Stories from Friday, August 15, 2014

New barber starts in Holiday Island (Holiday Island ~ 08/15/14)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Barbershop has a new owner: Nolan Lassiter of Cassville, Mo., who started cutting hair on Tuesday. The shop has been kept open by part-time barber Ernie Schick since the death of former owner Joanne Brown, who passed away in January this year...
HI board to look at sheriff's contract, commissioner eligibility and a representative on the HIPC (Holiday Island ~ 08/15/14)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Board of Commissioners is set to discuss several matters brought up at the July meeting at the upcoming meeting Monday, and a new issue that has arisen since then. On the agenda is the first reading of Regulation 2002, Amendment 3, which makes changes to election procedures, including the provisions under which the time-shares can vote and candidate eligibility...
James Elwin Goins Sr. (Obituary ~ 08/15/14)
JAMES ELWIN GOINS, SR. a resident of Oak Grove, AR was born March 16, 1932 in Belfield, North Dakota, a son of Frank Robbins and Elsie Alfreda (Thomas) Goins. He departed this life, Thursday, August 14, 2014 in his home in Oak Grove, AR at the age of 82 years...
HISID to hold forum on strategic planning Tuesday (Holiday Island ~ 08/15/14)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- After months of waiting for a report on the goal-setting retreat workshop held April 1 by the Board of Commissioners, the district has scheduled a special forum meeting Tuesday evening to go over the results and hear public feedback...
The Preacher (Column ~ 08/15/14)
I grew up with a lot of religious rules. To violate these rules was to subject oneself to the judgment of God. If you had a fundamentalist upbringing, you may be familiar with some of these restrictions. No drinking, no smoking, no dancing, no playing cards or going to the movies, no mixed-bathing (a prospect that intrigued my teenage mind), no Sabbath-breaking (though we did not actually gather on the Sabbath), and absolutely no questioning of religious authority...
Phillipses celebrate 70th anniversary (Anniversary ~ 08/15/14)
On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 Cleo and Thelma Phillips celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary at Autumn Hill with family. They were married at Rudd, Ark., on July 29, 1944.
Carroll County GOP meetings resume (Local News ~ 08/15/14)
The Carroll County Republican Women and the Carroll County Republican Committee will meet Monday, Aug.18 at the Storm Solutions Building at 206 N. Springfield St. in Berryville. The Republican Women will meet at 6 p.m with the Republican Committee meeting following at 7 p.m. All members are urged to attend as fall planning is on the agenda...

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