Stories from Wednesday, February 17, 2010

HPMEC hosts creative writing series for Piggott area students (02/17/10)
A total of 21, excited, Piggott-area students gathered at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center on four Wednesdays during January and February to indulge their passion for creative writing. At the conclusion of the effort each student received a copy of their 89-page story collection to take home...

Certification for Magnolia Manor (02/17/10)
Duane Dutka (right), County Administrator with Department of Human Services presents Sue Cole, Administrator of Magnolia Manor Assisted Living Facility and Jack Cole, CEO of General Baptist Health Care with the Living Choices Assisted Living Medicaid Waiver Certificate. ...

Piggott High School marks senior night for class of 2010 (02/17/10)
Piggott High School observed senior night Thursday, Feb. 11, for members of the Mohawk boys and girls basketball teams and the PHS cheerleading squad. At the conclusion of the festivities, the senior boys hosted the Harrisburg Hornets and dropped a conference decision...

Fair Board re-organizes, plans for the future (02/17/10)
In an effort to breathe new life into a longtime local event, there has been a reorganization of the Clay County Fair Association board of directors. The group, which is made up of some of the former members and some new faces, also has stepped up efforts to promote the annual fair and use of the fairgrounds on the north edge of Piggott...

PES sixth gaders study Black history Month (02/17/10)
Kimble Talley, Education Specialist from Little Rock Central High National Historic Site, was a quest teacher in Mrs. Veleda Langley's sixth grade Social studies class at PES recently. Talley spoke to the students about discrimination, segregation and Jim Crow laws. She also did a photo analysis and used the white boards during the lesson...

Mohawks wrap up regular season (02/17/10)
The Piggott Mohawks wrapped up their regular season last week, dropping a three point decision on senior night Thursday at PHS to the Harrisburg Hornets and then losing a road game to the Earle Bulldogs on Friday. The Tribe was scheduled to take on the Hoxie Mustangs in the first round of the district tournament at Earle Tuesday afternoon...

Lady Mohawks end season against Mustangs (02/17/10)
"Despite the way our season went, the girls had a no quit attitude," Coach Alan Rabjohn noted of this year's Lady Mohawk basketball team. The girls, and their three seniors, wrapped up this year's campaign Monday afternoon in the district tournament at Earle as they fell to Hoxie 31-46...

Junior boys fall in second round (02/17/10)
The Piggott junior Mohawks made it to the second round of the Brookland Invitational Tournament last week, but were eliminated by top-seeded Rivercrest by 13 points Wednesday afternoon. The contest was a spirited affair, which saw Mohawk head coach Josh Robins receive two technical fouls--the second of which came with an automatic ejection leaving assistant Michael Harrell to lead the Tribe down the stretch.. ...

Intrusive commercials (02/17/10)
The other day I threatened to throw a shoe at the television screen. I was trying to watch a romance television movie starring Nick and Julia. The problem was the commercials. Every two or three minutes the movie was interrupted with someone wanting me to order a scooter at little or no cost to me, or some male enhancement product guaranteed to work...

It happened here, years ago (02/17/10)
1970 Another piece of Piggott history bit the dust this week in time, as workers razed the old ice house on West Main (site of the current library). The ice house was added to W.F. Smith's soda bottling company in 1921. ...

Harold Cook (02/17/10)
Harold Cook, 82, of Piggott passed away Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, at the Piggott Community Hospital. He was born Oct. 10, 1927, in Dyer, Tenn., and was the son of the late Delbert and Thelma Rose Cook. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Marcine Cook...

Neva Almeta Mowery (02/17/10)
Neva Almeta Mowery, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born July 13, 1916, in Greenway, to Robert N. and Lula Jane (Edwards) Travillian. She and James Wilton Mowery were married Nov. 20, 1937, in Greenway. He died Aug. 13, 2000...

Diana Lynn Moore DeStefano (02/17/10)
Diana Lynn (Moore) DeStefano was born in Piggott Dec. 30, 1953, and departed this life Feb. 13, 2010, at Covenant Hospice in Pensacola, Fla., at the age of 56 years. Diana graduated from Piggott High School in 1971 and went on to obtain a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from ASU in 1975. She spent much of her life serving in the field of social work and assisting the elderly...