MONTGOMERYCOUNTY NEWS

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USPS 361 - 700 • 75¢ • Vol. 63 • Issue 11•Thursday, March 13, 2014 • 1 Section • 12 Pages • Published in Mount Ida, Arkansas

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DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY

Editor

The United States For-estry Service plans to de-commission Big Brushy Campground has moved one step closer to fruition with the release of a Draft Environmental Assessment.

The U.S.D.A. Forest Ser-vice stated in a press re-lease Mon., March 10 that the Draft Environmental Assessment.

Big Brushy Campground, located six miles northwest of Pencil Bluff on Hwy. 270, is located along Big Brushy Creek. The campground consists of nine camp sites, trails, a pavilionand a play-ground.

June 4, 2012, Big Brushy was converted from an overnight use facility to a day use only facility, on an interim basis, while a flood data study could be done and management options were evaluated by the for-estry service.

The campground was closed May 31,2013 after

prolonged rainfall pushed over three feet of water into the campground. According to the press release, all of the facilities were flooded in the aftermath of the rain runoff.

A recent study com-missioned by the Forest Service, Big Brushy Camp-ground lies within the 100 year floodplain, with some portions located in the 50 year floodplain.

In a statement included in the press release, District Ranger Tim Oosterhous stated, “The purpose of this project is to realign the Rec-reation Area in ways that re-duce the risk of future flood loss; minimize the impact of future floods on human safety, health and welfare; and restore and preserve the natural and beneficial values served by Brushy Creek and its floodplains.”

Many area residents stepped to the defense of the campground after it was closed last year, citing

DERWOOD BRETT

Contributor

Three routine ordinances man-dated by various state and federal programs took up much of an ab-breviated Montgomery County Quorum Court meeting Monday night.

The ordinances, passed with little discussion, included a grant application for drainage improve-ment at the county’s nursing home.

County Judge Alvin Black told JPs that he planned to apply for an Arkansas Economic Develop-ment Commission Community

Development block grant on be-half of the nursing home. The exact amount of the application has not been determined but will be in the $50,000-100,000 range. The application amount will be set after needs studies have been completed, Black said.

According to the resolution, the work would be funded totally by the grant with no matching or in-kind local contribution.

JPs adopted an Anti-displace-ment and Relocation Assistance Plan required by state law. The ordinance pledges that the county

will replace all occupied and vacant occupiable low/moderate-income housing should similar existing housing be demolished or converted to another use.

Black told JPs that there is no plan to demolish or change the use of housing of this type but the ordinance is required to be passed or renewed periodically.

Under provisions of the or-dinance, the list of reportable items would include the location of dwellings involved as well as the size and number of bedrooms

DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY

Editor

Superintendent Jeanne Smith presented a plan for the Mount Ida School District’s Technology Upgrade Plan at the March meet-ing Monday night.

Smith informed Board Mem-bers that the school’s internet service was sorely lacking and could not keep up with the new standards.

The proposal she presented to the school board members listed

five major reasons the district needed the upgrade.

To increase available band-width from the current level of 15 gigabytes to a proposed 53

DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY

Editor

Six individuals have been charged with the sale of prescription medication and methamphetamines as the result of a seven month investigation by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and the 18th West Judicial Drug Task Force.

According to a press release provided by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, The investigation focused on prescription medication and metham-phetamine in Montgomery County.

“Most everything we deal with has some type of drug behind it.” Sheriff David White stated.

He went on to say, “We have worked hard the last few months identifying individuals selling prescription medica-tion and methamphetamines.”

Sheriff White said that he was pleased with the results of the investigation and stated that the investigation was ongoing.

Three of the people arrested were arraigned Friday in Circuit Court.

Jody Carter, age 29 of Mena, was

arraigned for delivery of schedule II controlled substance, a class C felony. Randy Rainwater was appointed to serve as his public defender and a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf. An April 22 trial date was set.

Martha Pearson, age 54 of Norman, was arraigned on charges of delivery of a schedule III controlled substance, a class C felony.

Shane Ethridge was appointed to serve as her public defender and a not guilty plea was entered on her behalf. A May 13 trial date was set.

Brenda Davis, age 54 of Norman, was arraigned on five charges. She faces three counts of delivery of a schedule III controlled substance, class C felo-nies, and two counts of delivery of a schedule IV controlled substance, class D felonies.

A not guilty plea was entered on her behalf. An April 22 trial date has been set.

Shannon Bates, Jamee Goodner and Linda Hart have also been arrested as a result of the investigation.

Montgomery County Sheriff David White has announced his decision to seek reelection in 2014.

Sheriff White has served Montgomery County as Sheriff and collector since his election in 2010.

He is a 1992 graduate of Mount Ida High School and a 1997 graduate of the Uni-versity of the Ozarks.

White got his start in criminal justice in 1998 while working at the John-son County Sheriff’s Depart-ment. He joined the Air National Guard for eight years and was awarded the Distinguished Gradu-ate of Security Forces Tech School. He received an as-

Joint investigation nets six arrests

Jody Carter Martha Pearson Brenda Davis

Shannon Bates Jamee Goodner Linda Hart

Big Brushy draft assessment released30 day comment period

begins this week

Mount Ida board gives go ahead for tech upgrade

Quorum Court passes three ordinances

Sheriff White to seek reelection

On the front page of our March 6, 2014 issue we stated that candidates who had registered for the State Representative District 20 position wereas follows:

Representative Nate Bell-Democrat Marc Rossen-Libertarian

Chase A Busch-RepublicanRepresentative Nate Bell is running as a

Republican and Chase A Busch is running as a Democrat.

We apologize for any confusion this may have caused our readers.

CORRECTION

DRAFT, page 6 TECH, page 6

THREE, page 6

SEEK, page 6

DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY | Montgomery County News

T.J. Wilson (10) spits dust as he slides safely into second base Monday afternoon. The Mount Ida Lions defeated

the Murfreesboro Rattlers 10-0 with Wilson ending the game via the sportsmanship rule with a walkoff homerun

in the ifth inning. See page six for highlights.

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COMMUNITY NNOUNCEMENTS

The Montgomery County Yarn Workers are starting their seventh year knitting and crocheting for others. they receive yarn donations from kind folks and they make items to give away in our area. Last year they gave away over 400 items. They have begun a new year, meeting at the Assisted Living Center in Mt. Ida at 3:30 p.m. each Friday. Come learn a

new skill, get help with patterns, or work on projects. All are welcome. Call Carol for more information, 501-538-5816.

~~~Veterans and Veterans Families Need Help. Contact your local disabled American Veterans Ofice @ 401 Mid America Blvd. Hot Springs, AR. (501) 760-4648. Hours are Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. or the Montgomery County Veterans’ Service Ofice @ (870) 867-3033.

~~~Ouachita Artist Gallery and Studio invites the public to enjoy “ OPEN ART STUDIO”. The gallery will be open until 6 p.m. every Friday night for your enjoyment. Bring your materials and paint, draw, make jewelry, etc with a group of talented local artists. No formal teacher but advice may be given if ask for. You do not have to be a member, its free. Located on the square next door to Splendid Splinters in Mt. Ida, Ar.

~~~Stitchin’ Friends EHC is very appreciative of the fabric donations we have received for our quilt projects. February 1 is National Quilt of Valor Sewing Day and there will be many people across the state sewing quilts. Our group plans to go to Glenwood to join other sewers there. We will each be responsible for bringing our own fabric to construct one Quilt of Valor.If anyone would like to join in this worthy cause by donating any 100% cotton fabric in patriotic colors you can bring this fabric to the Montgomery County Extension ofice in the Montgomery County Annex at Mount Ida. We also gladly accept any monetary donations to purchase fabric and batting. Stitchin’ Friends EHC has made and presented over 40 Quilts of Valor to veterans in our area and over 200 quilts to various community projects and families in need.

~~~It’s that time of year again!! Lake Ouachita Baptist Church is holding it’s 3rd annual 3on3 basketball tournament March 29th starting at 9am. Teams can be co-ed or not, ages 14 and up. The cost is $40 per team. Registration forms may be picked up at Action Reality in Mt Ida M-F 8-4:30 or at the church ofice M-Thur 9-2 located at 3586 Hwy 270 E in Mt Ida. For questions or to have a form emailed to you send your request to slambert1110@gmail.com. Spots are limited to the irst 32 registered teams.

~~~The Montgomery County Fair Association meets the third Monday of every month (with the exception of December, January, and August) at 7 p.m. at the Ode Maddox Building at the fairgrounds. The next meeting is scheduled for March 17. Meetings are open to the public and we are always looking for new volunteers.

~~~APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2014 JACK AND JEANNE SELLERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP are now available! Two scholarships of $1,500 each will be awarded for the 2014-2015 school year. Seniors graduating this spring from any of the 3 Montgomery County public high schools may get an application from their high school counselors. Former graduates who are currently attending an accredited university may also apply. Applications are available from the Mt. Ida First United Methodist Church ofice (call 870-867-3213 or email fumcmi@windstream.net).

~~~American Legion Post 313 to Meet Post 313 will meet at 10:00 AM in the Courthouse Annex on Saturday, March 15, 2014. This is a very important meeting at which the future of the Post will be discussed and possibly determined. Regional Legion representatives will be there, as well as current oficers of Post 313. We will have refreshments, and we expect the meeting to be concluded by 11:00 AM. If you are a present or past member of this post, we urge you to attend.

~~~Fish Fry at Church of God, Story, Arkansas, on Sunday, March 16th, from noon until 2:00 p.m. Proceeds will hep fund a mission trip to the Amazon. Donations omly.

~~~MONTGOMERY COUNTY PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB We’re a community of avid and amateur photographers looking for inspiration and education about photography. Join us to share your projects, get inspired, learn new tips and tricks, and more. If you’re craving more knowledge about the iner aspects of photography, you’ll love the Montgomery County Arkansas Photography Club! If you have any questions, Contact Group Administrator, Kelli Mims at: kellimims67@gmail.com or Cell #: 501-463-0408 Also come like our page on Facebook.

~~~The Montomery County Nursing Home Auxiliary Thrift Shop will be closed March 31st-April 5th for “change over”. Sale will be in progress until then.

~~~The inal week of 1/2 price sale on most clothing at Gretta Lane Thrift Shop in Norman is this weekend, March 13-15. This sale excludes ladies’ blue jeans , dressy dresses, prom dresses, and infants’ clothing for 2 years and younger. Hardback books are $0.25 and paperbacks are $0.10 each. We will begin moving in spring and summer clothing next week with a yard sale on Sat., March 22nd, weather providing. All proceeds support the Gretta Lane Food Pantry. The thrift shop is open Thursdays and Fridays from 10 - 4 and Saturday from 9 to 1.

