The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be con-ducting a blood drive Wed., Sept. 24 from 12:00 noon until 4:00 p.m. on the parking lot of First Na-tional Bank on Missouri Ave. in Corning.

The annual Report to the Public of Corning School District will be Tuesday, September 30 at 6:00 p.m. in the high school library. This is an open meeting with everyone welcome to attend.

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Red Cross Blood Drive. . . School District Report . . .

by Fred MartinWhen Martin Ahrent be-

gan farming north of Corning in 1950, the first tractor he bought was a used John Deere 1947 D Model from Corning Implement, local John Deere dealer.

This model tractor had been used successfully on large farms in Kansas and Iowa and by the mid to late-40s had made their

way southward into rice country.After using this tractor about

four seasons, Martin traded it for a larger more efficient tractor to serve the needs of his expanding operation. At that time he wasn’t interested in old tractors with no thoughts of beginning tractor restoration. He even lost track of its whereabouts.

In the 1980s, when antiques began catching his attention, this

1947 was found at Newsom’s Salvage on Highway 135 where it was being used to move and crush automobiles for shipping. He made sure it was the one he previously owned by checking the serial number.

Restoration work began and this year, the tractor will be spotlighted as The Tractor of the Year at our Harvest Festival, October 25 at Wynn Park.

WeATherOfficial readings of

National Weather Service

September 17 69 58September 16 74 58September 15 73 56September 14 67 49September 13 62 53September 12 71 57

Rain .01”September 11 92 68

Rain 2.35”

Corning CaresCampaign Fundraiser

Your Help is Needed to Raise $30,000!!

Funds needed to replace5-year old ambulance

with 190,000 miles.

Plans call for keepingpresent medical equipment

Tax deductible donations can be made payable to

The Foundation of ArkansasMethodist Medical Center

or at

1st Choice Healthcare(Family Medical Center)

1300 Creason RoadCorning

870-857-3399

Neelyville Festivalat Kramer Park coming Saturday

by Fred MartinThe 21st annual Neelyville

Community Harvest Festival, “Our Town: Back to Our Roots” will begin with a parade at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, September 20. The parade will form at the bus garage and head eastward with bands, floats, political leaders, antique vehicles and more.

This year’s theme focuses on Neelyville Head Start and will honor eight employees of their initial Head Start program as Pa-rade Grand Marshals: Priscilla Aden, Barbara Johnson, Kay Asher, Norma Crossen Matting-ly, Shirley Grandberry, Mildred Trice, Joan Tallbott and Marga-ret Sheppard.

A full day of activities will provide entertainment from the stage with gospel music, dancers, contests and more, along with a visit by political leaders and can-didates.

The annual Tau Psi Beauty Pageants start at 1:00 on stage and continue throughout the af-ternoon.

At 5:00 p.m., a Talent Show will be held.

Harvest Festival’s grand prize of $500 will be awarded at 6:00 p.m. Tickets will be available throughout the day.

This year, a “Tractor Pull” be-gins at 7:00 p.m. and is open to all spectators.

Many booths will be set up throughout the day offering a variety of food and lots of games for children and youth, and many craft items.

Mark and Michael Ahrent are joined by their mother Betty showing the 2014 Harvest Festival Tractor of the Year which belongs on the Ahrent farm north of Corning. This tractor, a restored John Deere 1947 D Model will be displayed October 25 during the annual Harvest Festival at Wynn Park, along with many other pieces of their antique equipment.

Harvest Festival’s Tractor of the Year

County addresses concerns on Peco road expansionby Jim McIntosh

A special meeting will be held in Corning by Clay County Quo-rum Court members Monday, September 22 to determine the best way to address easement

settlements on County Road 142, the main traffic route designa-tion of Peco Foods, Inc.

The meeting, which was origi-nally scheduled to address a deed warranty between the county and City of Corning, is set for 7 p.m. at the Western District court-house courtroom. The deed is a necessary requirement for recep-tion of a $1.2 million grant to allow Peco to build a facility in Corning. According to Corning Mayor Dewayne Phelan, the city is required to own a plot of land that will serve as a railroad spur at the future facility before con-struction can be completed next fall. Phelan is asking the county to transfer ownership of 5.3 acres to be used for a spur and service road. The county would utilize a warranty deed to trans-fer the land for a 20-year period, then resume ownership.

But another agenda item was added after several landown-

ers attended Monday’s Quorum Court meeting in Piggott, com-plaining that a reconstructed road on County Road 142 (north of Corning running from High-way 67 to the new Peco facility) would virtually have the road running right next to their houses.

Jerry Turner, a farmer who owns land along the proposed route, was representing some of the property owners. Turner told justices that he did not want to slow or stop progress but that some things need to be worked out regarding the proposed road reconstruction. Peco plans to widen the road in order to sus-tain heavy truck traffic from the chicken processing plant’s feed mill. Most of the discussion in-volves easements alongside the road, particularly a one-and-one-quarters mile strip in which the expansion would add 20 feet of width to the existing roadway.

Drainage discussion dominates meetingby Fred Martin

Resolutions, ordinance and drainage near North Third and Fourth streets were included in the agenda for last week’s City Council meeting, but the drain-age issue drew the most atten-tion and discussion. At the end, Council members approved ac-tion to start work on relieving future high-water problems.

Aware that dozens of homes had been flooded in late April of this year, Mayor Dewayne Phel-

an opened discussion by Council members Randall Godwin, Dan-ny Moore and F.B. Manatt.

Jerry Sollis of S&L Irriga-tion directed the council’s at-tention to an information sheet showing the area’s drainage problem that was highlighted by 6” of rainfall the night of April 27 and early morning hours of April 28, 2014.

Sollis talked about the two pumps used by the city between Third and Fourth streets and the

amount of pump head-pressure, and compared that information with what is possible with differ-ent pumps.

He noted that the flooding problem could be a direct result of a malfunctioning “diversion gate” used to control water flow into the North Third and Fourth Street areas. “With the gate too-wide, this lets all the water arrive too quickly, overpowering any-thing the pumps are trying to do,” Sollis told the Council.

He described the two pumps, referring to them as “East” and “West” to further explain the dif-ference in the two as far as size and ability to move water are con-cerned. The “East” pump pushes water through a 12” pipe to the railroad track, while the “West” pump, smallest of the two, han-dles water flowing southward from L.A. Darling and the high school areas and works through a 10” drainage pipe.

Sollis proposed replacing the “West” pump with a 50hp motor to match the “East” pump, there-fore pumping more water away from the normally flooded area. The Council heard that “moving 5,000 gallons per minute will get water away pretty quickly.”

Again this year rice farmers are honored by USA Rice Feder-ation during September, a month set aside as Rice Month.

In the Corning area, we ac-knowledge the contribution farmers make to the local econ-omy and salute them for their ef-fort to feed the world.

A special addition to The Courier has been inserted in this week’s newspaper with many local businesses and organiza-tions recognizing the efforts of all farmers while praising them

for their accomplishments and endeavors.

A new learning experience was organized this year for Cen-tral Elementary’s fourth grade as Mrs. Lynn Bauschlicher in-vited various speakers to join the school’s assemblies to talk about rice. Students were served deli-cious rice dishes and had the op-portunity to get a close-up look at farm equipment.

Photos of many fourth grade students are included in this spe-cial edition.

Rice Edition this week

by Fred MartinPeach Orchard is getting a

new look . . . new pavement on their streets as part of Arkansas State Highway and Transporta-tion Department grants through East Arkansas Planning and De-velopment District.

Mayor Dianne Neill sought funding through a second phase of grants to cities and towns.

“There was a $250,000 limit on grants and we were very for-tunate to received $214,000 to begin our work,” Mayor Neill states. “We began definite plans in the summer and Delta Asphalt

of Paragould won the bid and started resurfacing this week. All work is being supervised by the highway department and will meet their specifications.”

The mayor said funds became available state wide follow-ing the approval of a tax on the General Election ballot in 2012. Since then many towns and cit-ies have received funding to im-prove their roads.

Peach Orchard streets be-ing worked on include Second, Front, Hazel, Main, Elm and a new overlay on part of Third.

Mayor Neill added that high-

way engineers rate this paving that is underway for a maximum load of 20,000 pounds. “North-west Hazel took a lot of dam-age due to heavy farm equip-ment and trucks moving through town,” she explains. “To avoid damage to the new pavement, we wish to direct trucks to West Second or East Elm. These ar-eas have new overlays as well, but are stronger. We would prefer the trucks stay on the gravel roads, but since this is not always possible, we do re-quest they take West Second or East Elm streets.”

Workman for Delta Asphalt direct a truck driver assisting in paving streets in Peach Orchard.

Paving underway in Peach Orchard

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Neelyville looks for ways to pay for repairs

Neelyville Schools Superin-tendent Brad Hagood said the district will have to borrow the money, perhaps through a lease-purchase approach, in order to pay for the repairs.

“In doing so, it will put our budget in a bind,” Hagood ex-plained. “We have to start look-ing at ways to save the amount that those payments will cost us. Otherwise we are facing deficit spending, or at best, breaking even in the next fiscal year.”

by Jim McIntoshThe Neelyville School Dis-

trict may have to borrow money to complete roof repairs on its three main campuses and then deal with the likelihood of deficit spending.

At the district’s August board meeting, it was determined that the repairs must be made. Sig-nificant leaks at the roofs on both the high school and junior high building, along with the elemen-tary building in Hillview, require extensive repairs.

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For your reading enjoyment, Rambling Vines has returned as we re-print articles by Marylea Vines as she recalls events and names of Corning folks from many years ago.

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NoticesCorning School Dis t r ic t

conducts regular monthly board meetings on the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. during winter months.

Corning Lions Club meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in Parkview Restaurant.

Clay County Quorum Court, Third Monday each month, 7:00 p.m., alternating between Corning and Piggott courthouses.

Corning Library is open 6 days a week, Monday-Saturday. Check time posted on their front door. Telephone 870-857-3453.

Corning chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, meets the fourth Monday each month, 7:00 p.m., Masonic Temple.

Corning City Council meets second Tuesday of each month, 6:00 p.m., in City Hall.

Corning Area Chamber of Commerce meets first Monday each month, 12:00 noon at a local restaurant.

Kiwanis Club meets at noon each Tuesday.

Corning Masonic Lodge, Number 719, meets the second Thursday each month, Winter months 6:30 p.m.; Daylight Saving months 7:30 p.m., Masonic Temple.

Raper t-Poynor VFW Post #8347 meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in M.B. Ainley, Jr. Community Center.

McDougal City Council meets the first Tuesday of each month, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Knobel City Council meets the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

Clay County Chapter of National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE), meets f irst Wednesday each month at 11:00 a.m., in Piggott Community Center. Call 870-857-5137.

The Board of Directors of Doni Martin Center for Develop-mental Services, holds its regular meetings on the third Wednes-day of each month, at 5:00 p.m., at 1506 Park Street, Pocahontas. Special meetings or changes will be announced.

Board commissioners of Cen-tral Clay Drainage District and Cache River Maintenance Dis-trict of Clay County will meet on the third Wednesday of each month at 9:00 a.m. in the Eastern District Courthouse in Piggott.

For Your InformationTax deductible donations are

being accepted for Corning’s recreational project, including: M. B. Ainley Jr. Community Center, Victory Lake Golf Course, ballfields and fishing lake.

Corning Cemetery Trust Board’s goal is to set up a perpetual care fund so that in future years the cemetery will be self-sustaining. Tax deductible donations may be sent to Rick Ermert or Billy Allen. Receipts are issued by the City of Corning.

Clay County Literacy Council, Corning division, has Carolyn Jones as local contact person. She may be reached at 870-857-5364.

Area residents who would like to make a donation to American Cancer Society and have it des-ignated for use in Northeast Ar-kansas may contact American Cancer Society, 901 North Uni-versity, Post Office Box 3822, Little Rock 72203.

To donate to St. Jude Hospital, simply go to stjude.org and click on “ways to help.” The mailing address is: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place. Memphis, TN 38105, Phone number is 800- 822-6344.

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expressions of opinion from individuals. We will not print letters that are libelous, vulgar, o r those us ing o ffens ive phrases. Each letter must be signed by the person or persons responsible for its content. We ask that your letters be precise and to the point (limited to 300 words if possible). Purchased advertising does not carry the same identity guidelines. We do not require signatures on grocery or automobile ads, etc., neither do we require these for religious or political expression. However, certain political advertising for candidates or issues have guidelines dictated by state or federal statutes, which we must follow. -The Courier

“God gave us only two arms. If we hang on to the past, we can’t embrace the future.”

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MENUWe are rapidly approaching an

important deadline in Arkansas. October 5 is the last day you can register to vote and still cast a ballot in the November general election. Because the deadline this year falls on a Sunday, the Secretary of State’s office will continue to accept applications the following business day.

The Secretary of State’s of-fice reports that 1.6 million Ar-kansans are currently registered. That leaves over a half million adults in our state who have not registered.

Your vote this election will help determine who will serve as our next governor, one of our United States Senators, our attorney general and perhaps your local state representative and state senator. There are also several ballot initiatives which could impact everything from minimum wage to term limits.

To register to vote in Arkan-sas you must be a U.S. citizen, reside in Arkansas at least 30 days prior to the first election in which you will vote, and be at least 18 years old before the next election on November 4.

There are several ways to reg-ister. You can apply by mail by obtaining an application from your county clerk or the Secre-

tary of State’s office. You can also fill out an appli-

cation in person at your local:• County clerk’s office;• State Revenue office;• Public library;• Public assistance agency;• Disability agency;• Military recruitment office;• Arkansas National Guard.Consider yourself registered

when and only when you receive acknowledgement from your county clerk. If you have not received any acknowledgement in the mail in two weeks, you should call your county clerk and check on the status of your application. You can also check your voter registration status on-line by visiting www.voterview.org>

We also want to remind ev-eryone to have a photo iden-tification ready to present at the voting booth. If you do not have an identification card, you can obtain a voter ID free of charge at your local county clerk’s office.

Early voting begins October 20. We encourage you to study the races and the issues before heading to the polls. You can find more information on voting regulations and sample ballots at www.votenaturally.org

September 22-26

Corning SchoolsBreakfast, all cafeterias

Monday: Cereal, toast and jelly, fresh fruit, fruit juice;

Tuesday: Breakfast pizza or ce-real, fresh fruit, fruit juice;

Wednesday: French toast sticks with syrup or cereal, fresh fruit, fruit juice;

Thursday: Cereal, yogurt cup, fresh fruit, fruit juice;

Friday: Pop tart or cereal, fresh fruit, fruit juice.

Choice of milk with each meal.

LunchMonday: Chicken strips, quick

baked potato, tossed salad with ranch dressing, baby carrots, pine-apple chunks, fresh fruit, hot roll;

Tuesday: Pepperoni pizza or tossed salad with ranch dressing, California blend veggies, banana bread, sliced peaches with fresh fruit;

Wednesday: Beef taco, shred-ded lettuce, diced tomato, salsa, pinto beans, oatmeal cookie, fruit cocktail, apple wedges;

Thursday: Pulled pork BBQ, baked beans, cole slaw, carrot sticks, sliced peaches, fresh fruit;

Friday: Spaghetti with meat sauce, seasoned green beans, hot roll, tossed salad with ranch dress-ing, assorted fresh fruit, pears.

Choice of milk with each meal.

Naylor R-IIMonday: Blueberry squares,

cereal, fresh fruit/ Beef and bean burrito, refried beans, Romaine lettuce, vegetables for salad, salad dressing, pineapple chunks;

Tuesday: French toast sticks, syrup, fresh fruit choice/ Chicken nuggets, assorted dipping sauces breadstick, green beans, fresh baby carrots, ranch dressing mandarin oranges, chocolate chip cookie;

Wednesday: Scrambled eggs, toast, grape jelly, fresh fruit choice/ Spaghetti and meat sauce, bread-stick, Romaine lettuce, vegetables for salad, assorted salad dressing, sliced peaches;

Thursday: Pancakes, pancake syrup, fresh fruit choice/ Cheese-burger on bun, crinkle cut French fries, ketchup, pork and beans, red apple, chocolate chip cookie;

Friday: Biscuit, gravy, fresh fruit choice/ Popcorn chicken, as-sorted dipping sauces, breadstick, green beans, fruit cocktail.

Assorted juice and milk with each breakfast meal, also assorted milk at lunch.

Sept. 21, 1978Now that football season is

in full swing, I decided it would never be a better time to share with readers of The Courier an en-tertaining football article I spotted recently in another publication. The article follows:

“That judge is fixing to get somebody killed, sure as the world. Saying high schools can’t keep girls and boys from playing football on the same team; saying even if a girl wants to wrestle a boy, let her.

He is just fixing to get some poor guy killed.

I shudder to think what would happen if somebody had made us play football with some of the girls in our class. Golly Bum!!

It was bad enough just dodging them in the halls. A couple of them would have required special face-masks to avoid excessive penalties for “unnecessary roughness.” Not to mention all those “backfield in motion” violations.

Of course, we had some girls, too, who were so pretty there would have been no contest . . . the males would have been totally defenseless.

Let me say right here that I had plenty of experience in our cow pasture playing baseball with a bunch of girls and not only could they play, but they could out-ar-gue every boy, with the possible exception of Billy Barton.

But the judge says let the boys and girls wrestle each other if the girls want to. And notice he says if the girls . . . not the boys . . . want to.

Shoot, I would have sooner

wrestled a grizzly bear than to have been bear-hugged by some of the girls in our school.

It was dangerous enough just to go into the cloakroom at the wrong time of the day. (Have you ever spent three hours trying to get loose from a coat rack?)

It should be pointed out that the good judge apparently was given some misinformation from some-body because his ruling included an attack on “the conclusion pre-sumption that girls are physically weaker than boys.”

Shucks. Whoever got that hog-wash started ought to have wres-tled Lu-Ann Dabbs . . . or Mary Evelyn Vines.

That’s what tears me up is to find out at a rather late date that I was supposed to have been stron-ger and smarter than all those girls.

Dorris and I always picked more cotton, chopped more corn, washed more dishes, milked fast-er, made better grades, had more respect than her kid brother and were unimpeachable witnesses against him when we stood before Mama or Daddy . . . our word was immediately accepted.

And the judge said: “It has al-ways been traditional that ‘boys play football and girls are cheer-leaders’ . . . Why so??

Well, when I was in high school some of the best cheerleaders were boys. For a decade, one of the Godfrey boys was automati-cally elected every year.

Freezer problemsOur refrigerator-deepfreeze re-

cently got so cold, it got hot, if you can imagine any such a thing. One

evening my uncle Elmer came over for supper and when I started to put a dipper of ice cream on top of his apple pie, I noticed that I could almost pour the ice cream from the carton. Not seeing any need to give my mom bad news so near bedtime, I just kept quiet but all through the night I would sneak out of bed and into the kitchen to see if the situation was getting any better. Next morning everything was dripping and I knew I had to tell her the bad news and call in a repairman.

He knew exactly what was wrong, only thing wrong was it took a while to correct it and all this time our food was thawing more and more. About the only good that came from the whole incident was that we had a regular Sunday dinner right in the middle of the week, when it was decided we had better get busy and cook some of the thawed food.

I didn’t get too excited over the appliance breakdown because I can remember when we didn’t even have an ice box, much less a refrigerator and deep freeze, and we managed to get by.

Our first refrigerator came from Mrs. Simpson’s boarding house across the street from our house. When Mrs. Simpson got a new refrigerator she offered us the old one with an agreement that we could pay for it by furnishing milk and butter for the boarding house. It was nearly a week before we had

October 6: last day to register to vote

From the office of

Joe JettHouse of RepResentatives

state of ArkansasDistrict 79

Sometime during the early morning hours of Thursday last week, robbers raided two local gas and oil firms, getting away with a cargo of gasoline and some motor oil, unmolested. The robbers first broke the lock on a large storage tank of Ben-nett Sheeks, Inc., local Ford dealer, located just East of their garage and drained the tank of approximately 200 gallons of gasoline. Next, the pair drained 10 gallons of high-test gaso-line from the glass compart-ment of a retail pump directly in front of the Ford garage. A man wearing a long overcoat and a youth about 15 were seen in front of Bennett-Sheeks’ ga-rage by a neighbor about four o’clock that morning, but be-fore an alarm could be spread, they had vanished.

Sheriff Jack Wallain of Pig-gott assisted by Sheriff Depu-ties R.R. Ruff and J.M. Rice of Corning, with two federal pro-hibition enforcement officers, captured and destroyed two liquor stills near Black River in the vicinity of Brookings a few days ago. The first still de-stroyed was located near Wom-ack Point. A bed of live coals was found under the cooker and about 150 gallons of mash was ready to cook off. The sec-ond and larger distilling outfit,

located on Little River Island, was more completely equipped, having an oil burner. About 1,200 gallons of mash ready for a run off was found nearby. No one was found in the vicinity of the stills when the raids were conducted, however, evidence gathered may result in arrests soon, the officers said.

The Belford Garage, Corn-ing, is the authorized Chevrolet automobile dealer for the West-ern District of Clay County.

The Oliver Farms Dairy, located just North of Corn-ing, has further modernized its producing plant by installing a power milker, bought from International Harvester Com-pany, through its local dealer, J.M. Rhea and installed last week by a company representa-tive. It milks two cows, simul-taneously in five minutes.

Corning baseball fans will soon have an opportunity to turn out for the first game of this season and see the local Razorbacks do their stuff in the new baseball park, located at Pringle Field on Highway Number One, in East Corn-ing. J.L. Pringle, owner of this park, has already prepared the diamond and is erecting a high board fence along the West and South sides of the park. A grandstand will be erected within a few days.

Tezzie Smith’s large, mod-ern brick mercantile building and all its stocks of merchan-dise at Success were com-pletely destroyed by fire near midnight last Wednesday. When residents of that town discovered the fire, about 11:45, the flames had gained such headway that nothing could be salvaged and all ef-forts were directed toward protection of adjacent prop-erty. Origin of the fire is un-known. This is the third heavy fire loss Success has suffered within the past few months.

any ice freeze in the trays because we stood with the door open, just looking in, so much that the ice would not freeze. I remember our refrigerator did not have a light on the inside. Not much later our friends, the Hardestys, got a brand new refrigerator and my brother was dying of curiosity as to wheth-er or not their new refrigerator had a light that went off and on with the opening and closing of the door. He had heard of such a thing, but would have to actually see it before believing.

Nowadays children not only open any icebox door they take a notion to, they take out anything that they take a notion to . . . that’s how times have changed.

Thus says the Lord to you. “Do not fear or be dismayed at this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.”

2 Chronicles 20:15

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Lord’s Corner

Are you facing some difficult battle today? Don’t run! Stand still and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the blast.

Charles Swindoll

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Printed below are names, addresses, and telephone numbers of national, state, county and city officials:

President Barack Obama: The White House, Washington, D. C. 20500.

Vice-President Joe Biden, Old Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20501.

Senator John Boozman. Northwest Arkansas College, Suite 102, 303 N. Main St. Harrison 72601. 870-424-0129. Washington D.C. address is 1 Russell Courtyard, D.C. 20510. (202-224-4843). www.boozman.senate.gov

Senator Mark Pryor, 255 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510 (202-224-2353); Little Rock office (877-259-9602). www.pryor.senate.gov

Congressman Rick Crawford. 2400 Highland Dr. Suite 300, Jonesboro 72401. 870-203-0540. Washington D.C. address is 1408 Longworth House Office, D.C. 20515. (202-225-4076). www.crawford.house.gov

Governor Mike Beebe, State Capitol, Little Rock, 72202 (501-682-2345).

Lieutenant Governor Mark Darr, State Capitol, Little Rock 72201 (501-682-2144).

Attorney General Dustin

McDaniel, 200 Tower Building, Little Rock 72201 (501-682-2007) consumer hotline (800-482-8982).

State Senator Robert Thompson, 414 W. Court, Paragould, 72450 (870-239-9581).

Representative Joe Jett, 527 CR 101, Success, 72470 (870-276-5345).

Clay County Judge Gary Howell, 598-3577: Corning office, Western District Courthouse, 857-3773; Piggott office, Eastern District Courthouse, 598-2667.

Clay County Sheriff Gerald McClung: Corning office, Western District Courthouse, 857-6752; Piggott office, Eastern District Courthouse, 598-2266; Clay County Detention Center 598-2270.

Justices of the Peace: Greg Ahrent, Dennis Haines, Jody Henderson, David Cagle, John Mansker, Ryan Rogers, Jeff Douglas, Jim Clifton.

Corning Mayor Dewayne Phelan, office in City Hall, Second and Main Streets, Corning 72422; Office telephone 857-6716.

City Council members: Evan Luter, 323-0199; F.B. Manatt, 857-3726; Daniel Moore, 857-5344 and Randall Godwin, 323-0276.

Where to Write . . .

Drainage Continued From Page One

However, it was mentioned that this water has to go some-where, and the amount moved may create more problems in other spots.

The projected price of Sollis’ suggestion was listed at $10,000 for the pump, plus another $4,000 for electrical connections that meet code restrictions. It was said this pump being taken out of service could be available in oth-er areas susceptible to flooding.

Council member Moore added the fact that a transfer switch should be considered to allow the connection of a generator to provide power in case of a major electrical outage.

There was even talk of install-ing a larger drainage pipe (at a cost of $15 per foot) over the quarter-mile distance from the pump to the ditch (for nearly $20,000). There were statements and questions about drainage during audience participation from Ray Vannoy and Cindy Da-vis.

Before Council member Manatt moved to proceed with this proposal that was presented to the Council, Sollis said the pumps would be checked for out-put and debris and if necessary they will pull the pumps (one at a time) for inspection.

Moore gave the second to Manatt’s motion. All three Coun-cil members voted “Yes” and the motion carried.

Manatt had one final statement to the audience saying, “This is a start. The city is making an ef-fort. We are just getting started to fixing our drainage problem. Something has to be done, and we are at the beginning stages of doing it.”

Other businessResolution 2014-14 was ap-

proved. A resolution of this type is required annually requiring cities to continue a five-mill general tax on property located within counties that underwent reappraisal in 1980 and 1981.

Resolution 2014-15 drew dis-cussion as Moore stated he had not studied the resolution that

Neelyville looksContinued From Page OneHagood said the district is in

the preliminary stages of have specs drawn up for repairs on all three roofs. Once the evaluations are complete, the district can be-gin the process of letting bids.

But paying for the repairs is the big problem. Hagood said the district may reach out to voters one more time, despite failure over the past several years in get-ting voter approval.

“Another election is not out of the question,” Hagood said. “We’re still kicking it around. If a decision is made, the measure would be placed on a ballot in 2015.”

Hagood said it’s been a dis-couraging and challenging few years, particularly with failed at-tempts at the polls.

“If we can’t get help from our patrons, that will be our last shot at getting a safe room,” he said. “The roofs take priority.”

Hagood said the roofs are be-ing described as having to be re-paired, but in reality some may have to be completely replaced.

County addressesContinued From Page OneAccording to Turner, land-

owners have not been contacted about the expansion but several have measured the areas to deter-mine how much of their property will be compromised by the proj-ect. In addition, there are drain-age issues to be considered with pipes running alongside the road.

Justices agreed that they should meet with Peco offi-cials to determine exactly what measures to take. According to County Attorney Mike Trails, the government has the right to purchase property at market value in transactions that involve “the good of the county.”

Judge Gary Howell said the best course of action would be to discuss the matter with Peco offi-cials to find the best solution for expanding the road that will suit landowners and not jeopardize the project.

In other mattersA Piggott business owner ap-

proached the Quorum Court to collect a debt that she says has been owed since 2010. Gay Wegel, owner of a Holcomb’s Pharmacy said the county owes a bill of $4,772.90 from medicine purchased for prisoners of Clay County Detention Center over the past four years. The phar-macy was the primary medicine provider during the administra-tion of Sheriff Gerald McClung since he took office in 2009. We-gel claims that the jail has moved its business to another pharmacy.

“If the sheriff wishes to do business with another pharmacy that’s his prerogative,” Wegel said. “But I think the bill needs to be paid.”

According to Rose Hancock of the sheriff’s department, the office has contacted the Arkan-sas Department of Correction for its share of the bill totaling $2,547.78. The remainder of the bill, she explained, is owed by Paragould and Randolph County for prisoners that were housed in Clay County. She said she has contacted all three entities but has not yet been presented with any documentation concerning the debts. She explained that some entities may claim a statute of limitations on the billing.

Justices David Cagle and Den-nis Haines each said that the county would look into how to legally settle the debt without vi-olation of a statute. “We’ll make every effort to get this paid,” Ca-gle said. “We’ll have to find out what we’re legally able to do as a county.”

There was also discussion about comp time for the sheriff’s department after deputy Michael Beasley explained to justices that an amendment to the former comp time policy has created difficulties for himself and oth-er deputies, particularly during Christmas holidays.

The amended policy imposes a “use it or lose it” regulation on comp time recipients, requir-ing employees to use all avail-able comp time by Dec. 31 of each year. Beasley argued that deputies incur comp time dur-ing Christmas and New Year’s Eve that can’t possibly be used by the year’s end. In addition, a shortage of employees cre-ates a hazard to the county. For Revival SeRviceS

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instance, if the county is one or two deputies short and another is using comp time, there are times in which only one deputy is on duty throughout the county.

”That creates a dangerous en-vironment for officers,” Beasley said. Sheriff McClung said he has deputies on staff who work cases and attend court on their own time with no compensation.

“They don’t even file it as comp time,” he said.

Justice Cagle said the only so-lution is to pay the employees the money before year’s end.

In another matter, justices learned that the governor’s re-sponse to a vacancy in the Con-stable office in the Township of East Oak Bluff and Blue Cane Township has been deferred until a new governor takes office.

Justices Cagle, Haines, Jeff Douglas, Jim Clifton, Ryan Rog-ers and Greg Ahrent, were pres-ent at the meeting, which began with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Justices Jody Hen-derson and John Mansker were absent.

dealt with revising and amending the 2013 budget for the City of Corning.

Clerk-Treasurer Fran Edwards informed that figures in the reso-lution came from the auditor and these are adjustments in the bud-get affected by carry-over from the 2012 as well as funds extend-ing into the first month of 2014.

After review, additional expla-nation and discussion, the Coun-cil voted unanimously to adopt the resolution.

Ordinance 2014-04 was pre-sented for consideration. This or-dinance designates the authority and responsibility for the collec-tion of fines in the District Court for the City of Corning. It was read and approved, rules sus-pended for additional readings, and approved with the emergen-cy clause allowing it to go into effect immediately.

Mayor Phelan informed the Council that it was necessary for action to be taken for the city to accept ownership of six acres of property from the county along the rail line and service road con-necting the Peco plant with rail service. This action is necessary because of grants and bond is-sues. It was approved that prop-erty will be accepted when action is taken by the Clay County Quo-rum Court.

Manatt asked if the city is charging residents for limb pick-up, and Mayor Phelan informed there is normally “no charge” unless a contractor has been hired to cut limbs and therefore it would be their responsibility to haul away the debris.

Reverend Ann Ferris informed the Council of plans to set up a “Candidates’ Forum” to give mayoral candidates the opportu-nity to address the public at an open meeting. She said candi-dates would answer pre-written questions submitted by the pub-lic during the program. Work will continue to organize this fo-rum and proposed a date of Mon-day, October 13 at 6:00 p.m.

He said it’s likely that the ma-jority of patrons simply do not fully understand how much mon-ey it takes to run a school district. The district’s budget is $5.4 mil-lions, Hagood said. “And about $4 million of that annual budget is designated for salaries and benefits, leaving about $1.4 mil-lion. That doesn’t leave a lot for major repairs.

“We’re constantly being told that we can’t count on “this” money or “that” money (by the state),” Hagood said. “Building a budget for a school district is very difficult because you’re dealing with a lot of unknowns. Things may come up you hadn’t planned on, as far as expenses go. And with revenue, the state can make certain cuts that deeply affect schools.”

The junior high facility was built in 1994. The high school was constructed in the early 1980s and Hillview was built in 1964.

On a loan, Hagood expects the district will be paying for the re-pairs for 15 to 20 years.

The district has deficit spent the last two years. The board ap-proved an expected deficit spend-ing 2014-15 budget in June.

“We’re going to start looking for ways to cut some money,” Hagood explained. “We’re not going to cut positions at this time, as far as terminating posi-tions, but if positions become available, we will be looking at absorbing those positions.”

Trying to absorb any vacant positions will save salaries “in order to help make these pay-ments,” Hagood said.

“We’ll also be looking at mak-ing any other cuts we possibly can,” Hagood said. “We’re in the process of looking at all our programs, all our activities … to see if there are ways to help off-set the expenses that it is going to take to make these payments.”

Regarding a possible election, Hagood said the school board did not want to attempt another bond (which requires 57.1 percent of the vote) but opted for the pos-sibility of a tax-levy increase which only requires a simple ma-jority.

Since the bond issue failed by only 27 votes, patrons may ap-prove, by majority vote, a tax levy increase to raise the $1.55 million proposed to construct a new building at Hillview and make repairs on existing facili-ties.

If a bond were to pass, it would be the first measure to pass in more than 40 years.

The school board meets on the third Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

Allen winsre-election toschool board

Billy Allen ran unopposed in the September 16, 2014 school board election, Tuesday of this week, and will return to the board for his second five-year term. There was no millage is-sue on the ballot, therefore, only votes cast were those of absentee or early voting in the Clay Coun-ty Clerk’s office.

Commodity distribution setWednesday, September 24

A commodity distribution for Clay County is scheduled for Wednesday, September 24. Commodities will be given at Corning’s Agape Mission Out-reach, 501 SW Second Street and

Harmony Baptist Church, on Highway 62 near Pollard. This distribution will start at 9:00 a.m. and continue until 12:00 noon or until food supply is ex-hausted.

In Rector, commodities will be given at the Rector Commu-nity Center from 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.

According to Kellye Schwarz, USDA Coordinator for the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas, per-sons receiving the USDA food must reside in Clay County. Re-cipients must also meet the in-come guidelines that have been set for the emergency food assis-tance program. SNAP beneficia-ries are automatically eligible.

At the time of the distribution, information cards will be filled out for all recipients. Recipients will need to provide the fol-lowing information: name, ad-dress, family size and combined monthly income of the house-hold. An appropriate form of identification such as a driver’s license, social security card, or picture identification card must be shown.

Recipients will only be al-lowed to pick up commodity

foods for themselves and one additional household. To pick up food items for a shut-in, el-derly person or other qualified household, the person picking up the food must have a signed Authorization Slip with the fol-lowing information on it from the person he or she is picking up for: name, address, family size and combined monthly in-come of the household receiving the food. Case workers picking up for large groups must make prior arrangements with the Pro-gram Coordinator.

Commodity foods are distrib-uted on a first come, first served basis.

The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas and the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, handicap, reli-gion or national origin. Bi-lin-gual translators are not avail-able on site.

For more information about the distribution of commod-ity foods, questions concerning eligibility for this program, con-tact Kellye Schwarz at the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas by calling 870-932-3663.

The 24th Maynard Alum-ni & Friends reunion is this weekend beginning with a meal at 5:00 p.m., Saturday, September 20 in the cafete-ria. One highlight of the event features Adam Hand, May-nard School Technology co-ordinator, who will present a song video. In relation to the video, a narration of “A Sher-iff’s Testimony” will be giv-en. A few trivia questions will follow. We invite former and current law enforcement and everyone to join us.

A person does not have to have ever attended school at Maynard to be a member of the Maynard Alumni & Friends Association.

Maynard’s FCCLA class will cater a delicious meal and tickets are available. After the meal, we will move to the old high school auditorium for a brief meeting, video, trivia and more fun and visiting.

We invite all former and cur-rent staff of Maynard Schools, Maynard School Board Mem-bers, federal, state, county, and city officials and candi-

dates. All persons far and near with an interest in Maynard and Maynard Schools are wel-come and we invite all to be-come members of the alumni association.

More information is avail-able from Ligie Waddell, president, (870) 647-2188; Herby Early, vice president, (870) 647-2356; or Lyda Da-vidson, secretary, (870) 647-2153.

Maynard Alumni & Friends reunion,video/trivia Saturday, Sept. 20

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Trip to Paris in Marchfrom Hemingway center

The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum & Educational Center (HPMEC) is sponsoring a trip to Paris, France, Sunday, March 22 through Monday, March 30, 2015, during Arkansas State University’s spring break.

Friends of the Pfeiffers, the museum’s membership pro-gram, invites the community to join them for “The Heming-ways’ Paris,” a unique op-portunity to see two sides of Paris, the artistic Left Bank of Ernest Hemingway and the glitzy Right Bank of Pauline Pfeiffer. The two married in Paris on May 10, 1927, bring-

ing together two disparate worlds.

On the Left Bank, the group will walk in the footsteps of the artists of the Lost Gen-eration: Gertrude Stein, Cole Porter, Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway. On the Right Bank, they will explore the world of Parisian fashion that Pauline Pfeiffer covered for Vogue magazine. They will view the world of Coco Chanel and Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald.

In addition, other major Paris sites on the tour include Ver-sailles, Giverny, and Normandy

where Hemingway covered the 1944 World War II invasion as a journalist.

The trip is open to the public, but space is limited and expected to fill up fast. The cost is $3,198 per person (land package, dou-ble-occupancy). To register for the trip, or to learn more infor-mation, contact the museum at 870-598-3487 or email adam-long@astate.edu.

HPMEC is an Arkansas State University Heritage Site. Regu-lar museum hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., and Saturday, 1:00-3:00 p.m., with tours on the hour.

Donations acceptedfor expenses

for Tony Ainley

A fund-raising effort has been started for expenses for Tony C. Ainley, Sr.’s hospitalization, hospice and perhaps future fu-neral expenses.

More information is available from Amanda J. Forrester, 879-323-7012.

Living WordFellowshipplan fundraiser

A car wash, bake sale and yard sale will be combined as a fund-raiser project of the youth of Liv-ing Word Fellowship Church of Corning.

These events will begin at 8:00 a.m. Saturday, September 20 at the church on Highway 67.

Buddy Liles singsSeptember 25in Poplar Bluff

Buddy Liles will present a spe-cial concert Thursday, Septem-ber 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Calvary Community Church in Poplar Bluff.

Liles sang bass for the Or-rells, Landmark Quartet, Florida Boys, Rhythm Masters and Reb-els before scheduling solo tours throughout the country.

Everyone is invited to attend.Calvary Community Church

is located at the corner of Vic-tor and Truman Streets, east of South Broadway in Poplar Bluff. Everyone is invited to attend. There is no charge.

Poetry contest opento high schoolers

The Arkansas Arts Council invites high schools in Arkansas to participate in the 2015 Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest. Deadline to enter is Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. For more information and to receive an en-try form, contact Cynthia Haas at 501-324-9769 or cynthia@ar-kansasheritage.org.

The state contest, for students in grades 9-12, will be Satur-day, March 14, 2015, at Pulaski Technical College in North Little Rock. Created by the National Endowment for the Arts and The

Paragouldbluegrass concert

The Bluegrass concert series continues at Collins Theatre, 120 West Emerson Street in down-town Paragould on the fourth Monday of each month. The next event is Monday, Sept. 22.

Harvest Festivalpageant plannedat Neelyville

This annual Tau Psi Beauty Pageant is planned in Neely-ville’s City Park on Saturday, September 20, 2014 as part of their Harvest Festival activities. The pageant begins at 1:00 p.m. with registration at 12:00 noon. Ten pageants are scheduled and will run consecutively. Trophies and crowns will be awarded in each division.

Girls are asked to wear pageant wear. Boys are asked to wear for-mal wear or “Sunday Best.”

The following divisions are Boys: 0-23 mo.; 2-4 yrs.

Girls: birth-12 mo.; 13-23 mo.; 2-4 yrs.; 5-7 yrs.; 8-10 yrs.; 11-13 yrs.; 14-18 yrs; Mother/Daughter(s) pageant will be the final pageant of the day.

Make checks payable to Tau Psi.

For more information call Shannon Davis, 573-989-3302.

Nan HallScholarshipaccepts applications

Alpha Upsilon Chapter, a teach-er society, is offering the Nan Hall Educational Scholarship to a female college student who is a resident of Clay or Greene County. The student must be an early child-hood or mid-level education major and have been accepted into the teacher program.

The scholarship is in memory of Nan Hall, an outstanding edu-cator who taught for many years as a teacher in third, fifth and six grades in Knobel, Greene Coun-ty Tech and Delaplaine schools. The $500 scholarship is avail-able for the upcoming fall semes-ter. Applications are due October 1, 2014. Contact Nancy Key at emailto: nkey@grnco.net for an application.

Nan Hall died from cancer in Jan-uary 2007 while serving as president of Alpha Upsilon Chapter.

conjunction with, or instead of, an artist residency. Applicants may receive a maximum of $1,000, using established AIE program rates for artist fees, travel, meals, lodging and sup-plies.

Applicants must show a 1:1 match of cash and/or in-kind contributions. All Arkansas schools and com-munity organizations are eli-gible to apply. Schools and organizations in rural and underserved communities that have not had access to one of the Art Council’s AIE grant programs are especial-ly encouraged to apply.

For more information, con-tact Cynthia Haas, Arts in Education program manager, at 501-324-9769 or cynthia@arkansasheritage.org

Arkansas ArtsCouncil offeringmini-grants

The Arkansas Arts Council is offering pre-K to 12 schools and community organizations an opportunity to participate in the Arts in Education (AIE) Mini Grant program. This program provides funding to bring artists listed on the AIE Roster into the classroom or into an after-school or summer program to present a hands-on, curriculum-based or character-centered artist residen-cy program that can last up to 10 days.

Applications are available at www.arkansasarts.org for residencies occurring between Oct. 1, 2014, and August 31, 2015.

The Arts in Education Mini Grant program will also allow schools and organizations the opportunity to present a profes-sional development workshop for educators in curriculum-based arts activities either in

‘An Evening with Bob Hope’in Fowler Center, Jonesboro

A special presentation, “An Evening With Bob Hope,” will be on the stage of Riceland Hall in the Fowler Center in Jones-boro, Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 7:00 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Beck PRIDE Center for America’s Wounded Veterans at Arkansas State University.

Arkansas State University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions is sponsoring the event in conjunction with Fowl-er Foods.

The show features Bob Hope impersonator Bill Johnson, who will entertain the audience as the legendary comedian.

“This will be a very memorable evening that involves laughter and emotions,” said Dr. Susan Hanrahan, dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions. “Since its inception in 2007, the

Beck PRIDE Center has served hundreds of veterans and their families. The center relies on do-nations for its operations. This is our first major fund raiser.”

Also performing is “Two on Tap,” a creative collaboration of two musical theater perform-ers-Melissa Giattino and Ron DeStefano. The pair of song-and-dance showstoppers repre-sents the era of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers or Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney in their act.

There is also a special perfor-mance by the A-State Jazz Band and the A-State choirs.

Tickets can be purchased at the A-State Box Office in the lower red entrance of the Con-vocation Center or online at astate.edu/tickets.

Call the Box Office toll-free at 888-278-3267.

Poetry Foundation, the competi-tion encourages high school stu-dents to memorize and perform great poems. Poetry Out Loud in-vites the dynamic aspects of slam poetry, spoken word and theater into the English class.

The winner and his/her teacher will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., to compete in the Poetry Out Loud National Finals.

The Arkansas Poetry Out Loud competition is presented by the Arkansas Arts Council in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation.

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Fire hydrant removal . . .It’s a big job for Water Superintendent Tracy Robinson and Ashley Vaughn, removing hundreds of fire hydrants from the streets of Corning. Underground piping to which these hydrants are connected was disconnected from Corning’s water supply when a new system was installed. These hydrants have been painted with a white top to reveal that water is no longer available at that location. New hydrants, sometime adjacent to the old ones or across the street, are active and available for use by the fire department during any emergency situation.

State Capitol Week in RevieWFrom Senator Robert Thompson

Arkansas did more than any other state last year to strength-en laws against human traffick-ing, according to a national ad-vocacy group called the Polaris Project.

The legislature will build on those accomplishments, judg-ing from the response of the Senate Committee on Children and Youth to recommendations

presented by the Attorney Gen-eral’s State Task Force for the Prevention of Human Traffick-ing.

A senator on the committee was encouraged by the fact that many of the recommendations focused on improved education and coordination among law enforcement agencies and so-cial service agencies. The cost to taxpayers would be relatively minor, and would greatly benefit victims.

For example, when adolescent females are coerced into prosti-tution and forced to travel away from home, they are victims of human trafficking. When law enforcement agencies discover them, officers sometimes charge them with a criminal offense be-cause that is a quick method of getting them off the streets and intoshelter.Newlegislationwillgive law officers more options, so they can take the victims to a social service agency if that ap-pears to be the best choice for the victim.

For about $3.3 million the state could provide services for minors who otherwise would be charged with prostitution or tru-ancy. Services such as creating a “safe harbor” program for juve-niles trying to escape from traf-fickers would be funded by fees imposed on violators of human trafficking laws.

Another recommendation is for more training of law en-forcement officers, prosecutors, public defenders and judges, so that they are able to balance their views of human trafficking vic-tims, recognizing them as vic-tims as much as criminals.

Also, the task force recom-mended adding two employees to the attorney general’s office to staff a clearinghouse for all calls

Legislation governs human traffickingto the Arkansas Human Traffick-ing Hotline. They would ensure that calls are forwarded to the most appropriate agency. They would also help compile data about human trafficking viola-tions.

One recommendation that may generate opposition would ex-pand the number of public sites where signs would be posted with the Human Trafficking Ho-tline number. Act 1157 of 2013 requires the signs to be posted at strip clubs, airports, private clubs that serve alcohol but not food, hotels that have been cited as a public nuisance because of prostitution, train stations, bus stations and private businesses that offer showers, fuel, food and bathrooms.

The task force recommended adding campgrounds, state parks, schools from 6th to 12th grades, restaurants and hotels. However, legislators have already heard concerns from the hospitality in-dustry that wide scale posting of signs at popular tourist destina-tions may send a message to visi-tors that Arkansas is a center for human trafficking.

In the 2013 session the legisla-

Corning Police ReportThe following information

was released by Corning Police Department Tuesday afternoon of this week. This information was taken from the police radio log:

Tues., Sept. 9: 5:53 p.m. Fight reported in 200 block of northwest Fourth St.;

Wed., Sept. 10: 3 p.m. Of-ficer requested in 800 block of 11th St.;

3:25 p.m. Officer needed in 1000 block of Lockwood St.;

4:00 p.m. House fire reported on County Road 147;

6:50 p.m. Officer requested in 900 block of W. Second St.;

Thurs., Sept. 11: 9:47 a.m. Theft reported at Jordan’s Shoes;

1:48 p.m. Officer needed in 400 block of Kenmore St.;

4:56 p.m. Woman sitting in roadonE.WalnutandSecondstreets;

Fri., Sept. 12: 3:52 a.m. 911 call from 500 block of Crafton

St.;1:40 p.m. Officer request-

ed in 300 block of northwest Fourth St.;

4:12 p.m. Theft reported in 100 block of Market St.;

Sat., Sept. 13: 8:37 a.m. Am-bulance requested in 800 block ofVineSt.;

10:52 a.m. Theft reported in 1000blockofN.MissouriAve;

7:31 p.m. Officer requested at 6th and Lucien streets;

Sun., Sept. 14: 2:18 a.m. Prowler in 900 block of Sand St.;

10:47 a.m. Officer needed on 3rd St. in reference to vandal-ism;

7:04 p.m. Ambulance re-questedin800blockofW.ElmSt.;

Mon., Sept. 15: 2:04 p.m. Fighting reported on Third and George streets;

Tues., Sept. 16: 3:57 a.m. Noise complaint in 100 blockof W. Third St.

ture enacted several new laws on human trafficking. Statutes al-ready on the books covered sex crimes and kidnapping. The new laws defined human trafficking when minors are victimized and forced into prostitution. They

added human trafficking to the list of offenses for which a vio-lator’s motor vehicle or aircraft can be forfeited, if it is used to carry out the crime.

The package of 2013 laws established several of the pro-

grams that the legislature will consider expanding in 2015. Generally speaking, they recog-nize that sexually exploited chil-dren should receive social ser-vices rather than be prosecuted as criminals.

A Corning man has been charged with endangering the welfare of a minor after an officer was dispatched to a residence on Arnold Road in regard to a diapered child be-ing in the street.

According to Corning Police Department files, the incident occurred Saturday, Sept. 13 when the dispatcher received a call about a young child being in the street on Arnold Road.

Upon investigation, the officer found a diapered child walk-ing along the street. When he attempted to place the child in the police vehicle, the officer was approached by a pitbull dog that attempted to bite him. He later learned that both the child and the dog belonged to the same person.

Alexander Cooper, 25, was also charged with a leash law violation.

Man charged afterchild playing in street

Clay County Courier, Corning, Arkansas, Thursday, September 18, 2014 - Page 6

Bobcat Cody Shourd takes down a ball carrier, establishing dominance over the offense.

Corning battles Class 2A giantby Jim McIntosh

Corning went up against one of the better football teams in the state last Friday, losing 50-20 to East Poinsett County at home.

EPC star quarterback Aaron Scales was a beast on the field, accounting for 416 yards of of-fense and five touchdowns, prov-ing too much for the Bobcats. EPC is ranked third in the state in Class 2A by the Associated Press. Scales threw for 268 yards and had 148 yards on the ground. Defensively, he accounted for 18 tackles and caused two fumbles, serving as a singular force in the contest.

“He’s a good player,” said Bobcat Coach Chuck Speer. “He’s been starting on the senior squad since he was a freshman. He hurt us on both sides of the ball.”

Speer said EPC was a more physical team than he expected. As far as the Bobcats, the coach said his team never quit playing hard, even when down by mul-tiple touchdowns, and that’s a good sign.

“They have a lot of fight in them,” Speer said. “I was proud of the way they played. We have to get better on defense. Other than that we just had a lot of trouble containing that kid. He picked us apart and caught when we were blitzing. He saw the field real well.”

EPC struck early and often, but Corning was able to stay in the game throughout the first half. The Warriors put together their first scoring drive midway through the first quarter, capped on a six-yard touchdown pass with 3:11 left in the frame. The PAT made it 8-0.

The Bobcats countered when Andrew Thompson ran the ball in for a touchdown from the EPC one-yard stick with 39 ticks left in the first quarter of football to make it 8-6. Corning was able to move the ball effectively on the drive, utilizing Michael Allen, who led the squad with 93 yards on 15 carries in the game.

EPC scored less than a min-ute later on a four-yard scurry, followed by a two-point pass to make it 16-6. The Warriors scored again at the 8:22 mark to take a 22-6 advantage.

The Bobcats fought back, scoring on a second touchdown by Thompson, who darted in from five yards out. Michael Al-len ran in the two-point conver-sion to pull Corning within reach at the 2:46 mark. But EPC broke away, scoring with 41 seconds remaining in the half, making it a 28-14 game.

As the second half opened, EPC began to pull away, scor-ing on a 50-yard run on the first play of the third quarter. After the PAT, the Warriors led 36-14. At the 6:32 mark, after a Corning punt, EPC scored on an 11-yard pass play to make it 42-14.

Corning scored again with 8:12 left in the game when Cope Robinson ran back a punt 63 yards for a touchdown to make it 42-20. EPC scored insurance points late in the game when Scales threw a 14-yard touch-down pass with 1:01 left to play.

Austin Rouse ran the ball nine times for 46 yards. Thompson had six carries for 16 yards and two touchdowns.

“We were limited in our passing game due to injuries,” Speer said. “So we had to de-pend heavily on running the ball and weren’t able to open up the field.” Scrogin attempted only 14 passes on the night, good for 58 yards.

Jonathan Rangel will be out for a week with an injury.

The Bobcats will be at Poca-hontas Friday in their first outing away from home in 2014.

“Pocahontas is a very good team,” Speer said. “They will spread the field out and use their speed. We have to tackled better in space and be more physical than they are up front. They have good size. I’ve seen them on film and I’m expecting a battle.”

Pocahontas likes to run the ball and throw quick screens.

Corning’s Jacob Price looks for daylight on a run in Thursday’s game.

Junior ’Cats have tough bout with Pocahontas

Corning Bobcats2014 football schedule

Sept. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . Walnut Ridge. . . . . . Won 20-8Sept. 12. . . . . . . . . . . EPC . . . . . . . . . . Lost 50-20Sept. 19. . . . . . . . . . . Pocahontas . . . . . . . . . AwaySept. 26. . . . . . . . . . . Rivercrest* . . . . . . . . . . AwayOct. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . Osceola* . . . . . . . . . . HomeOct. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . Melbourne* . . . . . . . . HomeOct. 17 . . . . . . . . . . . Cedar Ridge*. . . . . . . . . AwayOct. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . Hoxie* . . . . . . . . . . . HomeOct. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . Manila* . . . . . . . . . . . AwayNov. 6 (Thurs.) . . . . . . . Piggott* . . . . . . . . . . . AwayGames begin at 7:00 p.m.

Corning Junior Bobcats2014 football schedule

Sept. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . Rector . . . . . . . . . . . Tie 6-6Sept. 11. . . . . . . . . . . Pocahontas . . . . . . Lost 40-8Sept. 18. . . . . . . . . . . Piggott* . . . . . . . . . . HomeSept. 25. . . . . . . . . . . Rivercrest* . . . . . . . . . HomeOct. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . Osceola* . . . . . . . . . . . AwayOct. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . Melbourne* . . . . . . . . . AwayOct. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . Cedar Ridge*. . . . . . . . HomeOct. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . Hoxie* . . . . . . . . . . . . AwayGames begin at 7:00 p.m.

McNamee wins the cash . . .You can count on Harold McNamee to win The Courier’s Pick the Win-ners contest sometime during each football season, but he did it early this year by predicting 15 of 18 games in last week’s contest. Shelly Johnson, H.C. Hearring and Rudy Johnson were just one game behind with four misses. Clinton-Highland contest gave most everyone prob-lems, as did games between South Carolina-Georgia, Piggott-Porta-geville, Riverview-Walnut Ridge and a few others. McNamee accepts $50 cash from The Courier’s Velma Herren. This week’s contest is found on another page in this issue of The Courier.

