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Saturday, May 18, 2013
Citizen of the Week

Citizen of the Week (05/16/13)
On Friday, May 17, Sue Hopkins will retire from Eureka Springs Hospital after serving people of Eureka Springs, Carroll County and Northwest Arkansas for 30 years. Her title may be Case Manager but she is a social worker -- licensed, professional, and a good listener. ...
Citizen of the Week (05/09/13)
This week's Citizen of the Week works tirelessly to promote and practice Eureka Springs tourism and hospitality as he oversees the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks and Convention Center, his nominator notes. A former board member at the Great Passion Play, Randy Wolfinbarger has consistently gone above and beyond the call of duty to boost Eureka's tourism industry and to make all his hotel guests and convention center clients feel at home and at ease. ...
Citizens of the Week (05/03/13)
In George's Pond behind Stubbs Grocery in Berryville, a duck had a gravel hook imbedded in his foot and the twine had wrapped around his body. Joyce Zeigler was feeding the duck for about a month because it couldn't dive or feed itself, but the other ducks were picking on him. ...
Citizen of the Week (04/25/13)
This week's Citizen of the Week is actually a group of citizens, Save The Ozarks, which has been working hard to ensure that the beauty and serenity of the local landscape, as well as the health of our neighbors and our water supply, are protected. With very little if any information forthcoming from SWEPCO -- not to mention the company's failure to hold promised public meetings for concerned residents -- Save The Ozarks has been key in disseminating vital information about the pro- posed SWEPCO transmission lines slated to be built across our county -- enormous transmission lines that would require tons of herbicides to be used to keep clear the 150-foot-wide swath the utility plans to doze through our beautiful mountainscapes. ...
Citizen of the Week (04/11/13)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Denys Flaherty. Her nominator put it best: "Those of us fortunate enough to know Ms. Flaherty recognize her as a ray of sunshine on the Planning Commission and a sympathetic ear to anyone in need of one. As an elder in our community, Denys represents an ideal to be aimed for: she is bright, cheerful, sensitive, and involved. ...
Citizen of the Week (04/04/13)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Daniel Jackson. His nominator particularly wanted to emphasize Daniel's years of effort toward getting a dog park in town, a project now coming to fruition through the Dog Park Advisory Committee. "As a parent and dog lover, Daniel has been concerned with safety in the dog park and has worked over several years to help make it a reality," his nominator says. ...
Citizen of the Week (03/28/13)
This week's CoW is Terry McClung. As his nominator pointed out, anyone who's been around Eureka long enough to know anybody knows Terry McClung. "Even though he's one of them McClungs, he's a great guy," says his nominator. "That's a joke. However, what isn't a joke is that he has served time and again on various commissions and just started back as an alderman on City Council. ...
Citizen of the Week (03/21/13)
This week's Citizen of the Week has an unusual name and a lot of enthusiasm. For three years, Cne Breaux has spearheaded the local EasterBelles fundraiser. This year it's a poster autograph party at KJ's Caribe Restaurant on Sunday, March 24, from 5 p.m. ...
Citizens of the Week (03/14/13)
This week's Citizens of the Week are our own police force, and for good reason. As their nominator put it, "During the past 3 years, ESPD has implemented and maintained a school security plan. They have trained teachers and students what to do during an emergency. ...
Citizens of the Week (03/08/13)
This week's CoWs are, unseasonably, zombie CoWs. "I would like to nominate Jeff and Christina Danos for Citizens of the Week," says their nominator. "They coordinated last weekend's Zombie Run at Lake Leatherwood Park. Not only was it a fundraiser for the Flint Street Food pantry, but it was an incredibly good time. ...
Citizen of the Week (02/28/13)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Tracellen Kelly, Good Shepherd Humane Society Thrift Store Manager. After the devastating fire that destroyed the Berryville Doggie Shop, Tracellen descended on the problem at hand like a plague of locusts. In addition to her ongoing managerial duties at the Eureka Doggie Shop, she:...
Citizen of the Week (02/22/13)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Rachel Brix. Most will know her as owner of Percy's Grooming & Pet Spa, but she is also a Parks & Rec commissioner and the driving force behind the up-and-coming dog park for Harmon Park. Rachel has organized the troops, gotten all the forms signed, and is madly raising money even as you read these words. ...
Citizens of the Week (02/14/13)
Although typically our Citizens of the Week are local, this week we want to honor comedian, actress and animal lover Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, actress Portia de Rossi, who recently sent Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge a check for $5,000 to help relocate the Riverglen tigers. ...
Citizen of the Week (02/07/13)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Jack Miller. Those of you who have been enjoying Eureka's Mardi Gras celebrations and the beautiful floats have already experienced Miller's work; he is a painter and print-maker who moved to Eureka Springs from New Orleans after Katrina and volunteers his time building fantastic floats. ...
Citizen of the Week (01/31/13)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Virginia Benefiel. As her nominator put it, "Virginia will be 86 in March and has given her life to caring for others. She has been an RN for 65 years. She has raised seven children and one foster daughter, and took care of her live-in father-in-law until his death. ...
Citizen of the Week (01/24/13)
This week's top-notch Citizens of the Week are organizer Quinn Withy and all the other participants in Sunday's Martin Luther King festivities, including a recital at The Aud. Pictured here are some of the many who took time out to celebrate the birthday of this major visionary and lover of peace. ...
Citizen of the Week (01/17/13)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Jacqueline Wolven. Jackie has long spearheaded the Eureka Springs Downtown Network, a group that brings people downtown to shop and participate in fun, family friendly activities that make our community a better place. ...
Citizen of the Week (01/09/13)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Rachal Hyatt, nominated for her role in organizing the Beaver Park Polar Plunge for 2013. The Plunge is an annual fundraising event for Special Olympics Arkansas that continues to grow each year. Proceeds from the event allow Special Olympics athletes to train and compete in a variety of sporting events, and Rachal has put in a lot of hours making it happen. ...
Citizen of the Week (01/03/13)
The first Citizen of the Week for 2013 is Pastor Randall Christy of the Gospel Station Network for spearheading an astonishing last-minute drive to raise $75,000 to save the Great Passion Play. Although the bank was set to take possession of the property on Jan. ...
Citizen of the Week (12/27/12)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Cindy Worley. She has been the office manager at the Lovely County Citizen since the new staff took over in the summer. Cindy is the Citizen's first line of communication with the public, and she basically makes the office go. ...
Citizens of the Week (12/21/12)
Our Citizens of the Week this time are the people who protect our children. Their teachers are on this list, our police force, school bus drivers, and in fact everyone who keeps an eye out between the time our kids get out of the car or on the bus in the morning, and the time they come home in the afternoon. ...
Citizen of the Week (12/13/12)
In keeping with not only the holiday season but also the eternal season of being hungry when you don't have any money, the Citizen is glad this week to salute the volunteers of the Flint Street Food Bank. Enough good cannot be said of this team of hardworking volunteers who come week after week, Mondays and Wednesdays for groceries, Tuesdays and Thursdays for hot meals, and practice Christ's work in the most basic of ways, feeding the hungry. ...
Citizen of the Week (12/06/12)
Nate Huff is one of those people you are simply glad to know. His nominator put it like this: "I had moved back to town after a long absence, for a job. I had literally one weekend to find a place to live. After half a day of disappointing driving around looking at FOR RENT signs and finding nothing I liked, I tiredly went by Chelsea's to rest a bit. ...
Citizen of the Week (11/29/12)
Someone out in the anonymous world sent us this candidate for this week's CoW: "We would like to nominate prominent local artist Barbara Kennedy as Citizen of the Week," they say. "Knowing that local pastel artist and Prospect Gallery owner Rebecca J. ...
Citizen of the Week (11/22/12)
There are Citizens of the Week and then there are CITIZENS OF THE WEEK!!! Tanya Smith falls into the latter category. For two decades, she and her family have operated Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, rescuing and harboring dozens of big cats and other large-scale wildlife -- lions and tigers and bears, literally. ...
Citizen of the Week (11/08/12)
This week's CoW is a small herd -- i.e., the volunteers who staffed the ballot count at the Berryville courthouse Tuesday night. As their nominator put it, "Once every two years, these people pull this all-nighter for democracy. The counting machine is crankier than the election commissioners, but everyone does what has to be done. ...
Citizen of the Week (11/01/12)
Too often in life the people who get our attention are the ones who make big splashes, good or bad -- but more important by far in the long run are those who do all they have to, then take time to do some more. They're like Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz," tirelessly helping the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Lion, and finally even the Wizard Himself find what they really need from life, even when it was there all along. ...
Citizen of the Week (10/25/12)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Barbara Hill. "For the past 12 years she has been a volunteer for People Helping People and the Eureka Springs Hospital Guild. She also volunteers for ECHO. She has helped residents of Carroll County get a million dollars in free medicine by doing the paperwork and the endless number of forms required by the pharmaceutical companies. ...
Citizen of the Week (10/18/12)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Alderman Ken Pownall. His nominator puts it this way: "Mr. Pownall has spent years devoting his time volunteering on any number of committees and commissions, most recently on City Council. A lot of his energy has gone into trying to untangle the mare's nest of city code, for example his recent collaborative work on the sign ordinance. ...
Citizen of the Week (10/11/12)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Nathan Crowder. You know him whether you know him or not; he is the power behind the camera at all televised city meetings. His nominator put it like this: "Nathan is the single constant in all our commissions, as well as City Council. ...
Citizen of the Week (10/04/12)
Our Citizen of the Week is Karen Kinsel, Century 21 Agent and all- around good gal. "Karen personally arranged with the Corps of Engineers, Community First Bank, C.J. Sports, Wal-Mart and Century 21 to have a big party for all the trash-picker-uppers after the annual Beaver Lake clean-up at the dam site," says her nominator. ...
