Stories from Tuesday, April 21, 2015

To say local superintendents are disappointed in the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) would be an understatement. ADE recently released a document assigning every school in Arkansas a letter grade based on a 300-point scale, and no school in Carroll County received an A for excellence...

The Berryville EAST Lab piggybacked a bake sale on the Future Farmers of America plant sale last Saturday at the high school green house.

The Carroll County Quorum Court on Monday night discussed the possibility of creating a citizens advisory committee that would look into potential options for ambulance service in the eastern portion of the county. County Judge Sam Barr asked Justices of the Peace from eastern Carroll County to recommend individuals to be appointed to the committee...

A Missouri man drowned early Sunday in Beaver Lake, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said. An AGFC spokesman identified the victim as Russell Charles Johnston, 38, of Seligman, Mo. "He was on Beaver Lake on the Carroll County side near the dam," said Keith Stephens, the AGFC's assistant chief of communications...

The Carroll County Health Committee met for the second time Monday morning. The committee, Renee Allison said, is the first step toward forming a health coalition in the county. Allison, the aquatic and program manager at the Berryville Community Center, noted that the committee began as a way for the city to qualify for certain grants...

Green Forest Child Care held a Trke-a-Thon on April 9. Youngsters from the center participated by riding tricycles, or by being pushed or pulled in wagons or strollers.

Before I came to Carroll County last June, I interviewed for an editor's position with a newspaper in a neighboring county. One of the questions the publisher of that newspaper asked me was: "When I look at your newspaper, I don't see the same kind of paper that I see when I look at ours. Why is that?"...

This morning, I attended the second meeting of the Carroll County Health Committee. I expected to encounter articulate discussion about the health needs of the county, and I did. I did not, however, expect a long-lost friend to show up. It stared at me in the corner of the room, surrounded by dopplegangers wedged tightly in a square box. Iced with chocolate, it gazed at me with an especially enthusiastic, glazed expression...

FORT SMITH -- A Mexican citizen living in Eureka Springs was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday on federal drug charges. Fernando Canales-Mendoza, 52, was convicted of two counts of distribution of methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, and one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine...

This aerial view of the Berryville Square, looking east, was likely taken from the 1912-era water tower that used to stand behind the old 1880 courthouse.

Carl Taylor, 86, of Berryville, AR passed away April 17, 2015. He was born May 15, 1928 in the Yocum Community to Charlie Forman Taylor and Lottie Elizabeth (Yocum) Taylor. In January 1950 he met and married the love of his life Carleta (Dahms) Taylor...

Darla Edwards, 55, of Berryville, AR, went to be with her Lord and Savior on April 20, 2015. She was born August 20, 1959 in Whittier, CA to Loretta Mae Whiteley. Darla was raised by her grandparents, William Glen Whiteley and Robenia Mae Whiteley. At age 14 Darla moved with her family to Green Forest. She graduated from Green Forest High School in 1977...

The First Baptist Church of Green Forest has sat in the same location since its founding in 1854.

The Rosson Invitational was held in Harrison last Thursday. Highland won the boys competition, scoring 194 points. Green Forest finished third at 62 points, Berryville finished fourth at 56 and Eureka Springs finished fifth at 42. Harrison won the girls division, scoring 197.5 points. Green Forest finished second at 106.5 points, Berryville fourth at 50 and Eureka Springs at 19. The boys results are as follows...

JOHN L. LINDT, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born November 27, 1927 in Kingman, Kansas, a son of Otto H. and Mable M. (Clovis) Lindt. He went to HIS Heavenly home on Sunday, April 19, 2015 in his home in Berryville, at the age of 87 years...

ENNESS ROY McCLELLAND, 64, of Berryville, AR, passed from this life on Monday, April 20, 2015. He was preceded in death by parents, Roy and Frances (Shiras) McClelland. Roy is survived by wife, Carolyn (Robsion) of the home; step-daughter, Deanna and husband Rick Marlow of Broken Arrow, OK; grandchildren, Jacob and Camryn; sister, Marilyn McClelland of Fayetteville, AR; niece, Jennifer and husband Michael Moffitt, their children Jacob, Joshua, and Jonathan; and nephew, John Ewbank. ...