Stories from Thursday, May 5, 2005

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Daniel Cornelison will be the new head boys basketball coach for the Eureka Springs Highlanders next year, it was announced at a school board meeting last Friday Cornelison comes to Eureka from Crane, Mo., where he had a very successful run for the past five years, including a 70-53 record...

CARROLL COUNTY -- The two 3A public schools to squeak through into the Arkansas state high school playoffs stunned bigger 4A squads Saturday, winning slots in Monday's quarterfinals. Berryville, which finished third in the western 3A/4A conference, beat Little Rock Mills 6-1 in what would have been a shut-out, except that Berryville sent in the entire bench in the final half...

The 2005 Champions Basketball Camp for boys and girls entering grades 4-8 will be held June 6-9 in the Berryville High School gym. Girls will work from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., with the boys taking the floor from 12 to 2:30 p.m. The Champions Junior camp for boys and girls entering grades K-3 will run June 6-7-8 from 3 to 4 p.m. each day. Fundamentals will be emphasized in all the camps...

HOLY COW it's cold! What is going on? This is May, and I'm supposed to be riding to work on my motorcycle in a T-shirt. Instead, I'm still hooking up the electric vest Alice bought me for Christmas and wearing it underneath my winter coat. How cold is it? Even my cats don't want to go out. You know, the two fuzzy fat boys who were lounging in the sun on our decks during those 70- and 80-degree days. Couldn't get them to come in, at all...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Members of The Nature Conservancy and other outdoor enthusiasts celebrated the completion of the Smith Creek Project as more than 100 persons attended a banquet Friday night at the Crescent Hotel. While hotel owners Marty and Elise Roenigk were among the principal honorees, the effort to preserve the tributary to the Buffalo National River was the result of broad-based cooperation between private citizens, groups concerned with the natural environment, and the nation's largest retailer, Wal-Mart.. ...

GREEN FOREST -- John Pipkins had hoped to slip away quietly to ease the pain of parting, but rumors were circulating about his pending departure and he reluctantly confirmed it is so. Pipkins, or Mr. P as he is affectionally known, is the Green Forest Intermediate School principal who has coached Tiger cheerleaders to multiple state titles over the years...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Planning Commission (HIPC) gave its answer Friday to a written set of recommendations submitted by several property owners for the conduct of its business. The request followed a series of complaints by property owners about a recent decision of HIPC to allow a 2,400-square-foot metal storage building on a lot by itself on Deer Run Drive...

So sad .... a small group of local individuals are trying to destroy the reputation and integrity of the Good Shepherd Humane Society. I am a volunteer for the GSHS and I have been watching and listening to these people. Last week at the GSHS's monthly meeting, this "group" filed in to the Convention Center. ...