Stories from Friday, July 21, 2017

The Ol' Ball Coach always said that July and August are months reserved for talking season in college football. Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher wasn't afraid to do some talking last week when he made headlines claiming the Atlantic Coast Conference is now the premier conference in college football...

First-year defensive coordinator Derrek Aynes hopes to strengthen a Berryville defense that only got seven sacks, three fumble recoveries and three interceptions a year ago. "I'm really looking forward to being a gap-controlled team," Aynes said. "We are going to stay and maintain our gap responsibility that we should be in. Not give up big plays and have a relentless motor. I want 11 guys to the football on every play and not giving up big plays."...

The Carroll County Legends only won a single game at the Southeast Regional tournament last week in Hattiesburg, Miss., but the trip was a success. "I'm actually pretty pleased with how we did considering who we went up against," Legends coach Chad Hipps said. "We won one, lost three and tied another. Considering the level of competition our kids faced, I'm pretty happy."...

July 13 • Dillon Ray Jackson, 20, Holiday Island, was booked on failure to appear. • Marvin Maxwell Schuh, 50, Harrison, was booked on violation of a no-contact order, domestic battery in the third degree and contempt. July 14 • Joe Lyn Swaffar, 53, Holiday Island, was booked on aggravated assault on a family or household member and terroristic threatening...

Eureka Springs alderman David Mitchell is calling for consequences after alderwoman Mickey Schneider canceled her voter registration on July 6. Mitchell brought the matter to the city council table July 10, but Schneider, alderwoman Peg Adamson and city clerk Ann Armstrong left the meeting during a dispute over approval of the minutes. ...

Slow internet connections. Lines four deep at Walmart. Anything beyond two-day shipping. Buffering YouTube videos. Diets that don’t work over the weekend. Stories that stretch beyond 140 characters. Pizza that doesn’t arrive in 15 minutes. These are some of the things that madden the impatient mob living in the early 21st century...

The Green Forest School District will hold a Kindergarten Registration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3. Parents will need to bring proof of residency, their child’s birth certificate, immunization history and contact information If you have a child who will be 5 on or before Aug. 1, come register and be ready. Any elementary students needing to register for the 2017-18 school year are encouraged to come register at the event. For more information, call 870-438-5205...

Eureka Springs Elementary School will have a Back-to-School Open House from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10. It’s a chance for students to tour the classroom, meet their teacher and bring school supplies. Staff will be available to assist with signing up for car tags and lunch accounts. Refreshments will be served in the cafeteria...

Dr. Paul Daidone has worked at medical facilities in New York, Fayetteville and the Caribbean. His latest stop is Eureka Springs, and he plans to stay a while. Daidone, who has worked at hospitals in Arkansas for the past 17 years, started working at Eureka Springs Hospital two weeks ago. The reason he came to Eureka Springs, Daidone said, is because he wants to have an impact on those who live in a small community...

Carroll County operators dispatched 7,660 calls for service in the second quarter of 2017, according to information that Sheriff Randy Mayfield presented to the quorum court at its meeting on Monday, July 17. That number included 3,421 calls for the sheriff’s office and 4,239 calls for other agencies in the county. ...

The Berryville City Council is already using the recent sales tax extension to fund city projects. The council voted at its Tuesday meeting to pass Resolution 1017, expressing the willingness of the city to utilize state funding from the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department for the Freeman Avenue extension project...

Being a 911 dispatcher is a calling that requires compassion and patience. Inside Carroll County Central Dispatch, dispatchers work around the clock to field all 911 calls received within Carroll County. The space is lit up by the five computer screens each dispatcher uses to respond to calls...

The Berryville Community Restoration Project’s newest mural is on the track to success. The new mural is on a south-facing wall on the Berryville Public Square and is the largest mural artists Randy Rust and James Abbott have painted so far. Mary Nell Billings, who helps execute the murals, said the vision behind the restoration project’s latest mural was to celebrate the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which was put into effect under President Franklin D. ...