Stories from Wednesday, July 30, 2003

On Sunday, July 13, members of Holiday Island Community Church present at a special meeting voted overwhelmingly to extend a call to Rev. Allen Thrasher. Thrasher has accepted the call and will become the full-time pastor of the Community Church on Aug. 17, replacing the founding pastor, the late Herman Cook, who passed away on Jan. 27...

A youth group from Green Forest United Methodist Church traveled to Rio Bravo, Mexico in June to build a house. The mission trip included 13 youth, age 14 through 17, and six adult chaperones. They constructed a cinder block home for a family of five who had been living with relatives in a two-room structure...

by Larry Elkins I recently read an amusing story in the Knob Rock Rattler. As filler the "Rattler" uses "Smiles," a collection of jokes and anecdotes. The one I refer to was about a lady who came home from church one night and surprised a burglar in her house. In her surprise all she could do was yell, "Stop, Acts 2:38," which is "repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ... ."...

ROBBY ESTES, a resident of Harrison, Ark., was born Oct. 8, 1957, in Harrison, a son of Bobby L. and Barbara (Reece) Estes. He died Saturday, July 19, 2003, in Berryville at the age of 45. Robby worked at Boone County Special Services. He attended Moore Baptist Church...

The Little Rock Rangers won the Southwest Regional 10-year-old Cal Ripken tournament in Berryville on Tuesday with an unbeaten run through the bracket, including a 9-5 victory over the Mississippi All Stars from Meridan in the championship game. The Rangers had to come from behind in the third inning to catch Meridan, who was leading 5-1. They put a string of runs together to take a 6-5 lead in the fourth, then pushed that to nine runs while playing solid defense for the 9-5 victory...

Seth Lee of Dallas practiced jumping off the rock wall behind the Harmon Park office last Saturday during the observed Trials event in Eureka Springs. Getting down wasn't nearly the problem getting up turned out to be. Riders survived attempts in both directions...

With more than $13,000 from donors and the balance from general funds, the tax debt against Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge south of Eureka Springs has been satisfied, according to Hilda Jackson, a founding member of the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge and Foundation...

GREEN FOREST ---- A Green Forest man has been charged with alleged rape and first degree sexual assault. Jerrell Maybee, 62, turned himself in to authorities and was later released on a $50,000 bond. According to Chris Flanagin, with the Carroll County Prosecutor's Office, Maybee was arrested as result of a phone call to the Arkansas State Police child abuse hotline and subsequent investigation conducted by ASP Crimes Against Children investigator J.R. Davenport...

The Arkansas Sheriff's Association has cited Carroll County Deputy John Rains for heroism, praising him for his part in the rescue last May of a man who was nearly swept to his death in a sudden flash flood. Chuck Lang, executive director of the Arkansas Sheriff's Association, recognized Corporal John Rains for rescuing the drowning man, saying "This is a young man with a family who put his life on the line."...