Stories from Tuesday, August 2, 2016

We are a week away from finding out how prepared Rio De Janeiro really is for the Olympics. We know that the country has its troubles with the zika virus. It has been documented that Rio De Janeiro was going to clean up its waters, not only for the sailors to sail in, but for the people to drink from. ...

It was camp week in Green Forest, as both the football and volleyball teams taught the younger kids the fundamentals of their respective sports. Volleyball coach Trista Killingsworth said seeing all of the positive energy always gets her excited to start the season...

When Penny Pemberton took over the Eureka Springs volleyball team in 2014, the Lady Highlanders barely had enough girls to compose a team. Now, Eureka Springs not only has a senior high team, but a junior high and seventh-grade team as well. "That is very encouraging," Pemberton said. "It's very different teaching the younger kids because they don't have any bad habits to break."...

The Green Forest boys cross country team will be looking to repeat as state champions from a year ago. Some say that going for the second consecutive championship is more difficult than the first, but the Tigers return all five of their top five finishers at the Class 3A state cross country meet last year. ...

Berryville golfer Ty Allen made it to the state tournament a year ago. As a result, there has been a renewed interest in the Bobcat golf program. Coach Brent Compton said he has seen a spike in the number of golfers on this years team. "We have more numbers on the girls side than we have had before," Compton said. ...

Monday marked the first official day of fall football practice and while Green Forest and Berryville continue striving to get better for the coming football season, both head coaches were just ready to get back on the field. "We are very excited to get out there and get the season going," Berryville coach Austin Winters said. "The kids have been working hard all summer, but this is August. We only have three or four weeks before game-like stuff starts. We are excited to get going."...

Mercy Hospital Berryville recently received a 5-Star Award as a result of the HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) patient survey. The award was in the category of discharge information. The 5-Star Award is given annually to health care facilities, providers, outpatient service lines and inpatient units that score in the top 10 percent (above the 90th percentile) of national providers. ...

Beaver Water District (BWD) was recently recognized as a Beaver Lake Watershed Guardian for its achievements and principles relating to voluntary protection of Beaver Lake, Northwest Arkansas' source of drinking water. The Watershed Guardian Award program is a stewardship recognition effort carried out by the Beaver Watershed Alliance to recognize individuals, businesses, organizations, and agencies in the Beaver Lake Watershed community who have demonstrated, supported, or achieved water quality protection efforts within the watershed. ...

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) has issued a Code Yellow Alert for O Negative, O Positive and A Negative blood types. A Code Yellow Alert means that there is less than a two-day supply of blood for patient use at area hospitals. Donors are urged to give this week at an area blood drive or CBCO donor center...

Carroll County Sheriff's Office Deputy Casey Trost (center) graduated Friday from the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy in Camden. Sheriff Randy Mayfield (right) and Chief Deputy Maj. George Frye (left) attended the graduation. Trost was scheduled to start patrol this week. (Submitted photo)...

From 1912 to early 2000, the water tower behind the 1880 Carroll County Courthouse dominated the skyline of Berryville. But newer, larger water tanks were constructed and well before the turn of the century it fell into disuse. It was deemed structurally unsafe and the money to refurbish it was too much just to keep it as a historical note. So it was taken down. Here is the last piece of the tank being removed. (David Bell/Carroll County News)...

If you watched the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night, you watched history being made. For the first time in America, a woman has been chosen as the major party nominee for the presidential election. That woman is Hillary Clinton. I know many of you aren't huge Clinton fans. ...

A Berryville woman who was struck by lightning on July 24 died last week in a Fayetteville hospital. Tammy Stiles Smith, 54, died Thursday, July 28, at Washington Regional Medical Center. Survivors include her husband, Ricky G. Smith, as well as three children and three grandchildren...

The filing period for municipal candidates in Carroll County has opened to somewhat less than a flurry of activity. As of Monday afternoon, only two candidates had filed to seek municipal offices in the county. Kristine Kendrick, a Eureka Springs attorney who was selected last week to complete the late Joyce Zeller's term on the Eureka Springs City Council, has filed to seek a full term in the Ward 3, Position 2 seat...

The instructor pulls up a PowerPoint slide with a blue circle and a yellow circle on it. Inside the blue circle is the letter 'c,' and inside the yellow circle is the letter 'h.' "This is what we call a digraph," the instructor tells the room full of educators. "It's where two consonants come together to make an entirely new sound."...

The Berryville Community Center's summer youth program is coming to a close, but the kids and counselors are not ready to say goodbye just yet. Ciera Foster, manager of the program this year, said this has been one of the biggest summers for the program. About 100 kids in total registered for the program, she said, and about 40 kids attended each day. Foster said she, her co-manager Zac Waller and the nine other counselors kept busy the past few months as they led the kids in various activities...

A former Carroll County Sheriff's Office deputy who was arrested last week on drug and assault charges has been released on bond. Meanwhile, court documents reveal more details about the arrest. Jonathan White, 31, was arrested Wednesday, July 27, at a residence in Berryville. He faces felony charges of aggravated assault on a family or household member, possession of a controlled substance and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia...