Stories from Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Charles T. Cross, chief executive officer of Cornerstone Bank, has announced the appointment of Bob Rawson to the growing bank’s Advisory Board of Directors for Madison County. Rawson currently serves as market president for the bank’s Huntsville operation, having joined the bank in 2015...

While the Carroll County Relay for Life offers plenty of fun and games, committee co-chair Linda Vale said the event means so much more for cancer patients, survivors and their families. She said this year’s Carroll County Relay for Life will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at the Berryville Community Center and will feature a car show, music and fun for the whole family...

The Berryville School District staff and the community leaders of the Berryville Bright Futures program worked together to make sure students focused on success instead of stress during testing this year. “You can still do a good job without worrying,” said Mindy Hicks, district testing coordinator and Bright Futures coordinator. “We want students to focus on doing their best.”...

Opera in the Ozarks, the nationally acclaimed summer music festival and training program for the nation’s top emerging opera professionals, will begin its 2018 summer season on Friday, June 22. The schedule includes 22 fully staged and costumed opera productions, opera favorites sung in English, special outreach concerts for children and families, opera at the Crystal Bridges Garden Party, an exclusive opera dining event and more...

The Great Passion Play, “America’s #1 Attended Outdoor Drama,” opens on Friday and Saturday, May 4 and 5, to start its 50-year anniversary season. The Great Passion Play is excited to offer specially discounted tickets for locals this Friday, May 4, and throughout the month of May...

High school seniors are counting down the days until graduation, and they won’t have to wait much longer. The Carroll County school districts have announced the dates for graduation, baccalaureate and other ceremonies. Berryville will hold baccalaureate at 6 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at the Bobcat Arena. The senior awards ceremony will take place at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10, at the Bobcat Arena...

Last night, Gideon and I were scrolling through Netflix as usual. It seems there’s never anything to watch when you have so much media at your fingertips. We eventually settled on a documentary about animal hoarders, described as a glimpse into the lives of pet owners who open up about their “obsessive love of animals.” I put that in quotations because I don’t believe there’s anything wrong with a good obsession...

Youth Bridge has announced a donation of $15,000 by Cornerstone Bank.  The donation will support the recently launched Building Bridges program, a day therapy non-residential program that can be provided over an extended period of time to students in Marion, Carroll, Baxter and Boone counties with ages ranging from elementary through high school. It takes place on the grounds of Youth Bridge’s Harrison office, located at 114 E. Crandall St...

The Berryville Kiwanis Club held an Open House on Thursday at the 1908 Gathering Place for people to learn more about the club. Troy Massey gave a presentation on what Kiwanis does for the local community.

The Green Forest School District will hold its 2017-18 Parent Engagement Meeting will be held at 3:15 p.m. Friday, May 11, in the district conference room. The public is invited to attend. This is the annual informational meeting that covers an explanation of the school’s curriculum, information on the forms of student assessments and information on proficiency levels of state assessments...

The Berryville soccer team had a nonconference match with Lincoln on Monday and the Bobcats kept their undefeated season alive, getting a 3-2 home win. "We played a lot of JV guys," Berryville coach Dyllan Candelaria said. "We were just trying to get them some game experience because they don't get to play that much. ...

After losing back-to-back conference games last week, the Green Forest Tiger soccer team responded with a respectable 2-0 home win over Decatur on Monday. "We have got a couple of things we have to work on in practice, but overall I'm proud of my guys for coming out and getting the win," Green Forest coach Jonathan Bryant said. "We just have to show up against really tough competition. Right now we are kind of lacking in that department."...

The Green Forest Tiger baseball season came to an end Tuesday evening after suffering a 13-3 loss to Yellville-Summit in the first round of the 3A-1 East district tournament in Harrison. Yellville-Summit led Green Forest 4-3 going into the bottom of the fifth inning when the Panthers scored seven runs to take an 11-3 lead going into the sixth inning. ...

Tuesday was a day to forget for the Berryville Lady Bobcats, as they suffered a 4-1 home loss to the Huntsville Lady Eagles. "The girls didn't seem into it," Berryville coach Josh Hatfield said. "It started with pregame and I guess I have to be better at getting them prepared."...

The Berryville Bobcats got an important road win on Thursday when they defeated the Prairie Grove Tigers, 7-4. The win gave Berryville a No. 6 seed heading into this week’s district tournament and will set up a rematch with Prairie Grove on Thursday in Lincoln...

The Berryville Lady Bobcats concluded a busy week on Thursday by winning at Huntsville, 6-0. "It took us a while to get going," Berryville coach Aaron Hall said Friday. "We haven't played that well this week. I know we won our games, but it wasn't real crisp. For the first 20 minutes, it wasn't real crisp last night, either. The 20 minutes before half, that was pretty good, though. We scored three goals and within the first 10 or 15 minutes of the second half, we scored another three."...

The Green Forest Tiger Jr. High team competed at the district championship last Tuesday in Clinton. The Green Forest boys finished first, scoring 160 points and the Lady Tigers finished fourth, scoring 95.50 points. Individual results are as follows:...

It was a busy end to the week as the Green Forest Tigers prepared for this week’s 3A-1 East District Tournament. The Tigers split a doubleheader at Yellville-Summit on Thursday and lost at Huntsville on Friday. Yellville-Summit 7, Green Forest 5 The Yellville-Summit Panthers jumped on top of Green Forest early in the first game Thursday evening, scoring six runs in the first two innings, but the Tigers didn't go down without a fight...

Wednesday's 8-1 home loss against Gravette isn't what Berryville coach Josh Hatfield was looking for as the season begins to wind down, but he is finding positives in the loss. "The score looks really bad, but we played well at times," Hatfield said. ...

After winning their first four conference matches, the Green Forest Tigers have dropped two straight in the span of three days. After Tuesday's two-goal loss at Berryville, the Tigers lost a 4-0 home match to Dardanelle on Friday. The Sand Lizards controlled the match throughout, attempting 19 shots on goal to Green Forest's three. The Sand Lizards had a number of opportunities in the first half, but their first goal came with 1:09 remaining in the first half on a corner kick...

MARCIA LEONETTE TILLAN, of Eureka Springs, Arkansas born September 6, 1942 in Fort Worth, Texas, daughter of Leon and Zina (Pulankey) Toal. She departed this life Sunday, February 11, 2018 in Eureka Springs at the age of 75 years. On July 2, 1985, she was united in marriage to John Tillan, who survives her. She is also survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Lee Toal and Elaine Coleville of Eureka Springs; several other relatives and many friends...