2012-08-16 - Southwest Arkansas News

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THURSDAY • August 16, 2012 • Issue 66 • 1 Section • 16 Pages • In Howard County, Arkansas since 1878 • USPS 371-540 • 75 cents
Man admits
to choking his
mother with fly
swatter handle
IN BRIEF
t
Back to
School
Bash is
Friday
The Nashville
Scrapper football season will
kick off Friday
with their annual Orange and
Black Back to
School Bash Fri.,
Aug. 17 at Scrapper Stadium.
Gates will
open at 6:30
p.m. and there
will be a $2
admission fee.
Action will kick
off at 7:30 p.m.
with a scrimmage game that
will feature the
eighth and ninth
grade teams.
Scrapper
fans will get to
meet all players,
cheerleaders
and coaches
associated with
the Scrapper
football teams.
The Bash will
conclude with a
scrimmage featuring the senior
high football
players.
The concession stand will be
open. Hamburgers, hot dogs,
nachos, popcorn, soft drinks,
lemonade, tea
and candy will
be available.
Scrapper
merchandise will
also be available.
Market demo
to focus on the
importance of
honey bees
Southwest
Arkansas Beekeepers will hold
a demonstration to focus on
the importance
of honeybees
at the Howard
County Farmers’
Market Fri., Aug.
17, at 9 a.m.
Beekeeper
members will
serve dishes
made with
honey and will
discuss beekeeping and the
importance of
bees to our food
supply. There
will be honey
from the beekeepers for sale.
Recipes will be
available plus
handouts about
honey bee trivia.
The Howard
County Farmer’s
Market is located in Nashville
on Washington
St., between
Howard and
Hempstead,
adjacent to the
Howard County
Health Unit and
the Howard
County Senior
Citizens’ Center.
Please also note
that although
Howard County
Farmers’ Market
days are typically Tuesdays,
Fridays and
Saturdays, the
Market is only
open Fridays
this month due
to the impact of
the drought on
area farmers.
TERRICA HENDRIX
Editor
MEDIA
DAYS
DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY | Nashville News
Dierks Outlaw Offensive Coordinator Brad Bray lines up his team
for a photo Wednesday during Dierks’ media day. The Mineral
Springs Hornets also held their media day Wednesday afternoon,
while Nashville’s took place Saturday. All area teams will kick off
their season with scrimmage games this week as Dierks faces off
with Mountain Pine at Home Tuesday, Nashville plays El Dorado on
the campus of Southern Arkansas University Thursday and Mineral
Springs travels to England on the same day.
See MAN / Page 6
Miss Howard
County dates,
times change
Former Trinity
coach hired to
lead Bulldogs
Dates and times relevant to the Miss Howard
County pageants have
changed.
The final deadline
to enter the pageant is
Tues., Sept. 4.
Rehearsal will be held
the morning of the pageant on Sat., Sept. 8 at
the Sixth Street Auditorium with the following
schedule:
8:30 Miss Howard
County contestants (1621 years of age)
9:00 Teen Contestants
(13-15 years of age)
9:30 Junior Miss Contestants (9-12 years of
age)
TERRICA HENDRIX
Editor
MINERAL SPRINGS – A former Trinity Christian School head basketball
coach has been hired to coach the
Saratoga Bulldogs.
Isaac W. Dulaney was named as the
Bulldogs’ basketball coach and math
teacher at Saratoga on Monday evening at the school board meeting. He
succeeds Andrew Schroeder, who was
hired at the July Mineral Springs Saratoga School District board meeting as
basketball coach and science teacher.
Schroeder retains his teaching position
with the district.
After Dulaney graduated Magna
Cum Laude from Hope High School,
he received his Bachelors of Science
in education from Southern Arkansas
University and his Masters in sports
administration from Henderson State
University.
He was a member of the Mulerider
baseball and football team and the
Special Olympics Coordinator in 2008.
While at TCS, Dulaney coached
junior and senior high boys and girls
basketball and was the assistant baseball coach of the 2010 state champions
as well as assistant cross country
coach.
Before signing on as Saratoga basketball coach, Dulaney was the assistant
baseball coach and recruiting coordinator at Ouachita
Baptist University.
NASHVILLE – A 41-year-old man
pled guilty to choking his mother
with a fly swatter handle.
Charles Jewell, of Nashville,
entered a guilty plea to second
degree battery Wednesday morning in Howard County Circuit
Court before Judge Charles A.
Yeargan. Yeargan followed the
prosecution’s recommendation
and sentenced Jewell to 30 days in
the Howard County Jail, five years
on probation and a $2,000 fine.
Jewell was arrested last month
after his mother, Mary Floyd, said
he choked her.
Mary Floyd told Deputy Joey
Davis that her son “was intoxicated and upset about not being
able to ride a 4-wheeler and an
argument” escalated. “I attempted
to choke my mother…with a fly
See DATES / Page 6
Beebe announces
grant program to
assist ranchers
during drought
TERRICA HENDRIX | Nashville News
Acting Superintendent Jeanie Gorham introduces newly-hired Saratoga
basketball coach Isaac Dulaney to the Mineral Springs Saratoga school
board Monday.
CONTINUING
THE TRADITION
n AT LEFT: Chester Batson participates in the 2012 Tollette Homecoming
parade in costume as ‘The Nashville News Man.’ Batson dons a different
costume each homecoming for the festivities, which draw around 3,000
people to the four-day event. This year’s homecoming was held last
weekend. See pages 10 and 11 for more photos from the celebration.
LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike
Beebe announced Wednesday that
he has set aside $2,000,000 from
the Governor’s Disaster Fund to
help Arkansas ranchers during the
recent persistent drought conditions. The Livestock Assistance
Grant Program will help cattle,
sheep and goat producers, many
of whom are finding it difficult to
locate, grow or afford hay and
other forage for their animals.
The program will be administered by the Arkansas Agriculture
Department, and payments will
be made on a per-head basis for
qualifying livestock producers
who apply in the next two weeks.
Applications must be filed online,
hand-delivered or postmarked
by Wednesday, August 29. This
program is not first-come, firstserved.
Applications will be available
through the Arkansas Agriculture
Department (www.aad.ar.gov or
501-683-4851), University of Arkansas’s Division of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
county offices (www.uaex.edu),
the Arkansas Cattleman’s Association (www.arbeef.org), the
Agricultural Council of Arkansas
See GRANT / Page 6
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THURSDAY
August 16, 2012
Opinions
The Nashville News | Online at http://www.nashvillenews.org | Call: 1-888-845-6397
Medicare
turns 47
L
ast month marked the 47th anniversary of Medicare in the
United States.
This anniversary commemorates the promise of
better health and financial security for the elderly,
the disabled, and their families.
Today, millions of Americans don’t have to worry
that one illness or injury will mean death or financial ruin.
That’s exactly why Medicare was created – to
ensure America’s seniors get the health care
they need to live long,
healthy lives.
When the RepubliUnited States
cans tried to privatize
Congressman
Medicare last year with
their budget proposal
and when they tried
to partially privatize
Social Security under President Bush, I fought them
every step of the way because Social Security and
Medicare are valuable programs that keep half of all
seniors out of poverty.
And earlier this year when Republicans tried to
end Medicare as we know it with their budget proposal, I continued to fight their efforts.
I want to trim our deficits and return to the days
of balanced budgets more than anyone else, but not
on the backs of our seniors who did nothing to get
us into this mess in the first place.
We need bipartisan, commonsense proposals that
stop deficit spending while protecting our seniors.
The American people deserve a serious and honest
conversation about our country’s finances, not one
that is rushed and partisan.
It should not be about politics, it should be about
working together to get the job done for the American people.
We must not punish seniors who need Medicare
and who deserve the Social Security benefits they
have earned.
Medicare and Social Security continue to be a
critical financial lifeline for many Arkansans.
While some reforms to these important programs
need to be made to ensure their sustainability, massive cuts to seniors’ already promised benefits are
simply unfair and unacceptable.
We must look at other ways to reform Social Security and Medicare that protect seniors, honor their
lifetime of hard work and ensure both programs’
long-term solvency.
In these uncertain economic times, Social Security and Medicare are more important now than ever
before.
Due in no small part to these life-saving programs, millions of seniors can live their lives with
dignity and independence, instead of poverty and
despair.
As your Congressman, I remain committed to ensuring Social Security and Medicare endure for the
people of Arkansas and our nation as a whole.
And, as a commonsense voice for Arkansas, I will
continue to find ways we can cut spending and reduce our deficits without punishing our state’s most
vulnerable citizens who are already scraping to get
by and who did nothing to get us into this mess in
the first place.
Mike
Ross
The Nashville News
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It’s budget season in Arkansas
Although the 2013 legislative
session is still five months
away, public institutions are
already preparing their budget requests for the next two
years.
For example, the Higher Education Coordinating Board
met last week to finalize
budget recommendations
for the coming biennium
for the 33 state-supported
colleges and universities in
Arkansas.
The institutions would like
to receive about $874 million
a year in state aid.
This year two-year colleges, four-year universities
and technical centers will get
about $816 million from all
sources of state aid.
More than 27,000 people are
employed by Arkansas higher
education institutions.
Higher education officials realize that there will be intense
competition for available tax
revenue when the legislature
convenes in January.
Legislators will be under
severe pressure to provide
funding for Medicaid and public schools from kindergarten
Larry
Teague
State
Senator
through grade 12, prompting
higher education officials to
acknowledge that the recommendations made by the
Higher Education Coordinating Board are unlikely to be
fully funded.
In addition to the increase
in operating budgets, the
Board recommended about
$213 million in renovation and
construction projects.
The Board also heard the
most recent report on the
college-going rate of Arkansas
students who graduate from
high school.
Last school year, 52.2 percent of the public high school
graduates enrolled in a twoyear college or a four-year
university.
That shows solid growth since
2005, when 45.6 percent of Arkansas high school graduates
went on to college. However,
it lags behind the national
college-going rate of about 70
percent.
Another significant result of
the survey shows that females
are much more likely to attend
a college or university than a
male.
More than 57 percent of
the girls who graduated from
high school last spring were
enrolled in college last fall.
That compares to less than 47
percent of the boys.
About 29,000 high school seniors graduated, and of those
9,333 enrolled in a four-year
university last fall.
Another 4,827 enrolled in
a two-year college and 944
enrolled in a private or independent college in Arkansas.
Crime Victims Reparations
The state attorney general’s office announced that in
June more than $322,000 was
awarded to victims of crime in
138 cases.
The awards were decided by
the Arkansas Crime Victims
Reparations Board.
The awards compensate the
victims for medical treatment,
mental health counseling, lost
wages and funeral costs.
Most awards are capped
at $10,000 but a crime victim
suffering catastrophic injuries
that result in total and permanent disability can receive
$25,000.
Last year $3.2 million was
awarded to victims of crime.
The attorney general administers the program, which the
legislature created 25 years
ago.
For information you can
call 1-800-448-3014 or access
the attorney general’s web site
at www.ArkansasAG.gov.
The money comes from
court costs and fees assessed
against the convicted criminals, as well as from courtordered restitution.
Victims of crime can apply
for reparations, as can dependents of homicide victims.
Dependents and survivors
of homicide victims can apply
for up to $3,000 to cover the
costs of cleaning up the crime
scene.
Reparations will not be
awarded to cover attorneys’
fees, property loss or pain and
suffering.
he Ryan choice
Governor Mitt Romney's
choice of Congressman Paul
Ryan as his vice-presidential
running mate is one of those
decisions that seem obvious
— if not inevitable — in retrospect, even though it was by
no means obvious to most of
us beforehand.
Anyone who wants to get a
quick sense of who Paul Ryan
is should watch a short video
of a February 2010 meeting
in which Congressman Ryan
politely, but devastatingly,
"schools" Barack Obama on
the utter fraudulence of the
statistics that the Obama
administration was using to
claim that ObamaCare would
reduce the deficit. That video
is available on the Drudge
Report.
As a long-time member,
and now chairman, of the Budget Committee in the House of
Representatives, Paul Ryan
is thoroughly familiar with
both the facts and the fictions
in the federal government's
budget. In recent years, the
fictions have grown much
bigger than the facts. But, as
Congressman Ryan reminded
the president, hiding spending is not the same as reducing spending.
