Stories from Thursday, September 27, 2012

Jimmy Gazaway and David Boling, deputy prosecuting attorneys, Second Judicial District for Poinsett County, were the guest speakers at the Trumann Lions Club meeting Sept. 19. Gazaway has been a deputy prosecuting attorney since 2008. He is a Paragould native and owns a private practice there. Gazaway has also been the city attorney for Trumann, Harrisburg and Weiner since 2009 and for Lepanto since 2010...

Trumann High School FFA students left the classroom and took to the fields last week. They trekked out across a soybean field on Wayne Gairhan's farm as part of a field study to learn about Monsanto's Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield trait. "We're helping with a field study for Monsanto to try to get a count of four to five bean pods in the fields," said Trumann FFA teacher Adam Clairday. ...

The annual Marked Tree Delta Cotton Pickin' Jubilee is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 29. This is a schedule of events: 6 a.m. Pancake breakfast (Masonic Lodge). 7:30 a.m. Peggy Bankston Walk/Run registration. 8 a.m. Peggy Bankston Walk/Run (Marked Tree Rotary)...

The Lepanto City Council decided last Thursday to accept a bid from Dedman's Sanitation to handle the city's trash pick-up. The acceptance of the bid is subject to approval of a written contract, which the council will review during a special meeting this Friday...

The Three Rivers Healthcare and Rehabilitation center sponsored the Walk to End Alzheimer's on Saturday, Sept. 8, in light of September being Alzheimer's Awareness month. The walk was held at Arkansas State University's Student Union in Jonesboro. The Walk to End Alzheimer's supports the Alzheimer's Association's mission statement "To eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health." The organization is nonprofit, and the walk requires no registration fee. ...