Yearly Archives: 2011

Veterans Day 2011 Part 5 (A look back at the “Battle of the Bulge”)

November 14, 2011 – 12:32 am

The Lost Evidence: The Battle Of The Bulge (1/5)


This article was published in the Saline Courier about 18 months ago:

When we celebrate July 4th we are focusing on the freedoms that so many soldiers have fought for over the last 234 years. That focus has been highlighted for me since my son Hunter has served as a gunner in Iraq in 2008 and went on 37 convoy-security missions. In January of 2012 Hunter is scheduled to deploy with the National Guard’s 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to Afghanistan. 
My nephew, Jeremy Parks of Cordova, Tenn., has been training in Germany the last few months and was deployed to Afghanistan on June 22 with the U.S. Army 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment. The post where Jeremy is located does not have electricity, and mail is delivered by parachute. 
Until recently, I never knew how many people I had known for a long time who had relatives who served in the military. Now that people know that my relatives are going into combat, they have shared their stories with me about their fathers and grandfathers who have fought for our country, and I have discovered that there are heroes all around us. 


Just this week I mentioned this article I was working on to my secretary, Joanne Treece, and she told me that her father, Richard Cottrell of Rossville, Ind., drove a tank for the 11th Armored Division, 41st Tank Battalion at the European Theatre under Gen. Patton. In fact, Patton rode on Cottrell’s tank during several battles and journeys. Cottrell received three Battle Stars and was at the Battle of the Bulge. He lost two of his turret gunners, and many soldiers in the battalion were killed.
According to Cottrell’s wife, Virginia, Cottrell was the fastest tank driver and was called “Pee Wee” because of his small stature: he was 5 feet, 4 inches tall. Many times he would clear the way for the other tanks. On occasion he would drive through towns, and people would line the streets with American flags and cheer them on. That surely was a good feeling.


However, near Luxembourg his battalion came upon a German concentration camp and found bodies stacked upon each other. What a horrible sight and something that Cottrell would not talk about, even with his wife of 63 years. Richard Cottrell passed away on Dec. 28, 2009, at the age of 84. His widow still lives in Indiana, but she was in Little Rock this week to visit relatives.

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Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 2 “The Middle Ages” (Schaeffer Sundays)

November 13, 2011 – 12:13 am

A Christian Manifesto Francis Schaeffer

Published on Dec 18, 2012

A video important to today. The man was very wise in the ways of God. And of government. Hope you enjoy a good solis teaching from the past. The truth never gets old.

The Roots of the Emergent Church by Francis Schaeffer

Francis Shaeffer – The early church (part1)

Francis Shaeffer – The early church (part 2)

Francis Shaeffer – The early church (part 3)

Francis Shaeffer – The early church (part 4)

Francis Shaeffer – The early church (part 5)

How Should We then Live Episode 7 small (Age of Nonreason)

#02 How Should We Then Live? (Promo Clip) Dr. Francis Schaeffer

10 Worldview and Truth

Two Minute Warning: How Then Should We Live?: Francis Schaeffer at 100

Francis Schaeffer Whatever Happened to the Human Race (Episode 1) ABORTION

Francis Schaeffer “BASIS FOR HUMAN DIGNITY” Whatever…HTTHR

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I was impacted by this film series by Francis Schaeffer back in the 1970’s and I wanted to share it with you. Schaeffer points out that during this time period unfortunately we have the “Church’s deviation from early church’s teaching in regard to authority and the approach to God.” In my view we see a move from more conservative evangelicalism of the early church to the Catholic Church.

E P I S O D E 2

T h e

MIDDLE AGES

I. Introduction: The Post-Roman World

A. Social, political, and intellectual uncertainty.

B. General decline in learning, but monasteries were a depository for classical and Christian documents.

C. The original pristine Christianity of the New Testament gradually became distorted.

D. Decline of vital naturalism in art parallels decline of vital Christianity: positive and negative aspects of Byzantine art.

E. Music at time of Ambrose, later Gregorian chants.

II. The Church in the World: Economic, Social, Political.

How to be in the world but not of it.

