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October 3, 2019

Cindee Bromley, age 72, of Norman, passed away on Monday, September 23, 2019.

She was born on January 28, 1947, in Texarkana, Arkansas, the daughter of Robert Walter Plunkett and Georgia Eulena Arnold Plunkett. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Bromley; and her parents.

Cindee was a member of the Norman City Council, volunteered as an EMT for many years and worked as a CNA for the Glenwood Assisted Living, where she shared her kind heart with the residents. She enjoyed traveling, gardening, sewing, crocheting, working with all types of crafts and was an excellent cook. Her greatest joy in life was spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren, whom she adored. Cindee will truly be missed by all who knew and loved her.

She is survived by her three daughters and two sons-in-law, Kaelyn Sorenson of Oregon City, Oregon, Krista and Bryan Shelley-Greiwe of Batesville, Indiana and Karalee and Warren Black of Norman; seven grandchildren and their spouses, Haley Sorenson, Hayden Sorenson, Laura and Korey Padgett, Michelle Greiwe, Katherine and Joey Vodzak, Riley and Miranda Black and Marshall Black; her great-grandchildren, Aiden, Calvin, Isla, Brooks, Ben and one on the way; two brothers, Gary Plunkett and his wife, Kay, of Norphlet and Clayton Plunkett and his fiancée, Brittney, of Kirby; her sister, Cheryl Martin of Friendship; numerous nieces, nephews, extended family members and a host of wonderful friends.

The family will hold a graveside memorial service at 2:00 PM, Saturday, October 12, 2019, in the Shockey Chapel Cemetery.

Arrangements were under the direction of Davis-Smith Funeral Home and Crematory, Glenwood.

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

NPC recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Dewayne Holloway

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October 3, 2019

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(October 2, 2019) Hot Springs – National Park College (NPC) will host a series of events this month in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in partnership with Michelle Lawrence, Prosecuting Attorney, Ouachita Children, Youth and Family Services, and the Garland County Domestic Violence Task Force.

The Silent Witness Project will be on display Wednesday and Thursday, October 23-24, 2019 in the Student Commons building. The project is sponsored by the Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence and was created in 1997. It consists of life-sized plywood silhouettes that represent a victim murdered by an intimate partner this year and tells the victim’s story on a shield attached to the silhouette.

A training session for members of the law enforcement community will be held Wednesday, October 23from 8:00 a.m. to noon in the Student Commons Conference Center on the first floor. Registration is required at https://cal.np.edu/event/law-enforcement-training/.

Sherry Williamson, child abuse project coordinator for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will present “The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children” at 9:00 a.m. A panel discussion will follow beginning at 10:15 a.m. including Laura Abbott, Advocate; Tracey Childress, Executive Director of the Mercy Child Advocacy Center; Charlotte Vining Douglas, Former Arkansas House of Representative and Advisor for Child Advocacy Centers; Amy Higgins, Clinical Director for Ouachita Children, Youth and Family Services; Angela Street, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney; Jason Stachey, Hot Springs Police Department Chief; and Karla Gentry, LPC, Mental Health Professional.

The events will conclude with a proclamation from Mayor Pat McCabe at 11:30 a.m. All events are free and open to the public.

National Park College was established in 1973 and is located in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The College enrolls over 7,500 credit and non-credit students per year. NPC is a comprehensive two-year institution offering associate degrees and certificates as well as continuing education, community services and workforce training.

Arvest to Give $39,000 to Arkansas, Missouri Teachers

Dewayne Holloway

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October 2, 2019

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(Oct. 1, 2019) MOUNT IDA – Arvest Bank will honor teachers throughout the state of Arkansas while awarding 78 educators with a total of $39,000 in prize money.

The decision to award 78 $500 gifts to individual teachers from a pool of 31 counties – and two nearby counties in Missouri – was made out of respect and appreciation for the work teachers do. All prizes will go to teachers who work at state-funded schools.

“At Arvest, we believe that being a teacher is a calling, and many of these teachers make sacrifices every day for our kids,” said Don Gooch, community bank president for Arvest Bank in southwest Arkansas. “This campaign is our way of supporting exceptional teachers by giving them extra money to spend on supplies for their classrooms.”

