Lovely County Citizen Oct. 5, 2017

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Chamber donates to ECHO Clinic Page 5 n New mobile app for Eureka Springs App available on Apple, to be released on Google in January Page 3

n CAPC focusing on digital ads in 2018 Maloney proposes increasing digital budget to $125,000 Page 4

n Good Shepherd making a change Thrift stores now called Humane Society Gift Stores Page 11

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DISPATCH Desk

Sept. 25 6:55 a.m. — Callers advised of noise complaints on neighbors who were being loud. An officer made contact with the parties, and the situation was resolved.

7:32 a.m. — A caller reported that his wallet was missing and had possibly been stolen.

2:25 p.m. — A caller advised of a dog in a black truck parked in front of an area business. The animal control officer responded to the area, but the vehicle was gone on arrival.

9:53 p.m. — An officer responded to a report of a loud party and checked the area. The officer did not hear or see any signs of a loud party.

Sept. 26 1:35 p.m. — A subject was taken into custody for a felony warrant out of Carroll County.

1:47 p.m. — A caller advised that a vending machine had been broken into at the Park and Ride lot on Planer Hill. An officer responded for a report.

2:03 p.m. — A property owner advised a window had been completely torn out and someone was living in the property. He requested an officer to search the building and remove the property of the squatter.

Sept. 27 11:51 a.m. — The phone company came in to report damage to lines at various residences. Information was taken for a report.

4:43 p.m. — An officer responded to Upper Spring Street for suspicious circumstances involving an animal.

Sept. 28 9:33 a.m. — A caller advised of a vehicle that had been abandoned on the street. He advised it had been there at least a week and did not belong to any of the residents on the street. An officer checked the vehicle and red-tagged it to be moved.

12:38 p.m. — A caller advised of a male subject standing on the side of the road who appeared to be ill. EMS was asked to do a welfare check but could not locate the subject in the area. Officers checked the area but could not locate the

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subject either.

2:01 p.m. — Carroll County Dispatch advised of a call from a property owner complaining that the neighbor was attempting to have someone change their landscape. An officer responded to resolve the dispute.

3:57 p.m. — Carroll County Sheriff’s Office advised that an off-duty officer in Berryville witnessed a red pickup go through a red light and pass a school bus full of kids. Dispatch advised that the pickup was headed toward Eureka Springs. An officer watched for the vehicle and issued the driver a warning.

5:15 p.m. — An officer responded and put a red tag on a vehicle that had been abandoned on Benton Street.

5:25 p.m. — An officer responded to a disturbance behind an area business.

8:55 p.m. — An officer responded to an area hotel for a theft report.

Sept. 29 12:16 p.m. — A caller advised of a beige Mercedes parked in the loading zone since the previous day. An officer cited the vehicle for the loading zone time limit and red-tagged it for towing if it was not moved within 24 hours.

4:58 p.m. — A caller advised of a concerning text from a friend. An officer made contact with the friend, and she advised she was OK, just irritable. Sounds like us, every day.

5:54 p.m. — A caller advised of three juveniles pouring something in a broken window at a property in town. He advised they took off when he attempted contact to see what they were doing. He advised there were two males and a female, all with coal-black hair. Officers checked the area but were unable to locate the subjects. Not just black hair, mind you – coal black. That’s an important detail.

9:54 p.m. — Officers responded to a report of a possible intoxicated male but were unable to locate him. If you can’t find a drunk guy in Eureka Springs, you might not be looking hard enough.

Sept. 30 1:25 a.m. — A traffic stop resulted in the arrest of a subject for driving while intoxicated and speeding.

See Dispatch, page 18

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All about the app

New mobile application available on Apple platform

By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

It came to Chip Ford in a dream.

“I woke up on morning at about 3 in the morning from a dream about this app in Eureka Springs,” Ford said. “It was like suddenly everything downloaded in my head. I got a pad and paper and started sketching.”

Today, the Eureka Springs App is available on the Apple platform and has more than 2,000 downloads. Ford cut a deal with the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission this year, receiving $40,000 to launch the app on both Apple and Google platforms for free. The app will be coming out on the Google platform sometime in January, Ford said.

“We’re wrapping up the coding on the Google side and should be done with that really soon,” Ford said. “We’ll just wait until the next fiscal year to launch.”

Why not launch both at the same time?

With any project like this, Ford said, there will be problems in the beginning.

He said releasing it on one platform first saves time and money when it comes to fixing those problems.

“When we launched the Apple version, we got user feedback that the download times were horrible. We had to do a big system update,” Ford said. “If we

had launched both at the same time, that would have taken twice as much money and twice as much manpower, because we would have been repairing two platforms instead of one.”

Ford chose to launch on Apple first, he said, after looking over the CAPC’s data.

There are more Google devices in operation nationwide, Ford said, but there are more Apple devices in Eureka Springs.

“The only real complication that we needed to resolve was how to get this information in a user’s hands in a small amount of time,” Ford said. “That was the big one and the only one that mattered.”

The app has information on everything related to Eureka Springs, Ford said, from dining to lodging to night life. If an event is canceled or changed at the last minute, he said, that will be reflected on the app.

“The platform we had was very liquid.

I could change the content at the drop of a hat and make it live across all devices,” Ford said. “If you were on your phone right now and realized there was an event that got canceled, I could make that change in 50 seconds or less.”

CAPC director Mike Maloney said that’s exactly why the CAPC wanted to support the app. The city already has a mobile application, Maloney said, but it’s not nearly as comprehensive as Ford’s app.

“The application we initially built was four different levels of engagement with dining, lodging activities and events,” Maloney said. “However, it doesn’t give you the in-depth information Chip Ford put into this new application. His app is designed to give you really everything you need to know about Eureka Springs.”

It’s not just for tourists, Maloney said.

“It can be used by people who live in town,” Maloney said. “It can give you information about City Hall and marriage licenses. It gives you more in-depth information about the trail system.”

After making such a big financial investment in the app, Maloney said, the CAPC is rolling out a marketing plan to get as many downloads as possible. The line “Be sure to download the new Eureka Springs app” will appear at the end of all marketing material, Maloney said, including radio ads, print ads and TV spots. The CAPC has ordered kiosks to display the mobile app at all three transit stations in town, he said, as well as the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce.

“As we cross into 2018, we’ll identify new places to put the kiosks,” Maloney said. “What I’m hoping is we start with this four and find another four next year.

We need to figure out where those places are going to be.”

Ford will be taking table tents to restau-

rants and lodging properties, Maloney said, to help market the app even more.

So far, Maloney said, he’s heard nothing but good things about the app.

“The response has been good. We haven’t had anybody say, ‘I don’t like it,’ ” Maloney said. “Chip’s still adding a lot of content as it becomes available. He’s putting a lot of information on it.”

Ford described the criteria for information placed on the app, saying everything has to make sense for Eureka Springs.

That’s a lot of information, he said.

“The mission is to take everything we have in Eureka and put it into one place,” Ford said. “We can override Google maps and steer them accurately to their location. It’s about taking everything I photographed and heard for 10 years and being able to share that with tourists and locals.”

The app looks much different from the way it did in his dream, Ford added.

“The first quote I got back was more than I’ll ever make in my lifetime to create what was in my head,” he said. “What you’re seeing today is the process of having this cool idea just come to you and having to put that idea into reality. It’s not exactly how it was, but the mission behind it is the same.”

For more information about the app, contact Ford at eurekaspringsapp@ gmail.com or 479-244-5303.

ECHO Thrift Store seeking more volunteers for holiday season

By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

The Eureka Christian Health Outreach (ECHO) Thrift Store needs a little help.

Thrift store manager Danyelle Harris reported last week that the store needs more volunteers to help get the store ready for the holidays. The store has paid staff, Harris said, but that’s not nearly enough manpower to do everything that needs to be done.

“It’s a slim staff to be able to man the back door and the cash register and

to just process the clothing, process the electronics to make sure they are tested and functioning to sell with some integrity,” Harris said. “It all takes time, but we can’t get paid staff to do those things without interruption, and so it takes forever to complete the processing.”

The store can’t function without volunteers, Harris said. She described everything volunteers do, saying they sort and steam clothes, put items on the racks and shelves, help people dropping items off and get the seasonal sec-

tions ready.

“Now we’re in the season transition and we’re going into the busy holiday season. That brings the heavy coats and the windbreakers and the sweaters,” Harris said. “So we have to do a lot of transition on the floor with the different racks. Well, that takes time. It takes more than one or two people to do that.”

She would love to have volunteers who could help put out seasonal decor, Harris said.The store has a Christmas section, Harris said, but she hasn’t had

enough volunteers or time to fill that out.

