Keeping watch Gurdon redraws wards following census release

Transcription

Gurdon wards redrawn
Centerpoint board meets
Abuse case settled
Article, p. 1
Article, p. 13
Article, p. 1
The largest-circulated paper in clark, pike & Western Hot Spring counties
The Standard
© 2012 May Publishing
Located in the heart
of timber country
Volume 17 Number 9
On the square...
published Without Fear or Favor Since 1996
By Joe May
Editor
A man who eluded capture
near Glenwood last week
following a police chase, has
been arrested in Garland
County.
James Lee Meeks, 34, of
Caddo Gap ran after State
trooper Kyle Jones and
PCSo
deputy
George
donaldson attempted to stop
him for a routine traffic violation on rock Creek road.
After a chase, he fled on foot
into a wooded area.
Meeks was found by drug
task Force officers who
located him by tracing his
cell phone.
Meeks has warrants from
Pike, Garland, Montgomery
and Hot Spring County as
well as from the City of
Fayetteville.
Publisher
Just the
facts, ma’am
Facing north--just in case
Joe May photo
the Confederate Monument on the courthouse square in
Arkadelphia, on guard since 1911, was found framed in
spring beauty on a recent morning.
“Whatever you do
in word or deed, do
all in the name of
the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks
through Him to
God the Father.”
col. 3:17
iNSide
devotional Corner...Page 8
Editorials...Page 4-5
Mini Page....Page 7
obituaries...Page 2
Police Blotter...Page 3
in Pike County, Meeks is
facing felony charges related
to drugs and fleeing from
officers.
A passenger in Meeks’ car,
who has not been identified
by police was arrested and is
facing drug charges in Pike
County.
that person is helping dtF officials, according to Pike County
Sheriff Preston Glenn.
Former Caddo Valley city
official removed as voter
By Joe May
Editor
While Caddo Valley Mayor
Alan dillavou is still fighting
efforts to remove him from
office, at least one former
town official has been barred
from holding an elective
position again.
According to Clark County
Clerk rhonda Cole, former
City Councilman Jerry
Walker has been removed
from the rolls as a qualified
elector due to a past felony
conviction. He had resigned
last year after serving on the
Caddo Valley City Council
and on the city's advertising
and promotions board.
Cole said Walker's name
was officially removed on
March 7 after a citizen notified her office of Walker's
prior felonies in texas from
the late 1990s. She said an
investigation by the Clark
County Sheriff's office confirmed the report.
See “Valley,” p. 13
Coroner reflects on case that still keeps him up at night
By Joe May
Editor
He never knew Susie
robinson in life, but Clark
County Coroner tim Welch
says that her death has given
him many sleepless nights.
robinson, a former client at
the Arkadelphia Human
development Center, had
been a resident of Courtyard
Gardens
Ị ursing
and
rehabilitation Center in
Arkadelphia for some time.
At 57, she was blind and
mentally incompetent. due
to her disability, she was not
even able to eat by herself.
on April 4, 2010, robinson
choked to death on a grilled
cheese sandwich after having
been left alone to eat her
evening meal, a breach of
protocol, Welch said.
“they cut it in half and left
her alone,” he stated, making
it plain that her death was
caused by negligence on the
part of the nursing home's
staff.
As a funeral director who
has spent the last decade
serving as coroner, Welch is
familiar with death. He's
seen murders, suicides,
drownings,
automobile
wreck victims. in his line of
work, there's not much he
hasn't seen.
“death isn't pretty,” he
noted tuesday in his office at
Welch Funeral Home in
Arkadelphia.
Yet, despite all that he's
seen over the years, only one
case has kept him up at night.
only one death still haunts
him to this day. And as
Easter appears on the horizon, he remembers anew.
Susie's robinson's death
appeared to be a typical nursing home death. A smallstatured
black
lady,
robinson had spent years at
the HdC until her declining
health forced the state to put
her in the nursing home. She
had no family left to take
care of her, Welch said.
on Easter Sunday, 2010,
Welch received a call from
Courtyard stating that a resident had passed away. it's a
call he is used to receiving.
the call on this particular
evening sounded just like
any other natural death, so
without visiting the scene
himself, he followed his
standard practice in such
cases and allowed the funeral home to pick up the body.
deputy Coroner roland
See “Case,” p. 13
By JoHN NeLSoN
SPECiAL to tHE StAỊ dArd
the Gurdon City Council
passed an ordinance Monday
night to redistrict the city to
five wards with approximately equal population in
order to comply with government regulations brought on
by the 2010 census.
Mayor Clayton Franklin
said, "Gurdon has had six
wards in the past with the
ward boundaries putting representatives over in other
wards and this got confusing.
We needed equal wards with
representatives in their own
wards.”
"We also needed wards with
around the same number of
people. this ordinance will
put us in good shape. the
City of Gurdon will provide
the press with a map as soon
as possible so the public can
see just where the new
boundaries are."
City recorder/treasurer
tambra
Childres
said
Alderman Gene Flowers is in
the only ward where the population numbers did not
change.
"But Gene's boundaries
did," Franklin agreed.
the mayor told councilmen
that they would each have to
run again for their position
snext year.
"With ordinance 12-004
now in place, we have our
redistricting with equal populations, plus or minus 5 per-
cent, in our wards, as
demanded by law," Franklin
said. "this change is good
for Gurdon."
the mayor said the newly
formed five wards have a
population of between 400
and 500 people each.
in other business, Franklin
told the council the Water
and Sewer department had
to farm out two big jobs
"which cut into our budget
but we are still in the black
$23,000." He said there was
a sewer line blocked by the
Gurdon Primary School and
a second set of sewer problems on Candy Creek.
Moreover, Councilman
Stacy Blackard (also a
banker) told the board
Southern Bancorp. has a
potential buyer for the old
grocery store building on
Main Street, "but we are
holding off on this warehouse proposal because Bill
Wright (regional manager)
wants to push for the reopening of another grocery store."
Franklin said the city has
replaced fencing by the rose
Hedge
Cemetery
on
Smithton road, which was
destroyed in an automobile
accident a month or so ago.
"our city crews have also
put new wooden picnic
tables and benches out at our
park, as we are preparing for
the annual Easter Egg Hunt,"
the mayor said. "Attendance
for that has been good."
Childres said the event "is
good for the kids in our community and we hope to continue it every year."
traditionally, the egg hunt
has been held on Saturday
before
Easter
Sunday,
around 10 a.m. at the park.
For exact details, persons
may contact City Hall.
Franklin said he felt certain
Lisa turner, from Gurdon
Public Schools, will be hosting a fishing derby later in
April at the Gurdon Pond,
next to the park. Arkansas
Game and Fish usually
stocks the pond with catfish
before the event.
As far as general stocking
of catfish, bass, brim and
See “Gurdon,” p.11
Ị ursing home
settles in death
of resident
Gurdon redraws wards following census release
Read us online for just $20 per year!
ScripTure
March 29, 2012
Suspect who fled officers arrested
Keeping watch
Joe May
i’d don’t know about you,
but i think i’ve heard the
name “treyvon Martin” way
too many times.
in case you’ve been living
in a cave lately, Martin is the
black youth who was shot by
a neighborhood watch captain in Florida.
Media reports at first made
it appear that a fresh-faced
young man was shot by an
inept cop wannabee, leading
rabble-rousers in the black
community to begin licking
their lips in anticipation of
the fun they could have with
the case.
For over a month now,
we’ve heard how George
Zimmerman shot treyvon in
cold blood while he was simply in route from the store
with his iced tea and Skittles.
But now actual details from
the police report are coming
out--and they’re being collaborated by witnesses.
Martin wasn’t shot by an
overzealous wannabee cop.
He was shot after he jumped
on the night watchman and
began punching and beating
on him.
that’s right, folks. Big
Media has been lying to us
yet again. Zimmerman’s
nose was bloodied and his
head was rammed into the
sidewalk five times not by a
fresh-faced little angel, but
rather by a little punk who
had been suspended from
school for having traces of
marijuana in his backpack.
When treyvon saw the
night watchman following
him, he doubled back and
See “editorial,” p.11
Fifty Cents
www.thesouthernstandard.com
Your Weekend Weather Forecast From The National Weather Service
Today
Tonight
Friday
Friday PM Saturday Saturday PM Sunday Sunday PM
Shell Quickboy’s Service Center
236 Highway 70 East in Glenwood
*oil Change *Mufflers *A/C service *Brakes *Alignment *Large selection of used tires, tubes & new tires *Ị ew Ị APA batteries *Ị ext day tire ordering
870-356-6060
Page 2 March 29, 2012 the Standard
death/Funeral Notices
provided As A Free Service Of This Newspaper
All obituaries are sent in by the individual funeral homes. if your loved one’s obituary
does not appear, please contact the funeral home. our fax number is 870-342-6293
Wallace duncan,
mechanic
Bob Simmons,
WWii vet
Maudine Horn,
rosboro native
Wallace duncan age 69, of
Bismarck , passed away
Sunday, March 25, 2012 at his
home. He was born March 17,
1943, the son of the late Herman
Lee and Maudie Adell Arthur
duncan. Wallace was a mechanic working at Wal-Mart tire &
Lube Store in Arkadelphia. He
was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, James
duncan, L. d. duncan, George
duncan and darrell duncan.
Survivors are his wife, Mary
duncan; his children, tonya
Compton of Hughes Springs
, texas , Holly Avery of Ft.
Leonard Wood, Missouri,
darrell duncan of Bismarck
and Herman Lee duncan of
Wichita, Kansas; three brothers, don duncan of
Jessieville, Arkansas, Melvin
duncan of Monument,
oregon and Gary duncan of
Clare, iowa; one sister, Marlene
Hodges of Bismarck; several
grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.
Graveside services were
Wednesday, March 28th at
oak Bower Cemetery near
Bismarck
with
Gary
thornton officiating. .
online guest register is
available
at
ww.ruggleswilcox.com
Bob Simmons, age 96, of
Langley, died tuesday,
March 20, 2012. He was
born on August 31, 1915, at
Langley, the son of tom and
Mary
Etta
Forrester
Simmons. on August 6,
1938, he was married to May
Bell Marsh Simmons who
preceded him in death on
october 9, 1990. He was
also preceded in death by his
parents; and three brothers,
Brook Simmons, tony
Simmons and dempsey
Simmons. He was a World
War ii Army veteran and
owned and operated a nursery. After retiring from
Allis-Chalmers as a tool and
dye maker in indiana, Bob
came home to Langley.
He is survived by two
nieces, Ị ila and Ken Lewis
of tulsa, oklahoma and
Melba Hanson of Muskogee,
oklahoma; two nephews
tom and debbie Simmons of
tipp City, ohio and Steve
Simmons
of
Elwood,
indiana; and several greatnieces and great-nephews.
Services were Saturday,
March 24, 2012, in the
Langley Hall Church with
Gerald Eaton officiating.
interment was in the
Langley Hall Cemetery
under the direction of davisSmith
Funeral
Home,
Glenwood.
Guest registry is at
www.davis-smith.com.
Maudine Horn, age 83 of
Amity, died thursday,
March 22, 2012. She was
born on February 26, 1929,
at rosboro, the daughter of
Bill and Hattie Hale
thornton. on october 6,
1950, she was married to
Clovis Horn who preceded
her in death on July 10,
1986. She was a member of
the Kirby Primitive Baptist
Church.
She is survived by three
children and their spouses,
Patsy and ricky Waggoner
of Hot Springs, Jerry and
Bonnie Horn of Amity and
Ladonna
and
darrell
Whisenhunt of Kirby; five
grandchildren; eight greatgrandchildren; one brother,
John thornton of Malvern;
and two sisters, Claudine
Capps of Hobe Sound,
Florida and Jodie Smith of
Prescott.
Saturday, March 24, 2012, in
the Bethel Cemetery with
Bobby Lock officiating.
Arrangements are under the
direction of davis-Smith
Funeral Home, Glenwood.
Lola cox,
Murfreesboro
resident
Lola Marie Cox age 59 of
Murfreesboro, died tuesday,
March 20, 2012. She was
born September 25, 1952 in
ouachita County the daughter of A. B. and Maxine
davis Cox.
Survivors include two
daughters, Jinger Martin of
Arkadelphia, Lois Schilling
of Putmanville, iỊ , three sisters, Avis Wilson of
Arkadelphia,
debbie
Hightower and Patsy Hill
both of Prescott.
Memorial services were
Saturday at the rugglesWilcox Funeral Home in
Arkadelphia with Jerry
Hightower officiating.
Sign on line guest book at
www.ruggleswilcox.com.
Johnny ritch,
Amity resident
Johnny
C a r r o l l
“Hippy” ritch,
died March 13,
2012 surrounded by family
and
friends
after a 12-year battle with
cancer.
He is survived by his
estranged wife, Alta Grace
ritch and nine children and
their spouses.
there were no services and
the body was cremated and
sent back to Ị orth Carolina
to be interred between his
parents.
carolyn Turner,
Bismarck
resident
Carolyn Ann turner, 54,
died Monday, March 19,
2012. Carolyn was born
on April 20, 1957, to Utril
Morgan
and
Ellene
Hawkins Garner in Hot
Springs. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, dale
Wayne Garner and Gary
Bruce Garner and a niece,
Mary Garner.
Survivors include her husband of forty years Leo
turner of Bismarck; two
sons, Leo turner, Jr., and
his wife America of
Searcy and Joey turner of
Bismark; one daughter,
Shelia Booker of Austin,
tX; three sisters, Ị elda
Garner and her husband
Bobby of Compton, CA,
rita Garner of Hot
Springs and Jan ray and
her husband don of
Cherokee Village; nine
grandchildren, one greatgrandchild and a host of
nieces, nephews, cousin,
and numerous friends.
Per Carolyn’s request
there will be no funeral
services. Cremation services
provided
by
Williams Funeral Home.
ray davis, ip retiree
ray davis, age 91, of Amity, died Monday, March 26, 2012.
He was born on May 21, 1920, at Amity, the son of Andy and
dora Garner davis. He was preceded in death by his wife,
Cecil davis; his son, Charles davis; and his daughter,
rebecca Hancock. He was retired from international Paper
Company.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Jean and
Marvin Golden of Alpine; his son, Kenneth davis of Amity;
four grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three greatgreat-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Services were thursday, March 29, 2012, in the davis-Smith
Funeral Home Chapel in Glenwood with Keith Howell officiating.
interment was in the Jones Cemetery under the direction of
davis-Smith Funeral Home, Glenwood.
Guest registry is at www.davis-smith.com.
Naye Hipps,
Gables owner
Ị aye Shepherd Hipps
passed away Monday, March
26th in twin rivers Health
and rehabilitation Center in
Arkadelphia. Born July 19,
1925 in dalark, the daughter
