Stories from Thursday, September 19, 2002

On Wednesday, McGee Street Productions visited Lepanto, scouting for a location to film the Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie, "A Painted House". The TV movie will be based on the novel by author John Grisham, which was published in February of last year...

Arkansas' First Lady paid a visit Monday night to the Tri-Cities area, speaking to voters about her campaign for public office. Janet Huckabee, the Republican nominee for Arkansas Secretary of State spoke to nearly 50 people about her candidacy for the office, currently held by Democrat Sharon Priest. ...

Fonda Condra, Poinsett County Clerk release unofficial results from the Sept. 17 School Board elections late Tuesday evening. In the East Poinsett County Board of Directors Position #2 race, Kevin Truelove polled 32 votes to 29 for Gary Weathers. Incumbent Jimmy Meeks won the East Poinsett County Board of Directors Position #3 race, with 122 votes over 29 votes for Robbie Betts. ...

On Thursday, Sept. 12, the Marked Tree Lions Club had their regular luncheon meeting at the First United Methodist Church. Darin Goble of John Deere spoke of the newest technological developments in farming. He told the club that there is a tractor in development with global positioning, so even on a big farm, managers can identify where it is within feet. ...

After coming off a 20-6 victory Friday night at Salem, the Marked Tree Indians return home this week to begin the first of a two-game home stand against the Earle Bulldogs. Speaking about the game Friday night, Marked Tree head coach Tim Branum told Delta Life that his team played harder and regrouped, in lieu of an opening loss versus EPC. ...

When area sports fans first took a peak at EPC's football schedule during the spring, many of those fans pointed to the third game of the year, as a potential barometer for the team and its success. EPC's third opponent of the year is the class AAAA Marion Patriots, who lost last week against 2AAA team Newport. ...

After picking up its first-ever victory in volleyball early this year, the EPC volleyball team lost several close games this week, against district and upper-level teams. On Tuesday, EPC lost to district rival Trumann 15-11, 15-4 in a match played in Lepanto. ...

Marked Tree running backs Brian Coleman and Patrick Powell provided the one-two punch last Thursday night, as the Marked Tree Jr. Indians defeated the Earle Bulldogs 30-0 in junior high action. The duo combined for 230 yards rushing, on 17 carries to lead Marked Tree (2-0, 2-0) to the win...

Young pro football fans will have the opportunity to exhibit their football skills when the Marked Tree Youth Football League hosts an NFL Gatorade Punt, Pass & Kick competition on Saturday Sept. 21. The competition is free and open to boys and girls ages 8- 15. It will be held at the Don Lovell Memorial Field at 11a.m. on Saturday Sept. 21. Registration will begin at 10 a.m...