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The Saline
By Lynda Hollenbeck
lyndahol@bentoncourier.com
Tickets are still available for
the Saline County Republican
Party’s annual Lincoln Day
reception and dinner.
The traditional
GOP fundraiser is
scheduled Monday.
Gov. Asa
Hutchinson will be
the keynote speaker Hutchinson
for the dinner.
Steve Lux, chairman of the Saline
County Republican
Party, said the
reception will be
held from 5:15 to
Webb
6:15 p.m. at GOP
State Chairman
Doyle Webb’s home at 224 S.
Market St. in Benton. The dinner is set from 6:30
to 8 p.m. at the Benton Event
Center. “Gov. Hutchinson and
his administration are doing
great things for the state of
Arkansas,” Lux said. “This event
provides local citizens with an
opportunity to thank our governor in person for the excellent
job he is doing.”
A large number of statewide
and local Republican candidates
and office-holders also are
scheduled to attend the event,
according to Lux.
Lt. Gov. Tim Hutchinson will
serve as master of ceremonies
for the dinner. Tickets are $50 per person for
the dinner only and are $125 per
person for both the reception
and dinner. Members of the press and
public are invited to attend, Lux
said.
For more information or to
purchase tickets, call Saline
County Justice of the Peace
Tammy Schmidt at 501-515-0088
or Lux at 870-550-1832.
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Prosecutor to implement amnesty program
By Josh Briggs
jbriggs@bentoncourier.com
Saline County Prosecuting
Attorney Ken Casady recently
announced that his office will be
implementing a hot check amnesty
program effective Feb. 16.
The new program is expected to
run through March 31.
The main benefit of the program
is that individuals with outstanding
hot check warrants, misdemeanors
or felonies may pay their balances
without having a warrant served.
Individuals also will not have to
make a court appearance, saving
them the expense of court costs.
The program will not apply to
anyone who has a warrant for failure
to appear stemming from hot check
charges.
Beginning Tuesday, anyone with
a hot check warrant can come to the
prosecutor’s hot check office and
pay the amount owed in full. No payment arrangements will be made.
The warrant will then be recalled
and the $50 warrant fee and $200
court costs will not be applied.
“A lot of people have warrants for
their arrests in Saline County,” said
Debbie Wilmoth, hot check administrator for the prosecuting attorney.
“We are trying to make it easier for
the people with the warrants to try
and get them taken care of without
having to go to jail.
“We know it is tax time and a lot
of people are getting extra money
that they wouldn’t normally have.
That is why we think this might be a
good time for people to take care of
their outstanding warrants.”
Following the March 31 deadline,
the prosecutor’s office will begin
publishing a list of individuals who
have outstanding warrants and have
not taken advantage of the amnesty
program.
“We have an investigator and our
plan is to aggressively go after the
people who have the warrants for
their arrests, who have not taken
advantage of the amnesty program,”
Wilmoth added.
To see who is eligible for the
program or to inquire about a hot
check warrant, call Wilmoth at
501-315-9340.
2 seniors in
running for
Presidential
Scholar honor
Superior
Students
By Lynda Hollenbeck
lyndahol@bentoncourier.com
Special to The Saline Courier
Benton High School seniors Anastasia Mills, above, and
Caleb Webb, left, are among the more than 4,000 candidates selected for the 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars
Program. The candidates were selected from nearly 3.3
million students expected to graduate this year.
Two Benton High School graduating
seniors are among the more than 4,000
candidates selected for the 2016 U.S.
Presidential Scholars Program.
Among the candidates are Anastasia
Mills and Caleb Webb.
Mills is the daughter of James and
Gabriell Mills, and Webb is the son of
David and Karen Webb.
The candidates were selected from nearly
3.3 million students expected to graduate
from U.S high schools this year.
Inclusion in the Presidential Scholars
Program, now in its 52nd year, is one of the
highest honors bestowed upon graduating
seniors, according to a spokesperson for
the program.
The scholars are selected on the basis
of superior academic and artistic achievements, leadership qualities, strong character, and involvement in community and
school activities.
Those selected as scholars will be invited
to Washington, D.C., for several days in
June to receive the Presidential Scholars
Medallion at a recognition ceremony and to
participate in various activities. Semifinalists
will be announced in early April and scholars in May.
A spokesperson for the program said
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Crows Station receives
rural services grant
By Sarah Perry
sperry@bentoncourier.com
Crows Station Fire Department Chief Tommy Thomason, center, accepts an Arkansas Rural Fire Protection Grant Program
check from Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Others pictured, from left, are Saline County Judge Jeff Arey, Justice of the Peace James
Zahnd, state Rep. Lanny Fite, Saline County Justice of the Peace Tammy Schmidt, Arkansas Economic Development
Commission Rural Services Director Alex Johnston, Arkansas Rural Development Ccommision Chair Jamie PaffordGresham, AEDC Deputy Director Amy Fecher, AEDC Commissioner Lynn Hawkins, and AEDC Executive Director Mike
Preston.
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Firefighters with the Crows
Station Fire Department were
recently awarded an Arkansas
Rural Fire Protection Grant through
the Rural Service division of the
Arkansas Economic Development
Commission.
Tommy Thomason, chief of the
department, accepted the grant
during a presentation in Gov. Asa
Hutchinson’s office.
Thomason said the grant funds
will be used to purchase protective
clothing for the firefighters.
“I’m very appreciative of the
grant,” he said. “Without grants,
Crows Station would not be able to
exist.”
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replaced every 10 years.
Of the 18 firefighters who volunteer for the Crows Station Fire
Department, only four to five have
equipment that is within the timeline, he said.
The four new sets will be used to
replace older sets.
“That’s something we haven’t
been able to do in three years,” he
said.
Each set is custom-made for the
firefighters and costs about $2,600.
With the grant funding, the department will be able to provide two new
sets.
The other two sets will be paid for
with funding from the department.
Thomason said the new equipment makes him feel more
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Saturday, February 13, 2016
Child found safe in Mo.,
Paragould man in jail
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A Paragould man is in jail
after police say he took a
woman and her child against
their will to Jonesboro
and then took the child to
Missouri.
According to an arrest
affidavit provided by
the Paragould Police
Department, Robert T.
Green, 26, whose last
known address was 57
Pecan Grove, was arrested
on Monday by officers with
the Malden, Mo. Police
Department following
an investigation headed
by the Paragould Police
Department.
Detective Rhonda Thomas
with the Paragould police
said Thursday that the incident began on Saturday,
Feb. 6, when a female victim was allegedly forced
into her car at the Pecan
Grove residence by Green,
her estranged boyfriend.
The victim, along with her
16-month-old daughter, were
forced to move into the passenger seat of the vehicle
by Green and were then
driven to Jonesboro on back
roads through Greene and
Craighead counties.
“He didn’t give a reason
for doing this,” Thomas said.
The victim later told
officers with the Jonesboro
Police Department that
once she and her daughter
arrived in that city, Green
stopped the car and let her
out, but drove off with the
child.
“He believes that the child
is his,” Thomas said. “But,
there is no proof of that. He
is not listed on the child’s
birth certificate and there
has not been any scientific
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testing done to determine if
in fact he is the child’s father
despite what he seems to
believe.”
Once in Jonesboro, the
victim was able to make contact with Jonesboro police
who began a search for the
child with the help of Scott
Pillow of the Arkansas State
Police.
The affidavit states that
the victim was transported
to the Greene County line
by a Jonesboro police officer where she was picked
up by Lt. Mike Addison
of the Paragould Police
Department. After filing
a report on the incident,
Thomas said a welfare concern was activated for the
child.
Thomas added that following the alert, officers with
the Malden police received
a tip about Green’s whereabouts in that city. Thomas
said that police learned he
was staying in an apartment
with the child and when
police went to apprehend
Green, he tried to flee out
the back door of the residence, but was caught by
a waiting officer and taken
into custody without incident.
Both the mother and the
child were unharmed.
Following his transportation back to Arkansas,
Greene was booked into the
Greene County Detention
Center on one felony count
of interference with custody
and one misdemeanor count
of false imprisonment in the
second degree.
He remains in custody and
is being held on a $250,000
bond. Green is scheduled
to appear in Greene County
Circuit Court on Thursday,
March 31.
Third teen pleads not guilty
in slaying of LR woman
The Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK — A teenager charged with capital
murder in slaying of a southwest Little Rock woman has
pleaded not guilty in district
court.
The Arkansas Democrat
Gazette reports that the
15-year-old also pleaded not
guilty to charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated
assault and felony theft of
property.
He’s one of three high
school students arrested in
the death of Eunice Lopez.
Police say the suspects
robbed her purse and fatally
shot her outside her home
Jan. 31 as she was holding
her 2-year-old daughter.
The 15-year-old wasn’t
originally charged in the
case, but police arrested him
Wednesday after investigating further.
In the hearing Thursday,
his attorney, Willard
Proctor, said his client
was accused of being an
accomplice in the crime but
wasn’t directly involved in
the homicide. Proctor filed
a motion to reduce the bail.
His next court date is scheduled for April 11.
Eighteen-year-old Ramale
Collier and another 15-yearold boy also have pleaded
not guilty to the same
charges. They are scheduled
to appear in court March 30.
It wasn’t immediately clear if
they have lawyers.
All three suspects are
being held in Pulaski County
jail without bail.
A police spokesman says
no additional arrests are
expected in the case.
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U.S. Renal Care raises money for kidney disease
By Sarah E. Banker
Paragould Daily Press
With the help and efforts
of The Mall at Turtle Creek,
volunteers, participants
and sponsors, U.S. Renal
Care raised $20,000 for the
National Kidney Foundation
(NKF) in their 3rd Annual
Caring for Kidneys 5K Run/
Walk.
U.S. Renal Care, a leading
dialysis provider for those
diagnosed with end stage
renal disease has offices in
30 states. The event. held
in October, was dedicated
to bringing attention to the
prevention of kidney disease and the need for organ
donation.
The NKF is the leading
organization dedicated to
the awareness, prevention
and treatment of kidney
disease. Major risk factors
for kidney disease include
diabetes, high blood pressure, family history of kidney failure and being age 60
or older.
According to the NKF,
kidney disease is the ninth
leading cause of death in the
country, with more than 26
million Americans having
kidney disease. The kidneys
are responsible for filtering
waste out of 200 liters of
blood each day, removing
drugs from the body, balancing the body’s fluids and
much more.
The run/walk was held at
U.S. Renal Care’s Paragould
dialysis clinic located at
901 W. Kingshighway.
The event brought out
101 participants, with the
waiting for a transplant.
The Overall Female
Runner winners of the 5K
were Hilary Treat, Karlee
Midgett and Amy Austin all
of Paragould. The Overall
Male Runners were Zarek
Bateman, Francisco Salinas
and Robert Thompson.
