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The Nashville School District joins districts across the state to celebrate School Board Member Recognition Month in January. More than 1,500 Arkansas school board members are being honored for their service and dedica-tion to public education.

“Our board mem-bers assume a crucial role in representing our students and advocating for public education,” said Superintendent Doug Graham. “We are very proud of our members, and Arkansas School Board Recogni-tion Month is a great time to recognize them and celebrate their ac-complishments.”

The members serv-ing on the Nashville School Board are President David Hilliard, Vice President Monica Clark, Secretary Mark Canaday, Randy Elliott and Miles Mitchell.

As publicly elected school leaders, Ar-kansas school board members set policy for their respective dis-tricts. Under state law, they are empowered to hire and evaluate the superintendent, over-see district finances, approve the budget, and determine the vi-sion and mission of the district. School boards must also approve the curriculum and ensure the district maintains adequate facilities for teaching and learning.

In addition to their board duties, state law requires Arkansas school board members to earn a minimum of six hours of professional development each year in areas related to roles and responsibilities.

News-Leader photo/PATSY YOUNGDIERKS QUILTERS. The group includes (standing) Jeannie Marshall, Devonda Ford, Lisa Fisk, Bennie Fay Alsabrook, Barbara Jones, Beth Allen, Lee Ann Turner, Patricia Janes, Kristie Tyson; (seated: Sharon Kesterson, Sammye Winton).

By Patsy YoungNews-Leader staff

Warm Hugs from the Thursday Afternoon Quilters” is carefully stitched onto each, quilt, pillowcase or lap throw designed and made by a group of ladies who meet each Thursday afternoon

at the First United Methodist Church at Dierks.Since 2008 ladies from the Lockesburg,

De Queen and Dierks area have gathered each Thursday about 1 p.m. in a workroom at the church in Dierks.

The first Thursday of each month they meet earlier for lunch at a local restaurant, and after that it is all business with these ladies. They have a mission.

Just this past year more than 175 lap quilts were given to people needing some-one to care.

Each patient in the Dierks Nursing and Rehab received pillow cases. Eighty pillow cases went to Randy Sam’s Homeless Shel-ter in Texarkana and 51 to a nursing facility in the Charleston, Fort Smith area.

The DHS of both Howard and Sevier County received quilts for foster children. Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, orphanages in Ft. Smith and Texarkana and the Battered Women’s Shelter in Texarkana received handmade articles from this group

of ladies. Expressing love has no borders. Fifteen

young people this past summer on a mis-sion trip to Guatemala from the First Baptist Church at Dierks took twin size quilts made by the ladies to distribute to others of a dif-ferent culture. All this was accomplished during one year, 2016.

Some of the ladies in the past have packed up their sewing machines and gone on quilting retreats to Historic Washington or Boardcamp to share with others who have similar interests.

Because the ladies supply their own materials, they often go on “field trips” to fabric stores in such places as Antlers, Okla., and Batesville.

Over the sound of 8 to 10 sewing ma-chines working on their next project, the members were quick to mention that dona-tions are appreciated and new members are welcome.

The Kingsmen men’s gospel singing quartet, will appear Friday, Jan. 20, at Ridgeway Baptist Church in Nashville.

Their performance will begin at 7 p.m. at the church located on East Peachtree St., Nashville.

Admission is free, and a love offering will be taken for the group.

News-Leader photo/JOHN R. SCHIRMERTOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS. The Nashville Scrappers won the Cossatot River Tournament Monday night by defeating the host team 60-36 in the championship game. The coaching staff includes head coach Damon Williams and assistants Aaron Worthen and A.J. Whitmore.

News-Leader photo/JOHN R. SCHIRMERCHAMPIONS AT COSSATOT RIVER TOURNEY. The Nashville Scrapperettes defeated Cos-satot River 54-47 Monday night to win the championship of the Cossatot River Tournament. Ron Alexander is the head coach, assisted by Laura Kidd. More tournament pictures, 7A.

GeneralAssemblyunderwayat Capitol

They’re on a missionThursday Afternoon Quilters meet weeklyto provide handmade articles across state

Churchto hostquartet

By John R. SchirmerNews-Leader staffArkansas legislators gath-

ered in Little Rock Monday as the 91st General Assembly convened at the state Capitol.

Sen. Larry Teague of Nash-ville said the first two days of the session were spent “with pomp and circumstance” be-fore legislators will get down to their actual business.

Members were sworn in on Monday. Gov. Asa Hutchin-son addressed lawmakers Tuesday.

One of the first items of business will be passing the general appropriation bill, just as it is every session. “We have to fund this session be-fore we pass other bills. This is the appropriation bill for the legislature, governor, state government,” Teague said.

The bill likely will pass Thursday, according to Teague. Legislators will break for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend and return to Little Rock next Tuesday.

The state budget will re-ceive much of the legislators’ attention. “The governor’s [proposed] budget is very tight. I’m not comfortable with that,” Teague said.

Hutchinson has asked for a $50 million tax cut, which

By Terrica HendrixNews-Leader staffBLEVINS - A large crowd of Ted Bon-

ner supporters, concerned citizens and parents gathered around the Blevins School District Administration Building almost two hours prior to Monday’s school board meeting, but only 40 peo-ple were allowed inside of the building because of “building code.”

Bonner is the Blevins School Board member who dressed in blackface at a Halloween party last year. Several pic-tures of Bonner in blackface went viral and national media attention ensued. Bonner is pictured at the party wearing overall, a straw hat and holding a sign that read, “Blak [sic] Lives Matters.”

Superintendent Billy Lee unlocked the building door five minutes prior to the 7 p.m. meeting and strictly allowed only 40 people into the building, includ-ing two Hempstead County investiga-tors, two members of the local media (Terrica Hendrix of The Nashville News-Leader and John Miller of HopePrescott.com), and the remaining were Bonner supporters.

Many of the supporters donned white T-shirts that said, “I Stand With Ted Bonner.” As Bonner’s supporters arrived to the building, they were let in line by their fellow supporters in front of the other citizens and parents.

The large gathering of Bonner sup-porters was allegedly due to the Arkan-sas State Conference of the NAACP’s announcing protest set to be held also on Jan. 9. NAACP President Rizelle Aaron announced on both on his per-sonal Facebook page and on a Blevins community Facebook page on Jan. 2, “This is a renewed invitation to the Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, Black Lives Matter, and all other like-minded organizations to return to Blevins, Ar-kansas with the Arkansas State Confer-ence of the NAACP to encourage the resignation of school board member Ted ‘Blakface’ Bonner. We require his resignation. Stand with us.”

Blevins Elementary Principal Lisa Doss wrote a letter to parents discuss-ing the school’s first semester awards assembly and early dismissal on Jan. 9 due to expected protests. The letter

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Mineral Springs City Council members briefly discussed the situation with City Attorney Leanne Daniel, at the council’s regular meeting for Janu-ary, Monday night.

Daniel had informed the council that she was beginning treatment for cancer but thought she would be able to perform the duties of office during her recovery.

Aldermen took their oaths of office before the meeting. The oath was

His was the only hand that went up when the speaker in a Henderson State University classroom asked the audience: Who wants to be a banker?

The topic interested the student, leading him to begin a career in banking in Nashville.

Last week, the board of directors of First State Bank promoted Ethan White to Assistant Vice-President.

White is a Nashville High School grad, and he played football and base-ball for the Scrappers. He and his wife, Tiffany, have a toddler son, Emmett, 15 months. Ethan is the son of Bob and Winona White of Nashville.

He began his college education on the UA Cos-satot campus in Nashville, and transferred to Hender-son State University where he earned his degree in business administration.

He remembers that de-fining class at Henderson.

OATHS AT MINERAL SPRINGS. The oath of office was given to Mineral Springs city officials, Monday night, by Howard County JP Kirk Bell, off camera. From left, council members James Jeanes and Steve Dixon, City Recorder-Treasurer April Nail, and council member Vera Marks. Not pictured, council member Charles Deloney.

Bartie Thomas PateBartie Thomas Pate, 92,

of Fort Smith, died Mon-day, Jan. 1, 2017.

He was born Jan. 14, 1924 in the Athens com-munity, the son of the late Alic and Minnie Tallent Pate.

He was a career soldier in the US Army, retiring in 1965.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Sevel-la Davis; three brothers, Colombus Barnes, Curtis Sharp, and Harold Pate; and a grandson, Charles Cole Pate.

Survivors include: his wife, Vera Pate; two sons, Merle Pate and wife, Nancy, of Ozark, Ark., and Rick Pate and wife, Carol, Oliver Springs, Ark.; also grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 at the Free Holiness Church in Athens with Tracy Welch and Shane Pair officiating. Burial fol-lowed in Athens Ceme-tery under the direction of Wilkerson Funeral Home.

Visitation was 10-noon, Saturday, Jan. 7 at the church.

James NathanielDavis, Jr.

Dr. James Nathaniel Davis, Jr., 91, of Rome, Ga., passed away Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, at a Rome health-care facility.

He was born in Dierks, Ark., on May 12, 1925, the son of James N. Davis and Helen Henry Davis. Dr.

Davis was a World War II veteran, starting in the Army Air Corps, and later, the U.S. Air Force, retiring as Lt. Colonel.

He earned his PhD from the University of Ar-kansas, and taught at the University of Arkansas, Harding University, the University of Mississippi, Texas A&I, Southwestern College, Northwestern State, Point Park College and Shorter College. Dr. Davis co-founded the Uni-versity Christian Student Center at the University of Mississippi, along with Dr. Douglas Shields. He was a longtime member of the church of Christ, serv-ing as an elder for several congregations.

In addition to his par-ents he was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Bonnette Davis to whom he was married on Dec. 9, 1945, and his sec-ond wife, Margaret Rogers Davis to whom he was married on June 28, 1996.

Surviving are: one daughter -- Patricia Rus-sell and husband, Deer; and three sons -- James N. Davis III and wife, Lorna, David L. Davis and Wil-liam Barry Davis and wife, Sonya. Grandchildren in-clude: Stefanie Russell Taylor (Christian), Brian T. Russell (Charity), James N. Davis IV (Jennifer), MacK-enzie H. Davis (Carol), William Eric Davis (Amy) and Zachary H. Davis. Five great-grandchildren also survive: Walker A. Russell, Wade B. Russell,

Lorna Davis, James N. Da-vis V and Riley K. Davis.

There will be a memo-rial service at a later date. The Alvis Miller & Son Funeral Home is serving the family of Dr. James Nathaniel Davis, Jr.

Kevin DeShaunGarland

Kevin DeShaun “Lil’ Red” Garland, 40, of Nash-ville died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.

He was born Saturday, May 22, 1976, at Hope to Terry Earl Garland and the late Shirley Ann Whit-more-Garland.

He was a member of Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church in Hope.

Survivors include: his wife, Kenya Burns-Gar-land of Nashville; five children, Whitney Finley, and Quincey Garland of Nashville, Mercedes Gar-land of Springdale, Mo., Ta’Kevyona Garland of Texarkana, Kazin Garland of Oklahoma City, Okla., and two step-daughters, Brionna and Janiah Burns of Nashville; his father; a brother, Trevelle Whit-more; two sisters, Tera Whitmore and Crystal Garland all of Nashville.

Services were Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 at 1 p.m. at Maranatha Baptist Church in Nashville. Burial fol-lowed in Sunset Gardens Cemetery under the direc-tion of Nashville Funeral Home. Visitation was at the funeral home on Fri-day night. Send the family an online sympathy mes-sage to nashvillefh.com.

“There were about 50 stu-dents and mine was the only hand that went up.”

Ironically, the speaker

that day was Tim Pinker-ton, vice-president at First State Bank’s Nashville branch.

Ethan White

Henderson State Uni-versity has announced the Dean’s List and Honor Roll for the Fall 2016 se-mester.

To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must have achieved a 4.0 grade point average for the entire semester.

To make the Honor Roll, a student must have received at least a 3.5 grade point average for the semester.

Amity -- (Dean’s List) Norma J. Barkman, Spen-cer D. Wilder, Sacha L. Martin, Jessica L. Porter, Clayton S. Sorrells, Taylor J. Swanson, Ali A. Whisen-hunt. (Honor Roll) William L. Blair, Kallee L. Cowart, Hannah D. Deputy, Lillian

Obituaries

MS council takes oath

Nashville native getspromotion at bank

administered by Kirk Bell, who represents the Min-eral Springs area on the Howard County Quorum Court.

Alderman Steve Dixon was named to continue as Mayor Pro Tem when Mayor Bobby Tullis is ab-sent.

