Stories from Tuesday, May 30, 2006

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The official Arkansas Community of Excellence (ACE) Certification Ceremony for Eureka Springs was held Thursday at Harding Spring. Governor Mike Huckabee made the presentation to Mayor Kathy Harrison, before a crowd of local citizens and dignitaries...

BERRYVILLE -- Tuesday's primary election decided four races in Carroll County, but the process was hampered by software and a laptop computer never showing up, resulting in hand-punching numbers from the 650 tabulator and touch-screen voting systems...

A 27-year-old Green Forest man, Marko Antonio Martinez, was arrested on drug charges Monday after he allegedly sold meth ice and cocaine to undercover agents. According to a spokesperson for the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, the Rogers Drug Task Force and the Southwest Missouri Drug Task Force were involved in the sting, along with CCSO investigators...

MARGARET MARY LARIMER, a resident of Green Forest, was born Jan. 17, 1918, in Cleveland, Ohio, a daughter of Clarence Edward and Marie Collette (Tyler) Oswald. She died on Sunday, May 21, 2006, in her home at the age of 88. Although her first loves were her home and children, she assisted her husband, Ted, in publishing the Green Forest Tribune, working as bookkeeper, proof reader, ad salesperson, or doing any chore required of her...

BERRYVILLE -- A performance clinic, sponsored by St. John's Hospital--Berryville, and taught by members of St. John's Clinic--Sports Medicine and HealthTracks Sports Training Center of Springfield, Mo., introduced an estimated 150 Bobcat junior and senior high athletes to ways to improve their athletic performances through nutrition and other modern techniques...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Holiday Island Ladies Golf on May 10 was a rain out. But the ladies made it back the next week on May 17 for a regular scramble event. 9-HOLE WINNERS 1st place with 40- Ginny Jankowski, Sandra Larsen, Elna Sieg & Inez Egbert. 2nd place with 42- Nancy Crouse, Phyllis Williams, Jane DuMontier, & Cheryl Pierson...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Women of the Holiday Island Community Church held their seventh annual Silver Tea on May 18 in Haller Hall. As they arrived, members and guests enjoyed several piano selections played by Betty Dale. Silver Tea co-chairperson Marlene Coughenour introduced Pastor Allen Thrasher who gave the invocation...