Stories from Friday, May 31, 2019

Martha Peel Carozza was born January 14, 1926, in Searcy, Arkansas, to Whitfield C. and Zella (Creswell) Martin. She passed peacefully with her family by her side on May 28, 2019, in Berryville, Arkansas, at the age of 93. Martha was of the Baptist faith, a Pastor’s wife, and a charter member of Southern Heights Baptist Church in Berryville. ...

By Billy Stidham Billy.Stidham77@gmail.com The 24th Annual Ozarks Area Agriculture Appreciation Days is fast aproaching, bringing with it food and fun for the whole community. Coordinated by Stanley Norris, the event is a celebration of the area’s agricultural community. Agri Days was started by the Green Forest Chamber of Commerce more than two decades ago...

Opera in the Ozarks, the nationally acclaimed summer music festival and prominent training program in Eureka Springs, will perform a series of outreach operas in Northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri for young audiences and their families. Opera in the Ozarks will present more than a dozen performances of “Monkey See, Monkey Do” at area libraries and other community locations. ...

Lindsey Girkin of Eureka Springs has graduated from The King’s College in New York City. Girkin earned a bachelor of arts degree in politics, philosophy and economics. Some of her other achievements include the Presidential Scholarship, the Leadership Scholarship and the Leven Family Scholarship. She also was the House of Susan B. Anthony helmsman and 2018 House Cup winner...

Rebeca Castillo of Green Forest was initiated into Phi Beta Kappa in late April, before she graduated magna cum laude from Hendrix College in Conway on May 11. Castillo majored in psychology with a minor in secondary education. She is the daughter of Rebeca Salazar...

Thelma H. Ponce Gonzales of Green Forest has been named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2019 semester at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Mo. The Dean’s List recognizes full-time students who earned a grade point average of 3.75 or above on a 4.0 scale...

Matthew Owens of Green Forest was among nine Arkansas college students majoring in agriculture-related studies who were presented with scholarships recently at the state Capitol in Little Rock. The scholarships were presented by Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Arkansas Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward and State Plant Board Director Butch Calhoun...

Several Carroll County students have been named to the Dean’s List for the 2019 spring semester at North Arkansas College in Harrison. In order to qualify for the full-time Dean’s List, a student must complete 15 or more semester hours with a grade point average of 3.7 or higher for the semester.  To make the part-time Dean’s List, a student must post a GPA of 3.7 or higher for six to 11 hours during the semester and must have accumulated 15 or more hours with a GPA of 3.7 or above...

Several Carroll County students have been named to the Dean’s List for undergraduate students for the spring 2019 semester at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville. A student must achieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher and complete at least 12 hours of college-level coursework to be named to the Dean’s List...

By Kelby Newcomb My last week with the Carroll County News is coming to a close, and I can hardly believe it. I started working here as a reporter a little over three years ago. It was my first full-time writing job, and I’m so grateful to my editors, Scott Loftis and Samantha Jones, for bringing me on board. ...

Editor’s Note: This column was originally published on May 30, 2017. It is one of my favorites, and its message is more important than ever. As I write this column, it’s Memorial Day. Across Carroll County — and across the country — ceremonies are being held to honor and remember those men and women who gave their lives in military service...

Memorial Day is a time to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, and retired senior chief petty officer Clint Miller doesn’t want anyone to forget it. Miller spoke at American Legion Walker-Wilson Post 9’s Memorial Day service on Monday morning, reminding everyone why it’s so important to remember those who have died serving in the military. ...

GREEN FOREST — The Jeremiah Recovery House broke ground at the sight of its new hydroponic greenhouse Thursday, May 23. The Jeremiah House is a Christ-centered sober-living and recovery home for women established in 2012...

Green Forest sixth-graders Lydia Russell, Johneese Smalley, Anslee Bailey and Hannah Aday placed in the top 10 in Project Prevention’s ‘My Reason to Write’ campaign. Out of 1,200 entries statewide, Russell won second, winning a Samsung Galaxy Tablet and a $50 Barnes & Noble Gift Card.

Cricket (No. F19-0011) is a wonderful senior kitty, approximately 15 years old. She has some arthritis and needs kitty stairs or ramps to make getting on the bed or sofa for cuddles safe and easy. She loves to eat and play with her mouse-on-a-stick toy. She enjoys lap time and being petted. We’re positive there’s a home out there for this sweetheart of a senior. Is it yours? She is spayed and has her shots. She’s available for adoption at the Good Shepherd Animal Shelter on Highway 62 east of Eureka Springs. The shelter is open noon to 5 p.m. every day but Tuesday and Wednesday. For more information, call 479-253-9188.