Stories from Friday, March 7, 2003

GREEN FOREST ---- Police discovered what was described as "the best boxed meth lab" at a Green Forest storage unit, and arrested 41-year-old Sandra Ferdig in connection with the case. According to Green Forest Police Chief John Bailey, authorities received information regarding the boxed meth lab while continuing their investigation into a meth arrest that occurred the previous week...

The looming threat of war with Iraq is beginning to touch local military personnel, with several Carroll County men already called into service amid the growing possibility of more to come. On Wednesday, Carroll County Sheriff's Deputy Leonard Logan, 55, with the 203rd Engineers out of the Missouri National Guard, spent his last day in a deputy's uniform as he bid farewell at an impromptu party in the sheriff's office garage. He is a combat engineer, with Vietnam experience...

During Monday's criminal court proceedings in Berryville, a number of concerns from local prisoners were revealed, all of which Sheriff Chuck Medford said were unfounded. During a revocation hearing, Janet Brand-Powell testified that while she was on medication for depression, following a nervous breakdown, she has not received any drugs while she has been in the jail...

The Berryville Bobcat soccer program is under way, according to team coach Tom Souden. Souden reported this week that the Bobcat boys and girls managed to play some matches around the recent snowstorm, with the boys playing four matches and the girls one...

The Eureka Springs Rotary Club, The Ridge-runners of Carroll County, and the Eureka Springs Advertising and Promotion Commission have completed plans for the 2003 Victorian Classic Road Race, a 24-year-long tradition, to be held in historic Eureka Springs on March 22...

Eureka Springs High School soccer got under way on Monday, March 3, with a match against the Berryville Bobcats. The host Bobcats took an 8-2 win behind goals by Sergio Gil, Martine Pedraza, and Sergio Aguinaga, but there is a lot of the season left...

Sheena Spielberg's free throw with 11 seconds left in the Lady Bobcats' game with Prairie Grove at the Class AAA Regional in Ozark on Monday sewed up third place for Coach Mitch Myrick's hard-working team as they held on to win, 29-28. Great team defense was what it took to down Class AAA's 10th-ranked team for the second time this season, as the Lady Bobcats (19-12) made just 1 of 5 at the line...

The Berryville Bobcats got 31 points from senior Grant Myrick on Monday and rolled past Gentry for the third time this season, 62-50, to earn the No. 3 seed at the Class AAA Regional tournament in Ozark. Berryville, 24-6 and ranked 8th in Class AAA, got a trey from guard Heath Neal in the fourth to put the Bobcats up 53-44 in the middle of an 11-0 run. ...

Velma Janeway, 72, of Berryville, died Sunday, March 2, 2003, in Berryville. She was born July 15, 1930, in Elmore City, Okla., daughter of Edward and Neva (Harmon) Tomlinson. Mrs. Janeway was a retired nurse. She is survived by her daughter, Billie Janeway-Denney and husband William L. ...

The Rev. Clifford Fornie McGehee, 69, of Alpena, died Monday, March 3, 2003, at North Arkansas Medical Center in Harrison. He was born Sept. 13, 1933, in Harrison, son of Clifford Elbert McGehee and Jewel Mae Weaver McGehee of Alpena. He was the pastor of the Osage Assembly of God Church for 37 years. ...

Teresa Lynn Teter, 37, of DeQueen, Ark., died Saturday, March 1, 2003, in Fort Worth, Texas. She was born July 22, 1965, in Harrison, daughter of Larry and Myrna (Chaney) Teter. Teresa was a member of the First Baptist Church of DeQueen. She was a graduate of Williams College in Walnut Ridge and a former employee of Farm Service Agency...

Jack A. Whiteley, 88, of Berryville, died Tuesday, March 4, 2003, in Berryville. He was born Jan. 15, 1915, in Berryville, son of Chester "Check" and Emma (Snow) Whiteley. Mr. Whiteley owned Check's Restaurant. He was a veteran, having served his country during World War II. He attended the Berryville First Baptist Church...

Bob Weathers, 72, of Berryville, died Monday, March 3, 2003, in Berryville. He was born Oct. 14, 1930, in Salem, Ark., son of Omery C. and Lucy E. (Rowden) Weathers. Mr. Weathers was associated for 18 years with North Arkansas EC in Salem, where he worked successively as a billing clerk, bookkeeper, and sales manager before being named assistant to the general manager in 1957. ...

Staff Sgt. Art Curtis Jr, 26, a 1995 graduate of Berryville High School, has been deployed overseas with the 362nd Psychological Operations Company of the U.S. Army Reserves, headquartered in Ft. Bragg, N.C. The interim administrator of 362nd operations in Fayetteville was not available for comment...

A few long days, not so very long ago, held a soul-searching struggle for me. I battled feelings of inadequacy, unworthiness, anxiety, and just plain old loneliness. Even knowing I'm surrounded by people who care about me, including some who do in fact love me, (though this did help a lot) could not fill the vacuous hole in my heart...