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The Nashville News MONDAY • August 26, 2013 • Issue 68 • 1 Section • 10 Pages • In Howard County, Arkansas since 1878 • USPS 371-540 • 75 cents IN BRIEFt NPD Chief announces candidacy Christian CHARLES GOODIN law enforcer, rent term, and McJunkins dedication Sheriff Morris Academy Pierce will Editor made the announced his candidacy has shown and realize that announce- shortly after. he has set the bar high for closes challenge NASHVILLE - Police Chief ment this “I have had the pleasure the next sheriff of Howard Dale Pierce announced morning in a of working closely with County.” doors McJunkins Monday that he will chal- statement is- Sheriff Morris for the past A former patrol officer, lenge Howard County Chief PIERCE sued to local 18 years and wish him well patrol sergeant, undercov- Nashville for sheriff Deputy Bryan McJunkins media. Incumbent Sheriff in his upcoming retire- er drug agent and criminal Christian in the race for sheriff next Butch Morris announced ment,” Pierce said via press investigator, Pierce served Acad- next year year. Thursday he will retire release. “I understand the as a narcotics investigator emy has Pierce, a 30-year veteran after completing his cur- level of commitment and See CHIEF / Page 7 announced it is closing its doors after 15 years in n AT operation. RIGHT: According Kim Park officials to a state- Newton mans a ment issued booth this morning selling hear road by organizer Scrapper Stephanie items at Fritts, the Friday school board night’s proposal has deter- Back to School mined it will Scrapper A.J. SMITH not have Bash. classes in Staff photo Managing Editor by Luke 2013-14 “due Reeder to a lack of NASHVILLE - Park commissioners heard adequate a proposal from the Howard County Chil- enrollment.” dren’s Center Tuesday regarding building “We apolo- a bridge from Arkansas Highway 27 bypass gize for any to the back part of the park. inconve- HCCC Director Tim Freel told the com- nience this mission that the center recently acquired may cause acreage between their location and the for the few bypass with plans on constructing the pro- students and posed road, and suggested partnering with staff who the park to fund construction of the bridge had plans to to cross the creek that divides the center take part this and the bypass. year,” Fritts The proposed road would give access said in the directly to the Howard County Memorial statement. Hospital as well as another entry and exit “We would for both the Children’s Center and the park. like to extend The park commission discussed helping our deepest the children’s center find grants and monies gratitude to to help with the project but commission- the many ers indicated they were not completely on students, board with making another access to the parents, See ROAD / Page 7 staff mem- bers, board members, and gen- eral well- crapper wishers that have supported NRWA gets NCA over the years.” The school LUKE REEDER n NHS Corespondent has oper- BASH clean audit ated out of ith the parking lot packed and D.E. RAY several host News Staff churches the stands at over the Scrapper Sta- NASHVILLE- The final audit for the years, in- dium full, the Nashville Rural Water Association was cluding Wannual Back to School Bash presented Thursday evening, during the Ridgeway began last Friday night. regular monthly meeting of the Nashville Baptist, First Rural Water Public Authority board. The bash included concessions, Baptist and Kelly Birdwell, of Wilf & Henderson vendors selling an assortment of Maranatha of Texarkana, said that the audit for the Scrapper merchandise, an intro- Baptist. In period was as expected, and clear. The as- duction of the band, cheerlead- Monday’s sociation was converted by the board into ers, and football team, three statement, a public authority last year, explained board scrimmages, and a speech by Fritts de- president Mark Dowdy. The fiscal year of head coach Billy Dawson. scribed the the group will now start and end with the But before Dawson’s current state calendar year, and only one audit will be speech there was a touch- of affairs as required per year. “Audits are expensive,” ing moment of silence for a “dormant Inside: An he claimed, stating that the audit received the Quinonez family, who period,” in depth at the meeting cost nearly $14,000. on Aug. 17 lost Sawyer Hill implying that The board also announced the annual look at the and Kayla Quinonez to the church meeting of the organization, where board a fatal car crash that also may reopen upcoming members and officers are elected. The football critically injured Kelli Quinonez and at a later meeting will be 5:30 p.m., Tues., Sept. 10, Nova Hill. date. season at the NRWA offices. While the meeting has After this came a speech by Dawson that got “We still been held at the Carter Day Training Center believe in See BASH / Page 7 See NRWA / Page 7 our mission, which is to educate children from a Biblical standpoint, and cre- ate a firm Crater cleanup scheduled at park foundation for which WAYMON COX mining adventure. Park is a major destination ful Commission’s Great invited to meet in the Visitor continuing Park Interpreter Litter can destroy the for travelers in Arkansas, Arkansas Cleanup. Center Theater for refresh- education beauty of our natural sur- and the encounters our Gloves and trash bags ments and a prize drawing. should be MURFREESBORO - Thou- roundings, harm wildlife, visitors have here can af- will be provided, and Great All ages are invited, but based,” she sands of visitors have en- and be buried when we fect where and how they Arkansas Cleanup t-shirts volunteer teams of five or said. “We joyed outdoor experiences plow the search area, mak- spend their time in the will be given away, while more should call the park welcome our at the Crater of Diamonds ing it more difficult to find future. To continue promot- supplies last. Volunteers by September 4 to register community’s this summer, making great and remove later. We work ing great experiences at our should arrive at the Visitor as a group. thoughts and one-of-a-kind memories hard to keep our park clean, park, on Sat., Sept. 7, Crater Center by 1 p.m. to register For group registration or encourage- that they will remember for inform visitors about litter of Diamonds State Park will and gather supplies. Dress more information, contact ment, even life. However, when visi- prevention, and provide the host its Sixth Annual Great for outdoor work, wear Crater of Diamonds State through this tors encounter litter in our necessary receptacles for Crater Cleanup, from 1 until sturdy shoes or boots, and Park at 870-285-3116 or dormant pe- park, it can tarnish an oth- trash disposal and recycling. 4 p.m., in conjunction with bring drinking water. After by e-mail at CraterofDia- riod.” erwise exciting diamond Crater of Diamonds State the Keep Arkansas Beauti- the cleanup, volunteers are [email protected]. 2 EDITORIAL Monday, August 26, 2013 | The Nashville News | Online at http://www.nashvillenews.org | Call: 1-888-845-6397 Stop and Frisk about protection New York City seems on the verge of making the same mistake that Detroit made 40 years ago. The mistake is to abolish the NYPD practice referred to as stop and frisk. It's more accurately called stop, question and frisk. People were stopped and questioned 4.4 mil- lion times between 2004 and 2012. But the large majority were not frisked. The effectiveness of this police practice, MICHAEL initiated by Mayor Rudy BARONE Giuliani in 1994 and continued by Mayor Creators Michael Bloomberg, is not Syndicate in doubt. The number of homicides — the most accurately measured crime — in New York fell from a peak of 2,605 in 1990 to 952 in 2001, Giuliani's last year in office, to just 414 in 2012. Nevertheless, the three leading Democratic may- oral candidates in the city's September primary all have pledged to end stop and frisk. And last week, federal judge Schira Scheindlin, in a lawsuit brought by 19 men who have been stopped and frisked, found that the practice is unconstitutional and racially discriminatory. Bloomberg has promised to appeal, and several of Scheindlin's decisions in high-profile cases have been reversed. But the leading Democratic can- didates for mayor promise, if elected, to drop the appeal. The two leading Republican candidates support stop and frisk, but their chances of election seem dim in a city that voted 81 percent for Barack Obama in 2012. What riles opponents of stop and frisk is that a high proportion of those stopped are young black and Hispanic males. Many innocent people undoubt- edly and understandably resent being subjected to this practice. No one likes to be frisked, including the thousands of airline passengers who are every day. But young black and, to a lesser extent, Hispanic I have a dream males are far, far more likely than others to commit (and be victims of) violent crimes, as Bloomberg (Editor’s note: Martin of this nation. So we have will be able to join hands points out. I take no pleasure in reporting that fact Luther King Jr.’s historic come to cash this check, with little white boys and and wish it weren't so. MARTIN This was recognized by, among others, Jesse Jack- speech is reprinted here in a check that will give us white girls as sisters and son, who in 1993 said, "There is nothing more painful observance of the original upon demand the riches LUTHER brothers.