Stories from Thursday, May 8, 2003

Tribune News Staff Minutes. Seconds. They all matter when lives are on the line. So was the message in an accident recreation last Thursday in Marked Tree. In the recreation, held at the Marked Tree baseball field, law enforcement, along with EMT's from Riverside Ambulance Service worked to remove three individuals from a car, all were suspected to be under the influence of alcohol, all with Marked Tree High School juniors and seniors watching on...

The Arkansas Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc. recently honored Anquion Williams as an outstanding scholar-athlete in the state of Arkansas at a special ceremonial banquet at the Wyndham Hotel in North Little Rock...

Ruby Elizabeth Smith, 88, of Jacksonville, formerly of Marked Tree, died May 1, 2003. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville. Her parents, Henry and Lula Overturf, husband, Harry L. Smith and three brothers, Carroll, Cecil and Harvey Overturf, preceded her in death...

Mae Shelton, 86, of Trumann, died May 5, 2003 at the Lakeside Nursing Home in Lake City. The widow of Richard Shelton, she was born in Missouri on January 20, 1917. Shelton was a homemaker of the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by one so, Floyd Cato...

Sandra Perkins Green, 57, of Tyronza, died April 30, 2003 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. A member of the First Assembly of God in Jonesboro, Green loved singing, cooking and spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by one son, Steven Paul Green, and two grandchildren, Lauren Bailey and Ashton Celeste Deckelman...

The Crowley's Ridge Development Council (CRDC) Board of Directors will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at Guy's Restaurant in Paragould. CRDC is currently celebrating National Community Action Month and the Paragould meeting is part of the observance of the formation of CRDC in 1969...

Project PUMP Inc will sponsor their annual Basketball Tournament on Saturday, May 10 at the Marked Tree High School Gymnasium. The entry fee is $85 in advance or $100 on the day of the game. Entry fee deadline is May 3. Single elimination this year with first, second and third place trophies. General admission will be $1 and the concession stand will be open...

Some 25 cyclists from across the nation pedaled through Marked Tree on Wednesday, April 30 in The 2003 Great Bike Challenge. The ride began in Branson, Mo. and extended to Memphis and back from April 26 -- May 3. This fifth annual ride will take them over 500 miles through the differing terrain of Missouri and Arkansas...

Poinsett County Circuit Clerk Claudia Matthews releases the following names drawn as prospective jurors for the May 2003 session of Poinsett County Circuit Court, Criminal/Civil Division: Lepanto: Paul B. Howard, Eric Lee Hutcheson, Mary Elizabeth Slack, Dannye Kay Neal, Bradley Henry Nelson, James L. ...

The Marked Tree Historical Society's annual spring luncheon in collaboration with the Marked Tree Delta Area Museum, honors the area's military veterans at 12 noon on Saturday, May 10. Joan Thompson, wife of Colonel Billy Thompson (ret.) is chairperson of the luncheon event. Following the luncheon, the Marked Tree Delta Area Museum will open its new exhibit titled, "Remembering our Veterans: On Land, Sea and in the Air."...

Poinsett County Judge Doyle Hillis is among 78 officials in 55 Arkansas counties who have declared May 5-12 as Historic Preservation Week, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Director Ken Grunewald announced today. "The theme of Historic Preservation Week 2003 is Preserving the Spirit of Place'," Grunewald said. ...

Imagine having the opportunity to change your looks and having a new lease on life. A Tyronza native recently had that opportunity and will appear on a national television show next Wednesday. Karen Richardson, a Tyronza native will appear on the ABC television show "Extreme Makeover" May 14. ...

Marked Tree athletes, their families, administrators and residents gathered Monday night in Marked Tree to pay tribute to the athletic success of the Marked Tree High School sports program, in the 2003 Marked Tree Athletic Awards Program. In the event, held in the Marked Tree High School Auditorium, individual and team awards were presented in each of the sports that Marked Tree High School participates in, in the 3AA-South district. ...