Stories from Wednesday, December 12, 2001

A brigade of United States flags, carried by area youth, will honor America as part of Rector's fifth annual Christmas parade, set to begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, in downtown Rector. Purchased by the Rector Area Chamber of Commerce in a project a decade ago, the flags usually are seen lining Rector's Main Street and Highway 49 for holidays and other special events. The flags are erected and have been cared for by members of Rector Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10480...

The Marmaduke Lady Greyhounds used a 19-5 first quarter lead as an early 14-point cushion Monday to defeat the Corning Lady Bobcats and win their 17th game of season. Beth Grigsby led Marmaduke with 14 points. Lauren Wright added 11 with Brooke Grigsby tossing in ten...

The Piggott Mohawk vs. Rector Cougar basketball game which was postponed from the first week of the season has been rescheduled for Tuesday night, December 18. The game will be held in Rector.

The Rector Lady Cougars picked up their first win of the year last Monday night with a 42-35 win over the visiting Campbell Lady Camels. The Rector girls led 12-7 after one quarter, 18-15 at the intermission and 27-21 heading into the final frame. "They were a big team," Lady Cougar head coach Shane Robinson said. ...

Rector head coach Tony Davis hit the nail on the head last week as he commented on traveling to Leachville to face the Buffalo Island Mustangs. "It's a very hard place to go and get a win," he said. Coach Davis wasn't reading tea leaves or fortune cookie messages when he made the statement, he was talking from experience. Davis and the Rector Cougars have only defeated the Mustangs on their home court once in the past five years, and last Friday night was not the night...

Annie O. Lucius, 94, of the Paragould Nursing Center, formerly of Rector, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2001, at Paragould Nursing Center. Mrs. Lucius was born Dec. 22, 1906, to the late James Frances Reese and Lurinnie Fielder Reese and was married Jan. 31, 1925, in Chickasaw County, Miss., to Joe Thomas Lucius, who preceded her in death in 1986. She was a homemaker and a member of the Cappadocia General Baptist Church...

Timothy David Mode, 29, of 302 East Allen Drive, Rector, died Friday, Nov. 30, 2001, in a car accident near Marmaduke. A member of the Church of Christ, he was born Feb. 25, 1972, in Paragould and was employed at Kelly Electric in Kennett, Mo. Survivors include his father, Glen Eldon Mode, and mother, Diane Mode, of Greenway; companion, Stacy Colcord of Rector; two sons, Timothy Mason Mode and Blaine Colcord of Rector; one daughter, Kiley Shayna Mode of Bartlett, Tenn.; two brothers, Victor Mode of Kennett and Thomas Mode of Little Rock, and his grandmother, Margie Gatewood of Rector.. ...

Rector EMT Gerald Speer has always been in service to his country or his community. He was in the National Guard for 33 years before retiring in 1998. He also began working part-time 22 years ago for the Rector Ambulance Service, and became full-time last year...

A Rector-area couple were eyewitnesses to history last week as they attended the groundbreaking for the proposed Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock. Richard and Shirley Simmons were among the invitation-only guests, who attended the special ceremony Wednesday...

The Rector School Board on Monday night unanimously approved a refunding plan on the district's debt that will result in a savings of $123,692 over the life of the bonds. All board members -- Dale Vangilder, Gregg Sain, Tom Johnson, Allen Earls and James Turner -- were present...

A worker assistance workshop for dislocated employees of Rector Sportswear will be held Thursday at the Rector Community Center. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the workshop will be held from 8:45 to 11:45. Benjamin F. Davis will be project director for the workshop...

Homecoming set for Friday Friday night is Homecoming for Rector High School. The Cougars will be taking on the Riverside Rebels. Festivities will be held between the junior and senior high games. Arkansas Tech camp slated Arkansas Tech University has announced plans for its annual Winter Baseball Camp for grades 4-12 to be held December 26-28.Cost for the three-day camp will be $75 to attend either the pitching/catching or the hitting session, or a combination package of $125 to attend both. ...