NOVEMBER
30, 2005
New
future for Chopstick Restaurant?
Mikel
Brooks, right, helps rebuild the old Chopsticks restaurant in Jacksonville.
Berry
insists he'll run
IN SHORT:.Cong.
Marion Berry, D-Gillette, who was in Cabot on Monday at the request
of the Arlene Cherry Memorial Library, said he has heard rumors
that he is not running again for the First District seat he has
held for nine years, and those rumors are false, he insists.
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Sherwood is keeping close eye on PCSSD
IN SHORT:
Saying
"Something's fixin' to happen in the Pulaski County Special School
District," Sherwood Mayor Bill Harmon Monday evening appointed a
task force to monitor the complex situation in which the troubled
district finds itself.
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Raises
proposed in Beebe
IN SHORT:
Beebe
Mayor Donald Ward presented a $2.7 million budget to the city council
Monday night that contains the first pay raise for city employees
in three years.
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Lawyers
to appeal loss of suit
IN SHORT:Consumer
activist Todd Turner will appeal to the state Supreme Court Circuit
Judge Barry Sims' ruling Friday in favor of payday lenders, their
so-called regulators and the law exempting their transactions from
Arkansas' usury laws, he vowed Monday.
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Base
pleased with funding
IN SHORT:
A pair of new projects next year are aimed at helping improve the
working and non-working environment at Little Rock Air Force Base.
The base will be receiving $6.4 million next year for an improved
dining facility to replace the existing facility, which is aged
and undersized. The new dining facility will also house a community
center mailroom.
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JHS
cleanup
IN SHORT:
The
Devil Dustin Dirt Bustin Jacksonville High School Cleanup Day on
Nov. 19 was organized by Debbie Skidmore and Patricia White and
involved approximately 50 students, parents and faculty. [FULL
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Cabot's
6-foot-6 postman Alex Sharp, 41, and 6-3 Josh Whatley, battle North
Pulaski's 5-8 Rodric Rainey for a rebound Monday night during the
Panthers' 45-28 victory over the Falcons in the first-round of the
Ohio Arkansas basketball tournament at Central Arkansas Christian
High School.
Cabot towers over NP
IN SHORT:
A solid team performance in the second half propelled the Cabot
Panthers to a 45-28 win over North Pulaski in the opening round
of the Ortho Arkansas Invitational basketball tournament at CAC
on Monday night.
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Dragons
end Wildcats' title hopes with breakaway run
IN SHORT: Harding
Academy's perfect season came to an end with 2:11 left in the game
Friday when Junction City's Justin Hoof ran 86 yards to put the
Dragons ahead for the first time in the contest. Prior to Hoof's
breakaway run, the HA defense had contained Hoof well, holding him
to 23 yards on 11 carries.
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NOVEMBER
23, 2005
Above,
David Walton(from left), with Cabot Fire Department, Cary Hobbs
with Cabot City Beautiful, Buck Bing with Buck's Tree Service and
Cam Steel, president of Cabot City Beautiful set up the Cabot community
Christmas tree late Sunday afternoon. The tree was donated by Mr.
and Mrs. C.M.Gordon. The tree was taken from an area at Stagecoach
and Campground raods in Cabot.
FEMA
funding ends soon
IN SHORT:
"Right
now, we're trying to find a house to rent," said Wade Morgan, 26,
who has hunkered down at the Holiday Inn Express in Lonoke with
his 2-year-old son and his son's mother and said he was looking
forward to a fresh start.
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Roundup
of holiday activities
IN SHORT:.Many
area churches have spent the past couple of weeks preparing and
distributing food baskets for needy families and at least one church
will host a Thanksgiving Day meal for those in need on Thursday.
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District official defends himself
IN SHORT:
Marvin
H. Jeter III said Monday that the reason he was not rehired at Forest
(Miss.) Municipal School District was that he championed racial
equality and also allowed an integrated prom, which displeased the
superintendent.
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Cabot
developers frustrated
IN SHORT:
Five
Cabot-area developers were among those who attended a hearing called
to air grievances against the actions of the Arkansas Department
of Environmental Quality which has stepped up enforcement of federal
EPA storm-water runoff regulations.
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Ruling
favorable to payday lenders
IN SHORT:A
circuit judge in Little Rock upheld Arkansas' payday lending law
Tuesday. Opponents who challenged the six-year-old law said they
would appeal Pulaski County Circuit Judge Barry Sims' ruling that
the Check Cashers Act of 1999 is constitutional.
