Lovely County Citizen Oct. 13, 2016

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

Sen. Boozman tours community center Page 3 n Council hears plan n HDC votes down demolition request for The Auditorium DeVito: CAPC will look into parking facility for The Aud Page 5

Greene objects to revised plan for Building 100 Page 7

n Choir students soar at competition Jayroe, Lockhart place in top 25 at regional choir contest Page 22

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Oct. 3 1:06 a.m. — A caller advised that a vehicle was driving down her road, stopping and shining a flashlight around. The caller thought it was suspicious. An officer responded and found the vehicle parked outside a rental unit.

11:49 a.m. — Officers responded to a local hotel to help with a civil standby.

Oct. 4 1:25 p.m. — An officer attempted to make contact with an individual who was reportedly pointing a firearm at another person. The officer found that the individual had just received a new firearm and was showing it to other people.

Oct. 5 12:50 a.m. — A caller advised of a barking dog behind an area business.

8:29 a.m. — A motel owner reported that a guest was trying to sell drugs to other guests. An officer filed a report.

9:45 a.m. — An officer made contact with a homeowner about a found firearm and collected the firearm.

11:24 a.m. — Officers made contact with a man and woman who were fighting. The argument was verbal only.

1:49 p.m. — A welfare check led to the arrest of a female subject for a warrant out of Madison County.

8:07 p.m. — A woman came into the department to report a new neighbor with a parking issue. An officer responded, and the issue was worked out with the neighbors.

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11:33 p.m. — A caller from a local restaurant advised that a milk truck had the driver’s door open. An officer checked the vehicle and advised that nothing looked tampered with. The officer secured the door.

Oct. 6 2:08 a.m. — A caller advised that she was involved in a hit and run by the post office.

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6:41 a.m. — A caller advised of a dog running in front of traffic.

6:52 a.m. — A caller advised that she had hit a dog in front of a local restaurant. The dog owner was located and advised to tend to the dog, which had minor injuries.

12:33 p.m. — An officer did a welfare check on a dog in a car. The dog was fine, and the owner arrived shortly after.

11:43 p.m. — A traffic stop resulted in the arrest of a subject for speeding, driving on a suspended license and on a Eureka Springs warrant for criminal mischief and damage to hotel room property.

Oct. 7 2:33 p.m. — A caller advised that his ex-girlfriend has been harassing him and stalking around his property. An officer made contact with the complainant.

3:16 p.m. — A downtown shop owner reported some rowdy musicians who had been in the same location for several hours. An officer responded and spoke with the musicians, who agreed to move on.Their performance ended on a sour note.

4:17 p.m. — A caller reported a pickup truck was getting ready to dump a truck bed full of items behind a local motel. An officer responded and spoke with the man, who agreed not to dump anything.

6:09 p.m. — Officers were assisting the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office with an amended protection order, which resulted in the arrest of the the recipient for possession with intent to deliver.

6:48 p.m. — A caller advised that two men at a local bar had been drinking heavily and were getting ready to leave in their vehicle. An officer arrived but saw no vehicle matching the caller’s description.

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‘A very, very worthwhile project’

Sen. Boozman tours Eureka Springs Community Center

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

It’s Wednesday afternoon, and people are beginning to gather at the Eureka Springs Community Center. Members of the community center foundation watch as Sen. John Boozman exits his vehicle, preparing to give the senator a tour of the new community center site.

As Boozman walks over, secretary Jean Elderwind passes around a handout describing what the foundation has accomplished over the past three years.

Elderwind gives a copy to Boozman, and treasurer Jack Moyer thanks her for putting it together.

“Jean seriously keeps me in check here,” Moyer laughs.

“Well, we’re a team,” Elderwind says to Boozman. “We’re a team, definitely.”

Moyer jumps into the history of the foundation, telling Boozman the old Eureka Springs High School site was vacated a little more than three years ago. That was when the Eureka Springs School District formed a facilities committee, Moyer explains, to figure out what to do with the site.

From there, Moyer says the committee had public meetings. Nearly 100 people attended the first meeting, he says, and they expressed overwhelming support for a community center at the site.

“A lot of people said, ‘This is what we need,’ ” Moyer says. “We didn’t have a gathering space for the community, and we wanted to bring people together.”

Moyer continues, saying he was part of the group that has met every Friday for the past three years. That group became a non-profit, he says, when it became apparent that the community center would become a reality. At that point, Moyer says, the foundation began focusing on fundraising.

“That’s where we’re at now. The first goal was to raise $200,000 locally and to continue to evolve what we want on the site,” Moyer says. “Around June, I think, we crossed the $200,000 mark.”

During the fundraising process, Moy-

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Sen. John Boozman, left, shakes hands with Mayor Butch Berry at the Eureka Springs Community Center on Wednesday, Oct. 5.

er says, the foundation worked with the Eureka Springs School Board to rezone the old high school site. The site had been zoned as residential, Moyer explains.

“On Sept. 1, we transferred the management of the site to the community center foundation,” Moyer says. “Diane has all the burden and responsibility now.”

He’s talking about Diane Murphy, chair of the foundation. Murphy steps in to talk about the lease-purchase agreement between the foundation and the school district, saying she’s enjoyed getting to work with the district.

“It’s a 20-year lease with $20,000 a year, and we’ll be paid off in full at the end of that,” Murphy says.

Once the foundation took ownership of the site, Murphy says, the focus shifted to facilities improvements. She says one of these improvements involves the demolition of Building 100, where the Eureka Springs Farmers Market will be set up.

The demolition is contingent on approval from the Eureka Springs Historic District

Commission, Moyer says.

“We just opened the bid last Thursday to remove the building. We have the money for that,” he says. “So if we gain approval, we will be able to move the building. This is how the site evolves.”

He points to a building across the parking lot adjacent to Building 100. That structure, Moyer says, will be the community center’s primary source of income.

He explains that it will be used as an office park for local business organizations to operate.

“This site self-sustains, so it does not have an additional tax to go to it. We’re looking at a key tenant over in the former cafeteria space,” Moyer says. “This is where we’re hoping to bring in a new entrepreneur space.”

“We are developing this with no tax,” Murphy adds. “The city obviously is involved in a supportive way, but not in a financial way, so it’s being developed without any tax support.”

Moyer leads Boozman to the end of the

property and points to a barn across the way. This area will serve as the primary trailhead for the city’s trail system, Moyer explains, and the foundation is working with the Eureka Springs Police Department to have a larger law enforcement presence at the community center.

“This little bus barn area … we’re trying to put a police substation in and put bike patrol, so it puts a different presence on the site itself,” Moyer says.

The other members of the foundation are moving into the old high school gym, and Moyer and Boozman follow suit. As they enter the gym, Moyer says it’s a special place to longtime residents of Eureka Springs.

“You’re going to see the site of many historic Eureka Springs wins. We don’t play football here,” Moyer says. “This is where the emotion to the community is connected. It absolutely will be brought back into service.”

The way it will be used, he says, is in a capacity the city desperately needs. Moyer describes how school buses can’t drive on the historic upper loop, saying students are dropped off at the new community center site and must walk home.

“They drop here, which is an opportunity for us from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. to have sort of a safe place,” Moyer says.

The group moves into the lobby, which Moyer says will be useful for those using the trailhead. He points out that public restrooms will be available for anyone who needs to use them and directs Boozman to a room up a small flight of stairs.

“This is the band room. This is creating two spaces, one for youth activities and one for senior activities,” he says, pointing to the middle of the room. “We’ll have a floating wall here.”

Moyer moves to another room, where he says an EAST Lab existed at one time.

Because of this, Moyer says, the room is perfect for a technology hub. He says the technology component is especially important for those looking to have board See Boozman, page 29

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

The Eureka Springs City Council voted against settling an ongoing civil case Monday night.

Michael Mosely, who is representing the city through the Arkansas Municipal League, explained that the city is being sued by “plaintiff Morris.” Kim Stryker, administrative assistant to the mayor, confirmed Tuesday that Jason Morris is the plaintiff Mosely referred to. She said Morris filed the case on April 8.

Morris’ case, Mosely said, is a First Amendment retaliation lawsuit. Mosely said Morris was terminated from the Eureka Springs Fire Department by former chief Randy Ates. “[Morris] alleges he was the head of local 4708 union branch and that because of that former chief Ates fired him,” Mosely said. “We denied that. I’ve been up here three or four times looking at evidence …speaking with witnesses, and I am perfectly satisfied that this case is defensible and we should continue to defend it.”

Mosely continued, saying any case has a nuisance value to it. A nuisance value is a payment for something causing offense, annoyance, trouble or injury to a party in a lawsuit. The nuisance value in this case comes from city employees taking time for depositions and potential future court hearings, Mosely explained.

He said he spoke with Morris’ attorneys and received a settlement offer.

“Just because I have a duty to convey it to you does not mean I recommend that you accept it, counter-offer it or do anything,” Mosely said. “If you guys want to do something, somebody can make a motion perhaps to make a counter-offer or to do nothing. You don’t have to make a motion at all.”

In the settlement offer, Mosely said, Morris is asking for $12,583.39 in back pay, reinstatement with the Eureka Springs Fire Department to the position of captain with corresponding pay and benefits, the restoration of sick leave bal-

ance, $20,000 in compensatory damages for alleged emotional and mental anguish and $45,000 in fees and costs, for a total of $77,583.39.

“They claim that at this point their current fees and costs total $48,821.26. We haven’t taken depositions yet,” Mosely said. “Somehow, they claim they’ve got $50,000 in attorney’s fees.”

He added that Morris is asking for the city to expunge all personnel files regarding disciplinary actions taken against Morris, including but not limited to his termination.

“I would never recommend a client do that. It’s public record. I don’t think there’s a such thing as an expungement of a public record, in my opinion, unless it’s for a juvenile, for instance, in a criminal case,” Mosely said. “But certainly an employment file … I would never recommend that.”

The last part of the settlement, he said, asks the city to not discriminate or retaliate against employees for exercising their rights as part of a labor union.

“We deny we did that in the first place, so that’s wholly unnecessary,” Mosely said.

He recommended that the council decline the offer and said a counter-offer probably wouldn’t go anywhere.

“My advice what a nuisance counteroffer would be … it would be between $3,000 and $5,000 and the case would be dismissed,” Mosely said. “I think a reasonable person in your shoes would conclude like I have that they wouldn’t accept that. My estimation is what they are asking for here is everything they could possibly get.”

He continued, “I would never settle for that. The bottom line is you have an offer. You are the entity for the city of Eureka Springs that has control of the purse strings … the money … and in that regard, only you can vote to approve an offer that would require the city to pay money or do a counter-offer, or you don’t have to do anything.”

Mosely addressed alderman Bob

Thomas, saying Thomas sent him an email in response to Morris’ case.

“You sent an email. Bottom line is you wanted information about the lawsuit.

You are entitled to that,” Mosely said.

“I’d like to discuss my email with you, because I’m not sure you got the point of it. It has no relationship to this particular case,” Thomas said.

Mosely described what will happen next in the lawsuit. He will need to complete depositions, he said, which are testimonies taken under oath outside of court.

“Without knowing what everyone says under oath … you can make an educated decision regarding any settlement right now,” Mosely said.

Alderwoman Kristi Kendrick moved to not accept the settlement offer, and the council agreed to do so. Thomas pointed out that his concerns hadn’t been answered.

“I don’t understand how this could have reached this point without anyone on council, at least me, not knowing about it. How could we reach this point without council knowing anything about this?”

Thomas said. “My question to you was is that your advice, that things operate like this? Is that the way most city councils operate, that we don’t know what’s going on until it reaches this point?”

Alderman James DeVito said he had no problem with the way the council was notified of the case.

“In my opinion, these are administrative functions. I feel that’s the appropriate action,” DeVito said.

With the council declining the settlement, Mosely said he’s prepared to defend the case in court.

“I am more than willing and ready to defend this lawsuit based on the evidence I have and the documents I have all the way through,” he said.

Morris declined to comment on the lawsuit Tuesday.

“The case will move forward through discovery and I’m confident in it,” said Morris’ Washington-based attorney, Sara Faulman.

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Council hears CAPC’s 10-year plan for The Auditorium

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

With a month before the November election, the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission has completed a 10-year plan for The Auditorium.

Alderman James DeVito, who also serves on the CAPC, presented the plan to the Eureka Springs City Council Monday night after alderman David Mitchell asked the CAPC to create the plan at the council’s Sept. 12 meeting.

Mitchell said he was worried the proposed 1 percent sales tax is at risk if the commission doesn’t respond to the criticism he’s heard from several citizens.

If the proposed tax passes by citizen vote in November, 75 percent of the revenue it generates will be allocated toward the city’s water and sewer infrastructure. The remaining 25 percent will go toward the infrastructure of The Auditorium, and a commission will be created to manage the new revenue stream for the building.

At the council’s regular meeting on Monday, DeVito addressed how the CAPC will move forward if the proposed tax passes, explaining the costs the CAPC shares with the city for The Auditorium. In 2015, he said, the CAPC spent $109,000 on The Auditorium, with the city contributing $52,052. The fixed overhead costs associated with The Auditorium based on 2015 numbers, he explained, are $165,000 per year.

