Stories from Monday, August 6, 2012

The owners of Ya'll Come Back Café in Holiday Island, Christie Haning on the far left and her husband, John, on the far right, visit with a few of their favorite patrons, who happily ate breakfast Thursday morning. From left, the ladies are Rita Trickel, Julie Saunders, Linda Bartlett and Susan Overgaard, all from Holiday Island. ...

A committee of parents, deacons, and the pastor recently assessed the playground area at Green Forest First Baptist Church and found it needed some help. The existing equipment was in poor shape, and pieces needed to be added. After much planning, fund collecting, and hard work, the new playground is ready for the kids to enjoy. ...

C. Myron Flippin is a man of many talents. Music director for the Ozarks Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Inc. and conductor of the Youth Symphony of the Ozarks, he earned Master's of Music degrees in cello and vocal performance in 1990 and completed the coursework for his Doctorate in Musical Arts in orchestral conducting in 1994, both at the University of Oklahoma...

The Eureka Springs School Board will hold a special meeting Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 5:30 p.m. to appoint a replacement for Tom Winters, who resigned Aug. 2. Winters had one year to go in his three-year term. Although the board may go into private executive session to discuss a replacement, the meeting is open to the public...

CARROLL COUNTY -- The 2012 Arkansas EMT Association EMS Conference was held this past weekend in Hot Springs, and Northwest Arkansas counties dominated, winning five of the 11 awards given at the banquet. Carroll County took home three of the awards, making them the top winning county of the 75 in the state...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Anyone wanting to do business with the Holiday Island Planning Commission (HIPC) at their regularly scheduled monthly meeting Friday was disappointed, as the office was locked, the lights off and no sign on the door to inform people why they weren't meeting...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- After a wonderfully received spring concert and a brief summer break, the Holiday Island Singers are beginning their rehearsal schedule once again on Aug. 15. Rehearsals are held every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the ballroom of the Holiday Island clubhouse, and the long-term goal is to prepare for their holiday concert on Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 16 at 3 p.m...