Stories from Tuesday, September 2, 2008

BERRYVILLE -- The Bobcat golf teams hosted Eureka Springs, Huntsville and Shiloh Christian for a four-way meet last Thursday at the Carroll County Country Club as they prep for the district tournament on Sept. 9. Shiloh Christian won the boys division with a low 120, Huntsville was second at 129, Berryville third at 142, and Eureka Spring fourth at 158...

BERRYVILLE -- The final project in Berryville School's building program was given the go-ahead last week when school board members awarded a contract for concession stand construction. The concession stand was part of the original plan, but was sidelined because of placement questions. When bids were let out, they came in well above the half million dollar mark...

A portion of Holiday Island Drive in Holiday Island will be closed for construction on Monday, Sept. 8, or if there is inclement weather, on Monday, Sept .15. The portion closed will be between Cypress Point Lane and Hawk Lane from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. All through-traffic will be required to take alternate routes during work hours...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- With the Eureka Springs School District's new direction of "Total Instructional Alignment (TIA)" as part of the No Child Left Behind initiative, the background and experience of its new elementary school principal may be just the perfect fit needed...

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EUREKA SPRINGS -- The 29th Annual Homer Sloan Buddy Bass Tournament, a long-standing Shell Knob tradition, will be held on Table Rock Lake on Saturday, Oct. 4. The entry fee is $100 per two-person boat. The first 100 anglers will receive a free hat...

WANDA ELLERINE McGREGOR, 72, of Lincoln, Ark., passed away on Aug. 23, 2008, at washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. She was born March 7, 1936, at McIntosh, S.D., the daughter of Elmer and Catherine Gabel Jameson...

DOYLE MAX NELSON, 72, of Lenore, Idaho, died Aug. 21, 2008, at his home. He was born Sept. 13, 1935, at Blue Eye, Mo., to the late Ira and Hazel (Hutchison) Nelson. He was a 1955 graduate of Blue Eye High School, and served as a gunnery sergeant in the U.S. ...

RUTH M. BACKES, a resident of Berryville, was born Sept. 7, 1922, in Pierre, S.D., a daughter of Agustus and Minnie Opeals (Maulkie) Kipf. She died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, in Springfield, Mo., at the age of 85. Ms. Backes was a homemaker. She also attended Lone Star Bible Church...

Aug. 27 11:16 a.m. -- A caller at Main Attraction reported that two dogs had been running loose and were controlled behind the store. Animal control responded and picked up one of the animals, but the other one, described as a Beagle mix, had run off...