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Local coverage since 1951 Caddo Hills Lady Indians advances MONTGOMERY to 1A State Tournament COUNTY NEWS Page 8 USPS 361 - 700 • 75¢ • Vol. 68 • Issue 9 • Thursday, February 28, 2019 • 1 Section • 8 Pages • Published in Mount Ida, Arkansas News Briefs County opens bids for criminal justice facility project DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY [email protected] MOUNT IDA - The new Montgomery County Criminal Justice Facility project took a major step forward Thursday, February 21, with the opening of bid packets on 24 jobs related to the project. Montgomery County Judge Sammy Jones was joined by Jason Roberts of Smith-Doyle and Steve Littleton with Spirit Architect for the opening of the bids. The project has been broken into 24 jobs which were open for bid earlier this year. The county judge has stated that he created as many jobs as he could Andrew Irwin within the project in an attempt to provide more opportunities for local contractors to Irwin wins USATF bid on jobs. indoor pole vault title County Judge Jones stated that bid notic- DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY es were posted in the Montgomery County [email protected] News, the Hot Springs Sentinel Record and STATEN ISLAND, NY - Mount the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in an effort Ida’s own Andrew Irwin cleared to attract as many bids as possible. just over 19 feet Saturday, Febru- There were 68 bids received for 23 of the ary 23, at the Toyota USATF 24 jobs that make up the project. Site clear- Indoor Championships to win the ing, grading and storm damage was the DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY | Montgomery County News national pole vault title. most popular job with 11 bids submitted. Pictured left to right: Steve Littleton (Spirit Architect), Jason Roberts (Smith-Doyle) and Montgomery Irwin, a 2011 graduate from Four jobs attracted only one bid while one County Judge Sammy Jones open bid packets last Thursday for the county’s criminal justice facility Mount Ida High School, repre- received no bids. project. The project drew 68 bid packets on 23 of the 24 jobs posted. The county hopes to break ground sented the Arkansas Vault Club on the project in April. The one job not receiving a bid was for located in Black Springs in the event comprised of 16 competi- epoxy resin work on flooring and walls. The without a bid. that there was only one job that didn’t re- tors. county judge explained this wasn’t a bid Roberts stated that it wasn’t unusual for ceive a bid. He passed on the opening deal as this is a small job. He stated that any smaller jobs to not receive bids. Roberts and No bids were awarded Thursday. Roberts job valued under $30,000 could be handled height of 5.41m (17-9) and began Littleton said they were pleasantly surprised page 4 his run to the title with a good Bids, vault at 5.51m (18-1) Irwin set a pattern in his first vault with a miss on the initial pass before clearing the pole in his second Caddo Hills, HSU attempt. Scott Houston (Shore Athletic announce Caddo Club) and Max Babits cleared the height on each of their second Reddie Scholarship passes. Houston gained the edge on DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY Irwin at 5.61m (18-4.75) after [email protected] clearing the pole on his first at- Caddo Hills and Henderson State Uni- tempt. Irwin needed two attempts versity have partnered to help students “Be to clear the height and advance a Caddo Reddie” beginning with this year’s with he and Houston being to senior class. lone remaining competitors. Representatives from HSU were on hand Irwin regained the lead at at Caddo Hills High School Friday, Febru- 5.66m (18-6.75) when Houston ary 22, for the unveiling of a “Be a Caddo missed his first two attempts and Reddie” Scholarship Program. The program then passed on his third in an ef- is available to all Caddo Hills seniors who fort to try the next height. Irwin claimed the victory at meet a specific criteria. The Lion’s Den Tech from Mount Ida were declared Junior Stock Obstacle Course winners at the Steve Atkinson, Provost and Vice Presi- 5.71m (18-8.75) when he made ARkansas SeaPerch Competition Saturday, February 23. They turned in the best time of the day the vault on his first attempt. after completing the course in two minutes and 12 seconds. The event is made possible through dent at HSU, along with Brandie Benton, Houston missed his one shot at Arkansas 4-H and is sponsored by Arkansas Electrict Cooperatives. Pictured left to right: Caroline Tyler Hill and Liz Martin with enrollment the height and was eliminated. Lloyd, Jayden Warden, Matthew Rowland, Bracken Scott and Mattie Walden. and admissions, presented the scholarship Not satisfied with that height, Submitted Photo program to the Caddo Hills students. Irwin went on to clear 5.80m (19- Lion’s Den Tech Club wins Arkansas SeaPerch Challenge Qualifying students can receive a schol- 0.75) on the first attempt. Unfor- arship that covers the gap in tuition and tunately for Irwin his run ended DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY this year’s SeaPerch Challenge - Mission: [email protected] fees that is left after other scholarships and there with three failed attempts at Rescue and Recovery. BRYANT - The Lion’s Den Tech Club financial aid are applied. 