Stories from Tuesday, November 2, 2010

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Carroll-Boone Water District once again has a full board complement with the approval of dentist Dr. Frank A. "Lad" Brooks III of Harrison to fill the seat vacated after the death of Royce Barrett from Harrison last year. Brooks will serve through 2012...

-BERRYVILLE -- For the last seven years the Berryville High School Band has competed in the Northwest Arkansas Invitational Marching Contest in Siloam Springs. The invitational has earned the reputation for being the most competitive marching contest in Arkansas...

Silas Leon Larimer, 81, of La Puente, CA, formerly of Green Forest, AR died at his home October 12 where he had been in Hospice care for a short time. He was born November 11, 1929 in Cherryvale, KS and moved with his family to Green Forest in 1941. ...

Mack Clark, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born September 28, 1926 in Berryville, AR, a son of Ova and Nora (Collins) Clark. He departed this life Wednesday, October 27, 2010 in Fayetteville, at the age of 84. Mack was a member of Southern Heights Baptist Church in Berryville where he was a deacon. He worked as a master carpenter and served his country in the United States Army during World War II...

Charles Van Alst, of Holiday Island, AR died Thursday, October 28, 2010 at his home. He was born December 8, 1929 in Oskaloosa, IA to Gabel and Winifred Williams Van Alst. He attended school in Eddyville and graduated from Eddyville High School in 1947. He married Beverly Mullenix on October 20, 1951...

Betty Pharis, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born April 13, 1930 in Hightower, AL, a daughter of Roy and Flossy (Loverne) Butler. She departed this life Saturday, October 30, 2010 in Berryville, at the age of 80. Betty was a member of the Grandview Baptist Church. She was also the owner of the Meryl Norman Studio in Berryville for many years...

ELKINS -- The Green Forest High School girls finished second in the district meet for the 1-3A conference Saturday. Natalie Flippo earned all-conference honors, finishing third overall, with a time of 23:15. Other top finishers included seventh-place Mabelin Hernandez, with a time of 24:52; and eighth-place Siomara Hernandez, in 24:53...

Sometimes the hardest part of planning the annual Eureka Springs Christmas parade is coming up with the yearly theme. "You want a theme that celebrates the season and can be easily interpreted by the float makers and participants, but you don't want it to be too cliché. You want it to be worthy of the artistic talent we have in town," said Debbie Coleman who, as the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce's special events coordinator, has spearheaded the Eureka Springs parade for five years...

BRANSON, Mo. -- The Airline and Airport News & Analysis website anna.aero has awarded Branson Airport (BKG) the anna.aero U$ ANNIE Prize 2010 "Fastest Growing U.S. Airport 100,000-500,000 passenger category." Opening a little more than 15 months ago, seat capacity at the Branson Airport has more than doubled in only one year of service as a result of expanded AirTran flights, the addition of Frontier service and the development of Branson AirExpress...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Newly-elected chair Joanne Graupner took the reins of the City Advertising and Promotion Commission firmly at last week's budget meeting when she rejected the proposed budget submitted by CAPC Director Jim Williams. Although the commission had questions about certain line items, Graupner said the budget was not detailed enough. She suggested it be lined out in a fashion similar to a budget created by the CAPC in 2003, which spelled out everything in detail...