Stories from Thursday, February 3, 2005

Residents of the Rector area were invited to attend a town meeting-style discussion with State Sen. Tim Wooldridge this past Friday morning at the Community Center. The informal event allowed for a more personal exchange of political ideas and viewpoints...

The Clay Conservation District Board Chairman, Richard Simmons, encourages all Clay County land users that divert water for irrigation of agricultural crops to report water usage by Feb. 28, 2005. "In the past, we have been granted some leniency as to the deadline requirement," said Simmons. This year the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission has established Feb. 28, as the last day to register water use without being declared delinquent...

LITTLE ROCK -- The Arkansas Department of Health's Stamp Out Smoking (SOS) Campaign is distributing www.stampoutsmoking.com kits to promote its newly redesigned website to select schools in the state, including Rector High School. Gov. Mike Huckabee, with the help of famed boxer and Arkansas native Jermain Taylor, kicked off a statewide launch in 75 Arkansas high schools for the new website on Wednesday, Jan. ...

Jade Brinkley scored all 14 of the Lady Greyhounds' points in the fourth quarter, as Marmaduke held on to win Thursday against the visiting Lady Cougars, 42-37. Brinkley went 6-6 from the free throw line in the final minute, keeping the Lady Hounds one step ahead late in the game...

The Lady Hounds visited the Lady Mustangs of Buffalo Island Central on Monday. Marmaduke hung with the strong team on the night, falling 50-44. BIC held a lead at each break -- 14-4, 32-25 and 43-36. The Lady Hounds rallied back from a double-digit deficit after the initial period, and nipped at the home team's heels for the remainder of the game...

It was a close, hard-fought battle between Rector and Marmaduke this past Thursday. Marmaduke, the home team, emerged victorious, 59-54. Nathan Wyatt of Rector sank two from the line with 1:30 remaining in the fourth quarter to tie the Cougars and the Greyhounds at 53...

Applications are now being evaluated for The Ten Star All Star Summer Basketball Camp. The camp is by invitation only. Boys and girls ages 10-19 are eligible to apply. Past participants include Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, Vince Carter, Jerry Stackhouse, Grant Hill and Antawn Jamison. Players from 50 states and 17 foreign countries attended the 2004 camp...

The Cougars played host to the Bay Yellowjackets on Tuesday, Jan. 25. Rector was downed 58-49 in the contest. Bay led throughout, finishing ahead after each quarter -- 15-9, 27-19 and 44-29. The Cougars battled back from a 15-point defecit entering the fourth quarter, scoring 20 in the period and cutting the game to single digits. Rector scored more in the final quarter than they did the entire first half...