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HomeMy WebLinkAboutS-1356 Map 10AT1CansasDemocrat?w(ifiazette • SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2002 • 7B Deaths • Continued from Page 6B — — MOUNTAIN HOME@ — Sneed N. Collins, 83, died Nov. 14, 2002, at Gassville Nursing Center. Services, Roller Funeral Home Chapel, 2 p.m. Sunday. Interment, Walnut Hill Cemetery, Cotter. Survivors: wife, Mildred Collins; sons, Larry Collins, James T. Collins; daughter, Pamela Hickman; one brother; one sister. Arrangements by Roller Funeral Home, (870) 425-2161. 4 MOUNTAIN HOME — Harold Eu- gene Pauley, 55, of Mountain Home died Wednesday. Funeral will be Saturday, 10 am. at Kirby -Boaz Fu- neral Home. A graveside service will be Monday, 2 p.m. in Fort Worth, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Joan; daughter, Kimberly Williams; and stepdaughter, Joni Goodnight. —'+ PINE BLUFF — Gladys Mae Gray Orton, 81, of Pine Bluff died Thurs- day. Survivors: husband, James; son, James Jr.; daughter, Margaret; five grandsons; two great-granddaugh- ters; and one great-grandson. Ser- vices: Saturday, 1:30 p.m., Robin- son's Chapel. Interment: Memorial Park Cemetery. Visit us at www.ralphrobinsonandson.com for further information. — 4 RECTOR — Funeral services for 85 year old Doyle Vangilder of Rector, who died Nov. 14, will be Saturday at the First Baptist Church with Irby Funeral Home in charge of arrange- ments. He is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter, a brother, two sis- ters, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. — .F SEARCY — Margery Diemler Calderwood, 81, of Searcy died Fri- day, Nov. 14, in Searcy. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church and the widow of Harold Calderwood. Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Roller -Daniel Fu- neral Home In Searcy. Funeral serv- ices will be in Topeka, Kan. SPRINGHILL — Harm James "Bill" Holloway, 80, of Springhill passed away Thursday, Nov. 14, 2002. He was a retired sales manager and car salesman for John Walters Chevrolet and was a WWII Navy Veteran. Graveside services are 2 p.m. Satur- day, Oak Grove Cemetery. Arrange- ments by Rollor-McNutt Funeral Home in Conway, (501) 327-7727. Out-of-state WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sydney Frances Probst, a native Arkansan who served on the staff of Senator David Pryor, D-Ark., and went on to become a prominent Washington lobbyist, died Nov. 13 of lung cancer at her home in Washington. She was 62. Ms. Probst, a native of Arkadel- phia, lived for many years in Pine Bluff and Little Rock, where she was active in civic and cultural affairs. She was a 1962 graduate of the Uni- versity of Arkansas. She moved to Washington in 1980 and joined the staff of Senator Pryor, where she served for two years. She then joined the government relations staff of the Associated Builders and Contractors, and left in 1984 to become Associate Director of Government Relations of the Dis- tilled Spirits Council of the United ty. For the past several years, she worked as an independent consult- ant and lobbyist for a variety of pri- vate interests, including KCS and Ar- kansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Her marriage to M.J. Probst ended in divorce. Survivors include a daughter, Margaret Probst Turner of Reno, Nev.; a son, Jason Slack Prob- st of Coopersburg, Pa.; and a sister, Lucia Boland of Bonaire,. Ga. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Make -A -Wish Foun- dation, 10920 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 1600, Kensington, Md. 20895. — y — GROVE, Okla. — Henry L. "Hank" Melton, 82, died on Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11, 2002, with his fam- ily in Grove, after a serious illness. Hank Melton was born in Afton, Okla, on Jan. 11, 1920, to Henry Y. and Ethel (Wagy) Melton. While in the Army during World War 11, Hank served as a member of General McArthur's Honor Guard. He mar- ried Opal Lucas on Feb. 6, 1941. Survivors include his wife, Opal, Grove; two daughters, Diane Canard and husband, Curtis, Tulsa, Shelia Gephart and husband, Charles L., Rogers, Ark.; eight grandchildren, Ja- son Canard, Damon Canard, Brandon Canard, Training Benefiel, Brooke Higgins, Neil Gephart, Charlie R. Gephart, Callie Gephart; also surviv- ing are five great-grandchildren, Ga- van Canard, Emerald Baker, Tanna Benefiel, Pamela Gephart and Calvin Benefiel. Memorial contributions may be made to The American Cancer Soci- ety. Holocaust survivor shares experiences BY