THE NASHVILLE ★★ ★★ Preserving SouthwestNews-LEADER Arkansas’s Heritage While Leading Through the 21st Century Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019 Vol. 17, Issue 15 22 pages, 2 sections 75¢ Leader County resident receives Board fourth Westbrook award www.swarkansasnews.com By John R. Schirmer Dr. Elders said she is “proud News-Leader staff to be a good Democrat, especially OPINION 4A Howard County native Dr. in this trying time. We’re going Joycelyn Elders received the fourth through some very trying times, Parker Westbrook Award Saturday but we’re going to make it. We night at the Parker Westbrook believe in honor, justice, human dinner sponsored by the Howard rights, quality education for all County Democratic Party. our children, economic justice. Dr. Elders is from the Schaal We want to be sure children have community near Mineral Springs. an equal opportunity to climb the She served as director of the Ar- ladder of success.” kansas Department of Health when The daughter of a sharecropper, Bill Clinton was governor. When Dr. Elders spent part of her child- Clinton was elected president, she hood picking cotton. “I’m grateful became United States Surgeon for a scholarship from the United General. Methodist Women. I decided that if Sen. Larry Teague and Demo- I ever got out of that cotton patch, cratic Party vice chair Julie Tuck I’d make sure my family had a presented the award to Dr. Elders. better life.” In comments after the presen- Dr. Elders talked about her Golden tation, Dr. Elders thanked the family, including her husband of county’s Democrats for the award. News-Leader photo/JOHN R. SCHIRMER Gathering 58 years Coach Oliver Elders. He Dr. Joycelyn Elders accepts the fourth Parker She told the crowd of about 115 led Little Rock Hall to four state AWARD RECIPIENT. Westbrook award from Sen. Larry Teague and Julie Tuck Saturday Thursday that “nobody ever heard of Schaal. championships and coached fu- You couldn’t fi nd it on the map. I ture Arkansas Razorback Sidney night at the Parker Westbrook Dinner. at city park always tell people about Howard Moncrief. another a minister. will take all of us to get there,” she The award-winning County and Schaal. I tell them it’s Dr. Elders said that one of her “We’ve come a long way,” she Golden Gathering will a suburb of Mineral Springs.” brothers became a veterinarian, said. “We have a long way to go. It See Award • Page 5A welcome crowds of se- niors and vendors to the Nashville City Park for the 26th time Thursday. Local physician’s book The event will be from 9 a.m.-noon, and feature live entertainment, bingo, tells of kidnapping ordeal door prize drawings, and By Louie Graves book on Wednesday, Oct. 16, fi ve drawings for $100 News-Leader staff from 9-11:00 a.m. in the hospital each in cash. His book manuscript sat on a lobby. A percentage of the sales A chicken dinner and shelf in his house for several years there will go to Pink Avenue as trimmings lunch will be because of complications with a fund-raiser for the pink ladies served at 11:30. Present publishers, but fi nally, First Do hospital volunteers. will be vendors with give- No Harm is in print and available The book is a story within a aways and information of to persons who want to know story within a story, beginning interest to seniors. more about Dr. Sam Peebles’ with his formation as a Christian Participants must be horrifying six-hour ordeal with youngster in Saratoga, through present to win the prizes. an Oklahoma murderer. the kidnapping in November of The book was printed in lim- 2003; then the trial of the man Relay for Life ited quantities and is available who threatened to kill Dr. Peebles at Amazon.com. It is also avail- and his wife, Suzanne; and the to be held able at Pink Avenue, the shop in physician’s own deep refl ections at city park the lobby of Howard Memorial upon the event and persons as- Hospital where Dr. Peebles is an sociated with it. Saturday emergency room physician. Dr. The annual Relay for Peebles will sign copies of the See Book • Page 5A Life fund-raiser for the Howard County chapter of the American Cancer News-Leader photo/JOHN R. SCHIRMER Society will be in the city DISTRICT CHAMPS. Three Scrapperette seniors have won four park Saturday. straight District 7-4A tennis championships going back to their ninth Individual relay teams grade season. The group includes Maya Fant, Maddie Pinkerton, Dis- will be selling food and trict 7-4A girls Coach of the Year Damon Williams and Autumn Dyer. other items as fund- raisers. Highlight of the event will be recognition of can- cer survivors and their caregivers. FOUR-PEAT Relay teams will walk, Scrappers win fourth straight and luminarias will be lit in