bald knob man

2
Citizen Daily The WEATHER Today: Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: Cloudy. Lows around 70. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening...becom- ing south after midnight. Vol. 157, No. 207 ©2011 The Daily Citizen Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. LEO TOLSTOY Novelist, 1828-1910 Contact us: 3000 E. Race, Searcy, AR 72143, (Phone) 501-268-8621, (Fax) 501-268-6277 T UESDAY , A UGUST 30, 2011 75¢ SHS BOYS GOLF TEAM IMPROVES AT HOME Serving Searcy and White County, Ark., since 1854 After sluggish outings at the country club, Lion golfers have improved their home-course play. PAGE 1B GOVERNOR CALLS FOR ROAD BOND VOTE Gov. Mike Beebe on Monday called for a special election to ask voters to approve highway bonds. PAGE 3A Yarnell’s files for bankruptcy Strickland once served as BK mayor BALD KNOB MAN STILL OPERATES BUSINESS AT 90 NATION & STATE, 2A OPINIONS, 4A LIFESTYLES, 5A CALENDAR/OBITUARIES, 6A SPORTS, 1B CLASSIFIEDS, 6B INDEX TheDailyCitizen.com By Molly M. Fleming [email protected] Yarnell’s Ice Cream Co. filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection Monday, listing $15.7 million in debt and $8 million between 151 assets. The family-owned company — which opened its doors during the Great Depression — closed unex- pectedly in June, laying off 200 employees. According to a press release sent out Monday morn- ing, Yarnell’s has received offers to purchase the company’s assets, including property, the Yarnell’s brand name and recipes, as well as inventory. “Some of these offers are from entities that have expressed their desire to recommence manufacturing Yarnell’s ice cream in Searcy,” The press release stated. “All these offers are subject to non-disclosure agree- ments, which prohibits Yarnell’s management from commenting. Yarnell’s intends to provide all offers to the bankruptcy trustee.” According to the 178-page bankruptcy file, the company owes money to 240 different businesses, including 15 businesses located in White County. Of the White County businesses, Yarnell’s has the largest debt to F&M Services, Inc. of Searcy, which is expecting $103,164 from Yarnell’s. Other local companies that are owed money include Arkansas Test Laboratory in Searcy, with a debt YARNELL’S BANKRUPTCY n More than $15 million owed in debt n Only has $8 million in assets n Some local companies owed CONTINUED ON PAGE 3A WEEKEND SHOOTING Victim: Michael Cunningham, 46, of Heber Springs Status: Stable When: Around 5 p.m. Saturday Suspect: None at this time Man, 46, shot near Lion Stadium Company officials: Offers have been made to buy company Searcy police: No suspect at this time By Molly M. Fleming [email protected] A shot was fired on Saturday near Lion Stadium resulting in one known vic- tim, according to the Searcy Police Department. Around 5 p.m. Saturday, Michael Cunningham, 46, of Heber Springs, walked into the police department and told the officer he had been shot. Cunningham told the police that he was near the high school football stadi- um when he heard someone yell and a gun was fired. A description of the suspect was not available, according to the initial police report. “The case is still under investigation,” said SPD Public Information Officer Terri Lee. “We are still trying to find the facts of the incident.” Cunningham had one gunshot wound to his lower back. He was transported by NorthStar EMS to White County Medical Center, where he was in stable condi- tion as of 3 p.m. Monday. The Criminal Investigation Division was called to the scene and Detective Scott Thomas is working on the case. Anyone with information about the incident can call the SPD at 268-3531. Earl Strickland, former mayor of Bald Knob and owner of Strickland Sawmill in Judsonia, points out stacked lumber as he drives around the mill in a Kubota. Strickland turned 90 years old on Saturday, Aug. 20. Marisa Lytle/[email protected] By Marisa Lytle [email protected] J UDSONIA — Former Bald Knob mayor Earl Strickland recently turned 90, but that doesn’t stop him from working at the Judsonia saw- mill he owns with his two sons. The Strickland Sawmill, located along Highway 367 in Judsonia, operates on 100 acres of land not only as a sawmill, but also as a lumber and wood merchant company. Strickland’s family has been working in the timber, logging and sawmill business since Strickland’s grandfather, Robert Clinton, moved from Poplar Bluff, Mo., to Arkansas in 1896. “The base product in Arkansas is timber, not farming,” said Strickland, who celebrated his milestone on Saturday, Aug. 20. “The wood goes into paper and home-building.” Strickland was born in Griffithville in 1921. He has many stories about life back then and about how mischievous he was as a boy. “I went coon hunting with my friend Chapman,” he said. “He had a dog, and I had a shotgun. Our parents didn’t know where we were. One time we bought some whiskey with the 25 cents we had between us, mixed it with water and then sold it to a man for 50 cents. We felt kind of bad about that, but it didn’t keep us from buying some ice cream at the parlor. “We also played hooky as much as possible. We weren’t learning much from school, but Earl Strickland, 90, looks off toward the mill that he owns and operates with his two sons. Strickland’s family has been in the lumber business for more than 100 years. Marisa Lytle/[email protected] CONTINUED ON PAGE 3A 90 AND COUNTING Who: Earl Strickland, former Bald Knob mayor and current owner of Strickland Sawmill in Judsonia What: Turned 90 on Aug. 20 TOWN MEETINGS Who: U.S. Rep. Mike Ross What: Will reschedule meet- ings for today in Lewisville and Texarkana to Sept. 28. US Rep. Mike Ross reschedules meetings The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK Congressman Mike Ross is rescheduling two town hall meetings following the death of Lafayette County Judge Frank Scroggins. The meet- ings sched- uled for today in Lewisville and Texarkana are being moved to Sept. 28. Other town hall meetings scheduled for Tuesday in Glenwood and Murfreesboro are still planned. Scroggins' funeral is sched- uled for 2 p.m. today. Ross says he plans to attend. ROSS

