Stories from Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Streets across Carroll County will be filled with floats and festivities this weekend. Berryville, Eureka Springs and Green Forest will all have their annual Christmas parades on Friday and Saturday, giving citizens and visitors three chances to take in some holiday cheer...

Gary Maybury worked on the line serving lunch at the ECHO Thanksgiving dinner last Thursday. (Photo by David Bell/Carroll County News)

"I love that I can walk to almost everything and that I can do so at any time day or night and feel safe -- yea! Berryville!" was just one example of the responses to the question "What do you love about Berryville?" on the recent survey the city of Berryville sent to area residents, and, of course, one respondent wrote, "Not a Single Thing." The survey was designed to get feedback from the community as part of the planning for an economic development strategic action plan...

There will be a lot more students wearing purple and gold at Berryville pep rallies and ballgames soon. That was the goal of Berryville freshman Jacey Howerton when she began the "Pass the Bobcat Pride" project. Howerton has been working with the school district the past few months to set up baskets in each school office where staff and students can drop off gently used or new Bobcat shirts, or other spirit wear. ...

Doug Stowe knows a thing or two about woodworking. Stowe, who recently released his latest book on the topic, celebrated 40 years of creating practical art with wood at a reception recently. Stowe moved to Eureka Springs in 1975 and began his career in woodworking a year later. He had been working with pottery, but Stowe said he felt woodwork would be a more practical way to go...

Cornerstone Home Mortgage held a ribbon cutting on Nov. 17. Pictured in the front row from left to right are Christy and Ronnie Whiteley, Chris Meador, Landry Weston, Nancy Eastburn, Debbie Hill, Autumn Hudgins, Mary Gott, Cindy Inman, Carola White and Marilyn Schopp. In the back row from left to right are Jason Williams, Jason Tenant, John Cross, Charlie Cross and James Myatt. (Submitted photo)...

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) has issued a Code Yellow Alert for O Negative and A Negative blood types. The community is strongly urged to give blood at a CBCO donor center or blood drive. Donors to CBCO provide all of the blood for patients at 39 area hospitals. On average, a transfusion takes place every seven minutes and around 200 donations are needed each day to meet the area's blood needs...

Thanksgiving is the one day each year that we set aside specifically to count our blessings. This year, I had a little extra counting to do. My grandson, Liam, celebrated his first Thanksgiving this year -- eight days before his first birthday. And while he might not have completely understood or enjoyed the experience (he was definitely NOT a fan of his Thanksgiving-themed hat), his Pops definitely did...

I am Green Forest City Alderman Cody Boren. I wish to address the citizens of Green Forest and those of the community who will be affected by the pending Green Forest City Ordinance No. 653. During Green Forest's city council meeting on Nov. 15, 2016, Ordinance No. ...

For anybody who is still wandering if the Green Forest Lady Tigers have truly made an improvement from a year ago, look no further than Saturday's 49-45 loss to Berryville. Yes, it's a loss, but the Berryville Lady Bobcats were one game away from playing for the class 4A state championship last season, while the Green Forest Lady Tigers didn't win one conference game...

Going into Saturday's game against Lead Hill at the Omaha Border Classic, the Berryville Bobcats were still stuffed from their Thanksgiving dinner. The Bobcats won, 65-56, but coach Brent Compton said his team is capable of playing much better. "We played well at the beginning," Compton said. "We had as much as a 17-point lead, but we got in some foul trouble in the second quarter and that hurt us. We really were never able to put them away there in the third quarter."...

The Green Forest Tigers met up with the Omaha Eagles for the second time in four days in the first round of Saturday evening's Omaha Border Classic. After a 24-point loss on Tuesday, the Tigers were looking for a different outcome, but got close to the same results...

BERRYVILLE -- It can be tough to get excited to play a basketball game two days before Thanksgiving, but the Berryville Bobcats were ready to go Tuesday evening in a 49-41 home victory over the Cassville (Mo) Wildcats. "We didn't shoot the ball as well as we normally do, and that probably had a lot to do with them," Berryville coach Brent Compton said. ...

It was another great effort by the Green Forest Tiger basketball team on Tuesday, but the Tigers fell short in an 81-57 loss at Omaha. "Overall, the kids played harder than they did against Western Grove," Green Forest coach Brandon Stone said. "We made more shots, but they made more free throws than we attempted."...

The Berryville wrestling team lost a state champion in Garrett Record last year, along with Ethan King, Dakota Smith and Griffin Payne, all of whom placed at the state wrestling tournament a year ago. The Bobcats return many key wrestlers, though, including Christian Lemus, Keaton Hoft, Kris Grile and Robert Allen. This gives coach Matt Ferguson hope as the season begins...

"If you are going to foul him, at least get your money's worth." This is a quote that has no place in basketball, not even in the NBA. Sadly, I heard this at a high school basketball game earlier this week. As many of you may know, the Green Forest, Berryville and Eureka Springs volleyball teams have students who serve as line judges for their matches. ...