COVER ART House floor Concerning the Consequenc- Es of Not Paying Court-Ordered fines
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The Nashville News THURSDAY • February 14, 2013 • Issue 13 • 1 Section • 16 Pages • In Howard County, Arkansas since 1878 • USPS 371-540 • 75 cents IN BRIEF Brothers accused of t pawning 51 stolen Chamber Husqvarna chainsaws banquet to be replayed TERRICA HENDRIX Editor on KJEP-TV NASHVILLE – Two brothers from Playback Hope made their first appearance in times for the circuit court yester- 2013 Nashville day after being accused Chamber of Commerce of pawning 51 stolen banquet on Husqvarna chainsaws KJEP-TV will throughout the state. be as follows: Sergio Garcia, 19, Mon., Feb. and Victor Garcia, 27, 18 – 3 p.m. appeared with their Tues., Feb. public defender, Aaron S. GARCIA 19 – 6 a.m. Brasel, in Howard Coun- Wed., Feb. ty Circuit Court before 20 – 7 p.m. Judge Charles A. Year- Thurs., Feb. gan. Both men were 21 – 9 p.m. Fri., Feb. 22 arrested for theft by – 12 p.m. receiving. Victor Garcia Sat., Feb. 23 is also charged with – 1 p.m. second degree forgery. V. GARCIA Victor Garcia asked, Rotarians to through their interpreter Maria Barandi- aran, why their bond was set at $50,000. host blood Deputy Prosecutor Daniel Graves drive told the court that due to a number of jurisdictions wanting to talk to the Gar- The Nash- cia brothers and the fact they have Im- ville Rotary migration Customs Enforcement holds Club will host a on them, that the bond should remain blood drive on Feb. 21 from at $50,000 each. 10 until 4 p.m. Nashville Investigator Amy Marion on behalf of said the two are accused of “pawning Howard Memo- brand new chainsaws from Husqvarna” rial Hospital. See STOLEN / Page 4 Lifeshare Blood Centers will have a bus parked at the old Neeley’s Service Station at 201 South Steel’s bill on Main Street. Everyone is invited to stop jail-time credit by and donate blood. There is a critical need passes in House in the area for CHARLES GOODIN | Nashville News all blood types. ABOVE: Terre Tollett adds detail to her latest TERRICA HENDRIX For more in- painting. AT RIGHT: A selection of Tollett’s work. Editor formation or to sign up, con- tact Jonathan LITTLE ROCK - On Monday, Rep. Nate at 845-3601. Steel (D-19) presented HB1241 on the COVER ART House floor concerning the consequenc- es of not paying court-ordered fines. Darr won’t The bill, which passed the House Local woman’s unanimously, will insure that jail-time seek credit does not affect victims’ rights governor’s painting featured to restitution. in magazine Steel, of Nashville, sponsored ofice the bill, which stated that “The total amount of fines owed shall Lt. Gover- TERRICA HENDRIX nor Mark Darr Editor not automatically be reduced by (R-Springdale) the period of imprisonment, but the issued the local artist’s work has court may credit $40 for each day of following imprisonment against the total fine, statement in been featured on the excluding any amount owed for restitu- regards to the Acover of a popular arts tion, the defendant has been sentenced 2014 race for to pay.” Governor. and entertainment magazine. “It is basically intended to make sure “I have Terre Tollett’s painting, - titled fielded many “Strolling Down Central” - which that jail-time credit, although it often questions over captured the high-class style of el- discharges old fines, cannot discharge the past few egant shoppers in Hot Springs, was any restitution ordered by the Court,” months from featured on the cover of The Springs Steel confirmed. friends and Magazine this month. The bill is waiting to be heard in the supporters Tollett, a 1977 Nashville High School Senate. concerning the graduate, began sketching and drawing as Steel serves on the following com- 2014 Guberna- a child. mittees: torial Race. I When Jan Booker was the principal at Nash- House Agriculture, Forestry & Natu- have received ville Junior High School, she inspired Tollett to ral Resources Permanent Subcom of support and Agriculture encourage- paint by mentioning, “‘I think I’m going to take ment to run some lessons on how to paint.’ So that night, I went * House Committee on Agriculture, for this office See ART / Page 4 See STEEL / Page 4 and I am very humbled and appreciative. During this time, Kim and I have prayerful- $2K reward for information involving bald eagle death ly considered this important decision. We HIGHLAND – The Arkan- “Because the eagle was statutes. have decided sas Game and Fish Com- found along a highway, Bald eagles historically that this race mission and the U.S. Fish someone may have seen or occurred throughout the is not the right and Wildlife Service are heard something that will United States, Canada and choice for us investigating the shooting help in our investigation. Mexico. It typically takes at this time. I of a mature bald eagle near We are hoping that anyone four or five years for bald am happy to Highland in Pike County. with information on who eagles to mature, but many announce my The eagle was found is responsible for shooting do not start breeding until support of my west of the city along Ar- the eagle will step forward they are much older. friend, Asa kansas Highway 26. A re- and provide information They may live 15 to 25 Hutchinson for Governor of ward of up to $2,000 is be- that will help us solve this years in the wild. our great state. ing offered for information case,” Sigman said. Bald eagles are large rap- I intend to do leading to a conviction The identities of persons tors with typical wingspans anything that of the person or persons who provide information of about six to eight feet. Asa deems responsible for killing the will be kept confidential. Mature eagles have a dark helpful to as- eagle. Bald eagles are protect- brown body and wings, sist him in his AGFC wildlife officer Sgt. ed by the Bald and Golden white head and tail, and a SUBMITTED PHOTO | Nashville News race for our Chesley Sigman said the Eagle Protection Act and yellow beak. state’s highest Game and Fish officials are offering a $2,000 reward eagle was discovered on the Migratory Bird Treaty A pair of bald eagles typi- for information leading to the conviction of the person office,” Darr Feb. 2 on private land. Act, both federal wildlife said. See EAGLE / Page 4 responsible for shooting this bald eagle, found in Highland. 2 EDITORIAL Thursday, February 14, 2013 | The Nashville News | Online at http://www.nashvillenews.org | Call: 1-888-845-6397 Bloomberg, Hagel and Budweiser Random thoughts on the passing scene: I can't get excited by the question of whether Senator Robert Menendez had sex with a prostitute in Central America. It is her word against his — and when it comes to a prostitute's word against a politician's word, that is too close to call. If an American citizen went off to join Hitler's army during World War II, would there have been any Thomas question that this alone would make it legal to kill Sowell him? Why then is there Creators an uproar about killing an American citizen who Syndicate has joined terrorist orga- nizations that are at war against the United States today? Of all the things said during the gun control contro- versy, one of the most disquieting has been the emphasis on "mental health." If that ends up letting the guesses of shrinks put more murderers back on the street, the pub- lic can be in even greater danger after such a "reform." However emotionally similar envy and resentment may seem, their consequences are often very different. Envy may spur some people to efforts to lift themselves A Godly man in an ungodly age up, while resentment is more likely to spur efforts to tear others down. "To govern the bark of The number of priests has to visit and marvel at what New York's Mayor Bloomberg wants to restrict the Saint Peter and proclaim fallen by a third, of nuns Pat once was, and no longer is. use of pain-killers in hospitals. Is there any subject on the Gospel, both strength by two-thirds. Orders like The Faith is Europe, which this man does not consider himself an expert? of mind and body are nec- the Christian Brothers Buchanan Europe is the Faith, wrote There are, after all, doctors treating individual patients essary, strength which in have virtually vanished. Creators Hilaire Belloc. And when who currently decide how much pain-killer to use. the last few months, has The Jesuits are down to a Syndicate the faith dies, the culture One of the talking points in favor of confirming Chuck deteriorated in me to the fraction of their strength in dies, the civilization dies, Hagel as Secretary of Defense is that he was a wounded extent that I have had to the 1950s. and the people die. So combat veteran. How does that qualify anyone to run recognize my incapacity Parochial schools teach- historians and poets alike the whole military establishment? Benedict Arnold was cil merely fail to arrest to adequately fulfill the ing 4.5 million children in have written. a wounded combat veteran! what was an inevitable In the modern welfare state, a vote becomes a license ministry entrusted to me." the early 1960s were teach- decline with the triumph Surely that seems true to take what others create — and these others include With those brave, wise, ing a third of that number of the counterculture of in Europe.