Citizen of the Week (09/27/12)
This week's Citizen of the Week is one of the many apparently tireless citizens who volunteers her time with the city. Beverly Blankenship is chairwoman of the Planning Commission, that group which works to make sense of our labrynthine city codes, a thankless and unexciting job. ...
Citizen of the Week (09/20/12)
This week's CoW is not a person but rather a group of people. Their nominator says it best: "My son fell gravely ill and was in the hospital here for several days. I was worried sick, as any parent would be, and spent every spare minute I could there at the hospital watching for him to improve. ...
Citizen of the Week (09/13/12)
Many of you will recognize Larry Suchand, aka "Jailhouse Larry," knowing him by sight rather than name. A longtime resident of Eureka Springs and owner of the old jailhouse down the hill from Center Street, Larry can often be found holding forth at the Inn Convenience Store on Main Street across from the Grand Central Hotel. ...
Citizen of the Week (09/06/12)
This week's Citizen of the Week would roll her eyes at being nominated, but that's just the kind of gal she is. Here is from her nominator: "If you ever have any interaction with city hall, you have probably crossed paths with Diane Wilkerson. She is the mayoral administrative assistant. ...
Citizen of the Week (08/30/12)
The nominator of this week's CoWs says they will be a familiar sight to anyone who has lived in Eureka for any length of time or enjoyed the Pine Mountain Jamboree. Mike and Dale Bishop are the owner/operators of the Pine Mountain Theater. In addition, they both perform in the jamboree. ...
Citizen of the Week (08/22/12)
This week's COW is our own Chip Ford and his family. The Fords enjoyed an entire evening of impromptu animal rescue earlier in the week. While Chip was trying to head home, he encountered and spent most of the evening corralling three horses from getting killed in traffic and helping locate their owners up near Golden, Mo. ...
Citizen of the Week: Helen Gurley Brown (08/16/12)
This week's Citizen of the Week is a local gal gone bigtime, the late Helen Gurley Brown, who passed away this week at age 90. Brown, who was born in Green Forest, was an American author, publisher and businesswoman. She was editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years and in 1962, her bestselling book Sex and the Single Girl was published. ...
Citizen of the Week: Carnegie Library (08/09/12)
This week's COW is a local institution of wisdom which goes above and beyond every day of the week. Here's our nominator: "I am a Ph.D. candidate finishing my thesis. I really didn't know what to expect when I walked into the local Carnegie Library. ...
Citizen of the Week: James DeVito (08/02/12)
James DeVito is a perfect example of the who and the why of Citizen of the Week. Not only does he own and operate the award-winning DeVito's fine Italian restaurant downtown, but for many years he has spent literally countless hours serving the city as a citizen participant in committee after committee and commission after commission, as well as City Council. ...
Citizen of the Week: Jim Swiggart (07/28/12)
Anyone who values the rare opportunity they have here in Eureka Springs to enjoy the Opera in the Ozarks owes a huge debt of gratitude to General Director Jim Swiggart. Armed with music degrees in voice and trombone from Oklahoma City University, a master's degree from Wichita State University and doctoral work at Oklahoma University, Jim's Opera Talks have opened this world of music to thousands of visitors from dozens of states and several other countries since he became director in 1989. ...
Citizen of the Week: Ilene Powell (07/18/12)
Our Citizen of the Week is Ilene Powell, founder of Fleur Delicious Weekend. The 10-day event just concluded last weekend and included a Waiters' Race (see Page 17), a Bartenders' Competition, and multiple food- and arts-centered events all around the city...
Citizen of the Week: Ginni Miller (07/12/12)
Ginni Miller has been the smiling face of the Eureka Springs Historical Museum for the past eight years. She has worked countless hours above and beyond what was required of her to bring Eureka's history to any and all who would look or listen. She has been one of the best sources of information of that history for countless visitors and researchers. ...
Citizen of the Week (07/04/12)
Ginni Miller has been the smiling face of the Eureka Springs Historical Museum for the past eight years. She has worked countless hours above and beyond what was required of her to bring Eureka's history to any and all who would look or listen. She has been one of the best sources of information of that history for countless visitors and researchers...
Citizen of the Week (06/28/12)
This week's COW started the Citizen newspaper with Bill King 13 years ago. She has a big heart and little patience with unfairness. She's sticking to her personal convictions and giving up a job she loves because of them. Mary Pat Boian will be missed at the editor's desk but can still be found in the Boian Books office in her role as publisher -- unless she's out in her garden or walking under the stars with her pup, Ocho...
Citizen of the Week (06/22/12)
Cheri Dorene White has run herself ragged for numerous causes -- Echo Clinic, CICA Music Festival, a small community newspaper that never sleeps, two shelter dogs, etc., etc., etc. We could never figure out where she gets her energy, although it is clear that she's a magnet for it. The more she spends the more she gets. It...
Citizen of the Week (06/13/12)
"Last week Zeek Taylor received the 2012 Arkansas Arts Council's Governor's Lifetime Achievement Award, an accomplishment that makes everyone in our little artist community beam with absolute pride. "There is no one more deserving of this honor. Zeek has spent the last 30 years in NWA painting and perfecting his craft, mastering the meticulous technique of dry point watercolor...
Citizen of the Week (06/06/12)
Andy Fink and Latigo Treuer are food and drink purveyors who want repeat business. The men took matters into their own hands during Blues Weekend by renting a van, hiring a driver, and taking customers who weren't used to our altitude back to their inns, hotels, and bed and breakfasts...
Citizen of the Week (05/30/12)
"I nominate Rebecca Babbs for Citizen of the Week because on the third Friday of every month she leads the Dances of Universal Peace at the church on Elk Street. Rebecca learns, then teaches us the words, music and movements for these dances/songs that honor spiritual traditions from throughout the world -- Christian, Hindu, Hebrew, Islamic, Buddhist, etc...
Citizen of the Week (05/23/12)
Anita Taylor was nominated because she knows everybody, likes everybody, helps everybody and is an extraordinary citizen. To know Anita is to love her. She began selling ads for the Citizen in 2000, when the upstart paper was a baby with an uncertain future. In fact, she treated this paper as if it were a baby -- tended it, taught it and looked out for its future...
Citizen of the Week (05/17/12)
"Sheila Payne has been a teacher for the last 30 years, and the number of students she has influenced, molded, and helped is countless. "She showed up every day with a good attitude and ready to help others. Sheila was always a team player, which is always good for the team. Her contagious smile and cheerful spirit will always be remembered...
Citizen of the Week (05/09/12)
Hunter Dickelman was co-captain of the school's Relay for Life team, and as students geared up for the event May 4, he brought in a baggie full of coins and currency and said he wanted to donate it. It was his entire piggy bank, totaling $100.78! Even after trying to convince him to keep some of the money for fun summer activities, he said people's lives are more important than anything he would spend it on...
Citizen of the Week (05/03/12)
"Some pretty amazing people doing great things have been celebrated as Citizens of the Week in our community, but Brigido (Shampoo) Tapia seems to do amazing things everyday. "Shampoo happened by an accident Monday near Holiday Island. He stopped and pulled a young woman from her car as it burst into flames. He saved her life...
Citizen of the Week (04/26/12)
"When we speak of treasures, the folks who nominated Marty Cogan want the citizens of Eureka to know that we have one in Marty. The folks she volunteers with at the community food bank appreciate her international culinary skills, honed in such revered places as Paris and New York."...
Citizen of the Week (04/18/12)
"One of the gentlest, kindest women, Francesca Giri, has been providing traditional acupuncture to Eureka since 2009. "At her Flora Roja Center one receives high quality service and care at sliding scale rates. Francesca works overtime assuring that people have a soothing, supportive environment and making it easy for friends and family to come together, creating a collective energy field for healing, which is enhanced by her loving nature...
Citizen of the Week (04/11/12)
"Every merchant knows the frustration and violation of shoplifting, and many know the difficulty of apprehension and awkwardness of confrontation. "The first customers of the day at the Fine Art of Romance spent a lot of time trying on expensive lingerie, then returned to their car without a purchase. Apparently they thought they made a smooth getaway until the manager, Lilah Stiger, spotted them having lunch across the street...
Citizen of the Week (04/04/12)
"1984 was the year these Citizens of the Week began volunteering for the Good Shepherd Humane Society. When weather permits, Bobbie can be found at the base of Spring St. serving as an ambassador for GSHS. "Each week Ken photographs all new animals at GSHS and updates the photo boards in ES and Berryville...
Citizen of the Week (03/28/12)
"Once he found $40 in the Community First ATM in Harts and returned it. Who does that anymore? "Travis Ramsey is amazing and I think the honor of getting selected to go to the White House Science Fair in Washington DC, where President Obama honored 100 high school students who excel in math and science was huge -- it not only shows what our little town can produce but that you can have that small town life with big opportunity."...
Citizen of the Week (03/21/12)
"The stylish An Pong is the brightest ray of sunshine I know of in Eureka Springs. When people find themselves alone, they find a friend in Annie. "Annie hears of someone feeling under-the-weather and quickly dispatches a pot of hot, delicious homemade soup along with sympathetic reassurances (or chides, if she knows you aren't taking care of yourself) and a home remedy...
Citizen of the Week (03/15/12)
"One of Pat Mesa's secrets to longevity is that he enjoys walking every day and keeping busy with yard work and other activities. Until recent years he walked the entire historic loop nearly every day. Pat will be 95 March 17. He isn't Irish, but he's been "green" for a long time, as co-owner, along with his wife, Louise, of Frog Fantasies. They used to wear frog costumes in every parade...