If this year's election is
going to be decided on the
basis of hard facts, the Obama
administration is doomed. But
the Obama campaign is well
aware of that, which is why we
are hearing so many distracting innuendoes and outright
lies about such peripheral
issues as what Mitt Romney
is supposed to have done
while running Bain Capital —
or even what is supposed to
have happened at Bain Capital,
years after Mitt Romney was
long gone.
The Obama campaign's big
smear, about how Romney is
supposed to have caused a
woman to die of cancer, has
been exposed as a lie by CNN,
hardly a Republican network.
What smears like this show is
that the Obama administration
cannot run on its track record,
so it has to run on distractions from the country's real
problems.
When Senator Harry Reid
claims that Mitt Romney
hasn't paid his income taxes,
and demands that Governor
Romney disprove this unsubstantiated allegation, that
raises an obvious question as
to why the Internal Revenue
Service has not prosecuted
Romney, instead of leaving
that to a partisan politician
in an election year.
What makes this a farce is
that Senator Reid himself has
not released his own income
tax records, while claiming
that Romney's release of only
two years of his income tax
records is not enough, even
Thomas
Sowell
Creators
Syndicate
though it has been enough
for other candidates in other
years.
If Mitt Romney releases all
his tax records going back to
his childhood, it will not put
a stop to this fishing expedition, much less bring an apology when those records show
nothing illegal.
It will just provide more
material for making more distracting claims to change the
subject from the track record
of the Obama administration.
When Ronald Reagan ran
against President Jimmy Carter back in 1980, he asked the
question that should be asked
of the voters when any president is seeking reelection: "Are
you better off than you were
four years ago?"
Four years later, when
Reagan ran for reelection,
he implicitly asked and answered that same question in
a campaign commercial titled
"Morning in America," which
listed the ways the country
was better off than it had been
four years earlier. Don't look
for any "Morning in America"
ads from Obama. "Mourning
in America" might be more
appropriate.
This election is a test, not
just of the opposing candidates but of the voting public.
If what they want are the hard
facts about where the country
is, and where it is heading,
they cannot vote for more
of the same for the next four
years.
But, if what they want is
emotionally satisfying rhetoric
and a promise to give them
something for nothing, to be
paid for by taxing somebody
else, then Obama is their man.
This is not to say that the public will in fact get something for
nothing or that rich people will
just pay higher taxes, when
it is easy for them to escape
taxation by investing overseas
— creating jobs overseas.
Even if most Americans
do not have their own taxes
raised, that means little, if they
end up paying other people's
taxes in the higher prices of
goods and services that pass
along the higher taxes imposed on businesses.
There are no doubt voters
who will vote on the basis of
believing that Obama "cares"
more about them. But that is a
faith which passeth all understanding. The political mirage
of something for nothing, from
leaders who "care," has ruined
many a nation.
NASHVILLE NEWS • Thursday, August 16, 2012 • Page 3
How to choose an
after-school program
School is here and many parents will be
considering after-school programs for their
child.
If you are looking for a good after-school
program or trying to start one, consider what
an after-school program should look like
from the perspective of children, parents and
community members. Also consider what
research tells us about quality after-school
programs.
Studies show that students in quality
after-school programs show better achievement in math, reading and other subjects.
After-school programs can involve entire
communities in the enrichment of children
and can encourage families to become more
effect partners in the children’s education
and development.
Research shows that:
* Violent juvenile crime triples during the
hours of 3 and 8 p.m.
* Children without adult supervision are
at significantly greater risk of truancy from
school, stress, receiving poor grades, risktaking behavior, substance abuse an being
sexually active, and
* Children who spend more hours on their
own and begin self-care during early years
are at increased risk
Research also tells us that quality afterschool programs provide safe and supervised environments that offer opportunities for optimum growth. Children need
developmentally appropriate activities that
contribute to physical, emotional, social and
mental development.
After-school programs should include
enjoyable activities that meet their needs.
Youth learn best through experiential activities. (Learn about it, do it and evaluate
the activity.) Quality after-school programs
include these activities. Staff or volunteers in
quality after-school settings are caring adults
who build values, habits, and life skills that
enable them to grow into productive, caring
and responsible citizens.
4-H, the youth development program of
the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service provides quality after-school
activities for children ages 5-19. 4-H relies
on volunteer leaders to help lead clubs in
every community in the county. The goal of
4-H is to learn by doing and provide life skills
to help youth develop into productive and
responsible citizens in their communities.
4-H is open to all youth between the ages
of 5 and 19 without regard to race, color,
national origin, religion, gender, disability, or
any other legally protected status.
There are currently eight 4-H clubs in the
county. Most clubs are community clubs,
where a variety of activities are learned.
Extension
Tips
by Jean A. Ince
Staff chairman
UofA Cooperative
Extension Service
Some clubs are specific activity clubs such as
learning about livestock or shooting sports.
All clubs conduct community service projects and provide leadership opportunities.
There are also a variety of other activities
offered throughout the year that are outside
the local club. These activities may be conducted at the county, district, state and even
national levels.
We are constantly looking for areas of
the county where clubs can be formed and
organized. In order to do this, we must have
volunteer leaders who are willing to share
their knowledge and time with youth in a
rewarding atmosphere.
If you are interested in learning more
about 4-H or volunteering, contact the Howard County Extension Office at 870-845-7517
or visit our office located on the second floor
of the courthouse. You can also like Howard
County 4-H on Facebook to see what has
been going on this summer and to see what
is coming up!
Recipe of the Week
Here is a recipe to help you provide a quick
and nutritious meal to your family in a hurry.
This recipe was featured at the recent Right
Bite Cooking School and everyone loved it. It
will become a family favorite. In 30 minutes,
you can have a complete meal that feeds a
family of six!
QUICK AND EASY MEXICAN CASSEROLE
1 pound lean ground beef
1 box Spanish rice
1 (16 oz.) jar Picante sauce
1 (8 oz.) package cheddar cheese, shredded
Optional: chopped tomatoes, black olives,
sour cream, avocado slices
1. Brown the ground beef in skillet until
juices run clear. Set aside.
2. Cook Spanish rice according to package
directions, but add Picante sauce instead of
tomatoes (if your rice calls for tomatoes to
be added).
3. Add cooked ground beef to Spanish rice.
Let simmer until heated thoroughly.
4. Spoon into serving dish. Top with cheddar cheese, tomatoes, black olives, sour
cream, or fresh avocado slices. Serve while
hot.
Source: AgriLIFE Extension, Texas A&M
System, Dinner Tonight!
Nutritional Information per Serving: Calories – 371, Protein – 33 g, Carboyhdrate – 21
g, Total fat – 17 g, Sodium – 503 mg.
CELEBRATING 90 YEARS
Natalee Whitten, 93, local matriarch, Aug. 12
Natalee Mae LaFon Whitten, 93, of
Nashville, died Sunday, August 12,
2012. She was born Aug. 20, 1918 in
Whitter, Calif., the daughter of the
late Carl Cameron and Veda Gertrude Layne LaFon.
In her early life, after high
school, she worked in several beauty shops. She and her irst husband,
William, lived in Honolulu, Hawaii
for several years. After her irst marriage,
she worked as a secretary for Weckerly
Surveying Company in Chandler, Ariz.
She moved to Nashville in the mid
1980s. She was a faithful member of the
Nazarene Church in Chandler. After moving to Nashville, she had attended the
Ashdown Nazarene Church, First Baptist
Church in Nashville, and most recently,
Center Point Missionary Baptist Church
when her health allowed.
After retirement she took up painting.
She loved oils and colored pencils, and
had won several awards for her artistic
drawings. She had taken lessons at Victoria Autrey’s art classes in DeQueen. She
had helped her late husband, Guy, on their
farm by being his secretary, taking care of
all the paper work on their cattle farm. She
also loved working in her lower gardens
and country life, and absolutely loved
going out to eat and socializing with her
many friends.
She was preceded in death by her irst
husband, William Pennington, second
husband, Hugh Arnold, third husband,
Leo Everett, and her last husband, Guy
Whitten; a brother, Carl A. LaFon; two sisters, Ila J. Mohrmann and Myrtle F. Standook; step-daughters, Earlene W. Valdez
and Louise W. Bean; step-granddaughter,
Tambra Valdez Serrano; and step-son-inlaw, Chewy Valdez.
Jerry Wilkes, 76, MS father, Aug. 13
On the morning of Monday, August 13,
2012 Jerry Wilkes went to see God. He
was 76 years old. My mom lost her best
friend and I lost my Dad.
Jerry was a person who enjoyed life to
the fullest and always had a smile on his
face with an incorrigible laugh.
He was born in Mineral Springs, the
son of L.V. and Zana Christine Wilkes,
their only child.
He raised his children in Grapevine,
Texas, where he worked for the U.S. Postal Service. During this time, he trained and
broke horses. He moved back to Arkansas
and made his living as a welder and a mechanic. Jerry was an avid hunter and isherman. He loved to grow vegetables and
spent many hours working on his garden.
He always had a CB radio nearby and
many people across the nation knew him
as “Spinner”.
One of his greatest accomplishments
was his membership in Alcoholics Anonymous. His sobriety date was May 1, 2000.
Through his membership in A.A., he
helped many members to achieve sobriety. He gave them places to stay, food, and
rides to meetings. He always said, “A.A.
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saved my life and I now have a relationship with God that I never had before.”
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his only son, Freddy
Wilkes and wife Kathy Wilkes; daughters,
Donna and husband Jerry Hughes, Wanda
Spigner, Pat and husband Randy Flanagan,
Candy and husband Shane Upton, and Samantha Wilkes; grandchildren, Toyia Pilgreen, Misty Colclasure, Lane Spigner,
Jerry Flanagan, Jay Flanagan, Mandy
Kimmery, Amanda Smith, Chaney Pruett,
and Jeremy Pruett, Thomas Guerra, Freedom Clemons, Baker Land, Thomas, Brianna and Zoe Upton; great-grandchildren,
Wyatt Pilgreen, Aaren Colclasure, Austen
Colclasure, Clayton Spigner, Camron Ashmore, Blane and Bryce Kimmery, Parker,
Peyton, and Pearson Pruett, Kenndy and
Jacksen Pruett, Maverick Flanagan, Jarah
Flanagan, and Wyatt Flanagan.
Memorial services were held Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 at 202 Howard Street
in Nashville.
Arrangements were under the direction
of Nashville Funeral Home.
Sylvia Laurent
Hostetler
Marie Hagar will celebrate her 90th birthday Tues., Aug. 21 with family and friends.
She is survived by a step-grandson,
Lynn and Donna Bean of Olathe, Kan.;
her friends at Center Point Missionary Baptist Church; step-son-in-law,
Bill Bean and family of Nashville;
grandson, Kevin Serrano and family of Nashville; great-grandson
Tyler Serrano; her friends in her
art class; a brother, LeRoy LaFon
and family of Central Point, Ore.; a
sister-in-law, Betty Riley of Belllower, Calif.; a cousin, Lyndie and husband
Lowell McWilliams of Vista, Calif.; two
step-daughters, Eunice W. Stephens and
family of Florence, Ariz., and Guyla W.
Fisher and family of Chandler; a irst
cousin, Grace Tebay of Placentia, Calif.;
three step-children of her third husband,
Judy E. Stouffer and family of California,
Alan Everett and family of Sedona, Ariz.,
and Ray Everett and family of Arizona;
nieces and nephews, Linda and Pat Moore
of Nashville (and their daughters, Denise
Gierhart, Cindi Street and Diane Moore),
Karen Bonwell of Wausau, Wis., Cathy
Wickersham of Placentia, Diane Word of
High Point, NC, Jerry Pennington of Fallbrook, Calif., Bonnie LaFon of Oregon,
Paul Lafon of Arizona; and numerous
other family and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 21, at Nashville Funeral Home,
with Lynn Bean and Alan Davis oficiating.
Burial will be in Bluff Springs Cemetery under the direction of Nashville Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends from
6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Dierksen
Hospice, 4425 Jefferson Ave., Suite 104,
Texarkana, Arkansas 71854.
You may send an online sympathy message at www.nashvillefh.com.
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Sylvia Toy Lovil Ellis
Laurent, 79, died Thursday, August 9, 2012. She
was born Nov. 30, 1932
near Lockesburg.
She is survived by
her husband, Bervin L.
Laurent of Murfreesboro; son, John Ellis of
Longview, Texas; daughter, Diane Thomasson
of Little Rock; seven
grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild.
