LUKE REEDERNHS Correspondent

NASHVILLE - Tuesday afternoon the Nashville High School Spanish Club put on its annual Spanish Festival with the theme of Un Viaje del Pasado al Futuro (A Journey from the Past to the Future).

“The theme of the festival was from a journey from the past to the future so I want-ed to go for skits that were historically relevant in not only Hispanic countries, but around the world,” Spanish teacher Kenisha Davis said of the afternoon-long event.

The annual festival is a way for the students to share the Hispanic culture and the traditions that come with along with it. This year’s festivities in-cluded traditional dancing, skits, songs and authentic Hispanic food for the crowd to enjoy.

The festival began with a performance of the folktale “The Tortoise and the Hare” put on by Braden Bowman,

who played the tortoise, and Luke Dawson, who was the hare. Next up was a

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Baptist Associa-tion is sponsoring a special mission day Sat., April 26 in ive local cities: Nashville, Dierks, Mineral Springs, Murfreesboro and Lockesburg. The mission event will begin at 9 a.m. and close at 3 p.m. Each city will have a free block party with inlatable bounce houses, free hot dogs, popcorn, snow cones and prizes.

Other mission events will include prayer-walking, where people walk the streets and pray as they walk; evangelism, where people go door-to-door and invite residents to local southern Baptist churches and invite residents to become Chris-tians; senior adult programs, where people minister at local nursing homes; yard work, where some peo-ple do yard work for residents who have been con-tacted previously; jail ministry, where some do mis-sion work at the local jails; health clinic, where some people volunteer to work at the Howard County Christian Health Clinic (which will offer free pros-tate exams); and a ishing derby, where children will have fun learn-ing to ish at the Nashville City Park.

About 200 volunteers from six cities have registered to do this mission work. Volunteers will be from Amity, Di-erks, Lockesburg, Mineral Springs, Murfreesboro and Nashville. Residents of these cities should be advised of church members who will be in their cities on this day.

Special mission day set

The Blevins community will sponsor the 28th annual area-wide beneit barbe-cue for Arkansas Children’s Hospital Sat., May 3 at the Blevins High School cafeteria. Serving is set to begin at 4 p.m.

This year’s menu will consist of barbecue beef, pork and chicken, cole slaw, po-tato salad, baked beans, a roll, dessert and tea. The meal costs $5 for adults and $2.50 for children 12 and under, and carryouts are available.

In addition to the food, attend-ees will enjoy live entertainment by the Rafter J. Cowboy Church Band, Garret Memorial Church Men’s Quartet and Randy McKin-non and the Bear Creek Boys. A cake auction will conclude festivi-ties at 7 p.m.

Organizers say the fund raiser has contributed over $240,000 to the hospital over the last 27 years and the event is one of the oldest of its kind.

Blevins to host beneit for Children’s Hospital

LUKE REEDER | Nashville News

Alejandra Ramirez performs a traditional skirt dance Tuesday during the Nashville High School Spanish Club’s annual festival.

LUKE REEDER | Nashville News

Robbie Morphew and Luke Dawson perform a scene from Don Quixote Tuesday during the Nashville High School Spanish Club’s annual festival.

spanish festivalNHS club puts on annual celebration of Hispanic culture

See FESTIVAL | Page 14

NASHVILLE - A local man made a first appear-ance Wednesday in Howard County Circuit Court on multiple drug charges.

William H. Worthington, 45, faces charges of pos-sessing prescription pills with purpose to deliver, possessing methamphet-amine and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond has been set at $5,000.

According to a state-ment issued by Chief Dep-uty Bryan McJunkins, the charges against Worthing-ton stem from a Tuesday traffic stop that began when Deputy Steven Wakefield noticed a Chevrolet pickup driving on the shoulder and swerving on Highway 27.

“Wakefield stopped the pickup for the traffic vio-lation and identified the driver as [Worthington],” McJunkins said in the state-

ment. “Wake-field noticed a rifle in the front passen-ger’s seat of the pickup.”

W h i l e ta lk ing to the deputy,

the statement alleges that Worthington admitted to having marijuana in his pocket, and a subsequent search of the vehicle re-vealed two pill bottles in a flashlight containing over 100 pills of various prescrip-tion medications.

“Wakefield searched Worthington and found a glass smoking pipe and a clear plastic container in Worthington’s sock,” McJunkins continued. “The container had a clear plas-tic bag inside it with sus-pected methamphetamine inside the bag.”

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Man makesfirst appearance on drug charges

CHARLES GOODINEditor

NASHVILLE - School board members voted unanimously Monday to increase the district’s sal-ary schedule in a move that will award raises to all certified staff.

The vote came after Su-perintendent Doug Graham recommended adopting a proposal approved by 100 percent of the school’s personnel policy commit-tee. It adds $400 to the base salary of a first-year teacher with a bachelor’s degree in education, $500 to the salary of a first-year teacher with a master’s de-gree and $500 to all steps in the schedule for years 2-15. An additional provision creates a 16th step in the schedule, awarding $300 to those who meet its criteria.

Graham said the pay increases make Nashville’s salary schedule “pretty competitive” compared to other districts of similar size, and that the raise in-cludes a $100 trust fund in-

crease the school board ap-proved last month. With the raises, the starting pay for a first-year teacher with a bachelor’s degree increases to $36,600, and the starting pay for a first-year teacher with a master’s degree be-comes $41,500.

In other business dur-ing the meeting, Graham reported that for the sec-ond year in a row, audi-tors flagged the district for mis-classifying students who are eligible for free or reduced lunches.

Graham said auditors reviewing school records from the 2012-13 school year found seven of the forms out of a sample of 45 that were incorrectly calculated. Under normal circumstances, the excep-tion is not considered a severe offense, but because it is the district’s second audit in a row to contain the infraction, Graham said it becomes a “more serious offense.”

Although no money was mismanaged by district

School board approves raisesfor all certified staff

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KATELYN COFFMANDHS Correspondent

DIERKS - Tues., April 22 marked a life-changing day for Dierks High School se-niors MaClane Moore, Adam Bradshaw and Tyler Mounts. At 2:30 p.m., the trio gathered with their families and fellow classmates in the Dierks high school gymnasium to sign on to play college baseball for North Arkansas College located in Harrison.

All three boys have played baseball since kindergar-ten and have been friends equally as long.

“We’ve played baseball ever since we can remem-ber. We’ve been on the same baseball team every year. They are some of the best athletes I’ve ever played with and it’s an honor to continue

on and play college baseball with them,” Moore said.

Attending college in Har-rison was first brought up by the boys’ baseball coach, Stephen Sprick, at the begin-ning of baseball season. After considering it, Moore, Brad-shaw and Mounts traveled to Harrison to tour the college where they met their coach for next year, Phil Wilson, and talked about the program. Weeks later, they made their final decision.

Bradshaw has served the Outlaw baseball team as a pitcher. He was all state for two years, outstanding pitcher for two years, all district and participated in state finals as well as many winning seasons. He plans to get a degree in physical education and become a high

Three Outlaws ink with North Arkansas College

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Coach for North Arkansas College Phil Wilson, Adam Bradshaw, MaClane Moore, Tyler Mounts, Coach Stephen Sprick, Camella and Chad Bradshaw, Todd and Kelly Moore, and Amy and Brian Mounts gather in the Dierks High School gym for signing day.See INK | Page 14

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WASHINGTON -- Recently, Barack Obama -- a Dem-osthenes determined to elevate our politics from coarseness to elegance; a Pericles sent to ameliorate our rhetorical impoverish-ment -- spoke at the Univer-sity of Michigan. He came to that very friendly venue -- in 2012, he received 67 percent of the vote in Ann Arbor’s county -- after visiting a lo-cal sandwich shop, where a muse must have whispered in the presidential ear. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., had re-cently released his budget, so Obama expressed his disapproval by calling it, for the benefit of his academic audience, a “meanwich” and a “stinkburger.”

Try to imagine Franklin Roosevelt or Dwight Eisen-hower or John Kennedy or Ronald Reagan talking like that. It is unimaginable that those grown-ups would resort to japes that fourth-graders would not consider sufficiently clever for use on a playground.

When Theodore Roos-evelt was president, one of his good friends -- he had been best man at TR’s 1886 wedding -- was the British diplomat Cecil Spring Rice. So, when visitors to Wash-ington wanted to learn about TR, they asked Rice about him, and Springie, as TR called him, would say: “You must always remember that the president is about 6.”

Today’s president is older than that. But he talks like an arrested-development adolescent.

Anyone who has tried to engage a member of that age cohort in an argument probably recognizes the four basic teenage tropes, which also are the only ar-rows in Obama’s overrated rhetorical quiver. They were all employed by him last week when he went to the White House briefing room to exclaim, as he is wont to do, about the excellence of the Affordable Care Act.

First came the invocation of a straw man. Celebrating the ACA’s enrollment num-bers, Obama, referring to Republicans, charged: “They said nobody would sign up.” Of course, no one said this. Obama often is what political philosopher Kenneth Mi-nogue said of an adversary -- “a pyromaniac in a field of straw men.”

Adolescents also try to truncate arguments by say-ing that nothing remains of any arguments against their arguments. Regarding the ACA, Obama said the de-bate is “settled” and “over.” Progressives also say the

debate about catastrophic consequences of man-made climate change is “over,” so everyone should pipe down. And they say the debates about the efficacy of universal preschool, and the cost-benefit balance of a minimum wage increase, are over. Declaring an argument over is so much more restful than engaging with evidence.

A third rhetorical move by argumentative adoles-cents is to declare that there is nothing to argue about because everything is going along swimmingly. Seven times Obama asserted that the ACA is “working.” That is, however, uninformative because it is ambiguous. The ethanol program is “work-ing” in the sense that it is be-ing implemented as its mis-guided architects intended. Nevertheless, the program is a substantial net subtraction from the nation’s well-being. The same can be said of sugar import quotas, or ag-riculture subsidies generally, or many hundreds of other government programs that are, unfortunately, “work-ing.”

