Stories from Friday, April 19, 2013

CARROLL COUNTY -- An undercover drug investigation has led to the arrests of seven people in Berryville and Green Forest, police said Wednesday. The suspects, all locals ranging in age from 28 to 54, were charged with various drug trafficking crimes...

GREEN FOREST -- First Federal Bank, in Berryville, might have a new owner by this summer. First National Bank of Green Forest announced its pending acquisition of the competitor in a press release issued Wednesday afternoon. According to the release, First National Bank of Green Forest has agreed to purchase the office, deposit accounts, and certain other assets associated with First Federal, pending regulatory approval...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Carroll-Boone Water District is looking at some major projects in planning for the next 10 to 20 years by way of its master plan update, presented Thursday by consulting engineers Chris Hall and Brad Hammond of McGoodwin, Williams & Yates...

BERRYVILLE -- Mayor Tim McKinney has proposed making it illegal to chain a dog to a stationary object within the city limits. At a city council meeting Monday night, the mayor said he felt the practice was "abusive" and "cruel." He added that tethered dogs were more likely to be hyper-territorial and react violently to wayward children who venture into their domain, say, to retrieve a prized baseball (a la' The Sandlot)...

CARROLL COUNTY -- Evan Pearson, the Berryville man accused of harboring a runaway girl last fall and of burglarizing a string of businesses this February, is still on the loose, police say. Pearson, the son of Sgt. Shannon Pearson, of the Berryville Police Department, was arrested last Thanksgiving, after he and Desiray Thibodeaux were found sleeping in a car on the campus of Morehead State University, in Kentucky. Thibodeaux, 16 at the time, had been missing from Oak Grove since Halloween...

CARROLL COUNTY -- With summer on the horizon, one set of students is preparing to bid a final adieu to the classrooms of Carroll County, but for another, younger set, the journey is just beginning. Kindergarten pre-registration is right around the corner for students in Berryville, Eureka Springs, and Green Forest. ...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Carroll County Community Foundation, an affiliate office of the Arkansas Community Foundation, has awarded the Great Passion Play a one-time Opportunity Grant of $5,000. At a recent board meeting, CCCF directors considered the economic impact The Great Passion Play has on Carroll County and the enormous amount of help needed to revitalize and repair the grounds and surrounding area...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The City of Eureka Springs Tree City Committee and the Eureka Springs Parks & Recreation Commission will co-host the annual Eureka Springs Arbor Day Celebration at Harmon Park, lower level off Grand Avenue, at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 26...

Lifestyles of the poor and forgotten dogs of Carroll County will soon improve, thanks to a kick-start by Brashears Furniture, Cornerstone Bank and an anonymous donor to Go East Young Dog's "Yards for Dogs" fundraising initiative. Go East Young Dog shelters 30-45 dogs at a time while they are awaiting adoption and transport to new homes in the northeast. ...

You may not like green eggs and ham, but you will love "Seussical, Jr." Cornerstone Bank proudly brings to the stage the Berryville Junior High Choir this Monday and Tuesday evening, April 22-23, at the Berryville Community Center. "Seussical, Jr." is not only fun for kids, it has a love story, adventure and lots of imagination as Horton the elephant determines to protect the people of Whoville against the perils of the Jungle of Nool. ...

There is a Zen parable about a man who surprised a sleeping tiger while walking through the jungle. The ferocious animal pursued the man, causing him to throw down his bag and walking stick, as he ran for his life. With the tiger tightly on his heels, the man came to a steep cliff. He saw a vine dangling over the edge, quickly grabbed it, and began shimmying down the vine just narrowly escaping the teeth of the tiger who now leered hungrily at him from the rim above...

Ruth Katherine Haydon, a resident of Holiday Island, Arkansas, was born January 27, 1920 in Newhall, Iowa, a daughter of Henry and Sophie (Werning) Steinke. She departed this life Thursday, April 11, 2013 in Holiday Island, at the age of 93 years...