendees will be given
a number in the order that
you arrive. Come early for a
better spot in line. At that time
you will be given a ticket for
each plant that you brought
to swap. All of the plants will
be set out so that you can
browse before the wapping
begins. We’ll do our best to
start the swapping at 9:30 a.m.
The person with the first ticket
starts off by choosing three
plants. Then the second person
chooses three. After everyone
has chosen three plants, we
start the process over again
and it continues until everyone
has used all their tickets.
What to bring: Plants of
your choice labeled to the best
of your knowledge with the
plant name, growing instructions and plant characteristics.
You could even include a
picture if you have that available. You will be taking home
the number of plants that you
bring. The amount is up to
you. The plants do not need to
all be the same kind. They can
be flowers, vegetables, shrubs,
trees ect.
You will probably want to
bring something to put your
plants in for the ride home so
that you don’t get your car
dirty. We’ll have some chairs
here, but you may want to
throw in some lawn chairs.
There will also be food, drinks
and door prizes. It is free of
charge. Bring a friend and
come join the fun. Everyone
is welcome. If you are new
to gardening and don’t have
any plants to swap, we hope
you will still come. We will
have extra plants here to share
with you as well, while supplies they last.
If it is raining, we will meet
in the breezeway by the Family
Life Center. Otherwise, we will
meet at the community garden.
THURSDAY, APRIL 7
10:30 a.m.
THEOS, a support group for
widowed persons, will meet
at Roller-Ballard for a trip to
Garvin Woodland Gardens.
6 p.m.
Folk music trio “Harmony”
will perform in concert beginning at 6 p.m. April 7 at
Herzfeld Library in Benton.
Seating is first come, first
served. For more information,
call 778-4766.
SATURDAY, APRIL 9
10 a.m.
Harmony Grove School
Reunion for all students and
guests through the class of
2000 will be held beginning at
10 a.m. Saturday, April 9 at the
school’s multipurpose building.
Lunch will be catered by Eat
My Catfish beginning at noon.
Attendees are encouraged to
make reservations no later
than Friday, March 25. Please
call 778-7708 or 315-6405 for
more information.
8 a.m.
Churches Joint Council
on Human Needs pancake
breakfast is set for 8 to 11
a.m. Saturday, April 9 at Salem
United Methodist Church in
benton. For more information,
call 501-315-0599. Proceeds
of the fundraiser benefit
CJCOHN’s capital improvement
account. Funds in this account
are utilized for repairs. The
building on Elm Street recently needed a new roof, which
cost nearly $10,000. Payment
for the new roof nearly
depleted funds in the capital improvement account.
In order to replenish these
funds, a small percentage of
donations destined for the
food and general accounts
are transferred to the capital
improvement account each
month until that particular
account grows sufficiently to
handle expensive structure or
vehicle repairs.
7 a.m.
Haskell 4-H is having an
inside sale from 7 a.m. to
2 p.m. Saturday, April 9 at
Haskell City Hall in the church/
court building. Donation
of unwanted goods will be
excepted, but please come
shop and help the local 4- H
club.
TUESDAY, APRIL 12
5 p.m.
THEOS, a support group
for widowed persons, 5
p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at
Whispering Pines Community
Room, 1200 W. Pine St.
Regular monthly and play
bingo.
SATURDAY, APRIL 16
6 p.m.
Haskell 4-H is hosting a
spring dance open to all children ages 5-19. The dance is
set for 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday,
April 16 at the Harmony
Grove multipurpose building. You may RSVP to Teresa
Adams at 501-249-1238.
There will be a DJ, concessions and a photographer.
This will be a lock-in type
event and security will be
available. All children age 9
and under must be accompanied by an adult. Children 10
to 17 must have an adult sign
them in and out.
8 a.m.
Saline County Master
Gardeners annual plant sale
is set from 8 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Saturday, April 16 at the
Saline County Fairgrounds.
THURSDAY, APRIL 21
4:30 p.m.
THEOS, a support group for
widowed persons, will meet for
dinner at 4:30 p.m., April 21 at
“Eat My Catfish”.
ONGOING EVENTS
ALZHEIMER’S Arkansas
Caregiver Support Group will
meet every third Thursday at
2 p.m. at Herzfeld Library in
Benton. The next meeting is
set for Feb. 18.
CONGO MASONIC LODGE,
located at the corner of Steele
Bridge Road and Thompson
Dairy Road, will host an all-youcan-eat fish fry the last Saturday
of every month from April to
September. Money raised will go
to area charities. The public is
encouraged to attend.
SALINE MEMORIAL HOSPICE
is recruiting volunteers. These
volunteers will help with hospitality at the Hospice House in
Bryant and sit with patients in
their homes and nursing homes.
For more information, call the
volunteer coordinator at 3150136
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 Activity Center. Volunteers
must be certified. CADC provides
training. To volunteer,contact
Susan Willis at 501-778-1133.
BRYANT HISTORICAL
SOCIETY has changed its meeting date to the second Tuesday
of each month, beginning at 6:30
p.m.. The meeting will be held
at Boswell Library in Bryant on
Prickett Road. 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 Saline County Extension
Office, 1605 Edison Ave on
Friday mornings. Supportive
and fun accountability. Weigh-in
begins at 8:45 a.m. and meeting
begins at 9:30 a.m. For more
information, email blastergirl@
gmail.com.
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 from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through
Thursday. Call 778-3770 for
more information.
Drug testing for welfare recipients to begin
LITTLE ROCK — Drug screening
and testing is expected to begin in less
than two weeks in Arkansas for the
heads of families who apply for and
receive government welfare.
Statewide testing and screening is
likely to begin in seven to 10 days,
according to Daryl Bassett, head of
Arkansas’ Department of Workforce
Services.
Applicants for government aid will
answer a questionnaire regarding drug
use, and if the answers raise concerns,
the applicant will be asked to take a
drug test.
Those who refuse testing will be
denied benefits for six months. Those
who test positive can receive aid as
long as they follow treatment or recovery plans. Applicants who continue
testing positive — or fail to complete
the program — are excluded from
receiving the funds directly and the
benefits will sent to the person’s family.
Supporters claim the program will improve the quality
of the workforce, send those
in need to drug treatment, and
safeguard government money
“There are many issues ... but creatfrom being spent by drug users.
Critics argue the program could cost ing more bureaucracy doesn’t solve
the problem,” Bennett said. “It’s smoke
too much for its return. The program
and mirrors. We’re adding complexity
has been estimated to cost from $1.45
and confusion to an already complex
million to $1.7 million a year, while
and confusing program and we’re
providing $40,000 in savings, because
of people found to be ineligible for ben- accomplishing nothing.”
efits because of drug use.
J.R. Davis, a spokesman for Gov. Asa
Bassett, however, told the Arkansas
Hutchison, and Bassett said the data
Democrat-Gazette that it’s impossible
on drug use and employment will help
to know exactly how much money the
determine how the program performs
state will spend.
over the coming months.
“We’ve never done this before,”
Bassett said. “We were looking at
other states that have done it. ... At
this point, we don’t have any idea of
what this cost is going to be to us
because we don’t know how many
(welfare applicants) will show as ‘suspicious.’ ... We don’t know how many
will have to go to testing.”
Democratic Rep. Camille Bennett,
D-Lonoke, said the program could distract from what she considers more
important issues, such as roads and
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“Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom
of speech, or of the press ... .”
— From the First Amendment to Constitution
Nomination process
stirs ugly politics
T
here is nothing in this country quite like the
politics of the Supreme Court. The nomination
and confirmation process has at times been routine and, well, a little boring, but at other times it has
been laced with high drama and mudslinging.
As early as the Jefferson administration, politics had reared its ugly head.
First, Jefferson’s cousin, John Marshall,
caused a major stir when he wrote
the decision of Marbury v. Madison,
finding that the Supreme Court had
the power to declare acts of Congress
unconstitutional and therefore void. But George D.
Marshall won the argument, and the
Ellis
doctrine of judicial review is alive and
In My
well today.
Also during the Jefferson adminHumble
istration, Samuel Chase, a surly and
Opinion
arrogant firebrand turned Federalist,
was impeached in 1804, with Jefferson
holding the cloaks of congressmen out
to get Chase. His “crime”? They simply didn’t like his
opinions and thought they were too “Federalist.” In
1805, despite Chase’s pomposity, the Senate acquitted
him by a wide margin.
Sometimes things don’t turn out as anticipated. In
1937, FDR nominated Sen. Hugo Black of Alabama,
who had spent his early years as a tort lawyer. FDR
had only one thing in mind: He had to have a majority on the court who would vote to uphold the Social
Security Act of 1935.
The strategy worked. But Black went on to serve
until 1971, an intellectual giant in constitutional law.
Similarly, in 1939, Felix Frankfurter was appointed
by FDR to firm up the liberal wing of the court.
Frankfurter had taught at Harvard Law School, had
helped found the ACLU, and had defended Sacco and
Vanzetti. But through the years, until his retirement
in 1962, he was less of a success on the court than his
supporters had hoped.
