Stories from Wednesday, August 24, 2005

by David McNeal The Arkansas Activities Association, the governing body that controls Arkansas athletics, has made a couple of bonehead decisions in the last few years, and has hooked into a really big fish this time with the realignment of school classifications...

CARROLL COUNTY -- This week marks the first week of high school athletic competion for athletes who have lifted weights, sweated through sweltering workouts, done pushups, run sprints, and basically tortured their bodies back into top shape this August...

Week of Aug. 15 August 15 10:00 a.m. -- Police investigated susipicious activity off Tharp St. 10:50 a.m. -- Police followed up on a disturbance on Parker St. 11:03 -- Police followed up on the susipicious activity off Tharp St. 11:25 a.m. --Police removed dead animal from Arch St...

Week of Aug. 15 August 15 3:19 p.m.-- Officer requested for traffic control after a driver high centered a moving van on Hwy. 62. 6:35 p.m.-- Caller reported illegally parked vehicles. Officer made contact with the owners and the vehicles were moved...

Week of Aug. 15 Aug. 15 12:03 a.m. -- Police responded to a report of someone outside a window of a residence at Country Court Mobile Home Park. Officer checked the area but found no one. 11:25 a.m. -- Police responded to a two vehicle traffic accident on U.S. Hwy. 62 at Arvest Bank. A report was taken...

C. VERLON WOODWORTH, 79, of St. Paul, died Aug. 17, 2005, at the Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. He was born March 17, 1926, at Osage, the son of Joseph Jay "Joe" and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Underdown Woodworth. He was a retired logger and attended the Pentecostal church. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and one sister...

IMOGENE F. STAMPS, 88, of Springfield, Mo., died Aug. 17, 2005, where she resided-The Manor at Elfindale. Imogene was born in Carthage, Mo., June 13, 1917, to Chess and Jeanetta (Allred) Stamps. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Carl and John; and a niece, Ann Stamps...

LARRY GIELS a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Feb. 2, 1925, in Chicago, a son of Alfons and Mary (Lersch) Giels. He died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005, in his home at the age of 80. Mr. Giels was a veteran, having served with the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the V.F.W., the American Legion and St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church. Until his retirement he worked as an electrician for Western Electric and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of American...

AMOS AUSTIN DOTY, SR., a resident of Berryville, was born Dec. 27, 1910, in Golden, Mo., a son of John and Gem Nell (Prentice) Doty. He died Monday, Aug. 22, 2005, in Berryville, at the age of 94. Mr. Doty was a farmer. He was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by two sons, Ronnie Doty of Green Forest, and Austin Doty, Jr., and his wife, Rose of Berryville; four grandchildren; Tammy Martin and her husband, Greg, Tina Wise and her husband, Darren, Jason Doty and wife, Melony, and Jon Doty; six great-grandchildren, Ashton Fryar, Lyndsey Martin, Wesley Martin, Wyatt Martin, Derek Doty, and Jaycee Doty; several nieces and nephews; several other relatives; and many friends.. ...

CHUCK CHEELY, a resident of Monett, Mo., was born Jan. 13, 1957, in Berryville, the son of Charles Louis and Mary Lou (McCord) Cheely. He died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005, in Monett at the age of 48. Mr. Cheely was a member of the Aurora Temple Baptist Church in Aurora, Mo. He was the director of clinical services at the Clark Center in Monett. He received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Arkansas Tech University and his masters degree in psychology from Central Missouri State University...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Whether to allow a garage with living quarters built above it on a lot before a house is built was one of the main topics of discussion in Friday's Holiday Island Planning Commission (HIPC) meeting. Commissioner Myrna Peterson said a non-resident property owner had contacted her several times. Ted Drdla, who owns a lot at 11 Woodside Lane, told her wants to build a garage with living quarters above it to use as a vacation home until he gets ready to build a house...

BERRYVILLE -- Richard and Wilma Keller of Berryville and sister Thelma Fisher picked-up 45 bags of trash off county roads within a month. They are the unsung stars of the county's volunteer "Road Goat" program, set up to ensure the cleanliness of Carroll County roads...

The Good Shepherd Humane Society (GSHS) board of directors issued a statement Friday which warned that an on-going financial crisis threatened the animal shelter's operations beyond October. The statement was issued following an informal workshop held by the board last Monday, when ongoing controversies surrounding the operation of the society were aired and attempts were made to formulate a plan of action that all directors could agree to, according to the GSHS press release...

BERRYVILLE -- Circuit Judge Alan D. Epley reversed a decision of the administrative board of the Arkansas Department of Human Services Thursday, ordering that Berryville Elementary Assistant Principal Shelly Holman's name be removed within seven days from the state's child-maltreatment registry...