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Love 'n' Jazz Christmas is Dec. 1
(Local News ~ 11/24/06)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- Saxophonist Grady Nichols and pianist Daniel Kleefeld will present a concert, "A Love 'n' Jazz Christmas" at the City Auditorium on Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. Nichols, appearing with his jazz trio, has enjoyed great success in the smooth jazz genre, and has be heralded as "most likely to spearhead the next generation of great smooth artists" by well-known jazz critic and writer Jonathan Widran. ...
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Annual Silver Tea to benefit ECHO clinic
(Local News ~ 11/24/06)
EUREKA?SPRINGS --The public is cordially invited to greet the holiday season at the 40th Silver Tea, Thursday, Dec. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Crystal Ballroom of the Crescent Hotel. As a long-standing tradition of the women of St. James' Episcopal Church in Eureka Springs, the tea is a community outreach project, this year benefitting Eureka Christian Health Outreach (ECHO). A faith-based, ecumenical free health clinic, ECHO serves uninsured and low-income individuals...
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Holiday Island Board poised to vote on rate hikes to offset deficit
(Local News ~ 11/24/06)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Board of Commissioners (BOC) is looking at increases in assessments and fees next year to offset a more than $139,000 deficit in the 2007 budget. With the board's last budget go-round decision to add back in almost $60,000 in expenses that had been cut, District Manager Kevin Crosson made suggestions at the board's work session Nov. 20 for how to raise income...
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School may need to take out loan to meet payroll
(Local News ~ 11/24/06)
GREEN FOREST -- Superintendent Dr. Larry Bennett told board members Monday that the school has not received any federal money from the state of Arkansas this year. "If we can't get that money before payroll, then we are going to have to borrow money to be able to pay our teachers," said Bennett...
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Popular 'Fill a Pickup' program draws a crowd to Riverlake (Local News ~ 11/24/06)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- For four hours last Saturday Carroll County residents came from miles around to the Riverlake Outdoor Center on Hwys. 62 and 187 west of Eureka Springs and lined up in four directions to dispose of their unwanted items for free, courtesy of the Carroll County Solid Waste Authority (CCSWA)... -
Steven Kloss
(Obituary ~ 11/24/06)
Steven Kloss, 54, of Cassville, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, at St. John's Hospital in Cassville following a sudden illness. Mr. Kloss, son of Gordon and Joan Hostetler Kloss, was born on Jan. 7, 1952, in Vancouver, Wash. He was in the United States Army and served two terms in Vietnam, where he received two purple hearts. He graduated from Cassville High School and was a member of its football team...
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William Lester Umland
(Obituary ~ 11/24/06)
WILLIAM LESTER UMLAND, a resident of Fort Smith, was born Feb. 6, 1941, in Steger, Illinois, a son of Earl John and Elaine Marie (Hogeveen) Umland. He died Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, in Fort Smith at the age of 65. Mr. Umland owned and operated B.J.'s Barber Shop in Fort Smith. He was a member of the Lutheran Church-Our Redeem?er in Berryville...
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Tigers play close with Jr. Pirates (High School Sports ~ 11/24/06)
LEAD HILL -- Coach Brandon Stone's Junior Tigers played close with the Jasper Junior Pirates in their opening game of the Lead Hill Junior High Tournament on Nov. 15, but saw the game slip away in the final minutes. "We didn't make any field goals in the fourth quarter, but made the only two free throws we got all night, two by Josiah Goodman," Coach Stone said. "We mixed our defenses up trying to stop the Hunnicutt kid but he still got 19 points."... -
Lady Highlanders to consolation finals
(High School Sports ~ 11/24/06)
BLUE EYE, Mo. -- The Eureka Springs Lady Highlanders have made it to the finals of the Blue Eye Invitational Tournament, but it's in the consolation bracket. After leading for three quarters in their first game, the Eureka girls let a win over Cassville, Mo., slip away in a 43-40 last-minute loss on Monday...
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