Stories from Tuesday, May 3, 2005

EUREKA SPRINGS ---- Felony charges against Martin Paul Pot, 43, of Eureka Springs, were reduced Tuesday morning as he pled guilty to misdemeanor terroristic threatening and assault charges during circuit court action. A charge of false imprisonment was dismissed...

BERRYVILLE ---- Twelve Berryville High School Physics and Principles of Technology students took on 15 teams competing in the National Electric Vehicle competition in Atlanta last weekend and outdid them all. The team, under the guidance of teachers Sam Davis and Tom Chew, had already successfully competed in the Arkansas Electric Vehicle competition and taken second place, which earned them the invitation to the national event, held at the Atlanta Civic Center and Georgia Power Company's headquarters last Friday and Saturday.. ...

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office is short two patrol vehicles after both were involved in traffic accidents Tuesday night. A fleeing suspect allegedly stole and crashed one patrol car near Grandview. The other collided with a vehicle on Freeman Street in Berryville when a deputy was responding with lights and siren to the first accident...

EUREKA SPRINGS ---- It's the classic Eureka story -- an artist couple moves here, buys an old house in the historic district, remodels it, and sets up a gallery for their art. And it's also one of those classic stories of "everything falling into place" for them to do so...

EUREKA SPRINGS ---- Marty Cale's International Martial Arts Council of America National Championship Tournament in Greenland on Saturday, April 16, was another good opportunity for Groves students to show the tournament circuit their excellent training...

CARROLL COUNTY ---- It was a battle to the end against the Greenwood Bulldog soccer teams on Monday, with both boys and girls games decided in the last five minutes of each match. Cold temperatures accompanied by rain squalls made the evening even tougher, but the Bobcats (9-1-1) finally overcame a stubborn Bulldog defense when Jorge Mojica took a cross-field pass from Luis Ramirez and scored as the game clock was ticking down, giving them a 1-0 win, Coach Tom Souden said...

CARROLL COUNTY ---- The Eureka Springs Highlanders were well represented at the Jerry McFarland Ozarks Showdown All-Star basketball games on Monday at North Arkansas College's Pioneer Pavilion, along with a few Berryville Bobcats. Highlander coaches Josh Hill and Aaron Hall headed the West squads, with several of their players making the All-Star roster...

JAMIE MARTIN, a long time resident of Eureka Springs, temporarily residing in Monte Serano, Calif., was born Oct. 17, 1960, in Tulsa, Okla., the only son of Darlene Schrum, and died this week at age 44. He is survived by his wife Kelly (Cox) Martin and two sons, True and Corbin Martin; his mother, Darlene and Richard Schrum, of Eureka Springs; his wife's parents, Frank and Hazel Cox; his sister, Julie, and her husband, Pastor Jimmy Carney, and their children, Jessica and Daniel...

DELPHA LAVON ANDERSON, a resident of Harrison, died Monday at North Arkansas Medical Center at the age of 67. Graveside services were held Thursday, April 28, 2005, at 10 a.m. at the Plumlee Cemetery with Reverends Gerry and Dewayne Bryant officiating...

HAZEL PRENTICE BURKETT, a resident of Pine Bluff, Ark. formerly of Berryville, was born Sept. 2, 1920, in Green Forest, a daughter of Hugh and Myrtle (Marriott) Wells. She died Tuesday, April 26, 2005, in Pine Bluff at the age of 84. Mrs. Burkett was the curator of Saunders Museum in Berryville for many years. She was a member of Towering Oaks Church in Berryville...

FAYE RINGER JACKSON, a resident of Berryville, was born May 21, 1913, in New Orleans, La., a daughter of Robert Ross and Georgia Mae (Grove) Ringer. She died Tuesday, April 26, 2005, in Berryville at the age of 91. In 1952, Mrs. Jackson founded Nita Faye Flowers, which she co-owned and operated for several years. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in North Little Rock before moving to Berryville where she was a member of the First Baptist Church in Berryville...

This book is an example of the adage that truth is stranger than fiction. The truth about Janice, in fact, is almost unbelievable. This autobiographical work is packed with violence, depression, irrationality, and conflicted faith, to the point that, if the reader did not know that the writer survived to write the book, one would expect Janice joined the thousands of other women who have died at the hands of their domestic partner...

EUREKA SPRINGS ---- In the course of about three weeks, a new church in Eureka Springs will have grown from a thought to reality when Kings River Full Gospel Church holds its first service this Sunday, May 1, at 10 a.m. Preaching will be Tim Garrison, former associate pastor with Eureka Springs Assembly of God, bailiff for the Carroll County Circuit Court, and Carroll County native...

EUREKA SPRINGS ---- Approximately 300 persons turned out for the grand opening of The Museum of Earth History and media day on the grounds of the Great Passion Play on Tuesday, April 26. The museum, the first of its kind in the United States, also saw a steady stream of visitors to take in the exhibit during a public open house that afternoon...