Stories from Tuesday, April 22, 2003

Former County Judge Arthur Carter, one of the most valiant and determined men in Arkansas, died early Thursday morning at Carroll Regional Medical Center. He was 87. Mr. Carter died of heart failure. His family and friends were anticipating his passing for some days, but Mr. Carter proved time and again that he could never be counted out until his time came...

More than two dozen volunteer firefighters from five area departments responded to a blaze at the Osage sawmill Wednesday morning after a smoldering sawdust pile ignited piles of slab wood. South Carroll County Fire Chief LeeRoy Duncan said the entire mill would have burned, and the surrounding countryside, if a passer-by hadn't seen the blaze and notified authorities...

While a light but heavily wind-blown rain stopped the spread of fires plaguing southern Carroll County on Wednesday afternoon, it wasn't enough to extinguish smoldering stumps and branches which could rekindle the danger without a significant amount of more rain, according to Eureka Springs Fire Chief David Stoppel...

The Bobcat soccer team marked up another victory on Monday with a 6-2 win over the Clarksville Panthers, while the girls lost, 3-0. Coach Tom Souden said the Bobcats' record is now 4-2-2, and that they are tied for fourth place with Clarksville in the 3A/4A standings...

The coaching staff at Gentry was busy this week hosting three big track meets for area teams. So that meant the Berryville, Eureka Springs, and Green Forest senior high teams were busy on Tuesday taking advantage of warm, windy weather to compete in the Pioneer Relays...

The Green Forest Tiger baseball team wrapped up its season with an early exit from the 1AAA District Baseball Tournament on Wednesday, when Farmington came from behind to steal a 15-14 win in the opening game. "We were up 14-4 going into the fifth inning and had a chance to run-rule them if we had held, then we made a bunch of errors and Farmington got five runs," Coach Tony Coffey said. "We had our bats going, but never recovered from that inning."...

Mary Ethel Hudson Wallis, 84, of Berryville, died Sunday, April 13, 2003, in Berryville. She was born June 30, 1918, in Cozahome, Ark., daughter of William Pope and Emma Katherine (Whillock) Hudson. Mrs. Wallis was an L.P.N. She attended the Nazarene Church in Berryville. Her father, William Hudson, founded the Marshall Republican, formerly the Marshall Mountain Wave, in Marshall, Ark., and he was a U.S. Marshall in Marion County...

Irene K. Janeway, 88, of Berryville, died Thursday, April 10, 2003, in Eureka Springs. She was born June 23, 1914, in Rosedale, Okla., daughter of James L. and Nora Colvin Roberts. Mrs. Janeway was a homemaker. She was a member of the Berryville First Baptist Church...

Arthur Floyd Carter, 87, of Berryville, died Thursday, April 17, 2003, in Berryville. He was born March 7, 1916, in Oak Grove, son of Joseph and Corella May (Layman) Carter. Mr. Carter was a politician and a farmer. He was a veteran, having served his country with the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and of the Rotary Club, both in Berryville...

by Larry Elkins My daughter, Kayla, was out of school for several days in February. At one point she got so bored that she asked if I would allow her to go to work with me. I agreed, knowing that I would probably need the help that day. She actually worked and did a good job...

Despite failure to get a National Day of Prayer proclamation signed by Mayor Kathy Harrison, the Eureka Springs Ministerial Association is continuing with plans for its annual National Day of Prayer service, to be held starting at noon on May 1 at the gazebo at Pine Mountain Village on U.S. Highway 62...