Carroll County News: Holiday Island

Carroll County News/Holiday Island News office

Location: 5 Forest Park Ave., Ste. D, in back of barbershop (please do not mail things to this address; see below)
Mailing address: PO Box 3233, Holiday Island, AR 72631
Hours: Generally (unless out on a story) M-Th, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Fri 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., or by appointment. No receptionist; best to call first to make sure we are there.
Phone: 479-253-9719; no fax
Email: ccnhi@cox-internet.com
Services at this location: Classified line ads, new and renew subscriptions, press releases, story requests. White drop box outside if office is closed. For display ads, please call 870-423-6636.
Reporter on site: Kathryn Lucariello

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Calendar

Recycling mobile classroom at the Barn
May 18

Ladies' fellowship luncheon is May 20
May 20

White Elephant Sale
May 25

Womenade selling prom wear to raise funds
May 25

Post 9 Memorial Day service
May 27

Memorial Day services at HI Veterans park
May 27

American Legion Post 9 meets first Mondays
June 3

Obituaries/Death Notices

Kenneth Walker (05/01/13)
Kenneth Walker, of Berryville, age 75, passed from this life on Thursday, Apr. 25, 2013, at Green Acre Lodge, Holiday...

Jeannie Mitchell (04/24/13)
Jeannie Mitchell, of Holiday Island, AR, passed away peacefully after a battle with cancer. On April 16, 2013 she...

Ruth Katherine Haydon (04/19/13)
Ruth Katherine Haydon, a resident of Holiday Island, Arkansas, was born January 27, 1920 in Newhall, Iowa, a daughter...

John (Jack) R. Hill (04/10/13)
John (Jack) R. Hill a recent resident of Holiday Island went to live with the Lord when he passed away in his home in...

John William Anderson (03/29/13)
John William Anderson, a resident of Holiday Island, AR, was born Mar. 13, 1930 in Waterville, KS, son of William and...

Reola Reid (03/29/13)
Reola Reid , 91 of Howard, KS passed away Sunday, Mar. 17, 2013 at Strafford Care Center, Strafford, MO. Memorial...

Jerry Crouse (03/29/13)
Jerry Crouse, a resident of Holiday Island, AR, was born Aug. 18, 1931 in Medicine Lodge, KS, a son of Harry James and...

John "Jack" Edward Keith (03/12/13)
John "Jack" Edward Keith, age 92, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at Brighton Ridge, Eureka Springs, AR. Jack,...

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Latest News

HISID to look at half-million dollar wastewater sludge processing facility (05/17/13)
By Kathryn Lucariello Carroll County News HOLIDAY ISLAND -- At its regular meeting Monday, the Holiday Island Board of Commissioners will consider recommendations by engineering firm McGoodwin, Williams & Yates to build a belt press sludge process facility they say will cost upwards of half a million dollars...

New judge assigned to HI lawsuits, negotiations fail in time-shares lawsuit, hearings set in both cases (05/10/13)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- A new judge has been assigned to both Holiday Island assessment lawsuits, with a scheduling hearing set next week in the Bischoff v. HISID case. Case files for both the Bischoff suit and the Table Rock Landing Time-Shares Association v. HISID suit note that retired Judge Jay Finch has been assigned to hear the cases after Judge G. Kent Crow recused from both in February...

HISID looking at major well repair expense (05/10/13)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Holiday Island is looking at a possible $85,000 in repairs at Well #5, commissioners learned at a special meeting Wednesday. Water/Wastewater Superintendent Dan Schrader said there was a noticeable decrease in flow in Well #5, located at the bottom of Country Club and Wild Turkey drives, in April. Where it had been pumping 500 gpm (gallons per minute), it had dropped to 390 gpm and was getting worse...

HI Theater Guild staging 'Lily, The Virtuous Seamstress' May 16-18 (05/08/13)
Boarding house owner Jeremiah White (Mary Diehl) has fallen on hard times, as his bum leg prevents him from his usual job as an upholsterer, and the tenants in his boarding house, slinky siren actress Trixie (Donna Harris) and excitable actress Fluffy Feathers (Barb Rassfeld) have fallen behind in their rent. Jeremiah's daughter, the virtuous seamstress Lily (Clare Thompson Roy) has taken on the job of sewing a new wardrobe for wealthy Mrs. Merriwellborn (Phyllis Williams.)...

HI board to hold special meeting Wednesday (05/07/13)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting Wednesday, May 8, at 1 p.m. at the district office. The board will discuss repairs to Well #5 and ancillary issues. It will also go into executive session. The public is welcome to attend. The meeting will be held at 110 Woodsdale Drive...

HIPC approves new constructions regulations (05/03/13)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Friday the Holiday Island Planning Commission approved its revised Regulations for Construction and Residential Habitation. The document is considerably thinner than in years past due to changes in HIPC oversight and lack of a building inspector...

Facelift (05/01/13)
Ray Klages from the Pro Shop works on the flower bed beneath the Holiday Island Clubhouse sign. The rock work was deteriorating, he said, and the Homeowners' Association gave $500 to spruce up the bed and repair the rock work. Day lilies and other flowers will be planted in the bed. Other work going on at the Clubhouse will be plantings in the front flower beds also...

Spring Festival canceled (05/01/13)
Due to the weather forecast for this weekend the Spring Festival has been cancelled for Friday, May 3rd and Saturday, May 4th. Must to our regret we felt we had no option. Jim Sexton had done a wonderful job and put in many hours getting this event to come together. ...

Letter to the Editor: Let them eat cake? (04/27/13)
"WE HAVE NO BREAD" Is there time on the clock for us? Do we still have time to get our affairs in order? Will there be anything left of Holiday Island when at last we can elect some people who want to save our community? "Can" we elect responsible people? I am really in doubt that can ever happen. Problem being, the majority of Folks who get out and vote, are those who have an affinity for the Golfing Segment...

Five more wildlife carvings to go up in HI (04/26/13)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Those who like the bald eagle carving on the island below the Table Rock Landing time-shares, at the corner of Shields and Bandy drives, might be interested to know there will be five more wildlife carvings going up in the community...

$74K in HI properties with past due taxes head to state (04/26/13)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Carroll County Tax Collector published a public notice in today's paper on properties being certified to turn over to the State Commissioner of Lands for non-payment of property taxes from 2010 and 2011, totaling $217,717.34. These taxes have been delinquent for two years, and Holiday Island once again tops the list with the largest block of unpaid bills, 359 lots totaling $73,707.79...

HI Commissioner Davis under fire (04/23/13)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Holiday Island Commissioner Greg Davis came under fire Monday from the rest of the HISID board over two items: the Yacht Club lease and his contacting the district's auditing firm, for which the firm sent a bill. The Yacht Club is rented from the district by Davis and partner Tom Guindon, who run a real estate office...

HISID tackles sludge problem (04/23/13)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Board of Commissioners tackled some thorny issues on Monday, Earth Day, not the least of which is a growing sludge problem they thought they had solved for the next two years. In his district manager's report, Gerald Hartley said sludge has built up to the point where it will need to be removed again...

Holiday Island Deputy Jennifer Sibley resigns (04/22/13)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Holiday Island is losing its popular and well-loved deputy, Jennifer Sibley, as of this week. Sibley announced her resignation from the Carroll County Sheriff's Department late last week. "I'm moving to Little Rock to work for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock as a police officer," she said by phone Friday...

HISID to meet Monday, will look at tax lawsuit, interim management (04/20/13)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Board of Commissioners will tackle some big items when it holds its regular meeting Monday at 9 a.m., among them the lawsuit against Carroll County over property taxes on foreclosed and quit-claimed lots. (Ed. note: For a pdf of all documents related to this upcoming meeting, click here...

*UPDATED - HI Chamber to host Spring Festival (04/19/13)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Chamber of Commerce will kick off the season of fun with a Spring Festival in the Veterans Memorial Park on Friday and Saturday, May 3 and 4. The event is free, although there is a charge for the BBQ dinner. A number of fun activities are planned over the two days. ...

Wisconsin Club still going strong (04/19/13)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Carroll County Wisconsin Club met April 5 at the home of Skip and Mary Blandford for an Alaskan fish dinner. Alaskan salmon, halibut and Alaskan shrimp were served. Twenty-four people were present for a wonderful dinner and fellowship...

Garden Club Arbor Day planting honors vet killed in parade (04/19/13)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Members of the Holiday Island Garden Club gathered Wednesday morning to observe Arbor Day by planting a double-blooming pink cherry tree at the 9-hole golf course. But the occasion was also in memory of the son of two Holiday Island residents, Mike and Karen Lubbers, who was killed last November...

Letter to the Editor: Thanks for help getting the word out (04/16/13)
We want to thank you for all the publicity that you provided to the AARP Carroll County Tax-Aide Program. A number of new clients mentioned to us that they had heard about our program from your papers. We particularly appreciate the weekly announcement that was in The Lovely Citizen...

Holiday Island district manager Hartley resigns (04/16/13)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- For the third time in 17 months, Holiday Island will lose its district manager. Gerald Hartley tendered his resignation notice Monday, which four of the five commissioners, Bruce Larson being absent, accepted after a 20-minute executive session. Hartley's last day will be June 14...

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