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News-Leader photo/LOUIE GRAVESAT ‘THE CALL.’ Among those greeting visitors to the launching of The Call Saturday morning were local organizer Ginger Blue, left, and Kendra Tarkington and Kimberlee Yates, both of the Mena office of the Department of Human Services.

News-Leader photo/LOUIE GRAVESTRYING TO GET A GOOD PICTURE. Primary School counselor Tyra Hughes balances on top of playground equipment as she gets a picture for the school’s Facebook page. The pictured second graders raised money for a cancer patient; then a Nashville High School graduate living in Iowa sent a check for the same cause after reading about the class in the newspaper. At top left holding the check is Ann Smithson, sister of donor Joe Woods.

By Terrica HendrixNews-Leader staffThe Call launch party, held

Saturday morning at the Scrap-per Dome, was a successful event, according to organizers. There were plenty of games and bounces houses, and activities such as face painting to keep children busy.

Howard County will become the 43rd county in Arkansas to launch and become part of the 501 (C) (3) organization, The Call, devoted to the needs of foster care.

“Our purpose is to mobilize Christians of all denominations to meet the needs of foster care,” organizer Jodi King explained.

According to The Call’s web-site, more than a dozen children will come into foster care in Arkansas because of abuse or ne-glect. They will join nearly 4,500 other children in state custody.

This year, more than 7,000

Foster care advocates gatherat launch party for The Call

News-Leader photo/LOUIE GRAVESNHS CHEERLEADERS.

Scrapper cheerleaders for 2017-18 were selected during

tryouts March 9 at the Scrapper Dome. They include (front row)

seniors Breanna Peebles, Leslie Lingo, Olivia Herzog, McKenzie

Morphew, Lindsey O’Donnell, Monique Flores and Jordan

Revels; (back row) juniors Steyanna Bailey, Hannah

Faulkner, Cecily Sweeden and Julianne Futrell; sophomores

Addy Harmon, Macie Goff, Kimberly Perez and Ebony

Jefferson. Susan Renfrow is the coach. (NJHS cheerleaders:

page 8A.)

A “Roast and Toast” event set for Saturday, May 20, will honor a former Scrapper coach and educator.

The event, organized by former students, will honor Joe Goodrum who was a longtime assistant football coach and track coach, and was head football coach for two seasons before he was stricken with blindness. Goodrum continued as athletic director for eight years, and was a cattle and chicken farmer for many years.

The event will be in the Nashville High School cafeteria begin-ning with a visit period at 11 a.m. There will be a noon luncheon fol-lowed by a brief pro-gram, according to local organizer Jimmy Dale.

Dale said that the event was not just for athletes in the sports Goodrum coached. “He had a big influence in our community - just by his courage.”

Tickets are $25 and any money left over from expenses will be used in a scholarship program. Checks for tickets should be sent to:

The Joe GoodrumToast & Roast1010 N. 9th St.Nashville, AR 71852

The annual auction and fishfry benefit for the Bingen Volunteer Fire Department will be Saturday, April 8.

The event will be at the VFD building, 503 Hempstead County Road 27 N.

Serving begins at 5:30 p.m., and the auc-tion begins at 7. The meal is by donation.

Fund-raiserto benefitBingen VFD

By John R. SchirmerNews-Leader staffAfter days of debate,

the Arkansas Senate last week passed HB 1249 al-lowing concealed carry on the state’s college cam-puses.

Sen. Larry Teague of Nashville said the original version of the bill allow-ing instructors to carry handguns “was amended several times. Thursday, we pulled it out of com-mittee, amended it on the floor and passed it.”

From there, the propos-al went back to the house to adopt the amendment.

The bill allows anyone with a concealed carry per-mit to have a gun on cam-pus if the permit holder takes eight hours of active shooter training, Teague said. The measure also includes restaurants with bars, churches and other locations.

“The NRA supported the amendment,” Teague said.

Teague voted for the bill. “I believe in the Con-stitution. The Second Amendment is a portion of the Constitution. I’m a supporter of the Constitu-tion.”

Other issuesTeague said the Legis-

lature could adjourn the first week of April. Before then, lawmakers “will start on Revenue Stabilization. That’s how we balance the budget. We’ve been studying various versions to propose. We have to get that done so we can go home.”

One of the issues re-maining before legis-lators involves charter schools, school vouchers and tax credits. One pro-posal would require public school districts to give charter schools first chance at unused buildings.

“Not all of the bills will

By John R. SchirmerNews-Leader staffNashville Junior High School has been

recognized as one of the highest-achieving junior high schools in the state by the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. The school received four awards from OEP.

NJHS was named Southwest Region Overall High Achieving, Southwest Region English/Language Arts High Achieving, Southwest Region Math High Achiev-ing and Southwest Region Science High Achieving.

Nashville Elementary was also recog-nized by OEP and received two awards which were featured in the March 8 News-Leader.

“I’m proud of the job our teachers have

NJHS among state’s high-achievers

NJHS FACULTY. (Kneeling) Principal Deb Tackett, Angie Barfield, Mandi Stone, Syd-ney Howard, Brenda Galliher, Lori Williams and Regina Ray; (standing) D.J. Gaham, Aaron Worthen, Ashley Riggs, Wade Matlock, Aubry Basiliere, Krissy Thomason, Tammy Alexander, Stacy Purnell, Kim Conant, Liz Bulloch, Ted Green, Christie Hanney, John Mark Tollett, Virgil Hellums, Jerry Baker, Ace Howard, Jennifer Gordon, Lauren Volarvich and Beverly Tedford.

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Floyd Watson Clark, Jr.Floyd Watson Clark,

Jr., 63, of Nashville, Ark., passed away on Friday, March 10, 2017 in Little Rock, Ark.

He was born on Jan. 12, 1954 in Nashville, Ark., the son of the late Floyd Wat-son Clark, Sr. and Anita (Marshall) Clark.

Floyd was an optimis-tic person with a posi-tive attitude who loved people. He was a leader, an encourager and a ser-vant. He was able to com-bine these talents to enjoy a successful career with Farm Bureau Insurance for many years. One of his other passions was work-ing on his farm; tending to Brangus cattle, peach trees and a summer garden. He was an avid quail, turkey and deer hunter, and even became fascinated with bear hunting later in life. He enjoyed the fellowship and camaraderie of deer camp even more than the hunt.

He was a proud Scrap-per multi-sport athlete and Harding Bison football player. He served as the President of several or-ganizations including the Arkansas Junior Brangus Breeders’ Association, the Briar Ridge Camp hunt-ing club, the Nashville and Mena Chambers of Commerce, and the Nash-ville and Mena Rotary Clubs. He was a member of the Mena Lions Club, was a Life Underwriters Training Council Fellow and a member of the Hard-ing University President’s Council. More than his hobbies and professional accomplishments, Floyd valued meeting people and making friends. He made friends everywhere he went and he had a knack for making each of them feel like they were his best friend.

He was a born-again Christian and a member of Sunset Church of Christ where he served for many years as a Bible class teach-er and preacher. His high-est honor was serving as an elder for the congrega-tion for several years.

He is preceded in death by his father, Floyd W. Clark, Sr.

He is survived by his wife, Coleen Clark of Mena, Ark.; his mother, Anita Pearl Clark of Nash-ville, Ark.; one son, Trey

Clark and his wife, Car-men, of El Dorado, Ark.; two daughters – Leah Col-ley and husband, Bubba, of Texarkana, Ark., and Lauren McCullough and husband, Warren, of Little Rock, Ark.; two sisters, Phyllis Marie Honea and husband, Howard, of Nashville, Ark., and Carol Ann Bowman and hus-band, Johnny, of Nashville, Ark.; and eight grandchil-dren – Ava, Isabel, Sophia and Will Clark, Brett, Zoe and Gabby Lovelis, and B.J. Colley; and a host of nieces, nephews, family, and friends

Visitation was at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Latimer Funeral Home Nashville.

Memorial services were at 2:00 p.m. Monday, March 13, 2017 at Sunset Church of Christ in Nash-ville. Graveside services were held at Corinth Cem-etery under the direction of Latimer Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Children’s Homes, Inc. at www.childrenshomes.org or CARTI at www.carti.com.

You may send an on-line sympathy message at www.latimerfuneralhome.com

Brice Otis WestfallBrice Otis Westfall, 85

of the Nathan community, died Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at his home.

He was born Jan. 29, 1932 in the Midway com-munity near Nathan to the late Luther Aaron Westfall and Dessie Mae Smith Westfall.

He was a member of the Center Point Missionary Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by three brothers, Byron Dale, Harley O. and Charles D. Westfall.

Survivors include: his wife of more than 63 years, Shirley Ann Green Westfall; a son, Stephen O. Westfall and wife, Jo’Lee, of Nashville; a daughter, Kimberly A. Jones and husband, Phillip, of Nash-ville; also grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Graveside services were at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Academy Cem-etery in Nathan with Bro. Alan Davis officiating. The family received friends at Nashville Funeral Home on Saturday, 2-4 p.m.

Send an online sympa-thy to nashvillefh.com.

Joe Yvon JordanJoe Yvon Jordan, 54, of

Nashville died Feb. 25, 2017 at UAMS in Little Rock.

He was born in Chi-cago, Ill., on Jan. 4, 1961, to the late James and Mar-jorie Jordan.

He worked in mainte-nance at Nashville Junior High School.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Arthur James Jordan.

Survivors include: his wife, Linda Jordan of Nashville; a brother, Adrian Jordan, Sr.; a sister, Jamison Lynn Normet; four stepchildren, Jes-sica, Chrystal, Chris and Trashea Strickland; also grandchildren.

Visitation was 11-5 Fri-day, March 10, at Hicks Funeral Home in Hope. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 11, at St. Luke CME Church in Ozan. Burial followed at Gamble Cemetery in Ozan.Daron Edward Wilson

Daron Edward Wil-son, 46, of Nashville died Friday March 10, 2017 in Houston, Texas. He was born Feb. 7, 1971 in Ida-bel, Okla., to Carl Garret and the late Judy Carlson Wilson.

He was a member of the Assembly of God Church.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Dwayne Garrett and Chapman Garett; and his father, Ray Wilson.

Survivors include: his wife of more than 23 years, Michelle Wilson; his father, Carl Garrett and wife, Julia; five children, Con-stance Singleton, Savana Townsend, Justin Brooks, Autumn McMillian and Stormie Vandevender; four siblings, Levi Gar-rett, Faron Wilson, Eldon Wilson, Carla Ann Jones; also grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

S e r v i c e s w i l l b e Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 2 .pm. at Mara-natha Baptist Church in Nashville with Bro. Bruce Short and Bro. Joe Kelly officiating. Interment will follow at Academy Cem-etery in Nathan under the direction of Nashville Funeral Home. The family received friends at the fu-neral home Tuesday from 6-8 p.m.

Send an online sym-pathy message to nash-villefh.com.

S-T-R-E-T-C-H BEFORE YOU RUN. More than 40 women gathered in the Nashville City Park last Thursday for the second Women Run/Walk. The group meets at 5:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays before separating into running and walking groups for both newcomers and experienced.

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A photo in the Feb. 8 issue of the ‘News-Leader ’ caught the eye of a Nashville High School grad now living in Iowa.

The front page color photo was of second graders at Nashville Primary School -- forming a heart -- announcing that their coin drive project for Great Kindness Challenge Week had raised $582.95 for medical expenses of a recent NHS grad, Kaden Peebles, who is bat-tling cancer.

The NHS grad in Iowa was Joe Wood who was impressed with the students’ effort. He and his wife, LaVonne, sent a $1,000 check to Joe’s sister, Ann Smithson

of Nashville, who presented the check Thursday to the Nashville class (See Page 1 photo, today’s issue).

The class was gathered again in a heart shape on the school playground. Their teachers -- Tina McAlister, Candy Hood, Ashley Sweeden, Becky Horne, Winona White and Julie Chesshir -- stood side-by-side along the top of the ‘heart’ with Smithson while school counselor Tyra Hughes climbed atop tall play-ground equipment to get a picture for the school’s Facebook page.

The students raised their money in two weeks, and they called their project ‘Coins for Kaden.’

The arrival of spring is heralded each year with a bounty of beautiful jon-quils at Historic Washing-ton State Park.

Visitors welcome the season by shopping more than a hundred arts and craft booths during the 49th annual Jonquil Festi-val, March 17-19.

Among attractions are tours of the historic homes and grounds, or surrey rides through this 19th century town.

There will be live mu-sic, including John King, Saturday, Mar. 18, at 11:00 a.m.

This year will see the festival’s first singing competition on Saturday afternoon, 2-4.

Par t i c ipants need to bring their own CD or musical instrument. Information about the singing competition can be found at https://

disabilities services and family services.

Child must be 3 or 4 years old ¨ Family must live within the county ¨ Family must meet federal income guidelines.

The Delight Head Start Center is located at 621 East Cherry Street in De-

light and the phone num-ber is (870) 379-2270.

The Glenwood Head Start Center is located at 974 Lakeshore Drive in Glenwood and the phone number is (870) 356-4780.

The Murfreesboro Head Start Center is locat-ed at 120 E. Court, Suite B / Murfreesboro, AR 71958 and the phone number is 870-285-3351.

www.facebook.com/events/265625967196543/

Hope Evening Lions Club will host a 5K run Saturday morning at 7.

There will be plenty of festival food along with buffet being served at Wil-liams Tavern Restaurant.

Festival admission is free, with a $5 parking fee

Guided tours of muse-ums are $9 for adults, $6 for children (6-12), age 5 and under are free. For more information call 870-983-2684.

The park is located 23 miles south of Nashville on Hwy. 278.

