Stories from Thursday, June 27, 2002

Margaret Reiser, the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library visited the Mary Ann Arnold Child Development Center in Marked Tree with books. She was visiting the center as part of the Reading is Fundamental (RIF) program. ...

Pearl Mae Wheelington, 93, of West Memphis, died June 23, 2002 at Beverly Health Care in West Memphis. She was a home maker and a member of first Baptist Church in West Memphis. The funeral was at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 26 at the Roller-Citizens Funeral Home Chapel. Place of interment was at the Marked Tree Cemetery...

Palmela C. Dailey, 67, of Hughes, died June 22, 2002 at Methodist Central in Memphis. She was a homemaker. The funeral was 1 p.m., June 25 at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home Chapel. Place of interment was at the Marked Tree Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sloan J. Dailey...

Captain Elbert H. English, Jr. U.S. Navy retired, died Monday, June 17, 2002 at Arleigh Burke Retirement Home in McLean Virginia at age 82. Born June 23, 1919 at Jefferson Springs, he was the son of Elbert H. and Mabel Hammett English. He graduated from Pine Bluff High School and attended Henderson State College in Arkadelphia before joining the Navy V-7 program. ...

An informaiton guide for potential Arkansas school board candidates has been published and is available for persons seeking election during the annual school elections in September from the Arkansas School Boards Association (ASBA). The guide, "So you want to be a school board member," contains basic information about running for a position on your local school board, the duties and responsibilities of serving on a school board, and some resources for more information...

Corners Chapel Baptist Church, 6976 First Lane in Payneway, will host a weekend revival June 28, 29 and 30. Services will start at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Sunday school will start at 10 a.m., the worship service will start at 11 a..m. and a pot luck will start at noon...

A special meeting of the Marked Tree School Board was called on Monday, June 24 to finish business for the 2001-2002 school year. The school district's new fiscal year will begin on July 1. The board approved the proposed budget for the 2002-2003 school year...

Jamie Douglas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Douglas of Bryant has been selected to attend the 2002 Arkansas Governor's School for the Gifted and Talented. He is attending the 23rd annual program which is held on the campus of Hendrix College in Conway. His area of study is social studies...

Fireworks go hand-in-hand with the Fourth of July. Unfortunately for thousands of revelers each year, so does a trip to the emergency room, courtesy of a careless moment with fireworks. In 1999, there were 16 deaths and 8,500 visits to emergency rooms across the United States as a result of injuries sustained from the use of legal and illegal fireworks. ...

Tribune Traveling Reporter We went to Disney on vacation, and rode rides there. My favorite ride was Buzz Lightyear. We got pictures with the characters. There were a lot of rides to ride. I liked staying in Florida! And that is all about our vacation! Jay told the Tribune that his favorite character was Tigger. The family took 144 photos during their trip. Jay's favorite rollercoaster was Thunder Mountain...

Roy T. Roberts, 83, of Trumann died June 16 at Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. He was born in Calhoun, Miss. And had lived in Trumann for the past 32 years. He was a retired Master Sergeant for the U.S. Army and of the Protestant faith...

Shirley Roberta Harrelson Thornton, 55, of Waldenburg died Saturday June 22, at Saint Bernard Medical Center. She lived in the Weiner, Fisher and Waldenburg area all of her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Boyce Eugene Thornton, her parents, Bert and Elsie Harrelson and three brothers, Clemon Harrelson, Carol Harrelson and Bobby Harrelson...

BAY - In the first game of the Northeast Arkansas Cal Ripkin League Tournament, the Valley View Blazers defeated the Lepanto East Poinsett County Warriors 12-6. But in the second game, the Warriors came back to defeat the Blazers 8-0 making the Warriors the champions of the tournament...

TRUMANN - The Truman Orioles defeated the Weiner Cardinals 14-6 in the Arkansas District Four World Series South Area Tournament here Saturday. The Orioles advanced to further games in the tournament. The Cardinals finished their season. After inning one, the Orioles took a 4-0 lead over the Cardinals. ...

Shawn Tillery comes to Bay as the new boys basketball coach and athletic director after four years at Weiner. Before that he spent two years as a coach at Greene County Tech in Paragould and before that one year at his alma mater in Harrisburg. Tillery said he learned of the open coaching position from his coaching network which included Bay baseball, girls basketball coach Mark Manchester and Bobby Hutchison, the former boys basketball coach. ...

Robbie Mae Holt, 86, of Trumann died June 19 at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. She was born in Pontotoc, Miss., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann before moving to Jonesboro 14 years ago. She was a housewife and member of the Revival Tabernacle in Jonesboro and was a former member of the Trumann Revival Center...

Special by: Debbie DeRossitte The members of Maple Grove Extension Homemakers Club in Trumann recently made a donation of handcrafted items for the cancer patients at Arkansas Radiation Medicine in Jonesboro. Items included turbans and small pillows that are used to bring comfort to mastectomy patients...

An informaiton guide for potential Arkansas school board candidates has been published and is available for persons seeking election during the annual school elections in September. The flyer was produced by the Arkansas School Boards Association (ASBA)...

There will be a free health clinic for migrant farm workers and their families Sunday, June 30, 2002, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Riverside West Elementary School in Lake City. The school is located on Highway 18. Services that will be offered are: medical, dental, WIC, immunizations, blood sugar and blood pressure screenings, and utility assistance...

Content contributed by Len Watkins "African-Americans are untapped people when it comes to promoting tourism," Dr. Georgia Hale of Iowa State University told a tourism-planning forum recently at Arkansas State University. The theme of the forum, sponsored by ASU-Delta Studies Center, was "Travel Dollars for Communities: Is there a role for African American Heritage Tourism?"...

The Bay School Board met in special session June 24 to interview candidates for the vacant elementary principal position. The position was left vacant after the former principal, Arthur Jackson, left for a job at the co-op with Crowley's Ridge. The board went into executive session to interview candidates Jodi Cobb and Margarett Gatlin...

Ptl. Jerry Foster of the Trumann Police Department recently traveled to Phoenix, Arizona to attend a special surveillance seminar. The seminar was to teach Ptl. Foster techniques of special surveillance equipment. The seminar was a federal progam and everything from the plane ride to meals was provided by the federal government...

Trumann Chief of Police Corky Richardson would like to remind everyone of the ordinance regarding fireworks that went into effect on October 10, 2001. Since the explosion of fireworks had become such a nuisance, fire hazard and dangerous the Trumann City Council voted to accept an ordinance prohibiting the sale and explosion of fireworks. ...

The Trumann Lions Club is hosting a youth softball tournament June 28 - 30 at the Athletic Complex on Pecan Grove lane. There will be divisions for slow pitch softball for ages 14 and under and fast pitch for ages 16 and under. Trophies will be given for three places and individual awards for first place in each division...