Stories from Thursday, July 19, 2001

by: Amanda Harris At the Town Meeting held July 12, the main focus of discussion was on the daycare center community leaders have been working toward opening. Mary Ann Arnold and Monica Moore told those present about another avenue to take in order to get a grant for the daycare...

by: Mike Dabney Whatever shall we do? The jails and prisons are full of folks that have violated our drug laws. Inmates have possessed large quantities of "grass" and crystal meth. Those who have used it and abused it, and sold it, or manufactured it, by growing or by mixing. ...

by: John Boxley I'm usually on the side of the media when a question comes up about the way they do their job but not when it comes to the Chandra Levy story. On this one the media is acting like a pack of vultures circling while something dies. The only reason that this girl's disappearance got any media coverage is because the media sensed a tie-in with a Congressman. ...

by: Amanda Harris Mosquitoes What is the deal with all these mosquitoes? I grew up in Arkansas and dealt with mosquitoes all my life. Down in Sherwood they weren't that bad. I remember, as I child, my father would load up in the family vehicle and go to Jacksonville to visit with my Aunt Sue and her family. ...

by: Sue Chambers Last week in Lepanto could almost be called "the week that was." It's not often you have three fires in a few days. Now you can feel sorry for the poor firemen, who had to put on their rain hat and dash down to Stevens Square. But what a sigh of relief, no one was injured...

by: Johnny Rye, Sr. The decade of the 30s is yet very vivid in my mind. We lived near Tyronza about 1/2 of a mile from town. The great depression started in 1929 and extended up through the 30s. During this time, Dr. L.H. McDaniel's baseball teams were going strong. A six-man team football team got started by Allen Lynch and Winston Simmons of Tyronza and Royce Upshaw of Turrell...

by: Michael Wilkey Two area baseball players recently made the 14-year-old All-Star NEA East Jr. Babe Ruth team. Mike Scott of Marked Tree and T.J. Smith of EPC played on the NEA East team in Paragould last weekend. Their team won the District I baseball championship...

by: Michael Wilkey The East Poinsett County Board of Education voted 5-0 Monday night to accept the proposal and agreement of three area soft drink bottlers, to supply the East Poinsett County School District with soft drinks for the near future. The agreement will allow all three bottlers to supply soft drinks, scoreboards, vending machines and concession stands at athletic events, on both school campuses...

by: Michael Wilkey On Monday evening, July 16, the Lepanto City Council agreed to set the ground rules and date for the special election, extending a 1/2-cent city-wide sales tax, for the Lepanto Fire Department. According the council, the 1/2-cent sales tax, will be used for the protection of fire equipment and facilities for the Lepanto Fire Department...

by: Michael Wilkey This week marks the 5th anniversary of one of the strangest, yet important days in the history of the state of Arkansas. On July 15, 1996, at approximately 1:55 p.m., then Lt. Gov. Mike Huckabee received a telephone call from outgoing Arkansas Gay. ...