Stories from Thursday, March 6, 2003

The Bay City Council met on March 3 and the business on the agenda was the purchase of a new garbage truck. Bay Mayor Quillon Vincent, who took office in January, pointed out that the garbage truck the city operates now has been in the shop three or four times since he has been in office. One of those trips to the shop involved installation of a costly hydraulic pump...

BY CARIN MCCLUNG, Democrat Editor The Trumann Police Department is looking for the person(s) who on the night of Feb. 27 vandalized property located at Frank Ray's Shop. The shop is located on Hwy 463 behind Bibbs. Unknown person(s) entered several semi trucks that were in the shop for repairs. Det. Jerry Foster reported that the trucks and surrounding property had approximately $45,000 in damage done to them...

The Northeast Arkansas Duck Blind Committee will be meeting at Cedar Park Elementary Cafeteria on Friday, March 7. Representatives from the NEA Duck Blind Committee will be there. They have been meeting with the Arkansas Game and Fish for several weeks and a final set of recommendation have been submitted and copies will be distributed and available for review at the meeting...

Spring Fest 2003 will be Saturday, April 5, at the Trumann Sports Complex. A chili cook-off will be held. Trophies and cash prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place in the cook-off. The event will host a carnival, food vendors, arts and crafts booths and musical entertainment...

James Alfred "Jim" Lyons, Sr., 76, of Santa Clara, Calif., died Feb. 27, 2003, at the family residence in Santa Clara of natural causes. He was born and was a lifetime resident of San Jose, Calif. He retired from Varian Electronics in Palo Alto, Calif., where he was a buyer/expediter for 31 years. He was a Naval veteran of World War II and was of the Methodist faith. His hobbies were playing golf and gardening. He was the son of the late Charles Meed and Olive Maud Thomas Lyons...

Michael White, 51, of Plainwell, Mich., formerly of Trumann, died March 3, 2003, in Plainwell. He was born in Tyronza to Buster and Myrtle White. He grew up in Arkansas and graduated from high school in 1971. He worked as a manager for Fred's Discount Stores for 25 years before working in customer service at Danaher Corporation. ...