Stories from Monday, December 4, 2006

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The public is invited to greet the holiday season at the 40th Silver Tea, Thursday, Dec. 7, from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Crystal Ballroom of the Crescent Hotel. As a long-standing tradition of the women of St. James' Episcopal Church, Eureka Springs, the tea is a community outreach project. This year it will benefit Eureka Christian Health Outreach (ECHO). A faith-based, ecumenical free health clinic, ECHO serves uninsured and low-income individuals...

OMAHA -- The Green Forest Tigers and Lady Tigers played close in their first games in the Omaha Border Classic on Monday but couldn't come up with a win. Coach Bill Niven's senior boys lost 48-61 to host Omaha, while Coach Kayla Madewell's senior girls lost 48-59 to the Kingston Lady Yellowjackets...

GREEN FOREST -- The 50th Green Forest Holiday Basketball Tournament will kick off its golden anniversary on Dec. 9, with the finals wrapping up on Dec. 15. The tournament is apparently the oldest basketball tournament in Arkansas and has featured a number of teams from all classifications over the years...

PATRICIA HELEN WARREN, 69, of Huntsville, died Nov. 28, 2006, at her home. She was born July 26, 1937, at Harrison, the daughter of Doyle and Helen Harmon Eoff. She was a bank teller, homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Huntsville. She was preceded in death by one step-son, Jerry Mac Warren...

IOLA MAE TROST, 83, of Green Forest, died at her son's home in Harrison on Monday, Nov. 27, 2006. The daughter of Charlie Bert and Flossie Belle (Anderson) Mostellar was born Jan. 6, 1923, in Green Forest. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Ray Mosteller, and sisters Velma Livingston and Ruth Douglas...

Donald G.K. Smith, 65, of Berryville, died Nov. 17, 2006 in Fayetteville. He was born Sept. 5, 1941 in Blue Island, Ill. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Judy Smith of Berryville, his brother Harry Smith of Eureka Springs, and brother Alan Smith of Berwyn, Ill...

CHARLEY A. MINICK, a resident of Berryville, was born July 4, 1912, in Oak Grove, a son of George I. and Nora K. (Kiper) Minick. He died Sunday, Nov. 26, 2006, in Berryville at the age of 94. Charley was a fruit cannery mechanic. He was a member of the Antioch Church of God of the Apostolic faith...

JOSE ANTONIO SOLANO LUEVANO, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Jan. 20, 1985, in San Felipe, Guanajuato, Mexico, a son of Ernesto Solano Hernandez and Maria del Refugio Luevano Olivares. He died Friday, Nov. 24, 2006, in Eureka Springs at the age of 21...

SUSIE JO LOVETT of Berryville, died Nov. 11, 2006, in Springfield, Mo., at the age of 64. She was born May 18, 1942, a daughter of Charlie Marion Matney and Ruth (Percival) Matney. She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Kenny Lovett, whom she married Sept. ...

Maudie Crawford Ellis died at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mildred and Chester Miles in Berryville, on Nov. 25, 2006, at the age of 86. She was born on Dec. 4, 1919 in Mangham, Louisiana to the union of Samuel and Effie Crawford. Funeral services for Mrs. Ellis, originally from Mangham, La., were held Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006, at Brown-Holley Funeral Chapel in Rayville, La., with Reverend Kyle Coates officiating. Burial followed in Lone Cherry Cemetery, Mangham, La...

Billie Joe Howard Coleman, 78, widow of Evangelist Jamie Coleman, died on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006. Mrs. Coleman was a resident of the Albuquerque, N.M. area since 1970. She is survived by their children, Paula Joe Coleman May of Topeka, Kan., Rev. David J. ...

JAMES A. 'ANDY' CARL, 81, of Marble, died Nov. 23, 2006, at St. John's Hospital -- Berryville. He was born March 30, 1925, at Sherman, Texas, the son of John Arthur and Florence Maybelle Wisdom Carl. He was a truck driver and a veteran of WWII, serving in the U.S. Marine Corps...

BERRYVILLE -- Scams are rampant and at least one Berryville resident has been duped of out nearly $1,000. Det. Robert Bartos said a man received a $976 check in the mail along with a letter saying he had won big money. He was to send $940 to a Canadian address to secure his winnings...

BERRYVILLE -- Members of the Carroll County Quorum Court made major headway in setting the county's budget for 2007 Tuesday afternoon, giving tentative approval to approximately $2,020,372 in expenditures. The meeting was lightly attended, with many incumbents who lost their positions during the general election absent from the morning session, and JP?Juan Chavez walking out early on after exchanging heated words with County Judge Ulys K. ...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Board of Commissioners moved forward Monday by passing its 2007 budget, but questions about activity card fees and opening up the golf courses to the public remain. After listening to District Manager Kevin Crosson's presentation of the final budget based on the Nov. 20 work session, Commissioner Dick Lytle said he would like to "revisit" the activity card fees...

SHELL KNOB, Mo. --The annual Cookie Walk will take place at Shell Knob's United Methodist Church on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 9 a.m. until noon. The United Methodist Women will host the annual holiday cookie sale to generate income for their numerous mission projects...

DENVER -- Church on the Rock will be giving away coats and toys to needy families on Tuesday, Dec. 12, from 2 to 7 p.m. at The Old Head School House, nine and one-half miles north on Ark. Hwy. 311 from Green Forest. According to church spokesmen, the public is also invited to the church's children's Christmas play, " 365 Days of Christmas, " on Thursday, Dec. 14, at 6 p.m., with regular service following. Coffee and refreshments will be served...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Highlander senior boys battled to a 60-51 victory over the Elkins Elks on Tuesday night, but it took nine free throws in the final minutes to preserve the win in a hard-fought game. The Lady Highlanders were leading, then had a four-minute lapse in the second quarter allowing Elkins to pull off a 19-2 run on the way to a 49-34 victory...