Stories from Monday, April 17, 2006

BERRYVILLE -- You can call it restoration, resurrection or revival, but whatever you call it, there will be a new beginning as First Baptist Church of Berryville reopens on Easter Sunday with Sounds of Victory, a contemporary gospel group based in Russellville, in concert in the 10:30 a.m. service. Special speaker will be Steve Westbrook, a missionary to Romania...

CARROLL COUNTY -- Soccer teams were busy this week, with wins recorded by the Green Forest and Berryville boys teams. Squads are working hard to make one of the four playoff spots available for the state tournament at the end of April. Here's what the coaches reported this week...

HOWARD THOMAS "TOM" SIMON, 85, of Golden, Mo., died Saturday, April 8, 2006, in his home. He was born April 14, 1920, in Chicago, Ill., the son of Albert and Mazie (Fogerty) Simon. While working for Western Electric, Tom met Catherine Marie Sauber, known to family and friends as Marie...

ARTIE KOONE, 81, of Alpena, died Tuesday, April 11, at Hillcrest Home in Harrison. She was born in Van Buren County on Feb. 7, 1925, to the late George Harris and Arizona "Brock" Harris. Artie married Wallace Koone on May 3, 1947, and to this union four children were born. ...

DENNIS JONES of Shell Knob, Missouri died on April 7, 2006, at age 63. He was an international marketing consultant, primarily in the field of electronic chemicals. Dennis was an Eagle Scout and a member of the tribe of Mic-O-Say. His tribal name was Falling Black Hawk. He graduated from De La Salle Military Academy and Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Mo. He was a member of Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity...

BLUE EYE -- Jim Henry, former mayor of Blue Eye, has turned his attention elsewhere following his resignation from the municipal post. Henry is developing the Blue Eye Speedway on property he owns one block from the Blue Eye town square. A mile-long four-wheeler and motorcycle track is nearly complete on 12-acres, he said, and the first section of a quarter-mile paved raceway is done, with the next section set to be completed in a week...

BERRYVILLE -- Authorities are investigating a fire of "suspicious origin" that damaged the front porch area of a Martin Street home in Berryville early Tuesday. "There was no electric, gas, no obvious source for ignition," said Berryville Officer Randy Haven. "The homeowner, who was up in the night, discovered it and was out there with a garden house until the fire department arrived."...

Authorities are urging residents to be vigilant against acts of vandalism that have caused more than $100,000 in damage in some 48 reported incidents. Included are rods through radiators, paint stripper on vehicles and 14 incidents of vandalism at area poultry farms...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Southern Baptist evangelist Ron Mills, 52, staff evangelist of Plaza Heights Baptist Church, Blue Springs, Mo., will preach for revival services April 23-26 at Valley View Baptist Church, U.S. Hwy. 62 East, Eureka Springs. Services will be at 11 a.m and 6 p.m. on Sunday, and at 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. The public is encouraged to attend...

CARROLL COUNTY -- The Green Forest Lady Tiger softball team took a 15-0 loss to the Lincoln Wolves on Monday after a long layoff, but still had games with Berryville and Bergman left on the schedule before the district tournament was to begin on April 21...