Lovely County Citizen Oct. 26, 2017

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Single Parent Scholarship Fund honors local mother of four Page 3 n Parks commission agrees to seek grants Funds would be used for trails expansion throughout Eureka Page 4

n City to pay portion of judge’s salary Payment split among cities in Carroll and Madison counties Page 5

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Oct. 16 8:16 a.m. — A caller advised of graffiti on the side of an area bank. An officer responded and documented the scene.

1:44 p.m. — A caller advised her neighbors were fighting. An officer responded and made contact with the parties involved. It was verbal only.

5:21 p.m. — An officer responded to a report of a suspicious white truck behind a vacant hotel. The officer spoke with the individuals, who advised they were out walking.

Oct. 17 7:00 a.m. — An officer arrested a male suspect at a traffic stop for driving on a suspended license.

11:31 a.m. — A caller advised her purse was stolen while at a rest stop in Eureka Springs, and her credit card had been used twice before she could call it in as lost or stolen. An officer took a report on the use of the card.

1:36 p.m. — A principal requested an officer to report a student who was found with a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. A citation was issued for juvenile court.

3:36 p.m. — An officer responded to a residence for a welfare check. The officer checked the residence, but no one was home. The officer went back later and made contact.

4:26 p.m. — An officer responded to a reported disturbance between a couple walking on Center Street. An officer checked the area and was unable to locate them.

4:58 p.m. — An officer responded to a report of a disturbance between a couple in an apartment above an area business. They were having a verbal argument, and the officer advised them to quiet down because they were disturbing the area business.

4:59 p.m. — An officer responded to a minor accident on Mountain Street. Information was taken in case a report was needed later.

9:20 p.m. — An officer conducted a welfare check. All was well.

Oct. 18 9:27 a.m. — A caller reported a German shepherd running loose in the neighborhood.

The animal control officer responded to pick the dog up and made contact with the owner.

The dog was returned to the owner.

10:54 a.m. — A caller reported a dog in the neighborhood was barking constantly. The animal control officer responded but did not notice any dogs barking on arrival. Three started

barking after he arrived. The ACO was unable to make contact at the residences but left cards for callbacks.

11:55 a.m. — County dispatch advised of a 911 call with sounds of distress from a female subject. An officer responded to the address the phone pinged at and made contact with the female subject, who showed signs of being assaulted. A male subject was arrested for domestic battery.

1:49 p.m. — A caller advised of a subject who appeared to be attempting to break into a vehicle. An officer responded, but the subject was gone on arrival.

3:53 p.m. — That Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center advised one of its patrons had some medication taken from them. An officer spoke with a representative, and a report was taken.

4:50 p.m. — An officer and the animal control officer responded to a residence for the report of a possible dog bite.

5:07 p.m. — An officer spoke with an area bar owner who was having an issue with a female subject trespassing and causing problems. Information was taken for a report.

10:16 p.m. — An officer responded to the area of Howell and Prospect streets to check the area for suspicious activity related to a 911 hangup.

11:10 p.m. — An officer responded to an accident in front of an area business and took a report.

Oct. 19 10:09 a.m. — Officers and EMS responded to an accident at Highway 62 and Passion Play Road.

2:04 p.m. — An officer responded to a report in reference to harassment.

4:17 p.m. — Officers conducted a welfare check.

5:11 p.m. — An officer responded to a report of a deer that had been injured by an accident. When the officer tried to get close to it, the deer got up and ran into the woods.

5:40 p.m. — An officer responded to the report of someone burning in their yard on North Main Street. An officer spoke with the land owner, who advised he had a proper permit.

5:49 p.m. — An officer and EMS responded for a welfare concern. EMS transported the subject to the hospital.

8:06 p.m. — An officer responded to a report of a reckless driver and checked the area.

The officer was unable to locate a vehicle matching the description given.

8:40 p.m. — An officer arrested a male subject on a warrant from Stone County Sheriff’s Office and transported him to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.

9:09 p.m. — An officer responded to a disturbance and took a report.

Oct. 20 8:31 a.m. — A caller advised that there were dogs barking, running loose and being a nuisance to the neighborhood. The animal control officer checked the area but did not locate the dogs.

12:20 p.m. — A caller advised her checks that had been stolen were forged and passed at an area restaurant.

4:54 p.m. — A caller requested an officer check on their ex-girlfriend who was supposed to be moving out after receiving a disturbing message from her. An officer made contact with the subject, and she was OK. The information was relayed to the complainant.

6:17 p.m. — A boyfriend arrived home to find his girlfriend passed out in the floor with a pill bottle next to her. He got her to wake up and she became argumentative with him while he was on the phone. EMS was dispatched to check her well being, and an officer responded to assist if needed.

9:32 p.m. — A traffic stop resulted in the arrest of a male subject for driving while intoxicated and no tail lights.

10:44 p.m. — An officer responded to a report of a couple arguing in the area of Mill Hollow and checked the area. The officer spoke to a resident, who advised they had not heard or seen anything.

11:34 p.m. — An officer responded to the north end of town for a reported drunk driver. and made contact with the driver in question, who was lost and looking for an address.

Oct. 21 1:44 a.m. — Officers responded to an accident at Bridge and Hillside. A male subject was arrested for driving while intoxicated and implied consent, and a female subject was arrested for public intoxication and obstruction.

8:30 a.m. — A caller reported a window had been broken some time the night before.

12:12 p.m. — A report was put out about a vehicle with a stolen license plate out of Carroll County. All units were advised of a gray See Dispatch, page 21

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‘It makes a big difference’

Local mother of four receives Single Parent Scholarship Fund award

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

Carroll County resident Amanda Wambold is proof that it’s never too late to engineer your future.

Wambold, who will graduate from Northwest Arkansas Community College in December with associate’s degrees in applied science and business, was honored on Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Single Parent Scholarship Fund’s Scholarship Soiree, where she received a $2,000 scholarship sponsored by Entergy Corporation.

“My tuition fees for this semester were $2,312.50, so the scholarship covers almost all of my tuition,” Wambold said.

“It’s a long time coming. I’ve been trying to do this for 20 years.”

Wambold described what a normal week looks like for her, saying she works at her hair salon all day Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Wambold said, she is in school from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. That’s when she returns home to her four children, Wambold said, to work on homework.

“After I get the kids to bed, I study and do my homework from 10 to midnight,” Wambold said. “The days are long, but I look at my kids and it’s so worth it, because now they’re going to go to college, too.”

Wambold has been trying to get her college degree since she graduated from high school. Throughout the years, Wambold said, she has gone back to school several times while caring for her growing family.

“Growing up for me, life was good. I had dreams like everybody else,” Wambold said. “But life just happens sometimes and it’s crazy and it’s not planned. It keeps going.”

Wambold always wanted to get a business degree, but one of her professors suggested something else.

“She said, ‘Have you ever really thought about mechanical engineering? You ask all the right questions and you think that way.

You should check it out,’ ” Wambold said.

From that point on, she said, she began pursuing two degrees: one in business and one in mechanical engineering. She quickly realized, Wambold said, how much pas-

sion she has for engineering.

“I want to be an industrial engineer and improve processes, and honestly, I don’t really care what field it is in,” Wambold said. “I just want to be in production.”

She never lost her focus to go back to school, Wambold said, because she wanted to give her children a better life.

“I’m a sinPhoto by Tavi Ellis gle parent, and Berryville resident Amanda Wambold is the 2017 Carroll County Single Parent Scholarship winner. An award it’s not their ceremony was held on Thursday, Oct. 19, in her honor at the home of board member Gina Gregson. choice for me to be that way.

“You see the thrill in their eyes and the makes goals like that achievable, Gregson They don’t get to miss out on life because smile on their face. You know it means so said. of my choices,” Wambold said. “I want to “Working is hard, going to college is much to them, and it’s amazing,” Martin be able to provide for them as if I weren’t said. “We’re trying to stay involved in our hard and being a parent is the hardest job single.” communities. We’re a huge sponsor for you can have,” Gregson said. “When you Another perk of getting a college degree, the Single Parent Scholarship Fund across look at someone like Amanda who does all Wambold said, is how it inspires her chilArkansas, and it’s an honor for us to honor those things together … I can’t think of a dren to do the same someday. demographic that is more deserving of fi“When they’re struggling in school, [Wambold] tonight.”

Gina Gregson, who hosted the event at nancial assistance than single parents.” they’re like, ‘Mom, how do you do this?’ ” Tyler Clark, executive director of Single Wambold said. “I tell them to keep trying, her home with husband John Gregson, said Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arbecause nobody’s going to do this for you.” she has supported the Single Parent Schol- kansas, said the organization has given out Mark Martin, the customer service man- arship Fund since moving to Carroll Coun- 108 scholarships in Carroll County since ager with Entergy Corporation, said Enter- ty. Gregson knows the power of having an 2009. gy is honored to help Wambold finish her education, she said, because getting a col“That’s 108 families you are literally studies. Entergy cares deeply about the lege degree changed her life. Her first job changing the lives of because of your stewSingle Parent Scholarship Fund, Martin out of college, Gregson remembered, sent ardship and dedication to this mission,” her on the adventure of a lifetime. said.

Clark said.

“I was flying to Athens, Greece, to do Wambold thanked the scholarship fund, “We recognize how hard it is on single parents to continue their education and also a software install. I had never been on a saying she appreciates all the support.

“What a great organization it is. It needs be a parent at the same time,” Martin said. plane in my life,” Gregson said. “Before long, I had a passport full of stamps.

Groweverybody’s support. It makes a big dif“Basically, they’ve got two full-time jobs.” ing up on a tomato farm, that doesn’t sound ference,” Wambold said. “It frees up time.

He gets goosebumps every time he atIt frees up money.

It lets you not have to like something that’s achievable, but it is.” tends a Single Parent Scholarship Fund stress about the little things.”

The Single Parent Scholarship Fund event, Martin said.

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Parks commission agrees to negotiate for trails project

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

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The Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission is focusing on building up the city’s trails system.

On Tuesday, Oct. 17, the commission heard from director Justin Huss about a project to connect in-town trails to those at surrounding parks. Huss said he’s been working on trail-specific grants to expand the system, saying the commission has been asked to match up to 10 percent of the project’s cost.

The project should run up to $500,000, Huss said, and he’s hoping to negotiate two grants. That would put the commission’s contribution at $50,000 per grant, Huss said, totaling $100,000 for the project. Huss pointed out that the commission likely wouldn’t spend that much money on the project.

“I don’t expect that to be a cash outlay, but what we’re showing them now is, ‘If it took us giving you a 10 percent match to do this project now, we could,’” Huss said. “We do not want to.

We’d much prefer a different schedule and to combine in-kind with our own staff expenses we’ve already done to lessen that match.”

