Stories from Wednesday, October 11, 2006

GREEN FOREST -- During an informative Monday council meeting, it was announced that Alderman Kelly Hayhurst had resigned her position; the council heard that the water and sewer department rates were too low; and the city attorney called for community assistance with revamping the existing unsightly ordinance...

GREEN FOREST -- Stephanie Tilley was announced as the 2006 Football Homecoming Queen Friday night at the Tiger Football stadium. She is the daughter of Richard and Shannon Walker, and is a member of the drama club, spirit club, and OM. She was escorted by senior high football players Tyler Watson and Adam Serena...

WEEK OF Oct. 2 October 2 4:30 p.m. - Police responded to a harassment call on South Springfield Street. 4:45 p.m. - Police arrested a subject and transported the prisoner to the Carroll County Detention Center. October 3 12:45 a.m. - Police were dispatched to an open 911 line at Powell s Feed. Police reported everything okay...

WEEK OF Oct. 2 October 2 10:56 a.m. - Police were dispatched to a location near Price Cutter to work a traffic accident. 11:49 a.m. - Police were dispatched to the police department to take information regarding a lost gym bag. 4:56 p.m. - Police were dispatched to Saunders Museum to investigate an alarm call. All was okay...

WEEK OF Oct. 2 October 2 10:23 a.m.- Accident report taken on a semi truck that had rolled over on its side. 10:50 a.m.- Incident report taken after jewelry was stolen from hotel room. 12:25 p.m.- Subject turned himself in on an outstanding warrant...

Grace Evalene (Carter) Stamps, 96, died Oct. 7, 2006, at the Bentonville Manor. She was born July 17, 1910, in Kingston. She attended school, married and raised her family in Kingston. In 1953, she and her husband followed three of their sons to Chelan, Wash. She worked in the apple packing sheds for a number of years, returning to Arkansas in 1995. She was an active member of the Chelan First Baptist Church and the Rebecca Lodge of Kingston...

HOWARD LEWIS RANDALL, 63, of Springdale, died Oct. 4, 2006, at Northwest Medical Center of Washington County at Springdale. He was born Aug. 26, 1943, at Berryville, the son of Grover Franklin and Mary Cleo Rogers Randall. He was a Baptist, a member of the Kingston Oddfellow Lodge and a veteran of Desert Storm and had retired from the Army National Guard. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Mary Sue Carter...

JEREMY LlOYDLEE BRUNK, a resident of Huntsville, was born Dec. 8, 1977, in Hot Springs, a son of Floyd Dean and Shirley Ann (Nobles) Brunk. He died Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, in Fayetteville, at the age of 28. Jeremy was employed by Tyson Foods in Berryville. He was of the Assembly of God Faith. He attended Brownsville Revival School of Ministry in Pensacola, Florida and the Latin American Bible Institute in San Antonio, Texas...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Despite rumors to the contrary, National Recreational Properties, Inc. (NRPI) executives say the company is "not pulling out" of Holiday Island. But one of more than a dozen local drivers, who take people on van tours of available lots for sale, said he was told the company is no longer advertising Holiday Island and, although he is still officially employed, has "not driven in a long time."...

BERRYVILLE -- Nearly $80,000 worth of equipment was stolen from Berryville Equipment Sales last week, including a pickup, trailer, mowers and utility vehicles. Police say they were called to the business after the theft was discovered Wednesday morning...

FORT SMITH -- A three-hour bus ride turned out to be more trouble for the Berryville Lady Bobcat volleyball teams than the Union Christian players last Thursday in 1-4A action. Coach Kristin Smith's varsity was sluggish at best, and fell in three games straight to the Lady Eagles, 8-25, 19-25, 12-25...