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County discusses health plansstudents discuss coming to hU

By Molly M. [email protected]

White County government offi-cials are already starting to look at the 2012 budget and one of the first steps in that process is reviewing the county’s health insurance plan, said County Judge Michael Lincoln.

Lincoln called a special meeting of the Quorum Court on Monday

evening to discuss the county’s health plan and possible changes that could be made next year.

Cindy Dixon of Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc. presented

Quorum Court members with the latest information regarding the employee benefits package. Dixon works for the brokerage firm that puts together the employee benefit package for the county.

Gallagher is hired by the county to research and find the best insur-ance package to fit the county’s insurance budget.

In this case, the best insurance company for the county’s budget was QualChoice. In the past, the

county has used Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and United Health Care.

Dixon said county employ-ees have undergone some health changes, which have resulted in discounts on their insurance rates.

The first money-saving change was the “Kick the Nic” program that promoted a nicotine-free life-style. Employees who participated in the “Kick the Nic” program, or

discounts offered for positive health changes

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By Molly M. [email protected]

On Monday morning, some students at Harding University heard a sound they might not have heard a lot this summer — their alarm clock.

Young adults, as well as non-traditional students, from across the country woke up to the start of a new school year on Monday. According to the Harding Admissions Office, enroll-ment on Monday was 7,020, topping the 7,000 mark as Dr. David Burks had expect-ed earlier this summer.

These numbers is only an early estimate of enroll-ment, as it is not the official fall enrollment. The official fall enrollment total will be available after the Labor Day holiday.

For some of those 7,020, Monday meant not only a new school, but a whole new state. Freshmen Zachary Smith moved from Illinois to attending Harding. He said he had been to Searcy in the

one-year contract

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By M. a. WebbSpecial to The Daily Citizen

BALD KNOB — Bald Knob Schools has a new HVAC service contract because of a school board decision.

Superintendent Dr. Kieth Williams recommended that the board offer a contract to Kennedy Air Conditioning at the regularly-scheduled meet-ing on Monday. According to Williams, the contract for the HVAC system had been handled by Trane of Arkansas. Williams stated that Kennedy Air Conditioning had the soft-ware that was required for the

Man rides from Searcy to MinneapolisBy Marisa [email protected]

Many participate in fund-raising for scholarships, but few do so by travel-

ing 1,750 miles across several states by motorcycle.

One man is doing just that. Bill Music of Heber Springs and mem-ber of the American Legion Riders, left Searcy on Thursday, Aug. 18 for Indianapolis, Ind., where he would join more than 250 other motorcycle riders in a five-day ride to Minneapolis, Minn.

This ride, known as the American Legion Legacy Scholarship Run, raises money for a scholarship fund that provides financial support for children of ser-vice members killed on active duty on or after Sept. 11, 2001.

According to American Legion Multimedia Editor Steve Brooks, the organization aims to raise $450,000 for the scholar-

ship fund this year. In five years, the Legacy Run has raised more than $2 million.

Music was in Searcy Thursday to see his stepdaugh-ter, Kelly Beggs, off to college at Harding University. As they checked weather maps together on his phone, he said, “It’s sup-posed to rain, but that shouldn’t be much of a problem.

“You’ve got diehards like me who will go on the ride no mat-ter what,” he said.

Music rode his motorcycle from Searcy to Indianapolis, the starting point of the journey. On Sunday, the riders were fed break-fast and assembled into a meet-ing to go over last minute details before taking off at 8 a.m.

The ride covers 1,225 miles and includes stops in Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin before arriving in Minneapolis. U.S. flags line part of the roadway, and a police escort and medic team ride along with the group.

According to Music, towns block off roads and shut off overpasses if officials know the riders are coming.

“Gas stations even close to everyone but us,” he said.

In fact, an advance team goes ahead to prepare each gas stop for the main group of riders. One Legion Rider, Rusty Payne, has helped with gas stops for three years. Last year, he was part of

a team that got 326 motorcycles filled with gas in only 24 minutes.

Upon arrival at different posts, the group accepts donations. As of Monday evening, the total donation amount had surpassed $202,000.

"I expect to meet our goal," said Scott Miller, program devel-oper for the American Legion Riders. "We have very few coop-erate sponsors so we rely a lot on the people we've met to donate."

The riders stay in hotels along the way. Nearly a year of planning goes into making everything run smoothly and providing food and shelter for the riders and escorts.

“This run really relates to col-lege-aged kids,” said Music as he acknowledged his stepdaugh-ter. “It’s raising money so kids can go to college.”

The riders are set to arrive in Minneapolis at Richfield American Legion Post 435 on Thursday for a reception and welcoming event.

rose Bud schools re-finance bonds to save district moneyBy M. a. WebbSpecial to The Daily Citizen

The Rose Bud School District should expect to save some money because of a deci-sion by the school board.

The board passed a reso-lution to re-finance the bonds at the regularly-scheduled meeting on Monday night.

According to Spann, the pur-pose of re-financing bonds is to save the district money in interest fees. The resolution unanimously passed.

In other business, the board unanimously voted to accept bids from Hostess for bread and from Swan Distributing for milk.

The school board unani-mously approved several stu-dent transfers. According to Spann, two students will be coming to the district and four students have transferred out.

The board unanimously approved the Special Education Statement of Intent. According to Spann, this is done on a

yearly basis for the purpose of funding. The school board unanimously accepted the res-ignation of Tami Baker, busi-ness teacher.

