Stories from Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Zola Levitt speaks at series of Branson meetings July 16-18 (07/13/04)
Speaker, composer, musician and outspoken advocate for the Jewish People, Zola Levitt returns to Branson, Mo., for a weekend of speaking engagements July 16-18. The Tabernacle, a Messianic Jewish/Christian Congregation led by Rabbi Jeremy Storch of Eureka Springs, will host Levitt on Friday, July 16, at 7:30 p.m. and again on Saturday, July 17, at 11 a.m...

Kings River Partnership lands EPA grant for watershed initiative planner (07/13/04)
King's River Watershed Partnership, through the Upper White River Basin Foundation, has received a watershed initiative grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to hire a watershed planner to work on the Kings River and its tributaries in Carroll and Madison counties...

Storm turns Brushy Creek into wall of water (07/13/04)
"How many minutes do we have left to live?" Shelia Evans wondered as flood waters swirled around her trailer home, located on County Road 560, near Crystal Mountain. She had just woken from a sound sleep. It was early Saturday morning, very early, around 1 a.m...

Tulsa child dies after swimming pool accident (07/13/04)
The Fourth of July turned tragic for a Tulsa family who lost a son to a drowning incident while staying in Eureka Springs. Five-year-old Jesse Park was pronounced dead Monday at St. John's Hospital ---- Springfield, Mo., where he was transported late Sunday...

Sonshine bookstore hosts author July 17 (07/13/04)
Sonshine Christian Bookstore and Coffeehouse, U.S. Highway 62 on the east side of Eureka Springs, will host a book-signing for author Kenneth Uptegrove and his new book, Dawning: the Next Great Move of God ---- Bringing the Church to Spiritual Awakening, Spiritual Power and Spiritual Victory...

36th annual Brumley singing is Aug. 4-7 (07/13/04)
The 36th annual Brumley Gospel Sing will take place Aug. 4-7 in Fayetteville at Barnhill Arena, on the University of Arkansas Campus. The Brumley Sing is the largest summer gospel sing in the world, and honors the life of the late Albert E. Brumley, whose ministry was based at nearby Powell, Mo...

The Fat Tires are coming! (07/13/04)
EUREKA SPRINGS ---- The Ozark Off Road Cyclists, Community First Bank, Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation and the City of Eureka Springs are proud to present the Seventh Annual Eureka Springs Fat Tire Festival, July 16-18. Eureka's David Renko says this year's festival promises to be better than ever...

Donald Wayne McCormack (07/13/04)
DONALD WAYNE McCORMACK, a resident of Berryville, was born Feb. 10, 1936, in Neodesha, Kansas. He died Tuesday, July 6, 2004, in his home at the age of 68. Mr. McCormack was a percision machinist who retired from Roseburg Forest Products, Inc. in Roseburg, Ore...

Lester Baldwin (07/13/04)
LESTER BALDWIN, a resident of Berryville, was born May 3, 1916 in Friend, Kansas, a son of Wesley Beldon "W.B." and Ethel (McKee) Baldwin. He died Sunday, June 27, 2004, at the age of 88. Mr. Baldwin was a farmer and a member of the Wesleyan Church in Syracuse, Kansas...

Joseph "Obie" Obermuller (07/13/04)
JOSEPH "OBIE" OBERMULLER, a resident of Green Forest, was born Feb. 6, 1929, in Mitchell, S. D., a son of Joseph and Minnie (Cunningham) Obermuller. He died Sunday, July 4, 2004, in Green Forest at the age of 75. Mr. Obermuller was a veteran, having served with the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a lifetime member of the American Legion and the V.F.W. He was a self-employed computer programer and contractor...

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