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The public is invited to a wild game supper Sat., March 21 at 6 p.m. in the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in Mur-freesboro. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Ben Phillips with the Arkan-sas State Baptist Con-vention. Door prizes will be given away and local award winning hunters will have their mounts on display. Tickets are $5 at the door for adults, while kids 12 and under are admitted free.

Wild game

supper set

The South Pike Coun-ty School District will hold their Kindergarten Pre-Registration for the 2015-2016 school year on Monday, March 16, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the Elementary building.

Please bring a copy of your child’s Birth Certifi-cate, Social Security card, shot record and ARKids card if applicable.

Also bring your child with you to meet the teachers and participate in a pre-test.

Kindergarten registration to be held

Daisy VFD to host

Easter Egg Hunt

A couple was arrested in a local motel on drug possession charges recently following a Pike County Sherriff’s Office (PCSO) investiga-tion.

The PCSO had received multiple calls about possible drug activity emanating from Glen-wood’s Lux Motel, as well as a warning from Guard-i a n E M S t h a t h a d r e c e i v e d five calls, complain-ing of pos-sible over-doses. The final call the EMS service r e c e i v e d featured a female lo-cated in a room that had report-edly ingest-ed 90 Xanax prescription pills.

On Tues-day, Febru-ary 17, PCSO Chief Depu-ty David Shelby, Pike County Detective Sergeant Clark Kinzler and Deputy Shawna Kinzler met at the LUX Motel. Shelby made contact with a female in which he had conversed the night be-fore, and brought along Shawna Kinzler for pro-priety’s sake.

MURFREESBORO-A regis-tered sex offender was arrested after she recently contacted the Pike County Sheriff’s Office to notify them that she was moving back to a previous address.

Katherine Tribble called the office on March 2 and spoke with Investigator Wayne Epperly. She told Epperly that she wanted to make contact with the Sex Offender Coordinator to notify them that she had moved back to a previous address. Epperly told Tribble that he was never aware that she had moved from the residence. She told him she had spoken with the coordinator a couple of weeks ago and had been trying to get back in touch with him. Epperly got a phone number from Tribble and told her he would call her back after he checked her Sex Offender Verification Form to see if she was current.

Epperly checked the form, which showed Tribble’s current

address in Murfreesboro and also checked dispatch logs to see if anything was logged about Tribble making contact with the sheriff’s office, but found noth-ing. Epperly then tried to call Tribble only to find the number he was given did not work, so he then went to the address she had listed as her residence.

Epperly spoke to the occu-pant at the address who pro-vided a written statement that Tribble had been kicked out of the residence on November 28, 2014 and that she had not heard or seen from her since.

Epperly then contacted De-tective Clark Kinzler. Kinzler said that he had spoken with Tribble a couple of weeks prior and that she had told him she had been kicked out of her residence and that she was trying to find a place to stay. Kinzler said that she did not tell him that the inci-dent occurred in November and he told Tribble to stay in touch

with the Sheriff’s Office and to come in for an address change when she found a place to stay.

A check of Tribble’s Facebook page proved fruitless other than a recent picture of her and her boyfriend, but on March 3 Trib-ble contacted the Sheriff’s Office again. Epperly told her he knew she was not living at the resi-dence and told her she needed to come in and talk to him.

When Tribble arrived to

The Murfreesboro Chamber of Commerce Board met on March 5 after their regular meet-ing was postponed due to bad weather.

Numerous activities were discussed by the board and dates were confirmed for a number of these events.

Starting in March the Chamber will sponsor a “Business of the Month”. The Chamber will put an ad in the papers featuring this business. There will also be a story in the paper about the business which will also be posted on the Chamber Website.

For the month of March the featured busi-ness is the Ace of Diamonds. They will be having an open house on March 13 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm as well as 10% off store wide that day.

Murfreesboro Mayor Rodney Fagan reads a Dr. Seuss book to the children at the Murfreesboro CADC Headstart. The children have been celebrating Dr. Seuss. photo by Christy Coccarelli

Couple arrested in Glenwood for drugs

Pinckard

Shultz

Woman arrested for failure to report address changes

Tribble

-SEE DruGS, paGE 3

‘ B u s i n e s s o f M o n t h ’ announced

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By Heather GrabinEditorDuring a review of the city’s financial statement

new council member Rob Evans asked when the “red flag” was to be questioned due to his concern over a de-crease in revenue from the last month. City Treasurer Penny Lamb explained to him that the city will not be seeing significant revenue coming in until around the middle of the year. The coun-cil discussed the city taxes with Mayor Rodney Fagan saying that he cannot “stress enough the importance of shopping local.”

The council unanimously passed the City Park Ordinance that it has been in the works since last fall.

The ordinance establishes a park commission that will have authority to manage, operate, maintain and repair the grounds; the right to control the use of the buildings and grounds and the right to employ or remove employees and to fix and regulate salaries. The commission will also have authority to enter into contracts for the facility.

The commission will submit quarterly reports to the Mayor and the City Council and an an-nual audit of the operations of the park. All revenues received

from the park will be kept in a separate account from the city and the money will be segregated and used exclusively for the operation of the park.

The ordinance also states that the city council can appropriate funds to the park as needed.

Council members Dana Stone and Jason All-mon had been the committee that worked on the ordinance. “I think this is what we wanted,” said Stone. She mentioned that the main thing the city had wanted was reports from the park so that the city knows what is happening. She said she felt the ordinance accomplished that.