A. Generosity of early church.

B. Ambivalence in Middle Ages about material goods; asceticism and luxury.

C. Economic controls to protect the weak.

D. Emphasis on work well done.

E. Care for social needs: e.g. hospitals.

F. Meaning of Christendom; attendant problems. Lorenzetti’s Allegory of Good and Bad Government.

III. Artistic Achievements

A. Close relation between church and society in art and life: e.g. reign of Charlemagne.

B. Basis of unified European culture laid by Charlemagne.

C. Birth and flowering of Romanesque architecture.

D. Birth and flowering of Gothic architecture.

IV. Links Between Philosophical, Theological, and Spiritual Developments on Eve of Renaissance

A. Aquinas’ emphasis on Aristotle.

1. Negative aspect: individual things, the particulars, tended to be made independent, autonomous.

2. With this came the loss of adequate meaning for the individual things, including Man, morals, values, and law.

B. Church’s deviation from early church’s teaching in regard to authority and the approach to God.

C. Reaction of Wycliffe and Hus to theological distortions is prophetic of Reformation.

Questions

1. Summarize the negative and positive aspects of church influence in the Middle Ages.

2. “To speak of distortions of belief in the Middle Ages is to pretend that the church should have stood still when the apostles died. But we have to adapt to new circumstances and ideas. The medieval church did.” Comment.

3. Apply the particulars-universals discussion to modern circumstances. How do people repeat the same mistakes nowadays? Be specific.

Key Events and Persons

Aristotle: 384-322 B.C.

Ambrose: 339-397

Alcuin of York: 735-804

Charlemagne reign: c. 768-814

Crowned Emperor: 800

Romanesque style: 1000-1150

Gothic style: 1150-1250

St. Denis: 1140-

St. Francis: c. 1181-1226

Chartres: 1194-

Aquinas: 1225-1274

John Wycliffe: c. 1320-1384

John Hus: 1369-1415

Further Study

H. Fichtenau, The Carolingian Empire (1954).

Gordon Leff, Medieval Thought (1958).

C.S. Lewis, The Discarded Image (1964).

E.K. Rand, Founders of the Middle Ages (1954).

O. vonSimson, The Gothic Cathedral (1964).

R.W. Southern, The Making of the Middle Ages (1953).

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Veterans Day 2011 Part 4

November 13, 2011 – 12:11 am

 

This is taken from an article that appeared in the Saline Courier about a year ago:

Bravery is not just limited to one generation, but Americans have had it in every generation. It makes me think about those who are currently serving in our military. Jon Chris Roberts who is graduate of Benton High (2004) is serving in the Air Force and currently stationed at Beale Air Force Base in California. Roberts is to be deployed to Afghanistan this December. 

Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Foot is originally from Little Rock but now assigned to the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, VA. In 2008, he was recalled to the Arkansas Army National Guard to deploy with the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While in Iraq he was stationed at Camp Victory in Baghdad where he served as the Senior Escort Officer for the Joint Visitors Bureau. In that capacity he coordinated security for distinguished visitors to the area and served as the primary escort for them throughout Iraq. 

Jeremy Foot is married to the former Stacey Bowers of Benton who is a 1997 graduate of Benton High School. Stacey is the daughter of Jim and Debbie Bowers of Benton. 

Jonathan Frerichs of Little Rock signed up with the National Guard  Unit out of Camp Robinson in March of 2008. His mother Denise tells me that he was deployed to Afghanistan in the middle of May of 2010. Jonathan is not even allowed to disclose his current location in Afghanistan for security reasons. 

Luke Lowery of Maumelle signed up with the US Army in October of 2005. In June of 2008 he was deployed to Afghanistan with the 1st Infantry Unit, THE BIG RED ONE,  and returned in June of 2009. He has been stationed in Ft Hood in Texas since then and was on base on November 5, 2009 when US Army Major Nidal Milik “AbduWali” Hasan murdered so many soldiers. Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder. Luke is scheduled to deploy to Iraq with the 1st Cavalry Division in in January of 2011.  

My discovery of these heroes all around us has given me a new perspective on the freedoms that we enjoy. These freedoms have been purchased by the bravery of those who were willing to fight for our country. Also I discovered another group of heroes. They are the relatives of these soldiers  who take time to pray for those who are serving and to send them letters of encouragement.

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Johnny Majors speaks at Little Rock Touchdown Club (Part 7)jh75

November 12, 2011 – 9:34 am

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Johnny Majors from Huntland, TN tried out for the UT Football team weighing 150 pounds. His Father, Shirley Majors his HS Coach,encourage him and then 4 younger brothers all to be Vols. Johnny Majors was the runner-up in 1956 for the Heisman Trophy to Paul Horning, on a loosing Notre Dame team. So much for Northern politics with writers.