~~~Ouachita Artists program meeting is Monday, March 17 at 3:30 p.m. Launa Simmons, owner of Pike County Pottery will be our special guest. Launa is a well known potter and she is bringing her potter’s wheel to demonstrate her method of making jugs, cups, plates, honey pots, etc. The public is welcome to attend this meeting. You do not have to be a member. Its FREE! Park in back of the gallery and join us in the studio.

~~~SAMPLER ART SERIES.....March 22 through May 10 Ouachita Artists Gallery and Studio is offering a series of eight (8) “sampler” classes featuring several different media and techniques, taught by our talented members. Each class is free-standing and will produce a inished work of art to take home. The classes will be from 1-4 p.m. Cost is $10.00 per class. Minimum age is 13 and you do not have to be a member, you may take as few or as many of the classes as you want. Come by the gallery to sign up now! Look us up on our Facebook page or on the website at www.ouachitaartists.com for the list of subjects or come by the gallery on the square in Mt. Ida, AR. For more info call 870-326-4224.

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Ruby Marie Stewart ReedRuby Marie Stewart Reed was born on April 30,

1931 to Lonnie and Edna Rowland Stewart in Story, Arkansas. As the eldest daughter she cooked for the family and cared for the younger children. She at-

tended school through tenth grade, but was required to drop-out to

care for the children.At the age of eighteen Ruby

married Ray Vaughn Reed, son of James Monroe Reed and Nellie Southard Reed. The ceremony was conduct-ed between Sunday School and church at Muddy Creek

Church of God. They moved to Austin, Texas and then to

various towns around south Ar-kansas. Daughter Dawn was born in

El Dorado and son Vaughan in Crossett.The family moved to Hot Springs to be closer to

relatives. While Ray worked, Ruby cared for the chil-dren, ran the household and spent time with family and close friends Harold and Billy Greene. They at-tended Fairview Church of God and later Oaklawn Church of God. Her favorite pastor was the Bible Scholar Marcus Phillips.

Afte the children began school Ruby worked for friend Tommie Sue Hunt at the Sand’s Restaurant. It was the perfect place to meet people including Don and Iris Grisham, her close friends. She also worked for many years selling Electrolux vacuum cleaners. Her full time job was letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service. She was one of two women who became the irst full-time female carriers. She retired two decades later as the irst woman to do so.

Over the years, Ruby’s hobbies were attending the races at Oaklawn Park, playing piano, guitar, and even accordion. She loved baking pies and decorating the house. Dawn and Vaughan both learned to read music and play instruments because of her.

Ruby earned the nickname of “Pinky” early on in life, the meaning of which came from pink clothes and later a home decorated in pink. This “pink” home was full of activity: cooking and baking, music, en-tertaining, laughing, political debate, story-telling, and learning. In later years the primary focus was in spoiling the grandchildren. Ruby and Ray were thrilled when the great grandsons joined the family.

Ruby and Ray moved into the Montgomery County Nursing Home, sharing a room. They were spoiled by the staff until the end of their lives. Relatives were able to visit often, especially sister-in-law Melba who along with Dawn, were with her for her passage to the next life. The family will forever be grateful for the excellent medical care, family atmosphere, and hugs and kisses from the staff of the amazing group of dedi-cated professionals.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Vaughan and Sharma Reed; her daughter and son-in-law, Dawn and Terry Marshall; her grandchildren, Jarrod and Sandi Purifoy, Lori and Jimmy Pender, and Erin Reed; great-grandchildren, Jack Nutt, Layne Pender and Alex Purifoy; her brother and sister-in-law, James and Julie Stewart, her brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, John and Melba Reed and Paul Reed; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Terry Marshall, Jimmy Pender, Jarrod Purifoy, Gary Reed, Tommy Johnson and Da-vid Wetzler.

Honorary pallbearers will be James Stewart and Don and Iris Grisham.

Services will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, March 11, 2014 in the Muddy Creek Church of God, Story, with Jimmy Pender and Jarrod Purifoy oficiating un-der the direction of Davis-Smith Funeral Home, Hot Springs.

Visitation were Monday evening from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Davis-Smith Funeral Home, Hot Springs.

Interment was in the Reed Cemetery, Story. Memorials may be made to the Montgomery Coun-

ty Nursing Home or to Reed Cemetery, Story, Arkan-sas.

Guest registry is at www.davis-smith.com.

Gregory Lee SummittGregory Lee Summitt died January 4, 2014 in Los

Angeles, CA He is survived by his daughter Brittany Summitt of

Los Angeles,CA; One brother, Dexter Summitt (De-wanna) of Sims, Ark; 2 nieces, Shawna Spier Prat-tville, Alabama, and Brandi Summitt Sims, Ark; 1 nephew, Eric Summitt Sims, Ark

A memorial service is being planned for Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the First United Meth-odist Church located at 243 Whittington St. Mt. Ida, AR, followed by a luncheon reception in the Family Life Center.

For additional information or to leave messages for Brittany Summitt please email Susan Reuter at susan-reuteroils@gmail.com.

John W. DiggsJohn W. Diggs, age 88, of Mount Ida, died Wednes-

day, March 5, 2014.He was born on July 13, 1925 at Caddo Gap, the

son of Frank Diggs and Daisy Agnes Driggers Diggs. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers,

Johnny Diggs and Carl Kinsey; and one sister, Betty Richmond.

He was a United States Army veteran of World War II and Purple Heart recipi-ent. He was a retired Orange County, California animal control oficer, a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner. He was a

member of the Lake Ouachita Baptist Church, Gideon’s In-

ternational and was active in the Mount Ida Senior Citizens Center.

H e is survived by his wife, Phyllis Diggs of Mount Ida; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Carolyn and Nick Pennella of La Habra, California, Barbara and Ed McCluskey of Freedom, Pennsylvania and Lois Morrow of Brea, California; two step-chil-dren, Kevin Bailey of Bolivar, Missouri and Denise Baker of Rogers; twelve grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; two brothers, Jewell Kinsey of Bowie, Texas and Charles Harris and his wife, Mary, of De-catur, Texas; and one sister, Zella Harris of Denton, Texas.

Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM, Sat-urday, March 8, 2014, in the Lake Ouachita Baptist Church with Bro. Ty Huitt oficiating.

In lieu of lowers, memorials may be made to the Meals on Wheels, in care of the Mount Ida Senior Citizens Center.

Arrangements are under the direction of Davis-Smith Funeral Home, Glenwood.

Guest registry is at www.davis-smith.com.

Colleen DavisColleen Davis, age 70, of Norman, died Monday,

March 3, 2014.She was born on October 25, 1943, in Hot Springs,

the daughter of Gilbert Leavitt and Hazel Greeson Leavitt. On November 1, 1961, she was married to Alfred J. Davis. She was preceded in death b y her parents; her brother, James

Newcomb; her brother-in-law, Jay Williams; and her nephew, Charlie Ray Thomas.

Over the years, she worked as a CNA for the Montgom-ery County Nursing Home, was employed with Mount Ida Footwear and Killian

Lumber Company. She at-tended Liberty Baptist Church,

was a volunteer for the City of Norman at ballgames, at Christmas

she collected toys for needy children and made fruit baskets for the elderly. She enjoyed camping, cook-ing, crocheting and loved taking care of her grandchil-dren and great-grandchildren.

She is survived by her husband, Alfred “Al” Davis of Norman; two sons and daughters-in-law, Tommy and April Davis of Norman and David and Melissa Da-vis of Glenwood; one daughter and son-in-law, Tonya and Joey Weston of Norman; nine grandchildren, Jen-nifer Davis, Chase Davis, Amy and Cody Gaston, Joe and Devan Weston, Matthew Murray, Kaitlyn Davis, Kaylee Simpson, Colton Davis and Vanessa Echols; ive great-grandchildren, Levi Weston, Jake Gaston, Jaci Gaston, Eric Echols and Raylan Echols; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Rusty and Lori Leavitt of Bowling Green, Kentucky and Charles and Glenda Leavitt of Hot Springs; six sisters and brothers-in-law, Jeannie Godwin of Fountain Lake, Charlotte and Bo Philips of Lewin, Mississippi, Cindy Williams of Vilonia, Nell and Jimmy Garibay of Hot Springs, Bea and Ray Thomas of Mountain Pine and Carolyn and Melvin Taylor of Gatlin, Tennessee; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of wonderful friends.

Services were held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, March 6, 2014, in the Davis-Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Glenwood with Bro. James “Cub” Black and Bro. Jimmie Scott oficiating.

Visitation was held Wednesday evening, 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM.

Interment was in the Black Springs Cemetery.Pallbearers will be Jimmy Dale Scott, Jake New-

comb, John Hackney, Tim Turner, Paul Vess and John Harding.

Honorary pallbearers will be Maxine Warnick, John Baber, Polly Caldwell, Louise Tash, Amy Schultz, Bill Jackson and the nurses and staff of Mercy Hospi-tal, ICU Unit, Hot Springs.

Guest registry is at www.davis-smith.com.

Montgomery County News - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - Page 3

Nursing Home News

by Deanne Sieh

Jerry Shields

Hittin’ the Trails...

By Leslie Coopman

Senior Chat

bySandy Tempel

MUSEUM CORNER

Heritage House Museum of Montgomery County * * * * * * * * * * * *

Ouachita ArtistsHighlights

by Allie Graves

Did you have relatives who worked any of the fire towers? Please share with us any information or sto-ries about dates of service or experiences! The fire towers in Montgomery County were Gaston Moun-tain, Hickory Nut, High Peak, Muddy Mountain and Slatington Mountain. An interesting added mystery regarding the Buck Knob Tower is that we now have copies of photos taken in 1959 and 1966 and the cab is square. Would the square building have been replaced with the multi-sided structure? Don’t you love a mystery?!?!

Does anyone have a copy of They Can’t Go Home (A History of North-western Garland Coun-ty, Arkansas)? We would like to have this in our Research Center for any visiting genealogists to use. The book includes information on Buckville and Cedar Glades which were both in Montgomery County at one time!

An out-of-town museum patron has requested in-formation regarding Fairs Mill that would have been on the Ouachita River. Has anyone heard of it?

Old bits of advice or country sayings have al-

ways been fun. Listed are just a few. You might still occasionally hear some of these being used.

Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.

It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.

When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

The best sermons are lived, not preached.

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.

If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some in-fluence, try orderin’ some-body else’s dog around.

Always drink upstream from the herd.

Good judgment comes from experience and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

Stubborner than a mule.She ain’t no spring

chicken.Moves slower than mo-

lasses on a cold winter day.Crazy as a June bug.Madder than an old wet

hen.Slyer than a fox.The acorn doesn’t fall

far from the tree.

Hope these get you to thinkin’. Let us know some of your favorites that aren’t noted here!

Monday we started off the week off right with our daily exercise and then we went into the day room and mixed in fun with a little more exercise by bowling on our wii. Due to the bad weather we had we didn’t have our regularly scheduled activities and so some of us decided to play dominos in the din-ing room, some of us got together and worked on a jigsaw puzzle that we have been working on, while others of us just warmed by the fire and visited with one another.

Tuesday after our morn-ing exercise was over we had our monthly resident council meeting, and we had a good attendance this month and lots of good in-put too. We went into the day room and played bean-bag baseball immediately following the meeting and we all had a good time, and even a “homerun” or two! We watched a Ma and Pa Kettle movie in the audi-torium and enjoyed some freshly popped popcorn and an ice cold coke while we watched.

Wednesday we had our morning exercise and then we loaded up on the big van and went into Hot Springs where we stopped off at the Dollar Tree and then went on to Pizza Hut where we enjoyed a quick lunch. We went on over to Wal-Mart when we were done eating and did some serious shopping! We drove through McDonalds and got ice cream cones for the trip home. We had our weekly Bible study group in the activity room in the afternoon.

Thursday we had our daily exercise program and then we played a new game we had just gotten called pennies in and it was a lot of fun and everyone who came and played really enjoyed themselves. We

