Stories from Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Carroll County Judge Sam Barr lifted the county's burn ban after parts of the county received heavy rainfall on Monday, July 22, officials said. Radar estimations from the National Weather Service in Tulsa, Okla., show that the northeast corner of the county got the most rain -- 1.5 to 2 inches in some places -- while other parts of the county saw closer to a half-inch to 1 inch of precipitation...

BERRYVILLE -- The City Council approved an outside firm's contract to operate the city's wastewater treatment plant, viewed bids for cemetery lawn work and requested an inspection from the city's insurance service office at their its meeting last Tuesday, July 16...

Arkansas State Police Trooper Chad Hipps looks over the accident scene on Monday afternoon after a dump truck turned over on a sharp curve on Highway 62 at Thorncrown Chapel just before 4 p.m. Monday. The truck was headed eastbound when its load of sand shifted, pulling the truck over sideways, said the driver, whose name was not released. ...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Western Carroll County Ambulance District can breathe a little easier, at least for awhile, as the board learned last week it can add to its coffers an extra $25,000 that had fallen through the cracks. Treasurer Joe McClung, Jr. ...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- At its upcoming quarterly meeting, the Carroll-Boone Water District board will hear an update from engineers McGoodwin, Williams & Yates on fluoride feed system requirements. In 2011, the state mandated that all drinking water systems serving more than 5,000 people must fluoridate their water, but funding cannot come from taxes or water sales revenue. ...

The following people were booked in to Carroll County Detention Center from July 11 to July 18 and were charged with the following offenses, for which they have not been tried: July 11 Wyatt McCallie Clouse, 22 . Harrision, was booked for speeding, reckless driving, DWI, implied consent and possession of drug paraphernalia...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Last summer, Donesa Mann visited the Vocal Music Camp at Inspiration Point, home of Opera in the Ozarks. Mann, the new choral music teacher for Berryville Schools, wanted to see if the camp was something her junior and senior-high students should attend...

In what is surely the most unifying cause to affect Carroll County in decades -- if not ever -- the Arkansas Public Service Commission hearings on SWEPCO's power-line plan drew at least 500 area residents last Monday and Tuesday. It was an awesome sight to behold -- that many Carroll County and Eureka Springs residents from so many different walks of life coming together for a common cause. ...

This year's graduating seniors entered college just before the Obama administration began. But while these successful graduates are now ready to move on to the next stage in their lives, the administration hasn't achieved the same kind of progress on one of its signature initiatives: creating open government...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- In a special board meeting Monday, the Holiday Island Board of Commissioners passed a resolution to adopt a contract to sell a lot at 96 Summit Drive. The agreed purchase price is $7,500, and a new contract will have to be drawn up, as the one under consideration expired earlier this month...

With all the buzz about our PUBLISH!! conference on July 27--and no, dears, it's not a "Christian" conference. One speaker will discuss writing for the inspirational market. The others will each discuss a different market. But it seems important amid all this hubbub to remember that workshops and conferences don't make you a writer. ...