“Good Luck Bobcats” • 857-3756

by Jim McIntoshThe Junior Bobcats went up

against a strong Pocahontas squad Thursday night, falling 40-8 in a runaway.

Coach Robert Killebrew ex-pected a tough contest, stat-ing that Pocahontas is prob-ably the best team the Junior ‘Cats will face this season. The coach said he wanted a positive experience for his team, and a competitive game that will help shape the squad as they head into conference play this week.

But they may have gotten more than they bargained for.

“We were expecting to face a very good team,” Killebrew said. “And we did. But we did a lot of things to hurt ourselves.”

The coach said his squad may have been intimidated.

“Most of the things were men-tal,” Killebrew said. “Pocahon-tas is not as good as they were last year but they are still a good team. I thought they3 had some

things we could exploit but we made too many mental mistakes and really hurt ourelves.”

He said the Junior ‘Cats strug-gled mentally over the size of the Pocahontas squad. Indeed, they were a lot bigger, and the team stretched some 85 players along the sideline, which can be an intimidating factor in junior high football.

“We had a lot to overcome,” he said. “And I think we let it get to us mentally. I thought we should have played a better game. We made some adjustments and did some good things.”

The coach praised the efforts of quarterback Matt Ahrent, who showed good composure dur-ing the game. He also gave ku-dos to Jacob Price, who ran the ball well at times. Price scored the only points of the game for Corning, running in a 33-yard touchdown late in the contest.

“At times, he turned it up an-other level and had a good show-ing,” the coach said.

On the defensive side, Corn-ing had a couple good plays. But again, the coach said they hurt themselves mentally. Ethan McKinney played a good game.

“He showed up well on the film,” Killebrew said. “I was impressed with his play. We will be focusing on that this week in practice.”

Killebrew said his team has to learn to take care of the ball bet-ter. There were some turnovers on the night.

Corning will host Piggott Thursday night in a 3A-3 confer-ence showdown.

“We have our work cut out for us,” the coach stated. “It’s always a good game. Any-thing can happen, especially when Corning and Piggott get together. There’s rivalry. We’re glad to be playing at home and opening the season with three home games. That helps. All of our games now are conference games and very important.”

The coach said his squad will have to defend well to be com-petitive.

In other 3A-3 games, four of the eight teams claimed vic-tories in the second game of the season as Piggott, Hoxie, and newcomers Cedar Ridge and Melbourne managed vic-tories over non-conference opponents. Piggott beat Porta-geville, Mo., 21-8; Hoxie de-feated Westside 42-14; Cedar Ridge disposed of Rector 36-16 and Melbourne beat Cave City 34-12. Four teams also lost in non-conference bouts, along with Corning, as Manila fell to Trumann 33-6; Osceola lost to Gosnell 28-18 and Rivercrest was defeated by Earle 18-7.

Hoxie and Melbourne each improved to 2-0 on the season outside the conference. Corn-ing, Piggott and Cedar Ridge move to 1-1 while last year’s champion Rivercrest joins Manila and Osceola as teams without a victory in the young season.

Maynard Fire Dept.to host gun showthis weekend

This weekend, Saturday and Sunday, September 20 and 21, Maynard Volunteer Fire Depart-ment will host their two-day Gun Show 2014 at 474 Highway 328 West.

Everyone is invited to stop be-tween 9:00 and 5:00 on Saturday, Sept. 20 or 9:00 until 4:00 Sun-day, Sept. 21.

Over 60 tables will be dis-played, along with plenty of con-cessions.

More information is available from Randy Weisenbach at 870-378-0304 or email mvfdchief@hotmail.com

Golfers take firstand second in matches

Corning won a golf match Monday in Osceola, comprising a team score of 131, besting Ma-nila, Hoxie, Rivercrest and Har-risburg in district play.

Jacob Moore shot a 43 to lead the Bobcats as teammates Seth Robinson and Jesse Williams each shot a 44. Chase Watson shot a 46.

Manila finished one stroke behind with a team score of 132 and Rivercrest ended with a 137. Hoxie and Harrisburg also com-peted.

The girls’ squad captured sec-ond place in the event, posting a 187 with Katie Woolard shooting a 59. Natalie Price posted a 61 and Mackinah Davis shot a 67.

Rivercrest won with a team score of 162 and Harrisburg shot a 199.

The golf teams each finished in second place during a match held in Pocahontas Tuesday, Sept. 9. Pocahontas won in both divisions.

In boys’ action, Corning shot a 132 as a team behind Pocahon-tas’s 118. Seth Robinson had a 41 and Chase Watson scored a 44. Jesse Williams wound up with a 47 and Jacob Moore fin-ished with a 48.

Pocahontas’s Blayne Sparks was medalist with a 37. Harris-burg also competed in the event.

During a JV matchup, Corning compiled a 179 with Lukas Speer shooting a 56. Teammate Cole Woodard finished with a 61.

In girls’ action, Corning’s Nat-alie Price shot a 53, Allison Rus-som shot a 54 and Katie Wood-ard shot a 62 in a silver effort. Corning ended with a team score of 169. Mackinah Davis finished with a 69. Pocahontas’s Eliza-beth Erwin won medalist honors with a 45.

The teams met Piggott Tues-day and are scheduled to host their first match of the season Thursday. The girls’ district golf tournament will be in Piggott Monday and Tuesday of next week. The boys play at Eagle Mountain in Batesville in district action Wednesday and Thurs-days of next week.

Neelyville comes up short inChaffee tourney

Neelyville’s Lady Tigers took second place in the Lady Red Devil Invitational in Chaffee over the weekend.

Neelyville defeated Twin Rivers 8-3 and East Prairie 13-0 in four innings en route to the final where they fell to a strong Portageville team’s pitching.

Shelby Moon led Neelyville in the championship contest, post-ing the squad’s lone hit in the 5-0 loss as the Lady Tigers moved to 4-4 on the season.

Riley Washburn had a three-home homer during the tourney and Moon was 3-for-4 with a dou-ble in one of the earlier games. Ju-lie Griffin also collected a pair of hits. Others getting on base during tournament play were Alli Law, Abigail Hanks, Paige Reinbott and Maggie Eaker.

Neelyville defeated Van Bu-ren in action at the West Plains Invitational with a two-out ral-ly in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday night. Christina Russom doubled home the tying run and Julie Griffin singled to left to drive in the winning run. Eaker and Griffin each picked up two hits while Law and Eaker each scored twice. Nata-lie Flanigan was on the mound, striking out five over five in-nings and Kylee Hart came in for relief.

Jennifer Martinez, program manager for NEA Baptist Center for Healthy Children sees first-hand how children, especially females, struggle with self-es-teem every day. Media, peers and other outside influences work to keep a certain image of “beautiful” in their minds.

To help combat that percep-tion, NEA Baptist Charitable Foundation and Families, Inc. have teamed up to offer a work-shop designed to help mothers and daughters connect on a high-er level and to learn strategies to increase self-esteem, feel beauti-ful and live a healthy lifestyle.

BeYOUtiful is a free work-shop and will be held Saturday, September 20 from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. at Highland Drive Baptist Church, 515 East High-land, Jonesboro. Topics will in-clude increasing positive body image, developing a healthy re-lationship with food, skincare/makeup tips for both moms and daughters, dressing for your body type and a panel discussion for both moms and daughters.

Lunch will be provided. Space is limited so please call (870) 336-1760 or email Jennifer.martinez@neabc.com to reserve your spot.

BeYOUtiful workshopSaturday, September 20

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line on entry form.

2. One cash prize of $50 will be awarded to the person predicting the greatest number of games correctly.

3. In case of tie on greatest number of games accurately predicted, the tie-breaker listed each week will be used to break the tie. Should a tie still exist, the money will be divided equally among those involved.

4. Persons may submit one entry each week. Corning Publishing and J.V. Rockwell Publishing employees and their immediate household are not eligible to win.

5. All entries for the week of publication must be in our hands by 5:00 p.m. Friday at The Courier office, 810 Missouri Avenue (Highway 67 North), Corning. FAX entries are accepted at 857-5204 or 857-1473. Late entries will not be accepted. E-mail entries will be accepted until 5 p.m. each Friday at fmartin@corningpub-lishing.com.

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Field trip to Barnes and Nobel . . .Central Elementary School was well represented when 49 fifth and sixth grade students converged on Barnes and Noble bookstore in Jonesboro for a tour. Students qualified for the trip by reading six or more books during the summer. Tour guide Christopher Cross of Jonesboro’s Barnes and Noble led the group through the store and awarded each student with a book from the selected list. Summer reading is pro-moted by the Central Reads Initiative to encourage children to read and prevent the “Summer Slide” which occurs when students do not read while on summer break. Mrs. Peggy Taylor, Mrs. Christina Conway and Wes Couch accompanied students on the trip.

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Arkansas Agriculture secretaryapplauds USDA extension statement

Arkansas Secretary of Agri-culture Butch Calhoun applaud-ed the announcement that USDA will grant an extension of time for Arkansas farmers affected by the current Turner Grain situa-tion in Brinkley.

Secretary Calhoun said, “I ap-preciate Sec. Vilsack’s prompt and positive response to my re-quest for an additional extension for producers with marketing authorizations to Turner Grain Merchandising. This additional 60 days, combined with the 30 days already provided, should be helpful to these affected produc-ers. I will continue to work with Secretary Vilsack and our con-gressional delegation as produc-ers work through this unfortunate situation.”

Last week, Secretary Cal-houn requested an additional

extension of time for produc-ers delivering their Commod-ity Credit Corporation (CCC) grain under a CCC-681-1, Marketing Authorization, to Turner Grain. In addition, he also asked that U. S. Depart-ment of Agriculture (USDA) make low-interest emergency loans available to affected pro-

ducers. Turner Grain of Brinkley

has recently defaulted on payments and contracts to area farmers, leaving some producers faced with eco-nomic uncertainty. Reports from producers and various media outlets estimate losses as high as $50 million.

21st annual IberiaBank/BRTCgolf tournament, October 3

The annual iberiaBank/BRTC Foundation Golf Tournament will be held Friday, October 3, at the Rolling Hills Country Club in Pocahontas. The tournament is a major source of scholarship funding for the Foundation with nearly 100% of the proceeds from the tournament providing scholarships to BRTC students, according to Dina Hufstedler, event coordinator.

The event is supported each year by a $10,000 donation from iberiaBank with additional sponsorships being purchased in varying amounts.

The tournament is a two-person scramble with separate morning and afternoon rounds independent of each other. Tee-off time for the morning round is 8:00 a.m. with announcements beginning at 7:45. Tee-off time for the afternoon round is 1:30 p.m. with announcements begin-

ning at 1:15.Cash prizes are awarded to the

winners. The number of flights and prizes in each round is deter-mined by the number of entries.

The basic entry fee is $100 per team with an option to purchase an advantage package. The ad-vantage package includes three mulligans per team, playing the second shot from 100 yards out on the par 5 hole #4, and one team blast off where men can make one tee shot from the la-dies tee and ladies can make on tee shot from 150 yards out on any par 4 or 5 hole.

A 2014 Chevrolet truck is the grand prize for a hole-in-one on #15, sponsored by Baltz-Chevy Olds of Pocahontas.

A free barbeque lunch will be provided and drawings for door prizes will be held after each round.

In conjunction with the tour-

nament, a scratch-off card fundraiser is also being held. Cards are currently being sold for a chance to win the follow-ing prizes: A beach vacation at Okaloosa island, Florida, com-pliments of “Foster’s on the Beach”; an iPad compliments of Melissa Wright-Davis; a Rugar American RimfireRifle, compli-ments of Jana Caldwell at Carter Realty; a North American Arms Mini-Revolver, compliments of Quality Floors and More and purchased at M&M Farm and lumber; a Hot Springs vacation package; a Bosch lithium-ion Cordless Drill; and a $100 cer-tificate for Gaston’s White River Resort.

For more information on the tournament, sponsorships, or scratch-off cards, contact BRTC’s Dina Hufstedler at 870-248-4187, or Jessica Bailey at 870-248-4189.

September is Library Card Sign-up Month, a time when the Clay County libraries (Corning, Piggott, Rector) join with the American Library Association and public libraries nationwide to make sure that county students have the most important school supply of all - a free library card.

Resources at all three Clay County libraries are available to anyone who has a library card. Students can turn to the library for materials, programs and ser-vices that support academic achievement. Reading Programs are sponsored each summer for young readers, and programs for preschoolers are a monthly activ-ity at each library.

Students can use their library cards from home, too. All three libraries offer access to impor-

tant educational resources, like e-books, online homework help, online databases, and more.

“Our libraries provide all types of students with the tools they need to succeed,” says Kathy Butler, Corning library Director. “We provide students with excit-ing and engaging programs that make learning fun and resources that they can access from the li-brary or from home - all with a free library card. It is for these rea-sons that a library card is the most important school supply of all.”

Visit your local library through-out the month of September and sign up for a library card. Come see what the Libraries have avail-able for you.

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Old time brush arbor revivalSept. 24-28

Smith Chapel Church, located on Highway 141 between Mc-Dougal and Boydsville will host an old time brush arbor revival be-ginning at 6:00 o’clock each eve-ning Wednesday, Sept. 24 through Sunday, Sept. 28.

Each night will feature a dif-ferent theme and clothing such as work, fishing and camouflage clothing.

Speakers will include Kevin Swan, Eldon Wheelis, Derrick Gouldman, larry Dobbins and Jimmy Parrish.

Sunday night, Sept. 28 will be a special youth service with hotdogs and marshmallows at 5:00 p.m.

