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The I Saw It In ... Nashville NEWS May 26, 2011 USPS 371-540 • 75 cents • www.nashvillenews.org Thursday Issue 42 1 Section • 14 Pages • In Howard County, Arkansas since 1878 $187k in extra pay Charlie’s Thriftway sold added to Nashville Charles Goodin Managing Editor salary schedule NASHVILLE - After 45 years in the Move widens gap between grocery business, Charlie’s Thriftway has sold its entire operation, owner other area schools Charlie Moore confi rmed Thursday. Charles Goodin “I’m going out of business,” Moore Managing Editor said. “I can’t disclose who the buyer NASHVILLE - The school board ap- is yet.” proved an adjusted salary schedule that No land transaction records relat- includes $187,000 worth of additional ed to the sale were available at press pay at a special meeting Monday night. See SOLD on Page 6 Under the approved proposal, certi- fi ed staff holding a bachelor’s degree will see a base increase of $500 while HMH designated as Level IV trauma center those with a master’s degree will Terrica Hendrix surgery and critical care services. The “Because we did have our site survey receive $700. It also ups the annual Editor hospital can also transfer patients to a and was designated by May 1, we have incremental raise to $600 per year of NASHVILLE – “We are offi cially a Level higher level of care. an additional $37,500 [in] grant monies experience for both categories. The IV trauma center,” Howard Memorial HMH was awarded the designation for fi scal year 2011 to spend by June previous rate was $500 per year. Hospital Chief Nursing Offi cer/Trauma without defi ciencies. 15,” Hanson stated in her Nursing Board “[The schedule] goes toward our goal Coordinator Angie Hanson said Tuesday “We are very pleased,” HMH CEO Report. of getting a $600 increase all the way night at the board meeting. Debra Wright said at the board meeting. The hospital will be able to purchase through,” allowing the school to bet- With the designation, HMH is equipped Hanson reported that the designa- a glidescope, additional Sager Traction ter reward more experienced teachers, to provide services to patients suffering tion was a result of “tremendous hard Splint and other equipment within the Graham said. with traumatic injuries. work by all the Trauma Committee, the next month. Asked by the board how the new HMH can provide diagnostic capa- Emergency Room staff and the staff of The glidescope is used to “facilitate salaries compared to state averages, bilities, evaluation and stabilization, all clinical departments.” See LEVEL on Page 6 Graham called them a “modest raise” that would “at least keep us competitive with the state salary schedule.” FUN IN THE SUN AT NASHVILLE CITY PARK According to Arkansas Department of Education records for 2010-11, the move further widens an already-exist- ing gap between Nashville and other area schools. Both Dierks and Mineral Springs School Districts pay entry-level teach- ers holding a bachelor’s degree less than $30,000, with Mineral Springs shell- ing out only the state-mandated mini- mum of $29,244. Dierks pays slightly more at $29,847. At the opposite end of the spectrum, See PAY on Page 6 Nashville second graders enjoyed a “park day” Tuesday. ABOVE: LaDainian Hendrix, Zachary Patrick and Braden Funderburk were too busy building sand castles to notice the camera. AT RIGHT: Shaniqua Brown, Yaira Escamilla and Zoey Upton prove that girls can be fashionable outdoors. Photos by Logan Webster Random drug testing on the horizon for city employees Charles Goodin “There will be a quarterly ran- included in the pool of poten- Managing Editor dom drug test. One employee tial candidates for testing. NASHVILLE - City employees from each department (Park, City aldermen expressed would be subject to random Public Works, Police and Fire) general approval of the change quarterly drug tests under a will be randomly chosen by at Tuesday’s council meet- personnel policy change being the department head and/or ing, but tabled the issue over considered by city aldermen. the mayor. This test will be concerns as to the legality of The measure would add performed at the expense of various punishments available the following passage to the the city.” for testing positive. city’s employee handbook: Department heads would be See CITY on Page 6 Nashville City Park prepares for Dinofest Dewayne Holloway loveable green dinosaur that each weekend at Dinofest. Sports Editor will welcome the visitors to She explained that the fes- NASHVILLE - City Park the park this year. tival was expanded to two Director Nikki Cherry spoke Nashville native Kadem days due to the turnout for to the Nashville Rotary Club Ray was also in attendance the softball and