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FOOD AND DRINKBY EMILY VAN ZANDTIra’s Park Hill Grill has opened in the former E’s Bistro space, filling a dining void in the North Little Rock neighborhood. While there are some solid offerings such as the shrimp and grits, the spot is still working out the kinks in the kitchen and with service.PAGE 18

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTBY SYD HAYMANThere is only one festival in the metro that offers fine food and wine tasting among wildlife. The Little Rock Zoo hosts its annual Wild Wines fundraising event Saturday night that pairs 200 hand-selected wines with fare from more than 50 area restaurants.PAGE 21

LIVE MUSICBY CALEB HENNINGTONCorey Glover has been a force on the music scene for three decades. Known best as the frontman for Grammy-winning rock band Living Colour, Glover has toured the world as a part of the band and as a solo act. He makes a solo stop Wednesday at Stickyz.PAGE 23

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COVER STORY: Ten years ago, the USS Razorback came to dock in North Little Rock on the banks of the Arkansas

River. Even though there was some resistance in the beginning, the boat has been an asset to the city, as officials estimate it and the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum pumped in $1 million

in 2014. The retired sub isn’t going anywhere, and a tugboat is on its way with a proposed expansion to the museum.

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A sour tasteBY EMILY VAN ZANDTSour — as in tart, not spoiled — beer has become a trend around the country with craft breweries and has even made its way to the metro. We talked to a few of the brewers who make the tart beer, learned some of the lingo of the brewing process and received recommendations on brews for sour newbies.PAGE 14


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By the time the end of 2023 comes around, Arkansas Highway and Trans-portation Department members ex-

pect Little Rock to have a 10-lane highway passing through its downtown.

“It’s definitely going to go,” says Danny Straessle, assistant public information offi-cer at the department.

The projected 7.4-mile stretch of highway will start at the southern terminal, where Interstate 30, Interstate 530 and Interstate 440 meet. From there, it will go through the Interstate 630 interchange and over the Interstate 30 bridge before ending where In-terstate 40 meets U.S. 67.

SAFETY A PRIORITYStraessle says the goal of the corridor is to

decrease congestion and travel time, as well as promote safety in traveling through the metro area.

“The I-30 corridor that goes through the metro area is the busiest travel corridor in

the state,” Straessle says. “It’s pretty much reached its capacity to carry traffic.”

Straessle says the highway will have five lanes going in both directions, north and south. Of the five lanes on either side, three will be travel lanes dedicated to through traf-fic, which is traffic not exiting the highway.

“Right now, there’s only three lanes,” Straessle says. “To get off the interstate, you have to exit right off of it.”

The other two lanes on either side of the three lanes will address the entrance-exit issue. The collection and distribution lanes, similar to those that travelers see on Inter-state 430, will address the current issue of traffic having to pull straight out of an exit and into the flow of traffic. The collection and distribution lanes will also allow cars to pull off into an exit without causing as much congestion as the city sees now with drivers having to pull right off the highway, he says.

Straessle says some sections will have aux-iliary lanes that connect exit and entrance ramps directly, allowing those who are head-ing only to the next exit to stay in one lane.

“You will be able to get from one down-town exit to another without having to get in through traffic,” Straessle says. “We take the local traffic off the main lanes and onto the collection-distribution lanes.”

BUILDINGThe project is funded by the half-cent

sales tax approved by Arkansas voters in 2012. The sales tax went into effect July 2013.

If approved, the expansion of the high-way will be the biggest dollar amount award-ed for the department at approximately $450 million. Currently, the biggest award for a project by the department was $100.6 million for the U.S. 412 northern bypass in Springdale, a 4.5-mile stretch of land, Straessle says.

Straessle says the project is expected to begin in 2018. Instead of using bids, there will be a submission of credentials and that the department will decide who’s qualified. The project will use a design-build team, which will consist of a consulting engineer and a contractor.

When the project begins, the hopes are that three lanes will be open in both direc-tions for traffic, Straessle says. He says the number of lanes isn’t set in stone and there may be less, depending on the needs of the team building the project.

Straessle says there will likely be a lot of staging of traffic, with lanes shifting when the need calls for it.

“It has to wrap up before 2023,” he says. “That’s when the half-cent sales tax sunsets.”

PUBLIC RESPONSEStraessle says four public meetings have

been held thus far for feedback. He says many people were apprehensive about the widening, expressing concerns that property would be taken.

“There was a lot of difference between the first and fourth meetings,” Straessle says. “Once folks took a look at what was pro-posed and saw we had most of the right of way we needed, I think tensions eased.”

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HOUSE PARLIAMENTARIAN BUDDY JOHNSON (RIGHT) WATCHES AS HOUSE SPEAKER JEREMY GILLAM, R-JUDSONIA, BANGS HIS GAVEL, OFFICIALLY ENDING THE REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION APRIL 22 AT THE STATE CAPITOL IN LITTLE ROCK.

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KODY WALKERUniversity of Arkansas senior running backWith fellow running backs Jonathan Williams and Alex Collins resting, Walker ran for 176 yards in the annual Red-White game April 25. A breakout performance is worth a celebration, even in a scrimmage game. We’d enjoy meeting Walker and talking about what could be a memorable senior season.

S. CHRISTOPHER BOGGSCommunity Theater of Little Rock volunteerBoggs premiered his play, The Winning Numbers, to the delight of theatergoers last week. The play was shown as a fundraiser for the organization’s coming season. A night of drinks and dinner seems to be a fitting way to toast the occasion, and while we’re at it, we may show off our theatrical talents for a chance to star in Boggs’ next production.

JOHN WATERSAward-winning author, directorWaters was the main attraction at the Arkansas Literary Festival. Waters’ April 25 performance sold out quickly, and he didn’t disappoint. We’d see if he could fill us in on his coming projects and what it was like to hitchhike across America over some late-night drinks and appetizers on a patio.

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LR schools’ Suggs leaves post amid controversyBY JOSEPH PRICE

1968: Dexter Suggs Sr. is born.He grows up in St. Louis, where he gets involved in gang activity by the seventh grade. He is also shot and stabbed during his time in middle school. He turns his life around after applying to a high school away from the area where he attended middle school. As a high schooler, he is involved in athletics.

1990-1991: Suggs serves in an infantry unit during the Persian Gulf War.

1988-1994: Suggs attends Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Illinois. Suggs earns a bachelor’s degree in speech communication.

1995-1997: Suggs attends Indiana Wes-leyan University in Marion, Indiana. Suggs earns a master’s degree in educa-tion curriculum and instruction.

1999-2000: Suggs attends Indiana University-Purdue University Indianap-olis, where he earns his second master’s degree in education administration supervision.

1994-2001: Suggs is a teacher and coach at Ben Davis High School in Indianap-olis.

2004-2008: Suggs is a secondary prin-cipal in Indianapolis Public Schools, working at Emma Donnan Middle School. He leaves the position after a promotion in 2008.

NOV. 2007: Suggs is awarded a Milken Educator Award. The award comes with a $25,000 prize.

JUNE 2008-JULY 2009: Suggs serves as director of operations and communica-tions and transportation at Indianapolis Public Schools. He leaves in 2009 after being promoted to help a reorganized department.

After only two years as Little Rock School District superintendent, Dex-ter Suggs has resigned.

This ends a chapter in Suggs’ career, which began with high expectations. He came into the school district with a reputation for turn-ing urban schools that were failing their stu-dents into schools that help students succeed. But Suggs left the district under a cloud of transparency issues, lawsuits, conflict and a plagiarism scandal.

Here’s a look at the career of Suggs as he goes into the next phase of his life:

JULY 2009-JANUARY 2010: Suggs is sec-ondary principal at Indianapolis Public Schools again. He leaves the position after a promotion.

2004-2009: Suggs receives his doctorate in education from Indiana Wesleyan University. His dissertation is titled “The Impact of Middle School Prin-cipal Leadership on the Integration of Technology in Selected Middle Schools Within the Indianapolis Public School District.”

FEB. 2013: Suggs is one of the four finalists interviewed to replace Mor-ris Holmes, the previous Little Rock School District superintendent who had announced his resignation March 22, three months before his contract, which began in January 2011, expired.

MARCH 5, 2013: The Little Rock School District Board of Education selects Suggs to be the district’s new super-intendent. According to the district, School Board President Dianne Curry stated, “We believe he has the talent, experience and commitment necessary

to help our students achieve their full potential and help us fulfill our mission of creating excellence for tomorrow.”

OCT. 2013: Rep. John Walker serves as attorney for black families in a deseg-regation lawsuit against the district challenging the practice of assessing fines on students who are tardy or missing summer classes. Walker has said the fees are used to keep students out of those classes. According to the Arkansas Times, Suggs set restrictions on Walker’s visits to the district’s of-fices, accusing Walker of harassing and intimidating employees.

JAN. 2014: Six Little Rock School District administrative employees are told their jobs will be eliminated by nonrenewal notices. According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the affected jobs and their salaries include: Karen DeJarnette, director of planning, research and evaluation, $108,036; Wanda Huddle, director of curriculum and social studies, $121,476; Irma Routen, grant project director and music director, $81,146; Marion

Woods, director of physical education and health, $107,807; Linda Newburn, secretary and English department, $43,044; and Blondell Taylor, secretary of curriculum-social studies, $45,696.

APRIL 2014: Suggs rescinds all six nonrenewal notices after a hearing with the employees and their attorney, Walker.

The Little Rock School District is sued by Little Rock Education Asso-ciation, which represents the district’s employee groups. Suggs is named as a defendant in the suit from 20 Reading Recovery program teachers who were told they must reapply for their jobs, the Democrat-Gazette reported.

JAN. 28, 2015: Suggs is named interim superintendent of the district after the Arkansas Board of Education votes 5-4 for dismissing the elected school board and having the state assume control.

MARCH 9, 2015: Walker files House Bill 1905, which would require a minimum score of 16 on the ACT for superinten-dents of a school district with more than 1,000 students. This bill partially stems from a deposition of Suggs by Walker where Suggs stated that he scored betwen a 13 and 15 on his ACT.

APRIL 15, 2013: Blue Hog Report, a web-site operated by lawyer Matt Campbell, accuses Suggs of plagiarizing sections of his 2009 dissertation. Campbell posts sections of Suggs’ dissertation, as well as the corresponding passages he is accused of plagiarizing. According to the Democrat-Gazette, Suggs denied the plagiarism accusation, saying that he did not feel that he intentionally “committed any fraud or plagiarism of a particular nature.”

APRIL 21: Suggs resigns as Superinten-dent of Little Rock Schools. According to the Arkansas Times, a motion is filed in a lawsuit claiming Suggs was deter-mined to punish teacher Teresa Knapp Gordon for filing an ethics complaint against Suggs. The lawsuit accuses Suggs of sending disciplinary notices to teachers at Jefferson Elementary School accusing them of unauthorized use of the school property, theft and misuse in connection to summer and afterschool programs, as well as failure to account for activity funds.

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LR schools interim Superintendent Suggs resignsTHE WEEKLY REWIND

THE 90TH ARKANSAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY WRAPPED UP ITS REGULAR SESSION APRIL 22. THE SESSION, ONE OF THE SHORTEST IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, ENDED WITH ONE LAST PIECE OF LEGISLATION SENT TO GOV. ASA HUTCHINSON, THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE REPORTED. IF PASSED, THE SENATE BILL, SPONSORED BY SEN. BILL SAMPLE, R-HOT SPRINGS, WOULD REQUIRE PEOPLE WHO FAIL DRIVER’S TESTS REPEATEDLY TO PAY EACH TIME THEY RETAKE THE EXAM.

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LR SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT BAILSDexter Suggs, the top administrator of the state’s largest school district, the state-controlled

Little Rock School District, resigned April 21 but not before a deal was struck to pay him up to $250,000 for doing so. The resignation comes amidst accusations from Little Rock attorney Matt Campbell, author of the Blue Hog Report blog, that Suggs plagiarized large portions of his doctoral dissertation while at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana, where he earned the degree in 2009.

The deal calls for $41,708.50 to be paid in salary and $4,500 for “transition expenses” to be paid within 10 days, as well as $50,500 every two months from July to year end. The terms are nullified if the university finds Suggs guilty of academic dishonesty. Meanwhile, his replacement presumably will be hired by the Arkansas Department of Education, which took control of the school district earlier this year on grounds of six district schools being in perpetual academic distress. The department, which had retained Suggs as interim superintendent after the takeover and allowed him to resign in lieu of being fired, will pay Suggs’ severance out of district funds. Your tax dollars at work.

LITTLE ROCK ADOPTS ANTI-BIAS RULES

After a 7-2 vote of the board of directors April 21, the city of Little Rock has adopted new rules requiring both city employees and businesses it contracts with to agree to an expanded nondiscrimination clause, one that notably includes sexual orientation and gender identity. The vote comes on the heels of the Legislature’s passage of Act 137, formerly Senate Bill 202, which prohibits city and county governments from creating protected classes that aren’t included in state law, which was a thinly veiled attempt to keep local governments from passing laws prohibiting discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender residents. The thing is, as Little Rock City Attorney Tom Carpenter pointed out, discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation are already prohibited by a state statute in the state’s anti-bullying law. Go figure.

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PINE BLUFF SCHOOLS NIX 68Pine Bluff School District interim

Superintendent T.C. Wallace Jr., who was hired in April, informed employees that the district would be eliminating 68 jobs. Wallace cited a decline in enrollment, and consequently a decline in state funding, as the reason for the cuts, which are projected to save the district $3.1 million annually. Of course, it didn’t go over well that many employees had already gotten wind of the terminations, which were reported by various media outlets before the district informed staff. Not an enviable way to start a new job.

FORMER TRAVS GENERAL MANAGER DIES

Many Arkansans mourned upon hearing the news April 26 that long-time Arkansas Travelers General Manager Bill Valentine had died. Valentine, who was 82, was a former Major League Baseball umpire who’d gotten his start in baseball working at Ray Winder Field as a teenager. He became the general manager for the Travelers in 1976 and steadily grew the operation over the next three decades, including overseeing the team’s move to the new Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock. He retired in 2009 as the team’s executive vice president, but his contributions to the legacy to the team and the memories of countless Travs fans will be timeless.

— Compiled from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports

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LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT DEXTER SUGGS (RIGHT) IS DEPARTING HIS POSITION WITH A DEAL THAT WILL PAY HIM MORE THAN $200,000 WITHIN A YEAR.

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LR board OKs Stone’s Throw beer garden, additionsBY EMILY VAN ZANDT

STONE’S THROW BREWING TO ADD BEER GARDEN

Last week, Stone’s Throw Brewing received permission from the city to add a long-anticipated beer garden to its brewery at 402 E. Ninth St. in Little Rock. The Little Rock City Board of Directors approved the plans to add outdoor seating, increase indoor seating and expand its hours and days of operation.

The brewery has long talked about adding a beer garden as a nod to the MacArthur Park neighborhood’s German roots.

“My old landlord from when I lived in the neighborhood, Chuck Heinbockel, showed me a photograph he had of Papa Geyer’s beer garden when we first moved into our building,” said brewery co-owner Ian Beard in a news release. “That planted the seed to try and replicate that kind of community experience down the road. We liked the idea so much, we even named a beer in his honor: Papa Geyer’s Pilsner.”

According to brewery owners, the new garden will be located in the open space between the brewery and the corner, where food trucks had previously set up. The garden will include wooden picnic tables, and food trucks will be relocated to the parking area behind the brewery.

Stone’s Throw’s hours will change starting Friday. The brewery will then be open until 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.

NEW OUTLET STORES ANNOUNCEDMore companies have applied for

building permits at the coming Outlets at Little Rock, set to open this October at the Gateway Town Center, the Arkansas

Democrat-Gazette reported. Stores that have applied include Gap Factory, Banana Republic, Charlotte Russe, Francesca’s, Rack Room Shoes, Old Navy, Oshkosh/Carter’s, Famous Footwear, Sunglass Hut

and Rue 21. Previously announced stores include Dress Barn, Express, Gymboree, Kay Jewelers and The Children’s Place.

KENT WALKER ARTISAN CHEESE OPENS

The Kent Walker Artisan Cheese tasting room, located in the former Diamond Bear Brewing Co. space at 323 S. Cross St., is now open to the public. Visitors can order beer and wine, along with meat and house-made cheeses. Tours are held Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m., and typical hours are 1-8 p.m. Thursday, 1-9 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. For more info, visit kentwalkercheese.com.

ACADIA UPDATES MENUThere’s a fresh menu at Acadia

Restaurant at 3000 Kavanaugh Blvd. The restaurant has done away with the old fixed-price menu and has added new dishes, including appetizers such as steamed mussels, pate, and a spinach, artichoke and crab dip, along with entrees including pastas, blackened rib-eye, seared scallops and a bone-in roasted pork chop. Also new is a happy hour starting Monday that includes $1 off mixed drinks and appetizers, and 10 percent off bottles of wine from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and all day Monday. Call (501) 603-9630 or visit acadiahillcrest.com for more information.

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“We’re on a mission from God.” — Elwood Blues

T hat’s the line that first popped into my head when I heard that our for-mer governor and conservative media

titan Mike Huckabee was throwing his hat back into the ring for the presidency. The line wasn’t inspired by any genuine religious feeling; it was inspired by the feeling that Huckabee was getting his band back together and setting off on an-other adventure.

As a child, I sneaked into the theater to see The Blues Brothers. Dan Aykroyd and John Be-lushi in dark Ray-Bans and suits bouncing around Illinois putting their band back to-gether to save the or-phanage they grew up in, all the while feeling like their mission was divinely inspired. The John Landis picture still holds the record for the most car crashes in a single movie.

“Are you the police?”— Mrs. Tarantino

“No ma’am, we’re musicians!” — Elwood Blues

On Tuesday, Huckabee will gather all his old bandmates together and announce to America that indeed his band is back to-gether and that Iowa better watch out. Most every operative from Huckabee’s first run is back for the sequel, with the addition of Arkansas Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin as an advisor. Great move to add him to the band. He’s like the Cab Calloway for the ensemble, seasoned through two W presidential campaigns and probably one of the best political operatives in the country for the early primaries and cau-cuses the governor will have to go through.