Citizen of the Week (03/08/12)
"It seems these days we always expect someone else to take care of the problems we see around us. Not Randal Thompson! "When the electric company's weed-eater-like tree whacker came through Randal's country road, the aftermath was messy and ugly. A little at a time, Randal is cleaning this up on his own, with no blame thrown at others or trying to get 'responsible parties' to do the work...
Citizen of the Week (02/29/12)
Antler Dan's nominator said Dan saw the article Spring Into Art in the Citizen, with its picture and caption about Keith Mock losing all his tools to fire. Dan offered to give Keith his remarkable array of chisels and carving tools, saying, "Tell him to bring a truck!"...
Citizen of the Week (02/23/12)
EMTs Tom Dransfield, Dillon Halpen, Ramon Ates, Richard Ellis and Rhys Williams are this week's COWs for helping a brand new citizen greet the world on Feb. 17. Three weeks before her due date, Janee Adrianson's daughter, Molly Alabama Streety, made an executive decision to wait no longer to come into this world. ...
Citizen of the Week (02/15/12)
This week's Citizen of the Week is the Lovely County Citizen. The paper has endured its share of typos, inaccuracies, anonymous complainers and financial tornadoes over the years, yet soars higher each time she bounces. She blossomed, despite all odds, into what she set out to be: A community paper designed to let our descendants, five or eight hundred years from now, know what life was about in early 21st-century Eureka Springs and surrounding areas...
Citizen of the Week (02/08/12)
Got your tickets yet? -- Eureka Springs High School teacher and drama coach, Jerry RunnerSmith, has the hot ticket for Valentine's night at the middle school cafeteria. It's dinner and a hilarious play, Check Please: Take 3, revolving around the foibles of blind dating. Tickets at the door include dinner and are only $10. Come watch the League of Extraordinary Actors on Feb. 14 at 6 p.m. as love blossoms ... or doesn't...
Citizen of the Week (02/01/12)
Occupy Eureka Springs nominates Isis Gerschultz for Citizen of the Week. Our youngest demonstrator is a 4th grader at ESES and has recently joined the group on Tuesday afternoons on Wall Street. Her interest in the movement was sparked by news reports and conversations with family and friends, and the idea to personally participate has been solely her own...
Citizen of the Week (01/25/12)
"Gerry Toler moved to Eureka Springs in 1999 from Springfield, Mo., and switched to digital photography, from film, in 2007. The switch left him with a wide array of vintage Nikon lenses he couldn't use on a DSLR DX body. "Photographer Ron Lutz told Toler that Chip Ford had his equipment stolen a couple of years back and that Ford used old primes on his DSLR FX. Ford received an email from Toler with a listing of lenses, including a 24mm f/2.8 -- Ford's favorite...
Citizen of the Week (01/18/12)
This is a COW first, but if corporations are people, then it's okay. Radio station KESA was nominated for playing "really nice Christmas music for a long time." "We listened all the time during the season," said our avid aficionado. It was obvious someone put a lot of work into selecting the music and many people appreciated it at home and as they shopped locally. ...
Citizen of the Week (01/11/12)
Yep, these fellers are dead and have been for years. But one day they posed for posterity wearing the shiny badge of justice pinned directly over their hearts. Police protection is something that might make some of us wary, but when a police department really does pursue and capture those who steal from us and set fire to our buildings, we are inclined to give cops a nod...
Citizen of the Week (01/04/12)
"On 12/25/2011, at about 11:30 a.m., our mail carrier, Caleb Lindsey, delivered a Christmas package to my home. Yes, on a Sunday. Yes, Christmas Day. In the morning. He said his boss had asked him to get up early on Christmas morning and go to the post office and sort through bins and deliver anything that looked like a Christmas package...
Citizen of the Week (12/28/11)
The Citizen of the Year is you. You who volunteered your way through 2011 and you who helped a neighbor in need. Here's to all of you who work in and for our community to keep it safe, help it grow and make it beautiful. You are the citizens of every week, although we don't always hear about you. ...
Citizen of the Week (12/21/11)
Who else? Of course the COW this week has to be Santa Claus, or Kris Kringle, or St. Nick if you will. Any guy who can pop into more than three billion households in one night and then return home to the North Pole on a flying sleigh led by a red-nosed animal and hang out with reindeer and elves making toys for the next 364 days, has got to be a true Eurekan at heart. ...
Citizen of the Week (12/15/11)
Merritt Marie Taylor, 9, endured a tragedy in September that many would find overwhelming. Her two horses, Molly and Babe, got out of their pasture and were killed by a pickup truck on Hwy. 187. Rather than feel sorry for herself, Merritt collected signatures from neighbors and classmates petitioning for speed limit signs to be put up between Hwys. 23 & 187 to Elk Ranch...
Citizen of the Week (12/07/11)
"If Richard Goodyear's Christmas dinners are as good as the Thanksgiving dinner he did for ECHO, we all need to be at his house on Christmas," said Richard's nominator. As chef for the Thanksgiving event, Richard started cooking the day before and had things going all night...
Citizen of the Week (11/30/11)
"I nominate the FCFKids. FCFKids, the children's ministry of Faith Christian Family Church, recently spent their Saturday morning raking leaves for several elderly single ladies in the community. Twenty kids, grades 1 -- 6, raked and cleaned yards with no expectation of reward other than working and being together...
Citizen of the Week (11/23/11)
This week's COW is a real turkey. When it comes to feeding the needy (and the rest of us) during the holidays, turkey always steps up to the plate. Turkey has been serving (and served to) families in our community since the early days of Eureka Springs. ...
Citizen of the Week (11/17/11)
"Apple" Annie Stricherz took on the massive task of heading up the Furball Soiree's silent and live auctions this year. Anyone who was there can testify to the amount of labor that must have gone into the organization, cataloging, recording, assigning numbers, and time-staggering bid closings for some 25 tables, making sure all was fair -- and getting the right merchandise to the highest bidders at the end of a very long day. ...
Citizen of the Week (11/09/11)
While in a passing car, Clear Spring High School student, Hendrik Pot, saw an older woman slip and fall near the Basin Park Hotel, injuring her face and head. The adults didn't seem to know what to do. Being a Boy Scout, Hendrik quickly took over, assessed the woman's injuries and directed others to help him get her into the hotel. He got damp cloths to clean her bleeding wounds and ice for her bruises...
Citizen of the Week (11/02/11)
Pat Sheffer saw a classified ad asking for help with Eureka Springs Music Boosters uniforms, then called and offered her assistance. She has ensured that all of the students marching with the band in the Folk Festival parade this Saturday will have a uniform that fits...
Citizen of the Week (10/26/11)
COWS -- this week it stands for Citizens Occupying Wall Street. This leaderless movement of the 99 percent of the population that does not control, steal, or hoard wealth in order to repress, disenfranchise or enslave others can only be pictured as a group. Beautiful!...
Citizen of the Week (10/19/11)
John Rankine has done so much to promote the arts in our town, and promote community through his Community at Peace project, that he was honored this week with an Arkansas Arts Council fellowship. A prolific artist in multiple media, John has documented an era of Eureka Springs' history for the Citizen and future generations. Currently he's working with the Artists in Situ group to promote the work of local artists and bring more recognition to Eureka Springs as an arts and cultural center...
Citizen of the Week (10/12/11)
"James Rozell, president of the Eureka Springs Youth Sports Association, should be Citizen of the Week. He has worked tirelessly to make sure that the children of Eureka Springs are able to enjoy sports of all kinds throughout the year, even sports that have never been introduced until now...
Citizen of the Week (10/05/11)
Tyler Wilson nearly caused us to drive off the Cherokee Turnpike while listening to a remarkable comeback against Texas A&M last weekend. Wilson's sensational 510 passing yards shattered school records, and we learned that teamwork can defy the odds...
Citizen of the Week (09/28/11)
Karen Fitzpatrick is a total role model for all of us, and that's why she won front page acclaim again this year. "Karen performed amazingly at Eurekapalooza -- always smiling, giving answers to hundreds of questions, dashing across the soccer field, a blur of turquoise, greeting bands, volunteers and vendors, counting money, portioning chili and then singing and playing music...
Citizen of the Week (09/21/11)
This COW nomination came from several different sources who all said the same thing: "The bank robbery would not happen without Kurtz Miller." The reenactment of the 1922 bank robbery coincides annually with the Antique Auto Weekend. Kurtz has been involved in the event for more than 30 years, starting as a robber, then becoming a concerned citizen and eventually hosting and organizing the event...
Citizen of the Week (09/14/11)
K.J. Zumwalt has been pleasing the palates of our small community since she opened her first restaurant on Center St. But more than that, she's probably headed up close to 40 benefit art auctions over the years for needy, mostly very sick, individuals with no insurance. ...
Citizen of the Week (09/08/11)
If there were a Mensa for songwriters, Gary C. Albritton would be its premier. Gary C. has written, co-written and rewritten songs all his life, and grew into an Arkansas legend. He's the strummer of Gaskins Switch, a 1970s bluegrass band that has put more energy and power into local lives than one can imagine...
Citizen of the Week (08/31/11)
It's not nice to fool Mother Nature. If she knows the difference between butter and margarine, you can be sure she knows the difference between taking care of the planet and plundering it. We thought making her Citizen of the Week might let her know we humans are sorry for making her mad enough to rage across the face of the earth in fury. ...
Citizen of the Week (08/24/11)
Ralph Wilson, aka, Mr. Shrine, came our fair city back in 2006. From the moment he arrived he has been doing his magic with a love for art, using his ability to make everyone he works with feel like an artist. He worked on our festivals in 2006--07, has taught Shrine Making in the Eureka and Berryville schools, has held adult classes, been in art shows and brought Art Cars to town for past May Festivals...
