Stories from Wednesday, June 7, 2006

The Trumann High School Class of 1996 celebrated their ten year class reunion this past weekend. The weekend began Friday night with a Hawaiian-themed barbeque at the Trumann High School pavilion which included a tour of the school. Saturday night the former classmates enjoyed a DJ and refreshments at the Trumann Country Club. ...

Kindergarten Perfect attendance - Skylar Harris, Dakota Howard, Koltan Jones, Makaela Welch, Joshua Birdsell, Emily Chen, Chase Cook, Christian Hatcher, Trey Howard,Hannah Craig, Cade Gartman, Griffin Harness, Diana Hollis, Jackson Lowery, Tyler Guthrie, Marcus Young, Lyric Anderson, Ryan Broadaway, Austin...

There will be a benefit fundraiser for Darlene Son beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 17 at the Masonic Lodge on Liberty Street in Marked Tree. Son has been diagnosed with bone cancer and all proceeds will go to help defray the costs of medical bills. The fundraiser will include raffles, a bake sale and concession sales. Entertainment will be provided by Children of the King, James Miles Band and more. Any donation, big or small, will be appreciated...

Pastor Huey Meherg of the Etowah Pentecostal Church of God invites everyone to attend a revival the church will be holding this weekend, June 9-11. Services will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday with Sunday morning and evening services beginning at 10 a. m. and 6 p.m. respectively...

The Landmark Worship Center Church at 321 Church St. in Trumann will be holding a benefit gospel singing beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 10. The singing will feature various singers from through out the area. A love offering will be taken up with all proceeds collected going to benefit the church...

Lake Poinsett State Park will be having a number of programs for the park's quests on Friday to Sunday, June 9-11. The program is as follows: Friday, June 9 5 p.m. "Geologic History Hike" - How was Crowley's Ridge formed? Was it an earthquake? Volcano? Glacier? Join Josh at the Great Blue Heron Trail head...

A Summer Day Camp for ages 6-12 will be held at the Parkin Archeological State Park from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 21-23. The camp will include educational programs, movies, crafts, a waterslide, snacks, lunch and much more. Registration fee is $45 per participant with pre-registration required...

Chester Homes celebrated his 83rd birthday at his home surrounded by a number of friends and family. He and his wife Elizabeth served as hosts. Those attending were: his brother Milburn Holmes of Iowa; his sister, Phyllis Gandy of Trumann; two nieces Brenda Cravens and Paula Disch of Rockford, Illinois; their son Tom Holmes and wife Connie of Harrisburg; his cousin Qillistine Norris of Trumann; their daughter, Sheila Armstong and her husband, Darrell, of Harrisburg and friend Shelby Holt of Trumann.. ...

The Northeast Arkansas Regional Beauties Pageant will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 24 in the Weiner school cafeteria. Registration will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the day of the pageant. There will be eight age divisions in the competition as follows: 0 - 23...

Candidates Jimmy Carter and Buddy Lovell are asking voters to head to the polls again next Tuesday, June 13, to decide who will be elected State Representative for District 56. Carter and Lovell are in a runoff election due to the fact that one candidate did not receive 50 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary held on May 23...

The Small Business Development Center of Arkansas State University will present a three-hour seminar, "Starting a Business in Arkansas," in the Jonesboro area. The workshop will be held Thursday, June 15, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the East Arkansas Planning and Development Office at 2905 King Street in...

Curtis Eugene "Gene" Wheeler, 77, of Trumann died Sunday, June 4 at his residence. He was a retired automotive mechanic and member of the Living Waters Pentecostal Church in Tyronza. He is survived by his wife, Janet Wheeler; nine daughters, Vickie Long and...

Hazel Parlee Holland Burr, 77, of Batesville died Tuesday, May 30 at the Ash Flat Nursing and Rehab Center in Ash Fat. She was born September 4, 1928 at Nelsonville, Ark. to Edgar and Paralee Lasley Holland. She moved to Trumann in 1950, was employed by and retired...

