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Airborne – Looking

for all the world like a Christmas sprite, this competitor exemplifies both the fun and artistry of the upcoming Holiday Dance Extravaganza at the auditorium from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1. Some 100 solo and group acts in all age groups will perform.

There is no admission charge to come and go throughout the day.

INDEPENDENT Thinkers

Max, Harvey and Lucas Udell weighed less than two lbs. each when they were born 15 weeks early one year ago this week. The triplets and their parents endured stunning odds and beat them all, as all three boys are not only now in their ones, they are healthy.

How does this relate to independent thinking?

Naturally, the parents and doctors deserve a lot of credit for never giving up, but these little British boys seemed to tell us, “Yes, we can,” in the universal language of survival. They defined love as nourishment and determination as effective.

We fancy that.

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Arkansas Supreme Court rules in favor of ES school district N icky B oyette The Arkansas Supreme Court announced Thursday morning it agreed with the complainants, Eureka Springs and Fountain Lake School Districts, that the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) had incorrectly withheld property tax collections that exceeded state-mandated school funding levels rather than returning the funds to the district where they were collected.

“I haven’t come down off the ceiling!” Superintendent Curtis Turner said. “I found out at 9:48 this morning. This is a landmark case for Arkansas, not just for the districts. It is a major win,” Turner told the Independent.

He said the district has kept more than a million dollars in reserve pending the court’s decision, and the money will be

useful immediately. “We’ve had to cut back on things for the new school,” he said.

Circuit Court Judge Tim Fox had ruled earlier this year ADE did not have the right to withhold property tax funds collected locally. ADE insisted the Circuit Court had erred in its finding, and the case went to the Supreme Court.

In his ruling, Justice Paul Danielson stated, “There simply is no basis on which to find that the URT (universal rate of tax) is a state ad valorem tax. Instead, it is a one-of-a-kind tax, a school-district tax, approved by the voters of the State of Arkansas, and levied, assessed, and collected by the counties for the sole use of the school districts.”

The court was split 4-3 on the decision.

“I can sleep better now,” Turner said.

Party at our house – Dec. 17 – 5-8 p.m. You’re invited!

INDEPENDENTNews Schneider scores seat on council

Nicky Boyette Eureka Springs voters filled in the final city council seat by choosing Mickey Schneider over Jack Gentry.

“Thank God it’s over!” Schneider commented after the results were in. She said she looks forward to being part of “a functioning city council.”

Schneider currently sits on the Planning Commission.

The uncertified tally showed Schneider received 126 of 191 votes cast.

Council moves on road repair

Nicky Boyette Eureka Springs City Council convened a special meeting Nov. 21 to facilitate the repair of Lake Lucerne Rd. in preparation of the opening of the new high school in January.

Council voted to waive competitive bidding and allocated up to $38,000 for Tomlinson Asphalt of

Fayetteville to widen the roadbed from 17 to 21 ft. and resurface it as soon as possible. The section of Lake Lucerne Rd. to be improved measures 820 ft. from the intersection of Greenwood Hollow Rd. down the hill to the second entrance to the high school.

A fire hydrant near the intersection will be moved as part of the improvements.

McClung gets nod from school board

Nicky Boyette The Eureka Springs School Board convened in a special meeting Nov. 27 and selected Chris McClung to replace Charles Templeton, who retired from the board Nov. 6. Following executive session, board member Gayla Wolfin-

barger nominated McClung to fill the seat and the vote was unanimous.

McClung said he was pleased to be serving on the school board again, having served from 1990 – 2002. He commented he has seen plenty of good things going on in the district and he hopes to continue moving things in a positive direction.

Superintendent Curtis Turner mentioned that progress on improv-

ing Lake Lucerne Rd. has begun.

The fire hydrant at the intersection of Lake Lucerne and Greenwood Hollow Roads had been relocated a few feet to the east to allow a wider and safer turning radius. Turner also said he and the construction team from Kenco are beginning to work on substantial completion documents so the district can begin moving into the new high school.

All kinds of art – Bob and Nancy Rawson from Hindsville browse fine woodwork

by Les Brandt during the Eureka Springs School of the Arts Show at the Inn of the Ozarks Saturday, Nov. 24.

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INDEPENDENTNews Blood evidence expected to confirm identity of thief

C. D. White An individual who appeared at two downtown hotels with blood on his face and hands was described by multiple hotel employees to investigating officers of the Eureka Springs Police Department after several stores were either broken into, or an attempt was made to break into them, during the early hours of Nov. 23. Employees at both hotels described a male with blood on himself and on the hooded sweatshirt he was wearing.

The individual was then reported to have appeared later with different, clean clothes.

A short time later, officers Brian Jones and James Rusterholz discovered a lock box on the sidewalk near the Auditorium belonging to Twice Born on Spring St. They subsequently discovered the front door to Twice

Born was open and items were out of place in the store. They contacted the manager who said several items of clothing had been taken as well as a flashlight and cash. A grey hooded sweatshirt and a pair of Reebok shoes had been left at Twice Born that did not belong to the store.

Blood was found on the sweatshirt and shoes, as well as on items of clothing that had been moved around in the store. The officers also discovered hinge pins were removed from the double doors at Crazy Bone across the street and blood was present at the doors, but no entry was gained. Pry marks and blood were also discovered at Wild Blue Yonder on Spring St. Det. Thomas Achord collected the evidence items and sent blood for DNA analysis to the Arkansas State Crime Lab. Achord also lifted latent

fingerprints from items inside Twice Born, which are also being sent to the Crime Lab for analysis.

A review of the ATM video next to Crazy Bone showed a subject wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt with what appears to be blood on his face.

The interview with hotel employees confirmed a white male wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt with blood on his face and hands had been at both hotel properties during the 12 – 2 a.m. hours, which correspond with the time the suspect is seen on the ATM video. Employees were also able to pick the individual out of a photo lineup.

Investigation is ongoing and further action is pending positive identification from DNA and fingerprint analysis.

Council approves refunds for 10 parties Nicky Boyette After more than six months of discussions and wrangling with legal definitions surrounding “weekly” rentals in residential zones, city council decided at its Nov. 27 meeting City Code is already sufficient as it stands and the city should refund license fees to the ten property owners who obtained licenses council now considers “void from inception.”

Beverly Blankenship, chair of the Planning Commission, first noticed last spring that property owners in residential zones were renting single-family homes for maybe only a week, making them effectively transient dwellings. City Code does not permit transient dwellings in the R-1 zone.

Owners were skirting the law by not getting business licenses or collecting state-mandated taxes on properties rented for fewer than 30 days. City Code requires owners of transient dwellings to obtain a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to rent properties to transient guests.

Planning suggested eliminating the word

“weekly” from the part of the Code that defines tourist lodgings.

However, there is a part of the Code which includes the term “weekly rental,” a term used throughout the state for short-term rentals to residents, thereby creating a loophole for owners to rent to transient guests.

As council began to discuss the issue in July, more and more complications arose. Owners of the ten suspect rental properties paid the fee for a business license in the line item 199 category “Not Otherwise Listed.” Citizens began to speak up at council meetings about protecting the integrity of neighborhoods. To prevent the situation from getting further out of hand, council imposed a 90-day moratorium on issuing line item 199 business licenses at its July 23 meeting.

At the Oct. 8 meeting, council considered extending the moratorium.

Alderman Ken Pownall did not want to burden the next council with the issue, and alderman Lany Ballance pointed out

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INDEPENDENTNews School district must pay sewer impact fee

Nicky Boyette Alderman Butch Berry said at Tuesday night’s council meeting that in 2010 the school district had asked the previous council to waive sewer impact fees when the new high school opened.

Council at that time took no action, and “through no one’s fault,” discussion never came up again. Council at that time still thought the school district would be able to repair Lake Lucerne Road.

Berry said impact fees were never

Eureka Springs seniors boys lost to Yellville-Summit 38-33 in the Omaha Border Classic Tournament last Saturday. Both teams started slowly, but even so the Highlanders were never able to catch up.

At the end of the first quarter Yellville-Summit led 7-4, then 22-17 at halftime, with the same five point spread at the final buzzer, 38-33.

paid at the old school, and he would like the Building Inspector to get an estimate on the sewer impact fees at the new high school and pass it along to the district.

Alderman Lany Ballance asked why impact fees were never paid previously, and said it seemed crazy to her for the schools not to pay for impact fees at the new facility.

Berry continued that council took on the responsibility of improving the road to the school. He also remembered that

when the elementary school was built, council at that time refused to waive imposition of the impact fees.

Alderman Parker Raphael agreed the fee, a one-time assessment on new constructions, should be collected.

Alderman Karen Lindblad said the fee “absolutely should be collected.”

She said she was still dismayed about hearing from school officials one of the main reasons for widening Lake Lucerne Road was so the school could host sports

You win some, you lose some

Josh Premeau scored 15 (including 5/5 free throws); Jake McClung had nine (one three-pointer); Tanner Allee tallied six (2/2 free throws); and Dalton Johnson add three on a long shot.

The Highlanders lost to Johnson County Westside in Tuesday night’s away game, 56-45, the Scots’ first conference game of the season. Josh Premeau led with 21, Dalton Johnson

added 17, and the remaining seven were a combined effort from Tanner Allee and Jake McClung.

Junior boys won their first conference game at JCW 40-22, led by sharp shooting Dalton Kesner who had 14. Dylan Lawrence, Oscar Mendez, Matthew McClung and Dakota McKinney added 26 to seal the deal.

Lady Scots smacked by Bergman It was a learning experience Saturday afternoon for the Eureka Springs Lady Highlanders. They faced an experienced Bergman team that started fast and the outcome of the game was never in doubt.

Bergman built a 26-3 lead by the end of the first quarter to put the game out of reach early. However, Coach Rambo

tournaments. She said she feels citizens are getting hit twice over this issue, and people are telling her they think it is not fair. It would be especially unfair, she said, to waive the sewer impact fees. She said if the school were not on that road, the city would not have to improve it.

Berry moved to have the Building Inspector get an estimate for the sewer impact fee and submit it to the district for collection. The vote was 5-1, alderman Ken Pownall voting No.

said the Lady Scots gained confidence by executing their offense better in the second half, but they need to toughen up on defense.

Abbey Moore had a good game after struggling the previous week, and Jazmin Urioste had her best game of the year. Haley Comstock also contributed a strong effort defensively.

Abbey Moore scored 10 (including 2/2free throws); Taylor Osterhout contributed 8 (one 3-pointer, 3/4 free throws); Jazmin Urioste had 8; Taylor Little, Haley Comstock and Thalia Ortega 2 points apiece.

Junior boys, senior girls and senior boys all play Friday night at home against Oark starting at 4 p.m.

Check out a kilowatt meter at your library!

You may now check out a kilowatt meter from the Carnegie Public Library to measure home energy use. Inspired by the Arkansas Energy Office’s “Track and Save” program (no longer distributing meters), the local group, Eureka Springs Climate Action Progress Committee, donated the first meter. The library now has three available for checkout.

After plugging the meter into any home outlet, the user can then plug any 115-volt appliance into the meter.

The kilowatt meter will estimate the amount of energy the appliance uses and how much money the appliance costs to operate over time. It’s a way to discover which appliances may be in need of repair or replacement in addition to increasing awareness of how much energy dormant appliances 4 |

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and electronics are using even when turned off.

The program seeks to educate citizens about residential energy use and ultimately influence them to reduce energy and save money at home by unplugging electronics when not in use.