Citizen of the Week (08/17/11)
We salute teachers this week -- those citizens who console despairing first-day students, like this young gent, and guide them through that anxious step away from home into the world of learning and possibility, and on to graduation. Thank you for building skills and confidence in our children, and for all you do and deal with each school year on limited budgets with increasing demands. ...
Citizen of the Week (08/10/11)
Thomas Chun-yu Chen brought music to the heart of town when students and teachers performed everything from solos to chamber music and full symphony for 12 wonderful nights at the city auditorium. Thomas made a commitment to bring music to our ears every year by hosting the CICA International Summer Music Festival and Suzuki Institute in our town, providing quality education to children to help them build a better future, and with hopes of building a permanent music conservatory here...
Citizen of the Week (08/03/11)
"It would be hard for you to find a better person to be Citizen of the Week than Jay Galyen at Hart's Family Center. "Jay does so much for the community, his employees and others around him. He is always a big part of local activities with donations and support...
Citizen of the Week (07/20/11)
This week's COW really is one. It's time we thanked Bossie the moocow for all those cool summer treats that keep us from boiling over in the heat. We're talking about ice cold milk, creamy smoothies, ice cream, yogurt, whipped cream, custard, cheese, buttermilk, gelato -- in fact, all the simply delicious creations on a stick, in a bowl or with a strawberry that start with a squeeze on a local udder near you...
Citizen of the Week (07/13/11)
A herd of 60 COWs this week came up from Texas. The group, Team Effort, has come to Eureka Springs to assist homeowners with much needed repairs. The faith-based non-profit organization sends middle and high school students around the world. Locally, they assist those who applied through the Flint Street Food Bank. They have three projects here and will be working for nine weeks in our lovely town...
Citizen of the Week (07/06/11)
A huge thank you to Ilene Powell, creator and promoter of Fleur Delicious Weekend. Ilene began visiting Eureka Springs in 2002, and considered retiring here from New Orleans. She lost her home in Katrina and moved here last year, several years ahead of schedule...
Citizen of the Week (06/29/11)
"Jeanne Taylor was Citizen of the Week ten years ago when she turned 80, so it's only fitting that we honor her again now that she's 90. The years have been filled with sorrow, but also much joy. "While three of her six children have passed away, she has three new great-grandsons whom she adores and a great-granddaughter due in November. Jeanne is really looking forward to meeting her...
Citizen of the Week (06/22/11)
"Marcie Brewster has lived a rather quiet and reclusive life working the land in the backwoods of Carroll County, so it came as a surprise that she stepped into the limelight several weeks ago when she tried to garner enough signatures to place her on the ballot for board of directors of her local electric cooperative...
Citizen of the Week (06/15/11)
Sissy was on the euthanasia list at a Harrison shelter until she got another chance from the Good Shepherd Humane Society. GSHS couldn't find her owner and was close to making the hard choice until the Ford family in Eagle Rock took her in. With a gentle temperament and superb blood type, Sissy, 10, has saved the lives of five other dogs through critical blood donations...
Citizen of the Week (06/09/11)
Dean Fanning probably should have been Citizen of the Week at least eleven times before now -- he has an insatiable inclination to help those who need it. Dean was first to respond when the ice storm of '09 slammed Eureka Springs. He was out before sunup clearing and cutting debris so people who could get to their cars could get to work, and he kept it up until all was tidy...
Citizen of the Weeik (06/08/11)
Dean Fanning probably should have been Citizen of the Week at least eleven times before now -- he has an insatiable inclination to help those who need it. Dean was first to respond when the ice storm of '09 slammed Eureka Springs. He was out before sunup clearing and cutting debris so people who could get to their cars could get to work, and he kept it up until all was tidy...
Citizen of the Week (06/01/11)
"Nick Samac is a Eureka Springs graduate who has given back to his community in many ways. "One of the greatest ways is using grant writing skills that have brought funds into our community for the Fire Department. Most recently, a grant application he wrote was awarded $80,000...
Citizen of the Week (05/25/11)
Kimberly Bingham (left) and Amanda Payne were so touched by news reports coming out of Joplin after that city was devastated by tornadoes that they decided to do something about it themselves. Adding their youthful energy to local efforts to provide disaster relief, they established a drop-off place and then spent long hours placing collection boxes and papering every available flat surface in town with "Compassion for Joplin" flyers asking people to help. ...
Citizen of the Week (05/18/11)
Our Citizen(s) of the week are students who "rally 'round the flag." Each morning and evening at the high school, one of them raises and later lowers the American Flag which was donated to the school by American Legion Post 9. Here, the students pose with Flag Appreciation Certificates awarded by Post 9. Back row, Ian Brown and Crystal Tapia. Middle row, Zach Kimbrall, Emily Stiles, Zach Harp, and Ethan Aparicio. Front, Max Hart and Craig Hudson...
Citizen of the Week (05/11/11)
"Phyllis Poe has been living and breathing Clear Spring School for the past 30 years as a parent, teacher, Director of Development, board member, and ultimately the Head of School. "Phyllis has enjoyed the growth of the school from a one room school house with a handful of students in grades 1 to 6, to a fully accredited Independent School through the secondary levels of education...
Citizen of the Week (05/11/11)
"Phyllis Poe has been living and breathing Clear Spring School for the past 30 years as a parent, teacher, Director of Development, board member, and ultimately the Head of School. "Phyllis has enjoyed the growth of the school from a one room school house with a handful of students in grades 1 to 6, to a fully accredited Independent School through the secondary levels of education...
Citizen of the Week (05/04/11)
This former President of the Board of the Eureka Springs United Methodist Church still serves on the Angel Tree, Birthday Card, and Pastor Parish Committees as well as Bell Choir. She also serves on the Eureka Springs Hospital Guild, bakes dozens of cookies for numerous events, and created Laugh Books for our hospital, clinics and nursing homes...
Citizen of the Week (04/27/11)
Tina Cone is known to many for her special care as a local veterinarian. She also has a special talent for helping youth understand the many human needs that exist in Carroll County through her work as board member and director of the Carroll County Community Foundation's Youth Advisory Council (YAC). ...
Citizen of the Week (04/20/11)
"Gary Andrews is one of the hardest working 'seniors' I know. He has a good head, a good heart, and is truly serving the children of Eureka Springs. "He is the Executive Director of Main Stage Creative Community Center and director of the afterschool program at the elementary school...
Citizen of the Week (04/13/11)
"Chris Crider plays a very important role in the lives of Eureka Springs' children. He is vice-president of the Eureka Springs Youth Sports Association and has played a pivotal role in bringing baseball back to town. "He has coordinated and volunteered hours over the last month to help prepare and renovate the Van Pelt Baseball Field. With the help of Travis Holloway and Jed Bullock, there will be youth baseball played here...
Citizen of the Week (04/06/11)
When is a bar a COW? When they put us in a good mooed. "Most bars are dumping barrels of bottles and cans straight into the dumpster, but Chelsea's has a guy dutifully stacking bins of recyclables by the curb for pickup, then washing them out and putting them neatly away as soon as they're empty...
Citizen of the Week (03/30/11)
As loyal Citizen readers know, a Citizen of the Week is someone we feel has done something remarkable to improve our lives. There's John Boehner. Michele Bachmann. Rush Limbaugh. And former Governor Sarah Palin, who said, "All of 'em, any of 'em that have been put in front of me," in answer to what newspapers and books she has read...
Citizen of the Week (03/23/11)
Even though it's in Japanese DNA to work for the good of the community, those workers who elected to stay behind in Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plants to prevent a larger disaster deserve special recognition. These workers consciously lay down their lives for others every hour as radiation readings top the yearly limit for human beings by many times per day. ...
Citizen of the Week (03/16/11)
Not only did Al Hooks look really hot and happy at the Hooker's and Joker's ball, but his nominator writes, "Al is indeed a goodwill ambassador for Eureka Springs. He worked hard on the Mardi Gras parade by giving his time and financial support. Not only does Al support the Mardi Gras, he 'sells' Eureka Springs by his constant boosterism, goodwill, and knowledge...
Citizen of the Week (03/09/11)
It took a whole herd to move the Citizen offices last week, but these two COWS deserve special mention. Devin Duncan and Courtney Lester showed up early, moved more than 40 boxes themselves, helped with heavy desks and lots of chairs, and never took a break...
Citizen of the Week (03/02/11)
This week's COW, Bill Westerman, volunteers his time to students in the Eureka Springs School District several days a week. A member of MENSA, Bill loves to share his knowledge with hungry learners even more than he loves solving crossword puzzles and pursuing his art and photography. ...
Citizen of the Week (02/24/11)
Katie Marie Gammill is going to Washington D.C. as part of the National Young Leaders Conference due to her academic excellence and because of the family, friends, neighbors, businesses and virtual strangers who rallied to provide funds and plane tickets...
Citizen of the Week (02/16/11)
"I nominate Pat Matsukis because she was the driving force behind a Public Facility Board referendum petition that eventually led to the successful special election held Feb. 8. "Most people saw Pat out in the public gathering signatures and explaining the issue to anyone who would listen. What people didn't see were the countless hours of work behind the scenes coordinating, telephoning, emailing, and attending meetings...
Citizen of the Week (02/09/11)
Citizen of the Week (02/02/11)
"The First Friday Book Club of the library nominates Elaine Katchelmyer as COW. Elaine, as librarian, started the book club 16 years ago and has facilitated and nurtured it until today it numbers a lucky thirteen members. "Elaine's wise and patient guidance has brought a variety of services to the club: ordering large print books and books on CD for members with low vision; conducting after-hours groups who wish to continue the discussion; and showing movies of books members especially liked...
