Here is the unoffical results for each county:

** = winner

CLEBURNE COUNTY

 

CLEBURNE COUNTY JUDGE

MICHAEL ARMSTRONG  643

** CLAUDE DILL (I)  2121

 

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (DISTRICT 2)

** PAUL MOORE  159

DAREN REED  89

 

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (DISTRICT 11)

** LARRY GOFF  164

RUTH C. MITCHELL  61

 

TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBER (VALLEY)

** R. WAYNE EVANS  49

M.L. (BO) VERSER  24

 

TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBER (H.S. WARD 3)

NITA TAYLOR  58

** WAYNE GARRISON  179

 

NON-PARTISAN JUDICIAL

DISTRICT JUDGE CLEBURNE COUNTY

TERRY LYNN  1528

** JUDGE MIKE E. IRWIN  1946

 

Faulkner County

  STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 45
** TERRY FIDDLER
LINDA S. TYLER

 

CIRCUIT JUDGE DISTRICT 20, DIVISION 2
JOHN J. PETRUCCELLI
** JUDGE MIKE MAGGIO (I)

 

CIRCUIT JUDGE DISTRICT 20, DIVISION 5
DAVID HOGUE
** RHONDA KAY WOOD
LYNN FRANK PLEMMONS

 

INDEPENDENCE COUNTY

STATE REPRESENTATIVE  DISTRICT 72
VICKIE CRITCHER   2097
** JAMES McLEAN   2164

 

INDEPENDENCE COUNTY JUDGE
** BILL HICKS  3135
DAVID McINTOSH  2411

 

INDEPENDENCE COUNTY SHERIFF
** KEITH BOWERS  2822
DENNIS WOOD  2760

 

CIRCUIT CLERK
** DEBBIE FINLEY  2874
MARCIA YOUNG  2393

 

JP (5)  WEAVER  JP (6)  BOOTHBY  JP (7)  NELSON

 

IZARD COUNTY

IZARD COUNTY JUDGE
** RAYBURN FINLEY
DAVID C. SHERRELL

 

IZARD COUNTY SHERIFF
** TATE LAWRENCE (I)
TERRY WILLIAMS

 

IZARD COUNTY DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
JUDGE CONNIE BARKSDALE
** DAVID E. MILLER

 

JACKSON COUNTY

State Representative District 58
Jerry Carlew – 390
Jody Dickinson – 841
Jamie Darling – 759
L.J. Bryant – 698

 

Jackson County Judge
Kerry Tharpe – 1090
Jim Bishop – 1010
David Howard – 566

Runoff Election Will Be Held

 

Justice of the Peace District 6
**Bob Harris – 198
Judy Smith – 42

 

Justice of the Peace District 9
**Jim Cooper – 331
Kenneth Grady, Sr. – 204

 

SEARCY COUNTY

SEARCY COUNTY SHERIFF AND CONSTABLE (DEMOCRAT)
PAUL RAY JOHNS  30%
** DONNIE HENDERSON  70%

 

SEARCY COUNTY SHERIFF AND CONSTABLE (REPUBLICAN)
** SHERIFF JERRY LOGGINS  64%
JIM REEVES  36%

STONE COUNTY

STONE COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE
** WHITMAN W. FOWLKES  1072
VICKI J. SANDAGE  1027

 

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, DISTRICT 2
** LARRY GAMMILL  262
GLEN ANDERSON  209

 

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, DISTRICT 5
** MICHAEL J. STEWART  128
JOEY SUTTON  100

 

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, DISTRICT 9
** TRUMAN L. BULLARD
RICKY SHUTTLEWORTH
RICK HODGES

 

CONSTABLE (RICHWOODS)
** AFTON FLETCHER  53
BILL HAMMON  51

White County

State Representative District 49

**Keith Williams 970

Johnny Wheatly 767

 

State Representative District 58
Jerry Carlew -161
Jody Dickinson – 267
Jamie Darling – 140
L.J. Bryant – 227

 

White County Judge

**Dennis Gillam 2476

Barth Grayson 2028

 

JP 1

**Horace Taylor 110

Kathy Foster 66

 

JP 2

Larry Fisher 67

**Bobby Burns 82

 

JP 5

**Jimmy House 272

Julias Odom 171

 

ALD 1/2

**Mary Ann Arnett 310

Calvin Mitchell 164

 

ALD 2/2

Dan Hodges 241

**Steve Sterling 262

 

 

 

 

The Arkansas Clean Air Act of 2006 restricts smoking in all public worksites
to protect employees and the public from the harms of secondhand smoke.
Businesses must abide by the act and post signage designating their worksite
as smoke-free.  The proper signage can be downloaded free at
www.arcleanair.com . If you have questions about the Arkansas Clean Air Act,
feel free to contact The Faulkner County Tobacco Prevention Committee at
501-327-9788 or The Division of Health Healthy Arkansas Hot Line at
1-800-235-0002.