According to the Energy Information Administration, appliances and lights account for 33 percent of a home’s energy use, and many appliances continue to use energy even when turned off or not in use. Total energy costs for appliances and lights cost the average Arkansas household $627 a year.

Questions? Contact the library at 253-8754 or info@eurekalibrary. org; or for more information on the “Track and Save” program, visit www. arkansasenergy.org.

INDEPENDENTNews Council tussles with number of police officers

N icky B oyette Alderman Ken Pownall said at the Nov. 27 council meeting he did not think there was much council could do in 35 days to resolve the controversy over setting the number of police officers by ordinance as State Code clearly stipulates. He said state law is being violated and saying the issue is settled by budget discussions misses the point, saying “There are many particulars in the police budget other than salaries and council needs to address the primary point of the discussion.”

Alderman Lany Ballance adamantly maintained that State Statute indicates council shall establish the number of officers by ordinance. She said she appreciated the written statement Police Chief Earl Hyatt had provided explaining his reasons for the number of officers on his force, and if council had been

able to speak with him they could have cleared up questions and maybe decide he needs even another officer.

She said she did not understand why the police department was so resistant to following State Code when they are our law enforcers.

Pownall followed that it would have been inappropriate for council to set the number without direct discussions with Hyatt, and council asked to speak with him but Mayor Morris Pate vetoed the request.

Pownall said council’s intent was for Hyatt to justify his hiring, not to cut officers from the force.

Pate responded that council told him to have Hyatt appear before them and he vetoed what he considered their demand because they do not have that authority.

Pownall observed no department head had appeared before this council unless he wanted something.

Alderman James DeVito replied that each alderman could have gone to Hyatt to get questions answered.

Ballance insisted the fact remains State Law says the city shall have an ordinance determining the number of police officers and council has met with resistance all along the way.

She moved to have the attorney draw up an ordinance leaving a blank for the number of officers, and Pownall added there should be a provision in the ordinance accounting for attrition, which meant no officers would replace ones who retired or moved away.

Alderman Karen Lindblad then added that city attorney Tim Weaver should have this at the next meeting and include an emergency clause.

Alderman Butch Berry asked Weaver if the city were in violation of state law, and Weaver thought for a moment before saying he could not

answer the question without further study. He said there was an ordinance that set a number of officers, and the budget process had approved all changes, so maybe the city is not out of compliance.

Berry then wondered aloud where council was trying to go with this.

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INDEPENDENTNews Nicky Boyette “Obviously we are bringing people to town, and merchants are really pleased, but we still must be able to pay our bills,” observed commissioner Bobbie Foster at the Nov. 28 City Advertising and Promotion Commissions workshop. Foster started the discussion of learning from this year’s budgeting wins and losses as the CAPC prepares the 2013 budget.

Executive Director Mike Maloney said the commission has already agreed to devote a workshop to handling festivals in a more effective manner. He had noticed the festivals this year were not all income generators. Chair Charles Ragsdell, who has promoted many festivals, said he does not expect them to be moneymakers but they are income generators in that they can bring people here and create a buzz about the town far beyond the cost.

Commissioner James DeVito observed the commission gambled with an aggressive budget and it paid off in

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that city revenues are up ten percent – more than any city in Arkansas and more than Branson. He said the budget might look scary now, but the CAPC will be in great shape at year’s end.

Foster said she is looking for a balance. People are happy with the foot traffic but she was concerned with what it cost the CAPC to get the people here.

She agreed that risks are involved and is confident they can learn from this year’s experience and figure out how to achieve equal results with less expense.

“I’m not pointing fingers. I’m here to help,” she said.

Specific concerns the commission cited were the expense of promoting group travel, the lack of return on some print ads in magazines, and the expense of mailing the Visitors’ Guide.

Foster said improvement is achievable and that is good news. DeVito added the CAPC has retooled a whole new approach thanks to Maloney and he thinks they are going in the right direction.

Vision 2015 Maloney told commissioners he was visiting Kansas, and a chaplain there, learning Maloney was from Eureka Springs, said, “Whenever I think of Eureka Springs, I think that is what heaven should look like.”

Maloney said the quote got him to thinking about rekindling excitement about the visuals visitors take away with them, but he also wondered what the city can offer them while they are here and how to make their stay more comfortable so they will return.

Ragsdell mentioned a rundown section of Kansas City started a First Friday event each month where businesses stay open longer and there is music in the air and fun everywhere. He said it added zing to the economy and turned the neighborhood around.

He observed Eureka Springs already has more foot traffic, and maybe it is at the tipping point where a community-wide theme could make a huge difference.

Commissioner Joe Joy compared it to building a better mousetrap to induce merchants to want to stay open longer because most are legitimately wary of the expense involved, but suggested the CAPC could promote businesses that commit to staying open as an incentive.

DeVito suggested combining such an event with the monthly Gallery Strolls.

Some merchants are already open later and shoppers are browsing around. Add music and suddenly you have Second Saturday.

Discussions will continue.

Wayfaring project Maloney informed commissioners about progress with the Regional Wayfaring project which is a project to create new coordinated signage in towns in Northwest Arkansas. Joy said he has seen the signs in Bentonville, and besides being attractive they do assist motorists in getting where they want to go.

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Statue dedication – Holiday Island American Legion Post 36 and VFW Post 77 will dedicate the statue To Our Fallen Soldiers in Holiday Island Veterans Memorial Park on Friday, Dec. 7, at 10 a.m. The statue was purchased by the American Legion Post 36, along with contributions from the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 36, VFW Post 77 and private donors to honor fallen soldiers from all wars.

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INDEPENDENTNews TwitterLit: the Tweetest little stories

C. D. W hite While many area writers are looking forward to author Darren Cormier’s discussion of the new literary form, Twitterstory, at 6 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 2, at Garden Bistro, many others are simply wondering what the heck it is.

Those who use Twitter will have an edge here. Like Tweets, Twitterstories are limited to 140 characters. But they can’t just be a sentence or two.

Like all good stories the lines need a beginning, middle, and end – the 21stcentury fictional equivalent of Haiku.

Interest in the form seems to be growing in our social atmosphere of instant everything. Now we can read a story in nanoseconds and think about it all day. Alison Taylor-Brown has already been leading folks into the realm of Twitterstories as part of the Community Writing Project. “It’s brief.

It’s quick. And, when done well, it can be profound,” Taylor-Brown said.

Cormier, who might have started a whole new genre, “TwitterLit” or “TwitLit” when his book of Twitterstories, A Little Soul, was recently published, still isn’t exactly certain what the rules are. Do you count the title in the 140 characters or not?

“I’m not sure if there are any specific rules for Twitter Literature.

Twitter itself is still a relatively new medium and venue so I think the rules are still being created,” Cormier told the Independent.

“Twitter itself is redefining what is ‘Twitter Literature.’ Author Jennifer Egan (who won the Pulitzer Prize for A Visit From the Goon Squad) wrote a short story in Tweets, each sentence

140 characters or less, so I think there is room for flexibility. And I’ve always liked stories and books that break the supposed rules or challenge our notions of what is possible,” Cormier added.

For Twitterliterati and those writers who have become enchanted with the form, there are publications that specialize in Twitterstories, such as Seedpod Publishing, One Forty Fiction and Nanoism, a paying online twitterzine. “Other publications accept twitter-length stories but there aren’t many that specialize in them; although I’ve been fortunate to have some of mine accepted in other publications.

I’m not sure if there are public forums or open discussions about it, but I would love if there were. It would be great to see people discussing literary possibilities as opposed to some of the things that dominate our culture,” Cormier said.

Meanwhile, writers from the Community Writing Program at Dairy Hollow and others have had fun experimenting with this new style: Family Genes: My father gazed proudly at me from his recliner. “You know,” he said. “Having not been around each other, we’re a lot alike.” I hate him for that worse than anything.

–Mike Hancock Red, Green and Black: Christmas lights and angel faces glow; every street in town is lit. Coming home, all is bright red flame. Frayed cord. No chimney left for Santa. – Anon Feelings: She felt his pain, heard his groan of shame and knew, that once again, her Great Dane had crapped on the carpet. – Tom Morin Makeover: I spent $40,000 on a

face-lift, implants, and tummy tuck.

Two months later, the scumbag left me for a 20-year-old. – Alice French Smack: A bird hits the glass.

She rushes down the stairs and out the door, holds the stunned bird until balance is restored. Bittersweet flyaway. – Gwen Etheredge Cormier’s talk and reading are

sponsored by the Community Writing Program of the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow. The Twitterstory event is free and the Garden Bistro will be open for drinks and dinner. To find out how the Community Writing Program can help your writing, contact Alison Taylor-Brown at alisontaylorbrown@ me.com or (479) 292-3665.

Go purple for Christmas The Purple House Hospital Thrift Shop located on the Eureka Springs Hospital campus, 24 Norris St., is ready for holiday shopping. Take advantage of the new inventory of adult winter clothing, Christmas items and decorations. Hours are weekdays from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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INDEPENDENTNews Signs of progress Nicky Boyette At Tuesday’s meeting, city council considered two ordinances that had been held up for more than a year pending completion of a cleanup of the city’s sign ordinances. The first ordinance cleared up a codification error that had changed the word “repair” to “replace.” The original ordinance intended to stipulate an off-premise sign (also known as a billboard) could be repaired, but if it fell apart it could not be replaced.

Somehow, that was lost in translation.

The first reading of the ordinance was approved 6-0.

Alderman James DeVito moved to suspend the rules and place it on its second reading, when alderman Lany Ballance asked why council was trying to buffalo the ordinance through so quickly, adding she had been accused previously of trying to move something

through and was denied.

Alderman Ken Pownall responded the ordinance had been held in abeyance until the existing sign ordinance had been cleaned up. Vote to have the second reading was 4-2, alderman Karen Lindblad and Ballance voting No. The vote to approve the second reading was 5-1, Ballance voting No. Council then considered the ordinance forbidding digital electronic signs in the city. It was approved on its first reading 6-0. DeVito again moved to suspend rules and put it on its second reading, and the vote to read it was 5-1, Ballance voting No. Upon investigation, it was discovered the moratorium on digital electronic signs had expired Nov. 22. Vote to approve the second reading was 4-2, Ballance and Lindblad voting No. DeVito mentioned they would

need to extend the moratorium, and alderman Butch Berry said they could just add an emergency clause and pass it at that meeting. Pownall again pointed out this ordinance had been held up since last year pending clean up of the existing sign ordinance. City attorney Tim Weaver said he could write the emergency clause if council took a short break.

Council took a short break.

Upon reconvening, DeVito moved to suspend the rules and place the

ordinance on its third reading by title only, and the vote to read it was 5-1, Ballance voting No, and the vote to approve it was 5-1, Ballance voting No. DeVito then moved to suspend the rules and invoke and read the emergency clause, and the vote was 5-1, Ballance voting No. When an emergency clause is read, it takes effect, so the ordinance on prohibiting digital electronic signs became effective.

Don’t dismantle that float!

Berryville’s Christmas Parade director, Deneen Foster, has invited bands, groups and float participants from Eureka Springs to be in the Berryville Christmas Parade on Saturday Dec. 1 at 6:30 pm. If you would like your entry to be judged, an entry form will be available on the City of Berryville website (www.berryville.com) and on the Berryville Community Center link. Non-judged entries are welcomed as well. If you have any questions, call now until Friday between 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (870) 423-3139 or email deneen@berryville.com.