“It’s not for lack of stock. I have a closet of Christmas decor, but I need volunteers that will come and go, ‘I would love to help you with Christmas stuff,’ ” Harris said.

The store usually displays its Christmas trees outside the front door, Harris said, so people will know they can purchase holiday items there.

“We like to show them off like a forest and to be able to put together See ECHO, page 18

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The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission is changing the way marketing dollars are spent to promote the city.

At the commission’s workshop Wednesday, Sept. 27, CAPC director Mike Maloney reported that the commission’s 2018 budget would show an increase in digital marketing. Maloney pointed to the state of Arkansas’ $18 million marketing budget, saying the state is allocating 45 percent to television, 32.3 percent to digital, 13.3 percent to magazines, 4.3 percent to radio, 2.9 percent to billboard advertising and 1.9 percent to newspapers.

“If you put the combination of magazines and newspapers together, it’s just not quite pushing 15 percent,” Maloney said. “Well, several years ago, print was almost 50 percent of their ad budget. They bought a lot of print, and they bought a lot of print all over the Mid-South and Southwest.”

He added, “What you’re seeing now is TV and digital basically occupying 75 percent of their budget. That’s a pretty significant change we would not have seen even four years ago.”

The reason the state is spending 45 percent of its marketing budget on television, Maloney said, is because that medium allows people to understand what it would be like to visit Arkansas.

“They see that TV is a really viable medium for spreading the word of what the state of Arkansas looks like. They break that out into two components, broadcast and cable,” Maloney said. “That’s what we do.”

Cable is a good medium for the commission, Maloney said, to get the word out about Eureka Springs.

“It gives us the opportunity to be in some mediums where it’s too expensive to buy broadcast advertising,” he said.

The commission will be following in the state’s footsteps, Maloney continued, when it comes to the budget for 2018. Maloney recalled when the commission spent

$50,000 on digital marketing in 2016, saying that number rose to $100,000 in 2017.

“Digital has changed everything. Five years ago, we were not nearly at the same level we are today,” Maloney said. “I’m recommending that we increase our ad budget to $125,000 in 2018. That would push us up to 17 percent.”

Maloney recommended dropping print advertising from $100,000 to $85,000, which would make it around 14 percent of the total marketing budget.

“This is pretty much in line with the state’s 15.2 percent, but I think we need to look at that more carefully and use magazines to really be more effective in niche marketing,” Maloney said.

He said the commission will be working with the state on some print marketing, running ads in magazines like Gun and Garden, Midwest Living, Oklahoma Magazine and Southern Living.

“These are big magazines. They carry a lot of weight, and they give us a great audience,” Maloney said. “We need to be efficient with these print buys.”

Television is still the best way to bring people to town, he added.

“We’ve got great components with our visuals. This is a very distinct city,” Maloney said. “It’s a beautiful city and TV really lets it shine.”

Commissioner Terry McClung asked if that meant print ads would focus on specific events, and Maloney said it did.

“As opposed to just general ads, if we want to advertise a show … I think that’s fair,” Maloney said.

Commissioner Susan Harman asked how Maloney identifies magazines to advertise in.

“Do you know what the most popular magazines are by region?” Harman asked.

“Yes,” Maloney said. “The thing I like about partnering with Arkansas tourism on these is they do go for the biggest circulation they can find in these markets.

They’ll take a full-page ad in Garden and Gun, which is about $75,000, and we’ll have our ad next to it while we’re only paying $4,000 or $5,000.”

The proposed 2018 budget reflects the 2017 budget, Maloney said, with no major increases or decreases.

“It’s actually flat,” Maloney said.

Charles Mowrey, who owns businesses in town, asked why the commission is spending a small percent on digital marketing compared to the state.

“Just for your digital marketing, I spend more than 10 percent of your budget on my businesses,” Mowrey said. “I personally think that number is really low.”

Maloney said the commission is working on re-targeting potential visitors, saying he keeps what the state is doing in mind.

“There’s a couple of things we’re looking at for 2018 that I think will be effective,” Maloney said.

In other business, Damon Henke asked how the Eureka Jazz Weekend went this year. Events coordinator Andy Green said the event was a success.

“It went really well. We had quality musicians from the East Coast and the Midwest,” Green said. “I thought we had a great response.”

Green described Veronica Swift’s performance at Upstairs at the Grotto, saying that part of the weekend went very well.

Of 100 tickets available, Green said, 65 were sold and 16 were comped.

“I thought it was a really good experiment. I’d rather experiment in a smaller space and have it be full than try to figure out how to fill The Auditorium,” Green said. “We know we brought some visitors to town, because a good portion of the audience was not locals.”

The commission moved on to hear from commissioner Carol Wright about a film showing during Diversity Weekend. Wright said she has spoken with filmmaker David France about showing the documentary The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson. Johnson was a trans woman who became an important face to LGBTQ community in New York City in the 1960s, Wright said.

“It’s something I think would be of See CAPC, page 23

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Chamber’s Antique Auto Festival benefits ECHO Clinic

By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

You could call the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce’s 47th annual Antique Auto Festival a win-win.

It brought more than 400 classic rides to town Sept. 8-9, while raising money for Eureka Christian Health Outreach (ECHO) Clinic.

On Wednesday, Sept. 27, the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce presented ECHO with a check for $2,561.

Chamber president Paul Miller said he was honored to donate the money to a nonprofit with such strong local ties.

“It’s a great amount for any nonprofit. Our volunteer group decided to have ECHO be the beneficiary this year, and I think it was great,” Miller said. “We’d like to continue to do more of that with all our events if it’s financially possible.

It just shows we’re trying to give back to our community and help where we can.”

Volunteer coordinator Morris Dillow, who helped choose the nonprofit, said ECHO was always his first choice.

“We agreed they do the most good around here, and they probably contribute more to more people than some of the smaller nonprofits,” Dillow said. “Plus, they’ve been nationally known. They were on 20/20. They were on 60 Minutes.

People recognize that name when they see that’s the charity you’re giving to.”

ECHO’s board of directors knew they’d be receiving money from the festival, Miller said, but they didn’t know how much until the check presentation last week.

“It was a surprise for them,” Miller said, describing how it felt to donate the money to ECHO. “It’s phenomenal.”

“They were ecstatic,” Dillow added.

“They couldn’t believe how much the check was.”

Both ECHO and the chamber recently donated supplies to hurricane victims.

Miller said it makes sense for the two groups to work together.

“It’s always good to feel like you’re giving back to a deserving cause, and it’s noticeable when people are giving back,” Miller said. “This relationship started before that, but ECHO continues to give

even as they struggle as a nonprofit. They seem to always come up with the money.

It’s nice to be able to give them some relief.”

Danyelle Harris, manager of the ECHO Thrift Store, said she felt comforted to hear about the donation. ECHO has been in operation for 11 or 12 years, Harris said, and is no longer in the honeymoon stage.

“Sometimes, support is really heavy on the front end in those first few years, then everybody kind of gets used to it and forgets,” Harris said. “To have a check of that magnitude with local recognition and local support … oh my word, it was a shot in the arm for us. It showed us that we are still valued.”

She continued, “We are all in this together. I know we get the tangible goods.

Our community does not let up on that.

We’ve got clothing and knick knacks and all that, but to have the money to be able to go toward the medical supplies directly and immediately … that is awesome. It’s wonderful, absolutely wonderful.”

She’s not sure how the money will be used yet, Harris said, but it will certainly help the community.

“It most definitely will be allocated to a community need,” Harris said. “The collaboration and the cooperation with the chamber and the car show … I just love the community connection. I love the community cooperation.”

Dillow said he hopes the festival will be even more successful next year, saying he’s working with the chamber on smoothing out some problems from this year. The festival could double in size, Dillow said, but that doesn’t mean the nonprofit donation would double.

“When you double in size, you have to double the expense,” Dillow said. “These guys don’t work for free, and we can’t say we’re going to give so much until the bottom line comes in. We don’t know how our sponsorships are going to go.”

“We do want to see that donation continue to grow as the event grows,” Miller said. “The expenses will always increase, but we always like to maintain some percentage split between that nonprofit and the chamber.”

Photo by Tavi Ellis

The Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce presents a check for $2,561 to the ECHO Clinic on Wednesday, Sept. 27. From left to right are ECHO board president Steve Roberson, ECHO founders Dan and Suzie Bell, ECHO director of nursing Diane Weems, ECHO clinic director Janet Arnett, ECHO volunteer organizer Eric Studer, chamber event coordinator Jessica Wheeless, ECHO volunteer organizer Jonathan Teigen, ECHO volunteer organizer Morris Dillow, chamber president Paul Miller and chamber communications director Holly White.

