4 arrested, charged in revenue office robbery
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4 arrested, charged in revenue office robbery
Courier The Saline Croushore Ks 12 in 3-0 shutout PAGE 5A “SALINE COUNTY’S NEWS SOURCE SINCE 1876” THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016 VOL. 139 NO. 84 3 SECTION 16 PAGES 50¢ 4 arrested, charged in revenue office robbery By Sarah Perry [email protected] After several months, officers with the Bryant Police Department have been able to identify four individuals who were allegedly responsible for a December robbery at the Bryant Revenue Office. As of Tuesday, an employee at the Revenue Office as well as three other people are facing charges in connection with the incident. Marqueena Simmons, 31, of Little Rock, who was an employee at the office at the time of the Simmons Broadway Raglin incident, was arrested on Feb. 16 and has been charged with aggravated robbery. Officers believe she assisted the other individuals in planning the robbery, said Sgt. Todd Crowson, spokesperson for the Bryant Police Department. Quinlan Broadway, 36, of Little Rock was also arrested in February and charged with aggravated robbery. Terry Raglin, 49, of Little Rock was arrested Tuesday and charged with aggravated robbery, fleeing and tampering with physical evidence. Angela Hicks, 30, of Little Rock, who will be facing charges in Pulaski County, was arrested Tuesday and charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution. On Dec. 23, 2015, officers responded to the Bryant Revenue Office. An employee at the office told police she had entered her vehicle with the night deposit bag. Another driver allegedly struck her vehicle and a man opened the passenger door of her vehicle, took the bag and fled the area. The bag contained an undisclosed amount of money, Crowson said. During the course of the investigation, officers later learned that another man was also involved in the incident. A Bryant officer was able to locate the vehicle that reportedly was used during the incident. The location was Reynolds Road. “Officers pursued the vehicle to the area near the Geyer Springs Church, when the driver stopped his car and fled on foot back Rainforest Fun Tropical animals center of attention Wednesday across Interstate 30,” Crowson said. “Officers began a foot pursuit but were unable to locate the suspects.” Assisting with the investigation were Arkansas State Police and the U.S. Marshal Fugitive Task Force. Simmons was released shortly after her arrest on a $10,000 bond and Broadway was released on a $15,000 bond. Raglin is still being detained at the Saline County Detention Center on a $25,000 bond. Hicks currently is being held at the Pulaski County Detention Center, Crowson said. Egg hunt Saturday at Benton church By Lynda Hollenbeck [email protected] SARAH PERRY/The Saline Courier Pilar Primm, 3, left, grins as Bob Tarter of Natural History Educational Company of the Midsouth holds a fruit bat named Arnold for Pilar to have a close look. Arnold is one of the animals Tarter brought to showcase as part of his presentation, “Rainforest Life!,” on Wednesday afternoon at Boswell Library. A whitenosed coatimundi looks inside Bob Tarter’s mouth for nourishment because this species, in the wild, is normally fed regurgitated food by the mother. The setting is a local church, but other children in the community are invited to participate in an upcoming Easter egg hunt. The hunt will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Sharon Missionary Baptist Church, 402 Shenandoah Drive in Benton. Hunts will be available for different age groups. Refreshments, prizes and inflatables will be offered. Additional information is available by calling 501-778-4103. Junior Auxiliary schedules projects to help benefit children By Lynda Hollenbeck [email protected] Benton Junior Auxiliary is all about children and has set upcoming projects in keeping with that mission. A special needs Easter Egg hunt is on tap this Saturday at Alcoa Fields in Bryant. The event will begin at 10 a.m. and is expected to conclude around noon. All families who have children with special needs are invited to the event, which will include an egg drop from a helicopter, games and bounce houses. A spokesperson for the organization said the hunt will provide “a fun environment for families who SARAH PERRY/ The Saline Courier PROJECTS, page 8A Daily Forecast TODAY WEATHER 62 37 CONTACT US MISSED PAPERS? INDEX DURING BUSINESS HOURS Phone: (501) 315-8228 Fax: (501) 315-1920 Email: [email protected] Write: P.O. 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Benton Police Department Wednesday 7:54 a.m. An employee at Big Red Valero reported she received a counterfeit $10 bill. 10:54 a.m. A West Sevier Street woman reported her financial information was used to file a fraudulent tax return. 12:17 p.m. Michael Ransom, 52, of Benton was arrested on Interstate 30 and charged with loitering. 12:19 p.m. An employee at Pilot Travel Center reported his wallet was stolen. 2:24 p.m. James Lamere, 34, of Benton was arrested at Dollar General on Benton Parkway and charged with shoplifting and for being named in an active warrant. 2:50 p.m. Tommy Holt, 45, of Benton was arrested on Military Road for being named in an active warrant. 2:51 p.m. Two individuals at Riverside RV and Boat Storage reported vehicle break-ins. 3:19 p.m. A Pearl Drive man reported a 1999 HarleyDavidson motorcycle was stolen. 6:42 p.m. Travis Sikes, 24, of Benton was arrested on South Second Street and charged with two counts of domestic battery. 9:28 p.m. A Durango Drive man 11 p.m. A Malvern woman at Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center reported a vehicle break-in. 11:19 p.m. Antonio Cardenas, 63, of Benton was arrested at Big Red Valero on Springhill Drive and charged with driving while intoxicated. Saline County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday •A woman in the 4600 block Lake Norrell Road reported a birthday card was stolen. •A employee at Family Auto Sales on Stowe Lane reported a theft. •A man in the 6800 block of Moore Lane reported he was threatened. •A woman in the 12500 block of Nathan Circle reported she was being harassed. •A woman in the 1500 block of Suzanne Lane reported a well pump and bicycles were stolen. •A man in the 11000 block of Ginger Lane reported two rings were stolen. •A man in the 7500 block of East Sardis Road reported he was threatened. LISTENING CLOSELY Benton Fire Department Benton firefighters responded to a vehicle fire and five rescue calls. Bryant Fire Department Bryant firefighters responded to two medical calls. Live Crawfish Order Today! Special to The Saline Courier John Riggins, founder and president