IT’S JONQUIL TIME at historic Old Washington State Park. (State Parks and Tourism photo)

Jonquil timeState park readies for festival visitors; new musical competition

Pike Head Start is enrollingChildren must be 3-4 years old

Iowa reader sends adonation to class project

Nashville News-Leader Wednesday, March 15, 2017 News 3A

Compiled by Patsy Young

117 years ago: 1900President McKinley has

approved the bill passed by the last Chickasaw leg-islature, providing that white men in the future must pay $1,000 license fee to marry a Chickasaw Indian girl.

The Methodist Church choir had a rehearsal in the parlor of the Nashville Hotel Thursday night, preparatory for the organ recital at the church next Friday night.

(Adv.) Have you seen the nobby line of gents’ hats at The Famous Store? See them, they are up-to-date.

______103 years ago: 1914M., D. & G. reaches Hot

Springs today, with the work of laying the rails. The first train will be run into the city March 17, for which occasion a monster celebration is planned. The people of Hot Springs are enthusiastic over secur-ing an outlet to the west, which has been a dream with them for many years.

An elaborate program has been arranged, which will include the christen-ing of the engine as it pulls the first train into the Va-

por City by Miss Dove Toland, a prominent and popular young society girl of Nashville.

Dierks - On January 29 while casing eggs for ship-ment, I put my name and address on an egg, which was shipped to Spring-field, Mass. The egg was purchased by Miss Haley Hayes March 1, and seeing my name and address, she sent me a card, stating she purchased the egg from a local dealer in Springfield. Thomas James

(Adv.) Visit the Jar-vis Café when you come to Nashville. Mrs. Jarvis gives the cooking her per-sonal attention. Try her chille-mac, a popular dish that has never before been introduced in Nashville.

_____59 years ago: 1958A colorful patriotic pro-

gram was presented re-cently by the elementary department of Childress School in Nashville, en-titled “Virginia, This is Your Life.”

Three-fourths of the pupils participated in the play with Carlis Jean Coul-ter and Evelyn Whitfield taking leading parts.

When will the peach

blossoms brighten up the countryside? The annual guessing game is already underway. And some non-residents want to travel the area and view the sight, but at the right time.

This time in 1957, the blossoms had come and gone, but ’58 has provid-ed more cold weather at staggered times. Gene Ar-rington at the University of Arkansas experiment sta-tion figures the trees will be in blossom by Sunday.

______39 years ago: 1978John Reuther of Nash-

ville and the Howard County Museum have been honored by the Ar-kansas Museum Associa-tion Council.

Mr. Reuther, who has been the leader in devel-oping the county museum and creating an interest in heritage, has been ap-pointed to the council rep-resenting the Southwest Arkansas region.

Attorney General Bill Clinton, a candidate for governor, will appear at Murfreeboro on March 24, 11 a.m. at the Municipal Building and at 1:30 p.m. at the SWEPCO Building in Nashville.

Items which were filed or recorded in the How-ard County, Ark., court-house during the period of March 1-8, 2017 include the following:

Marriage licensesMarch 2 . Anthony

Duane Woods, 42, Mineral Springs, and Shanta De-nise Ricks, 47, Ashdown.

March 3 . Amando Calderon Garcia, 40, Nash-ville, and Micaela Ramirez Alvarado, 36, Nashville.

Criminal courtCR 17-34, March 1. State

of Arkansas vs. Bradley D. Williams, 21, white male, Nash, Texas; appeal of District Court judgment of guilty in charge of shoot-ing after hours.

CR 17-35, March 1. State of Arkansas vs. Dillon M. Hooker, 20, white male, Texarkana, Texas; appeal of District Court judg-ment of guilty in charge of shooting after hours.

CR 17-36, March 1. State of Arkansas vs. Michael D. Cochran, 21, white male, Texarkana, Texas; appeal of District Court judg-ment of guilty in charge of shooting after hours.

Domestic relations courtDR 17-23, March 1. An-

drea Gentry vs. Jereme May. Domestic abuse,

DR 17-24, March 2. Jas-mine Christie vs. Joe Chris-tie. Divorce.

DR 17-25, March 3. Halee Kuykendall vs. Er-ick Kuykendall. Paternity.

DR 17-26, March 6. State of Arkansas Office of Child Support Enforcement vs. Marcus M. Browder. Pa-ternity judgment transfer.

Civil courtCV 17-14, March 6.

Electric Cooperative FCU vs. Jason Oneal. Contract breach.

LAND TRANSACTIONSWarranty deedsMarch 2. Brad L. Frost

and wife, Mary A. Frost; to Jerry Kirby and wife, Pam Kirby; 1 ac. in S8 T9S R27W. $65,000.

March 2. Kathy Ford Brown; to Kathy Ford Brown, Trustee of the Kathy Ford Brown Trust; property in S4, S32, S28, S33, S9, S10, S15 and S16; T8S and T9S; R 27W.

March 3. Richard Wake-field and Carolyn Wake-field; to Cross Point Cow-boy Church; 7.48 ac. in S22 and S27; T9S R28W.

March 3. (Special) John H. Hendrix Corporation; to Ward Timber Holdings; aggregate 432.44 ac. in S14, S15, S21 and S22; T8S R29W. $1,221,193.26.

March 3 Dennis Karl White and wife, LaDonna Gail White; to Brian Zach-ary White and wife, Jenni-fer D. White; 0.51 ac.; part of Block 7, Murray’s First Addition, town of Dierks, $135,000.

March 3. Erika Sher-ee Booker, Tanya Denise Booker, Larry Dean Booker and Regina Booker, hus-band and wife, and Mar-quita Booker Mathis; to Erika Sheree Booker; 4 ac. in S4 T11S R27W, Tollette, Howard County.

March 3. Earl Ward and Susie Ward, husband and wife; to David Ward; 7.5 ac in S27 T7S March 3. Earl Ward and Susie Ward, hus-band and wife; to Ashley Ward; 7.5 ac in S27 T7S R28W.

March 6. Bill D. Krantz,

surviving spouse of Nina R. Krantz; to David Krantz and Debbie White, Co-Trustees of the Bill D. Krantz Irrevocable Trust; 2 tracts, aggregate 59.12 ac. in S11 and S12; T6S R29W.

March 7. Mike Mc-Cullough; to City of Min-eral Springs; property in S18 T10S R27W.

March 7. Greg Ruchal-ski and Martha Ruchal-ski, husband and wife; to Trustees of the Ruchalski Living Trust; 7 tracts in or near Mineral Springs.

Executor’s deedsMarch 6. Allen Boone,

Executor of the Estate of Sandra S. Boone, deceased; to Darlene Marie Reyn-olds; property in Block 8, R.L. Hayes Addition to Nashville.

Quitclaim deedsMarch 6. John M. Lord,

Jr.; to Lord Forests, LLC; property in S14, S18, S27 and S34; T7S and T10S; R27W and R28W. $591.

March 6. Steven I. Lord; to Lord Forests, LLC; prop-erty in S14, S18, S27 and S34; T7S and T10S; R27W and R28W. $591.

March 6.Timothy J. Lord; to Lord Forests, LLC; property in S14, S18, S27 and S34; T7S and T10S; R27W and R28W. $591.

March 7. Joshua Cale Hamilton; to Mesha Alice Hamilton; 10 ac. in S31 T8S R27W.

March 8. Melissa G. Carver, formerly known as Melissa G. Huddleston, and Robert Huddleston, formerly wife and hus-band; to Melissa G. Carver and Tommy J. Carver, wife and husband; aggregate 10 ac. in S13 T6S R28W, 144 Bissell Road, Newhope.

Only two pleas were taken last Wednesday, March 8, during the regu-lar day for criminal court in Howard County.

Judge Tom Cooper set trial dates for two defen-dants.

Ralph Woody, 52, white male, 1216 Mine Street,

Nashville, pleaded not guilty to a class C felony charge of failure to register as a sex offender.

Pretrial motions will be heard May 31.

Michael Scott Millward, 30, white male, Nashville, already had an April 5 date set for a class D felony

charge of possession of controlled substance.

On the same date he is scheduled to have a pro-bation revocation trial for failure to meet the terms of his probation on an August 2012 conviction for theft of property.

FORKS OVER KNIVES. Howard Memorial Hospital

anesthetist Jonathan Baylon spoke to the

Nashville Rotary Club last Wednesday, March

8, about the benefits of a plant-based diet. He said that physical

improvement for persons with diabetes

and high blood pressure could be

realized within 10 days, and that many other physical conditions

could be improved by following the plan.

The Public Record of Howard County

Two pleas heard in criminal court

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UNCLE SAM. One of the lines in his obituary in this week’s newspaper notes Floyd Clark’s ability to make everyone he met think they were his best friend. I suppose that was because he was so open and friendly, and was so genuinely interested in others.

He was very active here in his home community, and when he and Coleen moved to Mena it was our loss and Polk County’s gain. From all reports, he was just as popular, active and admired in the mountain air as he was here in the low hills.

I’ll always think of long-legged Floyd wearing that Uncle Sam costume at Stand Up for America and other events here not so many years ago.

Peace to his family and thanks to the Almighty for putting such wonderful people among us.

DON’T YOU WISH you had a cousin like Casey Parker’s? Clint Parker is the relation of Nashville’s veteran police patrol-

man Casey Parker. Casey says that since Clint lives in Tyler, Texas, they don’t get to see each other real often.

But, thank goodness, Clint remembered that his dear Arkie cousin was a policeman.

Clint recently went to an outdoor expo and, as usual, signed up for every give-away. One of the prizes was a swell riding mower, but there was a stipulation from the vendor: The winner had to give the mower to a policeman.

Well, guess whose name was drawn.Casey said he got a text message from his dear Texas cousin

Clint telling him that he would soon be in possession of a really swell riding mower.

When questioned further, Casey told the nosy newspaper that the company was going to come up here and make the presentation and take some publicity pictures, and that he couldn’t mention the brand name or other information about the mower pre-maturely.

Let me just say that it is one of the baddest mowers a boy ever rode.

Officer Parker says he has a big yard and doesn’t currently have a lawnmower, so this was a convergence formed in heaven.

When Casey next talks to his dear cousin in Texas, I hope he’ll ask him how the Tyler College Apache Belles precision drill team is doing.

And also ask if any of the drill team member has been in a cat-fight with a rival Kilgore College Rangerette in an upscale Dallas mall lately. If so, does anyone have pictures to sell?

WHERE IS HE NOW? A news blurb in the online ‘Arkansas

Times’ caught my eye. The blurb was about the mayor of Shannon Hills -- a town of about 3,100 folks located close to Bryant and Ben-ton in Saline County. The mayor of Shannon Hills had announced that the town’s police chief had tragically died in a house fire.

The mayor of Shannon Hills is a guy named Mike Kemp. He’s a former Mineral Springs Hornet football lineman and he has done his time in Hell, first as a television news reporter and then as a computer expert aide to then-Gov. Huckabee.

ANIMAL CRACKERS. Those swarms of blackbirds that cover

our yards and fields when they land -- what are they doing? Have they found little bitty seeds to eat, or do their wings just need a rest? Maybe they just want to poop closer to the ground?

On on one of my recent afternoon walks in the neighborhood, my approach to such a swarm caused them to take flight en masse. It sounded like a jet taking off from a carrier deck. Well, almost.

MORE CRACKERS. If you see a white jay or robin in your backyard you might not necessarily be seeing an albino. It could be leucism, a genetic condition which leaves very pale ‘colors’ or white patches. It’s an unfortunate fact of nature that animals af-flicted with albinism or leucism don’t live very long. They don’t have natural camouflage, and they are more susceptible to the cold. They don’t see well, either.

According to birdsandblooms.com, that white bird you see is most likely afflicted with leucism.

A few years ago I took a picture of a white hummingbird which was flitting around a Nashville backyard. Amazing looking.

TWO PAIRS OF IDENTICAL TWINS. They just can’t sit still for

long -- To & Fro and Back & Forth.

THINGS I LEARNED from opening email: If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

HE SAID: “I love those who can smile in trouble, who can

gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.” Leonardo da Vinci, artist and inventor

SHE SAID: “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by

every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady SWEET DREAMS, Baby

By Gov. Asa HutchinsonIn July of this year, Savan-

nah Shields of Fayetteville was crowned Miss Arkansas. Just a few months later, she would go on to earn the title of Miss America. Savannah, or Savvy as she’s commonly known, ran on the platform of Eat Better, Live Better. She decided on her platform of healthy living because of her own difficulty with sleeping and migraines as a result of an unhealthy diet. After changing her diet, Savannah felt noticeably better and was able to improve her focus and get better sleep.

Now that she’s been crowned Miss America, Savvy will spend the next year traveling to pro-mote healthy lifestyle choices in diet and exercise all across the country.

Savannah’s advocacy for healthy lifestyle choices is partic-ularly relevant here in Arkansas. In a recent survey, nearly half of the Arkansans who responded reported that they consumed less than one serving of fruit per day, and another 30 percent

claimed to eat less than a serving of vegetables daily.

Of greater concern, 36 percent of the state’s adult population is considered overweight. This is an area where we must im-prove. An unhealthy Arkansas is an expensive matter for the people of our state. In fact, those suffering from obesity spend on average $1429 more per year on medical expenses. This issue also hits taxpayers in the pocket, as 40 cents of every dollar spent on healthcare costs are public funds. According to the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the medical costs associated with unhealthy life-styles total $1.2 billion a year in Arkansas alone.

To change this, we launched the Healthy Active Arkan-sas program. Healthy Active Arkansas is the state’s strategic plan to encourage and empower Arkansans to make healthy life-style choices by implementing community based strategies to increase access to healthy food options.