If the proposed tax passes, DeVito said, the city has projected $275,000 in revenue for The Auditorium. He said an independent, citizen-led commission will be formed to manage, maintain, operate and program the facility. Based on projections from the city’s finance director, DeVito continued, the new commission would be left with $110,000 to maintain the building, hire additional staff and organize a volunteer force to operate and program the facility. He added that the new commission will hire a director for The Auditorium.

DeVito said the CAPC will provide

$110,000 per year for The Auditorium for the first three years the proposed tax is in effect. Between the fourth and sixth years, he said, the CAPC will support The Auditorium with $55,000. He explained that the proposed 1 percent tax will end after 10 years and said The Auditorium should be self-sustaining by that time.

Additionally, DeVito said the CAPC plans to offer administrative support during the transition and will hear funding requests from the Auditorium Commission for the first six years the proposed tax is in effect.

“It is anticipated that, with the goal of self-sustainability, a prescribed reduced amount of funding would be expected by the end of year three,” DeVito said.

The director of The Auditorium, he said, will be required to present information on The Auditorium’s events, marketing and advertising efforts at the CAPC’s monthly meetings. DeVito said the CAPC will devote itself to developing a plan for a long-term parking facility downtown, to help with The Auditorium’s parking limitations.

DeVito presented a graph of the CAPC’s sales from 1998 to 2015, saying the commission began to show an increase when Mike Maloney was hired as CAPC director in 2012. Those increases have continued, DeVito said, and will spike even more if a parking facility is built. Parking limitations, he said, have been the biggest complaint against the city for years.

“For [The Auditorium] to be a viable entity, it is going to have to have parking. This will be funded solely by CAPC revenue,” DeVito said.

Mitchell asked CAPC commissioner Susan Harman and de facto commissioner Damon Henke, who attended the meeting, if they had anything to add to DeVito’s presentation. Harman said she didn’t but pointed out that the presentation is a draft.

“There are still probably a few points we may want to discuss,” Harman said.

“I’d say it’s probably 98 percent where

it needs to be at this point.”

Mitchell recalled when he asked for the plan and said he wanted the public to know the CAPC will support The Auditorium.

“It’s nice to see this. It’s nice to have it read into the record,” Mitchell said.

Alderwoman Mickey Schneider asked DeVito how long the director of The Auditorium would be required to attend CAPC meetings.

“Well, I would hope that would be a forever thing,” DeVito said.

Schneider addressed the parking facility, asking if it would be for patrons of The Auditorium only. DeVito said the facility would serve all visitors of Eureka Springs. The city is making more than $220,000 a year through parking meters, he said, and could probably earn significant revenue through a new parking facility.

“That’s actually one of the things allowed under the statewide legislation for the CAPC. They understand a vibrant growth in the business community requires things like parking,” Devito said.

“If we can accomplish this goal, it does enhance the ability of The Auditorium to draw outside promoters.”

Mitchell agreed.

“I think the public needs to understand the CAPC on that issue is really stepping up to the plate. That’s big,” Mitchell said.

Mayor Butch Berry added that the revenue from the proposed tax can also be used to improve The Auditorium’s infrastructure. One of these improvements, he said, could be the construction of an elevator to make the basement more accessible.

“My recommendation if this passes is for us to take a portion of this tax and put it back into a reserve so we can use that for building maintenance, roughly $50,000 to $75,000, so we can apply for grants,” Berry said.

Mitchell said he didn’t see anything in the CAPC’s plan about infrastructure improvements for The Auditorium.

“I’m confused now a little bit, because

what you’re saying I like. I understand setting it back, but … they haven’t taken what you’re saying into consideration,” Mitchell said.

“I’m not saying we do that immediately,” Berry responded. “I’m just saying that’s part of the long-term plan to use that money as it comes in.”

DeVito said the infrastructure improvements will be up to the Auditorium Commission. “[The CAPC’s] responsibility will be to provide the advertising and promotional support to whatever The Auditorium does,” he said.

The council moved on, approving an ordinance levying a tax on all real and personal property in the city on a third and final reading. Berry said Sept. 26 that the council is required to approve an ordinance for real and personal property taxes every year.

The ordinance says a tax of 4.4 mills on the dollar is levied on all personal and real property in the city. The revenue from the tax goes toward the general fund and the fireman’s relief and pension fund, according to the ordinance. The mills levied on personal and real property will be collected during the regular collection of taxes by the Carroll County tax collector, the ordinance says, at the same time and in the same manner that state and county taxes are collected in 2017.

In other business, Berry addressed the salary of new district court judge Dale Ramsey. He said the city will be required to pay $8,378 for the salary, which is around $2,000 less than the city is spending now.

Alderman Terry McClung moved to draw up a resolution approving the expenditure, and the council agreed to do so.

Also at the meeting, the council agreed to meet at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, for a workshop on the lands under the jurisdiction of parks.

The council’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, at City Hall.

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Planning approves vacation request on Dairy Hollow

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

The Eureka Springs Planning Commission on Tuesday night approved the vacation of a 30-foot plot on the corner of Grand Avenue and Dairy Hollow Road.

Chairman Pat Lujan explained that the commissioners visited the site before the meeting, and property owner Barbara Dicks thanked them for doing so.

“I appreciate those of you that came out, because it’s very hard to explain,” Dicks said.

The Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission referred the request to the planning commission Sept. 28. City preservation officer Glenna Booth said Tuesday

that Dicks received the go-ahead from public works to continue the vacation as well.

“She’s complied with all the guidelines that are necessary and everything,” Lujan said.

Commissioner James Morris asked who owns the property, and Booth said she believes it belongs to the city after researching it.

“From looking at the plats, the city limits come up right there. It looks like there’s some more going across there that are other parts of main streets, but that one just kind of goes there and then stops,” Booth said. “I think they probably intended to name that, but the survey just ends there. My research on it would say it’s a city street.”

“Was it a deed or is this by decree?” Morris asked.

“There is no deed,” Booth responded.

“So it’s by decree,” Morris said. “In other words, if it was given to the city, somebody had to give a decree for that to go to the city.

You can’t assume the property, no matter who you are.”

Morris pointed out that Dicks has done everything she needs to do for the vacation request, even if no one is sure who owns the property yet.

“If parks and public works have signed off on it …I can’t see any problem. I just want to make sure if it does happen, she gets a title to the property,” Morris said.

Greene moved to send the request to the

Eureka Springs City Council, and the commission agreed to do so.

Also at the meeting, Lujan said there will be a public hearing for a conditional use permit request at the commission’s next meeting.

“Just so everybody’s very clear, this is not … new. This is one that was sold, so they’re looking to keep the conditional use permit,” he said. “It’s not a new one. This is an ongoing one. Some of the changes we’ve made before apply to new ones and not necessarily the old ones, so they can come forth for a CUP.” The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at City Hall.

Boozman addresses high school civics class

By Kelby Newcomb CCNNews@cox-internet.com

Eureka Springs High School welcomed an experienced guest speaker for its civics class last Wednesday.

Sen. John Boozman visited the high school for a guided tour and stopped by Rachel Sicard’s civics class to discuss the function of the U.S. Senate and his role as a senator.

“We have just started talking about the constitution, and the students are aware that there’s a Senate,” Sicard said. “But they’re not quite sure what a senator does.

If you could explain what your job entails, that might really help.”

Boozman began by telling the students a little bit about himself. He said that he grew up in Fort Smith and currently lives in Rogers.

“As you know, I’m one of your U.S. senators. There are two senators and four congressmen from Arkansas,” he said.

Boozman then explained to the students that every state has two senators, regardless of population, while a state’s number of representatives is based on its population.

“The Senate is different from the House of Representatives in the sense that Arkansas, which has about three million people, has the two senators just like New

York and Texas, states with much higher populations,” he said. “So each state has the same amount of power in the Senate. This was done as an effort to balance things out.”

He continued, “The House of Representatives has many more congressmen from New York because that state has a much greater population. Each congressman represents about 750,000 people. In Arkansas, we have four.”

Boozman said that he splits his weeks between Washington and Arkansas.

“I spend about three to four days of my week in Washington dealing with laws that affect you and your families. Most recently, we passed a resolution dealing with how we appropriate and spend money. The government’s spending cycle begins in October, so it was about to run out.

This resolution said ‘This is how we’re going to spend the money in the next month or so.’ ” He said he is a member of five committees in the Senate, including the agriculture committee, transportation committee and veterans committee.

“The agriculture committee is a very important one for our state. Agriculture is about 25 percent of our gross domestic product (GDP),” Boozman said.

He said that during the rest of the week

he comes back to Arkansas to do things such as his tour of the high school that day.

“I spend a lot of time in schools and businesses. When I’m in Arkansas, it’s more about communicating with people about the problems they are facing,” he said.

Boozman then took a few questions from the students. One asked why he got into politics. Boozman said he was not really political at all in the beginning of his professional career, being an optometrist by trade. He said he first got into politics by joining the school board in Rogers.

“An opening came up, and I had three daughters in the school system. So I jumped in because I felt like I could be helpful,” he said.

He said that he was later elected to the House of Representatives during a special election after Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a representative at the time, resigned to become the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Boozman then told the students that he is often asked how to become a senator or congressman and what people need to do to prepare.

“I tell people that there really isn’t any special preparation,” he said. “A lot of professions are represented in both the

state and federal government. As I mentioned, I’m an optometrist, and I have friends who are accountants, lawyers and more.”

He said the main thing students need to do if they are interested in pursuing politics is to be active in their communities.

“Most importantly, you need to be a giver, not a taker,” Boozman said. “That’s the most important thing in life, not just in politics. Life is al about trying to help others.”

Sicard and her students thanked Boozman for stopping by their classroom, and he thanked them for having him.

Also during Boozman’s visit, high school principal Kathryn Lavender, superintendent Bryan Pruitt and student council president Simon Larson took Boozman on a tour of the high school.

Larson said it was an honor to have the senator visit his high school.

“It’s a wee bit intimidating, but, otherwise, it’s amazing,” he said. “I think it’s great that he’s actually visiting our school and our community.”

Boozman said he was impressed by Eureka Springs High School.

“This was a great opportunity. Eureka Springs schools have amazing facilities, and they really show the support of the community,” he said.

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HDC denies request to demolish Building 100

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

The Eureka Springs Community Center Foundation won’t be tearing down Building 100 as soon as some had hoped.

On Wednesday, Oct. 5, the Eureka Springs Planning Commission denied a request from the foundation to revise the previously approved master site plan for the demolition of the building. Foundation member Al Larson explained that the site plan had to be modified, saying the original plan approved last year retained part of the building for an outdoor stage area. The new plan, he said, involves placing the stage at a different area and using blocks from Building 100 in the design.

“But with more input from the community and with the addition of the farmers market in the open air area … and since there’s ordinarily entertainment during the farmers market, we felt this was a better placement,” he said. “[It’s] a bit of a plaza area as opposed to retaining the place where it was.”

Commissioner Virgil Fowler asked if the foundation’s plan is to move the wall it had originally planned to retain, and Larson said the new plan will use the wall in a different way.

“Our plan is to retain 1,500 of the glass blocks, which was the signature item that defined the building. It would be used in the creation of the new stage area,” Larson said.

Chairwoman Dee Bright raised a question about the new stage area and said the Eureka Springs Planning Commission recently rejected a proposal for an outdoor amphitheater. Commissioner Melissa Greene said she had hoped the foundation could retain part of the wall for the stage, telling Larson that was one of the reasons the commission approved the first site plan.

“Where is the wall in the last approval you were going to keep?” Greene asked.

“Why does that need to be removed?”

Larson said there were multiple rea-

sons why the initial design won’t work out.

“It’s inconvenient for the purpose of events. The other is the expense … to retain it right where it was would be around $100,000 just to make that corner stand on its own in a place that’s not really convenient for the use of the rest of the property,” he said.

Greene said she understood the foundation’s new plan but couldn’t support it yet.

“For me, this building was incredibly … it’s a huge icon of this town and a huge icon of our mid-century history,” she said. “I, myself, am having a problem with removing it.”

Fowler said the commission has heard similar requests in the past.

“We have seen in front of us several times where they take down walls as long as they re-purpose that material on the property,” Fowler said.

“Right, but they were just a wall,” Greene responded. “They weren’t an icon that was part of this town. For me, that building … it was one of the hugest icons of this town.”

The commission voted 3-2 to approve the amended plan. Because there wasn’t a majority, the decision came down to Bright’s vote. Bright said she couldn’t vote in favor of the plan because of the outdoor amphitheater.

“We want the wall to stay, but my biggest concern would be the amphitheater that just got turned down two weeks ago,” Bright said.

“We call it an amphitheater. We like to think it would be available for things like outdoor movies,” Larson said. “If you’ve been to the farmers market, you know there’s a musician there. This is not an extravaganza. This is not a huge venue.”

He continued, “I don’t think the Cate Brothers are going to show up there, but still it will be for the purpose of entertaining people in that plaza area.”

Without a majority, the motion to See Planning, page 22

CAPC workshop focuses on 10-year plan for The Auditorium

By Samantha Jones

Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission met Oct. 6 to discuss the 10-year plan for The Auditorium.

Commissioner Susan Harman pointed out that a commission will be set up for The Auditorium with its own revenue stream and asked how the CAPC will contribute financially to the building. Commissioner James DeVito said the CAPC’s job is to promote The Auditorium.

