Stories from Wednesday, December 7, 2005

Tribune News Staff Voters will go to the polls Tuesday, Dec. 13, to determine the fate of a bond issue designed to provide funding for interstate highway maintenance and higher education in Arkansas. Polls will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hut in Lepanto for voters in the following wards: Greenwood City and rural and Rivervale...

Tribune Sports Staff Going into their semi-final game with #1 seed Manila last Thursday, the Junior Lady Indians were confident they could go head-to-head with the Lady Lions in the Gerald Jennings Tournament at Marked Tree. And in fact, the Lady Tribe did hold their won against the Lions, even coming back in the second quarter to take a 20-all tie into the locker room. But Manila pulled away in the second half outscoring the Marked Tree 21-10 in the final two periods to take the 41-30 win...

Tribune Sports Staff In a rematch of their regional semi-final game last year the EPC Lady Warriors (6-0) and the BIC Lady Mustangs met in the championship game of the Gerald Jennings Memorial Tournament last Friday night in Marked Tree. And like that game of last year, the Lady Warriors had to pull out all the stops to achieve a 51-37 victory by the final buzzer...

Tribune Sports Staff The EPC Warriors played their second game of the season in the semi-final contest of the consolation round of the Medallion Classic in Newport last Wednesday against the host team Greyhounds and came away with their second loss of the season, 49-48...

Tribune Sports Staff Going into their quarter-final game of the Gerald Jennings Invitational Tournament with BIC Tuesday, the host team Lady Indians knew they would have their hands full. The Mustangs returned virtually their whole team back from a squad which lost to eventual champion EPC in the semifinals of the Region Four tournament to end their season last year. And while the scrappy Marked Tree ladies gave BIC all they could handle, they came away on the short end of a 61-51 final score...

He was a US Marine and was a member of the National Guard. He was also a truck driver and a member of the Upper Room Apostolic Church in Tyronza, Survivors include his wife: Phyllis Warner of Tyronza, one daughter: Sharon Rena Ashley of Dyess, one son: Dennis Wayne Warner, Jr. of Tyronza, three sisters: Earlie Jean Hutsel and Bonnie Jean Maples both of Light, and Genevie Wright of Bono; one brother: Roy David Warner of Paragould and three grandchildren...

James Ray Truelove, Jr., age 62, of Lepanto died Saturday, Dec. 3 at his residence in Lepanto. He was retired from Kroger Stores and a Baptist. Survivors include two sons: Kevin Truelove and James Truelove, both of Lepanto; six sisters: Patricia Smallwood, Joyce Holleman, Shirley Simmons, Nell Nelson, Janie Oakes and Donna Tyler, all of Lepanto; one brother: Johnny Truelove of Lepanto and two grandchildren...

Robert Eugene Roland (Rolin), 58, of Osceola, Miss. died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005 at his home. Robert was born in Seattle, Wash. to Melvin and Joyce Ada 'Stanfield" Robin. Robert was preceded in death by his infant son, his mother and father, six sisters and four...

Roy Jr. Hubble, 52, of Riverdale, died Dec 2, 2005 at his home. He was a factory worker and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Ruby Redman and Andrew Hubble. Survivors include ten sisters: Florince Elder, Eva Hubble, Kimberly Boone all of Caraway, Shirley Brown of Rivervale, Marie Nelson of Bowman, Barbara Brown and Mildred Smith both of Lepanto, Verna Blocker of Jonesboro, Misty Byerly of Trumann, Tracy Miller of Blytheville; and two brothers, Harvey Hubble of Bondsville and Calvin Hubble of Caraway.. ...

Memorials for the Lepanto Memorial Tree are now being offered. Memorials for singles or individuals will be $8, Mr. and Mrs. are $10 and family names are $12. They maybe purchased at Cozy Nook. The last day to purchase a memorial will be Wed. Dec. 14...

Longtime Lepanto resident and business owner, Jimmy Stacks has been named Grand Marshall of the 2005 Lepanto Christmas Parade. The announcement came from the Community Christmas Committee last Thursday. The committee said it wanted to honor both Stacks and his wife Peggy for their many contributions to the community...

Determined to improve the relationship between the parents, community and school, the Marked Tree School district administration invited Kristie Mobley, vice president of the Northeast Arkansas Parent Teacher Association (PTA), to speak at the school in an open meeting about establishing a local PTA chapter in Marked Tree...

Trumann was recertified as an Arkansas Community of Excellence at a ceremony last Thursday at the Trumann Country Club. Larry Walther, director of the Arkansas Department of Economic Development, presented the certificate to Trumann Mayor Ronnie Harrison and Pam Daniel, president of the Trumann Chamber of Commerce during the local Rotary Club meeting...