One of the ways we are im-

proving access to healthy foods is by promoting the state’s won-derful farmer’s markets. These markets increase the availabil-ity of healthy eating options by providing our communities with delicious locally grown food. I encourage you to support our farmer’s markets by finding healthy recipes that incorporate your favorite locally grown produce.

Healthy Active Arkansas also seeks to increase the opportuni-ties for exercise.

One of the ways I enjoy stay-ing active is by playing basket-ball. In fact, just this morning, I woke up early to play a few pick-up games with a group of early risers on my staff.

As we move into Spring, I invite you to find your own fun ways to get exercise, whether by joining a competitive sports league or playing a pick-up game between friends. While you may not win every game, you cannot lose when you make the right choices when it comes to improving your diet and exercise.

By Sen. Larry TeagueThe General Assembly gave

final approval to legislation that will give law enforcement authorities effective new tools to deal with people going through mental health crises.

Act 423 of 2017 will establish three regional Mental Health Crisis Stabilization Centers, each with 16 beds. When people need mental health treatment and are causing trouble, the police can take them to a center rather than to jail, where they will not get any treatment at all.

Act 423 also sets up courses to train police officers to recognize and respond to people going through a mental health crisis and whose behavior could be harmful to others and to them-selves. The training includes how to deal with people under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Under Act 423 the Arkan-sas Crime Information Center, which keeps criminal records, will include in those records people’s history of mental health screenings when they are ad-mitted to jail or a mental health crisis center.

The Legislative Criminal Justice Task Force worked on the bill for two years, which also changes how parole violators are treated.

In other news the governor announced his plan to hold

down Medicaid costs. There are four main provisions in the plan, and the state must get approval from federal officials to put them in place.

One is a work requirement. Another encourages workers to sign up for employee-sponsored health insurance, rather than for Medicaid. A third provi-sion would allow state officials, rather than federal officials, to determine eligibility. Finally, eligibility would be for people earning 100 percent of the pov-erty level, rather than the current 138 percent.

Initial estimates are that low-ering the income threshold would remove about 60,000 people from the list who qualify for Medicaid expansion, which now has about 311,000 people enrolled.

Although they would no longer qualify for Medicaid they could buy health insurance un-der the federal Affordable Care Act, under which they could get tax credits to help them pay the premiums.

The Senate gave final approv-al to a proposed constitutional amendment that would require voters to present a photo ID in order to cast a ballot. If passed by voters it would authorize the legislature to determine the acceptable forms of ID.

The measure will be on the

general election ballot in No-vember of 2018, as will a second proposed amendment referred to the ballot earlier this session that would limit attorneys’ fees and punitive damages in civil lawsuits.

The Senate passed an amend-ed version HB 1249, which has been labeled the “campus carry” bill. Originally it would have allowed faculty and staff with concealed carry permits to carry a firearm on college campuses. After seven amendments, it is a much different bill. It would allow anyone over 21 with a concealed carry permit to carry on campus, but only after they complete eight hours of addi-tional training.

The State Police may waive up to four hours of training for people who got their permit within the past 10 years.

For permit holders who take the additional training, the new bill expands the number of plac-es they can carry. However, they still will not be able to carry a firearm into prisons, courtrooms or school facilities for kindergar-ten through grade 12. The new version of the bill would expand the number of states that recog-nize our concealed carry laws, and which will allow Arkansas permit holders to carry in those states under reciprocal agree-ments.

Dear Editor:On behalf of the Nashville

School District, I would like to thank our community for its overwhelming support shown to us during our recent basket-ball tournaments.

During the last four weeks, the Nashville School District has hosted more than 65 basketball games.

The last two weeks, we have hosted teams from all over the state during the 4A Regional and 4A State Tournaments.

Teams from all corners of the state - Pea Ridge, Pocahon-tas, Monticello, Berryville, and many more - were participat-ing. Visiting teams were very complimentary of our people and facilities.

These tournaments wouldn’t have been possible without the generous support of the commu-nity and local businesses.

Businesses and local citizens worked the concession stand, hospitality room, pass gate, donated supplies, and provided

financial support.I would also like to give a

huge shout out to our athletic director, James “Bunch” Nichols, for his countless hours of hard work and dedication.

Our school district had lots of students, teachers, coaches and administration who went above and beyond their regular school day and assignments to assist with the extra duties.

We are so fortunate and blessed to live in such a caring community that is so passionate about their schools. Thanks to everyone who made a donation, to the many volunteers, and our school staff who made this all possible.

As always, “It’s a Great Day to be a Scrapper!”

Sincerely,Douglas Graham,SuperintendentNashville School DistrictBusinesses and organizations

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a moment to prefer the latter.”Thomas Jefferson, 1787

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School district thanks communityfor support during tournaments

Bill helps during mental health crises

State’s Miss America promoteshealthy lifestyle choices nationally

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DE QUEEN - The Nash-ville Junior High Scrappers finished second at the De Queen Cub Relays March 7 at Leopard Stadium.

De Queen won the meet with 113 points, followed by Nashville with 87. Tex-arkana, Broken Bow and Prescott rounded out the top five.

Top eight finishes for Nashville included the following:

High jump - 2. Ty Basil-iere, 5-06

Triple jump - 2. Davonte Witherspoon, 38-07

Shot put - 4. Kendrick Holcomb, 40-04

Discus - 8. Holcomb, 113-00

4 x 800-m relay - 4. Dev-on Risinger, Jace Reid, Titus Wells and Nathen Romero, 9:48.23

110-m hurdles - 4. Quincey Garland, 18.22

100-m dash - 4. Carmil-lias Morrison, 12.33; 6. Jakobe Jefferson, 12.38

TIMELINE FOR MS SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION. Architect Craig Boone talked about progress on the new Mineral Springs school Monday night. From left, school board members Sheila Jackson, Jamie Jackson and Mike Erwin hear the details.

children will spend time in foster care. More than 500 children are waiting to be adopted. The great-est need of every child in foster care is a safe, loving family where they can heal and grow. There are 1,100 foster homes in Arkansas – too few to meet the needs of children who are taken into care. Children are placed in emergency shelters, group homes or residential facili-ties. Siblings are often sep-arated because there is not

done to prepare students for the ACT Aspire,” NJHS Principal Deb Tackett said. “I’m happy with our stu-dents’ performance.”

Aspire is the state-man-dated test for Arkansas schools and was adopted for 2015-16.

NJHS is “gearing up to take the Aspire at the end of April. We want our scores to be even better,” Tackett said.

O E P a w a r d s a r e grouped by school level and by region. Science is included, along with math and English/Language arts to calculate overall

get out of committee,” Teague said.

A topic of concern to journalists and other First Amendment advocates throughout the state is what the Arkansas Press Association has called “an assault on the Freedom of Information Act” enacted in 1967.

More than two dozen proposals to weaken the law have been discussed during the session.

“Some legislators and

By Louie GravesNews-Leader staffThe school will sched-

ule a formal groundbreak-ing event sometime in the spring -- possibly inviting the governor -- and con-struction is moving ahead of the new K-12 facility at Mineral Springs.

Architect Craig Boone of Architecture Plus., Inc. of Fort Smith, addressed the school board at its regular meeting for March, Monday night. The meet-ing was in the library of the old Saratoga school.

Boone gave a timeline for developments in the

building of the school. He said that if things fell into place, and it was an 18-month project, the building could be com-pleted sometime in De-cember of 2018.

He cautioned that “we’re starting dirt work at the rainy part of the year.” He said, however, that the project was on track and possibly even two to three weeks ahead.

Superintendent Curtis Turner said that the school would plan a big event for the groundbreaking, and Boone suggested that all students currently in the

school could sign their names on a steel beam which would become part of the structure.

Turner asked the school board for permission to pursue development of a career academy in cooper-ation with area industries. He said the offering of vocation technical courses could help students begin a career as an electrician or plumber, for example. The board unanimously approved.

At the end of the meet-ing the board went into ex-ecutive session to consider personnel for 2017-18.

achievement.OEP calculates a GPA

for schools based on the number of students who perform at each level on Aspire.

In the past, NJHS has been recognized by OEP in the Beating the Odds category for high perform-ing schools serving low-income communities.

This year’s awards are for schools demonstrating the highest performance on the Aspire and include winners among all schools statewide.

Nashville Junior High was ranked among the top five schools in Southwest Arkansas by OEP and was the highest ranked among schools including grades 7-9.

“We want to be in the

top 20 overall for high-achieving schools state-wide,” Tackett said. “For us to be able to compete and be extremely close to Northwest Arkansas and Little Rock schools says a lot about our school.”

Tackett said the awards can be attributed to qual-ity education throughout the Nashville School Dis-trict. “From kindergarten on, these students had good teachers all the way through. Primary and el-ementary work hard. What happens in K-3 and 4-6 gets our kids ready. What we do gets them ready to do well” on the college-en-trance ACT in high school.

NJHS received award certificates from OEP in recognition of the school’s performance.

a home available to take them as a group. Nearly half of all children who enter foster care must be placed outside their home county because there is no room closer to home.

Out-of-county place-ments create the need for children to be transported to their home county for staffings, family visits, and court appearances. Ex-tended travel time leads to further disruptions in the child’s life – like missing school. It also consumes DCFS staff time.

The Call will serve as a pool of available foster and adoptive families in every county in Arkansas - in-cluding Howard - and will

go a long way toward solv-ing the problem. The Call is mobilizing Christians from multiple denomina-tions and churches in local communities around Ar-kansas to meet the needs of local children in foster care.

Although recruiting families is the priority, organizers know that not every Christian is called to foster or adopt. The Call works with local church-es to assemble a support team of volunteers to wrap around their foster and adoptive families. The or-ganization also attempts to connect churches with oth-er opportunities to serve children in foster care.

1600-m run - 7. Romero, 5:33.56

4 x 100-m relay - 1. Detrich Young, Jefferson, Witherspoon, Morrison, 45.98

4 0 0 - m d a s h - 4 . Da’Million Henderson, 58.18; 6. Basiliere, 58.83

300-m hurdles - 3. Gar-

land, 45.68; 4. Lance Easter, 46.03

800-m run - 6. Risinger, 2:25.93

200-m dash - 4. Mor-rison, 25.30

4 x 400-m relay - 2. Basil-iere, Keyshawn Stewart, Garland, Henderson, 4:02.40

agencies felt some pieces of information should be exempt,” Teague said.

The law requires public disclosure of most state records and is considered one of the strongest in the United States

Some legislators have offered what they think are “legitimate excuses. They want to exempt recruiting plans. They’re trying to protect something. Every-body’s got some ideas,” Teague said.

“I believe in the Free-dom of Information Act and try to support it. I think the public should have access,” Teague said. He has voted against all

of the proposals aimed at weakening the FOIA.

As the session enters its closing weeks, so does the walking contest among the Senate, House and Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s staff.

Teague received a T-shirt for being the leader in the Senate through the first half of the competition. “The Senate is winning fairly easily,” he said.

Teague takes 32,000-34,000 steps per day, amounting to 15 or 16 miles.

He had done 11 miles by late Friday afternoon after starting the day at 6 a.m. and walking around Nashville.

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LAUNCH PARTY. Volunteers Randy White and Stacia Petty help out at the launch party for The Call Saturday morning, March 11, at the Scrapper Dome. Howard County has become the 43rd county in Arkansas to have a local chapter of the organization which promotes foster care in Arkansas.

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Junior Scrappers second at DQ meetOCC sets weekend garage sale

Operation Christmas Child’s semi-annual ga-rage sale will be Friday, March 17, and Saturday, March 18, in the Family Activities Building at First Baptist Church of Nash-

ville.Hours include 8 a.m.

until 5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Sat-urday.

Items include bookcas-es, entertainment center,

small appliances, dishes, toys, jewelry, clothing and many more.

Proceeds will be used to purchase supplies for the OCC shoe boxes shipped worldwide.

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The Nashville Scrap-pers jumped out to an early lead and were never seriously challenged dur-ing a 14-6 win over Genoa Central Monday afternoon at Wilson Park.

Nashville led 4-0 after the first inning. The Scrap-pers added one run in the second, three in the fourth, four in the fifth and two in the sixth innings to round out the scoring.

Genoa posted three runs in the fourth inning, one in the fifth and two in the sixth.

The Scrappers (6-5 for the season) recorded 13 hits and two errors against the Dragons.

Genoa had 11 hits and four errors.

Zach Jamison was Nashville’s leading hit-ter with four, followed by Trace Beene and Tyler Hanson with two each.

Jamison and Beene scored three runs for Nash-ville. Chris Willard, Aaron Lott and J.R. Middleton added two a piece. Ty Brown and Colin Parnell had one run each.

Eleven Scrapper scores came on RBIs, including

two each by Beene, Wil-lard, Hanson and Preston Pope; and one a piece by Jamison, Lott and Hunter White.

Hanson pitched 5 1/3 innings for Nashville. Jayden Hostetler pitched the final 1 2/3 innings.

The Scrappers will host Arkansas High of Texar-kana Thursday, March 16, at 5 p.m. at Wilson Park.

They will travel to Ash-down Friday, March 17, for a 5 p.m. game.

TournamentNashville defeated

Gladewater, Texas, 11-5 March 9 in the opening round of the Pittsburg, Texas tournament.

Gladewater led 5-4 after the first three innings, but the Scrappers fought back, scoring five runs in the fourth, one in the fifth and one in the sixth. Nashville recorded eight hits against Gladewater.

Jamison was the lead-ing scorer for the Scrap-pers with four, followed by Beene with two and one run each from Wil-lard, Hanson, Parnell and White.

Parnell, Willard and

Pope shared pitching du-ties.

The Scrappers didn’t fare so well in the remain-der of the tournament.

Brownsboro defeated Nashville 7-4. Jacksonville

won 6-4. Pittsburg took a 3-2 win, and Arkansas High won 5-3.

