Letter: no charges against former Pike County Sheriff

Nashville News
The
Sheriff
warns of
alleged
scam
The Howard
County Sheriff’s
Ofice is warning area residents
about a potential
scam targeting the
region. According to Sheriff Butch
Morris, oficers have
received numerous
calls from residents
stating that they
are receiving calls
from local numbers
asking them to give
out their credit card
numbers. Victims
have reported that
the callers are saying they need the
information to help
them lower their
interest rates. “Make
sure you do not give
out your personal information to anyone
that you do not know
or trust,” Morris
said in a statement
issued to local media
today.
THURSDAY • july 17, 2014 • Issue 55 • 1 Section • 12 Pages • USPS 371-540 • 75 cents • PUBLISHED EACH MONDAY & THURSDAY In Howard County, Arkansas since 1878
Letter: no charges
against former Pike
County Sheriff
traffic stopper
CHARLES GOODIN
Editor
D.E. RAY | Nashville News
Arkansas State Trooper Clayton McWilliams and an employee of Bypass Diesel inspect
the wreckage of a 1989 Mack log truck that overturned south of Tollette Wednesday.
According to police reports, the accident occurred around 1:35 p.m. after the truck’s trailer
axle hanger broke and a tire blew out. The driver, Lyle Gann, of Amity, was treated for
minor wounds at the scene and released. At press time, he had not been cited, and was
praised by law enforcement at the scene of the accident for his exemplary driving record.
MURFREESBORO - An
investigation into the accounting and money-handling practices of former
Pike County Sheriff Preston
“Pep” Glenn has concluded
and no charges are to be
filed against the ex-law enforcement official, according to a document acquired
by the Nashville News.
In a letter addressed to
the Hon. Charles A. Yeagan dated July 10, Special
Prosecuting Attorney Jack
McQuary wrote that incomplete records prevented the
investigation from turning
up enough evidence to
press charges on Glenn.
“Prosecutors, in order to
file charges against someone, must present to the
judiciary probable cause
for that person to be arrested, then must prove
the charges against that
person beyond a reasonable doubt for conviction,”
McQuary said in the letter.
“In this case, do I believe
there was criminal activity concerning accounts of
the Pike County Sheriff’s
Department? Yes. Is there
enough evidence to prove
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Family
seeking
donations
Third
Friday
singing set
The third Friday
night singing will be
held Fri., July 18 at
6:30 p.m. at County
Line Baptist Church,
located ive miles
west of Nashville on
Hwy. 371. Everybody is invited to
come and join the
singing. For more
information, call Leta
Cox at 200-5368.
KAtELyN COffmAN
Staff Writer
MINERAL SPRINGS – Roy Backus has
been hired to serve as girls’ basketball
and track coach and as assistant football
coach. He was officially hired last Monday
after applying for the position a month ago.
Backus was born and raised in Mineral
Springs, but had been commuting to his
coaching job in Ashdown for the past 14
years. His three children attend school
at Nashville so when he had the chance
to transfer to Mineral Springs, he took it
because it gave him the opportunity to be
by his family.
Backus attended school at Henderson
State University and went on to Southern Arkansas University to complete his
degree work. He got his first coaching
job in the small town of Hattig then at
Ashdown.
According to Backus, his upbringing in Mineral Springs is part of what
inspired him to become a coach in
the first place.
“Growing up in this little town, all
we really had was ball,” he stated.
Because of that and his love for
kids, coaching seemed like the
See BACKUS | Page 3
CHARLES GOODIN | Photo Illustration
Attempts at a
beneit for a Glenwood man have thus
far fallen short of
expectations. Rob
Faulkner, a former
truck driver, had
recently experienced
a major heart attack
on June 18, 2013.
He has since had
three more, along
with surgery that
placed six stents.
Faulkner has also
been recently diagnosed with COPD
and can no longer
work, but has thus
far been denied a
disability designation.
Cathy Faulkner,
wife of Rob, states
that the family is
now living exclusively on her monthly
social security
checks and are unable to afford many
of his medications,
which are not classiied as maintenance
necessary.
“The family is
feeling frustrated,”
said Cathy at the
inability to get interest in the fund raiser
started in a community known for
heavily supporting
such causes.
Those looking to
help - either monetarily or via items
for rafle/auction
purposes - are asked
to contact Christy
Franks (daughter) at
200-2713 or Sheila
Faulkner (sister) at
557-0639.
A webpage has
also been set up for
the cause, which
can be viewed
at gofundme.
com/9i7470. Thus
far, simply due to a
lack of response, a
bank account has
not been opened for
donation purposes.
“I have always
been a daddy’s girl
... my father means
so much to me, but
I can only help so
much. I’m asking
for help for my dads
medical bills, gas,
ect. He is unable to
work and is ighting
disability. Any help is
appreciated. Thank
you,” said Franks on
the website.
Franks is an employee of Nashville
Sonic.
Historical society
approves bylaws,
elects officers
during first meeting
preparing for camp
KAtELyN COffmAN
Staff Writer
NASHVILLE – Board officers were
elected at the Howard County Historical
Society’s first official organizational meeting Tuesday evening.
Freddy Horn was elected president,
Rachel Cooper was elected vice president,
Maura Bissell was elected treasurer and
Nikki Cherry now holds the position of
secretary.
As of the meeting, there are 12 paid
members. Currently, dues are owed a year
from the date in which they are paid and
there is no specific date for every person
to pay. According to board members, the
policy may change in the future once the
organization becomes more established.
Having special rates for people such as
families, gold members, lifetime members
and corporate sponsors may be incorporated into the bylaws at a later date,
but currently there is a set rate of $20 per
person.
The Historical Society currently has
$570 as of the meeting with $240 coming
from paid members and $330 in contributions.
A bank account for the organization is
about to be opened.
AARON GRIMES | Nashville News
Families of the Ebenezer Revival Camp stand outside of their rustic cabins just outside of Center Point
on a cool Thursday night, preparing for a weekend of fellowship and fun. Revival services will be held
every day this upcoming week at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. There will also be services held at 3 p.m. on Sundays
and Wednesdays. Ebenezer was first mentioned in available church records in 1822. In 1837, Rev. John
H. Propps donated land for the camp ground near the Center Point Cemetery. John Henry, one of the
founders of the original camp ground near Old Washington, sent his son John Henry, Jr. to handle moving
arrangements. John Henry is buried in the Center Point Cemetery. After moving two more times, seeking
more space and spring water, Ebenezer trustees purchased the present 40 acre site in 1837. Pictured are
(front row) Sarah Weston, Noah Weston, Natalie Fletcher, Landry Carter, (back row) Merilyn Jones, Cindy
Lock, Bailee Weston, Peyton Carter and Jeanne Weston.
