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Gene Stallings on Texas A&M joining the SEC jh14b

September 7, 2011 – 8:37 am

Gene Stallings used to interview the boys that dated his daughters. He asked his future son-in-laws if they played sports. He wanted to know if they had competed at something. Below is an article on what Stallings thinks about Texas A&M joining SEC.

Stallings: SEC best fit for A&M

By Troy Schulte

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

LITTLE ROCK — Gene Stallings is an admitted traditionalist.

He has always opposed instant replay, has never been an advocate of a college football playoff, and he didn’t like it when the Southwest Conference broke apart almost 20 years ago.

So the former Texas A&M and Alabama coach gets a bit uneasy when talk of college football’s seemingly imminent realignment rears its head.

But considering his connections — he uses “we” when speaking of Texas A&M and Alabama — he can’t escape the questions.

“Everywhere I go,” said Stallings, cracking a smile not long after addressing the Little Rock Touchdown Club on Tuesday at the Embassy Suites in west Little Rock. “I would like to see everything stay intact, but it’s not. Things change.”

Stallings, who coached at Texas A&M in 1965-1971 and won a national championship at Alabama in 1992, was in on realignment talks when the issue heated up last summer as a member of Texas A&M’s Board of Regents.

His opinion then was for the Aggies to stay in the Big 12 Conference even after Colorado left for what is now the Pacific-12 and Nebraska went to the Big Ten. But Tuesday he cited Texas’ new television venture with ESPN, the Longhorn Network, and its more natural ties with SEC schools as reasons he believes Texas A&M belongs in a league with Alabama, Arkansas and others.

The school announced last week it would leave the Big 12 by next summer if it could find another affiliation, and most reports indicate that will be the SEC.

It’s not the home Stallings prefers for his alma mater — he played under Bear Bryant at Texas A&M in 1954-1956 — but if another home needs to be found, the SEC is better than most alternatives.

“We’re both in the same part of the country. Our people are somewhat the same,” Stallings said. “Somebody from Texas and somebody from California, they have different beliefs on different things. … I just think it’s a better fit for Texas A&M to be in the Southeastern Conference as opposed to being in the Pac-[12].”

Stallings, one of Bryant’s famed “Junction Boys” during his playing career, spent about 45 minutes addressing Touchdown Club members about stories of Bryant making he and his teammates practice after a loss to Texas Tech and how Bryant once talked him out of taking a coaching job at Kentucky.

He touched on Arkansas’ Sept. 24 matchup with Alabama — “It looks like Alabama is a little bit better of a football team,” he said — and its Oct. 1 game against Texas A&M in Arlington, Texas — “I saw A&M on television the other night, and they looked good to me.” — as well as what college football will look like in the future as realignment takes place.

“It’s going to eventually be four major conferences. There’s going to be about 20 teams in each conference,” he said. “They’re going to have a championship game. The winners of the championship games will have some little playoff. That will satisfy.”

After voting to stay put last summer, his term on its Board of Regents ended earlier this year. He said he wouldn’t advise Texas A&M of doing the same now, with Texas’ Longhorn Network, which was launched late last month, being one of the reasons.

“I could care less what the University of Texas does. They do what they want to do,” he said. “[But] now, all of a sudden, the playing field’s not level. … There’s 24 hours a day of the University of Texas.

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Gene Stallings was great at Little Rock Touchdown Club jh13b

September 7, 2011 – 8:20 am

Gene Stallings was one of the best speakers ever at the Little Rock Touchdown Club when he spoke on September 6, 2011. Here is an article on it from Harry King:

Stallings worth hearing

Posted on 07 September 2011

By Harry King

LITTLE ROCK — The preconceived notion that Gene Stallings had to provide the lowdown on Texas A&M athletics to be newsworthy was erroneous.

The 76-year-old former coach of A&M and Alabama offered a personal view on the Aggies’ departure from the Big 12, but that was only a tiny bit of his talk to the Little Rock Touchdown Club. He was poignant, funny and philosophical.

Those in the audience swallowed hard, laughed out loud and nodded in agreement.

He talked about the monitor in his room alerting him to problems with his Down syndrome son on the night of Aug. 2, 2008, and how he checked with John Mark who told him, “I fine.” The 46-year-old died the next day.

His son couldn’t count to 10, but the equipment room at the Alabama athletic facility is one of many things named after him, Stallings said.

During the years that Stallings was an assistant with the Dallas Cowboys, the coaches brought their children to practice on Saturday. He wanted John Mark to meet head coach Tom Landry and they rehearsed the introduction time and again. John Mark had the “Glad to meet you Coach Landry,” down perfect, his dad said.

Face to face, Stallings introduced Landry to his son and John Mark to the head coach. “Hi Tom,” John Mark said.
Coach Gene Stallings
and his son Johnny
(Photos courtesy of Paul W. Bryant
Museum/CNSNews.com)

One of the “Junction Boys,” the moniker hung on the less than three dozen survivors of Paul “Bear’ Bryant’s first training camp after he was hired as A&M coach in 1954, Stallings conveyed the intimidation and presence of Bryant with a variety of true-sounding tales. Like the Monday the Aggies practiced on Kyle Field in game uniforms after a 41-9 loss.

