Stories from Tuesday, April 5, 2005

United Methodist Church of Eureka Springs will launch a six-week study of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy starting April 6. The study will examine how the series both complements and differs from the teachings of Christian faith. Classes will meet on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. for six consecutive weeks...

by Larry Elkins I would like to take this opportunity to offer a friendly warning. Those of you who use the roads and highways of Carroll County and those of you who live along said roads and highways please take note. My 14-year-old daughter now has her learner's permit...

EUREKA SPRINGS ---- The Eureka Springs Highlanders opened their baseball season on Monday against the undefeated Huntsville Eagle JV team and got in two separate games. Coach Aaron Hall reported that all 15 players saw action in varsity and JV games, with Huntsville taking a 4-3 win in the main event when they scored a run with two outs in the final inning. Huntsville also won the JV game, 6-0...

HARRISON ---- Carroll County junior high track teams participated in their first meet of the year on Tuesday at the Sports & Moore Relays in Harrison and had a good showing as they dominated the team results. Coaches reported the athletes were excited to not be practicing, but competing against other schools on a day when the weather warmed near 70 degrees...

GREEN FOREST ---- The Green Forest Tiger baseball team didn't rest last week when other schools were on spring break. The Tigers played Huntsville on Friday, March 18, losing 4-2, then competed in a jamboree the next day at Lamar, playing both Scranton and Lamar...

With conflicting testimony by psychiatrists, a former Clear Springs School teacher was acquitted of attempted murder and aggravated assault charges by a circuit court jury in Eureka Springs Wednesday. Coby R. Sullivan, 43, was found guilty of second-degree domestic battery, false imprisonment, first-degree assault and terroristic threatening...

Participants in the Northwest Arkansas Watershed Summit, held Tuesday and Wednesday in Eureka Springs, determined to create a task force for planning a watershed-wide coalition representing a broad-based range of stakeholders to drive legislative water quality efforts...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Good Shepherd Humane Society (GSHS) Animal Shelter will remain open and conduct business as usual, Manager Mary Rein said Tuesday. The Board of Directors was to have met Tuesday night to decide the fate of the shelter following a week hiatus after the last board meeting March 22. At that time, assistant shelter manager Boyd Bush "strongly" recommended closing the facility for good...