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Garner’s hard
work lead to
founding of
popular lake
William Carl Garner was a good-natured and gracious
man, but through his many years of hard work became the
man who put Greers Ferry Lake on the map and became
the heart of the north-central Arkansas lake community.
Garner was born in Sulphur Rock in Independence
County in 1915. He graduated
at the top of his class in 1933
Dr. kenneth
and later attended Arkansas
briDges
College (which became Lyon
History
College in 1994) in nearby
Professor
Batesville on a basketball
scholarship. He graduated
with a degree in economics
in 1938. After graduation, he got a job with the US Army
Corps of Engineers. In 1945, he was transferred to the
Little Rock District.
In 1959, approaching mid-age, he discovered his life’s
calling as construction began on Greers Ferry Lake. For
the next several years, Garner carefully surveyed the area
and studied every detail of the effort. His efforts earned
him promotion to resident engineer in 1962, a position he
would embrace for the next thirty-four years. In October
1963, President John F. Kennedy, in one of his last public
appearances, came to dedicate the facility, with Garner on
the platform with a delegation of state and local dignitaries. In one interview, Garner recounted riding in the
presidential limousine afterward with President Kennedy,
Sen. John McClellan, and Rep. Wilbur Mills all listening to
the World Series game on the radio.
While construction was complete, for Garner, the work
was just beginning. Determined to make the lake a success
and an economic engine for Cleburne County, he lobbied
legislators and members of Congress continually for funding and for awareness of the lake’s potential. He spoke to
numerous groups and media outlets and made sure the
lake’s facilities were up-to-date, safe, and clean.
He loved the lake and worked to keep it in pristine
condition. He wanted the public to enjoy the beauty of
the lake area as he saw it, and in 1970, organized a public
effort to clean up the shoreline and lake facilities at Greers
Ferry and the Little Red River. This would become an annual effort. So impressed by its success, Congress called
for similar efforts every year at all national parks and federally-maintained lakes in 1985. In 1995, this became Carl
Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day, to this day marked the
first Saturday after Labor Day.
Garner was named the top resident engineer out of 440
by the Corps of Engineers in 1979 and received an honorary doctorate from Arkansas College in 1994. Only in 1996,
at the age of 81, did he retire from his official duties at
Greers Ferry. He had served 58 years, one of the longest
careers in the federal government. More importantly for
Garner, the lake had become a multi-million dollar attraction for the area, a place of recreation and joy for thousands, and local citizens would continue preservation and
pollution control efforts through the Save Greers Ferry
organization and other efforts.
Even after his retirement, Garner would never stop his
work with the lake. He continued to work with state and
national leaders for funding and would speak with any
organization about the many benefits of the lake. In June,
just after his ninety-ninth birthday, the Keep Arkansas
Beautiful Commission named Garner one of its top 25 inspiration leaders for his work with Greers Ferry. He would
pass away quietly a month later, surrounded by a loving
family and revered by a community forever altered by one
man’s love for the beauty of the natural world.
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Dr. Kenneth Bridges, a History Professor at South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado, can be reached
at [email protected]. The South Arkansas Historical
Foundation is dedicated to educating the public about the
state’s rich history. The SAHF can be contacted at PO Box
144, El Dorado, AR, 71730, at 870-862-9890 or at http://
soarkhistory.com/.
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flavor-of-the-week politics
WASHINGTON -- “This is
not theater.”
T h a t w a s P re s i d e n t
Obama’s answer in Dallas
last week to critics who said
he should have gone to the
border to see firsthand the
mass immigration of unaccompanied minors that has
suddenly seized Washington’s attention.
The president is wrong.
The terror, abuse and suffering of children shouldn’t be
theater, but it is. All the political world today is a stage.
Our national dialogue has
become a series of one-act
plays: Each runs for a week
or two, the critics volunteer
their reviews of the president’s performance, and
then it closes just as quickly
-- perhaps, like Benghazi, to
be revived for a second run
at a later date.
Last week, Washington’s
thespians were chorusing
about the border crisis. Is
it Obama’s fault? Has he
mishandled it? The border
situation will be much the
same a couple of weeks from
now, but it’s a safe bet that
the political world will have
moved on to another oneact show. My nomination:
Whether Obama is to blame
for the upsurge of violence
in Israel and the Palestinian
territories.
So it has been going for
months. Two weeks ago,
the show was about the
Dana
milbank
Washington
Post
IRS and Lois Lerner’s missing emails. A week before
that, Washington was deep
in a seemingly existential
debate about the terrorists
who had overrun much of
Iraq and Syria. Two weeks
earlier, the play was about
the Bowe Bergdahl prisoner
swap with the Taliban. Two
weeks before that, it was
about the veterans’ health
care scandal. A week before
that, the play was about the
kidnapped schoolgirls in
Nigeria. A week earlier, there
had been a brief reprise of
the Benghazi show, because
a previously unknown document had surfaced. Before
that was the one-act play
about Ukraine.
Such is the attention-deficit disorder that has come
to afflict our politics. Those
Nigerian schoolgirls are still
missing. The situation in
Iraq is every bit as grim as
it was when Washington
was paying attention, and
perhaps more so. Ukraine is
still volatile and veterans still
aren’t getting the level of service they deserve. But now
we care only about whether
Obama’s failure to visit the
border was his “Katrina moment,” after George W. Bush’s
weak initial response to the
2005 hurricane.
There are many (including the media) to blame for
leaving Washington in need
of a group rate for Ritalin.
Republicans had for years
spent most of their breath on
two issues -- unemployment
and Obamacare -- but both
have lost political potency
now that job growth is accelerating and the health care
law has stabilized.
Lacking another dominant issue, they’re trying
the flavor-of-the-week approach. This aimless Congress (which makes no effort
to set a legislative agenda)
leaves a vacuum for Capitol
Hill’s troublemakers to take
up issues only to see what
political damage they might
cause.
Obama, too, has had a
bit of an attention-deficit
problem. In the last couple
of weeks, for example, he
has bounced in every direction, speaking about, among
other things, the border, the
economy, education, immigration, the highway bill,
executive actions, gay rights
and veterans. The bully pulpit isn’t what it used to be,
but the president still can focus the nation’s attention on
a topic if he hammers away
at it relentlessly. Bush did
this. Obama chooses not to.
As Washington drifts,
the public follows. In last
month’s Pew Research Center poll, which measured the
percentage of Americans following major stories closely,
the top story was veterans’
health care, followed by
Iraq and the IRS. None of
those was among the top
stories the previous month,
when the Nigerian kidnapping dominated. Before that,
it was the missing Malaysian
airlines flight. Before that:
cold weather.
A decade ago, the Iraq
War routinely dominated
public attention. In recent
years, the economy, and to a
lesser extent Obamacare, did
the same. For the first time in
years, there’s no overarching
crisis at home or abroad,
and Obama can take some
satisfaction in this. But the
nation’s wandering attention
will only worsen if Obama
doesn’t try to help it focus.