The next meeting will be 7 p.m. Sept. 26. They meet the fourth Monday of each month at the Rose Bud Schools Administration Building.


harding’s first-day enrollment over 7K

National American Legion Rider Bill Music and his stepdaughter, Kelly Beggs, check the weather forecast as he gets ready to ride his motorcycle from Searcy to Indianapolis. Music departed Searcy on Thursday and then joined more than 250 other riders in Indianapolis on Sunday for a ride to Minneapolis. Marisa Lytle/[email protected]

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n County employees take part of healthy changesn Discounts offered through insurance plann More discounts could be offered next year

motorcycLe ride What: American Legion Legacy Scholarship RunWhen: Aug. 21-25Who: Hosted by the national American Legion organizationWhy: To raise college scholar-ship money for students who have lost a parent or have par-ents in active military service

Bald Knob board hires 2, 1 resigns

next meeting Who: Bald Knob School BoardNext meeting: 6:30 p.m. Sept. 26Location: Bald Knob School Administration Building


next meeting Who: Rose Bud School BoardNext meeting: 7 p.m. Sept. 26Location: Rose Bud School Administration Building

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By Erica SirrattSpecial to The Daily Citizen

The Beebe City council hired two new police offi-cers and two new dispatch-ers at the regular council meeting Monday night.

Brian Blauser and Justin Lee were both hired as full-time police officers at $12.93 per hour and they will both attend the police academy within the next year.

Emily Nichols was hired as a full-time dispatcher at $11 per hour and will begin as soon as possible. Amy McDaniels was hired as a part-time dispatcher at $9. McDaniels is not to exceed 19 hours in a workweek.

Councilman John Johnson also made a cor-rection regarding the min-utes of the Aug. 4 council meeting, which state that Assistant Chief Ron Lewis was given a salary raise to $40,000, but it was actually raised to $41,000.

In other business, the council passed a resolution condemning the property at 901 N. Main Street which is owned by Jackie Moffitt of Romance. Moffitt said that there is someone inter-

ested in buying the prop-erty and he thinks they have plans to restore the house. There has been no offer made on the house and he hasn’t received a call back from the prospective buyer, Moffitt said.

The council also passed a motion to draft a reso-lution of condemnation for the property at 805 N. Cyprus.

At next month’s regular meeting, the council will vote on the resolution.

Mayor Mike Robertson said that the city has been working on addressing the properties in town which have tall grass.

Robertson said he wants to being a city-wide clean-up, the goal of which would be to encourage residents to make a move to clean up the town.

The next regularly-scheduled city council meeting will be 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 22 at city hall. The council meets at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Monday of the month.

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Sophomore Paul Hedden and Megan Sherk stroll across the Harding campus on Tuesday during the second day of the fall semester. Hedden is from Ohio and Sherk is from Washington. Molly M. Fleming/[email protected]

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Harding: Area students discuss returning to school Continued FroM Page 1apast to visit his grandpar-ents. Smith said he is enjoy-ing his college experience thus far as he is seeking a degree in nursing.

“College is a very relaxed. It’s a lot more laid back here. The teachers are a lot nicer too,” he said.

He said the move was a “big change,” because “Illinois is a lot different than Arkansas.”

Another freshman, Molly Stapleton of McCrory, is fol-lowing in the footsteps of her parents as she begins her years at Harding, which is one of the reasons she decided to attend the school.

“I really liked the Christian atmosphere too,” she said.

Stapleton is an only child, so she is learning to adjust to residence hall life.

“It’s been different, but my roommate and I get along well,” she said. “I’ve enjoyed meeting a lot of new people from across the country.”

Stapleton has not yet declared a major, but said she will probably study art.

For Paul Hedden and Megan Sherk, this was their second year to return to Harding. Hedden hails from Ohio and his girlfriend, Sherk, is from Washington.

Hedden is studying psy-chology and Sherk is study-ing history.

The two met their fresh-man year during Harding’s Spring Sing.

“Moving back is always a little stressful,” Hedden said.

“But it’s nice to be back and see all of my friends,” Sherk said.

When some students came to Harding this past weekend, they were faced with the scorching Arkansas summer. But for Senior Wesley Phillips and Junior Velvet Janelle, they were already used to the tempera-tures. They both spent their summer working in-state.

“It’s nice to be back to school, but the weather is really muggy,” Janelle said. “I missed everybody. That’s what makes this place.”

Janelle is from Pennsylvania and studies advertising. Phillips is from Florida and studies finance and Bible.

“[Coming back] to college was like coming home for me,” Phillips said.

Freshman Zachard Smith catches up on some reading for class on Tuesday while taking in the scenery at the front lawn at Harding. Smith is from Illinois and is studying nursing. Molly M. Fleming/[email protected]

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Continued FroM Page 1awho were already tobacco free, were offered a $50 savings on their insurance.

Dixon said the health changes have been success-ful in the county and the number of insurance claims by employees have dropped within the past year.

Another lifestyle change that QualChoice promoted is the Employee Health Fair, conducted by White County Medical Center. The Health Fair did not cost employees extra money, and it is now being funded by what the county saves in the decrease of insurance claims.

Those who attend the Health Fair were also offered discounts on their insurance rates.

“I know the decisions we made regarding the health changes were tough and people didn’t like them — sometimes I wanted to wear a bullet proof vest — but those changes worked,” Dixon said. I stand behind our decisions.”