He continued, “That’s what’s being discussed. The thing we need to show now to this group is that we have the ca-

pacity. If we had to write a check for two projects for $50,000 each tomorrow, we could.”

The grant partners are looking for community buy-in, Huss added. To show that, he said, he’s been collecting letters from city officials, city commissions, volunteer groups and churches expressing the need for a connected trails system in town.

“We’re hoping that will get us to the table,” Huss said. “Tonight, we’re making a statement that we’re legitimate partners. We’re ready to go, and the things we’ve been doing have us in a position to do this work.”

Commissioner Steven Foster asked if Huss wanted the commission to authorize him to negotiate the grants, and Huss said he did. Chairman Bill Featherstone said he’d be happy for the commission to move forward with the grants.

“Every grant application, every trails system is different from the next, so I’m speaking generally,” Featherstone said.

“But with regard to this potential funding source, 10 percent is very rarely seen … 50 percent is much more prominently seen.”

The city won’t have a trails system, Featherstone said, without these projects.

“This is to build more trails in town,

to continue to build more trails at Black Bass and perhaps to build some more at Leatherwood, but to connect it all,” Featherstone said. “It’s an interconnected trails system, and it doesn’t qualify as a system until it is connected.”

The commission also needs to complete a resource inventory at Lake Leatherwood City Park, Huss said, before these projects can begin.

“If we systematically go through our park and take care of this process, anything in the future that needs to be done at Leatherwood … we can just look at the map,” Huss said. “That’s something that needs to be done regardless.”

Foster moved to authorize Huss to negotiate the grants at a 10 percent match up to $100,000, including a heritage inventory at Lake Leatherwood. The commission voted, unanimously approving the motion.

In other business, the commission addressed signage for the no-smoking ordinance at all areas where smoking is prohibited. Huss outlined the ordinance, saying the fines are $75-$150 for a first offense, $150-$300 for a second offense and $300-$500 for a third offense. Those who break the rules can be banned from the park, Huss said.

See Parks, page 23

Fire chief says department is doing well

By Samantha Jones

Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

Eureka Springs fire chief Nick Samac cleared up some of the more confusing calls firefighters and EMTs were dispatched to over the past three months at the Western Carroll County Ambulance District’s Oct. 17 meeting.

The department received around 119 calls since August, Samac said, with two overages in rural Eureka Springs.

During an incident on Aug. 3, Samac said, the department responded to a call from a specific address and was directed to a different location.

“Some people were riding in a tractor bucket,” Samac said. “They were where … the report came from someplace totally different from what it actually was

but it took some time to get to the actual location of the individuals.”

During another call, Samac said, somebody in a boat reported seeing tires sticking out of the water.

“It was in an area that was extremely difficult to get to and ended up being a completely stripped token car that was, I guess, pitched off into the lake,” Samac said. “That’s pretty much what it was. It ended up not being an accident.”

Overall, Samac said, the past three months have kept the department active.

“It tended to be a very busy time for us,” Samac said.

Commissioner Sam Ward said he was happy with the report.

“It looks really good, Nick,” Ward said.

Treasurer Ken Mills presented the financial report, saying the commission

has $343,569 in total. One of the commission’s CDs will mature at the beginning of the year, Mills said, and he’s trying to get the same interest rate for those funds.

“When I called the girl to get an update on the CD so I could accrue it, I asked her about the rollover,” Mills said.

“I asked her, ‘Can we roll it over at the same rate?’ and she was going to get back to me and she never did.”

He continued, “I think that would … if we could get that rolled over at the current rate, I think that’s better money than we’ll get anywhere else. I will pursue that to see if she can just roll it over.”

The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, at the Grassy Knob Fire Department.

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Council agrees to pay portion of district judge’s salary

By Samantha Jones

Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

The Eureka Springs City Council approved an ordinance Monday night saying the city will pay a portion of the Carroll County district judge’s salary.

According to the ordinance, Carroll and Madison counties share the responsibility of funding 50 percent of the salary, with the other 50 percent being paid by the state. The shares are split among Eureka Springs, Berryville, Huntsville and Green Forest.

City attorney Tim Weaver said the council had approved resolutions yearly to pay the city’s share in the past. By approving the ordinance, Weaver said, the council wouldn’t have to approve the issue yearly anymore. Alderman Terry McClung moved to approve the ordinance on its first reading and second and third readings by title only, and the council agreed to do so.

The council moved on to hear from Mayor Butch Berry about the lease on 25 Norris St., where the council is considering permanently relocating city meetings.

Berry said Oct. 9 he thought Dr. Charles Beard would be vacating the building at the beginning of 2018 but Beard has decided to stay. Nobody could find the lease for the property, Berry said Oct. 9, and

it seemed that Beard hadn’t been paying rent for a number of years.

On Monday night, Berry referred to a letter from Beard’s attorney Dawn Allen.

The letter says Beard feels the proposed amount of the lease is in excess of fair market value. By maintaining the property over the years, the letter says, Beard’s contribution to the Eureka Springs Hospital Commission exceeded the amount he was legally obligated to provide under his agreement with the commission.

Alderwoman Mickey Schneider asked if the law firm has a copy of the original lease, and Berry said he wasn’t sure. Berry addressed the question to Beard’s wife, Beverly Beard, who said her husband does have a copy of the old lease.

“I heard in the minutes last time that there was no lease, but that’s not accurate,” Beverly Beard said.

Schneider moved to table the issue until the council can get a copy of the old lease, and Weaver said that was a good idea.

“Three members at the last meeting referred to the fact that they would like to know how the last lease was complied with,” Weaver said.

The council voted, unanimously agreeing to defer the discussion until the original lease is available.

In other business, the council approved

an ordinance updating a portion of the code regarding the district court on all three readings. Planning commission chairwoman Melissa Greene updated the council on what the commission has been doing this year, saying the commission’s goals for 2017 were to study emergency vehicle access to streets, re-examine the 1996 vision plan, address the declining population problem, study establishing a light industrial zone and participate in statewide planning training.

“We met three of those goals and are still working on them,” Greene said.

“Most of the year, as you know, was devoted to redoing the codes for B&Bs and the definitions and we spent about six months on that and we’re still working on something for events.”

Berry asked Greene what the commission’s recommendation is for striping Spring Street, and Greene said the commission wants to stripe from Crescent Spring to Harmon Park.

Fire chief Nick Samac was up next.

Over the past year, Samac said, the fire department has kept its budget in the black.

“We’re working hard to keep that budget where it needs to be … watching our spending and making sure things are still being met, so morale is high at the fire department,” Samac said. “They always tell

HDC approves work at 150 N. Main

By Samantha Jones

Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

The Eureka Springs Historic District Commission approved a request to enclose the lower rear porch at 150 N. Main on Wednesday, Oct. 18.

Ken Foggo, who owns the property, said he’s been working on it for quite some time now.

He had started working on the exterior, Foggo said, but moved to the interior for a while. The reason he needs to enclose the porch, Foggo said, is to create more space for storage.

“It’s not enclosed, so it’s all dusty,” Foggo said. “All I wanted to do is put cedar siding around it …

and add a door so I can close it.”

The commission unanimously voted to approve Foggo’s request, also approving a request to shorten the chimney and replace the cap at 114 Armstrong.

The commission moved on to approve the consent agenda, which includes Level I applications the city preservation officer believes to be in accordance with the design guidelines.

These approvals are new deck new paint color and new sign at 57 N. Main and replacing concrete porches at 314 Spring.

In other business, the commission gave its OK for administrative ap-

provals, which are applications for repair and work involving no changes in materials or color.

These approvals are replacing skylights at 34 Spring, repairing the stairs and railing at Rock House stairway, re-roofing at 26 Jackson, re-roofing at 11 King, replacing the front deck flooring at 86 Spring, repainting in the same colors at 8 Kingshighway, repairing and repainting the stucco at 95 Spring and replacing the deck at 16 Eureka St. The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 1, at The Auditorium.

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the chief morale is high. They’re not going to complain to me. But if you talk to any of the firemen, they’ll tell you they’re enjoying themselves.”

The fire department changed its billing company this past year, Samac said, and it took a while to get Medicare working again.

“After a few phone calls to a certain senator’s office, I think within two days we had a designated Medicare representative,” Samac said. “Within a few days, we started getting all our Medicare reimbursements.”

The department has received 1,175 ambulance calls so far this year, Samac said, compared with 1,095 calls last year.

“We’re about 80 over,” Samac said.

“It’s been a good, busy year.”

Berry presented the financial report, saying the city has $514,000 in the black.

Revenues are still down a bit, Berry said.

“City council in doing their budget last year budgeted very conservatively,” Berry said. “Our cost has been held down by our department heads. I think they’re all doing a good job of keeping the costs down on through there compared to our revenues.”

The council’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, at The Auditorium.

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Lying Trump

I see that Trump’s penchant for lying has spread to his Chief of Staff, a fourstar Marine General. General Kelly spoke some unkind and untrue things about Representative Wilson, a black woman from Florida. He said she spoke only of herself and was self-aggrandizing at her speech about the new FBI building in Miami.

MSNBC played Rep. Wilson’s entire speech and what Gen. Kelly said was untrue.

The frightening aspect of this is that Gen. Kelly has been considered “the adult in the room,” moderating Trump’s temper tantrums and violent outbursts. Now, Kelly, too, easily lies? Who is going to con-

trol this unstable president who has the nuclear football?

— Trella Laughlin

Letter to reps

Now that it is clear to my wife and I that Steve Bannon is an enemy of the state and that Donald Trump is no more than an unprincipled tool, being used by your party to corrode our democracy, I must hold you, my representatives responsible as well. Responsible for conspiring to weaken the freedoms, civil and human rights that I and most Americans hold so dear.

Either correct your course immediately or go down with the administration’s burning garbage scow of a ship.

— Mark Eastburn

Citizens of the Week

Greg Kresse and Cynthia Dupps are this week’s Citizens of the Week. Kresse and Dupps sprayed their hair pink as part of Pink Out Night at Eureka Springs High School, an event that helped raise $450 for the Washington Regional Cancer Support Home. They stepped up to the challenge in good fun to help others.

Criticizing the CAPC

The CAPC reported yet another month of declining A&P collections. That’s right, collections are down in Eureka while at the same time collections are up statewide. See http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/ offices/exciseTax/salesanduse/Documents/8001_tourism.pdf Worse yet, no one seems to care enough to ask why collections are down. We need answers because tourism is Eureka’s largest and by far its most important industry.

Here are the facts: after dipping slightly in the first two months, the state’s posted record gains in both tourism tax collections and related job growth. Specifically, the 2 percent state tourism tax was up 11.70 percent in March, 3.35 percent in April, 2.17 percent in May, 4.38 percent in June, 5.14 percent in July and 1.76 percent in August. In fact, the $1.763 million collected in June set an all-time record.

