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Berryville Council votes for another annexation
(Local News ~ 11/26/03)
BERRYVILLE ---- The city took the first step toward annexing more land to the north, approving on the first reading an ordinance that accepts 66 acres and about 10 landowners. The land, known as the Rolling Hills subdivision, is just north of the Country Junction store on Highway 221 North...
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Berryville Police Dispatches
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/26/03)
Week of Nov. 17 November 17 3:08 p.m. ---- Family problem in the area of Freeman Heights was resolved by mediation. 6:30 p.m. ---- The Cub Scouts got a tour of the police station. 8:50 p.m. ---- Men yelling outside home on East Freeman were gone on arrival...
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Green Forest and surrounding areas Police and Fire Dispatches
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/26/03)
Week of Nov. 18 November 18 7:50 a.m. ---- Police were dispatched to a Ninth Street location to investigate a complaint of a truck parked too far in the road. The owner was located and offered to move the truck. 10:50 a.m. ---- Police served or attempted to serve papers at a bank, a hardware store, a hospital, a tobacco shop, a filling station and a private residence...
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Eureka Springs Police and Fire Dispatches
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/26/03)
Week of Nov. 17 November 17 9:16 a.m. -- Incident report taken on sign stolen from front of building. 11:47 a.m. -- Caller reported two male subjects soliciting for Toys for Tots, driving in black vehicle with Oklahoma tags. November 18 1:43 a.m. -- Male subject arrested for driving on suspended license...
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Delores Dines Wilder
(Obituary ~ 11/26/03)
DELORES DINES WILDER, 86, of Bella Vista, Ark., died Nov. 4, 2003. She was born March 5, 1917, in Fredericktown, Mo., the only child of Dr. George L. Dines and Katie Olander Dines. She graduated from William Woods University, Fulton, Mo., and was retired from the New York State Department of Corrections. She volunteered with the Girl Scouts, the Childrens Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, and with the WRMC Hospice, Fayetteville...
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Death penalty will not be waived in trial of Corey Howerton, Prosecutor Rogers says
(Local News ~ 11/26/03)
Prosecutor Tony Rogers affirmed during circuit court action Monday in Berryville that he will not waive the death penalty in the case of Cory Howerton, 24, charged with the burning death of Berryville-based hitchhiker Darrell Heaster Rogers' statement came during a hearing in the capital murder case against Howerton, which was continued to Dec. 22...
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Community leader Herb West dies at 93
(Local News ~ 11/26/03)
BERRYVILLE ---- Herb West, a Berryville banker and community leader since the 1930s, died here Friday at the age of 93. Mr. West had been ill for some time, but it took a lot to hold him down. Only a few weeks ago he surprised many by appearing in person to accept the Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Citizen Award for 2003...
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Without a real estate appraiser, county revenue flow could suffer, McCollough tells quorum court
(Local News ~ 11/26/03)
A prolonged tense, but controlled, meeting of the quorum court resulted in justices of the peace agreeing to go against their own policy of no new hirings in approving a part-time real estate appraiser for Assessor Zelah McCollough's office. The situation was one of push comes to shove, as the county's revenue flow starts with appraisals, and McCollough currently has no employees familiar with appraising real property...
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Bobcats barrel into Tiger land -- Senior boys get victory, Lady Bobcats lose (High School Sports ~ 11/26/03)
The Berryville Bobcat senior high basketball teams barreled into Valley Springs last Friday for their first games of the new season. Coach Matt Carter's Lady Bobcats faced a 10-0 Lady Tiger squad and played well in a 29-37 loss. Coach Tracy Jones' senior boys played physical and ran off with a 57-35 victory to set the tone for their season... -
Panthers open season at Tigers' expense
(High School Sports ~ 11/26/03)
The Yellville-Summit Panthers opened their basketball season last Friday with two wins at the expense of the Green Forest Tigers. Both games were close, but neither Tiger team could come up with the firepower to overcome turnovers and missed free throws...
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Junior Bobcats clip Blackhawks wings (High School Sports ~ 11/26/03)
Two eighth-grade games warmed up the crowd last Thursday night in Bobcat gym, then the Berryville junior high teams put on a clinic as they roared past the Pea Ridge juniors for two big victories. Coach Sheila Neal's Junior Lady Bobcat starters did their job early, rushing out to a 25-4 first quarter on the way to a 52-17 win...
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