The Overall Female
Walkers were Nancy
Martinez, of Kennett; Donna
Montgomery, of Corning;
and Marlene Smith, of
Jonesboro. The Overall
Male Walkers were Warren
Smith, of Jonesboro, and
Dwight Akins, of Paragould.
U.S. Renal Care hopes
the event will continue to
grow in the years to come.
The 2016 5K will be held in
Jonesboro in October at the
U.S. Renal Care Corporate
Office.
Democrats question Sanders’ commitment to Obama
MINNEAPOLIS —
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign enlisted the
support of black Democrats
on Friday to undermine
Bernie Sanders’ push to
claim a piece of President
Barack Obama’s legacy,
arguing she is the rightful
heir to the nation’s first
black president.
Clinton sought solidarity
with Obama at every turn
during Thursday’s debate
in Milwaukee, referring
to herself as a “staunch
supporter” of his health
care law and praising him
as a role model on race
relations. Clinton ended
the debate by criticizing
Sanders for saying in an
interview with MSNBC that
Obama had failed the “presidential leadership test.”
By Friday, as Clinton
traveled to a black community in South Carolina,
her African-American
allies in Congress seized
upon the Vermont senator’s comments during the
debate that race relations
would “absolutely” be bet-
ter under a future Sanders
administration.
“I think it seemed a bit
presumptuous to me to conclude that Bernie Sanders,
in the twilight of his career,
was going to be able to be
the great healer in race relations,” said Rep. Hakeem
Jeffries, D-N.Y., in an interview with CNN.
Rep. Gregory Meeks,
D-N.Y., the chairman of
the Congressional Black
Caucus, said in a statement after the debate that
Sanders wanted to “undo
President Obama’s accomplishments” and also pointed to the MSNBC interview,
saying Sanders’ “disparaging comments towards the
president are misplaced,
misguided and do not give
credit where credit is due.”
Sanders senior strategist
Tad Devine said after the
debate that the Clinton campaign was “desperately trying to place a wedge, a wall,
a division between Bernie
Sanders and President
Obama. There’s only one
problem: It doesn’t exist.”
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youngest participant being
9-year-old Madeline Ziegler
of Jonesboro and the eldest
being 77-year-old Johnnie
Haynes of Pocahontas.
There were also 170
virtual walkers (those who
for some reason could not
participate in the race) who
provided the $20 entrance
fee and received a T-shirt.
U.S. Renal Care was honored to have two transplant
recipients from Northeast
Arkansas in attendance
along with their family and
friends.
NKF states on its website that more than 101,000
people are currently on the
transplant list waiting for
a kidney and only 17,000
receive one each year. Each
day there are 12 people who
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become tug-of-war between
Clinton and Sanders as the
Democratic race winds into
Nevada and South Carolina,
where minority voters play a
pivotal role. The Democratic
rivals will be competing for
the support of black voters
who factor in several “Super
Tuesday” contests on March
1, including Alabama,
Georgia, Tennessee, Texas
and Virginia.
Clinton invoked Obama
or his administration 21
times during the debate and
used the president, who
remains popular with rankand-file Democrats, as a
shield to push back against
Sanders’ critiques.
When the senator pointed
to Clinton’s 2002 vote to
authorize the Iraq war,
Clinton noted that Obama
had trusted her judgment
enough to name her secretary of state. When Sanders
assailed the influence of
Wall Street on the nation’s
political system, she said
Obama had received millions from the financial
industry but had still signed
the Dodd-Frank financial
overhaul.
Sanders portrayed himself as an Obama ally in the
Senate and the successor
to the Obama movement
for change. He regularly
notes his ability to generate
a large voter enthusiasm
among young people, one of
Obama’s main draws in 2008.
At one point during the
debate, Sanders told Clinton
sharply, “One of us ran
against Barack Obama. I
was not that candidate.”
His campaign dismissed
Clinton’s contention that
Sanders had presented
himself as potentially better
than Obama on race relations. Sanders was asked
if race relations would be
better under a Sanders
administration than they
had been. The senator said,
“Absolutely, because what
we will do is say, instead
of giving tax breaks to billionaires, we are going to
create millions of jobs for
low-income kids so they’re
not hanging out on street
corners. We’re going to
make sure that those kids
stay in school or are able to
get a college education.”
“The Clinton campaign
takes every single thing that
comes out of his mouth,
twists it and distorts it and
throws it back,” Devine said
after the debate.
Both candidates sought
to appeal to black voters on
Friday. Clinton was campaigning in Denmark, South
Carolina, and discussing
economic opportunities for
African-Americans. Sanders
was holding a forum on race
and economic opportunity at
a Minneapolis high school.
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Ex-judge asks to
withdraw guilty plea
By Claudia Lauer
LITTLE ROCK — A former circuit judge in central
Arkansas asked a federal
judge Friday to allow him
to withdraw his guilty plea
on a federal bribery charge,
two weeks before he is
scheduled to be sentenced.
In his motion to withdraw the plea for Michael
Maggio, attorney James
Hensley wrote that
Maggio’s previous lawyers
had erred in advising him
to plead guilty last year.
Hensley said there was no
evidence the bribe involved
government business as
required under the charges
and argued that the whole
case should be dismissed.
“A judge who accepts
a bribe in exchange for a
favorable ruling in a civil
case cannot be convicted
under section 666 as a matter of law,” he wrote.
Maggio is scheduled to
be sentenced on Feb. 26.
Chief U.S. District Judge
Brian S. Miller denied
Maggio’s motions to relieve
his two previous attorneys
on Thursday, saying he
could add Hensley but not
dismiss the others so close
to the sentencing. The
motions were sealed, and
Miller’s order is the only
indication of their content.
Chris Givens, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney
for the Eastern District of
Arkansas, said he could not
comment about the specific legal arguments in the
filing, but said the office
would “file an appropriate
response at the appropriate
time.”
Hensley, who didn’t
immediately return a phone
message seeking comment,
cited two rulings in federal
cases where judges were
accused of accepting bribes
from attorneys in exchange
for favorable rulings. In a
2011 Mississippi case, a
federal judge overturned
a jury’s conviction of the
same statute that Maggio
is charged under, saying
there was no evidence
that the bribe was made in
connection to government
business or transactions.
Maggio admitted as part
of his guilty plea in January
2015 that he had accepted
campaign donations from
an unnamed nursing home
owner and lobbyist in
exchange for reducing a
jury award in a negligence
case involving one of the
nursing home owner’s
facilities.
Maggio was accused
of accepting the $50,000
donation two days before
reducing the jury’s $5.2
million award to just $1 million. Prosecutors said the
donation, which included
$24,000 from the company’s owner, was made in
July 2013.
Hensley wrote that
Maggio was “unaware at
the time” that the actions
he pleaded guilty to were
not covered by the statute
used to charge him. He
also said Maggio admitted
to taking the money and
allowing it to influence him
because he was advised to
do so and because he was
“threatened by the U.S.
Attorney with the indictment and prosecution of
his wife.”
2 students killed in
shooting at high school
GLENDALE, Ariz. —
Two students were shot
and killed Friday at a high
school in a Phoenix suburb
but the danger at the campus was over, police said,
as hundreds of worried
parents crowded outside
nearby stores to await word
on their children.
Two 15-year-old
girls were shot once at
Independence High School,
but it was not clear what
led up to their deaths,
Glendale Officer Tracey
Breeden told reporters.
Authorities were not looking for anyone else, and
a gun was found near the
bodies, she said.
The circumstances suggested the possibility of a
murder-suicide or doublesuicide, but Breeden said
no determination had been
made. She had no information on the relationship
between the girls, who
died at the scene and were
found near an administration building.
Police arrived within two
minutes of being called,
and the school of more
than 2,000 students went
on lockdown, Breeden said.
Hundreds of worried parents soon began arriving at
nearby discount and convenience stores. Breeden told
parents awaiting word on
their kids that “your children are safe.”
Cheryl Rice said she
went to a store after a
friend called about the
shooting and asked after
Rice’s 15-year-old daughter.
But the girl called as Rice
arrived at the store.
“She said, ‘I’m OK,’ so I
of course started crying,”
Rice said.
She said it was horrible
waiting for word about her
child.
“You don’t know if it’s
your daughter or not. You
don’t know who’s being
bullied. You don’t know
who is being picked on.
You don’t know anything.
It could be anybody,” Rice
said.
School district officials
said parents will be bused
to the school to be reunited
with their children. Other
students who got permission from their parents left
campus on their own.
Glendale Union High
School District alerted
parents to the shooting through emails and
automatic phone calls
and released information on social media,
Superintendent Brian
Capistran said.
Students typically are not
allowed to use their cellphones during lockdowns,
but as calls from parents
flooded the district, officials
asked teachers to have students call family, Capistran
said.
Social workers and counselors will be available to
students and staff when
school resumes Tuesday,
the superintendent said.
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TODAY
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20
Hot Springs Daylily Society:
10 a.m. Saturday, Feb.13, at
First United Methodist Church
Christian Life Center, Grand
and Pratt, one block west of
Central Avenue. The program
by Yvonne Becker is titled
“How to Prepare Your Daylilies
For Spring.” For more information, call Lin Johnson 501318-0288. Visitors and guests
are welcome.
2 p.m.
Alumina Lodge 574, located
at 312 Southeast Third Street
in Bryant, will host a chili
cookoff benefit for the Bryant
Boy’s and Girl’s Club. The
event will begin at 2 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 20. All the
proceeds will go to the youth
club. Judges will be selected
by the club. It is an ongoing
traditional event. Alumina
Lodge has won the trophy
for the best chili the past
two years and hopes to bring
home the trophy again. The
public, as well as all eligible
Masons, are invited to attend
the event.
11 a.m.
The 17th Annual Sweetheart
Pageant, Talent Competition
and Shoporama will be held at
11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at
The Center at Bishop Park in
Bryant. For more information,
email sweetheartpageant1@
gmail.com or call 501-4674606.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15
5:30 p.m.
Saline County Quilters
Guild will meet at 5:30 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 15, at Calvary
Baptist Church in Benton. For
more information, call 7762475.
Both Saline County library
locations will be closed
Monday, Feb. 15, in honor of
President’s Day.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16
3:30 p.m.
The Haskell Historical
Society will meet at 3:30
p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the
church/courts building next
door to Haskell City Hall. The
program “Haskell in 1915” will
continue from the previous
meeting. Please plan to attend
and bring someone with
you. We continue to collect
articles, photos and newspaper clippings of Haskell’s past
for display at the museum on
West Elm Street. For more
information, call Emaline
Stroud at 303-0384.
2 p.m.
Violin performance by
Oksana is set from 2 to 3 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 20, at Herzfeld
Library in Benton. Join concert
violinist Oksana for an afternoon of music.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22
6 p.m.
Crochet courses are set
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday,
Feb. 22, at Herzfeld Library in
Benton. Join us for a free crochet lesson from our resident
expert. Each month you will
build on the lesson before to
complete basic projects.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25
4:30 p.m.
THEOS, a support group for
widowed persons: Dinner at
4:30 p.m. at Brown’s Country
Restaurant.
6 p.m.
Yoga classes are set from
6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25,
at Boswell Library in Bryant.
All skill levels are welcome to
join a professional instructor
from Yoga for the Road for a
free yoga class at the library.
Please bring a mat and a bottle
of water.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29
11 a.m.
Sharon Extension
Homemakers Club will meet at
11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at
the Western Sizzlin’. Members
are to bring four nonperishable
items to donate to CJCOHN.
6 p.m.
Knitting courses are set
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday,
Feb. 29, at Herzfeld Library in
Benton. Join us for a free knitting lesson from our resident
expert. Each month you will
build on the lesson before to
complete basic projects.
5:30 p.m.
SALINE CROSSING
REGIONAL PARK &
RECREATION AREA, INC. will
meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 18, in the Gene Moss
Building at Tyndall Park. The
meeting is open to the public
and all are invited to join in
the planning for the development of Saline Crossing (Saline
County’s first pioneer settlement). Of special interest at this
meeting will be a presentation
by John Eckert, director of
the Benton Parks Department,
sharing the details of Benton’s
developmental plans.
6 p.m.
Yoga classes are set from
6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18
at Herzfeld Library in Benton.
of water.
6 p.m.
Digital Photography IV class
is set from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 18, at Boswell
Library in Bryant. Join us for
our fourth and final installment
of a four-part digital photography course. Attendance in
the previous classes is recommended and registration is
required. Visit either location
or call 501.778.4766 to register.
THURSDAY, MARCH 3
6 p.m.
Watercolor at the library
is set from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 3, at Boswell
Library in Bryant. This
month’s selection is “Magnolia
Blooms” on watercolor. All
supplies will be provided for
the first 25 participants.
6 p.m.
Yoga classes are set from 6
to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 3,
at Herzfeld Library in Benton.
of water.
Band plays rock ‘n’ roll music
from the ‘50s. Group was
part of original rock ‘n’ roll
era and made recordings at
Sun Studio, owned and operated by rock ‘n’ roll pioneer
Sam Phillips at 706 Union
Avenue in Memphis. The
Bryant center is located at The
Center at Bishop Park, 6401
Boone Road. Donations will
be appreciated. Call 501-9430056, extension 3, for more
information.
THURSDAY, MARCH 25
4:30 p.m.
THEOS, a support group for
widowed persons, will meet
for dinner at 4:30 p.m., March
24 at Rib Crib.
ONGOING EVENTS
ALZHEIMER’S Arkansas
Caregiver Support Group will
meet every third Thursday at
2 p.m. at Herzfeld Library in
Benton. The next meeting is
set for Feb. 18.
CONGO MASONIC LODGE,
located at the corner of Steele
Bridge Road and Thompson
Dairy Road, will host an allyou-can-eat fish fry the last
Saturday of every month from
April to September. Money
raised will go to area charities.
The public is encouraged to
attend.
SALINE MEMORIAL
HOSPICE is recruiting volunteers. These volunteers will
help with hospitality at the
Hospice House in Bryant and
sit with patients in their homes
and nursing homes. For more
information, call the volunteer
coordinator at 315-0136
TAX PREPARATION
SERVICES: Central Arkansas
Development Council is seeking volunteers for its VITA/
EITC free tax preparation
services in Saline County.
The service offers free electronic filing of federal and
state tax returns. The service
will be available at Herzfeld
Library and the Benton Senior
Wellness and Activity Center.
Volunteers must be certified.
CADC provides training. To
volunteer,contact Susan Willis
at 501-778-1133.
BRYANT HISTORICAL
SOCIETY has changed its
meeting date to the second
Tuesday of each month, beginning at 6:30 p.m.. The meeting
will be held at Boswell Library
in Bryant on Prickett Road.
Those interested in preserving Bryant’s history as well as
those who wish to preserve
the happenings of today’s
Bryant for future generations
are invited. For more information, visit the organization’s
Facebook page.
TAKE OFF POUNDS
SENSIBLY (TOPS 296) meets
at Salem Fire Station on Friday
mornings. Supportive and
fun accountability. Weighin begins at 8:45 a.m. and
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TUESDAY, MARCH 8
5 p.m.
THEOS, a support group
for widowed persons, 5
p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at
Whispering Pines Community
Room, 1200 W. Pine St.
Regular monthly and play
baggo.
THURSDAY, MARCH 10
Sonny Burgess and The
Legendary Pacers: Fundraiser
set 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday,
March 10, at Bryant Senior
Wellness and Activity Center.
Glass: 501-778-6244
Framing: 501-778-1636
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STARTING POINT
SUPPORT GROUP MEETING:
1 p.m. every Sunday at Christ
Is The Answer Fellowship
Church in Traskwood. This
is a Christian-based recovery
program. Call Vince for details
722-3110
SALINE COUNTY HISTORY
AND HERITAGE SOCIETY
MEETING: 7 p.m. the third
Thursday of each month at
123 N. Market St. in Benton. The Family and Local History
Research Room is open from
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday
through Thursday. Call 7783770 for more information.
The society website is www.
schhs.us.
SADDLES AND SPIRITS
HORSE CLUB MEETING: 6:30
p.m. the second Thursday
of each month at East End
Elementary School. For more
information, contact Melinda
Steele at 501-580-8356.
SALINE COUNTY
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
MEETING: 6:30 p.m. the first
Thursday of each month at
Republican Headquarters, 125
N. Market St. in Downtown
Benton. Visitors welcome
BINGO: 6:30 p.m. every
Thursday evening and every
Saturday at 1 p.m. at VFW
Post 2256, 5323 Sleepy
Village Road (off Alcoa
Road). Members, guests and
the public are welcome. Must
be 21 years of age. No admission charge. Kitchen will be
open serving burgers, fries,
taco salads and other items.
SALINE COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL
COMMITTEE MEETING: 6
p.m. the second Tuesday of
every month at Democratic
Headquarters, 101 S. Market
St. in Downtown Benton.
STARTING POINT FAITHBASED GROUP: Group meeting for AA and NA will be held
at 3:30 p.m. Sundays at 1203
Boone Road. For more information, call 501-249-2685.
SALINE COUNTY
TOASTMASTERS meets
at Mt. Carmel Methodist
Church, Arkansas 5 and Alcoa
Road, noon-1 p.m. every
Thursday. This is an international organization to help
people with their leadership
and communication skills.
For further information or to
register, email Joyce Moore at
jmoore25@att.net.
BINGO at Saline Odd
Fellows Lodge 174, next to
Sue’s Pawn Shop in Benton,
is held on Monday and Friday
nights. Doors open at 5 p.m.
with the first mini beginning
at 6 p.m. The lodge is a nonsmoking building and all are
welcome. There is a $1,000
progressive jackpot.
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EDITORIAL CARTOON
— From the First Amendment to Constitution
Trump continues
to spew vulgarity
S
o The Donald is at it again. Every week or so we
learn something new about him.
With Megyn Kelly and Hillary,
we learned that he was a misogynist.
We knew all along that he was selfabsorbed, a blow-hard and a braggart.
We recently learned that he has little
respect for his fans, because he said
they would still support him if he shot
someone on Fifth Avenue in New York.
More recently we learned that he was
a coward and a scaredy-cat because he George D.
did not want to face Megyn Kelly again Ellis
and consequently refused to show up
In My
for the debate she was scheduled to
moderate.
Humble
Well, now we know something else:
That he is vulgar. In a very large venue, Opinion
speaking to his supporters, he stopped
spewing venom long enough to work
certain language into his talk. He ad-libbed a word
that this newspaper cannot and certainly will not print.
He used the word in reference to one of his opponents. He engaged once again in the language of the
school ground. He must think it makes him tough.
In contrast, Gov. John Kasich of Ohio conducted
himself, as one would expect, with dignity and class,
and the New Hampshire voters thanked him for that.
He ran second, far ahead of the other remaining candidates. As for those candidates, we have now lost
Chris Christie, who got the message from his singledigit showing. But in the process of going down, he
took Marco Rubio with him.
One can tell that Christie has spent lots of time in a
courtroom. Rubio had come to the debate with a talking point that he must have thought would put him
in the history books. “Barack Obama knows exactly
what he’s doing . . . “
He repeated it three times as an answer to questions that had nothing to do with that issue. The third
time, Christie pounced, and pointed out the canned
response. “There it is,” he said.
As the votes were being tallied in New Hampshire,
Rubio took the hit, acknowledging that he had
messed up. And messed up he did. He’s toast.
But we shouldn’t make Christie too noble. He
would not have been a formidable opponent against
either Hillary or Bernie. Christie is a hothead masquerading as a plain talker. He loses his temper with
reporters, his peers and even his supporters. He has
the temperament of a professional wrestler, reminiscent of Gov. Jesse Ventura in a moment of anger.
Now for the Democratic side of the ledger: It is
indeed refreshing to liberal Democrats to see two candidates arguing about who is the more “progressive.”
Hillary claims to be a progressive who “gets things
done.” Bernie the Red, as he is affectionately called,
claims to be a progressive — period.
Up to now, Bernie has gotten a pass. The news
media has let him get away with “free medical care
for all” and “free college.” Hillary’s people by now are
starting to put a pencil to the cost of a Sanders administration, and I predict that it will not be pretty when
they finish the calculation.
Bernie’s is an important voice that needs to be
heard these days, but in the end, he’s still a socialist. Even though he made a big splash in New
Hampshire, the Democrats are not going to nominate
him.
This country’s economy is grounded on substantially private enterprise and reasonably free trade.
Regardless of who is elected in November, it is going
to stay that way.
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George D. Ellis is a Benton attorney who can be contacted at gellisinbenton@swbell.net.
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Dale Evans:
Arkansas’
queen of the
Cowgirls
D
Earthquake rocks
U.S. politics
W
hat we saw in New
Hampshire was a political
earthquake. The headlines were dramatic — fittingly so:
“Sanders, Trump Stun America,”
CNN declared on its website. The
American Prospect summed it up
with a tidy statement:
“The Establishment
Sinks.”
The establishment
didn’t just sink in New
Hampshire — the
earth swallowed it
whole. Whether this
fault line runs through
most of America will
Donna
be revealed as each
primary unfolds.
Brazile
Nevertheless, New
Hampshire was a
major political shakeup with severe
political casualties.
