Stories from Friday, January 10, 2020

The Berryville High School wrestling team competed in the Mountain Home Bomber Battle on Friday and Saturday.

The Eureka Springs Lady Highlanders seemed to come out of nowhere last season.

Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo knew this season could include some growing pains after the Highlanders lost several key players from last year’s team that won 33 games and a regional tournament championship.

It took the Berryville Bobcats one quarter to really start rolling in Friday night’s game at the Grim Gym in Green Forest.

Going into Friday night’s road game at Green Forest’s Grim Gym, Berryville coach Daniel Cornelison said the Lady Bobcats wanted to get off to a quick start.

Global politics is a very, very, very, very complicated thing. I left out about a dozen verys for the sake of brevity. As we attempt to understand what is happening right now between the United States and Iran, we would all do well to remember that when world diplomacy is the topic, things are never, ever simple...

Growing up, I loved to check the mail. My mom and I lived in a little house less than five minutes from the post office, so she’d often give me the key and let me go get the mail myself. I vividly remember approaching our box and inserting the key, excitedly peering inside at our bounty. Once a week, we’d receive my favorite kind of mail: US Weekly, Hilights Magazine and People Magazine...

The local Abendschone Chapter of the DAR met on Thursday, Dec. 12, at Cornerstone Bank in Eureka Springs to welcome the Arkansas Society state officers and to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the chapter. Pictured from left to right are Gretchen Magee, AR State Vice Regent; Junelle Mongo, AR State Regent and Margaret Scobee, Abendschone Chapter Regent. During the meeting, a donation was collected for The Purple Flower, a local domestic violence and sexual assault resource and support center.

Rob Boaz, president and chief executive officer of Carroll Electric Cooperative, was elected chairman of Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.’s board of directors at a December meeting in Little Rock. AECC is a Little Rock-based wholesale power supplier for Arkansas’ 17 electric distribution cooperatives...

Marty is a handsome male dog. He is good with other dogs. Marty is a shy boy, looking for a calm home. He is neutered and has his shots. He is 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.

The 2020 Ozark Mountain Music Festival, better known as OzMoMu20, is tuned up and ready to go for Jan. 16-20 in downtown Eureka Springs. This indoor winter Americana Roots music festival will celebrate its seventh iteration in 2020 and is again being held inside the 1905 Basin Park Hotel. But this music festival is so big it often spills out of the hotel into the Eureka Springs Entertainment District...

Charles T. Cross, CEO of Cornerstone Bank, recently announced that the bank helped raise more than $40,554 for local organizations, civic groups and nonprofits in 2019 through the donation of the bank’s historic downtown Eureka Springs branch parking lot...

Carroll County Extension Service’s junior livestock judging team attended a boot camp training Friday at the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Center in Fayetteville.

After more than a year of work, the new Berryville High School finally opened its doors to teachers Monday, with students returning after their Christmas break on Tuesday.

The Berryville High School wrestling team competed in the Mountain Home Bomber Battle on Friday and Saturday. Berryville finished fourth in the team standings behind Conway, Greenbrier and Mountain Home, all of whom compete in higher classifications.

Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo knew this season could include some growing pains after the Highlanders lost several key players from last year’s team that won 33 games and a regional tournament championship.

The Eureka Springs Lady Highlanders seemed to come out of nowhere last season.

Going into Friday night’s road game at Green Forest’s Grim Gym, Berryville coach Daniel Cornelison said the Lady Bobcats wanted to get off to a quick start. “We really wanted to try to get on them early and set the tone for the game,” Cornelison said. Well, mission accomplished.

It took the Berryville Bobcats one quarter to really start rolling in Friday night’s game at the Grim Gym in Green Forest. But once the Bobcats’ shots started to drop, they just couldn’t stop.

No trial date has been officially scheduled in a class-action lawsuit challenging a controversial $18 assessment being charged to property owners in Carroll County, the county circuit clerk’s office said Monday.

Investigators believe a man whose body was found on Christmas Day 2018 in Osage Creek in southern Carroll County was actually killed in Missouri, Carroll County Sheriff Jim Ross and chief deputy Maj. Jerry Williams said Monday.

The Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center is located at 202 W. Madison Ave. in Berryville. Lunch is served weekdays at noon. Monday, Jan. 13 Beef lasagna, fresh corn, sugar snap peas, garlic bread, chocolate brownie Tuesday, Jan. 14...

Monday, Jan. 13 Elementary breakfast: Wholesome mini vanilla wafers, cheddar cheese cubes, fresh fruit, fruit cup, 1 percent low fat milk, unflavored skim milk Elementary lunch: Mega mini chicken bites, corn on the cob, mashed potatoes, gravy, Apple & Eve juice, 1 percent low fat milk, fat free chocolate milk...

Monday, Jan. 13 Breakfast K-5: Egg & cheese sliders, fruit, juice, milk 6-12: Egg & cheese sliders, fruit, juice, milk Lunch K-5: Vegetable soup, grilled cheese, baby carrots w/ ranch, fruit, milk 3-5 Razorback Line: Bosco sticks 6-12 Bobcat Line: Enchilada casserole, refried beans, corn, fruit, milk...

Monday, Jan. 13 Breakfast: Cereal & graham crackers Breakfast on the go (middle/high school): Chocolate chip mini pancakes Lunch: Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, green beans, peaches Tuesday, Jan. 14 Breakfast: Ham & cheese biscuit Breakfast on the go (middle/high school): Cocoa puff bars...

Shirley M. (Herndon) Bowling, age 82, of Exeter, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. She was born November 28, 1937 in Carroll County, the daughter of Tom and Audie (Reynolds) Herndon. On December 3, 1955, she was united in marriage to Leslie James “Les” Bowling, who preceded her in death on April 12, 2004. Also preceding her in death were her parents; one son, Michael; one sister, Glenda and brother-in-law, Bill...

Betty Jo Roberts of Green Forest, Arkansas was born on March 4, 1923 in Snyder, Oklahoma, the daughter of Silas and Bertha (Summers) Brown, departed this life on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 in Berryville, Arkansas at the age of 96. Betty was a home maker but did work at Glick Manufacturing for a few months. She dearly loved her poodles and taking care of her children...