Stories from Wednesday, June 27, 2001

For most people, the importance of healthy vision doesn't become a matter of concern until or unless that eyesight begins to fail with age, disease or because of an accident. Then, the everyday pleasures of sight become a very worrisome topic. A new business in Trumann is targeted toward helping local residents with vision problems see the world in a whole new light...

Mr. J. B. Willoughby, 75, of Bella Vista died on Saturday, June 23, at his home. He was born January 15, 1926 in Trumann to John B. and Neva May Willoughby. He moved to Bella Vista four years ago from Atlanta, Georgia and was originally from Trumann...

Funeral services were conducted Friday, June 22, for Mrs. Marilyn Ann Woods Hively, 33, of County Line Road in Jonesboro. The services were held in Thompson Funeral Home chapel. Burial was in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery with Thompson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements...

Funeral services for Billy Joe Wadlington, 55, of Trumann were held Friday, June 22, at Roller-Farmers Union chapel in Jonesboro with Richard Dobbins officiating. Burial was in Pine Hill Cemeter with Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home in charge of arrangements...

Funeral services for Archie Leonard "Ted" Lancaster, 84, were held Thursday, June 21, at the Calvary Pentecostal Church in Trumann with Rev. Ricky Forbis, Rev. Gene Loven and Rev. Boyd Hosman officiating. Burial was in Holly Springs Cemetery at Harrisburg with Thompson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements...

About dogs I got a letter last week, mailed in a Trumann Water & Sewer envelope, and I was sure I was going to get billed extra this month. Instead, it was from an employee (apparently) who is absolutely sick and tired of hearing me talk about "the dog" or dogs in this column...

Nine members of the Maple Grove EHC met in monthly session on Monday, June 18, in the fellowship hall of the church. The meeting was called to order by the club's president, Eleanor Heath. Lorene Sadler read the though: wear it out, make it do or do without...

John and Sharon Stone of Trumann welcomed a new member to their family on June 17 when John Aaron Stone came into the world weighing six pound and 14 ounces. Born at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, John Aaron joins his older brother, Sydney Skylar Sullivan, 2, in the Stone home in Trumann...

The following stolen items were reported to the Trumann Police Department during the week of June 17: Sherry Harkey - Silver turkey pocket knife, black Grunter deer call, green Velcro wallet with brown leather patch with a deer on it on the front of the wallet, license and miscellaneous inside wallet...

It's official. President Bush has signed into law the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, causing many Americans to wonder just what it means for them. The new law includes a number of significant changes that will benefit most American taxpayers. Of immediate, and financial, importance to many taxpayers is whether or not they will be entitled to a credit that will result in them receiving a check as early as this July...

Time is growing short for potential candidates seeking a position on the Trumann School District's board of directors. An announcement by the Poinsett County Clerk's office in Harrisburg this week notes that would-be candidates have only until August 6 to return petitions of candidacy to the clerk's office...

Ask any public utility customer about skyrocketing natural gas prices and the answers will be pretty much the same. Few know why the rates are so high, but most will venture theories ranging from OPEC greed to utility company price gouging. Add to that the constant news coverage of the rolling blackouts in California and proposed rate hikes for water and electrical customers, and it becomes quickly obvious that citizens are more than concerned about the utility woes they're facing...

At 18-1 on the year and coming off a fresh defeat of the only team that has beat them all year, the Trumann Machine Works Majors are ready for the upcoming tournaments. Shane Moye, one of three coaches handling the young (11-12 year olds) all-stars, said after the Trumann crew downed Monette by a wide, very wide margin, "We had to show them it was just a fluke." And they did...