In the nation’s first primary, New
Hampshire voters flatly rejected the
political veterans, men and women
alike, in favor of the so-called outsiders.
Ironically, the outsiders, Vermont
Sen. Bernie Sanders and businessman
and former reality TV star Donald
Trump, are establishment figures.
Trump has spent his whole life as a
“real estate mogul,” a billionaire who
hobnobs only with those in power,
while Sanders has 35 years holding
office from mayor to congressman
to senator. Each man is running not
against Washington insiders — that’s
been done — but against our political
system itself, claiming it’s dysfunctional, unfair and so out-of-touch with
“We, the People” that only a political
revolution can correct it.
In the process, Trump has scared
many voters, and Sanders looks like a
pied piper luring America’s youth into
a Joan of Arc mission. Despite these
misgivings, New Hampshire voters
of every stripe emphatically voted for
our politics to change. Voters demonstrated they’re willing to upend
Washington and shake everybody out
of it, if that’s what it takes.
This isn’t about ideology. This is
a voter revolution based on revulsion with how we conduct politics.
However, instead of following
President Obama’s advice, voters
are looking to a no-frills solution —
choosing candidates who talk simply,
who seem authentic because they distain nuance, and who reject the same
politicians the voters themselves
shun. It’s all built on voter distrust,
and the failure of leaders to achieve
voters’ objectives.
“The future we want,” Obama said
in his final state of the union address,
“will only happen if we fix our politics.
... It’s one of the few regrets of my
presidency — that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten
worse instead of better.”
The “fix” in New Hampshire was to
choose candidates who don’t sound
like politicians, who say what the
voters have been thinking and who
pledge to address their deepest anxieties and fears, and in Sanders’ case,
their hopes.
Although Trump got the elephant’s
share of media publicity, Sanders
got the lion’s share of votes in New
Hampshire, racking up 151,584 votes
compared to Trump’s 100,406 votes,
even though 30,000 more Republicans
voted than Democrats. Trump was
distinctly a minority winner — more
Republicans voted for Trump’s opponents than for him. Trump took only
35.3 percent in the Republican primary, while Sanders achieved a whopping 60 percent in the Democratic
contest.
Exit polls painted a stark landscape
of voter concerns: Both Democrats
and Republicans share a loathing of
Washington politics and a profound
distrust of entrenched leaders.
Democrats and Republicans alike
are anxious about the economy. Yet
Democrats are focused on income
inequality, while the Republicans want
jobs.
Republican voters have two fears
Democrats don’t share: terrorists and
immigrants — and they sometimes
don’t distinguish between the two.
Voters are being drawn to simple
solutions. They’re willing to forgive
the absence of details in the hope that
simple solutions will work: Wall out
the immigrants, and toss out the big
billionaires and their money from the
halls of Congress.
We knew Sanders’ and Trump’s
months-long double-digit leads in
New Hampshire would be close to
impossible to overcome, even as voters in Iowa were handing victories to
Clinton and Cruz. Still, the magnitude
of their wins and the abandoning of
ideology and partisanship to unite
around candidates who have, as
Obama put it, “that new car smell,”
was gobsmacking.
New Hampshire’s upheaval was
felt in every state of the nation. We
will see if South Carolina has its
own political earthquake, or if it
merely registers the tremors from the
Granite state. For Clinton, there is no
excuse for her loss, just as there was
no excuse for Trump’s loss in Iowa.
In July 2015, Hillary Clinton was
beating Sanders by 40 points. She lost
that lead by running a campaign that
has not been able to reach out to the
disaffected — however much it holds
on to those choosing experience. A
truly national leader will have to heal
the schisms in both our parties and
our nation, if Washington gridlock
and dysfunction are to end.
States are like individuals. South
Carolinians could vote differently
than Iowans and New Hampshirites.
There are red and blue states in
general elections. But in the 2016 primaries, it’s still the Outsiders vs. The
Establishment. *
HOW TO REACH YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS
State Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, District 33,
201 E. North St., Benton, AR 72015, (501) 7733760, jeremy.hutchinson@senate.ar.gov.
State Sen. David Sanders, District 27 Room
320 State Capitol, Little Rock, AR 72201, (501)
682-6107, davidjamessanders@gmail.com.
State Sen. Alan Clark, District 13 P.O. Box
211, Lonsdale, AR 72087, (501) 262-3360, alan.
clark@senate.ar.gov.
State Rep. Lanny Fite, District 23, 3324
Hwy. 5, Benton, AR 72019, (501) 794-2228,
lanny.fite@att.net.
State Rep. Andy Davis, District 31 P.O. Box
30248, Little Rock, AR 72260, (501) 837-5109,
andy.davis@arkansashouse.org.
State Rep. Julie Mayberry, District 27 3022
E. Woodson Lateral Road, Hensley, AR 72065,
(501) 888-8222, julie-mayberry@att.net.
State Rep. Kim Hammer, District 28, 1411
Edgehill Dr., Benton, AR 72015, (501) 840-3841,
kimdhammer@yahoo.com.
Circuit Judge Bobby McCallister, 22nd
Judicial District, Division 1, Saline County
Courthouse, 200 N. Main St., Benton, AR 72015,
(501) 303-5635.
Circuit Judge Gary Arnold, 22nd Judicial
District, Division 2, Saline County Courthouse,
200 N. Main St., Benton, AR 72015, (501) 3035664.
Circuit Judge Grisham Phillips, 22nd
Judicial District, Division 3, Saline County
Courthouse, 200 N. Main St., Benton, AR 72015,
(501) 303-5628.
Circuit Judge Robert Herzfeld, 22nd
Judicial District, Division 4, Saline County Annex,
District Judge Michael Robinson, Benton
District, 1605 Edison Ave., Benton, AR 72019,
(501) 303-5670.
District Judge Stephanie Casady, Bryant
District (Bryant, Alexander, Bauxite, Haskell,
Shannon Hills), Boswell Municipal Complex, 210
SW Third St., Bryant, AR 72022, (501) 847-5223.
Saline County Judge Jeff Arey, Courthouse
Prosecuting Attorney Ken Casady, 22nd
Juicial District, 102 S. Main St., Benton, AR
72015, (501) 315-7767.
Saline County Sheriff Rodney Wright
Saline County Detention Center, 735 S. Neeley
St., Benton, AR 72015; (501) 303-5609.
ale Evans spent decades as a star
of the silver screen. While her
career was legendary in its own
right, her story behind the scenes was
even more remarkable.
She was born Frances
Octavia Smith in her
grandparents’ home in
the South Texas community of Uvalde in 1912. Her father was a farmer
and owned a hardware
store in the nearby town
of Italy. Struggling, the
family moved to Osceola, Ken
in eastern Arkansas, in
Bridges
1919 where her father
made an attempt to farm History
cotton. Her education
Minute
was sporadic, occasionally having to drop out of
school but managed to reach high school
in Osceola by age 12.
At age 14, she met a local boy at a
dance. The two eloped, got married
at the home of a preacher in nearby
Blytheville, and soon had a son together. The marriage fell apart quickly. By 1929,
her husband had abandoned her, and she
was left a divorced mother at the age of
17 at the dawn of the Great Depression.
She would marry and divorce two more
men between 1929 and 1945.
Singing had been part of her life since
a young age, and she looked for work
as a performer while living in Memphis. She took several jobs trying to scratch
out a living while taking several business school courses at the same time. Through her connections while working
for a local insurance company, she landed
singing roles at two local radio stations by
1930, WMC and WREC.
She moved to Chicago to try to find
better employment, but her health collapsed under the strain of work, school,
and raising her son. After she recovered,
she found work at station WHAS in
Louisville, Kentucky, where the station
manager suggested her stage name,
Dale Evans. By 1936, she found her way
back to Texas and found work singing on
Dallas radio station WFAA.
Her career gradually ascended. In
1942, she appeared briefly in the film
Orchestra Wives, her first of what
became 44 films. She also took on a
regular role on the popular Edgar Bergen
Show on NBC radio. With World War
II ongoing, she performed in many USO
shows to entertain the troops overseas. In 1943, she starred with John Wayne in
the film In Old Oklahoma.
In 1944, she met Roy Rogers when
they starred together in Cowboy and the
Senorita. Dale Evans and Roy Rogers
became close and continued to work
on projects together. After his wife died
in 1946, the two married the next year
and remained together for the next fifty
years. They adopted three children and
had a daughter together. Tragically, two
of their children died at young ages and
a third died in an accident while serving
in the army. In the midst of these heartbreaking tragedies, she found solace in
her faith. She wrote and sang hymns and
actively promoted the church and prayer
in her appearances and books.
The couple appeared in numerous
movies together and moved into television. In 1950, she wrote the song “Happy
Trails,” which the two sang often on television and in the movies. It also became
the title of their 1980 autobiography. In
1951, The Roy Rogers Show premiered
on NBC and lasted for six seasons. After
the program ended in 1957, the two made
several more television appearances. Their last movie appearance together
was as a cameo in the 1973 made-for-TV
movie, Saga of Sonora.
In 1996, she began hosting a Christian
television program, Date With Dale.
Though her own health was failing, she
continued the program as long as she
could. She died quietly at her home in
California in 2001 at age 88.
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Dr. Ken Bridges is a history professor at
South Arkansas Community College in El
Dorado. He can be reached at kbridges@
southark.edu. The South Arkansas Historical
Foundation, an organization dedicated to
historical education and preservation, is
based in El Dorado and can be found at
www.soarkhistory.com or (870) 862-9890.
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PICKERING HONORS SENIORS ON HIS LAST DAY
Honors
From page 1
800 semifinalists will be
named and the Commission
on Presidential Scholars, a
group of up to 32 eminent citizens appointed by President
Obama, will select the finalists. The U.S. Department of
Education will announce the
selected scholars in May.
The U.S. Presidential
Scholars Program was
established in 1964 by executive order of the president
to recognize some of the
nation’s most distinguished
graduating seniors for their
accomplishments in many
areas, including academic
success, leadership and
service to school and community. It was expanded in
1979 to recognize students
demonstrating exceptional
scholarship and talent in the
visual, creative and performing arts.
In 2015 the program
was expanded once again
to recognize students who
demonstrate ability and
accomplishment in career
and technical fields.
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Annually, up to 161 U.S.
Presidential Scholars are
chosen from among that
year’s senior class, representing excellence in
education and the promise
of greatness in America’s
youth.
All scholars are invited to
Washington, D.C., in June
for the National Recognition
Program, which features
various events and enrichment activities and culminates in the presentation of
the Presidential Scholars
Medallions during a White
House-sponsored ceremony.
From Arkansas Largest Independent Dealer
Because Jay Pickering, principal at Bryant High School, will not be attending the commencement ceremony this year, he hosted a makeshift graduation ceremony for seniors on his last day as principal.