In three years, Dillow said, the festival will have its 50th anniversary. This year, he said, some car clubs sent three or four cars to get a feel for the festival. Those clubs have agreed to send the full group next year, Dillow said, with more than 100 cars.

“We hope to be one of the foremost Mid-South car shows,” Dillow said.

“That’s the goal.”

The festival is improving, Miller said, despite some of its problems this year.

“Being able to give ECHO the check just shows the progress we’re making on the event as a whole,” Miller said.

“After the show, we were getting verbal agreements from some of the participants saying they’re going to commit more participation. We’re excited. Hopefully that builds.”

He continued, “We want to make sure that when we’re doing chamber events, we feel like we’re benefiting the entire community. Not only did ECHO see the benefit of the car show this year, but our businesses saw the benefit of it, too. I think we’re heading on the right track … or, in this case, down the right road.”

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Coincidence?

In the book I’m reading that takes place during WWII, I read that Hitler was credited for Germany’s “Economic Miracle.” At the same time, I’m hearing on TV that Trump’s tax plan will be a “Middle Class Miracle.”

So I Google Hitler’s miracle and see that it was essentially a slight-of-hand card trick prior to WWII involving removing people from the unemployment ranks — illegal for Jews to work, Germans taking the Jewish people’s jobs, German housewives stay at home to raise children. In addition Germans have to serve in the military before being allowed to go to college, military spending is greatly increased so steel and coal factories ramp up, and there’s an increased production of some household goods, such as refrigerators, so people feel good.

I also see online many modern Nazi/ Fascism posts about how great Hitler’s miracle was and that we should learn

from it.

Do you suppose Trump has been taking Fascism advice and came up with the “Middle Class Miracle?” I don’t much believe in coincidences these days.

— Mary Nestvedt

Calling all lawmakers

Since you seem to be unable or unwilling to get the required response to Puerto Rico, I would like to request that my Republican representatives to please fly immediately to Puerto Rico at taxpayer expense and do something about the President’s feeble response to the desperate needs of over 3 million Americans. Maybe you could call him for help. This time the blame is on you. You know that Trump is incapable of handling anything that doesn’t promote his own self-interest. And please don’t come back until everything there is back to normal. You know, widespread poverty and incompetence in government.

— Mark Eastburn

Citizen of the Week D Rude is this week’s Citizen of the Week. Rude was nominated

by Barb Weems-Mourglia of The Purple Flower Domestic Violence Resource Center. Rude printed copies of The Purple Flower’s current needs at the UPS store, then took one to Walmart and bought one of everything on the list. “D is a true community hero!” Weems-Mourglia said. “Always quietly looking for ways to make a difference and serve others.”

To nominate somebody for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor.Eureka@ gmail.com.

Cemetery commission outlines priorities, goals at workshop

By Kelby Newcomb CCNNews@cox-internet.com

The Eureka Springs Cemetery Commission met for a workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 27, digging into the goals and priorities of the cemetery.

The top three priorities identified were marking available graves throughout the cemetery, looking into an area for cremains burials and replacing the cemetery’s zero turn mower.

Cemetery superintendent and commission chairwoman Susan Tharp said that she would like to see more rhyme and reason when mapping blocks in the cemetery. She said she would like the commissioners to say what information they want to see from cemetery sexton Gloria Stevens and head groundskeeper Pat Lujan after they have finished mapping a block.

“I’d like to see one block designated, worked on and finished,” Tharp said.

“That way we can go out and make sure our maps are up to date and the sections are blocked off.”

Commissioner Luther “L.B.” Wil-

son said he would like to see a map of the blocks showing where the available graves are.

“I don’t need to see all 50 lots in a block, just what’s available,” he said.

Tharp said detailed maps of the cemetery blocks would help her from a budgeting standpoint.

“This is something we need to know going into next year,” she said. “It will help us look at viability and how soon we have to start accumulating money for opening new sections or terracing.”

Lujan said he would set up a day with Stevens every other week to work on blocking off available grave sites.

“We’ll update you guys as we go. I’ll bring you guys new maps of the areas that are marked off,” he said.

Stevens said she would like the commission to look into designating an area of the cemetery for the burial of cremains, a person’s cremated remains.

“There are two great spots in the cemetery,” she said. “We would need to mark them off into four foot by four foot See Workshop, page 23

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What do

think

Citizen Opinion by Cindy Worley

Do you think we should ban assault weapons in the United States?

Kurtz Miller

“Scrimshaw Man”

Fernando Castelan

Howard Butler

Niraj Chauhan

Dakota Rice

Probably. I don’t like those. People are too much out of control.

I don’t have a problem with them but only the military needs them.

No, it cannot be “Fernando” enforced.

I don’t know.

Christopher D’Andrea “Christopher”

No, I would not go so far as to ban them.

“Niraj”

“Howard”

If we take away the guns, we will beat each other with sticks, then rocks.

“Sprinks”

Citizen Survey

Do you think we should ban assault weapons in the United States?

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From the EDITOR

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Enough

t least 50 people dead. More than 500 injured. That’s the news most of us woke up to on Monday morning after a gunman opened fire on concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas Sunday night. In many ways, it’s the same story we hear every time a crazy person kills a bunch of people with a gun.

We heard it when Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris killed 12 of their classmates and one teacher at Columbine in 1999, when Seung-Hui Cho murdered 32 students and faculty at Virginia Tech University in 2007, when Adam Lanza killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 and when Omar Mateen slaughtered 49 people at a gay nightclub in Florida last year. At the time, the nightclub shooting was the worst mass shooting in American history.

That’s not true after the shooting in Las Vegas, where Stephen Paddock shot at country music fans from a 32nd-floor window at the Mandalay Bay Hotel. Many of the victims ducked to the floor during the shooting, unaware the shots were coming from above. They were trying to protect themselves, but there’s really no way to protect yourself during something like that. You can only hope to be one of the lucky ones who survives.

It might upset some of you to see the details of the shooting. You might think I’m sensationalizing the event by writing about it in this way. But I don’t relish retelling how the shooting happened.

I don’t want to think about it. If it were up to me, we’d live in a country where mass shootings aren’t as common as hurricane season. Then none of us would ever have to think about it.

Unfortunately, we’ve experienced so many mass shootings that many Americans are desensitized to the senseless violence. That’s why I’m sharing these details today. The details make the shooting real. The details make the situation exactly as horrific as it is. We all need to know the details, because that’s what leads to a call for action. More

than anything, we need a call to action on this issue.

Mass shootings happen frequently in our country, but it’s still easy to keep going if you don’t have any connection to the event. We can pretend it’s OK so long as it isn’t happening to us. I am done pretending everything is fine. I am angry … angry that we’ve lost more than 50 fellow citizens for no good reason and fearful that this tragedy won’t be enough to inspire change in our government and its people.

Samantha Jones What could possibly change to prevent something like this from happening in the future? Some of you believe this will continue to happen with or without meaningful gun control legislation. “It’s a people problem, not a gun problem,” you’ll say.

Well, it’s not that simple. It’s a people problem and a gun problem all rolled into one, and it’s not going to stop until our attitudes change and our lawmakers put that change into action. We need to take care of our fellow citizens. We need to understand the importance of mental health and lobby for better mental health services across the board.

At the same time, we need to find some way to prevent unstable people from getting guns.

Though it’s not simple to fix, it is important that we try to do it. I can remember every mass shooting that’s happened since I’ve been alive, and I remember thinking that would be the one to change things. Is this the one?

Is it enough?

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Former Benton County sheriff Kelley Cradduck won’t be joining the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office after all.

The CCSO had confirmed on Thursday, Sept. 28, that Cradduck had been offered a position as a patrol sergeant, but Carroll County Sheriff Randy Mayfield issued a press release Friday afternoon saying that he and Cradduck agreed not to move forward.

“He and I spoke earlier today, and we both agree that it is in the best interest of all that he not be a deputy with the CCSO,” Mayfield said in the press release.

Mayfield’s announcement came after Carroll County Prosecuting Attorney Tony Rogers sent the sheriff a letter sharply criticizing the initial decision to hire Cradduck.

“I never imagined that I would be writing to give this particular piece of advice, but I feel it is incumbent upon me to state to you the obvious: hiring individuals who are charged with enforcing the law and who themselves have criminal history is bad practice,” Rogers wrote. “At the very least it is certainly a disservice to the citizens of this county who depend on you to protect and to serve.”

Cradduck, 46, resigned as sheriff of Benton County in April 2016, the same month in which he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor tampering charge.

Cradduck was sentenced to six months of unsupervised probation and ordered to pay $670 in court costs.