A top Obama adviser,
justifying the decision not
to send the president to
the border, told me that the
hubbub would dissipate in a
couple of weeks, even as the
crisis, and the administration’s response, continues.
That’s probably so, but it
does Obama no good to piously shun theatrics. If he
embraces his potential as
writer, producer and director, he can stage a better
production.
Bordering on heartless
WASHINGTON -- Glenn
Beck says he has come under fierce attack from some
of his fellow conservatives
for a grave transgression.
His crime? He announced
plans to bring food, water, teddy bears and soccer
balls to at least some of the
tens of thousands of Central
American children who have
crossed the border into the
United States.
“Through no fault of their
own, they are caught in
political crossfire,” Beck
said. “Anyone, left or right,
seeking political gain at the
expense of these desperate, vulnerable, poor and
suffering people are reprehensible.”
Beck, not averse a certain
grandiosity, let us know that
“I’ve never taken a position
more deadly to my career
than this.” But assume he’s
right -- and he may well be.
It’s one more sign of how
the crisis at our border has
brought out the very worst
in our political system and
a degree of plain nastiness
that we should not be proud
of as a nation.
Let’s stipulate: This is
a difficult problem. Unless
the United States is willing
to open its borders to all
comers -- a goal of only the
purest libertarians and a
very few liberals -- we will
face agonizing choices about
whom to let in and whom to
turn away.
Moreover, it’s clearly true,
as The Washington Post
editorialized, that “there
is nothing humanitarian in
tacitly encouraging tens of
thousands of children to risk
their lives, often at the hands
of cutthroat smugglers, to
enter this country illegally.”
But instead of dealing with
this problem in a thoughtful
way reflecting shared responsibility across party
lines, President Obama’s
critics quickly turned to the
business of -- if I may quote
Beck -- seeking political gain.
Last week, the only issue
that seemed to matter was
whether Obama visited the
border.
It’s not just partisan politics, either. It should bother
religious people that politicians pay a lot of attention
when conservative church
leaders speak out against
contraception and gay rights
but hardly any when religious voices suggest that
these children deserve empathy and care.
There are those in our
clergy who could usefully
consider whether they speak
a lot louder when they’re
talking about sexuality than
when they’re preaching
about love. Nonetheless,
many religious leaders are
condemning callousness
toward these kids.
“The church cannot be
silent,” the Rev. Gabriel Salguero, president of the National Latino Evangelical
Coalition, wrote in Time
magazine, “as angry groups
of people stoking the flames
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Dionne
Washington
Post
of fear yell at buses filled
with helpless immigrant
children and women.”
And Sister Mary Ann
Walsh, the media director
for the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops, called for
“a moral conscience moment” akin to the response
during the civil rights era “in
the welcoming of children
and others escaping the
violence in such countries
as Guatemala, El Salvador
and Honduras.”
It is said, and it’s true,
that the William Wilberforce
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
that swept through Congress
and was signed by President
George W. Bush in December
2008 has had the unintended
consequence of encouraging the Central American
children to head north. To
protect victims of sex trafficking, the law guaranteed
an immigration hearing to
unaccompanied minors, except for those from Canada
and Mexico.
As the bill was making
its way through Congress,
members of both parties
could not stop congratulating themselves for their
compassion. The bill, Rep.
Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb.,
said, arose from “exemplary
bipartisan cooperation” and
showed how big-hearted
we are.
“Together, let us end the
nightmare of human trafficking,” he declared, “and
lead the world to see, in the
poignant words of Alexis de
Tocqueville, that America
is great because America is
good.”
Suddenly, although kids
are still involved, we are
far less interested in being
“good” than in protecting
our borders.
All the pressure now is to
change the Wilberforce Act
so it would no longer apply
to Central American children. There’s a strong logic
to this. The law does create
a powerful incentive for unaccompanied minors from
Central America (which is
not that much farther away
than Mexico) to seek entry,
en masse, to our country.
But there is another logic:
that the anti-trafficking law
really did embody a “good”
instinct by holding that we
should, as much as we can,
treat immigrant children
with special concern. Do
we rush to repeal that commitment the moment it becomes inconvenient? Or
should we first seek other
ways to solve the problem?
Yes, policymakers should
be mindful of unintended
consequences. But all of us
should ponder the cost of
politically convenient indifference.
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in playground
following address
BACKUS
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appropriate career path.
Throughout his years of
coaching, his favorite thing
has been watching his students grow and seeing how
much they mature from
seventh grade throughout
high school.
“I enjoy seeing them grow
as a member of society,” he
explained.
At฀Ashdown,฀Backus฀won฀
numerous district titles for
both junior high and high
school. His team was state
runner up in 2006. He has
also been behind several
championships and sent
multiple kids to All Star
games.
His goal for his Mineral
Springs girls’ basketball
team is for them to win the
district championship and
get into regionals.
“Anything can happen,”
Backus฀said.฀“It฀takes฀a฀lot฀of฀
luck. It takes good athletes,
but it also takes a little luck
to go with it.”
He feels that the key to
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Mrs. Jo Ann Strong, age 63 of Bingen, Arkansas passed away at her home
on Sunday, July 13, 2014. She was
born, Monday, November 6, 1950 in
Bloomington, Illinois to Donald Frank
and Ruth M. Chambers Williams. Jo
Ann is survived by her husband, Bob
Syzdek of Bingen, two sons; Seth Strong, and his
wife, Cheryl, and Bob Strong all of Nashville, two
daughters; Jami Strong and Lesli Strong both of
Nashville, brother, Donny Williams of Illinois and
sister; Hazel Chase of Phoenix, Arizona and ive
grandchildren, other family member and friends.
Memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., on
Saturday, July 26, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church of Nashville. Rev. James Harris will oficiate the service.
Arrangements are by Brazzel/Oakcrest The Funeral Home of Hope, Eddie Brazzel, Director. Online guestbook: www.brazzelfuneralhomes.com.
tent revival scheduled on Hutchinson St.
The Pastor Vasper Cooper and First Providence Church
will host a tent revival on Hutchinson Street in New Edition
in Nashville from Mon., July 21 to Fri., July 25. Events will kick
off each night at 6:30 p.m., with worship services beginning
at 7 p.m. An additional day-long youth session will be held
Thurs., July 24 from 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. For more information
about the event, contact Margaret Cooper at 200-3543.
