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Discussions about a recently released legislative audit of city finances got contentious among council members at the Eureka Springs City Council’s regular meeting on Monday, May 23. While some council members felt the audit results reflected minor issues, others were more disappointed with the findings.

The family of lifelong Berryville residents Joel and Mildred Gibson presented a check for $25,000 to the Berryville Library Building Project on Friday, May 27. “Our family is excited about this great opportunity of building a new and improved library that will serve the community our parents loved so much,” said daughter Carol Sue Gibson Wooten.

Get ready to do some serious reading this summer and help raise money for the Berryville Library Building project. A local family who asks to remain anonymous has issued a challenge, pledging to donate $1 for every hour read up to 25,000 hours for the 2022 Summer Reading program at the Berryville Library.

Carroll County News will launch its redesigned website Wednesday, June 1. The web address — www.

Berryville’s Blitz makes honor roll at ATU-Ozark Hannah Blitz of Berryville has been named to the Honor Roll for the spring 2022 semester at Arkansas Tech University’s Ozark campus. The ATU-Ozark Campus Honor Roll honors students who complete a semester with a GPA between 3.5-3.9.

Eureka Springs Hospital CEO Angie Shaw, right, presents the hospital’s $1,500 scholarship to Eureka Springs High School senior Alison Smith on Friday, May 20. Smith plans to pursue a career in medical coding. Submitted photo

Berryville High School Class of 2022 valedictorian Samuel Ball speaks at the school’s graduation ceremonies on Sunday, May 15, at Bobcat Arena. A photo caption in the May 17 issue of Carroll County News incorrectly identified another graduate as the valedictorian. Charles Chappell / CCImages.PhotoShelter.com

Eureka Springs Elementary School fourth-graders help celebrate the conclusion of a three-year Professional Learning Communities at Work project funded by the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education during a ceremony Monday, May 16, at the school. The elementary faculty worked with a coaching team from Solution Tree to practice job-embedded professional development. The goal was to develop a collaborative team approach using data to improve professional practices and guarantee more students achieve at high levels. The elementary is in the process of applying for a Model PLC School designation. Submitted photo

Two more Carroll County residents have died from complications related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the past week, bringing the local death toll associated with the novel coronavirus to 104. The two additional deaths were the first reported in Carroll County since April 11 and the second-highest weekly death toll since March 21.

A vigil in memory of 2022 Berryville High School graduate Matthew Hausman was held Friday, May 20, in front of the school. Hausman, 18, was killed in a one-vehicle accident May 15 on Carroll County Road 601 — just hours after his high school graduation.