Stories from Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Number of children living in poverty rise, even as families living in poverty decline

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Cornerstone Bank's much-anticipated 2009 calendar has now been released at all bank locations, and its focus commemorates the opening next year of the bank's Berryville financial center, said Chairman of the Board John Cross. Formerly known as the Bank of Eureka Springs, Cornerstone Bank is releasing its 32nd historic calendar...

JESSIE MAE STAMPS, 76, of Fayetteville, died Dec. 11, 2008, at the Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale. She was born Nov. 5. 1932, at Kingston, the daughter of Otto Bee and Mamie Ellen Perry Stamps. She was a graduate of Kingston High School and Fayetteville Business College. She retired in 1991 from the Arkansas Department of Human Services after 39 years of service...

JOHNNIE MAE GERLICK, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Jan. 9, 1924, in Little Rock, a daughter of Clay and Sally (Sullason) Robinson. She died Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008, at the age of 84. Johnnie was a homemaker and a member of the St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Eureka Springs...

December 8 12:40 p.m. - Warnings were given regarding unsightly conditions on Cherry St. 4:50 p.m. - An officer responded to a report of a fight at City Park. 6 p.m. - An officer assisted with a truck in a ditch on S. Arch Ave. December 9 10:42 a.m. - A dog with seven puppies was caught in a live trap on S. Arch Ave...

Dec. 8 6:14 a.m. - Police were dispatched to LaBarge in response to a report of a goat in the breakroom. It was not a goat, police said, but a sheep. The animal control officer was called to come and pick it up. 4:44 p.m. - Police provided a welfare check at a North Street residence...

EUREKA SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT Dec. 8 1:09 p.m. -- A woman in the vicinity of Elk and Owen Streets reported that one car had clipped another, and a report was made. 4:02 p.m. -- A caller at Swiss Villa Apartments reported that gas had been stoled from a car at a Pivot Rock Road residence. A report was made...

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EUREKA SPRINGS -- The annual Elks Hoop Shoot will be held at the Eureka Springs Middle School on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. The public is invited to attend. The Elks Hoop Shoot is a free throw contest for boys and girls in the following age groups: 8-9, 10-11, and 12-13...

GREEN FOREST -- Irma Castillo was selected Miss Merry Christmas at the annual pageant on Saturday during the 52nd Annual Green Forest Holiday Tournament. Castillo, representing the International Club, was escorted by Miguel Pedraza. Irma is the daughter of Flora Tovar and Vidal Castillo. Miguel is the son of Maria and Luis Pedraza...

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EUREKA SPRINGS -- The clinic of ECHO (Eureka Christian Health Outreach) will be featured on "ABC World News with Charles Gibson" as part of their "Spirit of America" series. Erin Hayes, ABC News reporter, a Carroll County native, and her crew visited the local clinic recently to videotape the "clinic in action" as well as interview volunteers and others to "get the feel" of the volunteer endeavor...