A busy May

The PHS Swinging Mohawk Jazz Band at Magnolia Manor.

Vance Pearcy of Jonesboro began the process of refurbishing the Oshkosh b'Gosh sign on the Feather Your Nest building in early May. The building housed The Piggott Times from late 1974 to March, 2009. Prior to that it was the home of Cargill and Son's Furniture (at the Hotpoint sign) and as will be noted in the final product The Busy Bee.

There were two graduation ceremonies at Piggott High School. The first was held for Trent Edwards, as the lone senior on the Mohawk baseball team prepared to leave for the state tournament. School Board President Neil Morgan is shown congratulating the new grad.

The Mohawk baseball team got a send-off as they left for the state tournament, but returned the following day after their first round contest was rained-out.

As the month progressed so did work on the sign project.

A large crowd of people waited over an hour to ride the Operation Lifesaver/Union Pacific safety train and are shown here beginning to board.

This as to be the coolest way to ride a train, but only a few of these choice seats were available.

Inside the caboose that sits adjacent to the Piggott depot/visitor center.

Valedictorian Taylor Coomer enjoys a light moment with classmates prior to graduation of the PHS class of 2010.

Jared and the boys are ready to roll.

Wil Whaley did a great job with the class song.

Ellen Meadows (at the piano) and the PHS choir as they performed.

Foreign exchange student Mariya Faka as she takes part in graduation at PHS. Das is goot.

Heather Neeley and the other side of Ellen Meadows.

There were plenty of photo opportunities in the lobby following graduation.

Tim Wooldridge of Paragould made several stops in Piggott as he campaigned to replace Marion Berry in Congress. Here he's shown visiting with longtime family friend Trent Holcomb.

Meanwhile, on the opposite corner Bill Irby, Jr. (left) and Trent's dad, Larry Holcomb, stump for the former State Senator.

Memorial Day was marked at the Piggott Cemetery with more than 700 flags posted on the graves of veterans.

The Memorial Day wreath was placed by veteran Bob Byrd (center) and he was escorted by American Legion Commander John Harmon (left) and VFW Commander Joe Fowlkes.

The beautiful monument at the entrance of the Piggott Cemetery was completed by O.L. Mowery with the help of Emmett Crittenden in 1965.

The entrance to the original Lorance Cemetery on the southeast side of the Piggott Cemetery. Most accounts indicated that the first grave was that of the child a family passing through on the old Military Road, and that the girl was buried almost directly under the column on the right.

There was a big turnout for the Piggott Parks and Recreation Department's fishing rodeo at Heritage Park.

First time angler Alyssa Brooke tries out her new Spongebob Squarepants fishing pole at the fishing rodeo.

Vance Pearcy finished the sign project just in time for the annual car show. Oh yeah, there was a car show too..more photos to come soon!