Stories from Tuesday, September 25, 2018

The Shiloh Christian Lady Saints got a 25-22, 25-13, 25-21 win over the Berryville Lady Bobcat volleyball team on Thursday at Bobcat Gym. Berryville coach Kristin Whetham believes her team grew from the loss, though. "I would have liked to have come out of there with a win, but I feel like we learned a lot from that game and moving forward we are in a better spot," Whetham said. "My kids worked hard. They played hard."...

On Saturday, the Berryville and Eureka Springs cross country team went to Siloam Springs to compete in a meet. Individual results are as follows: HIGH SCHOOL BOYS: Huntsville won the team competition, scoring 65 points. Berryville finished fourth, scoring 114 points and Eureka Springs finished 10th, scoring 228 points. ...

Thursday night was an evening of mixed results for the local junior high football teams. Green Forest got an easy 42-14 win at West Fork, but Berryville suffered a tough 35-0 loss at Harrison. Green Forest 42, West Fork 14 Thursday evening's win gave Green Forest a 3-0 record and that is one more win than Green Forest had all of last year...

The Berryville football team made it look easy Friday night, as the Bobcats rolled to a 42-0 home victory against Yellville-Summit. Tristan Updegraff and Kooper Logan each had more than 100 yards rushing and the Bobcats rushed for 436 yards total. "Hats off to our offensive line," Berryville coach Doug Shott said. ...

The Green Forest Tigers are winless no more, as Green Forest got a hard-fought 31-30 victory Friday night over West Fork at Bill Gotto Field. "I don't know what to say other than it was a tremendous effort on our kids' part," Green Forest coach Bobby Bishop said. ...

On Tuesday evening, the Green Forest Lady Tigers got an important 21-25, 25-21, 22-25, 27-25, 15-9 conference win at Marshall. "The first time we played them at home, we won in five sets, too," Killingsworth said. "It shows that they have some grit. That they want to do better in conference. There was so much hustle last night. I hope this shows that they need to do this always."...

The Berryville Lady Bobcats fell to Farmington on Tuesday evening, losing in four sets on the road. Berryville coach Kristin Whetham said she had hoped for more from her team. "They won the first set," Whetham said. "We came back and won the second set, but they beat us two sets in a row after that. I figured it would be a longer night. They are a pretty good team, but I think we got outhustled a little bit."...

The Green Forest football team stepped up from Class 3A to 4A this year and coach Bobby Bishop knew the competition was going to be better. Now that the first week of conference play is here, it is time to see how Green Forest will stack up against other teams. Green Forest's first test is at Prairie Grove, a team that has made it to the Class 4A state semifinals two years in a row...

The Berryville Bobcats have a tough game to start out conference play Friday night, as they travel to Shiloh Christian. Coach Doug Shott is treating this like any other week, though. "We have to be who we are," Shott said. "We get in trouble when we try to be someone we aren't. ...

Carroll County golfers did quite well at the district tournament championships this week. All three schools will be sending someone to state tournaments next week. Individual results are as follows: Berryville: Berryville's McKayla Hussey and Rusty Colbert will each represent the Berryville golf team at the state tournament. Hussey shot an 80, which was good for second place and Colbert shot a 93, which was good enough for third overall...

Scot Jeffery Graves, age 48, of Green Forest, AR passed away Wednesday September 19, 2018. He was born February 19, 1970 in Manhattan, KS, son of Jerry Dean and Ranee (Trumpp) Graves. Scot was self-employed as a carpenter and enjoyed building, fishing and helping others...

Eleanor Kreamer, age 92, of Holiday Island, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, September 23, 2018. She was one of ten children born to August and Helen (Schwabenland) Wirth on October 9, 1925, in Fresno, California. Eleanor lived in Fresno County for eighty-two years after which she moved to Holiday Island, Arkansas, to be near her daughter, Linda. In 1943, she was united in marriage to Perry Kreamer and they were married for fifty-six years until his passing in 1998...

Members of the Farmer Community Cemetery Board serve up delicious plates of pulled pork, beans, coleslaw, jalapeño cornbread, pickled green tomatoes, fresh onions and about 10 different types of desserts over the weekend for their annual Pig Roast Fundraiser. Pictured from left to right are Lavonna Chell, Sheri Cunningham, Barry Doss and Loretta Williams...

The call for proposals for the 2019 Producer Grants is now available from the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SSARE) program. The grants are intended for farmers, ranchers and farmer/rancher organizations throughout the Southern region. The proposal submission deadline is 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. The announcement of funded grants will take place in late February...

The eighth-grade literacy classes at Berryville Middle School are looking for local veterans to interview for a class project. Veterans willing to assist with the project can come to the middle school between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. or between noon and 3 p.m. ...

Berryville Middle School will host a variety of parent involvement activities this fall and spring. Parent/teacher conferences will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18. The middle school Title I meeting will also be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18...

Local business owners got a lesson on the importance of protecting their business last week. Kelsey Bardwell, partner in the Berryville law firm Sprott, Golden & Bardwell, presented the workshop titled “Legal Pitfalls Every Business Owner in Arkansas Needs To Know About And Avoid”  on Thursday, Sept. 20 in Berryville...

It’s almost time to flip the calendar to October, and that means the 2018 election is just around the corner. It’s an important one, both nationally and, perhaps more importantly for the people of Carroll County, on the local front. We’ll be electing a new sheriff, for sure. There are also contested races for county judge, county clerk, the mayor’s seats in both Green Forest and Eureka Springs, just to name a few...

The transition of Carroll County’s 911 and central dispatch operations to the county detention facility on Hailey Road is virtually complete, District 3 Justice of the Peace Lamont Richie told the quorum court on Monday. “After two years, that part of the project is complete, except for some troubleshooting to make sure that everything is working and working properly,” Richie said...

More than 100 people filled the Eureka Springs City Auditorium on Thursday, Sept. 20, to hear from candidates running for federal, state and local offices. American Legion Auxiliary Post 9 sponsored the Meet the Candidates event, and auxiliary president Peggy Duncan kicked it off by saying the forum was meant to be nonpartisan...

The Berryville School Board voted Monday to approve Policy 2.4, which allows for the creation and maintenance of an Emergency Response Team (ERT). Superintendent Owen Powell said the Berryville School District has been approved by the Arkansas State Police to have a school security department. ...