Stories from Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Trey DePriest of Monette has finished his junior golf career and is looking forward to moving on to the college level at Henderson State University. In July Trey came in third out of 80 in the ASGA Junior Match play. Trey has 86 junior golf wins in his career along with about 30 high school medalist awards...

Manila fall league soccer and baseball signup dates are Thursday, Aug. 10, and Thursday, Aug. 17. Sign-ups will be held at the parks and recreation building, 600 Lake Street. Sign-up is also available at city hall or the water park. The fee is $25 per child...

Buffalo Island Central broke away from a tie with Izard County Consolidated to bring home the Cougar Classic title Wednesday afternoon at South Course in Cherokee Village. The two teams finished the first day at the Turkey Mountain Golf Course with identical 253 scores, but the Mustangs fired a 236 second day total to finish at 489, thirteen shots better than runner-up Pocahontas. Host ICC faded to third with a 506 total after shooting a second round 253...

Brock Birmingham fired a three over par 39 to earn medalist honors, helping Manila defeat Marmaduke in high school golf action Tuesday afternoon at the Big Lake Country Cub. The Lions carded a team score of 121, 67 shots better than the Greyhounds’ 188 team total. Joel Burrow and Cade Cater both shot 41 for Manila...

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Young of Leachville observed their 50th wedding anniversary Aug. 4. Edward Young and the former Linda Corter were married Aug. 4, 1967, in Monette. The couple's children are David and JoAnna Young of Fayetteville, Michael and Faith Young of Paragould and five precious grandchildren...

The Mississippi County Library System is proud to announce Lowell Walters, of Virginia, will be its new director starting Aug. 23. Although Walters is moving from a big city to make Manila the new hometown for him and his family, he is no stranger to small town life...

Leachville City Clerk Ruth Ann Keith and street supervisor Robert Ballard expressed their appreciation to Southworth for helping put the finishing touches on the newly renovated basketball courts at the city park. Southworth made and donated four heavy duty basketball goals to place on the two courts recently refinished...

Jenn2 was welcomed to Caraway with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, Aug. 3. Longtime friends, Jennifer Smith and Jennifer Powell, opened Jenn2 (Jenn Square) Boutique offering women and children's clothing, jewelry, candles and gift items. The new business is located in the former Backwoods Barbecue building...

We often admire the dedication of our farmers as they work tirelessly through the night in the fields. On clear fall nights, many of us fall asleep to the familiar hum of the harvest just outside our windows. Modules, bales and various configurations of John Deere equipment are all regular and welcome sights across Buffalo Island. They are the iconic symbols of our livelihood...

A Wednesday morning, Aug. 2, accident claimed the life of a Manila woman and injured a Black Oak woman. The accident occurred at approximately 7:09 a.m. just east of Big Lake on Highway 18. According to an Arkansas State Police preliminary summary Shella Booth, 61, of Manila was traveling east on Highway 18 and Emily Sanders of Black Oak was traveling west on Highway 18...

Mr. George Clayton (Clay) Ford, III was born in Blytheville on June 14, 1947 to George Clayton Ford II and Nell Dickerson Ford. He was a member of First Baptist Church where he sang in the youth choir as a teenager. He loved music and enjoyed singing even as an adult. After graduating from Blytheville High School, he attended the University of Arkansas...

Mrs. Exer Mae Coleman, 81, of Blytheville, passed away Saturday, August 5, 2017 at Stonebridge Assisted Living in Blytheville. Mae was born in Ashdown, Arkansas to Leonard and Dennie (Ford) Ayers. She was a retired medical records clerk at Baptist Memorial Hospital and was a member of Beacon Baptist Church. Mae was an avid reader and loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren...

Mr. Henry Damon McLeod III, a disabled United States Army Paratrooper with 33 jumps to his credit, passed away August 5, 2017 at his home in Blytheville. Damon was born in Blytheville to D.J. and Bonnie (Glover) McLeod and was a member of First Baptist Church...

Arkansas Humanities Council and the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission recently announced a public discussion and film screenings in Blytheville on racial and ethnic harmony Blytheville will serve as the host city for the next installment of the Conversations on Racial and Ethnic Harmony, which will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Arkansas Northeastern College...

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church will hold its annual rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, and from 6 a.m. to noon on Saturday. It will be the church’s biggest ever rummage sale with the most items it has ever offered at low prices. The public is invited to participate. Items available for purchase include clothing, electronics, furniture, knickknacks and more...

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. — Police took an unauthorized use of a vehicle (scooter) report in the 800 block of West Moultrie. — Officers arrested Darrell Bass, 34, on driving while intoxicated and driving on suspended license charges in the 100 block of South 11th...

At the tender age of 6, all that I can remember is how much I wanted to be “grown.” I got SO tired of my mom and dad telling me what to do. “Clean your room…take the trash out…wash the dishes…go outside and play,” they used to say. My thoughts would always be, “I am so sick of this…I cannot wait until I am grown and can do what I want…being a kid sucks.”...