Re-Fashion Bash returning in May

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“SALINE COUNTY’S NEWS
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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016
VOL. 139 NO. 98
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Re-Fashion Bash returning in May
By Sam Pierce
[email protected]
The second annual Re-Fashion
Bash will be held at the Benton
Event Center on May 7, with
doors opening at 6 p.m.
“They will walk the runway on
this honorable and memorable
night turning trash to treasure,
showing off their fashion in hopes
of winning top prize money,”
Tiffany Dunn, marketing coordinator for Recycle Saline, said.
“Re-Fashion Bash is an upbeat
recycling fashion show highlighting Saline County students on the
runway.”
Last year, the show had 29
entries from Saline County students and also a few professional
designers, totaling nearly 40
designs.
“This year, we have 55 students participating in the fashion
show,” Dunn said. “Nearly doubling the amount of entries.”
Dunn said last year’s show
eased student’s doubts about the
show, thus creating more entries
this year.
“Once they actually saw what
it was, it created excitement for
next year and they wanted to be
a part of it,” Dunn said. “... And
they get to win money.”
All fashion show entries may
contain only recyclable materials. These can include cardboard,
steel, tin, recycled fabric or clothing, aluminum, plastics, paper
cartons, clipboard, newspaper,
mixed papers (magazines, junk
mail, and catalogs), paper bags
and glass.
New items may be used in
small amounts (i.e. tape, glue and
small embellishments).
Footwear, jewelry, purses and
other accessories may be used to
enhance the overall costume but
the model must be able to safely
walk across stage and up and
down stairs.
In any case, safe shoes must be
worn whether they are recycled
or street shoes.
Recycled clothing or fabric
may be used, but it must be
altered so as not to be worn it is
original state.
Special to The Saline Courier
Ten participants from the Benton Senior Wellness and Activity center participated
in a recent spelling bee at the Jacksonville Senior Wellness and Activity Center.
From left in the back row are Rubin Gudino, Garland Nipps, Jim Leach, Caroline
Leach; and front row, Jane Windham, Eloise Fletcher, Barbara Goforth, Billie
French, Betty Walker, the winner, Katy Hill and Sherry Parsons, director.
Bryant School Board
approves principal hire
By Sarah Perry
[email protected]
LYNDA HOLLENBECK/The Saline Courier
Abby Grace Wilson leads Alanna Dunn down the runway during the Re-Fashion
Bash event held last year at the Benton Event Center. This year’s Re-Fashion Bash
will be held on May 7 beginning at 6 p.m., with doors opening at 5 p.m.
Fashion show contestants shall
be judged in the following divisions:
• K - 5th grade
• 6th - 8th grade
• 9th - 12th grade
The deadline for designed garments and accessories, names
of models and description to be
used during the show is April 15
by 4 p.m. Approval to move forward will be needed should one
miss a deadline.
All contestants will be judged
on overall look, effort, environmental message and creativity.
There will be a first ($500),
second ($250), and third ($100)
place prizes awarded to the top
designers of each division.
Tickets can be purchased at
the door for $10.
All money raised from
Re-Fashion Bash goes to
the YEA! Team (Youth
Environmental Ambassadors)
program sponsored by Recycle
Saline.
As part of the YEA! Team
program, senior members are
eligible for a $1,500 scholarship.
The seniors will be awarded
their scholarship on stage at
Re-Fashion Bash.
New to this year’s show is the
Dessert Hour, which will begin at
5 p.m. Dunn said they will serve
cupcakes, cookies and lemonade.
For more information, visit
www.recyclesaline.org or call
501-776-2533.
During a short special meeting Monday evening, the Bryant
School Board approved several
personnel changes including the
hiring of a new principal at Bryant
High School.
After
receiving
several applications and
recruiting
individuals, district
officials
selected Todd
Edwards to
replace forEdwards
mer principal
Jay Pickering,
said Tom Kimbrell, superintendent. Pickering, who announced
in February that he was leaving
the district, accepted a position to
serve as principal of West Little
Rock Middle School.
Edwards was one of the individuals that district officials recruited.
Kimbrell mentioned that he has
known Edwards for quite a while.
District officials felt Edwards
would be a good fit for the principal position because of his work
ethic and people-centered leadership style.
“He is very approachable,”
Kimbrell said. “He is one of those
who understands that as principal you are going to be at a lot of
events.”
Edwards commended the district and said he is looking forward
to starting his new position.
“Bryant High School is a great
place,” he said. “I want to be part of
the team.”
Having served as a principal for
20 years, Edwards said he hopes
he can use his experience to
improve the school.
Edwards currently serves
as principal at Conway Junior
High School. In the past, he has
served as an adjunct professor at
Harding University and principal at
Greenbrier Middle School.
With the end of one school year
concluding and another school
year beginning right around the
corner, board members approved
numerous other changes.
Other personnel changes are:
Resignations:
•Christine Bennett, business
department chair.
•Dean Burbank, elementary
principal.
•Deborah Clark, high school
teacher.
•Megan Kennedy, middle
school teacher.
•Belinda Moore, elementary
EDWARDS, page 12
Sex offender pleads guilty to sexual assault, gets 25 years
By Josh Briggs
[email protected]
A Level 2 sex offender pleaded
guilty to first-degree sexual
assault Wednesday in Saline
County Circuit Court.
Scott Alan Westbrook, who
resides in the 500 block of
Chandler Road in Benton, was
sentenced to 25 years in prison
with five years suspended.
According to a report from
the Saline County Prosecuting
Attorney’s Office, Westbrook
was arrested May 17, 2015. In
the report it states two juvenile
girls were spending the night at
Westbrook’s home the night of
the incident.
According to a 13-year-old girl,
she was sleeping in a bedroom
when Westbrook came in and
sexually assaulted her.
“The plea and resulting sentence was a good resolution
that prevented the minor victim
from having to testify against
her attacker,” said Prosecuting
Attorney Ken Casady.
“Next to the assault itself,
having to face the perpetrator
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Forecast
TODAY
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in court and
describe to
a jury what
happened
is the most
stressful
experience
for a child
victim. Whenever we
Westbrook
can obtain
a just sentence and spare the child the
added trauma of a trial, justice is
served.”
Casady added that when
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Westbrook is released from
prison he will be required to reregister as a sex offender and is
permanently barred from contact
with the victim.
Saline County Deputy
Prosecutor Rebecca Bush represented the state in the case.
Westbrook was represented by
attorney Toney Brasuell.
Circuit Court Judge Grisham
Phillips presided over the case.
Westbrook was convicted
in March 2004 of burglary and
sexual assault of a 17-year-old
female and sentenced to 16 years
in prison.
In 2011, a warrant was served
against Westbrook for failing
to register as a sex offender.
Westbrook pleaded guilty to the
charge and was sentenced to 36
months’ probation.
According to court documents, Westbrook’s probation
was revoked in 2012 when he
committed the offense of seconddegree battery, disorderly conduct and failure to pay fines.
Westbrook also failed to
appear in court twice in 2012.
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Benton Police
Department
Thursday, April 7, 2016
SALINE COURIER SCRAPBOOK 1976
7:33 p.m.
An Athens Lane woman
reported a lawnmower was
stolen.
Wednesday
10:51 p.m.
An East North Street
man reported several sets of
dumbbells and tarps were
stolen.
12:39 p.m.
A manager at Harps
reported cashiers had
received seven fraudulent
checks from one bank
account.
2:58 p.m.
The owner of Econo
Lodge reported he received
a package in the mail. When
he opened the package, the
item he had purchased was
not inside the box.
6:58 p.m
An Austin Street woman
reported she was threatened.
11:33 p.m.
An employee at Big Red
Valero reported two women
stole a bottle of soda and a
cup of ice.
Thursday
3:53 a.m.
A Stone Creek Drive
woman reported her purse
was stolen.
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Noxon, Bill Nutt, Steven Ledbetter, Mark Noxon, Poakey Oates, Phil Thomas, Louie Oates and Russell Wheeler.
Men accused of withholding
Arkansas Works
program on GOP agenda $6M from Hope hospital staff
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April 9 & 10
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Saline County Republican
Committee will hold its
April meeting at 6:30 p.m.
today at the Saline County
Republican Headquarters,
125 N Market St. in Benton.
Craig Cloud, director
of the Division of Aging
and Adult Services at the
Arkansas Department of
Human Services, will be the
featured speaker.
Cloud will update those
attending on the state’s
work to transition from
the Private Option to the
Arkansas Works program.
“Craig will provide us
with the latest information about the work of the
Legislature and the governor to replace and improve
the Private Option,” Lux
said.
