Stories from Tuesday, August 21, 2012

The Western Carroll County Ambulance District will meet today at 4 p.m. at the Eureka Springs Fire Station. On the agenda, under old business, are the ambulance contract performance bond from Eureka Springs, commissioners being placed on the bank accounts and the WCCAD contact list...

BERRYVILLE -- The filing period for Carroll County municipal elections ended Aug. 17. Candidates are as follows: Joel Gibson (Ward 1, Position 1) Max Nichols (Ward 2, Position 2) Linda Riddlesperger (Ward 2, Position 1) Cindy George (Ward 2, Position 2)...

School started on Monday, and this scene played out outside schools all over the county -- nay, all over the country, more likely -- as students and teachers deciphered their bus assignments and attempted to remain organized. All was well in Berryville, however, on Monday afternoon, despite the appearance of the opposite from the long lines of traffic and busses waiting to pick up children lined up outside their schools...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- All three principals at Eureka Springs Schools had hopeful news for the board Thursday night. Enrollments for this coming school year are holding steady or are up over the end of the school year in May. High school principal Kathryn Lavender said enrollment was at 200 as of Thursday. They ended with 175 in May...

BERRYVILLE -- A Missouri woman was killed in a motorcycle-versus-vehicle accident on Highway 21 in Carroll County, state police reported over the weekend. On Saturday, Aug. 18 at approximately 7:37 p.m., a motorcycle driven by Stephen Powell, 49, of Ozark, Mo., was headed northbound on Arkansas Highway 21 when it traveled across the centerline while maneuvering a right-hand curve, police said...

Last week's article talked about the official day that World War II ended. Well, today, this article will focus on a vital program that essentially helped win the war. This program is the Lend-Lease Program. It was officially ended on Aug. 21, 1945 by President Truman. However, by this time the Lend-Lease Program had already accomplished its goal...

Salon: A regular social gathering to foster conversation and appreciation of writing and art, often organized and moderated by a woman. Centuries ago, women of means opened their homes to encourage the dis-cussion of art. Women also fostered the literary arts, and one thinks of the influence of Virginia Woolf and Gertrude Stein, who encouraged Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and others. They knew this truth:...

Please correct your article regarding the Aug. 2 Eureka Springs School Board meeting. The article stated that students with an "F" in a core class and a GPA below 2.0 for the semester may not compete in competitive activities. Actually it is an "F" or GPA below 2.0...

Ben and Shirley Robertson of Harrison will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday. They plan to celebrate with family and friends. The Robertson's have two children, Shelly and son-in-law Rob Turberville of Fayetteville and Craig and daughter-in-law Mindy Roberston of Oceanside, Calif. They have three grandchildren and one great-grandchild...

The annual Webb Family Reunion was Sunday, July 15 at the Gobbler Church in Southern Carroll County. A wonderful meal, lots of visiting and photos were enjoyed. Those in attendance were: Bill and Kay Webb, Jack and Barbara Webb, Tim, Shawna, Amy and Abby Webb, PR, Janet, Jacinda and Tucker Webb of Harrison...

Wesley and Summer Chaney and big sister McKenna Joe would like to announce the birth of their baby girl, Macie Dawn Chaney. She was born June 29, 2012, at 7:34 a.m. She weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces, and measured 18 inches in length. Grandparents are Terry and Beverly Hutchison and Greg and Iva Chaney. Great Grandparents are Sammie and the late Bob Hutchison, Argle and the late Betty Chaney, Bobby and Janice Bilyeu and the late Dick and Jean Avery...

Contributed to Carroll County News EUREKA SPRINGS -- Science and the paranormal will collide this weekend, Aug. 24-26 at the 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa. The three-day event, entitled "Parallel Universes: Where Science and the Supernatural Meet," will offer fans of both ends of this spectrum a full weekend of seminars, investigations and experimentation...

Southaven- JoAnn Brown Beevers, 77, of Holiday Island, AR, formerly of Cleveland, went to be with the Lord on Monday, August 20, 2012 at Hermitage Gardens of Southaven in Southaven, MS. Visitation will be held from 10-10:45 A.M. on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at Cleveland Funeral Home with a graveside funeral service to follow in North Cleveland Cemetery at 11:00 A.M. with Brother Eddie Chapman officiating...

HOLIDAY ISLAND - Samuel Estus Beevers, age 78, of Holiday Island, AR went to be with his Lord on Friday July 06, 2012 at the Eureka Springs Hospital. He was born on September 02, 1933 to Carl Guy (Jack) and Ora Alice (Mabus) Beevers in Cleveland, MS. ...

Erick and Brittney Diaz of Berryville would like to announce the birth of their first child, Liliana Marie. She was born July 7, 2012 at Willow Creek Hospital in Johnson, weighing 8 pounds, 13 ounces and 21 1/2 inches long. Liliana is the first grandchild of Carroll and Jeanie Lawrence of Berryville and the third grandchild for Domingo and Aida Diaz of Guatemala. ...