got together after lunch and went to the activity room and made a goody chocolate pudding cake and it turned to be really delicious. We also had a domino game going in the dining room so we had a busy afternoon.

Friday after our morn-ing exercise we got pam-pered with manicures and enjoyed listening to a little country music and sipped on some fruity drinks in fancy glasses while we waited for our turn. We enjoyed a delicious lunch and then we went to the local dollar stores and picked up a few items we needed to get us through the weekend, and when we returned we were greeted by our good friends the yarn-workers.

Saturday we had our morning exercise and then we played several rounds of bingo in the activity room. We had a couple different craft projects we worked on in the after-noon.

Sunday we had our weekly Sunday school class after breakfast and then we had our devotional hour in the afternoon and they both always leave us feeling as if we can face the week ahead of us with a smile.

We want to thank all our volunteers for your time and many talents and remind you if you would like to become a volunteer, please feel free to contact myself or Sherrie Morris at 870-867-2159.

Mount Ida Senior Center, 158 Senior Drive, Mount Ida, Arkansas is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mon-day through Friday. Please call (870) 867-2313, if you need more information.

Stop by and join in the activities. We have a num-ber of GREAT PROGRAMS. We have BINGO on Tues-day morning at 10 o’clock with prizes and Bean Bag Baseball practice is every-day after lunch. Come and play, you may like it – no pressure, learn as you go - just fun! Every morning you will see Dominoes, Wii Bowling, Skip-Bo game, and there is always a puzzle to put together. If you don’t know how to play, no wor-ries, we will gladly show you how.

Commodities were giv-en out on Monday, March 10th. The next distribution will be Monday, April 14th.

Amy Monk, County Ex-tension Office Agent for Montgomery County gave a presentation to us on Tuesday, March 11th re-garding recipes, nutrition information, and more.

Sara Mitchell, Commu-nity Education Manager from the Mena Senior Be-havioral Health called out numbers for our BINGO game last Tuesday, March 4th and brought some great prizes too!

Lunch begins at 11:45 a.m. daily and there is a suggested donation of $3.00 (if you are 60 plus) and $6.00 (if you are under 60). Drinks include tea, lemonade, skim milk, and coffee. The lunch menu is as follows:

Wed., Mar. 12: Chicken Salad Sandwich, Potato Salad, Sliced Tomatoes,

Mixed Fruit Cup, and Sugar Cookie.

Thurs., Mar. 13: Baked Pork Chop, Sweet Pota-toes, Green Beans, Wheat Bread, and Carrot Cake.

Fri., Mar. 14: Cabbage Beef Bake, Whole Kernel Corn, California Vegeta-bles, Roll, and Peach Cob-bler.

Mon., Mar. 17: Lasagna, Garden Salad, Luscious Fruit, and Garlic Bread.

Tues., Mar. 18: Roast Turkey, Baked Sweet Po-tatoes, Green Beans, Roll, and Frosted Yellow Cake.

Wed., Mar. 19: Beef Tips with Noodles, Peas, Broccoli and Cauliflower, French Bread, and Snicker Doodles.

Thurs., Mar. 20: Oven Fried Chicken, Baked Po-tato with Sour Cream, Car-rots, Wheat Bread, and Rosy Pineapple.

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The Center is in need of a volunteer to be the hostess at the front desk on Thursdays. If you would like to volunteer, please call Sue Ledbetter at (870)867-2313.

Prairie Grove Band will play at our monthly dance on Saturday, March 15th. Bring finger food and come have a great time. The cost is $5.00 per person.

Decorate your table for Saint Patrick’s Day and you might win a prize.

On Tuesday, March 18th Missy Masterson the Di-rector of Health Services at Area Agency on Aging will give a presentation on Blood Pressure.

There will be a yard sale at the Senior Center on Sat-urday, March 22nd. Tables will be available to rent for $5.00 each.

Entries required by Fri-day, April 11th for the 60 plus years of age Caddo River Senior Miss Pageant and Talent Contest spon-sored by Glenwood Cham-ber of Commerce.

Monthly Commodities will be given out on April 14th.

“Land of the Hoodoos”The seventy-mile long

serpentine byway from Zion National Park to its cousin park, Bryce Can-yon National Park, is an adventure unto itself. Departing our campsite early we drove back into Zion National Park north through the canyon to Canyon Junction where we turned onto the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway or state Highway 9.

The Zion-Mount Carmel highway is an engineering marvel of hairpin switch-back turns and narrow tunnels. The road climbs quickly out of the deep Zion Canyon where at one scenic turnout you can see five winding levels of the road directly below as you hang over the railing trying for the perfect picture.

There are two half-mile long tunnels hewn from the golden sandstone so narrow that buses and RV’s must have a special $50 permit to pass through them. Park Rangers must stop all traffic at both ends of the tunnel to allow these oversize vehicles to pass through. Driving through the tunnels the only light is from your headlights and three large stone portals that were carved during construction of the tun-nels. It is illegal to stop and take photos through these stone windows but if you find yourself at a window with no other traffic in sight well…..be quick.

Since Bryce Canyon sits at elevation of 1000 feet higher than Zion you are constantly climbing as you leave Zion until State 9 intersects US 89 north that leads to Bryce Canyon. There are so many natural formations along this re-mote road that it becomes one long scenic stop for those special photos. One favorite is a 150-foot sand-stone arch that frames the road as you pass through it. There is also one cone shaped mountain of sand-stone called the checker-board because the amazing shallow crevasses create an almost perfect check-erboard affect to the face of the stone.

The air cools to a fall like 64-degrees as you

rise out of Zion’s depths to the top edge of the Pa-unsaugunt Plateau at an elevation of about 9000 feet. Then without warn-ing you are in the land of the Hoodoos, delicately carved pinnacles of the soft sediment created by untold years of surface water erosion. Still some forty-miles from Bryce Canyon’s famous carved canyons these early sight-ing are the coming attrac-tions of the delights you will find in Bryce Canyon.

As you drive this re-mote road there are nu-merous scenic stops that can’t be ignored. Each turnout spins its own special scene of carved arches, colorful pinnacles set to a background of dis-tant mountains. Spoiled by digital photography we no longer have to wonder if that perfect shot was really perfect or if we will have enough film for the entire adventure.

What should have been a two-hour drive has taken half a day and has led us to looking for a picnic area as we entered the west gate of Bryce Canyon National Park. Traffic was already busy as we arrived at the park visitor center where we found a large tree shad-ed parking area perfect for a tailgate picnic lunch.

From the Center you can catch the park shuttle that takes visitors to thir-teen different stops along the edge of Bryce’s color-ful amphitheater shaped canyons. Just as we found at the Grand Canyon, Zion, Rocky Mountain and many other National Parks the quiet, clean propane pow-ered shuttles eliminate the need for searching in vain for a parking spot at poplar attractions.

The Park Service is a study in people manage-ment and the clever use of shuttles and paved walk-ways has clearly enhanced the experience of visiting the most popular of our National Parks. After a visit to the Visitor Center for the obligatory movie of the park and its history, armed with a new set of maps, we were ready to explore Bryce Canyon National Park.

Sunday morning we had our Sunday School in the chapel with Betty Prince led the lesson. Later Mat-thew and Josie came by to visit. In the afternoon Church Service was held in the chapel with Rusty Lewis bringing us a good message.

Monday morning Prayer was held in the lobby, Af-ter that we had Memory Lane. In the afternoon we did a project called Grow-ing Sea Creatures. It was interesting. we finished up the days activities by play-ing games of Bingo before supper.

Tuesday morning we had the History of Caddo Gap. In the afternoon we made Tissue Paper Sham-rocks.

Wednesday morning Prayer was held in the lobby. Later we had Bible

Study in the chapel. In the afternoon we gathered in the front dining room to make Hand Prints then we did some 50's Trivia.

Thursday morning we played Bingo in the activity room. In the afternoon we did Reading of the News.

Friday morning we had Prayer in the lobby. Then we went to the activity room to watch a Movie. In the afternoon we finished the Movie.

Saturday morning we had Group Reading to the dining room. we also en-joyed some donuts and coffee. In the afternoon we did Chit Chat This and That.

Our Condolences go out to the family of John Diggs.

Thank you to all of our Volunteer's. Until next time please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

Several students are taking the Drawing 2 Class. Art is not only expression, but also a tool for learning and living. As a group we rely on each others inter-ests and ideas for growth and encouragement. I am happy to teach what I have learned after many years of study and practice. Other classes will be forming in the next month or so. Be sure to check the Mont-gomery County News in the community events or come by the gallery, Tues-day- Saturday, 10-3 p.m. On Fridays we are open 10-6 p.m as that is our "Open Art Studio" time. It is free, just bring your supplies and join the other artists that will be working. During this depressed economy it has been difficult but surviv-ing and thriving has been accomplished through pru-dent financial planning and frugal spending. Our staff consists of volunteers who attend to minor cleaning and fix-it jobs in addition to their other responsibilities. As we wait for our non-profit status our income

is raised through member-ship fees, friends of the gallery (donors) and fund-raisers. Tourism is starting up for this area and will be a benefit as well as our lo-cal customers. Increasing visitors includes staying in touch with community interests and needs. Let us know what types of classes and workshops you are interested in. Word of mouth is essential to build our presence in the com-munity. Keep up with us at our Facebook page, web-site, www.ouachitaartists.com, and ouachitaartists.blogspot.com. The pro-gram meeting is March 17, 3:30 p.m. Special guest will be Launa Simmons, owner of Pike County Pottery. Launa will be doing a demo working with clay. Don't miss this one, she is good. The public is welcome,. The Board of Directors will meet March 26, 1 p.m. Artists Tip: Your brushes are your most valuable equipment. Clean them after each painting session. Store them with the hair end up.

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in the mild weather. The beginning of Spring is marked by the Vernal Equinox. An equinox is the only day of the year in which both day and

night are the exact length of time. In the Northern Hemisphere, we ex-

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Story Newsby Melba Reed

Norman News with Dee Card

Were you glad for Day-light saving time to begin? I wasn’t ready to get up an hour earlier but we did to get to Sunday school and church on time.

Lavern Stokes McGill will be coming back from California to her house which is located near her sister Ruby Stewart’s home and the home of their niece Linda Bissell. We will be glad to see her.

Audean Brown Faucett will fly back home in Cali-fornia on March 10th. She plans to be back to Story for Decoration at Reed Cemetery on May 18th. I think it is so good that they have her mother’s home and they keep it fixed up to live in when they come back to Story.

Happy Birthday to Loyd Hobie Lewis and John Har-rison Reed on March 12th; Donald Phillips on March 13th; Julie Hilton, Janet Fox, and Waymond Scott on March 14th; Melvin Simp-son on March 15th; Delton Hughes and Gary Gene Reed on March 16th; Sue Ray, Rhonda and Mandy Dempsey on March 17th, Ruby Johnston, Charles Scantling, Carol Carpen-ter ad Arvin Lee Reed on March 18th; Marguerite McCaslin, Delmr Qualls, Candice Ray on March 19th and Happy Anniversary to Mike and Tammy Webb on March 16th and Happy 48th Anniversary to Jerry and Linda Beggs on March 18th.

Vanita Abernathy’s cousin Virgie Aldridge died of cancer on March 7, 2014. Virgie was the daughter of the late Vernest and Rena Aldridge who were residents of Story before moving to Dumas years ago. Virgie was preceded in death by her brother, Pau Aldridge, two sisters, Estell Yarbour and Essie Stahl. Survivors include her sister, Lois Single-ton and Verna Hood and Wanda Sandlin, a host of cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. Funeral and

burial was at Dumas where her parents are buried. We extend our sympathy to all the family. They appreciate your prayers.

My sister in law, Ruby Reed age 82 departed this life March 7th at the Mont-gomery County Nursing Home. Ruby was preceded in death by her husband Ray Vaughan Reed, SR. in 2012. Among Ruby’s sur-vivor are a daughter Dawn Marshall and husband, a son, Ray Vaughan Reed, JR, and wife, 3 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Please remember to pray for all of her family.

