GLENWOOD USPS 220-180 93Rd Year • Issue 12
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1 Section • 8 Pages Thursday, March 22, 2018 GLENWOOD USPS 220-180 93rd Year • Issue 12 ¢ HERALDSERVING GLENWOOD, ARKANSAS & THE DIAMOND LAKES SINCE 1926 75 SEE US ONLINE: WWW.SWARKANSASNEWS.COM AND WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GLENWOOD HERALD Ouachita Hills Academy and College teaches self reliance, hard work and caring for community with practical hands on experience By Mike Wallace One of the first and very basic ideas They have three green houses for growing the green house is for agricultural projects by the students. AMITY - The basic tenets on how was for the Ouachita Hills Academy was items they eat. One is heated so they can have year Clark stated every student going through their sys- to live a solid, productive life are to become as self sufficient as possible for round production. One is not heated and has season- tem takes at least one agri class for their individual learned from your family, your school the 23 beginning students. Clark said they al items for spring through fall growing. The third projects. and your religion. purchased a used bread making machine See Ouachita, page 8 Ouachita Hills Academy and Col- which is now about 40 years old. lege, which sits on 420 acres about “It works well, and we make bread four miles south of Amity stretching most every day,” stated Clark. out along the Antoine River, seeks to As more students from around the world re-enforce those tenets learned from have come to the Academy, and eventually your family through their educational the College, expansion is a steady, on go- system. ing program. They have constructed dor- The Academy portion of their edu- mitories for the girls and boys in the Acad- cational system enrolls ninth grade emy portion, and can adequately house 20 through senior level students. boys and 20 girls. According to Amity dentist Dr. “We can accept about five more of Chester Clark, the Academy presently each,” continued Clark. has 33 enrolled, with the college level The two dorms look strikingly similar having 40 students. from the outside, are located about 140 to A tour of the facility with Dr. Clark 150 yards apart, and are close to the caf- was held on Friday morning, March eteria. 16, 2018. The cafeteria feeds the high school and Instructor Stephanie Fox assists a student in her high school English class at the Ouachita The idea for a learning facility be- college students three meals per day and Hills Academy. With 33 students in grades 9-12 attending class in the mornings, and 40 gan with Dr. Chester and Harriet Clark all are fed at the same time. more doing college level work in the afternoons, the class rooms at the Academy are con- in 1988 in their Amity home with four They make every effort to grow their stantly busy. photo by Mike Wallace students and two teachers. As the stu- own food which provides fresh vegetables, dent numbers began to expand past bread, and other items, as well as what can the capacity of their home, the Clarks be used to make a huge variety of meals - started looking for land in a rural set- such as tomato juice for pasta dishes. ting in 1993. Dr. Clark said the cafeteria area could They were able to purchase 381 be expanded along one wall moving it out acres from Pauline Westerfeldt and about 30 feet when more space is required. began planning where the buildings The school does purchase some canned would be situated. items, such as some types of beans, but The first structure to be completed large gardens provide much of what they was the cafeteria with class rooms in need. An extensive canning program cuts the basement. outside purchase costs. Apology Extended - In the last issue of the Glenwood Herald, the editor incorrectly attributed the caption under two pictures to the wrong local organization. We called the group of students The Ouachita Hills Academy girls dormitory has rooms for the students upstairs with who came to the Senior Adult center as being from First Step. it guest rooms on the right bottom and living space for the adult supervisor on the left. The should have said Head Start. Our apology to both organizations. boys dorm is located about 150 yards away facing the administrative building and is simi- Mike Wallace, Editor lar n construction to the girls dormitory. photo by Mike Wallace Centerpoint School Board accepts resignations, reassigns personnel and approves expulsion request at March 12 regular meeting By Mike Wallace recommendation to expel the student. Dale The next item was the purchase of a school The Board accepted the resignation of James ROSBORO - Centerpoint School District’s Sutton