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Stories from Thursday, August 23, 2012

Berryville council eyes outsourcing wastewater management (Local News ~ 08/23/12)
BERRYVILLE -- The Berryville City Council is considering hiring a private company to manage the city's wastewater treatment plant. The council voted to issue a request for qualifications at their regular meeting on Aug. 21. Excess phosphorus has lately led to high costs at the plant, which is located on Cedarvale Road. Twice this year, the phosphorus has overwhelmed the system, leading to environmental permit violations...
Holiday Island and Eureka Springs Rotary clubs join together to bring youth exchange student to the area (Holiday Island ~ 08/23/12)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- Annie Sheu arrived Aug. 18 from Taiwan to begin her year as a foreign exchange student, thanks to the Holiday Island and Eureka Springs Rotary clubs. Annie will attend Eureka Springs High School this year. She is being hosted by Patrice and Karen Gros of Eureka Springs for the first three months of her stay, and then will be hosted by Tim and Mavis Lehr. A third host family is still being sought...
HISID spends all day on budget, capital improvements (Holiday Island ~ 08/23/12)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- In a marathon all-day meeting with a short break for lunch Monday, the Holiday Island Board of Commissioners looked at its mid-year financial review and considered capital improvement requests for 2013. Office Manager Marilyn Clave presented spreadsheets on the district's financial picture from January through June, and each department head explained several line items, particularly items that exceeded or fell short of budget...
Master Gardeners to offer certification classes (Local News ~ 08/23/12)
GREEN FOREST -- The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture will be hosting Master Gardener training classes for Carroll, Boone and Newton County residents. Classes will be led by UA staff and specialists. Course topics will include general horticulture, ornamentals, vegetables, fruit and turf...
Some bacteria is not just good, it's actually necessary for health (Column ~ 08/23/12)
Bifidobacterium, Thermophilus, Lactobacillus, Acidophilus. They are foreign sounding, but are in fact just a few names of the hundreds of species of necessary bacteria that live in our gut, mouth, urinary and vaginal tracts. Maybe more familiar terms are beneficial bacteria, natural flora, probiotics, or friendly bacteria. It seems a contradiction in terms, "friendly bacteria."...
School lunch menus Aug. 27-31 (State News ~ 08/23/12)
Following are school lunch menus for Carroll County school districts for the week of Aug. 27-31: Monday: Cereal, toast, juice, milk Tuesday: Breakfast pizza, juice, milk Wednesday: Oatmeal, fruit, juice, milk Thursday: Super donut, yogurt, juice, milk...
Laughter: It really is the best medicine (Column ~ 08/23/12)
When was the last time you had a good belly laugh -- the kind where your eyes watered, your ribs ached, and you couldn't stop for several minutes, and only then because you had to get a breath? For most people, it doesn't happen very often, and it's too bad...
Masters of beautification (Local News ~ 08/23/12)
A special thanks goes to Dan and Merrily Ward, Richard and Mary Knight, Mike and Anita Rissler, Sue Davis and Joy Flake for being early birds and working early on a recent Monday morning on the Green Forest Public Square beautification project by the Carroll County Master Gardeners. ...
Eureka arts programs awarded $29K in grants (Local News ~ 08/23/12)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, has awarded more htan $1 million to 93 Arkansas organizations for the 2013 fiscal year, and four organizations from Eureka Springs were recipients of the awards...

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