Finally, the real discus-sion-stopper for the righ-teous -- and there is no righ-teousness like an adoles-cent’s -- is an assertion that has always been an Obama specialty. It is that there cannot be honorable and in-telligent disagreement with him. So last week, less than

two minutes after saying that the argument about the ACA “isn’t about me,” he said some important opposition to the ACA is about him, cit-ing “states that have chosen not to expand Medicaid for no other reason than politi-cal spite.”

This, he said, must be spiteful because expanding Medicaid involves “zero cost to these states.” Well. The federal government does pay the full cost of expansion -- for three years. After that, however, states will pay up to 10 percent of the expan-sion’s costs, which itself will be a large sum. And the 10 percent figure has not been graven on stone by the finger of God. It can be enlarged whenever Congress wants, as surely it will, to enable more federal spending by imposing more burdens on the states. Yet Obama, who aspired to tutor Washington about civility, is incapable of crediting opponents with other than base motives.

About one thing Obama was right, if contradictory. He said Americans want poli-ticians to talk about other subjects -- but that Demo-crats should campaign by celebrating the wondrous-ness of the ACA. This would be candid because it is what progressivism is -- a top-down, continent-wide tissue of taxes, mandates and other coercions. Is the debate about it over? Not quite.

One of the most celebrated delica-cies of the South was found almost by accident in the remote wetlands

and marshes across the region. For gen-erations, the mayhaw berry has been one of the most popular foods in the South.

The mayhaw, sometimes called the hawthorn, grows in wet soil and is found mostly along the edges of swamps, marsh-es, and bayous from East Texas to South Arkansas and Louisiana to Georgia. As these areas are not easily accessible, settlers entering South Arkan-sas in the early 1800s typically overlooked it at first. But by the mid-1800s, this had completely changed.

Mayhaws are related to the apple and cra-bapple. The berry itself is small, round, usually no more than an inch wide, and usually ripens in late April and early May, giving it the name “mayhaw.” Its earlier ripening time compared to other local fruits added to its value to locals.

Because the mayhaw typically grows so close to bodies of water, thousands of the berries could be found in spring floating along and easy for any-one passing by in a small boat or raft to gather. As a result, early pioneer families would often head out to the waterways to collect as many mayhaws as possible to make into preserves and jellies.

In an era long before mass marketing and mass production of popular foodstuffs, making jellies and preserves at home became a favorite way for farm families to extend their food supplies, which were limited by the available growing season and the remote locations of their homesteads. Over time, many would experiment with different ways of making preserves and jellies. With the differ-ent fruits and berries available, literally hundreds of variations emerged. Some of these became popular recipes while others remained jealously guarded family secrets.

By the early 1900s, the reputation of the may-haw had spread outside the South, and many restaurants and chefs noted their frustration at the often limited availability of the jelly. As the South grew steadily more urban after World War II, refrigeration and the rise of supermarkets started a change in eating habits and cooking traditions. By the later decades of the twentieth century, homemade jellies and preserves became more a product of budget-conscious families and hobby-ists.

The natural habitat of the mayhaw has shrunk as housing and farming has claimed the flora along lakes and bayous. However, growers have discov-ered that the berry can grow well outside its soggy natural home, encouraging producers to expand cultivation efforts. In recent years, mayhaw enthu-siasts have been finding new uses for the berry. The mayhaw can be used in butters, wine, syrups, brandy, sauces, and ice cream.

Four cities across the South celebrate the mayhaw with annual festivals. Since 1992, El Dorado has had its own popular Mayhaw Festival, a two-day free event of music and mayhaw jelly held the first weekend of each May, sponsored by the South Arkansas Historical Foundation. The foundation has announced that it will again sponsor the Mayhaw Festival scheduled for May 2-3 at the Newton House Museum site just north of downtown El Dorado. A website is available at www.mayhawfestival.com.

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Esther Malcom Wortham, 98, former Nashville Drug clerk, April 22Mrs. Esther Marie Malcom Wortham age 98, of Blevins, Arkansas passed away, Tuesday

April 22, 2014 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. She was born July 3, 1915, in Okolona, Arkansas to Charlie and Irene Buchanan Malcom. Mrs. Wortham was a active member of the Bruce Memorial United Methodist Church in Blevins for 30 years, and was a clerk at Nashville Drug for 35 years.

Mrs. Wortham was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Orville Wortham, daughter and son-in-law, Grecia Wortham Smith and Bruce Smith; and brother, Van Malcom.

Mrs. Wortham is survived by nephews, Jerry and Joe Malcom; niece, Judy Malcom McCauley; special grand-nephew and caregivers, Kent, Amanda, Kelly, and Anita Malcom

and many other grand-nephews and grand-nieces and fellow church members and friends.In lieu of lowers memorials may be made to Bruce Memorial United Methodist Church, 5210 Highway

371, Blevins, Arkansas 71825 or Merrill Cemetery Fund.Visitation for Mrs. Wortham will be 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., Thursday April 24, 2014, at Bruce Memorial United

Methodist Church in Blevins.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, April 24, 2014, at Bruce Memorial United Methodist

Church in Blevins with Rev. Jimmy Teeter and Rev. Pamela Brule oficiating. Burial will follow in Merrill Cemetery in McCaskill, Arkansas.

Online guest book at www.brazzelfuneralhomes.com.

John H. ButlerJohn H. Butler was born on

November 17, 1928 at Lockesburg, Arkansas to Henry and Emma Young Butler. He died April 17, 2014 at

Wadley Hospital, Texarkana, Texas.He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean

conlict but was stationed in Germany as a Military Policeman. After being discharged from Military service he became a Policeman with the Texarkana, Arkansas.

He is survived by his wife of almost 65 years, Audine Butler, a sister, Bonnie Johnson of Sulphur Springs, Texas, many nieces and nephews and a host of many wonderful friends.

Funeral Services for Mr. Butler was held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, April 21, 2014 in Lockesburg First United Methodist Church with Rev. Terry Chapman oficiating. Burial followed in the Bellville Cemetery, under the direction of Wilkerson Funeral Home in De Queen.

The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Sunday, April 20th at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Lockesburg First United Methodist Church or the charity of your choice.

You may register on-line at www.wilkersonfuneralhomes.com.

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NASHVILLE – Howard Memorial Hospital has fi-nalized plans to purchase lot seven from the HMH Foundation to begin con-struction of an outpatient geriatric behavioral health facility. The board members approved the layout referred to as Option E from architect Mark Bailey. The building will be approximately 2,000 square feet and will face Medical Circle drive. The hospital requested the City of Nashville to close Young Lane to accommodate the width of the parking lot and entrance to the facility. The city aldermen met Tuesday and unanimously approved an ordinance closing Young Lane.

According to Howard Memorial Hospital’s CEO Debra Wright, an immigra-tion attorney has sent a list of information and docu-ments to complete for the J1 visa waiver application for Dr. Syed Javed. Dr. Javed has also contacted the Arkansas State Medical Board for his medical license application. Furnishings to equip Dr. Javed’s clinic has been se-lected and will be ordered later this month. Dr. Oge has also approved the sign selected for the clinic and it is scheduled to be ordered as soon as quotes from two vendors are received.

The hospital has begun a marketing campaign to increase market share for services available at HMH by reducing the outmigra-tion for services from the communities they serve. The hospital has scheduled a presentation by Dr. Oge on sleep disorders on Tues., May 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the hospital’s cafeteria. They also purchased a billboard advertisement featuring the

two general surgeons in De Queen, a TV commercial fea-turing both surgical services and rehab services on KTAL Channel Six and some forms of social media are also being utilized to highlight HMH services. The Legato Health-care Marketing has present-ed its marketing plan that includes situation analysis, HMH strengths, challenges, opportunities for growth, a focus on service excellence, positioning and defining the HMH brand, promote overall capabilities of HMH brand and service line prioritiza-tion. The plan aggressively promotes a regional sleep disorders center, an overall capabilities campaign and emphasizes key outpatient surgeries in ophthalmology and gynecology. The market-ing strategy will include the digital visibility of HMH to target a younger demograph-ic audience using social media, a revamped website and internet advertising. Tra-ditional media will be used to

promote the website.The hospital will host a

blood drive on May 13. Do-nors will receive a free t-shirt from Life Share along with having their name entered into a drawing for door priz-es from HMH. The hospital also plans to participate in a health fair at the Murfrees-boro City Park on May 15 for the senior citizens of Pike County.

The Howard Memorial Hospital selected the schol-arship recipients. Recipients are BreAuna Cooper, Lindsay Coulter, Lydia Gaddis, Kaitlin Gleba, Kendrick Langston and Sydney Stamps.

The Glamorous Gala, ac-cording to Howard Memo-rial Foundation Executive Director Amelia Moorer, has a gross revenue of $37,000 to date with more expected.

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LITTLE ROCK - U.S. Sena-tor Mark Pryor today an-nounced that U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture funds are headed to Greenwood, Mammoth Spring, McCrory, and Nashville thanks to the passage of the Farm Bill and the bipartisan omnibus ap-propriations bill. The funds will be used to upgrade rural water systems and improve the quality and safety of lo-cal water supplies for Arkan-sas families and businesses.

“Every city in Arkansas deserves access to a clean and reliable water supply,”

said Pryor. “I was proud to support the Farm Bill and the omnibus appro-priations bill to ensure that Arkansans have access to a safe water supply that will support their families, businesses, and our local communities.”

Locally, the Nashville Rural Water Public Author-ity will receive a $2,850,000 loan to upgrade its pump station and emergency gen-erator and add five reinforc-ing mains in order to direct higher water pressure to customers.

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Jay and Valerie McCam-mack, of Nashville, and Jane Harris, of Ozan,

announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Marrisa Linnea McCammack and Glen Allen Adams.

