Stories from Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Tribune News Staff In a ceremony Sunday afternoon, there was a changing of the guard as a new commander took control of the 1123rd Transportation Company of the Arkansas National Guard. In the ceremony, held at the Marked Tree National Guard Armory, officials with the Arkansas National Guard and local officials gathered to watch CPT. ...

Linda Lanell (Bishop) Reynolds, 52, of Marked Tree died Sunday, August 8 at her home. Formerly of Harrisburg, she was born June 30, 1952 in Harrisburg, the daughter of Buell Cleo (B.C.) and Agnes Lanell (Hitt) Bishop. She was a homemaker and a member of Shiloh Baptist Church. She enjoyed painting, singing, gardening and watching humming birds...

Elenor Opal (Davis) Hicks, 88, of Marked Tree died Wednesday, July 28 at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of the Sneed Street Baptist Church in Marked Tree. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Reba Hicks Sloan and her parents, James Edward and Minnie May (Stropes) Davis...

Janetta Mae Fraley, 71, of Marked Tree died Monday, August 2 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was a sales clerk and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Denver Fraley and Tressie Stephen. Survivors include two sisters: Louise Browder of Glendale, Ariz. and Reba Davis of Rockford, Ill; and three brothers: Harold Fraley of Russellville, Charles Fraley of Friendswood, Texas, and Darrell Fraley of West Memphis...

Dr. Sidney William Arnold, 78, of Marked Tree died Saturday, Aug. 7 at Three Rivers Nursing Home in Marked Tree. Born in Kansas City, Mo., he was a graduate of the University of Arkansas Medical School, a past professor at the University of Tennessee School for Medical Sciences and past chief of staff at Crittenden Memorial Hospital. He was a World War II Navy veteran...

EPC elementary schools will be holding open houses. The Lepanto campus will be holding their open house for students grades kindergarten through fourth at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 15 at the Lepanto campus cafeteria. The Tyronza campus will be holding its open house for grades kindergarten through sixth at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 17 in the Tryonza campus cafeteria...

The Four Rivers chapter of Ducks Unlimited will be holding a Skeet Shoot beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, August 14 south of Tyronza at Rainey Lake. The event will consist of at least seven rounds of shooting and a top gun championship round. Everyone is welcome to participate in the shoot. The skeet and shotgun shells will be provided. Hotdogs, chips, drinks and other refreshments will also be available...

A Shelby County, Tenn. judge found probable cause last Wednesday to hold three Lepanto individuals on charges of kidnapping, rape and attempted murder of a Memphis woman last month. In the hearing, before Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Ann Pugh, probable cause was found in the case against Ricky Richards, 25, Corey Harbin, 21, and William Tolliver, 20, all of Lepanto. ...

Tribune News Staff There will be a guarantee of at least four contested races this November, in municipal races in the Tri-Cities area. With the deadline passing last Wednesday, the talk of contested races throughout the area quickly evaporated as several candidates received no challenge this November. ...

Tribune News Staff Area police departments had the chance to meet with residents, as they participated in the 2004 National Night Out last Tuesday night. Both the Marked Tree and Tyronza Police Departments had activities for residents who attended the event, which was celebrated last week in cities throughout the United States to foster better police-community relations...

Tribune News Staff In its meeting Monday night, the East Poinsett County School Board voted 5-0 to approve its bread and milk bid for the 2004-2005 school year. At the meeting, held on the Lepanto campus, the board voted to accept the bids of both Turner Dairies and Wonder bread to provide the services for student lunches at both the Lepanto and Tyronza campuses. ...

The Marked Tree City Council met in its regular session Monday night to review reports and approve changes to an ordinance. The council unanimously approved changes to city ordinance 119, which was established in 1973 when the city transferred funds once designated for a swimming pool to a capital funds account. The money was set aside to be used for capital improvements to the city...

The Marked Tree Friends of the Library presented their 13th annual luncheon and book review on Tuesday, Aug. 3 in the fellowship hall of the Marked Tree United Methodist Church. The fellowship hall was filled with guests who were entertained by guest speaker Ann Hill Norris of Memphis...

Jonathan Raines, who will be a junior this year at East Poinsett County High School, and his business teacher/FBLA adviser, Mrs. Linda Hinton, attended the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference in Denver, Colorado, last week...

Tribune Sports Staff On a picturesque Saturday morning, area golfers hit the links for a worthy cause that has been going strong for almost 20 years. The 2004 First Community Bank-ASU Indian Classic was helped this year by the play of nearly 60 teams and over 50 sponsors from the area, all to benefit the ASU Indians men's basketball program...