Stories from Tuesday, August 7, 2012

CARROLL COUNTY -- The deadline to register to vote for the annual school elections is Aug. 20. In September voters will go to the poll to select representatives for their school district. The annual school elections for Berryville and Eureka Springs school districts are Sept. 18 from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m...

CARROLL COUNTY -- Scores are in from the 2012 Arkansas Augmented Benchmark Exams, and area students and educators have a lot to be proud of. There are also clear areas leaving room for improvement, however. The exams, which are administered each spring, are meant to assess the performance of public schools in the state...

BERRYVILLE -- If you are ever in Canada, just north of Detroit, and see a miniature golf course with a 40-foot walk-through pirate ship, know that its "keel was laid" in Berryville, Arkansas. The master craftsman who built it is Randy Allison, owner of Scene Works in Berryville's Industrial Park...

Carroll County photographer Charles Chappell, whose "Suspended Reflection" is shown here, will be the featured artist during the August Gallery Stroll at Eureka Thyme on Saturday, Aug. 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m.

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Rotary Club will offer its first golf tournament on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25 and 26. It is billed as the Detweiller/Lehr Memorial Golf Tournament. Bill Dettwiller and Dutch Lehr were two Holiday Island property owners who were heavily involved in the community, organizing and participating in many volunteer efforts and organizations. Lehr passed away in 2010, and Dettwiller passed last year...