The counci l heard monthly reports from:

*April Nail, City Re-corder-Treasurer, on city general and street funds.

*Water Supt. Jonathan Holder.

*Police Chief Jeff With-erspoon.

Mayor Tullis saluted city water crews who fixed a main line leak in less than two hours under frigid conditions. “I am so proud of the crew.”

Aldermen at the meet-ing included James Jeanes, Dixon, Charles Deloney and Vera Marks.

Mayor Tullis presided. The council will continue to meet on the second Monday of each month at 5 p.m.

R. Franklin, Samantha J. Gray, Laiken H. Sorrells.

Antoine -- (Honor Roll) Kaydee E. Hendrix, Haley M. Lee.

Blevins -- (Honor Roll) Robert D. Steed.

Delight -- (Dean’s List) Kelsie P. Lynch, Rebecca L. Funderburk, Rachel R. Kelley, Summer N. Lee, Kayla R. Wise; (Honor Roll) Makayla D. Tolliver.

Dierks -- (Dean’s List) Jesse W. Edge, Charlotte D. Cothren, Andrew D. Sir-mon; (Honor Roll) Lindsey A. Dorsey.

Kirby -- (Dean’s List) Larissa L. Porter, Lauren E. Ray.

Langley -- (Dean’s List) Zackary W. Pinson.

Lockesburg -- (Honor

Roll) Jeffery A. Davis.McCaskill -- (Dean’s

List) Morgan D. Billings.Mineral Springs --

(Dean’s List) Miranda E. Johnson; (Honor Roll) Samuel H. Cox.

Murfreesboro -- (Dean’s List) Sheila A. Hale, Allie M Watson; (Honor Roll) Natasha L. Cribbs, Mad-eline P. Kizzia.

Nashville -- (Dean’s List) Phylicia C. Chesshir, Thomas C. Morvant, Paige L. Reagan, Laura D. Strong, Hannah E. Topor, Tiffany E. White, Rose-anna M. Melson, Hannah E. Wahls; (Honor Roll) Klaire E. Howard, Jerrad W. Jones, Iesha S. Neal.

Newhope -- (Dean’s List) Casey D. Hunter.

HSU academic honors

Leaf-burning is not against the law inside the city limits of Nashville, but residents have been asked not to burn leaves and debris out of respect for per-sons who have breathing problems.

The topic arose last week at the Nash-ville City Council meeting, but no action was taken. Several aldermen and the mayor said they’d had many requests to

put an end to burning.A press release from the city suggests

that residents who have leaves and brush should call City Hall and request a pick up of the items. Leaves and brush must be accessible from the street.

Numbers to call are:845-7400, mayor’s office; 845-4015,

public works; and 845-1440, water office.

Residents asked not to burn leavesUmpire High School will host a LifeShare blood drive Thursday, Jan. 12, from

12 noon until 6 p.m. The drive will be in the LifeShare bus and is open to the publicAbout five percent of the population donate blood, according to LifeShare, but

37 percent are eligible. Anyone 16 years old and weighing at least 110 pounds can go through a short screening process for blood donation.

For more information, go to www.lifeshare.org or call 903-794-3173.LifeShare regularly supplies blood components to 117 medical facilities

throughout Louisiana, east Texas and south Arkansas.

Umpire High School to host blood drive Jan. 12

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Compiled by Patsy Young

117 years ago: 1900Miss Minnie Montgom-

ery of Picaynne, was in our city with her father, Mr. John Montgomery, Thurs-day and from the looks of the big load of furniture they hauled from Skillern’s Furniture Store something must be about to happen. Miss Minnie always buys the best of everything.

Two business houses at Hope were raided by the officers and liquor was found and seized.

(Adv.) I have had kid-ney trouble for years and after one treatment of Magnetic Healing by Prof. L. Grenard received im-mediate relief and feel that I am permanently cured. Was also, cured of Rheu-matism. Mrs. E. Coley

_____ 101 years ago: 1916A camp of Boy Scouts

was organized at Mineral Springs yesterday after-noon by Scoutmaster C.W. Baughman of this city, Mr. Baughman going to Mineral Springs for that purpose at the invitation of Prof. Odo Kolb, principal of the public school.

The government today

issued warning to resi-dents of the lowlands of Red River in this section to protect their own lives and their property by clearing out to the highlands wher-ever possible. Another flood is coming, it is said.

(Adv.) Prince Albert is such a friendly tobacco that it just makes a man sorry he didn’t get wind of this pipe and cigarette smoke long, long ago. He counts it lost time. Get on the right-smoke track soon as you know how! Prince Albert, the national joy smoke

______59 years ago: 1958A 16-year old Texarkana

youth, Eddie Ainsworth, lost while duck hunting in the Saline River bottoms, was found Tuesday and re-turned home without suf-fering any ill effects after staying in the bottoms in near freezing weather. He was picked up by a party of duck hunters early Tues-day morning, after he be-came separated from three companions Monday.

Vachel Puryear, this week announced the open-ing of his modern Mobil

station at the “Y” northeast of Nashville. The spacious cinder block building with four pump stations is lo-cated at the junction of State Highways 24 and 27. It will be under the man-agement of Van S. Wildbur of Nashville, under Mr. Puryear’s supervision.

(Adv.) Hollis Dalrym-ple, Radio and TV Ser-vice, Dierks, Arkansas, one block East of Owl Drug Store, phone #2751

_______39 years ago: 1978A former sheriff will

enter the race for Howard County Judge. Conrad Bagley, a native of How-ard County, who lived in Sevier County part of 1977 but has since moved back, announced his plans Wednesday.

The word is out, Attor-ney General Bill Clinton is going to run for governor. He has been consider-ing the U.S. Senate for some months. But Clinton recently selected former State Rep. Rudy Moore of Springdale as his cam-paign manager and Moore said it is for a governor’s race.

A 30-year sentence, with 10 years suspended, was handed down last Wednesday, Jan. 4, for a man who pleaded guilty to rape.

Nilson Henriquez San-tos, 34, Hispanic male, Nashville, was charged with the class Y felony, and pleaded guilty through an interpreter.

There was one other guilty plea given here dur-ing the regular day for criminal court.

Jack Lamb, 58, white male, Nashville, pleaded guilty to a class D felony charge of possession of controlled substance. An-other misdemeanor charge of possession of controlled substance was not pursued by the state.

Lamb was sentenced to five years probation, 120 days in a regional punish-ment facility and a fine of $1,500.

Trial dates were set for six defendants who plead-ed not guilty.

Leah Gayle Hughes, 46, white female, Texarkana, is appealing an Aug. 26, 2015 finding guilt in Dis-

Filed or recorded in the Howard County, Arkansas, courthouse Dec. 27, 2016 - Jan. 4, 2017:

Marriage licensesDec. 30. Justin Stuart,

28, Nashville, and Angelica Hannah Williams, 21, Hope.

Criminal courtCR 17-01, Jan. 3. State of

Arkansas vs. Paul E. Coult-er, 72, black male, Nashville; aggravated assault, class D felony.

CR 17-02, Jan. 3. State of Arkansas vs. David R. Rhodes, 38, white male, Nashville; second degree forgery, class C felony.

CR 17-03, Jan. 3. State of Arkansas vs. Mark D. Rhodes, 65, white male, Nashville; possession of controlled substance, class D felony, and possession of weapons during controlled substance event, class Y felony.

CR 17-04, Jan. 3. State of Arkansas vs. Olivia C. Canon, 20, black female, Nashville; second degree battery, class C felony.

CR 17-05, Jan. 3. State of Arkansas vs. Amanda N. Beene, 39, white female Nashville; theft of property, class B felony.

Domestic relations courtDR 16-145, Dec. 238.

Roselyn Parker vs. Rodrick McDonald. Domestic abuse.

DR 16-146, Dec. 30. State of Arkansas Office of Child Support Enforcement vs. Noe Sanchez. Paternity.

DR 16-147, Dec. 30. Me-sha Alice Hamilton vs. Josh-ua Cale Hamilton. Divorce.

Civil courtCV 16-92, Dec. 30. USA

through Rural Develop-ment, USDA, vs. Renetta Hutchinson, aka Renetta

Jettson, et al; foreclosure.LAND TRANSACTIONSLeasehold deedDec. 28. Steven Dwayne

Stone and wife, Christie R. Stone; to Trudy Smith; 4.43 ac. in S20 T9S R27W.

Redemption deedsDec. 30. State of Arkan-

sas; to Regions Bank, Bir-mingham, Ala.; 20 ac. in S13 T10S R27W; delinquent tax-es and penalties of $146.17.

Dec. 30. State of Arkan-sas; to Regions Bank, Bir-mingham, Ala.; 34.78 ac. in S 18 T10S R27W; delin-quent taxes and penalties of $227.32.

Dec. 30. State of Arkan-sas; to Regions Bank, Bir-mingham, Ala.; 11.57 ac. in S18 T10S R27W; delin-quent taxes and penalties of $9,344.15.

Dec. 30. State of Ar-kansas; to Regions Bank, Birmingham, Ala.; 39.73 ac. in S18 T10S R27W; delin-quent taxes and penalties of $338.14.

Dec. 30. State of Arkan-sas; to Jason Spigner, Min-eral Springs; 0.5 ac. in S10 T10S R27W; delinquent tax-es and penalties of $362.93.

Quitclaim deedJan. 4. Kevin Wayne

Newell and Jennifer Gunter Newell, husband and wife, and Sheri Dawn Newell Higginbotham and Thomas Moden Higginbotham, hus-band and wife; to Fletcher O. Cook; 1 ac. in S8 T9S R27W with easement.

Warranty deedsDec. 29. Jason Paul

Manasco and wife, Amanda Renee Manasco; to Joy Fern Manasco; 1 ac. in S25 T5S R29W.

Dec. 29. (Correction

deed) Joy Manasco, aka Joy Fern Manasco; to Jason Paul Manasco, Mary Beth Patterson and Philip Todd Manasco, tenants in com-mon; property in T25 T5S R29W; correcting a deed recorded 11/7/16.

Dec. 29. Jorge A. Valle and wife, Matilde Valle; to Ryan Brown and wife, Crys-tal Brown; property in S10 T9S R27W. $132,500.

Dec. 29. Richard Jerome Johnson and wife, Linda Johnson; to Joshua D. Wor-ley and wife, Karlie Faye Worley; 39.48 ac. in S10 T9S R27W. $252,600.

Dec. 29. Juan Antonio Escamilla and Joyce Judith Flores, joint tenants; to Ma. Estela Flores Ayala and Joyce Judith Flores; Lots 5-6-7-8, Block 30, Town of Nashville.

Jan. 3. Koree Leann Jones and husband, Justin Parker; to Sammy Coleman and wife, Laurie Coleman; Lots 5-6-7, Block 15, Holly Addition, Town of Dierks. $15,000.

Jan. 3. Jana Bell Lockhart and husband Lyle Lockhart; to Kirk Bell and wife, Lesa Bell; 2 tracts in S33 T10S R27W. $34,000.

Jan. 4. Wayne Parker and Bobbie Parker; to Calvin Parker; 5 ac. in S36 T8S R29W. $1,000.

Jan. 4. Ruby Lee Rosen-baum; to Jason Brown and Shawna Brown, husband and wife; Lot 30, Unit #1 Timberline Subdivision, Howard County. $42,000.

Jan. 4. Charles E. Hill and wife, Mildred Hill; to Gary Michael Hughes, Brenda Thomas, Fred Earl Stovall and Lakesha Brown Hill; property in S22 T9S R27W.

