December 2022
SENIOR CENTER MENUS
The Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center is located at 202 W. Madison Ave. in Berryville. The center is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday. Lunch is served at noon each weekday. The suggested donation for ages 60 and up is $4. There is a $6 charge for those under 60 and all carryout meals. Breakfast is served Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Menus are subject to change.
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Berryville schools recognized for performance on state test
The Berryville School District was recently notified by the Office for Education Policy (OEP) at the University of Arkansas that both Berryville High School and Berryville Middle School were being recognized for outstanding student growth on the ACT Aspire state assessment in the area of English Language Arts.
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Eureka Springs’ Vicki Hardcastle is a fiber artist and a new member of the Arkansas Craft Guild, a fine arts and crafts cooperative since 1962 based in Mountain View. Hardcastle has lived in Eureka Springs since the early 1990s and is the sole proprietor of Hardcastle Folk Art store in Berryville on the downtown square.
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Obituaries/Death Carroll County News will gladly publish death notices at no charge to the family which includes the name, age, where they are from and date of death. Paid obituaries may be purchased by calling our office at (870) 423-6636.
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Carla Youngblood Award
Butch Hanby is the latest recipient of the Friends of the Berryville Library’s Carla Youngblood Community Spirit Award. The award, presented quarterly, recognizes individuals who perform silent acts of kindness without expecting a reward like its namesake, Carla Youngblood, who worked as a librarian at the Berryville Library for many years.
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ES mountain bike team enjoys successful season
The Eureka Springs Highlander Mountain Bike Team wrapped up its second season with a fifth-place overall finish at Centennial Park in Fayetteville, beating much teams from larger schools like Bentonville West, Fayetteville Composite and Russellville.
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An unspoken dream fulfilled
The first time I got paid for writing a newspaper story, I was 16 years old. I wrote sports stories for a weekly newspaper in Pine Bluff that has long since closed its doors. I was paid 25 cents per column inch — about $15 to fill up half a page.
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