Police discontinues unlock policy

50 Years Ago From the Herald and

Democrat in 1970

Judges and judging categories were announced for the Pet Parade to be

held Sunday, May 3, at the

Judging Arena of the Benton County fairgrounds in Bentonville.

The event, sponsored by the Benton County

Humane Society, opened

the local observance of Be Kind to Animals Week. It was open to the public free

of charge and any child 14

years old or younger could enter any type of pet, Mrs.

Cass S. Hough, chairman

of the Pet Parade, announced.

Judges for the show were publishers, editors or managing editors of Benton County newspapers. They were: Jake Williams,

Rogers Daily News; Earl Jines, Pea Ridge Graphic; Dan Garrison, Benton County Democrat; Bob Lamberson, Gentry Journal

Advance; Howard Harp, Decatur Herald; George Perrine, Siloam Springs Herald and Democrat; Keith Sutterfield, Siloam Springs Interstate News; and Dodie Evans, Gravette News Herald.

25 Years Ago From the Herald-Leader

in 1995

Drivers were warned to be sure to hang onto their

keys starting May 1 because the Siloam Springs

Police Department would no longer be unlocking cars except in an emergency.

The new policy was being implemented because

during 1994, the Siloam Springs Police Department responded to 752 vehicle unlocks. Provided the vehicle unlocks took

no longer than 15 minutes

each, which could run as long as an hour in many cases, that was at the very

least 113 man hours spent

unlocking vehicles, away from mandated patrol duties.

Studards’ primary concern was the man hours spent unlocking vehicles could be spent more efficiently policing Highway

412 or the community.

A memo from Capt. Kelvin Hobbs concurred

with Studards’ recommendation for discontinuing the unlock policy and added that he did not feel the police department was in the “locksmith business.”

10 Years Ago From the Herald-Leader

in 2010

City Directors allowed the city administrator to

buy 23 acres important to the Sager Creek watershed.

The property is east of

Country Club Road and

north of the future extension

of Tahlequah Street.

Directors on April 20 approved City Administrator David Cameron to purchase the property, valued at

$150,000.

The property contains part of the headwaters of

Sager Creek that contribute

to the algae-growing phosphorous and nitrates.

Mud Creek, a tributary of

Sager Creek, flows through

the property the city looks to

buy, said Stacy Vaughn, city

communication director.

Plans were to use the land as a wetlands area to create a natural filter for the creek.

“We can clean it up at this spot,” Director John Turner said.