Stories from Wednesday, January 26, 2005

The fourth annual Visual and Performing Arts Festival will be hosted by the Northeast Arkansas Educational Cooperative at Walnut Ridge beginning at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, at the Co-op, 211 West Hickory. Students in the co-op area, including Clay, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph and Sharp counties, will showcase more than 120 art exhibits and present musical and theatrical performances...

Haley Harmon finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds in the Lady Cougars' home win over the Riverside Lady Rebels, 57-39. Rector jumped out to a 9-0 lead and was ahead throughout, posting 17-5, 25-9 and 40-23 quarter margins. "I thought we played well," Rector coach Matt Rabjohn said. ...

The Lady Greyhounds of Marmaduke topped the Walnut Ridge Lady Bobcats, 53-34, in action this past Monday. The Lady Hounds led the entire game -- 11-6, 23-14 and 35-24. Lindsey Hickson had a dynamite performance for the visiting Marmaduke squad, going off for 31 points. Hickson drained seven three-pointers on the evening. Walnut Ridge had no answer, scoring just three points more than Hickson as a team...

The Buffalo Island Central Mustangs picked up the win over the hosting Greyhounds of Marmaduke last Friday, prevailing 75-43. "They anticipate everything so well," Marmaduke coach Steve Richey said. "They cover a lot of space out there. They make your guards make decisions. Sometimes our decision-making is not real good."...

Lauren Hickson nailed a turnaround jumper from the right block at the buzzer to dash the victory hopes of the Lady Cougars as they hosted Piggott last Thursday. Hickson's bucket set the final score at 53-52, stunning the home team and crowd. Abbe' McCarroll sank a three-pointer from the right wing to put Rector up, 50-49, with 32 seconds remaining in the contest. ...

Charlene Kennedy, 87, of Rector died Monday, Jan. 24, 2005, at Johnson Regional Medical Center in Clarksville. She was born Nov. 27, 1917, in Greene County to the late James Christopher and Eva Jane (Meredith) Kennedy and was married March 3, 1943, in Paragould to Henry Ford Kennedy, who survives...

Maudine Sinko Tanner, 90, of Flintstone, Ga., formerly of Rector, died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005. She was born Dec. 25, 1914, in Rector to the late James Walter and Mary Elizabeth Hargrave Sinko. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Sharon Elizabeth Boyd; son-in-law, Carl Boyd; three brothers, Charlie Sinko, Walter Leslie Sinko and Cecil Lee Sinko, and five sisters, Nancy Jane Wills, Julia Huckabay, Verna Sinko, Margie Alice Livesay and Gladys Imogene Greenwood...

Herman H. Burton, 80, of Coulterville, Ill., formerly of Rector, died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005, in the Sparta Community Hospital at Sparta, Ill. He was born Feb. 9, 1924, in Steele, Mo., to the late Sam and Viola (Ettington) Burton and was married March 18, 1947, in Piggott to Wanda Eagle, who survives...

Dorothy Sue Parham Price, 94, of Paragould, formerly of Piggott, died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005, in the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born Jan. 4, 1911, in Friendship, Tenn., the daughter of the late W.L. and Ethel May Reid Morris...

Naomi Elizabeth Ezell-Fuller, 95, formerly of Piggott, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005, in New Braunfels, Texas. She was a homemaker and helped in the family farming business. She was of the Baptist belief. She was preceded in death by three husbands, Virgil Scarbrough, Ed Ezell and Tim Fuller; three sons, Homer Scarbrough, Lee Scarbrough and Archie Dee Ezell; four sisters; and four brothers...

Should problems arise at the Marmaduke high school or elementary, the old adage, "There's never a cop around when you need one," can be thrown out the window. Marmaduke School District has the benefit of having their own Student Resource Officer on site...

Marmaduke High School will host the Arkansas Arts Center's Artmobile from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Jan. 27 and 28. The Artmobile, a 40-plus foot mobile gallery displaying original works of art, will feature a permanent collection established as a memorial tour honoring the late Jeannette Rockefeller, former First Lady of Arkansas and an ardent supporter of the arts...

The Rector Lions Club was commended for its good record in community service by Lions district governor Pat Snodgrass of Jonesboro, guest speaker on Tuesday of last week at the Community Center. "The goal of the Lions Club is to do whatever is necessary to help those who can't help themselves and you are doing a good job," Snodgrass told the local Lions...

The Rector Elementary Gifted and Talented program held its annual Economics Business Fair in the multi-purpose room of the elementary building this past Wednesday. The event has been held each of the past 14 years. It was estimated that over 900 people from the school and community visited the fair...

The Cougars trailed all night, but made a run late to put the pressure on the visiting Bobcats from Walnut Ridge in action last Friday. Rector fell, 50-46, in the contest. Walnut Ridge led 14-7, 24-16 and 37-28 after the first three breaks in action...