Stories from Friday, June 13, 2008

GREEN FOREST -- The third time was the charm, as voters passed an increase of 3.82 mills to build new classrooms. Tuesday's election delivered a lopsided margin of victory for the school district. The millage increase passed by a total of 446 to 236, a margin of 65 to 35 percent...

BEAVER -- The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) will be erecting concrete barriers to keep all vehicles from the Beaver Bridge until further notice. Engineers were out Wednesday in a boat examining the underside of the one-lane wooden suspension bridge for damage from recent flooding of the White River and Table Rock Lake...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Radio communication problems in the rural Eureka Springs fire district may be eased when the Eureka Springs Fire Department gets another antenna in that area. The fire department's antenna at the police department is only 400 feet high, Eureka Springs Fire Chief Eddie Davis told the Western Carroll County Ambulance District (WCCAD) at its June 11 meeting. This new antenna is 1,400 feet high and can reach areas of the county the in-town repeater cannot...

CENTER POINT -- The annual Old-time Open Air Camp Meeting of King of Kings Ministries, a full gospel ministry, gets underway today and continues through June 21 at King of Kings Campgrounds near Green Forest. Daytime services will be at 10 a.m., followed by a free noon meal. Evening services are at 7 p.m., preceeded by gospel singing starting at 6 p.m...

ALPENA -- In preparation for Nailbenders coming to build a new facility for Alpena Baptist Church later this month, volunteers are needed to prepare and searve food for the many volunteers, according to volunteer coordinator Lena Combs. The construction site is located east of Alpena on the south side of U.S. Hwy. 62,, and ample signage is posted...

BERRYVILLE -- Seven youth teams are scheduled to come to Carroll County to help people repair flood damage during the week of June 16-20. The teams will consider doing any type of work, except on plumbing and electrical lines, and are part of some 2,000 young people from the Central Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, who will be in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, helping with recovery from tornado and storm damage occurring in April and May...

CARROLL COUNTY -- Once again out of county telemarketers are soliciting ads in support of local athletics, but the money doesn't end up with local programs. Local sports booster clubs usually contact in person, or send a letter with the name of a local booster club member who can be contacted. That money stays home...

ROGERS -- The Carroll County Senior Babe Ruth team swept a doubleheader on Wednesday night from the Rogers Zero Mountain team, 13-1 and 5-2. That evened their East Division record at 3-3, overall 5-5. Carroll County did play twice last week and squeezed one win out of two doubleheaders...

PAUL DOSS, 74, of Winslow, died Saturday, June 7, 2008, in Winslow. He was born March 15, 1934, in Berryville, the son of Isaac and Beulah Walker Doss. He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Jack, Bill and Don Doss. He is survived by his wife, of 51 years, Frankie Miller Doss, of the home; daughter, Renee Banks and her husband Barry of Winslow; son, Richard Doss and wife Leeann of Grand Saline, Texas; grandchildren Brandon, Johnathan and Allison Banks of Winslow, Will and Sarah Doss of Grand Saline, Texas; his sister Lellie Mae Wilson of Berryville; sisters-in-law Wanda Doss of Berryville, Joylene Doss of Taylor, Texas, and Naomi Jones of Dallas, Texas; numerous nieces and nephews.. ...

BILL "PETE" PETERSON, a resident of Holiday Island, was born Oct. 7, 1923, in Rockford, Ill., a son of Arthur William and Alma Peterson. He died Monday, June 9, 2008 in Eureka Springs, at the age of 84. Mr. Peterson was a veteran, having served in the United States Air Force during WWII, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam War. He later retired from the Air Force. He was a member of the Holiday Island Community Church, and the Coffee Pot Club in Eureka Springs...

LAZENA JANE (SNOW) ROBINSON, a resident of Berryville, was born Aug. 16, 1945, in Berryville, a daughter of Neff Mason and Theodocia Inga (Overacre) Snow. She died Monday, June 9, 2008, in Berryville, at the age of 62. Ms. Robinson was a USDA inspector...

A memorial service for JEANIE S. GUTHRIE will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, June 19, at the Holiday Island Presbyterian Church, Stateline and Walnut at Holday Island. Pastor Clare Kelley will preside. Mrs. Guthrie, a resident of Holiday Island, died April 17, 2008, in Fayetteville, at the age of 74...