Monticello Live

The Drew County Courthouse and Road Dept will be closed Monday, May 27, 2013 in observance of Memorial Day. Sanitation routes will run as follows:
Monday route pickup- Tuesday
Tuesday route pickup- Wednesday
Wednesday route pickup- Thursday
Thursday route pickup – Friday

Have a safe Memorial Day and remember the Fallen Soldiers.

Beth Davis, Drew County Assessor Reminds Everyone

The Deadline to assess your personal property taxes is May 31, 2013

You may do this by calling 870-460-6240, online at www.drewcountyassessor.com, www.actdatascout.com or by coming by the Assessor’s office located in the courthouse.

A 10% late penalty will be added after this date.  Commercial personal property cannot be done by phone, a signature is required by law.

Reminder: If you own your home and it is your primary residence you may qualify for up to a $35 homestead tax credit.  Please let our office know if you have become disable or will turn 65 by Dec. 31st, 2013.

Members of the Drew County Fair Board and the Cooperative Extension Service would like to encourage residents to begin planning for the annual fair, which will be held the third week of September.

“Every year, we have residents tell us that they wish they had thought about entering a craft project, photo or preserved food item in the fair, but didn’t get started in time to do so,” said Drew County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, Hazelene McCray. “We just wanted to give everyone a friendly reminder that the fair would be coming up, and to ask them to start thinking about things they would like to enter, whether it be arts and crafts, animals, vegetables – whatever. The fair is more fun when there are lots of entries in all the different categories and more people can earn “bragging rights’ about their submissions and have their friends and family come out to view their award-winning works.”

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Effective immediately, sanitation workers will only pick up trash that is in the county provided containers.  No extra bagged trash that is set out beside or on top of the container will be picked up.

Due to recent back injuries and wounds from hypodermic needles, all cans will be picked up by the automated system on the truck.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Extra trash containers may be purchased for the one time price of $54.25.

Drew County Judge Robert Aiken

Do you want to learn more about cooking techniques, new recipes, new/old cooking aides, etc.?

Would you like to meet new friends who share a common interest in food preparation?

Join with us on March 7 at 6:30 PM in the Club Room at the Drew Co. Courthouse and share your ideas concerning what you would like to do in a cooking club. This meeting will be our organizational meeting and is open to everyone; regardless of gender, race, religious or political affiliation or to educational level.

For more information call Juanita Webb at 367-5804 or Hazelene McCray at 460-6271

Anyone interested in being a member of 4-H should come by the Extension Office or may attend any of the 4-H meetings.

Here’s a list of the Drew County 4-H clubs…..

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The Drew County Assessor’s office would like to remind all taxpayers that own personal property to assess prior to May 31, 2013. Taxpayers can do this by visiting the Drew County Assessor’s office located at 210 S Main ST, assess over the phone by calling 870-460-6240 or assess online by visiting www.drewcountyassessor.com  or at www.actdatascout.com Online assessing is available 24/7 for those who do not have time to make arrangements for assessing during normal business hours – 8:00 am – 4:30 pm.

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Want to be a Master Gardener? Applications are being taken(460-6270) for persons who want to sharpen their horticultural skills and then share their knowledge with others.

The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service is conducting the Master Gardener training program from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on January 31, February 7, February 14, February 21, and February 28.

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The Drew County Courthouse and road and sanitation departments will be closed Monday, September, because of Labor Day.

Please note that Monday sanitation routes will be run on Tuesday; Tuesday routes will be run on Wednesday; Wednesday routes will be run on Thursday; Thursday routes will be run on Friday.”

With summer our minds turn to swimming and pool activities. Safety should be our first thought before beginning our summer swim fun. According to the Centers for Disease Control drowning may be one of the most remorseful fatal accidents to occur because it can be entirely preventable.