Funeral services were
held Saturday, Aug. 11,
at First Christian Church
in Murfreesboro.
Burial was in College Hill Cemetery,
Murfreesboro, under the
direction of Latimer Funeral Home, Murfreesboro.
You may send an online sympathy message
at www.latimerfuneralhome.com.
Jansh Snell
Jansh Darnell Snell,
infant son of Christina
Snell and Kenneth Lewis
of Mineral Springs, was
born and died on Sunday,
August 12, 2012.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by
his grandparents, Ida
and Nora Snell of Mineral Springs, and Leon
and Emma Lewis; greatgrandparents,
Phillip
and Liz McCain of Fulton, and Santana and Ike
Snell and Todd McCain;
one brother; and four sisters.
Graveside
services
will be held at 11 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 17, in Galilee Cemetery, Fulton,
under the direction of
Latimer Funeral Home,
Nashville.
You may send an online sympathy message
at www.latimerfuneralhome.com.
Page 4
THURSDAY
August 16, 2012
Home & Family
Burney, Hill to wed
O’neal, Cortez to wed
J
anet Lay O’Neal, of Nashville, is proud to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter, Abby Margaret, to Hector
Cortez.
M
r. and Mrs. Charley Burney of Hoffman,
Oklahoma and Mr. and Mrs. Grover Hill of
Dierks, Arkansas announce the engagement
and upcoming marriage of their children, Tasha
Tennille Burney and Dustin Eric Hill.
The future bride is a graduate of
Morris High School in Morris, Oklahoma, and a graduate of Murray
State University in Murray, Kentucky with a bachelor of science
degree in Environmental Science
and a master of science degree in
Business Administration/Environmental Engineering. She is currently employed as an Environmental
Engineer at Cargill Incorporated.
The future groom is a graduate
of Dierks High School in Dierks,
Arkansas, and a graduate of Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, Arkansas with a bachelor
Abby is the granddaughter of
Sarah Margaret Bissell Lay, of Nashville, and the late Garland Lay, and
the late Wiley and Margaret Hughes
O’Neal, of Billstown, and the daughter of Johnny O’Neal.
Hector is the son of Roberto
and Catalina Cortez, of Nashville.
He is the grandson of Salvador
Cortes and the late Consuelo
Reynaga de Cortes and Aurora
Santos de Oliveros and the late
of science degree in Agricultural
Business and a master of science
degree in Agricultural Economics.
He is currently employed as District Coordinator at Farm Bureau
corporation.
A September 2012 wedding is
planned in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The
couple will reside in Little Rock,
Arkansas.
Friends and family are invited to
a couples’ barbecue and shower
on Aug. 18 from 6 - 8 p.m. at the
Dierks Community Building. The
couple is registered at Tollett’s
Gifts, Target and Macys.
Columbus Baptist Church
Adelelmo Oliveros, all of Jalisco,
Mexico.
Hector is a 2004 graduate of
Nashville High School and a 2012
graduate of the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy. He is
currently employed with the Howard County Sheriff’s Department as
a deputy.
The couple will exchange vows
Sat., Dec. 6 at Mineral Springs
church of Christ at 3 p.m.
Look for
Garage & Bake Sale
Aug. 18 • 7:30-??
Columbus, AR
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Preaching By: Bro. Mark
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AUGUST 19th through AUGUST 21st, 2012
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Live at Midway Baptist Church
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Friday August 17th - hot dogs at 6:00 pm
Bible Story by “Flower” at 7:00 pm
Crafts 8:00 pm till 8:45
for children through 6th grade
Saturday
August 18th
Bible Story
time with
“Flower”
At 9:00 am
and at 11:00
am
breakfast to
be served at
10:00 am
Parents and
children
welcome!
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Eugene and Linda Green will celebrate their 50th wedding
anniversary Sat., Aug. 18 from 2-4 p.m. in the fellowship hall at
Central Baptist Church in Mineral Springs. Family and friends
are invited to attend the reception.
WILEY CHAPEL
METHODIST CHURCH
We, the Pastor and members of Wiley Chapel United
Methodist Church, invite you
to come and worship with us
at our Musician Appreciation Program for Mrs. Alzean Stewart, August 19, 2012
@ 2:30 p.m., Clow, AR
Page 5
THURSDAY
August 16, 2012
NJHS FCCLA recognized for outstanding skills
ORLANDO, FL. – Six NJHS
FCCLA members participated in National STAR Events
(Students Taking Action with
Recognition) competition at
the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America’s
(FCCLA) 2012 National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Fla. last month.
STAR Events are competitive events in which members are recognized for proficiency and achievement
in chapter and individual
projects, leadership skills,
and career preparation.
Trace Hamilton, Alayna
Morphew and Brady Scott,
the AR Junior Chapter Service manual team, received
gold medals with a 96 percent score.
Chapter Service recog-
nizes chapters that develop
and implement an in-depth
service project that makes a
worthwhile contribution to
families, schools, and communities.
The NJHS team presented
a 16 page manual and ten
minute speech based on the
chapter’s projects during
the 2011-12 school year to
benefit the Ronald McDonald
House in Little Rock.
The team’s theme was
“Lending a Helping Hand to
Ronald McDonald House.”
Caleb Clark, Bailey Hile
and Jordan Williams, the AR
Junior Chapter Showcase
manual team, received gold
medals with a 97.33 percent
score.
The group wrote a 15 minute speech and prepared a 44
n AT LEFT:
Nashville
Junior High
Computer
Applications
Teacher Kim
Conant was
awarded the
Arkansas
Business
Education
Association
Junior High
Teacher of
the Year
award at a
conference
in July.
Conant is
the district
IV FBLA-ML
coordinator.
AR JR Chapter Showcase Team: Jordan Williams, Caleb
Clark and Bailey Hile.
AR JR Chapter Service Team: Brady Scott, Alayna Morphew
and Trace Hamilton.
page manual documenting all
of the 2011-12 NJHS FCCLA
projects and activities.
Medals were presented at
a recognition session honoring all participants at the
Rosen Shingle Creek Resort
in Orlando.
Approximately 3,600 FCCLA members from across
the country advanced from
state levels of STAR Events
7 silver medals. NJHS FCCLA adviser Tammy Elliott
said “I am very proud of
these students. They spent
many hours after school all
year long working on their
speeches and manuals. The
competition to the national
level of competition.
This was NJHS FCCLA’s
19th state championship
and the 19th year that NJHS
FCCLA members have advanced to national competition.
The six gold medals this
year raised the chapter’s
national competition medal
count to 84 gold medals and
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THURSDAY
August 16, 2012
Farm Bureau applauds
Beebe’s emergency
livestock program
MAN
From Page 1
swatter” handle, Jewell told
the court. The judge asked
Jewell why he did that and
he responded, “I was drunk.”
Deputy Prosecutor Daniel
Graves told the court that
Mary Floyd was in agreement
with the recommended sentence for her son.
GRANT
From Page 1
(www.agcouncil.net), Farm
Service Agency county offices, Natural Resource Conservation Service district
offices, Conservation District
offices and Arkansas Farm
Bureau county offices (www.
arfb.com).
Earlier this week, Governor Beebe sent a letter to the
Environmental Protection
Agency requesting a temporary waiver of ethanol quotas for renewable fuels. The
federal mandates consume
U.S. grains, particularly corn,
and have made it that much
harder for Arkansas ranchers to find and afford feed
stock during the drought.
DATES
From Page 1
Air Evac Lifeteam provides safety and
landing zone training to local fire departments
The Air Evac Lifeteam crew
located in DeQueen, Ark. recently
provided a safety and landing zone
training to several departments in
Howard County. Umpire, Athens,
and New Hope departments were
present for the training, along
with representatives from Umpire
Christian School. “The class was
excellent, with great interaction
from the firefighters who were pres-
ent,” said Senior Program Director
Michael Perrin. Shown above, Base
Pilot Supervisor Katrina Bolls and
flight nurse/paramedic Sam Nix
lead the training.
The DeQueen Air Evac Lifeteam
crew serves hospitals and communities within a 70-mile radius.
Crews, which include a pilot, nurse
and paramedic, can fly directly to
the scenes of medical emergencies
or make hospital transfers. Air Evac
Lifeteam operates 110 bases in 15
states.
For more information about
obtaining an Air Evac Lifeteam
membership, contact Anna Bivins
at 870-642-4700. For information
about Air Evac Lifeteam services
or employment opportunities,
call 1-800-793-0010 or visit www.
lifeteam.net.
10 a.m. Petite Contestants
(6-8 years of age)
10:30 a.m. Little Miss
(3-5 years of age) and
Little Mister Contestants
(3-6 years of age)
Interviews for Miss
Teen Howard County and
Miss Howard County will
begin at 1 p.m. at Cossatot Community College.
Miss Teen Howard County
will begin at 1 p.m., followed by the Miss Howard
County Contestants at
1:30 p.m. Correction for
the rules for Petite Miss
Howard County ages 6-8.
Contestants will be judged
on stage in a short OR a
long party dress.
Please contact pageant
directors Heather Brasel
at 870-584-9698 or Anna
Eudy at 870-582-2993 with
any questions.
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TERRICA HENDRIX
Editor
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LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas
Farm Bureau applauded Gov.
Mike Beebe’s release of $2 million for an emergency livestock
program, saying the state-wide
drought has pushed livestock
producers into a crisis situation.
“Any support for our livestock producers is meaningful,”
said Randy Veach, president of
Arkansas Farm Bureau. “This
is a year on par with no other,
with more than 50 percent of
our state in exceptional drought
conditions. This will provide
some immediate relief for those
who have been struggling, and
they need some help right now.
“For the second consecutive
year, forage production in our
state has been severely limited
because of drought. That has
put our livestock producers in
a position of having to reduce
the size of their herds, or pay
extremely high prices for feedstuffs.”
Beebe’s office announced
Wednesday the release of $2
million from the Governor’s
emergency fund, aimed at livestock producers. The program
will be administered by the
Arkansas Agriculture Department. Livestock producers
have two weeks to sign up for
the program, and can pick up
the application at their county
Farm Bureau office, plus other
outlets.
Arkansas Farm Bureau is
a non-profit, private farm and
rural advocacy organization
of more than 210,000 families
throughout the state working
to improve farm and rural life.
LeAnne Daniel, of Glenwood, was sworn in Aug. 8 by Judge Tom Cooper in Howard
County Circuit Court as Pike County District Judge. Governor Mike Beebe announced
the judicial appointment last week. Daniel’s appointment expires Dec. 31, 2012. She
replaces the Honorable Dana Stone.
L & W Print Shop
In order to better serve you the print shop will
be closed every Friday in August to make upgrades
and preform renovations. We apologize for any
inconvenience that this may cause.
Owner: Mary Woodruff
Pee wee cheerleader
signups scheduled
Scrapper pee wee cheerleader signup will be held
Sat., Aug. 25 at Nashville City Park beginning at 10
a.m. The program is for students in third through fifth
grades.
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Friday, August 17th, 2012 at the dance studio
from 11 A.M. to 6 P.M.
We offer Ballet, Tap, Jazz,
Hip Hop, and Gymnastics.
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The following information
was received Thurs., Aug
16 from the Howard County
Sheriff’s Department.
The charges against those
arrested are allegations and
the potential cases are still
pending.
Individuals charged and
whose names appear in this
report may submit documentation to us at a later date
that the charges have been
dismissed or that they have
been found innocent and we
will include that information in this space in a timely
manner.
The Howard County Jail
recently received a favorable
review from the Arkansas
Criminal Detention Facilities
Review Committees.
According to the Detention Facility Compliance Report released by
Sheriff Butch Morris, the
jail “is in great shape” and
has a maximum capacity
of 51. As of Aug. 16, there
a re 3 5 i n m a t e s i n t h e
county jail.
Wed., Aug. 15:
Demarquis Reeves, 24,
Texarkana, was sentenced
to ADC.
James Marlow, 22, of Nashville, sentenced to ADC.
Wallace Brown, 27, of
Nashville, sentenced to ADC.
Matthew Lomashewich,
24, of Nashville, careless/
prohibited driving.
Harvest Texarkana to
provide pantry boxes to
Pike residents
MURFREESBORO –Harvest Texarkana Regional
Food Bank is returning to
Pike County with its Mobile
Pantry.
