Stories from Friday, May 22, 2009

CARROLL COUNTY -- Memorial Day services are scheduled across the county to observe what was once known as Decoration Day, a day of remembrance for those who died in their nation's service. This year, most services are scheduled for Monday, May 25, when the holiday is observed nationwide...

Starlight Cinema, outdoor music festivals would have conflicted with previous wording

(Ed. note: This story is an expanded version of the story that appeared in our May 22, 2009, weekend print edition, in which space did not permit this version.) Whether the Holiday Island Board of Commissioners should intervene in district operational decisions was a question raised during a discussion at Monday's work session about the junior golf program...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Missouri native Jack Dawson is at the Sacred Arts Exhibit on the grounds of The New Great Passion Play with his newest artwork, "Hands of the Master Craftsman" today, May 22, from 4 to 8 p.m. This piece is one of 22 in the "Seek and Find" series of paintings, which challenges one to find a hidden picture within each painting. ...

These and other stories can be read in our new online e-edition or in our print edition for May 22, 2009. Please click here to log in or sign up for an e-edition account. Berryville looks to future water needs beyond city, where rural districts loom...

BERRYVILLE -- The Rev. Duane Smith, a nationally-known, itinerate evangelist, will be in revival services May 22-24 at 7 p.m. nightly and 11 a.m. Sunday at Berryville Church of the Nazarene. Smith is an alumnus of Nazarene Bible College and Mid-America Nazarene University with degrees in religion and music, and has served as secretary of The Committee on the Interest of the God-Called Evangelists for the past 15 years...

BERRYVILLE -- First Baptist Church, 510 E. Madison Ave., Berryville, will host special services in honor of the American Armed Forces, Sunday, May 24 at 10:30 a.m. U.S. Army Chaplain Major Bryan T. Simoneaux, stationed at Red Star Arsonal in Huntsville, Ala., is scheduled to be the main speaker...

Norris Kelly Stauffer "Stuffy", 71, of Eureka Springs, AR, passed on Saturday, May 16th at his home. Memorial services will be held Saturday, May 23rd at Peace Lutheran Church, 805 West Olrich Street, Rogers, Arkansas 72756, at 1:30 pm. Memorial contributions suggested to the ACS Hope Lodge, 1120 Pennsylvania Ave, KC, MO 64105 or Grassy Knob Volunteer Fire Association, 12037 Hwy 187, Eureka Springs, AR 72631. ...

Pauline Ida Staley Dixon, a resident of Green Forest, AR, was born August 26, 1927 in Omaha, Nebraska, a daughter of Chester Arthur and Emma (Koehler) Staley. She departed this life Saturday, May 16, 2009 in Green Forest, AR, at the age of 81. She was a homemaker and had retired from the "Food Service" VA Fort Roots. She was a member of the Green Forest Garden Club, Green Forest United Methodist Guild, and the Green Forest First Baptist Church Vanguards...

Louis Devine DuMontier, called Jack or Colonel by friends, was born September 18, 1921, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He passed away May 19, 2009, at his home on Holiday Island. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Hawaii. He was in college at the University of Hawaii, studying pre-med when Pearl Harbor was bombed. ...

Mary Jane Davis, 94, of Green Forest, died Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at Brighton Ridge in Eureka Springs. She was born October 19, 1914 in Deerfield, Michigan to John Boatner Carter and Marjorie Munger Salisbury Carter. She was a member of United Methodist Church in Green Forest...

Melba June Linebarger, 78 of Henderson, Texas died Sunday, May 17, 2009. Born August 14, 1930 in Carroll County, AR, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Alice (Stansell) Smith. She was a bookkeeper at Foremost Dairies in Springdale, life-long member of DAV Auxiliary, long-time member of First Baptist Church of Lowell, and current member of First Baptist Church of Henderson, TX...

KIMBERLING CITY, Mo. -- On May 5 the Missouri Water Patrol Association hosted the 5th Annual "Cops For Kids" Buddy Bass Tournament on Table Rock Lake. There was an excellent turnout of 165 Boats (330 anglers) with participants coming from more than seven states within the Midwest region...

The Army Corps of Engineers is urging visitors to Beaver Lake this Memorial Day Weekend to exercise extreme caution because the high lake level creates some unusual water safety hazards. Also, some recreational facilities are impacted, and certain areas are closed for the public's protection...

When the winter wind whistles in through leaky windows and doors; and when there's not enough insulation in the walls and attic spaces to keep your living area from feeling like a furnace on a summer day, it's just like throwing money out a gigantic opening in your home to the outside. But since the mid-1960s a northwest Arkansas community action agency based in Rogers has been doing something to help. And that's especially important in these economically challenging days...

LITTLE ROCK -- Farmers and landowners in  Arkansas have until May 29 to submit applications for the Grassland Reserve Program. The signup is continuous, but all applications meeting the eligibility requirements that have been submitted by close of bsuiness on May 29 will be ranked and considered for 2009 funding. The program is for working grazing lands. Land established in grass and enrolled in the Conresvation Reserve Program (CRP) that is set to expire within the next 12 months is also eligible.. ...

GREEN FOREST -- Legendary first baseman Lou Gehrig needed 14 years to compile his streak of 2,130 consecutive games. Graduating senior Tiana Anderson didn't miss a day in 13 years, setting an attendance record of more than 2,300 days, all of them as a Green Forest Tiger...