Pickering recently accepted a job to serve as principal at the new West Little Rock Middle School.
Kellam nominated for Youth of the Year
The Saline Courier Staff
“
Nobody Beats
a Ferguson
Deal on
La-Z-Boy®,
NOBODY!”
For the second straight year, Bobbye Ann Kellam, left, has been
nominated for the Youth of the Year for the Boys & Girls Clubs of
Saline County. Standing with her is althetic director Heath Massey.
pus of Emory University in
Atlanta.
Her three-day world class
leadership experience centered on providing her with
workshops, critical skills and
opportunities to strengthen
her identity as a young per-
son and alumni in the Boys &
Girls Club Movement.
The Youth of the Year
serves as both an exemplary
ambassador for Boys & Girls
Club youth and as a strong
voice for all of the nation’s
young people.
Grant
James Zahnd.
“Because of their tireless
efforts, we were about to
secure this grant,” he said.
Arey knows firsthand the
importance of this grant
because of the years he
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vital to volunteer fire departments across the state,” he
said. “I certainly appreciate
the Arkansas Economic
Development Commission
for offering this grant.”
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Firefighters in Crows
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accidents.
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individuals for their help in
obtaining the grant: State
Sen. Bill Samples, state Rep.
Lanny Fite, Saline County
Judge Jeff Arey, Justice of
the Peace Tammy Schmidt
and Justice of the Peace
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Benton (G) def. Sheridan 43-29
Benton (B) def. Sheridan 50-30
Bryant (G) def. MSM 50-27
Bryant (B) def. Catholic 60-35
Bauxite (G) def. Waldron 73-26
HG (G) def. Bismarck 36-22
HG (B) def. Bismarck 55-51
FRIDAY
BASKETBALL
Benton at El Dorado, LATE
Bryant at Van Buren, LATE
rebound vs. Rebels
By Nate Allen
Razorbacks Report
FAYETTEVILLE - How the
Arkansas Razorbacks played
Tuesday at Mississippi State
and how fiercely the Ole
Miss Rebels normally play
the Razorbacks in Oxford,
Mississippi, doesn’t add up
well for Arkansas today without a Razorbacks resurgence.
That’s a given, Arkansas
Coach Mike Anderson
asserts with the Razorbacks,
12-12 overall and 5-6 in the
SEC, off a 78-46 collapse
Tuesday night in Starkville,
Mississippi, against a
Mississippi State Bulldogs
team they defeated 82-68 on
Jan. 9 at Walton Arena in
Fayetteville now on the SEC
road again at 1 p.m. today on
ESPNU television against the
Rebels, 15-9, 5-6, at Ole Miss’
brand new facility called The
Pavilion.
“We know when the Hogs
and the Rebels get together
it’s going to be an all-out
war,” Anderson said. “We
are expecting nothing less.
It’s a team that’s going to be
physical, going to be aggressive. They are in their new
place and I’m sure there
will be extra excitement.
I know it’s going to be a
tough ballgame but I think
our guys will be up to the
challenge. Especially on the
heels of what took place at
Mississippi State.”
After trouncing the
Tennessee Volunteers
85-67 start to finish in last
Saturday’s SEC game
at Walton Arena, the
Razorbacks matched their
most lopsided SEC defeat
since John Pelphrey’s 20102011 Razorbacks lost 75-43 at
Florida.
Embarrassment alone presumably ought to ignite the
Razorbacks in Oxford.
HOGS, page 7
ALAN JAMISON/Nate Allen Sports Service
Arkansas Razorback Manny Watkins, 21, goes up for a shot in a game earlier this year. The Hogs go
to Oxford to play the Ole Miss Rebels today at 1 p.m. on ESPNU.
Panthers in Cabot for conf. tourney
By Jennifer Hoyt
Oaklawn Barn Notes
Bauxite vs. Arkadelphia, LATE
HG at Mtn. Pine, LATE
BOWLING
Benton at Conference Tourney,
LATE
SWIMMING
Benton and Bryant at South
District Championships, LATE
TODAY
BASEBALL
Panther Family Day, 11 a.m.
WRESTLING
Benton at Cabot
(Conference Meet), 9 a.m.
Large field
expected
for SW
TONY LENAHAN/The Saline Courier
Benton sophomore wrestler Micaiah Temple, left, competes at a meet at Catholic High School in Little Rock. Temple, who won the match,
and the Benton Panthers wrestling team head to Cabot this morning to compete in the conference tournament at Cabot High School. The
meet is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.
HOT SPRINGS – Oaklawn
racing secretary Pat Pope
said Thursday morning
that he expects 13 horses
to enter Monday’s $500,000
Southwest Stakes (G3). Post
positions for the 1 1/16-mile
Southwest, the second major
local prep for the $1 million
Arkansas Derby (G1) April
16, will be drawn Friday
morning.
Horses Pope said he
expects to be entered
are: American Dubai,
Bird of Trey, Collected,
Cutacorner, Discreetness,
Gordy Florida, Luna de
Loco, Suddenbreakingnews,
Synchrony, Torrontes, War
Stroll, Whitmore and Z
Royal.
American Dubai is entered
in an entry-level allowance
race Saturday at Oaklawn,
but owner Richard Keith said
Thursday morning that he
and trainer Rodney Richards
are “just covering our bases.”
Discreetness, Gordy
Florida, Synchrony and Luna
de Loco finished 1-2-3-4,
respectively, in the $150,000
Smarty Jones Stakes Jan. 18
at Oaklawn.
Gordy Florida worked
a half-mile in :47.40 over a
fast track after the break
Thursday morning for threetime Oaklawn training champion Kenny Smith. Clockers
caught Gordy Florida galloping out 5 furlongs in :59.80.
Cougar Ridge and
Carve lead Essex
By Jennifer Hoyt
Oaklawn Barn Notes
Cougar Ridge wins the $250,000 Delta Mile at Oaklawn. Cougar Ridge and Carve lead the field in today’s Essex Handicap.
COADY PHOTOGRAPHY
HOT SPRINGS – Cougar
Ridge will try to stretch
his winning streak to five
in Saturday’s $100,000
Essex Handicap for older
horses Saturday at Oaklawn.
Probable post time for the 1
1/16-mile Essex, the ninth
of 10 races, is 5:09 p.m.
(Central). First post Saturday
is 1:05 p.m.
Seven horses are entered in
the Essex, but the projected
field was reduced by one
Friday morning when 9-5 program favorite Midnight Hawk
didn’t board a flight originating in Southern California
for Hall of Fame trainer Bob
Baffert.
Oaklawn officials said
Midnight Hawk, runner-up in
last year’s $250,000 Razorback
Handicap (G3) at Oaklawn,
apparently stayed home to run
in an allowance race at Santa
Anita.
The early 5-2 co-second
choice is Cougar Ridge, a
6-year-old Johannesburg gelding trained by Randy Morse.
Cougar Ridge has won three
stakes races during his winning streak, including the
$250,000 Delta Mile Nov. 21
at Delta Downs in his last
start. A $62,500 claim April 8
at Keeneland, Morse has been
pointing the gelding for the
Essex for approximately two
months.
He is scheduled to break
from the extreme outside
under Corey Nakatani and
carry top weight of 118
pounds.
“Post is fine,” Morse said.
“It doesn’t matter in a short
field. He’ll be forwardly
placed, I would imagine. He
usually lays pretty close.”
Completing the Essex
field from the rail out: La
Macchina, Channing Hill to
ride, 112 pounds; Sharm, Alex
Birzer, 112; Carve, Ricardo
Santana Jr., 117; Texas Bling,
Glenn Corbett, 115; and Ain’t
Got Time, Alex Cintron, 115.
Carve, a powerful winner
ESSEX, page 7
7
Lady Crushers take district; undefeated in River City again
The Saline Courier
JOSH HARRISON/Special to The Saline Courier
Lady Crusher Coach Brandi Davis, kneeling left, talks to her team.
BOB MCADORY/Special to The Saline Courier
The 2015 Bauxite Lady Crushers pose with plaque after winning the 7-4A District Championship 35-28 against Nashville in Waldron.
Front row from left is Zion Strong, Olivia McDade, Julie Sorvillo, Kate Davies, Maddie Sanders, Ana Lupton and Shelby Thornton. Back
row from left is Coach Shannon Sledd, Faith Robinson, Lynsey Mangum, Lauren Bainter, Taylor Sledd, Bree Hardin, Cynia Johnson,
Skylar Eaves, Erika Qualls, Kate Duncan and Coach Brandi Davis. The Lady Crushers went undefeated in the River City Conference for the
second straight season, finishing 18-1 overall and are 40-4 the past two seasons.
Hogs
From page 6
“This team here, when
they had some adverse
things take place they
responded the right way
and I expect nothing less,”
Anderson said recalling his
Razorbacks’ resurgence off
disappointments this season,
though none so whopping as
losing by 32 to a team now
3-8 in the SEC that they had
previously beaten by 14 in
Fayetteville.
Last season’s 27-9
Razorbacks led by Bobby
Portis, the 2014-2015 SEC
Player of the Year now with
the NBA’s Chicago Bulls,
routed the Rebels 96-82 in
Fayetteville but in Oxford
Essex
From page 6
of last year’s $100,000 Fifth
Season Stakes at Oaklawn,
will be making his first start
since being reunited with
Bauxite
Lady
Crusher
Lauren
Bainter
puts a
shot
up in a
35-28
district
title win.
Bainter
led the
Lady
Crushers
with 11
points in
the victory.
BOB MCADORY/
Special to The
Saline Courier
needed a late basket by then
sophomore reserve Manuale
Watkins to overcome Ole
Miss 71-70 on Valentine’s
Day Night in Oxford.
The Razorbacks, 1-10
away from Walton Arena this
season winning only at SEC
cellar-dweller Missouri, seem
almost assuredly to require
a nail-biter if they are to get
past these Stefan Moodyled Rebels of Coach Andy
Kennedy in Oxford.
Moody, the dynamic 5-10
senior guard scoring 18 and
16 on Arkansas last year in
Fayetteville and Little Rock,
leads the SEC in scoring
averaging 23.3 points for
all games and 24.7 for SEC
games.
“Moody’s a guy that can
get you 25 to 30 points a
game,” Anderson said.
Moody requires, men,
rather than just a man, to
guard him in man-to-man
defense, Anderson said,
and can foul out multiple
defenders with all his driving
to the basket.
Also the more attention
that Moody receives, the
more other Rebels can hurt
you, Anderson said.
In Ole Miss’ last three
SEC games, wins over
Vanderbilt and Missouri
in Oxford and Columbia,
Missouri, and a loss at
Florida, Moody scored 23, 23
and 19 points.
