Lawrence
County Business Directory's
Archived 2005 Photo Page
April 10, 2004 - Lake Charles State Park at Powhattan seemed alive with all the children
enjoying the 16th Annual Easter Egg Hunt even with a little bit of rain. There was
the egg run where several eggs ended up on the ground, the egg toss (thankfully they were
plastic eggs) the buddy run and several other organized games with the Easter Egg Hunt
being the top attraction and divided out between different ages to make the hunt a bit
more fair for the youngest and the eldest allowed. A scavenger hunt was the accumulation of
the planned events of the day and it appeared that all involved had a extremely good time!
Hundreds participated in the egg hunt held at Lake Charles, Saturday March 26, 2005,
with children divided by ages and plastic eggs littering the ground waiting to be scooped
up by the kids anxious for the sound of the siren that started the melee of egg hunters.
All participants were requested to bring a can of food for the Lawrence County
Food Bank to enter the egg hunt.
The Easter Bunny was on hand for photo opportunities for the kids and some young
at heart older on lookers.
Lake
Fest 2005
Lake Fest 2005 began at 9 A.M. Saturday, May 7th, 2005
with the main attraction of the morning
being the Antique as well as Modern and Customized Automobiles. There were
many Sport Cars
as well as antique Pick Up Trucks and Sedans.
Other activities included Tap Dancing, a dunking booth set up by the Black
Rock Volunteer
Fire Department, local talent presented their crafts later in the afternoon,
after I left to fulfill a
prior engagement. While I was present, from 10 A.M. until 12:15 P.M.
there were scores of visitors
cruising around looking at the cars on display as well as patronizing a
few of the booths that had snacks,
handcrafted items and T-shirts.
Drift
Racing - Walnut Ridge Airport June 4, 2005
June 4, 2005 was the date that the Walnut Ridge Airport hosted
a Drift Race, where the vehicle drivers
are required to go against a course time with points deducted for any spinouts
or should the strike any cones
that outline the required course. Two or three vehicles experienced blow
outs riding over the course concrete
on the tarmac. Between the day's heat and the smoke with the cloud of rubber
smoke coming from
the tires of the vehicles, the race provided a different aspect of racing
to Lawrence County. Participants
were from Arkansas, Tennessee and California of the vehicle tags noticed.
Walnut Ridge Fire Department enlist Hoxie Fire Department Feb 21, 2005
Walnut Ridge Fire Department enlisted Hoxie's Fire Department
to battle a residential fire at
326 S.E. Virginia St - Walnut Ridge on the afternoon of February 21.2005 when
Walnut Ridge's
Fire Chief arrived on the scene and found the residence fully evolved. The
residence was
a total loss unfortunately.
Hoxie Fire Department called on Walnut Ridge Fire Department to help battle the residential fire at
2513 SE Front St Hoxie shortly after lunch on February 25, 2005.
Walnut Ridge Fire Department Meets Matthew Abato - March 20, 2005
Sunday, March 20, 2005 around 3:15 p.m., a white and blue Leer Jet flew
in to Walnut Ridge
Regional Airport following a radio call be met with a fire truck upon landing.
No it wasn't a in flight
fire that was the reason behind the request to be met with such a specialized
vehicle but rather their
small passenger's request to be shown a fire truck during his short layover
at Walnut Ridge.
Matthew Abanto, age 7, from Fishkill, New York (76 miles North of New York
City) was on his way to
Dallas, Texas to the Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Pediatric Hospital
the only place in the Nation
that specializes in the condition that plagues little Matthew Abanto and many
other children as well.
Matthew's illness, a fatal condition with no known treatment to guarantee
survivorship, dictates
that he travel to Dallas up to four times a year for experimental treatment
and scores of medical test.
Being transported in a Leer Jet, converted into a air ambulance, from New
York to Houston by
Intensive Air Ambulance with it's home office from Clearwater, Florida, the
flight crew stopped over in
Walnut Ridge for fuel and a bite to eat as well to fulfill their passenger's
request if possible.
Fireman Thacher from the Walnut Ridge Fire Department drove a pumper truck
out to meet Matthew
just to bring a smile on his face knowing what all he has and will face in
the future no matter how
short that maybe. Matthew was driven around the airport's tarmac by Fireman
Thacher for a short
time and assisted helping Matthew into the overly large Oshkosh fire truck
that's on duty at the airport
for a closer look. Sounding the siren and pulling the cord on the loud air
horns of the Walnut Ridge
fire truck was the signal that Matthew's visit with the Fire Truck and Fireman
Thacher was at a end.
108
W Annie HoxieApril
3, 2005
Hoxie Fire Department was called out to 108 Annie, Hoxie, mid afternoon
to find the residence engulfed in fire and smoke. The firemen fought back
the
flames and saved further damage to Simpson's Auto Body Repair Shop
next door.
