Stories from Friday, August 29, 2008

One race for the Marked Tree City Council will be on the November ballot, according to a list of candidates released from Poinsett County Clerk Fonda Condra Tuesday. Marked Tree candidates filed for the positions in May, Condra said. A race developed for the Ward 4, Position 1 seat between McDaniel (Danny) Johnson, 200 Cypress St, and Glenda Drace, 232 West Riverside...

Test scores are in and East Poinsett County administrators are staying positive about both the scores and the future. "Overall we are pleased with the progress we continue to make," said Melinda Hannah, federal coordinator for the school...

Getting the mail in Rivervale just won't be the same without Mary Jo Jennings. Jennings retired this month after 35 years with the Postal Service and was treated to a surprise birthday and retirement party by friends and family Aug. 19 at the First Baptist Church...

In case you have been under a rock lately and haven't heard, there is a national debate going on whether or not to lower the legal drinking age from 21 to 18. About 100 college and university presidents of around the United States think it would be good. But good for who?...

Everything culminated in that moment. I was sitting across from my college advisor about to unfold the news that I was no longer attending UCA. I still planned to live in Conway, but decided that college wasn't the route for me. ...

Up until last March, our sports writer Dan was the only full-time male employee of our paper, and we only had one other man who worked part time once a week. On Tuesdays poor Dan felt especially outnumbered as it was me, Desha and Carin in our Marked Tree office working on putting together the Tri-City Tribune and the Trumann Democrat...

Now that school has started, social studies teachers across the country are about to tell their students that one of the great things about America is that we're all equal. They will also tell them that, in America, justice is blind. In both cases they will be lying their behinds off...

Cary Beth Duffel, the new Preschool Director for Grace Place, has always had a passion for working with children. "I started my first job as a paying babysitter when I was nine or 10 years old," Duffel said. She was 13 years old when she began helping with Vacation Bible School...

Gene A. Caplinger of Jonesboro died Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, at St. Bernards at age 87. He was born on Nov. 19, 1920, at Harrisburg. Survivors include his wife, Mary Caplinger of Jonesboro; one son, Bryan Caplinger (formerly of Marked Tree) of Jonesboro; one daughter, Linda Hutchison of Memphis; one brother, Don Caplinger of Pompano Beach, Fla.; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren...

Joseph H. Lorsbach, 68, passed away Sunday August 10 at St. Bernards Medical Center. He was born April 30, 1940, at Dalton to the late Lester and Ada Brown Lorsbach. He is survived by two sisters, Barbara Floyd and Helen Davis, both of Pocahontas; four nephews; three nieces; and a special nurse, Regina...