Members of the newly established Park Com-mission are: Travis Branch, Jay O’Neal, Betty Evans, Todd Hale, Lonnie Ballard, Robbie Crocker and Lori White. Meetings will be held the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the park office.

The council went ahead and approved the water and sewer rate increase that was approved last month, even though it had been found that the Water Commission did not have to ask the city permission for a water rate increase, just the sewer increase.

Murfreesboro Water Superintendent Randy Miller explained that he had found this informa-tion out when it was suggested that a public hearing had to be held over the sewer rates. A public hearing does not have to be held for the sewage rate to increase because it is a blanket rate raising everyone’s sewage, not just a certain section of town.

Miller said the only difference in what he presented last month was that the commission went with an additional $150 deposit after three disconnections to justify the expense incurred.

Finances discussed, ordinances passed Monday night

-SEE CounCil, paGE 4

Below, a jonquil valiantly struggles through the snow that much of the area received Thursday, March 5. photo by Heather Grabin

Daisy Volunteer Fire Department will be host-ing our First Annual Eas-ter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 28, at 2 p.m. at the Daisy City Park (formerly Crawford Point), 3 age divisions with prizes.

Other activities will include a Cake Walk fol-lowing the children’s Egg Hunt, Egg Toss, Adult Egg Hunt with Prizes, Guess How Many contests, face painting and more! Pop-corn, homemade good-ies, & water will be sold!

Bring the family and invite your neighbors to come out for a fun-filled afternoon at the Daisy City Park!

Please call/text 870-223-3579 or 870-681-1401 for more information, di-rections, or to volunteer.

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State Capitol Week in review

From the Barnyard

Est. 1975

Mike GravesPublisherThere was an article this

week on MeatingPlace.com by Mack Graves (no kin to the noted yet humble fa-ther of Rexanne and Andy, husband to enchantingly lovely Denise and non-award winning farm columnist for the Nashville News) implor-ing the beef companies to help promote their product rather than rely on an in-crease in funding from the beef check-off.

I say, “Amen,” cousin Mack. While the beef check-off has been an effective promotional tool, ranchers should not have to shoulder the entire burden of promot-ing their product.

“In my view, the four larg-est companies controlling 72 percent of the U.S. beef slaughter capacity have an industry obligation to aggressively promote their

own brand, and thereby pro-mote beef totally,” states Mr. Graves. Dang, I’m starting to really like this man. Maybe we are kin after all, although he probably won’t claim me after he reads what they say about me on Facebook.

It can be done. Just take a look at what has been done in the poultry indus-try without a check-off. It was done, according to the article cited, with “targeted, specific and impactful con-sumer advertising.”

What I get from the article is the fact that today, the beef companies are also the poultry companies, and therefore do not have the urgency to keep beef king - and, make no mistake, beef is king. Always has been and always will be, at least until the end times.

Chicken is good. So is pork and fish. But beef is king in an advanced, evolved, God fearing, law abiding

society.I believe the big four com-

panies mentioned are doing a good job creating new, ex-citing ways to prepare beef. I also believe they should do as good a job promoting the consumption of beef.

So, come on big four. I know you’re reading this. Do your part and let’s not raise the beef check off.

That’s all I’ve got today. I hope none of you lose a bet and have to wear one of these head set phones we laugh about down at the co-op.

“There’s too many hungry people losing weight.”

-Paul McCartney(Estimated net worthof $1.05 billion)“The tide is high and I’m

holding on, I’m gonna be your number one!”

-The Tide is HighBlondieGalatians 3:25

Why can't time change happen on a Wednesday or something. Why must it always be on the weekend when you can never get lined back out for Monday morning? I was even asleep by 9ish Sunday night, trying to improve my Monday at-titude. It didn't work.

I thought it did for an hour or two. Then everything I had worked on and planned just started slowly spiraling out of control. And some days it really just doesn't matter how good of an at-titude you attempt to have, events complicate things.

The finest plans in the world can be created, stud-ied, made fool proof and then, bam; random, trivial tricks of life begin.

I've been thinking about life in general for quite a while now. I've experienced so many dramatic life events

it seems that time pe-riods are referred to as "before such and such" or "after what

not". My brain auto-matically categorizes these events in such a fashion, I don't know if everyone else does.

So, since these mo-ments are so impor-tant they break up my time line of life events, I've been pondering them. I've decided there are at least three

types of life events: break you moments, shake you moments and make you moments.

All are very valuable, different and personal. Of course, the break you mo-ments are terribly awful. They are you're worst, se-cretly harbored fears that you would never even dare whisper come true. The break you moments literally do break you for a time, but I've seen that after a while a weird sense of peace and a wisdom will come along with the sorrow and fears when those moments are remem-bered. You never quite heal from the break me moments, you just simply keep breath-ing and eventually you will catch back up with life again.

The shake you moments aren't the greatest, but they can lead to great things.

They can be a wake up call that leads to good or bad things; a pause in the plan, a time for reevaluation and they are important. Every now and then we have to readjust. The realization that our circumstances aren't on track with our hopes and dreams is never pleasant, but definitely necessary every now and thens.

The make you moments are by far the best. They may be as awesome as hold-ing your child for the first time, the joys and sorrows of watching them grow or as insignificantly small as a moonlit walk taken fifteen years ago. Those feelings are good and pure, of being loved, of knowing life is amaz-ing, being at peace. Knowing that even though you may have failed at some things in life others are a complete success. I intend to make more of these moments in my life. I will be watching for the little things. Even on Mondays after springing forward. Because the little things improve my attitude and may be later recalled as a make me event.