The benefit of the chang-es have been evident in the amount the county has spent on insurance claims, Dixon said, pointing out that the county spent more than $1 million on claims in 2010, but with only half of 2011 passed, the county has only spent $287,910 on claims.

“Even if you double the amount spent so far, we are still well under half of the amount you spent last year,” Dixon said.

In 2012, more health changes could be required if the county continues with the same insurance plan. Beside the discounts already rewarded, discounts will also be offered for choles-terol numbers, blood pres-sure rates, and an employ-ee’s weight being within government guidelines.

Also, every employee who attends the Health Fair will be required to take a nicotine test to see if there is any nicotine in their sys-tem. In the past, the nicotine discount was offered on an honor system.

QualChoice has already offered incentives for being within a health weight, such as a “Biggest Loser” pro-gram, named after the popu-lar television show, and a walking program.

Billy Ann Ascue of QualChoice attended the meeting and fielded ques-tions from the Court. She said that Benton County was the first to promote dis-counts for healthy lifestyle changes, and now other municipalities and counties are wanting to do the same.

The Quorum Court did not make a decision on the health care plan during the informational meeting.

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When it comes to insuring the White County employees and elected offi cials, insurance companies were not enthused to offer their services, said Cindy Dixon, with Gallagher Benefi t Services.

The company is hired by the county to fi nd the best insurance rates, and the only company that offered a competi-tive rate was QualChoice, who has in-sured the county for the last two years.But this year, the company increased its fee 12.9 percent because of the number

of claims fi led in the county last year.“In the last plan year, QualCho-

ice made less than $1,000 due to the amount of claims they had to pay,” Dix-on said during the Thursday night meet-

County chooses insurance plan

BY MOLLY M. [email protected]

Committee discusses addressing issue, lack of safety plan

BRADFORD — The school dis-trict hosted a concert in their new auditorium Thursday evening.Also new to the school is band di-rector Matthew Watson, who performed during the concert.Watson is a May 2011 graduate of ASU in Jonesboro and fi rst-year teacher. He teaches grades fourth through twelfth, with beginning band starting in fi fth grade.

“My goals for the band are to contin-ues to build off of the encouragement from the administration,” Watson said, “and to show students that music is an enjoyable and worthwhile endeavor.”Performing in the Thursday concert was a quartet from Watson’s alma mater.

Dr. Ed Owen, a euphonium player and former professor of Watson’s, per-formed with a graduate level euphoni-um player, a graduate level tuba player and a junior music education tuba play-er. Their names are Jeremy Drymon, Jason Tacker and Eric Barnett. The en-semble played pieces by Anton Bruck-ner, Antonio Vivaldi and John Stevens. Owens performed a solo rendition of The Beatles’ “Blackbird” arranged by a Norwegian tuba player.

In addition, Watson and Ow-ens, both on euphonium, played the four-movement duet “Suite for Two” by John Stevens.Watson commented on the importance of the new auditorium to Bradford Schools.

“Having a new auditorium is a terrifi c asset to have,” Watson said. “It shows the administration’s commitment to the arts at Bradford Schools and also allows the school a place to hold pag-eants, talent shows and graduation. It has improved the school by helping the community and showing that the arts are an important, fundamental staple in public schools.”

According to Watson, from what he has been told, the band has generated more interest than in previous years, as is evidenced by the number of begin-ning students who rented instruments this year being triple the number from the past three years combined.

While euphonium is his primary in-strument, Watson also plays all of the band instruments, as well as piano and guitar. He said he has really enjoyed be-ing the new band director at Bradford

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Concert

Who: Bradford Schools band di-rector Matthew Watson and ASU-Jonesboro tuba and euphonium quartetWhat: Performed concertWhere: Newly constructed Brad-ford Schools AuditoriumWhen: Thursday evening

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Approximately 60,000 newly planted strawberry plants could yield 60,000 quarts of the delicious red fruit come April and May at one Bald Knob farm.Kenneth Horton planted his strawber-ries Oct. 12 and will wait until late April to begin harvesting them.

In the meantime, he must ensure the fruit is protected from winter weather.

“For these berries to grow properly, the temperature needs to stay in the up-per 40s at night and in the 60s and 70s during the day for the next three to four weeks,” Horton said. “In the next month, we will put on row covers — they’ll look like white bed sheets covering the fi eld — to protect the plants form the cold.”

Horton said new leaves are just start-ing to appear on the plants.

“I hope they’ll be more developed before the real winter sets in,” he said. “Having a healthy plant now is what de-termines the yield in the spring.”

The harvesting will span fi ve to six weeks, beginning in late April and con-tinuing throughout May.

White County farmers plant strawberries

BY MARISA [email protected]

Horton farm in Bald Knob

grows variety of commercial crops

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Kenneth Horton picks a few mustard greens at his farm in Bald Knob on Tuesday. In addition to mustard greens, the Horton family grows strawberries, pumpkins, spinach, kale, purple hull peas, collard greens and more. They have just planted the strawberries, but some crops, such as pumpkins, are being harvested.

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Who: Kenneth and Debbie Hor-tonWhat: Raise commercial crops on their farm and sell at fruit and vegetable standWhere: Bald KnobAdditional info: The Hortons just planted strawberries. Pumpkins and turnips, among other crops, are being harvested.