Cradduck’s no-contest plea was part

of an agreement with prosecutors, who dropped a felony charge of tampering with public documents.

Cradduck was accused of ordering employees in the sheriff’s office to alter payroll records. The felony charge also involved paperwork related to an employee in the county jail.

The misdeCradduck meanor conviction was later expunged, but Rogers said in his letter to Mayfield that Cradduck’s involvement in any case would make the case more difficult to prosecute. Rogers said the prosecutor’s office would be compelled to disclose Cradduck’s conviction to opposing counsel, regardless of the expungement.

“Being that you are apparently hiring Cradduck in a supervisory position, any case in which he operates as a supervisor will likewise be damaged,” Rogers’ letter says. “Furthermore, the presence of Cradduck in any position in the Sheriff’s Office damages the reputation and credibility of the officers who may have impeccable pasts and qualifications; I have trouble understanding why you would ever damage your other officers and the people of this county in such a way. Should you allow Cradduck to be involved in any case in any capacity, you are knowingly preventing proper prosecution of that offense from the outset.

This matter will be taken most seriously

by this office.”

Rogers said by telephone Friday that the sheriff’s office didn’t contact him before extending a job offer to Cradduck.

“There’s no consultation with our office about the impact on criminal cases down the road,” he said. “I’m just concerned that this hire was made completely unvetted. I’ll leave it at that.”

In his press release, Mayfield noted that Cradduck’s conviction was expunged and pointed to his experience as a law enforcement officer. The Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training voted 4-3 on Aug. 31 to allow Cradduck to keep his certification as a law enforcement officer in Arkansas.

“Mr. Cradduck has a wealth of experience as a law enforcement supervisor and administrator,” Mayfield said in his press release. “It has been well reported in the media that prior to losing his primary race for sheriff, he pled no contest, and received probation for a misdemeanor charge of tampering. That charge has since been expunged from his record. As a matter of law, an expungement means that such conduct never occurred. Based upon Mr. Cradduck’s experience and clear criminal and driving record, I offered Mr. Cradduck the patrol sergeant position in CCSO. Many have since expressed their concern about Mr. Cradduck serving with the CCSO. I have heard and respect these concerns, as has Mr. Cradduck.”

CCSO Chief Deputy Maj. George Frye said Monday that Cradduck will not be employed by the sheriff’s office in any capacity.

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Planning considers changes to wedding and event definitions

By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

The Eureka Springs Planning Commission is powering through code changes.

On Tuesday, Sept. 26, commissioner Doug Breitling presented the final draft of his proposed changes to the wedding and event definitions. These proposed changes include adding lawns and gardens to the areas where ceremonies and festivities are allowed to be held and changing the quiet time for these events to 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. Breitling said he didn’t want to include those changes in the packet being sent to the Eureka Springs City Council for approval just yet.

“I don’t think we want to confuse the package we have going to council with anything new, because we’ve had two workshops with them on that group of things,” Breitling said. “Let’s get that group of things through and then start putting together another group of things so that we kind of keep everything separate and trackable.”

The commission agreed and moved on to discuss the 180-day rule, which says a property loses its conditional use permit if the owner doesn’t pay taxes for 180 days. Commissioner Woodrow Acord on Sept. 12 suggested changing the start date of the 180 days to the date the taxes were due, and commissioner Susan Harman said she spoke with CAPC finance director Rick Bright about it on Sept. 26.

“I talked to Rick and he said, ‘Yeah, that would be great,’ ” Harman said.

“That does make more sense. Somebody could be 60 or 90 days in and then make a payment and the 180 days starts again.

It would make it easier to start from the due date.”

Acord presented information from the Mayor’s Task Force on Economic Development and said he’d like the commission to look over that information over the next two weeks.

“There’s a lot of information in these two documents and I would ask that we discuss this at our next meeting after we’ve had a chance to review this,” Acord said. “I would also like the permission to invite Sandy Martin, the chair of the task force, to come visit with us.”

Chairwoman Melissa Greene said she that would be great, and city preservation officer Glenna Booth suggested waiting a month before bringing Martin in. The commission has a hearing at its next meeting, Booth said, that might take a while.

“Do you still want to have a guest for the strategic planning discussion?” Booth said. “Do you think time will be sufficient to do both? I don’t want to short it.”

Acord said he’d like to wait on it, and the commission agreed to do so.

The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the Auditorium.

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Connect 4 board approves job description, salary guidelines for director

By Kelby Newcomb CCNNews@cox-internet.com

The Connect 4 Board voted at its first meeting Wednesday to approve the job description and salary guidelines for the director.

The Connect 4 program will offer junior and senior students from the Berryville, Eureka Springs and Green Forest school districts the opportunity to pursue a technical education during the school day. The program will be housed in the Carroll County Career Center, formerly the Berryville Readiness Center, and will focus on industrial maintenance, providing students with a cross-curricular background in different trades.

The newly formed Connect 4 Board features seven voting members: the superintendent and a board member from each of the three school districts and an industry representative as the seventh member.

Superintendent Matt Summers and board president Bud Phillips are representing the Green Forest School District. Superintendent Owen Powell and board member Chad Wil-

son are representing the Berryville School District. Superintendent Bryan Pruitt and board member Al Larson are representing the Eureka Springs School District.

Rodney Ellis, technical education liaison and trainer for Tyson Foods, was selected as the seventh board member.

“Since Tyson stepped up first, we felt that Rodney would be a good choice,” Summers said.

Ellis was unable to attend the meeting Wednesday, so Mike Armstrong served as Tyson Foods’ representative in his place.

Chris Claybaker, economic development director for the city of Berryville, also attended the meeting.

Summers handed out the job description for the Connect 4 director to the board members, allowing them to read over the instructor preferences, specific job duties and requirements and the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

“This is the job description that Mike Rogers and Rodney had used for the Siloam Springs career center,” Summers said. “We

looked at how it fits our needs, and we feel like it’s exactly what we’re looking for.”

He said he believed the board needed to begin advertising the job description in October, set a deadline for applications some time in November and begin interviewing in December. The goal, he said, is to have a director hired before January.

“I think we need to start advertising as quickly as we can and start taking applications,” Powell said. “We probably need to start having discussions and interviewing at least in late October or early November.”

Phillips asked what kind of salary the director would be offered. Summers said the school districts had discussed a salary similar to that of a principal.

“We’ve been visiting with an attorney about that, and we’re still unclear exactly what it would be because all of our pay scales are different,” he said. “Do we want to take the middle of the road or the high end?”

Each school district is prepared for about $100,000 in salaries, Summers said, with the director making approximately $75,000 and the secretary, who will be hired in the spring, making approximately $25,000. The districts would split the cost three ways, he said.

“The director position would be a 240day contract. In essence, it’s a year-round position,” he said. “For the secretary, we discussed a 190-day contract. Students attend for 178 days, so the secretary would work a week before and a week after that period or two weeks before.”

The secretary will not be hired until spring of 2018, Summers said, and the board plans to have the director heavily involved in that hiring process.

“We discussed with legal taking the three principal salaries from each district, totaling them up and dividing it by three for the director’s salary,” Powell said. “It will wind up right around $73,000 to $75,000.”

The board voted to have the Connect 4 director’s salary be the average of the three school district’s principal salaries.

Larson asked if the benefits package would need to be included in the motion as well. Since the Connect 4 board will initially use the Berryville School District’s local education agency (LEA) number before the career center begins operations, Summers

said the board will use the Berryville benefits package.

Powell said the director and secretary positions will be included on Berryville’s salary schedule. However, the only action the Berryville School Board will take on the positions or salaries, he said, is adding them to the salary schedule. Any action on the positions or their salaries must be made by the Connect 4 Board, he said.

The board also established the flow of donated funds for the Connect 4 program.

Powell said that Tyson Foods, which was initially going to donate a $1.3 million check to the program for the renovation of the career center, will instead keep those funds in its finance department and cut smaller checks for the renovation as it progresses.

For future funding and donations, the board voted to have funds related to the facility run through the city of Berryville and funds related to operations run through the Berryville School District.

Summers said smaller funds and operational funds will run through the Berryville School District because they require an LEA number. Larger funds for the career center facility will run through the city of Berryville, he said, because it does not have the same restrictions, guidelines, policies and procedures as the school districts do. This will enable the Connect 4 program to more efficiently handle the bidding process for the renovations, he said.

The board later voted to approve an addendum to the Connect 4 memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the three school boards specifying that the three school districts will also divide the cost of rent, insurance and utilities for the career center three ways.

The board also voted to approve a monthly meeting schedule. The Connect 4 board meetings will take place at noon on the first Wednesday of each month and rotate between the three cities. The hosting city will select a local restaurant for the lunch meeting.

