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TUESDAY, May 9, 2017 / Vol. 3 Issue 19 / 75 cents
April was busy month for wrecks
Run, Jackets, run – The Clinton Yellow Jackets track team made a strong showing in State last week in Prescott. The boys 4x100 relay team (Bradley Amos, Bryce Dodd, Avery Bramlett and Kort Weaver) won first. The girls relay team (Summer Davidson, Lexi Smith, Leslie Carter and Allie Hensley) placed fifth. Hensley also won three events, 100 and 300 meter hurdles and the long jump, taking 3A high point. Amos came in third in long jump and Dodd finished second in the 200 meter run. (Photos from Jacket Journal/Kelli Wilson)
Man jailed twice in 1 day May 3, 2017, was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day for Michael Eugene Cowan. The 41-year-old Scotland man was picked up that day on a failure to appear warrant. He had been charged April 14 by Clinton Police with driving on a suspended license. He also
was charged Feb. 14, 2017, with failure to maintain control of a vehicle. Cowan was booked into the Van Buren County Detention Center at 8:47 a.m. May 3, 2017, according to records. He was released on a $435 bond at 9:05 a.m. the same day. Less than 12
Resident loses money in scam A Van Buren County resident reported May 2 to the sheriff’s office that he had been scammed out of $16,000 from a traveling paving company. The name of the company is Road Builders, owned or managed by W.J Boswell, according to the sheriff’s office. The resident reported that Boswell was driving a vehicle with its flashing light on and came onto his property. The man told the victim that had just finished a paving project for the highway department and he had some leftover blacktop he could sell him for $10 a yard, according to the sheriff’s office. The resident said he agreed and the man came in with his crew, a dump truck and other equipment that all looked brand new. The victim reported the man’s crew
put down the blacktop and them told him the price would be $7,000, which the resident thought was high, according to the sheriff’s office. The resident reported that Boswell told him he could do the whole area for $16,000, but he would need a check right now so he could go to Leslie and put it in the bank, according to the sheriff’s office. The resident said he gave Boswell a check for $1,600 and Boswell left, leaving his crew there, according to the report. The resident said after a long period of time the crew left and he tried unsuccessfully to get in touch with Boswell because the job was not finished. He said he has discovered that Indiana State Police are looking for the man as well, according to the sheriff’s office.
hours later, he was back in jail, this time charged with public intoxication. He was booked into the detention center at 8:09 p.m. May 3. He was released on bond again, this time $287, at 10:13 a.m. May 4. He is next due in court on May 25 for plea and arraignment.
Cowan
U.S. Highway 65 was the location of several wrecks in Clinton last month. Those accidents include a two-vehicle accident about 9:20 a.m. Sunday, April 30, when a 2009 Chevrolet Impala struck a vehicle while making a turn. Betty Thompson, 73, of Clinton said she did not see a 2015 Jeep Wrangler when she was trying to make a left turn at Highway 65 and 330 East, according to a police report. The Jeep was driven by Scott Randall Woodall, 48, of Beebe. Thompson and a passenger were taken by private vehicle to the hospital where they were treated and released. Less than four hours later, police responded to a second accident in front of KFC. James Lee Hice, 79, of Bee Branch was trying to make a left turn out of the restaurant about 1 p.m. when his 2010 Chevrolet Silverado struck a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Rodney Cameron Beene, 40, of Arkadelphia. Beene was driving in the outside southbound lane and told police he went up on the sidewalk trying to avoid the Silverado. Hice told police he just didn’t see the Tahoe and he knew the wreck was his fault. No one was injured.
On Monday, April 24, around noon a 1997 Ford Mustang slammed into the rear of a 2011 International truck, according to a police report. Truck driver Kevin R. Rivers Jr. of Rogers told police an RV heading north in front of him stopped suddenly to turn left into a gasoline station and he slammed on his brakes to avoid hitting him. Brittany Nicole Maxwell, 25, of Clinton told police she wasn’t paying attention and her Mustang slammed into the truck. Maxwell was taken by ambulance to Ozark Health Medical Center. Maxwell has been cited for following too close, no proof of insurance and fictitious tags. Earlier in April, a Willow Springs, Missouri, man was cited after a two-vehicle accident in front of Payton Dodge. Rebecca Leann McKinney, 19, of Clinton was traveling south about 3:15 p.m. April 10 when she tried to make a left turn into the car dealership. Her 2002 Chevrolet Silverado was struck by a 2016 Dodge Ram driven by Kurgon Bryan Dal, 36, according to police. Dal told police someone ran the stop sign on Old Highway 9 and he had to swerve, hitting McKinney’s truck. He was cited for following too close.
Local legend, Sue Kidd Hall of Fame pitcher from Choctaw dies A local legend has died. Glenna Sue Kidd, 83, of Choctaw passed away Thursday, May 4, 2017. Kidd played professional baseball in the All-American League as well as playing basketball with the South Bend Usherettes. Kidd’s main claim to fame as a professional came July 4, 1953, when she won both ends of a double-header for the South Bend Blue Sox pitching against the Grand Rapids Chicks before a crowd 5,000. Locally, Kidd is remembered by many old-timers as the girl who could play ball with – and beat – the boys from an early age. She also is remembered for pitching a lo-
cal team, coached by her father Marvin, to victory over an all-male Heber Springs team. Kidd played baseball professionally for the Battle Creek Belles, the Muskegon Lassies, Peoria Redwings, South Bend Blue Sox, and the Springfield Sallies. She played first base, as well as pitched. In her final season, playing with the Blue Sox, the right-hander batted .238. She was a member of the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and appeared in the movie 1992 “A League of Their Own.” Kidd also was a teacher and a coach for many years. Read her full obituary on Page 4.
(Photo from Van Buren County Historical Society)