Information available from Tina Parrish at 870-450-5044. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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Record temperaturesThe following list shows record lows and highs as registered

with the National Weather Service through Corning’s Weather Observing Station:

Date HIGHest (year) LOWest (year)Sept. 18 97°F (1985) 42°F (1981)Sept. 19 96°F (1940) 40°F (1938)Sept. 20 97°F (1940) 38°F (1938)Sept. 21 97°F (1954) 38°F (1983)Sept. 22 97°F (1935) 37°F (1983)Sept. 23 97°F (1935) 38°F (1974)Sept. 24 97°F (1935) 35°F (1983)Sept. 25 97°F (1939) 39°F (1950)Sept. 26 96°F (1939) 40°F (1975)Sept. 27 100°F (1938) 33°F (1942)Sept. 28 96°F (1939) 33°F (1942)

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During last week’s City Council meeting, the chief left his seat to check on activ-ity that involved two persons squabbling on a city street, and the possibility one would re-quire medical attention.

Convinced his officers had the situation under control, he quietly returned to his chair as the council continued to conduct business of the city.

Just one night later, local dis-patchers received information involving damage to street signs and quickly informed officers on duty, who began their investiga-tion.

Word spread that a vehicle ran over two signs near the intersec-tion of Elm and Missouri near Ermert Funeral Home and left the scene, possibly heading east on Highway 62 with damage to the front and rear.

As other on-duty officers and the Clay County Sheriff’s De-partment were alerted, Chief Groning included, the investiga-tion got underway.

Just moments later, coming out of Wednesday night servic-es at Corning Church of Christ,

Chief Jim Earl Groning and Lieutenant Jimmy Leach discuss evidence left at the scene, Wednesday night, after a vehicle collided with street signs.

Long-arm of the law reaches even from church

Chief Groning noticed a truck parked on the church’s front lot with damage matching that dis-patched to officers.

“It had just been parked be-cause water was still running from the radiator and oil was dripping from a hole in the bot-tom of the oil pan,” the chief de-scribed. “I said ‘that’s the truck everyone is looking for’ so I informed dispatch to get some-

one over here. There was no one around the truck at that time.”

Officers arrived to gather in-formation and other evidence for their report. The vehicle’s license indicated the owner re-sides in Greenway. No arrests were made Wednesday night.

Thursday morning, the truck’s front bumper and a damaged street sign remained noticeable at the scene.

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AAC seeks recipientssionals in the fields of craft and folk art will select the recipient based on the following criteria: quality of work, community out-reach and total contribution to the field of traditional crafts.

The awardee will be honored

at a reception in May during Arkansas Heritage Month. For more information, contact Robin Muse McClea, artist services program manager, at (501) 324-9348 or email robinm@arkan-sasheritage.org.

The Arkansas Arts Council is seeking nominations for the 2015 Arkansas Living Treasure. Deadline for nominations is Fri-day, Nov. 14, 2014. Nomination forms are available at www.ar-kansasarts.org or by calling 501-324-9766.

The Arkansas Living Treasure annually honors an Arkansan who is outstanding in the cre-ation of a traditional craft and has significantly contributed to the preservation of the art form.

Nominations of artists who work in traditional craft forms such as weaving, broom making, leatherworking, metalsmithing and wood carving, toy making and doll making are encouraged.

An independent panel of prac-ticing craft artists and profes-

September Arkansas Volunteer MonthGovernor Mike Beebe has

proclaimed September “Arkan-sas Volunteer Month.” During the month, hundreds of organi-zations throughout the state will give special recognition to their volunteers. This year, the theme “Plant A Seed: Volunteer” has been adopted.

Sherry Middleton, director of the Department of Human Ser-vices (DHS) Division of Com-munity Service and Nonprofit Support, explains, “Arkansas volunteers contribute abilities and resources to provide ser-vices and problem-solving skills to people and communities throughout the Natural State. These volunteers constitute Ar-kansas’ most precious natural resource. It is the spirit of help-

ing one another that we hope to promote, and it is those who have demonstrated this spirit that we hope to recognize during this month.”

Thousands of people across the state donate millions of hours of time and resources an-nually to causes and projects that they care about and that help their communities. Volunteers are essential to many organiza-tions and they fill valuable roles in many communities.

Each year DCSNS publishes the study “The Economic Im-pact of Arkansas Volunteers.” The results of the most recent study show that 750 volunteer organizations reported a total of 16,506,316 hours of volunteer time for an estimated total dol-

lar value of $423,011,812. If the State of Arkansas paid for the time involved to provide the services donated by volunteers, an additional $8,077,286,803 in personal income would have been required to generate that sum in general revenues.

The DHS Division of Com-munity Service and Nonprofit Support is the nation’s oldest state office of volunteerism. This Division promotes and supports volunteerism in the private, nonprofit and govern-ment sectors, as a means of enhancing the quality of life for all Arkansans. For more information about Arkansas Volunteer Month, call DeKitra Ross-Larry at DHS DCSNS, 501-682-7540.

UCA among ‘Top Public Schools’The University of Central Ar-

kansas continues to rank among the top 30 best public institu-tions in the South, according to the 2015 Best Colleges rankings by U.S. News & World Report released last week.

UCA was chosen in the category of “Top Public Schools” among regional uni-versities in the South. A re-gional university is defined as an institution that pro-vides a full range of under-graduate majors and master’s programs, according to the U.S. News & World Report. Universities in the “Best Re-gional Universities” category were ranked against their peer groups in one of four geo-graphic regions. Generally,

these universities draw stu-dents most heavily from sur-rounding states, according to U.S. News & World Report.

“We are honored to once again be listed in the top tier of public schools in the south,” said UCA President Tom Courtway. “The prestigious ranking shows that we continue to be commit-ted to our students and offer an outstanding education here at UCA.”

Overall, UCA ranks 65 among public and private institutions in the Top Tier of the “Best Re-gional Universities” in the South category. Also ranked at 65 are four other institutions: North Carolina Central University, a public institution and three pri-vate institutions, Belhaven Uni-

versity, St. Leo University, and St. Thomas University.

The U.S. News & World Re-port 2015 Best Colleges guide-book includes rankings of insti-tutions nationwide. The rankings are based on assessment of ex-cellence; retention and gradu-ation rates; faculty resources; graduation rate performance; student selectivity; financial re-sources; and alumni giving.

Founded in 1907, the Univer-sity of Central Arkansas dedi-cates itself to academic vitality, integrity, and diversity. The uni-versity strives to provide strong academic programs to meet the diverse needs of those it serves through innovations in learn-ing, scholarship, and creative endeavors.

BRTC plans fallwreath-makingworkshop, Oct. 2

The Community Education Department of Black River Technical College is offering a Fall Wreath-Making Work-shop.

This is an informative, hands-on workshop where each participant will create a beauti-ful fall wreath which they can take with them to give as a gift or display in their own home. The wreath will be made with the very popular Deco Mesh in the fall colors that we all enjoy this time of year.

This course will be held on Thursday evening, October 2, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on the BRTC Pocahontas campus, College Drive. Register at the Continuing Education Building between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

For additional information, call 870-248-4180, e-mail pat-tib@blackrivertech.edu or visit our website at www.blackri-vertech.edu/community/cce and click on Pocahontas Cam-pus.

Deadline to register is Tues-day, September 30.

Last week Corning Fire De-partment and First Responders were busy for three consecutive days assisting in emergency situ-ations.

September 8 at 11:10 a.m., First Responders were called to the 2500 block of Teresa after a per-son had received injuries in a fall.

The next day, Tuesday, Sep-tember 9, the team went to Northwest Fourth Street on an emergency call.

On the afternoon of Wednes-

day, September 10, around 4:00 p.m., firefighters were requested to assist at a structure fire at 175 CR 186 off of Hwy 328. Records indicate this was the home of Greg Coe

Fire fighters remained on scene for over four hours, fight-ing the fire that was fanned by strong winds. Fire Department Secretary J.R. Roark reports the house was a total loss. Cause of the fire was not immediately de-termined.

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BiggersBiggers BAPTisT CHUrCH. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Morning Worship 11 a.m.; Evening Bible Study and prayer meeting 6:30 p.m. Pastor Charles Ray.

CHUrCH OF CHrisT. Main Street. Sunday service & Bible classes at 9:45 a.m., Worship at 10:40 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. (CST). 6:00 p.m. (DST). Tuesday Ladies Bible Class 10:00 a.m. (September-May). Wednesday Service 6:30 p.m. (CST), 7:00 p.m. (DST). Nursery Available All Services.

BOydsvilleB O y d s v i l l e M i s s i O N A r y BAPTisT CHUrCH. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; worship services, 11:00 a.m.; Sunday evening services, 5:00. Wednesday evening services, 7:00.

sAleM MissiONAry BAPTisT CHUrCH. Route 2, Rector. George L. Bearden, pastor. Sunday School 10:00. Morning Worship 11:00. Sunday eve-ning Bible Training 5:00. Sunday eve-ning Worship services at 6:00.

sMiTH CHAPel geNerAl BAPTisT. Earnie Rinks, Pastor, Sunday morn-ing 10:00; Evening 5:00; Wednesday evening 7:00. Special singing the first Saturday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

COrNiNgBig T PeNTeCOsTAl CHUrCH. Service time: Saturday evening, 7:00; Sunday morning, 10:00; Sunday eve-ning 6:00; Tuesday night 7:00. Pastor Bryan Malone.

C A lvA r y B A P T i s T C H U r C H . Crafton Street. Pastor Kent Modlin. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; worship 10:45 a.m.; evening worship 6:00. Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

C H U R C H   O F   N A Z A R E N E . 2 4 0 8 Cherry. Reverend Peter Connolly, D.D., pastor. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., morn-ing worship 11:00, evening worship 6:00, Tuesday evening 6:00.

F i r s T A P O s T O l i C U N i T e d PeNTeCOsTAl CHUrCH. Kenmore and Bobcat Lane. Sunday School and Worship services, 10:00 a.m.; Sunday evening services, 5:30. Wednesday evening services, 7:00. Pastor Troy D. Johnson.

FirsT AsseMBly OF gOd. Kenmore and Maddox Streets. Sunday School, 10 a.m.; morning worship 11 a.m. Evening worship, 5 :00. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.

FirsT BAPTisT CHUrCH. 701 West Third. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. Sunday morning worship, 10:45. Sunday eve-ning adult choir practice, 5:00; Sunday evening worship, 6:00; Wednesday eve-ning - AWANA at 6:30. Youth service 6:30. Adult service 7:00 p.m. .

FirsT CHrisTiAN CHUrCH. Fourth and Elm Streets. Pastor Tim Burgess. Sunday Bible School, 9:45 a.m.; worship 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided. Sunday evening, 6:00.

FirsT FreeWill BAPTisT CHUrCH. Fourth and Hazel Streets. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; worship hour, 11:00 a.m.; Sunday night services, 6:00. Wednesday night services, 7:00. Pastor Conie Gipson.

FirsT geNerAl BAPTisT CHUrCH. Ada and Kenmore Streets. Sunday School , 9 :45 a .m. ; Morning wor-ship,10:50 a.m.; Sunday evening servic-es, 6:00.; Wednesday evening services, 7:00. Don Dingus, pastor.

F i r s T U N i T e d M e T H O d i s T CHUrCH. 600 Pine. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; worship services, 10:55 a.m. Sunday morning fellowship at 9:30, pastor: Rev. Ann Ferris.

grACe MissiONAry BAPTisT CHUrCH. Eaton and Fifth Streets. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday morn-ing worship, 11:00. Sunday evening services, 5:00. Wednesday evening ser-vices, 6:30. Pastor John Knott.

grAssyleAd CHUrCH OF CHrisT. Highway 67 West. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m.; Sunday eve-ning, 5:00. Wednesday evening , 5:00.

HOPeWell sOUTHerN BAPTisT CHUrCH. Heelstring Community, County Road 116. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; worship services, 11:00 a.m.

H O U s e O F P r Ay e r ( i N T e r -deNOMiNAl). 803 Main Street. Pastor Jimmy McMasters. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. Morning worship 10:30. Sunday evening service 6:00.; Wednesday eve-ning services, 7:00.

lANdMArK MissiONAry BAPTisT CHUrCH. Highway 67 North. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; worship services, 11:00 a.m. Wednesday evening servic-es, 7:30. Sunday evening services, 6:00. Pastor Robert Moore.

l i g H T H O U s e P e N T e C O s TA l TABerNACle. 600 South Second, Sunday School 10 a.m.; Sunday morn-ing, 11; Sunday Evening 5. Steven Rapert, pastor.

liviNg WOrd FellOWsHiP. 1606 Main Street, Highway 67 West. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., worship service 11:00 a.m., evening service 5:00. Wednesday evening services 6:30. Pastor Tony Monreal.

Mill HOUse geNerAl BAPTisT CHUrCH. On Creason Road. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; Worship Service, 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 5:00 p.m. Pastor Jim Parrish.

NeW BegiNNiNg TABerNACle. Location Highway 62. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., worship service 10:45 a.m., Sunday evening 5:00; Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Pastor Charles Midgett.