“You must be the person you have never had the cour-age to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you can see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.”-Paulo Coelho

The Cooperative Extension Service and Pike County 4-H in cooperation with The Arkansas Veterinary Association is sponsoring the Rabies Program in Pike County. The cost will be $9.00 per pet. Other shots will be available at each location for an additional charge. For your convenience the following schedule will be used. The minimum age for pets is 3 months.

NOTE TIME CHANGES! (DR. WRIGHT) SATURDAY, MARCH 28

Wright’s Veterinary Clinic 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. MONDAY, MARCH 23(BONNIE HARDING) Rain date MONDAY, April 6New Hope – Post Office 1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.Langley – Fire Department 2:30 p.m. – 3:00p.mKirby – Bethlehem Baptist Church 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. FRIDAY, MARCH 27 (BONNIE HARDING) Rain Date FRIDAY – April 10Nathan-Fire Department 1:00 p.m. - 1:25 p.m.Cooley’s Store 1:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.Pike City Missionary Babtist Church 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.Murfreesboro City Park (Old Park)** 3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

MONDAY, MARCH 30 (BONNIE HARDING) Rain Date MONDAY - April 13Murfreesboro City Park (Old Park) ** 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.Antoine - City Hall 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.Pisgah-Community Center 4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.Delight-City Park 5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.**Murfreesboro City Dog License will be available for $5.00 per dog** FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACTCounty Extension Office - 285-2161 -- P.O. Box 297, Murfreesboro, AR 71958DVM Bonnie Harding - 845-2606 -- 2630 Hwy. 26W., Nashville, AR 71852 DVM Dr. Wright – 356-4195 – 55 Hwy 70 E. – Glenwood, AR 71943

From Senator Larry Teague

March 6, 2015LITTLE ROCK – The Sen-

ate approved legislation to implement the governor’s ambitious prison reform plan. It’s now in the House of Representatives.

Senate Bill 472 embod-ies much of the governor’s proposals to relieve prison overcrowding. It authorizes the state Correction Depart-ment to contract with coun-ties, the federal government and other states to house Arkansas inmates. Already the Board of Correction has approved a contract with a privately-operated prison in Bowie County, Texas, to house 228 inmates for $36 per inmate per day, plus $2.42 a day per inmate for medical coverage.

The governor proposes to expand specialty courts, such as drug courts, and SB 472 sets up a task force of criminal justice profes-sionals to make a thorough evaluation of the effective-ness of the drug courts now in operation. Members of the task force will not be paid.

SB 472 creates a “pay for success” program au-thorizing the Department of Community Correction to contract with private organizations such as half-

way houses, job placement companies, faith-based orga-nizations and rehabilitation facilities. Private organiza-tions would receive financial bonuses if they lower recidi-vism rates of inmates under their care.

Also, SB 472 would ex-pand “re-entry” programs to better prepare inmates for productive lives outside of prison. They would be taught job skills and coping skills, such as anger manage-ment.

A significant innovation in SB 472 is its emphasis on treatment of drug abuse and mental illness. It directs prison officials to make sure all inmates have applied for Medicaid, which would pay for treatment. The bill authorizes the Human Ser-vices Department to accept Medicaid applications from inmates over the Internet.

Also last week, the Senate Education Committee ad-vanced legislation to change eligibility criteria for lottery scholarships.

Senate Bill 5 would im-prove the lottery’s cash flow by changing how scholar-ships are awarded. Now, col-lege students who qualify get $2,000 their freshman year and $3,000 their sophomore year. SB 5 would award fresh-men $1,000 and sophomores

$4,000. It would not change schol-

arship awards to juniors and seniors, which would remain at $4,000 and $5,000.

A controversial provision of SB 5 would significantly change eligibility require-ments for high school gradu-ates. Now, they can qualify by graduating with a 2.5 grade point average on a scale of 1 to 4, on which 4 is an A, 3 is a B and 2 is a C. Students also qualify by scoring 19 on the ACT, a national standardized test used for college admissions.

Under SB 5, maintaining a 2.5 GPA in high school would no longer make a high school graduate eligible for a lottery scholarship. This provision in SB 5 levels the playing field between public and private schools, because private school stu-dents cannot qualify with a 2.5 GPA, they must score a 19 on the ACT.

Snow DaysTwo new laws enacted

this session will give school districts more flexibility in making up snow days.

Act 143 allows superin-tendents to open at 10 a.m. or close at 1 p.m., up to five times a school year, without having to make up the entire day.

Act 286 allows school dis-tricts to make up snow days in increments of 60 minutes at a time, and it takes effect immediately. That allows schools to add an hour to two at the end of the regular school days between now and June.

Dates set for pike County rabies Clinic

The Pike County Conservation District would like to remind all poultry producers that their annual registration is now due, January-March 31.

The fee is $10 and registration can take place at the Pike County office located at 131 N. Kelly St. in Murfreesboro.

Arkansas law requires poultry feeding operations with 2,500 or more poultry housed to register.

Failure to register will result in penalties.For more information call 870-285-2424.

poultry producers registration due

The first annual Rattler Dash 5K Run/Walk and a Snake Walk Kids Run will be held on Saturday, March 14 at the Murfrees-boro City Park. The event is a fundraiser for the Rat-tler Track program.