“We’re in essence a promoter. The Auditorium Commission … is going to oversee The Auditorium,” DeVito said. “As an entity, they’ll go out and book acts.”

He said the CAPC’s contract with The Auditorium will be due for renewal on Oct. 31, saying the CAPC has a 60-day period before the contract is set in stone.

If the proposed 1 percent tax passes, DeVito said he doesn’t think the CAPC should keep its contract with The Auditorium.

“If there is an Auditorium Commission and they have a revenue stream, then I see no other role for the CAPC other than a booking agent,” DeVito said.

Harman recalled some comments she’s heard in the community about the CAPC’s responsibilities for The Auditorium.

“There are those out there that believe the CAPC is responsible…based on how it was originally set up,” Harman said.

“We are not in any way, shape or form responsible for The Auditorium,” DeVito responded. “The Auditorium does not meet the criteria of a convention center. The Auditorium is an auditorium.”

Finance director Rick Bright said the CAPC doesn’t have a responsibility to manage a convention center, either.

“There isn’t a mandate for anything,” Bright said. “We can have a convention center, and we can have tourist facilities. We’re not mandated to have anything.”

What he’d like to explore, DeVito said, is creating a parking facility downtown. Bright said parking was one of the main reasons the CAPC was created, and DeVito agreed.

“We’ve only been discussing parking in Eureka Springs since 1972,” DeVito said.

He added that the city owns property

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downtown across from New Delhi, where the proposed parking facility could be built.

The facility is important, DeVito said, for the city to grow its tourism.

“We’re never going to get anywhere as a city if we don’t address the number one complaint of all our visitors … parking,” DeVito said. “When we spend money to create a less than perfect experience for people who come here, we might as well drive down the road and throw money out the window.”

He continued, “We’re losing customers all the time because we’re not convenient.

This has got to be part of our long-range planning. How can you have a show at The Auditorium when you have no parking?”

Harman asked if the hours for the trolley system could be extended in the meantime.

“We have a lot of people who use the trolley, but the biggest complaint is they stop too soon,” Harman said.

DeVito said the city has tried that in the past.

“We tried running the trolleys until 9 o’clock and I’m sorry … people don’t use them. This is the Midwest. People want their cars,” he said.

Harman addressed the proposed parking facility, asking DeVito how many parking spots it would create. DeVito said it would create a “couple hundred” parking spots and said he hopes it will have one level down and four levels up. The proposed facility would cost around $5 million, he said, and could be paid for through a bond issue.

“Once it’s paid off, that’s a cash cow for Eureka Springs. It’s what our visitors want.

It’s what a number of people in this community want,” DeVito said. “If we want to increase our revenues every year, we need to think about solving the major problems in this community. How do we ever grow as a city unless we provide the one thing everyone complains about?”

Harman said the proposed parking facility should be a CAPC goal but not necessarily part of the CAPC’s 10-year plan for The Auditorium. De facto commissioner Damon Henke disagreed.

“It makes sense to add it in because you don’t have a usable facility without parking,” Henke said. “It’s really the longevity of The Aud.”

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Cathouse closes for weekend after liquor license is suspended

By Scott Loftis CarrollCountyNews@cox-internet.com

One of Eureka Springs’ most popular nightspots will be closed this weekend after having its liquor license suspended, but management hopes to use the down time constructively.

The Cathouse Lounge, at 82 Armstrong Street, is suspended from serving alcohol from Thursday, Oct. 13, through Sunday, Oct. 16, by order of Bud Roberts, director of the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division.

Milton Lucken, a staff attorney with the ABC division, said Roberts ordered the suspension after a hearing regarding the Cathouse’s application for a license to sell alcohol.

Lucken said the application listed an address in Eureka Springs as the home address for Frederick Lydick, a co-owner of the Cathouse who applied for the license.

“One of our agents was checking out his application and discovered that Mr. Lydick was not an Arkansas resident, that he actually lived in Oklahoma,” Lucken said.

“Either knowingly or unknowingly, he falsified information on his application.”

In addition to the suspension, Lucken said the Cathouse was ordered to pay a $200 fine.

Contacted at a business in Oklahoma on Tuesday, Lydick acknowledged that there was an error on the application.

“At the end of the day, we messed up on our paperwork,” he said. “That’s not something that they take lightly.”

Although the ABC order would allow the Cathouse to remain open this weekend without selling alcohol, Lydick said it will be closed for renovations.

“We need to redo our floors and do some updating, so hopefully when we open back up it will be a little nicer.”

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Second Saturday Music in the Park

Photo by David Bell

Brewer and Shipley performs one of their folk tunes during Second Saturday Music in the Park.

Lady Highlanders fall to Berryville

By Ty Loftis CCNSports@cox-internet.com

BERRYVILLE — Things didn’t go well for the Lady Highlander volleyball team Tuesday evening, as Berryville defeated Eureka Springs 25-12, 25-9, 25-8.

An ace from Berryville’s Makenzie Harp gave the Lady Bobcats an early 4-0 lead in the first set. Berryville had a 14-5 lead when Eureka Springs’ Madi Eastburn got a kill to make it 146. Faith Martin’s kill cut Berryville’s lead to 15-8 and Heidi Kirk’s dig kept the Highlanders close, as they trailed 17-10. Berryville went on an 8-2 run to end the set.

Early blocks by Berryville’s Kelcee Hopper gave the Lady Bobcats a 7-2 lead. Kirk’s dig helped keep Eureka Springs close, but three consecutive kills by Abby Nickell gave Berryville a 16-3 lead. Eastburn and Martin got late digs before the set ended. Berryville

got out to an early lead in the final set, but digs by Kirk closed the gap to 9-5.

Grayson Ertel attempted to keep the set close, getting a kill, which cut the Berryville lead to 16-7. Late aces by Berryville’s Melody Smith helped give Berryville the set victory.

On Thursday, the Lady Highlanders host Huntsville.

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Four die in Sunday accident east of Berryville Lovely County Citizen

Four people were killed — including a minor — and three others were injured Sunday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 62 in Carroll County.

According to a preliminary report from Arkansas State Police Trooper Drew Widner, a 2004 Toyota driven by Benita Langinbelk, 36, of Berryville, was eastbound on U.S. 62 at Rock Crusher Hill at 12:36 p.m.

Sunday when it crossed the center line and collided head-on with a 2001 Ford driven

by Jack L. Rogers, 70, of Berryville.

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result of the accident, as did Newoj Bokjen, 60, of Berryville, and an unidentified female minor from Berryville.

Bokjen and the minor were passengers in Langinbelk’s vehicle.

Two minors who were passengers in Langinbelk’s vehicle — a male and a female, both from Berryville — were injured. Ethel L. Rogers, 70, a passenger in Jack Rogers’ vehicle, also was injured.

Widner’s report says the weather was clear and the road dry at the time of the accidents. The deaths brought the total number of traffic fatalities this year in Arkansas to 410.

Holiday Island Hospitality Association sponsoring roadside cleanup

The Holiday Island Hospitality Association will sponsor its semi-annual roadside cleanup on Saturday, Oct. 22. The volunteers will meet at the Holiday Island Clubhouse north parking lot at 9 a.m. to receive their road assignments and supplies. A picnic lunch will be provided for all volunteers at 11:30 a.m. at the recreation center pavilion. Orange safety vests and trash bags will be provided.

Photo courtesy of the Eureka Springs Historical Museum

Penn Castle was built in 1888 as the retirement home of Southern Baptist evangelist, Maj. William Evander Penn. He designed Penn Castle based on European castles he had visited. He first built four back rooms as a simple cottage, then “as the Lord provided,” he added the three-story front part of the house. He and his wife, Corilla, eventually bought the entire mountaintop from Penn Castle all the way from what is today the Gavioli Chapel and down Mountain Street to Penn Memorial Baptist Church, which was built in 1912 in honor of Maj. Penn. After the death of both Maj. and Mrs. Penn, the house was only owned by a few other families. In the 1950s, Gerald L.K. Smith and his wife, Elna, bought the house and made it their home. The Smiths made some changes to the house but were primarily occupied with the founding of The Great Passion Play. The impressive front portion of the castle includes a balcony that looks to the east. It is the only house on Eureka Street with a balcony facing that direction. That proved very important to Smith, as he bought the house sight unseen after being told about the balcony where he could watch the construction of his Christ of the Ozarks statue from home.

Traffic on historic loop to be restricted on Halloween

Traffic access on the historic upper loop will be restricted on Halloween this year.

Kim Stryker, administrative assistant to the mayor, reported Monday that access will be limited to local residents and those with a lodging or dining destination on the historic upper loop. Stryker said the Eureka Springs Police Department will be placing officers at both ends of the upper loop from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. all evening, with more officers, reserves and volunteers being stationed throughout the loop.

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Grave new world:

Cemetery commission renames old lot, prepares new plots

By Kelby Newcomb CCNNews@cox-internet.com The cemetery lot by Simmons Street now has an official name.

The Eureka Springs Cemetery Commission renamed the area “The Old Simmons Site” at its Monday meeting in order to begin selling the available plots in the lot.

Cemetery superintendent and commission chair Peg Adamson said the new name was chosen to prevent any confusion among visitors.

“It’s nice that part of the old name is in it. That should keep it from being confused with anything,” she said.

She said the Old Simmons Site has 20 plots blocked off for sale.

Also at the meeting, the commission heard a report from groundskeeper Pat Lujan on the maintenance of the cemetery.

Lujan said that all of the cemetery plots are now up to date on mowing and weeding.

“It took us forever to get there, but they are all in really good shape now,” he said.

“We’ve hauled a total of 25 truckloads of brush and shrubbery from the lots. We hauled off four truckloads of yuccas alone.

They were the ones causing the most problems.”

Lujan said the groundskeepers have uncovered 52 headstones that were previous-

ly covered by brush and shrubs.

“You can tell people have planted some of the shrubs,” he said. “We just ask the commission to be a little more aware of what people are planting out there to make it easier for us to maintain the grounds.

If they just let us know, we can tell them where they can plant them.”

Adamson said the commission would look into the rules for decorations and plants.

Lujan said the groundskeepers’ next big job will be cleaning up the large leaf piles that have been sitting around the cemetery and preventing them from building up again. They will also be working along the fence line on the backside of the cemetery and the wrought iron fence line, he said.

“We’ll have to wait for a little bit on the wrought iron fence because it is completely covered in poison ivy,” Lujan said.

“So we have to let it go dormant. That will probably be a winter project.”

He said the groundskeepers have encountered a few trees growing around the fence line that are damaging the fence.

The trees will have to be removed in order to prevent further damage to the fence, he said.

The commission also discussed the cemetery trust fund savings account. Bob

Thomas, secretary and treasurer for the commission, said 10 percent of the money received from plot sales each month will be deposited into the account. As the individual cemetery trust fund certificates of deposit (CDs) mature, he said, all available money in the cemetery trust fund savings account will be added to the CD balance and the entire amount reinvested as municipal code requires.

Adamson said she and Thomas are looking into purchasing another CD. “They mature next year, and we get a small amount of interest from each of the three CDs,” she said. “So we will hopefully have more money coming into the general fund.”

The CDs and the cemetery trust fund savings account are all intended to build the finances and the future of the cemetery, she said.

The commission also discussed head-

stone cleaning and what visitors were allowed to do for maintenance of headstones they own. The commission decided that Wet and Forget cleaning solution would be allowed because it is noncorrosive and biodegradable.

“We are by no means encouraging people to do so. If they own the headstone, they can clean it and no others,” Adamson said.

She announced that the cemetery will also be taking part in Cornerstone Bank’s Parking Lot Project on Saturday, Dec. 10.

Different groups can take over the parking lot on Saturdays, Adamson said, and charge drivers $5 to park their vehicles.

“We will get a percentage of the profits,” she said. “We’re excited to have been chosen.”

The cemetery commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m.

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ESSA offering Halloween-themed felting class

Eureka Springs School of the Arts (ESSA) is offering a felting class, “Whimsical Wet Felted Accessories,” taught by Kate Koprowski from Monday, Oct. 17, to Friday, Oct. 21.

Koprowski is a self-taught fire artist with a background in education. She has taught felting workshops locally in Kentucky and also sells a variety of digital tutorials through her online Etsy shop, HandiCraftKate.

Students can join in on some felting fun and fantasy the week before Halloween.

They will learn how to make a classic

black witch’s hat and more in this fiveday workshop. Students will learn basic and advanced techniques of the felt-making process using the wet felting method.

They will have the chance to make warm winter items, such as a lattice scarf and a pair of warm fingerless gloves. The last three days of the class will be devoted to hat-making, and students will create Fae Fedora, a Fox Hood and a Conical Black Witch’s Hat. To register for the class or for more information, visit ESSA-Art.org or call 1-479-253-5384.

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Voter registration blues

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Trump is a predator

This is to my Christian friends. Since my previous letter about the corrupt Donald Trump, he has been exposed in a new low. I am assuming you heard his “locker room banter” discussing how the newly married, faithful groom would love to f*** “Nancy,” how she had good t*****s, how he continually pushed himself upon women with his breathy kisses and, generally, how he considered women to be meat for his gluttonous appetite.

