Stories from Thursday, October 19, 2006

Tribune News Staff Marked Tree Schools held their annual open public meeting Monday night in the high school auditorium and was attended by some 150 children, parents and other adults. The meeting began with various department heads with the school coming before those assembled to give reports on the progress made in each of their areas. Among those speaking were:...

Tribune Sports Staff Once again this year, the junior Indians drew first blood. However, it wasn't enough keep them from losing their sixth game of the season against one win as Walnut Ridge came away with a 54-22 victory last Thursday. Even with the lopsided score, though, considering the fact that Marked Tree was playing without five of the players, coach Matt Wright was pleased with his team's effort...

Tribune Sports Staff The Indians kept on track to finish the year first in the 3AA with a 61-6 victory over winless Rector (0-7) Friday night. With the Cougars' seeming inability to field any semblance of a competitive team, coach Tim Branum was concerned about his ability to get his team "up" for the game...

ESPN and USA Today report on game By DAN BRAWNER Tribune Sports Staff On a cold night in Lepanto when the defenses for both EPC (1-6, 1-3) and Hughes (0-5, 0-3) decided not to show up, the Warriors managed to chalk up their first victory of the season with the unlikely score of 73-72. All it took was outlasting a record breaking performance by Hughes running back Kedric Smith who ran for 425 yards and nine touchdowns breaking the state record of eight TDs...

Dorothy Teague, 90, of West Memphis died Oct. 10, 2006 at Three Rivers Nursing Home in Marked Tree. She was a homemaker and a member of Barton Chapel Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Teague; one daughter, Joann Wood; two sisters: Jodi Teague and Bessie Ownes; and four brothers: Jack Barton, Albert Barton, Howard Barton and Norwood Barton...

Donnie "Hoppy" Taylor, 55, of Tyronza died Wednesday, Oct. 11 at his residence. He was a construction supervisor for Murphy and Sons, Inc and a member of the Upper Room Apostolic Church. He served in the National Guard for eight years. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother...

Kitty Smith, 86, of Walnut Ridge died Friday, Oct. 13 at her the Lawrence County Medical Center. She was a Baptist and was preceded in death by her husband Mart H. Smith, her parents and four sisters. Survivors include one son, Clay Langston of McKenzi, Tenn.; two daughters, Patty Smith of Walnut Ridge and Peggy Constantine of San Diego, Calif.; two brothers: Mack Harrington and Billy Harrington, both of Maynard; five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild...

Nell Gray Ross, 94, of Tyronza died Oct. 2, 2006 at St. Bernard's Medical Center. She was a homemaker and had 21 years of perfect attendance at Tyronza First Baptist Church where she was a member of Wessie Word Sunday School Class. She was preceded in death by her husband, Craig Ross, and three sons, J.C. Ross, Horice Ross and Buddy Ross...

Democrat Editor "I really believe in what we're doing," said Amy Flaherty. Flaherty is a licensed psychological examiner who works as a counselor at Life Strategies Counseling center in Trumann. Flaherty said she joined the center's staff because she wanted to make a real difference in children's lives...

County clerk Fonda Condra recently announced that early voting begins Monday, Oct. 23 at the county clerk's office. Early voting is available to all registered voters between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28 and Saturday, Nov. 4...

Tribune News Staff Reviewing bids for roofing of city hall and lighting for the walking trail were at the top of the agenda last Tuesday at the Tyronza City Council meeting. According to Mayor Marion Bearden, the city received four bids for the roofing job on city hall, the shop and police department and the Girl Scout hut. ...

Tribune Sports Staff EPC's game with Corning last Thursday night was to set up a conference championship game with Harrisburg this week. Unfortunately, the Junior Warriors, playing without five of their players, weren't able to hold the visitors defensively and went down 36-30 to the junior Bobcats...