Morgan
Portable Building Mfg Plant Burns - June 16, 2005
At approximately 7:50 P.M. June 16, 2005 the alarm went out that Morgan
Portable Building Manufacture
was on fire and fire departments from Walnut Ridge, Hoxie and Pocahontas were
called in on the fire.
Pocahontas brought their ladder truck and sprayed the fire from almost a half
a block away with
their ladder stuck high up into the sky. Hoxie and Walnut Ridge fought
the fire side by side on the North
side of the building well into the evening after the sun had set.
House
Fire June 17, 2005
The Walnut Ridge Volunteer Fire Department was called to a structure fire
at the corner of
302 S.E. Third and E. Georgia near 11:00 P.M. to find the house purging smoke
from
it's eves and chimney. The Fire Department worked quickly and extinguished
the fire
before any or much damage was caused to the house. When venturing inside with
smoke
still hanging the charred walls indicated that the fire started some where
near the attic entrance
and attic. The kitchen walls indicated how intense the heat had become with
plastic brick bract
melting where it was hung as decorations.
The majority of the jumps and tricks as performed for the crowd at the ASU
Convocation Center in Jonesboro March 5, 2005. Aerial acrobatic maneuvers
off a Motocross Motorcycle!
The Jonesboro Firefighters Local 3718, Arkansas Lawn Mower Racing Association franchiser,
sponsored a local Lawn Mower Race Saturday, March 12, 2005, along with BBQ'ing
Boston Butt Roasts for sale as a fund raiser turned out as a hit. There were several folks
in attendance in the crowd that enjoyed not only the lawn mower race but also the children's
race on battery powered vehicles. Even with some entrants having mechanical problems
prior to the main events, a good time was had by all.
The pages of the sideshow indicate that the lighting was on the 19th but the
page is in error, the lighting was from my front porch on April 21, 2005.
While I was out on the porch taking photos of the lighting, the lighting
was in my house taking out a computer router as well as two business phones!
Nailbenders
for Jesus at First Baptist Church - Walnut Ridge
A group of retired craftsmen and craftswomen came to Walnut Ridge
early in April that are with the Arkansas Baptist State Convention
Construction Missions and the Nailbenders for Jesus, a Christen organization
that
volunteer their time in the Church community plying their skills for free
at different sites through out the United States. The Nailbenders for Jesus
came into Walnut Ridge April 6th, 2005 and formed a mobile home community
on the old Piggly Wiggley parking lot within 24 hours of their first arrival.
Work was started in a light rain and ended with a thunderstorm following
their last supper get together of the group, April 21, 2005, before moving
on to
their next commitment elsewhere to build yet another structure for a Church
in need.
Train
Derailment June 24, 2005
June 24th, 2005 approximately 3:45 P.M. at the junction of Highways
63 South and 91 a North
bound train jumped the tracks at the crossing at Hwy 91 disrupting three locomotives
as well
as several tanker cars containing a suspected bio hazard material, which was
later determined
to be a mixture of corn syrup and a powdered fertilizer that was highly combustable
and a
hazard to the traffic passing by resulting in the closing of Highway 63 and
Highway 91
for several hours. Clean up crews furthered blocked the Highways on into the
following week.
100th
Anniversary of the
Portia Picnic -
July 4th,
2005
Portia has been hosting the Fourth of July Picnic's for a even 100
years with this year marking it's
100th anniversary of celebration that is widely attended by Lawrence County
residents as well as
family that has moved off looking for work or simply to raise their families.
Besides the carnival that
comes to Portia to entertain the visitors, there's also a fireworks display
at the carnival's end, generally on
the evening of July 4th. This year's carnival was well represented in the
few rides geared towards adults and
many smaller, slower rides available for toddlers and those of us resisting
the faster "Tilt a Whirl" or "The Scrambler"!
Of course the Ferris wheel was present as an old stand by that affords a great
over view of the booths and surrounding homes
and city streets at it's apex. I saw booths offering delights as funnel cakes,
corn dogs, hamburgers and of course cotton
candy and candied apples to name only a few tasteful snacks. Following the
much needed rains, the mosquitoes
were out in force and could blanket a individual that might stop for only
seconds to be weighed down from
what seemed ten pounds of mosquitoes. With the recent rains, the dust was
kept to a minimum and the
picnic attendees seemed generally to have a great time as always. The only
detrimental statement I can make
about Portia's Picnic is that it only comes once a year.
Great work from the Mayor, Dale Freeman as well as countless
others that worked and planned this years special events.
The
4th on the 5th - Craighead County Fairgrounds - July 5, 2005
Independence Day, July 4th came in with a light show of it's
own and resulted in having the
fireworks display that was planned for the Fourth to be canceled due to excessive
rain
and storms that passed through the area. Several thousands gathered around
the Fairgrounds
to observe what turned out to be a really fine fireworks display.