Others on our prayer list includes: Mike O’Neal, Mary Gibbs, Lavern Ryan, Sherleen Reed, Paul Dee Reed, Lisa Montgomery, Bobby Bolen, Kathy Hugh-banks, Maxine Standerfer, Lane Ault, Mary Laird, Pedro Hackney and fam-ily, the family of Burman Faucett, family of John Diggs, the family of Ruby Reed and family of Virgie Aldridge. Please pray for all the sick, bereaved, un-saved, our military men and women, all leaders and everyone.

Always remember “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”. James 5:16

Feed My Sheepby Brenda Forga

We hope everyone is en-joying the warmer weather and able to get out to enjoy it. At the food pantry last week we had a very slow Monday, less than 10 fami-lies but Wednesday more than made up for it with 45 families coming in for food. It was a little hectic but ev-eryone got their food in a timely manner. Bob's Food City delivered bread and sweets to us, we always like to see them coming in.

On Friday Jon Ahrens, David Anderson and I went to Little Rock to pick up our USDA food. Arkansas Food Bank allows us to have 3 people in the sal-vage area for 30 minutes so we work fast and were fortunate to get quite a bit of salvage this time. We never know what they will have. We steer away from the junk food and try to get real food for our clients. We see other pantries come in and grab potato chips, candy, sug-ary drinks etc. etc. and we do not do that. Our clients need canned goods. We were happy with our pur-chase and had a safe trip. We also were fortunate to have help unloading the trailer when we got back to Mt Ida.

We had our board meet-ing on Friday and Pat Smith had some up to date fig-ures for us on costs per family for the year and we served 227 more families in

2013 than we did in 2012. Food prices have gone up 20% at the food banks where we shop. Still we are hanging in there and had the money to purchase food so we are happy.

Come by to visit with us at 117 Ray Drive at the Annex in Mount Ida. If you need to call you may reach me at 870 867 7168. Our mailing address is Mont-gomery County Food Pan-try, P.O. Box 1443, Mount Ida, AR 71957.

Keep thinking of us and sending in your donations. We have heard of so many people lately doing without food and we need to know about them so we can help. If you know someone in need please tell them about us and send them or bring them in to the pantry.

Do a random act of kind-ness this week, it makes you feel good and also helps someone else. I see on the news and on Face-book almost daily where people are doing nice things for others. I wish our news channels would show more of this instead of all the bad things. I still believe there are more good people than bad but we are led to believe differ-ent if we watch the news.

I know we have loads of nice people in this area, we are blessed. Until next time please remember us in your prayers and donate if you can. Thank you.

U p c o m i n g s c h o o l events Sr. High track meet at Prescott which is a state qualifier and on the 17th at for 7th and 8th graders, on the 18th for Jr. High. Both meets are at Jessieville.

CHHS baseball wil l play home games against LR/McClellan on the 12th, Cutter Morningstar on the 14th, and Sparkman on March 17th, which is a conference game, then Blevins on the 19th.

Lady Indians softball team will face Center-point here on the 14th and Blevins here on the 19th.

This is the latest from Shirley Manning on the old Norman high school and museum. Their goal was to raise $20,000 by the end of July, 2014, in order to pay off the NHS property and save it from having to be sold. Starting Nov. 1, 2013, and have almost $10,000 raised.

She says “If you have been "waiting to see what everyone else does" then quit waiting and send in your donation now. Our Board will soon be faced with the decision to leave the property on the market for sale or to take it off--based on your

support and pledge of support for next year--so please, let us know where you stand.

It is only a month until we start a new season and we still need items for our flea market, so as you ready your homes for spring and do that energetic spring clean-ing, save a few things for us. OR, if you have a yard sale and have leftover items, bring them to us or call for a pickup and we will try to get some-one to come get them. Either way, it is a tax donation for you. Ever wonder how much you can take off your taxes for donating good used clothing, kitchen ware, or appliances? We can't give you a tax receipt for an exact amount, we are not allowed to put prices on donated goods. However, you can check the lists online for Goodwill, or one of the other places that take donations. Or check your tax software, like Turbo Tax. You may be surprised at how much it could mean to you to make donations to our Non-Profit. Thanks to ev-eryone who has help us reach the $10,000 mark in our goal.”

Jackie White and Haley Johnson will be tieing the knot March 29th at 3:00 PM at the Nazarene Church in Glenwood. All family and friends are invited.

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must be accomplished to provide faculty research, testing and certifications; student research, testing and to meet the mandate of taking online classes to graduate; to maintain acceptable response time, while implementing bring

your own Common Core policy.

Existing infrastructure will not allow sufficient throughput to utilize the additional bandwidth.

Faculty and students will benefit in the areas of administration/education.

The school will be pro-viding high speed fiber optic connections to each building of the district.

Smith pointed out that the school currently had one fiber optic cable in-stalled. It ran to the band

room and from there it split off to the Hper building and ALE; and the Agri building.

With the new upgrade, there would be seven fiber optic connections with each node providing three possible fiber connections.

The objectives for the project include:

To upgrade compo-nents so that the infra-structure can deliver gi-gabyte transfer rates for campus intranet and inter-net traffic.

For the infrastructure

to function at one-third it’s capacity with two-third capacity for growth and technology enhancements.

For the high school server to be able to sup-port 650 workstations.

For the elementar y school server to be able to support 350 workstations.

The server roles under the upgrade would include:

Providing security for the network and to pro-vide data integrity.

Provide storage and backups.

The upgrade was pre-sented in two phases with the first phase to begin during spring break, while the second phase would be implemented in July and August.

Board members vot-ed 5-0 to fund the first phase at a proposed cost of $60,387.49. Smith stated that the contractors had agreed to reevaluate the cost after the first phase was done, which could lower the cost.

The funding for the

second phase will be ad-dressed this summer.

In other business:The board voted 5-0

to approve repairs to the HVAC units in the middle school gymnasium. Dollar Sheet Metal will replumb the existing units at a cost of $2,180.

The board voted 5-0 to approve a change in the school calendar. Students will attend school March 21, which was initially set aside as a professional development day.

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the importance that it plays in the tourism in-

dustry in Montgomery County. They also ar-gued that it was a valu-able asset to local resi-dents who have used the facility for years.

In the press release, the Forest Service ac-

knowledged that after analyzing public com-ments received on the project, a Day Use Al-ternative was being con-sidered.

A legal notice for the project wi l l be pub-

lished in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The public will have 30 days from the publication date to provide timely and specific comments on the Draft Assess-ment.

When asked why the legal notice was pub-lished in the Arkansas Democrat -Gazet te in-stead of the Montgomery County News, a represen-tative of the Forest Ser-vice stated the Arkansas

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involved.A third ordinance was

passed to meet one re-quirement of the Housing

and Community Devel-opment Act of 1974. JPs pledged in the ordinance that no excessive force would be used by law en-forcement agencies with the county’s jurisdiction against individuals en-gaged in non-violent civil rights demonstrations.

The ordinance notes that in addition to the use of excessive force in dealing with partici-pants in non-violent civil rights demonstrations, the county will ensure that all law enforcement agencies will enforce ap-plicable state and local

laws against demonstra-tors physically barring entrance or exit from a facility at which a dem-onstration is being held.

Under provisions of the ordinance the county is authorized to use force necessary to protect the rights of individuals or to

uphold the law.A financial report from

Treasurer Betty Boling shows fund balances at the end of February de-clining as they do each year. Balances are ex-pected to begin rising in June as tax revenues are deposited.

T h e re p o r t s h o w s a $ 6 8 7 , 0 3 4 . 2 2 b a l -ance in County Gen-eral. The County Road fund balance stands at $1,365,058.95 and the solid wasted fund bal-ance is $312,347.76. The 911 fund shows a balance of $238,749.09.

sociate’s degree in criminal justice in 2004 from the Air Force Community College.

He also served overseas in Israel and Qatar while in the Air National Guard.

He has over 1,000 hours of law enforcement training and holds an Advanced Law Enforcement Certificate.

Before his initial election as Montgomery County

Sheriff, White had 12 years of law enforcement expe-rience that spanned the breadth of the law enforce-ment spectrum. He has worked in detention and dispatch, patrol, a school resource officer, drug en-forcement officer, tactical

operations, K-9 officer and as a law enforcement in-structor.

As Sheriff, White has fo-cused on the safety of the citizens of Montgomery County and had made a concerted effort to curb the sale and use of drugs in the

county.During his tenure as Sher-

iff, all three county schools now have resource officers and the sheriff’s department works closely with schools to educate students on the dangers of drug use. He has also helped schools develop

lock down procedures in case of a hostile incident.

During his tenure as Sheriff, officers have been trained in DNA technology and fingerprint collection which has increased the solve ratio for burglaries in the county.

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MOUNT IDA – The Mount Ida Lions boost their base-ball record to 3-0 with a 10-0 shutout win over the visit-ing Murfreesboro Rattlers Monday.

Landen Abernathy earned the win for the Lions, pitch-

ing five shutout innings. He recorded six strikeouts, a hit batsman and four walks while giving up only two hits.

Sutton Balch was credited with the loss. Ryan Roberts finished the game for the Rattlers. The pair combined for 10 runs on 12 hits. They recorded four strikeouts and

one walk.Abernathy opened up

with two strikeouts before Clay Terrell was able to reach base on a rope to cen-ter field. A ground ball to the pitcher ended the top half of the inning.

Mount Ida got on the board in the bottom half of

the inning. Jesse Lowery reached base with one out and stole second. Aberna-thy moved him to third on a sacrifice and he scored on a single by Cody Robertson.

Mount Ida put the game out of reach in the third, scoring eight runs to give the Lions a 9-0 lead.

Wilson brought the game to a close in the bottom of the fifth with a walk off home-run to end the game on the sportsmanship rule.

Wilson was 2-3 with a homerun and two runs. Lowery was three for three with two runs and Aberna-thy was one for one with

a run.Cody Robertson had a

hit and a run and Cameron Morgan scored a run.

Keifer Colgrove had a double and a run and Hayden Bishop was three for three with a run.

Hunter Bissell was one for two with a run.

The Caddo Hills Sr. high teams played in the state tournament at Harrison, Ar-kansas on Thurs., March 6.

The Caddo Hills Lady Indians first round draw was against the Viola Longhorns.

The Lady Indians started out with a couple of threes by Bethany Porter to give them an early lead, but the Longhorns responded with a box and one on Porter to shut her down the rest of the half.

The Lady Indians got in early foul trouble and had to back off their press and go to a half court game. At

the end of the first half the Lady Indians managed to be up 32-27.

The Indians maintained a lead in the second half until the final two minutes. The Indians went to the line three times in the last minutes and come up short each time.

With 50 seconds remain-ing, Indians leading by three, the Longhorns took pos-session of the ball went to their big girls made the basket and got fouled to tie the game.

The Lady Indians held the ball to take the final

shot but the shot rolled off the rim as the buzzer went off sending the game into overtime.

The Lady Longhorns got the tip in overtime and went straight to their big girls, with Forest and Stone fouled out. The Lady Indians de-fense was smaller and they couldn’t respond on offense.

After a battle in over time the Lady Indians were defeated by the Longhorns 63-59.

The Caddo Hills Sr. boys first round draw was the Norfork Panthers.

The Panthers have been