Harvest Texarkana will
distribute pantry boxes and
USDA commodities directly
from their truck on Thurs.,
Aug. 23, from 11 a.m. to 1
p.m. The truck will be parked
at the Pike County Hospital.
Food boxes will include
an assortment of canned
fruits and vegetables, rice,
pasta, fruit juices, spices,
and other items. Funding
for this distribution comes
from the Arkansas Hunger
Relief Alliance through the
Arkansas Legislature General
Improvement Fund.
Volunteers are needed in
Murfreesboro to help load
boxes into cars and help
recipients with the short
application. If you can volunteer, please call Harvest
Texarkana at 870-774-1398.
Harvest Texarkana has
been serving rural communities for over a year with this
program. The first community
served by this program was
Lafayette County in 2011. During that distribution over 7,500
lbs of food were distributed
to 100 families in less than
2 hours. Since then, 6 other
distributions have occurred.
Residents in need must
bring photo identification
showing that they reside in
Pike County or a utility bill
saying as such. One distribution will be made per
household and residents
cannot pick up food for others. Food will be available
for those that declare they
have a need, and additional
federal commodities will be
available for those that meet
income requirements and do
not receive commodities at
another location.
Sports
DIAMOND PARK
Page 7
THURSDAY
August 16, 2012
Ritchie named new Scrapper Tennis Coach
PEEDWAY
August 11
RACE RESULTS
S
Coach Mike Ritchie has
assumed the role of head tennis coach for the Nashville
Scrappers and Scrapperettes, filling a void left by the
departure of Katie Corbell
earlier this week.
Ritchie joined the coaching staff last spring as head
boys’ basketball coach and
hopes to lead both tennis
NOVICE
1st - #71 Tyler Young - Norman
2nd - #11 LeeAllen Sutton - Rosboro
3rd - #1 Dylan Fatherree - Dierks
4th - #75J Elizabeth Jordan - Blevins
5th - #48 Richard Rife - McCaskill
Heats: #71 Tyler Young
teams back to their respective state tournaments.
The Scrapperettes finished as runners-up last year
and return one half of the
defending state girls’ doubles
champion pair in Maddie
McJunkins.
Nashville will start the
2012 season at Hope Mon.,
Aug. 20 at 3:30 p.m.
FACTORY
1st - #42 Lee Carver - Lockesburg
2nd - #2 Thomas Woodruff - Nashville
3rd - #45J Justin Kilcrease - Nashville
4th - #7D Blake Ayers - DeQueen
5th - #13 Michael Fagan - Amity
6th - #77 Doug Cummings - Texarkana
7th - #30 Mark Cogburn - Norman
8th - #57 Noah Crow - Kirby
9th - #48 Joshua Rife - McCaskill
Heats: #42 Lee Carver, Dough Cummings
DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY | Nashville News
Coach Mike Ritchie oversees practice this week after assuming
the role as tennis coach at Nashville. The Scrappers and
Scrapperettes will open their season Mon., Aug. 20 at Hope.
PURE
1st - #32 Larry White - Hot Springs
2nd - #41 Brian Carver - Lockesburg
3rd - #26 Tony Fatherree - Nashville
4th - #14 Brandon Ellis - Murfreesboro
5th - #01 Randy Fatherree - Nashville
6th - #21 Justin Deer - Dierks
7th - #110 Kelly Hale - Murfreesboro
8th - #222 John Grigsby - Malvern
9th - #28 Johnny Deer - Dierks
10th - #14M Matthew Crabtree - Nashville
Heats: #72 Amanda Hamilton, #32 Larry White,
#26 Tony Fatherree
STREET
1st - #40 Taylor Carver - Lockesburg
2nd - #71 Joel Young - Norman
3rd - #29 Clark Plyler - Glenwood
4th - #26F Cole Farmer - Glenwood
5th - #20 Neil Kemp - Kirby
6th - #72 Eugene Young - Benton
7th - #52 Clifford Mussett - Murfreesboro
8th - #1X Tommy Cogburn - Norman
9th - #48 Shelley Carver - Lockesburg
Heats: #40 - Taylor Carver, #71 Joel Young
DEWAYNE Holloway | Nashville News
DEWAYNE Holloway | Nashville News
Caleb Glann volleys with a teammate Wednesday during practice.
SOUTHERN
Two time defending state doubles champion Maddie McJunkins
returns a ball with a back hand during practice Wednesday.
Scrapper
alumni
breakfast
Saturday
1st - #2 Thomas Woodruff - Nashville
2nd - #22 Stacy Dunson - Hot Springs
3rd - #55X Alfred Neeley - Nashville
4th - #111 Brian Colvin - Wichita Falls
Heat: #55X Alfred Neeley
D.S. DWARF
1st - #9C Charles Chapmond - Hot Springs
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Nashville News
NASHVILLE – Scrapper
alumni from yester year
will gather at the site of
the old football field Sat.,
Aug. 18 at 7 a.m.
The breakfast takes
place in the recreation
room at the Howard County Housing Authority and
is open to anybody who
played on the old field.
Alumni are encouraged
to bring their personal
memorabilia.
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THURSDAY
August 16, 2012
Dierks
SHARP DRESSED MEN
CHARLES GOODIN
Managing Editor
DIERKS - The fire department has acquired a barge
and will soon have its dive
team outfitted with new wetsuits, Fire Chief Chris Janes
told city aldermen Monday
during their regular meeting.
Janes said the wetsuits
were purchased courtesy of
a $10,000 grant acquired by
Howard County Emergency
Management Director Sonny
Raulerson and that his department expects to receive
them within two weeks.
The barge was purchased
using $4,000 of fire department funds, Janes said.
“We came across this
deal and we couldn’t pass it
up,” he said.
Dierks’
underwater
search and rescue team
n Dierks underwater search and
rescue team gets new wetsuits, barge
consists of Kitchens, Mike
Noel, Matt Hill and Jeremy
Miller.
In other business during
the meeting, city aldermen
voted unanimously to move
forward with a proposal to
acquire the property which
houses the Dierks Senior
Adult Center.
Action on the subject
came after city attorney
Erin Hunter told the council there would be minimal
court costs associated with
the transfer of the real estate, which until now has
been privately owned.
Mayor Terry Mounts said
the senior adult operation
will continue to run exactly
as it always has following
the city’s acquisition of the
land.
“Nothing will change as
far as the feeding of the senior citizens,” he said.
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Tuesday
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at Outlaw
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The Outlaws
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their season
Tuesday with
a scrimmage
against
Mountain
Pine.
Staff photo by
Dewayne Holloway
Benefit scheduled
for Reid family
A benefit will be held for
Brian and MaChelle Reid
Fri., Aug. 17 at the Timbers
in Murfreesboro.
The Reids lost their
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The benefit will begin at
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THURSDAY
August 16, 2012
MS First United Methodist Church shows appreciation to staff, teachers
CECIL ANDERSON | Nashville News
Coach Andrew Schroeder piles cheese on his baked
potato at the First United Methodist Church.
Jeri Jones, Kate Erwin and Vivian Pope are hard at work behind the scenes preparing a feast for the staff,
teachers and school board members of the Mineral Springs Saratoga School District Wednesday morning.
MSHS adds one
more class period
TERRICA HENDRIX
Editor
MINERAL SPRINGS –
Beginning Monday, the
high school will extend
school days by five minutes and have eight class
periods.
Mineral Springs High
School Principal Davey
Jones and School Improvement Specialist
Crystal Evans presented
the board Monday evening with a revamped
master schedule. Jones
told the board that the
school day will increase
by five minutes by adding
another class period.
Jones said the revamped schedule “just
gives us more flexibility to move around and
allows us to add more
classes.”
Board member Dale
Gatheright Jr. asked if the
change would affect graduation requirements and
Jones said it wouldn’t.
The board approved a
$5,000 software upgrade
and gave Transportation Director Steve Dixon
approval to purchase
and install two new bus
cameras.
The board also unanimously approved the
high bid of $3,157 from
Terry McCorkle for a travel trailer; a bid of $350 for
a van from Ed Hensen and
George Kennedy and of
$7,700 bid for four used
school buses from Lloyd
Woodruff.
Mineral Springs High
School senior breakfast
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at 7:30 a.m. in the Family
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THURSDAY
August 16, 2012
The Tollette Nation
Homecoming
Sponsored by: The Tollette Homecoming Association
Grand Marshal Luenell
National President Frankie Charles
Chris Janes
Lea’s Daycare
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THURSDAY
August 16, 2012
Continuing The Tradition
*2012*
Sponsored by: The Tollette Homecoming Association
Homecoming attendees read along during the program Saturday, which was held in the old Tollette School. The Tollette Nation
gathered Aug. 8-11 for the 2012 homecoming.
Members of the 2012 Tollette Nation Homecoming Committee
Local president Chester Cheatham
Tollette Mayor Catherine Thomas presents a key to the city to
National President Frankie Charles.
LARRY BATSON
Nashville News
Grand Marshal
Luenell and
Nashville News
Editor Terrica
Hendrix show off
Thursday’s issue
of the Nashville
News.
Hazel McGhee presents Angie Crofton with a plaque. Crofton
was the oldest past committee member present.
Homecoming photos
by
Cecil Harris
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THURSDAY
August 16, 2012
NOTICE FOR AMENDMENTS REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE
BY THE ARKANSAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Issue No. 1
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Pursuant to Article 19, Section 22, of the Arkansas Constitution,
the 88th General Assembly refers the following constitutional amendment to a vote
of the people on November 6, 2012, and will appear on the ballot as Issue No. 1.
Each elector upon voting his/her ballot shall vote for or against this amendment.
Underlined language would be added to the present Constitution. Stricken
language would be deleted from the present Constitution. This amendment was
proposed in the Regular 2011 Session by
Representative Barnett and filed as HJR 1001.
Issue No. 1
(Popular Name)
AN AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STATE
HIGHWAYS, COUNTY ROADS, CITY STREETS, BRIDGES, AND OTHER
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
(Ballot Title)
FOR A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO LEVY A
TEMPORARY SALES AND USE TAX OF ONE-HALF (0.5%) FOR STATE
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES, COUNTY ROADS, BRIDGES AND OTHER
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION, AND CITY STREETS, BRIDGES AND
OTHER SURFACE TRANSPORTATION, WITH THE STATE’S PORTION
TO SECURE STATE OF ARKANSAS GENERAL OBLIGATION FOURLANE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT BONDS IN
THE TOTAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE BILLION
THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($1,300,000,000) FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND IMPROVING FOUR-LANE
HIGHWAYS IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; PRESCRIBING THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS WHICH WILL
MATURE AND BE PAID IN FULL IN APPROXIMATELY TEN (10) YEARS,
WHICH PAYMENT IN FULL SHALL TERMINATE THE TEMPORARY
SALES AND USE TAX; DESCRIBING THE SOURCES OF REPAYMENT
OF THE BONDS; PERMANENTLY DEDICATING A PORTION OF THE
PROCEEDS DERIVED FROM THE EXISTING MOTOR FUEL AND
DISTILLATE FUEL TAXES TO THE STATE AID STREET FUND; AND
PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING THERETO:
Subtitle
A TEMPORARY ONE-HALF PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX FOR STATE
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES AND COUNTY AND CITY ROADS, BRIDGES
AND OTHER SURFACE TRANSPORTATION WITH STATE REVENUES SECURING FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT
BONDS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EIGHTYEIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND BY
THE SENATE, A MAJORITY OF ALL MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE
AGREEING THERETO:
That the following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the State of
Arkansas, and upon being submitted to the electors of the state for approval or rejection at the next general election for Representatives and Senators, if a majority of the
electors voting thereon at the election adopt the amendment, the amendment shall
become a part of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, to wit:
SECTION 1. Intent. The people of the State of Arkansas find that:
(a) The state has an outdated and inadequate system of highway funding that is
unable to meet the severe and pressing needs to maintain and improve the state’s
system of state highways, county roads, and city streets;
(b) Increasing investment in the state highway system, county roads, and city streets
will create jobs, aid in economic development, improve quality of life, and provide
additional transportation infrastructure, including specifically, a four-lane highway
construction plan designed to connect all regions of the state; and
(c) To provide additional funding for the state’s four-lane highway system, county
roads, and city streets, this amendment levies a temporary sales and use tax and
authorizes general obligation highway construction and improvement bonds for the
state’s four-lane highway system.
