Stories from Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Tribune News Staff Mother Nature left a bad present under the Christmas tree last Wednesday, as a mixture of freezing rain, sleet and snow pounded Poinsett County and Northeast Arkansas causing trouble throughout the area. The storm entered our area last Wednesday morning, with a mixture of freezing rain and sleet hitting the Tri-Cities area...

Tribune Sports Staff Both the East Poinsett County senior boys and senior girls basketball teams were in action at the same time Tuesday afternoon at the Northeast Arkansas Invitational Tournament, on the campus of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. And while both teams played their games within several feet of each other, both had opposite results as the senior boys defeated Bay 62-49, while BIC defeated EPC 64-63 in senior girls action...

Mon., Dec. 20 Senior Boys Earle 66, Marmaduke 49 Turrell 84, Elliston Academy (Tenn.) 73 Senior Girls Earle 60, Marmaduke 54 Valley View 58, Hoxie 49 Junior Boys Earle 63, Marmaduke 50 Turrell 62, Elliston Academy (Tenn.) 43 Junior Girls Marmaduke 48, Earle 18...

Tribune Sports Staff With freezing rain, sleet and snow hitting our area last week, the bad weather put a damper on the 2004 Northeast Arkansas Invitational Tournament, played on the campus of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. However, as Northeast Arkansas began to thaw out from the cold, the East Poinsett County senior girls basketball team began to warm up Monday evening, with a game against number seven seed Swifton. ...

Stanley Joseph Hryczsyn, 87, of Marked Tree died Sunday, Dec. 26, at Three Rivers Nursing Center. Born in Wisconsin, he was a retired truck driver and of the Catholic belief. He is survived by his friends at Three Rivers Nursing Home. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wesley and Mary Hryczsyn...

James Milburn West, 77, of Marked Tree died Friday, Dec. 24, at NEA Medical Center. Born at Earle, he was a retired assistant manager for Federal Compress and of the Church of Christ belief. Survivors include two sons, Stanley West of Gideon, Mo., and James West of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; a stepson, Joe Griffin of Memphis; two daughters, Kay Hardin of Marked Tree and Deborah Walker of Lebanon, Ohio; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren...

Dollie Shinall Caldwell, 86, of Lepanto died Sunday, Dec. 26 at Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born June 18, 1918, she was a homemaker and a member of the Church of God in Lepanto. She was preceded in death by her husband, Aubrey Lee Caldwell and one son, Kenny Ray Caldwell...

Charles Dale Stansberry, 63, of Richmond, Mo., died on Thursday, Dec. 23 at the North Kansas City Hospital in North Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Stansberry was born December 4, 1941 in Boone, N.C. to Stacy and Thelma (Scott) Stansberry. He married Patricia Ann Rogers of Dyess on November 4, 1960; she survives of the home...

The Lepanto Police Department announced Monday the arrest of a Marked Tree man on battery charges, stemming from the stabbing of a Marked Tree man in Lepanto over the weekend. According to Police Chief Raymond Oakes, on Christmas day at around 3:00 p.m., a subject came to the Lepanto Police Department and told police that they had a person who had been stabbed in their vehicle. ...

(Editor's note: The following article is part one of a series of four articles detailing events in the Tri-City area during 2004. It covers January through March of 2004.) In January, specialist Darryl Sparks was injured in a convoy explosion in Iraq. He was a member of the 1123rd National Guard Transportation Unit which was deployed to Iraq in the spring of 2003...

The Lepanto Community Christmas Committee recently announced the winners of it's homeowner's and merchants decorating contest. Miss Rosie's Catering and House of Flowers won first place for the business division. First place in the home owner's division went to Tim and Melinda Hannah who's house on Kenwood Avenue was festively decorated. Second place went to Jake and Mert Holiman, Henry Drive, and third place was awarded to Ms. Madeline Argo, Eason St...

On New Years Day, many Arkansans will include black-eyed peas as part of their holiday meal. Peas are thought to bring good luck and prosperity for the New Year. "Excluding any luck factor, black-eyed peas are good for us," says Dr. Makuba Lihono,...

Elder Sherman Lewis O'Guinn, 76, formerly of Trumann passed away on Dec. 23, 2004. He was a veteran of the Korean War and Chaplin of the Korean War Veterans Chapter 6 of St. Charles. He worked for McDonnell Douglas, Corp. for 29 years before retiring...

Juanita Rose Harmon, 77, of Heber Springs passed away on Dec. 19, 2004. She loved her Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ, which was evident by her many years of Christian service. She was a member of the Cedar Heights Free Will Baptist Church in Quitman. She was a homemaker and a help mate...

Omer Edna Burton, 91, of Trumann passed away on Dec. 26, 2004 at Trumann Health and Rehab in Trumann of natural causes. She was born in Hickory Ridge and had lived her life in Trumann. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd R. Burton; her first husband, Mack H. Smith; three children, James Smith, Melba Stevens and Lucian Smith; three sisters; three brothers and her parents Ed and Arizona Cook Wilcockson...

Little Rock, Arkansas -- December 26, 2004) -- The Chief of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery at Arkansas Children's Hospital and professor on the faculty of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, Jonathan Drummond-Webb, M.D., was found dead in his home by his wife early today, apparently having taken his own life with an overdose of medication. ...

The Arkansas Community Foundation announced the availability of scholarship awards for Arkansas students whose parents have died in service to their community, state or nation. The awards are funded by income from the Arkansas Service Memorial Fund, an endowment fund created in the mid-eighties largely through the fundraising efforts of Sheffield Nelson. Since 1984, income from the fund has provided 115 scholarships totaling over $125,000...

During the 2004 fiscal year St. Bernards Healthcare provided more than $24 million in community benefits for residents of Northeast Arkansas and Southeast Missouri. The actual total of $24,631,702 includes traditional charity care, unpaid costs of public programs, community outreach, health screenings, cash and in-kind contributions, educational classes and volunteer efforts...

Hunters may voice their opinions about hunting regulations and seasons at one of 11 public meetings across the state Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005. The meetings are part of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's annual hunting regulations process. They are held to give hunters and other interested parties the opportunity to make comments and proposals for the 2005-2006 hunting seasons...

David and Judy Thompson hosted the third annual Christmas Dickens Dinner at their home, 623 W. Main in Trumann, on Tuesday, Dec. 21. Those attending the evening were Kemp and Dana Childs, Peggy and Lynn Greenwell, Leonard and Demetreal Harp, Richard and Jill Jernigan, Paula and Dennis Morgan, Jim and Karla Robb, Tad and Sherry Rogers and Joe and Carol Waleszonia...

David Hogan, a former Trumann resident, is hosting a housewarming for the Crossville Mission Bible Training Center in Crossville, Tenn. Hogan serves as the resident director. The program is a nine to ten month Christian rehabilitation plan for those with drug and alcohol problems. Hogan said that last year the program took in 106 people from the Trumann and Jonesboro areas he estimates that the program helped 90 percent of those...

The Trumann Lions Club will reach a huge club milestone in January. The club will celebrate 75 years of service to the Trumann community. The festivity will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 5 with the arrival of Ashok Mehta, the Lions Club International First Vice President for 2004 -- 2005...

Trey Moody, 6, of Trumann was very excited to tell the Trumann Democrat about the very first deer he killed. He was using a 20 gauge shotgun. He killed the button buck near his home of 163 on the Ridge, Monday, Dec. 27. His brother Travis Moody also got a deer...