Letters

Welcome home! In case you haven’t noticed, the newspaper is once again locally owned. Brave entrepreneurs have stepped forward and bought the Carroll County News.

As an alumni of BHS, having attended all 12 years plus kindergarten in Berryville, the library was and continues to be an important part of my life. During National Friends of the Library Week, I would like to encourage you to give back to the community by joining the Friends of the Berryville Library and by donating to help them raise the needed funds to build a new library that will better serve the growing needs of our community.

To the editor: Hello, my name is Paul Engskov. I am a member of the building committee for the new Berryville Library.

Dear Editor: A dozen years ago, while writing for Carroll County News, I began covering Green Forest city council meetings. Things went about like you’d expect for a while, but Mayor Richard DeWeese resigned and moved away.

Dear Editor, I believe that ALL the members of Eureka’s Cemetery Commission (except Glenna Booth) should immediately resign from their positions, and if not, then the city council should do its duty by removing them from said commission, as they have shown themselves incapable of following the FOIA rules which govern public commission procedures, not to mention their blatant defamation of both myself, Patrick Lujan, and the former groundskeeper, David Helms. I am extremely disappointed in the commission’s actions and words, and needless to say, can no longer continue on as sexton.

Dear Editor: What better group to address Carroll County’s dire housing need than the Quorum Court? Yet, when Suzie and Dan Bell appeared before them recently about the problem, members seemed reluctant. The court has $2 million available to use under the American Rescue Plan, so why not allocate this money to a group like Echo Village and get things rolling a bit faster.

It took a village to help me develop the skills to become a physician. I have formally graduated from the UAMS Medical School earning both honors in research and honors in global health and community service. This experience has been enlightening, humbling and more rewarding than I could have ever imagined. I want to extend enormous gratitude to my family, friends and community for the boundless love and support I have received over the past eight years. Your encouragement, confidence in my abilities and words of affirmation have given me the strength to thrive in medicine.