Stories from Tuesday, April 12, 2016

The Berryville School Board won't be following its initial plan to restructure the school district's financial department. In a special called meeting Friday, the board voted to rescind the plan approved on Dec. 18. Former superintendent Phil Clark presented the plan at the Dec. ...

The Berryville Commercial Historic District has been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places. Frances McSwain, director of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, announced Thursday, April 7, that the Berryville district was one of nine Arkansas properties nominated to the national register during the April 6 meeting of the AHHP State Review Board. The Berryville Commercial Historic District was chosen, McSwain said, for featuring buildings dating back to the 1880s...

Artwork created by Berryville students filled the Old Rock Gym last week during the Berryville High School's annual art show. Held on April 6 and 7, the show featured drawings, paintings, sculptures and pottery. Art teachers Paige Huffman and Boone Hooker explained that the event showcased projects students had worked on in class throughout the year. The art displayed, Hooker said, demonstrated various styles and techniques...

In 1968 the Swiss author Erich von Däniken wrote the book "Chariots of the Gods." He is the primary figure in popularizing the ancient alien or ancient astronaut hypotheses in the "Paleo-contact" movement. This movement purports that early man was influenced by visitations from other-worldly alien beings...

The Good Shepherd Humane Society will have an adopt-a-thon from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Arkansas State Chili Championship at the Holiday Island Country Club. Dogs and cats of different breeds, colors and personalities will be looking for the right home. Pet treats will be available for purchase. Some proceeds from the chili championship will be donated to GSHS. For more information on the event, call 479-253-9511...

John Rankine is the 2016 May Festival of the Arts Artragous Parade Grand Marshal. The parade will start at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 7, and will kick off May Festival of the Arts, the month-long celebration of arts in Eureka Springs. Rankine is the featured artist for this year's festival. ...

Christview Ministries is launching its 12th year of ministry with a celebration from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Christview Ministries Center, 992 County Road 309, Eureka Springs. All are invited to an open house with food, fellowship, and music from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. followed by a worship service from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m...

It's awfully hard to be grumpy about getting up early when you drive through Carroll County to get to work in the morning. I find this especially true during spring and fall, when all the colors are changing and the new season starts to set in. We're smack dab in the middle of spring now, and it feels like some new color pops up every day. Purple flowers have begun growing along the road where I walk in the evenings, which makes exercise after a long day of work almost bearable...

Each week, this page features a column written by state Sen. Bryan King of Green Forest. Almost always, Sen. King's column focuses on some aspect of state government, and we appreciate his perspective. Although Sen. King and I don't speak frequently, we do have occasional contact and I've always found him to be a gentleman and very sincere in his beliefs...

In behalf of the Western Carroll County Ministerial Association we would like to thank all those who took part in the Celebrate Jesus Concert & Parade. The churches that were represented in the parade,those that donated time and money, the Carroll County Newspapers that ran articles and pictures, especially David Bell for the beautiful pictures and accurate coverage of the event, the musicians that used their talent to praise the Lord in song, the behind-the-scenes people that kept the concert running smoothly, the Dortch family that let us use their parking lot to form the parade, and the list could go on and on. ...

Eureka Springs High School senior Oscar Mendez, right, is the Eureka Springs Rotary Club's Student of the Month for March. Mendez has been captain of the Eureka Springs High School Soccer team for four years, id a member of the Arkansas comets Futbol Club and the assistant for the Olympic Development Program's annual sub-region camp for young soccer players. ...

'The Roy Rogers Show used to always bother me in that there folks riding around on horses while there were Jeeps and other automobiles driving around,' Carroll County News photographer David Bell says. 'But this picture from rural Carroll County validates the co-existence of all of those modes of conveyance simultaneously. ...