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Manila School Board sets new guidelines for field trips
(Local News ~ 08/20/03)
Manila School Board met Aug. 11 adopting new guidelines for field trips, adopting a pay scale for drivers, adding personnel, and purchasing a bus. Superintendent Charolette Wagner discussed with Manila Board members setting regulations and guidelines for activity/field trips...
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Manila Boosters to meet
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/03)
The Manila High School Booster Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, in the high school gymnasium. All parents of high school athletes are encouraged to attend.
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MYA to offer fall seasons
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/03)
The Manila Youth Association will have a fall baseball season for machine pitch only. The co-ed teams (boys and girls) will be open to youth ages 7-12. The teams will be open to children from Manila and the surrounding towns. Also running concurrently will be the fall soccer season for ages 3-12. This is also open for anyone in the surrounding towns...
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Pink Ladies, MLM Blasters win benefit softball tourney
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/03)
A men's and women's softball tournament was held at the Manila ballpark Friday and Saturday with all proceeds going to the Buffalo Island Cancer Relay for Life. A total of ten teams participated. Participating teams included: Men's -- A&H, R&R Express, MLM Blasters (Manila/Leachville/Monette), IPSCO and Plaza Pharmacy...
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Kathy Ann Taylor - Caraway
(Obituary ~ 08/20/03)
Kathy Ann Taylor, 50, of Caraway died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003, at her residence. She was office manager for Dixie Land Trucking Co., of the Baptist belief, and had lived most of her life in the Caraway area. She is survived by her husband, Jim Taylor of Caraway; her father, Robert White of Pana, Ill.; two sisters, Susan Fuller of Caraway and Linda Dressen of Pana, Ill.; a brother, John White of Pana, Ill.; three sons and a daughter-in-law, Tim and Terri Dunaway of Caraway, Bobby Dunaway and Mike Dunaway, both of Seymour, Tenn.; a step-daughter, Kelly Brown of DeSpaines, Ill.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.. ...
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Grace Lee Shannon - Monette
(Obituary ~ 08/20/03)
Grace Lee Shannon, 98, of Monette, died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2003, at her residence. She was a homemaker, member of Childress Baptist Church, and had lived in Monette for 60 years, formerly of Timbo. She is survived by two daughters, Christine Bibb of Monette and Sylvia Shannon of Energy, Ill.; eight grandchildren, Brenda McConnaughey, Shelba Glenn, Donna Elwell, Darrell Pruitt, Marsha Sharp, Rhonda Flaig, Derek Rowell and Shannon Rowell; 15 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren...
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Henry Gaylen Sanders - Caraway
(Obituary ~ 08/20/03)
Henry Gaylen Sanders, 62, of Caraway, died Friday, Aug. 15, 2003, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was employed by Wal-Mart and was a member of the Rivervale Baptist Church, where he served as Sunday school superintendent. Formerly of Paragould, he had lived in the Caraway area for 38 years. He was an Arkansas U.S. Marine veteran of the Korean conflict and member of the American Legion...
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Timothy M. Penix - Manila
(Obituary ~ 08/20/03)
Timothy Maynard Penix, 47, of Manila died Friday, Aug. 15, 2003, at his residence. Born in Little Rock, he was the son of the late Ruby Nell Shipley Penix and had been a longtime Manila area resident. He was a longtime employee of Home Oil Company in Dell and a member of Westside Church of God in Manila. In addition to his mother he was preceded in death by a daughter, Amanda Penix...
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Essie Norene Davidson Jeffers - Caraway
(Obituary ~ 08/20/03)
Essie Norene Davidson Jeffers, 83, of Caraway, died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2003, at her residence. She was a retired farmer, member of Caraway First Baptist Church, and had lived in Caraway most of her life. She is survived by two sons, Larry Jeffers of Monette and Jim Jeffers of Alexander; two daughters, Patsy Crews of Caraway and Geraldine Dennis of Cherokee Village; eight grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren...
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Southern Bank of Commerce welcomed to Leachville
(Local News ~ 08/20/03)
Leachville Mayor Ralph Wells welcomed guests and representatives of Southern Bank of Commerce at a ground breaking ceremony last Wednesday. "We are excited about having Southern Bank of Commerce coming to Leachville. Hopefully, this will pull us in business from southeast Missouri. It will be a great asset to our town and we are glad to have them here," Mayor Ralph Wells said. "We are looking for good things in Leachville. The city council and I are working hard to move Leachville forward."...
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Caraway Council discusses proposed land sale
(Local News ~ 08/20/03)
Caraway Mayor Joe South reported on the proposed sale of property in Basler Village at the regular Caraway City Council meeting Thursday. Five homeowners have expressed interest in the property adjacent to their homes. Attorney Charles Frierson reviewed plans to sell, and explained that a survey of platt, a quit claim deed and an ordinance would be necessary to sell the property. ...
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AGFC stocks Mallard Lake
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/03)
Mallard Lake was stocked with 6,400 largemouth bass yearlings last week by the Arkansas Game and Fish. The four to six inch bass came from the hatchery in Corning. Clinton "Tiny" Hancock with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission delivered the fish...
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