Olympic beauties – Two Grassy Knob residents participated in the Arkansas Senior Olympic games Sept. 22 in Hot Springs, Ark. Billie Kline, 90, swam the 50 meter backstroke and won a gold medal. Lynn Palmer swam in four events, earning three gold and one silver medal. The Senior Olympics are open to those 50 and over and are held yearly in Hot Springs with individual and team events such as archery, badminton, basketball, cycling, golf, racquetball, trapshooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field and more. For more info see www.SrSports.org.

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INDEPENDENTNews Mayor to consider applications for waste advisors Nicky Boyette Alderman Lany Ballance told council at the Nov. 27 meeting that the Yellow Bag Research Committee determined the city was not in compliance with the contract with Carroll County Solid Waste Authority.

She pointed out some residents are out of compliance because they put bags out for pickup which are not leakproof or properly tied. She also said

there is a discrepancy between what residents and commercial businesses are allowed to do.

She remarked the committee recommended rules should be fair across the board and not discriminatory against residents. She also suggested the city research using recyclable bags in order to avoid adding more non-biodegradable trash to landfills.

Ballance then said there are

Middleton arrested for June break-in

C. D. White Daniel Cody Middleton, 24, who was identified on surveillance video breaking into Bill’s Pharmacy through a ceiling access gained from Hart’s grocery story in June, was arrested in Missouri on Oct. 29 and extradited to Arkansas on a felony warrant for Commercial Burglary and Theft of Property.

After a long investigation, Det. Thomas Achord acquired the warrant on Oct. 10 naming Middleton as the suspect in the June 2012 break-in. The warrant was issued after Middleton was

interviewed at the police department and confronted with his appearance on the video, which he denied. Without a warrant or confession he could not be detained. However, Achord had collected DNA evidence from the scene found to match Middleton’s DNA, which provided probable cause for a warrant.

Middleton was nowhere to be found once the warrant was issued.

Middleton is currently waiting to appear in Carroll County court to answer the charges specified on the felony warrant.

Give a pet a doggone good Christmas The Good Shepherd Humane Society invites pet lovers to visit the GSHS Holiday Wish Tree, select an angel card and purchase the attached item(s) to benefit stray, abandoned and neglected animals in Carroll County.

Holiday Wish Trees are in the front room of each Doggie Thrift Store: 124 W. Van Buren in Eureka Springs and 111 E. Carl (old Brashear’s Barn) in Berryville. Stop in and select an Angel Card between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The items on the Holiday Wish Tree are needed to provide the best possible care for the animals that come through the doors at the shelter.

Items purchased for the Holiday Wish Tree can be dropped off at either Doggie Store or at the shelter during regular business hours. The generosity of everyone who has donated in the past is appreciated, and the hope is that this year’s wish tree will be just as successful.

For more information about the Holiday Wish Tree, or how you can help the Good Shepherd Humane Society by volunteering, call either Janice Durbin (479) 253-9188 or Tracellen Kelly (479) 981-286.

And for your special humans, don’t forget – the GSHS 2013 CALENDAR makes a purr-fect Christmas present.

conflicts within City Code and between Code and the contract, also discriminatory against residents.

Alderman Ken Pownall asked if there were a Solid Waste Advisory Committee, and Mayor Morris Pate replied there is a CCSWA board.

Pownall observed the agreement says the city should have such a committee, and it could mediate disputes and research issues instead

of the city relying on an ad hoc group like the Yellow Bag Research Committee. Makeup of the committee is set by the contract.

Pownall moved for the mayor to consider applicants for the committee in accordance with the contract, and vote on his motion was 6-0.

Aud contract renews itself

Nicky Boyette Council had asked City attorney Tim Weaver for his opinion on whether the contract between the City and the City Advertising and Promotion Commission (CAPC) should have automatically renewed even though council had placed a discussion of the agreement on their agenda.

Weaver said there was an automatic renewal in place and the contract provides for changes at any time as long as both parties agree.

Alderman Ken Pownall asked whether or not putting the item on the agenda did not express intent to discuss the contract, and Weaver asked in return if the intent was conveyed to CAPC. He said he could not determine council’s intent just because the item was on their agenda.

“So,” he said, “now you have a renewed contract.”

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Good luck to new council

Editor, I thank all the people who participated in the general and runoff election in Eureka Springs. The New Year will bring changes to our city government and I wish for all leaders good will and peace of mind.

Congratulations, Mickey.

Thomas Jefferson said, “The world is not run by the majority, but by the majority of those that participate,” so I encourage the people of Eureka to keep watching, communicate, help out and not just criticize.

Thank you and God Bless America.

Jack Gentry, Sr.

Another benefit of living here

Editor, On Nov. 18, Caribé hosted a

benefit for pastel artist Rebecca J. Becker of the Prospect gallery. This is to thank the 100 or so people who volunteered time and donated and/ or bought items for the auction, and to send everlasting love and gratitude to artiste extraordinaire, Barbara Kennedy, whose idea the whole thing was. Barbara spent many, many hours she could ill afford recruiting other volunteers, designing posters and mailings, running around town both before and after the event, and not allowing either of us to lift a finger.

It’s now three years exactly since we arrived in Eureka, enchanted by the town and warmly welcomed by the local folks we met within weeks of arriving. We had left a life behind in the Northwest and invested everything we had to start a new one in this magical little town on the other side of the continent.

But as congenial as it is here,

circumstances did not exactly conspire to assure us that we had made the right decision. Our time here has been fraught with ups and downs, and just when it seemed everything was finally falling into place for us, Rebecca woke up one day in early summer with a headache that would not go away – and of course, she had no insurance. But now we have found a specialist who is confidant she can take care of the problem, and thanks to Barbara and KJ and all of you, we can afford to send her to North Carolina on Dec. 4, and hopefully soon we will living life to the full again, a part of this wonderful community and ready to give back.

Thank you, Eureka Springs, for everything you have done for my girl.

I owe ya.

Keith Scales P.S. Be smarter than us – get health insurance!

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INDEPENDENTEditorial

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Christmas in July

omeone got it right. Eureka Springs is the Extraordinary Escape. It’s extraordinary because we’re real people having real fun. We have real scenery, real Victorian architecture, real lakes and rivers, incredible local musicians, family owned restaurants that rival the best chains in the country, one-of-a-kind attractions, real people in hometown parades and no giant Mickey Mouse and Goofy heads jumping around the streets every day waving their arms and scaring the bejimmies out of little kids.

We have real artists who put time and talent on display in our galleries instead of selling mass-produced cartoon character merchandise at high prices to line the pockets of some big corporation. We own our town and make it work without corporate or big name entertainer money; and as far as attracting tourists goes, that’s pretty extraordinary in itself.

Bottom line is, we can do the best for ourselves by capitalizing on what we are – as we have been told by every Boomer expert and City Master Plan consultant the city has hired to tell us what to do – yet factions exist when it comes to defining what that is and to whom to sell it.

Motorcycles? Bus tours? Eco tours? Seniors? Party people and boozers? Families?

Bottom line, who cares who they are and how they get here. The important thing is what’s here for them when they arrive. It’s not productive to market to a demographic for which we can’t provide and then try to change the town to accommodate them.

Not that we would need to, because it appears our extraordinary escape actually does have something for everyone. They just can’t find a place to park.

So, as the marketing season ramps up for 2013, it seems the best thing we can do for ourselves to support both local growth and tourism is spend money on infrastructure. There are better minds that can explain what we need there; our point is simply that we need it.

What the rest of us can do is a better job on getting information to those who do the marketing. Nobody from Tulsa’s going to come to an event when they find out about it the day before it happens, and as one Boomer expert told us, “Eureka Springs itself will bring them back, your events are the hook that gets them here in the first place.”

Back when the Chamber of Commerce had a staff person writing releases for 200 events a year, regional newspapers, radio and TV community calendars had Eureka Springs at the top of their lists. After a new mayor split the Chamber and CAPC functions and the tedium of all those releases fell to the CAPC, a lot of free publicity fell through the cracks and people eventually stopped submitting their releases.

This year, there was barely any information about Christmas available before Nov. 15 until Jacqueline Wolven, director of the Downtown Network, held a community meeting to explain all that was going on for the holiday season. And even then, it only included events sponsored by the Downtown Network and a few others.

As we went to press with the Independent Fun Guide, a monthly publication about events in Eureka Springs, we had to delay the publication date to get this important data. Even then, dozens of phone calls had to be made just to extricate enough information to lure readers to town for holiday events.

By contrast, time was when the entire town turned out each year for an event called Christmas in July – actually held in July at the Victoria Inn. There was a festive auction, entertainment, and a complete guide to all the events, merchants, bed and breakfasts and others taking part in the Christmas season. Each person attending was handed a book of close to 50 pages with everything conceivable that had been planned for the holidays in Eureka Springs. Talk about advance publicity – that was epic!

Granted, times are changing and we need to flow with them, but having the whole town get behind Christmas in July was an experience we should revisit if we are going to thrive as we once did in this extraordinary escape.

– CDW

ThePursuitOfHAPPINESS

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by Dan Krotz

built three Adirondack chairs over Thanksgiving, work made possible by the gift of scrap lumber from Billy Richardson, a junkman and friend who recently tore down an old house north of town. Billy’s gift included oak, pine, mahogany and black walnut boards, all fine for chairs, if many hued.

When I get the them painted they will be a Christmas gift for another friend who lives down along the Kings River.

I suppose I’ve made fifty of these chairs in the past few years. I like them, obviously: they are quintessentially American, always useful, and frequently pleasant to look at. For the most part, Adirondack chairs are sort of swoopy and have wide arms designed to accommodate readers and boozers and boozy readers. As I said, they are useful chairs.

I took the design of the just made chairs from a photograph I have of the critic and public intellectual, Edmund Wilson. Sitting with him – in identical Adirondacks – is Wilson’s second or third wife, the fine novelist Mary McCarthy, and Edna Millay, with whom Wilson carried on a lifelong affair and friendship. All three of them were notorious boozers, and voracious readers, and they are among the brightest lights in American letters. If you haven’t read Wilson’s Patriotic Gore or To the Finland Station you have gypped yourself pretty bad.

I have another photograph, this one of Denise Levertov, on a beach on Cape Cod. She’s holding a copy of A Tree Telling of Orpheus and sits in an Adirondack chair with a backrest shaped like a lazy half-moon. I made two of these lazy chairs and found that they didn’t, like many of Levertov’s poems, quite work for me. Yet, the couple who own these chairs like them well enough, and I suspect that at least one of them likes Levertov too.

I enjoy making these chairs. I like that they’re made from scrap. And I like thinking about people sitting in chairs like the chairs Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald sat in a long time ago. Pursuing happiness takes many paths, and this is one of them.

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INDEPENDENTConstablesOnPatrol NovemBer 20 3:37 a.m. – Passerby walking his dog noticed the back door to a business open and close, and he thought it looked suspicious.

Constable on patrol arrived to find employees were just doing their jobs. Everything was okay.

November 21 9:52 a.m. – Clerk in a downtown business reported a person came into the store and tried to sell her oranges. Constable found the vendor and cautioned him about soliciting.

1:33 p.m. – Witness reported a driver going all over Spring Street, even driving on the sidewalk, and wondered if the driver were intoxicated. Constable in the vicinity encountered the driver who explained he was trying to find his dog. He was not intoxicated.

4:48 p.m. – Constable made a welfare check on an individual who had been out of contact for a week. The individual was fine.

November 22 12:14 a.m. – Caller from downtown reported an alarm blaring in Basin Park. It was the Nativity scene alarm, and the constable on patrol reset the alarm.

9:29 a.m. – A motorcyclist was driving very fast and passing on double yellow lines heading into town from the south.

Constables searched for the vehicle but did not encounter it.

