Stories from Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Dirt work has begun at the new Trumann High School construction site. Dump trucks have kept the road hot with their steady stream of hauling and unloading truck after truck of dirt. (Democrat photo/Carin McClung)

The Tree City USA committee and Cedar Park Elementary will celebrate Arbor Day at 9 a.m. Monday, March 19. The Arkansas Forestry council will provide trees for planting. An Arbor Day Proclamation will be read by Mayor Sheila Walters and two trees will be planted in memory of Austin Burchell and Bob...

The Great Arkansas Cleanup at Lake Poinsett State Park is set for Saturday, March 24. The staff at Lake Poinsett State Park invites the public to take an active role in the stewardship of public lands. Lake Poinsett State Park is hosting its Annual Spring Cleanup on March 24. The Cleanup will begin at 9 a.m. and...

Greetings from God's New Life Mission. With the recent sunshine and warm weather, it is beginning to feel like the Spring season has made an early arrival. With Easter holiday right around the corner, we want to celebrate this holiday season by inviting everyone to our first annual Easter talent...

Dr. Tina Quinn, department chair for Accounting and Law at Arkansas State University, announces a new accounting education scholarship, the BKD, LLP Accounting Education Scholarship. BKD, LLP is the largest CPA and advisory firm in Arkansas, one of the 10 largest CPA and advisory firms in the U.S.,...

Crittenden Regional Hospital's Delta Center on Aging is helping sponsor a special Diabetes Care and Awareness Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 21 at Schoettle Medical Education Center located on the hospital campus. The event is free and open to the public...

Deanna Jean Evans died Sunday, March 11, 2007, at the family residence in Weiner at the age of 63. Born in Manila on Friday, April 9, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Paul Albert and Jessie Lee Jenkins Lawrence. She had lived in Weiner for the...

Gary Lynn Dye, Sr., a resident of Trumann, departed this life, Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at the NEA Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 49. He was born Aug. 16, 1957 in Jonesboro, the son of Earl Vernon and Mildred Venita (Craig) Dye. He married Tammy Marlow on Aug. 5, 1982...

The Westside Warriors came to Trumann (1-4) last week and handed the Wildcats their second loss of the season while Marked Tree came and punched out a win over their Poinsett County rivals, both games ending in 8-2 scores. Warriors 8 Wildcats 2 Undefeated Westside (3-0) drew first blood as they scored three runs in the...

One way to tell that warmer weather is approaching is that yard sales become more frequent. Those having yard sales need to appropriately advertise their sales. There are restrictions as to where sign can and can not be placed in the city of Trumann...

The East Arkansas Area Agency is participating in a Senior Farmer's Market Nutrition Program. The purpose of the Farmer's market program is to improve the nutrition of the elderly and to increase the consumption of Arkansas Produce. Seniors aged 60 plus whose income does nut exceed 185% of poverty guidelines...

Trumann has been named a Tree City USA community by The National Arbor Day Foundation to honor its commitment to community forestry. It is the third year Trumann has received this national recognition. The Tree City USA program is sponsored by The National Arbor Day Foundation...

When Poinsett County producer Herrick Norcross thought he'd accomplished the best yields he could on his own, he turned to the University of Arkansas' Soybean Research Verification Program, enrolling two fields, each with a different challenge. Through funding from the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board, the Soybean...

The Trumann Police Department had a very eventful week last week resulting in multiple drug violations and arrests. One arrest involved a police chase and ammunition. According to police records, on March 7 TPD officers received information of possible drug activity at the Day's Inn. Officers were unable to get anyone...

Finances topped the discussion at the Poinsett County Quorum Court meeting Monday night. The court spent some two hours addressing a number of concerns, but the financial report became the center of attention when Treasurer Lonene Edwards addressed the court about a serious shortfall in...

More than 60 students from six area high schools, including 18 from Trumann, gathered at Mid-South Community College recently to hear teachers, principals, and college student's talk about the opportunities and challenges in the teaching field. MSCC teamed up with the Marion High School Teachers of Tomorrow, Arkansas...

Gordon Avondale Williams took Linda Kemper to be his bride on March 16, 1967 at the Free Pentecostal Church in Trumann. They will celebrate their 40th anniversary from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 17 at the Old Community House in Trumann during a reception hosted by their...

Arkansas State Representative Joan Cash (second from left) reads a letter to Jules Martin (third from left) from former President Bill Clinton congratulating him on his lifetime of music awards and the Fine Arts Musical Scholarship fund established in his name. James Ruffin (left) and Dorothy...

Carolyn Tribble is an outstanding, hardworking and dedicated teacher at Cedar Park Elementary. It is because of her willingness to go above and beyond that she was named Outstanding Educator of the Year by the Trumann Chamber of Commerce. Tribble received the award in January at the chamber's annual banquet...

"I told the team at the begging of the season that there were going to be some games we played for experience, some we played that we could win and some we played that we should win. Manila and Harrisburg were in the should win category." So said coach Brian Haynes after his Lady Wildcats handily defeated both the...