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DECEMBER 27, 2018
Christmas angels ESHS students wrap gifts for Angel Tree By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com
Eureka Springs High School is big on giving back, and that’s never more apparent than during the holiday season. That’s when students throughout the school come together to wrap gifts for Angel Tree recipients. This year, the Angel Tree program served 132 local students who might not have received Christmas gifts without it. Junior Savannah Reeves said she’s enjoyed wrapping the gifts and seeing how much people are willing to donate to those in need. “It’s nice to see how much we have this year, and to know people are willing to give and do something for others,” Reeves said. “We have wrapped a lot of gifts.” Senior Makenzie Meyer said it’s intimidating to see so many gifts, but she’s happy to wrap them. “It makes us feel good to know because of us wrapping and the community donating, these kids will have some-
thing to open on Christmas,” Meyer said. “They’re going to have something to look forward to.” Senior Hayden Nance said he’s seen how giving people are first-hand as an office aide. “I see them come in and drop off presents. They bring big garbage bags full of presents, and I just think that’s such a good feeling,” Nance said. “Kids are getting a Christmas this year. They aren’t feeling left out, and people are so happy to contribute.” Nance continued, “They don’t expect a thank you. They’re just happy to do it. I think it’s so great to have that in our community.” Senior Novaleigh Cline agreed. “It’s just awesome to see the whole community come together to make sure kids get Christmas,” Cline said, “and we get to be part of that.” “We’ve had a whole bunch of presents to wrap for people,” said sophomore Preston Hyatt. “It’s fun for us. A lot of us love wrapping, and we’d hate for kids
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These Eureka Springs High School students have spent most of December wrapping gifts for Angel Tree recipients. This year, 132 local students will receive Christmas gifts through the Angel Tree program.
not to have presents on Christmas morning.”
There’s definitely camaraderie in the
room when everyone is wrapping gifts, Reeves said.
“We all have different styles, but it’s so much fun to do something like this with people you get a long with,” Reeves said. “You don’t think of it as a chore. You just think of how the kids are going to be so See Angels, page 9
n Greenhouse agreement
n ESHS students get high marks on ACT
n Christmas Tree Forest gives back
Parks commission will work with community center
Six students score 30 or higher on college admission test
Crescent Hotel hosts annual event for local nonprofits
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Parks commission agrees to work with community center on greenhouse
By Samantha Jones
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The Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission is growing its scope with the help of the Eureka Springs Community Center. On Tuesday, Dec. 18, the commission voted to enter a formal agreement with the community center to use the greenhouse. Parks director Justin Huss said the commission had already discussed the idea at workshop, saying the commission would have access to 50 percent of the greenhouse to grow native plants. The community center would pay for maintenance on the greenhouse, Huss said, and the commission would send city employees to check on day-to-day operations on-site. “No money is changing hands,” Huss said. “It’s a functional maintenance agreement. “Parks is going to manage the facility. The community center is still on the hook for maintenance,” said chairman Bill Featherstone. Featherstone said construction on the greenhouse is almost complete. “The beds haven’t been built yet, but it’s
close. It’s going to be heated,” Featherstone said. “It’s got electricity. It’s got fans for the warm months. It’s got all the bells and whistles. It had to be a little smaller than it was designed to be, because they ran into a gas line and wouldn’t let us build on the gas line.” Huss said it’s possible to start growing native plants in the greenhouse by next year. “We’re on a good schedule to make that happen before spring,” Huss said. “There’s a tremendous benefit. We had made no changes to what we were working off of at the workshop. I’m excited about it. I’m excited we’re at this point now.” Commissioner Ruth Hager moved to enter a formal agreement with the community center to operate the greenhouse, and the commission agreed to do so. In other business, commissioner Ferguson Stewart brought up the need for grants. Stewart said he’s aware of a few grant opportunities that would help parks, and Huss said the city is working with grants administrator Catherine Baker to make those grants happen. Everyone in the city is working together, Huss