6.01m (19-5.5). Teams were required to run their sub- Principal Jason Whitaker spoke to the Irwin continues to chase his made a huge splash Saturday with a victory mersibles through an underwater obstacle students about taking advantage of a pro- dream as a pole vaulter after win- in the Arkansas SeaPerch Competition held course. In a separate task they were re- ning two state titles at Mount Ida at Bishop Park in Bryant. gram such as this. He pointed out that he quired to execute a series of tasks. Teams had deferred his student loans for 10 years and two NCAA national cham- The Lion’s Den Club from Mount Ida also had to prepare an engineering note- pionships at the University of and as a result he is still paying on his loans. was one of 18 junior teams and seven se- book and make a presentation. Arkansas. He was a 2017 USATF nior division teams to compete in the 2019 A scholarship such as the Caddo Reddie Silver Medalist and represented The crew from Mount Ida has been Scholarship allows students an opportunity SeaPerch Challenge. working hard as they prepared for the the United States in the World The dramatic rescue of a soccer team to avoid student loans. The close proximity Championship held in London, event and they didn’t disappoint with a from a flooded cave in Thailand inspired England. Tech, page 4 Caddo, page 4 Montgomery County named StormReady County honor. handle all types of severe Jim Reynolds and Dennis weather ranging from tor- Cavanaugh represented the nadoes to tsunamis. The National Weather Service as program encourages com- they presented County Judge munities to take a new, proac- Sammy Jones with a Storm- tive approach to improving Ready sign. The StormReady local hazardous weather designation recognizes the operations by providing county’s state of readiness emergency managers with and ability to recognize and clear-cut guidelines on how react to dangerous severe to improve their hazardous weather situations. weather operations. According to the National Requirements to become Weather Service website, an official StormReady com- StormReady communities munity include: are better prepared to save Establish a 24-hour warn- lives from the onslaught of ing point and emergency severe weather through ad- operations center vanced planning, education Have more than one way DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY | Montgomery County News and awareness. They state to receive severe weather Pictured left to right: Jim Reynolds, Dennis Cavanaugh, County Judge Pictured left to right: Kristen Hamilton and Sammy Jones, Jerry Elizandro and Susan Elizandro. that no community is storm warnings and forecasts and proof, but StormReady can to alert the public Lyndsey Cogburn show off their Henderson State DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY Tuesday, February 19, by the University shirts after receiving the Caddo Reddie [email protected] help communities save lives. Create a system that moni- Scholarship. The gap scholarship will cover tuition National Weather Service. StormReady uses a grass- tors weather conditions lo- MOUNT IDA - Montgom- and fees not covered by other scholarships and They are one of 23 counties roots approach to help com- cally financial aid. The scholarship is available to all ery County was officially de- in Arkansas to receive this munities develop plans to Caddo Hills students who qualify. clared a StormReady County County, page 4 Photo by Dewayne Holloway 2 COMMUNITY Montgomery County News • Online at swarkansasnews.com • Thursday, February 28, 2019 Is it possible to prevent Alzheimers? Part 3 wish our house or our car could do that! other examples. So what are the required we turn to Dr. Bruce Aimes. Dr Aimes’ The majority of the resources required nutrients for the brain to make GABA? triage theory. On my website you will for that work are internally created but For this information we turn to Chris find an interview with Dr.Aimes, hosted your body does need a little help. That Masterjohn, PHD, author of Testing Nu- by Dr. Rhonda Patrick (another of the help comes in form of 27 vitamins and tritional Status, The Ultimate Cheat Sheet. experts I follow regularly). 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