Marrisa is the grand daughter of Jerry and Polly McCammack, and Clarence and Sylvia Voudrie, both of Nashville. She was a cheerleader and member of the Nashville High

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PINE BLUFF - Jason Ware

and Trais Marshall were rec-

ognized during the 2014 Hon-

ors and Awards Convocation

at the University of Arkansas

at Pine Bluff on Tues., April

15. The ceremony was to

acknowledge student out-

standing academic achieve-

ments.

Ware, a 2011 graduate of

Mineral Springs High School,

is the son of Raymond and

Constance Ware. He ranks

within the 3.50-3.74 on the

school’s cumulative honor

roll, is a member of the Caro-

lyn Blakely Honors College, a

member of the Alpha Kappa

Mu National Honor Society

and a member of the Phi

Beta Sigma Fraternity.

Marshall is a 2011 gradu-

ate of Nashville High School

and the son of Travis and

Deborah Marshall. He is a

Junior industrial engineering

major ranked within the 3.75-

3.99 range on the cumulative

honor roll, is a member of

the Carolyn Blakely Honors

College, a member of the

Alpha Kappa Mu National

Honor Society and a mem-

ber of the Alpha Phi Alpha

Fraternity. Marshall will be

a 12-week intern at the GM

Plant in Marion, Indiana dur-

ing the summer.

Shawn Kennedy, also a

2011 graduate of Nashville

High School and a junior

at UAPB was ranked within

the 3.25-3.49 range on the

school’s cumulative honor

roll. Shawn is a member

of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fra-

ternity.

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Howard County natives Jason Ware and Trais Marshall were recently honored at an awards convocation held by the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Howard County natives honored at UAPB ceremony

MALIBU, CA - Paige Eliza-

beth Johnson, a 2010 gradu-

ate of Nashville High School

has been nominated by

Pepperdine University to

be included in to the 2014

Who’s Who Among Students

in American Universities

and Colleges.

She was selected based

on her outstanding aca-

demic achievement and

student leadership abilities.

Students were chosen for

nomination by Pepperdine

faculty. A total of 134 stu-

dents were chosen for this

honor.

Johnson will also gradu-

ate with honors from Seaver

college at Pepperdine Uni-

versity on Sat., April 26 with

a degree in intercultural

communications and a mi-

nor in religion.

She is currently involved

in an internship with Joni

and Friends International

Disability Center which

serves as the administrative

center for ministries which

provide outreach to fami-

lies affected by disability

around the globe.

Johnson will be going

with a team from JAF to

Ghana this summer to help

design a camp for families

affected by disabilities. She

is the daughter of Johnny

K. and Kim Johnson, of

Nashville.

JOHNSON

Johnson earns national recognition at Pepperdine

First Baptist Church, located at 1202

Leslie St., will host their ‘Pastor First

Appreciation’ Sun., April 27 at 2:30 p.m.

The speaker will be Willie Benson, Jr. and

Free Christian Zion Church of Christ of

Nashville. Everyone is welcome.

Freeman Chapel C.M.E. Church will host

an appreciation event for pastor and wife,

Rev. and Mrs. Donald White, Sr. on Sun.,

May 4 at 3 p.m. Rev. Willie Benson, Jr. pas-

tor of Free Christian Zion Church of Christ

in Nashville will be the guest speaker.

Pastor, wife appreciation event scheduled at First Baptist Church

Pastor, wife appreciation event scheduled at Freeman Chapel

Less than a month away,

I will no longer have a child

in high school. Next school

year, I will be experienc-

ing the “empty nest” syn-

drome. While I knew this

day would come, like most

parents it is happening

faster than I wanted.

What changes are you

and your family facing?

Whether it is with children,

aging parents, moving to

a new job or town, or just

living in a society where

change is happening every-

day with technology, it can

be a struggle. Fact is most

people do not like change.

We get very comfortable

with the life we live. So

here are a few tips to help

us accept the changes that

life throws at us on a daily

basis.

Attitude: Our attitude

has a lot to do with how

we deal with change. Many

times in dealing with the

stress of change we can fall

into the victim attitude. If

this happens, we develop

a negative outlook on life,

lose energy, creativity, and

stamina, those things that

are needed to help us deal

with change in a positive

way. Those who deal with

change the best are those

who look forward to change

and can see it as an excit-

ing venture rather than as

a victim.

Rituals and Routines:

When change is occurring,

try to keep as many things

as possible the same dur-

ing change without getting

in the way of the change.

Routines are especially im-

portant for young children.

Maybe your family is mov-

ing to a new town. Try to

keep meal times, bedtimes

and other everyday rou-

tines the same. Even adults

like rituals and routines. It

may be that cup of coffee,

daily exercise, meditation,

or quite time at the same

time every day. Our rituals

and routines give us a sense

of continuity and security

no matter what changes we

are going through.

Communication: Large

companies have found that

when a major change is oc-

curring at the workplace

with the company, em-

ployees are more willing to

accept whatever change is

taking place if the lines of

communication are open.

The more communication

that can be provided be-

tween all family members,

the better everyone will

adapt to the change.

Self Care: Curing times

of change it is important

to take care of ourselves.

This means both physically

and emotionally. When big

changes occur, sometimes

we have to let go of the past

and embrace the future.

Many times this involves a

grieving process. We may

go through denial, anger,

depression, maybe guilt,

trying to bargain to prevent

the change, and finally ac-ceptance. It is okay to go through this process, while paying attention to your physical health and well being. Eat healthy and get enough exercise if possible. A healthy diet and exercise helps reduce the stress caused by change.

Humor: It has been said that “Laughter is the best medicine!” In fact, laughter causes the same chemical changes in the brain as does exercise. So, if you can’t exercise, laugh. Find a good, humorous book to read. Watch funny movies. Tell jokes, etc. Whatever makes you laugh can make you feel better.

Remember, in order to change, adopt a positive attitude, increase com-munication with everyone involved in the change, maintain your daily rituals and routines if possible, take care of yourself emo-tionally and physically, and maintain a sense of humor. The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Ser-vice has several great free

publications to help deal with change. “Managing Stress: Turning Challenges Into Blessings,” “Getting Our Hearts Right: Three Keys to Better Relation-ships,” and “The Personal Journey” are all great pro-grams that you can do at home which will help you develop a more positive outlook on life.

Also, “Navigating Life’s Journey” provides free, weekly well-being tips on line. To sign up go to http://www.uaex.edu/health-liv-ing/personal-family-well-being/personal/navigating-lifes-journey-self.aspx. You will receive weekly tips relating to personal well-being, couple’s relation-ships, and parenting.

If you would like to re-ceive the other publica-tions mentioned or for more information, contact the Howard County Exten-sion Office at 870-845-7517

or visit our office located on the second floor of the courthouse.

Don’t forget the pro-gram, “Family Dinners – Crock Pot and Oven Meals” scheduled for Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. at the EH Center in Nashville.

This program is open to anyone wanting to learn how prepare full nutritious meals without a lot of prep-aration. It is especially de-signed for people wanting to learn more about the Extension Homemaker pro-gram in Howard County. Call the office for more information.

This program is open to all eligible persons with-out regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally pro-tected status. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for com-

munication of program information (large print, audiotapes, etc.) should notify the county Extension office as soon as possible prior to the activity.

Recipe of the Week

This is a repeat recipe that I have shared a couple of times. I always get re-quests for the recipe when I make it. In fact, it is one of my daughter’s favorite salads. Strawberries are in season, so they make the recipe taste even better. This recipe comes from the Arkansas Extension Homemakers Council State Cookbook, which was pub-lished a few years ago.

Strawberry Spinach Salad

Dressing:½ cup sugar¼ cup red wine vinegar½ cup canola oil1 Tablespoon poppy

seeds1 Tablespoon sesame

seeds¼ teaspoon paprikaMix together and set

aside. You can use apple cider vinegar if preferred. I use the red wine vinegar.

Topping:

1 cup sliced almonds2 Tablespoons brown

sugar2 Tablespoons butterMelt butter in a small

skillet and add brown sugar. Add almonds. Stir again. Cook until caramelized, stirring often. Watch close-ly, almonds burn very eas-ily. Remove from pan and spread out on wax paper or parchment paper. Sepa-rate almonds as much as you can. Allow to cool and break apart.

Salad: 1 cup strawberries,

sliced1 bag ready to eat spin-

achI usually buy the baby

spinach and tear off the stems. You don’t have to do this, but I just think it looks better this way. Put spinach and strawberries in a bowl, drizzle with dressing. You may not use all of it. Sprin-kle almonds on top. Toss and serve immediately.

Do not make this salad ahead of time. You can car-ry the spinach and straw-berries in a serving bowl and add the rest of the ingredients if you plan on carrying this to a potluck.

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NASHVILLE - Howard

County Justices of the

Peace fiercely debated but ultimately tabled discus-sion over whether or not to renew the county’s exclusive contract with Howard Coun-ty Ambulance Service during a lengthy Monday meeting.

Discussion on the subject arose after HCAS owner John Gray asked members of the quorum court to ex-tend their agreement for five years, a departure from the traditional one-year exten-sions that have been passed annually by the panel.

“The benefit to the county is, you know you can count on us to be there when you need us,” Gray said. “The benefit to us is somebody won’t come in here and start a service offering lower qual-ity services.”

As has been the case each time the contract has come up for renewal, JP Archie “Cotton” Cothren spoke against the agreement, reit-erating past claims that the service’s response time in the Dierks and Umpire areas is too slow. He went on to describe a recent situation where Dierks first respond-ers were unable to work a medical emergency and the patient was forced to wait on an ambulance.

“Your service got there and your people did a great job, but it was almost a 30 minute response time,” Cothren said, arguing that the city of Dierks needs an ambulance stationed there permanently to adequately serve the northern section of Howard County. “If some-one is interested in putting

an ambulance in Dierks, we don’t need to stand in their way.”