averaging 85 points a game in the regional tournament so the Indians had a huge challenge facing the number one seed from region 2.

The game was a fast paced game with the Pan-thers pressing the Indians every time down the floor. The Indians withstood the pressure and got some easy baskets.

Seth Powell and Adam Laughery got some easy transition points from their press offense.

The Panthers were a of-fensive team that could put up some points quickly. At

the end of the first the score was 19-17 with the Indians leading.

The battle continued throughout the second quarter the Indians man-aged to score 24 points lead by Laughery but held the Panthers to 14 giving them a 12 point lead going into the half. In the third quarter the Indians mantained their lead.

The fourth quarter took a turn in the end when the Panthers scored five points in the last minute of the game.

Things became tense

when the Panthers pulled within 4 with 20 seconds left on the clock. The Indians had chances to widen the gap with freethrows but missed the opportunity.

The Panthers avoided fouling Laughery who was 13 for 14 from the line. Indi-ans defense held out to keep them in the lead.

With the Indians leading scorers Adam Laughery (34), Seth Powell (17), and Hugo Ruiz (11) the Caddo HIlls Indians won 74-70, the Indians move on the next round in the tournament to play County Line.

Indians advance in State Tournament, Lady Indians fall in OT

Lions shutout Rattlers 10-0 in nonconference matchup

LITTLE ROCK – Entries are being ac-cepted for the inaugu-ral Arkansas Grown School Garden of the Year contest sponsored by the Arkansas Ag-riculture Department and Farm Credit. Ap-plicants can be any Ar-kansas school, grades

pre-K through 12, that had a school garden open during the 2013-14 school year and can provide documenta-tion through photos or video of its uses and ex-istence. Entries will be judged by a committee.

Applications must be submitted online by Au-

gust 31, 2014 at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CQ9ZJ5X .

For more informa-

tion, please contact Cynthia Edwards at cynthia.edwards@aad.ar.gov

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Audie and Bertha had 5 children: Irvin, Odell, Heulos, Dean and Jerline, 11 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and 18 great-great grandchil-dren. Those attending include their 2 surviving children: Irvin, wife Alta; Dean, wife Emma, and grandson Artie Shaw from Idaho, along with other grand to great-great grandchildren. All extended family and friends are invited to attend. For more information please call: Susan James 870-867-2363; Retha Curtis 870-867-4150; Wanda Clenney 870-867-3381 or Debra Crowley 870-867-3136.

The descendants of Audie and Bertha (Gray) Shaw will host a family reunion on Saturday, March 15 at the Roosevelt Auditorium in Mt. Ida starting at 11am, with a potluck lunch at 12 noon.

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PUBLIC NOTICEMONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS

ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTFOR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013

General Funds Road Funds Other Funds in the Aggregate

Beginning cash balance - January 1, 2013 $ 863,111.79 $ 1,635,053.33 $ 966,090.69 Ending cash balance - December 31, 2013 $ 921,384.73 $ 1,503,170.68 $ 823,336.18 REVENUESState Aid $411,203.72 $995,827.74 $212,579.10Federal Aid $621,435.97 $617,535.67 $143,554.86Property Taxes $633,213.25 $243,044.51 $ 25,862.59Sales Tax - - $494,758.85Fines,forfeitures, and costs $163,543.67 - $ 43,539.93Oficers’ fees $ 57,583.56 - $ 35,255.50911 fees $ - - $129,125.78Sanitation fees $ - - $136,599.58Assessor’s salary and expense $163,238.99 - -Other $424,168.42 $141,664.04 $126,461.08Miscellaneous - - $ 264.16 Transfers in - - $ 554.00Transfers out - - -TOTAL REVENUE $2,474,387.58 $1,998,071.96 $1,348,555,43Less:Treasurer’s Commission $ 42,298.28 $ 34,869.19 $ 18,363.83NET REVENUE $2,432,089.30 $1,963,202.77 $1,330,191.60 EXPENDITURESCurrent: General government $ 840,293.63 - -Highways and roads - $2,077,102.25 -Health $ 22,088.49 - -Law enforcement $1,300,074.61 - -Public Safety $ 72,990.31 - -Recreation and culture $ 10,000.00 - -Sanitation - - $ 815,471.64Other $ 638,068.56Prior Year Accounts Payable $ 31,905.24 $17,717.15 $ 19,405.91Miscellaneous $ 95,910.08 $ 266.02 -Transfers in - - -Transfers out $ 554.00 - -TOTAL EXPENDITURES $2,373,816.36 $2,095,085.42 $1,472,946.11 BETTY S. BOLING DEBBIE BAXTERMontogmery County Treasurer Montgomery County Clerk

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PUBLIC NOTICENotice of Application

For NPDES Permit AR0040801

Under the provisions of Act 163 of the 1993 Arkansas Legislature, this is to give notice the Water Division of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Qual-ity (ADEQ) has received a renewal application on 2/28/2014, with additional information received 3/6/2014, for an NPDES Permit No. AR0040801 from the following facility:Shangri-LA Resort, Inc.987 Shangri-La DriveMt. Ida, AR 71957The facility under consideration is located as follows: 987 Shangri-La Drive, Mt. Ida, in Montgomery County, Arkansas. Interested persons desiring to request a public hearing on the application may do so in writing. All requests should be received by ADEQ within 10 business days of the date of this notice and should be submitted to:J.D. BorgesonArkansas Department of Environmental QualityNPDES Branch, Water Division5301 Northshore DriveNorth Little Rock, AR 72118-5317Telephone: (501) 682-0622

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PUBLIC NOTICEPublic School Choice Announcement

This is a public announcement. Public School Choice in Arkansas allows students to attend a public school in a district other than the one in which they reside. The applications must be made by must be made by June 1, 2014 to qualify for provi-sions under the Arkansas Public School Choice Act of 2013. Pursuant to standards adopted by a non-resident district may reserve the right to ac-cept or reject applicants based on capacity of programs, class, grade level or school building. Likewise, a non-resident district's standards may provide for rejection of an applicant based upon the submission of false or misleading information to the above listed request for information when .that information directly impacts the legal qualiications of an applicant to transfer pursuant to the School Choice Act. However, a non-resident district's standards shall not include an applicant's previ-ous academic achievement, athletic or other extra-curricular ability, handicapping conditions, English proiciency level, or previous disciplinary proceedings, except that an expulsion from another district may be included pursuant to Ark. Code Ann 6-18-510. Priority will be given to applicants with siblings attending the district. The non-resident district shall accept credits toward graduation that were awarded by another district and award a diploma to a non-resident district's graduation re-quirements. Applications postmarked or delivered to the Superintendent of Schools no later than June 1 for a child to be able to enroll for the fall semester. Transfers shall be granted on a nondiscriminatory basis. Students who have been accepted and enrolled in previous years do not have to reapply as approved transfers remain valid for as long as the student attends public school.

The following districts comply with this public school announcement: Ashdown, Caddo Hills, Cossatot River, DeQueen, Dierks, Foreman, Horatio, Mena, Mineral Springs, Mount Ida, Nashville and Ouachita River.

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PUBLIC NOTICEORDINANCE NO. 2014- 04

AN ORDINANCE TRANSFERRING FUNDS IN THE 2013 BUDGETBE IT ENACTED BY THE QUORUM COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS:

Section I: An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 2012-07, the Annual Operating Budget for County General, County Road, Library, 911, Parks, Solid Waste, CRCF, Treasurer’s Automation Fund, Indigent Attorney, Child Support Fee and DCCF and Ordinance No. 2012-18, the Annual Operating Budget for Collector’s Automation Fund and County Jail Operation Fund for Calendar Year 2013.

COUNTY GENERALCounty Judges Ofice:Transfer from 1000.0100.1003, Extra Help to 1000.0100.1019, Vacation Buy Back the sum of $699.52County Clerk’s Ofice:Transfer from 1000.0101.1011, Unemployment, to 1000.0101.1009, Health Insur-ance the sum of $415.62.Transfer from 1000.0101.2023, Parts & Repairs the sum of $1,000.00 and from 1000.0101.4004, Machinery & Equipment the sum of $962.94 to 1000.0101.3102, Computer Software.Treasurer’s Ofice:Transfer from 1000.0103.2024, Maintenance and Service Contracts to 1000.0103.3102, Computer Software the sum of $4,270.62.Collector’s Ofice:Transfer from 1000.0104.1003, Extra Help to 1000.0104.1005, Overtime the sum of $111.38.Transfer from 1000.0104.3021, Postage to 1000.0104.2001, General Ofice Sup-plies the sum of $590.62.Assessor’s Ofice:Transfer from 1000.0105.1006, Social Security Matching to 1000.0105.1010, Worker’s Comp. the sum of $141.00.Transfer from 1000.0105.1009, Health Insurance to 1000.0105.1020, Health Insur-ance Reimbursement the sum of $2,574.02.Transfer from 1000.0105.1006, Social Security Matching to 1000.0105.1018, Longevity the sum of $2.50.Transfer from 1000.0105.3009, Other Professional Services to 1000.0105.2002, Small Equipment the sum of $3,978.72.Equalization Board:Transfer from 1000.0106.3040, Advertising and Publications to 1000.0106.1006, Social Security Matching the sum of $153.00.Transfer from 1000.0106.1004, Contract Labor to 1000.0106.1002, Salaries, Part-time the sum of $2,000.00.Transfer from 1000.0106.3030, Travel to 1000.0106.1011, Unemployment the sum of $22.40.Courthouse:Transfer from 1000.0108.1011, Unemployment to 1000.0108.1010, Worker’s Comp. the sum of $116.00.Transfer from 1000.0108.1003, Extra Help to 1000.0108.1019, Vacation Buy Back the sum of $953.68.Elections:Transfer from 1000.0100.4004, Machinery & Equipment to:1000.0109.1006, Social Security Matching 209.57 1000.0109.1010, Worker’s Comp. 1,164.001000.0109.1011, Unemployment 33.80Total $1,407.37Transfer from 1000.0109.1004, Contract Labor to 1000.0109.1002, Salaries, Part-time the sum of $1,555.00.Transfer from 1000.0101.2002, Small Equipment to 1000.0109.3009, Other Profes-sional Services the sum of $740.88.Courthouse Annex:Transfer from 1000.0111.1010, Worker’s Comp. to: 1000.0111.1002, Salaries, Part-time 19.931000.0111.1006, Social Security Matching 1.511000.0111.0109, Health Insurance 45.531000.0111.1016, Life Insurance .73Total $67.70Ofice of Emergency Management:Transfer from 1000.0117.4004, Machinery & Equipment to: 1000.0117.1006, Social Security Matching 95.661000.0117.1008, Retirement 82.681000.0117.1009, Health Insurance 1,082.241000.0117.1010, Worker’s Comp. 41.00Total $1,260.58Health Unit:Transfer from 1000.0300.2020, Building Materials to 1000.0300.1010, Worker’s Comp. the sum of $185.00.Transfer from 1000.0300.2021, Paints & Metals to 1000.0300.3020, Telephone the sum of $924.79.Sheriff’s Ofice:Transfer from 1000.0101.1014, CobraServ to 1000.0400.1014, CobraServ the sum of $1,073.80.Transfer from 1000.0400.4005, Vehicles to:1000.0400.1005, Overtime 146.941000.0400.1006, Social Security Matching 589.141000.0400.1010, Worker’s Comp. 1,506.001000.0400.1016, Life Insurance 76.711000.0400.1017, Holiday Pay 842.541000.0400.1018, Longevity 212.501000.0400.3093, Misc. Law Enforcement 1,200.00Total $4,573.83Transfer from 1000.0400.2029, Small tools to 1000.0400.3093, Misc. Law Enforce-ment the sum of $1,200.00.Transfer from 1000.0400.1008, Retirement the sum of $2,200.00 and from 1000.0400.1011, Unemployment the sum of $2,200.00 to 1000.0400.0409, Health

