Stories from Monday, May 12, 2003

Mark Allen Scallorn, 20, of Berryville was found competent to stand trial on capital murder and aggravated robbery charges. Judge Alan D. Epley's decision came shortly before 8 p.m. Monday evening at the Western District Courthouse in Eureka Springs, as a combination competency and suppression hearing concluded...

BERRYVILLE ---- A report of someone brandishing a gun outside of O'Reilly Auto Parts led to the arrest of three people, one of whom faces charges of stealing guns moments before the tense incident Tuesday evening. Officer Randy Mayfield and deputies Lt. Robert Hebrank and Cpl. John Rains were on the scene within a minute or two of the 911 call, and held two of the suspects at gunpoint in the parking lot...

The Kings River Watershed Partnership expanded its list of concerns Monday night as about 50 people gathered at the Carroll Electric Cooperative building in Berryville. The meeting drew an assortment of outdoor recreationists, environmental activists, government officials, farmers and a lone Berryville wastewater treatment plant worker, Gary Gilroy. ...

The Berryville and Eureka Springs boys' golf teams ended their seasons on Tuesday at two separate locations, with both finishing well up in the pack of teams. The Bobcats, playing on a very familiar course in Farmington at Valley View, were one of 12 teams out of the 64 in the AAA classification to still be playing, and they finished ninth in a field of 12 with a team score of 163...

The Berryville Bobcat baseball team made it to the Class AAA State tournament, playing Dover on Monday, May 5, at the Mills University Studies campus in Little Rock. But six errors and just three hits made it a short stay as Dover rolled on to a 4-1 victory, ending Berryville's season...

The Green Forest soccer team made the most of its first year in high school competition, finishing second in the AAAA conference race behind defending state champ Harrison. They kept that streak going with a 4-1 victory over Siloam Springs in the AAAA Region 1 tournament at the Millbrook Sports Complex in Harrison last weekend, but fell to the Subiaco Academy Trojans 2-0 on Monday in the semifinals to end their season at 10-3-1...

Nola Louis Tanner, a resident of Green Forest, Arkansas, was born November 8, 1919 in Flippin, a daughter of George Washington and Thenie Moore (Tucker) Williams. She died Thursday, May 1, 2003 in Springdale, at the age of 83. Nola was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Green Forest...

Lester L. McCormick, a resident of Green Forest, Arkansas, was born December 6, 1915, in Reeds Spring, Missouri, a son of William Benjamin and Eva M. (Emerson) McCormick. He died Monday, May 5, 2003, in Berryville, at the age of 87. Mr. McCormick was an engineer for the Nuclear Aviation Regulatory Commission. ...

Robert J. "Bob" Hooten, a former longtime resident of Green Forest, was born Feb. 13, 1939 in Sanger, Texas, a son of Robert Lee and Mary Magdelene (Conley) Hooten. He died Sunday, May 4, 2003 in Fayetteville, Arkansas at the age of 64. Mr. Hooten was a veteran, having served his country with the U.S. Army during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was a businessman and a cattle farmer...

Eathan Robert McGehee, infant son of Shalla Marie (McGehee) Parks and Kenneth Matney was born Wednesday, May 7, 2003 and also departed this life May 7, 2003 in Berryille, Arkansas. He is survived by his mother and father, Shalla Marie (McGehee) Parks of Eureka Springs and Kenneth Matney of Lowell, Arkansas; a sister, Josie Kelley; two half brothers, Joseph Tyler and Dylan Thomas Matney both of Berryville; grandparents, Darrell and Margie McGehee of Eureka Springs and Patrick and Debbie Matney of Lowell, Arkansas; great grandparents, Robert and Irene Kile; an aunt, Wendi Villanueva of Ontario, California; several other aunts, uncles, cousins and other loved ones.. ...

From Amazing Grace" to "What a Friend We Have In Jesus," author Ace Collins examines the history, and impact, of 25 hymns, on American culture. A follow-up to his book, "Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas," many of the songs in this latest collection are familiar. A few are less well-known, such as the official hymn of the U.S. Navy, "Eternal Father, Strong to Save." The latter is also one of a handful written and composed outside the United States...

The impact on the American psyche of what has become known as "the events of Sept. 11," 2001, is probably the greatest of any incident since the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. And probably no other single event in American history has directly affected as many people...

A freewill offering will be received to held build a fellowship building when King of Kings Ministries presents a gospel singing and hog roast on Saturday, May 31, starting at 5 p.m The event will take place at the King of Kings Campgrounds near Green Forest, and will feature The Villines Brothers, the Ricketts Sisters, and the King of Kings Ministries Singers...