Stories from Wednesday, November 17, 2004

The Western Carroll County Ambulance District (WCCAD) said goodbye to Chairman Scott Link Friday and welcomed Gary Cooper of Oak Ridge Park for a three-year term. WCCAD also wrestled with issues of whether to fund 911 dispatchers and fully equip 15 new Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs)...

Eureka Springs was in the top three of five applicants to U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for grants to repair historic homes, but only one grant was made because the funds are not available. Certified Local Government (CLG) Coordinator Glenna Booth brought the news to the Historic District Commission (HDC) Nov. 3...

The Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID) Board of Commissioners voted Friday in a special meeting to continue its agreement with the Holiday Island Development Corporation (HIDC), with a few changes. The agreement continues for a three-year term. ...

If the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID) Board of Commissioners passes 2005 third-pass budget recommendations, the district stands to gain about $100,000 in increases in amenities and assessments. Along with a reduction in expenses by $18,838, mostly in the water and sewer departments, this will bring the projected budget deficit from $227,691 down to $107,036. This can be funded from unrestricted, undesignated reserves, District Manager Kevin Crosson told the board Monday...

Three days of wrangling by the Carroll County budget committee finally came to a conclusion Friday afternoon with the committee recommending an annualized budget of $803,150 for the county's new detention center, which includes $449,200 for personal services and $353,950 for total expenses, and obtaining an outside source study to recommend staffing needs for the facility when operating no more than 64 beds...

Two people were fatally injured in separate traffic accidents that occurred on Arkansas Highway 21, south of Berryville last week. Brianne R. Long, 16, of Huntsville was pronounced dead at the scene of an accident that occurred shortly after 8 p.m. on Thursday...

MADGE TERRILL, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born March 26, 1925, on Wall Street in Eureka Springs, a daughter of Marion E. (Dock) and Ona Ophelia (Mattox) Clark. She died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004, in Fayetteville, at the age of 79. Madge was a dispatcher at the Eureka Springs Police Department. She was bookkeeper for the sale barns in Huntsville, Green Forest, and Eureka Springs. She was an assistant for the county clerk's office and a self-proclaimed Boss to all who knew her...