Registration informa-tion is as follows: $25 reg-isters one participant in the 5K run/walk and they receive a Rattler Dash t-shirt; $15 registers one participant in the Snake Walk Kids Run and they receive a Rattler Dash

t-shirt. (Free for children with a parent or guardian participating in the 5K Run/Walk, however, if any child wants a shirt, they must pay entry fee.

Registration is due by Thursday, March 5. Forms can be mailed to Murfrees-boro TRACK c/o Chuck Lowery, 605 Third Ave., Murfreesboro, AR, 71958, e-mailed to [email protected] or turned in to the school, any track member or coach.

Sponsors are also

needed for this event. $50 makes you a Gold Sponsor with your name/company on the Rattler Dash t-shirt, plus two shirts; $30 makes you a Silver Sponsor with your name/company on the Rattler Dash t-shirt, plus one shirt; $15 makes you a Gold Sponsor with your name/company on the Rattler Dash t-shirt. All interested sponsors are asked to contact Chuck Lowery.

1st annual rattler Dash 5K run/Walk to be held March 14

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JonquilsareinbloomatHistoricWashingtonStatePark.Thearrivalof thesecolorful flowers signifiesthatit’stimetocelebratethearrivalofSpring,andwhatbetterwaytodothatthantovisitthe47thAnnualJonquilFestivalonMarch20-22,22.HistoricWashingtonwill

welcomecraftvendorsfromthesurroundingareaastheybring their goods to onecentrallocationandmakeit

easytoshopandenjoytheirstweeksofanArkansasSpring.Therewillbemusicthroughout theparkalongwithavarietyofmusiciansunder the Entertainmenttent.Ifyougethungry,wehave

avarietyof foodvendorstosatisfyyourcravingsoryoucanenjoythebuffetatWilliamsTavernRestaurant.Onceyouhaveinishedyourshoppingandhadabiteto

eat,youcanspendtherestofyourdaystrollingtheparkortakingatourofsomeamaz-inghomesandmuseums.GeneralAdmissiontothe

festivalisfree,witha$5feeforparking.Formoreinformationcall

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Roomoccupant JamesShultz acknowledged thecalls and stated that thefemalethatwaslivingtherewithhimwashiswife,Tif-fanyPinckard.Shultzstatedthathiswifedidhaveseveralprescriptionmedicationsand invited officers intotheroomtospeakwithher,howeverher speechwassigniicantlyhinderedandwasmostly incomprehen-sible,accordingtothepolicereport.In full viewof theoffi-

cers,Pinckardallegedlyat-temptedtotakeahandfulofprescriptionmedicationthatshe informed theofficerswasXanax.ThedeputiespreventedPinckard fromtakingthemedication,dis-coveringthereweretenpillsinherhand.ChiefShelbypulledShultz

asideandinformedhimthathematchedthedescriptionofanindividualthatentered

theEZMartinGlenwoodandclaimedtobeadrugdealertotheclerk.Shultzacknowledgedthe

act,reportedlysayingthatwasastupidthingtodo,andauthorized theofficers tosearchtheresidence.Inaglassescasewasa

small clearplasticbaggiecontaininga rolledbaggiewithacrystallinesubstancesuspectedofbeingmetham-phetamine, several otheremptybaggies,apipeandseveralstrawspossiblyusedfortheinhalationconsump-tionofmethamphetamine.Upon the discovery,

Shultz allegedly informedoficersthattherewerenoadditionalillicitsubstancesintheroombecausehehaddisposedoftherestfollow-ingtheincidentthenightbe-fore, fearingoficerswouldbearrivingat theroomtofollowup.Policereportsstatethat

Pinckardbecamemoreinco-herent,soShelbycontactedthelocalambulanceforanevaluation.Pinckardadmit-tedtooficershavingusedmethamphetaminefromthenarcoticsdiscoveredintheroomandrequestedoficersandmedicalpersonnel toleavebecauseshewantedtokillherselfthroughoverdoseofherprescriptionmedica-tion.Themedicalpersonnel

informedoficersthatPinck-ardwouldhavetobetrans-portedforfurtherevaluationfollowingthesuicidenotice,atwhichtimePinckardbe-cameextremelycombativeand resistedofficers andmedicalpersonnel,kickingShawnaKinzlerintheface.BothShultzandPinckard

arecurrently incarceratedin thePikeCountyDeten-tionFacilityonchargesofPossessionofmethamphet-aminewiththepurposetodeliveranddrugparapher-nalia,Pinckardfacesanad-ditionalchargeofbatteryintheseconddegree for theassaultonKinzler.

-Drugs, from pg. 1

speakwithEpperlyshetoldhimshehadbeenkickedoutoftheresidenceinNo-vember.Shesaid thatshestayedatdifferentplacesforacoupleofdaysatatime.Tribblesaidthatshewalkedaroundalotofthetimeandevenstayedunderabridge,travelingbetweenDelightandNashville,becauseshe

hadnoplacetostay.WhenEpperlyaskedTrib-

blewhyshehadnotcontact-ed theSheriff’sOficeandexplainedthesituationshesaidthatshedidnothaveawaytogetthereorhaveaccesstoaphone.EpperlyexplainedthatheknewshehadcontactedtheSheriff’sOfice inthe lastcoupleof

weeks,butthatshedidnotcontacttheminNovember.EpperlyevenaskedhowthepicturewaspostedtoherFacebookandTribblesaidherboyfriendhadrecentlygotten a phone. TribblemaintainedthatshehadnowaytocontacttheSheriff’sOfice.Sheiscurrentlyincar-ceratedatthePikeCountyDetentionFacilityforfailingtocomplywithregistrationrequirements.