The Trumann School District is conducting a free College Preparatory Enrichment Program (CPEP) at the Trumann High School starting at 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. beginning on June 12, Monday through Thursday for five weeks. The course is designed to help students raise their ACT scores above the remediation level or possible into the scholarship range...

Jerry Keith Despain, 505 East Speedway, was arrested on May 23 by Det. Jerry Foster and charged with forgery, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to reports he went to Citgo and passed a forged check. TPD then went to Despain's residence and saw that he still had some of the checks in...

Bay Chief of Police Kenneth Walker released the Bay Police Department report for May. May 4 -- Jose F. Gonzalez of Jonesboro was charged with hazardous driving; Randy D. Allen of Jonesboro was charged with no driver's license. May 5 -- Timothy D. Birdsong of Bay was charged with no seat belt; Jonathan...

A benefit "singspiration" has been set for Laney Jo Ross, five months, who was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. The benefit will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 10 at the Trumann High School auditorium. Donations will be accepted at the door...

Matt Loggins of Harrisburg, a senior at Valley View High School, has accepted an Academic Merit Award Scholarship to attend Arkansas State University in Jonesboro next fall. During high school his achievements and activities included: a 3.8 grade point average, varsity basketball 9 - 12, varsity baseball 9 - 12, algebra B award, Blazer Basketball award, most dedicated player - basketball, Mr. VVHA, honor graduate and outstanding Rotary senior...

Trumann Central Elementary School was selected as a 2006 Hewlett Packard Technology for teaching grant recipient. HP is awarding $4.5 million in cash and equipment to teams of five teachers at 130 kindergarten through 12th grade public schools in the United States. Preference was given to schools serving low-income students, and projects including a math or science component...

Shai McDaniel of Trumann, a senior at Trumann High School, has accepted a Dean's Scholarship to attend Arkansas State University in Jonesboro next fall. During high school her achievements and activities included: junior and senior class president and honor graduate...

More than 110 Mid-South Community College students, including Joey Willis of Trumann, have been named to academic honors lists for the spring 2006 semester. The President's List includes 49 students who earned a semester grade-point average of 3.81 to 4.0 in college-credit courses, while the Honors List...

Central Elementary perfect attendance awards for the fourth quarter were given to the following students: 5th Grade - Macy Barnes, Brandon Browder, Ethan DeBoard, Gabrielle Giddings, Beth Hall, Matthew Holt, Areyal Jeffries, Ashton Jones, Erika Jones, Julia...

Departments in the College of Education at Arkansas State University recently recognized their most outstanding graduates during Convocation of Scholars honor ceremonies, according to Dr. John Beineke, Dean of the College. In the Department of Teacher Education, two Trumann residents received...

Trumann's senior awards were given out at the end of the school year. Those who received awards were: English - Joseph Curtis, French I - Patricia Tufanetto, Arkansas History - Nicole Bahr, Cont. American History - Courtney Lowery, Anat / Physics - Joseph Curtis,...

RDM Cabinets, which has been an established Trumann business for over a decade, now has a new home in the old and long vacant Fred's building in downtown Trumann. Robert and Donna Heard, owners, have been working on renovating the building for some time in preparation for the move. ...

The Trumann Price Chopper hosted a Sample Fest Saturday, April 22 for invited organizations, including school, church and civic groups. Fifteen charitable organizations participated and were given $100 each by the store for their efforts and participation in the event...

As it has in the past, the Bank of Trumann once again presented a number of scholarships to this year's THS graduates. Recipients and their awards included, from left: Front-Caitlyn Brune, the Cecile P. Stuckey Rose Scholarship; Trent Moody, the Robert H. Taylor Scholarship and Jessica Byrd,...

Bank of Trumann President Rick Gillette presents a donation of $500 to Trumann Schools Alumni Association President Effie Dungan. All former students and faculty of Trumann Schools or other schools which consolidated with Trumann are invited to become members of the TSAA. (Democrat...

Mr. Woodrow Pulley, 93, of Rowlett, Tex. died Thursday, May 1 at the family residence. Pulley, formerly of Trumann, was born in Golden Lake, Ark. and had lived in Rowlett for the past eight and a half years. He owned and operated a product market for many years and was of the Pentecostal faith...