SEPTEMBER
14, 2005
NATO
nations continue to bring disaster relief supplies to Little
Rock Air Force Base, which has been designated the center
for deliveries of foreign donations to Hurricane Katrina victims.
Foreign aid keeps coming
IN SHORT:
Gov.
Mike Huckabee visited Little Rock Air Force Base Tuesday to
see first-hand the extent of the aid being delivered from
foreign countries and from NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.
[FULL
TEXT]
Cabot
decides to keep sales tax
IN SHORT:.
It's a landslide. Cabot voters said loud and clear Tuesday
that they prefer to pay for their new sewer treatment plant
by extending an existing sales tax seven additional years
rather than doubling sewer rates. The vote to extend the tax
was 927 for, 187 against. [FULL
TEXT]
Guard helps victims
IN SHORT:
NEW
ORLEANS - Unimaginable, un-thinkable and chaotic are just
a few words used by Col. Richard Swan, commander for Joint
Task Force Arkansas in New Orleans, to describe the damage
caused by Hurricane Katrina.
[FULL
TEXT]
Evacuees
receiving hope
IN SHORT:
The
pride in Jacksonville Mayor Tommy Swaim's voice is evident.
He's not only pleased with the way the community re-sponded
to help the influx of Hurricane Katrina evacuees, but he's
overwhelmingly satisfied with the way the help was initiated
and continues to take place.
[FULL
TEXT]
Change
of command
IN SHORT:
Brig.
Gen. Kip Self took command of Little Rock Air Force Base Friday,
even as transport planes from around the world ferried tons
of Hurricane Katrina relief supplies to the base for distribution
further south.
[FULL
TEXT]
CAW
goes full-steam ahead with land push
IN SHORT:
Even
as work begins in earnest on a Lake Maumelle Watershed Man-agement
Plan, lawyers for Central Arkansas Water are preparing to
file a condemnation lawsuit against Deltic Timber, which wants
to develop mini-estates on 700 acres on the lake.
[FULL
TEXT]
Relief
pours into LRAFB
IN SHORT:
On the tarmac at Little Rock Air Force Base, a C-130 from
Egypt sits side-by-side with an Israeli El Al 747, both having
discharged emergency hurricane relief aid headed to Louisiana
and Mississippi, part of a virtual United Nations of air transports.
[FULL
TEXT]
Cabot High School FFA remembers founding member
IN SHORT:
The
Cabot Future Farmers of America Advisory Committee has created
a leadership fund to continue the legacy of founding member
Larry W. Sims of Ward. Sims passed away Aug. 25.
[FULL
TEXT]
Cabot's
Michael Rowlett and a teammate bring down a Mills player during
the Panther's loss last week to the Comets.
Cabot fighting for first win
IN SHORT:The
Cabot Panthers suffered one of the most surprisng losses in
school history last week when they lost to Mills 35-28. Cabot
collapsed in the fourth quarter like no Panthers team in recent
memory, and as a result, could start the season 0-3 for the
first time since 1978.
[FULL
TEXT]
N.
Pulaski remembers last season at Lonoke
IN SHORT: North
Pulaski will host a battle of the hungry teams searching for
their first victory when the Lonoke Jackrabbits travel to
Jacksonville to face the Falcons on Friday night.
[FULL
TEXT]
SEPTEMBER
7, 2005
A
C-5 Galaxy containing food from NATO, including ready-to-eat
meals from the United Kingdom, is unloaded at Little Rock
Air Force Base. Several foreign cargo planes also arrived
at the base.
Foreign
aid arrives at base
IN SHORT:
At
least 15 aircraft from as many as eight foreign countries
will discharge their hurricane-relief supplies at Little Rock
Air Force Base by Thursday, where airmen will load them onto
commercial freight liners headed into the heart of the storm
ravaged South, according to Lt. Jon Quinlan, base spokesman.
[FULL
TEXT]
District
sends its buses to transport evacuees
IN SHORT:.