He clashed with Black and the other liberal members on the court to an extent that disruption ensued
on conference days. Frankfurter was also the first
Supreme Court nominee to be interviewed in person
by the Senate Judiciary Committee, breaking a 150year tradition and beginning a new one.
One of Truman’s nominees flatly refused to appear
before the committee. Already a Court of Appeals
judge, he took the position that they had confirmed
him once, and that he was not about to sit and let a
bunch of non-lawyers ask him questions they didn’t
have a right to ask. Those days are over.
The first dust-up in modern times was Abe Fortas.
LBJ tried to move him up to Chief Justice, and unfortunately, Justice Fortas had some financial skeletons
in his background. But the rupture came when Nixon
nominated Robert Bork, perhaps the most academically qualified nominee ever to go before the Senate
for confirmation.
As I’ve said in this space before, his attack by Sen,
Ted Kennedy was one of the lowest points in the history of the Senate, a vicious character assassination
beyond anyone’s expectation. Bork was not confirmed
and probably should not have been due to some of
his outside-the-mainstream views. But things have not
been the same since.
Just ask Clarence Thomas. More character assassination, a “high-tech lynching” as he called it. Then
came Samuel Alito, a fine lower-court judge and good
guy, whose character was smeared, once again by (of
all people) Teddy Kennedy. The Lion of the Senate’s
allegation was totally wrong factually. The mud was so
bad that Ms. Alito left the room in tears.
When the truth was uncovered, Kennedy didn’t
bother to apologize to Judge Alito and his family. But
the “liberals” got it, too. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
was questioned about issues touching on policy,
as well as her support of liberal groups such as the
ACLU. She too was talked to like she was dirt.
Both sides need to cool it. If a nominee is qualified, he or she should be confirmed. Period. It is not a
“dual selection process.”
The Constitution does not require “balance” on the
court. The way to influence the direction of the court
is to win presidential elections.
Holding up a nominee for reasons unrelated to the
nominee’s qualifications — now that’s unconstitutional, at least in spirit.
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George D. Ellis is a Benton attorney who can be contacted at [email protected].
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Arkadelphia’s
determination
leads to HSU
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I
Killing terrorism
without killing freedom
T
his week, three men out of 7
billion souls on this planet — in
the name of God and using an
explosive called “Mother of Satan”
— blew themselves up in a Brussels
airport and a subway station, killing
at least 31 civilians, wounding more
than 300.
The evil they did
far exceeds their
numbers. Because the
attack was in the capital of the European
Union, and it has
received global coverage, saturating the
media in the United
States.
Donna
Three men
Brazile
upended American
politics in minutes.
Overnight, a national debate over
campaign violence at Trump rallies
morphed into candidates’ proposals,
some extreme, for national security
measures at home and abroad. I’ve
rounded up the reactions of these
White House hopefuls to Brussels to
see what they tell us about their readiness to answer a “3 a.m. phone call.”
Candidate responses fell into two
categories. The prime one, of course,
deals with plans to increase protection
against terror attacks at home and
overseas. The second deals with how
we keep our democracy’s values and
freedoms while defending them.
Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump
took a break from the Twitter spat
that started with an attack Trump
made on Cruz’s wife, Heidi, to propose extreme measures for dealing
with ISIS.
Cruz called for an immediate
closing of our borders to refugees
“from countries with a significant alQaida and ISIS presence.” Instead of
advocating desert internment camps
like those during WWII, Cruz would
effectively turn Muslim neighborhoods into in-place internment camps,
saying government should “empower
law enforcement to patrol and secure
Muslim neighborhoods before they
become radicalized.”
In the past, Cruz has urged “carpet
bombing” of ISIS troops in Iraq and
Syria. Carpet bombing is a war crime
because of its indiscriminate nature.
Trump mostly repeated old statements, then echoed Cruz in saying,
“I would close our borders.” Trump
also dusted off his suggestion to use
waterboarding and more extreme
torture methods to gain intelligence.
In his many public comments, Trump
has vacillated between aggressive
interventionism and isolationism.
The day before the attacks, Trump
said he would scale back the United
States’ commitment to NATO, a key
bulwark of allied defense since World
War II, and our front-line deterrent to
terrorism in Europe and the Middle
East. Trump also recently said the
United States should use Arab ground
forces to fight ISIS, which is the president’s current counter-ISIS strategy.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s immediate response was to call on President
Obama to abandon his diplomatic security mission to Cuba and
Argentina and return to Washington,
D.C. Kasich’s demand reminded me
of John McCain’s 2008 admonition
to Obama to suspend his campaign
and fly to Washington to discuss the
crashing economy. Obama dryly
replied he was capable of doing more
than one thing at once.
Later, Kasich took pains to weave
together his security proposals with
the preservation of democratic values
at home and abroad. Referring to
the Brussels attacks, Kasich said, “I
think we have an opportunity to turn
lemons into lemonade,” by bringing about a greater unity between
Muslim and Western nations in the
war against ISIS, and he firmly rejected patrols of Muslim neighborhoods.
Sen. Bernie Sanders said the
attacks provided a platform to launch
“an extraordinary” effort “to put
together a coalition in the region
to destroy ISIS.” Yet Obama put
together a coalition when ISIS first
emerged and has been working to
expand and increase its effectiveness
for three years.
And Sanders, like Trump and
Cruz, endorses (without referencing it) Obama’s use of employing
Arab ground forces, rather than U.S.
troops, in the ground fight against
ISIS. Previously, Sanders has called
for abolishing the National Security
Agency, which employs electronic
eavesdropping to catch terrorist plots
before they can be implemented.
In the wake of the attacks, candidates are trying to appear tough, but
voters need details — or concrete
steps that will guide our thinking
in how to destroy ISIS. Former
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
appears prepared to outline her strategy.
Clinton made a major policy
address at Stanford University in
California, near Silicon Valley, where
the tech industry is engaged in a battle with the federal government over
providing it with access to encrypted
cellphones. She called for finding “a
reasonable path forward” in their differences and declared the FBI and
Silicon Valley cannot be at war with
one another.
Later, on NBC’s “Today” show,
Clinton said security must be
improved and that “we’ve got to
be absolutely strong and smart
and steady in how we respond.” At
Stanford, Clinton called for an acceleration — a surge — in intelligence
gathering.
Clinton emphatically rejected
closing our borders or surveilling
Muslim Americans in their communities. She advocated a “smart”
approach. “We’ve got to defeat them
online,” she later said in Everett,
Washington. “That is where they
radicalize, and that’s where they propagandize.”
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n the 1880s, Arkadelphia was an ambitious community looking to its future. And the city decided that its future lay
in education.
Ouachita Baptist
College had opened in
1886 on the grounds of
the former Arkansas
School for the Blind with
additional donations of
land and money from
the community. In the
meantime, the decadeold Central Collegiate
Ken
Institute was looking
Bridges
to move from its birthHistory
place in Altus, situated
between Russellville and Minute
Fort Smith.
As Central Collegiate
was founded by the Methodist Church,
Clark County-area Methodists lobbied
the college and the state church conference to move the college to Arkadelphia. Residents spared no expense in their
efforts to become the college’s new
home.
By 1889, land was secured and
residents raised an astonishing $30,000
(about $798,000 in 2016 dollars) to convince the college to choose Arkadelphia. In spite of the earnest effort, in 1890,
Central Collegiate not only turned down
the city, but changed its name to Hendrix
College and relocated to Conway instead.
Undaunted, Arkadelphia residents
decided to start their own college. The
state Methodist Conference agreed to
let Arkadelphia residents start a new
Methodist college in the city. With
money already raised, a board of trustees
was established for Arkansas Methodist
College, with nine acres on the north side
of town bought from Harriet Barkman.
One noted early trustee was Charles
Christopher Henderson. Henderson was a
colorful figure from Missouri having earned
success in the meat-packing business in
St. Louis before moving to Arkadelphia in
1879.
Though not a veteran, he was often
called “captain.” He had bought an impressive home not far from the original campus
and donated generously to the college.
The school began in September 1890
with 110 students enrolled. Though the
property for the college had been purchased in April, no facilities were ready
for the incoming students. As a result, the
classes for the first semester were held in
Arkadelphia public school buildings and
out-of-town students were housed in private
residences throughout the community.
Both men and women were allowed to
attend the college, which offered both bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees. A college preparatory program also was established for younger students to be trained to
enter college classes in the future. By 1893,
the main building was completed, housing the library, classrooms, administrative
offices and the women’s dormitory.
In 1904, in appreciation for Henderson’s
generosity, Arkansas Methodist College
changed its name to Henderson College. Though reportedly touched by the gesture, Henderson was not able to stay in
Arkadelphia. Beset by breathing problems,
he sold his properties in Arkadelphia and
moved to West Texas in 1911, believing
that the dry air would help his health
recover. His home, a prominent landmark
in Arkadelphia, was sold to the college in
1979.
In 1911, college trustees honored
Henderson’s friend and business partner,
Walter William Brown, by adding his name
to the college, rechristening it HendersonBrown College.