There is no charge for
attending. Those with questions about the meeting
or about affiliating with
the Republican County
Committee are welcome to
contact Lux at 870-550-1832.
The event is open to
the public. Republican
Headquarters may be called
at 776-1500.
TEXARKANA — Two
men have been charged
with failing to turn over
more than $6 million in withholding taxes collected from
hospital employees in Hope.
James Cheek, 67, and
Herschel Breig Sr., 68,
pleaded not guilty in
federal court Tuesday
to nine charges. They’re
accused of pocketing more
than $6 million in federal
income, social security and
Medicare taxes collected
from staff at Hope Medical
Park Hospital from May
2008 to April 2012.
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Cheek and Breig
acquired control of
Signature Medical Park
Hospital in Hope through
Shiloh Health Services Inc.
in May 2008, according to
the indictment. The hospital changed its name in
December 2008.
Each of the nine counts in
the indictment involves separate fiscal quarters during
which taxes were allegedly
not paid to the IRS.
Neither the indictment
nor a news release from the
U.S. Attorney’s office indicates that Cheek or Breig
took the employment tax
money for their own use.
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Milton Ray, 82 of Benton, passed away
April 4, 2016. He was born January 2, 1934, in
Mississippi to the late Floyd and Oler McCool
Ray.
Milton was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a member of the National Rifle
Associate and a lifetime member of Bass
Ray
Masters Club. He was also a member of the
Gospel Light Baptist Church in Benton.
Since suffering a stroke in 1997, Milton has been confined to a wheelchair. He developed Alzheimer’s disease
in 2005 but was able to remain at home. Today he is walking the streets of gold, or as brother Eddie would say,
“Probably running”.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Joyce
Weeks; a daughter, Sandra Taylor; a grandson, Justin Keith
Ray; and a granddaughter, Haylee Russell.
Milton is survived by his wife, Dianne Ray; two sons,
Curtis Ray and wife Betty and Randy Ray and wife Cindy;
daughters, Sonja Little and husband Timothy Sr., Barbara
Babbitt and husband, Carlos,Angela Nduati and Dana
Russell and husband Jason; his brothers, Raymond and
Rodney Ray; three sisters, Barbara Blaylock, Shirley Bufkin
and Brenda Ray; 16 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April
9, at Pinecrest Memorial Park with Brother Eddie Kitchens
officiating. Ashby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 8,
at the funeral home.
Online guestbook: www.ashbyfuneralhome.com
Family comments: The family would like to thank the
doctors, nurses and caregivers on the fourth floor of Saline
Memorial Hospital for their excellent care.
Grace Dean Goodson Harberson
Grace Dean Goodson Harberson, 85, of Haskell, passed
away April 2, 2016. She was born in Dierks, to the late
Jewell and Edith Goodson on January 7, 1931. She was a
retired LPTN from Benton Service Center.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by
her husband, Floy J. Harberson, whom she married Jan. 1,
1949; and her beloved daughter, Cathy Chastain.
She is survived by one son, Dennis Harberson and wife
Nancy of Ruston, Louisiana; three grandchildren, Chris
Chastain of Fishers, Indiana, Lindsey Billberry (Heath) of
Ruston, and Kyle Chastain (Lindsay) of Fishers; eight greatgrandchildren, Tucker, Talan, Tinsley, and Tatum Billberry
of Ruston, Campbell, Steele, and Quinn Chastain of Fishers,
and Damon Chastain of Fishers; a brother, Gene Goodson
and wife Shirley of Potosi, Missouri;, and one son-in-law,
Ken Chastain of Benton.
Family visitation was held on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at
Roller-Ballard Funeral Home in Benton (501-315-4047).
A graveside service was to be held at 1 p.m. today, April
7, at Allen Cemetery near Dierks, in Howard County with
Ricky Smith officiating.
Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/ballard.
THURSDAY, APRIL 7
5 p.m.
Hampstead Stage
Co. Presents “Alice in
Wonderland” from 5 to 6 p.m.
Thursday, April 7 at Herzfeld
Library in Benton. Hampstead
Stage Company is an acting
group that will be performing
Alice in Wonderland. These
young people are very skilled
at what they do and people of
all ages will love this event.
Please join us for a sensational
evening.
6 p.m.
Harmony Folk Music is on
tap from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday,
April 7 at Herzfeld Library in
Benton. Harmony, a group of
folk musicians from Mountain
View, will be joining us for
their 11th year as they sing
ballads about Arkansas history
and other mountain music.
The group is comprised of
three members: Robert and
Mary Gillihan and Dave Smith.
No registration required.
6 p.m.
Yoga @ the Library will
be held from 6 to 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 7 at Boswell
Library in Bryant. All skill
levels are welcome to join professional instructors from The
Bent Lily for a free yoga class
at the library. Just bring a mat
and bottle of water. Yoga is
intended for patrons 18 and
over.
FRIDAY, APRIL 8
10 a.m.
Extension Homemakers
Co-Op will hold a session
from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday,
Benton. Join our instructor for
a monthly class on all things
crafty! Each month’s craft will
focus on a holiday or season
and offers a great opportunity
to work with your hands. No
registration required, and supplies provided for the first 15
participants.
SATURDAY, APRIL 9
Donnie Lee Harcrow Sr.
Donnie Lee Harcrow Sr., 70, of Eagle Mills died Friday,
April 1, 2016 at his home. He was born June 25, 1945 in
Camden. He was a truck driver. He was preceded in death by his parents, Aubrey Lee
Harcrow and Juanita May Harcrow, and one son, Donnie
Harcrow Jr. He is survived by his wife, Ruby Harcrow of Benton; four
sons, Tony Harcrow of Holly Springs, Stacy Harcrow of
Camden, Stevie Harcrow of Eagle Mills and Danny Harcrow
of Camden; one daughter, Tina Poag of Camden; two brothers, Ronnie Harcrow of Harmony Grove and James Lewis
Harcrow of Locust Bayou; one sister, Bonnie Earnest of
Tinsman; two stepsons, Russell Stinnett, Jr. of Chidester,
Garth Stinnett of Bearden; one stepdaughter, Sherry
Callison of Sheridan;17 grandchildren and eighteen
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 7,
at Benton Funeral Home in Bearden. A private burial service will be private. Arrangements are
by Benton Funeral Home of Fordyce and Bearden. Online guestbook: www.bentonfuneralhome.net..
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Flying disc triggers flood
LITTLE ROCK —
Hundreds of people have
been evacuated from a
University of Arkansas at
Little Rock dormitory after
students playing with a flying disc hit a sprinkler head
that flooded the first three
floors of the building.
The Arkansas Democrat-
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SALINE COUNTY EVENTS
Milton Ray
The Saline Courier
Gazette reports that the
Little Rock Fire Department
responded to the men’s
tower of West Hall at 9:30
p.m. Monday.
Rikki Turner of the university’s student housing
office says firefighters found
two inches of water on the
third floor, which trickled
down to the six-story building’s main floor.
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 encour-
aged to make reservations no
later than Friday, March 25.
Please call 778-7708 or 3156405 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.
10:30 a.m.
Family Story Time is
set from 10:30 to 11 a.m.
Saturday, April 9 at Herzfeld
Library in Benton. Join us
for our family story time and
enjoy songs, stories, and a
craft to take home with you.
Theme: Dinosaurs
Noon
Animeniacs! is on tap from
noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, April
9 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.
Benton. The children’s department will be hosting Movie
Monday the second Monday
of every month. We will show
a popular movie and provide
fresh popped popcorn and
drinks.
4:30 p.m.
Benton Book Club will
meet from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Monday, April 11 at Herzfeld
Library in Benton. This class is
intended for patrons aged 18
and older.
6 p.m.
Crochet classes will be held
from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday,
Benton. This class is intended
for patrons aged 18 and older.
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.
10 a.m.
New Parking Lot Ribbon
Cutting is set from 10 to 11
a.m. Tuesday, April 12 at
Boswell Library in Bryant.
Join us for our ribbon cutting
ceremony to celebrate our
new expanded parking lot. Ted
and Joyce Boswell will be our
guests of honor and refreshments will be served.
3:30 p.m.
Teen Pinterest Party will be
held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 12 at Boswell
Library in Bryant. Teens are
invited to make and take home
a fun, Pinterest-inspired craft.
Snacks and drinks will be provided.
6 p.m
Watercolor classes are set
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Benton. “Country living” water-
color. All skill levels welcome.
First come, first served up to
25 participants. All supplies
provided. Watercolor is intended for patrons 18 and over.
THURSDAY, APRIL 14
3:30 p.m.
