Stories from Friday, July 31, 2009

ROGERS -- Northwest Arkansas is filled with many hidden gems tucked away into the hills and hollers, all awaiting discovery. Camp War Eagle is one such gem. It's a mini-city of its own, located on 100-plus acres along the shores of Beaver Lake, just 30 miles from Eureka Springs...

BEAVER LAKE -- The scheduled draw down of Beaver Lake that was to begin last week was postponed, confirmed park ranger Alan Bland, who said around-the-clock releases could begin as early as this weekend instead. Bland said the Army Corps of Engineers was set to begin making releases through the hydropower turbines at Beaver Dam to bring the lake level down to the top of the conservation pool, but high water in the White River downstream at Newport initially postponed the effort...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Ralph Fulton, a member of the Arkansas Highway Commission, described improvements to Carroll County highways during the Wednesday meeting of the Eureka Springs Rotary Club. Substantially completed, Fulton said, are two approximately one-mile-long passing lanes on Ark. Hwy. 23 South, at a cost of $5 million...

Whether the Holiday Island polling place can move from the district office to the Clubhouse remains to be seen. Members of the Carroll County Election Commission met with the Holiday Island Board of Commissioners at its monthly business meeting Monday...

Kenneth "Thomas" Griffin, a resident of Berryville, AR was born December 1, 1927, in Thomasville, GA; a son of William G. and Annie L. (Walton) Griffin. He departed this life Monday, July 27, 2009 in Eureka Springs, AR at the age of 81. Tom was a teacher and member of the Great Passion Play for 24 years. He attended the Valley View Baptist Church...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Individual low gross, low net, low putts was the game for the Holiday Island Ladies Golf Association on July 29. Winners in the 18-hole division were: First Flight: Sue Dillard low gross- 75, Laura Morrison low net- 68, Joan Miller and Nola Banister low putts- 29...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- This year's G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training) program, sponsored by the Eureka Springs Police Department, ended with a bang with children playing all day long at the Recreation Center in Holiday Island for a week, July 20-24...

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