Stories from Friday, May 15, 2009

Sheriff's drug dog captures man who fled accident scene (05/15/09)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- Richard Christopher Dacheff, 36, of Harrison, was the subject of a foot chase Monday evening in Eureka Springs when he reportedly fled the scene of two accidents and was later captured in the Mill Hollow area when Ringo, the county drug dog, found him in the woods...

GF School District picks emergency alert system for parent notifications (05/15/09)
GREEN FOREST -- The school district has chosen a telephone service to quickly notify parents with emergency alerts and general announcements of interest. SchoolReach, the fastest-growing parent notification service used among K-12 public schools in the United States, is currently used by more than 4,200 schools in 49 states. It provides an effective and affordable way for school officials to send personally recorded messages...

Sharon Kay Donaldson (05/15/09)
Sharon Kay Donaldson, age 55, of Shell Knob, Missouri, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2009, in Cox Walnut Lawn, Springfield, Missouri. She was born March 23, 1954, in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Laverne and Louise (Owens) Wilson. On December 7, 1984, in Shell Knob, she was united in marriage to James David Donaldson, who survives. ...

Starlight Cinema a go; Artery, not so much (05/15/09)
By Becky Gillette EUREKA SPRINGS --The Lucky 13 Starlight Cinema is on again after City Council voted Monday to revise the city's noise ordinance that is in conflict with outdoor, amplified events like the cinema and the upcoming blues festival. Council asked the city attorney to draw up amendments to the ordinance the council plans to act on at a special meeting May 18...

Life Matters rally set Saturday at Osage Baptist (05/15/09)
OSAGE -- The fourth annual Your Life Matters Rally of Osage Baptist Church will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 30. Events will include an open car and bike show with free dash plaques for the first 10 entires; drawings for prizes; and cotton candy, snow cones and popcorn...

Tent revival slated in Eureka Springs (05/15/09)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- There will be an old fashioned community-wide tent revival in Eureka Springs starting on May 18 at 6:30 p.m. Services will be at 190 Passion Play Road, just off U.S. Hwy. 62. Like the great revivals of the past it will continue every night for an indeterminate amount of time, according to spokesman Bob Ballinger. Fliers indicate the services will conclude "when the devil is whooped."...

HI Farmers Market up and running (05/15/09)

Spring personified (05/15/09)

Biazo selected Burlsworth winner (05/15/09)
BERRYVILLE -- Bobcat Stephen Biazo has been selected as the 2008-09 Brandon Burlsworth Football Award winner this year at Berryville High School, head football coach Bobby Bishop announced this week. The Burlsworth Award is presented each year to a Berryville football player who demonstrates a desire to succeed at the highest level, a willingness to overcome life's obstacles, and welcomes the many challenges that lie ahead...

All-Conference, All-State honors announced by county coaches (05/15/09)
CARROLL COUNTY -- Coaches at Green Forest, Berryville and Eureka Springs have released the names of players in softball, baseball and soccer who earned All-Conference and All-State honors in seasons that have just finished. Names are not released until all teams in each school's conference have been eliminated from the playoffs, and some made it all the way to the finals, finishing last weekend...

Neoma Irene Wilson (05/15/09)
Neoma Irene Wilson, a resident of Metalton, AR was born April 13, 1921 in Hamlin, TX, a daughter of Benjamin Park and Bessie (Howell) Tinnin. She departed this life Sunday, May 10, 2009 in Metalton, AR, at the age of 88. Mrs. Wilson was a member of the Church of Christ in Abilene, TX...

Norman Dean Ayers (05/15/09)
Norman Dean Ayers, a resident of Elk Grove, CA, was born October 24, 1926 in Denver, AR, a son of Perry Clyde and Eunice (Clemence) Ayers. He departed this life Wednesday, May 6, 2009, in Sacramento, California at the age of 82. He is survived by one daughter, Linda Jenkins of San Clemete, CA; one brother, Bill Ayers of Bakersfield, CA; three sisters, Virginia Jennings of Pea-Ridge, AR, Jeanette Ayers of Austin, TX, Loucile Bailey of Tulsa, OK; two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, along with several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.. ...