Gray said his service aver-ages a 23 minute response time to Dierks from its cur-rent location in the city of Nashville, and reminded JPs that he has investigated the possibility of stationing an ambulance in the city in the past and found it unsus-tainable due to a lack of call volume.

“If somebody wants to put an ambulance service in Dierks, I’d love to see them try,” he said, adding that the quality of a new service may be suspect compared to what is offered by his company. “We’re the only two here. We’re the only two that’s ever been here except for one guy who ended up backing out. And we have the most advanced, progres-sive, aggressive medical protocols available.”

Cothren argued that even a “basic” ambulance sta-tioned in Dierks would be better than nothing, and drew attention to a recent ruling by the Arkansas Supreme Court allowing victims of the 2010 Albert Pike flood to sue the Ar-kansas Forestry Service for being ‘recklessly negligent’ in warning campers about the impending disaster. He added that leaving the area inadequately serviced could open up Howard County to the same type of litigation.

“I think that would put us being in reckless disregard to the lives of people in the northern part of the county,” he said.

Cothren claimed to have spoken with two area ambu-lance services - Pafford EMS, from Hempstead County,

and Guardian EMS, from Pike County - about stationing an ambulance in the city, and said both seemed amenable to the idea so long as no exclusive agreement existed between the county and HCAS. He said Ryan Pate, the owner of Guardian EMS, had offered to attend the meeting, but he “told him not to come” because the trip would be wasted if JPs ex-tended the agreement. Gray said he had not spoken with Pate, but had talked to the owners of Pafford EMS on multiple occasions and said they expressed no interest in expanding into Howard County.

Several of the JPs inter-jected at that point with their own ideas on how to ami-cably address the problem. Jeanie Gorham suggested that all Dierks police officers be trained as first respond-ers in an effort to stabilize patients while HCAS crews traveled to the city, but Co-thren said the police “don’t want the responsibility.”

Kerry Strasner also spoke against extending the con-tract, saying that although he did not expect a service to locate in the area for financial reasons, “at least the door is open” if the con-tract with HCAS is allowed to expire.

Finally, Dick Wakefield asked Gray if it would be financially feasible to locate an ambulance in Dierks if a large portion of the residents paid the company’s annual membership fee, which is currently $50 per year. Gray said he did not have enough information to answer de-finitively, but suspected the answer would be no.

At that point, Cothren

moved to allow the con-tract to expire and was sec-onded by Strasner. That motion failed with JPs Mar-tha Hobbs, Gorham, Brent Pinkerton, Jerry Harwell and Janice Huffman voting in the negative while Strasner, Co-thren, Wakefield and Bobby Don Turner voted yes.

JPs then voted unani-mously to table the discus-sion until next month, and Cothren said he would ask Pate to attend that meeting.

In other business during the meeting, JPs:

•brielydiscussedwheth-er or not to pay half the cost of refinishing the parking lot at the City-County Building, which was recently re-sealed by the city of Nashville. It was suggested that the Howard County Library and District Court budgets be used to split the cost, but after some debate, the is-sue was tabled until Library President Dana Newburg is able to attend a meeting.

•votedunanimously toappoint Kelly Bradford to fill the seat on the library board left vacant by Susanna Brewer, who has relocated out of the county.

• heard a brief reportfrom County Judge Kevin Smith on the possibility that the county might acquire a piece of property located behind the road department grounds it shares with the city of Nashville on Fourth St. Smith described the real estate as “a good buy,” al-though he declined to dis-close a proposed price for the property. If purchased, funds for the transaction will come from the county’s road budget, and Smith said no loan will be needed to finance the buy.

JPs debate ambulance service contract

NASHVILLE - A local man was arrested Saturday after police say an attempt to take him into custody on a warrant resulted in a struggle.

According to a statement issued by Police Chief Dale Pierce, 28 year old Justin Newton is in Howard County Jail facing charges of possessing methamphetamine withpurposetodeliver,leeing,resistingarrestandcarrying a weapon following the incident, which began around 9 p.m. when Officer Dustin Wakefield attempted to serve the warrant on Isaac Perkins Blvd.

“Officer Wakefield approached Newton and told himtocometohimandNewtonbegantolee,”Piercesaid in the statement. “Officer Wakefield deployed his taser and Newton fell to the ground. Newton continued to struggle and Howard County Deputy Blake Eudy arrived and assisted Wakefield in securing Newton.”

The statement alleges that Wakefield searched Newton following the incident and discovered a small black box containing three separate bags, which in turn contained approximately four grams a crystal like substance believed to be methamphetamine.

“Newton also had in his pocket a stun gun type device and another clear plastic bag containing pills,” Pierce said. “The suspected controlled substance will be submitted to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for chemical analysis.”

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Age Guidelines: Children age 12 and under must be accompanied by their parent/guardian and woork on the same team as their parent. Youth ages 13 to 17 must have one adult sponsor per 4 youth & at least one adult must serve with each youth team.Teams: Choose 3 choices from these teams (in case 1st is full):1. Prayer Walking- you will be trained and will go out in a small teams.2. Children’s Activities- games, Bible stories, activities- Start: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm3. Senior Adult- visit, share Bibles, do crafts, other activities with seniors.4. Health Fair- doctor visits, blood pressure testing, Arkansas Prostate Cancer Society Screening, Dialysis tests.5. Evangelistic Team- Door to door surveying and sharing the Gospel.6. Yard Work Team- Raking, mowing, trimming, pick up trash. 7. Block Parties- Family fun, games, food, music, Evangelism. (Between Diamond Bank & First Baptist Church • 10am - 2 pm)8. Jail Ministry- Visit, share Gospel, pray.9. Children’s Fishing Derby- (bring poles 7 fishing supplies) Located at Nashville City Park Lake

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NASHVILLE - A sixth in-

ning scoring frenzy lifted

Nashville over conference

foes Arkansas Baptist Mon-

day as the Scrapperettes

claimed an 8-3 victory over

the visiting Lady Eagles.

Six of Nashville’s eight

points came at the bottom of

the sixth stanza, breaking a

2-2 deadlock that had lasted

four innings prior to the rally.

Kathleen Lance (1-3) and

Keeley Miller (2-4) led the

team offensively, recording

a run and two RBIs each,

while Shayla Wright (2-4)

was close behind with a

run and an RBI of her own.

Avery Kesterson tallied two

runs with a 1-4 performance

at bat, and Hannah White,

Kynnedi Gordon and Kaylea

Carver each recorded a run

despite never getting a hit.

Action for Nashville got

underway at the bottom of

the first, when they roared back from a 2-0 deficit with two runs of their own. Wright got things started with a ground ball to center field

that scored Kesterson, then Miller hit a home run with the bases empty to account for the other score.

Scoring would remain stagnant until the bottom of the sixth, when Kester-son got things started by reaching base on an error, which scored White and Gordon. One play later, Wright also reached base on an error, scoring Carver, then Lance hit a line drive to right field, scoring Kes-terson. Lance tallied a run of her own on the next play after Miller hit a line drive to left field.

The Lady Eagles respond-ed with a bases empty home run at the top of the sev-enth, but were unable to overcome the deficit and Nashville escaped with the victory.

Anna Kesterson was cred-ited with the win after strik-ing out three batters and giving up three earned runs in seven innings of work.

The Scrapperettes will return to action tonight as they prepare to host Hope. Game time is set for 4:30 p.m.

CHARLES GOODINEditor

NORTH LITTLE ROCK - The Nashville Scrappers notched another conference loss Mon-day as they fell to Central Arkansas Christian 5-1.

Nashville’s lone run came at the top of the second in-ning, when Justin Reed hit a home run to left field with the bases empty. The score actually gave the Scrappers an early 1-0 lead, which CAC matched with a single run at the bottom of the inning and then bested with runs in the third, fifth and sixth innings that led to their eventual victory.

The only other Scrappers to record hits were Zach Jamison, Cameron Alexan-der and Dylan Chambers, but none were able to gain any traction offensively.

Lucas Liggin was credited with the loss after he struck out two batters and gave up two earned runs in just over three innings of work. Chambers filled in on the mound for the remainder of the game, striking out one and giving up two more earned runs.

The Scrappers will return to action tonight as they prepare to host Gurdon for a nonconference showdown. Game time is set for 4 p.m.

Late rally lifts Scrapperettes over Arkansas Baptist

Cold bats lead to5-1 conference loss for Nashville

A.J. SMITHManaging Editor

DIERKS – The Dierks Outlaws defeated the Foreman Gators 8-9 on Mon., April 21, finishing the regular season with a perfect conference record.

“I was real proud of the way our guys competed for 7 innings. When you look up at the scoreboard and see you down 7-0 in the second some doubt may creep into your mind,” Coach Stephen Sprick said. “We kept telling them to just start with one and the big inning would happen. We were able to cut it to 7-5 and the mo-mentum turned. I was really happy to see Trendin McKinney that walk off hit. Going undefeated in this league for two years is a real testament to these seniors. Just real proud of the way we fought all night.”

The Gators jumped ahead in the first inning, scoring five runs while holding the Outlaws to nil. The Out-laws scored one run in the second while allowing the Gators to score two more, making the score 7-1.

Adam Bradshaw led off with a forced out at second. Andy Tedder hit off a double. Trendin McKinney walked. Drew Adams’ base hit to sec-ond loaded the bases. Tyler Narens’ shot to outfield was caught for the second out while bringing in Tedder. MaClane Moore was walked. Caleb Dunn caused a forced out at second ending the inning.

During the third inning, the Out-laws were able to score four more runs while holding the Gators score-less, making the score 7-5. Andrew Sirmon led with a shot to short stop. Tyler Mounts landed one past second. Bradshaw was thrown out at first. Tedder brought in Sirmon while earning the second out of the inning. McKinney brought in Mounts with a shot past short stop. Narens double brought in McKinney and Adams. Moore walked and Dunn struck out to end the inning.

