Stories from Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Western District Ambulance District Commissioner Scott Link was not present at Friday's meeting of the commission to urge them to consider using some $300,000 held in reserve earlier to cover lawsuit expenses, now that the suit has been settled. But commissioners Bob Whiteley and acting chairman Fred Pierson apparently tapped into that reserve in approving some expenditures and planning for future expenditures for training to enhance emergency health care in the Western District...

Mark Everett Watts, 32 of Gore, Okla., died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. A graveside memorial service was held Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004 at Alpena Cemetery, with Rev. Curly Johnson and Rev. James Davis officiating. A second graveside memorial service was to be held at Lee Cemetery in Sandtown, Ark. (outside of Batesville) at 2:00 P.M. Friday Oct. 8. A family gathering after the service was to be at the home of Philip and Brenda Poff in Batesville...

Oct. 4 7:33 a.m. ---- Police responded to an alarm at First Federal. All checked out OK. 10:58 a.m. ---- Police responded to complaint of parking violations on E. Church St. Police noted vehicles and promised to check back in two hours. 2:10 p.m. ---- Police responded to complaint of parking violations at Hanby Lumber Co. Officer spoke with driver about moving vehicle in two hours...

Police Oct. 4 10 a.m. -- Subject arrested on outstanding warrant. 9:52 p.m. -- Caller reported a reckless driving heading into town on Hwy. 23 South. Officer did not make contact with vehicle. Oct. 5 1:16 p.m. -- Subject arrested on outstanding warrant...

Oct. 4 5:20 p.m. ---- Police provided a foot patrol at the park, school, industrial park, and town square. 10 p.m. ---- Police provided a motorist assist. Oct. 5 12:05 a.m. ---- Police were asked to be on the lookout for a possible intoxicated driver headed toward Tyson Foods from the school. Police checked but were unable to locate the suspect...

County Fire Department 8:50 p.m. Oct. 10 ---- The SCCFD responded to a traffic accident near the intersection of CR 953 and Hwy. 103 South. No transport was required. (The SCCFD will be hosting a fire safety program at the Osage Baptist Church at 8 p.m. Wednesday.)...

3:09 p.m. Oct. 6 ---- The GFFD returned to the grass fire after a flare-up was reported. 3 p.m. Sept. 29 ---- The OGFD responded to a grass fire on CR 436. 7:09 p.m. Oct. 1 ---- The OGFD responded to a medical emergency on CR 663 at the RV park. 2:09 a.m. Oct. 3 ---- The OGFD provided mutual aid to Green Forest firefighters at the scene of a structure blaze at the Green Forest egg plant...

The Green Forest Tiger football team wasn't happy with itself last Friday when it went into halftime of Homecoming down 13-0 to the Gravette Lions. So they did something about it. The Tigers got over a flat first half by scoring 22 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to earn a 29-19 victory, keeping their record clean at 6-0...

BERRYVILLE ---- The Berryville Bobcat Booster club held its seventh annual Bobcat Open golf tournament at the Carroll County Country Club on Sept. 25, with the grandson/grandfather team of Evan Bradley, 17, and George Balas, 65, winning the Championship flight...

The Green Forest Junior Tiger football team put a "W" in the win column last Thursday night when they came from behind to squeak past the Gravette Junior Lions 12-10 in 1AAA action. Green Forest (4-2, 2-2) got a huge 85-yard run from Caleb Goodman late in the third quarter that got the team to the 3-yard line. Two plays later Jacob Wallace scored to make it 6-10 after the PAT was missed...

EUREKA SPRINGS ---- Members of the Eureka Springs Badminton Club ---- Alan Stevens, Lynn Palmer, Jan Toms and Don Harden ----walked away with a total of 9 Golds and 2 Silver metals in the Senior Olympics in Hot Springs, Arkansas on September 23, 2004!...

PAUL MARION PACE, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born April 24, 1933, in Big Spring, Texas, a son of William Joseph and Dottie Lonzora (Boozer) Pace. He died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, in his home at the age of 71. Mr. Pace was an electrical engineer for Raytheon. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Berryville, where he served as a deacon, elder, and administrative assistant...