After a pre-World War I peak of
300 students, enrollment steadily
declined. Concerned with the expense
of two Methodist colleges, church leaders by 1929 considered consolidating
both Hendrix and Henderson-Brown into
one campus in Little Rock. Students and
Arkadelphia leaders, however, refused to
consider the move. However, their options
were limited.
At the time, Gov. Harvey Parnell was
attempting to expand public education in
the state. As attempts to keep the college
open increased, the state reached out. In
1929, the state formally took possession of
Henderson-Brown and reoriented it as a
state college.
That fall, the school welcomed its newest freshman class as Henderson State
Teachers College. The college soon
reversed its downward trends and expanded rapidly. In 1975, the state gave the institution its modern name of Henderson State
University.
••
Dr. Ken Bridges is a history professor at
South Arkansas Community College in El
Dorado. He can be reached at kbridges@
southark.edu. The South Arkansas Historical
Foundation, an organization dedicated to
historical education and preservation, is
based in El Dorado and can be found at
www.soarkhistory.com or (870) 862-9890.
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for that challenge have met
it.
The new Monday episode
of CBS’ “Supergirl” also
involves the title character of The CW’s Tuesday
adventure “The Flash.” The
powerful, DC Comics-based
alter egos of Kara Danvers
(played by Melissa Benoist)
and Barry Allen (Grant
Gustin) team up in a story
that pits them against villainnesses Silver Banshee
and Livewire (Italia Ricci, as
the evil alias of the Siobhan
Smythe role she’s been playing on “Supergirl,” and Brit
Morgan).
In making the crossover
happen, it hasn’t hurt that
the two shows share executive producers. One of them,
Andrew Kreisberg, wrote
the script with Michael
Grassi — with fellow executive producer Greg Berlanti
devising the story. “It’s
so much fun to see those
two characters together,”
Kreisberg says. “It’s that
same giddy feeling you got
when you were a kid and
you opened a comic book,
and on the last ‘splash’ page
of a Batman comic, Green
Lantern showed up.
“Melissa and Grant are
both such easygoing, happy,
positive hard-working No.
1’s on the call sheet,” adds
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Big production values
have to be anticipated from
a meeting of two supericons, and Kreisberg admits,
“We saved our shekels for
this one. We took a little
bit out of every (episode
budget) surrounding it so
we could really go to town
on this. It feels huge; it feels
epic. We shot in the desert,
we shot in downtown L.A.,
and it’s been a blast.”
With The CW’s “Arrow”
and “DC’s Legends of
Tomorrow” also under the
same shingle, the producers
rarely if ever have a moment
that’s less than busy ... so
they’re grateful for all the
relationships that facilitated
the “Supergirl”/“The Flash”
crossover.
Kreisberg reflects,
“Because it was The CW
and CBS (which share
ownerships), and because
both shows are produced by
Warner Bros. Television —
which owns The CW with
CBS — it wasn’t quite as
tricky as it might have been,
had we been trying to cross
over with a show that was
on Fox or NBC.
“At the end of the day,
everybody was as excited by
the prospect of this as we
were ... and they’re comicbook fans, and fans of these
shows, especially (Warner
Bros. Television president)
Peter Roth and (CW chief)
Mark Pedowitz. They wanted to see this, I think, just
as much as we did and the
fans did.”
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to these students who are
going to be future employees
of these businesses,” Fields
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community’s future as it is
about the individuals’ future.”
Members of the Benton
Area Chamber of Commerce
have been participating in
the program since 2009.
“We felt it was a good
opportunity for business and
education to work together,”
he said. “This is a great program.”
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Horses
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HOT SPRINGS – Alsvid
is a stakes winner at a mile,
but that was almost four
years ago. Saturday afternoon at Oaklawn, the multiple stakes-winning sprinter
and millionaire will attempt
to win at a mile again in the
eighth race, a conditioned
allowance/optional claimer.
Trainer Chris Hartman
said the race could serve
as a prep for the $400,000
Count Fleet Sprint Handicap
(G3) April 10 at Oaklawn – a
race Alsvid won last year –
but also one to shake up the
7-year-old gelding, who has
lost eight consecutive starts.
“He’s done it before,”
Hartman said Thursday
morning. “I always thought
he would be a real good
miler. I thought it might be a
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Harmony
Grove slugger Baylee
Rowton
turns on a
pitch before
knocking it
over the right
field wall
in Friday’s
12-2 win
over Genoa
Central.
Rowton was
3 for 4 with
three RBIs
and two runs
scored in the
game.
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HASKELL — The
Harmony Grove Lady
Cardinals (6-1) jumped on
top of Genoa Central early
Friday and never looked
back, rolling to a 12-2 victory.
The win was the Lady
Cardinals’ sixth straight win
since opening the season
with a loss to White Hall.
Harmony Grove bashed
out 11 hits in its romp with
all but two hitters collecting
knocks in the game.
Leadoff batter Faith Otts
stroked three hits to go
along with three RBIs and
a run scored in the game
while Baylee Rowton continued to rake as well.
Rowton has not slowed
down at all this season and
added to her hot start with a
3-for-4 day Friday. She, too,
drove in three but scored
two while taking a pitch over
the opposite field wall for a
three run shot in the third
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1st teams to reach Elite 8
using painful memories
By Schuyler Dixon
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky.
— Losing in the NCAA
Tournament is downright
painful. Several teams still
in the hunt for the title are
using the unpleasant memories of the past as good lessons that have helped them
move into the Elite Eight.
The Villanova Wildcats
know the misery well. They
lost their second game each
of the past two tournaments,
while their seniors were
around for an opening loss
in 2013.
Rather than letting those
memories haunt them,
the Wildcats adjusted and
reached the Elite Eight for
the first time since 2009.
“What you’re seeing is
a team that’s learned a lot
from those games and that is
experience,” Villanova coach
Jay Wright said Thursday
night after a 92-69 rout of
No. 3 seed Miami in the
South Region semifinal.
“They’ve been there twice.
They’ve lost. They don’t fear
it. They don’t fear losing
in the second round, they
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Jordan Taylor (HSU)
24
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Marcus Wilson (ATU)
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Trevor Ezell (SEMO)
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Hunter Mayall (HSU)
28
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Hayden Lessenberry (HSU)
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1-0
SB
2
0
9
8
3
0
0
0
0
Ben Madison (CC)
Brian Krikorian (OBU)
Coulton Lee (ASU)
Blake Patterson (HSU)
Blaine Knight (Ark.)
Nate Rutherford (ATU)
Jason Hastings (ATU)
Jordan Allred (Ozark)
Tryce Schalclin (OBU)
Jordan Taylor (HSU)
G
7
6
11
13
5
9
6
3
3
4
SOFTBALL
McKenzie Rice (UAM)
Jessie Taylor (UCA)
Ashton Currey (UAM)
Korie Parker (UAM)
Kristen Dempsey (HU)
Tori Hernandez (HFU)
Jordan Williams (UAM)
Cayla McDowell (CC)
Delaney Bono (OBU)
Madison Mayfield (OBU) Peyton Jenkins (SAU)
Anna Hurley (CBC)
Abby Staton (CBC)
G
Avg.
AB
30
.392
97
30
.303
89
30
.303
89
30
.280
82
6
.250
8
7
.222
9
18
.208
24
17
.179
28
13
.143
7
No Stats
No Stats
Stats not available
Stats not available
R
30
16
14
10
0
2
1
3
3
H
38
27
27
23
2
2
5
5
1
RBI
20
24
8
9
0
1
3
5
1
2B
5
9
4
4
0
1
1
1
0
3B
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
SB
6
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kristen Dempsey (HU)
G
12
R
29
ER
25
H
36
BB
21
SO
12
DEC SV
1-1
0
ERA
6.33
IP
27.2
SV
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
HR
9
6
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
Ark. - Arkansas, ASU - Arkansas State Univ., ATU - Arkansas Tech Univ., CBC - Central Baptist College, CC - Crowder
College, HU - Harding Univ., HSU - Henderson State Univ., HFU - Holy Family Univ., OBU - Ouachita Baptist Univ., SEMO
- SE Missouri State, SAU - Southern Ark. Univ., UAFS - Univ. of Ark. Fort Smith, UCA - Univ. of Central Arkansas, UAM Univ. of Ark. Monticello,
don’t fear losing in the Sweet
16. They just are driven to
advance,” he said. “And I
think having no fear is what
we’re seeing.”
Other teams are making a
similar play:
Oklahoma also is in the
Elite Eight for the first time
since 2009 after early exits
each of the past three seasons, while Kansas hadn’t
gotten to a regional final
since 2012.
Oregon hasn’t played past
the opening weekend since
2013, and now the Ducks are
a game away from their first
Final Four since 1939.
“We went through those
early exits,” Villanova junior
guard Josh Hart said. “We
went through that heartache,
and it was tough. But we
learned from it. ... We’re just
using that as momentum,
using that experience to get
us through these games.”
All four advanced
Thursday night with pretty
impressive performances,
too.
