Stories from Thursday, March 4, 2010

Special Olympics at PHS (03/04/10)
Over 200 athletes gathered at Piggott High School Friday, Feb. 26, for the Area One Special Olympics individual and team basketball competitions. Team members from several schools, and adult workshops, took part in this year's individual competitions. The day also included a new competition, as four squads took part in team basketball with the games played in the PHS middle gym...

Charlie Daniels fiddle benefits Relay For Life (03/04/10)
With spring just around the corner, planning of the annual Clay County Relay For Life has reached a fever pitch. Currently RFL has several fundraising efforts underway, with all the proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. Among those efforts is a special drawing being held for a fiddle autographed by performer Charlie Daniels...

New acquisitions for MKPM (03/04/10)
Last month trustees with the Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer Museum and Study Center in Piggott made their annual pilgrimage to Arizona to attend the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. The show is held the first full weekend of each February, and has grown into the largest such event in the United States. Each year the trustees attend the show, and bring back items to add to the museum's extensive collection...

Patterson seeking third term (03/04/10)
State Rep. Mike Patterson of Piggott traveled Monday to Little Rock to officially file for re-election for his third term for the District 79 House of Representatives seat. The district is comprised of all of Clay County and 17 townships in Greene County...

Baseball season underway (03/04/10)
The 2010 edition of the Piggott Mohawk baseball team is the 30th squad to take to the diamond in the history of the local program. And this year's team promises to be one to remember, as third year head coach Shawn Hearn will field a young but very experienced group. ...

It happened here, years ago (03/04/10)
1970 Local residents were warned 40 years ago, that there was no safe way to view the upcoming solar eclipse. The 85-mile wide eclipse was set for 1:30 p.m. March 7, and would last about three minutes. ...

The house invaders (03/04/10)
Ladybugs, ants, flying squirrels, skunks. There seems to be an epidemic in Northeast Arkansas. I'm battling ants. A friend who lives near Pollard says her mobile home is being infested with ladybugs, red and yellow...

Rev. Raymond Albert Johnson (03/04/10)
Rev. Raymond Albert Johnson, 92, of Blytheville died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, at the Great River Medical Center. Born in Piggott to the late Robert Albert and Lula (Duty) Johnson, he was retired minister and school teacher and a member of First Baptist Church. He was a devoted husband of 61 years and a devoted father who enjoyed being a ham radio operator...

Mary Estelle Vincent (03/04/10)
Mary Estelle Vincent, 90, of Piggott, passed away Monday, March 1, 2010, at Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott. She was born January 12, 1920, near St. Francis, and was the daughter of the late John Henry and Ollie Luella (Morris) Pittman...

Jodee Armour (03/04/10)
Jodee Armour, 81, of Kennett, formerly of Piggott, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, at National Health Care in Kennett after a struggle with cancer. Jodee was born near Kennett April 28, 1928 and was the daughter of the late James Edgar and Mary (Beard) Taylor. She was married to David Armour and he also preceded her in death...