WASHINGTON — America’s long and deeply unpopular war in Iraq will be over by year’s end and all U.S. troops “‘‘will defi -nitely be home for the holidays,” President Barack Obama de-clared Friday.

Stretching more than eight years, the war cost the United States heavily: More than 4,400 members of the military have been killed, and more than 32,000 have been wounded.

The fi nal exit date was sealed after months of intensive talks between Washington and Bagh-dad failed to reach agreement on conditions for leaving several thousand U.S. troops in Iraq as a

training force. The U.S. also had been interested in keeping a small force to help the Iraqis deal with possible Iranian meddling.

The task now is to speed the pullout of the remaining U.S. forces, nearly 40,000 in number.

Staying behind in Iraq, where bombings and other violence still occur, will be some 150-200 U.S. military troops as part of embassy security, the defense attaché’s of-fi ce and the offi ce of security co-operation. That’s common prac-tice but still a danger to American forces.

Obama, an opponent of the war since before he took offi ce, never-theless praised the efforts of U.S.

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Members of 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart, Ga., walk toward a C-17 aircraft last November at Sather Air Base in Baghdad as they be-gin their journey home after a year in Baghdad. Presi-dent Barack Obama on Friday declared an end to the Iraq war, announcing that all American troops would be withdrawn from the country by year's end.

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“We hope to have a 90 to 95 percent survival rate be-tween now and the spring,” Horton said. “A few plants are damaged in the dig-ging. Ideally, though, each plant will produce a quart or more of strawberries.”

In the spring, people may purchase strawberries from the Horton family’s fruit and vegetable stand on Highway Avenue North in Bald Knob.

The Hortons grow sev-eral other commercial crops, including turnips, spinach, kale, purple hull peas, collard greens, mus-tard greens and wheat. Ad-ditionally, they raise cattle and grow non-commercial pecans.

The Hortons allow people to come pick their own turnips from the fi eld. Strawberries can only be acquired from the fruit stand, however.

“Lots of elderly people really love their greens,” Horton said. “They come here and pick bagfuls. We have them planted in rows because they’re easier to pick that way. If people want to come pick turnips, they can come to the farm from now until the fi rst hard freeze.”

“We pick turnips Mon-day through Saturday and take the day off on Sunday. During strawberry season, we can’t do that. We have to pick seven days a week because the berries won’t wait.”

Horton said the tur-nips are edible now but

will be ideal to pick next week when they grow to the size of baseballs.While he enjoys eating turnips raw, especially young turnips, his wife, Debbie, prefers them cooked.

“Cooking them takes the edge off of them,” she said.

“It makes them sweeter.”Horton’s wife and his

son, Justin, manage the fruit stand. The store will probably close for three months during the winter. If it stays open, it will keep limited hours.

On the same plot of land as the store lies a pump-

kin patch from which the orange fruit is harvested and sold during autumn. Horton said the store stays open six days a week in the Halloween season to ac-commodate the high fl ux of business.

Both Kenneth and Deb-bie came from dairy farm-

ing families and have been raising crops themselves for 10 years. Prior to that, Horton worked 27 years for a phone company.

According to Horton, we may not have long before continual cold weather hits.

“Last week, I saw the fi rst Canada geese fl ying south,”

he said. “That’s a good indi-cator of winter not being far behind. Likewise, robins are good indicators of the coming of the spring.”

Then, with spring comes the harvesting of the Hor-tons’ 60,000 quarts of strawberries. In that case, bring on the robins.

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ing of the Personnel and Safety Committee of the Quorum Court.

The committee dis-cussed several plan op-tions offered by QualCho-ice and decided to stay with the current plan that offers a wellness package, which gives discounts to employees who partici-pate in the different as-pects of the county health fair.

The wellness pack-ages offers the following

discounts: $50 to non-smokers, $10 to those who attend the health fair, $10 for cholesterol in the normal range without medication, $10 for blood pressure in the normal range without medication and $4 for blood sugar in the normal range without medication.

Overall, a county em-ployee could earn up to $84 in discounts, making that employee’s insurance costs only $84 a month.

The committee also picked Guardian for life,

vision and dental insur-ance. That recommenda-tion will not have to be forwarded to the budget committee because the county does not pay for those insurance costs, as they are paid by each indi-vidual employee.

In other business of the committee, County Judge Michael Lincoln discussed the issue with the 911 ad-dressing system in the county. He said there is no ordinance in the books as to how addresses should be created; therefore,

there are many duplicate streets and addresses in various parts of the coun-ty.

“I know in the past we have had a 911 call go out for a Thomas Road, and there is a Thomas Road in Beebe and in Bradford,” Lincoln said. “The fi rst responders went to the wrong one, so they lost a lot of time having to go to the other one. We are talk-ing about life or death sit-uations here, so we don’t have a lot of time to lose.”

Lincoln said that 911 Di-rector Nancy VanWinkle volunteered for the task of sorting out the address-ing problem in the county, and she has asked for an ordinance that requires

all plats to be signed off by the judge before they can receive a 911 address. Lin-coln said this is just one step in a long process.

“We are also trying to work with the asses-sor and make it required that you have to have your land assessed before you can get a 911 address because we have a lot of

people who are living in the county that have not been assessed, so we are losing tax revenue,” Lin-coln said.

The committee decided to forward the address-ing ordinance onto the December Quorum Court meeting, which will allow all of the court members to look at the ordinance.

