SPORTS | B1

SAMEOLDSTOREYFORRAZORBACKSASFORMERQBLEADSROUTOFHOGS

L IV ING | C1

ICONICGUITARISTADRIANLEGGHEADINGTOFORTSMITH

TUESDAY

Sunny; cold41° / 22°

MONDAY

A little rain53° / 23°

TODAY

Clouds, sun72° / 50°

Business................ B7-10Classifieds ............. D1-6Editorial ..............A12-13

Living .................... C1-6Obits ......................B5-6Sports..................... B1-5

Volume 137 Number 314© 2019 GateHouseMediaQuestions? Call 479-785-7700

Find us on all platforms 24/7

swtimes.com

$1.50Sunday,November 10, 2019 @TimesRecord Facebook.com/SWTimesRecord

ByMaxBryanTimes Recordmbryan@swtimes.com

It took Little Rock nativeAlbertMorgan Jr. almost fourdecades to receive his BronzeStar.Morgan,who in 1970 fought

NorthVietnamese troopswiththe4th InfantryDivision,waspinned at the Chaffee Cross-ing Veterans Day ceremonySaturday morning with themedal he was awarded thatyear but never received.Morgan during a North Viet-namese ambush in Cambodia

destroyed an enemymachinegun nest with a grenadelauncher andhelpedmovehiswounded comrades to safety.Morgan after the ceremony

said he was grateful for hishonor and the entire occasion.“It feels good,” he said.

“I’m happy about it, and myfamily is happy about it.”Morgan along with World

War IIArmyveteransManuelPerez and JohnAnthonyStairand Operation Desert StormArmy veteran Bradley ScottMcGarry at the ceremonySaturday received medalsthrough U.S. Senator JohnBoozman’s office that were

either stolen, lost, destroyedor awarded but not received.VietnamWar veterans TollieAdkins,BillyDoolyandRobertJohnson received the Spiritof Service Award from FortSmithMayorGeorgeMcGill atthe ceremony. Adkins, Doolyand Johnson,whoeach servedas helicopter pilots during thewar, are all from Fort Smithand have all been inductedinto the Arkansas MilitaryVeterans Hall of Fame.The ceremonypreceded the

eighth annualChaffeeCross-ing Veterans Day Parade,whichdrewscores of veteransandmilitary supporters to fill

the streets in support of thosewho have served.“I’m very appreciative of

it. I wish the whole countrycould see what it’s about,”Adkins said.The ceremony and parade

drew more than 1,300 par-ticipants, said ChaffeeCrossingMarketing DirectorLorie Robertson. It was thethird year in a row the eventhas drawn more than 1,200people, she said.Veterans from each of the

four major military brancheswere present at the ceremony

‘Theprice theypay’

Retired United States Army and Vietnam War veteran Albert Morgan Jr. shakes Lt. Col. Dwight Ikenberry’s hand after Ikenberry pinned him witha Bronze Star he received in 1970 at a ceremony preceding the Veterans Day Parade at Chaffee Crossing on Saturday at Chaffee Crossing. [MAX

BRYAN/TIMES RECORD]

Veterans honored with medals, city award at ceremony

By JadynWatson-FisherTimes Recordjwatsonfisher@swtimes.com

Future School and theUni-versity of Arkansas at FortSmith’s multicultural dinnerwas aneveningof funanda lotof international cuisine. Theevent was so well-attendedthey sold out of tickets.Nicolas Pattillo, UAFS

director for internationalrelations, said the depart-ment and InternationalStudent Association held thedinner on campus the previ-ous twoyears but outgrew thespace. He said it wanted topartner with an organizationthat could help provide foodand possibly host the event.Future School was a naturalchoice.For only $2, community

membersand thoseassociated

with the schools could enjoyfood from the more than 20countries that were repre-sentedat thedinner, includingCameroon, China, Ecuador,India, Italy, Ivory Coast,Japan andMexico.“Foodisalwaysthecommon

denominator.Almost in everyculture around the world,food is what brings peopletogether,” Pattillo said.“This is an easy way to bringattention to the internation-als and give an experiencefor people who don’t get thatopportunity.”Taylor Gilbreth, Future

School history teacher andadviser, said food is a lot likemusic or art, because it canconnect people no mattertheir background.

Future School, UAFS connect through food

Future School history teacher and adviser Taylor Gilbreth,left, reminds guests to vote for their favorite dishes from themulticultural dinner. The high school and the University of Arkansasat Fort Smith worked together on the dinner, featuring dishesfrom more than 20 countries, to benefit the Future School summereducation trip next July and the UAFS International StudentAssociation. [JADYN WATSON-FISHER/TIMES RECORD]

By JadynWatsonFisher Times Recordjwatsonfisher@swtimes.com

Veterans in the FortSmith community willhave an opportunity toreceive free dental workFriday as part of ‘Veter-an’s FreeDentistryDay.’My Dentist and Belle