of Archie Loyd and Lou Ena
donahue reynolds, she is
preceded in death by her first
husband, Connie Shepherd,
her parents and two brothers
olen and Jewell reynolds.
She was a member of the
dalark Methodist Church
and attended services at the
degray Baptist Church.
Survivors include: her
husband Bill Hipps of
degray, daughter Avonne
and Bill Petty of delight, son
Bud and Charlotte Shepherd
of Arkadelphia, stepdaughter
Jo Carol and John reeder of
Arkadelphia, and stepson
Kevin Hipps of Conway, sister Gladys Lemons of
Sheridan, and brother Carl
reynolds of dalark; six
grandchildren; seven great
grandchildren; one greatgreat-grandson; and a host of
extended family and friends.
Ị aye and her husband
Connie Shepherd operated
Gables
restaurant
in
Arkadelphia between 1946
and 1971. A 50 year member of the Arkadelphia
Chapter of the order of the
Eastern Star of Arkansas, she
served as Worthy Matron, and
was deputy Grand Lecturer,
along with other duties.
Funeral services were
thursday in the ruggles Wilcox Chapel with robert
Langley, Marvin Pate, and
david Young officiating.
Burial was in the delamar
Cemetery near Manning.
in lieu of flowers the family
requests donations may be
made to the delamar
Cemetery Fund, c/o donnie
denton, 2228 Ị . Hwy 7,
Sparkman, Ar 71743. Sign
online guest book at
www.ruggleswilcox.com.
2005 Chrysler Town and
Country, new car trade-in,
local owner! edward Motor
Company, Inc. 600 Malvern,
Hot Springs, 800-644-9909,
501-623-9909. edwardmotorcompany.com.
Bobby Miles,
logger
Leonard cogburn,
preacher
Lester Sitzes,
dentist
Bobby Joe Miles, age 83, of
Glenwood, died Friday,
born on october 6, 1928 at
Glenwood, the son of Ed
and Effie Hendon Miles. on
February 4, 1952, he was
married to Sarah Vaught. He
was preceded in death by his
parents; and three siblings,
dr. Leroy Miles, Jerrylene
Vaughn and Billy Gene
Miles. A United States Army
veteran, he was a retired logger and farrier.
He is survived by his wife,
Sarah Miles; two daughters,
Paula (Jeff) Walkowiak and
Anita (Chris) Hill all of
Glenwood; three grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren; and
several nieces and nephews.
Services were Monday,
March 26, 2012 in the davisSmith Funeral Home Chapel
in Glenwood with Jack
Herring officiating.
interment was in the Bethel
Cemetery.
Leonard McKinley
Cogburn, Jr., age 70, of
Caddo Gap, died thursday,
born on April 3, 1941 at
Board Camp, the son of
Leonard McKinley Cogburn,
Sr. and Willie Belle dilbeck
Cogburn. on october 18,
1957, he was married to
Wanda Alexander. He served
as a Pentecostal minister for
over 40 years and retired as a
truck driver. He and his wife,
Wanda, would team drive
across the United States.
He is survived by his wife,
Wanda Cogburn of Caddo
Gap; five sons and their
spouses, Charles Cogburn of
Caddo Gap, david and dena
Cogburn of oden, randy
and Lisa Cogburn of Caddo
Gap, Leon Cogburn of Black
Springs and daniel and
Angela
Cogburn
of
Crawfordsville,
indiana;
three daughters and their
spouses, Betty and Arlin
Sykes of Malvern, Mary and
Buddy McClard of Magnet
Cove and Sarah and tracy
Harris of Amity; 32 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; his sister, Faye Hamner
of Caddo Gap; and several
nieces and nephews.
Services were Sunday,
March 25, 2012 in the davisSmith Funeral Home Chapel
in Glenwood with danny
tillery officiating.
interment was in the Gaston
Cemetery.
dr. Lester Milam Sitzes Jr.
of Hope died Saturday,
March 24th 2012 in the
Heart Hospital in Little
rock. He was born March
4th, 1930 in Beirne, to
Lester Milam Sitzes Sr. and
Myrtle Wooldridge Sitzes.
He is preceded in death by
his parents, his sister Erselle
, his wife of 55 years Barbara
Ann Sitzes and his daughterin-law Cathy Sitzes. dr.
Sitzes
graduated
from
Gurdon High School and
then attended ouachita
Baptist College earning a
Bachelor of Science degree
at Baylor University. He
completed his studies at St.
Louis College of dentistry in
1956. dr. Sitzes and family
then returned home to
Gurdon to practice dentistry.
in March 1963 dr. Sitzes
moved his practice to Hope.
For the next 28 years he
served the area full time and
another four on a part time
basis. dr. Sitzes and his
family joined the First
Baptist Church in 1963. He
served as the assistant and
interim song director of the
church for many years. dr.
Sitzes served on the Hope
City Board, was president of
the Gurdon and Hope
Chamber of Commerces and
the rotary Clubs. He was a
member of the Arkansas
State dental Association
Executive Board and was the
State President in 1972-73.
He is survived by his sons
dr. Lester Sitzes, iii and
Marilyn of Hope, dr. donald
Sitzes and denise of
Ị ashville, Arkansas and dr.
david Sitzes and rhonda of
Bella Vista; nine grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.
tuesday, March 27, 2012 at
10 a.m. at First Baptist
Church of Hope. interment
will follow at Memory
Gardens Cemetery.
the family wishes for memorials to be made to the Boy Scout
troop 5 building fund or First
Baptist Church of Hope.
charlene
Johnson, Kirby
resident
Charlene Cowart Johnson,
age 91, of Kirby, died
Saturday, March 24, 2012.
She was born on August 10,
1920 at Kirby, the daughter
of Joseph Edmond "Ed" and
Arrie orrick Cowart. on
June 14, 1941, she was married to Elmer Johnson who
preceded her in death on
August 13, 1989. She was
also preceded in death by her
parents; her sister, Lorene
Cockrell; and six brothers,
doyle Cowart, thurston
Cowart, delton Cowart,
Hurcil Cowart, Milton
Cowart and Lindon Cowart.
She was a member of the
Bethlehem
Missionary
Baptist Church.
She is survived by her
nieces and nephews.
Monday, March 26, 2012 in
the Bear Creek Cemetery with
Bobby Golden officiating.
Arrangements are under the
direction of davis-Smith
Funeral Home, Glenwood.
Henry Boagni,
Murfreesboro
resident
Henry Adams Boagni, age
66, of Murfreesboro, Ar,
died on Wednesday, March
21, 2012 in Ị ashville. He
was born on February 12,
1946 in opelousas, LA the
son of Kenneth, Sr. and
Helen (Garland) Boagni.
Survivors include: his wife,
Cara
Boagni
of
Murfreesboro; three sons,
Henry Adam Boagni, Jr. of
and Andrew Boagni, both of
Lafayette, LA, and Michael
Anthony Boagni of Baton
rouge, LA; one daughter,
Heather Boagni Wells of
Panama City Beach, FL; one
brother, Kenneth Boagni, Jr.
of opelousas, LA; and five
grandchildren.
Memorial services were
Monday, March 26, 2012 in
the First United Methodist
Church in Murfreesboro,
with James Wainscott officiating, under the direction of
Latimer Funeral Home of
Murfreesboro.
You may send an online
sympathy
message
to
www.latimerfuneralhome.com
Glenwood Mini Storage
rolling prices back!
10x12, only $40/month;
10x20, only $55/month.
Call 870-356-4848
Bo Taylor,
Sparkman native
James Edwin "Bo' taylor
age 75 of Sparkman died
Friday, March 23, 2012 in
Little rock. He was born
February 7, 1937 in
Sparkman the son of James
and
Helen
Caldwell
deLaughter taylor. (Bo still
lived in the same house
where he was born.) Bo
attended the University of
Arkansas and graduated
from
Henderson
State
University with a degree in
chemistry. After graduation
he worked with a seismograph crew in oil exploration
in texas, oklahoma, and
Wyoming. He resigned to
come home and farm. Bo
was active in Farm Bureau
and soil conservation in
dallas County. He was a volunteer fireman where he
served as chief for a number
of years and was head of the
Sparkman
Cemetery
Committee. He was a member of the Sparkman United
Methodist Church for 66 years
where he served as Sunday
School Superintendant for
many years. Bo was preceded in death by a nephew,
John taylor.
Survivors include one
brother, dr. George d.
taylor and his wife Jeannie
of Frisco, tX, one nephew,
Benjamin taylor of Ị ew
York City, one niece,
Jennifer taylor Gunnin and
her husband Mark of dallas,
tX, one great nephew, John
Charles Gunnin, one great
niece, Mary Grace Gunnin,
several cousins and a host of
friends.
Monday in the Sparkman
United Methodist Church
with royce Savage and
robert Langley officiating.
Burial was in the Sparkman
Cemetery.
in lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to the
Sparkman United Methodist
Church c/o opal taylor or
the Sparkman Cemetery
Fund c/o Patricia Wright.
Joe Golden,
reynolds retiree
Joe t. Golden, Jr., age 93, of
Magnet Cove passed away
thursday, March 22, 2012 at
ridgewood Health and
rehab in Benton. He was
born in Arkadelphia on May
24, 1918 to Joe and oza
Golden, Sr. Joe was a retired
electrician at reynolds
Aluminum where he worked
for over 30 years. He was a deacon and Sunday School teacher
at First Southern Baptist Church
of Magnet Cove. Preceding him
in death are his parents; wife,
Alice Geneva Golden; and
daughter-in-law Louise Golden.
Survivors include his sons,
John Golden and wife Marie
of Ị ashville, tỊ
and
Kenneth Golden and wife
Jan of Clarksville; brother,
oscar Golden of Benton; sisters, Janette Melton of
richmond, VA and Catherine
Graham of Jonesboro; four
grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
Sunday, March 25th at
2:00pm in regency Chapel
with oscar Golden officiating.
interment was in rest Haven
Cemetery in Arkadelphia.
in lieu of flowers donations
can be made to First
Southern Baptist Church of
Magnet Cove, 142 Magnet
School road, Malvern, Ar,
72104.
Arrangements are by
regency Funeral Home. You
may sign the guest book at
regencyfuneralhome.com.
the Standard March 29, 2012 Page 3
The Standard
Lo cal Happen in gs
point cedar News
the merry month of
March has almost passed
into history. Sunday will be
the first of April and is Palm
Sunday. According to tradition, Jesus rode into
Jerusalem on a donkey and
followers spread palm
branches in His bath to indicate that a dignitary was
arriving in triumph. today,
Christians often burn these
palms and preserve the ashes
for use in the following
year's celebration of Ash
Wednesday, which marks the
beginning of Lent. Good
Friday is April 6.
date
April Fool's "day
( %may
$%) (!
to the 16th, century when the
Gregorian Calendar was
introduced. Prior to 1582,
Ị ew Year's day was moved
to January 1 where it
remained. Since news traveled very slowly, those who
did not know about the
change, continued to celebrate in the old way. Still
others,
upon
learning,
refused to change and
became known as “fools,”
which may have been the
beginning of April Fool's
day.
George Frederic Handel's
Messiah was originally an
Easter offering (although
made
famous
at
Christmastime). it was performed in dublin on April
13, 1749. Handel was born
in Hallo, Germany, was a
boy genius at age eleven, and
died in 1759 at age 74.
When the piece made its
London debut with Britain's
King George ii in attendance, at the opening notes
of the Hallelujah Chorus, the
King stood, either moved by
the music or as some have
suggested, he was partially
deaf and mistook the opening notes for beginning of
Britain's national anthem. in
any event, Messiah fans continue the tradition to this day.
NoRMa
BLaNToN
Handel considered it a
Lenten piece. the third and
=7.
"*0.
final section focuses on resurrection and life eternal,
proclaiming Christ's triumph
over sin and death.
Larue and Loyd Hall have
not heard any more from
Katie Lou (Pitts) and her
husband. Maybe if there
aren't too many thunderstorms between the east
coast and here, they will
replan the visit.
too many Point Cedar people have had recent hospitalization for back surgery,
knee surgery, a red-do on
knee surgery, cancer complication sand Alzheimer conditions. Bob Lambert's vision
is improving after a doctor
visit and treatment for macular degeneration. Maybe the
warmer weather will make
everyone better.
Best wishes to the group in
Arkadelphia who are developing the new University
Plaza on Ị orth 10th Street.
Vision Quest was formed in
March 2007 and purchased
the old building. there will
be more available parking
spaces than anywhere else in
Clark County. one of the
group of five is Keith L.
runyan, originally from the
Sweet Home Community.
the 1940 decennial Census
will be released on April2 by
Ị ational Archives
the
records
administration.
About 125 million of these
surveyed are still alive. the
Ị ame index has not been
completed, so research may
be difficult for newcomers.
“Finding Your roots” on
PBS channels began on
March 25.
Last thursday, there were
parades in indonesia to
observe the Balinese Hindus
Ị ew Year. they observed a
day of silence. i never will
understand all the excitement
over fireworks and noise.
i telephoned Florene
Goolsby Sunday afternoon,
but she and Lavern Ashley
were visiting. We're glad
that Lavern is better.
Florene continues to teach
art classes at the Sweet
Home Church every 2nd and
4th thursdays at 2pm. Some
make beautiful cards. the
last class was for a different
format.
the Jewish holiday
Passover to commemorate
the deliverance of the
ancient Hebrews from
slavery in Egypt begins
on April 7.
opal Shuffield, 85, of
Bismarck, died on March
20. She was predeceased
by her parents, George
and Anna thomas Cook,
husband C.o. Shuffield
and two son-in-laws.
Survivors include a son,
Shawn
Shuffield
(Michelle) of Malvern,
two daughters, delores
Groves of Malvern and
Cecelia Weatherford of
Bismarck and grandchildren. Services were in the
deroche MBC with burial in Valley Cemetery.
2000 Isuzu Rodeo 4dr SUV,
2wd burnt change.edward
Motor Co., Inc. 600 Malvern
Hot Springs 1-800-644-9909,
501-623-9909. edwardmotorcompany.com
2003 GMC Sierra, LWB,
pearl white! $8,995! See John
@ edward Motor Company,
Inc. 306 airport Road, Hot
Springs 1-800-644-9909, 501623-9909. edwardmotorcompany.com
1999 Ford F-250 super-cab SD,
low miles, excellent condition! See
John @ edward Motor
Company, Inc. 306 airport Road,
Hot Springs 1-800-644-9909,
GOT GOLD?
EZ
2000 Dodge Durango SUV,
4DR, 88K miles, navy blue!
edward Motor Company, Inc.
600 Malvern, Hot Springs.
800-644-9909, 501-623-9909.
edwardmotorcompany.com
2005 Mercy Grand Marquis
Se 92K Maroon with gray
interior.
Auto Insurance
of Arkadelphia
INc
We shop our companies for the best rate!
PReFeRReD & HIGH RISK DRIVeRS
Beat the
clock special
every Monday night from
5-7:30pm, your order time
is your price for a large,
one-topping pizza!
%*' %# %,$ , " '
(WY.ORTHs"ENTON!2
5+ 53))5 ,0 3-%().2+,%
)NTHEFORMER-OVIE'ALLERY
2/
South Central arkansas
electric Cooperatives, Inc.
114 Main in arkadelphia
Violation of a protection order and terroristic
threatening
was
reported on S. Austin
Street.
Clark
County
Sheriff's office
March 26
domestic disturbance was reported on
red Springs road.
Ethan C. Balch, 23,
was arrested for failure to
comply.
Zachariah Benedict,
34, was arrested for
domestic abuse.
March 25
david oliver Burton,
32, was arrested for dWi,
driving on a suspended
license and no seatbelt.
Louis Edward
Buckley, 55, was arrested
for dWi and speeding.
March 24
terroristic threatening was reported on
Killingsworth road.
domestic disturbance was reported on
Conant road.
domestic battery
was reported on Lower
Lake road.
david Wayne
Wooldridge, 35, was
arrested for two counts of
failure to appear.
Johnathan thomas,
28, was arrested for failure to comply.
March 23
Brandon
d.
Simpson, 27, 121 texas
road, was picked up on a
