1 Section • 8 Pages Thursday, October 18, 2018 GLENWOOD USPS 220-180 93rd Year • Issue 42 SERVINGHERALD GLENWOOD, ARKANSAS & THE DIAMOND LAKES SINCE 1926 SEE US ONLINE: WWW.SWARKANSASNEWS.COM ABD WWW.FACEBOOK.COM GLENWOOD HERALD State Parks and Tourism Department rewards Glenwood Senior Center for visiting more parks than any other center Visits 14 sites from June 1 to August 31 Summer State Park Challenge It took 14 weeks for the Glenwood Senior Adult Center to earn recognition from the Department of Parks and Tourism, but every trip was worth it to the nine to eleven people who ventured forth to adventure and education. Glenwood Senior Adult Center Director Tammy Cogburn received an e-mail in May from the Department of Parks and Tourism challenging the seniors at the center to visit a state park here in Arkansas each week from June 1 through August 31. The Center here gladly took up the challenge as Cogburn set aside time to make arrangements at each of the 14 parks they chose to visit. Cogburn stated she talked with park interpreters at each location so those people could come up with ideas to entertain and educate the seniors who could make the trips. “Every state park we visited, our seniors were treated with respect and catered to in such a wonderful manner,” continued Cogburn. “Every park went out of their way to develop presen- tations which they felt would be interesting to our seniors.” “The groups visited five state parks with lakes, and we were treated to a lake tour on three of the five lakes.” The groups traveled a total of 1,830 miles to visit the 14 state parks. They went to: Lake Ouachita State Park, Toltec Mounds, Plantation Agriculture, DeGray Lake, Daisy State Park, Lake Catherine, Logoly State Park, Crater of Diamonds, Cossatot River, Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, Historical Old Washington, Dardanelle State Park, Queen Wilhelmina, and Pinnacle Mountain State Park. Presentations were made Thursday, October 11 by James Wilburn of Lake Ouachita State Park, who brought the com- Center Receives Recognition... The Glenwood Senior Adult Center received a Commendation from the Arkansas Parks and Tour- mendation by the Arkansas Director of Parks and Tourism De- ism director for their visiting one state park per week from June 1 through August 31. The presentation was done on Thursday, partment. He also brought a hiking pole decorated with decals October 11, at lunch time. Attending, from the left, were: Barbara Flowers - Executive Director Area Agency on Aging Tammy from each place the Glenwood Center visited. Cogburn - Director of the Glenwood Senior Center; James Wilburn of the Lake Ouachita State Park standing in for the Parks and Also at the presentation of the Commendation were: Execu- Tourism Director; Tanya Sawrie - Technology and Senior Center Support Tech; and, Sherial Bradley - Director of Senior Centers tive Director of Area Agency on Aging Barbara Flowers; Direc- Area Agency on Aging. Photo by Mike Wallace tor of Senior Centers, Area Agency on Aging Sherial Bradley; and, Technology and Senior Center Support Tech Tanya Sawrie, TH Given awards for their work throughout the 14 week chal- GLENWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 5 lenge were Karen Hall who drove the van on each trip, and Hel- ANNUAL TRUNK OR TREAT en Leamons to taking photographs of each trip for the Center’s The Glenwood Chamber of Commerce invites everyone to the Trunk or Treat event scrapbook. that will take place downtown Glenwood starting at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October Voting times, places and people 31st. in the races in Pike County Please come for an evening of trick or treating in a safe environment. That safe area will be along Broadway from the CHI Clinic to the Exxon station. MURFREESBORO -- Registered voters across Pike County will soon be able to participate in the 2018 general election. All area businesses, churches and individuals are encouraged to have a booth and par- While election day will be held at the four voting centers ticipate in the 5th Annual Trunk or Treat Festivities. -- Carmen Hendrix Building in Delight, Bainum Library and Learning Center in Glenwood, Bethlehem Baptist Church in Kirby and the Municipal Building in Mu- freesboro -- on Tuesday, November 6, voters also have other opportunities to cast their ballots. Early voting will be held at the Pike County Clerk’s Office, 112 N. Washington Avenue Suite A in Mur- freesboro, beginning October 22 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays. Additionally, the office will be open to voters on Saturday, October 27 and November 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The day before election