PAlATKA CHUrCH OF CHrisT. Route One. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; worship services, 10:45 a.m. Sunday evening services, 6:00.; Wednesday eve-ning services, 7:00.

sHilOH ClAy BAPTisT CHUrCH. Richwoods Community. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; Church Services, 11:00 a.m. Carl Thomason, pastor.

sT. JOsePH THe WOrKer CATHOliC CHUrCH. 1415 Harb Street. Saturday Mass at 4:00 p.m. Confessions heard before Mass. Holy Day Mass to be announced.

s T . M A T T H e W l U T H e r A N CHUrCH. Highway 67 North and Jones Street, Corning. Present time Schedule, 8:30 a.m., Divine Service; Sunday School and Bible Class 9:45 a.m. Rev. Jon C. Bischof, pastor.

dATTOdATTO MissiONAry BAPTisT CHUrCH. Mike Chadwick, pastor. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; preaching services, 11:00 a.m.; Sunday evening services, 6:00.; Wednesday night ser-vices, 6:00.

delAPlAiNed e l A P l A i N e B A P T i s T C H U r C H , Sunday School, 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning worship, 11:00. Sunday evening worship, 6:00. Mid-Week Prayer Service, Wednesday, 6:00 p.m.

d e l A P l A i N e C H U r C H O F C H r i s T. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; worship services, 11:00 a.m.; Sunday evening services, 5:00.

d e l A P l A i N e F U l l g O s P e l CHUrCH OF JesUs CHrisT. Sunday morning, 10:00. Sunday evening, 6:30. Wednesday evening, 7:30.

gAiNesvilleHARVESTIME CHURCH. Pas tors Reverends Wayne and Genie McGill. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Worship 1 1 : 0 0 a . m . S u n d a y n i g h t 5 : 0 0 . Wednesday evening 7:00.

HiCKOriAMissiONAry BAPTisT CHUrCH. Billy Morris, Pastor. Sunday School, 10:00 a .m. Church services, 11:00 a.m. Sunday evening services, 5:30. Wednesday evening 6:30.

KNOBB e T H l e H e M M i s s i O N A r y BAPTisT CHUrCH. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Worship services 11:00 a.m. Sunday evening services 6:00 p.m.

r O C K s P r i N g s U N i T e d MeTHOdisT CHUrCH. Reverend Mark Trout. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Everyone invited to attend.

KNOBelCHUrCH OF CHrisT. Third and Cherry. Tim Carter, minister. Sunday morning services, 10:00 a.m. Sunday preaching services, 10:45 a.m. Sunday evening services, 6:00. Bible Study, Wednesday night, 6:00.

FirsT PeNTeCOsTAl CHUrCH. Highway 90 South . John Ke lsey Vallance, pastor. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Sunday evening services, 6:00. Wednesday evening, 7:00.

FirsT BAPTisT CHUrCH. Third and Cypress. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Worship services, 11:00 a.m. Sunday evening services, 6 :00.

NEW BEGINNINGS FULL GOSPEL. 333 Third, Knobel. Pastor Reverend Randall K. Pinkston. Sunday 10:30 a.m.; Evening worship 5:00; Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

NEW LIFE FAMILY CHURCH. 39 CR 240, Knobel. Pastor Gary Holcomb. Sunday School 10:00 a.m.; Worship Services 11:00 a.m.; Sunday Evening worship 6:00; Wednesday evening ser-vices 7:00.

lAFeST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH. Highway 135 North. Pastor Curtis Dwyer . Sunday School 9 :15 a .m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Nursery provided. Christian Day school each Wednesday, 4:00-5:30 p.m. for grades 3-7.

MAyNArdgrANdvieW Free Will BAPTisT. 921 Grandview Rd. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday 5:00 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30. Pastor Roger Smith.

MCdOUgAlA P O s T O l i C F e l l O W s H i P CHUrCH. Sunday 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Pastor Herb Ellis.

M c d O U g A l C O M M U N i T y CHrisTiAN CHUrCH. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Worship , 10:45 a.m. Sunday, 5:00 p.m.; Wednesday night Bible Study for all ages at 6:30. Pastor Kevin Faughn.

M O r r i s C H A P e l g e N e r A l BAPTisT CHUrCH. Jared Hancock, pastor . Sunday School 10:00 a .m. Worship 11 a.m. Sunday evening 6:00.

TrUe ligHT MissiONAry BAPTisT CHUrCH. Pastor Lavern Reed. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Morning worship ser-vices, 11:00 a.m. Evening worship, 5:00. Wednesday evening service, 6:00.

MOArKHigHWAy TABerNACle. Four and one-half miles North of Corning, Highway 67. Pastor, W.V. Meadors. Sunday Morning 10:00. Sunday Evening 5:00. Wednesday evening 6:00.

PeACH OrCHArdPeACH OrCHArd CHUrCH OF CHrisT. One block East of Railroad Track. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. preach-ing services, 10:45 a.m. Sunday evening services, 6:00. Wednesday evening ser-vices, 7:00.

PeACH OrCHArd PeNTeCOsTAl CHUrCH. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Worship services, 11:00 a.m. Evening 5:00. Wednesday evening services, 6:30.

PeACH OrCHArd sOUTHerN BAPTisT CHUrCH. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. worship services, 11:00 a.m. Pastor Gene Carpenter.

POllArdHARMONY SOUTHERN BAPTIST. Pastor Tim McCluskey. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; Morning Worship, 11:00; Sunday Night, 5:00; Wednesday Night, 6:00. NeW HOPe BAPTisT CHUrCH. Pastor Loy Culver. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 10:30. Evening Worship, 6 :00 . Wednesday Night Service, 7:00.

MArs Hill MeTHOdisT CHUrCH - CrOCKeTT. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship at 11:00 a.m.

reyNOCHUrCH OF CHrisT. Darrell Fears, minister. Sunday morning, 9:45, wor-ship service, 10:30 a.m. Sunday eve-ning services, 6:00. Wednesday evening Bible Study 6:00.

Old reyNO Free Will BAPTisT CHUrCH. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning worship services, 10:50, Wednesday night services, 7:00. and Sunday night services, 6:00. Pastor Jed Daniels.

reyNO FirsT BAPTisT CHUrCH. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Worship 11 :00 a .m. Sunday evening 6 :30 . Wednesday night 7:00. Pastor Roger Hovis.

sTONeWAlls T O N e W A l l C O M M U N i T y CHUrCH. Sal ly Shepard, pastor ; Ruben Rodriguez, associate pastor. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning worship, 11:00, Sunday night services, 6:00. Wednesday evening ser-vices 7:00.

sUCCesssUCCess BAPTisT CHUrCH. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m., worship 11:00 a.m.; Discipleship Training 5:00; evening ser-vices, 5:30. Wednesday evening service, 6:30. Pastor Bob Powers.

sUCCess CHUrCH OF CHrisT. Bruce McGrew, minister. Bible Class Sunday Morning, 10:00, Worship services, 10:45 a.m. Sunday evening services, 5:00. Wednesday Evening Bible Class, 7:00.

sUCCess APOsTOliC CHUrCH. Pastor Reverend Richard Mahan. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Sunday eve-ning Service, 6:00. Midweek service, Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

sUPPlyA P O s T O l i C P e N T e C O s TA l CHUrCH OF sUPPly. 3482 Highway 166 N. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. eve-ning worship 6:00; Wednesday prayer 7:00 p.m. Pastor: Bill Settles.

HArviell, MOR E V I VA L   T I M E   TA B E R N A C L E . Highway 67 North, across from Call of Wild. Pastor Jerry and Nancy Summers. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Church 11:00 a.m., Evening Services, 6:00, Thursday night service, 7:00.

WA l N U T g r O v e M i s s i O N A r y B A P -T i s T C H U r C H . Ronald Daughhettee, Pastor. 1 mile West of Hwy 67 on CR 352. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m.; Sunday evening ser-vices, 6:00; Wednesday evening 7:00.

UNiTed MeTHOdisT CHUrCH. Sunday Worship, 9:00 a.m. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Pastor Almarie Reynolds.

FellOWsHiP sOUTHerN BAPTisT CHUrCH. Highway 67, 1 1/2 mile South 158/160 Junction. Tim Freeman, pastor. Sunday School 9:45. Worship Service 10:45. Sunday Evening, 5:00. Wednesday Evening, 7:00.

T H e H A rv i e l l J e s U s N A M e P e N T e C O s TA l C H U r C H . R e v . Leroy Murray, pastor. Church services: Sunday morning 10, Sunday evening, 6. Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m.

NAylOr, MOCHUrCH OF CHrisT. Sunday morn-ing bible study 10:00; morning wor-ship 10:45; evening worship 6:00; Wednesday mid-week service (Winter) 6:00 p.m.; (Summer) 7:00 p.m.; Minister Larry Woodward.

C O r i N T H s F e l l O W s H i P Two miles North of Naylor on “B” Highway. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Church ser-vices, 11:00 a.m. Sunday evening ser-vices, 6:00. Wednesday evening services 7:00 p.m. Reverend Kenny Willcut, pas-tor.

FirsT CHrisTiAN CHUrCH. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Church services, 10:30 a.m. Children’s church 10:30 a.m. Sunday evening services, 6:00.

NAylOr FirsT CHUrCH OF gOd, Kelsey and Oyster. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:15 a.m. Pastor Bob Featherston.

NAylOr elM grOve geNerAl BAPTisT on Public Road. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Wednesdays, 6:00 p.m. Reverend Dennis Bell, pastor.

NAylOr MissiONAry BAPTisT CHUrCH. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. preaching services, 11:00 a.m. Sunday evening services, 5:00. Bible Study, 6:00 p.m. Wednesdays. James Mills, pastor.

NAylOr PeNTeCOsTAl CHUrCH. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; Sunday eve-ning, 6:00; Youth Service Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Reverend Donnie Fowler, pastor.

NAylOr UNiTed MeTHOdisT CHUrCH. Corner of Lyon and Kelsey. Sunday Church school, 10:00 a.m. wor-ship services, 10:30 a.m. Second and fourth Sunday of the month.

FirsT BAPTisT CHUrCH. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. worship services, 11:00 a.m. Sunday evening services, 6:30. Wednesday night services, 6:30.

THe lOrd’s CHUrCH. Sunday School services at 10:00 a.m., church at 11:30 a.m. Sunday night 6:00. Thursday evening, Young People’s Meeting, 7:00., Saturday night, Gospel Singing, 6:30. Two buildings behind Tharp’s Grocery Store.

Neelyville, MOAPOsTOliC NeW TesTAMeNT OF JesUs CHrisT. Located one mile South of intersection, Highways 142 and 67, South on Highway 67. Sunday School 10 a.m., morning worship 11:00; evening 6:00 and Thursday 7 p.m. Reverend Glenda Haven, pastor.

C O O N i s l A N d P e N T e C O s T CHUrCH. Church services, Sunday morning, 10:00. Sunday evening, 6:00. Saturday evening, 7:00.

FrieNdsHiP CHUrCH OF COON islANd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Children’s church, 10:45 a.m.; Sunday evening services, 6:00. Wednesday evening services, 7:00. Pastor Allen Leutert. Located seven miles East of Neelyville.

i N d e P e N d e N C e M i s s i O N A ry BAPTisT CHUrCH of Neelyville. Sunday School 10:00 a.m.; worship ser-vices 11:00 a.m. Sunday evening servic-es 6:00; Wednesday service 7:00. Pastor Bobby Brooks.

Neelyville APOsTOliC CHUrCH. Bel-Air Subdivision. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Pastor Paul Hull.

Neelyville UNiTed MeTHOdisT CHUrCH. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning worship , 11 :00 . Reverend Almarie Reynolds, pastor.

sHePHerd’s FOld CHUrCH. Two miles south of Hwy. 67 & 142 on CR 272, 1/4 mile on right. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship Service 11:00 a.m., Evening service 6:30; Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Pastor Eric Leroux.

Oxly, MOANTiOCH BAPTisT CHUrCH: Hwy 142, Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; worship 11:00 a.m.; evening 6:30; Wednesday bible study, 6:30. Pastor Troy E. Martin.

rOCK FellOWsHiP CHUrCH, 1/4-mile East on Hwy 142. Sunday morn-ing 10:00, worship services 11:00 a.m. Sunday night services 6:30. Wednesday night services 6:30. Pastor John Rhine.

O x ly U N i T e d P e N T e C O s TA l CHUrCH. Highway 142. Sunday morn-ing services, 10:00. Sunday evening ser-vices, 6:00. Wednesday evening servic-es, 7:00. Saturday evening services, 7:00.

r i s e N l i F e C H U r C H O F g O d , downtown Oxly Reverend Chuck Ferrell, Pastor. Sunday worship 10:00 a.m. Sunday evening service 6:00. Wednesday evening services 7:00.

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For Sale: 1999 Dodge Durango 4x4, runs good, $1,500 firm. Call 870-323-1496 for questions or to look at it. 21t1p---------------------------------------

Real EstateFor sale by owner: 107 NW Third, Corning. Two bedroooms, one bath, large living room, large kitchen, some updates, must see. Reduced price $13,000. 870-323-3035. 20t2p---------------------------------------

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Yard SalesMulti-Family Yard Sale: Furni-ture, collectibles, home decor, much more. Saturday 8 a.m.-2 p.m., 2301 West Main, Corning. Everything must go. 21t1p---------------------------------------

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AttentionPick Your Site. CNA Class - start-ing September 22 at Rector, Walnut Ridge and Jonesboro. Call 870-926-9496. RSB Nursing Assistant Training Programm Lic. & Mon. by ASBPCE and OLTC. 21t1c---------------------------------------Gathering donations for Tony C. Ainley, Sr., beloved husband, fa-ther, friend, to help with hospice care, funeral and other expenses. Please call Amanada 870-323-7012. 21t1p---------------------------------------

BusinessesCarpet, hardwood, laminate, vinyl plank, tool rentals: concrete power trowels, hardwood floor nailers, etc. Quality Floors & More, Inc., Reyno, 870-769-2266. 18tfc---------------------------------------

For RentApartment for rent. Call 870-857-3841. 21tfc---------------------------------------Commercial space available for rent. Come by Universal Builders in Corning or call 857-3841. 10tfc---------------------------------------

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Legal NoticeOrdinance No. 2014-04

An ordinance to designate the authority and responsibility for the collection of fines in the Dis-trict Court.

Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Corning, Arkansas, that:

Section One: Title. This Or-dinance shall be known as the District Court Fines Collection Ordinance.

