Stories from Friday, July 27, 2018

The Berryville School Board voted Monday to hire School Training Services LLC to train school staff members who will serve in the commissioned school security officer (CSSO) program. The board had approved the CCSO program at its June meeting. Superintendent Owen Powell said the district is considering a maximum of 12 members on the security force for the program’s first year. ...

Workers finish erecting a new communications tower outside the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office building in Berryville on Thursday. Installation of the tower is part of the transition of the county’s 911 and central dispatch operations, which are currently housed at the Eastern District Courthouse in Berryville...

The Eureka Springs City Council officially has an open seat. On Monday night, the council accepted alderman David Mitchell’s resignation and declared a vacancy for his seat. Alderman Bob Thomas asked how the council should move forward considering elections are coming up in November, only a few months away...

Jason Tennant, president and chief lending officer for Cornerstone Bank has announced the hiring of Tammy Bullock as vice president of commercial/consumer Lending for the bank’s Eureka Springs office. Bullock is a lifelong resident of Eureka Springs. She and her husband, Jed, also own and operate the Best Western/Eureka Inn Hotel in Eureka Springs. They have one son, Hayden...

Paul Miller has resigned from his position as chief operating officer of the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce. Interim director Damon Henke confirmed Tuesday that Miller agreed to resign after the chamber’s board of directors met Monday, July 16. The reason Miller resigned, Henke said, is so the chamber can work on restructuring itself...

The Eureka Springs School Board voted at a special meeting Tuesday to continue the Eureka Springs Community Center’s After-School Program. Diane Murphy, chairwoman of the Eureka Springs Community Center Foundation, presented the board with drafts of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and a contract for services between the foundation and school district to provide after-school services...

Suzie Bell, co-founder of Eureka Christian Health Outreach (ECHO), visited the Berryville Rotary Club on Tuesday to discuss the ECHO Village project and how the community is pulling together resources to address the needs of those who are housing-insecure in Carroll County...

Many years ago I found myself standing in a San Salvadoran “chatarrería,” a junkyard. I was flanked by the now late Michael Bonderer, a nicotine-addicted, four-letter-word-dropping, endless-coffee-drinking, recovering alcoholic who had stumbled his way into leading a faith-based NGO, putting roofs over the heads of Central America’s poor...

This listing includes individuals who are booked into the Carroll County Detention Center. Charges may be reduced or dropped, and individuals are presumed innocent until being found guilty in court. As of Thursday, July 26, a total of 86 inmates were being housed in the detention center...

The children of Jim and Kathy Smith happily announce their 50th wedding anniversary. Jim and Kathy were married on July 19, 1968, at Osage Assembly of God by Rev. Fornie McGehee. They have three children and 10 grandchildren. Jim and Kathy moved back to Carroll County in 2003 to begin Smith Family Funeral Home. Please join in congratulating them on this momentous occasion. Cards can be sent to 609 W. Main St., Green Forest, AR 72638...