Johnny Majors was a great quarterback for Tennessee.

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I got to hear Johnny Majors speak at the Little Rock Touchdown Club on November 7, 2011 and he mentioned Gary Adams who happened to be sitting near me. Here is story on Gary Adams:

Gary Adams named to UA Hall of Honor

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Clay County Times-Democrat
Legendary Piggott athlete Gary Adams will be one of 10 University of Arkansas alumni inducted into the school’s Hall of Honor during a special ceremony Friday, Sept. 2 at the Northwest Arkansas Convention Center at the Springdale Holiday Inn.Adams, a 1965 PHS graduate, lettered for the Razorback football team from 1966 through 1968 and was an All-Southwest Conference selection each of those three seasons. As a senior in 1968, Adams represented the Hogs as a team captain. Adams had 13 interceptions at defensive back in his career at Fayetteville, which was a school record at the time. His seven interceptions during the 1966 campaign led the SWC and remain among the best marks in Razorback history, tied for the second most in a single season. Adams was selected to the 1960s All-Decade Team.While playing for the Razorbacks, Adams helped the squad compile an overall record of 22-8-1, including a tie for the 1968 SWC championship and a victory over No. 4 Georgia in the 1969 Sugar Bowl. He is considered by many to be among the best athletes to ever done the Razorback red and white.Adams was a 12th round selection of the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1969 NFL Draft.Adams will be joined in the Hall of Honor by fellow inductees Steve Cox, Jessica Koch Dailey, Almer Lee, Brison Manor, Jr., Jessica Field Phelan, Pat Serret, Godfrey Siamusiye, Jimmy Walker and the late Fred Grim.

The event will also feature a golf tournament at Fayetteville Country Club. Persons interested in learning more about ticket information for the event may call the Razorback Foundation at (479) 443-9000.

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Clarifying ‘The Stop’

I read with personal interest Mike Stange’s article regarding the famous “The Stop” play in the stupendous upset of LSU by Tennessee on November 7, 1959. LSU was far superior in talent and their great Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon was the most outstanding player on this great team. I was a young freshman coach working the sideline phone that was hooked up to the press box coaching phone that day.

My younger brother, Bill Majors, was a junior tailback and safety man on the Tennessee team. There were three people directly involved on the play that stopped Bill Cannon’s off tackle running attempt to make the two-point play that would have beaten Tennessee.

Charlie Severance of UT was quoted as saying, “I got that good lick on him, like a baseball bat.” Wayne Grubb hit him down there around his feet. “We hit him about the same time and drove him back. Majors came in just a little bit.”

I have seen the Sports Illustrated picture many times and also have viewed the wonderful painting depicting one of the greatest plays in Tennessee history and one of the major upsets in college football history. I also reviewed this play on video this week and I can tell you that it definitely was a three-man stop equally shared by three people.

Severance made a hit on Cannon’s outside chest, Grubb simultaneously hit Cannon at the knees and helped stalemate Cannon as Majors threw his body into Cannon’s midriff to keep Cannon from leaning forward. “The Stop” was definitely a three man stop and Cannon would have scored if any of the three had not done a superb job.

Bill Majors’ brother, John Majors

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Veterans Day 2011 Part 3 (A look back at World War 1)

November 12, 2011 – 12:09 am

I was born in Tennessee and everyone in Tennessee knows the name of Alvin York. Above is a clip about his accomplishments in War World I.

Cara Gist of Shannon Hills tells me that her grandfather Herbert S. Apple of Salado, Arkansas (near Batesville) fought in World War I. He served in France and fought in the trenches. Apple was actually a victim of a mustard gas attack by the Germans. Also he  was wounded by machine gun fire in both the hip and back and stayed in a military hospital in New Mexico for two years. He later went back to his farm and raised chickens until his death while in his seventies. 

Cara’s husband Alan said his father served in World War II. Charles E. Gist was born on January 7, 1919 in Solgahachia, Arkansas. He served in the US Army, 65th Bombardment Squadron, 43 rd Bombardment Group. At one point the plane he was traveling in was shot down and had to make an emergency landing. He was honorably discharged on July 22, 1945 at Camp Chafee, and later he married and went to work at Little Air Force Base in Jacksonville.

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“Soccer Saturday” USA to take on Slovenia Nov 15

November 12, 2011 – 12:04 am

My son Wilson predicts that Slovenia will have an early lead against the States and it will be a tough time, especially since the game is held in Slovenia. It will be 1-0 at half. The Stars and Stripes will score near the very end and the final score will be 1-1 draw.

