Stories from Thursday, April 29, 2010

Rector's Pauline Crockett turns 100 this week (04/29/10)
One of Rector's most beloved residents is about to reach a milestone. Pauline Crockett will turn 100 Thursday, April 29, looking back on a century of life, a great deal of which has been spent with a focus on enriching the lives of others...

Rector team tops in Relay for Life (04/29/10)
Rector Relay for Life team captain Michele Haley (center) and team members Sandra DeMent (left) and Susan Wells celebrate the team's success in raising the most funds of any participating team in the annual Clay County Relay for Life event held Saturday, April 24, at the Piggott Community Center. ...

Top AEDC official visits Rector (04/29/10)
Rector and Clay County were fortunate to have the state's top economic development official as a visitor and guest for two days last week. Maria Haley, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, was here with a team from her agency to look at local assets with an eye toward helping create jobs and business activity in the future...

Ticket sales for concert begin May 3 (04/29/10)
Tickets go on sale Monday, May 3, for Rector's third annual concert benefitting the Rector High School Helping Hands Foundation. With a powerful lineup of talented artists, organizers feel sure tickets will go quickly...

State Officials tour county (04/29/10)
The eyes and ears of Arkansas' top economic development officials were centered on Clay County last week, as the county was afforded the opportunity to spotlight all it has to offer, and find out what state leaders can do to help stimulate the area economy...

Clay County Relay For Life moved due to wet weather (04/29/10)
Times News Staff Friday night's stormy weather may have forced the 2010 Clay County Relay For Life indoors, but it didn't dampen the spirit of those involved in the annual fundraiser. A crowd of survivors and supporters crowded into the Piggott Community Center on Saturday for this year's event, and by day's end over $37,000 had been raised to benefit the American Cancer Society...

Earth Day marked at PES (04/29/10)
Clay County Forester Matt Simpson with the Arkansas Forestry Commission visited Piggott Elementary School Thursday for an Earth Day tree planting. Simpson brought two Cypress trees, a Tulip Willow and an Oak to be planted in front of the elementary building. He was assisted by members of the third grade classes, and offered them a lesson on the importance and uses of trees. (Times photo/Tim Blair)...

Minton, Swann retire from Search and RSQ (04/29/10)
One original and one long-time member of the Clay County Sheriff's Department Emergency Task Force Search and Rescue Squad were honored on their retirements Monday evening. Chuck Minton and Brock Swann, both members of the Piggott Fire Department, were treated to a retirement supper and cake at the Clay County Road Department to mark the occasion. ...

Cougars look to heat up in postseason (04/29/10)
The end of the regular may have come at a good time for the Cougars, as the squad continued to slide over the past week. The change to postseason play may be just the spark coach Nate Henderson and his team needs to right their ship and plot a course to success...

Lady Cougars hong tought as district tourney nears (04/29/10)
The Lady Cougars battled 3A-3 conference leader Manila on the road Monday. The girls from Rector gave the Lady Lions all the competition they could handle in the contest before ultimately bowing out, 6-5...

First Mohawk baseball team honored (04/29/10)
The first Mohawk baseball team laced up the cleats 30 years ago this spring, and left a legacy that has yet to be duplicated. Friday afternoon this year's Mohawk baseball squad honored the memory of that team with a ceremony prior to their season finale at Independence Park with the Holcomb Hornets...

Mohawks roll into post season (04/29/10)
The Piggott Mohawks are peaking and streaking at just the right time, rolling through their final regular season opponents like an offensive juggernaut and looking ahead to the district tournament at Corning. ...

A word aptly spoken (04/29/10)
Last Sunday while attending church services at a distant town, an old friend approached and hugged my neck. She turned to a friend that I was with and began telling her how I had influenced her to "come out of her shell."...

It happened here, years ago (04/29/10)
1970 May 8 is the day to register kids for first grade at PES, and students must six years old on or before Oct. 1. Meanwhile, the Chamber of Commerce voted to donate $200 toward the effort to replace equipment and rebuild the announcer's stand at the Little League field. And it was rumored that a Flint, Mich. firm was interested in building a plastics factory at St. Francis...

Albert Walls, Jr. (04/29/10)
Albert Walls, Jr., son of the late Albert and Rosie Walls, died Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center at the age of 82. Albert was born Jan. 4, 1928, in Rector and later moved to Ravenden. Albert worked as a heavy equipment operator in land leveling...

Betty Fielder (04/29/10)
Betty Fielder, 80, of Rector passed from this life Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Dec. 29, 1929, in Steele, Mo., to the late Isaac Gurney and Minnie Ola (Lack) Herrin...

Floella Boone (04/29/10)
Floella Boone, daughter of Flora (McCoy) French and the late Leroy French, was born Sept. 22, 1933, in Rector and departed this life on April 14, 2010, at the age of 76 years. Floella married Ronald Boone on June 3, 1974, in Blytheville...

Susie Clara Frederick (04/29/10)
Susie C. (Smith) Frederick, 85, of Arnold, Mo., died Saturday, April 17, 2010. She was an assembler for Survival Technologies in St. Louis and retired in 1995. She was a member of the Canaan Baptist Church...

Ruel Jones (04/29/10)
Ruel Franklin Jones, 85, of Piggott, passed away Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at Murphy Health and Rehabilitation in Piggott. He was born July 22, 1924, and was the son of the late John Paul and Erma Marie (Jackson) Jones...

Rebecca Kay Calhoun (04/29/10)
Rebecca Kay Calhoun, 47, of Piggott, departed this life on Sunday, April 25, 2010, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Dec. 5, 1962, in Fort Hood, Texas, and was the daughter of Jim Lewis and Brenda (Beck) Hendley and the late Grady Hendley...

Joe Dalton (04/29/10)
Joseph R. Dalton, 75, of Piggott, passed away Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at his home. He was born May 6, 1934, in Maynard, Ark., and was the son of the late Owen and Helen (Saddler) Dalton. Survivors include his son, Gary Dalton of Bloomfield, Mo.; two daughters, Kim and Rhonda; a special friend, Ann Kirby of Piggott; one brother, Al Dalton of Soddie-Daisy, Tenn.; sister, Beverly Aguilera of Finnville, Mich.; many grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.. ...

Helen M. Vaughn (04/29/10)
Helen M. Vaughn, 87, of Zanesville, Ohio, formerly of Piggott, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at her home in Zanesville. She was born on April 20, 1923, in Qulin, Mo., and was the daughter of the late James T. and Eunice (Hamilton) Nobles...

Gladys Henson (04/29/10)
Gladys Henson, 98, of Piggott, passed away on Saturday, April 24, 2010, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born April 13, 1912, in Senath, Mo., and was the daughter of the late Tom and Tempy (Hamlet) Ray...

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