Lincoln also discussed with the committee the need for a Safety Plan in the county, as there is currently not a plan. He said he recently appointed County Emergency Man-agement Deputy Director Andy Mariani as the head of county safety. Mariani then created the safety plan.

“This plan will help with our risk manage-ment and will help with our worker’s compensa-tion claims,” Lincoln said.The committee forwarded the plan to the December Quorum Court meeting.The full Quorum Court will meet on Nov. 15 at 7 p.m.

INSURANCE: 'This plan will help with our risk management and will help with our worker's compensation...'CONTINUED FROM 1A

Personnel committee

■ Recommended insurance plan to county budget committee■ Forwarded addressing ordinance to December Quorum Court agenda■ Forwarded Safety Plan to December Quorum Court agenda

STRAWBERRIES: Hortons sell strawberries, vegetables from stand on Highway Avenue North in Bald KnobCONTINUED FROM 1A

Photos by Marisa Lytle/[email protected]

A strawberry leaf (above) pokes out of the plant’s protective covering. According to farmer Kenneth Horton, the strawberry plant’s crown needs to be as large as possible to produce a good yield. Horton planted his 60,000 strawberry plants on Oct. 12, and he said a 90 to 95 percent yield for the spring har-vest would be satisfactory. Bald Knob farmer Kenneth Horton (right) pushes aside leaves to make visible a turnip almost ready for picking. Horton said that while the turnips are ready to be eaten, they will be ideal to pick when they are baseball-sized, which he expects to occur within the week.

troops in Iraq. He said American soldiers would leave “with their heads held high, proud of their success.”

For Obama, Friday’s an-

nouncement capped a re-markable two days of na-tional security successes, though there’s no indica-tion how much they will matter to re-election vot-ers more concerned with economic woes at home.

On Thursday, the presi-dent heralded the death of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi and a day later the end to one of the most divi-sive confl icts in U.S. history.

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost the

U.S. more than $1.3 tril-lion.

Obama did not declare victory.

He did speak, though, about the string of wins on his watch — none bigger than the killing of Osama

bin Laden, the al-Qaida leader behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The Afghanistan war still rages, but there, too, Obama has moved to end the combat mission by the end of 2014.

This was, in essence, the third time Obama had pronounced an end to the war, allowing him to remind the nation he had opposed it all along — a stance that helped his White House bid in 2008.

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Instead of Miller, White County Medical Center obstetrician Jerry Burns, M.D., delivered Paul III. The Betts’ said Burns did a “wonderful” job and have since chosen him to deliver all their babies, in-cluding Bristol.

“Taking an hour-and-a-half drive to Searcy from Jonesboro has been dif-fi cult at times, especially with a little one in dia-pers,” Amanda said, “but it has completely been worth it. Dr. Burns is tried and true. The hos-pital staff is exceptional. I would recommend it to anyone.”

According to Paul, since Amanda had c-sections with the fi rst two children, she had to have them with the last two as well.

The Betts’ scheduled the

c-section for Nov. 11 at 9 a.m. at WCMC. On the ap-pointed day, they began their trip to Searcy.

“As we were passing through Judsonia that day, we got a call from the hospital at 7:15 a.m.,” Paul said. “They asked us

where we were and told us we were scheduled for a c-section at 8 a.m. We told them we were on our way. Because of the mix-up, when we arrived at the hospital we had to wait for a little bit.”

After about a two-hour

wait at the hospital, Bristol was born at exactly 11:11 a.m. on Nov. 11 (11/11/11).

“It was pretty neat, I thought, pretty special,” Amanda said. “She’s our fourth, so that will make it easy to remember [her birthday], for sure.”

“We knew it was going to be on 11/11/11, but that was just how the doctor sched-uled us,” Paul said. “We didn’t know it was going to be at 11:11 a.m. We were really excited about it. We think God has a plan for ev-erything, and we wouldn’t normally put any credit into coincidences. But when it ended up with that time and date, we thought, ‘Wow, that’s just wild.’”

According to Bristol’s

parents, her brothers are very excited about the special date and time, and about their new baby sister.

“Our 10-year-old wanted to make sure Iemailed his teacher,”Paul said. “He wanted tomake sure she and all his classmates knew about his sister and about the time and day.”

“Bristol’s brothers just adore her,” Amanda said. “They think she’s a little princess and give her kiss-es and hugs.

“She’s my precious little one. She’s so peaceful and sweet. We’re so excited that she’s here.”

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FROM PAGE ONE

BABY: Younges belt child born at 11:11 a.m., Nov. 11, 2011 at White County Medical Center in SearcyCONTINUED FROM 1A

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Dr. Paul and Amanda Betts hold their newborn daughter, Bristol, at White County Medical Center in Searcy. Bristol was born at 11:11 a.m. on Nov. 11 (11/11/11).

A White County Justice of the Peace was arrested Thanksgiving afternoon under suspicion driving while intoxicated and two other charges.

The Searcy Police De-partment arrested Dis-trict 12 JP George “Bud” Osborn, 79, for having a blood alcohol content of .13, with the legal limit

b e i n g .08, ac-cording to the p o l i c e report. District 12 cov-ers the central portion of the City of Searcy.

“I wasn’t highly intoxi-cated and I wasn’t driving erratically,” Osborn told The Daily Citizen Mon-day.

Searcy offi cer Michael Bullock said in his report

that he was dispatched to the area of Gum Springs Road regarding a state police message of a pos-sible intoxicated driver entering town from the direction of Highway 267.

