Stories from Wednesday, May 11, 2005

The Trumann Fine Arts Council is pleased to announce a summer art workshop, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on June 10 -- 24. Raven Arnold, instructor, is a Trumann native and ASU grad. She is employed as an elementary art instructor by the Jonesboro School District...

Joann Morgan, 60, of Brookland died, Wednesday, May 4, 2005 at Jonesboro Health Care. She worked for Quality Cabinets and attended Brookland Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Melvina West; a son, Stephen Morgan; a daughter, Tonya Denise Morgan and a sister Peggy Walker...

Bobby Arnold, Jr., homeless, was arrested on May 4 by Trumann Police Department SFC Shane Blagg. He was charged with conspiring to deliver a controlled substance, tampering with evidence and fleeing on foot. According to police reports the suspect was in the street at the window of a truck that the TPD received a call on, when the officer turned on the street Mr. Arnold took off running and ran into a house and flushed some items...

The Trumann High School graduating class of 1955 will have a 50th class reunion on Saturday, May 14. The day will kick off at 8 a.m. with breakfast at Main St. Café in Trumann. There will be all day visiting, starting at 10 .m. in the home of Kenneth and Wanda Linton, 1243 St. Augustine. Anyone who would like to visit is welcome to drop by at any time during the day. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. at the Old Community House...

The Trumann Pee-wee football program will have sign ups from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday May 14 and Sunday May 21. These sign ups will be at the Trumann Recreational Complex on Pecan Grove Road. All students going into the 4th, 5th and 6th grades next school year and not over the age of 13 years old are eligible to participate...

Trumann High School graduation is set for 7 p.m. on Friday, May 20 on the football field. Baccalaureate is scheduled for 7 p.m. on May 15 in the THS auditorium. 2005 Honor graduates are co-valedictorians, Alyssa JaNae Glover and Logan Leigh Sheets, salutatorian Camillia LeeAnn Green, Clay Garrett McClung, Charles William Montgomery, Dillon Christopher Burks, Audra Leigh Wilson, Joshua Phillip Bowen and Chase Tyler Young...

The Trumann Police Department has a new crime squad called, Viper Squad. Their motto is, "Striking Down Crime." Chief Larry Blagg said this is something he has been planning and implementing for the past six months. Each member had to try out for the squad. To make the squad applicants had to pass strenuous physical regimen and have a clean record on file with the department. The squad will be used for search warrants and any strategic or specialized duties...

LITTLE ROCK (5-04) -- The Arkansas State Highway Commission has opened bids for improvements to roadways in Poinsett County, according to Commissioner John Ed Regenold of Armorel and Poinsett County Judge Doyle Hillis. The first project will resurface 4.5 miles of Highway 14, beginning at Waldenburg and extending westward. Atlas Asphalt, Inc. of Jonesboro, was the apparent low bidder on the project at $457,964.15...

Retired teachers from Trumann, Harrisburg and Marked Tree attended an Area III ARTA Conference at the Holiday Inn in Jonesboro on Tuesday, May 3. Of the 156 retired teachers, 10 were from Trumann, two from Waldenburg and four from Marked Tree. The group heard presentations from several speakers on the Arkansas Retirement System...

Michael Wayne Clayton, Sr. 52, of Jonesboro, formerly of Trumann died Friday, May 8, 2005, at his residence in Jonesboro. He was born in Memphis. He was a graduate of Trumann High School and a big Nascar fan. He loved to hunt and fish. He was a truck driver, member of the Melton Ave. Church of Christ and veteran, having served in the US Marine Corps...