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Basketball in town tonight
Missouri Baptist Spartans (7-6, American Midwest Conference; 14-11, overall) vs. Lyon College Scots (12-1, 22-3), Becknell Gym, 5:30 p.m. This is the starter in a big AMC week for the 20th-ranked Scot women. They go on the road for the other two. Awaiting them Thursday …
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Sports Calendar
Upcoming sports events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Tuesday, February 13 – Sunday, February 17, 2013.
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Not-so-well-known Leyland for 50th pro baseball season
Detroit Manager Jim Leyland arrived at the Tigers’ training camp Monday in Lakeland, Fla., marking 50 seasons since he first showed up there as a pencil-thin 18-year-old prospect. If you were expecting sepia-tinged memories about a kid from Ohio basking in the sunshine and seeing …
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Why hating rich people is making you broke
Quick, if you saw a Rolls Royce on the side of the road and a guy in a suit standing next to it staring at his flat tire, what pops into your head? If you find yourself laughing at a rich guy having to suffer, …
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Sports Briefs
Pro football PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Michael Vick took a significant pay cut to stay with the Philadelphia Eagles and compete for a starting job. The 4-time Pro Bowl quarterback agreed Monday to a restructured 3-year contract with the Eagles, just two seasons after signing a …
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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on Sept. 3, 1993. 102 YEARS AGO Nolan Dillingham, a well-respected Negro man of Newark, fell dead yesterday afternoon on a ball field one-half mile from Newark. A big colored baseball game had been arranged by …
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Bald eagle found dead; reward for info
HIGHLAND — A bald eagle has been discovered shot dead in Pike County and wildlife officials are offering a $2,000 reward for information about the shooter. The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are investigating the shooting of a …
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Caucus wants new steel mill to hire African-Americans
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Members of the Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus said Monday they’re concerned that Gov. Mike Beebe’s proposal to issue state-backed bonds to attract a $1 billion steel mill doesn’t include a requirement that the company hire African-American workers. The lawmakers said they …
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Osage artisan brings form to blown glass
OSAGE (AP) — Ed Pennebaker doesn’t have time to get distracted. When Pennebaker pulls the superheated glass out of his glass furnace, it’s a shade over 2,100 degrees. He has about a minute and a half – two minutes, tops – to blow it, bend …
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Couple who endowed annual concert look forward to performance at Lyon
Lyon College’s upcoming West Endowed Concert will be the first one attended by Dr. Dan C. West since he and his wife, Sidney, left Lyon College in 1988. West was president of Lyon (then Arkansas College) for 16 years. He and Mrs. West established the …
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Edna Morgan
MOOREFIELD — Edna Lee Morgan, 89, of Moorefield died Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, in a Batesville nursing home. Born April 25, 1923, in Moorefield, she was the daughter of Paul B. and Rosa Lee Goodwin. She was married to Ray Morgan for 52 years. She …
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Lonnie Richardson
NEWARK — Lonnie Hassel Richardson, 82, of Newark died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in a Batesville hospital. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Believers Community Church with David Insell and Jack McCarroll officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Valley Cemetery. Pallbearers will …
