Stories from Thursday, July 29, 2004

JAMES MICHAEL (MICKEY) WISE, a resident of Eureka Springs, died Saturday, July 17, 2004, at the age of 54. Born December 9, 1949 in Ohio, Mickey spent many years in northwest Arkansas before settling in Eureka Springs in 1997. An artist, musician, and master woodworker, Mickey's ebullient good spirits touched the lives of all he met. He loved babies, little kids, octagenarians, and everyone in between!...

The Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID) Board of Commissioners voted Monday to send a letter to Rep. Phil Jackson asking him to draft legislation on solid waste authority representation. The district is in the process of implementing a mandatory fee for solid waste collection, to be added to the water bill...

Risk managment was the prime topic as a select group of Carroll County agriculture leaders met Monday with U.S. Congressmen John Boozman and Jerry Moran, chairman of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on General Commodities and Risk Management, at the Berryville Community Center...

Near unanimous disapproval was expressed by area residents at a public meeting Monday night in Berryville regarding an Arkansas Highway Department proposal to designate Highway 21 from U.S. 62 in Clarksville to Blue Eye, Mo., as an Arkansas Scenic Byway...

The July 3 flood that ravaged homes along Brushy Creek is still making ripples as residents attempt to rebuild their lives. One such person is Kariann, who lives on County Road 5607, off of Brushy Creek Road in south Carroll County. Kariann's property fronts Piney Creek, which rose to record levels the night Brushy Creek busted its banks...

An equitable salary schedule for county employees dominated a meeting Monday of the personnel committee of the Carroll County Quorum Court. Faced with lowering morale and resignations among employees, who have not had a raise in three years, generally favorable discussion was given toward working a raise into the 2005 budget if funds are available...

Movie stars were made this week when a film crew came to town to shoot a series of television commercials for Brashears Furniture. Nearly 50 volunteers showed up at the Brashears showroom Wednesday to act as extras for interior shots. Nearly half of those were children who gathered at the Noah's Ark downstairs for an early afternoon shoot...

"I've realized in the short time that I've been here that I still have a long way to go!" So wrote Berryville clarinet player Sandy Nieves of his experience thus far at Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan. Nieves arrived at Interlochen on June 20 for an eight-week summer camp where select students from throughout the world receive intensive and challenging instruction in all areas of the arts...

CATHERINE (KATIE) HENNIG, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Dec. 20, 1924, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a daughter of Joseph and Margie (Carrie) Winans. She departed this life Tuesday, July 20, 2004, in Berryville, at the age of 79. Katie loved all kinds of music and enjoyed listening to her husband play the guitar and sing. She also loved people and going to church. She was currently attending the Church of God Holiness in Berryville until an extended illness left her bedridden...

Groves Karate Studio, formerly located in the Park Shopping Center in Holiday Island, has relocated to Eureka Springs. The new location is in the Eastgate Shopping Center. Linda Groves, co-owner of the studio with sensei/husband Jack, said Monday the move was a business decision...

Georgette Garner has won the Outstanding Volunteer Award from the Arkansas Urban Forestry Council and the City of Eureka Springs has been given a $20,000 grant from the Arkansas Forestry Commission. Garner's award was presented during the council's 13th annual conference at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway July 14...

Alderman Penny Carroll was ousted from her city council seat Monday evening after Eureka Springs council member spent more than an hour trying to get her to answer questions about her actual place of residence. Aldermen Karen Lindblad, Gayle Money and Earl "Bud" Umland voted to recognize the vacancy in Ward 1. Aldermen Robert "Butch" Berry, Bill Ott and Carroll voted against...

He's a 5-foot-8, 148-pound bundle of energy seen regularly racing around the county chasing ads as a sales representative for Carroll County Newspapers. Then, there's his second and third jobs. The second is as a sergeant in the 224th Maintenance National Guard unit in Berryville. His third is staying in shape...