The Outlaws and Gators matched

efforts in the fourth inning with one each, making the score 8-6. Sirmon led with a solid hit past short stop. Mounts was thrown out at first for the first out of the inning. Bradshaw landed a single. Tedder landed a single past second to load the bases. McKinney struck out for the second out. Adams was thrown out at first after Sirmon scored to end the inning.

The Outlaws held the Gators scoreless while able to score once in the fifth inning and two more in the seventh inning to win 8-9.

DEIRDRE DOVE | Nashville News

Tyler Narens rounds second base Monday as the Dierks Outlaws ease past the Foreman Gators for another conference win.

DEIRDRE DOVE | Nashville News

Drew Adams slides in safe at second base Monday as the Dierks Outlaws ease past the Foreman Gators for another conference win.

Outlaws ease past Foreman to finish regular season perfect

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ESTATE AUCTIONHAROLD & PEGGY STATZ

14826 HWY 278 • DIERKS, AR.9:00 AM, SAT. APRIL 26TH

AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Mr. Statz was an accomplished Wood Worker with a great selection of Wood Working Tools in addition to his Farm and Gardening Items, which are clean and well maintained. This is only a partial list! Look forward to seeing you there. Wood Work: Air Compressor/Acc., Work Benches, Roto Zip, Radial Arm Saw, Industrial Table Saw, Router/Table, Router Milling Machine, Buffers, Grinders, 2 Bench Grinders, 2 Shop Vacs., Miter Saw/Table, Roller Bed Stands, Shelving, Shop Lights, Misc. Bolts-Nuts-Screws, Planer, Ladders, Misc. Carpenter Tools, Grissly Wood Lathe, Precession Scroll Saw, Drill Press, Lumber-Rough Pine-Oak-Cedar-Cabinet Material & Molding, Shop Dolly, Wood Working Books, Belt Sanders, 17” Band Saw, Drill Bit Doctor, Sanding & Shaping Tools, Masonry Tools, Rechargeable Dewalt Impact Drill-Impact Wrench-Jig Saw-Drills/Bits-Circular Saw-Recipicating Saw, Air Brad & Nail Guns, Bosch Hand Plane, Coleman 1850 Watt Generator, Shop Fan. Welding: Lincoln Wire Welder, Cutting Torch, Bottle Buggy, Big Tool Chest, Hand Tools, Sockets, 2 Big Chain Hoist, Metal Rack/Misc. Metal, Welding Table, 2 Cut Off Saws, Sand Blaster Pot, Concrete Mixer, Chains/Binders. Gardening Tools: D.R. Heavy Duty Mower, D.R. Weed Wacker on Wheels, Garden Seeder, Lawn Spreader, Pressure Washer, Rear Tine Tiller, Snapper Push Mower, D.R. Chipper, Live Traps, 48” Yard Sweeper, 2 Stihl Weed Eaters, Stihl Pole Saw, 2 Lawn Carts. Farm: 3930 Ford Tractor/7209 Front-End Loader, 6 1/2 Ft. Disk, 2 Cone Seeders, 6’ Rear Blade, 3pt Middle Buster, 6’ Bush Hog, Pasture Drag, 3pt. Post Hole Digger, 7’ Rock Rake, Roller-Packer, 6’ Grooming Mower, 14’ W&W Covered Stock Trailer, 16’ Utility Trailer, 5x8’ Utility Trailer/Ramps, Powder River Calf Chute, Portable Stock Panels, Feed Troughs, Hay Feeders, Mineral Feeders, Wooden Fence Posts, “T” Posts, Wire, Calf Creep Feeder, Dog Pen, Kawasaki 4-Wheeler, Honda 4-Wheeler, Kawasaki Mule ATV, ATV Lift, ATV Boom Sprayer.12 Miniature Ponies-A Rare Opportunity To Get In the Miniature Pony Business!TERMS: Cash or good check-Payment due in full day of Sale. Announcements made day of sale take precedence over printed material. DIRECTIONS: From Dierks take HWY 70 NE, go 3 miles, turn North on Hwy 278 (toward Umpire), go approximately 4 miles. Watch

for Auction Signs.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT

JOHNNY STONE AUCTION CO.1156 PUMP SPRINGS RD.• NASHVILLE, AR. 71852

870-845-6152 • AR LIC #219•www.johnnystoneauctions.com

FISH DINNER BENEFIT FOR TERRY MCCAULEY

Terry was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on March 10. All proceeds will go to the family

for medical and travel expense. When: Saturday, April 26th Where: New Hope Volunteer Fire Dept. Time: 5:00 pm

Live Auction at 6:30 pm (Nick Fowler, Auctioneer)

Door Prizes • Drawing for 270 Short Mag Browning X Bolt with Leupold Scope •

Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. You can purchase tickets at York Gary Autoplex in Nashville and many places in Dierks. All Donations and auction items

are greatly appreciated! PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN

LAWN CHAIRS!For more information please call:

Robin Fatherree 870-557-2869Amber Bailey 870-356-8846Dana Wright 870-557-2855

152± AC. CATTLE / HAY FARM

PLUS ALL FARM EQUIPMENT

FARM AUCTION SATURDAY, MAY 10 at 10:00 AM

~— LIVE ON LOCATION with ONLINE BIDDING —-~

1120 Kennedy Road, Glenwood AR. 71943

PRIME REAL ESTATE Fowler Auctioneers is very excited to offer one of the most beautiful farms in the state of Arkansas at Public Auction. This farm has improved ground with com-mercial grasses like Tifton 44, Wrangler and Giant Bermuda Grass for grazing livestock and / or producing prime quality

hay. For many years, the Francois Family has been producing quality hay to trainers at Oaklawn and many other quality

equine and cattle farms. This farm also has 2 houses to be offered separately with small acreages. We will offer this

Quality Farm in 11 tracts, any combination and all together in its entirety.

FARM EQUIPMENT & Misc. Very Partial List...John Deere 6320 Cab & Air Self Leveling Loader *Case IH 5120 Tractors Cab & Air *JD 457 Round abler *New Holland 575 Square Baler *Square Bale Accumulator *Square Bale Grapples for Skid Steer and Tractors *Class 3050 10’4” Hay Cutter *New Holland Rake *Bobcat 743 B Skid Steer * Skid Steer Forks and Buck-ets *40’ Hay Trailer *Diesel Tanks *Feed and Water Troughs *Cadman 4000 S Wide Body irrigation reel with Big Gun Water Cannon approximately 1/4 mile ± of pipe *Cadman Power Pak Water Pump with Cummins Diesel Power Plan *Livestock and Flat Bed Trailers, Shop Equipment *Tools *House Hold Furni-ture and Collectibles and so much more. For complete list of Items to be Auctioned, Land Tracts, Tracts Map, Farm Equip-ment, Tools and all other items to be sold plus Pictures and Terms of the Auction, go to our website at the below address

www.FowlerAuctioneers.com

Auctioneer; Nick Fowler CAI, Lic #162

870-356-4848 Email> nick@fowlerauctioneers.com

Full ad in upcoming papers We appreciate your business !!!

First Baptist ChurchLadies Brunch & Tea

Saturday, May 3, 2014

at 9:30 a.m.

First Baptist Church Nashville

Fellowship HallPurchase Tickets for $10 at Church office

M-F • 8 a.m -3 p.m.or call 870-845-1404 for more info.

(Food, Fellowship, Door prizes, silent auction)all Proceeds Benefit Guatemala Mission Trip

STAR Students at Nashville Elementary

NASHVILLE - Every

nine weeks all students

take the STAR Reading

Test. The periodic assess-

ment assist teachers in

their instructional plan-

ning.

Data from the test gives

teachers an individual-

ized plan of growth for

each student and also for

each class. The scores

from the test aid students

in choosing books from

the library.

These students showed

the most growth on the

STAR Reading Test from

the third nine weeks. The

ten students out of each

grade ate together in the

lunchroom and were giv-

en special treats.

They were also given

a free recess at the end

of the day to celebrate

their growth. The cards

they are holding show

how much their score in-

creased from the last test.

Fourth Grade: (front) Peyton Hilliard, Tyler Garner, Kaley Rosenbaum, Jonah Fant, Aaron Hernandez, (back) Garrett Willard, Crystal Torries, Charlie Bissell, Steven Wrigh and Hayden Patrick.

Sixth Grade: (front) Austin Tallant, Damillion Henderson, Torrence Morgan, Devon Barton, Amber Barnett, (back) Cameron Reese, Autumn Miller, Anna Violante, Kendra Miller and (not pictured) Steven Bush.

Fifth Grade: (front) Kylie Voeller, Kash King, Kara Connell, Jacob Martin, Braden Funderburk, (back) Olman Pineda, Anna Rhodes, Macy Morris, Chastin Johnson and (not pictured) Ridley Plant.

The students who showed the most growth in each grade are Charlie Bissell, Kara Connell and Torrence Morgan.

NES students rewarded for improving reading

test scores, receive parties and extra recess

1st Annual Jeff

Hixson Memorial

Crappie Tournament Saturday, May 10, 2014Kirby Landing Marina

on Lake GreesonStart: 7:00 a.m. until weigh

in at marina at 2:00 p.m.

Payback 1st place $1000

5 crappie limit 2nd place $250

3rd Place $100

Big Crappie $250

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ELECTLaurie Westfall

Circuit ClerkMay 20th

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WASHINGTON D.C. - On April

9, 4-H youth and professionals

from Arkansas joined leaders from

Cooperative Extension, the United

States Department of Agriculture

and National 4-H Council at the first-ever 4-H Congressional Breakfast on Capitol Hill.

The event, attended by 250, pro-vided an opportunity for 4-H - the youth development program of the nation’s Cooperative Extension Sys-tem -- to share stories of 4-H youth impact with members of Congress and to thank them for their continued support of 4-H programming and learning.

The breakfast quickly filled with Senators and Representatives includ-ing Senator John Boozman, who sat with 4-H state leaders and young people who were in Washington, DC attending the 87th annual National 4-H Conference. Lauren Ince, Howard County 4-H was chosen as one of five Arkansas youth to participate in National 4-H Congress, a week long event held at the National 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase,

Maryland. Senator Boozman is an advocate for positive youth devel-opment and supports 4-H programs throughout Arkansas and the coun-try.

