Stories from Wednesday, March 21, 2012

BERRYVILLE -- A 68-year-old Berryville man, L.J. Farmer, died of an apparent heart attack on the Kings River north of Berryville Monday after retrieving items lost from his canoe when a storm blew in. According to Carroll County Sheriff's Investigator Mark Bailey, deputies were dispatched to the scene at 1:20 p.m. after a call came in reporting a possible drowning at the Romp Hole on the Kings, located along Country Road 4502...

Kerusso celebrated its 25th anniversary year and Leap Year 2012 with the first-ever "Kerusso World Champion Chili Cook Off." The employee event was so successful, Kerusso associates overwhelmingly agreed to make the cook off an annual event. Ward "Bubba" Goodrich (right) took first place with his "Smoked Brisket Chili" and Kim Chapin came in second with her "White Chili" recipe. Kerusso founder Vic Kerusso looks on...

BBERRYVILLE -- The Berryville Lady Bobcat soccer team has much to be proud of concerning their outstanding performance against a larger 5A opponent, the Morrilton High School Devil Dogs. Last Friday the Lady 'Cats beat the Devil Dogs 5 -- 0. It was never a close game...

GREEN FOREST -- Cross-county rivalry played out last Thursday as Green Forest's Lady Tigers hosted the Lady Bobcats in varsity and junior varsity softball action. The varsity game was won decisively by Berryville 14 - 3. But most of the scoring came in the first inning for the Lady 'Cats, who crossed home plate 10 times. About that first inning coach Daniel Cornelison said: "We hit it where they were not able to get to it. It was a really solid first inning and we capitalized on their errors."...

BERRYVILLE -- The Berryville Bobcat baseball team is sitting at 3 -- 6 at this point in the season. The past three games -- two home and one away -- has been akin to slamming into a brick wall... or three as in this case. On March 13th the diamond Cats hit brick wall number one -- Springdale's Shiloh Christian. The game was over in three innings with a score of 22 -- 0. Reportedly one player tweeted that "we played a college team."...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Members of Carroll County AARP were treated to a lively presentation by Rock Springs Baptist Church Pastor Acra Turner on Monday. His topic was "The Background of Negro Spirituals." Turner, a retired college basketball coach, was born and raised in Richmond, Va. His mother was a gospel radio announcer, and Turner sang with his siblings in the church choir and in his high school choir...

BERRYVILLE -- A bid for shades to block out the searing sun was considered by members of the Carroll County Airport Commission when they met for their monthly meeting last Thursday. Also debated was a display cabinet proposal to house the extraordinary model airplane collection the commission has been offered -- if the collection can be properly displayed and protected...