KTHS has the winners list from the C.C. Fair Parade, Saturday, and the Horseshoe Pitching Contest Sunday at the Fairgrounds.

Beginning with the Fair Parade, held Saturday morning on the BV Square, winners have been announced:  Boys – Best Decorated Bike, Eian ( e-n) Gerrard.  Girls – Best Decorated Bike, Whitney Howerton.  Outstanding Float Award went to the Little Angels Child Development Center with their “Old McDonald” float.

On Sunday, at the Fairgounds, the Horseshoe Pitching Contest was held and the winners are as follows:  First Place winners - Fred Smith, and Jason Hutchison of Berryville. 

                         Second Place :  Jack Stickell and Joe Doss

                         Third Place – Kevin Jones and Horace George of Blue Eye.

24 Teams Participated in the Horseshoe Pitching Contest.  Sponsors included Community First Bank, Harps Insurance, Arvest Bank, Tom Riddle Trucking, Cornerstone Bank, and AAA Mini Storage.  $1,000 prize money was split between the winners.   

After hearing Thursday that there was a possible case of H1N1 (Swine Flu) in the Berryville School System, KTHS called Sherri Plumlee, Director of the Carroll County Health Unit, to see if it could be confirmed or denied.

Because of the HIPPA law that protects a patient’s privacy, very little information could be expected to be learned from Health officials.

However, Plumlee did tell KTHS this.   Yes, there are absences from the Berryville Schools due to flu-like symptoms, similar to the seasonal Type A influenza.  H1N1 is a novel Type A influenza, however, Plumlee wanted it known that, so far, there have been “no confirmed cases of Swine Flu in Carroll County schools".  Plumlee went on to say that the Green Forest School District also has absences of children with flu-like symptoms.

Plumlee said the State Health Department urges parents to keep children at home if they exhibit even the slightest flu-like symptom such as a fever of more than 100 degrees, cough, sore throat, body aches, headaches or vomiting, nausea or diarrhea.

Right now, the best thing to do is teach your children the importance of hand-washing with warm soapy water and an alcohol-based hand sanitizer is also a good idea.  It also goes without saying, children should stay away form other kids who are ill, even siblings, so they don’t catch the flu.  Also they should be instructed to cover their mouths and noses with a tissue when they sneeze or cough, just good hygiene.