Stories from Tuesday, September 19, 2017

The Eastern Carroll County Ambulance District Commission doesn’t plan on changing its Request For Proposals, commissioners said at a Sept. 13 meeting, despite criticism from Green Forest Mayor Charlie Reece. The commission was discussing its goal of securing interlocal agreements with the cities of Berryville, Green Forest and Oak Grove when Reece said Green Forest officials have concerns about the wording of the RFP. ...

Two people were killed Saturday in a traffic accident on Arkansas Highway 187 west of Beaver. According to a preliminary report from Arkansas State Police Trooper Drew Widner, Jeffery James Schneider, 53, of Omaha was riding a 2000 Yamaha motorcycle westbound at 3:06 p.m. ...

For months, word has been that the transition of Carroll County’s 911 and central dispatch functions into new space at the sheriff’s office/detention center was just a couple of weeks away. Well, not so much. District 3 Justice of the Peace Lamont Richie, who chairs the county’s budget committee, told the Carroll County Quorum Court on Monday that he has looked into the situation and he isn’t pleased...

Carroll County Judge Sam Barr on Monday lifted a burn ban that had been in place since Thursday, Sept. 14. “The burn ban for Carroll County has been lifted, effective Monday, Sept. 18,” Barr wrote in a memorandum. “As always, continue to burn with caution and never leave a fire unattended.”...

The Merlin Foundation’s second annual Ragball Tournament was a home run, raising over $4,000 for the nonprofit. Kaleigh Evans, public relations coordinator for Grandma’s House Children’s Advocacy Center, said Grandma’s House and the Merlin Foundation hosted the event, which hosted 16 ragball teams from Berryville, Harrison, Huntsville, Blue Eye and Fayetteville. The tournament used three fields at the A.L. Carter Baseball and Softball Complex in Berryville, she said, and ran for 16 hours...

For the second consecutive year, Carroll County Newspapers is sponsoring an essay contest on texting while driving. We offered the contest to Eureka Springs students last year through the Lovely County Citizen, and I’m super excited to branch out to the rest of the county. This year, anyone in Carroll County between 14 and 19 can enter the contest...

The Green Forest School District will be updating its phone and intercom system for next school year. The Green Forest School Board voted at its Monday meeting to approve the purchase of an Internet-based phone system from White River Services and Solutions and its partner company skyePBX, LLC. for $38,898.96...

Berryville High School’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter is selling chances to win a 500-pound steer to raise money for the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis. The tickets are $1 each or $5 for six tickets and will be sold until Friday, Oct. 20...

The Greater Berryville Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for its annual Chamber Awards Banquet. The Chamber Awards Banquet, which will take place on Thursday, Oct. 12, recognizes local citizens and businesses for the contributions they have made to help make the Berryville community the great place that it is...

ECHO Thrift Store manager Danyelle Harris knows what a community effort looks like. She saw it all last week, when many locals dropped off donations at the store to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey. One local agreed to donate a semi-truck to get the donations to Texas, and Eureka Springs High School students helped load it on Friday morning...

Berryville School District voters approved a 4.45-mill property tax increase in Tuesday’s school election. Revenue from the tax will be used to help finance a $23.85 million construction project that will include a new high school building. Final, unofficial totals on the millage increase were 544 votes for the increase and 457 votes against it...

The Carroll County Super Bowl is always a physical football game. Green Forest coach Bobby Bishop expects nothing less when the Tigers travel to Berryville on Friday night. Bishop knows Green Forest will have to play much more aggressively than it did last Friday night against Pierce City, Mo., if the Tigers want any chance to beat the Bobcats...

Berryville football coach Doug Shott is new to the county and new to the Carroll County Super Bowl, but it isn't lost on him as to how big this game is. "I've reminded the kids what's at stake, as far as Carroll County goes," Shott said. "For the most part this is bred into our kids. ...

For the first time in 40 years, the Carroll County Country Club is getting new seed and resizing the greens. "Our greens dried out, and we struggle with them every year because they are old," clubhouse manager Dave Saab said. "This year we had a couple of hot days that really pushed us over the edge. ...

It was a tough loss for the Green Forest Lady Tigers on Monday, as they lost a five-set match at home to Valley Springs. Valley Springs defeated Green Forest, 25-19, 18-25, 25-19, 16-25, 15-7. "We are a work in progress, kind of like I have been saying," Green Forest coach Trista Killingsworth said. ...

The Berryville volleyball team got off to a great start in a 25-3, 25-16, 25-14 victory at West Fork on Monday evening. "For some reason they just couldn't return a ball back over the net," Berryville coach Kristin Whetham said. "They couldn't receive the ball so we had a lot of girls scoring points just off serving, especially in that first set."...

On Tuesday, the Green Forest cross country team traveled to Heber Springs to compete in the Josh Park Memorial Invitational. Heber Springs won the boys race, scoring 41 points and Green Forest finished second, scoring 63 points. Parker Ables of Heber Springs won with a time of 16 minutes and 33 seconds. ...

BERRYVILLE — It was a different year, but an identical result when Clinton defeated the Berryville Bobcats 34-0 on Friday night at Ronnie Clark Field. The Yellowjackets won by the same score on their home field in 2016. "People that weren't there look at the score and think it's a blowout," Berryville coach Doug Shott said. "You take the second quarter away and it's a pretty tight ballgame."...

The third quarter made all the difference in Friday night's game at Tiger Stadium between the Pierce City Eagles and the Green Forest Tigers. Trailing 13-0 at halftime, the Tigers hoped to get something going, but instead gave up 22 points and trailed 35-0 going into the fourth quarter before losing by a final score of 35-7...

GREEN FOREST — The Berryville Lady Bobcats got an easy 25-10, 25-17, 25-18 victory on Thursday at Fred Grim Gym against the Green Forest Lady Tigers. "We played a lot better," Berryville coach Kristin Whetham said. "I feel like this team is finally starting to come together and get the feel and groove of each other. I think as a whole, we are getting better playing as a team."...

All three Carroll County schools competed at the Elkins Invitational cross country meet on Saturday. The Green Forest boys and girls each won the 1A-3A race. Green Forest's Rafael Rosales won the boys race with a time of 16 minutes and 54 seconds and Karina Maravillas won the girls race in 19:39. Berryville won the girls 4A-5A race. Individual results are as follows:...

Thursday's game at Clinton didn't go so well for the Berryville Bobcat junior high team, as the Bobcats suffered a 38-22 loss. The game was tied 6-6 at halftime and coach Cody Curtis said he is proud of the effort his team showed. "We competed really hard and our kids never gave up," Curtis said. "We battled back and went back and forth with them."...

When a team comes away from a 25-8 win feeling disappointed, things are usually going in the right direction for a football team. This was the case Thursday night when the Green Forest Tigers won at Pea Ridge. "The first half did not go good at all," Green Forest coach Ryan Whetham said. ...