Stories from Thursday, September 15, 2005

County's schools preparing to help in wake of Gulf devastation (09/15/05)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- Carroll County school superintendents from Berryville, Eureka Springs and Green Forest say they are prepared and ready to do anything to help those students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. There have been fluctuating estimates as to how many evacuees might seek shelter in Carroll County. It is also unknown how many of those students will need to be placed into Carroll County school districts...

'Messages from Water' film draws large crowd at Carnegie (09/15/05)
Eureka Springs, in its name and history, is known as being a place of healing waters even before it was a town and Native Americans came here to drink and bathe in the water. Thousands of reported cures have since formed the history of the town. Local resident Barbara Harmony has been active for more than two decades trying to clean up the springs, streams and lakes of the local Ozarks area...

County's KARE group planning for 30 evacuees (09/15/05)
GREEN FOREST--At a Carroll County KARE (Katrina Assistance Relief Effort) meeting Friday, residents decided to come up with a plan for about 30 anticipated Hurricane Katrina evacuees to arrive in Green Forest by the end of this week. "Basically right now it is a personal choice for the evacuees; whether they want to stay in a shelter closer to home, or come here and start over," said Michelle Evans, founder of Carroll County KARE...

Golf teams prepare for district at tough course (09/15/05)
FAYETTEVILLE -- The Berryville and Green Forest golf teams took advantage of a chance to play a round on the course where the district golf matches will be held this week, so put club to ball at the Razorback course in Fayetteville last Thursday. Besides the two Carroll County teams, Farmington, Elkins and 5A Springdale Har-Ber High brought teams...

Tigers struggle as Apaches sneak up at end (09/15/05)
CARROLL COUNTY -- Another late start didn't bring out the best in the Green Forest Tiger football team as they struggled to defeat winless Pottsville 14-0 last Friday in non-conference action to move to 2-0. The Apaches' bus broke down and the team had to borrow one, setting kickoff time back after 8 p.m...

Column: "The Sports Trail": Sports, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina changing fast each week (09/15/05)
by David McNeal Things are happening fast and furiously, in the sports world and beyond. Locally, the football season is solidly underway, with teams having two games under their belts. At the same time, the golf teams are about to finish up, as they played their district tournaments on Tuesday, so they now will prep for regional and possibly state matches...

Ruth Mowbray (09/15/05)
RUTH MOWBRAY, a resident of Green Forest, was born June 2, 1916, in Green Forest, a daughter of William Henry and Edna (Wise) Howard. She died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005, in Berryville at the age of 89. Ruth was a homemaker. Ruth and her husband owned and operated Green Forest Lumber from 1960 to 1974. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Green Forest and was a founding member of the hospital auxiliary...

Dewayne Coleman Herren (09/15/05)
DEWAYNE COLEMAN HERREN, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Sept. 26, 1938, in Thomas, Okla., a son of Doyle Henson and Etna Lou (Coleman) Herren. He died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2005, in his home at the age of 67. Mr. Herren was a veteran, having served with the U.S. Army. He was an electrical engineer and made the booster engine that helped put the first man on the moon. He was a general contractor who built custom homes, a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner...

Terry Elwin Hurley (09/15/05)
TERRY ELWIN HURLEY, 47, died Aug. 31, 2005, at his home in North Little Rock. A memorial service was held on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at the Coffman Funeral Chapel in Harrison. Burial is to be a private family service at the Alpena Cemetery at a later date...

Virginia Jewell (Boatright) Colvin (09/15/05)
VIRGINIA JEWELL (BOATRIGHT) COLVIN, a resident of Berryville, was born June 11, 1921, in Berryville, a daughter of Robert Raymond and Vinnie (Snow) Boatright. She died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005, in her home at the age of 84. Mrs. Colvin was a homemaker, a secretary and a charter member of the Southern Heights Baptist Church in Berryville...

Arlie G. Williams (09/15/05)
ARLIE G. WILLIAMS, a resident of Berryville, was born Aug. 30, 1921, in Carroll County. A son of William Asbury and Cora (Cudney) Williams died Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, at his home in Berryville, at the age of 84. Arlie is survived by his wife of 55 years, Nora Williams, two sons, Jimmy and his wife Evelyn Williams, Gerald and his wife, Dedra Williams, all of Berryville, and a daughter, Marcella and her husband, Jeff Darby of Shell Knob, Mo., a brother, Otis Williams of Berryville; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.. ...

Mary B. Welch (09/15/05)
Mary B. Welch passed away at home Aug. 18, 2005, surrounded by family and friends who loved her dearly. Born Feb. 24, 1922 in Marshall, she moved with the family by covered wagon to Sand Springs, Okla., in 1926. She moved back to Arkansas in 1932 and settled in a rural area near Berryville. She grew up on Pension Mountain and moved back to Tulsa, Okla., in 1942...

Green Forest Police and Fire Dispatches (09/15/05)
Week of Sept. 5 September 5 8 a.m. -- Police assisted in towing a company van from Leather's Electric. September 6 4:55 a.m. -- Police were dispatched to 604 Tharp Street. September 7 7:50 a.m. --Police investigated a theft of property at the Tyson Cafeteria...

Eureka Springs Police and Fire Dispatches (09/15/05)
Week of Sept. 2 September 2 9:05 a.m.-- Caller reported theft of property. Property was returned upon officer arrival. 2:15 p.m.-- Complainant reported subjects selling cleaning supplies door to door on Main St. Officer made contact with subjects and advised them of city ordinances and permits...

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