-offender, from pg. 1

OtheractivitiesanddatesdiscussedwereaCarShowinJune,“ChristmasinJuly”July9,theDiamondFestival/FallFestivalOct.31,Christ-masParadeDec.5,theTasteofChristmasDec.10andtheChamberBanquet inJanu-ary2016.

The focusof these ac-tivitiesistoencourageandpromotewhatisavailableinMurfreesboroandtohaveagoodtimeandshoplocally.JustaremindertheCham-

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YOU MAY LOSE YOUR PROPERTY IF YOU DO NOT TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION.

IF YOUR PROPERTY IS SOLD, YOU WILL REMAIN LIABLE FOR ANY DEFICIENCY WHICH THEN EXISTS AND AN ACTION FOR COLLECTION MAY BE BROUGHT AGAINST YOU.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR SUCH PURPOSE.

This Instrument Prepared by: WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C. 1521 Merrill Drive, Suite D-220 Little Rock, Arkansas 72211 (501) 219-9388

WHEREAS, on August 26, 2005, Elva D. Slatton and Olen G. Slatton executed a security instrument conveying certain property therein described to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Mortgages for Arkansas, its successors and assigns; and

WHEREAS, said instrument was duly recorded September 7, 2005, in Book No. M263, at Page 284 in the real estate records of Pike County, Arkansas; and

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WHEREAS, mortgagee or beneiciary has complied with the conditions to exercise the power of sale as set for in ACA §18-50-103. The party initiating this action is JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, 3415 Vision Drive , Columbus, OH 43219, (866) 550-5705

NOW, THEREFORE, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Attorney-in-Fact or as Trustee,, by virtue of the power, duty, and authority vested in and imposed upon it, will, on April 7, 2015, at or about 9:00 AM at the Pike County Courthouse, Murfreesboro in, Arkansas, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder for cash, free from the statutory right of redemption, homestead, dower, and all other exemptions which are expressly waived in the mortgage, said property being real estate situated in Pike County, Arkansas, and being more particularly described as follows: Part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SE 1/4 NW 1/4) of Section Thirteen (13), Township Nine (9) South, Range Twenty-four (24) West, Pike County, Arkansas, described as follows: Commence at the Southwest corner, thereof and run thence North 22.5 degrees East 10 chains to corner; thence East 50 feet to the point of beginning; thence East 380 feet; thence South 200 feet to the center of the Pisgah-Bowen Road; thence Northwesterly along said road to the point of beginning, containing 0.87 acres, more or less. More commonly known as: 4451 Highway 301, Delight, AR 71940

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a ixture iling; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. THE SALE OF THIS PROPERTY WILL BE AUCTIONED WITH RESERVE. THE TERMS OF SALE ARE CASH THE DAY OF SALE. W&A No. 246814

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The following cases were filed in the Pike County Cir-cuit Clerk’s office.

Civil:3-6 Midland Funding LLC

vs. Francisco Campos, debt;3-6 Midland Funding LLC

vs. Billy Boyd, debt;3-9 Portfolio Recovery

Associates LLC vs. Freida Pinson, debt;

3-10 Midland Funding LLC vs. Virginia Howard, debt;

3-10 Midland Funding LLC vs. Tiffany Walton, debt;

3-10 Midland Funding LLC vs. Robert Hatton, debt.

Domestic Relations:3-9 Brandon Watts vs. Jen-

nifer Watts, divorce;3-9 Tina R. Cogburn vs.

Jerry W. Cogburn, divorce.Criminal:3-3 State of Arkansas vs.

Benny Earl Davis, possession of a controlled substance with purpose to deliver, possession of drug para-phernalia, maintaining drug premises, manufacturing, possessing and transporting.

3-3 State of Arkansas vs. Jocelyn Brooke Hope, possession of a controlled substance with purpose to

deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia, maintaining drug premises, manufactur-ing, possessing and trans-porting.

3-3 State of Arkansas vs. Michele Lea Garrison, pos-session of a controlled sub-stance-methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance without a pre-scription.

3-3 State of Arkansas vs. Tiffany Pinckard, possession of a controlled substance-methamphetamine with purpose to deliver, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia, battery-second degree.

3-3 State of Arkansas vs. James Alan Shultz, posses-sion of controlled substance-methamphetamine with pur-pose to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia.

The following marriage licenses were applied for in the Pike County Clerk’s office.

3-3 Timothy David Baker, 43 of Glenwood and Cheryl A. Palmer, 45 of Glenwood;

3-10 Jack D. Cogburn, 31 of Glenwood and Yolanda M. Whitney, 34 of Glenwood.

with an additional $150 deposit after three discon-nections to justify the ex-pense incurred.

Debbie Shukers was the only council member voting against the rate increase.

In other council news:The council will meet at

6:30 p.m. instead of 7.Mayor Rodney Fagan ex-

plained that all street repairs, from pot holes to speed bumps, will be completed when the weather allows. He said that he and the Street Department employees had attended an asphalt mainte-nance class at Cossatot that was very informative.