The delay of the display didn't cause a lack of spectators nor did the slight
drizzle falling
dampened the anticipation of the show in celebration of not only our Country's
Independence,
but also in tribute to our Troops stationed over seas during these holidays
again protecting
our freedom and showing to the world that a Democracy will work over a dictatorship
to the benefit to all instead of to one or the dictatorial family.
Congratulation and thank you for the sponsors
of the fireworks at the
Craighead County Fairgrounds. I'm sure the show will be on everyone's
tongue for the year to come. Maybe next year we'll enjoy having time to
enjoy all of the displays shown in Craighead as well as other Counties.
The following images are from the fire at Walker's Midway Appliance Store across from Warden Mini Storage
and the Bryan Funeral Home. Heat was so intense that the metal on the mini storage building was hot to
the touch and you could feel the heat standing in the vacant lot between the mini storage and Hoxie Florist.
There was at times embers that were floating down across the street where dozen of bystanders were watching the
fire's flames and the tornados of flame and smoke rising above the Appliance Store as well as a private residence to
the south of the store. At times you could see flames from the insulation on the high line wires in front of the fire as well
as a telephone pole burning from the intense heat. Both buildings were a total loss as the fire raged on well past mid night
with fire fighters battling the fire past 2:30 A.M. Tuesday morning.
A two vehicle accident on Hwy 63 North Hoxie on the bypass that involved two pickups
when apparently one of the pickups ran the stop sign and hit a North bound kingcab
pickup spinning it into the ditch on the South side of the highway causing it to rollover
two if not three times. The Hoxie Fire Department, Hoxie Police Department, Lawrence County
Sheriff's Office and a Arkansas State Trooper were all at the accident investigating.
All individuals were transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital by AET Ambulance
in unknown condition at this time.
Lawrence County Fair Vehicle Entries - Aug 20, 2005
A small showing of the vehicles that were entered into the car show during the
Lawrence County Fair at Imboden, August 12, 2005.
9 Harrison St, Alicia, AR - August 24, 2005
Early morning Tuesday, August 24, 2005, the Alicia Fire Department was paged out to a
residential fire at 9 Harrison St in Alicia. Soon after arrival, calls were placed to Swifton Fire
Department as well as Hoxie Fire Department with hopes to contain the fire from spreading
to neighboring homes as well as propane tanks on the property. The Alicia Fire Department
had the fire mainly under control by the time other Departments arrived. The residence was
a total loss in the fire.
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Wreck August 29, 2005
Monday afternoon, around 5:20 P.M. another vehicle accident occurred at the
junction of Hwy 63 North and Hwy 63B North and Lawrence County Road 504
when a south bound vehicle from Law Co Rd 504 attempted to cross North Hwy 63 to
gain entrance to Hwy 63B North when struck, "T-Boned".
The driver and passenger, South bound on Hwy 63, were transported to Lawrence
Memorial Hospital to be checked out while the driver of the vehicle crossing Hwy
63 was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and later air lifted to the Children's
Hospital in Little Rock in serious condition.
Wreck
September 12, 2005
Wreck on Hwy 63 South just a .3 tenths of mile North of the Sedgwick
city limits on the
afternoon of September 12, 2005, involving three vehicles when, according
to speculation and wittenesses,
the South bound silver Toyota drifted into the path of a 16 wheeler, sideswipping
it. The silver toyota
was then thrown into the path of a North bound Jeep CJ7 that T-boned the
Toyota and cause the
Toyota to end up in the ditch up side down.
The driver of the transport truck and Jeep were transported to Lawrence
Memorial Hospital
where they were treated and released while the driver of the Toyota was
transported to St. Benards
Regional Medical Center and was held over night for observation and released
the following day.
Drift
Racing at the Airport - Sept 24, 2005
A group of Drift Racing drivers and fans met Saturday, September 24,
2005, at the Walnut Ridge
Airport for a day of racing. Drivers came from Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee
and Missouri to have
a place suitable for Drift Racing where they could participate in the sport
they are involved.
The roar of the engine, the squeal of the rubber on the concrete and the
clouds of smoke
of burning rubber filled the air with each and every vehicle taking the
course set out with barrels
and orange cones. Vehicles and drivers raced against their personal time
as well as the overall
track time to determine their standings for the afternoon. Chunks of rubber.
plumes of smoke and the occasional
blow outs of tires pushed to the extreme permeated the afternoon.
From word of one Drifter, the event is to be scheduled quarterly to provide
interest in the Airport
as well as to promote safety in their sport by having quality facilities
to race upon.
305 NE Third Walnut Ridge - Sept 26, 2005
Residential fire being fought by the Walnut Ridge Volunteer Fire Department. The attic
of the residence is where it is speculated that was the origin of the fire that destroyed
the roof and interior of the residence. The occupants were away from the house visiting family
and no one was injured in the fire. Three fire trucks were originally dispatched and a fourth
came later to provide support. AET Ambulance was on the scene as well in case of a medical emergency.