Huckabee’s band is pretty impressive. They now have quite a bit of experience and are very well-connected nationally through-out the Republican Party. Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina, they’re all going through what Huckabee went through in 2008: find-ing a band and figuring out if they can all play great music together. The Blues Brothers have been through that, and they know they

can hit all the notes. Iowa and South Caroli-na, two of the first three contests in the primary race, set up nicely for their kind of music. And that means they’ll probably be on tour for a while.

“It’s a 106 miles to Chi-cago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of ciga-rettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses.”

— Elwood Blues

Conventional political wisdom says that Huckabee won’t win. Unlike Jake and El-wood, who eventually raise the money to save the orphanage, Huckabee isn’t a good fund-raiser. And that is the kiss of death in presi-dential politics. He also doesn’t prepare a lot on issues, depending on that ultra-quick wit to carry him through in public settings. That shortcoming can be even more deadly.

But he and his band sure can play. Plus, they’ve been around before and know how to win — especially Iowa. So I don’t know if Huckabee will be our next president, but I do know he will be exciting to watch. And this sequel will be a thousand times better than Blues Brothers 2.

Bill Vickery is a political consultant and appears on Political Plays on KARK on Friday mornings. Listen to him on The Sunday Buzz from 9 a.m. to noon Sundays on 103.7 The Buzz.

During a recent interview on Fox News, Mike Huckabee announced that he has something to announce. On

Tuesday, he’s holding court in his hometown of Hope to announce his decision of whether he’ll make another run for the presidency. For those of you who may be questioning whether he’s actually going to throw his hat into the ever-expanding GOP primary, just know that there’s nothing to be gained from dragging the national media to small-town Arkansas for no reason. So let’s operate as if he’s run-ning (because he is).

While Mr. Huckabee is known around our state for his relatively mod-erate leadership as a former governor, he’s better known throughout the country for his work as a political com-mentator and his nonstop rhetoric over the left’s attack on Christian family values. By being the indefatigable champion of all things conservative evangelical, he’s pro-vided himself with a platform from which he can lob one verbal attack after another at the left. He can chastise those who depend on what he considers “handouts” from the gov-ernment through assistance with health care, and he can continue lamenting over the gov-ernment interfering in places where it doesn’t belong. But to do so is to forget his past ac-tions while serving as governor of our state.

Not everyone has forgotten his plan to consolidate our public schools or when he used a Medicaid waiver to establish ARKids First, a health insurance program for state children. Given the GOP’s complete disdain for subsidizing health care for anyone, it’ll be interesting to see how he utilizes this issue on the campaign trail. After all, it’s hard to brag about such an accomplishment after spending the better half a decade complaining about

the creation of a similar program, especially with the knowledge and proof that it helps more people.

This speaks to a larger problem surround-ing Huckabee, as his inability to commit to a consistent style of leadership has created a bit of fatigue among potential voters. This means that he may again struggle to transcend his likely voter universe of the evangelical right. In the last two presidential primaries, conser-vative voters opted for John McCain and Mitt

Romney, who were more middle-of-the-road moderate can-didates. While both nominees had their fair share of political blunders, they were savvy enough to utilize their more progressive moments in leadership to add dimension to their more conserva-tive views. The same possibility doesn’t seem likely for Hucka-

bee. He’s long since put his ultra-conservative stake in the ground on issues such as gay mar-riage and a woman’s right to govern over her own body. While I see the logic in banking on an appeal to the far right in order to separate himself from the rest of his crowded primary, I’d argue that such a decision is a serious mis-step. How would he be able to find his way to more moderate ground if he succeeded in his primary? To do so would be an incredibly difficult task after having tethered himself to a mentality that is greatly unpopular with a large percentage of the American electorate.

While I know “never say never” is a wiser course to take when assessing a candidate’s viability, I’ll take my chances. I don’t see a Huckabee presidency in my future, but I’m certainly looking forward to the showdown between the candidates in the interim.

Jessica DeLoach Sabin appears on Political Plays on KARK on Friday mornings.

INCONSISTENT LEADERSHIP TO TURN VOTERS OFF MIKE HUCKABEE AND THE BLUES BROTHERS

“Conventional political wisdom says that Huckabee won’t win. Unlike Jake and

Elwood, who eventually raise the money to save the orphanage, Huckabee isn’t

a good fundraiser.”

“Not everyone has forgotten [Huckabee’s] plan to

consolidate our public schools or when he used a Medicaid

waiver to establish ARKids First, a health insurance

program for state children. ”

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RIGHT ONBy Bill Vickery

Is Mike Huckabee a viable presidential candidate?POLITICS


University of Arkansas at Little Rock Athletic Director Chasse Conque has had his detractors since he took over in

January. He shouldn’t have fired former men’s basketball Coach Steve Shields. He shouldn’t have listed the five finalists for the job. He should have hired one of two former Razorbacks — Joe Kleine or Darrell Walker. He shouldn’t have hired Chris Beard, an NCAA Division II coach that has no ties to Arkansas. There’s probably even more criticism that has been thrown the 30-year-old’s way that we aren’t privy to, but those are the greatest hits.

However, Conque did make a smart move last week. He pretty much ensured that the school’s greatest coach, in any sport, in school history will most likely finish his career at UALR. That’s probably more important than listing who the five men’s candidates are or hiring an out-of-stater for the men’s basket-ball job. If Conque had let women’s basketball Coach Joe Foley ride off into the sunset, that would be big trouble.

Instead, after Foley interviewed at the University of Kansas, Conque reworked Fo-ley’s deal, giving the coach a $53,759 raise this year that brings his salary to $215,000 and to $250,000 by 2018. Foley will also earn an extra $15,000 per year for his radio show. The con-tract expires in 2024, when Foley turns 68.

The Arkansas Sports Hall of Famer said in a March Sync interview that he wanted to stay at UALR. Now that he has a commitment from the school to both he and his assistants (who also received raises), Foley, the school’s all-time winningest coach, will most likely end his ca-reer in Little Rock.

“If you look at my career … 19 years at [Ar-kansas Tech University] and 16 as the head coach and now [at UALR] for 12,” he said in March. “If there is some reason we may not be able to compete money-wise for some reason program-wise and can’t win here, then natural-ly, I would have a tendency to go somewhere else. Hopefully, that is where Conque can come in and get better crowds and more money for the program. I’m not looking to move, but I do enjoy winning. It’s kind of been my past, and

that is what I want to go out doing — winning. At least having a great opportunity to win.”

So Conque did the smart thing. The right thing. Some may not believe it or want to hear it, but Foley is the best the UALR athletic department has. He is a winning coach with marketability and charisma. If UALR lost him, most likely the wins would have followed him. Not every coach could be successful at UALR. But Foley, dating back to his 16-year career at Arkansas Tech, knows how to win at smaller schools and, more importantly, knows how to recruit there.

Taylor Gault, a recently departed senior, and Chastity Reed are two of the better play-ers to don a Trojans uniform. Both could have played at bigger schools, but Foley snagged them, and both players helped the school to unparalleled success. Conque recognized that over the past few years. Finding someone to replace what Foley has built would be a lot tougher than hiring a men’s coach (Beard was a good hire, by the way, even though there may have been a couple of other logical choices).

So now what Conque has to figure out is how he can make his investment in Foley pay off in other ways than success. Or how that success can make money for the school. Even though the UALR women were much better than their counterparts this season, the Jack Stephens Center was nearly empty until the men’s game tipped off the night cap of the doubleheader. You can tell that is a sore spot with Foley.

“I would ask anyone to help me answer that. I don’t know,” Foley said in March. “I thought once we started going to the NCAA tournament and beating people like LSU, we would put people in the stands. It’s been kind of disappointing that hasn’t happened. I think our program deserves to have a little bit bet-ter opportunity to have crowds in front of it. That is the reason we bring those teams in, and if you don’t have a big crowd, then that has a tendency. … They want to play in front of big crowds, too. So it is disappointing.”

Look for Conque and his marketing team to put their heads together to give Foley and Co. what they deserve. That is a much better problem to deal with than trying to fill the shoes of a coaching legend.

Read Nate’s sports blog at goingdeep.sync weekly.com.

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SUB SHORES UP NLR ECONOMYArkansas Inland Maritime Museum, USS Razorback create major boost

for city as sub’s 10th anniversary nearsT

he USS Razorback, docked on the North Little Rock side of the Arkansas River, is hard to miss.

The nearly 312-foot World War II-era submarine is visible from the Little Rock side of the river, as well as the Junction Bridge and Main Street

Bridge. It’s rare for an inland state such as Arkansas to have such an attraction, city officials say, and the submarine draws thousands of visitors from all over the world and has had a hefty economic effect on the city.

In May, the Razorback celebrates 10 years on the Arkansas River bank. North Little Rock city officials are also working on a plan to bring the USS Hoga, a World War II tugboat, to join the submarine and expand the city’s Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum.

GREG ZONNER IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS INLAND MARITIME MUSEUM IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK. THE MUSEUM IS CELEBRATING ITS 10TH YEAR.


“First and foremost, AIMM is a living memorial, and there are very few in this country,” says North Little Rock Mayor Joe Smith. “We have the opportunity to look at this submarine and say thanks to the greatest generation and the soldiers of past, present and future. And the economic im-pact has a positive effect on the community.”

Last year, Smith requested that the North Little Rock Visitors Bureau, the city’s marketing and promotion arm, determine the economic influence of the museum, which includes the Razorback. The result was esti-mated at just over $1 million for 2014 alone, the city reported in January.

Bob Major, executive director of the vis-itors bureau, says the economic effect takes into account museum admission, as well as North Little Rock hotel stays, restaurant purchases and more, and it has shown the museum to be a “viable attraction; it’s truly a destination.”

While he knew the museum was a major tourist attraction in central Arkansas, Smith says he was somewhat surprised when he saw the actual economic result. He says the numbers ensure continued support from the North Little Rock City Council.

“Those numbers give me a great story to tell,” he says. “People are visiting and having priceless experiences.”

Major says the bureau knew attendance was growing each year but that 2014 was the first time a true economic result was calcu-lated.

“It wasn’t surprising to me,” Major says. “We knew that the submarine and museum were doing a lot for the community.”

In 2014, more than 21,600 people visited the museum from all 50 states and 81 coun-tries, says Allison Hiblong, the museum’s director of operations. That included more than 3,300 groups, 155 birthday parties, 550 overnight stays on the sub and more than 2,000 other events, she says.

A MARITIME DESTINATIONFormer North Little Rock Mayor Patrick

Henry Hays is largely credited with bringing the submarine and museum to North Little Rock. Smith, who was on Hays’ staff during the early stages, says at first he worried that it wouldn’t work out and that the city couldn’t afford to keep the submarine going, but his concerns have subsided over the years.

“I had concerns,” Smith says. “But the volunteers and [museum] board have shown that it can work, is working and will continue to work.”

The plan to bring the USS Razorback to North Little Rock began with a meeting between museum executive director Greg Zonner, a member of the United States Submarine Veterans Inc. Razorback Base group, and Hays in 2002.

Zonner says the veterans organization learned that Tur-key, which purchased the Razorback from the U.S. Navy in 1970, had decommissioned the submarine, so members contacted mayors all over the state about bringing it to Ar-kansas. When he and Hays met, Zonner says he learned that

Hays was working to obtain the Hoga. The two decided to work together to bring both vessels to North Little Rock.

“We thought it was a unique opportunity, and it worked out really well,” Zonner says. “Plus, it’s cool. Think about it: Where else in the central United States can you see a 95-percent complete submarine? And where else can you put a sub named Razorback?”

The process took about two years from the first meet-ing to the Razorback’s arrival. Zonner says working with the

U.S. Department of State caused some delays.“It’s a capital warship, and they don’t want to turn those

loose to anyone in the United States,” he says.The city of North Little Rock purchased the subma-

rine from Turkey for about $40,000, the Arkansas Demo-crat-Gazette reported in early 2004. It cost about $600,000 to transport the sub to the city, and Zonner says most of the funding — $400,000 — came from Stephens Inc., with the city, the submarine veterans organization and Pine Bluff

Sand and Gravel Co. providing the rest.The Razorback arrived in North Little Rock in August

2004. A soft opening was held in April 2005 before opening to the public a month later, Zonner says.

The museum’s annual budget is $300,000, and the muse-um operates with four full-time staff members, Zonner says. It also relies on several volunteers to give tours and provide maintenance.

The process of bringing the Razorback to North Little Rock and creating the museum has drawn some criticism from the public and others, who said it would be too expensive to main-tain, Zonner says. While there will likely al-ways be naysayers, he says the museum’s con-tinuously growing attendance and the recent economic-impact report have shown that it plays a vital role in the city’s economy and has contributed to the revitalization of Argenta.

Hays, who was mayor from 1989 to 2013, says the submarine is a symbol of the coun-try’s military history. He says he believes the public has become more supportive of the museum over the past 10 years.

“Folks have recognized the historical significance and the activity it’s generated,” Hays says. “It’s shown that it’s certainly been worth the effort and investment. It’s an excit-ing artifact to have.”

THE HOGA AND MUSEUM EXPANSIONNot only is the museum home to the

USS Razorback, it also features a large walk-through collection of World War II and Ar-kansas River artifacts, and it serves as a ven-ue for birthday parties, sleepovers and other events.

The collection has grown over the years, as former sailors, submariners and others continuously donate items to the museum, Hiblong says.

The museum houses the battle flag that was flown during World War II and the sub-marine’s bell. Zonner says bells are typically sent back to the Navy after a ship is decom-missioned. However, the museum’s, he says, likely “fell into a guy’s sea bag.” When a Navy inspector visited the museum and asked who gave them the bell, Zonner says he told him he couldn’t remember, and the inspector shook his head and simply said, “Nevermind.”

“The stories that are told through the artifacts is what makes the museum what it is,” Hiblong says. “That’s what we’re trying to unearth: more and more of these stories. With [the Razorback’s] long history, we’re going to have a lot to tell.”Only about 5 percent of the museum’s collec-

tion is actually on display at any given time. About every six months, museum workers rotate the collections, Zonner says.

The museum board is currently working to bring the USS Hoga to North Little Rock and to expand the museum from 4,800 square feet to 16,000 square feet, Zonner says.

In 2004, the U.S. Navy awarded North Little Rock own-ership of the Hoga, which is the last-surviving vessel at Pearl Harbor, which was attacked Dec. 7, 1941, he says. While the

PAUL HONECK IS ONE OF SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS AT THE ARKANSAS INLAND MARITIME MUSEUM IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK.

THE USS RAZORBACK CAME TO NORTH LITTLE ROCK IN 2004 AND OPENED IN 2005.


When Paul Honeck first heard that a submarine was coming to North Little Rock more than 10

years ago, he says he wanted nothing to do with it.

Honeck, of Jacksonville, had spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy, 14 of which were aboard submarines. When he retired from the Navy in 1992 as master chief machinist mate, he says he thought he’d seen his last submarine.

“But that didn’t happen,” he says. One day, Honeck decided to visit the USS Razorback and says he fell in love with it.

Since the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum and submarine opened to the public in 2005, Honeck has volunteered his time, mostly on the weekends, to give tours of the vessel.

Museum executive director Greg Zonner says central Arkansas is home to about 40 submarine veterans, who belong to the United States Submarine Veterans Inc. Razorback Base organization. He says four or five of the veterans, including Honeck, regularly give tours, and others fill in when needed. A few college students also serve as paid tour guides.

In 2014, volunteers donated more than 4,500 hours, says museum director of operations Allison Hiblong. The museum relies on volunteers to provide tours and help with submarine maintenance, she says.

Zonner, who served in the Navy for six years as a submariner, says all submarines’ systems are similar, so no matter which generation submarine vets come from, they have a good grasp of that aspect for the tour. Training focuses on the USS Razorback’s history.

“We don’t have a set ‘here’s your speech’ for volunteers,” Zonner says, explaining that tour guides develop their own unique tours. This also ensures that returning visitors always get a different tour, he says. Zonner also started out as a volunteer until former North Little Rock Mayor Patrick Henry Hays asked him to become executive director.

If there are children or teens on his tour, Honeck says he enjoys pointing out the differences in the sleeping areas of the

captain, who had his own small quarters, and other crew, who slept piled in rows of bunks, as a reason for young people to stay in school. There are 73 bunks aboard the USS Razorback, and 80 people worked on the boat, he says.

He also enjoys pointing out that during World War II, the sub’s after engine room could get as hot as 120 degrees, so the sailors assigned to this area often worked in their underwear. Also during the war, the crew had to ration fresh water, so they were unable to take showers. Plus, because there was little room to store food, he says, the showers were often filled with potatoes.

“It would have been tough,” Honeck says, explaining that the submarines he served on were about three times the size of the Razorback and nuclear powered.

“You just kind of make do. It helps a lot when you’re 18 or 21. I don’t know how they did it, and I’m a submarine sailor,” he says.

However, he says Razorback sailors visit the submarine every year and rarely complain about the conditions.

When he served on submarines in the 1970s, ’80s and ‘90s, Honeck, a nuclear machinist mate, says he ran the nuclear power plant in the back of the boat. He was also responsible for training and running drills.

“When you first get on board, it’s so educationally intense,” he says.

He says sailors volunteer to serve on submarines, so they accept all that comes with it. Honeck volunteered because his older brother was a submariner, and he hoped they could serve together.

His first trip was on the USS George Washington and lasted 76 days, but he says it went by quickly because he was so busy. He and his brother served together for 3 1/2 years aboard the George Washington.

As a USS Razorback volunteer, Honeck says he enjoys interacting with visitors, meeting other submarine veterans from all over the country and sharing his own experiences.

“Most people have no idea what a submarine is like, and they get down here and they’re in awe,” Zonner says.

— Erica Sweeney

Submarine vets share experiences as tour guides

aboard USS Razorback

CELEBRATING 10 YEARSThe Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum is celebrating its 10th anniversary on

Memorial Day weekend.On May 23, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the museum is giving away free hot dogs,

chips and drinks with the purchase of a tour or museum donation.Admission is $7.50 for adults; $5 for children 5-12, senior citizens and military

personnel; and $2 for museum only — no submarine tour. Donations go toward preservation and maintenance of the submarine and museum.

“Memorial Day weekend is an opportunity to reflect on the fallen, show appreciation for our veterans and spend time with family,” says Greg Zonner, the museum’s executive director. “We hope families and people will come by to experience a piece of American history firsthand and enjoy a lunch on us.”

process to obtain the Hoga began at the same time as the Razorback, it has tak-en much longer to bring the Hoga to the museum.

The city submitted a more than 200-page application for the Hoga, and North Little Rock was chosen over three other cities, Zonner says. But a lawsuit from Hollywood, Florida, challenging the Na-vy’s decision and the Hoga’s renovations have caused delays.

With problems resolved, the Hoga, which is docked near San Francisco, is now ready to make its move to North Little Rock; however, the actual trans-port plan depends on a decision from the Navy, which is expected by mid-May, Zonner says. Depending on what the Navy decides, he says it could cost be-tween $500,000 and $1.2 million, so the museum board is raising $2 million for the transport.

Once a decision is received, Zonner says it will take about 45 days for the boat to make the journey to New Orle-ans, where it will dock at The National WWII Museum for 30 days. If all goes according to plan, the Hoga will likely ar-rive in North Little Rock in about three months, he says.

ANCHOR FOR ECONOMIC GROWTHNot only has the museum provided an

economic boost to North Little Rock, city officials say it has also contributed to the revitalization of Argenta.

“We’re one small piece in the econom-ic growth [of Argenta],” Zonner says, ex-plaining that when the Razorback opened 10 years ago, there was only one restau-rant in the area, and now there are sever-al, along with galleries and other business-es and attractions.

“It’s not one business that developed it,” he says. “It’s a conglomerate of all of them together. I credit Mayor Hays with his forward thinking. Everything fell into place and made downtown [North Little

Rock] more popular. The more things you have, the longer people will stay.”

Smith says having anchors, such as the museum, Dickey-Stephens Park and Verizon Arena, stabilizes the area and increases development. This has been ev-ident with the revitalization of Argenta, he says.

“Developers look for stability,” he says. “A stable downtown economy allows lo-cally owned businesses to find comfort.”

The addition of the Hoga and coming museum expansion will make the muse-um an even bigger attraction, Major says. “Very few places that aren’t on the sea coast have a Navy vessel,” he says.

Plus, he says, the more attractions the area has, the more likely visitors are to stay overnight, shop and eat at local restaurants, all of which boost the econ-omy. And once the Hoga arrives, the eco-nomic result will likely grow.

VOLUNTEER VETERANS

THE USS RAZORBACK HOSTED VISITORS FROM EVERY STATE IN 2014.


Sour beers are nothing new. Intentionally, soured brews have been made under the watch of skilled Belgian brewers

for centuries. Now, as the American craft beer movement is expanding more rapidly than ever, new U.S. brewers — including sev-eral in Arkansas — are trying their hands at the complicated and historic style.

To understand sour beers, it’s import-ant to know right away that “sour” doesn’t mean unpleasant or spoiled. Instead, sour beers can range in flavor from tart and tangy to more acidic and sour. The brews often include hints of fruit and feature very little bitter hops taste, making the brews a good entry into the craft beer world for wine lov-ers who shy away from the overwhelming, bitter notes of big IPAs.

“The word ‘sour’ throws a lot of people off,” says John Lee, the brewer behind Little Rock’s Rebel Kettle Brewing. “When you think of sour in terms of food, that doesn’t necessarily sound good for beer. But it’s real-ly more of a tart taste, like biting into a green apple or certain kinds of wine. They can be really refreshing.”

In creating sour beers, brewers get to play a bit of the mad scientist role. In brewing, yeast is the component that processes sugars into alcohol. The type of wild yeast that is used makes a big influence on beer flavor, as can the introduction of certain bacteria that also feed off of sugars. In sour brews, a yeast known as Brettanomyces (Brett, for short) is often employed to do the heavy lifting and add funky, earthy flavors, while bacteria such as Lactobacillus and Pediococcus work to turn some residual sugars into lactic acid. That tang you get when you’re eating an

unsweetened Greek yogurt? That’s the same taste you’ll find in beers that feature Lacto and Pedio.

So how do these elements end up in the beer? Well, some brewers add them inten-tionally during the brewing or aging process, while others allow wild yeast and bacteria to form naturally during a process known as spontaneous fermentation or age the brews in barrels that often naturally include bacteria in the wood. Because the bacteria are sometimes slow movers, sours can take months or even years before they’re ready to serve. Many breweries blend several batches to get just the right taste.

For smaller breweries, a process called kettle souring is often used because as fun as Brett, Lacto and Pedio are when used the right way, they can cause major headaches if they’re found in other brews.

“Brewing sour beer is difficult, worri-some and problematic when you only have one brewing space to make beer,” says Josi-ah Moody, owner of Moody Brews in Little Rock. “You have to have a lot of safeguards and extra cleaning procedures in place … otherwise everything can become sours.”

Kettle souring allows bacteria to partially ferment before temperatures are raised to kill off that bacteria and sterilize the beer, keeping that bacteria from spreading unin-tentionally.

“It’s a pretty slick technique where you get a lot of sour funk, but you don’t get the true acidic tart flavors of a true sour,” Moody says.

In Arkansas, brewers at Vino’s in Little Rock have already been experimenting with sour brews, with brewer Josh Davis releasing

A VERY SOUR PRIMER

Navigating the world of sour brewing can be tricky, especially with people

throwing around some pretty weird-sounding terms. In confusing brew times, we turn to Randy Mosher’s Tasting Beer to guide us. Here are a few terms to get you started talking sour:

Acetobacter: Bacteria that produce a vinegarlike aroma or flavor often found in wood-aged beers and lambics.

Brettanomyces: Often referred to

as “Brett,” this yeast is often found in oak wood and produces funky, earthy aromas and flavors.

Gose: A historic style of tart German beer seasoned with coriander and salt.

Gueuze: A type of sour beer that blends several different ages of lambics.

Kettle souring: A process of souring used in smaller breweries to prevent cross contamination. Bacteria partially ferment before beer is boiled and sterilized to kill off any bugs before bottling.

Lactobacillus: Bacteria used in many fermented products that feed on sugar and convert to lactic acid, giving a tangy taste like that found in unflavored Greek yogurt.

Lambic: Originating in Belgium, lambics are wheat-based beers that use spontaneous fermentation and barrel aging to sour the beer and have very little hop bitterness.

Oud Bruin: Also known as a sour brown, this Belgian sour beer picks up sour notes from bacteria and yeast that

come from wood as it barrel ages.Pediococcus: Similar to Lacto, these

bacteria feed on sugar to produce lactic acid to impart sour flavors, which are often much stronger than Lactobacillus.

Saison: This European style is sometimes made using Brett to impart a tangy flavor.

Spontaneous fermentation: A process of souring where brewers expose wort to the air to allow naturally occurring yeasts and bacteria to ferment and sour the beer.

Tasting tartSour beer making its mark in ArkansasBY EMILY VAN ZANDT | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ARSHIA KHAN

FLAVORS OF SOUR BEERS INCLUDE TART, TANGY, ACIDIC AND SOUR.


C hris Butler of Core Brewing & Distilling Co. in Springdale, John

Crow of 107 Liquor in Sherwood and John Lee of Rebel Kettle Brewing in Little Rock put together this lineup of available-in-Arkansas brews to get craft beer drinkers started with sour beers. Start at the top and work your way down to go from tart and fruity to pucker-inducing sourness.

SNAPSHOT WHEATFrom a brewery that many

consider the pioneer of sour beers in the U.S., this unfiltered wheat ale from New Belgium is brewed using two worts, one of which uses Lactobacillus bacteria to acidify the wort, leading to a slightly tart taste.

SAISON-BRETTThis farmhouse ale from Kansas

City’s Boulevard Brewing Co. bottle-conditions its ale with a strain of wild yeast called Brettanomyces to add the strains’ trademark earthy, funky bite.

PRAIRIE SOMEWHEREFrom Oklahoma’s Prairie Artisan

Ales, this sour farmhouse ale is a blend of two distinct styles with orange and lime used in the kettle during brewing to add some serious sour citrus flavor.

2015 LA FOLIELa Folie is New Belgium’s original

sour brew. First bottled in 1997, it is a traditional Belgian sour brown or Oud Bruin, fermented aged in oak barrels for one to three years using bacteria such as Lactobacillus and

Pediococcus to impart a distinct tartness.

1809 BERLINER STYLE WEISSEIf you’re a fan of cellaring your

beers, this one is for you. From Professor Fritz Briem of Doemens Institute in Germany, this wheat brew is open fermented with Lactobacillus added for a tart and tangy brew. Like many sours, the flavors intensify and change with age.

OUDE GUEUZE TILQUIN A L’ANCIENNE

The Gueuze Tilquin is the

result of spontaneous fermentation, meaning wild yeasts are allowed to do their thing and impart a unique tart, acidic flavor. Gueuze beers are sometimes called “Brussels Champagne,” so expect a dry but crisp taste and plenty of carbonation.

FUNKY GOLD AMARILLOPrairie Artisan Ales is known for

several sours, and the Funky Gold Amarillo is one that sour fans seem to

flock to. This sour ale is dry hopped with Amarillo hops, giving it citrus notes while maintaining more

aggressively tart flavors.

LOVE CHILD NO. 5Boulevard Brewing produces a

few sour-leaning brews but none quite as funky as its Love Child series. The latest in the series is a blend of several sour red ales that have been aging for various amounts of time in both red wine and whisky barrels. No hoppy flavors to be found here. Look for their Love Child No. 6 to hit shelves in December.

Haven’t tried the tart side? Start here.

a few kegs of his Rob Gnarly sour beer earlier this month. Also in Little Rock, Moody says he’s considering adding a gose to his lineup of beers at Damgoode Pies in the River Mar-ket, while Lee says Rebel Kettle will offer a line of sours soon after opening its brewery later this year. In Northwest Arkansas, the team at Core Brewing & Distilling Co. is working on a barrel-aged sour version of its barleywine (using tart cherries!), along with an in-the-works sour hard cider.

SOUR BEERS PRODUCED ACROSS THE U.S. ARE AVAILABLE IN THE STATE.


BY KRISTAL KUYKENDALL

One of the biggest and most support-ed new laws to come out of the 2015 General Assembly is the far-reach-

ing Criminal Justice Reform Act, or Act 895, aimed at reducing the state’s soaring recidi-vism and imprisonment rates.

The omnibus act with a total $64 million price tag was part of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s priority to reduce the number of ex-convicts returning into the prison system and to ease prison overcrowding, says his spokesman, J.R. Davis.

“It took a team effort from the governor’s office and the Legislature to pass the criminal justice reforms this session. Gov. Hutchin-son led the way on a comprehensive three-part plan for the expansion of prison space, a more effective parole and probation system, and the investment in re-entry programs and accountability courts,” Davis says. “As chair-man of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, [R-Little Rock], spearheaded efforts such as the necessary re-form and accountability of the state’s parole board and drug court programs, and Sen. David Sanders, [R-Little Rock], focused a lot of his energy on addressing the lack of trans-parency regarding information of inmates going through the parole process.”

Among many other changes, the act makes residential burglary a felony, but its main emphasis is on giving inmates exiting the prison system a plethora of resources — including potential early release from prison into residential “re-entry centers” across the state — for them to eventually rejoin society and succeed in their attempts to turn their lives around.

The act authorizes the Arkansas Depart-ment of Correction to open a network of re-entry centers, which will be contracted out to private providers that sign up to share in the funds that the state will save by reduc-ing recidivism and emptying beds in Arkan-sas prisons. Prison inmates with good be-havior can qualify to be released early to go live for six months in a re-entry center close to their home communities, and they will now receive help signing up for health care (Medicaid or private-option providers), plus education and job training, drug abuse treat-ment, family reunification counseling, anger

management counseling, mental health ser-vices and even job-placement assistance in the actual communities they plan to live in when they’re released. The re-entry centers will be closely supervised by the Arkansas Community Correction department and its parole and probation officers, keeping close tabs on how inmates in the re-entry centers are fulfilling their work, educational and re-habilitation duties.

“This is like the carrot we’re waving in front of the inmates,” says Jeremy, the act’s main sponsor, along with Rep. Matthew Shepherd, R-El Dorado. The bill was almost unanimously supported by members of both parties, as well, with lots of input and nearly 400 hours of work behind the scenes from its many co-sponsors, particularly Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, Jeremy noted.

“It does no good for us to give a newly released inmate a $100 check and a bus tick-et and say, ‘Don’t do drugs,’ when they’re

addicts or have mental health issues that need to be dealt with,” Jeremy says. “We are taking a far more long-term approach than just reducing sentencing and letting more parolees out sooner just to get them out of prison. With this new system, we are ad-dressing their needs so they will be far less likely to commit those crimes again. We want to change their behavior.”

Now, the stick that goes with the car-rot, as Jeremy put it: The act also focuses on drastically improving the enforcement abilities of the Community Correction sys-tem, adding 51 probation and parole officers to the 400 that already exist in an effort to reduce their caseload rates, which are among the highest in the nation. Addition-ally, the act grants authority to regular law enforcement officers to conduct warrantless searches on probationers and parolees in the course of their everyday duties. For example, if a probationer or parolee is pulled over for

speeding, police automatically now have the right to search the driver’s vehicle for illegal substances, weapons and anything else the parolee or probationer is not authorized to have.

The act also adds in nearly 800 beds to the state correctional system, 250 or so of which will be housed in the Texarkana area just across the state line in Texas, Jeremy says, where it costs significantly less to house inmates than in Arkansas. Also, some exist-ing state prisons will add new beds. And the re-entry centers, at least at first, will have as many as 500 beds spread around the state; they will be reserved for only offenders seen as at a low- to medium-risk of re-offending.

Legislators say they have every reason to believe the program will be successful in re-ducing the state’s recidivism rate, which at about 43 percent, among the top ten highest in the country, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Pew Foundation.

Changing behaviorCriminal Justice Reform Act takes new approach to cutting prison recidivism

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This means that 43 percent of released in-mates end up back in the prison system within three years, officials explained.

In Arkansas, there currently are more than 18,000 state inmates and just under 54,000 in the probation and parole system, according to state Department of Correc-tions and state Community Corrections of-ficials. That equals about one per every 29 residents now in the correctional system.

The national average for incarceration rates is one in 31 adults is under some form of correctional supervision. The rate was one in 77 adults in 1982, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

In fashioning Act 895, legislators studied models already being used in several other states such as Texas, Kansas, Arizona and Oklahoma, among others. To varying de-grees, they’ve all seen success with similar programs and reforms, experts say.

State policymakers across the nation are asking whether soaring prison budgets are the best path to public safety; increasingly, they are finding the answer is no.

The Pew Foundation, as part of its Pub-lic Safety Performance Project, has been helping states advance fiscally sound, re-search-based policies and practices in sen-tencings and corrections that improve pub-lic safety, hold offenders more accountable after their release and control correctional

system costs.According to Pew, the average Arkansas

offender released in 2009 served 3.2 years, 69 percent more than the average offender released in 1990. The total cost of keeping those offenders in prison longer was $305.1 million in 2009. In addition, Arkansas had the highest increase in the nation in impris-onment rates per capita from 2008-2013. At the same time, the crime rate decreased by 7 percent. Meanwhile in Texas, where reforms have already been in place, the imprison-ment rate went down 10 percent, and the crime rate during the same period decreased 18 percent.

The Pew study said Arizona, Kansas and Texas are “already well under way” to im-proving their supervision of offenders and working to reduce recidivism.

Act 895 portrays a major shift in Arkan-sas officials’ thinking about how to deal with inmates both while they’re incarcerated and especially after their release into the parole and probation system, says Wendy Kelly, di-rector of the Arkansas Department of Cor-rection.

“It definitely signifies a change in think-ing from the government’s standpoint about inmates and their release. I think they have been thinking, ‘Just let them out, and then they are [the Department of Communi-ty Correction’s] problem.' Now, we will be

working together much more as agencies to help prevent them from coming back into the system.”

The Criminal Justice Reform bill enjoyed wide bipartisan support, with no one speak-ing against it during many hours of commit-tee meetings on it, Jeremy says. He added that the American Civil Liberties Union and a few legislators had concerns about giving law enforcement officers the authority to conduct warrantless searches like probation and parole officers already are able to do, but most of the objections that arose were outweighed by officials’ and lobbyists’ eager-ness to see the other parts of the bill that they liked enacted.

No one voted against it in the Senate; however, Sen. Stephanie Flowers, D-Pine Bluff, did not cast a vote but was reported as present the day of the final version’s vote. In its first version, all of the Senate voted “yes” for the bill, except Bryan King, R-Berryville, who abstained from voting.

In the House, the bill passed 79-5, with the following voting against it: Kim Hen-dren, R-Gravette; Fredrick Love, D-Little Rock; Stephen Magie, D-Conway; Mark McElroy, D-Tillar; and John Walker, D-Lit-tle Rock. Fifteen members chose not to vote; one, Rep. Micah Neal, R-Springdale, was absent.

McElroy explained his issues with Act

895: “We want to save money so badly and ease overcrowding but my biggest problem was sending inmates out of state. Creating jobs in Arkansas is such a priority; I just could not see the justification in sending our taxpayers’ dollars to pay people in Texas to take care of our inmates. …

“I know we want to stop overcrowding in our prisons, but we don’t want to get where we’re trying to just rush them through. I like the parts where they can get education and job-placement assistance before they re-enter the community. But I don’t think we want to put them on an express lane to get out of the system. I mean, they weren’t snatched out of Sunday school to get into prison to begin with.”

Elliott, for her part, had reservations, as well, but she ended up supporting the bill and joining the task force that will oversee its success or failure as time progresses.

