Stories from Tuesday, May 19, 2015

JUANITA B. "LITTLE BLOSSOM" WALTER, a resident of Green Forest, Arkansas, was born October 08, 1930 in Hugh, Arkansas, a daughter of A.R. and Avia (Massengale) Bailey. She departed this life Monday, May 18, 2015 in Eureka Springs, at the age of 84 years...

Berryville Lions Club member Lyman Squires puts out a flag last Saturday, which was Armed Forces Day. It was used as a makeup day for one of the dates snowed out earlier in the year. The next date for putting out the flags is on Memorial Day. The Lions Club fundraiser decks out the city with the red, white and blue on holidays and other patriotic occasions. ...

A public auction for the sale of tax delinquent land in Carroll and Madison Counties will be held at the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks in Eureka Springs on Tuesday, June 2, according to John Thurston, Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands. Properties in Carroll County will be auctioned beginning at 10 a.m., with registration beginning at 9:30 a.m. The Madison County auction will be held at 2 p.m., and registration will begin at 1:30 p.m...

Several Arkansas Tech University students have been named to the Dean's List for undergraduate students for the spring 2015 semester at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville. A student must achieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher and complete at least 12 hours of college-level coursework to be named to the Dean's List...

The summer before my senior year of college, I worked at a radio station in my hometown. I mostly answered phones and interacted with customers at the front desk, though I did get to write some ads for the radio. While I enjoyed the work and got along well with my boss and a few other employees, I felt slightly out of place probably by the second day of work. It was because of a woman who worked sales in the office...

Geoff West, a 2007 Berryville High High School graduate, has received his third scholarship since starting dental school at the University of Tennessee in Memphis, Tenn., in 2011. West was selected this spring for the Frame-Mazur Scholarship based on his academic achievement, his excellence in restorative dentistry and dedication to a career in dental health...

It's a parent's worst nightmare: that phone call in the wee hours to inform you that your child has been involved in an accident. Some Carroll County parents got that phone call Friday morning, just hours after their sons had graduated from Green Forest High School. Two of the four young men riding in a pickup truck were critically injured in a rollover accident at 4:40 a.m. The others suffered minor injuries...

The Green Forest Police Department has brought on two new police officers. Officers Hunter Lafever and Nichole Slay have joined the department, both expressing excitement about working in a small-town environment. Lafever, who previously worked as a deputy with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, said he is enjoying his new job...

The annual Spring Muzzle Shoot was held over the weekend at Luther Owens Shooting Range in Berryville. The Spring Muzzle Shoot is one of two events the shooting range hosts each year. The other is the Saunders Muzzle Load Gun Shoot, scheduled for Sept. 24-27 this year...

Two K-9 deputies with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office have been retired and given to their handlers, County Judge Sam Barr said at Monday's meeting of the county quorum court. The two dogs -- a Belgian Malinois named Tyson and a Dutch shepherd named Ringo -- had been with the sheriff's office for several years. ...

Less than 12 hours after graduating from Green Forest High School on Thursday night, two Green Forest men were critically injured in a one-vehicle accident. Two others, one of whom also graduated Thursday night, suffered minor injuries. An Arkansas State Police report says that 18-year-old MacKenzie Arciga and 18-year-old Kevin Smith were traveling eastbound inside the city limits of Green Forest at 4:40 a.m. Friday morning when Arciga lost control of the 2009 Chevrolet pickup he was driving...