Stories from Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Polls will be open in Lepanto next Tuesday, Sept. 18 for voters to decide who will fill the Zone 3 seat on the East Poinsett County School Board. Jeff Miles and Terry Hinton will face off for the seat. Voters can head to the American Legion Hut and cast their votes from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m...

Davie Jean Thomas Walker, born April 20, 1931, died Monday morning, September 10, 2007, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She was born in the family home in Sarah, Mississippi. Her parents were the late David Langston Thomas and the late Josephine Herminjard Thomas...

Tribune News Staff Appointments and appropriations were the only real pieces of business addressed by the Poinsett County Quorum Court during their September meeting Monday night. "I should have brought this up last month," Judge Doyle Hillis said when it came time to discuss any new business. He was referring to appointments for Drainage Districts #3 and #7. "Matt Moon resigned from his seat on the board saying he had too much to do to be able to do a good job."...

Tribune News Staff The Rector Community Center was filled to capacity Sunday evening, September 2, for the premiere screening of Bill Carter's latest documentary "The gospel music of Johnny Cash." The Cash video was produced by Gaither Television Productions, with Rector native Bill Carter serving as the executive producer. ...

Tribune Sports Staff Looking at the stat sheet after the game last Thursday night, one positive stood out among the many negatives in the Marked Tree Junior Indians' 38-0 loss to the Harrisburg Junior Hornets -- lack of penalties. Marked Tree had only one to Harrisburg's 10...

Tribune Sports Staff It was a hot, sweltering, mosquito-filled night in Cherry Valley last Friday when EPC coach Bryan Harris headed across the field to shake hands with Cross County coach Steve Williams. And while Harris probably wouldn't admit it, the sudden deluge of icy Gatorade from some unknown Warriors, no doubt, felt as good as experiencing his first victory at EPC, 18-14 over the high-powered Thunderbirds...

Genevieve Gray, 81, of Marked Tree died at the Three Rivers Nursing Center on Saturday, September 8. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors include her son, Ricky Gray and his wife, Sherry of Marked Tree; three brothers, Jimmy McDaniel and Charles McDaniel of San Angelo, Texas and Bobby McDaniel of Bay; two grandchildren, Jennifer Chase and her husband, Shane and Matthew Gray and his fiancé, Chelsa Wileman and one great grandson, Zach Chase...

There will be a spaghetti supper this Friday night (Sept. 14th) at the EPC cafeteria. You may eat in or carry out from 4 pm until 7:30 pm. Tickets are $5 in advance or $6 at the door. The event will be held before the EPC vs. Walnut Ridge game. Proceeds go to send two EPC students to the People to People World Leadership Forum in Washington D.C...

The First Assembly of God of Lepanto, located at the corner of Elm St. and McClellen Ave. will be holding a revival from Sunday, Sept. 16 to Wednesday, Sept. 19. The evangelist will be Tony Burrow of Malvern. Services will be at 9:45 a.m. Sunday morning, 6 p.m. Sunday night and 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday nights. A nursery will be provided for all services. Additional information can be obtained by calling Pastor Gary Finely at 475-2667...

Tribune Sports Staff "Defensively, we improved so much over the Marked Tree game," said EPC coach Brain Weathers of his Junior Warriors' 18-8 loss to Riverview last Thursday night at Lepanto. "They ran a no huddle offense and had a fullback who was all muscle."...