Insurance.District Court:Transfer from 1000.0409.1009, Health Insurance to 1000.0409.1020, Health Insur-ance Reimbursement the sum of $2,643.02.Prosecuting Attorney:Transfer from 1000.0416.1002, Salaries, Part-time to 1000.0416.1018, Longevity the sum of $7.50.Transfer from 1000.0416.1011, Unemployment to 1000.0416.1010, Worker’s Comp. the sum of $21.00.Transfer from 1000.0416.3030, Travel to 1000.0416.2002, Small Equipment the sum of $1,023.02.County Jail: Transfer from 1000.0100.3005, Special Legal 5,000.00Transfer from 1000.0401.3092, Jurors 7,500.00Transfer from 1000.0401.2002, Small Equip. 1,500.00Transfer from 1000.0422.1005, Overtime 1,200.00Total $15,200.00 to 1000.0418.3006, Medical, Dental and Hosp.Transfer from 1000.0418.2005, Food to 1000.0418.1003, Extra Help the sum of $7,500.00.Transfer from 1000.0104.1009, Health Insurance to 1000.0418.1003, Extra Help the sum of $700.00.Transfer from 1000.0418.1001, Salaries, Full-Time the sum of $650.00 and from 1000.0418.1010, Worker’s Comp. the sum of $575.00 to 1000.0418.1017, Holiday Pay.Transfer from 1000.0418.1011, Unemployment to 1000.0418.1020, Health Insur-ance Reimbursement the sum of $1,643.40.Transfer from 1000.0418.1009, Health Insurance to:1000.0418.1002, Salaries, Part-time 3,231.991000.0418.1006, Social Security Matching 901.101000.0418.1008, Retirement 1,132.84Total $5,285.93 Lake Patrol: Transfer from 1000.0422.1005, Overtime to 1000.0422.1017, Holiday Pay the sum of $102.40.Transfer from 1000.0422.2029, Small Equipment to 1000.0422.3100 the sum of $19.49.Forest Patrol: Transfer from 1000.0423.1005, Overtime to 1000.0423.1017, Holiday Pay the sum of $102.40.COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENTTransfer from 2000.0200.2025, Asphalt to:2000.0200.1003, Extra Help 272.502000.0200.1005, Overtime 29,598.262000.0200.1006, Social Security Matching 663.212000.0200.1008, Retirement 21.732000.0200.1019, Vacation Buy Back 7,673.402000.0200.1021, Pretax Ins./Health Ins. Rebate 25.95Total $38,255.05COLLECTOR’S AUTOMATION FUNDTransfer from 3001.0104.2024, Service Contracts to 3001.0104.4004, Machinery & Equipment the sum of $980.97.COUNTY RECORDER’S COST FUNDTransfer from 3006.0101.1016, Life Insurance to 3006.0101.1018, Longevity the sum of $2.50.Transfer from 3006.0101.3102, Computer Software to 3006.0101.2001, General Ofice Supplies the sum of $809.86.COUNTY LIBRARYTransfer from 3008.0600.2002, Small Equipment to: 3008.0600.1006, Social Security Matching 97.103008.0600.1009, Health Insurance 1,161.903008.0600.1016, Life Insurance 20.353008.0600.1018, Longevity 2.503008.0600.1019, Vacation Buy Back 1,533.28Total $2,815.13 SOLID WASTETransfer from 3009.0701.4004, Machinery & Equipment to:3009.0701.1005, Overtime 2,789.053009.0701.1006, Social Security Matching 18.253009.0701.1010, Worker’s Comp. 1,635.003009.0701.1017, Holiday Pay 722.043009.0701.1018, Longevity 205.003009.0701.1019, Vacation Buy Back 3,261.603009.0701.1021, Ins. Rebate 39.98Total $5,863.62COUNTY JAIL OPERATION FUNDTransfer from 3017.0418.2001, General Ofice Supplies to 3017.0418.3009, Other Professional Services the sum of $5,677.64.911 FUNDTransfer from 3020.0501.1011, Unemployment to 3020.0501.1010, Worker’s Comp. the sum of $31.00.INDIGENT ATTORNEYTransfer from 3026.0401.1009, Health Insurance to 3026.0401.1002, Salaries, Part-time the sum of $138.39.Transfer from 3026.0401.2001, General Ofice Supplies to 3026.0401.3022, Cell Phone the sum of $131.72.Section II: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect after passage and pub-lication.Approved: Alvin Black, Montgomery Co. Judge Attest: Debbie Baxter - Clerk Dated: March 10, 2014

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PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICE OF DRAFT DISCHARGE PERMIT

PERMIT NUMBER AR0035408, AFIN 49-00032This is to give notice that the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), Water Division, 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72118-5317 at telephone number (501) 682-0622, proposes a draft renewal of the permit number AR0035408 for which an application was received on 8/19/2013 with all additional information received by 12/13/2013 for the following applicant under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act. Applicant: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Tompkins Bend Recreation Area, Mount Ida, AR 71957. Location: on the southwest shoreline of Lake Ouachita approximately 3 miles northwest of Joplin; Latitude: 34 34’ 18.86”; Longitude: 93 28’ 9.21” in Montgomery County, Arkansas. The discharge of treated domestic wastewater is into Lake Ouachita in Segment 2F of the Ouachita River Basin.ADEQ’s contact person for submitting written comments, requesting information regarding the draft permit, or obtaining a copy of the permit and the Statement of Basis is Loretta Reiber, P.E., at the above address and telephone number or by email at Water-Draft-Permit-Comment@adeq.state.ar.us. For those with Internet access, a copy of the proposed draft permit as well as the publication date may be found on the ADEQ’s website at:http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/water/branch_permits/individual_permits/pn_permits/pnpermits.asp. The comment period shall end at 4:30 P.M. (Central Time) on the 30th day after the publication date. If the last day of the comment period is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holi-day, the public comment period shall expire on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. For information regarding the actual publication date along with the actual date and time the comment period will end, please contact Loretta Reiber, P.E. at the above address and telephone number or by email at Water-Draft-Permit-Comment@adeq.state.ar.us. Public notice, comments, and hearings will be conducted in accordance with Regulation 6.104(A)(5) [40 CFR Parts 124.10 through 124.12 by reference] and Regulation 8.209 and 8.210 (Administrative Procedures). All persons, including the permittee, who wish to comment on ADEQ’s draft permitting decision must submit writ-ten comments to ADEQ, along with their name and mailing address. A Public Hearing will be held when ADEQ inds a signiicant degree of public interest. After the public comment period, ADEQ will issue a inal permitting decision. ADEQ will notify the applicant and each person who has submitted written comments or request notice of the inal permitting decision. Any interested person who has submitted comments may appeal a inal decision by ADEQ in accordance with the APCEC Regulation No. 8.603.

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PUBIC NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICE OF DRAFT DISCHARGE PERMIT

PERMIT NUMBER AR0022799, AFIN 49-00034

This is to give notice that the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), Water Division, 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72118-5317 at telephone number (501) 682-0622, proposes a draft renewal of the permit number AR0022799 for which an application was received on 8/19/2013 with all additional information received by 12/13/2013 for the following applicant under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act. Applicant: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Little Fir Recreation Area, Mount Ida, AR 71957. Location: Follow AR 188 from AR 27, 6 miles to "Y", turn right onto Little Fir Recreation Area Road, plant entrance on the right; Latitude: 34 37’ 55.31”; Longitude: 93 28’ 10.76” in Montgomery County, Arkansas. The discharge of treated sanitary wastewater is into Lake Ouachita in Segment 2F of the Ouachita River Basin.ADEQ’s contact person for submitting written comments, requesting information regarding the draft permit, or obtaining a copy of the permit and the Statement of Basis is Loretta Reiber, P.E., at the above address and telephone number or by email at Water-Draft-Permit-Comment@adeq.state.ar.us. For those with Internet access, a copy of the proposed draft permit as well as the publication date may be found on the ADEQ’s website at:http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/water/branch_permits/individual_permits/pn_permits/pnpermits.asp. The comment period shall end at 4:30 P.M. (Central Time) on the 30th day after the publication date. If the last day of the comment period is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the public comment period shall expire on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. For information regarding the actual publication date along with the actual date and time the comment period will end, please contact Loretta Reiber, P.E. at the above address and telephone number or by email at Water-Draft-Permit-Comment@adeq.state.ar.us. Public notice, com-ments, and hearings will be conducted in accordance with Regulation 6.104(A)(5) [40 CFR Parts 124.10 through 124.12 by reference] and Regulation 8.209 and 8.210 (Administrative Procedures). All persons, including the permittee, who wish to comment on ADEQ’s draft permitting decision must submit written comments to ADEQ, along with their name and mailing address. A Public Hearing will be held when ADEQ inds a signiicant degree of public interest. After the public comment period, ADEQ will issue a inal permitting decision. ADEQ will notify the applicant and each person who has submitted written comments or request notice of the inal permitting decision. Any interested person who has submitted comments may appeal a inal decision by ADEQ in accordance with the APCEC Regulation No. 8.603.

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PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICE OF DRAFT DISCHARGE PERMIT

PERMIT NUMBER AR0035394, AFIN 49-00031

This is to give notice that the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), Water Division, 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72118-5317 at telephone number (501) 682-0622, proposes a draft renewal of the permit number AR0035394 for which an application was received on 8/19/2013 with all additional information received by 12/13/2013 for the following applicant under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act. Applicant: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Denby Point Recreation Area, Mount Ida, AR 71957. Location: on the southwest shoreline of Lake Ouachita approxi-mately 9 miles east of Mount Ida; Latitude: 34 33’ 2.16”; Longitude: 93 29’ 40.66” in Montgomery County, Arkansas. The discharge of treated domestic wastewater is into Lake Ouachita in Segment 2F of the Ouachita River Basin.ADEQ’s contact person for submitting written comments, requesting information regarding the draft permit, or obtaining a copy of the permit and the Statement of Basis is Loretta Reiber, P.E., at the above address and telephone number or by email at Water-Draft-Permit-Comment@adeq.state.ar.us. For those with Internet access, a copy of the proposed draft permit as well as the publication date may be found on the ADEQ’s website at:http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/water/branch_permits/individual_permits/pn_permits/pnpermits.asp. The comment period shall end at 4:30 P.M. (Central Time) on the 30th day after the publication date. If the last day of the comment period is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the public comment period shall expire on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. For information regarding the actual publication date along with the actual date and time the comment period will end, please contact Loretta Reiber, P.E. at the above address and telephone number or by email at Water-Draft-Permit-Comment@adeq.state.ar.us. Public notice, com-ments, and hearings will be conducted in accordance with Regulation 6.104(A)(5) [40 CFR Parts 124.10 through 124.12 by reference] and Regulation 8.209 and 8.210 (Administrative Procedures). All persons, including the permittee, who wish to comment on ADEQ’s draft permitting decision must submit written comments to ADEQ, along with their name and mailing address. A Public Hearing will be held when ADEQ inds a signiicant degree of public interest. After the public comment period, ADEQ will issue a inal permitting decision. ADEQ will notify the applicant and each person who has submitted written comments or request notice of the inal permitting decision. Any interested person who has submitted comments may appeal a inal decision by ADEQ in accordance with the APCEC Regulation No. 8.603.

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PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICE OF DRAFT DISCHARGE PERMIT

PERMIT NUMBER AR0035424, AFIN 49-00033

This is to give notice that the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), Water Division, 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72118-5317 at telephone number (501) 682-0622, proposes a draft renewal of the permit number AR0035424 for which an application was received on 8/19/2013 with all additional information received by 12/13/2013 for the following applicant under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act. Applicant: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Joplin Recreation Area, Mount Ida, AR 71957. Location: approximately 2.5 miles north of Joplin on the southwest shoreline of Lake Ouachita; Latitude: 34° 34’ 47.82”; Longitude: 93° 26’ 29.85” in Montgomery County, Arkansas. The discharge of treated domestic wastewater is into Lake Ouachita in Segment 2F of the Ouachita River Basin.ADEQ’s contact person for submitting written comments, requesting information regarding the draft permit, or obtaining a copy of the permit and the Statement of Basis is Loretta Reiber, P.E., at the above address and telephone number or by email at Water-Draft-Permit-Comment@adeq.state.ar.us. For those with Internet access, a copy of the proposed draft permit as well as the publication date may be found on the ADEQ’s website at:http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/water/branch_permits/individual_permits/pn_permits/pnpermits.asp. The comment period shall end at 4:30 P.M. (Central Time) on the 30th day after the publication date. If the last day of the comment period is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the public comment period shall expire on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. For information regarding the actual publication date along with the actual date and time the comment period will end, please contact Loretta Reiber, P.E. at the above address and telephone number or by email at Water-Draft-Permit-Comment@adeq.state.ar.us. Public notice, comments, and hearings will be conducted in accordance with Regula-tion 6.104(A)(5) [40 CFR Parts 124.10 through 124.12 by reference] and Regulation 8.209 and 8.210 (Administrative Procedures). All persons, including the permittee, who wish to comment on ADEQ’s draft permitting decision must submit written comments to ADEQ, along with their name and mailing address. A Public Hearing will be held when ADEQ inds a signiicant degree of public interest. After the public comment period, ADEQ will issue a inal permitting decision. ADEQ will notify the applicant and each person who has submitted written comments or request notice of the inal permitting decision. Any interested person who has submitted comments may appeal a inal decision by ADEQ in accordance with the APCEC Regulation No. 8.603.

