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The immaterial world
Finder’s glee
A Bella Vista arts center brought together supernatural buffs and television personalities.
Having learned he had been a missing child, a Bella Vista resident has begun to fathom his full identity.
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ysterious matters have enthralled Melissa Pandola since childhood. A fanatic of that which seems to defy the rational realm, she continued her search for solutions Saturday at Fleisher Art Memorial, 719 Catharine St. Sergey Poberezhny and Eilfie Music, members of the Paranormal Research Society, an 11-year-old group devoted to addressing alleged oddities, capped a twoday Philadelphia tour by lecturing at the Bella Vista location, revealing to 30 at-
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Sports
Familiar foes
Two friends found themselves on opposing sides in a lopsided Public League affair. By Bobby Kittredge......Page 44
MAY 3, 2012
Steve Carter had not known of his listing as a missing child until last year. S ta f f P h o t o a n d I l l u s t r at i o n by Greg Bezanis
any people must figuratively find themselves to acquire comfort. Steve Carter, however, has needed a literal application to secure solace. Curiosity last year drove the resident of the 700 block of St. Albans Street to research his life, with his sleuthing revealing a 34-year distinction as a missing child. His odyssey has proven empowering and has him hoping to determine his past’s influence on his present. The six-year Bella Vista dweller may appear to have a normal name and a conventional existence, including a blossoming 11-month marriage to wife Tracy and a position with a medical software company, but truth trumps perception. Carter actually carries two legal names, owns three birth certificates and celebrates two birthdays. “These have been interesting months,” he said Friday of the increments since he started to match his Hawaiian origins with his local continuance. “I am in awe of having to try to comprehend everything.” Carter, 35, entered the world as Marx Panama Moriarty Barnes, the son of Charlotte Moriarty and Mark Barnes of Hau‘ula, Hawaii. Their time in the paradisiacal 50th state turned turbulent June 21, 1977, when the mother and 5-month-old child failed to return from a shopping outing. Because of his partner’s penchant for spending extended See MISSING CHILD page 12