Stories from Wednesday, July 13, 2005

The Tri-County All-Stars 13-14 team, representing Rector, Marmaduke, Piggott, Walnut Ridge and Corning, won the Little League Junior Division District Four championship this past weekend in Blytheville. With the win, the team will advance to the state tournament held in Hope this weekend...

Plans for widening Sikes Road and West Allen Drive were the focus of a lengthy discussion at the Rector City Council meeting Monday evening. Mayor Ron Kemp, aldermen Cam Cate, Mac Manchester, David Freeman and Glenn Leach, recorder-treasurer Lowell McKenney, city attorney Carla Powell and city superintendent Todd Watson were in attendance...

Emergency teams were called to an accident Monday just north of Greenway on Highway 49 in which a Rector man was injured. Bill Martin of Rector suffered a broken hip and cuts to both arms after the Lincoln Town Car he was driving was struck by a semi-trailer...

There were an additional 20 School Choice applicants approved during Monday's monthly Marmaduke School Board meeting. There will be 51 students from other districts attending school at Marmaduke when classes begin. "We're very excited to have students come in from other districts," Marmaduke superintendent Debbie Smith said. "We're looking forward to providing an excellent education for those students, as well as the ones that live in the district."...

Second Judicial District Pros. Atty. Brent Davis told the Democrat Tuesday that no criminal charges will be filed based upon information recently received in his office concerning the method of paying substitute bus drivers in the Marmaduke School District...

Vandals struck large portions of Rector High School on Thursday, July 8. According to Rector police chief Tommy Baker, three juveniles are responsible for the incident and were arrested and charged. Baker said he received a complaint from superintendent Rob Louder early in the morning hours...

Carolyn Hollis made a hole in one on the 7th hole at Piggott's Sugar Creek Country Club on Thursday, June 23, during the weekly Mixed Pairs Thursday Night Tournament. The "shot of a lifetime" for golfers was Hollis' first ace during her 20 years of playing golf. She used her 9 wood to accomplish the feat...

The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville is a long way from Piggott High School, but former Lady Mohawk Laura Jardeen hit the court there recently in the Arkansas All-Star Volleyball Game. The event took place June 20-22. During the first two days, the members were divided into two teams, East and West. Jardeen was a member of the East team. Each team practiced twice a day for the initial two days before the big game on the final day...

The Tri-County All-Stars 13-14 team, representing Rector, Marmaduke, Piggott, Walnut Ridge and Corning, won the Little League Junior Division District Four championship this past weekend in Blytheville. With the win, the team will advance to the state tournament held in Hope this weekend...

Winford P. Sims, 75, of Piggott died Monday, July 10, 2005, at his residence. He was born May 13, 1930, in Georgiana, Ala., the son of the late Leonard J. and Sadie Louise Pierce Sims. He was united in marriage to Dallace L. Ruckman on Sept. 30, 1981...

The annual St. Francis Picnic will be held on Saturday, July 16, at the picnic grounds in St. Francis. The schedule of events will be as follows: -- 9:45 a.m. - The welcome address will be presented by Randy Dalton, Pastor of Student Ministries at Piggott First General Baptist Church...

The Piggott Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee is proposing the purchase of banner flags as part of its efforts to update the downtown area. The proposed banners were designed by Street Decor Inc. of Reno, Nev., according to Chamber secretary Lora Winberry. The project will rely on voluntary contributions from area merchants, Chamber members, local residents or any other persons who would like to see the beauty of downtown Piggott enhanced...

The Piggott School Board approved the Piggott State Bank report during a meeting held on Monday, July 11. Christina Massey, assistant vice president of Piggott State Bank, attended the school Board meeting. She presented the Board with copies of the school's bank report. ...