U.S. to Face Slovenia Nov. 15 in Rematch of 2010 FIFA World Cup Clash

U.S. MNT Make First Trip to Slovenia for Friendly at Stozice Stadium in Ljubljana; Match Will be Broadcast on ESPN2, ESPN3 and Galavision

CHICAGO (Oct. 18, 2011) – The U.S. Men’s National Team will face Slovenia in a rematch of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Group C game on Nov. 15 at Stozice Stadium in Ljubljana. The USA’s first trip to Slovenia will be broadcast live on ESPN2, ESPN3 and Galavision. Kickoff time for the match is still to be determined. Fans can also follow the match live on ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker and on Twitter @ussoccer.

The game against Slovenia will represent the latter part of a double international fixture date, giving Klinsmann the ability to call in a full selection of players. The USA will travel east to Slovenia after it faces France on Nov. 11 in Paris.

“Slovenia is a small nation that has achieved big results,” said U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann. “For them to have qualified for two World Cups in such a short time is an incredible achievement. I have seen them play in qualifying and the last World Cup, and I was very impressed. This game is another good opportunity for our players to build on what we have been working on for the last few months.”

The U.S. and Slovenia have met only once before, contesting one of the most thrilling matches in recent team history. In their second Group C game at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the USA fell behind to two first-half goals from Slovenia at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. The second half was a different story, and the U.S. fought back with goals from Landon Donovan and Michael Bradley, before a late goal from Maurice Edu was controversially disallowed to deny the USA a deserved three points.

The tie was enough to keep U.S. hopes alive at the World Cup, setting the stage for the famous 1-0 victory against Algeria that pushed the team through to the knockout round as group winners for the first time in 80 years.

Slovenia, ranked No. 33 in the world, was eliminated from Euro 2012 after failing to navigate one of the trickiest qualifying groups. In a tight tussle for second place, Slovenia came up just short behind Serbia and surprise package Estonia, who eventually secured the playoff spot.

Despite missing out on next year’s continental championship, Slovenia still maintain an impressive record of qualifying for major tournaments. The nation of just more than two million have qualified for Euro 2000 as well as World Cups in 2002 and 2010 since playing their first match as an independent nation in 1992

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Majors speaks at Little Rock Touchdown Club (Part 6)jh74

November 11, 2011 – 10:27 am

Georgia’s Herschel Walker runs over Tennessee’s Bill Bates

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University of Georgia running back Herschel Walker announces his presence to the world on Sept. 6, 1980 as he absolutely demolishes and demoralizes All-SEC safety Bill Bates from Tennessee, and pretty much the rest of the Volunteer team. With UGA trailing 15-2 at halftime, Coach Vince Dooley inserted the true freshman Walker into the lineup for the first time and as they say, the rest is history! Dawgs upset the Vols in Knoxville, 16-15, and a Legend is born. Georgia went on to win the 1980 National Championship by beating Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl. Walker won the Heisman Trophy his Junior year, 1982.

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Johnny Majors spoke at the Little Rock Touchdown Club on November 7, 2011. Last year Bill Bates spoke to us and he told us the funny story about Georgia running back Herschel Walker running over him in Georgia’s 16-15 victory over the Vols in 1980. Bates decided to go to church the next day and everyone had seen the picture in the paper showing Walker stepping on Bates.

Bates of course later became a great NFL player for the Dallas Cowboys. Another great NFL player that Majors got to coach was Reggie White. Below is an article about him:

Hall recall: Reggie White

By Gil Brandt, NFL.com Senior Analyst
Special to Profootballhof.com

Legendary coach John Majors and I always have had a great relationship. When he was coaching at Tennessee, I planned one trip each season to see him and scout their talent.

Our annual tradition was to go to “The Orangery,” a great restaurant in Knoxville, the night before the game. It was at one of these dinners where I first heard about Reggie White.

Reggie_WhiteCoach Majors hadn’t seen this young recruit from Chattanooga play football in high school, but he had recently witnessed him on the basketball court. Majors referred to him as a “man among boys” in that game and determined that he probably could have had an NBA career if that had been the direction he pursued. Fortunately for coach Majors and football fans everywhere, White chose the pigskin.