Theater Thursday is set from
3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday,
April 14 at Boswell Library
in Bryant. Theater Thursday
features a children’s movie
and is open to all ages. Movies
are chosen for children 12 and
under, with a G or PG rating. A
small snack is provided.
6 p.m.
Watercolor classes are set
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
April 14 at Boswell Library in
Bryant. “Country living” watercolor. All skill levels welcome.
First come, first served up to
25 participants. All supplies
provided. Watercolor is intended for patrons 18 and over.
Yoga @ the Library will
be held from 6 to 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 14 at Herzfeld
Library in Benton. All skill levels
are welcome to join professional instructors from The
Bent Lily for a free yoga class
at the library. Just bring a mat
and bottle of water. Yoga is
intended for patrons 18 and
over.
FRIDAY, APRIL 15
9 a.m.
Used Book Sale will be
held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday, April 15 at Herzfeld
Library in Benton. Join Saline
County Library for our book
sale. Our collections department has been busy, busy,
busy weeding items and
sorting donations, so our
book sale room is stuffed
full of amazing choices! With
hardback books running a
dollar and paperbacks 50
cents, we’re certain to have
something for everyone who
stops in.
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MONDAY, APRIL 11
3:45 p.m.
Movie Monday is set from
3:45 to 5:15 p.m. Monday,
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Underlying medical
condition could cause
too much sleep
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Paul Ryan
could make
2016 normal
again
T
DEAR DOCTOR K: I’ve heard a lot about the
harmful effects of insufficient sleep. But are there any
dangers of sleeping too much?
DEAR READER: Over the years
we’ve learned that sleep is important
for a variety of reasons. It appears to be
vital for forming long-term memories.
It also helps you to digest what you
have learned the previous day. Sleep
promotes concentration and restores
energy; it helps to keep your immune
system functioning well and to regulate Dr.
eating patterns.
Komaroff
The average adult needs seven to
nine hours. Does it matter whether
you get more or less than the ideal amount of sleep?
That’s tough to answer — in part, because the effects
of sleep are difficult to separate from other factors that
can affect the quality or duration of your sleep.
Studies have linked short sleep duration — five
hours or less each night — with a number of health
problems, including high blood pressure and diabetes.
Sleep deprivation is also a major contributor to car
accidents, accounting for an estimated 100,000 accidents per year in this country.
Surprisingly, there may also be health problems
associated with too much sleep. Large, well-designed
studies have analyzed the relationship between
amount of sleep and length of life. Thousands of people have answered detailed questionnaires about their
sleep habits and their health status over many years.
In these studies, the death rates for people who
sleep the least — and the most — are higher than
those people whose sleep time falls in the middle.
The reason isn’t clear. It’s possible that a related
factor may be responsible. Specifically, people with
certain diseases and conditions may both sleep longer
and die sooner. In other words, it may not be the fact
that they sleep longer that causes them to die sooner.
For example, people who sleep excessively might
be drinking too much, and it could be the drinking
that’s impairing their health. As another example,
some people suffering from major depression sleep
longer. Depression, in turn, is linked to heart disease
and to suicide.
There are other common health problems that also
cause people to sleep more and that may shorten life.
These include:
• thyroid disease;
• kidney or liver disease;
• a sleep disorder such as obstructive sleep apnea;
• dementia.
Some medications used to treat serious illnesses
also can make a person groggy and sleepy. That’s
another way that sleeping long hours might be linked
to dying sooner.
In summary, I’d say that there is little evidence that
simply sleeping unusually long hours — like more
than nine hours a night — actually shortens your life.
And there are plenty of healthy people who regularly
sleep more than nine hours a night.
But if you asked your question because you’ve
found yourself sleeping a lot more than you used to,
check it out with your doctor. The long hours may not
be hurting you, but they could be a sign of an underlying medical condition that could hurt you.
••
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
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Space,
the Final Frontier
W
e spent a big portion of one
day of our recent spring
break vacation touring
Space Center Houston. If you have
never been, or if it has been a while
since you visited, I highly recommend that you add this to your
bucket list.
The Space
Center is halfway
between Houston
and Galveston, just
off Interstate 45. I
remember when
there wasn’t much
else in the area, but
that has certainly
changed. With the
Kelly
urban sprawl from
Freudensprung
Houston, the addiFREUDENS
tion of the Kemah
Boardwalk and vast THOUGHTS
expansion of the
region as an aerospace hub, I hardly recognize the
area I was familiar with as a youth.
A sixth grade field trip took me
to the Manned Spaceflight Center a
couple years before it was renamed
in honor of late president Lyndon
B. Johnson and many years before
the Space Center Houston, the notfor-profit, educational arm of NASA
opened in 1992. As their website
says, “Johnson Space Center (JSC)
serves as headquarters for mission
control, International Space Station
operations and missions, home of
the Orion Multi-purpose crew vehicle and numerous advanced human
exploration projects.” And, although
this is where all the action actually
takes place, only a small portion of
the Johnson Space Center is available to visitors of Space Center
Houston.
Two of the buildings on the 1,600
acre JSC campus that are part of
the tour are worth the price of
admission. One is the International
Space Station Training Center and
the other is Rocket Park. Walking
around actual rockets gives you a
good idea of their size, but when
you step inside a large building
to find Saturn V lying end-to-end,
your senses kick in to overdrive.
The five engines at the base of the
rocket each measure 19 feet tall and
12 feet across. The total length of
this three-stage liquid-fueled rocket
that launched two dozen astronauts
toward the moon is a little more
than 360 feet.
The second JSC stop is the Space
Station Training Center. From a catwalk high above the action, visitors
see mock-ups of the International
Space Station and the new Orion
capsule. These mock-ups, along with
other vehicles, robotics and machinery, are used to train astronauts
for their upcoming missions. This
is where astronauts, engineers and
scientists work side-by-side putting
cutting-edge technology into action.
Space Center Houston, an affiliate
of the Smithsonian, is an educational
and interactive museum of NASA’s
programs. Visitors can touch an
actual moon rock, experiment with
solar panels and test their flying and
landing skills inside mock-up cockpits. The displays of moon rovers,
landing capsules, space suits and so
much more are Smithsonian quality.
A new addition to SCH is
Independence Plaza. This exhibit
offers a rare glimpse into the historic shuttle era. Visitors can enter
the space shuttle replica, mounted
on top of the original NASA 905
shuttle carrier aircraft then explore
the massive plane. These educationally focused exhibits had our
daughter entranced as she explored
problem-solving concepts and
learned of innovations that came
out of the shuttle missions.
We should remember that much
of the technology that we take
for granted today came out of our
space programs of the last fifty
years. Memory foam, cordless
tools, LED lights, anti-icing systems
and so much more can be credited
directly to NASA engineers.
Tomorrow, the privately funded
aerospace technology company,
SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9
rocket with payload to supply
the International Space Station.
SpaceX has a rocket testing facility in McGregor, Texas. As the
crow flies, their facility was about a
dozen miles from our former home
in Waco. When rockets were tested, and it was quite often, the roar
was unmistakable. Because of our
proximity to the plant and the Waco
newspaper’s continual coverage of
SpaceX’ activities and involvement
in the community, I feel a strong
tie to this exciting program. As our
federal government talks about the
concept of cutting spending, I think
that a combination of government
and private funding for space exploration is the only way for these
important scientific adventures to
continue.
On the day NASA astronaut
Scott Kelly returned from his yearlong mission on the International
Space Station, my daughter and I
watched a PBS special about his
adventure. During the documentary, Kelly’s cosmonaut crew mate,
Mikhail Kornienko made the following statement: “If the leaders
of our two countries would spend
just two weeks working together
on the Space Station, there would
be no more problems between our
people.”
I wonder if it is too late to sneak
in a couple of passengers on tomorrows SpaceX flight?
••
Kelly Freudensprung is the publisher of the Saline Courier. He can
be reached at [email protected] or 501-315-8228, ext.
245.
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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].
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Hwy. 5, Benton, AR 72019, (501) 794-2228,
[email protected].
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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,
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
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.
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he spectacular strangeness of this
presidential election may require a
new display in Ripley’s Odditorium of
believe-it-or-nots.
Among the exhibits,
curators might place the
History of Conventional
Wisdom, wherein the page
titled “Populists Never Win
in America” has a large,
red X drawn through the
word “never.”
Like all things status
quo, this bit of wisdom
Kathleen
seems aimed for retirement. Indeed, no one wins Parker
this year by promising to
keep things just the way they are. From the
candidacies of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and
Donald Trump to the many thousands of fans
who stand in line to catch a glimpse of these
two, the letters in “unbelievable” are being
worn off the keyboards of political commentators these days.