More importantly, the 2017 numbers are compared against all-time record collections for 2015 (8.31 percent increase) and 2016 (4.36 percent increase).

Now compare those numbers with CAPC collections, which have been down month after month.

Granted CAPC collections have increased over the past few years. Still, one must ask: 1) whether collections were up because the CAPC was doing a good job, or 2) whether collections increased because tourism has boomed following the end of the Great Recession. Witness, for example the overtourism problem plaguing many popular tourist destinations, including our national parks, which have seen record numbers of tourists over the past few years. When was the last time you saw an ad for a national park?

And what do we hear from the CAPC? Collections are expected to increase when Airbnb starts collecting and remitting A&P taxes from tax-evading vacation rentals. Even if that results in an increase in revenue, that doesn’t mean things are improving as far as growth in tourism is concerned.

Then there is the proposal to increase advertising in NW Arkansas. Why? Because Eureka needs to let new arrivals know we exist. In other words, bring in more day-trippers. That will help sell more funnel cakes, but will do nothing to help lodging.

See Forum, page 23

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Citizen Opinion by Cindy Worley

Do you think climate change is responsible for the recent extreme weather?

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From the EDITOR

No apologies

Last week’s issue of the Citizen included a lively Forum section, with several readers writing to voice their opinions. Several wrote about the paper’s recent coverage of a county election commissioner who was arrested after a bizarre incident involving an alleged false accident report that police say led to a car chase and a physical altercation.

In the course of the incident, the man is accused of throwing his own feces at the face of a law enforcement officer.

The details surrounding the incident are described at length in an incident report released by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. That document, which is a public record, served as the foundation for the story that was published both in the Lovely County Citizen and its sister paper, the Carroll County News.

I am the managing editor for both newspapers, and I stand by our reporting.

Some of those who wrote to us about the coverage felt that we were not compassionate toward the gentleman involved, or that we took extra efforts to “sensationalize” the story. Neither of those assertions is true.

I’ve met the gentleman involved in the story. As a matter of fact, I spoke with him briefly at the Eastern District Courthouse in Berryville a month or so ago, when I was covering returns from the local school elections. I’ve always found him to be pleasant and friendly, although perhaps a little eccentric.

Other members of our staff, including the reporter who wrote the initial story, also have interacted with him and never found him to be anything less than pleasant and polite.

When I read the incident report, my first thought was that there were clearly some mental health issues involved. However, there was no mention of that in the incident report and no documented ba-

sis at that time for us to report on the man’s mental state. Suppose for a moment that we reported that the man was clearly mentally ill — if that turned out to be false, we would be vulnerable to a libel suit.

One of last week’s letter writers suggested that our entire editorial staff be sent back to school to learn “basic journalism.” Well, I’ve been a professional journalist for more than 28 years. If I haven’t learned my craft in 28 years of writing, reporting and responding to both valid and Scott Loftis misguided criticisms, it’s likely I never will. I will tell you this, though: The first lesson you learn as an aspiring journalist is that real journalism is based on facts. Not gossip, not personalities, not feelings. Not even compassion — or the lack thereof. Facts are the foundation and the building blocks of our profession.

In this instance, the facts are that a public official was arrested and accused of several criminal acts.

Absolutely, the fact that human feces were allegedly involved in the story was unsettling, but that’s the fact. Had the incident report said that the man assaulted the deputy with a tire iron, or a golf club, or even a bottle filled with urine, we would have reported that. To not do so would be to fail in our primary responsibility, which is to report the facts as completely as possible and let our readers form their own opinions.

As to the question of why this particular arrest was covered in detail while others are not, the answer is very simple. The man involved was, at the time, a public official. For that reason, and that

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Gory good time: Zombie Crawl infects Halloween weekend with fun

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The Zombie Crawl will invade Eureka Springs at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, unleashing a post-mortem parade of the undead to shuffle down historic Spring Street.

Jeff Danos, founder and event organizer, said the contributions of some last-minute sponsors have allowed the organizers to pull their brains together for a few new activities and events.

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with 13 houses participating. Not bad for the first year.”

Danos said he and another judge will be visiting the houses this week and will announce the winners this weekend.

The day of the Zombie Crawl, he said the event will partner with the Melonlight Ballroom to host Dancing in the Park: Thriller Edition from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at Basin Spring Park. Participants can learn part of the dance from Michael Jackson’s iconic “Thriller” music video for free.

“We’ve been doing Dancing in the Park every month, and it just happened to fall on the day of the Zombie Crawl this month,” Danos said, “so instead of doing another swing dance event we talked about doing a zombie-themed dance. That’s where the idea to do the Thriller workshop came up.”

He said dancers from Melonlight will be teaching as much of the dance as they can. Participants don’t need any experience, he said, and all ages are welcome.

At that same time, Danos said some monstrous makeup artists will be in Basin Spring Park to transform people into zombies and other creatures.

“There is a charge for that, and it depends on how much you want,” he said.

“The makeup artists charge for time and materials. It’s based on the individual makeup artist and what they want to charge.”

Danos said having makeup artists on site will help prepare people to be part of the zombie horde.

“A lot of people used to show up for Zombie Crawl and be like ‘I’m ready,’ and they’re just kind of looking around,” he said. “We tried to help people in the past, but we’re not makeup artists. We had makeup artists in the park last year, too, so it’s becoming more of a tradition to have that. It helps people out and helps spread the word.”

He said interest in the Zombie Crawl has been growing each year, making for bigger and bigger hordes of zombies shuffling down Spring Street. As a result, he said it has become more of an

all-day event.

“With the amount of growth we’re experiencing every year, I think at some point it’s going to have to become almost more like a festival,” Danos said.

“If we get more sponsors in the coming years, I would like to hire some bands to play Halloween music and do other fun stuff to keep it going.”

He said it has been a shock to see the Zombie Crawl grow so much. The first one wasn’t even planned to be a zombie crawl, he said.

“We had a zombie-themed Halloween party, and we had a bunch of friends who said we should have a zombie flash mob,” he said. “We wanted to do that on Spring Street somewhere, so I went and talked to City Hall in 2011 and told them what we were thinking about.”

Danos said he was told he needed to get a parade permit, which gave the group the idea to make it a zombie parade instead of a quick flash mob.

“It opened it up to everybody,” he said. “When we first started, everybody was getting into ‘The Walking Dead.’

Before that, zombie culture was more for the freaks, like myself. You had to be into horror movies and that kind of thing. Now, everybody watches zombie movies.”

While interest in the zombie genre has started to dwindle again, he said the Zombie Crawl keeps growing. He said he believes the event is successful because it offers an immersive experience for people of all ages.

“It’s a chance to dress up and have fun,” Danos said. “If it wasn’t zombies, we would have found something else probably.”

He continued, “Having kids, it seems like more of the time when you go to something ‘family-friendly’ one of two things happen: Your kids are having a great time and you’re sitting there looking at your watch or you’re fascinated by something and your kids are sitting there bored.”

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HISID candidates gear up for election

By Samantha Jones

Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

HOLIDAY ISLAND—Three candidates are running for two three-year terms on the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District Board of Commissioners in the upcoming elections.

Two are incumbents and one is a relative newcomer to the district but a resident of the area since 1989.

The two incumbents, Bill Noonan and Nita Holley, took turns nominating each other, while Dr. Terry Bushay nominated Mike Thomas. The ballot order was drawn with the following results: Noonan, Thomas and Holley.

Either of the two BOC positions are open to each of the three candidates and the two positions will go to the two who win the most votes. The candidates will put forth their ideas in a candidate forum to be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6. in the Clubhouse Ballroom. Candidate profiles should be made public soon on the HISID Newsletter.

Property owners may vote early Nov. 20 through Dec. 4 at the District Office during business hours from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Requests for absentee ballots can be made in writing to Election Clerk, 110 Woodsdale Drive, Holiday Island, AR, 72631.

Requests must include unit, block and lot designations. Absentee ballots will be mailed to requesting property owners shortly after Nov. 1 and must be received in the provided envelope at the District Office by 6 p.m. on Dec. 5.

The official election day is Tuesday, Dec. 5 from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the District Office. It will be the first election following a recent court ruling that allows Table Rock Landing timeshare owners one vote per timeshare unit to be cast by a designated agent for the property.

In other business District Manager Lawrence Blood wrote in a statement that the reason landslide damage to a portion of Hawk Drive that occurred

on April 26 has gone unrepaired is not because of financial or management problems. Blood wrote, “On the contrary, the planning, permitting and seeking of non-local funding is progressing relatively smoothly.” Because it is the second time such damage has occurred in the same place (the first occurred in 2011) the concern is how to avoid a third incident in the near future.

Initial cost estimates for the repairs were approximately $360,000 and if the repairs were done immediately after the damage was done the costs would have had to come from HISID’s $1.3 million in reserve funds. Because this portion of Hawk Drive is classified as a less traveled secondary road, spending HISID’s emergency reserve funds did not seem prudent, according to Blood.

Since the time of the damage the district wrote and received a $30,000 grant from Western Arkansas Planning and Development for engineering and as a

non-federal match to any federal assistance. On June 5, President Trump authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make federal funding available to local governments on a cost-sharing basis for disaster-related repairs.

There were many hoops to jump through, and more to come, Blood wrote before coming to the hopeful conclusion that “The majority of the project will be funded with federal funds. The cost-sharing ratio is 75 percent federal money and 25 percent local money; however since we will be receiving the Western Arkansas Planning and Development grant, the District, (AKA ‘you’) will likely have to pay nothing to have the road repaired to a greater standard and designed in a way that we will not have to worry about this location every time it rains.”

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‘I never gave up’ Local woman recounts abusive marriage

Editor’s Note: October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In Carroll County, resources for victims of domestic violence include the Purple Flower Domestic Violence Resource & Support Center in Berryville (479-981-1676) and the Carroll County Safety Network (1-844-24-PEACE).

By Samantha Jones

Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

When Margo Elliott met her future ex-husband in 1998, he was turning over a new leaf. He had just gotten out of a toxic relationship, he told her, and was trying to better himself. That meant he wasn’t drinking as much anymore.

“He said he had this girlfriend that was really bad news and he didn’t want to attract someone like that again,” Elliott said.

“So he had broken up with her and changed some things about himself, his lifestyle, in order to attract a good person. I felt like he hadn’t changed for me. I felt like he had made decisions to change on his own.”

Eventually, the two married and Elliott moved to Colorado to be with him. That was when he started drinking more, she said.

“I think he was just falling into his old habits. I didn’t feel like he was an alcoholic as long as we lived out there,” she said, “but looking back, I’m sure he was. I didn’t think he was abusive, but looking back, I see the signs.”

