Stories from Tuesday, March 20, 2012

A parade Kaptain wades through the estimated three to four thousand people in attendance at the annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade in historic downtown Eureka Springs on Saturday afternoon. The parade lasted 48 minutes.

Perhaps the world's most esteemed chamber ensemble, the St. Petersburg String Quartet, will hold two special performances in Eureka Springs on April 28 and 29, and will bring with them 10-year-old prodigy, Claire Luan Wells. Founded in 1985 as the Leningrad String Quartet, the SPSQ blazed a trail through chamber music circles, winning a number of prestigious international competitions including 1st Prize at the All-Soviet Union String Quartet Competition; Silver Medal and a Special Prize at the Tokyo International Chamber Music Competition; 1st Prize and both Special Prizes at the Vittorio Gui International Competition for Chamber Ensembles in Florence, Italy; and First Prize and the "Grand Prix Musica Viva" at the Melbourne, Australia, International Chamber Music Competition.. ...

Multiple agencies rushed to the scene of a fire at the Ozark Swiss Inn, located on U.S. Hwy. 62 in Eureka Springs Monday morning. The fire reportedly started around 6:30 a.m. in the office/manager's residence area at the front of the complex and all tenants got out safely. ...

Milton "Mick" Kruzich, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born Sept. 9, 1934 in Diamond, IA, a son of John P. and Rose (Watts) Kruzich. He departed this life Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2012 in Springfield, MO. On May 11, 1957 he was united in marriage with Judith Ann Page who survives him of the home. ...