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Pole Collapse The Barrel race to honor Nashville News daughter of THURSDAY • April 10, 2014 • Issue 29 • 1 Sections • 14 Pages • USPS 371-540 • 75 cents • PUBLISHED EACH MONDAY & THURSDAY In Howard County, Arkansas since 1878 local couple A couple that received the priceless gift of $1.1 million suit Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (NILMDTS) images against city dismissed when their infant daughter passed CHARLES GOODIN away in April 2013 The lawsuit originated is giving back Editor from protests over actions to the nonproit that were taken by the city organization. NASHVILLE - A $1.1 mil- in the aftermath of a mas- Andy and Al- lion lawsuit against the city sive fire that consumed lison McCauley are hosting their of Nashville was dismissed three Main St. businesses irst annual barrel early this month. in August 2010. It was first race in honor of According to court re- filed in April 2011 via Little their daughter, cords, a motion by plaintiffs Rock attorney Morgan E. Ella Grace on Carl and Justin Johnson Welch, later dismissed and Sat., April 12 at Clark County to voluntarily dismiss the then refiled via Hot Springs Fairgrounds in case without prejudice was attorney Ralph C. Ohm after Arkadelphia. Reg- granted April 2 in the West- Welch was elected to the istration is $25. ern Arkansas District, Tex- bench. All of the proceeds arkana Division of United In the original filing, the will go directly to NILMDTS in Ella States District Court. The Johnsons alleged that the Grace’s memory. defendants, which in addi- controlled demolition of Ella Grace had a tion to the city itself include their business after it was rare, fatal form of former Mayor Mike Reese, affected by the fire “con- dwarism known all sitting members of the stituted a ‘seizure’ of their as Thanatophoric property,” and violated the Dysplasia (TD). city council, Fire Chief Jerry NILMDTS was Harwell and TOMCO owner plaintiff’s Fifth and Four- founded in 2005 George Boozer, did not op- teenth Amendment rights by Sandy Puc, pose the motion. See SUIT | Page 12 a professional LUKE REEDER | Nashville News photographer and Nashville Police Officers Justin Garner and Jimmy Steely join Scrapper Athletic Director Cheryl Haggard, James “Bunch” Nichols Tuesday in inspecting the base of a light pole that collapsed at a mother who lost Scrapper Stadium. her son Maddux shortly after he was born. Two charged For more information on POLE COLLAPSE the barrel race visit https:// facebook.com/ 90 foot support beam falls at Scrapper Stadium with drug crimes Rideraceremem- ber or http:// CHARLES GOODIN NASHVILLE - Two local ville Police Department. nowilaymedown- Editor tosleep.org. men were arrested this Morris said the new charge month after agents from is for delivery of marijuana, Blood drives NASHVILLE - A 90 foot the South Central Drug Task and stems from an alleged scheduled tall support pole collapsed Force delivered arrest war- incident that occurred April at area without warning Tuesday at rants resulting from various 16, 2013. Scrapper Stadium, dropping undercover operations to Lewis’ warrant was for businesses an entire section of lighting the Howard County Sheriff’s delivery of methamphet- Lifeshare blood onto a vehicle in the park- Department. amine and was served by drives are sched- ing lot. According to a statement Deputies Steven Wakefield uled for two area According to Police Chief businesses in the issued by Sheriff Butch Mor- and Timothy Floyd April 9. coming days. Ty- Dale Pierce, officers from the ris, the warrants were for 20 The alleged incident that son Foods will hold Nashville Police Department year old Delonte Armstrong led to the charges occurred the irst drive Fri., were called to the school at and 24 year old Willie Lewis, Feb. 20, 2013, according to April 11 from 2:30 3:43 p.m. in reference to the LUKE REEDER | Nashville News both of Nashville. Morris, and the warrant is p.m. until 7:30 A section of stadium lighting rests atop a red Toyota incident, which totaled the Armstrong is already an a result of efforts by the p.m. at their loca- minivan that was totaled Tuesday when a 90 foot tall support red Toyota minivan that tion on Cassidy pole at Scrapper Stadium collapsed. inmate in Howard County task force, Nashville Police St. Certain Teed stood in the pole’s path. The Jail after being arrested in Department and Arkansas Gypsum will follow vehicle’s owner, 50 year old was not seriously injured, ing wind gusts in excess of January on several drug State Police. with a blood drive Valerie Barnes, of Texarkana, according to initial reports. 