Then again, when have news folks been
more delighted by the horror before them?
Sad but true: What’s bad for the republic is
good for cartoonists and columnists.
Further evidence of the uniqueness of this
season is the power of small purses against
the big money that Americans now find so
offensive. You want to end income inequality?
How better to send a message to Wall Street
than to out-fund the nominee of the conventionally wise?
For the past three months, Sanders has
outraised Hillary Clinton with mostly small,
grass-roots donations, while Clinton, whose
greatest deficit may be her membership in
the pantheon of power politics, relies on bigdonor fundraisers.
It is still Clinton’s nomination to lose, again
according to conventional wisdom, but in a
sense both Sanders and Trump would win
by losing. Both have forced their respective
parties further to the fringes and neither, one
suspects, really wants to be president. Who
would? Only a fool — or the truly duty-bound.
Into this camp I would place Clinton, who
may feel it her duty to become president, and
not only to satisfy what is necessarily a personal goal as an example to women the world
over. I’d also put Ohio Gov. John Kasich next
to her. In addition to seeming decent and sincere (and sometimes annoyingly cheerful), he
conveys that he mostly wants to do the work.
And then there’s this other guy named
Paul Ryan. Over on Capitol Hill, far from
the madding crowd of rallies and racehorses, the newest speaker of the House of
Representatives has been quietly reinventing
the Republican Party by creating a new governing template.
Ryan recently spoke to Hill interns of his
philosophy in terms of subsidiarity as an organizing principle in both his Catholic faith and
his politics.
Politically, subsidiarity is the idea that
matters should be handled by the smallest
or least centralized competent authority.
Similarly, in Catholic social thought, it means
that nothing should be done by a larger centralized organization that can be done as well
by a smaller organization.
Structurally, this is the argument behind
federalism and the conservative case for
limited government. Practically, subsidiarity means that Ryan is taking a bottom-up
approach to leadership. This means that
debating and promulgating policy proposals take place at the committee level, where
a more diverse cross-section of voices and
ideas can be aired.
Not all Catholics favor certain applications of subsidiarity, especially when it
comes to welfare reform and other poverty
programs. The schism within the church, in
other words, reflects the divide between the
two political parties. But both Republicans
and Democrats may find common ground
in Ryan’s application of subsidiarity to the
conduct of the House, which is fundamentally aimed at inviting the American people
to the table.
With a jaundiced eye, one notes that
Ryan’s pro-people template seems rather
well-timed for a contested convention
and perhaps for unifying the party given
the divisiveness and repulsion posed by
Trump and, almost equally, Sen. Ted Cruz
(R-Tex.). Plainly, it would be dicey for
party leaders to bypass Cruz or Kasich,
but Cruz will lose in a general election and
Kasich may lack sufficient support to justify promoting him from last to first.
Thus, an argument could be made for
a fresher face, a former vice presidential
pick, who has a record of working with
Democrats, a man of faith and family
values whose only real baggage is the
suitcase he carries home each weekend to
Wisconsin.
Finally and surely — surely — Ryan
had something more in mind when he
agreed to take the speaker’s job against
the advice of so many. They feared, ironically, that he would be damaged by infighting and lose any shot at the presidency
some day. Alas, he has done the opposite.
We live and learn. And while President
Paul Ryan may not fit today’s conventional
wisdom, his nomination would barely register on Ripley’s odd-o-meter.
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5
Country icon Merle Haggard,
champion of the underdog, dies
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. —
Country giant
Merle Haggard, who rose
from poverty and prison to
international fame through
his songs about outlaws,
underdogs and an abiding
sense of national pride in
such hits as “Okie From
Muskogee” and “Sing
Me Back Home,” died
Wednesday at 79, on his
birthday.
Haggard’s manager,
Frank Mull, said the country icon died in Palo Cedro,
California, of pneumonia
that he had been battling
for months. His publicist,
Tresa Redburn, said no official cause of death has been
determined.
He had kept up an ambitious touring schedule, but
the pneumonia in both lungs
had forced him to cancel
several shows this year. Mull
said his family was by his
side when he died at home
and they were planning a
funeral for Saturday at his
home.
A masterful guitarist, fiddler and songwriter as well
as singer, the Country Music
Hall of Famer with the firm,
direct baritone recorded for
more than 40 years, releasing
dozens of albums and No. 1
hits.
“He was my brother, my
friend. I will miss him,” said
Willie Nelson, his longtime
friend, in a statement. Tanya
Tucker recalled fondly
the time they ate bologna
sandwiches by the river: “I
just can’t imagine a world
withoutMerle. It’s so hard to
accept, but I’ll continue honoring him on stage just as I
do during every show.”
The White House called
Haggard a “legend” and said
President Barack Obama was
sending his thoughts and
prayers to Haggard’s family.
White House press secretary
Josh Earnest said Haggard
told stories that people from
all walks of American life
could relate to.
“His passing is a loss for
country music, but obviously
is a loss for all the people
who got to know him personally, too,” Earnest said.
Haggard — along with
fellow California country star
Buck Owens — was a founder of the twangy Bakersfield
Sound, a direct contrast to
the smooth, string-laden
country records popular in
Nashville, Tennessee, in the
1960s.
His music was rough yet
sensitive, reflecting on childhood, marriage and daily
struggles, telling stories of
shame and redemption, or
just putting his foot down in
“The Fightin’ Side of Me”
and “I Think I’ll Just Stay
Here and Drink.”
His most beloved songs
included the prison ballad
“Sing Me Back Home,”
the tributes to his mother
“Mama Tried” and “Hungry
Eyes,” the romantic lament
“Today I Started Loving You
Again” and such blue collar
chronicles as “If We Make
It Through December” and
“Workin’ Man Blues.”
“We’ve lost one of the
greatest writers and singers
of all time. His heart was as
tender as his love ballads,”
said Dolly Parton. “I loved
him like a brother.”
Few faces in country were
as recognizable as Haggard’s,
with its wary, sideways
glance and chiseled, haunted
features that seemed to bear
every scar from his past.
General audiences knew
him best for “Okie From
Muskogee,” a patriotic
anthem released in 1969 at
the height of the Vietnam
War that quickly became a
cultural touchstone for its
anti-hippie lyrics proclaiming “we don’t burn our draft
cards down on Main Street;
we like living right and being
free.”
“Okie from Muskogee”
made him a hero among conservatives, but he softened
on the counterculture and
released the lighthearted
“Big Time Annie’s Square,”
a tribute to a hippie girl and
her “crazy world.” More
recently, he was a backer
of prominent Democrats. In
2007 he unveiled a song to
promote Hillary Clinton and
two years later he penned
“Hopes Are High” to commemorate Obama’s inauguration. In “America First,” he
even opposed the Iraq War,
singing “Let’s get out of Iraq,
and get back on track.”
In 1970, Haggard was
named entertainer of the
year by the Country Music
Association, and “Okie From
Muskogee” won best album
and single. The No. 1 hits
“Mama Tried” and “Workin’
Man Blues” also broke onto
the charts around that time,
sealing his reputation as one
of country’s defining voices.
He picked up another CMA
album of the year in 1972 for
“Let Me Tell You About a
Song.”
Still, Haggard referred
to the improvisations of
his band, the Strangers, as
“country jazz,” and in 1980,
became the first country
artist to appear on the
cover of the jazz magazine
“Downbeat.”
“Merle Haggard was an
original. Not just a singer,
not just a songwriter, not just
another famous performer.
He was your common everyday working man,” said Hank
Williams Jr.
He was inducted into the
Country Music Hall of Fame
in 1994, the same year he
won a Grammy for best male
country vocal performance in
“That’s the Way Love Goes.”
Haggard also began
headlining at Farm Aid, the
benefit founded by his longtime friend Willie Nelson,
and started touring with Bob
Dylan and the Rolling Stones.
Along with his albums of
original songs, he recorded
tributes to such early influences as country pioneer
Jimmy Rodgers and Western
swing king Bob Wills, and
paired up with Nelson and
George Jones among others.
He also resisted the slick
arrangements favored by
some pop-country stars.
“I’ll tell you what the public likes more than anything,”
he told the Boston Globe
in 1999. “It’s the most rare
commodity in the world —
honesty.”
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SCOREBOARD
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BASEBALL
Benton def. Lake Hamilton 8-1
Conway def. Bryant 4-0
SOCCER
Benton (G) def. LH 6-2
Benton (B) def. LH 8-0
Conway def. Bryant (B) 5-4 PK
SOFTBALL
Benton def. L. Hamilton 16-4
Bryant def. Conway 10-5
Bauxite def. Lonoke 13-1
Malvern def. HG 7-2
Benton Soccer Booster Club
TODAY
BASEBALL
Benton at NLR, 5 p.m.
