THE NASHVILLE HH News-LEADERHH Preserving Southwest Arkansas’s Heritage While Leading Through the 21st Century Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018 u Vol. 15, Issue 30 u 18 pages, 2 sections u 75¢ Leader Agri building construction Board waits on state clearances; www.swarkansasnews.com Superintendent’s contract extended through 2021 By John R. Schirmer for the break. News-Leader staff “Doyle Howard Construction is Nominees for Construction of the new agri on hold until we get the state clear- JP vacancy building at Nashville High School ances,” Graham said. awaits state approval, according The new building will be twice submitted to to Superintendent Doug Graham. the size of the current facility. News-Leader photo/JOHN R. SCHIRMER governor “We’re close to ground breaking Construction of a bus barn is STILL STANDING. Demolition of the current agri building at NHS on the new ag building,” Graham expected to begin later in the spring and construction of a new one await state clearances, according to told the school board Jan. 16. “We’re semester after work on the agri Superintendent Doug Graham. Three names have still waiting on state clearances. We building gets underway. been sent to Gov. Asa were hoping to start before now. I Other business contract included Monica Clark, principal at elementary school. Hutchinson for consid- was hoping we would already have The school board voted 4-0 to Mark Canaday, Miles Mitchell and Graham announced that the eration to fill a vacancy the old building down.” extend Graham’s contract through David Hilliard. Randy Elliott was school election will be held May on the Howard County The existing building has been the 2020-21 academic year. The vote absent. 22 for the Zone 5 position currently Quorum Court. empty since before the Christmas came after a 46-minute executive The board also voted to name held by Monica Clark. The first JP Gary Welch sub- holiday break in the Nashville session. Vicki Cook the second and third day to pick up a petition with the mitted his resignation in School District. Agri classes are Board members met with Gra- grade counselor at Nashville Pri- county clerk is Jan. 30. December, citing a move meeting in the high school building. ham for much of the session. mary. She succeeds Tyra Hughes, from his Dierks District. Demolition was originally planned Members voting to extend the who earlier was named assistant See School • Page 5A In response to a question, Monday, County Judge Kevin Smith said he had submitted the names and State honor would await the gover- nor’s appointment. presented Also at the court’s first regular meeting for to nurse 2018, JPs approved a mo- tion recognizing use of county vehicles as “fringe practitioner benefit” for tax purposes. The American Associa- Currently only Judge tion of Nurse Practitioners Smith, county road fore- has selected Nashville’s man Eric Wakefield and Michelle Barger Boone for job/shop foreman Justin the association’s 2018 Nurse Wescott drive county- Practitioner State Award for owned vehicles home Excellence. from work. In the future, The award is given an- such use of the vehicles nually to an individual would be considered Nurse Practitioner in each taxable income, accord- state, and Dr. Boone is Ar- ing to an IRS formula. kansas’s recipient. The motion to approve She opened her practice the proposal was by JP in Nashville in late October Jerry Harwell, and the 2016. vote was unanimous. The In an interview in the ordinance will be added News-Leader at the time, to the county’s personnel she said she returned to policy. Law enforcement her hometown to practice and emergency vehicle because “I was raised by the use is not affected by the people of this community policy. Southwest Arkansas Radio photo/JONATHAN CANADAY and I want to be able to give GIFT FOR MUSEUM. Judge Smith gave an Carter Reeves, age 6, of Nashville presents two dinosaur drawings to Howard County back to them.” update on the old How- Historical Society president Freddie Horne at the E.A. Williams Chapel and Museum Friday, Jan. 19. The Her clinic, Compassion ard Memorial Hospital T-Rex drawings will be displayed alongside the museum’s dinosaur bones display. Reeves is a first grader at Health and Wellness Clinic, campus where the three Nashville Primary School and says he wants to be a paleontologist when he grows up. He also enjoys draw- is located at 1400 W. Leslie oldest additions have ing and has studied several types of dinosaurs. Horne thanked Reeves for his donation. St., Nashville. been demolished. The Boone is the daughter of area has been covered Tommy and Dianne Barger with topsoil. The judge of Nashville. She and her said he planned to spread Chamber seeks award nominations; husband, Patrick, have four grass