Stories from Tuesday, April 30, 2019

The Green Forest Tigers got to the 3A-1 Regional baseball tournament with a big offensive performance in the first round of the 3A-1 East District Tournament. Since then, however, the Tigers’ bats have gone silent, and that will have to change if their season is going to continue...

More than 100 miles separate Berryville and Dardanelle — a bit far for an Arkansas high school sports rivalry. Don’t tell that to the Berryville and Dardanelle girls soccer teams.

The Berryville Lady Bobcats made their first trip to the state softball tournament last season. For good measure, they picked up a first-round victory and advanced to the state quarterfinals before being eliminated. The Lady Bobcats will try to clinch a return trip to state Thursday in the first round of the 4A North Regional Tournament at Farmington. To do it, they’ll have to pull off an upset...

The Berryville Bobcats had a game plan going into Friday’s game against visiting Dardanelle on Senior Night.

It might be time to rename the 3A-1 East girls district track meet. The Green Forest Lady Tigers Showcase might be a more accurate title — especially after the Lady Tigers won 16 of 17 events last Thursday on their home track to claim their 14th consecutive district championship.

In observance of Administrative Assistants’ Day, Mercy Hospital Berryville Auxiliary (MHBA) presented Mercy Hospital Berryville executive assistant Deana Davidson with a gift certificate. In addition to her duties as executive assistant, Deana is a MHBA member, serving as the DVS and is also chair of the MHBA in-house gift shop. Pictured from left to right are (front row) volunteer Larinda Armer, MHBA President Jean Vance, MHB executive assistant Deana Davidson and MHBA Treasurer Shelba Miller, (back row) Scholarship Chair Carolyn Bosshardt and volunteer Jewel Vance.

The Alpena 6-12 Music Department will be hosting the annual Spring Concert at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 3, in the New Gym. The featured music will range from Disney to video games to dance. This free concert showcases the work of the high school choir, sixth grade beginning band, the seventh and eighth grade intermediate band and the high school band. Please come out and support these talented young musicians...

Charles Claudene Treat and Willie Kathryn Hubbard Treat are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary. They were married on April 18, 1954, in the First Baptist Church in Marshall by their pastor, Russell K. Hunt, on Easter Sunday. Charles was a route salesman in all of Northwest Arkansas, including Harrison, Green Forest, Berryville, Eureka Springs and Springdale and was later a Tyson Corporation security officer. Kathryn was a business instructor for 24 years. She taught in Berryville, Alpena and, for the last 18 years, at the Northwest Technical Institute (NTI) in Springdale. They have two children, Ronnie Treat and his wife Leslie and Kathy Treat Vanderlip and her husband Mike, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren with a fourth due in June. Their children gave them a surprise 65th wedding anniversary celebration on Sunday April 20, at Outback Steakhouse in Springdale.

A new slate of officers was installed at the ABA Annual Convention on Wednesday, April 17, where Jason Tennant, president and chief lending officer at Cornerstone Bank of Eureka Springs, was named to the ABA Board of Directors. The new officers include Chairman Robert Robinson, Simmons Bank, El Dorado; Chairman-Elect Jonathan Harrell, Generations Bank, Rogers; Vice Chairman Jim Cargill, Arvest Bank, Little Rock; and Treasurer Tom Grumbles, First Service Bank, Greenbrier...

It isn’t every day that you get to watch a parade in the high school hallway.

Former Eureka Springs Highlander basketball players are returning to the old high school gym as coaches for the first annual Highlander Basketball Camp May 4-5.

Connie Doss, the Carroll County Clerk and Voter Registrar, announced that her office, in compliance with the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993, would be mailing postcard notifications to 4,339 registered voters in the county. The current number of registered voters in our county is 16,757. These notifications include 3,934 confirmation cards and 405 cancellations cards...

Neal Scott Hagler of Berryville was sentenced Friday to one year in the county jail and 15 years of supervised probation after pleading guilty to felony negligent homicide and four misdemeanor counts in connection with a June 2018 accident that resulted in the death of Destiny Mock of Eagle Rock, Mo.

I can’t think of a time I haven’t loved jigsaw puzzles. There’s something so cathartic about separating the edges from the inside pieces and slowly patching all of it together, usually over the period of a few days. The more pieces the better. I love a good challenge as much as cats love stalking birds –– is there anything more rewarding than seeing your hard work come to fruition?...

It’s not uncommon, when I meet someone for the first time and what I do for a living comes up in conversation, for them to ask: “Is there ever anything to write about in Berryville?” I just chuckle and say something along the lines of “there’s something to write about anywhere if you pay attention.”...

Belynda Goff left a courtroom in handcuffs for perhaps the last time Monday in Berryville.