Stories from Friday, February 3, 2012

Holiday Island Baptist Church welcomed its new pastor, Steven Ward and wife Linda, on Jan. 18. Bro. Ward came to Holiday Island Baptist from Crosspoint Fellowship in Republic, Mo. He has been a senior pastor for 14 years. He and his wife have two daughters, Wendy Renfrow and husband Lance of Republic, and Allison Smith and husband Bryan, also of Republic...

BEUREKA SPRINGS --On Valentine's Day, Eureka Springs voters will decide whether to adopt the city administrator form of government to replace its traditional mayor-council system. Finance Director Lonnie Clark said the city set aside $5,000 in its budget to pay for the election...

By Kathryn Lucariello Carroll County News HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Is a contract legal and can it be sued for breach if it violates state law to begin with? That is the "Catch-22" Holiday Island commissioners grappled with in a special meeting Monday, partly to discuss how to handle what they feel is a breach of contract by developer Tom Dees...

Ryan Green (top) takes on a wrestler from Gentry on Tuesday, Jan. 31, when the Berryville Bobcats competed with wrestlers from the Gentry and Mountain View teams at Bobcat Arena. See story, Page 7.

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Eureka Springs City Council convened a special budget meeting Tuesday night that said more about the council than the budget. Mayor Morris Pate told aldermen he was presenting the same budget, prepared by Finance Director Lonnie Clark, he had presented at the Dec. 1 meeting. He said it was a balanced budget with a surplus...

OAK GROVE -- A woman wanted on a warrant for failure to pay, and her roommate, were taken into custody last week after authorities reportedly found meth manufacturing components in their Oak Grove residence along with the woman's infant child. The child, say authorities, was turned over to the Department of Human Services (DHS)...

Eureka Springs police were called to the high school early on the morning of Jan. 27 in reference to a student in possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. According to his report, arriving officer Brian Jones met with principal Kathy Lavender and a female juvenile student in her office...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Highlander Gym was at full capacity on Tuesday night, however, the pulse of Senior Night was not enough to propel the home team, as they were defeated 64-49 by the Jasper Pirates. "We just didn't play that well," head coach Nolan Helder said. "We played well in the first half but we missed too many layups and our defense allowed too many shots. We pretty much gave them anything they wanted."...

GREEN FOREST -- The Green Forest Lady Tigers (19-5, 5-3) have been virtually unstoppable at home this season, however, all that changed on Tuesday night, as they were defeated, 57-47, by Greenland. The Tigers fell behind in the first half by eight points and their only lead of the game came at the end of the opening quarter, as they were up by three points...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Eureka girls have had one of those seasons, and Tuesday was no different, as they were upended by the Jasper Pirates, 47-21. "They're a real good team who hasn't lost many games this season," head coach Brian Rambo said. An area of concern throughout the year for the girls has been countering the press, which the team was able to do on Tuesday night...

The Berryville Bobcats were at home on Tuesday night when they took to the mat against Gentry and Mountain View. The Bobcats were missing a few wrestlers but still managed to execute and finish the night with a final score of 54. Gentry took first with a 72 and Mountain View tallied 42...

Three Berryville wrestlers traveled to Allen, Texas on Jan 13 to compete in one of the top national wrestling tournaments in the country. With 118 teams and more than 1,300 wrestlers, the Cotton Bowl National Championships proved to be a very tough tournament with top wrestlers from as far as California and New Jersey...

It was the bounce back game that head coach Brent Compton and his Bobcats (16-7, 7-4) were looking for, and they got it, as they defeated the Farmington Cardinals, 52-48, in Farmington on Tuesday night. The mindset for the team is simple: don't let a loss stay with you...