Stories from Wednesday, May 16, 2001

The Trumann City Council acted on scheduled items in record time Monday night, but the meeting lasted longer than anticipated when several Trumann residents brought their concerns before the council during its regular monthly session at the Trumann Police and Courts Building...

Funeral services were held for Pauline A. Tolbert, 90, of Belton, MO, were held May 9 at the Grandview Church of Christ in Belton. Burial was in Belton Cemetery. Mrs. Tolbert, formerly of Payneway, was born in Mississippi and had lived the past 45 years in Grandview and Belton, MO. She was a resident of Beautiful Savior Home in Belton the past three years...

Funeral services for William "Bill" Shores, 85, of St. Louis, MO, were held recently in St. Louis at the Schumaher Chapel. Mr. Shores died April 11, 2001, of natural causes. A resident of Trumann for several years, he resided in St. Louis for the past 35 years. Prior to his retirement, he worked as an engineer for a barge line...

by Bob Allen Barking dogs My long-time friend and former neighbor for many years, Don Cole, went before the city council Monday night to plead for the members to bring some resolution to a problem he has endured for some time - barking dogs, a whole herd of them. OK, so we don't think herd is the right term. Say "pack" if you wish...

Chief Kenneth Walker of the Bay Police Department reports the following arrests were made in April 2001: April 3 - Emma Trevino - Bay, AR: FTA (speeding charge); Gregory M. Bummell - Bay, AR - COC non payment of fines; Tanis M. Brownlee - Trumann, AR - Speed (74 in 55); TanisM. Brownlee - Trumann, AR - Suspended DL; TanisM. Brownlee - Trumann, AR - No Child Safety Restraint...

Following is the list of thefts reported to the Trumann Police Department during the week of 4/29/01: Jr. Food Mart, $2 in gas. Beau Ballard, 20 Polo and Nautical shirts, collection of games and CD's, computer, phone, cologne and chainsaw. Phillip Patterson, am-fm radio taken from a 1996 Ford F-150...

After what he called "a lot of soul-searching and no few lengthy discussions with my wife, Diane," Robert Wilford made the decision last year to give up his nearly four year affiliation with Tri-County Community Council in Bonifay, Florida, and move to Jonesboro...

Brittany Guthrie I have learned a lot of things in Dare, but one of them really caught me (the usage of drugs). First I know that you don't need drugs or other things to control your life. I know that it's addictive, but it once comes to all of us it was your decision. I loved going through the weeks of learning. I wouldn't have changed a thing...

The Old Community House has been vandalized twice in the past three weeks when the windows on the double-doors that serve as its entrance, according to Donnie Taylor, president of the Old Community House Foundation. The Foundation has offered a $100 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for the damage to the building in recent weeks...

Phillip Ott of McCormick was extremely lucky when he walked away from his 1990 Case International Harvester tractor following its collision with a Burlington Northern Railroad freight train. The train, southbound, struck the eastbound tractor when it crossed the tracks at its intersection with county line road north of Trumann, according to Arkansas State Police Cpl. John Carter...

Head baseball coach Jim Montgomery is extremely proud of his young charges, calling them "over-achievers as far as what we expected of them when the season started." "We had a real good season," he said this week on the heels of his team's trip to the semi-finals of the Class AAA state tournament in Little Rock. "We played far better than we had anticipated when the season got underway."...