Stories from Friday, February 28, 2014

BERRYVILLE -- The School Board met with Dr. Diana Julian and Ronnie Greer of the executive recruitment firm McPherson and Jacobson, LLC late last week to establish a timeline for the superintendent search. Julian and Greer, consultants for the firm -- also known as Mac and Jake, are planning to hold meetings with members of the school community and the larger community on March 13 to get input on what they would like to see in a new superintendent. ...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Since SWEPCO's plans to put a 345 kV transmission line across Carroll County were announced, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been busy surveying local properties, searching for endangered species. "This past year, we've been to more caves in Carroll County than we ever have before," Heath Rauschenberger, karst and cave biologist, said, estimating they've surveyed about a dozen caves in that time period. ...

CARROLL COUNTY -- Those who wish to have Carroll Electric control vegetation by hand on electric line rights-of-way on their property have until March 15 to file an application requesting that option. In response to public opposition to herbicide spraying on private land several years ago, Carroll Electric instituted a process in 2010 whereby landowners could request that vegetation growing under power lines be removed manually...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- A group of advocates for the open carry gun laws have planned to equip themselves with a sidearm enjoy and a normal day of dining and shopping in the city on Saturday, March 29. "It is not a march, it is not a demonstration," said Marti Suchsland, event organizer. "We are there for an open carry walk and to educate people. We will be eating lunch in Eureka Springs and then do some shopping and just carrying on like normal people."...

GREEN FOREST -- Nepal is almost as far on the other side of the planet from Carroll County as one can get. That's physically speaking. Culturally, the difference may be more akin to being on the moon. But that's the journey Bonnie Roediger, an ordained minister at Olive Tree Fellowship in Eureka Springs and founder of Bible Reading Ministry International, and her husband, Jesse, are going to make on March 9...

The following people were booked into the Carroll County Detention Center from Feb. 9 through Feb. 11 and charged with the following crimes, for which they have not yet been tried: Feb. 9 Brain David Caldwell, 24, Berryville, was booked for speeding, driving on a suspended license, obstruction of government operations and hold for other agency...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- More than 100 Boy Scouts descended on Lake Leatherwood the weekend of Feb. 14 to participate in their annual winter competition. This winter's theme was "Klondike Gold Rush," and many of the competitions reflected that theme. Besides the usual Scouting challenges such as knot tying, first aid, compass and flint and steel, there were also events such as snowshoe races (pictured), bridge building, snowball throws and "Klondike cooking."...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- A great loss to the community. That is how friends of Ken Bates summed up his passing. Bates, who lived in Holiday Island, passed away Sunday night after a battle with cancer, at the age of 83. His death was a shock to people who knew him as an advocate for responsible pet ownership and a pillar of the Good Shepherd Animal Society for three decades...

Eureka Springs EMS and rescue crews responded to the Leatherwood Bridge Tuesday afternoon for a car over an embankment. The patient had to be removed from a vehicle that had come to rest far down an incline, and the hoisted to level ground. The injured patient was transported to a regional hospital by Air Evac Lifeteam. ...

GREEN FOREST -- A quick fix with an arc welder wielded by Bud Hooton is all it took to get the mill back in operation at Evans Feed Store and More in Green Forest on Thursday. Hooten is also the bovine feed mixologist at the store.

BERRYVILLE -- Some local students have become published authors thanks to district-wide involvement in the national College-Ready Writers Project. "Berryville is the only district in Arkansas to participate," said Project Director Nikki Holland, of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville...