Stories from Thursday, February 15, 2007

Tribune Editor The polls drew 250 voters in Lepanto Tuesday as they came to decide the fate of the proposed Lepanto Sports Complex. The vote passd nearly four to one. Voters were first asked to extend the one half of one percent (.50%) sales tax already in place and designate its purpose for the construction of the sports complex...

This was far from the case, however, as the junior Lady Cougars were outplayed to such an extent that, after making the opening two points, they didn't score again until less than 1:00 remained in the second quarter. And even the final score, 36-17, wasn't indicative of Marked Tree's dominance on the court for that day...

Tribune Sports Staff Marked Tree showed the same spunk they have all year as they traveled to Caraway to take on the Bay boys and girls in the opening round of the 2A-3 district tournament Monday night. That spunk, however, as evidenced so many times this year, was not enough to carry the Indians and Lady Indians into the second round of the tournament as they lost to the Yellowjackets 65-55 and to the Lady Yellowjackets 46-34...

George Willard Vaughn, 86, of Lepanto died Sunday at Three Rivers Nursing Center in Marked Tree. He was a member of the Lepanto Church of Christ and the American Legion Lamb and Hendrix Post #26. He was a retired farmer and a veteran of World War II, having served in Company C, 358th Infantry, U.S. Army...

Mildred Terry Carter, 86, of Tyronza died on Feb. 5, 2007 at her home in Tyronza. She was a retired secretary and a member of Tyronza First Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Mary Grace Lee of Tyronza and Kay Carter Adair of Arkadelphia; one son, Johnny Carter of Arkadelphia; eight grandchildren, Debbie Carter of Trumann, Wally Lee of Tyronza, Terri Grissom of Tyronza, Cindy Ledbetter of Stuttgart, Christy Syman of Kansas City, Kans., Melinda Evans of Greenbrier and Mark and Marty Adair of Arkadelphia; 18 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.. ...

Paul Campbell, 44, of Lepanto died Friday, Feb. 9, 2007 at SMC Regional Center in Osceola. Born Friday, July 27, 1962, in Turrell to Sidney L. Campbell and Rosie L. Cunningham Campbell, he was a member of the Church of God and worked in maintenance for the Osceola School District...

Mary Pauline Lackey, 81, of Marked Tree died Jan. 24 2007 at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro. Born Aug. 23, 1925 in Tupelo, Miss., she was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include one daughter, Carline Pertuit of Marked Tree; three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren...

Tribune Editor Dr. Vestal Smith, known as Ves by his closet friends and family, was the surprised recipient of the Marked Tree Citizen of the Year Award. Mayor Dixon Chandler presented Dr. Smith with the award at the Marked Tree Chamber of Commerce banquet held last Thursday...

Tribune News Staff Newly elected Marked Tree mayor Dixon Chandler shared the state of the city report Monday night as the Marked Tree City Council met in regular session. "I want to share with you some of the plans I have for Marked Tree this year and beyond," Mayor Chandler said. "I've made a list of some of the things I want to work on."...

Lepanto Fire Chief Damon Tyler was honored with the Tom Cole Award at the district meeting held in Weiner last Thursday. This honor is given to one individual in the district who has demonstrated outstanding service to their department and their community...

County Extension Agent-Staff Chair In this article I want to make you aware that if you have access to the internet check out the latest information on growing everything from your garden to commercial fruits, vegetables and crops. You can do this by checking out our web site at uaex.edu...

The Arkansas State University Department of Nursing, the Regional Training Center for Disaster Life Support, announced their 2007 disaster-related training course schedule. The center offers two training courses: Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) and Advance Disaster Life Support (ADLS). ...

The Trumann Poinsettia Club met for their monthly meeting at the Trumann Fire Station, Feb. 5. After reports were given, Mary Karnes reported the duck quilt was ready to be quilted. She also reported the circus would be March 3 in Memphis and plans were made for the trip...

Ritter Communications president Paul Waits is pleased to announce Jane Marie Woodruff has joined the company as its director of marketing. Well-known in area professional and philanthropic circles, Woodruff has built a solid career in the marketing field. ...

Gloria Dean Brown, 59, of Trumann died on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Jonesboro and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was director of nursing at Trumann Health and Rehabilitation in Trumann and a member of the Trinity Church in Jonesboro...

Jesse Aaron Poff, 22, of Trumann died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007 from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born in Jonesboro and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was the evening manager of Save-A-Lot in Trumann. He composed music on the computer and was an avid movie critic who knew all the directors and their works. He was a member of the First Christian Church...

