Stories from Friday, September 23, 2016

I celebrated my 47th birthday last week, in enemy territory. No, not Donald Trump's campaign headquarters. I can tolerate a lot, but not that. I'm talking about Busch Stadium in St. Louis, home of those lousy, good-for-nothing St. Louis Cardinals. That's right: Not only am I a Democrat, but I'm also a die-hard Chicago Cubs fan. ...

After a 25-3 victory against Green Forest on Saturday, the Berryville Bobcats have reason to be riding high. The Bobcats have to get refocused quickly, though, as they travel to take on undefeated Shiloh Christian on Friday. "We must take care of the ball, limit the big plays and take care of our assignments," Berryville coach Austin Winters said...

After a few great rounds of golf on Tuesday at The Creeks in Cave Springs, the Berryville Lady Bobcat golf team, along with Ty Allen and Cole Parton, will be going to the class 4A state tournament starting next week. The Lady Bobcats finished second in the district tournament, shooting a cumulative score of 312 to finish seven strokes behind first-place Huntsville. McKayla Hussey shot a 92, while Hayley Rivett shot a 106 and Anna Stone shot a 114. Maryn Jones shot a 121...

The Carroll County Back 40 will take place this Saturday in Berryville behind Bobcat Arena. With more than 70 teams registered to compete from all classifications, it is the Green Forest Tigers who are favored to win the boys race. As a team, Green Forest has won each race it has competed in this season...

The Green Forest Tigers are 0-3 this season, but Friday's conference opener at home against Marshall represents a chance for the Tigers to start fresh. Nobody knows this better than coach Bobby Bishop. "Now is when our season starts," Bishop said. "The preseason games, the cards were kind of stacked against us. ...

Literally hundreds of thousands of riders are descending on Northwest Arkansas with tens of thousands riding through Berryville for the annual Bikes, Blues and BBQ this weekend. Here riders are crossing the US 62 Kings River bridge headed out of town. (Photo by David Bell/Carroll County News)...

It didn't take long for Eurekans to fill the parking lot at Good Shepherd Humane Society's Holiday Extravaganza pop-up shop last Saturday, Sept. 17. The one-day holiday shop opened at noon and was swarming with shoppers within the first hour. GSHS board president Troy Johnson said it was nice to see so many people come out to support the animal shelter. ...

For the students learning a foreign language at Clear Spring School, a computer dedicated to foreign language programs could make all the difference. High school block teacher Jessica Fitzpatrick said that's why the school has created an online fundraiser to raise money for 10 computers. ...

Shelby Stracner is the Berryville Rotary Club's Student of the Month. Shelby is a senior at Berryville High School. She is applying to College of the Ozarks and the University of Arkansas. She is in band, show choir and FFA. She is also busy with her egg business and raising hogs. She hopes to study animal science and might become a veterinarian. Shelby is pictured with Rotarian Joe Scott. (Submitted photo)...

The Eureka Springs Historical Museum has announced the dates for the 8th annual Voices from Eureka's Silent City living history tours at the city cemetery. This year's performances will take place from Thursday, Oct. 20, to Saturday, Oct. 22, as well as Friday, Oct. 29 and Saturday, Oct. 30...

Seventy years ago this month, the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad stopped service, which included the line through Green Forest and the rest of Carroll County. The rails ran south of the ball fields and the abandoned depot went through various ownerships. ...

Walt Kelly was the creator of a fabled comic strip named "Pogo." Pogo was a possum who lived with his friends in Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp, and though his most famous cartoon appearance was printed during the Nixon presidency, its truth is as clarion today as it was those decades ago...

Guy L. Peeples, M.D., F.A.C.S., has joined General & Specialty Surgery Clinic of North Arkansas Regional Medical Center with Dr. Jim Langston and Dr. Andrew Coble, NARMC President and Chief Executive Officer Vince Leist has announced. Dr. Peeples is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and a member of the Arkansas Medical Society. ...

The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission will have its hands full over the next few months. The commission agreed on Sept. 14 to create a 10-year plan outlining how the proposed 1-percent sales tax will affect The Auditorium. The proposed tax would be split between the city's water and sewer and The Auditorium, with 25 percent going toward The Auditorium and 75 percent going toward the city's water and sewer infrastructure...

Eureka Springs, ARK (September 20, 2016) -- Carroll County Community Foundation, your local affiliate office of the Arkansas Community Foundation, is pleased to announce over $26,000 in Giving Tree Grants awards for nonprofit programs in Carroll County. ...

The Green Forest School Board approved a buyout on five machine leases at its Monday meeting. Superintendent Matt Summers said AAA Business Systems, the district's previous provider for printers, copiers and other office machines, had recently lost the bid to Corporate Business Systems. ...

The Berryville City Council is waiting to pursue legal action against Entergy until hearing from the company's attorney. City attorney Clint Scheel informed the council at its Tuesday meeting that he has been researching the legal issues regarding the relocation of Entergy power lines for the College Avenue project...

The unofficial results for the Carroll County 2016 annual school board election are in. Sherry Cochrane, elections coordinator, said the election had no contested races and was conducted through early voting and absentee ballots. No election day polls were opened, she said...

Carroll County lost a longtime community leader this month. Helen Brashears, owner of Brashears Furniture with her husband Vol, died Thursday, Sept. 8. She was 93. Helen grew up in Berryville and graduated as valedictorian of her high school class. After attending business college, she began working at First National Bank of Berryville where she served as assistant to the president, Digby West...

The Berryville School Board voted to increase security for the district's transportation building at its Monday meeting. Dr. Paul Hines, the district's facilities, maintenance and transportation director, recommended the school board expand the security camera coverage to the bus bin area...