100 years ago
Aug. 3, 1919
HELENA -- Bathers at Big Springs, near Helena, where a swimming pool has been established by the Community Welfare Association, are complaining of losing articles of clothing, jewelry, money and other articles left in the dressing rooms while the owners were in the water. In some cases women's clothing has been stolen. It is also said that unknown persons have gone to the dressing rooms and used articles of women's wear in lieu of towels. One male bather lost $30 which he carried in his trousers pocket, and several women have lost jewelry. Warning has been issue to the public not to tempt thieves by wearing valuable clothing to be left in the dressing rooms and to leave money and jewelry at home when going to take a swim in the pool.
50 years ago
Aug. 3, 1969
BOONEVILLE -- The 8.7 inches of rain which fell on Logan County over a two-day period a week ago caused extensive damage to county roads and bridges. Sam Callahan, South Logan County road foreman, said four bridges, including one that had been rebuilt recently, were washed out and eight others were damaged by the rains.
25 years ago
Aug. 3, 1994
Robert C. Martin's all-consuming passion centered around music --sometimes classical, but mostly jazzy swing with a Dixieland twist. A long line of musically inclined ancestors left Martin with a love for playing melodies on brass instruments at smoky nightclubs, high school gyms and crowded jazz festivals. Martin died Monday of lung cancer at age 66. "He was really very young," his oldest daughter, Ada Beth Capel, said. "I guess that's what happens from long nights in smoke-filled clubs." During his life, Martin commanded hundreds of students in junior high and high school bands --Westside Junior High and Parkview High -- to either be the best musicians they could be or leave the band. He believed in strict discipline, though he rarely raised his voice, and he governed his teen-age musicians like an Indian chief over a powwow.
10 years ago
Aug. 3, 2009
BENTONVILLE -- Truckloads of fresh fruit and vegetables once bound for the garbage now form the basis of meals for hundreds of financially struggling Northwest Arkansas residents. What started with banana bread made from brown, spotty bananas discarded by a produce supplier quickly ballooned into a plan to serve 5,000 free meals a week. The plan largely relies on donations, volunteer labor and products that would have otherwise been thrown away, said Rick Boosey, owner of the World Garden Restaurant in Bentonville. "We're doing our little piece," Boosey said. "We found a gap in the system that's been there since the food service industry began." The main ingredient in the low-cost meals is produce discarded by suppliers because it's too close to its expiration date to distribute to restaurants, which require about five days of guaranteed freshness. Out of his Lowell warehouse, supplier James Urich discards enough produce to fill a 15-passenger van each week.
Metro on 08/03/2019