Stories from Thursday, February 12, 2009

Bradley Palmer, 27, of Dyess died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009, at Trumann. Born Thursday, July 16, 1981 in Newport to David Lee Palmer and Sharon Ford Brooks, he was of the Pentecostal faith, a 2000 graduate of Rivercrest High School and an Army Veteran...

Gwendolyn "Diane" Loucks, 56, of Trumann died Feb. 7 at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro. Born June 18, 1952 in Blytheville, she was a CAN at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro and of the Pentecostal faith...

Lillian L. Howington English, 88, formerly of Lepanto, died at Powhattan Nursing Home on Feb. 5. She was born November 21, 1920 in Drew, Miss., the daughter of Harvey H. and Leonnie Brock Howington. She graduated from Lepanto High School and was Valedictorian of her class. ...

Daisy Lou Criddle, 72, of Lepanto died Friday, Feb. 6 at St. Bernards at Jonesboro. She is survived by her daughters, Peggy Wade of Lepanto and Judy Olive of St. Joseph, Tenn.; son, John CRIDDLE of San Antonio; four stepdaughters; three stepsons; sister, Elsie West of Lepanto; brother, Luther Joshlin of Gideon, Mo.; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren...

William Glen Cash, 71, of Trumann died Jan. 25 at his residence. He was born November 5, 1937 at Friendship. He was an auto salvage yard employee, a U.S. Marine and of Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by one son, Tony Cash and two brothers, Owen Cash and Dennie Cash...

The recent problems some of the President's nominees have had over taxes, started me thinking just how messed up our tax system is. Also, when it comes to taxes there really are two Americas. When you reach the point where the incoming Secretary of the Treasury can't file his income taxes correctly it's time to admit, finally, that our system of figuring income taxes is too complicated. ...

There are several symbols attached to Valentine's Day, which by the way is this Saturday, Feb. 14. The most commonly attached Valentine's Day Symbols include roses, hearts, Cupid, lovebirds and doves. Each of these Valentine's Day Symbols has an interesting story...

It all happened about a week ago. I was looking in the mirror in the bathroom at work. You see, that mirror was crafted in the very pits of hell by Satan himself. The bathroom has a harsh, fluorescent light that shows every single freckle, pimple, wrinkle and hair out of place...

Leaving the devastation in and surrounding their home from the ice storm two weeks ago, Marmaduke came to Marked Tree Friday night and left both senior squads equally devastated. Greyhounds 71, Indians 47 Six minutes into the game, Friday night, it was clear that the Indians were going to have to make a miraculous recovery to defeat the Greyhounds. The reason was that the visitors had already bombed the Indians, 22-2, with 1:19 remaining in the first quarter...

The Rockets and Warriors split their four games along the lines of gender last Friday night at Turrell, the girls winning for EPC while the boys fell a little short. Rockets 63, Warriors 56 "We played good enough to be in both games, but not good enough to win either one," said coach Josh Hill of the Warriors losing effort against Turrell Friday night. ...

The East Poinsett County school board members heard several updates from the principals about the upcoming benchmark tests. "We're not completely prepared, but we at least have a grip on it," said Elementary principal, Jacinda Prince. Nancy Myers came up with an easy system for the students to learn what they would be tested on, on the benchmarks. They call this system the T-Chart...

Marked Tree High School Principal Annesa Thompson said when she found out that the high school had been named one of the best schools in the United States, she wasn't really surprised. After all, she, the teachers and the students had been working toward just that sort of recognition for a long time...

The Marked Tree City Council addressed the issue of a dog pounds again Monday night for the third consecutive meeting. The regularly scheduled meeting came on the heels of a special meeting last Thursday when the council met to hear from citizens about the issue...

There's a new police chief in town. John Wayne Davis of Trumann has great expectations for the community of Lepanto. "I really want to work with the youth and do some school programs about drugs," Davis said. "I also love to work with children that need a big brother."...

There is a bumper sticker which reads "I was a millionaire once. Then my mother threw away my baseball cards." I'm sure there are a few of you out there who were millionaires once, especially those who collected baseball cards in the 1950s and 1960s...

There are several symbols attached to Valentine's Day, which by the way is this Saturday, Feb. 14. The most commonly attached Valentine's Day Symbols include roses, hearts, Cupid, lovebirds and doves. Each of these Valentine's Day Symbols has an interesting story...

It all happened about a week ago. I was looking in the mirror in the bathroom at work. You see, that mirror was crafted in the very pits of hell by Satan himself. The bathroom has a harsh, fluorescent light that shows every single freckle, pimple, wrinkle and hair out of place...

Laura Denise Smith, 48 of Trumann, died Friday, Feb. 6, 2009 at St. Bernard's Medical Center. She was born in San Antonio, Texas, had lived in Trumann since 1978 and was formerly of Maynard. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. Smith was preceded in death by her parents, Jack and Earlene Reeves Pennington...

Gwendolyn "Diane" Loucks, 56, of Trumann died Feb. 7 at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro. Born June 18, 1952 in Blytheville, she was a CAN at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro and of the Pentecostal faith...

William Glen Cash, 71, of Trumann died Jan. 25 at his residence. He was born November 5, 1937 at Friendship. He was an auto salvage yard employee, a U.S. Marine and of Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by one son, Tony Cash and two brothers, Owen Cash and Dennie Cash...

Anna Jean Glover was born on Sunday, Oct. 9, 1960, daughter of David Earl and Onita Mitchell Young. Glover died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, at the age of 48 years 3 months and 25 days. ...

The Wildkittens held Newport to only two points in each of the last three quarters breezing by the Greyhounds in a 32-17 home win on Friday...

Close has been the name of the game all season long for the Lady Kittens. Playing its fourth game in five nights, Trumann managed to hold on against Highland for a 29-26 win Friday to ensure a winning season...

Down 26-11 at halftime, the Lady Wildcats (10-14, 5-9 4A-3) trimmed the lead to single digits against Highland Friday night. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to dig them out of an early hole they had dug themselves into, falling to the Lady Rebels, 48-40 in conference play...

Trumann let an 11 point advantage at halftime get away as Newport rallied from a 29-18 deficit to slip past the Wildcats 57-54 in senior boy's basketball action Friday. "I thought we played real well in the first half," coach Skip Dulaney said. "Then it seemed like we got overconfident and let down some. We have to play four quarters and we did not do that."...

County officials estimate it could take about $1 million to clean up county roads after a recent ice storm downed trees and limbs and has left some county residents still without power...

On Thursday, Feb. 5 Representative "Buddy" Lovell, assisted by Johnny Rye, Jr., Assessor of Poinsett County/Association of Arkansas Counties worked within the Revenue and Taxation Committee, of the Arkansas General Assembly, to successfully begin the process of two of three assessment bills. ...

Major Jerry Lynch has had to learn a lot of acronyms over the years during his military career. The Army, like every other branch of the armed forces, has an acronym for just about everything, including the very program he teaches -- ROTC. But lately, Lynch is all about HOFNOD...

Trumann is losing about half of the water it pumps to leaks and faulty water meters. Water Works manager Scotty Jones said a recent water study showed that the city pumped 74 million gallons but only got paid for 42 million gallons...

Democrat News Staff The city has established a burn site at the new waste water treatment plant/Police Firing Range on Highway 69 for residents wishing to haul off downed tree limbs and other debris from the recent ice storm...