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September 6, 2006 THE BAXTER BULLETIN, Mountain Home, Ark. Page 3A Robbie Lee Evans, 22 A service for Robbie Lee Evans, 22, formerly of Mountain Home, will be private. Mr. Evans died Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006.

Arrangements are by Moore's Chapel in Fayetteville. Dian Emily Williams, 70 YELLVILLE A memorial service for Dian Emily Williams, 70, of Flippin will be later. Mrs. Williams died Monday, Sept. 4, 2006.

She is survived locally by one daughter, Melody Austin. Arrangements are by Burns Funeral Home Inc. Doris Maxine Mortvedt, 89 A service for Doris Maxine Mortvedt, 89, of Mountain Home will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Whittier, Calif. Mrs.

Mortvedt died Monday, Sept. 4, 2006. She is survived locally by her son, Robert Mortvedt. Arrangements are by Kirby-Boaz Funeral Directors. Nila C.

Sonkens, 80 A memorial service for Nila C. Sonkens, 80, of Mountain Home will be 2 p.m. Sunday at the Elks Lodge in Mountain Home. Mrs. Sonkens died Aug.

24, 2006. She is survived locally by her husband, Linn Sonkens. Arrangements are by the Roller Funeral Home. Vivian E. Held, 84 A service for Vivian E.

Held, 84, of Mountain Home will be private. Mrs. Held died Monday, Sept. 4, 2006. OBITUARIES She is survived locally by her husband, August Held.

Arrangements are by Kirby-Boaz Funeral Directors. Harrold G. Siler, 76 A graveside funeral for Harrold G. Siler, 76, of Henderson will be 2 p.m. today at Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion.

Mr. Siler died Sunday, Sept. 3, 2006. He is survived locally by his sister, Virginia L. Underwood.

Arrangements are by Kirby-Boaz Funeral Directors. Ruth Braverman, 89 A service for Ruth Braverman, 89, of Mountain Home will be private. Mrs. Braverman died Friday, Sept. 1, 2006.

She is survived locally by her husband, Joe Steinmetz. Arrangements are by Roller Funeral Home. Editor's note: Obituary notices are posted regularly throughout the day on the Web site, www.baxterbulletin.com. Obituary policy The Baxter Bulletin publishes news obituaries free in its print editions and online at baxterbulletin.com. News obituaries contain information about the death, services and surviving spouse, parents and children who reside locally.

News obituaries run until services are held, up to three times. Families who choose to present more information in the obituary may do so for a fee. There is a one-time basic charge of $10. The obituary is then billed at 30 cents per word. For a photo, there is an additional $10 charge.

The only charge for additional days is a reduced rate of 15 cents per word. State sees slight increase in revenues in August LITTLE ROCK (AP) Arkansas experienced a slight bump in revenues in August, and state revenue officials on Tuesday warned that the state's growth appears to be slowing down. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration reported that revenues for August were above last year and above their predictions. "I think it's pretty much on target," said Richard Weiss, the department's director. "There were no real huge surprises in there for us." Net available revenue for.

the year-to-date totaled $722.6 million, up $77.9 million from last year, a 12.1 percent increase. The year-to-date figures are $20.4 million, or nearly 3 percent, higher than what revenue officials originally forecast. For August, net available revenues totaled $344.2 million, up $3.3 million from a year ago a 1 percent increase. Revenues were $16.6 million, or 5 percent, higher than originally forecast. Individual income tax collections for the month totaled $151.1 million, a decrease of $1.1 million or 0.7 percent over last year.

The collections are $4.4 million lower than forecast, a 2.8 percent decrease. Revenue officials blamed the decrease on a shift in income tax withholding payments compared with last month and last year. Weiss said August collections were partially offset by a doubledigit percentage gain in July's collections. Gross receipts collections totaled $189.2 million, an increase of $9.1 million or 5.1 percent over last year. Collections were above forecast levels by $4.4 million or 2.4 percent Corporate income tax collections for the month totaled $14.6 million, a decrease of $6.9 million or 32.2 percent over last year.

