Stories from Wednesday, December 3, 2008

With Thanksgiving past and Christmas ahead, a flurry of holiday parades are scheduled. Three are set for this coming weekend: Eureka Springs at 6 p.m. Friday; Green Forest at 2 p.m. Saturday; and Berryville at 6 p.m. Saturday. The City of Alpena will stay true to its tradition and host its parade and snacks with Santa in mid-December, at 2 p.m., on Sunday, Dec. 14...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Striking a chord heard throughout most of the past year, Alderman Eric Scheunemann refused to stand to pledge allegiance to the flag at Monday night's city council meeting, then attempted to read a prepared statement into the record, saying "the Republic has been rendered a nullity" by the recent court decision against Scheunemann and others in a lawsuit against Mayor Dani Joy...

EUREKA SPRINGS --Concern over the deteriorating national economy and what it will mean locally, from sidewalks to The Auditorium, dominated Mayor Dani Joy's orientation session on Nov. 21 with newly elected members of the City Council. James DeVito, Rob Wagner, Robert "Butch" Berry and Beverly Blankenship, along with incumbent Aldermen Joyce Zeller and Patrick Brammer, met with Joy and city department heads in an effort, in Joy's words, "to hit the ground running" on Jan. 1...

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Nov. 24 12:46 a.m. - Police assisted a sheriff's deputy with a domestic disturbance at a U.S. Hwy. 62 East address. A subject was transported to jail. 12:59 a.m. - An alarm at Arrowhead Plumbing was checked. 5:58 a.m. - An unwanted visitor at a Magnolia address departed...

Nov. 22 9:35 a.m. - A caller at Main Stage reported that a water pipe was broken and water was gushing all over the road. Public works was notified and an officer was able to shut of the valve. 9:45 a.m. - A caller near Eureka Springs Hospital reported that a water main was broken nearby. Public works was advised, and an officer was able to turn off the irrigation which was leaking. Public works was not needed...

Green Forest Police Department Activity Report November 24 5:20 p.m. - An officer assisted medical personnel on Cherry St. 7:39 p.m. - A report was taken of dogs out on Rose Ct. 9:35 p.m. - A vehicle with a headlight out was stopped near Harp's. November 25...

Memorial services for MARILYN LEE LIGGETT, 45, of Golden, Mo., will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008 at 2 p.m. at the Golden First Baptist Church in Golden, with the Rev. Woodrow E. Fletcher officiating. She was born March 27, 1963. Memorials may be made to the National Fibromyalgia Association at 2121 S. Towne Centre Place, Suite 300, Anaheim, Calif. 92806 or may be entrusted to the White Funeral Home...

RICHARD "DICK" MAJOR, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Aug.t 5, 1920, in Dixon, Ill., a son of Harry Arnold and Amanda (Teachout) Major. He died Nov. 14, 2008, in Eureka Springs, at the age of 88. Mr. Major served as a sergeant in the United States Army during World War II. He attended the First Christian Church. He also was the store manager for A&P Grocery...