Marked Tree, Arkansas ~ Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Remembering "Buck" Guin(10/02/08)

Debate on lowering the legal drinking age (08/29/08)
In case you have been under a rock lately and haven't heard, there is a national debate going on whether or not to lower the legal drinking age from 21 to 18. About 100 college and university presidents of around the United States think it would be good. But good for who?...

Phelps story goes deeper than a pool (08/22/08)
This was definitely an interesting week in history with the deaths of both comedian/actor Bernie Mac and musician/icon Isaac Hays as well as Michael Phelps breaking seven world records and one Olympic swimming records...

Gatlinburg part two (08/14/08)
Okay, so I didn't mean for this to be a 2-parter but I promise this will be the last column I write about my vacation. We went to the Great Smoky Mountains. We found ourselves at the Newfoundland Gap which is on the Tennessee and North Carolina border. ...

Vacationing in Tennessee (08/07/08)
My family and I went on vacation a couple of weeks ago to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tenn. On the way there, we stopped in Knoxville, Tenn. to see the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. It is the only facility of its kind dedicated to all levels of women's basketball...

Days of construction paper are obsolete (07/31/08)
Vacation Bible School sure has come a long way since I was a pupil instead of a teacher. Days of construction paper and paste are long gone. It is much more high-tech with computers and big screen TVs. I helped again this year as a teacher and guess what I had to teach? Recreation of all things! It wasn't too bad though I had plenty of different helpers each night...

Organ doners can savel lives (07/24/08)
What is the first thing that you notice about a driver's license? The picture? The restrictions? Of course, those are some of the obvious choices, but now, I think the first thing I notice about licenses is, is the driver an organ donor?...

My thought for the day (07/16/08)
My thought for the day: "You are like a bunch of evil snakes, so how can you say anything good? Your words show what is in your hearts. Good people bring good things out of their hearts, but evil people bring evil things out of their hearts. ...

Meaning of the flag draped coffin (07/10/08)
My cousin from Mississippi sent me an email about what it means when the American flag is draped over a coffin. I did not receive it in time for the 4th of July edition, but I just thought that it was too good to pass up. I think that everyone should know the meaning of this...

Be very, very careful this fourth (07/03/08)
Well the Fourth of July is just around the corner! Families are planning their dinners and getting ready to shoot some fireworks. To help you celebrate safely this Fourth of July, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Council on Fireworks Safety offer the some safety tips...

Country Mouse vs. City Mouse (06/25/08)
Living in the boondocks isn't just for rednecks anymore, but not that it ever was to begin with. No one knows that better than me because I've never lived any other place (and proud of it). Oh, I have thought about it especially when it comes to Friday and Saturday nights (date nights). ...

Special words for fathers and grandfathers (06/11/08)
Father's Day is this Sunday, June 15. It is a day to honor and commemorate all fathers and grandfathers. Once again, as I did for Mother's Day, I would like to quote Erma Bombeck. She wrote an equally wonderful poem about fathers...

Pool safety is a must (06/04/08)
Well the good news for many families is that summer is finally here and the pools are finally open. The bad news is that drowning is the second leading cause of accidental deaths among children under 14...

New Indiana Jones movie is good (05/28/08)
Almost 20 years later, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas decide to create another Indiana Jones movie, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skulls." There is definitely more to this one than cracking whips and running from boulders for Harrison Ford, now 65 years old...

Teens: To protect vs. privacy (05/20/08)
Do you know everyone who has your child's cell phone number? Have you ever talked to your child about inappropriate messages? I was inspired to write this story when watching an NBC News Channel recently that had a report on spam cell text messages. I also looked around at just how many children and teenagers have cell phones...

A special tribute to a special friend (05/15/08)
Someone once said, "For some life lasts a short while but the memories it holds last forever." In my opinion, the world lost a very special person last week. Stanford T. "Buddy" Neal was born to Ted and Lillie Mae Neal on May 21, 1949 in Lepanto. He is the second of four children and the only boy. He was married for 38 years to the same lady, Dannye. Buddy had two children, one grandson, two nieces, one nephew, two grand-nieces, two grand -nephews and a host of friends...

What are we voting for? (05/15/08)
I am not a political person and you will probably never hear me discuss politics, but I do believe in the concept or process of voting. I feel like it is our God given right to express our opinion by voting and standing up for what we believe in and if we do not vote than we have given up that right to express our opinion. ...

Day to day at the Tribune (05/15/08)
I have been with the "Tri-City Tribune" for about a year and a half now but let me properly introduce myself. My name is Marissa Holiman. I am from Lepanto and a 2005 graduate of East Poinsett County High School. ...