Stories from Tuesday, November 22, 2011

BERRYVILLE -- Jailers working at the county's detention center were awarded raises when quorum court members met Friday. They will each receive $1,750 extra per year in addition to the three percent across-the-board pay raise all county employees received last month...

Curt Fisher (left) of Witchita, Kan., wearing a Union Army uniform, looks over surgical implements from the Civil War era with Ned Roberts of Springdale, wearing a Confederate Army uniform. The two were at the 23rd Annual Fall Antique Show and Sale at the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center in Eureka Springs on Sunday. Roberts operates Gingerbread Antiques in Eureka Springs...

Joy Flake of Berryville gets in position for the perfect shot of Eden Falls Saturday in the Buffalo River National Park. Flake was hiking the trail with a group that met up in Harrison and included hikers from Clinton, Harrison, Berryville and Eureka Springs...

BERRYVILLE -- Two Berryville boys have been arrested by police for their alleged connection to recent thefts from vehicles. The pair, ages 13 and 14, were reportedly apprehended fleeing the scene of an attempted break-in at the Walmart parking lot mid-day on Nov. 10...

Green Forest EAST students sponsored an Animal Shelter Food and Toy Drive for the Green Forest Animal Control Department and Officer Verlin Griggs. The drive collected numerous toys and treats for cats and dogs waiting for adoption. More than 115 pounds of cat and dog food collected will help stretch the city's budget to assure Green Forest shelter animals will eat well and stay healthy...

Berryville's Diego Aguilar has been recognized at the state level for his perseverance to achieve what many could not. Aguilar was presented with the Garland Hankins Award at the 2011 Association of Adult and Continuing Education Conference held Oct. 27-28 in Little Rock. Approximately 250 adult education professionals from across the state attended the conference to see him receive the award...

BERRYVILLE -- It was a battle all night long that went back-and-forth, but it was the Elks that won the 57-55 shootout on Friday night. The Elks won on a tip-in just before the buzzer, leaving the Bobcats stunned at Bobat Arena. The Bobcats were up four points with 2:45 remaining, but a couple of timely three-pointers got the Elks back in the game...

BERRYVILLE -- The varsity Lady Bobcats used a stingy defense and made the necessary shots as they cruised to a 42-26 victory over Elkins on Friday night. "We played well offensively throughout the night," head coach Daniel Cornelison said. "Our transition offense got better as the game progressed."...

It has been one of the worst weeks in the history of collegiate athletics. First, Penn State's head football coach Joe Paterno was fired after 46 years amid a cover-up in the child abuse scandal. Then on Thursday afternoon, Oklahoma State University's athletic department fell victim once again to another personal tragedy, as their head women's basketball coach was killed in an airplane crash in Arkansas...

The Lady Tigers went to Jasper on Friday, and returned home with a 54-50 victory over the Pirates. It was a close game all night, but the strong offensive performance by the Tigers secured the victory. "It was a close game all night long," head coach Kyle Farrar said. "Both teams just seemed to relax in the second half."...

The senior high Tigers took to the road on Friday, but were outdueled by Jasper 54-37. "We played much better," head coach Drew Ray said. "Our defense played better than we did against Farmington." The Tigers had no answer for Jasper's six-foot-eight post player...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Board of Commissioners held a special meeting Nov. 10 to respond to allegations made by property owner J. Paul Brown in flyers handed out at the Board of Equalization meeting Nov. 1 and the board candidates' forum Nov. 7, and in a letter to the editor in the November Holiday Island News...

Arlis Elbert McGehee entered eternal life on Nov. 15, 2011. He was born on Oct. 1, 1957, son of Rev. Clifford Fornie MGehee and Georgia Maxine (Sumpter) McGehee. Arlis was born in Frankfurt, Germany and grew up in the Carrollton Community. He was a 1975 graduate of Green Forest High School where he played on the Tigers football team. ...

William Eugene "Bill" Hitchcock, age 74, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born Feb. 11, 1937 in Caruthersville, MO, a son of Reginal Hitchcock and Ida Murphy. He departed on Saturday, November 12, 2011, in Berryville, AR. Bill served in the United States Marine Corps. He was of the Christian Faith...

Carmaletta L. Humbard, a resident of Green Forest, AR, born Sept. 9, 1935 in Green Forest, AR, daughter of Charlie and Ethel (Oneal) Anderson. She departed this life Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011 in Berryville, AR, at the age of 76 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Green Forest. Carmie loved beautiful flowers and gardening...

Alta Ernestine Woodall was born July 21, 1933 and departed Nov. 13, 2011. Ernestine was born and raised in Berryville, AR. She was a devoted daughter to Blanche and Walt Maxwell. Ernestine graduated from Berryville High School as her class valedictorian. She moved to Kansas City and began working for Western Union and spent the rest of her adult life in the Kansas City area...

Doris Yvonne Capps, age 78, homemaker, passed away Nov. 13, 2011. Visitation with the family present will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, both in the Garden Chapel of Watson Reflection Pointe, 3201 S. Webb, with burial following in Reflection Pointe Cemetery...

Geraldean "Billie" Rich passed away surrounded by family and friends on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. She was 78 years old. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Rudd Baptist Church in the community of Rudd. Brother Greg Lintz will officiate...

Susan Marie (Lynch) Paine, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born Oct. 30, 1957 in Berryville, AR, a daughter of William Robert "Bob" and Dorothy (Hadley) Lynch. She departed this life Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 in Springfield, MO, at the age of 54 years...

Jackie Don "Poppie" Villines, a resident of Green Forest, AR, was born Jan. 14, 1936 in Green Forest, AR, a son of Jack Marion and Winnie M. (Metz) Villines. He departed this life Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 at his home in Green Forest, at the age of 75 years...

Stella Naomi (Wolfe) Kinser, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born Feb. 14, 1922 in Kiowa, OK, a daughter of John and Edna (Hooe) Gilbert. She departed this life Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 in Springfield, MO, at the age of 89 years. Stella was a member of the Cove Church and was active in the First Baptist Church before that. She was a homemaker...