Citizen of the Week

Dan and Suzie Bell are this week's Citizens of the Week. They were nominated by Ken Winston, who said the Bells helped house and employ him after he ended up homeless. "Far more good goes on at ECHO village and thrift than most people realize," Winston said...

Eureka Springs High School FBLA students are this week's Citizens of the Week. The students have been working to put together Thanksgiving baskets for local families in need. This year, 20 families will receive baskets. To nominate somebody for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com...

Eureka Springs Fire & EMS are this week's Citizens of the Week. The crew visited Eureka Springs High School on Monday to train and certify 25 students in CPR. Each student will receive their American Heart Association certification card. To nominate somebody for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com...

All the veterans who have served our country are this week's Citizens of the Week. Lovely County Citizen is thankful to everyone who has made sacrifices for our freedom. To nominate somebody for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com...

Jay Wilks is this week's Citizen of the Week. Wilks tirelessly organizes multiple Diversity Weekend events each year. This past weekend, Wilks brought legendary drag queen Lady Bunny to town. To nominate somebody for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com...

Eureka Springs Elementary School teacher Carrie Gay is this week's Citizen of the Week. Gay was recently awarded $500 from Arvest Bank to use toward classroom purchases as part of the We Love Teachers Campaign. To nominate somebody for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com...

Teresa Bennett and Pat Willson are this week's Citizens of the Week. They were nominated by Linda Winter, who was named last week's Citizen of the Week for helping to rescue cats between Berryville and Eureka Springs. "I so appreciate the person who nominated me previously, but I would like to nominate the person who truly was the heroine of the recent cat rescue," Winter said. ...

Linda Winter is this week's Citizen of the Week. Winter was nominated by Darlene Simmons, who thanked Winter for taking charge of the local abandoned cat and kitten situation in Carroll County. The cats pictured here are two of many Winter has helped out. ...

Nan Johnson is this week's Citizen of the Week. Johnson was nominated by Hallie Roberts, who said Johnson has fostered more than 60 cats and dogs over the past several years to help socialize them and make them adoptable through Good Shepherd Humane Society. "She also works several days a week at the Good Shepherd Thrift Store in Eureka along with producing fabulous handwritten thank you notes to our donors," Roberts said. "She's one of our most valued volunteers!"...

Bob Grudek is this week's Citizen of the Week. Grudek was nominated by Eureka Springs High School counselor Rachal Hyatt, who thanked him for volunteering his personal time several times a week to help high school students with math. "He works with them one-on-one and helps them to understand and to increase their grade in the classroom," Hyatt said. "We are very thankful for him."...

Mark Hughes is this week's Citizen of the Week. Hughes was nominated by Steve Beacham, who said Hughes has been maintaining a monarch butterfly hatchery on his deck. Hughes grows milkweed in numerous spots as food and egg laying sites, Beacham said. "Only 2 percent of hatched eggs become adults," Beacham said. "Mark's efforts raise the odds to 75 percent."...

Cheryl Maples is this week's Citizen of the Week. Maples was a dedicated lawyer and advocate for LGBT rights and a friend to many in Eureka Springs. She loved Eureka Springs and supported the city's non-discrimination ordinance in 2015. To nominate somebody for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com...

The Eureka Springs police officers who provided extra security at Eureka Springs School District last week are this week's Citizens of the Week. The officers stepped up their presence to make students and staff feel safer after a school shooting threat was issued for schools in Arkansas...

Jason Davis is this week's Citizen of the Week. Davis was nominated by Terry Price, who said Davis and his wife Lorrie have been instrumental in making Eureka Springs a fun and exciting place to visit and live. "Jason was by my side when I got the horrific news of cancer," Price said. "Jason helped me get to Rogers for cancer treatments. He and Lorrie were there for me from the beginning to the final radiation treatment."...

Steve Falkowski is this week's Citizen of the Week. Falkowski was nominated by Fiona Richards, who said Falkowski chauffeured the guests at Good Shepherd Humane Society's Cause4Paws event back and forth to their cars. Richards also thanked Holiday Island for loaning the cart to the event...

Rick Armellini is this week's Citizen of the Week. Armellini was nominated by Lucilla Garrett, who said Armellini has offered his talents to several good causes in town. He formatted the graphics for the library's new letterhead and cards, pictured here. "Volunteering can take many shapes, and Rick has proved to be a creative, essential one for Eureka Springs library," Garrett said...

Sue Moore Glave is this week's Citizen of the Week. Glave, who recently passed on, tirelessly planned and executed some of Eureka's most popular parades. She is well-known for the Fourth of July Parade and Veterans Day Parade, where she represented her beloved Gary Glave every year...

Tim Freeman is this week's Citizen of the Week. Freeman was nominated by Jack Moyer, who said Freeman is a "yes, we can do that –– let's find a way" kind of guy. Thanks to Freeman's partnership with Eureka Springs Community Center, Moyer said, local youth can swim and hang out safely during the summer...

The ministry groups that worked so hard during the heat to advance the progress at ECHO Village are this week's Citizens of the Week. They were nominated by Mark Eastburn, who said they came from across the south to help. "Although they are not technically citizens of Lovely County, they should be made honorary citizens," Eastburn said. ...

Melissa Greene is this week's Citizen of the Week. Greene was nominated by Marty Cogan, who said Greene has served on numerous committees as a volunteer including the planning commission, HDC and preservation society. "She also works tirelessly at the Good Shepherd Humane Society, organizing and mending clothing and prepping for the annual gala," Cogan said. "She serves as parade monitor, directing traffic on the loop and manning parking sites for various charities."...

Eva and Talon Ellis are this week's Citizens of the Week. They ran a lemonade stand at Basin Spring Park and donated partial proceeds to Good Shepherd Humane Society. "They are a true winning team!" said assistant shelter manager Kathy Cobb. To nominate somebody for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com...

Linda Caldwell is this week's Citizen of the Week. Caldwell is retiring from Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow after serving as director for seven years. Caldwell previously worked as a journalist for 24 years and ran a bed and breakfast for four years...

Eureka Springs High School students Cole Rains and Preston Hyatt are this week's Citizens of the Week. Rains and Hyatt are competing in the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kentucky this week. Hyatt, left, and Rains are pictured with SkillsUSA teacher Jason Hill...

Tracy Williams is this week's Citizen of the Week. Williams was nominated by Adrienne Gremillion, who said Williams works tirelessly at the Good Shepherd Humane Society's thrift shops at both locations sorting, cleaning, preparing and pricing all the linens. She can be found every Saturday pricing, sorting, storing, organization and cleaning parts of the Eureka Springs store...

Pat Quinn is this week's Citizen of the Week. Quinn was nominated by Vicki Brooks, who said Quinn has been walking dogs at Good Shepherd Humane Society and teaching them basic manners to make them more adoptable. "Pat has a house full of rescued pets and her three dogs are so well-trained!" Brooks said. "I am so happy that she loves volunteering her considerable dog training skills to help make the Good Shepherd dogs more likely to be adopted."...