The board also elected officers. Ellis was elected as board president, and Summers and Pruitt were elected as vice president and secretary respectively.

The board’s next regular meeting is schedule for noon Wednesday, Nov. 1 in Berryville.

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GSHS changing thrift store name

By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

Good Shepherd Humane Society’s doggie thrift stores will now be known as the Humane Society Gift Stores.

Thrift store manager Janet Chupp reported Wednesday, Sept. 27, that the name change is important to communicate what the stores are there for.

“At least twice a week, people come into the doggie thrift stores and they say, ‘Where’s the doggie items?’ or ‘Where’s the dogs?’” Chupp said. “We need to kind of modify the way we’re going to answer the phones and the way we’re going to be on Facebook.”

She added, “We want people to know we’re here for the humane society, so we’re going to call ourselves the Humane Society Gift Stores so they know we have gifts and items and not dogs.”

Chupp continued to describe how the stores are doing, saying theft has become a major problem at the Berryville store.

“Every time I look on the monitors, I find somebody else taking stuff,” Chupp said.

“It’s like a swap meet over there, and there’s this huge sign that says ‘No donations when we’re not open’ but every time we look, it’s like somebody’s pulling up there and checking out what somebody has donated and they’ll grab it and drive off with it.”

The stores try to be environmentally conscious, Chupp said, but that’s not easy when people dump items after closing time.

“People are trying to get out of paying their dump fees, so that’s what we end up with,” Chupp said.

She thanked Equity Bank and its employees for donating 40 volunteer hours to the stores, pointing out the generosity of Elizabeth Kelley, president of the Eureka Springs branch.

“She’s spent more time in the store than any of her employees, and she does it in the Berryville store for me, because that’s where I need it the most,” Chupp said. “I just want to say if you run into Elizabeth, tell her, ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.’”

Shelter manager Sandra Mittler presented the shelter report for August, saying the

shelter took in nine dogs, five cats and five kittens in that time. The shelter adopted out eight dogs, two kittens and eight cats, Mittler said, with one kitten, one cat and four dogs being returned to the shelter. She described one of the shelter’s biggest problems at the moment, saying the shelter has too many cats that don’t get along with other cats.

“We have 11 intake cages. When cats come in that don’t get along with other cats, they’re not eligible to get into our communal rooms,” Mittler said. “They must wait for our alley, which is a bigger kind of condo.

Basically, we have five cats that are waiting to go in a condo cage. What it means is I have half my intake cages available.”

When asked about the shelter’s waiting list, Mittler said it has been improving.

“They’re both getting much shorter, but we always work on the waiting list,” Mittler said.

People always ask how long the waiting list is, Mittler said, when they put an animal on it.

“I always have the same answer, which is, ‘I can’t tell you,’” Mittler said. “It depends on how fast our adoptions go. It also depends on when I’m calling people on the list.”

She added, “There’s so many animals.

It’s actually complex. We try to be fair on the order of the waiting list, but there are always emergencies and extenuating circumstances.”

One way to get animals adopted faster, Mittler said, is by training them. She said animal trainer Melissa Hatfield recently visited the shelter to work with the staff, saying Hatfield’s lesson was invaluable.

“She was able in a matter of less than 10 minutes to correct some bad leash behavior we have with a couple of our dogs. The dogs definitely want to learn and want to please you,” Mittler said. “They want to know the best way to do that.”

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Blue Spring Heritage Event

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Blue Spring Heritage Center held its fall heritage event on Saturday, Sept. 30.

Under the Bluff Shelter, Aaron Wogoman demonstrates the archaic process of flint knapping, pracMaster gardener Tina Denney answers questions, informs the ticed by the Osage Indians who used Blue Spring as Peg Adamson and Anna Mathews cross the bridge public and recruits new master gardeners into the program at a trading post.

Saturday’s event. over the dam.

Renate Nance reads up on the history of the Historic Bluff Shelter, which is known to have been inhabited by ancient indigenous people known as ‘Bluff Dwellers’ and is on the National Register Blue Spring produces 38 million gallons of cerulean water daily, pouring first into this trout-filled lagoon and then into the White River. of Historic Places.

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Native Plant Fair

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The Native Plant Fair was held at the Eureka Springs Community Center on Saturday, Sept. 30, inviting visitors and locals to learn more about the natural world.

Selections from the Native Plant Garden Project are selling like hotcakes at this first annual sale. Here to answer questions and assist shoppers are master naturalist Kelly Clarke, laborer and comedian Mike Shah and native plant landscape artist Willa Thompson

Several Northwest Arkansas Master Naturalists attended the sale, providing strong, healthy plants and valuable advice for their care.

Lorna and Maureen are completely sold out of their handmade native seed bombs.

A master naturalist knows that proper care is key for each individual species.

These native seed bombs are selling for just $1 per package and contain more than 20 varieties of native flowers.

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Voter Registration Day at Harts Harts Family Center hosted the Eureka Springs National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, Sept. 26, providing the venue and space on their marquee to promote the event. Mark Eastburn of Indivisible Eureka Springs thanked the store for its help, saying there were enough local patriotic volunteers to help with voter registration that both entrances were covered for the entire nine hours. ‘We are fortunate to have such generous businesses and individuals,’ Eastburn said. ‘I love this town!’

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Crescent Hotel adds spooky October events

Many people know of the most of famous “guests who check out but never leave” at the 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa. They include Michael, the Irish stonemason who helped build the hotel in 1885; Theodora, a patient of Baker’s Cancer Curing Hospital in the late 1930s; and “the lady in the Victorian nightgown,” who likes to stand at the foot of the bed in Room 3500 and stare at guests while they sleep. These are only three of the dozens upon dozens of spirits that guests and visitors have reported encountering in this five-story historic hotel.

The Crescent Hotel gears up each year for the bewitching month of October and 2017 is no exception. Added this year are “Spooky Bedtime Stories” and “Ghost Tour Guides: Their Inside Stories.” Both will be late-night events exclusively for hotel guests.

On Halloween, the stars of Eureka Springs’ Intrigue Theater, Sean-Paul and Juliana Fay, return to the hotel’s Crystal Ballroom for one late-night dinner show

and séance. This ticketed event is open to hotel guests and visitors.

Hotel communications director Bill Ott said, “The hotel guests and patrons who experience our nightly ghost tours and who see, hear, and/or feel something unexplainable while in the hotel, are encouraged to send us their stories and any captured digital images for placement on our paranormal website americasmosthauntedhotel.com.

These numerous, published accounts are why so many return in January for one of our ESP (Eureka Springs Paranormal) Weekends. In 2018, Jan. 5-6 and Jan. 12-13 have been set aside for amateur ghost hunters or those simply interested in the paranormal.

ESP participants will have the run of the hotel — so to speak — to do their own private, personal search for available apparitions.”

In addition to their website, some haunted aspects of the hotel can be found on Facebook at facebook.com/crescenthotelghosttours/ and on Instagram at #americashosthauntedhotel.

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Giving Tree Grants

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The Carroll County Community Foundation awarded more than $20,000 in Giving Tree Grants on to nonprofit programs in Carroll County at the annual Grant Awards Ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 28.

Jeff Sugg, chairperson of the Giving Tree Grant committee, presents Roberta Kirby with a grant for People Helping People on Thursday in the Country Club Community Room.

Joy Morris, representing the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas, accepts a Giving Tree Grant from Jeff Sugg, chairperson of the Giving Tree Grant committee.

Pat Kasner, representing Flint Street Fellowship, accepts a Giving Tree Grant from Chris McClung, chairperson of the Carroll County Community Foundation board.

Janet Arnett, representing Eureka Christian Health Organization (ECHO), accepts a Giving Tree Grant from Chris McClung, chairperson of the Carroll County Community Foundation board.

Peggy Lodewyks, representing the Holiday Island Rotary Club, accepts a Giving Tree Grant from Jeff Sugg, chairperson of the Giving Tree Grant committee.

Music instructor Donesa Mann accepts a Giving Tree Grant from Jeff Sugg, chairperson of the Giving Tree Grant committee, to purchase a set of Glockenspiels for the Eureka Springs Elementary School music students.

Kathleen Remener, representing the Eureka Springs Community Center Foundation, accepts a Giving Tree Grant from Chris McClung, chairperson of the Carroll County Community Foundation board.

Drama instructor Rick Mann accepts a Giving Tree Grant from Jeff Sugg, chairperson of the Giving Tree Grant committee, to purchase a portable lighting system for the Eureka Springs High School drama department.

(From left) Glenda Moore, Valerie Hubbard Damon and Cathrine Yoder, representing the Carroll County Literacy Council and Willo Mancifoot Project, accept a Giving Tree Grant from Chris McClung, chairperson of the Carroll County Community Foundation board.

