Cotter News

Snow ... in May ... in Arkansas? It probably hasn't happened since the British attacked Harve de Grace, Maryland, 200 years ago today.

The 12th annual Cotter Trout Festival opens at noon Friday with a welcome from the stage in Big Spring Park, according to Marcia Taylor, festival chairperson.

<![CDATA[The following warranty deeds, representing transactions of real property, were filed with the Baxter County Clerk's Office April 17-23. The value listed for each transaction is derived from the tax stamps affixed to each instrument: Boonstra Properties Inc. transferred Lot 5, Block 2 of the First Addition of Country Life Estates Mobile Park to James R. and Amber Cobb; $28,000. Jing Nan and Liu Man Chen transferred Lot 5 of the First Addition of Northern Hills Subdivision to Cliff K. and Kathleen A. Swanson; $130,000. First National Banking Company Bancorp Inc. transferred property in Baxter County to Carl and Tammy Landgrebe Jr.; $175,000. Gap LLC transferred Lots 1080 and 1081 and the east half lot of 1082 in Cotter to Andrew A. and Leslie A. Urban; $1,000. Geraldine Granmaison transferred Lots 16-17 of Cranfield Estates to Michael and Julie Rowe; $85,000. Hugh L. and Angela D. Hyde transferred property in Baxter County to Dianne Schnurr-Schuette and Gary Schuette; $575,000. Gilbert Wayne Meyers transferred property in Baxter County to Charlie and Karen Mottonen; $250,000. Walter F. and Melva L. Moore transferred Lot 14 of Dixie Dale Estates to Michael and Donna Caudill; $107,000. Franklin K. or Marilyn J. Morey transferred property in Baxter County to Robert W. and Carolyn L. Uhlenberg; $72,000. Matthew A. Qualls transferred part of Lot 72 of Few Acres Bean Addition in Mountain Home to Cory S. LeFevers; $80,000. Bibi Ramrattan and Victoria and Brad Singh transferred Lot 98 of Big Creek Estates Phase 1 to Michael and Kelli Adkins; $45,000. Charles M. and Wylma J. Sieben transferred Lot 21 of Quail Ridge Estates to William A. and Suzanne H. Payne; $216,000. Theresa C. Slaga transferred Unit 14 of Briarwood East to Besse Lillvik; $58,000.

More than 50 outdoor artists from Arkansas and nearby states will visit the Twin Lakes area May 1-4 to paint local scenes as participtants in "Plein Air on the White River 2013" held in conjunction with Cotter Trout Festival.

The lake level at Bull Shoals rose 4.1 feet to rest at 4 feet above the power pool of 654 feet.

Cotter City Council's meeting Thursday was part ordinance-making, part tourism-promoting actions.

April is National Autism Awareness Month, and the local Autism Awareness Group along with the Eagle Riders of Midway FOE 3183 are sponsoring a rally and poker run Saturday to help increase public awareness.

The Cotter Lady Warriors finished 2A-2 Conference play by winning their second league game of the year with a 7-2 triumph over the White County Central Lady Bears Monday at Lady Warrior Field.

A 22-year-old Cotter man was arrested late Monday morning after allegedly leading a deputy on a foot chase near Peal's Resort, according to a press release from the Baxter County Sheriff's Office.

Before the dam, the White River was a warm-water stream. That was sufficient for bass, catfish, bream, perch, blue gill -- all the warm-water fish were in here.

The lake level at Bull Shoals rose .4 tenths of a foot to rest at .1 of a foot below the power pool of 654 feet.

COTTER - Anna Wiesboeck of Cotter High School recently played second chair oboe in the ASBA All-Star Honors Band in Atkins.

Three area men will be inducted into the Arkansas State University Mountain Home Trout Nature Center Hall of Fame Saturday at the Vada Sheid Community Development Center on the ASUMH campus.