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Saturday, September 2, 2006 THE BAXTER BULLETIN, Mountain Home, Ark. Page 3A OBITUARIES Briefs Lucy K. Wakeland, 85 CONWAY Lucy K. Wakeland, 85, of Conway passed away Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006.

A memorial service will be 10 a.m. Sept. 9 at Roller Funeral Home in Mountain Home. She was born Dec. 7, 1920, in Keithsburg, to John Freeman and Julia Esther Robbins.

She retired from a 30-plus year career with Clinton Garment Factory in Clinton, Iowa, and Kaufmann Garment in Aurora, Ill. She began as a factory worker and advanced over time to become a corporate time study engineer for the Lucy was very active in her community prior to her retirement to Arkansas. She was a member Eastern Star company. and was past Worthy High Priestess of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, a Masonic affiliation. She also held a national office in the White Shrine.

She was a charter president of American Business Women's Association and its Woman of the Year in 1965. She and her husband, Mervin C. Wakeland, retired to Mountain Home for several years before moving to Diamond City, where she lived until her residency at Salem Place Nursing Home in Conway and was cared for lovingly by its staff and her grandson, Barry Lueders and his wife, Velda. She is survived by a daughter, Deanne King of Harrison; a son, Maurice Wakeland of Diamond City; six grandchildren, Barry Lueders and wife, Velda, of Conway, Sherri Campbell and Lisa Best, both of Harrison, Debra Harmon and Lynn Wakeland of Florida and Matthew Wakeland of Louisville, four greatgrandchildren; two sisters, Isabelle Shearon of Clinton and Pauline Ortrey of Monmouth, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two brothers, Chalmers and Clarence; three sisters, Mabel, Esteline and Winnie; four nieces; and two nephews.

She was much loved and held in very high regard by all her family. Arrangements are by Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Conway. Visit an online guestbook at www.rollerfuneralhomes.com. Maxine M. Calder, 83 WICHITA, Kan.

A memorial service for Maxine M. Calder, 83, of Wichita, formerly of Bull Shoals, will be 11 a.m. today at Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Mrs. Calder died Thursday, Aug.

31, 2006. Arrangements are by Lakeview Funeral Home. James Michael Humphries, 51 SALEM A service for James Michael Humphries, 51, Salem will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Salem United Methodist Church. Mr.

Humphries died Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006. Arrangements are by Cox-Blevins Funeral Home. Ruth Braverman, 89 A service for Ruth Braverman, 89, of Mountain Home will be private. Mrs.

Braverman died Friday, Sept. 1, 2006. She is survived locally by her husband, Joe Steinmetz. Arrangements: are by Roller Funeral Home. Wesley 'Wes' Hicks, 75 A funeral for Wesley "Wes" Hicks, 75, of Mountain Home will be 10 a.m.

today at Roller Funeral Home. Mr. Hicks died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006. He is survived locally by his wife, Joyce Hicks, and three sons, Ron Hicks, Mark Hicks and Tim Hicks.

Hazel Floy Ballard, 97 A graveside service for Hazel Floy Ballard, 97, of Mountain Home will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Oxford Cemetery. Mrs. Ballard died Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006.

She is survived locally by her sister-in-law, Fayetta Hall. Arrangements are by Kirby-Boaz Funeral Directors. Ralph E. Shanks, 89 A funeral for Ralph E. Shanks, 89, of Mountain Home will be 1 p.m.

today at Roller Funeral Home. Mr. Shanks died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006. He is survived locally by his daughter, Barbara Rhoden.

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Personnel committee approves rating standards for county jobs By JOANNE BRATTON Bulletin Staff Writer The Baxter County Personnel Committee established standards Thursday that will be used to rank county jobs and determine wage increases. During a Thursday meeting, the six-member committee approved a job factor list that department head officials will use to rate underpaid jobs in their department. Some of the factors include required education, skills and physical risk. Officials also are asked to research the competitive wages for those jobs by comparing other jobs in the area and in counties of a similar size. The Baxter County Clerk's Office plans to distribute the job factor sheets to county offi- cials.

If department heads do not turn sheets in before the next personnel meeting Sept. 18, the committee will assume the wages in that department are adequate, said Mickey Pendergrass, committee member. In August, budget and personnel committees approved a 5 percent wage increase for all county employees, except elected officials, which will be presented for approval to the Baxter County Quorum Court this month. If the quorum court approves the increase, the raise would go into effect in October and last until the end of the year. County employees have not received a cost of living increase since 2000, and the personnel committee agreed an 11.5 percent increase was Search continues for missing girl DUMAS (AP) Officials hoping to find any evidence in County intensified that Crowder was in the area.

the search for a missing Pine Snyder called the search Bluff girl Friday, bringing in "relatively unproductive," but more people to scour the area that officials will continue where she was last seen: looking. along a busy federal highway The FBI also has joined after running out of gasoline investigators in looking for last weekend. Crowder. Desha County Sheriff-elect Crowder's car was found Jim Snyder said contrary to along U.S. 65 south of Dumas, some reports, the search for with her purse and cell phone 17-year-old Casey Crowder, a gone but a softball bat and senior at Watson Chapel glove left behind.

