Stories from Wednesday, March 24, 2010

It's really refreshing to see the Republicans reverting to their old ways. After eight years of spending money like the world was going to end the next day, they are back to their old penny pinching ways...

The average family tosses out more than $1000 worth of groceries a year. There is no need for this if you know the proper way to handle food. Keep a clean dry sponge in your crisper and produce will last longer. Mold forms when fruits & vegetables are exposed to moisture but a dry sponge will absorb the excess moisture...

I really didn't have anything important to write about this week. I mean nothing is really happening other than mundane things like healthcare voting and the NCAA basketball tournament. Baseball, at least major league baseball, isn't going yet and it really doesn't get interesting until about September...

Marked Tree's baseball Indians made the most of errors to defeat the Harrisburg Hornets, 10-2. Harrisburg Coach Josh Driscoll said his Hornet's made costly errors and got down on their selves in the loss...

East Poinsett County's Hailey Shankle signed a letter of intent this week to play softball for Dyersburg State Community College. Randy Hulme, head coach of the DSCC Lady Eagles softball program, is very excited to bring Shankle on board...

On their first visit to Batesville, the Trumann Lady Wildcats found just the right formula for an Orange Crush Classic championship...

Jackie Wayne Bryan, 62, of Lepanto, died Tuesday, March 16, 2010, in the V.A. Hospital in Memphis. He was a Vietnam Marine Veteran and was preceded in death by his parents, Cliff and Katie Bryan and one brother...

Silas Faith Stiles was born into Heaven on March 15, 2010, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. She is survived by her parents Chris & April Bibbs Stiles of Lepanto; her sisters, Riley Grace Stiles and Noah Blaire Stiles, of the home; and her grandparents, Jerry Don & Kathy Stiles, Jerry Bibbs, and Dona Easley...

David Allen Talbot, 57, of Falling Waters died Friday, March 19, 2010 at his home. Born June 15, 1952 in Trumann he was the son of the late James Allen and Juanita Terry Talbot. David was a graduate of Trumann High School and Arkansas State University...

Bobby Wren, 74, of Trumann, died Saturday, Mar. 13 at the home of his daughter and son-in-law. He was born June 30, 1935, to Monroe and Mary (Frost) Wren. He was an avid deer hunter. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Joann Ryals and Wanda Walton. Wren is survived by his children, Shane, Bewana, Lisa, Clarissa, Tiffany and Brandon; 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren...

David Burnett was in Trumann Monday campaigning for the District 15 State Senate seat. Burnett, a retired Circuit Judge and a former 2nd Judicial District Prosecutor, is going up against Blytheville Mayor Barrett Harrison...

The Lepanto City Council members discussed future annexations, among other things, at last Tuesday night's monthly meeting. "I have talked with several people who wanted to be annexed to be able to receive city sewage," said Mayor Kevin Wright. "There is money available for this, but the property would already have to be to applied (for)."...

Boston Butts are on sale to benefit Lindsay Ainsworth. In 2003, Ainsworth, 27, was rushed to the emergency room after a severe asthma attack. During her hospital stay, she learned she was suffering from kidney failure. In 2008, she began 14 months of dialysis before she was finally diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus, an autoimmune disorder affecting her kidneys. ...

Taking advantage of their trip to Washington D.C. for the Annual National League of Cities conference, Trumann Mayor Sheila Walters and three other Trumann city and municipal officials took that opportunity to make a pitch for additional funding for the city...