I Saw It In ... Nashville N The News N THURSDAY • September 6, 2012 • Issue 72 • 1 Section • 14 Pages • In Howard County, Arkansas since 1878 • USPS 371-540 • 75 cents INSIDEt Howard Co. Democrats This time, it’s personal to meet The Howard Coveted trophy on the line as Scrappers prepare for rivalry game County Demo- cratic Central DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY ner of the annual Nashville/De teams, with Nashville earning Committee will Sports Editor Queen football game, currently 55 wins and De Queen manag- meet Tues., resides in De Queen due to ing to collect 27. Sept. 18 at 6 NASHVILLE – Scrapper their first ever win in the battle Both teams entered last p.m. at Western pride is talked about a lot for the stick. year’s game with matching Sizzlin. this time of year, but Friday The Stick is co-sponsored 1-2 records. They each won night the team will get the op- by the Nashville News and the their season opener and then portunity to reveal it as they De Queen Bee newspapers and dropped their next two before make their first-ever attempt has been awarded to the win- facing one another in week Free to reclaim the Saline River ner of the rivalry game since four. CHARLES GOODIN | Nashville News Walking Stick. 2000. De Queen was able to domi- gardening Senior running back Tesean Green jukes a Hope defender during The Stick, a traveling trophy This year’s matchup marks nate on both sides of the field last Friday’s matchup against the Bobcats. presented annually to the win- program the 82nd meeting of the two See PERSONAL / Page 11 offered Historic Washington Blevins man State Park will host a free gar- wanted in dening program each Saturday alleged sexual in September from 10:30-11 assault of teen a.m. For more information, contact Patricia TERRICA HENDRIX Thomas at 870- Editor 983-2684. HOPE – An arrest war- rant has been issued for a man accused of sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s Rural 16-year-old daughter. Hempstead County Sher- water iff James Singleton meeting confirmed set for that an ar- rest warrant next week for James Christopher GOODWIN The Nashville Goodwin Rural Water has been issued for second Association will degree sexual assault. hold its annual According to Singleton, meeting with the alleged incident oc- its membership curred on Aug. 17 at a resi- Tues., Sept. 11 CECIL ANDERSON | Nashville News dence on Highway 371 in at the Carter Hydro Geo Logic employee Derek Anderson describes the process by which his company hopes to clean up the area formerly Blevins. Deputy Matt Dun- Day Center. The known as the Southwestern Proving Grounds during a recent meeting with concerned citizens. ham was dispatched to event begins at 7 p.m. the residence on Aug. 18 NRWA board around 6:30 p.m. regarding president Mark a rape in progress. The teen Dowdy said the ‘There WILL ALWAYS be a risk’ victim told Dunham that the primary topic on alleged incident occurred the meeting’s around 10 p.m. on Aug. 17 agenda will be See WANTED / Page 6 the associa- Former Southwestern Proving Grounds far from safe, Corps of Engineers says tion’s proposed transition to a CECIL ANDERSON water authority. NHS Correspondent “It is the pub- Nashville man lic’s opportunity If you believe the area formerly known as to express any the Southwestern Proving Grounds is now objection to arrested after safe, you have been misinformed, Corps of going from an association to Engineers representatives said at a recent helicopter an authority,” meeting with concerned citizens. Dowdy said. “There will always be a risk,” Corps of flyover finds If no mem- Engineers representative Gregory Williams bers object to said last Tuesday at a public meeting held at suspected the change, the University of Arkansas Community College association will at Hope. marijuana endure a 45 day Williams said preparations for another waiting pe- “clean up” are under way, motivated by TERRICA HENDRIX riod before the congressional funding for the project that Editor change is final. was recently approved. Without congres- Dowdy said HOPE – A Nashville man sional funding, there would be no clean up, the switch was arrested Wednesday Williams said. represents afternoon after helicop- “This is our chance now, to get informa- no significant ter crews found suspected change for the tion about the site. We have the funding marijuana plants growing. members, who and the time is now,” said Lael Feist with Robert Jason Dillard, will be called Hydro Geo Logic. HGL was contracted by 27, of Nash- “users” under the Corps of Engineers to lead the clean up ville, was the new by- efforts in this stage of the proving grounds’ arrested laws. reclamation process. Sept. 5 at Also during Even though the area known as the the