NOVA SHOOTING:
The Wildcats lost to North
Carolina State in 2015 and
ELITE 8, page 7
Cook
voted SEC
Co-Coach
of the Year
Special to the Courier
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
— Arkansas gymnastics
Head Coach Mark Cook
has been named 2016
Southeastern Conference
Co-Coach of the Year,
along with Florida’s Jenny
Rowland, the league office
announced Thursday morning. The SEC awards are
based on a vote among the
league’s eight coaches.
It is the second such
honor of Cook’s career, as
he was also named SEC
Co-Coach of the Year in
2008 when the Razorbacks
earned a spot in NCAA
Session II.
“I’m honored to receive
this award on behalf of my
staff and the University of
Arkansas,” Cook said. “All
of the coaches in our conference are worthy of this,
especially those who have
taken new leadership over
tremendous programs.”
Cook has led the
Razorbacks to many notable
moments in 2016, including
making program history on
four occasions.
First it was a home-opening record score of 196.700
vs. Georgia on Jan. 15, then
the team won in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, for the first time in
program history, defeating
COY, page 7
The Saline Courier
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Browns sign RG3; quarterback gets fresh start after fall
By Tom Withers
Associated Press
CLEVELAND —
Robert Griffin III is getting
a chance to revive a career
that once seemed unstoppable.
One of the NFL’s brightest and flashiest stars just a
few years ago, Griffin signed
Thursday with the Cleveland
Browns, a franchise on a
perpetual mission to find a
quarterback.
Griffin hasn’t been
the same since his dazzling rookie season in
Washington in 2012, when
RG3 — possessed with a
rocket arm, a tailback’s
speed and endless swagger — burst onto pro football’s stage. The Browns,
who tried to trade up and
select Griffin four years ago,
believe he can still lead on
Lady Cards
From page 6
inning.
LJ Helmich collected
another complete-game
shutout, tossing six innings
of five-hit, two-run ball with
four strikeouts and three
walks.
The Lady Cardinals
jumped out in front 7-0 after
the first inning thanks to an
RBI walk from Helmich, followed by an RBI hit-by-pitch
from Roush.
The Lady Cardinals
scored five runs with two
outs in the frame. Madison
Mickle brought in two with a
double, followed by an Otts
Elite 8
From page 6
Connecticut in 2014 in their
second NCAA games. In
2013, it was an opening loss
to North Carolina. Villanova
came into this tournament
having spent three weeks as
the nation’s top-ranked team
for the first time in program
history. Now the Wildcats
are showing just how good
they might be, shooting
better in each of their first
three games.
Villanova never trailed
Oaklawn
From page 6
ting a little long in the tooth
to stretch him out, but he’s
mature now.”
As a 3-year-old in 2012,
Alsvid won the $60,000
Prairie Meadows Mile
Stakes at Prairie Meadows.
He also ran in the $250,000
Iowa Derby (G3) and
$150,000 Zia Park Derby
in 2012 before developing
into one of the country’s top
sprinters.
Alsvid recorded his biggest career victory in the
$300,000 Count Fleet Sprint
Handicap (G3) last April,
then toppled reigning male
sprint champion Work
All Week in the $100,000
Aristides Stakes (G3) at
Churchill Downs in his next
start.
Alsvid hasn’t won since,
running 13th in the $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint
(G1) Oct. 31 at Keeneland
and third in the $100,000
Hot Springs Stakes March 5
at Oaklawn in his last start.
Hartman said Alsvid is still
possible to cut back in distance for the 6-furlong Count
Fleet next month.
“But we need to get him
back to his ways,” Hartman
said.
Alsvid is scheduled to
break from post 3 Saturday
under Oaklawn leading rider
Ricardo Santana Jr. and
COY
From page 6
the No. 4 Crimson Tide on
Jan. 22.
The Razorbacks tied
their program record score
of 197.225 in a win over
Kentucky on Feb. 26, then
set their best-ever score
in an SEC Championship,
a 196.500 on Saturday in
North Little Rock, Arkansas.
In addition, All-SEC
teams were officially
announced with Samantha
and off the field and they’re
giving him a chance to
revive his career and win
their starting job.
“I’m just excited to come
in and compete,” Griffin
said. “Nothing’s ever been
given to me in my life, so I
just want to go out and compete with the guys and grow
with this team. I feel like
that’s all I’m really focused
on. I cherish the opportunity
to get another chance to
play this beautiful game.”
Griffin met last week with
new Browns coach Hue
Jackson, who was impressed
by the 26-year-old’s candor
and eagerness to begin
anew.
“We are excited about
Robert joining the Cleveland
Browns,” Jackson said. “He
brings starting experience to
our team and organization.
He’s a young, athletic, talent-
ed passer and he’s really just
starting out in this league.
Just like every player on our
team, Robert will have to
earn every opportunity he
gets. He will compete with
the rest of the quarterbacks
on our roster and he helps
improve our QB room,
which was one of my goals
upon taking the job.”
“We are looking forward
to working with Robert, as
well as the rest of the quarterbacks on our roster. We
have a lot of work to do to
prepare to be the best QB
room in the NFL and we
look forward to the challenge that lies ahead.”
Cleveland has started 24
quarterbacks since 1999
and the team is expected
to take one with the No. 2
overall pick in this year’s
draft. That rookie — possibly California’s Jared Goff or
RBI single and a Central
miscue to score another.
Harmony Grove moved
out by a score of 10-0 on
Rowton’s three-run shot in
the third.
Genoa Central scored
its lone runs in the fourth
before Harmony Grove
added a single run in the
fifth and sixth to end the
contest an inning early.
The win moves Harmony
Grove to 6-1 on the year.
The Lady Cardinals will take
the field again today at home
when they host Malvern
at 10 a.m. Harmony Grove
opens 5-3A Conference
action Monday on the road
at Glen Rose. First pitch is
set for 4:30 p.m.
North Dakota State’s Carson
Wentz — will compete with
Griffin, the second selection
in 2012. Jackson and other
members of the Browns
attended Wentz’s pro day
Thursday in North Dakota.
The Browns recently
released troubled quarterback Johnny Manziel, who
they once thought would
solve their problems. They
also have quarterbacks Josh
McCown and Austin Davis
on their roster, but as is
always the case with that
position in Cleveland, nothing stands still.
After winning the
Heisman Trophy at Baylor,
Griffin was taken in the draft
just after Andrew Luck was
plucked by the Indianapolis
Colts. The Browns attempted to swing a deal to move
up and get him but were
outbid by the Redskins.
Harmony
Grove
senior Faith
Otts readies for a
possible
play at first
base during
the Lady
Cardinals
12-2 victory over
Genoa
Central on
Friday. Otts
helped lead
her team,
going 3 for
5 with three
RBIs and a
run scored.
JOSH BRIGGS/
The Saline Courier
Griffin took the nation’s
capital by storm. He led the
Redskins to the NFC East
title and was named the
league’s top offensive rookie. It didn’t take him long to
become one of American’s
most celebrated athletes and
there seemed no limit to
what he could accomplish.
Griffin, however, sustained a
significant right knee injury
in a playoff game against
Seattle and things would
never be the same.
The indelible image of
Griffin lying face down on
the turf is one that will haunt
Redskins fans for years. In
a way, it symbolized what
might have been.
Griffin underwent reconstructive surgery, but there
was little he could do to
fix a fractured relationship
with then-Washington coach
Mike Shanahan. Griffin
wound up being benched
at the end of his second
season, and he missed a big
chunk in his third year after
dislocating his ankle.
Last year, coach Jay
Gruden named Griffin his
starter during preseason,
but then came a concussion.
Griffin lost his job and spent
the season behind Kirk
Cousins. He was eventually demoted to third-string
behind Colt McCoy.
When the Redskins
placed the nonexclusive
franchise tag on Cousins
last month for $20 million,
Griffin, who went 14-21 with
40 touchdown passes as a
starter, was let go with little
fanfare.
In search of a team, he
and the Browns will try to
restore each other.
Cardinals blow out
Eagles for 7th win
The Harmony Grove
Cardinals nabbed their
seventh win of the season
Friday, defeating Abundant
Life 10-0 in the Magnet Cove
Tournament. The win comes
less than 24 hours after the
Cardinals suffered their first
loss of the season.
Starting pitcher Jordan
Jones held his own on the
mound, tossing four innings
of four-hit ball with six
strikeouts. Cody Icenhower
relieved Jones in the fifth,
allowing no hits, striking out
two in two innings.
Brinson Cornwell knocked
home three while going 2
for 3 in the win. Alec Shilling
added two RBIs. Three other
Cardinals contributed with
RBIs. The Cardinals scored
four in the second, two in the
fifth and four more in sixth.
Harmony Grove opens 5-3A
Conference play Monday on
the road at Glen Rose.
By Josh Briggs
[email protected]
against Miami, scoring
the first eight points. The
Hurricanes got within one
at 31-30 before Villanova finished the game hitting 62.7
percent of its shots and a
season-high 66.7 percent (10
of 15) beyond the arc. They
even hit their first 15 free
throws before finishing 18
of 19 at the line to earn their
third regional final under
Wright and seventh all-time.
“If they go 10 of 15 and
18 of 19, you know nobody’s
going to beat them,” Kansas
coach Bill Self said.
