Stories from Friday, March 28, 2008

CAROLLL COUNTY -- As federal agents were compiling figures after touring Carroll County flood damaged areas on Wednesday, President Bush authorized a major disaster declaration making federal funding available to state and local governments in 35 Arkansas counties, including Carroll...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Vera Harris of Holiday Island and Danny Inman of Berryville have been appointed by Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe to serve on the Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee for the 19th Judicial District -- East. Their appointments were announced March 18. They will serve until Jan. 14, 2012...

GREEN FOREST -- More than 250 people turned out for the 55th annual Green Forest Alumni Banquet, held March 22 in the Alumni Center. The highlight of the night was the presentation of the Outstanding Alumni Award, which went to Beth Stanphill. The oldest alumni in attendance, Loine Buell, representing the Class of 1932, was also honored. She celebrated her 93rd birthday two days later...

MELVA SUE NEAL, a resident of Berryville, was born June 3, 1951, in Berryville, a daughter of Olen and Ada (Clifton) Pace. She died Friday, March 21, 2008, in Springfield, Mo., at the age of 56. Ms. Neal was a convenience store manager for Walker Sales Company...

PEGGY L. 'PERKINS' O'DONNELL, daughter of Ira and Alma (Morris) White, was born Feb. 16, 1946, in Blue Eye, and died Feb. 29, 2008, in Point Lookout Nursing and Rehabilitation Home in Hollister, Mo., at the age of 62. Peggy had been a lifelong resident of the Lampe area, where she was a homemaker...

Paul W. Pearsall, of Victoria, Texas, was born Jan. 3, 1921, in Meade, Kan. Parents were Albert and Pearl Sprott Pearsall. He is survived by wife, Paula Parsons Pearsall; daughter and son-in-law, Karen and David Polasek; grandson, Clay Newman; great-grandson, Jaryn Newman; and sister, Roberta Shrauner of Elkhart, Kan...

GREEN FOREST -- Five unearned runs in the second inning let a close game get away from the Tiger baseball team Monday during a doubleheader with the Pea Ridge Blackhawks. "We jumped out one-up the first inning, then gave up those unearned runs the second and couldn't come back from that," Coach Tony Coffey said about a 9-2 loss in the first game of the doubleheader...

BERRYVILLE -- The Berryville Bobcat baseball team left eight stranded and had nine errors during an 11-0 loss to Fort Smith Union Christian on Monday in varsity action. Berryville did win a 4-inning JV game 8-5. UC- 11R-8H-2E BV- 0R-5H-9E "We started the first, second and third innings with runners at second and third and couldn't score a run,"?Coach Mark Brigance said...

GENTRY -- Efren Trujillo is leading the way this year for the Berryville Bobcat soccer team with two goals in each of the last two games, helping the squad to a 2-0 4A?Northwest Conference record. Trujillo came through again on Tuesday in a 4-0 victory over the Gentry Pioneers, with teammates Abigail Aguilar and Irene Orellana firing in a goal apiece...