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The Nashville News THURSDAY • April 25, 2013 • Issue 33 • 1 Section • 16 Pages • In Howard County, Arkansas since 1878 • USPS 371-540 • 75 cents IN BRIEFt Hospital discusses purchase of more land Twin Rivers TERRICA HENDRIX cost $145,000 if the hospital acre. After the board was possibly purchasing the 58 tion board members decid- Fest is this Editor paid $2,500 per acre. She polled, the motion failed. acres and then transferring ed to have additional dead weekend added that in the future, His second motion was to the ownership to the foun- or dying trees removed NASHVILLE – The hos- health care would move offer the Foundation $1,500 dation. The HMH board from the surrounding prop- pital board discussed the away from impatient care per acre with a max offer of will discuss this issue at erty while the heavy equip- The city of possibility of purchasing and “we may need to have $1,725 per acre. The board the May board meeting and ment was on site for the McNab will host its 12th more than 50 acres of land land to build an assisted was polled again and the the Foundation will also construction project. This annual Twin near the hospital campus. living center or nursing motion failed. discuss this at its board will improve the appear- Rivers Festival Two motions – made home.” The discussion of pur- meeting Thursday. ance of the campus.” She April 26-28 at by Dr. John Hearnsberger Hearnsberger’s first chasing 58 acres of land added that Mike Childers, the city park – failed at the February motion was to offer the was brought up again at Medical Office Building an attorney with the Friday located on Howard Memorial Hospital HMH Foundation (who the Tuesday evening board construction update Firm, is in “the process of Highway 355 board meeting. During the purchased the land includ- meeting because some Wright told the board developing the contracts South. February meeting, HMH ing where the hospital and members were not present that the “construction time- to establish the Horizontal The event CEO Debra Wright told the medical office buildings at the February meeting. line has been delayed due Property Regime for the is set to begin board that the land would are located) $1,635 per The board discussed to rainy weather…Founda- at noon Friday See LAND / Page 4 and at 9:30 a.m. Saturday with a parade scheduled for noon, an auc- tion at 2 p.m. MSSSD and a Visa card drawing acknowledges at 4 p.m. Other fes- audit findings tivities will in- clude dipping TERRICA HENDRIX for dollars, Editor arts, crafts, and food MINERAL SPRINGS – The venders, rides three-page 2011-12 Mineral for children, Springs School District au- dominoes, an dit was acknowledged at a arm-wrestling special-called board meet- competition, a talent show, ing Wednesday afternoon. bands, DJs The district had the op- and a BBQ tion to acknowledge the cook off. audit during a board meet- The event ing or host a public meet- continues ing. The board opted to Sunday with a acknowledge the audit at church service the special-called meeting. in the park The audit listed sev- from 9:30 a.m. eral federal award findings until 11:30 and questioned costs and a.m. For more in- stated that “a review of formation, call See AUDIT / Page 4 870-896-2281 or 870-826- 1139. IF THEY WERE PRESIDENT Peach Father arrested Blossom fest NPS students spell out how they would run the nation in courtroom scheduled for tampering A chamber coffee will rimary students in Christy Young’s third grade recently wrote essays with evidence be held Fri., speculating on what they would do if they were elected to the nation’s April 26 at the top job. TERRICA HENDRIX Chamber of P Editor Commerce of- fice beginning Young said Wednesday President.” to the project are reprinted DIERKS – A 50-year-old at 9:30 a.m. that the project was a patri- According to Young, most here exactly as they were man was arrested in How- to kick off the otic assignment in line with of her class enjoyed the as- prepared for the assignment. ard County Circuit Court Peach Blos- the campus’s theme: “Voting signment and learned a great in connection to with his som Festival. for Excellent Futures.” deal about the responsibili- Isai Camacho son’s recent arrest. The festival “We learned about the ties of running the country in 1. If I were President I Martin Alexander, of will be held President’s job and the the process. would help people. I would on Sat., May New Hope, responsibilities of the job,” “They also learned that tell the people that work was arrested 4 starting at she explained. “One of the as- being President of the United for me to build houses for 9 a.m. There Wednesday signments related to this was States is a difficult job,” she people who don’t have will be a peach morning in dessert tasting to