Stories from Wednesday, May 20, 2009

PHS graduates class of 2009 (05/20/09)
The Piggott High School class of 2009 received diplomas Friday night, as commencement exercises were held in the new PHS gym. This year's valedictorian was Elizabeth DiPaola, while the salutatorian was Sarah Merrell. The remainder of the top 10 included Nicole Foster, Zach Smart, Andrea Wilson, Tiffany Wierzbicki, Andrea Edwards, Colby Laxton, Sharmarie Burdin and Josh Small...

Car show big success despite threat of weather (05/20/09)
Despite the threat of rain on Saturday, a large crowd of both participants and spectators turned out for the 11th annual Piggott Heritage Park Car Show and cruise this past weekend. The event, which was hastily moved from Heritage Park to the Clay County Fairgrounds due to wet conditions, drew well over 300 entries and a crowd numbering in the thousands...

JP's approve vehicle purchase, adopt ordinances at meeting (05/20/09)
The Clay County Sheriff's Department will be receiving additional funding to help in its operation. The Clay County Quorum Court voted Monday night to augment the department's budget by $20,000 to assist in the purchase of a second new patrol car and help in drug investigations...

Men's baseball tournament set (05/20/09)
There will be a men's baseball tournament at Piggott's Independence Park Friday and Saturday, July 3 and 4, and an organizational meeting has been scheduled. The tournament will feature a six team bracket and players must be 18 years of age or older. ...

Fun with Frank (05/20/09)
Two Piggott High School, and University of Arkansas, graduates competed in the Greater Dallas Razorback Club golf event at the Castle Hills Golf Club in Lewisville, Texas back on May 5. Pictured with Razorback icon Frank Broyles (center) are, from left--Paul Urbanas from Little Rock, Adam Rodery from Piggott, Broyles, John Knight from Fayetteville and Jim Mann from Piggott. ...

A definite difference (05/20/09)
Men and women react to the same situation in different ways. That's how we are. Seldom are we on the same wave length. Last week a man went to visit his neighbor, Joseph. He took along his white puppy to play with the neighbor's puppies...

It happened, years ago (05/20/09)
1969 Two men, arrested in the burglary of the Thomas Brothers Hardware store in Corning, escaped from the county jail 40 years ago last week. The two, Irvin Cato of Piggott and William Henry Hill of Delaplaine, removed sheet metal and brick, and slid down blankets to freedom. ...

Jimmie Franklin Rogers (05/20/09)
Jimmie Franklin Rogers, 76, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Nimmons, and Bethalto, Ill., passed away Sunday, May 17, 2009, at his home. He was born March 8, 1933, in Nimmons, and was the son of the late Isom Thomas and Mary Jane (White) Rogers...