Stories from Friday, January 28, 2011

I received many encouraging letters and phone calls after my presentation at the Rotary Club and your article of Jan. 21, 2011. Thank you all. My concerns are better expressed by our children. Among them, Shandrea Middlebrook, who in 2000 won the first prize in the fourth-grade essay competition. ...

Other than maybe at Florida where they were flattened, 75-43 last Saturday, the Arkansas Razorbacks are hard put to find a more difficult place to notch their first SEC road victory in 2011 than the Vanderbilt Commodores' Memorial Gym.

The Armorel Tigers played their first home game in over three weeks Thursday night against Black Rock. The junior and senior girls picked up wins over the Lady Zebras while the senior boys lost the night cap.

The Blytheville Chickasaws head to Forrest City Friday to take on the VYPE Magazine No. 2 ranked Mustangs in a key 5A-East showdown.

Mrs. Denice Key has gone to be with her beloved husband, Sam.

Shawn Dewayne Jordy, 34, of Blytheville, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, in Gosnell.

Mrs. Addie Geraldine Christian Hitchens, 85, of rural Cooter, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at her home.

Mr. Willie Brown Jr., 58, of Osceola, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, at his home.

The radio play "Legend of the Jackal" will be aired at 4 p.m. Sunday on KLCN Radio 910 AM in Blytheville. The play, a production of the Act 2 community theater group, was performed and recorded Jan. 20 at the Ritz Civic Center.

The Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and is going to have a very busy centennial year, according to executive director Liz Smith, with many new events, in addition to annual ones.

Mississippi County Judge Randy Carney met Thursday with most of the mayors of towns in Mississippi County in Osceola. Officially called the "Intergovernmental Council," the group is required by law to meet quarterly.

The First United Methodist Youth will host a Taco Soup Luncheon at noon on Souper Bowl Sunday with 100 percent of donations going to The Blytheville/Gosnell Area Food Pantry.

Is this weather crazy or what? I don't know whether to wear a sweater or a t-shirt! So I've decided to wear t-shirts under sweaters and to keep at least one coat in my vehicle.

Air Force Airman Brian L. Truelove recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

Gregory Daniel and Neakeyla Thomas of Eagan, Minn., announce the birth of their daughter, Grecyn Lynn Daniel.

Jan. 17 marked the 25th anniversary of the Martin Luther King National Holiday. On April 4, 1968, a bullet ended his life in Memphis, Tenn. He was 39 years old. His movement was nonviolent. After many attempts on his life, he knew he might meet death almost any time. He said, "death really doesn't matter with me...

Blytheville Dean of Students Randy Jumper seems to be "all stuck up" and attached to the wall on the school's stage inside the cafeteria during a Thursday lunchtime fundraiser.