Stories from Monday, May 8, 2006

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The second annual National Day of Prayer Breakfast, hosted Thursday morning by the Eureka Springs Ministers Association, more than doubled in attendance from 2005 with more than 400 persons taking part in a breakfast buffet, prayer and worship at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center...

BERRYVILLE -- "The supplies for an electronic early vote are not going to be here," said Carroll County Election Commissioner Levi Phillips when meeting with the Election Commission on Tuesday. "We have the 18 machines but the brains are missing."...

BERRYVILLE -- If tentative figures released by the state play out, the Berryville School District could see nearly $6 million in facilities funding come its way. "We've passed the first hurdle," commented Mike Cox, superintendent of Berryville Schools after reviewing the figures...

GREEN FOREST -- With 38 percent of Arkansas public school students having a potential obesity problem, school boards state-wide are now required to adopt a district wellness policy to promote student health. "The biggest change will be that parents won't be able to send food (classroom snacks) to school anymore," said Superintendent Dr. ...

CHELLA MANN a resident of Berryville, was born Aug. 1, 1925, in Carr Lane, Mo., and died Monday, May 1, 2006, in Fayetteville, at the age of 80. She was the daughter of the late Isaac and Elizabeth (Scroggs) Reynolds. Mrs. Mann was a charter member of Living Faith Church and was a tour guide for Saunders Museum...

DANNY POWELL, a resident of Green Forest, was born Aug. 22, 1955, in Berryville, a son of Walter Clinton and Ruth Nadine (Ward) Powell. He died Wednesday, April 26, 2006, near Green Forest at the age of 50. Danny was a 1974 graduate of Green Forest High School. He was a farmer...

DOLORES SMITH, 85, of Berryville, formerly of Salina, Calif. and Kaiser, Ore., died Sunday, April 30, 2006, at home with her family at her side. She was born Sept. 17, 1920, in Clayton, Kan., to the late Harley Woodside and Muriel Gallatin Woodside...

The Berryville Bobcat boys soccer team had high hopes when they faced No. 2 seed Arkadelphia in the state tournament on Monday. But the Badgers had something the Bobcats (10-2-1) didn't expect, according to BHS coach Jay Bullock. "They were as quick as we were," Bullock said, which translated into a 3-2 loss and a first-round exit from the tournament...

HEBER SPRINGS -- Coach Jay Martin thought it would be good for some of his senior high track girls to take on a little tougher competition before the 1AAA District track meet on May 4, so he loaded five girls into the bus and headed for the Heber Springs State Bank meet last Friday, April 28...