Stories from Thursday, April 20, 2006

Cans of paint stripper, sharpened lengths of rebar, gloves, a flashlight and a large aluminum baseball bat were allegedly found in a pickup pulled over by authorities early Sunday morning. The driver, 41-year-old William S. Chaney, Jr., of rural Green Forest, was arrested and charged with alleged criminal mischief and attempted felony criminal mischief...

BERRYVILLE -- The long anticipated baseball game between the Green Forest Tigers and Berryville Bobcats kept the fans alert last Thursday when the two teams combined for 30 hits and 32 runs, including two home runs by Tiger Dustin Badley. GF- 19R-16H-5E...

WEEK OF APRIL 10 April 10 3:10 a.m. -- Police were dispatched to barking dogs on the corner of Gregory and Tipton Streets. Police reported all was quiet. 7:09 a.m. -- Police were dispatched to a two-vehicle traffic accident on South Springfield and 6th Streets...

WEEK OF APRIL 10 April 10 9:42 a.m. -- Officer spoke to a resident on Pritchard Street about cleaning-up yard and left a copy of the ordinance. 10:34 a.m. -- Officer was dispatched to Department of Health to take a report on a hit and run. 11:45 a.m. -- Police took a report on illegal dumping...

WEEK OF APRIL 10 April 10 7:49 a.m.-- EMS requested officer assistance to obtain residential entry for a fall victim. 6:36 p.m.-- Incident report taken after subject stated someone had kicked his truck. April 11 12:20 p.m.-- Incident report taken on theft of a planter from business...

Fredia Irene Usrey, 93 of Springdale, died Saturday, April 15, 2006, at Northwest Arkanas Medical Center in Springdale. She was the eldest child of Burton and Ada (Leatherbury) Disheroon, born on June 30 1912. At an early age she was removed from school to help raise her siblings...

JUNIOR (JIMMIE) TUCKER, 63, a resident of Springdale, formerly of Berryville and Green Forest, was born April 28, 1942, in Dinsmore, Ark., a son of William Elige and Betty (Ross) Tucker. He died Thursday, April 13, 2006, at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, after a long battle with cancer...

NELLIE ESTHER PEDEN TERHERST, a resident of Green Forest, was born April 18, 1919, in Enon, Ark., a daughter of Joseph Owen and Vineta Ellen (Hopper) Peden. She died Friday, April 14, 2006, in her home at the age of 86. Nellie was a member of the Oneness Church of God in Denver, Ark., where she taught Sunday school for nearly 60 years. ...

Leah (Bishop) Stacy, 97, died Monday, April 10, 2006, in Hillsborough, Calif. after a short illness. Leah was born on Nov. 22, 1908, in Osage, Ark., to James Harvey Bishop and Mary Modena (Gibbs) Bishop. She was married to L. B. "Pete" Stacy on Oct. ...

DON RIX, a resident of Holiday Island, was born April 6, 1925, in Sac County, Iowa, a son of Emil and Anna (Garms) Rix. He died April 15, 2006, in his home at the age of 81. Mr. Rix was a vocational ag teacher. He was also a manager for Ralston-Purina Co. He was a member of the Elks Lodge and the American Legion. He was a veteran, having served with the United States Navy during World War II. He attended the Grace Lutheran Church at Holiday Island...

PAULINE OUSDAHL, a resident of Green Forest, was born March 1, 1922, in Green Forest, a daughter of Homer and Claris (Jones) McMorris. She died Friday, April 14, 2006, in Berryville at the age of 84. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Green Forest...

DELBERT WILLIAM LIPPE was born on Nov. 11, 1931, to Frank and Virgie Rollins Lippe and died on April 13, 2006, in his home at Blue Eye, Mo. at the age of 74. He died of complications from a sudden illness. Delbert's wife, Juanita, died on Feb. 26, 2006. They would have celebrated their 53 years of marriage on June 14, 2006...

FAYE (STILES) FARWELL, 76, of Eureka Springs, died Thursday, April 13, 2006, in her home. She was born Aug. 28, 1929, in Golden, Mo., the daughter of Milburn and Alice (Phillips) Stiles. On Sept. 9, 1978, in Golden Baptist Church, she was united in marriage to Wayne Farwell, who survives. They would have been married 29 years in August...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- In a short meeting Friday, the Holiday Island Planning Commission (HIPC) issued one permit and dealt with complaints and requests. Contractor Jim Stout of Stout Construction requested a permit to build a 100-square-foot sunroom addition on to the home of Paisley Livingston at 20 Horseshoe Drive. Permit #2103 was approved for 90 days...

BERRYVILLE -- Former Eureka Springs City Councilman Earl Donald "Bud" Umland, 54, faces up to two possible life sentences after pleading guilty Monday morning in Carroll County Circuit Court to two counts of delivery of methamphetamine in August 2005...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The April 12 Holiday Island Ladies Golf Association play of the day was Peoria. 9-HOLE WINNERS 1st flight- Low gross, Nancy Crouse 48, low net, Betty Wallace 36, Play of the day, Mary Knab, 55. 2nd flight- Low gross, Sandra Larsen 56, low net, Vivian Kahle 32, Play of the day, Elna Sieg 58...