Stories from Friday, July 16, 2010

BEAVER -- The Beaver Council is looking at alternatives to what it had hoped would be fertile ground for a septic drain field in the RV park after the town attorney reported land in the park failed a "perc" (percolation) test. Burdened with extremely high costs of dumping the RV park's five sewage holding tanks during the camping season, the town voted in March to shut down the flush toilets and showers and offer only portable toilets...

Lois E. Pharis, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born May 4, 1918 in Shirley, Arkansas, a daughter of George and Lucy (Ward) Wright. She departed this life Tuesday, July 13, 2010 in Berryville, at the age of 92. Lois was a member of the Towering Oaks Church. She worked in the school cafeteria for 21 years...

"Sermons That Built a Church--The Legacy of Herman Cook, Doctor of Ministry," is a compilation of 84 of "Herman's Sermons" that were translated from audio tapes to print by Bob Hill and published as a series of three books. "Volume I, Sermons from the Old Testament" contains documents that trace the first 10 years of the Holiday Island Community Church, biographies of Herman and Ellen Cook, and some of Dr. Cook's poems in addition to the sermons...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- A number of possibly controversial items will head Monday's upcoming work session of the Holiday Island Board of Commissioners. Once again, as it did in 2004 and 2007, the board will revisit the issue of contracting with a solid waste hauler to provide trash removal for residents...

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge will soon open a new habitat specifically built for leopards. The grand opening will be July 17 at 11 a.m. The nonprofit organization raised more than $40,000 in donations for materials for the project. To save money, staff members handled the construction...

Several area producers have reported cattle deaths due to lightning during recent thunderstorms. The Carroll County Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers that livestock losses in excess of normal mortality from lightning strikes are eligible for payment under the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)...