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Polantz
to run for mayor
IN SHORT:
Cabot Alderman David Polantz is in his fifth term on the city council.
Now, he says he wants to be mayor. Polantz has been among those
known for months to be considering running, but he would never say
how serious that consideration was, only that he was praying about
it.
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Honoring a new American
IN SHORT:
Sue
Hiipakka is proud to be an American. Born in Germany, she's even
prouder after a special day was hosted in her honor after she became
a U.S. citizen earlier this month. [FULL
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Jacksonville
freshmen guard Dezmon Blair tries to shoot over North Pulaski's
Carlos Donley during the Falcon's 42-39 victory Monday night.
NPHS freshmen upset Red Devils
IN SHORT:
The North Pulaski freshman Falcons came from behind in the second
half to pull off a minor upset Monday night in Metro Conference
play with a 42-39 victory over crosstown rival Jacksonville.
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SH
girls fall to FC; JHS tops hurt NP
IN SHORT: The
Sylvan Hills girls basketball team dropped to 1-2 Saturday with
a hard-fought loss to Forrest City in the Heavenly Hoops Classic
hosted by Mount St. Mary at the UALR Fieldhouse.
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NOVEMBER
16, 2005
Darrell
Morgan (left) and C.W. Maple load a Civil War M1861 rifle carriage
onto a trailer to be taken to Woodstock, Ga., to be restored. The
800-lb. cannon, made in 1864, sat on the lawn of the Lonoke County
Courthouse.
Cannon
to get makeover
IN SHORT:
The
cannon from the Civil War era in front of the Lonoke County Courthouse
is on its way to Historical Ordnance Works in Woodstock, Ga., to
be restored.
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Former
boss planned to let Jeter go
IN SHORT:.Marvin
H. Jeter III, Pulaski County Special School District's assistant
superintendent for learning services, resigned from his most recent
job as a school administrator in Mississippi before his former superintendent
could recommend nonrenewal of his contract, and there is some indication
that the PCSSD failed to check his references at that school.
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Routes offered for loop project
IN SHORT:
Nearly
500 North Pulaski residents attended public meetings on potential
routes being considered to complete the missing North Belt Loop
link through or around Sherwood on Monday and Tuesday, and as expected
the predominant theme was "not in my backyard."
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Beebe
mayor won't seek second term
IN SHORT:
Beebe
Mayor Donald Ward announced before about 40 city leaders Tuesday
that he will not run for re-election next year.
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Grandson
unhappy with fire response
IN SHORT:A
fire caused by a lightning strike on Hwy. 319 near Ward destroyed
an elderly woman's home and all her belongings Saturday night, but
her grandson says he believes something could have been saved if
the fire department had responded sooner and called for backup.
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GOP
candidates square off
IN SHORT:The
two Republican candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives'
seat in the First District both live in Cabot and both know each
other, but no one would go so far as to call it a friendship.
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Cabot
superintendent gets state's top honor
IN SHORT:Frank
Holman, superintendent of the Cabot School District, was presented
the Arkansas Superintendent of the Year Award during the board of
education meeting Tuesday night.
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The gift of shade
IN SHORT:
Five
trees, two red oaks and three red maples, have been planted at Central
Elementary School in Cabot as part of the Arkansas Forestry Commission's
Shade Trees On Playgrounds (STOP) program. [FULL
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Jacksonville
Lady Red Devils sophomore Morgan Waits takes a shot in traffic during
Jacksonville's loss to Mount St. Mary's Monday in the opening round
of the MSM hosted Heavenly Hoops tournament at the UALR Fieldhouse.
The Lady Devils will play Forrest City at 5:30 p.m. tonight in the
second round.
Local teams unblessed at MSM
IN SHORT:
Three area teams played in the first round of the Heavenly Hoops
Basketball Classic at the UALR fieldhouse Monday, and all three
lost their opening games.
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Perryville
presents strong test for Harding
IN SHORT: The
Harding Academy Wildcats are on to the second round of the AA state
playoffs this week after a high-scoring opening-round win over the
Earle Bulldogs 56-44. The Wildcats (11-0) will host the Perryville
Mustangs (9-1) at Alumni Field in Searcy.
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NOVEMBER
9 , 2005
IN SHORT:Robert
Decatur and other members of the storied Tuskegee Airmen may have
been welcomed home as second-class citizens rather than conquering
heroes after the end of the Second World War, but 60 years later,
after a long and distinguished career at the forefront of the Civil
Rights movement, he was received with respect, enthusiasm and two
standing ovations at North Pulaski High School on Tuesday as he
spoke to about 200 students.performed well. [FULL
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Housing
will force freeway to switch
IN SHORT:
New
developments force the State Highway Department to reassess which
way the second phase of the North Belt should go.
