Stories from Wednesday, January 21, 2004

by David McNeal What an exciting weekend! Our local basketball teams were all in action from last Friday evening through Saturday, including the Berryville Junior Lady Bobcats playing in the championship game at the Huntsville Junior High Tournament...

Possible conference titles were on the line last Friday night when the Eureka Springs Highlanders traveled to Elkins for four 1AA Conference games, with the Highlanders coming home with three wins. The senior boys broke a four-team conference deadlock by earning a 51-39 victory over the Elks to move to 16-9, 4-1 on the season. The senior girls took the lone loss of the night, 56-23, with both junior teams winning...

Any time any Berryville and Green Forest athletic teams tangle, you can expect hot, intense action from both squads. That's the way it was last Friday night when the senior high boys and girls shot it out in Tiger gym, although both Berryville squads came away with a win...

The Berryville Junior Lady Bobcats made it all the way to the finals of the Huntsville Junior High Tournament, beating 5A Mountain Home in the semifinals, 29-25, but took a 24-26 loss to West Fork in the finals last Saturday. The girls got a big trophy for their efforts, and moved their record to 9-3 overall, 1-0 in 1AAA play...

Week of Jan. 12 January 12 1 a.m. ---- Officer walked through Wal-Mart for a security check. 8:28 a.m. ---- Medical assist on Mountain Avenue. 11:40 a.m. ---- Investigation of a wallet reported stolen at the Berryville Free Store. 1 p.m. ---- Report taken on possible forgery at Tobacco Outlet...

Week of Jan. 12 January 12 7:07 a.m. ---- Police assisted at the scene of a structure fire on West 8th Street. 7:50 a.m. ---- Police were dispatched to a Scott Street after a complainant reported a barking dog was tied up in trash. Police investigated, everything was okay...

Week of Jan. 12 January 12 1:10 p.m. -- Subject arrested on traffic stop for driving on suspended license. 2:27 p.m. -- Caller reported a reckless driver on Hwy. 62. 7:27 p.m. -- Caller reported seeing a light down in hollow behind store. Officer checked area, unable to locate light...

JOHN ARTHUR SOCIN, 82, of Holiday Island, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2003, in the Eureka Springs Hospital. He was born June 21, 1921, in Muncie, Ind., the son of Roy and Ada (Harshman) Socin. Mr. Socin served in the air force during World War II, serving overseas in the China-Burma theater. ...

DAISY FAYE NAPIER, daughter of William Frederick and Clara Clifton Garrison, was born Oct. 25, 1932, in Nauva, Mo. She died Friday, Jan. 9, 2004, in Glenwood Healthcare in Seymour, Mo. at the age of 71. On Sept. 22, 1952, she was united in marriage to Olin Elvin Napier, and to this union two daughters and one son were born...

Rose Nolan is living proof that there really is such a thing as a miracle diet. She has shed 123 pounds in eight months. Weighing 398 pounds less than a year ago, she was facing the real possibility of an early death. She almost chose to ignore advice to begin yet another diet, but instead made a life-altering decision...

BERRYVILLE ---- Mayor Tim McKinney has hired a new public works director, Kirby Murray, the longtime public works chief for the city of Eureka Springs. Murray gave his official notice to Mayor Kathy Harrison Thursday after accepting the job in Berryville on Wednesday...

Candidates for Carroll County Sheriff are beginning to commit to the 2004 campaign battle, which begins with the primary election on Tuesday, May 18, when the two major parties square off to win positions on the general election ballot Nov. 2. As of this week, Sheriff Chuck Medford of Berryville, a Democrat, said he will seek re-election, emphasizing, "No doubt about it."...