Stories from Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Board approves new in-school suspension program for PHS (08/12/09)
Members of the Piggott school board voted in a meeting Monday night to allow the development of an in-school suspension system for students at the high school. The new system, once implemented, will give administrators another method of disciplining students and will be discretionary...

Fry Equipment marks milestone (08/12/09)
Fry Equipment Company in Piggott marked a milestone last week, as the business celebrated 40 years of serving the region. To mark the occasion, owner Bob Fry and the staff hosted a fish fry that attracted several hundred customers, friends and local civic leaders...

Downtown historic district nominated (08/12/09)
The State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program nominated 22 properties in 15 Arkansas counties, including the Piggott Commercial Historic District, to the National Register of Historic Places at its meeting Aug. 5...

Mohawk football practice underway (08/12/09)
The Piggott Mohawk football teams began pre-season drills last week, and this week both the senior and junior squads are continuing to tune-up for the regular season. For the senior Mohawks the 2009 season will be a bit of a re-building effort, as the squad graduated many of their starters. ...

Clay County fairgrounds hosts demolition derby (08/12/09)
30 years ago this month the Clay County Fair Association sponsored their first demolition derby at the fairgrounds in Piggott. According to archive issues of The Piggott Times, the first derby was held the evening of Thursday, Aug. ...

Helping hands abound (08/12/09)
It's getting rough out there. This down economy is taking its toll on the common man. With factory shutdowns and layoffs, even here in Northeast Arkansas, times are hard. As country singer Steve Azar sings, "There's too much month at the end of the money."...

It happened, years ago (08/12/09)
1969 Superintendent J.B. Swift reports that Piggott School will open Tuesday, Sept. 2 with first through fourth grades attending Central Elementary, fifth graders attending classes at St. Francis and the sixth graders attending at Pollard. Buses would pick up those students at Central Elementary and the old gym each morning, and drop them off there in the afternoons...

Vivian Throgmorton (08/12/09)
Vivian (Helton) Throgmorton, 83, of Piggott, went to be with the Lord on Monday, August 3, 2009, surrounded by family and friends, at the home of Mike and Jan Throgmorton in West Fork, Ark. She was born September 29, 1925, in Pollard, and was the daughter of the late Edd Allen and Dovie Adell (Brady) Helton...

Anna Christine Stokes (08/12/09)
Anna Christine Stokes, 87, of Piggott died Sunday, August 9, 2009 at the Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. She was the daughter of the late Thurman Lafette and Julia (Molencupp) Riney...