More than anything, Stallings said, Bryant knew how to handle people. He recalled how he was going to take a job as defensive coordinator at Kentucky, but caved after Bryant took him for a ride.

Stallings also talked about how he believes work ethic and respect have declined. He has four daughters, he said, and he made sure that any suitor knew how to work.

“You can always build a fence when you don’t need one,” he said, adding that the chore helped him cull the young men.

His daughters are married to a Ph.D., an MD, an attorney and a house builder, he said.

“One thing they have in common, they can all build a fence,” he said.

Stallings also said he always asked those who came courting if they played sports. He didn’t care what game; he just wanted to know they had competed.

“I don’t subscribe to the theory, ‘We just weren’t ready to play,’” he said.

A competitor is always ready to compete, Stallings said.

A traditionalist, he still believes in running the football and stopping the run; that a 13-0 team will win the national championship and there is no need to run up the score; and that many teams schedule “preseason” games just to be bowl eligible.

“A bowl trip should be a reward for a good year,” he said. “Six-six ain’t no good year.”

No longer on the A&M Board of Regents, Stallings said he didn’t think the Aggies had anything in common with the Pac-10 when the subject came up a year ago. If he was still on the board, Stallings said, he would push for membership in the Southeastern Conference. So far, A&M has not received an invite, he said.

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The sad case of Brett Cummins: Alcohol takes another victim jh14c

September 7, 2011 – 8:02 am

Brett Cummins and his friends were drinking heavily and taking drugs on Sunday night and all three of them went to sleep under the influence of alcohol and drugs and only 2 of them woke  up.  This reminds me of a few verses from the Old Testament. (There is hope. Check out the video interviews of Kerry Livgren and Dave Hope of the rock band Kansas.  Also check out an excellent paper by Marvin McMickle on the meaning of the song “I can’t get no satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones and where to find the satisfaction.)

Proverbs 23:29-32
(29) Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
(30) They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
(31) Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
(32) At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

Do you remember the name “Ryan Dunn”? I am going to take a look at him next. First lets look at a few statistics.

  • More than one-half of American adults have a close family member who has or has had alcoholism.
  • Alcohol is a factor in nearly half of America’s murders, suicides and accidental deaths.
  • The highest rates of current and past year heavy alcohol use are reported by workers in the following occupations: construction, food preparation and waiters/waitresses, along with auto mechanics, vehicle repairers, light truck drivers and laborers. 95% of alcoholics die from their disease and die approximately 26 years earlier than their normal life expectancy.
  • Up to 40% of industrial fatalities

  • ryan dunn Jackass dead in crash

    Bam Margera’s First Interview After Ryan Dunn’s Death

    Ryan Dunn and his friends moments before they died.

    Flickr user Eric Lewis posted the image below with a caption that says the photo shows what’s left of Dunn’s car.

  • Ryan Dunn seen on the Sunday night that he died. This shot was removed from his tumblr site.
Ryan Dunn tweeted a picture of himself drinking from a bar. At 2 am he left the bar and a few minutes later he was killed after running off the road in his car.There are three reasons that I do not drink and here they are.First,alcohol has brought a social plague on our country not matched by anything we have ever seen in the past.  I will never forget the day I heard this statistic in 1975:  “Drunk drivers are responsible for 50% of highway fatalities.”My pastor Adrian Rogers shared that statistic from the pulpit. I was only 14 years old at the time, but I was looking forward to driving. It caused me to realize that I had to abstain from alcohol and try to convince my friends and family to do likewise.Second, the Bible does condemn alcoholic wine. There were three kinds of wine mentioned in the Bible (grapes, grape juice and strong drink). Wine in the cluster which is equal to our grapes. Isaiah 65:8 ” “As the new wine is found in the cluster…”  The point I am making here is very clear. The Bible does refer to nonalcoholic wine which is equal to our grape juice. Don’t take for granted everytime you read the word “wine” in the Bible that it is referring to the kind of wine we are used to today.Next we have the term “strong drink” which is equal to our wine today. Strong drink is condemned. .Proverbs 20:1 states, “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. ”

  • WHAT WAS “STRONG DRINK” IN BIBLE TIMES?

Distillation was not discovered until about 1500 A.D. Strong drink and unmixed wine in Bible times was from 3% to 11% alcohol. Dr. John MacArthur says “…since anybody in biblical times who drank unmixed wine (9-11% alcohol) was definitely considered a barbarian, then we dont even need to discuss whether a Christian should drink hard liquor–that is apparent!”

Since wine has 9 to 11% alcohol and one brand 20% alcohol, you should not drink that. Brandy contains 15 to 20% alcohol, so thats out! Hard liquor has 40 to 50% alcohol (80 to 100 proof), and that is obviously excluded!