The couple moved in 2005 to central Missouri, where Elliott helped her husband raise his granddaughter, Tori. Immediately after the move, Elliott said, she realized something was seriously wrong. Her hus-

band had been buying pain pills that weren’t prescribed to him in Colorado, Elliot said, but he didn’t have access to that in Missouri.

“It got scary real fast and I, right away, considered him an alcoholic and abusive,” Elliott said. “He didn’t hit me, but the verbal abuse was getting much worse. I realized how controlling things were.”

He expected her to get a job as soon as possible, Elliott said, so she found one 16 miles away from their home.

“It got to the point where I was calling my sister every day on my way to work and crying,” Elliott said. “It was that bad.”

One night, she said, her husband demanded that she get rid of her “damn cellphone.”

Elliot remembered pointing to all the empty alcohol bottles, saying she told him she’d toss her cell phone when he got rid of those.

At that point, she said, he was drinking two large containers of vodka and rum per week.

“There was also beer and several other things of alcohol, so a lot of alcohol,” Elliot said. “Some other stuff happened during that time. It was getting progressively worse.”

She recalled going to work one day crying hysterically. Her boss asked if she wanted to go home, Elliot said, and she said she didn’t want to do that. That was when her boss suggested she visit the Citizens Against Domestic Violence house.

“I didn’t know how to leave him. I wasn’t around any family and didn’t know anybody well enough to live with them,” Elliott said.

“My boss said, ‘Go down there and talk to them. They can help you decide what’s go-

ing on and how to leave.’ ” The first thing she saw when she walked in, Elliott said, was a photo of a woman who was killed after returning to her abuser.

“That was a wakeup call that this wasn’t going to get any better,” Elliott said.

She was given a book explaining what was happening, she said, and quickly realized her husband was a batterer. Until then, Elliott said, she had no clue she was being battered.

“I never connected being battered with not getting hit. That was an eye-opening thing for me,” Elliott said.

She didn’t know when to leave, Elliott said, but it became crystal-clear two weeks later when husband had said he would make dinner. Elliott remembered getting home and being expected to cook dinner, saying it turned into a big fight. Her husband poked her in the chest, Elliott said, pushing her against the refrigerator.

“An hour or two later, he went to bed … probably passed out from the alcohol and drugs,” Elliott said. “I felt like, ‘Is this the time? Do I need to leave tonight?’ ” She called her husband’s ex-wife, whom she had befriended, and learned her husband had pushed one of his exes down the stairs.

“If I had stepped three steps to the right, he would’ve pushed me down the stairs. I knew that was the night,” Elliott said.

She took Tori and left, Elliott said, and she never returned to her husband. Since the relationship ended, she said, she has worked on healing herself. It’s been 12 years since

she left, Elliott said, but she still gets uncomfortable when she hears a man yelling at a woman.

“I’ve been around a couple of situations where a man yells at his wife and I think I’m doing OK and then I go home and …

I’m just starting to cry thinking about it,” Elliott said. “I won’t be around that. I won’t put myself in that position.”

A lot has changed over the past years.

Today, Elliott has her dream business and her dream partner. She runs a spiritual counseling shop in Eureka Springs and donates her time to The Purple Flower, the only domestic violence resource center in Carroll County.

“I’ve struggled a lot, but I never gave up,” Elliott said. “I’m alive. I’m not injured.

I got out of there before that happened.”

For those who are struggling in an abusive relationship, Elliot said, there’s always a better tomorrow.

“Find somebody who has survived it and get some positive reinforcement that you are going to make it and just keep trying,” Elliott said. “Always find somebody that will lift you up, not bring you down. Stay around positive people as much as possible.”

She continued, “And I think it’s important to acknowledge the red flags as soon as they happen. You think, ‘Well, that’s not a big deal.’ ‘Well, that’s not a big deal.’ Before you know it, it is a big deal and it’s gotten too far. We think about abusing as either verbal or physically hitting. There’s a lot of things in between.”

Five & Dime Performance Series slated for Nov. 11-12

The Five & Dime Drama Collective 2017 Fall Performance Series will be held at Main Stage in Eureka Springs at 8 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 11, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12. The show is recommended for mature audiences.

Six short plays were selected from among 19 plays submitted by accomplished regional playwrights. The authors include four who have previously had plays produced around the U.S. and two authors who work in other genres and

are writing for the stage for the first time.

Each play runs about 10 minutes and will be introduced with a live musical prelude by music director Pearl Brick, Jason and Lorrie Davis and others who may join the group. Coproducer Tom Gorsuch said performing at Main Stage was a conscious choice.

All six plays are directed by Larry Horn, who also directed last year’s Fall Performance Series, as well as Dance of Deceit last spring. Larry is supported by

acting mentor Kenn Woodard, who has extensive experience on stage and screen.

Each play also has its own assistant director to track script changes, blocking and props.

“This expanded creative team is sure to enhance the quality of the production,” Horn said. “This organization is really blossoming – attracting deeper talent, excellent scripts. It’s very exciting to be a part of such a collaborative effort!”

The themes range from an exploration

of a couple’s relationship to issues of racism, sexism, homophobia, terrorism and police brutality – along with a dose of social commentary in the form of an Aesop fable.

Tickets will go fast because of limited seating, based on past experience.

Tickets may be purchased on the website: FiveAndDimeDramaCollective.org.

Net proceeds from ticket sales will be split with Main Stage. Free parking will be available at an adjacent lot, courtesy of the Basin Park Hotel.

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Walden removed from election commission

By Scott Loftis CarrollCountyNews@cox-internet.com

A Carroll County election commissioner who was arrested earlier this month and then committed for treatment of a mental health issue has been removed from his position.

Kent Sculley, 65, of Eureka Springs was sworn in on Oct. 18 to replace Eugene Walden, also of Eureka Springs, as the Democratic representative on the commission.

Walden, 44, was arrested on Oct. 3 after an incident in which he allegedly made a false report of a car accident, then engaged in a car chase and a physical altercation with a Carroll County Sheriff’s Office deputy. Walden allegedly threw feces at the deputy’s face during the incident.

On Oct. 6, Carroll County Circuit Judge Scott Jackson ordered that Walden be taken into custody and delivered to a mental health facility for screening and admission. A hearing on the commitment order was scheduled for Oct. 11, but Walden waived the hearing and did not contest the judge’s order.

The petition seeking Walden’s commitment, which was filed by the Carroll County prosecuting attorney’s office on behalf of an unidentified party, said Walden suffers from bipolar disorder.

Walden has a pending felony charge in an unrelated incident. He was arrested in April and is charged with second-degree forgery. Court filings show that Walden is alleged to have signed a legal document without authorization, but no further details were available. A pretrial hearing in that case is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13, at the Carroll County Western District Courthouse in Eureka Springs.

The Carroll County Democratic Party appointed Sculley to replace Walden on the county election commission.

“The Carroll County Democratic Party just had to make a decision about what was best for the county and what was best for Mr. Walden,” said county party chairman Charles Templeton of Eureka Springs. “It was the majority consensus that he be replaced with Ken Sculley.”

Zombie

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Danos said it has been great to have the opportunity to create an event where families can do something together and share a fun experience.

“This is the only parade in Eureka Springs where we invite everyone to be in the parade,” he said. “It’s an event where you’re not standing on the sidelines. You’re participating.”

He said the Zombie Crawl is also working to fight more than just a hunger for brains. Everyone who participates is asked to bring two cans of food or more to donate to the Flint Street Fellowship food pantry, he said.

“It’s perfect timing to help Flint Street because the tourism season just kind of falls off after October,” Danos said.

“This event happens right at the end of the season and right before the holidays.

That’s a tough time not to have steady cash coming in.”

He continued, “My family has had rough times in the past and had to visit a food bank before. I’ve visited Flint

Street and saw firsthand what it’s like and the kind of people who work there.

They earned immense respect from me, so I saw this as our way of giving back and helping the community out.”

Danos said he thanks the sponsors and volunteers for the Zombie Crawl’s continued growth and success.

“With our volunteers, things go as smoothly as possible,” he said. “We’ve been fortunate to have a core group of volunteers who show up to every event we do.”

After the parade this year, Danos said there will be an afterparty, the “Dance of the Dead,” from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Upstairs at Grotto. The event is for ages 21 and up.

“Rodney and Autumn at the Grotto were doing a Halloween party, so we put two and two together,” he said.

“I’ll be the DJ, and they hired a friend of mine who runs a Halloween special effects company to come in and decorate the place. It will be a haunted dance floor instead of a haunted house. I don’t think anyone will have experienced something like that before.”

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Book Fair and Magic Show

Photos by Tavi Ellis

Eureka Springs Elementary School hosted its Book Fair and Magic Show on Monday, Oct. 16.

J.T. Reddick receives a magic card, good for one book valued at $5 or less from the Book Fair.

Librarian April Griffith educates families about a new program Eureka Springs Carnegie Library is launching called Raising a Reader.

Roars of laughter fill the elementary school during magician Wyatt Beck’s performance.

Delilah Smith waves the magic wand over Wyatt’s hat ... not eggs-actly eggs-pecting real chicken eggs to be pulled out.

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Photos by David Bell

The Crescent Hotel’s Crystal Ballroom was packed and the crowd was rocking to music of Joe Giles and the Homewreckers at the Mad Hatter Ball on Friday, Oct. 20.

Rod Slane makes sure he doesn’t run out of wine.

Chihuly Dreams won best group. From left are Diane Goodwin, Myrene Sanders, Joy Quigley, Salley Gorrell, Tommie Zwerneman, Jan Howell and Nan Thompson.

Theodore Cottinghame enjoys the night under the stars.

Here’s two Junes and three twirling lights. From left are June Hagedus and June Owen.

Is Leroy Gorrell showing his Chihuly Dreams entry number or his age?

Page 14 – Lovely County Citizen – October 26, 2017 Editor’s note: These are the three winning entries for Carroll County News’ essay contest on texting while driving. The local contest was held in conjunction with a statewide campaign sponsored by AT&T through the Arkansas Newspaper Foundation. We received quite a bit of help from the community to make the contest a success, starting with our sponsors. We’d like to thank Windle & Associates, Common Sense Technologies, Arvest Bank of Eureka Springs, The Crescent and Basin Park Hotels, Harts Family Center, Suzette Jackson Insurance, Anstaff Bank of Green

Forest, Clay Maxey Ford, Teigen Insurance, K-Way Auto, Equity Bank of Eureka Springs and Equity Bank of Berryville.

We’re also grateful to police chiefs Thomas Achord, Robert Bartos and John Bailey for helping us judge the entries.

None of this would have been possible without the help of the Eureka Springs School District, Berryville School District and Green Forest School District. Thank you to all the students who entered the contest. We will have the same contest next fall, so be sure to look out for that!

Allison Wisdom

to a text.