HEBER SPRINGS, Ark., May 19 – Despite high water conditions and its accompanying rumors Greers Ferry Lake is open, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials are working with community leaders and businesses to offer a great recreational experience for everyone.

Although record rains have caused high water to limit parking and close some facilities at Greers Ferry, you can still picnic, camp, swim and boat.  Greers Ferry staff is requesting campers and day users to carpool to the lake.  Limiting the number of vehicles a family brings to the lake will offer others an opportunity to park closer to their favorite site. This will not only relieve pressure on the parks, but also on your wallet with today’s gasoline prices.

Most all of the parks on Greers Ferry Lake have some facilities available for use. To find the latest updates for your favorite park you can visit the Corps website at: http://www.swl.usace.army.mil/conditions_updates.htm. If you cannot find a campsite in your favorite park, overflow camping will be available near the entrance to John F. Kennedy Park off Highway 25 just north of the dam. Other overflow sites may be available so check with the park attendant for directions to an overflow camping area if your park is full.

Boaters are advised to slow down and continue to use extreme caution in all areas of Greers Ferry Lake as underwater hazards and floating debris can be found all throughout the lake.  Because of high water, points of lands and standing timber normally on dry ground are now unrecognizable boating hazards.  Be sure to have an observer in your boat when possible, always wear your life jacket and refrain from drinking alcohol. No one should dive into the lake from bluffs or trees because of the potential for striking submerged obstacles or debris such as rock ledges, large tree limbs or picnic tables.

The Corps wishes you a safe but fun experience at Greers Ferry.  If you have any questions please call the Greers Ferry Project Office at (501) 362-2416, or stop by the office located near the dam on Highway 25, three miles north of Heber Springs.

Ramona Schuenemeyer, Social Security Regional Commissioner, today revealed the most popular baby names in Arkansas for 2007. Continuing a popular Mother’s Day tradition, last week the federal government’s top official for baby names, Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced the nation’s most popular baby names.

How does Arkansas compare to the rest of the country? William and Madison topped the list. Nationally, Emily and Jacob were the most popular baby names.

Please click on the Most Popular Baby Names link at Social Security’s website — www.socialsecurity.gov — to see the top baby names for 2007. The top five boys and girls names for 2007 in Arkansas were:

Boys: Girls:

1) William 1) Madison

2) Jacob 2) Emma

3) Ethan 3) Emily

4) Jackson 4) Addison

5) Christopher 5) Olivia

In addition to each state’s top baby names, Social Security’s website has a list of the 1,000 most popular boys’ and girls’ names for 2007 and a list of the top 100 names for twins born in 2007. Jacob and Joshua are the most popular twin’s names. The website also offers lists of baby names for each year since 1880. Social Security started compiling baby name lists in 1997.
To read more about pop culture’s influence on the nation’s most popular baby names go to www.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/pr/baby-names2007-pr.htm.

KFFB 106.1 fm’s Fred Arnold Greets Folks at Volkswagen Fest 2008

Lots of Diffrent Volkswagens to be found

 

KFFB 106.1 Fm on Location at 1St State Bank in Heber Springs

(left to right) Bob, Dale Miller (1st State Bank) and Dale

Dale and Young Broadcasters on the Air

Ina Brown from Heber Chamber and Dale talk on the air and Bob being the cut up (check out the scissors)

Dale Miller & Marylynn Barton (Winner of TV) with Dale Miller

Linda Barney & Terry Barney (Grill winner) with Dale Miller

Ribbon Cutting at 11:00 am

The Army Corps of Engineers has issued a permit to allow Chesapeake Operating Inc. to install a water intake structure and rehabilitate a boat ramp on the Little Red River north of Searcy in White County.

The permit, issued under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, requires several conditions before, during and after construction.  The conditions are the result of concerns expressed during the Corps’ public interest review that included comments from the public and other agencies.

Chesapeake will build the intake structure to draw water from the Little Red River and pump it about one-half mile west into a 25-acre reservoir.  Chesapeake will use the reservoir to provide water needed for its gas well drilling operations.  The boat ramp will be rehabilitated to provide all-weather boat access to maintain the intake structure.