Bauxite vs. Clinton, 4:30 p.m.
SOCCER
Bryant (B) vs. Lakeside, 4 p.m.
SOFTBALL
HG vs. Ark. Bapt., 5 p.m.
FRIDAY
BASEBALL
Benton vs. El Dorado, 5 p.m.
Bryant vs. Alma, 5 p.m.
Bauxite at Mena, 4:30 p.m.
HG at Mayflower, 4:30 p.m.
SOCCER
Benton vs. El Dorado, 4 p.m.
SOFTBALL
Benton vs. El Dorado, 4:30 p.m.
Bryant at Alma, 5 p.m.
Bauxite at Mena, 4:30 p.m.
HG at Mayflower, 4:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
BASEBALL
HG at Malvern, 11 a.m.
SOFTBALL
Bryant at Rogers, 10 a.m.
Bryant at Bentonvil e, 3 p.m.
Benton senior Andy Giron, 10, competes in a match earlier this season. The Panthers have won three
straight and are tied for first 6A South Conference.
BENTON – With their 8-0
win over the Lake Hamilton
Wolves on Tuesday on the
road, the Benton Panthers
soccer team won their third
straight game. Not only
have the Panthers won,
but they’ve won decisively.
Since its 2-0 loss to the Hall
Warriors, Benton has outscored its opponents 26-1.
“It has been a great past
three games for the Benton
boys soccer team,” Benton
Head Coach Bobby Winn
said. “I have been really
pleased will all of the players
effort from varsity to JV.”
The Panthers are sitting
at 5-1 overall, 4-1 in the 6A
South Conference which is
good for a tie with the Hall
Warriors. The Warriors are
the only team to defeat the
Panthers this season.
“We came off of spring
break really focused to make
a push to win the conference again this year,” Winn
said. “We are playing with
great poise, composure and
character, and have turned
out to be some impressive
victories.”
The key to the Panthers’
success has been great team
leadership.
“Aaron Norris, Andrew
Norris and Will Guerra have
stepped in as captains and
provided us with great leadership to help contend for
a conference and push for
state title,” Winn said. “This
group is special with a great
mixture of upperclassmen
down to freshman playing.
“I lost five great seniors
last year, but this year
our guys have once again
stepped up and playing great
together.”
In the win against Lake
Hamilton, the Panthers
grabbed the early lead
when junior Matt Warrick
was fouled hard causing
a Wolves’ player to be
benched with a red card.
The Panthers took advantage of Lake Hamilton’s loss
and went on to lead 5-0 at
PANTHERS, page 7
Bryant’s Hunt, Todd earn All-State
Bryant
Hornets
guard Kevin
Hunt goes
up for a
bucket in
a game
this past
season.
Hunt and
Bryant Lady
Hornets
sophomore
Raija Todd
earned 7A
All-State
honors
recenlty.
Four other
Bryant
players
earned AllConference.
By Sam Pierce
[email protected]
BRYANT – Three Bryant
Hornets were selected
for post-season honors to
cumulate one of the best
years in program history.
Senior Kevin Hunt
earned All-State and AllConference, while juniors
Romen Martin and Calvin
Allen were selected to the
All-Conference teams.
The Hornets reached the
semifinals of the Class 7A
State Tournament and took
eventual champion Cabot to
overtime before suffering a
50-47 loss.
“I think something we
can be proud of us is we
peaked in the state tournament,” Bryant Head
Coach Mike Abrahamson
said. “We played a great,
complete game against
Rogers Heritage, holding
them to 27 or 28 points, we
beat Fayetteville, who was
so good all year long, but
just couldn’t put the ball in
the basket enough against
Cabot.
“But I thought we played
our best basketball in the
state tournament.”
The Hornets ousted the
No. 1 ranked Fayetteville
Bulldogs in the quarterfinals and Bryant’s 22 wins
on the season was the most
by the program since the
mid-1980s.
“We didn’t want to
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HORNETS, page 7
By Sam Pierce
[email protected]
BRYANT – Sophomore
guard Raija Todd, who was
among the top scorers in the
7A/6A-Central Conference,
has been named All-State and
All-State Tournament for the
Bryant Lady Hornets.
“Raija had a good year,”
Bryant head coach Brad
Matthews said. “She has
worked hard on her game and
it shows.
“She has a lot of potential
and upside and I think she has
a very bright future.”
Todd averaged 16.0 points,
3.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists
per game. She shot 68 percent
from the free-throw line.
Todd and seniors Rachael
Miller and Emily Ridgell were
also named All-Conference.
“Rachael has worked
her rear-end off the last 18
months,” Matthews said. “She
has made herself a good player
and has been steadfast in getting to the gym and working
on her skills.”
Miller, who has committed to Southern Arkansas
University in Magnolia, averaged 4.7 points per game and
5.2 rebounds. She shot 71 percent from the line.
“She has really committed
to earning a scholarship and I
couldn’t be prouder of Rachael.
It is always good to see hard
work pay off.”
Miller is expected to officially sign with SAU sometime
next week, Matthews said.
Ridgell averaged 9.5 points
and 5.1 rebounds per game for
Bryant while shooting 72 perHONORS, page 8
Lady Hornets earn first league victory Hogs trying to find 1A
By Sam Pierce
[email protected]
CONWAY – Bryant
pounded out 14 hits in a
10-5 victory over Conway
on the road in 7A/6A
Central Conference action
on Tuesday as the Lady
Hornets won their third
straight game. The win also
makes Bryant 1-0 vs. 7A
teams for seeding in the
state tournament.
“We’re showing more discipline at the plate,” Bryant
Head Coach Lisa Dreher
said. “We still need to do
a better job of picking up
the spin and adjust accordingly.”
For the third game in a
row and the sixth time this
season, the Lady Hornets
(10-5, 1-0 Central) reached
double digits in scoring.
“We’re making small
improvements daily running
the bases,” Dreher said.
“They are more aware and
some are taking advantage
of opportunities that are out
there.
LADY HORNETS, page 8
Bryant
senior
Julie
Ward
smacks
an RBI
double in
a game
earlier
this season. in
a 10-5
win over
Conway
on
Tuesday,
Ward
went 2
for 3 with
two RBIs
to help
the Lady
Hornets
to a 1-0
start in
the 7A/6A
Central
Conf.
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Courier
to tight end Sprinkle
By Nate Allen
Razorbacks Report
FAYETTEVILLE - As
expected it’s not turned pro
Mackey Award winning tight
end Hunter Henry that the
Arkansas Razorbacks miss
most.
It’s Jeremy Sprinkle being
the ideal 1A to Hunter’s 1 that
the Razorbacks miss most
during their spring football
practices.
Fifth-year senior Sprinkle
of White Hall fits beautifully
into Henry’s starting slot and
ought to be a Mackey Award
candidate himself off both
his blocking and catching 27
passes for 389 yards and six
touchdowns complementing
Henry’s 51 catches for 739
yards and three touchdowns.
Tight end blocking and
catching just scratches the
surface of Sprinkle’s contributions. He’s variously played on
all special teams since lettering under Bret Bielema from
2013-2015 after redshirting
under John L. Smith in 2012
following being recruited by
former Arkansas assistant
coach Tim Horton during the
Bobby Petrino regime.
“The thing that goes unnoticed about him is his football
intelligence is really, really
good,” Arkansas tight ends
coach Barry Lunney said.
“He affords us to do a lot of
different things with him. He
knows our system well and
it shows in the way he plays.
He’s our leader and one of
the leaders on our team. The
team respects him because
of what he has brought to the
table from special teams and
offense. So we are looking for
a big year from him.”
It would be a bigger
Sprinkle year if any one or a
combination of redshirt freshman tight ends Will Gragg
of Dumas, C.J. O’Grady of
Fayetteville or Austin Cantrell
of Roland, Oklahoma, could
complement somewhat like
Sprinkle complemented
Henry.
The three redshirt freshRAZORBACKS, page 8
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Nicklaus talks the 6 toughest shots at Augusta National
By Doug Ferguson
Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Ga. —
Augusta National has a
mystique as the only major
championship played on
the same golf course every
year.
That doesn’t mean there
are any mysteries to playing
well.
Just ask six-time Masters
champion Jack Nicklaus.
“It’s not going to blow
you apart,” Nicklaus said.
“Sure, you can hit a bad
shot off in the trees. Most
golf courses are that way.