Cossatot RiverThe Scrappers defeated

Cossatot River 15-3 March 7 at Wilson Park.

Nashville scored 13 runs in the first inning and two in the second to secure the win.

Scores included two each by Jamison, Pope, Willard, Hanson and Aus-

tin Bowman. Eli How-ard, Hostetler, Middle-ton, Chambers and White added one run each.

Parnell, Chambers and Beene pitched in the five-inning game.

Chad Tucker of Nash-ville received three first-place awards March 11 during national lifting qualifiers in Mt. Pleasant, Texas.

He finished first in pow-er lifting, power clean and power sport.

Results included the following:

Curl - 104.72 poundsBench - 242.51 poundsDead l i f t - 473 .99

poundsSquat - 352.74 poundsPower clean - 203.93

poundsEarlier in the year, he

finished first in the ju-nior weight class and first in the police/fire weight class during competition in Searcy.

The Nashville Scrapper-ettes defeated Genoa 8-4 Monday afternoon at the Nashville City Park.

Three Scrapperettes re-corded home runs against the Lady Dragons, includ-ing Brookelyen Cox, Han-nah White and Kaylea Carver.

Nashville competed last week at the Benton Tournament.

The Scrapperettes de-feated Sheridan 6-2 Friday afternoon.

They lost to defending state champion Benton-ville 4-0 in their second game Friday.

Saturday’s tournament games were cancelled be-cause of weather.

Nashville will play Horatio Thursday, March 16, at 4:30 p.m. at the city park.

Scrapperettestake 8-4 winover Genoa

Lifter earnsfirst placein 3 eventsat qualifier

Scrappersdown Genoa

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HOME VICTORY. Tyler Hanson pitches for the Scrappers during their 14-6 victory over Genoa Central Mon-day afternoon at Wilson Park. Nashville’s next home game will be Thursday at 5 p.m. against Arkansas High.

SUCCESSFUL MEET. Chad Tucker displays three first-place awards from lifting competition March 11.

SCRAPPERETTES AT CAMP. Madi Miller and Anna Kesterson visit at Camp Winnamocka near Arkadel-phia March 5. The Scrapperettes participated in a ropes course and other team-building activities during their stay at the camp.

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Nashville News-Leader Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Sports 7A

The Dierks Lady Out-laws and the Murfreesboro Lady Rattlers split their softball games last week.

The Lady Ratt lers picked up a 5-2 win on March 6 before the Lady Outlaws used a walk-off single by Blair Garner on March 9 to secure a 6-5 win.

Murfreesboro was led at the plate in the 5-2 win by Emily Mauldin, who had two hits and two RBIs. Other Lady Rattler hitters included Madi-son Humphry, Hannah Kuykendall, Ande Terrell and Loran Wilcher. Kyra Helms was credited with a RBI.

Hannah Cox pitched Murfreesboro to the win in five innings. She allowed six hits, two runs, struck out one and allowed no walks.

The Lady Outlaws were led at the plate by Halle Mounts with two hits. Oth-er Lady Outlaw hitters in-cluded Melanie Kesterson, Madison Burgress, Garner and Kennedy Boeckman.

Alexis Simmons was was tagged with the loss. She went four innings, allowed six hits, five runs, struck out two and al-lowed no walks.

In the Lady Outlaws’ 6-5 win, Dierks used a four-run second inning to jump out to an early lead. Murfreesboro stayed scoreless until the fourth inning when they tied the game at 4-4. The Lady Rat-tlers took a 5-4 lead in the fifth but Dierks came back to tie the game up in the fifth before Garner’s single iced the win for Dierks.

Dierks was led at the plate by Burgress with two hits. Simmons, Jaycee Runnels, Garner and Bre-anna Mounts all had one

hit and one RBI. Emily Whisenhunt also had a RBI in the game.

Annaliese Stamps went five innings for the Lady Outlaws. She allowed 10 hits, five runs and three walks.

The Lady Rattlers were led at the plate by Mauldin with three hits followed by Wilcher with two hits and one RBI. Katlyne Smith and Anna Corbitt also had one hit and one RBI each while Terrell, Kuykendall and Aspen Harris added to the 10-hit total.

Smith worked the circle for the Lady Rattlers. She allowed seven hits, six runs, struck out one and walked two.

Dierks drops 2to Lady BearsThe Lady Outlaws had

a scoreless Friday when they hosted the Spring Hill Lady Bears, who picked up a 7-0 win in the first game and a 6-0 win in the next game.

In the opening game, the Lady Outlaws were led at the plate by Mounts with two hits. Kesterson picked up Dierks’ only other hit of the game.

Simmons was tagged with the Dierks loss. She gave up eight hits, seven runs, struck out two and allowed no walks.

The hits were just as sparse for Dierks in the next game against SH. The Lady Outlaws only had two hits, one from Kesterson and the other from Garner.

Stamps went four in-nings for the Lady Out-laws. She allowed eight hits, six runs, struck out two and walked one.

3 straight winsfor Lady RattlersOn March 7, the Lady

Rattlers picked up a 12-2

win over the Ashdown Lady Panthers.

Murfreesboro scored in all but one of the five innings, including five in the third. The Lady Rat-tlers had 14 hits in the game and were led at the plate by Jarah Cox with three hits and two RBIs. Kuykendall added two hits and two RBIs while Smith and Hope Littles had two hits and one RBI each. Mauldin, Humphry, Hannah Cox and Harris each had one hit and one RBI. Terrell also added to the 14-hit total.

Jarah Cox got the win for the Lady Rattlers. She allowed six hits, two runs, struck out four and walked five.

The Lady Ratt lers picked up two more wins last week - 13-0 over Gur-don on March 10 and 14-8 over Mount Ida on March 13.

The Lady Rattlers col-lected six hits in the win over Gurdon with Harris picking up four RBIs on

one hit and Corbitt batting in two runs on one hit. Other Murfreesboro hitters included Wilcher with two and Littles and Terrell with one each. Smith, Mauldin and Kuykendall each had one run batted-in.

Hannah Cox pitched Murfreesboro to the win. She allowed six hits, no runs, struck out six and allowed no walks.

In the 14-8 win over Mount Ida, Terrell and Hannah Cox hit home runs to lead Murfreesboro at the plate.

Terrell collected three RBIs on two hits while Cox had five RBIs on two hits. Smith and Kuykendall each had two hits and one RBI and Littles had one hit and one RBI. Other hitters included Morgan Westfall and Corbitt with two each and Harris with one.

Hannah Cox again got the win for Murfreesboro in the seven-inning game. The senior pitcher allowed 12 hits, eight runs, struck out three and walked one.

Dierks splits with M’boro

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LADY OUTLAW SOFTBALL. (At left) Alexis Simmons works the circle with backup at firstbase by Kennedy Boeckman. (At right) Halle Mounts gets set at thirdbase during the first game Friday against Spring Hill.

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LADY RATTLER SOFTBALL. Anna Corbitt at bat with Ande Terrell coming down the line against Gur-don during play last week in Murfreesboro.

Rattlers pick up first win of season

After going 4-0 to open the season, the Murfrees-boro Rattlers picked up their first win last Thurs-day over the Gurdon Go-Devils, 3-2.

The Rattlers kept Gur-don scoreless until the the sixth inning while Mur-freesboro plated runs in the first and fourth in-nings. Gurdon came back to tie the game in the sixth before Rattler Brody Hig-night ripped a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Rattlers the 3-2 win.

The Rattlers had only had two more hits in the game with both coming off the bat of J.C. Motley.

Ryan Roberts picked up one of the team’s three RBIs with the other two credited to Hignight.

Roberts worked the mound for the Rattlers. He went just over five innings and allowed three hits and one run, struck out eight and walked three.

Roberts was relieved by Dalton Cherry, who gave up four hits, one run, struck out two and walked two.

Pike County’s Center-point Knights threw the fourth loss of the season at the Rattlers on March 7. The Knights won the game 7-1.

The Rattlers had nine hits and were led by Mot-ley with two hits and one RBI. Other Rattler hitters included Jack Stuard, Rob-erts, Cherry, Hignight, Laramie Beshears, Zayne Flaherty and Jakob All-mon.

Motley got the start on the mound for the Rattlers. He gave up four hits, two runs, struck out four and walked two. Todd Snyder came on in relief and gave up three runs, struck out one and walked three. Cherry closed the game and gave up two hits, two runs and walked two.

Centerpoint was led at the plate by Daniel For-sythe with two hits and two RBIs.

Adding to the six-hit to-tal were Logan Taylor, Walt Freeman, Lance Chambers and Kanon Horn.

Gavin Nutt and Keenan Owens worked the mound for the Knights.

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After picking up a 7-6 win over the Horatio Lions last Thursday, the Dierks Outlaws stumbled in the Arkadelphia tournament and dropped games to Ashdown, 5-1, and Junc-tion City, 8-7.

In the Horatio game, both teams were scoreless for the first three innings. The Lions crossed the plate first in the fourth to lead 1-0 before Dierks moved ahead with a five-run fifth inning.

Horatio roared back in the sixth inning with five runs to take a 6-5 lead. In the bottom of the sixth in-ning, the Lions had an er-ror that led to two Outlaw runs crossing the plate.

The Lions were held to three hits by the com-bined effort of starter Lane Woodruff and relievers Zane Cox, Blayn Turner and Jacob Sharp.

The Outlaws collected six hits and were led by Woodruff with two hits and one RBI. Cox added one hit and two RBIs fol-lowed by Turner with one hit and one RBI.

Caleb Adams and Grant Strasner added to the Di-erks hit total.

The Outlaws entered tournament play in Arka-delphia Friday and were handed a 5-1 loss by Ash-down.

The Outlaws had six hits in the loss and were led by Turner with two hits. Also getting hits for Dierks were Sharp, Jarett Fox, Strasner and Colton Strode.

Cox, Turner and Sharp worked the mound for the Outlaws and gave up a total of seven hits, five runs, struck out six and walked four.

The Outlaws improved in the next game but were downed 8-7 by the JC Dragons.

Dierks had seven hits in the loss and were led by Cox with three hits and one RBI and Woodruff and Turner each had one hit and two RBIs. Adding to the hit total were Strode and Strasner and Cale Adams was credited with a RBI.

Turner and Sharp threw for the Outlaws. Turner gave up two hits and five runs and walked two. Sharp gave up seven hits and four runs, struck out six and walked two.

Outlaws get Lions, fall twice in tourney

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SCRAPPERETTE SENIORS. Seniors on the Scrapperette softball team re-ceived their travel pillows Friday afternoon before they left for the Benton Tour-nament. They include (front row) Bailey Dougan, Gabi Dougan, Brittany Hilliard and Chelsey Hile; (back row) Hannah White, Anna Kesterson, Kaylea Carver, Kacey Hinds and Alyssa Harrison.

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SCRAPPER SENIORS. Seniors on the Scrapper baseball team received travel pillows Thursday, March 9, before leaving for a tournament in Pittsburg, Texas. They include (front row) Preston Pope, Austin Chambers, Ty Brown and Zack Jamison; (back row) Dalton Smead, Trey Scott, Austin Bowman, Hunter White and Colin Parnell.

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SENIOR CHEERLEADERS. The Scrapper cheerleaders for 2017-18 were se-lected March 9 during tryouts. Senior members include Breanna Peebles, Les-lie Lingo, Olivia Herzog, Mackenzie Brown, Lindsey O’Donnell, Monique Flores and Jordan Revels.

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JUNIOR HIGH CHEERLEADERS. Nashville Junior High School cheerleaders for 2017-18 were selected March 9 during tryouts. They include (front row) Am-ber Ross, Lindsey Aylett, Caroline Kesterson, Braven Warren, Raegan Porter, Ally Dixon and Zoe Upton; (second row) Avery Hood, Brittan Ray, Katie Co-chran and Ali Hutchinson; (back row) Makenzie Graham, Katie Barnes, Anna Claire Gunter and Lamia Madora.

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AFTER TRYOUTS. Coach Susan Ren-

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Nashville News-Leader

www.swarkansasnews.com Section B

By Zoie Clift,travel writer

Arkansas Departmentof Parks and TourismArkansas is home to

more than 600,000 acres of lakes. Among these are five in Southwest Arkan-sas collectively known as the Diamond Lakes. These are Lake Ouachita and Lake Hamilton at Hot Springs, Lake Catherine near Malvern, DeGray Lake at Arkadelphia and Lake Greeson between Glenwood and Murfrees-boro.

Arkansas angler and fishing expert Billy Mur-ray has extensive knowl-edge of these waters. The Hot Springs native, who was recently inducted into the National Bass Fish-ing Hall of Fame, started his career over 50 years ago as a fishing guide at Lake Ouachita. He enjoys fishing all of the lakes of the state, including the Diamond Lakes.

“Each body of water has its own personality,” he said. “The character-istics of each are different and the fisheries have different species available and are on different river systems. Within our five-lake area here we have almost any type of water you would like for recre-ation. Our wealth is in our water. We are so fortunate to have what we have. It’s a boon to Arkansas and gives our people the op-portunity to go out and enjoy our state.”

Below, Murray shares his insight on each of the five lakes.

Lake GreesonThe 12-mile-long, 7,000-

acre lake features clear wa-ters and steep, rocky ridges that form islands and long peninsulas extending into the lake. Around the lake shore is Daisy State Park.

“Lake Greeson is on the Little Missouri River. It’s the hidden diamond of them all. It is the small-est of the five lakes and has two marinas on it, one at Self Creek and one at Swaha Lodge. It is not a residential lake, it’s a flood control. So it has lots of water fluctuation; it is up in the spring, down in the winter. Of all of the lakes we have mentioned, it is probably one of the best fishing lakes we have. It has a tremendous bass and crappie population and large creeks that run off the main body of water.

