Stories from Tuesday, November 7, 2017

JIMMIE LEE NORRIS, of Green Forest, Arkansas born April 10, 1935 in Green Forest, Arkansas, son of Ernest Lee and Edna (Barnhill) Norris. He departed this life Monday, November 6, 2017, in Berryville, Arkansas at the age of 82 years. Jimmie proudly served his country in the United States Air Force. He retired from First National Bank after forty-one years of service. Jimmie truly enjoyed making quilts for family and friends...

Four ambulance service providers have submitted bids to the Eastern Carroll County Ambulance District commission to provide emergency service east of the Kings River. Mercy, North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, Pafford EMS and Southern Paramedic Service all submitted bids before the commission’s deadline of noon on Wednesday, Nov. 1...

Clay Maxey Ford of Berryville is working with the Carroll County school districts to make sure no child goes to school cold this winter. The “Share the Warmth” drive will be collecting new or gently used coats, shoes and nonperishable food items throughout the month of November and the first week of December. Tim Hatman, sales consultant with Clay Maxey, said he started the coat drive about six years ago after noticing several kids in the area needed coats and jackets...

Brandon Champion is new to Carroll County, but that doesn’t mean he’s waiting to join the community. Champion has organized a coat drive called Chili Jackets, scheduled from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4, at Best Western Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center...

Now that it’s cooler outside, Gideon and I have been opening up the windows a lot more. We love the fresh air and how much it lowers our electricity bill. It’s the time of the year where we can fall asleep listening to the trees swaying and whatever re-run of Sanford and Son our neighbor happens to be watching. I’ve looked forward to it since May...

The state cross country championships will be held Friday in Hot Springs and all three area schools have a legitimate chance to bring home a state title. The Green Forest boys and girls are both favored to win Class 3A championships. The Berryville Bobcats and Eureka Springs Highlanders are both expected to compete for titles in both the boys and girls divisions, too...

Going into Friday's final regular-season game of the year at Elkins, the Green Forest Tigers are extremely injury-plagued. Coach Bobby Bishop expects the Tigers will come ready to play, though. "It is disappointing that we are finishing up the year the way we are in terms of injuries because we felt pretty fortunate going into about the eighth game," Bishop said. ...

Berryville football coach Doug Shott hasn't seen the winning results he had hoped for this season, but Shott is proud of the way the Bobcat football players have kept a positive attitude throughout the entire season. "Keeping the proper perspective in life is important," Shott said. ...

The Eureka Springs Highlander basketball team got a convincing 69-57 victory on Monday night at Haas Hall to get to 5-0 on the season. The Highlanders outscored Haas Hall 19-2 in the second quarter, but it was the fourth quarter when the Mastiffs outscored Eureka Springs 30-16 that left coach Brian Rambo was scratching his head...

The Berryville Bobcats were on the wrong side of a 34-6 loss to Prairie Grove on Friday night at Ronnie Clark Field. Having played Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove in consecutive weeks — arguably the two best Class 4A teams in the state — coach Doug Shott is proud to say his team played with effort for the entire game...

Friday night's 47-14 loss to Melbourne wasn't the way Green Forest coach Bobby Bishop had envisioned Senior Night going for the Tigers. Heading into the game, Green Forest was without senior leader Creel Roberts and Dakota Grigg was feeling the effects of a knee injury...

The Prairie Grove junior high football team defeated Berryville, 35-20, on Thursday at Prairie Grove. Despite the loss, Berryville coach Cody Curtis is proud of the fight his team showed against the No. 1 team in the conference. "Offensively, I thought we played hard," Curtis said. "We moved the ball fairly well. We executed fairly well. The running backs ran hard. A couple of plays could have been busted and made it a lot closer game, but we just missed a couple assignments on a few plays."...

Berryville, Green Forest and Eureka Springs all ran at separate cross country meets over the last week. Berryville and Green Forest each ran on Tuesday. The Bobcats competed at the 4A-1 district championship in Prairie Grove, while Green Forest competed at the Rogers Mountaineer Classic. Eureka Springs competed for the 2A-4 West district championship on Saturday in Magazine. Individual results are as follows:...

Thursday's 14-12 home victory over the Greenland Pirates was a welcome sign for the Green Forest junior high football team. "It was a well-played football game," Green Forest coach Ryan Whetham said. "We played a complete game of football, which was good to see."...

The Eureka Springs Highlanders defeated the Bruno-Pyatt Patriots 77-15 Friday night at Highlander Arena. "Obviously our programs are at a different place," Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo said. "Coach (Josh) Henley is trying to do a good job over there by building a program. ...