“This new act is very much like an omni-bus act, and it makes sure we are looking at the effectiveness of the bill as we go along,” Elliott says. “I had a concern about the fourth amendment rights, the warrantless searches and giving police officers in effect the authority to almost act as probation of-ficers. But once you get into something that is this big, there are pros and cons, but the major positives were enough for me to sup-port it.”


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A FRESH LOOKThose who visited this space while it was E’s Bistro will immediately recognize

the renovations inside. Gone are the quotes painted on the walls and the bulky shelving above the bar. White walls with red accents have been swapped for sleek grey paint with simple art and a more subdued bar.

Curtains have also been hung along half of the floor-to-ceiling windows, elimi-nating the blinding sunlight that would sometimes make visits to E’s Bistro uncom-fortable.

A month into its tenure, Ira’s seems to be drawing a crowd. Despite dining on off nights, there were always four or five tables of customers when we stopped by for lunch and dinner. The mood is relaxed and friendly, but the service formal. Based on the pricing and setup, we’d consider this a date-night spot or a good option for a business lunch (especially if you can indulge in a noon-hour glass of wine). And with it being one of the only restaurant options in Park Hill, we were happy to see that the full-service bar is offering happy-hour specials from 4-6 p.m.

EVERYBODY KNOWS HIS NAMEIf one thing became clear on all my visits to Ira’s Park Hill Grill, it’s that chef

Mittelman is no stranger in the Little Rock metro. Mittelman had been a guest chef at E’s Bistro on occasion and served as head chef at the Anderson House Inn in He-ber Springs, along with cooking at restaurants across the U.S. and abroad.

On each visit, Mittelman spent a good amount of time in the dining room, speaking with both new guests and tables of visitors that were clearly old friends. Although the chef never quite made it to my table on any particular visit, it was nice to see him out greeting customers, opening wine and recommending dishes.

MISSTEPS IN THE KITCHENAs we walked in on a recent weeknight for dinner, we were greeted with the sight

of a diner sending back their entree. It seemed their chicken was undercooked — far too pink in the center. Not the best way to start off a visit. Our friendly server quickly got our mind off things, recommending wine and walking us through the

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An uneven Ira’s

IRA’S PARK HILL GRILL SHOWS POTENTIAL, MISSTEPS IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK

It’s been a month since Ira’s Park Hill Grill first opened its doors in the former E’s Bistro space. E’s had closed somewhat unexpectedly, and it was a blow for Park Hill, which has very limited options in local dining.

Ira’s got on its feet quickly, with dining room renovations, a fresh menu and chef Ira Mittelman at the helm.

But despite the expertise of the chef, our visits to Ira’s didn’t go as smoothly as we hoped.

STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE


POBLANO PEPPER CHEESECAKE ($8)This creative, savory take on

cheesecake is rich and just slightly spicy. The accompanying mango and red onion relish added a nice crunch, but a crumbling crust left us wishing we had some crackers to scoop up the indulgent filling. (evz)

BRUSSELS SPROUTS ($7) We still can’t understand why these

crisp and tender sprouts are served in a wine glass. With a zesty sauce on the side for drizzling, we were forced to tip the sprouts out of the glass and onto plates for eating, which seemed cumbersome. Let’s let the ’90s trend of serving food in glasses go, eh? (evz)

SHRIMP AND GRITS ($22)This dinner special was so well-

executed, we’d like to put in a request to see it added to the permanent menu. Of all the dishes we tried on our visits, this combination of cheesy, spicy grits and tender shrimp was the most successful. The grits were cooked to just the right amount of tenderness, leaving enough bite to add texture. (evz)

GREEN TOMATO BLT ($9)It’s not every day that a BLT is

offered with fried green tomatoes included. On our visit, it wasn’t one of those days, anyway, as our server informed us that green tomatoes are out of season. But the sandwich, which featured a nice bit of char on the bread, was easy to consume, though the shredded lettuce led to a bit of a mess. A plus here is that sandwiches include a range of sides, such as chips, Asian slaw, corn and black bean salsa and pasta salad. (sh)

KEY LIME PIE ($7) Although the filling on this

oversized slice was pleasantly creamy, the tang was a bit bitter. Rather than the trademark sweet-and-sour combination of a traditional key lime pie, this version had an unpleasant bite that left us mixing in the accompanying fresh whipped cream in an attempt to even out the flavor. (evz)

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LOCATION: 3812 John F. Kennedy Blvd.

PHONE: (501) 771-6900

WEB: irasparkhillgrill.com

HOURS: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to close Tuesday through Saturday

PRICES: Lunch entrees $9-$13, dinner entrees $13-$29

ALCOHOL: Full bar

KID-FRIENDLY: More of a date-night spot

ATTIRE: Business casual

IRA’S PARK HILL GRILLTAKES RESERVATIONS: Yes

IN A NUTSHELL: Ira’s Park Hill Grill takes the place of the old E’s Bistro in Park Hill, serving up an eclectic menu by veteran chef Ira Mittelman.

Contact Emily via email ([email protected]) or tweet (@vanzandt)

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specials. But the memory was still lingering as my date’s bone-in pork chop arrived at the table. I had opted for shrimp and grits, and there was no question the shrimp was cooked through. But that chop? Two slices through the thickest parts, and shiny, deep pink shone through. A server quickly swept the plate back to the kitchen as another came to apologize. We were told there was a new worker in the kitchen, and the servers had been worried that the chop wasn’t done when they set it down in front of us.

Ten minutes later, the plate was back, the pork chop done and (surprisingly) not too dry from its second go in the heat. Beyond the apology from the servers, the under-cooked pork wasn’t mentioned again. But while the rest of the meal was good — and in the case of my shrimp and grits, excellent —

once you have to send a dish back, it’s hard to focus on much else about the evening.

GETTING IT RIGHTDespite that big misstep, there were

several dishes at Ira’s that stood out in a positive way. The shrimp and grits, a spe-cial that night, was spot on, with six large gulf shrimp on a bed of stone-ground, spicy cheese grits with chopped andouille sausage and peppers. The dish was the right blend of rich and spicy, and I polished off every bite. The Brussels sprout appetizer, flash fried and served with a basil vinaigrette, was also well executed — though I wish people would stop serving food in martini and wine glasses, as these are. The sprouts were ten-der with crisp edges and plenty of savory garlic flavor.

On a return lunch visit, we tried the po-blano pepper cheesecake starter. A hefty slice of savory cheesecake came topped with mango and red onion, the creamy filling providing nice heat. The crust was a little bland and left us wishing the filling came with crackers rather than crust, but the flavor here was an overall winner. For more on the dishes we tried at Ira’s, be sure to check out The Dish.

FINAL VERDICTWhile many of the dishes we sampled

show great promise, having to send dish-es back always sours an experience. With a top-notch staff and improved digs, Ira’s Park Hill Grill holds big potential for the neighborhood but only if kinks in the kitchen can be worked out.

GROUPER WITH WILD RICE AND SAUTEED SWISS CHARD

POBLANO PEPPER CHEESECAKE, A SAVORY CHEESECAKE WITH ROASTED POBLANO AND A HINT OF CHIPOTLE AND THREE CHEESES, TOPPED WITH A MANGO SALSA


Q: How did you learn that Dr. Oz producers wanted you on the show? Were you surprised?A: They actually contacted me. Someone had given them my number. They said they were looking for people who had lost half of their body weight. I thought it was really cool and pretty exciting. That just doesn’t happen to regular people. They called me on my way to work and said somebody had told them about my story, and they were stalking me on Facebook. They asked if they could talk to me about it, and I said, “Sure.” They called me on a Tuesday, and I flew out [to New York] on Monday. It happened that quick.

Q: What was it like taping the show?A: It was very exciting. They took me backstage and did my hair and makeup. They also make sure you are wearing something that will look good on camera and make you look good. We did a complete rehearsal with Dr. Oz, and I got to take my picture with him. That was super exciting right there. The whole taping process was great.

Q: How long did the process take?A: It took a little over an hour. My segment was eight minutes long. I had the longest of the three women that were on the show.

Q: Are you a fan of the show?A: I am familiar [with] Dr. Oz. He is always good advice for weight loss. I enjoy the show.

Q: Describe how you felt before you made the commitment to lose weight.A: I was exhausted. My body hurt. Mentally, I was very disengaged with people and was very defensive. I didn’t have a high self-es-teem. I wasn’t proud of myself. I was really embarrassed. There were so many things I thought I was confident in, but I really wasn’t.

Q: Two hundred pounds is a big accomplishment. How gratifying is it to achieve that and keep it off?A: The most gratifying part is being an inspi-ration to others. I have 40,000 followers [on] Instagram. They see my daily struggle still as I try to make good choices and a lifestyle change. It’s not easy, but it is doable. When-ever I started, I wanted to be able to run a 5K. I have now run two half-marathons, three 10Ks and more than a dozen 5Ks. To me, it feels great to have success, but seeing others succeed is where it really counts.

Q: You’ve primarily used home fitness DVDs, so those really do work?A: One of the programs I used was P90X. I lost 11 pounds the first month. I couldn’t be-lieve you could do that by just lifting weights

for an hour. It was incredible, and when you add cardio, it really turns things around. There is no guess work because they give you the workout and even a nutrition guide. If you go to the gym, you don’t always know what to do and end up getting on a cardio machine. P90x takes out all of the guesswork with the workouts and your food. If you follow the program, you aren’t going to fail.

Q: How tough was it to eat more healthy?A: It wasn’t as hard as I thought it was going to be because I was success-driven. Each time I hit a milestone, I wanted to reach another success. My diet didn’t change over-night; it was a slow process. Instead of fries, I would eat a salad, but I still ate Mexican food with my husband every Friday night. The more progress I made, the better I wanted to eat.

Q: How surprised were you to win the Beachbody Challenge?A: I was floored. What I love about Beach-body is there are so many stories. It is not just about the weight loss. It could be that you lost 10 pounds, but you had to overcome something. I submitted my story when I was tying to get the T-shirt. Then, I was a finalist and won the online vote. I couldn’t believe it.

Q: What did you do with the money?A: My husband and I took a nice vacation and invested the rest.

Q: What is the one thing you appreciate now most that you can do that you couldn’t do before?A: I can wear regular shoes. That sounds simple, but there are some cute shoes for women, and I couldn’t wear flats. I had Plantar fasciitis and had to wear orthopedic shoes. I couldn’t stand for long periods of time. Now, I can wear whatever shoes I want.

Q: Will you be nervous watching your segment?A: I don’t know if I even want to watch it. I cried a lot. It was emotional. I had two wom-en [from the audience] ask me questions. I tried to stay focused and on track and answer them honestly — the way I would want someone to answer a question.

Q: What is Dr. Oz like off camera?A: He is very humble, which was shocking to me. You think that people in the spotlight are going to say, “Hurry up, and let’s do this.” He was very humble, which was exciting, and the whole staff makes you feel good about being there. It was really exciting. [Dr. Oz] is still a doctor in New York. He still does surgeries. He is a busy man.

REBECCA PRIVITERA WILL SHARE HER WEIGHT-LOSS STORY IN A SOON-TO-AIR THE DR. OZ SHOW EPISODE. READ THE FULL INTERVIEW ONLINE AT SYNCWEEKLY.COM.

Talking weight loss Cabot woman Rebecca Privitera loses half her body weight, catches Dr. Mehmet Oz’s attention

When Rebecca Privitera began her weight-loss journey at 386 pounds, she simply wanted to run a 5K race. She didn’t dream of losing more than 200 pounds, and she certainly didn’t

imagine she would win prize money and national notoriety.Four years later, Privitera, a 33-year-old from Cabot, weighs 160 pounds

and has won $100,000 in prize money from Beachbody, a fitness-video company, and has made the rounds on the media circuit. The extreme weight loss caught the attention of Dr. Mehmet Oz, whose team invited Privitera to appear on his daytime talk show, The Dr. Oz Show, earlier this month. Privitera says the episode will air in early May. The show can be seen Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. on KATV, Channel 7.

We caught up with Privitera, who works in banking, before she taught a fitness class and chatted about what Dr. Oz is like off camera, her Beachbody $100,000 prize, using fitness DVDs and more.

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QUESTION & ANSWERPEOPLE


T here’s one place in the metro this weekend where you can enjoy wine and bites from local restau-

rants with a great ape nearby.Wild Wines takes place Saturday at the

Little Rock Zoo from 7-10 p.m. The annu-al culinary event pairs about 200 hand-se-lected wines from Little Rock’s O’Loo-ney’s Wine & Liquor with fare from more than 50 metro restaurants, such as Ya Ya’s Euro Bistro, Loblolly Creamery, Cantina Laredo, Southern Gourmasian and more.

The event began nine years ago and benefits the Arkansas Zoological Foun-dation, a nonprofit that funds the Little Rock Zoo and projects included in its 2014 master plan, says zoo spokesman Susan Altrui. This year’s event funding benefits the zoo’s coming Arkansas Farm exhibit, which is expected to open spring 2016. The exhibit will redo the current children’s farm area and will feature ani-mals that the public can touch and feed such as goats, sheep, heritage chickens and turkeys, Altrui says.

Wild Wines includes 25 stations throughout the zoo. Five live entertain-ment areas will also be featured, includ-ing performances by Rodney Block & the Real Music Lovers, a DJ after party and more. To kick off the event, a Re-serve Wine Room experience will be held in the zoo’s Cafe Africa and will feature higher-end wine and food from Cache Restaurant. Tickets for the Reserve Wine Room include admission to Wild Wines.

Altrui says Wild Wines is the largest fundraiser for the Arkansas Zoological Foundation and that by including wine, adult audiences can learn more about

what the zoo offers.“It’s a great way to bring a new audi-

ence into the zoo,” she says. “We are an institution that is important, not just for children but for adults.”

She also says many Wild Wines attendees have said they haven’t visited the zoo in years, meaning they might not have seen several of the zoo’s upgrades and additions over the years such as the

cheetah outpost, horticulture proj-ects and a new train, which will run during the event.

The zoo will close at 2 p.m. Satur-day, with last a d m i s s i o n ending at 1 p.m. Wild Wines tickets can be bought until 3 p.m. Sat-urday or at the door, but the event has been known to sell out over the years, so those interested in attending are encouraged to purchase tick-ets in advance online.

Altrui says there are plenty of reasons other than alcohol to attend the event. For the first time in Wild Wines history, a designated driver ticket is available for $35. Desig-nated drivers will be given a special wristband that allows them to still eat but consume nonalcoholic bev-erages.

A souvenir glass and plate is includ-ed with the purchase of each Wild Wines ticket.

Tickets for Wild Wines are $75. Tickets for the Reserve Wine Room are $150. For more information or to purchase tick-ets, visit littlerockzoo.com/wildwines.

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Wild Wines raises money for LR Zoo projectsBY SYD HAYMAN

SCOTT HANAYIK’S WINE EXPERTISE COMES IN HANDY FOR THE WILD WINES FUNDRAISER AT THE LITTLE ROCK ZOO. HANAYIK, WHO IS STUDYING TO BE A SOMMELIER, IS THIS YEAR’S EVENT CHAIRMAN, AND MAKING SURE THE WINE AND FOOD PAIRINGS GO HAND-IN-HAND IS PART OF THE JOB.

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Avengers: Age of UltronOUT FRIDAYIt’s not exactly summer yet, but the blockbuster season kicks off with a reunion of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as envisioned by Joss Whedon, who first got The Avengers together in 2012. This time, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, brought to life by the same all-star cast, must stop the evil Ultron and his terrible plans.

Welcome to MeOUT FRIDAYKristin Wiig stars as Alice Klieg, who suffers from borderline personality disorder but has the good fortune to pick a winning lottery ticket and takes home a substantial jackpot. So she does the modest thing and buys her own talk show after deciding to go off her medication. The film also stars Arkansas’ own Wes Bentley.

Far from the Madding CrowdOUT FRIDAYA film adaptation of the 1874 Thomas Hardy novel by the same name, the story follows an uncommonly independent Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) in Victorian England as she navigates the advances of three suitors, each from different backgrounds and at different stages of life.

Wilder MindOUT MONDAYWe sort of know what to expect from Mumford & Sons, right? Banjo, acoustic strumming, et al. Well, it turns out, no. The British folk group is going in a decidedly different direction with this third studio album. An electric direction, it seems. And reports indicate the writing load, heretofore largely shouldered by frontman Marcus Mumford, has really been spread around this time. In the band’s own words, don’t expect Babel 2. This should be interesting.

The WaterfallOUT MONDAYThe title, according to members of My Morning Jacket, is a reference to the way life just keeps beating you down and never really stops. Medical setbacks and broken relationships prove part of the inspiration. So expect a darker kind of sound in this seventh studio album from these rockers who like to jam (though don’t call them a jam band). That’s if you don’t already have the album, which leaked online a few weeks back. But of course you’ll wait to buy it legit, right?

Anxiety’s KissOUT TUESDAYThe experimental evolution of Louisville’s Coliseum continues. Though hailing from The Bluegrass State, the sound is hardly that. In their own words, it’s a blend of “cathartic post-punk, frenetic underground rock, post-Gothic ambience and punk ethos.” Make of that what you will, but early reviews say the material isn’t up to snuff, given its predecessors.

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For the better part of the past three decades, Corey Glover has made an indelible influence on hard-rock music around the world. As the frontman for Gram-

my-winning rock band Living Colour, Glover has toured around the world with his band’s unique blend of hard rock, funk and metal music.

Although he’s most famous for his stint in Living Colour, Glover got his start in the entertainment business through a role in the 1986 Oliver Stone-directed film, Platoon. He’s also appeared in other films such as The Keeper, Reunion and Loose Women, and he has been featured in theatrical performances of Fallen Angel and Jesus Christ Superstar (as Judas Iscariot).

While with Living Colour, the group won two Grammy Awards, one in 1989 for Best Hard Rock Performance for “Cult of Personality” and one in 199o for “Time’s Up.” When Living Colour disbanded in 1995, it seemed like Glover’s time as a per-former was coming to an abrupt end, but he almost immedi-ately began working on his debut solo album, Hymns, in 1998. He would go on to release two more solo albums: a 1999 live album, Live at Wetland, and 2012’s full-length album, The Pledge.

