Stories from Saturday, February 26, 2011

Census numbers show Eureka Springs down by 10%, Berryville grows 20%

By Anna Mathews Carroll County News BERRYVILLE -- Members of Berryville's new EAST Lab are hosting a Skyroom event next Tuesday, March 1, to link soldiers with their families via the Skyroom communications tool from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Brescia Kastleberg, a representative for the group, said, "If you or anyone you know has loved ones serving in the military, we have a great opportunity for you...

GREEN FOREST -- Green Forest students with special needs may soon be able to enter their classrooms without ever needing an umbrella. The Green Forest School Board unanimously approved Monday allowing an architect to begin designing a covered walkway to shelter special needs students coming to school. The walkway will extend from the bus drop to the Community Based Instruction building where many of them attend classes...

On one of the first days of practice this year new Berryville baseball coach Matt Sayer huddled his younger players around to show them how to act like ball players. "It was funny," senior pitcher Garrett Griffith recalls. "He showed them how to spit, how to chew seeds, how to put your hat on and even how to adjust your cup." ...

My wife loves a garage sale. She also loves flea markets, thrift stores, junk shops, consignment exchanges, bazaars, and most any place she can find a bargain. She calls these adventures into the land of trading posts, "treasure hunts," and she approaches these forays like a zealous prospector digging for gold...

Hilda Lina Spahr Mancuso, of Holiday Island, formerly of Metairie, LA, was called home by her Lord on February 19, 2011. Hilda was born May 19, 1914 in the village of Hohen Solms, LA, to Karl and Georgiana (Wadenpfuhl) Spahr. Although her very early years were spent on Germania plantation in Ascension Parish, she lived most of her life in New Orleans...

Lee Hale, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born February 3, 1938 in Indianapolis, IN, a daughter of Herman Henry and Zona Marie (Burns) Rosebrock. She departed this life Wednesday, February 23, 2011 in Fayetteville, AR at the age of 73. Lee was a member of the First Christian Church in Berryville and a member of the D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution). She worked in manufacturing and owned her own business...

Margaret Fay (Willour) Noury, a resident of Eureka Springs, AR, was born August 7, 1925 in McAlester, OK, a daughter of Dr. Leonard Scott and Mary Lavalette (Holmes) Willour. She departed this life in Fayetteville, AR on February 22, 2011 at the age of 85...

Ninette Michelle Rhodes (42) was born March 3, 1968 and died on February 15, 2011. Ninette was one of a kind. She was very sweet and gentle and had a sense of humor you might call a little bit quirky. She was incredibly bright and brilliant especially when it came to language and arts. ...

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