After this additional exposure of his sick behavior, I was sure the right-wing Christians would reject him and vote for one of the other three candidates, at least.

Oh, no, their delusions are firm. Now, some are saying, “It’s only Christian to forgive.” Yes, that’s in the good book, but I thought a sinner had to be sincerely sorry for his sins and contritely ask for forgiveness.

Late night Friday, Trump faced the camera with his opportunistic retort. His face was scrunched up with hatred. His voice had no contrition in it. His words were facetious. And after a short mea culpa, he launched into his usual vindictive against Bill Clinton who is not running for president and Hillary Clinton who did not commit any of Bill’s transgressions but suffered through her disappointment and pain, forgave Bill, saved her marriage and carried on.

Trump says he loves revenge, even though the Bible says to leave revenge to God. As Paul has advised in Romans: “…

Live in harmony with one another ... Do not be haughty ... Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.” He further admonishes that we give thirsty people drink, hungry people food which the Trump Foundation has never done. “… and love one another.” Trump loves only himself.

Since Trump the Religious has threat-

ened to bring up Bill Clinton’s past indiscretions at the Sunday Debate and also blame Hillary for not liking the women who dilly-dallied with her husband, he evidently does not believe the Bible. Nor is he contrite at all.

He got caught once again in his nasty addictions and he is trying to cover them up with false words. Do not be deceived, dear Christians. He is an accomplished liar and hypocrite. Facts don’t bother him at all. He uses his money, power and as he calls it his “star status” to sexually assault women for his psychotic desires.

He might be “forgiven” but he has not changed nor really apologized with heartfelt remorse. Why would Christians want to support a man who assaults women, F’s any female he wants, does not respect a targeted woman’s marriage or “No!” and makes a mockery of his own wedding vows?

When one is forgiven, one lives differently.

Trump is still a predator and he does not deserve to represent our country.

— TRELLA LAUGHLIN

Thank you

I want to give a great big thank you to Gary at Lil Bear RV and Mini Storage. He is without a doubt one of the most generous men I have met. Every time it comes time for our food drive, he provides our van. And also the people at Harts Family Center, who without we couldn’t do what we do for Flint Street at all. They are always there, no matter what we ask.

Again, we at American Legion Post 9 and the auxiliary have nothing but huge kudos to both of you and are looking forward to next year to see if our great community can come together and top what we did this year.

— PEGGY DUNCAN President, Auxiliary Unit 9t

The experience of helping with voter registration has been very rewarding with lots of love and encouragement. It has been fun. Thanks to everyone who has cheered us on and those who have added their voices to our democracy. What is also encouraging: around 80 percent of the folks I ask are registered and ready to vote, 10 percent are registering for the first time or are updating their voter registration and about 5 percent cannot register due to felony convictions or they are non-residents. Only about another 5 percent are not registered and don’t want to be. I personally have had no objections from anyone toward our registration efforts. Another volunteer, however, was accused of having ulterior motives after saying “early voting starts October 24th” to a woman who approached her table. The volunteer assured her that she was not promoting anything except voter participation. The angry lady was so incensed that she rolled down her car window and hollered “you’re disgusting.” This understandably left a sour taste in the volunteer’s mouth. If this angry lady would like to volunteer, there is now a vacant table. Hope you are happy. If you

have any other objections to more people being able to vote, please call me at 479244-5030. I’d be tickled to discuss your options.

— MARK EASTBURN

Speeders deserve tickets Chief Achord, Yesterday I was almost hit by a speeder heading uphill from town on the sharp curve near the spring (Council is the street, I think) off East Mountain. I checked the mirror installed, let my foot off the brake to turn downhill. A Jeep came speeding uphill, took the turn on my lane and almost hit me. He didn’t even bother to slow down then. He was probably going 25 MPH. On Wall Street, the speed limit is 25.

The posted sign is near O’Reilly’s. If the sign was further north, perhaps people would see it. Anyway the three tiny houses being built have just attracted more speeders going twice the limit of 15 MPH. Locals use Wall as a cut-through to downtown. Neighbors speed, too. I’ve almost seen deer hit because of speeders.

Please ticket the speeders on residential streets.

Thanks – NAME WITHHELD

Citizens of the Week

Johan and Johanes of Regency Inn are this week’s Citizens of the Week. The couple was nominated by Johnna Brown, who said her brother and sister-in-law used to love staying at Regency Inn. “They spent their honeymoon there years ago and were treated great. This couple made every trip their best,” Brown said. In June, she said, her brother and sister-in-law were hit and killed by a drunk driver near Thorncrown Chapel. Johan and Johanes did everything they could for her family, Brown said. “Since this night, our family has been in Eureka every few weeks for the court proceedings, and this couple welcomes us with open arms. All who meet them say the same thing,” Brown said. “They are an amazing asset to your sweet little community.”

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

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Citizen Opinion by Cindy Worley

What brings you to the Farmers Market?

Frank Egan

Stuart Drizner

I’ve been a vendor for four years and this is my social hour.

It’s a gathering place to meet and commune with the community.

“Frank”

Diane Newcomb

“Dame Diane”

Great local food and camaraderie.

“Stu-Da-Baker”

Doc Contreras “Hercules’ Dad”

John Blankenship

“Wood Worker”

Money, it’s a place to sell my wares in a public market and I enjoy the people.

Kelli Zumwalt “KJ”

I come here to I come here twice meet the people in a week for the the community. best products in the world.

Citizen Survey What brings you to the Farmers Market? m Socializing m The food m Selling items

m The music m The art m Something else

Go to www.lovelycitizen.com and weigh in. Vote by 9 a.m. Wednesday

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Don’t let Trump fool you

ere are the facts: Donald Trump was recorded bragging about the way he sexually assaults women. He stated that he kisses women and grabs their genitals without consent. He defended these statements Sunday night by calling them “locker room talk.” He deflected from his indiscretions by pointing out the things Bill Clinton has allegedly said about women.

And he is still in the running to be the next president of the United States. In any other election, the things Trump has said — both during the campaign and in the past — would automatically disqualify him. It’s disturbing that hasn’t happened, but I don’t find it entirely surprising.

If you’ve known an abusive narcissist, you probably aren’t surprised either. I was in an abusive relationship for three years and got to know the type of person Trump is. Trump is a whole lot like my ex-boyfriend ... so similar, in fact, that I sometimes have to turn off the television when he appears on it. My ex-boyfriend believed he was better than everyone else, and he constantly felt the need to say so. He was all talk and no substance. When I hear Trump talk about his huge yet vague plans for our country, all I can think is how much he reminds me of my ex-boyfriend.

That’s not the worst similarity, not by a long shot.

The most common abusive behavior Trump has exhibited is gaslighting. For those of you who don’t know, gaslighting is when someone says something offensive and then denies saying it. My mother-inlaw, who was in an abusive marriage for nearly 20 years, calls it “crazy making.” I experienced this quite a bit in my college relationship. My ex-boyfriend would call me stupid or crazy, and when I got upset he’d tell me I misheard him or that wasn’t what he said.

If you watch the presidential debates with this

in mind, you’ll see that Trump gaslights constantly. Multiple people have pointed out Trump’s support of the Iraq War, and Trump always responds by saying, “I didn’t say that.” He was recorded saying he supported the war. Let me repeat that.

He was recorded saying he supported the war, and he thinks he can avoid those questions by reSamantha Jones peatedly denying it. He has also denied tweeting that global warming is a conspiracy created by the Chinese government to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive, even though several people screen-shot that tweet before Trump’s team deleted it.

This is a tactic abusers use to control their victims.

I don’t claim to know Trump or what he wants to do with his presidency, but I do know what abuse looks like and this is it. The way he insults those he perceives to be weaker than him is especially indicative of this. His treatment of women has taken the spotlight after that recording surfaced last week, but he has discounted the struggles and worth of every person who isn’t Donald Trump since he started his campaign. In his mind, he is the best person who has ever existed. He loves himself so much that he can’t see his faults. He can’t understand why people get upset when he says Mexicans are rapists or sexual assault is OK if you’re a rich celebrity. After all, he’s Donald Trump. How could he ever do something wrong?

Many people have questioned why he doubles down when one of his indiscretions surfaces. This See Jones, page 31

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Foundation awards grants to local non-profits

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

Since its inception in 2001, the Carroll County Community Foundation has been growing the Giving Tree Endowment to help non-profits in need. The foundation continued this tradition on Oct. 6 at its annual Giving Tree Grant Awards Ceremony, where 16 local non-profit organizations received grant money.

Janell Robertson, executive director of the foundation, said that many non-profits applied for grant money, totaling more than $67,000 in applications. Choosing which non-profits to award, she said, wasn’t easy.

“Choosing which non-profits will receive the grant funds is always a difficult decision, We have so many deserving non-profits that apply,” Robertson said.

Judi Selle accepted the award for The Purple Flower, the only domestic violence resource office in Carroll County.

Over the past year, Selle said, the office has partnered with the Carroll County Safety Network to provide more services for the victims and survivors of domestic violence. Selle described how The Purple Flower began, saying it all started with the murder of Laura Aceves.

“This is Laura’s daughter, Josephine.

Several years ago for the lack of a few hundred dollars, [Josephine’s] mom couldn’t get out of town safety with her children and was actually found by her abuser and murdered,” Selle said.

The grant money will be used for Laura’s Fund, she explained, which will provide help for families fleeing domestic violence. Laura Ponce, Aceves’ mother, said the fund is very important.

“It will make a big difference in many people’s lives, like my daughter’s. She could’ve started a new life,” Ponce said.

“This is going to make a big difference.”

Kay Haydon accepted the award for Flint Street Fellowship, saying the grant will help purchase food for the Back Our Kids program. Haydon explained that the program provides weekend food bags for students in need at the Eureka Springs School District.

“This grant money will go toward pur-

Photo by David Bell

Recipients of Giving Tree grants from the Carroll County Community Foundation are all smiles after the awards presentation last Thursday at Carroll Electric’s Community Room.

chasing food and hygiene items for the kids in the Eureka Springs school system who do not get enough to eat at home,” Haydon said. “This program supplements what the schools are able to do during the week with breakfast and lunch for the children.”

This is the fourth year the program has operated in Eureka Springs, he said.

Haydon pointed out that Flint Street receives help from the Eureka Springs Rotary Club and the Holiday Island Rotary Club, keeping the cost of bags under $5.

He said the bags usually contain peanut butter, a rice or noodle cup, granola bars, oatmeal packets, four pieces of string cheese, three pieces of fresh fruit and a fruit cup or drink. Periodically, he said, the bags include toiletry items.

“These food bags are necessary for many reasons, and we’re just glad the school can pinpoint the children in need and we can help them,” Haydon said.

Peggy Lodewyks accepted the award for Loaves & Fishes Food Bank.

Lodewyks said the money will be used for the food bank’s own weekend food bag program, which serves the Berryville and Green Forest school districts.

“This grant in particular is going to be used … to buy six-ounce cans of white

chicken meat so each of our kids over the weekend will have more protein,” Lodewyks said.

Brian Watson accepted the award for Project Self-Esteem, a backpack program providing school supplies for the kids of Carroll County. Watson said the program started out with 160 backpacks 16 years ago, saying it has grown to more than 700 backpacks this year.

“That sounds amazing and wonderful, but then I think 700 kids just in Carroll County have that need, which is a sobering thought,” Watson said.

Janet Arnett accepted the award for Eureka Springs Health Outreach (ECHO).

Arnett said the money will be used for diabetic medicine and supplies. When ECHO started its diabetic program, Arnett said, she was surprised at how many people need those services in Carroll County. She said ECHO has brought in a nutritionist to help diabetic patients.

“It is amazing what she has done to help folks that have a problem in knowing how to eat healthy. She comes out … on clinic nights and I’ll say, ‘How’d it go?’ She’ll say, ‘Well, he’s not going to eat 30 tacos this week,’ ” Arnett said.

“That’s a step forward.”

Peggy Kjelgaard accepted the award

for Eureka Springs School of the Arts (ESSA), saying the grant will help purchase a pottery wheel. Kjelgaard said ESSA has been working to acquire enough pottery wheels for its pottery classes since 2012.

“Last year, the Carroll County Community Foundation helped us purchase our fifth potters wheel. We need six to help cover the present class, and this year we’ll get our sixth,” Kjelgaard said.

“We’re really excited about that.”

Other award recipients include Northwest Arkansas Head Start, which will use the grant for a white board for the Green Forest campus; Carroll County Senior Activity & Wellness Center, which will use the funds to support the Meals on Wheels program and the summer food for kids program; People Helping People, which will use the money for medication for people who are under- or uninsured; Samaritan Community Center, which will use the grant for weekend snack packs for preschool students; the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas, which will use the money to fund local scholarships for single parents in Carroll County; the Girl Scouts, which will use the grant for two new troop firstyear kits; Jeremiah House, which will use the funds to get word out about the program; the Learning Center of Northwest Arkansas, which will use the grant for iPads at the Green Forest campus; the Mission Clinic, which will use the funds to purchase diabetic supplies and medication and Unconditional Love Pet Rescue, which will use the grant to supplement pet food and vet costs.

“It is always inspiring to hear about the good work that supports the people of Carroll County, from the youngest to the oldest,” Robertson said. “It’s important that we focus on growing our Giving Tree Endowment and provide more funds where they are needed.”