Nearly 90 Pulaski County Special School District personnel,
driving 62 buses, answered Gov. Mike Huckabee's call Labor
Day weekend, transporting more than 1,100 storm evacuees from
Fort Chaffee to relocation centers around the state. [FULL
TEXT]
Families welcomed to area after ordeal
IN SHORT:
The
lights were bright, the air conditioning was running at full
blast, and a 31-inch television was blaring the sounds of
a weekday afternoon sit-com.
[FULL
TEXT]
Cabot
could give $50,000 for refugees
IN SHORT:
A
special Cabot City Council meeting has been set for tonight
at 7 to deal with evacuee issues. The council will consider
appropriating $50,000 for the mayor to spend at his discretion
to assist the evacuees in Cabot until federal aid is available,
waiving water deposits for evacuees and establishing temporary
housing on 10th Street.
[FULL
TEXT]
Katrina's
Aftermath
IN SHORT:
Five
days into the greatest natural disaster in U.S. history, even
as many tens of thousands of people desperately stew in frustration
and anger in New Orleans awaiting long-promised water, food
and medical help, local people are helping out.
[FULL
TEXT]
Military
working to save victims
IN SHORT:
Combined,
more than a thousand Little Rock Air Force Base airmen and
Arkansas National Guardsmen are working to save lives, move
supplies, light runways and restore order in New Orleans and
other storm-ravaged parts of Louisiana and Mississippi.
[FULL
TEXT]
Family
must flee again
IN SHORT:
When
the United States pulled out of Saigon in 1975, abandoning
all of Vietnam to the North Vietnamese, Trung Vu brought his
family to this country with the few possessions they could
carry. A young man then, he started anew, settling in the
New Orleans area and eventually working as a jeweler.
[FULL
TEXT]
Area Girl Scouts opening arms
IN SHORT:
The
Ouachita Council of Girl Scouts is inviting girls from families
evacuated as a result of Hurricane Katrina to join the Girl
Scouts free of charge. The Ouachita Council of Girl Scouts
will pay all registration fees.
[FULL
TEXT]
North
Pulaski running back Rodric Rainey, left, will lead his team
into this week's showdown against Jacksonville linebacker
Eugene Cherry, right, and the Red Devils Friday at NP.
Sloppy openers expose areas needing improvement for Falcons,
Devils
IN SHORT:The
two Jacksonville high school football teams enter this Friday's
annual showdown after taking their own respective thumpings
in last week's season openers.
[FULL
TEXT]
Badgers,
Lonoke continue old rivalry
IN SHORT: There's
no telling what kind of game to expect when rivals Beebe and
Lonoke face off Friday night in Lonoke. The game could be
a shootout like last season when the Jackrabbits won 34-26
at Beebe, or the game could be low-scoring, like in 2003 when
the Badgers came away with an 8-2 victory.
[FULL
TEXT]
AUGUST
31, 2005
Don
Crabbe, president and chief executive officer for First Electric,
in white shirt, center, speaks to crews who left early Tuesday
to help restore power in Lousiana.
Workers
lending a hand
IN SHORT:
As
survivors assess the damage from Hurricane Katrina, Arkansas
utility companies are sending employees to help restore electricity
to more than one million customers. After hitting the tip
of Florida last week, the massive hurricane made landfall
again on the Gulf Coast early Monday morning, wreaking havoc
and killing dozens of people.
[FULL
TEXT]
Guard
ready for evacuees
IN SHORT:.
The Arkansas National Guard opened the Searcy Readiness Center
in White County Tuesday, along with the Crossett Readiness
Center in Ashley County to provide shelter for Hurricane Katrina
evacuees. The two centers were opened in addition to the Monticello
Readiness Center in Drew County. [FULL
TEXT]
State check will pay for upgrading Lonoke jail
IN SHORT:
Things
may be looking up for the overcrowded, decrepit Lonoke County
Jail, the result of a General Improvement Fund check for $290,000
due to be presented to County Judge Charlie Troutman at 2
p.m. Friday.
[FULL
TEXT]
DoD
has final say on base strength
IN SHORT:
No
one seems sure how many additional C-130s Little Rock Air
Force Base will receive in the wake of the Base Realignment
and Closure Commission recommendations, but ultimately that
will be a Defense Department decision, not a decision by the
BRAC Commission.
