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Aug. 14 12:36 a.m. — An officer responded to a noise complaint on North Main and spoke to the residence in question, who advised they would comply with the city noise ordinance. 1:09 a.m. — A complainant advised that there was loud music and a party going on, and a fight had broken out. Officers responded to the residence on North Main, and a subject was arrested for disorderly conduct. 1:38 a.m. — An officer responded to an area residence on North Main in reference to a white pickup making noise. The officer spoke with the driver, who advised he was having mechanical issues. The officer advised the driver that he couldn’t park the truck on the sidewalk, so they pushed it into a parking space. Aug. 15 1:45 a.m. — An officer was in pursuit of a motorcycle on Highway 62. Carroll County Sheriff’s Office and the Berryville Police Department assisted, apprehending the subject in Berryville. 4:28 p.m. — An officer responded to an alarm and made contact with the construction company on site. They advised they had talked to the owner. Aug. 16 6:02 p.m. — Carroll County Dispatch advised of a domestic disturbance in process at an area apartment complex. Dispatch advised that the subjects were throwing things at each other. An officer responded and took care of the situation. The female subject wanted her belongings and got them out of the apartment. 8:24 p.m. — A caller advised his motion alarm was going off at his cabin and he thought someone was staying in it. An officer responded and found that everything was secure. 8:27 p.m. — Carroll County Dispatch advised of a domestic disturbance. An officer responded and was advised it was two male fighting. The officer was advised that one male was pretty beat up and took off in a green pickup truck. The officer was unable to locate the vehicle, and the Carroll County Sheriff’s
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office was given the vehicle description. 10:19 p.m. — A caller advised that his friend was drinking all day and walked out when they got back to the hotel. He said she had not come back. An officer responded but was unable to locate the subject. 11:56 p.m. — A caller advised that a tree had fallen on the highway. They had cleaned most of the debris. An officer responded and advised it was a dead tree and that the limbs were the only part in the roadway. The roadway was cleaned up. Aug. 17 5:55 a.m. — A subject was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Benton County. 3:24 p.m. — A school bus driver called to report he was in in accident off of Harvey and Oak Ridge. A report was taken. 7:02 p.m. — A caller advised that she went to get her hair cut on Main Street. She had been talking to the male on Facebook and drove down to meet him, and she said it did not go well. She advised he got upset with her and threw water in her face, and the cup hit her chin. She advised she had changed clothes so the hair wouldn’t get on the original clothes she was wearing, and the male subject was not give her clothes back. An officer met the subject at the train depot and drove over to the male’s house to get her clothes. The officer will take a report. Aug. 18 9:11 a.m. — A business owner reported a break in and damage to the business. 9:25 a.m. — An officer responded to a report of a break in at an area business. A report was taken. Aug. 19 1:41 a.m. — An officer responded to the report of a suspicious person at an area hotel. 9:49 a.m. — A caller reported a door being kicked in and requested an officer. An officer responded and took a See Dispatch, page 23
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Up in the air
ESHS students launch weather balloon during solar eclipse By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com
In only the first two weeks of school, it’s clear that Eureka Springs High School students aren’t taking their education lightly. The school’s EAST class worked together to launch a weather balloon into space during the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, with students from all over the school district gathering at the track to watch the eclipse. High school principal David Gilmore said the Eureka Springs Carnegie Library donated solar eclipse glasses to the school district with the help of a generous donor, with Carroll Electric Cooperative and Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge stepping in to help, too. “We had a lot of great community support,” Gilmore said. EAST facilitator Adam Louderback remembered when Gilmore asked him to launch the weather balloon before school began, saying he wasn’t sure how it would all come together. In the end, Louderback said, his students up for the challenge. “It was sort of a baptism by fire, but it was a great opportunity and a great experience for the students,” Louderback said. “It was a big undertaking to get that organized. It ended up being more fun than work for all of us, myself included.” Sophomore Savannah Reeves said she was excited when she learned about the project. Louderback told the students about it on the first day of school, Reeves said, and they had one hour each day to work on it. The class broke up into groups, Reeves explained, with each group taking on a specific part of the project. Her job was to organize everything, she said, while other groups constructed the balloon, figured out how much helium to put in it and mounted the camera on it. “It made it easier when we broke it up like that, because it made it go by quicker,” Reeves said. “Everybody knew what they needed to do for their one part.” Sophomore Carson Mowrey, who helped construct the balloon, said the work was worth it when the class sent the balloon into the air. Seeing the solar eclipse, Mowrey said, made the experience even better. “It was very exciting, very exhilarating,” Mowrey said. “If you looked at the shadows it made, you could see what it looked like.” Reeves agreed, saying she was blown away when she looked at the sun through her solar eclipse glasses. “You couldn’t see a big difference looking around, but when you put the glasses on and looked up, that was really cool,” Reeves said. Gilmore said he was glad the students could see the
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Eureka Springs High School students gaze up at the sun during the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21.
eclipse. “They were excited about it. It was a great experience,” he said. When the weather balloon landed just north of Shell Knob, Gilmore said, it was stuck in a tree 60 feet high. Carroll Electric Cooperative sent an employee to help retrieve it, he said. “They were good enough to go along for safety reasons,” Gilmore said. The EAST class wasn’t the only group involved in the project, Gilmore added. The physics class will be analyzing the data from the balloon, he said, and the yearbook class documented the launch. The project was a partnership with the Berryville High School EAST program, Gilmore said. Louderback said he’s excited about working with that program. “We’re going to be sharing data and images of what they
collected and what we collected,” Louderback said. “It’s our first joint project, so it’s cool.” Gilmore agreed. “We’re going to coordinate, which is something the EAST Initiative loves … to see EAST programs work with other EAST programs,” Gilmore said. “We’re excited to get to work with them.” Gilmore, in his first year as principal at Eureka Springs High School, said he couldn’t be prouder of the way the year has started. “We’ve got a lot of data, a lot of things we can spur off of this project,” Gilmore said. “I’m super impressed with our EAST program. We’ve got an awesome group of students and teachers to show me what we can do in the first week of school.” He continued, “Our program stepped up and made it happen here. It’s a great thing the first week to get everybody excited about learning and set the tone for the year.”