seconded the motion, and it passed bus. The Board authorized Breshears to pay up Walden as teacher - bus driver effective March Board of Directors met in a closed session unanimously. to $70,000 for a bus. This is part of the regu- 16, 2018. This passed unanimously. thirty minutes before the regularly scheduled The Board then went on to regular business. lar cycle of student transportation vehicles to A motion was then made to reassign Jen- monthly meeting to consider a recommenda- They approved the minutes of the February 12 ensure the students are carried by the best ve- nifer Hill to the position of half time Assis- tion by Superintendent Dan Breshears to expel meeting, and then the financial statement for hicles the district can find. tant Elementary Principal and half time Title a student for the remainder of the 2017-2018 the prior month. The board went into another executive ses- I teacher for the 2018-2019 school year. This term for two violations of district policy. The After Superintendent Breshears, Penny sion which lasted about 16 minutes. They had also passed unanimously. names of the students are not stated due to pri- Smothers and Nic Mounts presented items some personnel resignations and reassign- The contract of Penny Smothers was then vacy issues. from their Celebrate Success program, the ments to consider. revised to a 12 month one for the 2018-2019 The School Board went into an executive Board considered the proposal of Health Spe- The Board then accepted the retirement res- school year as Centerpoint Elementary Princi- session for 16 minutes. Upon returning to an cial Risk Insurance presented to them. ignation of Assistant Principal Rodney Whit- pal. This passed unanimously. open session, board member Nan Kirksey They approved it on a motion from Sutton field effective at the end of the 2017-2018 At 6:40 pm, the Board adjourned. made the motion to accept the superintendent’s and second by Kirksey. term. This was accepted unanimously. Ethan “Lil Skinny” Kuntz and The Roosters to open for Hannah Blaylock at Caddo River Festival April 28 at 4:00 The Caddo River Festival Committee has gained some pretty significant atten- audiences of the great John Bonham of Led Zepplin. perform in this rockin’ bluesy power trio. announced that Ethan "Lil'Skinny" Kuntz tion and sold in Europe and North With a musician dad, Peyton was influenced early on The three have combined to form just that - a rock- and the Roosters will be the opening act on America. In between, Shipp worked by ZZ Top’s Frank Beard. Watching Mr. Beard from ing power trio band, LIL’SKINNY & THE ROOST- Saturday, April 28 at 4:00 p.m. Kuntz and on several projects and world tours backstage certainly influenced this young man to play ERS. Roosterboy Michael Shipp hopes to continue his band will open for Hannah Blaylock (for- with Billy Bob projects, and was an drums. Actor/Musician/ Billy Bob Thornton said, “I working with the two young guns in this band and merly of Eden's Edge) who is scheduled to original member of Thornton’s cur- don’t know how a kid this age can play so well. In- says that performing live with them is certainly an take the stage at 7:00 p.m. that night. rent band, The Boxmasters, which stinct has to be the answer.” Other influences have enjoyable task. Ethan (Lil' Skinny) Kuntz is eighteen began in 2007. In 2012, Shipp and included many classic rockers, all the way to Buddy So be sure to make it out to the Festival on Sat- (18) years old and is a guitar prodigy from Thornton co-produced Shipp’s most Rich. It is not possible to watch young Peyton Shipp urday, April 28, in Glenwood, Arkansas. Bring your Murfreesboro, Arkansas. He will bring his current CD, Crow Loudly at Thorn- perform in concert without appreciating his amazing lawn chair. Sit back and enjoy free entertainment soulful sound of Southern Rock and Blues to ton’s Los Angeles Studio, The Cave, talent well beyond his years. As the drummer for LIL' brought to you by the Glenwood Chamber of Com- Downtown Glenwood! Ethan was featured that once had belonged to Slash, of SKINNY & THE ROOSTERS, Peyton is excited to merce and Caddo River Festival. on Season 15 of American Idol and earned Guns & Roses fame. Crow Loudly a trip to Hollywood. Since airing on Idol, included several Shipp originals and Lil'Skinny has been busy performing all over a few cover tunes Shipp and Thorn- the southern states bringing his love of Texas ton chose from a list of influential Blues, Southern Rock and his own mix of artists they loved. The sessions in- originals to the stage! Ethan has been called cluded a Who’s Who of guest artists a young Jonny Lang and the next John May- on various songs including Thornton er.