Stories from Tuesday, February 10, 2009

If crews find electric load on a newly-restored line, they will not be able to reactivate it

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Sighs of relief might have been heard issuing from the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID) office Friday as nearly a quarter of a million dollars came flowing into the district's coffers by wire. The $228,660 came from National Recreational Properties, Inc.'s (NRPI) financier, Capital Source, to cover assessments and penalties owed for 2008, reported District Manager Kevin Crosson...

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KENNETH L. STAHLY, 80, of Shell Knob, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, at the Red Rose Inn in Cassville, Mo. He was born on April 17, 1928, in Gridley, Ill. to the late Clyde and Lucille Stahly. Mr. Stahly was raised in Gridley, attending school and being active in sports. ...

IVA BEATRICE MORWOOD, a resident of Harrison, was born June 3, 1921, in Sisco, a daughter of Otis and Rosa (Stacy) Berry. She died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, in Harrison, at the age of 87. She is survived by two daughters, Sharon Young of Harrison, and Ida and husband Bryan Mason of Lisbon, Iowa; two sisters, June Graham of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Fern Green of Berryville; one grandchild, Jeremy Morwood; four great-grandchildren, Garrett Morwood, Alex Morwood, Valerie James, and Alan Howard Jr.; seven great-great- grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a host of friends.. ...

THELMA JANE (GOFF) JETTON, a resident of Berryville, was born Aug. 4, 1940, in Corpus Christi, Texas, a daughter of Orval T. and Eloise (Thomas) Goff. She died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, in Berryville, at the age of 68. On Oct. 2, 1979, she was united in marriage with Robert Wesley Jetton, who survives her of the home. ...

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Federal funds will help pay infrastructure repairs after historic storm

GRAVETTE -- Road wins are hard to come by in the 1-4A Conference but the Berryville Bobcats got one Saturday in a makeup game with the Lions. Coach Brent Compton's squad moved their record to 15-9, 6-5, with a 54-45 victory over the host Lions, keeping them in the middle of the conference race...

MOUNTAINBURG -- The Green Forest Tigers shook off late night games with Greenland from Thursday and took two big road wins from the Dragons on Friday. Coach Bill Niven's senior boys won 40-30, with Coach Kyle Farrar's senior girls winning 41-26. Senior High Boys...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- For those who could get city water during the recent ice storm, the Carroll-Boone Water District (CBWD) kept it coming -- with a generator. "We were out of power for 52 hours," Plant Manager John Summers reported to the board at their quarterly meeting Thursday. "We ran the diesel generator until Thursday (Jan. 29), and maintained the water supply with one generator. We used 1,800 gallons of diesel fuel, at a cost of $3,500."...

This year's Green Forest Chamber of Commerce annual banquet will recognize unsung heroes of last week's ice storm and its aftermath -- but the chamber needs help to identify those people. The annual banquet is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, at the Green Forest High School Cafeteria...