Upload: jacob-brower

Post on 24-Mar-2016

231 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

DESCRIPTION

Bald Knob man

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Bald Knob man

CitizenDailyThe

W E A T H E RToday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.Tonight: Cloudy. Lows around 70. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening...becom-ing south after midnight.Vol. 157, No. 207

©2011 The Daily Citizen

“ ”Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks

of changing himself. Leo ToLsToy

Novelist, 1828-1910

Contact us: 3000 E. Race, Searcy, AR 72143, (Phone) 501-268-8621, (Fax) 501-268-6277

Tuesday, augusT 30, 2011 75¢

SHS boyS golf team improveS at Home

Serving Searcy and White County, Ark., since 1854

After sluggish outings at the country club, Lion golfers have improved their home-course play. — page 1b

governor callS for road bond voteGov. Mike Beebe on Monday called for a special election to ask voters to approve highway bonds. — page 3a

Yarnell’s files for bankruptcy

Strickland once served as BK mayor

Bald KnoB man still operates Business at 90

NATION & STATE, 2A OPINIONS, 4A LIFESTYLES, 5ACALENDAR/OBITUARIES, 6A SPORTS, 1B CLASSIFIEDS, 6B

I N D E X

TheDailyCitizen.com

By Molly M. [email protected]

Yarnell’s Ice Cream Co. filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection Monday, listing $15.7 million in debt and $8 million between 151 assets.

The family-owned company — which opened its doors during the Great Depression — closed unex-pectedly in June, laying off 200

employees. According to a press release sent out Monday morn-ing, Yarnell’s has received offers to purchase the company’s assets, including property, the Yarnell’s brand name and recipes, as well as inventory.

“Some of these offers are from entities that have expressed their desire to recommence manufacturing Yarnell’s ice cream in Searcy,” The press release stated. “All these offers are subject to non-disclosure agree-ments, which prohibits Yarnell’s management from commenting.

Yarnell’s intends to provide all offers to the bankruptcy trustee.”

According to the 178-page bankruptcy file, the company owes money to 240 different businesses, including 15 businesses located in White County.

