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SouthArk on Tour in Warren

July 20, 2016, 5:04 pm
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Representatives of South Arkansas Community College will be visiting Warren on July 28, part of the six-city SouthArk on Tour.

Taking place at SouthArk’s Education Center, located in the Brunson Complex at 204 Bragg St., the evening event is intended to reach out to Bradley County residents and discover what their educational needs are, according to marketing coordinator Heath Waldrop.

“We want the people in Bradley County to know that we’re here to provide services to them,” Waldrop said, “whether that be credit or non-credit. We’re expanding our offerings at our Warren location, and would like to get feedback on the kinds of classes that the community wants and needs.”
College spokespeople also will be on hand to provide enrollment and financial aid information and to answer any other questions that visitors might have about SouthArk.

“We’re seeing more and more Bradley County citizens at SouthArk, which is fantastic—but we’d always love to have even more,” Waldrop said. “The feedback that we get from our students from Bradley County is very positive, leading us to believe that SouthArk is a great fit for a lot of students in this area—both traditional and non-traditional. And even if you or someone in your family isn’t in the market for college at the moment, we want to hear from the public just to get a feel for their personal educational experiences and what we could do to meet other needs and interests. A lot of people in Bradley County don’t even realize that we have a brick-and-mortar presence so close to them, and haven’t seen our facilities, so we’d like for them to stop in, too.”

The informal event begins with come-and-go time at 5 p.m. Food and beverages will be provided for those who haven’t had the opportunity to get dinner in the evening. A seated feedback session with college administrators will start at 6 p.m.

For more information contact recruiter Kara Lowery at (870) 875-7237, klowery@southark.edu.

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New non-credit manufacturing training program

July 20, 2016, 5:05 pm
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The new certified production technician program at South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado, which begins on Aug. 2, is designed to make students ready for jobs in the local manufacturing sector.

The intensive eight-week course follows guidelines set by the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council and is taught using a hybrid classroom and Internet-based e-learning experience. Students will meet in the classroom from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each Tuesday and Thursday and will have a minimum of nine hours of e-learning each week.

Completion of the course will earn a student a nationally-recognized certified production technician credential. It is the only manufacturing production training program recognized by the American National Standards Institute as meeting the ISO Standard 17024.

Offered through SouthArk’s division of workforce and continuing education, the program does not require credit enrollment at the college.

The curriculum covers safety in the workplace, quality systems and precision measurement, production processes and maintenance awareness (basic electricity, pneumatics, hydraulics, lubrication, bearings and couplings and belt and chain drives).

“Recent high-school graduates, displaced workers and individuals who do not plan to attend college at this time but are seeking a job in the manufacturing industry will benefit from this program,” instructor Donald Lee said. “SouthArk is the only place in the area where you can get this MSSC credential.”

Financial aid may be available for qualifying individuals to cover the $1,125 cost.
For more information, contact Lee at (870) 864-8480.
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Struggles Continue With Community Action Board

July 20, 2016, 5:06 pm
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During the July,19th meeting of the Southeast Arkansas Community Action Board, issues brought up by the public continued to be a source of contention.  After conducting the normal monthly business of the Agency, and after sitting through yet another "training session" put on by the state Department of DHS, the floor was opened for public comments.

Earlier in the meeting the board had considered the appointment of three new members, who had been selected by agency procedures to represent the low income citizens Bradley, Chicot and Desha counties.  The selections from Desha and Chicot were approved by secret ballot.  The Bradley County Candidate, also selected by the procedures, was rejected by secret ballot.  Mrs. Angela Meeks was the Bradley County representative rejected.  After the announcement by the Chairman of the secret ballot results, he then called for a public vote to confirm the secret ballot results.  No reason was given for voting twice.  Information on the vote totals was not provided.

When public comments were allowed, a representative of salineriverchronicle.com asked if the board had the legal right to reject a potential board member without cause or if cause is not legally required.  He was told very quickly that his time to speak was up.  Other people in the audience asked to speak and some asked questions about procedures of the board and the status of the legality of the board which has been questioned for months.  State officials on hand indicated they believe that all board members are now legal and they will look into the rules and authority of the current board to refuse to seat a person properly selected and eligible.  Issues have been brought to light over the past few months relating to the accuracy of board minutes.  In some cases more than one set of minutes for the same meeting were found.  It has been previously determined that some board members had not been properly selected in the past.

