Stories from Tuesday, February 12, 2008

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Eureka Springs Historical Museum is once again bringing the past to light with two new exhibits: one on Valentines and the other on the musical heritage of Eureka. A collection of old Valentines dating from 1900 to the 1950s, lent by board member Carol Greer, is now on display for Valentine's Day...

PEA RIDGE -- The Green Forest junior high girls basketball ball team ended their season Thursday night in the 1-3A District Tournament, but not without a fight. Coach Kyle Farrar's squad battled a tall Lady Saint team that was No. 1 in the district, but Shiloh's size was too much and Green Forest fell 24-44...

GENTRY -- Two wins on the road against the Pioneers last Friday helped the Berryville Bobcat senior high teams fatten their records before action in the 1-4A District tournament begins this week. Coach Brent Compton's boys earned a mercy-rule 72-45 victory, their sixth win in a row, good for a 19-6 season record, 10-4 in league play. ...

Week of Feb. 3 Feb. 3 3:24 a.m. - A male subject was gone from the scene of a domestic disturbance when police arrived at a Pritchard address. 4:21 a.m. - A male subject who returned to Pritchard was arrested for third degree battery. 6:57 a.m. - A two-vehicle traffic accident at the intersection of College and Shaver streets resulted in a citation for one who failed to yield...

Week of Feb. 4 February 4 2:30 a.m. - An abandoned vehicle was checked at Jim's Drive-in. 9:45 a.m. - A cat was removed from a live trap on S. Springfield Ave. 10:40 a.m. - A cat was transported to the Good Shepherd Humane Society. 12:58 p.m. - A citation was issued for unsightly conditions on White Ave...

Week of Feb. 4 Feb. 4 7:20 a.m. -- A caller reported that a medium-sized white and brindle dog was running loose in the area of Owen and Mountain Streets. Animal control was notified to pick up the dog, but it was not located. 1:54 p.m. -- A clerk at Twins Food Mart reported a gasoline drive-off for $35.21, and advised that the owner was following the subject east on U.S. ...

LYNN MARIE STEELY VONDEMFANGE WALSH, of Eureka Springs, Ark., was born May 9, 1968 in Kansas City, Mo., a daughter of Billy C. and Betty R. (VonDemFange) Steely. She died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008 in Eureka Springs at the age of 39. On April 1, 2004, she was united in marriage with Edward Chip Walsh who survives her of Kansas City, Mo. ...

MARY VI VIEVA GIBSON, a resident of Berryville, was born April 4, 1925, in the Clearwater Community in Carroll County, a daughter of Riley C. and Mirtie Minnie (Griffith) Snow. She died Feb. 7, 2008, in Berryville, at the age of 82. Ms. Gibson was a homemaker. She enjoyed gardening, sewing and a variety of other hobbies...

MATTI B. BROWN, a resident of Berryville, was born Oct. 15, 1916, in Bostic, N.C., a daughter of Lox and Zora (Whisnant) Blankenship. She died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, in Eureka Springs, at the age of 91. Ms. Brown was a clerk for Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation. She was of the Presbyterian faith...

CARROLL COUNTY -- An exciting new change has come to the Carroll-Madison Library System -- online access. In late January, librarians from the Berryville, Green Forest, Eureka Springs, Huntsville, Kingston and St. Paul libraries, along with Carroll-Madison Director Jean Elderwind, attended a four-day training on the Polaris library software system with instructor Glennys Button from Syracuse, N.Y...

BERRYVILLE -- Response to a Farmers Market Association meeting set for this Saturday has been so great that it has been moved to a larger facility. Originally scheduled for the Grand View Hotel in downtown Berryville, it has been moved to the large meeting hall in the Berryville Community Center, said Dan Krotz, one of the organizers...

LINCOLN -- The Highlander basketball teams split games with the Wolves last Friday, with the senior boys getting a 60-40 victory behind 20 points from Rudy Sanchez. The senior girls lost a first-half lead after Lincoln went on a 9-0 run to start the second half and ended with a 38-43 loss...