Once Bullock saw the vehicle at around 1:40 p.m., he observed it cross left of center and leave the roadway to overcorrect the mistake, Bullock said in the report. He then pulled Osborn over, and after an initial investiga-tion, Osborn was found to be under the infl uence of intoxicants. Bullock ad-ministered a fi eld sobriety test and a blood alcohol

content test.Osborn was arrested

and later released on his own recognizance. The other two charges were driving off marked road and driving left of center line or divider. He will ap-pear in court on Jan. 5.

County Judge Michael Lincoln said that he was not sure if the offense could lead to removal from offi ce.

“I would hope that [all county offi cials] would adhere to the law,” Lin-coln said. “I want to refrain from comment until we get more infor-mation.”

JP arrested for DWI, other charges


Osborn

Police report: Osborn, 79, had BAC of 0.13

WASHINGTON — Poli-ticians of both parties outdo each other vying for the approval of se-niors, but their inabil-ity to compromise on the federal budget has put Medicare in the cross-hairs again.

Unless Congress acts before Jan. 1, doctors face a 27 percent cut in their fees for treating Medicare patients. That could undermine health care for millions of el-derly and disabled ben-efi ciaries.

Last year around the holidays doctors were looking at a cut of about 20 percent. It’s become a recurring symbol of the government’s budget dysfunction.

The cuts are the conse-quence of a 1990s budget law that failed to control spending but never got repealed. Congress pass-es a temporary fi x each time, only to grow the size of reductions required next time around. The supercommittee’s break-down leaves the so-called “doc fi x” unresolved with time running out.

A thousand miles away in Harlan, Iowa, Dr. Don Klitgaard is trying to contain his frustration.

“I don’t see how pri-mary care doctors could take anywhere near like a 27 percent pay cut and continue to function,” said Klitgaard, a fam-

ily physician at a local medical center. “I as-sume there’s going to be a temporary fi x, because the health care system is going to implode without it.”

Medicare patients ac-count for about 45 per-cent of the visits to his clinic. Klitgaard said the irony is that he and his colleagues have been making improvements, keeping closer tabs on those with chronic ill-nesses in the hopes of avoiding needless hos-pitalizations. While that can save money for Medicare, it requires considerable upfront in-vestment from the medi-cal practice.

“The threat of a huge cut makes it very diffi cult to continue down this road,” said Klitgaard, adding “it’s almost comi-cal” lawmakers would let the situation get so far out of hand.

There’s nothing to laugh about, says a se-nior Washington lob-byist closely involved with the secretive su-percommittee delibera-tions. The health care industry lobbyist, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to make public statements, said lawmakers of both par-ties wanted to deal with the cuts to doctors, but a fundamental partisan divide over tax increases blocked progress of any kind.

Medicare back on the brink over cuts to doctorsBY RICARDO ALONSO-

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WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller on Monday raised signifi -cant concerns about re-quiring military custody for captured suspected terrorists, arguing that the divisive provision in a sweeping defense bill could harm ongoing ter-rorism investigations.

In a letter to lawmak-ers, Mueller detailed his concerns with the provi-sion that mandates mili-tary custody of a suspect deemed to be a member of al-Qaida or its affi liates and involved in plotting or committing attacks on the United States. The White House has threat-ened a veto over the language in the bill and limits on the administra-tion’s ability to transfer suspected terrorists.

“Because the proposed legislation applies to cer-

tain persons detained in the United States, the legislation may adverse-ly impact our ability to continue ongoing inter-national terrorism inves-tigations before or after arrest, derive intelligence from those investigations and may raise extrane-ous issues in any future prosecution of a person covered” by the provision, Mueller wrote.

The FBI director said the legislation would add a substantial amount of uncertainty as to what steps should be followed in a terrorism investiga-tion in the United States. Mueller also said the pro-vision could restrict the FBI from using a grand jury to gather records or subpoenaing witnesses.

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vision have defended the legislation, pointing out that it includes a waiver that allows the adminis-tration to decide a sus-pect’s fate as well as who should be covered by the requirement.

In an op-ed Monday in The Washington Post, Armed Services Chair-man Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and the panel’s top Republican, Arizona’s John McCain, wrote that the bill’s provisions on detainees “represent a careful, bipartisan effort to provide the executive branch the clear author-ity, tools and fl exibility of action it needs to de-fend us against the threat posed by al-Qaida.”

Mueller described the waiver as too cumber-some, requiring that it be obtained from the defense secretary in consultation

with the secretary of state and the director of Na-tional Intelligence with a certifi cation to Congress.

“These limited excep-tions ... fail to recognize the reality of a counter-terrorism investigation,” Mueller wrote. “Building rapport with, and con-vincing a covered indi-vidual to cooperate once arrested, is a delicate and time-sensitive skill that transcends any one inter-rogation session.”

The Senate resumed work on the massive de-fense bill Monday and approved an amend-ment to expand the Joint Chiefs of Staff to include the head of the National Guard. The voice vote ap-proval refl ected the over-whelming support for the amendment by Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who had some 70 co-sponsors for their effort.