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CALENDAR of events Send calendar entries to Kelby Newcomb at CCNNews@cox-internet.com. The calendar is reserved for events sponsored by non-profit entities, benefits for non-profits and free events. First priority will be given to organizations providing a public service, such as rural fire departments, schools, churches, hospital auxiliaries and services for senior citizens or veterans. Submissions should be timely. Calendar listings should not be more than 30 days in advance of the event. The calendar is sometimes edited to fit the available space in the print edition. See the full calendar online at www.

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Oct. 7: Roadstar Clinic Food Drive

The Roadstar Clinic is sponsoring a food drive at Harts Food Center at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, in Eureka Springs. The food drive benefits the Flint Street Fellowship Food Pantry in Eureka Springs.

Oct. 7: NW AR Permaculture Study Group

The Northwest Arkansas Permaculture Study Group will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Eureka Springs Library Annex. Guest speaker Dan Krotz will give a talk about food security.

All are welcome.

Oct. 7: Shrimp Boil

The Holiday Island Rotary Club will hold a Shrimp Boil at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Holiday Island Clubhouse.

The menu will include boiled shrimp, new potatoes, corn on the cob, bread, beer, tea and lemonade. Music will be provided by Charlie Chrysler and the All Stars. Music will begin at 4 p.m., and the meal will start at 5 p.m.

Oct. 7 and 8: Willo Mancifoot the Musical Auditions

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Oct. 8: Winona Homecoming

The 69th annual Winona Homecoming will be held at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at the Winona School and Church located in the scenic valley of Keels Creek about 6.25 miles south of Highway 62 on Rock House Road. A potluck lunch will be held, and attendees are asked to bring their best dish. Everyone is welcome.

Oct. 8: Community Picnic

The Democratic Party of Carroll County will hold a community picnic and fundraising event from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at Veterans Memorial Park in Holiday Island. Democratic Party of Arkansas chair John Michael Gray will be the keynote speaker, and democratic candidates Joshua Mahoney, Gary Morris, Anthony Bland and Susan Inman will speak as well.

There will be free food and drinks and music by the Skinny Gypsies, Buffalo Gals and Bear Chasers. Tickets are available at CarrollCountyDemocrats.org/Bringing-Neighbors-Together.

Oct. 9: Metafizzies Meeting

“Willo Mancifoot the Musical” of Carroll County will hold auditions for the World Premiere Performance in May 2018 at the Auditorium in Eureka Springs from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at Elite Dance Studio at 210 Eureka Ave. in Berryville. For more information, call Valerie at 479-981-1515.

Rebekah Clark will lead the Eureka Springs Metaphysical Society (Metafizzies) meeting in a session of divine singing and sound meditation at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, at the Heart of Many Ways at 68 Mountain St. Chants and mantras from multiple traditions will be used. All are welcome.

Oct. 8: EUUF Service

Oct. 12: Songs and Stories of Acadiana and Louisiana

Sarah Prickett will present “The Spiritual Practice of Dropping the Ball” at the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (EUUF) at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at 17 Elk

Come to the Carnegie Public Library meeting room at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, for an engaging all-ages show by Rickey

Pittman, known professionally as “the Bard of the South.” He is a storyteller, author and folksinger who presents his stories and music at schools, libraries and historical reenactments throughout the South. Highlighted in this free program will be his newest book “Cajun ABC,” a unique look at Cajun culture.

For more information, contact the library at 479-253-8754 or Info@EurekaLibrary.org.

Oct. 13 and 14: Women’s Conference

Local women’s ministry group, Women Redeemed by Christ, is sponsoring a Women’s Conference on Friday, Oct. 13, and Saturday, Oct. 14, at the First Christian Church at 763 Passion Play Road in Eureka Springs. Dr. Tara Rye, author, radio host, international speaker and president of Cultivating Hearts Ministry, will help women answer the questions Jesus is asking them. Registration opens at 6 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 13 for the evening session beginning at 7 p.m. Doors open at 8 a.m.

Saturday for the main conference from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost is $15 for both days, lunch included. For more information or registration, call 713-304-7936.

Oct. 14: Breakfast with HI Firefighters

A “Breakfast with the Firefighters” will be held from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Holiday Island Country Club Ballroom at 1 Country Club Dr. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for children under 12. Tickets may be purchased at the door.

Oct. 14: Fall Carnival

Faith Christian Family Church in Eureka Springs is hosting a Fall Carnival from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, on the church grounds at 157 Hunts-

ville Rd. This will be a free event for the entire family. Come enjoy carnival foods like funnel cakes, caramel apples, homemade corndogs and cotton candy.

There will be games for the kids, tournaments and prizes. Nationally known fiddle champion Jimmy Gyles and his musicians will entertain with toe-tapping bluegrass music. Everyone is invited. For more information, call 479-2537414.

Oct. 15: EUUF Service Acadia Roher and Whit Barringer, both millennials engaged in social justice work, will speak on changing worlds of activism and academia since the 2016 election at the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (EUUF) at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, at 17 Elk St.

Oct. 21: CPR Class A free CPR class taught by American Heart Association certified instructors will be available to residents of the Carroll County Western District at 9 a.m.

Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Eureka Springs Fire Department. Prior registration is required. To register or for more information, visit the fire department or call 479-253-6244.

Oct. 21: Woodward Memorial Concert The Woodward Memorial Concert series announces Len Mink in concert at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at Holiday Island Community Church at 188 Stateline. A free will offering will be taken.

Mink has been the worship leader for Kenneth Copeland Ministry for 35 years and has made numerous Christian CDs.

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Eureka Springs School Menu

Monday, Oct. 9 Breakfast: Egg, cheese and bacon breakfast boat, fruit cup, box of raisins, juice and milk or strawberry banana yogurt and wholesome oatmeal bar or bowl of cereal and string cheese or two wholesome oatmeal bars or mini chocolate or powdered doughnuts Lunch: Crispy chicken sandwich, sandwich veggie sides, baked beans, mixed fruit, fruit cup and milk or hot dog with Cheez-It singles whole grain crackers Tuesday, Oct. 10 Breakfast: Bosco pepperoni pizza stick, box of raisins, juice and milk or strawberry banana yogurt and wholesome oatmeal bar or bowl of cereal and string cheese or two wholesome oatmeal bars or mini chocolate or powdered doughnuts Lunch: Homemade beef quesadilla with cilantro lime rice, diced tomatoes, shredded iceberg lettuce, fresh fruit, fruit cup, juice and milk or cheese pizza Wednesday, Oct. 11 Breakfast: Pillsbury mini cinis, fresh fruit, box of raisins, juice and milk or strawberry banana yogurt and wholesome oatmeal bar or bowl of cereal and string cheese or two wholesome oatmeal bars or mini chocolate or powdered doughnuts

Lunch: Chicken strip basket with biscuit, green beans, corn, fruit cup, box of raisins and milk or Yoplait yogurt, string cheese and Cheez-It singles whole grain crackers Thursday, Oct. 12 Breakfast: Sausage, egg and cheese breakfast sliders, fruit cup, box of raisins, juice and milk or strawberry banana yogurt and wholesome oatmeal bar or bowl of cereal and string cheese or two wholesome oatmeal bars or mini chocolate or powdered doughnuts Lunch: Turkey and cheese submarine, spiral fries, sandwich veggie sides, fresh fruit, juice and milk or peanut butter and jelly sandwich with string cheese and Cheez-It singles whole grain crackers Friday, Oct. 13 Breakfast: Biscuit and gravy with turkey bacon, fresh fruit, box of raisins, juice and milk or strawberry banana yogurt and wholesome oatmeal bar or bowl of cereal and string cheese or two wholesome oatmeal bars or mini chocolate or powdered doughnuts Lunch: Pepperoni and cheese pizza, fresh green side salad, fresh baby carrots, diced peaches, fruit cup and milk or Bosco sticks

Senior Center Menu The Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center is located at 202 W. Madison Ave. in Berryville. Lunch is served weekdays at noon.

Monday, Oct. 9 Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, zucchini and tomatoes, roll and banana pudding Tuesday, Oct. 10 Lemon chicken, green beans, carrots, roll and carrot cake

Wednesday, Oct. 11 Beef stew, potato wedges, cornbread and pears Thursday, Oct. 12 Chicken and broccoli stir fry with rice, egg roll, fortune cookie and Mandarin oranges Friday, Oct. 13 Beef goulash, corn O’Brien, cucumber and tomatoes and cherry crisp

Wood Carvers Group to meet Oct. 7 and Nov. 4

The Wood Carvers Group will have its first two meetings from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 7, and Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Wood Studio at Eureka Springs School of the Arts. Spend the morning exploring and practicing wood carving in a fun and relaxed environment. Whether you are an experienced carver or brand

new to the art, all are welcome to come.

Bring tools and wood if you have them, but don’t worry if you don’t. Some materials and tools will be available. Experienced wood carver Bill Hinson will be on hand to facilitate your wood carving fun.

The event is free for all.

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LOOKING BACK

Photo courtesy of Eureka Springs Historical Museum

Last week, one of the most historical structures in Eureka Springs was in peril because of a fire. (Thank you Eureka Springs Fire and Rescue for saving this jewel.)

This week, we will focus on a man who once built this amazing home at 211 Spring St. One of the most influential figures in the early development of Eureka Springs was Brigadier General Powell Clayton of the Union Army, ninth governor of Arkansas, and the first governor of the state during the reconstruction period following the Civil War. In 1873, Clayton assumed the presidency of the Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railroad Company. It was the role of railroad entrepreneur that brought Clayton and his wife, Adaline, and their children to Eureka Springs in 1881, where he built a luxurious home in Eureka’s “Silk Stocking District.” The original residence is the present-day location of the Crescent Cottage Inn. As president of the Eureka Springs Improvement Company, Clayton worked to bring the railroad to Eureka Springs, a pivotal event in Eureka’s development as one of the premier healing resorts of the Victorian era. The Eureka Springs Improvement Company also built one of Eureka’s most famous landmarks, the Crescent Hotel. The company was also responsible for putting in gas lines and electricity, building a reservoir, installing water and sewer lines, settling property disputes, platting the town and installing wooden sidewalks.

After he was appointed by President McKinley as the U.S. ambassador to Mexico in 1897, Clayton left Eureka Springs but never lost his dream for a greater Eureka Springs. He returned often, and in 1906, on his 73rd birthday, the dignitaries in town gave him a celebratory dinner at the Crescent Hotel. He was overcome with emotion and reiterated his dream that “Eureka Springs, one day, will be a magnificent city with beautiful drives and country clubs on a scale beyond belief.”

He lived his remaining years in Washington, D.C., and died there on Aug. 25, 1914, at the age of 81. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Something tells me Gov. Clayton would be pleased with the Eureka Springs of today, and his hard work and perseverance paid off in the end.

— Stephanie Stodden Museum Operations Manager

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Treasurer Mark Minton presented the financial report, saying Good Shepherd came in $6,163 better than budgeted in August. Items exceeding the budget include $3,340 in miscellaneous donations, $3,280 in ad book sales and $892 in other fundraising events. Minton said payroll was $1,025 under budget, with advertising sales $585 under budget.

Some expenses did increase in August, Minton said, like vet services, vet supplies, contractor fees and utilities. With LED lights being recently installed at the shelter, Minton said, he didn’t understand exactly why utility costs increased.

“Sometimes utilities go more than 30 days. I’d have to look at the cycle,” Minton said. “That was a little surprising.”

Overall, Minton said, Good Shepherd is doing well and should keep getting better.

“This isn’t reflecting our September ad book sales. I think next month we should be reflecting all the revenues coming in from that,” Minton said.

The board’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the meet and greet room at the shelter.

12:42 p.m. — A caller advised renters at the lodging next door to him were leaving their dogs outside all day and they bark every time he goes out in his yard. The animal control officer made contact with the renters, and the complainant resolved the issue.

4:47 p.m. — A caller advised the hotel parking for an event at an area hotel was blocking the roadway and residential driveways. An officer responded and was able to get the vehicles moved.

5:15 p.m. — Carroll County Dispatch advised of a welfare check request on a subject who was sending suicidal suggestive messages to family members. An officer made contact at the apartment, and the subject was OK. The family was advised of the officer making contact.

10:43 p.m. — An officer checked Eureka Springs Cemetery for suspicious activity.

Oct. 1 2:01 a.m. — An officer picked up a subject from Madison County on a Eureka Springs warrant.

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Eureka Springs golfers compete in state tournaments

By Ty Loftis CCNSports@cox-internet.com

Eureka Springs’ Levi Crider and Katelyn Ross competed in the Class 2A state golf tournaments. Crider shot a 100 on Tuesday at the Conway Country Country Club, good enough for a 14th-place finish.

“There were some guys shooting in the 70s and 80s,” Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo said. “The course was tight and ball placement was at a premium. The greens were slick and fast. He didn’t have a great ball-striking day, but he did fairly well. I was proud of him.”

Crider’s score of 100 was just a few shots away from qualifying him for all-state honors.

“Levi is only a 10th-grader and so he still has a chance to mature,” Rambo said. “He is still fairly young. He has some real potential. He loves the game and works hard at it.”

Ross shot a 102 in the Class 2A girls state tournament last Tuesday at the DeGray Golf Course in Bismarck, good enough for a third place finish. Rambo said that despite the top-three finish, Ross was disappointed

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something nice and seasonal as you’re walking in,” Harris said.

“We have not had time to do that like we have valued it in the past couple of seasons, because we just can’t get to it.”

That’s where it comes down to volunteers, Harris said. She remembered when volunteers came together to help ECHO send supplies to hurricane victims in Texas, saying she wants to see that collaboration continue.

“It’s been wonderful, but that delayed us being able to be completely focused on the transition that is here and among us,” Harris said.

“My staff has done well being as diligent as possible, but it’s just not

in the way she played.

“The course was extremely tough and it was hot,” Rambo said. “Her ball striking wasn’t as good as she had hoped.”

As a result of finishing in the top three, Ross will get to play in the Overall tournament next month at the Pleasant Valley Country Club.

“The top three players in each classification, 1A-7A, get to go to Pleasant Valley and play a match on Oct. 12,” Rambo said.

“She will get to go down and play against the best of the best. It’s a tremendous golf course. This is the third time we have had someone qualify for the overall in my seven years while I have been here, so we have been pretty fortunate.”

Rambo hopes that with both Crider and Ross advancing to the state tournament, there will be a renewed interest in the Eureka Springs golf program.

“We have always had a pretty good girls program, but for whatever reason kids aren’t coming out in numbers like they used to,” Rambo said. “We would love to have two teams in the state tournament next year.”

enough. We’ve got to get it going.”

Harris said the store needs volunteers for many reasons.

“From helping us sort the clothes into what is sellable and what is rags for recycling to steaming the clothes to heaping maintain our card collection,” Harris said. “We have greeting cards. We have so many, but I need somebody to help me maintain them. We did have a group in August that came in and helped for a bit, but they’ve hit their busy season.”

She added, “We’re so grateful for all the help we get. A little bit goes a long way here. It really does.”

When applying for grants, Harris said, having volunteer hours can help quite a bit.

“We have a grant that asks if we’re a nonprofit that uses volun-

teers hours and how many,” Harris said. “We keep a record of volunteer hours to beef that application up.”

Those interested in volunteering must sign a HIPPA confidentiality form, Harris said, because the store is connected to the ECHO Clinic.

She said the store will help volunteers keep track of their hours for college applications, school transcripts or job requirements.

“What is your gifting? You name it, come in and let us know,” Harris said. “We’ll see how we can apply it here.”

To volunteer at ECHO Thrift Store, stop by between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday when Harris is at the office. For more information, call the store at 479-253-5888.

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atfish, bass and bluegill can be great eating and a lot of fun in the getting but you have to go to the ocean for heart-saving benefits from fish. You see, eating coldwater Jim Fain ocean fish like salmon and fresh tuna may reduce coronary artery disease (CAD) which then reduces the chance of heart attack or stroke. While I have written about this before, I thought it important to say again because of a powerful article in the September issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. \A new study has shown eating fish is also associated with reduced progression of coronary artery plaque buildup in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease. Men get heart attacks at a younger age then women usually starting in the late 40s and women in the mid 50s.

But we all know people much younger who have plaque/ heart attack/ stroke and hardening of the arteries.

Scientists examined the connection between fish intake and the progression of coronary artery disease in 229 postmenopausal women. Those who ate the most fish proved to keep the arteries more clear and reduced the areas of clogs.

Think about the fireplaces and chimneys most of us have in our houses. Just by using them, soot (plaque) will build up in the flue and chimney. Sometimes, we’ll get a pine log full of pitch and get too much soot. Without a good chimney sweep we run the risk of a chimney fire (heart attack/stroke) that could burn our home down. We think fish oil (Omega 3) can, like the chimney sweep, clean things up. All people accumulate soot.

