Stories from Tuesday, November 11, 2014

HOT SPRINGS -- The Green Forest Tigers didn't place a single runner among the top six finishers at Saturday's Class 3A cross country championships, but their depth and consistency was enough to win a state championship. Gabriel Ramos was Green Forest's top individual finisher, taking seventh place in 17 minutes, 58 seconds. ...

BERRYVILLE -- The Berryville Bobcats had a chance to end a disappointing 2014 season on a high note Friday, but instead suffered a 22-6 loss to Huntsville and finished the season with a seven-game losing streak. Berryville (2-8, 0-7 4A-1) fell behind early, after Huntsville took the opening kickoff at its own 48-yard line and drove for a touchdown and a 7-0 lead. ...

The Green Forest Lady Tiger volleyball team had a great season, making it to the quarterfinals of the state tournament and finishing 19-4. Green Forest coach Trista Killingsworth said the reason her team had so much success this year was due to the way her team developed team chemistry as the season went on...

The sacrifices that Ron Flake made for his country aren't difficult to notice. All you have to do is shake his hand. Listen to his story, and you will feel honored to shake it again.

Ron Flake's military service nearly cost him his life. It did cost him a portion of each of his fingers. And he says he would do it all again. "I was a volunteer," he said. "I wanted to go in the military. That was the life I wanted." As America celebrates Veterans Day on Tuesday, honoring the service and sacrifice of veterans like Flake, he makes it clear that he doesn't believe the nation is indebted to him...

A veteran himself, Rudy Behrens hopes he can give voice to "forgotten" veterans as Carroll County's veterans service officer. On Monday, Carroll County Judge Sam Barr presented Behrens with a certificate stating that he had completed all training required by the state of Arkansas and could now work with the county's veterans...

Pete and Ruth Smith of Carr Lane, Mo., will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 at the Living Faith Church of God, 2612 Highway 221 North. The Smiths were married in 1954. Everyone is invited and your presence would be greatly appreciated...

Twelve local public school teachers were selected recently to receive grants for their classrooms through Arkansas Community Foundation's Science Initiative for Middle Schools (SIMS) program. SIMS aims to spark students' interest in science by providing materials for hands-on instruction that brings scientific and mathematical principles to life...

BILLIE JANEWAY DENNEY, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born May 02, 1952 in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, a daughter of Jack G. and Velma Catherine (Tomlinson) Janeway. She departed this life Sunday, November 09, 2014 in her home in Berryville, at the age of 62 years...