Stories from Friday, August 28, 2009

When Terri Kane was a college student at ASU starting her criminology studies with an eye to law school, she had no idea that in the fall of 2009, she would be teaching high school math, including advanced placement calculus, at Marked Tree High School...

Every year I look forward to reading U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" edition. This venerable publication for years was considered the gold standard. If you were a college dean you wanted to make sure your school was on the right end of the right lists...

For those of you who know me, I am what my grandpa called a "worry-wart." (I take after my mother.) It is hard to switch off the stress levels especially with the summer my family has experienced. My mother just completed her second round in the hospital, this time with a pulmonary embolism...

(Editor's note: This is part two of my series explaining some of the basics of our newspaper and why we do things the way we do. E-mail any questions you have to poinsettdteditor@centurytel.net to have them answered in a future column.)...

When EPC's Brian Weathers started the year, he had his hands full being Dean of Students, head baseball coach and head junior high football coach. Add to that a bus route every day and his beginning to go for his master's degree...

When Christine Speakman moved to Trumann from Pocahontas she wondered if she would be able to find a job. Fortunately, she was able to find a position with the city thanks to the help of Experience Works, a jobs program for low income people over age 55...

The meeting began as Josh Martin, advertising consultant of the Democrat Tribune, gave a brief presentation about the recently formed Poinsett County Democrat Tribune. Martin informed the chamber that the Tri-City Tribune and Trumann Democrat newspaper merged in July to become a Poinsett County wide newspaper. ...

TYRONZA -- Gary Don Crow, 51, of Tyronza died on Aug. 20. He was born September 15, 1957 at Charleston, S.C. Crow was a truck driver and a member of the Pentecostal faith. He is survived by his parents, Henry C. ...

LEPANTO -- James Woodrow "Sonnie" Kirk, 76, of Lepanto died Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, in Springhill Baptist Hospital in North Little Rock. He was of the Baptist faith and was preceded in death by parents, Woodrow Wilson and Mildred Bell Kirk;...

Trumann Mayor Sheila Walters says she expects to meet with the property owners soon to formally purchase land needed to build a retention pond to alleviate flooding issues along Mulberry Street...

I'm sure people get tired of hearing about the "good 'ole days." I know I've spoken about them a number of times in this space. But as a person gets older they tend to see things which make them realize that people and situations were better then, or were better handled in days gone by...