Stories from Wednesday, January 27, 2010

JP's discuss county's role in regional development effort (01/27/10)
Clay County's involvement in the Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Facilities Authority (NARIFA) may not be a foregone conclusion. The organization, founded with the goal of bringing a Fortune 200 industry to the area, has been attempting to develop a location near the Walnut Ridge airport in the hope of attracting a major corporation and bringing new jobs to the area...

Berry to retire (01/27/10)
One of Arkansas' most vocal and memorable political leaders is stepping down. First District Congressman Marion Berry announced Monday he will not seek reelection in 2010. For more than a decade, Berry, 67, has represented the interests of Arkansans in Washington. Now the congressman says it's time to come home...

Valentines from Piggott to be featured at HPMEC during month of February (01/27/10)
Valentines from Piggott, 1910-1918, will be on exhibit Monday, Feb. 1, through Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum in Piggott. The exhibit includes pages from Willie (Underwood) Wyatt's scrapbook of Valentines from her grammar school classmates in Piggott, gathered from 1910 to 1918. ...

Mohawks fall to Cougars at PHS (01/27/10)
In what could arguably be the senior boy's championship for Clay County, the Piggott Mohawks hosted the Rector Cougars Saturday night and dropped a 13 point non-conference loss. The Tribe had three players score in double figures on the night, but couldn't handle a big Rector third quarter as the Cougars took the win 65-52. ...

Williams to helm All-Stars (01/27/10)
Compared to recent history, the 2009 Lady Mohawk volleyball season has to be considered a disappointment. Making the switch to qualifying by way of the district tournament, a process that has since been abandoned, the Tribe failed to make the trip to Harrison for the state tourney for the first time in nine years. ...

Junior boys downed (01/27/10)
The Piggott junior Mohawks hosted the Rector Cougars in non-conference action Saturday night at PHS, and hung with the visitors throughout much of the game. But with three of the junior Cougars scoring in double figures, the tribe dropped the contest by a final of 36-42...

The overtaxed brain (01/27/10)
The older I get, the more there is to remember. Time was, man had only to remember to put the toilet seat up or down. Now technology has changed that. Many times we don't even have to flush. It's done automatically in bathrooms all over America. Just stand up, and the toilet flushes automatically...

It happened here, years ago (01/27/10)
1970 Josie Brandon will be promoted to director of the Clay County Welfare Office effective Feb. 1. The current caseworker supervisor is 23 year veteran of the department. She and her husband James are lifelong residents of the area. ...

Geraldine Mann (01/27/10)
Geraldine Mann, 82, of Piggott, passed away Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at Murphy Health and Rehab in Piggott. She was born Aug. 1, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Cordie (Evans) Davis...

Bernice Elaine Gordon (01/27/10)
Bernice Elaine Gordon, 81, passed after a long journey and has gone to be with her husband Charles E. Gordon and grandson Andrew Blake. She passed away at the Golden Age Manor in Stevensville, Mich., Saturday, January 16, 2010...