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Guide for narrative preaching is issued
(Local News ~ 05/01/06)
"The Old, Old Story: A Guide for Narrative Preaching"; by Joe H. Cothen; non-fiction; hardbound; 191 pages; Pelican Publishing, Gretna, La. There are many types of preachers, and many types of preaching styles. There are intellectual preachers who analyze the original language and study the work of other scholars. Then there are those who amuse with the joke of the day before telling a few homilies...
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Sheriff's office says meth bust will be first of many
(Local News ~ 05/01/06)
OAK GROVE -- The arrest of 35-year-old Ginger Chaney of Oak Grove for alleged drug trafficking is the first of many arrests expected in the weeks and months ahead, say county investigators. Chaney was picked up on a felony warrant Wednesday as part of an ongoing drug interdiction multi-agency investigation targeting meth trafficking...
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County's emergency vehicles getting multi-county connectivity (Local News ~ 05/01/06)
CARROLL COUNTY-- More than 25 emergency vehicles throughout Carroll County will soon have the capability to directly communicate between local agencies, as well as surrounding counties. "Locally, we mostly have the capability to communicate on the same radio frequency," said Green Forest Police Chief John Bailey, "what this is bringing to the table is a multi-county connection."... -
HI Board votes to build golf driving range
(Local News ~ 05/01/06)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Following a presentation of a Limited Environmental Assessment (LEA) to the Holiday Island Board of Commissioners April 24, the board voted to go ahead with a $100,000 golf driving range project. Earl Carter of Mathis, Carter & Associates (MCA) presented the LEA, stating there will be no negative visual, environmental or historical heritage impacts...
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June 2-3 marriage retreat set at Eagle Rock's 'Ark'
(Local News ~ 05/01/06)
EAGLE ROCK, Mo. -- The Ark, at Eagle Rock, Mo., is sponsoring a Marriage Retreat, June 2 and 3. The retreat will begin Friday night at 6 p.m. with the evening meal. Speakers will be Jim and Dottie White, of Springfield, Mo. He is a graduate of Baptist Bible College in Springfield. For 22 years, he was associate pastor of High Street Baptist Church, and he is presently pastoring Eudora Baptist Church...
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Golden Baptist sets special song service
(Local News ~ 05/01/06)
GOLDEN, Mo. -- Lynn McCarn, Christian vocalist and worship leader from Clayton, Okla., will lead worship through song at First Baptist Church in Golden, Mo., on Friday, May 5, starting at 7 p.m. McCarn, whose second single, "Sometimes You Gotta Shout," has been released to radio, is now touring across the country where her concerts are being described as "uplifting," church spokesmen report...
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Mava J. Larimore
(Obituary ~ 05/01/06)
MAVA J. LARIMORE, 95, of Falls City, Neb., died April 3, 2006. She was born Feb. 17, 1911, at Berryville to Walter and Anna (Williams) Watkins. On June 19, 1953, she married Dale F. Larimore at Holton, Kan. He died on Dec. 12, 1975. Mava graduated from the School of the Ozarks at Hollister, Mo. She moved to Kansas City, Mo., and was employed by a loan company for several years...
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Patricia A. (Pat) Reynolds
(Obituary ~ 05/01/06)
PATRICIA A. (PAT) REYNOLDS, 75, of Waverly, Iowa, died Friday, April 7, 2006, at the Waverly Health Center. Pat was born on Dec. 25, 1930, in Green Forest, the daughter of Cassius Marcellus and Victoria (Smith) Dewey. She attended school in Arkansas, graduating from Eureka Springs High School in 1948...
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Virginia Frances "Lady" White
(Obituary ~ 05/01/06)
VIRGINIA FRANCES "LADY" WHITE, of Blackwell, Okla, died Wednesday, April 26, 2006, in the Westminster Village in Ponca City, Okla., at the age of 91. She was born on Dec. 25, 1914, in Berryville to Digby John and Fannie (Clarke) West. She grew up in Berryville, graduating from Berryville High School in 1933. She then furthered her education by attending Phillips University in Enid, Okla., for the next four years, receiving a bachelor's degree...
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Tigers, Bobcats to battle in AAAA State Soccer Tourney
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/06)
CARROLL COUNTY -- The Berryville Bobcat and Green Forest Tiger boys soccer teams both qualified for the AAAA State Soccer Tournament in Little Rock this weekend with the last two seeds out of the AAAA-West region. Berryville finished 10-1-1 overall after taking a 2-0 non-conference win over Springdale Har-Ber on Tuesday and are the third seed at state. They face Arkadelphia at Burns Park in North Little Rock at 4 p.m. this Saturday. A victory would put them playing again on Monday at 5:30...
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Coaches Association All-Star games set for June 22 on UofA campus
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/06)
NORTH LITTLE ROCK -- The president of the Arkansas High School Coaches Association, Benny Harris of Bradley, recently announced the head basketball coaches for the 2006 East-West Tyson/Wal-Mart/Arkansas High School Coaches Association Girls and Boys All-Star teams as selected by their fellow coaches...
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