Stories from Thursday, June 26, 2014

Mrs. Helen M. Long passed away Monday, June 23, 2014.

Mrs. Joyce Hay, 82, of Blytheville, widow of Wallace Hay, passed from this life Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti, Mo.

Debra Sue Eaton, 57, of Earle, died June 24, 2014 a,t St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Mr. Tim Wayne Bandy, 73, of Leachville, died Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at his home.

After playing 15 games on the road to start the year, the Blytheville Hardy Sales and Service Casons played their first home game Wednesday night.

The Lawrence Group hosted a meet-and-greet at The Wilson Cafe Wednesday for the Delta School's founding head of school, Jenifer Fox.

Volunteers from the "Kids@Work" Vacation Bible School at First United Methodist Church spent part of Wednesday morning working in the community garden on Byrum Road.

After hitting a record high in April, the county's revenues from tax collection were back down in May, in a decreasing trend which Mississippi County Treasurer Peggy Meatte said is likely to continue at least through June as well.

The city of Blytheville's Fourth of July fireworks display is set to kick off at dusk next Friday at the Blytheville Youth Sportsplex, and according to organizers, the event is more than just a celebration of independence.

The town of Wilson is one step closer to opening The Delta School, a premiere independent school, unique to the region, with the hiring of its founding Head of School.

The NEA Pageant Association, which sponsors the River Delta, Lights of the Delta and Northeast Arkansas Scholarship Pageants. was well-represented and recognized at the 2014 Miss Arkansas Pageant.

A Magnolia bloom is pictured in the area of West Walnut Street in Blytheville. This photo was submitted to the CN by Lenny C. Middlebrooks of Blytheville.

Clint Wright (third from left), general manager of Carlock Ford in Blytheville, recently presented a $4,000 check to Ken Dumond, director of Bands at Blytheville High School, for the band members' efforts during Ford's "Drive 4 Ur School" fundraiser April 12 at the school. ...

Farm Credit Midsouth has announced that Emily Dixon of Blytheville has been awarded the 2014 Farm Credit Midsouth Annual Scholarship for Mississippi County. Farm Credit Midsouth provides a $1,000 scholarship each year to a student from each of the 10 counties in northeast Arkansas located in its service area. Emily, the daughter of Bart and Debbie Dixon, is a 2014 graduate of Cooter High School and will be attending the University of Arkansas this fall...

Best-selling author Ed Baldwin of Hot Springs will be at That Bookstore in Blytheville from 3-6 p.m. Saturday to autograph his latest Boyd Chailland action thriller, "The Mingrelian." This is Baldwin's second visit to That Bookstore in Blytheville. His debut novel "Bookman" was published in 1990, and he had a signing there in October of that year...

Mary Helen Moody (left), executive director for the United Way of Greater Blytheville, was at Blytheville High School on June 4 to present a framed certificate to the school for its participation in the United Way's latest campaign drive. She also presented a framed certificate to United Way chairperson Harriett Jumper for guiding the employees and submitting the report. ...

Pictured here are the 2014 pre-K graduates of First Faith Childcare Center, (from left) Trinity Isabell, Annabelle Melton, Tanner Moody and Jordyn Pay. Pre-K graduation was held May 30. For more information, call 870-763-4187.

Lauren Jaratt, education and visitor services coordinator with the Arkansas Secretary of State, was at the Blytheville Public Library June 13 to take kids on a virtual tour of the state capitol. Kids got to experience the state capitol without traveling to Little Rock as well as learned things like the state bird, state drink, state flower and more...

LITTLE ROCK-- Most adults need years of study and experience to develop the financial savvy to navigate the markets with success, and many don't even get started. But three Arkansas students, including a sixth-grader from Armorel, proved they are way ahead of their much older peers when they each became state winners in a recent national investment essay competition...