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Lake Leatherwood City Park will have a new vehicle on-site soon. On Tuesday, Aug. 15, the Eureka Springs Parks Commission heard from parks director Justin Huss about the vehicles needed at Lake Leatherwood. “I have a dead Ranger. We have a dead Jeep Liberty. I have a perfectly capable four-wheeler and a golf cart that’s dying, so we’re almost out of vehicles at Leatherwood,” Huss said. “Almost every vehicle we have is dying or dead.” The golf cart could have a problem with its charger, Huss said, which would be an easy fix. Still, he said, the park needs another side-by-side vehicle to replace the one that is out of commission. There’s not a big cost difference between a used side-by-side and a new side-by-side, Huss said, so it was up to the commissioners to decide which one they wanted. It would
cost between $10,000 to $11,000 to purchase a used side-by-side, he said. “If this golf cart’s not repairable, we’re talking another $4,000 to $10,000, depending on what you want to go with,” Huss said. “I think it’s a charger problem. I don’t think it’s a golf cart problem, but to that end, my recommendation is that we buy a side-by-side. This is going to be used all season.” Chairman Bill Featherstone asked Huss if the vehicles are taken care of at the park, and Huss said that is part of maintenance. “You’re hemming and hawing around the question,” Featherstone said. “I’m trying not to comment on something that happened before I got here,” Huss said. Huss assured the commission that any new vehicles would be regularly maintained, saying he wants investments in the park to last. Commissioner Stephen Foster moved to allocate up to $16,000
so Huss could purchase a new side-byside for the park, and the commissioners agreed to do so. In other business, Huss told the commissioners he was hoping to purchase new soccer goals for the ballfields at Lake Leatherwood. “This was something I talked about to a lot of people when the tax issue came up … is this going to benefit the ballfields?” Huss said. “Sometimes people didn’t see it mixing.” The ballfields are part of Lake Leatherwood, Huss said, and the commission will take care of them. He recalled receiving a call about the soccer goals needing to be replaced, saying the current soccer goals have been used for years. “These folks have really extended the life and taken care of them by themselves,” Huss said. The youth soccer program is, by far, the See Parks, page 9
Hospital commission seeking RFQs for proposed renovations By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com
The Eureka Springs Hospital Commission is looking for an architect to take on renovations to the hospital. On Monday afternoon, the commission agreed to send out a request for bids in the Carroll County News and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The bids will be due by 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, and the commission will open them at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16. Chairman Michael Merry asked Catherine Pappas, the hospital’s community outreach coordinator, if Allegiance Health Management would be OK with signing an assurance bond for the proposed renovations. Pappas said she wasn’t sure but would ask hospital CEO Peter Savoy and get back to the commission. With that information, Merry said, the commission could make a
better decision about how to move forward with the proposed renovations. “The number that Allegiance agrees to as their maximum that they’re willing to expend on that bond will ultimately be the maximum number that we as a commission are looking at to borrow, so that’s going to tell us a whole lot about where we can go and how much we can do,” Merry said. “One of our next important steps is to discover how much Allegiance is willing to cover.” Pappas moved on to update the commission on what’s going on at the hospital, saying the hospital is looking to open a clinic for its new physician, Dr. Paul Daidone. “We just don’t know where. We’re talking with a few different sets of people on locations, but nothing has been signed or anything yet,” Pappas said. “We’re putting
him wherever we can, but eventually we’ll find something.” Also at the meeting, commissioner Mary Jean Sell introduced Wendy Rushing of Elite Home Health. Sell said she invited Rushing to the meeting because the commission has a contract with the parent company of Elite Home Health. “We’ve had that for many years, and we’ve never gotten a report from these people,” Sell said. Rushing said she would come to the commission’s meetings whenever asked. In her report, Rushing said Elite Home Health provides services all the way to Pea Ridge and as far as Alpena. At the moment, she said, Elite has 81 patients. “Year-to-date, we’ve touched 230 patients in your area with services like See Renovations, page 23
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Learning Center expanding in Carroll County By Kelby Newcomb CCNNews@cox-internet.com
The Learning Center of North Arkansas is growing its campuses in Carroll County, allowing the nonprofit to expand its services for individuals with developmental disabilities in the community. Director Karla Gray said the Learning Center has purchased the old tobacco shop across from Daylight Donuts. The building is being renovated and expanded, she said, so it can house a conference center and administrative offices. “We’re going to have our administrative offices in the building as well as a conference center which can hold up to 125 persons,” Gray said, “which is good because that’s how many people are employed at the center.” This new addition means the Learning Center will no longer have to go to other areas to conduct its annual in-service staff training, she said. “We are definitely excited about that,” Gray said. She said the Learning Center had looked at the facility before it became the tobacco shop, but it had been out of their price range at the time. “We just waited and had heard they
might be looking to vacate the building, so we went from there basically,” she said. “It’s so advantageous to have that because it joins our adult center property in Berryville, so we can walk across the street to visit our facility. It was something we needed to make happen.” The Learning Center has been fundraising over the years, Gray said, to make this project a reality. A building account was set up so that the center would have funds for needed projects, such as expanding the preschool program or the adult learning program, she said. “That’s what we’ve done with this project,” Gray said. “Now we have one building where we can all participate. We would love to be in by the first of the year. We’ve had a few setbacks with the highway department because of the runoff of water, so we’re working with them and our engineers to try to make that compatible with everyone.” The goal is to have the new building ready to go by Jan. 1, she said. As far as the old administrative building is concerned, Gray said it may become a new daycare for infants and toddlers. “If we can’t find a use for it, we’re probably going to tear it down and have space
HDC approves work at 170 W. Van Buren By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com
With the Eureka Springs Historic District Commission’s approval, 170 W. Van Buren will look a little different in the near future. On Wednesday, Aug. 16, the commission approved a request from Diane Murphy to replace the windows at 170 W. Van Buren. Murphy said the building has been there for a long time, saying all the windows in the building are metal. That includes the sunroom, she said. “Replacing the windows will get continuity with the entire rest of the building. It should look essentially the same from the front,” Murphy said. The commission moved on to approve the consent agenda, which includes Level
I applications the city preservation officer believes to be in accordance with the design guidelines. These approvals are new paint colors at 143 W. Van Buren, new paint colors at 145 W. Van Buren, new paint colors at 151 W. Van Buren, replacing the sign face at 3010 E. van Buren, new paint colors at 63 N. Main and a new sign at 3 Center. In other business, the commission gave its OK for administrative approvals, which are applications for repair and work involving no changes in materials or color. These approvals are repairing a deck at 25 Cliff, repairing a roof at 81 Spring and repairing and repainting at 51 Spring. The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, at City Hall.
to build a new infant and toddler building that would just house that age group,” she said. “Parents could pay privately and bring their kids to quality daycare. It’s such a need.” The new administrative building is not the only project underway for the Learning Center this fall, Gray said. The center has been working with the Alpena School District to set up a child-care facility on the school campus, she said. “Hopefully, we will be licensed the first of next week for 24 students,” she said. “We will start with 3-year-olds to 5-yearolds for now and try to expand the program to offer that to birth through five years.” Gray said the Learning Center has received an overwhelming response from the community, demonstrating the need for quality childcare. “We haven’t advertised, and we haven’t really made it public yet. Just through word of mouth, we have seen that it’s such a need in the community,” she said. “So
many people it seems drive into Harrison to work, and they pass Alpena schools every day. I think it’s going to be a win-win for the community and for the Learning Center.” Gray said she and the Learning Center staff are looking forward to the completion of the new administrative building. “I think aesthetically it will be a nice addition to our community,” she said. “It will be a nice representation of what we want Berryville to be, and it completes our campus by letting us be closer to our adult and preschool program. Then we will be able to use the existing facility we are in now to hopefully get some more children enrolled.” The Learning Center of North Arkansas currently operates in Carroll, Madison, Newton, Boone and Marion counties with seven locations. The primary office is located at 705 W. College in Berryville. For more information, call the center at 870423-3000.