December 2016Doris Robertson, Nash-

ville vs. Valeria Deaton, Nashville, $5,110

Martha Ruchalski, Nash-ville vs. Jawasha Hendrix, $601.89

Home Improvement Center, Nashville vs. Joseph Evans, $5,075.89

Civil JudgmentsOctober 2016Discover Bank vs. Sha-

ron Ann Mack, Nashville, $4,601.83

Economic Recovery Con-sultants vs. Patricia Neal, Dierks, $2,750.63

Economic Recovery Con-sultants vs. Kathy Richards, De Queen, $980.95

Economic Recovery Con-sultants vs. Shy Carwile, Mineral Springs, $432.50

Economic Recovery Con-sultants vs. Brenda McDan-

iel, Delight, $893.67Economic Recovery Con-

sultants vs. Stena Snell, Nashville, $382.20

Economic Recovery Con-sultants vs. Mary L. Coulter, Mineral Springs, $322.27

Economic Recovery Con-sultants vs. Audreanna Mc-Fadden, Mineral Springs, $468.22

Economic Recovery Con-sultants vs. Randy Willis, Horatio, $952.03

Economic Recovery Con-sultants vs. Kieliema Munn, Nashville, $2,509.35

Economic Recovery Con-sultants vs. Tommy Holden, Dierks, $4,169.72

Economic Recovery Con-sultants vs. Terretta Smith, Mineral Springs, $505.99

Economic Recovery Con-sultants vs. Robert Garney,

Nashville, $4,341.38Economic Recovery Con-

sultants vs. Derhonda Gil-bert, Nashville, $1,305.63

Economic Recovery Con-sultants vs. James Legate, Newhope, $383.39

Economic Recovery Con-sultants vs. Britney R. Mor-gan, Nashville, $744.68

Economic Recovery Con-sultants vs. Lori Culpepper, Nashville, $325.57

Portfolio Recover Associ-ates vs. Juwasha Hendrix, Nashville, $524.69

Mid-South Adjustment, Co. vs. Mickey Manning, Ozan, $157.79

Mid-South Adjustment, Co. vs. Laurie Gray, Sara-toga, $158.26

Mid-South Adjustment, Co. vs. Wendy Parker, Min-eral Springs, $118.72

trict Court on a DWI #1 charge. Her trial date will be May 16.

Mark D. Rhodes, 65, white male, Nashville, pleaded not guilty to a class D felony charge of possession of controlled substance, and a class Y felony charge of having a weapon during commis-sion of a controlled sub-stance offense. He will be represented by the public defender. Pretrial motions will be heard May 1.

Franklin Hanney, 56, white male, Nashville, will have a February 28 trial on a class D felony charge of possession of controlled substance.

Olivia C. Canon, 20, black female, Nashville, pleaded not guilty to a class C felony charge of second degree battery. She is to return with her attorney to have trial and pretrial motion dates set.

A not guilty plea was given by Amanda Beene, 39, white female, Nash-ville, charged with class B felony theft of property. Pretrial motions will be heard April 26.

Paul E. Coulter, 72, black male, Nashville, will have an April 25 trial on a charge of aggravated as-sault, class D felony.

David R. Rhodes, 38, white male, Nashville, pleaded not guilty to a class C felony charge of second degree forgery. A trial date of April 25 was set.

Failure to appear war-rants were ordered for Ashley Rolland, 21, white female, Mineral Springs, and Jimmy Lamond Da-vid, 45, white male, Ben Lomond.

One defendant was not present because he is in federal custody. Terry Hopson, 24, white male, Jessieville, is facing a class C felony charge of furnish-ing prohibited articles.

On the bench was Judge Charles Yeargan.

The Public Record of Howard County

Small claims judgments

Sentences issued in 2 cases;trial dates set for 6 defendants

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By Sen. Larry TeagueThe Arkansas legislature

opens the 2017 regular session with an encouraging revenue report to use as a guidepost for setting state fiscal policy.

The report from the Finance and Administration Department shows that for the month of De-cember net tax revenues for the state were up 0.7 percent over December of last year. The in-crease is notable because the first five months of the fiscal year had been relatively disappointing.

The end of December marked the sixth month of the current fiscal year, which began on July 1.For the fiscal year up to this point, the state has collected 1.5 percent more in net revenue than it collected during the same period last fiscal year.

Elected officials and econo-mists keep a close watch on monthly revenue reports be-cause they are an accurate ba-rometer of private sector eco-nomic activity in Arkansas. For example, the state sales tax rate has not changed over the past year, so the increase in sales tax revenue from last year to this year is an indicator of increased sales by Arkansas retailers.

December sales tax collec-tions were almost $203 million. That is an increase of 8.9 percent over December of 2015, and one of the reasons that state budget officials expect total collections to meet forecasts when the fiscal year ends on June 30.

Setting budgets for state agencies is dependent on rev-enue meeting forecasts, and ex-ercising its “power of the purse strings” is the most time-con-suming duty of the legislature. For example, throughout the regular session the Joint Budget Committee will meet more often any other legislative committee.

Joint Budget meets almost every day the legislature is in session, and it is usually the first meeting of the day for its members. The various subcom-mittees of Joint Budget hold frequent meetings, therefore it is routine practice for Joint Budget members to attend two meetings a day.

Other committees such as Education, Judiciary and Public Health will meet once or twice a week.

Individual income tax collec-tions for December were up 1.4 percent over last year. Although

that was not as strong as the increase in sales tax revenue, it is still encouraging because this fiscal year is the first in which the state’s tax code reflects the full effect of income tax cuts ap-proved in 2015.

The governor and Senate leaders said they are still com-fortable with proposals to re-duce personal income taxes by an additional $50 million a year for low-income families, and to repeal income taxes on military retirement benefits. That would save retired military families in Arkansas about $13 million a year.

Some legislators are advo-cating broader tax cuts, while others have said it may be best to wait until revenue is stronger so that state services are not in jeopardy of cutbacks due to the reduction in state tax collections.

Legislative leaders plan to consider tax cuts at the begin-ning of the session, so lawmak-ers will have a clear idea of how much to budget for state agency spending.

For the first six months of the current fiscal year, net general revenue from all sources is about $2.6 billion.

By Gov. Asa HutchinsonThis week, the State Capitol

is buzzing as the 91st General Assembly of the Arkansas State Legislature is underway.

The state legislature has changed a lot throughout our state’s rich history. Over the years, members of the General Assembly have expressed posi-tions and perspectives as diverse as the people of Arkansas, them-selves.

And there is always change. For example, today, Republicans hold a large majority in the Ar-kansas Legislature. But a few decades ago, former Representa-tive Preston Bynum from Benton County was the only Republican member of the House. Once dur-ing the 69th General Assembly in 1973, the chamber broke into caucus, and the Speaker of the House joked, “Democrats cau-cus will meet in the Committee Room. Republicans caucus in the phone booth.”

Even though times are dif-ferent in our state legislature, ultimately, our democratic sys-

tem has remained effective due to our legislature’s willingness to work together, regardless of party, to accomplish good things for Arkansas.

I am pleased with the great contribution our state legislature has made in recent years. Most recently, the Arkansas Legisla-ture has gained national atten-tion for its success in improving the fairness of our state’s tax administration.

Arkansas adopted several reforms to change the state tax regulations and create a more fair system for taxpayers, such as eliminating the requirement that taxpayers pay or post a bond before an independent hearing could be held.

The adoption of these reforms earned Arkansas designation as the “Most Improved” state in a recent report by the Council on State Taxation. According to this report, Arkansas now ranks as a top 10 state in fairness of tax administration.

This is just one example of the good things that happen when

the Arkansas Legislature works together for the people of our state. I look forward to working with the general assembly on further reforms and improve-ments in the upcoming session.

This year, I am proposing an economic development initia-tive to create a tax cut for low income Arkansans, as well as a tax cut for retired military ser-vice members.

In education, I am proposing a number of initiatives, includ-ing the ArFuture Grant Program and a new Higher Education Funding Formula. In terms of government efficiencies, I am proposing a reform of the state pay plan, ongoing improve-ments to address foster care, repurposing tobacco settlement funds to decrease the disability waitlist and more.

All of this will focus on my priorities of economic develop-ment, education and efficiencies, and I look forward to working together with the legislature to make them a reality during the 91st General Assembly.

The Arkansas Attorney Gen-eral warns that con artists are sending fake tax bills claiming to be from the IRS demanding immediate payment from Ar-kansans and threatening arrest if money is not sent.

Consumers are being sent a fraudulent version of a CP2000 form for tax year 2015 as an email with an attachment or by standard mail requesting personal financial information and asking for payment via gift card, prepaid debit card or wire transfer.

“This new play on an old scam is another shameful at-tempt by criminals to steal Arkansans' personal informa-tion and hard-earned money,” said Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. “If Arkansans receive one of these letters they suspect may be a scam, call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040. And as a re-minder, the IRS will never make unsolicited calls to or requests through email or social media from taxpayers for personal information.”

The following tips can be used to spot a fake tax bill:

The CP2000 notices appear to be issued from an Austin, Texas, address

The letter or email says the issue is related to the Affordable Care Act and requests informa-tion regarding 2014 coverage

The payment voucher lists the letter number as 105C

The sender requests that checks be made out to I.R.S. and sent to the “Austin Processing Center” at a post office box.

According to the IRS, the form CP2000 does exist, but it is used when income reported from a third-party source does not match the income reported on the tax return. The fake form provides little, if any, instruction to taxpayers about appealing additional money owed, but the real form provides extensive information. And some versions of the scam include a “payment” link within the email, which could be set up to steal personal information, take money or in-fect the computer with malware. The real notice also requests checks be made out to “United States Treasury.”

Consumers who receive this scam via email should forward it to the IRS at phishing@irs.gov and file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.

For more information and tips to avoid scams and other consumer related issues, contact the Arkansas Attorney General’s office at (800) 482-8982 or con-sumer@arkansasag.gov or visit ArkansasAG.gov or facebook.com/AGLeslieRutledge.

About Attorney General Leslie Rutledge

Leslie Carol Rutledge is the 56th Attorney General of Ar-kansas. She is the first woman and first Republican in Arkansas history to be elected to the office. Since taking office, she has be-gun a Mobile Office program, a Military and Veterans Initiative, a Metal Theft Prevention pro-gram and a Cooperative Disabil-ity Investigations program. She has led efforts to teach Internet safety, combat domestic violence and make the office the top law firm for Arkansans. Rutledge also serves on the Executive Committee of the Republican Attorneys General Association and re-established and co-chairs the National Association of At-torneys General Committee on Agriculture.

A native of Batesville, she is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Wil-liam H. Bowen School of Law. Rutledge clerked for the Ar-kansas Court of Appeals, was Deputy Counsel for Gov. Mike Huckabee, served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Lonoke County and subsequently was an Attorney at the Department of Human Services before serv-ing as Counsel at the Republican National Committee. Rutledge and her husband, Boyce, have a home in Pulaski County and a farm in Crittenden County.

I DO LOVE THE change of seasons. Arkansas is a great place to experience them.

We’ve got definite changes each year. Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall, Football and Oaklawn.

I met a guy who moved back to Arkan-sas from Hawaii. He said dancing girls in grass skirts were nice but he missed the change of seasons.

While I think I could become accus-tomed to year-round salty breezes and warm temperatures and girls in grass skirts, I admit that the change of seasons is an astonishing thing.

WINTER. We get 1.5 snowfalls each year. Usually, snow doesn’t hang around for more than a day or two. Arkansas drivers are re-ally, really good when roads get icy.

Once every 10 years or so, snow gets deep enough so that it sloshes in over the tops of your shoes.

When the food on grocery store shelves gets close to the expira-tion date, grocery store owners promote snowstorm panics.

In Winter, I catch every ‘bug’ that comes around even though I no longer have a child living at home who can bring me every drug-resistant bug known to man.

Some area schools close early if there’s a reliable report that someone in Oklahoma has seen a snowflake. Some area schools don’t close even if they have to call out dogsleds to take the children home from unheated buildings.

In Winter, my allergies flare up.SPRING. It appears suddenly in March although there are

still some very cold days ahead and we all get to worry about the peaches.

But trees along country roads begin sprouting green fuzz. And then the pines release tons of pollen. In Spring, real cold rainstorms coincide with every local track meet and baseball game. There is an Easter Egg hunt at the city park in which there are no real eggs.

In Spring, my allergies flare up.Other than that -- and tornadoes -- there’s not much to say about

Spring.OAKLAWN. Sometime between the middle of Winter and the

middle of Spring, there is a season we call Oaklawn. It is also some-times called Racing Season and it happens only in Hot Springs. I go once every four or five years whether I want to or not. Oaklawn gives me a chance to unburden myself of some $2 bills.

In Oaklawn, my allergies flare up. Maybe I’m allergic to horses.SUMMER. It comes along about the same time I stop sneezing

from Spring allergies. Summer is great except for ticks and skeeters and houseflies. Yeah, I’ve got allergies in Summer, too. I think it has something to do with grass and other things blooming, and the dust that swoops in every time the County Judge declares a burn ban because it hasn’t rained since Oaklawn. Also in Summer, there are lots of J-Turn violations in downtown Nashville because our fair city does not have a lawfully deputized J-Turn Enforcement Officer but that’s another story and I’m sure you wouldn’t be interested.

In Summer, my allergies flare up.FOOTBALL. It happens between the sweaty end of late Summer

and early Winter hot chocolate. It is a great season unless you fol-low the Razorbacks. It can be really great if the Outlaws, Rattlers, Hornets and Scrappers are winning.

