Citizen of the Week

Eureka Springs Elementary School substitute teachers Bradley Eskridge and Melinda Johnson Eskridge are this week's Citizens of the Week. They were nominated by Clare Lesieur, who said they are always doing something special for the students and staff at the elementary school. "From seasonal decorative displays to a recent makeover of the staff lounge," Lesieur said, "these two special community members make our school a better place!"...

CAPC events coordinator Tracy Johnson is this week's Citizen of the Week. Johnson was nominated by Marcia Yearsley, who said Johnson promoted, hosted and coordinated the best Folk Festival entertainment the city has seen in years in 2019, completely filling The Auditorium two nights in a row. "Visiting with her and encouraging her each chance I get, it is obvious her commitment and enthusiasm are long-term and many agree she is a valuable asset to our artistic community," Yearsley said...

Randy Wolfingbarger is this week's Citizen of the Week. Wolfinbarger was nominated by Ellen Summers, who works with him at Best Western Inn of the Ozarks. Summers said Wolfingbarger took on the general manager role on Dec. 16, 1979. "He's honest, kind, fair and hardworking," Summers said. ...

Melodye Purdy is this week's Citizen of the Week. Purdy was nominated by Fiona Richards, who thanked Purdy for coordinating holiday baskets to be delivered to residents at Peachtree Village who do not have family. Richards said Purdy is "always a giving and kind person in our community."...

Good Shepherd Humane Society employees Chelsea Gahr, Cole Wakefield, Janet Chupp and volunteer Tracy Williams are this week's Citizens to the Week. They were nominated by Jay Fusaro, who thanked them for recently transporting 31 dogs to shelters in Montana, Michigan and Minnesota. "That's an enormous amount of both time and effort for the four of them to move 31 dogs that have been at Good Shepherd for a long time," Fusaro said...

Fiona Richards is this week's Citizen of the Week. Richards was nominated by Ashley Clark, who said Richards gathered raffle prizes and helped raise more than $1,000 to help a friend get home to their dying mom. To nominate somebody for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com...

Eureka Springs High School guidance counselor Rachal Hyatt is this week's Citizen of the Week. Hyatt was nominated by Eureka Springs High School principal David Gilmore for her work on the Angel Tree program. "This year we have over 140 requests and they will all be filled," Gilmore said...

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...