Meanwhile starting
guard Rasheed Brooks quietly scored 15, 15 and 16
while 6-9 freshman reserve
forward Tomasz Gielo,
upping his average to 9.0
points, stunned scoring 16,
16 and 20.
“They do a lot of screening and pop with him (Gielo)
because you know the attention is going to be placed on
Stefan Moody,” Anderson
said. “And rightly so because
he (Moody) is a gifted scorer
but you know having a big
guy, 6-9, that can step out
and shoot the basketball,
that’s a luxury. And Brooks
is a guy that can score in
multiple ways.”
Defensively in the SEC
back from past Ole Miss
coaches Rob Evans and Rod
Barnes through Kennedy,
Ole Miss’ coach since 2006,
the Rebels nearly always
have played tough, grinding
defense against Arkansas.
“You know their recipe,”
Anderson said. “They are
going to be as physical as
they possibly can. They’re
going to attack the glass and
they’re going to try and slow
you up with their press and
you’ve got to make them pay
for it. You got to take care
of the basketball and attack
them.”
trainer Steve Asmussen last
fall. On behalf of owner Mike
Langford of Jonesboro, Ark.,
Asmussen claimed Carve out
of his Jan. 25, 2013, career
debut victory at Oaklawn
$30,000.
Langford moved Carve to
trainer Brad Cox before the
2014 Oaklawn meeting and
back to Asmussen after the
6-year-old gelding finished
sixth in the $200,000 West
Virginia Governor’s Stakes
Aug. 1 at Mountaineer. A foot
problem shelved Carve for
the remainder of 2015 and
forced him to miss his first
intended target of 2016, the
$100,000 Fifth Season Jan. 16
at Oaklawn.
“We don’t look for his best
race, but I bet they know
he’s in there,” Langford said.
“We could have ran in that
race, and probably been competitive, but we tried to do the
right thing and let it [foot]
grow out.”
The $300,000 Razorback
Handicap (G3) March 19
is the final major local prep
for the $750,000 Oaklawn
Handicap (G2) April 16. The
goal for Carve, Langford said,
is to run in both races. Carve
finished third in the 2014
Oaklawn Handicap and second last year.
A victory Saturday would
push Carve, a multiple stakes
winner of $959,240, over $1
million in career earnings.
“I hope it happens tomorrow,” Langford said.
ARKANSAS (12-12, 5-6)
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Pastor: Jason Keisler
Benton First Assembly of God
1801 Hot Springs Hwy., Benton
501-778-7597
www.bentonfirst.com
Pastor: Rev. Gene Huskey
Calvary Assembly of God
3420 Military Rd., Benton
501-778-2884
Pastor: Randy Roach
www.calvarybenton.com
BAPTIST
Avilla Missionary Baptist Church
10582 Avilla Road West
501-316-1623
Pastor: Kirby Caple
Cross Bar C Cowboy Church
10895 Hwy. 70 - Exit 111
Pastor: Greg Spann
Cross Roads Missionary
Baptist Church
10019 Lily Dr., Benton
Pastor: Larry Campbell
Discover The Joy Baptist
410 S. East St., Benton
501-837-8058
Pastor: Perry Robinson
Eastside Baptist Church
Fifth & Hoover St., Benton
501-778-8443
Pastor: Steve Raines
If your Church is not listed, please contact
The Saline Courier at 315-8228 ext. 229
or email composing@bentoncourier.com
Old Union Baptist Church
12641 Hwy 298
501-794-2215
Gospel Light Baptist
910 W. Hazel St., Benton
Palestine Missionary Baptist
Hwy 35 S.
Pastor: Rev. J. Clyde Chenault
501-778-4177
Grace Baptist Church
21941 I-30, Suite 10 Bryant
Pastor: Joel Prickett
501-249-0869
Gravel Hill Baptist Church
6259 Hwy 9
Benton, AR 72019
Pastor: Nathan Nalley
www.thechurchatgravelhill.com
Fairplay Missionary Baptist
8516 Fairplay Rd., Benton
Pastor: Kenny Mitchell
501-778-5755
First Baptist Church
211 S. Market St., Benton
778-2271/315-2270
Pastor: Rick Grant
www.fbcbenton.org
First Baptist Church (ABA)
401 N. Reynolds Rd., Bryant
501-847-0365 www.fbcbryant.net
Pastor: Phillip Miller
First Southern Baptist
604 S. Reynolds Rd., Bryant
501-847-3014
www.1stsouthern.org
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
24310 N. Sardis Rd.
501-557-5153
Pastor: Rick Porter
Ridgecrest Baptist Church
900 Ridge Rd., Benton
501-778-6747 501-249-5049
Pastor: Bro. James Coward
Holland Chapel Baptist Church
15523 I-30, Benton
501-778-4546
hollandchapel.org
Salem Baptist Church
3069 Salem Rd., Benton
501-316-5352
www.salem-baptist.com
Hurricane Lake Baptist
2516 Springhill Rd., Bryant
501-847-2864
Pastor: Benny Grant
Saline Missionary Baptist
8210 N. Main St., Tull
Pastor: Rev. Kim Hammer
Landmark Missionary Baptist
215 E. Main St., Traskwood
Pastor: Rev. James Floyd
Lighthouse Baptist Church
4163 Salt Creek Rd.
Pastor: Wayne Martin
Mars Hill Missionary
Baptist Church
128000 Mars Hill Road
Pastor: Rev. Davy McCool
Mountain View Missionary Baptist
1552 Mountain View Road,
Benton
Pastor: Phillip Batchelor,
501-909-9090
Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist
3700 Mount Olive Rd., Bauxite
Pastor: Doug Hammonds
Mt. Harmony Missionary Baptist
245 Mt. Harmony Dr.,
Haskell-Benton (off Hwy 229)
Bro. John Bagby - Pastor
501.827.5376
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
5408 Alcoa Rd., Benton
Pastor, Scott King
Mulberry Missionary Baptist
5838 Salt Creek Rd., Benton
Pastor: Jerry Kyle
501-794-1159
only 2007 performance
of Hilarion’s Christmas
Oratorio in the massive
Basilica of the Immaculate
Conception in Washington,
D.C. This was linked to an
exhibit — including an icon
of Mary, with bullet holes —
on the history of suffering
and renewal in the 20th century Russian church.
• Pope Benedict XVI’s
attendance of a 2010 concert in Rome featuring
sacred works composed by
Hilarion, who sat with the
pope.
• The 2013 “Concert for
Peace” in Rome, following
the call by Pope Francis for
a day of prayer for those
suffering in Syria and across
the Middle East.
These events did not
receive waves of news coverage, noted Moynihan, but
they were important developments on a deeper level.
“If you are trying to
understand the Russian soul,
then you have to talk about
music and iconography and
worship,” he said. “That is
simply a statement of fact. ...
There are eternal mysteries
that are inexpressible, other
than through silence and art.
These mysteries are real,
whether you want to believe
in them or not.
Park Place Baptist Church
22208 I-30 N., Bryant
Pastor: Gary Lambright
Highland Heights Baptist
501-315-7204
Pastor: Bro. Brian Moore
Kentucky Missionary Baptist
7070 Hwy. 5, Benton
Pastor: Rev. Donny Haynes
Congo Road Baptist Church
7193 Congo Road, Benton
501-794-3844
Pastor: Rev. Jeff Langley
www.congoroadbaptistchurch.org
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Geyer Springs 1st Baptist Church
12400 Hwy I-30, Little Rock
501-455-3474 www.gsfbc.org
Berean Baptist Church
353 Jay St., Haskell
501-776-2571
Pastor: Larry Mattingly
Celebration Baptist Church
4601 Hwy 229 in Haskell-Benton
Pastor: Allan Eakin
SINCE 1957
Oak Grove Missionary Baptist
2907 Congo Rd.
501-315-5279
Pastor: Vance Nutt
Indian Springs Baptist Church
23581 I-30, Bryant
501-847-2915
Pastor: Tom Williams
Calvary Baptist Church
612 Valley View Rd., Benton
501-778-4762
Pastor: Frank Thurman
www.cbcbenton.com
urgent necessity.
When announcing the
summit, Metropolitan
Hilarion said the crisis in
“the Middle East, in North
and Central Africa and in
some other regions, in
which extremists are perpetrating a real genocide of
the Christian population, has
required urgent measures
and closer cooperation
between Christian churches.
In the present tragic situation, it is necessary to put
aside internal disagreements
and unite efforts for saving
Christianity in the regions
where it is subjected to the
most severe persecution.”
In addition to the 2007
St. Matthew’s Passion performance — which aired on
the Catholic Eternal Word
Television Network —
Moynihan noted other landmark events, including:
— The decision by Pope
John Paul II, months before
his death, to return to Russia
the Icon of the Blessed
Mother of Kazan, also
known as “the Protection of
Russia.” The Polish pontiff
had long yearned for reconciliation between Catholics
and the Orthodox, allowing
the church to “breathe with
two lungs,” East and West.
• A standing-room-
Forest Hills Missionary Baptist
501-315-4403
Pastor: Marcus W. Blakley
Bethel Missionary Baptist
501 S. Border St., Benton
501-778-3396
Pastor: Bro. Carl Higgs
Brooks Bethel Baptist Church
20020 S. Alexander Rd.,
501-557-5350
Pastor: Buddy Fowler
www.brooksbethelmbc.com
501-455-1065 • 501-778-7270
ebrate the Paschal feast on
the same day.
Hilarion wondered “if
there might be a way for this
work to then be performed
in Rome and if I could help
organize such a concert,”
said Moynihan. “We both
knew this would be incredibly challenging. ... But we
did it, and that night was like
a miracle.”
The Moscow premiere
was on March 27, 2007. Two
nights later, the exhausted
Russian choir and orchestra
were in Rome for a performance attended by several
Catholic cardinals, as well as
numerous students, scholars and dignitaries. One
Orthodox participant was
Metropolitan Kirill — now
the Russian patriarch.
Anyone probing the roots
of this month’s historic
encounter in Cuba between
Patriarch Kirill and Pope
Francis — the first meeting
of this kind between Rome
and Moscow — must study
the years of cultural and
musical contacts that built a
bridge to this moment, said
Moynihan in an interview
days before the summit. In
the end, mutual concerns
about the slaughter of
Christians in Iraq and Syria
made such a meeting an
Sharon Missionary Baptist
402 Shenandoah Dr., Benton
501-778-4103
Pastor: Michael Reese
Social Hill Missionary Baptist
2021 Hwy. 35 S., Benton
Pastor Bro. Bill Williams
Spring Creek Baptist
19200 I-30, Benton
Pastor: Dr. Terry Parrish
Springhill Missionary Baptist
8602 Springhill Rd. 501-316-1345
Pastor: Bro. Steven Sewell
Temple Baptist Church
8601 Hwy 67, Benton
778-1295
Pastor: Rev. Terry Sayers
Temple Missionary Baptist
3215 Coats Rd., Benton
501-860-8907
Pastor: Rev. David Harris
Ten Mile Missionary Baptist
17510 Church Rd.
Lonsdale, AR 72087
(501) 939-2227
Pastor: Will Diggs
Trinity Baptist Church
702 Church St., Benton
501-778-9146
Pastor: Mike Titsworth
United Missionary Baptist Church
3810 Salem Rd. Benton Ar.72019
Pastor: Bro. Randy Ward
501-326-7396
Tyndall Park Missionary Baptist
Corner of Cox and Hoover St.