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Thank you, pet rescue
Editor, Those of you who have not heard of the Unconditional Love Pet Rescue may be unaware of a fine animal rescue facility in the community which may be forced to close because of lack of funds. One of the partners has suffered an accident, is not able (for now) to do the critical work for which she was responsible. Twice in last December puppies were dumped close to where I live out by Grandview. When I called the Good Shepherd Humane Society they told me they were full to capacity but recommended that I call the ladies at Uncondi-
tional Love Pet Rescue, Diane and Laura. These ladies are incredibly hard workers for the animals they save and though they too were full, asked if my daughter and I could care for the pups until the weekend when they would have an opening. Not two weeks later my neighbor had two puppies abandoned by his house. When he called the Good Shepherd HS he received the same answer I did. They were full but suggested he call Diane and Laura at Unconditional Love, which he did and now those pups have been adopted into good homes. I should mention that these ladies are quite careful to check out the people who adopt their animals! We need these ladies in the community,
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the Good Shepherd HS needs them as a backup and certainly the poor lost and unwanted dogs need them! Their website is diane@ulpr.org. Please look them up to see what good work they are doing. Then think about making a contribution! – CATHERINE TILLINGHAST
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Cornerstone Bank is this week’s Citizen of the Week. The bank donated a beautiful pop-up tent to Eureka Springs High School for its athletes. Students will now have plenty of shade to enjoy when they travel to events. Charlie Cross, president and chief executive officer of the bank, is pictured on the right. To nominate somebody for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com.
Most of America has known what Donald Trump is for well over a year now. We all now know that our President will not defend us against the enemies of our nation. He is firmly marching in lockstep with the groups who want to eliminate anyone who does not share their fascist ideology, including eliminating our democracy itself. We cannot rely on him at all. We must rely on each other. We must pressure the people that we can. We must thank those who have used their influence to speak for us. Write, call and fax your representatives. Send encouragement to the CEOs and the organizations who are standing against the darkness that is the Republican Right. — MARK EASTBURN
Responding to the Citizen In last week’s edition of the Lovely
County Citizen, my letter to the editor was garbled by a misprint making it unreadable. I called the paper and left a message on the machine that I assumed was humorous. I jokingly referred to “the great, right-wing conspiracy” that had ruined my letter. This elicited a violent response. In a telephone call to me, I was loudly labeled a “rude and mean liar” in a most hostile voice. The anger was hysterical and full of hate. I could hardly get my breath. I tried to say the “right-wing conspiracy” comment was in jest since the Citizen has often published my letters and I know they do not always agree with me. I was not allowed to talk. The caller hung up on me. I am proud of being an anti-racist and a protester against President Cheatolini, his followers, and Fascists in Arkansas and in our country. Many people think my letters to the editor, in both papers, are intelligent, informative and “spot on.” I do not know about a specific “right-wing conspiracy” but I do know that the right-wing harbors violent white men who willingly carry out different kinds of violence. And, that includes verbal violence. I am sorry if the Citizen has no sense of humor and does not see the irony about “great, right-wing conspiracy.” Now, print this letter, please. — TRELLA LAUGHLIN See Forum, page 23
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Carroll County Fair begins Saturday, Aug. 26 The Carroll County Fair will kick off next weekend at the Carroll County Fairgrounds in Berryville. Between showmanship events, rodeos, pie contests and the carnival, there will be something for every member of the family to enjoy. The 2017 schedule of events is as follows: Saturday, Aug. 26 10 a.m. — Parade 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. — Horse check-in 7 p.m. — Truck Pull at Truck Pull Track Sunday, Aug. 27 Noon — Horseshoe Pitching Contest 2 p.m. — Horse Show Speed Events Monday, Aug. 28 9 a.m. — Horse Show Showmanship Events Noon to 7 p.m. — Education check in Noon to 7 p.m. — Dairy and meat goat check in 6 p.m. — Family Fun Night in the Arena Family Fun Night is organized by the Junior Fair Board and offers families many fun activities and prizes. Tuesday, Aug. 29 10 a.m. — Meat and Dairy Goat Show 10:30 a.m. — Pie Contest Judging Noon to 7 p.m. — Sheep check in 2 p.m. — Horses released 5 p.m. — Education Hall open 6:30 p.m. — Little Mr. and Ms. Carroll County in the Arena 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. — Carnival opens There are three age divisions for the Pie Contest: Youth for ages nine to 13, Juniors for ages 14 to 19 and Adults for ages 20 and older. The categories of pie can be fruit, nut or other. The top winners in each division will win $50 for first place, $25 for second place and $15 for third place Wednesday, Aug. 30 10 a.m. — Sheep Show 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. — Beef and dairy cattle, poultry, rabbits and swine check in
5 p.m. — Comm. booths set up and open 6:30 p.m. — Miss Carroll County Queen’s Pageant in the Arena 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. — Carnival open Thursday, Aug. 31 9 a.m. — Hog Show 6 p.m. — ATV Rodeo 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. — Carnival open Thursday, Aug. 31 is Senior Day, so anyone 65 years of age or older receives free admission to the fair. Friday, Sept. 1 10 a.m. — Beef Cattle Show 1 p.m. — Dairy Cattle Show 7 p.m. — Rodeo 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. — Carnival open Saturday, Sept. 2 10 a.m. — Premium Livestock Sale 2 p.m. — Livestock Judging Contest 2 p.m. — Tractor Driving Contest 5 p.m. — Poultry Chain Auction 7 p.m. — Rodeo 9 p.m. — Exhibits released 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. — Carnival open The Premium Livestock Sale is a chance for young people in Carroll County to show off their animals and receive a premium on each one. They have worked with their animals for a year and show them off on Saturday. Community businesses serve as premium buyers for the sale, supporting agriculture in Carroll County.
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Suspects identified
BV man faces federal charges after Thursday raids By Scott Loftis CarrollCountyNews@ cox-internet.com
A Berryville man is among nine people who were arrested on federal charges last week after a lengthy investigation of alParnin leged drug trafficking in several counties in north Arkansas. Four other individuals were arrested on state charges in Carroll County during a widespread operation on Thursday, and two more have since been charged as well. Vance Lynn Parnin Jr., 48, of Berryville, faces federal charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and knowingly using a communications facility in a drug trafficking crime. Also arrested on federal charges during Thursday’s operation were Ricky Dwayne
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Anglin, 42, is a Harrison resident with a lengthy criminal record including a previous prison sentence for drug charges. Eureka Springs Police Chief Thomas Achord confirmed on Monday that the four suspects arrested on state charges during Thursday’s operation were Chelby Cheyenne Ashworth, 21; Dawna Michelle Gill, 53; John Edward Schubert, 27; and Charles Tillman Taylor, 29, all of Eureka Springs. In addition, Achord said Anthony Belisle, 34, of Holiday Island, and Samuel Lee Thornton, 29, of Eureka Springs, were also charged in connection with Thursday’s operation. The intake log for the Carroll County Detention Center in Berryville indicates that Thornton was booked into the jail on Saturday. Belisle had been booked into the jail on another charge on Aug. 10. Court documents related to the suspects arrested on state charges were not available by Monday afternoon, although Ashworth, Gill and Schubert had all been released on bond, indicating they had already had an initial court appearance. Taylor, Belisle and Thornton remained in custody as of
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Monday afternoon. The press release issued Thursday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Fort Smith said the arrests came after an investigation of more than a year into methamphetamine and heroin trafficking in Carroll, Boone, Baxter, Searcy, Newton and Washington counties. Law enforcement also executed two federal search warrants, in Harrison and Lead Hill, as part of Thursday’s operation, according to the press release. The press release also revealed that the Eureka Springs Police Department, the Department of Homeland Security, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI conducted a separate but related investigation into heroin trafficking in Eureka Springs. Three federal search warrants were served in Eureka Springs on Thursday, according to the press release. The press release said Thursday’s arrests are directly related to the federal arrests of 19 individuals in the Harrison area on Oct. 27, 2016. Eighteen of those individuals have been convicted and are awaiting sentencing in federal district court.