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Survivors include two daughters, Debbie Davis
and husband, Floyd of Nashville and Judy Smith and
husband, Gerald Wayne of DeQueen; one brother,
Walter Artre; four sisters, Ethel Baxter, Ila Hill, Helen
Kitchens, and Jo Wainwright; ive grandchildren,
Jason and Joanna Davis, Jennifer Jones, Joshua and
Jennifer Davis, Jarred and Ashley Smith, and Ashley
Davis; and seven great-grandchildren; and one
special friend, Don Whisenhunt; numerous nieces
and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends
mourn her passing.
No services are announced at this time.
You may send an online sympathy message at
www.latimerfuneralhome.com
Undra Hendrix, Sr., July 1
Mr. Undra Lenord Hendrix, Sr., age
45 of Nashville passed away on July 9,
2014. He was born to Ira Hendrix Jr. and
the late Dorothy Stewart Hendrix on
January 19, 1969 in Nashville, Arkansas.
He leaves to honor his memory his wife of 17
years, Melisha Hendrix of Nashville; his father, Ira
Hendrix, Jr. of Nashville; two sons, Undra Hendrix,
Jr. and DreVon Hendrix, both of Nashville; three
daughters, Delicia Hendrix and DeMia Hendrix,
both of Nashville and Gabrielle Swift of Arkadelphia; three brothers, Ralph (Debra) Hendrix of Texarkana, Ira Lewis Scott of Hope and Rodney (Karen)
Nelson of Nashville; one sister, Shirley Stevens of
Nashville; six grandchildren; two aunts, Minnie
Willis of San Francisco, California and Velma (Ben)
Williamson of Ozan; four uncles, Isaac Stewart of
McCaskill, Lee Dell Stewart of Antioch, California,
Henry (Ruth) Stewart of Nashville and Andrew (Alzean) Stewart of Ozan; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, sisters-in-law and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m., on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at the 6th Street Auditorium,
Nashville, Arkansas under the direction of Nashville
Funeral Home.
You may send the family an online sympathy
message to www.nashvillefh.com.
liquidation sale
D.E. RAY | Nashville News
The liquidation auction of Master Kraft Construction of Nashville was held Wednesday morning at the closing
business’s location. A total of 110 bidders registered with Blackmon Auctions to bid on 487 items, but more than
300 attended the sale.
The family of Cindy Reed DeWitt
would like to thank everyone
for their calls, cards, food,
visits, flowers, & memorials. We
appreciate it very much.
Reuben & Jo Jo Reed
Larry & Madison DeWitt
Perhaps you sent a lovely card,
Or sat quietly in a chair
Perhaps you sent a floral piece,
If so we saw it there.
Perhaps you spoke the kindest words,
As many friends could say;
Perhaps you were not there at all,
Just thought of us that day.
Whatever you did to console our hearts,
We thank you so much whatever the part.
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a successful team is having
a good relationship with its
members and receiving support from the community.
“It takes time [to be successful] and goes back to the
rapport you have with the
kids. The kids have to buy
into what you’re doing. The
main thing is to get the kids
and the community behind
me,” he explained. “Every
coach is different. It’s going
to be ongoing and you’ve
just got to keep work and see
how far you can go.”
Backus฀ is฀ currently฀ getting familiar with his team
and said, “Coach Martin left
the girls’ program in good
shape. Right now I’m getting
in here and getting to know
the girls.”
So far, his response has
been positive. He stated
that the team has been very
attentive and that he’s observed a good number show
up to the practices he’s had.
Overall,฀Backus฀is฀looking฀
forward to be working in his
hometown.
“I live two blocks from
here and it’s awesome. It’s
been tough leaving Ashdown
but coming back home has
been exciting,” he said.
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July 14, 2014 in Nashville. She
was born on February 16, 1940, the
daughter of the late James Monroe
Artre and Artie Mae Adair Artre.
She was
a retired cafeteria
manager for the Nashville school
systems and member of the Lone
Oak Baptist Church in DeQueen.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded
in death by her husband, Glenn Ray Wilson; two
brothers, James Artre and Garland Artre; and two
sisters, Lorene Lowder and Frankie Logan.
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NASHVILLE – Police Chief
Dale Pierce addressed the
park commission during
Tuesday evening’s meeting.
Pierce said he often does
work with special needs
children and stated that he
has had people come to
him and ask about getting
a fence around one of the
playgrounds at the park for
autistic youths, who often
have a tendency to wander
away from their parents.
Members of the commission agreed with his idea and
began debating on the best
type of fencing to use, finally
coming to the conclusion
that an aluminum fencing
made to resemble a wrought
iron would be best. They
also agreed that the middle
playground would be the
best place to seclude. Pierce
plans to get back with the
park on price information.
The frame for the Ronnie
K. Woods memorial pavilion
was completed the day of
the meeting. The iron work
and roof still has to be painted. It will be set up to allow
for electricity to be run to it.
The commission also spoke
briefly of possibly putting a
water fountain near the pavilion. As for seating, for now
tables the park already has
will be placed under the pavilion but later on purchasing more specifically for the
area might be looked into.
Other topics discussed at
the meeting were:
•฀ Boards฀ on฀ the฀ tables฀
need to be replaced.
•฀ Putting฀ boulders฀ at฀ intervals to keep people from
driving on the trail.
•฀The฀basketball฀goals฀are฀
completed except for striping, which will be done as
soon as there is not a chance
of rain for at least three days.
•฀The฀bid฀for฀eight,฀threetiered concrete bleachers
to be constructed at the
baseball complex was read
aloud and the plans were
presented.
•฀The฀vender฀of฀the฀metal฀
light poles, which they plan
to place on the baseball
fields, wants to have the
lighting specs from the original plans, but they can’t be
found.฀ Because฀ of฀ this,฀ the฀
mayor would like to differ
from the original plan and
share only the interior poles.
Instead of having only 12
poles, it was proposed that
there be 20, some of which
shorter than the original 12.
The mayor also proposed
the idea of replacing the old
light with new ones. As of
now, no final decisions have
been made.
•฀ The฀ total฀ cost฀ for฀ the฀
soccer complex sign and
base will $1,175. $100 of that
will be donated by Crete
Cast.
•฀Revisions฀of฀the฀memorial bench and tree policy
were discussed after people
expressed concern with
the number of benches being placed on the walking
trails. No final decisions
were made, but a policy will
be looked up.
•฀The฀park฀received฀quiet฀
a bit of lightening damage
to security cameras, lights,
phones and other devices
because of the recent storm.
•฀After฀going฀into฀executive session, a motion was
made to hire Junior Witherspoon as the maintenance
supervisor at the current
supervisor’s position at the
same salary. Junior was on a
temporary basis for 28 days
but has now been promoted
to his current position. The
motion was voted on unanimously.
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Lt. Governor candidate visits southwest Arkansas
D.E. RAy
Managing Editor
NASHVILLE - On the
same day as the airing of
the first television commercial for his campaign for
lieutenant governor, Democratic candidate John Burkhalter toured Nashville
and Murfreesboro.
