Stories from Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Duke signs with Crowley's Ridge College (06/03/09)
Cougar long-range specialist Justin Duke will be taking his sharpshooting ability to the collegiate level, having signed with Crowley's Ridge College Monday at the RHS gym. For the past two seasons, Duke has wowed Rector fans with his clutch performances and his ability to bury the three-point shot with consistency...

Don't overfill a full plate (06/03/09)
Dick Cheney has not emerged from government service as the most popular man in the world. He has filled many jobs, as congressman from Wyoming, Chief of Staff under Gerald Ford, then later he was Secretary of Defense under the first President Bush, and vice president under the most recent George Bush...

Whatever happened to moderate Republicans? (06/03/09)
We were reading a column the other day in which this statement was made -- "It's no longer your father's Republican Party?" How true that is. As the Rush Limbaughs of the world continue to gain traction in the Grand Old Party, one wonders if the institution will survive at all in the face of obvious changing demographics in America...

Remembering when (06/03/09)
Remember when kids just hated it when it rained. They wanted to go outside and play, so they waited for the rain to stop. That's what I remember. Yeah, sometimes on a hot day mama allowed my brothers and my sister and me to run outside and take a shower bath in our play clothes, but not if the weather was threatening....

Bettie June Priest (06/03/09)
Memorial funeral services for 74-year-old Bettie June Priest of Rector, who passed away on Tuesday, May 26, in the Piggott Community Hospital, were held Thursday, May 28, in the Irby Funeral Home Chapel with Ken Roden officiating...

Vernelia Smith (06/03/09)
Vernelia Smith of Marmaduke departed this life on Friday morning, May 29, 2009, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould. She was a member of Cappadocia General Baptist Church and was a homemaker...