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Several Carroll County students have been named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2022 semester at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, the school has announced. Local students named to the Dean’s List are Marco Garcia Montes, Natalie Roy al and Samantha Witherby, all of Berryville; Hayden Nance of Eureka Springs; and Bianca Rosales and Katherine Tanner, both of Green Forest.

Nonprofits in Carroll County can go to www. arcf.org/givingtree to apply online for Giving Tree Grants through Carroll County Community Foundation, an affiliate of Arkansas Community Foundation. Applications must be submitted online by Aug.15.

Mercy Hospital Berryville Auxiliary celebrated its Ruby Jubilee, 40 years since its reorganization in 1982, at its annual meeting. Dr, Bill Flake was the keynote speaker who related the history of the auxiliary and his mother, Blanche, who was instrumental in the reorganization.

Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry (right) and city council member Bill Ott (left) recently attended the 88th Annual Conference of the Arkansas Municipal League in Little Rock. Also attending was Eureka Springs city attorney Forrest Jacobi (not pictured). Submitted photo

Daughters of the American Revolution participated with Holiday Island Elks Lodge 1042 for the 245th Anniversary of the American flag on June 11. The celebration and ritual included Elks Lodge officers and members, Boy Scout Troop No. 67 and the Daughters of the American Revolution. The American Legion posted the American flags. Pictured are, from left, Sue Eddy, Margaret Scobee, vice regent Sharon Lawlor and regent Terri Herman. Submitted photo

Arvest Bank has announced the addition of David Teigen to its local board of directors in Eureka Springs. Teigen is the owner of Teigen Insurance and Teigen Properties and has worked in the insurance industry since 1976.

When Joe Mills moved his family to Berryville in 1968, little did he realize his first coaching job after graduating from the University of Arkansas would turn into a lifelong career at Berryville High School and that Berryville would become his home in retirement.

Students in the Eureka Springs School District will once again have to pay for meals after a vote by the district board during its meeting on July 11. “Meals have been free the past couple of years,” said district superintendent Bryan Pruitt, “and now we’re going back.

It sounds like the pitch for a new movie — “Coming in June: Two dozen teenagers from rural Arkansas. Two flights. A long weekend in New York City. One chance to perform on a historic, world-famous stage.”

Carroll County News managing editor Scott Loftis and associate editor Robert Cox received a total of five awards in the National Newspaper Association Foundation’s 2022 Better Newspaper Contest — including first place for Loftis in Freedom of Information reporting — the foundation announced Thursday, June 30.