But the game of golf is
played by making sure you
don’t screw up the tough
shots. Get by them and take
advantage where you can
take advantage. If you’re
doing that, you’re not mentally torn up all day long.”
This advice is coming
from the master.
Along with his six green
jackets and four silver
medals as the runner-up,
Nicklaus still holds career
marks with 508 birdies and
24 eagles. He can make it
sound easy.
“Tell me where you’ve
got a bad putt from the
center of the green?” he
said. “Maybe the second
hole is the only one that’s
awkward. Every single hole,
middle of the green, you’ve
got a pretty darn good
chance for birdie.”
Is it really that simple?
Not quite.
Nicklaus believes there
are six tough shots at
Augusta that require a
player’s full attention.
“If you can play those
shots well, then the rest of
the golf course is relatively
easy,” he said. “There’s
nothing magical about it.”
TEE SHOT ON NO. 2
The bunker on the right
of the fairway frames the
hole, but a big drive down
makes this par 5 play a
little shorter. Nicklaus says
the tee shot must avoid
going too far left, however,
because it slopes toward
a ditch that runs down
the left side. David Duval
knows this all too well. He
did that in 2010 and made
a 10.
“You really don’t want to
visit the Delta ticket booth
down on the left,” Nicklaus
said, suggesting a shot
down there would mean any
early flight home. “I was not
as aggressive on that tee
shot as I would have liked
to have been.”
SECOND SHOT ON NO.
11
A poor tee shot on this
second-toughest hole at
Augusta could be a blessing because players would
at least try to get it back in
play short of the green. It’s
the approach that is scary
because of the pond to the
left of the green.
“It looks so inviting, and
you know that you really
can’t be stupid and hit the
ball at the hole,” he said.
“The wind comes across
there and all of a sudden it
balloons up and gets in the
water pretty easy. So you
just can’t do it.” The safe
shot? Put it out to the right.
TEE SHOT ON NO. 12
For 80 years, no one has
figured out the wind. This
ranks as the toughest par
3 on the course, but only
because of the big numbers
caused by Rae’s Creek in
front of the green. Tom
Weiskopf made a 13 in
1980. The sucker pin is to
the right. Greg Norman was
reminded of that during his
1996 meltdown.
For Nicklaus, there’s one
shot.
“Put it over the center
bunker and you’re not
going to be bad,” he said.
TEE SHOT ON NO. 13
Nicklaus used to draw a
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The
21st-ranked Razorback
baseball team scored early
and scored often during Wednesday night’s
midweek matchup with
Memphis at AutoZone Park.
Twelve runs were scored
on 17 hits as five different
players notched two hits or
more for the Razorbacks
in the 12-4 victory, their
20th win of the season.
Arkansas (20-9, 4-5 SEC)
got a three-hit performances from Cullen Gassaway,
Clark Eagan and Grant
Koch, all tying career-highs.
It was a big night for the
Hogs’ four through eight
hitters in the lineup as the
five hitters went 12 for 23
(.522). Along with Gassaway
and Koch, Rick Nomura and
Michael Bernal added two
hits each in the game and
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change anything (at
the state tournament),”
Abrahamson said. “We just
tried to go in there and not
be tight.
“Our kids played real
well. It just kind of paid off
there at the end, to play our
best basketball at the end
of the year.”
Hunt, a three-year starter, averaged 13.5 points per
game despite the fact the
most opponents keyed in
on him each game.
“For him to still average
14 points a game, shows a
lot about his athletic ability
as well as his versatility,”
Abrahamson said. “Passing
the ball, handling the ball
and setting screens.
“He is the complete
player.”
Abrahamson said Hunt is
still undecided on where he
would like to play college
basketball, but has received
interest from Lyon College
and Southwest Baptist in
Oklahoma.
Martin, who averaged
12.6 points per game, was
also named to the AllState Tournament team
for his play against Cabot,
Fayetteville and Rogers
Heritage.
Abrahamson said Martin
do things you aren’t really
comfortable with and say,
‘Man, I got away with that.’
The next day you try to get
away with it and that’s when
you lose the golf tournament.”
SECOND SHOT ON NO.
15
Nicklaus still thinks
about the 3-wood he hit into
the water on the par-5 15th
hole that cost him a chance
to win in the 1971 Masters.
“One shot shouldn’t be
a shot that puts you out of
the tournament,” Nicklaus
said. “I needed to make 4.
I didn’t need to make 3. I
should have laid the ball up.
Why put yourself out of the
tournament on one shot?
That’s the thing I stress.”
As for the rest of the
course?
“Outside of that, the
rest of the golf course is
not that difficult,” Nicklaus
said. “But you’ve still got to
watch out for it.”
Razorbacks rout Tigers
in nonconference
Arkansas
player Luke
Bonfield
competes in
a game this
past weekend. The
Razorbacks
defeated the
Memphis
Tigers 12-4
on Tuesday
at Autozone
Park in
Memphis.
The Hogs
go to
Oxford,
Miss., to
take on the
Ole Miss
Rebels this
weekend.
Hornets
3-wood around the corner
for the ideal drive on the
shortest par 5. He also has
seen players go too far left
and clatter around the trees
left — or in — the tributary
of Rae’s Creek. Too far to
the right and a player is on
the pine straw and in the
trees.
“You need to get the ball
to a place where you feel
comfortable hitting in on
13,” he said. “If you don’t
get in a comfortable place,
you shouldn’t be going for
the green.”
SECOND SHOT ON NO.
13
While it could be a midiron for a second shot into
the green, the fairway
slopes severely to the left,
meaning the ball will be
well above the players’
feet. The tributary to Rae’s
Creek winds in front of the
green.
“You don’t try to put
drama in your game try to
was real close to being
named All-State this season.
“He had a huge game
against Fayetteville in
the state tournament,”
Abrahamson said. “He had
a good year and he really
expanded his game.
“He handled the ball well
and attacked the basket.
He was still a good 3-point
shooter, but he also spread
out his game this year and
that was huge for us.”
Allen, who tore his
meniscus last summer, was
named All-Conference after
averaging 7.9 points per
game.
“After his surgery, it took
him a while to get going,”
Abrahamson said. “It wasn’t
until the conference season
started, did he start to feel
more comfortable and get
into shape.
“He shot the ball and
was able to defend. He was
our leader, our coach on
the floor. He was so well
deserved.”
Abrahamson said Allen
had a good state tournament too and if it wasn’t
for the foul trouble he had
against Cabot in the semis,
things might have gone a
different direction for the
Hornets.
“We want to build off of
Benton Soccer Booster Club
this season,” Abrahamson
Benton Panthers freshman Garrett Bosley competes in a match earsaid. “We don’t want to be
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the half with senior Andrew
Norris scoring the first goal
and freshman Garrett Bosley
scoring the next four.
“(Tuesday’s) victory over
Lake Hamilton was a great
example of how settling into
a game plan and overcoming
some adversity helps the
team with great character
win.”
Junior Aaron Norris had
three assists on the day and
senior Andy Giron had two
goals in the second half.
It’s not only the upperclassmen getting things
done for the Panthers as the
freshman Bosley is leading
the team in goals with 11
and is second on the team
with three assists. Aaron
Norris leads the Panthers
with eight assists and is second with five goals.
“I expect great things
between him (Bosley)
and Aaron Norris,” Winn
said. “We have only given
up three goals all season,
which is tops in the conference by six (goals) and I
expect that to continue
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home run in the second.
Starting pitcher Isaiah
Campbell went 2.2 innings,
giving up no runs on two
hits with two strikeouts.
Reliever Hunter Hart
earned his first victory of
the year, pitching a flawless
sixth and seventh inning
with four strikeouts, tying a
career high.
Arkansas stays on the
road for this weekend’s SEC
series when it travels to
Oxford, Mississippi, to face
Ole Miss for a three-game
series starting on Friday.
First pitch for game one is
set for 6:30 p.m. and will be
televised on SEC Network+.
Saturday and Sunday’s
games will both be on the
SEC Network and first pitch
is set for 7 p.m. and 12 p.m.,
respectively.
acter of our team on and off
the field has driven us to get
back in the driver’s seat of
the conference.”
Benton’s junior varsity
team has also been successful this season, sitting at 4-0.
The Panthers look for
South win No. 5 when El
Dorado (2-4, 2-1 South)
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“She played much more
of an offensive role for us
this year,” Matthews said.
“Defensively, she rebounded
well and had some skill there.
“She had a really good
senior year.”
The Lady Hornets finished
the season 11-16 overall,
earning a trip to the 7A
State Tournament, beating
Bentonville 53-48 before losing in the second round to
eventual state champion North
Little Rock.
“To qualify for the state
tournament, it says something about our kids’ ability,”
Matthews said. “We could
have let go of the rope but
didn’t.
“Beating Bentonville in the
state tournament just shows
how we kept fighting and kept
committing to practice and trying to improve throughout the
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“I was proud of our kids,”
Matthews said. “They kept
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- Spreading their allotted
15 spring football practice
dates over four weeks, the
Arkansas Razorbacks were off
Wednesday, practice today,
then are off Friday resting for
Saturday’s scrimmage.
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and that’s all we can ask.”
Following a three-game
losing streak, Bryant has
now won three straight
games going into Friday’s
game against Alma for a
league doubleheader.
Saturday, the Lady
Hornets will be in northwest Arkansas to take on
7A West teams Rogers and
Stadium.
While the football team
prepares for Saturday, the
Razorbacks men’s golf team
of Coach Brad McMakin and
the Razorbacks women’s golf
team of Coach Shauna EstesTaylor prepare for their SEC
Championship Tournament
next week.
McMakin’s nationally No.
24 men, one of seven SEC
teams ranked in the national
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Georgia, play April 15-17 in
Sea Island, Georgia.
Estes-Taylor’s fourthranked women play their SEC
Tournament March 15-17 at
the Greystone Country Club
in Birmingham, Alabama.
Chris Bucknam’s nationally
No. 7 Razorbacks Outdoor
track and field team and
Coach Lance Harter’s nationally No. 1 Outdoor track and
field Razorbacks are off this
week after their splitting the
squads with sprinters and
jumpers going to the Texas
Relays while the distance
runners ran at the Stanford
Invitational in Palo Alto,
California.
The same format awaits
the April 15-16 weekend
Bentonville.
“We play four varsity
games and one JV Friday
and Saturday,” Dreher said.
“It is going to be a true test
of endurance and mental
strength.
“They will be out of their
comfort zone for sure, so
we’ll get to see how tough
we are.
“Our true competitors
will rise to the challenge.”
On Tuesday, Bryant built
an 8-0 lead over the first
four innings. Conway ral-
lied to cut the margin to
8-5, but with a pair of insurance runs in the sixth, the
Lady Hornets held on for
the win.
Regan Ryan, Julie Ward,
Sarah Evans, Macey
Jaramillo, Maddie Stephens
and Raven Loveless each
had two hits in the game.
Ward also had a pair of
RBIs.
The Lady Hornets stole
six bases.
“All four games (this
weekend) will be very
with the men and women
sprinters and jumpers back
in Austin for the Texas
Invitational, while the men
and women distance runners
run again in California, this
time at Mount Sac.
Both teams, Bucknam
and Harter, are in hard early
season training that increases
volume once athletes get their
NCAA Regional Qualifying
meet qualifying accomplished
before tapering for the SEC
Outdoor Championships May
12-14 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
competitive,” Dreher
said. “We’ve already seen
Rogers, but they did not
see us at our best.
“Bentonville is well
coached and we won’t be
able to rely on them making mistakes. We will have
to outright beat them.”
Loveless tossed five
innings, allowing four runs
(all earned) on eight hits
with a strikeout and a walk.
Anna Turpin pitched two
innings of relief, allowing
just two hits and a walk.
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men and Anthony Antwine, a
tight end moved to receiver
last year but moved back
to tight end this spring,
practiced at tight end with
Sprinkle during Tuesday’s
fifth practice of the spring.
Sophomore tight end Jack
Kraus of Bentonville, recovering from January knee surgery, observed.
At times during last
Saturday’s scrimmage,
Lunney said Monday he saw
glimpses of the young tight
ends complementing their
senior mentor and other times
looking lost in the darkness.
“Like I told Coach
(Bielema) today,” Lunney said
Monday. “There were flashes
and there were crashes. And
we got have got to get rid of
the crashes. From an assignment standpoint or whatever
it might be, we have to have
a whole lot more flash and a
whole lot less crash. They all
have the physical tools to be
significant contributors.”
All three are versatile
enough to play the “Move
tight end” which is like a
hybrid of tight end and wide
receiver and the “In-Line”
tight end hybrid of tight end
and H-back.
“All three of those guys are
really having to go back and
forth and play both positions
for us,” Lunney said. “Will’s
kind of concentrating solely
on the end-line position right
now because that fits his
skill set better. But we’re not
pigeon-holing anybody in a
certain position.”
None, with Thursday’s
practice to go, apparently
has an edge behind Sprinkle
going into Saturday’s scrimmage concluding the second
of Arkansas’ four weeks with
a total 15 spring practices
allotted by the NCAA.
“All three of those guys are
competing on a daily basis
and we’re trying to determine roles and define that,”
Lunney said. “I would think it
would carry over to fall camp
because they all three are
doing some good things and
they all three have things they
need to work on. We’re trying
to rotate them around and
taking turns working with the
ones and taking turns playing
different positions to see who
can handle all the things. It’s
actually a very fun spring for
me. It’s constant interaction
for me with these guys.”
Giving the success he had
for much of his seven years
(2008-2015) head coaching
Iowa State where coaches seldom win, Paul Rhoads somewhere some year soon likely
will be a head coach or defensive coordinator (2000-2007
at the University of Pittsburgh
and 2008 at Auburn) again.
For now though, Rhoads
relishes coaching the
Razorbacks secondary while
Bielema does the head coaching and Robb Smith the defensive coordinating.
“I am having a blast, an
absolute blast,” Rhoads said
after Monday’s practice. “It’s
a great room. The kids are
eager. They want to be
coached and they want to
work. It’s fun coming to work
every day. Having the chance
to teach again, to motivate, to
see light bulbs come on, and
see a kid improve, it’s a lot of
fun to me.”
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9952 CONGO Rd. Fri. AM-4:00 PM, Apr. 09
& Sat. 7:30a-? Guns 10:00 AM-4:00 PM,
& Chokes, Shotgun A p r .
10
12:00
Shells, Canning Jars, PM-3:00 PM
Furn., Tires, Axes,
Hatchets, Splitting YARD SALE 807 East
Mall, Knives, Turkey Lawson Road Fri. 8a-6p
Calls, Oil Cans, Zippo
Sat. 7a-Noon Lawson
Lighters, Antiques,
Pentecostal Church
Wagon Wheel Washers & Much More!
HUGE GARAGE Sale
AUCTION – 107
Auction Block - Sat.
April 9, 10am, 27010
Hwy 107, Cabot, AR
72023 tools, equipment, collectibles,
tractors, trailers,
motorcycles, MORE!
Terms: 10% Buyer!s
Premium up to
$10,000. 5% Buyer!s
Premium over
$10,000. See
pictures: www.
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ID #35576,
www.107auction
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AR lic #2447
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EQUIPMENT AUCTION –
Thurs - Fri, April. 7-8th •
9AM 2408 Hwy 64 West
Wynne, AR 72396 Equipment to sell at this
auction? Equip. Accepted
through Tues. April 5th.
1180 Rocky Mountain 10% BP on first $2500 ea.
YARD SALE: 14th Dr. Thurs., Fri. & Sat.
item sold, $250 max BP
Annual @ S.U.M.C 7a-? Just Moved &
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The Saline Courier
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Native American dancers set for inaugural Spa City festival
HOT SPRINGS — Oklahoma’s
Fancy Dancers, an internationally acclaimed Native American
dance troupe, has been added to
the lineup of free entertainment
planned for April 23, as part of Hot
Springs’ inaugural Buffalo Days
Festival, a two-day celebration
April 22-23 in the downtown area.
A Native American dance workshop also will be conducted by the
dancers.
“Oklahoma Fancy Dancers
believe Oklahoma’s unique heritage is a microcosm of the diversity of the United States and they
are proud to be able to share this
rich history across the globe,”
said Kricket Rhoads Connywerdy,
a spokesperson for the group, in a
news release.
The troupe has had the privilege of sharing Oklahoma’s rich
Native history around the world
to more than 20 different countries and countless organizations
and schools across the United
Oklahoma’s Fancy Dancers are set to join the lineup of free entertainment as part of
the inaugural Buffalo Days Festival in Hot Springs April 22-23.
States, and is registered with
several performing arts registries,
Connywerdy said.
Since 1997 the dance troupe
has provided an educational and
entertaining glimpse of Native
American culture through its
song, dance, music, and storytelling. All of the company’s performers are enrolled Native Americans
and represent many different
tribes across Oklahoma.