Monday night, August 14, 2017 Eureka Springs Mayor and alderpersons agreed to continue their twenty seven year history of human rights violation by holding city council meetings which are illegal because they specifically exclude the disabled. Maybe next year they said. I’m excluded now. Are you next?
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Back Our Kids donates to community center’s after-school program The Eureka Springs Community Center Foundation board recently accepted a check from Back Our Kids, a local program designed to help meet the nutritional needs of Eureka’s youth, for its after-school program. The money will be used to provide healthy snacks for students enrolled in the community center’s after-school program, freeing up community center funds to help families who require scholarship assistance to keep their children enrolled in the program. The brainchild of Keith “Snuffy” Ketchum, Back Our Kids has already proved the importance of food assistance for children both in and out of the school environment. The backpack program, administered through Flint Street Food Pantry, has been hugely successful in helping hundreds of children over the past four years in meeting their food needs over the weekends and when school is not in session. “Partnering with the community center’s after-school program only made good sense,” Ketchum said. “You can’t learn or play well unless your body is functioning on all cylinders.” This year’s after-school program be-
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biggest program in the parks system, he added. “Leatherwood recreational programming … you can’t get more recreational programming than soccer,” Huss said. He asked the commissioners to allow him to spend up to $3,500 for two soccer goals and other necessary soccer field improvements. Commissioner Ruth Hager moved to allocate money from the Leatherwood recreational programming fund to do so, and the commission voted unanimously in favor of it. Also at the meeting, commissioner Ferguson Stewart presented more information on the proposed Friends of
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The Eureka Springs Community Center board receives a check from Back Our Kids for its after-school program. Pictured from left to right are Diane Murphy, Kathy Remenar, Ben Helmer, Jean Elderwind and Jack Moyer.
gins on Sept. 5 and continues until the end of the school year. It is open to all the children of the community, kindergarten through sixth grade, and meets Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to
5:30 p.m. at the Eureka Springs Elementary School. For more information, call 479-2538704 and ask for Carrie Gay, or call Kathy Remenar at 417-342-8498.
the Park volunteer group. Stewart said he looked at a similar group that serves Hobbs State Park, saying he’s using that group as a template to organize one in Eureka Springs. He already has a couple of people interested in being the volunteer coordinator, Stewart said, which would be an unpaid position. Stewart suggested working with the Springs Committee to get the group off the ground. “The volunteer coordinator would basically do all the work. I’m going to leave it up to the coordinator to map out and actually structure the program,” Stewart said. Featherstone stressed that the group would be made up of volunteers and said these volunteers would pay a fee to take part in the organization.
“The volunteer part is only part of a friends program. You’re probably OK with people writing checks and just giving money,” Featherstone said. “That’s part of it, too.” The group is in its earliest stages now, Featherstone said, but he’s hopeful it will become successful. He encouraged Stewart to continue working out the logistics of creating the group. “This could take any kind of shape. It’s very embryonic right now,” Featherstone said. “We don’t need to get too worked up about the details right now.” The commission also agreed to spend $5,000 on new marina equipment. The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, at City Hall.
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Doggie Thrift Store named one of the best in Northwest Arkansas By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com
The Eureka Springs Doggie Thrift Store has something to celebrate. Thrift store manager Janet Chupp reported Aug. 18 that the store has been named No. 2 on Northwest Arkansas Travel Guide Magazine’s list of the best thrift stores in Northwest Arkansas. The store is the main source of revenue for Good Shepherd Humane Society, Carroll County’s only no-kill animal shelter. Chupp said she’s grateful for the honor, thanking all the volunteers who make the store successful. “We have fabulous people in our community who care about our animals and who care enough to do wonderful things in our shops and come up with brilliant ideas, like the $1 sale,” Chupp said. “That brings a lot of people.” Most of the offers at the store, Chupp said, are thought up by volunteers. The store is almost entirely run through the help of volunteer service, she said. “They come up with the ideas and we run with them,” Chupp said. “If they work, it’s fabulous. If they don’t, we try something different. It’s all a matter of changing things up and trying new things, just like any store.” Some of the offers at the store include 20 percent off for those 55 and older, 20 percent off for Tyson employees, halfprice sale items, $1 sale items and sea-
sonal sales. “Once our items are on sale for three weeks, they go to half price for two weeks, and after that, they go to $1,” Chupp said. “If you want something and you can’t really afford it, just be patient.” Good Shepherd has two stores in Carroll County, one in Eureka Springs and the other in Berryville. At both stores, Chupp said, there is a dressing room and a sitting area. Beverages and snacks are for sale, too. “It just continually changes. I think that’s the key to anything … keeping it fresh and different,” Chupp said. She recalled all the work volunteers do at the store, saying it would be impossible to do anything without them. “It’s all volunteers. It’s what they believe in, and it’s what they love,” Chupp said. “It’s what makes everything work. Most of my volunteers couldn’t volunteer at the shelter, because they love animals and they’d want to take one home. This is a way of them to volunteer and do something they’re passionate about without wanting to take home all the animals.” All the revenue from the store, Chupp said, goes directly to help the dogs and cats at the shelter. “Our revenue goes 100 percent to the animal shelter to help any homeless animals in Carroll County,” Chupp said. “Come by and see us.”
First United Methodist Church plans two programs on aging First United Methodist Church of Eureka Springs will have two special programs on Issues on Aging in the next few weeks. There will be a meeting at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, in the lower level meeting room on home safety as we age and deal with limited motor abilities, as well as a meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, in the church fellowship hall on legal aging support needs such as wills, trusts, powers of attorney, real estate transfers and other subjects. Everyone interested in these topics is welcome.
Raffle benefits rural fire department The rural fire station at Buck Mountain on County Road 108 is raffling off at 2008 Custom War Eagle Chopper Bike for $20 per ticket, with a limit of 1,000 tickets being sold. The bike is one display at the forecourt of the Eureka Springs Fire Department, and tickets can be bought at the fire station or from any firefighter. The raffle will help the fire station purchase a portable pump to pull water from the lake during emergency fire situations. Volunteer firefighter Mike Melroy said
the station’s water tankers have to drive from a fire scene back to the nearest hydrant in Eureka Springs to refill, taking at least 45 minutes for each round-trip. “We either have to buy an additional fire truck that is dedicated to suctioning water, or the less costly option of a portable pump on a trailer,” Melroy said. The winning ticket will be drawn at the Eureka Springs Fire Department Saturday, Sept. 23. For more information, call Melroy at 479-244-6960.