11:06 a.m. – Resident near downtown asked for constable assistance because her boyfriend had threatened her the previous night, and she had sought refuge at a neighbor’s house. Constable spoke with the couple, and the boyfriend agreed to leave.

11:48 a.m. – A vehicle managed to fall off one level of a parking area onto another. The vehicle flipped over, passengers were inside, but no one was injured.

2:57 p.m. – Individual who had been threatened by her boyfriend asked for a constable to be present while she retrieved her property from her home. She was apprised she needed a court order for a civil standby, but the constable responded anyway because of the earlier domestic dispute call. She had already removed her things by the time the constable arrived and she left without further incident.

7:24 p.m. – Witness reported three unattended dogs roaming her neighborhood. The constable who responded did not see the animals, but passed the information along for Animal Control to follow up.

9:42 p.m. – Passerby saw driver of a vehicle resembling a police vehicle use blue and red lights to make other vehicles pull over. Constables searched along U.S. 62 but did not see the vehicle. Information was passed along to county authorities.

November 23 6:57 a.m. – Constable making his rounds found a cash box belonging to a downtown business. He checked the business, and the doors were locked. He held onto the box until the business opened.

8:46 a.m. – Clerk at a downtown store reported the pins from the door hinges were missing. Everything was in its place inside.

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around and some things were missing. Detective gathered information.

10:56 a.m. – Store owner said a passerby found an unattended dog and left it at her store. Animal Control picked up the animal, and the dog’s owner soon retrieved it.

3:40 p.m. – Caller asked Animal Control to remove a goat from her garden. Animal Control captured the goat and found someone to keep it until the owner claimed it.

6:23 p.m. – A semi found its way onto the Historic Loop, and the constable assisted in getting the driver back onto the highway and on his way.

9:27 p.m. – A vehicle in a parking lot hit another vehicle and continued on its way. Driver was reported stumbling near traffic further on up the road. Constables arrived and arrested the driver for suspicion of DWI, driving on a suspended license, refusal to submit and no insurance. The passenger was arrested for obstruction of governmental operations.

10:27 p.m. – Resident found a chocolate Lab puppy, no collar or tags, wandering down her street. She said she would keep it until someone claimed it.

11:58 p.m. – As a result of a routine traffic stop, the driver was arrested for driving left of center, DWI, possession of a controlled substance, implied consent and possession of drug paraphernalia.

November 24 1:11 a.m. – Father was worried about his son because the son was walking down a country road threatening to kill himself.

Constable arrived at the scene, which was out of city limits, and he stayed with the son until deputies arrived to take over.

9:53 a.m. – Store owner said someone tampered with his front door. Constable gathered information.

12:31 p.m. – Resident reported a lost or stolen bag with a camera in it.

November 25 2:07 a.m. – Alarm company reported an alarm going off at a business, but as the constable arrived at the scene, the company called to cancel the call. Everything was okay.

4:43 a.m. – Central dispatch alerted ESPD to a deceased female. EMS was already on the way. Constable filed a report for an unattended death.

10:32 a.m. – Concerned passerby noticed an individual trying to push a vehicle up a hill. Constable arrived and discovered the individual had an outstanding ESPD warrant. He was arrested on that warrant and subsequently charged with possession of a controlled substance.

November 26 12:06 a.m. – A male called to report he needed an intoxicated female out of his house. As the constable was responding, the male called back to cancel the call, but the constable responded anyway. Turns out the couple had gotten into an argument, but the storm had passed.

12:34 a.m. – The female in the previous item had also called ESPD to report an altercation with her boyfriend, and while on the phone reported things had turned around and no constable was needed. Constable responded and things had indeed settled down.

1:27 a.m. – A dog in a neighborhood was barking enough to disturb the neighbors, and the constable on patrol issued a citation to the dog’s owner.

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A little help from our friends:

(Please email your ongoing community service announcements to newsdesk@ eurekaspringsindependent.com) • Food pantry, furniture bank and used book store – Wildflower Chapel Food Pantry is open from 10:30 – Noon on Fridays. The Thrift Store and Used Furniture Bank is open Monday – Friday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Call (479) 363-6408 for more information.

For service times and other chapel information, phone 253-5108.

• Free Clothes Closet in Penn Memorial First Baptist Church on Spring Street is open from 1 – 4 p.m. on Wednesdays.

Call (479) 253-9770 to arrange to bring donations of clean new or used clothing, personal care items, linens, small appliances or dishes in good condition. These will be available to the community free of charge.

• Coffee Break Al-Anon Family Group Women meets Tuesdays at 9:45 a.m. at Faith Christian Family Church, Hwy. 23S. For more info, phone (479) 3639495.

• St. James’ Episcopal Church offers free Sunday community suppers until the end of March from 5 – 6:30 p.m. at the church, 28 Prospect Ave. (479) 2538610.

Meetings at Coffee Pot Club behind Land O’ Nod, U.S. 62 and Hwy. 23S • Alateen group – Sundays from 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. For more information, email alateen1st@gmx.com or phone (479) 981-9977.

• Overeaters Anonymous – Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call Barbara at (479) 244-0070.

• Narcotics Anonymous – Fridays at 5:50 p.m. Phone (417) 271-1084 or (479) 244-6863 for more info.

• Al-Anon Family Group (AFG) – Sundays at 11:30 a.m., Mondays and Tuesdays at 7 p.m.

• Eureka Springs Coffee Pot AA Group Monday – Saturday 12:30 p.m., Sunday at 10 a.m.

Sunday – Thursday, and Saturday, at 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday and Friday at 8 p.m. (479) 2537956 or www.nwarkaa.org (click Eureka Springs AA)

INDEPENDENTNews It’s a sisters thing

JeN Nipps Sisters Ellen and Jody Stephenson have worked together on everything throughout their lives. Most recently, they collaborated on a CD consisting of Ellen’s music and Jody’s art. “Her paintings fit my music and vice versa,” Ellen said. “We speak the same language but have different mediums.”

Ellen moved to Eureka Springs from Sedona, Ariz., two years ago. Before that, every time Ellen came to visit, Jody always had the same CD playing in the car when she picked her up. When Ellen asked her why, Jody explained, “It reminds me of you, so I’m going to play it until you make one.”

The process took about six months. Recording began in February this year at Winterwood Studios in Eureka Springs. The sessions derailed temporarily after Ellen was in a car crash and producer Eric Schabacker had surgery. They finally finished the CD, Winterwood: Finding Your Way Home, in August. Eric encouraged Ellen to listen to the CD as it was and let him know what she thought. During the recording, she had played on

an old Steinway grand piano. “I thought the piano would be enough, but it wasn’t,” she said. Adding other instrumentation took three more sessions.

Some of the songs on the CD are original, composed by Ellen over the past 20 years. Others are Christmas arrangements. She emphasized that they are not all the expected Christmas songs, although she did include favorites like “Away in a Manger.”

“When you play music, the music is just the starting point, not the ending point,” Ellen said. She explained anyone playing an instrument should take the music and add to it, embellish it and make it their own.

To complete the collaboration, Jody’s art illustrates the front and inside covers of her sister’s CD. Jody, a member of the Plein Air Painters of Eureka Springs, has already sold the evocative painting that appears on the front cover.

“I’ve always wanted to do a sisters thing,” Ellen said. “I finally could with this. Jody has always been my inspiration.”

The art of music, the music of art – Sisters Jody (left) and Ellen Stephenson enjoy a moment in the sun outside Jody’s art studio and gallery on US 62W. Ellen’s recentlyreleased CD was in part inspired by Jody’s art, which is often inspired by composer Ellen’s music.

TheNATUREofEUREKA

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’m dreaming of a bright Christmas – sunny with temperatures in the low 70s. The iconic “White Christmas” is so 1940s, forget the fact that Bing Crosby’s version of Irving Berlin’s song

by Steven Foster

A bright Christmas

is the best-selling single of all time. We must look on the bright side of global warming or the more politically correct “climate change.” We just need to change our perspective.

Carroll County in the year 2077.

Photo by Steven FoSter

Speaking with my 83-yr. old dad in Maine over Thanksgiving, he remarked that as a kid, he and his friends were always skating by Thanksgiving. I reminded him, that we – his kids –were also skating by Thanksgiving! During my Maine childhood a white Christmas was a given. Now, ponds and lakes barely hold ice in a Maine winter. A white Christmas is a historical song from 1941.

It is true that all scientists actively involved in climate change research do not agree that the rise of global temperatures is the result of human activity. No, of 1,372 climate change scientists surveyed in 2010, only between 97–98 percent of scientists believed that global warming was caused by human activity. That leaves between 27-41 non-believer scientists (the 2-3 percent) that conservative “I told you so” faux journalists and faux policy makers can parade in front of cameras and hearings to dispute the reading on your thermometer. Why act

when instead you can make jokes about Al Gore inventing the Internet?

This week 17,000 attendees are debating data and policy at the 18th United Nations Conferences of the Parties on Climate Change in Doha, Qatar. It’s the perfect venue since Doha is a man-made desert oasis in a tiny country with the highest per-capita carbon emissions in the world.

Not to worry. The conferees won’t do anything but talk. On Nov. 27, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in their fourth assessment report, said whoops, we were wrong.

Sea levels are rising 60 percent faster than our previous projections.

Bye-bye Manhattan. Get to New Orleans while it’s still there. Look on the bright side – who doesn’t want to turn down the heat and throw open the windows this winter? I’m dreaming of a bright Christmas!

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INDEPENDENTNews Community Christmas Services & Special Music (If your church has a special Christmas service to add to this list, please email it to newsdesk@ eurekaspringsindependent.com) Dec. 2 – First United Methodist Church: Jubilee Bell Ringers and Beth Withey, contralto solos from Handel’s Messiah, 5:30 p.m.

Rock Springs Baptist Church: Youth Christmas play, 6 p.m.

Dec. 9 – First United Methodist Church: Choir Christmas Concert with solos; young people, Kaitlyn & Hannah Kelley, Morgan Grogan, 5:30 p.m.

Holiday Island Community Church: Christmas songs of Worship & Telling of the Christmas Story in the Fellowship Hall, 6 p.m.

Dec 16 – First Presbyterian Church: Christmas Contatas, 11 a.m.

First United Methodist Church: Indigo Fischer, flute, 5:30 p.m.

Holiday Island Presbyterian Church: Christmas Contatas, 9 a.m.

Five down, how many to go?

Nicky Boyette The Eureka Springs urban deer hunt is in its third week, and according to the Eureka Springs Police Department, four does and one buck were harvested, all on the first weekend. ESPD did not have information on where the harvests occurred.

Asst. Chief Thomas Achord commented there have been no major complaints or issues he is aware of except that occasionally someone will make noise to scare the deer away from the hunters.

The hunt will continue until Feb. 28.

American Pickers may pick Carroll County

The show American Pickers, currently seen on the History Channel, may be coming to Arkansas. But they need help getting the word out.

Show hosts Mike and Frank have never been to Arkansas, so any help locals can provide in terms of getting the word out along with leads in Carroll County would be greatly appreciated.

The show is looking for movie and music memorabilia, sports memorabilia, items from Arkansas history and basically any other oddball, one-of-a-kind or interesting historical items. The show would be in Arkansas in early 2013, so people who would like to be considered should send information immediately.

Producers are looking for people with large collections, not folks with just a few items. They don’t go to shops, antiques malls, auctions or flea markets and are not looking for any fine furniture, agricultural or farming items/equipment, depression glass, appliances or pottery.

The Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce is compiling a list of items/people from Eureka Springs to send to the American Pickers for consideration. If you have items you think American Pickers might be interested in seeing and/or buying, please contact the Chamber with your information at (479) 253-8737.

Dec 23 – First United Methodist Church: Soprano Martha Bartell, 5:30 p.m.

Holiday Island Baptist Church: Christmas Candlelight Service, 5 p.m.

Dec 24 – Faith Christian Fellowship: Candlelight Communion Service, 5 p.m.

First United Methodist Church: Clarinetist Sandy Nieves – service of Lessons and Carols, 5:30 p.m.

Holiday Island Presbyterian Church: Candlelight Communion, 6:30 p.m.

St. James Episcopal Church: Christmas Eve service and music, 7:30 p.m.

Dec 25 – St. James Episcopal Church: Christmas Day service 10 a.m.

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Free ride – Santa left his sled at the North Pole and caught a trolley to Basin Park where children and their parents eagerly awaited his arrival Friday, Nov. 23. He’ll be back for the big parade this Friday … with sled.

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Photo by david frank demPsey

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ARTAttack

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by John Rankine

have an idea – let’s invite tourists to our quaint Victorian village during the holidays and make deer the decorative centerpiece while simultaneously hosting a citywide deer hunt.

I’m surprised the CAPC and Downtown Network didn’t jump all over this missed cross marketing opportunity – combining the “Holiday Season” with the “Hunting Season.” Rudolph on a spit could be the logo.

The deer hunt is an emotional issue for many. I have good friends on both sides of the fence, but am personally opposed to the slaughter. And while I can empathize with my fellow gardeners, I have much more empathy for these helpless creatures who through no fault of their own are being hunted down.

Hence the inspiration for my quick and easy installation at Sweet Spring, which managed to stay up for a whole day-and-a-half before it was savagely ripped apart and tossed to the ground.

Starting at Planer Hill with a blood splattering paintball gun would have made more of an artistic statement, but I just couldn’t do it – partly out of respect for the artistry of Parks’ DonE Allen, partly due to my aversion to the slammer.

So, for those who would like to see this uppity artist have his day in court for defacing our public springs,

about the deer made of twigs with an arrow through its neck, holding a No HuNtiNg sign covered in twinkle lights might seem strange and self serving, but I really don’t see myself as a journalist creating news, but rather an artist making a social statement.

Sometimes it’s all we artists know how to do.

This Saturday, Dec. 1, marks World AIDS Day. As an AIDS activist and artist living in Key West during the height of the Rankine’s addition to Sweet Spring’s holiday décor. plague, I created several works that drew Photo by John rankine attention to the epidemic happening on our (probably those same self-righteous people who cheered tiny island and around the globe. when Virginia Voiers spent time in jail for borrowing the “A Day Without Art” was established on Dec. 1, Baby Jesus), let me plead my case.

1989. Many museums, galleries and art institutions across This was not an act of vandalism, but a work of the country closed their doors in honor of the talented “Activist Art.” It’s far from Picasso’s “Guernica,” but artists lost to this devastating disease.

I will still defend it as art. I simply added my own On that day in Key West, many galleries shrouded decorative touches to the spring’s holiday theme, and the art in their windows or simply turned paintings around all arrows, sign and hanging blood patches can be, and to face the wall, and I will never forget the impact of that were, easily removed without damage to a single white simple, collective activist action. twig.

First Saturday Drumming in Basin Park is on Creating, photographing and publishing this column schedule.

INDEPENDENTArt Song and dance classes for kids

Leap ‘n’ Learn song and dance classes for children four and under will be held each Monday at Soul Motion/Mindlful Living Studio in Eureka Springs. Kids will have 30 minutes of structured creative movement, song and music and 30 minutes of free play in giant tunnels and tents. Snack provided. Cost is $5 per class. Older siblings welcome to come and help. Call Miss Melanie for more info (479) 244-9507.

Artist at Bo Peep Dec. 8

Award winning fiber artist Cheri Yarborough’s new book of 28 patterns, Inspirations for Crochet, based on inspirations from Eureka Springs and area, has just been released. The pieces are modeled by Eureka Springs area residents and show off the picturesque beauty of the area. The book is for intermediate crochet artists.

Cheri has been crocheting for more than 50 years and has produced a book unlike others on the market.

“Most patterns are made to sell yarn, but this isn’t about a particular yarn. I have a long chapter on the quality and use of different yarns and include resources,” Cheri said. She also has a chapter that “takes all the intellectual work out of it [sizing] – it’s like the reader is learning how to design.”

Cheri will be available for book signing at Little Bo Peep’s Yarn and Antiques, 12 Center St., Saturday, Dec. 8, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The book can also be purchased at Amazon Books.com. Her beautiful crocheted wedding dress can be seen in the Historical Museum.

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Stranded knitting workshop Beth Brown-Reinsel will give a short session on stranded knitting – also called Fair Isle knitting – at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 10 a.m., followed by a potluck lunch. Brown-Reinsel is a Canadian writer and knitwear designer and is the Fab Fiber Fellowship recipient for 2012.

She has been teaching workshops for 23 years and has designed and created almost 50 patterns for knitters. Her work has appeared in all the major knitting magazines.

Workshop participants will knit one of a pair of wristers while learning traditional cast-on, twined knitting (a 400-year-old Swedish technique), twined purling, and patterning (the “O” stitch, the Crook stitch). Knitters will learn how to manage their yarns so that untwisting becomes a cinch. Reading Twined Knitting charts is also included.

Workshop participants should be intermediate knitters and must be comfortable with double-pointed needles or working with two circulars. Ability to knit English style (yarn held in the right hand) is very helpful, but not required. Knitters should bring a skein of worsted weight yarn, preferably light-colored, and size 6 (4 mm) doublepointed needles.

Brown-Reinsel has traveled to Scandinavia and continues to travel there to research the world history of knitting. During her stay at the Colony, she will be working on her book, “Knitting Scandinavian Sweaters.”

Workshop begins at 10 a.m. at the Colony, 515 Spring St. There is no cost to attend, but please bring a dish to share. More info: (479) 253-7444 or email director@writerscolony. org. Brown-Reinsel’s website is www.knittingtraditions.com, blog at knittingtraditions.com/blog.

FAME CAME LATE©

– Chapter 5 (cont.)

“Is my Jimmy in trouble?”

Fame Came Late © is an unpublished historical manuscript written by Lida Wilson Pyles (1906-2000). It is the story as she was told about Eureka Springs bear hunter, John Gaskins. Pyles married into the Gaskins family in 1924.

H

er husband lay sprawled across the bed, showing evidence that the excess liquor he had consumed the night before was taking its toll on the aging body. He snored loudly and thrashed his arms about him.

Everybody else in the house seemed to be sleeping, too. Jack and Addie had spent the night and were sleeping soundly. Susan called, “Addie, would you get up and give me some help?”

“Sure Ma, I’ll be right there,” Addie answered. A minute later she entered the room where Susan was holding the baby who had started to cry in a weak voice which sounded more like a kitten that a baby.

“Ma, what in the world is goin’ on? Where did that baby come from? Whose is it?”

“It come from the same place all babies come from and it’s mine. Rosa Beck had it and don’t want it, so it’s mine. I don’t want nobody to ever say it ain’t.”

By that time Jack and Jim had heard the commotion and come to investigate.

“What have you go there, Ma?” Jim asked.

“I’ve got a baby that ain’t got no name and that nobody wants. At least hit’s mother don’t want it. I don’t know about its daddy, but I guess he don’t want it, neither,” Susan said as she looked straight at her son.

He reached out and took the bundle from her arms, “I’m its daddy and I want it. He’s got a name, too. I’ll give him mine. All of it. He ain’t never goin’ to be called a bastard’ nor a woods colt. He is goin’ to be Jimmy Gaskins. I’ll be Big Jim and he can be Little Jimmy. I want everybody to know that this kid has got a name. Come to think of it, it’s a damned good one, too.”

Susan looked at her son and said, “I’m proud of you, son. I guess that a good name is one of th’ things I counted on to make this thing right. No Gaskins ever shirked his responsibility.”

John Gaskins had not been disturbed by the commotion in the household. He groaned in his sleep as the women searched for something to dress the baby in, at least temporarily.

“Should we wake Pa?” Addie asked.

“What fer?” Susan wanted to know. “He wouldn’t be no help. He had too much to drink last night an’ he won’t be no good fer nothin’ fer two or three days. It’ll be funny to see th’ look on his face when he wakes up an’ finds a baby in th’ house. Last night he was a-braggin’ that he had everything. When he wakes up this mornin’ he’s goin’ to find out that he’s got more than he bargained for.

Jimmy Gaskins held the blanket-wrapped baby a little

closer and said, “Yea, we’ve got a baby.

I’ve got a baby. He’s mine and don’t you ever forget it.”

John Gaskins, aroused by the baby’s cry, arose from his bed still wearing the clothes he had worn for last night’s celebration. His hair was tousled, his face showing signs of last night’s drinking. He demanded in a loud and raucus voice to know, “What in the Eternal Hell is goin’ on here. Where did that young’un come from?”

His wife tried to calm him as she explained that. “It is Rosa Beck’s baby an’ she didn’t want it.”

Her son interrupted with, “It’s my baby an’ I do want it an’ I’m gonna keep it.”

His father turned to look at his son as he spoke, “Well, I never thought I’d see th’ day when my house would shelter a woods colt. If it’s your baby, then you take it. That’s all I’ve got to say about it.”

“That’s what I’m tellin’ you. Pa. I did take him. I’m goin’ to rock him, feed him, and do everything else that he needs to have done. That includes beatin’ th’ hell outa anybody that calls him a woods colt. That’s what I’m keepin’ him fer, to see that he ain’t never called that. The way I see it, is that a woods colt or a bastard is somebody that ain’t got no name or no daddy. He’s got both. I’m his daddy an’ I’m givin’ him my name. I’m goin’ to see to it that nobody, an’ I mean nobody, calls him that. Is that clear?

I mean it. I’ll whup anybody that calls him that.”

John Gaskins turned to his son, “Jimmy Boy, does that mean me? You ain’t threatenin’ your Pa now, are you? You are away too short in th’ britches to whup your old man.

You couldn’t turn me over if I was dead,” John said in a ,joking manner, but the look in his eyes told his son that he was trying to tell him something.

“Yea, I meant you too, Pa, an’ I hope it never comes to that. Little Jimmy here, is my son an’ I’m goin’ to try

to raise him th’ same way you raised me. To respect the name an’ never to bring shame on it. It’s your name, too, you know.”

Susan poured the black coffee into her husband’s cup and the subject was dropped.

It was almost noon on the day Susan had brought the baby home.

The girls had helped to fashion some kind of clothing from old dresses of their own. Everything that could be used for that purpose had been torn into diapers. Susan took an old whiskey bottle, cleaned it well, making a nipple from a clean piece of white cloth.

“Jim,” she told her son, “you go out an’ find the cow that has got th’ youngest calf. We are supposed to use milk from a cow that has a calf younger than the baby, but we ain’t got none that young.

We’ll jest have to do th’ best we can. I can weaken it a little with warm water. If things turn out right fer th’ little feller we’ll have him eatin’ out of a spoon before too long.”

When Jim returned with the milk, Susan diluted it properly and sat down to begin the chore of teaching the baby the proper method of getting his nourishment. Jim watched the procedure for a minute and then said, “Ma, let me do that. I don’t know how it’s done but Little Jimmy here don’t know, either. I reckon we can learn together. I’m a-aimin’ to take this little feller into my bed to sleep and I may as well learn right now how to feed ‘im.”