The car High School, was not scaled was out of gas, and its emerback. gency flashers apparently "We have not scaled any- had run the battery down. thing back," Snyder said. Smith said volunteers "Today has actually been one searched farmland north and of our busiest days." east of Dumas on Thursday Desha County Sheriff Don before returning to an area Smith on Thursday had said they'd searched earlier this the search would be scaled week. This includes a Pickens back.

farm where Crowder's Snyder said the ground and boyfriend lives. air search was expanded Fri- Crowder has blonde hair, day, and several people were green eyes, is 5-1 and weighs out on horseback and walk- about 105 pounds. She also ing roads, ditches and canals has a pierced navel. Est. 1969 FLOYDS SALES CONSTRUCTION RED IRONS HAVE IT BUILT RIGHT, RIGHT NOW 1-888-545-3769 1 YEAR WARRANTY ON WORKMANSHIP LICENSED AND BONDED MC officers make forgery, theft arrest YELLVILLE A 24-year-old Cherokee Village man was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of forgery and one count of theft by deception by the Marion County Sheriff's Office.

Daniel L. Pierce was taken to the Marion County Jail with bond set at $2,500, according to Sheriff Carl McBee. Pierce allegedly forged a stolen check and deposited it at a bank in Yellville, then withdrew cash from the account, McBee said. Employees at the bank were notified that Pierce might try to make another fraudulent deposit, and to contact police, McBee said. Thursday, Pierce allegedly tried to cash another forged and stolen check, but was intercepted by police.

Fire destroys log home Fire destroyed a log home southeast of Mountain Home early Friday. About 3 a.m., Tracy Ferry Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fire on County Road 307. The residents, two adults and five children, got out of the home and were not injured, said David Schmidt, fire chief of Tracy Ferry Fire Department. The owners said a window air conditioner shorted out and caught the curtains on fire, Schmidt said. "It was a total loss," he said of the home.

An official cause has not been determined. Firefighters were at the scene until 6:30 a.m., he said. Buford and Norfork fire departments also responded. Survey of Bull Shoals Lake slated The Army Corps of Engineers is advising landowners adjacent to public lands on Bull Shoals Lake in Taney County that crews are conducting a survey of the government boundary line. Work is being done in two areas totaling 16.5 miles.

The first area is two to three miles north and east of Woodard Park along the bluff. The second area extends 14 miles southeast across Hogan and Pine creeks to west of Brass Lantern Road. The surveys, conducted by Consolidated Surveying of Mountain Home, is establishing the boundary lines of lands purchased in the late 1940s. Work includes establishing boundary markers, clearing brush from the line of and painting the boundary line. Workers will document encroachments on public property, such as excessive mowing, unauthorized paths, tree cutting and structures or personal property stored on public land.

Briarcliff meetings set BRIARCLIFF Commission and district meetings for Briarcliff have been scheduled next week. The Briarcliff Planning and Zoning Commission is set to meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Clubhouse. The Briarcliff Water and Recreational Improvement District meeting is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, also at the Clubhouse.

Both meetings are open to the public. From staff, submitted reports needed. In the meantime, the committee is considering adjusting the county's pay scale to make job salaries more competitive within the area market. "The thing that drives this is the competitive nature," said Ed Toscano, a budget committee member who attended the meeting. David Lemoine, personnel committee chairman, said department officials do not have to examine all positions, just those that are severely underpaid.

He expects the committee to look at every position at a later date. Lemoine urged department heads to focus on the position, not the employee. "There may be some requests that exceed Mountain Home and the area," said Lemoine, adding many workers could get paid more if they lived in a more industrialized area. "The committee has to remember that quality of life balances the wages." "What I hope the committee does is put something fair, equitable and objective for all," said Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery. He told the committee that if the county cannot pay more now, at least a wage standard will be set.

The personnel committee plans to talk to department officials and review the job factor sheets at 6 p.m. Sept. 18 and 6 p.m. Sept. 20.

The meetings, which will be conducted in the Baxter County courthouse, are open to the public. Day care owner charged with rape VAN BUREN (AP) The co-owner of the Gingerbread Day Care was being held Friday on $1 million bond after his arrest on 11 counts of rape and eight counts of sexual assault. Larry Akins, 61, of Van Buren had a probable cause hearing in Crawford County Circuit Court, where his bond was set, police said. Akins, who remains in Crawford County jail, is to be arraigned Wednesday on the charges. The victims were girls, ages 3 to 8, who had all attended the day care, said Lt.

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