Stories from Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Samples handcuffs Manila, Hardin delivers game winner.

1970 The Piggott school board advertised for bids on two pre-fabricated classrooms at their regular monthly meeting, the annual PHS band concert was set for May 17 and the Gladys Jones kindergarten at the First Baptist Church was set to begin May 19. Political announcements included Clarence Rodery for circuit clerk, Vaughn Webb for tax assessor and Liddell Jones for sheriff...

Outside my kitchen window there's a makeshift birdfeeder. It's actually a piece of concrete that juts out of the ground. It's about eighteen inches high and it's round. For a long time, I didn't know what it was. Because it is shallow in the center like a bowl, I decided to use it as a place to put bird seed. There's a small tree nearby with overhanging limbs, convenient for the birds to land on, then drop down to the feeder...

The 30th year of Piggott Mohawk baseball, like the first one, will go down in the history of the program as one of the most successful. But unlike that first team in the spring of 1980, which was rich in senior starters, all but one of this year's players are expected to return next spring for yet another run at postseason spoils...

Nevada Ingram, 94, of Piggott, passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2010, in Dyersburg, Tenn. She was born Oct. 26, 1915, in Gideon, Mo., and was the daughter of the late Robert and Bertha Leonard. She was united in marriage to Leslie Earl Ingram, who lovingly nicknamed her "The Boss." She and Earl enjoyed spending the winters fishing in Florida. After 76 years of marriage, he preceded her in death...

Georgia Iantha Stevens, 81, of Biggs, Calif., formerly of Piggott, entered into rest Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at the Fountains Nursing Home in Yuba, Calif. Georgia was born April 3, 1929, in Piggott, the daughter of the late Joseph Daniel and Beulah Oma (Johns) Spinks...

Mary Sue Stidham, 59, of Greenway, passed away Sunday, May 2, 2010, at the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, Ark. She was born Dec. 30, 1950, and was the daughter of the late Prentice Osbin and Gladys Fern (Woods) Weller. She was united in marriage to Franklin Stidham on Feb. 12, 1969, and to this union three children were born...

Commencement set for 7 p.m. Friday, May 14.

Show set for May 21, 22 and 23.

Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum hosts competition for the eighth year.

The Lady Cougars had a tough day at the plate in their regional tournament matchup with Cedar Ridge Friday evening at Marked Tree. Rector managed just one hit against the number two seed from 2A-2, falling to the Lady Timberwolves, 7-0. "When you get to this point, everybody you play is going to be pretty good," Lady Cougar coach Bob Alberson said. "That said, you've got to be pretty good yourself to get this far."...

Baseball fans were treated to a thrilling game during the first round meeting in the 2A North Regional Baseball Tournament Friday night at Marked Tree between the Cougars and the Midland Mustangs. While the contest provided its share of thrilling moments, the night ended on a heartbreaking note for Rector, as Midland scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh, ending the Cougars' season with a 9-8 final...

Ronald Calvin Glasgow passed from this life on Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at the Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett. Mr. Glasgow was born March 8, 1943, to the late Doyne Dallas and Olivia Nelle (Brewer) Glasgow. He was a dealer of fine antiques and a member of the St. Cecilia's Catholic Church in Kennett...

As the prospect of a beautiful summer (hopefully) begins to take shape, one's thoughts turn to enjoying life here in "The Natural State." But an underlying problem creeps in to spoil our sense of reverie. And it is simply this -- can Arkansas really be called The Natural State?...

Mayme L. Worley, age 84, passed away May 5, 2010, at the Farmington Presbyterian Manor in Farmington, Mo. She was born in Marmaduke, Ark., on Sept. 3, 1925, the daughter of O.C. Sonney and Ida Mae (Graham) Sonney. She was married to Harold L. Worley July 15, 1948, at Piggott, Ark...

Gaither singer/guitarist Kevin Williams will return to Rector in August to serve for the third consecutive year as emcee of a now-annual concert which brings to Rector a powerful lineup of nationally-known artists and raises money for the Rector High School Helping Hands Foundation and its work in helping disadvantaged Rector students...