ECOP Chairman Jimmy Hen-ning (University of Kentucky) and Mark Latimore (Fort Valley State University) recognized the 100th an-niversary of Extension and the Smith Lever Act. Joining them at the event were several Extension directors and administrators. Government and congressional leaders, including 15 members of Congress, Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy, Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture at USDA, and Robert Listenbee, the Ad-ministrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention at the Department of Justice.

The breakfast was hosted by Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Representative Tom Latham (R-IA), Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). The purpose of the event was to spotlight the importance of posi-tive youth development programs in

addressing urgent challenges facing America’s youth.

4-H is a community of seven mil-lion young people around the world learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills. National 4-H Council is the private sector, non-profit partner of the Cooperative Extension System and 4-H National Headquarters located at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) within the United States Department of Ag-riculture (USDA). In the United States, 4-H programs are implemented by the 109 land-grant universities and Cooperative Extension through more than 3,000 local offices serving every county and parish in the country. Outside the United States, 4-H pro-grams operate through independent, country-led organizations in more than 50 countries.

Learn more about 4-H at www.4-H.org, find us on Facebook at www.face-book.com/4-H and Twitter at https://twitter.com/4H. To learn about 4-H in Howard County, contact the Howard County Cooperative Extension Ser-vice at 870-845-7517.

Congressional breakfastLocal 4H group dines with representatives in Washington

COURTESY PHOTO | Howard County 4H

Howard County 4H participant Lauren Ince dines with 4H President Faith Broussard and Senator John Boozman April 9 during the first-ever Congressional Breakfast on Capitol Hill.

CHARLES GOODINEditor

NASHVILLE - Public Works Director Larry Du-naway gave city aldermen an update on several im-provements being made to Nashville’s sewer system during Tuesday’s city coun-cil meeting.

Dunaway said the re-vamping of the city’s waste water treatment plant is “just about out of the ground com-pletely,” which he character-ized as a “big step forward,” while the rehabilitation of several manholes and lines throughout the city is near-ing completion. The contrac-tor working on the latter project has been delayed by equipment failure, but Dunaway said he expects the project to wrap up soon after the mechanical issues are resolved.

“He’s done a really good job for us,” Dunaway said.

Also during the address, Dunaway and Mayor Billy Ray Jones discussed the pos-

sibility that the city might ac-quire property near the city shop on Fourth St., providing a location to which they could relocate the water distribution operation cur-rently in place at the Carter Day Center.

Jones said he had offered the owners of the property $200,000 and planned to sell the relevant portion to the city for somewhere in the neighborhood of $40-50,000, but the owners did not ac-cept the offer. The mayor said he plans to continue negotiations related to pur-chasing the real estate and may approach the council later if a deal is reached.

In other business during the meeting, city aldermen voted 7-3 to finalize retitling the position of city clerk/treasurer to city clerk and cutting the pay for the po-sition to $25,000 annually. Mike Milum, Kay Gathright and Vivian Wright opposed the measure but did not of-fer an explanation as to why they voted in the negative.

Sewer projects progressingnicely, council told

The Elberta Arts Center will host its monthly paint party Sat., April 26 at 6:30 p.m.

This month’s painting is of large, easy to paint flow-ers and can be seen on the Elberta’s Facebook page. All supplies are furnished

and attendees leave with a finished painting.

The cost to participate

in the event is $35 and at-tendees are asked to regis-ter so that a canvas will be

prepared for them. For more information or to register, call 870-557-3512.

Paint party scheduled at ElbertaSUBMITTED PHOTO | Nashville News

Sophomore Sara Renfrow, of Nashville, was presented the Outstanding Sophomore Academic Achievement award for the English, foreign language and philosophy department Thurs., April 10 as Henderson State University’s Matt Locke Ellis College of Arts and Sciences honored several outstanding students during its annual student awards ceremony. While attending Henderson State University, Renfrow has been inducted into Gamma Beta Phi and became a member of Honors College, the English society Sigma Tau Delta, and Alpha Chi National Honor Society.

renfrow honored

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF DRAFT DISCHARGE PERMITAND 208 PLAN

PERMIT NUMBER AR0021261, AFIN 31-00033This is to give notice that the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality

(ADEQ), Water Division, 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72118-5317 at telephone number (501) 682-0622, proposes a draft renewal of the permit number AR0021261 for which an application was received on 7/23/2013, with additional information received on 11/19/2013, 1/7/2014, and 1/21/2014, for the following applicant under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act.

Applicant: City of Mineral Springs, East Lee Street, Mineral Springs, AR 71851. Location: from Highway 355 in Mineral Springs, head south on South Mercer Street, then head East on East Lee Street, then follow the dirt road at the termination of East Lee Street; Latitude: 33² 52’ 18.48”; Longitude: 93² 54’ 48.10” in Howard County, Arkansas. The discharge of treated municipal wastewater is into Mine Creek, thence to Millwood Lake, thence to the Little River, thence to the Red River in Segment 1C of the Red River Basin.

The 208 Plan, developed by the ADEQ under provisions of Section 208 of the federal Clean Water Act, is a comprehensive program to work toward achieving federal water goals in Arkansas. The initial 208 Plan, adopted in 1979, provides for annual updates, but can be revised more often if necessary. Updates to the 208 Plan have been proposed in order to add mass limits of 3.03E+09 cfu/day for the months of May through September and 1.51E+10 cfu/day for the months of October through April to the existing water quality limitations for Fecal Coliform Bacteria in order to conform with the TMDL titled “Pathogen TMDLs For Selected Reaches in Planning Segment 1C.” These changes have also been incorporated into the draft discharge permit.

ADEQ’s contact person for submitting written comments, requesting information regarding the draft permit, or obtaining a copy of the permit and the Statement of Basis is J.D. Borgeson, E.I., at the above address and telephone number or by email at Water-Draft-Permit-Comment@adeq.state.ar.us. For those with Internet access, a copy of the proposed draft permit as well as the publication date may be found on the ADEQ’s website at:

http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/water/branch_permits/individual_permits/pn_permits/pnpermits.asp.

The comment period shall end at 4:30 P.M. (Central Time) on the 30th day after the publication date. If the last day of the comment period is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the public comment period shall expire on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. For information regarding the actual publication date along with the actual date and time the comment period will end, please contact J.D. Borgeson, E.I. at the above address and telephone number or by email at Water-Draft-Permit-Comment@adeq.state.ar.us. Public notice, comments, and hearings will be conducted in accordance with Regulation 6.104(A)(5) [40 CFR Parts 124.10 through 124.12 by reference] and Regulation 8.209 and 8.210 (Administrative Procedures). All persons, including the permittee, who wish to comment on ADEQ’s draft permitting decision must submit written comments to ADEQ, along with their name and mailing address. A Public Hearing will be held when ADEQ inds a signiicant degree of public interest. After the public comment period, ADEQ will issue a inal permitting decision. ADEQ will notify the applicant and each person who has submitted written comments or request notice of the inal permitting decision. Any interested person who has submitted comments may appeal a inal decision by ADEQ in accordance with the APCEC Regulation No. 8.603.

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF DRAFT DISCHARGE PERMIT

AND 208 Plan

PERMIT NUMBER AR0021776, AFIN 31-00036This is to give notice that the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality

(ADEQ), Water Division, 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72118-5317 at telephone number (501) 682-0622, proposes a draft renewal of the permit number AR0021776 for which an application was received on 5/6/2013 with all additional information submitted by 7/3/2013 for the following applicant under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act.

Applicant: City of Nashville, 743 Highway 27 South, Nashville, AR 71852. Location: South side of highway near junction with Highway 27B; Latitude: 33° 55’ 11.26”; Longitude: 93° 51’ 40.16” in Howard County, Arkansas. The discharge of treated municipal wastewater is through an 18" pipe to Mine Creek, thence to Millwood Lake, thence to the Red River in Segment 1C of the Red River Basin.

The 208 Plan, developed by the ADEQ under provisions of Section 208 of the federal Clean Water Act, is a comprehensive program to work toward achieving federal water goals in Arkansas. The initial 208 Plan, adopted in 1979, provides for annual updates, but can be revised more often if necessary. The 208 Plan has been revised to change the NH3-N limit for the month of April to 2.57 mg/l. The future design low of 3.5 MGD will also be added to the 208 Plan. These changes have been incorporated into the permit.

ADEQ’s contact person for submitting written comments, requesting information regarding the draft permit, or obtaining a copy of the permit and the Fact Sheet is Loretta Reiber, P.E., at the above address and telephone number or by email at Water-Draft-Permit-Comment@adeq.state.ar.us. For those with Internet access, a copy of the proposed draft permit as well as the publication date may be found on the ADEQ’s website at:

http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/water/branch_permits/individual_permits/pn_permits/pnpermits.asp.

The comment period shall end at 4:30 P.M. (Central Time) on the 30th day after the publication date. If the last day of the comment period is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the public comment period shall expire on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. For information regarding the actual publication date along with the actual date and time the comment period will end, please contact Loretta Reiber, P.E. at the above address and telephone number or by email at Water-Draft-Permit-Comment@adeq.state.ar.us. Public notice, comments, and hearings will be conducted in accordance with Regulation 6.104(A)(5) [40 CFR Parts 124.10 through 124.12 by reference] and Regulation 8.209 and 8.210 (Administrative Procedures). All persons, including the permittee, who wish to comment on ADEQ’s draft permitting decision must submit written comments to ADEQ, along with their name and mailing address. A Public Hearing will be held when ADEQ inds a signiicant degree of public interest. After the public comment period, ADEQ will issue a inal permitting decision. ADEQ will notify the applicant and each person who has submitted written comments or request notice of the inal permitting decision. Any interested person who has submitted comments may appeal a inal decision by ADEQ in accordance with the APCEC Regulation No. 8.603.

