Stories from Thursday, April 16, 2009

I don't know how they will do it, but I know that conservatives will find some way to criticize the rescue of the American being held by pirates. By the way, were you as surprised as I was to find out that pirates are still around?...

When Msr. Stacy Jones, then teaching at Osceola High School, was called last year to interview for a teaching job at MTHS, she went online to check out our school. She found the Newsweek Bronze award, a national educational achievement award and she was enthusiastic about coming to MTHS...

Back in November, I did a column on smart solutions, home remedies and frugal tips. I asked if any of you had any you would like to share, but I had no idea the response would be so great. I thought I would take this time to share a few more with you...

Everyone has those little triggers that make you passionately mad. Personally, I hate for someone to lie to me. I'm not talking about one of those lies about your weight or age. There are people who will look you in the eye and tell you something that's not true even though you both know they are lying. That, friends, makes me angry!...

In a heavily defensive game at Marked Tree, the Indians defeated the Thunderbirds of Cross County last Thursday 2-0 as the baseball quickly comes down to its final days. The only scoring for either team came in the bottom of the third as Michael Gray and T.J. Laster both scored to set the final margin...

The two top teams in the 2A-3, EPC (16-6, 7-1) from the south division and Marmaduke (11-4, 7-1) from the north division battled last Thursday at Lepanto with the Greyhounds coming out on top of a well fought game, 3-0...

The Lady Wildcats of Trumann evened the series with the Lady Indians (11-4, 7-1) last Thursday 1-1 as they hosted Marked Tree and came away with a 5-3 win. The two teams best pitchers, Trumann's Lacy Staten and Marked Tree's Hannah Ghant battled for seven innings with Staten taking the win by striking out 12 while walking three and giving up five hits...

The Marked Tree Lions Club met last Thursday and heard from coach Waylon Dunn about the Lady Indians softball team. Dunn, who is in his fifth year as the softball coach, has led his team to an 11-3 mark overall with a 7-1 record in the 2A-3 conference. This contrasts with a 6-15 overall and 1-3 conference mark when he first took over the Lady Indians in 2005...

The Marked Tree City Council met Monday night in regular session and spent most of their time going over the city financial and water statements with regard to specific line items...

Back in November, I did a column on smart solutions, home remedies and frugal tips. I asked if any of you had any you would like to share, but I had no idea the response would be so great. I thought I would take this time to share a few more with you...

Everyone has those little triggers that make you passionately mad. Personally, I hate for someone to lie to me. I'm not talking about one of those lies about your weight or age. There are people who will look you in the eye and tell you something that's not true even though you both know they are lying. That, friends, makes me angry!...

John W. Coleman, 61, of Jonesboro died on April 2, 2009 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. John was born at Erie, Pa., to Estes and Anne Mitcher Coleman on May 2, 1947. John was a member of the First Baptist Church, an insurance agent and banker...

David "Cap" Crawford, 60, of Trumann died Friday, April 10, 2009 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born in and lived in Trumann his entire lifetime. He was a retired factory worker and a Vietnam veteran of the United States Army and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Crawford was preceded in death by his parents, Joe Harold and Opal Adams Crawford, two brothers and one sister...

Lacy Staten struck out 12 batters as Trumann capitalized on some key bunts from the bottom of its batting order to set up enough scoring opportunities to gain a 5-3 win over Marked Tree in Trumann last Thursday...

Trumann used a strong pitching performance by Jarrett Prince to exact a little revenge against Walnut Ridge. Prince struck out eight and allowed just five hits to pitch the Wildcats past the Bobcats 4-2 in Trumann on April 10. "When he comes ready to pitch and is pitching good, we have a chance to beat anyone," coach Scott Brown said. "Walnut Ridge is a good club. They beat us 10-0 earlier in the year when we played probably the worst game we have played all year long."...

David Busby wishes everyone could spend just one hour hanging on a cross to see what Jesus went through. He's worried that in today's increasingly secularized society that the Cross and the sacrifice Jesus made for all mankind is getting lost during the Easter celebration...

Janelle Mavene Baker Ray was born in Jonesboro on Friday, Sept. 12, 1958, daughter of the late L. B. and Jimmy Doris Shirley Baker. Ray died Thursday, April 9, 2009, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 50 years 6 months and 28 days. She was a lifelong resident of Trumann...

Every business should be as lucky as RDM Cabinets. The local cabinet maker is expanding at a time when most companies are laying off workers. They are 35 truckloads behind schedule and have customers waiting to get their business once they can meet the demand for their products...

The Bank of Trumann will likely be keeping its name, at least for now, and customers will notice very little in the way of changes following the recent news that the bank has been acquired by Southern Bancorp...