Stories from Thursday, August 30, 2012

CARROLL COUNTY -- Rural residents of Carroll County will likely have to wait two more years to tap into public water. Justices of the Peace had hoped to pass a rural water ordinance in time to refer it to voters in November. However, the committee assigned to draft the ordinance has decided to postpone the process until the 2014 general election. The decision was made at the Aug. 17 meeting of the water committee...

JASPER -- It's a trade-off for much needed rainfall, but the final event celebrating the creation of Buffalo National River in 1972 has been postponed. The slow-moving weather system is now predicted to target north central Arkansas with rain and heavy winds which would likely result in a non-event on Saturday...

DR. J. WESLEY KRAL, a resident of Holiday Island, Arkansas, was born September 19, 1915 in Vail, Iowa, a son of Anna (Freml) and Stephen A. Kral. He departed this life Monday, August 27, 2012 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, at the age of 96 years. He became a Dentist in 1940 after graduating from the University of Iowa. ...

Special to Carroll County News EUREKA SPRINGS -- Charles T. Cross, president and CEO of Cornerstone Bank, has announced the advancement of Melissa Summers to vice president / chief financial officer. Summers, a 17-year staff member of the local bank, works in Eureka Springs at the institution's Financial Center facility where she oversees the data processing staff, accounting department and human resource initiatives...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- After enjoying a long hot summer resting their voices, the Ozarks Chorale is ready to start rehearsals for the Fall Season. This initial registration and first rehearsal will be held on Sept. 11 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Eureka Springs United Methodist Church...

BERRYVILLE -- A local teen was chosen by scouts and modeling agencies to fly to Los Angeles for the International Presentation of Performers Convention. Taneia Sneed of Berryville got the opportunity of lifetime to fly to Los Angeles to compete at the iPOP convention after competing in local pageants and working with regional modeling agencies...

Special to Carroll County News EUREKA SPRINGS -- On Saturday, Sept. 15, Kim McCully-Mobley will present a program for the Community Writing Program on "Timeless Treasures: Handling The Family Artifacts." Holding those old, yellowed, newspaper clippings in your hands helps recall treasured memories from days gone by...

Following are school lunch menus for Carroll County school districts for the week of Sept. 3-7: BERRYVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT BREAKFAST Monday: No School Tuesday: Pancakes, link sausage, juice, milk Wednesday: Biscuit, sausage gravy, juice, milk Thursday: Scrambled eggs, cheese toast, juice, milk...

Hilary Lyn Coxsey and Justin Daniel Davison were married at 6 p.m., Friday, May 25 at the Paradisus Resort in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. Parents of the bride are Jo Coxsey and the late Kent Coxsey of Berryville. Grandparents are Ree and the late Ted Coxsey and Rena and the late Gene Phillips of Berryville...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- A public auction for the sale of tax delinquent land in Carroll County will be held at Best Western Inn of the Ozarks in Eureka Springs on Thursday, Sept. 6 at 9 a.m., according to John Thurston, Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Board of Commissioners was asked at its regular business meeting Monday to consider a replat request that will combine two lots into one for business owner Joe Lawrence at 87 Woodsdale Drive. Lawrence said he owns four commercial lots and has never complained about the assessments on them. He said he and his wife had spent more than $400,000 in the 10 years they'd lived here, taken the two oldest commercial buildings and improved them...