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said, to get applications complete for various grants. “There’s several things in town infrastructure-wise and sewer-wise that qualify for those grants,” Huss said. “The way it works is you start one application and finishing it, and then you get the next one. What we’re trying to do as a city is get together and prioritize those projects so we can maximize what we get out of that. Some of these are a pretty substantial match.” Featherstone asked if parks is in line for the grants, and Huss said the commission is. “We’re in line. We’re at the table,” Huss said. “There is potential for grants.” The commission moved on to hear from Chris Fischer, who has been working on a mitigation project at Lake Leatherwood City Park. Fischer described the purpose of the project, saying the Walton Family Foundation is funding it through the Northwest Arkansas Trailblazers in partnership with the parks commission and a group of local master naturalists. “We’re trying to develop, in essence, user-friendly access to portions of the Miner’s Rock unit that are available primari-
ly by the Miner’s Rock multi-use loop,” Fischer said. “In doing so, we create educational forms of information for the natural resources along that route.” The project also aims to improve the landscape, Fischer said, with the goal of placing native plants along the trail. “Volunteers have logged over 90 hours of trail visits,” Fischer said. “We have been looking lately at some of the perimeter locations where folks can enter the larger area. One of the biggest challenges is to make sure some of the sticky intersections on the bottom end can be adjusted without major issues to enter some of the older parts of Miner’s Rock loop and get back to your car in a reasonable time.” The greenhouse project is a great opportunity to get more native plants on the trails, Fischer said. “It would make a great location to get seedlings started for native plants, for a lot of projects,” Fischer said. “That’s something the mitigation project would surely like to look into going into the future.” The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, at The Auditorium.
Citizen of the Week
Fran Swensen is this week’s Citizen of the Week. Swensen was nominated by Mickey Schneider, who said Swensen saved the day during a recent storm. Swensen woke up smelling gas, Schneider said, and called 911 to turn the gas off. “A tree on the corner of the two lots had been ripped out of the ground by the wind and dumped on our other neighbors’ house,” Schneider said. “Needless to say, if Fran had not woken up or gone outside, this whole neighborhood would have blown up.” “So I am nominating her for Citizen of the Year,” Schneider said, “on behalf of the Emporia Street neighborhood. A week isn’t enough for this big of a save!” To nominate somebody for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor. Eureka@gmail.com.
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Eureka Springs students excel on ACT By Kelby Newcomb CCNNews@cox-internet.com
Seven Eureka Springs students aced the ACT this year. Seniors Clover Danos, Isaiah McCurry, Jurny Hammond, Alexis Jayroe and Summer Fish and junior Ethan Weems all scored a 30 or above on the ACT. According to ACT.org, students who make a composite score of 30 or higher are among the 95th to 99th percentile rankings across the nation. Danos, who scored a 34, said she was surprised by how well she did, especially because everyone else knew her score before she did. “I was waiting for it to come in the mail, and everyone was like ‘Congrats on your score!’ ” she said. “I told them ‘I don’t even know what it was. What did I get?’” When they told her she had scored a 34, Danos said she had to see the results herself before she believed them. McCurry, who scored a 33, said he was at an away soccer game when counselor Rachal Hyatt told him his score. “I had been waiting like an extra week and a half,” McCurry said. “[Hyatt] called me over when we were warming up. My dad was on the phone and told me I got a 33. I was like ‘Cool’ and went and played a soccer game.” Weems, who scored a 32, said he was disappointed with his results. “I was upset because I did better on the practice test,” he said. “I’ve taken the ACT twice. The school pays for one, so I’ll probably do that one and call it good.” Hammond, who scored a 31, said he initially thought they had mixed his score up with someone else’s. “I didn’t know when the score were coming in,” he said. “I checked the day they came in, and I thought I had gotten somebody else’s score for days. I was shooting for a 28, so when I got a 31 I thought it had gotten mixed up with someone else’s score.” Jayroe, who scored a 32, said she was surprised with her results because she was hoping to score a 27. Fish, who scored a 32, said she was com-
Photo by Kelby Newcomb
Eureka Springs High School students (from left) Clover Danos, Summer Fish, Isaiah McCurry, Jurny Hammond and Ethan Weems all scored a 30 or above on the ACT. Not pictured is Alexis Jayroe, who also scored in the top percentile.
