NashvilleThe News MONDAY • january 4, 2016 • Issue 1 • 1 section • 10 Pages • USPS 371-540 • 75 cents • PUBLISHED EACH MONDAY & THURSDAY In Howard County, Arkansas since 1878 News collecting items for Deputy, K-9 net 62 SWA DV/CC There will be a pounds of suspected box in The Nashville News ofice set up to collect supplies for the Southwest Arkansas marijuana during Domestic Violence/ Crisis Center until Jan. 15. Items needed include: paper goods (paper towels, toilet traffic stop tissue, etc.), dish soap, hand soap, toiletries, BRYAN MCJUNKINS lotion, games and toys Howard County Sheriff for children and books. MINERAL SPRINGS - Dep- uty Travis Turner stopped a car driven by Joseph Sauls III, (34-years-old, of Nash- JOSEPH SAULS HMH ville) on State Highway 355 - surgeon just south of Mineral Springs completes Sunday evening for a traffic violation. Sauls’ father (Jo- board seph Sauls Jr., 58-years-old of certiication Kansas) was the passenger in Sauls’ car. Turner was assisted by Howard County SUBMITTED PHOTO I The Nashville News JOSEPH SAULS III Howard County Deputy Travis Turner and his K-9, Kilo, proudly display the 62 pounds of suspected Jailer/Reserve Deputy Kevin marijuana and $8,250 in cash they confiscated during a traffic stop Sunday evening. See STOP | Page 3 SCRAPPER CHEERLEADERS Scrapper Barandiaran NASHVILLE - Cheerleaders Howard Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce that Dr. Luis Barandiaran has completed his Board perform at Certiication with the American Board of Surgery for the fourth time. Dr. Barandiaran began practicing Liberty Bowl general surgery at Howard Memorial Hospital in 2002. MEMPHIS - Scrapper cheerleaders Brittany Backus, He completed his Alexis White, Sadie Prejean and McKenzie Morphew residency program at cheered the Razorbacks on to a victory at Saturday’s Cook County Hospital in Chicago, IL. Liberty Bowl in Memphis. According to Tom The cheerleaders took part in the half time show Biester, Director of featuring Craig Morgan and also performed during the Psychometrics & Data Analysis, American New Year’s Day parade. The Razorbacks claimed a 45 to Board of Surgery; 23 win over Kansas State. Photo by Amy Marion. 3,231 Diplomates have certiied/re- certiied four times, 22 have done so ive times to date. The American Board of Surgery is an independent, nonproit organization Nashville Shelter founded in 1937 to provide board certi - ication to individu - als who have met a Insurance Agent deined standard of education, training and knowledge in the ield of surgery. Surgeons certiied Greg Tate retiring by the ABS, known as diplomats, have completed at least be managing the business. “I ive years of residency SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS RADIO training following am mainly doing it for Steve, medical school, met he needs a certain number of all ABS training re - NASHVILLE - Shelter In- years to build up his retire- quirements, and suc - surance Agent Greg Tate is cessfully completed ment. The longer I stay, the the ABS examination retiring after working for longer he would have to stay process. almost 38 years in the insur- in the future. I don’t plan on Once certiied, ance industry. Tate says he ABS diplomats must going anywhere really.” maintain their certii - has seen several changes There are several insur- cation by completing over the years and that in- ance companies in town and continuing educa- surance is something that tion and assessment Tate says it is a bit different activities, including a everyone needs. “I have working in a small town. “For written examination at thoroughly enjoyed it, I love the consumer, when they go 10-year intervals. working with people. Insur- Since 1976 the to buy insurance-especially ABS has issued time- ance is something you need in Nashville, there’s really limited certiicates if you want to purchase a not a bad company to buy that must be renewed house or car.” every 10 years. insurance from. Rates go The ABS offers Tate says he will continue up and down and for most board certiication SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS RADIO I The Nashville News working some at the office people they purchase it from in surgery (general and that his son, Steve, will See TATE | Page 6 surgery), vascu- Nashville Shelter Insurance Agent Greg Tate will retire after working nearly 38 years in the industry. lar surgery, pediatric He is pictured with his son, Steve, and Rose Dean. surgery, surgical critical care, complex general surgery on- SCRAPPER FOOTBALL cology, hand surgery, and hospice and pal- liative medicine. “I am so pleased Dr. Barandiaran Like father, like son: Scrapper football runs deep chooses to maintain his board certiica- LUKE REEDER tion and congratulate Nashville went undefeated said the only close test they es did a good job of preparing Hope was a wakeup call for him for doing so a SPORTS REPORTER and won a state title. had the whole season was us and getting us ready. We us. After Hope we blew out fourth time. Hav- Hughes’ father Cleotus against Ashdown in the third got the guys together and we pretty much everybody until ing general surgery NASHVILLE –For