Stories from Friday, October 3, 2014

The Berryville Lady Bobcats defeated the Green Forest Lady Tigers in three sets Monday, but not without a few anxious moments. Berryville held off a Green Forest rally in the final set and won the match 25-15, 25-16, 29-27. "I thought we hit the ball very well," said Berryville assistant coach Daniel Cornelison, who led the Lady Bobcats in the absence of head coach Kristin Whetham, who was sick. "Green Forest does a lot of good things and it can give us some confidence moving forward."...

Running backs Aiden Brummett and Deonte Payton waited until their senior year to get significant playing time in the Berryville backfield, only to discover they would have to share the leading role. But neither is complaining. Coach Lee Atkins says he told the two seniors that whoever is hot will get the football, and Brummett and Payton have been a solid combination through the Bobcats' first four games this season...

Green Forest and Cedarville appear to be two teams heading in different directions. Green Forest (1-3, 1-0 3A-1) went winless in nonconference play, capped by a 36-34 loss to Berryville in the Carroll County Super Bowl, then rebounded to defeat Marshall 41-14 in its conference opener last week. Cedarville, on the other hand, opened the season with a 42-14 victory over Mountainburg but since then has lost three consecutive games...

"I like these scars," Jonathan Moran says as his legs spin the pedals on an exercise bike. Moran, a Carroll County deputy sheriff, who suffered a broken neck and a spinal cord injury in a rollover accident while responding to a domestic disturbance call on July 7, spent Thursday morning at Kings River Physical Therapy in Berryville, working to regain movement in his right ankle. Smiling, he said he is "all about" the scars on his neck and head...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross visited Berryville on Wednesday, stressing that he is not an "Obama Democrat." "Not all Democrats are Obama Democrats, and not all Republicans are Reagan Republicans," he said. "You have to look at the person running."...

A 24-year-old Berryville man was injured Sept. 20 when he was attacked by a Carroll County Sheriff's Office K-9 during an incident in Green Forest. According to a report by Officer Tucker Mallett of the Green Forest Police Department, he was called to Garden Gate Apartments on the afternoon of Sept. ...

The Berryville School Board approved several budget items at its special called meeting Monday, Sept. 29. The board approved the operating budget, the special education budget, the federal programs budget and the Act 59 budget. Board members also approved Future Farmers of America's trip to the FFA National Convention. The convention will be held Oct. 28-31, and the trip will cost $7,000, which will be removed from existing FFA funds...

The Carroll County Master Gardeners welcomed volunteer help from several members of the Berryville High School National Honor Society on Monday, Sept. 29. The students helped in weeding some of the raised beds located at the Berryville School District outdoor classroom. Pictured in the back semicircle are: Amber Robinett, Lauren Girkin, Lindsey Girkin, Emily Loriaux, Mrs. Lisa Thompson (NHS sponsor/counselor) In the front center is Shaylyn Bradshaw. (Submitted photo)...

More than six million young people across the country will celebrate National 4-H Week, an annual celebration of 4-H during the first full week of October. This year's celebration will be held Oct. 5-11. Carroll County 4-H will leverage National 4-H Week this year to showcase the great things that 4-H offers young people and highlights the incredible 4-H youth in the community who work each day to make a positive impact on the community...

heila Vercruysse, mother of the bride and Wanda Lowery grandmother of the bride, of Bentonville, are pleased to announce the engagement of Shayla Vercruysse to Travis Scates, son of Tony and Vicki Scates of Rogers. Travis Scates is a graduate of Rogers High School, class of 2004. He is employed at the Walmart Home Office in Bentonville...

A husband and wife had been married for many years when the husband began to fear that his wife was going deaf. He implemented an informal exam. While his wife was in the kitchen cooking dinner, the husband in a normal, conversation tone asked from the den, "Honey, what's for dinner?" She didn't answer. So he moved closer to the kitchen and repeated the question; no response...

This car was involved in a rollover accident Wednesday afternoon near Razorback Gift Shop on Highway 62 in western Eureka Springs. A police report was unavailable at press time, but the driver was apparently preparing to leave the gift shop parking lot when she shifted the car into reverse instead of drive and ran through a fence and down a steep hill before the car rolled over onto its side. ...