For documentation on this subject Google “alcohol” with the name of Adrian Rogers or John MacArthur. These theologians  have covered this subject fully with biblical references.

Third, Romans 14:21 states, “It is better not to eat meat (that had been offered to idols) or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.” If a person rejects all the linguistic arguments, there is still Romans 14:21 concerning not causing a weaker brother to stumble..

It is consistent with the ethic of love for believers and unbelievers alike. Because I am an example to others, I will make certain no one ever walks the road of sorrow called alcoholism because they saw me take a drink and assumed, “if it is alright for Everette Hatcher, it is alright for me.” No, I will choose to set an uncompromising example of abstinence because I love them. The fact is that 1 of every 6 drinkers in the USA are problem drinkers. Maybe if my family of 6 drank, that could be me or one of my children?

 

 

Billy Sunday told a story that illustrates this principle:

I feel like an old fellow in Tennessee who made his living by catching rattlesnakes. He caught one with fourteen rattles and put it in a box with a glass top. One day when he was sawing wood his little five-year old boy,Jim, took the lid off and the rattler wriggled out and struck him in the cheek. He ran to his father and said, “The rattler has bit me.” The father ran and chopped the rattler to pieces, and with his jackknife he cut a chunk from the boy’s cheek and then sucked and sucked at the wound to draw out the poison. -He looked at little Jim, watched the pupils of his eyes dilate and watched him swell to three times his normal size, watched his lips become parched and cracked, and eyes roll, and little Jim gasped and died.

The father took him in his arms, carried him over by the side of the rattler, got on his knees and said, “God, I would not give little Jim for all the rattlers that ever crawled over the Blue Ridge mountains.”

That is the question that must be answered by everyone no matter what their religious beliefs. Is the pleasure of drinking alcohol worth the life of one of your children?

Here is a scripture that describes what will happen to a person addicted to alcohol:

Proverbs 23:29-35
(29) Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
(30) They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
(31) Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
(32) At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
(33) Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
(34) Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
(35) They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

More alcohol statistics:

  • Up to 40% of industrial fatalities and 47% of injuries in the workplace are linked to alcohol consumption and alcoholism.
  • Absenteeism among alcoholics or problem drinkers is 3.8 to 8.3 times greater than normal.
  • More than three fourths of female victims of nonfatal, domestic violence reported that their assailant had been drinking or using drugs.
  • More than one third of pedestrians killed by automobiles were legally drunk.
  • About half of state prison inmates and 40% of federal prisoners incarcerated for committing violent crimes report they were under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of their offense.
  • Long-term, heavy alcohol use is the leading cause of illness and death from liver disease in the U.S.
  • Alcoholics spend four times the amount of time in a hospital as non-drinkers, mostly from drinking-related injuries.

Probably the most telling is the last statistic: 95% of alcoholics die from their disease and die approximately 26 years earlier than their normal life expectancy.

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Dave Hope and Kerry Livgren of Kansas: Their story of deliverance from drugs

The recent events in Little Rock concerning KARK TV’s top weatherman Brett Cummins and his experience of drinking alcohol and snorting coke has left a lot of people asking questions. Since the evening ended in the tragic death of one of Brett’s friends, Dexter Williams, many questions have centered on the use of illegal drugs. […]

Brett Cummins has risen to be the top tv weatherman in the evening at KARK News 4. However, something is missing in his life. (I wish Brett would just take the time to read the story of Marvin A. McMickle | Senior Pastor, Antioch Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio at the end of this post). I […]

The sad case of Brett Cummins: Alcohol takes another victim jh14c

Brett Cummins and his friends were drinking heavily and taking drugs on Sunday night and all three of them went to sleep under the influence of alcohol and drugs and only 2 of them woke  up.  This reminds me of a few verses from the Old Testament. (There is hope, check out testimony of one who […]

Picture of Dexter Williams with link to full police report

This is a link to the full police report. (There is hope, check out testimony of one who has been delivered from drugs and alcohol and his name is Marvin.) Dexter Paul Williams (facebook photo) Here are related posts: KARK Brett Cummins was “snorting…illegal narcotics…” according to friend September 7, 2011 – 7:15 am Details concerning what […]

KARK Brett Cummins was “snorting…illegal narcotics…” according to friend jh13c

Details concerning what happened are coming out now. It seems that KARK can no longer ignore the fact that Cummins was snorting coke. (There is hope, check out testimony of one who has been delivered from drugs and alcohol and his name is Marvin.)Here is a Democrat-Gazette article on the incident: Man, 24, found dead in […]

Statement from KARK does not mention drug use of Brett Cummins

Brett Cummins was snorting coke but you could never tell it from this statement from KARK: KARK-TV anchor Bob Clausen said on the air today, “Our meteorologist Brett Cummins was at the home at the time of the death and we felt we should share this with you our viewers. Brett will not be on […]

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Picture of Dexter Williams with link to full police report

September 7, 2011 – 7:32 am

This is a link to the full police report. (There is hope. Check out the video interviews of Kerry Livgren and Dave Hope of the rock band Kansas.  Also check out an excellent paper by Marvin McMickle on the meaning of the song “I can’t get no satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones and where to find the satisfaction.)

