Stories from Tuesday, March 23, 2004

The City of Trumann is joining the American Legion Post 42 to build a commemorative pavilion for World War II veterans and people from that era. The pavilion will be located at the new Sports Complex on Pecan Grove Road. Legion Post Commander Ronnie Taylor said that generation has been coined the "Great Generation."...

The Trumann Wildcats (4-4) senior high baseball team advanced to the semi-finals of the Raider Classic tournament at Nettleton last weekend, winning two of three games played while battling a continually changing lineup that includes mostly junior players. According to Wildcats' assistant coach Scott Brown, the team's on-field experimentations may finally be coming to an end...

Sharron Turman, Trumann Sports and Recreation Coordinator, has announced the need for a few more players to round out the summer league teams. More players are needed for boys and girls t-ball. Players must have turned four by January 1, 2004, and can not turn seven before July 31, 2004...

James Therion "Jimp" Vinson, 73, of Trumann died Monday, March 22, at his residence. Born at Belmont, Miss., he had lived in Trumann all his life. He was retired from the Singer Co. and Columbia Forest Products and was a member of First General Baptist Church...

Harold Odell Williams, 82, of Trumann died Friday, March 19, at St. Bernard's Medical Center. Born in Herman, he was a lifetime resident of Trumann. He was an assembly worker for Hytrol Conveyor of Jonesboro and was a member of the Elm Grove Baptist Church...

County Clerk Fona Condra announced that the filing period for the preferential primary election will end at noon, Tuesday March 30. Independent candidates, except municipal candidates, must file a notice of candidacy by this date to be a candidate in the general election...

The Trumann High School Class of 1994 is trying to locate classmates for a reunion. An address, phone number or any other information is needed to contact the missing classmates. Please call Camille (Henley) Turner at 870-483-5113 or Michelle (Gill) Carter at 870-237-8805. All help is appreciated...

The First United Methodist Church will be present, "The Other Twelve Disciples" at 11 a.m. Sunday, April 4, and 7 p.m. Thursday, April 8. This is a drama about twelve women is Jesus' life. This program is open to the community.

Poinsett County Circuit Clerk, Claudia Matthews, released the following names of Trumann residents drawn as prospective jurors for the March/April session of Poinsett County Circuit Court Criminal/Civil Division. Judge John Fogleman of Marion, Judge David Burnett of Osceola and Judge David Laser of Jonesboro will be presiding...

Two of Trumann's patrolmen will be patrolling in 2004 Ford Crown Victorias. The department recently purchased the two new vehicles from Blanchard Ford in Little Rock on a state bid. This saved the department between six and seven thousand dollars. Capt. Larry Blagg is putting the striping on the vehicles to further save money...

Duck hunters and other sportsmen who have blinds and other structures on U.S. Government property within the Wildlife Mitigation Feature of the St. Francis Basin Project, located in Clay, Greene, Craighead and Poinsett counties in Arkansas, have until June 1 to remove them...

The 10th annual COPS for Kids Easter Egg Hunt is scheduled for this Saturday, March 27. Registration for a boys and girls bicycle and Easter basket will begin at 10 a.m. and the hunt will start at noon. Wal-Mart in Trumann has donated a boys and girls bike and Sam's donated two large Easter baskets that will be given away after the hunt. Participants can only register once to win the prizes...

Entering the championship game of the Outlaw Classic at Dierks, the Bay Yellowjackets had committed only five errors in their first six games of the year in building a 6-0 record. But everything that could go wrong did in the title game, as the Jackets committed 11 errors en route to being shut out 10-0 in five innings by Junction City...