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Towering Oaks to host Link Family Sunday (Local News ~ 02/09/07)
BERRYVILLE -- The Link Family, nominated for the Midwest Bluegrass Gospel Group of the Year for 2007 by the Society for Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) will be in concert on Sunday, Feb. 11, at 6 p.m. at Towering Oaks Church, 1159 U.S. Hwy. 62 West, Berryville,... -
Eureka Assembly 100th anniversary schedule told
(Local News ~ 02/09/07)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- Eureka Springs Assembly of God, the oldest Assemblies of God church in Carroll County and one of the oldest in the United States, will celebrate its 100th anniversary with a three-day series of events March 30-April 1, according to Pastor Gene Gilmore...
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Highway widening project may take out six structures, Green Forest residents told
(Local News ~ 02/09/07)
GREEN FOREST -- More than 80 residents showed up Tuesday for a Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) public meeting on the U.S. Hwy. 62 widening project. Leo Priest, AHTD employee, said about six structures were proposed to be removed to allow for the project, which would start a quarter mile east of Hickman Lane and end shortly after the County Road 803 turn off, stretching 1.68 miles...
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CAPC director Berry resigns
(Local News ~ 02/09/07)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- City Advertising and Promotion Commission Executive Director Lynn Berry announced that she was giving notice of her resignation effective Feb. 21 during a four-hour series of meetings Wednesday afternoon. She gave no reasons for her resignation during the meetings, and commissioners expressed regret about her decision with Chairman Bryan Sumpter stating, "Well, I'm depressed."...
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Seniors bring home the bacon on Sr. Night (High School Sports ~ 02/09/07)
BERRYVILLE -- The Greenland Lady Pirates awoke a sleeping giant Wednesday night when they led the Berryville Lady Bobcats 31-27 at halftime of Berryville's Senior Night. When the third quarter started, seniors Courtney Moore, Mackenzie Howerton, Ivie Deweese, Kim Whetsten, Katie Tennant, and Heather Eaves awoke with a roar, outscoring Greenland 34-6 in the third quarter... -
James A. "Hoover" Richardson (Obituary ~ 02/09/07)
JAMES A. "HOOVER" RICHARDSON, a resident of Alpena, was born Sept. 29, 1924, in Alpena, a son of Clarence and Dolphia (Bailey) Richardson. He died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007, in Springfield, Mo., at the age of 82. Mr. Richardson was a veteran, having served in the Army during WWII from Dec. ... -
Charles "Luck" Moody
(Obituary ~ 02/09/07)
CHARLES "LUCK" MOODY, a resident of Berryville, was born May 29, 1916, a son of Thomas S. Moody and Pearl (Walker) Moody. He passed away Feb. 6, 2007, at the age of 90 in the Eureka Springs Hospital. Luck spent his entire life on the family farm that he loved, west of Berryville on the Kings River. He wrote insurance for Farmers Mutual more than 35 years and was also secretary-treasurer for the company for many years...
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Janie Jones Maupin
(Obituary ~ 02/09/07)
JANIE JONES MAUPIN, a resident of Berryville, was born Aug.10, 1928, in Buckingham County, Va., a daughter of Sidney C. and Bessie Baber. She died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007, in Berryville at the age of 78. Janie worked for Wal-Mart until her retirement. She was a member of the Freeman Heights Baptist Church...
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Wanda L. Stewart Johnson
(Obituary ~ 02/09/07)
Wanda L. Stewart Johnson, a resident of Berryville, was born Oct. 20, 1933, in Carroll County, the oldest daughter of Henry and Mattie Denney Stewart. She passed away Feb. 4, 2007, in Berryville at the age of 73. Wanda L. Stewart and Floyd Johnson were married Jan. 26, 1950, and were the parents of seven children...
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Jesse Junior Johnson
(Obituary ~ 02/09/07)
JESSE JUNIOR JOHNSON, 68, of Eureka Springs, died Feb. 1, 2007, at the Eureka Springs Nursing and Rehab Center. He was born Aug. 23, 1938, at Eureka Springs, the son of Jess and Irene Wynn Johnson. He was a handyman and a member of the Assembly of God Church...
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Gladys Turner Hendrickson
(Obituary ~ 02/09/07)
GLADYS TURNER HENDRICKSON, of Galena, Mo., daughter of Frank and Maude (McCreary) Davis, was born March 10, 1919, in Green Forest, and died Jan. 24, 2007, in St. John's Hospital -- Springfield (Mo.) at the age of 87. Gladys received Christ as her Savior at the age of 14. She was a member of First Assembly of God in Berryville. Gladys was united in marriage to Williard Turner on April 15, 1941, and to this union two children were born, a son, Max Williard, and a daughter, Jackie Jean Bunch...
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Thelma Crow
(Obituary ~ 02/09/07)
THELMA CROW, a resident of Berryville, was born May 2, 1910, in Carroll County, a daughter of Robert Edward and Rosa Lee (Smith) McLoud. She died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, in Berryville at the age of 96. Thelma was a homemaker and the bookkeeper for Crow Motor Company. She was a member of the United Methodist Church...
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Viola Kay Cartwright (Obituary ~ 02/09/07)
Viola Kay Cartwright, 81, died Thursday Jan. 25, 2007, at Doctors Hospital in Modesto, Calif. Viola loved the Lord dearly. Viola was born on May 4, 1925, in Green Forest, the daughter of the late Herman Douglas and Pearl Fultz Douglas. She was a resident of Ceres, Calif. for the past 20 years... -
GF Library Board seeks dissolution of county board
(Local News ~ 02/09/07)
GREEN FOREST -- The Green Forest Library Board will ask County Judge Richard Williams to abolish the Carroll County Library Board, complaining that the county board had effectively taken away all of its decision-making powers. Earlier this week, the city board resigned en masse, but Williams refused to accept the resignations...
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Three-point shots boost Highlanders in upset win (High School Sports ~ 02/09/07)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- Three-point shots were flying Tuesday night as the Highlanders gunned in 12 of the long-range bombs on the way to a 62-55 upset over the West Fork Tigers, who made six threes themselves. Eureka (14-12, 5-5) trails Shiloh Christian, Pea Ridge and West Fork (18-5, 6-4) in the 1-3A standings, but made a statement with the victory...
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