Stories from Monday, July 9, 2012

I love the summer. It's kind of easy going -- sports-wise -- but I have plenty to keep me busy. I'm enjoying photographing a lot of different stuff to help provide coverage of a wide variety of subjects for the Carroll County News. I enjoyed photographing the CICA concert last week at The AUD for the News; I'm looking forward to photographing Woodstock-era hit Melanie -- you know, "I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, you've got a brand new key" -- also for the paper; and I enjoy photographing Opera in the Ozarks for myself -- but you'll see my coverage in the great musical venue in the Carroll County News, too.. ...

BERRYVILLE -- Nearly 100 people gathered on Saturday in Berryville for a meet-and-greet with Butch Berry, Democrat candidate for the Arkansas House of Representatives District 97. "I thought it was a fantastic turnout in spite of being 105 plus degrees," said event organizer and host Shelly Buttgen. "We've been friends since high school," added the Berryville resident...

CARROLL COUNTY -- The 250-acre wildfire that raged for two days in Osage last week was contained with no loss of structures and only a few people evacuated, thanks to the tireless help of several agencies and many volunteers. The success was due, also, to the Incident Command System, said Ranger Darrell Bohannon with the Arkansas Forestry Service...

Keeping cool main goal of local holiday recreation

ROGERS -- Rolex World Rankings No. 6 Ai Miyazato (68+68+65 = 201) won the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G in a tightly contested battle on the final day at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers. The win marked her second of the year and will earn her $300,000 to add to her career earnings, totaling $6,749,255.75...

Foxtrotters "horse around" at fairgrounds during annual Southern Classic horse show

Benefits the University of Arkansas women's golf program

LITTLE ROCK -- Fishing in the Coal Pile area of the lower Arkansas River, David Shopher of McGehee caught a 6.27-pound largemouth bass to take the overall lead Sunday and win the 2012 Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza. He was using a Tennessee shad-colored crank bait. "This fish was near a laydown, a fallen tree," Shopher said. He had hits from other bass, left the area and returned in about 15 minutes. One fish hit but missed being hooked. "Then the big bass hit."...

Coach Smith fine-tuning Hogs' personnel

Attention parents: Berryville football news All 7th graders with an up-to-date physical are asked to come by the field house Monday-Friday from 8am-3pm to pick up equipment for this fall. Practice for 7th graders will begin the first day of school, Aug. 20...

Bartender Lisa Davis, pictured second from right, of New Delhi Cafe in Eureka Springs was named the Judge's Choice Winner of the Fleur Delicious Weekend Ciroc Vodka Bartender Competition held at Voulez Vous Lounge last Thursday. Scott Dobbins of Caribe restaurant was named the People's Choice Winner. ...

By David Bell CCN Sports Editor SPRINGDALE -- While the Carroll County 9-and-10-year-old All-Stars were making diamond dust in Eureka Springs and Berrville the 7-and-8-year-old All-Stars were duking it out in Springdale. Danny Lawrence, coach of the 8-year-old team reported on his rookie league players...

Eureka Springs groud-zero for two-wheeled invation with coming of Fat Tire Festival, June 13-15

EUREKA SPRINGS --The Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow will launch its Community Writing Program on Saturday, July 21. The day will begin at 10 a.m. with a reception that is open to anyone interested in learning about writing. Alison Taylor-Brown, who heads the program, will present it and discuss how it can support both established and beginning writers. ...

Special to Carroll County News EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Fayetteville Public Library will host an artist's reception to honor artist Sean Fitzgibbon on Thursday, July 12 at 5:30pm in Walker Community Room for a sneak peak at his upcoming graphic novel "What Follows Is True: The Baker Years," a documentary/ graphic novel set at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Spring in the 1930s...