Burkhalter made this
an early campaign stop
because of his long roots
in the area. His greatgrandfather, Wylie Newman McClure, was sheriff
and county judge in Pike
County, and McClure family
members had interests in
the peach industry in Highland on the line between
Howard and Pike Counties.
Burkhalter began his
tour of the area by meeting
with Nashville city clerk
Liz McDaniel, financial
manager Jimmy Dale and
mayor Billy Ray Jones,
who he spoke to about his
background as an engineer
and small business owner
and plans to streamline
the state‘s apparatus for
economic development.
He also met with Howard
County treasurer Sherri
Mixon, circuit clerk-elect
Angie Lewis, deputy prosecutor Aaron Brasel, and
assessor Deb Teague at
the Howard County courthouse before making a stop
to pick up some of Tim
Jones’s peaches from Bob
Martin’s fruit stand on his
way to Murfreesboro.
In Murfreesboro, Burkhalter spoke with deputy
county clerk and city recorder/treasurer Penny
Lamb, as well as police
chief Randy Lamb, and
also Pike County treasurer
Loletia Rather, assessor
Beckie Alden and circuit
clerk Donna White. He
also made a side-trip to
the Crater of Diamonds
State Park and spent quite
a bit of time in discussion
with park superintendent
Caleb Howell. He praised
the park highly as a model
L
isa and John Jones, of
Dierks, announce the
engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter,
Jennifer Diane Bostic, to Christopher Glen Gates, son of Terri
and Ron Byrd, of Nashville, and
Billy Gates, of Paris, Texas.
Jennifer is the grand daughter of
D.E. RAY | Nashville News
Lieutenant Governor candidate John Burkhalter visits with Sherry Beaty-Sullivan Tuesday during a campaign swing
through southwest Arkansas. Burkhalter also visited public officials in Pike County.
for what other state parks
can be to drive economic
Daniel and Rhesa Kesterson, of Dierks
and Nonavee and the late Frankie Jones.
She is a 2003 graduate of Dierks High
School. Christopher is the grand son of
Elton and Florence Turley and Tony and
Norma Gates. His is a 2002 graduate of
Mineral Springs High School.
The couple will be united in matrimony Sat., Aug. 9 at the Mineral
Springs church of Christ. The ceremony is set to begin at 6 p.m.
activity in the state.
Burkhalter capped his
visit to the area by attending the Howard County
C
ome celebrate the marriage of Mitzi Romo Lowery and Jake Lowery at a
garden wedding reception and
shower Sat., July 19 at 5:30 p.m.
The event will be held at the home
of Scooter and Donna Reeves, 3246
Corinth Rd., in Nashville.
Mitzi is the daughter of Ismael and
Democrats’ monthly meeting.
Marivel Romo, of Bentonville. Jake is
the father of Miss Brayley Lowery and
the son of Chuck and Debbie Lowery,
of Murfreesboro. The couple were
married in a private ceremony Nov. 26,
2013, in Bentonville.
They are making their home in Murfreesboro. The couple is registered at
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Several factors to consider before co-signing student loans
If you have a child heading off to college this fall,
they may be considering a
student loan to help pay for
college expenses. College
is expensive. Graduating
in four years without any
debt is the preferred way to
pay for this investment, but
most students do not have
this option. Many will have
to get a loan in order to pay
part of the costs. As a parent,
most lenders will require a
co-signer on the loan.
Many students have serious trouble paying back student loans. Today’s students
are graduating and many are
finding it hard to find a job in
their career of choice. This
is the reason lenders want
to have a co-signer on the
loan. Keep in mind, once you
co-sign on the loan, it will
be on the student’s credit
report as well as your credit
report. You are taking a risk
on your child not being able
to pay back the loan.
Here are some questions
to ask before you sign on the
dotted line:
* Can you afford the risk?
If you will suffer a severe
financial hardship if your
child can’t replay the loan,
then think long and hard
about putting your name
(and credit) on the dotted
line. Don’t jeopardize your
retirement plan, for example,
to fund college. You child can
look to other options to help
pay for college and get the
financial aid they will need.
Possible solutions include
the Post 9/11 GI Bill or they
can get a job to help fund
college costs. Keep this in
mind; no one is going to
give you financial aid in your
retirement, other than Social
Security (which is debatable
in today’s world). So, don’t
co-sign if you can’t afford to
pay it back.
* What are the criteria
for being released as a cosigner? Each lender is different, but Sallie Mae’s private
student loan program will
release a co-signer based on
the following criteria:
The borrower must have
successfully completed
school, made 12 consecutive on-time principal and
interest payments for Sallie
Mae’s Smart Option Student
Loan® (24 consecutive ontime principal and interest
payments are required for
all other Sallie Mae private
student loan programs),
meet age of majority requirements and meet the underwriting requirements when
the request for co-signer
release is processed. The
borrower’s account must
remain current until the
request for the co-signer release is processed. The borrower must be a U.S. citizen
or permanent resident at the
time the co-signer release is
processed.
* Will I need credit for
my own purposes soon?
If you’re on a loan as a cosigner for a child’s student
loan, it will show up as a
potential liability on your
credit report. This could
make a significant difference
if you go to get a car loan,
mortgage or other borrowing need because it will affect
your debt-to-income and
debt-to-assets ratio.
* What happens if my
child dies or become disabled? The short answer is
you will be responsible for
paying back the loan if you
are the co-signer. However, if
your child is in good health,
you might consider buying
term life or disability insurance to protect you. It’s a
terrible thing to have a child
die. But if you have insurance, you will have some
tax-free money to pay off any
debt that the child may have.
* Does the debt apply to
bankruptcy? Loans that are
guaranteed against default
by the U.S. Government are
not generally dischargeable
in bankruptcy. Unlike credit
card debt that can sometimes be wiped out with a
Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing,
guaranteed student loan
debt will follow both you
and your child until you fully
repay it.
The decision to co-sign a
loan is a complex one and is
not to be taken lightly. Don’t
co-sign just because you
think you are expected to as
a parent. Use your head, and
consider the risk and your
alternatives thoroughly.
The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension
Service has lots of free financial information on credit, financial well-being, plus communicating about money
with your family. Contact the
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Children will host a 5K color
run Sat., Sept. 13 beginning
at Trinity Baptist Church in
Texarkana. Registration is
set for 8:30 a.m. with the race
to begin at 9 a.m.
Prizes will be awarded
for the top three male and
female finishers, and a “kids’
zone” will be available with
bounce houses, face painting, a magician, balloon art,
cotton candy, snow cones
and other attractions. Those
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event may register online at
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Recipe of the Week
Tomatoes are in full swing
in many home gardens. Here
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If you make and preserve
it, bring a jar to the fair this
year and enter it in food
preservation. If you have any
questions about preserving
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Office at 870-845-7517.
