Stories from Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

Mary Irene Davidson Armstrong passed away in her sleep Wednesday, June 6, 2012, in Gig Harbor, Wash. Irene was born Dec. 22, 1918, in Oil Trough, Ark., to Pherba Isabelle (Nolan) and Jesse Lee Davidson...

Artie Irene Earnhart, 85, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2012 at St. Bernards Medical Center. She was born May 23, 1927, in Sallisaw, Okla., to the late Samuel and Minnie Andrews. Mrs. Earnhart lived most of her life in Black Oak and was a homemaker and retired employee of Basler Electric in Caraway, member of the Black Oak Extension Homemakers Club and Black Oak Baptist Church. ...

Corning Letha Jane Veach, 105, of Corning, former longtime Manila resident and widow of Mr. Roy Veach, passed from this life Monday June 4, 2012, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. Born in Manila, she was the daughter of the late David and Ollie Moore Rice. ...

Caraway Lions Club is busy getting ready for the 66th annual Fourth of July picnic. The Bluff City Carnival will begin Friday night, June 29, and run through July 4. The food venders will also start on June 29...

Members of the Manila School Board met in a special meeting Tuesday, June 5, for an educational meeting, followed by an interview for a girls coach candidate, acceptance of several resignations, and filling two positions...

The Buffalo Island Relay for Life held the annual Survivor's Social at the Leachville Community Center on Sunday afternoon. Cancer survivors and their families were special guests at the event...

Danny Robbins, president of Southern Bancorp of Manila, has been on the job at the bank, serving the community, for three decades. Robbins hit the 30 year mark May 31. He said he enjoys coming to work as much today as he did in the early years. He feels fortunate to be able to live and work in his own hometown...

Mr. James McDermott, 75, of Blytheville, passed from this life Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at his home.

Sixty players enjoyed a beautiful day of golf Thursday, June 7, at the Big Lake Country Club in Manila where the Arkansas Northeastern College Foundation held the 14th annual Wayne Taylor Memorial Golf Tournament. ...

Pat Qualls Taylor found this brown wicker baby buggy in an antique store in Little Rock and donated it to the museum. It is from the late 1800's or early 1900's. It has black metal spoked wheels, and is good condition for over one hundred years old. ...

The Gosnell City Council overturned Mayor Don Marshall's veto on the city's mosquito control with a 4-2 vote that mirrored last Tuesday's decision to renew the city's contract with Vector Disease Control.

The city of Blytheville's future parks and recreation director will have some visually appealing parks to work with, at least that's the hope of Mayor James Sanders.

Life Scout Alan Woessner has completed his Eagle project and submitted the documentation to...

Father's Day is Sunday, and as the day approaches, the Blytheville Ministerial Alliance is preparing for two big events to help celebrate the importance of fathers.

Buffalo Island Central elementary teachers, Janice White and Reba Wimberley, were recently selected to receive the Golden Apple Awards presented by Jonesboro Rotary Club for the 2011-2012 year...

Bill Cosby once said that he thought baseball was the purest sport because it has no time limit. You have to play the game the way it was meant to be played until it is over. A team that is losing always has a chance to come back and win until the final out is recorded...

I guess I'm a little naive. I'd like to think that the winners of elections are the people who voters think will do the best job.

Blytheville City Councilman Monte Hodges carried the votes during Tuesday's runoff election for Arkansas State Representative for District 55, giving him the victory over his opponent, Blytheville businesswoman Mary Gay Shipley.

More changes are coming for Blytheville Waterworks after complaints from residents shed light on an issue with billing that many say is outdated.