Stories from Thursday, July 1, 2010

Poker Run deemed a success (07/01/10)
The roar of motorcycle engines echoed through Rector Saturday morning as more than 40 bike enthusiasts took part in the first annual Rector Veterans Memorial Poker Run fundraiser. The participants assembled at Memorial Park before starting their journey, with stops at Dowler's Restaurant in Hooker and Miss Addie's and the Cajun Café/Delta Crawfish Company in Paragould before returning to Rector...

Parsley to follow dream with HHF scholarship (07/01/10)
As a student and athlete at Rector High School, Seth Parsley has impressed the community with his work ethic and "never quit" attitude on both the football field and in the classroom. The 18-year-old now hopes to show his ability in the kitchen, with a plan to attend culinary school after earning a business degree at Arkansas State University...

Clay County Electric to re-open Rector office (07/01/10)
Clay County Electric Cooperative Corp. will re-open its Rector office north of Hargrave corner on Thursday, July 15. Conducting day-to-day business such as paying electric bills, reporting outages, requesting account connects and disconnects will be more convenient for members of Clay County Electric. With the re-opening of the Rector office, payments to CCECC will no longer be accepted at Liberty Bank in Rector after Wednesday, July 14...

Young stars on the rise (07/01/10)
Members of the Piggott eight and under All-Stars this year are, from left: Front--Cooper Harris, Tanner Dixon, Brandon Seal, Holden Tarno and Braden Ralph. Middle--Matthew Cheshire, Dalton James, Gage Dodd, Michael Palmer and Drake Featherston. Back--coaches Chris Palmer, Brian James and Billy Joe Seal. The team recently took part in the district tournament at Rector...

Piggott All Star team headed to state (07/01/10)
The Piggott nine and 10 year old baseball squad is playing in their district tournament at Rector this week, and have split their first two games. The first round win for the squad also qualified them to take part in the state tournament. The team won their first round game, then fell to South Mississippi County by a score of 7-5 Monday evening. ...

Kay Huggins (07/01/10)

Arkansas governor competent, likeable (07/01/10)
Now is not a good time to be a veteran politician. The cries of "throw them all out" are probably greater now than in most recent memory. A lot of it is understandable. The economy continues to falter. A lot of people are out of work. When one looks at the various levels of government for relief, often there is none to be found...

Full glorious summer (07/01/10)
An otherwise excellent article about the Gulf oil spill appeared in the latest New Yorker magazine, referring to this summer as being one of discontent. This your local scribe disagrees with totally, despite the eruption of human and natural disasters which has lingered now past the Solstice...

Finding the bargains (07/01/10)
Have you met Mr. Rollback? His name is Durel or something like that. He's generous in build and has a great smile. He's "saving me so I can live better" he says.. He's Walmart's rollback spokesman who's trying to entice us to buy more at America's greatest retail store...

Thomas Lemual "T.L." Jenkins (07/01/10)
Thomas Lemual "T.L." Jenkins, age 84, of Paragould, formerly of Marmaduke, went to be with his Heavenly Father on June 12, 2010, in the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center at Jonesboro. Mr. Jenkins was born May 3, 1926, in Greene County, to the late William Cullie and Lillie Belle (Vangilder) Jenkins. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Marmaduke First United Methodist Church...

Henry Delbert Linam (07/01/10)
Henry Delbert Linam, 90, passed away on Tuesday, June 22, 2010, in Lafayette, La. He was born Aug. 19, 1919, in Rector, Ark. A memorial service was held at Jackson Street Church of Christ in Alexandria, La., at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 26, 2010, with Rev. Melvin Kalisse officiating...

John E. Rowton (07/01/10)
John E. Rowton, 92, of Rector died Friday, June 25, 2010, at the St. Bernards Medical Center Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. John was born Oct. 23, 1917, near Rector to the late Henry and Maud "Chilcutt" Rowton. He was a farmer by trade. He was of the Methodist faith and was an Army Air Force World War II veteran...

Velma Inez "Stephens" Smith (07/01/10)
Velma Inez "Stephens" Smith, 79, of the Greene County Nursing Home in Paragould died Saturday, June 26, 2010. She was born Feb. 9, 1931, the daughter of the late Jim Stephens and Belle "Beaton" Stephens. She was a homemaker and of the Methodist faith...

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