Timothy Schram

Timothy Schram

Employee of the Month

Central Supply Manager Leslie Waltz is Eureka Springs Hospital’s Employee of the Month for June 2023. Leslie has worked in healthcare for 30 years, mostly in the pharmacy. She and her musician husband wanted to move to Eureka Springs, so she joined the hospital team in central supply. “I needed a change of pace, but I wanted to stay in healthcare,” Leslie said. “Eureka Springs has a very unique vibe and I’ve loved it for many years.”

BOOK REVIEW

“Flags on the Bayou” By James Lee Burke c.2023, Atlantic Monthly Press, $28.00, 288 pages There’s right. And there’s wrong.

Pet of the Week

The Pet of the Week is the adorable Canyon! Canyon is a playful, social and energetic 1-year-old mixed breed female who would love to find a home of her own. Meet Canyon at the Good Shepherd Adoption Center, located at 6486 Highway 62 West in Eureka Springs. The adoption center is open from noon to 5 p.m. daily.

Attorney files suit over denial of gun shop CUP

An attorney representing a Eureka Springs business owner whose application for a conditional use permit to operate a gun and pawn shop was denied by the Eureka Springs City Council filed a complaint Tuesday in Carroll County Circuit Court seeking a reversal of that decision.

Hospital now offers speech therapy for Parkinson’s patients

Eureka Springs Hospital now offers speech therapy to improve communication and quality of life for patients living with Parkinson’s disease. Speech therapist Lee Harvill recently became certified in LSVT LOUD, a type of speech therapy that has been scientifically validated for the last 30 years with funding from the National Institutes of Health and other organizations.

Book Review

“What the Dead Know: Learning about Life as a New York City Death Investigator” Dead men don’t tell tales.