Stories from Tuesday, March 13, 2007

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Some of the 9,000 to 10,000-year-old artifacts from under the bluff shelter at Blue Spring Heritage Center haven't seen the light of day for more than 35 years, but now they have come home from the University of Arkansas (UA), thanks to the efforts of Center Coordinator Carma Lewis...

BERRYVILLE-- Errors piled up for Berryville in the first inning against Pea Ridge last Thursday, creating an 8-0 mountain for the Bobcats to climb before they ever swung a bat. And with Pea Ridge's pitcher, Rosser, throwing smoke at 85-mph, catching up was hard to do. Pea Ridge also won a three-inning JV game, 6-2...

CARROLL COUNTY -- The Green Forest Lady Tigers had a run-away game last Thursday at home with the Yellville-Summit Lady Panthers, who were unable to get three outs on the Lady Tigers in the first inning. So they quit keeping score and played the rest of the night in a scrimmage/JV format...

Week of March 5 March 5 2:19 p.m. - Police responded to Eastgate Trailer Park. 3:12 p.m. - Police traveled to Conway to pick up a prisoner. 6:12 p.m. - Police took prisoner to Carroll County Detention Center. 4:50 p.m. - Police were out with skateboarders...

Week of March 5 March 5 8:40 a.m. - Police were dispatched to a Smalley Street address to investigate an unauthorized used of a credit card complaint. 11:15 a.m. - Police were dispatched to the police department to met with a subject about a harassment complaint...

Week of March 5 March 5 10 a.m.- Caller reported that a subject with a warrant was at hotel. Subject left before officer arrived. 11:11 a.m.- Caller reported a vehicle parked in red zone was making it difficult for trolleys to get past. Vehicle was moved...

HARVEY STANDLEE, 77, of Clifty (Madison County), died March 7, 2007. He was born in Carterville, Mo., on Jan. 27, 1930, to the late William Monroe Standlee and Mary Florence Wright. He served from 1949 to 1954 in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict...

OLETHA ROBERTS, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Aug. 4, 1920, a daughter of William J. and Delilah Grace (Allen) Rederford. She died Thursday, March 8, 2007, in Eureka Springs, at the age of 86. Mrs. Roberts was a loan officer at a bank in Wichita, Kan. She was also a member of the Beaver Lake Fellowship Church...

BUD KING, 75, of Alpena, died Saturday, March 3, 2007. He was born Nov. 28, 1931 in Hale Center, Texas to the late Leslie Earl King and Olga Huntley King. Bud graduated from Abernathy Public School, Abernathy, Texas, and went on to Abilene Christian College to further his education. On Sept. 2, 1950, he married Janie Owen. Bud spent 40 years in the trucking industry before retiring in 2003. Prior to that he had been a rancher and a telegraph operator for the Santa Fe Railroad...

JUNE REBECCA HENDERSON, 90, of Carlisle, Ark., died at her home on Sunday, March 4, 2007. June was born June 5, 1916 at Cripple Creek, Colo. She was the daughter of Perry Monroe Smith and Violet Walter Smith. She graduated from Stuttgart High School and later attended Arkansas State University at Beebe and was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, A.L. Toad Henderson; by her parents; and her brothers, Perry Smith and Bill Smith...

J.B. HARP, 57, of Huntsville, died March 9, 2007, at the Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. He was born Oct. 23, 1949, at Bentonville, the son of Boyd and Ina Benton Harp. He was a retired truck driver. Survivors include two sons; one daughter; his father; one brother, Luke Harp of Huntsville; four sisters, Dixie Cochran of Kingston, Doris Bumgarner of Huntsville, Alberta Fort of Rogers, and Leona Harp of Berryville; and several nephews and nieces...

ROSITA (Da-anoy) Canoy, 63, of Green Forest, died Sunday, March 4, 2007, at St. John s Regional Medical Center in Springfield, Mo. She was born Sept. 2, 1943, in Iloilo City, Phillippines, the daughter of Pedro and Ristetota (Guiteirez) Da-anoy. Rosita was raised in the Catholic Church. She had been attending the Lead Hill Community Church. She had been in the United States for seven years and obtained her American citizenship in 2006...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Planning Commission (HIPC) approved two enclosed deck proposals from separate West Bluff Lane residents at its March 9 meeting. Craig and Barb Fee of 16 West Bluff Lane requested permission to enclose a 10-foot by 14-foot deck in glass. The deck already has a roof over it. During the process the commission discovered the house as originally constructed by builder Monte Lamb was slightly different from the approved permit...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Mayor Dani Wilson's veto of a City Council resolution asking the Arkansas Legislature to pull or not approve HB1586 held up Monday night, with the vote to override being three for and three against. House Bill 1586, introduced by Rep. Brian King, contained proposed changes to the enabling legislation creating the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission (CAPC) that had been requested by that commission...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Through the fog and gloom the runners advanced, ignoring all obstacles as they pounded steadily toward their goal, a far distant finish line. Runners in the 25th annual Victorian Classic 10K, and 2-mile fun run and walk were greeted with morning fog and cool temperatures last Saturday, perfect conditions for a run around scenic Eureka Springs...