of The Riggins Group, shares information about product/service offerings, price and best promotional tactics for small businesses during a session at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Benton Center. The presentation was included in the second “Near Year, New ‘U’” small business class at the Benton campus. State cuts pharmacy rates for state, public school plans We’re Cookin Crawfish Fridays 11am til out! The Best Catfish nty in the cou Associated Press LITTLE ROCK — An Arkansas board has approved rates that would cut state and public school employees’ health plan payments to pharmacists by more than $14 million annually. According to reports, under the rates approved by the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board on Tuesday, the plans will adopt a new price schedule for generic drugs and decrease the price of brand-name drugs by about 6 percent. The plans will also cut the dispensing fee paid to pharmacists per prescription from $3.50 to $1.50 for brand-name drugs and from $4.50 to $1.50 for generic drugs. The board made an exception on brand-name drugs for certain independent pharmacies in towns of 5,000 people Served Every Friday 10:30 am to 8pm 2 or 3pc. Dinner with choice of 3 veggies (fried potatoes, baked beans, pinto beans, cole slaw or corn on the cob) plus hushpuppies Open Mon-Fri 5:30am-9:00pm • Sat & Sun 6:00am - 9:00 pm 4444 Hwy 5 So. • Benton • 794-0329 Check out our daily menu on facebook Shopping for a Deal? Turn to our Classified section to find the latest garage, yard, moving and estate sales going on in your area. You never know what you might find! Courier The Saline Saline County’S newS SourCe SinCe 1876 What are you waiting for? Garage Sales 13 HICKORY RIDGE GARAGE SALE 1.00 GARAGE SALE! O n ly b ig ite m s m a rk e d o th e rw is e . L a r g e g a r a g e s a le , e v e r y th in g m u s t g o . M ar. 25 7:00 A M - 1 1 :0 0 A M , M a r . 2 6 7 :0 0 A M -1 1 :0 0 A M Courier photo Benton coach C.J Smith talks over strategy with one of the Lady Warrior relay teams. YARD SALE Garage Sales 3717 HAZELWOOD F r i. & S a t. 7 a - N o o n L o ts o f C loth ing a n d Home D e c o r! MULTI-FAMILY 2908 COLDWATER Dr.F ri. 8 a -5 p & S a t. 8 a -1 2 p or less. The price paid for brand-name drugs to those pharmacies will be cut by about 4 percent instead of 6 percent. Board member Shelby McCook proposed the exception, saying he wanted to help “mom and pop” pharmacies. “I don’t want one of my retired teachers to have to drive 40 miles to see a pharmacist that’s still in business,” he said. The rates that didn’t include small-town pharmacies were proposed by San Diego-based MedImpact, which is scheduled to take over from Catamaran on July 1 as the plans’ pharmacy benefits manager. The board’s actuarial consultant said that applied to all pharmacies, the rates would save the plans an estimated $16 million each year. NEED LEGAL HELP? FARM & CONSTRUCTION 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. 10% BP on first $2500 ea. item sold, $250 max BP per item. Live Online bidding @proxibid.com Details: www.witcherauctions.com 870-238-1400 AALB#’s 2100, 2101 • • • • • Wanted I BUY w o rk in g & n o n w o rk in g la w n m o w e rs & re p a ir m o w e rs 5 0 1 -7 3 2 -1 7 2 9 Gregg A. Knutson Attorney at Law W ill buy your n o n -w o rk in g rid in g la w n m o w e rs . C a ll 5 0 1 -3 2 6 -1 8 3 9 Divorce & Custody Bankruptcy Wills & Trusts Criminal Defense Business Law (501)444-2928 knutson-law-firm.com Knutson Law Firm 17724 Interstate 30 N, Suite A4 • Benton, AR 72019 (501)444-2928 • (501)227-2088 (fax) • e-mail: [email protected] We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for Bankruptcy Relief under the Bankruptcy Code. Thursday, March 24, 2016 The Saline Courier From Arkansas Largest Independent Dealer OBITUARIES Danny M. Green Danny M. Green, 72, of Mabelvale passed away Wednesday, March 23. He was born December 31, 1943, in Little Rock to the late Verl and Wilma Berry Green. Danny was a free mason with Alumina Lodge 574 and a Shriner. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Sheila Ann Green; and brother, Chuck Green. He is survived by his sons, Randall Green and wife, Tammy of Bryant and Ricky Green of Fayetteville; brother, Mike Green of Mabelvale; and sister, Cheryl Baker of Bauxite; and grandchildren, Shawn Green, Madison Green, Rachel Green and Ashley Green. Chapel service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 26 at Ashby Funeral home with burial to follow at Ebenezer Cemetery in Tull. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 25 at Ashby Funeral Home. Online guestbook: www.ashbyfuneralhome.com. ON SALE NOW! Up To PAID OBITUARY SALINE COUNTY EVENTS 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 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. 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”. “ Nobody Beats a Ferguson Deal on La-Z-Boy®, NOBODY!” 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 allyou-can-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 315-0136 60 % off on Recliners Great Selection Fabric and Leather Email calendar items to [email protected] or call 501-315-8228 ext. 236. Calendar items are intended for nonprofit organizations. TODAY 4:30 p.m. THEOS, a support group for widowed persons, will meet for dinner at 4:30 p.m., March 24 at Rib Crib. 3A In Stock! Up To Best Selection & Price 50 % off on Reclining Sofas Fabric & Leather 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. Weighin begins at 8:45 a.m. and meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. For more information, email [email protected]. 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 7783770 for more information. The society website is www. schhs.us. SADDLES AND SPIRITS HORSE CLUB MEETING: 6:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at East End Elementary School. For more information, contact Melinda Steele at 501-580-8356. Up To s 36 meost Inter e! Frel payments 36 equa , s detail tore for see s Great Selection Fabric & Leather Decorator Sofas Up To 50 % off Statewide Delivery Available Leather & Fabric Reclining Sectionals 1200 Ferguson Dr., Benton • 501-315-1924 Open til 6 pm • Next to Wal-Mart Take Exit 117 I-30 Wal-Mart Page 4 – The Saline Courier Opinion [email protected] EDITORIAL CARTOON “Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ... .” — From the First Amendment to Constitution Thanks for the memories Dear Editor, I wish to commend The Courier on some of your regular opinion writers, Gene Lyons, George Ellis and a couple of others. I also enjoyed Laura Butler’s recent letter of March 13 about our city leaders not following their own ordinances. In that same edition you published another story by Freddy Burton. Those are always welcome. This one concerned a talk he had with World War II veteran Raymond Thomas. I was a tenth grade bench warmer when Raymond came back to Panther football in 1946. Raymond mentioned Norman “Gar” Cox, Bill “Moon” Mullins and Freeman Wright as being other Benton boys in boot camp in San Diego when he was. This bench warmer got a close up view on game days of those three and other veterans who made up one of Benton’s best teams in ‘46. Other veterans on that team were Jack “Spageo” Richards, Hubert Spann, J.W. “Dubby” Dove, and Doyle “Basil” Robinson. Of course the great James Ahlf, our post war coach was a veteran, too. These guys were our heroes on the field and off because of where they had been and what they had done. Thanks Freddy and Raymond for evoking fond memories. — Donald O’Kelley Benton Underlying medical condition could cause too much sleep 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 eating patterns. 