Tal started her career fresh out of the Israeli army, with a children's musical video tape, in which she played an evil witch. Following that, she appeared in a commercial for a laundry detergent. After that she got the lead role in the movie Lihiyot Kohav (Being a Star).
During the filming of the movie, she was offered two roles in two different Israeli television shows, and she took both. The first was a soap opera about the life of a family that runs a hotel; the second one was "The Pyjamas", a sitcom about a struggling band, determined to make it in the real world. This sitcom ran for four seasons, and gave Tal the chance to show her musical talent. Although she was the main character only in the first three seasons, she appeared in the fourth season for several episodes.
Seeking some rest from her busy schedule, Tal went to New York to live with her sister. In New York, she met singer Wyclef Jean and recorded a song with him. In a recent interview he referred to himself as her mentor, seeking to help her with her true passion, music.
She then got the recurring role of Meg Manning, one of Veronica's only remaining 09'er friends, in the UPN television series Veronica Mars. Tal had originally auditioned for Veronica Mars, and was Rob Thomas' second choice for the title role. Thomas liked her so much that he created the recurring role of Meg Manning specifically for her.
Tal had a cameo appearance on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She is also guest starring in a recurring role as Jo on Supernatural.
The Green Forest junior high football team defeated Yellville-Summit 33-16 on Oct 1. Coach Ryan Whetham said his team came out and played very well. "Rhett Powell came out and had a great job rushing the football," Whetham said. "Will Chaney really stood out defensively to us, just coming downhill, making tackles."...
Berryville's Ty Allen competed at the 4A state golf tournament at Cooper's Hawk Golf Club in Melbourne on Tuesday and shot an 84. That was good enough for a 19th-place finish. Berryville coach Brent Compton said he was very proud of the way Allen played...
GREEN FOREST -- Any Green Forest volleyball fan wanting a stress-free victory Tuesday night against Yellville-Summit was out of luck. The Lady Tigers won in five sets, 23-25, 25-19, 14-25, 25-17, 15-10. The Lady Tigers began the fifth set down 0-5, but after Yellville-Summit hit it into the net, bank-to-back kills by Sloane Coffey and Kelby Harness made it 3-5. ...
The Green Forest Tigers find themselves in the same situation as they were last week, going up against a winless team. Last week, things didn't go so well, as the Tigers lost to the Cedarville Pirates, 42-34. The Tigers hope to learn from last week's mistakes and avoid that same fate this week against Yellville-Summit...
With the Berryville Bobcats riding a three-game losing streak, coach Austin Winters is juggling the Berryville offense in hopes of finding a spark. Winters says senior Bryan King will start at quarterback in Berryville's homecoming game Friday against Lincoln. Junior Jacob Graham started the Bobcats' first five games of the season, with King at fullback. Graham will now see action at running back and wide receiver, but Winters said he will play some quarterback, too...
Reta McKinney Thorne will celebrate her 99th birthday on Wednesday, Oct. 14. She resides at Holly House at 100 Ridgeview Road in Eureka Springs. (Submitted photo)
Oct. 2 Ramon Filiciano, 25, Green Forest, was booked on failure to appear, possession of art instrument, bond surrender and performing body art in an unlicensed facility. Randa S.K. Nicol Harp, 26, Berryville, was booked on failure to pay. Amanda Dawn Harpole, 26, Green Forest was...
Berryville Christian Fellowship is celebrating a centennial of history and service at 301 W. Church St. Many Berryville residents know this building as Berryville Presbyterian Church. The many fellowships who gathered in this location have a solid reputation for outreach ministry. The fellowship at BCF moved into the beautiful structure in March 2015. With the aid of Ken Butler and many others, the old structure has been given new life...
"Life is a series of passages; movements from one stage of living to another," a friend told me. These stages aren't like the ascending rungs on a ladder, always onward and upward. Neither are they clearly marked steps, as if one can travel along an obvious, well manicured path. Life is much more muddled than that...
The Berryville High School Alumni has set up a tribute for Silas Brewer. Brewer was a principal and superintendent in the Berryville School District for more than 25 years, serving as principal from 1958 to 1969 and superintendent from 1969 to 1984...
The Carroll County Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CCCADV) will host a forum addressing domestic violence on Thursday, Oct. 22. So far, CCCADV has received several donations from local businesses to make the forum possible. CCCADV chairwoman Evelyn Eidson said she is still accepting contributions and pre-registration requests. Pre-registration costs $10, and it will cost $15 at the door. Eidson noted that she can run credit cards through her business account...
