Stories from Friday, February 19, 2010

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Federal law prompted the Eureka Springs City Council to vote unanimously to allow Mayor Dani Joy to enter into an agreement with Smith Communications, with terms previously described, allowing the construction and installation of a microwave relay cell tower on Planer Hill during a special Feb. 8 City Council meeting...

BERRYVILLE -- After adopting a resolution updating and revising the city's antiquated development plan, Mayor Tim McKinney asked the council to okay his request to hire an engineering firm to carry out some of the recommendations contained within that plan...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- With a litany of "denieds" last Friday afternoon, Feb. 12, Circuit Judge Kent Crow, saying he was "doing it on my own," found the parking meter lawsuit brought by various Eureka Springs citizens against Mayor Dani Joy, city council members and City Clerk Mary Jean Sell, to be "without merit," saying the city acted within its powers...

DECATUR -- A record five overtimes weren't enough to keep the Eureka Springs Highlanders' season going Wednesday night at the 2A-4 District Tournament when an exhausted squad finally fell to Mulberry 75-77 in a game that lasted two hours and 30 minutes...

SPRINGDALE-- Playing the home team host at a district tournament is a tough chore and usually doesn't work out too well for the visiting team. That proved true again Wednesday when the Berryville Bobcats fell 49-60 to the Shiloh Christian Saints in the quarterfinals of the 4A-1 District tournament, ending their season...

John C. Walker Jr., a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was born July 9, 1920 in Berryville, Arkansas, a son of John C. and Nora (Farmer) Walker. He departed this life Sunday, February 14, 2010 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 89. Mr. Walker served in the United States Army during WWII and a 40 year member of the Pilgrim Rock Masonic Lodge #522 in Tulsa, OK...

Ruth Arrowsmith, a resident of Humble, Texas formerly of Green Forest, AR, was born May 8, 1923 in Greeley County, KS, a daughter of Ben H. and Ida (Minnich) Crow. She departed this life Sunday, February 14, 2010 in Houston, TX at the age of 86 years...

Sara Schoentag, 70, of Enfield, passed away peacefully Tuesday, February 2, 2010 in hospice at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT. Born in Green Forest, AR on November 7, 1939, daughter of the late John Paul Donaldson and Gwendolyn (Stroud) Donaldson...

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