In conducting business, the board approved a decision by the Executive Committee to apply for a grant for Head Start and listened to reports on Head Start and other programs administered by the agency.  Members voted to apply for a nutritional grant and a commodities grant.  The Interim Director briefed the board on several items and told them plans for the regular audit are underway.

By a vote of the board, Mrs. Foster of Ashley County was removed from the board for failure to attend meetings.
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Fowler Installed as State GFWCA President

July 20, 2016, 5:11 pm
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Diane Fowler, a member of GFWC Warren Woman’s Club, was recently installed as president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Arkansas.  Diane will lead the state organization until June of 2018.

A member of the local club since 2006, Diane served as Warren Woman’s Club president from 2010-2012 and 2012-2014.  She was also Arkansas’ representative to the GFWC LEADS program at the International Convention in 2007.

Diane’s great aunt, Mable Fowler Wilson, was a founding member of the GFWC Warren club in 1916 and served as the first president of the local club.

GFWC Warren Woman’s Club will be celebrating their 100th year in September of this year.  Diane is only the 3rd member of Warren Woman’s Club to serve as state president in the organization’s history.  Other local members leading the GFWC of Arkansas were JeNelle Lipton 1996-1998 and Clydine Davis 2006-2008.

Warren Woman’s Club members are proud of Diane’s accomplishments and look forward to her leadership in the new administration of the state organization.


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Officer Miller Speaks to Y Daycampers

July 20, 2016, 5:15 pm
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Officer Thomas Miller, of the Warren Police Department, spoke to the Donald W. Reynolds YMCA Day Campers Tuesday Morning.  During his visit, Officer Miller spoke about various topics.  He made the children aware of the importance of only using “911” during emergencies.  Making the right choices and listening to parents and guardians was also on the agenda. Officer Miller explained the importance of seatbelt safety and the laws behind it.  Last but not least, he let the children know that the police are their friends and are here to protect them.  Thank you so much for your visit, Officer Miller.  And thank you for your service to our community. 
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Native Americans Visit Y Day Camp Program

July 20, 2016, 5:17 pm
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The Donald W. Reynolds YMCA Day Camp program recently had some Native Americans to visit! During their visit, they did a presentation with Native American music and dance. The Day Camp children and staff really enjoyed their visit and hope that they can come back again.




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Cities And Counties Told They Must Step Up Or Step Out

July 21, 2016, 9:12 pm
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During the July 20, 2016 Southeast Arkansas Intermodal Authority Board meeting, the Chairman of the Authority, John Lipton, informed the two cities and two counties that created the authority and which own 25% each of the real property and improvements, that in order to entice private industry to locate in the authority's industrial park, the two cities and two counties must step up to the plate with money.  A good deal of the meeting consisted of discussion about what it takes to recruit jobs to south Arkansas and the entire state.  Mr. Lipton and others on the board repeated several times that the way industrial development operates these days, local communities in some way must come up with substantial dollars to contribute.  Mr. Lipton stated that the local communities must "give till it hurts." To date, Warren, Monticello and Drew and Bradley Counties have paid out several hundred thousand dollars to help develop the intermodal park and the authority continues to carry accounts receivable charged to the four local governments.  As of the July, 20th financial statement, the amounts owed are as follows:
Monticello-$66,431.74
Warren-$67,779.28
Drew County-$114,874.35
Bradley county-$184,770.99

The intermodal board voted to pay $150,000.00 on the outstanding loan to Commerical Bank.  The amount owed after the payment is $359,147.19.  Information on the remaining expenses for construction work on the site were unavailable.

Other business dealt with during the meeting included the financial report presented by Bob Milton and a very brief update on construction work by Garver Engineers.