This is how the 1876 Masonic Lodge at Carrollton appears today. It's well maintained, having been refurbished in the 1960s, and still stands next to the Carrollton Cemetery. Early on the lower level of the building served as a church and the upper as the Masonic Lodge, and later as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge. ...
Berryville High School has begun recognizing an employee and students of the month. In September, Paula Vance was named employee of the month. The students of the month are freshman TaTianna Adams, sophomore Ty Allen, junior Layne Chester and senior Kynzie Stogsdill. Cornerstone Bank donated a $25 gift card for each student and a $50 gift card for the employee. Pictured from left to right are: Vance, Adams, Chester and Landry Weston of Cornerstone Bank. (Submitted photo)...
Eureka Springs police had little new information to report Thursday afternoon in the case of two bodies that were discovered over the weekend in a wooded area off Oil Springs Road. Police Chief Thomas Achord said earlier in the week that the deceased had been identified as a man in his 50s and a woman in her 40s, but he said police would not release their names until a preliminary report is received from the state medical examiner...
Soon, Berryville residents may not be able to use tobacco at city parks. The Berryville City Council read a proposed ordinance Tuesday night that would prohibit smoking and the use of tobacco products in all parks owned or maintained by the city. Passed on a first reading, the proposed ordinance bans smoking, inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lit tobacco product. It also prohibits chewed tobacco and the use of e-cigarettes...
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) has arrested three people and issued warrants for five more in connection with several property and vehicle thefts in the county. A press release states that CCSO recently obtained arrest warrants for David Junior Cox, Marie Ann Hamm, Michael Brandon McElroy, Van Doran Weaver and Candice Nicole Watkins. ...
'It's all around us:' Survivors of domestic violence share their experiences (Local News ~ 10/09/15)
Editor's note: This article is the first in a three-part series. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. As her boyfriend screamed at her to leave his house, Barb Mourglia searched the faces of everyone in the adjacent room for help. All her friends were there. They could hear Mourglia's abusive boyfriend berating her, but they did nothing...
The Berryville Bobcats wrapped up spring football practice Thursday evening with a scrimmage. Heading into the scrimmage, coach Austin Winters said spring workouts had been going well and he was looking forward to seeing how the Bobcats would compete in a live-game situation...
The Green Forest Tigers concluded its spring football practice with a scrimmage on Monday evening. Conditions weren't favorable, as it rained for a majority of the time, but coach Bobby Bishop didn't mind. "I thought it went well," Bishop said. "We got wet early. We had some difficulties handling the ball, but that will be good for us. Overall, we got better as a result."...
The Berryville Senior Babe Ruth split a pair of games on Wednesday in Pea Ridge. Berryville lost the first game, 3-0 and won the second, 8-7. Pea Ridge 3, Berryville 0 Hitting was a struggle for Berryville in the first game of the evening. After failing to reach base in the top of the first, Pea Ridge scored on a fielder's choice in the bottom of the inning...
The Berryville Bobcats didn't let a little bit of rain dampen their spirits as the spring football season came to an end with a scrimmage Thursday evening. After an hour delay, the festivities got under way and coach Austin Winters was pleased with what he saw...
As I was growing up, my mother always wanted me to read for pleasure. Other than the occasional sports article, or a biography, I have never enjoyed reading much of anything. As I grew older, probably around 9/11, my mother encouraged me to pay attention to politics. She said I will be seeing the effects of policy changes being made in 50 years. When I was 12 years old, policy changes were the last thing on my mind...
As I interviewed members of the Berryville trap shooting team, it sounded like I was in a battle zone. Instead, I was in the peaceful woods watching Berryville students aim their shotguns at clay pigeons as they get ready for the state tournament this weekend in Jacksonville...
Robert Quinn Sullivan, 62, of Berryville, Ark., opened his eyes in heaven on May 29, 2016. Robert was founder and sole proprietor of Berryville Electric. He was born in Hartsville, South Carolina, on March 14, 1954. "I hired Robert as my construction manager when I first moved to town eighteen years ago," said longtime friend Joel Taylor. ...
The Ozarks Area Agriculture Appreciation Days will celebrate their 21st year this weekend. Stanley Norris, the Agri Days coordinator for the Green Forest Chamber of Commerce, said the annual event began more than two decades ago as a get-together to honor Green Forest's agricultural community...
Cornerstone Bank of Eureka Springs is sponsoring an American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Driver Safety Program on Wednesday, June 8. The class will be held at Cornerstone Bank at 152 East Van Buren in Eureka Springs. Sign-in will start at 8 a.m., and the class will begin at 8:30 a.m. All materials are included in the class fee of $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members...
