Stories from Saturday, July 14, 2012

GREEN FOREST -- For 17-year-old Meghan Scholtens of Green Forest, leaving next week on a mission trip to Kenya will be the dream of her young life and the start of what she plans to do with her life. Meghan, her mother Lydia King, and her friend Alleshia Fritz, Southern Heights Baptist Church youth pastor Marci Rogers and Kim and Jeff Phillips will leave July 19 for 10 days in Kitale, Kenya, where they will serve at a children's orphanage called Mattaw Children's Village...

BERRYVILLE -- St. Anne Church at 614 S. Main will host its "Almost Famous" tamale dinner on Saturday, July 28 at 4:30 p.m. The dinner features red and green homemade tamales with rice, beans, dessert and drink. A 2-tamale plate is $6; a 3-tamale plate is $8; and a 4-tamale plate is $9...