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NashvilleThe News Paraloma celebration MONDAY • August 4, 2014 • Issue 62 • 1 Section • 10 Pages • USPS 371-540 • 75 cents • PUBLISHED EACH MONDAY & THURSDAY In Howard County, Arkansas since 1878 scheduled The 55th Paralo- ma Homecoming Celebration is rapidly Local man approaching. All of the surrounding communities are invited to come out charged with rape and enjoy the event, set for Aug. 8-11. NASHVILLE - A local man The in- On Fri., Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. there will be a has been arrested on a charge cident was welcoming ceremony of rape. originally re- and talent night. The According to a statement ported July Alice Preston Award issued by Sheriff Butch 17, Morris will be also pre- Morris, 51 year old David said. sented. On Sat., Aug. 9 K. Hawkins was taken into Arkansas from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. custody Thursday as a result State Police there will be a family of an investigation into a HAWKINS investigators fun day. Breakfast reported sexual assault. The assisted Mineral Springs po- will be provided by case, originally reported to lice and the Howard County the men of Paralo- ma. The family fun the Mineral Springs Police Sheriff’s Department with the day theme will be, Department, allegedly in- investigation. “Blast From the D.E. RAY | Nashville News volved contact with a juvenile Bond for the suspect has Past.” Those par- Candidate for governor of Arkansas Mike Ross waves to the crowds lining the parade female. been set at $100,000. ticipating are asked route during the Pine Tree Festival parade in Dierks this Saturday. to dress in their era clothing and sing karaoke from the same era. There will CANDIDATES A-PLENTY also be a ish fry, a parade, a band, a Wynns plead guilty youth fashion show, Ofice seekers a common sight at Pine Tree Festival games and history D.E. RAY preservation events. Managing Editor On Sun., Aug. 10 to reduced charges from 11 a.m. – 12 a.m. there will be a DIERKS - During election memorial service years such as this one, festi- CHARLES GOODIN being released from jail and and a celebration vals and fairs become points Editor not charged.” of Rev. Ella Harris of congregation for political The Wynns were arrested for her 20 years of candidates. NASHVILLE - Two local Dec. 4., but the phone call service. At noon, a women accused of providing which lead to the charges home-cooked meal At this year’s Pine Tree will be provided, Festival in Dierks, nearly a police with false informa- occurred Nov. 17, according followed at 2 p.m. by dozen state and federal level tion that led to the wrong- to police. Morris said Shelton an evening message candidates were in atten- ful imprisonment of a local developed evidence that the from Rev. C.E. McA- dance, hoping to gain votes. man plead guilty to reduced suspects were responsible doo of St. Andrew One of the notables in charges stemming from the for the call by gathering in- UMC. D.E. RAY | Nashville News Mon., Aug. 11 is attendance was former Con- incident Wednesday during formation about the phone State representative Fonda Hawthorne greeted her Howard County Circuit Court. number used to make the oral history day. A gressman Mike Ross, who constituents while riding in the Dierks Pine Tree Festival ish fry will also be is running for governor of Brooke and Nina Wynn, 26 report. held. parade Saturday. Hawthorne, who represents Dierks in Arkansas. the state legislature, was one of several politicians who and 20, were fined $1,000 each The Wynns have six For additional after pleading guilty to sepa- months to pay their fines. information, contact This marked Ross’s first attended the event. Morris Johnson at stop in Dierks during his rate counts of misdemeanor In other court news: 816-308-1685 or campaign as governor, but criminal mischief. The pair •HollyStewart,44,of Phyllis Rogers at he remarked that he had WANT MORE? were originally charged with Nashville, was sentenced to 501-951-5918. been in the Pine Tree Festi- Nashville News being accomplices to the three years of probation after val almost every year of the See Thursday’s unauthorized use of another pleading guilty to a charge of Pastor, 12 years that he represented for more pictures from the person’s property to facilitate possessing drug parapherna- them in Congress. certain crimes, a felony. lia. She was also fined $1,000 wife to be He said that he would be Dierks Pine Tree Festival. The allegations against and ordered to pay court honored talking to people in the area the Wynns stem from an costs, a DNA fee and a drug The First Provi- about support for educa- dates for