Like this fairy tale, distracted driving does not end with a happy ending. According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention, nine people are killed every day due to distracted driving incidents.

That’s roughly 3,000 innocent lives killed each year because of a loss of focus while on the road. That’s roughly 3,000 families getting an unexpected phone call telling them that their loved one has died in a motor accident due to a distracted driver each year.

That’s roughly 3,000 headstones in a graveyard that shouldn’t be there each year.

Some would argue that like the driver in the story, they don’t need to look at their phone to send a text. However, their mind is not focused on the road. Their mind is focused on the message they’re trying to send. Even if you aren’t looking away from the road, if someone is distracted from their surroundings, then they are putting themselves and others in serious danger.

Texting and driving is the most common form of distracted driving, but that doesn’t make it any less dangerous. There are programs such as AT&T’s “It Can Wait” that has a mission to prevent and stop texting and driving. If somebody wanted to join the mission to bring texting and driving to an end, they can take the pledge to never drive distracted at ItCanWait.com. Give yourself and the ones you love a chance of a happy ending. Stop texting and driving.

It can wait

Berryville High School

Once upon a time, in a land where princes and princesses fascinated the world with their elegance and riches, there was a marvelous ball to celebrate the birthday of a prince. The music was flowing and the guests twirled around under the moonlit sky. Eventually, the guests grew weary and decided it was time to leave. One princess in particular was trying to grab the attention of her driver, but the driver was distracted with his cell phone and was oblivious to the princess’ beckoning. Eventually, the princess was able to obtain her driver’s attention and gathered herself into the carriage.

While riding in the carriage back home, when her driver’s cellphone lit up with a text from the princess’s father, asking if his daughter was on her way home from the ball. The driver knew it was wrong to text and drive but firmly believed that he knew all the letters on the keyboard, and promptly made the decision to quickly type a response to his master. Yet the driver looked down for too long and didn’t notice a rider and his horse crossing the road.

By the time the sheriff and his deputies arrived to the scene, there was no hope for anyone involved in the accident. The princess’s white dress was stained red with her blood because her driver took a few seconds to look away from the road and reply

What would you risk?

Savannah Reeves

Eureka Springs High School

Imagine yourself 20 years from now.

Imagine yourself with a family, a home, a nice job that pays the bills. Your life is good. You come home every night, knowing everything is peaceful and not having a care in the world. Let’s say one day you’re a little behind at work. You meant to text your family you’d be home in an hour, but you forgot, and now you’re on the road. You think, “It won’t take too long to send a quick text, just tell them I’ll be there soon.” You look down, open your messages, and everything comes to a stop.

You unknowingly swerve into the other lane full of oncoming traffic. You hit head-on with an oncoming car, ending your life as well as the other persons’.

Imagine having everything taken away from you, from your family. For millions of Americans, they don’t have to imagine. It’s a reality. Every year, nearly 1.6 million car crashes owe their happening to one simple text. Out of that 1.6 million, nearly 330,000 if those crashes result injury or death. (www.edgarsnyder.com) Roughly one in four of every accident in the U.S is text-related. Is that a risk you’re really willing to take?

Take another perspective. When you text and drive, not only are you taking away

from your driving ability, but also your reaction ability. You won’t see the sudden change in the road ahead and when you do see it, it’ll be too late.

This is especially the case for young drivers with less experience. While it is a general concern for people of all ages, teens are shown to be the most distracted by their phones when they’re on the road.

In fact, they’re nearly four times as likely to use their phones than adults are while operating a vehicle.(www.edgarsnyder.com) This may be old news to you, but for many families this is something that hits fresh everyday. Moms and dads, sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles, once texting and driving takes a life, the after-effects last far beyond the initial moment. When you text and drive, you are not just putting your life on the line.

Your decisions are going to have effects on others, many of whom are close to you.

Would you really want to risk causing them that pain and ending your life over a text?

Would you risk everything just because you can’t wait until you’re off the road?

Is it worth it? For your friends, for your family, for yourself and all of life’s opportunities, take the pledge to never drive distracted at ItCanWait.com. A text will never be worth a life.

The passing cars Anya Sincero Berryville High School

Have you ever thought about the fact that every action you make causes a ripple effect into the world? Or that every car you pass by on the highway, contains people with lives just as twisted and complex as yours?

Each one of those people have families, friends, and at

least acquaintances. What would happen if one of those lives were taken away? It would be a colossal wave instead of ripple, sent out to the world.

So if you’re texting and driving, it not only endangers your life, but also everyone else on the road. One text can affect multiple lives in a second.

Today, we live in a world where everyone is very social,

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but virtually. A world that has those awkward silences in conversations because they already know what happened last night through your instagram.

Do you know that saying, “You can’t be in two places at once”? It applies to texting and driving too. How can you be social and present in the real world if you’re currently present in the virtual world? That’s the thing, you can’t.

For the most part, we simply can’t fo-

cus on more than one thing at a time, according to NPR, a MIT professor of neuroscience, Miller said.

This means that humans can’t really multitask as well as we think we can.

“Switching from task to task, you think you’re actually paying attention to everything around you at the same time. But

you’re actually not,” said Miller.

This means, when people are texting while driving, or on their phones in general, they’re brain is only focused on their phone, as they are typing. Their brain is barely paying attention to the road, even for that split second glance at their screen.

An essay might not save lives because it’s just words on a document. However,

an essay can inform and open minds.

It’s the reader who has the power and decision to make the world better. Take the pledge to never drive distracted at ItCanWait.com.

Next time you’re driving, think of the complex lives each of the passing cars hold. Maybe if you keep thinking about the cars on the road, it might just keep you off your phone.

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

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Oct. 26 and Nov. 14: Pesticide Applicator Training

The Carroll County Extensions Service has two pesticide applicator training (PAT) classes scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 26, and 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, at Cornerstone Bank in Berryville. Anyone who needs to apply or recertify for their restricted use pesticide license is encouraged to attend.

This training is mandatory before using restricted-use pesticides in Arkansas. To RSVP, call 870-423-2958.

Oct. 27: Art Show

An art show titled “Form, Function and Whimsy” will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, at Viso, which is next door to Main Stage, at 63 N. Main in Eureka Springs.

Oct. 28: Howl-O-Ween Spooktacular

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge will hold the 22nd annual Howl-OWeen Spooktacular from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28. There will be fun for the whole family, including crazy decorations, hayrides, games, costume contests, big cats growling in the dark, music and more. The refuge transforms into an open-air haunted house, and this is the only time of year it is open during night. Standard admission applies, and guests who visit during the day will be able to get into the event that night. To purchase tickets in advance, visit TurpentineCreek.org/Visit-Us/Buy-Tickets/.

Oct. 29: EUUF Service

Eli Vega, a local photographer, will speak on “What You Do When You Don’t Know What to Do” at the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

(EUUF) at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, at 17 Elk St. Eli was born in a railroad boxcar to poor uneducated migrant parents. He will share how he overcame his humble and challenging life beginnings.

Oct. 30: Metafizzies Meeting

The Eureka Springs Metaphysical Society (Metafizzies) meeting will feature a group discussion on spiritual topics at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, at the Heart of Many Ways at 68 Mountain St. in Eureka Springs. All are welcome.

Oct. 31: Conservation District Nut Sale

The Carroll County Conservation District is holding its annual nut sale fundraiser. Order forms can be picked up at the Conservation District Office at 909 C Freeman Switch Road in Berryville or by calling Johanna Edwards at 870-4232638 ext. 3. Some new items have been added this year, including gift tins and pecan logs. Orders are due by Tuesday, Oct. 31, and payment is due upon receipt of the product.

Oct. 31: Ladies of Faith Meeting

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

Tuesday, Oct. 31, at the Gazebo Restaurant in Eureka Springs. The cost of the brunch is $11.25, and Mindy White will be the guest speaker. There will be door prizes and great fellowship. Beth Severe will be ministering in song for the meeting. This will be the last meeting at the Gazebo Restaurant, and the group will extend their thanks to Margie, Phil and Jed for being such great hosts for almost eight years. For more information, contact Margo Pryor at 870-423-9399.

Oct. 31: Trunk or Treat

The Eureka Springs First United Methodist Church will host its Trunk or Treat on Halloween from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31. There will be cars in the parking lot with the trunks decorated and lots of great candy to give away. There will also be free hot dogs and popcorn for everyone.

Nov. 2: Carroll County Fair Association

The annual meeting for the Carroll County Fair Association will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, at the Carroll County Cattlemen’s Building on the Carroll County Fairgrounds. The purpose of the meeting is to elect new board members and officers for 2018. If you are interested in becoming a fair board member, please make plans to attend this meeting.

Nov. 4: Autumn Fest

The Merlin Foundation invites everyone to come to the Autumn Fest at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Berryville Community Center. The event will feature a 5K, booths, games, music and treats for all. It will end a couple hours after the race is over. There will be scarecrow races for the little ones, delicious apple pops and more. Keep an eye out for new updates about this day of family fun hosted by the Merlin Foundation.

For more information on the event and 5K, go online to GrandmasHouseCAC. com or sign up online on the organization’s Facebook page.

Nov. 4 and 11: Ham Radio Technician Classes

The Little Switzerland Ham Radio

Club will have technician classes from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, and Saturday, Nov. 11, at 763 Passion Play Road in Eureka Springs. Bag lunches are provided. Testing for all amateur radio licenses will follow the class at 6 p.m. on May 13. There is no charge for the classes, but a $15 fee for testing is required. For more information, contact Terry Dean at 870-350-0385 or at TerryJDean@cox.net.

Nov. 4: IPFD Chili Cook-Off and Cornbread Contest

The Inspiration Point Fire Department Auxiliary will hold their fifth annual Chili Cook-Off and Cornbread Contest from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at IP Station 1 at 31 Automotive Road, six miles west of Eureka Springs on Highway 62. While entry in the contest is restricted to people living in the Inspiration Point district, all are invited to come enjoy the delicious efforts of the contestants. Judging begins at 5 p.m., and serving begins at 6 p.m. There will be a silent auction from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The cost for the event is $8, which gets you a bowl of chili, cornbread, iced tea and a dessert. Funds raised will help defray the cost of outfitting the department’s brush truck.

Nov. 10: HIFDA Luncheon Meeting

The Holiday Island Fire Department Auxiliary will hold their luncheon and business meeting at noon Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the Clubhouse ballroom at 1 Country Club Drive. The doors will open at 11:30 a.m. for social visiting, and lunch will begin at noon. The cost is $8 for lunch and $12 for dues. Reservations must be made by Friday, Nov. 10. For reservations, call Drenda Higdon at 479363-8135.

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Passion Play working to build mountain bike trails

By Samantha Jones

Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

The Great Passion Play is working on a new attraction to bring outdoor enthusiasts to town.

Kent Butler, director of marketing for the Passion Play, reported last week that the Passion Play is looking into building a large section of trails for mountain bikers. The play has had hiking trails for a while, Butler said, where the Holy Land Tour is offered.

“What we were really trying to do was engage our local community and get people into nature,” Butler said. “We’re such a community that loves nature, and we wanted people to experience our little slice of heaven at the Passion Play through the Holy Land Tour.”

Last year, Butler said, youth mission groups helped build 2.5 miles of trail through the Holy Land Tour.

“That connected to a lot of the neater things to see on the Holy Land Tour, like the tabernacle in the wilderness and the inn at Bethlehem,” Butler said. “Those were specifically developed as hiking trails.”

Along with showcasing the Holy Land Tour, Butler said, the hiking trail gave tourists and locals something else to do on the Passion Play grounds.

“You can experience that free of charge 365 days a year. It’s very beautiful any time of the year, especially the fall season when the trees are changing colors,” Butler said. “You just can’t get

some of the scenic vistas you see when you’re driving, but when you’re walking on a trail, you see those all the more.”

Butler said he got the idea to expand the trails to mountain bikers while hiking with members of the Carroll County Ozark Off-Road Cyclists last fall.

“We hiked Magnetic Spring to Christ of the Ozarks. We saw that hiking was just the beginning and that mountain biking was something people wanted to do,” Butler said. “That happened in November of last year. We sat on it for a long time. We wanted to make sure we do this right, that it’s sustainable and a trail you’d want for incredible rides.”

One thing turned into another, Butler said, and he connected with Brannon Pack, executive director for Ozark OffRoad Cyclists. Pack saw potential in the property at the play, Butler said.

“He said, ‘You guys really need a master plan. You need something where you’re not just building a section of trail. You need to encapsulate the whole 600-plus-acre property,’” Butler said.

“He said we could potentially put over 15 miles of trails in this area. We were blown away by that.”

There’s quite a bit of property at the play, Butler said, and only 200-250 acres are in use.

“That’s the Holy Land Tour area and the Passion Play,” he said. “Mountain bike trails could still go through those areas.”

From there, Butler said, he met Tony Boone, who wrote a book on how to build single-track trails and other riding experiences.

“He has built world-class trails. He is right now on the Passion Play grounds putting together a master plan,” Butler said. “We’re continuing this discussion of how we can use what is undeveloped at the Passion Play to really connect to the community, as well as connect to a whole group that knows about mountain biking and give them a unique experience on the Passion Play grounds.”

He described a potential mountain biking trail, saying it would be placed below the Christ of the Ozarks statue.

“You’d round the hill below the Christ of the Ozarks and see woods all around,” Butler said. “Then, out of nowhere, the Christ of the Ozarks crests above. It’ll be great for people to ride from or to start from the Passion Play, go downtown, eat lunch and come back.”

After Boone helps get a master plan together for the trails, Butler said, the play will apply for a grant to build them.

“If we’re able to secure the grant money and funding, he’ll actually build those trails,” Butler said. “This could possibly be done by May of next year.

That’s potentially. There’s always moving pieces.”

The Passion Play is trying to show tourists there’s more to do in Eureka Springs than one might think, Butler

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“I think it’s very important for us to continue to diversify. We have a beautiful property out there,” Butler said.

“People just think there’s only a Passion Play to do, that there’s only things to do at night. I think it’s important for us to show all we have to offer.”

Offering more activities like this, Butler said, will help Eureka Springs on the whole. It will bring tourists back to town after their initial visit, he added.

“We need to give them multiple reasons to come to Eureka Springs and more to do once they get here,” Butler said. “We’re trying to make sure people are not just having a great first experience but people have reasons to come back year after year after year.”

He continued, “Eureka Springs in itself is an attraction. This will just add to it. We’ve got the cake. We just need a little icing, and maybe some ice cream sometimes, too.”

The ultimate goal, he said, is to make Eureka Springs a year-round destination.

Though the Passion Play is performed only six months of the year, Butler said, it’s open 364 days a year.

“It’s really about creating that yearlong destination. The Bible Museum is open. The Holy Land Tour is open,” Butler said. “The hiking trails are open, and hopefully next year we’ll be able to say we have excellent mountain biking trails as well.”

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Out in Eureka announces film showing As part of the 2017 Fall Diversity Weekend in Eureka Springs, Out in Eureka will be sponsoring a showing of the documentary “The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson” on Saturday, Nov. 4, at Upstairs at the Grotto at 39 Spring St. Filmmaker David France re-examines the 1992 death of transgender legend Marsha P. Johnson, who was found floating in the Hudson River. Originally ruled a suicide, her death is believed by many in the community to be a murder.

There will be a meet and greet from 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., with the movie starting at 3 p.m. and a discussion being held after. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. The event is free to attend and open to all age groups.

The film was released by Netflix on Oct. 6, and Eureka Springs is one of just a few locations in the United States that will be showing it. For more information, visit www.OutInEureka.com.

Trunk or Treat scheduled for Oct. 31

The Eureka Springs First United Methodist Church will host Trunk or Treat from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31. There will be cars in the parking lot with trunks decorated and lots of candy to give away, along with free hot dogs and popcorn for everyone.

Library kicks off DocFest Oct. 27

The Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library will kick off DocFest, its annual documentary film festival, at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, with The Farthest: Voyager in Space.

This feature reveals the history of the Voyager Missions. The screening will take place in the Library Annex Friends Room and admission and popcorn are free.

Roy Manley, of Eureka Springs, was born July 10, 1934 in Waukegan, Ill., son of Roy Valentine and Helen Pearl (Zimmerman) Manley. He departed this life Oct. 23, 2017 in Eureka Springs, at the age of 83 years.

Roy proudly served his country in the United States Army. He was a member of the American Legion and was the Mustang Car Show founder in Eureka Springs. He loved spending time with his family and friends and will be missed by many.

On March 21, 1959, he was united in marriage to Patricia Ann (Williams) Manley, who survives him. He is also survived by his daughter, Shari Beyler and husband Brian, of Eureka Springs; son, Michael Manley and wife Brenda, of Berryville; five grandchildren, Krystle Judy, Courtney Cary and husband Matt, Bridget Beyler, Joshua Beyler and Matt Manley; seven great-grandchildren; numerous friends and loved ones.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy and Helen Manley.

A private family graveside service will

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A prominent local gave me a copy of a scientific paper published in the journal Aging. The title, “Reversal of Cognitive decline: A novel therapeutic program” caused a stir of exJim Fain citement for me. The study describes the application of diet and selective nutritional supplementation on the outcome of reducing memory loss in aging people. The research group applied a controlled but personalized therapeutic program and analyzed the outcome. They reported enough benefit, for those whose cognitive decline had a major impact on job performance, so that they were able to return or continue to work without difficulty.

Those of us who have been working with healthy alternatives for decades are certainly not surprised with the findings. I’ve seen this myself time and again. What is surprising is this study was undertaken at all. Especially, when the word therapeutic was used describing lifestyle and nutritional supplementation. Combining the two words supplement and therapeutic was a sure way to get into deep trouble with the powers that be, particularly the FDA. The world of health is rapidly changing; I’m glad for that.

There are many nuances for sure but the overall direction taken in this study was to improve the diet (low glycemic values), reduce internal inflammation measured by a blood test called C-Reactive Protein, reduction of stress with the improvement of sleep, reducing homocysteine, keeping an eye on insulin levels, hormone balance and GI health. Supplements such as different antioxidants and cell benefit supplements such as CoQ-10 were chosen and used. Of course B vitamins, Uridine as well as coconut oil were included as needed.

Please understand the protocol required a fairly complete lifestyle change. My view is that all ailments are a wakeup call to do something different in life, so the complete lifestyle change doesn’t surprise me, either.

Change isn’t easy. Neither is dealing with dementias, whether your own or in a loved one.

The scope of the problem of Alzheimer’s and cognitive decline is immense with approximately 5.4 million American patients currently suffering according to the author. Add to that the overall failure of prescribed drugs and you can see we need to bite the bullet and embrace the changes needed as difficult as that may seem.

I’m happy the world of health is rapidly changing and I’m heartened that in this case it is changing to a direction I’ve been a proponent for many, many years.

ARIES: You know all the ins and outs, but do you know the secret handshake? Limber up those fingers before your next promotion review and show them what you got. Just don’t use the one gesture that landed you in traffic court.

TAURUS: There’s nothing you can’t do if you set your mind to it.

Right now, though, your mind is more like an open potato chip bag than a steel trap. Work on it, so it will snap at the right time.

GEMINI: This week, you get the extra special rare package of rainbows and a pot of gold if you know where to look. So stop checking out that cutie’s butt and listen to the leprechaun tugging at your sleeve.

CANCER: No one likes a smarty pants, but there are no rules about having clever socks or a brain-enhanced shirt. Put on your thinking cap when you shop, so you’ll know what to match.

LEO: In the middle of a rainy day, the sun shines bright only on you.

Slap on the sunscreen and enjoy it, but be prepared when someone tries to smack you with their soggy umbrella.

VIRGO:That month-long Netflix binge has left you groggy and your house a spiderweb-covered mess.

On the bright side, all you need is a few sheets thrown over your furniture and you can make some cash by opening it as a haunted house.

LIBRA: The future doesn’t have anything in store for you; it’s all kept in the warehouse, and comes to you via two-day shipping. Be careful when you order from the website, though. That return policy is tough.

SCORPIO: Stop what you’re doing; you may like it, but the penguin has other ideas. Next time, look a little harder for a date who has a tuxedo before agreeing to go to your cousin’s wedding.

SAGITTARIUS: You think you know all the answers, but who has the right questions? Seek out a drunk philosopher, or ask a toddler when they wake you up at 5 a.m. You’ll get all the questions you can handle.

CAPRICORN: Life is an uphill battle, and a downhill slide. You need to be in the middle, selling swords, shields, sleds and hot cocoa to both sides. It doesn’t matter if you’re coming or going when you’re making enough to retire on.

AQUARIUS: One is the loneliest number, but two can be annoying if you can’t watch the latest “Walking Dead” episode

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in peace. Try hiding in the closet with your phone to avoid “Now who’s THAT guy?” from your sweetie.

PISCES: You’ve never been a Barbie or a Ken; you’re more like a Russian nesting doll of secret identities. Whip out the fake mustaches and have some fun with your particular brand of crazy this week.

CROSSWORD Puzzle

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Classifieds

Cost is $8.00 per insertion for the first 20 words.

Additional words are 25¢ each.

Deadline for classifieds is Tuesday by noon.

Announcements FREE GOBLIN ICE CREAM Deathly fresh frozen soft-serve in a cup with a spoon. Goats blood on the side upon request. Scare up your nightly excitement at Famous Ed's (Next to Statue Rd. Inn Motel) Be careful!

