Stories from Sunday, July 20, 2008

EUREKA SPRINGS -- An opinion from the Arkansas attorney general's office raises some serious questions about the collection of the city's advertising and promotions tax. State Representative Bryan King had asked what sort of establishments could collect the tax. The state law, A.C.A. 26-75-602, specifically mentions "hotel, motel, or short-term condominium rental accommodations."...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Tempers were not near as hot as the temperature during Monday evening's Eureka Springs City Council Meeting, despite going through a long agenda without great success. The council postponed approval of an ordinance brought forward by Aldermen Eric Scheunemann and Kathy Harrison to create staggered four-year terms on the council until "sometime in 2009."...

BERRYVILLE -- "Re-energize" was the buzz word of the day when more than a dozen people from various state and local agencies met Tuesday to continue the work started by the Partnership for a Drug Free Carroll County Coalition. The coalition got its start five years ago with a $100,000 grant, renewable for four years, to fund its prevention activities...

GENEVA HAZEL FAULKNER, 87, of Huntsville, died July 13, 2008, at the Northwest Medical Center -- Springdale. She was born May 28, 1921, in the Good Luck Community in Madison County, the daughter of the Rev. Benner Elbert and Hannah Margaret Drake Davis...

RAYMOND "RAY" ELLSWORTH SCARBOROUGH, a resident of Green Forest, was born June 28, 1933, in Rudd, a son of John A. and Zettie B. (Taylor) Scarborough. He died Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Berryville, at the age of 75. Mr. Scarborough worked in maintenance at Tyson Foods in Green Forest...

OSAGE --Pleasant Valley United Baptist Church, located on Ark. Hwy. 103 south of U.S. Hwy. 412, will be in revival services July 21-25, according to Pastor David Maybee. Services will start each evening at 7 p.m. On Monday and Tuesday evenings, Ron Adrian, pastor of Freedom Baptist Church at Brookfield, Mo., will speak...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Members of St. James Episcopal Church will celebrate the church's 125th anniversary on Sunday, July 27, and invites everyone to attend. The Rev. Betsy Porter will officiate at the dedication of a Celtic Cross in the church garden commemorating the event. Consecrated in 1883, the church has been in continuous use since then...