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CHILDREN’S HOME SEEKS OFFICE SPACEThe Searcy Children’s Home is searching for more office space due to significant growth. — PAGE 2A

LIONS SHOW WELL IN 2011 STAT BOOKThe Searcy Lions fell in the state quarter final, but the season’s stats tell a bigger story. — PAGE 1B

District 12 Justice of the Peace George “Bud” Osborn said he will not resign from his offi ce after being arrested for driving while intoxicated, along with driving off marked road and driving left of center line or di-vider, according to a Searcy Po-lice Department report.

“I’ll say this: I’m not guilty,” Osborn said.

The Searcy Police arrested Osborn, 79, on Thanksgiving af-ternoon for having a blood alco-hol content of .13, with the legal limit being .08, according to the police report. District 12 covers the central portion of Searcy.

Osborn faces three misde-meanor charges for his arrest. He will appear in court Jan. 5.

White County Judge Michael Lincoln has not commented on

JP says he won’t resign

Osborn still claims he’s innocent of DWI chargeBY MOLLY M. [email protected]

JP faces charges■ Only one JP asked for

George “Bud” Osborn’s res-ignation.

■ County Judge Michael Lincoln has no comment.

■ Osborn will appear in court Jan. 5.

MAGNOLIA, Ark. — A South-ern Arkansas University rodeo team member lied when she said she stole horses from fellow team members in retaliation for an attempted rape and has been charged with felony theft, said an Arkansas State Police investigator.

Jaci Jackson, 19, of Broken Bow, Okla., has pleaded not guilty to taking fi ve horses, rid-ing equipment and a trailer from the SAU stables.

Four of the horses were found alive, but malnourished, near Tom, Okla., and the fi fth was found dead and cut into pieces.

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If someone wanted to know the temperature of Lakewood Lake No. 3 in North Little Rock on Saturday morning, one could have simply asked White County Sheriff’s Offi ce Chief Deputy Jeremy Clark.

By 5 a.m. on Saturday, he had already taken a refresh-ing dip in the brisk 40-degree lake, one of several he had taken over the last few hours.

Clark, along with Trace Madden and Eric Fleming of the sheriff’s offi ce, was a member of this year’s Super Plungers team, part of the Polar Bear Plunge benefi tting Special Olympics Arkansas.

Clark, Madden and Flem-ing started jumping in the lake at 11:30 a.m. on Friday morning and continued to take several dips for the next 24 hours. Their fi nal jump was at noon on Saturday, which was part of the one jump Polar Bear Plunge.

The White County Super Plungers were joined by offi -cers from police departments in North Little Rock, Little Rock and Maumelle. In total, the team raised $22,000 for Special Olympics, and more than $3,000 of the total came from White County.

“The money we raised is a testament to all of the people in White County who donat-ed to our team,” said Clark. “Those people that donate in our community continue to donate each year.”

Clark was especially appre-ciative to White River Floor-ing, First Community Bank, NorthStar EMS, Bill Haynie Construction and Walmart Su-percenter for their donations.

Besides the offi cers on the Super Plunge team, White County Sheriff’s Deputy and

Dive Team member Quinton Neads was part of the dive team that checked out the jumping area of the lake to make sure everything was free and clear for the plungers. He stayed in the water during each plunge in case a partici-pant needed help exiting the lake. Dressed in his diving gear, Neads was probably the warmest person in the water.

But the temperature didn’t scare away Clark and the rest of the White County offi cers from helping support Special Olympics Arkansas.

“I say every year that I won’t do this again, but it’s hard to back down since the Super Plunge team nearly doubles the amount raised from the overall Polar Bear

Team raises more than $3,000 for Special Olympics Arkansas

Molly M. Fleming/[email protected]

Members of the Super Plungers team line up with the other teams before their final plunge Sat-urday morning. The team is led by White County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jeremy Clark. Also on the Super Plungers team are White County Sheriff’s Deputies Trace Madden and Eric Fleming.


Members of the Super Plungers team celebrate their final plunge Saturday morning. Quinton Neads with the White County Sheriff’s Department, far left, watches to make sure all of the plungers make it out of the water safely. The Super Plungers team consisted of police officers from the White County Sheriff’s Office, the Little Rock Police Depart-ment, the North Little Rock Police Department and the Maumelle Police Department. Please see PLUNGE | 3A

BY KELLIE COBBAssociated Press

JONESBORO, Ark. — Pat Qualls Taylor has been collect-ing nutcracker dolls for more than three decades.

“I’m a musician, and you associate the nutcracker with Tchaikovsky’s ‘Nutcracker Ballet,’” she said about why she started collecting the dolls.

Taylor has more than 60 nutcrackers in her collection — and that number continues

to grow.“It’s sort of an obsession.

The more you get, the more you want,” she said.

Taylor likes the more unique, interesting dolls. She has nutcrackers in all shapes and sizes.

Some of her nutcrackers feature characters from “The Nutcracker Ballet,” and some double as music boxes. She also has nutcrackers in the shape of Santa Claus, snow-

men, jesters, angels, toy mak-ers and even mice.

“My sister and I exchange nutcrackers every year,” Tay-lor said. “She is deathly afraid of mice, so I’ve bought her a couple of mouse nutcrackers. One year we bought each other the same mouse nutcracker.”

Taylor said she went through a phase where she would deco-rate her nutcrackers with real fur and crystals. She also pur-chases broken nutcrackers and

repairs them.“All the time I fi nd ones that

are broken. I’ll fi x them up in some way by adding to them,” she said.

In recent years she began collecting Steinbach nutcrack-ers, which are handmade in Germany.