Here in the Ozarks we have to make a pretty good effort to get ocean fish in our diets. Besides, we also have to like the taste of fish without it being breaded and deep-fried. A diet low in ocean fish oil has also been connected to moodiness/depression and poor skin health. I like 2000-3000mg/day of Omega 3 fish oil yielding at least 500mg of DHA taken daily. I’ve found swallowing one with a meal makes it easy and reduces the chance of “fishy burps.” Though, a quality product will be made to keep that from happening along with eliminating mercury from the sea.

Still, fishing for catfish, bass or bluegill sure beats a day at work.

Who do you think should be Citizen of the Week?

Send us your nominations citizen.editor.eureka@gmail.com

ARIES: There’s a spring in your step this week. Either you have a new sweetie, or you just found a community of spiders living in your underwear drawer. Doesn’t matter which one it is, you’re still going to need some new undies.

TAURUS: Some shine like a diamond, but you shine like a fresh sheet of aluminum foil. Your sparkle only lasts until someone wraps you around leftover pizza. You may not catch everyone’s eye after that, but hey, free pizza!

GEMINI: Spin that clock all you want, but you can’t turn back time.

Set aside your mad scientist projects, because looking good will require extreme measures like eating broccoli and occasionally separating your butt from the couch.

CANCER: Little birdies are telling you tall tales; what you think is a dove of peace turns out to be a stool pigeon.

Don’t let them ruffle your feathers.

LEO: The only way you could love yourself more is if you lived in a disco ball warehouse. Someone should tell you to back away from all those mirrors, but gazing at your own reflection keeps you out of everyone else’s business.

VIRGO: Trust your gut; it was right about that pumpkin spice tuna sushi from the gas station, and it knows what you need to do about your situation now. Stock up on patience and Pepto-Bismol.

LIBRA: The stars had something planned for you, but then Sirius the dog star ate the paperwork. So … whatever you’re doing, keep doing it, especially if it’s good. The universe will make it up to you after a certain mutt goes through cosmic obedience school.

SCORPIO: You’re looking good and feeling sassy on Wednesday. That new shirt will earn you some free drinks and envious glares from everyone in the office. Bask in your own glory.

SAGITTARIUS: You may not remember that wild night of margaritas

and the massage chair at the mall, but that’s why your friends have phones.

Pay them off quickly before you become a trending topic on Facebook.

CAPRICORN: Life is like those magic jelly beans from Harry Potter: just when you’re ready for something delicious, all you can taste is earwax. Spit it out and try again. By Friday, you’ll find a very sweet treat.

AQUARIUS: Just when you’re

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ready to steal the show, you discover it’s rigged with alarms and guard dogs. Add a few pork chops and wirecutters to your dance routine, and they’ll never know what hit them.

PISCES: Turn that frown upside down, and you’ll get dizzy from standing on your head, fall over, and accidentally kick a frenemy into a water fountain. Now that will make you smile for real.

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CCSO’S 10 Most Wanted for October Monthly, the Lovely County Citizen will feature 10 Most Wanted by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. Citizens with knowledge of the location of these subjects are encouraged to call the CCSO at 870-423-2901. Callers may remain

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Annie (No. C15-0044) 4 years old, female pit mix is a sweet, confident girl. She has been around kids and walks well on a leash. Annie likes to be inside the house with her people and loves to give hugs. She is spayed and has her shots. She’s available for adoption at the Good Shepherd Animal Shelter on Highway 62 east of Eureka Springs. The shelter is open from noon to 5 p.m. every day but Tuesday and Wednesday. For more information, call 479-253-9188.

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ESHM to host Voices from Eureka’s Silent City

The Eureka Springs Historical Museum will host its ninth annual “Voices from Eureka’s Silent City” cemetery walking tour Thursday, Oct. 19, through Saturday, Oct. 21, and again Friday, Oct. 27, and Saturday, Oct. 28.

The living history tours feature live actors in period costumes portraying some early citizens of Eureka Springs who helped shape the myths and history of the town. This year, the event will focus on citizens of Eureka Springs who were the subject of fascination to Robert Ripley of “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not” fame. Participants will meet Robert Ripley himself, Basin Park Hotel proprietor Joe Parkhill, Times Echo reporter Annie House, wife of an early stonemason Chryesis Sanford, St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church parishioner Katie Morgan, wife of the found of the Great Passion Play Elna Smith, dinosaur enthusiast Ola

Farwell, businessman Robert Mullins and “Doctor” Norman Baker.

Tours begin at 5:30 p.m. and depart every 20 minutes until 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under. They may be purchased at the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce, any Cornerstone Bank location or the museum downtown at 95 S. Main St. Tickets will also be available at the parking site.

There is no parking at the cemetery, but free parking and shuttle service will be provided at the former Victoria Inn parking lot located on Highway 62 East.

See a map at www.EurekaSpringsHistoricalMuseum.org.

The event is a fundraising project of the Eureka Springs Historical Museum.

For more information, call 479-2539417 or e-mail info@EurekaSpringsHistoricalMuseum.org.

Library to have Songs and Stories of Acadiana and Louisiana Oct. 12

The Eureka Springs Carnegie Public will have Songs and Stories of Acadiana and Louisiana at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12. It’s an all-ages show by Rickey Pittman, who is known professionally as the Bard of the South. Pittman is a storyteller, author and folk singer who presents his stories and music at schools, libraries and historical re-enactments throughout the South.

An adjunct college English instructor

with a master’s degree from Abilene Christian University, Pittman has 12 published books, four music CDs and several single releases. Highlighted in this free program will be his newest book Cajun ABC, a unique look at Cajun culture. It will be a lively, fun and informative program for all ages.

For more information, contact the library at 479-253-8754 or info@eurekalibrary.org.

Woodward Memorial Concert Series to continue Oct. 21

The Woodward Memorial Concert Series will host Len Mink in concert at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at Holiday Island Community Church at 188 Stateline in Holiday Island. Mink has been the worship leader for Kenneth Copeland Ministry for 35 years and is the host of the “Len and Cathy” daily TV show, seen in 173 countries.

He has a Gospel Duck Ministry for children, has been the featured soloist in 22 POP Concerts with Cincinnati’s Symphony Orchestra, is the author of numerous Christian CDs and has appeared on the Tonight Show, Mike Douglas Show, Merv Griffin Show, the 700 Club, Help Line Turning Point and many others.

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Merlin Foundation to host Autumn Fest Nov. 4 The Merlin Foundation will host Autumn Fest at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Berryville Community Center. There will be a 5K, booths, games, music and treats for all. For more information on the event and 5K, visit www.grandmashousecac.com or sign up online on the foundation’s Facebook page.

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plots.”

Tharp said the commission would also need to consider the pricing for cremains burial plots. Commissioner Steven “Yip” Vorbeck said the commission had previously looked into the possibility of a columbarium, a room or building with niches for funeral urns to be stored. He noted that may be an issue to consider again as the commission looks into burying cremains on cemetery grounds.

As far as replacing the zero turn mower, Lujan said it would cost about $10,000 or more to purchase a commercial-grade model.

“We have to get one of those because they’re meant

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interest, and we could do this this year through Diversity Weekend,” Wright said.

She’s working with Diversity Weekend organizer Jay Wilks, Wright said, to make it happen.

“When I introduced the idea to him, he said it would fit in really well with his drag queen event,” Wright said. “We will invite people from LGBT groups and trans groups that can drive in during the day.”

Looking to the future, Wright said, she hopes Diversity Weekend can stand on its own so more events

Highlander Red & White Games scheduled Friday

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All four Highlander basketball teams will play in the Red & White Games at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6.

Equity Bank will provide hot dogs before the game beginning at 5 p.m. Admission is free. to run eight hours a day seven days a week,” he said.

Wilson said the commission could hold fundraisers to generate the necessary money for future projects, such as replacing the mower. He recommended holding a Decoration Day event on the cemetery grounds before Memorial Day as a way to share the cemetery’s needs with the local community.

Tharp said she would like to add the Decorate Day fundraiser idea to the agenda for the commission’s next week. She said it would be a good idea to designate fundraisers as being for specific projects, such as the purchase of a new mower, because people are more likely to donate for a goal.

The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, in the lobby of the Auditorium. can happen around it. She said France has already offered to show films in Eureka Springs during more Diversity Weekend events.

“He’s really interested in involving other people who produce, act in and do LGBT and trans-type stories and doing something on an annual basis with us,” Wright said. “It’s something we might be able to bring in enough people to have a reasonable audience here at the Aud. I explained to them what we’re trying to do, and they really like Eureka Springs.”

The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at The Auditorium.

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Employees from Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge volunteer their time to pick up litter in and around the Basin Spring Park area on Saturday, Sept. 30. The group partnered with the Great Arkansas Cleanup as part of the Keep Arkansas Beautiful statewide litter pickup campaign.

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