The Berryville School District is on track to save more than $450,000 after the school board voted Monday, Dec. 14, to sell a $2.6 million bond.
Board member Chad Wilson moved to adopt a resolution authorizing the issuance and delivery of the bond slated for Jan. 1, 2021, and the board unanimously agreed to do so. Superintendent Owen Powell said the bond sale was a really big deal for us, adding the bond was previously financed at 2.5 percent and the board sold it for 1.12 percent.
So well end up saving the school district $466,000 over the life of that bond, Powell said. Thats huge savings. Its a significant amount. Interest rates right now are just incredible. If you think about that for a second, 1 percent interest rate thats pretty amazing.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Adrian Perez is thrilled to get a push downhill from Ricci Crow on Sunday afternoon during the first significant snow in Carroll County in several years. Several children and their parents spent the afternoon sledding on the steep hill behind the Berryville City Pool.
David Bell / Carroll County News
By Samantha Jones
Carroll County received up to 6 inches of snowfall on Sunday, Dec. 13, causing cars to go off the road from Green Forest to Eureka Springs West. According to local officials, all accidents were minor and no one was injured.
Mike Teague, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, reported Monday that Beaver received 5.5 inches of snow, Busch received 6 inches and Eureka Springs received 3.5 inches. Those are all the available reports, Teague said.
The Angel Tree program is a time-honored tradition in Carroll County, offering locals the opportunity to brighten Christmas for families in need. The Berryville program is run through the Berryville Community Center, while the Eureka Springs program is run through the Eureka Springs High School.
Deneen Foster, who runs the Berryville program, said she was surprised at the number of participating children this year. There are 95 tags on the Berryville Angel Tree, Foster said, compared with 200 in past years.
Its actually low. I was surprised about that, Foster said. I expected it to be a little higher this year, but thats the lowest year weve had. Our first couple of years we were pushing 200.