Stories from Monday, June 12, 2006

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Mid-South District of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML) an official auxiliary of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, will hold its 2006 convention June 16-18 at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center in Eureka Springs...

BERRYVILLE -- Champions were named in five events, including Free Throws, Hot Shot, Obstacle Course, 1-on-1, and 3-on-3, plus an Outstanding Camper award, in each of five age groups at the 2006 Girls Champions Basketball Camp this week in Berryville...

RACHEL BELL SMITH WHEATLEY was born in Mulberry, Kan., April 16, 1911, daughter of George Arthur Smith and Susannah Isabell (Turner) Smith. She died June 4, 2006, at the age of 95. She moved with her parents to Carroll County in 1915. Her Mother traded a house for 84 acres, then within a year, the family moved to Oklahoma, returning to Carroll County, Concord School District, in 1927...

WINNIE BLANCHE ROBERTSON, 83, of Green Forest, died Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at St. John's Hospital -- Berryville. Winnie was born on Nov. 8, 1922, the youngest of nine children of the late Archie and Alice Chaney. In her younger years, Winnie worked at the Antique Doll Museum outside of Green Forest and played in the Memory Makers Band in Green Forest. ...

GOLDIE E. EDMONDSON, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Sept, 7, 1908, in Carroll County, a daughter of Claude Elmer and Mary Elizabeth (Carney) Warren. She died Monday, June 5, 2006, in Eureka Springs at the age of 97. In 1944, Mrs. Edmondson became a member of the Rock Springs Baptist Church, where her membership remained until her death. She was a homemaker and worked at Ocoma Foods from 1953 until 1973...

Aaron Springston contacted us last winter to tell us about his upcoming trip to Europe and his plans to visit the cities hosting FIFA World Cup soccer matches. He thought we might be interested in some first-hand dispatches from Europe as he made his way around the continent en route to his final destination, the World Cup Championship in Berlin on July 9...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Eureka Theatre Company would like to have lower rates for using The Auditorium for its productions. And while the City Advertising and Promotion Commission appears amenable to the idea, the devil is in the details. Auditorium Manager Ray Dilfield and Bookkeeper Shelia Hulsey were asked to figure a yearly cost for the Auditorium, determine what should be included to pass on to users of the facility, and, hopefully, come up with a equitable rate for low-impact community users...

BERRYVILLE -- The potential for hundreds of new homes is on the horizon in Berryville, with Pesca Construction poised to purchase 180 acres. The acreage includes 100 acres in city limits and another 80 outside. It is the late Judge Arthur Carter's estate, held in trust with all proceeds going to the care of his surviving wife Marie, who now resides in Pea Ridge...

BERRYVILLE -- A ground-breaking for new facilities of Loaves and Fishes Food Bank was held at 10 a.m. Monday across from the entry to the Berryville Cemetery on Bunch Springs Road. The new facility will be on two and one-half acres of land donated by Mary Trimble. Loaves and Fishes has been offered a low-interest loan from a private trust to build the new building, with a monthly mortgage payment of more than $2,000 over five years...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Sponsors are being sought to help underwrite the second annual Ozark Mountain Gospel Festival, slated for Sept. 8-9, at various venues in Eureka Springs. According to Darry Lisemby, promoter, there are three categories of sponsors: Silver, or Ark sponsors, donating $100 to $499; Gold, of Chariot sponsors, $500 to $999; and Platinium, or Wings sponsors, $1,000 or more. Vessel sponsorships are also offered for those committing to between $25 and $99...

Champions were also named in five events for the boys, including Free Throws, Hot Shot, Obstacle Course, 1-on-1, and 3-on-3, plus an Outstanding Camper award, in each of five age groups. A big group of parents attended the final afternoon session on Thursday, including some moms that sat through both morning and afternoon events in the rapidly rising heat...