Clay County Times-Democrat: Stories from Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Labor Day perfect in every way (09/09/09)
Rector's 2009 Labor Day Picnic was one of the biggest and best ever -- at least that's what most people are saying as they reflect on four glorious days of fun, food, fellowship and lots of entertainment...

Memorial committee focuses on site plan, fundraising (09/09/09)
A review of site development details and a look toward future fund-raising efforts were primary items at Friday's meeting of the Rector Veterans Memorial Park committee. Co-chairman George Barker conducted the meeting, which held at the Rector City Hall...

Second annual Hall of Fame luncheon held at RHS (09/09/09)
The second annual Rector High School Sports Hall of Fame luncheon brought together generations of former athletes, fans and friends, as the Rector school cafeteria was filled for the special event Saturday...

Miss McDougal 2009 (09/09/09)
Jessie Scheffler of Piggott was crowned Miss McDougal 2009 at their annual picnic Saturday. Scheffler is the 13 year old daughter of Sandy and Bradley Scheffler. First alternate was Alexandria Gray George of Corning (second from left), second alternate was Rachel Michele Oxner of Corning (far left) third alternate was Chelsey Kilbreath of Corning (second from right) and fourth alternate was Rachel Lampkin of Rector (far right). ...

Ice storm response earns Boyd state, local honors (09/09/09)
Last week Travis Boyd was honored by the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management as the Northeast Arkansas County Coordinator of the Year for his response during the ice storm of late January...

Clay County fair gearing up with variety of events, activities (09/09/09)
The 2009 edition of the Clay County Fair will include a variety of attractions, including an antique tractor pull, lawnmower racing, a "Hot" tractor pull, team roping and a demolition derby. Those events will be in addition to the usual pageants, talent contest and the canine contest. ...

Mohawks fall to Blazers (09/09/09)
For the coaching staff of the Piggott Mohawks Friday night's loss at Valley View was a true mixed bag of good and bad. On the good side, the Tribe came out and dominated most of the first half and in the early going ran out to a 10-0 score. ...

Touchdown in final seconds leads to Cougar heartbreak (09/09/09)
It was a heartbreaking start to the regular season for the football Cougars Friday night at Temerian Field, as the boys in blue fell to the visiting Manila Lions, 19-13. The game was truly one which "went down to the wire," as the two teams were tied at 13-13 going into the final moments...

Lady Mohawks crowned district golf champs (09/09/09)
The Lady Mohawk golf team won the district championship last week at the Sugar Creek Country Club in Piggott, and earned the right to compete in next week's regional being held at the same location. Piggott's Allison Gurley was the individual champ, as she was the low score medalist, as the Tribe took the title...

Volleyball team tops Walnut Ridge (09/09/09)
The Lady Mohawk volleyball teams were in action last week, dropping a conference set to the Lady Falcons of Crowley's Ridge Academy Tuesday and then sweeping non-conference Walnut Ridge on Thursday at PHS. All teams were scheduled to visit Ridgefield Christian Tuesday afternoon, and will then host upstart Harrisburg beginning at 5 p.m. this Thursday...

Tennis teams sweep Harrisburg (09/09/09)
The Mohawk tennis teams swept Harrisburg in conference action last Monday, Aug. 31 in a match played at Jonesboro. With the wins the girls team moves to 1-0-1 on the season while the two-man boys squad is 2-0...

What's a hippocampus? (09/09/09)
First off, I'm not a brain expert. But I learned this week that I have a hippocampus in my brain. You have one too. In fact, two of them; one on each side of the brain Hippocampus is the brain's control center. It controls our learning and memory. It first establishes a memory, stores it in our long term memory, then retrieves it. It converts short term memory to more permanent memory...

It happened, years ago (09/09/09)
1969 "Mohawks mangle Manila in season opener" was the headline 40 years ago this week, as the Tribe began the 1969 season with a 39-6 win over the Lions. Mackey Donner took the opening kickoff of the season, and four straight runs by Rick Rodery resulted in the first TD. ...

Kimberly Caroline Tutor (09/09/09)
Kimberly Caroline Tutor, 28, of Fort Hood, Texas, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, at the Metro Plex Methodist Hospital. Mrs. Tutor was born Dec. 14, 1980, in Rector, Ark. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff and the Missionary Baptist Church in Boydsville, Ark. She enjoyed taking pictures and graduated from Poplar Bluff High School in 1999...

Kenzie Mya Rabjohn (09/09/09)
Kenzie Mya Rabjohn entered this life on September 2, 2009, in Little Rock, Arkansas, and went to be with the angels in heaven on September 3, 2009, at the Arkansas Children's Hospital...

Clayton "Buddy" Parrish (09/09/09)
Clayton "Buddy" Parrish, 77, formerly of Rector, died Sunday, Aug. 23, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. He was born Dec. 9, 1931, to the late Oval and Annie Parrish. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Helen Marie Parrish; brother, Allie Parrish, and one son, Cory Blake Parrish...

Betty Jane Jones (09/09/09)
Betty Jane Jones, 58, of Pollard died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born on December 12, 1950, and resided in Clay County her entire life. She was of the Baptist faith and worked as a Secretary until she became disabled...

Lelah Agnes Johnson (09/09/09)
Lelah Agnes Johnson, 89, of Paragould died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, at Greene Acres Nursing Home in Paragould. She was born Dec. 18, 1919, in Marmaduke. She was a homemaker and a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Paragould...

Jewell Sarah Fannin (09/09/09)
Jewell Sarah Fannin, 91, of Rector passed from this life on Sept. 6, 2009, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was born April 28, 1918, to the late Jimmy and Lavonia (Townsend) Dildine in Holland, Mo...

Rosettie Allison (09/09/09)
Rosettie Allison, daughter of the late Christopher Columbus and Esty Leoma Bryeans Lamastus, was born Feb. 7, 1918, in Beech Corner, Mo., and passed away Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009, at Arkansas Methodist Hospital in Paragould, Ark., at the age of 91 years...

Jerry Elvin Read (09/09/09)
Jerry Elvin Read, 65, of Hardy, Ark., passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born February 24, 1944, in McDougal, and was the son of Raymond E. and Flora (Easley) Read...

Betty Jane Jones (09/09/09)
Betty Jane Jones, 58, of Pollard died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Dec. 12, 1950, and resided in Clay County her entire life. She was of the Baptist faith and worked as a secretary until she became disabled. Preceding her in death were her parents, Roy Lee and Agnus Gerline (Holifield) Fahr; her husband, Tony W. Jones; one brother, Billy Roy Fahr, and one sister, Mary (Fahr) McKenney...

Kenzie Mya Rabjohn (09/09/09)
Kenzie Mya Rabjohn entered this life on September 2, 2009, in Little Rock, Arkansas, and went to be with the angels in heaven on September 3, 2009, at the Arkansas Children's Hospital...