Stories from Friday, February 14, 2003

For want of a surgeon, Terry Dennis Simpson, 40, of Green Forest, is going to prison. Simpson pleaded guilty last summer to rape of a minor female, and proposed that in lieu of serving prison time, he would voluntarily be castrated. Circuit Judge Alan D. Epley agreed to the unusual proposal...

BERRYVILLE ---- City governments and the county quorum court will be asked to open their pocketbooks to support a domestic violence shelter in Carroll County. That decision came after mayors, law-enforcement officials, the county prosecutor, and others met for a special domestic violence meeting in Berryville on Wednesday...

The Bank of Eureka Springs is asking area artisans to submit works to be purchased by the bank to be featured in the new Financial Center. "Being the only locally-owned and managed bank in Eureka Springs puts us in the unique position to support local artists and to highlight their work in our state-of-the-art Financial Center," said Charlie Cross, bank president...

On this, the day set aside for love, I want to express my love to you who love me. (You know who you are. And I love you from the tiptoes up!) I also wish to convey my gratitude to those of you who have responded with such warmth and encouragement (or even, on occasion, with vigorous disagreement, but responded nonetheless) to the opinions and the impressions, the happy and the sad and the quirky sides of me ---- and, above all, my perspectives on life in relation to the Scriptures ---- which I've had the joy of sharing with you in this space. ...

Cody Hayes, 53, of Berryville, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Mo. He was born Dec. 4, 1949, in Lincoln, Neb. Mr. Hayes was a veteran, having served his country with the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam. He owned and operated Berryville Auto Repair in Berryville...

Noma Shipman, 91, of Rogers, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003, in Rogers. She was born Aug. 6, 1911, in Searcy, daughter of James L. and Redia (Branscum) Shipman. Miss Shipman was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Rogers. She is survived by many friends...

The house was rocking Tuesday night when the Berryville Bobcats traveled to Tiger gym in Green Forest for two senior high games. It was senior night for the Tigers, but the introduction ceremony with seniors and parents was the only high point for Green Forest as Berryville took two big 1AAA Conference wins...

It took 41 points from Cash Covington, and 21 from Jake McMorrow for the Eureka Springs Highlanders to skin the host Elkins Elks by one on their Senior Night, 74-73, in 1AA action Tuesday night. Coach Josh Hill's senior boys moved to 16-14, 7-5 with the win, but Coach Aaron Hall's senior girls saw one slip away in the second quarter when the Lady Elks changed their defense...

BLUE EYE ---- The future of Blue Eye now rests in the hands of Jim Henry, a retatively new resident who opted to assume a leadership role in this tiny town of 37 souls. Henry was sworn in as mayor on Tuesday after city council members and former Mayor Annalea Tharp gathered one last time...