He also reunited with Living Colour in 2000 and released two more albums with them, Collideoscope in 2003 and The Chair in the Doorway in 2009. And whenever he can find time in his already overcrowded schedule, you can find him fronting funk-rock band Galactic. Glover will perform at Stickyz at 8 p.m Wednesday, and tickets for the all-ages show are $12 in ad-vance, $15 the day of show.

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COREY GLOVER OF LIVING COLOUR WILL PERFORM WEDNESDAY AT STICKYZ.

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WEDNESDAYFrom the land of Vikings, Absolut Vodka and IKEA comes another Swedish original: vaudeville-inspired metal band Avatar. Formed in 2000, the Gothenburg, Sweden-based group has released five full-length albums since 2006 and two EPs. The members of this eccentric five-piece perform in classic, vaudeville-style makeup and clothing, and they play music inspired by circus acts and events. Local metal rockers Undercover Devil of Malvern, North Little Rock Southern metal group Cosmivore and Little Rock group Minerva will also join Avatar onstage. The show starts at 8 p.m. at Juanita’s. Tickets are $5.

THURSDAYAccording to their website, Whiskey Myers makes “honest music.” The five-piece country-rock band has a sound similar to alternative country bands such as Cross Canadian Ragweed and JB and the Moonshine Band, and they sing about things

they know about from their upbringing in East Texas. The band’s past two albums have done well on the Billboard Top Country Albums music chart, and Early Morning Shakes, released last year on Wiggy Thump Records, peaked at No. 10 on the chart. The 18-and-up show starts at 9 p.m. at Rev Room. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 the day of show.

Our neighbors across the pond have manifested a lot of wildly talented bands over the years, and U.K. band Young Guns are looking to continue that tradition. Formed in 2005, the five-piece alt-rock band plays anthem tunes akin to fellow rockers 30 Seconds To Mars and You Me At Six. They’ve released two studio albums in their time as a group and are preparing to release their latest effort, Ones and Zeros, in early June. Little Rock experimental-rock band My Brother, My Friend will join Young Guns at 9 p.m. at Juanita’s. Tickets are $5.

FRIDAYCountry music singer-songwriter David Nail made his mark on the genre with his 2013 hit “Whatever She’s Got,” which received considerable play across radio waves that year. Since 2002, Nail has been writing and performing in the country music scene, earning himself a 2011 Grammy nomination and two Academy of Country Music nominations, the

first in 2010 and the latest in 2013. His last album, 2014’s I’m a Fire, received rave reviews from music critics and earned Nail a 2013 Academy of Country Music Awards nomination for Vocal Event of the Year for his single “Let It Rain.” The show starts at 8 p.m. at Juanita’s, and tickets are $20.

Connecticut Metalcore band Hatebreed will perform at Rev Room at 8:30 p.m. Local metal bands Abandon the Artifice and Sychosys will open for the band, and tickets are $17 in advance, $20 day of show.

SATURDAYA collection of local musicians will gather at White Water Tavern at 9:30 p.m. for a show celebrating pop-rock artist Randy Harsey’s new album release. Joining Harsey will be Whale Fire, a dream-pop band from Little Rock, and acoustic duo Weedhorse. Cover charge for the show is $5.

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LOONY BIN COMEDY CLUB, Andy Woodhull, 7:30 p.m. $7, ages 18 and up, 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, (501) 228-5555

THE JOINT, The Joint Venture, 8 p.m. $8, 301 Main St., North Little Rock, (501) 372-0210

musicANOTHER ROUND PUB, Jamie Patrick, 6:30 p.m. 12111 W. Markham St., Little Rock, (501) 313-2612

CAJUN’S WHARF, Fire & Brimstone, 5:30 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, (501) 375-5351

JUANITA’S, Avatar with Cosmivore, Undercover Devil and Minerva, 8 p.m. 614 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-1228

REV ROOM, Young Gods of America, 9 p.m. $7 in advance, $10 day of show, all ages, 300 Presi-dent Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 823-0090, rum barevolution.com

SOUTH ON MAIN, Tonya Leeks Band, 7:30 p.m. 1304 S. Main St., Little Rock, (501) 244-9660

STAPLES AUDITORIUM, Sturgill Simpson, 8 p.m. 1600 Washington Ave., Conway, hendrix.edu

STICKYZ, Corey Glover of Living Colour, 8 p.m. $12 in advance, $15 day of show, all ages, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-7707, stickyz.com

TC’S MIDTOWN, The AcoustiPunks, 7 p.m. Ages 21 and up, 1611 E. Oak St. #15, Conway, (501) 205-0576

THE AFTERTHOUGHT, Open Mic, 8 p.m. 2721 Ka-vanaugh Blvd., Little Rock, (501) 663-1196

VINO’S BREWPUB, Immortal Bird with Crankbait, Ozark Shaman and Wayland, 7 p.m. $6, 923 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, (501) 375-8466

WHITE WATER TAVERN, Bonnie Montgomery, 9:30 p.m. 2500 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, (501) 375-8400

special eventsPRESCHOOL STORY TIME begins at 10 a.m. at the William F. Laman Public Library. lamanlibrary.org

JAZZ IN THE PARK featuring John Burnette Band at 6 p.m. at the History Pavilion in Riverfront Park. The event is free and open to the public.

CARD CORNER from 4-5:45 p.m. at the Central Ar-kansas Library System, Dee Brown branch. All ages are invited to play popular card games Yu-Gi-Oh,

Pokemon and others. (501) 568-7494

BROWN BAG LUNCH LECTURE: Bikes at noon at the Old State House Museum. oldstatehouse.com

LIVE BELOW THE LINE LUNCH from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Heifer Village. For a small donation or a canned good, attendees will be provided with lunch. Proceeds will benefit the Arkansas Food-bank. (501) 907-2600

sportsTRAVELERS vs. TULSA, 11 a.m. Dickey-Stephens Park, 400 W. Broadway, North Little Rock, (501) 664-1555

THURSDAY 04/30comedy

HIBERNIA IRISH TAVERN, Billy Pirate’s Open Mic Comedy Night, 7:30 p.m. 9700 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, (501) 246-4340

LOONY BIN COMEDY CLUB, Andy Woodhull, 7:30 p.m. $7, ages 18 and up, 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, (501) 228-5555

musicANOTHER ROUND PUB, LLC Band, 6:30 p.m. 12111 W. Markham St., Little Rock, (501) 313-2612

CAJUN’S WHARF, Smokey with Mayday, 5:30 p.m. Big John Miller, 9 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, (501) 375-5351

JUANITA’S, Young Guns with My Brother, My Friend, 9 p.m. 614 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-1228

M.F. METAL MUSIC, Star Period Star, 7 p.m. 5920 Hwy 5 N., Bryant, (501) 847-5353

REV ROOM, Whiskey Myers, 9 p.m. $15 in advance, $18 day of show, ages 18 and up, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 823-0090, rum barevolution.com

STICKYZ, FMLYBND, 9 p.m. $8, ages 18 and up, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-7707, stickyz.com

WHITE WATER TAVERN, The P-47s, 9:30 p.m. $5, 2500 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, (501) 375-8400

special eventsCREATION STATION from 4-5 p.m. at the William F. Laman Public Library’s children’s area. laman library.org

PUPPET SHOW: The Gingerbread Man presented by the North Little Rock High School drama class at 10:30 a.m. at the William F. Laman Library, Argenta Branch. (501) 687-1061

THE BE AMAZING HAIR SHOW from 7-9 p.m. at imagine Paul Mitchell Partner School, 4201 E. Mc-Cain. Tickets are $20 in advance. facebook.com/imaginepm

ARORA’S FUNCTION from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Junction Bridge. The event is free and open the public. donatelifearkansas.org

FRIBOURGH AWARDS begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Pleasant Valley Country Club. Tickets are $75 per person. ualr.edu

WELCOME HOME HOUSTON NUTT DINNER pre-sented by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at 6

p.m. at Immanual Baptist Church Recreation Cen-ter. The event will feature dinner with Houston Nutt, former and current Arkansas Razorback football players. Tickets are $100 per person.

UCA FILM FESTIVAL at 7 p.m. at the Ron Robinson Theater. The festival is free and open to the public. (501) 852-2377

sportsTRAVELERS vs. TULSA, 7:10 p.m. Dickey-Stephens Park, 400 W. Broadway, North Little Rock, (501) 664-1555

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LOONY BIN COMEDY CLUB, Andy Woodhull, 7:30 and 10 p.m. $10, ages 18 and up, 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, (501) 228-5555

musicANOTHER ROUND PUB, Milton Patton, 9 p.m. 12111 W. Markham St., Little Rock, (501) 313-2612

CAJUN’S WHARF, Mister Lucky, 9 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, (501) 375-5351

HIBERNIA IRISH TAVERN, Neal Rawlings and Friends, 8 p.m. 9700 N. Rodney Parham Road #K, Little Rock, (501) 246-4340

JUANITA’S, David Nail, 8 p.m. 614 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-1228

KINGS LIVE MUSIC, John Henry & Friends with The Going Jessies, 8 p.m. $5, ages 18 and up, 1020 Front St., Conway, (501) 205-8512

REV ROOM, Hatebreed, 8:30 p.m. $17 in advance, $20 day of show, all ages, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 823-0090, rumbarevolution.com

SOUTH ON MAIN, Amasa Hines with The Hudson Branch, 10 p.m. $10, 1304 S. Main St., Little Rock, (501) 244-9660

STICKYZ, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, 9 p.m. $15, ages 18 and up, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-7707, stickyz.com

VINO’S BREWPUB, Duckstronaut with Sports Coach, Kidaudra and Open Fields, 9 p.m. $5, 923 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, (501) 375-8466

WHITE WATER TAVERN, Adam Carroll with Chris Carroll, 9 p.m. 2500 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, (501) 375-8400

special eventsTAIL WAGGIN’ TUTORS begins at 2 p.m. at the William F. Laman Public Library, Argenta Branch. Children are invited to practice reading skills in a dog-friendly environment. lamanlibrary.org

TODDLER TIME at 10:30 a.m. at the Esther Dewitt Nixon Library. Children ages 12-36 months are in-vited for stories, movement and playtime. (501) 457-5038

TEEN TAKEOVER at 4 p.m. at the Esther Dewitt Nix-on Library. Teens ages 13-19 are invited for video games, art and snacks. (501) 457-5038

MAIN STREET FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS from 10:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 500 Main St. littlerock.com/calendar

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The 11th annual UCA Film Festival takes

place at the Ron Robinson Theater at 7 p.m. The festival highlights films in the categories of five minutes or less, music video and experimental, narrative short and documentary. The event kicked off in 2005 and highlights the work of Uni-versity of Central Arkansas students. The festival is free and open to the public.

Toad Suck Daze, an an-

nual free-admission, family-friendly festival, will include arts, food, live enter-tainment, a rock wall, a petting zoo and more on the streets of downtown Con-way beginning at 3:30 p.m. Since the early 1980s, the education-centered fes-tival has raised money to support edu-cational initiatives and scholarships, and it hosts the World Championship Toad Races. The festival closes Sunday.

Relay for Life begins at the Clinton Presiden-

tial Center at 6 p.m. The event, part of a national effort to raise money for the American Cancer Society, honors those who have had cancer and to remember lost loved ones. So far, according to the society’s Relay for Life website, there are 33 teams and 294 participants for the Little Rock event who have raised more than $24,800.

Demonstrations, ven-dors, competitions and

more will fill the Statehouse Convention Center for the Arkansas Hair Conven-tion from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The convention will feature education relating to beauty, fashion, hairstyles and techniques such as color correction, highlights, pixie cuts, blow outs and more. Tickets are $35.

Arkansas Women’s Action for New Di-

rections presents the Mother’s Day Luncheon for Peace at the Governor’s Mansion. The 11:30 a.m. luncheon will feature Lisa Corrigan, associate pro-fessor and director of the Gender Stud-ies program at the University of Arkan-sas, who will speak on the pros and cons of the methods used to educate today’s children. Tickets are $40.

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CALENDARTOAD SUCK DAZE FESTIVAL begins at 3:30 p.m. in downtown Conway. The free-admission event features live entertainment, arts, crafts, food, 5K/10K races and more. toadsuck.org

SATURATE THE SOUTH: Rethinking Discipleship in the South begins at 8 a.m. at The Summit Church. Admission is $50 per person. wearesoma.com

RELAY FOR LIFE begins at 6 p.m. at the Clinton Presidential Library lawn. The free event will feature food and family-friendly entertainment. relayforlife.org

WHAT’S COOKING: Knife Skills from 6-8 p.m. at Hillcrest Hall. The cost of the workshop is $35 per person, and registration is required. Refresh-ments will be provided. (501) 918-3016

MACARTHUR PARK ANNUAL 5K: History on the Run from 7-9:30 p.m. at MacArthur Park. The cost of participation is $15-$30 per person. macar thurparklr.com

FILM: Some Like It Hot at 7 p.m. at the Ron Rob-inson Theater. Tickets are $5 per person. cals.org

UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY GOLF SCRAMBLE begins at 8 a.m. at the Rebsamen Golf Course. Registration is $400 per four-person team and will include green fees, two golf carts, breakfast, lunch, snacks, drinks and more. ucpark.org

DINNER ON THE GROUNDS at 6:30 p.m. at the Clinton Presidential Center and Park. The event features an outdoor dinner, live music, local vendors, libations, yard games and more. Pro-ceeds will benefit Our House. (501) 374-7383 or ourhouseshelter.org

sportsTRAVELERS vs. SPRINGFIELD, 7:10 p.m. Dick-ey-Stephens Park, 400 W. Broadway, North Little Rock, (501) 664-1555

SATURDAY 05/02comedy

LOONY BIN COMEDY CLUB, Andy Woodhull, 7:30 and 10 p.m. $10, ages 18 and up, 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, (501) 228-5555

musicANOTHER ROUND PUB, Milton Patton, 9 p.m. 12111 W. Markham St., Little Rock, (501) 313-2612

CAJUN’S WHARF, Josh Green, 5:30 p.m. Big Dam Horns, 9 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, (501) 375-5351

HIBERNIA IRISH TAVERN, Priceless, 8 p.m. 9700 N. Rodney Parham Road #K, Little Rock, (501) 246-4340

KINGS LIVE MUSIC, Swampbird with S.M. Coal, 8:30 p.m. $5, ages 18 and up, 1020 Front St., Con-way, (501) 205-8512

REV ROOM, James McMurtry, 9:30 p.m. $10, ages 18 and up, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 823-0090, rumbarevolution.com

STICKYZ, Lucious Spiller Band, 9:30 p.m. $5, ages 18 and up, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-7707, stickyz.com

THE LOBBY BAR, Stuart Baer, 8 p.m. 320 W. Sev-enth St., Little Rock, thestudiotheatre-lr.org

WHITE WATER TAVERN, Randy Harsey with Weedhorse and Whalefire, 9:30 p.m. 2500 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, (501) 375-8400

special eventsZUMBA with Carla Townsend at 11 a.m. at the William F. Laman Public Library’s lecture hall. This class is free and open to the public. (501) 687-1061

TOAD SUCK DAZE FESTIVAL will be held from 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. in downtown Conway. The free-admission event will feature live entertain-ment, arts, crafts, food, 5K/10K races and more. toadsuck.org

TOAD SUCK DAZE 5K/10K RUN begins at 8 a.m. at John McConnell Stadium. The cost of partici-pation is $10-$25 per person. facebook.com/toadsuckdaze

RIDE FOR LITERACY AT TOUR DE TOAD begins at 11 a.m. at the Conway High School Field House. Registration is $40-$45 per person. toadsuckrun.com

FAMILY BIRDING from 8-9:30 a.m. at the Little Rock Zoo. Admission is $30 per pair for members, $35 per pair for nonmembers. littlerockzoo.com

GOODFEST 2015 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Good-will Industries of Arkansas, 7400 Scott Hamilton Drive. The free event features activities for chil-dren, car maintenance tips, gardening, medical services, career service and more. goodwillar.org

MINI MAKER FAIRE from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door. makerfairenlr.com

LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! Being the Star of Your Life movie at 1 p.m. at the Lakewood House, 4801 N. Hills Blvd., Suite 100. Tickets are $35-$45 per person. (501) 993-2567

PONY UP FOR HAVEN from 4-7 p.m. at Back Achers Ranch in Conway. The event will feature hors d’oevres, beer, wine, live and silent auctions. Tickets are $30 per person. facebook.com/hav enar

SOUTHERN SILKS: A Derby Day Soiree from 6-10 p.m. at the Metroplex Event Center. The event features prizes, dinner, libations, live auction, a hat contest and more. Proceeds will benefit Methodist Family Heath. Tickets are $50-$75 per person. facebook.com/methodistfamilyhealth

WILD WINES from 7-10 p.m. at the Little Rock Zoo. The event will feature food, wine, live mu-sic and more. Tickets are $75-$150 per person. littlerockzoo.com

APRIL SHOWERS = MAY FLOWERS GARDEN TOUR from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Pleasant Valley. This is a self-guided tours. Tickets are $20 per person.

THE BUTTERFLY SWAMP 5K begins at 9:30 a.m. at the UALR campus. The cost of participation is $25 per person. Proceeds will benefit the Kath-erine and Ryan Palludan Memorial scholarship and research at Johns Hopkins for Loeys-Dietz Syndrome, a rare genetic syndrome that causes aortic aneurysms early in life. (501) 766-1315

BEGINNING GENEALOGY WORKSHOP: Climbing the First Branches of Your Family Tree from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Arkansas State Capitol, Room 171. [email protected]

THE WEEKEND THEATER GALA from 7-10 p.m.

at the Unitarian Universalist Church. The event will features hors d’oeuvres, live entertainment, dancing, silent auction and more. Tickets are $50 per person. weekendtheater.org

LITTLE ROCK FASHION WEEK MODEL SEARCH from 1-5 p.m. at the La Quinta Inn & Suites Down-town. Attendees are asked to wear a white T-shirt or tank top, jeans, no makeup or accessories and bring heels.