501-317-1777
Pastor: Brad Crumby
Vimy Ridge Immanuel Baptist
New Friendship Missionary Baptist 12214 Germania Rd.,
501-847-2322
7400 Friendship Rd., Benton
Pastor Doug Hethcox
Pastor: Zack Stringer
903-293-1768
Vimy Ridge Missionary Baptist
14823 Vimy Ridge Road
New Life Baptist Church
Alexander, 455-2947
10765 Samples Rd., Alexander
Pastor: Bro. Dennis Mitchell
501-316-1985 nlbcavilla.org
Pastor: Dr. Sid Sample
Victory Baptist Church
5386 Hwy 67 S., Benton
New Life Missionary Baptist
501-315-5005
126 West Dr., Benton
Pastor: Ken Graham
Pastor: Rev. Scotty Nalley
Bauxite Missionary Baptist
New Prospect Missionary Baptist West
5701 Hwy 183, Bauxite
Peeler Bend Rd.
501-557-5691
Pastor: David Standridge
Pastor: Rev. Melvin Burris
North Fork Missionary Baptist
Wright’s Chapel Baptist
Highway 9 and 12th Street
2150 S. Market St., Benton
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CHURCH NEWS
Mt. Carmel United
Methodist Church
Victory Baptist Church
The worship service Sunday,
Feb. 14, at Mt. Carmel United
Methodist Church will be led by
local concert violinist Oksana.
The service will begin at 10:45
a.m.
While Oksana is a classically
trained violinist, she plays a variety of music including sacred and
Arkansas-style fiddle.
Mt. Carmel is located at the
intersection of Arkansas 5 and
Alcoa Road.
The public is invited to attend
Sunday’s service and encouraged
to bring a friend.
The Rev. Roger Glover is pastor
of the church.
St. Matthew’s
Epsicopal Church
The Lenten season is being
observed at St. Matthew’s
Episcopal Church, 1112 Alcoa
Road in Benton.
Holy Week services will begin
on March 20 with Palm Sunday
Services set at 8:30 a.m and 11
a.m.
A Maundy Thursday service of
Holy Communion is scheduled
at 7:30 p.m. and a Good Friday
service is scheduled at 7:30 p.m.
on March 25.
Weekly Sunday worship services begin at 8:30 a.m. and 11
a.m.
The Rev. Lorrie Slaymaker is
the vicar of the congregation and
Judy Matthews is the organist.
Worship leaders for the early
service Sunday are Deb Hansen,
Mariah Nehus and Paula
Hartner. Leaders for the 11 a.m.
service are Ginny Engel, Ellen
Gregan and Nancy Hornstein.
Nursery care is available for
both services under the supervision of Victoria Meyer.
Slaymaker may be contacted
at 501-317-8015 or lpslaymaker@
gmail.com.
The church is at 1112 Alcoa
Road in Benton.
Victory Baptist Church will
observe Sunday, Feb. 14, as
“Sweetheart Sunday.”
This special day also will include
a memorial to Dr. V.M. Graham,
father of the church’s pastor, Dr.
Ken Graham.
A church spokesman said Virgil
Graham, who was born Feb. 24, was
a pastor, evangelist and “prayer warrior who served God faithfully until
his death several years ago.”
This service will begin at 11 am,
preceded by Sunday school at 10
a.m. Victory Baptist Church sponsors Blessed Hope Baptist College,
Victory Baptist Academy, and the
HOPE Recovery and Discipleship
ministry.
For information about any of
these ministries or for transportation to a service, contact the church
at 501-315-5005.
Victory Baptist is located at 5364
Highway 67 South in Benton. Parkview United
Methodist Church
The Rev. Dooley Fowler, pastor of Parkview United Methodist
Church, is continuing a six-week
Bible study on “John — the
Gospel of Light and Life.”
The study began Jan. 27.
CATHOLIC
Our Lady of Fatima
Catholic Church
900 W. Cross St., Benton
Rev. Chinnaiah Irudayaraj
Yeddanapalli (Fr. YC)
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Northside Church of Christ
917 N. East St., Benton
501-315-1128
Pastor: Jim Gardner
Steve
Romine
New Bethel Church of Christ
3777 Kruse Loop, Alexander
501-794-1994
Central Arkansas Church of Christ
8220 Hwy 5 Alexander
Minister: Reggie Nalls
Church of Christ
305 East Smith St., Benton
501-317-5113 or 317-6900
Church of Christ
4232 Edison Ave., Bauxite
501-794-1604
Haskell Church of Christ
Haskell
501-315-0173
Hwy 5 Church of Christ
1500 Hwy 5 N.
Benton, AR 72019
501-303-0465
Evangelist James Hamilton
Highway Church of Christ
18514 I-30, Benton
501-315-3303
Pastor: Steven Ford
Johnson Street Church of Christ
101 W. Johnson St., Benton
501-315-9034 or 501-315-7896
Paron Church Of Christ
17212 Hwy 9, Paron
501-594-8373
River Street Church of Christ
415 River St., Benton
501-778-4042
Pastor: Bro. Dennis Gage
Salem Road Church of Christ
2700 Salem Rd.
501-316-1415
CHURCH OF GOD
Benton Pentecostal CoG
4023 Gattin Rd., Benton
501-778-8664
Pastors: Elizabeth & Dave Witt
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(501) 315-6497
11657 Interstate 30
Benton, AR 72015
Grape Chapel Church of God
7100 Hwy 298 (Kirk Rd.)
501-794-0563
Pastor: Scott L. Planck
www.gccog4u.com
New Life Church of God
Chambers Rd., Bauxite
501-249-3330 Pastor: Roy Willis
New Song Community Church of God
1458 Salem Road, Benton, AR 72018
Mon.-Fri. 8-5
501-315-0022
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Benton
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New Summit Church of God
3916 Silica Heights Rd., Benton
Pastor: Bryan Hughes
Walnut Street Church of God
520 W. Walnut
Benton, AR 72016
EPISCOPAL
St. Matthew’s Episcopal
501-776-4176
Priest Lorrie Slaymaker
www.stmatthewsar.org
LUTHERAN
First Lutheran Church
18181 I-30 S., Benton
Pastor: James D. Burns
Friends in Christ Lutheran Church
4305 Hwy 5 N., Bryant
501-213-6521
Pastor: Emil Woerner
www.bryantlutheran.com
Zion Lutheran Church
300 Avilla Road East
501-408-4630
Pastor: Michael Schleider
www.zionlutheranavilla.org
1515 Hwy 5 North • Benton
6039 Hwy 67 • Haskell
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METHODIST
Benton First United Methodist
200 N. Market St., Benton
501-778-3601
Sr. Minister Rev. David Jones
www.fumcbenton.org
Bryant First United Methodist
508 N. Reynolds Rd., Bryant
501-847-0226
Pastor: Rev. Hamett Evans
www.fumcbryant.org
Congo United Methodist
2903 Steel Bridge Road
Pastor: Polly Burton
Ebenezer United Methodist
Church
8319 N. Main Tull
501-778-6242
Pastor: Rev. Albert Marlar
Mt. Carmel United Methodist
2005 Hwy 5, Benton
501-794-2451
Pastor: Rev. Roger Glover
New Hope United Methodist
1705 New Hope Road, Benton
501-860-2302
Pastor: Rev. Dooley Fowler
Parkview United Methodist
514 Border St., Benton
501-778-2145
Pastor: Rev. Dooley Fowler
www.pumcbenton.org
Salem United Methodist
1647 Salem Rd., Benton
501-316-2282
Pastor: Rev. Carlton Cross
Sardis United Methodist
10715 W. Sardis Rd., Bauxite
501-602-2129
Pastor: Rev. Bryan Diffee
www.thesardischurch.net
Traskwood United Methodist
Hwy. 229 and Main Street.
Pastor: Tom Crawford
www.traskwoodumc.org
NAZARENE
Cornerstone
Church of the Nazarene
25799 I-30, County Line Exit #126
501-653-2886
Pastor: Rev. Tim Evans
First Church of the Nazarene
1203 W. Sevier St., Benton
501-315-9600
Pastor: Rev. Brady Lane
PENTECOSTAL
First Pentecostal Church
16412 I-30, Benton 501-778-6974
Pastors: Rev. Burl Crabtree
a0nd Bishop O.D. Crabtree
First Pentecostal Church
4212 Hwy 5 N., Bryant
Pastor: Rev. Jerry Whitley
Lawson Rd. Pentecostal Church
807 E. Lawson 501-821-3542
Pastor: Jason Gibson
New Life/Bryant Pentecostal
5094 Highway 5 North
Bryant, AR 72022
903-293-3038
Pastors: Russell & Renee Bassett
PRESBYTERIAN
Cumberland Presbyterian
Fellowship
3600 Market Place, Bryant
315-0355/888-4190
Pastor: Rev. Buster Guthrie
First Presbyterian Church
501 N. East St., Benton
501-315-7737
www.fpcbenton.com
Pastor: Rev. Dr. Dari Rowen
7th-DAY ADVENTIST
Seventh-Day Adventist
2615 Lincoln Rd., Benton
501-778-0641
Pastor: Michael Wolford
Books for the course are $13
each, but are not required for participation.
The class meets at 4:30 p.m.
each Wednesday.
The weekly fellowship meal will
be served at the conclusion of the
study.
a concert featuring The Martins at
7 p.m. March 11. Doors will open
at 6 p.m. Tickets are available at
Regency Funeral Home in Malvern,
Teel’s Grocery in Poyen and at the
church.
Mike Sulllivan is pastor of the
church.
For more information, visit www.
poyenassemblyofgod.org.
Northside Church
of Christ
Cumberland
Presbyterian
Fellowship
Northside Church of Christ has
begun a scripture-based approach
to healing wounds of the heart.
The class began Monday, Feb.
1, and will continue to meet on
Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m.
The duration of the class will be
five to eight weeks. No fee will be
required.
For more information or to register for the class, individuals may
call the church office at 315-1128.
