Stories from Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Special Olympics visits PHS (03/04/09)
The PHS gym hosted the Area One Special Olympics basketball skills competition last week, with athletes from across the region taking part. The Piggott Mohawk team served as hosts for the event, with volunteers from PHS and the local Christian Motorcycle Club helping throughout the morning. Here the Piggott team is shown making their entrance to the gym...

FEMA says no to individual assistance (03/04/09)
The State's request for the addition of Individual Assistance (IA) from FEMA in light of the late-January ice storm has been denied, according to Clay County OEM coordinator Travis Boyd. "I received a copy of the letter to Governor Beebe late Friday afternoon," he noted...

City Council holds special meeting on ice storm response (03/04/09)
The Piggott City Council met in special session Friday afternoon to hear an update on the aftermath of the late-January ice storm and to approve two measures related to the weather emergency. Council members also reviewed the mounting costs of the clean-up and were informed that NRCS will be handling the effort along Sugar Creek...

Mohawks win first two of '09 campaign (03/04/09)
Tribe beat Ridgefield Christian and Pocahontas to start season.

Softball season at hand (03/04/09)
The Piggott Lady Mohawk softball team will begin the 2009 season at home next Monday, March 9, as they play host to the Lady Bulldogs of Tuckerman. The following day the Tribe will host Corning for a doubleheader, and on Thursday, March 12, the Lady Lions of Manila will visit Independence Park...

A different time (03/04/09)
We live in a different time. It wasn't complicated back then. We didn't lock our doors at night because we didn't think we had to. No one ever broke down the front door. Mom had a day for washing clothes which she hung out to dry, and a day for ironing. Both jobs took nearly all day. She used a wringer washer and a scrub board. Mom wore housedresses; dad wore khaki workclothes. We kids had school clothes and play clothes. When we got in from school, we straightaway donned our play clothes...

It Happened Here, Years Ago (03/04/09)
1969 A tragic single-vehicle crash in Jonesboro 40 years ago last week claimed the lives of three ASU students, two of which were Clay County natives and one a local man. Killed in the accident were Floyd Alan (Sonny) Rodery, 19, of Greenway and Danny Watson, 23, of Corning along with Larry Davidson, 21, of Marvell...

Edith Wright Graddy (03/04/09)
Edith Wright Graddy, 94, died Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell, where she had been a resident for a number of years. She was born March 3, 1914, near Piggott and was the fifth child in a family of 14 children of Valley and Rhoda Wright. She was married to Troy Graddy on Nov. 11, 1933, and for over 61 years they enjoyed life and worked together in the home, the fields, the community and the church...