Stories from Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Piggott residents will pay a slightly higher fee for garbage collection next year. The City Council unanimously approved an agreement Monday night with Delta Disposal, Inc. at the monthly utilities meeting. Aldermen agreed to three changes in the agreement before...

The Piggott Lady Mohawks defeated a short-handed Manila team Thursday night 68-61 evening their season record to 2-2. Manila, with only seven team members, surprised Piggott and burst out to a 17-15 lead at the end of the first quarter until the Lady Mohawks settled down and regrouped for the second period to take a 34-32 lead at the half...

The Piggott tennis program, after completing its first season as a fall sport after having had their seasons played hastily during the busy spring months, has once again proved to be a highlight to the Piggott High School athletics program. This year, Piggott hosted their first-ever state tournament as PHS tennis head coach Paul Seegraves oversaw the entire AAA stae tournament event held mid-October at Ridge Pointe Country Club in Jonesboro -- garnering much praise from high school tennis coaches from across the state.. ...

The Piggott Mohawk basketball team won their first game of the season in grand style Saturday evening by defeated the Rector Cougars, 61-38, in the first round of the annual Clay County Tournament advancing to Tuesday night's championship game against Corning...

Lemuel R. Williams, 84, of Biloxi, Miss., died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003, in Biloxi, Miss. Mr. Williams was born and raised in Piggott and retired in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He was a worthy patron of the Eastern Star Gulfport Chapter; a member of the Bay Vista Baptist Church in Biloxi; a Mason with East Lodge 504, Fairview Heights, Ill.; and he was a Shriner...

Garland White, 73, of Kennett, died Thursday, Nov. 6, 2003, at Conway Regional Medical Center in Conway, Ark. Born May 11, 1930, he was a son of the late Millard Boyd and Obie Mae Dugger White. On June 15, 1990, he married JoAnn McNelly Poe who survives...

William Elbert Kisner, 83, of St. Louis, died Nov. 10 at Amber Nursing Home in Festus, Mo. He was born Aug. 29, 1920, at Pollard. Mr. Kisner served in the Army during World War II. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jesse and Ora Belle Johnson Kisner; two brothers, James Kisner and Delmas Kisner; and one sister, Goldie Morgan...

As part of the celebration of American Education Week, the Piggott High School Parent Center sponsored "Bring Your parent to School Day" on Nov. 18. Parents were served coffee and donuts in the PHS Parent Center upon arriving on campus. All parents who wished to attend were required to pre-register for the event and let the school know which class they would like to visit...

When most people think of Ernest Hemingway, one of the nation's most important writers, they think of Key West, Cuba, maybe Spain and Africa, but not the Mid-South. However, Hemingway does have a local connection. He married into the Pfeiffer family of Piggott, a place least likely, in the very corner of Northeast Arkansas and just a few miles from the Missouri line. It would be his most productive period...

In an effort to raise additional funding for the 2004 version of Piggott's annual Super Cruise and Rod Run, Jeff Peace and the Piggott Super Cruise Group will be holding a fund-raising event on Saturday, Dec. 13 at the courtsquare. Dubbed "An American Blowout", a patriotically colored red, white, and blue jeep will be fired up at full throttle and will remain running at full throttle until the motor blows and quits running...

Barry Scott, superintendent of Piggott Public Schools, is one of 10 applicants under consideration to replace Danny Blalock as superintendent at Nettleton. Blalock announced at the Nov. 4 Nettleton school board meeting that he will retire at the end of the current school year. The school district advertised the opening and recently released the names of applicants who will be interviewed...

Monday evening, at the Clay County Tournament in Rector, the no. two seeded Piggott jr. Lady Mohawks beat the no. three seeded Corning jr. Lady Bobcats 55-41. Both teams used the same style of play as they both liked to push the ball up the floor on offense and press on defense. The jr. Mohawks were a little better at this brand of basketball and they were up 17-13 at the end of one quarter and led 29-25 at halftime...