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Ames resigns from HI board
(Holiday Island ~ 06/20/14)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Board of Commissioners has been taxed with finding a replacement for Commissioner Ken Ames, who announced his resignation Monday. Ames is in the third year of his one three-year term. He told the board he and his wife don't care for the winters here and are moving to Florida, to the Fort Myers area on the Gulf Coast. They also have a daughter who lives in that area... -
Tommy 'T.D.' Russell
(Obituary ~ 06/20/14)
TOMMY "T.D." RUSSELL, 81, of Green Forest departed this life Wednesday, June 18, 2014 in Berryville. The son of Claud and Annie (Jones) Russell, Tommy was born February 13, 1933 in West Chapple, Texas. Tommy was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend. ... -
HISID to consider appointment of interim commissioner
(Holiday Island ~ 06/20/14)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- At its meeting Monday, the Holiday Island Board of Commissioners will go into executive session to consider the appointment of an interim replacement for Ken Ames, who resigned his seat on the board, effective June 30. The appointment will be for the remainder of this year...
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A Night at the Opera, x 21 Opera in the Ozarks, opening Friday, enjoys many loyal fans
(Local News ~ 06/20/14)
When Pamela Jones moved to Beaver Lake in 1979, there was no Opera Guild or season passes to Opera in the Ozarks. She and other opera fans just went to Inspiration Point and helped out, and when the season started, attended performances every night...
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Berryville School Board discusses web network
(Local News ~ 06/20/14)
BERRYVILLE -- Plans to improve internet connectivity in Arkansas schools are in the works -- but Berryville may not benefit from the help, because of its already-beefed-up connection, officials said at the school board's meeting this week. The state government is working on establishing a broadband network that would allow all schools to connect at a predetermined, lower-than-retail price. ...
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Forum set on SWEPCO power-line proposal; King, Ballinger want to hear residents' concerns, opinions
(Local News ~ 06/20/14)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- Two state lawmakers representing Carroll County have scheduled a public forum on Southwestern Electric Power Co.'s proposed mega-power line that would cross western Carroll County on an approximate 50-mile course from the Shipes Road station near Centerton to a new proposed station on the Kings River outside of Berryville...
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New GF principal named; Formerly served as assistant at Harrison junior high
(Local News ~ 06/20/14)
GREEN FOREST -- The Green Forest School Board unanimously approved the hiring of Terry Darnell as the new high school principal at its meeting on Tuesday after the former principal formally resigned. Darnell has spent much of his life in Arkansas, but he has lived in Cookeville, Tenn., for the past two years, serving as assistant principal at Upperman High School there... -
When arguing the point, loving others don't mesh
(Column ~ 06/20/14)
"Here I stand! I can do no other," Martin Luther reportedly said as he stood before the papal commission that was investigating his radical beliefs. Taking a "stand" has been the Protestant rage ever since. We children of the Reformation, and I include myself in that family, just love to tell others what we believe...
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