The Corps became involved in this project because the agency regulates the placement of fill material in the Little Red River under the Clean Water Act.  In this case, the fill material will include a sheet pile cofferdam and associated backfill, intake structure and footings, large stones to encapsulate a 48-inch-diameter intake pipe and precast concrete slabs for the boat ramp.

Chesapeake provided the Corps an alternatives analysis that included using groundwater wells, constructing ponds and using tanker trucks to haul water, or constructing the intake structure and reservoir.  The environmental review determined the intake structure and reservoir was preferred.

Both the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told the Corps that the location of the intake structure is in a transitional zone that will not affect water quantity or quality in any way that would be detrimental to either trout upstream or native fisheries downstream.

This is not a Corps project.  Congress gives the Corps the responsibility to regulate matters like these.  Chesapeake will build, operate and be responsible for the project.

For more information about the issuance of the Section 404 permit, call the Corps at (501) 324-5295.  For information about Chesapeake and the project call Paul Hagemeier, Chesapeake’s vice president of regulatory affairs, at (405) 767-4014.

The fourth annual Arkansas State Police Preparatory
Trooper Academy has been scheduled for July 13 – 18 at the department’s
Little Rock training academy.  Applications are being accepted from high
school students who are sophomores, juniors and seniors at the time
their application is submitted.

 ”While one purpose of the preparatory academy is to establish an
interactive relationship with Arkansas high school students, it is our
long range hope that many of the successful academy graduates will
return after college to pursue a career as an Arkansas State Trooper,”
said Major Kathy Sparks, commander of the department’s Administrative
Services Division.

 During the one-week long academy session, participants will experience
many of the same training regiments as adult recruits such as daily room
inspections, physical training, drill and ceremony, classroom sessions
and practical exercises.

 It is the mission of the Arkansas State Police Preparatory Trooper
Academy to provide interested youth of Arkansas an opportunity to learn
valuable skills associated with quality law enforcement training, in an
effort to develop future troopers for the department and leaders for the
State of Arkansas.

 Applicants must meet the following minimum requirements:
*       Arkansas resident
*       Possess a valid Arkansas driver license
*       Enrolled as a high school sophomore, junior or senior at the
time of application
*       Minimum 2.0 grade average
*       Proof of current medical insurance
*       Possess a physician’s certificate of ability to participate
*       Agree to a criminal and traffic history check
*       Present two letters of recommendation (one must be from a school
official)
*       Complete an application and interview

 Interested applicants can obtain additional information by calling the
Arkansas State Police Recruiting Office at (800) 340-4255 or Sergeant
Wanda James at (501) 618-8712 or Corporal Alvernon Rogers at (501)
618-8724.

SEARCY, Ark. — It’s no secret that excitement about the upcoming presidential election is brewing among college-age voters on campuses across the nation. Terms such as Facebook, YouTube and texting are commonplace when it comes to politics, thanks to their proliferation and constant appearance in the news.

Harding University is no different. Here election-savvy students are fans of candidates on Facebook, members of campus political groups, and bloggers about “the issues.”

Many students consult a variety of Internet sources for political news. Freshman Brandon Ragsdale, a music major from Searcy, gets firsthand information from individual candidates’ Web sites.

“I think information can be biased on TV, which is where a lot of people get their news,” said Ragsdale. “I prefer to go straight to the source.”

Facebook groups provide an easy way for campus groups to organize. Harding’s network is home to politically minded groups Bisons for Obama, College Republicans, College Democrats and the Roosevelt Institution. These groups have hosted events such as primary information sessions and “watch parties,” gathering to monitor Super Tuesday results.

Freshman Jane Messina, a political science and history major from Huntsville, Ala., is involved in Sen. Obama’s campaign both in and out of cyberspace. She has a banner on her dorm door and registered to receive campaign updates from Obama’s Web site. She appreciates the grassroots tactics candidates are using to make supporters feel involved.

“Every once in a while I’ll get a text message from the Web site,” she said. “It’s exciting to see that I’ve got a message from Michelle Obama.”

Senior Blake Harris from Decatur, Ala., a transfer student from Auburn University, became involved in College Republicans, eventually serving as state chairman of Alabama’s branch of the organization in 2006.

Now he volunteers as national youth coordinator for McCain’s presidential campaign, while simultaneously finishing his last semester as a political science/prelaw major at Harding. His job is to help set up state and chapter organizations in support of McCain on college campuses, which will be crucial nearer election time.