White was a larger-than-life person, who had been recruited to Tennessee by Bobby Jackson, who now is an NFL assistant. Majors recalled White, a very religious person who became an ordained minister at age 17, asking him regularly to hold a team prayer on the field before practice started. He was able to use his wit and personality to mock those he played against on the field, as well as those around him in everyday life.

Majors recounted a story to me once that typified White’s persona. The hot walk from practice to the locker rooms at Tennessee was a little under 10 minutes. Majors decided to forego the walk and ride as a passenger in a car up the hill. As he tried to get out of the car, he found a dog snarling, yelping and attacking his leg. It wasn’t any normal dog, though. White had snuck up behind the car and put on a show that left the rest of his teammates howling with laughter. That was White — always the life of the party.

White put on one of the most remarkable individual performances I ever witnessed as a scout, in a night game in 1983 against LSU in Knoxville. He started the game playing straight up against tackle Lance Smith, who was a talented player. He was no match for White, though, and neither was anyone else on the field that night. LSU tried to double- and triple-team him — and even chip him with the tight end — all to no avail.

White and the Vols held a very talented Tigers offense that featured future second-round picks Dalton Hilliard and Gary James to only 170 yards and won 20-6. White finished the game with a sack and six solo tackles, three of which went for a combined total of 19 yards lost. But the stats didn’t even come close to telling the story. The only other comparable performance I every saw was Randy White’s final game as a senior for Maryland in the Liberty Bowl. These were two future Hall of Famers playing to their capacity.

Following his senior year, White was one of the three players I had been assigned by the NFL to usher through the predraft process. The USFL had been formed and was on the warpath to sign as many of the seniors coming out of college as they could.

The day he flew back from the Japan Bowl — and was named the game’s MVP — I met his plane at Los Angeles International Airport and took him to the Sheraton Hotel to have dinner and explain all the pros and cons of signing with the NFL vs. the USFL. But a lot of owners in the upstart league were offering millions in deferred payments to players — most of which the players unfortunately never saw.

Reggie White White played for the Memphis Showboats in 1984-85. In between those two seasons, on June 5, 1984, the Eagles selected him with the fourth pick overall in the supplemental draft. After the USFL played its final game in 1985, White joined the Eagles.

Since he was in our division, we got familiar with White’s abilities at the pro level. Two games every year taught us quickly how the “Minister of Defense” got his nickname.

White went on to an NFL career that included 13 Pro Bowls, two Super Bowls and 198 sacks in 232 games. He is one of a handful of players to make two different NFL All-Decade Teams (1980s and 1990s). The Eagles and Packers retired his familiar number “92” last year, making White the only player in NFL history to be so honored by two teams. The University of Tennessee also retired his number.

My last fond personal memory of White was during Media Day on the Tuesday before Super Bowl XXXI in New Orleans. He was sitting on the ground in the Superdome playfully answering reporters’ questions when he called me over to needle me about something that had been on his mind. He wanted to get his point across that a merchandise company I had been affiliated with should allow him to sell its hats and shirts in his Green Bay retail store. Then he gave me that huge smile.

That Super Bowl victory was his crowning moment, and his induction to the Pro Football Hall of Fame will cap an outstanding athletic career for one of the most unbelievable people I’ve ever known in sports.

Did You Know
The nickname “Minister of Defense” was given to him by University of Tennessee public relations men Bud Ford and Haywood Harris before the 1983 season.
He sacked 75 different quarterbacks during his NFL career, including Troy Aikman (seven) and Warren Moon (five).
He became the first big-name player to switch teams in the era of unrestricted free agency in 1993 when he signed with Green Bay.
His nine consecutive seasons with 10 or more sacks is an NFL record.
In 1980, as a high school senior, he was named the nation’s top two-sport athlete. He finished ahead of Patrick Ewing.

By Everette Hatcher III | Posted in Current Events | Comments (0)

Rex Nelson on the Battle of the Ravine (Part 3)

November 11, 2011 – 7:20 am

No one can tell the story of the battle of the ravine better than Rex Nelson. This is an article he wrote a year ago:

The 84th Battle of the Ravine

The Battle of the Ravine.

For those who really understand this college football rivalry, there’s little more that needs to be said.

I realize that I have an inherent bias. I grew up with the Battle of the Ravine as an important part of my life. In my family, the day when Ouachita played Henderson was about as big as Christmas and far bigger than New Year’s Day. We could walk to either stadium from our house, though the Henderson stadium was a bit more of a hike.

