Stories from Tuesday, January 20, 2015

An acquaintance of mine committed suicide a couple months ago. I didn't know him well and I'd never claim to, but he did live in the house Gideon and I lived in before we moved to Eureka Springs. He killed himself in the room adjacent to ours with our friends in a nearby room. ...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- One bid was returned after the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District sent out a total of 13 bid packages for replacement of approximately 70 percent of the flotation that supports the Holiday Island Marina. Shell Knob, Mo.-based MariCorp US submitted a bid of $143,026 for the job with the aim of completing it sometime in May, before the heaviest seasonal use...

Berryville School District Superintendent Phil Clark presented a potential building plan to the community relations committee Thursday night. The plan, Clark said, will help accommodate the ever-growing elementary school student population. Clark explained that in 2017, the intermediate school building will be over capacity. To open up more space, he suggested adding on two classrooms to the building. The cost of this construction project, he noted, would be $437,000...

Green Forest Mayor Charles Reece is optimistic about the city's future. "I'm happy to state that the state of Green Forest is progressing in all areas," Reece said, delivering his annual State of the City address a the Jan. 13 meeting of the Green Forest City Council...

EUREKA SPRINGS--The Eureka Springs School Board in a very short regular meeting on Friday extended Superintendent David Kellogg's contract for one year during executive session. Kellogg was hired with a two-year contract by the board on June 18, 2013. His prior position was as superintendent for the Cossatot River School District in Polk County, Arkansas. Kellogg replaced Superintendent Curtis Turner, who had announced his resignation in May of 2013...

Tyler Drew Fry of Green Forest was named to the Dean's Academic Honor Roll for the 2014 fall semester in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. To be named to the Dean's List, a student must be an undergraduate with a minimum grade-point average of 3.7, while enrolled in a minimum of 12 semester hours...

Hunter Dickelman was named to the Dean's List at Northark Community College for the Fall 2014 semester with a 4.0 GPA. Dickelman is a freshman pursuing a degree in graphic design. He also submitted a design in NACC's annual holiday greeting card contest and his design was one of two that were used by the college. He is the son of Bryan and Jamie Dickelman of Eureka Springs...

Adam Noble of Berryville was named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2014 semester at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn. To be included on the Dean's List, students must maintain a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.

Southwestern Electric Power Co. on Tuesday asked the Arkansas Public Service Commission to deny a bid by Save The Ozarks to recover legal expenses that STO incurred in its successful campaign to halt construction of a high-voltage power line in Carroll County...

GREEN FOREST-- The Green Forest Tigers were looking for their second consecutive conference win Tuesday night against Valley Springs. After a 52-23 loss, the Tigers are back to looking for a one-game winning streak. After a slow offensive start, Green Forest never was able to get rolling...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Reggie Sanchez and Trevor Lemme came away with a 53-41 victory over the Hartford Beavers on Tuesday night. The Eureka Springs Highlanders came away with a 75-41 victory at Highlander Arena. Sanchez scored 30 points and Lemme added 23 as Eureka Springs rolled to the easy victory...

A few minutes on a wresting mat can feel like an eternity. Berryville wrestler Garrett Record has spent 13 years of his life on a mat. Record, a junior on the Berryville wrestling team, is the middle of five brothers. The older two both wrestled and that inspired Garrett Record to try the sport as well...

BERRYVILLE-- It was a game of contrasting styles Tuesday night -- slow and fast. Berryville was determined to find out if its slow deliberate style would beat Pea Ridge's fast pace. Sadly for the Bobcats, the old that adage speed kills won out in the 40-38 overtime win for the Blackhawks...