Stories from Wednesday, July 18, 2012

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Al and Nicole Cash fell in love with Eureka Springs on a recent weekend getaway from Tulsa. They dreamed of reopening and restoring the old Fun Spot park to its former glory. And now their dream is coming true. The new Pig Trail Kart N Golf amusement park has been weeded, mowed, refurbished, groomed and spiffed up. ...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- Three flags -- Rotary Club, Holiday Island and Arkansas -- wave proudly at the Hwy. 23 North entrance to Holiday Island due to funds put up by the Rotary Club and now also by the Holiday Island Homeowners Association. The three flagpoles at the entrance to the community were bare for several months after Holiday Island Development Corporation notified the suburban improvement district its contract to market Holiday Island had been voided by actions of the commissioners...

Mountain bike enthusiasts enjoyed a weekend riding in Eureka Springs. See coverage in Sports.

Mountain bike festival good for city and county

Honda Goldwings, that is, at the NASSIR event in Eureka

Green Forest's All-conference, All-state, All-star basketball standout Nikki Mullen added another athletic cap as she participated in the 18th annual Gerald Pilz and Friends All-star game last Saturday at College of the Ozarks. There was a red team and a white team, each with 15 players. "I was on the white team," Nikki said. "The white team ended up winning the girls game."...

BELLA VISTA - Though their court date on burglary charges isn't until Aug. 27, the Arkansas Razorbacks status of suspended wide receivers Marquel Wade and Maudrecus Humphrey and tight end Andrew Peterson likely will be determined by the Razorbacks' Aug. 2 start to preseason drills, Arkansas Coach John L. Smith said before a Northwest Arkansas Razorback Club golf outing Friday at Bella Vista...

High School Golf GF golf coach Kyle Farrar has announced a meeting for all athletes interested in playing on the high school team. "Next Wednesday, July 25 from 3 to 4 p.m. there will be a meeting at the Carroll County Country Club in Berryville," he said. The meeting is both boys and girls who are planning on playing golf this year. Anyone with questions can get in touch with coach Farrar by calling the main office at Green Forest The number is 870-438-5203...

Sneak peek held Thursday in Fayetteville; book to be out in spring

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Eureka Springs School Board will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday, July 19, at 5:30 p.m. at its administrative offices at 147 Greenwood Hollow Road. On the agenda for action are the annual handbook changes and meal prices for the coming year...

Special to Carroll County News LITTLE ROCK -- Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit in which several environmental advocacy groups seek unnecessary and unreasonable federal regulation of nutrient pollution in the Mississippi River basin and the northern Gulf of Mexico...

BERRYVILLE -- Carroll County Sheriff Bob Grudek and County Judge Sam Barr are asking for assistance in solving numerous road-sign thefts throughout Carroll County, mainly the County Road 420 sign. Judge Barr advised that this has been an ongoing problem for years and the Road Department has replaced this sign and other signs numerous times...