Stories from Thursday, October 5, 2006

There is a buzz of excitement in Lepanto this week as the town gets ready for the 76th annual Terrapin Derby. The much anticipated festival will kick off at 8 a.m. this Saturday, Oct. 7. Terrapin Derby favorites will be returning this year including helicopter rides and an old fashioned bean dinner sponsored by Steven's Square...

"It was a tough night," coach Matt Wright said after the junior Indians dropped their fourth game of the season to Rector last Thursday. "I'm not sure what happened because we seemed distracted." The first quarter was the only period in which the junior Cougars didn't score as they got on the scoreboard first with a 10 yard run at the 7:29 mark of the second period to go up 6-0 after missing the PAT...

Riverside handed East Poinsett County their first regular season loss in five years when the Rebels downed the Warriors 4-2 in high school boys tennis action Monday afternoon at Lake City. EPC got a measure of revenge when the Lady Warriors knocked off the Lady Rebels, 4-1...

In as exciting a game as anyone would want to have, almost like two evenly matched boxers, EPC and Hoxie slugged it out last Thursday night with the junior Warriors winning the final round for a 22-14, 3AAA conference victory. Both team came in at 3-1 and played like the winning teams they are...

According to Webster, the Thunderbird is "a mythical creature common to Native American religion. Its name comes from the supposition that the beating of its enormous wings causes thunder and stirs the wind." Well, the Cross County Thunderbirds beat their wings furiously and stirred up almost a tornado last Friday. ...

Mary Louise Franks, 79, of Trumann, formerly of Tyronza, died Saturday, Sept. 30 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Trumann. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Edward Franks, Sr. Survivors include onE son, Vernon "Bud" Franks of Tyronza; two daughters, Jimmie Lou McCullar of Oliver Branch, Miss., and Norma Jean Baney of Harrisburg; one brother, Dewey Bonee of Portageville, Mo.; a special friend of 28 years, L.D. ...

Bonnie Faye Hicks, 61, of Marked Tree, died Wednesday, Sept. 27 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. She had lived in Marked Tree since 2000 having lived in Kaiser and West Ridge before. She was a member of the Jehovah's Witness Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, James William Hosea and Mary Lois Hicks; her brothers, Troy Hicks, Earl Wayne Hicks, L.V. Hicks and Kenny Hicks; and her sisters, Edna Barclay, Donna Dover, Brenda Dale Hicks and Vema Bell Hicks...

Columbus Weaver Carter, 79, died Sept. 30at Monette Manor in Monette. He was born Sept. 10, 1927 at Athens, Ala. He was a factory worker and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Emery Carter and Lossie Gathlin; four sisters: Macy Carter, Opal Roach, Mable Harris and Flora Mae Hall; and two brother: T.C. Carter and Rufus Carter...

The Broadway Church of Christ, located at 102 Broadway, would like to invite the community to their fall Gospel Meeting Oct. 9-11. Meetings will begin at 7 p.m. each evening and David Johnson, evangelist of Walls, Miss. Church of Christ, will proclaim the gospel of Christ...

The Marked Tree Rotary Club and the Rotary Clubs of District 6150 in Arkansas are looking for young dental professionals, ages 25-40, to represent Arkansas and the United States in a four-week Group uni-vocational Study Exchange program with District 4490 in Northeastern Brazil. A team of four young professionals, selected through an interview process. The team will be led by a Rotarian from District 6150 and will travel between April 30 and May 28, 2007...

As a community service, the U. S. Post Office in Tyronza will offer pictorial postmarks to commemorate the grand opening of the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum in Tyronza. The special postal cancellation will be available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 6, at the museum site, 117 Main Street. A limited edition of 500 special cachet cards also will be available for $3 each throughout the day...

"This is one of the most important books you'll ever have," Bill Stanley told area third graders last week. Stanley, who is the literacy chair of the Marked Tree Rotary Club, and other Rotarians handed out dictionaries to third graders last week at schools in Marked Tree, Tyronza and Lepanto...

Tribune News Staff Hailing visitors from as far as Weiner, the regional meeting held last week was a bridge in the gap of communication on a county wide level. The Marked Tree PTA hosted the meeting, which was the idea of Marked Tree School Board vice president, Dale Smith...

For at least a little while Friday, it seemed as if EPC might for scoring the first victory of the season as they hosted Brinkley for their homecoming game. However, in what turned out to be a virtual foot race, the beleaguered Warriors dropped their fifth game of the season, 58-22 Friday night...