In Football, my allergies flare up every time a Razorback op-ponent throws another 80-yard touchdown pass -- which is often. Also, in Football, there are no longer majorettes who twirl fire batons to thrill the crowds that have not left their seats to go get hot chocolate during the band’s halftime show.

It just occurred to me that majorettes who twirl fire batons should never wear grass skirts.

FALL. It slips in almost unnoticed after the end of Summer. You’d never know it by changes in temperature. Really, about the only way you can tell it’s Fall is when it has so obviously become Winter that no one can deny that the season has changed. In Fall in Arkansas, you can wear a T-shirt one day, and need a heated parka the next, same as in Winter. Fall lasts well until into Winter.

In Fall, my allergies flare up. Ragweed, and dust from the left-over burn bans.

And then, if you’re lucky, it’s time for Winter, again.

THE TWINS. The tasty, yet healthy twins -- Sweet ‘N Low. They make practically everything better with no extra calories.

THINGS I LEARNED from opening email: A rubber band pistol

was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.

HE SAID: “I’ve been writing poems since I was in the Navy -- to

Rosalynn. I found I could say things in poems that I never could in prose. Deeper, more personal things. I could write a poem about my mother that I could never tell my mother. Or feelings about being on a submarine that I would have been too embarrassed to share with fellow submariners.” Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the US

SHE SAID: “It’s been proven by quite a few studies that plants

are good for our psychological development. If you green an area, the rate of crime goes down. Torture victims begin to recover when they spend time outside in a garden with flowers. So we need them, in some deep psychological sense, which I don’t suppose anybody really understands yet.” Baroness Jane Goodall, primatologist

SWEET DREAMS, Baby

State’s tax revenues showincrease during December

Economic developmentone of governor’s priorities

AG warns of fake IRS bills

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Teague said will be dealt with early in the session. “We have to fig-ure out how much we’re spending before we see how much we can cut.”

A tax exemption for military veterans likely will be approved, Teague said. “I don’t know if some cuts will pass. Some say they won’t vote for” the governor’s plan “because they want bigger cuts. We have to make sure we don’t spend more than we have.”

Teague said K-12 educa-tion bills “will be busy as we move forward. Some superintendents aren’t happy with the 1 percent adequacy increase.”

The state “can’t con-

stated that the district “is expecting protesters due to that evening’s school board meeting. School will be dismissed on Monday at 1:30 p.m. and will re-sume at its regular sched-ule Tuesday, Jan. 10. At-tendance will not be taken those two days,” the letter ended.

A Delight resident had also attempted to organize people on Facebook to at-tend the board meeting to form a barrier “so that the school board can get from their car to the meeting and back safely.” The plan was later scrapped after the resident had spoken to the Arkansas State Police and Hempstead County authorities.

On Sunday, Jan. 8, Aar-on responded to the school letter with a letter of his own - also posted on his Facebook page - to Super-intendent Lee.

Aaron’s letter stated, “As you may be aware, the letter states that students will be released early on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 due to scheduled protest and that attendance will not be taken on Jan. 9 and 10, 2017. I’m not certain that the action taken by Prin-cipal Doss is line with the policies of the Arkansas Department of Education, but nonetheless it is not our intent to impede the instructional time of the students of the Blevins Public School District.

“Although, it appears that school board mem-ber Ted “Blakface” [sic] Bonner is not concerned with the education of the children, we in fact are concerned about their edu-cation. For this reason we will not be holding protest on Jan. 9 and 10, 2017 dur-ing school hours. Maybe this action will allow the students to attend the en-tire day of school and for the students to be given credit for attendance.

“We have commitments from more than 300 in-dividuals from five dif-ferent organizations to be present in Blevins on Jan. 9, 2017 to encourage Bonner’s resignation. I’ve communicated with those organizations and have made a collective decision to scale back our presence. I haven’t decided whether to personally attend the Jan. 9 meeting at this point. We are taking other steps directly against Bonner to

encourage his resignation.“As you know Bon-

ner is a contract poultry grower and we have de-cided to take an economic approach to encourage Bonner’s resignation in an effort to reduce the im-pact that our efforts may have on the students of the Blevins Public School District. It is our belief that the reputable businesses that Bonner contracts as a grower and those that sponsor ‘Hillarosa’ will not want to be associated with a person that lacks ra-cial sensitivity and openly displays racist behavior.”

(Editor’s Note: Hillarosa is an annual event held in Blevins at the Hillarosa ATV Park.)

“We are hoping that Bonner will make the right decision for his com-munity by tendering his resignation immediately. Although we will not be staging protests at this time, we will not rule out unannounced protests in the future as a part of an escalation of actions if Bon-ner doesn’t resign. We are steadfast and committed to reaching our objective.”

There were no protests for Bonner’s resignation

Monday night.Lee confirmed that 137

students attended school Monday.

He said that the district has more than 480 stu-dents and stated that the low student attendance was because of parents fearing for their children’s safety.

After the meeting, school board member Carl McGill addressed the au-dience to discuss the Bon-ner situation.

He asked if Bonner would apologize in front of the entire Blevins com-munity held at the school gym. Bonner immediately answered “yes” and Mc-Gill then asked if the com-munity would be willing to listen to Bonner.

McGill added that he believed it would be ben-eficial to the school if the NAACP coordinated an event with “the school board association and with our school” to have “some type of instruction to where we can learn a little bit about each other.”

Bonner said he’d “be glad to do that” and said that he’d let “Carl [McGill] set up a time to do that.”

Also during the meet-

ing, Bonner received a pin from the Arkansas School Board Association for being an Outstanding Board Member while the other board members also received special recogni-tion from the state orga-nization.

In other business, the board approved:

* extending Lee’s con-tract by one year at his current salary; According to data from 2014-15, from Arkansas Online, Lee’s sal-ary is $87,673. Board mem-ber Laura Clark voted against the extension;

* two bids for two school buses to add to the district’s fleet.

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tinue to give K-12 all of the state’s growth money. There are a lot of things to spend money on. At some point, we’ll get better di-rection from the courts,” Teague said.

Funding for the state’s highways will be anoth-er item on the agenda. “There’s discussion of re-moving the tenth year of the half-cent tax for high-ways. A poll is out that shows 83 percent would vote for it to be perma-nent,” Teague said.

“We still have a $50-mil-lion commitment to high-ways from the surplus, but there’s no surplus,” Teague said.

Teague said he has “been on the phone with insurance commissioners and several department directors with little issues to tweak. It takes a while to get things in the pipeline.”

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By John R. SchirmerNews-Leader staffProposed legislation by

Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson of Little Rock would place the Arkansas Activities Association under control of the state.

The AAA is the govern-ing body for high school sports and activities. It is governed by its members.

Nashville Superinten-dent Doug Graham said administrators and coach-es will monitor the bill.

“I’ve talked to [AAA di-rector Lance Taylor]. This is a concern for any of us who work with the AAA. I’m not sure the bill will

gather a lot of steam. We’ll have to monitor it. I hope that if it’s filed, it’s not approved,” Graham said, noting that Hutchinson’s proposal would leave the AAA in control of a state employee.

“It doesn’t need to get too political,” Graham said. “We’ve always had issues with the AAA, but it’s governed by its mem-bers.”

Hutchinson’s proposal “is one of many bills we’ll monitor. I don’t see any benefit in the current form of the bill. I hope the AAA will keep its current over-sight,” Graham said.

Report cards for the second nine weeks will be distributed Friday, Jan. 13, at Nashville Elementary

School.Principal Latito Wil-

liams said cards will be given to students that day.

Proposal for state takeoverof AAA likely to be opposed

Report cards to be given outFriday at Nashville Elementary

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AT BOARD MEETING. Supporters of Blevins School Board member Ted Bonner wore “I Stand With Ted Bonner” to Monday night’s board meeting.

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The 23rd annual Nash-ville Bankers’ Tournament will be Jan. 14-21 at Scrap-per Arena.

The Scrapperettes are the top-seeded team in the girls division, while the Scrappers are the second seed in the boys division.

The Scrapperettes have a first-round bye. They will play Horatio on Wednes-day, Jan. 18, at 6:20 p.m.

The Scrappers will play Murfreesboro Saturday, Jan. 14, at 6:40 p.m.

There are eight teams in

the girls division and eight teams on the boys side.

The complete schedule for the girls division in-cludes the following:

Jan. 14 - Caddo Hills and Mineral Springs, 3 p.m.; Acorn and Murfrees-boro, 5:20 p.m.

Jan. 18 - Centerpoint and Foreman, 4 p.m.; Nashville and Horatio, 6:20 p.m.

The semifinals will be played Jan. 19 at 4 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.

The championship

game is set for Saturday, Jan. 21, at 6 p.m.

The boys schedule in-cludes the following:

Jan. 14 - Mineral Springs and Centerpoint, 4:10 p.m.; Nashville and Murfrees-boro, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 18 - Foreman and Acorn, 5:10 p.m.; Nevada and Caddo Hills, 7:30 p.m.

The boys semifinals will be Thursday, Jan. 19, at 5:10 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The championship game will be Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m.

By John R. SchirmerNews-Leader staffNashville has submit-

ted bids to the Arkansas Activities Association to host the Class 4A state basketball tournament, Class 4A South regional basketball and Class 4A state softball and baseball.

As of Monday night, it appeared that Nashville had secured the Class 4A state basketball tourna-ment and the Class 4A South regional basketball tournament.

Superintendent Doug Graham and Athletic Director James “Bunch”

Nichols will attend the AAA meeting in Little Rock Thursday to make Nashville’s case for being selected as a site for the events.

Graham said the Class 4A South regional basket-ball tournament went to Dumas last year. “We hope to return it to the west this time. We will aggressively try to get the regional.”

Regional softball and baseball probably will go to the east this year, Gra-ham said. “We didn’t bid on them” because they were in the west last year.

“We did bid on 4A state

baseball and softball.”There are two things

going against Nashville’s prospects of securing state baseball and softball, ac-cording to Graham. “State softball has been at Mena the last two years. Baseball was at Ashdown last year. And there’s one school with a superintendent on the board. We’ll go to Little Rock and put our best foot forward to get one or all of the events. We have great facilities. We want to bring great competition to south Arkansas.”

Sites will be announced late Thursday.

The Nashville Parks & Recreation Department has announced the reg-istration deadline for the coed spring soccer pro-gram, which is open to youths ages 4-16.

Practice and games will be played at the Nashville City Park.

The registration dead-line is Feb. 20 and late sign-

ups will not be accepted. Players must be 4 years

old by Feb. 1, 2017 to par-ticipate.

Registration forms are available at the park office or for download on the park’s Facebook page.

Completed forms, in-cluding proof of age and the $50 fee, can be dropped off at the park by Feb. 20.

The following the play-er draft schedule:

* 6-and-under, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m., park office

* 7-9, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m., park office

* 10-13, Feb. 24 at 6 p.m., park office

For more information, contact the Nashville Parks & Recreation office at (870) 845-7405.

Bankers’ Tournament setto open at Scrapper Arena

Nashville likely to be sitefor regional, state hoops

Spring soccer registrationunderway at Nashville park

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TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS.

The Nashville Scrap-pers and Scrapperettes won the championships

of their divisions Mon-day night at the Cos-

satot River tournament. The Scrapperettes

defeated Cossatot River 54-47 to earn the cham-pionship. The Scrappers defeated Cossatot River

60-36. (Above) Darius Hopkins (00) keeps the ball away from the Cos-

satot River defender. (Right) Asia Munn (23)

scores for the Scrapper-ettes against the host

Lady Eagles.

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Nashville Scrappers, Scrapperettes

The Scrappers and Scrap-perettes won the champi-

onship of the Cossatot River Tournament Monday night. The Scrappers defeated the host Cossatot River Eagles 60-36. The Scrapperettes defeated the Lady Eagles

54-47.

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Scrappers, Scrapperetteswin Cossatot River titles

CHEERING THEIR TEAMS ON. Nashville cheerleaders perform Monday night during the finals of the Cossatot River basketball tournament.

TIME OUT. Coach Ron Alexander confers with the Scrapperettes late in their 54-47 win over Cossatot River in the tournament finals Monday night.

SCRAPPERETTE SCORE. Erika Bretado (left) puts up a shot against the Lady Eagles in Monday night’s championship game.

EYE ON THE BASKET. Madi Miller (13) scores against Cossatot River Monday night.

DETERMINATION. Kendall Kirchhoff (4) drives to the basket in the 54-47 win over Cossatot River.

BALANCING ACT. CJ Spencer maintains control of the ball in Nashville’s 60-36 win over Cossatot River.