Each gift to the endowment is tax-deductible, she said, and grows and gives back every year. For more information on the Carroll County Community Foundation, visit http://www.arcf.org/About/AffiliateOffices/CarrollCounty.aspx.

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Lady Highlanders counting on senior leadership

By Ty Loftis CCNSports@cox-internet.com

The bad news is the Eureka Springs Lady Highlanders won only two conference games a year ago. The good news is Eureka Springs has six seniors returning to improve that record.

“Our cast of girls has gelled together over the last two years,” Eureka Springs coach Adam Brothers said. “We aren’t very big, but we will shoot the ball and when we get hot from three-point range, we can stay in the ballgame.”

Adam Brothers’ daughter, Azziah, is one of those seniors this year. She led the team in scoring last year and Brothers knows she will have to step up and play well this year.

“We need her to score about 20 points a game,” Brothers said. “With leadership, it’s not just one person, it’s a team effort.”

Brothers believes the Lady Highlanders have developed a team chemistry throughout the last couple of seasons.

“When you have the girls that are tightknit and are considered more family than players, I think they play better that way,” Brothers said.

Brothers knows those other seniors will have to step up in order for the Lady Highlanders to have a good season.

“Hayley Milwaski, Molly Montez, Becky Wright and Aurora Fields, that group, with Azziah, I think they can play a little bit better defense this year,” Brothers said. “When they are on the

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When it comes to basketball, Brothers isn’t a fan of the way the Arkansas Activities Association has realigned the conferences, but he knows it will help the students.

“Academic-wise it will be better on the kids,” Brothers said. “When it comes to our district at the end of the year, we will see teams we haven’t seen before so we will have to do some more scouting on that. All in all, it helps the kids, though.”

Brothers knows that this will be a long season and he hopes the girls don’t get caught up in one win or one loss.

“You always like to build on a win, but when you lose, I hope we gain something from it,” Brothers said. “We don’t dwell on it. In junior high the other night against Alpena for our scrimmage game, we didn’t sustain ourself on defense. We weren’t very smart. We got in foul trouble and that one experience will carry us for the rest the year.”

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Voices from Eureka’s Silent City

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The Eureka Springs Historical Museum hosted a dress rehearsal for its eighth annual ‘Voices from Eureka’s Silent City’ cemetery walking tour on Tuesday, Oct. 4.

One might think lovely Elizabeth Loud- Carolyn Green, Stephanie Stodden and Gayla Guide Glenna Booth points out that Mr. William H. Tarr was a member of the ermilk to be an actual apparition, aside Wolfinbarger gather to listen to one of their fellow Freemasons, showing the symbol of the Eastern Star on his headstone. from her hot pink smartphone, of course. actors’ storytelling.

Characters assemble in the cemetery for a dress rehearsal.

Museum director Stephanie Stodden and event director Alexa Pittenger pose among the headstones as the sun slips away.

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Hangin’ out in Eureka Springs is always fun, but on a gorgeous autumn Saturday, it’s absolutely fantastic. Here are some folks also enjoying the day just hanging out in our little town.

Jeff shows off some of his goodies.

John Harwood and his fiance, Missy Smith, enjoy the beautiful weather Saturday.

A couple gets ready to listen to Brewer and Shipley during Second Saturday Music in the Park.

Zam, the inter-dimensional wizard, shows a trick to Gabi and Gavin Wimsatt of Archie, Mo.

Bob Jeffreys hangs out with, from left, Bethany Statesbery, son Charlie Redmond, Debbie Weiland and David Redmond.

Eureka Springs High School principal Kathy Lavender, right, watches the Corvettes pass by with Tony and Debbie Latture.

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Library to kick off Teen Maker Club Oct. 14

Beginning on Oct. 14, the Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library will be hosting a free Teen Maker Club every second Friday of the month. All kids and teens ages 10 to 18 are welcome to attend and participate in planned projects with pre-supplied materials at no cost, or bring their own projects to work on in the Library Annex Friends room from 3:30 p.m.

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Teen Maker Club projects will engage science, technology, engineering, art and math principles and empower kids to explore and learn from the processes of building with their own hands. The initial multi-part project includes the manufacturing of fused plastic fabric and soft-good flat pattern design using sewing machines.

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4-H winners prepare for national competition

By Kelby Newcomb CCNNews@cox-internet.com

A team of Carroll County 4-H members will be competing at nationals this January.

Miriam Wyatt, Monica Reuter, Kaitlyn Warner and Georgia Bell Patterson competed as a team in the Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Skill-a- thon event at the State 4-H O’Rama in Fayetteville this August and won first place.

Sherry Ream, 4-H program assistant for Carroll County, said the team had to study a 435-page program to prepare for the state competition. The FCS Skill-athon, she said, consisted of identifying different tools and elements of family and consumer sciences, such as cooking utensils and sewing materials.

“They were given a sheet with the items listed and had to go through and identify each number,” Ream said. “The judges tally up the scores at the end and keep the three highest teams.”

Wyatt said the studying was more difficult than the actual competition.

“We spent a lot of time working on memorizing stuff, but it was actually a lot easier than we thought it would be,” she said.

Patterson agreed and said the 435page program had made the competition seem daunting.

“It wasn’t as bad once we were there,” she said.

Reuter said she was most excited about the cooking section.

“We had to identify different cooking utensils and identify spices,” she said. “I just thought that was a fun challenge.”

Ream pointed out that the spices were all presented in the same type of bowl, making the identification more difficult.

Wyatt said they also had to identify elements of interior decorating and design.

“It was stuff like identifying baseboards and trim. It was really basic stuff,” she said.

Warner said the team was thrilled when it was announced they had won the state competition.

“It was amazing,” she said.

“We all squealed,” Wyatt said, “even

Georgia Bell, who never does.”

Ream said the team will compete for the national title in Denver on Jan. 3. For the national competition, the teams will be given an FCS scenario to address and have five minutes to prepare their presentation for the judges, she said.

“The example they gave is people getting frozen in over the holidays or being trapped in their homes because of tornadoes and flooding,” Ream said. “The judges would give them that scenario and ask what they would do for emergency situations like those.”

She said the team will be preparing for nationals with practice prompts.

“We will give them a scenario and let them present to us,” Ream said. “It will be timed like it will be at nationals.”

Reuter said they will be going over the program some more as well.

“I might need to do some studying, especially to prepare for the prompt,” she said.

Ream said studying is not the only concern looking ahead to nationals. The competition and trip will also include some major expenses, she said, so the 4-H team will be holding fundraisers to fund their trip.

“It’s $400 per girl just to be in the contest. We will get some funding from the University of Arkansas and the National Livestock Association, but we’re not sure if it will cover all the expenses,” she said.

The main reason they decided to raise money, Ream said, is because the team will be flying to the competition because of the potential winter road conditions in January.

“We discovered it costs $60 for each girl to send their luggage, so this trip could be very expensive,” she said.

She said the team has al- ready held a few fundraisers, including selling cupcakes at the Carroll County Fair and selling salads last Friday. The girls prepared the cup- cakes and salads themselves, Ream said.

“Pretty much all of the fundraisers are related to us- ing our FCS skills,” Wyatt said. “We will make food for all of

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(From left) Carroll County 4-H members Kaitlyn Warner, Miriam Wyatt, Georgia Bell Patterson and Monica Reuter won first place at the State 4-H O’Rama in the FCS Skill-a-thon event. They will compete for the National Title on Jan. 3 in Denver, Colo.

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Ream said the team raised $738 at the fair through sell- ing the cupcakes for $1 and donations.

“We did pretty well. A lot of that was donations,” she said. “We didn’t make 783 cupcakes, but I was close to 200 myself. I think all of us were in about that range.”

The team’s next fund- raiser, Ream said, will be a Drive-Thru Spaghetti Dinner at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at the community room on the Berryville Square. She said the dinners will be $5 each and will include spaghetti, green

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“People can drive up to the community room and tell us how many dinners they want,” she said. “Then we will get them out to them.”

Ream said the 4-H team plans to sell hot dogs, pop- corn and cookies at Christmas Gifts Galore in November and sell popcorn and cookies at the Christmas Parade.

“We’ve been pleased with how the community has jumped in to help,” she said. “We’re proud of these girls and want to see them shine at the national level.”

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Highlanders optimistic with mostly new cast

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Youth and inexperience can lead to poor results for a high school basketball team, but Eureka Springs basketball coach Brian Rambo isn’t looking at it that way. The Highlanders made it to the state tournament a year ago, but lose four starters, including all-state player Reggie Sanchez. The one returning starter is JM Gregg.

“We are going to do what we do,” Rambo said. “It’s not broke so we aren’t going to fix it. We are going to fill in some pieces and keep on keeping on. It’s going to be a learning experience early, but once we figure that out, I think we will be fine. We have four seniors this year, albeit three of them haven’t played a ton of minutes. We do have some leadership and we are going to put the system in and trust the system. Hopefully by January and February we will be clicking on all cylinders again.”

Rambo knows Gregg will have to step up in order for the Highlanders to play well. He knows Gregg is capable of having a good season, but he knows other teams will be keying on him.

“I think JM is one of the best players in the state,” Rambo said. “He will have a good year, but I am worried other teams know that and will do special things to slow him down

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Oct. 8 12:58 a.m. — A traffic stop resulted in the arrest of a subject for driving while intoxicated, refusal to submit to a chemical test, driving left of center and driving on an expired driver’s license.

7:52 a.m. — A caller advised of a one-vehicle traffic accident in front of an area business. An officer responded and filed a report.

9:49 a.m. — A caller advised that a male was loading up tools from their business. An officer responded and arrested the subject for breaking and entering, theft of property and possession of a controlled substance.

11:53 a.m. — A clerk at a local hotel advised they had a linen room vandalized the previous night and wanted a report.

12:25 p.m. — A subject was arrested for theft of property and possession of drug paraphernalia.

and guard him. We will be counting on other guys to step up and help him out.”

Gregg is prepared to help the Highlanders in any way possible.

“I have been practicing over the summer and trying to improve my game,” Gregg said. “I have been going to camps over the summer, getting up early and playing basketball.”

Rambo won’t only be counting on the three other seniors to help Gregg. He hopes some sophomores can play big roles this year.

“We are going to depend on some sophomores,” Rambo said. “Garrett Cross is going to start at guard for us. He has to have a good year. He is a tremendous player. He can shoot and handle the basketball, but he is a sophomore. Carter Drennon is another sophomore. He will have to play some post for us. He has grown a lot over the summer.

He is about 6-3 and really athletic and can step up and play a big role.”

Rambo knows there are some seniors who will have to play well and take on leadership roles.

“Avery Walker moved back from Missouri,” Rambo said. “He can really shoot the basketball and is really crafty with the ball.

We expect him to have a good year.”

One of the other seniors is Keeton Lof-

gren, a transfer from Berryville.

“He is going to have to come in, rebound the ball and play well defensively,” Rambo said. “He has a big body. We need him to come in, set some great screens and get guys open that can score the basketball.”

The Highlanders graduated eight seniors from a year ago. The returning players learned a lot from those eight seniors and Gregg said Sanchez certainly helped him out.

“Reggie was a great leader,” Gregg said.

“He communicated well with other teammates and he made me better as a player. I learned a lot from those guys.”

Last year, Eureka Springs scheduled the likes of Pea Ridge, West Fork and Marshall for non-conference games. While the Highlanders will still play Gentry, Shiloh Christian and Bergman, among others, the slate isn’t as difficult. Rambo knows it will be a good test for the Highlanders, though.

“For us, it’s about finding out where we are,” Rambo said. “Some of those early games we will have to get in there and face some adversity. We will have to see how my guys handle it. That’s the most important part, getting in game-like situations and seeing who we are and who we can trust.”

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2:37 p.m. — An employee at an area hotel advised of a male that was bothering customers. An officer responded and advised the male to leave.

3:16 p.m. — A caller reported she had backed into a car at a local motel. An officer responded and took a report.

3:59 p.m. — The transit department called in a traffic jam on Spring Street and requested officer assistance. An officer responded, but traffic had cleared before arrival.

5:06 p.m. — An officer responded to a one-vehicle traffic accident where a woman ran into a fire hydrant and took a report.

There was no damage.

Oct. 9 2:40 a.m. — A caller advised they could hear arguing that had been going on for an hour. An officer responded to the area and spoke with a woman who advised she and her friend had been arguing but were going to bed.

3:27 a.m. — A traffic stop resulted in the

arrest of a subject for driving while intoxicated, driving left of center, possession of a controlled substance and no proof of insurance.

9:36 a.m. — A caller from an area business advised that someone had stolen some tools overnight. An officer responded and filed a report.

11:18 a.m. — A caller reported an injured deer with an arrow in it across from a local restaurant. An officer responded and located the deer down in the bluff. The deer was reported to the Game and Fish Department according to procedures.

11:26 a.m. — A caller advised that their motorcycle was stolen overnight from their hotel along with their jewelry and money.

An officer arrived to take a report. The officer was able to locate the bike in a parking lot where the owners had parked it the previous night. All of their property was in the bike. No report was needed.