memory or, or in honor District 4A tennis championship of, persons who have By John R. Schirmer Maya Fant finished third in battled cancer. News-Leader staff The event will begin singles. She will fi nd out Friday if ARKADELPHIA - For the fourth with a free hot dog sup- she goes on the state when coaches straight year, the Nashville Scrap- per at 5, and the lumi- meet to draw up the 4A bracket. perettes are the District 7-4A tennis naria ceremony will be Coach Damon Williams of champions. at 6:30. The walkers will Nashville was named District 7-4A They won the 2019 title Monday walk briefl y, and will stop girls Coach of the Year. afternoon on the court at Ouachita at approximately 7:30. On the boys side, Alberto Pio- Baptist University. Headquarters will be quinto and Matt Hibbard fi nished Both Nashville doubles teams at the upper pavilion be- second in doubles. They will ad- qualified for state. The doubles side the playground. vance to state in their fi rst year of championship game saw Scrap- Event organizer playing tennis. perettes facing Scrapperettes as Joanna Howard said Girls singles Autumn Dyer and Maddie Pinker- that luminaria forms are Results from singles included ton defeated Anna Rhodes and available at Ruth Steely’s the following: Riley Webb. Insurance Agency offi ce. Hannah Sherman lost to Olivia Both the winners and runners- News-Leader photo/LOUIE GRAVES They will also be on sale Lock of Arkadelphia 6-3, 6-4. up will advance to the 4A tourna- the night of the event. AUTHOR AND HIS BOOK. Dr. Sam Peebles holds a copy of his ment Oct. 14-15 at Clarksville. See Champs • Page 5A ”We are really hoping book First Do No Harm. to focus on celebrating the survivors and honor- ing those we’ve lost. We are going to be selling luminarias, but otherwise, this is not a fund-raising event. We want the com- munity to come enjoy a fun evening focused on our successes in the fi ght against cancer.” Inside the News-Leader Obituaries, 2A Early Files, 3A Opinion, 4A Sports, 6A-12A Trends, B News-Leader photo/JOHN R. SCHIRMER CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS. Members of the 2019 Nashville Scrapper baseball team received state championship rings Friday night at Scrapper Stadium before the football game between Nashville and Fountain Lake. Nashville has won the Class 4A baseball title three straight years. 2A Obituaries Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019 Nashville News-Leader headed to Henderson State return to thank her for the Diggs; sister-in-law, Norma University, where she pur- love and foundation she pro- McLain, of Hot Springs, sued a Bachelor’s degree in vided them so early in life. Ark.; nephews Russ McLain Obituaries Elementary Education, and Virginia fiercely loved (wife Marsha) of Stanton, earned her Master’s degree animals and enjoyed her Texas, and Jeff McLain (wife band, Deshun of Bryant; Survivors include her in Early Childhood Educa- gardens. An excellent self- Dawn) of Alexander, Ark.; three sisters, Mary Turner, daughter, Karon Gann tion in 1974 before meeting taught cook, she enjoyed and her students and ex- Ernestine Green and Chris- Schrader; also grandchil- her future husband, Lewis, preserving vegetables and tended basketball family. tine Tarr; also grandchildren dren, great-grandchildren the next year. stayed busy – whether it Pallbearers will be Tava- and other relatives. and great-great-grandchil- Virginia adored children was frying squash and okra rous Moore, Jeffrey Smith, Funeral services were at dren. and lived this out by teach- picked fresh from her gar- Charles Green, Dontea Nor- 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, Services were Monday, ing school for 29 years. The den, gifting her famous gin- ton, George Green, and Den- in the Bright Star Baptist Oct. 7, 2019, at 2 p.m. at majority of that time was gerbread cookies around nis Thornton. Honorary Pall- Church in Schaal with Rev. Nashville Funeral Home spent teaching Kindergarten Christmas time, or staying bearers are Dr. Fred Divers, Elroy Stewart officiating. with Bro. Al Terrell officiat- in Hope and Nashville. She up countless nights to help Dr. Manish Joshi, Josh Mil- Burial followed in the Sand ing. The family received really found her niche in her son with school projects. holen, Ricky Norton, Luke Field Cemetery in Lockes- friends after the service. In- Nashville, where together With the latest novel in Terrell, and the Arkansas Dr. Patricia Ann burg under the direction of terment was Tuesday, Oct. 8, with her colleagues, they be- tow – mysteries and thrill- Diamonds youth basketball Ward Kelly Chandler Funeral Home, De 2019, at 12 p.m. at the North came the “Sandpile Crew” of ers were her favorite – she team.