The two Arkadelphia schools first played each other in football in 1895. The series was suspended from 1951 until 1963 due to excessive vandalism.

Consider these facts:

– It’s the only college football game in America in which the visiting team walks to a road game. That’s because only U.S. Highway 67 separates Ouachita’s A.U. Williams Field from Henderson’s Carpenter-Haygood Stadium.

– They’ve played 83 times through the years, and the series is almost dead even. Ouachita has won 39 times. Henderson has won 38 times. There have been six ties.

– Of the 83 meetings between Henderson and Ouachita, the game has been decided by a touchdown or less 37 times with Ouachita holding a 19-12-6 advantage in those close games.

Ouachita won one of the greatest games in the history of the series two years ago at Carpenter-Haygood Stadium, 43-36. The Tigers came from 13 points down in the fourth quarter to end the season with five consecutive victories. Last year at A.U. Williams Field, Ouachita jumped out to a big lead early and held on to win, 35-28. As noted, those seven-point margins of the past two seasons are the norm rather than the exception.

And wouldn’t you know that Henderson and Ouachita come into Saturday’s game with the top two scoring offenses in the Gulf South Conference, which generally is recognized as the toughest conference in all of NCAA Division II. The game, which begins at 1 p.m. at Henderson’s stadium, has all the makings of another classic.

The weather forecast looks good. You really ought to consider going to Arkadelphia if, for nothing else, than to say you’ve experienced a Battle of the Ravine. There will be a giant tailgate party adjacent to the stadium beginning at 10 a.m. with free hot dogs. The 1 p.m. kickoff means the game will end about 4 p.m., giving those of you who live in the Little Rock area plenty of time to return home before the Hogs come on television at 6 p.m.

Here’s what Troy Mitchell, Henderson’s talented sports information director, wrote: “There’s the Battle for the Little Brown Jug (Michigan vs. Minnesota), the Egg Bowl (Mississippi State vs. Ole Miss) and the Iron Bowl (Alabama vs. Auburn). But the oldest rivalry in Division II football is the Coleman Dairy Battle of the Ravine. … It has been said so many times it is almost trite, but it still bears repeating one more time: For sheer excitement, for dramatic finishes and for almost unbearable tension, few things in sports can be compared to a Henderson State-Ouachita Baptist football game.”

When I lived in Washington, D.C., I missed the Battle of the Ravine from 1985-87. I flew back for the 1988 game and moved back to Arkansas just before the 1989 game. Other than those three years, I’ve been at every Battle of the Ravine since the series resumed in 1963 (I was 4 then). I’ve also had the pleasure of attending the Iron Bowl four times. Ask me the greatest rivalries in college football, and I’ll tell you it’s Ouachita vs. Henderson at the small college level and Alabama vs. Auburn at the major college level.

For many years, the Battle of the Ravine was played on Thanksgiving. That first game in 1895 was on Thanksgiving as Ouachita defeated what was then Arkadelphia Methodist College by a score of 8-0.

You want to hear about some of the classic games in the series?

How about 1914 when Ouachita beat both Arkansas and Ole Miss but could only manage a scoreless tie with Henderson?

How about 1926, at the new A.U. Williams Field, when Hardy Winburn broke loose for a 35-yard score in the rain to give Ouachita a 14-7 victory?

How about 1949, when Ouachita trailed with seven minutes left by a score of 14-0? The late Ike Sharp successfully executed three onside kicks for Ouachita in those final seven minutes and Otis Turner, known as the Magic Toe, kicked the field goal that gave the Tigers a 17-14 victory.

How about 1950 when more than 8,000 people turned out to watch the Reddies avenge the previous season’s loss with a 7-0 win over Ouachita? It would be 13 years before they would play again.

How about 1963 as the series resumed with a 28-13 Henderson win at Haygood Stadium, allowing the Reddies to claim a share of the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference championship?

How about 1969 when the great Henderson quarterback Tommy Hart led the Reddies back from a 17-7 second-half deficit? The Reddies ended up winning 23-17 and captured the AIC title in the process.

How about 1972 when Ouachita used a 47-yard touchdown run by hometown freshman sensation Luther Guinn with 2:23 to play to pull within one point at 14-13? Legendary Ouachita Coach Buddy Benson decided to go for two, and it paid off as quarterback Mike Carroll hit Danny Jack Winston to give Ouachita a 15-14 victory.