SPRING KAYAK FLOAT from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Little Maumelle Boat Launch. Advance pay-ment of $40 per canoe and registration are re-quired. (501) 868-5806

SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE featuring Tara John-son at 7:30 p.m. at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Fine Arts Building. The free event will feature works by UALR students and songwriters from the community. ualr.edu

BOOK SIGNING with author David Joiner at 7 p.m. at the Faulkner County Library. (501) 327-7482

BOOK LAUNCH PARTY with author of Ring of Five: A Novella and Four Stories, Frank Thurmond begins at 2 p.m. at By The Glass. (501) 663-9463


SUNDAY 05/03comedy

LOONY BIN COMEDY CLUB, J Anthony Brown & Friends, 3, 5:30 and 8 p.m. $25-$30, 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, (501) 228-5555

musicJUANITA’S, Gorilla Music Presents: Battle of the Bands, 8 p.m. 614 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-1228

special eventsTOAD SUCK DAZE FESTIVAL will be held from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Downtown Conway. The free-admission event will feature live entertain-ment, arts, crafts, food, 5K/10K races and more. toadsuck.org

ARKANSAS HAIR CONVENTION from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Statehouse Convention Center. The event will feature workshops, vendors, demon-strations and more. Tickets are $35 per person. arkansashairconvention.com

APRIL SHOWERS = MAY FLOWERS GARDEN TOUR from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Pleasant Valley. This is a self-guided tours. Tickets are $20 per person.

LITTLE ROCK FASHION WEEK MODEL SEARCH from 1-5 p.m. at the La Quinta Inn & Suites Down-town. Attendees are asked to wear a white T-shirt or tank top, jeans, no makeup or accessories and bring heels.


MONDAY 05/04auditions

THE ROYAL THEATER, Oklahoma, 6:30 p.m. 111 S. Market St., Benton, (501) 315-5483

comedyLOONY BIN COMEDY CLUB, J Anthony Brown & Friends, 7:30 p.m. $25, 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, (501) 228-5555

musicCAJUN’S WHARF, Richie Johnson, 5:30 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, (501) 375-5351

THE STUDIO THEATRE, Open Mic, 8 p.m. 320 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, (501) 940-4646

THE AFTERTHOUGHT, Monday Night Jazz, 8 p.m. $5, 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock, (501) 663-1196

special eventsMAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU: Star Wars: The Clone Wars at 4 p.m. at the Esther Dewitt Nixon Li-brary. (501) 457-5038


TUESDAY 05/05auditions

THE ROYAL THEATER, Oklahoma, 6:30 p.m. 111 S. Market St., Benton, (501) 315-5483

musicBEAR’S DEN PIZZA, American Lions, 10 p.m. 2335 Farris Road, Conway, (501) 328-5556

CAJUN’S WHARF, Brian & Nick, 5:30 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, (501) 375-5351

REV ROOM, Cherub, 8:30 p.m. $16 in advance, $20 day of show, all ages, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 823-0090, rumbarevolution.com

SOUTH ON MAIN, Hurray For The Riff Raff, 7:30 p.m. 1304 S. Main St., Little Rock, (501) 244-9660

STICKYZ, Sons of Texas, 8 p.m. $5, ages 18 and up, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-7707, stickyz.com

THE AFTERTHOUGHT, Jam Session with Carl Mou-ton, 8 p.m. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock, (501) 663-1196

THE JOINT, Hoggin the Mic, 8 p.m. $5, 301 Main St., North Little Rock, (501) 372-0210

special eventsTAIL WAGGIN’ TUTORS begins at 3:30 p.m. at the William F. Laman Public Library, Argenta Branch. Children are invited to practice reading skills in a dog-friendly environment. lamanlibrary.org

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artARGENTA GALLERY 413 Main St., North Lit-tle Rock. Eluvium and Formation: Abstracted Landscapes, through May 8. Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. (501) 225-5600

ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER MacArthur Park, East Ninth and Commerce streets. 54th An-nual Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition, May 1 to July 26; family festival and reception, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 2. The Gathering: Art as Activism for ages 15-18, 6-9 p.m. May 1, ad-vance, $8; at the door, $10. 30 Americans, through June 21. A Humble Hum: Rhythm of the Potter’s Wheel, recent work by res-ident artist Ashley Morrison, through June 21. Paul Signac: Drawings and Watercolors: The James T. Dyke Collection, through July 19. Foundation Collection, Masterworks and Paul Signac, continuing. Museum School art classes and workshops for children and adults; call or visit website for schedule and costs. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. arkansasartscenter.org or (501) 372-4000

THE ART GROUP GALLERY 11525 Cantrell Road. Arkansas Lakes and Rivers, Bob Snid-er, Holly Tilley, Michelle Moore, Sheree King, through April 30. Hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 1-6 p.m. Sunday. (501) 690-2193

BUTLER CENTER FOR ARKANSAS STUD-IES 401 President Clinton Ave. White River Memoirs, through July 25. A Different State of Mind, Arkansas Society of Printmakers, through June 27. Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. (501) 918-3033

CANTRELL GALLERY 8206 Cantrell Road. Arkansas, as Is, by Daniel Coston, through May 9. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday or by appointment. (501) 224-1335

CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 509 Scott St. Plein Air Painters of Arkansas, Victoria Har-vey, Clarence Cash, Tom Herrin, Greg La-hti, Sean LeCrone, John Wooldridge, Diana Shearon, through June 30. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon Friday and Sunday. (501) 375-2342

CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL CENTER 1200 President Clinton Ave. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $7; retired military, college stu-dents and ages 62 and over, $5; children 6-17, $3; active military and children under 6, free. (501) 374-4242

ESSE PURSE MUSEUM 1510 S. Main St. Common Threads, through May 31. What’s Inside: A History of Women and Handbags, 1900-1999, continuing. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission: $10; military, 5-18 or 60 and older, $8; under 5, free. (501) 916-9022

ESTHER DEWITT NIXON LIBRARY 703 W. Main St., Jacksonville. Prehistory of the Jack-sonville Area, continuing. Hours: 9:30 a.m. to

8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sat-urday. (501) 457-5038

GALLERY 26 2601 Kavanaugh Blvd., Suite 1. Recent works by Nancy Dunaway and Kath-erine Strause, through May 9. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. (501) 664-8996

GALLERY 221 Second and Center streets. Works by Greg Lahti, May 1-28; reception, 5-8 p.m. May 8. WPA & Art From the Great Depression, May 1-28. Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and by appointment. (501) 801-0211

GALLERY 360 900 S. Rodney Parham Road. Flora & Fauna, Rachel Trusty and Beth Whit-low, through May 30. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 993-0012

GREG THOMPSON FINE ART 429 Main St., North Little Rock. Southern Landscapes, through May 16. National Silverpoint In-vitational Exhibit, May 6 through June 27; Progressive Collectors reception, 6-9 p.m. May 14; reception, 5-9 p.m. May 15. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. gregthompsonfin eart.com or (501) 664-2787

HEARNE FINE ART 1001 Wright Ave., Suite C. Faces in Certain Places, fine art quilts featur-ing Bisa Butler, through May 2. National Sil-verpoint Invitational Exhibit, May 6 through June 27; reception, 5-9 p.m. May 8; Progres-sive Collectors reception, 6-9 p.m. May 14. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Fri-day, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, by appoint-ment Sunday. (501) 372-6822

HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM 200 E. Third St. Suggin Territory: The Marvelous World of Folklorist Josephine Graham, through Nov. 29. Suyao Tian: Entangled Beauty, through June 7. Recent Acquisitions, through Aug. 23. John Harlan Norris: Public Face, through May 3. Great Arkansas Quilt Show, through May 3. Knife Gallery, We Walk in Two Worlds: The Caddo, Osage and Quapaw in Arkansas, Arkansas Made Gallery, continuing. Hourly tours (except noon) 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon-day through Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Store hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $2.50; ages 65 and over, $1.50; children 17 and under, $1. (501) 324-9351

LOCAL COLOUR GALLERY 5813 Kavanaugh Blvd. April artist: Boots Warhrick. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. (501) 265-0422

MACARTHUR MUSEUM OF ARKANSAS MIL-ITARY HISTORY 503 E. Ninth St. By the Pres-ident in the Name of Congress, From Turbu-lence to Tranquility: The Little Rock Arsenal, The Sun Never Sets on the Mighty Jeep, War and Remembrance: The 1911 United Confed-erate Veterans Reunion, Through the Cam-

era’s Eye: The Allison Collection of World War II Photographs, continuing. Alger Cadet Gun exhibit, continuing. Ongoing exhibits depict Arkansas’ military heritage. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday. (501) 376-4602

MUGS CAFE 515 Main St., North Little Rock. The Original Selfies: Artists’ Self-Portraits, through May 13. (501) 442-7778.

MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY 500 President Clinton Ave. Mindbender Mansion, through Sept. 7. Regular hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tues-day through Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Ad-mission: $10; children 1-12, $8. museumofdis-covery.org or (501) 396-7050

OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM 300 W. Markham St. Lights! Camera! Arkansas! through July. Different Spokes, through Feb-ruary 2016. Permanent exhibits: 1836 House of Representatives Chamber; Pillars of Pow-er, history of the Old State House; On the Stump: Arkansas Politics, 1819-1919; First Families of Arkansas; As Long as Life Shall Last: The Legacy of Arkansas Women. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 324-9685

PAINT NITE 4:30 p.m. May 2, Zin Wine Bar, 300 River Market Ave.; 7 p.m. April 29, 7 p.m. May 6, Hibernia Irish Tavern, 9700 Rodney Parham Road. Painting class with Adam Crockett. Cost: $25-$45. (501) 410-3252

PYRAMID ART, BOOKS & CUSTOM FRAMING 1001 Wright Ave. Page Turners: Original Il-lustrations by Bryan Collier, through June 13. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Fri-day, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, by appoint-ment Sunday. (501) 372-5824

RED DOOR GALLERY 3715 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock. Reflections & Roots of the South, through April 30. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. (501) 753-5227

THEA FOUNDATION 401 Main St., North Little Rock. Thea Scholarship Awards Cere-mony, 3 p.m. May 3. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. (501) 379-9512

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK GALLERIES 2801 S. University Ave. Gallery I: BFA Group Exhibition, through May 8. Man-ers/Pappas Gallery: Pragmatism + Design + Practice, Kevin Cates, through April 29. Gal-lery III: B.A. Group Exhibitions, through April 29. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, 2-5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 569-8977

WILDWOOD PARK FOR THE ARTS 20919 Denny Road. Art in the Park: Symbiotic: Art, Nature & Spirituality, through May 10. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m Saturday through Sunday. (501) 821-7275

WILLIAM F. LAMAN PUBLIC LIBRARY ARGENTA BRANCH 420 Main St., North Lit-tle Rock. Dennis McCann: A History, through May 13. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. (501) 687-1061

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ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER CHILDREN’S THEATRE: The Legend of Robin Hood. Show-times: 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Show runs through May 10. Ninth and Commerce streets, Little Rock, arkarts.com

ARKANSAS REPERTORY THEATRE: Project Elan. Showtimes: 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday with matinees 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Show runs May 5-16. 601 Main St., Little Rock, therep.org

MURRY’S DINNER PLAYHOUSE: The Rain-maker. Showtimes: 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Sundays. Show runs through May 16. 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, murrysdp.com or (501) 562-3131

NORTH LITTLE ROCK COMMUNITY CEN-TER: A Vision of a Baby’s Daddy. Showtimes 7:30 p.m. Show runs May 9 only. Admission is $10 per person. 2700 Willow St., North Little Rock

RED OCTOPUS THEATER: The Peeps Show. Showtimes: 8 p.m. Thursday through Satur-day. Show runs through May 2. Admission: $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, military and students. 616 Center St., Little Rock, (501) 291-3896

THE JOINT: I Love You But You’re Sitting On My Cat (Original comedy by The Main Thing). Showtimes: 8 p.m. Fridays and Sat-urdays. Show runs through June 5. Admission is $22. 301 Main St., #102, North Little Rock, (501) 372-0210

THE ROYAL THEATRE: To Kill a Mockingbird. Showtimes: 7 p.m. Thursday through Satur-day and 2 p.m. Sunday. Show runs through May 3. Admission: $10 for adults, $8 for se-niors and $5 for students. 111 S. Market St., Benton, theroyalplayers.com, (501) 315-5483

THE STUDIO THEATRE: Seussical Jr. Show-times: 2 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 6 p.m. Sunday. Show runs May 2-3. Admission is $10. 320 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, thestudiotheatre-lr.org


“Rocking partner” by Bill Bobb

Crossword Puzzle


Sudoku High Fives

How to play: Sudoku High Fives is a puzzle consisting of five regular Sudoku grids, sharing one set of 3-by-3 boxes. Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9. The numbers in any set of 3-by-3 boxes, which are shared by two of the Sudokus, are filled in identically, for both of the individual Sudokus.

How to play: Fill in the blank squares, using any number from 1 to 9, without repeating any number in a run line. The lines must be filled in with numbers that add up to the total in the shaded box at the top of the beginning of each line. A number in the bottom half of the shaded box is the downward total; in the top half, it’s the horizontal total. We didn’t say this was going to be easy.

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Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating.

The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top left corners.

Freebies: Fill in the single-box cages with the number in the top left corner.

Click on photos at syncweekly.com for the answers to this week’s puzzles.

PUZZLES


CL ASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS ❘ EMPLOYMENT ❘ FINANCIAL ❘ TRANSPORTATION ❘ RECREATION ❘ RENTALS ❘ REAL ESTATE ❘ STUFF ❘ PETS ❘ SERVICES

TO PLACE AN AD: CALL 501.378-3434

1 SYNC = 1 WEEK 3 LINES = $4.50 3 LINE MINIMUM $1.50 PER LINE

OVER 3 LINES DEADLINE: FRIDAY 5 PM

* SOME LIMITATIONS MAY APPLY. CALL A SALES REPRESENTATVE FOR DETAILS.

VETERANS APPEALSRO BVA CAVC

Call 501-835-1303

FREE WASTE OIL PICKUPtransmission, hydraulic, motor &diesel. Call 501-520-8519

Make money bymaking a difference.

Donate today- Octapharma Plasma5121 Warden Rd. Ste B

in N. Little Rock501-812-0440

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NEW DONORS earn up to $250for the first five donations!

PART TIME SALES for the Cen-tral Arkansas area. 20 to 25hours per week working after-noons and evenings. $295 to$500 per week. Must be at least18 years old, pass drug test andcriminal background check, andhave reliable transportation. Call(501) 918-4581 for details.

CALL CENTERCUSTOMER

SERVICEAGENT NEEDED

One week vacation after 6 months.Earn monthly bonus.

We are a drug- andsmoke-free company

EOE

Send resumes to:ACCOUNT ADVISOR

POSITIONP.O. Box 384, Bryant, AR 72089

[email protected]

NOTE: Office is located in Bryant, Arkansas

Position is full timewith benefits

starting at $9.50/hour.

Commercial ConstructionSuperintendent

For Central Ark. area, 5yrs exp.preferred. Exc. compensation &

benefit package. Interestedcandidates should email [email protected] EOE

LAWN & Landscaping Workers Needed ASAP.

Call or text Brad at:501-351-4991.

COMMERCIAL CARPENTERS M e t a l s t u d s , l e a d m e n &acoustical ceiling person. CentralA r k a n s a s a r e a . D r u g t e s trequired. Call 501-681-3690 orfax info. to 501-375-2433. EOE

Cabot Parks and Recreation saccepting applications for:

BUILDING MAINT. WORKER-Perform preventive bldg. maint.duties, routine plumbing, electri-

cal repairs, & troubleshootingminor maintenance problems.

Min. qualifications: H.S.diplomaor GED.2 yrs. bldg maint. expPARKS MAINTENANCE WORKER

Mowing, weed eating, sportsfield prep, restroom cleaning,

playground maint. litter pickup,& event setup. Min. qualifica-tions: H.S. diploma or GED & 1

yr. grounds & facility maint.Validdriver’s license required. Appli-cation and full job description

avail. at 508 N. Lincoln in CabotArk. or www.cabotparks.com

Groundsmen/Tree TrimmersWest Tree Service has an

immediate opening forgroundsmen/tree trimmers in theSearcy area. These are full-time

positions with top pay. Greatopportunity for qualified

candidates. To apply, go towww.westtree.com and

complete the on-line application.If you need additional

information please [email protected] and

leave a phone number or emailaddress. West Tree Service is

an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Hiring ImmediatelyCome work for The HeritageCompany and get paid every

week, no exp. required. We offercompetitive hourly rate, Pd trngand monthly bonuses. We have

Day and Evening shifts available.For more information and toApply Call (501) 835-8515

Pre-employment drug screen

Job Coach, M-F, 8am-5pmHigh School Diploma or GED &

experience working withindividuals with disability.

Coordinator/InstructorMon-Fri 8am-5pm

Qualifications for this positioninclude a Bachelor's or Master's

degree in education & exp.working with adolescents/young

adults with disabilities.

Job Development ManagerMon.-Fri. 8am-pm

Travel required 1-3 yrs exp. inprogram management, businessdevelopment, marketing/sales or

related field.

Background check required. Visit www.accessgroupinc.org

for more informationSend resume, ref’s & cover letterto [email protected] or

501-217-8636

LITER CREWS needed. BushHogging experience required.

Weed eating & zero turn experi-ence. 501-920-4601 8am-5pm

Maintenance Directorneeded for our luxury assistedliving community in Little Rock.Prior experience required. HVACcertification preferred. The Man-or is an equal opportunity em-ployer. All of our full-time posi-tions offer a complete benefitpackage that includes a ful lrange of insurance options, flexi-ble spending accounts, 401K,paid holidays, etc. For more in-formation, or to APPLY NOW vis-it www.richsmithdev.com andclick on career opportunities.