Dexter Paul Williams (facebook photo)

There is a youtube video about Brett Cummins and the link is here.

Here are related posts:

 

Why no further updates available on investigation of Dexter Williams’ death?

I have been asked and I don’t have an answer for why there has been no updates whatsoever since September 9th on the investigation concerning Dexter Williams death. KATV had a story dated Sept 9th and updated the 15th. Here is the last story from KTHV channel 11: Dexter Williams (Photo from family) LITTLE ROCK, […]

Should recent events in Little Rock be reason to blog about the dangers of drug use?

I welcome the input from those that read my blog. Recently I received some criticism from readers and Jordan is probably more of the most vocal. He wrote today, “I hardly see a ‘tragic’ death as you call it, a morally sound reason to throw in people’s faces what drugs do to people…You know as […]

KARK answers question: Is Brett Cummins story censored?

In today’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Linda Caillouet wrote: LITTLE ROCK — When news broke of the death of Dexter Williams over the Labor Day weekend at a Maumelle home visited by then-KARK meteorologist Brett Cummins, most local news media reported details from the police report. This newspaper, KATV and KTHV reported that police said the body of […]

Little Rock story about Brett Cummins reported by CNN and Fox nationally

What started out on Sunday night September 4 as a local story now has grabbed national attention through both CNN and Fox News. Brett Cummins, 33, is seen in a photo on the website of Little Rock station KARK-TV. Cummins works as a meteorologist for the station. Police Probe Death of Arkansas Man Found in […]

Brett Cummins resigns

KATV reported: Ark. weatherman quits after found with body in tub Posted: Sep 09, 2011 5:45 PM CDTUpdated: Sep 09, 2011 6:00 PM CDT By JEANNIE NUSS Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An attorney for an Arkansas meteorologist who was found in a hot tub with a dead body earlier this week says his client […]

Why won’t KARK cover Brett Cummins story better?

I have mentioned before that I thought it was sad that KARK ignored the fact that Brett Cummins was snorting coke with the young man, Dexter Williams, on Sunday night and that Williams died as a result. Now at least the other stations in the Little Rock Market have been covering the story. Rival Stations […]

Brett Cummins should turn over the name of his drug dealer!!!!

KARK’s website includes these words: Thursday afternoon, Brett Cummins released the following statement to CNN through his attorney: Brett Cummins is devastated by the tragic death of his friend Dexter Williams and extends his sincere condolences to Dexter’s family. They remain foremost in his thoughts and prayers. Mr. Cummins deeply regrets the grief this incident […]

Attorney: Ark. weatherman innocent in Maumelle death of Dexter Williams

Today’s THV channel 11 in Little Rock reported: MAUMELLE, Ark. (AP) – An attorney for a local meteorologist says no foul play was involved in the death of a 24-year-old Mountain Pine man. Little Rock-based lawyer Mark Hampton said Thursday that KARK meteorologist Brett Cummins is innocent. Authorities say Cummins and the body of 24-year-old […]

Ron “Pigpen” McKernan of the Grateful Dead didn’t survive but Barry McGuire did

Drugs and alcohol have always been a pitfall that many of the wealthy fall into. We see rock bands that become famous have lots of temptations thrown their way and many fall into these traps. Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Barry McGuire fell into these traps. One joined the “27 Club” and the other left the […]

The recent events in Little Rock concerning KARK TV’s top weatherman Brett Cummins and his experience of drinking alcohol and snorting coke has left a lot of people asking questions. Since the evening ended in the tragic death of one of Brett’s friends, Dexter Williams, many questions have centered on the use of illegal drugs. […]

Brett Cummins turns to drugs instead of God

Brett Cummins has risen to be the top tv weatherman in the evening at KARK News 4. However, something is missing in his life. (I wish Brett would just take the time to read the story of Marvin A. McMickle | Senior Pastor, Antioch Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio at the end of this post). I […]

The sad case of Brett Cummins: Alcohol takes another victim jh14c

Brett Cummins and his friends were drinking heavily and taking drugs on Sunday night and all three of them went to sleep under the influence of alcohol and drugs and only 2 of them woke  up.  This reminds me of a few verses from the Old Testament. (There is hope, check out testimony of one who […]

Picture of Dexter Williams with link to full police report

This is a link to the full police report. (There is hope, check out testimony of one who has been delivered from drugs and alcohol and his name is Marvin.) Dexter Paul Williams (facebook photo) Here are related posts: KARK Brett Cummins was “snorting…illegal narcotics…” according to friend September 7, 2011 – 7:15 am Details concerning what […]