Board members were informed by the director of the MEDC that the Monticello Economic Development Commission is talking with and preparing information for a prospect that may have an interest in locating within the park sometime in the future. The board approved a resolution committing around 70 acres of the intermodal park if needed.   
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Day Campers Create Slime

July 21, 2016, 9:14 pm
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The Donald W. Reynolds YMCA Summer Day Camp program is a great place for learning while having fun! Earlier this week, the Day Camp staff assisted the Day Campers in doing a chemical experiment where they formed their own slime.  Pictured you will see the Day Campers showing off their creations.  Sign your child up for fun memories like this one today!


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The Latest on Rotary

July 21, 2016, 9:19 pm
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On July 05, 2015 Rotarian Wayman Mann brought his son Brent Mann to sign for
the club.


On July 20, 2015 Rotarian Robert Milton had Coach Bo Hembree to speak about
the upcoming football season and the progress on the new turf field.
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Hermitage Adopts Ordinance Dealing With False Alarms

July 22, 2016, 6:54 am
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After dealing with the regular monthly business of the city, the Hermitage City Council adopted an ordinance ( #112 ) that sets fees for the City of Hermitage Police Department for emergency responses to recurring false alarms.  This means when alarms of businesses or homes malfunction and the police are called over three times within a year the owner will be levied a fee of $25.00 per false alarm.  Failure to pay will result in a citation being issued.  The ordinance will be posted for public view.  Council members voting for the ordinance were: Tonya Kendrix, Frank Ford and Carol Bell.

In new business the council was told a new aerator is needed for the sewer pond.  Prices are being checked.  The aldermen then voted to transfer $3000.00 from the depreciation fund to assist in payment to ETC Engineers to sign off on sewer corrective actions.

Reports were given for the water department, the sewer department, the fire department and the police department.  It was reported that sewer samples were out of compliance due to too much chlorine.  The council was also informed that the levees of the sewer pond were burned off and duck weed was harvested.  There were no fires calls in June and 11 citations issued by the police.  
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Circuit Court Sentences Handed Down

July 24, 2016, 12:22 pm
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Bradley County Circuit Court handed down four sentences July 19, 2016 as a result of guilty pleas entered.  Judge Don Glover approved each of the sentences.

Justine A. White-Guilty of the offense of theft of Property.
Sentenced to 36 months in the Arkansas
Department of Corrections plus an additional
36 months suspended and court cost.

Ontario T. Mosley-Guilty of the offense of aggravated assault.
 Sentenced to 60 months of supervised probation
 plus court cost.

Clinton B. Webb-Guilty of the offense of two counts of possession of a
controlled substance, Sentenced to 36 months in the
Arkansas Department of Correction and 36 additional
months suspended plus payment of court cost.

Stefan Mandell Jones-Guilty of the offense of discharge of a firearm
from a car.  Sentenced to 60 months of supervised
probation plus court cost.

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Extension Homemakers Deliver Blankets to Children's Hospital

July 24, 2016, 12:26 pm
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The Bradley County Extension Homemakers recently delivered blankets to the Arkansas Children's Hospital as a part of their annual community service projects.  These blankets will serve as covers for incubators in the pre-natal critical care unit.  Pictured from left to right are:  Tabitha Herrington, Georgia Smith, Judy Simmons, Shelby Kiersey, and  ACH Volunteer Coodinator, Juanita Tompkins
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Arrest Report: July 25, 2016

July 25, 2016, 6:36 pm
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The following are innocent until proven guilty:

Clinton Webb:  826 Pierson st., Warren, AR., age 30, court (7-18-16)

Craig S. Bryant:  408 Oak St., Warren, AR., age 35, arrested on two warrants from City of Warren and one for Bradley County (7-20-16)

Jose Mondragon:  Bradley 7 North, Warren, AR., age 28, charged with no driver's license, violation of protection order (7-20-16)

Ebony Wilson: 1207 St. James, Warren, AR., age 30, arrested on warrant (7-21-16)

Andrew Williams: 433 Burnett Rd., Apt. 32, Warren, AR., age 56, charged with no seatbelt, DWI, speeding, suspended driver's license for DWI (7-21-16)

