Stories from Friday, June 18, 2004

While the phrase "under God" remains in the Pledge of Allegiance after Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the California atheist who brought the suit did not have legal standing to do so in behalf of his daughter, the prospect remains that a challenge to the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance could come up again...

On a sultry, sticky July evening, Nick Page left a meeting of British clergy where the subject was that the condition of the church is not as bad as it seems. However, he was becoming convinced that the situation is worse than it seems. Boarding a bus to his home village, he mulled the dismal future of the church. ...

PAT ARNOLD, a resident of Holiday Island, was born June 27, 1923, in Center, Ken., a daughter of George T. and Okla (Clark) South. She died Saturday, June 12, 2004, in Holiday Island at the age of 80. Pat worked in civil service and was a clerk-typist. She had lived in the Eureka Springs area for 17 years and was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church in Golden, Mo...

RICKY J. PERRY, of Malvern, Ark., died Sunday, June 13, in a swimming accident near Malvern. He was 42. Ricky worked for Perry Fencing Co. in Malvern, a family business. He was born July 17, 1961, in Malvern to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Perry, who preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Judy Brown Perry, of the home, and his daughter, Keisha Perry. He is also survived by many brothers and sisters, including Paula Perry Smith of Berryville, and scores of nieces and nephews...

Four Carroll County athletes got to show their stuff in the first round of games on Tuesday at the Arkansas High School Coaches Association All-Star events on the University of Arkansas campus. Berryville's Heath Neal caught parts of two baseball games for the West squad, which lost both contests to a hard-hitting East team, 4-0 and 11-4...

BERRYVILLE ---- Mayor Tim McKinney said he would rather have a jury consider condemnation of land owned by Carroll Electric than pay $100,000 for easement so the city can install a traffic signal. In question is a strip of land across the highway from the main entrance to Wal-Mart...

In the wake of the national headquarters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars terminating the membership of Holiday Island VFW Post Commander Gary Standing Bear, Harvey C. Alldredge of Holiday Island assumed the position Thursday night during a regular VFW Post meeting...

Carroll County Justice of the Peace Eva Reeve has been appointed by Gov. Mike Huckabee to a three-year term on the Governor's Developmental Disabilities Council. The term will expire on June 30, 2007, and Reeve's name will be brought before the Senate for confirmation at the General Assembly next year...