KARK Brett Cummins was “snorting…illegal narcotics…” according to friend jh13c

Details concerning what happened are coming out now. It seems that KARK can no longer ignore the fact that Cummins was snorting coke. (There is hope, check out testimony of one who has been delivered from drugs and alcohol and his name is Marvin.)Here is a Democrat-Gazette article on the incident: Man, 24, found dead in […]

Statement from KARK does not mention drug use of Brett Cummins

Brett Cummins was snorting coke but you could never tell it from this statement from KARK: KARK-TV anchor Bob Clausen said on the air today, “Our meteorologist Brett Cummins was at the home at the time of the death and we felt we should share this with you our viewers. Brett will not be on […]

Pictures of Dexter Williams

These are some pictures of Dexter Williams. Unfortunately his life was cut short  while drinking and snorting coke with KARK weatherman Brett Cummins. Dexter Williams (Photo from family) Dexter Paul Williams (facebook photo)

You tube video “Cocaine is a hell of a drug” about Brett Cummins

Youtube video about Brett Cummins story posted. TV weatherman awakens in hot tub next to naked dead man with ‘dog collar’ around his neck after drug and alcohol-fueled party   By Thomas Durante Last updated at 7:24 PM on 7th September 2011 It may be part of his job to predict when a storm is […]

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KARK Brett Cummins was “snorting…illegal narcotics…” according to friend jh13c

September 7, 2011 – 7:15 am

Details concerning what happened are coming out now. It seems that KARK can no longer ignore the fact that Cummins was snorting coke. (There is hope, check out testimony of one who has been delivered from drugs and alcohol and his name is Marvin.)Here is a Democrat-Gazette article on the incident:

Man, 24, found dead in Maumelle hot tub

SPENCER WILLEMS
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

    Maumelle police are awaiting preliminary autopsy results in the death of a man whose body was found in a hot tub Monday morning with a Little Rock TV weather forecaster sleeping next to him.
    Officers who responded to a “drowning call” about 8:10 a.m. at 16 Village Way found Dexter Williams, 24, of Mountain Pine naked and lying in the fetal position, said Lt. Jim Hansard, Maumelle Police Department spokesman.
    Detectives questioned KARK meteorologist Brett Cummins, who was asleep in the hot tub when the resident of the house discovered Williams’ body. Detectives also questioned Christopher Barbour, 36, who lives in the house, which backs up to the driving green at the Country Club of Arkansas, police reports said.
    Police have arrested no one, Hansard said.
    Williams was “cold to touch” when officers arrived at the residence, police reports said, and his face was “blue and purple” and there was a small ring of blood in the tub.
    He was also wearing a silver chained dog collar, police said.
    The men’s relationship is part of the investigation, Hansard said.
    “That’s something we’re delving into as we speak,” Hansard said. “They’re not family, I can tell you that.”
    Officers went to the Maumelle residence on a report that a man had drowned in an outdoor hot tub, Hansard said.
    But when they arrived, Barbour came out of his home and told officers the body was “inside” in his bathroom.
    After Maumelle Police Chief Sam Williams read Barbour his rights, Barbour told police that Williams, whom he knew only as Dexter, came to his house about 8 Sunday night with Cummins, who Barbour said is a friend.
    Barbour told investigators that the three men started to drink and that they started “snorting … illegal narcotics,” according to the reports, though Barbour told police he didn’t know what kind of drugs they were taking.
    About 10 p.m., the three men went to Barbour’s hot tub and continued to drink, reports said.
    Barbour said he left the hot tub and went to sleep on the couch about an hour later, reports said. He was awakened about 8 a.m. Monday by Cummins’ snores in the bathroom.
    Cummins and Williams appeared to have slept in the hot tub, Barbour told officers, and when he entered the bathroom, he noticed the tub had no water, and Cummins was lying on Williams’ head, the reports said.
    Shortly after waking Cummins, the two realized that Williams was unresponsive and his face was discolored.
    Cummins screamed, fled the bathroom and threw up on the living room floor, reports said.
    The meteorologist drove off, the affidavit said, but returned shortly after and gave a statement to detectives.
    Tuesday afternoon, investigators were awaiting preliminary autopsy results from the state Crime Laboratory and had not determined a cause of death. Results of the toxicology tests won’t be available immediately, Hansard said.
    KARK Manager Mike Vaughn wouldn’t comment on personnel matters but did say Cummins worked the Monday night broadcasts, hours after police had questioned him. He did not work Tuesday’s broadcasts.
    Cummins joined KARK in 2001, left for work in Baton Rouge in 2008, and returned to Little Rock later, according to his biography on the KARK website.

