Stories from Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Don Stewart was born in Pioneer, MO on Dec. 28, 1923, to William Franklin "Jack" and Ella May (Stark) Stewart. He went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at the age of 89. Don is survived by his wife of 61 years, Edna Mae; daughters, Brenda and Joe Giles of Dickinson, TX; Karla and Steve Stocks of Murfreesboro, TN; grandchildren, John, Allison, and Michael Stocks, Jennifer and Grant Kemper, and Joe D. ...

Walter A. Butler, Jr., a resident of Eureka Springs, AR, was born Jan. 7, 1931 in Pocahontas, AR a son of Walter Arthur, Sr. and Matilda Elizabeth (Daniel) Butler. He departed this life Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 in Fayetteville, at the age of 82 years...

Tom L. Perkins, a resident of Mayflower, AR, formerly of Berryville, AR, was born Dec. 9, 1931 in Rice Lake, WI, a son of Jack Howard and Elva Frances (Hilborn) Perkins. He departed this life Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 in Conway, at the age of 81 years. Tom was a member of the Ashley Masonic Lodge in Berryville. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War and worked as a certified welder on off shore oil rigs for many years...

Paddy Jane (Burkholder) King departed this life on Feb. 9, 2013 after a 21 month battle with pancreatic cancer. Jane, as she was known, passed away, peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born in Los Angeles, CA on April 30, 1954. Jane grew up in Linn County, MO where she attended Linn County R1 and was active in 4H. ...

John Lawrence Thurman, a resident of Eureka Springs, AR, was born May 20, 1940 in Van Buren, AR, a son of Lawrence and Dorothy (Echols) Thurman. He departed this life Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 in Eureka Springs, AR at the age of 72 years. John proudly served in the United States Navy during Peacetime. ...

Stella Ruth McAdoo Webb, 97, of Berryville, AR, died Feb. 5, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Berryville, AR. She was born Apr. 30, 1915 at Dean, AR, the daughter of the Reverend Marion Curtis and Mary Carr Whiteley. She was a homemaker, a Baptist and the widow of Forest R. McAdoo who preceded her in death on Oct. 3, 1978 and Ishmael Webb who preceded her in death on Nov. 2, 2007. She was also preceded in death by one son, Curtis McAdoo...

Shannon Pharis, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born Oct. 31, 1960 in Berryville, AR, a son of Vernon H. and Betty J. (Butler) Pharis. He departed this life Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 near Berryville, at the age of 52 years. Shannon served his country in the United States Air Force during Desert Storm. After retiring from 20 years in the service, he worked as a mail carrier and local realtor for many years. Shannon was a member of the United Methodist Church in Green Forest and of the V.F.W...

GREEN FOREST -- Green Forest coach Brandon Stone recently accepted the challenge of reviving the boy's basketball program. With a spot in the Class 3-1A Regional Tournament at Paris that begins on Wednesday, Stone has at least, in part, laid the first of many building blocks...

BERRYVILLE -- Berryville will be represented well in the 5th Annual Arkansas High School Wrestling State Tournament slated for Friday and Saturday in Little Rock. A total of 11 members of the squad will converge on the Jackson T. Stephens Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock beginning at 1 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday with finals at 3 p.m. Saturday...

With basketball season drawing to a close as Green Forest's boys being the lone team standing in Carroll County, springtime is upon us and spring sports are starting to sprout. The sound of metal cleats and aluminum bats ring out across baseball and softball diamonds around the area. Soccer practice is underway and track and field athletes are preparing for the upcoming season...

BERRYVILLE -- Entering his third season at Berryville, Coach Matt Sayer will be looking to move up the 1-4A Conference ladder this year with seven seniors at his disposal. When baseball season gets underway on Monday at Green Forest, Sayer and the Bobcats get started on a 19-date schedule, including the Panther Classic tournament in Yellville...

*UPDATE: According to Sen. Bryan King, the bill will not be presented Wedneday but will be held over until next week. LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas Senate Bill 255, sponsored by state Sen. Bryan King, R-Green Forest, is scheduled to be debated Wednesday by the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee...

CARROLL COUNTY -- Local volunteers and supporters of Relay for Life have won national recognition for their efforts to raise funds for and promote awareness of the fight against cancer. Carroll County ranked in the top ten nationally last year for funds raised per capita among communities of comparable size. The county was also recognized in the American Cancer Society's Mid-South Division, which includes Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana...

BERRYVILLE -- Patients at Mercy Hospital Berryville will soon be able to regain their health in greater comfort and style, thanks to an outpouring of community generosity. Corporate and private sponsors have donated more than $250,000 to the hospital in recent months, as part of a campaign to renovate and modernize 16 patient rooms...

