Stories from Thursday, August 1, 2002

Marked Tree was one of seven stops made by Governor Mike Huckabee when he took his campaign RV "Asphalt One" on the road on July 25. He was hosted at a fish-fry fundraiser by Doll Holloway and Poinsett County Republicans in the Marked Tree Elementary cafeteria, which was attended by approximately 300 people...

Billy Roy (Korky) King, 54, of Marked Tree died July 25, 2002 at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, a carpenter and a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran. The funeral was Monday, July 29 at Murphy Funeral Home Chapel. Jesse Hedges officiated the ceremony. Place of interment was at the Marked Tree Cemetery...

The Poinsett County Equalization Board will meet at the courthouse in Harrisburg on Thursday, Aug. 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, Aug. 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, Aug. 26 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Thursday, Aug. 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call Poinsett County Assessor Johnny Rye at (870) 578-4430...

Employees of the Tri-City Tribune received a blast from the past last Thursday, when a familiar face to area readers returned to this area. Fred Ashcraft, who served as editor and publisher of the then-Marked Tree Tribune from 1971 to 1988 visited the Tribune offices on Elm St. ...

Plans are underway for Marked Tree's annual Delta Cotton Pickin' Jubilee, sponsored by the Marked Tree Chamber of Commerce. It is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28. The event will include adult and children's games, athletic events, food, live entertainment and much more...

Poinsett County Fair Officials reminds everyone that this year's county fair is now less than a week away. Because of a rescheduling by Miller Brothers, the firm that provides the rides and midway for the event, this year's fair will officially open on Tuesday, Aug. 5 and run through Saturday, Aug. 10...

Exactly one year following the attack on America, citizens of Trumann will come together in a commemoration ceremony to honor the victims of Sept. 11. The commemoration ceremony honors the victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, airline flight takeovers and the American military service personnel who have died in the battle against terrorism while other members of the service continue to fight...

Fourteen players are on the Northeast Arkansas All Stars team. Two of those players are Trumann natives Brent Maurizi and Weston Moon. The other 12 members come from Buffalo Island Central, Manila, Lake City and Marked Tree. The team won the North Arkansas state championship and is headed to the Southwest Regional Tournament in two weeks. Ten teams from Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi will play in the tournament at Monticello...

Ronald J. Stephenson, 31, of Jonesboro died Sunday July 21 at his residence in Hoxie. He was born in Wood River, Ill., lived in the Jonesboro area most of his life and was a factory worker. He is survived by one daughter, Shelby Leann Stephenson of Jonesboro; his mother, Tommie Jean Stephenson; his father and step-mother, Buster and Carol Stephenson of Harrisburg; two sisters, Rhonda Denson of Jacksonbille and Denise Elkins of Clarksville; one brother, Rodney Stephenson of Jonesboro; and his grandmother Tommie Couch of Trumann.. ...

Senior high girls will practice from 9 - 11 a.m., junior high girls will practice from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 7th grade girls will practice from 1:30 - 3 p.m. All girls planning on attending practice must have their physical on file by the first day of practive...

Mike Bowman from Arkansas State University discussed with the Trumann Rotary Club on Thursday prisoner of war camps in Arkansas during World War II. The British had acquired a lot of prisoners of war and transported them to Britain but were getting overcrowded in their prisons. ...

What were once cotton and bean fields is now a living facility that is dedicated to providing the highest quality of care. Plantation Homes Retirement Center was one of the first businesses to expand out into the Industrial Drive development in Trumann...

Bay Mayor Linda Watts will seek another term as the mayor of the city. She is a 1967 graduate of Bay High School, a graduate of Draughan's Business College in Memphis, a 1996 graduate of the Arkansas State University Regional Leader program and attended ASU part time from 1986 to 1988...

Jane Hurd, a 1962 graduate of Trumann High School, has recently penned the book, "The Everyday Genius: Profiting from Your Strengths and Making Your Weakness Irrelevant." After graduating THS, Hurd then attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. ...

TRUMANN - The Fleming Fields here were the site of a 9 and 10-year-old tournament Saturday. The Trumann All-Stars advanced to the semifinal of the tournament but were put away by the Jonesboro Yard Dawgs 7-4 in a grueling match that had the umpires on their toes...