SECTION 2. Definitions. As used in this amendment:
(a) “Bonds” means the State of Arkansas General Obligation Four-Lane Highway
Construction and Improvement Bonds as authorized in this amendment;
(b) “Chairman” means the chair of the Arkansas Highway Commission;
(c) “Chief fiscal officer” means the Director of the Department of Finance and
Administration;
(d) “Commission” means the State Highway Commission;
(e) “Debt service” means all amounts required for the payment of principal of, interest on, and premium, if any, due with respect to the bonds in any fiscal year, along
with all associated costs, including without limitation the fees and costs of paying
agents and trustees, and remarketing agent fees;
(f) “Designated tax revenues” means:
(1) Taxes collected under this amendment and apportioned to the Arkansas State
Highway and Transportation Department Fund under § 27-70-206 collected over an
approximate ten-year period; and
(2) Other fees or taxes that are dedicated to the repayment of the bonds; and
(g)(1) “Four-lane highway improvements” means construction of and improvements to:
(A) Four-lane roadways;
(B) Bridges;
(C) Tunnels;
(D) Engineering;
(E) Rights-of-way; and
(F) Other related capital improvements and facilities appurtenant or pertaining
thereto, including costs of rights-of-way acquisition and utility adjustments.
(2) “Four-lane highway improvements” also means the maintenance of four-lane
highway improvements constructed with proceeds of the bonds.
SECTION 3. Levy of Temporary Tax.
(a)(1) Except for food and food ingredients, a temporary additional excise tax of
one-half percent (0.5%) is levied on all taxable sales of property and services subject
to the tax levied by the Arkansas Gross Receipts Act of 1941.
(2) The tax shall be collected, reported, and paid in the same manner and at the same
time as is prescribed by law for the collection, reporting and payment of all other
Arkansas gross receipts taxes.
(b)(1) Except for food and food ingredients, a temporary additional excise tax of
one-half percent (0.5%) is levied on all tangible personal property and services subject to the tax levied by the Arkansas Compensating Tax Act of 1949.
(2) The tax shall be collected, reported, and paid in the same manner and at the same
time as is prescribed by law for the collection, reporting and payment of Arkansas
compensating taxes.
SECTION 4. Authorization and purpose.
(a) The State Highway Commission may issue State of Arkansas Four-Lane
Highway Construction and Improvement General Obligation Bonds (“bonds”) in
a total principal amount not to exceed one billion, three hundred million dollars
($1,300,000,000) for the purpose of:
(1) Accelerating four-lane highway improvements in progress or scheduled as of
January 1, 2011;
(2) Funding new four-lane highway improvements not in progress or scheduled as
of January 1, 2011;
(3) Providing matching funds in connection with federal highway programs for
four-lane highway improvements; and
(4) Paying the costs of issuance of the bonds.
(b) The bonds may be issued in one (1) or more series at times, in amounts, and
bearing the designations as the commission in consultation with the chief fiscal officer determines.
(c)(1) The bonds shall be general obligations of the State of Arkansas, secured by
and payable from the general revenues of the state as set forth in Section 15 of this
amendment.
(2) The bonds shall be payable first from the following designated revenues:
(A) Portion of the proceeds of the additional one-half of percent (0.5%) excise tax
on gross proceeds or gross receipts; and
(B) Portion of the proceeds of the additional one-half percent (0.5%) compensating
excise tax; and
(C) Other revenues designated by the General Assembly for this purpose.
(d)(1) If the amendment is approved, the sales tax and the use tax will be collected
over an approximate ten-year period, and so long as the bonds are outstanding.
(2) The sales and use tax shall terminate upon payment in full of the bonds.
(3) If the amendment is not approved, the sales and use taxes shall not be levied
and collected.
SECTION 5. Use of proceeds.
(a) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, and
the chief fiscal officer of the State a special account within the State Highway and
Transportation Department Fund to be designated as the Arkansas Four-Lane Highway Construction and Improvement Bond Account.
(b)(1) On the last day of each month, the Treasurer of State, after making the deductions required from the net special revenues as set out in § 19-5-203(b)(1), shall
transfer the revenues derived by the one-half cent (0.5¢) taxes levied under this
amendment to the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund, the County
Aid Fund and the Municipal Aid Fund in the percentages provided in the Arkansas
Highway Revenue Distribution Law, § 27-70-201 and § 27-70-206.
(2) The proceeds of the excise taxes transferred to the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund shall be set aside and transferred to the Arkansas Four-Lane
Highway Construction and Improvement Bond Account and used for the purposes
provided for in this amendment.
(3) The tax revenues accruing from this amendment shall not be designated as special revenues for deposit to the Arkansas Department of Aeronautics Fund under §
27-115-110.
SECTION 6. The Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law, which defines
highway revenues, shall include taxes levied and collected by this amendment.
SECTION 7. Effective Date.
(a) The taxes levied by this amendment shall not become effective until after a
majority of the qualified electors of the state voting on the question approve the issuance of Four-Lane Highway Construction and Improvement General Obligation
Bonds to be repaid in part by the taxes levied by this amendment and deposited to
the Arkansas Four-Lane Highway Construction and Improvement Bond Account in
the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund.
(b) If the tax levies and the issuance of the bonds are approved, the effective date of
the temporary taxes levied by this amendment shall be July 1, 2013.
SECTION 8. Termination of tax.
(a) If bonds are issued under this amendment, the temporary taxes levied under this
amendment shall be abolished when there are no bonds outstanding to which tax
collections are pledged as provided in this amendment.
(b)(1) To provide for the accomplishment of the administrative duties of the chief
fiscal officer and to protect the owners of the bonds, the tax shall be abolished on the
first day of the calendar month after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date
a written statement identifying the tax and the bonds is signed by the chairman and
by the trustee for the bondholders, if a trustee is serving in this capacity, and is filed
with the chief fiscal officer.
(2) The written statement shall certify that:
(A) The trustee has or will have sufficient funds set aside to pay the principal of
and interest on the bonds when due at maturity or at redemption prior to maturity,
and the chairman certifies that the tax is not pledged to any other highway bonds; or
(B) There are no longer any bonds outstanding payable from tax collections.
(c) The Department of Finance and Administration shall continue to collect taxes
levied under this section during the time the tax levies were in force but unpaid and
remit the tax collections under the Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law.
SECTION 9. (a) The General Assembly shall provide for the proper administration
and enforcement of this amendment by law.
(b) Unless the General Assembly provides another procedure by law, the provisions
of the Arkansas Tax Procedure Act, § 26-18-101 et seq., shall apply to the taxes
levied under this amendment and to the reporting, remitting, and enforcement of
the tax.
SECTION 10. Procedure for issuing bonds. Before any series of bonds may be
issued:
(1)(A) The commission shall, in consultation with the chief fiscal officer, determine
the estimated amount of designated tax revenues to be collected by the state in the
remainder of the then current fiscal biennium.
(B) The estimated amount of designated tax revenues shall be reported to the commission and Governor;
(2) The commission shall present a report to the Governor that includes the:
(A) Highway construction and improvements to be financed with the proceeds of
such series of bonds;
(B) Estimated cost of the four-lane highway construction and improvements;
(C) Amount of bonds necessary to finance such four-lane highway construction and
improvements; and
(D) Estimated amount of debt service required to pay the bonds;
(3) Upon receipt of the report required under subdivision (2) of this section, the
Governor shall, if he and the Commission determine that the estimated designated
tax revenues and any other revenues appropriated by the General Assembly for repayment of bonds will be sufficient to pay the debt service on the series of bonds, by
proclamation authorize the commission to proceed with the issuance of such series
of bonds.
(4)(A) After the Governor has issued his or her proclamation with respect to one
(1) or more series of bonds, the commission shall adopt a resolution authorizing the
issuance of the bonds.
(B) Each such resolution shall contain the terms, covenants, and conditions as are
desirable and consistent with this amendment, including without limitation the:
(i) Establishment and maintenance of funds and accounts;
(ii) Deposit and investment of tax collections and of bond proceeds; and
(iii) Rights and obligations of the state, its officers and officials, the commission,
and the registered owners of the bonds.
(C)(i) Each such resolution of the commission may provide for the execution and
delivery by the commission of a trust indenture or trust indentures, with one (1) or
more banks or trust companies located within or outside the state, containing any of
the terms, covenants, and conditions provided for in this section and other terms and
conditions deemed necessary by the commission.
(ii) The trust indenture or trust indentures shall be binding upon the commission, the
state, and their respective officers and officials.
SECTION 11. Terms of bonds.
(a)(1) The bonds shall be issued in series as provided for in this section in amounts
sufficient to finance all or part of the costs of four-lane highway construction and
improvements provided under Section 10 of this amendment.
(2) Each series shall be designated by the year in which the series was issued, and if
more than one (1) series is issued in a particular year then by alphabetical designation.
(b) The bonds of each series shall have the date or dates the commission determines
and shall mature, or be subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption, over a period
ending not later than ten (10) years after the date of implementation of the temporary
sales and use tax.
(c)(1) The bonds of each series shall bear interest at the rate or rates determined by
the commission at the sale of the bonds.
(2)(A) The bonds may bear interest at either a fixed or a variable rate.
(B) The interest may be taxable or tax-exempt or may be convertible from one (1)
interest rate mode to another.
(C) The interest shall be payable at a time determined by the commission.
(d) The bonds:
(1) Shall be issued in the form of bonds registered as to both principal and interest
without coupons;
(2) May be in such denominations;
(3) May be made exchangeable for bonds of another form or denomination, bearing
the same rate of interest;
(4) May be made payable at places within or outside the state;
(5) May be made subject to redemption prior to maturity in such manner and for
such redemption prices; and
(6) May contain other terms and conditions established by the commission.
(e)(1) Each bond shall be executed with the facsimile signatures of the Governor,
the chairman, and the Treasurer of the State, and shall have affixed or imprinted on
the bond the seal of the State of Arkansas.
(2) Delivery of the executed bonds shall be valid, notwithstanding any change in
persons holding the offices occurring after the bonds have been executed.
SECTION 12. Sale of bonds.
(a)(1) The bonds may be sold at a private sale or public sale and at terms as the commission determines to be reasonable and expedient.
(2) The bonds may be sold at a price acceptable to the commission, and the price
may include a discount or a premium.
(b)(1) If the bonds are sold at a public sale, the commission shall provide notice
of the offering of the bonds in a manner reasonably designed to notify the public
finance industry that the offering is being made.
(2) The commission shall set the terms and conditions of bidding, including the
basis on which the winning bid will be selected.
(c)(1) The commission may structure the sale of bonds utilizing financing techniques that are recommended by its professional advisors to take advantage of
market conditions and obtain the most favorable interest rates consistent with the
purposes of this amendment.
(2) The commission may enter into ancillary agreements in connection with the
sale of the bonds as necessary and advisable, including without limitation bond
purchase agreements, remarketing agreements, letter of credit and reimbursement
agreements, and bond insurance agreements.
SECTION 13. Employment of professionals.
The commission may retain professionals it determines are necessary to issue and
sell the bonds, including without limitation legal counsel, financial advisors, underwriters, trustees, paying agents, and remarketing agents.
SECTION 14. Investment of proceeds.
Prior to expenditure of the proceeds from the issuance of the bonds, the proceeds
from the issuance of the bonds shall be held, maintained, and invested by the trustee
as provided in a resolution of the commission or as provided in a trust indenture
securing the bonds.
SECTION 15. General obligation.
(a)(1) The bonds issued under this amendment shall be direct general obligations
of the State of Arkansas for the payment of the debt service on which the full faith
and credit of the State of Arkansas is irrevocably pledged as long as the bonds are
outstanding.
(2) The bonds shall be payable from:
(A) The Arkansas Four-Lane Highway Construction and Improvement Bond Account; and
(B) General revenues of the state as that term is defined in the Revenue Stabilization
Law, § 19-5-101 et seq.
(3) As necessary, the amount of general revenues is pledged to the payment of debt
service on the bonds and shall be and remain pledged for these purposes.
(b)(1) This amendment shall constitute a contract between the State of Arkansas and
the registered owners of all bonds issued under this amendment which shall never be
impaired, and any violation of its terms, whether under purported legislative authority or otherwise, may be enjoined by the Circuit Court of Pulaski County upon the
complaint of a bond owner or a taxpayer.