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870.867.2821 (Mount Ida)

for Rates, Dates or

Questions

FOWLER SELF STORAGE

Units available now!!!Call 870-356-4848.

Check out fowlerauctioneers.com.

Village ApartmentsAnnouncingNo Income Restrictions Available to Public1 & 2 Bedroom Units1 bedroom $400.002 bedroom $450.00$250.00 Security Deposit Vacant Now428 Luzerne Street ( Right next to Mt.Ida Mercy)Central Heating & CoolingAll ElectricRefrigator & RangeMini-Blinds, Carpet & VinylOn site Laundry FacilityHandicap AccessibleSecurity CamerasYard Work by Management Call now (870) 867-3128 or come by our ofice at 502 Highway E. Mt. Ida

FOR SALE - Electric wheel chair. Portable, light weight, like new, low $ or perhaps free to senior, 888-442-3390. tfc* * *FOR SALE - Ward Shavings LLC/dry, shavings $1,500 per van load. 870-285-3377. G45-tfc* * *FOR SALE - Used tires – great tread; 4 – P235/70R15 - $160.00; 4 – P205/75R15 $110.00 or OBO Paul at 501-690-6783. G11-1tp

SERVICES

Glenwood Auto Supply

870-356-3414

or 870-356-2118Serving the area since 1951

326 N. 1st St.(Next to H&R Block)

Flea Market in Mount Ida. 224 Hwy 270 W - Next to Subway. Open Thur-Fri-Sat 10:00-6:00. For appoint-ments call 870-867-7549 or 870-867-7200. See Facebook. New arrivals daily. NEW ARRIVALS - Bicy-cles, large wash pot, moon landing memorabilia, an-tique push plow, fishing rods and reels, tables, yard art pieces.

REAL ESTATE SERV. CONT.

OUACHITA CLEANING CO.870 - 867 - 2728

Chimney cleaning, stainless steel chimney caps & fireplace grates

installed & carpet cleaning.Serving Arkansas since 1980

Brush RegularlyNext Appointment

Right now

HELP WANTED

FOR RENT - 2br./1ba. house in Caddo gap area. $400 mo./$200 dep. with optional 6 acre fenced pasture w/pond for extra charge. Call 870-356-4848. G10-2tc* * *HOUSE FOR RENT - 3 bed-room, 2 bath house. Glen-wood city limits. No smoking/pets. Rental references re-quired. First, last, plus deposit required. 870-356-3303. G10-tfc* * *FOR RENT-1br/1ba house fully furnished large yard $375 plus deposit and 2br/2ba all electric no smoking/pets $400 plus deposit. (870) 867-3713. M10-3tp

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1104 S. Crystal Srings Rd • Royal • (501) 991-3290

Farmer’s Tree ServiceComplete tree service

Stump grindingSenior Citizens & Vets

DiscountBucket truck • Fully insured

870-356-4872 • 888-817-4872We accept credit cards

MISC.

Happy HowlersLittle House ofPet Grooming

Hwy 270 & 27 South, Mt. Ida.

By Appt. • Walk-ins by chance870-279-0692 cell

870-867-4672

No Fur

No Paws

No Service

We’re the herald;a messenger

Herald870-356-2111 • gwherald@windstream.net

Glenwood

for the community as a whole - Glenwood, Rosboro, Kirby, Amity, Caddo Gap, Bonnerdale, Langley

and all our surrounding area.

Buzz Brown Construction

Over 40 years experience - both residential and

commercial. Remodeling or new whatever you need from dirt work to inish.

870-356-4135or 907-399-1091

LOCATION: County Fairgrounds, 1609 Martin Luther King Blvd.,

Malvern, AR.

It’s time to look around and see what you need to sell. his is the

auction where you the public can come to buy or sell. We want

your equipment, tractors, backhoes, dozers, trucks, cars, farm

equipment of all kinds, construction tools and equipment, RVs,

camping trailers and boats. We will have buyers looking for just

about everything. No household items. Auction company has the

right to refuse used tires.

he auction will be held inside the security fence at the fair-

grounds. Check-in time: Tuesday, February 25 th through Friday,

February 28th, from 8 to 5 each day. Loading tractor will be there

for larger items. Call us ahead of time with items you would like

for us to advertise. We will be putting info and photos of some of

the large items on our website as they come in.

Spring OpEn EQUipMEnT

AUCTiOn

501-384-5352

www.staffordauction.com

David Stafford, Lic.#372

Terms: See website for photos and terms and conditions.

SATURDAY, March 1, 2014 @ 9:00 A.M.

Visit our homepage on the internet @www.actionrealtyar.com www.facebook.com/actionrealtyarE mail us at actionrealty@windstream.net

LOST DOGBlack Lab with orange collar answers to the name Jeep. Lost from Bethel Road last seen Friday, March 7th. If you have seen him please call 356-4848 or 870-828-8028.

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Why pay rent when you could own your own

home? An investment in your future!

Qualiied agents happy to help you

Chris Ray, Owner/Broker

870-867-7644

Bryan Whisenhunt 870-867-7457

Edwenna Rowland 870-490-1678

Kenny McGrew 870-356-8957

867-2000

GREAT BUILDING SITE with property joining the Ouachi-ta River. This property contains 7.24 acres and has a beautiful home site from which you can see the river and also views of the Ouachita Mountains. No restrictions on this property and priced at $47,500. #A-3863

THE WHOLE FAMILY CAN CAMP HERE - Great place to sit and have morning coffee. Borders Ouachita National Forest. 1-1/2 miles to Lake Ouachita. 37 acres in Story, Arkansas on Birdsong. Secluded! 2 ponds, 2 wells. Mostly pasture land with some great mountain views. 1680 sq.ft. mobile home with brick exterior. Large back deck. CHA. Nice looring. Crown molding. Fence all around property. $171,000. #MH-3843

INSIDE YARD SALE - Mt. Ida Senior Center on March 22nd at 7:00 am till ? $5.00 rents large table-RSVP call (870) 867-2313 8 am-4pm Monday-Friday. Snacks and sodas for sale. Rain or Shine! M11-1tp* * *YARD SALE - Fri. & Sat. east of Mt. Ida between Airport & Twin Creek Rd. on Hwy 270 in Silver. Tools, furniture, clothes & misc. G11-1tc

YARD SALEFri. & Sat. 7:30-4:00

1031 Chris Rd., Glenwood turn on Kersey, west off Clay St. watch for signs

French vanity stool, 4 tier wood plant stand, 2 tier mahogany table, knives, new 12 ton bottle jack, 5 heavy meat hooks, nice ce-dar chest, mag. table, 2 lg. pictures, Craftsman push mower, tv stand, bridle vice & bench, glassware, silver-ware, pots & pans, tools, old books (1880’s) box items, lots of small table items, drill bits, mounted 8pt. deer horns, clothes racks, & lots more.Phone: 870-681-0016

Alton Bean Trucking, Inc.

NOW HIRING

REGIONAL, OTR &

LOCAL CHIP DRIVERS

ALSO HIRINGOfice Personnel

For more informationCall 870-342-9551 Ext. 241

Hospice Home Carehas Multiple Positions

available: Full Time RN Case Manager, PRN RN and PRN CNA Positions available at

our Hot Springs location. For a rewarding and life changing experience, hospice provides

the opportunity to truly make a diference. Prior hospice, home health or long term care exp. a plus. Excellent Beneit Package with competitive salary. Please

fax Resume with references Attn: Melissa at 501-321-9464

or drop by in person at3955 Central Ave. Suite 6

Hot Springs

ESTATE AUCTIONLUCION DOBBS ESTATE

SAT., MARCH 15TH- 10:00 A.M.258 RIDGE RD. - PENCIL BLUFF, AR

DIRECTIONS: From Mt. Ida take Hwy. 270 west to pencil Bluff. Turn left on Hwy 88 go 1 mile, turn left on Ridge. Go 1/2 mile to private drive, turn right through red gates, go to end of road. Watch for signs at all turns. Acres of parking.PARTIAL LIST: Flat bottom boat. boat trailer, rod & reels, fish bait, trot lines, seine nets, minnow traps, jump traps, conibear traps, raccoon hide stretchers, kerosene lamps, ice chests, boat gas cans, Coleman lantern, kerosene heater, metal water cans, electric motors, water pumps, chain saws, Craftsman weed eater, Craftsman grinder on stand, well pumps, one man saw, come-a-longs, four chrome mag rims, motorcycle helmet, metal double tubs, roll of chain link fencing, tires with & without rims, 25 pund sledge hammer, breaking plow, turning plows, (2) bath tubs, electric water pump, electric wire, black pvc pipe, milk cans, air tank, push plow, hay spike for bed of truck w/winch, old hot water tanks, pile of scrap metal, wire cage, wire cable, feed auger, giant metal wheel, trendle bed frame, cast iron sink, chicken water troughs, old push mowers, band saw, air tank, copper pipe, charcoal grill, smoker, electric concrete mixer, misc. tools.HOUSEHOLD ITEMS: Pool table, hide-a-bed couch, end tables, small gun cabinet, desk, bookshelves, folding cots, twin bed headboard, magazine rack, chest of drawers, table & floor lamps, valet, dishes, cookie jars, glassware, commercial meat slicer, books, nesting baskets, suitcases, dehydrator, tv trays, ironing board, suit carrier, cushions, full size bed railing, feather beds, cast iron pots & skillets, sets of iron bed frames, canning jars, table fans, (2) 24” hanging fans, knives, Christmas tree & stand, old Dr. Pepper bottles, toaster oven, old quilts, quilt material, quilt frames, mixer on stand, sewing machine, several canners, wood drying rack, misc. cans & bottles, pots & pans, table cloths, misc. dishes, stacking chiars, porch gliders, Graniteware, pottery, boots, lots of misc, household.

AALB 59 McGrew’s Auction Service AALB 512

870-356-3029 Kenny & Kenny Ray McGrew 870-356-2103McGrew Auctions “Just a “BID” better”

STATEWIDE CLASSIFIEDSCall Eva or Linda at 1-800-569-8762 to place your ad here!

HELP WANTEDCan You Dig It? Bulldozers, Backhoes, and Excavators. 3 Weeks Hands On Training Pro-vided. Become Nationally Cer-tifi ed. Lifetime Job Placement Assistance. GI Bill Eligible. 1-866-362-6497.

HELP WANTED - TRUCK DRIVERS

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DRIVERS- Tango offers up to $.42 cpm to start plus home most weekends. Family Medical/Den-tal, 401k, Paid Vacation. CDL-A w/1 yr OTR req'd. 877-826-4605.

www.DriveForTango.com.

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AverittCareers.com. Equal Opportunity Employer - Fe-males, minorities, protected veter-ans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

DRIVERS- OWNER OPERATORS CDL-A Up to $200,000 a year. Out 2 weeks. Home as many days as needed. Lease Purchase Available. Sign on Bonus. 855-803-2846.

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DIVORCE WITH OR WITHOUT children $125.00. Includes name change and property settlement agreement. SAVE hundreds. Fast and easy. Call 1-888-733-7165, 24/7.

TRAINING/EDUCATION

MOBILE/MANUFACTURED

HOMESMobile Homes with land. Move in ready. Owner Financing (subject to credit approval). 3Br 2Ba. No rent-ers. 501-588-3300.

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COMPANY DRIVERS & OWNER OPERATORS WANTED! No touch freight, 90% drop & hook, dedicated op-portunities available. Call 888-710-8707

Apply online: www.driveforpamtransport.com

Also seeking Recent GradsCall Lavonna 877-440-7890

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Medical Billing Trainees Needed! Become a Medical

Offi ce Assistant now!Online job training gets you job

ready. Job placement when program completed. Call ACC for details. HS Diploma/GED

needed. 1-888-734-6717.

HOLTGER BROS., INC.UTILITY CONTRACTOR

Immediate Opportunities in the Telephone Industry for:

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• Foremen• CDL Laborers

Training Offered. Travel Required for All Positions.

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Become a TRUCK DRIVER IN LESS THAN

30 DAYS!!Tuition Reimbursement Available if Qualified!

Classes Start Every Monday!

• Financing Avail. • Lodging Provided!

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REPO DOUBLEWIDE AND SIN-GLEWIDES AVAILABLE!! Must Sell. Call 870 - 862-4305 for details.

MAX YOUR TAX REFUND UP TO $8,000! CALL 870-862-4305

For details

- Driver pay .37 cpm for Van Division and .40 cpm for Flatbed - Sign on BONUS - Referral Pay - 1 day home for every 6 days out - Rider and Pet Policy Apply ONLINE at www.woodfi eldinc.comCALL 800-501-6020 x 13 for a RECRUITER

ask about

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Call 870-887-0800

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• Good Miles

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• Super Benefits • Great equipment

• Pet Friendly

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A&A Fabrics Is now taking applications for general warehouse & shipping. Working hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. No weekends. Heated & air conditioned warehouse, some liting re-quired. Must apply in person at 223 East broadway.

The Universal Tool

Handyman Service. No job too small

870-654-6030

If the legislature gives the measure final approval during the fiscal session, public schools could apply for grants to expand their broadband capacity with new fiber optic cables.

The grants would come from a $10 million appro-priation from the state surplus. The authorization to spend surplus funds on improved broadband for schools is in Senate Bill 146, sponsored by the Joint Budget Committee.

SB 146 sets up the Broad-band Facilities Matching

Grant Program. One goal of the program is to pay for one-time installations of fiber optic cables to connect the various build-ings of school campuses, for example, to connect the district’s main office to bus garages, school buildings, classrooms and administrative offices of schools throughout the district. The state Edu-cation Department has labeled the program E-rate, another name for its Universal Fund for Schools and Libraries.