“We’re about building grassroots support and creating real excitement about the candidate at universities nationwide,” he said.

Harris and a host of other students agree that November 2008 will be the most important presidential election of their lifetime. Issues such as health care policy, the economy and the war in Iraq seem to be atop everyone’s list of important topics.

Junior political science major David Manes of Pittsburg, Pa., believes social media give students a sense of power and involvement to affect those issues. A year ago Manes and three classmates started “Political Cartel” an “ideological roundtable” blog where any reader can leave comments about issues discussed on the site.

“Oftentimes young people feel they’re at the mercy of those older than themselves to make decisions,” Manes said. “This generation is realizing that they actually can participate, namely by voting.”

Lori Klein, instructor of political science and public administration at Harding, said in past elections, the youth vote has been undependable. However, she appreciates the excitement she does see among first-time voters in her classes.  

“One of my goals is to help students realize that thy can make a difference by voting,” said Klein. “I want them to be excited to get that ballot for the first time.”

“Political Cartel” writer Karie Cross, a senior English and political science major from Greenbrier, Ark., believes there will be a record turnout among youth at the polls in November.

“Young people’s impact on this election has already been reported on so often, and the more they hear about it, the more likely they’ll get involved,” she said. “For the first time, some of them are feeling that their vote really does count.”

Dr. Mark Elrod, assistant professor of political science at Harding, took his freshman son, Alan, and Ragsdale, both first-time voters, to Arkansas’ Feb. 5 primary. He said poll volunteers actually cheered and clapped for the boys when they had finished casting their ballot.

“It was one of the coolest things I’ve done in a long time,” said Elrod. “These kids aren’t voting just because their civics teacher told them to, but because there is a candidate they’re really excited about.”

For more information, contact:
April M. Fatula
Director of News Services
(501) 279-4398
afatula@harding.edu

The Arkansas State Police and local law enforcement
agencies are targeting safety belt traffic enforcement operations in an
attempt to reduce the number of nighttime fatal motor vehicle crashes.

 According to an analysis of crash reports from all Arkansas law
enforcement agencies, 303 traffic crash deaths occurred during calendar
year 2006 between the hours of 6 PM and 5:59 AM.  The analysis also
indicates that 82 percent of the passenger vehicle occupants killed were
not wearing safety belts.

 According to Colonel Winford E. Phillips, Director of the Arkansas
State Police and the Governor’s Highway Safety Representative, the
proportion of deaths among motor vehicle occupants who were not wearing
safety belts is 24 percentage points higher in nighttime crashes than
daytime crashes.

 ”That’s why the Arkansas State Police and local police and sheriff’s
offices across the state are uniting today to launch an aggressive
“Click It or Ticket – Day & Night” safety belt enforcement
mobilization,” Colonel Phillips said.

 The goal of the two-week campaign is to increase safety belt use and
reduce highway fatalities.

 ”Research shows that there is a problem with drivers and passengers
not buckling up at night when the risk of a fatal crash is greatest.
Clearly this is an indication that these individuals are not taking the
law seriously and that’s why we’ll be out in force making sure that all
passengers, in all vehicles, are buckled up – day and night,” Colonel
Phillips said during a news conference today at State Police
Headquarters.

 Regular safety belt use is the single most effective way to protect
people and reduce fatalities in motor vehicle crashes.  When worn
correctly, safety belts have proven to reduce the risk of fatal injury
to front-seat passenger car occupants by 45 percent and by as much as 60
percent in pickup trucks, SUVs, and minivans.  Still nearly one-third of
Arkansans fail to regularly wear their safety belts when driving or
riding in motor vehicles.

 According to state law, drivers who are stopped by law enforcement
officers for a moving or equipment violation can also be ticketed if the
officer observes a safety belt violation.  Drivers who do not properly
restrain children under the age of 15 can be stopped at any time and
ticketed for the violation.

 Stepped-up law enforcement activities will be conducted during the
Click It or Ticket enforcement mobilization, which is being supported by
an aggressive paid advertising campaign that will include television and
radio spots as well as billboards.

 ”Safety belts clearly save lives, but unfortunately, too many people
still need a tough reminder.  So we’re going to be out in force buckling
down on those who are not buckled up,” Colonel Phillips said.  “Wearing
your safety belt costs you nothing, but not wearing it can cost you
everything.  Unless you want to risk a ticket, or worse, your life;
please remember to buckle up day and night.”

 For more information log onto the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration web site at www.nhtsa.dot.gov or call the Arkansas
Highway Safety Office at (501) 618-8136.