Stories from Friday, October 27, 2006

It's not everyday that someone gets a day named after them in Lepanto. Just ask Gene Ashcraft, who was surprised recently when Mayor Dale Dunlap declared Oct. 30, 2006 as Gene Ashcraft Day in Lepanto. Riley "Gene" Ashcraft is retiring from the United States Post Office after 39 years or service. The day named after him was declared in a proclamation issued by Mayor Dunlap earlier this week...

Tribune Sports Staff If EPC had won the week before, against Corning, the game last Thursday night would have been for all the marbles in 3AAA. Unfortunately, the junior Warriors lost their contest with junior Bobcats so their roll against the junior Hornets became one of spoilers...

Tribune Sports Staff "They physically whipped up on us," EPC coach Dusty Meek said Monday morning. "I thought we played hard, but their only loss has been to Cross County and they will probably be playing Harrisburg for the conference championship."...

Tribune Sports Staff For the fifth time this year, the Marked Tree Indians pounded a teams so badly that the mercy rule had to be invoked. With a score of 40-0 over McCrory at the half, the rule could have been put into effect earlier than it was, but the point was made…….the 2006 version of these Indians is very, very good...

Joseph Neale Payne, Sr., 86, of Payneway died Tuesday, Oct. 17 at the Three Rivers Nursing Center. He was a Methodist and served in the Army Air Corp as a 1st Lt. and a pilot. He was active in the Boy Scouts and served as President of the Eastern Arkansas Area Council of Scouting. ...

Spence Douglas Carter, 71, of Lepanto died Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006, at Monette Manor. He was a carpenter and a member of the Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by one son, William Lynn Carter, his parents, four sisters and three brothers. Survivors include his wife, Mary Carter of Lepanto; three sons, Douglas Wade Carter, James Wesley Carter and Richard Dale Carter all of Lepanto; one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Cruze of Lepanto; two brothers, Thomas Henry Carter and William Carter of Lepanto; one sister, Joyce Kelley of Lepanto; and four grandchildren: Douglas Wade Carter, William Blake Carter, Adriana Cruz and Noah Carter.. ...

Cora Frances Walker, 89, of Sherman, Texas, formerly of Marked Tree, died Oct. 7 at Sherman Hospital. Mrs. Walker, a homemaker, was born January 7, 1917 in Dyer, Tenn., to the late Annie Lea and William Robert Smith of Marked Tree. She was preded in death by her husband, John Virgil "Slim" Walker in 1998; a grandson, Curtis Walker King of Greenville, Texas; four brother: Leslie Smith of Montezuma, Tenn., Sylvane Smith of Marked Tree, Felton Smith of Hughes and James M. Smith of Memphis...

Tribune News Staff Many high school students take studies which will help them in the future such as chemistry, math, English and other subjects. Some of these classes aid them in their pursuit of an advanced degree while other classes help them to go directly into the work force well prepared...

A historical sight as well as a place of worship is no longer a part of the Lepanto Community. The First Missionary Baptist Church, which was located on the corner of Oak and Edgewood, has been demolished. The church building was erected in 1936. The founders and trustees were the late Mose Mann, Frank Pettie and Frank Mann. ...

The city of Marked Tree has been doing curbside recycling since 2001. They have received grants from the state of Arkansas to have the recycling program. They have received a bobcat, wood chipper, leaf vacuum, oil burning stove, a Ford pick-up truck and funds to build sheds from this program...

Tribune Sports Staff The Cross County junior Thunderbirds came to Marked Tree Thursday night ready for bear, or rather junior Indians, as they gave the junior Tribe their seventh loss of the season against one win, 34-0. "We didn't play particularly well," coach Matt Wright said afterward. "They had a really good backfield and the score showed."...