Photos in the news in March

March 27, 2009

A Texas family avoided serious injury when their airplane ran off the runway at Piggott airport. The pilot (with back to camera) talks about the incident with Sam Williams of the Piggott Police Department.
The plane, flown by Joseph C. Casey, 41, sits just 194 feet shy of the end of the 2,550 foot Piggott runway.
Later a boom truck from Solis Grain Bins was called-in to help extract the plane from the ditch.
How do you lift a million dollar airplane from a ditch? Very carefully.
In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday The Cat in the Hat visited Piggott Elementary School accompanied by Thing One and Thing Two.
Early March also brought what should be the final snowfall of the season.
Sue and Alyssa show off their late winter snowman.
The fields lay quietly awaiting the arrival of the spring planting season.
The PHS class of 1985 dedicated a plaque and tree at Heritage Park to Richard Jorman earlier this month. His family is shown here on the fishing pier at the park.
The Mohawk baseball team boards the bus for a road game in mid-March.
Lambert Williams has blood drawn by Jodi Brown at the Clay County Health Coalition health fair at the Piggott Community Center.
Normadene Lankford cuts her retirement cake Tuesday, March 24 at the Wise Company in Piggott. Lankford worked for both Brown Shoe and Wise in the 55 years she spent in the building, and retired just a few days shy of her 80th birthday.
Students in Carol Keys class at PES wait patiently as instructed while their teacher posed for the "Proudest Kid in Piggott" photo.
The Piggott Lions Club honored Lloyd Russell and Dr. G.S. "Gary" Dehls at a recent meeting at the Sugar Creek Country Club. Russell was a founding member of the club, and Dehls has been a member almost continuesly since 1959.
The old oak tree in front of the Clay County courthouse was cut down due to damage from the ice storm. This photo shows how an infestation helped lead to the tree's downfall.
An effort is currently underway to replace this flag pole, in front of the Piggott courthouse, with a new 40-foot pole.
Josh Small (center) was named King at the PHS Sadie Hawkins Day for 2009.