“As far as habitat goes, it has no grass and no standing timber, which usually the more grass and timber you have, the more fish growing habitat you have. But this lake has none. But the water level does go up and down during the year, which contributes to it having a larger fish population. The lake has huge rock bluffs and is very scenic. It has a tremendous amount of water flow that goes through it because it is small and a tremendous amount of campgrounds, launching ramps, and ac-cess facilities to the lake.”

Lake OuachitaLake Ouachita is sur-

rounded by the Ouachi-ta National Forest. The

40,100-acre lake is well known for fishing and consistently ranks as one of the top 10 spots in the nation for largemouth bass fishing. The lake has more than 100 uninhabited is-lands for camping and on the eastern shore is Lake Ouachita State Park.

“Lake Ouachita is the largest lake we have in the state. It is a wilderness lake. It has no homes on it. It is there for flood control, and the lake fluctuates greatly up and down depending on rain and drought. It has multiple species available in the lake, the main ones being bass, striper, walleye and crappie. Each one of these species has a dif-ferent niche in the water. They don’t cohabitat; they have their own area of the lake they live in. The lake is able to generate more of these fish because of the extensive amount of water fluctuation it has.

“It is probably the pre-mier striper fishing lake in the state. It has a tre-mendous population with many fish caught being over 30 pounds. And it is one of the few lakes in Arkansas you can go out and target walleye and catch them. Walleye is nor-mally a northern species found in the northern part of the country. The bass population is good, too. You have largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, which are catch and release only, and then there is Kentucky spotted bass. The length limit on the largemouth and spotted bass is 13 inches, which gives these fish a chance to get to ma-turity before they can be taken out of the lake.

“The river system that feeds Lake Ouachita has got more lakes on it than any other river system in our state. You have Lake Ouachita, Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine, all on the same river, which is the Ouachita River. So it is a very diverse fishery in that it has huge amounts of big open water, which is

not only good for outdoor recreation such as fishing, but it is also a big recre-ation lake for swimming, skiing, scuba diving; it is a multi use reservoir. And it has somewhere around 1300 miles of shoreline. So it’s a huge body of water. The one thing that makes it so unique is it has huge tributaries that go off of the main body of the lake. It’s serpentine shaped with creeks that go 6 or 7 miles off the main body of the lake. And it has all of the things in it that promote a good fishery, which is grass, standing timber, big open water ar-eas, and lots of long huge shallow flats. Each one of these types of areas is what promotes different species of fish. The big open areas are the striper areas; the long creeks off of the lake are where most of the bass fishing is done. And most of the walleye fishing is done on the ledges and humps that are out in the main body of the lake.”

Lake HamiltonDownstream from Lake

Ouachita is Lake Hamil-ton. It is of the state’s most popular recreational and residential lakes. Garvan Woodland Gardens is a lakeshore botanical garden that can be accessed by the lake via boat, and Scenic 7 Byway crosses the lake.

“This is a residential lake. It has homes, motels, restaurants, all types of businesses right on the shoreline of the lake. It’s what we call a constant level lake. It doesn’t fluc-

tuate when you get large rains. They try to hold it at a constant level mainly be-cause they don’t want it to flood a bunch of people’s houses. Lake Ouachita is the lake they control the

water level in the Ouachita River with. It’s the one that when it rains real hard they just stop the water right there and start letting out the lakes below so they won’t flood.

LAKE GREESON

SOME CALL IT PARADISE

Great times are beckoningTime for fishing on Diamond Lakes

2B News Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Nashville News-Leader

The engagement of Emily Claunch of Greenbrier, Ark., to Christopher Carroll, formerly of Nashville, is announced by her parents, Lee and Belinda Claunch of Greenbrier.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Wilma Claunch of Paris, Ark., and H.B. Claunch of Scranton, and Bobbie Denton of Scranton and the late Howard Denton.

She is a 2008 graduate of Dover High School, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Family and Con-sumer Science from the University of Central Arkansas in 2015. She is employed as the offi ce manager at the Conway Institute of Music.

The prospective bridegroom is the son of Jerrell and Dee Garner, and Keith and Darlene Carroll of Nashville. He is the grandson of Janice Ragar of Nashville and Wilton Ragar of Crossett, and Bob and Betty Carroll of Nashville.

He is a 2012 graduate of Nashville High School, and earned a Bachelor of Health Science degree in 2016 from the University of Central Arkansas. He is a doctoral student studying physical therapy at UCA, and he is employed at Hyper UCA.

The wedding will be Saturday, May 13, 2017 at An-tioch Baptist Church, 150 Amity Road, Conway. The couple plans to take a wedding trip to Orlando, Fla.

Dennis and Brenda McCrary of Nashville are proud to announce the approaching marriage of their daugh-ter, Jennifer Lynn, to Michael Alan Morrow. He is the son of Wayne and Cathy Morrow of McCaskill.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Laverne Bissell and the late John ‘Pete’ Bissell, and Ed and Joan McCrary, all of Nashville.

She is a 2008 graduate of Nashville High School and attended Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia. She graduated from Blue Cliff College in Fayetteville.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Jo Burnett and the late Billy Ray Burnett, and Rita Morrow and the late Boyd Morrow, all of McCaskill. He is a 2008 graduate of Blevins High School, and is a graduate of Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia.

The wedding will be Saturday, March 25, 2017, at 4 p.m. at Cross Point Cowboy Church in Nashville.

Friends and relatives are invited.

The engagement and approaching marriage of Jana Lynn Copeland and Zachary William Stewart is an-nounced by her parents, Rick and Janet Copeland of Nashville.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of John and Brenda Ross of McCaskill, Ark., and Linda Copeland and the late Gene Copeland of Nashville.

She is a graduate of Nashville High School. She is cur-rently attending nursing school at Harding University.

The prospective bridegroom is the son of Doug and Sherry Stewart of Rogers, Ark. He is the grandson of C.V. and Bertie Stewart, and Jim and Mary Canfi eld all of Rogers.

He is a graduate of Rogers Heritage High School and earned a kinesiology degree from Harding University. He is currently employed at Central Arkansas Christian (CAC) school district as a baseball/football coach and teacher.

The wedding is planned for Friday, June 23, 2017, at 7 p.m. at her grandparents’ farm near McCaskill.

Visit the couple at www.theknot.com/us/jana-and-zac.

Being St. Patrick’s Day is this week made me think about the color green and the role it plays in an over-all healthy diet. Dark green colored vegetables and fruits are super important in a healthy diet plan. And they should be included often in your meal plans. Vegetables such as turnip greens, collards, aspara-gus, and broccoli are natu-rally high in vitamin A and low in calories. Kiwi, green grapes and green apples also provide lots of nu-trients, including vitamin C. Besides being high in vitamins, green vegetables and fruit also provide lots of fi ber. Even some dark green vegetables are great sources of vitamin C. Broc-coli is one of them.

Broccoli is an impor-tant source of fiber and many nutrients. Broccoli provides vitamins A and C which are antioxidants that may reduce your risk of heart disease and certain cancers. It is also a good source of calcium, mag-nesium and vitamin K for healthy bones; potassium for healthy blood pressure and fi ber to help control cholesterol and keep you regular.

Just ½ cup of chopped broccoli provides 23 calo-ries, 10% vitamin A, 80% vitamin C, 14% folate (needed for brain health) and is low in sodium at 8 mg. Broccoli can be en-joyed steamed, boiled, fresh or roasted.

When choosing which head of broccoli to pur-chase at the grocery store, look for heads with tight buds which range from dark green to purple in color. Avoid bunches that have spreading buds, are yellow in color and look wilted or limp.

Once you have pur-chased broccoli, store it un-washed in the refrigerator. Broccoli stored in the cold and with high humidity can last from 3 to 5 days. It is important to store broc-coli away from apples and pears because these fruits naturally give off ethylene which speeds the yellow-ing of broccoli.

When you are ready to prepare broccoli to eat, begin by removing the woody layer of the stem. This can be easily done by peeling the stems. The stems will take a little lon-

ger to prepare than the fl orets. Avoid overcooking broccoli as this can cause discoloration and strong fl avors. Broccoli should be cooked to just tender and should still be a little crisp.

Broccoli can be cooked both on the stovetop in boiling water or in a steam basket. You may also cook broccoli in the microwave. To do this, place cut broc-coli in a microwave-safe dish with ½ cup water, cover and cook 5 to 7 min-utes on high.

You can also enjoy broc-coli fresh. Just wash and cut off the fl orets and enjoy them in salads or as snack!

Broccoli is just one of the many “greens” you can enjoy with your fam-ily this St. Patrick’s Day and all summer long. If you would like a copy of the handout, “Arkansas Fresh Broccoli” contact the Howard County Exten-sion Offi ce at 870-845-7517 or visit our offi ce located on the second fl oor of the courthouse.

Recipe of the WeekThis is one of the fea-

tured recipes on the hand-out, “Arkansas Fresh Broc-coli.” This recipe is a lighter version of a favorite broc-coli salad enjoyed at many potlucks.

A LighterBroccoli Salad4 cups small broccoli

fl orets (about 1½ lbs.); 1½ cups seedless red or green grapes, halved; 1 cup chopped celery; 1 cup rai-sins or dried cranberries; ¼ cup slivered almonds; 1/3 cup light mayonnaise; ¼ cup plain fat-free yogurt; 3 tbs. sugar; 1 tbs. white vinegar.

Combine the fi rst fi ve ingredients in a large bowl. In a separate small bowl, stir together mayonnaise, yogurt, sugar and vinegar. Pour dressing over broc-coli mixture and toss well. Chill for 1 hour. Yield: 8 servings (about 1 cup each)

Nutrition Information Per Serving: 175 calories, 6 g. fat, 3 g. protein, 31 g. carbohydrate, 4 g. fiber, 148 mg. sodium

Morrow-McCrarynuptials are March 25

Claunch-Carroll vowsset at Conway church

Grandparents’ farm tobe site for wedding

Michael Alan Morrow, Jennifer Lynn McCrary

Zachary William Stewart andJana Lynn Copeland

Christopher Carroll, Emily Claunch

EngagementsEat your greens!

After a potluck and desserts, members of THEOS were entertained with a musical program by pianist Bob Cargile, March 6.

THEOS stands for “They Help Each Other Spiritu-ally,” and it is an organization for persons who have lost spouses.

The group met at the fellowship hall of First Baptist Church.

The musical program ranged from blues to spirituals. The group’s next meeting will be April 4.

THEOS members aretreated to program

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Nashville News-Leader Wednesday, March 15, 2017 News 3B

The Pike County Cooperative Extension Service and Pike County 4-H in cooperation with the Ar-kansas Veterinary Association is sponsoring a rabies clinic in Pike County.

The cost will be $10 per pet (other shots will be available at each location for an additional charge). The minimum age for pets is three months.

For more information, contact the Pike County Extension Office at (870) 285-2161.

Monday, March 27Rain date: Monday, April 10

New Hope Post Office, 1:45-2 p.m.Langley Fire Department, 2:30-3 p.m.

Kirby Bethlehem Baptist Church, 3:30-4 p.m. Friday, March 31

Rain Date: Friday, April 7Nathan Fire Department, 1-1:25 p.m.

Cooley’s Store, 1:40-2:10 p.m.Pike City Missionary Baptist Church, 2:30-2:45 p.m.

Murfreesboro** (old hospital), 3:15-4:45 p.m.Saturday, April 1

Wright’s Veterinary Clinic in Glenwood,12 noon-3 p.m.

Monday, April 3Rain Date: Monday, April 17

Murfreesboro** (old hospital), 1:15-2:30 p.m.Antoine City Hall, 3:15-3:45 p.m.

Pisgah Community Center, 4:15-4:45 p.m.Delight City Park, 5:15-6 p.m.

**Murfreesboro City Dog License will beavailable for $5.00 per dog**

Pike County rabies clinic schedule

By John BalchNews-Leader staffThe Murfreesboro City

Council voted Monday night to let Mayor Rod-ney Fagan and the city’s street commissioners steer a state-aid project to im-prove two roadways.

The city is set to receive more than $256,000 of state funds for the improve-ments with the figure to include a $6,771 “overrun” city officials have agreed to pay out of street de-partment funds. The two streets that will receive attention will be Anthony Avenue (known locally as the Sawmill Road) and West 13th Street, which extends out to the Mur-freesboro City Park.

The council agreed to focus on the two roadways and delay improvements to Beavert Lane, Village Circle and East Mauney.

Mayor Fagan said he would like to see all of West 13th Street - from the four-way stop at the intersection with Highway 19 North out to the city limits just past the park - improved or as much as possible “until the money runs out.”

Fagan and street com-missioners Jason Allmon and Jeff Walls were giv-en council approval to oversee the improvement project.

The council briefly heard from Walls about the city’s quest to imple-ment zoning regulations within the city. He said the zoning commission-ers have reached the final stages of preparing the regulations and are about ready to present them to the council. City Attorney Jana Bradford said a public hearing will be required to be held to present the regulations to the public.

Walls said he wants to have a public hearing sometime before the first of May. The date and time of the public hearing will be advertised in the local paper at least two weeks prior to the date.

Also Monday, the coun-cil heard from resident Ricky Floyd concerning an international “dark-sky” initiative to minimize light pollution. Floyd said the city should be aware of the initiative when making de-cisions about what kind of lighting will be used in the future particularly when it comes to the use of LED (light-emitting diode).

Floyd said groups such as the International Dark-Sky Association are working to “minimize the glow” created by use of artificial lights such as street lights. He said light pollution can be harmful to wildlife and humans, waste energy and money as well as block out the wonders of the night sky.