Citizen of the Week (01/26/11)
"Although he has many good points, I nominate Jerry Runnersmith because he cares about kids. Aside from being a full time history teacher at ESHS, he spends countless hours off the clock working with the youth. "When they have plays, he not only writes and directs them, he builds the sets (staying as late at night as he can) and often the expenses come from his own pocket...
Citizen of the Week (01/19/11)
Jacqueline Wolven, Director of the Eureka Springs Downtown Network and new Chamber board member, has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to build retail shopping in both downtown and outlying areas of the city. Her innovative events, creative marketing ideas and advertising skills have helped result in ever-increasing participation by shop owners and shoppers alike in bringing downtown shops alive...
Citizen of the Week (01/12/11)
"Anyone who has a child in the public schools in Eureka Springs either knows Avis Adams or most likely has worked with her within the elementary school. She has volunteered for everything over the years and always does so with a humble and happy demeanor without any expectations of a thank you...
Citizen of the Week (01/05/11)
"As we look back on 2010, it is with heartfelt thanks I would like to acknowledge the generosity of spirit and many kindnesses of Kathy Dunlap, activities director of Brighton Ridge nursing home. "Whether it's planning and implementing the huge Christmas party for residents complete with Santa and gifts, driving residents as part of the many holiday parades, providing daily activities or just listening to residents' needs and concerns, she exemplifies the best qualities in all of us...
Citizen of the Week (12/29/10)
December 31 marks the end of our library's 100th year. The building thrives as a living archive of our city's history, and no one has recorded and researched that history like June Westphal. She is a treasure of Eureka Springs knowledge and the epitome of a life-long learner. ...
Citizen of the Week (12/22/10)
"Robb Wilcox from Pony Express Auto Sales on Highway 62 deserves to be Citizen of the Week because of his generosity and kindness. "I am a single mother and needed a vehicle that was inexpensive and reliable. Not only did he help me find one, but has continually helped with any minor repairs. He has been there for me in a way that not many have...
Citizen of the Week (12/15/10)
"Chad Martin is the heart and soul of the music program at Eureka Springs Middle and High School. His love and dedication to the students and the art of music is inspiring to children and their parents. "Not only does he instruct individual students, he guides them through learning to make music together, organizes the many concerts, parades and performances throughout the year and keeps a cool head at all times...
Citizen of the Week (12/08/10)
"As we draw closer to the Christmas season it makes us more aware of the continual benevolence and good cheer of Michelle McDonald who for years has been graciously outfitting Eureka Springs' residents in colorful Victorian costumes for special events, home tours, weddings and wedding shows, parades, and many Christmas extravaganzas...
Citizen of the Week (12/01/10)
For 30 years Jean Elderwind has been the heart and soul of the Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library. During her tenure as head librarian, she has tirelessly and zealously sought to offer the community the best resources for knowledge. On every level she has made a difference...
Citizen of the Week (11/24/10)
Michael Walsh was instrumental in the passage of Eureka Springs' Domestic Partnership Registry, which allows at least some recognition of relationship of partners who cannot or choose not to marry. It also provides a valuable source of revenue for our city and its business owners...
Citizen of the Week (11/17/10)
This week's COW enjoys her job and works tirelessly as sales director of the CAPC to make sure people from other states love Eureka Springs as much as we do. Her nominator said, "She really impressed nearly 50 travel agents on the recent Fam tour, and got business and attraction owners to come and talk to them to boot. ...
Citizen of the Week (11/10/10)
Saturday's Folk Festival parade would have been a huge disappointment without Billy Crane's selfless rescue. It seems the Opera in the Ozarks, Opera Guild, Eureka Springs Music Boosters, Carroll Co. Music Group and the Ozarks Chorale were all expecting a tractor and trailer to arrive and be their float in the parade...
Citizens of the Week (11/03/10)
Beth Leibowitz and Cindy Hammontree, prime examples of compassionate volunteers, collected and organized the Coat Drive for our community this winter. Friday and Saturday, November 5 and 6, anyone can come to the Flint Street Food Bank and get a coat free of charge. In cooperation with Flint Street and the Good Shepherd Doggie Store, these women make sure no one will be cold...
Citizen of the Week (10/27/10)
Rachel (Fields) Brick This week's COW has been called a "laudable ambassador" for Eureka Springs. Her nominator said, "For years she has entertained us with her gospel blues. She greets our visitors with a smile and a 'where are you from,' engaging them in their own personalized Eureka Springs experience."...
Citizen of the Week (10/20/10)
According to his nominator, 79 year-old Don Gammie has run about 35 marathons and still holds the U.S. record for 3,000 meters in the 60-64 age group. He grew up in South Africa where he was a champion high school miler in the mid-'40s and ran his first marathon in 3 hours and 11 minutes in New York City...
Citizen of the Week (10/17/10)
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that Circuit Judge Kent Crow's order consolidating the two judicial districts of Carroll County into one showed "a plain, manifest, clear and gross abuse of discretion." Eureka Springs attorney Tim Parker took this case on pro bono, and it can't have been easy challenging a judge and arguing a case in front of the Arkansas Supreme Court. ...
Citizen of the Week (10/06/10)
Pleeease, Mister Conductor, don't put me off the train... Travis Walls, a fast-thinking conductor on the Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railroad, was nominated by an admirer of his quick action who wrote: "On the 2 p.m. train ride last Wednesday a sixth grade girl on a church school tour choked on a jaw breaker and couldn't breathe. ...
Citizen of the Week (09/29/10)
Karen FitzPatrick, lead singer for the Ariels, a local favorite group known for its philanthropic spirit, is also a super mom, super organizer, and a super nice person. She has probably been COW before, but deserves it again. Because of her love for Clear Spring School, she took the lead in the development of the first Eurekapalooza Music Festival benefit. The family friendly festival brought together 35 performers, multiple concessions, and kids' activities at our very own Lake Leatherwood...
Citizen of the Week (09/23/10)
Nean and Marcia Molthan had been coming to Eureka Springs for years, and were enchanted by the architecture, stonewalls, and unlikely setting for a town. When they saw an abandoned and dilapidated, although gorgeous, building on S. Main, they made it their mission to rescue it and bring it back to health...
Citizen of the Week (09/15/10)
For fifteen years Ruth Wood has been President of the Friends of the Library and the driving force behind all of the Friends' projects. She has organized book sales which have become a major booklovers' event and benefitted the library immensely. She has worked hard to find homes for unsold books, ranging from veterans' hospitals to prisons to other library resale shops...
Citizen of the Week (09/08/10)
Teresa Pelliccio DeVito was watering her flowers when she heard the faint sound of a woman in distress. Someone was crying for help, but Teresa could not tell the direction it was coming from. She took off following the voice toward a valley across the street and found a neighbor lying on the sidewalk with an obviously broken leg...
Citizen of the Week (09/01/10)
"June Hegedus is the most loving and caring and giving person I have ever met. She organized the Tuesday local luncheon at Myrties Mae's and brings balloons each month for those celebrating a birthday. "June has been hostess for 100 exchange students and gets them involved in the community...
Citizen of the Week (08/25/10)
Catherine Reed is about to take off for Colorado. She'll leave all of us a bit richer, and not just because of her music. Her nominator says she has been "blessing this town and all of Carroll County through the years serving as a volunteer fire fighter and EMT with ESFD, all the while writing, singing and performing her beautiful music for numerous benefits, weddings, and memorials -- and doing spontaneous good deeds whenever the need arose...
Citizen of the Week (08/18/10)
Dave Heilemann is a "gentle giant" of our community. Recognizing late August as a time when Eureka Springs tourism is at a lull, Dave, with the Northwest Arkansas Volkswagen Association, organized an event to fill the last August weekend. This year, the 18th annual VW Show will bring hundreds of Karmann Ghias, hippie vans, dune buggies, new Beetles, and countless spectators to Eureka Springs...
Citizen of the Week (08/18/10)
Dave Heilemann is a "gentle giant" of our community. Recognizing late August as a time when Eureka Springs tourism is at a lull, Dave, with the Northwest Arkansas Volkswagen Association, organized an event to fill the last August weekend. This year, the 18th annual VW Show will bring hundreds of Karmann Ghias, hippie vans, dune buggies, new Beetles, and countless spectators to Eureka Springs...
Citizen of the Week (08/12/10)
John Perkins of Midnight Construction is this week's Rowdy COW thanks to the nomination of a very greatful disabled veteran. "He came around and saw the back porch steps on my house," said the wheelchair-bound vet, "and got worried about how I'd get out in case of a fire."...
Citizen of the Week (08/05/10)
Maggie Seilbert of Lee's Summit, Mo., put her CPR training to the test at Yellowstone National Park recently. She was on a geological field trip with her college class when potential tragedy reared up. While watching Old Faithful erupt, the weather turned stormy and lightning struck a man in the foot, knocking him unconscious. Maggie's cool head prevailed, and she stopped and revived the man, who suffered a ruptured eardrum and concussion...
Citizen of the Week (07/28/10)
Oscar Pryor Weiner, the dogson of Karen and Tom Pryor, was the only weiner dog from Arkansas selected to participate in the 2008 Weiner Dog Nationals in Kansas City. Mayor Dani Joy proclaimed July 31 as Oscar Pryor Weiner Day for his stellar performance as an ambassador for our town and even gave him a trophy -- an Oscar, of course...
Citizen of the Week (07/21/10)
This week's fabulous citizen is the Citizen's own Gwen Etheredge. Gwen is our best ambassador, greeting everyone with a smile and accommodating every request with a cheerful disposition. Besides being our office manager, she takes care of every classified ad, assists with paginating the paper for final printing, writes What's on Tap? and even runs out to snap photos in a pinch. ...
Citizen of the Week (07/14/10)
On July 7, three-year-old Chase Lee Pickens wandered away from his home at 11:30 a.m., and by late that afternoon more than a hundred people were searching for him. Willie Alberson and four other men had searched several areas, but Willie felt the need to re-search one particular area. He looked in an abandoned trailer, called Chase's name and the boy responded. Willie put Chase on his shoulders and carried him to his parents...
Citizen of the Week (07/07/10)
Terry Miller is a member of the Eureka Springs Historical Museum where he not only serves on the board and participates in fundraisers, but has overseen and worked tirelessly on recent renovations made possible by the grant from the AAHP. He has been in charge of roof repairs and extensive renovations to the interior and porches...
Citizen of the Week (07/01/10)
Even those who save lives for a living need someone to watch out for them. That is exactly what nine-year-old Garrett Summers did on June 22 when he saw an unoccupied vehicle in the Hart's parking lot careening for his dad, Eureka Springs Paramedic Billy Summers...
Citizen of the Week (06/23/10)
Jim Evans has "three or four" part-time jobs in addition to being Eureka Springs' Animal Control Officer. He drives his own truck, pays his own gas, and gets up when the phone rings in the wee morning hours (even though he's not on duty) to help someone with an animal-related problem...
Citizen of the Week (06/17/10)
Mary Moreno was a third-year medical student from the University of Southern California Medical School when she spent a month doing a Family Medicine rotation with Dr. Greg Kresse at Washington Regional Family Clinic. She quickly fell in love with our town and the family medicine discipline, so she volunteered each time the ECHO Clinic was open...
Citizen of the Week (06/09/10)
Blues aficionados Lori Ragsdell and her husband, Charles, have brought blue sky to blues events in Eureka Springs and beyond. The Eureka Springs Blues Weekend is an all-volunteer fundraiser for Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge and the Blues Foundation's HART fund (www.blues.org). ...
Citizen of the Week (06/02/10)
Ms. Scottye Allen is the Eureka Springs Middle School seventh grade Literacy and Social Studies teacher, and a homeroom teacher, mentor, counselor and friend. Ms. Allen not only teaches her students but cares about them. After 28 years of teaching oodles, hordes and hundreds and hundreds of students, caring for all those kids has got to be exhausting. Yet she somehow remains perky and jocular...
Citizen of the Week (05/27/10)
Citizen of the Week (05/19/10)
Jim Holland was nominated for an entire list of helpful works including maintaining the lawn at the Doggie shop for several years, rescuing stranded tourists during an ice storm and taking them to their lodging, paying for groceries for someone who got caught short of funds at Hart's, stopping his truck to help turtles cross the road, and carrying dog biscuits around with him to feed dogs whenever he comes in contact with one...
Citizen of the Week (05/12/10)
Brad McCall of Berryville thought he was just going to fix Citizen phone lines (on deadline), but he was so competent and photogenic that we decided to bestow this high honor. Brad has been an AT&T phone guy for 13 years, six of them in Eureka Springs...
Citizen of the Week (05/06/10)
This week's COW is none other than Vernon Tucker, longtime journalist and newly-retired editor of the Lovely County Citizen. As Vernon at last takes the hard-earned time to pursue his "ultimate photography project" and his love of the outdoors, he leaves behind a treasure-trove of well-turned phrases, insightful opinions, commentary and editorials in the Citizen and other newspapers to which he contributed. ...
Citizen of the Week (04/28/10)
Morris Pate is this week's COW. His nominator writes, "Morris was a police officer for 33 years in six departments. He served Eureka for 22 years and retired on April 28. In Eureka, he was a patrol officer, a detective and, for the past 12 years, assistant chief of police. ...
Citizen of the Week (04/22/10)
Michael J. Smith, known to all as Shreya, is this week's COW. His nominator writes, "Shreya has been involved in youth soccer for more than 20 years. He has patiently taught Eureka Springs children the game of his youth from his native England. He is completely dedicated to youth soccer and is a great coach. ...
Citizen of the Week (04/14/10)
Peggy Kjelgaard is this week's COW. Her nominator writes, "Effervescent, vivacious, and fun. Combine these attributes with hard work, boundless energy and dedication and you've got a dynamic woman by the name of Peggy Kjelgaard. As the Eureka Springs School of the Arts (ESSA) Executive Director for the past four years, Peggy steered ESSA into becoming a nationally recognized art school. ...
Citizen of the Week (04/07/10)
Lorna Trigg Hirsch is this week's COW. Her nominator writes, "Lorna believes in building community through art and ritual. She created the annual Women Be Wise gatherings which allow a diverse group of women from Eureka and the surrounding areas to bond and nurture each other. ...
Citizen of the Week (03/31/10)
This weeks COW is Ernie Kilman. His nominator writes, "Ernie is the Kings River's best friend, and by extension, a friend to all who enjoy its pristine beauty. As the operator of Kings River Outfitters, he serves as a portal to another dimension of beauty and harmony. ...
Citizen of the Week (03/24/10)
Randy Wolfinbarger works behind the scenes to accomplish much more for Eureka Springs than anyone realizes. Instrumental in bringing large groups and conventions to town, he enhances tourism and the business climate in the community. Whether by serving on numerous local and state boards and commissions, sending bedding and supplies to tornado victims, or discounting rooms at the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks to help locals during ice storms, he has a positive influence on Eureka's business ethics and economics. ...
Citizen of the Week (03/18/10)
Eureka Springs Police Chief Earl Hyatt is this week's COW. His nominator writes, "I salute him for his dedication to his job and the safety of our town. He's Eureka's longest serving police chief! Before that, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He's an avid fundraiser for Special Olympics and co-organizer of the Polar Bear Plunge and Law Enforcement Torch Run. ...
Citizen of the Week (03/10/10)
Dee Cruzan is this week's Citizen of the Week. Her nominator writes "Dee is the perfect example of Eureka Springs' volunteer spirit. As Director of Nursing for the ECHO clinic, she spends many, many hours keeping the operation of the clinic running smoothly. ...
Citizen of the Week (03/03/10)
Lorene Whittington is this week's COW. Her nominators write, "Last week Lorene organized and led the effort of more than 20 volunteers she recruited and trained to stuff envelopes for Holiday Island Assessments, saving the HISID the cost of doing this job. ...
Citizen of the Week (02/25/10)
Dr Shirolyn Moffett is this week's COW. Her nominator writes, "Doctors are expected to do a good job. But, Dr Moffett does an outstanding job of listening, teaching and helping her patients take better care of themselves. She is compassionate, thorough and knowledgeable. ...
Citizen of the Week (02/17/10)
"Uncle" Richard Piel is this week's Citizen of the Week. His nominator writes, "After moving to Eureka, Uncle Richard volunteered to work at the Good Shepherd Doggie Thrift Shop. He was the first to arrive and the last to leave, every working day, despite being a relatively young 83 years old. ...
Citizen of the Week (02/10/10)
Dan Ellis is this week's COW. His nominator writes, "When Katrina hit five years ago, she wiped Dan Ellis' life clean. His home and most all of his possessions were lost. Rather than retire into self-pity and anger, Dan picked himself up and moved to Eureka. ...
Citizen of the Week (02/03/10)
John Summers is this week's COW. One of his nominators writes, "John has served Carroll-Boone (Water District) for 27 years, and at age 77, he can outwork all of us here. For 27 years, John has been 'on call' 24/7 for all but a few weeks. He answers problem calls from the plant or anywhere on 47 miles of our distribution line at any time of the night or day. ...
Citizens of the Week (01/28/10)
The 277 children at Eureka Springs Elementary have nominated Robert and Linda Packham of Hanover Park, Ill. as this weeks COWs. They write, "For at least 10 years they have sent one or two books to our school library at Christmas. The tradition has been going on for so long, we don't even know why it began in the first place! They always send the latest editions of the best children's authors. ...
Citizen of the Week (01/21/10)
This week's COW is Dr. Jim Dudley. His nominator writes, "Jim, and his army of volunteers, have given Eureka a wonderful gift -- the House Concerts at the Old Elk St. Church. Musicians who would otherwise not come to the Ozarks, have been drawn to the venue since the series began in 2004. ...
Citizen of the Week (01/13/10)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Christopher Fischer. His nominator writes, "I doubt the Citizen has space to list Chris' many contributions to the quality of life in Eureka Springs. Here are a few. As a dedicated naturalist, Chris' involvement in the maintenance of the city's urban forest is a gift to us all. ...
Citizen of the Week (01/06/10)
Lyla Allison is this week's COW. The Eureka Springs High School Art Club nominated her in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the department. "Lyla recently donated her own time, financial support and artistic expertise to the betterment of the high school's art program. ...
Citizen of the Week (12/23/09)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Inez Goforth. Her nominator says she worked cheerfully to improve the lives of her family and the lives of her fellow Eurekans. "As a proprietor of the Basin Park Hotel, beginning in 1944, Inez, and her husband Joe Parkhill, recognized how difficult harsh winters can be for older, single locals. ...
Citizen of the Week (12/16/09)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Bill King. His nominator writes, "At times I have heartily disagreed with him, but his dedication, selflessness, kindness and hard, hard work on behalf of the Good Shepherd Humane Society is an example to all of us. More importantly, it has made a huge difference to those of us who don't have a voice." Many of us who do have human voices also hold Bill King in high esteem for his efforts on behalf of our two-legged neighbors. Thanks Bill...