Lawrence County's Walk of Hope - Oct 8, 2005
Lawrence County's Walk of Hope had hundreds of supporters that walked the
three mile circle in support for Cancer Research and support for the survivors
of cancer still active in our community.
First Presbyterian Annual Talent Show - Oct 9, 2005
Presbyterian Annual Talent Show followed a supper of red beans and rice
and a assortment of deserts. Fun was had by all.
Combine Fire Oct 20, 2005
A Combine caught on fire October 20, 2005 in a field off of Johnny Wrecker Road
just South of Hoxie on Highway 67. Hoxie Fire Department was called to the scene
and put the fire out. Something that I'm sure isn't a normal fire in a larger metro setting
but a occasional occurrence being a rural agricultural area. I'm sure isn't a normal fire in
a larger metro setting but a occasional occurrence being a rural agricultural area.
Fall Festival 2005 - Oct 29, 2005
Walnut Ridge held the 2005 Fall Festival Saturday, October 29, 2005, on N.W. Walnut
and N.W. Second Streets that were barricaded for the day's events. Booths were representative
of a plethora of displays from Political Candidates, hotdog eating costest to health care items such as
Emu Oils and various articles of clothing and crafts and a Poker Run for motorcycles earlier in the
morning. There was basketball, moon walking for the younger at heart and bands to provide music
for the afternoon. The chilli cook off was scheduled to judged at 3:00 PM with chilli available
for the public to purchase following the judging.
Black
Rock's 3rd. Annual Foothills Celebration - Nov 5, 2005
The Black Rock third annual Foothills Celebration was a huge success with
their day of fun and
excitement for all those in attendance. Held on the East end of Main Street,
that had been cordoned
off for only foot traffic, had booths that offered food and drink as well
as diverse items such as colored
sand to make colorful sand bottles to purses and games of chance for the
children. Blocking one end
of Main Street was a flat bed trailer that contained a stage set up for
the various bands that were scheduled
to play. Behind the stage and down the block, a tractor pull was in progress
the majority of the afternoon and
even after dark. A day of fun, meeting up with old friends, good food, good
entertainment all for a affordable few
dollars for the day's events and food and drink.
Walnut Ridge School Bus Accident - Nov 9, 2005
A Walnut Ridge School bus was struck in the rear of the bus as it stopped for
the railroad crossing at the Highway 67 crossing near Memphis Street in Hoxie.
Thankfully there were not any injuries and the students were transported to school in the same
bus just a bit later than scheduled but with a story to tell other students of their accident.
Hoxie School Bus Accident - Nov 10, 2005
A Hoxie School bus was struck in the rear as it was letting off students four miles north of Alicia
by a transport truck. Ambulances and rescue squads were dispatched to the accident not knowing the extent
of any injuries but with the report that the bus had it's rear "smashed in". A few of the students were taken to
Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Walnut Ridge to be checked for injuries as a precautionary measure.
The School Bus driver was later transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, after all the students
involved in the accident were accounted for as well as treated, with complains of a possible back injury.
The transport truck that struck the bus had enough time to slow down prior to striking the bus that
minimized damage to either vehicle.
Auto Fire at BP Gas Station Hwy 63 Black Rock - Nov 21,2005
Black Rock's Fire Department was called out to the BP Gas Station on Hwy 63
where a station wagon that had been pulling a pickup truck caught fire during a
fill up. The station wagon was a total loss even though the fire department arrived
quickly and extinguished the fire before any damage was done to the BP Station.
Residence Fire a 418 NW Second in Walnut Ridge - Nov 29, 2005
The occupants of the residence escaped without injury but apparently lost all personal possessions
in the fire which to my knowledge of unknown origin.
Hoxie's Santa Run - Dec 12, 2005
Hoxie Fire Department and Santa visited a few of the residents of Hoxie giving away a sack of
Christmas goodies, candies and fruits, as part of their yearly civic pride.
1029 SW Broad Street Hoxie - Dec 22, 2005
The Hoxie Fire Department was called out to a residential fire at 1029 SW Broad Street around 10:30 P.M..
The residence was a total loss.
Train Derailment on Hwy 67 Crossing in Hoxie - Dec 26, 2005
Approximately 6:30 PM, December 26th, a South bound Frisco train suffered a derailment after apparently having a
wheel come off it's axle on a train car. The wheel in question was out of line prior to crossing Highway 67 in Hoxie
and caused some damage to the new concrete crossing that pulled steel from it's bolt anchored sleeves in the crossing.
Hoxie Police checked the contents of the derailed car and found that it's contents were not a hazzard to the residents in
the area. Highway 67 was cleared within forty five minutes to a hour with normal Highway traffic resuming.
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