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Brett Cummins turns to drugs instead of God

Brett Cummins has risen to be the top tv weatherman in the evening at KARK News 4. However, something is missing in his life. (I wish Brett would just take the time to read the story of Marvin A. McMickle | Senior Pastor, Antioch Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio at the end of this post). I […]

The sad case of Brett Cummins: Alcohol takes another victim jh14c

Brett Cummins and his friends were drinking heavily and taking drugs on Sunday night and all three of them went to sleep under the influence of alcohol and drugs and only 2 of them woke  up.  This reminds me of a few verses from the Old Testament. (There is hope, check out testimony of one who […]

Picture of Dexter Williams with link to full police report

This is a link to the full police report. (There is hope, check out testimony of one who has been delivered from drugs and alcohol and his name is Marvin.) Dexter Paul Williams (facebook photo) Here are related posts: KARK Brett Cummins was “snorting…illegal narcotics…” according to friend September 7, 2011 – 7:15 am Details concerning what […]

KARK Brett Cummins was “snorting…illegal narcotics…” according to friend jh13c

Details concerning what happened are coming out now. It seems that KARK can no longer ignore the fact that Cummins was snorting coke. (There is hope, check out testimony of one who has been delivered from drugs and alcohol and his name is Marvin.)Here is a Democrat-Gazette article on the incident: Man, 24, found dead in […]

Statement from KARK does not mention drug use of Brett Cummins

Brett Cummins was snorting coke but you could never tell it from this statement from KARK: KARK-TV anchor Bob Clausen said on the air today, “Our meteorologist Brett Cummins was at the home at the time of the death and we felt we should share this with you our viewers. Brett will not be on […]

 
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Statement from KARK does not mention drug use of Brett Cummins

September 6, 2011 – 6:30 pm

Brett Cummins was snorting coke but you could never tell it from this statement from KARK:

KARK-TV anchor Bob Clausen said on the air today, “Our meteorologist Brett Cummins was at the home at the time of the death and we felt we should share this with you our viewers. Brett will not be on the air while he is mourning the loss of his friend. Our thoughts naturally are with Brett and of course with the family and friends of Dexter Williams.”

Here are two more posts on this subject: Picture of Dexter Williams with link to full police report , and  KARK Brett Cummins was “snorting…illegal narcotics…” according to friend . (There is hope. Check out the video interviews of Kerry Livgren and Dave Hope of the rock band Kansas.  Also check out an excellent paper by Marvin McMickle on the meaning of the song “I can’t get no satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones and where to find the satisfaction.)

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How long will KARK ignore the coke use?

Below is an article on the event from Arkansas News Bureau:

UPDATE Man found dead in bathtub with Little Rock TV weatherman

Posted on 06 September 2011
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By Bill Lawson
Arkansas News Bureau

MAUMELLE — Police are investigating the death of a Mountain Pine man found with a dog collar around his neck in the bathtub of a local residence with a sleeping television weatherman.

As of Tuesday afternoon no charges had been filed in the death of 24-year-old Dexter Paul Williams, whose body was found early on Labor Day.

Brett Cummins

The owner of the residence, John Barbour, told police he was awakened about 8 a.m. Monday by loud snoring and went to a bedroom and then to an adjacent bathroom, where he found Williams’ body in an empty bathtub alongside a sleeping Brett Cummins, 33, a meteorologist at Little Rock television station KARK.

Barbour told authorities he had invited Cummins, whom he described as his best friend, to his home Sunday night and that Cummins brought Williams with him. They arrived at about 8 p.m., and the three of them “began to drink and use illegal narcotics,” according to Barbour’s statement. Authorities were not sure what drugs were consumed.

Barbour told police that about 10 p.m., he and his two guests got into the hot tub, where they all “continued to drink.” He said he left Cummins and Williams in the tub about an hour later and fell asleep on a couch.

Barbour told police that the next morning, he found Williams lying with his head behind Cummins’ left shoulder. The police report said Williams had a chain collar — described as a dog collar — around his neck.

“After Brett awoke they discovered that Dexter was not conscious and his face was a different color,” the police report said. “He then explained that Brett screamed and became ill and left the bathroom and vomited on the carpet in the living room.”

Barbour also told police he and Cummins “cleaned the vomit” prior to the arrival of police.

Cummins was not at the home when police arrived, but returned a short time later and gave a statement, police said.

In his report, Maumelle police officer Greg Roussie wrote that he arrived on the scene first at 8:10 a.m. and the homeowner escorted him to the bathroom, where he said he saw a “naked white male lying on the floor of the tub.” There was no water in the tub, Roussie said, and “the subject was lying on his right side in a fetal position, his face was blue and purple in color with a chain around his neck. The chain was silver in color and consistent with what I believed to be a dog collar.”

Roussie said he checked Williams for vital signs but found none and that he was “cold to the touch.”

Roussie wrote that he also observed a small ring of blood around the bottom of the tub.
The body was sent to the state medical examiner’s office for autopsy.

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This reminds me of the 27 Club and related posts:

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“Tip Tuesday,” Advice to Gene Simmons Part 9, Fellowship Bible Church July 24th

September 6, 2011 – 7:44 am

Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed

John McArthur

The Truth About Divorce, #2 (Mark 10:1-12)

On the show Gene Simmons has been arguing the point that he admits that he is selfish, but he still feels he has the right to be selfish. In the conclusion of the final episode of the year on July 24th he drops to his knees and proposes marriage to Shannon. However, before doing that he apologizes for the selfishness that he so long thought he deserved to have. As we have learned through the episodes this means that he has had numerous affairs through the years while on tour with his band KISS.