Citizen of the Week (12/09/09)
"Bob, aka "Bubba" Wilson, the long-reigning Doge of local finger-licking-good barbecue, reached deep into his sumptuously famous smoking pit and kindly donated 50 tasty BBQ meals for the Eureka Springs Band to warm up with as they prepared for a chilly march in the Christmas parade last Friday night. ...
Citizen of the Week (12/03/09)
Not one, but six, maybe even eight, cafeteria workers are this week's COWs. First graders at Eureka Springs Elementary School nominated the "lunch ladies," praising their dedication and tasty meals. Typical of their selfless contribution to the school system, the cafeteria workers refused to be photographed, as their contribution is as a group, not as individuals. ...
Citizen of the Week (11/25/09)
Citizen of the Week (11/18/09)
One of those who nominated Sue Glave as this week's COW writes, "Years ago, after her husband Gary returned from Vietnam, he watched Veterans Day parades, seeing WWII, Korean War and everyone but Nam vets honored. 'I wish I had a parade,' he said. Sue promised to give him one, but Agent Orange took him before she could keep the promise. ...
Citizen of the Week (11/11/09)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Janice Powell. Her nominator writes, "I would like to nominate Janice Powell as COW. Janice is the 'mother' of the Public Display of Affection in Basin Spring Park which is my favorite part of the seasonal Diversity Weekends in Eureka Springs. ...
Citizen of the Week (11/04/09)
Mark Wilson is this week's COW. His nominator writes, "On Oct. 16, someone chiseled graffiti into the stone on the landing outside the front door of the Carnegie Public Library. The vile words would greatly offend many of the Library's patrons. I called builder and carpenter Mark Wilson who was having lunch at Bubba's. ...
Citizen of the Week (10/28/09)
LaVerne Means, a former resident at Brighton Ridge Nursing Home who passed away Oct. 20, is this week's COW.
Citizen of the Week (10/21/09)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Patrice Gros. His nominators write, "Patrice deserves to be a COW for tons of reasons. Among them, but not limited to, are his having helped cultivate a promising community by starting the Eureka Springs Farmers' Markets that provide a place for people to socialize, find healthy food and support the local economy. ...
Citizen of the Week (10/14/09)
Patty Edwards is this week's COW. Her nominators write, "October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For this reason we nominate Patty Edwards for Citizen of the Week. Patty's efforts and those of her many helpers have earned more than $43,000 over the past five years with this year's total not included. ...
Citizen of the Week (10/07/09)
This week's COW is Rachel Love. Her nominator writes, "Rachel is an ordained Assembly of God International Fellowship minister. Since moving to Eureka two years ago, Rachel has undertaken a mission to remove barriers between neighbors and realize her dream of bringing more people to enjoy Eureka's many gifts. ...
Citizen of the Week (09/30/09)
Citizen of the Week (09/23/09)
This week's nominator writes, "Owning and managing a beautiful and award-winning B&B is reason enough to name Lisa and Chris McCants as this week's COWs. While making Eureka a great getaway destination with their savvy and swank style, Lisa came up with the successful 'Taste of the Inns' which showcased 12 outstanding B&Bs in August. ...
Citizen of the Week (09/16/09)
"Bill Featherstone has lived in Eureka for more than 29 years. He's been in many of your homes as a Real Estate Appraiser for Parrish Appraisals and on TV as the Chairman of the Parks & Recreation Commission. He served on City Council as Alderman and on Parks & Rec for more years than I have fingers and toes to count on. ...
Citizen of the Week (09/09/09)
This week's COW is Bill Carmichael. His nominator writes, "Bill watched the destruction of Katrina four years ago on TV and said 'I have to do something.' The Red Cross was holding a recruitment meeting and the rest is history. He has worked for the disaster team ever since, traveling all over the U.S. ...
Citizen of the Week (09/02/09)
This week's COW is Suzan Bell. Her nominator writes, "It is appropriate that Suzan be recognized as the Citizen of the Week this week because next week the Abendschone Chapter of The Daughters of the American Revolution will honor her with its Community Service Award on Sept. ...
Citizen of the Week (09/02/09)
This week's COW is Sabina Miller, program coordinator for the Eureka Springs School of the Arts. Her nominator writes, "Whether she is pounding the pavement distributing programs, calling sponsors for children's scholarships, or just making fresh coffee for the students, Sabina is the heart and soul of ESSA. ...
Citizen of the Week (08/27/09)
Citizen of the Week (08/19/09)
Cathy Jackson of Synergy Fitness is this week's COW. Her nominator writes, "After a certain age, most of us have parts that flop around and make us reluctant to put on shorts and sweat it off in public. Cathy encourages those who want to stay fit or build muscles or maintain flexibility, or regain diminished abilities. ...
Citizen of the Week (08/13/09)
This week's COW is Eric Conner. His nominator writes, "For those who consider food their 'health insurance' policy, Eric was the perfect agent. Working at the Eureka Market, Eric blessed this community with his patience and humor, giving generously his spirit, time and knowledge, with special attention to those most in need. ...
Citizen of the Week (08/06/09)
This week's COW is native Eurekan Sheila Clark Bunch. Her nominator writes, "Sheila is a graduate of ES High School and her family opened Clark's Market downtown. She and her husband Terry started and ran Bunch's Quik Chek for many years. Sheila served on the ES City Council, the ES School Board, was a member of Beta Sigma Phi and, for a short time, helped on the Historical Museum Board. ...
Citizen of the Week (07/31/09)
Brian Young is this week's Citizen of the Week. His nominator writes, "I would like to nominate Brian Young for his organization and promotion of the GREAT program. He kept 69 children busy for a full week, with lots of fun, games and food. Brian and the Eureka Springs Police Department are to be commended for their efforts with children and in the prevention of violence and gang membership. Thank you Brian for giving the kids a fun-filled week!"...
Citizen of the Week (07/22/09)
Citizen of the Week (07/15/09)
Jim Swiggart, General Director of Opera in the Ozarks, has spent the past 20 years changing the landscape of not only Eureka Springs but the entire region with his work at the Opera. Each year, the Opera of the Ozarks enables young artists in their quest for experience and knowledge, to the credit of both the artists and the program. ...
Citizen of the Week (07/10/09)
People sit around the campfire talking about how to improve our city, and a scant few volunteer for city commissions or even participate in meaningful local events. David Renko has done all the above plus. Co-founder of the Fat Tire festival, Renko has volunteered for six years on the Parks and Recreation Commission, personally helped add miles of biking trails to the area, and generally has been a major player in bringing outdoor excitement to the lives of anybody with a pulse. ...
Citizen of the Week (07/03/09)
Pam Jones is this week's COW. Her nominator writes, "Pam is the ultimate supporter of the arts and especially Opera in the Ozarks. She is the current President of the Eureka Springs Opera Guild and motivates this great organization with her leadership and example. ...
Citizen of the Week (06/25/09)
The members of the Club of the Ozarks nominated Shelley Harvill as this week's COW. "For 10 years she has been the Director of Club of the Ozarks, a recovery/rehabilitation day program under the auspices of Ozark Guidance. The program helps people with severe mental illness in unique and effective ways. ...
Citizen of the Week (06/18/09)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Dakota Pouncey. He was nominated by his co-volunteers at Eureka Christian Health Outreach (ECHO). They write, "If we aren't impressed with his height (over 6 feet) we certainly are with his good manners, smile and eagerness to help without being asked. ...
Citizen of the Week (06/11/09)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Jack Baker. His nominator writes, "My father, a WWII U.S. Navy and Marine Corps veteran, recently passed away and Jack Baker stepped in and helped my mother and myself with our grief. He handled all the arrangements and joined other American Legion volunteers in firing an Honor Guard salute for Dad. He is a long-standing Grassy Knob volunteer and has helped many other families in their hours of need. I wish there were more Jack Bakers in the world." So do we...
Citizen of the Week (06/03/09)
This week's COW is the organizer of the 2009 ES Blues Weekend, Charles "Rags" Ragsdell, II -- sorta'. Rags got wind of his nomination and called the Citizen to modestly point out that the real kudos for this year's great festival belong to, in his words, "All of the volunteers, sponsors and artists who made the 2009 Eureka Springs Blues Weekend an outstanding success!" Rags' nominator credited him, and by his humble extension, the "volunteers, sponsors and artists" for the "high quality of the Weekend's organization, promotion, scheduling and the outstanding quality of its musicians." How refreshing when the leader of the band is comfortable taking his bow from the wings.. ...
Citizen of the Week (05/28/09)
This week's Citizen of the Week is Doug Stowe. He is a talented woodworker, insightful author, inspiring teacher and good neighbor, among his many other accomplishments. He founded the Clear Spring School's Wisdom of Hands program in 2001. On May 17, he was declared the 8th Arkansas Living Treasure by the Arkansas Arts Council (AAC). ...
Citizen of the Week (05/20/09)
Citizen of the Week (05/13/09)
Citizen of the Week (05/06/09)
"My husband, Tim Collins, a flight medic with Air Evac and a former ESFD Captain, is a true healer of body and spirit. We were three days into our honeymoon last week and came upon a very bad two-car accident in Garfield. Tim was the first paramedic on-scene and climbed down a ravine to a mangled mini-van to care for a trauma patient. ...
Citizen of the Week (04/30/09)
Citizen of the Week (04/22/09)
Jacqueline Froelich is this week's Citizen of the Week. Her nominator writes, "This woman brings the sound of our community to the front. As a news producer for KUAF, Jackie brings an aural dimension to reflection on life in Eureka Springs. Her stories about the amazing people who live and create here inspire us all. ...
