Stories from Tuesday, December 2, 2003

There will be drop-in reception to honor the retirement of Trumann Fire Chief Gary Anderson. The reception will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, at the Fire Station located at the corner of Main Street and Hwy. 463. Chief Anderson has served the Trumann Fire Department for 26 years. All friends, citizens and former employees are invited to attend...

The Trumann Ducks Unlimited Committee would like to announce its annual Ducks Unlimited Banquet on Dec. 13. It will begin at 6 p.m. with dinner starting at 7. Steve Horne of Couch's will be catering the event this year with a choice of ribs or catfish...

WEINER -- Lake Hogue near Weiner is beginning to experience a tilapia die-off. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission fisheries personnel have been anticipating the mortality of these fish since they were stocked last May. The dying fish are intolerant of water temperatures below 48 degrees. ...

In conjunction with the Poinsettia Club, the American Red Cross is trying to re-establish a community-wide blood drive every 60 days. The first drive was on Monday, Dec. 1, at the Old Community Center in Trumann. Debbie Norman, president of the Poinsettia Club, and the rest of the Poinsettia Club are in charge of phone marketing and volunteering at the drive...

Democrat Editor (Editor's note: This is the fourth in a four-part series featuring each house on the Christmas Tour of Homes.) The Christmas season is once again around the corner. The Poinsettia Club is making it jollier with their annual Christmas Tour of Homes. There are four homes featured on the tour this year...

The Trumann Area Fine Arts Council will hold its open house on from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, in the Fine Arts Building. The Fine Arts Building is located on Main Street beside City Caf. The public is invited to attend.

Funeral services for Charles Winston Reed, 88, of Trumann who died Saturday, Nov. 29, at Trumann Health and Rehabilitation Center, were Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003 in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann. The Rev. Marlin Gennings will officiate, and burial will follow in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery...

C.A. Scroggins, 80, of Trumann died Sunday, Nov. 30, at his residence. Born in Lake City, he had lived in Trumann since 1948 and worked as a shipbuilder during World War II. He was retired from the Singer Co. in Trumann and was a member of Viva Drive Church of Christ...