“It’s not just an astrono-mer thing,” said Floyd, who along with his broth-er, Dr. Mark Floyd, are amateur astronomers and are looking to start a local astronomy club.

Floyd is also set to meet with Murfreesboro City Park commissioners to discuss the current plan to light the park’s walking trail and future lighting issues.

Also Monday, the coun-cil approved Recorder/Treasurer Penny Lamb’s financial statement, which included the following beginning and ending bal-ances for February:

General Fund$164,724/$155,269Street Department$166,853/$179,918Water Department$153,123/$151,929

M’boro streets to get attention, council hears about ‘dark-sky’ initiative aimed at light pollution

SCHOLARSHIPS TO OKLAHOMA BAPTIST. Two Murfreesboro seniors have been awarded academic schol-arships by Oklahoma Baptist University for the 2017 academic year. They include Chei Hill (left) and Danielle Summers. Hill received the Academic Scholarship. Presented in recognition of academic achievement, the Academic Grant is an annual $2,000 and $9,000 grant which can be renewed for three additional years, making the honor worth a potential of $36,000. Summers received the President’s Academic Scholarship. Presented in recognition of academic achievement, the President’s Academic Scholarship is an annual $9,000 scholarship which can be renewed for three additional years, making the honor worth a potential of $36,000. OBU President Dr. David W. Whitlock presented a certificate of recognition to each 2017 academic scholarship recipient during a recent ceremony on OBU’s campus in Shawnee.

4B Farm Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Nashville News-Leader

March came in like a lion and left the door openIt’s blowed like a banshee for weeksI saddle and ride like some kind of robotShe builds up a temper and shrieks

The constant thrumming that grates on my skinAnd pulls on my collar and coatLike an EPA leech that’s hooked to my lungsAnd blowin’ its breath down my throat

I squint through the haze for a sign of the bunchI’m s’posed to be checkin’ the stockBut great herds of sagebrush stampede through the

dustAnd often a cow is a rock.

My patience wears thin and my horse bears the bruntOf frustration rubbin’ me rawI’ve ground my pore teeth ‘til they’ve taken an edgeMy reins hand is stiff as a claw

And there ain’t no relief in the bunkhouse at nightIt howls and the demons rave onIt whistles and moans through the cracks in the wallTil all hope of sleepin’ is gone

My ears ache like crazy. My hair even hurtsThe drumming plays on in my headIt pounds until mornin. It takes all my strengthTo get up and git outta bed.

I’m dry as a mummy and I plan to get up, butIt’s easy to rationalizeAnd the horses need fed and walked to the creekSo I clean the dirt from my eyes

And walk to the door. I hear the wind knockin’I’m filled with a big dose of dreadI sag in my boot tops, it’s miserable outYa know, I could braid rawhide instead

The boss ain’t comin’ for a couple more days, butThe code says a cowboy should rideCome hell or high water, but I think todayI’ll just be miserable ... inside www.baxterblack.com

By Fred MillerU of A System Division of AgricultureBATESVILLE, Ark. —

Toxic fescue pastures can cost beef producers a lot, but University of Arkan-sas System Division of Agriculture research has developed practices that can minimize or even elim-inate losses.

A five-year study by an-imal scientist Ken Coffey shows that removing cows from toxic fescue pastures 30 days prior to breeding and keeping them on a non-toxic forage for 30 days into the breeding season increased concep-tion 40 percent compared to cows that grazed toxic fescue before and during breeding in spring calving cows.

Research results like this will be the focus of “Is it fescue, or is it just me?” a free educational meet-ing focusing on livestock production.

The meeting will be presented April 18 at the division’s Livestock and

Forestry Research Station near Batesville.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the program begins at 9:30 a.m.

Don Hubbell, station director, said Division of Agriculture scientists will discuss their research on many segments of the beef production cycle in cow herds. The research topics will cover cow/calf, stocker and feedlot feedlot performance of cattle grazed on toxic vs. non-toxic fescue.

A lot of attention will be given to coping with toxic endophyte-infected fescue. Hubbell said Di-vision of Agriculture re-search shows how growth-promoting technology and changes in management decisions can improve production in cattle grazed on toxic fescue.

A study by Shane Gad-berry, extension associ-ate professor of ruminant nutrition, shows how the use of growth promot-ing technology improved weight gain by 25 percent

in weaned calves grazed on toxic fescue compared to calves grazing toxic fescue with no growth promoters. The increase in individual animal pro-ductivity more than paid for the cost of the inputs.

“These presentations will show producers how management changes, large or small, can have a big impact on productivity and profits,” Hubbell said.

For more information, call 870-793-7432 or email Don Hubbell at dhubbell@uark.edu.

The meeting’s agenda is online: http://aaes.uark.edu/research-locations/

batesville.aspx and can also be downloaded from there in PDF format.

The Livestock and For-estry Research Station — also known as the Bates-ville Station — is located on Arkansas Hwy. 106, 10.5 miles northwest of Batesville. The station is about 3 miles west of the Hwy. 106 intersection with Arkansas Hwy. 69.

If you require a reason-able accommodation to participate or need ma-terials in another format, please contact the Bates-ville Station, 870-793-7432, as soon as possible. Dial 711 for Arkansas Relay.

Multi-county regions looking to identify new economic opportunities and implement strategies to create, retain and attract jobs can apply for technical assistance as part of a na-tional initiative, Stronger Economies Together.

An educational webinar on how to apply has been posted on the program website www.uaex.edu/SET.

The deadline for appli-cations is March 23.

To apply, regions must consist of three or more counties, be fifty-one per-cent rural based on popu-lation or land area and at least one county in the re-gion must be economically distressed. In addition, there must be commitment from representatives of each county in the region to participate in SET.

Following the March 23 application deadline, site visits to regions will occur between March 24 and April 5, and regions that are selected with be announced in late April.

To learn more, visit www.uaex.edu/SET.

DeadlineMarch 23for ruralassistance

Miserable

Workshop set April 18 on toxic fescue

Nashville News-Leader Wednesday, March 15, 2017 News 5B

New Light C.M.E. Church

1301 S. Mill Street • NashvilleElroy Stewart, Pastor

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Bible Study - Wednesday 4:30 p.m.

Morris Drug116 S. MainNashville

(870) 845-1565

Ridgeway Baptist Church(SBC)

Corner of Peachtree & HearnHwy. 371 • Prescott Hwy • Nashville

845-1386Sunday: Fellowship 9 a.m.Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.Discipleship Training 5 p.m.

Evening Worship 6 p.m.Wednesday: Children/Youth/Adults 6:30 p.m.

Delight UnitedMethodist Church

E. Antioch Street • Delight

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.Morning Services - 11:00 a.m.

Prayer Meeting - Wed. 6:30 p.m.Jim Henderson, Pastor

First Christian Church

500 N. Main • Nashville(Corner of Main & Bishop)

845-3241Sunday Bible School - 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship - 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m.Minister: Jim Pinson

First Assemblyof God

1405 W. Sunset • Nashville845-1959

Terry Goff, PastorSunday School - 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship - 10:45 a.m.Evening Worship - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Night Service 7 p.m.

ATTEND CHURCH THIS SUNDAY!

Futrell MarineHwy. 371 Nashville

(870) 845-3122

woods & woods

public accountants, pa Ltd.

118 N. Main - Nashville - 845-4422

Donny J. Woods (PA)Bill Moorer •Jeanice Neel (CPA)

Scott Memorial & Mt. Carmel UMC1st & 3rd Sunday each month -

2nd & 4th @ Hwy 371E.SS 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.

Lockesburg

Everyone is always welcome!

You are invited to worship with us at...Center Point Missionary

Baptist Church211 Church St. • Center Point

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.Evening Service 5:00 p.m.Bro. Alan Davis, Pastor

HOLLY CREEKMissionary Baptist Church

705 Main St. • Dierks • 286-2010Sun. School 10:00 a.m.

Sun. Morning Worship 10:50 a.m.Sun. Evening 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday WOW 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.Pastor: Bro. Clyde Mitchell

Radio Program: 9:45 Sunday Morning • B99.5 FMVisit us at: www.hollycreekmbc.net

Come worship with us!

First Church of GodCommunity Oriented & Christ Centered

946 MLK, Hwy 355, Tollette, AR

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 11:00 a.m. • Youth 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday evening service 6:00 p.m.

Rev. Charles Green, Pastor

-- Non-Denomination --

New Life in JesusChrist Church

913 South Main St. • Nashville, ARSunday Morning Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.Wednesday Evening Worship 5:30 p.m.

TV Broadcast KJEP-TV:Thursdays @ 12 Noon & 7:00 p.m.

Pastors: Lankford & Mary Alice Moore

EBENEZER UMC318 West Dodson • Nashville

870-557-1173Sun. School 9:30 a.m. each Sun.

Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Wed. Bible Study 6:00-7:00 p.m.

Choir Rehearsal Wed. 5:00-6:00 p.m.Shirley White-Souder, Pastor“Open Hearts, Open Minds,

Open Doors”

So whether you eat

or drink or whatever you do,

do it all for the

glory of God.

—1 Corinthians 10:31

Immanuel Baptist ChurchImmanuel St. • Nashville • 845-3414

Brent Thompson, Pastorwww.myimmanuel.com

Sunday: Sunday School - 9:55 a.m.Worship (KMTB-fm) - 10:55 a.m.

Worship - 6:00 p.m.Youth - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday: AWANA - 5:30 p.m.Bible Study - 6:00 p.m.

Youth - 6:30 p.m.

Advertise your church or business

here by callingTracy or Natasha at

870-845-0600

By Louie GravesNews-Leader staffThere is no rush to

adopt, so Mineral Springs put a pair of ordinances on three-month readings, during the council’s regu-lar meeting for March, Monday night.

The ordinances should be formally adopted at the May meeting of the council.

One ordinance, slated to go into effect in January of 2019, removes vehicle purchasing power from the mayor. Mayor Bobby Tullis introduced the or-dinance, and explained that there had been some criticism of a purchase he had previously made for the city.

In the future, no “roll-ing stock” purchases will be made other than by the whole council.

The other ordinance raised the late payment penalty and reconnect fee for water and sewer customers.

After a 23 minute ex-ecutive session, the council unanimously voted to

amend the city budget so that funds received as a sti-pend from Diamond Bank will be used for parttime police salaries.

The bank will make the annual stipend to thank the city for moving its po-lice department office into a side office at the bank. Mayor Tullis said he was unsure if it was pro-rata or in lump sum.

Citizen Margaret Dix-on said she was totally surprised after she was presented the first Good Neighbor Award. The cer-

tificate presentation was by Alderman Charles De-loney who represents the ward in which Dixon lives. The recognition award was approved last month. Selection is made by a committee of city officials and residents.

Present for the meeting were Mayor Tullis, City Recorder-Treasurer April Nail, and council members James Jeanes, Steve Dixon, Vera Marks and Deloney.

Also present and giving his department report was Fire Chief Chris Hostetler.

MS council decides no rush to adopt two city ordinances

GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARD. Margaret Dixon accepts the award from Charles Deloney.

“Don’t Ignore Diabe-tes” - a free class for se-niors with diabetes - will be held Wednesday, April 12 at the Murfreesboro Senior Adult Center.

The class will be held at

1 p.m. There are plans to hold more classes in June.

The goal of the class is for diabetics to learn how to live better with diabetes. The class is also open to family members,

friends, church members or anyone who prepares meals or dishes for dia-betics.

For more information, contact the SAC at (870) 285-2312.

Free class for seniors with diabetes

2017 UMPIRE WILDCAT SENIORS. (From left) Haley Cook, Dusty Kesterson, Karlie Alexander, Desmond Pinson, Danielle Cocke, Lindon Vaughn and Coach Kenny Tabler.

