Stories from Friday, October 18, 2019

St. Anne Catholic Church in Berryville hosted its annual ‘Almost Famous International Food Festival’ on Saturday.

The Berryville Rotary Club Student of the Month is Tyler Griesenauer. Tyler (center) is pictured with Rotarians Allen Rogers (left) and Jack Edens.

Cricket 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 from noon to 5 p.m. every day but Tuesday and Wednesday. For more information, call 479-253-9188.

The Eureka Springs Transit System was given the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) Public Transportation Administrator’s Choice Award at the Arkansas Transit Association’s annual meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 8. The award is given annually to one system in the Section 5311 program in recognition of outstanding performance in 2019. Transit director Ken “Smitty” Smith accepted the award from ArDOT Public Transportation administrator Greg Nation...

The local Abendschone Chapter of the NSDAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) met Saturday, Oct. 12, at Peachtree Village in Holiday Island on October 12th. Good Shepherd Humane Society board of directors president Jay Fusaro spoke about the shelter, its operation, and its subsequent needs. In turn, the Chapter ladies donated goods and money toward operation of GSHS. Fusaro’s therapy dog, Artie, was also on hand to interact with the grateful residents of Peachtree Village.

Arkansas is the only state that requires high schools to offer a computer science class. Eureka Springs offers coding classes not just for high school students, but also for elementary school students.

Dear Editor, The Berryville Public Library gets by with a little help from our Friends … actually, we get by with a lot of help from our Friends! Re-established three years ago, our Friends of the Library group has raised nearly $30,000 to fund children’s programming, provide new furniture, purchase new and emerging technology and help support the building of a new library...

Some days are busier than others here at Carroll County Newspapers. Mondays can be pretty hectic, then the pace slows down for the rest of the week. Wednesday afternoons are typically fairly quiet, so when my friend David Bell (he’s also a pretty fair photographer) asked me if I’d like to tag along with him and another gentleman for a catfish lunch in Harrison last Wednesday, it didn’t take me long to think it over...

To be honest, we were starting to doubt you. You’ve arrived fashionably late before, but this year it began to border on a faux pas. You know we love you and mean all this in love. At least I hope you do. Welcome to your intervention, Fall. Let’s just cut to the chase. ...

The Berryville Chamber of Commerce had its awards banquet Thursday, October 10 at the Berryville Community Center.

The Connect 4 advisory board met Friday, October 11 to discuss future plans for the program. The board discussed getting together drone footage for a Connect 4 commercial they are working on. In

U.S. Geological Survey Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Arkansas Geological Survey are partnering to image geology using airborne technology as part of the USGS Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI) project and the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program...

Monday, Oct. 21 Elementary breakfast: Bowl of cereal & string cheese, fresh fruit, 1 percent low fat milk, unflavored skim milk Middle school breakfast: Bowl of cereal w/ string cheese, Zee Zees cinnamon crisp nutrition bar, WG mini donuts (chocolate or powdered), fresh fruit, 1 percent low fat milk, fat free chocolate milk...

Monday, Oct. 21 Breakfast: Cocoa puffs Breakfast on the go (middle/high school): Chocolate filled croissant roll Lunch: Breaded beef fingers, mashed potatoes, peas & carrots, fruit Tuesday, Oct. 22 Breakfast: French toast sticks Breakfast on the go (middle/high school): Yogurt & graham crackers...

The 2018-2019 Berryville Bobcats pose with their state wrestling runner-up banner. The Bobcats finished second in the state wrestling tournament in March in Little Rock.

The 2018-2019 Berryville Lady Bobcats pose with their state basketball runner-up banner. The Lady Bobcats reached the Class 4A state tournament championship game in March in Hot Springs.

Monday, Oct. 21 Breakfast K-5: Mini waffles, fruit, juice, milk 6-12: Stuffed croissant, fruit, juice, milk Lunch K-5: Mini corndogs, baked beans, potato salad, fruit, milk 3-5 Razorback Line: Steak sandwich 6-12 Bobcat Line: Orange chicken, fried rice, egg roll, fruit, fortune cookie, milk...

The Berryville Lady Bobcats lost to Shiloh Christian on Oct. 10 at Bobcat Gym, but not without one heck of a fight.

With an already-thin roster and one two-way starter on the sidelines, the last thing the Green Forest Tigers could afford in last Friday’s Homecoming game was more injuries.

The Berryville Bobcats had plenty of chances to secure a victory over Lincoln and ensure a happy homecoming night last Friday. Instead, the Wolves took advantage of turnovers and untimely penalties by Berryville to escape with a 39-34 victory at Bobcat Stadium.

Green Forest Homecoming Queen Kendall DeMeyer is escorted by football players Hayden Alvard (22) and Aron Divall at Friday’s pep assembly.

Berryville Homecoming Queen Kate Powell is crowned by football players Brett Parsons (35) and Haydon Williams.