Corporate tax collections were $9.8 million or 203 percent above forecast. Revenue officials said the decline by caused by nonrecurring gains in last year's August collections and said the impact was predicted in their forecast. John Shelnutt, administrator of economic analysis and tax research for the finance department, said gross receipts are the only revenue figure that are showing an indication of a slowdown. Shelnutt said other indicators such as housing and vehicle sales show that state revenues are slowing down. "Let's put it this way: we're not at double-digit on gross receipts anymore," Shelnutt said.

"That's coming back to normal." Arkansas ended the previous fiscal year with a $402.7 million surplus, the largest in the officials state's have history. Revenue projected a $234.5 million surplus for the end of this fiscal year. That, plus surplus money left over from 2005 and 2006, would give the state a total projected surplus of roughly $721 million. Gov. Mike Huckabee, who has called for legislators to use the surplus for rebates, said he was pleased with the latest revenue figures but stopped short of calling for additional tax relief.

"This is a good report from the standpoint that it's right on forecast. I'm encouraged to see strength in sales tax revenues," Huckabee said in an e- mail. "There is nothing in the immediate future that would indicate anything other than confidence in our forecast." Boy hit by stray bullet while at amusement park HOT SPRINGS (AP) Police said Tuesday it was a "freak accident" that a child was hit by a stray bullet while on a ride at Magic Springs Crystal Falls. Hot Springs police spokesman Cpl. Tom Winton said that while Monday's shooting was still being investigated, it would be nearly impossible to tell who fired the shot and from where.

"It's still being investigated, but I'm pretty sure it's going to wind up being a freak accident," Winton said. The victim, an 11-year-old boy whose name was not released because of his age, was struck in the left wrist by a .22 caliber bullet riding the Old No. 2 Logging Co. Log Flume at the park, police said. The child's mother, Michelle Anne Lamb, told police that she was riding in the front seat and her son was riding in the middle seat on the log flume ride at about 6 p.m.

when she heard him yell "ouch." Lamb told police she saw the bullet in his wrist, pulled it out and sought medical attention after the ride came to a stop. Winton said no one reported hearing gunshots. Winton said it appeared that someone fired a gun from outside the theme park and the bullet hit the child as it was falling. Winton said the bullet came from a gun that was fired at an angle. The bullet, which did not fully penetrate the child's wrist, had slowed down significantly from the speed at Register to receive KB There BREAKING NEWS KIRBY-BOAZ Funeral Directors Visit our Direct to your e-mail.

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Hutchinson will tour the Mountain Home Junior High School from 2-3 p.m. and discuss his education agenda. Later in the evening, Hutchinson will be at the Bel-Arco Convention Center in Bull Shoals for a political rally. MH teen injured in wreck A 16-year-old Mountain Home girl was injured in a one-vehicle wreck at 9:05 p.m. Monday on State Highway 178 in Midway.

Danielle Baughman was taken to Baxter Regional Medical Center following the wreck. Baughman was treated and released, according to Sharon Miller of BRMC. Baughman was driving a 1997 Pontiac Sunfire east on Highway 178 when she ran off the right side of the road while making a left turn, according to Arkansas State Police Cpl. Mark Morton. The Pontiac ran into the ditch line, hit a utility pole and overturned.

Baughman was issued a citation for careless driving, according to Morton. Franklin man faces rape charges MELBOURNE A 40-year-old Franklin man has been charged with three counts of rape after being arrested for allegedly having sexual contact with children, according to Izard County Sheriff Tate Lawrence. Additional charges are pending. Jerry Lee Kerr was in the Izard County Detention Center with bail set at $500,000, Lawrence said. Kerr was arrested Aug.

26. "The investigation continues with interviews of other potential victims of Kerr," Lawrence added. "Information obtained by the Izard County Sheriff's Department indicates Kerr's deviate behavior with children began as early as 1984. Kerr's victims at this point in the investigation have been boys ranging in age from 3 to about 6 or 7 years old. We still believe several additional charges will result from our continuing investigation." Body is that of missing girl DUMAS (AP) Desha County officials said Tuesday that a body discovered in the woods east of Dumas during the weekend was that of a girl missing since calling her parents Aug.

27 and saying that she had run out of gas along U.S. 65. Sheriff-elect Jim Snyder said the sheriff's office had received confirmation that the body discovered Saturday was that of Casey Crowder, 17. Crowder had told her mother she would walk to a gas station after leaving her car along the highway. Crowder had been visiting her boyfriend at Pickens before setting out for home early Aug.

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