Stories from Tuesday, October 15, 2013

GREEN FOREST -- The city is on board for a new water line. The Green Forest City Council approved a resolution supporting Carroll-Boone Water District's proposed parallel water line and accepted bids to update equipment of the police department and the grounds of the fire department at its meeting last night...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The 66th Annual Original Ozark Folk Festival -- one of the oldest in America, held every year since 1948, featuring the music, dance, arts, crafts and people of the Ozarks -- has announced the music lineup for the headlining show on Saturday, Oct. 27, which will feature a live broadcast of the internationally syndicated radio show "WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour" with host Michael Johnathan...

CARROLL COUNTY ­-- The Sheriff's Office will participate in another national Prescription Take-Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 26, as the effort continues to bring in increasing amounts of old and unused drugs, both here and elsewhere. Anyone interested in safely disposing expired or unused prescription drugs can do so at the following locations:...

GREEN FOREST -- Looking to keep in shape before binging on candy this Halloween? If so, the Trick or Trot 5K Run, sponsored by Green Forest High School's junior class, may just be the event for you. The event -- which is open to runners and walkers of all ages -- will be held Saturday, Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. on the high school football field...

GREEN FOREST -- Lanina Johnson, a recent Green Forest High School graduate, has been chosen from high school writers across the country as the winner of Writer's Resource's first Young Writers Children's Book Contest. Her 24-page winning book, "The Me I Wanna Be," is now available for purchase in paperback form on Amazon.com for $7.55, and patrons can request the book at local bookstores...

GREEN FOREST -- The Country Rooster combines a grandmother's furniture and cooking all under one roof and sells them back to the community. For more than nine years, the Rooster has served as a staple of the community, providing a local hot spot where fresh desserts and old friends meet...

The cable show "Duck Dynasty" has taken off, pun intended, beyond most folks' wildest expectations. Berryville "Duck" lovers had the opportunity to receive tickets for a TV show event at Arvest Park in Springdale on Oct. 20. Cox Cable gave away tickets at several of its Northwest Arkansas offices, including Berryville. The normal cost of the tickets was from $20 to $80. Here, Robert Perez shows off his two free tickets to the event while store manager Marcus Phillips gives a thumbs-up...

BERRYVILLE -- The Berryville Varsity Cheerleaders will host the First Annual 2013 Miss Holiday Spirit Pageant at the Berryville K-2 Cafeteria on Saturday, Nov. 16. This competition is open to ladies from baby miss, 0-18 months, to Elite Ms., 40 years and over. There will also be three Miss Christmas Carol divisions which will compete in Christmas attire only...

GREEN FOREST -- The Fifth Annual Dental Sealant Clinic was a successful event with 121 students screened by Dr. Eldon Thompson. Of those who participated,100 students received dental sealants, for a total of 342 teeth. Dental sealants provide a barrier that helps prevent cavities...

BERRYVILLE -- Charles T. Cross, president and chief executive officer of Cornerstone Bank, has announced the appointment of Alechia Meador to the local bank's Advisory Board of Directors. Meador, a lifelong resident of Green Forest, has been a partner at Meador and McCasland, CPAs in Green Forest for 11 years...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance will host and fund a seven-city, educational Whistle-Stop Speaking Tour in Arkansas featuring experts from Waterkeeper Alliance, beginning on Oct. 25 in Fayetteville and ending on Oct. 31 in Little Rock...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Ozarks Chorale is excited to bring a special holiday project to Carroll County, the Hallelujah Chorus Community Sing. Singers young and old are invited to learn Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" through our dedicated YouTube channel, then stand and sing the Chorus together with The Ozarks Chorale during the finale of their holiday concert on Saturday, Dec. 14, which starts 7:30 p.m. at The Auditorum in Eureka Springs...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- It is the annual tradition of Pendergrass Rose American Legion Post 36 and VFW Post 77 to sponsor a golf tournament to help area veterans. This year, the posts were unable to sponsor a golf tournament because there is just so much going on in people's lives nowadays...

Maria Romero, from Berryville, is a Mary Kay beauty consultant. She encouraged her daughter, Michelle Galicia, a 19-year-old college student, to enter a makeover contest sponsored by Mary Kay. Her mother did the makeover and Galicia completed an essay on the topic "One woman can be..."...

Lowe's has Christmas trees on display, and organized people are making their gift lists. Since that's not how I roll, a column about Christmas in October is just downright weird. But because this is so cool, I want to share it early, so that you can be thinking about it and can, if you are one of those organized people, beat the rush...

Your pharmacist can assist you in getting a handle on your health. Pharmacists can be the most accessible source of medical knowledge and serve as the link between the patient and their physician, and they are here to serve you. Today in health care, pharmacists in the United States must complete a doctorate of pharmacy program at an accredited institution. They must also be licensed by their respective state board of pharmacy...

Is there anyone out there who has the same problem with the city that we have? How do we get the City of Berryville to enforce its ordinances? Why have the ordinances in the first place if you won't enforce them? There is a city ordinance that states that you must obtain a kennel license if you have more than three dogs. Our neighbor has at least seven dogs...