To nominate a teacher to receive one of the $500 prizes, look for an Arvest Bank Facebook post about this contest during the week of Oct. 7-13. Reply to the post with your favorite teacher’s name and other requested information, including one sentence describing why that teacher deserves to win.

This is the third year for the campaign in Arkansas. Counties included are: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin, Garland, Hempstead, Howard, Johnson, Little River, Logan, Lonoke, Madison, Marion, Miller, Mississippi, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Scott, Sebastian, Sevier, Washington and Yell in Arkansas, and Barry and McDonald in Missouri.

About Arvest
Arvest Bank, named by Forbes magazine as one of the “World’s Best Banks” for 2019, operates more than 260 bank branches in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas through a group of 14 locally managed banks, each with its own board and management team. These banks serve customers in more than 135 communities, with extended weekday banking hours at many locations. Arvest also provides a wide range of banking services including loans, deposits, treasury management, credit cards, mortgage loans and mortgage servicing. Arvest is an Equal Housing Lender and Member FDIC.

About Arvest Wealth Management
Arvest Wealth Management offers wealth management, trust services and insurance products. Investments and Insurance Products: Not FDIC Insured, May Lose Value and Not Guaranteed by the Bank. Trust services provided by Arvest Bank.

Engineering student earns scholarship, begins custom prosthetic design

Dewayne Holloway

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October 2, 2019

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Engineering student earns scholarship, begins custom prosthetic design

(October 2, 2019) Hot Springs, Arkansas – National Park College (NPC) Engineering student, Ben Scarbrough was selected to receive the Elisabeth Wagner Math and Science Scholarship this semester in the amount of $500.

He was nominated by instructor Darlene Gentles. “Diligence, initiative and altruism are qualities found in Ben Scarbrough that make him outstanding among engineering students,” said Gentles. Gentles said he can be found in the engineering study room daily either with fellow students or working diligently on his own to master the content.

Inspired by his own struggles with expensive and poor fitting prosthetics, Scarbrough hopes to use his degree to design affordable, custom prosthetics and disability aids. He was born with campomelic dysplasia, a rare disorder that affects the skeletal system. He uses prosthetic legs for mobility, but says quality prosthetics are too costly for most people.

“They are so expensive, and I don’t think they should be that expensive. Because of my experience with prosthetics, I believe I can probably make them cheaper and be able to pass that on to people so they can have the newer technology,” he said. He explained that prosthetics with sensors and ankle movement can cost more than $100,000. “I believe I could build that at a cheaper rate so people who aren’t exactly wealthy could still be able to enjoy that.”

Scarbrough is currently working to design custom prosthetic arms that will allow him to participate in welding classes. He took the initiative to seek design input from staff at the Innovative Technologies Center to refine his design and has inquired about a grant for help funding the prototype. He worked with Industrial Technology faculty to clarify the mechanics needed to make the prosthetic electrically functional.

“He has built, with his outgoing personality, a team of resources supporting his project. Many engineering students choose the profession due to its high demand, high wage outcome. Ben is designing an advanced prosthetic at an affordable price, and that is a level of altruism that many beginning engineering students take years to develop,” added Gentles.

After dropping out of high school in the ninth grade, Scarbrough said he made a series of poor choices before going back to earn his GED. “I messed up a lot in my earlier life,” he said. “I saw that I still had it, as far as my intelligence and being able to do this stuff and it inspired me to be better instead of the person I was.”

Scarbrough chose NPC because it was close to home and affordable. He said his experience overall has been very positive and has helped to boost his confidence to further his education. He said that since he began classes, it has “re-sparked [his] passion” for learning. “I love the teachers. They have all been very helpful and they all seem to really care about my success.” After graduation, he plans to transfer to the University of Arkansas Little Rock to complete his bachelor’s degree.

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National Park College was established in 1973 and is located in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The College enrolls over 7,500 credit and non-credit students per year. NPC is a comprehensive two-year institution offering associate degrees and certificates as well as continuing education, community services and workforce training.