CONCRETE SAW OPERATOR /FOREMAN

CONCRETE FINISHERSPrevious experience is desired.These are full time positions in

the Central Arkansas area.Weaver-Bailey Contractors, Inc.

offers paid vacation time,health/dental insurance, and

401K to its employees.Minorities and women are

encouraged to apply.Weaver-Bailey Contractors, Inc.

is an Equal OpportunityEmployer. Apply in person at2564 Highway 5, El Paso, AR

72045 or [email protected]

CARPET CLEANING TECHSnow hiring. Apply in person

7627 Hardin Drive, Sherwood501-835-4127

Salvation Army hiring for:•Cooks- FT/PT•Housing Monitor- PT•Custodial/Maintenance- FT•Dishwasher- PTsalvationarmycentralarkansas.org

Call 501-374-9296.

NLR EYE CARE Clinic positionopen. Exp. a plus but will train.Rate of pay negotiable. Email

resume w/personal & work ref'[email protected]

BATHERS/KENNEL for groom-ing salon. Experienced. Must beable to pass drug test. Apply in

person Tues-Sat: Grooming Tails7801 Hwy. 107, Sherwood.

WRECKER DRIVER WANTED CDL & non CDL exp. necessary.

Must have wrecker exp. Prefer tolive in Pulaski County

501-851-1575

PARTS CLERKCFS is hiring Must have 2

years+ parts inventory or generaloffice exp. 9:30a-6:00p M-F

Aviation experience desired.Apply online at www.central.aero

Equal Opportunity Employer

RECEPTIONIST /ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Allard & Company is seeking apersonable, detail oriented, andself-motivated individual to joinour team as a Recept ion is t /A d m i n i s t r a t i v e A s s i s t a n t .Successful candidates must behighly organized with the ability tom u l t i - t a s k a n d p r i o r i t i z eresponsibilities in a fast-pacedenvironment. Prior CPA or otherprofessional firm experience is ap l u s . E m a i l r e s u m e t o :[email protected].

ROOFER: Hiring experiencedroofer. Must have valid DL.

Apply in person 457 West GrandAve. Hot Springs

UNCONTESTED DIVORCE $300+ filing fee. Simple Wills $100

Contact Atty Kevin Rook.870-273-9000 Cabot.

FARM EQUIPMENT Mechanic24 mos experience. Wayne Sex-ton, Gillett, Ark email [email protected]

ANNOUNCEMENTSPERSONALS, LOST, FOUND, TICKETS,OPINIONS

EMPLOYMENTPROFESSIONAL, GENERAL, CLERICAL, TECHNICAL

Research InterviewerWill conduct customer

satisfaction surveys overthe phone. NO selling ortelemarketing involved.

Must have professional phoneskills, excellent communication

and people skills, andbasic typing ability.

Bilingual representativesneeded also. We havepositions available for

EVENING SHIFTNLR location

5035 Warden Rd. Apply online at

www.marketstrategies.com

Central Defense Security(CDS) has openings for armedand unarmed Security Officers

provide efficient security &monitoring services to assigned

client for the over well-being andsafety of the client and theirproperty. Full and part time

schedules are available over 1st,2nd, or 3rd shits (dependingupon availability). Applicants

must be at least 18 years of agefor the un-armed officer

positions; and at lest 21 years ofage for the armed positions (noexceptions) with a good work

history. A verifiable high schooldiploma or GED is required. To apply: Please come to201 W. Broadway, N.L.R., professionally dressed in

preferred business casual to complete an application.

AUTO PAINT & BODY TECHF u l l s e r v i c e , h i g h v o l u m e ,successfu l body shop seeksskilled paint and body technician.Must be dependable, high energy,have reliable transportation andown tools. Must work well withothers in a team environment.Competitive pay, DOE. Pleaseemail work history and referencesto [email protected].


BRICK MASONS EXP. &TENDERS/OPERATORS Exp. needed. Must have

transpo. & pass drug screen.Little area 501-833-0891.

15 DRIVER TRAINEESNEEDED NOW!

Become a driver forEmpire Express!

NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED!New Drivers can earn

$800+ per week!Call for details!

1-888-342-5550

25 DRIVER TRAINEESNEEDED NOW!

Become a driver forTMC Transportation!

Earn $700 per week!NO CDL? No problem!Training is available!1-888-248-1364

LOOKING FOR DRIVERS THATCAN GET THE JOB DONE!

• No Canada or Mexico• No Loading/Unloading

• No HazMat • Great Benefitswww.mcexpressinc.com

800-872-8548

TRUCK DRIVERTRAINEES NEEDED!

Learn to drive forStevens Transport!

EARN $800 PER WEEK!No Experience Needed!We will get you trained!

1-888-778-0459

ATHLETIC DIRECTORCossatot River School District

accepting applications for:Head Boys Basketball

Coach/Athletic Director.Applications can be found at

www.cossatot.usResumes maybe mailed to

CRHS, Attn: Superintendent, 130School Drive, Wickes, AR 71973

Applicant must have currentArkansas licensure. Applications

accepted until position filled.

Deli Crew $250. Bonusft/pt Some experience required. Apply Scholotzsky’s 3421 JFK,

NLR, 401Bowman, WLR. No callsPARKING LOT STRIPERS

LIGHT GAUGE METAL ERECTORSASPHALT WORKERS FOR PAVING

MACHINE, SHOVEL & RAKEExperienced Only Apply

in person Mon-Fri • 1pm-4pm1903 N. Peyco Dr.

Arlington, TX 76001 or fax817-467-0779 or email resume

[email protected] Business Since 1982

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIClooking for front desk personto answer phones, schedule

appointments & various otherduties. Minimum of 3 yrs clinicoffice exp. is a must. Benefits!

Please fax resume to501-377-9244 or email:

[email protected]

BILLER NEEDED in Conway, ARLTC experience required

Email resume [email protected]

TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTThe McCrory School District ist a k i n g a p p l i c a t i o n s f o r at echno l ogy spec i a l i s t . Anappl icat ion can be found atmccrory.k12.ar.us and can beemailed along with resume [email protected] orfaxed to 870-731-2536.

CDL DRIVERS - Good Pay- Good Equipment-

Good Miles-Good Company-Small- Well Established

Sealco Transport Inc.501-733-1044

SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERDes ign and wr i t e compu te rprograms to satisfy customerneeds. Diagnose and resolveprogram bugs within existingsof tware . Work ing wi th andcreating service programs. Musthave at least 5 years experiencein computer programming. Strongbackground in Groovy or JAVA.K n o w l e d g e o f : H T M L 5 ,J a v a S c r i p t , C S S 3 , T w i t t e rBootstrap, XML, JSON, and GIT.

Email resume [email protected]

Hiring Construction FieldSuperintendent. Email [email protected]

or call 501-944-0500.EOE/Drug free workplace.

FRONTLOAD & ROLLOFFDRIVING POSITIONS

MUST HAVE - 1 year verifiabledriving exp. Pass DOT physical &

drug screen. Clean drivingrecord. Pass criminal bkgrd chk.

Apply in person at: WCA4005 HWY 161, NLR, AR

MOTORCOACH DRIVERSM u s t h a v e C l a s s B C D L &passenger endorsement. Apply inperson Tues-Thurs 3100 I-30, LR.

THE WHITE HALLSCHOOL DISTRICT

is accepting applications for•Middle School SpecialEducation Teacher, K-8, Endorsement preferred.

Apply at: www.whitehallsd.orgFor questions call Heath Bennett

at 870-247-2171 or870-247-2002

TEACHERS- Bismarck SchoolDistrict is hiring:

•Elementary Special Education•High School Self ContainedMust hold proper certification.

Apply at www.bismarcklions.net.

STRUCTURAL DESIGNERSeeking Structural

Designer/Drafter. Must beproficient in AUTO CAD and

REVIT. Send resume [email protected]

CONWAY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Apply On Line atwww.arstatejobs.com

"CARING PEOPLE, QUALITY SERVICES"

•$10,000 Free LifeInsurance

•Health Benefits •Retirement Benefits •12 Paid Vacation Day •11 Paid Holidays •12 Paid Sick Days

LPN Positions AvailablePay Grid Based On Experience

New LPNs (< 5 years experience) 2% raiseevery 6 months up to midpoint of salary range

Increased Weekend Shift Differential

DENTAL ASSISTANT - Busy LittleRock pediatric dental officelooking for certified dental

assistant. Bilingual a plus. 2 yrsexperience preferred. Pay DOE.Fax resume to 501-224-7706

ENGINEERING TECHNICIANEngineering firm seeks

applicants for laboratory testingdivision. No prior experiencenecessary. Must have valid

drivers license. For applicationscall: 501-455-4545

LPNs all shiftsApply in person to

Sherwood Nursing & Rehab. Ctr.245 Indian Bay Dr., Sherwood

HICKORY HEIGHTS

•CNAs 7-3, 3-11 & 11-7New pay rate

Excellent BenefitsApply in person: Hickory Heights

#3 Chenal Heights Dr. LR, AR72223, 501-830-2273. EOE

now hiring for:

LOCAL - HOME DAILYBased out of North Little Rock

• Earn Up to $20.75 + OT• Avg 55-60 hrs/wk• Bonuses, benefits, and much MORE!

Drivers CDL-A

NEW PAY!Up To $60,000Yearly Average

$1500 Sign On Bonus

Must have 1 yr. T/T exp.Class A-CDL w/ Hazmat & Tank

To apply, call or go online withyour 3 yr emp. history.

800-366-4910 eoewww.DupreLogistics.com

OTR TEAM DRIVERSBased in Little Rock. Carrier pullsdoubles for major retailer. Teamsplits $.61 per mile. All drop &hook. Ass igned equipment .Company offers Health, dental &401K plan. Flexible home time.Call 501-455-6416

PRESCOTT SCHOOL DISTRICTaccepting applications for thefo l l ow ing pos i t i ons fo r the2015-2016 school year:•Food Service Director•High School ReadingTeacher Applications are available at:

curleywolves.orgOR Prescott District Office,

762 Martin St.,Prescott, AR 71857

Phone Number: 870-887-3016Applications will be taken untilthe position is filled. EOE

TEACHER: The McCrory SchoolDistrict is taking applications fora middle school teacher (grades

7 and 8) with emphasis inscience and math. An application

can be found atmccrory.k12.ar.us and can beemailed along with resume [email protected] or

faxed to 870-731-2536.

Arkansas Hospice - Human Resources14 Parkstone Circle, North Little Rock, AR 72116

Fax: 501-748-3490 For a list of all jobopportunities throughout Arkansas,visit: www.ArkansasHospice.org

Submit application and/or resume to:[email protected]

EOE/Excellent Benefits/Drug Free Workplace

Corporate Office (Located in NLR, AR)•HIM Coder

•FT Strategic Communications & Media Manager•FT Pharmacy Tech/Clerk

Central Home Base - (Located in NLR, AR)• FT Access RN

• FT RN, Case Manager• FT CNA

• FT CNA (for Lonoke County area)•FT On-Call RN

Little Rock Inpatient Unit• FT CNA

Career Opportunities

Clerk for insurance, billing andclaims submission needed forambulatory surgery center. Mustbe able to work independently,be pleasant, flexible and workwell with others. Send resume tofax: 501-907-0973

RESEARCH ASSOCIATEResearch Associate sought byUniversity of Arkansas for MedicalSc i enc es i n L i t t l e R oc k , AR .Advanced deg ree i n Med i ca lSciences, Biological Sciences,Medicine or closely related field,plus three (3) yrs. research exp.Send resume to: Janet L. Aronson,

UAMS Myeloma Institute, 4301West Markham, #816, Little Rock,

AR 72205 or [email protected].

UAMS is an inclusive AffirmativeAct ion and Equa l Oppor tun i tyEmp loye r o f i nd i v idua l s w i thdisabilities and protected veteransand is committed to excellence.

DRIVER WANTED Class A CDL,pds. 38¢ per mi., regional route,home on weekends and benefits

included. Call 870-919-3498.

The Arkadelphia School Districtis accepting applications for the

following positions:Certified:•Secondary Vocal Music Teacher•Instructional Facilitator• Secondary Math TeacherClassified:•School Nurse

Applications will be accepteduntil position is filled.

Apply online at:arkadelphia.schoolrecruiter.netPlease call 870-246-5564 ext.1224 for additional information.

EOE.

WRECKER DRIVER WANTED CDL & non CDL exp. necessary.

Must have wrecker exp. Prefer tolive in Pulaski County

501-851-1575

AETN BROADCASTPRODUCTION SPECIALIST

(Operations Division)Arkansas Educational TelevisionNetwork (AETN) seeks to completea team with a Broadcast ProductionSpecialist to run cameras for fieldproduct ions ; o f f - l ine ed i t ing ;provide back-up for other positions;assist studio manager for all setbuilding; operate audio board; runc h r y o n ; g r i p w o r k ; & c l o s e dcaptioning.M i n . Q u a l i f i c a t i o n s : F o r m a leducation equivalent of a highschool diploma; plus 2 years ofspecialized training in electronicstechnology, broadcast production,or related field; plus 3 years ofexperience in the operation & repairof broadcast equipment or relatedarea. Background check required.Salary Range: $13.39 - $18.48/Hr.(Grade C114) . Rev iew beg ins05/08/15.

Apply online towww.arstatejobs.com.

Only completed state applicationswith work history will be accepted.We do not accept resumes in lieu ofcompleting the state application.AA/EEO/ADA Employer – Winner ofthe Governor's Mature WorkersAmbassador Award and named asa Governor's Work-Life BalanceAmbassador in 2012.

SUPERINTENDENT The McCrory School DistrictThe District is financially stablewith top notch employees. A

high percentage of the students’test scores are proficient &

advanced. The State Report cardlists the high school as an “A” &the elementary as a “B”. Bothschool campuses are in greatcondition. 5 years’ experience

as a superintendent is preferred.Applications can be found at

mccrory.k12.ar.us . Email alongwith a resume to

[email protected]

TEACHER: Des Arc High Schoolis seeking a Secondary EnglishTeacher. Please send resumesto [email protected]

or fax to (870)256-4164

Gaming Food &Beverage Assistant

Manager Responsible for assisting theGaming F&B Manager in a l laspects of the Gaming F&BDepar tment , inc lud ing bar ,service bar, Bistro 2705 andSilks sports bar as well as anyother designated F&B operationsa c r o s s a l l g a m i n g f a c i l i t ylocations. Candidate must coach,t ra in , & have a “hands on”management style of all GamingF&B operations. Work a “primet ime” schedu le wh i ch w i l linclude nights, weekends &holidays.Experience:•Prior Sports Bar experience,(gaming environment preferred)

•Prior Micros POS (front & backof house experience � preferred)

• A t l e a s t 6 y e a r s i n F & Bdepartment in addi t ion toManagement School or at least5 years in a Managementposition.

•Serv-Safe certified or completecertification within 3 months ofhire.

•Be ce r t i f i ed o r comple tecertification of ResponsibleBeverage Service within 3months of hire.

•Be able to be approved &maintain a valid ASRC gaminglicense.

•Employment contingent uponp a s s i n g a b a c k g r o u n dinvestigation & drug screening.We offer full benefits:Healthcare, dental,

vision, Short-term & Lifedisability. Wellness

program for allemployees!

For more information &to apply visit:

http://careers.oaklawn.com/

Come grow with us at HotSprings’ most Exciting &

Fun place to work!NOW HIRING FOR:

Heavy Equipment MechanicConstruction Co., is looking for a

heavy Equipment Mechanic.Must have own truck & tools.

Apply at Spurlock’s.506 E. Booth in Searcy.

CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTMedical - C.N.A. & L.P.N. staffneeded STAT for long term carein Benton, AR. All shifts, flexiblescheduling. Must have one yearof long term care experience.Active and in good standingArkansas C.N.A. license

Phone Sam 866-633-3700X 110 or email [email protected]

MEDICAL ASSISTINGINSTRUCTOR

Remington College – Little RockCampus needs a morn ingspart-time dedicated medicalassisting professional to educateour students.

Must have an associate’s degreeor higher in a human sciencerelated field with a diploma inm e d i c a l a s s i s t i n g o r a nassociate’s degree or higher inmedica l ass is t ing, nurs ing,c h i r o p r a c t i c s c i e n c e s o rmedicine. At least four years ofr e l a t e d w o r k e x p e r i e n c e .Teaching experience preferred.

Qualified applicants may emailresume to Rosalie.Lampone

@remingtoncollege.edu

Hazmat DriversLR company offering

competitive pay ($40,000+)w/benefits.

Home most nights/weekends.Must have Class A CDL /

hazmat experience.

Call 501-888-6557

TRUCK TRANSPORTATIONRECRUITER - Russellville

First year compensation of $50kattainable plus ComprehensiveBenefits & Career Advancement

with Top Carrier who isdedicated to its Customers &

Employees! Experience,Up-to-date knowledge of the

industry, self motivated w/goodcommunication skills a must.

Email Resume:[email protected]

or call: 1-866-423-4367

Assistant Professorof Social Work

University of Arkansas atMonticello

School of Social and BehavioralSciences

For complete details visithttp://www.uamont.edu/jobs

Andre Lewis,Director of Social Work,

P.O. Box 3619,Monticello, AR 71656

Telephone 870/460-1388,Fax 870/460-1087

E-mail: [email protected]/EOE

Instructor of ComputerInformation Systems

University of Arkansas atMonticello

School of ComputerInformation Systems

For complete details visit:http://www.uamont.edu/jobsSchool of Computer Information

Systems,P.O. Box 3467,

Monticello, AR 71656Email: [email protected]

AA/EOE

Contracted SLP or OT needed inPulaski County Special SchoolDist. thru 6/8/15. SLP 2 1/2 daysper week and OT 4 days perweek. Licensure required. CallBecky Kilburn 501-993-5706

TEACHER: The Clarendon SchoolDistrict is accepting applications,for the 2015-16 school year, for

•K-6 Special Ed ResourceRoom Teacher.

Application Deadline: May 8th oruntil position is filled.

