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More snow days: Bitter cold, snow spread across the county
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
CARROLL COUNTY -- The year is coming in like a lion, after a storm brought three to five inches of ice and snow to the area over the weekend. That snowfall was followed up by frigid temperatures and dangerous winds late Sunday and all day Monday, causing the wind chills to fall somewhere between 10 and 20 below zero... -
HIPC simplifies permit form, adds responsibility disclosure
(Holiday Island ~ 01/07/14)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Planning Commission didn't start out the year with any new permits on Jan. 3, but did revise its building permit form and add an attachment to go with it. In 2013, after it lost its building inspector and did not replace him, the commission drastically changed its permit process, cutting required permits only to construction of new, mobile or manufactured homes, remodels that change the footprint and security lights. ...
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Property owner objects to Bischoff settlement
(Holiday Island ~ 01/07/14)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Close to the Dec. 30 deadline to file objections to the Bischoff v. HISID lawsuit settlement agreement over the 2011 Assessment of Benefits and past and current use of assessment monies, property owner Rebecca Sherman filed an objection to the agreement at the Eureka Springs courthouse on Dec. ...
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Fire destroys two condos in HI
(Holiday Island ~ 01/07/14)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- A fire broke out at a two-storey condominium apartment in a four-plex in Holiday Island Friday afternoon, destroying two units and causing smoke damage to a third. Holiday Island Fire Chief Jack Deaton said his department was dispatched to 45 Bluewater Drive at 2:51 and arrived on scene at 2:56 while the first apartment on the left was fully engulfed... -
Body found in burnt building in Berryville
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
BERRYVILLE -- Babette Wilcox, a former tenant of the apartments on Freeman Avenue that were destroyed in a fire in late November was found dead in her old apartment on Dec. 23. Police presume the cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning, but there is no certainty until results are released from investigators from the state medical examiner's office at the Arkansas Crime Lab, said Berryville Police Officer Daniel Crawford... -
Quorum Court approves new board members
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
CARROLL COUNTY -- The Quorum Court has approved resolutions added new members to the Carroll County Library Department Board of Trustees and the Inspiration Point Rural Fire Protection District Board of Commissioners. The justices of the peace appointed Pam Norton to represent the Green Forest Library Board on the board of trustees. The court approved a five-year term that expires in December 2018... -
Airport commissioners switch chairs
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
CARROLL COUNTY -- The Airport Commission has reorganized its leadership. Commissioner Lonnie Clark had reached the end of his seven-year term as a commissioner, so the commission voted and gave him another seven-year term at the Dec. 19 meeting. The first year of his new term, Clark will serve as the chairman... -
Berryville School Board approves adding summer custodian stipends
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
BERRYVILLE -- In recognizing the work it takes for the custodial department to plan out the summer schedules, the School Board has approved a $500 stipend for each team leader. Facilities Director Dr. Doug Harris said that there are typically four teams of five custodians working in the summer. ... -
Reader: AT&T needs to do study
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/07/14)
Thank you very much for keeping our community informed. AT&T almost got away with no objections; all were filed in the last two days comment period. As all SWEPCO routes, we object to all locations defacing Eureka Springs West, a beautiful area with high tourist growth revenue potential promoted by the Eureka Springs West Tourist Association...
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Cell tower plans for Busch questionable
(Editorial ~ 01/07/14)
Just when so many have given so much of their time, money and efforts to stop SWEPCO from ravaging the land with massive 160-foot transmission line towers, now comes AT&T Mobility wanting to put a 260-foot cell tower near one of the same areas SWEPCO wanted to sweep through: little Busch, located out on U.S. Highway 62 West near the Arkansas Highway 187 entrance to Beaver Dam...
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Setting limits to helping out your friends
(Column ~ 01/07/14)
Dear Dr. Cheri, A few years ago, I hired an old high school friend because she was having a hard time getting a job. Well, I soon found out why she couldn't keep one! She drinks like a fish (even though she doesn't slur her words or act drunk.) She keeps a cologne bottle in her purse filled with bourbon and spikes her coffee all day long! Everyone knows it, but no one confronts her...
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Eureka schools change quarter dates
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- In a short meeting, the Eureka Springs School Board changed the school year's quarter dates, heard reports from the principals and voted on personnel matters. Superintendent David Kellogg requested a motion to change the quarter dates due to Winter Storm Cleon, which ended up in students missing seven days of school, he said. The board approved this motion... -
M. Ruth Freeman
(Obituary ~ 01/07/14)
Funeral services for M. Ruth Freeman have been scheduled for 1 p.m., Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 at Hayhurst Funeral Home Chapel in Broken Arrow, OK. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa, OK under the direction of Hayhurst Funeral Home. Maudie Ruth Freeman was born at home on Sept. ... -
Ona (Carr) Perkins
(Obituary ~ 01/07/14)
Ona (Carr) Perkins, daughter of Christopher and Margaret (Crawley) Dunn was born on Jan. 30, 1924 in Bergman, AR and departed this life on Jan. 1, 2014 in Table Rock Health Care Center in Kimberling City, Missouri at the age of 89. Ona was one of the 11 children, six girls and five boys and was a lifelong resident of Stone County living near Kimberling City for 60 plus years. ...
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