How about 1975, which I will tell you is the greatest college football game I’ve ever seen at any level? Henderson was undefeated coming into the final game of the regular season. Ouachita was 8-1. Trailing 20-14 with time running out, Ouachita faced a fourth-and 25. Quarterback Bill Vining Jr., the son of the Ouachita head basketball coach and athletic director, completed a pass to Gary Reese for 25 yards. The chains came out, and Ouachita had the first down by an inch. Two plays later, Vining hit Ken Stuckey for the touchdown, and Russell Daniel kicked the extra point to give the Tigers a 21-20 win. Ouachita and Henderson tied for the AIC championship. Ouachita was one of four teams selected for the NAIA playoffs. Henderson went to the Bicentennial Bowl at War Memorial Stadium.

How about 1978 when Coach Benson decided to go for two late in the game, just as he had done in 1972 at Haygood Stadium? Ouachita trailed 7-6 with 1:21 remaining after a Neal Turner touchdown pass to Jimmy Cornwell. Turner threw a pass to William Miller on the two-point conversion attempt, but Ned Parette knocked the ball away. It was my first year to do Ouachita games on the radio. By the way, it was a pass interference that was never called (now my Ouachita bias is showing).

How about 1982 when Ouachita drove the length of the field for a late touchdown to win 19-18 and capture the AIC championship?

How about 1988 when the game was called off due to flooding (much of the field was under water) at halftime with the score tied at 3-3?

How about 2008 when Ouachita scored 27 fourth-quarter points to rally from a 29-16 deficit? In one of the greatest individual performances I’ve ever seen, Tiger receiver Julio Pruitt had 10 receptions for 250 yards and four touchdowns. One of his touchdown catches was shown on ESPN’s top plays of the day that evening.

The best three Battles of the Ravine I’ve seen are (in order from No. 1) the 1975, 1982 and 2008 games.

Sometimes, ESPN takes its “College GameDay” show to a smaller college.

One of these years, the network should do the show from Arkadelphia on the day of the Battle of the Ravine. People across the country need to know about this unique rivalry.

Hopefully, many of you will find your way to Carpenter-Haygood Stadium on Saturday. I promise that you will enjoy yourself.

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If nothing is done families across the USA will experience tremendous tax increase in 2013

November 11, 2011 – 6:59 am

The federal government is spending like a drunk sailor (my apologies to sailors in this comparison) and you knew the tax increases were coming at some point.

Why Your Tax Bill Might Surge Next Year

by Bob Jennings
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

In a recent tax planning meeting with one of our clients, we shocked them with what their income tax future looked like for 2013 if Congress continues to do nothing to provide a long-term permanent set of tax laws (and it looks as if lawmakers are headed down this track).

They had no idea what tax breaks were expiring this year and next year, and how much it would cost them personally in extra income tax. But they aren’t alone, many Americans and even tax professionals aren’t aware that their tax bill could rise dramatically next year.

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These clients are your average American family and their situation is a good example of the law changes that will affect all of us. Here’s their tax situation with a table summarizing the expiring tax laws that are scheduled to occur in 2011 and 2012.

Meet the Smiths: 26-year-olds Bill and Joan have been married for five years and have two young children. Bill earns about $65,000 a year in sales and Joan has gone back to work and earns about $35,000 annually. Bill owes quite a bit on his college student loans and will pay about $3,000 in interest on them in 2013. With Joan working again, they are paying $3,000 for year-round child care. Joan inherited some AT&T stock from her grandmother, which pays her $1,000 in dividends every year. Finally, counting home mortgage interest, they have about $20,000 in itemized deductions.

The first big change affecting the Smiths will be a combined increase in income tax rates, and a tightening of tax brackets as a result of the expiration of the Bush tax cuts. We estimate this will cost them $960 in 2013.

Bill will lose the complete deduction of his student loan interest in 2013, costing about $840. The pair’s allowable deduction for child care will drop to $2,400 from $3,000, and they will also see their credit for children drop in half, costing another $1,000.

The marriage tax penalty will come roaring back to hit the Smiths in 2013, costing an estimated $500. The tax on their dividend income will go increase to $280 from $150, adding another $130. Finally, although we did not calculate the effect, without Congressional action to once again “fix” the alternative minimum tax, the Smiths could owe this ugly tax as well!

Luckily for the Smiths — but not for many Americans — other major changes for 2013, which do not personally affect them, include a phase out of itemized deductions and personal exemptions if their income starts to climb.

