Stories from Thursday, January 26, 2006

Hats off to a group of motivated ladies in Lepanto. They officially organized a Lepanto chapter of the Red Hat Society on Jan. 21. The chapter will be called the Lamp City Red Hatters. Red hat members must be fifty years "young." However, ladies younger than 50 may also participate. Members 50 and older known as "red hatters" wear red hats and purple clothing while members under 50 called "pink hatters" wear pink hats and lavender clothing...

The Marked Tree Rotary Club is hosting a banquet at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4. A delicious steak dinner catered by Mel's of Harrisburg will be served. There will be cash drawings and a live auction. Tickets are $100 per couple. All proceeds will benefit community projects in Marked Tree, Lepanto and Tyronza...

An exciting evening is planned this Thursday. The Marked Tree Chamber of Commerce will host its annual banquet at 6 p.m. on Jan. 26 at ASU Technical Center. The theme for this year's banquet is "winter wonderland." BBQ will be served to guests followed by entertainment.Magician Rocky Clements will perform a magic show of illusions accompanied by his wife. The Clements travel around the state performing...

The city's budget as well as plans to purchase a new fire truck were main topics of discussion at the Lepanto City Council meeting last Tuesday. Mayor Dale Dunlap addressed the council about the ordinance proposed to accept the budget for 2006 for the city of Lepanto. Several of the budget allotments were questioned by Alderman Charles Mahan. His main concerns were what he found to be under budgeting in some areas where the city had spent significantly more in 2005...

Author and former Marked Tree resident Tom Graves has released another book entitled "From Sunday Conversations: Sermons and Prayers for All Seasons." Graves is also the author of "From Marked Tree to Red Arc," a story that skillfully and quite colorfully recounts a number of events he remembers about life as youngster in Marked Tree, many of which center around his father, Guy Graves. Guy Graves published The Marked Tree Tribune, the Lepanto News Record and the Trumann Democrat...

Tribune Sports Staff EPC traveled to Marked Tree last Tuesday for the second set of games between the heated rivals. In the first meeting EPC's junior and senior boys won their games while the girls split, the Lady Warriors winning the senior match and the Lady Indians taking the junior game...