Stories from Friday, September 14, 2007

GREEN FOREST -- Derek Loux, director of Forerunner Music Academy in Kansas City, Mo., will minister with a team of musicians and singers from the academy at Forerunner House of Prayer, located one mile east of Green Forest on U.S. Hwy. 26, Sept. 21-23...

OAK GROVE -- Harvest Assembly in Oak Grove announces the fall lineup for its Fall Campmeeting 2007. To kick off the event will be Pastor Todd Rogers on Sunday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. Pastor Rogers and his family came to the church in January 2006 after many years as nationally-known evangelists. Under his guidance, Harvest has had remarkable growth and many new outreach ministries to serve the community have begun...

BERRYVILLE -- With a bit of sleuthing, Kenny Gilbert's 38-year "hunt for a ghost" came to a close Monday. He finally found his Vietnam war buddy Ernie Scarlett in the heart of downtown Berryville. Gilbert, a south Louisiana native, and Ernie, a Berryville youth, met in the jungles of Vietnam when they were 20 years old...

Several issues will be decided next Tuesday when voters go to the polls to cast ballots in school elections. There are two contested school board races countywide and one millage request. Polls will be open from 7:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Electronic voting and paper ballots will be available at all three polling sites...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Christmas season in Eureka Springs will be a little brighter this year as the City Advertising and Promotion Commission gave approval to Executive Director Jim Williams to proceed with purchase of 10 sky-swags, 40 banner brackets and 80 banners...

CARROLL COUNTY -- The Green Forest Lady Tiger golf team finished second at the 3A Regional Tournament in Salem on Wednesday in some of the finest weather of the season. The runnerup finish qualified the team for the Class 3A State Tournament in Conway on Monday, Sept. 24...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-- The Berryville Cardinals Rookie League baseball team was invited by the Springfield Cardinals to be their Field of Dreams Team at their last home game before beginning the playoffs on Labor Day, Sept. 3. The team was coached by Jimmy McIntosh and Ed Smith and was sponsored by David Davis Chevrolet-Pontiac...

Wilma Darlene Smith, 85, of Carthage, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, at St. Luke's Nursing Home following an extended illness. Wilma was born Feb. 17, 1922, in Berryville, to Richard and Alice Williams. She married Clyde Smith, her husband of 68 years, in 1939. He survives her. She and Clyde moved to California in 1944, and in 1950 decided to move back to the Midwest. After stopping to visit family in Carthage they decided to make it home...

KENNETH VAN ROBERTSON, 60, was born April 4, 1947, in Eureka Springs. He died Sept. 9, 2007, in Fayetteville. He is survived by a daughter, Christina Talburt and her husband Steven of Skiatook, Okla.; a son, Kenneth Robertson, Jr. and his wife Amanda of Oologah, Okla.; his mother, Mildred Robertson, of Berryhill, Okla.; a sister, Nancy Westfall and her husband Carl, of Berryhill, Okla.; five grandchildren; and two nephews...

JAMES NORRIS, a resident of Green Forest, was born July 28, 1938, in Green Forest, a son of Arlis and Anna Mabel (Hamel) Norris. He died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, in Springdale, at the age of 69. Mr. Norris was a farmer, working in the cattle business...

Berniece J. McNeal, 94, of Hope, formerly of Paris, Ark., died on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007. She was born in Fort Smith on May 30, 1913, to Oscar Benjamin and Mary Leona Jewel Brickey. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Paris, where she taught Sunday School of 40 years. She was a Girl Scout leader for 35 years and was the recipient of the Friendship Award...

BERRYVILLE -- The Carroll County Country Club men's and women's club championships were held last weekend through rain on Saturday and sun on Sunday. Men's club champion was Scott Jackson, who shot 71-70 for a 141. Runner-up and Handicap Champ was Marty Riley with a 70-78-148 and 136 handicap total...