Stories from Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Odyssey of the Mind is a creative problem-solving competition of all ages. Kids select a problem from five choices, create a solution, and then bring their solution to competition against other teams in their age/category. Participation in Odyssey of the Mind provides students with practice in critical-thinking and creative problem solving. ...

Cedar Park Elementary is sponsoring a book fair family night for students in grades kindergarten through fourth. The fair is set for 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25. Students are invited to bring their whole family to shop at the "Camp Read a Book" book fair in the library...

Central Elementary is hosting a half price book fair. It will last from 5 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 27. The fair is promoting summer reading for students. Books will be available for students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade.

First Baptist Church in Trumann is hosting a "Your life matters" revival. Services will start at 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 23 and 6:30 p.m. on Monday April, 24 through Wednesday, April 26. The speaker will be Schanon Caudle, pastor of the North Park Baptist Church in Van Buren...

The Church of God, 911 Balcom Lane in Trumann, is having a Full House Sunday on April 23. In their Sunday school campaign, "God is doing marvelous things," they received a blessing of 90 people last Sunday. The church invites everyone to come out and receive their blessing. Everyone is welcome...

The Trumann High School graduating class of 1996 is planning their ten year class reunion. It is set for June 2 and 3 of this year. The reunion committee has been unable to locate the addresses of the following classmates: Chris Coots, Somer Gibson, Alicia Copeland, Tammy Goodman, Jason Hamby, Sabrina McCrary, Brett Scott, Kristen Newell, Stephanie Northcott, Michelle Sharrock, Justin Sheets, Nathan Stacy, Dennis Vance, Sherry Richards and Kenneth Walters...

Price Chopper in Trumann is hosting a samples fair from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 22. Store vendors will have booths set up to hand out samples. Booths will be manned by local non profit organizations. The public is invited to attend.

Tabitha Marrs, 22, of Trumann died Friday, April 14, 2006 in Trumann. She was born December 26, 1983 at Jonesboro. Marrs enjoyed spending time with family and friends. She was preceded in death by her father, Jimmy Buffington. Marrs is survived by her mother, Donna Marrs Buffington; two brothers, Aaron Buffington and Shawn Marrs, both of Trumann; and one sister, Sherry Marrs of Trumann...

Robert Lynn Rouse of Weiner died Friday, April 14, 2006, at his home at the age of 79. He was born May 7, 1926 in Huntsville, Ala. the son of Charlie Rouse and Ruth Wigginton Rouse. He was a retired police chief for the City of Weiner and a former Deputy with the Poinsett County Sheriffs Office. He had also served in the Arkansas National Guard. He was a member of the Church of God at Weiner and enjoyed hunting, fishing and watching softball games...

With only two weeks left before the 3AAA District Tournament begins in Harrisburg, the Wildcats played six games last week including three in the Green County Tech Tournament Friday and Saturday. Gosnell-3, Trumann-2 In a double header Tuesday, the Wildcats' Dustin Lampkin pitched eight innings striking out eight and allowing only three hits but took the 3-2 loss as the Pirates broke a 2-all tie to win it in the top of the eighth...

Members of the Trumann High School Varsity Band traveled to Orlando, Fla. during Spring Break to participate in the All- American Music Festival. This festival features bands from across the United States in concert before a panel of national adjudicators who evaluates the band's performance...

Community members met together Thursday night at Maple Grove Baptist Church to plan a Trumann community blood drive from 1 -- 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 30 at Maple Grove Baptist Church. Donations will be taken in the church's fellowship hall. Donna Fagan, one of the event's organizers, said she is hopeful that the blood drive will be well attended...

The Trumann Fire Department hosted a Hax-Mat tech class over the last two weeks. The class was a total of 80 hours. The first week was 40 hours of classroom hours and 40 hours of hands on training. Firefighters from Trumann, Jonesboro, western Green County, Searcy, Sherwood, Forrest City and Altus attended the class...

The mayors of Poinsett County, along with other community leaders, met last week at the Trumann Sports Complex to discuss the progress being made in the cities of the county and talk with Merle Williams, Poinsett County emergency manager, about being prepared in case of an emergency in the county...

It is that time of year when the weather is beautiful, and people start doing their spring cleaning, both inside and outside the home. The result of this cleaning is usually a lot of garbage and debris homeowners may not know what to do with. The City of Trumann is having its annual clean up the last week in April and the first week in May. During this time residents can place their debris, limbs, furniture and appliances on the curb of their property to be picked up and disposed of by the city...

Trumann Senior Life Center site manager Cindy Marshall is pleased to announce the addition of a new activity coordinator, Pamela Drew. Drew has been planning lots of trips and fun things to do. She invites everyone to come out and meet her and stay for lunch...

The Poinsettia Club met on April 3 in the home of Frances Montgomery. There were seven ladies in attendance. President Marlene Hancock presided over the meeting. After the reading of minutes and financial reports, there was an election of officers for the 2006-2007 year...

The Maple Grove EHC met Monday, April 10 in the fellowship hall of the church with ten members present. The group enjoyed a pot luch lunch before the meeting. Wanda Moss, club president, called the meeting to order. "The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have," was read by Mary L. Johnson. The group then sang "Easter Parade."...

The family of Esther Walker Broweder will celebrate her 90th birdthat from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 23 at the Campbell Civic Center on Campbell Street in Trumann. The family wishes to invite all family and friends to come visit and wish her a happy birthday. No gifts please, just birthday wishes...

Starting next school year, students will be hearing more class bells ringing. The Trumann School Board voted April 10 to approve an eight period day schedule for students in grades seven through 12th. This was done to accommodate certain mandates, included mandatory physical education for students, by the state...

A volunteer appreciation luncheon has been scheduled to celebrate National Volunteer Week, April 23 -- 29, at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 27 at the Cedar Park Cafeteria. The administration and faculty at Cedar Park Elementary wants to reward the parent volunteers for all their time and effort they have given to the community...

The Lady Cats had a relatively easy week as they picked up four wins, shutting out Manila 16-0 and 11-0 on, then receiving two forfeits from Osceola to close out the week. Trumann-16, Manila-0 Trumann-11, Manila-0 Haley Brewer had a perfect 2 for 2 opening game with two RBIs and two runs then came back in the second contest and finished her perfect day at the with a 3 for 3 performance with two more RBIs and a run. ...