Citizen of the Week (04/15/09)
Don Matt has served the city and county for 30 years -- half a lifetime -- as caretaker of the county courthouse. At his celebration April 8, Don said he'd passed through Eureka on his way to Louisiana with a friend and paused to wonder what a person could do to make a living in Eureka. ...
Citizen of the Week (04/08/09)
Citizen of the Week (03/31/09)
Linda Reno investigates animal cruelty for Carroll County -- without a paycheck, as her COW nominator pointed out. She also helped found Radar's Rescue, which helps find foster homes for those animals in its care. As her nominator said, "She works for Tyson at night and drives carriages on the weekend. ...
Citizen of the Week (03/25/09)
Citizens of the Week (03/18/09)
Kim and Jan Ridenour have been at the forefront of filling needs in our community for years. They spearheaded relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina victims as well as efforts for several other disasters near and far. Seizing the day, they opened Focker's Discount Grocery at a time when rising food prices were hitting us hard. ...
Citizen of the Week (03/11/09)
The nomination for long-time Eureka Springs High School teacher Princess Jackson as this week's COW arrived on an impressive and immaculately typewritten sheet of letterhead stationery. How appropriate. Back in the 1960s before many people ever heard of Vietnam, Jackson coerced a bunch of boys, who were more interested in playing basketball, into entering her business class and learning how to type. ...
Citizen of the Week (03/05/09)
In Matthew it is written, "So the last shall be first, and the first last." That's the way it is with this week's COW, Butch France. Throughout the recent ice storm, Butch was the point man for the city's recovery. In addition to his everyday work, which he has performed professionally in town for the past 21 years, he coordinated and arranged housing for linemen and tree trimmers from throughout the south and made sure no one was hurt. ...
Citizens of the Week (02/22/09)
"I want to express my gratitude to Mike Bonds and his VICA students from ES High School for all the help they gave me after the recent ice storm. I am 78 years old and my only income is Social Security, so I was very worried about how I could ever manage to get my yard cleaned up. ...
Citizens of the Week (02/26/09)
"I want to express my gratitude to Mike Bonds and his VICA students from ES High School for all the help they gave me after the recent ice storm. I am 78 years old and my only income is Social Security, so I was very worried about how I could ever manage to get my yard cleaned up. ...
Citizen of the Week (02/18/09)
Citizen of the Week (02/11/09)
A whole lot of people went out of their way to help their neighbors during the recent ice storm, and the people in charge kept the whole situation from degenerating into chaos. But Carroll County Judge Sam Barr went a step further. He and County Road Foreman James Kelley chainsawed their way through four miles of ice-covered, tree-blocked road to deliver fuel to a county resident whose generator powered her oxygen supply, saving her from a potentially perilous and expensive trip to the hospital. ...
Jed Bullock (02/05/09)
This is Jed Bullock. He opened the Best Western Eureka Inn last week, despite its being closed for the season, to offer refuge at much-reduced rates to those in need of lodging during the ice storm. Jed was only the first of a whole herd of nominations for this week's COW. ...
Bruce Levine (01/30/09)
This week's COW nominator writes: "Bruce Levine holds the helm of administration steady as he goes. Recently referred to as 'Mr. Finesse' by one admirer, Levine always finds a way to keep the Parks Commission's agenda moving along. Levine's service began almost 10 years ago when he took a position on the Parks Commission, and his devotion to our parks has never flagged. ...
Barack Obama (01/22/09)
"With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations." With these words, President Barack Hussein Obama ended his inaugural speech and ushered in a new era of hope for everyone listening. ...
Citizen of the Week (01/14/09)
The nominator of this week's COW writes, "Kaitlyn Goldberg, a 10-year-old student at Clear Spring School, wanted to do something special last year for Christmas, but didn't know what. First she donated some of her winter jackets that didn't fit her to her mom's 'Lets Keep Them Warm This Winter' drive. ...
Citizen of the Week (01/10/09)
Citizen of the Week (01/08/09)
This week's Citizen of the Week, Joanie Mullinix, is a caregiver at Peachtree Village. According to her nominator, "She gave us a New Year's Eve party that will long be remembered. She had everything for us -- a band entertained from 7 to 10. People danced and sang. ...
Citizen of the Week (01/01/09)
This week's COW exemplifies what makes Eureka Springs special. Said her nominator, "Teresa Pelliccio is always first to step up with a fresh idea or helping hand. Upon hearing of the vandalism at Eureka Kids, she used an online community bulletin board to round up volunteers to repaint and repair the damage and solicited donations. ...
Citizens of the Week (12/24/08)
Citizen of the Week (12/17/08)
According to this week's COW nominator, "Karen Lindblad (pictured) and Jacqueline Froelich are the organizers of Eureka's popular annual Women's Party. This event has been happening in December for more than two decades, and is a great time for local women of all ages to get together to dress up, get down and dance the night away. ...
Carol Friesen (12/09/08)
Four Eurekans nominated Carol Friesen as this week's COW. "Carol owns Tummy Ticklers, belongs to the Rotary Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the Merchants Alliance, the Mayor's Tourism Task Force and heads the Christmas Decorating committee. She has spearheaded free parking for the holidays for several years and deserves credit for getting 99 percent of the downtown merchants to stay open late on weekends. ...
Citizen of the Week (12/03/08)
Citizen of the Week (11/25/08)
Citizen of the Week (11/12/08)
Melissa Greene wears many hats. In addition to a very full plate, she takes time from her busy life to walk dogs at the Good Shepherd animal shelter. "I see firsthand the heartbreak of the decisions that have to be made," Greene said. "For every pet adopted or put down, there are multitudes on the list waiting to get in." (This week's special insert in the Citizen features a gallery of needy pets seeking homes.) In addition to helping four-legged Eurekans, Historic District Commission Chair Greene regularly congratulates and encourages those bipeds doing outstanding work in helping preserve the city's historic structures. ...
Bobby Conway (10/29/08)
When Judge John Lineberger dismissed the case against the Eureka Springs School District on Aug. 4 over not allowing student Bobby Conway to play basketball with long hair, he did so because the school agreed it would no longer violate Bobby's civil rights. ...
Citizen of the Week (10/21/08)
We all like to think of ourselves as good-deed-doers, but how many of us would be able to save a life if we were faced with the challenge? The mysterious Cox cable T-shirt wearing angel who saved the life of an elderly man who collapsed in Harts Family Center last week not only did that, but she vanished without a trace immediately after, saying only "God had me here for a reason." Was she a volunteer EMT out buying the evening's dinner? Perhaps we'll never know. ...
Janet Alexander (10/14/08)
Janet Alexander's joyful, exuberant work as Special Events and Festivals Director for the CAPC translated into a whole bevy of wonderful music and entertainment acts, mostly cheap or free, everyone from Kinky Friedman to the soaring, fire-eating Aerial Angels. ...
Citizen of the Week (10/08/08)
Citizen of the Week (10/01/08)
The latest example of our community coming together to help out those who need a hand? The Ozark Mountain Hoedown, which put on a special benefit Sept. 12 for guest of honor Ronnie Henderson, who continues to improve following a traffic accident in Eureka Springs Aug. ...
Citizen of the Week (09/24/08)
Generous, kind and unassuming are just a few words to describe Creek Wenger, this week's COW. His nominator say, "Creek has been an active member of the Eureka Springs Outdoor Alliance for the past year, helping with many projects around town, most notably the kiosk at the Leatherwood Ball Fields which he led from design to completion. ...
Citizen of the Week (09/10/08)
"We were visting your city this past weekend, enjoying all its wonderful sights. When we got ready to head back to our hotel, low and behold our vehicle wouldn't start. Many people stopped to help us, but Fred Halper went above and beyond. After several failed attempts at jumping the van, he went back to his shop to get a new battery. ...
Citizen of the Week (09/03/08)
Kathryn Lucariello wears many hats. Not only is she the Editor and writer of the Holiday Island News, she covers news in Beaver, Eureka Springs and Berryville for Carroll County News and the Citizen. Now she has taken on the heroic task of Online Editor for both papers. ...
Citizen of the Week (08/20/08)
Not all dogcatchers are like the cartoon stereotype, scooping up your precious pooch with a big butterfly net when your back is turned. In fact, Jan DeLozier is the opposite. In the three months since she became Eureka Springs' Animal Control Officer, DeLozier has gone far beyond the limitations of her job -- supplied only with food and space for a few animals at the police station, she has opened a private kennel in her own home and has worked diligently to raise funding on her own to provide for the many needs of her four-legged dependents. ...
Citizen of the Week (08/13/08)
If you play it, they will come. Ace photographer Chip Ford's last minute donation of a $400 electric guitar and amp to help the Main Stage Creative Community Center in its efforts to make musical instruments available to local children is just one example of Ford's tireless support of local causes. ...
Citizen of the Week (08/06/08)
Connie Doss has helped bring the theatre to life for dozens of local children. She has organized the local week-long traveling summer workshop of the Missoula Children's Theatre for the past two years and participated in it for years before as a parent. ...
Citizen of the Week (07/30/08)
Our dual nominees for this week's COW, Steve Shell and Gerry Ganong, have blessed our community over the years with their involvement in a staggering array of community projects, including PaperMoon productions, the Ozark Chorale, the Robert Burns Festival, reviews at the old Caribe, productions through the Eureka Theatre Company, and in their romantic hideaway, The Garden of Dreams. ...
Citizen of the Week (07/23/08)
"Chuck Onofrio had been rebuilding his life from a terrible fire in 2003, but recently came home to watch another fire ravish the remains of his new house. Chuck has always been there to help others in their time of need, whether with his time, his talent, or reconstructing a slightly charred mandolin for the benefit of survivors of another house fire last year. ...