The Holiday Island Travel Club will host a fall getaway to Biloxi and New Orleans from Sunday, Oct. 9, to Saturday, Oct. 15. The trip will include a riverboat cruise on the Mississippi River with entertainment and dinner, as well as a four-night stay in a casino resort in Biloxi. Breakfast, some dinners and lodging are included...
Zachary Grigg of Green Forest has been selected to receive the Blue and Gold Scholarship from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia. This scholarship includes $3,300 per semester and has a four-year value of $26,400. Grigg is the son of Laura Miller...
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) has issued a Code Yellow Alert for O Positive and O Negative blood types. There is currently less than a two-day supply of blood available for patients at 39 area hospitals. Donors to CBCO provide all of the blood for patients at 39 area hospitals. On average, a transfusion takes place every seven minutes. It takes around 200 donations each day to meet the area's blood needs...
William Ryan Mullen, a 2009 Green Forest High School graduate, was honored May 21 at the University of Arkansas School of Law's commencement ceremony. Mullen graduated from law school summa cum laude with a business law certificate. The university awarded him the Craig Sterne Memorial Award for demonstrating outstanding work in the studies of estate planning and taxation. Mullen is pictured with his sisters Tara (left) and Nikki (right). (Submitted photo)
Three Carroll County libraries will kick off their summer reading programs by hosting the national touring theatrical troupe Act!vated Story Theatre on Monday, June 13. The troupe will perform "Tales Afoot" at the following times: 10 a.m. at the Green Forest Library at 206 E. Main; 1 p.m. at the Berryville Library at 104 Spring St.; and 4 p.m. at the Eureka Springs Library at 194 Spring St...
The Carroll County Cattlemen's Association (CCCA) held their regular meeting May 23 in the Cattlemen's building at the Carroll County Fairgrounds. Members of the Berryville Future Farmers of America chapter cooked a spaghetti dinner as a fundraiser. ...
A workshop designed to assist landowners and land-managers with financial assistance and knowledge for installing rain gardens on properties in the Beaver Lake Watershed will take place from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, June 18, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Library Hall located at 210 Garfield Ave, West Fork, AR 72774...
Notice something missing from this view of the intersection of Spring Street and Center Street in the Eureka Springs downtown area? Check out what the area looks like -- and what's been added -- in Friday's Weekend edition.
HOLIDAY ISLAND -- A meeting of the Holiday Island Golf Operations Ad Hoc Committee saw its far-reaching agenda shrink dramatically on Thursday, May 27, when members decided that a better and more consistent definition of terms was needed before the agenda could be pursued without further confusing the golfing public...
In some families, the military is an institution. I bet you could strike up a conversation with a young person on the Berryville Square who has had multiple family members serve in the military. Perhaps that person might consider serving themselves. That certainly isn't uncommon in this area, and I'd say it's something that deserves respect...
A search for a missing person in southwestern Carroll County last Thursday afternoon ended with a successful outcome. Emergency services were called to the vicinity of the Homer Johnson Farm on Highway 23 South when a locked truck was found in a remote area of the farm. A missing person report was simultaneously filed that a 70-year-old New York man may have disappeared in the same area...
The Berryville School District has seen several administration changes take place in the past few months. Among those changes was the resignation of assistant superintendent Teresa Ragsdale. Superintendent Owen Powell said the district is not looking to fill Ragsdale's position for the 2016-17 school year...
After serving in the U.S. Navy for 15 years, Rev. Blake Lasater has learned how important it is to have faith in trying situations. He shared a story from his service at the American Legion Walker-Wilson Post 9's Memorial Day service on Monday morning, saying he truly realized the power of prayer when serving in Iraq. Lasater said he was serving as the chaplain for his battalion. He recalled how the brigadier general surprised him one day...
Memorial Day feels more personal in Green Forest than in some other places, retired Army Maj. Gary Norris said Monday, because the community has felt the grief and pain of wartime loss in recent years. Speaking at a Memorial Day service on the Green Forest square, Norris mentioned the deaths of 2nd Lt. ...
The 31st Annual Berryville Ice Cream Social and Craft Fair is shaping up to be the event in Berryville this year, providing enjoyment for the entire family, according to Berryville Chamber of Commerce president James Myatt. "We have pretty much finalized the schedule of events, and we have quite a number of vendors continuing to sign up to participate," Myatt said. "We are encouraging local nonprofits to reserve space."...