He sat down on a nearby stool and took the baby in his arms. Soon the hungry baby was sucking away at the improvised nipple on the top of a whiskey bottle.

“How am I doin’, Ma?” he asked.

“You’re doin’ fine, jest like you was used to it.” Then she added, “This may be funny now son, because it is new to you but I hope you realize what you’re lettin’ yourself in fer. Are you sure that you want to undertake this? A person can get awful attached to a baby they’re takin’ keer of. Do you want to risk it, not knowin’ if it’s your young’un or not?”

“I thought about it all mornin’, Ma, and I reckon I’ll never know if it’s mine or not, but I’d rather run the risk of raisin’ somebody else’s kid than to run th’ risk of thinkin’ I had turned my own down. I’m goin’ to raise him. That is, if you’ll help me a little. I figure that if I can keep him here, maybe ‘til he’s old enough to walk, I’ll get me a place of my own an’ take him to live with me.”

“That sounds good, Jimmy, but have you thought about how you’re goin’ to provide fer him? How are you goin’ to make a livin’ fer him? You can’t take him with you to work at anything,” Susan reminded him.

“I guess you’re right, Ma. I ain’t had time to think that far ahead but I’ll do it some how. You jest wait an’ see.”

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AUDacious

by Ray Dilfield

It ain’t over yet and hopefully the shouting will be kept to a minimum

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he year winds down but activity at the Aud is still going strong. This weekend brings us to the Talent On Parade dance show which CD covered very nicely in last week’s edition. It’s all free so consider this your invitation to drop by any time on Saturday and catch the Eureka version of DWTS. I’ve also been assured by our HVAC contractor that we’ll have our heat on again by this weekend.

Not the whole operational system, but heat, blessed heat, nonetheless.

As we move into December and

the Christmas season we’ll have a number of returning holiday favorites.

The weekend of the 8th and 9th will have back-to-back performances by the Ozarks Chorale on Saturday evening followed by a Sunday matinee with the Carroll County Community Orchestra. Make sure to also set aside the evening of Thursday the 13th for

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One week ‘til Election Day Editor, The General Election is over but there is another election for a Holiday Island commissioner in process. HI property owners have an opportunity to make a positive difference for our community by voting.

Early voting is on-going now, and the last day to vote is Dec. 4. Vote Greg Davis for real and positive change. Greg is a 29-year resident of Holiday Island and has knowledge to contribute to marketing and selling the tum-back lots, totaling approximately 2,000, and restoring [their] contribution to the operating budget.

The lingering recession has not been kind to our community. Channeling our resources in the right direction will increase the value of our homes and protect our investment.

The keys to guide us through these times are fiscal responsibility and marketing lots and homes so we can all benefit from increased revenue and proper maintenance of our community’s infrastructure.

This is our community. Help make it stronger by exercising your right to vote.

Gene Thompson

Hospital fund needs donors

Editor, The Eureka Springs Hospital Building Fund is now open and ready to take donations at the Community First Bank.

I started the fund with my tithe donation of ten percent of my monthly income. I will continue to tithe every month for the near future. I’m asking you, our community, to please donate what you able to this fund.

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the ESHS Christmas show.

On Saturday the 15th, John Two-Hawks will be returning with his annual Christmas Concert, which is always a huge crowd pleaser. Finally, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday the 18th, the always off-the-charts cuteness factor of the Eureka Springs Elementary School Christmas Show will wrap up our season. Mr. Burke never fails to put together a show with the kids that gets folks talking. It’s like all the awwww of every YouTube puppy video rolled into one.

Next year is also shaping up

I also ask the Hospital Commission to buy the land that is available for the hospital. If this is not your view of what can be done for our citizens’ future health care and the staff of our existing, but deplorable institution, then tell us what you will do. Keep in mind our community doctors are nearing retirement age. How will our town be able to attract new medical specialists when we show them the place they will have to work?

Our city bought a new water treatment plant. We built a new high school. We even have added a tax to pay for our furry, four-legged friends to romp at Harmon Park. These are all good farsighted measures. However, what will we do for our aging population and accident victims when they need hospitalization? The present facility is substandard and that’s why so many patients are sent to other hospitals.

There are lot of infants born at home in Eureka Springs.

That is a wonderful family involved event. But sometimes problems happen where a hospital is needed. Eureka Springs needs a maternity unit at our hospital. People who live in Eureka Springs want their children born here, not Berryville.

Enid B. Swartz

Thanks for the feast

Editor, The 39th Community Thanksgiving Potluck was a wonderful success appreciated by all who participated. Many attended this year for the first time and contributed to the abundance of lovingly prepared dishes.

Special thanks to Barb, Sally, Gail, Wendy and Ralph for roasting the turkeys donated by Harts and Eureka Market.

Thanks to Roscoe for his freshly brewed coffees and to all who helped make the event run smoothly from setup to cleanup.

We especially appreciate and thank the U.U. Elk St. Church for offering the perfect setting for our community feast.

Carolyn Oakleaf

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rather nicely.

We’ve already got 37 events on the books with at least that number again in tentative inquiries. Yes, the word is actually getting out there to independent promoters that the Aud is a friendly place to put on a show. We’ve also got some exciting things in the works (pending some scheduling kinks and/or budget decisions from the commission) that we’ll be in a much better position to publicize after the first of the year. Keep your fingers crossed and don’t believe every rumor you hear.

Meet and greet “Greg Brady” at Arvest Barry Williams a/k/a Greg Brady, teen idol from The Brady Bunch, will be at Arvest Bank (151 E. VanBuren) for a Christmas Parade Kick-Off and photo ops on Friday, Nov. 30, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Come meet our parade’s Grand Marshal and enjoy hot dogs and other refreshments.

Bring the camera!

Eureka Springs West holiday/ Christmas party Join the merchants and members of Eureka Springs West on Sunday, Dec. 2, from 2 – 4 p.m. at the Angler’s Grill & Pub (US 62W) to celebrate the holidays and a great past year.

It’s a potluck with nonalcoholic drinks provided by Anglers. Cash bar available.

Come play 1/2 & 1/2 Bingo and Who Is games.

Let’s celebrate!

INDEPENDENTNews Sunday at the UUF

Dec. 3 Metaphysical Meeting

Dec. 2nd – Alden Stallings, a U.U. member, will present Shakespeare’s Religion: My search for common ground between my own worldview of religion and my best guess at Shakespeare’s.

Please join us at 17 Elk Street, Sundays at 11 a.m. Extra parking in Ermilio’s lot, 26 White Street. Child care provided. (479) 253-0929.

Dr. Ted Morter will give a follow-up talk to last week’s presentation by Dr. Katy Morter. Morter will address herd mentality and group consciousness. From birds in a flock to trees in the forest and the cells in our bodies, everything is united by a force.

Understanding this power and the way we use thinking is the first step in creating a group mind and having a positive influence on health, relationships, and the world around us.

All are welcome Monday, Dec. 3, 7 – 9 p.m. at 68 W. Mountain St., downstairs in the Christian Science edifice.

Museum Biz After Hours Dec. 6

Don’t miss the Eureka Springs Historical Museum’s Business After Hours gathering Dec. 6 from 4 – 6 p.m. at 95 S. Main.

There’s free parking in all the Cornerstone Bank lots and at the Pied Piper Pub. There will be light refreshments, a scavenger hunt and a door prize.

Come learn more about the museum and enjoy an evening with friends and fellow Chamber members.

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ESOTERICAstrology as news for week Nov. 29-Dec. 5

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Understanding the end of the Mayan calendar

ur first week of December, candles lit for Advent, we remain under the shadow of the lunar eclipse. The end of the Mayan calendar occurs in three weeks as the Festival of the New Group of World Servers begins. We have gifts to make (no more buying), food to prepare, guests to invite, trees (or Hanukkah bushes) to trim, lights to hang, suspend, drape and set out as the days move deeper into dark stillness.

Now is a good time to explain about the end of the Mayan calendar (Dec. 21). The eclipses (something disappears, task completed), especially and since the May 1999 eclipse, have prepared us for this date, assisting Earth and her kingdoms to release all obstructions hindering the new templates, patterns and archetypes to develop the new world. Eclipse purpose is to disrupt and destroy illusions, beliefs, mayas, distortions and glamours, internal and external, so that humanity can awaken.

At the May 1999 eclipse the Sun was actually at the very center, in the “dark rift,” the darkest part of the Galactic Center. Our world since then has been in great world turmoil. In 2000 the Shamballa Force, Will, Purpose & Light of God, was released onto our planet. Time began to accelerate. Both the dark (materialism) & the light (spiritual ascendency) have become exceedingly apparent. Humanity is now asked to choose between these polarities. Our choice is our future.

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by Risa

On Dec. 21, the Earth slowly reemerges from the darkness of the birth canal. The “light” (within us, Earth) is rekindled. By 2016 the Sun moves completely out of the galactic center/ darkness. From 2012 till 2016 new gifts for humanity will be offered, recognized, cultivated. It is good to know this. So, as with our Advent wreath, we can prepare – first through truth, then knowledge and then gratitude.

ARIES: You will begin to seek harmony within relationships. You will no longer be the dominant one. Instead seeking balance and equanimity is your focus. You’re changed. You’ve become a peacemaker. Let’s define the process toward peace through the Esoteric (Soul-focused) lens. We begin with intentions for Goodwill, which lead to Right Relations with all Kingdoms, which evolves into the Peace Process.

You cultivate this. It makes you very magnetic.

TAURUS: You become even more practical and helpful, then compassion develops, something new, often only ascribed to suffering Pisces.

You become more thoughtful and expressive. There is no ostentation, no flowery exhibitions or drama. Just steadfastness. You become interested in design, architecture, gardens and all things that create a sustained systemic flow. The devas begin to speak with you.

GEMINI: You ask when do the two brothers (Castor and Pollux) become one? Always you seek this oneness. In between you are romantic and playful but sometimes keep this intact and behind the scenes. Beauty, art and music, especially music, your hidden Sag side, are most important. Your surroundings must reflect this or you enter into sadness. You love deeply, silently, you are loyal. Tend to your heart’s desires.

CANCER: You’re impelled to bring your home and surroundings into a state of beauty, balance and harmony that allows you to feel peace. You have a loving personal touch only a

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nourisher understands. Not sentimental yet very sympathetic. When you love someone you have great emotion. How you were raised affected your thinking.

Over the years you’ve created new ways, overriding your upbringing.

LEO: You realize that your tone, intentions, agendas and past sadnesses can filter into communication, creating misunderstandings within self and others. You begin to consider diplomacy, being more truthful with tact and charm. It’s important to compliment others now. At first it’s uncomfortable. Compliments are holy words that summon the true spirit of others. Compliments reflect the reality of another’s value. You, too, are valuable.

VIRGO: You have a talent – of finding things of beauty and value, form and function. Throughout your life you develop good taste. You’re generous, offering others gifts, not as rewards, but reflecting your affection. Use your beautiful kind voice to help others feel safe and secure. Begin to work with natural oils and develop your own scent. The devas will work with you.

LIBRA: Some would call your needs too dramatic, extravagant. However close friends realize your tastes of well-defined luxury have a touch of whimsy with a talent for design. When you apply your abilities to food, the results are deliciously comforting.

Love is most important to you. When lacking you turn away. Never to return.

We weep in the misunderstandings.

SCORPIO: Sometimes you get hurt but don’t tell anyone. Instead you hide behind veils of bravery and courage, determined to not allow your heart to be vulnerable ever again! You try to be safe in the world. Open affection with a loved one is not safe for you.

