Stories from Thursday, March 26, 2009

The problem of city residents leaving their trash containers at the curb, the retirement and rehiring of a city employee and the transmission of power into the city dominated discussion at Monday night's Piggott City Council meeting. The Council also handled the usual business matters and heard an update from Mayor Gerald Morris...

The Clay County Farm Service Agency County Committee has requested funding for the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) due to damage from the ice storm. ECP is not an "entitlement" program, so everyone who suffers a loss may not be entitled to a payment...

When the doors of the Wise Company factory in Piggott open Thursday morning, it will mark the first time in over 50 years that Normadene Lankford won't be at her sewing machine. Lankford actually also pre-dates the current occupants of the building, as she spent 33 years sewing for Brown Shoe Company prior to that company closing the doors of its operation. ...

Since taking the office of Clay County Sheriff at the start of the year, Gerald McClung has been hard at work making himself familiar with his new role and the responsibilities it carries...

Georgia Ann Cobb, 61, of Paragould died Thursday, March 19, 2009, at Elvis Presley Trauma Center in Memphis. She was a former employee of Darling Store Fixtures and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Richard and Eula (Smith) Cobb; a son, Sammy K. Huffman; a brother, Sam Cobb, and a sister, Mary Lou Gibbs...

Douglas Gary Lutzke, 72, of Springfield, Mo., died Friday, March 13, 2009, at St. John's Medical Center. He was born Aug. 15, 1936, in Albion, Mich., to William and Mary Juanita (Snyder) Lutzke. He was preceded in death by his father, William Lutzke, in April 2005...

Jackie Ray Scott Sr., 58, of Rector died Friday, March 20, 2009, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born June 12, 1950, in Amory, Miss., he was a factory worker and was of the Pentecostal faith...

I heard a tap tap tapping. It seemed to be coming from my workshop. I listened, thinking I was imagining it, but no, there was a tapping. My imagination sprang into action. Perhaps it was a leprechaun and just maybe the leprechaun was making a shoe. Maybe he was hammering a nail into a shoe...

1969 Over 70 local people attended a meeting 40 years ago last week with personnel from the Missouri Association of Migrant Opportunities Services of Kennett. The meeting concerned the possibility of starting an adult education program in the community. ...

The Piggott Mohawks won a pair of games in the past week, as they rallied for a non-conference win over the Marmaduke Greyhounds Tuesday then pounded the Hoxie Mustangs in a conference game Thursday. Monday afternoon the Tribe dropped an extra-inning game to the Tuckerman Bulldogs...

The Piggott Lady Mohawk softball team has gotten off to a rocky 1-3 start so far this season, as the Tribe looks to compete in the tough 3A-3 conference. The Mohawks began their season with a home loss to Tuckerman back on March 9, then dropped a double-header to Corning before notching their first win of the season over Hoxie...