warrant.
Ị uisance dog was
reported on Callaway
road.
Brian Keith deaton,
37, was arrested for dWi
and careless and prohibited driving.
March 22
theft was reported
on Central road.
theft was reported
on texas road.
Ị uisance dog was
reported on Curtis road.
Quinton Martell
Kennedy, 21, was arrested on a bond revocation.
William Alfred
Vickers, 45, was arrested
for failure to appear.
Kevin d. Cook, 30,
was arrested for possession of a controlled substance.
Christopher devon
Penny, 21, was arrested
for a probation revocation
and failure to appear.
March 21
theft was reported
in Antoine.
domestic battery
was reported on Highway
8 West.
Calvin tidwell, 55,
was arrested for dWi,
careless and prohibited
driving and no seat belt.
Cassandra L. Lock,
35, was arrested for
domestic battery.
Low monthly & down payments
CASH 4 GOLD
870-246-6701
Note-All known arrests are recorded
in this space. The newspaper will not
under any circumstances withhold
anyone’s name. please do not ask. A
warrant or a
ticket is also considered an arrest,
whether there was jail time served or
not.
2707 West Pine 870-246-4422
RAZORBACK
Your Local energy partner
“oBSeRVe eLeCTRICaL SaFeTy”
arkadelphia Police
Department
March 26
Criminal trespass
was reported on Pine
Street.
Johnny J. russey,
29, 2510 Country Club
road, was arrested for
violation of a no-contact
order.
Chase Scoggins, 19,
218 S. Austin Street, was
arrested for disorderly
conduct and criminal
trespass.
residential burglary
and theft was reported on
Ị . 9th Street.
March 25
theft was reported
on twin rivers drive.
Myron Shorts, 51,
318 Ị . Clark Street, was
arrested for disorderly
conduct and domestic
abuse.
March 22
Leaving the scene of
an accident was reported
on Caddo Street.
Forgery was reported
at a Pine Plaza Shopping
Center business.
disorderly conduct
was reported at Wal-Mart.
terence Lamont
robinson,
22,
Little
rock, was arrested for
disorderly conduct.
Accident was reported on Westmont Circle.
Accident was reported at a W.P. Malone drive
business.
March 21
Criminal mischief
was reported on Country
Club road.
Breaking and entering, financial identity
fraud and theft was
reported on Pine Street.
March 20
terroristic threatening was reported on
Walnut Street.
theft was reported
on Ị . 10th Street.
agent/owner: Kim Ursery
agent: Robin Frisby
WE PAY MORE CASH
FOR YOUR GOLD!
Paying more CASH
for your unwanted,
worn, and broken
gold than anyone
in this area
10(%:
3,(%:
%/
501-778-4776
Police Blotter
(each additional topping .99)
JeReMy’S SPoRTS SToP
amity 870-342-5210
Got News?
Call the Standard
for fair coverage
Big trees!
Great location!
Big kitchen!
Call 877762-2160
Page 4 the Standard, March 29, 2012
Daniel
Gardner
E D I TO R I A L S
Political
columnist
Question of
federal force
The fever to roam...
A friend of mine stopped
by while i was working on
one of my computers the
other day and we spent a little time on the front porch.
douglas told me he was
about to get fishing fever,
the fever to roam away from
home at dawn and enjoy the
side of a pond - rod and reel
in hand...
Even if you don't catch a
fish, the temperatures of 80
degrees high, 55 degrees low
have got to represent some
of the most perfect weather
this writer can imagine. our
illustrious weather predictors are telling us we will
have plenty of sunshine to
follow up last week's rainy
season for the better part of
the next seven days.
By the time you read
this, the fever will have
taken me too. i can already
feel the transformation on
this Sunday morning. i do
have the blues mobile back.
it turns out the problem was
an electric fan motor and
sensor to make it come on.
the transmission seal was
not busted. the transmission
fluid simply boiled over the
overflow from being too hot
and the thermostat guess was
flat wrong too. that is why
Sonny, Jeff and Chuck do
my mechanicing and i try to
just make up ads and write stories that can be wrapped around
"award winning" photos. We all
have our nich. Being a mechanic is not mine. But i sure do love
to drive cars and throw magazines at unsuspecting guard
dogs.
So i got a car to go fishing in with nobody to tell me
when to start or stop. this
could be good. i have high
hopes of banking a few dollars the next few days for the
Easter issue's printing and
maybe being able to coast
one day this week. i like
Wednesday myself. time
will tell. it does look like a
perfect day weather wise.
So let's see what we gain
by going to the bank from
the sales route, ending up on
a lake with worms and fishing poles and never coming
back to work that day. Hmm.
First of all, i think i will get
the worms and the banking
over with the night before.
And i think i will disappear
about the time i occasionally
go to the park for an early
morning walk. that way i
can be there for the birds
John
Nelson
Columnist
singing and the other natural
sounds that occur when a
lake or pond wakes up in the
early morning.
i am a man who talks too
much. i freely admit it. i
seem to have words flowing
out of me all of the time.
that is good, since at least
part of my living is made
from my writings. the
words are better off to fall
from my fingers than from
my lips. that way they fill
up pages instead of the air. i
feel that way when at the
Gurdon Pond too, or where
ever i end up fishing on an
early spring morning. i may
venture over to White oak,
just not sure yet. But me and
my words will go somewhere.
the nice thing about keeping
silent while out there fishing is
the words still flow through my
brain and i let the birds, the
frogs and the fish do the
talking. Later i will hopefully type out my early morning
observations and let you feel the
beauty of nature that i know
will be there.
i also have an obligation
to scout out a great spot midweek anyway because my
grandson Josh, who was sick
with some cold virus this
past weekend, as was his little sister rayne, will probably be at my side on
Saturday doing some exploring of his own. i need to go
mid-week you see, as otherwise Grandpa might not be
as good of a guide...
So suppose i go to where
the brim, bass and catfish are
biting? if so, i will bring
some fish home and get
them cooked about the time i
get good and hungry in the
middle of the afternoon or
along toward evening. it has
been said that a bad day fishing
still beats a good day working.
this, my friends, even for those
of us with careers we love... is
sadly true. So saddle up, as the
politicians say, and get ready for
your favorite spring activity.
if you pass by Gurdon
pond early in the morning
and you happen to see a
1995 light blue Ford taurus
parked near the water, honk
at me as you are going off to
your job or your favorite
escape.
Pharmacy
Pharmacy & Your Health
Health
WooDaRD DRUG
Wayne Padgett, P.D.
870-356-2193
Hours: 8:30am-5:30pm Mon-Fri.
8:30am-noon Sat.
210 e. Broadway in Glenwood
Treatments for Low Sodium
The syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion
(SIADH) occurs when antidiuretic hormone (ADH, also known as vasopressin) retains water. Hyponatremia (low sodium) is a consequence of
the condition, characterized by an inadequate amount of sodium in the
body. The condition can occur when the body retains too much water,
resulting in a diluted concentration of sodium in the body. Symptoms
include headache, nausea, weakness, restlessness, and seizures. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor medicines, such as citalopram (Celexa)
and paroxetine (Paxil) may lead to hyponatremia. Hydrochlorothiazide is
a diuretic medication that can also lead to an inadequate amount of sodium in the body.
Persons with hyponatremia may be advised to limit fluid intake. Sodium chloride, in the form of intravenous saline or salt tablets taken by
mouth, may be prescribed. A loop diuretic, such as furosemide (Lasix)
may be beneficial when taken along with salt tablets, as this medication
increases the excretion of water. Vasopressin receptor antagonist medications work to improve water excretion, without affecting sodium excretion. Tolvaptan (Samsca) is a vasopressin receptor antagonist that is
taken by mouth, while conivaptan (Vaprisol) is administered intravenously for persons in the hospital.
Spring has sprung . . . spring into
action . . . spring into life
What’s eating my pansy
blooms? i’ve never noticed
this happening before. For
several days a bumblebee
flew between flower beds
(separated by a concrete
apron and path). it never
seemed to land, though later
(the first day of spring), it
attached itself to the outer,
lower blue bloom of the
vinca vine. Why wouldn’t it
have gone down inside the
bloom?
Another question: (but i
think i know the answer). An
iris bed --with full sun and
nearby yucca plants--had
exquisite and multiple
blooms. However, irises in a
bed in the curve of the driveway—for the second year in
a row—have not bloomed. i
wonder if the pink dogwood
is providing too much shade.
Also, a small redbud has
sprouted and for the second
year, is blooming.
After reading in several sites
about iris, it seems that this
little bit of shade is not the
culprit after all. it is recommended that iris be separated
every three or four years.
How about thirty or forty
years since these have been
dug up and replanted?
Perhaps that’s my next step. i
can use more of the 50
pounds of sand i bought!
Another problem is that one
year, i bought two burning
Shades
of Home
by
Pat Laster
bush plants and a small holly
bush. By planting time, they
were still in their nursery
containers. one burning
bush i put at the west property line, and the other, alas, i
dug in next to the concrete
porch on the southeast. ditto
with the holly, only at another place in the same bed.
through the next several
years, i failed to move them
to a better location and now,
they both stand about four
feet tall. the holly spread
into a lushly-bloomed azalea, forcing me to trim the
new growth. to heel in the
new cuttings, i dug a bed (or
a trench) next to the nonblooming iris bed, amended
the dirt with potting soil and
sand. on the second day
after planting them, the rains
came. We shall see.
during spring break, Kid
Billy was invited to spend
two days at his Aunt Jenn’s
home in Conway. She
agreed—they texted back
and forth—that i could send
her rootings of tansy and
lamb’s ear. But i added a
clump of oxalis and two
small gardenias for good
measure.
Poet’s Corner
LoCKeD UP
i've got a thirty-eight-yearold mind
locked up in this seventyeight-year-old body.
And when this aged body is
carried off its last time
tot he cemetery, my mind,
when it's locked up in that
wooden box, will be crying
out, “Ị ot yet!”
You see, there are yet a
thousand girls to tease,
ten thousand cups of coffee
to drink,
and a million prayers to
plead.
Ị ot yet, for i'm still too
young to die.
i've got one more poem to
write!
Yet, i know that i must go to
my Savior,
Ferny-foliaged tansy fills
bare spots in beds, but
becomes invasive. Greyleaved, velvety lamb’s ear
bloom seeds fall out into the
yard and take root. oxalis
spreads, too, so i was glad to
share some with her. i may
have to make new beds here
and there; i’ve given plants
away, too. they can be transplanted easily. Email me or
go to my blog(s) if you want
some.
A little history before this
next graf: i always wanted a
holly tree. So, when i married (the late) Mr. Laster, two
of my women friends gave
me one as a wedding gift. i
planted it at the house we
lived in—his late parents’
home. When the marriage
didn’t take, he refused my
plea that i get the new tree.
So, once again, i had no
holly tree.
Six years ago, when we
moved to Couchwood, KB
noticed a holly at a nursery.
He “bought” it for me—perhaps it was my birthday. or
Mother’s day. i planted it at
the northeast corner of the
house. But i made the common mistake of planting it
too close to the foundation.
today, it strong-arms the
nearby gardenia and azaleas.
once again to the pruning
shears.
Bob Palmer, editor
and He will give me a new body
to accompany this young
mind
and i will have an eternity
to write
a million more poems!
turn between here and there.
oh, Holy one of israel!
But man must always lose
We should all prepare for that
so individual day when
we take our last breath!
death is the great divider,
it divides us from living,
divides the sheep from the
goats,
sheep find pastures in
Heaven,
goats take hold of Hell,
and Hell hath on pleasures!
if you don't want Hell,
then seek Jesus Christ Who
hath the only way to
Heaven.
i have possessed His love
for sixty years while fighting
off this earth's hells!
i've done my three score and
ten-plus,
yet, how many more pluses
are there?
i believe we Believers will
not live to see
one score more before we
are called away!
We have too choices; death
with hope,
or a hopeless death, a hope
of faith or
a fate of hopelessness, BUt
it's your choice!
if this should be my last
poem ever,
who else might plead God's
plan for you?
-BP
Founded February 1, 1996
the Standard
“Publish and set up a standard; publish and conceal not...” (Jeremiah 50:2)
JOE MAY
KRISTIE MAY
Editor & Publisher
Managing Editor/Bookkeeper
Published each Thursday by
May Publishing Company
P.O. Box 171, Amity, AR 71921
8703425007 FAX 8703426293
email: [email protected]
Subscriptions: $25..00 per year in Clark, Pike,
Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery & Howard Counties;
$28 per year elsewhere in Arkansas; $30 out of state.
Periodical postage paid at Amity under USPS permit 0177575. Postmaster: send address changes to the above
address.
All unsolicited items are sent to the newspaper at the owner’s risk. Community items and letters to the editor are welcomed. No libelous or obscene material will be
accepted. The management of this newspaper reserves the right to edit or reject any or all submissions or advertisements. Opinions expressed in this newspaper are
not always the opinion of the newspaper nor its management. Entire contents copyrighted. Reproduction without permission is prohibited.
this week the U.S. Supreme Court
is taking up one of the most – if not
the most – consequential cases in
the history of the United States
when it hears arguments over
whether the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act is constitutional.
one of the key arguments is
whether the federal government has
the constitutional authority to force
individuals to purchase something
from private businesses or to pay a
penalty for not buying something
we don’t want to buy…in this case
health insurance.
to most laymen, this is a no-brainer. Should the federal government
have the power to force you to purchase…healthy food? How about
forcing you to buy a gym membership? or, what if the federal government could force you to purchase a diet meal plan? All of these
purchases would be intended for
your own good, of course.
to top off this power, what if the
federal government said if you
don’t purchase one of the above,
then you must pay a penalty? You
may not want to purchase any of the
above, or you may not be able to
purchase any of the above.
Ị evertheless, what if the federal
government said in effect, “too
bad. You have to purchase one of
