Stories from Friday, October 10, 2008

Mayor Sheila Walters has announced that the Trumann Christmas Parade will be held Thursday, Dec. 11 beginning at 6 p.m. Plans are underway for the parade which will start at the old Wal-Mart building on Highway 463 and travel to Main Street and end at the Old Community House on Poinsett Avenue...

New Sunday School program is success By RUTH ANN ESTES, Democrat News Staff Children are different today. Growing up with computers, video games and videos, they are children of technology. You can't teach them the way you taught their parents...

Dorothy Cook is having a lot easier time now understanding what she reads and doing basic math. Cook dropped out of high school in 1971 to go to work, but lost her job last year when Airtex Inc. in Marked Tree closed...

CUTLINE #1: Joe Wood stands in front of the sign at the Wood Ford Dealership soon after he opened the business in Trumann. Wood and his wife, Melba, opened the dealership in October of 1958. Wood Ford celebrates its 50th anniversary this month. (Photo provided)...

When Robert B. Thomas first published his almanac in 1792 he wanted it to be "useful with a pleasant degree of humor." The 2009 edition of the Old Farmers Almanac is no exception. After more than 200 years, the Old Farmers Almanac is still delighting its more than 18.5 million readers with its mixture of gardening tips, planting tables, recipes, folklore, anecdotes and pleasantries and, of course, its famous weather predictions.. ...

People have been almost apologetic to John Brady since he agreed to come to Jonesboro to coach the Red Wolves. Brady was hired in March to head the Arkansas State University basketball program following his dismissal as coach at Louisiana State University where he spent the last 10 years and led the Tigers to six postseason appearances, including two SEC championships and a trip to the Final Four...

Trumann Sports Staff Harley Timbs keeps on breaking his own records. The Trumann native, who now lives in Lebanon, Tenn., shattered the Tennessee bench pressing record for the 275 pound weight class on Saturday, Oct. 4 with a lift of 750 pounds at the state bench pressing championship in Lexington, Tenn...

Democrat Sports Staff The Trumann Wildkittens held perennial conference powerhouse Osceola to just eight points for two and a half quarters of football. But then they unraveled late in the game as costly turnovers ultimately derailed their effort in a 30-0 loss last Thursday at Wildcats Field...

Democrat Sports Staff HIGHLAND -- There's an old saying that in sports any win is a good win. But a win on the road is a really good win. Wildcats head coach Greg White reminded his players on the way to Highland that in order to be champions they had to win on the road...

Democrat Sports Staff Don't be fooled by the Wildkittens 0-5 record. The team is a lot better than that. With the exception of one game, the Wildkittens have matched up well against opposing teams. Even this past week against Osceola, which came in with a 3-0-1 record, the Wildkittens held the Seminole scoreless for almost half the game. ...

I've been on the move for much of the last ten years. In that time I've had the chance to see a lot of the country. I counted one time and I have been to 38 of the 50 states. Every time I have moved I have tried to see the sights along the way. I guess I'm just a big tourist. If there is a museum or historical marker, chances are I'll stop...

I received an interesting e-mail this week following our coverage of the moving Vietnam wall in Marked Tree. Several times we mentioned a "21-gun salute." Dan, one of our reporters, and I actually had a conversation about the terminology of the tradition since they didn't actually shoot 21 guns...

Trumann is like a lot of small towns. It's been around for a long time. The town is less prosperous than at some times in its past history. Our downtown has been left mostly empty while businesses have moved to Highway 463 and to the Highway 63 Bypass...

Robbie Ann Beal Robbie Ann Beal, 59, of Monette, died Friday, Sept. 12, 2008 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Jonesboro, she was the daughter of the late William Wallace and had been a Trumann resident for most of her life...

Charley Ray Meeker Charley Ray Meeker was born on Monday, March 6, 1922, son of the late Nute and Margaret Kent Meeker. Meeker died Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 86 years 6 months and 26 days. ...

Gertrude Bossert Gravette Strucko of Little Rock, formerly of Mountain Home, passed away Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born April 3, 1923 to Anna and Richard Bossert of Trumann, and graduated as Valedictorian of Harrisburg High School in 1940. In Harrisburg she worked for the Neugebauer Dairy, a family business...