Of the White County businesses, Yarnell’s has the largest debt to F&M Services, Inc. of Searcy, which is expecting $103,164 from Yarnell’s. Other local companies that are owed money include Arkansas Test Laboratory in Searcy, with a debt

yarnell’S bankruptcy n More than $15 million owed in debtn Only has $8 million in assetsn Some local companies owed CONTiNueD ON Page 3a

Weekend SHooting Victim: Michael Cunningham, 46, of Heber Springsstatus: StableWhen: around 5 p.m. Saturday suspect: None at this time

man, 46, shot near

lion stadium

Company officials: offers have been made

to buy company

searcy police: no suspect at this timeBy Molly M. [email protected]

A shot was fired on Saturday near Lion Stadium resulting in one known vic-tim, according to the Searcy Police Department.

Around 5 p.m. Saturday, Michael Cunningham, 46, of Heber Springs, walked into the police department and told the officer he had been shot. Cunningham told the police that he was near the high school football stadi-um when he heard someone yell and a gun was fired. A description of the suspect was not available, according to the initial police report.

“The case is still under investigation,” said SPD Public Information Officer Terri Lee. “We are still trying to find the facts of the incident.”

Cunningham had one gunshot wound to his lower back. He was transported by NorthStar EMS to White County Medical Center, where he was in stable condi-tion as of 3 p.m. Monday.

The Criminal Investigation Division was called to the scene and Detective Scott Thomas is working on the case.

Anyone with information about the incident can call the SPD at 268-3531.Earl Strickland, former mayor of Bald Knob and owner of Strickland Sawmill in Judsonia, points out stacked lumber as he drives around

the mill in a Kubota. Strickland turned 90 years old on Saturday, Aug. 20. Marisa Lytle/[email protected]

By Marisa [email protected]

JUDSONIA — Former Bald Knob mayor Earl Strickland recently turned 90, but that

doesn’t stop him from working at the Judsonia saw-mill he owns with his two sons.

The Strickland Sawmill, located along Highway 367 in Judsonia, operates on 100 acres of land not only as a sawmill, but also as a lumber and wood merchant company.

Strickland’s family has been working in the timber, logging and sawmill business since Strickland’s grandfather, Robert Clinton, moved from Poplar Bluff, Mo., to Arkansas in 1896.

“The base product in Arkansas is timber, not farming,” said Strickland, who celebrated his milestone on Saturday, Aug. 20. “The wood goes into paper and home-building.”

Strickland was born in Griffithville in 1921. He has many stories about life back then and about how mischievous he was as a boy.

“I went coon hunting with my friend Chapman,” he said. “He

had a dog, and I had a shotgun. Our parents didn’t know where we were. One time we bought some whiskey with the 25 cents we had between us, mixed it with water and then sold it to a man for 50 cents. We felt kind

of bad about that, but it didn’t keep us from buying some ice cream at the parlor.

“We also played hooky as much as possible. We weren’t learning much from school, but

Earl Strickland, 90, looks off toward the mill that he owns and operates with his two sons. Strickland’s family has been in the lumber business for more than 100 years. Marisa Lytle/[email protected]

CONTiNueD ON Page 3a

90 and counting Who: earl Strickland, former Bald Knob mayor and current owner of Strickland Sawmill in JudsoniaWhat: Turned 90 on aug. 20

toWn meetingS Who: u.S. Rep. Mike RossWhat: Will reschedule meet-ings for today in Lewisville and Texarkana to Sept. 28.

us rep. mike ross

reschedules meetings

The Associated PressLITTLE ROCK —

Congressman Mike Ross is rescheduling two town hall m e e t i n g s f o l l o w i n g the death of L a f a y e t t e C o u n t y Judge Frank Scroggins.

The meet-ings sched-uled for today in Lewisville and Texarkana are being moved to Sept. 28. Other town hall meetings scheduled for Tuesday in Glenwood and Murfreesboro are still planned.

Scroggins' funeral is sched-uled for 2 p.m. today. Ross says he plans to attend.

Ross

Page 2: Bald Knob man

learned a lot from listening to older people.”

When he was 12, his family moved to Bald Knob. That is when he started doing some work with a saw. Although it was dangerous work, he said, he got paid $5 a week, which was enough to buy a pair of shoes and some groceries.