FLORA ROJA COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE & APOTHECARY- providing affordable healthcare for the whole community. Sliding scale fee. $15-$35 per treatment with an additional $15 paperwork fee the first visit only. You decide what you can afford to pay! Francesca Garcia Giri, L.Ac, 479-253-4968.

119 Wall Street. www.florarojaacupuncture.com PEACHTREE VILLAGE FALL WELLNESS FAIR Thursday, October 26th, 10am-2pm.

Several local medical providers will have a booth.

Lots of information will be available, as well as games and door prizes. KESA Radio will be broadcasting during the noon hour.

THE EUREKA SPRINGS FARMERS MARKET **We are accepting applications for new vendors. Come visit us for fresh fruits, vegetables, fresh baked goods, soaps, jellies, meats, and hot breakfast! We have some great vendors here, come on down. Come see us, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Community Center, 44 Kingshighway. (location of old High School)

Garage Sale YARD SALE: SATURDAY October 28th, 9am-4pm.

52 Point St., Eureka Springs. Original Art, Home Accessories, Furniture, Antiques, DVD's, Decorative Pillows, a little bit of everything. No early sales please.

Help Wanted ARE YOU A NATURAL Ambassador for Downtown Eureka Springs? Do you want year round work?

The Eureka Springs Walking Tours from Main Street Eureka Springs are looking for another guide for three tours a week and bonus group tours. Responsible folks with acting and social media expertise please apply. Training provided, must bring your own good attitude. Send your resume to director@eurekaspringsdowntown.com BEAVER LAKE RESORT Is seeking full or parttime Office Manager. Computer skills, customer service and background in Sales preferred. Year round schedule includes weekends. If you are a team player and looking of long-term employment, forward resume to: sugarridge05@yahoo.com Please, no calls.

CABIN RESORT IN the Beaver Lake/Mundell area is seeking a part-time housekeeper, 2-3 days a week. Sundays a must. Must be dependable, have transportation, cell phone. Great starting pay. Call 479-363-9991 to set up application/interview time.

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We’re part of LHC Group, one of the nation’s largest home care providers with more than 300 locations in 26 states.

Services Offered CHIMNEY WORKS - Complete chimney services: sweeps, repairs, relining, and installation.

Call Bob Messer. 479-253-2284

RN Branch Manager $2,500 Sign-On Bonus Home Health experience required.

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HANDYMAN HOME REPAIRS & REMODELING Carpentry, drywall, decks, tile. One call does it all.

We do small jobs. Bonded. Serving NWA since 1977. Bob Bowman. 479-640-5353

To apply, please contact: Lauren Robinson Elite Home Health 146 Passion Play Rd., Ste. B, Eureka Springs, AR 72632 T: 337-981-0861; F: 866-593-6091 E: lauren.robinson@lhcgroup.com Apply online: jobs.lhcgroup.com Proud Member of LHC Group | EOE

TOM HEARST Professional Painting and Carpentry Painting & Wood Finishing Trim & Repair Carpentry Drywall Repair & Texturing Pressure Washing 479-244-7096 TREE WORK - Skilled tree care: trimming, deadwooding and removals. Conscientious, professional arborist and sawmiller, Bob Messer 479-253-2284

Now Hiring: In-Home Caregivers The Area Agency on Aging of NW Arkansas is looking for Personal Care Assistants (PCA’s) to work with our In-Home Care Clients. We are looking for trained PCA’s with good work ethics and a caring attitude.

If not trained, we will provide FREE training for the right applicants that are otherwise eligible for employment.

For more information and to apply visit: www.aaanwar.org/Employment Employment is subject to a clear pre-employment background screen, drug test and approved PCA training. This position will remain open until filled.

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GOOD SHEPHERD HUMANE SOCIETY Is hiring for the following positions: 1 Part-time Cat Tech, (Wednesdays & Thursdays). Apply in person at the Shelter, 6486 Hwy 62, Eureka Springs.

LAKE SHORE CABINS At 2174 Mundell Rd. is looking for a dependable part-time Maintenance Man. Open year round, good pay, year end bonus, vacation pay. Call David 479-253-6315 or Apply at office between 9am-5pm daily.

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To place a classified ad in the CITIZEN, stop by the office, call 479-253-0070, or e-mail us at citizendesk@cox-internet.com

ANDY STEWART/OZARK PAINT COMPANY: Specializing in interior painting. Also exterior, decks and pressure washing services available. Call 479-253-3764.

NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS For Waitstaff and Gift Shop Clerk. Please apply in person at ES & NA Railway Depot.

ANITA'S, DETOX THE BODY Of toxins through the feet. Ionic detoxing. Wellness is the goal. Gaskin Switch Shopping Center. Closing October 29th.

Come by for closing specials on products.

PEACHTREE VILLAGE-MED STAFF OvernightCNA license required-Please apply in person at 5 Park Drive, Holiday Island, AR 479-253-9933

B-CLEAN RESIDENTIAL CLEANING 20 years of experience. References available upon request.

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Land for Sale

CHIMNEYS AND DRYER Vents Cleaned. A+ Eagle Chimney and Dryer Vent Cleaning Service. 38 years experience. 254-413-1010

LOTS FOR SALE Beautiful downtown views from one of the highest points in Eureka! New underground utilities. Ready for your custom home. Licensed contractor owned. 479-253-2383/7874 or 479-304-0041

Real Estate for Sale BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN VIEWS! New Construction, Total Stone Cottage, 2BR/2BA, 1,500 sq.ft..

Low maintenance, Custom details. OPEN HOUSE 7 DAYS A WEEK. Salesman on Duty. FSBO #24120390 (20 Corley Loop off of E. Mountain) Dave 479-253-2383/7874 or 479-304-0041

BY OWNER: 4BR/3BA 1.3 acres, attached garage, granite countertops, Oak cabinets, engineered wood floors, workshop, fireplace. On quiet cul-desac in Eureka Springs. $205,000 479-244-5115

DEBRA REID, LCSW Psychotherapy.

Most insurances accepted.

Call for appointment 479-244-7784.

Sliding scale fee for cash payments.

EXCAVATOR-EROSION AND ROAD REPAIRS. Culvert, trenching, landscaping and much more!

Call Harland 479-253-1063 or text 972-358-7495.

Free Estimate HANDYMAN. Veteran. Inside & out. Repairs, reconstruction, cleanup, hauling, lawns, more. References. Accept Credit Cards. 870-505-6570 or 479-253-7147 HOMETOWN CARPET CLEANING Professional Residential/Commercial Carpet Cleaning, Area Rug Cleaning, Tile & Grout Cleaning, Upholstery Cleaning, Pet Odor Removal & more! 479-418-3406

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Services Offered **MEDICARE PLANS** Annual Enrollment Period Oct. 15-Dec. 7.

MedicareAdvantage (some with $0 premium) Medicare Supplements and Medicare Rx Plans Call Bart Barry to compare all the plans to see what works best for you. Ark.Lic# 1667543 479-650-9623 "I charge NO fee for my services" NEED HELP? CALL BILLY! Commercial or Residential. Deck Refinishing, Power-washing, Leaf removal, Carpentry, Painting, Light construction, Gutter cleaning, Yard clean-ups, etc. 479-244-5827 RIKARD PLUMBING, LLC - 50 years plus experience. Licensed in Arkansas. We do remodels, new construction, and service calls. 417-271-0345 after 5:30p.m. 417-271-6623

Wanted WINTER RENTAL WANTED For couple. 2BR and garage. We have 1 dog. Please call us with any information, 402-616-5389.

Garage Sale New Items Every Week

Saturday 9-4 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

For Rent

Holiday Island Shopping Center behind the Gas Station

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vehicle last seen in the area of downtown Eureka Springs.

7:31 p.m. — An officer responded to a report of a possible intoxicated driver. Upon arrival, the driver had already left the area.

8:39 p.m. — An officer responded to the downtown area for a welfare check on a black vehicle but did not see one matching the description given.

Oct. 22 2:04 a.m. — A traffic stop resulted in the arrest of a male subject for driving while intoxicated and driving the wrong way on a one way street.

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Cemetery walking tours end Oct. 27-28

The final performances of the 2017 production of Voices from Eureka’s Silent City living history tours will take place Friday, Oct. 27, and Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Eureka Springs City Cemetery on Highway 62 East in Eureka Springs.

Learn why Robert Ripley of Ripley’s Believe It Or Not fame found Eureka Springs so fascinating and hear stories from Ripley himself (portrayed by Terry Miller) as you are shuttled to the cemetery. There will be a free parking and shuttle service at the former Victorian Inn at 4028 East Van Buren in Eureka Springs.

There is no parking at the cemetery.

Tours begin at 5:30 p.m. and take off every 20 minutes after, with the last one leaving at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under.

Tickets may be obtained in advance at the Eureka Springs Historical Museum, Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce and all Cornerstone Bank locations, or may be purchased on-site at the tour.

This event is a major fundraiser for the Eureka Springs Historical Museum. For more information, email director@EurekaSpringsHistoricalMuseum.org or call 479-253-9417.

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Balanced attack carries Highlanders over Lead Hill

By Ty Loftis

CCNSports@cox-internet.com

Things didn’t start well for the Eureka Springs Highlanders, but they ended well in a 61-33 home victory over the Lead Hill Tigers.

“It was a great team effort,” Eureka Springs coach Brian Rambo said. “We were very balanced with our scoring. We just didn’t get started well for whatever reason.”

Eureka Springs led 15-13 at the end of the first quarter. Slade Clark made two three-pointers and Brandon Ray also made a shot. Rambo said the Highlanders settled for too many jumpers early.

“It’s one of those things that we talk about in practice every day,” Rambo said.

“Shot selection, not settling for jump shots and trying to get the ball inside and get to the foul line. But for whatever reason, and I think it’s the culture of basketball right now.

You see a lot of jump-shooting NBA teams

with the Rockets and Warriors. They see that and try to emulate that like we did when we were growing up so we have to try and fight them on that.”

Despite the slow start to the game, Rambo was proud of the way Eureka Springs played defensively throughout the night.

The Highlanders held Lead Hill to three points in the second quarter and led 30-16 at halftime.

“Defensively we really guard and get after people,” Rambo said. “They kept us in the game early, but we just have to figure out a way to not start out so sluggish.”

Garrett Cross had six points in the third quarter as the lead expanded to 50-24. The Highlanders shot 79 percent in the quarter.

Cross finished with 17 points and Ray had 11. Dalton Arnold and Ray each had eight rebounds.

On Tuesday, Eureka Springs travels to Jasper. Tipoff is scheduled for 5 p.m.

