Stories from Friday, September 16, 2011

EUREKA SPRINGS -- At Tuesday night's meeting of the Planning Commission, commissioner Brad Banaszek introduced a moratorium on major business development in Eureka Springs for maybe 180 days so the city can establish guidelines for what kinds of developments it will and will not allow. His idea was prompted by the recent application, subsequently withdrawn, for a Walmart Express on the eastern edge of town...

CARROLL COUNTY -- The Arkansas Public Service Commission on Sept. 2 delivered an order to both sides to file briefs and replies in the complaint against Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation by Dane Schumacher and Gordon Watkins as a class action on behalf of all Carroll Electric members...

BERRYVILLE -- A historical marker to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War will be dedicated on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 6 p.m. on the west side of the Berryville Public Square. It will be unveiled by Nancy Ratzlaff, the mother of Navy SEAL Senior Chief Tommy Ratzlaff, who lost his life serving his country in Afghanistan...

This group from Clarksville was among a group of some 360 students from 43 schools who converged upon the Berryville Community Center Wednesday for the Family, Career, Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) District 1 Leadership Meeting. Topics covered during the day-long event included texting and driving and Facebook safety, along with community service, public relations, meetings and membership, leadership and projects...

Beatrice Burris Martin was born January 29, 1914 in Eureka Springs, AR to Julia and Walter Burris. She was a 1932 honor graduate of Eureka Springs High School and completed her education at Draughon Business School in Springfield, MO. She met her husband Herschel Martin after graduation and they married in 1936. ...

Bonnie Jewel Phillips, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born November 3, 1912 in Osage, AR, a daughter of John Elmer "Gip" and Melvinia "Mellie" (Phillips) Cochran. She departed this life Tuesday, September 13, 2011 in Berryville, at the age of 98 years...

Thomas (Tommy) Matthews, 83, formerly of Berryville and Green Forest, AR, was born April 24, 1928 in Berryville, AR, a son of Fred Thomas and Artie Eliza (Troy) Matthews. He departed this life Saturday, September 10, 2011 in Flippin, AR at the age of 83 years...

Governor Mike Beebe announced the reappointment of Dr. Merlin Leach to the Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence for a third term that will expire in July of 2013. First appointed to the same commission in 1998 for two terms by then-Governor Mike Huckabee, Dr. ...

The following people were booked into the Carroll County Detention Center Sept. 8 through Sept. 14: Sept. 8 Billy Dean Barnes, 28, Berryville, was booked in for driving on a suspended driver's license due to DWI. Sept. 9 Michael Gene Coplen, 41, Lakeview, was booked in for a court appearance...

BEAVER -- A recent letter from the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) about the Beaver Bridge may seem positive to some and negative to others. In response to some local citizens who want to reopen the issue of replacing the Beaver Bridge, Beaver Mayor Mary Hill wrote a letter to the AHTD asking about the possibilities...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Board of Commissioners will hold its regular work session on Monday, Sept. 19, at 9 a.m. at the district office at 110 Woodsdale Drive. On the agenda are a discussion of the Assessment of Benefits study released last week and a presentation of the 2012 budget and capital improvements public forum...