Stories from Friday, September 26, 2008

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- As Holiday Island continues to feel the budget crunch of the current economy problems, the suburban improvement district is looking at a number of strategies for keeping the bottom line in the black. District Manager Kevin Crosson gave a financial summary as of the end of August in his monthly report Sept. ...

Democrat's sign seems to sit on Detention Center land; two asking to be 're-elected' in County Sheriff's race

EUREKA SPRINGS -- It's not nice to fool Mother Nature -- or even live next door to her. The destruction wrought throughout town by the remnants of Hurricane Ike brought citizen Kathy Hughes to Monday night's city council meeting to protest the heavy damage done her home during the Sept. 7 storm...

The skeleton of the new press box at Bobcat Stadium in Berryville shot up this week while crews were also pouring sidewalks, curbs, and moving and packing dirt for a new concession stand. The stadium is getting a huge remake with new bleachers and lights already in place...

By David McNeal CCN Sports Editor SPRINGDALE -- The Berryville and Eureka Springs cross country teams got to try a new course last Saturday when the teams ran in the Ecclesia College Cross Country Invitational. Large and small schools ran together in four divisions, junior high and senior boys, and junior high and senior girls, so Carroll County teams were racing against 7A and 6A schools...

CARROLL COUNTY -- The Green Forest Tiger golf team couldn't match the Lady Tiger team that qualified for the Class 3A State Golf tournament on Sept. 29, but did make a run at the regional tournament at the Twin Lakes course in Mountain Home on Monday...

SHELL KNOB, Mo. -- Central Community United Methodist Church of Shell Knob, Mo., held a Back-to-School Christian Rock Concert on Saturday night, Sept. 20. According to CCUMC Youth Director Marry Paddock, the musicians put on a terrific show and were a blessing to all...

HOLIDAY ISLAND --The Men's Bible Class of the Holiday Island Community Church extends an invitation to all men in the community to join a new study, "Dealing With the Man Jesus." The next meeting of the study will be on Wednesday, Sept. 24. The study begins with the prophecies of this man Jesus and the fulfillment of those prophecies. ...

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LEON BRADLEY, 63, of Berryville, died Sept. 21, 2008, at Regency Hospital in Springdale. He was born Feb. 19, 1945, in Kingston to Frank and Grace Thomas Bradley. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during the Korean Conflict, and was a maintenance worker for Rockline Industry. He loved to fish and was a member of Northwest Arkansas Bass Masters Association...

JAMES E. GRAYSON, a resident of Holiday Island, was born Aug. 8, 1926, in Newburg, Mo., a son of Ellis and Ada (Gaddy) Grayson. He died Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, in Eureka Springs, at the age of 82. Mr. Grayson was a veteran, having served in the United States Army during the Korean conflict. He was a member of the Holiday Island Baptist Church, the American Legion, and the Carroll County Bee Keepers. He was also a self-employed barber...

LILLIAN GROBLEBE, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born April 9, 1912, in Pansy, Mo., a daughter of Benjamin and Rose (Letterman) Hall. She died Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, in Eureka Springs, at the age of 96. She was of the Freewill Baptist faith. Mrs. ...

BENTON RAY HUDSPETH, 93, of White Oak Community near Marble, Ark., died Sept. 21, 2008, at his home. He was born May 28, 1945, in White Oak, a son of Frank and Cora Ann Smith Hudspeth. He was a retired construction worker, a Baptist, and a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the United States Army. He loved to fish, hunt, camp and do outdoor activities, and was considered to be a wonderful son, brother, husband and father...

WILMA P. MORRIS, of Berryville, died Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, at Hospice of the Hills Hospice House in Harrison. She was 82. Wilma was born in Shambaugh, Iowa, on Jan. 21, 1926, daughter of the late Frank Majors and Anna Jepson Majors. On May 4, 1946, in Chicago, Ill., she was united in marriage to Calvin Carroll Morris and to this union one son was born. ...