Eureka Springs School Menu Monday, Oct. 30 Breakfast: Breakfast croissant with turkey sausage and cheese, fruit cup, raisins and milk or strawberry banana yogurt and wholesome oatmeal bar or bowl of cereal and string cheese or two wholesome oatmeal bars or mini chocolate or powdered dougnnuts Lunch: Cheeseburger, sandwich veggie sides, Texas chili beans, mixed fruit, fruit cup and milk or corn dog Tuesday, Oct. 31 Breakfast: Bosco pepperoni pizza stick, raisins, juice and milk or strawberry banana yogurt and wholesome oatmeal bar or bowl of cereal and string cheese or two wholesome oatmeal bars or mini chocolate or powdered dougnnuts Lunch: Spicy chicken tacos, jalapeño peppers, salsa, shredded iceberg lettuce, diced tomatoes, juice, fresh fruit, fruit cup and milk or cheese pizza Wednesday, Nov. 1 Breakfast: Mini pancakes, fresh fruit, raisins and milk or strawberry banana yogurt and wholesome oatmeal bar or bowl of cereal and string cheese or two wholesome oatmeal bars or mini chocolate or powdered dougnnuts

Lunch: Homemade macaroni and cheese with popcorn chicken, green beans, fresh baby carrots, fruit cup, box of raisins and milk or Yoplait yogurt, string cheese and Cheez-it singles whole grain crackers Thursday, Nov. 2 Breakfast: Tony’s turkey sausage breakfast pizza, fruit cup, raisins and milk or strawberry banana yogurt and wholesome oatmeal bar or bowl of cereal and string cheese or two wholesome oatmeal bars or mini chocolate or powdered dougnnuts Lunch: Chicken salad croissant sandwich, tater tots, sandwich veggie sides, fresh fruit, juice and milk or peanut butter and jelly sandwich and Cheez-it singles whole grain crackers Friday, Nov. 3 Breakfast: Biscuit and gravy with turkey bacon, fresh fruit, raisins and milk or strawberry banana yogurt and wholesome oatmeal bar or bowl of cereal and string cheese or two wholesome oatmeal bars or mini chocolate or powdered dougnnuts Lunch: Pepperoni stuffed sandwich pocket, fresh green side salad, corn, marinara sauce, diced peaches, fruit cup and milk or Bosco sticks

Cross country teams compete at Huntsville

By Ty Loftis

CCNSports@cox-internet.com

Berryville, Eureka Springs and Green Forest all competed at the Huntsville Invitational last Tuesday. Green Forest’s Lexington Hilton won the boys race and Berryville’s Alexis Steele finished fifth in the girls race. Green Forest won the girls race. Individual results are as follows: Boys race: Huntsville won, scoring 36 points. Berryville finished second scoring 64 points, while Green Forest finished third with 106 points and Eureka Springs finished seventh, scoring 155 points. Hilton won with a time of 17 minutes and 27 seconds, while Eureka Springs’ Kayden Eckman finished fourth in 17:36 and Berryville’s Eduardo Rangel finished fifth in 17:38.

Berryville’s Braden Scrivner finished ninth in 17:57, while teammates Carlos Garduno finished 10th in 17:58 and Brian Tovar finished 11th in 18:01. Green Forest’s Ezequiel Calderon finished 16th in 18:14, while Tyler Stephenson of Eureka Springs finished 18th in 18:30 and Green Forest’s Colin Delavin finished 30th in 19:26. Berryville’s Daniel Portillo finished 35th in 19:33, while teammate Caden Nickell finished 37th in 19:36 and Green Forest’s Jonathan Farias finished 39th in 19:39. Green Forest’s Urbano Reyes finished 41st in 19:58, while teammates Allen DeLeon finished 42nd in 19:59 and Jair Juarez finished 46th in 20:17. Berryville’s Dominic Henry finished 48th in 20:21, while teammates Austin Escobar finished 49th in 20:33 and Fredric Leroy finished 54th in 20:56.

Berryville’s Grant Lee finished 55th in 21:00, while Green Forest’s David Aguinaga finished 57th in 21:06 and Berryville’s Jason Trujillo finished 58th in 21:15. Green Forest’s Anthony Jimenez finished 62nd in 21:42, while Eureka Springs’ Austin Moloney finished 66th in 22:14 and Green Forest’s Eli Gomez finished 68th in 22:38. Eureka Springs’ Levi Crider finished 73rd in 23:05, while teammates Sam Gay finished 75th in 23:51 and Grant Arnold finished 84th in

26:44. Berryville’s Marco Berrios finished 88th in 28:45.

Girls race: Green Forest won, scoring 55 points and Berryville finished fourth, scoring 86 points. Prairie Grove’s Bekah Bostain won in 19:27, while Berryville’s Alexis Henry finished fifth in 22:34 and Green Forest’s Lucy Rios finished sixth in 22:41. Gabi Bloch of Eureka Springs finished 10th in 23:13, while Green Forest’s Lyndsay Anglin finished 11th in 23:33 and teammate Yaritza Quintanilla finished 14th in 23:48. Green Forest’s Jennifer Martinez finished 15th in 24:02, while teammate Emily Bolen finished 16th in 24:09 and Ana Tapia of Eureka Springs finished 21st in 24:58. Berryville’s Alejandra Hernandez finished 22nd in 25:00, while teammates Hope Braziel finished 23rd in 25:04 and Raquel Perez finished 24th in 25:15. Savannah Reeves of Eureka Springs finished 26th in 25:29, while Berryville’s Sarah Hale finished 29th in 25:56 and Green Forest’s Andrea Lopez finished 36th in 27:26. Alyson Bruegel of Green Forest finished 37th in 27:39, while Berryville’s Hannah Stewart finished 39th in 28:16 and Eureka Springs’ Rachel Adams finished 46th in 29:32.

Sports Calendar Thursday, Oct. 26

Basketball Eureka Springs Junior High at Jasper tournament, TBA Friday, Oct. 27 Basketball Bruno-Pyatt at Eureka Springs, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 28 Basketball Eureka Springs Junior High at Jasper tournament, TBA Cross Country Eureka Springs at Magazine Monday, Oct. 30 Basketball Eureka Springs at Haas Hall, 5 p.m.

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Finally, the proposal to advertise in Colorado and Chicago.

First, let’s take Colorado. It is bursting at the seams with tourists, and for good reason. Its natural beauty is unsurpassed in the lower 48. So let’s say you live in Denver, Boulder, or Colorado Springs and would like to visit a Victorian town.

Do you really want to drive 12 hours to Eureka Springs? The only other option is to fly into XNA, which means you will have rent a car and drive 1 ½ hours to Eureka. Expenses are beginning to add up.If it were me, I would choose Manitou Springs over Eureka (1 1/2-hour drive from Denver). And from what I have seen, Manitou Springs is a carbon copy of Eureka. And better yet, it is surrounded by real mountains. And on the way to Manitou Springs you can tour the Garden of Gods, and while in Manitou Springs, ride Pike’s Peak Cog Railway to the top of Pike’s Peak.

And why not drive 1 ½ hours to Estes Park — the gateway to Rocky Mountains National Park? No need to drive to Eureka for a ghost tour — the Stanley Hotel has lots of ghosts.

And how about Breckenridge (one hour & 20 minutes), Vail (one hour & 40 minutes), and Beaver Creek (two hours).

Note: Parking is free in Vail and Beaver Creek (two-hour free parking during ski season).

And for those who like to drive, Aspen is only 3 1/2 hours away.

Loftis

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reason alone, there was news value to this story. The residents of Carroll County have a right to be informed about their public officials, and we as journalists have an obligation to inform our readers.

Many of you — perhaps most of you — who read this column will disagree with it. That’s your prerogative, but it won’t change the way we do our jobs.

We have a talented, hard-working edito-

And for those who like to visit a Victorian town and float the Arkansas River, how about Salida — a three-hour drive from Denver.

So what is the selling point? “Come to Eureka where you won’t have to worry about altitude sickness.” But leave your marijuana at home.

And for those who might think Eureka Springs is less expensive, the truth of the matter is you can’t beat the summer and pre-winter rates offered at Colorado’s ski resorts. You can book a room at a firstclass hotel in Aspen, Beaver Creek and Telluride for less than Eureka’s finest.

And never mind there is nothing in Eureka comparable to lodging at Colorado’s ski resort towns. And while it is true rates quadruple from mid-December to the end of March, the fact remains that Eureka has little to offer during those months. In fact, it is often colder here than in Denver (Chinook effect).

As for Chicago, it’s 10 hours by car.

This puts it out of range for those interested in a weekend getaway.For those willing to drive, why not choose Denver over Eureka (14 hours away). And for those who would rather fly, it costs less to fly from Chicago to Denver than XNA. And if you fly into Denver you use a shuttle service, thus avoiding the expense of renting a car.

What needs to be done is to concentrate on attracting those who, in the long run, will most benefit the city, and perhaps decide to make Eureka their home.

— Bob Jasinski rial staff and I am proud of the work we do. We aren’t perfect, and because we are human, we never will be. But we are committed to journalism that is objective, fact-based, accurate and complete.

For that, we will never apologize.

••• Scott Loftis is managing editor for Carroll County Newspapers. His email address is CarrollCountyNews@cox-internet.com.

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“If they don’t follow rules, we have some teeth for that issue,” Huss said.

“The question becomes appropriate signage that informs and directs and … doesn’t detract aesthetically from the park.”

Foster remembered why the ordinance was passed. The commission did have a no-smoking policy in certain parks, Foster said, but there was no way to enforce that policy without some kind of law behind it. Since the ordinance was passed, Foster said, he’s been looking at no-smoking signage at other parks for guidance.

“In New York City, where there’s no smoking carte blanche, in all New York City parks it says, ‘Smell the flowers, not the smoke’ instead of a hard hitting no-smoking $75 fine sign,” Foster said.

Featherstone expressed support for the no-smoking ordinance, saying one of the best parks systems in America prohibits smoking completely.

“They do have a very hard line about smoking. They have a very strict

no-smoking policy in all parks, period,” Featherstone said. “It’s black and white, and it seems to be working out pretty OK for them.”

The commission agreed to look into appropriate signage for the parks, moving on to the financial report. Huss said tax collections took a big dip in July.

The tax brought in $34,000 in July 2016 and only $28,000 this July, Huss said.

“That was shocking. We weren’t expecting it to drop at all, certainly not 20 percent on that,” Huss said. “We only budgeted for $30,000, so it’s under budget but by conservative projections.”

Revenue is down at Lake Leatherwood, Huss said, but up from last year.

“In the grand scheme of things, we’re definitely trending in the right direction. We have the NICA event coming up in November,” Huss said. “October’s shaping up pretty well. Cabins are booked every weekend. We’re still feeling pretty comfortable.”

The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, at The Auditorium.

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