WildcatsCoach Kenny TablerAll-Star Coach Nominee for BoysDesmond PinsonAll-District, All-State Honorable Men-tion, All-Star Nominee for ConferenceLindon VaughnAll-District Honorable MentionDusty Kesterson

All-State Honorable Mention, All-Star NomineeLady WildcatsMaeghan McCarleyAll-DistrictDanielle CookAll-District Honorable MentionKarlie AlexanderAll-District Honorable Mention

Umpire postseason basketball awards

6B News Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Nashville News-Leader

Feb. 17, 2017BF=Bond ForfeitedArraignmentPike CountyBush, Nicole Marie, 48,

Mena, $263 BF, violation of Arkansas Hot Check Law; $205 BF, failure to appear

Dean, James Charles, 42, Murfreesboro, $325 BF, driving with suspended li-cense; $210 BF, obstructing government operations; $225 BF, failure to appear

Bench TrialsBray, Kathie A., 47, Um-

pire, guilty of expired ve-hicle license, fined $125; guilty of driving with sus-pended license, fined $325 and sentenced to two days in jail

Capps, Kevin N., 31, Hot Springs, guilty of pos-session of controlled sub-stance, fined $1,030 and license six months; guilty of possession of drug para-phernalia, fined $555

Fahrney, William Mi-chael, 57, Langley, guilty of drinking in public or on highway, fined $220

Handley, Dawn Sue, 47, Glenwood, guilty of possession of controlled substance, fined $1,030, deferred adjudication for one year

Newton, Christopher R., 38, Murfreesboro, guilty of expired vehicle license-tags, fined $75 costs; guilty of no proof of liability in-surance, fined $315

VanCamp, Joseph D., 25, Antoine, guilty of driv-ing with suspended li-cense, fined $325 and sen-tenced to two days in jail

Woodall, Derek W., 28, Amity, guilty of DWI, fined $1, 070, credited for time served, license suspended and must complete Level I DWI course

City of MurfreesboroGoolsby, Mary A., 49,

Murfreesboro, guilty of theft of services, fined $385; guilty of failure to appear, fined $245

Arkansas Gameand Fish CommissionBrake, Amos H., 20,

Nashville, guilty of wast-ing edible game/fish, fined $3270

Ramey, James Willliam, 19, Glenwood, guilty of hunting out of season, fined $620

Robertson, Chad, 32, Shreveport, La., guilty of boating under the influ-ence, fined $570, license suspended and must com-plete Level I DWI course

March 3, 2017Bench TrialsPike CountyPittman, Michael D., 23,

Amity, guilty of driving with suspended license,

fined $325Wilson, Joel Nolen, 49,

Tecumseh, Okla., guilty of DWI, fined $1,070, credited for time served, license suspended and must com-plete Level I DWI course; guilty of driving left of center, fined $125

ArraignmentPike CountyAsh, Bi l ly W. , 24 ,

Blevins, guilty of no seat belt, fined $70

Beaty, Jerald Wayne, 42, Waldron, $125 BF, over-length

Bullock, Calvin, 48, De-light, guilty of driving with suspended license, fined $325 and sentenced to two days in jail

Chambers, Christopher, 18, Kirby, $125 BF, speed-ing

Cheatham, Ricardo, 36, Washington, $125 BF, no vehicle license

Childers, Donald Ray, 50, Sparkman, $135 BF, speeding

Cogburn, Brandon Jo-seph, 31, Glenwood, guilty of driving with suspended license, fined $325 and sen-tenced to two days in jail

Cogburn, Danielle Ma-rie, 33, Norman, guilty of no child restraint device; guilty of failure to appear, fined $205; guilty of animal cruelty, fined $260, under advisement for 30 days

Cox, Brock K., 37, Nash-ville, $555 BF, possession of drug paraphernalia

Dallas, Justin R., 31, Nashville, guilty of no proof of liability insurance, fined $315

Dean, Corey A., 20, Nashville, $205 BF, con-tempt (failure to pay)

Dildy, William R., 32, Nashville, guilty of driv-ing with suspended li-cense, fined $325 and sen-tenced to two days in jail; guilty of failure to appear, fined $205

Drye, David, 30, Glen-wood, guilty of violation of Arkansas Hot Check Law, fined $584.73; guilty of violation of AHCL, fined $518.27; guilty of violation of AHCL, fined $509.84; guilty of violation of AHCL, fined $472.43; guilty of violation of AHCL, fined $595; guilty of violation of AHCL, fined $516.22; guilty of violation of AHCL, fined $473.68; guilty of violation of AHCL, fined $468.99; guilty of violation of AHCL, fined $482.99; guilty of violation of AHCL, fined $506.51; guilty of driving on sus-pended license, fined $325 and sentenced to two days in jail

Drye, Jessica D., 30, Glenwood, guilty of con-tempt (failure to pay), fined $205; guilty of failure to appear, fined $205

Duggan, Ryan M., 21, Amity, $125 BF, speeding; $125 BF, expired vehicle license-tags; $205 BF, fail-ure to appear

Epperson, Kelsey N., 19, Kirby, guilty of possession of controlled substance, fined $1,030, deferred ad-judication for six months

Gilleylen, William S., 44, Murfreesboro, $70 BF, no seat belt

Goodwin, Cathy, 55, Amity, $125 BF, $125 BF, defective equipment; $205 BF, failure to appear

Gray, Francy, 54, Mur-freesboro, $135 BF, speed-ing

Hill, Justin R., 22, De-light, $325 BF, driving with suspended license; $205 BF, failure to appear

Holder, Brady J., 18, Kirby, guilty of minor in possession of alcohol, fined $260; guilty of oper-ating ATV on public roads, fined $125

Howell, Dustin R., 23, Okolona, guilty of ficti-tious tags, fined $125; guilty of no proof of liabil-ity insurance, fined $200

Johnson, Jacob Ryan, 26, Magnolia, $70 BF, no proof of liability insurance; $185 BF, speeding; $125 BF, ob-structed windshield view

Jonasson, Jessica Ann, 23, Harrison, $135 BF, speeding

Kirkpatrick, Ricky Ed-ward, 54, Hot Springs, $125 BF, unsafe vehicle

Lloyd, Bobby J., 37, Pearcy, $317.13 BF, vio-lation of Arkansas Hot Check Law

Lowery, Angela, 47, Fouke, $220 BF, public intoxication

Neighbors, Michael C., 20, Amity, $125 BF, expired vehicle license-tags

Nolen, Ryan S., 27, Amity, $125 BF, defective equipment

O’Neal, Anita Sue, 35, Prescott, $125 BF, expired vehicle license-tags; $135 BF, speeding

Pate, George Eugene, 35, Glenwood, guilty of driving with suspended license, fined $325 and sentenced to two days in jail; guilty of no seat belt, fined $70

Pickrell, Shana N., 22, Murfreesboro, $205 BF, contempt (failure to pay)

Pitchford, Johnny R., 37, Glenwood, $125 BF, no vehicle license

Reynolds, Bobby Joe, 57, Langley, guilty of do-mestic battery in third degree, fined $485

Rinkle, Michael Lane, 18, Amity, guilty of mi-nor in possession of alco-hol, fined $260and must complete Level I alcohol course; $125 BF, operating ATV on public roads

Samuel, Angela G., 46, Delight, guilty of expired vehicle licenses-tags, fined $125

Snook, Joshua O., 31, Norman, $220 BF, public intoxication

Staten, Mike Floyd, 55, Nashville, guilty of contempt (failure to pay), fined $205

Thompson, Ken Allen, 23, Glenwood, guilty of driving with suspended license, fined $95; guilty of no seat belt, fined $70

Thornton, Brittany A., 28, Kirby, guilty of no ve-hicle license, fined $125; guilty of no proof of liabil-ity insurance, fined $315

Tucker, Brian O’Neal, 26, Newhope, guilty of no seat belt, fined $70; guilty of failure to appear, fined $205; guilty of driving with suspended license, fined $325 and sentenced to two days in jail

Upton, Dustin J., 35, Glenwood, guilty of vio-lation of Arkansas Hot Check Law, fined $325.76

Wingfield, Eric Thom-as, 17, Prescott, $185 BF, speeding

Wolf, Jason, 41, Amity, guilty of driving with sus-pended license, fined $75

City of MurfreesboroBailey, Michelle, 41,

Nashville, $391.60 BF, vio-lation of Arkansas Hot Check Law; $465 BF, viola-tion of AHCL; $502.52 BF, violation of AHCL; $557.89 BF, violation of AHCL

Brewer, Dustin L., 29, Murfreesboro, guilty of ex-pired vehicle license-tags, fined $145; guilty of no proof of liability insurance, fined $200

Choate, Holly, 39, Little Rock, $155 BF, speeding

Crocker, Angela Gail, 41, Murfreesboro, guilty of shoplifting, fined $380

Cummings, Kayla D., 29, Murfreesboro, guilty of expired vehicle license-tags, fined $145

Ericksen, Chayse L., 19, Murfreesboro, guilty of driving with suspended license, fined $345 and sen-tenced to two days in jail; guilty of failure to appear, fined $225

Franklin, Joshua A., 20, Arkadelphia, guilty of no proof of liability insurance, fined $335

Fugitt, Lynda Marie, 36, Nashville, $240 BF, disorderly conduct; $500 BF, resisting arrest; $455 BF, assault in first degree; guilty of failure to appear, fined $245

Hibner, Christine R., 26, Murfreesboro, $145 BF, speeding

Jackson, Christopher A., 31, Murfreesboro, guilty of expired vehicle license-tags, fined $145; guilty of no proof of liability insur-ance, fined $335

Lamphier, Caleb J., 19, Nashville, $225 BF, con-tempt (failure to pay)

May, Ashley L., 27, Prescott, $225 BF, con-tempt (failure to pay); $225 BF, failure to appear; $225 BF, failure to appear

Robinson, Matthew W., 35, Murfreesboro, $210 BF, criminal trespass

Sears, Debra Catherine, 44, Murfreesboro, guilty of driving on suspended license, fined $345 and sentenced to 10 days in jail

Sitzes, Donald J., 26, Mineral Springs, $155 BF, speeding

City of MurfreesboroSnowden, Jana L., 49,

Delight, $75 BF, expired driver’s license

Swopes, Quowani S., 26, Murfreesboro, $145 BF, expired vehicle license-tags; $145 BF, failure to pay registration

Telford, Michael S., 46, Decatur, $345 BF, driving with suspended license; guilty of expired vehicle license-tags, fined $145

Vandever, Anthony D., 49, Amity, $145 BF, expired vehicle license-tags

Woods, Tyler C., 19, Delight, $145 BF, careless or prohibited driving

Arkansas Gameand Fish CommissionJohnston, Morgan B.,

27, Bossier City, La., $320 BF, fishing without license; $205 BF, failure to appear

Lee, Daniel E., 24, Waco, Texas, $220 BF fishing without license

Pike County District Court

DIERKS STUDENTS OF THE MONTH. Dierks High School student Blair Gar-ner was chosen as March’s Student of the Month while Kayden Turner was named the junior high Student of the Month.

The Nashville Junior Auxiliary will host a Superhero 5K and Kids’ Dash on April 1 at the Nashville City Park.

The event will benefit the JA’s Helping Hands Fund.The 5K will start at 8 a.m. followed by the Kids’ Dash at 9 a.m. The dash

will be held in two divisions - 5 and under and 10 and under.Registration will be the day of the event. The fee for the 5K will be $25 and

$5 for the Kids’ Dash.For more information, contact Tessa at (870) 200-3062.

Nashville JAs to host Superhero 5K,Kids’ Dash April 1 at Nashville City Park

Nashville News-Leader Wednesday, March 15, 2017 News 7B

City of Nashville Financial Statement

Year Ended 12/31/2016

News-Leader photo/JOHN BALCH

FOURTH IN QUIZ BOWL TOURNAMENT. The Nashville High School Quiz Bowl team placed fourth at the tournament held last week at Murfreesboro. Team members include (front) Shayla Miller, Cierra Wynn, Landan Stuard; (back) Caleb Newton, Zack Williams, Grace Campbell, Garrett Talley, Hunter Burton and Isabell Martin.

March 9, 2017BF=Bond ForfeitedHoward CountyAmonette, Stephen D.,

34, Nashville, guilty of criminal mischief - second degree, fined $390

Barnes, Cory Miguel, 30, Texarkana, guilty of non-payment of fines, $640 owed

Brooks, Justin L., 31, Nashville, guilty of non-payment of fines, $1,750 owed, committed to jail

Draper, Steven R., 35, Mineral Springs, guilty of tinted windows, fined $195

Hill, Angela R., 38, Wake Village, Texas, $305 BF, non-payment of fines; $20 BF, non-payment of fines

Markle, Vincent Kiano, 16, Hot Springs, $235 BF, speeding

Martinez, Eugenio, 48, Umpire, $195 BF, running stop sign or light

Ramirez, Ivan, 19, Horatio, $50 BF, failure to present insurance

Rehm, Bryan S., 41, Wil-liford, guilty of non-pay-ment of fines, $2,900 owed

Sanders, Marshauntie Timbra, 21, Nashville, $235 BF, speeding

Sumrell, Melissa A., 33, Ashdown, $225 BF, speeding

Whisenhunt, Brian K., 36, Dierks, guilty of non-payment of fines, $895 owed

Williamson, Chase, 27, Dierks, guilty of no driver’s license, fined $95 cost only

City of NashvilleBenson, Kyrin, 19,

Nashville, $225 BF, speed-ing

Brown, Wyquita S., 32, Nashville, $120 BF, selling tobacco to minor

Collier, Shawn, 37, Nashville, guilty of non-payment of fines, $1,392 owed

Haney, Natassi S., 24, Nashville, guilty of ex-pired vehicle tags/no vehi-cle tags, fined $95 cost only

Henderson, Rickie L. Jr., 34, New Boston, Texas, guilty of non-payment of fines, $1,045 owed

Rather, William R., 27, Nashville, $245 BF, failure to appear

Reed, Rachel Chantel, 25, Nashville, guilty of sell-ing tobacco to minor, fined $120, under advisement for three months

Thompson, Arthur, 23, Nashville, guilty of non-payment of fines, $2,005 owed

City of DierksWhisenhunt, Brian K.,

36, Dierks, guilty of driv-ing on suspended or re-voked license, fined $345 and sentenced to two days in jail; guilty of no proof of liability insurance, fined $345; guilty of fleeing, fined $490; guilty of re-sisting arrest, fined $890; guilty of reckless driving,

fined $345 and sentenced to five days in jail; guilty of failure to appear, fined $265

City of Mineral SpringsMendoza, Jose C., 43,

Nashville, $195 BF, no driver’s license

Rojas Resendiz, Jose Daniel, 37, Ozan, $210 BF, disregarding traffic control

Tillery, Beau W., 30, Tex-arkana, $225 BF, speeding; $50 BF, no seat belt

Watson, Timothy, 27, Mineral Springs, guilty of disorderly conduct, fined $125

Howard County District Court

The Howard County Health Improve-ment Coalition will host a “Conversation Cafe” on Wednesday, March 22 at the Carter Day Center, located at 607 Hemp-stead in Nashville.

The event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The topic will be “Drugs and The Brain Awareness” and people with sto-ries to share about the topic are urged

to attend.Those planning to attend should

RSVP by email due to limited seating to tgoings@recoveryhhi.org. A light lunch will be provided.

The event is being sponsored by Harbor House Prevention Providers of Region 7.

For more information, contact Donna Webb at (870) 845-2208.

HCHI Coalition to host ‘Conversation Cafe’ to discuss ‘Drugs and The Brain Awareness’

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The Howard County Health Improve-ment Coalition will resume its regular monthly meeting schedule for 2017. The next HCHI Coalition meeting will be Thursday, April 6 at 12 noon in the Nashville City Park Green Room.

