Stories from Tuesday, April 24, 2012

By Ken Hale One of the hardest things I've ever had to do was to turn off my mother's phone. My family moved to Arkansas in 1976, and once we had the utilities turned on to the old farm house we moved into, 423-3531 was our home phone number. We kept the same phone number for the next 33 years. The phone number stayed the same surviving an area code change from 501 to 870, going from a party-line to a private-line and two moves from the country into town...

GREEN FOREST -- At the Kids with Character Assembly on March 30, the EAST lab was recognized for their achievements at the 2012 EAST National Conference in Hot Springs. Members of the Green Forest EAST program achieved a superior rated EAST program overview for the second year in a row...

LITTLE ROCK -- A Green Forest student has been recognized in the Laws of Life Essay Contest at an Awards Banquet on Tuesday, April 3, at Hendrix College. The Arkansas Better Business Bureau Center for Character Ethics, the character education initiative of the Better Business Bureau, sponsored the contest...

Special to Carroll County News BERRYVILLE -- Gifted and Talented students at Berryville Middle School are attempting to be included in the Guinness Book of World Records by building the world's longest rainstick. The group of seventh graders entered a project in the Design & Build division of Math Carnival dealing with the helix and its applications to math, music, world cultures, and the environment...

The top sellers of the Berryville school partner cards for this year were rewarded with a five pound Hershey bar and an upcoming lunch on with Principal Matt Summers. The top sellers were left to right, Alicia Romine, Tyler McGlynn, Ariel Orellana, Alli DePew, Bethany Prpich and Jamos Warren...

From her daily readings out of The Bible Pathways, Bonnie Roediger knew the National Day of Prayer was coming up. Then a Sunday message at Towering Oaks Church, inspired her to "get up and do what God is calling you to do," sending her to meet with Pastor Larry Montgomery for some confirmation...

Hans Christian Andersen first told the now familiar story of an Emperor who spent all of his kingdom's disposable wealth on being well dressed. He had a change of clothes for every hour of the day, and he spent more time in his dressing room than managing the affairs of his empire...

Erosion at Keel's Creek dangerously close to exposing pipeline, officials say

BERRYVILLE -- At last week's Berryville School Board meeting, Paul and Danyelle Harris were joined by several other individuals who came to present a case that the 1996 film representation of "Romeo + Juliet" should not be shown in Berryville schools...

An abnormally large crowd of about 25 local residents attended a meeting of the Carroll Boone Water District Board on Thursday, sharing concerns and asking questions about the proposed fluoridation of the district's water supply. The board took no action at the meeting in which members heard from several of the opponents present. ...

BERRYVILLE -- The Green Forest School Board late last Thursday voted 5 to 2 to hire Matt Summers as their new superintendent of schools. Summers will start is new position in July. After the meeting, board members Jerry Carlton and Jerry King asked that it be made public that they were the "no" votes and that they were in favor of hiring interim superintendent Andrea Martin for the position...

Thank you! The Eureka Springs Fire Department and Fire Chief Rhys Williams would like to express our sincere appreciation for the recent large out-pouring of support in our efforts to continue serving the Western District of Carroll County as your Emergency Medical Service Provider...

Zachary Johnson, classical guitar instructor and performer; Tony Baker, the country's only trombone virtuoso; and Dominika Zamara, opera star and film artist, are now enrolling students for private classes and masterclasses during the CICA Summer Music Festival in June with a half-price discount for Carroll County residents...

BERRYVILLE -- As the light at the end of the school year tunnel draws ever closer, the end of high school athletics approaches as well. There are still a few active sports just now moving into conference and state tournament play, but coaches have poured through the ranks and rosters for athletes deserving of special recognition...

Arkansas couple opens flight school at Carroll Co. Airport

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Thanks to insurance, the Holiday Island Fire Department Ladies' Auxiliary, state funds and in-house help, Holiday Island Fire Station #1 will soon sport a shiny, new, red metal roof. The Board of Commissioners voted at Monday's business meeting to approve one of two bids submitted for the work, from A&M Roofing of Eureka Springs, the low bidder at $31,488.86...