Lenten services will begin
Sunday, Feb. 14, at Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in Bryant.
The Rev. Jack Ryan, pastor, will
be preaching at the 10:45 a.m. worship service, which is open to all.
Billy Clinton will serve as worship leader.
A time for children is included in
the service.
Music is under the direction
of Betty Kettles, songleader, and
Lynda Hollenbeck, pianist.
Also, a multi-generational
Sunday School class, taught by
Ryan, meets at 10 a.m.
Ryan is director of the chaplaincy program for the Veterans
Administration Hospital at Fort
Roots in North Little Rock.
The church is at 3600
Marketplace off Arkansas 5.
Poyen Assembly
of God
Rejoice and Recovery, a recovery
program, meets Tuesdays from 6 to
9 p.m. at Poyen Assembly of God,
104 N. Ash St. in Poyen
Eddie Smith is serving as the
instructor.
For questions, call 870-484-1118.
The congregation will be hosting
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
First Christian Church
16218 I-30 at Pinewood Dr.,
Benton
Pastor: Rev. Joe Jorgensen
Antioch Christian Church
8206 S. Main Street
Tull
501-778-2045
Rev. Tom Haley, pastor
Dial
& Dudley
Funeral Home
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OTHER CHURCHES
Agape Fellowship
3122 Edison Ave., in Benton
870-941-2194
Pastor Clay Burnett
Arkansas Sabbath Fellowship
21941 I-30 South, Suite 10
Bryant, AR 72022
arsabbathfellowship@yahoo.com
Benton Foursquare Church
Military & Thomas Roads, Benton
501-315-2229
Pastor: Rev. David Brewer
4212 Highway 5 North
Bryant, AR 72011
501-847-9099
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Centerpoint Church
20383 I-30, in Benton
501-776-2570
Pastor: Rev. Pat Dezort
Christ Church
11800 Vimy Ridge Road
455-6275/455-1506
Pastor: G.A. & Joyce Dudley
Ron Jones Agency
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Church of God in Christ
307 Johnson St.
Benton
315-1431
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606 W. Commerce Dr., Suite 2
Bryant, AR 72022
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Ron Jones, LUTCF
Faith Fellowship
608 S. Marion, Benton
501-794-1683
Family Church
21815 I-30, Bryant
501-847-1559
Pastor: Rev. Perry Black
Fellowship Bible Church
501-315-1560
www.fbclr.org
First Christian Church
16218 interstate 30
501-778-8237
Pastor Joe Jorgensen
4500 Hwy 5 N. , Suite 6 • Bryant
www.mfbanknet.com
Gateway Church of Saline Co.
1201 W. Longhills Road
501-408-4695
www.salinegateway.org
Grace Church
5205 W. Sawmill Rd.
501-804-0371
Pastor: Tommy Jones
www.thegracechurch.net
The Lighthouse Church
2800 Military Rd., Benton
Pastor: Barbara Allred
Joy of Life Church
Non-Denominational
8420 Hwy. 5 North
Alexander, AR 72002
501-653-2Joy
501-590-1222
Midtowne Church
4037 Boone Rd, Benton
501-315-0992
Pastor: Doug Pruitt
Assisted and Independent Living Options
3505 Boone Road
540 Ponce de Leon
Benton, AR
Hot Springs Village
501-315-1555
501-922-0166
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Pleasant Hill AME Church
302 Reed St., Benton
Pastor: Rev. Cleophus Collier
Revolution Church
17270 Interstate 30 North, Benton
(Near the Benton Event Center)
501-778-9977
Pastor: Scott Patton
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF SALINE COUNTY, ARKANSAS
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
MARIA TERESA ORDONEZ
PLAINTIFF
VS.
CASE NO. 63 DR 2015-1098
JOSE IBARRA
DEFENDANT
WARNING ORDER
Jose Ibarra is warned to appear in this court within 30 days of the
first publication of this Warning Order and answer the Complaint of
the Plaintiff or, upon failure of Defendant to do so, the Complaint will
be deemed to be admitted and the Defendant will face entry of judgment by default and be barred from asserting his interest.
WITNESS my hand and seal as Circuit Clerk of Saline County, Arkansas, this 10 day of February, 2016.
Myka Sample By: C. Roberts Clerk or Deputy
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Saline County’S newS SourCe SinCe 1876
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public notice is hereby given this 8th day of February, 2016 that The
Birch Tree Communities, Inc. of P.O. Box 2438, Benton, AR
72018-2438 has made application for funds through Section 49
U.S.C. Section 5310 for the purchase of the following type of passenger transportation vehicle:
Small Cutaway Bus w/o Lift, 13 Passenger
This vehicle will be used primarily for the following purposes: Transport individuals, who are chronically mentally ill to day treatment,
doctors! appointments, to their residence, to grocery stores and other
activities of daily living.
Purchase of the above vehicle is considered essential to the efficient
operation of this organization in provision of public transportation
services to seniors and individuals with disabilities. There is no intent
to infringe upon, or compete with, existing public or private transit operators, including Section 5307, urban public transit operators and
Section 5311, rural public transit operators. **(Birch Tree Communities, Inc.) is requesting a vehicle that is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. However, (Birch Tree Communities, Inc.)
does meet the “equivalency of service” requirements to individuals
with disabilities in the community.**
Any objection should be submitted in writing only to persons listed
below. All comments will become a part of this organization!s application and will be a matter of public record. All written comments
must be submitted within 30 days of the date of this notice. Any person wishing to request a public hearing on the proposed project must
submit a request in writing within 10 days of the date of this notice to
the persons listed below:
Jack Keathley, CEO
Birch Tree Communities, Inc.
P.O. Box 2438 Benton, AR 72018-2438
and to:
Mr. Don McMillen, Public Transportation Administrator
Public Transportation Programs Office
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department
P.O. Box 2261 Little Rock, AR 72203-2261
Legal Notices
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF SALINE COUNTY, ARKANSAS
ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
PLAINTIFF
VS.
NO. 63CV-16-67-2
ROBERT H. HORTON; BOB RAMSEY, SALINE COUNTY ASSESSOR, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; JOY BALLARD, SALINE
COUNTY COLLECTOR, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY; 0.22 ACRE,
MORE OR LESS, OF CERTAIN LANDS LYING AND SITUATED IN
SALINE COUNTY, ARKANSAS; and any persons or entities claiming
an interest therein
DEFENDANTS
WARNING ORDER
Any Persons or Entities Claiming Any Interest Therein and all persons asserting ownership of, or any interest in, certain lands as described herein, and located in Saline County, Arkansas, are hereby
warned to appear in the Circuit Court of Saline County, Arkansas,
within thirty (30) days of the date of first publication of this Warning
Order and answer the Complaint of Plaintiff, Arkansas State Highway
Commission, which has condemned the following described lands:
Job No. 061335
TRACT NO. 34X
Part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section
21, Township 1 South, Range 14 West, Saline County, Arkansas,
more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at a point being used as the Section Corner of Sections 20, 21, 28 and 29; thence North 02° 35! 45” East along the
West line of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 21 a distance of 709.05 feet to a point; thence North 64° 29! 34”
East a distance of 42.17 feet to a point on the Southeasterly prescriptive right of way line of Arkansas State Highway 5 as established by AHTD affidavit dated August 14, 2014; thence continue
North 60° 29! 34” East along said right of way line a distance of
649.84 feet to the to a point; thence North 61° 21! 18” East along
said right of way line a distance of 88.07 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence continue North 61° 21! 18” East along said right of
way line a distance of 200.83 feet to a point; thence South 07° 44!
19” East a distance of 48.05 feet to a point on the Southeasterly right
of way line of U.S. Highway 5 as established by AHTD Job 061335;
thence South 61° 16! 03” West along said right of way line a distance
of 150.10 feet to a point; thence South 71° 14! 06” West along said
right of way line a distance of 57.77 feet to a point on the Easterly
right of way line of Brandon Road as established by Quitclaim Deed
recorded in Book 253 Page 178; thence North 04° 53! 36” East along
said right of way line a distance of 42.24 feet to the point of beginning and containing 0.21 acres more or less as shown on plans prepared by the AHTD referenced as Job 061335.
AND ALSO
TRACT NO. 34XE-1 TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT
Part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section
21, Township 1 South, Range 14 West, Saline County, Arkansas,
more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point 60.00 feet right of and perpendicular to Construction Centerline Station 156+80.00, said point being on the
Southeasterly right of way line of Arkansas State Highway 5 as established by AHTD Job 061335; thence North 61°16!03” East along
said right of way line a distance of 27.00 feet to a point; thence South
28°43!57” East a distance of 20.00 feet to a point; thence South
61°16!03” West a distance of 27.00 feet to a point; thence North
28°43!57” West a distance of 20.00 feet to the point of beginning and
containing 0.01 acres more or less as shown on plans prepared by
the AHTD referenced as Job 061335.
You are hereby notified that the Arkansas State Highway Commission, Plaintiff, whose attorney is David Dawson, Legal Division, Post
Office Box 2261, Little Rock, AR 72203, has filed a Complaint in eminent domain against you and the described lands, a copy of which
Complaint, Declaration of Taking, and Order, shall be delivered to
you or your attorney upon request. If you fail to appear within thirty
(30) days from the first date of publication of this Warning Order, you
may be barred from answering said Complaint and otherwise asserting your interest.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal as Clerk of
this Court on this 27th day of January, 2016.
MYKA BONO SAMPLE, CIRCUIT CLERK
By: Elizabeth Alvardo, D.C.
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Getting things done should be
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
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or reluctant to compromise.
Tempers will flare quickly, and
maintaining equilibrium will be
necessary to avoid a dispute.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)
-- Show how much you care.
Lend a helping hand, but be
honest about what you can and
cannot do. Love is the best gift
you can offer.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
-- Your actions will set the stage
for what’s to come. Check out
professional opportunities or
courses that will allow you to
change your vocation. Make
decisions and follow through on
them.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
-- Let the people around you
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What you receive will touch
your heart. The source of certain help will surprise you.
GEMINI (May 21-June
20) -- Don’t share personal or
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best off listening and observing until you have a better
understanding of what’s coming
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CANCER (June 21-July 22)
-- Share your point of view
and let people know where
they stand. You will influence
a loved one if you speak from
the heart. Focus on causes you
believe in.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
-- Protect yourself against criticism and don’t let someone rain
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Love is on the rise and romance
will bring a favorable turn of
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -Breathe in every ounce of information and experience you can
gather. What you observe will
allow you to size up your situation and make the right move.
Don’t give in to pressure.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
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making it vital that you put
your energy to good use. Make
plans to surprise a loved one
or start a creative project that
sparks your imagination.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.
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changes required to prevent
stagnation. Take the initiative
to do what’s right. Change is
necessary.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
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