Stories from Wednesday, February 17, 2010

HPMEC hosts creative writing series for Piggott area students (02/17/10)
A total of 21, excited, Piggott-area students gathered at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center on four Wednesdays during January and February to indulge their passion for creative writing. At the conclusion of the effort each student received a copy of their 89-page story collection to take home...

Certification for Magnolia Manor (02/17/10)
Duane Dutka (right), County Administrator with Department of Human Services presents Sue Cole, Administrator of Magnolia Manor Assisted Living Facility and Jack Cole, CEO of General Baptist Health Care with the Living Choices Assisted Living Medicaid Waiver Certificate. ...

Piggott High School marks senior night for class of 2010 (02/17/10)
Piggott High School observed senior night Thursday, Feb. 11, for members of the Mohawk boys and girls basketball teams and the PHS cheerleading squad. At the conclusion of the festivities, the senior boys hosted the Harrisburg Hornets and dropped a conference decision...

Fair Board re-organizes, plans for the future (02/17/10)
In an effort to breathe new life into a longtime local event, there has been a reorganization of the Clay County Fair Association board of directors. The group, which is made up of some of the former members and some new faces, also has stepped up efforts to promote the annual fair and use of the fairgrounds on the north edge of Piggott...

PES sixth gaders study Black history Month (02/17/10)
Kimble Talley, Education Specialist from Little Rock Central High National Historic Site, was a quest teacher in Mrs. Veleda Langley's sixth grade Social studies class at PES recently. Talley spoke to the students about discrimination, segregation and Jim Crow laws. She also did a photo analysis and used the white boards during the lesson...

District tourney underway here (02/17/10)
Rector defenders Zach Burleson (front) and Clinton Haley put the defensive clamps on a Marked Tree player in Monday night action in the District 2A-3 basketball tournament being played here this week. The Cougars downed the Indians, 46-32, to advance to an important contest against Buffalo Island Central at 5 p.m. ...

Music department gets donation from Helping Hands Foundation (02/17/10)
A generous gift from the Rector High School Helping Hands Foundation will provide new opportunities for students involved in the Rector High School music department. The high school choir and band will be able to utilize some of the latest technology available in recording the hard-to-capture audio from performances, practices and special events after receiving a high quality recording device last week from the Foundation.. ...

Haley receives Burlsworth Award (02/17/10)
Rector senior Clinton Haley has long been known as a stellar athlete. Now the talented young man is being recognized for his character in addition to his athletic prowess. Haley is the recipient of the Brandon Burlsworth High School Football Award, named for the late memorable Razorback walk-on who set an example by being a top athlete, student and person of strong moral fiber. ...

Miburn claims top prize in lawnmower race event (02/17/10)
Local lawnmower racer Westley Milburn claimed the top prize in a recent event. Milburn, 18, of Boydsville won first place in the Monster Energy Drink Winter Indoor Nationals held Feb. 5 and 6 in Springfield, Mo. Wilburn finished first in the Super Sportsman class, which featured the top performers on the most powerful machines...

Rector Nursing and Rehab welcomes new director (02/17/10)
The staff and residents of Rector Nursing and Rehab have welcomed to the facility new director Debbie Hicks. Hicks joined the Rector staff two weeks ago and has been busy familiarizing herself with her co-workers and the residents under her care...

Elsie M. Blackwood (02/17/10)
Elsie M. Blackwood died February 9, 2010, in Tarboro, North Carolina, after a short illness. She was born August 14, 1922, in Rector, Arkansas, to the late Willard and Ruth Copeland McGinnis of Rector...

Mohawks wrap up regular season (02/17/10)
The Piggott Mohawks wrapped up their regular season last week, dropping a three point decision on senior night Thursday at PHS to the Harrisburg Hornets and then losing a road game to the Earle Bulldogs on Friday. The Tribe was scheduled to take on the Hoxie Mustangs in the first round of the district tournament at Earle Tuesday afternoon...