Mayor Fagan urged mem-bers of the community to use the recycling bins at the city park. He said that there are bins for paper, plastic and aluminum, but no household

garbage.Mayor Fagan told the

council that he will be speak-ing with the Sanitation Com-mittee and the Finance Com-mittee about preparing to purchase a new garbage truck for the city in the fu-ture.

The council will not pur-sue any sidewalk grants. Any money that would have been spent to match the grants will be put towards the street department for repairs.

Mayor Fagan said there is an 80-20 grant that the park can apply for that will pave the walking trail and provide lighting. He said he will be mentioning it at Tues. Park Commission meeting.

Mayor Fagan also re-minded the council that they needed to be thinking of three citizens to appoint to the city’s Planning Com-mission.

-Council, from pg. 1

Rosie SimmonsDiamond StaffIt was a wet, gray, dreary

night, but Delight city coun-cil members, Tom Wilson, Ronnie Cox, Keith Woods, Randy Abbott, Mayor Paul Lane and recorder Brent Alexander were faithful to their offices. Chris Goodson was absent.

The minutes of the Febru-ary meeting were approved with amendments to be made in regards to the water audit for the 2014/2015 fiscal year and future years. The wording of the motion in the minutes was incorrect. This will be changed for the record. Mr. Cox made the motion to approve subject to the changes and Mr. Abbott seconded.

The city transaction list was reviewed by the council members and Mr. Cox made the motion to accept them as presented and Mr. Abbott seconded. Mr. Alexander gave an explanation on cer-tain entries that seemed to be duplicates. The state automatically deposits the tax funds into the general account and then the money has to be disbursed and

accounted for every time it transferred. There was also some speculation and discussion of whether the tax receipts would increase when the new Family Dollar store opened.

Once again there was no water transactions available for the month. A virus in the city computer system caused problems and all the data from the last 8 months had to be re-entered. The office is almost caught up so next month there will be water transaction reports.

The Mayor notified the board that the cost of water the town pays to Murfrees-boro will be going up $.04 cents per 1000 gallons of water every year for the next 5 years. He also talked about some of the difficulties the town has had in the past with maintaining the water quality. Delight no longer has these difficulties and are in complete compliance now.

Mr. Cox also noted that the city will have lots of street patching to do in the near future, because of what the weather has done to the streets.

Delight City Council talks finances

The following inmates were booked into the Pike County Detention Facility.

Feb. 21:James Daniel, 43 of Glen-

wood, failure to pay;Andrew L. Harvey, 19 of

Arkadelphia, warrant-failure to appear.

Feb. 22:Justus A. Holder, 18 of Mur-

freesboro, minor in possession of alcohol, possession of a con-trolled substance.

Feb. 23:David N. Fugitt, 35 of Mur-

freesboro, theft of property;Jason R. McDaniel, 38, do-

mestic battery-third degree.Feb. 27:Amanda Warwick, 30 of Mal-

vern, probation violation-felony;Kimberly M. Broussard, 33

of Hope, warrant-failure to pay;Melissa Dixson, 45 of Amity,

warrant-failure to pay, hold-

Montgomery County, hold-Clark County;

Steven R. Dixson, 40 of Am-ity, possession of a controlled substance.

March 1:Anthony C. Raymo, 19 of

Mount Ida, hold-Montgomery County;

Devyne E. Sorrell, 18 of Mount Ida, hold-Montgomery County.

March 2:Macon S. Sullivan, 23 of Lang-

ley, failure to pay.March 3:James A. Shultz, 29 of Bon-

nerdale, possession of con-trolled substance-methamphet-amine with purpose to deliver, possession of drug parapher-nalia;

Jerrica J. Benedict, 25 of Glenwood, driving under the influence, disorderly conduct, driving left of center;

Raymond K. Kersey, 62 of Kirby, public intoxication;

Mary J. Lewis, 25 of Langley, driving on suspended driver’s license.

March 4:Zacharia Benedict, 36 of

Glenwood, driving on suspend-ed driver’s license;

David J. Compton, 30 of Mur-freesboro, battery-third degree, disorderly conduct;

Barbara J. Hamel, 40 of Caddo Gap, hold-Montgomery County;

Katherine Tribble, 21 of Min-eral Springs, failure to comply with registration and reporting requirements.

March 6:Will N. Kosters, 18 of Mur-

freesboro, minor in possession of alcohol, possession of a con-trolled substance;

Thomas J. Pettus, 59 of Baux-ite, public intoxication.

March 7:Chris L. Huffman, 33 of Mur-

freesboro, hold-Garland Coun-ty, possession of controlled substance-methamphetamine with purpose to deliver, pos-session of drug paraphernalia, residential burglary, breaking or entering, theft of property, theft by receiving;

Stefanie M. Wilkerson, 40 of Murfreesboro, possession of drug paraphernalia, furnishing, possessing, using prohibited ar-ticles, possession of controlled substance-methamphetamine.

March 8:Vernon S. Bowser, 47 of Am-

ity, hold for court-Pike County;Hailey B. Tankersley, 24 of

Glenwood, driving while intox-icated-drugs, refusal to submit to test, improper display of license plate.

March 9:Jamie M. Dalton, 40 of Fort

Smith, child support-failure to pay.


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In an effort to foster an understanding between cowboys and vegetarians, it is crucial to debunk certain myths.

MYTH #1) Vegetarians are all left wing, liberal Demo-crats raised by Baby Boom-ers who voted for Al Gore.