Article submitted by National Park College

Sheriff’s Office reports unidentified body found

Dewayne Holloway

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October 2, 2019

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Sheriff’s Office reports unidentified body found

Montgomery County Sheriff David White has reported that his office responded to a call regarding a deceased person located at a residence on Adams Lane. The body has been sent to the state crime lab and pending identification the issue will be under the investigation of the state police.

Gap Mercantile presents Heritage Days Festival October 5

Dewayne Holloway

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September 26, 2019

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Gap Mercantile presents Heritage Days Festival October 5

Come and join the fun at the first Caddo Gap Heritage Festival, a day of family-friendly fun for all ages.

The event will feature vendors, demonstrators, and artisans showcasing skills, chores, and lifestyles of the first settlers to southwest Arkansas. This event is free to the public and will be held October 5, in and around the historic Gap Mercantile in downtown Caddo Gap. The Mercantile is located 35 Vaught Street, in Caddo Gap.

A variety of festival demonstrations will recreate life as it was from the 1800s through the era of the Great Depression. Walk into a Civil War camp while listening to re-enactors describe life during the War Between the States; watch a blacksmith forge simple metals into beautiful and practical tools and utensils, and see how Native Americans crafted deadly arrowheads out of novaculite rock, abundantly found in the Caddo Gap area. Kids can join in the fun too, with some hands-on activities like simple woodworking and a game of old-fashioned marbles or jacks. Featured demonstrations will also include soap making, broom making, wool spinning, among others.

Gary and Lynna McWilliams – Gap Mercantile owners who are organizing the Caddo Gap Heritage Festival – reopened the mercantile in August of 2017 and are preserving the “1930’s and 1940’s feel” of the general store, along with providing retro candies, souvenirs, gifts, antiques, jellies and jams, and a large selection of glass bottle soda pop varieties.

McWilliams, who hosts, “The Farm Hand’s companion Show” on YouTube, which features and demonstrates old time farm methods and history, will be demonstrating his old time farm ways during the festival, including making old-fashioned wood shingles, hewing logs, and making tool handles.

Article Courtesy of Mount Ida Area Chamber of Commerce

Forest Service proposing local fee changes

Dewayne Holloway

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September 26, 2019

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Forest Service proposing local fee changes

HOT SPRINGS – The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to change recreation fees at Lake Sylvia Group Use Site and propose initiating recreation fees at Wolf Pen Gap OHV Trail Complex and Little Missouri Falls on the Ouachita National Forest.

The public is invited to provide input to these proposed fee changes. Proposed fee changes include:

Increasing the camping fees per night at Lake Sylvia Group Use Sites by $10 per night (proposed fee would be $35 per night).

Implement new use fees at Wolf Pen Gap OHV Trail Complex, $5 per OHV/ATV for a 1-day pass or $40 for an annual yearly pass beginning in March 2021, increasing the use fees to $8 per OHV/ATV for a 1-day pass or $50 for an annual yearly pass beginning in March 2023 and increasing the use fees to $10 per OHV/ATV for a 1- day pass or $60 for an annual yearly pass beginning in March 2025.

Implement new use fees for Little Missouri Falls to be comparable to other Day Use Sites on the Forest at $5 per vehicle.

Golden Age, Golden Access, America the Beautiful Senior Pass and America the Beautiful Access Pass will be honored for applicable discount as posted.

The Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004 allows the Forest Service to keep a percentage of fees collected at recreation sites to use locally in the operation and maintenance of these sites.

For more information, or to provide comments about this fee proposal for the Recreation Resource Advisory Committee to consider, please contact Bill Jackson at 501-321-5253, or by email at SM.FS.ONF_rec@usda.gov.

The deadline to provide comments is March 1, 2020.

The Donut Sisters share experiences in their new book, “People & Donuts”

Dewayne Holloway

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September 26, 2019

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The Donut Sisters share experiences in their new book, “People & Donuts”

For 10 years or so the go to place for donuts and anything sweet in Mount Ida was the “Twins Stop Donut Shop” and thanks to the owners Bonnie McConnell and Penny Crow you can read about their experiences at the shop.

The sisters have collected stories from the donut shop in a book titled “People & Donuts.” It is a lighthearted look at life in Mount Ida as seen through the eyes of a pair of twins who love to bake and share the warmth of a good donut with their friends.