CONTACT SPORT. Kaylea Carver (22) draws the foul as she maintains possession of the ball for the Scrapperettes in their win over Cossatot River.

SET TO SCORE. Darius Hopkins (00) sets up a shot in Nashville’s 60-36 win over Cossatot River in the tournament championship game Monday night.

THREE. Dominick Kight (4) makes a 3-point shot against Cossatot River in Nash-ville’s 60-36 victory over the Eagles in the championship game Monday night.

CLOSING IN. Jamarta Gilliam (23) makes his way around the Cossatot River defense Monday night in the win over the Eagles for the tournament title.

FOCUSED. Jhalon Finley looks for a way to the basket in the finals of the Cossatot River tournament Monday night.

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ALL-STARSELECTION.

Nicole Dodson, a senior at Nashville

High School, has been named a Class 4A

All-Star cheerleader by the Arkansas Activities Association. She was selected for the West

squad. Dodson is a member of the Scrap-

per cheerleading squad which won the state

Class 4A championship in December. Susan

Renfrow is the cheer-leading coach at Nash-

ville High.

Dierks Lady Outlaws

Dierks Outlaws

The Dierks senior high basketball teams opened the new year by sweeping games against Foreman and Blevins.

On Jan. 3, the Lady Outlaws posted a 40-30 win over the Foreman Lady Gators while their counterparts picked up a 54-49 won over the Gators.

On Jan. 5, the Lady Outlaws outlasted the Blevins Lady Hornets, 40-36, and the Outlaws held on to take a 54-53 win over the Hornets.

In the girls’ games against Foreman, Ashton Alexander led the Lady Outlaws with 21 points followed by Grace Martin with seven, Gaby Strasner with six and two each from Emily Whisenhunt, Jacie Sims and Destiny Nutt.

The Dierks girls eased out to an 8-4 lead in the first and then shifted to a 26-15 halftime lead thanks to 18 second-quarter points. The Lady Outlaws won the third quarter, 9-5, but were outscored 8-5 in the final quarter.

The Outlaws had to overcome a 13-7 first-

quarter deficit against the Gators to go into the lockers at half barely be-hind, 26-25. The Outlaw shooters responded in the third quarter by outscor-ing their opponent 14-9 and then 15-14 to set the 54-49 final.

Jarret Fox hit 22 points to lead the Outlaws fol-lowed by Blake Bradshaw with 10, Lane Woodruff eight, Dalton Sherck and Grant Strasner with six each and Zane Cox with two points.

When Dierks and Blevins met on Jan. 5 there were not many points to spare in either senior high game.

The Lady Hornets jumped out to a 13-8 lead over the Lady Outlaws in the first quarter but then saw the Dierks defense all but shut down their offense to take over with a 19-16 lead at the half. Dierks stayed one step ahead of the Lady Hornets in the third for a 28-27 lead headed into the final quarter. Dierks dropped in 12 points while holding Blevins to 9 points to set the final score at 40-36.

Alexander again led the Dierks girls with 20 points followed by Carter and Strasner with six each and four each from Sims and Eckert.

The Blevins girls were led by Batson with 11 points.

The Outlaw-Hornet game went down to the last second with the How-ard County team coming out on top, 54-53.

Dierks led 14-7 after the first quarter and then increased their lead to 27-15 at the half. Blevins responded with a 25-point third quarter that got them back in the game and up, 40-39.

Fighting off a Hornet surge in the fourth quar-ter, the Outlaws outscored their opponent 15-13 to secure the one-point win.

Fox led the Outlaws with 19 points followed by eight points from Blayn Turner and Bradshaw, seven point by Stras-ner and six points from Chance Gatlin and Cox.

Blevins was led by Bur-ton with 18 points fol-lowed by Choate with 12 and Lee with 10 points.

Dierks gets wins over Foreman, Blevins

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‘GLENDA’S LITTLE FREE LIBRARY’Lynn and James Poissot of Baton Rouge, La., built this library box over the holidays and installed it at the Nashville Demon-stration Organic Garden in memory of Glenda Rice (at left). The library box is a registered “Little Free Library,” which is part of an international movement of free com-munity book exchanges. Little Free Library is a non-profit organization that began in 2012 with the motto, “Take a Book, Return a Book” and a mission to “promote literacy and the love of reading by building free book exchanges worldwide and to build a sense of community as we share skills, creativity and wisdom across gen-erations.” Nashville joins the 50,000 other book exchanges represented in all 50 states and in more than 70 countries. The box is now stocked and is located near the garden at the Howard County Farmers’ Market.

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With snow last week and storm season just around the corner, I started thinking about emergency preparedness. Remem-bering back, there was a time when many families went for three weeks without electricity, water, etc. What if an ice storm or tornado kept you from getting to the store or you were without electricity for several days or even weeks? Is your family ready in the event of a natural disaster?

The first thing you should do when preparing your home is to make sure you have a well stocked pantry. A pan-try stocked with the right essentials can make hot meal prep easier and cut the number of midweek trips to the grocery store. Each week, make sure your pantry is well stocked. Keep a grocery list to replace items as they are used. Not only will this help if the power goes out, but it also makes meal planning every day easier.

During the time of a disaster, there may be no access to food, water, heat or air and power for days or weeks at a time. Since food and water truly are necessary for life, planning for them in the face of pending disasters makes a lot of sense. Most sources recommend a minimum of three days up to a three week supply of nonperishable food and water for each member of the family.

Where will you keep all of these sup-plies? Find a place in your home where you can keep supplies handy. It may be a closet that you designate or a part of a pantry. It may be an area of your safe room or storm shelter. Check the supplies on a regular basis and rotate as necessary. That means checking the use by date on the packaging and replacing those that are about to expire.

When deciding what to eat, planning is the key. Plan menus to include as much variety as possible; three weeks worth of Vienna sausage, sardines, saltine crack-ers and beans will get old quick. Plan to include fruits, vegetables, protein, grains, and even some dairy products, if possible. Canned fruits, crackers and protein sources such as canned tuna are easy to store and last for several months. When choosing vegetables, make sure you have a way to heat them up before eating them. Dried or canned milk can be great choices for dairy. Make sure you have enough calories to enable you to do any necessary work cleaning up after the disaster. Also, be sure to pack a manual can opener.

In a disaster situation, it’s best to use bottled water if at all possible. Have at least a three day supply of water and store at least one gallon of water per person per day. For a family of four that’s twelve gallons. A normally active person needs at least one-half gallon of water daily just for drinking.

Purchase commercially bottle water, keep it in its original container and observe the “use by” date. Or, if you prepare your own containers of water, use food grade water storage containers from camping supply stores. Clean them

before filling with water. You may also choose two-liter plastic soft drink bottles – not plastic jugs or cardboard containers that have had milk or fruit juice in them. Milk protein and fruit sugars cannot be adequately removed and provide an environment for bacterial growth when water is stored in them. Glass bottles can break.

Thoroughly clean soft drink bottles with dishwashing soap and water, rinse completely so there is no residual soap. Sanitize the bottles by adding a solu-tion of 1 teaspoon non-scented liquid household chlorine bleach into a quart of water. Swish the sanitizing solution in the bottle so that it touches all surfaces. After sanitizing the bottle, thoroughly rinse out the sanitizing solution with clean water.

Fill the bottle to the top with regular tap water that has been commercially treated from a water utility with chlorine. You do not have to add anything else to keep it clean. Replace water prepared by you every six months. Why go to so much trouble? Ask yourself, “On top of everything else, do I want a stomach bug?”

Be sure to plan foods for infants, el-derly persons, or persons with special dietary needs. Keep an adequate supply of prescription medications and a first aid kit. Don’t forget your pets. Plan a pet survival kit with food and water too.

Other things you might want to in-clude in your kit include a flashlight, extra batteries, toilet paper and paper towels, zipper type plastic bags, and card games.

For more information on disaster planning, contact the Howard County Cooperative Extension Service at 870-845-7517 or visit our office located on the second floor of the courthouse.

You can also visit the FEMA and Homeland Security web sites on the Internet.

Let’s hope a disaster does not happen in our area. Let’s be prepared in the event one does!

Recipe of the WeekLooking for a great after school snack

for your kids? Here is one they can make themselves. You will feel great about them enjoying this snack, because it is nutritious!

Tooty-Fruity Pudding Cups1 (3/4 oz.) box instant vanilla pud-

ding; 2 cups skim milk; 2 cups fresh or canned fruit of your choice, sliced; 1 ½ cups crunchy nugget cereal.

Mix pudding according to package instructions, using the 2 cups milk. Cover with plastic wrap and chill until set.

Make individual fruit cups by measur-ing 1/3 cup fruit in bottom of cup. Add layer of pudding, sprinkle with cereal. Add a layer of pudding. Sprinkle with cereal. Add a layer of pudding. Sprinkle top with remaining cereal at serving time. Yield: 8 (1/2 cup) servings

Nutrition Information Per Serving: 130 calories, 0.5g fat, 3g protein, 28g carbohydrate, 1g fiber, 250 mg sodium. Good source of vitamin C.

By Jean Ince • Howard County Extension Agent-Staff Chair

Are you preparedfor emergency?

2B News Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 Nashville News-Leader

MS FIREMAN AWARD. Mineral Springs Volunteer Fire Department Chief Chris Hostetler (at right) recently presented the 2016 Fireman of the Year award to Reggie Marks, a 20-year veteran of the department. Selection is made by vote of the department’s members. Marks is a 1994 graduate of Mineral Springs High School.

Jan. 5, 2017BF=Bond ForfeitedHoward CountyBrown, Derrick, 26, Nashville, guilty

of non-payment of fines, $1,050 owedJones, Jalon L., 19, Nashville, $245 BF,

speedingShappy, Steven, 54, Dierks, guilty of

failure to vacate upon notice, fined $670Smith, Brian K., 24, Murfreesboro,

guilty of improper or prohibited passing, fined $195; guilty of failure to present insurance, fined $100; guilty of failure to appear, fined $245

City of NashvilleBerenice, Martha Padron, 40, Mineral

Springs, $195 BF, no driver’s licenseBrown, Derrick, 26, Nashville, guilty

of possession of marijuana, fined $1,030 and license suspended for six months

Christopher, Marcus V., 30, Nashville, guilty of driving on suspended or re-voked license, fined $345 and sentenced to two days in jail

Curry, Dustin R., 33, Dierks, guilty of non-payment of fines, $415 owed; guilty of driving on suspended or re-voked license, fined $345 and sentenced to two days in jail; guilty of driving on suspended or revoked license, fined $345 and sentenced to two days in jail

Forbes, Kamryn Denise, 19, Mineral

Springs, guilty of obstructing govern-ment operations, fined $370; guilty of endangering welfare of minor, fined $440

Hernandez, Isidro, 28, De Queen, guilty of no driver’s license, fined $195; guilty of DWI, fined $1,090, credited for time served, license suspended and must complete Level I DWI course

Howell, Larry D., 56, Nashville, guilty of non-payment of fines, $1,724 owed; guilty of driving on suspended or re-voked license, fined $345 and sentenced to two days in jail

Keys, Stacey L., 33, Nashville, guilty of possession of controlled substance, fined $1,030 and license suspended for six months

Lewis, Arron W., 23, Nashville, guilty of driving on suspended or revoked license, fined $345 and sentenced to two days in jail

Manning, Johnny Ray, 54, Nashville, guilty of public intoxication, fined $220

Smith, Brian K., 24, Murfreesboro, guilty of shoplifting, fined $390 and sentenced to three days in jail

Wilkerson, Rodney W., 28, Ozan, guilty of public intoxication, fined $220

Young, James R., 59, Mineral Springs, guilty of driving on suspended or re-voked license, fined $345 and sentenced to two days in jail - suspended

Howard County District Court

A total of nine defen-dants were sentenced dur-ing two sessions of Pike County Circuit Court held on Friday and Monday.

They included:Larry Dylan Faulkner,

26, of Glenwood, pleaded guilty to delivery of meth-amphetamine, sentenced to 17 years in the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) with seven years suspended; pleaded “true” to probation revocation, sentenced to six years in the ADC with all sentences to run concurrently.

Jennifer Lester, 35, of Glenwood, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree forgery, sentenced to five years of probation and fined $1,500 plus court costs and ordered to pay $616.45 in restitution.

Christian Z. Bishop, 20, of Giddings, Texas, pleaded guilty to felony domestic battery in second degree and misdemeanor domestic battery in third degree, sentenced to five years of probation and fined $1,500 plus court costs.

