Stories from Tuesday, April 20, 2004

"Come and Hear the Good News" is the theme of a series of meetings starting April 25 at Green Forest United Baptist Church, according to Pastor Jerry Spurlock. Evangelists will be Herman Henderson of Harrison, pastor of United Baptist churches in Newton and Boone counties, and his son, Nelson Henderson, a Freewill Baptist pastor and overseer of A.C.T.S. 1:8 (Arkansas Committed to Total Support)...

The investigation into several incidents of drive-by shootings along the Missouri-Arkansas border is progressing slowly, "but progressing well," according to Stone County Sheriff Richard Hill. The attacks on Saturday, April 3, late at night, left one former Carroll County man seriously wounded and three other people uninjured, but with vehicles damaged due to shotgun blasts, according to reports...

A nationwide manhunt is under way for an armed and dangerous suspect and his accomplices, who have left a long trail of crimes that include victims in Carroll County. The FBI, U.S. Marshal Service, the Secret Service, Carroll County Sheriff's Office, Benton County Sheriff's Office and other agencies throughout the nation are hunting for Larry Raifsnider, 32, who is suspected of taking a Eureka Springs area couple hostage at gunpoint, and also of burning a Green Forest area couple's home and taking their checks in an attempt to steal about $100,000 from them.. ...

The Berryville Bobcat baseball team had a letdown on Tuesday in their game with the Gentry Pioneers after clinching the 1AAA District Championship last week. Berryville, winning the conference schedule and earning the No. 1 seed at the district tournament, was a little flat against the Pioneers and lost, 7-5, while giving up 11 hits with 5 errors...

Carroll County athletes set three new meet records at the senior high Pioneer Relays in Gentry on Tuesday, with the Berryville Bobcats winning the boys' team title with 140 points. There were 13 girls teams competing and 11 boys teams. Results are unofficial, and gathered from the coaches...

Berryville Bobcat Sergio Gil lead an 8-goal attack against the Green Forest Tigers on Monday that protected their No. 3 soccer ranking in state in Class 4A-and-down. The Tigers weren't helpless, getting goals from Alberto Beas and Allen Rangel, but Berryville took an 8-5 win to keep their record with just one loss at 10-1 overall, 7-1 in conference play...

Bernita Faye Russell, 70, of Boise, Idaho, died April 12, 2004. Bernita Faye Shaw was born on July 28, 1933 in Denver, Ark. Her parents were ranchers in the Ozarks during her childhood. Although she skipped a grade, she graduated at the top of her class at Green Forest in 1950. ...

LEVA CHRISTINA HENRY, 83, of Eureka Springs, died Sunday, April 4, 2004, at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. She was born Sept. 29, 1920, at Monte Vista, Colo., the daughter of William Edward and Zora Boren Seigal. She was a retired nurse's aide at Eureka Springs Hospital and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sam R. Henry and a daughter, Nellie Henry...

HERBERT H. HEISS, of Eureka Springs, died Sunday, April 11, 2004, at his home at the age of 65. He was a retired substation maintenance man, Air National Guard veteran and also board chairman of the Heiss Family Association. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sue Smith Heiss; by a brother and sister, Bill and Mary Ann Heiss; and also by his parents, Fred and Kathryn Heiss...

Holiday Island Presbyterian Church will host a luncheon on Thursday, May 6., at 11:30 a.m. Speaker will be David Gill of Ferncliff Camp and Conference Center near Little Rock. He will share stories of the growth of the camp and of children who have attended...

Towering Oaks Church of Berryville will sponsor a Kids for Kids Hike on April 24. The five-mile hike will begin and end at Dogwood Canyon, located off Highway 86 between Carr Lane and Lampe, Mo. More that 75 hikers will participate in the event, and funds raised by sponsored hikers will support Pioneer Clubs programs across the country and around the world...

Maria Christina Moroles, who operates La Clnica, a massage therapy clinic in Berryville, is hosting an on-line art auction to benefit an environmental education and retreat center in Newton County. Eighteen artists from six states have donated 25 paintings, prints and sculptures. All are on display at La Clinica for people to view until May 16...