Stories from Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Governor requests determination because drought hurting livestock, crops

CCN, Citizen receive 9 honors from Press group

David Bell / Carroll County News Teachers Lori Straugh, back left, and Alicia Brodie provided carnival-style games for the children at Little Angels preschool last week. Straugh, owner of Little Angels, said she wanted to have a week of fun with activities normally found at a carnival. Here Carter Smith, Andy Benitez, Sadie Foster, Lane Phillips, and Jenna Straugh have as much fun splashing in the water as plucking ducks from the pool...

GREEN FOREST -- In last Thursday's Green Forest City Council meeting, Mayor Charlie Reece urged residents to write letters to state Sen. Randy Laverty, D-Jasper, about their concerns with the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department's proposed rerouting of U.S. Highway 62 around the city...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Ann Chambliss has dedicated her life to helping others as a counselor. She's fought to get grants funded to help those in need from specific abuses and dramatic violence. And she, along with the help of others like Bill Grissom, have made plans to open a facility, Wildflowers Safe Haven, in Eureka Springs for abused women of Carroll County...

Questions and answers about Social Security, disability and Medicare

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Eureka Springs Downtown Network will host a five-day Main Street USA Celebration starting July 4 and continuing through July 8 in downtown Eureka Springs. Enjoy five days of free family fun featuring a concert in the park, a scavenger hunt, and much more...

We have not been very impressed with the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department's methods of managing community relations over the years, and thus were not that surprised by the format of the so-called "public hearing" that it recently held in Green Forest. (To read our coverage of the meeting, visit http://www.carrollconews.com/story/18630......

When the Founding Fathers were writing the Constitution for the new nation that would become the United States of America, they never imagined that there would be a time when the country would be divided into two factions: North and South. There were many factors that contributed to the Civil War that lasted from 1861 to 1865. ...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Second Annual Fleur Delicious Weekend kicks off Thursday, July 5 with a bartender's competition. The four-day, French-themed festival will give residents and guests the opportunity to experience the town's cuisine, art, wine and entertainment...

Special to Carroll County News EUREKA SPRINGS -- Eureka Springs High School graduate Byron Thomas was selected from among a statewide pool of applicants as the 2012 recipient of the Pringle Scholarship through Arkansas Community Foundation. The scholarship is awarded annually to a member of one of ARCF's Youth Advisory Councils who has demonstrated outstanding involvement in YAC and in the community at large...

Special to Carroll County News The University of Central Arkansas has announced the Dean's List and the Presidential Scholars List for the spring 2012 semester, and they include several students from Carroll County. Students must achieve a 4.0 grade point average with a minimum course load of 12 credit hours to receive the recognition of Presidential Scholar. Recognition on the Dean's List requires at least a 3.5 grade point average with a minimum course load of 12 credit hours...

GREEN FOREST -- Katelyn Goodman of Green Forest has been awarded an ACT Scholarship to attend North Arkansas College this fall. Goodman is the daughter of Tim and Robyn Goodman and a graduate of Green Forest High School. She was a member of the volleyball and track teams, and was Student of the Month during her senior year, as well as voted Miss Green Forest and is the current reigning 2011 Miss Carroll County...

Helen Marie Shaw Lewis of Eureka Springs, formerly of McCrory, AR, died Tuesday, June 26, 2012. She was 94 years of age. Mrs. Shaw was born Dec. 9, 1917 in Beards, Woodruff County, AR. She resided in Eureka Springs for 30 years and was a member of Chapter APEO, Presbyterian Women and attended the 1st Presbyterian Church in Eureka Springs. ...

A loving and kind lady has earned her highest reward. LaDonna Kay Veach passed from this life on June 28, 2012 at the age of 40. LaDonna was born on Dec. 18, 1971 in Huntsville, AR to Isaac "Dearl" Wilson and Doris Ann (Harp) Wilson. She graduated from Berryville High School in 1990. She was employed for a number of years as a Home Health Nurse for Mercy and was always very devoted to her work...

Marion Keith Stewart, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born Dec. 29, 1938 in Berryville, AR, a son of Henry Josiah and Mattie Catherine (Denney) Stewart. He departed this life Friday, June 29, 2012 in Berryville, at the age of 73 years. Keith was of the Pentecostal faith. ...

Dialogue is an important element in Memoir, Fiction, and some Creative Nonfiction. I promised in my last column that I would discuss it. What was I thinking? There are so many elements of writing craft to be considered like point of view, narrative voice, setting the scene, introducing the characters...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Art Guild is pleased to announce Its 24th Annual Art Show and Sale to be held Labor Day weekend, Aug. 31 - Sept. 2 at The Barn on Holiday Island. The judge this year will be Judy Maurer of Springdale. Maurer is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America and the Artists of Northwest Arkansas. She has been Artist-in-Residence at the Buffalo National River and Acadia National Park...