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Nashville N The News N THURSDAY • JUNE 28, 2012 • Issue 52 • 2 Sections • 16 Pages • In Howard County, Arkansas since 1878 • USPS 371-540 • 75 cents INSIDEt Mayor’s support for gas tax hike earns opposition n PAGE 3B Mineral Springs group’s ire students help make energy bike CHARLES GOODIN Managing Editor IN BRIEF t NASHVILLE - Public support for a proposed Conservation natural gas severance district offering tax has earned Mayor beaver bounty Billy Ray Jones the scorn The Mine of a group opposing the Creek Conser- measure. vation District Jones said Tuesday applied for funds that his office has re- DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY | Nashville News from the Ar- ceived between 40 and kansas Natural Two women were killed and a man was injured Wednesday after police say the driver of this 2001 Dodge truck Resources attempted a U-turn and crossed paths with a log truck near the intersection of Highways 27 and 27B. 50 calls so far this week Commission for from citizens who in turn the eradication received calls from a of beaver. The group deriding Jones’ commission ap- support for the ballot proved funding Two killed, one injured in collision initiative. for the Fiscal Year 2013 in The calls are in re- the amount of CHARLES GOODIN E. Gravier, Lisa F. Mitchell, 49, of while southbound on Highway 27B, sponse to a statement $625.00. Managing Editor Lansing, Michigan, and Barbara crossing paths with the log truck Jones made over the Beginning Wynn, 58, of Nashville, died after at the point where the highways weekend as part of a July 1, 2012 NASHVILLE - Two women were the conserva- the Dodge truck they were riding in merge. resolutions committee tion district will killed and another man was injured collided with a log truck. According to the report, Mitchell at an Arkansas Municipal pay a bounty of Wednesday as a result of an acci- Douglas Bullock, 54, of Nashville, was wearing a seatbelt while Wynn League conference. $10.00 per bea- dent at the intersection of Highways was driving the Dodge and was was not. “Every mayor got up ver. To be eligible 27 and 27B near Western Sizzlin. injured in the wreck, according to “Both passengers were pro- and talked for the tax,” to participate in According to a preliminary fatal the program the the report. nounced at the scene by Howard Jones said. “They have trapper must be crash summary prepared by Ar- Police say the accident occurred County Deputy Coroner Justin went into every town registered with kansas State Police Corporal Jamie after Bullock attempted a U-turn See WRECK / Page 6 saying, ‘Are you aware the Mine Creek your mayor is support- Conservation ing something that’s gon- District, have a valid hunting na cost the state eight to license and the 10,000 jobs?’.” beaver must be The tax, which would trapped in How- HMH dealing with budget shortfall raise rates on gas taken ard County. out of the state from Beaver day is one time a DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY that the loss is due in large part visits from what was budgeted for between one and five month on the last Sports Editor to a drop in inpatient visits. HMH the month, which helped contribute percent to a flat seven Wednesday of reported 211 inpatient visits, but to the larger than expected loss. perecnt, was proposed each month from NASHVILLE – The dog days of were budgeted for 255 visits. There The decrease in patient census by prominent Arkansas 9 a.m. to 3:30 politico Sheffield Nelson. p.m. Bounties summer have brought more than were 6.8 inpatients per day against has led to the hospital implement- will be paid until heat to Howard County as Howard a census of 8.2. ing a process to flex work hours Jones said he supports all the funds are Memorial Hospital struggles with Craig stated in the financial state- in the support departments. Craig the tax because it would used up. The a drop in inpatient census for a ment that a decrease in visits was reported that some staff members funnel money into the district can apply $29,517 loss for the month of May. expected with the hospital budget- have exhausted their vacation time city’s street fund, which for funding for is currently subsidized fiscal year 2014, The hospital is $120,735 short of ing for an $18,896 loss for the month and a small number have had to file if the program budget year to date. after variances. unemployment claims. by the city’s franchise uses all the HMH CFO Bill Craig explained Outpatient visits were down 18 See HMH / Page 6 See TAX / Page 6 funds allotted for fiscal year 2013. The conservation district’s fiscal year is July 1, 2012 thru June 30, 2013. For more information contact Louise CELEBRATING FREEDOM Morris at the district office Gate admission dropped to $1 for located Stand Up may be at 101 S. Nashville’s Independence Day tradition Washing- only opportunity ton St. in CHARLES GOODIN n Managing Editor Nashville to see ireworks 870-845- dmission to this year’s Stand Up for America 4121 Ext CHARLES GOODIN 3. celebration has been reduced to $1, Cham- Managing Editor A ber President Tim Pinkerton confirmed Tuesday. NASHVILLE - The Nash- The change represents a $4 decrease in the entry fee for this ville Chamber of Com- year’s show, which will feature a 50’s-themed group of female merce’s Stand Up for Amer- doo-wop singers as its headlining act. ica celebration may be the Shake, Rattle and Roll, made up of Tavie Spivey, Brenda only opportunity for local Spencer, Kathy Sutton and LeAnn Bemis, will take the stage at residents to legally enjoy Nashville City Park July 7 following opening performances by fireworks this year. n Wendy Hadden several local acts. During Tuesday’s city will grace the Stand The group performs original material as well as 50’s and council meeting, Fire Mar- Up for America 60’s-era favorites like Bill Haley and His Comets’ “Rock Around shall Jerry Harwell con- celebration July 7 as the Clock” and The Angels’ “My Boyfriend’s Back.” In addition firmed that the private use Lady Liberty, adding to their standard repertoire, Pinkerton said the group will of fireworks on July 4 would her talents to a bevy perform a series of patriotic songs to highlight the theme of violate the county-wide of local performers burn ban currently in effect. as well as the the holiday. 50’s-themed doo-wop According to promotional information on Shake, Rattle and But public fireworks group Shake, Rattle Roll’s website, the ladies have received national attention displays such as the one and Roll. for their ability to entertain crowds with vocal harmonies, planned for this year’s synchronized moves, hula hooping skills and comedy. Stand Up are legal under Native performers opening for the Texas-based doo-wop See FIREWORKS / Page 6 See FREEDOM / Page 6 Page 2 THURSDAY June 28, 2012 Opinions The Nashville News | Online at http://www.nashvillenews.org | Call: 1-888-845-6397 A political glossary Nowhere is political rhetoric more shameless — or more dangerous — than in the pious names that politicians give to the legislation they pass. Perhaps the most egregious example is the so-called "Indian Child Welfare Act," which callously sacrifices the welfare of Indian children. Time and again, children with some American Indian ancestry, who have been adopted by families that are not of that ancestry, have Thomas been suddenly taken by law from the only parents Sowell they have ever known and Creators transferred to some distant Indian reservation, to live Syndicate among strangers in a world they know nothing about. You might think that the sight of bewildered, desperate and weeping children in court, crying out for mommy and daddy as they are forcibly removed from people who have cared for them for years, might cause those who are seizing them to relent. But no! Such children are routinely sacrificed on the altar to the Indian Child Welfare Act. The child might be two years old or twelve. But the legal rights of a biological relative and tribal authorities trump the well being of the child, even if that biological relative has been a complete stranger to the child. Some years ago, the chairman of the Civil Rights Com- mission visited a 14-year-old girl who had been removed from her adopted parents and was living on an Indian reser- In pursuit of a genealogy mystery vation, where she was miserable. But when the story came out, outrage was directed not at those who had ruined this girl's life, but at the member of the Civil Rights Commission LISA DENNIS MAHLER section 6, township 10S, towns. We were pleasantly jumped on his four-wheeler who had dared to intrude on the sacred soil of the Indian Guest Columnist range 26W; and section 36, surprised at the number of and we followed him deeper reservation. township 9S, range 27 W. downtown businesses since into the woods and he was Similar things have happened to black children raised by white foster parents. There is no Congressional legislation Charlotte Elizabeth Park- This land is located on the so many towns of compa- able to get permission for in these cases, but the dogmatism of social workers and er was born on September Howard/Hempstead county rable size in Texas are not us to look at the gravesite. so-called social welfare departments can lead to the same 29, 1855 in Nashville, Arkan- line, southeast of Nashville.