meeting, 2137 High- Southwest Proving Ground will never be board members way 371 officially clean, and of the 36,000 plus acres Sam Ragar, East for only a few thousand have been “cleaned,” it Steve Myers numerous DILLARD might be over a decade if ever again before and Cecil Harris drug charges. Hempstead will be up for funding is allotted for this type of operation. County Sheriff James Single- re-election, and The Southwest Proving Grounds is one ton said “Hempstead Coun- nominations of the largest ammunition sites in the entire ty investigators, agents for new board United States. from South Central Drug members will be The Corps of Engineers has sent out let- Task Force were assisted accepted. ters to land owners in the proving grounds by two flight crews and two The rural wa- area to obtain permission to allow for the ter board’s next helicopters from the Ar- investigation of ammunition and the extrac- It’s your property. regular meeting If you know ammuniion is kansas National Guard and tion of those ammunitions. will be Thurs., officers from the Arkansas “It’s your property,” Williams said. “If you there, you’re responsible for what happens with it Sept. 20, with Game and Fish Commission know ammunition is there, you’re respon- if you choose not to let us on your property. the election of in flying the county looking board officers sible for what happens with it if you choose -Gregory Williams for illegal grow operations” headlining that not to let us on your property.” US Corps of Engineers See FLYOVER / Page 6 agenda. See RISK / Page 6 “ Page 2 THURSDAY September 6, 2012 Opinions The Nashville News | Online at http://www.nashvillenews.org | Call: 1-888-845-6397 Obama hobbled by record "One question, Mr. President," read the words on the front cover of this week's Economist, behind a silhouette of the back of Barack Obama's head, "just what would you do with another four years?" It's a good question, and one that's still open as Barack Obama prepares to deliver his acceptance speech at the Democratic Na- tional Convention in rainstorm- plagued Charlotte Thursday night. Michael Other presidents seeking Barone re-election have usually pro- vided a more or less convincing Creators answer. George W. Bush said Columnist he would try to reform Social Security and advance energy independence. Bill Clinton said he would provide "a bridge to the twenty-first century," which turned out to include significant tax cuts and a lunge toward Medicare reform. Bush failed to deliver on Social Security, and Clinton failed to deliver on Medicare, but both tried to pivot from a first-term to a second-term agenda. The first George Bush, in contrast, didn't seem to pivot. He gave the impression he'd just keep going on. That wasn't good enough for voters. Obama similarly has not pivoted. Unlike Clinton, he did not shift ground when his party was rejected in the off-year election. For a second term he has been calling for more infrastructure stimulus, more unionized teachers and (though he has said it's harmful in a time of economic sluggishness) higher tax rates on high earners. Republican strategist Karl Rove had a bit of fun with this last week in his Wall Street Journal column, imagining how a more moderate and compromising Obama would be running well ahead now, as Clinton was at this point in 1996. Instead, the Obama campaign, with assists from mainstream ‘Bait and switch’ taxes media and during the months it had a money advantage, has concentrated on demonizing Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. Clinton We have heard many ally sell something else, that Both Democratic and Re- did this with great effect on Bob Dole in 1996. It hasn't worked so times from President Barack is called "bait and switch" publican presidents once well this time. Obama how he plans to raise advertising. That is exactly Thomas warned that high tax rates The Democrats' other strategy is to rouse the enthusiasm of taxes on "millionaires and what President Obama is Sowell can reduce economic growth. their various disparate constituencies. This hasn't worked for an billionaires," but not on the doing with his proposed tax Creators And Secretaries of the Trea- incumbent Democrat since Harry Truman in 1948. middle class. Apparently, increases on "millionaires sury under both Democratic But it is something you fall back on given the nature of the if you don't happen to be a and billionaires." Syndicate and Republican administra- Democratic Party. The Republicans have always had a core constituency of people considered by themselves and others as millionaire or billionaire, you It gets worse when you tions once pointed out that typical Americans — Northern Protestants in the 19th century, don't have to worry.