Stories from Friday, December 11, 2015

Green Forest's passbook savings account is now at $2 million. The Green Forest City Council agreed to move $350,000 from the wastewater checking account to the passbook savings account on Tuesday morning, bringing the savings account to a record high. The council also approved moving $15,000 from the general fund to the LOPFI account for the police and firefighters' retirement fund...

Santa had a full schedule during his visit at Mercy Berryville last Tuesday evening. He visited with children in the lobby of the Berryville health care facility. Here he had a visit from 4-year-old Rilynn Collins. Santa used to have a day job, supporting his giving habits as an orthopedic surgeon who went by the name of Dr. Joseph Ricciardi. (Photo by David Bell/Carroll County News)...

The Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce 2015 awards banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15 at the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center. The outline for 2016's work plan will be discussed, and the 2016 board of directors will be introduced...

When Rachal Hyatt was growing up, her mother told her Santa wouldn't visit if she didn't pick a tag from the Angel Tree. Hyatt, the counselor at Eureka Springs High School, is passing that lesson on to her students today. For the third consecutive year, Hyatt has asked students in the National Honor Society to help wrap presents for Angel Tree recipients in Eureka Springs. ...

Green Forest Mayor Charles Reece issued a clarification this week of a statement he made regarding an ambulance response time during an incident in Green Forest. Reece was quoted in a Dec. 1 Carroll County News story as saying that it took 45 minutes for an ambulance from Ozark EMS to respond to a call in Green Forest, when an ambulance from Mercy Hospital in Berryville was at the Green Forest fire station less than a mile from where the incident occurred...

The picture in Tuesday's Midweek edition showed the Alpena Pass Depot in 1902. The picture of the same site now is drastically different. The Alpena Pass Pavilion sits where the old depot was located. If you look carefully you can make out the old St. ...

The characters in Charles Dickens' classic, "A Christmas Carol," are about as well known to us as family. Ebenezer Scrooge. Bob Cratchit. Tiny Tim. All those ghosts. But two minor characters are often overlooked from Dickens' tale. In one scene, the Ghost of Christmas Present pulls back his majestic robes to reveal "two children; wretched, frightful, hideous, miserable. ...

Mercy Berryville nurse Pennie Malotte hangs an ornament on the Christmas tree in memory of those Mercy Hospice patients who passed away during the year. The ceremony decorated a memorial tree and candles were lit as part of the memorial service Tuesday at the Community of Christ Church. (Photo by David Bell/Carroll County News)...

Dec. 4 Felicito Andrade-Perla, 57, Berryville, was booked on no driver's license and failure to move left of an emergency vehicle. Jimmy Ray Armer, 29, Prairie Grove, was booked on public intoxication and failure to appear. Christopher James Lester, 20, Eureka Springs, was booked on driving on a suspended license...

Bill (Sonny) Cain and Betty Lou (Morrison) Cain celebrated their 50-year wedding anniversary with family and friends drop at their home. The Cains were married on Oct. 30, 1965. (Submitted photo)

GREEN FOREST -- The Green Forest Holiday Tournament tipped off on Monday. For Berryville and Green Forest, Monday's games were a success. Berryville defeated Bruno-Pyatt, 61-32 and Green Forest defeated St. Joe, 63-41. Berryville 61, Bruno-Pyatt 32 The Patriots gave the Bobcats all they wanted early, but Seth Helmlinger's eight first-quarter points gave the Bobcats a 14-10 lead heading into the second quarter...

The Berryville Bobcat wrestling team traveled to Rogers on Tuesday for a dual meet with Rogers Heritage and Rogers. The Bobcats lost 42-27 to Rogers Heritage and 42-24 to Rogers, but coach Seth Record is pleased with how his team performed. "We had a couple guys out who were hurt, or we were resting them for this weekend," Record said. ...

GREEN FOREST -- When playing one of the best teams from your conference, it isn't as much about the score, as the effort. That is what Green Forest coach Brandon Stone was looking for Tuesday night when the Tigers lost to the Marshall Bobcats, 50-23...

Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo told his team it was important to send a message to the rest of the conference by soundly defeating Johnson County Westside on the road Tuesday evening. After a 50-16 win, it is safe to say the message was sent. "Offensively, we are kind of out of sorts, not executing well, but defensively, probably the last four games, we are just getting after people," Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo said. "I'm just so proud of my team's effort defensively."...