Wanda Lee Young, 84, passed away Feb. 8, 2007 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born in Jonesboro on July 18, 1922 to the late George Clifford and Frocie Elizabeth Hicks Lackey. Young was a 1941 graduate of Trumann High School and was married to her husband, Loice Terrell Young, for 63 years before his death in 2004. ...

Joe Ruben Barker Sr., 68 of Trumann, died Sunday at the VA Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. He was born in Harrisburg and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was a foreman for the Singer Company and Baldwin Piano Company, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and Vietnam war and a member of the First Christian Church...

The final game of the year for both the Cats and Lady Cats turned out to be one of the best ones both teams had played all year when they traveled to Pocahontas Monday for the opening round of the 4A-3 District Tournament. Unfortunately, the outcome was the same as on most games in this rebuilding year as the boys were edged by Highland 46-44 while the girls while Rivercrest pulled away from the girls to win 45-37...

The Bay Yellowjackets traveled the five miles to Wildcat gym last Friday night for the annual season finale with both the boys and girls Trumann squads. Unfortunately for the Wildcats and Lady Wildcats, Bay was at the top of their respective games as they won both games going away...

With the recent snow and bad weather it has made nitrogen applications on the wheat crop difficult. We need to try and get nitrogen applied as soon as possible once the weather allows, so that it will be available to the plant when it needs it, especially on those fields that were planted late this past fall and have reduced tillering and limited plant development...

The Arkansas Better Chance Program, ABC preschool classroom, serving Trumann has an opening for three to four year old children. The program is run by the Crowley's Ridge Education Service Cooperative. These services are available to students who qualify based on income, low birth weight, teenage parents, parent education level, history of drug or alcohol abuse or other qualifiers...

Jesse Aaron Poff, 22, of Trumann died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007 from injuries received in an automobile accident on Hwy. 63 one mile north of Trumann around 8:18 p.m., according to a preliminary report from the Arkansas State Police. The accident was worked by Arkansas State Trooper Rocky Rapert. The report cited road conditions as dry and the weather clear...

Jan 1 -- 4:35 p.m., 1000 Mulberry, oven fire, 10 men, 10 minutes. Jan. 2 -- 7:50 p.m., 233 South Ozark, vehicle fire, two men, 30 minutes. Jan. 3- 1:15 p.m., 324 East Side Gardens, medical call, six men, 10 minutes. Jan. 3 -- 9:40 p.m., 16760 Woodruff Lane, shed fire, ten men, 50 minutes...

The Trumann Fire Department recently released their incident statistics for 2006. They answered a total of 367 calls. Out of those 88 were fire calls, with 23 building fires, 4 vehicle fires and 61 other fires, such as grass fires. They also answered seven fires under the category of overpressure ruptures, explosion or overheat...

The Trumann School District and Trumann Police Department are teaming up to try and prevent needless and senseless accidents that could take or harm the life of children in the Trumann School District. Several school bus drivers have reported incidents of vehicles passing their bus while they are stopped and have their stopped signed pulled out. ...

Eldon Gartman, a man who has a special heart for humanity, was chosen to be the Outstanding Citizen of the Year for Trumann. Gartman was awarded the honor at the annual Trumann Chamber of Commerce Banquet held last month. "I feel really great to have been chosen for this," Gartman said. "I don't feel that I really deserved it, but it is truly an honor and I'm very thankful for it."...

For a while it seemed as if half of Trumann was going to try to get into the dining room of the Trumann Country Club for the weekly Rotary Club meeting last Thursday noon. The occasion for such a turnout was a luncheon honoring former pharmacist, former mayor, former Justice of the Peace and lifetime Trumann community activist Jack Coggins...

The Arkansas State University Museum is preparing for the annual exhibit of children's art, "Through a Child's Eyes XXI." Public and private schools within 60 miles of Jonesboro are invited to submit 10 works of art from children ages four through eighth grade. If not represented by a school. Individuals may enter artwork. The exhibition will be on display in the museum lobby April 1-30...

Army Pvt. Jeremy K. Poff has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.. ...

Baldwin Piano in Trumann has been attracting some big name stars as of late, last weekend being no exception. New Orleans piano legend Henry Butler stopped by the Baldwin plant last Saturday to test out pianos and place an order for a custom instrument of his own...

The annual battle of Make-A-Wish donations between Trumann Fire Department and Trumann Police Department is set for 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday Feb. 16 at the corner of 69 and 463. Trumann Water Works employees also volunteer their time to collect money...

At 6-7, 360 it's no wonder that Trumann's Bubba DeBoard got the attention of schools such as Memphis, UCA, ASU and others. Arkansas Tech, though, was the school which enticed the All-State offensive tackle to sign on the dotted line last Wednesday at the Trumann library...