Stories from Tuesday, May 15, 2012

BERRYVILLE -- A fire that witnesses said started near or in the garage has destroyed the home of John and Patty LaCour of Berryville. The house that burned just after noon today, May 15, is at 352 County Road 2152. Several teenagers at home at the time of the fire all got out of the house, and no one was hurt in the blaze, witnesses told Carroll County News. One of the LaCour children is scheduled to graduate from Berryville High School on Friday evening...

GREEN FOREST -- The city water system is back on line and a boil order was lifted on Monday after a 12-inch main water line broke Saturday. According to Public Works Director Buddy Fry, the first reports of water pressure loss came in at 2:30 p.m. Saturday...

Videos from last week's Candidates Forum, sponsored by the Carroll County Republican Committee, are now online on Carroll County News' YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/ccnvideo. The video is divided into segments, with introductory statements from each candidate who attended posted separately as well as the Q&As, where available, for each race posted separately...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Eureka Springs businesses will now have many more free assistance resources in their back pocket, thanks to the Eureka Springs Downtown Network being accepted as a full-level member of the Main Street Arkansas program last week. Eureka Springs has joined the Main Street Arkansas network of cities actively revitalizing their historic commercial cores, Main Street Arkansas Director Cary Tyson announced. ...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Western Carroll County Ambulance District board will hold its regular monthly meeting today, May 15, and the new contract for ambulance service with the City of Eureka Springs is on the agenda to be finalized. The contract was awarded to Eureka Springs at the April regular meeting after WCCAD received bids from both the city and Mercy Health Systems of Springfield, Mo. Eureka Springs has been the contract holder for more than a decade...

Harold Harvison Holman, Sr., of Berryville, AR was born Mar. 4, 1947 in Berryville, AR. He departed this life on May 6, 2012 in Berryville, AR, at the age of 65. Harold proudly served in the United States Army during Vietnam. He was of the Baptist faith...

Louise Henderson, age 82, of Berryville, passed away Monday, May 7, 2012 at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. She was born June 12, 1929 in Deer, AR to Samuel and Della Breedlove Smith. She was a member of Towering Oaks Church in Berryville where she had been a member of the Lady Acorns Bible study group. ...

LaVern Lawrence Tigges, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born Feb. 9, 1936 in Coon Rapids, IA, a son of Othmar and Irene Theresa (Snyder) Tigges. He departed this life Wednesday, May 9, 2012 in Rogers, AR, at the age of 76 years. LaVern was a member of the St. Anne's Catholic Church in Berryville, AR. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. LaVern worked in maintenance in California in the food industry...

People driving by the Holiday Island district office might be dismayed to see every bush and bit of ground cover gone, but it won't stay that way, said District Manager John Kennedy. "We're starting landscaping at the district office," he said. "Public Works did the prep work. I'll be doing most of the landscaping, with staff help." He said the plan is for an "exerscape," which doesn't use irrigation. "We'll put in flowerpots that can be hand-watered," he said...

I recently attended the American Association of Writers and Writing Programs, held, this year, in Chicago. Almost 10,000 people attended. The majority of these dream of writing an important book that makes money, wins an significant award, or makes a bestseller list. The lines for a coffee stretched out the door. The lines for writing fame seemed even longer...