BRAD BRANAN ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT -GAZETTE SPRINGDALE — Max Glauben grew up during the Holo- caust. He was It when the Nazis invaded his family's hometown of Warsaw, Poland, and was an or- phan two years later. Glauben saw babies killed so they wouldn't cry and draw the attention of Nazis. He rode in a crammed boxcar with the smell of dead bodies and human waste. Glauben tells his story so that young people might learn what it takes to survive such horror and how to prevent it, he said Friday in Springdale. Glauben was the keynote speaker at a conference, "The Holocaust Remembered: Mass Media," held at the Jones Center for Families in Springdale. The conference was organized by the Arkansas Holocaust Edu- cation Committee, which is made up of educators in Northwest Ar- kansas. The public, especially young people, have become less in- formed about the Holocaust, or- ganizers said. The Nazi program led to the death of an estimated 12 million people before and dur- ing World War II. About 350 people attended Glauben's speech, most of them students. Glauben gave the students a rare opportunity to hear a first- hand account of the Holocaust, said Hoyt Purvis, a journalism pro- fessor at the University of Arkan- sas, Fayetteville, and a conference speaker. Many of the Holocaust survivors, who were liberated nearly 60 years ago, have died. Education about the Holocaust can prevent future horrors, Glauben said. "I am the little bun- By"in the Energizer battery com- mercials, Glauben said. "I'm on- ly saying this to give you courage." Suspect • Continued from Page lB Sion of methamphetamine with four years suspended. The case aroused the suspi- cions of Billie Jean Phillips' par- ents, who knew Clint Phillips as someone who hung around their store in Huntsville and who knew their daughter. At their request, investigators asked for and got the DNA sample from Clint Phillips that led to his arrest in the slay- ing. According to court records, a 19-year-old Fayetteville woman told Huntsville police during a June 17 interview that Phillips had raped her. He'd been arrested the day before on a charge he bat- tered the woman. The woman told police she'd been staying with Phillips at his home for about three weeks. She awoke the night of June 16 after she and Phillips had been drinking to find her legs, arms and body tied down and her eyes cov- ered with electrical tape, accord- ing to a police report. The woman said she slipped in and out of consciousness while Phillips had sex with her against her will, the report states. She said Phillips later told her he'd slinned "some drugs" into her Big cats • Continued from Page 1 B plained to county officials, the Cleburne County Quorum Court passed an ordinance in October prohibiting "the possession, maintenance or confinement of innately wild, non -domestic an- imals, non -human primates, and venomous reptiles," which in- cludes exotic cats. The court gave Henning 60 days to get rid of the animals or face a penalty of $500 a day. "We turned down at least 50 cats last month who needed res- cuing in other states," Roberts said. "We decided to take Hen- ning's because we were afraid his High school pupils invited to tour HSU ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT -GAZETTE tour the campus; receive infor- ARKADELPHIA — Hender- mation on admissions, financial son State University is holding aid and residence life; learn an open house. A day for high about student life; and visit with school seniors will be held from academic departments. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday and Registration is from 8:30-9 for juniors on Feb. 13. a.m. Reservations are available Prospective students will by calling 1-800-228-7333 or (870) meet with Henderson students; 230-5028. r r• ►.. 11 With fie orgrial yurni bun candles shaped like homem cinnamon rolls! MakBT$your home smell IRC&Wcirn k. et CeVAIII) 4924 Kawnnu l Tonight. After U.S. forces liberated Glauben and others in 1945, Glauben moved to America and fought in the Korean War for the U.S. Army. He eventually relocat- ed to the Dallas metro area, where he's active in Jewish and Holocaust groups. He lectures in schools, churches, colleges and other places. Glauben told a tale of "mis- ery and torture," starting with the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. Glauben and other Jews were forced to live in the Nazi -created Warsaw Ghetto, a one -square -mile area surrounded by a wall. Jews eventually found out that people who were supposedly brought