Not so. The average vege-tarian is a 48 year-old woman who was forced to eat her broccoli before she could have dessert! It was not until President Bush came out of the closet and announced his dislike for broccoli, that he found a cause some veg-etarians could rally behind! Three registered as Repub-licans!

MYTH #2) Vegetarians have no sense of humor.

This myth is still under study. It appears that veg-etarians see very little hu-mor in cows being accused of belching huge quanti-ties of methane into the atmosphere. But they get a chuckle when someone throws ketchup on a mink coat. It just goes to show that what is funny depends on whose ox (or kumquat) is being gored.

MYTH #3) Vegetarians are a vanishing breed

An interesting myth. They are holding their own, approximately 2% of the U.S. population. But the turnover is high. The per-centage is also affected by immigrants, ethnic minori-ties and the poor. As they improve their lifestyle they feed their family more meat. In a constant effort to main-tain their ranks, vegetarians align themselves with like-minded groups who might help them vegetate; New Wave trade shows, Psychic conventions and the Hare Krishna.

MYTH #4) Most vegetar-ians became vegetarians because their mother said liver was good for them.

As good a reason as any, but not necessarily so. Snoopy, Garfield and Mickey had more influence than

mom. These were animals who ate chocolate chip cookies and lasagna. They could sing and knew Justin Bieber. They could speak and go to heaven. It fol-lowed that Barney and Babe had human feelings too and didn’t relish being eaten. Vegetarians feel sorry for drumsticks and Baco Bits.

MYTH #5) All vegetarians are alike.

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Maybe their cuddle-factor is too low?) Others will eat only eggs and milk. That’s a practical decision, I sus-pect. One can pass up a Spam sandwich or a bowl of menudo but it’s not so easy to turn down chocolate mint ice cream. And there is a small group of believers who eschew even the wear-ing of wool or leather. They are easily identified wearing petrochemical derivatives and a plastic shower cap!

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A break in the harsh winter weather and the opportunity to purchase strictly choice,graded replacement stock cows and bulls packed the bleachers at the Four States Spring turn out sale Saturday March 7th.

LBJ Cattle Company hosted their fourth sale at the newly remodeled Hope Livestock facility,and the results were proof of the quality of the cattle,and the trust ranchers have in the integrity of the marketing group

Consignors and buyers again commented on the efficiency of the entire sale,and the fact that most of the cattle were on the road and the crowd gone by sundown was a testament to the hard work of the sale staff.

“Once again,the hard work and concern for good genetics paid off for the consignors of the Spring Classic,”said Jeff Milam.’We are honored to have the trust of the ranches we represented and,again,could not have conducted the sale without the hard work of our staff.”

LBJ Cattle owners Lanny Ford,Bart Emerson,and Jeff Milam look forward to their fall sale while providing year round livestock sales and service.

PRICE RANGE SALE AVERAGE164 PAIRS $2900-$3900 $3235

29 BRED COWS $2350-$3750 $3035Brahman, Tigerstripes & Hereford

204 BRED HEIFERS $1950-$3200 $2505

103 OPEN HEIFERS $1475-$2400 $1670

43 BULLS $2200-$5500 $3865Charloias, Angus, SimAngus, Brangus, Polled Hereford, Balancer, Gelbvieh

Four States Classic Spring Turnout-March 7

Above, A packed crowd was on hand Saturday in Hope at the Four States Classic “Spring Turn Out Sale.” The market was aggressive with the cow/calf pairs shown bringing $3,500 per pair. See next weeks The Murfreesboro Diamond for more.

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Katelyn CoffmanStaff WriterTiffany Byers, a fifth grad-

er at Nashville Elementary School, has honed a skill that is difficult for even adults to master – she can complete a Rubik’s Cube in under one minute and thirty seconds.

According to an article on youngzine.org, it takes the average person five minutes to solve the cubed puzzle.

Byers said that when she first began practicing with the cube, that is the amount of time it took her. Over a period of two months, she shaved down her time to what it is today.

Byers got interested in “cubing” after her father pur-chased one for himself. He began learning how to do it, and one day his daughter ap-

proached him and requested that he teach her.

She became more and more intrigued with solv-ing the puzzle as quick as possible.

“I like how it challenged me to get faster and do bet-ter,” Byers noted.

After beating her five min-ute time by completing it in under a minute and thirty seconds, Byers brought her Rubik’s cube to school and demonstrated her talent to her teacher, Mrs. Webb, who, according to Byers, was impressed.

“I showed it to Mrs. Webb and she wanted me to go and show it to her teacher friends,” Byers said.

Nashville Elementary School posted a video to their Facebook on Feb. 1 of

Byers completing the Ru-bik’s cube. It currently has 2,748 views, 61 “likes,” 31 shares and 11 comments, making it the most popular post of the year.

The fifth grader plans to continue working with the cube in an attempt to beat her time. She stated, “I kind of want to be able to get it down to seconds.”

Perhaps she will be like Mats Valk of the Nether-lands, a Rubik’s cube world record holder and currently the fastest listed on record-holders.org/en/list/rubik.html. In 2013, Valk solved his Rubik’s cube in 5.55 seconds. The U.S. champion, accord-ing to the cite, is currently Dan Knights, who solved the puzzle in 16.71 seconds in 2003.

Tiffany Byers

Byers a whiz with a rubik’s cubeWe eat green eggs & ham...

