Stories from Tuesday, October 8, 2013

GREEN FOREST -- The city is looking to expand. The City Council has discussed annexation of the territory west of the city up to the first house on the right past Das Butcher Haus. The property will be annexed through a petition from the property owners, rather than an initiative on a ballot, said Mayor Charles Reece...

CARROLL COUNTY -- Whether it's a missing loan payment or a cancelled camping trip, local branches of federal agencies, their employees and their benefactors are dealing with the harsh realities of the government shutdown. The local branches of the USDA Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have all seen their offices -- and recreation areas, in the case of the Corps of Engineers -- closed and employees furloughed...

GRANDVIEW -- An Eagle Rock man has died from injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle accident last week on Arkansas Highway 143 north of Grandview. Deputies from the Carroll County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the scene of an accident north of Grandview on Highway 143 at 4:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2...

BERRYVILLE -- By a vote of 385 to 200, David Waller has defeated incumbent Joe Ward for the school board's at-large seat. A special runoff election between the two candidates was held today at the Berryville Community Center, as neither candidate received the 50 percent of the vote necessary to win in the regular school board election on Sept. 17...

OAK GROVE -- The city council discussed bringing in a buyer for the gas station across the street from city hall and appointing a new city council member at its most recent meeting. Oak Grove Mayor Josh Peden brought up the possibility of someone buying the gas station across the street. Peden said he has spoken to several people about purchasing the property, and he has only received two answers: "no" or "only if we can sell alcohol."...

Every Tuesday, the Green Forest Public Library sponsors Story Time at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers for an hour of stories, crafts and snacks. Last Tuesday, the craft involved making paper pizzas, as October is National Pizza Month. In addition to the paper, glue and sparkly non-edible pizzas, the children were served pizza bite snacks...

GREEN FOREST -- Green Forest survived homecoming and took another step towards a 1-3A Conference title with a 43-34 win over Melbourne Friday night at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers improved to 3-2 overall and 2-0 in the conference, keeping pace with West Fork atop the league standings...

OZARK -- The results were all too familiar for Berryville in Friday night's 28-13 loss at Ozark. In almost an exact replay of last week's 28-13 loss at Lincoln, the Bobcats were once again unable to play the spoiler role in Ozark's homecoming festivities, falling to 2-3 overall and 0-2 in 1-4A Conference...

GREEN FOREST -- Green Forest improved to 10-1 overall and 8-1 in 1-3A Conference with a straight set 25-11, 25-13, 25-9 win over Eureka Springs Monday night at Fred Grim Gym. The Lady Tigers made it look easy at times against the Lady Highlanders. But a much-improved Eureka Springs team put pressure on the Lady Tigers, especially in the second game when Green Forest trailed early before getting back on track after calling a time out...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Berryville, Eureka Springs and Green Forest took part in the Chili Pepper Cross Country Festival on Saturday as more than 5,000 runners trudged through the mud and muck at the University of Arkansas' Agri Park. Heavy rains blanketed the area Saturday morning, creating a mosh-pit with standing water canvassing the course...

CARROLL COUNTY -- Last week, Judge Sam Barr signed a proclamation declaring Oct. 6-12 National 4-H Week in Carroll County. While there are not any specific events planned to celebrate the week, organizers are hoping to simply raise awareness for the organization and encourage more kids to get involved...

BERRYVILLE -- The Carroll County Community Foundation has given $19,050 in Giving Tree Grant awards to 17 nonprofit programs in the county. The grants were presented in a ceremony at Brashears Furniture on Sept. 26. "Our Giving Tree program helps Arkansans support a variety of important needs in their own hometowns," said Arkansas Community Foundation President and CEO Heather Larkin. ...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The annual membership meeting of the Inspiration Point Rural Fire Protection District will take place at the Retreat at Sky Ridge, 637 County Road 111, Eureka Springs, on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. At the meeting there will be a vote on whether to increase assessments and an election of three new commissioners. ...

"An informed citizenry is the only true repository of the public will." -- Thomas Jefferson

Dear Dr. Cheri, I'm a stay-at-home mom who home schools our two young children. I decided to teach the children at home because of all the overcrowding in the schools and the stories about bullying. I feel much safer teaching them myself. For a while now, I've invited neighbor's and family's children over on a regular basis to play and socialize. ...

On Sunday, Sept. 29, Jess Paul Carter celebrated his 100th birthday. Carter was born in Kingston, Ark. Friends and family from as far as the State of Washington, where Carter lived from 1954 to 2010, helped in the celebration at Grandview Baptist Church...

CARROLL COUNTY -- Juvenile Court Officers Ginger Johnson and Devonn Rider have started another year with school officials and families in Eureka Springs, Berryville and Green Forest. The two officers provide services to families who are experiencing problems with school attendance, discipline or delinquency...

GREEN FOREST ­-- Technicians from Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, Inc. of Toledo, Ohio, were in Green Forest last week looking for unmarked graves at Glenwood Cemetery. Glenwood Cemetery committee member Nancy Ratzlaff, Mayor Charlie Reece and others were on hand to watch as managers and technicians Matt Ringle and Wade Vickers discovered numerous unmarked graves, marking them with day-glo orange spray paint...