The Buffalo Days performances
are supported in part by an award
from Mid-America Arts Alliance,
the National Endowment for the
Arts and foundations, corporations and individuals throughout
Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri,
Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.
Buffalo Days kicks off April 22
with a concert featuring radiosuperstar Bobby Bones and his
band, The Raging Idiots, at Bank
of the Ozarks Arena. Special
guests will be Uncle Kracker,
Lauren Alaina, Barrett Baber, and
Mo Pitney.
Prior to the Fancy Dancers’
Pierce staying busy with variety of roles
By Jay Bobbin
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It’s been hard to miss
Wendell Pierce on television
lately, and April definitely
won’t change that.
Following appearances in “Grease: Live”
and “Suits,” the alum of
“The Wire,” “Treme” and
“Ray Donovan” returns as
sports-talk radio host Oscar
Madison’s (Matthew Perry)
agent Teddy in Season 2 of
CBS’ reboot of “The Odd
Couple” Thursday. Then,
Pierce turns intensely dramatic by playing Clarence
Thomas (opposite Kerry
Washington as Anita Hill)
in HBO’s dramatization of
the Supreme Court Justice’s
“Confirmation” Saturday,
April 16.
“I kind of pride myself”
on a variety of roles and
projects, the friendly Pierce
says, “because I always
knew that would give me the
best shot at having longevity, mixing it up. It’s one of
the things I trained for at
Juilliard... to be able to do
classical and contemporary,
Lady Gaga’s
childhood
piano could
bring $200,000
at auction
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Following appearances in “Grease: Live” and “Suits,” Wendell
Pierce of “The Wire,” “Treme” and “Ray Donovan” returns as
sports-talk radio host Oscar Madison’s (Matthew Perry) agent
Teddy in Season 2 of CBS’ reboot of “The Odd Couple” Thursday.
comedy and drama, stage
and film. It makes the business fun.”
Also an author (“The
Wind in the Reeds: A Storm,
A Play, and the City That
Would Not Be Broken”)
a Tony Award- winning
producer (“Clybourne
Park”) and a philanthropist
largely aimed at helping
his native New Orleans,
Pierce appreciates the latest “Odd Couple” having a
sophomore season, after the
earlier incarnations – including the original Neil Simon
play (which Mike Nichols
directed on Broadway), the
1968 Jack Lemmon-Walter
Matthau movie, and the successful Tony Randall-Jack
Dumpster &
Household
Hazardous
Waste
Drop-Off
First Southern Baptist Church
Saturday, April 9th
7am – 11am
(No paint-pool chemicals-herbicides-pesticides-used oilkerosene-paint thinners will be accepted at this event)
Items Accepted:
Bicycles-Bicycle Helmets-Furniture-Mattresses-AppliancesTires-Metal-Electronics-Light Bulbs-Paint-Pool
(No Household Trash Accepted)
Other Drop Off Dates Set:
(All events will be 7am-11am)
Harmony Grove Schools- May 21st
First Southern Baptist Church- Oct. 15th
SPELLING BEE WINNER
NEW YORK — Lady
Gaga was only 5 years old
when she wrote her first
song on an upright piano
that her grandparents
bought. Now the instrument that inspired the pop
music sensation is going on
the auction block at a presale estimate of $100,000 to
$200,000.
The piano is being offered
at Julien’s Auctions’ “Music
Icons” memorabilia sale at
the Hard Rock Cafe New
York on May 21. A portion of
the proceeds from the sale
of the piano will benefit the
Born This Way Foundation,
launched by Gaga in 2012
to empower youth. The
organization also addresses
issues of bullying, poor body
image, and acceptance and
tolerance.
The Everett Piano Co.
instrument was featured in
a 2011-2012 “Women Who
Rock” exhibition at the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame and
Museum in Cleveland.
Gaga’s paternal grandparents purchased the piano for
$780 in 1966 and later gave it
to her parents. Little Stefani
Germanotta began taking
piano lessons when she was
4 and wrote her first composition, “Dollar Bills,” a year
later, a song inspired by Pink
Floyd’s “Money.”
“When Stefani started
to crawl, she would use
the leg of the piano to pull
herself up and stand, and
in doing so, her fingers
would eventually land on the
keys,” her mother, Cynthia
Germanotta, recalled once.
“She would stay there and
just keep pressing the keys
to hear the sound. We
would then start to hold her
up or sit on the bench and
let her tinker.”
Klugman ‘70s sitcom.
“Like anything, it’s an
organic process,” Pierce
reasons. “The writers get to
know our work better, (the
cast’s) chemistry in working
together gets better, and we
keep the focus on having fun
and doing our best work. It
was clear from the minute
we came back that we were
hitting a different stride and
had gone to another level.
I think Matt and Thomas
(Lennon, who plays Felix
Unger) had chemistry from
the beginning, but it was
great to come back and
know we had grown as a
company.”
As for Teddy in the new
round of “The Odd Couple,”
Pierce notes, “You see a
little bit more of (his) family, and it expands on his
relationships with everyone.
It’s more, and better, of what
we started working on last
year. And that means more
opportunities for fun.”
evening performance April 23, the
Woolly Whiskers Contest competition will be held in at Baxter Plaza
with four categories: Longest
beard; most unique beard; best
mustache, and best overall crop
of facial hair. All mustaches and
beards (both partial beards and
full beards) must be natural.
The winner in each category will
receive a prize.
Buffalo Days takes its name
from the 2015 escape of six
American Bison (buffalo) who got
away from a Hot Springs farm and
eluded for 26 days a county-wide
effort by law enforcement and
animal experts to recapture them.
Buffalo sightings were reported
daily in neighborhoods across
eastern Hot Springs, but the woolly bovines stayed wild and free
much longer than anyone could
have imagined. Within days the
national and international media
began reporting on the buffalo,
bringing the world’s media spotlight onto Hot Springs and Central
Arkansas.
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Betty Walker, who is active at the Benton Senior Wellness and
Activity Center, displays the trophy she received for winning
a recent spelling bee at the Jacksonville Senior Wellness and
Activity Center. Shown with Walker are Todd Price of Carelink, an
Area Agency on Aging located in North Little Rock, which sponsored the competition, and Sherry Parsons, director of the Benton
center.
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Saline County Head Start
Edwards
MAKING MIRACLES HAPPEN
From page 1
teacher.
•Kaci Palmer, high school
teacher.
•Myra Paulk, high school
teacher.
•Eden Raines, middle
school teacher.
•Rachel Rasburry, assistant principal.
•Shonda Rooks, elementary teacher.
•Lori Wielbik, elementary
teacher.
•Shatrina Williams, middle school teacher.
•Anna Yarberry, elementary teacher.
•Jon Hinesly, bus driver.
CADC Head Start
3&4 Year Olds
Reading & Writing
Nurturing
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Health Screenings
 Kindergarten
Readiness
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Qualified Teachers
Parent Involvement
Fun for Families
Saline County Head Start Early Enrollment
now thru May 25, 2016
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The Harmony Grove Lady Cardinals softball team gathers around Riley McClanahan, center, on
Saturday after a fun-filled day at The Miracle League of Arkansas in Little Rock. The Miracle League of
Arkansas gives disabled children age 4 and older the chance to enjoy baseball and softball by playing
on a specially designed field made of recycled tire products. The field is designed to help prevent injury.
Avilla Christian Academy
Kindergarten Round-Up
Friday, April 15
10:30am-Noon
or
5:30-7:00 pm
Come meet Mrs. Anne our Kindergarten teacher,
see the school, ask questions...
and have a snack.
We will not be having kindergarten class this
day, so PLEASE bring your children
to check things out!
302 Avilla East, Alexander, AR 72002
501-408-4631 • www.avillachristian.org
•Ashlee Abrahamson,
school psychology specialist.
•Kyleigh Bennett, teacher.
•Vicki Brown, special education teacher.
•Brooke Gardner, speech
language pathologist.
•Ashley McKenna, special
education teacher.
•Lance Nail, early childhood education teacher.
•Joanna Ritchie, career
and technology education
teacher.
•Lonya Robertson, elementary special education
teacher.
•Malarie Russell, special
education teacher.
•Taylor Smith, speech language pathologist.
•Alyssa Widschuetz, high
school counselor.
•Shelly Thomas, special
education paraprofessional.
Transfers:
•Bobby Dettmer transferring from a teacher at Davis
Elementary School to a counselor at Salem Elementary
School.
•Tammy Lambert transferring from a counselor at
Bryant Middle School to an
English teacher at Bryant
Middle School.
•Michael Taylor transferring from a special education teacher at Bryant High
School to a counselor at
Bryant High School.
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