Stories from Friday, December 3, 2010

BERRYVILLE -- A new nonprofit organization known as "The GANG" is hosting its first humanitarian campaign to spread the word it is here and to distribute gently worn coats to people in the community. Rose and Rodney Riley head up The GANG. They are two of the board members serving on the nonprofit's 13-member board of directors...

Rumors about staff cuts in the Eureka Springs School District are unfounded, said Superintendent Wayne Carr by phone Thursday. The newspaper called him after receiving a phone call that a special meeting of the board had been called. "No special meeting has been called," he said. "We have been meeting with teachers at the three schools this week to look at where we might make cuts, but nothing has been decided. Nothing is set in stone."...

BERRYVILLE -- Letters to Santa are on their way to the North Pole, thanks in part to special mailboxes that have been set up for the holiday season. One such mailbox is conveniently located at the entrance to the Berryville Post Office. It is an authentic collection box that was stored in the basement of the post office, long forgotten until someone came looking last year...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Carroll County Judge Sam Barr sent a certified letter to Eureka Springs Mayor Dani Joy Wednesday morning dropping the contract with the city on the courthouse parking lot, effective immediately, "Our contract says the county must give us 30 days notice," Joy said, "and I think that's what Barr meant, but it doesn't read that way...

The Carroll County Community Orchestra announces its Holiday 2010 concert, Sounds of the Season, to be held at the Berryville Community Center on Saturday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m. The orchestra, led by conductor Ken Smith, is in its seventh year, and boasts 30 volunteer members from all over the county. This year's holiday concert will have a variety of music from pop to jazz to Christmas and holiday favorites. An intermission will include complimentary coffee, drinks, and cookies...

LITTLE ROCK -- Officials with the Arkansas Department of Health and BreastCare are asking for nominations for the annual Josetta Wilkins Awards, recognizing breast care activists who go above and beyond the call of duty. Nomination deadline is Jan. 24, 2011...

Music evangelist Charles Graham will be presenting a concert at Faith Christian Family Church in Eureka Springs on Sunday, Dec. 12 at 10 a.m. Graham's ministry in song has taken him all over the United States as well as overseas. He has ministered in several countries, including England, Scotland, Wales, Norway, Germany, France, Canada, Israel, Africa and South America...

Milton B. Sims, 55, of Alpena passed away Sunday, November 28, 2010. He was born in Harrison, AR on September 19, 1955, son of the late Billie Sims and Charlene "Allred" Sims. Milton graduated from Alpena High School in 1973. He was united in marriage to Rose Mary Stark on November 23, 1973 and to this union three children were born. ...

Norma Lennis Stubbs, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born July 29, 1924 in Green Forest, AR, a daughter of Harve and Eula Mae (Buie) Patton. She departed this life Tuesday, November 30, 2010 in Berryville, AR, at the age of 86. Lennis was a homemaker. She loved cooking for her family and friends. She was a top notch cook. In 1953, she and Luther opened Stubbs Grocery, the home of the Famous Luther Burger...

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