He may have thought these other ladies had positive things to offer him but the Bible makes it clear that we are to be committed to our one spouse.

Brandon Barnard in his message on sexual purity at Fellowship Bible Church on July 24, 2011 makes much of this issue. He points out THE PATHWAY OF IMPURITY IS PROMISING BUT DECEIVING. Then he read these scriptures below:

Proverbs 5:4

English Standard Version (ESV)

4but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
    sharp as a two-edged sword.

Proverbs 7:18-20

English Standard Version (ESV)

18Come, let us take our fill of love till morning;
   let us delight ourselves with love.
19For my husband is not at home;
   he has gone on a long journey;
20he took a bag of money with him;
   at full moon he will come home.”

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Marco Rubio hates big government about as much as I do

September 4, 2011 – 11:17 pm

Marco Rubio hates big government about as much as I do.

Star Parker

Star Parker

Marco Rubio’s Courageous Speech

Florida’s young Republican Senator Marco Rubio gave an important speech at the Reagan Presidential Library in California that has set off the liberal talking head universe.

He had the temerity to suggest that the huge growth in government’s role in American life over the last century “actually weakened us as a people.”

The resulting onslaught from liberal blogs and cable hosts comes as no surprise because Rubio directly took on the idol at which liberals worship – Big Government.

But his analysis was courageous and profound.

Eighty percent of Americans are not happy with the direction of the country. And, new Gallup polling shows that only 17 percent are positively disposed toward the federal government.

Americans want answers.

Senator Rubio, in this speech, stepped up to the plate to provide answers.

If liberals disagree, they are going to have to get equally serious. They’ve certainly got to do better than MSNBC’s Ed Schultz, calling Rubio “a political hack” who wants “to get rid of social safety nets.”

Our fiscal crisis is undeniable. The trillions in debt we’ve taken on to finance massive government spending has resulted in the unthinkable downgrading in rating of our government’s bonds.

But Senator Rubio took a bold step beyond looking at our problems just as an accountant.

He suggested that we cannot separate our budget from our culture. The culture of government has displaced the culture of personal responsibility.

I have been making the point for years regarding what the welfare state culture has done in our black communities. How it has created a permanent underclass, defined by family breakdown, sexual promiscuity, disease, and crime.

American culture has changed profoundly over these years that Americans have come to increasingly believe that government social engineering can solve life’s problems and challenges.

A snapshot of today’s American family shows how much things have changed, even compared to 1981 when President Reagan took office.

Since 1980, the percentage of babies in America born to unwed mothers has doubled, from 20 percent to 40 percent.

Fifty two percent of Americans over the age of 18 are married today, compared to 72 percent in 1960.

Among blacks, 44% of the population over 18 has never been married, compared to 17% in 1960.

Sixty four percent of American children today live in a home with two married parents, compared with 75 percent in 1980 and 87 percent in 1960.

And, according to the Pew Research Center, 44 percent of those between ages of 18 to 29 “agree marriage is becoming obsolete.”

We used to be a nation, as Senator Rubio pointed out, where parents raised and cared for children, then those children cared for their aging parents. Where neighbors cared for neighbors.

We might note that the welfare state idea is not an American invention but an import from Europe. We also might note that about 20 percent of Europeans attend church regularly, half that of Americans.

Europe is characterized today by low birth rates – so low that they are not replacing themselves – and high unemployment rates. The unemployment rate in France has hovered between 8 and 11 percent over the last 25 years.

We must wonder if even we can take on our fiscal problems, if traditional American family life can be restored, and if we believe it even matters.

It is to Senator Rubio’s considerable credit that he has stood up to argue that we must look at the picture of our nation in its entirety. That we cannot separate our budget matters and our attitude toward government from our overall culture and our personal behavior.

What is before us today is not a battle of competing numbers but a battle of competing visions.

Is America to continue in the direction of welfare state materialism? Or will this be a free nation under God?

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Goalkeeper is lucky sometimes (Soccer Saturday)

September 4, 2011 – 12:37 am

Goalkeeper is lucky sometimes (Soccer Saturday)

Vegalta Sendai were up 1-0 in the first half of their J-League match against defending champions Nagoya Grampus Eight when the losing home side’s keeper, Yoshinari Takagi, came out of his area to collect the ball. He took too long to clear it., allowing Atsushi Yanagisawa to take the ball off him for a seemingly easy chance at a wide-open net. But, Yanagisawa decided to shoot from outside the box instead of going in a bit closer and ended up putting his shot wide of the far post.

Yanagisawa fell over in shock, while Takagi quickly resumed play in the hopes that no one would remember his goof-up to start the series of goof-ups. In the end, the combination of flubs didn’t matter, though, and Vegalta held on to win 1-0.