seed, and plant daughters. trees and hardwood Some of the services the seedlings supplied by the annual banquet to be held Feb. 19 clinic offers include well Forestry Commission. baby exams, evaluation and In response to a Area residents are invited to nomi- nations may be made by calling the At first, the only award was Man of treatment of adults and chil- question, he said he had nate persons for the annual Nashville chamber, 8870-845-1262, or by email the Year. The first winner was the dren, physicals, and health enough money remain- Chamber of Commerce citizenship to [email protected]. late Jay Toland, an insurance agent and wellness screenings. ing for the project to awards. Criteria for the Orange & Black and school board member who vol- Appointments are avail- cover the open east wall, The awards will be presented at Award are: (1) must be someone unteered to write grant applications able and walk-ins are wel- tear out walls on the sec- the chamber banquet set for Monday, within education who does some- for the city. He was named Man of come. ond floor, stop roof leaks Feb. 19., at the Nashville High School thing outstanding for the com- the Year for 1973. and reduce the building cafeteria. Doors open at 6 p.m., and munity; or (2) someone from the The only award was Man of the interior to concrete and the banquet begins at 6:30. community who does something Year until Liz Bell was named 1975 steel until such time as Tickets are $15 each, and tables for outstanding for local education. Woman of the Year. Her award was they can be used. Bids 6, 8, 10 or 12 may be reserved. A committee made up of former actually called Citizen of the Decade, will be opened Feb. 1, he Awards to be presented include winners will review nominations and but it was later amended to Woman said. Man of the Year; Woman of the Year; make selections. of the Year, and it has continued since A pair of buildings Orange & Black Education Award; At the banquet, the previous that time. remaining on the campus and Hometown Hero Award for year’s winners will present the First winners of the Orange & are in use and the county community service. plaques to the new honorees who are Black were the late Billy Laird and is collecting rent. Deadline to receive nominations usually present not knowing they are the undefeated Scrapper football JPs present for Mon- is Friday, Feb. 9. Nominators should to be honored. state champions. give reasons the person should be The chamber of commerce began day’s meeting included See Chamber Dr. Michelle Boone Janice Huffman, Martha honored and include specifics. Nomi- having an awards banquet in 1974. • Page 5A Hobbs, Brent Pinkerton, Bobby Don Turner, Kerry Strasner, Dick Wakefield and Harwell. Also, Judge Howard County native set Smith, Circuit Clerk Angie Lewis, County Clerk Keri Teague and to perform at Carnegie Hall administrative assistant Cookie Buice. County SAU senior among 80 selected from 12,000 nominees Treasurer Sheri Mixon Howard County native Southern Arkansas Univer- satot and for the transfer was ill and unable to Rachel (Faulkner) Edge, a sity’s choral department scholarship I received to attend, although her former University of Ar- director. attend SAU,” Edge said. reports were distributed kansas Cossatot student, Out of 12,000 perform- UA Cossatot offers As- to court members. will perform next month ers who were nominated sociate of Arts and Associ- with selected finalists for from the United States, ate of Science transfer de- Inside the News-Leader the Honors Performance only 80 were selected as grees that are guaranteed Obituaries, 2A Series at Carnegie Hall in finalists and invited to the by various universities Early Files, 3A New York City. hall to perform. across the state to transfer Opinion, 4A The performance will In addition to the fea- seamlessly. Sports, 7A-10A be Feb. 4 and will be under ture on the stage at Carn- While students are ul- the direction of Dr. Eph egie Hall, Edge will attend timately responsible for Trends, B Ehly, named “one of the various workshops with checking whether specific Classifieds, 7B most sought-after choral Broadway faculty and clas- courses completed at UA conductors/clinicians” in sical music performers in Cossatot will transfer to the American Choral Direc- New York City. specific programs at an tors Journal. UA Cossatot selected Arkansas four-year insti- Edge, originally from Edge for the Southern Ar- tution, approved associate Umpire, is a senior at kansas University transfer degrees at Arkansas com- Southern Arkansas Univer- scholarship in 2015. munity colleges will satisfy sity in Magnolia. She was “I am forever grateful core educational require- nominated for this honor that I started my educa- ments for most bachelor’s TO PERFORM AT CARNEGIE HALL.