these things or you have to pay the irS a
penalty every year until you buy one
of the things we tell you to buy.”
At this point in the argument you
may be wondering, “Who in the
world would be so audacious to
pass such a law in the first place?”
Well, the democrats in Washington
passed this legislation in 2010 and
President obama signed the bill
into law March 23, 2010. Ị o
republicans voted for this law.
Ị ow you know.
Frankly, i don’t like either
republicans or democrats because
both parties have gotten us into so
many messes i’d like to get rid of
them all. We’d be better off selecting names randomly from telephone pages and asking people to
serve as our representatives in
Washington. But, in this particular
case the republicans demonstrated
more common sense than
democrats even if it was to spite them.
Curiously, the tenth Amendment is
the part of the Constitution under
the Court’s scrutiny. it reads, “the
powers not delegated to the United
States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are
reserved to the States respectively,
or to the people.” i say “curiously”
because it seems obvious this
amendment gives rights to the states
and we the people that are not
explicitly given to the federal government. one would think! i mean,
where in the Constitution is the part
about health care?
the other major part of the
Constitution that plays a leading
role in this case is the so-called
“commerce clause” otherwise
known as Article 1, Section 8,
Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution,
which reads, “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and
among the several states, and with
the indian tribes….”
So, here’s the rub: if you purchase
health insurance from a company
that does business in multiple states,
the federal government has the
authority to regulate your purchase.
What if you haven’t purchased
health insurance? then, the federal
government cannot regulate something you have not done. that’s
why this law is particularly onerous! the federal government is
forcing you to buy something you
don’t want to buy so it can regulate
what you buy, how much you pay,
and what you get for your money.
And that, my friends, is the crux of
the matter the Supreme Court is
hearing this week: Can the federal
government force us to buy anything it wants us to buy even if we
don’t want to?
Health and wealth: Think balance
Many people quickly aban- “spend less pike county Agent’s
you are burning Changing just one habit can
column
don resolutions to improve and
save
off. the good have an enormous impact.
their health and increase more.”
news is small For example, replacing a
their wealth. one reason is
Energy balsteps are all that workday doughnut habit
:9?8. 736.
06+@9</.
03=2 0366/>
the negative
feelings
that
ance+,9?>
is the38-2 >23-5 Cooperative Extension
are needed to with an English muffin could
>+,6/=:998=
accompany words
like ,?>>/<
diet 9<d7+<1+<38/
i f f e r e n 7/6>/.
ce
reverse the trend. save 350 calories a day or 91,000
Family & Consumer Science Agent
>+,6/=:998 6/798
4?3-/ the
and budget. immediately,
between
Losing 10 pounds calories annually which adds up
>/+=:998
=+6> you consume from in a year can be done with exer- to 26 pounds of weight loss in a
we think of cut back, cut out
energy
>/+=:998
:+:<35+
and can’t along with denial, food and beverages and the cise, less eating, or a combina- year. Similarly, 45 minutes of
deprivation and don’t. energy that your body burns tion of the two.
brisk (mph) walking burns up
those words alone can in physical activity. this Here are some examples:
about 244 calories. if this is done
prompt us into resisting energy is measured in calo- Add 15 minutes of brisk-?:
walkday, 89,060 extra calories
every
,?>>/<
7/6>/.
making a change.
ries. the math is pretty sim- ing (one mile at 4 mph)
daily
to
are
burned
in a year. this trans4+<
9D -+<+7/6 >9::381
Positive behavior changes ple. Each pound of stored burn off 100-+<>98
calories. 1+6698 @+8366+
a
weight loss
lates into
,/+8 one-year
3-/ -</+7
aren’t about making big sac- body fat represents 3,500
Make dietary modifications,
of
25
pounds.
Calories
do count.
-?:= 038/6C =2</../. -9-98?>
?8>36 03=2 06+5/= /+=36C A3>2
rifices. rather they’re about calories. in order to lose one such as eliminating
a tablespoon
When you>9::381
look at finance, there
-98>+38/<
9D A23::/.
0
balance and tradeoffs. pound, a person must eat of butter -?:
or soft388+798
drink to cut
100
a
popular
“if your
is
(9+=> <?8-2F -/</+6saying:
?8-<?=2/.
Whether it’s the “energy bal- 3,500 fewer calories, burn calories.
outgo exceeds your income, then
ance” involved with weight 3,500 calories through exer- Walk briskly (4 mph) for 10 min- your upkeep will be your downmanagement or the “money cise, or better still, combine utes and eat half a slice of bread fall.” Cash flow is the relationbalance” involved with man- calorie reductions with phys- or drink half a can of soda.
ship between income and
aging personal finances, the ical activity. For sustained
Some common activities and expenses, including savings for
process is the same: you weight loss, it is recom- number of calories that can be future goals such as retirement.
need to balance intake and mended that no more than burned per hour by a person Your cash flow should be a posoutgo.
two pounds (7,000 calories) weighing 150 pounds: bicycling itive number because this means
to lose weight, you must be lost per week.
5 mph (174), bicycling 13 mph you are living below your
maintain a Ị egative energy Between 1960 and 2002, the (612), dancing (210), golfing means. if you continually spend
balance by burning off more average U. S. men’s and without a cart (324), light house- more than you earn, you will
calories with exercise and women’s weight increased work (246), tennis (312), and have a negative cash flow. As a
daily activity than you con- from 166 to 191 pounds and walking 2 mph (198).
result, you will eventually go
sume. to save money, you from 140 to 164 pounds
Some commonly eaten foods broke. there are three ways to
need positive cash flow respectively. on average, that contain 100 calories include achieve positive cash flow:
which means having income people consume 800,000 to 1 tbsp. mayonnaise, 1 tbsp butter, increase income, decrease
greater than expenses.
900,000 calories per year. if 8 oz. cola beverage, 8 oz. beer, 6 expenses, or a combination of
despite lots of marketing you’ve found yourself to 7 French fries, 1 and one-half the two. Generally, it is easier to
hype, there are no magic steadily gaining weight, your tbsp. salad dressing, 8 to 9 medi- decrease expenses.
tickets to weight loss and energy balance is “out of um potato chips, 3 tbsp coffee
recipes come from
saving money other than “eat balance” because you are cream, 1 medium-sized cook- Cooking with Extension—
less and exercise more” and taking in more calories than ie, 5 oz. wine, 2 and one-half recipes for Eating Smart
cups popcorn with oil, 2 and Moving More. Chicken
snack size candy bars and 1 Quesadillas uses an electric
slice bread.
skillet so this dish can be
Substitutions are another made at a camping site or in
98/
kenny mcgrew› herald
way to save 100 (or more) a classroom. Super Stir Fry
A
calories. Use water-packed could also be made in an
8 3>= :6+-/ A+=
tuna instead of oil-packed electric skillet so again you
+
9A 7?=>
and 1% or 2% milk instead can make this at a camp site
9A
of whole milk. Low-fat or or even in the back yard.
A
reduced-fat foods and condiChicken Quesadillas
ments can also help reduce
1 cup chopped, cooked
8 9?< <+1/
caloric intake.
chicken
A
2 tablespoons chunky salsa
one-fourth cup chopped
white onion
Ị on-stick cooking spray
one-fourth cup canned
chopped green chili peppers
one-half cup Monterey
Jack/Colby cheese, shredded
4 flour tortillas (10 inches)
Preheat electric skillet to 350 degrees. Mix
chicken salsa, onions, and
green chili peppers. Place
one-fourth chicken mixture
on half of a tortilla. top with
eGULaR CaNDy BaRS
one-fourth cheese; fold over
mixture and seal edges.
CeNTS
ING SIZe
Place in skillet
CaNDy BaRS
sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Brown on one
side at medium heat for
approximately 3-4 minutes.
turn tortilla over and brown
other side. Cut each folded
tortilla into 3 wedges.
in each of the four
quesadillas, there is 250
calories, 10g fat, 16g protein, 23g carbohydrate,
480mg sodium.
Robbie
McKinnon
Wednesday is 1/2 Price
Burger
Night!!
check out our daily
specials as well
R
50
.K
$1
Quickway Shell
8703562821
Located on Highway 70 in Glenwood
Get Real insurance.
Farm Bureau Insurance offers a wide range of plans for Auto, Home, and Life insurance. Plus, we’ll conduct a
no-obligation review of your total insurance needs. Get Real insurance. Get Farm Bureau insurance.
870 777 900
www.afbic.com
(Group Photo Here)
Hempstead County Farm
ARMLNP40282
& +% 3rd
).(-0
+'
1902 east
St
Hope, Arkansas+%71801
!"&*#$
.+" .
*Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Arkansas, Inc.
*Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co.
*Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co., Jackson, MS
Larry Garli AR Ins. Lic. # 23099
THIS ARTWORK CANNOT BE ALTERED, REVISED, RESIZED OR REBUILT BEYOND CHANGING THE AGENT
PHOTO OR CONTACT INFO. CONTACT MADGENIUS WITH ANY QUESTIONS AT [email protected]
Don’s TV & Satellite
1-800-898-1939
Glenwood 870-356-3212
Mount Ida 870-867-2538
Mena 479-437-3505
PASS
S
Used Parts-Motors, transmissions, body parts! GM, Ford,
Chrysler, Honda, Toyota!
edward Motor Co., Inc. 600
Malvern Hot Springs 1-800644-9909, 501-623-9909, after
hours 501-617-8455.
2003 Saturn Vue SUV, 1
owner, certified vehicle, jet
black, 5spd, oD trans! See
John @ edward Motor
Company, Inc. 306 airport
Rd., Hot Springs. 800-6449909, 501-318-9799. edwardmotorcompany.com
2000 Lincoln Continental,
local trade in, leather interior
$7,995!
edward
Motor
Company, Inc. 500 Malvern,
Hot Springs 800-644-9909,
501-623-9909. edwardmotorcompany.com.
2003 Cadillac Seville SLS,
sterling silver! $7,995. See
John @ edward Motor
Company 306 airport Rd.,
Hot Springs 800-644-9909,
From smoke signals to
Skype; kids, grandkids
-?: 38=>+8> -900// 1<+8?6/= 9< -<C=>+6=
make
us feel
>+,6/=:998
29> A+>/< old
"dad," my
son,
-?:=oldest
96. "/.+6F
+66 :?<:9=/ 069?<
dewey, who lives
>/+=:998in,+5381 :9A./<
Virginia,
has
often
>/+=:998 =+6>
remarked, "they
must've
-?:= ,?>>/< 9< 7+<1+<38/ =90>/8/.
been using smoke signals for-?:= =?1+<
communications when you/11=
were born." i somehow feel
dren more economically. i
-?: 7365
that way being continually
emailed
-?: =9?<
-</+7 oldest Son to see if
lost in today's electronic he knew about it. Yes, he had
world of bytes, bits and new from his 13-year-old daughelectronic devices.
ter.
then just a portion of "Amy uses Skype and other
today's world existed but free video conferencing softonly in the comics. Chester ware to chat with her friends.
Gould's detective "dick With one of services you can
tracy" wore a two-way wrist chat with five other people at
radio. that was when a real one time. Ị othing like lisradio receiver weighed sev- tening to six teenage girls all
eral pounds and used vacu- talking up a storm, at the
um tubes. Even in the 1950s same time."
mobile two-way radios Cupcake was experimenting
weighed about 20 pounds, with it when our 11-year-old
plus 22 pounds for the bat- grandson, Cameron, dialed
tery. i carried this unit on a us up computer-to-computer
pack board some during the from Kyrgyzstan half-way
Korean War. it had a range around the world, complete
of maybe 10 miles unless a with video and audio and we
hill was in the way. Ị ow what didn't know how to answer
do we have? Satellites beam his call. After some frustramessages from iPhones, iPads tion and hitting several butand other hand-held devices tons, Cupcake finally found
around the world.
the right one. And there he
Yes, the telegraph, tele- was along with his sister and
phone and radio had been two brothers, talking to us
invented before i was born and we could see them all
but with little effect on our clearly on the computer
lives. At delight, Ark., we screen. A miracle! "Where
'-9<8 +8. <3.3-?6/ A366 ,/
had no electricity. A battery- are your
parents?" we ask.
'2/J= 89> 2
powered radio—if we could
"oh, they're still asleep,"
+ 2312 :<9036/ -/6/,<3>C A29 A366
afford a battery— and the Cameron said. "on Saturday
!35/ 381
Arkansas Gazette were our morning we let them sleep
(23= 3= + A97+8
only contact with the outside in. it's only nine-thirty." on
A
world. (Come to think about the screen, we could see the
(2/ 986C :/<
it, that was a pretty good sun coming through a win=
world.) definitely, no tele- dow. it was 10:30 p.m.
phone until we moved to Hot Friday night in Arkansas.'2/
Springs and i graduated high 7Yes, we felt older.
school and went to work as an When Cupcake moved with
to earn
enough me to Arkansas, she was
apprentice
#9printer
98/ A366
,/ ,?C381
to
pay
for
one.
Even
then,
neither constantly 9?,>6/==
amazed >2/</
at some
2
A366
my sister, Lucy, or i can remem(29=/ -of our strange customs not
Aber our family having a radio done in damn-Yankee Land.
powered by electricity.
one was families saying
Yet, on a whim, i sent for a grace in public before eating
crystal radio kit by mail that their food in restaurants. Ị ot in
cost about $1.50, got it, put it her book of religious etiquette.
together and it worked. i've
recently, we sat in a cafe
never known how, but it did. eating lunch. i noticed a
i attached the copper wire young man in a nearby
antenna to a screen on one of booth, sitting alone and
my second floor bedroom silent. His head was bowed
windows and received
excel@/<C -236.
=2/ with his hands cupped on the>
=lent reception. through the >table. "Although Jesus said
earphone i heard a very go into your closet to pray," i
%/<2+:=
A+=
powerful radio station that said to her,
"Here4?=>3-/
we have
was located in Mexico near =this young man praying
del rio, texas, just as clear before he receives his meal.
as KBHS in Hot Springs.
Must be a recent convert."
television arrived there just
She was in a better position
about the time i joined the to observe. She glanced at
Marines in 1951. My parents him and then laughed. "Ị ot
didn't have tV until i bought unless God has an iPhone.
them a set three years later. You dummy, he's texting!"
So, yes, i'm from the dark
We are old.
ages.
Contact me or check out my
today, Cupcake and i are ebooks at:
trying to learn a new (for us) http://home.cablelynx.com/~
program called Skype to wgwhite/index.htm
talk, see and hear our chil-
Thanks for reading The Standard, the only
locally-owned newspaper in this area!
!
Berry Legal & Tax
Consulting
in the trenches of tax
preparation for 25+ years!
*TaX PRePeRaTIoN
*BaNKRUPTCy *IRS ISSUeS
*BooKKeePING
We sell flat screen TVs & service what we sell!
aNDy BeRRy
Factory Authorized Sales & Service. Free
Installation. Local Agent
Free HD UpgradesFree HD Programming
625 Clay Street in arkadelphia
870-246-4571
Page 6 the Standard March 29, 2012
Bob’s Girlfriend Training Co.
