Stories from Thursday, April 27, 2006

GREEN FOREST -- More than 100 Hispanic residents of Carroll County gathered peacefully Sunday during a petition signing on the Green Forest city square. "We accomplished what we were looking to accomplish," said Juan Chavez, Hispanic community leader who also serves as Justice of the Peace for the Carroll County Quorum Court...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Highlanders hosted the Decatur Bulldogs for their final game of the season at the Lake Leatherwood ball fields on Thursday, April 20, and earned their first varsity victory of the season. "It was nice to have more runs than errors," Coach Thomas Achord said. "We stole seven bases as a team, got extra bases, and played like we wanted to win."...

BERRYVILLE -- The Berryville Bobcat junior high track teams defended their home turf during last Thursday's Junior Bobcat Relays, with both squads taking home the first place trophy. The Green Forest Tiger teams were runners-up in both divisions, but they had both High Point performers, Robbie Ness for the boys and Miranda Dickinson for the girls...

WEEK OF APRIL 17 April 17 5:35 p.m. -- Police were dispatched to East Gate Trailer Park. 6:30 p.m. -- Police were dispatched to the Sonic Drive-In. 8:10 p.m. -- Police assisted a motorist at Harp's Grocery. 9:45 p.m. -- Police assisted a motorist. April 18...

WEEK OF APRIL 17 April 17 9:10 a.m. --Unattended children on Del Norte prompted a call to police who checked but were unable to locate the youngsters. 9:12 a.m. -- Police were dispatched to a Freeman Switch location to look for an abandoned vehicle. It was found. The owner had help coming and the vehicle was not a traffic hazard...

WEEK OF APRIL 17 April 17 10:11 a.m.-- Caller reported a black medium sized dog with long hair running loose on Ridgeway. 10:31 a.m.-- Incident report taken on theft of picnic tables at Eureka Kids. 2:21 p.m.-- Accident report taken on minor incident in parking lot...

ELIZABETH THERESA DUDA, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Sept. 28, 1922, in Chicago, Ill., a daughter of Ignatius and Veronica (Anizewski) Calewski. She died Tuesday, April 18, 2006, in Berryville, at the age of 83. Mrs. Duda was a homemaker and a member of the St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Eureka Springs...

MARVIN CONNELL, 62, of Green Forest, died Thursday, April 20, 2006, at his home. He was born Jan. 6, 1944, in Clayton, N.M., the son of Ralph Connell and Elsie Asbell Connell. Marvin was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Carla Connell Moore...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Proud Eureka Springs High School V.I.C.A. (Vocational Industrial Chapters of America) students started off the district's school board meeting, held April 20, after many won first, second and third place medals at state competition held in Hot Springs last week...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- With Mayor Kathy Harrison and Alderman Penny Carroll out of town, the remainder of the Eureka Springs City Council fielded questions for which an answer or solution was not immediately available. Alderman Robert Berry, in his new role as Mayor Pro Tem, guided the Council through a relatively light agenda, asking that the three items of new business be postponed until the May 8 meeting...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Coach Mike Smith reported on the Eureka Springs Highlander soccer team and their recent games in 4A play. Tuesday, April 11 The Highlanders hosted the Clarksville Panthers in their last spring home game at the City Leatherwood ball fields. Said Coach Smith, "We gave up some easy goals due to lack of concentration on defense and were punished for it. I was pleased to see David Farber get a goal as a just reward for his tireless running."...