Stories from Monday, October 4, 2004

Berryville Mayor Tim McKinney found himself in the thick of disaster relief for the past couple of weeks, as Hurricane Ivan and other storms caused widespread damage throughout the southeast in September McKinney, who returned to Berryville last weekend, is a fulltime employee for Entergy Power Company in Berryville...

GREEN FOREST ---- More than 3,000 surveys are being distributed by a group calling itself Citizens for the Improvement of Green Forest Schools to seek input from district patrons. People with Oak Grove and Green Forest mailing addresses will be receiving their survey forms in the next Ozark Mountain Trader, scheduled to reach mailboxes Tuesday...

A 31-year-old man was saved from an apparent suicide attempt when Carroll County Sheriff's deputies located him just as he had lost consciousness. Sgt. John Rains said Wednesday that the man had driven to a favorite isolated spot near Oak Grove in the area of Highway 311 near the Missouri border Tuesday evening at about 7 p.m. He taped a garden hose to the tailpipe of his vehicle, then rolled up his windows and put the hose through a small opening in a rear window and sealed it with tape...

The view from the top is always best, especially when it's from the top of a sports conference. The Berryville Lady Bobcat senior girls volleyball team has worked to be able to enjoy that view, which came at the expense of Alpena and Marshall this past week. The team was 13-1 overall, 9-0 in 1AAA play after the two victories...

Lady Highlander golf coach Aaron Hall waited all season for his best lady golfer and lone returner to recover from a broken finger so she could get back into action. When she did on Monday at the 1AA District golf matches, Hannah Cole's Medalist finish led the team right to a first place trophy...

The Berryville Bobcat golf team lived up to its billing as the top team in 1AAA when it won the 2004 district golf match Monday on the Big Sugar course in Pea Ridge. Haley Roney led the Green Forest Lady Tiger team to a first place finish in the girls division of the meet, and added Medalist honors to her list of accomplishments. She also qualified for, and played in, the regional tournament on Wednesday, and again qualified for the Girls State Tournament...

OPAL JANES, a resident of Berryville, was born June 18, 1914, in Ellis County, Texas, a daughter of Clyde and Tassie Mae (Coffey) Riddels. She departed this life Monday, Sept. 27, 2004, in Berryville at the age of 90. Mrs. Janes was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Berryville...

Cindy McClure and mother Brenda Henderson have been running the Fig Leaf in Alpena for a year now. And in just the past few weeks, what Cindy feels is a ministry has begun to flower with persons coming in for prayer, as well as bargain clothing, shoes and other items...

Rev. George Clay, evangelist and semi-retired pastor based in Golden, Mo., will be leading a three-month combined adult and older young people's Sunday School class in a study of Revelation starting Oct. 3 at First Assembly of God, Eureka Springs. Clay is an area native, growing up in Missouri near Eureka Springs. He holds bachelor and master degrees in Bible Theology and a doctorate in divinity. Ordained when he was 17 years old, he has been an Assemblies of God minister for 60 years...

Revival services with Rick and Carol Dyer of New Beginnings Tabernacle Ministries in Broken Arrow, Okla., will be held Oct. 8-9 at Wildflowers Christian Chapel on U.S. Highway 62 East in Eureka Springs, according to Pastor Rocky Whitely Services will be at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 10:15 a.m. on Sunday. Services for children will also be held at the same time...