Stories from Tuesday, March 27, 2018

The Green Forest High School band received straight superior ratings at the Region Concert Assessment in Harrison this March. Band director Sarah Taylor said the band received a superior rating in every category for its on-stage performance. “The scores range from 1 to 5, with one being the highest and five being the lowest,” she said. “We got straight 1s on stage, and we got a 2 in sight reading.”...

A state mental patient with ties to Eureka Springs who left the Arkansas State Hospital in Little Rock last week has been arrested in Nevada, along with a psychological examiner at the hospital who apparently escorted him out of the facility. According to a release from Perry L. Wyse, chief of the Arkansas State Hospital Police, Cory Chapin and Michelle Messer were taken into custody without incident Monday morning at a home in North Las Vegas, Nev...

Carroll County’s numbers are holding steady according to data released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2010 Census found the population to be 27,446, and the 2017 Population Estimate indicates that the county’s numbers have risen to about 27,944 residents as of July 1, 2017, showing an increase of about 500...

When you’re just 5 years old like Ethan, waiting to fly an airplane kite is tough. Ethan and his family were among those who participated in the 28th Annual “Art with an Altitude” Kite Festival, hosted by Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge and Kaleidokites on Saturday at the refuge. See more photos on Page 16...

Clad in their best sneakers for the 36th Annual Victorian Classic, runners pound the street in support of Samaritan’s Feet. The international nonprofit organization, whose local chapter is led by the Eureka Springs Rotary Club, annually provides new shoes to the needy children of Carroll County, with the Victorian Classic being one of its most important fundraisers...

Two weeks ago, I sat with five Eureka Springs High School students in the cafeteria. That wasn’t out of the ordinary. I’ve been in that same cafeteria many times interviewing students about an upcoming school play or special events. It would have been normal to me, but this wasn’t your average day...

Now that the reign of tyranny under the dictation of corrupt Sheriff Mayfield will be officially over, consider voting for a real Sheriff, one with a proven track record of accountability and leadership. Sheriff Mayfield chose not to run because his delusions of a grand reputation are finally starting to fall apart. ...

Opinion, Today I would like to share and the sharing is given freely with no expectations of acknowledgment. We here at the moment have choices. We are free to choose as we want but sometimes just attempting to make the choice we are putting ourselves at the risk of being labeled by others who fear to make choices and would do anything to prevent our free will to be expressed.  Here in Eureka Springs I been experiencing a unique situation that is in my experience does not happen unless we cause it to happen. ...

Instead of marching in the National School Walkout to protest gun violence on March 14, some Eureka Springs High School students met for a virtual walkout assembly. Principal David Gilmore and other staff members encouraged the students to write letters to their representatives addressing ways to prevent more mass shootings after a school shooting in Florida left 17 people dead last month. Gilmore said he wanted to give the students a chance to voice their concerns at the assembly...

In support of tighter gun control laws, protesters in Eureka Springs join with more than 800 concurrent March for Our Lives demonstrations around the country on Saturday, March 24. The peaceful protesters in Basin Spring Park held signs and discussed their views with passersby...

The Eureka Springs Hospital Commissions is working through the preliminary stages of renovating the historic building. On Monday, March 19, the commission heard from Diane Adler of Bates Architects about how the process is going. Adler said her team recently found paperwork detailing the plans for the original building and all its additions, saying there are about 119 pages categorized by building. ...

Parts of Lake Leatherwood City Park have been shut down while construction continues on the new downhill mountain bike trails project. According to a press release from the Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission, the area has been closed because of safety concerns for both the hiking and biking patrons of the park and the construction crew. Authorized personnel will be allowed in the area, the release says, but that’s it...

In celebration of its 20th birthday, the Eureka Springs School of the Arts held the annual Incredible Edible Art Show on Sunday, March 25. Artisans held class demonstrations in painting, wood turning, welding, pottery and more. A silent auction and of course, edible art were also main attractions...

RUBY “BARB” SMITH, 85, of Berryville, Arkansas passed away at her home Saturday, March 24, 2018. She was born February 1, 1933 in Blue Eye, Arkansas. On September 1, 1949, she married Hoover Smith and in 1960, they moved to their Berryville farm where they raised five children and a lifetime of memories for fifty-eight years...

Berryville's Baylea Smith and Zach Webb were selected as Class 4A all-state basketball players. Smith and Webb each received the most votes of any player from the 4A-1 conference. Smith, a junior who averaged 12 points and three assists per game, was glad to get the award...

It was a disappointing way for the Berryville Lady Bobcat softball team to start spring break, as they lost 6-2 last Thursday at Lincoln. After two scoreless innings, Berryville's Eve Linz hit a ground ball single in the top of the third with two outs. ...

There were plenty of upsets to be had in the first week of the NCAA Tournament and with the likes of Nevada, Kansas State, Texas A&M, Florida State, Syracuse and Loyola (Chicago) still holding on as of Thursday night, there are sure to be plenty more...