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Beth Davis, Drew County Assessor reminds everyone the deadline to assess your Personal Property Taxes is May 31, 2012.  You may do this by calling 870-460-6240, Online at http://www.drewcountyassessor.com/ or by coming by the Assessor’s office located in the courthouse.

A 10% late penalty will be added after this date.  Commercial Personal Property can not be done by phone, a signature is required by law.

Reminder: If you own your home and it’s  your primary residence you may qualify for up to $350 homestead tax credit.  Please let our office know if you have become disabled or will turn 65 by Dec. 31, 2012.

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On Friday, May 11, the Drew County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a possible theft at Shenk Farms located on Highway 138.

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On May 3rd, the Drew County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a possible break-in at a residence located on South Wilmar Road. Unknown suspects took three televisions (a 32-inch Sharp flatscreen, a 42-inch Vizio flatscreen, and a 20-inch vizio flatscreen), a man’s gold wrist watch, and a Dell laptop computer. If any citizen has any information regarding these missing items, they are urged to contact the Sheriff’s Department at 367-6211.

On May 2nd, the Drew County Sheriff’s Department received a report of theft at a residence located on Lynn Acres. The home owner noticed that several items were missing from her carport area. The missing items include a Black and Decker tool box full of hand tools, a hatchet, several Craftman screwdrivers, a ShopVac electric blower, a pipe wrench and a staple gun. If any citizen has any information regarding these missing items, they are urged to contact the Sheriff’s Department at 367-6211.

According to Drew County Sheriff Mark Gober, the Drew County Sheriff’s Department arrested Samantha Robertson, age 28 of Monticello, on Wednesday, May 2nd, for her connection to four thefts this past week in Drew County after authorities conducted a search warrant on her residence at 715 South Maple Street in Monticello.

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Drew County Sheriff’s Auxiliary will be distributing registered sex offender community notifications in Drew County on Saturday, May 5th.

These notifications are not intended to increase fear in the community; rather it is our belief that an informed public is a safer public. This information cannot be used to threaten, intimidate or harass registered sex offenders. Citizen abuse will not be tolerated. Such abuse could potentially end law enforcement’s ability to do community notifications. If you have any questions regarding these notfications, please feel free to ask our deputies or call our office at 367-6211.

The Drew County Extension Homemakers Clubs will be offering three $1,000 scholarships for the

2012-2013 college year to three students who are Drew County residents, and who will be attending the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

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The Drew County Assessor’s office would like to remind the taxpayers of Drew County about all of its online resources available at no charge and accessible 24/7. Taxpayers of Drew County can access all public records online, including both real estate and personal property records, which can be found by going to www.actdatascout.com.

Also available is the online personal property assessment website, www.drewcountyassessor, for those who own personal property in Drew County. This tool was introduced in 2011 and allows the public to assess from the convenience of any location with internet access. It is very useful for the taxpayers of the county who cannot make arrangements for assessing between normal business hours – 8:00 am and 4:30 pm. Feel free to call the Drew County Assessor’s office at 870-460-6240 with any questions regarding all of its online services available to you.

Pat Scifres Savage, Circuit Clerk of Drew County, was awarded a grant in the amount of $20,000 from the Automated Records System Fund for automation, or preservation of the Real Estate Records for their county. The money for the grants is paid into the fund by the ten Class 6 and 7 counties in the State of Arkansas.

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The dates for Drew County’s mass flu clinics have been set. 

Clerks and nurses are needed, please call the Drew County Health Unit at 367-6234.

November 10th – community mass clinic @ First Assembly of God Church 7am – 6 pm

Drew County 4-H Clubs

Anyone interested in being a member of 4-H should come by the Extension Office or may attend any of the 4-H meetings mentioned below.