Tomato Salsa (Using
Paste Tomatoes)
7 quarts peeled, cored,
chopped paste tomatoes*
4 cups seeded, chopped
long green chiles
5 cups chopped onion
½ cup seeded, finely
chopped jalapeno peppers
6 cloves garlic, finely
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2 cups bottled lemon or
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2 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon black pepper
2 tablespoons ground
cumin (optional)
3 tablespoons oregano
leaves (optional)
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro (optional)
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Collections, odds & ends, baby items,
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a.m. with all proceeds going toward the update
and beautiication project. You are welcome to
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picked up, call 870-200-1425. The deadline for
donations is July 16, 2014. Thank you in advance for all your support and we look forward
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Howard County Dems make
big donations to candidates
D.E. RAy
Managing Editor
NASHVILLE- More than
$2,000 was donated to the
campaigns of local and statewide candidates at the regular monthly meeting of the
Howard County Democratic
Central Committee Tuesday
evening.
Donations, accounting nearly a quarter of the
group’s current financial
holdings, came in the form of
several fund raiser sponsorships, as well as large block
donations to candidates.
The committee made
donations to the campaigns
of Senator Mark Pryor and
James Lee Witt, who is running for Congress from Arkansas’s fourth Congressional district.
Additionally, the committee will sponsor fund raising
events for state representative Fonda Hawthorne, who
currently represents the
Dierks area in the state legislature, and Jeremy Ross,
who is seeking to represent
the remainder of Howard
County. $250 was appropriated to sponsor the event
for Hawthorne, which will be
held outside of the county,
while $500 was spent to
sponsor a fund raiser for
Ross at the Fisherman’s
Cove restaurant in Nashville
to be held on Aug. 9 from
2-4 p.m.
A donation of $300 was
also made to the campaign
of John Burkhalter, candi-
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William Richardson
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members of the
Dierks Volunteer Fire
Department, participate
in a “Cuffs and Hoses”
blood drive competition
Tuesday at the Dierks
Community Building.
Lifeshare Blood Center
hosted the event.
Staff photos by
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date for lieutenant governor.
The committee had previously donated more than
$300 to the campaign of Susan Inman, candidate for secretary of state, who attended
the group’s last meeting.
Hawthorne, Ross and
Burkhalter were all present
at this month’s meeting, with
Hawthorne and Burkhalter
both addressing the group
about their campaigns. Hawthorne spoke about the need
for voter turnout. Burkhalter
spoke about his background
as a small businessman, and
the importance of education
and access to capital to support and expand the dreams
of the people of the state.
He also discussed a plan to
realign portions of the state
government to work jointly
for economic development
and jobs creation.
In addition to the disbursal of donations to campaigns and hearing from
candidates, the committee
also discussed the voter
registration drive held in
conjunction with the Stand
Up for America event held
at the Nashville City Park on
Independence Day, which
resulted in four new voters
registered in the county,
and efforts to have a similar
registration drive at the Pine
Tree Festival in Dierks.
The Howard County Democrats meet each third Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Western
Sizzlin in Nashville, and all
are invited to attend their
meetings.
City to crackdown on messy yards
KAtELyN COffmAN
Staff Writer
DIERKS - Enforcement
of a long-existing ordinance was the main topic
of discussion at the council meeting held Monday
evening.
Police Chief Brian White
told aldermen he has successfully identified 25
properties that are out of
compliance with a code
that prohibits poor upkeep
of houses. This includes
overgrowth of grass, hav-
Police Chief: 25 people out
of compliance will receive
warnings, then tickets
ing abandoned vehicles or
other debris littering yards
and other offenses. Those
who have violated the ordinance will be notified and
have seven days to clean
up their property to be in
compliance with the law
or be faced with a citation.
White will continue working his way across town to
check for more violations,
he said.
Also discussed was the
resolving of issues with the
sewer system.
“Our sewer samples
have been out of compli-
ance for a while so we’re
treating our plant now with
some enzymes and we’re
doing 15 pounds a week
and it’s supposed to help
get us back in compliance,”
Mayor Terry Mounts explained at the meeting.
The containment chamber, which is located at the
end of the sewer system
and discharges treated
water into Holly Creek, was
scheduled to be cleaned
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Mounts is unsure when the
cleaning of the chamber
can be rescheduled because of the rain that we
are supposed to see the
next few weeks.
“The health department
and ADEQ thinks that if
we do that, if we clean
that, then it’s going to really help us to get back
into compliance,” Mounts
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University of Arkansas Extension Service horticulturist and Democrat-Gazette columnist Janet Carson speaks to
Rotarians Tuesday during the club’s weekly meeting at Western Sizzlin’.
how does your
garden grow?
Horticulture expert talks shop with Rotarians
CHARLES GOODIN
Editor
NASHVILLE - University of Arkansas horticulture expert and
Democrat-Gazette columnist Janet
Carson gave Rotarians tips on
properly tending their gardens and
lawns Tuesday during the club’s
weekly meeting.
Carson, who recently returned
from a trip to Scotland with 36
of the state’s master gardeners,
addressed topics ranging from
controlling pests and weeds to
proper pruning technique during
the hour-long session. She began by
telling Rotarians that, although the
state has enjoyed a mild summer,
recent rains were “too fast and too
furious” to do much good for area
flora, and to make matters worse,
may have exacerbated the population of mosquitoes and other pests.
“Mosquitoes are, like, nuts out
there,” she said.
To combat the pests, Carson recommended the use of organic water
treatments that eliminate breeding
zones for the insects without harm-
ing the quality of the water. She also
said residents should walk their
gardens daily and be on the lookout
for potential conditions that might
breed bugs or disease - something
plants are particularly susceptible
to if they are wet at nightfall.
Discussion then moved to ensuring the well-being of crepe myrtles,
which Carson said are particularly
vulnerable to powdery mildew and
black sooty mold, a by-product
of aphids feeding on surrounding
trees and plants. She said both
could be warded off with the use
of dormant oil.
When it comes to lawn care,
Carson stressed the importance of
maintaining a buffer zone between
grass and flower beds or trees.
“When you’re out there mowing
or weed eating and you whack that
tree, the damage is done and can’t
be undone,” she explained.
According to Carson, there are
three qualities that determine how
often one’s lawn should be watered:
how much sun it receives, the
quality of the soil and the slope of
the land. She related that her own
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a unique challenge for the horticulture mastermind.
“When I’m planting, I try to do
as many raised beds as possible
because digging is so hard,” she
explained.
Carson said she is a proponent
of using mulch to control moisture
and soil temperature, and went
on to recommend organic brown
or black varieties, which she said
don’t draw too much attention to
themselves.
