Stories from Tuesday, April 30, 2013

BERRYVILLE -- School board members voted Monday to hire Lee Atkins as the new head coach of the Berryville High School football program. Atkins, who has more than 20 years experience in the field, comes from a long line of coaches -- with nine cousins and two sons employed as coaches at some point...

Parents and teachers were amazed Saturday afternoon, when they found their fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-graders actually QUIET, heads bent over papers, pens scratching furiously. Mike Hancock, Village Writing School instructor and the inspiration for this burst of creativity, looked just a tiny bit smug. His "Into the Wild" workshop, designed specifically for this group of almost all boys, had done exactly what he planned. They were writing...

BERRYVILLE -- Clare Doss, a Berryville teenager, has received a $2,500 STAR scholarship from P.E.O., a women's organization dedicated to providing higher education opportunities for women. Doss was sponsored by Chapter A, P.E.O., of Eureka Springs, and was one of 12 Arkansas recipients chosen from 1,961 nationwide...

Before the start of the Great Recession, the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) identified the need to increase transmission capacity in Carroll County, Arkansas and issued a NTC (Notification to Construct) on the date Feb. 13, 2008. We've been kept in the dark until now of their plans, so I want to do some quick math...

When a public power utility proposes to run a 345 kV transmission line with a 150-foot cleared corridor 48 miles across a county, and: No public notice is run in the newspaper of record for that county; and The county judge, who knew about it months before landowners did, doesn't see fit to bring the matter up before the members of the Quorum Court so they can inform their constituents who might be affected; and...

CARROLL COUNTY -- Local law enforcement collected 59 pounds of unwanted and expired prescription medications this Saturday, during Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. The periodic event, the sixth of its kind in the state, is a partnership between the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, and the Green Forest and Eureka Springs police departments...

JASPER -- The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality will hold an informational meeting in Jasper on May 8 to provide information on a permit issued for C & H Hog Farms to operate in Mount Judea. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. in the Carroll Electric Cooperative building at 511 E. Court St., Jasper. ADEQ staff will make a presentation on the permit and will be available to answer questions...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Forty landowners who could be affected by the 345 kV transmission line planned to be constructed by SWEPCO to go through Carroll County received late notices last week when it was discovered they had been inadvertently left out. Their notices were mailed April 22, along with a letter stating it was because of a GIS problem they had been missed...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The public may not have been allowed to express their displeasure at one of the motions approved at the April 18 school board meeting, but they have used other venues to do so. The meeting was one at which staff contracts for the year were voted on. ...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- In a recent report, U.S. News has ranked Eureka Springs High School as eighth in the state of 79 high schools ranked, giving it a "silver medal" as one of the country's best high schools for student excellence. This is based on data taken from state test scores of students during the 2010-11 school year. Demographic data came from the school district...

BERRYVILLE -- This week is Relay for Life Week in Carroll County, thanks to a proclamation signed by Carroll County Judge Sam Barr in preparation for Relay For Life this Friday night. Relay for Life is a fundraising event in association with the American Cancer Society where participants raise money and awareness to combat cancer. ...

CARROLL COUNTY -- A Carroll County man and woman were arrested earlier this month after allegedly burglarizing a Eureka Springs home and then destroying it with fire, police revealed this week. Those suspects, and their alleged crime, are only one link in what police are now describing as a burglary ring involving as many as 10 separate cases spanning several years and two states...

BERRYVILLE -- Berryville continued to cruise through its 1-4A Conference schedule with a 4-0 blanking of Gentry Monday night at Bobcat Stadium. Jose Sanchez recorded a hat trick and Josue Portillo added a goal as the Bobcats improved to 15-6 overall and 7-0 in conference action...

GREEN FOREST -- The third time was not a charm for Green Forest. The Tigers dropped an 8-7 decision to West Fork on Monday, ending a season plagued with defensive miscues. Green Forest made eight errors against the visiting Tigers. The Tigers were seemingly out of the game in the fourth inning when West Fork plated three runs to build a 6-2 advantage. ...

GREEN FOREST -- As twins, Kodee and Kaitlin Powell have been together all their lives. They are not about to start changing things now. The Green Forest seniors signed basketball scholarships with North Arkansas College in Harrison on Friday at Fred Grim Gym on the same floor where the girls garnered the attention of NorthArk coach Stacie Klott...

GREEN FOREST -- Green Forest turned a 2-0 halftime advantage into a 7-1 rout of Eureka Springs Monday afternoon at Tiger Stadium as the Tigers continue to set up a collision course with Berryville for the 1-4A Conference title. The Tigers improved to 7-0 in conference action with the win. Berryville blanked Gentry 4-0 on Monday to improve to 7-0. The Tigers and Bobcats are slated to square off May 6 in Berryville with the winner claiming the conference crown...

GREEN FOREST -- Eureka Springs earned its first 1-4A Conference win of the year with a 2-0 shootout victory over Green Forest at Tiger Stadium Monday afternoon. After the Lady Highlanders and Lady Tigers played to a scoreless tie during regulation, the two squads lined up for penalty kicks, a task the Lady Highlanders were unaccustomed to...