Section Two: Designation of Collection Official. A new section 3.20 to the Corning Mu-nicipal Code is hereby created in Title 3 Fiscal Affairs to read fol-lows:

3.20 Collection Officials. Pursuant to A.C.A §16-13-709, the City of Corning hereby des-ignates the Clay County Court Clerk’s Office as the office re-sponsible for the collection of the electronic payments of fines assessed in the District Court for the City of Corning, a political subdivision of the State of Ar-kansas. The Corning Police De-partment shall be designated the responsibility of collecting all other forms of payment for fines assessed in the District Court.

Section Three: Repealing Clause. Ordinances or parts thereof in force at the time that this ordinance shall take effect that are in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Section Four: Saving Clause. Nothing herein shall be deemed to affect any rights or obligations existing at the time of the pas-sage of this ordinance.

Section Five: Severability Clause. In the event any portion of this ordinance is declared in-operative or invalid as a result of a statute or judicial decision, then only that portion expressly so de-clared to be inoperative or invalid shall be affected thereby and all other provision hereof shall re-main in full force and effect.

Section Six: Emergency Clause. This ordinance being necessary to preserve the quality of life of citizens living within the City of Corning and to pre-serve the process for the collec-tion of fines in the district court, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and shall be in full force and effect from and after its pas-sage and adoption.

Now therefore, be it or-dained, the City Council for the City of Corning, Arkansas, pur-suant to its power to designate the responsibility of collection of fines assessed in the district courts, hereby declares that an emergency exists and that this Ordinance shall take immediate effect.

Passed and approved this 9th day of September, 2014.Dewayne Phelan, Mayor; Fran Edwards, Clerk/Treasurer. 21t1c

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• Neelyville Community Harvest Festival will be Saturday, September 20 starting with a parade at 9:00 a.m. with beauty pageants, good food and valuable drawings;

• Bobcat football continues this week (Sept. 18, Junior Bobcats are at home against Piggott; Friday, Sept. 19 Bobcats go to Pocahontas);

• A blood drive for the American Red Cross will be held Wednesday, September 24 on the parking lot of First National Bank.

• Bobcat Yearbook sales underway as students begin making contact with sponsors and supporters throughout the district.

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2013 Chevrolet Tahoe, 2-wheel-drive,leather seats, very nice, 27,xxx miles.

2013 Lexus ES 360, 21,xxx miles, local trade-in, black w/tan interior, must see.

2012 Lincoln MKZ22,xxx miles.

2014 Expedition Limited2-wheel-drive, very nice, 22,xxx miles.

• Low interest rates for qualified buyers.• Remainder of Ford factory warranty.

ObituariesWilma Lillard

Wilma Stegall Lillard, daughter of Pearl and Callie Camp Stegall and widow of Adolph Lillard, was born and raised in the Stegall com-munity just east of Newport. She died Wednesday, September 10, 2014. She was 96.

She was also predeceased by husband; sister Mary Frances Siler; brother Presley Stegall; brother-in-law Luther Siler; and daughter-in-law Tricia Lillard.

Survivors include sons Randy Lillard of Bartlett, Tennessee, and Jim (Ruth) Lillard of Min-eral Springs; sister-in-law, Betty Stegall; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Wilma and Adolph moved to Corning in 1951 where they became active members of the community. She was trained as a beautician, but devoted herself full-time to raising her sons, man-aging the family finances in her very frugal manner, and support-ing Adolph wholeheartedly in his work at Clay County Electric Co-op as well as in various civic en-deavors, most notable the Corning Little League Baseball program (and constructing what was later called Lillard Field).

They were long-time members of the 4th & Vine church of Christ.

Graveside services were at Wal-nut Grove Cemetery Friday, Sep-tember 12 directed by Jackson’s Newport Funeral Home.

Consider memorials to Agape Child and Family Services, P.O. Box 11441, Memphis, TN 38111.

Wilma Geraldine AllisonWilma Geraldine Allison of

Biggers was born September 10, 1922 in Biggers, daughter of Clar-ence and Ida Gordon. She died Saturday, September 13, 2014. She was 92.

A homemaker and member of Biggers Baptist Church, she was known by her grandchildren as “Grandma Frank” and by her friends as “Jeri”.

She will be remembered for her love of flowers and love for her church friends who stopped by to visit on her porch.

Survivors are one daughter-in-law, Nancy Wilson Allison; two granddaughters Gayla (Tracy) Smith and Jana (Joe) Wineland; two great grandsons, Jimmy (Kal-ynn) Poe and Dakota Smith; one great-great-granddaughter, Briley Allison Poe; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Frank Alli-son; son Jim Allison; infant sisters Lorine and Nina; an adult sister Pat Carlton; four brothers John (Jake), Cletis, W.F. and Dewey Gordon.

Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday, September 19, 2014 at McNabb Funeral Home in Pocahontas. Graveside services at 10:00 a.m. Saturday September 20, 2014 at Johnson Cemetery in Reyno.

Donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Arkansas, 201 Markham Center Drive, Little Rock, 72205 or Children’s Home 5515 Walcott Road, Paragould 72450.

Travis BoydTravis Boyd of Piggott, for-

merly of Knobel, was born July 16, 1944, son of Clyde and Ella (Smith) Boyd of Knobel. He died Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. He was 70.

His public service included serving as Clay County Judge and two years as State Representative.

Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Carolyn; one daugh-ter, Teresa (Johnny) McKenney of Bono; one son, Tim (Brande) Boyd; three special grandchildren: Cameo Forehand, and Holly, Luke and Natalie Boyd all of Piggott; four brothers Norris Boyd of Kno-bel, Cleitus (Pat) Boyd of Corn-ing, James Boyd, and Neil (Polly) Boyd of Georgia; and many other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Conrad Boyd; two sisters-in-law; one niece; and one nephew.

Funeral services were conduct-ed Saturday, September 13, 2014, in New Hope Baptist Church with Greg Rainwater and Loy Culver officiating. Burial in New Hope Cemetery at Pollard.

Pallbearers Gary Boyd, Lee Boyd, Joe Boyd, Glendal Boyd, John Dover and Kevin Hardin. Honorary pallbearers John Brawn-er, Gary Howell, Tommy Hard-castle and Dan Gossett.

Arrangements by Hoggard & Sons Funeral Home of Piggott.

Memorials may be made to the New Hope Cemetery Association or the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. 21t1p

Rosie MooneyhanRosie Lee Mooneyhan of Lafe

was born May 30, 1956, in Colo-rado Springs, Colorado, daughter of William and Dorothy South-erly. She died Sunday, September 14, 2014, at Barnes Jewish Hospi-tal, St. Louis. She was 58.

A homemaker, she was of the General Baptist faith.

Survivors include her husband Travis D. Mooneyhan of the home; three daughter, Gina (Mike) Krzton, Priscilla (John Alexander) Galbraith, and Ashley (Nicholas) Osborn, all of Jonesboro; one brother David Southerly of Mar-maduke; two sisters Betty Nis-wonger and Wiladean Champney; and eleven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers Billy and Albert Southerly; and two sisters Barbara Southerly and Elizabeth Bailey.

Funeral services were con-ducted Wednesday, September 17 at the Mitchell Funeral Home Chapel in Paragould with Dereck Goldman officiating. Burial in Ra-mer’s Chapel Cemetery.

Online guestbook: www.mitch-ellfuneralhomes.com

Legal NoticeIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CLAY COUNTY, ARKANSAS

WESTERN DISTRICTCIVIL DIVISION

NO. CV 2013-13Corning Savings And Loan As-sociation; N/K/A Riverbank Sav-ings And Loan Association,Plaintiff

vsHarold Berry, Geraldine Berry,

Rosalie Miller, and the tenants, if any, of 545 Griggs Lane, Corn-ing, Arkansas, Defendants

John Carman Miller, Dennis Eugene Miller, Jesse Carl Miller, Robert William Miller, Jacky Lynn Miller, Tommy Wayne Miller, and Mark Steven Miller, as lineal heirs of Rosalie Miller, and Spouse, if any, of John Car-man Miller, Spouse, if any, of Dennis Eugene Miller, Spouse, if any, of Jesse Carl Miller, Spouse, if any, of Robert William Miller, Spouse, if any, of Jacky Lynn Miller, Spouse, if any, of Tommy Wayne Miller, and Spouse, if any, of Mark Steven Miller addi-tional defendants

Scott Miller, Tammy Miller, and Christopher Miller, as lineal heirs of Rosalie Miller, Spouse, if any, of Scott Miller, Spouse, if any, of Tammy Miller, and Spouse, if any, of Christopher Miller, Additional Defendants

COMMISSIONER’S SALE NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the authority and directions contained in the de-cretal order of the Circuit Court of Clay County, Arkansas, made and entered on or about the 9th day of September, 2014, in a certain cause (No. CV-2013-13) then pending between Corning Savings and Loan Association n/k/a Riverbank Savings and Loan Association, Plaintiff, and Harold Berry, et al., Defendants, the undersigned, as Commission-er of said Court, will offer for sale at public venue to the high-est bidder, at the Clay County Courthouse, Western District, in which said Court is held, located in Corning, Arkansas, within the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales, on the 22nd day of October, 2014, at 10:00 a.m., the following described property situated in the Western District of Clay County, Arkansas:

The North Half of Lot Four-teen (14) and all of Lot Fifteen (15) in Block Eight (8) in Ar-nold’s Ninth Subdivision of the City of Corning, Arkansas.

TERMS OF SALE: For cash, or on a credit of three months, with ten (10%) of the purchase price paid on the date of sale, provided the purchaser shall ex-ecute a commercial corporate surety bond as required by law and the order and decree of said Court in said cause, with ap-proved security, bearing interest at the maximum legal rate per annum from date of sale until paid, and a lien being retained on the property sold to secure the payment of the purchase money. The property will be sold as-is, where-is, with all faults, and sub-ject to any and all property taxes due and payable.

GIVEN under my hand this 12th day of September, 2014.Janet Luff Kilbreath, Commis-sionerBy: Shelia Fowler, D.C; Prepared by: Parker Hurst & Burnett, PLC, P.O. Box 1733, Jonesboro, AR 72403-1733; (870) 268-7608 By Ronald S. Burnett, Jr., Ron-ald S. Burnett, Jr. (2006180), At-torneys for RSL. 21t1c

CorningWellness Center

Activities at Corning Senior Wellness Center includes the following:

• Thursday, September 18 and each Thursday: Bingo at 2:35 p.m.;

• Friday, September 19: Visit Arkansas Welcome Center, Highway 67 at 12:30 p.m.;

•Tuesday, September 23: Go to Corning Therapy and Living Center to help Axie Bartlett celebrate a birth-day;

• Wednesday, September 24: Leave at 9:00 a.m. for a trip to Crowley’s Ridge Nature Cen-ter.

Freshman class highlights A-State fall 2014 enrollment

With the largest freshman classes since its implementation of more rigorous admission stan-dards, Arkansas State University welcomed more than 13,000 stu-dents to campus for the start of the 2014-15 academic year.

The 1,699 first-time students are also as the most academically prepared freshman class for the third consecutive fall.

A-State’s first-time students posted an average ACT score of 23.9, more than three points above the Arkansas’ average of 20.4 and higher than the 21.0 national av-erage. The composite grade point average of 3.47 for the incoming 2014 class also improved over last year’s 3.44 GPA.

“The quality of students who choose Arkansas State for their college education continues to rise,” Chancellor Tim Hudson said. “These are students who have multiple options, but more and more see the value of Arkan-sas State as their best opportu-nity.”

Arkansas State’s Honors Col-lege admitted another record freshman cohort and the total en-rolled students for fall 2014 is an all-time high for the program.

Admission standards for Ar-kansas State increased again this fall, the final year of a long-range plan to raise the minimum ACT and high school GPA for regular admission.

Arkansas State reported an 11th-day head count of enroll-ment 13,135 for the fall 2014 se-mester compared with 13,552 last year. A combination of the higher admission criteria, significant re-cent graduation totals and a dip in international and degree centers registration account for the bulk of the differential.

Arkansas State’s first-year re-tention rate hit a new all-time high with 74.8 percent for 2014. The university’s percentage of students in remedial courses has dropped by almost 50 percent over the past five years.

The progress in retention and steadily rising academic standards resulted in A-State conferring more than 11,700 degrees the past three years, the most in a three-year period in school history.

This year’s freshman class numbers drive a new record on-campus population, topping last year’s record by 100 additional students. The impact of opening

five new houses on Sorority Row last fall is reflected in Greek par-ticipation up double-digits for both fraternities and sororities over last year.

Neelyvillestudentshonored

Neelyville students were honored for their outstanding accomplishments in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution’s Junior American Citizens contest for school students with four National level first place winners, and three national level second place winners out of a total of 19 students who won at the Missouri State Society DAR level of judging back in January.

National winners include Neely-ville Senior Tyler Wilson for his poem, eighth grader Brandon Eaton for his entry in the poster category,

Joe Eaton, eighth grade for his entry in the Short Story category, and eighth grader James Dalton for his entry in the Postage Stamp design category. The three second place national winners are eighth grader Glen Thurman for his poster, seventh grader Blake Wells for his Postage Stamp design, and seventh grader Elijah Chapman for his Post-age Stamp design category.

The Jr American Citizens contest is for all students grades K through 12 and encourages through creative expression the development of good citizenship and the appreciation of American heritage and history.

The Poplar Bluff Chapter Schools chairman, Louise Marvin, an-nounces information on the 2014 Jr American Citizens contest is cur-rently available for school teachers, administrators, and home schoolers interested in having their students participate in this contest.

The deadline for entry is Dec. 1. Categories include Banner, Photo-graphic Essay, Short Story, Poetry, Poster and Postage Stamp design. For information and entry forms, you may contact Marvin at 573-785-3428 or Chapter Regent Margaret Shackleford at 573-785-7509.