Stories from Friday, July 11, 2008

GREEN FOREST -- Tyson Foods is proceeding with plans to add approximately 370 new production jobs at the company's poultry processing plant in Green Forest, company officials announced Thursday. The project, which involves the addition of chicken deboning operations, will include a new wage structure and other initiatives designed to attract and retain workers...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Amid the buzz of rumor that Holiday Island developer Tom Dees is selling out and leaving, the "I'm trying to build a town" entrepreneur stopped by the newspaper office to set the record straight and to talk about how Internet technology can help market the planned community to the world...

ROGERS -- Pig Trail Harley-Davidson in Rogers and the Razorback Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association would like to invite riders to participate in the Second Annual Harley-Davidson MDA Fun Run on Saturday, July 19. Registration will begin at 10 a.m., with the ride starting at 11 a.m. Cost is $25 per rider, which will include a T-shirt and lunch. All riders are welcome...

LITTLE ROCK -- The Arkansas Activities Association is proud to announce the selections for the 2007-08 AAA-McDonald's Sportsmanship Award. This award recognizes superior sportsmanship and citizenship displayed by the students, coaches, and community during the 2007-08 school year...

FORT SMITH -- The unofficial opening of Arkansas's fall hunting season was one of the main topics at a recent meeting of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Dove season is the opening of the fall hunting seasons for many Arkansans. Biologists presented two early season migratory bird frameworks for consideration. Approval for the seasons will take place during the commission's meeting in July...

Good-hearted but suspicious looking pirates have made port at Valley View Baptist Church, located east of Eureka Springs on U.S. Hwy. 62. A Veggie Tales Vacation Bible School, for children age 3 through those entering fifth grade this fall, will be held July 14-18...

GREEN FOREST -- Green Forest United Baptist Church will hold Bible School July 13-17, Sunday through Thursday, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. each evening. There will be classes for children age three through adults. Theme will be "God's Big Back Yard," developed by Standard Publishing. Bible lessons each night will emphasize the importance of serving family, friends, neighbors, community and, most of all, Jesus...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Young Continentals will return to First Christian Church, 763 Passion Play Rd., Eureka Springs, on Wednesday, July 30, at 7 p.m. The dancing and singing group of evangelical young persons will feature a musical, "Joe, A Day in the Life of Your Average Teenage Boy."...

JERRY L. SCHARFF, 63, of Eureka Springs, died Sunday, July 5, 2008, at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale. Jerry was an IT programmer in the aerospace industry. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Scharf, of the home; two daughters, Tabrina Michele Scharff of Fort Worth, Texas, and Katrina Lynn Scharff of Benton; two sisters, Carol Stobb and Linda Davis of Wichita, Kan.; three grandchildren and one great-grandson...

JERRY DEAN FULLINGTON, a resident of Berryville, was born April 6, 1942, in Rayborn, Mo., a son of Howard and Martha Emaline (Carder) Fullington. He died July 5, 2008, in Berryville, at the age of 66. Mr. Fullington was a manager for Fordick in Mountain Grove, Mo. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church...

BERRYVILLE -- This Saturday, the first Circle the Square event of the season is scheduled, featuring the rock band Toast. Toast is comprised of four students from the school of math and science in Hot Springs who perform a mix of classic rock songs from artists such as Bon Jovi, Cheap Trick, Guns N' Roses, and The Cars...