state Treasurer: State Lands John Thurston, investigation conducted by assessment fee. dence Outreach tion, which he feels is the Karen Garcia, who had been and Congressional candi- the Howard County Sheriff’s •Amentalevaluationwas Ministry of 1316 key to economic develop- an accountant for Weyer- date Bruce Westerman. Department in December ordered for Everett Davis, South 4th St in ment and the growth of jobs haeuser for 26 years and Candidate for state of last year which allegedly 53, of Murfreesboro, who Nashville will be cel- revealed that they helped a stands accused of possessing ebrating the seventh in the area- especially push- is well known at the com- House District 19 Justin anniversary of their ing his idea of increased ed- pany’s offices in Dierks and Gonzales were also in at- third suspect report that a methamphetamine and drug pastor Vaster Cooper ucational opportunities for Dennis Milligan, who owns tendance. House District vehicle “would be transport- paraphernalia. and wife Margaret people entering traditional a water treatment company. 19, which is made up of ing drugs in Howard County,” • Courtney Thomas, 23, Ann Cooper at their blue collar professions such Other candidates hop- Pike County and portions according to information re- of Mineral Springs, was sen- church. Events will leased by Sheriff Butch Mor- tenced to three years in the begin at 7 p.m. Fri., as plumbing, carpentry, or ing to represent Dierks in of Clark, Howard and Hemp- Aug. 15 with a mes- machining. one manner or another stead Counties, does not ris at the time of the arrests. Arkansas Department of Cor- sage from Pastor Ross’s opponent, Repub- included candidate for state represent Dierks. “As a result of the anony- rection after pleading guilty Kendall McAfee, then lican nominee Asa Hutchin- auditor and current state Congressman Tim Grif- mous call, a subject was to possession of firearms by continue with Pastor son, also participated in the representative for the Rus- fin, who had been slated to arrested and placed in jail,” certain persons. Lizzie Williams pro- Morris said in December. “An • James Rogers, 31, of viding the message Pine Tree Festival parade. sellville area Andrea Lea, attend the festival, canceled the following evening Candidates from lower state representative for the the night before, citing Con- investigation by Investigator Nashville, was sentenced to at the same time. on the ballot in the fall elec- Dierks area Fonda Haw- gressional business. Con- David Shelton into the inci- four years in the Arkansas The weekend event tion included both candi- thorne, Commissioner of gress is currently in recess. dent resulted in the subject See COURT | Page 10 will conclude with a message from Elder Ivory Williams, Jr. on Sun., Aug. 17 at 3 p.m. Pope shows off healthy-eating recipe at market Public meeting to KATELYN COFFMAN Her five meals a day were to soning and sometimes the Staff Writer be comprised of 2/3 veggies meat itself. be held and 1/3 protein. Her soup was inspired by A second re- NASHVILLE - Vivian Pope Pope began taking baby her desire to eat better and quired public hearing hosted a cooking demonstra- steps to control her diabetes from growing tired of fixing concerning the implementation of an tion at the Howard Coun- by eating out of a smaller so much salad. Arkansas Commu- ty Farmer’s Market Friday, plate and scattering it with “I got tired of going in nity and Economic showing the crowd that gath- fruit, vegetables and lean three or four times a day and and Development ered around her corner table meat. For breakfast, she start- making salad so I thought if Program (ACEDP) how to prepare “Vivian’s Spe- ed to eat ½ cup of cooked I make soup all I have to do grant for the Howard County Cotton- cial,” a filling layered salad oats with ¼ cup of yogurt is dip it out and warm it up,” shed Project will be that took less than 30 minutes accompanied by fruit such Pope said. held at the Howard to prepare can be eaten as a as strawberries, cantaloupe Gradually, Pope has gone County Courthouse soup or stir-fry. This meal is or grapes. If she grew hungry backing to cooking the way Aug. 18 at 11:45 what has helped the 81-year- between meals, she would she used to but with different a.m. The purpose of old drop an astonishing 19 snack on more fruit. She also seasoning and portion con- this hearing is to pounds in six months. kept a chart of what she ate trol. She has also added vari- inform citizens of Pope was not always the every day. ety to her breakfast by eating the current scope health food aficionado that “I really had to work at it. a piece of toast topped with and progress of the she is today.