Stories from Wednesday, April 2, 2003

Editor's note: This story was printed in the March 2003 edition of the Tennessee Cooperator, Volume 44, Number 3. The Tennessee Cooperator is a membership publication of the Tennessee Farmers Cooperative. Ron Thompson's Appaloosa horse business is the cover story for the publication. He is the son of Juanita Thompson of Trumann and is a 1965 graduate of Trumann High School. This story is reprinted as it appeared in the Tennessee Cooperator with permission of the Tennessee Cooperator...

Scott Brune finished first in the 50-meter freestyle with 24.93 seconds recently in a district swim meet. Brune is the only member of the Trumann swim team. He finished fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke. At the state swim meet at the University of Arkansas Little Rock on March 1, he finished seventh in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 24.5 seconds, which was a personal best time for him. ...

Buffalo Island Central defeated Bay 8-7 in baseball action on Monday, March 24. Davey Webb took the loss on the mound. Mark Hawkins picked up the win on the mound for BIC. Brandon Ballard was credited with the pitching save. BIC scored four runs in the fourth inning, three in the fifth and one in the sixth...

On Monday, March 31, Britni Renshaw threw a no-hitter to lift Trumann over Walnut Ridge, 15-0, in softball action. Rivercrest defeated Trumann 7-1 on Thursday, March 27. For Trumann, Alex Guthrie went two for two at the plate. Crystal Ealey had a solo home run...

On Monday, March 24, Trumann defeated Harrisburg 5-1. Brent Maurizi took the win on the mound striking out 14, giving up three hits and allowing no walks. At the plate, Revis Kemper hit two for four and Alex Henry hit three for three. Trumann defeated Gosnell 3-1 on Thursday, March 27...

Homer (Dick) Littleton Smith of Marked Tree died March 24, 2003 at Regional Medical center. He was 82 years old. Mr. Smith was a member of the Apostolic Church in Tyronza. He served in the U.S. Army and was a WWII veteran. Mr. Smith had been a resident of Poinsett County for over 50 years. He was preceded in death by one son, Charles Homes Smith; two daughters, Nancy Smith and Ivy Russell; and his parents Frank and Maudie Smith...

Christine "Toy" Boren of Lebanon, Mo passed away Sunday, March 23, 2003. She was 90 years old. Mrs. Boren was born on Jan. 31, 1913 in Boone County, Miss. She lived in the Jonesboro area several years during the late 1940's and 1950's. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist belief. Her husband, Henry Talmedge Boren, one son, James Andrew Boren, four brothers and three sisters preceded her in death...

LITTLE ROCK - The Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission (ASWCC) announced approval of a grant in the amount of $103,000 from the Water Development Fund to the Northeast Arkansas Alliance of Conservation Districts (Clay, Greene, Craighead, Poinsett and Cross counties), according to Commission Chairman Dewey Hatcher...

SFC Terry Kevin Long, from Trumann, left Feb. 12 for training at Fort Polk, La. for deployment. He will deploy to Kuwait on April 10. SFC Long has over 18 years of military service having served with the 875th Engineer Battalion (Jonesboro) until September of 1994. Since that time he has served with the 1123rd Transportation Company based in Marked Tree. He served in the Navy from 1959 until 1963 during the start of the Vietnam War...

The Trumann Police Department will present the eighth annual COPS for Kids Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 5. The event will be at the Trumann Sports Complex on Pecan Grove Road for children in the sixth grade and younger. Registration will start at 10 a.m...

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. Armband night for the carnival will be today, April 2 and Thursday, April 3. Tickets for armband night are $10...

In tennis action on Monday, March 24, Valley View's boys defeated the Trumann Wildcats 4-2 while the Lady Wildcats defeated Valley View 5-2. Here are the results from that match: Boys' singles Joe Timbs (T) def. Jared Sanderson, 7-5; Daniel Resnic (V) def. Arron Bentley, 6-1; Trent Keller (V) def. Chad Moss, 6-0; Josh Jackson (V) def. Brad Bishop, 7-5; Keller (V) def. Michael Wilcoxson, 6-0; Timbs (T) def. Resnic, 7-2...