Stories from Friday, June 6, 2008

EUREKA SPRINGS -- On May 29, the staff of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge welcomed seven new cats that had been rescued from Missouri, Texas, and upstate New York. On May 30 they were surprised when Tigger G, rescued in April from a private home in Missouri, gave birth to three male cubs and the seven cats turned into 10...

EUREKA SPRINGS --Free Christian music concerts are being offered at Eureka Springs area churches this month, according to Peggy Lodewycks of Little Portion Retreat Center. On Sunday, June 8, missionary Denis Grady, award-winning Canadian singer, guitarist and composer, and Danny Agajanian, a Grand Junction, Colo., singer and banjo picker who spent 25 years touring with Billy Graham and his son Franklin, will perform at St. ...

BERRYVILLE -- On April 26 the Berryville Community Center Karate Club traveled to Pittsburgh, Kan., to attend the annual Genbu-kai Karate invitation-only tournament. The annual tournament has quickly become one of the largest traditional tournaments in the Mid-West...

BERRYVILLE -- The 23rd Annual Berryville Ice Cream Social 5K, and 1-Mile Fun Run and Walk, will be held on Saturday, June 14, on the historic Berryville Square, beginning at 8 a.m. In addition, St. John's Hospital -- Berryville is sponsoring a corporate challenge. The company with the most employees represented in the races will receive the 2nd Annual 2008 Ice Cream Social Corporate Challenge Spirit Award, which can be displayed in the business throughout the year...

GREEN FOREST --Vacation Bible School is being offered June 9-12 at Green Forest Church of Christ, from 7 to 8 p.m. for youngsters ages 2 years through seventh grade, and adults. Theme is "Great Places of the New Testament." "Living classrooms" will help students imagine stories from the Bible, including the shipwreck of Paul, the Rich Man and Lazarus, and the parables of the Good Samaritan, and the Prodigal Son...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Programs this month at Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 17 Elk St., include: Programs start at 11 a.m. Child care is provided, and extra parking is available at Ermilio's Restaurant, 26 White Street...

GREEN FOREST -- County Judge Richard Williams will address the city council June 9. Williams asked to be on the agenda to discuss the city's share of dispatch fees. The county handles dispatch on nights and weekends for the Green Forest Police Department, and charges the city for that service...

BERRYVILLE -- Police are investigating the recent theft of copper wire from two Berryville locations. The most recent involved copper wire installed in the new restroom/shower facility under construction at the Berryville RV Park. Thieves reportedly parked and left headlights shining into the structure while they cut the copper that had been installed by R.G.S. Electric...