Stories from Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Before I came to Carroll County, I worked as managing editor of the Pine Bluff Commercial in Southeast Arkansas. There, I had the opportunity to work with some outstanding people, just as I have been blessed to do in Berryville. One of those good people passed away last week. Larry Fugate, longtime editor of the Jonesboro Sun who finished his career as editor of the Commercial before going into semi-retirement a few years ago, died Thursday of lung cancer. He was 69...

Three days ago, I was using my boyfriend's computer and accidentally dropped it. Like that time in The Brady Bunch when one of the kids knocks a vase from a table and leaps in vain to catch it, the scene played out in slow-motion for me. Plop! It fell so loudly I thought it must have been laced with lead. I didn't wait around to see Gideon's reaction, clasping my hands around my ears and eyes as tightly as possible. Unable to breathe, I thought I might be dying...

Green Forest students left school Monday with a new pair of shoes. As part of Convoy of Hope's program to help rural schools, students and staff from the intermediate and middle schools received one pair of free shoes each. The school got the opportunity because of Mark Bryant, a pastor at First Assembly of God in Green Forest. ...

With more than a week of school missed because of snow, Carroll County school districts are still figuring out how to make up the skipped days. Berryville School District Superintendent Phil Clark outlined a tentative plan, saying he might extend the school day for six days to make up for one day. The other five days, he said, likely will be tacked on to the end of the school year...

Betsey Broyles Arnold and daughter Molly Arnold Gay hope to help Carroll County residents struggling with Alzheimer's disease. Explaining that her mother suffered from Alzheimer's, Arnold said she plans to discuss the disease in-depth April 10. The two women will be speaking from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Freeman Heights Baptist Church as part of Mercy Hospital's auxiliary program...

The back of today's picture reads 'Congressman (Jim) Trimble's School ...' and then names the old school located in eastern Carroll County, out from Osage. It's on Carroll County Road 982 and is named for the adjacent creek, which is itself named after an animal most often seen at the side of a highway with its feet in the air ... or faking it.

The Ozark Off Road Cyclists will host a club branch formation meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, at Sparky's Road House in Eureka Springs. The goal of the meeting is to form a branch of the club that will help organize mountain bike trail maintenance and building efforts in Carroll County...

The following children were recognized for having perfect attendance for the month of February at Green Forest Head Start: Jahdiel Manuel, Dayanara Uvieta Ochoa, Yoana Pedraza, Alejandra Cervantes, Isaac Reyes, Fernanda Hernandez-Ramirez.

Barb Kuhn prepares one of 3,647 assessment notices to be mailed out to residents of Holiday Island last week.

Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Travis Allen Blount, Jr., aka Travis Allen, or Allen Blount, 56, of and his wife, Sandra J. Blount, age 47, both of Kirbyville, Mo., each appeared separately last week in United States District Court for arraignment on charges related to a scheme to defraud involving classic and vintage cars...

The Colleen for the 2015 Eureka Springs St. Patrick's Day Parade will be Natalie Royal. Natalie is in the ninth grade at Eureka Springs High School. She is the daughter of Danielle Royal of Eureka Springs and David Royal of Fort Smith. Natalie is a member of the Eureka Springs Lady Highlanders volleyball team and is a gold card member of the Renaissance Club. In her spare time, Natalie enjoys working at Sparky's, riding her horse and Snapchatting with her friends...