“They are the Cadillac of nutcrackers,” she said, adding that not all view the Steinbach

Associated PressCENTERTON, Ark. — Ar-

kansas State Police say three people have been killed in a head-on collision near Center-ton in northwestern Arkansas.

A report on the crash says

Frances Lee of Siloam Springs and Brandi Brumley and Bray-on Atkinson of Bentonville died in the crash just after 1:15 p.m. Friday.

Troopers say sport utility ve-hicles driven by Lee and Brum-

ley were in a curve on Arkansas Highway 102 when the SUV driven by Brumley crossed the centerline and collided head-on with the SUV driven by Lee. Atkinson was a passenger in Brumley’s vehicle.

A 3-year-old boy in Brum-ley’s SUV was injured and tak-en to a Little Rock hospital. His condition was not released.

Offi cials closed the highway and redirected traffi c for more than two hours after the crash.

Jonesboro woman just nuts for nutcrackers

3 killed in crash on northwest Arkansas highway

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FROM PAGE ONE

Plunge,” Clark said.This was Clark’s sixth

year as a Super Plunger and his ninth year of par-ticipating in the plunge. He credits White County Sheriff Ricky Shourd for fi rst sparking his inter-est in Special Olympics Arkansas and the plunge. Clark said Shourd has participated in many plunges in the past, in-cluding when he worked for the Searcy Police De-partment.

“People think [the Su-per Plungers] are crazy,” Clark said, “but when they fi nd out why we’re doing it, they understand. Spe-cial Olympics focuses on what these athletes can do, instead of what they

can’t do.”According to Clark, the

White County Sheriff’s Offi ce takes a lot of pride in helping with the Spe-cial Olympics Games ev-ery year at Harding Uni-versity.

“In law enforcement, we see the negative a lot and very little positive,” he said. “Helping with Special Olympics gives a

chance to see the positive part of life. It’s the best part of law enforcement to me.”

Donations can still be made to Clark or any of the other White County offi cers, and all donations go straight to Special Olympics Arkansas. To make a donation, people may visit FirstGiving.com/jeremyclark.


White County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jeremy Clark, far right, makes his way into the water for his final plunge during the Polar Bear Plunge on Saturdaymorning at North Little Rock Lakewood Lake No. 3. Joining him in the water fromthe White County Sheriff’s Office is Trace Madden and Eric Fleming.

PLUNGE: According to deputy, the sheriff’s office takes a lot of pride in helping with Special Olympics

CONTINUED FROM 1A “People think [the Super Plungers] are crazy, but when they find out

why we’re doing it, they understand. Special Olympics focuses on what these athletes can do, instead of

what they can’t do.”

Jeremy ClarkWhite County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy

the future of Osborn’s of-fi ce and refused to com-ment on the matter when contacted by The Daily Citizen Friday.

While Lincoln hasn’t said if he will ask for Os-born to resign, District 1 JP Horace Taylor said he thinks Osborn should be asked to step down from his position.

Within the possible 14 conditions as written in the state law for when a seat on the Quorum Court can be declared vacant, con-dition No. 8 states: “The incumbent is convicted of a felony, incompetency, corruption, gross immo-rality, criminal conduct, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in offi ce by judicial proceedings.”

Three other members of the Quorum Court said they think nothing should be done about Osborn’s offi ce until he is seen in court in January.

“He’s innocent until prov-en guilty,” said Kenneth Horton, who represents District 7. “We have judges and lawyers to decide if he’s guilty or not. Then, if it’s required of us to do some-

thing, we’ll cross that bridge when we get there.”

Justices Ed Land and Bobby Quattlebaum shared similar sentiments as Horton.

“I think he needs his day in court before anything is decided,” said Quattle-baum, who represents Dis-trict 10. “Then we can go from there. I don’t think that we as individuals need to get a rope and hang him. I think everyone needs their day in court and I think he does too.”

Land echoed Quattle-baums’ statement.

“If what I read in the paper is true, I think we have a good man charged with a serious crime,” said Land, who represents District 11. “But since we live in a country where people are innocent un-til proven guilty, I don’t

think anything should be done just yet.”

Justice Bobby Burns said Osborn’s actions are not those becoming of a public offi cial.

“I don’t think [his DWI ar-rest] really sets a good exam-ple for citizens,” said Burns, who represents District 2.

Justice Ron Gibbs said that Osborn’s future in of-fi ce should be decided by the voters from his district.

Justice Jimmy House refused to comment about the matter. JPs Cameron Cooper, Allen King, Shane Sellers, Waylon Heath-scott and Mike Cleveland could not be reached for comment.

JP: Quorum Court members say nothing should be done about Osborn until he goes to court next month

CONTINUED FROM 1A “We have judges and lawyers to decide if he’s guilty or not.

Then, if it’s required of us to do something, we’ll cross that bridge

when we get there.”

Kenneth HortonRepresents District 7 on Quorum Court

Associated PressOSLO, Norway — Three

women who fought in-justice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, calling on repressed women world-wide to rise up against male supremacy.

“My sisters, my daugh-ters, my friends — fi nd your voice,” Liberian Presi-

dent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said after collecting her No-bel diploma and medal at a ceremony in Oslo.

Sirleaf, Africa’s fi rst democratically elected female president, shared the award with wom-en’s rights campaigner Leymah Gbowee, also from Liberia, and Tawak-kul Karman, a female icon of the protest movement in Yemen.

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