Point Dental are part-nering up to providefree dental care for localveterans. According toa press release, the dayis designed to assistthe growing number ofpeople who have servedin the United Statesmilitary but are withoutinsurance.“We understand that

many veterans in ourcommunity and acrossthe nation haven’t beento the dentist for a longperiod of time,” said Dr.John Phillips ofMyDen-tist. “The event is a greatopportunityforustoshareour time and resourceswith themen andwomenwhohave dedicated their

Dentists toprovide freeservicesfor localveterans

ByMichael R. SisakThe Associated Press

NEW YORK — TheCBDcrazemight be leav-ing thewar ondrugs a bitdazed and confused.The extract that’s been

showingup in everythingfrom candy to coffeeis legally derived fromhemp plants, which lookand smell an awful lotlike that other cannabis—marijuana. They’re sosimilar, police officersand the field tests theyuse on suspected drugssometimes can’t tell thedifference.Case in point, New

York City police boastedon socialmedia thisweekabout what seemed likea significant drug bust:106 pounds of funky,greenplants that officersthought sure seemed likemarijuana.But the Vermont farm

that grew the plantsand the Brooklyn CBDshop that ordered theminsisted they’re actu-ally industrial hemp,and perfectly legal. And,they said, they have

Pot bustshighlightconfusionoverhemp

SeeVETS, A5

See FOOD, A5SeeDENTIST, A5

See POT, A5

TIMES RECORD | Sunday, November 10, 2019 A5

andproudlyhollered fromthe audience when theirbrancheswere recognizedfrom the podium. Theceremony also includedthe recognitionof ahand-ful of presentdescendantsofWorldWar I veterans,which Robertson saidprogrammers includedin the event to show howthe history of that warlives on.Members of the Fort

Smith police and firedepartments, theMilitaryOrder of thePurpleHeart,the Sebastian CountyVeterans Services officeand the Northside HighSchool marching bandand Reserve OfficersTraining Corps pro-gram participated in theparade. Adkins, Doolyand Johnson— the granddukes of the parade— ledthe procession inmilitaryjeeps along with Morgan

andMcGarry.Robertson said the

entire event was “a gooddose of patriotism.”“Lookathowmanykids

and young people are outhere, just reallygetting thesense of what it means to

serve your country and tohonor people who makesacrifices,” she said.While Robertson spoke

well of the turnout, Viet-namMarineCorpsveteranChris Remaley said hewould have liked to have

seen more spectators.Robertson still saidpublicinterest in the paradeseemed to be higher in2019 than in years prior.Even so, Remaley and

other veterans said theyenjoyed and appreciated

the event. World WarII Navy veteran Thur-man Jordan said he was“overwhelmed” with thehospitalityheexperiencedSaturday.“It’s real nice, and I

think it’s a good thingfor the veterans,” saidMorgan. “What the vet-erans go through to keepthis country and democ-racy, theprice theypay, isreally high. A lot of them

have lost their lives.”Because the event was

held for theveterans,Rob-ertson hoped they wouldbenefit themost from it.“Veterans carry dif-

ficult things,” she said.“We hope this is part ofthe healing process forthem.”“Take time to thank a

veteran,” Remaley said.“Just say ‘thank you’ —that’s it.”

VETSFrom Page A1

Vietnam War veterans Tollie Adkins, from left, Billy Dooly and Robert Johnson of FortSmith receive the Spirit of Service Award from Fort Smith Mayor George McGill ata ceremony preceding the Veterans Day Parade at Chaffee Crossing on Saturday atChaffee Crossing. [MAX BRYAN/TIMES RECORD]

Members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart paradeon their float at the Veterans Day Parade at ChaffeeCrossing on Saturday. [MAX BRYAN/TIMES RECORD]

“ ( I t ’ s ) someth ingeverybody enjoys, and itcan tell you a lot aboutsomebody else’s cul-ture,” Gilbreth said.“That’s a great part aboutthe world. You can enjoyeach other’s dishes andtry something new.”Part of the proceeds of

the dinner will be usedtoward Future School’sfirst international trip.Gilbreth said there areabout 20 students in theInternational Club andsome will get to visitPanamanext July for eight

days.The group will tour

PanamaCity, thePanamaCanal, speak with scien-tistswhowork in the rainforest and do agriculturework on a farm.Despite being the fac-

ulty member over theclub, he’s never beenout of the country and isexcited for the opportu-nities the group will havenext summer.“That’s kind of inter-

esting,” Gilbreth saidabout his lack of inter-national travel. “But I’mreally passionate aboutlearning about differentcultures and the historybehind everything.”In addition to being a

fundraiser for the highschool, the dinner servedas anopportunity to bringawareness to the grow-ing international studentpopulation and connectthem with communitymembers.Pattillo said he started

inhis position about threeyears ago. In that time,the number of interna-tional students has gonefrom 20 to 40.Fort Smith’s history

includes a largeVietnem-ese population, whichPattillo said the univer-sity capitalized on. Now,though, it’s taking stepsto reach out to studentsacross the globe.“I think it really says

we’re finally taking stepswe need to be to createa more international,diversified campus,”Pattillo said, noting theconnections people ofdifferent backgroundscanmakewith eachother.With a gym full of

people who are young,old, rich, poor and avariety of races, the twoeducational institutionssucceeded in bringinga little bit of everyonetogether.“I’m just super excited

we could partnerwith theFuture School,” Pattillosaid. “I’mhappywecoulddo it, and I look forwardto doing it more in thefuture.”