pulsively checking the ACT website for two days after she took the test. “I got my score, and I was surprised I did so well because I had an anxiety attack during the test,” she said, laughing. “I feel like I made my parents proud.” The students said time management is the biggest challenge with the exam. “Especially for the reading section,” McCurry said. “I’m not a strong reader, and definitely managing my time on that was the hardest.” “The time limit on the reading section is ridiculous,” Hammon said, “but I think the most difficult portion overall is math.” Danos agreed, saying the math section was the most difficult part for her, too. “We did the practice test on paper and the actual test on the computer,” she said. “I get lazy when we do math problems on the computer, so I don’t always work them out on paper.” “The paper version is only better because of the math section,” Hammond said.
“We have paper for the computer version,” Danos said, “but you can’t underline stuff or write stuff down next to it.” “Every other math class you’ve taken is a specific math subject,” Hammond said, “but when you take the ACT it’s such a broad spectrum of math you have to really know what you’re doing.” McCurry and Weems said they preferred taking the exam on the computer. “It’s so much easier on the computer,” McCurry said. “It’s hard because you have to bubble, too, on the paper version,” Weems said, “which makes time management even harder.” Danos said she got a full scholarship to Dartmouth College and plans to major in creative writing. McCurry said he plans to go into the pre-medical educational track at the University of Arkansas. Hammond said he plans to study marketing at the University of Arkansas. Jayroe said she will be attending the Uni-
versity of Central Arkansas and plans to major in English. “I’m going to study either psychology or forensic science at who knows where,” Fish said. “I have to compete for a full ride to Hendrix.” Weems said he plans to go into engineering but has not decided on a college yet. McCurry said upcoming students should spend more time studying strategies for the ACT. “You either will know the content or not by the time you’re ready to take it,” he said. “It’s not as hard as people think it is,” Hammond said. “You just have to be patient. Take it seriously. Don’t think it’s a joke or anything.” “But don’t panic or over-stress either,” Fish said. “It’s just a test,” Hammond concluded. Who do you think should be Citizen of the Week?
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ES fire chief reports 113 calls in two months
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The Eureka Springs Fire Department and EMS responded to 113 calls between October and November, according to fire chief Nick Samac. Samac delivered his regular report to the Western Carroll County Ambulance District on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the Grassy Knob Fire Department. Samac said there were 12 second-out calls and no third-out calls, saying he was concerned about one call that took responders nearly 30 minutes to get on the scene. The reason for that, Samac said, is the layout of rural areas. “It’s one of those roads that the homeowners decided, ‘Let’s call it this,’ and they threw it at the wall and it stuck,” Samac said. “We’ve got it on our maps now. It’s just a 911 address glitch. We’ve got it in our books as well.” He described another instance where it took a little more than 15 minutes to get to the scene, saying that was because of the same problem. “There was no signage there. There were splits in the road with no direction of which county road was which,” Samac said. “There were no address signs on the homes, no address signs on the mailboxes.” Samac said the department hopes to see the county beef up signage in rural
areas. “We’ve been trying to push those green address reflective markers,” Samac said. “We’re going to do some more advertisements on that and get those out there. We’ve put in a request to the county road department to rectify that situation.” In October and November, Samac said, the department billed out $56,930 and collected $31,447.75 from rural residents or rural calls. “The collected doesn’t necessarily reflect what was billed out in October and November,” Samac said. “This is what we happened to bring in those months, but it might have been a call from six months ago or three months ago. It’s an ongoing cycle.” The commission also heard from Michael Fitzpatrick of the Eureka Springs rural area, who said October was busier than usual with 18 calls. November was slower, Fitzpatrick said, with only seven calls. “There was no special reason why it should be so busy,” Fitzpatrick said. “It was just a mixture of everything.” There was a call where there were no responders on the scene, Fitzpatrick said. He said that was because ESFD could get there faster. “The squad took care of that situation and it was OK,” Fitzpatrick said. “The way we approach it with our responders