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. Dr. Surprisingly, there may also be health problems associated with too much sleep. Komaroff 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. 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. Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. To send questions, go to AskDoctorK.com, or write: Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115. The Saline Courier Founded in 1876 Phone: (501) 315-8228 • Fax: (501) 315-1230 • Email: [email protected] • The Saline Courier (USPS 050-660) is published daily by Horizon Publishing Co., 321 N. Market St., Benton, AR. 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The circulation department has re-delivery scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday and from 7 to 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Call 501-317-6013 or 501-315-8228 during business hours. Thursday, March 24, 2016 Obama’s feckless defense of human rights in Cuba O N Few Republicans have shown the courage to stand against Trump ow that Donald Trump has spoken before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a proIsrael lobbying group, Americans have learned the following: Trump can read a teleprompter; he finally got someone to write him a decent speech, which he was able to deliver without resorting to vulgarities; and he has provided something like a justification for reluctant Republicans to support him. Which is a pretty low bar, you must admit. And it’s not nearly enough. You know all the arguments pro and con by now. He speaks plainly. So did Archie Bunker. Kathleen His message of Parker walled-in isolationism appeals to those tired of loose immigration policies. So was the case with Sen. Berzelius “Buzz” Windrip, the nativist demagogue in Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 cautionary novel, “It Can’t Happen Here.” Windrip, like Trump, spoke of national greatness, though Windrip was more explicit, saying that Americans “must continue to be the greatest Race on the face of this old Earth.” Like Trump’s, Windrip’s base consisted largely of working-class white males, whom he called upon to help control dissent after he ascended to the Oval Office. Sound familiar? Punch anybody in the nose lately? It’s called fascism by any other name and, yes, it does seem that it can happen here. That is, a demagogue can become president, as Lewis was trying to warn. And, yes, we do have checks and balances in this country, but does anyone really think that Trump should have the power to start a nuclear war? He’s mighty quick to rile. No one is more familiar with the language of marginalization and authoritarianism than the Jewish community, causing one to wonder why Trump, whose rise has been spiced with bigotry and group-blaming rhetoric, was allowed in AIPAC’S door. The answer is that the nonpartisan organization traditionally invites all presidential candidates, among others, to speak to its annual policy conference. Well, that’s an explanation, anyway. The conundrum for Republicans is that though Trump may be the devil, he’s their devil. How can they condemn the guy that a near-majority of their own party prefers? If you’re, say, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (Wis.), how do you say you won’t support your party’s nominee? Then again, if you’re a good man like Ryan, how do you support him? That is the question of the moment, isn’t it? This is what we ask ourselves about the industrialists and “good Germans” who supported Hitler. This is what we ask our Southern grandparents about the time when blacks were being lynched. What we ask the World War II generation about rounding up Japanese Americans. And while we’re at it, what was your vote on Vietnam, Iraq? There’s a price to pay for silence. That so few have shown the courage to deny Trump tells us how difficult it is to be brave — and how rare character is. But one can only pretend for so long not to hear the dog whistles of history, a skill at which Republicans have become too well practiced over the decades. Perhaps they’re no longer listening. Or they’re deluding themselves that Trump’s words don’t really mean what, you know, they mean. “He won’t be that bad.” No, he’s worse. A Jewish friend of mine — a Democrat, scholar, erstwhile politician and former U.S. ambassador whose parents were Holocaust survivors — called to vent after Trump’s speech to AIPAC. First, he said he was glad his father wasn’t alive to see this, and that he’d almost like to join AIPAC so he could resign in protest. “The reality,” he said, “is if you go back and look at Hitler, somehow you elect someone that you know is beyond the pale. But you do it because you’re afraid of someone else. And then later, you look closely. And it’s too late.” Unless. The tiny flame at the end of this darkening tunnel is a contested convention, which depends on Ted Cruz and John Kasich starving Trump of the necessary 1,237 delegates needed to secure the nomination. It could happen, according to Princeton University’s Sam Wang, a statistical prognosticator and game theorist with a golden record. Basically, if Kasich campaigns only in proportional delegate states, leaving winnertake-all states to Cruz, Trump’s chances of becoming the nominee are reduced from 90 percent to 50 percent, says Wang. It’s a big gamble, but it beats losing your soul. Breaking News www.bentoncourier.com or call 501-315-8228 STAY CONNECTED n Jan. 8, the Associated Press reported that President Barack Obama “may travel to Cuba as early as this spring if he feels the rights situation here is improving and a presidential trip will help.” The Castro dictatorship’s response was immediate and severe. According to Elizardo Sanchez, the president of