Stories from Tuesday, October 29, 2013

The American Legion, Walker-Wilson Post #9, in cooperation with Mayor Morris Pate and the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce a new Flag Initiative, through which American flags will be installed on existing utility poles throughout Eureka Springs...

GREEN FOREST -- The Chamber of Commerce announced its heroes and person of the year at the annual awards banquet on Saturday. The Green Forest volunteer firefighters and Yvonne Herron were honored with aforementioned titles, while Green Forest High School's Future Business Leaders of America served fried chicken and apple pie to a cafeteria full of civic organization representatives, community leaders and local businesspeople...

BERRYVILLE -- Early Saturday morning, a fire on Springfield Street killed two people, believed to be Mitchell and Genie Faught. Bonnie Ray, the Faughts' neighbor, had family visiting from out-of-town Friday night, and they all went to bed shortly before midnight...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Jim Swiggart, general director for Opera in the Ozarks, is retiring after more than 25 years of directing and teaching others how to make music. Swiggart was born in Chandler, Okla., and he attended and graduated from Oklahoma City University with majors in voice, instrumental and church music. He has taught music in Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- After a slow start this year and a 5.4 percent drop in tourism tax revenue through the first three months of 2013, Eureka Springs' primary industry has rebounded enough to likely finish this year with "flat" growth or perhaps even a small jump over last year's totals, officials said...

CARROLL COUNTY -- Halloween is Thursday, meaning it's almost time for kids of all ages to dress up as their favorite characters and creatures and spend an evening roaming the streets for candy. If you're looking for something to do other than the typical door-to-door trick-or-treating, there are several alternatives scheduled throughout Carroll County...

BERRYVILLE -- The Carroll County Quorum Court had the first reading of an ordinance to increase the number of members on the Western Carroll County Ambulance District at its meeting last Friday. The ordinance will have two readings at the November meeting for final approval. Since the ordinance was not paramount to operation of the county it was not passed with an emergency clause, but it is acceptable to read an ordinance twice without an emergency clause, said JP Lamont Richie...

Gladys Fry didn't plan on having her 100th birthday party at Autumn Hill. Her family had a big party planned at Boyd Church to celebrate the happy occasion, but Gladys fell and broke a hip a few weeks ago. Her family gathered in Autumn Hill's Activity Room on a recent Saturday afternoon, where the guest of honor was surrounded by multiple generations of family. ...

One thing that has surprised me in developing the program for the Village Writing School is how many people want to write a children's story. It's not that they necessarily want to make a career of children's stories. But it seems that many people who are starting to write their memoirs or launching off into their first novels also have children's stories perking on the back burner...

GOLDEN, MO. -- A zombie enthusiast has brought his family's car back from the dead so that he can volunteer his time to help his friends in a custom-painted "bug-out mobile." Dustin Griffith, mechanic, chopped the top half of a Chevy station wagon and fastened it to the top of an El Camino. He then equipped it with props and stenciled markings to make it a zombie survival hearse...

BERRYVILLE -- Mercy Auxiliary-Berryville received recognition for achieving five-star status at the Annual AHAA State Convention earlier this month. This appointment is only given to certain auxiliaries that meet specific criteria with five stars being awarded to the top auxiliaries in the state...