Stories from Thursday, September 3, 2009

Bob White, known as Coach White, won the Big Lake Country Club Championship held Aug. 15-16. Coach White's name will be added to the Championship board displayed in the clubhouse...

Raymond Lee McComas, 70, of Leachville, died Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, at his home. Born near the Peach Orchard Community, he was the son of the late Robert Lee and Madge Prevo McComas. He was a longtime resident of Rockford, Ill., before making his home in Leachville. He was retired from Essex Wire Company in Rockford...

Priscilla Rose Mroczkowski, 63, died Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, at the Heritage Gardens of Senath South, LLC after a battle with cancer. Born Aug. 10, 1945, to the late Harold Grant Hulett, Sr. and Jennie Cornell in Atlas, Mich., she was a homemaker and a waitress. She loved spending time with her family and friends. She will be greatly missed...

The Monette City Council swore in a new councilman and voted to purchase digital cameras for police cars at the city council meeting held Monday, Aug. 24. Mayor Chub Qualls gave the oath of office to new councilman Perry Wood, who was appointed to fill the vacancy in Ward 1 left by the resignation of Byron Sparkman...

The Manila School Board filled several positions and approved a transfer at the regular meeting held Aug. 20. Following an executive session, the board unanimously approved Superintendent Pam Castor's recommendations to transfer Susan Hollis from pre-K aide to the position of elementary building secretary for the 2009-2010 school year; and hire Jeannie Hitt as pre-K aide contingent on her completion of required training.. ...

Manila continued its successful season on the links last week in high school golf action. The Lion golfers fired a team score of 109 in a four team event held Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Victory Lake Golf Course in Corning...

Eleven teams participated in the 2009 Buffalo Island Relay for Life softball tournament raising over $2,300. Chairman of the annual event, Karan Hill, expressed her appreciation to the volunteers and the teams who participated...

Robin Rea joined the staff at the Hair Loft in Lake City on July 7. She said she has received a warm welcome from her co-workers, Linda Hanson, owner/stylist; Donasue Rose and Debra Davis. She is a Lake City native and graduated from Riverside High School in 2008 and the Arkansas Academy of Hair Design in Paragould in May...

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held on Tuesday, Aug. 25, to welcome Eat-A-Bite restaurant to the Monette business community. Monette Mayor Chub Qualls and members of the Monette City Beautification Committee were on hand for the formal ribbon cutting and welcome certificate presentation, in front of the new business at 217 Drew Avenue...

When Brother Richard Williams first came to Black Oak Baptist Church a year ago, he found a small core of faithful church goers who were praying for God to help their church grow. Now, a year later, they've had nearly 600% growth and are averaging 60 in worship service. ...

Perry Wayne Dixon has joined Manila Farm Bureau staff as an agent and is looking forward to serving the community and the surrounding area. Dixon became a Farm Bureau agent in May and has been working at the Blytheville office...

Blytheville native and business owner Randy Carney announces his intention to seek election as Mississippi County Judge in 2010. Carney, 49, owns Carney Funeral Home of Blytheville, with his...

Blytheville Assistant Police Chief Marvin Crawford, along with the Arkansas State Police, today announced the Arkansas Highway Safety Office's latest statewide drunk driving prevention enforcement effort. This crackdown coincides with the national initiative called "Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest," which runs Aug. 21-Sept. 7 for the Labor Day holiday...

An Osceola minister has been classified as a level 3 high risk sex offender and he has admitted to state officials he is sexually attracted to teenage girls. Moses Black, 68, pastor of the Bethlehem MB Church in Osceola, recently underwent an evaluation by the Risk Assessment Center in Pine Bluff. They classified him as a level 3 high risk sex offender. He appealed the ruling. However, the appeals board upheld the level 3 classification...

Mississippi County Judge Steve McGuire was recently chosen as the Volunteer of the Year by the Arkansas Economic Developers. The presentation was made recently during the organization's annual awards luncheon in Rogers. McGuire, elected to county judge in 1994, "has played a pivotal role in developing the economic development strategy and activities of the county," according to a release by Susie Marks of AED...

The local football season gets under way tonight. The Blytheville Junior Chickasaws travel to Osceola to take on the Junior Seminoles at 7 p.m. tonight, with senior high action beginning at 7 p.m. Friday at Osceola. Meanwhile, the Gosnell Junior Pirates head to Kennett today to take on the Indians, while the senior Pirates will take on the Dexter, Mo., Bearcats at 7 p.m. ...