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May 12, 2010
Springdale officers honored for years of service By Kelly McBride Reddy kreddy@communitypress.com
Thirty years of service to the city of Springdale brought a standing ovation as city council passed a resolution honoring police Lt. William Fields for his dedication. He’s retiring after serving as a patrol officer, investigator, patrol supervisor, sergeant, lieutenant, investigative supervisor and finally, administrative lieutenant. Police Chief Michael Laage commended Fields for his many years of service. “Bill grew up in Springdale,” Laage said. “Our last home-grown officer.” As he outlined Fields’ career, he included several of high profile cases, includ-
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Mayor Doyle Webster and members of Springdale City Council honor Capt. William Hafer, left, and Lt. William Fields. ing several homicides, an investigation of organized crime and a bank robbery, among others. During the robbery, a dye pack containing tear gas had exploded in the getaway car. When the suspect
jumped out of the car, Laage said, he spit on the ground before fleeing. “This spit was collected by investigators on the scene under the supervision of Lt. Fields,” Laage said. “It was eventually matched to
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Springdale Mayor Doyle Webster congratulates Lt. William Fields. the suspect and this evidence was what convicted him.” “It was just an excellent job of good investigative work,” Laage said. Fields also is a graduate
of the Police Executive Leadership College and the FBI National Academy. “This was an officer that excelled at every level,” Laage told council. “He has also been a very good cop and a very good leader. “People will not forget you,” he said to Fields. “They will remember you and what you have done for the department.” City council also honored Capt. William Hafer, who will be retiring in several months. Hafer serves as Springdale’s assistant police chief, with responsibilities that include investigations of citizen and internal complaints. He has the longest tenure of any employee at the police department, with 36 years of service.
Laage recounted a highprofile case in which Hafer was involved. Clayton Lee Waagner was the only person ever to be on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted lest and the U.S. Marshall’s Top 15 Most Wanted list. Hafer was one of three Springdale officers who arrested Waagner. Laage described other cases where Hafer was instrumental. “It’s an honor tonight to highlight his career and recognize him for his past service,” Laage said. “Our citizens should be very thankful to these two officers for the dedication and commitment, day in and day out, 24 hours a day, for the past 30-plus years.”
Art projects draw spots at national competition Lexi Midkiff, who created “Music Comes Alive,” will compete nationally.
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By Kelly McBride Reddy kreddy@communitypress.com
A Princeton middle school art project has taken flight for Lexi Midkiff, and her artistic interpretation for a contest through a local art studio has earned her a spot in a national competition. Midkiff, a Glendale resident, Wyoming student
Tristan Wayne and several other young artists have won regional awards in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Midkiff and Wayne will travel to New York for the national competition. Titled “Music Comes Alive,” Midkiff had wrapped a full-sized guitar in sheet music, then created origami cranes out of the same paper. She affixed the cranes to the guitar as if they were arising from the instrument and taking flight. “I thought of the cranes coming out of it because that’s how I see music,” the piano and guitar player said. Midkiff won a national gold medal, Regional Gold Key and regional honorable mention. She completed the project at Schain Studios in Glendale, where she takes classes. Merlene Schain, the owner and instructor who also teaches at the University of Cincinnati, entered Midkiff’s work in the con-
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Tristan Wayne won a regional award for another art project using a book as the medium. test, along with several other student projects. Eleven students were entered in categories such as painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, ceramics, design, film and animation,
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and senior portfolio. Every student won an award in the competition that brought more than 165,000 works of art and writing. Wayne’s project, in the mixed media category, was titled “Facebook.” He took a book and transformed it into a work of art. The Wyoming High School freshman earned the National American Vision Award, Regional American Vision Award and a Regional Gold Key. Schain said Wayne had asked her if he could use a certain book, which contained pictures of faces. Though it was her only copy, and she didn’t want to part with it, she let him use it – with one condition. “I told him, ‘I’m going to give it to you, but you’d better make something good,” Schain said. “And he did.” The goal was to render the book unreadable. It had to be transformed into art, but not decorated. Wayne cut out some of the faces, and drew others, attaching them so they were rising out of the book. Schain said her students work hard during class time. “It’s not social time,” she said. “They’re passionate about what they do. It doesn’t matter if they’re in grade school or at U.C. “They learn to think outside the box at an early age,” she said of her approach, which teaches alternative ways of making art. She encourages her students to be creative, but their showing in the contest “blew me away.”