Stories from Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Berryville widening project receives mixed reviews at AHTD public input meeting

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) will hold a public hearing at Berryville on Tuesday, Aug. 18, to receive comments on a proposed sub-surface wastewater disposal system for a meat packing facility. The hearing will begin at 6 p.m. ...

The drawdown of Beaver Lake, which was delayed a week because of rain, was to begin last Saturday, according to the Corps of Engineers. Releases will continue 24 hours a day for seven or eight days, and then be reduced to 12 hours a day for another four or five days until conservation pool elevation 1,121.4 feet is reached, the Corps said. That's about five feet...

LITTLE ROCK -- During difficult economic times, people looking for work and for additional income are prime targets for scam artists. "Work-at-home" scams are one way in which honest, hard-working Arkansans can become victims, losing money rather than making more. In this challenging economic environment, Attorney General Dustin Mc­Daniel issued this consumer alert to arm Arkansans with the information necessary to evaluate work-at-home offers...

Born August 10, 1935 in Des Moines, Iowa to Howard and Edna (Bottger) Soules. He died April 4, 2009 at Circle of Life in Springdale, AR. Dennis has lived off and on in the Green Forest area since the 80s, but moved back to stay in 2005. He was married to Evah (White) Plott in March of 1961, who preceded him in death, as well as two step-children and a step-great-grandson...

Mary Frankalene "Frankie" Miller Doss, 75, of Winslow, died Thursday, July 30, at Springdale, AR. The daughter of Jesse and Ida Mae Miller, she was born May 17, 1934 in Metalton, AR. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Doss, parents, Jesse and Ida Mae Miller, two sisters, Opal Mote and Berneda O'Rear, and two brothers, Carl Miller and Gene Miller...

al*tru*ism (ˈaltroōˌizəm): noun -- the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others: some may choose to work with vulnerable elderly people out of altruism. EUREKA SPRINGS -- When Barbara Dunnam got word recently that a group of young Californians were planning an event to raise funds for her Eureka Kids program, she said she wasn't all that excited by the news...

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