Stories from Thursday, November 13, 2008

Georgie Henrietta Dale, 73, of Payneway died Saturday November 8, 2008 at her residence. She was preceded in death by a son Jay Dale, a sister and a brother. Survivors include her husband Billy Dale of the home; four sons, Edward Kuligowski and wife Melanie of Corinth, Miss., Jim Kuligowski of Alpena,...

Edna Lovean Harris, 76, of the Black Oak Community died Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. She was born Aug. 27, 1932, at Houston, Ark., to the late Riley Ezra and Martha McGlothlin and was of the Pentecostal faith...

Ritter Communications invites all of its customers to stop by with food donations from November 17 through the 21st and receive a discount on their Ritter bill in return. All three Ritter locations--Blytheville, Marked Tree and Jonesboro--will participate in the company's November Food Drive...

Poinsett County Assessor Johnny Rye, Jr., who is a member of the Association of Arkansas Counties Legislative Committee, met with the all committee members Oct. 27-28 at Lake Degray to discuss and finalize the organization's legislative package for the upcoming 87th Arkansas General Assembly. ...

FORREST CITY -- Former Arkansas Economic Development Commission Director and one of the country's leading site consultants Del Boyette will be the keynote speaker at the Crossroads Coalition's fourth annual dinner at the Forrest City Civic Center in Forrest City on Thursday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m...

The Marked Tree Church of God, one of the denomination's oldest churches in the state, recently hosted a homecoming to celebrate its 85 anniversary. People came together from far and near to take part in the reunion...

The East Poinsett County high school presented a Veterans' Day program Tuesday, Nov. 11 to honor both local veterans and war heroes around the United States. "The unity that ties Americans together is Freedom," said Carla Kemp. ...

LEPANTO - EPC made only three first downs Friday night. In fact, they ran only thirty plays for the entire game. Unfortunately for Cedar Ridge (0-8, 0-9), the Warriors (7-1, 7-2) scored on nearly 1/3 of those plays in a 60-0 regular season finale for both teams...

RECTOR - With a 2-6 record in the 2A-3 conference, the Cougars weren't expected to pose much of a problem for the Indians. In the end a 50-14 victory for the visitors proved the prognosticators right...

Have you ever heard of a study that says if you attend church, your grades will be higher in schools? Well according to Robert Roy Britt of the LiveScience magazine, its true! Church attendance boosts students' grade point averages...

No matter how you voted, no matter how you feel about the result, America made history last Tuesday. Even if you're a strictly conservative Republican you should take pride in the fact that, finally anybody can grow up to be President of America. Heck, even Juan Williams over on Fox News got choked up...

So our country has a new president, and "change" is upon us. This has been the longest presidential race in history with over 21 months of campaigning. It's amazing how passionate people can be about politics...

Lepanto native Tommy Patterson and his wife Charlotte enjoyed a vacation to the Dominican Republic last month. Patterson, who is branch manager of HD Supply Electrical in Memphis, was invited to attend the trip to Paradisus Palma Real Resort on Oct. 8-12...

Frustration, irritation, consternation and agitation. These words and others could easily describe the feelings of the various factions represented at the Marked Tree City Council Meeting Monday night...

Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe will be visiting Marked Tree Monday, Nov. 17 to present city leaders with a certificate officially declaring Marked Tree as an Arkansas Community of Excellence, or ACE. The governor will arrive at Arkansas State University Technical Center in Marked Tree at 10:30 a.m. ...

The Wildcats came in to the game against Newport already assured of a playoff berth. But with second place in the 4A-3 at stake and the chance to play at home in the first round, both teams still had a lot to play for...

This week I had a chance to visit Dyess. Most of you probably know that it is the hometown of country music legend Johnny Cash. Dyess has been in the news a lot since the release of the 2005 movie "Walk the Line." The little town of only 515 inhabitants is trying to restore its rich history and give tourists who make the seven mile detour off I-55 something to see...

Have you ever heard of a study that says if you attend church, your grades will be higher in schools? Well according to Robert Roy Britt of the LiveScience magazine, its true! Church attendance boosts students' grade point averages...

So our country has a new president, and "change" is upon us. This has been the longest presidential race in history with over 21 months of campaigning. It's amazing how passionate people can be about politics...

Residents looking for holiday decorating ideas may want to check out this year's line up of homes which will be featured in the Trumann Poinsettia Club annual Christmas Tour of Homes. The event will be held Tuesday, Dec. 2 and features three homes which will throw their doors open to the public to showcase their holiday decorations...

Savanna, Makayla and Elizabeth Sprinkle were watching "America's Got Talent" last July when a commercial caught their eye. Kraft Crackers was looking for entries from the public for homemade commercials to promote their new cheese product...

Most people when they think about veterans today tend to picture a stereotype of their grandfathers who fought in World War II or of their great-great-grandfathers who went off to war in World War I...

Smokey Bear and rangers from the Arkansas Forestry Commission paid a visit last week to third graders at Cedar Park Elementary School to promote their message of "only you can prevent forest fires." "We try to visit all of the area schools," said ranger Chris Stowers. "We talk about fire safety tips and also give them the basics on how to prevent forest fires."...

Virginia Nayrene Qualls, 73, of Sheridan died Monday, Nov. 3, 2008 at her home. She was born October 28, 1935 in Paragould to the late Grover and Maggie Smith Ward. On July 30, 1961, she married William R. Qualls in Trumann. Qualls was preceded in death by six brothers and one sister...

Geneva Elizabeth "Nannie" Robbins died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008 at the family residence in Trumann at the age of 87 years one month and 13 days. Robbins was born Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1921 in Lilbourn, MO the daughter of the late William Thomas and Beatrice McLaskey Hall. She met her beloved Jessie and they were married March 2, 1940...

Reba Vuncannon had gotten a lot of ideas over the years from a teacher's magazine called The Mailbox and used many of those ideas in her classroom. The magazine has been providing grade-specific ideas, activities and skill building exercises to educators across America for over 30 years...

The Trumann Chamber of Commerce will host the "Miss Poinsettia" Beauty Pageant on Nov. 15 at 5:30 p.m. in the Trumann High School Auditorium. There will be awards given for Beauty, Best Dressed, Stage Personality, Prettiest Eyes, Prettiest Smile, and Photogenic. The pageant is open to girls ages 0-18 and Boys ages 0-2...

DYESS - Willie Stegall still gets amused by all of the attention his little house gets. They come by the busloads from all over the world -- Australia, England, even as far away as Japan -- just to get a look at it and snap a picture of the place where county music legend Johnny Cash spent his youth...