Stories from Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Have you ever stopped during the middle of your day and asked yourself, “How in the world did I end up here?” I’m a self-diagnosed overthinker and anyone who knows me will agree; I overthink everything! This is one personality trait I have been cursed/blessed with and it got worse after law school. I analyze every situation and examine all possible consequences. I listen to each word that is spoken, trying to figure out what can be done to help the person with whom I’m speaking. Most of the time, they just need to be heard.

Submitted photo The Eureka Springs School of the Arts recently broke ground for a campus expansion project to build housing for visiting instructors in art and fine craft. The new housing, supported by a grant from the Windgate Foundation, has been designed by Fayetteville architect David McKee to flow with the existing buildings on campus and maximize enjoyment of the natural environment. ESSA’s 50-plus-acre campus and seven teaching studios serve as a regional and national asset to the art and fine craft community. In addition to a pool of talented and renowned local and regional instructors, nearly half of ESSA’s instructors travel from out of state to share their skills and talent, with instructors visiting from 18 states in 2018-2019.

Everyone is invited to attend the Ice Cream Social on the Berryville Square this weekend and visit the Carroll County Historical Museum to see the new “Mountain Meadows Room.”

Join Cora J. Duffy in exploring writer’s block and how to beat it — naturally — from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, 515 Spring St. in Eureka Springs.

The Arkansas Activities Association has approved high school football classifications and conferences for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, and the Berryville Bobcats and Green Forest Tigers seem to have caught a break.

Green Forest will be well-represented in the 2019 Arkansas High School Coaches Association All-Star soccer games.

When Trista Killingsworth reflects on the seven years she spent coaching volleyball and girls track at Green Forest High School, there are a lot of great memories. But two stand out above the others.

The Berryville Police Department is trying to help the Virgin Mary find her way home.

Traffic on U.S. Highway 62 between Berryville and Eureka Springs was blocked by an accident shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday near Blue Bird Hill.

Children learned while monkeying around Thursday as the Opera In The Ozarks presented “Monkey See, Monkey Do,” at the Berryville Public Library.

Changes may be on the way at Saunders Heights.

Fifteen individuals were arrested on Wednesday, June 5, after a year-long investigation into methamphetamine trafficking in Boone County.