Stories from Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Recruiting is a key tool in any sport, at any level. First year head football coaches at Berryville and Green Forest understand this well, as they hope to expand their programs next year. "It is important to want to actively get kids involved in sports," Berryville coach Austin Winters said. "We have to do more than just hope kids come out because their friends do. We have to go out in the school and encourage them to participate."...

I knew this day would come, when my Cowboys would take on your Razorbacks. The only thing is, I already knew what the outcome was going to be. For those of you who don't know, I am from Oklahoma, a born-and-raised Oklahoma State fan (thank God). I must admit, during my 10 months of living here, it has been rough seeing this Arkansas red walking around all over the place with no OSU orange to back me up. ...

Since the school year has came to an official end, it it time to take a look back at the top 10 sports stories of the 2014-2015 academic year. 10. The Berryville baseball team defeats Gentry 8-5 for its first conference win in four years. The Bobcats got out to an early 5-1 lead at the end of the first inning and were able to cruise to the victory. Thomas Trowbridge, Kendal Bryant, Garrett Mitchusson, Tate Ferguson and Austin Howerton all scored runs...

MILDRED "MILLIE" LOUISE CAGLE NORDIN, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born June 16, 1924 in Ozark, Arkansas, a daughter of John Riley and Clara Mabel (Standridge) Cagle. She departed this life May 28, 2015, at the age of 90 years. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. ...

This year marks the 20th edition of the Ozarks Area Agriculture Appreciation Days, and the milestone event will feature plenty of fun for the whole family. "We've seen the festival evolve from pretty much an afternoon of music, one tent and a handful of displays to today's large exhibit tent and now the 60X90-foot entertainment tent, the food service tent, the tent for serving soft drinks and finally the livestock tent," Agri Days coordinator Stanley Norris of the Green Forest Chamber of Commerce said in a welcome letter included in this year's program book.. ...

The Office of Human Concern, Inc. is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided at the sites and times as follows:...

Amy J. Camero of Green Forest received her Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Sciences degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on May 16 during commencement exercises at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.

Several Carroll County students have been named to the Dean's List at North Arkansas College in Harrison for the 2015 spring semester. In order to qualify for the full-time Dean's List, a student must complete 12 or more semester hours with a grade point average of 3.7 or higher for the semester. To make the part-time Dean's List, a student must post a GPA of 3.7 or higher for six to 11 hours during the semester and must have accumulated 12 or more hours with a GPA of 3.7 or above...

My boyfriend, Gideon, turns 23 today. We met when he was 17 years old in a sequence of events that could have easily resulted in an unrequited "missed connections" post on Craigslist had I not insisted that we trade contact information. Every day I am more and more grateful that I did this...

The Berryville Public Library has extended its hours of operation during the peak "Summer Reading" season. The season, which runs from June 1 to July 31, features numerous weekly programs and events for all ages. During the two-month period, the library's hours of operation will be 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday...

All area children from preschool to fifth grade are invited to participate in Green Forest United Methodist Church's Vacation Bible School to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Monday, June 15, through Friday, June 19, in the church's Fellowship Hall...

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) has issued a Code Yellow Alert for O Negative and A Negative blood types. There is currently less than a two-day supply of these blood types available for area patients. Donors to CBCO provide all the blood for patients at 39 area hospitals. On average, a transfusion takes place every seven minutes. It takes around 230 donations each day to meet the area's blood needs...

Here is a look down Main Street of a Carroll County town in 1907. Do you recognize it? Check Friday's Weekend edition to see what it looks like now.

The movers and painters of the Eureka Springs Centennial Mural restoration. John Cross, center, is one of the original Centennial Mural Committee members and represented Cornerstone Bank in presenting the Eureka Springs Preservation Society a plaque in recognition of their restoration of the 1979-era mural. Standing in front of the restored art work are artists Carol Saari (left), Wendel Norton, Cross, Sara Russell and Randy Rust...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Damon Henke, interim director of the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce, outlined the chamber's marketing strategy for a sparse crowd Monday night at the chamber's Mid-Year Membership Meeting. Approximately 32 people, including chamber board members and employees, attended the meeting at the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center. The meeting was preceded by a trade show...

Cub Scouts from Pack 188 in Green Forest completed a community service project recently at Glenwood Cemetery in Green Forest, wherte they raked and hauled off leaves in preparation for Memorial Day.

The Green Forest School board hired Bobby Bishop as head football coach and athletic director at its meeting Thursday night. The board made several personnel decisions, approving Jerry Kuster's retirement request and adding a cheer coach position to Kristin Gordon's 2015-16 contract...

What do teachers do when the last student has left and the last bus has disappeared around the corner on the final day of the school year? CCN photographer David Bell was there to find out and observed the Berryville first-grade teaching corps jumping for joy. But who was really happier ... the teachers or the kids?...

The Berryville School Board approved nine out-of-state field trips for the athletic department at its meeting Thursday night. This travel includes: a seventh- and eighth-grade basketball league in Blue Eye, Mo., on June 1, June 8 and June 15; a football team camp in Branson, Mo., from July 22 to July 23; a high school basketball shootout in Branson on June 12; a girls basketball team camp in Branson from June 12 to June 13; a volleyball team camp in Branson from July 16 to July 18; a volleyball tournament in Washburn, Mo., on Sept. ...

A Green Forest man was killed in an accident Friday afternoon. According to a press release from the Green Forest Police Department, Cory Lewis was struck in the head by an engine block that fell from a flatbed trailer. The report notes that the engine block fell from a flatbed trailer loaded with scrap metal as driver Mark McCarver was negotiating a curve on East Main Street. The engine block penetrated Lewis' windshield...