(2) The court shall, in any suit against the commission, the Treasurer of State, or
other officer or official of the state prevent a diversion of any funds pledged under
this amendment and shall compel the restoration of diverted funds, by injunction or
mandamus.
(3) Without limitation as to any other appropriate remedy at law or in equity, a
bond owner may, by an appropriate action, including without limitation injunction
or mandamus, compel the performance of all covenants and obligations of the state,
its officers, and officials.
(c) This amendment shall not create a right of any character with respect to the
bonds, and a right of any character with respect to the bonds shall not arise under
the amendment, unless the first series of bonds authorized by this amendment has
been sold and delivered.
SECTION 16. Sources of repayment.
(a) Without in any way limiting the general obligation of the state to repay the
bonds, the designated tax revenues are pledged to the payment of the debt service
on the bonds.
(b)(1) The Treasurer of State shall establish in the State Highway and Transportation Department a special account known as the Arkansas Four-Lane Highway
Construction and Improvement Bond Account.
(2) The Treasurer of State shall deposit in the Arkansas Four-Lane Highway Construction and Improvement Bond Account all designated tax revenues.
(3) The commission may pledge to the repayment of the bonds the full faith and
credit of the state and may grant a lien upon the funds on deposit in the Arkansas
Four-Lane Highway Construction and Improvement Bond Account.
(c)(1) On or before commencement of each fiscal year, the commission in consultation with the chief fiscal officer shall determine the estimated amount required for
payment of debt service due on each series of bonds issued and outstanding under
this amendment during the fiscal year and shall certify the estimated amount to the
Treasurer of State.
(2) The Treasurer of State shall then make transfers from the Arkansas Four-Lane
Highway Construction and Improvement Bond Account in the State Highway and
Transportation Department Fund to the trustees of each series of bonds, in such
amounts and at such times as shall be specified in the indentures, to:
(A) Pay the maturing debt service on each series of bonds issued and outstanding
under this amendment; and
(B) Establish and maintain with the trustee for each series of bonds a reserve or
reserves for payment of debt service on each series of bonds.
(d) The obligation to make transfers from the Arkansas Four-Lane Highway Construction and Improvement Bond Account in the State Highway and Transportation
Department Fund for the payment of debt service on, and, if applicable, a reserve for,
each series of bonds is a first charge against amounts on deposit.
(e) Funds on deposit in the Arkansas Four-Lane Highway Construction and Improvement Bond Account in the State Highway and Transportation Department
Fund that are in excess of the obligations set forth in (d) above may be used to:
(1) Redeem bonds prior to maturity in the manner and in accordance with the provisions pertaining to redemption prior to maturity as set forth in the trust indentures
authorizing or securing each series of bonds; or
(2) Fund additional four-lane highway construction and improvements in the manner and in accordance with the provisions set forth in the trust indentures authorizing
or securing each series of bonds.
(f) If there are insufficient amounts in the Arkansas Four-Lane Highway Construction and Improvement Bond Account in the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund to pay the debt service on bonds issued and outstanding under this
amendment or to fund any necessary reserves at the required level, the State Treasurer shall transfer additional amounts to the Arkansas Four-Lane Highway Construction and Improvement Bond Account in the State Highway and Transportation
Department Fund from the general revenues of the State.
SECTION 17. Investment of revenues.
(a) Moneys held in the Arkansas Four-Lane Highway Construction and Improvement Bond Account in the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund and
any fund in the State Treasury created under this amendment shall be invested by
the State Board of Finance to the full extent practicable pending disbursement for
the purposes intended.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the investments and disbursements
shall be in accordance with the terms of the resolution or trust indenture authorizing
or securing the series of bonds to which the fund appertains to the extent the terms
of the resolution or trust indenture are applicable.
SECTION 18. Refunding bonds.
(a) The commission may issue bonds for the purpose of refunding bonds previously issued under this amendment if the total amount of bonds outstanding after the
refunding is completed does not exceed the total amount authorized by this amendment, and the final maturity of such refunding bonds shall not exceed ten (10) years
from the date of implementation of the tax.
(b) The refunding bonds shall be general obligations of the State of Arkansas and
shall be secured and sold in accordance with the provisions of this amendment.
SECTION 19. Tax Exemption.
(a)(1) All bonds issued under this amendment and interest on the bonds shall be
exempt from all taxes of the State of Arkansas, including income, inheritance, and
property taxes.
(2) Profits from the sale of the bonds shall also be exempt from income taxes.
(b) The bonds shall be eligible to secure deposits of all public funds and shall be
legal for investment of municipal, county, bank, fiduciary, insurance company, and
trust funds.
SECTION 20. State Aid Street Fund.
(a) Upon the adoption of this amendment, the Department of Finance and Administration shall:
(1) Deposit a total of one cent (1¢) per gallon from revenues distributed under the
Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law from the proceeds derived from existing motor fuel taxes and distillate fuel taxes; and
(2) Permanently dedicate the revenues to the State Aid Street Fund created under
§ 27-72-407.
(b) The State Aid Street Funds shall aid city streets under the law.
SECTION 21. Powers of the commission.
(a) All powers granted to the commission under this amendment shall be in addition
to the powers as already exist under Amendment 42 to the Arkansas Constitution and
the laws of the State of Arkansas.
(b) A member of the commission or other state official shall not be liable personally
for any reason arising from the issuance of bonds under this amendment unless the
person acts with corrupt intent.
SECTION 22. Form of submission to the electors.
The proposition set forth shall be submitted for approval or rejection by the electors
in substantially the following form:
“A TEMPORARY ONE-HALF PERCENT (0.5%) SALES AND USE TAX FOR
STATE HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES, COUNTY ROADS, BRIDGES AND
OTHER SURFACE TRANSPORTATION, AND CITY STREETS, BRIDGES
AND OTHER SURFACE TRANSPORTATION, WITH THE STATE’S PORTION
TO SECURE STATE OF ARKANSAS GENERAL OBLIGATION FOUR-LANE
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT BONDS AND PERMANENTLY DEDICATING ONE CENT (1¢) PER GALLON OF THE PROCEEDS
DERIVED FROM THE EXISTING MOTOR FUEL AND DISTILLATE FUEL
TAXES TO THE STATE AID STREET FUND”
On each ballot there shall be printed the following:
“FOR a proposed constitutional amendment to levy a temporary sales and use tax of
one-half percent (0.5%) for state highways and bridges, county roads, bridges and
other surface transportation, and city streets, bridges and other surface transportation, with the state’s portion to secure State of Arkansas General Obligation FourLane Highway Construction and Improvement Bonds in the total principal amount
not to exceed $1,300,000,000 for the purpose of constructing and improving fourlane highways in the State of Arkansas, prescribing the terms and conditions for the
issuance of such bonds which will mature and be paid in full in approximately ten
(10) years, which payment in full shall terminate the temporary sales and use tax,
describing the sources of repayment of the bonds and permanently dedicating one
cent (1¢) per gallon of the proceeds derived from the existing motor fuel and distillate fuel taxes to the State Aid Street Fund.”
“AGAINST a proposed constitutional amendment to levy a temporary sales and
use tax of one-half percent (0.5%) for state highways and bridges, county roads,
bridges and other surface transportation, and city streets, bridges and other surface
transportation, with the state’s portion to secure State of Arkansas General Obligation Four-Lane Highway Construction and Improvement Bonds in the total principal
amount not to exceed $1,300,000,000 for the purpose of constructing and improving
four-lane highways in the State of Arkansas, prescribing the terms and conditions for
the issuance of such bonds which will mature and be paid in full in approximately
ten (10) years, which payment in full shall terminate the temporary sales and use tax,
describing the sources of repayment of the bonds and permanently dedicating one
cent (1¢) per gallon of the proceeds derived from the existing motor fuel and distillate fuel taxes to the State Aid Street Fund.””
IN WITNESS WHERE OF, I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND FIXED
THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE ON THIS
THE 1ST DAY OF MAY, 2012.
MARK MARTIN
SECRETARY OF STATE
STATE OF ARKANSAS
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August 16, 2012
n NEWS SERIES ON THE SOUTHWESTERN PROVING GROUNDS
Weapons testing on Southwestern Proving Grounds was not without its fair share of incidents
CECIL ANDERSON
News Intern
If you had lived within
hearing distance of the Southwestern Proving Grounds,
you might have thought
that the World War II was
coming to your door step.
The shelling, bombing, and
general creative destruction
techniques tested on this
strip of Arkansas soil by the
United States Army rivaled
any military campaign in
Europe, North Africa, the
Pacific, Asia, or Russia.
Testing began in March
of 1942, and the bombardment continued past the
end of the War. From air
and land, the United States
Army unleashed a continued
onslaught on the Arkansas
country side. The purpose of
all this destruction was not
in driving back an invading
enemy, but to acquire knowledge about and improve the
weapons of war.
The methods of destruction that the United States
Army employed to test their
weapons varied depending
on what they were testing.
They fired shells out of artillery in stockades divided
into five or more sections.
The stockades that remain
today are about 30 feet by 20
feet with 10 to 12 foot walls.
The United States Army, in a
move for safety, had one to
two foot thick walls to separate each section.
Operations at the proving grounds became routine
cycles of constant destruction. The routine was only
broke by the occasional
accident. The local population knew the Army Guard
patrol schedule as well as
they knew the breaks in the
Southwest Proving Grounds’
fence. Many times the locals
would hide until the Army
patrol passed, then they
would sneak in the proving
rounds. Most of the time,
the locals would hunt in the
relative safety of the buffer
zone before sneaking out
of the proving grounds. But
there were occasions when
the locals would venture too
far into the proving grounds
and would find themselves in
the middle of an unwinnable
battle.
Once testing began, not
even eyes in the sky were
safe. During testing one day,
an Army plane was flying high
above the proving grounds,
but not high enough. The
plane was struck by a shell.
The pilot survived, but he
was extremely shook up.
The plane was methodically
examined.
Living south of the proving grounds in Hope did not
mean one was in the clear,
either, as proven by an incident during which a crew
was sent to retrieve a gun
from a firing stockade. The
crew placed a steel cover
over the end of the gun and
continued to unbolt the gun
from the concrete.
The crew pulled the gun
and brought it into a shop for
cleaning, but by this time it
was late in the evening and
the gun was not going to be
cleaned until the following
Monday. Oil was poured
over it to keep the gun from
rusting and the maintenance
team when on its way.
It wasn’t long before Hunter McCorkle came into the
shop to drop off some rifles to
be cleaned. McCorkle passed
by the gun, and pulled on the
lanyard thinking that the gun
NOTICE FOR AMENDMENTS REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE
ARKANSAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Issue No. 2
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Pursuant to Article 19, Section 22, of the Arkansas Constitution, the 88th General
Assembly refers the following constitutional amendment to a vote of the people on
November 6, 2012, and will appear on the ballot as Issue No. 2. Each elector upon
voting his/her ballot shall vote for or against this amendment. Stricken language
would be deleted from the present Constitution. Underlined language would be
added to the present Constitution. This amendment was proposed in the Regular
2011 Session by Senator Files and filed as SJR5.
Issue No. 2
(Popular Name)
AN AMENDMENT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY
FINANCING OF SALES TAX ANTICIPATED REVENUE BOND PROJECTS,
UNFUNDED LIABILITIES OF CLOSED LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE
PENSION PLANS, AND REAL AND TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY
(Ballot Title)
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION
CONCERNING FINANCIAL REFORM FOR COUNTIES AND
MUNICIPALITIES; PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS
CONSTITUTION TO AUTHORIZE CITIES AND COUNTIES TO CREATE
DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY OR COUNTY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND TO ISSUE
BONDS PAYABLE FROM THE INCREASED AMOUNT OF CITY AND
COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX COLLECTED WITHIN THE DISTRICT
FOR FINANCING SUCH PROJECTS; PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO
THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION TO AUTHORIZE A MUNICIPALITY
OR COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS AND LEVY A LOCAL SALES AND USE
TAX FOR THE PURPOSE OF RETIRING UNFUNDED LIABILITIES OF
CLOSED LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE PENSION PLANS; AND AMENDING
AMENDMENT 78 OF THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE
THAT ANNUAL PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS ON SHORTTERM FINANCING OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE CHARGED AGAINST
AND PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR AND
SPECIAL REVENUES AUTHORIZED TO BE USED FOR THE PROPERTY
FINANCED.
