Harrison Daily Times (Newspaper) - June 5, 2007, Harrison, Arkansas HARRISON rTH TUESDAY JUNE MY Serving North Arkansas since 1876 Harrison Mayor Pat into the city Staff White Moles right listens as city attorney Van Younes reads an ordinance that would annex county islands Annexation gets 2nd read By JAMES Times Staff On Monday the Harrison City Council heard the second reading of an ordi nance to annex islands of county but an at tempt to place the ordinance on its third and final reading fell Alderman Johnny Savage again cast the sole vote against the ordinance as he did last He has asked before to allow those citizens who want to be in the city to be but allow those opposed to re main officially in the After the ordinance was read in Alderman Deon Moser moved to have the ordinance read again that the final step to make the annexation Mary Jean one of the owners of property in an is land and brie of the most vocal critics of the im mediately objected to the saying there was no hur ry because the land would still be there in a Mayor Pat Moles called for a vote on the Savage and aldermen Mark Fowler and Jeff Pratt voted against the motion to read the ordinance a while Wayne Deon Sherry Roberts and Danny Timbrook voted in favor of the See ANNEXATION on Page Tyson line too costly By GINGER SH1RAS Carroll County Bureau GREEN FOREST The Green Forest City Council was told Monday that it couldnt afford to run a new pipe from the city water tank all the way to Tyson which uses most of the citys But it voted to run a 14 inch pipe as far as Brentwood Street in the southmost part of the city where the citys engineers said computer modeling showed it would double the pressure in the citys water sys The project cost will be close to the the city has left from an earlier refinancing of water and sewer But a valve can be shut a cap removed and the remaining feet of the foot project finished as finances al Joe Tarvin of EGIS Engineering of Bentonville told the council that the plan was not to provide a dedicated water line for Tyson but to link the existing and new lines together so both the plant and the rest of the city could keep getting water in case of a See WATER LINE on Page Staff Liles In front of a crowd Monday the South Lead Hill City Council voted to renew the citys police agreement with Diamond City for another six SLH renews police contract By SCOTT LILES Times Staff SOUTH LEAD HILL Members of the South Lead Hill City Council voted 31 Monday night to renew the citys police agreement with Diamond Aldermen Robert Mary Ritchie and Eleanor Young voted for extending the agreement another six Alderman Fern Cain was the councils lone no and al derman John Cain was absent from the Under the Diamond City police officers patrol South Lead Hill and re spond to emergency calls Diamond City has a similar agreement with Lead Hill to provide that city with police I do not know what we would do without Ritchie said during a brief dis cussion on the police Under the South Lead Hill will pay Diamond City a lump sum of for police services through the end of the Diamond City presently has three two fulltime and one Earlier this South Lead Hill Mayor Kris Farmer told See SLH on Page Harrison man killed in wreck near By the Tunes Staff An Arkansas State Police re port said a Harrison man was killed in a one vehicle crash on Highway 62 just east of late Monday According to the report by state police Chris was westbound on Highway 62 about Monday in a 1992 CMC Jimmy when the vehicle went off the hit an embankment and Walding was ejected from the the report He was taken to North Arkansas Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced Staff Liles Is this vandalism or public service Apparently someone has decided that people driving on Main Street in South Lead Hill have been going a little too ANNOUNCEMENT Cornerstone Kitchen loses lease Cornerstone a organization that provides about meals a month to needy families and individuals in the has lost its lease on its facility at 416 That will not keep the kitchen from fulfilling its according to di rector Ed We arc still serving the said who along with his wife opened Cornerstone Kitchen in Although Cornerstone will not be serving hot meals at regular Thomason said the kitchen will still provide food for any one who is in Thomason also said that Cornerstone is still receiving and that he is currently in the process of look ing for a new To contact Cornerstone call OBITUARIES Mary Margaret Russellville Mary Frances Parthenon Vinnie Green Forest COOK OF THE WEEK 13 A Cookbook keeps favorite family recipes Eul Dean Casey Clark and her family have compiled a won cookbook Clark Family This cookbook is meant to preserve the recipes as family heirlooms to be passed down from generation to The recipes featured today can be found in this new book along with many others the family uses for special Eul Dean was born and raised in Parthenon and moved to the Boxley area when she was 12 years Ive attended the Boxley Baptist Church for 70 years and still sing in the says Eul TODAYS QUIRK Dance classes mandatory in China Dance classes soon will be mandatory for Chinese elementary and secondary students because of worries about increased obe state media reported The China Daily said in a story that the dance class es to suit the physical and psychological characteristics of students at all ages will become compulsory from quot ing a notice from the Education It said the dances will be performed during class breaks or dur ing extracurricular The newspaper cited recent reports that said heavy loads of schoolwork had cut into the amount of physical activity perform and that obesity has been on the Last the official Xinhua New Agency reported that sides good grades students also could have to prove their physical fitness to earn a place in a Chinese university under a ministry Xinhua said the ministry was considering recording the results of physical tests in students academic and could use them as a way to split university applicants who have the same score on written Competition for spots at Chinas top universities is INSIDE Classifieds Comics IDA Cook of the Week Opinion Sports 6 Sections 46 Pages Riley Murphy Email All Departments 741 2325 Classified Desk 741 4438