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SEC Football Roundup for Sept 3, 2011 jh12

September 4, 2011 – 12:33 am

We are learning a lot about other SEC teams as the season unfolds. Alabama and LSU have great defenses. Georgia has talent but they got beat soundly by Boise St. I really like Georgia’s coach and I will be upset if they let him go after this year. He is such a fine christian man and he has averaged 9 wins per season for 10 years now.

I really expect the SEC to again produce a team worthy of the BCS national championship game. In fact, I heard one ESPN announcer say that if the SEC champ has one loss then they should be in even if there are two other teams from other conferences that are undefeated.

(2) Alabama 48, Kent State 7 at Tuscaloosa, Ala.: AJ McCarron stepped up in Alabama’s quarterback race, throwing for a TD and 226 yards as the Crimson Tide beat Kent State.

Vying with Phillip Sims to replace Greg McElroy, McCarron had a 24-yard scoring toss to Marquis Maze and finished 14-of-23 passing.

McCarron was hardly perfect, throwing two interceptions. Sims also threw two interceptions — one that set up Kent State’s score — and finished 7-of-14 for 73 yards.

Starting in place of departed Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, Trent Richardson scored three TDs and ran for 37 yards.

(5) Boise State 35, (19) Georgia 21 at Atlanta: Kellen Moore threw for three touchdowns — giving him 102 in his career — and the Broncos romped past the Bulldogs, boosting their hopes of making another run to a major bowl while dealing a huge blow to embattled Georgia coach Mark Richt.

Moore, the nation’s top-rated passer last season completed 28 of 34 for 261 yards.

(12) South Carolina 56, East Carolina 37 at Charlotte, N.C.: Fifth-year senior Stephen Garcia came off the bench to run for two TDs and throw for another as he rallied the Gamecocks past East Carolina.

Marcus Lattimore added 112 yards and three TDs.

Garcia sat the first quarter as South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier started sophomore Connor Shaw. But the Gamecocks fumbled three times, including one by Shaw, and trailed 17-0 before Garcia entered the game. That’s when the offense started to click and South Carolina took control of the season opener.

(22) Florida 41, Florida Atlantic 3 at Gainesville, Fla.: John Brantley looked comfortable in Florida’s new offense, Chris Rainey scored three different ways and the 22nd-ranked Gators opened the Will Muschamp era by beating Florida Atlantic.

Brantley completed 21 of 30 passes for 229 yards and a TD, showing marked improvement in Charlie Weis’ pro-style offense. Rainey touched the ball 18 times, scoring on a 14-yard reception and a 14-yard run. He also scooped a blocked punt and sprinted 22 yards for a score.

Vanderbilt 45, Elon 14 at Nashville: Larry Smith threw for two TDs and ran for another score, and Vanderbilt beat Elon in coach James Franklin’s debut with the Commodores.

Franklin showed his willingness to gamble with the team considered the worst in the SEC, going for it on fourth down three times to keep drives alive scoring 17 points.

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Coach Mark Richt spoke at our Allen Hunt Show luncheon on Thursday. I had never met him before. The room was full, and anticipation buzzed in the room. While folks enjoyed discovering the virtually unknown, but extraordinarily important, ministry at Murphy Harpst Children’s Center (www.murphyharpst.org), nearly everyone attended to hear Richt. Coach Richt graciously signed autographs and posed for photos at the VIP reception before the luncheon. Watching him do that, I realized one of his most uncommon qualities. The guy has the rare ability to be completely present with whomever he is talking or posing. No distractions, no thinking about all the other things he needed to be doing, no worrying about the time. When I get in crowds and have a schedule to meet, my mind gets to spinning a million miles a second. Not Richt. We enjoyed lunch. While the rest of us ate, Coach Richt would take a bite or two, converse with one of the folks on his left or right, and then pick up his Bible, find something, make a note or two, and then go back to eating. I have to admit – I was very curious what he would say. Richt’s talk focused on faith as we had requested. The first ten minutes were devoted to walking the audience through the Bible on the faith of Abraham in Genesis and Hebrews. He took his time. He apologized for taking so long to get to his point but reassured us that he was getting there. Nearly the entire first half of his talk made the crowd restless as he poked through the Old Testament. Frankly, I had never seen anyone do what he was doing. Richt was unfazed. He unknowingly was making it OK for the men in that audience to delve into faith, the Bible, and even feel uncomfortable in doing so. And then he came on strong. By the end, after he had moved from the lessons of Genesis, to the real-life examples from his own life, marriage, family, and career, I found myself moved by the Spirit of God. Here was a man of considerable prominence who openly and rawly shared his own faith journey, warts, muscles and all. The raw honesty in sharing some of his deepest reflections and experiences stirred a lot of us. I am still receiving emails from folks who were moved by his remarks. Believers and non-believers alike. Very impressive. Unfiltered, raw, honest, and real. Very impressive indeed. We hope to have the audio posted on the web site this week. Well done, Coach Richt. Go Dawgs!


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