Dustin R. Stone, 30, of Murfreesboro, pleaded guilty to possession of fire-arm by a certain person, sentenced to five years of probation, fined $500 and required to forfeit firearm; pleaded “true” to proba-tion revocation, current probation extended by one year.

Paula Marie Hill, 62, of Delight, pleaded guilty to charge of being an accom-plice to theft of property,

sentenced to 10 years in ADC with two years sus-pended.

Charles Henry Clayton, III, 24, Nashville, pleaded guilty to amended charge of breaking or entering, sentenced to five years of probation, fined $1,500 plus court costs and or-dered to pay $1,000 in restitution.

John A. Hooks, 36, Pen-cil Bluff, pleaded guilty to forgery in second degree, sentenced to six years in the ADC with two years suspended.

Curtis Wayne Dick, 28, Murfreesboro, pleaded guilty to contempt, sen-tenced to 90 days in county jail or to be released on $280 cash bond.

Marion Loyd Scott, Jr., 33, of Nashville, official sentence imposed for prior guilty plea to sexual as-sault in fourth-degree, sentenced to six years in the ADC with two years suspended.

Charges FiledA Delight man’s bond

were set at $100,000 Mon-day on the felony charges of terroristic threatening and aggravated assault and a misdemeanor charge of third-degree domestic battery.

Aaron Ashley Wesley, 26, was charged in Pike County Circuit Court on Jan. 5. Pretrial motions will be heard in Wesley’s case on April 3. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Wesley was arrested the afternoon of Dec. 27, 2016 during a domestic

altercation where he al-legedly was intoxicated and recklessly shot a AR15 semi-automatic rifle in the presence of his girlfriend’s two children.

Also filed on Jan. 5 were charges against Benjamin Scott Burkhart, 28, of Glen-wood. He is charged with residential burglary and theft of a firearm. His bond has been set at $15,000 and pretrial motions are sched-uled for Feb. 27.

Charges against Bur-khart stem from an inci-dent in October of 2016 when a rifle was stolen from a home at Langley. On Dec. 23, the Mont-gomery County Sheriff’s Department recovered the stolen weapon during a raid.

A subsequent investi-gation led law officials to Burkhart, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges but confessed to the crimes during an interview.

A Benton man was also charged last week in Pike County with felony pos-session of methamphet-amine and misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Casey Bowser, 31, was ar-rested on an “absconder warrant” on Dec. 13 at a Glenwood business.

During the arrest, a search found suspected methamphetamine and a small amount of suspected marijuana. Bowser has pleaded not guilty to the charges and his bond has been set at $25,000. Pre-trial motions will be held Feb. 27.

Nine sentenced in two sessions of Pike County Circuit Court

Marriage LicensesKenneth John Urban,

Jr., 35, Murfreesboro and Stephanie Elizabeth Acitel-li, 25, Arkadelphia, Dec. 30

Chase Allen Lybrand, 20, Glenwood and Kersty Breeann Ross, 20, Glen-wood, Dec. 30

Civil CourtCV2016-85 Regions

Bank vs. Manuel and Sta-cie Palavicini, foreclosure, Dec. 29

CV2017-86 Clayton and Kathy Becker vs. Sum-mit Home Construction, breach of contract, Dec. 30

Domestic RelationsDR2016-106 Elizabeth

A. Williams vs. Paul A. Gilliam, divorce, Dec. 14

DR2016-107 (Case num-ber not used)

DR2016-108 Jeremy Whitley v.s Shelly Whitley, custody/visitation, Dec. 20

DR2016-109 Jo Bates vs. Eugene George, domestic abuse, Dec. 27

DR2016-110 Eddie R.

Lee vs. Arrielle Shanell Shorter, order of protec-tion, Dec. 27

DR2017-1 Samantha Janes vs. Phillip Lain Janes, divorce, Jan. 9

DR2017-2 Melody Ev-ans vs. Nicholas Evans, order of protection, Jan. 9

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Big black iron smokers will be lined up by the dozens on Saturday, Feb. 4, for cooking ribs and Cornish game hens in the 7th annual 4-H BBQ Bowl.

The event will take place in a vacant lot be-tween the radio station and Just Poultry on S. Fourth St., Nashville.

Although parents , boosters and others will

gather in the predawn to begin cooking, 4-H’ers and others will be present from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. to assist buyers who come to pick up their meat orders.

A full rack of ribs is $25; Cornish game hens are $5 each.

Interested persons are asked to call orders in ahead of time to the UA Extension Office, 845-7517.

Orders will also be avail-able for sale on ‘Bowl’ day.

Proceeds from the sale support 4-H education-al activities for Howard County youth.

Annual 4-H BBQ Bowl for kick off Feb. 4

Nashville News-Leader Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 Farm 3B

I have never seen the Taj Mahal, the Vatican or Fort Knox, all mono-liths wrapped in mystery, placed beyond politics, Google and the Rubix Cube. But I can now claim I have seen the FDA in the Land of Acronyms, Wash-ington DC, and survived. In my case, it was the FDA, CVM ...Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine.

I was escorted by my friend Dr. Jim, DVM CEO, President and Founder of SVC, a company that consults and guides phar-maceutical companies through the maze that is required to earn drug ap-proval for use in animals. The mental picture I had before my visit was akin to the Supreme Court or a Court Martial ... a line of wizened, beady-eyed scowling geezers wearing robes and wigs looking down at the poor suppli-cant who is trying to pres-ent his case while strapped to a wooden chair with duck tape under a swing-ing interrogation lamp.

I WAS WRONG!Ten of the most influen-

tial people in the world of veterinary drugs invited me to join them at a confer-ence table which appeared

to be borrowed from a high school teacher's lounge. Two were wearing jeans, three wore a tie and all were wearing comfort-able shoes. The attire was casual.

Each one took the time to explain their position and responsibility includ-ing livestock, equine, dogs, cats, minor species, legal-ity, finance, practicality and impact.

The subject on top of their pile is the possible resistance of organisms to antibiotics passed from an-imal to man. To date there is no proof that it hap-pens, but others think it might. It's like the cause of "Global Warming." Tough decisions.

To appreciate the scope of their job, imagine a list of all veterinary drugs in use since 1965 through today that were approved by CVM. The process of approval is detailed and time consuming.

Their mission statement reads, "Protecting Hu-man and Animal Health: to insure the drug is safe and effective for the pa-tient and in food animals safe for people to eat." Talk about all consuming! That is a huge promise. But they keep it and don't

back down. There are no loopholes. Rarely do we see such solid rock com-mitment to the people's benefit, especially from government. It is the gold seal, the guarantee, the third party verification, it's the law. Until CVM was instituted, medicine was CAVEAT EMPTOR, "Let the buyer beware." And that same warning exists today on drugs for animals and humans that don't have the CVM FDA seal of approval. Just read the label on the back.

Being able to talk to those brilliant, dedicated people at that table gave me to realize they can see into the future of medicine. Genes loom large.

Hearing them talk amidst themselves was mesmerizing, sort of a cross between ESPN sports announcers and J. Rob-ert Oppenheimer in Los Alamos speculating with his crew about their next atomic bomb.

It takes a while for their profound contribution of "Protecting human and animal health” to sink in. Think about it. The least I could do was to offer to buy’em lunch. They gra-ciously declined.

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To help increase and enhance pollinator habitat in Arkansas, the USDA Natural Resources Conser-vation Service (NRCS) has started a special pollinator initiative in 20 counties.

Three-fourths of the world’s flowering plants and about 35 percent of the world’s food crops depend on animal pollina-tors to reproduce. Some scientists estimate that one out of every three bites of food we eat exists because of animal pollinators like bees, butterflies, moths, birds, bats, beetles and other insects.

Landowners in the initiative area can apply

through their local USDA field service center for funding consideration to install conservation prac-tices beneficial to pollina-tors. $230,000 is available through the Environmen-tal Quality Incentives Pro-gram (EQIP). The applica-tion deadline is Jan. 30, 2017.

The project area in-cludes Ashley, Baxter, Benton, Carroll, Drew, Faulkner, Fulton, Hemp-stead, Logan, Marion, Ne-vada, Newton, Pulaski, Randolph, Searcy, Sebas-tian, Sharp, St. Francis, Stone and Yell.

Practices available are conservation cover, pre-

scribed fire, forest stand improvement and early successional habitat devel-opment and management.

“Some of the most suc-cessful pollinator habitat has been created using natural regeneration tech-niques such as light disk-ing and prescribed burn-ing,” said Mike Sullivan, NRCS state conservation-ist in Arkansas. “These practices promote native forbs that already exist in the seed bank.”

To sign up for EQIP, visit your local USDA field service center. To locate the local office, visit /wps/portal/nrcs/main/nation-al/contact/local

HOT SPRINGS - The Arkansas Turfgrass As-sociation Conference and Trade Show is scheduled to take place Jan. 12-13 at the Hot Springs Conven-tion Center.

Authorities on turfgrass from across the country will participate.

Douglas Karcher, pro-fessor of Horticulture for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agri-culture, said this year’s convention will feature top-notch speakers and turfgrass experts from around the country.

Speakers include John Boyd, visiting assistant professor of crop, soil and environmental science for the Division of Agricul-ture, Alan Windham, pro-fessor of ornamental and turf plant pathology with the University of Tennes-see, and William Crow, landscape nematologist with the University of Florida, Steve Kammerer, southeast regional direc-tor of the U.S. Golf Asso-

ciation, and Adam Thoms, assistant professor of hor-ticulture with Iowa State University.

“Our biggest, over-arching theme this year is just an approach to deal-ing with pests and other challenges in turfgrass with really strong educa-tion,” Karcher said. “We’re bringing in industry lead-ers, experts on turfgrass diseases, nematodes and weed identification and control.”

The conference will of-fer four primary sessions over the course of two days: a pesticide recertifi-cation session, a parks and sports turf session and golf and lawn care sessions.

Additionally, attendees may purchase tickets to attend a bonus workshop in one of three topics the afternoon of Jan. 12:

Turfgrass disease iden-tification and control

Turfgrass weed identi-fication and control strat-egies

Assembling a nematode

management plan “Regardless of what

facet of the turfgrasss in-dustry each attendees are involved in, there should be something for them,” Karcher said.

The cost to pre-register online is $80.

On-site registration is $100. To pre-register, visit https://www.ar-kansasturf.org/product/attendee-registration/. Additional questions can be answered by calling (501) 860-0187, or emailing arkturfgrassassn@att.net.

The University of Ar-kansas System Division of Agriculture offers all its Extension and Research programs to all eligible persons without regard to race, color, sex, gen-der identity, sexual ori-entation, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital or veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected sta-tus, and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportu-nity Employer.

Turfgrass conference to beJan. 12-13 at Hot Springs

USDA sets pollinator effortin 20 counties around state

A journey to the FDA

More than 300 mem-bers of the Arkansas 4-H Youth Development pro-gram will visit Little Rock Feb. 16 for 4-H Day at the Capitol.

“This is a great opportu-nity for youth 13-19 years old,” said Martha Ray

Sartor, interim associate director of Arkansas’s 4-H program.

“It’ll be an opportunity to learn about state gov-ernment.”

4-H Day at state Capitol set Feb. 16

4B News Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 Nashville News-Leader

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 6:30 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

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public accountants, pa Ltd.

118 N. Main - Nashville - 845-4422

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

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

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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

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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”

Corinth First Baptist Church279 Corinth Road • Tollette, AR

870-983-2390Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m.

Maurice Henry, Sr., Pastor

“We not only have church, we praise the Lord”

You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self,

which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires...—Ephesians 4:22

STAR STUDENTS. Milee Harrison (first grade) and Evelyn Diaz (third grade) have been named Star Students for the month of December at Dierks’ Jo Ann Walters Elementary School.

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH. Halle Mounts has been named Junior High School Student of the Month at Dierks while Miranda Mack has been named Senior High School Student of the Month.

