Stories from Friday, March 21, 2008

Tribune Editor Discussion about the proposed parks and recreation complex dominated the nearly three hour Marked Tree City Council meeting Monday, March 10 as engineer Mike Cameron was on hand to answer questions from council members. Cameron brought along drawings of the proposed facility as well as a preliminary schedule of estimated costs...

Tribune Sports Staff After a week loaded with rain-outs, the Indians finally got back on the diamond when they traveled to Bay for a conference game Monday afternoon, registering their second win of the season against four loses. The scoring started quickly when John Ed Turpin slammed a home run over left center from his clean-up hole to knock in Will Johnson, who had gained base through a fielder's choice, and Clint Hawkins, who had banged out a double. ...

Clara Wenona Barnes passed away March 12, 2008. She joins her late husband, Robert Barnes. She was born Aug. 5, 1927 in Marked Tree to Charles and Van Dora Bradley. Barnes grew up in Marked Tree with her two brothers, Junior and Wayne, and her sister O'neal...

Larry Wayne Chapman, 58, of Etowah died Monday, March 10, 2008, at SW Mississippi County Medical Center in Osceola. Survivors include his Fiancé, Janice Stroud of Harrisburg; daughter, Tiffany Summers and husband Ryan of Bonney Lake, Wash.; two sisters, Sharron Vaughn of Bonney Lake, Wash., Beverly Joy Chapman of Lompoc, Calif.; nieces, Mandy Walker, Amber Vaughn; nephews, Robert and Lewis Currier, Colby Vaughn and three grandchildren, Zach, Brenda and Angel Summers...

Myrtle Inez Harris, 80, of Lepanto died Thursday, March 13, 2008, at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvery Baptist Church of Harrisburg. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Annie Maddox; her husband, Bill Harris, five brothers and four sisters...

Jim "Moose" Ivy, 29, of Forrest City died Friday, March 14 at Blytheville. He attended Oak Hill Church of God and was employed at Tenaris. He attended Turrell High School. He is survived by his father, James Ivy, Sr.; wife, Patsy, of Forrest City; mother Korena Ivy of Martendale, Iowa; fiancé Rache Merritt of Etowah; daughter Charli Michele of Tyronza; brother Tery Hardin of West Memphis; his twin sister Jana Ivy Sawtelle of Searcy; and sister Lee Anna Six of Albia, Iowa...

Kenneth Eugene Oglesby, 61, of Osceola died Monday, March 17 in Osceola. The cause of death was a house fire. Born in St. Louis, Oglesby was a former teacher and member of the Holy Church of Christ. Oglesby was preceded in death by his parents, Melvin and Leomi Oglesby...

There will be a holy ghost revival Thursday, March 20 through Saturday, March 22 at Landmark Pentecostal Worship Center in Trumann. Services will be at 7 p.m. nightly and will feature guest speaker Jeff Miles of Lepanto. Guests are invited to come enjoy old fashioned preaching and special music. The church is located at 231 Church Street in Trumann...

Tribune News Staff Alma Jean Knight of Marked Tree was enjoying a quiet afternoon when she received a call that could have costs her hundreds of dollars. However, Knight was one of the lucky ladies who had done her homework and knew what she needed to do to protect her identity and her bank account...

The Town of Etowah was awarded a Department of Arkansas Heritage grant of $10,569 for a proposed project at the Garden Point Cemetery. Etowah Mayor Charles Bo McCollum said the project consists of mapping and identifying the gravesites at the Garden Point Cemetery using a computer program used on a laptop computer called Spatial Generations...

The Sunken Lands Chamber of Commerce will host an agritourism workshop and luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27 at the Marked Tree Delta Area Museum. The workshop comes as a result of previous agritourism workshops organized by the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute of the University of Arkansas System in the River Valley prompted community leaders in the Delta to explore what this growing industry could do for their area...

Tribune Sports Staff Marked Tree picked up its second win of the season against five losses Thursday against BIC, as Hannah Ghant returned to the lineup with a vengeance, striking out 12 batters for a 7-4 victory on Lady Indian field. "It was the first game back for Hannah and she did well," said coach Waylon Dunn. "We did some things good, hit the ball well. But we made some errors and we need to correct that."...