Stories from Friday, July 13, 2007

GREEN FOREST -- First Latin American Baptist Church (Latina Bautista) will conduct a taco sale and yard sale to raise funds for kitchen equipment. Hours of the taco sale will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, July 20, and persons can reserve tacos by calling Lydia Rivera at (870) 423-9287 or 438-4262 by Thursday evening. Earlier reservations are requested to allow plenty of time for preparation and purchase of supplies...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs, America's largest attended outdoor drama, added Spanish translation capabilities when it opened its 40th season on April 27. For 2007, a Spanish translation of The Great Passion Play script will benefit the non-English speaking Hispanic audience. A limited number of headsets will be available over which the dialogue of the performance will be simulcast and heard in Spanish...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Mayor Dani Wilson introduced a stream-lined chain of communication to handle tourism-related inquiries during a press conference on the steps of the Western District Courthouse late Wednesday morning. With members of her Tourism Task Force at her side, she stressed that 'strong leadership by the city government is imperative" for tourism to flourish and said that her assistant, Diane Wilkerson, will serve as the liaison for communication between the city's various tourism groups and the public.. ...

Green Forest -- Buddy Fry, public works director, reported that the city had been given the go-ahead by the state health department to install a water line from Pinnacle Mountain to Brentwood Street. "We should start work the 23rd of this month at the earliest," said Fry at the Monday night council meeting...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Builders constructing spec houses in Arkansas without a contractor's license have been put on notice: get the license or pay a hefty fine. Local builder F.T. Hamblin found this out the hard way when he reported to the Holiday Island Planning Commission (HIPC) Friday that he had been contacted by Arkansas State Licensing Investigator Burkett Wootton...

LILLIAN "LENORA" (SCOTT) PLUMLEE, 83, formerly of Lampe, Mo., died on Sunday, July 8, 2007, at Maranatha Village following an extended illness. Lenora was born to Orley F. and Erma Scott on Jan. 24, 1924, in Baxter, Mo. She was united in marriage to A.E. "Bud" Plumlee on Sept. 30, 1945, who preceded her in death. To this union was born one daughter, Jacqueline...

CECIL K. THOMAS, 83, went to be with the Lord on July 10, 2007, at St. John's Hospital -- Berryville, while holding his daughter Euphama's hand and praying. His last words were, "I love you, Jesus." Cecil was born Oct. 8, 1923, to Roy and Charlotte Thomas of Monarch, Kan. ...

TULSA -- The PGA Championship, the annual culmination of golf's four major Championships, celebrates its 89th anniversary, Aug. 6-12, with a Championship-record fourth visit to tradition-rich Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. Since its inception in 1916, the PGA Championship has evolved into one of the world's premier sporting events...

YELLVILLE -- The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will hold a free Boating Education Course on Saturday, July 28, at the Fred Berry Conservation Education Center in Yellville from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Commission's "Mandatory Boating Education Regulation" says that anyone born after Dec. 31, 1985, must take and pass an approved AGFC Boating Education Course and carry proof that he or she satisfactorily completed the course in order to operate a motorboat in Arkansas...