Stories from Friday, June 10, 2016

The Marshall/Wright family reunion will take place Sunday, June 12, at City Pool Park on Simpson Street in Berryville. Lunch will be at noon. Attendees are asked to bring a well-filled covered dish, their own table service and lawn chairs. All family and friends are invited. For more information call 870-423-2390...

On Saturday, June 4, 60 volunteers braved morning showers to participate in the 11th annual Kings River cleanup sponsored by Kings River Watershed Partnership. Participants divided up into five groups and picked up trash and debris from Rock House Access to the Romp Hole Access near the Missouri state line, 38.5 miles in total...

More than seven billion people live on this planet. Yet, this represents less than 10 percent of the total human population that has ever lived. This begs the question: Given this extraordinary number, how can my life -- any individual life, for that matter -- be all that significant? Aren't we all just individual specks on the universe's windshield as it speeds through time and space?...

The Arkansas Fallen Heroes Traveling Memorial will be on display at Green Forest High School from Sunday, June 12, through Saturday, June 18. The final day of the display will coincide with the annual Rat Race, which will start and end at the high school on June 18. The Rat Race honors Green Forest native Tommy Ratzlaff, a Navy SEAL who was among 31 men killed when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan in August 2011...

The Arkansas Fallen Heroes Traveling Memorial will be on display at Green Forest High School from Sunday, June 12, through Saturday, June 18. The final day of the display will coincide with the annual Rat Race, which will start and end at the high school on June 18. The Rat Race honors Green Forest native Tommy Ratzlaff, a Navy SEAL who was among 31 men killed when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan in August 2011...

The Arkansas Master Gardener Conference gathered green thumbs together in Eureka Springs this past weekend, allowing master gardeners and vendors to share seeds of wisdom with each other. The theme of this year's conference was "Gardening on the Rocks: Creating Beauty in the Ozarks." Visiting master gardeners toured local gardens in Eureka Springs and Berryville and attended seminars on how the unique environment in the Ozarks affects vegetation and gardening in the area...

The Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce seems to be back on track. President Tammy Thurow said she's been working to improve community relationships since she started working at the chamber earlier this year. "A lot of the stuff I had to address right away was mending some relationships," Thurow said. "I think we've been great at working with the community. We love all people."...

The Berryville City Council is working on resolving a fowl problem at George Pond. The city will post signs asking visitors not to feed the ducks and geese in hopes of decreasing the waterfowl population at the pond. Mayor Tim McKinney brought up the issue after the council voted to approve the use of George Pond for the Berryville Kiwanis Club's annual Fishing Derby. He said the ducks and geese have taken over the pond, making it unsafe for children to be in the area without an adult...

Carroll County libraries took a microscopic peek at the world of nanoscience on Wednesday with the help of the Museum of Discovery. Britney Kugler, an outreach educator from the Museum of Discovery in Little Rock, and Jennifer Geeo, assistant librarian at Berryville Public Library, gave a presentation and introduction to nanoscience at all three Carroll County libraries, beginning with Green Forest Public Library in the morning and moving to Berryville and the Eureka Springs Carnegie Library in the afternoon.. ...

Brashears Furniture has become a second home for Sam Warren. This year he celebrates his 40th anniversary with the company. Warren said it all started in 1976, when he was a high school student looking for a summer job. "I knew I was going to be needing a job for the summer at that time, and someone told me about Brashears," he said. "So I went down and applied and basically got hired on the spot."...

Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry is responding to concerns that the city of Eureka Springs may reduce its emergency services in the near future. Berry said Thursday that the city has no plans to limit or eliminate fire, police and emergency medical services...