Celebration Choir seeking members for Christmas service
The Eureka Springs United Methodist Church Music Ministry will partner with St. Elizabeth Catholic Church Music Ministry to produce The Nine Lessons at 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, at the methodist church. The Nine Lessons is a sacred service and concert that alternates nine readings from the Holy Scripture with anthems and carols. Benjamin Winn, music director at United Methodist, will serve as director of this event, and Sharon Park-
er, music director at St. Elizabeth’s, will serve as associate director. Singers from area churches and the community are invited to join the group, with rehearsals being held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays at St. Elizabeth Parish Center on Passion Play Road in Eureka Springs. The first rehearsal is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 31. For more information, call Parker at 479-981-0870.
Holiday Island Singers to have rehearsal Aug. 30
The Holiday Island Singers will start their fall season with a rehearsal at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, at the Holiday Island Country Club Ballroom. The rest of the rehearsals will be held from 1:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ev-
ery Wednesday afternoon. This year’s program is called “Joy to the World” and will be presented on Dec. 15 and Dec. 17. For more information, call Judy Higginbottom at 479-981-1340.
Nelson Funeral Service makes mobile application available Nelson Funeral Service is asking locals to download the Vital ICE mobile application from the Apple App Store or Google Play and enter the code #2170. The funeral home is making this potentially life-saving app available for free to download in the community so citizens are prepared in case of an emergency. The app is available to the entire community regardless of age.
In the event of an emergency, first responders can use the app to retrieve the user’s vital information. This information can then be easily taken on to the ambulance to the hospital or sent directly to the hospital from the app, where ER staff can further access the information. For more information, visit www.vitalboards.com/vitalice.
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Artful donation
Photo by Tavi Ellis
Eureka Springs police officers Stefan Reding, left, and Billy Floyd, middle, were honored at a reception at City Hall on Monday, Aug. 21. From left to right are Reding, Floyd and Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry.
Mayor hosts reception for departing police officers By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com
On Monday, Aug. 21, the city of Eureka Springs served sticky buns and honored two police officers who have worked at the Eureka Springs Police Department for a number of years. Stefan Reding and Billy Floyd are leaving the police department, Mayor Butch Berry said, and he wanted to acknowledge their service to the city. “I really want to thank y’all for protecting and defending the citizens and the visitors to and from Eureka Springs,” Berry said. “Your service is appreciated. You will be very missed. I’m sorry you’re leaving, but I understand.” Floyd thanked everyone for coming to the reception, saying he’s been honored to serve the citizens of Eureka Springs. “It’s been really fun. It’s been a lot of emotions, both good and bad, come out of this job, and I definitely encourage the ones that are staying on to keep it going,” Floyd said. “I’m going to miss it.” Floyd said he doesn’t have any solid
plans for the future, except for spending more time with his wife. “My wife and I just want to spend that extra 40 hours a week doing something together,” Floyd said. “That’s kind of our goal. We just want everything to be together from here on out.” He and his wife own businesses in town, Floyd said, and aren’t likely to leave anytime soon. “Eureka’s been really good to us. We may move away, or we may stay close,” Floyd said. “We don’t know for sure, but we know we’ll be doing it together.” Reding said he’s leaving the force to move to Oklahoma with his significant other. “She got a really good job offer, and we decided to move there,” Reding said. For police chief Thomas Achord, saying goodbye to the officers is bittersweet. “I hate it, because I want to keep them. They’re both good guys and they’re good for the city,” Achord said. “It’s a void we’re going to feel for quite some See Reception, page 15
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Lovely County Citizen associate editor Samantha Jones, right, presents a $310 check to the Eureka Springs High School art program on Wednesday, Aug. 16. The Citizen raised the money for the art program at the Citizen Summer Social in July.
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Total Eclipse
Photos by Tavi Ellis
Eureka Springs School District students gathered at the high school track on Monday, Aug. 21, to watch the first total solar eclipse of their lives.
Five, four, three, two, one… the EAST Lab releases their weather balloon, collecting data and photos of the eclipse at the horizon.
Similar views were seen all over the nation as classrooms gathered under the sun.
Every student is equipped with a pair of eclipse-viewing glasses, so they may safely stare into the sun.
Some students take the opportunity to just kick back and watch the world go round.
Eureka Springs experiences a 92.6 percent coverage of the sun at 1:13 p.m.
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Photos by Tavi Ellis
Holiday Island Art Guild’s 29th Annual Art Show The Holiday Island Art Guild held the opening reception for its 29th Annual Art Show on Thursday, Aug. 17.
Mariellen Griffith casts her votes
Artists Mary Springer and Stan Fradd discuss their favorites.
This year’s silent auction benefits the Eureka Springs Historical Museum, which receives 25 percent of the net proceeds from the event.
Holly White and Jessica Wheeless, both from the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce, browse through the categories and vote for their favorite pieces.
This year’s theme, An Evening in Paris, is accompanied by rosy cupcakes.
Sue’s Idea by Pat Sweeden wins first place in the mixed media category.
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Celebrate the Sun
Photo by Tavi Ellis/Lovely County Citizen
The Carroll and Madison Library System (CAMALS) partnered with the NASA@ My Library program on Saturday at the Berryville Community Center to celebrate the sun and teach visitors about the total solar eclipse. Here, Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library director Loretta Crenshaw shows how handmade toys will react and change color under sunlight.
Dining Around
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Fatima VanZant poses with a group that is attending their fifth month in a row of Dining Around to support the Eureka Springs Community Center on Wednesday, Aug. 16. Pictured from left to right are: Janice Swiggart, Diane Jones, Lynette Smith, Darrell Smith, Ed Simpson, Judy Simpson, Dean Schutterfield, Glenda George and Marquis Jones.
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Five & Dime Drama Collective soliciting scripts for fall performance
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Five & Dime Drama Collective of Eureka Springs is soliciting scripts for its 2017 Fall Performance Series in November, which will present several short works. The deadlines for submissions is Sept. 1, and works-in-progress will be considered. Guidelines and more information can be found at FiveAndDimeDramaCollective.org.
Free CPR class offered Sept. 16
A free CPR class will be offered to residents of the Carroll County Western District at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 16. Prior registration is required by calling the Eureka Springs Fire Department at 479-253-9616 or stopping by.
ES School Menu Monday, Aug. 28 Breakfast: Egg, cheese and bacon breakfast boat, fruit cup, box of raisins, juice and milk or strawberry banana yogurt and wholesome oatmeal bar, bowl of cereal and string cheese, two wholesome oatmeal bars or mini chocolate or powdered doughnuts Lunch: Crispy chicken sandwich, sandwich veggie sides, baked beans, mixed fruit, fruit cup, juice and milk or hot dog with Cheez-It singles whole grain crackers Tuesday, Aug. 29 Breakfast: Bosco pepperoni pizza stick, box of raisins, juice and milk or strawberry banana yogurt and wholesome oatmeal bar, bowl of cereal and string cheese, two wholesome oatmeal bars or mini chocolate or powdered doughnuts Lunch: Southwestern beef taco bowl, jalapeño peppers, diced tomatoes, shredded iceberg lettuce, fresh fruit, fruit cup, juice and milk or cheese pizza Wednesday, Aug. 30 Breakfast: Pillsbury mini cinis, fresh fruit, juice and milk or strawberry banana yogurt and wholesome oatmeal bar, bowl of cereal and string cheese, two wholesome oatmeal bars or mini chocolate or powdered doughnuts
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already received applications to fill the two open positions. “The mayor and I have talked about the vacant positions. We have put feelers out,” Achord said. “We’ve received some applications, and we’re going through those at this time.”