The department has staff to help local schools through the process, which frequently draws from a long list of acronyms and abbreviations. At least someone who wrote the instruction manual had a sense of humor – POTS re-fers to Plain Old Telephone Service for receiving and making calls.

State government will end the current fiscal year with an estimated sur-plus of $126 million. The governor has said that an argument in favor of using $10 million for fiber optic connections for schools is that the money likely would be matched with up to $4 million from private sources, such as educa-

tional foundations.School districts for E-

rate funding for fiber optic connections must have computers and hardware in place, as well as staff with sufficient training to use the technology. Also, they must be able to maintain their computer equipment.

First priority is for tele-communications and In-ternet access. Any avail-able funds left over may be awarded to schools for internal connections and basic maintenance of those internal connec-tions.

The Federal Communi-cations Commission over-sees the nation’s E-rate funding program. Accord-

ing to guidelines issued by the state Education Department, applicants for grants must rely on a competitive bidding process and not on sole source bidding.

Near Record Deer Sea-son

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission reported that the harvest of deer in the 2013-2014 season was very close to the record set last year. It fell short by only 288 deer.

Last year deer hunters set the current record when they checked in 213,487 deer. Of those, 110,448 were bucks and 103,039 were does.

This season hunters checked in 213,199 deer.

It was the first season ever when more does (107,247) than bucks (105,952) were checked in.

Specialists in deer hunt-ing at the Game and Fish Commission said that in the past as many as 70 per-cent of the deer harvested were bucks, and that the almost nearly equal har-vest of bucks and does will result in a stronger and healthier herd.

For the second year in a row, Union County led the state in the number of deer checked in. In second place was Drew County, followed in order by Cleveland, Bradley, Ashley, Grant, Columbia, Washington, Clark and Arkansas Counties.

Montgomery County News - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - Page 11

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District Court

Bail Bond Agent Wanted (Part

Time); Mt. Ida: Looking for a

motivated, local, hometown person that has a lexible

schedule. Applicant must have a clean criminal history. We will pay for

licensing, training, etc. Send resume to bailagentwanted@

gmail.com

Larry TeagueState Senator

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PRIDEHOMES & REAL ESTATE

www.mountidarealestate.com

Deana Clenney Cole

Principal Broker/

Owner

870-867-7177

deanacole@winstream.net

www.pride-homes.netCheck out my blog at www.mountidarealestate.com/

939 Hwy 270 East, Mount Ida, AR 71957Phone: 870-867-0101

MONTGOMERY COUN-TY DISTRICT COURT

COMPILED BY ANDREA SHEFFIELD

District court cases from Wed., February 26:

Darius Latroy Hill, 42, of Pine Bluff, fined $245 for fail to pay fines.

Brandon Lee Montgom-ery, 26, of Mount Ida, fined $185 for careless and pro-hibited driving and $270 for fail to appear.

Eric Lance Britt, 36, of Mena, forfeited $120 for speeding (69 in 55 mph).

Benjamin Travis J Cog-burn, 21, of Caddo Gap, forfeited $116 for speed-ing (65 in 55 mph).

Christopher Stephen Davy, 22, of Mena, fined $245 for fail to pay fines.

Aubrie Janell Dillard, 32, of Amity, fined $131 for speeding (70 in 55 mph) and $270 for fail to appear.

Angel M. Domenech-Emmanuelli, 29, of Glen-wood, forfeited $175 for speeding (87 in 55 mph).

Klaus Fritz, 52, of Gar-land, TX, forfeited $160 for improper passing on

left.Adam L. Gilson, 34, of

Hatfield, fined $320 for driving on suspended license.

Anthony W. Holcombe, 42, of Amity, forfeited $150 for driving vehicle/trailer no registration or tags expired.

Casey Dee Hunter, 31, of New Hope, forfeited $121 for speeding (70 in 55 mph).

Austin Dale Johnston, 21, of Horatio, forfeited $70 for no seatbelt.

Michael Lynn Jones,

51, of Atkins, forfeited $131 for speeding (70 in 55 mph).

Jonathan Bryan Keen-er, 30, of Little Rock, for-feited $121 for speeding (70 in 55 mph).

Athan James Lambert, 17, of Amity, forfeited $70 for no seatbelt.

Leslie Suzanne McDow-ell, 19, of Sparkman, for-feited $116 for speeding (65 in 55 mph).

Clint Andrew Pannell, 41, of Benton, forfeited $121 for speeding (70 in 55 mph).

Shannon Lloyd Self, 43, of Mount Ida, forfeited $139 for speeding (73 in 55 mph).

Stefanie Rene Tucker, 24, of Amity, forfeited $160 for following too closely.

Benjamin Shane Vil-latoro, 27, of Hot Springs, forfeited $245 for fail to pay fines.

Ronnie Lee Watts, JR, 33, of Mena, fined $540 for two counts of fail to appear, $320 for driving on suspended license and $640 for criminal imper-

sonation-2nd degree.John Vincent Waylock,

27, of Arkadelphia, for-feited $141 for speeding (74 in 55 mph).

Brittany Sue Myers, 20, of Little Rock, forfeited $320 for driving on sus-pended license.

Jaythan Tyler Starr, 21, of Oden, fined $640 for fleeing-vehicle or convey-ance, $165 for speeding (87 in 55 mph), $500 for reckless driving -1st of-fense-physical injury and $395 for reckless driving-1st.

Dear EditorTo the person who threw the dirty diapers out at South and Cedar

Street, “Shame on You.”Let’s all work together to keep our city clean and pretty.

Norma Jean Barrett

Dear Editor, We have seen time and

time again how wonderful it is to live in a small com-munity and county. The support given to school activities and functions are astounding! There may not be an over bountiful bas-ket of money here but our citizens are always willing to support our kids!

The Mount Ida Lion Band Boosters would like to ex-

press their sincerest appre-ciation to all individuals and businesses for your contin-ued support of the Mount Ida Lion Band program!

We regret that we cannot name all of you individually for fear of leaving someone out.

Our children know who you are and they appreciate all you do, as well.

Whether it’s bake sales, fundraisers, or feeding them

after/during a ballgame, you all have shown much grati-tude toward our children.

Again, we would like to say “THANK YOU” to all of you who have helped in some way at some point in time.

In closing, the parents/guardians who make up the Mount Ida Lion Band Boost-ers are so thankful for our close-knit community and county. We are proud to

say we live in this wonder-ful community and county!! THANK YOU ALL!!!

Sincerely, The Mount Ida Lion Band

Boosters Program

Keep our city clean

We get letters...

State working to help schools upgrade technology

Mount Ida band, band boosters thank community

The descendants of Audie and Bertha (Gray) Shaw will host a family reunion on Saturday, March 15 at the Roosevelt Auditorium in Mt. Ida starting at 11am, with a potluck lunch at 12 noon. Audie and Bertha had 5 children: Irvin, Odell, Heulos, Dean and Jerline, 11 grand-children, 15 great grandchildren and 18 great-great grandchildren. Those attend-ing include their 2 surviving children: Irvin, wife Alta; Dean, wife Emma, and grandson Artie Shaw from Idaho, along with other grand to great-great grandchil-dren. All extended family and friends are invited to attend. For more information please call: Susan James 870-867-2363; Retha Curtis 870-867-4150; Wanda Clen-ney 870-867-3381 or Debra Crowley 870-867-3136.

EMILIE KINNEY

Contributor

Do you enjoy playing in the dirt? Well, three county residents have just completed this year’s com-prehensive horticulture training program spon-sored by the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service and are eager to get their hands dirty with the Montgomery County Master Garden-ers. The introductory pro-gram consists of numerous mini-courses taught by County Extension Agents and other specialists cov-ering botany, soil science, plant propagation, pest management, pesticide & herbicide usage, veg-etable & ornamental plant gardening, plant & weed identification, pruning, and

other horticulture related subjects. It is a virtual crash course in Arkansas gardening and graduates leave sated with valuable information and intense enthusiasm!

The Master Gardener program was begun in 1972 in the state of Washing-ton when a County Agent developed the ingenious idea of training a group of volunteers to assist in the local Cooperative Exten-sion office with answering phone queries regarding horticulture issues. The idea caught on and the MG program has since grown across the country.

There is a wide range of reasons for joining the program: some people are new to our county and want to learn more specif-

ics about their new “grow zone”, some are recently retired and anxious to become more active with their gardening hobby, some look forward to form-ing friendships with people of similar interests, while others are eager for the ongoing opportunities to attend advanced trainings offered throughout the state. Master Gardeners have varied special inter-ests and diversified levels of knowledge and skills but all continue to grow in knowledge through train-ing and experience and are dedicated to serving the community by offer-ing assistance in the local Cooperative Extension office, presenting public educational programs and maintaining specific gar-

dening projects through-out the county.

The Montgomery Coun-ty Master Gardeners are de-lighted to welcome Cheryl Stevens, Friday Gladheart and Nancy Zlotnik as new members and would be pleased to answer any spe-cific questions you might have about the program. We are always open to more members so please call the Montgomery Coun-ty Cooperative Extension office (867-2311) to be put in touch with an MCMG contact. Interested indi-viduals are also welcome to attend any monthly meeting (first Wednesdays at the County Annex) and learn more about the MC-MGs and our activities. You would enjoy the fellowship of our organization, the

Montgomery County Master Gardeners Welcome New Members

programs and trainings that are made available to you, and the satisfaction

of volunteering your time and talents to worthwhile county projects.

Cheryl Stevens, Friday Gladheart and Nancy Zlotnik are welcomed at the March MCMG meeting as new members for 2014.

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Montgomery County News - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - Page 12

Mount Ida Tire and Service CenterOn the square 270 West

(870) 867-3721

We are glad to announce our newest mechanic to our team, Joe Partain !

We offer general automotive repairs: Shocks, Tune-Ups, Brakes, and Tires

Business hours: Monday thru Friday 8:00 A.M. to 5 P.M.

Saturday 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.

Free estimates on all repairs !

Jimmy Gwinn-Manager

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Oden sharpshooters make it to state competition

DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY | Montgomery County News

The Oden archery teamhad 22 sharpshooters qualify for the state competition held Sat., March 8 at the Hot Springs Convention Center. The team inished fourth in the state competition with a score of 3,241. Tarren Blansett inished third overall in the boys division and Brandy Summitt inished third overall in the girls division. Pictured left to right: (back row) Jasper Rose, Aaron Carmack, Devin Sullivan, Kaitie Philpot, Wayne Armstrong, Austin Golden, Brady Hobbs, Shelby Blansett, Lane Davis, Travis Gray, Billy Joe Damazio; (front row) Samantha Stovall, Dewanna Summitt, Jamie Carmack, Keira Thomas, Sarah Morrison, Jeff Lewis, Ty Gray, George Cook, Tarren Blansett, Brandi Summitt, Zoe Singleton, Breanna Stovall and Apryl Philpot. Not pictured Mason Wagner.

MOUNT IDA – Eight members of the Mount Ida FBLA are preparing for the Future Business Leaders of America State Competition to be held April 7-8 in Little Rock.

Hunter Whisenhunt, Keifer Colgrove, Hannah Ross, Bailey Carr, Victoria Lantz, Hanna Vines, Kaylee McAdoo and Cassan-dra Hutts qualified for the state competi-tion by placing in the district competition held Jan. 29 in Hot Springs.

The Mount Ida FBLA chapter sent 24 members to the district competition with 19 competing.

They received second place among

chapter membership marketshare and they were named the third largest chapter within the district.

Hunter Whisenhunt placed second in the business law competition and Kaylee McAdoo finished second in the business calculations competition.

Bailey Carr, Victoria Lantz and Han-nah Vines finished third in the marketing competition at district, while Keifer Col-grove and Hannah Ross finished fourth in the sports and entertainment marketing competition.

Cassandra Hutts placed fourth in the business procedures competition.

Mount Ida FBLA students qualify for state competitions

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Eight Members of the Mount Ida Future Business Leaders of America qualiied for the FBLA state competition after placing in the district competition earlier this year. Pictured left to right: (back row) Hunter Whisenhunt, Hannah Ross, Keifer Colgrove; (front row) Kaylee McAdoo, Bailey Carr, Victoria Lantz, Cassandra Hutts. Not pictured Hannah Vines.

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