Stories from Tuesday, February 20, 2018

The Berryville Bobcats pose with their championship trophy after defeating Shiloh Christian in the finals of the 4A-1 District Tournament on Saturday in Lincoln. Berryville will host the regional tournament this week at Bobcat Arena. The Bobcats are scheduled to tip off at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday against Ozark, while the Berryville girls will play Dardanelle in a first-round game at 4 p.m. Thursday. For complete coverage, see Sports on Pages 10-11...

In the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last Wednesday, many school districts are wondering what can be done to prevent active shooter situations on their own campuses. The Green Forest School Board decided at its Monday meeting that doing something is better than waiting on legislative action...

The sign at the park entrance of Pension Mountain Trails was stolen last week, and the Berryville Parks and Recreation Department is working to find it. Parks Director Joe Scott said the sign disappeared sometime during the evening on Monday, Feb. 12...

The Carroll County Drug Court received the 2018 Community Ambassador Award at Mercy Hospital of Berryville’s annual Black and White Ball on Saturday at Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center in Eureka Springs. Pictured from left to right are chief deputy prosecuting attorney Devon Still, Arkansas Department of Community Corrections drug court counselor Darrel Lamipher, Circuit Judge Scott Jackson, ACC agent Steve Jackson and Public Defender Beau Allen. ...

At the beginning of most romantic relationships, everything is blissful. Your new partner can do no wrong. They’re the funniest, smartest, nicest, best person you’ve ever met. They are flawless. You wish you could clone them a few times over in case of emergency. When you mention this, it comes across as cute instead of creepy...

Dear Editor, Today with so much theft and disregard of property being reported, we thought perhaps you would like to hear a different story. Earlier this month, a citizen made a trip to the Mercy Thrift Store in Green Forest to leave a donation in the drop box at the back of the store. It was one of those days when ice had closed the area schools. When the schools are closed due to bad weather, the Thrift Store is also closed...

Dr. Geoff West, DDS, helped students brush up on their dental hygiene at Berryville Elementary School on Friday. February is Dental Awareness Month, so West held three dental assemblies Friday morning to go over the basics of dental health with the students. This is the third year West has provided his services, as well as toothbrushes and toothpaste, to Berryville Elementary School...

The Berryville Rotary Club recently hosted its February Student of the Month, Cody Allen. Allen is pictured with Berryville Rotary President Johnice Dominick.

Local students will be putting their talents on display at the seventh annual “We’ve Got Talent” concert this March. The Carroll County Music Group (CCMG) will host the We’ve Got Talent concert on Sunday, March 4, at the Eureka Springs Auditorium. The event begins with a pre-show at 2:30 p.m., followed by the concert at 3 p.m...

Eureka Springs Rotarians Judy Montgomery, Cathy Handley, Allen Huffman, David Teigen, Bryan Pruitt, Chuck Olsen, Alan Epley, Stephen Ellison, Dorothy Guertin and Sandy Maki purchased and distributed copies of Webster’s Thesaurus for Students to the entire body of fifth-grade students at Eureka Springs Middle School on Tuesday, Feb. 13. Several of the students recalled receiving other books from the Rotary Club in previous years, and all of them are excited to expand their vocabularies...

The Berryville Bobcats got a 57-44 victory over the Huntsville Eagles in Wednesday's first round of the 4A-1 district tournament in Lincoln. The 13-point victory will put Berryville in the regional tournament. "I really thought our kids came ready to play," Berryville coach Brent Compton said. ...

Green Forest's season came to an end on Monday in the first round of the 3A-1 East district tournament in Valley Springs. The Tigers lost 75-43 to Clinton. "We just came out flat and didn't play well," Green Forest coach Donnie Smith said. "I think maybe our previous three games that we played back-to-back caught up with us. ...

The Berryville wrestling team will compete at the state tournament this weekend and each wrestler was assigned a seed at Wednesday's seeding meeting in Little Rock. Colton Record is a No. 1 seed, while Christian Lemus and Brett Parsons are each No. 2 seeds. Cesar Martinez is a No. 4 seed and Carlos Escobar is a No. 5 seed...

Senior night was a success for the Green Forest Lady Tigers, as they defeated the Marshall Lady Bobcats, 57-52, in overtime on Saturday afternoon. "It was pretty fun," Green Forest coach Kyle Farrar said. "We played really well against Valley on Friday and then to get the win on Saturday against Marshall is a good way to go into the district tournament."...

Offense was tough to come by Friday night for the Eureka Springs Highlanders when they traveled to take on the Mountainburg Dragons. The Highlanders only mustered 36 points and that resulted in a three-point loss to end the regular season. "We just had a hard time scoring the basketball," Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo said. ...

The Berryville Bobcats are heading to the state wrestling tournament on Friday and coach Derrek Aynes is excited to see how things will go. "We are having the seeding meeting on Tuesday and we have several guys that should be in the top three or four of a couple divisions, but we will just see how it shakes out," Aynes said...

The Berryville Bobcats got a convincing 86-53 win over the Green Forest Tigers on Thursday night. It was also Senior Night for the Bobcats. "We had the opportunity to start five seniors and I thought they played well for the time that they were in there," Berryville coach Brent Compton said. "It's a good group of kids that I have enjoyed to coach. I was proud of our effort. We played really hard and defensively, we played really hard as well."...