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time. I wish them both the best. They’re both close friends of mine, as well as people that work for us at the city.” Moving forward, Achord said, he has
Photo courtesy of Eureka Springs Historical Museum
Wooden bridges were once a common and convenient way for townspeople to get from one location to the other, through the hilly, mountainous terrain. But because of the many fires in Eureka Springs, many perished. And many were lost simply due to decay. There are still a few around if you look hard enough, but how long will it be until those too have disappeared? One such bridge in Eureka Springs in the early days was simply known as the wooden ‘Foot Bridge.’ Some locals also referred to it as Sweet Spring Bridge, because it connected Spring Street, near Sweet Spring, (formerly called Rice Street) to Mountain Street. The bridge, built in 1882, was roughly 100 feet long. In its early days, the bridge consisted of one covered structure on the north end near the landing that sold souvenirs, candy and beverages. Later, in 1892, there were six sheds at the north end of the bridge, including a photo gallery, candy shop, barber shop and other undetermined vendors. In ’50 Memory Moments’ written by June Westphal and Bobby Rea Thurman, they document a story regarding the bridge by local, AJ Fortner. He recalls: ‘When we were living in a cabin on the hillside below Crescent Spring, we attended school in a building on Spring Street near the bridge, and part of the playground was down in the hollow beneath the bridge. My sister and I were crossing the bridge one day when the church and fire bells all over the town tolled for the funeral of President Garfield, felled by an assassin’s bullet. My sister and I stood there holding hands while tears crept down our cheeks.’ — Stephanie Stodden Museum Operations Manager
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Community center receives $50,000 grant from Windgate Charitable Foundation By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com
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The Eureka Springs Community Center is one step closer to opening up the gym. Chairwoman Diane Murphy reported last week that the community center has received a $50,000 grant from Windgate Charitable Foundation. It is a matching grant, Murphy said, which means the community center foundation will be launching another fundraising campaign to generate those funds. The reason for the grant, Murphy explained, is to help the community center foundation get some buildings at the old high school ready for community use. Murphy said the foundation hit a wall when mold was discovered in the buildings, saying the board has been trying to figure out how to handle that problem over the past few months. “We had to put some of those projects on hold, which was so disappointing, because we had such great momentum going as far as getting the lobby renovated and hoping to get the gym open,” Murphy said. “When we ran into that mold problem, we just got stuck. This will take us out of stuck mode and allow us to get that finished and get some facilities open, so we’re really, really excited about that.” Murphy said the foundation has already mapped out a work plan and is continuing to improve on that. So far, she said, the foundation has overseen quite a bit of work at the community center. This includes the demolition of Building 100 and cleanup inside the buildings, Murphy said. “We created a fresh slate, so now we are back to a couple of things we need to do,” she said. Rooms in the buildings need to be tested again for mold, Murphy explained, and the board will figure out where to go from there. She said some of the buildings need professional mold remediation but others don’t. “Some of it was mild enough where we need to take care of it but it doesn’t re-
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Eureka Springs Community Center Foundation board members celebrate receiving a $50,000 grant from the Windgate Charitable Foundation. From left to right are Jean Elderwind, Diane Murphy and Kathy Remenar.
quire safety gear,” Murphy said. “One of the keys to being sure that the problem is solved long-term is to make sure that all the heating and air units are functioning, so we’ll put some money into that.” There’s still an issue with water intrusion in the lobby of the gym, Murphy said, so the foundation will be taking care of that as well. She described the frustration that comes with hitting an unexpected roadblock midway through a project, saying the board is grateful the grant will help overcome that. “You start out a project and you think, ‘Here’s what we see that needs to be done,’ and you map out the plan to do that, but when you get into it, you realize there’s a lot more to do than you realize,” Murphy said. “It’s a common thing, but it’s a frustrating thing. I’m really happy now we’ve got the means to move past that obstacle and get our plans accomplished.” The grant will help the foundation remove all mold from the activity center, remodel the activity center lobby and lobby
restrooms and begin preparations for the fitness center, gathering lounge and meeting rooms, Murphy said. All the credit for that, she said, goes to the Windgate Charitable Foundation. “They were supportive of the project, enthusiastic about Eureka and just wanted to find a path to make it happen,” Murphy said. “We’re really grateful. We feel so fortunate.” Murphy said she hopes the community matches the grant so the foundation can start working on the projects. “I think people are always looking for how they can help to make this happen,” Murphy said. “I know the community is disappointed as we were that we got stuck with this mold, but this will be able to take care of it. Once we do the fundraising, we’ll get this done and we’ll be able to get some facilities ready.” To contribute to the community center, visit www.EurekaSpringsCommunityCenter.org or send a check in the mail to P.O. Box 247, Eureka Springs, 72632.
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HI Art Guild displays local talent in annual art show By Kelby Newcomb CCNNews@cox-internet.com
The Holiday Island Art Guild assembled a local Louvre for its 29th Annual Art Show, inviting artists and guests to an “Evening in Paris.” The makeshift museum was held in the Holiday Island Country Club Ballroom from Thursday, Aug. 17, to Sunday, Aug. 20, giving residents the chance to tour the local talent on display. On Thursday evening, the Art Guild awarded prizes and ribbons for the following categories: 3-Dimension and Sculpture, Works on Canvass, Mixed Media, Works on Paper, Photography and Manipulated Photography. Art show chairperson Terry “Scottie” Scott welcomed everyone to the awards show, remarking on the ability of the art guild to create new friendships between artists. “This guild has been a great way for us to make friends and learn about this passion we have called ‘art,’” Scott said. “I learned we all have different tools: whether it be oil, a camera, wood or other materials. We follow our eyes and heart and create, hoping others enjoy it as much as we do.” She thanked all the artists, saying that the evening was a celebration of them and their talent. Scott then introduced special guest juror Gary Simmons, a nationally recognized pen and ink artist from Hot Springs. Simmons explained that the selection process for any art award is always going to be subjective. “Almost anybody who jurors gets to the point where they realize that any given day they might choose differently,” he said. “It’s a subjective process no matter what.” He said in choosing this year’s winners he tried to look for the following criteria: technical skill, composition, creativity and content. “Technical skill is about craft, presentation and execution. For composition, it’s about visual interest and consistency, pulling all of the parts together,” Simmons said. “Creativity is about insight, innova-
tion and sometimes courage. It’s a willingness to take a new look at something. And content is always a personal thing.” Ultimately, he said, any piece that “knocks you down” may be doing the most important thing. “Sometimes there are pieces where you may find a lot wrong technically, but you just love it,” Simmons said. Scott announced the winners for each category, and Simmons explained why he chose the pieces he did. First, second and third place were awarded for each category, as well as honorable mentions. First place winners received $150. Second place winners received $100, and third place winners received $50. Works on Paper The winners for Works on Paper were as follows: • First Place — Terry DuMontier • Second Place — Jim Sexton • Third Place — Jim Sexton • Honorable Mention — Ellen Dunn Photography The winners for Photography were as follows: • First Place — Stephen Shogren • Second Place — Ellen Dunn • Third Place — Stephen Shogren • Honorable Mention — Stephen Shogren and Terry “Scottie” Scott Simmons said he selected Shogren’s piece “Evening at Crystal Bridges” for first place because everything works in the piece. The colors presented in the photo, he said, really distinguish it. Mixed Media The winners for Mixed Media were as follows: • First Place — Pat Sweeden • Second Place — Mary Springer • Third Place — Mary Springer • Honorable Mention — Jay Vrecenak and Ellen Dunn Simmons said he chose Sweeden’s piece “Sue’s Idea” because of its creativity, its whimsy and how well done it was. The piece depicts a woman with pencils jutting out of her head, representing a barrage of ideas bursting forth.