is if a responder hears a call and they’re five miles away, they’ll attend to it. If it’s more than five miles away, they’ll do an analysis on the situation. Is this a situation where multiple people are needed? If it sounds like a straightforward routine, they don’t go.” Holiday Island fire chief Bob Clave reported 39 calls in October, with 33 calls in city limits and six calls in rural areas. There were 35 calls in November, he said, with 29 calls in city limits and six in rural areas. Clave recalled an incident where his team responded to a car accident, saying the car was located over a hill. “We chose not to extricate until the wrecker got the car on a stable surface,” Clave said. “Hence the long scene time. Other than that, it’s really just been our normal day-to-day.” Clave said he’s been grateful to have Air Evac Lifeteam located in Holiday Island. “We’re fortunate to have them based in Holiday Island,” Clave said. “There are so many times up to now that we’ve waited a little longer than we liked, but now we’ve got them in our back yard. We used them twice today, and they’re great.” Also at the meeting, commissioner Sam Ward asked everyone to sign a card See WCCAD, page 9
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Crescent’s Christmas Tree Forest shines a light on local nonprofits By Samantha Jones
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The Crescent Hotel supports local nonprofits every holiday season with the Christmas Tree Forest, located on the east lawn. Mary Howze, who works with the hotel, said 31 nonprofits are represented this year including the Eureka Springs Community Center, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, The Purple Flower, the Creative Minds of St. James Church, People Helping People and the Imagination Library. Howze said this is the 13th year the Christmas Tree Forest has lit up the Crescent Hotel. Every year in October, Howze said, the hotel contacts nonprofits to see if they’d like to be involved in the project. Each organization has three days to decorate their tree, Howze said, and the hotel provides the trees and lights. Howze said Sunfest Market provides some of the Christmas trees every year. “The trees are decorated by the first Saturday in December,” Howze said. “You can come and vote on your favorite three throughout the month until Dec. 31.” It costs $1 to vote, Howze said, and each nonprofit benefits from that. “One hundred percent of the money earned for that specific charity goes to that specific charity,” Howze said. “The Crescent gives $25 per charity.” The nonprofits that raise the most money qualify for additional prizes, Howze said. She said first, second and third place receive extra prize money. It’s important to the Crescent, Howze said, to encourage the community to give back. “We have a creed here, and one of our elements to our creed is being community-minded,” Howze said. “From the very beginning, we are taught to give back to the commu-
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The Eureka Springs Community Center has one of 31 trees in the Crescent’s Christmas Tree Forest.
nity.” The Crescent gives back in other ways during the holidays, Howze said, from hosting St. James Episcopal Church’s Silver Tea to offering a community dinner benefitting the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow. This year, Howze said, local nonprofit Five & Dime Drama Collective held its holiday show at the Crescent. “It was a sold-out show, and they got profit off that,” Howze said. No matter what you’re doing on Christmas, Howze said, you should
check out what’s happening at the Crescent. She encouraged everyone to vote for their favorite nonprofit before Jan. 1. “Come vote. Come vote! You have until Dec. 31 to get your votes in,” Howze said. “It’s a huge competition. I’ve heard we have corporate sponsors coming in. We have $1,500 on just one tree.” She continued, “Come support the charities and nonprofits. All of that money goes directly to the charities, and there are lots of different causes represented in the forest.”