Discussion then gave way to the
topic of hydrangea maintenance,
which Carson said should be done
on most large-leaf varieties when
their color begins to fade. She recommended talking out one third of
the stems at the soil line.
As the meeting drew to a close,
Carson also spoke briefly on when
to prune rose bushes, an activity
she recommended gardeners engage in each February.
For more information on Carson,
or to take advantage of the University of Arkansas Extension Service’s
many free programs, visit uaex.edu.
DIERKS - Changes to the
Dierks High School student
handbook, including the
removal of three elective
courses in arts, were approved by the Dierks school
board during their regular
monthly meeting Monday
evening.
The three courses, described by new high school
principal Jody Cowart as
survey courses, are elective
courses. He explained that
the district does still offer
sufficient arts courses to
meet state requirements for
art education. Courses in
business algebra and psychology were added to the
course offerings.
The board spent a greater
amount of time discussing
proposed changes to the
school’s policy on the use
of cell phones on campus
as part of the update of the
student handbook. Board
member Jeffery Mounts emphasized that he felt that the
policy as it stood was close
to what was needed, but that
consistent enforcement of
the policy was key.
After several minutes of
discussion, it was decided
that the policy would be
changed to add a 30 day
restriction from using cell
phones by students who
violated the policy multiple
times, and restricting use of
cell phones by students to
only during lunch, rather
than at lunch and between
classes as had been allowed
last year.
In addition to the changes
to the cell phone policy and
re-structuring of classes, new
rules regarding the wearing
of tights and leggings were
added to the dress code,
and several administrative
updates were added to the
handbook.
Changes to the elementary school student handbook,
almost wholly updates of
staff names, were also approved. The changes to the
handbooks were approved
in a single unanimous vote.
Another notable change
to the school’s operations
for the coming year will be
an increase to the price of
meals in the cafeteria. Superintendent Holly Cothren
explained that the price of
meals is adjusted periodically to match the amount paid
by the federal government
for the subsidized “free and
reduced” lunch program for
students in need. The price
of a meal from the Dierks
school cafeteria will increase
ten cents from last year, to
$1.75. Milk and juice prices
will not be raised, and will
remain 55 cents per carton.
A third major occurrence
during the Monday evening meeting was the hiring
of Sonja Markham as high
school special education
teacher.
Other items heard during
the meeting include:
The approval of Bank
of the Ozarks to act as the
district’s bond trustee, as
the district’s former bond
trustee will no longer be
providing that service.
The district’s membership in the Arkansas School
Board Association was renewed.
Bids for purchase of milk
and bread for the school
cafeterias were awarded to
Highland Dairy and Flowers Bakery respectively,
and a bid for insurance to
cover students involved
in accidents on campus or
at school related activities
was accepted from Health
Specialty Risk Insurance.
A list of current substitute
teachers was approved, with
discussion of narrowing the
list in the future, and Cothren
was named in loco parentis
for children needing representation in lieu of parents
or guardians.
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at
Dierks church of Christ
308 Main Street • Dierks, AR
July 27th through July 30th
Speaker
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of Highland church of Christ in Texarkana
Sunday Morning - “A Vision of Life” - 10:20 am
Sunday Evening - “The Time is Come” - 6:00 pm
Monday Night - “Gone to Church But Haven’t Worshiped”
Tuesday Night - “What Do Your Woks Show You Believe”
Wednesday Night - “The Second Coming of Christ”
Services begin each weeknight at 7:00 pm
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NOVICE
Car#
1.
45R
2.
22R
3.
2A
Heat Winner: #45R-Jace
Factory Winner: #42 - Lee Carver, Lockesburg
Driver
Jace Reid
Lane Rinkle
Alyssa Cox
Reid
From
Nashville, AR
Kirby, AR
Nashville, AR
FACTORY
Car#
Driver
1.
42
Lee Carver
2.
40
Miranda Carver
3.
10x
Chad Abernathy
4.
3
Rodney Whisenhunt
5.
7D
Blake Ayers
6.
71
Tyler Young
7.
2
Thomas Woodruff
8.
45J
Justin Kilcrease
9.
28M
Joseph Morrow
10.
38
Rodney Hall
Heat Winners: #10X-Chad Abernathy, #2-Thomas
#42J-Justin Burt, #40-Miranda Carver
From
Lockesburg, AR
Lockesburg, AR
Mt. Ida, AR
Nashville, AR
DeQueen, AR
Norman, AR
Nashville, AR
Nashville, AR
McCaskill, AR
Hot Springs, AR
Woodruff,
PURE
Car#
Driver
From
1.
32
Larry White
Hot Springs, AR
2.
41
Brian Carver
Lockesburg, AR
3.
43
Jesse Godwin
Hot Springs Village, AR
4.
13X
Michael Fagan
Amity, AR
5.
14
Brandon Ellis
Murfreesboro, AR
6.
21
Justin Deer
Dierks, AR
7.
26
Tony Fatherree
Nashville, AR
8.
343
Jimmy Jordan
Blevins, AR
Heat Winners: #43-Jesse Godwin, #13X-Michael Fagan,
#43-Jesse Godwin, #32-Larry White
Street Winner: #20 - Neil Kemp, Kirby
STREET
Novice Winner: #45R - Jace Reid, Nashville
Pure Winner: #32 - Larry White, Hot Springs
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Neil Kemp
Kirby, AR
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Cole Farmer
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Joel Young
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this case to the highest burden in our judicial system?
No.”
McQuary went on to explain that the case “truly
causes [him] anguish,”
prompting him to further
elaborate on his decision not
to file formal charges.
“The Sheriff’s Department, under then Sheriff
Preston Glenn, and in most
instances, prompted by
Glenn, lacked any accounting
concerning the acceptance,
collection of and spending of
monies coming into or out of
the Sheriff’s Department. It is
precisely the lack of records
and controls that keeps the
State from being able to file
charges in this matter,” he
wrote. “There is evidence of
the then sheriff endorsing
checks submitted to Pike
County for taxes, from citizens, and cashing them at a
local grocery store. There is
evidence of missing funds
that were seized as part of
a criminal investigation being “found” by the ex-sheriff
in a personal file cabinet
after he left office. There is
evidence of the ex-sheriff
writing checks for supplies,
but instead of writing the
checks directly to the merchants, he would write the
checks to himself, endorse
and cash them at the grocery
store and then, according to
Glenn, he would purchase
what the check was intended
summer
readers
at mineral
springs
The Mineral Springs
library is presenting
their summer reading
program “Fizz, Boom,
Read!” now through the
end of July. Participants
in the program this past
Wednesday afternoon
were Keithan Smith,
VonDerek Stuart,
Aidria Sigler, Matthew
Holden, librarian
Cheryl Burcham, Keria
Smith and Winter
Smith prepare sand
sculptures in bottles
above, while Matthew
Holden, Keria Smith
and Aidria Sigler work
on a project at right.
to purchase to begin with.”