the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation, there were 2,555 political detentions in Cuba during the first two months of 2016. It is a familiar pattern. As we wrote last fall, the Cuban government’s response at each stage in the process of reconciliation with the United States has been a steady escalation in the arbitrary harassment, abuse, Nat arrest and detention of Hentoff Cuba’s pro-democracy dissidents. Crackdowns on political dissidents preceded both the September visit of Pope Francis and the opening of the U.S. Embassy in August. Obama proceeded with his historic visit to Cuba in spite of the crackdowns. When his plane landed in Havana last Sunday, Raul Castro was not present to greet him. To his credit, Obama gave a lengthy speech on human rights, which was broadcast live on Cuban state television. He also held a two-hour meeting with a group of prominent Cuban political dissidents, something Pope Francis did not do. U.S. Embassy staff had to escort the dissidents to the meeting for fear they would be arrested if they tried to attend on their own. One dissident who could not attend the meeting was Carlos Manuel Figueroa Alvarez, one of 53 Cuban political prisoners released in December 2014 as part of the negotiations that began the process of normalization. On Sept. 30, Figueroa climbed the fence of the newly opened U.S. Embassy and shouted, “Down With Raul!” as he rushed toward the building in a bid for political asylum. Figueroa was detained by the embassy’s security staff and immediately turned over to Cuban authorities. In January, the AP reported that he was in prison awaiting trial. Castro was asked about Cuba’s political prisoners by CNN’s Jim Acosta during a joint news conference with President Obama. Castro’s response raised belligerent sarcasm to an art form: “What political prisoners? Give me a name or names, or when, after this meeting is over, you can give me a list of political prisoners and if we have those political prisoners, they will be released before tonight ends.” Obama stood mute. It would have sent a powerful message to Castro if the president had ticked off a list of Cuba’s remaining political prisoners by name -- such as Carlos Manuel Figueroa Alvarez -- and demanded that they be released. But sending powerful messages to dictators is not one of Obama’s talents. This was apparent when Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry held a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to Jose Marti in Havana’s Revolution Square on Monday. Marti was a philosopher, journalist and freedom fighter who died in 1895 leading a revolution against the Spanish occupation of Cuba. Obama quoted Marti more than once during his speech on human rights, although he failed to note that Marti’s goal was to establish a democratic republic in Cuba. But the hoped-for symbolism of a U.S. president laying a wreath at the Marti memorial was overshadowed, literally, by a five-story relief sculpture of Che Guevara looming over the ceremony from a nearby building. The rendering of Guevara makes it appear that the Castro dictatorship’s former chief executioner is winking at those assembled below. We were reminded of the time Nat interviewed Guevara during a meeting at the Cuban mission to the United Nations in the early 1960s. Guevara, dressed in his neatly pressed military uniform, professed not to understand English and spoke through an interpreter. Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority on the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights. He is a member of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and the Cato Institute, where he is a senior fellow. Nick Hentoff is a criminal defense and civil liberties attorney in New York City. LETTER TO THE EDITOR POLICY The Saline Courier encourages readers to submit letters to the editor expressing opinions on local, state, national or international issues. The Saline Courier prefers typewritten or emailed letters not more than 250 words in length. Please provide name, daytime phone and address for verification. Letters are checked for libelous and/ or vulgar language and may be edited for length or content. Writers are limited to one letter per calendar month. Page 5A – The Saline Courier SALINE SCOREBOARD WEDNESDAY BASEBALL Central Ark. Invite (Benton) Benton def. Greenwood 3-0 TODAY BASEBALL HG at Magnet Cove Tourney Tampa Tourney Bryant vs. Maple Grove (Minn.), 9 a.m., 3 p.m. FRIDAY BASEBALL Mayflower Tourney Bauxite vs. Manila, 10 a.m. SOFTBALL HG vs. Genoa Central, 2 p.m. SATURDAY SOFTBALL HG vs. Malvern, 10 a.m. (DH) NCAA TOURNEY TODAY (3) Miami vs. (2) Vil anova, 6:10 p.m. CBS (3) Tex. A&M vs. (2) Oklahoma, 6:37 p.m. TBS (5) Maryland vs. (1) Kansas, 8:40 p.m. CBS (4) Duke vs. (1) Oregon, 8:55 p.m. TBS FRIDAY (4) Iowa St. vs. (1) Virginia, 6:10 p.m. CBS (7) Wisconsin vs. (6) Notre Dame, 6:27 p.m. TBS (11) Gonzaga vs. (10) Syracuse, 8:40 p.m. CBS (5) Indiana vs. UNC, 8:57 p.m. TBS HOG BASEBALL FRIDAY Auburn at Arkansas, 6:30 p.m. SATURDAY Auburn at Arkansas, 6 p.m. SUNDAY Auburn at Arkansas, 1 p.m. SPORTS Thursday, March 24, 2016 Oaklawn increases overnight purses, again By Jennifer Hoyt Oaklawn Barn Notes HOT SPRINGS – The final three weeks of racing will feature the highest purses in Oaklawn’s history after the track announced its third increase of the meet that has benefitted greatly from good weather and overwhelming support from fans. All overnight purses will increase by $1,000 per race and three stakes have been bumped. The Bachelor Stakes for 3-year-old sprinters Friday, April 15 goes from $100,000 to $150,000, the Northern Spur for 3-yearolds at one mile increases from $125,000 to $150,000 and the Instant Racing for 3-year-old filly sprinters bumps up from $125,000 to $150,000. The Northern Spur and Instant Racing both support the $1 million Arkansas Derby card April 16. “We are extremely proud of the quality of racing we’ve offered this season and it will only get better heading into the last part of our meet,” said Director of Racing David Longinotti. “Our field size is among the highest in the country with an average of 9.75 and two of our marquee 3-year-old stakes have had full 14-horse fields. Between the good weather and top-notch horses, the fans have responded and it shows in our ability to raise purses for a third time.” Overall, Oaklawn has added $250,000 to its stakes program since the beginning of the meet. Maiden Special Weights, which were $68,000 when the track opened Jan. 15, are now $76,000 and Allowance races, which started as high as $75,000, are now above $80,000. The minimum purse is $23,500. The 2016 Oaklawn meet JUSTIN MANNING/jaysphotodesign.com continues through Saturday, Racing during the Rebel Stakes this past Saturday at Oaklawn Racing & Gaming in Hot Springs. April 16. Croushore muzzles Bulldogs By Tony Lenahan [email protected] BENTON – Benton senior left-hander Jake Croushore struck out 12 in a completegame 3-0 Panthers’ shutout of the Greenwood Bulldogs Wednesday in the consolation game of the Central Arkansas Invitational at Panthers Field. “He did great,” Benton Coach Mark Balisterri said of Croushore. “He had control of his pitches the whole game. He probably threw a few more pitches than I would have liked him to, he threw 112 pitches, but he’s been working hard, he’s in shape. He pounded the strike zone and kept them off-balance. I think they hit one or two balls hard all day.” Croushore gave up four hits on the day, walking three and hitting two batters while striking out a careerhigh 12. “He kept us in the game early when there was no score, and when we finally scored a couple runs, he just continued to compete out there,” Balisterri said. “He got into a little trouble in the last inning and it didn’t bother him. I think he had three balls on a kid and I told him, ‘Hey, let’s go,’ and he said, ‘I got this.’ He finished strong, too.” With the Panthers (7-2-1) up 3-0 in the final inning, JOSH BRIGGS/The Saline Courier Croushore walked a batter Benton senior Jake Croushore throws a pitch in a Panthers’ 3-0 win over the Greenwood Bulldogs with one out, but struck out Wednesday in the consolation game of the Central Arkansas Invitational at Panthers Field in Benton. PANTHERS, page 7A Croushore struck out a career-high 12 batters to improve to 2-0 on the year. House leading party into Sweet 16 By Kristie Rieken Associated Press COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Danuel House had no points with 5 1/2 minutes left in regulation of Texas A&M’s game against Northern Iowa. He and the Aggies were far from done. House finished with 22 points in an astonishing comeback that has the Aggies in their first Sweet 16 since 2007, where they’ll face Oklahoma on Thursday. House received plenty of well wishes after that game where A&M rallied from a 12-point deficit with 44 seconds left to win in double overtime. He had 120 text messages piled up by the time he got back to his phone in the locker room. But one that was just a tad premature stood out above all the rest. “My friend had sent me a text message: ‘Hey man, it’s been a great season. You did all you could do,’” House said. Time stamped a few minutes later was one backtracking. “Then the next thing you know bam: ‘Way to pull it out,’” House said the text said before cackling. AGGIES, page 6A Former Cardinal Joe Jayhawks rolling along in tourney Garagiola dies at 90 Associated Press By Bob Baum Associated Press PHOENIX — Joe Garagiola’s nine-year baseball career was a modest one. His 57 years in broadcasting that followed made him one of the most popular figures in the sports world and beyond. The man Arizona Diamondbacks President Derrick Hall called “one of the biggest personalities this game has ever seen” died Wednesday. He was 90. The Diamondbacks announced Garagiola’s death before their exhibition game against San Francisco, and there were murmurs of shock and sadness at the ballpark. He had been in ill health in recent years. Growing up in the Hill neighborhood of St. Louis not far from future Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, Garagiola went on to hit .257 during nine years in the majors. His highlight came early, getting a four-hit game in the 1946 World Series and helping the hometown Cardinals win the championship as a 20-year-old rookie. “Not only was I not the best catcher in the major leagues, I wasn’t even the best catcher on my street,” Garagiola once remarked. But it was after he stopped playing that his fortunes took off. He thrived as a glib baseball broadcaster and fixture on the “Today” show, leading to a nearly 30-year association with NBC. Garagiola won baseball’s GARAGIOLA, page 7A LAWRENCE, Kan. — The overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament did nothing to dispute its frontrunner status through the opening weekend, despite upsets galore that rendered so many brackets nothing more than confetti. More important, Kansas lived up to its own expectations after failing to do that the last two years. Seeded second on both occasions, the Jayhawks failed to get past their second game. They were done in by a plucky bunch from Stanford playing far better than its seeding in 2014, then by injuries and a matchup with a fired-up Wichita State team last year that sent them shuffling into the offseason. “You know, there was a lot of motivation from last year, that feeling we had,” said Perry Ellis, the Jayhawks’ leading scorer. “We just want to continue to play the way we are, have fun.” Because it’s a lot more fun to win. Nobody expected anything less than a blowout of Austin Peay in the first round, but the Jayhawks still left jaws hanging by easily putting up 105 points. But it was in Sunday’s never-in-doubt win over UConn, a team that had never lost in the NCAA Tournament under coach Kevin Ollie, that the Jayhawks issued notice to the rest of the nation that they’re the team to beat in this edition of March Madness. They went on a 16-0 run early on. Then a 19-0 run later on. When shots stopped dropping and their focus wobbled ever-soslightly, Ellis and Wayne Selden Jr. and their seemingly inexhaustible number of tried-and-true veterans was there to steer things back on track. The final score was 73-61. People who watched knew it was never that close. “That’s a real good team, solid players up and down,” Ollie said, marveling at how fresh the Kansas starters looked late in the game. “They’re going to be a very, very tough out of this tournament.” Fifth-seeded Maryland is the next to get a shot on Thursday night in Chicago. If there is any team in the tournament that matches up well with Kansas, it just may be the team from College Park, coached by a Sunflower State native and former Jayhawk standout in Mark Turgeon. Melo Trimble and Rasheed Sulaimon give the Terrapins the backcourt talent to deal with the pressure of Kansas JAYHAWKS, page 6A 6A Thursday, March 24, 2016 The Saline Courier Aggies From page 5A “That’s probably the most memorable one.” No one on the team was surprised to see House bounce back late in that game after a start where he missed his first nine shots and had three turnovers. “He’s never met a shot that he doesn’t like and he’s never met a shot that he won’t take,” coach Billy Kennedy said smiling. “Offensively that’s a good thing and sometimes he takes some tough shots. That’s just his mindset and he’s got the green light. Sometimes we tell him put it on yellow. 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Along with leading the Aggies on the court and going to class, House is also a doting father to 9-month old daughter Ava. Photographers captured House embracing his young daughter moments after A&M’s big win on Sunday night, a touching moment that he cherished. She’s far too young to understand what daddy does or what March Madness means, but the youngster is a big fan of the sounds of basketball. “She goes to sleep. She PARROT BAY COCONUT RUM 36 $ 3399 BEEFEATER GIN 24 $ $ reg. $3999 pened early in A&M’s second round game. He said every conference game was a struggle as teams began to game plan to slow him down. “I’m pretty confident and I know all the hard work will pay off,” he said. “So I just try to skip over that possession if I take a bad shot or miss a shot or turn it over or anything and I just try to think about the next possession.” The senior making his first tournament appearance is in his second season at Texas A&M after transferring from Houston following his sophomore year. He missed the first three games of last season waiting on a waiver from the NCAA that allowed him to play without sitting out a year and he had to sit out the last four games of the year with a foot injury. “It’s been a long road for me,” House said. “So just being here I’m embracing 19 $ 99 SMIRNOFF RED LABEL VODKA $ 99 1.75 L. reg. $1999 Sale 15 $ 99 COLD CRAFT BEER ENTERPRISE LIQUOR INC. 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The Big 12 behemoths won what was, until the NCAA Tournament, the nation’s best conference by two whole games. Kansas hasn’t lost since January, and has in fact rarely been tested since then. This is a team that can go 10 deep without blinking, a luxury few teams. They may not have a projected lottery pick, but where did Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid and Kelly Oubre Jr. get them the past two years? No, this team more closely resembles the blue-collar bunch that made a run to the national title game in 2012, finally succumbing to Anthony Davis and Kentucky. They have the same expectations as that team. And right now, they’re living up to them. “You know, the pressure is going to be there for everybody. But I think that we’ve been through so much now,” Lucas said. “We’ve been battle-tested, and we’re right in a really good win streak and ... I’m looking forward to getting deep into the tournament for the first time in my career.” Serving Saline County for over 50 years! 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NFL owners voted Tuesday to approve both those proposals by the competition committee. They also passed a resolution to expand what is a horse-collar tackle to cover the nameplate on the back of jerseys. In all, seven rule proposals were approved. The others involved coach-toplayer communications from the sideline as well as the press box; adding a delay-of-game penalty to a team that calls a timeout when it has none remaining; removing a 5-yard penalty for a receiver ille- gally touching a pass after being out of bounds; and eliminating multiple spots of enforcement for a double foul after a change of possession. The chop block, in which a player blocks an opponent low while the opponent is engaged high with another player, had become more limited in the league because of various rule changes. Now, all forms of it have been banned, with violators drawing a 15-yard penalty. The competition committee felt it was a dangerous play. Some NFL coaches believe eliminating the chop block will affect the ground game. “It definitely changes some things,” Broncos coach Gary Kubiak said. “That definitely changes some of your teachings of your techniques. ... The change would be in the box. We’ll see how it goes.” The extra point snaps from the 15 were an experiment for 2015 that worked so well that making it permanent was a given. Efficiency on extra points from the 33-yard-line or so dropped from more than 99 percent to just over 94 percent. “We made it a meaningful play,” said Rich McKay, president of the Atlanta Falcons and co-chairman of the competition committee. Like the chop block, the horse-collar tackle can lead to serious injuries. This alteration makes the call easier for on-field officials. “This play has really evolved, or this rule has evolved over the years,” said Dean Blandino, the NFL’s officiating director. “Your classic horse collar (is) where the defensive player gets inside the collar of either the jersey or the shoulder pad from behind or the side, and pulls the runner toward the ground. We had several plays over the last couple of years, and you just watch this at full speed and it’s the same mechanic. ... “The grab, the pull back, the same potential for injury. The officials at full speed are calling this a foul, but when you look at it in slow motion, and you see he’s actually not inside the collar, he’s on the nameplate of the jersey. But again, the mechanics of the tackle are the same, the same potential for injury.” With those items out of the way, the owners will turn their attention to proposals regarding ejecting players for two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties; allowing coaches and players on the sideline to use video on their tablets rather than just photos to review plays; and increasing coaches challenges from two to three or enhancing what plays can be reviewed. AFC coaches who met with the media Tuesday were asked their opinions about player ejections for two unsportsmanlike acts. There are specific criteria for what those fouls would be, including throwing punches or kicking at opponents, taunting and using abusive, threatening or insulting language or gestures. “I think we’re talking about the integrity of the game,” Texans coach Bill O’Brien said, “and we’re trying to do a good job of making sure that the game is played cleanly and things like that. “I think the one thing that’s going to be difficult is that let’s just say one of your best players gets an unsportsmanlike penalty early in the game, is he going to become a target, meaning like are they going to go after this guy to try to get him to do something where he gets kicked out of a game?” Patriots owners Robert Kraft said Monday he is comfortable with the level of safety in the NFL. “I think the game of football has never been safer than it is today,” Kraft said. “I played. My sons have played. I have three grandsons who play now. So we have three generations playing this game. We believe in it. ... I think life lessons and what you get out of playing football is way beyond the risks of what happens. I honestly believe the risks are being managed as well as they can be today.” Benton Panthers Stolen Bases From page 5A Garagiola From page 5A Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting in 1991. He kept working well into his 80s, serving as a part-time analyst for Diamondbacks telecasts until he announced his retirement in February 2013. “He had a genuine impact on the craft. He was among the first to bring a humorous, story-telling style to the booth,” NBC announcer Bob Costas said. Garagiola’s son, Joe Jr., is a former general manager of the Diamondbacks and a current executive with Major League Baseball. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of this amazing man,” his family said in a statement, “who was not just beloved to those of us in his family, but to generations of baseball fans who he impacted during his eight decades in the game.” “Joe loved the game and passed that love onto family, his friends, his teammates, his listeners and everyone he came across as a player and broadcaster. His impact on the game, both on and off the field, will forever be felt.” Commissioner Rob Manfred said “all of us at Major League Baseball are deeply saddened by the loss of Joe Garagiola.” “Joe began his illustrious career as a baseball player, but it wasn’t long before everyone knew that this unique individual would combine his multi-talented media skills and wonderful personality to make a Colten Nix Chase Nix Drew Dyer Ross Carver Drew Chilton Kyler Nitschke Coltyn Lane Jack Jumper Gunnar Smith 14 8 5 5 3 3 3 2 1 14 12 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 TOTAL 44 28 got a really good changeup. His changeup was a little off today, but his curveball was working well. He had a big day against one of the supposed to be best 6A teams. And we faced their No. 1 (starter). We did what we had to do.” It was a pitchers’ duel to start as Greenwood starter Connor Noland retired the first seven Panthers he faced until walking senior Gunnar Smith with one out in the third inning. But Benton would get to Noland in the fourth as sophomore Drew Chilton singled up the middle to start the inning. Chilton stole second, went to third on senior Brinson Williams’ single and scored on an errant pickoff throw to first base. Courtesy runner Coltyn Lane stole second base and came around to score on senior Drew Dyer’s RBI single to right field for the 2-0 lead. The Panthers picked up their final run in the bottom of the fifth inning with two outs. Chilton reached on a two-out single, stole his second base of the day and took third on a wild pitch before senior Colten Nix knocked him in with a single to centerfield for the 3-run lead. Nix went on to steal his first and second bases of the game, something he has done quite a bit of lately. Nix mark off the field as well,” Manfred said. Manfred also praised Garagiola for being a leader in baseball’s fight against smokeless tobacco. The Cardinals signed Garagiola after rejecting Berra at a 1943 tryout. The two remained lifelong friends, with Berra often the good-natured subject of Garagiola’s wit. Berra died last Sept. 15. When both men entered retirement communities a few years ago, Garagiola recalled a phone conversation with Berra. “I said, ‘How’s it going, Yog?’” Garagiola said, “and he said, ‘It’s all right, but geez, they’ve got a lot of old people here.’” Garagiola played for the Cardinals, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs. He broke in with the Cardinals, joining a powerful team led by the great Stan Musial. Garagiola got four hits in Game 4 of the 1946 Series against Boston and batted .316 overall as St. Louis beat the Red Sox in seven games. Garagiola broke into broadcasting in 1955 as a radio and television analyst for the Cardinals. He spent 27 years at NBC and was paired with Tony Kubek as the lead broadcast team from 1976-82 and then with Vin Scully from 1984-88. He was 62 when he left on Nov. 1, 1988, when his contract expired. He broadcast Angels home games on TV in 1990. He didn’t limit his talents to sportscasting. Garagiola was a co-host of the “Today” show from 19691973, working with Barbara Walters and Hugh Downs, and again from 1990-1992, working with Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric. “God I’ll miss Joe Garagiola. Was part of the soul of our show, and told me stories that made me laugh till I cried. Hall of fame person,” tweeted “Today” host Matt Lauer. Garagiola also stepped in on occasion to host “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” including a 1968 show featuring guests John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Garagiola’s work as a commentator for the Westminster dog show helped inspire Fred Willard’s daffy character Buck Laughlin in the mockumentary “Best in Show.” “One of the world’s good guys,” said his longtime Westminster broadcasting partner, David Frei. “He loved the game, of course, but he loved life. That’s why he was so well-loved everywhere he went, including the dog show.” Garagiola helped found the Baseball Assistance Team in 1986 to assist for- mer players and other baseball figures in financial need and was a leading figure in the National Spit Tobacco Education Program. He authored several books, including “Baseball Is a Funny Game” and “It’s Anybody’s Ballgame.” Among his favorite projects was the St. Peter Indian Mission School on the Gila River Indian Reservation. He coaxed friends into helping him provide bats and balls, basketball equipment and a new bus for the school near Phoenix. Garagiola is survived by his wife of 66 years, Audrie, sons Joe Jr. and Steve, daughter Gina and eight grandchildren. The funeral will be held at an unspecified date in his hometown of St. Louis. A memorial service also will be held in Phoenix. In lieu of flowers, the family asked for donations to the Baseball Assistance Team or the St. Peter Indian Mission. JOSH BRIGGS/The Saline Courier the next two Bulldogs with his most effective pitch of the day, his curve, to end the game. Croushore is now 2-0 on the season with a 1.11 ERA. “He has three good pitches,” Balisterri said. “His fastball moves, he has a good curveball and he’s 2015 (30 games) has 14 stolen bases in the past seven games. Nix and graduated Panther Drew Harris led Benton with 14 steals each last year. “We’ve got speed and our philosophy is run until they stop us,” Balisterri said. “If they don’t stop us, we’re going to keep running. When you’ve got speed in your lineup … last year we had 50 something stolen bases and we weren’t really happy with that. We felt like we were faster than that.” The Panthers had 58 stolen bases in 30 games last season and already have 44 in 10 games this year. “I’ve always been a smallball guy; early in the game I like to bunt runners over,” Balisterri said. “But with the speed we’ve got, we’re going Benton senior Drew Dyer hits an RBI single in the Panthers 3-0 win over the Greenwood Bulldogs Wednesday at Panthers Field. Dyer finished 1 for 3 with an RBI as Benton improved to 7-2-1. Panthers 2016 (10 games) LABORERS needed im m ediately for local construction com pany Brister Construction Inc. 212 W. Sevier, Benton Call 501-778-0708 to make them throw us out first.” Chilton went 2 for 3 with two runs and two stolen bases, Colten Nix was 1 for 3 with and RBI and two steals, and Dyer was 1 for 3 with an RBI. Williams and senior Jack Jumper also went 1 for 3 on the day. Next up for the Panthers will Monday against the Cabot Panthers at Panthers Field in Benton. 