Lady Mohawks end season against Mustangs (02/17/10)
"Despite the way our season went, the girls had a no quit attitude," Coach Alan Rabjohn noted of this year's Lady Mohawk basketball team. The girls, and their three seniors, wrapped up this year's campaign Monday afternoon in the district tournament at Earle as they fell to Hoxie 31-46...

Junior boys fall in second round (02/17/10)
The Piggott junior Mohawks made it to the second round of the Brookland Invitational Tournament last week, but were eliminated by top-seeded Rivercrest by 13 points Wednesday afternoon. The contest was a spirited affair, which saw Mohawk head coach Josh Robins receive two technical fouls--the second of which came with an automatic ejection leaving assistant Michael Harrell to lead the Tribe down the stretch.. ...

Cougars advance in tourney with win over Marked Tree (02/17/10)
The Cougars moved one step closer to a regional tournament berth Monday night, posting a 46-32 win over Marked Tree in the first round of the 2A-3 District Tournament in Rector. Rector took an 8-0 lead over the first three minutes of the game, collecting three-point baskets from Brandon Stevens and Zach Burleson and a bucket in the low post from Tyler Kirklin...

Lady Cougars dominant in win over Corss Co. (02/17/10)
The Lady Cougars eased their way through the first round of the 2A-3 District Tournament Monday evening in Rector, imposing their will upon the hapless Lady Thunderbirds of Cross County, 79-27. The Lady Cougars went to work early and often, utilizing their full-court press to cause severe difficulties for the Cross County offense and key numerous scoring opportunities in transition...

Intrusive commercials (02/17/10)
The other day I threatened to throw a shoe at the television screen. I was trying to watch a romance television movie starring Nick and Julia. The problem was the commercials. Every two or three minutes the movie was interrupted with someone wanting me to order a scooter at little or no cost to me, or some male enhancement product guaranteed to work...

It happened here, years ago (02/17/10)
1970 Another piece of Piggott history bit the dust this week in time, as workers razed the old ice house on West Main (site of the current library). The ice house was added to W.F. Smith's soda bottling company in 1921. ...

Competing headlines (02/17/10)
One forgets who made the original quotation about English valor having been derived from the playing fields of Eton. This is the only competition I could find this week. On one side of the earth we watched the winter Olympics at Vancouver. On the other, near Kabul in Afghanistan, where U.S. Marine Corps and NATA troops engaged in deadly combat...

Harold Cook (02/17/10)
Harold Cook, 82, of Piggott passed away Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Oct. 10, 1927, in Dyer, Tenn., and was the son of the late Delbert and Thelma Rose Cook. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Marcine Cook...

Neva Almeta Mowery (02/17/10)
Neva Almeta Mowery, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born July 13, 1916, in Greenway, to Robert N. and Lula Jane (Edwards) Travillian. She and James Wilton Mowery were married Nov. 20, 1937, in Greenway. He died Aug. 13, 2000...

Diana Lynn Moore DeStefano (02/17/10)
Diana Lynn (Moore) DeStefano was born in Piggott Dec. 30, 1953, and departed this life Feb. 13, 2010, at Covenant Hospice in Pensacola, Fla., at the age of 56 years. Diana graduated from Piggott High School in 1971 and went on to obtain a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from ASU in 1975. She spent much of her life serving in the field of social work and assisting the elderly...

TRELLA DIANE WAGSTER (02/17/10)
Trella Diane Wagster passed from this life on February 11, 2010, at her residence in Rector with her husband, Ken, and family by her side. Diane was born August 23, 1951 in Senath, Missouri, to the late John...

ROY O'NEIL JOHNSON (02/17/10)
Roy O'Neil Johnson of Rector passed away Thursday, February 11, 2010, at the Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center. He was born December 15, 1941, to the late Carl and Ruth (Farmer) Johnson in Brighton, Arkansas...

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