Stories from Friday, July 20, 2001

The secret of Trumann as a great place to visit and live is getting out to people all over the country as part of an advertising effort approved at a special meeting of the Trumann Industrial Development Commission in May of this year. The TIDC members, with the support of Trumann Mayor Jack Coggins, voted to purchase a full page in a Delta Byways brochure published by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and recently released for public consumption...

Wilburn J. Cole, 73, of Harrisburg, died Wednesday, July 11, at the St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro following a brief illness. Cole was chairman of the board of the Bank of Trumann and had spent his entire adult life in banking, having also worked at the Bank of Harrisburg and Citizens Bank of Jonesboro. He was a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University...

MEMPHIS, July 9, 2001 - In its annual report on breeding duck numbers and May habitat conditions, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service revealed a population decrease in nine of the ten most common duck species. Estimates suggest that despite an 18 percent increase in pond numbers on the breeding grounds, the total number of breeding ducks declined by 14 percent, falling from 42 million birds in 2000 to 36.1 million in 2001...

Did you know that the total tax burden amounts to 54% on the price of a gallon of gas? Did you realize that the total tax burden on a single pack of cigarettes reaches 75%? I bet you beer drinkers didn't know that 43% of your purchase goes to taxes. ...

The Trumann Fire Department reported the theft of TFD stickers and $3 in cash. A Motorola talkabout cell phone was reported stolen from Shawn Griffith. Bobby Brown reported the theft of a pink Roadmaster MT Sport SX (the back of the seat had a small rip) and an 18-speed purple Roadmaster (also with a small rip in the cushion)...

I hate thieves. They are the lowest vermin on the face of the earth. Not unlike the common cockroach, they are never there when the lights come on, but as soon as the darkness descends, so also do they. It would seem we have a really bad amount of thievery going on around here. It may be that these scumbags need money for their drugs. I don't know. And I don't care...

The two lists recognize undergraduate students who achieved the highest grade point averages while carrying 12 or more credit hours of study. The President's List (designated below PL) includes 972 students who earned a grade point average of 3.8 to 4.0. The Dean's List (DL) includes 547 students with a grade point of 3.6 to 3.79...

Steve and Angie Pulley, of Trumann, are the proud new parents of a bouncing baby girl. Jada Nicole Pulley was born on June 21 and weighed six pounds and 11 ounces. Jada's grandparents are Bernice Kelley of Trumann, Frankie Kelley of Ft. Smith, and Will L. and Mary Suzanne Pulley of Brookland...

Glenn and Veronica Bell of Trumann announce the engagement and approaching marriage of there daughter, Christine Marie Bell, to Derrick Anthony Holt. Mr. Holt is the son of the late Brenda Hendricks of Trumann. The bride is currently employed at Horizon Business services in Jonesboro...

Funeral services for Mrs. Lucille Irene Haws, 88, of Trumann were held Saturday, July 7 in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann with Rev. Bobby Brooks officiating. Burial was in Crossroads Cemetery at Lorado. Mrs. Haws died Monday, July 2, at her residence in Trumann of natural causes...