Corey A. Ferguson, 152 Bradley 89, Hermitage, AR., age 22, charged with driving on suspended license, fictitious tags, and possession of stolen property PCS (7-22-16)

Brandon Dean Banks, 918 Banner St., Camden, AR., age 31, court (7-21-16)
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BCEDC Hears Report On Growing Business

July 25, 2016, 7:25 pm
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Guest speaker for the monthly meeting of the Bradley County Economic Development Commission conducted July, 25th was Mike Moncrief.  Mr. Moncrief operates the Warren Livestock Auction and Moncrief Range and Feed.  He spent time explaining in detail how the two businesses are organized and how they function.  He stated that he took over management of the livestock auction earlier this year and averages handling 200 head of cattle each week.  He went on to say that improvements have been made to the auction facility and it operates in a family friendly atmosphere.

Mr. Moncreif then described the feed bagging facility located in Hermitage.  At that location deer, horse and cow feed is mixed and bagged.  The feed is sold wholesale throughout the United States.  He went on to say that his firm has leased two of the Warren Tomato Market sheds to be used as a storage and shipping facility.

In response to a question from the audience, Mr. Moncief said he will employee around 20 people once the entire operation at both sites is functioning.  He stated that he is expanding the building in Hermitage and is working hard to make the business a continuing success.


Because the BCEDC Board did not have a quorum, no action was taken to approve the minutes or the financial statement.  The board's accountant Bob Milton did go over the financial report.  He reported assets of $800,837.69.  That includes cash and property.  In providing information relating to the city sales tax utilized for economic development, Mr. Milton pointed out that to date during 2016, the city of Warren has paid the BCEDC $47,677.08.  That amounts to $5000.00 per month to help pay for BCEDC operations and $2942.09 to make payments on the city industrial spec building.

The meeting was concluded with a discussion about the breakfast to be provided to the Arkansas Economic Development staff on August, 5th.  The breakfast will be paid for by the BCEDC and will allow time for local citizens to visit with state economic developers.

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Back to School Children's Backpacks to be Raffled

July 25, 2016, 7:32 pm
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As the summer is starting to come to a close, Warren Branch Library is gearing up for "Back to School". We are raffling off two Children's Backpacks (one boy, one girl) full of school supplies for grades K-6. All proceeds will go towards children's programs here at the library! Drawing will be held August 12th! Come by the library for your chance to win!
Each backpack has:
1. Loose leaf paper
2. Notebooks
3. Ruler
4. Calculator
5. Crayons
6. Markers
7. Scissors
8. Erasers
9. Pens
10. Pencils
11. Highlighters
12. Pencil sharpener
13. Pencil bag
14. Glue
15. Index cards
16. Folders/ Binder


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Installation of Football Turf Underway

July 25, 2016, 7:40 pm
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While preparation work for the new turf at Jim Hurley,Jr. Stadium has been underway for several weeks, the turf itself is now being installed.  Work has begun from the north end of the field and is progressing south.  Crews are working primarily at night due to the extreme heat.  New goal posts have been put up.

In addition, work is also being done to move the long jump and pole vault facilities.





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Bradley County Medical Center Host MASH Program

July 26, 2016, 6:50 am
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Sixteen high school students spent July 11-22 participating in the "Medical Applications of Science for Health" program.  The program is set up to allow high schools students to get a taste of the medical professions and encourage them to seek a career in some medical field.  Students from Warren, Hermitage and Rison took part.

Students taking part were:
Lakin Barber-Hermitage
Mickayla young-Rison
Katelyn Mason-Rison
Shelby Gardner-Warren
Cheyenne Burch-Hermitage
Hannah Taylor-Rison
Kaniyia Grant-Warren
Mary Lasiter-Warren
Kayla McDougald-Hermitage
Jaelle Morrison-Rison
Maria Castillo-Warren
Kelsey Berry-Rison
Anna-Katherine Wardlaw-Hermitage
Shelby Spruell-Rison
Neyleea Gonzalez-Warren
Alaina Glover-Warren

On Friday July, 22nd, the students, family members and Bradley County Hospital personnel gathered at the Brunson  Medical complex on Bragg Street to present all the students a certificate for completing the program and to watch a slide show depicting the activities of the two week event.