Trumann area farmers were treated to a Farmers Appreciation Dinner by the Bank of Trumann Monday night. The bank presented two speakers of great interest to the gathered farmers. They were newly appointed Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Richard Bell and Mike Chandler with the Arkansas Natural Resource Commission...

June Ellen Williams Huckabay, 51, died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005, at the family residence in Trumann She was born in Elaine on unday, Sept. 26, 1954, the daughter of the late Raymond A. and Sally Elizabeth Short Williams. She lived most of her lifetime in Trumann, was a nurses aide for Truman Health and Rehab., and of the Church of God faith...

Pauline Sloan died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2005, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 87. She was born in Brookland on Saturday, Dec. 1, 1917, the daughter of the late Kye and Dovey Mae Waldo Morrison and was a lifetime resident of Trumann...

Funeral Services for Logan Lee Smith, 66, of Harrisburg were Monday, Dec. 5 at the Weston Funeral Service Chapel in Harrisburg, with Rev. Terry Tacker officiating. Interment followed in Bolivar Cemetery. Smith died on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro...

Justin Hooton, 25, of Trumann was named the Arkansas State Duck Calling Champion in a competition at Stuttgart during the Thanksgiving weekend. He beat out 25 other duck callers from all over the state to win the title. He went on to compete the next day in the World Championship Duck Calling Contest. He placed 21 out of 67 competitors...

All-Conference players and All-State nominees were recently named at a meeting of the 3AAA football coaches, according to Coach Ricky Timbs, Wildcat head football coach. Making first team All-Conference was Travis Moody, Eric Mullens, Justin Elliot, Dustin Lampkins, Dustin Traylor, Justin Dunnivan and Perry Heavener. Making the second team All --Conference were Kenny Brown, Terry Bradley and J.J. McHalfey...

Jeff Smallmon, Arkansas District Four Little League Administrator, announced today that Trumann, Arkansas has been selected by Little League to host the Southwest Big League Baseball and Softball Regional Tournament for 2006. Mr Smallmon reports that the Big League Division of Little League Baseball and Softball INC is for girls and boys 16-18...

The Trumann School District recently announced a series of upcoming events. Semester tests will be held at Trumann High School during fourth through seventh periods on Dec. 15 and first through third periods on Dec. 16. There will be no exemptions. All students must take the exams. Students may leave after third period on Dec. 16...

The Trumann Community House announces Santa Clause will visit from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16. Children, ages 0 to 12, will receive bags of candy and have their picture taken with Santa. Everything is free to the children.

The Ducks Unlimited banquet is set for 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10 in the Trumann Recreational Complex on Pecan Grove Road. Tickets are $30 for a single ticket and $50 for a couple. The dinner is being catered by Couch's BBQ in Trumann. Those seeking more information should call 870-483-1774...

The Bay School District participates in the School Choice Program where by a student may attend Bay School if he or she does not reside in the district but meets requirements of the law. Students wishing to attend under the School Choice Act should have requests made by July 1...

Editors Note: This story is from a 1951 Trumann Democrat archive. A now hard-to-find relic of the old "bull-punching" days was very much in action again here last Sunday when old-timers gathered at Glasgow Corner to demonstrate their skill with the bull whip...

The Crossville Mission Bible Training Center Praise and Worship team will be touring local churches Dec. 7 through Dec. 11. Crossville Mission Bible Training Center, a division of Mission Teens, Inc., is an eight to 10 month Christian alternative to drug and alcohol rehabilitation, as well as for those with emotional issues...

The Board of Directors and Wayne Honeycutt, president/CEO of Craighead Electric Cooperative recently announced the refunding of $1,517,650.00 in capital credits to its members. This refund represents the members' share of the remaining revenue less the cost of operation for the years 1969 through 1975. ...

In 1987, the State of Arkansas enacted legislation that requires each person responsible for any excavation of demolition to call a statewide number to notify underground facility owners of proposed construction. Facility owners will mark existing facilities within two working days (48 hrs. excluding weekends and holidays.)...

State Representative Dustin McDaniel, of Jonesboro, was the guest speaker at last week's Trumann Lions Club meeting. Rep. McDaniel, a contender for the state attorney general seat, spoke to the club about several important issues facing the state, including the rising number of uninsured Arkansans and Arkansas Rx...

The Trumann Lady Wildcats and Wildkittens competed in the Pre-Holiday Tournament last week at Brookland (4-2), both coming away with one win and one loss to bring both of their records to 3-2 on the season. "We struggled again against Westside," Coach Jan Ham said of their opening game with the Lady Warriors which they lost 54-43 last Monday afternoon.. "We weren't nearly as aggressive as we needed to be."...