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Winter storm dumps snow over weekend (02/04/10)
It was nothing like the Ice Storm of 2009, but a winter weather blast a year later has provided a beautiful blanket of snow and an extended weekend for some in Poinsett County as around seven inches of snow fell atop a layer of sleet and freezing rain between Thursday night and Saturday morning...

NicePak speaker gives tips to avoid ilness (02/04/10)
With staph infections, flu and other illnesses just waiting to attack, washing your hands is very important. Tracy Strickland, who works with NicePak in Jonesboro with Gov. Mike Beebe's My Healthy Arkansas initiative, passionately spoke about the benefits of cleanliness as the guest speaker at the Trumann Lions Club on Jan. 27...

Tracy Strickland was the guest speaker Jan. 27 at the Trumann Lions Club. Strickland is with NicePak of Jonesboro and works with their My Healthy Arkansas initiative with Gov. Mike Beebe's office. (Miranda Remaklus / Democrat Tribune photo) (02/04/10)
With staph infections, flu and other illnesses just waiting to attack, washing your hands is very important. Tracy Strickland, who works with NicePak in Jonesboro with Gov. Mike Beebe's My Healthy Arkansas initiative, passionately spoke about the benefits of cleanliness as the guest speaker at the Trumann Lions Club on Jan. 27...

Lepanto Council extends rent free agreement for daycare (02/04/10)
The Lepanto city council discussed Grace Place Child Care center at their regular meeting on Jan. 19. Bro. Anthony Langley of First Baptist Church presented a financial report for the center...

City Stars ball to be free this year (02/04/10)
The City Stars Program along with Little League Baseball and ASA Softball are proud to announce that the summer programs will be free to all players for the 2010 season. All registrations, insurance, and uniforms will be covered by a grant. The goal is to get as many kids in the area to participate in a structured program...

Ways to help your community (02/04/10)
When God blesses us, He expects us to use those blessings to bless the lives of others ~Jim Gallery When you look the word "volunteer" up in the dictionary, it states "one who renders a service or takes part in a transaction while having no legal concern or interest." Volunteers are not in it for recognition or special attention. ...

Elections going to be fun (02/04/10)
For the first time in a long time we are going to have an interesting mid-term election in Arkansas. Even the general election might be fun. We will end up with two new members of Congress, and maybe even a new Senator. This could be the year we find out if Arkansas is about to join the rest of the South and become a haven for Republicans...

Sayng a fond farewell (01/28/10)
After six years of writing a column for this page, this column will be my last. This Friday, Jan. 29, is my last day at the Poinsett County Democrat Tribune. When I came to work at the newspaper in January of 2004, I had just turned 23 years old. Josh and I had only been married six months so we were newlyweds. Boy, a lot has changed since then!...

MTHS receives $25,000 grant (01/28/10)
Marked Tree High School was the recipient this week of a $25,000 College Access Challenge Grant from the Arkansas Department of High Education. According to Dale Ellis, communications director with the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, the state of Arkansas received $1 million from the U.S. Department of Education to spend of higher education awareness...

Fogleman talks Supreme Court, WM3 at Lions (01/28/10)
Second Judicial District Circuit Judge John Fogleman was the guest speaker at the Trumann Lions Club Eednesday, Jan. 20 and discussed an array of topics including the Supreme Court and the West Memphis Three case...

Cedar Park receives technology grant (01/28/10)
Thanks to an "Enhancing Education through Technology" grant, every classroom at Cedar Park Elementary School will now have top-notch equipment. According to Trumann School District's Karleen Sheets, the district won a $195,000 Enhancing Education through Technology grant from the Arkansas Department of Education. The money became available through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds...

Districts reach agreement on administrative annex (01/28/10)
A voluntary administrative annexation involving the Weiner and Delight School Districts was agreed upon by the districts at a special meeting last week. "We have signed an agreement to go with Delight," said Susan Johnson, president of the Weiner School Board. ...

Lady Warriors win at BIC (01/27/10)
The last time the ladies of BIC and EPC met, EPC had a hard time containing BIC's Brittany Fowler. Holding Fowler to 27 points on her home court was a success for EPC as the Lady Warriors beat the Lady Mustangs 66-52 in Monette...

Davis leads Harrisburg in shocker over Manila (01/27/10)
The Harrisburg Hornets weren't going to have their basketball homecoming festivities spoiled. Not even by the undefeated team in their conference. The Hornets beat the Manila Lions 56-54...

Little Rock's Old Mill was in Gone With The Wind (01/27/10)
'Gone With The Wind' is one of my favorite films of all time. So, of course, when my family decided to go to the Old Mill in Little Rock, I was very excited. The Old Mill was used in the opening scene of 'Gone With The Wind'. No one still knows for sure why the director chose that particular spot but it is the only remaining artifact still existing...

Marked Tree High School rated among state's best (01/27/10)
U.S. News and World Report has selected Marked Tree High School and Bentonville Schools as being among the two best in Arkansas, awarding each a Silver Medal. For the last two years, MTHS has received a silver medal from the internationally recognized publication. ...

Political obstructionism (01/27/10)
There's been sort of a debate going on for awhile about whether Congressional Republicans are willing to work with a Democratic President or are they going to oppose everything proposes just to make him look bad. ...

Dustin Meadows (01/27/10)
Dustin Meadows, 16, of Trumann, died Monday night, January 18, 2010, from injuries sustained in a train-pedestrian accident in Trumann. Born in Jonesboro, Dustin lived in Black Oak, Monette and Jonesboro before moving to Trumann in 2001. ...

Brenda Jane Hicks "Mrs. B." Clem (01/27/10)
Brenda Jane Hicks "Mrs. B." Clem, 60, of Memphis died Saturday, January 23, 2010 in Memphis. Clem was born in Harrisburg and had lived in Memphis for 42 years moving there from Trumann. She was retired from the Semmes-Murphy Clinic having worked there 24 years and was of the Pentecostal faith...

Katie Jo Hollimon (01/27/10)
Katie Jo Hollimon, 90, of Trumann, died January 21, 2010 at NEA Baptist hospital in Jonesboro. Hollimon was born in Gregory, AR to King and Dellie Lincoln. She was raised in a loving, big family and raised her own family with the same loving devotion. She was a member of New Rising Sun Missionary Baptist Church in Trumann...

Junior C. Lansdell (01/27/10)
Junior C. "J.C." Lansdell, 79, of Trumann, died Saturday, January 23, 2010, at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born in Etowah and had lived most of his lifetime in Trumann. He was retired from the Kohn Bray Gas Company where he served as manager for 42 years...

Maggie C. Wirth (01/27/10)
Maggie C. Wirth, 88, of Lepanto died Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, mother of eight children and life-long resident of Lepanto. She was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar L. Wirth and three daughters...

County mayors discuss hopes for 2010 (01/20/10)
Mayors who attended the Poinsett County Intergovernmental meeting at Marked Tree heard from State Senate candidate Barrett Harrison, who currently serves as mayor of Blytheville...

Harrisburg and Weiner school boards meet to dicuss plans (01/20/10)
Weiner School Board members got mixed messages when they met with Harrisburg School Board members. Weiner School Board president Susan Johnson pointedly asked the Harrisburg board members how they felt about an administrative annex that would allow the Weiner campus to stay open for its students...

MT aldermen approve budget (01/20/10)
Marked Tree alderman unanimously approved the city's 2010 budget. The city's total expected revenue was budgeted at $3.23 million, while expenditures were budgeted at $3.21 million...