Subtitle
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION
CONCERNING
FINANCIAL
REFORM
FOR
COUNTIES
AND
MUNICIPALITIES.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND BY THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, A MAJORITY OF ALL MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH
HOUSE AGREEING THERETO:
THAT the following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the State
of Arkansas, and upon being submitted to the electors of the state for approval or
rejection at the next general election for Representatives and Senators, if a majority
of the electors voting thereon at the election adopt the amendment, the amendment
shall become a part of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, to wit:
SECTION 1. The Arkansas Constitution is amended to read as follows:
Sales Tax Anticipated Revenue Bonds.
(a) A city or county may form one (1) or more districts for the purpose of financing
sales tax anticipated revenue bond projects within the district as provided by this
section.
(b)(1) A city or county which has formed a district under this section may issue
bonds for the purpose of financing certain costs related to a sales tax anticipated
revenue bond project within the district, as determined by the General Assembly.
(2) The bonds may be secured by and be payable from all or a portion of the division
of city and county sales and use taxes collected within the district under subsection
(e) of this section.
(3) The bonds shall not be:
(A) Considered in calculating debt limits for bonds issued pursuant to Article XII,
§ 4, of the Arkansas Constitution; or
(B) Subject to the provisions of Article XVI, § 1, of the Arkansas Constitution or
Amendments 62 or 65 to the Arkansas Constitution.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term “sales tax anticipated revenue bond project”
means an undertaking, including without limitation the acquisition, development,
redevelopment, and revitalization of land within the district, for eliminating
or preventing the development or spread of slums or blighted, deteriorated, or
deteriorating areas, for discouraging the loss of commerce, industry, or employment,
for increasing employment, or any combination thereof, as may be defined by the
General Assembly.
(d) Prior to a city or county’s issuance of bonds for a sales tax anticipated revenue
bond project under subsection (b) of this section, the sales tax anticipated revenue
bond project shall be approved by an appropriate state agency as may be determined
by the General Assembly.
(e) The General Assembly may provide that all or a portion of the city and county
sales and use tax collected within a district may be divided so that all or part of the
increase in city and county sales and use tax collected by taxpayers within the district
n AT LEFT:
Damage
inflicted on
a plane’s
tail was
photographed
for study
after it was
accidentally
shot while
observing
aerial firing
at the
Southwestern
Proving
Grounds.
was empty. To his surprise
the gun was loaded, and the
resulting blast sent the shell
through the ¾ inch steel cover, through the double walled
shop, through a Hickory tree
and onward towards Hope.
No one was killed, but the
shell was never found.
The heavy concrete bunkers down range were used
for observation of the exploding shells. The bunkers
were meant to keep workers
alive in the highly unlikely
event that a shell would hit
the bunker.
But just because an event
is unlikely doesn’t mean it’s
impossible. A mix-up at the
firing range once caused ammunition to be directed off
course, and a shell struck the
bunker. No one was killed,
but those inside the bunker
were undoubtedly rattled by
the direct hit.
Even with all the shelling and bombings, only one
handful of explosives ever
went over the fences. There
was only one shell that ever
went over the north fence.
For the most part, the destruction fell firmly inside of
the proving grounds.
During the years of operation, the exact number of
shells fired is unknown, and
uncountable. The bombs
dropped in the northern
part of the Proving Grounds
pounded a new landscape
so different from the original
that no one could recognize
it. The years of operation
were short, but the impact of
them has long out lived the
proving grounds.
The end of the war
brought an end to the proving grounds. The gates were
closed in 1946. Even though
t h e g a t e s w e re c l o s e d ,
the stories of the proving
grounds were not over.
The time of reclamation
had begun.
after the date on which the project plan has been approved by an appropriate state
agency shall be used to pay any indebtedness incurred for the sales tax anticipated
revenue bond project.
(f) Any provision of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas in conflict with this
section is repealed insofar as it is in conflict with this section.
(g) The General Assembly shall provide for the implementation of this section by
law.
SECTION 2. (a) As used in Section 2 of this amendment:
(1) “Bonds” means all bonds, notes, certificates, or other interest-bearing instruments
or evidences of indebtedness;
(2) “Closed local police and fire pension plan” means a police officer’s pension and
relief fund or a firefighter’s pension and relief fund that:
(A) Was created by a municipality or county of the state;
(B) Does not cover police officers or firefighters first hired by the employer on or
after January 1, 1983; and
(C) Was consolidated with the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System
or its successor; and
(3) “Unfunded liability” means the amount by which the actuarial accrued liability
exceeds the actuarial value of assets.
(b)(1)(A) With the consent of a majority of the qualified electors voting on the
question at a special election called for that purpose or at a general election, the
legislative body of a municipality or county may authorize the issuance of bonds for
retiring the municipality’s or county’s unfunded liabilities for a closed local police
and fire pension plan in an amount approved by a majority of those voting on the
question either at a special election called for that purpose or at a general election.
(B) The General Assembly shall prescribe a uniform method of calling and holding
the election and the terms upon which the bonds may be issued.
(C) The election shall be held no earlier than thirty (30) days after it is called by the
legislative body.
(2)(A) With the consent of a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question
at an election called for that purpose, the legislative body of a municipality or county
may authorize the levy of a local sales and use tax to pay the bonded indebtedness
authorized in this section.
(B) The maximum rate of any tax to pay bonded indebtedness as authorized in this
section shall be stated on the ballot.
(C) The General Assembly or the legislative body may authorize other taxes to
retire the bonds.
(3)(A) The limit of the principal amount of bonded indebtedness of the municipality
or county is the total amount of unfunded liability of the municipality or county for
a closed local police and fire pension plan.
(B) An election shall not be called to authorize the issuance of bonds that would
exceed the total amount of the unfunded liability of the municipality or county for
the closed local police and fire pension plan either separately or combined with other
bonds issued for the purpose of retiring the municipality’s or county’s unfunded
liabilities for a closed local police and fire pension plan.
(c) The results of an election called under this section shall be published in a
newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality, and any contest of
the election or the tabulation of the votes in the election shall be brought within
thirty (30) days after the publication.
(d)(1) Bonds issued under this section shall be issued only for the repayment of
unfunded liability of a closed local police and fire pension plan.
(2) The bonds issued under this section and the tax authorized by this section shall
not be used for any other purpose.
(e) The bonds described in subsection (b) of this section may be sold:
(1) At a public or private sale;
(2) Upon the terms that the municipality or county determines are reasonable and
expedient for effectuating the purpose of retiring the unfunded liability of a closed
local police and fire pension plan of the municipality or county; and
(3) At a price the municipality or county determines to be acceptable, including
without limitation sale at a discount.
(f)(1)(A) The municipality or county may invest or reinvest the proceeds from the
sale of the bonds.
(B) The General Assembly shall prescribe the terms upon which a municipality or
county may invest or reinvest bonds for the purpose of retiring the unfunded liability
of a closed local police and fire pension plan of the municipality or county.
(2)(A) After bonds have been issued under this section, a municipality or county
may issue bonds for the purpose of refunding the principal of and interest on any
outstanding bonds issued under this section.
(B)(i) The refunding bonds may be sold or delivered in exchange for the bonds
being refunded.
(ii) If sold, the refunding bonds shall be issued, secured, and sold in accordance
with this section.
(iii) If delivered in exchange, the municipality or county may exchange the bonds
only for bonds of like amount, rate, interest, and length of issue.
(C) The proceeds derived from the sale of any refunding bonds shall be used only
for the purposes stated in this section.
(g) After the electorate has approved the bond issue and before the issuance of the
bonds, the municipality or county may borrow funds on an interim basis, not to
exceed three (3) years, and pledge to the payment of the bonds the tax approved by
the voters.
(h)(1) The revenues from the tax levied for payment of bonded indebtedness
authorized in this section constitute a special fund pledged exclusively as security
for the payment of the bonded indebtedness.
(2) The tax shall not be extended for any other purpose, and it shall not be collected
for a greater length of time than necessary to retire the bonded indebtedness.
(3) Upon retirement of the bonded indebtedness, any surplus tax collections that
may have accumulated shall be transferred to the general funds of the municipality
or county.
(i) The General Assembly shall implement this section by appropriate legislation at
the next regular session or fiscal session following the adoption of this amendment.
(j)(1) This section does not affect the taxes and bonds authorized for other purposes
before the adoption of this amendment.
(2) Taxes levied before the effective date of this amendment continue in force until
abolished, reduced, or increased as provided by law for those taxes.
(3) All bonds and other evidences of indebtedness authorized before the effective
date of this amendment are governed by the constitutional provisions and laws in
effect at the time of the authorization of those bonds.
SECTION 3. Section 2 of Amendment 78 to the Arkansas Constitution is amended
to read as follows:
§ 2. [Short-term financing obligations].
(a)(1) For the purpose of acquiring, constructing, installing or renting real property
or tangible personal property having an expected useful life of more than one
(1) year, municipalities and counties may incur short-term financing obligations
maturing over a period of, or having a term, not to exceed five (5) years. Such
obligations may bear interest at either:
(1) a fixed rate throughout the term thereof, including a fixed interest rate which is
to be determined by reference to an index or other formula, but not to exceed the
maximum lawful rate of interest for fixed rate obligations, or
(2) a rate which may vary at such times and under such circumstances as the parties
may agree, whether or not the interest rate in fact varies, but not to exceed the
maximum lawful rate of interest for variable rate obligations. The maximum lawful
rate of interest for fixed rate obligations is the formula rate in effect on the date
the obligation is incurred, regardless of when such interest is to begin to accrue.
The maximum lawful rate of interest for variable rate obligations is the formula
rate in effect on the date such interest accrues. The aggregate principal amount of
short-term financing obligations incurred by a municipality or a county pursuant
to this section shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the assessed value of taxable
property located within the municipality or two and one half percent (2.5%) of the
assessed value of taxable property located within the county, as determined by the
last tax assessment completed before the last obligation was incurred by the city
or county. The total annual principal and interest payments in each fiscal year on
all outstanding obligations of a municipality or a county pursuant to this section
shall be charged against and paid from the general revenues for such fiscal year,
which may include road fund revenues. Tax revenues earmarked for solid waste
disposal purposes may be used to pay printing and other costs associated with bonds
issued under this amendment for solid waste disposal purposes and special revenues
authorized to be used to acquire, construct, install, or rent the property financed by
such obligations.
(b) As used here: ,
(1) “Short-term “short-term financing obligation” means a debt, a note, an
installment purchase agreement, a lease, a lease-purchase contract, or any other
similar agreement, whether secured or unsecured; provided, that the obligation shall
mature over a period of, or have a term, not to exceed five (5) years;
(2) “Formula rate” means that rate of interest which is five percentage points
(5%) above the equivalent bond yield of one year United States Treasury Bills
offered by the United States Treasury at the last auction during the immediately
preceding calendar quarter, calculated by rounding up to the nearest one-fourth
of one percentage point (0.25%) (unless the equivalent bond yield is already by a
multiple of one-fourth of one percentage point), and announced by the State Bank
Commissioner (or such successor official who may be performing substantially the
same duties) from information available from the Federal Reserve System of the
United States. The calculation of the formula rate shall be made on or before the
tenth (10th) day of each calendar quarter. The formula rate so calculated shall be
effective on the eleventh (11th) day of the calendar quarter and shall continue in
effect until the formula rate for the succeeding calendar quarter shall have been
calculated and becomes effective. If, for any reason, the United States ceases to issue
one year Treasury Bills, such calculation shall be made using a debt instrument of
the United States having substantially the same general character and maturity. The
calculation and announcement of the formula rate by the State Bank Commissioner
shall be final.
(c) The provisions of this section shall be self-executing.
IN WITNESS WHERE OF, I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND FIXED
THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE ON THIS
THE 1ST DAY OF MAY, 2012.
MARK MARTIN
SECRETARY OF STATE
STATE OF ARKANSAS
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1. Gondola's place
6. Chuckleheads
10. Team that last won
a World Series in
1908
14. Rust, for one
15. Jacob's twin
16. Home to many
Russians
17. What total
opposites have
20. Dummy's perch
21. Western treaty gp.
22. Pants-presser's
creation
23. Auxiliary track
25. Double-decker
section
26. Director's call
29. Snookums
30. Twenties suppliers
34. Work too hard
35. Slap inducer,
perhaps
37. NASA affirmative
38. What a sneak may
have
41. Cobra cousin
42. Top 40's 40
43. Went white
44. Revolution period
46. Versatile vehicle,
for short
47. Earthshaking
experiences?