A father has a responsibility
to pass along to his male offspring those mechanical,
philosophical and verbal
skills to attract and select a
suitable mate and mother for
his future children.
But where can a busy young
cowboy begin his search?
Craig’s List? Ponying horses at the race track? Want
ads in the Mounted Shooter
magazine?
My friend, i’ll call him Bob,
has a busy teenage cowboy
growing up in his house.
Bob is pondering his son’s
future and proposed designing a “Girlfriend training
Enterprise.” it is based on
his own horse training and
trading business. A typical
ad might read;
tEAM roPErS AỊ d
trAiỊ ErS…Ị eed a dolly?
Finished
Girlfriend
Available: 23 years old,
fine-boned,
plenty
of
chrome, current driver’s
license CdL qualified, some
shoeing experience, can
warm up the rough ones, has
been
hauled
to
UStrC/UStr jackpots and
PrCA rodeos, low maintenance, likes Mountain dew
and bologna, can play pitch
and has no desire to become
a barrel racer.
Bob’s company might
expand:
Ị orWEGiAỊ
BACHELorS AỊ d WESt
tEXAS rAỊ CHErS of a
certain age.
Lonely?
desolate?
Starved out?
Companion available: over
30 years old, can dead-lift
200 lbs, has been vaccinated
for tetanus, flu, shingles,
BSE, Bangs, Anaplaz and
the Ị ile virus. Can make
biscuits out of creosote bush,
sagebrush or leafy spurge,
still knickers and is playful,
is a dead-shot and is willing
to move.
AttEỊ tioỊ ! PErFECt
Large Item Pick-Up
CITy oF aMITy
March 31, 2012
No household waste.
“Affordable General dentistry for
the entire Family”
Free Consults
By experienced dental professionals
GirLFriEỊ d For iỊ tiỊ MUSiCiAỊ
ErAtE
AỊ d/or trUCK driVEr:
Young, open but has had
some pasture exposure,
loves your music, is tone
deaf, her favorite meal is
breakfast at the Waffle
House at 1:00am, can drive
(her brother was a moonshiner), can change a tire, go
for three days without sleep
on nothing but Skoal and
Monster drinks.
Some
would say she has a very
friendly nature, everybody in
the band, anyway, and she
will meet up with you anywhere between Ị ashville
Williston,
Ị d.
and
Warning: She has been
known to prance on occasion.
Well, i admire Bob for his
effort to help his son find
happiness. these fine examples should give hope to
other fathers who are worried about their sons, or
Ị orwegian uncles, or brothers-in-law who are still playing gigs at the Holiday inn at
age 48. thanx, Bob. You
should be a social worker!
Sponsor this feature each week! Only $10 for an ad! 342-5007
We still think about you
often. We miss you more
than words can say and
many times, we still cry
when we think about you. It
feels as if yesterday you
were here. Here for us to
ask advice of, here for us to
share our hopes and
dreams with, and most
importantly … just here.
You left too soon. We were
not ready to let you go. You
will forever live in our
hearts. We count our bless
ings to have had you here
as long as we did.
Love always and more ….
Your Family
James “Bubby”
McFarlin
November 19, 1945 March 19, 2009
Got Land? Have land?
We have
Get
your
Home!
home!!! Call
Call 903903-838838-5994
5994
Shindaiwa
Grass Trimmer
For all your lawn trimming needs
Williams Saw Co.
408 S. 7th St. in arkadelphia
870-246-5872
alton Bean Trucking, Inc.
NoW HIRING
insurance clerk/secretary. Apply in
person
aLSo HIRING
regional and OTr drivers and
local wood chip drivers.
Call 870-342-9551 (x. 241)
aLSo HIRING
diesel mechanic with tools. Will
train mechanic
J. Michael Matthews, ddS
a PRoFeSSIoNaL aSSoCIaTIoN
*Looking for a new dentist?
*Need a second opinion?
*Dental emergency?
aSK US aBoUT DeNTaL IMPLaNTS
“Conveniently located at the Mt. Ida airport”
870-867-4110
CaLL ToDay! oPeN WeD- FRI.
aLL FRUIT & SHaDe TReeS,
RoSeBUSHeS & SHRUBS
1/2 off!
501-865-3374
Hope Tractor
3021 Hwy. 29 N.
Hope, AR 71801
8707773401
Highway 7 in Bismarck 501-865-3666
CaddoCreekGolf.com
Husqvarna Pole
Saw, Edgers,
Hand-held &
backpack blowers
Letter to the editor
13-1 (12)
release dates: March 31-April 6
Mini Spy just launched her box kite! See if you can find:
sQUESTIONMARKsWORD-).)sFUNNYFACEsDOUGHNUT
sBAT
sSOCK
sHEART
sPENCIL
sBIRD
sDRAGON
sNUMBER sUMBRELLA
sNUMBER sLETTER! sFISH
sTOOTH
sTEAPOT
sKITE
sCHERRY
sTEACUP
© 2012 Universal Uclick
from The Mini Page © 2012 Universal Uclick
National Kite Month
Go Fly a Kite!
photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Archives
March winds
and April showers
Bring forth
May flowers!
This well-known
nursery rhyme
reminds us that spring is a windy time
of year. For kite-fliers, that means it’s
the perfect weather for their favorite
pastime.
This week, The Mini Page learns
more about kites as we celebrate
National Kite Month in April.
This Chinese kite was one of the first
aeronautical objects to join the Smithsonian
collection. It is a festival kite made of silk
with a bamboo frame. It was shown at the
Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876.
Every kind of kite for any kind of flier
Have you
ever flown a
kite? There are
hundreds of
different types
and sizes of
kites.
A kite expert
told The Mini
Page: “What
are kites made of? You name it! That’s
the beauty of kite-flying — they make
so many different types. I know of a kite
that’s only 4 by 4 inches, with rods made
from the whiskers of tigers!”
Formerly Judy’s Grocery
LoCaTeD oN THe SQUaRe IN aMITy
We now have eBT!
Joel & Cheryl Davidson
We LooK FoRWaRD To SeRVING yoU!
Hours: Mon-Fri.
5am-7pm, Sat.
5am-6pm., Sun.
Noon-5:30pm.
870-342-9400
Kites come in many sizes and
shapes. Some common ones are:
Delta
Diamond
Box
Parafoil
photo courtesy Phil Broder/American Kitefliers Association
Kite stories
Early people used kites more as
tools than for fun. Kites were probably
first flown in China, and then spread
through Asia to Europe and finally to
the Americas.
In 200 B.C., as a Chinese general
prepared to attack a city, he flew a kite
over the walls of the city. He marked
the string and later measured how far
his soldiers would have to tunnel to
get inside the walls.
In England in
the early 1800s,
some roads
required carriage
drivers to pay a
toll, or fee, based
on how many horses were pulling the
carriage. One man avoided the toll by
attaching a kite to his carriage and
letting the wind pull him along!
Benjamin Franklin famously used
a kite to prove that lightning is an
electrical event.
Wars brought many opportunities
for using kites. Strong kites could
carry a spy high in the air for a better
look at the enemy. Sailors lost at sea
could signal for help by lifting up a
kite. And kites were used for target
practice.
TM
Rookie Cookie’s Recipe
Green Beans With Tarragon
You’ll need:
sCUPSFRESHGREENBEANSTRIMMED s14 cup chopped onion
sTEASPOONSOLIVEOIL
s12 teaspoon salt
s12 teaspoon tarragon
s12 cup water
s12 teaspoon lemon pepper
sSTALKCELERYCHOPPED
s12 cup chopped red bell pepper
What to do:
1. Boil green beans and salt in 12 cup water in a saucepan until crisptender, about 5 minutes.
2UNGREENBEANSUNDERCOLDWATERTOSTOPTHECOOKINGPROCESS$RAIN
3. Meanwhile, combine remaining vegetables in separate pan with olive oil.
4. Sprinkle spices on top and cook on medium heat until tender, about 5
minutes.
5. Add vegetable mixture to green beans and stir to combine.
You will need an adult’s help with this recipe.
Meet Debby Ryan
Supersport: Curtis Granderson
Height: 6-1
Weight: 185
Birthdate: 3-16-81
Hometown: Blue Island, Ill.
In the grand old game of baseball, the New York Yankees
have another grand man — Curtis Granderson.
The All-Star center fielder, who joined the Yanks in 2010
AFTERSIXSEASONSWITH$ETROITISONEOFTHEGAMESTOPALL
around players. He demonstrated that last year with his
glove, his speed and his bat — belting 41 homers and leading
the American League in RBIs (119) and runs scored (136).
Granderson, with degrees in business and marketing from the
University of Illinois-Chicago, can do more than play ball. He has worked
as a TV analyst and produced a motivational children’s book, “All You
Can Be.” Overall, he uses baseball as a platform to help needy youth and
countless others through various charities.
A different kind of flying
How it works
In 2010, a young kite-flier
NAMED#ONNOR$ORANAPPEAREDON
“America’s Got Talent.” He performed
with his indoor kites and earned the
praise of the judges. Connor, now 19,
didn’t win the competition, but he did
make it to the semifinals.
Indoor kites are extremely light.
“They weigh about the same as half a
turkey sandwich,” Connor says. The
flier moves around to create “wind.”
Fliers don’t want any other drafts or
wind in the room where they’re flying.
Connor practices at school gyms
or other rooms with high ceilings.
Flying to feel better
When Connor
was 4 years old,
he was diagnosed
with epilepsy
(EH-pul-ep-see).
This condition can
make people have
seizures (SEEConnor Doran
zyoors), or times
when the brain doesn’t send signals
correctly.
Connor takes medicine to control
his seizures. But flying helps him a
lot, too. He said: “Flying makes me
forget about my epilepsy.” Kite-flying
has given him confidence.
Flying with music
photo by Scott Weider, courtesy Amy Doran
TM
Soaring to a New Height
photo courtesy Amy Doran
$EBBY2YANSTARSAS4ARAINTHE$ISNEY
Channel movie “Radio Rebel.” She is best known
FORPLAYING*ESSIEINTHE$ISNEY#HANNELSERIES
h*ESSIEv3HEALSOPLAYS"AILEYINTHE$ISNEY
#HANNELSERIESh4HE3UITE,IFEON$ECKv
)NTHE$ISNEY#HANNELMOVIEh7ISHESv
she acted and sang. She and her brother, Chase,
co-wrote some of the music for that movie. She
has also appeared in several commercials, TV
shows and other movies.
$EBBYGREWUPIN!LABAMA4EXASAND
Germany. Because her father was in the military, the family moved to
several places. When she was in Germany, she acted in musicals and
plays at the local theater. She can speak German.
She enjoys vintage clothing, writing, cooking and blogging. She
SUPPORTSSEVERALCHARITIESINCLUDING$ISNEYS&RIENDSFOR#HANGEWHICH
works to save the environment.
Connor Doran flies a stack kite during
a demonstration at the National Food
Convention in Portland, Ore. The stack
kite is two kites positioned 7 feet apart
from each other and controlled with
four kite lines. Connor says this kind of
kite takes a lot more energy to fly.
Connor’s flights are accompanied
by music. He said he chooses slower
music because he likes it better, but
some fliers choose fast music and do
lots of tricks while they’re flying.
A high-flying message
Today Connor is a keynote speaker
for the National Epilepsy Foundation
ANDRAISESMONEYTHROUGHTHE$ARE
TO$REAM4EAM(ETRAVELSALL
over the country. He also speaks at
schools about achieving something
that might seem impossible. “You
can do anything you set your mind
to,” he tells kids.
TM
Up in the Air With Kites
How do objects fly?
The busy kite
Today kites are still used as tools
for many projects. For example,
lightweight cameras can be attached
to a kite for aerial photography. In
the Pacific Islands, fishermen use
kites to carry a fishing line hundreds
of feet out into the ocean.
Kites are used with instruments
that measure the time and
height of the flight paths of bats.
Meteorologists, or scientists who
study weather, still use kites to carry
instruments up into the atmosphere.
How would you use a kite? In
1999, kites were used to pull sleds
to the North Pole. Scientists are
developing ways to capture wind
energy using special kite-like devices.
The Mini Page thanks Mel Hickman,
executive director of the American Kitefliers
Association, for help with this issue.
For anything heavier than air
to fly, it must have a shape that
creates lift. This is true for a bird, a
lightweight kite and for an airplane
weighing many tons.
A bird flies because it flaps its
wings, pushing air downward
and creating lift. An airplane flies
because its engines move it forward
through the air. The air going over
the wings is moving faster than the
air going under the wings, so the
air pressure on the top of the wings
decreases and the plane is lifted. A
kite needs wind to fly because it is
attached to the person holding the
string.
All the following jokes have something in common.
Can you guess the common theme or category?
Lift
happens
when
the wind
pushing up
on the under
surface of
the kite
has more
pressure than the air moving over
the top surface of the kite.
Drag is the force that’s created
by resistance to the wind from the
kite’s material. Gravity is the force
from the weight of the kite, pulling it
toward Earth.
For a kite to fly, its lift must be
greater than its drag and gravity.
Ferris: What time is it when a hippo sits
on a fence?
Frieda: Time to fix the fence!
As airplanes became more
common, kites were used less as
military and science tools and more
for fun. About 40 years ago, a twoline kite was invented. The flier could
make the kite do stunts by moving
the lines in different directions.
New designs allowed kites to do
complicated tricks. People began to
gather for competitions.
Almost lighter than air
Kites have to be very lightweight
to fly. Early kites were made of thin
animal skins or handmade paper.
Today, kites may be made of high-tech
cloth that resists water, which would
make it heavier. The rods might be
made of carbon fiber, which is very
strong and weighs very little.
People also make kites out of found
objects, such as plastic garbage bags.
This is a fun way to recycle.
Next week in The Mini Page, meet the 2012
Newbery and Caldecott Medal winners.
7dd`d[HiViZh
The Mini Page’s popular series of issues about each state is collected
here in a 156-page softcover book. Conveniently spiral-bound for ease
of use, this invaluable resource contains A-to-Z facts about each state,
along with the District of Columbia. Illustrated with colorful photographs
and art, and complete with updated information, The Mini Page Book of
States will be a favorite in classrooms and homes for years to come.
TRY ’N
FIND
Kites
Words that remind us of kites are hidden in the block below. Some words are
hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can
find: BOX, CAMERA, DELTA, DIAMOND, DRAG, ENERGY, FISH, FLY,
FRANKLIN, FUN, GRAVITY, INDOOR, KITE, LIFT, LIGHTWEIGHT, PARAFOIL,
SIGNAL, SPORT, SPY, TARGET, TOOL, WAR, WEATHER, WINDS.
Kite-fliers meet each year in Huntington
Beach, Calif., to compete with stunt
kites. This flier uses a two-line kite to do
maneuvers.
I]ZB^c^EV\Z
Brown
Bassetews
The N d’s
Houn
TM
LET’S GO
FLY A KITE!
The Mini Page Staff
!
Fiona: What has 400 teeth but can’t bite?
Forrest: A picket fence!
Kites as sport
Betty Debnam - Founding Editor and Editor at Large Lisa Tarry - Managing Editor Lucy Lien - Associate Editor Wendy Daley - Artist
EW
N
Frank: What can go around a backyard but
doesn’t move?
Francie: A fence!
photo by John Chilese
This camera is attached to a kite line. The
flier can lift the camera high above the
ground and use a remote control to make
photographs of the subject.
New ideas
Davidson’s Grocery
TM
Mini Spy . . .
photo courtesy Phil Broder/American Kitefliers Association
home?”
the nurse just
looked at me and shook her
head.
the answer was obvious.
She was the victim of
neglect. it's something you
always read about or hear
about but you just don't quite
