Stories from Monday, November 24, 2003

Immanuel Baptist Church, located near Holiday Island, conducted a church recognition service on Nov. 9 to establish a greater public recognition. A small group began meeting in December 2002, and has grown considerably over the past year. In preparation for the service, the church adopted a constitution establishing its basic beliefs and principles of operation and adopting the name of Immanuel Baptist Church...

Christian entertainer Felix Snipes of Atlanta, Ga., will entertain and speak at Freeman Heights Baptist Church of Berryville Friday through Sunday, Dec. 5-7, according to Pastor David Lindsey. Recently elected magician of the Year by two professional magician associations, his magic is not supernatural, but remarkable slight of hand and illusion. ...

The Ladies Fellowship of the Holiday Island Community Church held its regular monthly meeting on Nov. 17 at the church building on Stateline Drive. Earline Branum introduced Marquis Jones, who presented the program. After retiring, Jones worked as a consultant for his former company. Part of the work consisted of spending four and one-half months in Asia teaching management techniques to persons associated with his former company. Four months of that time was spent in Indonesia...

by Larry Elkins Well, our new pastors started a few weeks ago. Some people came back to church; some left. To borrow a thought from Abraham Lincoln, you can't please all the people all the time. I've never been through a pastor change before. It seems to bring out different things in different people. ...

A company apparently based in Eureka Springs has been sued by state Attorney General Mike Beebe, for alleged deceptive business practices involving Internet credit card fraud, and other counts. In an interview Thursday morning, Beebe's Press Secretary Matt DeCample told Carroll County Newspapers that a lawsuit had been filed "about an hour ago," naming Owen Barnett and Dorothy A. ...

With more than five weeks remaining in the year, Carroll County's criminal court cases have already exceeded record numbers set earlier. That could be good news ---- that area law enforcement is proving to be more successful in investigating and solving crimes...

The Class AAAA Huntsville Eagles flew to the mountain to take on the Junior Highlander basketball teams and flew back home with two wins on Monday night. Eureka Springs was outmanned in both games, with the junior boys losing 51-35, and the junior girls falling 39-20. The boys evened their record at 5-5, with the girls now 2-7...

There were hot times in the Berryville Bobcat gym Monday night when four Green Forest junior high teams came to play basketball. Fans from both schools filled the gym, in spite of rainy, warm weather and Monday Night Football, and they were treated to some exciting, close action...

The Green Forest Tigers had a rough start to their season Tuesday night when Coach Mike Hampton's senior boys had to tackle the 6-1 Eureka Springs Highlanders in their gym. A number of the Tigers who were coming out of football had just one practice before taking on Coach Josh Hill's towering Highlanders, which resulted in an expected win for the hosts, 70-47...

LORAINE PATTISON, a resident of Berryville, was born March 20, 1962, in Keokuk, Iowa, a daughter of Don and Verna (Cook) Wright. She died Nov. 9, 2001 in Green Forest at the age of 39. Mrs. Pattison was a homemaker. On Aug. 16, 1985, she was united in marriage with Michael Vincent Pattison, who preceded her in death on Apr. 23, 2001...

LEROY H. HUNT, 72, of Springdale, Ark., died Saturday, Nov. 15, at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale. He was born Aug. 23, 1931, in Sioux City, Iowa to Lester Wesley and Hazel Blanche Johnson Hunt. Mr. Hunt served in the Army during the Korean conflict. ...

LOMA E. HILL, 102, of Laurie, Mo., formerly of Eureka Springs, died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, at the Laurie Care Center. She was born Dec. 6, 1900, in Kansas, the daughter of George and Anna Trainor Westhoff. She was united in marriage to Robert Hill Sr., who preceded her in death...

BREANNA DAUN ANDERSON FERNANDEZ, infant daughter of Miguel Fernandez and Carolyn Annette Anderson of Green Forest, was born Oct. 23, 2003, in Springfield, Mo. She died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, in Springfield. She is survived by her parents; her paternal grandparents, Maria and Jesus Fernandez of Green Forest; her maternal grandparents, Sharon and Dean Anderson of Green Forest; four uncles and five aunts...

As the debates over education reform twist and turn almost daily, new plans are constantly emerging. With the Jan. 1 deadline approaching, there are at least five proposals coming from state lawmakers, and the governor's own reform plan is evolving as he tries to gather legislative support before the upcoming special session...

What may be an ancient Native American burial ground and archeological site has been discovered in Carroll County by investigators of the Sheriff's Office. The site, containing what appear to be human skeletal remains and other artifacts, has been studied by medical examiners here and archeologists from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville...