Stories from Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Buffalo Island Central swept three golf matches beginning Aug. 27 at the Big Lake Country Club with a win over Armorel in a dual match. The Mustangs then defeated Riverside and Crowley's Ridge Academy in a tri-match Aug. 29 at Manila before coming out on top Sept. 3, defeating four other teams at the Big Lake Country Club...

Gosnell scored touchdowns in every quarter and raced to a 30-8 victory over Manila in junior high football action Thursday night at Lion Field in Manila. The Pirates scored the season's first touchdown through the air with a 30-yard strike from quarterback Tabari Herron to wide receiver Termaine Anderson. ...

Westside quarterback Chase Mann ran 110 yards while teammates Michael Quillman and Nick Hall scored two touchdowns apiece to lead the Warriors to a 42-0 whitewash over Manila in the Lion's season opener Friday night at Warrior Field in Jonesboro...

Barbara Austin of Manila has been named September Employee of the Month at Monette Manor. Barbara works in the laundry department. She started working at Monette Manor in April of 2000. She has been married to Allan Austin for 13 years. She has a son, Adam, a daughter, Haley, and one special grandson, Lexton...

Glen and Alisha Davidson of Manila announce the birth of their daughter, Finley Grace Davidson, on Aug. 20, 3013. She was born at St. Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro weighing 8 pounds and 3.5 ounces. She has an older brother Jaxson Cole Davidson, 3...

Ernie and Kim Malloy of Manila announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Ashley LeeAnn Malloy, to Chad Aaron Barrett, son of Terry and Ginger Barrett of Jonesboro. They will exchange wedding vows at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. at the Manila Church of Christ. All friends and family are invited to attend the wedding with the reception to follow at the Manila Community Center...

The Caraway Police Department was awarded $768.64 on Aug. 27 in money seized during a drug arrest. The arrest was made on March 9, 2012, when Captain Kevin Tucker with the Caraway Police Department made a traffic stop on a vehicle in which Dylan Sims of Paragould was a passenger...

Former Childress High School classmates filled the Buffalo Island Central West Elementary auditorium Saturday, Aug. 31, for their "Friends Forever" reunion from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m...

Recent reports from the Blytheville Police Department:

Manila High School "Alternative Learning Environment" receives $3000.00 Grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. The grant will support the ALE initiative "Succeeding by Reading: Improving the Alternative Learning Environment Literacy Program for At-Risk Students."...

Drew McFall, a freshman at Buffalo Island Central Junior High School, received notice in August he had been selected as a semifinalist in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS, a program of Society for Science and the Public...

Marvin Eugene Uphold, 63 of Monette, passed away Sept. 8, 2013, at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. Born May 11, 1950, in Alton, Ill., he was the son of the late Cecil and Betty Hamilton Uphold, Sr. Mr. Uphold enjoyed fishing and riding his John Deere tractor...

Jackie May is seeking a seat (Position 4) on the Manila School Board. She is a life-long citizen of Manila and a 1988 honor graduate of Manila High School. She has an associate degree in business management and a bachelor of science in technology management. She is the operation and maintenance coordinator for AECI at the Dell Power Plant...

Anita Henry Cole is running for Position 4 of the Manila School Board. "I am a Christian and an active member at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church," Mrs. Cole said. "I serve as a Sunday school class teacher, VBS director, and the church clerk and secretary."...

Mrs. Cynthia Diane Wilson, 58, of Blytheville, died Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, in Blytheville.

Mr. Carl Ray Ross, 57, of Blytheville, died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.

Mr. Frank Loyd Marret went to his heavenly home Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, at Heritage Pointe Senior Living Community. He was 97.

Mrs. Helen Lucille Oldham Julian, 93, of the Number Nine Community, passed from this life Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, at the home of her daughter in Paris, Tenn.

Imogene M. Casteel, 90, of Red Oak, Texas, passed away Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013, at Baylor Medical Center in Waxahachie, Texas.

So I can't remember if I've said this before or not, but I love my job. Not everyone can say that, but I can and that's a feeling that's nearly impossible to replace.

With all the activity we have had with the grandchildren here at the end of the summer, the weeds in my flower beds had pretty much taken over.

Armorel Superintendent Sally Bennett is pleased with the start of the 2013-14 school year.

Monday night, the Blytheville City Council's Police and Fire Committee addressed noise complaints stemming from activity at a Denny Street store and Sunbath Carwash.

The Blytheville Fire Department brought two trucks to Walker Park Friday afternoon to spray off the geese feces-covered walkway around the pond.

The Blytheville Fire Department raised $3,933 in its recent Fill-the-Boot fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Prosecuting Attorney Curtis Walker confirmed to the CN Tuesday morning that a gag order has been issued by a judge in the case of 11-year-old Jessica Williams's death.