CHALK IT UP
JAYHAWK: As the top of
the No. 1 seeds, Kansas was
expected to reach Saturday
night’s South Region final.
The Jayhawks know only
too well expectations and
seedings mean little in this
tournament after losing to
Wichita State in their second game last year and to
Stanford in 2014. Reaching
the Sweet 16 proved no
help in 2013 with a loss to
Michigan.
Maryland stuck around
long enough in the first half
to give fans a few jitters.
Kansas took a 36-34 halftime
lead and opened the second half hitting its first six
shots to seize the lead. The
Jayhawks turned in what
Self called a “superb” performance in the second half
in pushing that lead to as
much as 16 for a 79-63 win
and first Elite Eight since
2012.
SOONER TIME: No. 2
seed Oklahoma romped
over third-seeded Texas
A&M 77-63 in the West
Regional semifinal with five
Sooners in double figures.
They now are in the Elite
Eight for the first time
since 2009 after losing in a
regional semifinal a year ago
with opening losses to North
Dakota State in 2014 and
San Diego State in 2013.
Having Buddy Hield
helps. Oklahoma blew open
a close game with a 19-4
run to close the first half,
not letting the Aggies closer
than 14 in the second half.
Memories of that loss to
Michigan State a year ago
did, too. “Got asked a lot
of questions about how we
felt last year, so we just
wanted to make sure we had
a greater focus this game
and make it to our ultimate
goal,” Jordan Woodward
said.
ORE-NOT GONE YET:
So much has been made of
Oregon’s No. 1 seed in the
West, and the Ducks lost to
Wisconsin each of the past
two tournaments. They lost
to Louisville in their last
regional semifinal in 2013.
Not even playing the defending national champions
could shake Oregon this
time around as the Ducks
took a double-digit lead
early in the second half and
never flinched in downing
Duke 82-68 for the first time
in school history.
Oregon now is in the Elite
Eight for the first time since
2007.
carry 115 pounds.
Also entered are Recount,
Paid Admission, Mal Guapo,
Cougar Ridge, Ain’t Got
Time, Natchez and Rocket
Time. Ain’t Got Time and
Cougar Ridge, who is
entered for a $62,500 claiming tag, finished second and
fifth, respectively, in the
$100,000 Essex Handicap
Feb. 13 at Oaklawn. The
Essex is 1 1/16 miles.
Mal Guapo briefly held
the 1 ¼-mile track record
at Keeneland before it was
smashed by Triple Crown
winner American Pharoah in
the $5 million Breeders’ Cup
Classic (G1) Oct. 31.
Mile races at Oaklawn
end at the sixteenth pole,
which Hartman said could
be an advantage for Alsvid.
“It’s going to be a short
lane,” Hartman said. “Most
likely he’ll be in front leaving the turn. We’ll see how it
shakes out from there.”
Probable post time for
Saturday’s eighth race,
which has an $80,000 purse,
is 4:38 p.m. (Central).
Dothraki Queen Update
Trainer Kenny McPeek
said Thursday morning that
Dothraki Queen remains
“possible” for the $400,000
Fantasy Stakes (G3) for
3-year-old fillies April 9 at
Oaklawn.
Unraced since finishing
third in the $200,000 Golden
Rod Stakes (G2) Nov. 28 at
Churchill Downs, Dothraki
Queen has had six published
workouts at Oaklawn since
mid-February, including
a half-mile move in :48.60
Monday morning.
“She’s just not quite ready
yet,” McPeek said. “I don’t
know if I’m going to be able
to get a race in her here or
not.”
Dothraki Queen won
her first two career starts,
including the $200,000
Pocahontas Stakes (G2)
Sept. 12 at Churchill Downs,
before running third in the
$2 million Breeders’ Cup
Juvenile Fillies (G1) Oct. 31
at Keeneland.
Bluegrass Bound
Trainer Ingrid Mason said
Thursday morning that her
multiple stakes-winning fillies, Sarah Sis and Marquee
Miss, are being pointed for
stakes races in Kentucky.
Mason said Marquee
Miss will run in the $100,000
Bourbonette Oaks (G3) for
3-year-old fillies April 2 at
Turfway Park. She Miss
won Oaklawn’s $100,000
Dixie Belle Stakes Jan.
15 and $100,000 Martha
Washington Stakes Feb.
6 before being distanced
in the $200,000 Honeybee
Stakes (G3) March 12.
The Honeybee was run
over an off track, which
Marquee Miss doesn’t
handle, Mason said. Turfway
has an all-weather surface.
Mason had considered running Marquee Miss in the
$400,000 Fantasy Stakes
(G3) April 9 at Oaklawn.
“This way, I don’t have
to worry about the rain,”
Mason said with a laugh. “I
think it’s going to be much
easier. I think the Fantasy is
going to be real tough.”
Mason said Sarah Sis is
pointing for the $300,000
Madison Stakes (G1) April 9
at Keeneland. The 4-year-old
filly will be cutting back to 7
furlongs after finishing fifth
in Saturday’s $350,000 Azeri
Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn. The
Azeri is 1 1/16 miles.
“I think she can go
around two turns, a mile,”
Mason said. “I think a mile
and a sixteenth is too far,
depending on how much
speed is in the race.”
Sarah Sis won Oaklawn’s
the $150,000 Honeybee
Stakes (G3) before closing
her 3-year-old campaign with
a victory in the $250,000
Raven Run Stakes (G2) Oct.
17 at Keeneland. The Raven
Run was 7 furlongs, which
Mason said she believes is
the ideal distance for Sarah
Sis.
Mason said Sarah Sis’
year-end goal is the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and
Mare Sprint (G1), a 7-furlong race, Nov. 5 at Santa
Anita.
Finish Lines
Despite overnight rain,
Oaklawn’s racing surface
was rated good for Thursday
morning workouts. …
Defending champion Trace
Creek is pointing for the
$100,000 Arkansas Breeders’
Stakes (open division) April
1 at Oaklawn, trainer Will
VanMeter said. … Wilbo,
a sharp Jan. 17 allowance/
optional claiming winner
at Oaklawn, is receiving
a “much-needed break”
and won’t run again at
the meeting, trainer Chris
Hartman said. Wilbo was
nominated to the $100,000
Hot Springs Stakes for
older sprinters March 5 at
Oaklawn. … Jockey Alex
Canchari, tied for sixth
in the Oaklawn standings
with 20 victories, said he
will be based at his home
track, Canterbury Park
in suburban Minneapolis,
after the Oaklawn meet
ends April 16. …Grade 2
winner Spelling Again, who
recorded a 5-furlong bullet
work (1:00.40) Saturday
morning at Oaklawn, is
targeting the $300,000
Madison Stakes (G1) April
9 at Keeneland for her 2016
debut, trainer Brad Cox
said. … Bridget’s Big Luvy’s
victory last Thursday at
Aqueduct means all eight
starters from last year’s $1
million Arkansas Derby (G1)
at Oaklawn have at least
one post-race victory. The
runaway winner, American
Pharoah, went on to capture
the Triple Crown.
Nelson, Amanda Wellick
and Paige Zaziski earning
the honors for their performances Saturday in Verizon
Arena.
Nelson, Wellick and
Zaziski finished individually among the top two in
their events to grab spots
on the team. Zaziski had a
9.875 on uneven bars and
Wellick had a 9.875 on floor
exercise, as each finished
tied for second. Nelson also
scored a 9.875 on floor, and
added a first session top
score of 9.900 on balance
beam.
This marks the second
appearance on the All-SEC
team for each of the three
gymnasts.
For the other notable
SEC awards: Auburn’s
Caitlin Atkinson was named
Gymnast of the Year, LSU’s
Ashleigh Gnat was named
Specialist of the Year,
Morgan Porter was named
Freshman of the Year and
Alabama’s Lauren Beers
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Revival does not just take place inside a building
R
ecently, I asked a pastor of
a church that is having a
“revival” service, “Do you
have any ministries that are reaching out in your community to help
people?”
He pondered for a moment
and said “Yes, we are having this
‘revival’.”
So I asked him, “If your church
were blown away in a storm, do you
think the community would miss it?
I don’t mean your members, but the
community?”
He said, “Hmm, I get your point.”
I was not trying to be dismissive
about his revival, I was trying to
explain that TRUE revival does not
come just from great worship music
or preaching, but it comes through
our expressions of God’s love to the
people in our communities.
Revival does not just take place
inside a building; it comes from
building a community of love that
produces a genuine spiritual awakening. An awakening like the one that
finally came to Peter when Jesus
asked him three times, “Peter, do
you love me? Do you love me? Do
you REALLY love me?”
...Peter’s response was, “Of
course I love you, Lord!” Each time
Jesus responded, “Then feed my
sheep.” (John 21:15-17)
I can assure you that if we were
out loving like Jesus loved, there
would be revival like we have never
seen. Let us look at the definition of
Good
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revival: an act or
instance of reviving: the state of
being revived: as
a : renewed attention to or interest
in something; b: a
new presentation or
publication of someRobert
thing old; c (1) : a
period of renewed
Holt
religious interest; (2): an often highly emotional
evangelistic meeting or series of
meetings.