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PCSSD to discuss closings
IN SHORT:
School
board may close Homer Adkins and Scott elementaries, but will first
hold public meetings
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C-130Js
set for intense testing
IN SHORT:
New
transport planes will take part in a combat exercise in Fort Polk,
La.
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Runoff
clouds Cabot pond
IN SHORT:
Visitors
complain that runoff from the construction of a nearby subdivision
has polluted the small pond and fewer people are fishing there as
a result.
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Bulldogs
big favorites
IN SHORT:
Fourth-seeded
Red Devils feel they can beat nationally ranked Springdale
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Beebe
cross country wins state
IN SHORT:
The
Beebe boys' cross country team won the class AAAA state championship
Saturday at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs.
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NOVEMBER
2 , 2005
C–130J
fleet is evaluated
IN SHORT:
A
team from Edwards Air Force Base is evaluating the four C–130J
transport planes at Little Rock Air Force Base as the Pentagon seeks
to determine if the planes are combatworthy. Although two C–130Js
are assigned to the war in Iraq, critics inside and outside the
Pentagon say the new aircraft has fallen short of expectations,
although top Air Force generals insist the planes have performed
well. .
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War
goes well, Self tells base council
IN SHORT:.The
top commander at Little Rock Air Force Base says the war in Iraq
is going much better than the way the media are portraying the fighting
there. Brig. Gen. Kip Self, commander of the 314th Airlift Wing,
told members of the Little Rock Air Force Base Community Council
on Monday that progress is being made in Iraq despite the bloodshed
there. "Every day, Iraq improves," Self said. [FULL
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He'll stay in race despite attacks, Stumbaugh says
IN SHORT:
Cabot
Mayor Stubby Stumbaugh says he is not worried that the recent report
about his personnel record while an officer with the Little Rock Police
Department will hurt his race for Congress. If anything, he believes
the residents of Arkansas' First District will see him as someone
who has made mistakes but has tried to learn from them someone like
themselves.
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City
takes PCSSD fight to state
IN SHORT:
As
the Pulaski County Spec–ial School District on Tuesday handdelivered
the latest revision of its fiscaldistress improvement plan to the
state Department of Education, some Jacksonville leaders met with
Gov. Mike Huckabee's education adviser while district administrators
prepared to satisfy a Freedom of Information request from a Jacksonville
businessman.
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Hurricane
relief centers closing doors
IN SHORT:
After serving 900 evacuees, the Hurricane Katrina Assis–tance Center
on James St. in Jacksonville closed its doors Saturday, but help is
still available by scheduling appointments through the Jacksonville
Chamber of Commerce. The volunteer staff at Cabot KARE (Katrina Assistance
Relief Effort) located in the old Knight's grocery store, is also
thinking about closing that center on Nov. 17.
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Cabot shelter breaks ground
IN SHORT:
The
groundbreaking in Cabot Monday marked the end of a long wait for a
new animal shelter that has been requested by animal lovers there
for more than five years. "It's been a long time coming,"
Mayor Stubby Stumbaugh said about the yearlong delay in getting started
that was the result of the council refusing to rezone the site on
Kerr Station Road where the old shelter is located. "It's just
sad that so many animals were needlessly killed."
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Jacksonville's
Daniel Hubbard, left, and Cabot's Dustin McElyea will likely meet
up more than once on Thursday at Jan Crow Stadium when the Red Devils
and Panthers face off in their annual regularseason finale matchup.
Jacksonville has turned the tide of recent years and will enter the
game playoffbound and the favorite to win.
Traditional rivalry still heated
IN SHORT:
When it comes to Week 10 of the high school football season, one thing
is certain, that Cabot and Jacksonville will meet up in a very meaningful
football game. Circumstances such as playoff seedings or eligibility
may change. Those circumstances may even be meaningless, as is the
case this year, but the game itself won't be.
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Wildcats
to settle 6AA title at Des Arc
IN SHORT: TEveryone
figured that the regular–season finale for Harding Academy would likely
be all about preserving an undefeated record and securing another
conference championship. There was the possibility that Hughes could
slip up on the Wildcats to make it a more interesting race, but few
expected their week 10 matchup with Des Arc to be quite as big as
it is.
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