Stories from Friday, July 30, 2010

Monte and Sherry Perkins of Berryville had a need and recently it was met by the Berryville community and its businesses. Their need was simply a house. The Perkins' trailer-house was falling apart and was being overtaken with black mold. The people at the Perkins' home church, the Berryville First Church of the Nazarene, decided to help them out. ...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Western Carroll County Ambulance District (WCCAD) commissioners learned at their July 20 meeting that around $9,000 worth of equipment has been missing for some time from the Inspiration Point Fire Department. Nine radios and two Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) are unaccounted for...

One of the top beef cattle meetings in the United States, the North Central Arkansas Beef Cattle Conference is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 2, at the North Arkansas Livestock Auction in Green Forest. "It's a program that cattle producers in Arkansas and surrounding states shouldn't miss," said Leon Duncan, Carroll County Extension Agent with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture...

A benefit concert, dinner and auction, dubbed "For the Love of Aiden," will we held Aug. 7 at the Alpena High School Gym in Alpena for the Carter family. A burger or hot dog dinner kicks off the evening at 4 p.m., when a silent auction also begins. At 5 p.m., One For All performs, followed by Cody Slaughter at 6 p.m...

Edward "Tinker" Miller, Jr., born May 31, 1966 in Eureka Springs, AR to Edward Louis and Wanda (Austin) Miller Sr., died on July 23, 2010 in Grandview, AR at the age of 44. He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his son, Robert Miller of Grandview, AR; three brothers, Mitchell Ray Miller of Billings, MT, Patrick Miller of Grandview, AR, Mike Miller of Springfield, MO; two sisters, Christina McDaniel of Springfield, MO, Sherlyn Mobley of Springfield, MO; several nieces and nephews, step-mother, Jane Ann Moon Miller, and a host of family and friends.. ...

Mary "Jackie" Fanning, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born March 2, 1924 in Eureka Springs, AR, a daughter of Albert J. and Clovie Marie (Jackson) Tucker. In Eureka Springs, AR, at the age of 86, Jackie departed this life Saturday, July 24, 2010, on her 68th wedding anniversary to her beloved husband, Curtis H. Fanning, who was by her side...

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David Richard Chitwood, 58, of Kansas City, MO, passed away after a long illness on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. David was born March 19, 1952 to Emmitt and Euna Burtrus (Graham) Chitwood in Ava, Missouri. David worked as a Dietary Manager in several nursing and healthcare settings. He was compassionate and caring about his work and family...