The KJV Dictionary Definition:
revival REVI’VAL, n. from revive.
1. Return, recall or recovery to life
from death or apparent death; as
the revival of a drowned person.
2. Return or recall to activity from
a state of lethargy; as the revival of
spirits.
3. Recall, return or recovery from
a state of neglect, oblivion, obscurity or depression; as the revival of
learning.
4. Renewed and more active attention to religion; an awakening of
men to their spiritual concerns.
In this country we have been so
programmed to focus on the emotion of revival that we have lost
sight of what our true work is: to
bring LIFE to a dying world, not
to mention dying churches. Jesus
put it very plainly in scripture: But
I have this against you, that you
have abandoned lthe love you had
at first. 5 Remember therefore
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from where you have fallen; repent,
and do mthe works you did at first.
If not, nI will come to you and
remove your lampstand from its
place, unless you repent.” (Rev. 2:
4-5 )
We all need to ask ourselves the
same question I asked above.
If you were blown away in a
storm, would the community miss
you? I don’t mean your family or
friends, but the people who live
in your community. We all need
to go back and understand what
Christ’s first love is.
I am not going to tell you in this
account, because I want you to go
study it for yourself so that you
will not forget. However, I want to
warn you, once you find out what
His “first love” is, you are then
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501-778-7597
www.bentonfirst.com
Pastor: Rev. Gene Huskey
Calvary Assembly of God
3420 Military Rd., Benton
501-778-2884
Pastor: Randy Roach
www.calvarybenton.com
BAPTIST
Avilla Missionary Baptist Church
10582 Avilla Road West
501-316-1623
Pastor: Kirby Caple
Cross Bar C Cowboy Church
10895 Hwy. 70 - Exit 111
Pastor: Greg Spann
Cross Roads Missionary
Baptist Church
10019 Lily Dr., Benton
Pastor: Larry Campbell
Discover The Joy Baptist
410 S. East St., Benton
501-837-8058
Pastor: Perry Robinson
Eastside Baptist Church
Fifth & Hoover St., Benton
501-778-8443
Pastor: Steve Raines
If your Church is not listed, please contact
The Saline Courier at 315-8228 ext. 229
or email [email protected]
Old Union Baptist Church
12641 Hwy 298
501-794-2215
Gospel Light Baptist
910 W. Hazel St., Benton
Palestine Missionary Baptist
Hwy 35 S.
Pastor: Rev. J. Clyde Chenault
501-778-4177
Grace Baptist Church
21941 I-30, Suite 10 Bryant
Pastor: Joel Prickett
501-249-0869
Gravel Hill Baptist Church
6259 Hwy 9
Benton, AR 72019
Pastor: Nathan Nalley
www.thechurchatgravelhill.com
Fairplay Missionary Baptist
8516 Fairplay Rd., Benton
Pastor: Kenny Mitchell
501-778-5755
First Baptist Church
211 S. Market St., Benton
778-2271/315-2270
Pastor: Rick Grant
www.fbcbenton.org
First Baptist Church (ABA)
401 N. Reynolds Rd., Bryant
501-847-0365 www.fbcbryant.net
Pastor: Phillip Miller
First Southern Baptist
604 S. Reynolds Rd., Bryant
501-847-3014
www.1stsouthern.org
Park Place Baptist Church
22208 I-30 N., Bryant
Pastor: Gary Lambright
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
24310 N. Sardis Rd.
501-557-5153
Pastor: Rick Porter
Highland Heights Baptist
1421 Alcoa Rd., Benton
501-778-5075
Pastor: Bro. Brian Moore
Ridgecrest Baptist Church
900 Ridge Rd., Benton
501-778-6747 501-249-5049
Pastor: Bro. James Coward
Holland Chapel Baptist Church
15523 I-30, Benton
501-778-4546
hollandchapel.org
Salem Baptist Church
3069 Salem Rd., Benton
501-316-5352
www.salem-baptist.com
Hurricane Lake Baptist
2516 Springhill Rd., Bryant
501-847-2864
Pastor: Benny Grant
Saline Missionary Baptist
8210 N. Main St., Tull
Pastor: Rev. Kim Hammer
Kentucky Missionary Baptist
7070 Hwy. 5, Benton
Pastor: Rev. Donny Haynes
Congo Road Baptist Church
7193 Congo Road, Benton
501-794-3844
Pastor: Rev. Jeff Langley
www.congoroadbaptistchurch.org
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Saline county.
Geyer Springs 1st Baptist Church
12400 Hwy I-30, Little Rock
501-455-3474 www.gsfbc.org
Berean Baptist Church
353 Jay St., Haskell
501-776-2571
Pastor: Larry Mattingly
Celebration Baptist Church
4601 Hwy 229 in Haskell-Benton
Pastor: Allan Eakin
SINCE 1957
Oak Grove Missionary Baptist
2907 Congo Rd.
501-315-5279
Pastor: Vance Nutt
Indian Springs Baptist Church
23581 I-30, Bryant
501-847-2915
Pastor: Tom Williams
Calvary Baptist Church
612 Valley View Rd., Benton
501-778-4762
Pastor: Frank Thurman
www.cbcbenton.com
501-455-1065 • 501-778-7270
Forest Hills Missionary Baptist
501-315-4403
Pastor: Marcus W. Blakley
Bethel Missionary Baptist
501 S. Border St., Benton
501-778-3396
Pastor: Bro. Carl Higgs
Brooks Bethel Baptist Church
20020 S. Alexander Rd.,
501-557-5350
Pastor: Buddy Fowler
www.brooksbethelmbc.com
to, walk in, and live out that first
love.
I believe that many buildings
across this country have had their
“lampstands” removed, due to lack
of fruit, works, love or manifestation of God’s presence, and the
absence of any genuine involvement in the community where God
Himself placed them to be light in
the darkness.
Do we need revival? Not the
revival that we might understand
from man’s perspective. We need
transformation; a transformation
that can only take place by the
renewing of our minds and the
application of the work of Jesus
Christ.
This transformation cannot be
achieved simply by “weeping and
wailing” before God (as the revivalists might have us do), perhaps
Landmark Missionary Baptist
215 E. Main St., Traskwood
Pastor: Rev. James Floyd
Lighthouse Baptist Church
4163 Salt Creek Rd.
Pastor: Wayne Martin
Mars Hill Missionary
Baptist Church
128000 Mars Hill Road
Pastor: Rev. Davy McCool
Mountain View Missionary Baptist
1552 Mountain View Road,
Benton
Pastor: Phillip Batchelor,
501-909-9090
Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist
3700 Mount Olive Rd., Bauxite
Pastor: Doug Hammonds
Mt. Harmony Missionary Baptist
245 Mt. Harmony Dr.,
Haskell-Benton (off Hwy 229)
Bro. John Bagby - Pastor
501.827.5376
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Pastor, Scott King
Mulberry Missionary Baptist
5838 Salt Creek Rd., Benton
Pastor: Jerry Kyle
501-794-1159
brought on by some hyped-up
motivational speeches with occasional goose bumps. The transformation that the Bible talks about
is continual sanctification through
the Word and the power of the
Holy Spirit (Rom. 12:1,2; Phil. 1:6;
2:12,13; 3:20,21).
True transformation is the product of prayer and fasting. We must
pray for the courage and grace
of the Holy Spirit to move us in
the knowledge of Christ, with all
power and authority given to each
who bears the true understanding
of being Christ-like.
We must stand fast with the
Word in battle; not wavering, not
compromising, not being overcome with fear, but steadfast in
the cause of the truth — Yes I said
the TRUTH!
Truth and repentance are words
foreign to many among popular
revival movements, both past and
present. So, I dare you to step out
of the standard “revival” box and
move toward an out-of-the-box
realm to experience and exemplify
God’s transforming love, which is
the only thing that will ever bring
true repentance and genuine, lifechanging, and lasting deliverance
from sin and death.
••
Robert H. Holt Pastor, Healing
Waters Outreach Center 14036
Sardis Road Shannon Hills, AR
72103 www.letourviolenceend.
com 501-516-1602 [email protected]
Sharon Missionary Baptist
402 Shenandoah Dr., Benton
501-778-4103
Pastor: Michael Reese
Social Hill Missionary Baptist
2021 Hwy. 35 S., Benton
Pastor Bro. Bill Williams
Spring Creek Baptist
19200 I-30, Benton
Pastor: Dr. Terry Parrish
Springhill Missionary Baptist
8602 Springhill Rd. 501-316-1345
Pastor: Bro. Steven Sewell
Temple Baptist Church
8601 Hwy 67, Benton
778-1295
Pastor: Rev. Terry Sayers
Temple Missionary Baptist
3215 Coats Rd., Benton
501-860-8907
Pastor: Rev. David Harris
Ten Mile Missionary Baptist
17510 Church Rd.
Lonsdale, AR 72087
(501) 939-2227
Pastor: Will Diggs
Trinity Baptist Church
702 Church St., Benton
501-778-9146
Pastor: Mike Titsworth
United Missionary Baptist Church
3810 Salem Rd. Benton Ar.72019
Pastor: Bro. Randy Ward
501-326-7396
Tyndall Park Missionary Baptist
Corner of Cox and Hoover St.