Sometimes you’re secret in your affairs. Sometimes, often silently, you sacrifice yourself. Still no one knows.

In terms of comfort these days, be sure to dress your feet in the most comfortable of shoes. Bespoke is best.

SAGITTARIUS: You feel the need for real friends. Not just acquaintance,

not co-workers, not people you must impress or people you make laugh.

You seek real and true friends unafraid of you. Friends you can’t overwhelm, override, impress with your brains or brilliance. You also need them to be a bit unconventional. Tend carefully to calves and ankles. Keep them warm.

Friendship has responsibilities. Are you?

CAPRICORN: All things different and cultural seem to land on your doorstep, knock on your door, enter your home, are in your choice of books, art and clothing. Thoughts of freedom seem to have no limits. You’re not really confined but somehow you feel restrained. The Sag meditation is inspiration. It expands your sense of self, mind and heart. As you assume yoga poses, ask what inspires you.

Keep your hips and thighs warm.

AQUARIUS: You seem ultra casual in life but underneath there’s a need for an intense depth in relationship.

You’re very vulnerable with those you love. Your heart’s on your sleeve. You are devoted and attentive. Love feels like a healing for your body. When the other is not what you expect, when you are disappointed, you easily become disenchanted, forlorn. Then time passes and you love again. Tend to your lower back.

PISCES: How you love is by being present, listening, being available, curious, asking questions. At times you feed people flowers you’ve grown and cultivated. Your goals now are to find order in the disharmony all around, to find harmony in the systems breaking down, to discover what you truly want and need and to take steps toward this.

Even if it’s simply writing it down in a small journal no one sees. Bake for the holidays. Give it all away.

Risa, Founder & Director Esoteric & Astrological Studies & Research Institute, a contemporary Wisdom School for the study of the Tibetan’s teachings in the Alice A. Bailey books.

Email: risagoodwill@gmail.com.

Web journal: www.nightlightnews. com. Facebook: Risa’s Esoteric Astrology

INDEPENDENTNews HI Blood Drive Dec. 10

The Holiday Island Community Blood Drive will be held on Monday, Dec. 10, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Elk’s Lodge #1042 in the

Park Shopping Center across the street from the U. S. Post Office. There will be free cholesterol screening for all donors.

Hwy. across Table Rock Dam one lane weekdays Anyone planning travel on Hwy. 165/265 between Table Rock Lake’s dam and spillway should be aware the road will be reduced to one lane weekdays until Jan. 10

to repair and seal the road surface. The lane will be reopened at 4:30 p.m. each Friday and will close each Monday at 7 a.m. until the repairs are completed.

If you are traveling in this area, please expect delays, obey traffic lights, and operate cautiously around equipment and work crews.

Food for fines lets book delinquents off the hook

An egg a day – Doesn’t keep the judge away. Judge Dylan Castleman, artist and art educator at Crystal Bridges, awarded Karen Foster Bestin-Show for her Daily Egg Project. ESSA Director, Peggy Kjelgaard, right, congratulated Karen at the Fall Art Show Nov. 25.

ESSA Art Show big hit

Local artist/potter Karen Foster received Best-in-Show for her Daily Egg Project at the Eureka Springs School of the Arts (ESSA) Fall Art Show at the Inn of the Ozarks Nov. 24 – 25.

Starting in 1995, Karen created one egg per day and signed and dated each. No two are alike, and her kiln-fired eggs are often scouted by those looking for one stamped with their birth date.

“I’m always at a loss for words. Getting an award for something you’ve worked on for years is so rewarding,” Karen commented.

She started working in clay in during the early seventies and continues to create magic with her hands.

Two-dimensional artists receiving awards include: 1st Place— Jamie Froelich for The Push; 2nd Place—Zeek Taylor for Lulu Luckinbill; and 3rd Place—Robert Norman for Bass Transport ink on paper. Three-dimensional awards include: 1st Place—David Zimmermann for Blue People Gather; 2nd Place—Frank Egan for Frog Lamp; and 3rd Place—Lorna Trigg for her leaf pitcher.

ESSA thanks all artists who participated in the Fall Art Show and the public who came and shopped. For more information about ESSA, call (479) 253-5384 or visit www.essa-art.org.

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and the University of Arkansas have all committed to the project, and Bentonville has already completed the project. The Walton Foundation pays expenses for the first year, and the participating cities would need to fund the project after that.

Maloney said the project would declutter signage in town as well as replace some of the green highway signs we see now.

Passion Play Maloney reported attendance at the

As part of a holiday initiative, The Berryville Public Library has some special plans in store for the month of December.

For one thing, the final month of 2012 will see the return of “Food for Fines.” Under the program, patrons who owe library fees may pay off their debt with unopened, unexpired, non-perishable food items. Each item will be good for $1 off the patron’s overdue fees. All

food collected will be taken to Loaves and Fishes food bank.

Also, just in time for Christmas, the library will host a bake sale Friday, Dec. 21, from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Donations of baked goods are gladly accepted, and can be dropped off at the library Wednesday or Thursday, Dec. 19 and 20. All money raised from the sale will be used to fund future library programming.

Castle Rogue’s Manor Featured on HGTV Castle Rogue’s Manor, located near Eureka Springs, in Beaver Ark., was featured in the Nov. 23 broadcast of HGTV’s Home Strange Home. The episode included a video tour of the castle, historical photos, and interviews with builder/designer Smith Treuer and partner/chef Deborah Sederstrom.

“I was pleasantly surprised when I got the call from the show’s producers several months ago,” said Treuer. “Their crew spent two full days filming the castle and grounds. They were impressed with the Eureka Springs area and its culture of creativity. I think they will be back soon to film other unique homes around Eureka Springs.”

Treuer began work on Castle Rogue’s

Passion Play has dwindled from 300,000 at the height of its popularity to maybe 30,000 this year. He said the CAPC certainly included it in promotions but did not see much of a return, and he was unsure, given priorities, if they should invest in it since for all intents and purposes, the Passion Play is dark now.

The gates are locked. A lot of jobs will be lost if it cannot reopen.

Ragsdell said if it reopens, the CAPC should support it like other businesses in town. His concern was how the loss

Manor twenty years ago. The 20,000 sq. foot castle is situated on a towering limestone bluff on Table Rock Lake overlooking the Village of Beaver and the Little Golden Gate Bridge, the most photographed bridge in Arkansas.

The Nov. 23 HGTV episode will be rebroadcast Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. & 2 a.m. and Dec. 27 at 12 p.m. Castle Rogue’s Manor offers private guided tours throughout the year and is available for group events and weddings.

Hosted by Chuck Nice, Home Strange Home is a weekly Home & Garden TV (HGTV) program featuring video tours of unusual private homes throughout North America and interviews with their owners.

of 30,000 visitors not coming to town would affect the 2013 CAPC budget.

Joy added management there do not see themselves as an attraction, which is what the CAPC can promote.

They see themselves as being on a mission, and they have been obdurate about the performances they will allow, thereby limiting the audiences they can expect. Joy said people nowadays are not going to see the Passion Play five or six times.

The commission will wait and see

how this affects their budgeting in 2013.

Chamber mailing contract Maloney explained the CAPC finds itself in an unwieldy contract with the Chamber of Commerce that requires the CAPC to pay for postage of Visitor Guides. No current CAPC or Chamber staff were involved with the contract, which renewed automatically while both organizations had interim directors.

Next meeting will be Dec. 12 at 6 p.m., immediately preceded by a workshop at 5 p.m.

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OPEN MIC

SKINNY GYPSIES

Jazz night w/GINA GALLINA & her Little Big Band!

by Gwen Etheredge

aughn Walters and Jenny Parrott are the indie rock/folk duo known as Lovs It. Coming together in Austin, Texas, in 2010 was lifechanging as they both quit their respective bands and joined forces. They have since played 197 shows in eight countries, and Chelsea’s, the ninth country, made that list. Jenny Parrott plays guitar, mandolin and fiddle, but will blow you away with her hauntingly romantic voice.

Formerly of Shotgun Party, Jenny is a veteran of the road and has been singing all her life.

“Chainsaw” Vaughn Walters on guitar and banjo was part of the Shake ‘Em Ups and Dynamite Tales before this venture. He first sang with his mother and grandfather, also a songwriter, in small town West Virginia. Last year they released an ablum titled Yay! that showcases their unique songwriting abilities and harmonies. Reviews included this one from Kinky Friedman: “…an American original, seemingly spontaneous at times, effortlessly stunning when you least expect it. The voices come into your heart like that of an angel on your shoulder. Music is sparse, unique and stellar. Another step on the road to the stars.” Kinky Friedman Some magic happens when these friends write and play music together.

See it in person at Chelsea’s on Saturday night.

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LOVES IT – This indie rock/folk duo plays at Chelsea’s Saturday, Dec. 1.

FRIDAY – NOVEMBER 30 • BALCONY BAR & RESTAURANT The Hogscalders, 12 p.m., 6 p.m.

• BEREAN COFFEEHOUSE Worship Circle, 7 p.m.

• CHASERS BAR & GRILL Karaoke Contest • CHELSEA’S Home Wreckers, 9 p.m.

• EUREKA LIVE! DJ & Dancing • EUREKA PARADISE DJ & Dancing • EUREKA STONEHOUSE Jerry Yester, 5–8 p.m.

Loves It • GRAND TAVERNE Arkansas Red Guitar, 6:30– 9:30 p.m.

• JACK’S CENTER STAGE Karaoke with DJ Goose, 9 p.m.–closing • LUMBERYARD RESTAURANT & SALOON DJ Karaoke, sing & dance, 8 p.m., The Dirty Boots • NEW DELHI CAFÉ Live Music after the parade • PIED PIPER CATHOUSE LOUNGE Chooch, 8 p.m.

• ROWDY BEAVER Rockin with DJ Mark • ROWDY BEAVER DEN Rowdy’s Jukebox • SQUID & WHALE PUB The Derral Gleason Rock • VOULEZ VOUS Bella Donna, 8:30–11 p.m.

SATURDAY – DECEMBER 1 • CHASERS BAR & GRILL Bad Jack Wicked • CHELSEA’S Love’s It, 9 p.m.

• EUREKA LIVE! DJ & Dancing • EUREKA PARADISE DJ & Dancing • GRAND TAVERNE Jerry Yester Grand Piano Dinner Music, 6:30–9:30 p.m.

• JACK’S CENTER STAGE Thunder Crow, 9 p.m.–closing • LUMBERYARD RESTAURANT & SALOON DJ Karaoke, sing & dance, 8 p.m.

• NEW DELHI CAFÉ Skillet Lickers, 11:30 a.m., Presevation Society Band Christmas Carols, 4–5

p.m., Skinny Gypsies, 6:30 p.m.

• PIED PIPER CATHOUSE LOUNGE Chooch, 8 p.m.

• ROWDY BEAVER The Dead Armadillos • ROWDY BEAVER DEN Rowdy’s Jukebox • SQUID & WHALE PUB Randall Shreve and the Sideshow Vaudeville Indie Rock • VOULEZ VOUS Bella Donna, 9 p.m.

SUNDAY – DECEMBER 2 • CHELSEA’S Chucky Waggs, 4–8 p.m.

• EUREKA LIVE! Customer Appreciation Night, 5 p.m.–close • LUMBERYARD RESTAURANT & SALOON Free Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament with prizes, 6 p.m.

• NEW DELHI CAFÉ Skillet Lickers, 11:30 a.m.

• SQUID & WHALE PUB “Local Kine” Local Talent Showcase MONDAY – DECEMBER 3 • CHASERS BAR & GRILL Pool Tournament, 7 p.m.

