Stories from Friday, July 3, 2009

By E. Alan Long Carroll County News BERRYVILLE -- While a series of burglaries at Dollar General and Dollar Tree stores in four states has led to the Arkansas State Police joining with other law enforcement agencies to investigate the crimes and identify suspects, there is no evidence of burglaries at any of the stores in Carroll County...

BERRYVILLE -- Studies show that there is a high rate of illiteracy in Carroll County. Shelly McCall, director of education and the Carroll County Center of North Arkansas Community College, wants to change that. Located in Suite 5 of Bobcat Plaza behind Kwik Kar Oil and Lube, the center offers four spacious classrooms which can easily accommodate 20 to 30 students...

The following people were booked into the Carroll County Detention Center June 26 through June 30: David Roy Allen, 23, of Huntsville was booked in on a probation warrant. William Corbett Alsip, 35, of Berryville, was booked in for public intoxication...

LITTLE ROCK -- More than $114,000 in grant monies have been awarded to Carroll County entities by the the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage. Carroll County received a $63,384 County Courthouse Restoration Subgrant for roof restoration at the 1880 courthouse in Berryville, and a $19,000 grant to complete restoration of the front façade of the Eureka Springs courthouse...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Ozark Mountain Hoe-Down announces a new addition to its regularly scheduled shows this year. As of Tuesday, June 30, the Hoe-Down is featuring the Southern Gospel Series which will run every Tuesday through the end of October. The first Gospel act to perform will be the Tommy Fairchild Quartet...

BERRYVILLE -- First Baptist Church of Berryville will conduct Vacation Bible School July 6-10. Director Keri Spann states that activities will begin at 6 p.m. each evening. "VBS at First Baptist will present interesting journeys every session for the five days of 'Following the Steps of Jesus.'" she said. "Come to learn more about Jesus as we use the 'Passport to the Promised Land.'"...

James Dale Fultz, 65, of Green Forest, AR., passed away June 28, 2009 at Circle Of Life Hospice, Springdale. He was born June 21, 1944, at Osage, son of Jess Fultz and Nora "Wilson" Fultz. Dale was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Margaret Graves...

Louise Elizabeth Butler, a resident of Eureka Springs, AR, was born February 7, 1934 in St. Vincent, AR, a daughter of Martin Miller and Marie Elizabeth (Erman) Miller. She departed this life Saturday, June 27, 2009, in Tulsa, OK at the age of 75 Louise was a homemaker. She was a member of the St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. She volunteered her time working for Meals on Wheels, Relay for Life (Race for the Cure), helping with school functions, and bowling in Cassville, MO...

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