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HSO spay-neuter clinic returns

Ouachita Quilt Show and Fabulous Fall Festival

By Ethan Nahté

Just in time for cold weather, the Ouachita Quilt Show (OQS) is this weekend, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3-4. The quilt show opens at 9 a.m. at the Polk County Fairgrounds education building in Mena. Admission is free.

The Humane Society of the Ouachitas (HSO) will host the Ozark Mountain Mobile Spay-Neuter Clinic at the Polk County Fairgrounds, Fairgrounds Road, Mena, Nov. 14-16.

Appointments are limited. Call 479394-8001 for details or to make an appointment beginning Nov. 7. Rates: $45 for cats, $70 for dogs. They also offer rabies vaccinations for $5 extra.

Quilt show judges are from Hot Springs Area Quilt Guild and Garland County’s Crazy Quilters Extension Homemakers Club.

OQS visitors will vote for people’s choice in quilts and the pollinator-inspired quilt blocks (sponsored by the Ouachita Beekeepers Association). The show includes a featured quilter, Rebecca Romaine, and two late quilters we are honoring with a last showing of their quilts.

In addition, there will be Material Girls fabric priced to sell; the Extension Homemaker Club’s Country Store of handmade items; Bluff Springs Quilting with backing, batting, and thread; and last chance raffle tickets with proceeds funding a single parent scholarship to UA Rich Mountain.

For other details, contact Joyce Sanden, 479-234-3414.

Fabulous Fall Festival

Next door in the commercial building, the Fabulous Fall Festival features arts and crafts. The festival is also free admission and will occur the same two days as the OQS. The festival runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Outdoors will be The Walking Dog Food Truck and the Rich Mountain Blacksmith. Indoors will be a variety of vendors, including those with food, jams and jellies, baked goods, candy, candles, soaps, pet items, pottery, hand-sewn items, and more. Vendors are subject to change.

There will also be ceramic painting for kids, hourly door prizes and more.

For booth rental, contact Joann Mitchell at either 479-216-9033 or mtchro9@yahoo.com

The following information was received from Polk County law enforcement agencies. The charges against those arrested are allegations and the cases are still pending in the courts. Individuals charged and whose names appear in this column may submit documentation to us at a later date that the charges have been dismissed, or that they have been found innocent, and we will include that information in this space in a timely manner.

POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S LOG

October 23, 2023

Deputies were dispatched to a residence on Polk 655 near Ink in reference to vandalism.

Deputies responded to a walk-in complainant in reference to a possible theft.

Deputies responded to a walk-in complainant in reference to theft of property.

Deputies were dispatched to a report of threats being made via social media.

October 24, 2023

Deputies responded to a report of an unattended death.

October 25, 2023

No reports.

October 26, 2023

Deputies responded to a walk-in complainant in reference to Financial Identity Fraud.

Deputies were dispatched to a residence on Roach Avenue near Mena in reference to a medical assist.

Christina Shaver, 32, of Mena was arrested on a warrant for DWI, two counts of 1st Degree Domestic Battery, and 1st Degree Endangering the Welfare of a Minor.

October 27, 2023

No reports.