Stories from Tuesday, March 24, 2015

By David F. Dempsey Carroll County News HOLIDAY ISLAND --The Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District regular board meeting on Monday was devoted to discussion of increasing lot sales. Realtors, including Don Eiler, Diane Paulson, Diane Murphy, Glen Crenshaw, former realtor David Bischoff and developer Tom Dees gave input and criticism of the district's current practices regarding the selling of lots, especially the selling of foreclosed lots...

Some mornings, I curse the world while driving to work. Why do I have to be up this early? Why do those birds think it's appropriate to chirp this early and that loudly? Isn't it kind of tragic that we study the first part of our lives in school only to graduate from that and into a work schedule? For the love of Lost, the best television show of all time, when do we get relief?...

I hate to piggyback on my colleague Samantha Jones, but today I would like to get away from politics or sports and write about something far more important in life. Of course, I'm talking about coffee. In a sense, I've been a coffee drinker almost all my life -- and my introduction to coffee still has a major impact on my coffee-drinking habits today...

The Ashley Masonic Lodge in Berryville held its annual pancake breakfast last Friday. The event draws large crowds who eagerly look forward to the annual Bacchanalia of the flapjack and pork. Pictured is Zach Gray, of Nelson Funeral Service, going back for seconds as members of the lodge encourage him...

By Samantha Jones CCNNews@cox-internet.com Green Forest High School's library isn't your grandmother's library. That's what media specialist Jan Badovinac likes to say. With the library receiving the Arkansas Association of Instructional Media (AAIM) Outstanding Media Program award, Badovinac's modern approach might just do the trick. Badovinac said GFHS Principal Terry Darnell nominated the program for the honor, saying it was an unexpected but wonderful surprise...

Berryville citizens are familiar with voting to extend the sales and use tax to fund the city's various projects. The extension vote, according to Berryville Mayor Tim McKinney, has been around for the past 20 years. He said the tax has been extended for years, running for eight consecutive years in the late 1990s. ...

Back to the Berryville Square. This undated photograph of the square tells a story even without words. There are no vehicles other than the horse-drawn variety -- the stagecoach and the wagon on the right. There are no electric or telegraph wires or poles visible. The dress of the people places it in the frontier days. Take a look at how different this stagecoach is from the ones used in old westerns. The dirt street also places it most likely in the latter half of the 1800s...

The Little Portion Retreat Center and Training Center at MORE Mountain has been sold, John Michael Talbot, founder of the Brothers and Sisters of Charity, announced in a press release. The new owners and operators are The House of Blessings, led by Executive Director Rev. Angelie Tharakan and President and Program Director Father Jos Tharakan...

Two lost hikers were found after a brief search Friday afternoon near Lake Leatherwood, according to a press release from the Eureka Springs Fire and EMS department. Eureka Springs Fire and EMS responded to Lake Leatherwood around 4:30 p.m. for a report of two hikers who become lost in the park after getting off the trail, the press release said. ...

Leo Steinbercher of Holiday Island celebrated his 94th birthday on March 5.

A chipmunk peers cautiously from its den in a hollow tree on an overcast morning Sunday in western Carroll County.

James Myatt and his family recently donated a baby lamb to the Lives Under Construction Boys Ranch in southwest Missouri. In mid-February a young ewe had twin lambs, with one being born in one pasture and the other some distance away in another. With the births so far apart, the young ewe forgot about her first baby and would not claim it...

William J. Cain Jr., who was raised in Berryville and was an honor graduate of Berryville High School in 1988, recently was promoted to the rank of colonel in the United States Army. Col. Cain holds a bachelor's degree in transportation from the University of Arkansas, a master's of management degree from Webster University in St. Louis and a master's of logistics management degree from the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Fla...

A memorial account has been established at First National Bank of North Arkansas in Berryville for the benefit of Don Smith, who lived in Berryville and recently passed away. This memorial fund is intended to help with his funeral and final medical expenses...

Patsy Brooks of Holiday Island was installed as president of Chapter A, P.E.O., on March 10.

The Holiday Island Farmers Market while hold Opening Day for the 2015 season on Friday, April 3. Local farmers will unveil their fresh-grown produce, bakers will present delicious breads and pastries and artisan food producers will feature such items as jellies, candies and other treats. ...

New Hope Fellowship held its Awana Grand Prix races on Saturday, March 14, at the Old Gym in Green Forest. The Awana Grand Prix is a Pinewood Derby-style racing event. Clubbers create their own Grand Prix race cars from kits consisting of a block of wood and a set of wheels and axles. Then they go head-to-head with other clubbers' cars on race day...

Silas Edwin Brewer, 93, of Berryville, AR, passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2015 at the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, AR. He was born November 13, 1921, in Mt. Vernon, AR to the late Christopher Columbus Brewer and Eva Mae (Keithley) Brewer...

Olive R. "Skippy" Knapik, age 71, of Shell Knob, Missouri, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2015, in Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Missouri. She was born March 15, 1944, in Belleville, Illinois, the daughter of Gordon and Sarah (Millner) Raney. On June 29, 1964, in Washington DC, she was united in marriage to William Arnold "Bill" Knapik, Jr., who survives. ...

DONNA COLEEN GRAVES, a resident of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was born April 17, 1932 in Alden, Kansas, the youngest daughter of Charles and Hazel (Partington) Gable. She went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Sunday, March 22, 2015 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, at the age of 82 years...

The NCAA Tournament tipped off Thursday afternoon, and by the time you read this, I will be tired of looking at my terrible bracket. That's not the only thing I will be tired of looking at, however. CBS and Turner Sports, the broadcasting partners of the NCAA Tournament, have a 14-year contract, worth $10.8 billion over that span, to broadcast the tournament...

FLIPPIN -- The Berryville Bobcats lost their second consecutive game Tuesday, losing 5-1 to Flippin. Flippin scored two runs in the first inning and two more in the second before Seth Helmlinger took over on the mound for Berryville. Helmlinger pitched 3 1/3 innings, allowing one run on four hits with three strike outs. Austin Woods finished the game for the Bobcats, allowing no runs and no hits over the final inning and two-thirds...

GREEN FOREST-- Gavin Nelson and Hastin Writer had three hits apiece in Green Forest's 10-5 win over Yellville-Summit on Monday evening. The Tigers led 9-5 in the top of the sixth inning, but the Panthers had runners on second and third with two outs. Gavin Nelson came through for the Tigers by throwing three consecutive strikes to end the scoring threat...

BERRYVILLE-- This is the first year the Eureka Springs Lady Highlanders have fielded a softball team and it showed Tuesday afternoon in a 9-0 loss against the Berryville Lady Bobcats, but sometimes there are more important things than the final outcome...