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One person is described as a black male with a beard wearing black pants and a black shirt. He reportedly left the store in a white passenger car, said Matt Burks, spokesperson for the Benton Police Department. Anyone with information about these incidents or who can identify any of the men is encouraged to contact the Benton Police Department at 501-778-1171 or 501-315-TIPS. Individuals can also choose to submit anonymous information by sending a text message to 274637. GOP ads give Democrats anti-Trump playbook FREE 299 Closeout Thursday, March 24, 2016 Due to Close Out, Prices Limited to Quantity On Hand FAST DELIVERY •FREE PICK UP MON. THRU FRI. 10 A.M. TIL 6 P.M. SAT. 10 A.M. TIL 5 P.M. Military Rd. Walgreens Consignments Accepted Daily Carpenter St. CVS Layaway Available *Financing W.A.C., Minimum Monthly Payment Due, No Interest If Paid In 18 Months. Minimum Purchase $1000 WASHINGTON — “Bimbo. Dog. Fat pig,” disgusted women say, looking straight into the camera. Another explains, “Real quotes from Donald Trump, about women.” Flip the channel. “I know words. I have the best words,” Trump says. That commercial proceeds with a 30-second, bleeped-out tour of his coarsest comments. Both ads — and dozens more that portray Trump as a selfish, deceptive buffoon — are sponsored by fellow Republicans trying to derail the political outsider from capturing their party’s presidential nomination. But these ads are also providing Democrats with attacks that could be recycled verbatim for the general election and slapped with the tagline, “Hillary Clinton approves this message.” An Associated Press review of political ads tracked by Kantar Media’s Campaign Media Analysis Group found 68 different anti-Trump commercials have been shown some 40,000 times across the country on broadcast television. About one of every 10 presidential ads shown over the past year has taken a shot at Trump, a rate that has picked up this month as polls suggest the billionaire’s already low favorability ratings with the general public are deflating. And Democrats say they’re closely monitoring the Republican hit-pieces. “It’s interesting to watch Republican super PACs as a kind of test run for the kinds of things we would do,” said David Brock, who steers several outside efforts to help Clinton. Justin Barasky, spokesman for Priorities USA, the best-financed of the pro-Clinton groups, said Republicans are “saving us money by beating him up. It’s certainly not unhelpful.” Priorities is reserving $70 million in commercial time for the general election starting late summer, and Barasky said the group anticipates it will begin spending against Trump even sooner. For his part, Trump has said the attack ads aren’t working, pointing to his decisive victory in Florida in the face of a multimillion-dollar effort there to tear him down. Responding to the ad featuring his comments on women, Trump told CNN this week that “half of that was show business.” Trump’s Republican attackers argue their efforts are worth it — even if they ultimately weaken the GOP nominee. “I don’t see the ads as the risk; he is the risk,” said Tim Miller, a spokesman for Our Principles, a Republican group that has spent more than $16 million this year on TV, radio and digital ads, including the spot featuring women reading Trump comments. “That’s the point we’re trying to make. Don’t nominate someone this vulnerable to attacks from the Democratic Party.” Our Principles embraces its role as potential spoiler: One online advertisement begins by warning viewers that what they are about to see would be repeated by Democrats if Trump is the GOP nominee. A similar scenario played out four years ago with Mitt Romney. At the start of the 2012 GOP primaries, more voters had a favorable than unfavorable view of Romney. During the primaries, though, the super PAC backing Newt Gingrich portrayed him as an unfeeling businessman. By the time Romney earned the nomination in April, his numbers had flipped, with more voters viewing him negatively than positively. Over the summer, Priorities USA built on the Gingrich group’s volleys to attack Romney in the general election. Events could unfold similarly for Trump. Ratings of Trump among the general public have been consistently negative, but recent surveys have suggested those views have grown stronger since the contentious primaries began. An NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll conducted in March found a slight increase in negative ratings of Trump among registered voters since their previous survey in February, from 59 percent to 64 percent, with “very negative” ratings going from 49 percent to 54 percent. Trump is also facing a heavier onslaught of attacks from his own party than Clinton, the Democratic front-runner. The AP found just one in 33 ads dings Clinton, most coming from Republican groups. INTRODUCING THE ALL-NEW BUICK CASCADA. Family Owned CUSTOMER FRIENDLY I-30 Alcoa Exit 501.315.7100 Thursday, March 24, 2016 The Saline Courier 1B Caldwell students show off their talents By Lynda Hollenbeck [email protected] Caldwell Elementary School’s annual variety show drew 38 acts featuring children from all grades in the school. Ages of performers ranged from kindergartners to fifth-graders. 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Brothers Collin Hutson. a third-grader, and fifth-grader Isaac Hutson perform the classic Abbott and Costello cp,edu skit “Who’s On First?” ANGELA TROTTER/Special to The Saline Courier Performing a “Ghostbusters” skit in the school’s variety show are, from left, Broc Mattox, Tucker Roseberry and Isaac Hill. MY FURNITURE WAREHOUSE Family Owned & Operated Quality Furniture and Mattress Sets at Warehouse Prices MATTRESS SETS! FURNITURE! HOME DECOR! RUGS and MORE! Open Name Brand Furniture Monday - Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. • Sealy • King Koil • Bassett • Southern Motion • Coaster and More! Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 90 days same as cash. No interest. 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