to a work camp were actually brought to gas cham- bers and crematoriums. People sought by Nazis hid in the apart- ments as a result, Glauben said. Most of Glauben's family was killed in the gas chambers in Ma- jdanek, Poland. Glauben and his father were sent from there to a labor camp. Glauben said he knew his fa- ther was dead when he saw a pair of his boots among 13 empty pairs lined up on the ground. With no family, Glauben still found the will to live. He contin- ued to eat what little food was available, often forced to do so next to a mass grave. "Believing in faith. That's how I made it," Glauben said. His words touched some Fay- etteville High School students. "It was a privilege to hear him speak," said Sarah Walker, 17. Walker and her friend, Robert George, said young people now couldn't survive the terror Glauben faced. "Being how spoiled we are, most of us would break," said George, 16. "We take everything for granted." drink before the attack. The woman said that when she discovered what had happened, she started moving her belongings out of Phillips' home. That's when he battered the woman, dragging her by her ponytail to his bed- room, the report states. The woman said Phillips tried to choke her with a TV cable, punched her in the face and broke a picture frame over her head, ac- cording to the report. - "Clint told me if I told anyone about this he would kill me," the report states. "Clint also said ifhe went to jail his one phone call would be to someone who would come and definitely slit my throat:' Police photographed bruises on the woman's neck and face. Three days before the assaults, Phillips had "gloated" that he'd videotaped himself having sex with the woman while she was passed out, she told police. At the time, she didn't believe Phillips because she had no recollection of what he described. A videotape found in Phillips' trailer showed him having sex with the woman. She said she didn't know about the act until she watched the tape at the sheriffs office. The woman also told Huntsville police during the June 17 interview that she had "first - cats were going to be put down. I mean, what are you going to do when you're facing a $500 a day fine?" The Roberts have made three trips to Arkansas to pick up the cats. "We usually load them up in a caravan of about three trucks so we can get as many as we can;' Roberts said. The Arkansas cats have al- ready adapted well to their new home, Roberts said. "All of our cats have enough room to run at top speed in their cages;' he said. "For the cougars, we have tree limbs for them to climb on. They'll hardly ever get on the ground if they have trees:' Roberts said the sanctuary has "enrichment programs" for the cats. "Those are things we do to keep them from getting bored," Apartments • Continued from Page 1B plans." His letter was written to the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, which issues tax-ex- empt bonds designed to en- courage builders to construct affordable housing for low- to moderate -income tenants. In January, Dailey wrote a letter supporting the devel- opment, but he said he with- drew it when he heard the con- cerns of neighborhood repre- sentatives. "When I signed it, I don't think I had all the facts," Dai- ley said Friday. "I figured it was time we stepped back and took a more methodical look at it." Developers have until Dec. 13 to close the bonds, but they cannot get the financing with- out the mayor's support, said Laura Tucker, Multi -Family Housing Programs manager for the authority. Dailey said he will not sup- port the development with- out the backing of communi- ty leaders and city directors representing the area. "There's no other way for them to get tax-exempt bonds for something like this," Tuck- er said. Kenneth Fambro, a devel- oper with the Texas company behind the proposed apart- ments, said Friday that he still hoped to get the mayor's back- ing. "We are working actively to get his support back on it," Fambro said. "We're working on getting both his and the neighbors' support" "Yesterday was a step in the right direction," he added, re- ferring to the Planning Com- mission's approval of the apartments' site plan. To qualify for housing in the proposed apartments, tenants can earn no more than 60 per - hand knowledge" that Phillips had been manufacturing and selling methamphetamine, according to a police report. The woman said she'd seen large sums of money and "mas- sive amounts" of meth, which Phillips hid in his bedroom. The report doesn't say if police in- vestigated