Stories from Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Carroll-Boone Water District office manager said official indicated fluoridation legislation would again be introduced in state

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Another 6,000-square-foot building will soon rise in the Park in Holiday Island, and it will house a home center that will save area residents the trouble and expense of driving to large cities to furnish their homes. Holiday Island Development Corporation poured the concrete pad last week for Carroll County Home Center. Completion of the building is expected by early fall, said Holiday Island developer Tom Dees...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Shooters from north Arkansas and south Missouri competed in a Rimfire Silhouette Match on Saturday at the grounds of the White River Valley Sportsman's Association near Holiday Island. Terry Stroud of Aurora, Mo., took the prize in the Master's Class with 36 of 40 targets. Second place went to Don Teusaw of Rogers, while third place went to Dave Clark of Lowell...

June 16 9:25 a.m. - A Boston Terrier was picked up near Tyson's and was taken to the pound. 10:47 a.m. - A dead cat was picked up at Eighth St. and Springfield Ave. June 17 12:50 a.m. - An officer responded to a report of plastic wrap across the road at N. Arch Ave. and Cherry St...

June 16 2:27 a.m. - A warning was issued to a motorist driving a vehicle with a faulty head light. 5:45 a.m. - Speeding resulted in a citation for a highway motorist. 6:02 a.m. - Another motorist received a citation for speeding. 9:20 a.m. - A private property accident at the Exxon required a report...

June 13 2:05 a.m. -- A caller reported that there was a suspicious vehicle on Commerce Drive. An officer responded and did not find it. 8:52 a.m. -- Damage to a car in the parking lot of Best Western Eureka Inn was reported, and a report was made. 4:54 p.m. -- A caller requested that an officer check out a strong odor of marijuana smoke at Carroll House Apartments. The report was determined to be unfounded...

ALEXANDRA MAGDELINA VICARI, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Sept. 28, 1924, in Elizabeth, N.J., a daughter of Carl and Louise Pierokowski. She died Saturday, June 21, 2008, in Eureka Springs, at the age of 83. She is survived by two daughters, Ana and husband Michael Schwade of Eureka Springs, and Jean and husband William Hetman of New Lebanon, N.Y.; two sons, Thomas Vicari and wife Diane of Pennsylvania and Steven Vicari and wife Lisa of New Jersey; and five grandchildren...