Stories from Tuesday, February 7, 2017

The “Giving Garden” project is sprouting at the Berryville Community Center (BCC). Joe Scott, director of Berryville Parks and Recreation Department, met with representatives from the Berryville School District, Loaves and Fishes Food Bank, the Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center, the Carroll County Cooperative Extension Service and other community organizations at BCC on Thursday, Feb. ...

A 17-year-old Carroll County boy pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of capital murder in connection with the apparent slaying of his older brother last month. Joseph Santiago, who is charged as an adult, entered the plea during a brief appearance before Circuit Judge Scott Jackson at the Carroll County Eastern District Courthouse in Berryville. His next court appearance is scheduled for Monday, March 13, at the Carroll County Western District Courthouse in Eureka Springs...

The Carroll County Ambulance District Commission held its first meeting Monday night, after its five members were appointed at January’s meeting of the Carroll County Quorum Court. David Stoppel, Wendell Coatney, Amy Leivan, JoAnn Griesenauer and Rick Wheatley were nominated by County Judge Sam Barr and approved by a unanimous vote of the county’s 11 justices of the peace. Their terms are staggered, from five years for Stoppel to one year for Wheatley...

The Kiwanis Club of Berryville is helping spread the Bobcat Pride in Berryville schools. The Kiwanis Club gave 43 Bobcat t-shirts to the “Pass the Bobcat Pride” program on Friday, Jan. 29. Pass the Bobcat Pride was started by Berryville freshman Jacey Howerton this year to collect new or gently used Bobcat shirts and other spirit wear for students in need so they can participate in school spirit days...

The Clark and Klock building is whole again. John F. Cross, president of the John F. Cross Family Partnership, issued an announcement on Thursday, Feb. 2, stating that the Victorian oak roses, trim, doors and baseboards installed by W.O. Perkins in the early 1900s have been returned to the Clark and Klock building in Eureka Springs after being dismantled and removed from the premises in February 2013. Cross said workers began reinstalling the woodwork on Thursday...

A few local do-gooders are stepping up to help the pups at Good Shepherd Humane Society. At Good Shepherd’s regular board meeting Jan. 25, Chris and Gilbert Bercier presented a plan to improve the kennels at the shelter. Chris Bercier explained that she and her husband have adopted two dogs from Good Shepherd. While visiting the shelter, she said, they realized that the outdoor kennels could provide better shelter. She proposed a plan that would bring more coverage to the kennels...

Clarence and Ona Smith of Berryville will celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at Autumn Hill Nursing Home.

Nona Sooter of Cassville, Mo., will celebrate her 95th birthday on Saturday, Feb. 11. Sooter was born on Feb. 11, 1922, and grew up in Berryville. Cards may be sent to 19352 State Highway 112 Cassville, MO 65625.

Some Eureka Springs High School students got an inside view of the Great Passion Play on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Kent Butler, marketing director for the Passion Play, spoke to the high school hospitality class about what it’s like to run a tourism-based business. Butler said he’s acted in the play for 12 years now, starting when he was 18 years old. He said he majored in history in college and uses that knowledge in the job he does now...

MARY JO POUNCEY, a resident of Eureka Springs, Arkansas was born December 22, 1940 in Splendora, Texas daughter of John Wesley and Mary Elner (Thornton) Carter. She departed this life Saturday, February 4, 2017, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas at the age of 76 years...

Ola Irene Barker, age 90, of Green Forest, Ark. passed away Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. She was born June 12, 1926 in Syalmore, Ark., daughter of the late William Samuel and Polly Ann (Mitchell) Dixon. On Mar. 22, 1951 she married the love of her life, Leo Barker who preceded her in death in 2010. She and Leo moved to Iowa for a number of years and returned to Arkansas in the 1980s. She enjoyed cooking, gardening and listening to the radio...

LaDonna “Jeanette” Featherston Moore, 77, of Bentonville, AR passed away, Monday, February 6, 2017 at Circle of Life, Legacy Village in Bentonville. She was born May 14, 1939 in Bentonville to J. B. and Ellen Collins Featherston. She was a graduate of Bentonville High School “Class of 1957.” She worked at the Carroll County Extension Service in Berryville, Arkansas for many years before returning to Bentonville in 1981 and working for Carroll Electric...

The Eureka Springs Highlanders won yet another conference championship on Friday by winning at Decatur, 56-38. "When you only have two guys coming back from a team that won 30 games last year, you don't know what to expect expectation-wise," Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo said. ...

The Berryville wrestling team went to Central Arkansas Christian in North Little Rock over the weekend where they had the chance to face plenty of great competition. The Bobcats went 2-3 over the weekend and came away with a sixth-place finish. "Our boys wrestled really well, but we had a hard time competing with the teams that had a full lineup or close to a full lineup," Berryville coach Matt Ferguson said...