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Holiday Island Art Show judge Gary Simmons gives a critique of each winning piece on Thursday, Aug. 17.
Manipulated Photography The winners for Manipulated Photography were as follows: • First Place — Ellen Dunn • Second Place — Sharon Schultz • Third Place — Ellen Dunn • Honorable Mention — Jay Vrecenak and Ellen Dunn Simmons said he chose Dunn’s piece “Solitude” for first place because of how she contrasted the colors in the manipulated photo with the large dark areas. “It’s easy when you’re doing these kinds of digital manipulations to do too much,” he said. “This piece works effectively. It has a really nice mystery to it and a lot of atmosphere. She didn’t work the top or bottom of the photo, and, by not doing that, the pattern really stands out.” Works on Canvas The winners for Works on Canvas were as follows: • First Place — Bob Logan • Second Place — Nigel Harty • Third Place — Jim Sexton • Honorable Mention — Jim Sexton and Betty Johnson 3-Dimension and Sculpture
The winners for 3-Dimension and Sculpture were as follows: • First Place — Bob Anastasi • Second Place — Sue Fox • Third Place — Sue Fox • Honorable Mention — Bob Anastasi Simmons said that he chose Anastasi’s piece “Vortex of Colors” for first place because it was an exquisite piece of craftsmanship. “First of all, this piece looks impossible,” he said. “I had to ask Bob how he did it, and I am blown away by the level of craftsmanship on display.”
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Aug. 24: Issues on Aging
The Issues on Aging Group will host a presentation on home safety as people age and are dealing with limited motor abilities at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, at the Eureka Springs First United Methodist Church. Everyone interested in this topic is welcome.
Aug. 25: Carroll County Fair Poultry Testing
Carroll County Fair and Livestock will test all poultry shown at the fair from noon to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, at the Carroll County Fairgrounds. Poultry will not be eligible for entry at the fair without a NPIP certificate, which will be issued at the time of testing. On the day of entry, the NPIP certificate must be presented at check-in. Waterfowl are exempt. For any questions or more information, email CarrollCountyFairgrounds.com or call Sherry Ream at the Carroll County Extension Office at 870-423-2958.
Aug. 25 through 27: VW Festival
the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks. There will be a variety of more than 400 new and vintage Volkswagens. The parade this year will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at the Inn of the Ozarks. The VW Festival is a proud sponsor of the Good Shepherd Humane Society, and pets will be available for adoption at the show. To register a Volkswagen for the show or for more information, visit EurekaSpringsVWShow. com.
Aug. 26: Recruit and Run 101 Seminar
The Democratic Party of Carroll County (DPCC) is sponsoring a “Recruit and Run 101 Seminar” at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at the Berryville Community Center. This workshop will answer your questions about running for public office. Anyone who has thought about serving on city council, quorum court court, school board, state legislature or any other elected office can learn more about the process at this workshop.
Aug. 27: EUUF Service
The 25th anniversary of the Eureka Springs VW Festival will be held from Friday, Aug. 25, through Sunday, Aug. 27, at
Join the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (EUUF) for the annual EUUF Potluck and Swim Picnic at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, at Wild Plum Cabins at 803 CR 317. The potluck dinner will begin at 5 p.m.
Aug. 28: Metafizzies Meeting
The Eureka Springs Metaphysical Society (Metafizzies) meeting will feature a discussion on “Real and Imagined Order” led by Gary Milczarek at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28, at the Heart of Many Ways at 68 Mountain St. All are welcome.
Aug. 30: Holiday Island Singers
The Holiday Island Singers will hold their first rehearsal at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, at the Holiday Island Country Club Ballroom. This year’s program is called “Joy to the World” and will be presented on Dec. 15 and 17. The rest of the rehearsals for the fall season will be from 1:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. every Wednesday. No tryouts are necessary, and there are practice CDs available to help learn parts.
Sept. 7: Issues on Aging
Amanda Jarvis, elder law attorney, will be presenting a program of legal gaining support needs, such as wills, trusts, powers of attorney, real estate transfers and other subjects people should know about as they age, at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, in the Eureka Springs First United Methodist Church fellowship hall. Everyone interest-
ed in this topic is welcome.
Sept. 9: 2nd Saturdays Eureka Springs
The next 2nd Saturdays Eureka Springs event will be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at 2006 CR 266 in Eureka Springs. The featured band will be The Boss Tweeds, which includes Mountainburg’s own Brad Birchfield and Jody Birchfield. Additionally, there will be music by Jack Bernard, Rick Charles, Patrick Medeiros and Bren Marshell. The food theme will be barbecue pulled pork sandwiches, and there will be a theme of Mountainburg Graduates. All graduates are encouraged to bring old annuals, uniforms and other Dragon keepsakes to share. Please remember to bring a food item to share, lawn chairs and an ice chest with beverages.
Sept. 16: Community Yard Sale
A Community Yard Sale sponsored by Carroll County 4-H will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Carroll County Fairgrounds. Booth space is $20, and admission is $1 per person. For more information and pre-registration for booths, call 870-423-2958.
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ere is an interesting natural product which crosses between the typical preJim Fain scribed medicines and yet is fully sourced from nutritional supplements. The prescription drug is named Metanx and can only be gotten from a medical doctor. However, it is made up of three nutritional supplements which can be bought cheaply from specialty supplement stores. The following is a cut and paste description of Metanx from Wikipedia online; “MetanX is a prescription medical food made by Pamlab that contains L-methylfolate (as Metafolin, a calcium salt of vitamin B9), methylcobalamin (vitamin B12) and pyridoxal 5’-phosphate (vitamin B6). It is a vitamin B supplement. Metanx is indicated for the dietary management of peripheral neuropathy.” It is important to note that no medical claims can be made from the use of methylfolate, methyl B12 and vitamin B6 when used in combination if bought from a supplement store. However, the prescribed drug that includes these three supplements is approved for medical use at reducing or lessening the pain of neuropathy. Neuropathy is a condition of the nerves that is very painful. Importantly, two of these B vitamins in supplement form have to be absorbed by melting a lozenge in the mouth (they taste good) and one has to be swallowed. Two of the three have to have the “methyl” prefix as well. The biggest difference I see between the supplements and the prescribed drug, is how many you take at a time as the prescribed puts it all in one pill. Likely, the supplements will be cheaper as you get 50-100 in each bottle. Of course, medical insurance plays a role in price, too. Nerve pain (neuropathy) can come from a number of ailments. Shingles, diabetes, low back injury (sciatica) or arthritis and even surgeries come to mind. The scientific/medical studies done on Metanx are very good and passed muster with the powers that be. This is a new addition to the pharmacy of natural supplements that have crossed into the world of conventional medicine. Some of the others are DHEA, vitamin D and vitamin B12. For so long, regular western medicine has fought against the use and value of nutritional supplements but now seem to be moving into embracing them. Times are changing ... I’m happy for that.