know what to do when it
happens to one of your loved
ones.
About 48 hours later, my
sister, who had been like a
second mother to me passed
away from her injuries.
Anyone that knew her would
have said she was a kind and
gentle soul who would never
have harmed anyone.
i was by her side when she
died. true, enough she was
on hospice care and may
well not have known that she
was in the world, but there is
no excuse to allow another
human being made in the
image and likeness of God to
suffer such a fate. i wish
that those who did this awful
deed had been there to hear
her struggling for her last
few breaths. Your time will
come and let me just say this:
What comes around, goes
around.
Mr. Welch came in to do his
duty after she breathed her
last. i later saw him talking
to her husband in the nursing
home parking lot. i later
learned that he had requested
an autopsy, but her husband
did not consent.
in speaking to Mr. Welch
Monday, he told me that my
sister died from the injuries
she sustained at the hands of
the callous nursing staff. Her
injuries caused her throat to
swell up and she eventually
asphyxiated.
i visited with an attorney
after her death, but because
her husband would not consent, nothing was ever done
to avenge my sister's death.
Just think, folks. these same
people could be caring for
your loved ones right now.
i have told Mr. Welch that
any help he needs, i will give
it to him. i owe it to my sister and those others who cannot speak for themselves just
like Susie robinson. She
had no voice of her own and
we see where it got her.
Ị ame Withheld By request
photo by Katie Yu, courtesy Mar Vista Entertainment
dear Editor,
this letter is in response to
Clark County Coroner tim
Welch's letter in the March
8, 2012 issue of The
Standard.
First of all, i would like to
commend Mr. Welch for
coming forward and saying
what needed to said years
ago. Mr. Welch in his letter
stated that he has had many
Wow.
sleepless nights.
What would he have felt like
it had been his own sister
that was abused in a nursing
home? there are not only
sleepless nights, but the grief
is not over yet.
Knowing the kind and
genial person my sister was,
if she were sitting here as i
write this, she would say
“don't prosecute, persecute
or condemn.” She would
simply say, “Please don't let
this happen to someone
else.”
Yes, concerned citizens of
Arkadelphia, Clark County,
Arkansas and all of America,
on or about May 8, 2005 my
sister was abused and kept in
a neglectful state until she
died.
this is not simply speculation; what i know about my
sister's case i got not only
from the medical officials
that tended to her, but also
from what i saw with my
own eyes. in fact, when i
decided to write this letter, i
consulted with Mr. Welch
and he automatically remembered me.
A few days before my sister
died at the age of 85 in the
same nursing home that Mr.
Welch makes mention of, i
came by to see her. i made a
habit of seeing her sometimes twice a day, even
though she was in the last
stages of dementia and didn't
recognize me for the last
year of her life.
on the day in question, i
came in to see her and was
immediately greeted by the
hospice nurses who showed
me five knots on her head. i
was later told that there was
also a bump on the back of
her head.
i asked the nurse, “How in
the world can anyone get
hurt like this in a nurse
the Standard, March 29, 2012 Page 7
S
P
Y
J
H
O
S
X
T
K
M
G
T
S
H
I
D
L
E
J
A
N
I
B
G
E
O
T
X
R
F
F
V
N
N
O
I
O
E
E
L
N
A
E
T
K
B
M
T
H
Y
L
R
H
F
U
A
P
A
T
U
G
G
S
R
C
D
K
R
A
Y
I
D
D
A
R
R
N
G
E
E
N
E
N
N
O
A
U
E
W
O
S
L
I
K
O
G
F
T
M
W
I
T
W
L
D
M
H
A
Z
F
R
A
W
I
N
G
I
V
T
R
O
P
S
N
I
D
P
A
R
A
F
O
I
L
Ready Resources
The Mini Page provides ideas for
websites, books or other resources that will help
you learn more about this week’s topics.
On the Web:
sNATIONALKITEMONTHORGKIDSGAMESPHP
sHOWTHINGSFLYSIEDU
sBOEINGCOMCOMPANYOFFICESABOUTUSWONDER?OF?FLIGHT
HOW?THINGSHTML
sYOUTUBECOMWATCHV(UA%:SS
sAKAKITEORGRESOURCESEDUCATIONALRESOURCES
At the library:
sh-AKING+ITESvBY$AVID-ICHAEL
To order, send $15.99 ($19.99 Canada) plus $5 postage and handling for each copy. Make
check or money order (U.S. funds only) payable to Universal Uclick. Send to The Mini
Page Book of States, Universal Uclick, P.O. Box 6814, Leawood, KS 66206. Or call tollfree 800-591-2097 or go to www.smartwarehousing.com.
Please send ______ copies of The Mini Page Book of States (Item #0-7407-8549-4) at $20.99 each, total
cost. (Bulk discount information available upon request.)
Name: ________________________________________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________________________
City: _________________________________________ State: _________ Zip: ________________
Please include all of the appropriate registered trademark symbols and copyright lines in any publication of The Mini Page®.
Hawthorn Home Improvements
Specializing in:
*Metal roofs *Bee removal *Vinyl siding
*Windows
870-356-4390 or 870-230-3188
Howard Hawthorn
professional with 20 years experience
Gayle’s
Family
Restaurant
Located in daisy
870-398-5622
For all your real estate needs
ReeDeR ReaLTy
870-246-2406
Clark County Sheriff
JaSoN WaTSoN
Have a good week!
arkadelphia
CeNTRaL aRKaNSaS TeLePHoNe CooPeRaTIVe
Bismarck-Donaldson
Steve Faris, Manager
501-865-3333
Page 8 March 29, 2012 the Standard
The Standard
co mmu n ity
Dad, how are you going to shingle that steeple? Part 2
So, as we went along he
continued to teach and allow
me to do more and more of
the nailing. When we had
brought both sides up to the
crown he showed me how to
apply the ridge out of all the
cut offs that we had accumulated. Also, he was diligent
to brag on me and how well i
was learning the trade. He
was sure that i was near
ready to go in the business.
About that time a man from the
mill came by and unloaded a
quantity of 1 x 4’s and some
wider widths - none of them very
Old Times Not
Forgotten...
Hugh
Newcomb
long. “Ị ow what’s that stuff
for?” i asked. “oh, that’s to do
our scaffolding,” dad replied.
“that stuff don’t look very
strong to me,” i observed. “And
i’ve been looking that old steeple
over and it’s pretty rotten. i don’t
think it’s safe to get up there.”
Well, he made some figure
fours and began nailing them
on and all the time i was watching and commenting about how
unstable this whole setup looked.
He just kept putting it all together and not saying anything until
he got through. then he said,
“Ị ow that would hold an elephant,” “let’s go see if mom has
lunch ready.” After we ate he
went out to the garage and came
back with his plow lines, halters,
and bridles and said, “ok, let’s
see what we can do here.” Up
until then i hadn’t smelled a rat,
but i suddenly realized that he
wasn’t going to be the one who
shingled that steeple. When he
got through putting together the
neatest safety harness on me you
could imagine, he snapped on his
plow lines and said, “Ị ow, let’s
see you get out of that.” i couldn’t because he wouldn’t allow
me any slack. We had a high
porch and he swung me a bit off
it till i was satisfied that there was
no way it would fail. “Let’s get to
work,” he said. When we got
there he simply flipped a loop
over the top, hooked me up and
tied off the bottom and with
enough slack for me to navigate
and lifted me up on the backside
first. i’m sure that was so i could
get used to the height before i
got around there over all that
open space. i remember him
telling me that the secret to
working in that kind of
atmosphere was to never
look down, and i was completely safe.
We got the layout started off correctly and by and large the job
was finished before very long. i
can’t recall exactly how we did
the footboards as we progressed
to the top. i just remember that i
was unbelievably relieved when
the job was finished. i now recall
that no one ever came close to us
all the time the steeple was being
done. Mrs. Maxey was across
the street in their grocery
store/service station. She told
me that she just couldn’t
stand to watch all the time i
was up there.
i guess i was pretty proud to
have done that job, and i’m
quite sure that i was the last
person to ever be on that
steeple because it’s obvious
from the picture that that
same roof was still there. i
seem to recall that Joe Floyd
Maxey told me that lightning struck and burned it
down.
Anyway, we did the
school house next and
then the Maxey house, but
after that church steeple,
everything else was Ho
hum. Ị o, i didn’t go into
the roofing business, and
i was ready to look at
some other enterprises by
the time we finished. My
claim to fame was short
lived, as i don’t recall
anyone every rushing up to
me and saying, “Hugh, i
remember when you roofed
that
rosboro
church
steeple!” Some people just
get no respect!
Local pitches for UaM
By VeRLIN PIRCe
StAỊ dArd SPortS
With a double-hitter on
Saturday, March 24, the
Weevils of the University of
Arkansas Monticello swept
both games against the
reddies of Henderson State
University.
Ị ow a sophomore at the
University of Arkansas
Monticello, russell Watts a
recent
graduate
of
Centerpoint High School,
lettered in football, basketball, and baseball. His fresh-
men year in college was
spent a University of Central
Arkansas. Watts faced a
total of sixteen batters in a
total of three on one-third
inning.
in the bottom of the fourth
inning with one runner on
base and one out the reddies
batter hit a home-run into
right field to place the
reddies on the score board
with the score one to two.
Watts was pulled out of the
game after the home-run.
There’s the wind up
Verlin Price photo
russell Watts, graduated
from Centerpoint High
School and was the starting
pitcher for the Weevils.
Watts went three and onethird inning and allowed one
two runs to scored against
• Arkadelphia
him.
B
Davidson’s Grocery
HoursMonday-Friday
7am-6:30pm
7:00 am - 6:30 pm
S
amity 870-342-9400
Williams Saw Co.
Located
in arkadelphia
758 Hwy.
8 E. in Amity
A
P IZRZO
870-356-4500
P
870-246-5872
CITGO
South Central Arkansas
Electric Cooperative
“Observe Electrical Safety” • Your Energy Partner
1140 Main Street in Arkadelphia
870-246-6701
Buck’s Country Store
Alpine, Arkansas
870-342-9227
PIKe aUTo SaLeS
Hwy. 26 e in Delight
870-379-2664
your ad Here!
only $12 a week!
Call 870-342-5007
your ad Here!
only $12 a week!
Call 870-342-5007
D
Clark County
Farm Bureau
870-246-4553
ARKADELPHIA
May publishing
John Plyler Home Center
DeVoTIoNaL CoRNeR
Presented each week as a service by these fine businesses
Worship God this Lord’s Day!
Genuine conversion
By MICHaeL e. BRooKS
FoRTHRIGHT MaGaZINe
domestic violence is one of many moral problems
in South Asia. Almost every daily newspaper contains stories of men who burn their wives with
acid, cruelly beat, or even kill them. often the
motive is extortion of money (dowry) from her
family or anger at their failing to provide it to him.
Many other, less severe, acts of violence are suffered regularly for various reasons.
recently i was asked to mediate in a domestic dispute of a different kind. A couple was frequently
quarreling and fighting and neighbors tried to
intervene to help them. According to those neighbors it was the wife who was the aggressor, continually tormenting her husband not with blows but
with words. She accused him groundlessly and
wildly of misconduct, cursed him, abused him with
foul language, and spoke with great disrespect of
him and his family. She repeatedly threatened to
kill him, using poison, suffocation or other means.
i am not suggesting that her abuse was worse or
necessarily equal to that of the malicious husbands
described above. i do point out however that everyone has the potential to sin against and harm others.
But that is not my primary reason for citing these
examples. rather it is to say that this kind of
behavior, though not unknown in other nations and
cultures, is especially prevalent here. i cannot help
but believe that one reason it is so culturally pervasive is the absence of significant Christian influence.
the Bible makes it plain that such behavior is sin
and totally unacceptable. Unfortunately not all religions or philosophies contain the same teaching.
When Christian missionaries come to evangelize
non-Christian areas of the world, our emphasis is
always to present Jesus’ promise of eternal salva-
tion. ours is a message of invitation and hope. Yet
we need to present Christ’s challenge to a world
lost in sin – we do not have to live like this. We can
do much better.
Paul’s words in Ephesians 4:22-24 are directly to
that point. He commands us to put off the old sinful way of life and live as God intended. God will
help us but we must make a diligent effort.
in the remainder of chapter 4 (verses 25-32) Paul
describes the kinds of change that are required. He
tells us to stop stealing and work honestly for what
we need (28). We are to quit lying and tell the truth
(25); refrain from sinful actions, even if we are
angry (26); and be kind to each other, practicing
forgiveness (32).
Prominent among these changes is our habit of
speech. Ị o corrupt word is to depart from our
mouth (29), and we are to avoid all evil speaking
(31). in contrast we are to speak only those things
that are good for necess ar y edification and that
will impart grace to the hearer (29).
What a different world we would live in if all
would follow those instructions. if honest labor,
true speech, and positive language were the common characteristics of all, what joy and peace we
would know.
We understand that most will not follow God’s
will. But that does not lessen the importance of
each one of his people making their very best
effort. the changes described above are one definition of conversion (Acts 3:19).
those times of refreshing surely in clu d e th e
p os itiv e r esults of our behavioral changes. Every
time an abusive husband repents and comes to
Christian faith, or a profane woman purifies and
controls her tongue, they, and society, are
refreshed.
May we labor diligently to help that happen more
frequently.
8703563312
your ad Here!
only $12 a week!
Call 870-342-5007
your ad Here!
only $12 a week!
Call 870-342-5007
KWXI
aM 670 / FM 98.9
"Family Friendly radio"
Phone (870) 356-2151
your ad Here!
only $12 a week!
Call 870-342-5007
Compliments of
RoN DaNIeLL
CLaRK CoUNTy JUDGe
the Standard March 29, 2012 ;,20
page 9
The Standard
in the kitchen...
Creamy Chocolate
Mint Pie
1can (12.4 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated cinnamon rolls with icing
4eggs
3/4cup half-and-half
1/4cup light or dark corn syrup
2teaspoons vanilla
4tablespoons butter
directions
1.Bake and ice cinnamon rolls as directed on can.
2.Meanwhile, spray 8-inch square (2-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. in medium bowl, beat
eggs, half-and-half, corn syrup and vanilla.
3.With serrated knife, cut each baked cinnamon roll
from top to bottom into 3 pieces, each with some
icing. Arrange roll pieces in baking dish at a slight
angle to fill dish and centers of rolls are exposed
slightly.
4.Pour egg mixture over rolls. Cover dish tightly with
plastic wrap. refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight.