6th gradeAll A Lexi Scott, Jocelynn ZeiglerA & B Sierra Miller, Lane Christie, Owen White,

Levi Cherry, Kallie Jones, Ava Manley, Landen Mounts, Dani Synco

5th gradeAll A Grace Epperly, Kara Jackson, Finley McDaniel,

Dylan Turley, Isabel Brinkley, Kyla Collins, Carley Cox, Whitney Henderson, Kathryn Martin

A & B Katie Cornish, Nicholas Boyer, Thomas Davis, Michelle Gilez-Rogers, Alyssa Jones, Lucas Rucker, Lexi Rowe

4th GradeAll A Brody Maroon, Trista Howard, Jocee Holt,

Amanda Brock, Hayden Baugher, James Kelly-Wil-liams, Justin Burgess, Ethan Coleman, Jamie Howell, Chloe Scoggins, Allie Wicker, Laytan Wilcher, Gus Turner, Allie Synco, Jalynn Randolph, Natalie Perrin, Jada Matthews, Layne Cox, Lathan Compton

A & B Aiden Abbott, D.J. Barnes, Alicia Bogan, James Chaney, Maddie French, Anna Terrell, Taylor Watts, Braden Wright

3rd gradeAll A Mabree Sweat, Ta’veon Sanders, Kinleigh

Mounts, Kale Burns, Sidney Brzeski, Justen Carey, Shan-non Cawvey, Hawkins Jackson, John Parker Jackson, Garrett Molnaird

A & B Caleb Terrell, Jackson Stewart, Alyssa Sigman, Gracie Molnaird, Dalton Manlove, Reese Kizzia, Tyler Cox, Holden Allmon, Teegan Barnett, Makaylyn Cheek, Kasey Cornwell, Tyler Cox, Faith Henderson, Ja’Mauri Jones, Chloe Madrid, Dalton Manlove, Alyson Teel

2nd GradeAll A Ryker Bogan, Trent Coleman, Lucas Cox,

Kinslee Howell, Connor McBay, Bryce Perrin, Kohen

Byers, Trunks Hawthorne, Mason Wilkins, Logan Christie, Nathan Cox, Kaden Epperly, Loralei Morrow, Carson Oakley, Harlee Pannell, Aurora Stone, Char-leigh Wheeler, Cayden Ballard, Logyn Holder, Corbin Hoover, Ramsey Terrell

A & B Ava Cox, Drake Eoff, Colton Jackson, Gavin Jones, Autumn Whitten, Price Cheek, Gracie Davis, Peyton Keys, Abby McGalliard, Cole McKnight, Jathon Nuckols, Regina Crocker, Ethan Jones, Josey Jones, Isaac Kuykendall, Laini Liggin

1st GradeAll A Zecharia Applegate, Lillian Cross, Jaycee

Gonzalez, Kyler Spears, Chase Stewart, Collin Mitch-ell, E’Lye Ross, Tristen Huie, Aiden Lewis, Tucker Martin, Jeremiah Orr, Anthony Rogers, Payten Teel, Hunter Sweat, McKinlee White, Morgan Bierden, Jarrin Burgess, Hunter Cooley, Brooklyn Cox, Chloe Cross, Jonathan Martinez, Dalton Nelson, Isaac Smith

A & B Macy Gills, Cale Humphry, Cooper Lowery, MaShaylia Morris, Colton Tidwell, Emma White, Hadlee Wilson, Shiann Carey, Kyndall Henderson, Tyler Mullins, Xavier Teague, Hunter Childers

KindergartenAll A Carsyn Ballard, Benjamin Brewer, Tyler Brewer,

Abigail Campbell, Jacee Chaney, Addison Cox, Blake-lee Dixon, Leo Hale, Jeremy Lunsford, Kordell Marsh, Kaydence McAnelly, C.D. Morrow, Karson Pack, Colton Plyler, River Riley, Kristen Rogers, Austin Wright, Tyler Brewer, Matthew Lewis, Ethan Homan, Amos McDan-iel, Thomas Applegate, Christian Holcomb, Allie Jones, Emmet Whisenhunt

A & B Chloe Cornwell, Kailani Cox, Jaxson Crabtree, Tristan Hendrix-Nash, Raegan Mayo, Joelee Wilson, Zamaria Hughes, Megan Markcum

Murfreesboro Elementary School

Honor Roll

Nashville News-Leader Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 News 5B

KindergartenKiddAll A Miguel Ayala, Jerrah Buck, Joshua Alak

Campbell, Drake Howard, Aiden Levine, Adalyn Silva, Jackson Teel, Maci Price

A & B Arlington Cowart, Natalie Bush, Alivia Jacobs1st GradeHendersonAll A Kinley Fisher, Anthony Hill, Adyson James,

Shelby Martin, Elizabeth Mata, Anna Rowe, Kennedy Tidwell, Passion Whisenhunt, Jessica Williams

A & B Alexander Gill, Bella Jordan, Conner McDan-iel, Nevaeh Stinson, Joel Wise

2nd gradeIvyAll A AIsabella Frazier, Carter Gilmer, Garrett Lamb,

Daniel Martinez, Ross Spradlin, Cameron Braden, Ka’Miah Thomas, Angeline Williams

A & B Diana Hernandez, Linda Copeland, Kason Stone

3rd GradeTurnerA & B Sydney Braden, Bailey Jackson, DJay Leeper,

Marlene Martinez, Hailey Sweney, Faith Teel 4th GradeVitzthumAll A Remington Cowart, Weston Lamb, Jenna May,

James SilvaA & B Caden Dixon, Reid Spradlin, Layken Stone,

Kinleigh Sullivan5th GradeO’NealAll A Emma Cox, Sydney LambA & B Mason Anderson, Khye Dixon, Carson Hill,

Andrew Howard, Emmy Salter6th GradeHouseAll A Jeffrey BushA & B Javie Hunter, Dusty Lee, Izzy Mauldin, Karter

McLelland, Ken Piggee

News-Leader photo/TERRICA HENDRIX

BLEVINS BOARD RECOGNIZED. Members of the Blevins School Board, pictured with Superintendent Bill Lee (at right) were recognized Monday night by the Arkansas School Board Association. They are (from left) Ted Bonner, Outstanding Board Member; Carl McGill, Mike Parker, Shannon Peck, Justice West, Carla Narlesky and Laura Clark.

Delight Elementary School

Honor Roll

Federal regulations requires the Pike County Extension Office to update its lists each year in order to send out information in general mailings. Persons interested in receiving mailings or emails throughout the year are asked to contact the office with their names, mailing addresses, emails and telephone numbers so that the officer will be sure to update its files.

Contact the Pike County Extension Office by mail at:

Pike County Extension OfficeP.O. Box 297, Murfreesboro, AR 71958By phone at 870-285-2161 or FAX at 870-845-7537or email: gflaherty@uaex.edu.(You may also choose to sign up for our e-news-

letters at www.uaex.edu/register.aspx).

Pike County Extension Officeupdating mailing lists

By Nicole TracyMurfreesboro DiamondThe Murfreesboro City

Council set a date for a special meeting later this month to finalize the 2017 budget during its regular monthly session on Mon-day.

Council members had passed the preliminary 2017 budget during the December meeting, but will still need to pass the final amended budget by Feb. 1.

The council decided to hold a special meeting on Jan. 30 at 6:30 p.m. to do that.

Also Monday, the coun-cil approved a 2 percent raise for city employees.

Roy Wilson, who had approached the council during the last meeting to ask to have an alley closed on his property, returned with the appropriate legal paperwork the council had requested last month.

Mayor Rodney Fagan indicated it would be sub-mitted to the City Attorney Jana Bradford to have a resolution written up in order to close the alley

The council also heard a zoning update from the Zoning Committee. A reso-lution to extend a morato-rium for three months will be heard during the special meeting held at the end of January.

Mayor Fagan stated during the meeting that he would be asking for a line item in the amended budget to allow for the ability to condemn and tear down houses in need of it. The amount would be $5,000. The city would also be able to place a lien on the property.

Recorder/Treasurer Penny Lamb informed the council that one of the certificates of deposit for the city would be coming mature on Jan. 13. The city had asked for bids from local banks to redo the CD. First State Bank had submitted a bid of three quarters of a percent for a little over $36,000. Diamond Bank did not submit a bid, but asked the city for a summary of bids from the other banks. Bear State Bank was not asked to submit a bid due to

the impending closing of the Murfreesboro branch. Lamb stated that the CD would be staying with First State Bank.

Lamb also approached the council about an ac-count for the city’s fire department that is cur-rently located with Bear State Bank. Lamb indi-cated that she would like to move it to First State Bank. The council voted unanimously to allow the account to be moved.

Fagan also stated to the council that the 2017 budget would include an allowance to purchase a one-ton truck for the city, and that would be looked at during the special meet-ing.

Present during the meeting were council members Betty O’Neal, Debbie Shukers, Dana Stone, Rob Evans, Jason Allmon, Jeff Walls, Fagan, Lamb, and secretary Caro-lyn Cox.

M’boro council to finalize budget

Murfreesboro Mayor Rodney Fagan has issued a reminder to residence to place all trash in bags before placement in trash bins or trash cans.

The mayor also said items are not to be placed in or beside trash cans that are not bagged.

The city’s Street Department will pick up small amounts of brush and large items when called in as soon as time permits. “Also, if you have someone hired to care for your lawn or hire someone to cut brush and trees, it is the responsibility of the landowner to dispose of the refuge,” Fagan added.

“Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated. It is our desire to offer the best services possible to each citizen that out budget will allow.”

Statement from M’boro mayor regarding trash, brush, trees

6B News Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 Nashville News-Leader

Nashville News-Leader Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 News 7B

PUBLIC NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF HOWARD COUNTY,

ARKANSASPROBATE DIVISION

IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF: MELODY JONES, A MINOR 31PR-16-59-1

WARNING ORDERTO: MATTHEW DAVID JONES

You are hereby notified that Laura Romine, Plaintiff, whose Attorney is Erin Hunter, whose address is P.O. Box 810, De Queen, AR 71832, has filed a PETITION FOR GUARDIANSHIP against you, a copy of which Petition and Summons shall be delivered to you, or to your attorney upon request. You are also notified that you must appear and defend by filing your answer or other responsive pleading within Thirty (30) days of the date of the first publication of this Warning Order; in the event of your failure to do so, judgement by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition as circumscribed by the laws of this State.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal as Clerk of the Court on this 20 day of October, 2016.Brenda Washburn, Circuit ClerkBy Cally Reed(EHS:28,29)

We finally got our first light snow this weekend, which I thoroughly en-joyed. I guess it’s because I spent my working years in a very cold climate. There are so many things you can do when the weather is cold. Some enjoy outdoor sports and others enjoy family activities and other things. I guess when Spring comes and the changes it brings, I like it best. With all the changes there is great awe. There must be an Intel-ligent Creator somewhere.

Mount Zion Church had their regular worship ser-vice on Sunday, with our visiting Minister Rev. Koontz. He inspired us to seek God when we are having difficult times in our lives. He recommended that we seek God for the answers and stay true to the Word. Shirley Piggee and Tina Maxwell were guests. Thank you for coming.

Prayers are requested for Ruben Pauley, Hattie Jean Pauley, Lela James, Dante Crosslin, Faye Adams, Mary Crosslin, and Virginia Johnson who had a death in her family.

Next week will be the swearing in of the President Elect. His plan is to immediately change the healthcare program. I hope he will make a new plan before he dismantles the one we have and leave so many people without healthcare. I am still trying to manage this one.

Congratulations to Joyce Jacobs on the birth of her new grandson. I hope he will be a joy to the family.

CHRISTIAN REFRESHER; PSALMS 96:1-4-9-10 KJVO sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord,

all the earth.Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew fourth his

salvation from day to day.Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders

among all people.For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is

to be feared above all gods.O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear

before him, all the earth.Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the

world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

LOVE IS THE KEY!

••• White Cliffs News •••

The Nashville community’s 10th annual Martin Luther King, Jr., celebration is scheduled for Mon-day, Jan. 16.

The event is open to the public and will begin at 6 p.m. at the New Light CME Church located at 1301 S. Mill, Nashville.

The 2017 theme will be addressed by Bishop Charles Archer, pastor of Victory Way Free Church of True Holiness, 400 E. Russell St. in Nashville.

MLK committee members are accepting nomina-tions for the Miriam Alston Award.

This award is given to a community member living or working in Howard County who most effectively shows by example the distinctive charac-teristic possessed by Dr. King. Nominations for the 2017 award may be given by calling Jimmie White at 451-1090 or Geneva Walton 845-0250 providing the name and why this person is nominated.

Area churches, community members, students, family and friends are invited to attend and support the event with a tribute of their choice to the program.

There were no formal invitations sent.

The annual Choir Day will be observed Sunday, Jan. 22, at Corinth Baptist Church, located on State Hwy. 332 near Tollette.

The event will begin at 2:30 p.m., and area praise dancers, soloists and choirs are invited to participate. To be a part of the program call choir president Cynthia Miller, 557-5157.

Pastor of the church is Rev. Maurice Henry.

Pre-registration is required for a Tai Chi for Arthritis program which begins at the EH Center here Jan. 23.

Registration is required by Jan. 17, and the fee is $12.The course includes Monday and Wednesday meet-

ings at 10 a.m. at the center. The course includes the 12-basic slow paced exercises, warmup and breathing exercises.