In summary, because of tax laws expiring this year and next, we estimate that the Smiths will owe $3,598 more in income tax in 2013 than in 2011 with no change in their income.

Major Individual Income Tax Benefits Expiring 12/31/2011:

• Personal tax credits applied against income tax no longer apply

• Higher alternative minimum tax exemptions revert back to extraordinarily-low thresholds

• $250 school teacher expense deduction ends

• Mortgage insurance premium deduction expires

• State and local sales tax deductions expire

• Tuition and related fees deduction end

• IRA to charity tax-free transfers stop

• 2% Social Security tax reduction ends

Major Individual Income Tax Benefits Expiring 12/31/2012:

• Marriage penalty equalization ends

• Dividends taxed at capital gains rates removed, taxed at regular rates now

• Capital gains low tax rates expires

• Removal of itemized deduction phase out for higher income Americans

• Removal of personal exemption phase out for higher income Americans

• Child care deduction limit of $3,000 reverts to $2,400

• Child credit reduces from $1,000 per child to $500 per child

• Low 10% tax bracket for low income Americans is eliminated

• Lower income tax rates and smaller brackets expires

• Refundable adoption credit and reduced deduction

• American Opportunity college education credit expires

• Major reduction in earned income credits and refunds

• Income tax exemption for debt forgiven on home foreclosures and repossessions

• Deduction for student loan interest ends

• Education IRA limit drops from $2,000 to $500

Bob Jennings is a CPA, EA and CFP and author of “Understanding Social Security & Medicare.”

Taxes per Household Have Risen Dramatically

Though the economic downturn has temporarily lowered overall tax revenues, the tax burden on Americans is still high.

INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS (2010)

 
 
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Taxes per Household Have Risen Dramatically

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and White House Office of Management and Budget.

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    The charts in this book are based primarily on data available as of March 2011 from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The charts using OMB data display the historical growth of the federal government to 2010 while the charts using CBO data display both historical and projected growth from as early as 1940 to 2084. Projections based on OMB data are taken from the White House Fiscal Year 2012 budget. The charts provide data on an annual basis except… Read More

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Veterans Day 2011 Part 2 (Bataan Death March)

November 11, 2011 – 12:59 am

My longtime friend Craig Carney is originally  from Jacksonville, and  he told me a couple of years ago about a friend of his parents from Jacksonville, Arkansas named Silas Legrow. Legrow  was going to speak at the Jacksonville Museum of Military History on April 17, 2008 about his experience in the March of 1942 when he and his unit were forced to participate in what became known as the Bataan Death March in the Philippines. My 11 year old son Wilson and I went to hear him speak that night and were able to get a front row seat. 

Legrow started off his talk that evening by stating, “I want to tell you that prayer and faith meant a lot to me during those 39 months. Each day on the march, we plodded along like zombies.Words can’t explain the mental and physical abuse your body takes when you go without food and water.”

Legrow said he weighed 175 pounds at the beginning of the march, and 110 when the 10-day trek was over. About 100,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war were forced to march about 60 miles with no food and little water from the Bataan Peninsula to prison camps. Over 10% of that number died during the march.

“Many died, many lived, and only a few of us are alive today to tell the story,” Legrow said. “I feel both blessed and grateful to be one of those few.”  

After the talk was over I got to visit personally with Mr Legrow (who was 85 yrs old at the time) and he thanked us for coming. I told him  that his talk seemed only a few moments long since it was so interesting. In fact, you could have heard a pin drop during his talk because of the respect the people had for Mr. Legrow. 

I have known Steve and Debbie Staples of Little Rock for years but just a few weeks ago I learned that Debbie’s father Cletis Overton of Malvern was also a survivor of the Bataan Death March. I spoke to Cletis and his wife Adrian on the phone recently and they sent me a copy of the book The Lord Is Our Shepherd: The story of Former Prisoner of War Sgt Cletis Overton and Maxine Overton written by Bryant’s own Steve Brawner. The Benton Library has a copy of it in the Arkansas Room.  

Not only did Cletis survive the Bataan Death March but in 1944, he was one of 750 prisoners in the hull of a Japanese ship, the Shinyo Maru, that was headed for Japan. However, it was sunk by an American submarine  and all but 83 drowned. Cletis was one of the few that was able to swim to shore. What an amazing story and earlier this year he turned 90 yrs old while still living in Malvern. 

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