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How to beat the flu
No one knows what flu strain will be strongest this year, so being vaccinated may be helpful for some and not others. For sure, right now is the Jim Fain time to begin adjusting your supplements and herbals. It’s time to ramp up the amount of vitamin D you take daily in anticipation of winter. I personally take 6,000 iu/day. This is good to do to keep respiratory diseases at bay. When colds start to show up, the flu won’t be far away, so here is a primer on natural care for these predictable nasties. First, at the first symptom of cold or flu go heavy on Monolaurin and you may stop it in its tracks so buy a bottle in advance and have it on hand. Otherwise, did you know tropical red Hibiscus (Hibiscus sabdariffa) tea, traditionally used to ease indigestion, also relieves colds and respiratory trouble? Hibiscus is also a natural source of Vitamin C. This can be added to my favorites for both ailments, Elder tea straight (colds) or blended with Peppermint (flu) and is very effective at stopping or preventing them. Cheap, too! I like brewing the tea in large amounts, as drinking more is the way to go. How I brew leaves, flowers and herbs: (Rooibos, Green, Chamomile, Lavender, Hibiscus, Elder, Peppermint etc.) Make as an infusion: pour 1 cup boiling water over 1 to 1 1/2 tsp. of the tea. Steep 10-12 minutes. Strain — or use a very clean or dedicated Mr. Coffee type maker — place 1 oz of herb in the basket to 1 full carafe of water - try a second batch with the same herb. Aromatic herbs or essential oils can ease stuffy noses and chest congestion. A fully natural approach would start early (now) with a good strong immune booster like an immune system support based upon mushroom extracts. I’d go high value if the going gets rough. I’d then take large amounts of Monolaurin and maybe combine it with grapefruit seed extract. I’d also drink large amounts of Elder tea (mixed with peppermint if I got a fever) every day. I’d stay away from crowds; wash my hands a great deal, keep tissue paper around to catch sneezes and use herbal disinfectant on door handles, keyboards and telephones. Soap and water is one of the best germ killers/disinfectant. A good night’s sleep, healthy diet, extra vitamin C (ascorbyl palmitate) and a good multiple vitamin goes a long way.
Who do you think should be Citizen of the Week? Send us your nominations citizen.editor.eureka@gmail.com
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Scottie Christmas Program
Photos by David Bell
The Scottie Christmas Program filled The Auditorium with joy on Thursday, Dec. 13.
PJs are the costume of the day at ‘A Scottie Christmas.’
This Scottie presents her speaking part.
These students show their moves in ‘ ’Twas the Night Before Christmas,’ a Scottie Christmas presentation.
This student selects a festive sock cap for ‘A Scottie Christmas.’
Five-gallon plastic buckets become inventive percussion instruments at ‘A Scottie Christmas.’
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Supporting the arts
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Cornerstone Bank presents a donation to the Eureka Springs School of the Arts (ESSA) Wood Studio fund in honor of Elise Roenigk’s 20-plus years of service to the community of Eureka Springs. Roenigk is retiring from the ESSA board after 11 years of dedication and volunteer work. Pictured from left to right are Terry Martin, Cornerstone Bank SVP/CIO and ESSA board secretary, Elise Roenigk, ESSA director Kelly McDonough and Cornerstone Bank CEO Charlie Cross.
Feeding the hungry
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St. James Episcopal Church presents a check for $4,395 to A Cup of Love Ministry, the recipient of this year’s Silver Tea proceeds. From left to right are Rev. David Angus, A Cup of Love’s Chuck and Pattie Jarrett and Silver Tea chair Kathy McCoy.
