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The Group seeking donations Nashville News for Howard THURSDAY • February 27, 2014 • Issue 17 • 1 Section • 12 Pages • USPS 371-540 • 75 cents • PUBLISHED EACH MONDAY & THURSDAY In Howard County, Arkansas since 1878 County pantry Harvest Tex- arkana Regional Food Bank will Ray launches bid for zone host a mobile pantry Thurs., March 27 at the eight Justice of the Peace Howard County Fairgrounds in Nashville, and the Incumbent also seeking re-election group is seek- ing monetary CHARLES GOODIN donations to help Editor inance the proj- ect. According to Executive Director NASHVILLE - A local man Camille Parker, has filed to challenge zone the organization is eight Justice of the Peace hoping to hold two Jeanie Gorham in the upcom- events per year in Howard County, ing election cycle. GORHAM RAY each of which is David Ray, 34, announced expected to cost his candidacy for the office grad school at the University roughly $1,500. on Wednesday, saying he of Arkansas before leaving To donate or for was inspired to seek the more information, college to join the Air Force call 870-774- seat out of a desire to better in 2004. After returning to 1398 or e-mail represent the constituents Arkansas, he worked with harvesttxk@ of his area. a number of nonprofit or- cableone.net. “My personal motivation ganizations and served as is that I feel people in Howard a Howard County election Sheriff’s County are not currently best commissioner before coming being served by their quo- to work at the Nashville News Department rum court,” he said. “Prob- as a reporter. He was recently probing ably a third of the people that named interim editor of the church I tell I’m running for Justice Murfreesboro Diamond. break-ins of the Peace ask me what a If elected, Ray said his Justice of the Peace does. primary focus would be “get- The Howard The people should know County Sheriff’s ting the taxpayers the most Department and what county elected officials for their money” and was the Nashville Po- are doing in their name and quick to emphasize that he lice Department with their tax money.” is running out of a desire to are investigating A Nashville native who serve rather than specifically alleged breakins graduated from the Arkan- at three area to unseat Gorham. churches. sas School for Mathematics “I’m very hawkish on According to a and Sciences in 1998, Ray budgets. I believe budgets statement issued majored in history and politi- should be tight and efficient. by Sheriff Butch cal science at Arkansas Tech I’m going to make sure that I Morris, authori- University and attended ties have received See EIGHT | Page 10 the reports from County Line Mis- sionary Baptist Church, New Shiloh Missionary BASEBALL Baptist Church Ward two alderman and Maranatha SEASON Baptist Church. A church in De Queen was also KICKS OFF won’t seek re-election reported broken into last week. Justin Reed “Howard (above) Daughter-in-law iles for seat County Sher- and Kory iff’s Investigator Snodgrass CHARLES GOODIN David Shelton and (right) Editor Nashville Police participate in Investigator Larry the Nashville NASHVILLE - Long time Marion assisted Scrapper ward two city council the De Queen Po- baseball lice Department member Jackie Harwell an- and Sevier County team’s annual nounced Tuesday she will hit-a-thon Sheriff’s Ofice on not seek re-election to the fund raiser J. HARWELL D. HARWELL Monday with an seat and a local woman has arrest and search Monday night warrant at a at Wilson filed to replace her. business management from residence located Park. The Donna Harwell, 48, said CCCUA and has been an ac- on Hwy. 317 in event, which Wednesday she was inspired tive participant in the Order Sevier County,” serves as the to run for the office by both a of the Eastern Star for several Morris said in the traditional sense of family tradition and years. For the past 11 years, statement. kick-off of Edmond Ray community service. she has been employed as of- baseball “I just want to be able to fice manager at the Nashville Lewis, 42, was season in help make a difference, to News. taken into custody Howard during that op- County, was serve the community,” she “I’ve lived in the com- eration and trans- said. “And it has been a fam- munity for a long time and ported to Sevier attended County Jail. by several ily tradition that somebody I have a strong background The investiga- hundred served on the council.” in business management tion is continuing spectators If elected, Harwell will and accounting,” she said. by all agencies and included be the third candidate with “I hope to be able to serve involved. a hamburger her surname to occupy the community in the way dinner. 