[FULL
TEXT]
Gas
prices skyrocket
IN SHORT:
Gasoline
jumped more than 25 cents a gallon from Monday night prices
to Tuesday prices, and they were still rising Tuesday.
[FULL
TEXT]
Base
harbors planes fleeing from Katrina
IN SHORT:
The
Base Closure and Realignment Commission may have bought Sen.
Hillary Clinton's argument that Little Rock Air Force Base
is in tornado alley and too weather-vulnerable to be home
to a new batch of C-130s, but for the second time in two months
the Jacksonville base provided safe harbor to Air Force planes
fleeing hurricanes.
[FULL
TEXT]
Open Arms Shelter in Lonoke receives $28,000 gift from Dillard's
department store.
IN SHORT:
Lonoke's
Open Arms Shelter for abused and neglected children received
one of their largest gifts ever, $27,000 from Dillard's in
McCain Mall.
[FULL
TEXT]
The
NLR pass rush is one of the best in the state. DE's Van Stumon
and Jonathan Hicks got into the Jacksonville backfield frequently
last year, and are back this season.
Devils aware of Cats
IN SHORT:The
week-one battle between Jacksonville and North Little Rock
could be labeled many things. One of the main things is a
revenge game for the Red Devils. Jacksonville entered last
season's opening game with high hopes and expectations, while
North Little Rock was hoping to become a team to contend with,
but were still up-and-comers.
[FULL
TEXT]
Conway
goes to air to bomb Panthers
IN SHORT: The
favorite almost never wins the Cabot-Conway football game
that has become a season-opening staple in the state of Arkansas.
Tuesday night was no different, as the underdog Wampus Cats
went to the air to down the Panthers 21-7 in the first game
of the Diamond Bank Bowl doubleheader.
[FULL
TEXT]
AUGUST
24, 2005
Jacksonville
Middle School principal Angela Romney helps students at her
single-gender school find classes during the first day of
classes Friday.
Cabot,
Beebe districts grow
IN SHORT:
Official
school enrollment totals aren't due until next week, but an
unofficial count has the Cabot School District keeping pace
with projected enrollment figures. So far, the district has
8,232 students. Last year, enrollment was just over 8,000.
[FULL
TEXT]
General
to BRAC: Closings essential
IN SHORT:.
Jacksonville-area officials and local airmen can't be blamed
if they keep a close eye on C-SPAN2 between now and Saturday,
as the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) commission decides–on
television–the probable fates of Little Rock Air Force
Base and other military bases across the country. [FULL
TEXT]
City plans to get tougher on dogs rather than ban
IN SHORT:
Even
though a petition with 170 signatures to ban pit bulls was
presented to Jacksonville's dog ordinance committee Monday
night, the group decided not to ban any specific breed of
dog just yet.
[FULL
TEXT]
Manager
looks forward to contest
IN SHORT:
Two
days into her new job as manager of Cabot Mayor Stubby Stumbaugh's
campaign for Con-gress in Arkansas' First District against
Rep. Marion Berry, Andrea Allen says her candidate has a good
chance of winning the race she has always wanted to be a part
of – in the district she calls home.
[FULL
TEXT]
Beebe jeweler wins design award
IN SHORT:
A
bracelet and two pendants made by jeweler Lyn Edwards of Edwards'
Jewelry Bench in Beebe won three awards at the Arkansas Jewelers
Association annual convention in Little Rock.
[FULL
TEXT]
The
Cabot Panthers line up for a play in Monday night's scrimmage
game against Lake Hamilton. The Panthers now have a lot to
work on before the season opener, according to head coach
Mike Malham.
Cabot
finds areas that must improve
IN SHORT:
"We've got a lot of work to do, guys." Those were
the first words by Cabot coach Mike Malham to his team after
its first competitive play of the year.
[FULL
TEXT]
Sylvan
Hills coaches are pleased with Blue-White
IN SHORT: The
Sylvan Hills Bears held their annual blue-white scrimmage
game on Saturday night at the Sherwood Sports Complex. Parents
and hometown fans came out to get the first glimpse of the
2005 squad.
