Steve Gillespie

1 week ago | jonesborosun.com | Steve Gillespie

PARAGOULD — Not everyone is able to enjoy their favorite activities for as much as 50 years, but Fred Greer has managed to do it. He started motocross racing in 1974, and hasn’t really stopped. He’ll be 81 on May 31. kAmvC66C 5:5 92G6 E@ E2<6 2 =:EE=6 3C62< 7@C 2 4@FA=6 @7 J62CD 5F6 E@ 2 DEC@<6 2?5 2 5@F3=6 9:A C6A=246>6?E[ 3FE 96’D A=2??:?8 E@ 4@>A6E6 282:? D@@?]k^AmkAmq@C? :? !2C28@F=5[ vC66C 92D =:G65 :? D6G6C2= A=246D :?

1 week ago | paragoulddailypress.com | Steve Gillespie

Not everyone is able to enjoy their favorite activities for as much as 50 years, but Fred Greer has managed to do it. He started motocross racing in 1974, and hasn’t really stopped. He’ll be 81 on May 31. Greer did have to take a little break for a couple of years due to a stroke and a double hip replacement, but he’s planning to compete again soon. Born in Paragould, Greer has lived in several places in Northeast Arkansas, including Walnut Ridge, Newport, and Batesville while growing up.

2 weeks ago | jonesborosun.com | Steve Gillespie

Editor’s Note: This column was originally published in 2022. For years in the newspaper business, as Dec. 7 would draw near, someone would have the assignment of doing a story with a local angle related to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. kAm%9:D H2D 62D:6C E@ 5@ :? E96 `hg_D H96? s64] f[ `hc` H2D c_\D@>6E9:?8 J62CD 62C=:6C] x? a__`[ 7@C E96 e_E9 2??:G6CD2CJ @7 E92E 52J E92E H@F=5 =:G6 :? :?72>J[ 2D us# 42==65 :E[ x 925 DF49 2? 2DD:8?>6?E] %9C@F89 >:=:E2CJ 2?5 G6E6C2? 4@?E24ED :?

2 weeks ago | jonesborosun.com | Steve Gillespie

Editor’s Note: This column was originally published in 2022. For years in the newspaper business, as Dec. 7 would draw near, someone would have the assignment of doing a story with a local angle related to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. kAm%9:D H2D 62D:6C E@ 5@ :? E96 `hg_D H96? s64] f[ `hc` H2D c_\D@>6E9:?8 J62CD 62C=:6C] x? a__`[ 7@C E96 e_E9 2??:G6CD2CJ @7 E92E 52J E92E H@F=5 =:G6 :? :?72>J[ 2D us# 42==65 :E[ x 925 DF49 2? 2DD:8?>6?E] %9C@F89 >:=:E2CJ 2?5 G6E6C2? 4@?E24ED :?

2 weeks ago | paragoulddailypress.com | Steve Gillespie

Editor’s Note: This column was originally published in 2022. For years in the newspaper business, as Dec. 7 would draw near, someone would have the assignment of doing a story with a local angle related to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This was easier to do in the 1980s when Dec. 7, 1941 was 40-something years earlier. In 2001, for the 60th anniversary of that day that would live in infamy, as FDR called it, I had such an assignment.