Stories from Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Stimulus-funded projects next on BV School agenda

LITTLE ROCK -- State Sen. Randy Laverty should be back home soon, following a liver transplant on July 13. Laverty received a new liver at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. After a recovery period at the hospital, he began a stay of several weeks at a Little Rock apartment. This period allowed doctors to monitor his blood with testing several times per week...

CARROLL COUNTY -- If you go to the state Health Department's Web site, healthyarkansas.com, looking for information about swine flu in Carroll County, you won't see the county listed as having any cases, although there are 47 cases listed statewide...

Can it be? Is it really here? YES, fall sports practices are cranking up for high school teams. The biggest surprise is a new volleyball program at Eureka Springs. Shortly after school let out last year, middle school teacher and girls track coach James McVey was given the green light to start a junior varsity program...

Billy Dean "Bill" Yarbrough, a resident of Green Forest, AR, was born on December 19, 1932, in Abilene, TX, son of John Virgil and Neta (Foster) Yarbrough. He went home to be with his Lord on July 18, 2009, in Berryville, AR. A few years after his graduation from Green Forest High School in 1950, Bill joined the U.S. Army and served during the Korean conflict. Bill later attended the University of Arkansas, graduating in 1959 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering...

Danny Joe Maxwell, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born March 10, 1953 in Tracy CA, a son of Donald L. and Mary J. (Binam) Maxwell. He departed this life Friday, July 24, 2009 in Berryville, at the age of 56. Joe was a member of Towering Oaks Church in Berryville...

These and other stories can be read in our new online e-edition or in our print edition for July 28, 2009. Please click here to log in or sign up for an e-edition account. Possum Trot church picnic to benefit its restoration Game of 'geocaching' now on in downtown Eureka Springs...