Please send resumes [email protected] or

mail to Bobbie Loewer,Clarendon Elementary Principal,

PO Box 248, Clarendon, AR72029. Call: 870-747-3383.

CODING CHARGE ENTRY: Fulltime position will work with CPCto enter cl inical charges forp a y m e n t , a n d a s s i s t w i t hresearch necessary to submitclaims. Prior medical chargee n t r y e x p p r e f e r r e d . F u l ld e s c r i p t i o n o n l i n e a twww.arspecialty.com emai lresume to [email protected] ENTRY in subject line.

Medical Billing and CodingInstructors - Hiring NOW!

Remington College – Little RockC a m p u s s e e k s p a r t - t i m e(mornings, Monday-Thursday)instructors to make a differenceby educating students who areeager to train as medical billersand coders.

Requirements:• Associate’s degree or higher in medical billing & coding, or an associate’s degree or higher in a human science related field with a diploma in medical billing & coding.• At least 4 years of solid work experience in the field.• Excellent communication and organizational skills.• Previous instructional experience preferred.

Please email resume toRosalie.Lampone@

remingtoncollege.edu.

DUMP TRUCK DRIVER needed:Pay $14/hr based on exp. Mustmeet min req; Class A CDL , cleandriving record. Must have enddump exp. (501)-888-4191.

Medical Account Specialist:Analyze medical accounts to

resolve outstanding insurancebalances with payers and

coordinate related secondaryfiling. Seeking exp with NextGen.

Must have 5+ yrs. exp. inmedical billing, and appeal

processes, and reading EOBs.See www.arspecialty.com/jobs,

email resume [email protected] with code

INSCOL in subject.

•CNAs, All shift•LPNs All ShiftsApply in person at Nursing & Rehab

@ Good Shepherd3001 Aldersgate Rd, LR, AR

No phone calls please.EOE

FAMILY Nurse Practitioner/ Salary commensurate with exp.

Benefits available per industrystandard. Send resume to:

[email protected].


Spring Creek Health and Rehab

LPNs all shiftWith long term care exp.

Send resume to [email protected]

or Apply in person at 804North 2nd Street

Cabot, AR EOE

LEGAL ASSISTANT forROBERTSON LAW FIRM;

Conway office. EXP. REQ’D.Send resume to

[email protected]

PIPE WELDER/FITTERLABORER

Openings Available-IndustrialRefrigeration Service, Top Pay,

Health/Dental Care, 401KPlan.Call For Interview

479-967-9850 8am-4pm.

JAX: HUGE 1 &2 BR, all elec,clean, water pd. Next to School,1st mo.$250!! 501-612-5583

LR-6120 H St 1BR ch/a, hwdflrs. cats only. $499 mo. tenantpays util. + dep. 501-249-6144.

MAUMELLE. 2br/2ba 1050 sfw/d conn no pets $675 + dep

501-517-3445.

SWLR - MOVE in special 1 & 2BRs twnhses from $365-$525.clean quiet safe. 501-562-1071.

SWLR - MOVE in special2 & 3 BRs from $450-$600.

Clean quiet safe. 501-565-8375.

WLR - 2 BR full BA two halfbaths, 1100 sq ft. pool, gated.$795 + $500 dep 501-228-9299

SWLR, 12908-B Quail Creek:3BR/1BA, CH&A, $650/month +$600 deposit. 501-804-9122.

HEIGHTS :2BR/1BA, totally re-modeled, granite, hardwood, ss,Safe. $1250 mo. 870-304-7776

SWLR -newly remodeled,2 BR 1 BA big storage area,$570+dep. 501-562-9466

MAUMELLE, 3 br, 2 ba, 1215sf, remod., fen yd, fp, $950mo+$950 dep. 501-258-0822

NLR OVERBROOK, 3br 2ba, dblgar, split level, 2100sf, tile/car-pet, appls., LR, din, den, laundry.$1175 mo.+ dep. 501-771-9560

WLR 3 & 4 BR new homes forrent. From $1395-$1895 mo.

www.covenantcovecommunity.com

27 ft travel trailer, fully furnished,$350 mo. wate r & t rash $33501-837-7954 or 501- 888-2339

BEEBE: 3BR, 2BA, CH&A, hard-wood floors, lg. yard! $575/mo.501-454-3933 or 501-259-0815

NLR: Rooms $100 A Week,Beds $80 A Week,

With Meal. 501-945-7412

BRYANT, WOLFCREEK Estates, 3 br, 2 ba, brick, 3+ acres.

501-902-6379

GREERS FERRY : FSBO3BR/2BA, 1475sf., 3 lots, hard-wood floors, RV/Boat Shelter,501-825-7511 or 501-250-5612

GREERS FERRY Lake, LakeFront Modular Home, Clinton ar-

ea on 2 acres, 1,344 sf. 3br/2ba,DW, W/D, LR, DR, Laundry rm,$127,000. 501-745-2030

LAKE HAMILTON, 2br/2ba Condo,fully furnished, newly remdld, newappliances, w/fireplace, boatslip,$182,500. 870-672-1886

LAKE OUACHITA, North ShoresResort area: 3BR/2BA MH, 30’ x30’ shop, storm shelter, On 0.36acres (not on Corps property). 3b lks . f rom lake . $117,800.501-984-5023 or 501-984-5033

OLD RIVER LAKE, Lake Access3/4 acre lot. Great Building Site,Boat, Fish & Ski. 501-580-5474

BEEBE SCHOOL dist.: 10-acretracts. Perc-approved. City wa-ter. Owner fin. 501-658-3055.

BEEBE, SEARCY, Vilonia, Cabot& El Paso Surrounding areas.

Special. 501-416-1057

GUY 3.34 ac., city water, coun-ty road, woods & open, drive-way, $500 down. 501-835-8613

NEWTON COUNTY, 200 acresw/cabin, excellent hunting, food

plots for deer, $1050 per ac.870-448-7171

SEARCY, 5 ac. or more, build-ing sites, paved, $5500 per ac.

Plantation Realty. 501-288-7551

END OF WINTER BLOW OUT,Stock up now for next year &

save. Full cord 128 cu. ft. $190must buy 2 Cord. 4’x16’ stack

$150, 4’x8’ stack $85. Includesdelivered & stacked.

501-888-1423

DRYER/WASHER, $90 ea;Refrigerator $150 & stove $100 501-563-5055 / 501-753-6636

H MERCEDES-BENZ HLow price High qlty since 85

75+ in stock-miles as low as 900.Most in factory warranty, w/100K

extended warranty available.15,000+ Happy Clients!

All trades welcome,Excellent finance rates.

SMITHIMPORTS.COM

BLOODHOUND PUPPIES, AKCregistered, wormed & shots.$450. Please call 870-780-5380

CHIHUAHUAS, REGISTERED, fors a l e , $ 2 0 0 t o $ 2 5 0 . C a l l501-230-9246 Searcy.

DOBERMANS: NEW litter here!Taking deposits. 501-749-1035.

foxkennel.com

GOLDEN DOODLE puppies,black & white, and golden,

$1,200 each. 501-580-4119.

MINIATURE SCHNAUZER, &Toy, males/females, Shots UTD.

Health guar. All colors.www.justpugginaround.com

501-428-2801

YORKIE , MALTESE, & OtherSmall Breeds. 1yr Health Guar.Shots. Accept cc. 501-843-9297Cabot, www.sspups.com

AGED INVENTORY BlowOut, newhomes at used home prices. Sin-gles & doublewides 870-535-1524.

NEW, USED and Repo,over 40 to choose from

Call 870-535-1524.

LAKE OUACHITA 3BR, 2 bath,16 x 80 Mobile Hm on 3 woodedacres. Great weekend retreat!$79,500 . Call 501-607-2464.

HOME REPAIR painting, plumb,elec, carpentry, heat & air, 24 hrserv, 30 yr exp. 501-286-0105.

WE NEED

Earning Potential at Kiosk Booth$600 - $900 Per Week3 Casual Dress Every Day!

3 Relaxed Supportive Atmosphere!3 Sales Experience is a PLUS!

CALL TODAY!(501) 918-4580

Ask for Karla at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazetteor email resume to [email protected]

IndependentSales

Representatives

PART-TIME

Sales Reps Needed— 2 OPENINGS AVAILABLE —

3 Entry Level Position3 Paid Training

3 25 Hour Work Week(Monday - Friday 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.)

Average rep earns$425 PER WEEK

Call Trey at 501-918-4581or email resume to

[email protected]

Are you confident, outgoing andEnthusiastic?

Do you have sales experience with the desire to earn$500-$800 a week

We are currently searching forINDEPENDENT SALES REPRESENTATIVES

for high traffic locations and kiosk booths.Work flexible hours in a relaxed environment!

-----Send Resumes to [email protected]

or call Karla Cox at 501-918-4580

AWESOME OPPORTUNITY BRYANT SCHOOLS, 1 acre,16x80 MH, 16x40 shop. On LeeCircle. $50,000. 501-860-4694

TOTAL GYM XLS, used very lit-tle, as new, $625 or best offer.501-258-4966 Lonoke, AR

HICKORY HEIGHTS

•RN WeekendSupervisor

Competitive WagesExcellent Benefits

Apply in person: Hickory Heights#3 Chenal Heights Dr. LR, AR72223, 501-830-2273. EOE

now hiring for:

NLR-1900 S Battery 2BR $5501905 W 19th St. 1 BA kit furn.

$595 mo. dep. $400.Twillie Realty, 501-296-9000.

Central LR & NLR Apartments &Houses for rent. 3 BR homes .

Ready to move in 501-650-5913

WLR, 4 br., 2 ba., 2 car garage,fenced back yard, $1,400 a mo.

Call 501-563-6284

SWLR Mobile Homes 2 BRStarting@$400, 3br start $500

cha newly remod 501-562-0447

BENTON. 34 Dark Forest Pl. 2 br,2 ba, w/carport, ss appls, gasfp, close to I30. 501-860-8187

SEARCY COUNTY Near BuffaloRiver, Small cabin, 10 ac.,

$44,900. Also, small cabin, 4 1/2acres, $34,900. 870-448-7171

Assistant Director:Managing Foundat ion Seedproduction, conditioning, andmarketing of crops, for the U of ADivision of Agriculture. Developand implement a s tatewidemarketing campaign for varietiesproduced by the U of A; managesales and inventory to licensedseed growers and seed dealers;provide oversight to productionand cond i t i on i ng i n a newstate-of-the-art seed processingplant; Collaborate with projectleaders on land preparation,rotation crops, and irrigationa v a i l a b i l i t y f o r s m a l l - p l o tresearch. The position will assistthe Director in ful f i l l ing themission of RREC as required.Master's degree is required plusf o u r ( 4 ) y e a r s o f r e l e v a n texperience, Ph.D. preferred.Salary is commensurate withexperience. Applicants MUSTcomplete an ONLINE applicationat https://jobs.uark.edu; searchfor posting number 0603635 andcreate a new application. Allapplicants are subject to publicdisclosure under the AR Freedomof Info. Act and persons hiredm u s t h a v e p r o o f o f l e g a lauthority to work in the U.S.UofA is and EO/AA institution.

Daycare Worker WantedSend Resume tolrarkdaycare.com

HEALTH Coach/Sa les D ie tCenter is looking for 2 highenergy, enthus iast ic & se l fmotivated individuals interestedin health & nutr i t ion. Hrly +comm PT&FT LR 501-786-4771

Retail Floor Sales ManagerWhit Davis Lumber Plus Green-brier. Resp for managing dailyoperations, ordering products,opening/closing & inventory

control. Prior hardware, lumber& retail exp., strong organiza-tional & communication skills.Full benefits. Apply online at

whitdavis.com

MASTER or JOURNEYMANELECTRICIANS needed. MUSThave VALID D.L. Medical/Dental/

Vision/401K offered. Call onlyM-F, 8-5 501-562-6900

NLR-McCain/JFK 2 BR 1 1/2BA,twnhme new carpet, w/d

conn. $700 mo. 501-753-5220

NLR-McCain/JFK apt. homes2 BR 1 ba W/D inc new crpt

$675 mo 501-753-5220

Auxora Arms Apts-an afford-able housing community is nowaccepting applications for 1, 2 &3 BR apts. Apply at: 9101 AuxorRd. Litt le Rock, Ark 72209.Phone 501-562-8593. TTY:800-955-8770. Equal housingOpportunity. Owner/Agt does notdiscriminate against personswith disabilities.

Hillcrest home or office ownerfin. or lease option 2br, hw flrs,fenced. $950 mo. 501-405-5000

NLR, 3 br, 2 ba, real nice houseFor Rent. Carport. No Pets.

501-416-2967

WLR- HUNTERS PARADISEluxury 1 BR gated estate,

Ark river view, some util. paid.$950 mo. 501-868-9431

304 WEST “I”. 3BR/1 BA. PkHil $500dep/monthly- $900. 501-658-0364

MABELVALE PIKE area: 2BR$500/mo.1st month Half off. Gas& water paid. 501-804-7116

NOW LEASING COURTYARDCOTTAGES

Bryant/JacksonvilleSenior (55+) apt Living

1 & 2 BR’sCall Bryant 501-847-3002

Call Jacksonville 501-241-0811

SCOTT TOLTEC Area, 2 br, re-mod., lge yd, no inside pets, wa-

ter furn. $500mo. 501-661-8143

SINGLEWIDE 2005 2br, 2ba16x60, Patio door, shingles roof,vinyl siding like new. Delivered

set up, underpinning, AC & steps501-450-6300

Salvation Army hiring for:Center of Hope Program

AdministratorSupervising & administrating

homeless shelter. Qual.: SocialWork Degree, or experience

equivalent. Visit:salvationarmycentralarkansas.org

Call 501-374-9296.

IMMEDIATEOPENING

Rapid Response RNAre you a trained

ER/Critical Care nurselooking to take the next

step in your nursingcareer?

Baptist Health Medical Center -Little Rock is seeking an

experienced RN to join ourdedicated Rapid Response team.Requirements: 3+ years as a

Critical Care/ER RegisteredNurse, ACLS, BLS, NIH Stroke

certification (preferred) , as wellas excellent critical thinking,

assessment, & communicationskills.

Apply online at:baptist-health.com/jobs

LPNs for all shifts.CNAs all shifts.

New competitive wages.Apply in person Cabot Health &

Rehab 200 No. Port Drive, Cabotor for more info. 501-843-6181

RN for fast pace environmentfor out patient surgery center.PRN possible full time. Faxresume to 501-227-7220.

RN or LPN needed for busy NLRCard io logy c l in ic , fu l l t imeposition. MA needed for busycardiology clinic full time. Emailresumes to [email protected] fax to 501-537-0206.

SALES REP.FT posit ion in Lit t le Rock forself-motivated sales rep. Basepay provided w/ comm., Earningpotential $40,000+, sales orfundraising experience a must.Fun environment w/a respectedbusiness Mon. - Fri. Send resumeto: VP Business Development,BBB of AR, 12521 Kanis Road,Lit t le Rock, AR 72211; [email protected]

JACKSONVILLE, 4BR/2ba/gar,fenced yard, minutes to LRAFB!

pets ok. $800mo. 917-670-1723

LR-11523 Kanis Rd. 900-1800sq.ft. $900-$1800 per mo.Call Ted at 501-351-7368.

GREERS FERRY: 2br/2ba .Mustsee getaway, 2 screen porches &more. $76,500. 501-658-6464

JACKSONVILLE, 3 BR., 1 1/2BA., fence, city lot, incl. all utili-tes, $14,950 obo. 501-753-8528

NURSES & TEACHERS!Perfect part-time opportunityfrom home! You can make

$10,000/yr putting in 5 hrs/weekCall Tracy at 501-442-1640

[email protected]

TURN YOUR TAX REFUNDINTO OWNING YOUR HOME!

Available Now. 3 bed, 2 full bath,Newly refurbished, New AppliancesNew Carpet. Low Down, EZ terms.Must stay in the Park. Royal OaksMobile Home Community, 4600

Rixie Rd. Sherwood. 501-835-2505

LPNs All shiftsBeebe Retirement Center

Apply in person: 709 McAfeeDrive, Beebe, AR 501-882-3313

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANLocal church seeks FT SKILLEDTech. to service 225,000 sq ftfac i l i ty . Appl icant must haveelectrical, plumbing & carpentryskills. Competitive salary / benefits.M-F 7 – 3:30pm. Email [email protected]

•LPNs Experienced, 7a-7p Apply in person

West Markham Subacute &Rehab. 5720 W. Markham Street

No phone please. EOE

X-RAY TECHNICIAN FT/PTFast pace clinic. Fax resume to

501-225-5694

Desktop SupportTechnician

Conway Corporation is seeking anindividual to provide first-level PCsupport. Responsibilities includeconfiguring and deploying PCs forc o m p a n y u s e , p r e v e n t i v emaintenance, troubleshootingcomputer-related issues andproviding end-user education,with an emphasis on customerservice.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS:• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS or related field preferred• One year job-related work exp.• Strong working knowledge of modern Windows desktop operating systems and related software• Advanced technical troubleshooting skills• Strong understanding of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets• Familiar with computer networking concepts and PC connectivity troubleshooting• Networking-related certification preferred

Full-time with excellent benefitsApply online at:

www.conwaycorp.com/jobs

Closing date: May 11, 2015

AN EEO EMPLOYER

WLR- (1 blk. West of Bale Chev-rolet), 1100 & 1375 sq.ft.office space. 501-680-0768.

FOR

RENT

RENTALSAPARTMENTS, HOUSES, CONDOS, OFFICES

HOMES, LOTS,ACREAGE

FOR

SALE

REAL ESTATESTUFFGarage sales, Furniture, Appliances, Electronics, Instruments, Give aways

CARS, SUVs, TRUCKS, VANS, ACCESSORIES

TRANSPORTATION

DOGS, CATS, BIRDS, HORSES, LIVESTOCK

PETS

SERVICESHOME REPAIR, CHILD CARE, PEST CONTROL, TREE SERVICE, TUTORING, PIANO LESSONS, ETC.


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