Wisecrack ZODIAC ARIES: Be careful thinking you’re a big fish in a small pond; you might actually be a brine shrimp that some cosmic kid bought through the mail. Enjoy your Mason jar and make sure you’re wearing arm floaties when he shakes you up. TAURUS: Staying positive isn’t that hard. All it takes is the right end of the battery. Get out of the house and recharge, because right now no one would get a tingle if they licked you. GEMINI: Go on an internal road trip to find your bliss this weekend. It might involve copious amounts of margaritas, Netflix, and a karaoke microphone so you can sing with “Mamma Mia” at the top of your lungs. CANCER: You’re not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but you’re the one everybody chooses to eat peanut butter off of while they’re standing in the kitchen at 2 a.m. So you have that going for you. LEO: Normally you march to the beat of your own drummer, but lately he’s been getting into the emo metal polka scene. Find a tuba player instead; they know all the good riffs. VIRGO: An opportunity lands on your lap this week. Act on it quickly and be professional; it’s there to work, not twerk, and it doesn’t care about the damp dollar bill in your hand. LIBRA: Forget the golden goose. What you really want is the duck with the winning lottery numbers. Hang around ponds and listen closely to any unusual quacking, but beware if they hop on your hood and demand a trip to Vegas. SCORPIO: Some bodies may be wonderlands, but yours is a forgotten city park in desperate need of renovation. Start a new exercise regimen, right after you kick all the raccoons out and find your shoes. SAGITTARIUS: You don’t have to explain yourself, although a laminated guide translating your moods and impromptu hand gestures would be welcome. Don’t tell anyone what the interpretive dance routines mean,
though. Sometimes it’s good to have a little mystery. CAPRICORN: You know the drill, but you’re unfamiliar with the hammer and you haven’t yet met the acquaintance of the stepladder. Take comfort in that on the days when you feel surrounded by complete tools. AQUARIUS: Nothing is forever, except for the expanse of space and the flow of emails from sketchy foreign
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princes wanting to increase your assets. Click and drag your bad situation to the spam folder, and the Universe will delete it for you. PISCES: All great journeys start with a single step, but you’re way beyond that, limping on some forgotten path and wishing you brought orthopedic socks. Keep your ears open, because a solar-powered scooter may give you a lift on Thursday.
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TRANSITION
Dean L. Arbuckle
March 3, 1940 – July 31, 2017
Dean L. Arbuckle was born in Waterloo, Iowa, on March 3, 1940. He departed this life on July 31, 2017. Dean lived most of his life in the LaPorte City, Iowa, area until moving to Eureka Springs nine years ago. He retired from the John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works. He was a member of the Lone Star Bible Chapel of Eureka. Dean was preceded in death by his parents, Jesse (Bill) Arbuckle and Mary (Boots) Arbuckle; a sister and brotherin-law, Patricia and Stan Haefner; two brothers, Delbert and James and a nephew, Steve Arbuckle. Dean is survived by his loving wife,
Marilyn; a daughter, Wendy Gassman (James) of Dyersville, Iowa; three sons, Rich (Sujen) of Eureka Springs, Randy (Carie) of Cape Girardeau, Mo. and Marty (Heather) Arbuckle of Canton, Ga. There are 11 grandchildren, one step great grandson and one great grandson due in October. There are many nieces, nephews and friends. Dean was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather and friend to all who knew him. He is at peace now with his Lord. We will miss him. There will be no services at this time. At a later date, there will be a family gathering to scatter his ashes.
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nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy,” Rushing said. “Last year alone, we admitted about 350 patients for the year. We’re probably on pace to be over that this year.” In other business, treasurer Robert Walling presented the financial report. Walling said the commission had $2,750,000 at the end of July between CDs and cash, with $129,000 in cash. The audit for 2016 is complete, Walling said, and revealed that the commission ended the year with $2,618,000. The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, at the ECHO Clinic.
report. 9:05 p.m. — A male caller advised Carroll County Dispatch that a female subject would not leave his property. When he called 911, she left. Dispatch advised him to call back if she returns and advised officers of the situation. 9:34 p.m. — A caller requested officer assistance after a female was asked the leave his residence. An officer responded and resolved the situation. 10:53 p.m. — Officers responded to the report of juveniles drinking by the library on Spring Street. A female juvenile was detained for the Department of Human Services.
Aug. 20 1:20 a.m. — An officer responded to an area motel to remove some guests that were being loud and would not comply with the manager. 2:00 a.m. — An officer responded to an alarm at an ares business. All was well. 9:26 a.m. — A caller advised of a suspicious vehicle parked along the side of an area business. Officers responded and made contact with the driver. The subject was arrested for a warrant out of Berryville, and the vehicle was towed. 7:51 p.m. — A caller advised of a suspicious male frequently walking by the business she worked at and looking at employees’ vehicles. An officer responded and spoke to the manager about the situation.
Charlottesville, who voted 80 percent for Hillary, planned to remove its statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The KKK, Neo-Nazis, and ‘Unite the Right’ budding Fascists decked themselves in white sheets and black uniforms with KKK badges carrying black flags, shouted “Blood and Soil.” Some Southern cities are removing vestiges of slavery and the Confederacy such as statues glorifying Generals and Presidents who benefited from slavery and from slaughtering Native Americans. White supremacists see this as a slight against their historic way of life. President Cheatolini talks about love --
while denying trans folk their human rights; while refusing to call out racists, white supremacists and anti-Semitic “alt-right” supporters; while creating a mean and hatefilled “Immigration Bill;” and, while playing with nuclear bombs and threatening another crazy man and the whole Pacific Rim with destruction! One “tweeter” said Charlottesville would have happened anyway and we couldn’t blame him. Yes, we can blame an egotistical, money-grubbing, arrogant and incompetent man whose only admirers are Putin, white supremacists and willingly ignorant voters. — TRELLA LAUGHLIN
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On Aug. 12, peaceful anti-racists who were opposing the KKK glorification march in Charlotesville, VA, were attacked by a car-as-bomb. Twenty people were hurt and one person was killed. President Cheatolini commented at his press conference: “…we condemn...violence ... on many sides, on many sides...It has been going on for a long time in our country... for a long, long time.” He never said the words: racists, KKK or white supremacists.
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