the woman's drug alle- gations. In April, a state police troop- er stopped Phillips, who was driv- ing a black Ford Bronco. The trooper discovered the plates were registered for a red Jeep and that Phillips was driving on a sus- pended license, according to a May 8 police report. Trooper Kevin Steed let Phillips get a ride home after warning him that he would be arrested if caught driving again. A month later, Steed stopped Phillips driving the Bronco east on U.S. 412 near Hindsville. Af- ter arresting him, Steed found 1.22 ounces of meth and $1,999 in cash in the truck. A later inspection found 1.27 ounces of meth con- cealed in the truck's paneling. Phillips told the trooper he did- n't know about the drugs because his cousin had borrowed the truck He said he earned the money af- ter working several construction jobs for his sister, according to Steed's report. he said. They include placing toys in their cages, hiding meat in pack- ages for them to find and even letting them spend a week at a swimming pool "We just built a 40 feet by 40 feet, 8-feet-deep in -ground swim- ming pool with a tiger cage [en- closing] it," he said. "Tigers love to swim. So, we rotate them in groups to the pool. They'll spend about a week there. They love it." Roberts said the cats at Tiger Haven are not put on display. "I guess you could say we just keep them," he said. "It's their last stop in life. We'll never get rid of them." Tiger Haven is licensed by Tennessee's Wildlife Resources Agency. Arkansas is one of only three states that does not regu- late the possession of exotic an- imals. rHOT THANKSGMNG DINNER FOR $1,79 No one should go hungry on Thanksgiving — especially when it costs so little to feed a hungry and homeless person. 'And a meal is the first step in dealing with the problems of the homeless. I So please help us care for the homeless— $16.11 helps feed 9 hungry people. $26.85 helps feed 15 hungry people. $5191 helps feed 29 hungry people. IYES, I want to help feed the hungry and home season. Here is my gift of: ❑ $16.11 ❑ $26.85 a ill u a Union Rescue Mission PO Box 164057 Dept: X16B1 NAME Le* Rock, AR 72216-4057 ADDRESS LLocation: 3000 Confederate Blvd. cnvrerAreaiP [� = CLIP AND MAIL WITH YOUR TAX.DEDUCTIGLE GIFT TODAY. [� apartments in general, not just low-income units. "I think there is a great deal of resentment for the terror that apartment dwellers bring onto a neighborhood," Berry said Friday. "It's not racial and it's not being against low in- come per se." City Director Joan Adcock, who represents the city at large, said she was scheduled to meet Monday with Fambro and City Director B.J. Wyrick, who represents southwest Lit- tle Rock. Adcock, who has been a vo- cal opponent of the develop- ment, said she would prefer de- velopers come in and spruce up other low-income apart- ments in the area. "I would rather see us rehab what have rather than build something new," she said. "It does not work to concentrate these in one part of the city." The mayor said he is re- viewing the process by which requests for support of subsi- dized housing developments are handled by the city. More input is needed from neigh- borhood leaders and city di- rectors, he said. "The city is strongly sup- portive of affordable housing," Dailey said. "That doesn't mean they fit in every area.... We need to be sure that any de- velopment goes through a process that involves the en- tire community." cent of the area's median fam- ily income as established by the federal Department of Hous- ing and Urban Development. For example, a family of four can earn no more than $29,820 — 60 percent of the median family income of $49,700 for a family of four. On Thursday the Planning Commission voted 6-4 to ap- prove the site plan for the $9 million apartment complex, lo- cated near Chicot Road and Mabelvale Pike. About 60 op- ponents of the development showed up at the meeting with representatives citing several reasons against the apartments — from the elimination of trees sheltering eagles to the size of the proposed apartments' play- grounds. Opponents have cited traf- fic, potential crime and prop- erty devaluation as the main reasons for their opposition. Fambro discounted those ar- guments, accusing neighbor- hood leaders of discriminating against low-income renters. The complex, Fambro has said, will be more attractive than ex- isting subsidized housing, with gates providing controlled ac- cess, a 3,000-square-foot club- house, a playground and a swimming pool. 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