501-317-1777
Pastor: Brad Crumby
Vimy Ridge Immanuel Baptist
New Friendship Missionary Baptist 12214 Germania Rd.,
501-847-2322
7400 Friendship Rd., Benton
Pastor Doug Hethcox
Pastor: Zack Stringer
903-293-1768
Vimy Ridge Missionary Baptist
14823 Vimy Ridge Road
New Life Baptist Church
Alexander, 455-2947
10765 Samples Rd., Alexander
Pastor: Bro. Dennis Mitchell
501-316-1985 nlbcavilla.org
Pastor: Dr. Sid Sample
Victory Baptist Church
5386 Hwy 67 S., Benton
New Life Missionary Baptist
501-315-5005
126 West Dr., Benton
Pastor: Ken Graham
Pastor: Rev. Scotty Nalley
Bauxite Missionary Baptist
New Prospect Missionary Baptist West
5701 Hwy 183, Bauxite
Peeler Bend Rd.
501-557-5691
Pastor: David Standridge
Pastor: Rev. Melvin Burris
North Fork Missionary Baptist
Wright’s Chapel Baptist
Highway 9 and 12th Street
2150 S. Market St., Benton
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CHURCH NEWS
Mt. Carmel United
Methodist Church
Mt. Carmel United Methodist
Church will include an Easter
breakfast in its activities Sunday.
The event will begin at 9 a.m.
The public is invited to attend.
Sunday School will follow at
9:30 a.m. and an Easter worship
celebration will begin at 10:45 a.m.
The church is located on
Arkansas 5 across the highway
from Hurricane Creek Village
Shopping Center.
The Rev. Roger E. Glover is
pastor of the congregation.
Parkview United
Methodist Church
Parkview United Methodist
Church will host an Easter egg
hunt for all ages starting at 10 a.m.
today at the church, 514 N. Border
St. in Benton.
The event will include breakfast
snacks and prizes, plus a visit
from the Easter Bunny. Everyone
is invited and encouraged to bring
cameras and a basket.
Easter Sunday will include a
sunrise service beginning at 7
a.m. Following the service the
congregation will gather in the fellowship hall for breakfast.
Sunday School will begin at its
usual time, 9:45 a.m., and the Rev.
Dooley Fowler, pastor, will deliver
his Easter message in the 10:50
a.m. worship service.
The Rev. Dooley Fowler is pastor of the church.
Everyone is invited to attend the
services of Victory Baptist Church,
located at 5364 Highway 67 South
in Benton.
Sunday School begins at 10
a.m. with classes for every age
group.
The Easter service worship hour
follows at 11. A separate children’s
worship service is provided for students in grades one through six.
Dr. Ken Graham is the pastor
of Victory Baptist Church. Stan
Mansfield is the songleader, and
Pam Graham is the pianist.
Victory Baptist Academy and
Blessed Hope Baptist College are
two of the special ministries of
Victory Baptist Church. For more
information, contact the church at
501-315-5005.
Poyen Assembly of God
Rejoice and Recovery, a recovery program, meets Tuesdays from
6 to 9 p.m. at the church, 104 N.
Ash St.
Eddie Smith is serving as the
instructor.
For additional information, call
870-484-1118.
Steve
Romine
St. Matthew’s
Episcopal Church
Flowering the Cross is scheduled Easter Sunday morning at
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church.
Families are invited to bring
cut flowers from home or use
flowers provided by the church.
All ages are invited to participate at the 8:30 and 11 a.m.
services as people process into
the church.
An Easter egg hunt will take
place at 10 a.m. in the fellowship hall, rain or shine. People
are encouraged to dress for the
outdoor weather of the day and
bring a bag or basket to carry
the eggs found in the hunt.
The Easter bunny will be
present for photo sessions.
Worship leaders for the early
service this Sunday are Glen
Poteet, Martha Nehus, Deborah
Hansen and Chris Ellis; and at
the second service are Ellen
Gregan, Justin Wright, and
George and Selena Ellis.
Judy Matthews is organist
and the Rev. Lorrie Slaymaker
is vicar.
St. Matthew’s is at 1112
Alcoa Road in Benton.
First Baptist Church
in Bryant
First Baptist Church of Bryant
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Northside Church of Christ
917 N. East St., Benton
501-315-1128
Pastor: Jim Gardner
Bryant First United Methodist
508 N. Reynolds Rd., Bryant
501-847-0226
Pastor: Rev. Hamett Evans
www.fumcbryant.org
New Bethel Church of Christ
3777 Kruse Loop, Alexander
501-794-1994
Congo United Methodist
2903 Steel Bridge Road
Pastor: Polly Burton
Central Arkansas Church of Christ
8220 Hwy 5 Alexander
Minister: Reggie Nalls
Ebenezer United Methodist
Church
8319 N. Main Tull
501-778-6242
Pastor: Rev. Albert Marlar
Mt. Carmel United Methodist
2005 Hwy 5, Benton
501-794-2451
Pastor: Rev. Roger Glover
Haskell Church of Christ
Haskell
501-315-0173
New Hope United Methodist
1705 New Hope Road, Benton
501-860-2302
Pastor: Rev. Dooley Fowler
Hwy 5 Church of Christ
1500 Hwy 5 N.
Benton, AR 72019
501-303-0465
Evangelist James Hamilton
Parkview United Methodist
514 Border St., Benton
501-778-2145
Pastor: Rev. Dooley Fowler
www.pumcbenton.org
Highway Church of Christ
18514 I-30, Benton
501-315-3303
Pastor: Steven Ford
Salem United Methodist
1647 Salem Rd., Benton
501-316-2282
Pastor: Rev. Carlton Cross
Johnson Street Church of Christ
101 W. Johnson St., Benton
501-315-9034 or 501-315-7896
Sardis United Methodist
10715 W. Sardis Rd., Bauxite
501-602-2129
Pastor: Rev. Bryan Diffee
www.thesardischurch.net
Paron Church Of Christ
17212 Hwy 9, Paron
501-594-8373
River Street Church of Christ
415 River St., Benton
501-778-4042
Pastor: Bro. Dennis Gage
Salem Road Church of Christ
2700 Salem Rd.
501-316-1415
CHURCH OF GOD
Benton Pentecostal CoG
4023 Gattin Rd., Benton
501-778-8664
Pastors: Elizabeth & Dave Witt
TARA & SHELBY FAGAN
(501) 315-6497
11657 Interstate 30
Benton, AR 72015
Grape Chapel Church of God
7100 Hwy 298 (Kirk Rd.)
501-794-0563
Pastor: Scott L. Planck
www.gccog4u.com
New Life Church of God
Chambers Rd., Bauxite
501-249-3330 Pastor: Roy Willis
New Song Community Church of God
1458 Salem Road, Benton, AR 72018
Mon.-Fri. 8-5
501-315-0022
INC.
2500 Old Congo Rd.
Benton
EMBROIDERY & MONOGRAMMING
Reputation for
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(501) 315-6497
11657 Interstate
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Benton, AR 72015
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1220 Military Road | Benton, AR 72015 | 501-778-1000
New Summit Church of God
3916 Silica Heights Rd., Benton
Pastor: Bryan Hughes
Walnut Street Church of God
520 W. Walnut
Benton, AR 72016
EPISCOPAL
St. Matthew’s Episcopal
501-776-4176
Priest Lorrie Slaymaker
www.stmatthewsar.org
LUTHERAN
First Lutheran Church
18181 I-30 S., Benton
Pastor: James D. Burns
Friends in Christ Lutheran Church
4305 Hwy 5 N., Bryant
501-213-6521
Pastor: Emil Woerner
www.bryantlutheran.com
Zion Lutheran Church
300 Avilla Road East
501-408-4630
Pastor: Michael Schleider
www.zionlutheranavilla.org
1515 Hwy 5 North • Benton
6039 Hwy 67 • Haskell
www.harpsfood.com
Everyone is invited to attend
the services of Victory Baptist
Church, located at 5364 Highway
67 South in Benton.
Sunday school begins at 10
a.m. with classes for every age
group.The worship hour follows
at 11.
A separate children’s worship
service is provided for students
in grades 1-6.
The Sunday evening service
starts at 6:30 p.m.
On Wednesday evening the
service begins at 7 p.m.
Dr. Ken Graham is the pastor
of Victory Baptist Church. Stan
Mansfield is the songleader and
Pam Graham is the pianist.
Victory Baptist Academy and
Blessed Hope Baptist College
are two of the special ministries
of Victory Baptist Church, For
more information contact the
church at 501-315-5005.
Call 501-315-5005 for trans-
METHODIST
Benton First United Methodist
200 N. Market St., Benton
501-778-3601
Sr. Minister Rev. David Jones
www.fumcbenton.org
Church of Christ
4232 Edison Ave., Bauxite
501-794-1604
EMBROIDERY & MONOGRAMMING
CATHOLIC
Our Lady of Fatima
Catholic Church
900 W. Cross St., Benton
Rev. Chinnaiah Irudayaraj
Yeddanapalli (Fr. YC)
Church of Christ
305 East Smith St., Benton
501-317-5113 or 317-6900
INC.
invites community residents
to Easter Sunday events at its
new location at 8800 Highway 5
North in Bryant.
