Stories from Wednesday, July 15, 2009

CARROLL COUNTY -- The agenda for Friday's meeting of the quorum court will include a presentation about the Carroll County airport and further discussion on an attempt by the City of Eureka Springs to annex the old bridge across Leatherwood Creek. Also on the agenda is a request from County Judge Sam Barr to add a part-time position in his office. ...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- A "celebration of life" is being planned to remember Marty Roenigk on Sunday, July 26. The "upbeat" memorial will be held at The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa at 3 p.m. Roenigk, 68, co-owner of the Crescent and the 1905 Basin Park Hotel in Eureka Springs, was killed June 18 in a two-vehicle accident in southwest Iowa...

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Dixie Webb Miller, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born March 4, 1929 in Rudd, Arkansas, a daughter of Emery Marvin and Emma May (Cassetty) Webb. She departed this life Friday, July 10, 2009 in her home in Berryville, at the age of 80. Ms. Miller was a homemaker and a member of Towering Oaks Church in Berryville. Dixie loved spending time with her flowers and she was known for having a "green thumb"...

CARROLL COUNTY -- The 2010-12 athletic conferences were approved during the Arkansas Activities Association (AAA) Board of Directors Summer Workshop held June 9-11, with changes set for area teams. In football, the 7A and 6A football schools were combined into four leagues for regular season play, with teams splitting back into classifications for playoffs...

CARROLL COUNTY -- The Carroll County Senior Babe Ruth team wrapped up the regular season with a third place finish in both the league and final tournament. But it's not over yet as the squad is preparing for the state tournament July 17-20 in Jonesboro, coaches reported this week...

Application deadline for the Single Parent Scholarships for the Fall 2009 semester is Saturday, Aug. 1. Applications may be obtained from the Department of Human Services in Berryville, First National Bank of Berryville, Bank of Eureka Springs, ARVEST Banks, First National Bank in Green Forest, Community First Bank, any of Carroll County's libraries, or on-line at www.aspsf.org...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Planning Commission (HIPC) had a busy day Friday for its monthly meeting. Although no new home permits were issued, two remodel permits were approved. Contractor Don Alberson applied for a permit to enclose half a carport, size 260 square feet, at 294 Holiday Island Drive for property owner Jack Moyer. Permit #2222 was approved for 90 days...

ROGERS -- Carroll County News' coverage of business and agriculture has garnered editorial staff members a first-place award from the Arkansas Press Association for the third time in the last four years. That award, and another first-place award for best headline among all larger weekly newspapers in the state, were among nine citations brought home from the APA's News-Editorial SuperConvention, which ended Saturday at the awards luncheon, held at the Embassy Suites...