Stories from Monday, August 6, 2007

The Bilco Company has been in business in Trumann for 28 years growing from just four original employees to 95 employees today. Company growth has continued to be steady over the years and has added the company's success, according to Bilco Manager Al Collins...

Elishia Hutcheson, 306 Oak Street, was arrested on July 19 by Trumann Police Department Asst. Chief Tony Rusher. She was charged with fraud to obtain prescription drugs, possession of controlled substance (hydrocodone) and two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor...

The Trumann City Council water and sewer committee got its first look at the finances of Trumann Water Works last week at a special budget meeting to discuss the utility budget. The consensus of the committee was that the local utility must have a water rate increase in the near future...

Fifth grade - composition notebook, loose leaf paper, one - one inch 3 ring binder with paper (art class), one -one inch 3 ring binder (reading class), one - one inch 3 ring binder (writing class), four plastic folders with brads and pockets (green, red, yellow, orange) don't write on them before school starts, pkg. of erasers, pencil top style, pkg. of pencils, optional mechanical pencils- only with twist tips (example Pentel Brand) and no ink pens allowed...

The members of Providence Baptist Church would like to invite everyone to worship the Lord with them Sunday. Sunday school starts at 10 a.m. and worship service begins at 11 a.m. Sunday evening services start at 6 p.m. and Wednesday evening services are at 6 p.m. The pastor is Bobby Brooks...

Fifty years ago, Trumann was a growing city. With a strong business community, the locals could choose between two movie theatres and several grocery stores. A third drug store would open and several businesses would change hands in 1957. Reading back through old Democrat issues, one can get a picture of a city busy expanding and offering new opportunities to its citizens. ...

Area 4-H members will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2 at the Poinsett County Fairgrounds. Members will work on cleaning up the 4-H concession booth, the exhibit building and planning an exhibit booth for the upcoming fair. This meeting is open to anyone interested in joining 4-H or the 4-H Shooting Sports as well as anyone looking to volunteer as a 4-H Leader...

Mary Joe Franklin of Jonesboro and Mike Whitman of Trumann are proud to announce they have become husband and wife. The bride is employed at the NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. The groom is employed at Bill Construction and TripleM Construction. The wedding took place at the Southwest Church of Christ in Jonesboro on July 28...

Charles E. Parks, 89 of Trumann died Monday, July 23, 2007 at Trumann Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Harrisburg on May 9, 1918, and had lived in Trumann for the past 40 years. He was retired from the Singer Company and a member of the First Baptist Church...

Mable Blasingame Waters Haws, 90, of Trumann died Sunday, July 29, 2007 at Woodbriar Nursing Center in Harrisburg. Born in Mound City, she had lived in the Trumann area most of her lifetime. She was a retired volunteer grandparent at the Children's Colony in Jonesboro and retired CNA at Melody Nursing Center in Trumann...

Plans are being made for the McCormick area school reunion. The event is set for Saturday, Sept. 1 at the First General Baptist Church in Trumann. The reunion is for anyone who attended school or lived in the area at any time. For more information call Peggy Wright at 483-7068, William Carter at 483-6308 or CA Jones at 578-9901...

The long summer stretch is drawing to a close for students in the Trumann School District. Classes will begin at 8 a.m., Monday, Aug. 20 for students. Registration for students new to the district is from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. ...

Rev. Kenneth and Barbara Green of Trumann are proud to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Jami LeAnn Green to Johnathun Wayne Witt, the son of Ricky Witt of Trumann and Rhonda Taber of Osceola. The bride-elect is a 2004 graduate of Trumann High School and is currently attending Arkansas State University majoring in radiology. She is employed at Trumann Drug Company...

Derrick and Natasha Green of Trumann are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Gracie Mae Green. She was born at 7:44 p.m. Sunday, July 22, 2007 at the NEA Women's Center in Jonesboro. She has a big brother, Mikey Green. Her grandparents are Mike and Gloria Fletcher and Richard and Louise Green. Her great-grandparents are Troy and Juanita Fletcher and the late Ruby Green...

James and Angela Ford of Harrisburg are proud to announce the birth of their son, Joseph James Allen Ford. He was born July, 22, 2007 at St. Bernard's in Jonesboro. He has one big sister, Haley Hollins,10, and a big brother, Austin Baker, five. His grandparents are Brian and Kathy Rush of Batesville and Jerry Martin of Steele, Mo. His great grandparents are the late George H. (Joe) and Sarah Jane Ford of Marked Tree...

The Poinsett County 4-H Shooting Sports Club is hosting the third annual "Strut Your Mutt" Competition on Thursday, August 16 at the Poinsett County Fair. This competition is for youth 18 years of age and younger and their canine pets in Poinsett County...

This year the Trumann annual Wild Duck Festival hits the 25 year mark. This year's celebration is set for Sept. 28 and 29. Events will be at the Trumann Sports Complex. The Trumann Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for craft and novelty vendors. They are also accepting bands, entertainers and any other items of interest to perform...

An altercation last Thursday, July 26, left one man in the hospital in serious condition and two others in the Poinsett County Detention center facing attempted murder charges. At approximately 7:45 the Trumann Police Department received a complaint call of a fight on Woodland Circle...

Courtesy of the Modern News Poinsett County Judge Doyle Hillis has filed a civil suit in Poinsett County Circuit Court petitioning County Clerk Fonda Condra that he be paid $22,184.53 in retirement that has accumulated since he took office in January of 2003. Condra's office is the one that keeps up with the payroll and payroll deductions such as retirement and insurance for the county...

New Poinsett County Office of Emergency Management officer, Frank Kraft, visited the Trumann Lions Club last week. Kraft said he was still getting a feel for the job and getting to know people in the community. He suggested Poinsett County residents prepare themselves for the worst possible situation, such as a 7.7 magnitude earthquake. His motto is, "if you prepare for the worst, if anything minor happens, you are also prepared for it."...

The Poinsett County Fair Beauty Pageant will be held Saturday August 11 at the Harrisburg High School cafeteria. Contestants must be a Poinsett County resident to participate. Registration will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. with the pageant at 11 a.m. Registration forms may be found at the following locations:...

The Trumann Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the 22nd Annual Wild Duck Golf Classic at the Trumann Country Club on August 18, 2007. This will be a two person scramble with standard PGA Golf rules and local course rules that will be furnished prior to tee-off. Teams will play 9 holes in the morning...