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Cornelison expects Lady Cats to win with junior-laden team (High School Sports ~ 11/09/12)
BERRYVILLE -- When Daniel Cornelison took over the Berryville Lady Bobcats last year, he knew things were going to be tough, inheriting a program that was short on upperclassmen and wins in previous years. He also knew he could expect the numbers game to play in his favor soon with a talented group of junior high and freshman to work with... -
Purple-Gold game satisfies cravings of coaches, players (High School Sports ~ 11/09/12)
BERRYVILLE -- Berryville boys coach Brent Compton and girls coach Daniel Cornelison showed signs of happiness after the 3rd Annual Purple-Gold game at Bobcat Arena Thursday night. "We played, nobody got hurt, and we won," Compton said following the affair in which all four games were wrapped in purple... -
Cats, Tigers running at Oaklawn (High School Sports ~ 11/09/12)
BERRYVILLE -- They might not be thoroughbreds, but the Berryville and Green Forest cross country teams hope to gait well at Oaklawn Race Course in Hot Springs Saturday in the Arkansas Activities Association state finals. The 3A boys kick off the 5K races at 12:45 p.m., sandwiched in a day full of activity, staring at 8:30 a.m. with the Class 6A boys. The 3A girls begin at 1:15 p.m. while the 4A boys and girls take the starting gate at 2 and 2:30 p.m., respectively... -
Bang for your Buck (High School Sports ~ 11/09/12)
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Berryville council to negotiate new wastewater treatment management next week
(Local News ~ 11/09/12)
BERRYVILLE -- Berryville Mayor Tim McKinney will begin negotiating a wastewater treatment contract in the next week with the Fayetteville-based firm CH2M Hill, the mayor told City Council members the news at a meeting Tuesday night. Details of the potential contract remain to be negotiated. However, this much is certain: The mayor said the city was interested in handing over the entire management of the plant to the firm...
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Carroll County Arrest Log, Nov. 1-7
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/09/12)
The following people were booked into the Carroll County Detention Center from Nov. 1 - 7. Nov. 1 Dusti Jean Lee Sorcearelli, 32, Berryville, hold for White Co. Jacob Randall Trumbley, 33, Sulfure, Okla., was booked in for revocation of suspended sentence...
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Environmental Quality Incentives Program applications due Nov. 16
(Local News ~ 11/09/12)
BERRYVILLE -- Farmers and landowners in Arkansas have until Friday, Nov. 16 to submit applications to receive financial assistance to implement conservation activities through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program for the 2013 program year. Applicants can sign up at their local U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service field service center...
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Nutrient Application training set
(Local News ~ 11/09/12)
BERRYVILLE -- Nutrient Application Education Training will be held in Berryville soon, required by law for anyone applying nutrients to 2.5 acres or more in the Nutrient Surplus Area. The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission requires that all nutrient applicators attend the Arkansas Nutrient Application Education Training under Act 1059 of 2003...
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COMMENTARY: For the overachievers who've just had it (Community News ~ 11/09/12)
Scientists have a name for it: Ergomania. It is a word composed of two Latin roots. "Ergo," meaning work, and "mania," which means passion. Ergomania, thusly, is a "passion for work." In contemporary society we use a different term for an individual suffering from this condition: The "workaholic." The condition is not limited to corporate offices or the manufacturing plant. It thrives in houses of worship... -
FSA announces payments for grazing losses due to drought
(Local News ~ 11/09/12)
CARROLL COUNTY -- The Carroll County office of the Farm Service Agency has been authorized to make 2012 Noninsured Assistance Program payments for grazing losses due to drought and extreme heat. County Executive Director Scott Fancher, said eligible producers, those who insured their grazing acres, would receive $36.76 per acre in payments...
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Drought whittling away winter forage
(Local News ~ 11/09/12)
BENTONVILLE -- As many of the rain clouds hitting the state continue to bypass the northern tier of Arkansas' counties, hope for abundant fall forage is shriveling along with the seedlings, county extension agents said Tuesday. "We missed another rain pattern and in this corner, producers realize the fall growth they were counting on will not arrive," said Robert Seay, Benton County Extension staff chairman for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. ...
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WCCAD bond is set to be OK'd Tuesday
(Local News ~ 11/09/12)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- After a several-month process, the Western Carroll County Ambulance District board expects to finally approve Tuesday the addition of a performance bond from the City of Eureka Springs. The bond guarantees compensation should the city be unable to perform according to a contract to provide ambulance service to district residents...
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Berryville alderman concerned about U.S. 62 crossing at community center (Local News ~ 11/09/12)
BERRYVILLE -- Berryville City Council members are concerned that school children crossing Highway 62 on their way to the Berryville Community Center are on a collision course with traffic. Council members addressed this and other issues during a brief Nov. 6 meeting... -
First Baptist Eureka's Centennial Service brings back founders -- sort of (Community News ~ 11/09/12)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- In 1912, members of First Baptist Church of Eureka Springs pledged $3,200 and built a four-story Byzantine-style church, topped with a dome, on Spring Street. They named it in memory of evangelist William Evander Penn, a Civil War veteran who in 1893, held a revival in Eureka Springs that drew 335 new members to the small congregation... -
Green Forest Fire Department to host chili supper after Christmas parade
(Local News ~ 11/09/12)
GREEN FOREST -- The Green Forest Christmas Parade might warm your heart, but it will probably take more than Christmas cheer to defrost your fingers after a morning spent huddled in the brisk December air. What could be better for that than a steaming, spicy bowl of chili?...
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