Stories from Saturday, December 26, 2009

ELK RANCH -- For Ron and Raven Derge, Christmas Day was marred by a house fire -- but the couple and their two cats got out safely, and the fire could have been a lot worse. Ron Derge said the fire started at about 4:30 p.m., and luckily, he and his wife were home and were able to alert the fire department, who got there quickly, or the house could have been a total loss...

CARROLL COUNTY -- Architects have released drawings of a proposed new terminal for the Carroll County Airport. Members of the Carroll County Airport Commission had seen the drawings at a meeting Nov. 5, but architects with Modus Studio did not want to release all the plans until checking aviation regulations...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Officials are trying to obtain a commitment order for a man charged with attempted murder after he tried to assault a woman with a hatchet at a downtown bar. Daniel J. Larmay, 49, of Eureka Springs, was arrested Saturday at Eureka Live on North Main Street. He had been banned from the bar after a previous incident, and when he returned Saturday, he allegedly walked behind the bar and grabbed co-owner Nancy Faber by the hair and threw her to the floor...

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William "Bill" Maynard Gray, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born October 6, 1922 in Edna, KS, a son of Richard and Grace (Scott) Gray. He departed this life Saturday, December 19, 2009 in Berryville, AR at the age of 87. He was a veteran who served our country in the U. S. Coast Guard during WWII. He also attended the Freeman Heights Baptist Church...

Genevia Carol Miller, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born December 7, 1944 in Arlington, TX to Marvin and Ruby Christine (Gordineer) Hayes. She departed this life Sunday, December 20, 2009 in Imboden, AR at the age of 65 years. Mrs. Miller was of the Catholic faith...

Aileen Lydia Mary Putman, a resident of Holiday Island, AR, was born July 26, 1915, in Manhattan, KS, a daughter of James Leland and Lucinda Marietta (Johnson) Murphy. She departed this life Sunday, December 20, 2009 in Holiday Island, AR at the age of 94...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Western Carroll County Ambulance District (WCCAD) was faced with some tough decisions Monday after discussions about what the appropriate use of two-mill tax funds is. Before the commission were requests by the City of Eureka Springs to purchase Lifepack 15 units for use both in the city and in the Western District and to purchase an ambulance for use in the Holiday Island area...

Bob Moore, publisher of Carroll County News and the Lovely County Citizen is among three nominees in the county for 2010 Henry Awards, presented annually by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. Opera in the Ozarks and the Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission are the county's other nominees...