Christmas is a busy and often stressful time for people. Many times we want to have what we believe is the perfect Christmas holiday with our families when it’s just best to lay aside our expectations and enjoy the time with our family. After all, isn’t time together the most important gift we give each other?
On Thursday, December 2 Gilbert held the first Tree City Arbor Day. This Arkansas Forestry and city event was attended by the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division personnel Mike Mowery of District Forrester, Mason Danheim the County Forester, Kenny Smothers the Urben Representative for D-9, the city Tree Board members, Mayor Chip Johnson, Jamie Craddock Johnson, Ben Fruehauf, Laura Peach, Jim and Dawn Clontz were all present for Gilberts first tree planting. A black gum was purchased from Custom Landscaping and Nursery in Mt. Vernon. Tree City will help Gilbert become better care takers of our trees for long term enjoyment with new plantings and learning to care for trees already in place.
Here’s the little bit of news from our side of the Martin Box for this week. It has been a very busy week.
According to court documents filed in Searcy County Circuit Court, Special Prosecuting Attorney Ashley Bowen has filed a verified petition seeking the removal of Jim Harness as Searcy County Judge and a motion for a temporary restraining order prohibiting him from performing his duties and receiving pay as county judge. The documents were filed electronically with court on December 3, 2021.
Let’s start this column with a huge, over the top, Thank You! Last week an anonymous donor made a donation in the amount of $5,000 to the Snowball Civic Club!! They went straight to the bank, apparently swore the bank staff to secrecy and deposited the money right in the account. We don’t know who they were, but their generosity, along with the generosity of other friends and neighbors have paid off our loan for the roof. The Snowball Civic Club is out of debt and ready to conquer the next task! Thank you, your contribution to our project is greatly appreciated.
This holiday season, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is partnering with the Searcy County Sheriff’s Office to share the message about the dangers of drunk driving. NHTSA and the Searcy County Sheriff’s Office want all drivers to remember this lifesaving message: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. In support of the law enforcement community’s dedication to protecting the lives of residents in their communities, you’ll see officers working together December 15, 2021, through January 1, 2022, to take drunk drivers off the roads. These expanded efforts to protect against impaired driving will be conducted in a fair and equitable way.
Can you believe this December weather? It has been so nice outside and not all winter weather. Can’t last this nice much longer.
Searcy County Assessor Randy Crumley has announced that he will seek another term as County Assessor. Randy is a lifelong resident of Searcy County. He is a member of the Republican Party, Chamber of Commerce and attends Loafer’s Glory Church. He has been married to Penny Woods Crumley for 35 years and they have one child, La Tisha Crumley Knapp and one grandchild, Rexx.
Hello to all of you Marshall Mountain Wave readers and greetings from the jewel of the Ozarks, Leslie, Arkansas. Goodness we have had all of the weather this week it has been sunny, hot and muggy it was 80 degrees on my front porch on Friday and it is 26 degrees on my porch this morning.