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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012

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HARDING ACADEMY DEEP AT RECEIVER OLD PIPES LEAD TO KENSETT MAIN BREAK Six Wildcats have at least 200 yards receiving this season coming into Saturday’s title game. — PAGE 1B

City officials hope that a boil order will be lifted today or Monday for some Kensett streets. — PAGE 3A

City approves bonuses

Quorum court Who: George “Bud” Osborn, 80 What: Died Wednesday evening

Bonuses to be paid out of certificates of deposit totaling $300,000

Longtime JP Osborn dies Searcy justice served on Quorum Court for 20 years

BY MOLLY M. FLEMING mfleming@thedailycitizen.com

A year-long discussion with the Searcy City Council concluded Thursday night as the council approved giving onetime bonuses to all city employees. All of the city’s 228 employees will receive bonuses, as well as four elected officials within

the city. In total, the bonuses will cost the city $101,821.04. Each of the 216 full-time employees in the city will get $400 and each of the 12 part-time employees will receive $200. Searcy Mayor David Morris, City Clerk Jerry Morris, District Judge Mark Pate and City Attorney Buck Gibson will re-

ceive $400 bonuses as well. The money to fund bonuses will be covered by one of two certificates of deposit (CDs) the city has, with one CD totaling $200,000 and another CD worth $100,000. Alderman Don Raney suggested the amount of $400

City council What: Approved employee bonuses Amount: $400 for full-time employees, $200 for parttime employees Total: $101,821.04

Please see BONUSES | 2A

PIONEER VILLAGE GETS READY FOR CHRISTMAS

BY MOLLY M. FLEMING mfleming@thedailycitizen.com

Longtime White County Justice of Peace George “Bud” Osborn, D-Searcy, died Wednesday evening. He was 80 years old. Osborn’s daughter, Portia Routon, said he died of natural causes. O s b o r n was originally from Garner Osborn but lived in Searcy for the latter part of his life, as he represented the central portion of the city on the Quorum Court. Routon said her father retired from Entergy, where he worked most of his life. She said funeral arrangements will be made at Please see OSBORN | 2A Molly M. Fleming/mfleming@thedailycitizen.com

Court orders resentencing in Arkansas bombing

Faye Jones of Kensett tests out some of the toys available for purchase Thursday afternoon in the gift shop at Pioneer Village in Searcy. The village will host its first-ever Christmas open house Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Santa Claus will be on site for photographs, as well as other Christmas festivities.

BY JEANNIE NUSS Sonja Wilks (left) and Elizabeth Heard look at some Christmas stockings on the front porch of the log cabin at Pioneer Village as they decorate on Thursday. Wilks said the stockings belonged to a dear friend of hers and she has since inherited them. She said they are at least 80 years old.

Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK — An Arkansas doctor sentenced to life in prison for a 2009 bombing that nearly killed the head of the state medical board should be resentenced on some convictions, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. A jury convicted Randeep Mann, 54, in 2010 of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and other charges. The Feb. 4, 2009, bomb attack took away Dr. Trent Pierce’s sense of smell and left him blind in one eye and deaf in one ear. Mann’s attorneys appealed his convictions and sentences, arguing there wasn’t enough evidence to convict him. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that Mann shouldn’t have received a sentencing enhancement based on allegations that he ordered the assault of an inmate. The panel said the allegation was never brought up in court and Please see RESENTENCING | 3A

Molly M. Fleming/mfleming@thedailycitizen.com

Searcy police warn of scams during holidays Season poses higher risk for scams, police say All people are potential victims for con artists, and the Searcy Police Department suggests residents learn the warning signs to avoid becoming victims. Brittany Eacret, SPD spokesman, said that scams usually

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increase during the holiday season, be it in person, over the Internet or by phone. “All of these types of calls are high-pressure and are almost always unexpected,” Eacret said. “They are a threat to anyone with a phone number.”

Fraudulent charity solicitations are one type of phone scam and can appear in many forms. By phone, someone might call asking victims to donate money to charities that do

INDEX NATION & STATE, 2A OPINIONS, 4A LIFESTYLES, 5A CALENDAR/OBITUARIES, 6A SPORTS, 1B CLASSIFIEDS, 5B

Searcy scams The Searcy Police Department warns residents of scams and warning signs to heed during the holiday season.

Please see SCAMS | 3A

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