Stories from Friday, April 3, 2009

Anti-DPR bill's return to committee agenda was a calendar error (04/03/09)
Rep. King won't rule out making another attempt to get passage

Public schools will share common days for spring break (04/03/09)
CARROLL COUNTY -- Awaiting the governor's signature is a new state law that would make it mandatory for all public schools in Arkansas to share a common spring break -- the 38th week of school, which usually falls in late March. That is good news for some area school superintendents, such as Alpena's James Trammell, who said, "I'm strongly for it...

Stories found only in our April 3, 2009 print edition (04/03/09)
These and other stories can be read in our new online e-edition or in our print edition for April 3, 2009. Please click here to log in or sign up for an e-edition account. Landfill use, waste hauling rate hikes approved by board Thieves hit three locations across county Wednesday night...

Bobcats sweep Eureka soccer teams during home stand (04/03/09)

Painting with large strokes (04/03/09)

Carroll County Jail Log from the April 3, 2009 edition (04/03/09)
The following people were booked into the Carroll County Detention Center March 26 through April 1: March 26 Elizabeth Ann Boor, 46, of Bull Shoals, was booked in for driving while intoxicated, refusal to submit to a chemical test, careless and prohibited driving, and second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor...

Reps. Blunt, Boozman to host Congressional Water Watch event in Bentonville to assess bi-state agreement (04/03/09)
U.S. Representatives Roy Blunt and John Boozman have announced that they will host a Congressional Water Watch event from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm on Thursday, April 16, at the Shewmaker Center for Workforce Technologies on the Bentonville campus of NorthWest Arkansas Community College...

Island's Grace Lutheran slates Holy Week services (04/03/09)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Grace Lutheran Church, 179 Holiday Island Drive, ihas announced its Easter celebrations. Holy Week services will be held as follows: Palm Sunday, April 5, at 9:30 a.m; Maundy Thursday, April 9, at 7 p.m.; and Good Friday, April 10, at 7 p.m...

Summers Trips: Adventures begin during mean cold streak, but payoff is great (04/03/09)
(Editor's Note: Matt's first column ran on June 1, 2001, and has been a welcome addition to our outdoor coverage the last eight years. Welcome back, Matt.) "Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning."...

Jonnie Charlene Morris (04/03/09)
Jonnie Charlene Morris, 72 of Alpena, AR was born May 11, 1936, a daughter of James Willard Carr and Opal Serena (High) Welch of the New Salem Community near Berryville, AR. She went to Heaven to join her Savior on March 28, 2009 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, MO...

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