Stories from Thursday, October 18, 2007

Tribune News Staff Fire Department response protocol was a serious concern for the Tyronza mayor and city council due to an incident which occurred earlier in the month involving an accident outside of the city limits which resulted in the sinking and near overturning of the city's new fire truck...

Tribune Editor In a special called meeting Monday night, the Marked Tree City Council passed an ordinance giving the city permission to seek an engineer to build the sports and recreation complex. The ordinance was for "authorizing the procurement of professional services for the construction of a public park."...

Tribune Sports Staff "It had been so long, I was surprised and excited about it." These were the words of former Marked Tree and Trumann ROTC instructor Billy F. Thompson when he found out about his induction into the Henderson State Hall of Honor. Thompson was one of 10 individuals inducted in the Oct. 6 ceremony at HSU's Garrison Center in Arkadelphia...

Tribune Sports Staff Even though the Junior Warriors fumbled the opening kickoff, allowing the Junior Bobcats to take a 6-0 lead with less than two minutes gone in the game last Thursday at Corning, coach Brian Weathers said EPC played their best game of the year, by far...

Tribune Sports Staff Whether it was on the ground or through the air, the Indians appeared to have little difficulty in dispatching the Rector Cougars in conference action on the road last Friday night, claiming the victory in blowout fashion, 47-0...

Michael Dewayne McClain, 46, of Lepanto died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007, at his residence in Lepanto. He was a self-employed contractor and of the Pentecostal belief. He was preceded in death by a son, Josh McClain; and his father, Gene McClain. Survivors include his mother, Wilma McClain; girlfriend, Stacy Scott; and her son, Anthony Scott, all of Lepanto...

John Allen Jennings Sr.,76, of Lepanto died Friday, Oct. 12, in NEA Medical Center at Jonesboro. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Elizabeth Jennings Milam, and a granddaughter, Casey Kay Milam. Jennings was the son of William and Martha Jennings, long time pioneers of Lepanto. ...

The Marked Tree Lions Club will be hosting a donkey basketball game with Circle A Donkeys to raise money for their club. Live donkeys will take over the Marked Tree School Gymnasium at 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 27. The players will ride their docile looking donkeys and score points for their teams. There will be several events throughout the night including a half time performance...

Last Tuesday, Oct. 2, several students and I at Marked Tree High School were lucky enough to go speak with award-winning young adult author Patricia McCormick. She is author of three brain-riveting novels: Cut, My Brother's Keeper, and Sold. At the event, she discussed her novel Cut. It tells a story of 15-year-old Callie who is sent to a residential treatment facility because she cuts herself. At the facility, she does not talk; while in "group" or even in the dorms...

Tribune Sports Staff Three fumbles and an 80-yard kickoff return for a TD negated a good rushing performance by the junior Indians resulting in a 28-8 loss to the Walnut Ridge junior Bobcats in Marked Tree last Thursday. "We played hard," coach Matt Wright said afterward. "But we just turned it over too many times."...