CARROLL COUNTY -- An ordinance to create committees of the whole failed for the second time at Friday's meeting of the Carroll County Quorum Court. JP Ronald Flake had first introduced the legislation in January but failed to gather enough support from other JPs, who cited practical and political concerns with his ideas. The discussion was little changed this month...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Many readers will recall the television show "M*A*S*H," which chronicled the exploits of military doctors in the field during the Korean War. This Friday, Feb. 22 at 1 p.m., a real-life battlefield doctor will be in Eureka Springs telling his story...

The following people were booked in to the Carroll County Detention Center from Feb. 7 to Feb. 14 and charged with the following crimes for which they have not yet been tried: Feb. 7 Shauna Marie Conner, 28, Berryville, was booked in for failure to pay...

SPRINGDALE -- Donnie Smith, president and CEO of Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN), last week announced its subsidiary company, Tyson Mexican Original Inc., has acquired the assets of Don Julio Foods of Clearfield, Utah. The deal is an example of the company's overall growth strategy...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Grant Writing: The Next Step will be offered at The Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow on Tuesday, Feb. 26, from 1 to 4 p.m. This Community Writing Program workshop is a follow-up to the Grant Writing Workshop offered in January and will focus on taking an idea for a program through designing the program and converting it to an actual project...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge Board of Director members Bill Plummer and Eric Studer recently visited "Jungle Jack" Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo, for input on their initiative to relocate more than 30 big cats to the Eureka Springs refuge.

Hanna and Columbus Zoo staff experts shared insights and suggestions on key issues, including community fundraising, habitat construction, and soliciting corporate sponsorships...

In his State of the Union address the President said, "For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change," and "If Congress won't act soon to protect future generations, I will." Meaning more EPA regulation. Obama is right about the necessity for immediate action. ...

In a world where it seems like most people have a hard time taking responsibility for their actions I would like to commend the employees of the Carroll County Arkansas Road Department..focusing on the people who work the roads in the rural county roads. ...

This is a letter to Mr. & Mrs. Bischoff, Mr. Germani, Mr. Brown and each of our other neighbors who in my opinion supported and now share the responsibility for the malicious illegal exaction lawsuit that has befallen Holiday Island. Thank you for your generous contribution to the history of this community and congratulations on your 15 minutes of fame. ...

Editing is misunderstood by newbie writers. What does it mean to edit? How is it done? What gets edited? The concept of editing implies the existence of a draft. A draft is what gets edited. Now a draft contains a beginning, middle and end. It's not finished, but it's complete. Like a newly-hatched bird, all its parts may not be fully developed, but they are all there...

It was early in January and we had read about the eagle watches around the states on the lakes and rivers. There was one scheduled at Hobbs State Park and we made reservations a week in advance. I was excited, as we had been on one before on the Wisconsin River. It was thrilling to see such a large bird dive into the water, scoop up a fish, and with its powerful wings climb quickly back into the sky...

BERRYVILLE -- The Black and White Charity Ball is celebrating its 10th year anniversary this year in Carroll County. The Black and White Charity Ball will be held at the 1886 Crescent Hotel on Saturday, Feb. 23 and will include dinner, auction, live entertainment and a few surprises...

BERRYVILLE -- Nearly 1,800 customers of Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation were left without power briefly Monday night, after a transformer at the company's Cisco Road substation failed. Company spokeswoman Nancy Plagge said 1,793 customers had been affected by the outage, which occurred around 11:30 p.m...

Eureka Springs High School EAST Initiative members braved 27 degree temperatures, a windchill of 22 degrees and winds gusting 10 to 25 mph to conduct an outside research project at Pig Trail Harley Davidson in Rogers recently. Students used an EAST After Hours FLIR thermal imaging camera and a non-contact infrared thermometer to study the insulation qualities of Harley's Motorsports line of clothing thanks to Tina Madryga, the apparel department manager, and Emiliea Hughes. ...

The Green Forest third- and fourth-grade Quiz Bowl team competed in the OUR Regional Quiz Bowl competition recently, placing in the top eight out of 18 schools. Team members are Ally Holsted, Gracie Youngblood, Ricardo Preciado, Elijah Coffey, Macy Smalley, Owen Cisco and Reiley Gordon...

ROLLA, Mo. -- Jason Todd Howard of Berryville a sophomore in engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Mo., has been named to the honor list for the 2012 Fall semester. Honor list recipients must have carried a minimum of 12 hours and had grade point averages of 3.2 or above out of a possible 4.0...

WACO, Texas -- Tyler Drew Fry of Green Forest has been named to the Dean's List for fall semester 2012 at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Over 3300 Baylor University students were named to the Dean's Academic Honor List for the 2012 fall semester. To be named to the Dean's List, a student must be an undergraduate with a minimum grade-point average of 3.7, while enrolled in a minimum of 12 semester hours...