Stories from Friday, September 28, 2007

start at Wildflowers EUREKA SPRINGS -- A new congregation of Sabbath worshipers will hold services at 11 a.m. on Saturdays at Wildflowers Christian Chapel, 6789 Hwy. 62 W, Eureka Springs, starting Oct. 6. The congregation, Restore The Way Ministries, "is a blend of Jewish and Christian believers," said Pastor Wayne Mishler...

GREEN FOREST -- Some excellent volleyball was played on Tuesday night when the Alpena Lady Leopards made the short trip to Green Forest to take on the 3A North league-leading Lady Tigers. "There was a lot of bump, set, spiking by both teams," Lady Tiger coach Trista Killingsworth said. "Alpena had some good servers."...

SILOAM SPRINGS -- Teams from Green Forest, Eureka Springs and Berryville pounded the trails last Saturday at the Simmons Foods Cross Country Invitational, but results weren't available early in the week. Finally, they arrived, so here's how the teams and individuals fared. All three schools competed in the 4A-and-down division, with low score winning. Five runners minimum are required for team results...

Charlotte Brandt Schwetke, 79, died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, while vacationing in Eagle, Colo. She was born Feb 15, 1928. She married Ed Schwetke on April 22, 2007. Ed and Charlotte enjoyed traveling, playing bridge and visiting friends and relatives across the country...

Murray BOB "CALIFORNIA" MURRAY, a resident of Green Forest, was born April 2, 1925, in Toledo, Ohio, a son of George Donavan and Elnora Geneva (Wilt) Murray. He died Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, in Green Forest, at the age of 82. Mr. Murray was a veteran, having served as a bombadeer in the United States Navy during WWII and the Korean War. He was of the Lutheran faith...

HERMAN GUY YOUNG, JR., a resident of Eureka Springs, was born July 28, 1952, in Eureka Springs, a son of Herman Guy and Marilyn (Wynn) Young. He died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007, near Kingston, at the age of 55. Mr. Young was a truck driver for Tyson Foods...

VIRGINIA LOUISE BRASWELL, 77, of Miami, Okla., formerly of Noel, Mo., died Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, at her home in Miami. Mrs. Braswell was born on Dec. 11, 1929, in Oak Grove, one of five children born to the late Arthur U. and Mamie (Thurman) Humbard. On March 15, 1946, in Columbus, Kan., she was united in marriage to Jack Walton Braswell, and to this union two sons were born...

Carroll County residents are invited to participate in the third annual "Load Up Your Pickup Day." The events will be held on Oct. 6 in Oak Grove at the baseball fields; Oct. 13 in Metalton at the Cedar Creek Store; and Oct. 20 at the River Lake Exxon at the intersection of Hwys. 62 and 187...

Two years ago, Bill Anderson was working in the Farewell area of Carroll County when he fell 20 feet off a ladder and sustained seven fractured vertebrae, six fractured ribs and a punctured lung. He didn't have health insurance. But he did have a membership in an air ambulance service, with the membership sticker prominently displayed on the window of his pickup...

BERRYVILLE -- When starting out in a church basement a quarter century ago, no one envisioned the sale of used clothing would blossom into a charitable business that helps thousands of people each year. Next week however, the Society of St. Vincent DePaul and its St. Anne's Conference and Thrift Store will be celebrating 25 years in business...

HOLIDAY ISLAND --The Ladies' Fellowship of the Holiday Island Community Church held a "wrap session" on Monday, Sept. 24 in Haller Hall. After devotions presented by Lorene Whittington, 13 members went to work covering shoeboxes with colorful Christmas wrapping paper. Refreshments provided by Bonnie Williamson and Earlene Branum were enjoyed, as plain boxes became Christmas boxes for "Operation Christmas Child."...

scheduled for Oct. 1-5 COIN -- Revival services with Pastor Jim Bales of First Assembly of God of Warren will be held Oct. 1-5 at Coin Church, located on County Road 803 east of Green Forest. Services will start at 7 p.m. each evening. Bales, an evangelist, is formerly of Green Forest Assembly of God...

The first ever Shop with a Cop Golf Tournament, sponsored by Carroll County law enforcement, is being held next Friday, Oct. 6, at Holiday Island. All proceeds from the tournament will benefit the local Shop with a Cop program. Last year, some 30 area youngsters shopped for Christmas gifts for themselves and others with the aid of law enforcement and emergency medical responders -- and $100 each to spend...