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Public NoticePursuant to Act 163 of the 1993 Legislative

Session, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality gives the following notice:

Weyerhaeuser NR Company - Dierks Mill (AFIN: 31 00016) has submitted an application for a modiication to their existing Title V permit under the Department's Regulation 26 (Title V). This facility is located at 120 Main Avenue, Dierks, AR 71833-0038. This application was declared administratively complete on April 16, 2014, and is undergoing technical review by the Air Division for compliance with State and Federal regulations. This facility's mailing address is:

P.O. Box 38Dierks, AR 71833

Citizens wishing to examine the permit application may do so by contacting the Air Permits Branch, ADEQ, 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock, AR 72118, (501) 682-0730.

Interested or affected persons may request a hearing on the proposed permit by giving the Department a written request within ten (10) business days of publication of this notice. The request shall be in writing to the above address - Attention: Air Permits Branch and state the reasons for the necessity of a public hearing. The Department shall have the discretion to decide whether to hold a public hearing, unless otherwise required by law or regulation. If a hearing is scheduled, adequate public notice will be given in this newspaper.

Dated this 24th day of April, 2014. Teresa Marks, Director (WD:33,w222)

SPRING REGISTRATION FOR

THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR AT

NASHVILLE ABC PRESCHOOLDo you have a child who will be 3 or 4 years

old by August 1, 2014? If so, your child may qualify to receive FREE preschool services.

Nashville ABC Preschool is located at 410 N 6th Street and will be hosting a Spring Registration from now until May 9, 2014. Please stop by and pick up an application or call Cheryl Green at 870-845-1820 or DeQueen-Mena Educational Cooperative at 870-386-2251 for more information. Income guidelines are listed below:

ABC PRESCHOOL QUALIFIYING INCOME GUIDELINES

ABC ELIGIBILITY 200 % OF FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL

Family Size Maximum Income 1 $23,340 2 $31,460 3 $39,580 4 $47,700 5 $55,820 6 $63,940 7 $72,060 8 $80,180 For each additional person $8,120 per person

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MURFREESBORO - David

Anderson first learned of

the Crater of Diamonds State

Park when he saw Arkansas’s

diamond site featured on

The Travel Channel’s “Best

Places to Find Cash and Trea-

sures.” His first visit to the park was in 2007. Because of his love for diamond hunting here, he now calls Murfrees-boro home so he can hunt regularly for diamonds in the park’s 37 ½-acre search area. Yesterday after looking for about four hours, Ander-son found a 6.19-carat white diamond, the largest of the hundreds of diamonds he’s found at the park. He discov-ered it in the East Drain area of the search field. Ander-son named his clear, white marquise-shape diamond the Limitless Diamond after the 2014 motto for the charitable organization Speed the Light. He plans to donate proceeds from the sale of this diamond to Speed the Light.

According to Park Inter-preter Waymon Cox, “The Limitless Diamond is about the size of a jelly bean, and it’s the 15th-largest diamond found at Crater of Diamonds State Park since 1972. It is also the largest white dia-mond we have registered in three years since the 8.66-carat Illusion Diamond was discovered in April 2011 by Beth Gilbertson of Salida, Colorado.” He said, “This di-amond is definitely a beauty. It looks almost entirely clear and appears to be an unbro-ken crystal.”

Cox continued, “It’s no surprise that a large diamond was found this week. Over four inches of rain fell on the park last weekend, and David found his diamond on the first sunny day following the rain. Rainwater washes soil from the search area and often exposes heavy gravel and diamonds on the surface.” He emphasized,

“David has worked hard to find more than 400 diamonds here over the years, but he had never surface searched for diamonds until this year. This is the largest, and prob-ably the easiest, diamond he’s ever found!”

Cox noted that the park

staff often doesn’t find out what happens to diamonds from the park after they are registered. “We are excited to follow David’s journey with the Limitless Diamond and to see what the end result will be!”

On average, two dia-

monds are found a day by park visitors. The colors of diamonds found at the park are white, brown, and yellow, in that order. Cox noted that with Anderson’s diamond, the current trend continues of visitors finding diamonds on the surface of the search field. Due to good rains this year, and some especially hard rains recently, the park is experiencing perfect con-ditions for visitors to find dia-monds right on the surface of the search area. Diamonds

are a bit heavy for their size, so a good downpour will wash the dirt away, leaving the diamond exposed.

Search area last plowed: Canary Hill only, last part of March; Most recent signifi-cant rainstorms: 4.25 inches, Sunday, April 13, 2014

Total diamonds found in 2014: 130

Diamonds registered for April 13-April 19, 2014 (100 points = 1 carat):

April 13 – Kenny & Me-lissa Oliver, 6 pt. white; Kathy & Jeff Saad, Wenona, IL, 3 pt. white, 4 pt. brown; Rod Stewart, Tullahoma, TN, 1 pt. brown

April 14 – Beth Gilbertson, Salida, CO, 9 pt. brown

April 15 – Walter Pappa-george, Chicago, IL, 40 pt. yellow

April 16 – Speed the Light, Murfreesboro, AR, 6.19 ct. white; Dennis & Linda See, Bonnerdale, AR, 62 pt. brown; Denvil & Kelly Brown, Spring Hill, AR, 14 pt. brown

April 17 – Jim Graham, Prescott, AR, 4 pt. brown, 12 pt. white, 20 pt. brown, 67 pt. yellow; Adam Hardin, Norton, OH, 4 pt. yellow

April 18 – Emma Sanchez, San Antonio, TX, 36 pt. yel-low

April 19 – Joyce Cum-mings, Point, TX, 10 pt. yellow

COURTESY PHOTO | Crater of Diamonds State Park

David Anderson, of Murfreesboro, points to the portion of Crater of Diamonds State Park where he discovered a 6.19 carat diamond recently.

Murfreesboro man unearths 6.19 carat diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park

mailing address. A Public Hearing will be held when ADEQ inds a signiicant

a inal permitting decision. ADEQ will notify the applicant and each person who has submitted written comments or request notice of the inal permitting decision. Any interested person who has submitted comments may appeal a inal

The future design low of 3.5 MGD will also be added to the 208 Plan. These

mailing address. A Public Hearing will be held when ADEQ inds a signiicant

a inal permitting decision. ADEQ will notify the applicant and each person who has submitted written comments or request notice of the inal permitting decision. Any interested person who has submitted comments may appeal a inal

for a modiication to their existing Title V permit under the Department's Regulation 26 (Title V).

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Joyle Hartin waits to donate blood Thurs., April 10 at the Moonlighters Extension Homemakers’ Club’s regular Red Cross blood drive.

TEXARKANA - Conner

Eldridge, United States Attor-

ney for the Western District

of Arkansas, announced

that Claudie J. Miller, Jr., age

42, of Desoto, Texas, was

sentenced today on one

count of conspiracy to dis-

tribute methamphetamine.

Miller was sentenced to 140

months imprisonment with

three years of supervised

release. The sentencing took

place before the Honor-

able Susan O. Hickey in the

United States District Court

for the Western District of

Arkansas.

U.S. Attorney Eldridge

commented, “With this sen-

tence, a major supplier that

brought large quantities of

drugs into the Texarkana

area has now been put out

of business. We appreciate

the many man hours and

dedicated investigative work

by the agencies involved to

assure that this defendant

was today brought to justice.

Our office will continue to aggressively prosecute drug-trafficking crimes so that the residents of Southwestern Arkansas and the Western District of Arkansas can live without the fear of violence that comes with this type of criminal activity.”

“Today’s sentence of 140 months sends a strong mes-sage to those who would supply methamphetamine in Southern Arkansas,” stated FBI Special Agent in Charge David Resch. “The FBI and our partners in law enforce-ment will work together to

disrupt drug organizations by aggressively investigating those large scale suppliers who choose to bring these illegal drugs into our com-munities.”

According to court re-cords, beginning in Decem-ber 2011, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies began an investigation into a drug-trafficking organiza-tion involved in distributing pound quantities of meth-amphetamine in the Waldo, Arkansas area. Claudie Miller was identified as the pri-mary source of supply for methamphetamine in the drug-trafficking organization. Over the course of the inves-tigation, agents intercepted numerous wire and electron-ic communications between Miller and co-conspirators discussing the distribution of methamphetamine and the collection of drug debts. Additionally, officers con-ducted two separate traffic stops on vehicles of Miller and co-conspirators. Dur-ing a search of the vehicles, agents seized approximately $147,000 total in U.S. Cur-rency as proceeds of Miller’s illegal drug activities. Miller pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine on July 2, 2013.

This case was investigat-ed by the Little Rock FBI Divi-sion and El Dorado RA Safe Streets Task Force. Assistant United States Attorney Mat-thew Quinn prosecuted the case for the United States.

Texas man sentenced to 140 months for drug trafficking

The Moonlighters EHC sponsored a Red Cross blood drive on Thurs-day, April 10 at the Center Point community center.

Donors were: Hazel White, Tina Matheny, Melissa White, Doris Whitaker, Jeremy Jones, Karen Baker, Dawn Bickerstaff, Anthony Sherer, Alice Shuffit, Mark Canaday, Kirk Dunson, Terry Cox, Beverly Conway, Bobby Conway, Cindy Hard-ing, Diane Dove, Mike Noel, Brent Hostetler, Lavon Hostetler, Justin Hostetler, Harold Tyler, Nicole Pen-ney, Mercella Olachia, Gary Dildy, Kip Webb, Carolyn Golz, Joyle Hartin, Marie Hendrix, Jerri Reeves, Kenny Reeves, Sheila Venable, and Patricia Rogers.

Volunteers were: Helen Adam-son, Dorothy Clardy, Laverne Bissell, Katie Dedner, Marie Hendrix, Betty Harris, Linda Wilcox, Bonnie Hard-ing, and Cindy Harding

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CINDY HARDING | Nashville News

First time donor Mercella Olachia enjoys refreshments after participating in the Moonlight’s EHC blood drive Thurs., April 10.

