Stories from Wednesday, May 7, 2003

Editor's note: The information in this article was contributed to the Trumann Democrat by Sherry McAnally, librarian at Trumann High School. Sherry McAnally, director of the Trumann High School Library, received an award for Outstanding Media Program from the Arkansas Association of Instructional Media (AAIM). The award is given to an AAIM member who has demonstrated leadership in promoting media programs and practices that have resulted in an improvement of media usage in instruction...

Trumann defeated Nashville 5-4 in the first round of the Class AAA state baseball tournament at Mills High School in Little Rock. Garrett McPherson hit in Alex Henry for the winning run. The Wildcats led 2-0 until Nashville scored four times in the sixth. Clint Trigg allowed three runs on three hits, walked one and struck out four for Trumann on the mound. Revis Kemper finished the game allowing no runs on two hits, walked one and struck out two...

Bay defeated Lavaca 5-1 in the Class AA state baseball tournament at Augusta on Monday, May 5. Davey Webb went the distance for Bay in seven innings, Bay Coach Mark Manchester said in a phone interview Tuesday morning. He allowed four hits and one unearned run and struck out three...

Mae Shelton, 86, of Trumann died Monday, May 5, 2003, at the Lakeside nursing home in Lake City. She was born in Missouri on Jan. 20, 1917. She was of the Pentecostal faith and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by one son, Floyd Cato and was the widow of Richard Shelton...

Larry Dale Phillips, 54, died April 24, 2003, at his home in Shelton, Wash. He was born July 16, 1948, in Jonesboro to Larry and Mary (Turner) Phillips. He married Lynn (North) Phillips on Jan. 1, 1991. He was preceded in death by one brother, Dewey L. Phillips, in 1980...

William Hollis Crozier,58, of Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii, formerly of Trumann, died Monday, April 28, 2003, at Wilcox Hospital in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii. Born in Jonesboro, he was a long-time resident and prominent businessman in Kapaa and Lihue, on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. He was also a retired cellular telephone executive. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Dorothy Crozier, of Trumann...

The Trumann senior citizens along with Trumann Mayor Ronnie Harrison proclaimed April 29 as national "Recall Round-Up Day." The proclamation read: "Whereas, Each year, there are an average of 23,900 deaths and 32.7 million injuries related to consumer products under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission; and,...

The Bay School Board met in special session on Monday, April 28, to discuss three orders of business. The first order of business was to accept a bid on re-roofing of the elementary building. The board decided to table a decision until the regular meeting of May 12...

The Bay City Council approved a resolution at its regular meeting on Monday, May 5, authorizing Mayor Quillon Vincent and Treasurer Wayne Hill to begin the process of obtaining a loan to purchase a new water storage tank for the city. The council also approved to execute the legal and engineering documents for the project...

In district tournament golf action on April 23, Bay's girls placed first. Cristian Mills shot a 55 and Emily McDaniel shot a 59 for Bay. Buffalo Island Central placed second and Walnut Ridge placed third. The teams played nine holes. Bay's boys placed third in the tournament. Keith Milam shot a 102 and Robbie Spencer shot a 103. Crowley's Ridge Academy placed first and Walnut Ridge placed second in the tournament...