FOODFrom Page A1

lives toour country.”Those without access

to dental care mayexperience tooth loss,periodontal disease andmisaligned teeth. Indi-viduals may experienceother health issues —including heart disease,diabetes andoral cancer— which have beenlinked to periodontaldisease.The release states

traditional oral examscan help detect theseand other health prob-lems thatmaypose evenbigger risks.Drs. Kyle Sharp and

Phillip Morton of BellePo int Denta l bothexpressed gratitude forthe veterans they willserve and hope to posi-tively impact their lives.“We are incredibly

thankful for everythingthese veteranshave sac-rificed,” Dr. Kyle Sharp

of Belle Point Dentalsaid in the release.“Through this event,wehope to honor and sup-port our local veteransand encourage them toadopt an ongoing oralcare regimen.”The event will pro-

vide cleaning, fillingand extraction servicesfor patients betweenthe hours of 8 a.m. and2 p.m. Friday. It will beheld at the My Dentistlocation on 6323 RogersAvenue, and a team ofdentists and their tech-nicians will be on handto serve those whoattend.Pa t i en t s w i l l be

treated on a first-come,first-served basis. Theyare asked to bring avalid form of veteran’sidentification, such asa veteran’s I.D., licensewith veteran’s stamp orDD214 record.For more informa-

tion about the day, visitFreeDentistryDay.orgor call My Dentist at479-434-5889.

DENTISTFrom Page A1

paperwork to prove it.Nevertheless, when

the shop’s owner brotherwent to the police sta-tion to straighten thingsout, he was arrested.Police said a field testhad come back positiveformarijuana.Shop owner Oren Levy

said that’s likely becausehemp often tests positivefor a permissible, traceamount ofTHC, or tetra-hydrocannabinol, whichis the chemical in canna-bis that causes people toget high.Field tests used by law

enforcement officers candetect THC but aren’tsophisticated enough tospecify whether a ship-ment is legal hemp orlow-grade illegal pot, anddrug-sniffing dogs willalert on both.“He was a hungry cop.

He thought he had thebustof theday,”saidLevy,whose Green Angel CBDNYC sells oils, teas andother products contain-ing the extract. He saidhe fears the seizure couldforce himout of business.CBD, or cannabidiol, is

alsofoundinmarijuanabutdoesnothaveanintoxicat-ingeffect.Somepeoplesayitprovides themwithpainand anxiety relief.“Ican’tbelieveI’mgoing

through this for a legalbusiness,” Levy said. “Ican’t believe my poorbrother got lockedup.”OrenandRonenLevyare

not alone.Since the U.S. govern-

ment removed industrialhemplastyear fromthe listof illegal drugs, a numberof similar cases havecropped up across thecountry.In July, a manwho said

he was delivering 300pounds (136 kilograms)of hemp to a MinnesotaCBD-oil processing com-panywasarrested inSouthDakota after authoritiestheresaid it testedpositivefor THC. The substance“looked and smelled like

raw marijuana,” a statetrooper said.In January, Idaho

authorities arrested atruck driver and seizednearly7,000pounds (3,175kilograms) of what theybelieved to be marijuana,even though the companyshipping thematerial saidaccompanyingpaperworkmade clear it was indus-trial hemp.At least two other

truckers and two security

guards involved in trans-portingwhat theysaidwasindustrialhemphavebeenarrested and chargedwithfelony drug trafficking. InMay, theU.S. AgricultureDepartmentsentamemo-randum instructing statesnot to block the trans-portation of hemp thatcontains0.3%orlessTHC.The Nov. 2 Brook-

lyn bust that landedRonen Levy in handcuffsstemmed from a tip from

a FedExworker who sus-pectedthe loadofplantsontheirway fromFoxHollerFarms inFairHaven,Ver-mont to Levy’s shopweremarijuana,NewYorkCitypolice said.“We got information

about a large package ofdrugs. We got it in here.We field tested it asmari-juana,calledthe individualin. He was placed underarrest,” said NYPDChiefof Department TerenceMonahan.“It is currently at the

lab at this point tomake afinal determination, wasit hemp?”Monahan said.“The individual had nobill of lading justifying itsdelivery.”Ronen Levy, who runs

his own CBD businesscatering to pets, pleadednot guilty to multiplecounts of felony criminalpossession of marijuana.He was released on hisown recognizance andis due back in court onNov. 19.

POTFrom Page A1

In this undated photo taken from the New York PoliceDepartment Facebook page, officers stand by what NYPDthought was marijuana. [NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT VIA

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

111019swtr_a@005.pdf 1 10-Nov-19 02:50:03