48. Old US gas brand
50. Virgin Is., e.g.
51. Give a Valium to
54. Columbus Day
day: Abbr.
55. Owl's hangout
59. Baked goodie with
myriad toppings
62. "Stop the clock!"
63. Send packing
64. Garbo line ender
65. Lost traction
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67. Nixon target Hiss
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1. Knock on the
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2. Impulse conductor
3. Time for Nick?
4. Like a Post-It
5. Oahu souvenir
6. Popeye creator
Elzie
7. Buyer's caution
8. Flying Peter
9. Short-winded
10. Funt's gear
11. West point sch.
12. Life stories, briefly
13. Having all one's
marbles
18. Gerund, e.g.
56
19. Bonanza stuff
24. Erato is their Muse
25. Ice grabbers
26. Analyze 19-Down
27. Warm, so to speak
28. Bay city
29. Gate part
31. Quarter back?
32. Web surfer's need
33. Timetables, briefly
35. Bomb of a Ford
36. Aspiring one
39. Santa's landing
spot
40. Cat's stomach
accumulation
45. Brought up
47. Hong Kong's Hang
__ Index
49. Porker's place
50. Kemo Sabe's
sidekick
51. Gets hard
52. Devil's doings
53. Moore of "G.I.
Jane"
54. Mile's equivalent?
56. Wide-eyed
57. Lacoste of tennis
58. Chi. Cub or Atl.
Brave
60. Roy G. Biv element
61. Call to Bo Peep
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MERCHANDISE
A
N E W
P I L L O W
T O P M AT T R E S S S E T.
w / Wa r r a n t y.
Tw i n
Set $88, Full Set $108,
Queen Set $138 & King
Set $168. Call Sandy
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(Pd:52-70)
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ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR, portable, lightweight, like new. Low
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Furnished apartments for rent, utilities paid, 1403 S. Main, two blocks
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845-1691.
(tf)
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Peach Tree Trailer Park, 2 and 3
bedrooms, furnished, conveniently
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(PT:18-tf, w15)
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Murfreesboro Mini Storage and
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Portable toilets for construction
jobs and special events. Lonnie
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(LJ:tf, w11)
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2 & 3 BR trailers for rent. (870)
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(SBMH:62-tf; w8)
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Apartments for rent. (870) 4513940.
(PV:tf, w4)
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Modern brick apartments for rent,
contact he Agency, 845-1011.
(TA:tf, w11)
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2 BR Apartment, Water paid, Call
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One Bedroom Apartment, Carport, Storage Room, $375, Deposit,
References, 845-4214.
(JS:65-tfn, w10)
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REAL
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3 or 6 ac. lots, city water, Hwy 26W,
owner inancing. (501) 758-2303.
(CL:74-tf; w13)
___________________________
500 acres, Beautiful farm, produces
enough hay to pay for itself. Deer,
turkey & other wildlife. Call Reggie
Jones, Walker Realty, 870-8281445.
(RJ:63-66, w22)
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• Residential
YOUNG
• Commercial
ELECTRIC
• Industrial
Steve Young, Owner
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870-845-7092
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SANDY BRANCH
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P.O. Box 459
Dierks, Arkansas
Ryan Turner, Owner
Phone:
(870) 286-2442
Cell: (870) 845-9299
Turner Electric
CarltOn
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(870) 845-3560
MILLWOOD CORPORATION
Buyer
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TimBer & TimBerland
Matt Tollett (870) 845-5582
Johnny Porter - (870) 777-3774
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P.O. Box 1316
Hope, AR 71802
Jason Porter RF#987
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ANUFACTU RED
OMES
4/2 on land. 5.75%, 30 yrs., $550/
mo. Please call for info (903) 8314540 rbi#35153. (SH:48-tf, w15)
___________________________
Bad or good credit. You own land,
you’re approved. Call for details
(903) 831-4540 rbi#35153.
(SH:48-tf; w14)
___________________________
$0 down delivers. Bring your deed
& proof of income. No application
refused on your dream home.
Call anytime (903) 831-5332
rbi#35153.
(SH:48-tf; w21)
___________________________
1st time home buyers, low down,
No Credit, all applications accepted. (903) 838-7324 rbi#35153.
(SH:49-tf; w13)
___________________________
AR M
We buy/sell Brahman heifers. (870)
451-4189.
(mg:tf)
___________________________
OTICE
Looking for scrap metal, small
amounts OK. Call (870) 557-0838.
(dj:tf)
___________________________
ANIMALS
Puppies for Sale, AKC Registered,
West Highland White Terrier, 2
Female, 6 weeks old. $300 each.
870-287-4847 or 870-200-1450.
(DDC:66-67, w18)
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YOU TH OB S
If you need any kind of yard work
or hauling scrap, Give me a call.
870-557-4726.
(tfn)
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BU SINESS
SERVICES
Septic tank pumping and drain
cleaning service, sewer lines/drains
unstopped. Johnson Services,
(870) 642-2787.
(LJ:27-tf, 13w)
___________________________
Jimmy Don Sullivan Welding &
Construction Service, 845-4752,
licensed septic tank installation.
(JDS:tf; w12)
___________________________
he Terminator Pest Control (870)
557-1780.
(tf)
___________________________
Hostetler Mowing - dependable
lawn care. (870) 557-4510.
(RH:20-tf; w6)
___________________________
Tennis lessons, private or group.
(870) 845-8505.
(dh:tf)
___________________________
Ward Shavings LLC - dry shavings
$1,350/van load. (870) 285-3377.
(WS:89-tf; w9)
___________________________
Brazil’s Full Service Center &
Detail. For all your car care needs!
Why shine when you can sparkle.
805 S. Main, right beside Hickory
House. Call us at 870-557-7739.
(mg:tfn)
___________________________
CALL 870-845-3547, TREE
STUMP REMOVAL SERVICE,
THE PLACE, 1887 HWY 27 N,
NASHVILLE. (TP:48-78, w13)
___________________________
Jan-Eze Plating, Inc.
100 Mission Drive
Nashville, AR 71852
HAS IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR: SUPERVISOR
Responsibilities will include: training employees,
planning, assigning and directing production work,
appraising performance and resolving problems.
Supervisory experience necessary.
Apply in person from 7:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
or e-mail resume to larry.jan-eze@cebridge.net
Equal Opportunity Employer
Production Supervisor
McQueeney TX
Temple-Inland a Business of International Paper
in McQueeney, TX has an immediate opening for an
experienced Production Supervisor to lead their production crews to reduce costs while closing the gap
between perfection and actual performance. The Production Supervisor is responsible for overseeing their
crew’s day-to-day performance, minimizing downtime, and ensuring the optimal production performance in a safe and eficient manner. The successful
candidate must be able to identify problems, direct
plans, processes, and activities to improve uptime
and grade “A”. Must be able to coordinate employee
development to provide opportunity for advancement
of skilled employees. In addition, the successful candidate must have excellent organizational, time management skills and be a problem solver, having the
ability to grasp a problem at hand and take quick steps
to resolve it in an effective manner. We prefer 3-5
years’ experience as a supervisor in a Gypsum wallboard facility or related industry. Prefer a bachelor’s
degree in Business, Engineering, Science or related
ields of study. Must possess excellent communication and technical skills with the ability to lead others
computer literacy required. Temple-Inland is an Equal
Opportunity/Afirmative Action Employer providing
a drug-free workplace (EOE M/F/D/V). We offer an
excellent beneits package including 401K and aidto-education. If interested in this position, you may
e-mail patrickcullitan@templeinland.com.
FOUR UNIT APARTMENT
Modern Apartment located in the Heart of
Town, Each apartment has approx. 816 sq.
ft., 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Family Room, Dining
Room, Ceramic/Wood Floors, Central Heat
& Air, Includes Stove and Refrigerator, Each
Unit has parking for 2 vehicles, Located at 403
3rd. Street.......................Listing for 209,000.
Call our ofice to set up your appointment to
view this property.
www.rayandassociates.net Call for your personal tour today!
Ray & Associates Real Estate
724 S. Main St., Nashville • (870) 845-2900
Randy Ray (870) 904-0293
Terry Ray 845-7757 • Sharla Parrish 845-7079
Dale Bennett 557-6597 • Laurie Westfall 584-7926
219 N. 2nd St.
PO Box 903
Nashville, AR 71852
Ofice 870-845-5303
LARRY R. TEAGUE, CIC
Fax 870-845-1764
PARTNER
www.teagueandteague.com
HOME • LIFE • AUTO Larry@teagueandteague.com
Visit us at
www.swarkansasnews.com
HOWARD COUNTY CHILDREN’S CENTER
FULL TIME POSITION at SUPERVISED APARTMENTS
Apartment Manager - Will be working with adults who have
developmental disabilities. Will work on the following skills:
laundry, cooking, shopping, housekeeping, money management,
grooming and socialization. Work schedule includes over-night
stays. Exact hours will be discussed during the interview. Excellent opportunity for a responsible person.
All candidates must be able to pass criminal records background check, pre-employment drug test and provide proof of
high school diploma or equiv. E.O.E. Please, No Phone Calls.
Applications may be completed at HCCC Inc., 1577 Hwy 371
West, Nashville, AR 71852.
HOWARD COUNTY CHILDREN’S CENTER
JOB OPENING BALER OPERATOR
Duties: Material to Baler. Tie bales. Bales to dock
area. Clean-up. Must have fork lift experience. Has
the ability to work with adults with disabilities.
Monday thru Friday, some Saturdays. E.O.E.
Applications may be completed at
HCCC Inc., 1577 Hwy 371 West,
Nashville, AR 71852.
Red Carpet Employment Agency, INC.
PATIENT TRANSPORT DRIVERS
(J/O # 3518 Nashville, AR) - M-F / 8-5, $7.25/hr, D.O.E.
Will be transporting Medicaid patients for doctor visits using company vehicle & other duties as assigned. Should
have clean MVR, be able to pass background screen &
drug screen. Complete app & submit resume w/refs.
221 Laurel Street, Texarkana, AR 71854 Ofice : 870-772-4039
Mission
Plastics
Production Workers Needed
Apply In Person
Tuesday - Thursday
10:00 am - 4:30 PM
102 Mission Drive
Nashville, AR 71852
EOE
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THURSDAY
August 16, 2012
Nashville students
get ready for classes
Karen Richards registers students at Nashville Elementary
School. Students will return to class Mon., Aug. 20
Pictured left to right: Amy Bearden, Lisa Wesson, Cleo Chesshir, Marla Stewart register students at Nashville High School Aug. 15.
Rick Rowe with KTBS Channel 3 of Shreveport cheerfully
talks about local restaurant, Papa Poblano’s, as a part of the
Community Caravan series on Channel 3.
FLAME GRILLED STEAKS
& FRESH SEAFOOD
FRIDAY NIGHT
ALL YOU CAN EAT
CATFISH BUFFET
OPEN: MONDAY, TUESDAY
& THURSDAY-SATURDAY
11:00 AM-8:00 PM
SUNDAY 11:00 AM-2:00 PM
CLOSED WEDNESDAYS
CECIL HARRIS | Nashville News
MIne Creek Healthcare held a Chamber Coffee Aug. 16 at the Nashville Chamber of Commerce
Office in Nashville. Pictured left to right: Nichole Aylett, Leah Semmler, Denean McWhorter, Nicole
Brock, Alicia Wescott, and Becky Baird.
• SEAFOOD PLATTERS
• CAJUN GRILLED SHRIMP
• SHRIMP SCAMPI
• FRESH HAND SELECTED
SHRIMP AND FRESHLY
PREPARED PLATTERS
It’s a great
day to be a
Scrapper!
CECIL ANDERSON
Nashville News
Trace Hamilton takes
time out from Nashville
Scrapper Media Day Aug.
12 to spend time with his
neice Paisley Caldwell.
Scrapper fans will have
an opportunity to see
Hamilton and the rest of
the Nashville football team
Fri., Aug. 17 at the Back to
School Bash. Gates will
open at 6:30 p.m. and
festivities will start at 7:30
p.m. Admission will be $2
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