Stories from Friday, November 30, 2001

BY: MICHAEL WILKEY The Poinsett County Election Commission recently approved the boundaries for all 11 Justice of the Peace Districts for the Poinsett County Quorum Court. As part of the requirements from the 2000 Census, districts were drawn based on the formula, where the county's total population was divided by 11, with a plus or minus 5% variance (margin of error) for each district. ...

ONE YEAR AGO-NOV. 30, 2000 In the Lepanto City Council runoffs last Tuesday, Pete Cox defeated Roger Shinall 281-159 and Terry Kemp defeated June Holiman 276-166. Both Cox and Kemp currently serve on the Lepanto City Council. George Thomas Crowell, 82, of Marked Tree died Nov. ...

A total of 28 students from this area are included in the 35th Annual Edition of Who's Who Among American High School Students, 2000-2001. Who's Who, published by Educational Communications, Inc., Lake Forest, Ill., is the largest recognition program and publication in the nation honoring high achieving high school students. ...

Hershel A. Worthy, 96 of Marked Tree died on Tuesday, November 20, 2001 at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. Mr. Worthy was a charter member of the First Baptist Church in Marked Tree, a retired plant manager for Wabash Screen Company, a veteran of WWII and the Korean conflict in the Army, and for many years was associated with his father, C. ...

The coaches of the youth football teams celebrated a successful season recently with a dinner and awards presentation. The fourth and fifth grade team came in as runners-up in the south division of the NEA Youth Football League. The league has nine teams, Piggott, Rector, Manila, EPC, Trumann, Westside, Cross County, Harrisburg, and Marked Tree. ...

In high basketball action last week, the EPC boys basketball team split two with the Marmaduke Greyhounds. In the senior high game, EPC got 28 points from senior forward Cortney Brown and 10 points from guard P.J. Lacy to get a 72-69 win over the 3AA-North team. However, one of the longest winning streaks in Northeast Arkansas ended in the junior high game, as Marmaduke snapped a 30-game winning streak of EPC 60-56...