Stories from Friday, September 14, 2018

It has taken two games for the Green Forest junior high football team to win just as many games as it did last year. On Thursday evening, the Tigers defeated Mountain Home 26-6 at Bill Gotto Field. Green Forest led 18-6 at halftime. “We played really well,” Green Forest coach Ryan Whetham said. “It’s big when you can beat anybody, but it’s really big when you can beat a 6A school in Mountain Home.”...

The Green Forest Tigers forgot to show up to play in Friday evening's 32-0 loss at Commerce, Okla. “We got over there and laid a big egg,” Green Forest coach Bobby Bishop said. “We got hit in the mouth and met up with a better team. We just weren’t very good. We had a breakdown in fundamentals, technique, not reading keys, not pursuing the football, mistakes on offense and crucial penalties at critical times. We got it handed to us.”...

The area golf teams were busy last week, as they competed in two tournaments in a three-day span. On Tuesday, Berryville was at The Creeks in Cave Springs, while Eureka Springs and Green Forest competed at the Holiday Island Golf Course. On Thursday, all three teams competed at the Carroll County Country Club...

On Thursday, the Berryville junior high football team got a 28-7 road victory at Huntsville. The Bobcats are now 2-0 on the season. “It’s a great start to the year,” Berryville coach Derrek Aynes said. “They are really coming together. We played great on defense and pretty good on offense. It was just a really good all-around performance against our rival.”...

After a three-match losing streak, the Green Forest Lady Tiger volleyball team got back on the winning track Thursday evening by getting a 25-21 25-23 25-17 win at Bergman. "The girls really came prepared to win last night," coach Trista Killingsworth said. "I am so proud of their comeback after the way they played at Atkins. It was much better last night."...

On Saturday, the Berryville, Eureka Springs and Green Forest cross country team competed at the Elkins Invitational. Individual race results are as follows: Sr High boys 1A-3A: Green Forest won the race, scoring 43 points. Eureka Springs didn't have enough runners to form a team. ...

The Berryville Bobcats lost a 21-14 heartbreaker to Huntsville on Friday evening as the Bobcats opened their new stadium. Berryville quarterback Cale Heithold threw an 83-yard pass to Wyatt Poe that moved the ball from the Berryville 3 to the Huntsville 14 with less than three minutes remaining. But the Bobcats fumbled the ball away two plays later. Huntsville recovered the fumble and ran out the clock...

Community leaders read to students at Green Forest Elementary School on Tuesday in observance of Sept. 11. Pictured from left to right are Green Forest Mayor Charlie Reece, District 8 Justice of the Peace Don McNeely Green Forest School District Superintendent Matt Summers, Carroll County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Maj. George Frye and Green Forest Public Works Director Buddy Fry. Not pictured is Green Forest School Resource Officer DJ Harlan...

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, Sept. 13, a total of 91 inmates were being housed in the detention center...

Seventy years ago, cartoonist Chuck Jones created two epic characters who would go on to star in 48 short-run animated films (though there seemed like there were thousands of them): Wile E. Coyote and his archrival, the Roadrunner. Those of the Saturday morning cartoon generation, like myself, knew these characters intimately, and each episode by heart...

Terry Martin, senior vice president and chief information officer for Cornerstone Bank, has announced the promotion of Chance Robbins to assistant vice president / information technology officer. Robbins has been with the local bank for more than four years and most recently served as technology services administrator. Robbins worked for Arvest Bank for 10 years before joining the Cornerstone Bank IT team...

Carroll Electric Cooperative dispatched 10 employees on Wednesday to assist with Hurricane Florence storm damage that was expected to hit the Carolinas, Virginia and Maryland as early as Thursday. Carroll Electric’s three two-men crews, two mechanics and large-power equipment are headed to Southside Electric Cooperative in Crewe, Va., approximately 120 miles inland from the Atlantic coast...

Dedicated public servant Mary Jean Sell has died at 71. Mayor Butch Berry remembered Sell’s service to Eureka Springs, from her eight years as city clerk to decades of volunteerism. Berry said Sell was an important part of the city. “MJ was a very strong-willed woman, and she certainly had that personality as the city clerk,” Berry said. “She really knew what the rules and regulations were, and she made sure everybody lived by them.”...

The Carroll County Health Unit of the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) will offer flu vaccinations in the local unit from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at 402 Hailey Road in Berryville. People should bring their insurance cards with them to the flu vaccine clinic. If they do not have insurance or the insurance does not cover flu shots, the vaccine will be available at no charge...

New faces at Mercy Berryville include two general surgeons and two family practice providers. Mercy Hospital Berryville and Mercy Clinic Family Medicine – Berryville plan to introduce these new team members during an open house from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, in the main cafeteria...

The passenger on a motorcycle was killed and the driver was injured in an accident Tuesday afternoon on Highway 62 west of Eureka Springs, according to a preliminary report from the Arkansas State Police. Steve Murfin, 73, was riding a 2015 Harley Davidson at about 3:15 p.m. ...

There soon will be more places to dispose of dog waste in Eureka Springs. Alderwoman Melissa Greene told the Eureka Springs City Council at its meeting on Monday that she has been looking into how much it will cost to install more dog waste stations throughout the city, saying she learned it’s less expensive if the stations are attached to a trash can. It’s about $150 per station attached to a trash can, Greene said, which is $100 less than it would cost to install a freestanding station...

At the Berryville Community Center (BCC), volunteers help serve their community. Joe Scott, director of the Berryville Parks and Recreation Department, said BCC is very dependent on this portion of the staff. He said volunteers typically work four-hour shifts, which are divided into morning, mid-day and evening shifts. Scott said BCC sees a wide variety of volunteers, ranging from high schoolers to retired folks...

The Green Forest City Council voted Tuesday to accept a bid of $7.7 million from Haren Construction Company, Inc. of Knoxville, Tenn., for the construction of the city’s wastewater expansion project. Public works director Buddy Fry told the council the city had asked for a request for qualifications (RFQ) for any company wanting to bid on the wastewater plant before allowing the bids to be submitted...