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excited when they open their gifts, and they’re never going to guess what it is.” Meyer said there are no cliques in the gift wrapping room. “All the social walls come down. We put on Christmas music, and we just wrap presents,” Meyer said. “We’ll swap wrapping paper to try to make everything look all fancy. It’s fun, whether we’re throwing old wrapping paper balls at each other or wrapping things to look like a piece of candy.” Cline said she appreciates getting to know her classmates better. “People you never think you’d talk to because they’re so much better than you, I guess … well, you start talking to them, and you feel comfortable,” Cline said. “It’s really fun.” Wrapping the gifts has changed her perspective on Christmas, Reeves said. “You just never know what people are going through,” Reeves said. “It could be your classmates who don’t have Christmas presents. I’m happy to help. You would want somebody to do the same thing for you.”
Reeves added, “When you think about it, it’s all about giving back. You don’t have to expect a thank you. You just care for other people, and that’s really eye opening.” Meyer said she’s happy to give instead of receive. “It definitely shifts our point of view from, ‘I want this. I want this,’ to ‘Maybe not everybody gets this, and maybe somebody else would like this instead of me,’ “ Meyer said. “This whole season is about giving, and it’s nice to still make it a giving season instead of a receiving season.” Nance remembered growing up in Texas, saying his mother would choose tags from the Angel Tree every year. “She’d pick our one angel for us to help her pick out the presents for. That was something we always did,” Nance said. “I knew there were always kids in need, but seeing the response here is so much greater than it was down there.” In Eureka Springs, Nance said, people are much more willing to give. “It’s so great. It shows you the benefits of having a close community,” Nance said. “People care for each other. It’s nice to think of giving to someone else rather
than saying, ‘I want, I want, I want.’ “ He continued, “When you do something like that, the feeling it gives you is better than the feeling you get when you get something you’ve been wanting for a long time. You know you’re giving and doing good in the world. Just giving to one kid at Christmas is a great feeling.” Cline said she used to receive gifts through the Angel Tree program, so she knows how it feels to be on the receiving end of such kindness. “I remember what it was like for me to receive these gifts. When I’m wrapping, I’m just thinking these kids are going to be so happy,” Cline said. “For one day out of the year, they’re going to be getting something they want, something new. It’s just awesome to see.” Reeves said she’s thankful to the community for all the donations. “Thank you for giving so much. Thank you for coming together to donate whatever you can,” Reeves said. “Anything helps. It’s so nice to see all of it.” Meyer agreed. “It’s so encouraging to know your
community is there for you giving so much,” Meyer said. “Christmas is not a guaranteed thing for everyone. Knowing we can make it happen for somebody when they didn’t think it was possible makes me really proud of my community as a whole.”
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for Eureka Springs firefighter Billy Summers’ retirement. “I just want to say how lucky we are to have ESFD, after some experience with other folks,” Ward said. “Of course, I think ESFD is lucky to have us as commissioners.” Samac said he appreciated the commission recognizing Summers. Summers had a retirement party on Dec. 8, Samac said, and Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry attended. “He declared a proclamation of Billy Summers Day, which is Dec. 8,” Samac said. “We all got together and bought him a nice gold-plated laser-engraved fire ax. It means a lot to him.”
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Dec. 30: EUUF Service
There will be a potluck holiday brunch and a ‘State of the Fellowship’ address from president Cliff Bailey at the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (EUUF) at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, at 17 Elk St. If you would like to arrange a ride to the Sunday service, please call 479-981-0799 by noon on Saturday.
Jan. 9: Peace Education Program
Jon Haydn will be presenting Peace Education Program videos at the Eureka Springs Carnegie Library’s meeting room from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. every Wednesday, beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 9, and ending on Wednesday, March 13. All are welcome. Minors 13 and above must be accompanied by their le-
gal guardian. The topic on Jan. 9 will be ‘Peace.’
Jan. 21: Master Naturalist Class
The Carroll County Master Naturalist Class will start on Monday, Jan. 21, and will meet on Monday evenings with field time on Sunday afternoons. The cost is $135 for training and materials, plus $30 for annual dues. The cost is $80 for an additional household member if materials are shared, plus annual dues. Limited scholarships are available. For more information, visit Wordpress.ArkansasMasterNaturalists.org.
