Stories from Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Mayor Charles Reece would like to have more school resource officers in the Green Forest School District. At the Green Forest City Council’s meeting on Monday, Reece said he has been in discussion with Police Chief John Bailey and Superintendent Matt Summers about school security...

Miss Green Forest 2017 Lauren Newberry crowns her successor, Cheyenne Zimmerman, as Miss Green Forest 2018 at the conclusion of the annual pageant on Saturday. See more photos on Page 14.

The Berryville School District is exploring safety options for its students. The Berryville School Board voted at its Monday meeting to create a safety and security team to research safety options, including a security force composed of staff members serving as registered commissioned security guards and additional school resource officers (SRO)...

The Berryville Middle School Band won first division at the Region Concert Assessment in Harrison on Thursday, March 8. Band director Hayley Watson said the event was an assessment of the band’s preparation and skill level, and first division is the top score bands can receive...

Green Forest student Emily Lindstrom is the winner of the 2018 Fantasy Art Competition. Alex Newton of Newton Games announced that Lindstrom’s art will be featured on the cover of his newest board game, ‘The Journal of Umbra.’ For more information and to see the winning art, visit NewtonGames.Weebly.com...

Good Shepherd Humane Society has changed some meeting times to accommodate those who can’t make regularly scheduled meetings On Wednesday, Feb. 28, the board agreed to meet at 5:30 p.m. quarterly beginning in March. The reason for the new time, president Jay Fusaro said, is to make it possible for those who work to come to the meetings. The board will meet at 5:30 p.m. on March 28, June 27 and Sept. 26. Regularly scheduled meetings will continue at 1 p.m. for all other months...

Last year on March 17, I went shopping with a friend in downtown Eureka Springs for Melody Rust’s birthday. She turned 42 that day. By that time, we had been close friends for a year. We met in 2016 when I took over day-to-day operations at Lovely County Citizen, where she worked on page design in the back room. She was so talented, and she constantly encouraged me to do my very best...

I urge all citizens of Carroll County to contact their elected officials. Dear Justice of Peace of the Quorum Court of Carroll County, Arkansas on this day, March 1, 2018. I request each and everyone on the Quorum Court their immediate attention to seek to “Draft a Resolution” as demonstrated by example: Quorum Court, Boone County, Arkansas February 2018 as noted in the Secure Arkansas news alert: “Extortion in Arkansas Part Two (Trash Tax)...

Berryville Elementary School held its science fair last week, and several students excelled with their experiments. For Kindergarten Experiments, Jaxon Backs won first place. Caleb Jones won second place, and Abi Simon won third place. For Kindergarten Collections, Demonstrations and Models, Logan McWilliam won first place. Chelci Clark won second place, and Emily Asbury won third place...

A community meeting on the $18 landfill assessment will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 17, at the Marshall Community Center. Residents of Carroll, Searcy, Baxter, Boone, Newton and Marion counties are encouraged to attend. The fee is being charged to property owners in the six counties that are part of the Ozark Mountain Solid Waste District to repay bonds that were issued for the Nabors Landfill in Baxter County, and to pay for the landfill’s closure. ...

Berryville gifted and talented (GT) teacher Delene McCoy (left) accepts the Honorable Mention award for the Act 56 Outstanding Gifted Program for districts with more than 1,000 but less than 3,000 students from Dr. Mary Katherine Stein, director of gifted and talented and advanced placement for the Arkansas Department of Education. ...

The Green Forest School District will hold its Kindergarten Registration for the 2018-19 school year from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, April 13, at Green Forest Elementary School. If you have a child who will be 5 years old on or before Aug. 1, come register and be ready. Parents will need to bring the following for their children: proof of residency, birth certificate, immunization history and contact information...

Florene Grace (Nix) Neal gained her Victory and passed from this life March 12, 2018, at the age of 88. Florene was born on the snowy day of May 20, 1929, in the community of Maple, Arkansas to Arlis Nix and Edrie (Chapin) Nix Stillman. When Florene was six, she told her future husband, Howard Neal, that she was going to marry him when she grew up. Ten years later, on June 24, 1945 they were married. They had three children, Fred Neal and wife, Judie, Peggy Blackston, and Pam Pinkley...

Mary Lou “Myrna” Micheletto, of Berryville, Arkansas was born June 6, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois daughter of Steve Frank and Ruby Rae (Snow) Wojcik. She departed this life Sunday, March 4, 2018 in Rogers, Arkansas at the age of 85 years. Myrna was a member of Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall in Berryville. She loved reading, traveling, fishing and preaching. Most of all she loved her family...

WILLIAM “CARL” BARTLETT, of Green Forest, Arkansas was born April 8, 1944 in Osage, Arkansas, son of Joseph William and Ora Ellen (Villines) Bartlett. He departed this life Sunday, March 11, 2018 in Fayetteville, Arkansas at the age of 73 years. Carl was a member of the Christ Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church in Blue Eye. He worked fifty-one years in pipeline construction for both oil and gas. He loved working with his cattle on his farm...

The Berryville Bobcats got a convincing 22-4 win on Tuesday at Marshall, which officially marked the beginning of the 2018 regular season. Berryville scored 11 runs in the first inning, but coach David Broseus said the team could have done more. "We hit the ball fairly well," Broseus said. ...

After last Friday's rainout with Melbourne, the Green Forest Lady Tigers officially started their season on Tuesday with an impressive 16-1 home win over the Bergman Lady Panthers. Green Forest scored eight runs in the second inning and added six more in the third inning to end the game...

The Berryville Lady Bobcats remained unbeaten this week by defeating the Harrison Lady Goblins on Monday and taking down the Yellville-Summit Lady Panthers on Tuesday. Berryville 9, Harrison 2 The Lady Bobcats got out to a good start in Monday's home game with Harrison. After not allowing a base runner in the top of the first, LoraGrace Hill scored on a single to center from Lexy Woods and Woods went on to score on a passed ball to give Berryville an early 2-0 lead...

The Green Forest Tigers lost a pair of games earlier this week to Valley Springs and Lincoln, falling to 0-5 on the year. Valley Springs 14, Green Forest 4 Despite Monday's 10-run loss at Valley Springs, coach Brandon Stone was pleased with the way his team performed...

The Green Forest Tiger track team competed at the Y Timing Invitational on Thursday, March 1, in Fayetteville. More than 30 teams competed. The boys finished 12th and the girls came in 14th. Individual results are as follows: Boys 100-meter dash: Green Forest's Kevin Solorzano finished 67th in 12.41, while teammates Braden Smith finished 87th in 12.72 and Gage Lowe finished 95th in 12.88. ...