5.to serve, heat oven to 400°F. Uncover baking dish;
bake 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly and golden
brown. if toast puffs up too high during baking, pierce
with sharp knife so toast falls. Cool 2 to 4 minutes
before serving. top each serving with small pat of butter.
Warm maple syrup goes well over this baked French
toast, too.
one-half cup of chopped nuts, chocolate chips or
raisins make a great add in.
Zesty Cheese Bread
Pizza Bubbles
1can (7.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (from 4-can pack)
1cup pizza sauce
1cup shredded mozzarella cheese or pizza cheese
blend (4 oz)
Additional pizza sauce, if desired
directions
1.Heat oven to 375°F. Spray 8-inch square (2-quart)
glass baking dish with cooking spray. Separate dough
into 10 biscuits. Cut each into quarters; place in medium bowl. Stir in 1 cup pizza sauce to coat. Spoon biscuit mixture evenly into dish.
2.Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown
and center biscuits are no longer doughy.
3.Sprinkle with cheese; bake 5 minutes longer or until
cheese is melted. Cut into squares; serve warm with
additional pizza sauce for dipping.
to easily cut the biscuits into quarters, use a kitchen
scissors.
Clark County Prosecutor
BLaKe BaTSoN
Have a good week!
LoCaTeD IN GLeNWooD
Go Knights, Go!
Welch
1lb lean ground beef
1/2cup barbecue sauce
1teaspoon yellow mustard
1can (28 oz) baked beans, undrained
2cups Progresso® red kidney beans, drained, rinsed
(from 19-oz can)
1cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 oz)
1can (16.3 oz) Pillsbury® Grands!® Homestyle
refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
2tablespoons cornmeal, if desired
directions
1.BroWỊ beef in 12-inch skillet; drain. Stir in
remaining ingredients except biscuits and cornmeal.
Heat to boiling. Pour into sprayed 13x9-inch (3quart) glass baking dish.
2.CUt each biscuit into 4 pieces. roll in cornmeal.
Arrange over beef mixture.
3.BAKE at 350°F 30 to 35 minutes or until biscuits
are deep golden brown.
Thomerson Drug
870-353-4442
Have a great day!
For sale: 1,200 sq. ft home on 8 acres;
remodeled, but not finished. Sugarloaf
Road near amity. $50,000.
501-520-7742
Funeral Home
4th & Clinton Street in
arkadelphia
870-230-1400
www.welchfh.net
all Inclusive Package at Rest
Haven $5,995
<1= 9;:?4
9;:?4>
Pre-pay @ $25 down & $83 per month (72 months)
Package includes: (1) Burial space at rest Haven Memorial
Gardens, complete professional service, cemetery work, thomas
Kinkade memorial package, custom programs, 100 memorial
collages, dVd video tribute, (6) certified death certificates,
Viceroy 20 gauge steel Ị G casket (4 choices), Clark 12 gauge
standard steel vault, silk casket spray, 2ft flat granite marker &
sales tax.
Real estate For Sale
L ittle I ta ly
I ta lia n Res tau r an t in Ar ka delph ia
owners: Tony & Dawn Mitaj
try our 12oz ribeye $13.95!
We NoW SeRVe BLaCK aNGUS BeeF!
Come try a sirloin or ribeye today!
CHeCK oUT oUR SPeCIaL DeaLS
oN
FaCeBooK!
Kids eat off kids menu FREE
tuesdays with adult entree
Thursday Senior Citizens Night
55 years & over 10% discount
Open 7 days a Week 11am-9pm
Friday night till 10pm
1. Cove , Ar FArM with a 3 bedroom, 2 bath brick home on 13+
acres, barn, shops, fenced, crossfenced, just south of Cove near
the new school that is now under
construction $110,000 firm.
2. Hunter’s Paradise 40+ acres in
the Caddo Gap area, creek and
backs up to the US Forest Service
with mountain views.
3. Amity, Ar. FArM beautiful
125+ acres in the Amity area,
creek, fenced and cross fenced, 4
ponds, beautiful views. Agent
owned.
4. Glenwood Ar 2100+ SF retail
store in the old downtown area,
great location, lots of glass in
front, has front and rear parking,
storage CH&A, and a new slant
roof only $39,500 tons of traffic.
5. Hot Springs Condo 1Br with
loft, 2 full baths, laundry room
and pool. Ị ice unit. $55,000 firm.
6. Hot Springs Horse Farm, 4
br/3BA, 6 stall horse barn with
run outs and round pen, pond and
equip barn on 10+ acres. Amity
rd in Hot Springs $399,000
7. Prime Location retail lots. Your
choice of size on Hwy. 70 E next
to the rest area. Contact us for
layout.
Call Fowler Auctioneers, inc for
more information or to see. Call
870-356-4848
or
www.FowlerAuctioneers.com
and then click on the real Estate
Listings tab.
FIND US oN
FaCeBooK!
$59,900. 5
bed, 3 bath
2011 model.
Call 903838-5994
New
$34,559.
16x80 3/2
Call 903838-5994
It’s Spring Round-Up Time!
Now accepting enrollment for next year!
CoMe By TUeSDay, aPRIL 10
FRoM 9:30-6PM
Visit the classrooms and meet
our teachers!
Your child is welcome to come as
well and check out our facility!
accepting enrollment ages 18
(41 A;?5:3 <8-/1 B588 .1 5:
months & up
your paid registration reserves your child’s slot.
Some classes are already filling up!
$
Glenwood Christian
School
For information call 870-356-4404
608 N. Clay Street in Glenwood
april Fools Kids Page
celebrate April Fools day with fun and puzzles!
april Fools’ Day fun facts
While the origins of April
Fools' day are sketchy at
best, one of the more popular
theories dates back to the
16th century. Prior to 1582, the
new year began on April 1.
When the new year was moved
to Jan. 1 in 1582, there were
some people who hadn't
heard or didn't believe the
change in the date, so they
continued to celebrate Ị ew
Year's day on April 1. these
"April fools" were often
ridiculed by being sent on
"fools errands" or were made
the butt of other practical jokes.
Below are some other fun and
interesting April Fools' day
facts:
•the Scottish love April Fools'
day. in fact they love it so much,
they celebrate it for two days. in
Scotland they call it "hunting the
gowk" (the cuckoo), and if you
are tricked, you are an "April
gowk." to really get "behind" the
holiday, the second day, called
"taily day," is devoted to pranks
involving the back side of the
body.
•there's something fishy going
on in France. Kids fool their
friends by taping a paper fish to
their backs. When the victim discovers the fish, the prankster
yells "Poisson d'Avril!" (April
Fish!)
•in Portugal, April Fools' day is
actually celebrated on the
Sunday and Monday before
Lent. the big trick there?
throwing flour at your friend's
face.
•in Poland everyone takes part in
April Fools' day activities,
including the media and sometimes public institutions. All serious activities are completely
avoided for the day. A
favorite joke? Pouring water
on people.
•According
to
this
CareerBuilder.com survey,
32 percent of workers say
they have either initiated or
been on the receiving end of
an April Fools’ day prank at
work.
•in certain areas of Belgium,
children lock out their parents or teachers and only let
them in if they promise to
give them sweets.
•depending on where you live in
England, instead of a "fool" you
could be called a "noodle,"
"noddy," "gobby" or "gob."
Fat Boy’s Fine Foods
870-246-6552
come eat with us!
Go-Devil Grill
870-353-2133
Have fun, kids!
Gayle’s Restaurant
870-398-5622
Have a blast on the page!
CaTC
BISMaRCK-DoNaLDSoN
enjoy the puzzles!
Quickway Shell
870-356-2821
enjoy Spring Break!
Clark County Sheriff
JaSoN WaTSoN
Have a great day!
870-356-3312
Have fun, kids!
Hair in Motion and Reflex.ions
501-865-3989
Have a big time, kids!
Pike County Sheriff
PReSToN GLeNN
Be careful this week!
Doug’s Grocery
Clark County Judge
870-353-2240
Have a good time, kids!
RoN DaNIeLL
alliance Insurance
ToNy BeLL
Clark County Prosecutor
i support our youth!
BLaKe BaTSoN
enjoy the page, kids!
Have a great time, kids!
Patterson Federal Credit Union
Chambers Bank
870-246-8005
do well in school!
870-342-5268
Have fun with this page!
Glenwood Senior News
Jeanice Adams
Just to remind you to get
your fishing gear ready for
the fishing derby at John
Benjamin Lake on thursday
morning April 5th. i think
the CAdC van will take
members from the Center to
the lake that don't want to
drive. Check the sign in
sheet for time.
remember to tell your
friends and neighbors to
come out to “Meet the
Candidates” on Saturday
night April 14th. the “Bean
& Cornbread” dinner will
start at 5 PM but will possibly last a couple of hours.
the cost is a suggested $5.00
donation. the candidates
will have opportunity to
make short speeches and
answer questions. And we
will have a “Cake & Pie”
auction which will benefit
the Center. Lets try to have a
large turnout.
Joyce turner, our Activity
director, has been taking
photos of all those that want
their photos made in a beautiful old rocking chair. She
talks them into it if they are
hesitant. And even mine
turned out pretty good. the
surrounding decorations are
beautiful.
Sam Adams has donated a
swing set with a covered roof
to the Center. our Site
Manager, tammy Cogburn
thought it would add something new to our friendly
atmosphere. of course Sam
will be the first to sit in it and
he told Joyce she can make
his photo there instead of in
the rocking chair.
We have scheduled a
Safety driving class at the
Center on Saturday morning
April 28th from 8 AM to
12:30 PM. For those of you
that took the class in March
and May 3 years ago need to
sign up for this one if you
want to keep your discount.
Call me (Jeanice Adams) at
870-356-3901 to enroll or for
more information .if you are
55 or older you get a nice
discount on your car insurance for 3 years and the
Center gets credit for an educational program.
there is lots going on at the
Center and if you have never
stopped by, we invite you to
come by and just see what's
going on. once you make the
contact i think you will find
something that will add to
your daily life. try us on
tuesday, Wednesday or
thursday 7:30 AM to 3:30
PM.
GURDoN
the back of the old Stephens
building, next to Kuhn's on
Main Street," she said. "i am
just concerned with someone
getting injured and the city
being liable."
Childres said the downtown
buildings in question are
owned by private citizens.
However,
Street
Superintendent Jim Caldwell
is negotiating some work to
repair the sidewalk in front
of thomerson drug Store, at
the owner's request.
Franklin said city crews
will try and make sure customers can get in and out of
the drug store, even when the
repair is in progress.
Graysonia
exhibit at
CCHa Museum
Continued From Page 1
crappie, Childres said a bid
was let to repair the levy at
the pond back in January,
"but nobody has done the
work."
"they have to fix the levy
before they will restock our
fish pond," she said. "if this
is a concern of yours, please
feel free to call Arkansas
Game and Fish and ask for a
realistic time table. We
would all like to know one."
Blackburn said she has
received calls of concern that
parts of the backs of Main
Street buildings are "falling
apart."
"i believe one example is
Read The Standard
every week!
Hometown Realty
Joel Davidson, Realtor
870-356-8755
WANTED
Texas buyer looking for
timberland to purchase.
City of Caddo Valley-GF
Semi-annual Financial Statement
1/1/2011 to 12/31/2011
Revenue & expenditures
ReVeNUe
Fees & Permits
$3,925.38
Fines, Forfeitures & Costs
$107,751.05
Franchise Fees
$44,799.77
other revenue
$154,971.59
Property taxes
$55,295.49
Sales & other tax revenue
$318,411.17
transfers in
$7,166.50
revenue
$692,320.95
eXPeNSeS
Administrative Expense
$1,500.00
other Expense
$187,700.25
Payroll & Payroll tax
$289,938.04
Professional Services
$42,685.44
Supplies
$18,118.99
transfers out
$276,808.73
Utilities
$18,950.81
Expenses
$835,702.26
($143,381.31)
revenue Less Expenditures
($143,381.31)
other revenue
interest income
$271.56
transfer revenue
$91,682.82
other revenue
$91,954.38
($51,426.93)
Ị et Change in Fund Balance
($51,426.93)
Fund Balances
$254,852.65
($51,426.93)
$203,425.72
the Clark County
Historical Association will
receive $3,000 in grant
money to showcase Clark
County’s timber industry. An
exhibit at the Clark County
Museum in Arkadelphia during Arkansas Heritage
Month will feature tools
once used in the timber
industry and will highlight
“the Lost City of dreams:
Graysonia, Arkansas, circa
1920-1940,” photographs of
the county’s mills, workers
and mill-owners.
related exhibits on loan
from the Hoo-Hoo Museum
in Gurdon will be on display
at the Clark County Museum
and in the Arkadelphia Arts
Center. A traveling exhibit
will be displayed in county
government buildings, at the
olds Foundation of Amity,
and at the Hoo-Hoo
Museum. An opening reception will be held in May and
the exhibit will be on display
until Ị ovember.
Local church to
be featured
the deroche Missionary
Baptist
Church
near
Bismarck, which was organized in 1847, will be featured on the rFd Channel’s
“US Farm report” program
on March 31 at 9am. the
program frequently features
country churches. Historic
photos and other information
regarding the church will be
featured.
Take The
Standard for a
year--only $25!
Arkadelphia Wellness Clinic
204 N 26th Street • Arkadelphia
246-3052
DR. JOHN R. BOMAR,
Chiropractic Physician
the most common mistake
in treating back or neck pain
is the improper application of
heat. Most spinal pain has
inflammation at its root,
applying heat to temporarily
make it feel better is akin to
putting kerosene on a fire to
try and put it out. don’t hurt
yourself with improper use of
heat pads. Call us today to
know how best to treat your
back or neck pain.
eDIToRIaL
jumped on the man without
apparent
provocation.
Zimmerman shot our little
gang-banger in self-defense.
it does make sense, though.
Why else was Zimmerman
not arrested? Any good
reporter knows that when a
suspect goes a month without an arrest, there’s a good
reason for it.
But now, we’ve got the
“Justice” department looking into the matter, the police
chief has been suspended for
not arresting Zimmerman
and even President obama
has weighed in, saying that if
he had a son, he’d be “just
like treyvon.”
We agree
with the president on this
one. We figure any son of
his might be just like
treyvon.
Had Big Media simply
stuck to telling the story
instead of jumping to conclusions, we wouldn’t be in this
mess. i wonder, though, if
this isn’t a firestorm created
by the media powers that be
to sell papers and gain viewers.
Predicability, our rabblerousing friends in the black
community aren’t letting
facts get in the way of a good
rant against the Man. Jessie
Jackson was seen at
Macedonia Baptist Church
leading a chant calling for
justice. i just wonder how
that all fits in with the gospel
story? Since when did leading a congregation in protesttype chants constitute worship?
this case would be a nonevent had Big Media simply
done its job and told the
truth. there’s no need for
speculation and there’s no
need for sensationalism. As
Sgt. Joe Friday used to say,
“Just the facts, Ma’am.”
Justice for treyvon? the
facts appear to show that he
got his justice.
aaRP Driver Safety classes
An AArP driver Safety Program class has been scheduled
at the Glenwood Senior Center at 229 Betty Street on
Saturday morning, April 28th from 8 AM to 12:30 PM, sponsored by General ins. agent Jack Garner. He will also furnish
refreshments Arkansas state law specifies that licensed drivers ages 55 and older receive a discount on their car insurance for a period of 3 years when they complete the course.