Activities will begin with a
sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. with
Sunday School following at 9:45
a.m. and morning worship at
10:45. All of these services will
be held at the congregation’s
new location.
Traskwood United Methodist
Hwy. 229 and Main Street.
Pastor: Tom Crawford
www.traskwoodumc.org
NAZARENE
Cornerstone
Church of the Nazarene
25799 I-30, County Line Exit #126
501-653-2886
Pastor: Rev. Tim Evans
First Church of the Nazarene
1203 W. Sevier St., Benton
501-315-9600
Pastor: Rev. Brady Lane
PENTECOSTAL
First Pentecostal Church
16412 I-30, Benton
501-778-6974
Pastors: Rev. Burl Crabtree
and Bishop O.D. Crabtree
First Pentecostal Church
4212 Hwy 5 N., Bryant
Pastor: Rev. Jerry Whitley
Lawson Rd. Pentecostal Church
807 E. Lawson 501-821-3542
Pastor: Jason Gibson
New Life/Bryant Pentecostal
5094 Highway 5 North
Bryant, AR 72022
903-293-3038
Pastors: Russell & Renee Bassett
PRESBYTERIAN
Cumberland Presbyterian
Fellowship
3600 Market Place, Bryant
315-0355/888-4190
Pastor: Rev. Buster Guthrie
First Presbyterian Church
501 N. East St., Benton
501-315-7737
www.fpcbenton.com
Pastor: Rev. Dr. Dari Rowen
7th-DAY ADVENTIST
Seventh-Day Adventist
2615 Lincoln Rd., Benton
501-778-0641
Pastor: Michael Wolford
portation to services or for more
information on the ministries
sponsored by the church.
The church sponsors Blessed
Hope Baptist College, Victory
Baptist Academy and HOPE
Recovery and Discipleship ministry.
For information about any of
these ministries or for transportation to a service, contact the
church at 501-315-5005.
Victory Baptist is located
at 5364 Highway 67 South in
Benton.
Northside Church of Christ
Northside Church of Christ is
offering a trauma healing class
for women
beginning April 5. The class
meets from 7 to 9 p.m. in the
outreach building and will continue meeting on Tuesdays for
about eight weeks, depending on
the needs of class members.
The registration fee is $15,
which covers the price of the
book and all supplies.
Facilitators received training
from the Trauma Healing Institute
of the American Bible Society.
For information or registration,
contact Rhonda Covington, [email protected], or Shirley
Wallace, [email protected].
Also, information is available
from the church office at 501315-1128.
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
First Christian Church
16218 I-30 at Pinewood Dr.,
Benton
Pastor: Rev. Joe Jorgensen
Antioch Christian Church
8206 S. Main Street
Tull
501-778-2045
Rev. Tom Haley, pastor
For more information or to
register for the class, individuals may call the church office at
315-1128.
Cumberland Presbyterian
Fellowship
Easter activities at Cumberland
Presbyterian Fellowship in Bryant
will begin with a sunrise service at 6:45 a.m. at Kirkpatrick
Cemetery, located adjacent to the
church at the corner of Arkansas
5 and Marketplace Road.
A dutch-treat breakfast will
follow at Cracker Barrel restaurant.
The Rev. Jack Ryan, pastor,
will be preaching at the sunrise
service as well as at the Easter
worship service at 10:45 a.m.
Both services are open to all.
A time for children will be
included in the second service.
Music is under the direction
of Betty Kettles, songleader, and
Lynda Hollenbeck, pianist.
A 10 a.m. multi-generational
Sunday School class is taught
by Ryan, who is director of
the chaplaincy program for the
Veterans Administration Hospital
at Fort Roots in North Little
Rock.The church is at 3600
Marketplace off Arkansas 5.
An Easter egg hunt is planned
at 2:30 p.m. today at the home
of Ron and Betty Kettles.
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& Dudley
Funeral Home
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OTHER CHURCHES
Agape Fellowship
3122 Edison Ave., in Benton
870-941-2194
Pastor Clay Burnett
Arkansas Sabbath Fellowship
21941 I-30 South, Suite 10
Bryant, AR 72022
[email protected]
Benton Foursquare Church
Military & Thomas Roads, Benton
501-315-2229
Pastor: Rev. David Brewer
4212 Highway 5 North
Bryant, AR 72011
501-847-9099
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Centerpoint Church
20383 I-30, in Benton
501-776-2570
Pastor: Rev. Pat Dezort
Christ Church
11800 Vimy Ridge Road
455-6275/455-1506
Pastor: G.A. & Joyce Dudley
Ron Jones Agency
Elect Temple
Church of God in Christ
307 Johnson St.
Benton
315-1431
AUTO • HOME • LIFE • BUSINESS
606 W. Commerce Dr., Suite 2
Bryant, AR 72022
Bus: 501-847-8155
Fax: 501-847-8492
[email protected]
Ron Jones, LUTCF
Faith Fellowship
608 S. Marion, Benton
501-794-1683
Family Church
21815 I-30, Bryant
501-847-1559
Pastor: Rev. Perry Black
Fellowship Bible Church
501-315-1560
www.fellowshiponline.com
First Christian Church
16218 interstate 30
501-778-8237
Pastor Joe Jorgensen
4500 Hwy 5 N. , Suite 6 • Bryant
www.mfbanknet.com
Gateway Church of Saline Co.
1201 W. Longhills Road
501-408-4695
www.salinegateway.org
Grace Church
5205 W. Sawmill Rd.
501-804-0371
Pastor: Tommy Jones
www.thegracechurch.net
The Lighthouse Church
2800 Military Rd., Benton
Pastor: Barbara Allred
Joy of Life Church
Non-Denominational
8420 Hwy. 5 North
Alexander, AR 72002
501-653-2Joy
501-590-1222
Midtowne Church
4037 Boone Rd, Benton
501-315-0992
Pastor: Doug Pruitt
Assisted and Independent Living Options
3505 Boone Road
540 Ponce de Leon
Benton, AR
Hot Springs Village
501-315-1555
501-922-0166
www.mtcarmelcommunity.com
Baxley-Delamar
Monuments, Inc.
19133 Interstate 30 • Benton, AR 72015
315-7261 778-7261
Same ownership, management and
superior quality since 1957
Pleasant Hill AME Church
302 Reed St., Benton
Pastor: Rev. Cleophus Collier
Revolution Church
17270 Interstate 30 North, Benton
(Near the Benton Event Center)
501-778-9977
Pastor: Scott Patton
www.revchurchar.com
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407 Prickett Rd., Bryant
501-847-1855
www.victoryfellowshiplr.com
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1214 Liberty St., Benton
Pastor: Rev. Hank Smith
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Crossword Challenge
Arlo and Janis
Big Nate
Born Loser
Frank and Ernest
anything to chance. If you look
for an innovative way to deal
with ongoing matters, you will
establish a spotless plan.
bernice bede osol
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)
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-- Take care of unfinished business so that you can follow your
Strive for perfection. Don’t let dreams. If you use your imaginaproblems fester. Take a serious
tion, you will find the balance
approach to life and what you
and stability you have been
have to offer. Don’t limit your
searching for.
potential or downplay your abiliSAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
ties. It’s up to you to present and 21) -- An idea of yours will result
promote your abilities and poten- in a positive personal change.
tial. Be a participant.
Show interest in someone who
ARIES (March 21-April
has something to contribute to
19) -- Take care of errands
your plan.
without being told to do so.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
Disappointment will lead to a
19) -- Spontaneity and charm will
stressful impasse with someone
you work or play with. See matters through to completion and
collect your reward.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
-- Focus on getting along with
others. Take a position of leadership and strive to be your best.
A creative suggestion will win
favors and respect. Add romance
to your life.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
-- You can offer help, but don’t
pay for someone else’s mistake.
Find a way to minimize costs and
still reach your goal. Keep your
relationships with others simple
and maintain a positive outlook.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -New acquaintances can be made
if you attend an event. Treat
yourself to something special.
Love is in the stars and romance
will improve your personal life.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -Emotional matters will escalate.
Deal with complaints aggressively
so that you can put more time
and effort into preparing and
executing your plans. Expand
your circle of friends and interests.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
-- A change will spark enthusiasm in something unique and
exciting. Love is heading your
way and romantic plans will help
make your day special. Find ways
to improve your living arrangements.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -Concentrate on contracts, money
and medical issues. Don’t leave
Astro•graph
Grizzwells
Monty
Celebrity Cipher
Soup to Nutz
Thatababy
Moderately Confused
lead to getting what you want.
Let your intuition help you discover the perfect way to please
someone you love. Passion is
highlighted.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) -- You will gain information
that will bring you closer to your
dream job or project. Hard work
will pay off, and updating your
appeal, resume or attitude will
bring good results.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -Offer help, but don’t give everything you’ve got for nothing. You
need to raise your expectations.
Romance and commitment are in
the stars.
Herman
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