JAMES MICHAEL (MICKEY) WISE, 54, of Eureka Springs, moved on to that Big Meeting in the Sky on Saturday, July 17, 2004. Born Dec. 9, 1949 in Ohio, Mickey spent many years in Northwest Arkansas before settling in Eureka Springs in 1997. An artist, musician, and master woodworker, Mickey's good spirits touched the lives of all he met. He loved babies, little kids, octagenarians, and everyone in between...

Thomas James Norris, 68, formerly of Green Forest, died June 25, 2004, in Needles, Calif. He was born April 22, 1936, a son of Ordia and Rita Norris. He is survived by his wife, Maryland; four children; several grandchildren; and many relatives in the Green Forest area...

Wanda I. Nierman, age 84, of Shell Knob, Mo., died Sunday, July 18, 2004, at her home in Shell Knob. She was born July 27, 1919 in Newton, Kan., the daughter of Orie and Rita Sisco Davis. On Aug. 18, 1960, she was united in marriage to Dick Nierinan who survives. She is also survived by one brother, Ode Davis, Jr., and his wife Jane of Bella Vista; two sisters, Billie Barker and her husband Duane of Hesston, Kan., and Patty Perkins of Wichita, Kan...

ALMA HITTSON LEE, 79, of Green Forest, died Sunday, July 18, 2004, in Fayetteville. She was born Aug. 17, 1924, in Alpena, a daughter of Ernest Monroe and Margaret (Maggie) Florence (Morris) Davis Alma was a hard worker and a homemaker. She attended the First Assembly of God in Green Forest. She was a great caretaker and loved her family dearly. She also loved to travel and enjoyed gardening and canning. She was an avid quilter and a member of the Grim Brawley Quilting Club...

Barbara (Barb) Herrington, of Orlando, Fla., died at her home on July 20, 2004. She was pre-deceased by her parents. She graduated from Berryville High School in 1954. She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Jim Herrington; son, Dr. Jim Herrington III; daughter, Jane Ellen Dorough; grandchildren, Morgan, Tyler, Gena; brother, Tom Reber; and sister, Kay Stupey...

Larry Dell Freeman, 59, of Eureka Springs, died Saturday, July 17, 2004, at Concordia Care Center Nursing Home in Bella Vista. He was born June 7. 1945 in Union City, Tenn. He was the son of Bob and Sue Robinson Freeman. He is survived by his wife Catherine of the home; two daughters Kim Bardin of Dodge Center, Minn., and Carrie Freeman of Springdale; one sister Carol Sinco-Coombs of Olathe, Kan., and his mother Sue Freeman of Olathe, Kan. and two grandchildren...

Dorothy Ilene Bradshaw, 91, of Springdale, died Thursday, July 15 at her home. She was born Oct. 15, 1912, in George, Ark., to John Franklin and Kissie Anri Alired Newberry. She was the last of nine children. Mrs. Bradshaw was a member of Revival Tabernacle Church. She retired from both Tyson and Allen Canning. She enjoyed gardening, quilting, pictures and time with her family...

"Many have found that the awesome sight of the star-studded heavens evoke a sense of wonder, an awareness of transcendence, that is charged with spiritual significance." "Yet the distant shimmering of stars does not itself create this sense of longing; it merely exposes what is already there. They are catalysts for our spiritual insights, revealing our emptiness and compelling us to ask whether and how this void might be filled."...

Kerusso continues to capture the attention of people everywhere, according to Presdient and CEO Vic Kennett. During the Christian Booksellers Association's (www.cbaonline.org) annual trade show, which was held in Atlanta, Ga., June 26-July 1, Kerusso rose to the top and claimed the show's Best Booth Design from more than 400 exhibitors. Thousands of attendees from around the world attend the CBA International tradeshow each year...

A formal agreement to bring a dinosaur exhibit from the Museum of Earth History to The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs was signed July 15 Dr. Thomas Sharp, representing the Noble, Okla.-based museum, and Rev. Keith Butler of Berryville, chairman of The Great Passion Play board of directors, signed the agreement in front of the Smith Chapel building which will become the exhibit hall next spring...