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Column: One Layman's Outlook by Larry Elkins: Spirituality is more than candy from an Easter egg (Local News ~ 07/03/06)
This year on the Saturday before Easter our church held a community egg hunt. I don't know how many of you have ever been to one of these egg hunts, but basically we scattered plastic eggs filled with candy all over a baseball park. They were not hidden. Still it took us about an hour to "hide" the eggs. Five minutes after we let the children onto the field it was over... -
Book review:'Preacher's Tale' reveals area Civil War history
(Local News ~ 07/03/06)
We Arkansans with deep roots in northwest Arkansas have probably wondered how truly significant the War Between the States was in comparison with the much-glorified killing fields of Shiloh, Gettysburg, Vickburg and Montgomery, to name a few. Except in Arkansas History classes, we have been exposed to little scholarly discourse on the subject, despite our culture's near legendary tales of baldknobbers, bushwackers, the Battle of Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, and Camp Walker...
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Green Forest's new city-wide trash service begins July 6
(Local News ~ 07/03/06)
GREEN FOREST -- The Carroll County Solid Waste Authority (CCSWA) will begin their city-wide trash service Thursday, July 6. "The biggest thing that residents need to know is that their trash service will be provided by the city," said Roger Miner, director of the CCSWA. "It will be just like water and sewer, it's something everybody will get."...
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Willard sentence upheld in St. Louis
(Local News ~ 07/03/06)
St. Louis, Mo. -- The sentence of a Washington state man who flew to northwest Arkansas to meet in Eureka Springs to have sex with who he thought to be a juvenile female was upheld in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on June 16. The following day, however, Steven Willard, 46, is reported to have committed suicide while incarcerated in federal prison in Lompoc, Calif...
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HISID board tables Lawrence challenge to rules on replats
(Local News ~ 07/03/06)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The first challenge to the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District's (HISID) Resolution 184 came June 26 in the form of a replat request during the monthly Board of Commissioners business meeting. In October 2005, the HISID Board of Commissioners passed Res. ...
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Donald Joe Conaway
(Obituary ~ 07/03/06)
DONALD JOE CONAWAY, Sr., 65, of Golden, Mo., died Saturday, June 24, 2006, in his home. He was born Jan. 9, 1941, in Spur, Texas, the son of Thomas James and Mary (Butler) Conaway, who preceded him in death. On March 6, 1958, in Arlington, Texas, he was united in marriage to JoAnn Geer, who survives of the home...
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Ben Elmer McCoy
(Obituary ~ 07/03/06)
BEN ELMER McCOY, born Feb. 9, 1910, at Memphis, Texas, died June 27, 2006, at Berryville. He was 96. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Addie Mae Brisco McCoy; two brothers and two sisters; his first wife, Lucille Shufeldt; his second wife of 54 years, Verline Stice Calloway; a step-son, Sonny Calloway, and a grandson, Bud Russell...
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James (Jimmy) Dale Smith
(Obituary ~ 07/03/06)
JAMES (JIMMY) DALE SMITH, a resident of Berryville, was born April 6, 1944, in Berryville, a son of James Andrew "Andy" and Cleva Susan (Smith) Smith. He died Saturday, June 24, 2006, in Springdale, at the age of 62. Mr. Smith professed his faith in Christ and was baptized in 1984. He was a Mason and a member of Ashley Lodge #66. He was a cattle and poultry farmer...
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Hackin for Health tourney raises $5,400 (High School Sports ~ 07/03/06)
BERRYVILLE -- On Friday, June 2, Carroll Health Foundation hosted its 11th annual golf tournament. Held at Holiday Island Country Club, this year's tournament featured a new name, the Carroll County Charity Golf Classic, and a new format. This year's four-person scramble was very successful, raising approximately $5,400 for People Helping People, healthcare scholarships and community programs for St. John's Hospital -- Berryville...
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