The following businesses and individuals helped sponsor the MASH activity:
Air Evac Lifeteam, Arkansas Attorney General's Office, Arkansas Department of Health Medical Reserve Corps, Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency, Arkansas State Police, Armstrong Wood Products, BCMC Auxilliary, BCMC Employee Council, BCMC MASH Committee, BCMC MASH Volunteers, BCMC Physicians and staff, Bradley County Health Unit, Bradley County Hometown Health Coalition, Calvary Baptist Church, Cannon's Dry Cleaner's, Inc., Davita Dialysis, Donald W. Reynolds YMCA and staff, Dr. Donnie R. Bryant, Dr. Julie Bryant, Dr. Amanda Deel, Dr. Raymond Brown, jr., Dr. Michelle Weaver, First State Bank, Greater Delta Alliance for Health, Heather Perry, Jan Gorman, Johnny's Radiator, John B. Frazer, KCI Advanced Wound Solutions, Legacy Rehab, Marsh-George Clinic, Dr. Dichelle George, Potlatch Corporation, Radiology Associates, salineriverchronicle.com, SEARK College school of Respiratory Care, Smalling Eye Dr. Robert Smalling, South Arkansas Fights Aids, Specialty Eyecare of South AR, Dr. Barrett Brown, The Eagle Democrat, UAMS Center for Distance Health, UAMS Regional Programs, Union Bank & Trust Company, Valley Foods, Inc., Warren Animal Clinic, Warren Bank & Trust Company, Warren Police Department, Dr. Kara Worley and Wound Care Specialists.

Each of the students taking part expressed their appreciation for the opportunity and every one indicated they are looking at a career in medical care.  The two weeks were spent in classroom and lab settings and job shadowing medical professionals.
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Gibson Selected by Local GFWC as 2016 LEADS Representative

July 27, 2016, 8:32 am
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GFWC Warren Woman’s Club member, Judy Gibson, was selected by her local club and GFWC of Arkansas as the state’s 2016 LEADS representative. Judy attended the Leadership Education and Development Seminar in Baltimore, Maryland in late June along with representatives from all 50 states The LEADS program is intended to identify GFWC members at the grassroots level who have potential and the desire to assume leadership positions in GFWC beyond their club. Each state federation selects one LEADS attendee annually. The candidate must demonstrate leadership capabilities as an active member of a local club, be committed to the Federation and have an understanding of the GFWC mission of community service. Judy became a member of GFWC Warren Woman’s Club in 2015 and has been actively involved in activities of the organization. She will serve as Warren Woman’s Club Education Chair during the 2016-2017 administration along with several other committee assignments. In 2014, Judy received the prestigious Avima Lombard Award. This award, in memory of the founder of the International HIPPY program, is presented every 2 years to the HIPPY staff person whose professional service has made a significant contribution to HIPPY and to improving the lives of young children and their families. Judy is married to Sam Gibson of Warren. They are the parents of two grown children and four grandchildren. The Gibsons attend the Rock Springs Methodist Church where Judy serves as adult Sunday School teacher and pianist for the church. After 43 distinguished years in the field of Education, Judy retired in 2014.
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Day Campers Celebrate Holiday Week

July 27, 2016, 8:37 am
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The Donald W. Reynolds YMCA Summer Day Camp Program has different themes each week.  During the week of July 18-22, 2016, the theme was “Holiday Week”.  On Friday, the students were encouraged to dress up in something that represents their favorite holiday.

(back row) Skylen Wilson, William Thornton, Ally Vance, & Natalee Harmon
(front row) Braydon Hill, Vincent Temple, & Chris Hill

Hunter Richardson & Emi Yepez
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Library Offers Free Event

July 27, 2016, 8:39 am
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The Warren Branch Library will have another Adult Color Me Calm Class on Tuesday, August 2nd 5:30-6:30. This will be a FREE class in honor of National Coloring Book Day. Class size is limited, please come by the library to sign up.
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