Bonnie stated at the book signing that she was working out of state in a job that wasn’t making her happy. She contacted her sister Penny who lived in Mount Ida and asked “What can we do together?” After pitching several ideas they settled on a donut shop.

Penny shared that she continued working at the Shoe Factory for the first few months while making donuts at the shop. However, once the business got to rolling she left it behind for a life of donuts and fun.

People who were fortunate enough to experience the sweet fruit of their labor still talk about their donuts and their shop. They were so popular that when the Angell’s opened their donut shop a few years ago they turned to the sisters for assistance.

Their book “People & Donuts” is a way for them to give back to the community that offered them so much love and support for so many years.

The book is filled with stories of their customers and things that happened in the unpredictable world of donuts.

Their book “People & Donuts” can be purchased online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. It will be available for digital download soon. A date will be announced when it is available.

Article Written by Dewayne Holloway

Lions fall to Panthers 55-26

Dewayne Holloway

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September 26, 2019

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(September 26, 2019) MAGNET COVE – The Mount Ida Lions played a great first half last Friday at Panther Stadium only to see Magnet Cove ride a big third quarter rally to a 55-26 victory over Mount Ida.

Mount Ida exited the first half down by eight with Magnet Cove leading 21-14.

The clock moved quickly in the first half with both teams focusing on their ground game. Magnet Cove opened the game on their own 38 yard line and marched 62 yards in eight plays to score on a 10 yard run by Tyler Hodges with 8:43 left in the first quarter. Alex Ordonez hit the PAT to give Magnet Cove a seven point lead.

Mount Ida opened their first drive with a lot of passion, moving the ball from their own 19 to midfield before a fumbled pitch forced them to punt the ball away on a fourth and 18 from their own 34.

Magnet Cove only needed four plays to score their second time around. Landon Stone took the ball in from eight yards out to give the Panthers a 14 point lead with 1:27 left in the first quarter.

The Lions mixed things up in their next drive with five different players getting at least one carry. They marched 65 yards in 12 places to score on a one yard run by Hunter Davis. The two point conversion failed and Magnet Cove clung to a 14-6 lead with 7:41 left in the first half.

Magnet Cove responded with a 19 yard touchdown reception to Jaryd McJunkins with 5:01 one left in the half.

Undaunted, the Lions marched 60 yards in seven plays to score on a 35 yard run by AJ Perez. John Hoeksema scored on the two point conversion to pull Mount Ida to within seven points of Magnet Cove with 2:05 left in the half.

Mount Ida forced a turnover on a punt, but ran out of time before they could mount another scoring drive.

Mount Ida seemed to be snake bit in the opening moments of the second half with Panthers rattling off 14 unanswered points to give themselves a 34-14 lead with 7:59 left in the third quarter. The first score came on a 26 yard run by Stone and the second came on another run by Hodges, this one on a 43 yard run.

Mount Ida looked as if they may have righted the ship with a two play 62 yard drive that culminated in a 60 yard touchdown pass from Austin Cooper to John Hoeksema with 7:11 left in the third quarter.

Magnet Cove scored the next 21 points to put the game out of reach for the Lions. Stone scored on a 39 yard run, followed by Hodges on a 62 yard run. Hodges capped the Panther scoring effort with a 56 yard run for a score. Ordonez connected on all three PATs.

Mount Ida’s final score was set up by a fumble recovered by Landen Scrimshire deep in Panther territory on the 28 yard line. Three plays later Hunter Davis carried the ball in from 19 yards out for the final touchdown of the night.

Mount Ida had 202 yards rushing on 47 plays, scoring three touchdowns on the ground.

They went 1-3 as a team for 60 yards in the air with one score for a total of 262 total yards of offense.

They gave up 439 yards of offense to the Panthers, most of which came in the second half.

Baylor Bates led the Lions with six tackles, followed by Hunter Davis with four tackles, Blake Collum and #26 with two tackles each. Merlin Vander Weyer, AJ Perez and Seth Breashears each had a tackle.

Mount Ida drops to 0-3 on the season and opens the conference schedule on the road this Friday at Mineral Springs. Kick off is set for 7 p.m.

Article Written by Dewayne Holloway