Stories from Thursday, August 1, 2019

Poinsett County Junior 4-H Shooting Sports team competed in the Junior 4-H State Shooting Sports Championship recently at the C.A. Vines Center in Ferndale. The Junior Team, consisting of Ethan Wark, Caleb Farmer, James Dunman and Chase Hendrix, placed first overall in archery, second overall in shotgun and third overall in hunting skills. ...

Trumann's Kody Redman takes back to back golf championships.

Lady Wildcats play at Brookland Team Camp.

Trumann head volleyball coach Kayla Malcom enters her second year at the helm of the Trumann volleyball program and is looking for good things this season. Malcom is a 2014 graduate of Marion High School and a 2018 graduate of Williams Baptist College. ...

Individuals who would like to have their pressure canners tested can do so on Wednesday, August 7 and Thursday, August 8 at the Poinsett County Extension office, 302 North Main Street in Harrisburg. Testing will be done between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. according to Debbie DeRossitte, Poinsett County Extension Agent – Family and Consumer Sciences...

Harrisburg head volleyball coach Chastan Carpino enters her fifth year at the helm of the Lady Hornets volleyball teams. Carpino is also the head softball coach. A 2003 graduate of Paragould High School, Carpino earned her degree from Arkansas State University in 2008. ...

Lucky 13 Extension Homemakers Club of Harrisburg donated 50 “chemo turbans’ to HopeCircle at NEA Baptist’s Fowler Family Center for Cancer Care in Jonesboro. These turbans are made from gently used t-shirts and are soft to heads tender from hair loss due to chemotherapy or disease. ...

Members of Lucky 13 Extension Homemakers Club of Harrisburg recently visited the Poinsett County Health Department. While there they presented Nurse Linda Martin with 79 “Shot Bears”. These little bears were made with love by club members and will be used to help children when they come for back-to-school and routine immunizations. The bears will be used to show children where the shots will be given, act as a distraction while shots are given and go home with them as a reward...

Do you have a centipede or millipede problem? We have received several calls this summer about a centipede and millipede infestation, both inside and outside. If millipedes or centipedes are occurring in great numbers indoors, it is usually an indication that there is a large population in the area surrounding the home. ...

Commodity distribution for Poinsett County has been set for Wednesday, August 7 from 9 am to noon or until the food supply is gone. There will be three locations to choose from: Marked Tree Fire Station, 102 Liberty, Trumann Sports Complex, 16179 Pecan Grove Road and Weiner City Hall, 123 W. 2nd Street. Food is distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Bring photo identification. For more information call the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas at 870-932-3663...

Harrisburg Rotary Club names Elaine Nix 2018 Outstanding Rotarian.

Harrisburg football coach Aaron Thornton was the guest speaker at the Harrisburg Rotary Club's meeting last Thursday at Mel's Steaks in Harrisburg. Thornton gave up an update on the football field. “I appreciate y'all having me back again to talk about the new turf field going in at the football stadium, Thornton said in opening. Thornton said some problems with the dirt and then the hurricane like rains stopped work for a few days but things are back to normal and work is going smoothly...

Carin McClung, Trumann Museum, was the guest speaker at the Trumann Lions Club's weekly meeting last Wednesday at the Old Community House in Trumann. McClung is a Trumann graduate and is a past president of the Trumann Lions Club. About two years ago, McClung went to Mayor Barbara Lewallen and said she had been in the museum and it was a mess and that she wanted to clean it up. ...