Stories from Friday, October 3, 2008

By Mike Ellis Carroll County News EUREKA SPRINGS -- A lawsuit filed just before the 2006 elections was finally settled at a Thursday morning hearing at the Western District courthouse. The suit, Reeve et al. v. Carroll County et al., was filed after former sheriff Chuck Medford used funds from the county's half-cent sales tax to purchase vehicles...

BERRYVILLE -- A new Humane Society Thrift Shop is about to open in Berryville, located in the old Brashears furniture showroom on Springfield Street. The 3,800 square-foot showroom will feature 2,000 square-feet dedicated solely to furniture offerings, said shop manager Tracellen Kelly...

300 first-time new voters registered in last 30 days

FRANKIE FARMER, 79, of Oak Grove, died Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, at the Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale. She was born on Feb. 4, 1929, in Stamps, to Frank Danbsey and Lulla Owens Danbsey. She was raised and educated in Arkansas. Frankie married L.J. Farmer on Feb. 26, 1968, in Las Vegas, Nev. They lived in California until moving to Arkansas in 1978. They owned and operated Oak Grove Small Engines for 22 years. She enjoyed fishing, cooking, traveling and her family...

Frank D. Simpson, 72, of Independence, Mo., died Sept. 29, 2008. Graveside services were to be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at Mt. Washington Forever Cemetery. He was born June 28, 1936, in Green Forest. He owned his own auto repair shop in Independence from 1975 until he retired in 2006. He was a member of the Independence Optimist Club and the U.A.W. Frank enjoyed fishing for catfish, growing tomatoes and was a big sports fan...

Memorial services for William Skalak, 53, of Berryville, will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, at Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs with Rev. Doug Reed officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Cedar Park Cemetery in Calumet Park, Ill...

CARRIE ALICE TRENT, born June 20, 1906, in Arnette, Okla., to Alfred Gainford and Nancy Ellen (Coulter) Trent, died on Sept. 28, 2008, at St. John's Hospital in Berryville at the age of 102. She was a homemaker and a member of the United Baptist Church in Green Forest...

BERRYVILLE -- Future Farmers of America (FFA) club members at Berryville Schools will be traveling to their FFA national convention in Indiana in a yellow school bus even though past school board policy prohibited such travel. That board policy was rescinded during a special school board meeting Monday to allow the trip to take place...

The following people were booked into the Carroll County Detention Center Sept. 25 through Oct. 1: Sept. 25 David Banuelos, 26, of Battlefield, Mo., was booked in by Carroll County Sheriffs office (CCSO) for second-degree battery. Donald Lee Horton, 24, of Fort Smith, was booked in by Boone County Sheriffs Office on a hold for another agency...

SILOAM SPRINGS -- The 12th annual Simmons Foods Cross Country Classic was a showcase for some Carroll County runners last weekend in the small school 4A-and-down division. The Green Forest girls finished first, with the Berryville junior high boys also first. The Eureka Springs senior high boys finished third...

COMPTON -- Robert Burks of Hot Springs knew he needed to take the first opportunity at an Arkansas elk. He did, and he scored. Burks was one of four persons who won a permit to hunt bull elk in the September portion of the 11th Arkansas elk hunt. After two days of hard hunting in rugged mountain country along the Buffalo National River, Burks and his helpers saw an elk for the first time on Wednesday...

BERRYVILLE -- On Oct. 5, the Church of the Nazarene in Berryville will join with 18,000 other Nazarene churches in 151 world areas to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Church of the Nazarene. Preparations for the day began in 2004 with the writing and translation of materials sent to every Nazarene church. ...

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BERRYVILLE -- First Baptist Church, 510 E. Madison, Berryville, is engaging in the Jerusalem Priority Outreach, an emphasis program designed to enable the church to reach individuals and families in the community with the news that a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and His church is a powerfully positive life-changing relationship...

BERRYVILLE -- The Lady Bobcat varsity volleyball team lost a match at Shiloh Christian on Monday night, then came back on Tuesday at home to earn a five-game marathon win over West Fork. That gave the Berryville squad a 6-5 4A Northwest Conference record, good for fourth place as the end of the season nears...