Monticello Billies Club meets the third Monday of each month at 3:05pm at MMS.
Kristal Young is the Leader

Horse Club meets the third Monday of each month at 5:30pm at MMS.
Kristal Young is the Leader

Kiononia meets the second Tuesday of each month at 3:30pm at Living Word Church.
Sonya Sneed is the Leader

Poultry Club meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00pm at Workforce Center
Jim Hall is the Leader

Teen Leaders meets the fourth Thursday of each month at 5:30pm at the Clubhouse in the Courthouse
Lynn Lanthrip is the Leader

Shooting Sports Club meets a few Saturdays each month in Rock Springs
Terry Koone is the Leader

Kennedy Club meets the First Monday of each month at Kennedy Church.
Melissa Vincent is the Leader

Saturday, October 29 from 10 am until 2 pm the Drew County Sheriff’s Office and the Monticello Police Department will be participating in the National Pill Take Back Program.

This is the third event that has been conducted in Drew County; with the last event collecting over 17 pounds of pills. The program was started approximately two years ago as a safe and environmentally friendly way to get rid of old unwanted drugs; making the home safe for children and reducing the chance of illicit prescription drugs on the street.

They will be at the Wal-Mart parking lot in front of Comet Cleaners and Commercial Bank.

The Sheriff’s Office is notifying the public that Terry Otter, a level 4 Registered Sex Offender (Sexually voilent preditor) has moved to 3062 Hwy 425 North. The offender was previously incarcerated.

Name: Terry Otter
Date of Birth: 05/23/1962
Address: 3062 Hwy 425 North

Charges: 2cts of Rape
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The Sheriff’s Office is notifying the public that Roy Densmore, a level 3 Registered Sex Offender (High Risk to re-offend) has moved to 128 Tara Grove. The offender was previously incarcerated.

Name: Roy Densmore
Date of Birth: 03/07/1952
Physical Address: 128 Tara Grove

The offender was convicted of Possession of Child Pornography in 2005.

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There will be no jury duty, today, in the Drew County Circuit Court.

Usually that announcement is made because a plea bargain has been reached.  That is not the case, this time.

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If you have been diagnosed with any one of 15 different diseases the latest and most common of which are: Ischemic Heart Disease, Parkinsons, Hairy Cell Leukemia, Type II Diabetes Mellitus, Prostate and or Respiratory Cancers, you could be automatically service connected for treatment and/or disability payments.

These diseases are presumed to have been caused by your exposure to Agent Orange while in Vietnam. All you need to do is call 460-6290 or 723-7882on Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 8-4, or come by Drew County Courthouse on either day.  

It would be an honor to help you with your claim.

Please call or come by. Drew County Veterans Service Office Walter Chapman Service Officer

Members of the Drew County Sheriff’s Department and Monticello Police Department executed a search warrant at 228 South Conley Street on April 26th at approximately 7:40 pm; two arrests were made.

Drew County Sheriff Mark Gober said that he had been investigating the residence for some time due to frequent traffic in and out of the residence. At approximately 6:30 pm, Sheriff Gober received information that crack cocaine had been seen at the residence. A search warrant was obtained and officers drove to the residence. When the officers arrived it was observed that two suspects were standing outside the residence. The suspects were detained and entry was made into the residence. (more…)

TOTAL VOTES
BALLOTS CAST – TOTAL. .. 4,272

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Approximately 80 people were present at the Memorial Day Ceremony held at the Drew County Courthouse, Monday morning, sponsored by the local VFW, DAV, and American Legion posts.

Judge Damon Lampkin was the featured speaker.  Others on the program included Glenn Kellebrew, Rev. Rex Williams, Tommy King, Bill Moore, Lamar Butler, and Megan Brewer (who played Taps on the bugle).

The Drew County Health Unit practiced it’s Mass Dispensing Plan last Friday, and provided a major service to the community by giving over 1600 free flu shot to citizens who came by First Assembly of God Church.

Shown here, Kim Ray (an instructor at UAM College of Technology at McGehee) supervises as Crystal McCarty of McGehee (a nursing student) gives a flu shot to Bobby Cornelius of Monticello. (more…)