Tai Chi reduces stress, helps with balance, coordina-tion and concentration.

HIS LITTLE HELPER. Hempstead County Sheriff James Singleton’s granddaughter Paislee Singleton holds her bible for her “Pop” as he is sworn in for a fourth term on Jan. 1.

MLK Jr. celebration Jan. 1610th annual event to be held at Nashville’s New Light church

A YOUTH HUNT DEER. Brennen Warren, a Nash-ville seventh-grader, bagged this 8-point buck while hunting in Clark County with Jerrell “Pa-Paw” Barfield.

If you provide care to young children and would like to learn more about researched based information con-cerning ways to educate and care for young children, you may be interested in training opportunities such as “The Best Care.”

Sometimes it’s a struggle to find quality resources that are close to home and affordable. The University of Ar-kansas, Cooperative Extension Service, in partnership with the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education (DCCECE) offers 10 hours of professional de-velopment training for educators or caregivers of young children. All training opportunities are offered free of charge and are verified training through the new Profes-sional Development Registry (PDR), also known as the Traveling Arkansas’ Professional Pathways (TAPP) and support the Better Beginnings quality rating system.

The Best Care will be begin Saturday, Jan. 28 at the Howard County Extension Homemakers Educational Center located at 425 Second Street in Nashville. The training will begin with registration at 8:30 and class starting at 9:00 a.m. Additional hours will be offered February 18. By attending both sessions, participants will receive 10 hours of certification.

Topics for this year’s The Best Care training will include: Active Play, Child Care Prepared: Disaster Preparedness, Grow It, Try It, Like It, Classroom Transitions, Music in Early Childhood, Two Bite Club, Celebrating Cultures, Infant and Toddler Literacy and Effective Communication Skills.

If you are interested in attending in the Best Care pro-gram, you must register by calling the Howard County Extension Service at 870-845-7517. Register by Jan. 20.

‘Best Care’ classes, sign up by Jan. 20

Corinth Baptist to host Choir Day Jan. 22

EH Center to offer ‘Tai Chi for Arthritis’

8B News Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 Nashville News-Leader

By Natasha WorleyNews-Leader staffThe Dierks School

Board began their regular monthly meeting by hear-ing from Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Vince Perrin on Monday night. Perrin appealed to the board about possible improvements that can be made to the athletic department weight room.

The main priority, he said, is heating and cool-ing the facility so that the athletes will be more com-fortable during their work-outs when the weather is extremely hot or cold. However, before this can be done, the facility must be sealed air tight with caulk. He would also like to see a rubberized floor installed, for a safer facility that will help equipment last longer.

Perrin presented bids he had gathered on the heating/cooling unit, rub-berized floor, and various repairs that need to be made to the facility includ-ing the sealing of the walls, painting, filling cracks in concrete, and refastening loose tin. The unit would cost approximately $4,826; the floor $3,003; and the construction, which would be completed by Brian Mounts, $7,350; for a total of $15,179.

The board requested

that before any decisions be made, Perrin should return next month with an itemized list of what each repair will cost.

Following Coach Per-rin, Superintendent Holly Cothren addressed the board about an upcoming project involving outdat-ed, unused laptops.

Since the high school has implemented Chrome-books and Windows 10, there are now around 40 laptops that are in stor-age that are not capable of running Windows 10, but still have usability left. Jody Cowart, high school principal, would like to implement a “laptop check out system” that would allow students to check these computers out for home use on projects and homework. Cothren stated that while this was not nec-essarily an issue that the board would have to vote on, she wanted them to be aware of it nonetheless.

Afterwards, the board heard reports from the principals.

Karla Byrne, principal of Jo Ann Walters Elemen-tary, announced a teacher from her school, Carla Bray, received an EZ Mart grant for $1,000, and is planning to construct a covered outdoor class-room. Principal Cowart stated that DHS was rec-

ognized by the Arkansas Department of Education as part of the Arkansas School Recognition Pro-gram for performing in the top 6%-10% of a statewide comparison in graduation rate.

Next, a motion from the Oct. 10 board meeting was amended. This mo-tion, made by Trey Eckert and seconded by Jeffrey Mounts, stated that the pee wee athletes would use the high school gym for games and the elemen-tary gym for practices. It was discovered that there have been conflicts with practice times, so Coach Kevin Alexander would al-low the pee wee groups to use the high school’s gym when the elementary gym is unavailable.

Eckert amended his motion, Jeffrey Mounts seconded, and the item passed unanimously.

The board then ad-journed to executive ses-sion at 6:40 p.m. to discuss the employment of the superintendent. They re-turned to open session at 7:45 p.m.

A motion by Jeffrey Mounts and seconded by Karen Kitchens passed unanimously to extend Superintendent Cothren’s contract to the 2018-2019 school term at the current salary schedule.

The Arkansas State Archives, in conjunction with its sister agency His-toric Arkansas Museum, is launching a series of book lectures in 2017. The lec-ture series, Pen to Podium: Arkansas Historical Writ-ers’ Lecture Series, will be held quarterly and will feature Arkansas authors Ken Barnes, Elizabeth Hill, Brooks Blevins, and Erik Wright, Department of Arkansas Heritage Direc-tor Stacy Hurst has an-nounced.

“This collaboration be-tween our Department of Arkansas Heritage agen-cies is just one example of how we are working together to present our unique Arkansas history and culture to new audi-ences,” said Hurst.

The first lecture will be held from 7-8 p.m. on Tues., Jan. 17, at Historic Arkansas Museum in Little Rock and will feature Ken

Barnes, who will present, ‘Anti-Catholicism in Ar-kansas: How Politicians, the Press, the Klan, and Religious Leaders Imag-ined an Enemy, 1910-1960.’

Before the lecture, a reception sponsored by the Friends of the Arkansas State Archives will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the atrium of the museum.

The lecture is free but registration is required. Registration is limited and deadline for registration will be Fri., Jan. 13.

The Arkansas State Ar-chives is an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and is respon-sible for collecting and maintaining the largest publicly held collection of materials on Arkansas history in the world.

The State Archives has two branch locations; the Northeast Arkansas Re-gional Archives is locat-ed in Powhatan and the

Southwest Arkansas Re-gional Archives is located in Washington.

Other agencies under the Department of Arkan-sas Heritage include the Arkansas Historic Pres-ervation Program, the Arkansas Arts Council, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, the Old State House Museum, the Ar-kansas Natural Heritage Commission, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, and the Historic Arkansas Museum.

State agencies join forces for heritage lecture series

Athletic facility upgrades considered by Dierks board

News-Leader photos/COURTESY OF CAPRICE KEYS

TOP SHOTS. These members of the Murfreesboro High School Archery Team scored high at the recent invitational tournament held in Delight. They include (from left) Samuel Corson (first), Alec Pettigrew (second) and Tyler Tomlinson (third). Not pictured are Aspen Harris (first) and Sierra Dean (third).

MORE TOP SHOTS. Fancy Keys finished third in the female division, Alex Bai-ley finished second in the male division, and Callie Johnson finished second in the middle school division of the recent invitational at Delight.

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10B News Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 Nashville News-Leader

HOUSING STARTS IN NASHVILLE. These apartments on S. Hutchinson St. are the only new housing starts begun in Nashville during 2016. The owner, Jose Cruz, obtained a building permit even though the six apartment complex is not yet inside the city limits.

New residential con-struction in Nashville came to a standstill in 2016.

There were no building permits issued for new homes, and none for in-dustrial or business new construction.

There was one permit issued for a “shop,” at 202 W. Shepherd, owned by James Eudy. Reportedly he will use the metal building as storage for antique ve-hicles. The building’s valu-

Residential construction slows in 2016ation was put at $150,000 on the building permit.

There was some resi-dential construction, but it is not yet in the city limits and it is not single-family. Some apartments at the intersection of S. Hutchin-son and Cassady St., are not yet inhabited. The six-apartment complex was built by Jose Cruz and its valuation was put at $272,000. The city has asked Cruz to come into

the city limits, and he has reportedly agreed.

The only other building permits were for add-ons or storage buildings.

One of the reasons cited for zero growth of new residential construction was the closing of West Ar-kansas Community Devel-opment in Nashville. The agency closed in August after more than a decade of arranging federal funding for first-time homeown-

ers. The founders of the agency, John and Kathy Stinnett, were unavailable for comment. The agency assisted with financing for rural homes in southwest Arkansas, using federal grants, strict guidelines and ‘sweat equity.’

Mike Reese, who was mayor when Stinnett came to town in 2004, said that more than 200 area new homes were built via the agency.

If you are a “millennial” – a member of the age cohort born anywhere from the early 1980s to the late 1990s – then you’re still in the early chapters of your career, so it may be a stretch for you to envision the end of it. But since you do have so many years until you retire, you’ve got the luxury of putting time on your side as you save and plan for retirement.

Here are some suggestions for making the best use of that time:

• Invest early – and often. Even if you are at the very beginning of your career, make investing a priority. At first, you might only be able to contribute a small amount each month, but something is far better than nothing – and after a year or so, you might be surprised at how much you’ve actually put away.

• Take advantage of your employer’s retirement plan. If your employer offers a 401(k) or similar plan, contribute as much as you can afford. At the least, put in enough to earn your employer’s match, if one is offered. Your contributions can lower your taxable income, and your earnings can grow on a tax-deferred basis.

• Invest more as your earnings increase. As your career advances, and your earnings rise, you’ll want to increase your contributions to your 401(k) or similar plan. And if you ever “max out” on your annual 401(k) contribu-tions (the limits change over time), you can probably still contribute to another tax-advantaged retirement plan, such as a traditional or Roth IRA.

Thus far, we’ve only discussed, in general terms, how much and how often you should invest. But it’s obviously just as important to think about the type of investments you own. And at this stage of your life, you need an investment mix that provides you with ample opportunities for growth. Historically, stocks and stock-based vehicles provide greater growth potential than other investments, such as government securi-ties, corporate bonds and certificates of deposit (CDs). Of course, stocks will rise and fall in price, sometimes dramatically. But with decades ahead of you, you do have time to overcome short-term losses. And you may be able to reduce the effects of market volatility by spreading your dollars among many different stock-based investments, along with a reasonable percentage of bonds and other, more conservative securities.

Here’s something else to consider: Many millennials want more from their investments than just good per-formance – they also want their money to make a dif-ference in the world. This interest in “impact” investing (also known as “socially responsible” investing) has led some of your peers to screen out companies or industries they believe have a negative impact on society in favor of other businesses that are viewed as contributing to a more sustainable world. If this viewpoint resonates with you, then you may want to explore these types of investment opportunities with a financial professional.

But most importantly, keep on investing throughout your life. As a millennial, you’ve got plenty of the one asset that can never be replaced: time. Use it wisely.

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AND NOW WITHTHE WEATHER.

Every school day at Nashville Elementary

School is started with a moment of silence and

the Pledge of Allegiance lead by Leah Hainen’s

Social Studies students. This week, the school

added “The Recess Weather Forecast” to the announcements.

The new feature is “con-necting and applying the classroom curriculum” to

everyday life. Students pictured are Maritsa Ro-

sas, Anakaren Juarez, Mia Mendiola and Alex

Sullivan.

The Legacy 2020 Cam-paign, a capital fundrais-ing project of UA Cossatot Foundation, has received donation from Horatio State Bank.

As a result of the dona-tion, Room 611, located in the Adams Building on the De Queen campus will be renamed the Horatio State Bank Hall.

“Horatio State Bank has been a valuable partner of UA Cossatot for years. Even before the college was affiliated with the University of Arkansas

system, Horatio State Bank was supportive of stu-dent needs,” said Dustin Roberts, coordinator of development.

“As we progress with our Legacy campaign, the dedication Horatio State Bank has shown our col-lege is inspiring for other small business and indi-viduals who want to sup-port economic growth.”

UA Cossatot Founda-tion’s Legacy 2020 Cam-paign is to focus on donors and corporations that wish to invest in the growth of

the college on all three campuses.

For every donation amount, a naming op-portunity exists for donors who wish to leave a legacy for future students.

“We are thrilled to have a room named the Horatio State Bank Hall,” said Ned Hendrix, Horatio State Bank CEO.

“Many of our current and former employees have attended classes at the college. We always try to remove barriers for our community members to

receive an education.” “One of the great things

about Legacy 2020 cam-paign is the flexibility, said Roberts.

“We have businesses and individuals who are investing a sum at one time and others are pay-ing out a commitment annually.”

UA Cossatot Foundation receives grant