Stories from Thursday, November 26, 2009

Teen injured in single-vehicle crash (11/26/09)
A Piggott area teen was fortunate to escape with his life Thursday, Nov. 19, when he was involved in a spectacular crash along the west edge of the city. Justin Thompkins, 17, of West North Street, sustained moderate injuries in the single vehicle accident that occurred when his GMC Sonoma pickup ran off the highway and struck a utility pole. ...

Clay County test response in regional earthquake exercise (11/26/09)
Clay was one of 10 regional counties that took part in an earthquake response exercise Wednesday, Nov. 18. The Arkansas Shake, Rattle and Roll Earthquake Functional Exercise was designed to focus primarily on preparing emergency responders to effectively react to a catastrophic quake. And according to Office of Emergency Services coordinator Travis Boyd, the local effort went well...

Mother and daughter shape young minds (11/26/09)
"It's a new world every day," Barbie Johnson laughs as she talks about teaching kindergarten the past 37 years. "It's neat -- they begin to start reading and are able to accomplish things they never dreamed they could do."...

HPMEC hosts Creative Writer's Retreat (11/26/09)
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Creative Writers' Retreat was held Nov. 2-6 at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in Piggott. Born from the event was "The Works Writers Create" a collection of stories and poems by the 12 writers who attended...

Lady Mohawks battle CRA and Tuckerman (11/26/09)
The Piggott Lady Mohawks continue to look for consistency as this year's basketball season progresses, as they dropped two games in the past week. Last Thursday the Lady Mohawks traveled to Paragould and fell to CRA, and Monday night the Tuckerman Lady Bulldogs visited PHS and took home a conference win...

Junior girls earn first win (11/26/09)
The Piggott junior Lady Mohawks got their first win of the season last week at CRA, then dropped a conference game to Tuckerman Monday night at PHS. The girls are currently off for the Thanksgiving break, and return to action in the Pre-Holiday Tournament at Weiner next week...

Mohawks downed on the road (11/26/09)
The Piggott Mohawks took on the Tuckerman Bulldogs for the second time this season last Friday night, and dropped a pair of conference games. Tuesday night the Tribe was scheduled to visit the Corning Bobcats. Next week both the junior and senior boys will take part in the Pre-Holiday Tournament at Weiner, and will visit the Harrisburg Hornets in conference play...

Jardee-Rhein named All-AMC (11/26/09)
Williams Baptist College volleyball players Laura Jardeen-Rhein and Stephanie Hart-Reynolds have received All-American Midwest Conference honors, and six Lady Eagles were named to the academic all-conference squad...

Practice safe sun (11/26/09)
Last week on those nice spring like days, people were getting outside, raking leaves or giving their yards a last time mowing before winter sets in. Some headed for the surrounding resort lakes and more sunshine...

It happened here, years ago (11/26/09)
1969 The Piggott Mohawks fell to the Augusta Red Devils 8-49 in their playoff game Nov. 22 at Kays Stadium at ASU. The Tribe's only score came on a 10 yard touchdown pass from Jimmy Johnson to Gary Wiley, and Rick Rodery added the two-point conversion. ...

James Jeffress (11/26/09)
James Dudley "Tadpole" Jeffress of Greenway, Ark., was born Oct. 6, 1955, and departed this life on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at the age of 54 years, one month, and 10 days. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Piggott. ...

Linda Cook (11/26/09)
Linda Cook, 61, of Piggott, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. She was born April 3, 1948, in Greenway, and was the daughter of the late Melvin Lonnie and Irene Jane (Ratcliff) Petty. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Melvin Eugene Petty...

Don Haywood (11/26/09)
Don Mason Haywood, 84, of Murphy Health and Rehab of Piggott died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, at Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Nov. 14, 1925, in Piggott, and was the son of the late Homer and Nora (Rogers) Haywood...

Willard Marvin Langley (11/26/09)
Willard Marvin Langley, 77, of Houston, Texas, was born Sept. 13, 1931, near Piggott. He died Aug. 31, 2009 in Katy, Texas. He graduated Piggott High School in 1948 and attended the University of Arkansas before returning to the family farm and working for Texas Eastern Pipeline. ...