Stories from Wednesday, March 24, 2004

The Eureka Springs City Council adopted a "one-time" ordinance Monday night to allow open containers of alcohol in the City Auditorium for the Willie Nelson concert Friday evening. The contracts and special ABC (Alcohol Beverage Control) Division of the State of Arkansas license were approved months ago for the Nelson contract...

BERRYVILLE ---- The city council introduced the first reading of an ordinance last Monday that would establish standards to regulate derelict properties, unsightly conditions, and things such as rubbish, garbage and old appliances on local properties...

A soldier from Berryville has managed to find some gratitude and happiness in Iraq, amidst a year of terrorist bombings and sniper attacks. Staff Sgt. Art D. Curtis Jr., 28, asked Carroll County residents before he left here a year ago for medical supplies such as bandages, iodine, aspirin, antiseptic and shoes. When he went back to the war zone last April, he and his mother Mary Curtis had received enough supplies from county residents to help the children of Iraq...

As of this writing, there is still no enforcement of Carroll County's animal control ordinance in Holiday Island because of legal wrangling between the county, the sheriff's office and the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID). However, that should soon change, said County Judge Mike Botelho Monday, as an intergovernmental agreement between the county and Holiday Island is in the works...

In a very heavy agenda Monday night, the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID) Board of Commissioners resolved a long-standing issue: it voted to close the Clubhouse restaurant and to purchase a sandwich vending machine. The Clubhouse restaurant has been, as District Manager Kevin Crosson put it, an "albatross" around the district's neck for years...

The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission (CAPC) is taking its proposed new definition of "gift shops" back to the discussion table. Just as the open microphone portion of Monday's City Council meeting was beginning, Alderman Bill Ott moved to take Ordinance 1948, an ordinance amending the current Municipal Code section regarding the definition of "gift shop," off the evening's agenda...

GREEN FOREST ---- Two new school buses will be delivered to the Green Forest School sometime in July at a cost of $51,610 each. The buses were ordered by the Green Forest Board of Education when it met last week. Bids were sought and two companies responded; Ward Transportation and Merl's Transportation. Ward, the low bidder, was awarded the contract...

GREEN FOREST ---- The top cow dogs in the nation will be converging on Green Forest this week to compete in the National Stock Dog Finals. The four-day event will feature the nation's top 60 cow dogs competing in open class, plus another 30 or so three-and-younger dogs vying for top title in "nursery class."...

EDWARD THEODORE (TED) SJOBERG, a resident of Indianapolis, Ind., was born May 2, 1928, in Worcester, Mass., a son of Ernest A. and Alice (Gilfoyle) Sjoberg. He died Tuesday, March 16, 2004, in Indianapolis at the age of 75. Ted attended St. Thomas College in Grand Rapids, Mich. ...

MILDRED (CHASE) WADEL, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born November 26, 1909, in Haviland, Kansas, a daughter of Frank O. and Mabel (Brown) Chase. She departed this life Friday, March 19, 2004, in Berryville, at the age of 94. Mrs. Wadel was a school teacher. She was a member of the Metalton United Baptist Church...