Strickland said his fam-ily had a car at that time, but his dad didn’t drive it much because gas was so expensive — about a nickel a gallon.

When Strickland was 17, he spent a lot of time with Red Fry, who would later become his brother-in-law.

“Red and I decided we would join the military together,” he said. “So, when the train came by, I hopped on it while it was moving, but he changed his mind and just stood there waving at me. Since I didn’t have a ticket, I got thrown off the train, so I had to walk the rest of the way to Little Rock, where I took a physical and waited. About a week later, I got a let-ter asking me to join the Army.”

He spent eight years in the army, from 1938 to 1946. His first placement was at Fort Riley, Kan., where the recruits learned, how to ride horses, among other things.

“Well, that was made for me,” Strickland said. “I was a country boy and could ride at a gallop bare-backed without falling off.”

He also knew how to ride a motorcycle, so in 1939 he was given a new Army motorcycle and was placed on traffic patrol with the Military Police.

“In 1941 I bought my own

sky blue Harley Davidson,” he said, grinning. “All the girls loved it.”

He served at many military bases around the globe, including some in California, New Jersey, Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines. He said he was about to be shipped to Japan in 1945 when the atomic bomb was dropped.

“I was never under attack but twice,” he said. “I wrote my own orders to come back to the United States for a brief time. I was home for 16 days, and that felt good. When I came home for good was in 1946. I joined the Reserves at Camp Jaffey, but then I got out of it. I didn’t want full-time duty and half-time pay.”

Strickland had married Bernice Fry on Sept. 22, 1942, and they started rais-ing a family after he came home from military duty. They had two sons, Phillip, now 59, and Jed, now 57.

Bernice died in 2003. Strickland now has several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, whom he said are a real handful.

He was elected mayor of Bald Knob in 1985 and served off-and-on over the span of two decades. He joked that the first written line of the municipal man-ual was “Get dead animals off the street.”

Although he retired from city government, he still operates the sawmill busi-ness with his sons.

“Jed has learned to saw from watching me,” he said. “We have two mills side by side, and everyone works when we have both of them going. We also have a cut-stock operation.”

According to his son

Jed, Strickland still works at the mill everyday, haul-ing wood when feels up to it.

Regarding his birthday, Strickland said, “I turned 90 years old Saturday. And it wasn’t my fault.”

The Daily Citizen Tuesday, August 30 2011 • Page 3A

Beebe: Road bond vote set

From Page one

C O N T E S T

HURRY-

LAST C

HANCE!

Deadline fo

r

Submitting Pet P

hotos

Extended to

Friday,

Sept. 9

Love My Pet7th Annual

2012 Pet Calendar2012 Pet CalendarHERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

3000 EAST RACE AVENUESEARCY • 501-268-8621

Calendars will go on sale November 1, 2011.

Love My Pet Contest Entry FormHURRY! ENTRY DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2011.

Pet’s Name __________________________________________________________

Your Name __________________________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________

City___________________________________State_______ Zip _______________

Work Phone_________________________Home Phone ______________________

File Name ___________________________________________________________

Bring photos by our offi ce or email photos to: [email protected]

By submitting this entry, I give The Daily Citizen permission to use this photo in upcoming projects and promotions.

Signature __________________________________________________________________

The

Daily Citizen

Submit a really good photo of your pet - digital photos only. Photos can be emailed digital fi les, photos on CDs, or we can download the photos off your memory card. (Process any non-digital photos at a photo processing store that will put your submitted photo or photos on a CD).

Complete the entry form below and include a $5.00 contest entry fee with each photo submitted. Bring your digital photos toThe Daily Citizen offi ce or email photos to: [email protected]

All entries will appear in the 2012 HSS PetCalendar. 12 winning photos will be featured for all 12 monthly covers. All other entries will be pictured on additional calendar pages. Winners will be announced at a future date in The Daily Citizen featuring allpet entries and winning photos.

Winning Tips: Picture quality will affect judging – prefer large fi le closeup, high resolution, horizontal (landscape) shots.

