Blytheville Courier News (Newspaper) - February 16, 1989, Blytheville, Arkansas all the communities of County and the managed and printed in Arkansas 0746-9527 Arkansas 72315 - A Park Newspaper Volume 94, No. 239- 14 2 Sections - February 16, 1989 The Associated ui laui tonight and Highs from the upper 30s in the northwest to the lower 50s in the Lows tonight from the mid 30b to the mid 40s. tonight at 5:53 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow at 6:53 Hie Associated amounts of one inch or more are possible tonight and Drying potential will be low with evaporation less than 0.05 Relative humidity will stay above 60 No sunshine is County Hospital Board of Governors will meet Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the board room of the county hospital in New officers will be elected at that Prior to the 1 p.m. the finance committee will meet in the board room at 10:30a.m. Gathering of is the topic for this month's Blytheville Chamber of Commerce membership The 97th Bombardment Wing Command Staff of Eaker AFB will present the program Feb. 20 at noon at the Holiday Those in charge of all phases of the 97th Wing's operations will All C of C members are invited to attend and bring a guest to the special Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Inc. will have its 13th Day Program 3 at True The guest speaker will be Earline The public is Howard Twins of The Stars of Heaven from The Strong Family from The Gospel Truthettes of Oklahoma City of The Rogers Sisters are the headliners for the 5th annual Rogers Sisters concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Ritz Civic Tickets for the sponsored this year by Crumpler Funeral are in advance or at the door and are available at the Ritz ticket office or from any member of the Rogers Schools HOMEWORK With Homework Assignments CALL 762-2772 6:38-8 on Page 10) River ROCK - Here are today's river levels with flood 7 a.m. 24-hour change 24-hour rainfall FRANCIS RIVER St. 18,25.4, 1.07 32, missing RIVER 34,15.3, up 2.2, missing 44,21.7, missing 37,21.6, up 1.7, missing 41,32.8, up 1.3, missing 43,25.5, up 0.3, 8,9 7 4 5,6 10 2 News 501-763-4461 arrest made in nf - Mississippi County deputies arrested Melvin 54, of Luxora yesterday morning in connection with the Feb. 5 stabbing death of Sheriff Howard Carney said this It was the second arrest in the died from stab wounds he received in an incident at Trailer City mobile home park in Luxora in the early morning hours of Feb. 5. 58, was dead at the scene from a stab wound to the left side of his at the death scene and two ages 40 and 54, all with The three were takoi to the Mississippi County Hospital in Osceola and later to Methodist in Memphis for treatment of stab was arrested after his release following surgery in Memphis and will be arraigned on second murder charges next Wednesday in Osceola District Circuit said 54, of has already been with first degree battery in connection with reform on Interagency Council is Productions will present Tour of starring the Captain and plus Thursday and Feb. 16 and 17, beginning at 9 p.m. at the J R. Basin and 16th. Admission is SUSAN WAUGH CN Staff - The welfare reform legislation that became law last October should be totally phased in by 1995, said Alvis economic and medical services supervisor for of Human Services at an Interagency Council meeting held Family Support Act of 1968 is said to include the most sweeping changes of the welfare system since 1935 and aims to overhaul the structure and purpose of whole gist is to eliminate the Aid For Dependent Children and Food Stamp responsibilities over the coming said want to get the people educated and off the reform does not state specifically what must be but gives a framework for phasing in the changes over the It is written in seven with the first six covering different areas and the seventh covering the funding for all of I addresses child care and should save the government million over a five-year costs are estimated on a five-year Changes include stricter monitoring of support mandatory establishment of paternity for anyone under 18 uniform state guidelines for determining child support withholding child support payments from parent's and genetic testing in contested child support beginning in 1990, parents will be required to list their Social Security numbers when a child is II covers job opportunities and basic skills training and will cost the government It will require AFDC and food stamp recipients to participate in job training and educational won't have a whole lot of problems with the work program because Arkansas is in said AFDC clients participate in it now and it will be state-wide by 1992. support will cost the government billion over five years and provides for child care while the parent is in the jobs will be required to guarantee child care if it is said The program will also cover transportation and work-related IV focuses on