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Trumann gears up for festival
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
Trumann Police Department, you have been challenged! The Trumann Fire Department chili cook-off team headed by Capt. Ernie Link has challenged the police department to put a team together and compete against them in the Spring Fest Chili Cook-off. Link and team are calling their recipe "Fire and Flame Chili." Their booth will be decorated in a fire fighter theme...
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Brookland girls slip past Trumann
(High School Sports ~ 04/03/02)
BROOKLAND - The Brookland Lady Bearcats defeated the Trumann Lady Wildcats 4-3 here in softball action Thursday. The teams pulled out even after the first inning at 1-1. For Trumann, Crystal Ealey reached first base on an error by Brookland catcher Kendra Throgmartin. Ealey, after stealing second and third, scored on a single by Sara Beth Wray, who was thrown out at first...
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Ruth Holmes
(Obituary ~ 04/03/02)
Ruth Holmes, 49, wife of Rusty Holmes of Marked Tree, died April 2, 2002 at their residence. Born in Lepanto on May 21, 1953, she was a member of First United Methodist Church of Trumann and was preceded in death by her son Nicholas Holmes. She was a security officer with Burns International Security...
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Clarence J. Gibson
(Obituary ~ 04/03/02)
Clarence J. Gibson, 76, of Trumann Died march 22 at the family residence in St. Louis, MO of natural causes. He was born in Trumann and had lived in Fredericktown for the past month and was formerly of St. Louis, MO. He was a retired supervisor for Hussmann Refrigeration and a veteran of the US Navy...
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Nadine Clark
(Obituary ~ 04/03/02)
Nadine Clark, 81, of Trumann died Tuesday March 26 at Rosecare Nursing Home in Trumann. She had lived in the Trumann area most of her life. She retired from Singer in 1967. She was preceded in death by her husband Hugh Clark, one grandson, Shannon Slinkard, and five sisters...
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Lavada Dame Burns
(Obituary ~ 04/03/02)
Lavada Dame Burns, 73, of Trumann died March 26 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro of natural causes. She was born in Trumann and had lived in Michigan before moving back to Trumann in 1985. She was a housewife, member of the Order of the Eastern Star and of the Baptist faith...
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Bobby Lewis Ballard, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/03/02)
Bobby Lewis Ballard, Sr., 63, of Trumann died March 27 at the family residence in Trumann of natural causes. He was born in and a lifetime resident of Trumann. He owned and operated Ballard Flowers in Trumann. He was the former mayor of Trumann for eight years and served six years on the City Council, former member of the Arkansas Municipal League executive committee for eight years, past president of the Trumann Area Chamber of Commerce and Trumann Lion's Club, former member of the Trumann Planning and Zoning Commission, Crowley Ridge Development Council, Poinsett County Democratic Central Committee and S.I.D.C., member of the Elks Lodge in Jonesboro, veteran of the U.S. ...
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Kindergarten registration set for Bay
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
Kindergarten registration will be April 5 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for Bay Elementary School. Students that have their fifth birthday on or before September 15 are eligible for enrollment. Parents will need to bring their child's birth certificate, shot records and Social Security card to register. Even if parents don't have all their children's information available at this time, they may still register their child...
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Conatser wins on beam
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
Elizabeth Conatser, 10, from Trumann won the level 6 State Balance Beam Championship. It was held at the J.A. Fair High School gym in Little Rock on Sat. March 16. She also placed 2nd on floor exercises, 4th on vault and 6th in the All Around competition...
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Tarlton retires
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
LD Tarlton is retiring from the United States Postal Service after 31 years of service. At 11:30 on March 27 he will leave the Post Office and begin his life as a retired man. Tarlton retires from the Trumann Post Office after working there for ten years. He previously worked at the post office in Marked Tree...
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Poinsett County Quorum Court passes resolution supporting school prayer
(Local News ~ 04/03/02)
HARRISBURG - The Poinsett County Quorum Court unanimously approved a resolution supporting reinstatement of prayer in public schools here Monday night. The resolution reads: "WHEREAS, our country was founded on the precepts of freedom, liberty, diversity and the right of people to acknowledge God according to the dictates of conscience; and...
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Rain hampers Trumann, Bay sports schedules
(High School Sports ~ 04/03/02)
Bay defeated Cross County11-1 in six innings Wednesday. Bay racked up six runs in the first inning. Bart Hogan was the winning pitcher going scoreless for six innings. Tom Birdsong, Brett Hogan and Robby Bollinger each had two hits. This was the first district game for Bay...
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