Stories from Wednesday, May 8, 2002

Don E. Hoff, 76, formerly of Eureka Springs, died Wednesday, April 17, 2002. He was raised in Riverside, Ill., and lived there for many years. Mr. Hoff was a Purple Heart World War II veteran. Upon retirement, he lived in Eureka Springs where, for 15 years, he and his wife owned "Now & Then Antiques" on Spring Street. Six years, ago, they moved to Arizona...

There was a good showing by track athletes from the three Carroll County high schools at the Class AAA State Track Preliminaries last Friday. The meet was held in Heber Springs, and was one of the coldest state track meets many veterans could remember, as a big front brought rain showers and chilling winds...

BERRYVILLE ---- Even a cold shower couldn't slow down Jamie Hussey and Scott Jackson, who scorched the course to win the Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Benefit Golf Tournament last week. Cool temperatures and a brief afternoon drizzle did not dampen the enthusiasm of all the participants, who took some time away from work to share the company of others in the business community...

Fifty-four years of history were relived Thursday night at the 2002 Berryville Bobcat All Sports Banquet, which featured Arkansas State University head basketball coach Dickey Nutt as guest speaker, one in a long line of well-known speakers dating back to the second banquet in 1949...

by David McNeal Schedules get tight at the end of each school year, with a myriad of events crammed into the final weeks. Seniors get out earlier than the rest of the students, so that contributes to the mad rush of May when school-related events are nonstop...

Sarah Annabelle Dowell, 81, of Eureka Springs, died Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at her home. She was born Sept. 24, 1920, in Shirley, Ark., to Monroe and Mary Jane Trammel. Mrs. Dowell was a housekeeper for several years at the Town Motel in Eureka Springs. She was of the Baptist faith...