John D. Lively, a resident of Berryville, formerly of the Rudd community, was born Feb. 29, 1940, in Berryville, a son of William Henry and Ruby Clarice (Miller) Lively. He died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004, in Berryville at the age of 64. Mr. Lively was a veteran, having served with the U.S. Army. He was a wood crafter and also worked as a maintenance man and an electrician. He was a charter member of the Rudd Baptist Church...

Two property owners wanting to "fix up" their houses were disappointed last week when the Historic District Commission (HDC) said the proposed work wasn't appropriate to the buildings or neighborhoods. Frankie Gill brought an application for a two-car garage and an 8-foot addition to her house to connect the garage at 5 Linwood...

Three Little Rock advertising agencies put their best feet forward Thursday afternoon to convince the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission (CAPC) they would make the best marketing partners. Heathcott Associates Advertising Agency, Combs & Company and Stone Ward brought their teams to meet the commissioner during individual presentations at the Eureka Inn, Inn of the Ozarks and Basin Park Hotel...

Over objections by Prosecuting Attorney Tony Rogers, Judge Alan D. Epley ruled Monday in Berryville that Sheriff Chuck Medford will allow Cory Lynn Howerton, accused of the murder of Darrell "Mike" Heaster, to visit with his seven-year-old son. Defense Attorney Kent McLemore argued for the visitation after obtaining testimony from Nicole Howerton-Sperduto, mother of the boy, testified that she still wants her son to be able to visit his father...

Approval was given to a revised list of recreation center improvements, and bids for the project were waived as a sole source item due to the special nature of putting a new surface on the tennis and sports courts, when Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District commissioners met in special session Friday afternoon...

GREEN FOREST ---- Presiding over what may be her last regular council meeting as interim mayor, Janell Compton made quick work of a lengthy agenda Monday night. Whoever is elected to fill the remaining two years of former Mayor Leonard Tidyman's term, either Joe Pierce or Richard Deweese, can take their seat on council once the Nov. 2 election results are certified, likely before the next regular council meeting...

Having dealt with cuts in the budget for the past two years, the Carroll County Airport Commission hesitantly bit the bullet in preparing its 2005 budget request Thursday night. With the assistance of Justice of the Peace Eva Reeve, whose district encompasses the airport, commissioners reviewed several things which have been let go, along with concerns about recent improvements which are already showing signs of deterioration due to the lack of staffing...

The Berryville Bobcat Marching Band has captured another armload of trophies, winning top honors recently at the West Fork Invitational Marching Band Contest. The band, directed by Daniel Hodge and new band assistant director Julius Stevens, is one of the best high school programs in the nation...

Survivor Vena Isis Parker sang the praises of those who aid domestic violence victims when speaking at a conference in Berryville Thursday. "I'm your typical statistic," she told the group. "I repeatedly went back to my abuser." Parker was one of several speakers at the domestic violence conference scheduled in conjunction with Domestic Violence Awareness Month...

MRS. DORIS VAYE ALLRED, 81, of Marble, Ark., died Oct. 4, 2004 at the Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. She was born Dec.14, 1922 at Marble, the daughter Lester and Margaret Jack Cline. She was a homemaker and a former officer-in-charge of the Marble Post Office. She was a member of Marble United Baptist Church...

DOLORES ANN HUNT, a resident of Harrison, was born Aug. 4, 1938 in Willows, Calif., a daughter of Jess Clifford Cooper I and Anita Jacquez. She died Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004, in Harrison at the age of 66. Mrs. Hunt was a retired cannery worker and had served as the president of local cannery Teamsters Union. She was a member of the Olivehurst Methodist Church...

Golf teams are making reservations for state golf matches, and volleyball teams are tuning up for the end-of-season district tournaments, with hopes of making it to state. Football teams are more than halfway through their season and have an eye on the football playoffs that begin in November. And cross country teams are slogging away in good and bad weather as the Nov. 6 State meet creeps up...