Stories from Wednesday, November 14, 2007

The Lady Wildcats won every quarter as they opened their season with a 62-30 win against Ridgefield Christian last Thursday night in Trumann. "It was a night when we did everything right," said coach Vickie Bowers. "It was a good win." By halftime, the Lady Cats had built a 41-20 lead over the Lady Warriors who never threatened to make a run of any kind...

It's a shame that residents of Trumann never took time to really compile the history of the town. The only history book I have seen is the booklet by Georgia Moore. There is some history in the Poinsett County History Book published several years ago. I remember when I worked at the newspaper in the 1970's, some people had old copies of tabloid periodicals published that published stories about businesses in the town in year's past...

Men, stop rolling your eyes at my title. It's true! Shopping really is hard work, and most men don't appreciate the fact because they let the women in their lives do the shopping for them. I'm pretty sure Adam would have just stayed naked no matter how embarrassed he was if Eve hadn't shopped for those lovely leaf outfits for them...

Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage will soon undergo several changes for 2008. Unfortunately, this means that many prices will go up and in some cases coverage will go down. The good news is that there are still good plan choices to make. ?Medicare Part D: Surviving the Changes for 2008,? will detail the upcoming changes in most plan benefits, including increasing premiums, deductibles, etc. ...

Diabetes is a common illness among older adults with many of them being unaware they have it. The good news is that older adults can control their blood sugar while at the same time being able to integrate diabetes into a full and happy life. There is life outside of diabetes...

Providing care for an aging parent can be overwhelming. The job is made more difficult because of the nature of the parent-child relationship and the feelings that arise as we see our parents age. Often adult children are thrust into the role of caregiving because of a sudden illness or accidental injury such as fall, creating a family crisis. However, there can be other and more subtle ways to conclude it is time to be more involved in care of a parent...

The Annual Red Ribbon Front Yard Picnic was Tuesday, Oct. 30 at the Police substation on Walnut Street. The event was sponsored by the Trumann Housing Authority in coordination with the Trumann Police Department, the Poinsett County Sheriff's Department and the Trumann Fire Department, to assist in the ongoing process to rid our city of drugs, Many children living in Trumann Public Housing attended the event. ...

This year when making out holiday cards include the following address to the list: A recovering American Soldier, Airman, Marine or Sailor, c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20307-50001.

The Full Gospel Tabernacle is having a fall festival at 5 p.m., Saturday Nov. 17. The festival is being sponsored by the Full Gospel Tabernacle Youth Class. There will be games, prizes, food and fun. The church is located two and a half miles east of Trumann on Highway 69...

These days there is one topic we are all being bombarded with every day, going green. It is invading our sitcoms, news programs, magazines and newspapers. I support the whole going green idea, but practicing it can be hard in smaller communities. For one thing all the organic products such as cleaning supplies and organic food are not as readily available as they may be in larger cities. And the products that are available there is not a big variety of product selections...

Mark your calendars. It is time for our annual Corn/Grain Sorghum production meeting in conjunction with Craighead County. The Meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Monday Nov. 19 at the St. Bernard's Auditorium at 505 East Washington, west of the Craighead County Extension Office...

The Ridgefield Brass Band will present a program of Christmas music at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 8 at the Trumann High School auditorium. Admission to the concert is free. The performance is being sponsored by the Trumann Area Fine Arts Council. For more information call Dorothy Martin at 483-5275...

"We're hoping to have some depth on the team this year," new Trumann High School head basketball coach Skip Dulaney told the Trumann Rotary Club Thursday, Nov. 1. "We're planning on running up and down the floor a lot to take advantage of our speed and depth."...

Lela Belle Thomas, 93, died Oct. 30, 2007. She was born in Trumann, to Luther and Maude Gunter Stephens. She has lived in Jonesboro most of her life. She was employed at Frolic Footwear for a number of years, was a homemaker and loved gardening. She was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church...

Miss Marget May Mundy, 87, died Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro She was born on Thursday, May 20, 1920 the daughter of the late Anton Sharron and Tillie Belle Fritts Mundy in Herman. She had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Trumann...

John Wesley Doty, 84, J.W. or J. to his friends and family, passed away Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro. He is now home with the Lord and his oldest son Larry, who he loved very much. Doty grew up on the farm in Mississippi before moving to Arkansas during the depression. ...

Freddie Lee Needham, 68, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007 at NEA Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born on Wednesday, May 31, 1939, the son of the late Homer Eugene and Edna Mae Shaw Needham. He was born in and a lifetime resident of Jonesboro. He was a retired truck driver and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents...

