Stories from Thursday, August 9, 2012

BERRYVILLE -- A truck driver injured Thursday morning when his gasoline-filled tanker overturned outside Berryville is recovering well, a coworker said Monday. "Considering what he's been through, he's in good shape," Joe Burrows said. Burrows is the general manager of La Sher Oil Company, the Little Rock firm for which George Braswell was towing gas when his truck overturned...

The issue of adding compounds containing fluoride to public drinking water in Carroll County has again been heavily in the news ever since the last-passage of Act 197 by the Arkansas State Legislature in its last session: "An act to provide for certain water systems to maintain a level of fluoride to prevent tooth decay, and for other purposes."...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Carroll County Master Gardeners are at it again, this time with a new project in the Heritage Gardens at the Eureka Springs Historical Museum. 
 The purpose of the project is to update and maintain the flora around the Calif House, garden and log cabin. The gardens have not had proper upkeep and the CCMG has made plans to change that with new updates to the property...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- In a special meeting Wednesday, the Eureka Springs School Board returned from executive session to appoint Peggy Kjelgaard of Beaver as a replacement for Tom Winters, who resigned Aug. 2 with one year left in his term. Kjelgaard has 20 years' experience in public schools and universities as an educator. She has a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction. She also has worked for several corporations and has owned private businesses...

GREEN FOREST -- The Green Forest School District has a new sixth grade science teacher. Josh Moody was hired during a school board meeting on Tuesday. Moody taught at the Marvell School District and was a substitute teacher for the Springdale School District before coming to Green Forest...