12 lucky pets will grace the months of theHumane Society

of Searcy’s

25%Retired Patterns & Styles

SALE STARTS Thursday Sept. 1st

Heart & Soul1627 E. Beebe Capps, Searcy • 501-268-2290

Mon-Fri 10-5:30; • Sat 10-4:00

Gifts. Bridal. Interiors.

DOLBY DIGITAL

3DLUXURIOUS HI-BACK ROCKER SEATS WITH POP-UP LOVE SEAT ARM

RESTS AND CUP HOLDERS IN ALL AUDITORIUMS

Searcy Cinema 8501-279-3644 • 501-305-3456 • www.searcycinema.com

Show Times Friday, August 26 - Thursday, September 1

Featuring Digital Surround Sound DTS in all auditoriums! DOLBY DIGITAL 3D on 3 screens

MATINEES SAT & SUNTuesday Discount Day: Movies $5 • 3D Movies $8

Rise of the Planet of the Apes PG13Digital Surround Sound

2:15 7:15 9:25

Spy Kids All The Time In The World PGStadium Seating, Digital Surround Sound

2:00 7:00

The Help PG13Digital Surround Sound

1:45 6:45 9:30Fright Night 3D R

Stadium Seating, DOLBY DIGITAL 3D2:00 7:00 9:25

Columbiana PG13Digital Surround Sound

2:15 7:15 9:25

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark RDigital Surround Sound

9:30Our Idiot Brother R

Stadium Seating, Digital Surround Sound9:15

Conan The Barbarian 3D RStadium Seating. DOLBY DIGITAL 3D

1:45 6:45 9:15

Final Destination 5 3D RStadium Seating, DOLBY DIGITAL 3D

2:30 7:30 9:20

The Smurfs PGDigital Surround Sound

2:30 7:30

Ann Nieto of the White County Literacy Council looks through some of the Bibles available through the Second Time Around bookstore. Nieto said the council have a surplus of Bibles and some will be given away while others will be sold for $1. The bookstore is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the week and from noon until 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Proceeds from the bookstore benefits the WCLC, which teaches adults who to read and write in English. The bookstore is located at 109 E. Center Street in Searcy. Molly M. Fleming/[email protected]

Proceeds from Bibles support literacy

Searcy, with a debt of $840; BBL Oil Co., LLC with a debt of $14,150; Knight’s Inc., with a debt of $600; and The Daily Citizen in care of Paxton Media Group with a debt of $55.50.

The 15 White County businesses are not the only entities owed money from the company. The bankruptcy file also lists the employees who are still owed money for their vacation time they did not get to use because of the company’s abrupt closure.

In total, Yarnell’s owes $228,221 to 142 of its former employees, which includes

$3,342 in flex wages to 15 former employees. Every name and amount owed is listed on the file. One for-mer employee is owed as much as $5,000, with other amounts being in the $1,000 to $2,000 range.

The company also owes $2.1 million to the Arkansas Development Finance Authority and $1.9 million to the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. The ADFA debt is secured by the company’s equip-ment while the AEDC debt is secured by the company’s property.

Strickland: Bald Knob man still working at age 90 Continued FroM Page 1a

Yarnell’s: Files Chapter 7 Continued FroM Page 1a

The Associated PressLITTLE ROCK — Gov.

Mike Beebe called Monday for a special election this fall to ask Arkansas voters to approve up to $575 million in highway bonds, a compromise reached after a key group pulled its support for a larger package with a tax increase.

Beebe signed a proclama-tion at a press conference that sets the special election for Nov. 8. He repeated several times that the special election was to renew an existing pro-gram and wouldn't raise the state's diesel tax from its cur-rent 22.5 cents per gallon.

"This is not a new tax," Beebe said. "The passage or the failure doesn't increase or decrease anybody's taxes."

Beebe and other officials once supported a 5-cent diesel tax increase and wanted a spe-cial election to raise the tax. But the Arkansas Trucking Association backed out of an agreement to support the hike after its internal polling sug-gested voters could not be per-suaded to support it.

If approved, the increase would have authorized the state to issue up to $1.1 billion in bonds, nearly double the current package.