Ị o tests are given or required. Breaks are scheduled each
hour so you don't get tired of sitting. Call Jeanice Adams at
870-356-3901 to enroll or for more information.
Great Depression exhibit at HSU
Henderson State University’s Huie Library will host an
exhibit entitled the Great depression: Amateur
Archeologists in the ouachita river Valley, March 28-May
11. the exhibit, located on the first floor of the library, is
open to the public during regular hours.
ReaL eSTaTe
aUCTIoN
THURSDay, aPRIL 12, 2012
NoTe TIMe: 6:00 P.M.
LoCaTIoN: 3862 Hwy 67 South (Curtis area), 8
miles south of Arkadelphia.
if you are looking for a 4br/3ba 2,448 sf home in the
country on 2.35 acres of land with a new 40'x40' metal
building that was constructed for a dog kennel but can
easily can be converted into a nice shop or storage
area, plus another older shop building, then look no
further. there are also large shade trees and fruit trees.
You won’t want to miss this opportunity to purchase
this property.
“SUGGeSTeD oPeNING BID - $50,000"
tErMS: A 10% Buyer’s Premium will be added to the
final bid price to determine the total contract price.
High bidder will be required to pay $5,000 down on
auction day as non-refundable earnest money. Balance
due in 30 days at closing.
ViEWiỊ G: Auctioneer will be on premises Sunday,
April 1 from 2:00 till 4:00, and again Monday, April 9
from 4:00 till 6:00, or call office for info.
Come see the
Ford
Stop by and meetRaptors
our Newest Salesman
Now
in Simpson
stock!!!
William
2011 Chevrolet aveo LT
2012 Mitsubishi Eclipse 2006 Ford Expedition XLT
4cyl, auto, a/c, fact. warr,
. ' 038mpg
+0$ ) +
)
+
)
' $ )
1996 Ford Bronco XLT 2008 F-150 XLT Crew Cab 4x4
+! ) /
$$ '. )
!)'% #
$$ '. ) '' "$ *
$219/72 or $13,980
2011 Nissan Maxima SE
. ' 0 +0$
0$ ** &+)0
2011 Chevrolet equinox LT
Pontiac GTO
4cyl, auto, a/c, local trade,
" '+') 32'.mpg
"$ * )0 *+
2007 Dodge Ram Quad Cab
2010 Honda Civic
$$ '. ) ) + * - )
' $ )
$359/72 or $21,980
2011 Volks Wagon Jetta 2003 Dodge 3500 Reg. Cab
,+'
)) &+0 ! )(
! " !+ '+')
"*$ ' $ )
Wil iam Simpson, Chad Andrews, Jason Easley, Gary Weems
2011 Mazda 3
,+' $$ '. )
+')0 )) &+0
2007 Ford Freestyle
+! ) '' '
Bil Beck, Rick Orr, Trent Wheelington, Daniel Santos, Gary Weems
Scan this code for
more great deals
*See dealer for details **Up to $1,000 - Pictures for illustration purposes only
*All payments W.A.C., 8% Interest, +T.T.&L, $2,000 Down Cash or Trade. 72 Mo. unless noted. Limit 2 per household
Centerpoint board rehires
certified staff
New arrivals in town
Courtesy photo
Judy Hix of 125 West texas Street in Amity shared this photo with the newspaper. Her
pygmy goat, YoYo, gave birth to three kids on March 12 at 5am in the morning. Proud father
is Snickers. the kids were named Hobo, Candy and Cotton and consisted of two males and
one female. YoYo is around eight years old this is her third time to kid.
CaSe
Gosey
from
Williams
Funeral Home arrived to take
possesion of robinson's
body. He found the patient
lying peacefully in her bed.
thinking nothing of the matter, he simply picked up the
body and left.
“He said it appeared to be a
natural
scene,”
Welch
recalled, adding that the staff
did not volunteer details of
robinson's death to Gosey.
the next day, the nursing
home sent the standard fax to
the coroner to officially notify him of robinson's death.
the form, which was
released to the newspaper,
stated that the death was natural and that robinson's
family was satisfied with her
care at the facility.
Welch quickly forgot the
case until two days later
when he received a phone
call from Arkadelphia attorney rick Medlock who told
him that he had a client in his
office with a story to tell
regarding the circumstances
of robinson's death, stating
that she had choked to death
in her chair after having been
left alone to eat her meal.
Ị ot only had she choked on
the sandwich, Welch said the
woman told Medlock that
robinson begged for help for
an hour.
“She laid out there and
hollered for an hour and no
one came to her aid,” Welch
said. “Had they did their job,
she would still have been
alive.”
Medlock told the Standard
that a woman who wished to
remain anonymous heard the
true details of robinson's
death and approached him
about the details.
Upon hearing the news,
Welch said, “My heart just
went to my stomach.”
His first move was to notify
the office of Long term
Care, a branch of Attorney
General dustin Mcdaniel's
office. the LtC supervises
the operation of nursing
homes within the state and
has the power to levy fines
for infractions.
His next move was to
retrieve robinson's body
from the funeral home and
send it to the state crime lab
for an autopsy. on April 9,
the crime lab verified the
woman's story: robinson
had indeed choked to death
on her food.
A crime lab report, which
was released to the newspaper and signed by Associate
Medical Examiner Frank J.
Peretti, M.d., stated that
robinson's death was caused
by
“Asphyxia
d/t
obstruction of air passage by
bolus of food.”
While the nursing home initially denied fault in the case,
Welch noted that through
what he feels was an accident, he received confirmation of what he had already
figured out and what the
crime lab had verified: A
nursing home mistake had
led to robinson's death.
Four days after robinson's
death, in the midst of Welch's
investigation, a handwritten
note was faxed to his office
from Courtyard Gardens.
the note, which the coroner
believes was not intended for
public release, stated that
robinson had been found
deceased in her chair in her
room.
robinson had a “do Ị ot
resuscitate” order on file,
the document noted. it was
signed by an LPỊ who was
among three workers that
Welch's report named as suspects in the case.
Welch said that he had
heard the three workers in
robinson's
case
were
released from their employment at Courtyard following
the incident and had applied
at another facility in the area,
only to be denied. that gives
him some peace, he said.
Medlock, who has had
some experience in nursing
home abuse and neglect
cases, stated that robinson's
death only followed what
had been a sad life for her.
“She was found on the
streets of Hot Springs at
some point,” he said. “We
don't know who found her or
how she got the name Susie
robinson. She had no birth
certificate that we know of.
We don't know who found
her. the first mention of her
in the records back then was
when she was in the state
hospital around the age of 12
or 13.”
in opening up an estate for
robinson in the wake of her
death, Medlock said he
attempted to find family
members for robinson, but
was unsuccessful.
“it really gets hazy back
there,” he said. “She's been a
ward of the state ever since.”
Medlock said he was able to
reach a settlement from
Courtyard in the case in the
fall of last year. Citing a
confidential agreement in the
case, he explained that he
was unable to provide any
details, except to say that the
home did not admit liability
in the case.
the money from the settlement will go to the state to
pay for robinson's lifetime
of care, he said.
Asked what made him get
involved in the case after
being made aware of the circumstances of robinson's
death, Medlock said, “it was
a strong case. there were
some wrongs that needed to
be made right. i was very
disturbed. tim Welch was
very disturbed. Several of us
were upset over this case
because it was such a departure from doing the right
thing. She was a completely
helpless person and she was
treated in a manner that was
simply unacceptable.”
“this was not really anything i had to think about,”
he said. “there was no hesitancy or debate on my part.”
For those who have loved
ones in nursing homes,
Medlock said robinson's
case should serve as a warning.
“Be vigilant. Susie didn't
have anybody to be vigilant
on her behalf,” he said. “She
was a ward of the state, so
why should they take care of
her?”
Medlock said he believes
that robinson's death may
not have been in vain.
“i think people have been
made aware,” he said, advising those with loved ones in
nursing homes to “Be aware.
Ask questions. Be assertive.
Seek a third party counsel if
you need to.”
For Welch, as the two year
anniversary of robinson's
death approaches, he pays
tribute to the woman he
never knew by checking up
on the nursing homes in his
jurisdiction.
“i may not always go to
every death,” he says, “But
they never know when i am
going to show up. i'm
watching them.”
Welch said he realizes mistakes will happen. And it's
not the fact that robinson
died that haunts him. What
he cannot forget is what he
considers a callous disregard
for a human life in the wake
of her death.
“it's a human being,” he
said tuesday. “She didn't
deserve this.”
“i think it was truly an accident. it was what happened
after her death when they
tried to cover it up that bothers me,” he said. “if they
had told the truth, no one
would have ever heard of it.”
He is equally upset that in
the wake of robinson's
death, he could not motivate
some to care about the facts
By Joe May
Editor
in a short meeting Monday
evening, the Centerpoint
School Board voted to rehire
all certified staff members.
in financial matters,
Superintendent
Anne
Butcher told the board that
money is down by about
$26,000 from last year.
However, she noted the district is still in good shape.
“if we’re a dollar ahead,
we’re good,” she said.
in other business, the board:
*Expelled a female senior
for five days for a weapons
violation.
*Allowed robert Kolbeka
to participate in early release
for a job.
in the case. A daily newspaper refused to print the story,
he said. only The Standard
and KAtV carried the story,
Welch stated.
in his office, the papers
regarding Susie robinson
are still laying out on a
counter. Even though Susie
has been dead for nearly two
years, at least one person
doesn't intend to forget her.
in life, Susie robinson did
not achieve any great thing.
But in her death, she may
well save the life of others.
At least that's what Medlock
and Welch are hoping.
Hunting club to
meet
*Went over the results of
the 2010-11 legislative audit.
*Approved the 2012-13 calendar, which allows for
school to start on August 20
and January 7. there will be
no winter break this year.
*Heard that two maintenence workers have received
their boiler operators licenses.
*Heard Butcher say the district will no longer pay for
officers at home games.
rather, Sheriff Preston
Glenn has promised to provide an on-duty deputy for
security purposes.
VaLLey
Armed with the information, Cole said she then followed the law and removed
Walker's name from the list
of registered voters and sent
him a notice of the removal
by certified mail. Should
Walker be able to provide
proof that he has fulfilled his
parole or had the convictions
discharged, he can then be
added back to the voter rolls,
she said. However, Walker
cannot again hold public
office, she stated.
“Someone who has be convicted of a felony cannot
hold public office,” she said.
Cole said it was the first
time she has had to purge the
records of a former officeholder.
easter egg hunt
at Hickory
Grove april 7
Hickory Grove Baptist
Church invites families to
come out to the church for
the
first
annual
EGGstravaganza
on
Saturday, April 7, from
11AM-1PM. the program is
geared toward children up to
12 years old.
Activities will include puppet shows (every half hour,
starting at 11:15), three different egg hunts, Easter
photo, face painting, temporary tattoos, large inflatable
slide, “Leap for the Lord”
sack races, egg relay with
plastic eggs on spoons, bait
casting using fishing poles
and 5-gallon buckets, basket
toss using plastic eggs into
bushel baskets, and a craft
station.
there will also be free hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and
water served.
All activities are free, and
there will be lots of candy
given out in addition to the
egg hunt. in case of bad
weather, activities will be
moved inside.
For more information,
please contact Jim Agee,
Senior Pastor, at Hickory
Grove Baptist Church,
13364
Highway
84,
Bismarck. the church phone
number is 501-865-3661.
The Standard has you covered--We’re the only paper
with coverage of Clark
aND Pike Counties!
M & H 182 Hunting Club
will hold their yearly meeting at Mike Harvey's house
on Saturday, April 28 at 6pm.
if you can't make it, remember dues are to be in by the
first of June.
Card of Thanks
thank you to everyone that
helped us through our tragic
loss of my best friend and
Bryon and Brianna ritch’s
father, Johnny C “Hippy”
ritch. i feel really blessed
that i live in a community
that is so willing to come to
our aid without even asking.
thank you, Kirby School,
for being so good to Bree
and Bryan, especially Coach
Smith, who Bryan really
looks up to. thanks to the
home health ladies and dr.
reddy for keeping my best
friend comfortable in his last
six months. thank you
everyone for everything you
did. i couldn’t have made it
without your help and that
includes Kyle Cowart and
the local church.
Sincerely, Jett duggan
DaRyL THoMaSoN
TRUCKING.
Flatbed drivers. CDLa req 75% TX, oK &
aR runs % pay = .40
per mile for deadhead.
New equipment.
Family medical.
$1,000 sign on! Call
800-231-5319
quickway Herald p. 3
Happy 85th Birthday!
The children of ruth plyler Woodard will be
hosting an 85th birthday celebration on
Saturday, March 31 from 2-3:30pm at Oak
park Village, 507 Mountain View road in
Glenwood. All family and friends are invited
to stop by and help celebrate her big day.
For sale in amity: Military surplus 6x6
diesel truck with very low millage, less than
15,000 miles, low hours. Cargo flatbed with
low sides, pintle hitch. Heavy duty construction. Call 713-557-1125 for information.
Want to learn more about the Bible?
Would you like to know more about God's Word? We
love to study the Bible and would be happy to sit down
with you and help you learn more about your
relationship with Jesus. The study is 100% Biblebased and undenominational. it's also totally free of
charge--a gift from churches of christ because we care!
Call 870-246-6232 or 870-403-2168 to schedule
an appointment or for more information.
fowler››Alpine auction Herald
p. 15

Keeping watch Gurdon redraws wards following census release

Transcription

Similar documents

TAILGATE MAG on SEPTEMBER 5, 2014.qxd

Call 870-342-5007

We`re behind you!

element ary school pupils` mag azine

call 870-342-5007

G l e n w o o d E l e m e n t a r y October 2014

Tornadoes traverse local area, cause damage

Call 870-342-5007

TAILGATE NEWS May 27, 2016 - Southern Arkansas Tailgate News

read us online for just $20 per year! www

Call 870-342-5007

The enduro V1 design is inspired from The ouTsTanding CaTalysT

Gag order filed in triple murder case

3_Adventure Playground.indd

Brochure - AC Moore Financial Services

KleenSpec® Single Use LED Vaginal Specula

Post-Grad 2016! - Bereavement Authority of Ontario

Boards 2004 Trip to Isla de Coche New world speed record

TAILGATE MAG on AUGUST 22, 2014.qxd

Bin Brookdraft.indd - Robinson College

Call 870-342-5007

Brochure - AC Moore Financial Services