write an essay about what said. house. I would tell the people court and contest and they would do if they were The students’ responses See THEY / Page 8 made his first the winners appearance ALEXANDER will be an- on the class D nounced at the felony moments later. How- coffee, then ard County Investigator the winners PICTURED ABOVE: Students in Christy Young’s third grade class who participated in the project include (bottom David Shelton said Martin will compete row) Felicia Tatum, Ellen Spigner, Mattison Steele, Peyton Hilliard, Isis Bowers, (middle row) Adrian Hernandez, Eric at the Peach Miguel, Justice Rosenbaum, Jenna Hostetler, Natalie Alfaro, Amaya Haney, (back row) Steven Wright, Caleb Scott, Alexander “is charged with Festival the Dexter Draper, Josh Sweeden, Alayna Cook and Audri Couch. tampering with physical Staff photo and illustration by Charles Goodin following week See FATHER / Page 4 (May 4) for the overall winner. There will be a Peach Pageant after the Peach HCSD launches investigation Festival May 4 beginning into second degree burn case at 6 p.m. at the Nashville Elementary TERRICA HENDRIX saw that George was on fire.” Cafeteria. Editor Shelton said a nurse driving The crowned by and saw that Damon was on queen will NASHVILLE – The Howard fire and stopped to help him. receive a County Sheriff’s Department The Howard County Ambu- $500 scholar- has launched an investigation lance Service treated Damon ship from the to determine how a 60-year- at the scene and Air Evac CCCUA Nash- old man was caught on fire ville campus. transported him to a Little Applications Wednesday. Rock hospital, according to are available at Investigator David Shelton Shelton. the Nashville confirmed that George Damon “We are investigating [this Chamber of suffered burns to his face and case] to determine the cause Commerce, second degree burns to his of injuries,” Shelton ended. Unique Body hands. According to Shelton, Salon, Trend- Damon was at the residence of HCSD investigates setters, Wild Bobby Dowdy (on Highway 371 residential burglary Ivy Salon, West) along with Lettie Baker. Christopher Wright report- Stephanie & Dowdy and Baker were inside ed that someone entered his Co., The Lead- the home when Damon went er, The Nash- home on J.B. Steel Road on outside to smoke, he said. Wed., April 24. Wright reported ville News and SUBMITTED PHOTO I Nashville News online at www. Nashville High School students Rachel Dawson, Luke Dawson and Mattie “Approximately five to 10 that his Xbox, along with sev- nashvillear. Jamison served as Pages for Rep. Nate Steel recently. The students spent minutes later, they ‘heard hol- eral games were missing. This com. time on the House floor with Rep. Steel for a day. lering’ and went outside and case is under investigation. 2 EDITORIAL Thursday, April 25, 2013 | The Nashville News | Online at http://www.nashvillenews.org | Call: 1-888-845-6397 Immigration gambles Whose interests are immigration laws supposed to serve — and whose interests do current immigration reform proposals actually serve? In order to have any immigration policy serve any purpose, the border must first be secured. Otherwise American immigration policy exists only on paper, and is mocked by what happens on the ground, as masses of people cross the bor- der illegally, in disregard of whatever policies are Thomas embodied in our laws. Moreover, all the peo- Sowell ple who cross the bor- Creators der from Mexico are not Mexican. They can easily Syndicate include Middle East ter- rorists. The fact that this obvious threat has been blithely ignored for years, in order to get political leverage for "comprehensive" immigration reform, suggests that importing more potential voters for the Democrats has a higher prior- ity in some quarters than safeguarding the country. "Comprehensive" immigration reform — as dis- tinguished from securing the border before doing anything else — serves the interests of politicians of both parties. A "comprehensive" immigration bill means that they can vote for something that mollifies those Americans who are concerned about the uncontrolled influx of foreigners, while winning support from those who want more foreigners admitted and made citi- zens. Starting the amnesty track immediately, while promising border security in the future, means that an irreversible benefit is conferred up front, while only time will tell whether the promise of border security will be kept — as it has not been thus far. Did the Boston terrorists fail? Ask yourself why people who have been living il- legally in this country for years cannot wait a couple of more years until the border is secured before the "Whatever they of the attack, Massachu- pressure cooker bombs question of their legal status can be studied and thought they could ulti- setts Gov.