Stories from Thursday, July 29, 2010

After over a decade of serving Northern Jonesboro, CityYouth Ministries has begun to branch out into Northeast Arkansas. Rennell Woods, director of CityYouth Ministries in Jonesboro, spoke to Trumann's Rotary Club on July 15. Woods said he approached Trumann Mayor Sheila Walters at the beginning of the summer. He had the idea to serve meals to those in need in the community...

Marked Tree Superintendent Annesa Thompson will continue holding the purse strings tight during the 2010-11 school year. Last school year, Marked Tree Schools had $173,000 less to work with than the year before. When asked how she did it, Thompson said, "We did a lot better than we expected. We held the purse strings very tight."...

The Marked Tree Delta Area Museum contains not only the history of Marked Tree, but of the Delta as well. Zack Tucker, who volunteers at the museum, was the guest speaker at the July 21 meeting of the Trumann Lions Club. The museum covers 2,000 years of civilization in the Arkansas Delta, according to Tucker. ...

There is just over a week left for folks to buy tickets for Rector's third annual concert featuring five of America's top gospel and bluegrass artists. It will be a night that all in attendance will be sure to remember for a long time...

As I watched Good Morning America this morning, I was shocked to see that the southern states were declared the 'laziest' states in America. Well...Louisiana was dubbed the laziest, Mississippi came in second and Arkansas fell in third. According to Businessweek, they did a poll on what are the laziest states in America and these three states ranked at the top of the list...

Remember how we all laughed when Hillary blamed Bill's Monica problem on a vast right wing conspiracy? Well, nobody is laughing now, especially not Shirley Sherrod. That's because there really is a vast right wing conspiracy, and Ms. Sherrod came very close to being it's latest victim...

TRUMANN- Mr. Donald Dean "Duck" Walton Sr., 67, of Mammoth Springs, Ark., formerly of Trumann, died Thursday, July 22, 2010 at Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark. Mr. Walton was born in Trumann and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann before moving to Mammoth Springs 11 years ago. He was a retired farmer and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Walton was preceded in death by his father, John Dean Walton...

At a ceremony held May 29, at Universal Studios in Orlando Florida, Will Craft, a Westside High School Student Athlete was inducted into the World Head of Family Sokeship Council's International Martial Arts Hall of Fame. ...