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I believe in the future of ag-

riculture, with a faith born not of words

but of deeds - achievements won by the

present and past generations of agri-

culturists; in the promise of better days

through better ways, even as the better

things we now enjoy have come to us

from the struggles of former years.

I believe that to live and work

on a good farm, or to be engaged in

other agricultural pursuits, is pleasant

as well as challenging; for I know the

joys and discomforts of agricultural life

and hold an inborn fondness for those

associations which, even in hours of

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I believe in leadership from

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and think clearly, with such knowledge

and skill as I can secure, and in the

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ing; in the life abundant and enough

honest wealth to help make it so-- for

others as well as myself; In less need

for charity and more of it when needed;

in being happy myself and playing

square with those whose happiness

depends on me.

I believe that American agri-

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traditions of our national life and that I

can exert an influence in my home and

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performance of the song

“Head, Shoulders, Knees, and

Toes” in Spanish.

The first dance of the

evening came afterwards.

The non-native speaking

members of the Spanish

Club performed the skirt

dance “El Tapatillo,” which

is a folk dance from Mexico

that became so popular it

was declared the National

Folk Dance of Mexico. Next

came a song called “Guanta-namera” sung by Alejandra

Ramierez, Braden Bowman

and Eric Perez. This song is

one of the most famous pa-

triotic songs from Cuba and

was made an international

hit by the American group

The Sandpipers in 1966.

After the Guantanamers

came one of the most noted

pieces of the night: Sydney

Dean’s violin performance of

“The Prayer” by Carole Sagar

and David Foster. Even with a

strong wind that blew away

her music, Dean still kept the

piece going to the delight of

those in attendance.

The last of the skirt danc-

es, the Guadalajara, followed

Dean’s piece. This dance was

put on by the native speaking

students in Spanish club. The

Guadalajara is also a tradi-

tional Mexican dance. The

final skit of the festival was

a piece from Don Quixote acted out by Alex Kwok, who played the windmill, Luke Dawson, who played Sancho, and Robbie Morphew, who was Don Quixote.

The next dance was the Bachata, something Davis described as a challenge for the club to perform.

“It was a bold move that was not recommended for us to do but I wanted to try something new and differ-ent,” Davis said.

This dance originated in the Dominican Republic and is a result of the blending of Hispanic cultures. It is most popular in the United States and closely resembles a southern square dance.

The festival concluded with a singing of La Bamba and a dancing of the Ma-carena by everyone in at-tendance.

All in all, Davis said she was pleased by the outcome of the festival and looks

forward to seeing what the club will do next year under Regina Davis, who will as-sume the position of Spanish teacher next year.

“We were really creative this year with the festival. It was done by the students,” Davis said. “It wasn’t the orderly festival put on in the past. We used creative ideas from the students to create an original and authentic festival and from audience feedback. We did a good job.”

staff, board members were asked to approve a correc-tive action plan Monday night that states building principals will become more involved in processing and double-checking the forms.

“In January 2014, the

district set aside two days where the building princi-pals came in and checked each application filed for the 2013-14 school year,” Graham wrote in the cor-rective action plan. “Starting in August 2014, the building principals will start calcu-lating their building’s ap-plications. [Food Service Manager] Ms. [Tina] Conzel will still be ultimately re-

sponsible for certifying all applications. She will check all applications as the prin-cipals turn the applications into her office and she will enter into the computer. I trust that with more people double checking the num-bers at the beginning of school in the future, this should correct any issues.”

Board members ap-proved the plan unani-

mously.Also during Monday’s

meeting, the school board:•votedunanimously to

accept a $122,220 bid from Tri-State Asphault to pave the high school parking lot. The bid was the lowest of four with the other three coming from J&L Paving, Wi-ley Calhoun and Sids & Son.

•votedunanimously tore-employ all certified and

classified staff for the com-ing school year.

•accepted the resigna-tions of custodian J.M. Hart-ness, junior high art teacher Hollis Hughes, ABC food ser-vice manager Betty Parker, primary special education instructor Erin Bell, ele-mentary special education instructor LaDonna Curtis and junior girls basketball coach Buster Bonner.

•votedtohireLouAnnVance to replace Curtis, Brad Chesshir to replace Don Cooley, Veronica Fa-therree as a food service worker at the high school and Kim Reed as a high school special education teacher. They also trans-ferred Tami Westfall to pri-mary special education and Darla Lamb to ABC food service manager.

school baseball coach after college. For him, Harrison was not originally his first choice.

“It was probably my sec-ond for baseball. I planned on going to play for CBC or Coffeeville, Kansas,” he said.

Aside from the baseball program, Bradshaw also likes the size of the school.

“I like how it’s a smaller school, and it’s just like a high school, practically. Ev-erybody is going to know everybody, and the teach-ers know your name,” he explained. His goals for next year are to have a good sea-son while maintaining his grades.

Moore plays the position of centerfield.

“I feel like I’m a great out-

fielder. I feel like I have a good glove in outfield and a good arm. I feel like I’m a good contact hitter, and that I run the bases pretty well,” he said, modestly admitting his strong points. He is going to get an associate’s degree in business then transfer to a four-year university to complete his other two years of training and said he hopes his time playing for North Arkansas will lead to a scholarship from a four-year university. If none are offered, he plans to transfer to Henderson.

Like Bradshaw, he does not plan to pursue baseball professionally, but rather, is playing because of his fond-ness of the game.

“I just want to play col-lege baseball as long as I can because I love the sport. I feel like playing baseball will help me get through college,” he explained. At the start of his senior year, Harrison

was not even in the picture for Moore. He didn’t even begin to think about playing college baseball somewhere until baseball season began, and Sprick brought up North Arkansas.

Now, he says, “I am really excited for my future at North Arkansas. I feel like it’ll be a lot of fun for me and my team-mates. I hope to have a fun and successful two years.”

Moore said his goals are to “continue to work hard at baseball and work to con-tinue to improve my skills and hopefully get a lot of playing time while getting a good education.”

Mounts has been an out-fielder that has received all district honors. He has enjoyed his time playing baseball for the Outlaws, especially his senior year.

“It was fun, but it’s blown by,” he said.

He is going to college to get his basics and is yet un-

decided about what he wants to do after, but said Harrison was one of his top choices for colleges.

“I had been thinking about it awhile,” he stated. Like his friends, Mounts wanted to go so he could continue playing baseball after high school. According to him, his goals are to, “Play baseball, go to school, and just do good.”

All three agree that their parents have been some of their biggest supporters throughout their time play-ing baseball for the Outlaws and are remaining support-ive on their college decision.

“They’re very excited for me. They think it’s a great opportunity for me. My dad always wanted me to play college baseball. My parents have always been my big-gest supporters. They want what’s best to me. They feel the same way I feel, that it will be a great opportunity for me and something great for me

to experience,” said Moore. Bradshaw said his parents

approve of his attendance to North Arkansas College, but aren’t ready for him to go yet. Harrison is close to five hours away from Dierks, but, according to Bradshaw, the distance is a good thing. “I think it’s a good distance to get out of Dierks and see what’s out there,” he stated.

Mounts describes his emotions towards getting to share his college baseball journey with the friends he has been playing with since he was four as “a good feel-ing.”

“I feel pretty privileged I’ll get to have some friends there and not have to not know anybody. Also, to get to extend my career with my friends is pretty exciting,” added Bradshaw.

Moore stated, “It makes it a lot easier on me making a big move up to Northern Ar-kansas. I think it is better and

easier for me to have a group of friends go up there with me. I’m very excited to have two of my best friends go up to Harrison with me. I hope they have a very successful college baseball career.”

To anybody hoping to follow in their footsteps, the three offer this advice: “If you find something you really love just go for it. If you love baseball and want to continue your career just go for it. Focus on a good work ethic. Practice hard and play your best and don’t only focus on being out on the field; focus on being in the classroom and getting an education. That goes for any sport. If you have dreams, go for them,” advised Moore.

“Work hard,” added Mounts while Bradshaw encourages everyone to, “Follow your dreams. Don’t ever give up on your dreams. Make goals and try to achieve them.”

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partnered to deliver Easter baskets to elderly shut-ins around the city. City

officers Casey Parker, Justin Garner and Tim

Bowlin and pictured with Rotary representatives

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NASHVILLE- The Nash-

ville Rural Water Public

Authority board was pre-

sented with an audit report

by representatives of the

Wilf-Henderson accounting

firm at a meeting Tuesday night - a meeting that would typically have occurred on Thursday evening, but was rescheduled for auditor’s attendance.

This audit was the first conducted to governmental standards rather than the

lower standards the group had previously been held to, as NRWA was converted from a non-profit association to a public authority at the end of last year.

Kelly Birdwell, the repre-sentative of the accounting group, said that there were no instances of non-com-pliance or other required reporting issues under gov-ernment auditing standards.

The remainder of the meeting touched only on

small details of operation for the previous months.

Board president Mark Dowdy then discussed main-tenance expenses for author-ity vehicles, which were the one unusual outlay during the month.

Authority director Ryan Stuckey detailed water losses during February and March, saying that though several small leaks had been identified and repaired, the major loss of water in the

system was the result of a lightning strike bursting pipes on Green Plains Road last month. The loss of water has an immediate financial effect as the water has al-ready been purchased from the city of Nashville, but if lost cannot be sold on to customers.

Stuckey also reported that a damaged fire hydrant at the Center Point Fire De-partment would be replaced in the coming days.

NRWA gets clean audit

Two pesticide applicator trainings in Howard County

are scheduled for Wed., April 30 at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Extension Homemakers Edu-cational Center in Nashville.

In addition to the license fee, a $10 registration fee will be charged for the training.

No pre-registration is nec-

essary to attend. For more information, call Sherry Beaty-Sullivan at 870-845-7517.

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