ONGOING EVENTS
A Universal InterFaith Service will be held from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. every
Sunday at the Heart of Many Ways at 68 Mountain St. in the downstairs meeting room to celebrate the world religions with candle lighting, readings, music and prayer. All are welcome. A free decluttering and dehoarding support group meets from noon to 2 p.m. Thursdays at the Eureka Springs Pizza Hut meeting room. For more information, contact Sheryl Willis at 479-2537121. The women in Carroll County are invited to attend a weekly Bible Class and Fellowship at First Christian Church at 763 Passion Play Road in Eureka Springs from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. every Wednesday. Come and join in a good time together with the class’s new teach-
er, Kathy Warren of Berryville. The Eureka Springs Hospital Guild meets at 1:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month in the cafeteria of the hospital. If interested in becoming a member, call 479-253-5727. All men in the community are invited the Men’s Bible Study at 8 a.m. each Wednesday Holiday Island Baptist Church at 14 Stateline Drive. Come and enjoy fellowship, coffee, pastries and inspiration. The Nebraska Club offers Nebraska transplants an opportunity to meet other Nebraskans in the area for potluck meals, game-watching parties and socializing. The date for meetings is to be
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The Eureka Springs First United Methodist Church is sponsoring and funding one of the homes being erected at ECHO Village on Passion Play Road. The church is funding the construction and using volunteer help to build the home. The home will be used for transitional housing for people who need a temporary home and some mentoring to help find jobs and start a new life. The church has completed about 50 percent of the construction and would love to have anyone in the community join the volunteers from 8 a.m. to noon any Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday. All levels of experience are needed, from pushing a broom, painting or putting up sheetrock. Just show up and check in with Dan Bell, who will assign jobs. The Carnegie Public Library will be hosting group discussions of the book
‘The Order of Time’ by Carlo Rovelli from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesdays. The group, facilitated by Gary Milczarek, will listen to a portion of the audiobook and discuss the ideas presented. It is not necessary to have a copy of the book, but it may be helpful. The program is free and open to anyone who is interested. For more information, contact the library at 479-253-8754 or visit Info@EurekaLibrary.org. The Centering Prayer Group will meet a 9 a.m. every Friday at the Holiday Island Presbyterian Church. For more information, contact Mavis.Cannia@outlook. com. The Metaphysical Society (Metafizzies) will meet at 7 p.m. Mondays in the Heart of Many Ways at 68 Mountain St. All are welcome.
A Single Parent Support Group will be
held Wednesday nights at Eureka Springs First Assembly at 350 Frontage Road. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Kids eat free, and adults eat for $2. The free single parent support group will begin at 6:30 p.m. A kids group for ages up to 12 and a youth group for ages 13 to 18 will also be held at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call Andrea or Judy at 479-253-8909.
479-325-9749 or visit danawestrd.com. There will be Shamantha and Tonglen meditation practice under the guidance of Khentrul Rinpoche at 5:30 p.m. every Monday. For more information or directions, call Alece at 479-244-6841 or Gary at 479-244-6840.
The Carroll County Republicans meet the second Monday of the month at the Carroll Electric Community Room. They meet at 6 p.m., and the general meeting is at 7 p.m. Refreshments are served, and everyone is welcome. For any questions, call Sharon at 870-715-0178.
Eureka Springs First United Methodist Church’s “Walking in the Spirit” exercise group meets from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. every Wednesday and Friday to do a faith-based approach to staying fit with a program for every fitness level. There is no charge, and everyone is welcome. Call 479-253-8987 for more information.
A Diabetes and Weight Management Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month from January to October at Abundant Health Wellness Center at 240 Huntsville Road in Eureka Springs. For more information, call
Eureka Springs First United Methodist Church’s Grief Group for widows and widowers meets at noon every other Wednesday in the church library. Anyone who has lost a spouse or partner is welcome.
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