60 miles per hour at the time and firearm charges that Bond for both suspects at their Highway was sitting in the minivan at Pierce said Wednesday of the incident and that the 396 location Mon., came about following an has been set at $25,000 April 14 from 8:30 the time of the incident, but that the area was experienc- See POLE | Page 12 investigation by the Nash- each. a.m. until 2 p.m. For more infor- mation, contact Lifeshare at 903- 794-3173. Cotton to City to lower speed host coffee at Chamber ofice Congress- limit on Park Ave. man Tom Cotton (R-Dardanelle) D.E. RAY the new speed limit, as will hold a “Coffee Contributing Editor well as signs advising that with your Con- children are present, will gressman” event LOCKESBURG - The city be posted along the stretch Mon., April 14 at will have a new reduced after the city council voted the ofices of the Nashville Cham- speed zone after Tues- in favor of the measure. ber of Commerce. day evening’s city council The council also heard The event, sched- meeting. from a representative of uled to begin at The section of North the Al Franks Engineering 1 p.m., is open to Park Avenue between group, Robin Rice, who the public and no RSVP is required. Highway 24 (west Main brought before them two The event is a ca- Street) and Elm Drive has procedural resolutions for sual, come-and- been reduced from a 35 continuing the work on the go opportunity for mile per hour limit to 25 water and sewer projects constituents to miles per hour. Park Av- the city is undertaking. The COURTESY PHOTO | Immanuel Baptist Church visit directly with enue in that section largely resolutions stated that the Brad Brown of the Christian Health Clinic, Robbie Morphew, Tanner Bryan, Jackson Beavert, their congress- Zach Backus, Brittany Backus, Brooke Bowden, Abi Witherspoon and IBC youth pastor runs parallel to Highway city was accepting grant man. Brent Thompson participated in the February iServe opportunity. 71, on the other side of the money and issuing bonds Peach city park. Signs indicating See LIMIT | Page 12 Blossom Church Festival set The Nashville group serves Chamber of Com- merce will hold its annual Peach Woman seeking to community Blossom Festival Sat., May 3 begin- NASHVILLE - Love God ning at 9 a.m. The coordinate volunteers - Love People - Share Jesus - event will include Make Disciples. bounce houses, D.E. RAY was manager of the former That is the mission state- a crawish boil, a Contributing Editor City Market. men’s beauty con- ment of Immanuel Baptist test, live music, She proposed making Church’s Student Ministry food, a car show, MINERAL SPRINGS - A the events quarterly rather and one of the ways the a peach des- local woman put herself than monthly as Chambers students at IBC are showing sert contest and forward to be “town ac- had done, holding three their love for God and others a tractor show. tivities coordinator” for the during the year. Johnson Chamber mem- is by participating in iServe. bers may occupy city of Mineral Springs at also proposed that she iServe is a recurring week- a booth space the city council’s meeting be placed in charge of the end service event that gives free of charge, Monday evening. city’s Christmas Parade as students the opportunity to while nonchamber Linda Johnson, long- a fourth quarterly event. invest in the community by members will be time teacher at the Min- Johnson said that she charged $30 or volunteering their time to $50 depending on eral Springs schools, said would like to fill a role simi- help local individuals and whether they elect that she was interested lar to that of a chamber of organizations with various to serve food. For in taking over planning commerce, which the city tasks and projects. more information and coordination of the does not have. COURTESY PHOTO | Immanuel Baptist Church This semester, the group or to reserve a Market Day events which The city council ac- booth, contact the Robbie Morphew, McKenzie Morphew, Trace Hamilton, has spent two different days chamber at 845- had been started last year cepted the proposal by IBC youth pastor Brent Thompson, Ty Brown and Alexa serving at the Christian 1262. by Donna Chambers, who See WOMAN | Page 12 Copeland participated in Saturday’s event. See GROUP | Page 12 2 EDITORIAL The Nashville News | Online at http://www.nashvillenews.org | Call: 1-888-845-6397 | Thursday, April 10, 2014 Chuck Stone (1924-2014) Black journalist Chuck Stone was one of those people whose passing makes us think, "We shall not see his like again." He was passionately interested in racial issues but he was never a race hustler. He followed no- body's party line but called the issues as he saw them. Chuck Stone was a three-dimensional man, not like the cardboard cutouts with standard-issue liberal talking points that we see too often in the media today.
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