Baxter Bulletin from Mountain Home, Arkansas • Page A3

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DEATH NOTICES WASHINGTON The number of homeless people in the U.S. has declined slightly since last year, even as communities face hrinking federal budgets a nd a shortage of afford- a ble housing, according to a survey released Thursday by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Nearly 565,000 people were homeless at the time of the count, on a single night in the last week of January. That was down 2percent, from 578,000 the previous year, the survey found. More than 47,000 veterans were homeless, a drop of about 4percent from last year.

The government said the decrease was in part due to investments by ongress and a joint pro- ram between HUD and he Department of Vetera ns Affairs to provide rental subsidies and other services to veterans. Last week, the agencies announced an additional $12million to expand the program. HUD Secretary Julian Castro also noted in a conference call that the state of Virginia and more than adozen cities including New Orleans; Houston; Las Vegas; Mobile, Alabama; and Troy, New York, have created programs to end homelessness among veterans in their commu- ities. he report shows the east progress was in the umber of people who are chronically homeless, which declined 1percent to 83,000. Castro cited resource constraints including the affordable housing crisis across the nation and dwindling federal budgets.

Castro also said the gov- ernment is pushing to collect more comprehensive data on homeless youth. The study says nearly a quarter, or almost 128,000, of all homeless people are under age 18. In 2010, President Bar ack Obama launched a ew federal strategy to revent and end homeless- ess. In the past five years, the total number of homeless people has dropped more than 11percent, from 637,077. Castro said the plan ensures that man, woman and child enjoys a safe and stable place to call Homelessness drops in nation since last year STACY A.

ANDERSON ASSOCIATED PRESS County Judge Mickey Pendergrass on Nov. 12, almost two years after Pendergrass denied a re- uest to place a Winter banner on the courthouse lawn along with the Nativity. The Christmas tree ith lights and permission ranted to the family of Coralee Spencer and in her honor to place any secular Christmas items. othing considered religious as defined by the ourt will be displayed to celebrate this federal and tate Pendergrass said Wednesday during the press conference. want to personal- thank Myrtle Woods and her family, and the oralee Spencer family for the many years of dedicated efforts to keep this display in front of our axter County citizens and beyond.

I want to hank all those thousands upon thousands of folks who have thanked me and supported our efforts in defending this annual cus- om. You mean so much to and your prayers and words of support have been beyond my wildest Case background The court declared that he Nativity scene on the Baxter County Courthouse grounds was displayed in violation of the First Amendment. According to order, Pendergrass violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by erecting the with a primary or preeminent religious purpose. The federal judge dismissed laims brought against endergrass in his individual capacity. he court also awarded ominal damages to the plaintiffs in the amount of 1.

he documents say Pendergrass should rain from placing any religiously sectarian seasonal display on the courthouse or apublic forum on the courthouse grounds for a seasonal display open to persons of all faiths as well as of no faith, without iscrimination on the basis of done to try to take anything away rom anybody; it was to include all of the citizens of axter County in their holiday said lackthorn, the Mountain Home resident a part of the suit. are so many different beliefs a nd I think everybody needs to be lackthorn, a local business owner, and the AHA filed the lawsuit December 2014. The AHA is a organization that promotes humanism, separa- ion of church and state, and the preservation of constitutional rights for humanists, atheists and other freethinkers. Black- horn is a Mountain Home usiness owner acting as arepresentative for others in the county. The plaintiffs filed a motion Nov.

18 for an a ward of fees a nd costs in the amount of 70,300.01. That figure includes hourly rates charged by each attorney: the two-person legal team, Monica L. Miller and David A. Niose, as well as Gerry Schulze, a Little Rock attorney. The amount also includes out- of-pocket costs totaling $2,503.76.

AHA attorneys and Schulze logged more than 228 hours of work for he case. or at least 40 years, the Nativity scene depict- i ng the birth of Jesus hrist has been displayed on the Baxter County ourthouse lawn during he holiday season, according to the case back- round. privately owned by Rick Spencer, a local attorney who was not a party in the case. Spencer last set up the Nativity scene on the courthouse lawn December 2014. JOSH BAXTER BULLETIN Baxter County Judge Mickey Pendergrass announces during a press conference Wednesday that there will be no nativity scene displayed on the courthouse lawn this year.

Pendergrass said he would not place the county's money at risk should another lawsuit be brought. Nativity Continued from Page 1A FILE PHOTO This is the Nativity scene that was on the courthouse lawn last ear..