day, Monday, November 5, the office will close at 5 p.m. instead of 6 p.m. For voters on the north side of the county interest- ed in early voting, polls will be open at the Bainum Library and Learning Center, 128 East Broadway in Glenwood, on Monday-Friday, October 29-November 3, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Also, there is two Saturday dates available on October 27 and November 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Blockers Out Front... Centerpoint Senior Knight Blake Crawford, #22, follows his blockers Friday night, October 12, at Any voter wishing to receive an absentee ballot Camden Harmony Grove. Out front is #89 Blake Swain, #72 Johnathan Daniel, #71 Jacob Huffman, #50 Tad Green, as Jonah must have their form submitted to the Pike County Carey, #60, cuts off backside pursuit. At right is #8, Owen Bright. Harmony Grove won the game 50-15. Clerk’s office by October 30 for mailing purposes, Photo by Mike Wallace otherwise having until November 5 to submit their application for ballot pickup by themselves or desig- nated bearer. Those who choose the latter option must have their ballots returned to the Clerk’s office by 5 p.m. on November 5. There is no regulations on who can receive an ab- sentee ballot, and the method provides the only format in which a paper ballot will be utilized, for those who do not wish to vote by electronic machine. For more information on absentee ballots, call the Pike County Clerk’s office at (870) 285-2743. While the deadline has passed for new voters to register to participate in the election, voters who have been registered within the State of Arkansas in anoth- er county, but wish to vote in Pike County, have until November 2 to move their registration. Additionally, to simplify the voting process, Coun- ty Clerk Sandy Campbell requests that any registered voter who has moved since last participating in an election to contact her office with their new address. With the Voter ID law having been upheld in court for the November 6 election, voters will be asked to present a valid ID, such as a driver’s license, student ID or federal or government photo ID, in order to vote. Those without a photo identification will be forced to vote provisionally, however an ID can be obtained for free at the Clerk’s office to relieve the issue. Campbell also encourages voters to visit www. voterview.org to review the five state constitutional See Voting in PC Page 2 Centerpoint FFA instructor Billy Minton, at right, and several of the FFA members bring out the food served on Tuesday night, October 9, at the annual Chapter fund raiser and pie auction. The Centerpoint FFA Chapter served approximately 200 people this night. With donations and the pie auction, about $12,000 was raised. The funds are used to send students to various camps and conferences through the premier youth leadership organization - the FFA. The annual pie auction, along with the meats lab (the only such program in the state) allows the lo- cal chapter to send more students across the state with very little out of pocket expense. Photo by Mike Wallace. Page 2 • Glenwood Herald • Thursday, October 18, 2018 Special award for Transporting the Glenwood Senior Center Special award for taking pictures at the 14 state parks visited members to the 14 state parks they visited June 1 to August 31 by the Glenwood Senior Center. At left is Helen Leamons, at was given to Karen Hall, at left., At right is Center Director right is Glenwood Director Tammy Cogburn. Bennie H. Kinsey Tammy Cogburn. Photo by Mike Wallace Photo by Mike Wallace August 23, 1924 to April 21, 1945 One of America’s Greatest Bennie H. Kinsey served a tour of duty with the 302 Engi- Voting times, place and people, from Page 1 neers during World War II and was honorably discharged. He issues on the ballot so as to be informed before voting, as the Pike County Judge -- Judge Dewight Mack (D) and Keith was safe back at home on the farm, but concluded that the job text of the issues can be lengthy to read on screen while par- Couch (I) was not done. ticipating in the election. The measures include civil lawsuits, Pike County Sheriff and Collector -- Roger “Bimbo” Fle- Adolf Hitler survived and continued to be a threat to liberty. voter ID, term limits, casino gaming and the Arkansas mini- mens (R), James Dewight Cogburn (I) and Travis Hill (D) Bennie asked to re-join his unit in Germany so as to continue mum wage. Registered voters can also preview their individual Justice of the Peace, District 3 -- Seth Henry Kirkham (R) the fight. He was aware that he could be killed as he crossed the ballot for all races at the website. and Ricky Buck (D) Atlantic if German U-Boats sank his troop ship.