Stories from Friday, February 7, 2003

Carroll County residents may soon be able to access information on high-risk registered sex offenders living in their communities, if the Arkansas Senate approves a bill passed by the House 93-0 on Tuesday. Currently, there are approximately 30 registered sex offenders living in Carroll County, according to statistics from the Arkansas Crime Information Center in Little Rock. That number includes both low-level offenders who wouldn't be identified by the bill and high-risk offenders...

GREEN FOREST ---- A 15-year-old Berryville youth was arrested on multiple charges after leading police on a high-speed chase through city streets and destroying a stolen Chevy Cavalier by crashing the vehicle into a residential fence. According to Sgt. Brad Handley, the suspect was spotted in the car shortly before midnight on Tuesday...

OAK GROVE ---- Deputies with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office are apt to be spending a lot more time in Oak Grove once a substation is equipped to meet their needs. Members of the Oak Grove City Council met with Sheriff Chuck Medford and Capt. David Slaton several weeks ago to air their concerns regarding rampant meth production and juvenile vandalism in their town...

Three Berryville men have been charged with hunting violations for allegedly taking deer out of season and related charges. Shane Fryar, 35, and David Donahoe, 30, were arrested Wednesday on Arkansas Game and Fish warrants in Carroll County for allegedly hunting out of season and aiding and abetting, which could apply to anything from hiding evidence to avoiding prosecution. Both men were released the same day on $2,500 bond each...

Biblical Questions and Answers 2002; Kevin Cauley; soft cover with spiral spine; 76 pages; elders of Berryville church of Christ, available free of charge by writing the church at 909 W. Trimble, Berryville, AR 72616, or e-mail bvcoc@alltel.net. The Bible says for Christians to "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." (II Timothy 2:15, King James Version)...

The Green Forest Tiger basketball teams won two of three from the Prairie Grove Tigers on the road Tuesday night, with the senior boys taking a big 63-53 1AAA win that left them 9-12, 5-6. The junior girls also won, 36-35, making their record 10-11, 5-2, with the senior girls taking the lone loss, 53-42, to 1AAA's top team. The loss moved them to 12-11, 3-8...

Two rousing finishes against the Decatur Bulldogs on Senior Night resulted in one big 1AA victory Tuesday night for the Eureka Springs senior high basketball teams, and this time it was the Lady Highlanders who pulled off an exciting ending. Coach Aaron Hall's Lady Highlanders (5-19, 3-7) came from one down at the end of the fourth quarter to hold off the Lady Bulldogs in a 63-51 victory...

Billy Joe Hopper, 65, of Eureka Springs, died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003, in Berryville. He was born Aug. 29, 1937, in Boone County, son of Harvey Lee and Gertrude Wilton (Edwards) Hopper. Mr. Hopper was a health care provider. He was raised in the Assembly of God Church...

Shirley Holz, 60, of Holiday Island, died Monday, Feb. 3, 2003, in Fayetteville. She was born April 8, 1942, in Elwood, Neb., daughter of John and Maxine (Dyer) Remmenga. Mrs. Holz was a homemaker. She attended the Holiday Island Presbyterian Church...

Billie Jean Grogan, 70, of Huntsville, died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003, in Springdale. She was born Jan. 20, 1932, in the Clifty community of Madison County, daughter of James "Buck" and Rose (Scates) Bowen. Mrs. Grogan was a homemaker and a member of the First Freewill Baptist Church in Eureka Springs...

by Larry Elkins It seems like there has been something swimming around in my head for years. Sometimes I can almost get a grasp on it just before it swims away into some inaccessible area of my mind. It's frustrating, like trying to remember the words to a song or the name of a person. But with a song there is music to connect it together ---- a name goes with a face. The annoying part is, I have no idea what this "something" is or even what subject to connect it with...

A marriage seminar will be hosted by Northside Missionary Baptist Church of Berryville on Feb. 22 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The seminar will provide both Biblical and physical information for a better marriage relationship. With more than 60 percent of today's marriages ending in divorce, the short seminar will help direct participants to areas that will help them build their relationship to be the best that it can be...

It may have been Homecoming at Gravette on Tuesday night, but it was also a chance for the visiting Berryville Bobcats to stay on top of the 1AAA race ---- and they did. Coach Tracy Jones' senior boys pressured the Lions into 24 turnovers during a 71-53 victory that left them on top of the standings with a 17-5, 10-1 record...