[FULL
TEXT]
AUGUST
17, 2005
Cabot
Westside Elementary School kindergarten teachers Stacy Rhodes
(from left) and Mandy Coen prepare sound muncher creations
to hlep promote phoenetic awareness in their classes. Schools
open Friday.
Playground
area given new look
IN SHORT:
This
summer, volunteers from Little Rock Air Force Base, led by
MSgt. John Simonof of the 314th Maintenance Squadron, refurbished
two Tolleson Elementary playground areas and made them into
one playground. About 80 percent of the students at the Jacksonville
school are children of military parents. "It's just a
goodwill community project," Simonof said.
[FULL
TEXT]
CAW
to raise water rates for its customers
IN SHORT:.
Although not directly related to the need for Central Arkansas
Water to purchase about 1,300 acres of sensitive land from
would-be developers on Lake Maumelle, water rates to some
customers, including Jacksonville, will be raised. [FULL
TEXT]
Council in Cabot is feisty as ever
IN SHORT:
Stubby
Stumbaugh is running for Congress, which means he has only
15 months left as Cabot's mayor. But on Monday night, his
first city council meeting since the announcement Saturday,
it was clear that nothing else has changed.
[FULL
TEXT]
Funding
lawsuit hearing is Friday
IN SHORT:
General
Improvement Fund projects worth $52 million, earmarked for
House and Senate districts across the state, hang in the balance
as Pulaski County Circuit Judge Willard Proctor holds a preliminary
hearing Friday on a lawsuit filed recently by Jacksonville
attorney Mike Wilson.
[FULL
TEXT]
Complex
is planned for elderly
IN SHORT:
Rep.
Vic Snyder was among the speakers at a groundbreaking yesterday
for construction of a three-story, 44-unit apartment complex
for low-income seniors adjacent to the Jacksonville Towers.
[FULL
TEXT]
Clerk
in Cabot settles lawsuit
IN SHORT:
Cabot
Clerk-Treasurer Marva Verkler has dropped her federal lawsuit
against the city and Mayor Stubby Stumbaugh.
[FULL
TEXT]
Austin has a clinic once again
IN SHORT:
A
ribbon-cutting ceremony was held in Austin Monday for the
re-opening of the health clinic there.
[FULL
TEXT]
Jacksonville
offensive guard Keith Ransom, left, blocks defensive tackle
John Ottis Monday afternoon during a Red Devil srimmage.
Stoerner
stops by Wildcat workout
IN SHORT:
The North Little Rock Charging Wildcats had a special guest
drop by a recent practice last week.
[FULL
TEXT]
Panthers
getting over injury bug
IN SHORT: The
Cabot Panthers continue to suffer through more injuries.
[FULL
TEXT]
AUGUST
10, 2005
Col.
Dave Watson, 314th Airlift Wing vice commander, says a few
words at the start of the Little Rock Air Force Base-Jacksonville
Chamber of Commerce Community Relations Tournament held on
Foxwood Country Club's new greens on Friday. A ribbon cutting
celebrated the reopening of Foxwood Golf Club.
Less
pop, more pep for students
IN SHORT:
Local
administrator fears there is not enough time in the school
day for new regulations such as more physical education.
[FULL
TEXT]
PCSSD
is accused of illegal cutbacks
IN SHORT:
The
state Education Department has rejected for now Pulaski County
Special School District's fiscal distress improvement plan,
pending a satisfactory explanation of the district's "actual
authority to eliminate paid holidays, reduce the number of
days in an employment contract and freeze salary schedules
and steps for all employees," according to a letter received
by interim Superintendent Robert Clowers July 25.
[FULL
TEXT]
Schools
hurry to remedy citations
IN SHORT:
The
state places Cabot High School on accredited-probationary
status for not offering enough instructional time.
[FULL
TEXT]
Cabot
shelter plans low-cost clinic
IN SHORT:
There
will be a reduced cost spay, neuter and shot clinic at the
Cabot Animal Shelter, 8000 Kerr Station Road by appointment
only Aug. 23 through 25.