Above, Murfreesboro Seniors Jacob Jackson, Haley Kennedy, Alex Kennedy and Hanah Kennedy enjoy green eggs and ham along with the first grade students (below) in Sharon Kennedy’s classroom.

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Dear Preacher: “Jesus said in John 6:44 no one could receives the gospel unless God draws him. But I don’t understand. How does God draw one to Christ?”

That isn’t quite what Je-sus said. He said, “No man can come to me, except through the Father which sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard from the Father, and hath learned, cometh unto me.” (John 6: 44-45). There are certain steps which Jesus gives in this text, and it is important that we know them if we would understand how God calls people. Jesus said that one must be drawn to God in order to come to Him (v. 44). He then shows the means by which one is enabled to come to him: “Heard from the Father, and hath

learned” (v.45). From these two verses, then, it is clear that God “draws” people by the instructions which he gives, which they hear and learn.

Many still look for some “mysterious call”- and find instead “lying wonders…strong delusions” (2 Thess. 2:9-11) that deceive them. The apostle Paul shows how people are called to be Christians, “God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: whereunto he called you through our gospel”

(2 Thess. 2: 13-14). That makes it simple, doesn’t it? God calls us “through the gospel” which the inspired apostle preached as Jesus directed them. That also explains the saying of Jesus, “Many are called, but few are chosen” (Matt. 22:14). Jesus told the apostles, “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved” (Mark 16: 15-16). Many are called (by hear-ing the gospel), but few are chosen (that is, few actu-ally accept the gospel, Mark 16:16). The way God calls people today is the same as it was 2000 years ago: He calls them by the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Direct all questions to: church of Christ, P.O. Box 256, Murfreesboro, AR. 71958. Thank you and have a great day.

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joining the corps........................$79,0005. Nashville - 44 acres with good timber & a great location. Just a couple of miles outside of Nashville on the Murfreesboro highway. Great home sites, lots of highway frontage......................................$66,0006. Mineral Springs - Totally remodeled (all new paint, floor coverings, etc.) 3 BR, 2 BA brick duplex. Great neighbor-hood.........................................$99,000

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1..4 acre lot, good location..$8,0002. 6 acre lake tract near Pikeville. Beautiful lake views, easy lake access. Can be divided..................$90,0003. 3 BR, 2 BA, CH/A, gas log fireplace, wrap-around deck, sm. shop, 3 dbl. carports, 3 ac., ½ mi. from Parker Creek rec. area...REDUCEDTO....$119,0004. 11 ac. tracts joining Parker Creek Rec. area, nice timber, great views, owner financ-ing available.................... $3,500/ac.5. 3 BR, 1 BA Brick, CH/A, Sun-r o o m , C o m p l e t e l y r e m o d -eled...................................$65,0006.159 acre farm with over 1/2 mile of river frontage. Also includes old cabin & pond. Excellent hunting area.................REDUCEDTO..................$1,750/ac7. 7.5 acres, excellent development property, can be divided ..............REDUCEDTO....................$22,5008.3 Wooded acres on Beacon Hill, Nice homesite.........................$9,0009. 2 BR, 1 BA, CH/A, Den & Living Room, Carport, Shop, Chainlink fence, Completely remodeled, ..................Private Backyard.....................$38,00010.2.59 acres on Hwy 19 inside city limits, all utilities available, great build-ing site....................................$25,00011.2 BR, 1 BA Brick, Partially furnished with 4.38 acres big beautiful timber, great location, just outside city limits......REDUCEDTO.......................$59,50012.2 acres inside city limits. All utilities available. Great building site. ..............

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..............................................$16,00013. 3 BR, 2 BA, Brick, CH/A, Wood-stove, Storm Cellar, Pavillion, 32 ft. Stor-age Bldg., 5 ac......................$150,00014. 2 BR, 1 BA Br ick , CH/A, C a r p o r t , C o m p l e t e l y r e m o d -eled.......................................$45,00015. Duplex with great commercial location. Excellent vacation rent-al.......................................$60,00016. 3 BR Brick, CH/A, Carport, Big shop, Great location, 1.7 acres.......................................$53,00017. 47 ac including Hinds Bluff with 1/2 mile frontage on Hwy 19 between Murfreesboro & Lake Greeson di-rectly across from River Ridge & Hinds Bluff trout stocking areas. Excellent deer & turkey hunting. Utilities avail-able..................................$225,00018.5 private acres beautiful Little Mis-souri River frontage near old Factory site, great fishing, great homesite, utilities available.................................$75,00019.Over 6 acres Little Missouri River frontage. Already has elect., water & septic. Nice deck hanging over the rivers edge....................................$110,00020.Secluded 3 BR, 2 BA, 3 yr. old 2 story home on 5 hilltop acres. Property overlooks the foothills of the Ouachitas & tons of wildlife. Located only a couple miles from town & a couple hundred yards from the Little Missouri River. ..............................................$129,000

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Above: Shanna Mack Coleman and Dale Humphry built a snowman outside the Revenue Office before going home on Wednesday, February 25. Submitted photo

Far left, Kristie Harris of Murfreesboro shows that snow is not just fun for the kids by making her own snow angel. Submitted photo

Left, One year old Emily Cornish is enjoying her first snow during the extreme winter weather that recently made its way through the state. Submitted photo

L e f t , H a n a h Kennedy, a senior at MHS, shows how excited she is for “snow days” by her smile and building a snowman. Submitted photo

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