Stories from Tuesday, May 27, 2014

BERRYVILLE -- After years of struggling to make their dream come true of restoring the Grand View Hotel on the Berryville Square, Alexander Virden and Sandra Doss closed their 302 on the Square restaurant May 18, which was open in the bottom of the hotel...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- There is no traditional gift for a 37th anniversary. But members of the Grassy Knob Volunteer Fire Association Auxiliary are hoping for presents of paper, wood, china and metal in the form of gift certificates, furniture, art or jewelry. The items are for a silent auction, part of a big celebration and fundraiser on Saturday, May 31...

Green Forest's soccer players and fans celebrate after the Tigers beat Central Arkansas Christian 4-1 in Saturday's Class 4A State Championship game in Fayetteville. For more information about the game, go here...

BERRYVILLE -- The police department's agreement with Eureka Springs for after-hours dispatch is "working well," according to Berryville Police Chief Dave Muniz. At last Tuesday's City Council meeting, Muniz gave his monthly update on the department, highlighting the decreasing number of accidents and offenses, too...

George and Noreen Phillips are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple was united in marriage on May 29, 1964, at Osage Baptist Church. George worked for The First National Bank of Berryville for 38 years until he retired in 2002. Noreen owned South Side Salon and was a cosmetologist for 4 years. She has also been a registered nurse for 30 years...

Katherine Anne Tennant of Fayetteville and Zachary Lee Hollowell of Prairie Grove will be married on Saturday, June 7 at Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville. The bride is the daughter of Allison and Jason Tennant of Berryvile. Her grandparents are Julia Ashby Walker and the late Henry Walker of Cordova, Tenn., and Dr. and Mrs. Forrest Tennant of Fayetteville...

Joshua Summers and Alyssa Sutton of Oklahoma City plan to marry on June 7 at Something Beautiful Garden Weddings in Oklahoma City, Okla. The bride-elect is the daughter of John Sutton and Nancy Sutton, both of Woodward, Okla. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Cindy Williams of Berryville and Joe Summers of Eureka Springs...

There was a country western song wailed from the radio back in the 1970s and '80s called "One Day at a Time." Personally, I never cared a lot for it, but it made the point that we have to reach our goals in small increments. It's easy to see how we reach our goal by succeeding one day at a time. Get up, show up, and take the next step. And then the next...

When duty calls, Arkansans have never wavered. For hundreds of years now, our brave men and women in uniform have laid their lives on the line to protect our families and defend our freedom. We must always honor these fallen heroes and never forget their service to our nation...

The Carroll County Ministerial Alliance would like to thank all those that took part in the Celebrate Jesus Parade and Concert by praying for the event, helping financially, being a spectator or by being in the parade itself. Thanks go out to all the float builders and others that worked behind the scenes. We were very pleased with the attendance and participation. A special thank you goes out to the Great Passion Play and all they contributed to the event...

Clear Spring School has purchased The Trolley Ice, a food stand on Main Street, as part of a pilot program to develop School Based Enterprise. The purchase, funded by a friend and supporter of the school, will be used for the twin purposes of academic integration and program sustainability, according to Crystal McGuire, assistant head of school...

BERRYVILLE -- As with last year, Carroll Electric Cooperative Corp.'s annual meeting May 22 at the Carroll County Fairgrounds only lasted 15 minutes. This year, twice as many members attended -- four as opposed to two, although the audience was peppered with employees and staff...

GREEN FOREST -- This time of year, seniors get most of the glory as they graduate and prepare for the future. However, the junior class also has a reason to celebrate, as the preliminary results of the literacy testing have been announced. While the students with proficient and advanced scores across the state average out to 72 percent and the region has a 78 percent average, 84 percent of Green Forest juniors who took the test scored proficient or advanced in literacy...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Green Forest entered the Class 4A state playoffs a team on the ropes, dropping back-to-back decisions to Subiaco Academy and Danville. The Tigers picked themselves up, regained composure and delivered a knock-out blow to Central Arkansas Christian Saturday afternoon at the University of Arkansas' soccer field, claiming the first soccer title in school history with a 4-1 win over the Mustangs...

Roger M. Greenlee was born on Sept. 6, 1939, in McCook, Neb., to Byron Dale and Sara Foley Greenlee. After being admitted to Washington Regional Hospital in Fayetteville on May 18, he passed away there on May 25, 2014. He lived in Nebraska until he was 10 years old, then leaving the farm and moving to Benton County, Ark., where he attended the Rogers school systems and graduated in 1957...

Pauline Disheroon, 88, of Green Forest passed away on Friday, May 23, 2014. The daughter of Johnny Fultz and Zona (Jackson) Fultz was born on July 21, 1925, in Laramie, Wyo. She graduated from Green Forest High School and on July 14, 1950, she married the love of her life, Loyd Disheroon...

Delroy Eldwin Janeway was born on Jan. 16, 1945, in Pauls Valley, Okla., and departed this life on May 22, 2014, at Gulfport Memorial Hospital in Mississippi. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Sybil Janeway. He is also survived by one sister and brother-in-law, Noreen and George Phillips; one sister-in-law, Donna Janeway; many nieces and nephews; and friends...