the AFDC program and will require Arkansas to incorporate the AFDC Unemployed Parent - Over the next several area residents will be asked their feelings on taxes specifically Gov. Clinton's tax but also about taxes in general and the positions of on those The opinions will be included in an article early next cf Commonwealth chief SUSAN WAUGH CN Staff If Commonwealth Savings and Loan is going to be taken over by the Federal and Loan Insurance they have yet to be told about it. Mildred president and said yesterday she has not received any official information from anyone at thrift has been named repeatedly in recent media reports as one of the 11 that supposedly had been placed under First Federal of Arkansas and Savers Federal Savings and Loan taken over with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as the leaving nine other thrift institutions on a reported stressed in a telephone interview Wednesday that there is no need of our are protected by money is insured up to and there is no need tor she withdrawing people be taking early withdrawal penalties and placing from one insured institution into We certainly EMS Dept. of Human for child care and minor parents are also Cost is estimated to be V is called demonstration services and will cost It includes developing programs for children getting AFDC benefits and the testing ci in-home and pre-school VI includes miscellaneous such as implementing measures for fraud Cost is estimated at cost of the changes will be about billion over the next five but should save the government money in the long Funds have already been said and everything is on Some of the programs have already been low turnout for the meeting at the library yesterday prompted a discussion about having Interagency Council meetings on a quarterly President Leroy Richardson said he will notify members about possible changes by CREAM FACE - Kellie a kindergarten student at Franklin Elementary digs into a banana split at school Wednesday As a reward for raising the most money in a school fund-raiser held last students whose the most money were treated to ice cream The banana which was 25 feet took six gallons of ice 35 five cans of whipped cream and two jugs of scores to stand despite failure Civil Service Commission SCOTT GLIDEWELL CN Staff - Members of the Blytheville Civil Service Commission discussed the results of the first part of the promotion test that was administered Feb. 13 when the commission met here the 12 people who took the entry level seven met the 70 percent On the test for the position of one person out of the five who took the test For the position of out of the five people who took the no one made the 70 percent required expressed disappointment after hearing the results of the the tests are very but the lack of preparation by the firefighters who took them the main reason for the bad one commissioner Charles Mosley said that the commission should decide what to do about the testing to either stay with the 70 percent ruling or examine other options that were member Gene noted that the commission should to be cautious about making any and pointed the training official should be administering classes to prepare firemen for the Fire Chief Stan replied because of the schedule of shifts that firefighters it is difficult to get everyone together for a class Jackson said that firemen are given one hour in which to study whatever they chose to study every done everything but hold the book under their faces and learn he suggested passing a policy that requires firemen who fail a written test a certain number of times to be relieved of Commissioner Richard Connell suggested that test scores be accepted because test study manuals were demanded and supplied to the knew what they were getting he said think we need to let the scores stand as they The agreed to let the test scores stand and ordered another to be administered in six months oral examination will be given to those who passed Monday night at 6 p.m. at the east end fire Also on the commission will hear the case of who has been recommended for suspension by Chief commission also elected new officers for 1989. The next retiring member of the by elected to the position of Commissioner who will finish his term in 1990, was elected with the vice-chairman position going to Charles The secretary position will be filled by Richard with Mays serving as assistant furnace blaze damages home - An overheating floor furnace had caught the floor joists and wall studs afire yesterday at the 2304 Kenwood residence owned by Bob Thornton and occupied by Brenda Kay said were called out at 3:10 p.m. and fought the blaze for about 45 minutes before they had it under messed up the floor ud and wall pretty said one of the firefighters who was on the SERVICE COMMISSION ELECTS NEW OFFICERS The CSC elected new officers at They from the Richard vice-chairman Charles chairman Gene Hraton and assistant secretary John
