Stories from Thursday, May 7, 2009

Tickets will go on sale Friday, May 15, for a concert which promises to be one of the most memorable events ever held in Rector. The Rector High School Helping Hands Foundation will bring to the Rector stage internationally-known artists Dailey & Vincent, Guy Penrod, The Isaacs and Russ Taff, as well as Gaither artist Kevin Williams, who will serve as emcee...

After weeks of fierce competition and intense study on the influence and danger of drugs, Rector Elementary School sixth graders graduated Thursday, April 30, from the school's DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program, pledging to keep their lives free from the horrors of drug use...

The Northeast Arkansas Innovative Training Center (NEAITC) is open and offering a wealth of opportunities to Rector residents. A special open house has been planned to introduce the community to the NEAITC and all it has to offer. ...

Rector residents triumphed over numerous difficulties they faced when a late January ice storm devastated the town, and area leaders, business owners and friends gathered Thursday night for the city's annual Chamber of Commerce dinner to honor those whose hard work helped the community get through the crisis...

This morning while I was sewing a button on a jacket, I thought of mama. I remembered something that was buried way back in my mind. When I was a little girl and something needed a quick sewing mend, mama would say, "Hand me that needle." She would point to a wall near a door frame in the living room...

She lived her long and happy life as the prototypical southern lady. Her stance and carriage were proud and gentle --- she got along with everyone, whatever their calling or station in life. She inherited her father's easy way with people; reared in the tradition of the Old South, she believed with all her heart in The Lost Cause. ...

Many and sharp the num'rous ills Inwoven with our frame! More pointed still we make ourselves Regret, remorse, and shame! And Man, whose heav'n-erected face The smiles of love adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! The Scottish poet Robert Burns penned those words in 1786, but we still have no better understanding of the reason for "man's inhumanity to man" than he did more than 200 years ago...

Work crews will be busy across the city of Piggott during May, as a number of clean-up and improvement projects have begun. Weather permitting, crews will be working to clean out Sugar Creek throughout the city in a project that is being funded by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. ...

Organizers have released the schedule for next week's 11th annual Piggott Heritage Park Car Show and Cruise, as the event is now at hand. The majority of the activities, which regularly draw thousands to the Piggott area, will be held Saturday at Heritage Park. ...

The Piggott ABC held their annual Trike-A-Thon for St. Jude's last week, and keeping with tradition Piggott State Bank provided the kid's t-shirts for the occasion. Prior to the start of the event Jim Poole and Paula Blackwell of PSB took time to pose with the kids, teachers and aides. (Times photo/Tim Blair)...

The airplane that ran off the runway at the Piggott Municipal Airport earlier this year, leaving a Texas family shaken-up but not seriously injured, is being moved this week for repair. Personnel from R&C Aviation from Mena were at the airport Monday and Tuesday dismantling the aircraft for transport and were expected to remove it from the scene by Thursday...

The Clay County Genealogical and Historical Society now is conducting a fundraiser to place a granite marker on the court square to honor the first elected county officials of Clayton County, which later became known as Clay County...

This morning while I was sewing a button on a jacket, I thought of mama. I remembered something that was buried way back in my mind. When I was a little girl and something needed a quick sewing mend, mama would say, "Hand me that needle." She would point to a wall near a door frame in the living room...

1969 The Piggott City Council passed a stray dog ordinance 40 years ago last week, setting the fine at $1.50 for letting dogs run loose. Aldermen also discussed the ban on pool halls, which doesn't pertain to the new private club recreation center on Front Street (now Master Marketing). ...

Inez Tate of Sullivan, Mo., passed away Thursday, April 30, 2009 at the age of 76 years. Inez was born January 23, 1933, in Holland, Mo. to Rosco and Goldie (Sanford) Doran. She is survived by her husband, Charles Tate of the family home; sons, Darrell Tate of Sullivan and Ernie Hodge and wife Megan of Gainesville, Fla.; a daughter, Sabrina Tate of St. ...

Charles "C.L." Smith, 80, of Piggott, died Sunday, May 3, 2009, at his home. He was born December 26, 1928, in Kennett to the late Truman Therman and Beula Florance (Cooper) Smith. He married Maudie Lorine Burton June 2, 1956, in Hernando, Miss., and she preceded him in death August 15, 1987...

A large crowd of family, friends and supporters gathered at the Piggott High School library last week as Mohawk standout Tyler Grubb signed his letter of intent to play baseball at Williams Baptist College. ...