Stories from Sunday, July 15, 2012

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Nonprofits in Carroll County are invited to submit proposals for annual Giving Tree Grants beginning Tuesday, July 10. Visit www.arcf.org to download an application through the Carroll County Community Foundation, a local affiliate office of Arkansas Community Foundation. Applications must be submitted no later than Aug. 15...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Sharon Wesley will be joining the Eureka Springs Middle School as the seventh- and eighth-grade science teacher this fall. The Eureka Springs School Board met Wednesday to approve her hire. Wesley taught last year in the Paris, Ark., school district as a middle science teacher. She also taught there from 2004 to 2006. She taught as a science teacher at the St. Vincent de Paul school in Rogers from 2006 to 2007. She has a bachelor's degree from Arkansas Technical University...

Margo Pryor and Charlene Gates-Phillips, hosts of the Arkansas Ladies of Faith monthly brunch are excited to have Barbara Fairchild as the special speaker Tuesday, July 31 at 10 am at The Gazebo Restaurant in Eureka Springs. Barbara's career in country music accelerated in 1973. She was nominated for a Grammy when her song, "The Teddy Bear Song" reached #1 on the charts. She has had many hits following "The Teddy Bear Song", including "Baby Doll" and "Kid Stuff."...