Stories from Monday, July 17, 2006

BLUE EYE, Mo. -- Freedom Seekers, a ministry directed at alcohol, drug and other addictions, is working to remodel a building on Mo. Hwys. 86 and JJ. Freedom Seekers spokesman Rob Hutchins invites area residents to take the opportunity to assist the outreach at a Freedom Rally being planned for Aug. 5, 6 to 10 p.m...

LITTLE ROCK -- A bear attack in the Ouachita Mountains of Polk County has heightened awareness of the need for caution when camping in the wilds of Arkansas. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission reminds everyone that bears are wild animals and should remain that way...

CHARLA E. HAGEMANN, 83, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, July 9, 2006, at Baxter Regional Medical Center. She was born March 2, 1923, in Glenvil, Neb., to Charles Andrew and Minnie Mae Coba Onken. On Oct. 27, 1945, she married Fred Hagemann in Holyoke, Colo...

OPAL MAE FAULKNER FRENCH, 85, of Bentonville, died on June 29, 2006, in Bentonville. She was born on Feb. 24, 1921, in Wellington, Kan., to Allen Frederick Faulkner and Cecile Mae Oliver Faulkner. In 1940, Opal married Chauncey Dale French. Opal and Dale made their home in Alva, Okla., where they raised two daughters, Alice and Carol. Following Dale's death in 1999, Opal moved to Eureka Springs to be near her daughters and their husbands, her grandsons and her great-grandson...

A potluck gathering was held on June 3, at the Yoncalla, Ore., Community Center for LOIS A. BOAN, of Yoncalla, who died May 31 of age-related causes at the age of 90. She was born Aug. 20, 1915, in Green Forest, to Onie and Rebecca Asbury Wisdom. She married William "Billy" Boan in Joplin, Mo., on Oct. 21, 1934. He died in 1998. She worked as a cook for Yoncalla schools for 25 years...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Sun, fun, canoes, fishing, paddle boats and cool waters -- what more could a kid want on a beautiful summer day? If you don't know the answer, just ask the kids that attended the Eureka Springs G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance and Training) Summer Program, held July 11-14, at Lake Leatherwood Park...

BERRYVILLE -- The Berryville Board of Education voted Tuesday night to ask its patrons for a 6.50 millage increase when they go to the polls in September to cover the cost of facility improvements. Those improvements include constructing and equipping a new 3-5 building, a fine arts building, a high school physical education facility, a multi-purpose building, a K-2 physical education facility, a concession/restroom facility, a bus garage/maintenance facility, and refurbishing, remodeling and equipping existing school facilities.. ...

BEAVER -- Beaver Mayor Chad Hipps may breathe a sigh of relief now that he has found a new council member -- Cathy Shusta -- to replace Tim Adams, who resigned earlier this year. Beaver has had difficulty filling its five-member council over the last few years and recently with having a quorum at meetings to vote on important issues. ...

The Stone Quartet, a Southern Gospel group from Crossett, will make a return engagement at the First Christian Church in Berryville on Saturday, July 29 at 6 p.m. A potluck will follow the concert and everyone attending is encouraged to stay after the concert and fellowship with the group, according to David Bell, music minister...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Ladies Golf Play of the Day of July 12 was a 9-Hole scramble, with a pot luck lunch after. Winners were: 1st place with 34- Sue Dillard, Jean Bunting, Eloise Faden, and Ruby Faulconer. 2nd Place with 35- Nancy Crouse, Mary Smith, Helen Wright, and Debbie Cosens...