Stories from Wednesday, July 1, 2015

MARY ELLEN BAKER, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born March 31, 1934 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, a daughter of James Edward and Allie Gertrude (Long) Parker. She departed this life Monday, June 29, 2015 in her home in Berryville, at the age of 81 years...

Full circle. That is the path newly named Green Forest football coach Bobby Bishop has taken. Bishop, a 1978 graduate of Green Forest High School, started out with hopes of walking on to play football at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, but decided he would rather stick to the books...

The 3rd Annual Rat Race 5K run was held Saturday at Tiger Stadium in Green Forest. The Rat Race was established in 2013 by Jeff Adams as a senior class capstone project for Berryville High School. Jeff's uncle, Navy SEAL, Thomas A. Ratzlaff was one of the 31 U.S. military personnel who died on Aug. 6, 2011, when the Chinook helicopter they were riding in was shot down in the Wardak Province in Afghanistan...

The men's four-ball tournament took place this weekend at the Carroll County Country Club. Seven teams competed and the results are as follows: Kenny Kell and Tom Roberts won with a two-day score of 140. Marty Riley and Calvin Fish finished second with a two-day total of 141 while Doug Carr and Jamie Hussey finished third with a score of 146. ...