Stories from Friday, October 13, 2017

After each team scored on its opening drive of the game, Green Forest coach Ryan Whetham thought Thursday's junior high home football game against Greenland was going to be more competitive than it was. "We started off really good," Whetham said. "We took the ball down and drove it in. Barrett Phillips got the touchdown. The line blocked really well. The backs blocked really well. And then they came right back and scored. We thought it was going to be a real battle."...

While Pea Ridge defeated Green Forest in four sets on Thursday evening, 25-15, 17-25, 25-19, 25-16, there was a vast improvement from the first time the two teams met in Pea Ridge earlier this year. "The girls are working hard and they aren't quitting," Green Forest coach Trista Killingsworth said. "They hustled good. They had a good attitude. Their passes were good and the serve receive was better. I'm excited, actually."...

The Berryville Bobcat Lady volleyball team traveled to Hollister, Mo., to compete in a tournament on Saturday in which they finished second. Berryville coach Kristin Whetham is proud of the way her team performed, but wishes the Lady Bobcats would have seen some better competition...

The Berryville junior high team lost 38-22 Thursday night at Lincoln. The Wolves scored two touchdowns on punt returns and had an interception return for a touchdown as well. "Mistakes killed us last night," Berryville coach Cody Curtis said. "We gave up 21 points off special teams or turnovers, so when you do stuff like that, you aren't going to win games."...

The Green Forest Tigers hosted their first annual cross country meet on Saturday. Bentonville West stole the show in the boys race, taking the top four positions. Prairie Grove's Bekah Bostain won the girls race. Individual results are as follows: Boys race: Bentonville West won, scoring 16 points. ...

Tackling has been a major concern for Green Forest football coach Bobby Bishop throughout the entire season. That concern was on full display Friday evening in a 44-21 road loss at Yellville-Summit. "Most of our problem is that we aren't very good tacklers," Bishop said Monday. "We have some JV action tonight, so we will spend an hour or so working on open-field tackling and then we will get back to working on our regular routine tomorrow."...

Fourth down was not Berryville's friend Friday evening, as the Bobcats were 0-for-4 on fourth down conversions in the first half against Lincoln. All of those turnovers were on the Lincoln side of the field and that added up to a 39-0 homecoming loss for the Bobcats...

Oct. 5 • Kenneth Shane Fultz, 38, Green Forest, was booked on failure to appear. • Guy Demott Holmes, 51, Eureka Springs, was booked on public intoxication and disorderly conduct. • Kyler Allen Martin, 18, Green Forest, was booked on failure to appear...

The Eureka Springs School District has added a new incentive for its staff members. The Eureka Springs School Board voted at its Tuesday meeting to increase the district’s health insurance contribution rate for staff members from $303 per month to $315 per month. Superintendent Bryan Pruitt said the change means any staff member whose spouse has insurance somewhere else or who doesn’t have children will have their insurance completely covered by the district...

A curious, young man made it his ambition to seek wisdom at all cost. This led him to a monk who lived alone in a cave at the far side of the world, an old man rumored to be the wisest teacher to ever live. So across snowy mountains, suffocating deserts, and dense jungle the young man journeyed for months on end to learn at the feet of the storied master...

It’ll be a little longer before the Eureka Springs City Council chooses a permanent meeting space. On Monday night, Mayor Butch Berry told the council about some new developments in the proposed meeting spaces. Those meeting spaces are Dr. Charles Beard’s office at 25 Norris St., the downtown fire station and the Eureka Springs Community Center. Beard had said he would be vacating his office, which the city owns, in 2018 at the beginning of the year. Berry said Monday that has changed...

The Eastern Carroll County Ambulance Commission has accelerated its timeline for awarding a contract for emergency ambulance service. The commission held a special meeting Tuesday, where chairman David Stoppel told his fellow commissioners that attorney Curtis Hogue of Fayetteville advised him that the commission isn’t bound to advertise for requests for proposals for 30 days, as the commission originally believed. ...

A Carroll County Election commission member who was recently arrested on multiple charges after an altercation with law enforcement officers has been involuntarily admitted to a mental health treatment facility. Eugene Walden, 44, was arrested on Oct. ...

Green Forest High School students got an insight into job opportunities in the area Thursday during Career Day. Counselor Trista Killingsworth said 30 speakers from local businesses attended Career Day, each giving presentations to five classes about the specifics of their jobs and how students could enter the same field...

The Green Forest City Council has laid the foundation for the construction of a new city hall and police station. The council voted at its Tuesday meeting to approve the construction contract for the new city hall and police station, as well as the financing for the project...