every available at Howard Hughes was a big part of that game of the season, “We had knew it was our time to end we made it to Fountain Lake Memorial Hospital is player on the Nashville High winning effort in 1996. Cleotus one close game and it was the season 15-0.” Cleotus said. which was another one point a tremendous asset School Scrapper Football was the running back and the third game of the season Hughes like his father and game that came down to the for the communities Team the day of Dec. 12, 2015 HMH serves. Between strong safety for the Scrap- against Ashdown. I believe the ‘96 team was confident at final play.” But after the close Luis Barandiaran, MD will always be a day that will pers during his playing time. we beat them 43-40 and then the start of the season, “We calls Hughes and his team and John Hearn- be special for them, but for The ‘96 team was a team that from there on we did not had a bunch of confidence like his father’s team breezed sberger, MD, HMH two of the Scrappers winning has general surgery was playing for redemption look back. We pretty much going into the season with the through the rest of the sea- coverage available 24 the state title means just as for their loss in the state title handled everyone from then new coaches and the new sys- son and the postseason all hours a day, seven much to them as it does to game in the 1995 season, “I to the state game in Little tem, so we figured that since the way to War Memorial. At days a week. As the their fathers. CEO of HMH, I realize believe it was a one score Rock,” Cleotus said. Making we were doing something dif- the title game against Prairie how fortunate we are For sophomore free safety game we lost so we were it to state for the second ferent we would have an edge Grove, Hughes and his team to have both of them and corner Kailus Hughes determined to get back there year in a row Cleotus and the on everyone else,” Hughes ex- felt like they had an edge on staff and appreci- and junior Marquell McFalls ate their dedication the next season. We had a lot Scrappers were prepared to plained. Like his father’s team on Prairie Grove because and commitment to winning a state title was just of seniors returning and when leave with a title the second before him the team this past of some helpful words from the surgery program following in the footsteps of we started playing we were go around, “I thought this season had some close calls, past champions, “The help at HMH”, according to their fathers who played for Debra Wright. beating up on some boys,” was our year. I knew the guys “Going into the first game and from Greg Washington and the Scrappers in 1996 when Cleotus explained. Cleotus were prepared and the coach- getting a one point win over Leslie Hendrix really helped See SCRAPPERS | Page 6 2 EDITORIAL The Nashville News | Online at http://www.nashvillenews.org | Call: 1-888-845-6397 | Monday, January 4, 2016 POkin’ Fun BOOK REVIEW NICOLE The Lightning Thief TRACY Literary by Doc Blakely Columnist demigod฀daughter฀of฀Athena฀ Riordan฀ creates฀ a฀ world฀ much,฀if฀not฀more.”฀ -฀Percy฀sets฀out฀on฀a฀quest฀ with realistic descriptions The฀ reviewer฀ will฀ admit฀ Cookie Cutter across the United States to of฀ the฀ people,฀ places,฀ and฀ that฀the฀jury฀is฀still฀out฀on฀ “Percy฀Jackson฀is฀a฀good฀ reach฀the฀gates฀of฀the฀Under- monsters฀in฀the฀book.฀ whether฀or฀not฀Percy฀Jack- kid,฀but฀he฀can’t฀seem฀to฀ world฀(located฀in฀a฀recording฀ He also paints a picture son฀ and฀ crew฀ are฀ better฀ For Making focus฀on฀his฀schoolwork฀or฀ studio฀ in฀ Hollywood)฀ and฀ between฀the฀myths฀and฀pres- literary฀characters฀than฀the฀ control฀his฀temper.฀And฀late- prevent a catastrophic war ent฀demigod฀life฀very฀well,฀ ones฀found฀in฀Harry฀Potter’s฀ ly,฀being฀ away฀ at฀ boarding฀ between฀the฀Gods.” so฀that฀even฀if฀you฀knew฀ universe. school฀is฀only฀getting฀worse.฀ The฀above฀is฀the฀storyline฀ absolutely฀ nothing฀ about฀ Both฀ stories฀ are฀ pretty฀ Millionaires Percy฀could฀have฀sworn฀his฀ to฀ the฀ young฀ adult฀ novel,฀ the฀Greek฀myths,฀the฀book฀ enjoyable฀ to฀ read,฀ though.฀ I฀recently฀attended฀the฀ from฀all฀over฀the฀world,฀even฀ pre-algebra฀ teacher฀ turned฀ The Lightning Thief (Percy would฀still฀make฀sense.฀ The Lightning Thief฀is฀a฀great฀ Successful฀Life฀Course,฀a฀two฀ Ohio.” into฀a฀monster฀and฀tried฀to฀ Jackson and the Olympians: The฀ characters฀ are฀ ex- read฀for฀both฀young฀adults,฀ and฀a฀half฀day฀seminar฀held฀ SLC฀has฀been฀so฀success- kill฀him.”฀ Book One) by฀Rick฀Riordan.฀ actly฀what฀you฀would฀expect฀ and฀yes,฀adults฀too.฀If฀one฀ in฀remote฀McCormick฀Creek฀ ful฀ that฀ Marcia,฀ a฀ repeat฀ When฀Percy’s฀mom฀inds฀ This฀book฀explains฀Per- a฀ teenage฀ demigod฀ to฀ be,฀ likes฀ Greek฀ mythology,฀this฀ State฀Park฀in฀Indiana.฀SLC฀is฀ attendee฀ from฀ a฀ couple฀ of฀ out,฀she฀knows฀it’s฀time฀that฀ cy’s฀strugglesome฀journey฀as฀ complete฀with฀the฀prototypi- book฀will฀it฀the฀bill฀with฀how฀ the฀brain฀child฀of฀Texans฀Ed฀ years฀ ago฀ refers฀ to฀ it฀ as฀ a฀ he฀ knew฀ the฀truth฀ about฀ he sets out to recover Zeus’s cal฀teenage฀attitude.฀฀ it฀manages฀to฀interweave฀the฀ Foreman฀and฀Earlene฀Vining.฀ “cookie฀ cutter฀ for฀ making฀ where฀he฀came฀from,฀and฀ Master฀Lightning฀Bolt.