Stories from Tuesday, May 8, 2012

GREEN FOREST -- The Berryville boys and girls soccer teams claimed the 4A-North conference championship on Thursday afternoon by defeating host Green Forest 2-1 and 7-0, respectively. The Bobcat teams improved to 5-0 in the standing, which have included defeats of larger schools like Rogers Heritage...

BERRYVILLE -- A new business in town is striving to make America "safe at home" while bringing new jobs to Carroll County. StormRooms of America celebrated their grand opening last week with a ribbon cutting and an open house. The company, which is the exclusive manufacturer in the United States of the DuPont StormRoom with Kevlar, has been operating out of its Berryville plant now since mid-January, and owner Marty Strough says the business is doing much better than expected...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Four state agencies are partnering with AARP Arkansas to host a consumer protection forum in Eureka Springs on Thursday, May 10. The forum, which is free of charge, will be held at Best Western Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center, 207 W. Van Buren, Eureka Springs. Registration begins at 8 a.m., followed by the program from 8:15 a.m. to noon. A complimentary lunch will be served at noon...

In soccer action at Green Forest Thursday the Berryville Lady Bobcats defeated the Lady Tigers 7--0 to take their 4A conference championship. They were undefeated in conference play. Complete coverage can be seen in Tuesday's Carroll County News.

In a hard-fought defensive battle all it takes is for one team to capitalize on the errors of the other team. And Berryville capitalized twice against Green Frorest to take the 4A W conference soccer championship Thursday at Tiger Stadium.

Berryville' Noble earns trip to Meet of Champs

EUREKA SPRINGS -- It's often the most unassuming people you know are the one that surprise you most when you hear the words, "Did you know that he (or she) has a black belt?" In the case of the quiet-spoken Joe Reece of Berryville it's not just one black belt he has earned but two...

Since the arrival of our new Managing Editor Kristal Kuykendall, many of you have given us (and her) feedback as to what's wrong and what's right with the Carroll County News, as we mull over how to improve our news organization. Our goal is to make Carroll County News the true countywide news source of record, both in print and online, for every community in this county, at all times and for all needs. ...

Tigers make long tip to state, mixed results

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- At the awards assembly at Eureka Springs High School on May 15 several seniors will receive scholarships from the Eureka Springs Rotary Club. "My goal was 80 golfers and we had 80," said ES Rotarian Dave Baker. Winning teams are: Mens -- D. christianson, D. Smith, K. Trahan, P. Peterson; Womens -- L. Colby, L. Conklin, S. Dillard, S. Wachner; Mixed -- B. Kell, B. Nelson, V. Anderson, D. Anderson; 1st net -- R. Johnson, D. Deschone, E. Wright, B Burke...

Who now does not know of the British Secret Agent 007, who in his suave manner always introduces himself with his last name first? On May 8, 1963, the first James Bond film "Dr. No" premiered in the United States. It had been showing in England since October 1962, but Americans had to be patient for almost seven months before the film would be shown "for its eyes only."...