Citizen of the Week

Laci Mofitt is this week's Citizen of the Week. Mofitt, who owns Eureka Clothing Company, was nominated by Fiona Richards for hosting a drop-off for donations to Hurricane Harvey victims. "All items were packed and sorted by Jack Richards, Audrey Falkoswki and others from Eureka Springs," Richards said. "Thanks to Diane Reder and all who donated and made the trip to Texas to deliver."...

Fran Carlin is this week’s Citizen of the Week. Carlin was nominated by the staff of the Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library for her steadfast volunteering over a decade. Carlin has even been known to bring the staff homemade peach cobbler on her anniversary. She never complains and always has a smile on her face. The staff will miss her as a regular volunteer. If you see her, thank her for helping to make your library a more orderly place...

David Mitchell is this week’s Citizen of the Week. Mitchell was nominated by Roy Allen, who said Mitchell has been helping him receive medical care recently. “I am a veteran that is a Type 1 diabetic, and I have two wounds on my foot that are very deep and will not heal,” Allen said. “I could not get into wound care at the VA due to too long of a wait period and had just received four days of IV antibiotics in the ICU at the VA hospital.”...

Cornerstone Bank is this week’s Citizen of the Week. The bank donated a beautiful pop-up tent to Eureka Springs High School for its athletes. Students will now have plenty of shade to enjoy when they travel to events. Charlie Cross, president and chief executive officer of the bank, is pictured on the right...

Dana West of Abundant Health Wellness Center is this week’s Citizen of the Week. West was nominated by Fiona Richards, who said West helped save her husband’s life. “Thank you, Fiona,” Richards said. West is a registered and licensed dietician and, and she specializes in diabetes...

Eureka Springs High School Principal David Gilmore is this week’s Citizen of the Week. Gilmore was anonymously nominated by a staff member of the school for working so hard to get ready for the school year. Gilmore is familiar with the school, having graduated from Eureka Springs High School in 1996...

Dave Spencer is this week’s Citizen of the Week. Spencer was nominated by Janet Chupp, thrift store manager for the Doggie Thrift Stores. Spencer volunteers at the thrift stores, Chupp said, and recently repaired five chairs from scrap metal, which sold for $220. “I just can’t say enough … he is one of the best volunteers on the planet, and he’ll do anything to make a buck for the dogs and cats,” Chupp said...

Joyce and Eric Knowles are this week’s Citizens of the Week. After a trip to Canada, the two brought back a fundraising idea to help students enrolled in the Eureka Springs School District lunch program. You can choose to add $1, $3 or $5 to your final bill at Harts Family Center, and every bit of that donation will go toward the program. This ensures that students who can’t afford school lunches will be able to eat with everyone else...

McKenna Stewart and Tonya Miller are this week’s Citizens of the Week. They were nominated by Donesa Mann for cleaning up the area around Kings River access last week. “I had McKenna as a student in Berryville about five years ago,” Mann said. “I am proud of her.”...

Mary Nell Doss Billings is this week’s Citizen of the Week. Billings beautified a corner across from the post office in Eureka Springs and has been instrumental in getting the mural project going in Berryville. Billings said she’d like to challenge others to beautify a spot in town that needs sprucing up, saying she had to look at the spot every day and decided it needed to look better...

The firefighters who worked the parking lot at Lake Leatherwood Fields before, during and after the fireworks display on Sunday are this week’s Citizens of the Week. They were nominated by Bob Thomas, who said he watched the group handle the job of traffic control and parking in the midst of a two-hour downpour. “It was not just raining. It was RAINING!” Thomas said. “And thundering. And lightening.”...

Edwige Denyzyn is this week’s Citizen of the Week. Denyzyn was nominated by Kathryn Merry, who said Denyzyn created a “wonderful patriotic kick-butt donkey over the past month.” Merry said Denyzyn designed, welded, applied mesh and covered the piece of art. The painting is just beginning, and RICCI the Donkey will make his debut in the city’s annual 4th of July Parade on Tuesday, July 4...

Zeek Taylor is this week’s Citizen of the Week. Taylor is one of the people organizing Eureka Springs’ involvement in the Northwest Arkansas Pride Parade. The parade is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 24, in Fayetteville. Participants should meet up at the E.J. Ball parking lot at the corner of Church Avenue and Meadow Street...

This kitten is safe and sound because of this week’s Citizen of the Week, Acord Home Center employee James Wicker. Wicker was nominated by Topaz Seven, who said he responded quickly to a hardware emergency and got the right tool to help Seven rescue a kitten with its head stuck in the wire of a cage. “He was very helpful, and the kitten is no worse for the wear,” Seven said...

Maria Sherlyn Jaramillo Tapia is this week’s Citizen of the Week. Tapia was nominated by Barbara Gavron, who said Tapia alerted her to smoke coming from one of her cottages on Mill Hollow Road. Gavron said she contacted the Eureka Springs Police Department and the fire was contained. “Maria saved the day!” Gavron said...

Jay and Rosemary Fusaro are this week’s Citizens of the Week. The couple is the recipient of the 2017 Independent Publishers Association Silver Medal for Best Adult Nonfiction for their book From the Other Side of the Desk. They were nominated by Victoria Pinkley, who added that Jay is the president of Good Shepherd Humane Society and Rosemary just finished serving as the interim treasurer. “It is wonderful that people of this caliber have chosen to live in Eureka Springs,” Pinkley said...

Eureka Springs Fire Captain Dillon Halper is this week’s Citizen of the Week. Halper was nominated by Dan Morgan for responding to a fire at Brydan Suites Motel last week. Morgan said the motel might not be here today if not for Halper’s alertness and quick response. ...

All who participated in Bridge of Love on Sunday, May 14, are this week’s Citizens of the Week. Ilene Powell nominated the group, saying the bridge was filled with family, friends, locals and tourists who came out to remember their loved ones, past and present. “[There were] people taking pictures, hugging each other and so much love shared,” Powell said...

The linemen who work with Arkansas Electrical Cooperative are this week’s Citizens of the Week. They were nominated by James Helwig on behalf of the families at Wolf Ridge, who said a tornado drove down the Wolf Ridge Road just west of Lake Leatherwood on April 26. ...

Pastor Mark Golaway and the men’s group of the First Christian Church of Eureka Springs are this week’s Citizens of the Week. Nominated by the Eureka Springs Cemetery Commission, the group recently cleaned and upgraded the entire fence along Highway 62 of the Eureka Springs Cemetery...

Peg Adamson and Darla Gray-Winter are this week’s Citizens of the Week. Adamson and Gray-Winter recently donated their time to paint the back room of The Purple Flower, the only domestic violence resource center in Carroll County. The Purple Flower is located on Church Street in Berryville. For more information, call 479-981-1676o nominate someone for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com...

Chris Patton is this week’s Citizen of the Week. Earlier this year, Patton donated at least three dozen brand-new prom dresses to Eureka Springs High School. Many students found their formal dress for free this year thanks to Patton. To nominate someone for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com...

Memo, Oscar and Chris are this week’s Citizens of the Week. The three rescued a cat from a tree on White Street last week. To nominate somebody for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com.