Stories from Thursday, June 28, 2001

by: Michael Wilkey Four arrests were made last week by the Marked Tree Police Department, in connection with the June 19 robbery of Massey's Video and Electronics in Marked Tree. At 1:50 p.m. on June 19, officers of the Marked Tree Police Dept. were called to Massey's Video in response to an armed robbery call...

locally submitted The Marked Tree High School class of 1941 graduated, being the largest class to ever graduate at the time, and at a time of changing world history. Hitler was waging war in Europe, stopping at nothing. Some of the young men left school before graduating to enlist in the service, but received their diplomas at graduation...

by: Amanda Harris At a Marked Tree Special School Board meeting held on June 19, the board hired Coach Michael Lueallen. Lueallen will be the head coach for the girls' junior and senior high basketball teams and the girls' softball team. He will also serve as assistant coach for the junior and senior high football teams...

by: Sue Chambers Have you splurged at the gas station? And maybe put in a dollar's worth of gas-that won't take you far, but you could drive up toward West Ridge and marvel at Jerry Evans' cornfield. Well? You couldn't catalogue it as a field as its approximately two hundred acres, and what is unusual, there's no high and low stalks. ...

by: Michael Wilkey With recent incidents both nationally and locally in the last few days, it appears that there is a total lack of respect for life, property, and things that make this country great. This total lack of respect is part of a growing trend to trash good behavior, while supporting bad behavior. ...

by: John Boxley It seems that I've been spending a lot of time in doctor's offices lately, which has gotten me to thinking about the medical profession in general. Just this morning I stopped by one of our local angels of mercy to give my annual donation to the Arkansas Dracula Society. It appears that, despite my best efforts to the contrary. I am in good health...

by: Mike Dabney Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. If you had been in a Rivercrest high school English class in 1991 or so, you would have seen Bobbie Pharis staying after school. No, she was not in trouble; she just loved English, and her favorite poet, Robert Frost...

by: Amanda Harris It has been brought to my attention to there are some readers out there that are not happy with the most recent issues of this newspaper. If that is true, I am sorry. Please allow me to remind you of one thing: I am new at this!! I am trying to learn about what my readers want to see in the paper, while still applying basic journalism techniques to this newspaper. ...