[FULL
TEXT]
Preserving Lonokes history
IN SHORT:
After
seven years, museum finds a permanent home.
[FULL
TEXT]
Panthers
making moves early
IN SHORT:Cabot
football team began practice Monday with a few players in
new positions and several new faces working with the varsity
squad.
[FULL
TEXT]
Injury
bug biting Cabot hard
IN SHORT:Eight
players, including several key contributors, are injured and
sitting out Panther practices.
[FULL
TEXT]
Practice
picking up for SH Bears
IN SHORT:
Sylvan Hills players are getting used to the heat and practicing
with more intensity this week. Head coach Ron Sebastian says
his players are showing improvement in the mental aspects..
[FULL
TEXT]
July
27, 2005
Suphot
Phimboun (left) and Fred Marquardt decorate a more than 800-pound
Buddha statue that was moved from the corner of Second and
Mulberry streets in Jacksonville to a new temple at 1410 Hwy.
294 near Furlow. The new temple is big enough for the Buddha
to be placed inside. In Jacksonville, the Buddha sat outside
for lack of space inside the temple. A meditation ceremony
will be held from 11 a.m. to noon Sunday at the new location.
Tax
supporting Cabot projects on ballot again
IN SHORT:
Proposal
would raise $26 million for a new sewer plant, railroad overpass,
community center, animal shelter and other projects, but if
voters reject the tax, their sewer rates would more than double,
officials say. [FULL
TEXT]
Veterans
get toilet after fight with city
IN SHORT:
Group
files suit to make Cabot officials keep promise to rebuild
facilities at park.
[FULL
TEXT]
Single-gender
school ready
IN SHORT:
Boys
principal defines the problem as the Pulaski district rolls
out an innovative, if so-far unproven, approach to education.
[FULL
TEXT]
Rainfall
helps some farmers, late for others
IN SHORT:
Drought
has hurt some Lonoke soybean fields, but flooded fields hurt
others as farmers hope for good yields.
[FULL
TEXT]
Having a blast
IN SHORT:
It's
not just rocket science at Cabot space camp.
[FULL
TEXT]
IN SHORT:
The
Sherwood Sharks won their sixth and final meet of the season,
and clinched their second straight Central Arkansas Swim League
championship with a closer-than-expected 768-730 win over
the Maumelle/YMCA consolidated team. [FULL
TEXT]
Joyner
to coach Red Devils
IN SHORT:Former
North Pulaski coach moving across town to lead Red Devils
[FULL
TEXT]
July
20, 2005
Cabot
voters said no Tuesday to a millage increase that would have
paid for a community center and railroad overpass. The vote
on the railroad overpass was 537 against and 493 for. The
vote on the community center was 551 against and 475 for.
[FULL
TEXT]
Officials
tell panel base can take on growth
IN SHORT:
Central
Arkansas top guns remind BRAC commissioners of LRAFBs ability
to expand its mission. [FULL
TEXT]
Beebe
rejects city expansion
IN SHORT:
Only
voters in Searcy were in an agreeable mood, approving a 1-cent
sales tax for a new fire station and to retire old debt.
[FULL
TEXT]
Board
votes to remove stickers
IN SHORT:
Beebe
Schools end standoff with ACLU over evolution-versus-creation
disclaimer in textbooks.
[FULL
TEXT]
IN SHORT:
The
Sylvan Hills Bruins A squad has been on a roll in the American
Legion zone tournament at Burns Park. The Bruins won their
first three games in the tournament in decisive form, controlling
all three games both offensively and defensively. [FULL
TEXT]
Ruff-Neks
take ASA state title
IN SHORT:
Things
didnt go as easily as they were supposed to, but the Cabot
Ruff-Neks 12-under fastpitch team did manage to win the ASA
state championship game Sunday afternoon in Cabot.
[FULL
TEXT]
Buried
in books
IN SHORT:
The
Ward Public Library on Friday ended its summer reading program
with a bang, getting a $500 donation from First Electric Cooperative's
Operation Round-Up program.
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