baseball Wednesday about the up- and is working at the park tournaments held every America the Beautiful Tracker the Dinosaur sings “ ” with Dr. Glen Lance at coming 20th annual Dinofest this summer as an intern year. Wednesday’s Rotary meeting. Tracker, along with Park Director Nikki Cherry to be held May 28 and June while working on his Parks This year the softball and Kadem Ray, were on hand to talk to Nashville Rotarians about the 20th 4 at the park. and Recreation degree. tournament will begin at 8 Annual Dinofest scheduled for May 28 and June 4 at the Nashville City Park. Cherry introduced the Cherry stated that they a.m. May 28 with 36 teams Photo by Dewayne Holloway festival’s mascot, Tracker, a expect about 2,000 visitors See PARK on Page 6 Page 2 • Thursday, May 26, 2011 • NASHVILLE NEWS Opinions Courageous Rand Paul When Kentucky Senator Rand Paul demanded that the Senate debate and discuss the constitu- tionality of the USA PATRIOT Act before rushing through its latest renewal, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid accused him of, “... fi ghting for an amendment to protect the right – not of average citizens, but of terrorists – to cover up their gun purchases.” Reid went on to say, “If he thinks that it’s going to be a badge of courage on his side to have held this up for a few hours, he’s made a mistake.” What “mistake” has Paul made? Specifi cally, he has proposed three amendments to the contro- versial legislation that would curtail the govern- ment’s ability to spy on ordinary citizens in the name of catching terrorists, the centerpiece of his proposal being the idea that federal investigators should have to ask a judge for a search warrant before rifl ing through an individual’s personal documents. If the concept sounds suspiciously familiar, thomas Dependency it’s because it’s been taught in every civics class since the founding of America and is commonly sowell called the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. and votes Or as Reid himself pointed out while the Demo- Creators Syndicate cratic Party was posturing as champions of civil Columnist reality— the wealthiest above the official pov- liberties in 2005, “I’m opposed to evil terrorists segment of the American erty line for a fraction of as most Americans are. But we still believe in this population. what it costs to support little thing called the Constitution.” Those who regard gov- seldom provide cars and The average wealth a massive welfare state So what’s the difference between now and ernment "entitlement" trucks. Most people liv- of older households is bureaucracy. then? Reid and his party now have control of the programs as sacrosanct, ing below the official nearly three times the We don't need to send Senate, not to mention the presidency, and no and regard those who poverty line also have air wealth of households the country into bank- longer stand to gain political points by pretend- want to cut them back conditioning, color tele- headed by people in the ruptcy, in the name of ing to challenge the status quo. as calloused or cruel, vision and a microwave 35 to 44-year-old bracket, the poor, by spending But Paul has built his career around doing picture a world very dif- oven—and these too are and more than 15 times trillions of dollars on exactly that, and as I write this column he’s ferent from the world of not usually handed out the wealth of households people who are not poor, spent the last several hours describing the bill’s reality. by government entitle- headed by someone un- and who could take care freedom-destroying properties in no uncertain To listen to some of the ment programs. der 35 years of age. of themselves. The poor terms on the Senate fl oor. defenders of entitlement Cell phones and other If the wealthiest seg- have been used as human If things continue as they have been, the PA- programs, which are at electronic devices are ment of the population shields behind which the TRIOT Act will likely lapse for slightly less than the heart of the present by no means unheard of cannot pay their own expanding welfare state a day between the time its extension passes and fi nancial crisis, you might in low-income neighbor- medical bills, who can? can advance. President Barack Obama signs it back into law, think that anything the hoods, where children The country as a whole The goal is not to keep and despite all the bleating on both sides of the government fails to pro- would supposedly go is not any richer because the poor from starving aisle about how the law keeps us safe, I’d gladly vide is something that hungry if there were no the government pays our but to create dependen- bet every penny in my pocket that not a single people will be deprived school lunch programs.