The letter goes on to
describe what McQuary
characterized as a “huge
lack of record keeping,” and
instances where Glenn allegedly returned money to
the department after leaving
office that totaled more than
what could be determined
missing by an examination
of the department’s records.
“There was also an account set up through a vending machine in the Sheriff’s
Department which the record keeping was so poor,
one could never determine
if money was stolen,” McQuary wrote. “Vending accounts are supposed to be
run through a county’s general fund and should never
be controlled by independent departments.”
McQuary concluded the
letter by stating that the file
on the investigation is now
open and stored with the
Arkansas State Police, and
by mentioning that “proper
accounting procedures now
appear to be in place concerning the Sheriff’s Department of Pike County.”
Bill Sadler, spokesman
for the Arkansas State Police, said Wednesday that
documents related to the
investigation have not yet
been reviewed for redaction and would be available
under the state’s freedom of
information law soon. The
Nashville News has submitted a freedom of information
request for the documents,
but had not received them
at press time.
future of Lockesburg Post
Office the subject of meeting
scheduled for July 17
Staff photos by
D.E. Ray
The United States Postal Service will hold a public meeting
to discuss possible changes at the Lockesburg Post Office on
July 17 at Lockesburg City Hall/Community Building at 7 p.m.
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Irangate scandal
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horseback
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18 Actor Sharif
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pool
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23 Cleaner scent
24 Actress Keaton
25 Sweet and kind
28 Excursion on the
water
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32 Niagara ___
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34 Brothers and
sisters, for short
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36 Play to the camera
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4 Zero
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dishes
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derbies
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25 Beer amounts
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Hope, AR 71802
219 N. 2nd St.
PO Box 903
Nashville, AR 71852
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501 Columbia Circle, Hope AR. 71801
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closing within 30 days. Title insurance and warranty deed furnished at
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a newly-complete family of four
AARON GRImES
Staff Writer
O
n Mon., July 7,
three local siblings’ journey
to find a permanent home
came to a joyful conclusion. Six-year-old Landon,
five-year-old Ethan and
nine-month-old Stella were
all officially adopted by
Traci Jones, finally anchoring the three children with
the Jones name after the
long process of foster care
and adoption.
Jones, the Response to
Intervention specialist at
Murfreesboro Elementary,
has been giving children
a safe place to rest their
heads for the past three
years by providing a foster
home through the Department of Human Services.
During that three years,
19 children ages five and
under have come and gone
under Jones’s roof, each
child with their own special needs and their own
unique story.
Surprisingly, Jones
stated that the children
usually make a fairly
smooth transition to living
in an unfamiliar place with
new people.
“They adapt really quickly,” Jones said. “Especially
the younger ones - they get
used to their surroundings
and environment really
quick.”
According to Jones, the
best way to help make sure
they readjust to living in
a new home is to simply
provide them with all of the
basic needs a child needs
to thrive.
“I want them to feel
safe, that’s the main thing.
Most of the time, they’re in
foster care because there’s
Murfreesboro woman
adopts three children
been a situation where they
haven’t been taken care
of,” Jones said. “You look at
the necessities: you want
them to feel safe, to feel
loved, make sure they’re
fed, make sure they’ve got
clean clothes and a nice
place to sleep and things
like that. And then you also
look at things like church. I
go to church at First Christian, so I like to get them
involved with that. I want
to get them used to going
to church.”
Jones stated that each
foster child stayed with her
an average of six weeks,
but some could stay as
short as week or two. She
claimed that she was very
fortunate that each child
who has been under her
care was able to find a safe
home, but she also said
that watching them go was
a struggle each and every
time.
“Taking care of them is
the easy part. When you
know they’re leaving, that’s
the hardest part,” Jones
said. “The day when they
leave is tough.”
Thankfully, now that
the adoption of her three
children has become legally
binding, Jones will never
have to feel the dread of
watching a child she loves
leave again. Instead, she
now has the family that
she has always wanted and
worked so hard to get.
“I think I’m just like
anybody else, I’ve always
wanted a family,” Jones
said. “I thought maybe
when I got out of college
I’d get married and have
kids, but my career became
important, and my kids up
here at school were just
like my kids. But I’ve always
dreamed about having a
family of my own.”
During her three years
as a foster parent, Jones
always had the intent of
adopting permanently, but
she never had the opportunity. Finally, she was able
to take baby Stella into her
home when she was only a
day old.
At first, she planned
on ending her familybuilding plan with one child
because she is a single
mother. However, an unexpected blessing disrupted
her carefully-laid plans:
in December of this year,
Jones was presented with
the opportunity of adopting
Stella’s brothers, Landon
and Ethan.
“I thought, well, I need
to pray about it, I need to
think about it, I need to talk
with my family and make
some decisions to see if it’s
doable,” Jones said. “But
after the first time I met
them, I just thought there’s
not any way that I could
not have them. It was just
a gut feeling. It was just
meant to be.”
Jones knows that it
will be tough raising three
children as a single mother,
but she’s also familiar with
the old adage, “It takes a
village to raise a child.”
Jones stated that she’s
thankful that she’ll have the
help of her parents, Danna
and Charles Jones, to help
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her family as the kids grow
older and become more
active.
Mostly, however, she
is excited and thankful
that she won’t have to see
Landon, Ethan or Stella
leave her care to be placed
in a different home.
“I’m most excited about
the ease of knowing their
mine. As far our lives, nothing has really changed,”
Jones said. “We’re still going on and doing the things
we do. But just knowing
that everything is signed by
the judge and they’re mine
now, it’s a [relief].”
Jones also wanted to
stress the importance of
providing a foster home for
children, whether people
plan on adopting permanently or not.
According to Jones, it
took her over a year to
complete the DHS application process, but after
becoming eligible on a
Wednesday, she received
her first child that Thursday.
“We need more foster
families in Pike County,”
Jones said. “We need good
people that are willing to
take care of these children
and make sure these babies
are okay.”
In the United States, being a single mother is one
of the most demanding and
difficult occupations that
there is. In Murfreesboro,
however, Traci Jones isn’t
backing off and scared.
Instead, she’s overjoyed
at the chance she’s been
given to raise three children of her own, and she’s
excited that she’ll be giving
them the motherly care
they need, the home they
deserve, and the Jones last
name that they will be taking as their own.
summer
reading in
tollette
n AT LEFT: Librarian
Wilma Lafferty helps
Nasay and Shamach
Stuart read a book
recently during the
Tollette Library’s
summer reading
program, which ran
for several weeks
before concluding.
The program was
science-themed
and was open to all
school-age children.
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claim is denied, you will receive a 40% discount off normal charges.
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I Have Insurance, Do I Need a membership?
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