3D archery the position, following in that my constituents will be Staff photos by the foot steps of both her proud of.” tourney Luke Reeder incumbent mother-in-law Asked to comment on scheduled and her husband, Fire Chief some of the recent issues fac- The Rick Evans Jerry Harwell. A 1983 gradu- ing the city council, including Grandview Prairie ate of Murfreesboro High the proposed expansion of Conservation School, she holds a degree in See ALDERMAN | Page 10 Education Center in Columbus will host a 3D archery tournament Sat., March 1. The event will feature a stagger start Delight man receives 30 year prison sentence from 8 a.m. until noon with awards for the irst three places. The divi- Dowdle pleads guilty sions are: Open, Women’s Open, Young Adult to shooting his brother (15-17), Unlim- ited, Women’s D.E. RAY Correction for 30 years, with Bowhunter, Youth Contributing Editor five years suspended. (13-14), Senior The killing occurred in Hunter (50 & Over), Women’s MURFREESBORO - A De- a residence on Highway 26 Novice, Sr. Eagle light man accused of murder- in Pike County, the home of (11-12), Senior ing his brother received a 30 the two men’s father. Dowdle Open (50 & Over), year prison sentence Friday had reportedly claimed re- Hunter, Eagle (9- after pleading guilty to the sponsibility for the murder 10), Novice, Tradi- tional, Jr. Eagle (8 charge in Pike County Circuit at the time of his arrest, al- & Under). Court. legedly saying that he “shot Fees for the Danny Dowdle, 47, of De- his brother with a .22 pistol.” tournament are: light, pled guilty to a reduced During a probable cause all eagles, youth, charge of second degree mur- hearing held last year, Arkan- young adult and adults $5.00. der and received the maxi- sas State Police Special Agent Families $20. mum possible sentence for Neal Thomas testified that Call 870-983- that charge. Dowdle, who is David Dowdle’s body was 2790 to register, accused of killing his brother, found at his “father’s house” FILE PHOTO | Nashville News In this April 29, 2013 file photo, murder suspect Danny Dowdle is escorted into the Howard get directions or David, on the night of April and he saw “indications of a get more infor- County Courthouse for a probable cause hearing by Sheriff Butch Morris and Deputy Todd mation about the 29, 2013, has been ordered to murder.” Tallant. On Friday, Dowdle pled guilty to a charge of second degree murder stemming from program. the Arkansas Department of See DOWDLE | Page 10 the shooting death of his brother, David. 2 EDITORIAL The Nashville News | Online at http://www.nashvillenews.org | Call: 1-888-845-6397 | Thursday, February 27, 2014 Fraudulent ‘Fairness’ It seems as if, everywhere you turn these days, there are studies claiming to show that America has lost its upward mobility for people born in the lower socioeconomic levels. But there is a sharp difference between upward "mobility," defined as an opportunity to rise, and mobility defined as actually having risen. That distinction is seldom even mentioned in most of the studies. THOMAS It is as if everybody is chomping at the bit to SOWELL get ahead, and the ones Creators that don't rise have been Syndicate stopped by "barriers" cre- ated by "society." When statistics show that sons of high school dropouts don't become doc- tors or scientists nearly as often as the sons of Ph.D.s, that is taken as a sign that American society is not "fair." If equal probabilities of achieving some goal is your definition of fairness, then we should all get together — people of every race, color, creed, national origin, political ideology and sexual preference — and stipu- late that life has never been fair, anywhere or any time in all the millennia of recorded history. Then we can begin at last to talk sense. I know that I never had an equal chance to be- come a great ballet dancer like Rudolph Nureyev. The thought of becoming a ballet dancer never once crossed my mind in all the years when I was growing up in Harlem. I suspect that the same thought never crossed the minds of most of the guys growing up on New York's lower east side. Does that mean that there were unfair barriers keeping us from following in the footsteps of Rudolph Nureyev? Perfect climate for liberals A very distinguished scholar once mentioned at a social gathering that, as a young man, he was not thinking of going to college until someone else, who WASHINGTON -- The many Against Einstein,” the target “pressure federal and state recognized his ability, urged him to do so. jaundiced assessments of GEORGE of this argument-by-cumula- officials to enact climate the American Recovery and tion replied: “Were I wrong, change measures through Another very distinguished scholar told me that, WILL although his parents were anti-Semitic, it was the fact Reinvestment Act on the fifth one professor would have a hard-edge campaign of at- that he went to a school with many Jewish children anniversary of its enactment Washington been quite enough.” tack ads against governors that got him interested in intellectual matters and led were understandable, given Post Climate alarmism vali- and lawmakers.” The Times him into an academic career.