Stories from Friday, November 18, 2011

City manager alternative focus of talk

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Head coach Nolan Helder's boys' basketball team took another close game on Tuesday night, as they defeated the Panthers 72-61. Turnovers once again could have easily hurt the team, but they wouldn't back down. The last few games have really tested the intestinal fortitude of the Eureka boys' basketball team, however, the team seems to muster up enough gritty determination to conquer the challenge...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- It was the game that head coach Brian Rambo had been waiting to see from his Lady Highlanders as they defeated the Yellville Panthers 43-37 on Tuesday night. The defense was suspect once again, but Rambo made the necessary adjustments at halftime, and the team came out and played solid defense...

Competing against players with size and speed seems to be in the Tigers' cards so far this season. On Tuesday, coaches Kyle Farrar and Drew Ray took their girls' and boys' teams to Farmington, but a slow start by the boys and the inability from the free throw line prevented either team from coming home with a win...

I was sitting in my chair watching the 49ers take it to the New York Giants on Sunday afternoon when I received the news on my phone. Bill DeWitt Jr., the Cardinals owner, and general manager John Mozeliak, had made the decision. They had filled the coaching vacancy with former Cardinals catcher Mike Matheny...

BERRYVILLE -- No action was taken Tuesday night when Berryville Chamber of Commerce representatives asked city leaders to reconsider a proposal that would slash their chamber director's salary in half. They were referring to Mayor Tim McKinney's recent announcement that he intended to withhold the city's portion of the chamber director's salary and use that money to help pay for a full-time economic development director...

Porter Casey and Bailee Allison were checking out the interior of this playhouse that is being raffled off to raise funds for youth programs at the Berryville Community Center. Raffle tickets, priced at $1 each, are available at 23 locations, including area banks and the BCC where the drawing will be held Dec. 19. The playhouse, on display at the community center, was constructed by Randy Allison, who is the owner of SceneWorks Inc., and Bailee's granddad...

By Nicky Boyette Lovely County Citizen EUREKA SPRINGS -- It was council-lite at the Nov. 10 city council workshop on establishing goals for 2012 when only three aldermen, Parker Raphael, Ken Pownall and Lany Ballance, showed up. City clerk/treasurer, Ann Armstrong, was also there...

The Carroll County Farm Service Agency has been authorized to make 2011 Noninsured Assistance Program (NAP) payments for grazing losses due to drought and extreme heat this past summer and fall. Eligible producers, those who insured their grazing acres, will receive about $26 per acre in NAP payments according to County Executive Director Scott Fancher. Fancher said "that producers will need to come in and sign a request before we can process their payments."...

The following people were booked into the Carroll County Detention Center Nov. 9 through Nov. 16 Nov. 9 Shawn Lane Howell, 49, Harrison, was booked in for public intoxication and criminal mischief. Dustin Dean Rivett, 26, Green Forest, was booked in for failure to appear...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Board of Commissioners will meet in its monthly work session on Monday, Nov. 21, at 9 a.m. at the district office at 110 Woodsdale Drive. On the agenda are the final pass approval of the 2012 budget and Capital Improvements Program, as well as Amendment #18 of Reg. 26-2002 on amenity fees...