Stories from Thursday, July 5, 2001

by: AMANDA HARRIS Marked Tree has a new doctor in town. Dr. Kim Saito and his wife Robin recently bought the practice located behind First Delta Bank. Dr. Kim Saito began his medical career in 1977 in Fredicton, New Brunswick, where he worked for a year for Locum Tenens. In '78 he moved on to Halifax, Novia Scotia, Canada working for a private practice...

by: Michael Wilkey Wednesday, July 4, 2001 will mark the 225th anniversary of our independence from Great Britain and the writing of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson. Some 225 years ago, Jefferson and many others were in the middle of unfair taxation and unfair representation by King George and the British Empire. ...

by: AMANDA HARRIS The move This week the newspaper did something "historical." We moved. All the people I have talked to said that the newspaper office has always been at 18 Elm Street for as long as they could remember. One man said the paper had been there for 65 years. ...

by: JOHN BOXLEY Liars and their lies made big news last week. As the news reached Arkansas that Wayne Dumond had been charged in the murder of a woman in Kansas City, Governor Mike Huckabee, who set Dumond's release in motion, took every opportunity to deny he had anything to do with it. He even went so far as to say that it was Jim Guy Tucker's fault Dumond was released, because he had commuted his sentence making him eligible for parole...

by: MIKE DABNEY "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.....

by: SUE CHAMBERS Probably you wondered last Thursday, why the crowd in the alley in Lepanto? Taking a closer look, Lo and behold! There was Judge Bill Craft and yes, Johnny Rye from Marked Tree. And they were chattin' away with Mayor Dale Dunlap who was all spruced up in his "Sunday go to Meetin" suit...

press release Marked Tree Indians featured in Hooten's Arkansas Football magazine Marked-Tree The Marked Tree Indians are voted-by 3AA conference coaches to finish first in the conference as stated in this year's Hooten's Arkansas Football magazine...

press release An R.E. Baker Elementary School teacher, Stephanie Shinabery, has been awarded the highest national certification level from the School of Renaissance Institute, for outstanding classroom performance and gains in reading. Shinaberry is a 1993 graduate of Marked Tree High School...

by: MICHAEL WILKEY A new brochure recently presented to area communities by a state tourism agency highlights the Sunken Lands of Lepanto, Marked Tree, and Tyronza. The brochure, created by the Arkansas Delta Byways program, spotlights the Tri-Cities area and the potential tourism spots for visitors to the area. ...

Funeral services for Mr. Fern Hurt Baker, 88, of Trumann were held Sunday, July 1, in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann with Rev. Dub Holt, Rev. Frank Hardwick and Rev. Larry Tribble officiating. Burial was in Pine Hill Cemetery at Jonesboro with Thompson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements...

The Trumann Junior High School recently released the honor roll for the second semester. Those making all A's are: (7th grade) Joseph Curtis, Julie Henderson, Cpurtney Lowery, Hannah Miller, Amanda Mortin, (8th grade) Joshua Bowen, Samantha Foley, Janae Glover, Camilla Green, Tiffany Jones, Johnathan Long, Clay McClung, Joshua McLaughlin, Chase Montogmery, Logan Sheets, Michael Wilcockson, Chase Young (9th grade) Laci Cole, Dedra Darter, Desire Gallegos, Matt Harvison, Dustin Knight, Michelle Lucas, Brandi McClung, Britni Renshaw, Leah Smith, Olivia Williams and Andrew Walters.. ...

Trumann High School announced the names of students making the honor roll for the second semester. Those making all A's are: (10th grade) Ryan Bufford, Hannah Clemons, Trinity Fritz, Lindsay Jones, Talia Payne, Jessica Wray, Ryane Bane, Michael Henderson, Charlie Inboden, Rebecca Miller, Deanna Pratt, Brandon Brugess, Cecile Fabry, Tonya Fisher, Josh Hager, Matt Hartley, Shanean Jones, Ashley Knight, Brooke Osment, Mariette Parrod, Josh Payne, Carrie Richards and Wendy Whitman...

A drop-in reception was held on June 24 in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sadler, in honor of Ora Bass' 90th birthday. The reception was co-hosted by Mrs. Bass' three children: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bass of Long Beach, Cal.; Mr. and Mrs. Ken Miles of Marion; and Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sadler of Trumann...

Happy Fourth! The Independence Day holidays are always good for one thing the proof of a theory. I believe that all children are born into this world pure, innocent and ignorant! I said ignorant, not stupid. It is my fervent belief that when we are born, our brains hold absolutely not knowledge aside from the instinctual guides of our species and probably some really neat little secrets that God implants, but keeps hidden until we are ready for them...

Write a hot check in Trumann and it could become a lot more expensive than was previously the case. And it was never a cheap crime for offenders. Mary Long, hot check coordinator in Trumann for the Arkansas Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Second Judicial District, pointed to tougher standards enacted this year by the Arkansas legislature as a key to giving the Arkansas Hot Check Law "more teeth"...

Trumann residents will have an opportunity to air their views regarding a proposed increase for water and sewer rates at a public hearing set for Monday, July 9, at 6 p.m. at the Trumann Police and Courts Building on Melton Avenue. The public hearing will be held prior to the regular meeting of the Trumann City Council when aldermen are expected to vote on the second reading of an ordinance that would, if passed Monday night and then again at the August meeting, place the new rates into effect...

For Cecil Passmore of Trumann, serving as a member of the local American Legion Post #42 just comes natural. His involvement in the military and, following his discharge, civil defense operations was the first step in his contributions to veterans as an active Legion member in this community...

All those American Flags flying in front of businesses over the Fourth of July holiday will add spirit to the occasion and remind a lot of people just what the celebration is all about. And for the people who put those flags out on July Fourth and other patriotic holidays throughout the year, the appearance will mark the start of another year of providing a much-needed service to merchants and other groups and individuals throughout the community...

Herbert Stanley "Stan" Payne, 60, of Memphis, Tenn., died Wednesday, June 27, of heart failure, at his residence in Memphis, Tenn. Payne was a mechanic and a member of White Station Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Robyn Wynn of Popular Bluff, Mo., and Renee Wilson of Atlanta, Ga.; one son, Richard Payne of Memphis, Tenn.; his father, Walter Herbert Payne of Memphis, Tenn.; his stepmother, Judith Payne of Memphis, Tenn.; and three grandchildren...