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Natural approach to dementia

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his is an amazingly beautiful world. It can also be equally cruel. Nowhere is this more Jim Fain easily seen than with the ailment of Alzheimer’s disease. While there has been much attention given to this type of dementia recently, not much has been said about the natural approach. The natural supplements can mostly be used alongside the prescribed drugs.

Alzheimer’s disease is classified as one of the dementias. A dementia is a decline in mental ability that usually progresses slowly, in which memory, thinking, judgment and the ability to pay attention are reduced and personality may change along with it. There is no known cause for this disease, though genetic factors seem to be a key factor. Though, I remember a conversation with my medical division chief at Harbor/UCLA who had made dementias an area of special interest. He believed that if you didn’t use it you lost it. He believed in keeping the mind active in as many ways as possible, while remaining focused.

Certainly, if one of my family members showed signs of dementia, I’d be wanting them to start using and stay on a high-quality fish oil or calamari, vinpocetine (unless on prescribed blood thinners), Uridine, B12 (methyl type) and phosphatidyl serine. All of these supplements have good science supporting their use. None will stop Alzheimer’s from progressing to the natural end, but they are likely to slow the progress and improve the quality of life for a longer time. A supplement that I’m currently researching is N-acetyl cysteine. It is promising.

Other supplements should be on your short list as well.

These are lecithin and coconut oil. Again, good science exists on the possible benefits of these supplements for dementias including Alzheimer’s.

From a whole food choice point of view, the Mediterranean plan is the best. Of course, choosing locally grown and organic meat and veggies is the way to go.

Emerging science is showing a linkage between grains/ whole grains and increased inflammation found in the brain. Sugars and certain carbs have been identified as the source. Some physician/scientists have seriously questioned the role of a low-fat diet along with the practice of prescribing cholesterol lowering statin drugs, too.

I’ve been around people with neurologic (brain and nervous system) medical/psychological/emotional difficulties from a professional standpoint for more than 30 years. Understandings have deepened and advanced in the care of these precious souls, but nothing gets you to know like experience does. My friend Hazel was my mentor while I learned from her as she developed Alzheimer’s ... she is missed sorely.

Wisecrack ZODIAC ARIES: You are unstoppable on Friday. Make sure it’s because you’re full of energy, not because a squirrel chewed through your brake lines.

Don’t worry, there will be a comically large pile of pillows you can crash into at the end of the day.

TAURUS: To err is human, but your epic fail is heading into Bigfoot territory. Make amends before someone chases you around the woods with a bird caller and a disposable camera.

GEMINI: You never thought this day would come, but here it is.

You’ve listened to a Justin Bieber song and it didn’t make your head explode. Take some time on Wednesday to stay under the blankets and wonder where the world went wrong.

CANCER: You don’t have to be the sharpest tool in the shed to make an impact. Be the rake you are, and wait to smack someone in the face when they step on your teeth. They’ll walk more carefully around you after their nose job.

LEO: Fog doesn’t always tiptoe in; a dense brain mist can slap you to the ground like a disgruntled sumo wrestler. Lay low until it passes, because you don’t want your head stuck in these clouds. There’s probably a sumo-level fart mixed in there, too.

VIRGO: On the good days, everything’s coming up roses. On Friday, you’ll forget the garden when a money tree sprouts. Tend it well, and then shake it like a bee-infested tambourine when it bears fruit.

LIBRA: You can be true to yourself without telling everyone your secrets. No one needs to know about those six weeks you spent as a Hooters waitress named Big Bertha, or that time you trained ferrets for the Army.

SCORPIO: On Tuesday, you’ll get a chance to strut your stuff. Try to stay upright in those size 13 stilettos, and remember to light the sparklers once you’re on stage. Pro tip: don’t put them in your butt crack again.

SAGITTARIUS: You have a kind heart, but not every hot mess can be

turned into a cool friend. Channel those world-changing urges into something positive, like voting out all ventriloquists on America’s Got Talent.

CAPRICORN: Let your inner Travolta out to play! Dance like no one has a camera on their cell phone, and then never, ever visit YouTube again.

AQUARIUS: Your mojo isn’t missing, it just shacked up with

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By Beth Bartlett

Bruce Springsteen for the weekend. When it comes back, it will have stories to tell and an autograph in an interesting place.

PISCES: You’ve never been good at walking a straight line; putting one foot in front of the other only tangles you up in your shoelaces. Pull a few pages from the Ministry of Silly Walks to get where you’re going.

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ing at the audition, Jayroe said.

“It’s really intimidating, because there are a lot of people in other schools who have competed to even be in the choir,” Jayroe said. “So knowing there are other people who have prepared like you have … it’s just intimidating.”

Lockhart agreed, pointing out that some schools had double the competitors compared to Eureka Springs.

“We had six people from our school go, and there were like 20 people from just one school’s choir there,” Lockhart said.

“We were really small.”

Both students thanked their personal voice teacher Beth Withey and Eureka Springs High School choir director Rick

Mann for helping to prepare them for the competition.

“I really like to have him as a teacher,” Lockhart said of Mann. “I felt really prepared when I went into the audition, because I’ve been practicing with my personal voice teacher and with Mr. Mann.”

Lockhart remembered competing at the auditions last year, saying she placed 60th.

“I didn’t even think I was going to place at all, and when I found out I was sixth chair, I was like, ‘Wow!’ ” Lockhart said. “I moved from 60th to sixth.”

The difference between this year and last year, said Lockhart’s mother, Davina Lockhart, is that the students were given

the music almost three months in advance.

“Last year, they got the music a few weeks before the tryouts,” Davina Lockhart said.

Jayroe said she was surprised, too, when she learned she placed in the top 25 of her group. She said she was sleeping when her mother told her how she fared and didn’t quite realize what had happened until the next morning.

“Mom runs into my room and she is yelling. She’s excited. She says, ‘You made it,’ and I was like, ‘Cool,’ ” Jayroe said. “It didn’t even process until the next day. I was really excited. I didn’t think I was going to place so highly, but I’m really proud of the two of us.”

This was her first year to compete, Jayroe explained.

“That was another reason I was surprised I did so well. I was prepared in a way that … it wasn’t that I knew I was going to get in. I was confident I was going to be my best either way,” she said.

The best part about competing, Lockhart said, was getting to do something she enjoys with other people who feel the same way.

“I love music, and it’s what I want to do with my life. All-Region is a cool experience,” she said. “It’s like practice for real life when you have to do auditions regularly.”

Jayroe agreed.

“I’ve always been … music is how I express myself exclusively,” she said. “I’m not good at a lot of anything else, so it’s really important to me.”

“Even after we were auditioning, she was playing her ukelele,” Lockhart added. “Even after we were done, we were singing songs, because we love to sing.”

and the construction of a storage shed at 1 Wood Circle.

The commission moved on to the consent agenda, approving raising the existing carport at 60 Crescent Drive, replacing rough stone steps at 36 North Main, new paint colors at 8 Washington and re-roofing at 17 Benton St. Consent agenda items are Level I applications that the

city preservation officer believes to be in accordance with the design guidelines, and any commissioner or member of the public may place any consent agenda item on the regular agenda for discussion.

In other business, the commission agreed to the administrative approvals.

Administrative approvals are applications for repair or work involving no changes

in materials or color, including changes in roofing color. The administrative approvals were re-roofing at 30 Glen, re-roofing at 104 Spring, rebuilding the existing stairway at 36 North Main and re-roofing at 14 Angle.

The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at City Hall.

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

Six students from Eureka Springs High School competed at the All-Region Choir auditions in Harrison on Saturday, Oct. 8, and two finished in the top 25 of their section.

Junior Ashlynn Lockhart finished sixth out of 125 singers, and sophomore Alexis Jayroe placed 21st out of 75 singers.

Lockhart remembered how the day started, saying the students had to be at Eureka Springs High School at 7 a.m. to travel to Harrison. When they arrived at their destination, Lockhart said, it became a waiting game.

“We stood in line and got a number and we waited for that number to be called.

We were sorted into groups of 10,” Lockhart said.

She said she waited especially long, being one of the last singers out of 125 to audition.

“Our auditions kept going after everyone was done because there were so many of us. I was the last audition,” Lockhart said.

Jayroe, too, said she was one of the last in her group to audition. Jayroe described what led to the competition, saying the the students were given four pieces of music to learn.

“When we got to Harrison High School, they showed us which parts of the music we were going to be singing in the contest,” Jayroe said.

Lockhart added that only three of the four songs were used in the competition.

“We learned the entire songs, but we just had to sing eight measures from each song,” Lockhart said.

There were 500 singers in total compet-

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approve the work failed. Green asked Larson to bring a plan describing how the blocks would be used, and Larson agreed to do so.

Also at the meeting, the commission approved new siding at 44 Armstrong

Photo by Samantha Jones

Eureka Springs High School sophomore Alexis Jayroe, left, and junior Ashlynn Lockhart finished in the top 25 at the All-Region Choir auditions in Harrison.

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Flu vaccines to be offered to Eureka Springs students, teachers and staff Oct. 20

The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is partnering with the Eureka Springs School District to offer flu vaccines to students and teachers from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the school district.

While the flu vaccine is not required for students to attend school, it is highly recommended. The flu vaccine helps reduce sick days for both students and parents and reduces the spread of flu. The flue vaccine is safe and does not cause the flu.

Some people may have mild soreness and redness near the site of the shot and a low fever or slight headache.

Students will be bringing home a consent form with the date that the vaccine

will be given and a fact shed about the flu vaccine. If parents want their child to get the vaccine, they must sign and return the form. Students will not be able to get the vaccine without signed permission.

If you have insurance, the ADH will ask your insurance company to pay for the cost of giving the vaccine. If you do not have insurance or your insurance company does not pay, the vaccine will be available at no charge to you. Only those students with completed paperwork (both ADH and school consent forms) will be allowed to get the flu vaccine.

Visit www.healthy.arkansas.gov for more information about the dates and locations of flu clinics across the state.

Senior Center Menu Monday, Oct. 17 Beef enchilada, Spanish rice, pinto beans, cottage cheese and pineapple Tuesday, Oct. 18 Country ham, sweet potato casserole, seasoned vegetables, ambrosia and wheat roll Wednesday, Oct. 19 Cajun chicken salad, mixed greens,

black olives, tomato, cheese, vanilla yogurt and crackers Thursday, Oct. 20 Chicken fried steak, white pepper gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, chocolate cake and ice cream Friday, Oct. 21 Chili with beans, cheese and onions, tossed salad, cornbread and fruit cocktail

ES School Menu Monday, Oct. 17 Breakfast: Dutch waffle with peanut butter and honey, applesauce, juice and milk Lunch: Corn dog, baby carrots and broccoli bites, pineapple tidbits, lemon blast raisels, golden raisins, juice and milk Tuesday, Oct. 18 Breakfast: Homemade chocolate chip muffin and mozzarella string cheese, strawberry cup, juice and milk Lunch: Cheeseburger flatbread melt, cucumber and tomato salad, tater tots, Texas chili beans, applesauce, juice and milk Wednesday, Oct. 19 Breakfast: Pancakes and syrup, mandarin oranges, juice and milk

Lunch: Mozza-marinara chicken with whole wheat roll, mashed potatoes, corn, strawberry cup, juice and milk Thursday, Oct. 20 Breakfast: Chicken tenders with biscuit and honey, strawberry cup, juice and milk Lunch: Ground beef nachos with chocolate chip chortles, mini Graham crackers, mild salsa, shredded iceberg lettuce, diced tomatoes, fruit, watermelon Raisels, golden raisins, juice and milk Friday, Oct. 21 Breakfast: Mini pancakes, fruit, juice and milk Lunch: Mozzarella cheese sticks with marinara, salad, diced peaches, juice and milk

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Corvette Weekend

Photo by David Bell

Corvette owners love to show off their classic cars, and these owners of a pristine gypsy red 1955 ’Vette are justifiably proud of it as they cruise Main Street at the intersection of Spring Street.

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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.LovelyCitizen.com

Oct. 13: Free Folk Concert

Still on the Hill will be unveiling a concert and CD devoted to the history of the Buffalo River at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Eureka Springs Auditorium during the Ozark Folk Festival. The concert is free to all, and Still on the Hill will also be giving away 100 CDs.

Oct. 14: Teen Maker Club

The Carnegie Public Library will begin hosting a free Teen Maker Club every second Friday of the month starting on Friday, Oct. 14. All kids and teens ages 10 to 18 are welcome to attend and participate in planned projects with pre-supplied materials at no cost or bring their own projects to work on in the Library Annex Friend’s room from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more information call 479-253-3483 or contact info@eurekalibary.org.

Oct. 16: Lisemby Family Concerts

The Lisemby Family will perform at Kings River Church at the 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. services on Sunday, Oct. 16. The Lisemby Family travels to churches and events all over the United States. There will be a potluck supper at 5 p.m. before the evening service. Everyone is welcome.

Oct. 16: EUUF Service

Virginia Ralph, teacher and performing artist, will speak about those who have saved wild places and empower the congregation to tell and sing their own stories at the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (EUUF) at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at 17 Elk Street.

Oct. 17: Metafizzies Meeting

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. 17, at the Heart of Many Ways at 68

Mountain St. Chants and mantras from multiple traditions will be used. All are welcome.

Oct. 23: EUUF Service

Rabbi Rob Lennick will return to the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (EUUF) with the topic of “Separating Church and State- A Boundary that Protects All and Why It Matters” at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, at 17 Elk St.

