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Petitions just short of signatures
(Local News ~ 03/31/04)
Carroll County Clerk Shirley Doss has certified 133 of the 164 names on 13 pages of petitions to change the form of municipal government in Eureka Springs. The petitions ask to change from the mayor/alderman system to that of city administrator. They were submitted to Doss about 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 19...
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Cox says hospital loan 'on track'
(Local News ~ 03/31/04)
Eureka Springs Hospital Administrator David Cox continues to assure members of the Hospital Commission that "everything is on track for the loan" to build a new hospital. Meeting Monday morning for the first time in almost a year, Cox told four members of the commission and Mayor Kathy Harrison, "The loan is progressing well. The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) has every bit of information needed to process the loan...
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Roenigks donate house to WCDH for expansion (Local News ~ 03/31/04)
Martin and Elise Roenigk have donated the house and property at 505 Spring St. to the Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow. In a fairly short, informal ceremony Wednesday afternoon, the Roenigks presented a large gold "key" to the house to Rebecca Garner, past president of the WCDH Board of Directors, of Fayetteville... -
HI Planning Commission handles a standing-room-only crowd Friday (Local News ~ 03/31/04)
There wasn't a seat in the house Friday as 14 people flowed through the office of the Holiday Island Planning Commission (HIPC) for several different reasons. HIPC issued only two permits. Builder Chuck Baer and property owner Mark Colby requested a permit to build a 2,244-square-foot house for Colby at 52 Bandy Drive. Permit #1968 was approved for 180 days... -
Carroll County's Local Heroes
(Local News ~ 03/31/04)
are honored By Mary Jean Sell, CCN staff writer Nine individuals and a group of youngsters were honored last week as local heroes by their friends and neighbors. For the second year, the American Red Cross and the Carroll County banks honored those who have made significant contributions to their communities in a variety of ways...
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Soil and Water chief addresses leadership group (Local News ~ 03/31/04)
GREEN FOREST ---- New regulations that affect cattle and poultry producers were addressed by Randy Young, executive director of the Arkansas Soil and Water Commission, when he came to town last Thursday. Young was invited to speak to members of the Leadership Carroll County program that met at the Farmer's Daughter restaurant in Green Forest... -
Remembering his days as Berryville's blacksmith (Local News ~ 03/31/04)
BERRYVILLE ---- Floyd Priest has lived in Berryville for 85 years, and seen major changes in the little town where he grew up with dirt roads, walking to school every day after milking the cow, and watching with wonder as his step-father made agricultural tools and other fascinating things at his blacksmith shop on North Springfield Street... -
Editorial: Are we returning to diplomacy as a tool?
(Local News ~ 03/31/04)
In 1999, United States diplomats and arms inspectors under the auspices of the United Nations were quietly going about their business of trying to make the world a safer place. The diplomats were negotiating a food-for-no-nukes policy with the madman who runs North Korea. ...
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