Stories from Friday, February 21, 2003

BERRYVILLE ---- The ceremony at Freeman Heights Baptist Church last Sunday had all the familiar sights and sounds: the beautiful brides in long, flowing white gowns ---- proud but nervous grooms---- the requisite playing of "Here Comes the Bride."...

GREEN FOREST ---- Police have recovered a New Holland loader that was stolen from the Newberry Products plant after tracing the theft across the state to the town of Corning. A brand-new tractor, taken from the Monte Villines farm, may be recovered as well. Authorities believe it was also transported to the Corning area. That case is still under investigation...

EUREKA SPRINGS ---- A 41-year-old man was arrested by Eureka Springs police Thursday after allegedly threatening to kill restaurant employees with a rifle in hand. Police Chief Earl Hyatt said Cruz Hernandez Cano, of Passion Play Road, apparently got into some kind of altercation with employees in the parking lot of Dowd's Catfish restaurant on Highway 62 West in Eureka Springs...

Their record may be 6-20, but the Eureka Springs Lady Highlanders earned a spot in the Class AA Region 1 tournament at Danville next week when they defeated the Pea Ridge Lady Blackhawks 60-52 in overtime Wednesday night. Eureka, seeded fifth at the 1AA District Tournament held in Eureka Springs, blew a 12-point lead with two minutes to go and ended regulation tied, 45-45...

The Berryville Lady Bobcat team overcame sick and ailing players and the Lincoln Lady Wolves on Wednesday night in the 1AAA District Tournament in Gentry, earning them a third-straight trip to the Class AAA Region 1 Tournament next week in Ozark. Berryville (17-10) had to hustle to beat Lincoln 48-35, but a number of players stepped up big for Coach Mitch Myrick...

The Green Forest Tigers put together a great team effort at just the right time at the 1AAA District Tournament in Gentry on Wednesday and defeated the Farmington Cardinals 47-45. That victory, good for a 10-15 record, earned the fourth-seeded Tigers a place in the Class AAA Region 1 Tournament in Ozark next week...

Lucile Rogers Guest Owen, 92, of Colorado City, Texas, died Wednesday evening at Colorado City hospital. She was born on Aug. 2, 1910, in Big Spring Texas, to Robert Lee and Roxie Latimer Rogers. She married James W. Guest on Oct. 7, 1937, in Glendale, Calif. He preceded her in death on March 1, 1949. She later married George M. Owen on June 15, 1953, in Alma, Mich., and he preceded her in death in 1985...

Jack Warren Strouts, 84, of Eureka Springs, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2003, in Eureka Springs. He was born April 15, 1918, in Chicago, Ill., son of Warren John and Ada (Long) Strouts. Mr. Strouts was a veteran, having served his country with the United States Navy during World War II. He was a teacher in Midlothian, Ill. He was also an accountant for Sinclair Oil Company, and he owned the Bit of Sweden Restaurant in Eureka Springs...

Billy "Bill" Rose, 68, of Berryville, died Monday, Feb. 17, 2003, in Berryville. He was born Oct. 2, 1934, in Marshall, son of Lee Roy and Olin Castle (Alexander) Rose. Mr. Rose was a charter member of Southern Heights Baptist Church in Berryville, where he served as a deacon. He was retired from Carroll Electric...

Audra Ellen Pritchard, 90, of Berryville, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2003, in Berryville. She was born Dec. 24, 1912, in Nash, Okla. daughter of Erasmus and Ellen (Sears) Hart. Mrs. Pritchard was a homemaker. She is survived by her children, W.D. Pritchard and wife Linda Kay of Mulberry, Fla., Margaret Jones, Jean Autry of Columbia, Mo., Dale Pritchard and wife Barbara of Berryville, Jeri Newberry of Green Forest, and David Pritchard of Redfield, Ark.; 10 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends.. ...

Harry R. Mowbray, 85, of Green Forest, died Monday, Feb. 17, 2003, in Berryville. He was born Dec. 15, 1917, in Kline, Colo., son of Edgar and Laurena (Keller) Mowbray. Mr. Mowbray was a veteran, having served his country with the United States Army Air Corps during World War II...

Imagine a warrior. Yes, stop and actually think of a warrior. What did you see? Was your mental picture of a Roman soldier, modern military in camo, or an Indian brave? Our images of warriors have been fixed in our minds by Hollywood or stories of military exploits...

Bill and Debbie Miller, missionaries to Argentina, will speak at First Presbyterian Church of Eureka Springs following a 6 p.m. pot luck dinner on Monday, Feb. 24. Bill Miller is the son of Ginnie Miller, and he and his wife are missionaries with the Campus Crusade for Christ...