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Stories from Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Eyes on the prize: Whetham says Berryville is ready (High School Sports ~ 10/28/14)
The Berryville Lady Bobcats will open play in the Class 4A state championship at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Lonoke. The Lady Bobcats will face Central Arkansas Christian in the first round. Berryville Coach Kristin Whetham said the Lady Bobcats have the potential to contend for a state championship...
Green Forest has plenty of motivation (High School Sports ~ 10/28/14)
The Green Forest Lady Tigers are back in the Class 3A state volleyball tournament this season, and they feel as if they have unfinished business. Green Forest (18-3) reached the state tournament last season but suffered a tough loss in the first round. That loss hasn't been forgotten, Lady Tigers Coach Trista Killingsworth said...
Late rally is too little for Tigers (High School Sports ~ 10/28/14)
GREEN FOREST -- The Green Forest Tigers lost their second consecutive 3A-1 conference game Friday night, coming up short with a late rally as Greenland beat the Tigers 35-28. Green Forest (3-5, 3-2 3A-1) scored its final touchdown on a 7-yard pass from Cory Bryant to Eddie Ojeda with 1:33 left, then attempted an onside kick. The Tigers recovered the kick, but since the ball had not traveled the required 10 yards, possession was awarded to Greenland (6-2, 4-1) and the Pirates ran out the clock...
Bobcats still winless in conference (High School Sports ~ 10/28/14)
Nothing went right for the Berryville Bobcats on Friday night, and the end result was a 49-2 loss at Pea Ridge. Pea Ridge (8-0, 5-0 4A-1) led 28-0 at the end of the first quarter. Perhaps the only positive for Berryville (2-6, 0-5) was the fact that several underclassmen saw significant playing time...
Highlanders get started with victory (High School Sports ~ 10/28/14)
The Eureka Springs Highlanders opened their 2014-2015 basketball season with a 61-31 victory against St. Paul on Friday night. But don't tell Coach Brian Rambo that the Highlanders started well. "We came out and played as poorly as humanly possible in that first quarter," Rambo said...
Eureka Springs golfers fare well at state (High School Sports ~ 10/28/14)
Led by a fifth-place individual finish by sophomore Molly Montez, the Eureka Springs High School girls golf team finished fifth at the Class 2A state tournament at Horseshoe Bend. Eureka Springs Coach Adam Louderback said he told Montez and her teammates, senior Briana Birchfield and junior Cassie Ray, to go out and have fun at the state tournament...
Community shows support for Lady Bobcats (Local News ~ 10/28/14)
If community support is any indication of how well they'll do at the Class 4A state volleyball tournament, the Berryville Lady Bobcats are about to make a run. Berryville High School parents, students and faculty cheered on the team Monday afternoon as the team bus traveled through the Berryville Public Square, en route to the tournament in Lonoke...
Farwell helped restore Eureka (Local News ~ 10/28/14)
Orville Wayne Farwell was a Republican, but not when he ran for Carroll County Judge in 1978. Farwell knew Republicans simply didn't win elections in Arkansas at the time. So Farwell ran as an independent. It was a shrewd political move. Farwell beat seven-term incumbent Arthur Carter, a popular Democrat and World War II hero, by more than 500 votes...
Learning Center's Fall Festival helps build relationships (Local News ~ 10/28/14)
Employees at the Carroll County Learning Center emphasize multifaceted skill training for the disabled individuals they serve. According to Jake Hall, adult service coordinator, nothing exemplifies these skills better than the center's fall festival...
Berryville UMC holds fall festival (Local News ~ 10/28/14)
The Berryville United Methodist Church held its Fall Festival last Saturday with music, a yard sale and fun and food. The pastor of the Berryville church is Rev. Kenny Lee.
Rotary honors Foster as Berryville Student of the Month (Local News ~ 10/28/14)
The Berryville Rotary hosted its October Student of the Month, Ciera Foster, on Oct. 14.
Williams joins Thurman & Flanagin (Local News ~ 10/28/14)
Stevin Williams, a 2007 Berryville High School graduate, a 2011 Arkansas Tech University graduate and a 2014 University of Arkansas School of Law graduate, passed the Arkansas Bar Exam on Sept. 5. He has joined the Carroll County law firm of Thurman & Flanagin as an associate...
David Norris (Obituary ~ 10/28/14)
DAVID NORRIS, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born February 19, 1959 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, a son of Jimmie Lee and Helen Dean (Richey) Norris. He departed this life Sunday, October 26, 2014 in his home with family by his side in Berryville, at the age of 55 years...
Fifteen years of Presbyterian Church dinners (Holiday Island ~ 10/28/14)
The Holiday Island Presbyterian Church held their 15th annual dinner for mission on Sept. 22. More than 300 people were served this popular spaghetti meal, and all profits have always been donated to local charities. This year's recipients are People Helping People and Jeremiah House, which each received $1,650. From left are Vickie Polson, director of Jeremiah House; Roxanne Royster, food co-chairperson; Nancy Werbitzky, church mission elder; and Sue Hopkins, People Helping People chairperson...
HI board nixes Slinkard law firm, Matchpoint leak detection (Holiday Island ~ 10/28/14)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- It was a day for nays, as the Holiday Island Board of Commissioners, in addition to voting against a request to put developer Tom Dees on the December election ballot (see related story), voted Monday not to sign a contract with either the Slinkard Law Firm or continue with Matchpoint, Inc., the company that has been providing leak detection services...
HI controversy - Motion to put developer on BOC ballot fails (Holiday Island ~ 10/28/14)
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- After two and a half hours of commissioner and public comment Monday, with input from its attorney, the Holiday Island Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 to deny a motion to put developer Tom Dees on the December ballot for commissioner...

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