Stories from Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Green Forest -- The school board officially decided to ask voters for a six-mil increase to partially fund a middle school and construct a new athletic facilities Thursday, as well as unofficially agreeing to raise teacher salaries by $500. "We are down to a decision point on what kind of millage we are going to ask for," said Superintendent Dr. Larry Bennett...

LITTLE ROCK -- A variety of factors impacted Arkansas's statewide spring turkey harvest this year, according to a presentation by Mike Widner, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission turkey program coordinator at the Commission's June meeting, but this year's decline may actually help stabilize the state's turkey population...

Week of July 2 July 2 8:30 a.m. - Police met at city hall for a city ordinance violation meeting. 9:55 a.m. - Police contacted a Church Street resident to advise them they were violating city ordinance by allowing tall, overgrown grass along the fence line...

Week of July 6 July 6 3:09 p.m. - Police were dispatched to a West Van Buren store to investigate a theft complaint. 9:55 p.m. - Police were dispatched to a highway motel to investigate a suspicious circumstance that resulted in an arrest. 10:38 p.m. - Police were dispatched to an Armstrong tavern after it was reported that two people were arguing at the front door. They were gone when police arrived...

VIRGIL D. PALMER, 75, of Berryville, died Thursday, July 5, 2007, at his home in Berryville. He was born on Aug. 21, 1931, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Jesse L. and E. Fern Irvin Palmer. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, was a Pentecostal miniser, and was retired from home-building...

CHRISTINA H. OPSAHL, 55, of Zellwood Station, Fla., died July 3, 2007, after a long illness. She was the owner of Purrrfect Painting. Her survivors include a brother, Frank, and his wife Barbara, of Eureka Springs; and many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews...

CHRISTINE D. MARLER, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born June 14, 1924, in Shaw, Miss., a daughter of John Edgar and Addie Lou (Wallis) Duke. She died on Friday, July 6, 2007, in Fayetteville, at the age of 83. Mrs. Marler was an operations officer for various banks. She was a member of the Eureka Springs Garden Club, a member of various church boards, and a member of the Eureka Springs Hospital Auxiliary...

VIRGINIA GINNY LEE HAMMONS, 87, a resident of Siloam Springs, died July 3, 2007, at her home. Born May 24, 1920, in Tulsa, Okla., she was the daughter of Millard Dewey Burgess and Laura L. Meek Burgess. She married John Wesley Hammons in Metalton in January, 1939...

CHANCIE TUCKER PETE BELL, age 85, of Green Forest, died July 4, 2007, at St. John s Hospital  Berryville. He was born Feb. 11, 1922, in Alpena, o Thomas Tucker and Nora Bishop Bell. Pete was a lifetime resident of Carroll County. During his service time in the U.S. ...

BERRYVILLE -- A ribbon cutting on the steps of the historic Grand View Hotel in downtown Berryville will take place this Saturday, at 3 p.m., in conjunction with the first Circle the Square event of the season -- featuring six hours of live music and extended merchant hours...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Ninth Annual Camp Barnabas Golf Benefit will be Saturday, July 14, at the Holiday Island Country Club. It will be a scramble format, with a celebrity or area pro joining each team. This year's event will begin Friday, July 13, at 3 p.m. with a demonstration of long ball driving, followed at 4 p.m. when area professional golfers will play a nine-hole shootout...