Oct. 25: Ladies of Faith

technician class from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5, at Mercy Hospital, 214 Carter St. in Berryville. Tests for technician, general and extra class licenses will be given at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12. The tests are $15 each. For class reservations or more information contact Drew Wood at DWood@EurekaSpringsHospital.com or Terry Dean at TerryJDean@cox.net or at 870-350-0385.

Nov. 5: Chili Cook-off and Cornbread Contest

welcome to attend this quiet time and meet with God for prayer and meditation.

Griefshare is holding a 13-week grief sharing session starting from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sundays at Faith Bible Church in Suite C of the Holiday Island Shopping Center. This is a Bible-based, non-denominational support group for people that have lost a loved one, no matter how long ago it was. For more information call 479-2538925.

Berryville’s Alcoholics Anonymous chapter meets at 7 p.m. each Thursday at the Community of Christ Church at 501 Orchard Drive. The meetings take place in the basement next to the lower parking lot of the church. For more information call 870-929-6236.

The Ladies of Faith will meet at 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the Gazebo Restaurant in Eureka Springs. The cost is $10.50 for brunch, and there will be door prizes, a devotional and singing. Beth Severe will minister in singing, and the guest speaker will be Dormalee Wood from Branson.

Wood was kidnapped and held captive for one year while attending college. She will share her testimony and discuss human trafficking. For more information call Margo Pryor at 870-423-9399.

The Inspiration Point Fire Department (IPFD) Auxiliary will host the fourth annual Chili Cook-off and Cornbread Contest on Saturday, Nov. 5, at the IPFD Station 1 on 31 Ozark Automotive Road six miles west of Eureka Springs on Highway 62.

Judging will begin at 5 p.m., and serving will begin at 6 p.m. A large silent auction will be available for bids. Guests can pay $8 for their choice of 15 different chilis and as much cornbread, iced tea and dessert as they want. All proceeds will benefit the fire department.

Oct. 29: Trick or Treat for Food

Nov. 10: Mass Flu Clinic

The Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center will have board games available from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesdays at 202 W. Madison Ave. in Berryville.

ONGOING MEETINGS

The Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center will host an art class from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Fridays at 202 W. Madison Ave. in Berryville.

The Carroll County 4-H Teen Leadership Club will hold its sixth annual Trick or Treat for Food from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 29. Residents may place food items on their porches, and the 4-H members will gather the items. All donations will go to Loaves and Fishes or the county food bank.

Oct. 30: EUUF Service

Rev. Jan K. Nielsen, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Little Rock, will conduct the service at the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (EUUF) at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at 17 Elk St.

Nov. 5: Ham Radio Class

The Little Switzerland Amateur Radio Club will sponsor an FCC Ham Radio

The Carroll County Health Unit will hold a mass flu clinic from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 10, at 402 Hailey Road in Berryville.

The Holiday Island Community Church at 188 Stateline Road is offering a new Bible study from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday afternoons on”Walking with God in the Desert.” It is a seven-part DVD series shot in the Holy Land. The series goes along with Pastor Jeff Timm’s sermon on the “Storms of Life.” The Bible study will run weekly through Wednesday, Sept. 14.

New Day Fellowship will host a prayer night from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday at 440 Passion Play Road in Eureka Springs. Everyone in the community is

Carroll County Cruisers and Collectables meets the last Monday of every month at various locations. Show and Shine Cruiseins will be held during the spring and summer months on the Berryville Square. For more information call 879-423-7928.

The Eureka Springs Garden Club meets the fourth Friday of each month at various locations. Everyone interested in gardening is invited to attend. For more information, call Annie at 479-981-0624.

Eureka Springs Hospital Guild meets at 1:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month at the hospital cafeteria. For more information call Mary Lou at 479-253-9398.

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Clear Spring School students travel to Ozark Area Community Congress

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

The students at Clear Spring School put their civics lessons to the test last weekend.

Middle school teacher Samantha Hutchison said the students traveled to the Ozark Area Community Congress in West Plains, Mo., for the school’s fall trip. Hutchison explained that the trip reflected what the students have been learning in their civics class this year. Before the students left for the trip, Hutchison said she was excited for what they would learn.

“They’ll get the opportunity to talk with lots of other adults who have been involved with the community congress for decades now and just draw on their knowledge and their understanding of what bioregionalism is,” Hutchison said. “It gives them lots of different viewpoints we can’t always provide for them. It really enhances their learning of a subject.”

The trip wasn’t a day off from school, Hutchison said. She pointed out that the students are sometimes required to do academic exercises on the trips and said the classes always have some kind of discussion while traveling.

“It’s definitely not a break from school.

We’re simply going to a different classroom,” she said. “The trips are curriculum-based, so the kids do have curriculum they engage in as we go on the trip. They have journal prompts. They do the same kind of work.”

The trip to the community congress, she said, is the school’s short-term fall trip.

She said the short-term fall trips help the school assess what students are like when they travel.

“It’s typically a pretty local trip, because we’re just wanting to get to know the kids and know how they are when they travel,” Hutchison said. “Sometimes, when you take people out of their comfort zone, they’re different than when they’re in their comfort zone.”

She said the big trip will take place in the spring, saying the students will be traveling to Washington. The trip supports the

Submitted photo

Clear Spring School middle and high school students traveled to the Ozark Area Community Congress last weekend.

school’s civics block, she said, including the middle school’s civics studies and the high school’s lessons on comparative governments and religions.

“Everything the high school is learning this year is in support of a civics education,” she said.

It’s likely some students won’t go on the trip to Washington, Hutchison said.

“We do take into consideration whether for not the child wants to go and whether or not they’re socially and emotionally ready to go, because we’re going a really far distance,” she said.

To be sure the students are ready to travel a long distance, Hutchison said, the school scaffolds trips beginning with the first grade. Students start going on camping trips in the first grade, she said, and can travel out of the state around the fourth to sixth grade. By junior high and high school, she said, the students are usually ready to travel longer distances.

“The purpose of scaffolding that curriculum is that by the time the children have gone through an entire program and they get to junior high and high school age, they’re accustomed to traveling,” she said.

“It helps develop their independence. It kind of sets them up to be able to travel successfully.”

High school block teacher Jessica Fitzpatrick agreed. She said the trips are beneficial because they help students apply what they learn in the classroom to the world outside of it.

“To make that connection between the philosophical or theoretical learning we’ve done in the classroom and actually see how it is in the real world … actually solidifies

the learning in a way that talking about it can’t, because you make the connections,” Fitzpatrick said. “For some students, it really takes doing something for it to become more concrete to them.”

She continued, “I think it just adds a depth of level that you can’t get in a classroom. We don’t just go on trips to go see or get out of the classroom. We go on trips to connect the learning in the classroom to the learning in the real world and make it deeper and more meaningful.”

Actors, volunteers needed for Carroll County Children’s Theatre holiday show

Visual artists, actors grades six and up (or by special permission) and volunteers are needed for an upcoming Carroll County Children’s Theatre holiday show.

Called “Presence,” the original show will be based on the creative writing of the cast and involve collaboration with local artists. Directors Virginia Ralph and Bobby Matthews of the children’s group mömandpöp will have a meeting for anyone interested in the show at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, in the undercroft of St. James Episcopal Church at 28 Prospect Avenue.

If you are interested in a theatre company devoted to classes and performance opportunities for children and youth, this is an opportunity to find out how you can get involved. “Presence” will be performed at the Melonlight Theatre Dec. 10 and 11. Rehearsals begin Oct. 25. For more information, email 1234momandpopgo@gmail.com.

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LIVELY Entertainment THURSDAY, OCT. 13 • Balcony Bar & Restaurant, 12 Spring, 479-253-7837: Catherine Reed, 5 p.m.

• Brews, 2 Pine St., 479-244-0878: Artist Reception, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

• Eureka Live, 35 N. Main, 479-2537020: Happy Hour, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Green Screen Karaoke, 9 p.m.

• Farmers’ Market, Pine Mountain Village: Los Roscoes, 9 a.m. to noon • Grande Taverne, 37 N. Main St., 479-253-6756: Jerry Yester, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

• Hillberry Festival, The Farm, 1 Blue Heron Ln.: Tent Stage: The Squarshers; Mountain Sprout; Friends of the Phamily; The Hatrick, Bands play every 90 minutes starting at 4 p.m.

• Legends Saloon (Lumberyard), 105 E. Van Buren, 479-253-2500: Another Turn, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCT. 14 • Balcony Bar & Restaurant, 12

Spring, 479-253-7837: James White, noon; James White, 5 p.m.

• Brews, 2 Pine St., 479-244-0878: Eureka Music Revival, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

• Chelsea’s, 10 Mountain St., 479253-6723: Truckstop Honeymoon, 9 p.m.

• Eureka Live, 35 N. Main, 479253-7020: Happy Hour, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

• Grande Taverne, 479-253-6756: Arkansas Red, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

• Grub & Pub Club 169, 479-2537122: TBA, 8 p.m.

• Hillberry Festival, The Farm, 1 Blue Heron Ln.: Main Stage: Arkansauce, Split Lip Rayfield, Travelin’ McCourys, Greensky Bluegrass, New Mastersounds, Ozark Travelers Campfire Set, Bands play every 90 minutes starting at 2:30 p.m.

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SATURDAY, OCT. 15 • Balcony Bar & Restaurant, 12 Spring, 479-253-7837: James White, noon; James White, 6 p.m.

• Basin Park: Octoberfest, $10 Entry into the Beer Garden for beer and Food samples, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Brews, 2 Pine St., 479-244-0878: Buffalo Gals, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

• Chelsea’s, 479-253-6723: Skinned Gips, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Chucky Waggs, 9 p.m.

• Eureka Live, 479-253-7020: DJ and Dancing, 9 p.m. to close • Grande Taverne, 479-253-6756: Jerry Yester, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

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• Hillberry Festival, The Farm, 1 Blue Heron Lane: Main Stage: John Henry & Friends, Dirtfoot, Fruition, Elephant Revival, Railroad Earth, Turkuaz, Opal Agafia & the Sweet Nothings, Bands play about every 90 minutes starting at 12:30 p.m.

• Legends Saloon, 479-253-2500: Hedley Lamar, 9 p.m.

• New Delhi Cafe, 2 N. Main, 479-2532525: Brick Fields, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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• Eureka Live, 479-253-7020: Green Screen Karaoke, 7 p.m.

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• Hillberry Festival, The Farm, 1 Blue Heron Lane.: Main Stage: Crescent City Combo, Ben Miller Band, Larry Keel, Infamous Stringdusters, Railroad Earth, Sad Daddy Campfire Set, Bands play every 90 minutes starting at 1:00 p.m.

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• Grub & Pub Club 169, 479-253-7122: Happy Hour, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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• Cathouse, 479-363-9976: Los Roscoes, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

• Chelsea’s: Open Mic, 9:00 p.m.

• Grub & Pub Club 169, 479-2537122: Happy Hour, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

• Legends Saloon (Lumberyard): Game Night: Texas Hold’em and Pool Tournament, 7 p.m.

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Deadly encounter

Documents, recordings reveal more about incident

By Scott Loftis CarrollCountyNews@cox-internet.com

On Sept. 13, Victoria Smith obtained a temporary order of protection against her husband of 17 years, Aubry. On Sept. 27, she replied to a comment about a photo on her Facebook page, saying “I’m getting a Divorce! !!!! Whoop whoop.”

On Saturday, Oct. 1, she died along with her estranged husband in the home they once shared.

Deputies from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, who had responded to a reported hostage situation inside the mobile home at 1197 County Road 920, entered the residence after receiving no response when they tried to make contact with the man and woman inside.

In a bedroom, deputies found the bodies of Victoria Smith, 50, and Aubry Smith, 54. Both were dead from apparent gunshot wounds.

The incident was still under investigation Thursday afternoon. Authorities have not presented a theory for what happened inside the mobile home, although the initial press release from the CCSO did say that no suspects are being sought in connection with the two deaths.

An audio recording of the 911 call that first alerted authorities to the situation, as well as other phone calls and radio transmissions related to the incident, reveals more details about the incident and the circumstances leading up to it. The Carroll County News obtained the recordings from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office through an open-records request. The newspaper also obtained copies of Victoria Smith’s request for an order of protection, including an affidavit in which she wrote that she was afraid of her husband.

Those documents were obtained from the Carroll County Circuit Clerk’s office.

In her affidavit, Victoria Smith wrote that her husband had become increasingly verbally abusive over the last two years of their marriage and had taken full control of the couple’s finances, limiting her ability to get help. She wrote that she and her husband had discussed a divorce and

that Aubry Smith had made offers for a settlement that she believed were not in her best interest.

“In an effort to to know my rights, I met with an attorney about getting a divorce,” she wrote.

“When he found out about this, he got very angry. I asked if it would be OK for me to at least come home and pick up some clothes and personal belongings, alVictoria Smith though at present I do not have any place to go. He was so mad, I would rather sleep in my car than be around him. He said I could come pick up some things, and after I got there he blocked me in the closet by standing at the door and refused to let me out for some period of time. During this time, he made numerous threats that I had better not try to get a settlement different than he had offered and that when I had left I better never come back to our home or he would ‘blow a hold’ in the door, wall or anyone who were to come with me or on my behalf.

