Stories from Tuesday, November 20, 2012

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- At a bid opening Thursday for new accounting software, Holiday Island officials were dismayed to learn that the two bids received were markedly beyond the budget allotment for next year. Officials were also disappointed to receive only two bids...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The 46th annual Silver Tea, a longtime Eureka Springs holiday tradition, will be held Thursday, Dec. 6, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the 1886 Crescent Hotel. Hosted by the women of St. James' Episcopal Church, this year's event will benefit the Eureka Springs School of the Arts. The public is cordially invited to share in the fun. Admission is by donation...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- A whole turkey or chicken, depending on the size of the family. Sweet potatoes, corn, green beans, pie filling or cake mix, canned milk, pecans and brown sugar. On Friday, volunteers at Wildflowers Christian Outreach Ministry filled the shelves of more than a hundred households at the annual Thanksgiving food bank giveaway...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- A new literary phenomenon is sweeping the country: Twitterstories, literature in 140 characters. "She took off her ring when he did his. Now he wears his, but hers is lost." That's a Twitterstory. Author Darren Cormier, one of the first to publish in the form, will be in Eureka Springs on Sunday, Dec. 2, to discuss this new literary style and why it is important. The event begins at 6 p.m. at Garden Bistro on North Main in Eureka Springs...

BERRYVILLE -- Effective in January, the Berryville Public Library is extending its hours of operation and will now be open from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. This expansion of service hours will offer library patrons more flexibility and convenience in accessing library services...

In your editorial reply to Ms. Large in the November 13, 2012 issue of the Carroll County News, your closing line was blatant sophistry and an outright lie. You said, "Those are your words, not ours." Those words were exactly what you wrote in your original story in the Carroll County News, November 2, 2012, which included these two paragraphs:...

We want to extend a very big "Thank You" from Flint Street Fellowship (food bank) to the Pied Piper Pub and Inn for another very successful food and fundraiser last Thursday held for our pantry and lunchroom. The amount of food and money collected was very substantial and will keep our shelves full for quite a while. The success of the event is no doubt due to the hard work of the folks at the Pied Piper, but also the delicious food this event has become famous for...

The Berryville FFA chapter and officer team would like to extend a huge thank you to the Berryville High School graduating class of 1982 for their spontaneous donation of $100. This money is going to be used within our chapter to send members to a leadership conference in Harrison on Nov. 14. We greatly appreciate your generosity...

Once again the people of the Eureka area have shown their generosity, and the shelves of our local food bank, the Flint Street Food Bank, are filled. Local Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts hit the streets, went door to door, house to house, driveway to driveway, and brought into the food bank bags and bags and bags of food. ...

I'm studying a list of common German names, seeking to name a character, a young scientist who believes that in a mechanistic universe, there is no Mystery. Müller, Schmidt, Schneider, Weber, Becker, Simon. Simon. From Hebrew for God has heard. And I hear a sound, almost a literal cha-king ring in my head...

Are you still likin' it here? "Are you still likin' it here?" That's the question I get every time I run into Mrs. Swan, one of my neighbor's aunts. She's lived in Carroll County all of her life and is often surprised when people from "up North" settle into Southern living...

Tillman and Iva Lee Simpson of Green Forest will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary with an open house from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24 at the United Baptist Church in Green Forest. Friends and family are invited to attend. Iva Lee Asbury and Tillman Simpson were married on Nov. 24, 1942, at Norfork, Ark., with Justice of the Peace J.D. Torrance officiating...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- When most Americans hear the term "Scottish dancing," what comes to mind is someone dressed in a kilt, holding one hand above their head and leaping high into the air while bagpipes play. That is one form of "Scottish dancing," called the Highland Fling, but that's not what Melissa Clare teaches...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Singers are enthusiastically rehearsing in preparation for their annual holiday concert, to be held Saturday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 16 at 3 p.m. in the Holiday Island Clubhouse Ballroom. This year's concert will include many seasonal favorites as well as some new pieces. ...

On Saturday, Nov. 10, the Alpena Historical Society met for the second time in the recently restored Auman Building, now a courthouse. Participants met in the judge's room and discussed old and new business, which included working on a mission statement and possible school participation, potential meetings with owners of other historic buildings in Alpena and the legal status needed for application for grants. ...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- A New Orleans-style Jazz Funeral will parade through downtown Eureka Springs on Dec. 21. The event is hosted by Louisiana native Dan Ellis of Eureka Springs, who also organizes many of Eureka's Mardi Gras and St. Patrick's Day festivities...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Green Forest High School FFA chapter butchered the competition at last month's National FFA Meats Evaluation and Technology Career Development Event. The Green Forest chapter was one of 42 teams to participate in the competition, held in conjunction with the 85th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind...

Kenya Boes, a senior at Eureka Springs High School, shown here with Eureka Springs Rotary President, Nicole Hoppel, was named the Eureka Springs Rotary Student of the Month for the month of October. Kenya, a resident of Holiday Island, is the daughter of Megan Boes and Michael Person. She attended the Arkansas School of Science and Mathematics in Hot Springs her junior year...

CARROLL COUNTY -- The salaries of their fellow elected officials were on the minds of Justices of the Peace at Friday's meeting of the Carroll County Quorum Court. JPs considered two related ordinances dealing with salaries, passing the first and tabling the second...

CARROLL COUNTY -- Carroll County librarians and bibliophiles, rejoice. The Carroll County Quorum Court is considering restoring funding to libraries previously imperiled by budget cuts. That tentative decision was reached last Friday, when Justices of the Peace met to work out a 2013 budget for county government...

BERRYVILLE -- Carroll County officials took steps Monday to bring the county airport into compliance with Federal Aviation Administration mandates and avoid having to refund over $1 million in federal grants. It came to light last month that the occupation of an airport facility by the county Office of Emergency Management put the airport in violation of FAA grant obligations stretching back 20 years...

BERRYVILLE -- Leapin' Lizards! Just in time for the holidays, a taste of New York City is coming to the Berryville Community Center. On Nov. 30 and Dec. 1., for the first time, the Berryville High School Choir -- also known as "The Voice of BHS" -- will present a Broadway-style musical...

CARROLL COUNTY -- Justices of the Peace considered county tobacco policies, road standards, and a slew of other items during a more than three-hour long meeting last Friday. However, more than a third of that meeting was devoted to the 2013 budget. In addition to revisiting library funding (see earlier article: http://bit.ly/10oUhDe), JPs considered several other changes to the proposed budget...