Mrs. Cora Lee Williams, 97, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, at the family resident in Marked Tree She was born on Saturday, Jan. 1, 1910, daughter of the late Resse Harvey and Minerva Bell Poe Rowe. She was born in Mississippi and had lived in Marked Tree for the past 67 years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Corner's Chapel Baptist Church in Payneway...

The Trumann community Thanksgiving service will be at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 20 at the Trumann Sports Complex on Pecan Grove Road. Rev. Anthony Patterson will be preaching and the Assembly of God church will be leading in music. For more information call ministerial alliance president Kenneth Green at 483-2338...

The First General Baptist Church in Trumann is having a harvest day and homecoming services on Sunday, Nov. 18. Former church pastor Randall Byrd will be preaching. A special singing service will start at 10 a.m. and worship will begin at 11 a.m. with lunch following...

The Trumann Community House Foundation will hold its annual meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 26. New officers will be elected at the meeting. The public is invited to attend the meeting by Donnie Taylor, president of the foundation.

The Trumann Ministerial Alliance will sponsor the annual Trumann Christmas Parade on Sunday, Dec. 2. The parade will begin at 2 p.m. and travel from the old Wal-Mart parking lot down Highway 463 to the Trumann Plaza Shopping Center. Grand Marshall's of the parade will be Trumann soldiers who are members of the 875th Engineer Battalion of the Arkansas National Guard...

Three Memphis residents arrested by TPD. Ida Evans, 2691 Beechmont, Memphis, Tenn.; Harry Lewis, Jr., 955 East Triggs, Memphis. Tenn. And Esther Lane, 4633 Sunny Slope, Memphis, Tenn. were arrested on Nov. 3 by Det. Skaggs, Ptl. E.C. O'Brien, Ptl. Jonathan Schmidt and Ptl. Tony Postell...

North Pole, Alaska welcomed a brand new baby into the community last month. PFC Corey and Bethanee Rains, North Pole, Alaska, are proud to announce the birth of their baby, McKaylie Rose Noel Rains. She was born Oct. 15, 2007 at Fairbanks, Alaska. She weighed six pounds and 15 ounces and was 20 inches long...

David and Megan Barnes of Trumann are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Madison Leigh Barnes. Madison was born at 6:27 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007 at the NEA Women's Center in Jonesboro. She weighed seven pounds and four ounces. Her grandparents are Tim and Nikki McDaniel and John and Ange Toombs. Her great-grandparents are JB Smith and Goldie Heath...

Gerald "Allen" Jr. and Susan Smith of Bay are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Lillian Rose Smith. Lillian was born Oct. 1, 2007 at Harris Hospital in Newport. She weighed eight pounds and 1.6 ounces. She has three big sisters, Maddison, 8, Abigail, 5, and Isabella, 2...

God's New Life Mission Bible Training Center will hold its annual fall talent show on Saturday Nov. 17. Residents will perform songs and skits as well as give testimonies. The program will be held at the mission at 105 Hinson Road in Marked Tree. Refreshments will be served immediately following the program...

Sarah Campbell and Craig Percifull of Cabot are proud to announce the birth of their granddaughter, Alexis Olivia Elizabeth Percifull. She was born at 9:56 a.m. on July 23, 2007 at Baptist Hospital in North Little Rock. She weighed five pounds and three ounces and was 18.75 inches long...

Linda and Scotty Gage of Trumann are proud to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Samantha Deanna Foley, to James Bo Hickey, II, the son of Toney and Carol Busby and Wayne Hickey, all of Trumann. The bride-elect is a 2005 graduate of Trumann High School and a junior at Arkansas State University pursuing a bachelor's degree in early childhood education with an emphasis on special education. She is employed by State Farm Insurance...

Arkansas will keep its crown in 2007 as the nation's leading rice grower by producing an estimated 95.4 million hundredweight (hundredweight = 100 pounds) of rice. That's about 48 percent of the nation's total rice output, said Dr. Bobby Coats, agricultural policy analysis for the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service...

Generating the most discussion, heated discussion at times, during the monthly Poinsett County Quorum Court meeting Monday night was a disagreement in the proposed tax millage rate ordinance. The items in question involved the proposed County General Fund millage of 1.6 mills and the County Road Fund millage of 3.0...

Those interested in buying a home might can receive help from Legal Aid of Arkansas. It is a HUD approved housing counseling agency that offers pre-purchase classes to potential homeowners. There is no cost for the class, and the household does not have to be income eligible for legal services. ...