“I have lived in fear for some period of time and at this point believe I am in danger not only if I return to my home but also if he can find me at work or any other location,” Victoria Smith wrote. “This fear is prompted not only by what he threatened but additionally by his insistence that he would inform my workplace that I would not be working for them again, and his interrogation demanding to know where I plan to live.”

Victoria Smith wrote that she had no place to live but told her husband that she would be in Harrison.

“When pressed for a specific address, I could not provide one,” she wrote. “He told me that would not matter — he had friends everywhere and would be able to find me. He gave me my dog, but retained all of the identifying documentation for

the dog’s computer chip. He refused to give me the cat, telling me he planned to shoot it. Also during our conversation, he threatened to put me back in the hospital.”

Victoria Smith filed her petition for an order of protection on Sept. 13, and the order was signed the following day

by Circuit Judge Scott Jackson.

A CCSO deputy served Aubry Smith with the order on Sept.

Aubry Smith 15.

The initial order stated that Aubry Smith was prohibited from contacting his wife and was also prohibited from the residence on County Road 920. It also prohibited him from Tyson Foods in Green Forest, which was listed as Victoria Smith’s workplace, although that portion of the order was later amended. According to an obituary for Aubry Smith, he worked for Tyson in Green Forest for more than 36 years before his death.

The temporary order of protection instructed Aubry Smith to appear in court on Tuesday, Oct. 4, for a hearing to determine whether a permanent order of protection would be issued.

••• “Hi, can I get the police at 1197 County Road 920?” the young man asks in a clear, steady voice.

The Carroll County dispatcher reads the address back for confirmation, then asks “what’s going on there?”

“A man has pulled a gun on a woman and he’s holding her hostage,” the caller replies.

“Do you know who these people are?” the dispatcher asks.

The caller’s answer is inaudible on the recording of the 911 call provided to the Carroll County News, but the man and woman involved are the young man’s parents — Aubry and Victoria Smith.

Asked what kind of gun is involved, the

caller replies that he isn’t sure because the door was closed. Asked if his father has ever done something like this before, the young man says he has not.

“I heard ‘I’m not gonna take this anymore. I’m done.’ And Mother is over there screaming ‘he’s got a gun, he’s got a gun,’ ” the caller tells the dispatcher.

The dispatcher tells the caller that she will advise deputies that he will be at a neighbor’s house, then instructs him to call back if anything changes.

A dispatcher — it’s not clear if it’s the same woman who answered the 911 call — contacts deputies via radio and asks them to respond to the address. The dispatcher then contacts Ozark EMS, which provides ambulance services in eastern Carroll County, and asks for them to “stage” in the area but not to go to the home on County Road 920 because there is a firearm involved. Dispatchers then issue an alert for first responders to stage in the area as well. At this point, a dispatcher calls CCSO Chief Deputy Maj. George Frye and briefs him on the situation. Frye asks which deputies are en route and the dispatcher tells him there are four, including one who has come back on duty after hearing the radio traffic about the situation. The dispatcher asks if Frye wants her to contact Sheriff Randy Mayfield, and Frye responds that he will call Mayfield.

Later, a dispatcher announces Aubry Smith’s name to the units responding to the scene: “He does show to have a valid concealed carry [license],” she says. “He also has a protection order, with the protected party being Victoria Smith.”

A short while later, a dispatcher advises deputies that Victoria Smith also has a concealed carry license.

••• On a second recording, a dispatcher appears to speak again with the original 911 caller — the Smiths’ 18-year-old son.

“How did everything go?” the young man asks.

The dispatcher responds by asking if he See Deaths, page 30

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ities Association has changed the way conference play is structured throughout the season. Therefore, Eureka Springs won’t get to see some of the teams in its district until the district tournament.

“I don’t like it, but it is what is,” Rambo said. “We will deal with it, but it’s different.

The good thing about it is we will have some local rivalries to play in. The bad thing is, we aren’t used to it. We are at a disadvantage, I think, because a lot of those teams have played each other for years and they know each other. We are the new guy and we don’t know what to expect.”

As the season tips off Friday, senior leader Gregg has high expectations for the Highlanders.

“I’m just trying to impress my teammates and make it back to state this year,” Gregg said. “We have to work hard during the season and take it one game at a time.”

meetings at the community center.

“We have a plan that is basically to have a boardroom here with LED projectors, so you’ll be able to have public meetings here,” Moyer says, motioning to Murphy.

“Diane, what were you saying about the teleconferences?”

Murphy says her office doesn’t have a room where a large group of people can gather and teleconference if necessary.

“We certainly don’t have facilities like that in our office, and they’re not available in town besides the banks,” she says.

“I think it would be a great opportunity for other businesses, as well as students.”

She leads the way out of the room, telling Boozman there’s still more to see.

“Let’s go to the office park,” she says.

The group walks across the parking lot, where the door to the old cafeteria, which will become the office park, stands open.

Once inside, Moyer describes how the office park could be used.

“The chamber might be here. The Main Street program might have a role here,” Moyer says.

The conversation turns to fundraising, and Boozman asks if the foundation has received any grants. Moyer says the foundation made a presentation to the Walton Foundation but it didn’t quite work out how he had hoped.

“Perhaps it wasn’t the right time,” Moyer says.

With the momentum the project has gained over the past three years, Boozman says, it shouldn’t be long before big donors take notice.

“It’s a great idea, and the good thing is you have a tremendous structure that needed to be saved. All the programs that are talked about potentially moving in benefit so many different people, so many segments of the community,” Boozman says.

“It seems like a very, very worthwhile project, so we’ll be looking to see what’s available … how we can support you.”

He continues, “It really seems like a worthwhile project that I look forward to helping get completed. I look forward to coming on the completion date and seeing a facility that’s going to bring people together.”

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Say hello to “Skittles” (No. 38). She’s a very pretty 22-month-old medium-size brown and black heeler mix who was found in Green Forest. She’s very high energy, loves to play and is smart (sits on command). She’s also a good harness walker, a super active pet who would appreciate having a real home. Skittles has all her shots and is spayed. She’s adoptable 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 the shelter at 479-253-9188.

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Transition

James Faye Gage

March 30, 1939 – Oct. 6, 2016

James Faye Gage, a resident of Berryville, was born March 30, 1939, in Carroll County, son of Vancil and Connie (Neal) Gage. He departed this life Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, at the age of 77 years. On September 16, 1976, he was united in marriage with Mary Francis (Thomas) Gage who preceded him in death. He is also preceded in death by his parents, Vancil and Connie (Neal) Gage, three sisters, one brother and one granddaughter.

James proudly served his country in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. He loved spending time with his family and friends.

He is survived by his children, son, Eithel Gage of Texas; daughter, Connie Gage of Texas; daughter, Sheila Rieathbaum of Berryville; son, Carl Gage of Berryville; daughter, Virginia Gage of Berryville; daughter, Angela Thomas of Tennessee. He is also survived by two sisters, six brothers, 12 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and a host of

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saw the deputies go by en route to the address on County Road 920, then tells him that an officer is at his home.

“Just stay put and wait,” she says. “But I’ll call you and have you go down there or I’ll have an officer come down to you, OK?” A dispatcher then calls an unidentified man to provide an update on the situation. She tells the man that Frye is headed to the scene and that Aubry Smith allegedly threatened to shoot his wife.

“The son did tell me that when he was trying to make entry into the bedroom, his dad yelled ‘if you hit that door one more time, I will shoot her,’ and that’s when he left to go to the neighbor’s house,” the dispatcher says.

Later, a dispatcher receives a call from a woman who identifies herself as “Alpena 4,” a volunteer firefighter. The woman advises the dispatcher that she is staging at two locations. The dispatcher tells the woman that there is a firearm involved, and the woman says that she knows the

friends and loved ones.

Graveside service and interment will be at 10 a.m., Monday, Oct. 17, at the Berryville Memorial Park Cemetery, Berryville, with Pastor Mark Pepple officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Nelson Funeral Service, Inc. Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelsonfuneral.com. couple personally and that Aubry Smith is a former Alpena firefighter.

At this point, a CCSO deputy radios dispatch that there is no response from inside the home. In response to a question from a deputy about where in the house the bedroom is located, a dispatcher answers that the bedroom is on the right side of the house, near the front.

“We have blinds that are open on that window, with no response,” the deputy replies.

A dispatcher then contacts the Smiths’ son to ask for his parents’ phone numbers and whether there is a home phone number. The young man apparently provides his mother’s cell phone number and says there is no home phone. The dispatcher advises him that the deputies are on scene but have not been able to make contact with his parents, so they will try calling Victoria Smith’s cell phone.

A dispatcher then contacts the Alpena firefighter to ask if Aubry Smith might have a fire department radio. The officer says that he does, then says he has retired from the Alpena volunteer fire department but still serves as a volun-

Woodcarvers Jamboree

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The Annual Woodcarvers Jamboree was held on Friday, Sept. 9, and Saturday, Sept. 10, under the pine trees at Pine Mountain Village. Les VanWinkle won first place for woodcarving, with Bob Bednarek taking second, Cheri Bednarek taking third, Cliff Pitner taking fourth and Claus Carlson taking fifth.

teer firefighter for Green Forest. The dispatcher advises Frye and other deputies at the scene to switch to a radio frequency that Smith wouldn’t be able to pick up on a fire department radio or police scanner.

Later, dispatch takes a call from the Alpena officer, who says she is putting the city’s fire chief on the line and that Aubry Smith does have a Green Forest fire department radio. The chief asks what the situation is, and the dispatcher explains that Victoria Smith, Aubry Smith and their son were in the home when the incident began.

“She went over there to get some of her property with her son, and he (Aubry) wasn’t supposed to be there,” the dispatcher says. “He showed up. He’s got her, he’s holding her hostage in the bedroom.”

The chief says that he knows Aubry personally and will go to the scene.

“I don’t know if I can be any help or not, whatsoever, but I’m going to ease on up that way,” he said.

Later, a deputy asks for the address where the Smiths’ son is, and says he

will go there and speak to him. Shortly afterward, a deputy asks dispatch to contact Victoria Smith’s cell phone provider and “ping” her phone to try to determine her location. The dispatcher then contacts Verizon and asks a representative to ping the phone.

A dispatcher also checks with North Arkansas Regional Medical Center to make sure that neither Victoria nor Aubry Smith have checked into the hospital.

The woman who answers the phone says they have not.

Near the end of the recording, dispatch advises a deputy that Victoria Smith’s phone is pinging inside the house.

••• At 3:55 p.m., approximately an hour and 12 minutes after the initial 911 call, deputies entered the mobile home and discovered Aubry and Victoria Smith’s bodies inside the bedroom.

Frye issued a press release at 9:38 p.m., referring to the incident as a “double fatality” in the subject line of an email. The press release does not refer to the incident as a homicide and says the incident remains under investigation.

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Transition Gregory Warren Wilson, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Aug. 4, 1957 in Taylorville, Ill., son of Donald Dean and Thelma Marie (Banks) Wilson. He departed this life Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, at the age of 59 years. He is preceded in death by three grandchildren, Kaitlyn, Christian and Nathaniel Novak.

Greg was a member of the National Rifle Association and a huge Cardinal’s fan. He enjoyed hunting, gardening, history, tinkering with old cars and being outside for any reason. Greg did have one special request … Do NOT vote for Hillary!

On Sept. 11, 1991, he was united in marriage to Patricia Ann (Endris) Wilson who survives him of their home. He is also survived by his children, daughter, Dana Novak of Eureka Springs; son, Austin Kennedy and wife, Joy of Eureka Springs; son, Robert Kennedy and wife, Michelle of Al-

Gregory Warren Wilson Aug. 4, 1957 – Oct. 4, 2016

vin, Texas; daughter, Stacy Wilson of Friendswood, Texas; daughter, Kelly Wilson of Friendswood, Texas; parents, Don and Thelma Wilson of Maroa, Ill.; brother, Mike Wilson of Oakley, Ill.; three grandchildren, Natalie Nesrsta, Reagan Nesrsta and Nicholas Novak; numerous other children who loved him as a dad or “PawPaw,” several other relatives and many friends.

Visitation was at 9 a.m. until 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 8, at Nelson’s Chapel of the Springs, Eureka Springs,Funeral service was at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 8, at Nelson’s Chapel of the Springs, Eureka Springs, with Pastor Mark Pepple officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Nelson Funeral Service, Inc. Memorial donations may be made to the United Way of Northwest Arkansas, 100 Parkwood Street, Lowell, AR 72745 Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelsonfuneral.com.

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is why. He doesn’t think he needs to apologize, because he believes he’s always right and anyone who disagrees with him is delusional. He doesn’t realize that he’s the one who is delusional. That’s a hard thing for any narcissist to do, much less one who is rich and famous. I can’t completely blame Trump for this. He will always think he’s the most important person in the room, but his supporters are the ones who boost him up.

To anyone who still supports Trump, I beg you to reconsider. Please don’t give this self-important baby the platform he thinks he needs. Believe me when I say you don’t want an abusive narcissist to be the most influential person in our country for the next four years.

I dated one for three years and am lucky to be alive.

••• Samantha Jones is associate editor for Carroll County Newspapers. Her email address is Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

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