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History Makers:Mr. Willie McCray Jr. was the first African American to form and own the first and largest national women's basketball development league in US history. The Women's Blue Chip Basketball League (WBCBL) was originally founded in November 2004 by Mr. McCray, with the assistance of co-founders Cortez Bond and Prentiss Broadway. The WBCBL provided former college players with top rate competition and exposure to professional scouts from around the world. The WBCBL also featured FIBA, former NWBL & WNBA players. The WBCBL was the first national women's development basketball league and the largest nationwide women's basketball league in North America, with a peak of 50 teams.
From 2004 to 2018, the WBCBL created hundreds of jobs across the North America and assisted in filling over 400 professional basketball jobs around the world. In September 2018, Mr. McCray, the WBCBL founder and president, retired and handed off the day-to-day operations to William Kelly. The league was rebranded as the Women's Basketball Development Association (WBDA) and continues as a successful platform in professional development. Menifee native and Eastside High School graduate, Thomas Alonzo Johnson, was the first African American basketball player for the Arkansas Razorbacks. Click to read more.......
When Alma Byrd won an Arkansas state basketball title in 1939, she had never played on a wood court before. Byrd grew up in a rural area about eighty miles northwest of what was then called Arkansas AM&N, the host of many black basketball state tournaments in the era. “We didn’t know anything about how the ball would bounce off the floor,” she recalled in a July 2016 interview with KATV. Fortunately, her Menifee Travelerettes team was allowed to practice on the court beforehand.
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Willie McCray Jr
Thomas Alonzo Johnson
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**CITY MEETINGS **
Masks are still required.
Also, Temperature checks will be taken.
And everyone is still asked to observed 6-feet social distancing from anyone
you do not live in the same household with; unless you have a mask on.
All citizens are encouraged to attend.
Thank you and stay safe,
Pamela Coleman, Recorder-Treasurer
Town of Menifee
City Park Survey
Menifee, Arkansas /
Home of the Mustangs
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ADEM Warns Against Latest COVID-19 Scam The Arkansas Division of Emergency Management (ADEM) is warning citizens that there are persons who are impersonating employees of the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) going door to door and offering COVID19 testing in exchange for money and personal information. ADEM has confirmed that the CDC is not going door to door for testing.
Arkansas residents encountering someone at their door stating they are there to test them for a Coronavirus or COVID19 should file a consumer complaint with the Arkansas Attorney General's office by calling (501) 682-2007 or (800) 482-8982 or downloading a Consumer Complaint Form at https://arkansasag.gov/forms/file-a-consumer-complaint/ |
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