Jordan Pankey was recently named to the 2007 Prairie Grove High School Homecoming Court. The ceremonies were Oct. 5. Jordan chose a bright pink strapless gown for the afternoon ceremony. Her escorts wore matching black tuxes. The ceremony was at the high school gym, which was decorated with black and pink balloons, potted ferns and tulle. The Homecoming parade immediately followed the ceremony. Jordan was driven along the parade route waving from the back of a white mustang convertible...

The Trumann Poinsettia Club met in the home of Patricia Evans, Nov. 5 for their November meeting. Frances Montgomery called the meeting to order. Secretary Evans read the minutes and treasurer Marsha Phillips gave the finance report. Both were approved as read...

Sept. 1 -- 12:01 p.m., 409 East Speedway, reference to a gas leak, four men, one hour and nine minutes. Sept. 3 -- 9:24 a.m., 201 Redwood, medical call, six men, 36 minutes. Sept. 3 -- 11:50 a.m., Plantation Homes, help pick subject up out of floor, two men, 20 minutes...

Oct. 1 -- 7 p.m., Moon Lane, cotton picker fire, 11 men, one hour and 15 minutes. Oct. 3 -- 1:20 p.m., 326 Hwy 463 North, EMS call, four men, 15 minutes. Oct. 4 -- 7:15 p.m., 111 Crest, EMS call, four men, 15 minutes. Oct. 6 -- 1:30 a.m., 440 Harrison, house fire, one hour and 30 minutes, 8 men...

Lake Poinsett State Park at Harrisburg was named the winner of the 2006-2007 Outstanding Hospitality Award by Arkansas State Parks. The State Parks Division presents awards annually for park excellence within Arkansas's state parks system. The awards were announced at the annual business meeting of the park superintendents. This year's meeting was Sept. 18-20 at Petit Jean State Park near Morrilton...

Trumann Mayor Sheila Walters was the speaker at the annual Veterans Day Ceremony at Trumann High School last Friday. The ceremony is presented each year by the THS ROTC "Wildcat Battalion" to honor local veterans for their service. Walters spoke about the sacrifice that soldiers make to serve their country...

Phillip Jenkins doesn't let his handicaps stop him from serving the Lord. He plans to travel to the Philippines in the spring of 2008 on a week long mission trip to share the gospel with others. His friend Bill Beebe wants to help send him on that mission trip. Beebe is encouraging Jenkins in his work and has decided to help Jenkins raise the $2,500 needed to sign on as part of the mission team...

The Trumann First Baptist Church will be taking Angel Food Orders from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 17. The cost for a box if food is just $28. There are no requirements. Everyone qualifies. The December menu includes four, five-ounce rib eye steaks; one two pound family lasagna dinner; one two pound package of split chicken breast (two pieces); one pound honey roasted pork sausage; one pound fully cooked chicken breast fajitas; one pound of fully cooked meatballs; one pound all-meat jumbo hotdogs; three pounds of fresh apples; eight ounce biscuit mix; one pound three-way veggie mix; one pound cut corn; one pound sliced carrots; 14 ounces of chicken broth; 24 ounces of home-style hash brown; six and a half ounce cheeseburger dinner; 10 count of home-style waffles; and one dessert item.. ...

The time of the year has arrived to begin making plans to assist families in the Trumann area with Christmas gifts for their children. Someone's caring generosity could help provide a bit of Christmas cheer to some of Trumann area children who otherwise would not experience the magic of Santa Claus...

When parents pick their child up from Cedar Park Elementary Monday, Nov. 26 they will notice a new procedure is being implemented. The two lanes closest to the school will be for parents to park and stay in or to leave the vehicle unattended. Parking will no longer be allowed in the gym parking lot or past a designated spot on West Cedar Street. It is asked that parents remain in their vehicle and move forward as directed by school Ptl. Shannon Montgomery...

The Trumann Poinsettia Club has been a longtime tradition in Trumann. The Trumann Poinsettia Club is a member of the General Federation of Women's Club. GFWC is an international organization. It was organized and federated in 1897 and incorporated in 1928...

Last Wednesday downtown Trumann was taken over by activity surrounding the shooting of William Lytle, 22, of Trumann. Shortly before 4 p.m., a 16-year-old Trumann juvenile and an unidentified male got into a verbal confrontation. It was reported the juvenile then went into his residence and got a 30-30 lever-action rifle...