Stories from Thursday, September 21, 2006

Cancer is something that touches everyone's life in someway, either directly or through a family member or friend. When the Marked Tree Rotary Club lost one of its own special members last year when Peggy Bankston died of breast cancer. Shortly before her death, the members decided to host a walk/run in her honor...

Tribune News Staff Poinsett County officials and first responders were put to the test at an earthquake functional exercise held at the fire department in Marked Tree last Tuesday morning. Poinsett County emergency management coordinator Merle Williams planned and directed the simulated catastrophic event which was designed to help leaders and first responders discuss and evaluate their plans, procedures and capabilities in light of a major earthquake...

Tribune Sports Staff Four fumbles will almost always spell defeat for a team and that is exactly what it did for the Marked Tree junior Indians last Thursday when they hosted Augusta losing their third game of the season 22-0. "We cam in and we didn't do a good blocking job," coach Matt Wright said later. "The backs didn't hit the holes like they should have. And defensively we made some mistakes."...

Tribune Sports Staff When a football team runs only 14 plays from scrimmage to their opponents 52 and has the ball for just over six minutes compared to 24 minutes for the other guys, it's expected that the game will have been a blowout. Well, it was, but in reverse as EPC, the team on the low end of the play count, by much worse than the final score of 38-26 would indicate...

Tribune Sports Staff Blowouts are nice, but usually, they don't help when a team later meets an opponent of equal ability to themselves. Such was the case for the Indians Friday night. In the two previous weeks, the Marked Tree Tribe had blasted a down EPC team, 40-0 and an inept Palestine-Wheatley squad 47-0. Then Friday night, they traveled to Harrisburg and got a taste of defeat for the first time this year 14-6...

James Derrick Teague, 26, of Brookland, formerly of Marked Tree, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, at St. Bernard Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a manager for McDonalds and a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include his parents, Dennis and Kathy Teague of Marked Tree...

Frances Laverne Jones, 71, of Earle died September 14, 2006 at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Born October 27, 1934 in Keiser, she was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ in Earle. Mrs. Jones was preceded in death by her parents; Whitten Armstrong and Ruth Armstrong; three sisters: Inez Miller, Opal Armstrong, and Edith Koslosk, and one brother; James Armstrong...

The Tyronza City Council met in regular session last Tuesday night and discussed several issues including the demolition of recently purchased property, the upcoming vote for annexation and heard from members of the volunteer fire department about confusion over an account which was previously designated for the fire department...

Some good things in life really are free. Three Rivers Baptist Church in Marked Tree is hosting a free health and dental clinic from 10 a.m. -- 2 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 23 at the church. Several professionals will be providing the services which will include general dentistry as well as a medical doctor, pediatrician, pharmacist and certified nurses...

Opinion By DAN BRAWNER Tribune Sports Staff Monday night the LA Dodgers were down 9-5 to the visiting San Diego Padres going into the bottom of the ninth inning. Half the stands had vacated their seats and most of the tv crowd had turned to CSI Miami or some other show...