Stories from Thursday, October 27, 2005

The Piggott Lady Mohawks volleyball team brought their 2005 regular season to an end by splitting victories with Jonesboro and Westside. On Monday, Oct. 18, the Lady Mohawks upset the Lady Hurricanes of Jonesboro by winning three of five games, with scores of 25-18, 22-25, 21-25, 25-2, and 15-9. ...

Basketball is underway at the Marmaduke School District. Head coach Steve Richey and assistant Shane Robinson have spent a great deal of time preparing their boys teams for the long season ahead. The one constant in high school basketball is change. This is evident in the Senior Greyhounds as the team begins to shift away from their inside focus to more of a run and gun hustle team...

The Marmaduke Lady Greyhounds look to use their high octane defense to stifle opposing offenses this year. Head coach Spencer Hoffman and his assistants Matt Mills and Christy Smith will utilize their team's full-court press defense to power their offense through fast break opportunities created by turnovers...

Marvin Heaton of Piggott is this week's football contest winner. Heaton correctly guessed 18 0f 21 outcomes In what was an incredibly close contest, Heaton won in a tiebreaker with sixth other entrants. The winner was decided upon through the closest guess to the game of the week's score. Heaton was a total of 14 points away from the scores amassed by Texas and Texas Tech...

It was a cool, breezy night in Rector this past Friday as the Cougars hosted the Walnut Ridge Bobcats for Homecoming. The Cougars' special night did not go as well as hoped, however, as the Bobcats downed the Cougars by the score of 40-6. The Cougars faced a deficit throughout the night: 6-0, 21-6 and 34-6...

Move over, Mr. Bundy, and make way for Dalton "Four Touchdowns" Shaw. The freshman running back had an outstanding game this past Thursday, crossing into the end zone on four different occasions as he powered the hosting Junior Cougars to a 34-16 victory over the Cave City Cavemen...

John Kenneth Watson, 74, died on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005, at The Hospice House in Naples, Fla. He was born Oct. 26, 1930, at Greenway, the son of the late Jesse F. and Georgia Evelyn (Stanfield) Watson. Mr. Watson owned a roofing business for years, he enjoyed doing wood work and was of the Catholic faith...

Veda Imogene Shelby, 84, of the Campbell Nursing Home, died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005, at Piggott Community Hospital. Born June 16, 1921, in Clay County to the late Thaddeus and Rosa Dean Beckley, she was a homemaker, a lifelong member of the community and a member of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church...

When Sheila Garmroth of Marmaduke walked into work Thursday morning at Rector Sportswear, she was greeted with a sea of pink and lots of hats -- all meant to show her support in her fight against breast cancer. The more than 100 workers all managed to keep it a secret...

Michele Haley was completely surprised, but those who have watched her tireless efforts as executive director of the Rector Housing Authority were not at all surprised when they learned of the RHA's recent top state honor. Haley was attending the fall meeting of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) at Eureka Springs when she was called to the podium to receive the 2005 Small Agency of the Year award for Rector...

The Rector peewee football teams were in action at home against the Wildkittens of Trumann this past Saturday. The teams played their final games of the season before a good-sized crowd. In fourth and fifth grade action, the young Cougars fell to the visitors by the score of 28-6. The scores at the quarters were 0-0, 6-0 in Rector's favor and 6-6 going into the fourth...