All projects discussed for funding by the next “Blue & You Grant” will need to be presented with a budget at the April 6 meeting, according to Donna Webb. “If you can’t attend the meeting, you will need to email your project outline and budget ahead of time to be shared,” she said.

Webb provided an overview of proj-ects that were discussed at the March meeting:

Infant SafetyThere is a free Car Seat Training

scheduled for April 12-15 in Hope. To sustain the current community car seat initiative and the Safety Baby Showers, the coalition must recruit at least three local folks to be trained as certified car seat technicians. The deadline to register for the class is March 17.

The local SIDS Awareness group is starting a support group for people who have lost children. The Safety Baby Showers are scheduled each quarter for 2017. Registration is currently open.

Growing HealthyCommunities CommitteeFor more information on these

projects contact Debra Bolding by email dkb1032@gmail.com or call (870) 557-2352.

- An $80,200 grant was provided to Community First Wellness that supports all GHC projects in 2017

- The Square Foot Gardening program

has kicked off and has more participants than anticipated.

- The 2017 project will support con-tinued education and enhancements of the established community gardens in the county

- The Healthy Eating Libraries at the County Library and Nashville Elemen-tary School will be enhanced. Min-eral Springs and Dierks Elementary will again be invited to participate.

- Twyla Nichols & Vanessa Keaster presented on Nashville Elementary’s Garden Lab, the Moving Minds desk cycles, and My Plate projects that will be implemented throughout the year at the school.

Physical Activitythrough the Built Environment- In 2017, the HCHI Coalition will be

focusing on making Nashville a more walkable/bikable community.

- Nashville Mayor Billy Ray Jones addressed the participants explaining how the City is in full support of the Growing Healthy Communities initia-tive including increasing opportunity for physical activity through the built envi-ronment. Currently, the City is working on a wonderful sidewalk project that will hopefully be able to link some key areas of the town and make exercise safer for residents.

- Mark Dale, Nashville park director, shared several initiatives to promote physical activity at the park and share some ideas for future projects.

- The group brainstormed how local partners can pool resources to make a true impact in the community and identi-fied needed resources and funding.

HCHI Coalition to resume monthly meetings, overview of March projects offered

There will be a benefit for Leanne Daniel on Sat-urday, April 8.

There will be an auc-tion and silent auction beginning at 5 p.m. at the Centerpoint High School, located between Amity and Glenwood.

Also, the Bear Creek Boys will perform.

Auction items are being accepted. For more infor-mation, call Pam Kirby, 845-9251, or Kenny Mc-Grew, 356-8957.

Benefit set April 8 at CHS

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Nashville News-Leader Wednesday, March 15, 2017 News 9B

Eighty-six students were inducted into the Nashville Junior High School chapter of Nation-al Junior Honor Society March 7 at Scrapper Arena.

The inductees joined 49 active members of the local chapter.

Eighth grade inductees included Breia Archer, Lindsey Aylett, Diego Barragan, Marcos Bar-ragan, Tyler Beene, An-nabelle Bowman, Raven Bradshaw, Dalton Brown, Gilberto Bustos, Alexis Byers, Misael Cardenas, Mirian Castro, Jonathan Claiborne, Hayden Clay, Tanaya Coburn, Austin Combs, Kara Connell, Lashonna Cooper, Brant-ley Cupples, Joshua Dea-ton, Aly Dixon, Caiden Erwin, Yaira Escamilla, Nya Esters, Wheeler Eudy, Jonathan Fike, Braden Funderburke, Thatcher Furr.

April Garcia, Ty Gor-don, Mac Green, Austin Hanson, Jaylyn Hendrix, Lamia Hendrix, Kelley Howard, Nikobie Janes, Caroline Kesterson, Kash King, Anna Linville, Tyler Markcum, Isaiah Martin, Jacob Martin, Osbaldo Martinez, Nicholas Ma-theny, Matthew McGilber-ry, Jennifer Medina, Jessica Medina, Noelia Morales, Juan Moreno, Macy Mor-ris, Reif Nolte, Brooklyn Nutt, Katelyn Pace, Olman Pineda, Vanessa Pioquinto.

Litzy Pizarro, Will Pope, Raegan Porter, Ka-sia Regland, Quinlan Reed, Karleigh Reeder, Anna Rhodes, Maya Richard, Fernando Rosas, Braden Ross, Diano RUbio, Kai-tlin Runnels, Billy Ryan, Joselyn Sanchez, Jasmyne Shelton, Anna Smith, Isabella Smith, Connor Stone, Sara Sweat, Law-rence Theoboldt, Brooke Lynn Thompson, Trinity Tipton, Landon Tollett, J.R. Vazquez, Chloe Wakley, Victoria Whisenhunt, Ty Williams, Ahniya William-son, Kasius Williamson, Bailey Wright and Cole-man Zimmerman.

Ninth grade inductees included Amber Barnett, Ashlyn Gibbs and Mauryls Wade.

Current members in-clude Calley Allmon, Lourdes Alvarado, Sa-

vanna Argo, Deven Bar-ton, Ryan Brown, Steven Bush, Benjamin Camacho, Klair Castleberry, Gracie Clements, Adalyn Dunn, Autumn Dyer, Maya Fant, Hannah Fatherree, Ma-cie Goff, Chloe Graham, Jonathan Hagler, Miracle Haislip, Addy Harmon, Logan Harris, Lizbeth Hernandez, Ebony Jeffer-son, Nariah Jordan, Celia Juarez, Abbie Lamb.

Aaron Lott, Aaron Mc-Bride, Hope McCauley, Dafne Mendez, Madison Miller, Torrence Morgan, Ariel Motta, Kevin Nava, Estefania Perez, Haley Magueyal-Perez, Kim-berly Perez, Esmeralda Perez, Mia Phan, Mad-elyn Pinkerton, Anastasia Quinney, Jonathan Rauch, Cameron Reese, Alex Ro-jas, Connor Simon, Dakota Smith, Kymberly Stanek, takela Stewart, Corbin Tripp, Ta’Kris Verge and Paycie Welch.

Anastasia Quinney wel-comed the crowd, and Dafne Mendez delivered the Spanish translation of the welcome.

Ryan Brown and Ben-jamin Camacho led the Pledge of Allegiance, fol-lowed by the national an-them.

Macie Goff and Chole Graham discussed the history of the NJHS Honor Society chapter.

Addy Harmon ac-knowledged the officers.

Officers and members were next on the program, lighting the candles rep-resenting the Honor So-ciety’s principles. They included Klair Castleberry, vice president, scholar-ship; Kymberly Stanek, secretary, leadership; Kimberly Perez, treasurer, service; Miracle Haislip, citizenship; and Hope Mc-Cauley, character.

Adalyn Dunn present-ed membership certificates during the introduction and keying of new mem-bers.

Quinney, Castleberry, Stanek and Perez led the inductees in the Honor Society pledge.

Calley Allmon made announcements and dis-missed the audience.

Mandi Stone and Stacy Purnell are the faculty advisers.

NJHS Honor Society inducts 86

News-Leader photos/JOHN R. SCHIRMER

NJHS HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES

NJHS HONOR SOCIETY ACTIVE MEMBERS

HONOR SOCIETY SISTERS. Nashville High School Honor Society member Anna Kesterson (left) congratulates her sister Caroline, who was in-ducted into National Junior Honor Society March 7.CANDLE OF SERVICE. Honor Society treasurer Kimberly Perez lights the candle of service during the Honor Society induction.

ADMINISTERING PLEDGE. Officers Kymberly Stanek, Klair Castleberry, Kim-berly Perez and Anastasia Quinney administer the Honor Society pledge.

CERTIFICATE. Inductee Macy Morris accepts her Honor Society certificate from current member Adalyn Dunn.

NEW MEMBERS. Inductees recite the Honor Society pledge.

TRADITION. Annabelle Bowman prepares to light her candle during the induction last week at Scrap-per Arena.

CITIZENSHIP. Miracle Haislip discusses citi-zenship.

10B News Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Nashville News-Leader

News-Leader photo/JOHN BALCH

COOKING FOR A CHANGE. These Pike County cookers spent last Tuesday night whipping up recipes as part of an University Extension Service’s ‘Cooking for a Change” class held in Murfreesboro. They in-cluded (front) Joyce Sanders and Gracie Davis; (back) Gay Flaherty, Janet Cantrell, Ginny Evans, Cindy Smith, Jeri Beth Davis, Pam David and Pike County Extension Agent of Family and Consumer Science Eva Langley.

A raffle for a Yeti cooler, gift cards and other items will raise money to buy duffle bags for children in the foster care system.

The project is by the Nashville Junior Auxiliary.

The raffle drawing will be March 25, and tickets

are $1 each or six tickets for $5.

Prizes include the cool-er, four gift cards at lo-cal businesses in the total value of $170; a salon treat-ment and a leaf blower.

JA members are selling the raffle tickets.

Nashville JAsraising funds for special duffle bags

Area hunting clubs are invited to join the Dead End Hunting Club and the Railroad Hunt-ing Club, along with the Clow School Alumni, in the community’s annual Wild Game Supper.

The event will be Satur-day, March 25, at 5:30 p.m.

at the Clow Community Center in the Clow com-munity. There is no charge for the meal, but donations are taken and are used for upkeep of the old school building.

For more information, contact Charlie Whitmore at 845-9152 or 845-1445.

Wild Game Supper Saturday, March 25 at Clow community

A Hope man has been charged in Pike County Circuit Court with felony forgery.

Jason David Key, 41, was charged on March 8 regarding an incident on Feb. 4 when Pike County officers responded to a case of criminal trespass-ing. Key was arrested dur-ing the incident and was

found to be in posses-sion of a check belonging to Troy Efird’s business Razorback Blasting and Refinish. The check was signed with Efird’s name, but he told investigators Key was not authorized to have the check and that he did not sign the check.

Key’s bond has been set at $25,000.

Hope man charged with felony forgery

The Dierks Volunteer Fire Department will host its first-ever Crawfish & Shrimp Boil at the Dierks City Park on Saturday, March 25 starting at 4 p.m.

The cost will be dona-tion only.

Bill Powers and the

Poor Boys will provide the entertainment.

All proceeds will go towards the construction of a new tanker truck.

For more information, contact Mike Noel at (870) 557-5229 or Chris Janes at (870) 845-9668.

Dierks VFD fundraiser

By Ryan McGeeneyU of A SystemDivision of AgricultureWhat started as a young 4-H

member’s scare from a family car accident has turned into a law that gives Arkansas residents the legal framework to ask their local school districts to require seat belts on school buses purchased after 2018. Hannah Alder, a 13-year-old Star City Middle School student and 4-H member, watched Monday as Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed House Bill1002 into law at the state Capitol.

The bill, sponsored by State Rep. Mark McElroy of Tillar and co-sponsored by State Sen. Dave Wallace of Leachville, began in 2014 as Alder’s 4-H project.

“I was talking with our 4-H lead-er about a car wreck my mom and I had been in,” Alder said. “When I had my wreck, it scared me, and I want other kids to be safe and not get hurt as bad as I did.”

Alder, who was in fifth grade at the time, prepared a report examin-ing the number of fatalities associ-ated with wrecks involving school buses, many of which do not have seat belts for individual passengers. Jane Newton, a Lincoln County ex-tension agent for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agri-culture, said she encouraged Alder to present the report to McElroy, who has been the longtime auction-eer at the county’s Cattleman’s Pie Auction.

“I thought, ‘how cute,’ until she got really serious, and I found out she had done her homework,” McElroy said.

“That started about two and a half years ago,” he said. “In that time period, there have been several deadly bus crashes in this region alone. One in Houston, involving a rollover, and one in Chattanooga that was devastating.”

Working locally

Under the new law, residents can petition their local school board to determine how much of a millage increase would be required to afford the addition of passenger seat belts to newly-purchased school buses, and to put that millage increase to a vote in the next regularly-scheduled election.

“Local control was really the only way to fund this,” McElroy said. “This lets the people decide — the people who put their kids on the bus every day can decide if that’s something they want to pay for.”

McElroy said the addition of seat belts to a school bus can increase the cost of the bus by about $7,000 to $10,000. Although federal law requires smaller school buses, those weighing less than 10,000 pounds, to feature lap belts, any require-ments for belts on larger buses is left up to state and local legislation, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Governor signs bus seat belt bill into law

The Rick Evans Grandview Prai-rie Conservation Education Center in Columbus will host the Arkan-sas Hunter Education Course on Wednesday, March 22 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Registration required and can be done online at: www.register-ed.com.

Lunch will not be provided so participants are asked to bring a sack lunch.

Anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1969, must complete a hunter education course and carry a valid hunter education card to hunt in Arkansas. Children under 16 may hunt without hunter education as long as they are under the direct supervision of an adult who is 21 years old.

There is no specific age require-ment to enroll in hunter education. However, the educational material

is based on a sixth-grade reading level.

Arkansas recognizes hunter education cards from other states. Arkansas’s hunter education pro-gram is recognized in all states as well as in Canada and Mexico.

There is no fee for the course.For more information, please

contact the Rick Evans Grandview Prairie Conservation Education Center at 870-983-2790.

Education center to host Hunter Education class March 22

Mineral Springs Elementary School will have kindergarten pre-registration for the 2017-2018 school year on Friday, March 17 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Registration will be in the kinder-garten classroom.

Parents are asked to bring a copy of your child’s birth certificate, up-dated shot records, Social Security

number, and physical. Children will have to be five years old by Aug. 1 to be eligible for kindergarten.

For more information, contact the school at (870) 287-4747.

Mineral Springs to hold kindergarten pre-registration Friday