• CHELSEA’S SpringBilly, 8 p.m.

• LUMBERYARD RESTAURANT & SALOON Open Mic with D-Rock • SQUID & WHALE PUB Monday Night Football, 7:30 p.m.

• VOULEZ VOUS Local’s Night TUESDAY – DECEMBER 4 • CHASERS BAR & GRILL Game Night • CHELSEA’S Open Mic • LUMBERYARD RESTAURANT & SALOON Pool Tournament, 6:30 p.m.

• SQUID & WHALE PUB Taco Tuesday WEDNESDAY – DECEMBER 5 • CHASERS BAR & GRILL Sing and Dance with Tiny • CHELSEA’S Skinny Gypsies, 9 p.m.

• NEW DELHI CAFÉ Open Jam • PIED PIPER CATHOUSE LOUNGE Wheat Wednesday Draft Beer Specials • SQUID & WHALE PUB Disaster Piece Theatre THURSDAY – DECEMBER 6 • CHASERS BAR & GRILL Taco & Tequila Night • CHELSEA’S Jazz Night w/Gina

Gallina and her Little Big Band, 9 p.m.

• GRAND TAVERNE Jerry Yester Grand Piano Dinner Music, 6:30–9:30 p.m.

• LUMBERYARD RESTAURANT & SALOON Taco and Margarita Night • SQUID & WHALE PUB Open Mic Musical Smackdown featuring Bloody Buddy & Friends • VOULEZ VOUS Open Mic

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• Holiday Spectacular Talent On Parade – dance competition, 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Auditorium.

Free admission all day.

• Photos with Santa in Basin Spring Park, Mrs. Claus’s Letter Writing Station and S’mores Station – 2 – 4 p.m.

• Hidden Elves Downtown – Find the elves and win prizes 2 – 4 p.m. Get maps and clues in Basin Park.

• Eureka Springs High School Carolers 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

• 30th Annual Christmas Tour of Homes: Upstairs, Downstairs and all Around the Town.

3 – 8 p.m. Refreshments at Penn Memorial Church.

• Living Windows. Downtown 4 – 6 p.m.

• Tree Lighting Ceremony Crescent Hotel 6 p.m. – 30 trees in a Christmas Forest 1 – 31 Christmas Forest at Crescent Hotel

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6 St. James Episcopal Church 46th Annual Silver Tea Crystal Dining Room 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.

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Blaw, blaw – my kilt’s awa’ Well, kilts aren’t exactly mandatory, but if you have one it will be welcome at the Scottish dancing sessions on Wednesday nights from 7 – 8:30 p.m. at Enthios dance studio (215 Greenwood Hollow Rd., past the Elementary school). The series runs through Wednesday, Dec. 19, and will start back up again in January. Everyone is welcome, no prior experience needed. The first session is free.

Reels and jigs will be broken up by the more stately Strathspey dances so everyone can catch a breath. Bring soft-soled shoes or dance barefoot.

Any musicians interested in putting together a Scottish dance band should email Melissa Clare at melissaclare01@gmail.com. Can ye gie’s a haund?

Silver Tea Dec. 6

The public is cordially invited to attend the 46th Silver Tea on Thurs., Dec. 6, from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. at the Crescent Hotel. The event, hosted by the women of St. James Episcopal Church, will benefit the Eureka Springs School of the Arts, an educational nonprofit offering classes in a variety of media and dedicated to support of the visual arts. Admission is by donation.

For further information, call (479) 253-8610.

HIFDA White Elephant sale Dec. 8 The Holiday Island Fire Department Auxiliary’s annual White Elephant Sale is Saturday, Dec 8, 7:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Holiday Island Clubhouse. This favorite sale is the place to shop for Christmas items, furniture, home decor, household goods, jewelry, antiques and much more – all priced to sell.

Proceeds benefit the Holiday Island Fire Department and first responders.

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INDEPENDENTNews Christmas traditions continue at Crescent Hotel

Christmastime at this Historic Hotel adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” of America has become one of the Ozarks’ Tuesday night at 8 p.m. following a most popular winter holiday traditions, Dickensian-themed feast at 6 p.m. in the including a weeklong schedule of activities hotel’s Crystal Ballroom. Reservations called “Christmas at the Crescent”. are recommended since seating is This year’s yuletide celebration runs limited. Some seating will be made from Dec. 1 – 7 at the hotel at 75 Prospect. available this year at a special admission The week begins with the Christmas price for patrons only attending the Forest Tree Lighting ceremony Saturday, performance.

Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. Twenty-five trees Thursday night The Ozarks Chorale adorning the hotel’s East Lawn can be will present a dinnertime concert, viewed on-property and seen from across “Sounds of the Season,” at 6:30 p.m. the valley at the East Mountain Overlook. during dinner and wine service in the Each tree will be uniquely decorated, Crystal Ballroom. Reservations are not each representing a different local or area required. charity.

Dr. Baker’s Bistro and Sky Bar is Santa is the star attraction at Santa’s where guests will want to congregate Brunch on Sunday, Dec. 2, for photo ops on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 6 and jolly good fun. Brunch is served from p.m. when the popular lounge and eatery 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. and Santa will be happy Let the fun begin – Each year a young transforms into a miniplex showing to pose for photos from 11 a.m. –1 p.m. person is chosen to illuminate the Christmas Christmas cinematic classics. There is Each weekday (except Thursday) at Forest at the Crescent Hotel. The 2012 no admission for this nostalgic trip down noon in the Crystal Dining room during illumination ceremony Saturday, Dec. 1, at memory lane. this holiday week, bands and choirs from 6 p.m., is a fundraising event for local/area Other events on this year’s weeklong charities and marks the beginning of the local area middle and high schools provide menu of activities are Thursday’s cheerful music for diners with medleys of festive “Christmas at The Crescent” week.

“Silver Tea,” a fundraiser to benefit Photo submitted by the crescent hotel Eureka Springs School of the Arts; festive tunes that always bring back happy holiday memories.

Friday’s “Chef Of The Day: Building a Something new this year will be Sunday Brunch;” and Friday evening’s “Stories for The Most Wonderful Time of The Year” presented performance of Intrigue Theater in the hotel’s satellite 1901 during dinner at the 1886 Steakhouse. Professional actors will Gavioli Chapel, 80 Mountain. festively portray seasonal stories, old and new, at 7 p.m. for For more information and the complete “Christmas steakhouse guests on Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday. at The Crescent” schedule, www.crescent-hotel.com/ The Holiday Readers Theater Troupe will present a rousing eurekaspringscalendarofevents.shtml.

Pine Mountain Village hosts 2nd Annual Village Stroll And Sale

On Dec. 8, Pine Mountain Village on US 62E hosts the Second Annual Stroll and Sale from 5 – 7 p.m. Check out special sales in the shops for this event. The Villagers are all in the Christmas spirit!

Shops will be open late with wonderful seasonal snacks for shoppers, carolers, street characters and Santa. The Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce lobby will be open with Santa in attendance to meet with children of all ages, taking orders for special Christmas wishes. Parents, be sure to bring your camera.

The final 2012 performance of “A Season of Celebration” at the Pine Mountain Theater will top the evening off at 7:30 p.m.

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Such a deal – Caitlin Cantele looks for the right spices and ingredients for

baking pies on Black Friday at T.J. Fokker’s discount store. Cantele’s mother and visiting grandmother cooked Thanksgiving dinner so she decided to repay them by baking pies. Staff at the discount store said business was steady with several customers buying clothing, shoes and Snuggies for Christmas gifts.

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there might be legitimate reasons for renting properties for only a week or so.

Alderman Karen Lindblad responded that the city had plenty of weekly properties available in commercial zones and she was concerned about protecting neighborhoods. Council voted 5-1, Ballance voting No, to extend the moratorium for 30 days.

At the Nov. 12 meeting, both Gwen Bennett and Bob Jasinski spoke up about the controversy. Bennett told council, “I hope you have the courage to prevent weekly rentals in our neighborhoods.” Jasinski asserted the licenses should never have been issued, and City Code requires the owners to have CUPs to operate their transient dwellings. He said the law was clear and council should change nothing in the Code.

At the Nov. 27 meeting, Jasinski reiterated what he had said before, which basically was tourist lodgings must have a CUP to operate in the R-1 zone. He said, “The simple issue is there is no issue. You don’t have to do anything but enforce the law as it is.”

Bennett pointed out property owners who are not skirting the law have invested much in their rental properties. She suggested council just tighten up the Code, which lists the permitted uses for each zone, and if a use is not listed, it is not permitted.

Blankenship then admitted perhaps the laws are clearer than it appeared in the spring. She said it might be useful to refine the language for R-1 zones so that it is clearer that single-family homes are not to be used as transient dwellings.

City Attorney Tim Weaver made it clear that the term “seven-day rental” means rental for residents, not transients.

He stated again Code says clearly renting for less than 30 days requires collection of the CAPC tax. The only issue is people have taken advantage of the language to rent homes to tourists.

Alderman Butch Berry agreed that City Code is adequate as it is, and alderman Ken Pownall said he thought there was not a single thing wrong with the law except maybe a tweak or two.

Jasinski added the intent is to differentiate between a landlord-tenant relationship instead of an owner being a licensee, and the important term was transiency. Besides operating without a

CUP, the owners are also getting around the parking requirements and other points in the code.

At this point, Alderman James DeVito moved to eliminate the item from the agenda.

Alderman Parker Raphael, however, wanted council to acknowledge the ten licenses were issued in error and direct the city clerk not to renew them.

Jasinski pointed out again the licenses were issued with no legal basis.

“They were void from inception,” he said, and the only issue is whether or not they get a refund.

Weaver clarified that the licenses are not invalid. A license is only a tax and what people do with the license might be liable for criminal prosecution.

After more legalese discussion about spot-zoning, taxing structures and non-permitted uses, DeVito moved to refund the fees paid per the 199 line item to the ten parties who paid them.

Regarding the Code, he said, “The best thing to do is nothing,” and he thought the refund was a good faith gesture by the city.

Ballance asked, “Why refund the money?” She said the city is pinching pennies and these licenses do not convey the right to do business. She said the city could let the owners pay in perpetuity if they want to pay.

DeVito countered the owners received bad information. The whole city has been unraveling the intricacies of law surrounding this, and everyone now knows the licenses had no legal standing.

Pownall insisted council would still be condoning the actions if it did not revoke the licenses.

The issue continued to evoke complicating nuances. Ballance pointed out the situation of a family who moves here and subsequently learns they must leave due to circumstances beyond their control. Weaver pointed out that was not the problem they were trying to solve, and DeVito commented they were trying to preserve the sanctity of the landlord-tenant relationship.

The vote on DeVito’s motion of refunding the license fee to the ten parties who paid it was 4-1-1, Raphael voting No, Ballance voting Present.

DeVito then moved to take the item off the agenda and the vote was unanimous.

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30. Printers’ measurements 32. Barbie’s darlin’ 33. Sways 35. Home for BandAids and Mercurochrome 36. One thickness 38. Separate 39. Void 40. Pelvic bones 41. Snarl 42. Listen 44. Snobbish 45. Formerly Christiania 46. Putin’s no 48. Solution 49. Unwrought metal

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ESTATE SALE 8 COLLEGE – Furniture and Household items – All proceeds going to “Doctors Without Borders” in memory of Clyta M. Holland. Saturday & Sunday 9-4

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE PECANS! HIGH QUALITY, FRESHLY CRACKED. Mitchell’s Folly, 130 Springs Street across from Palace Bath House. (479) 253-7030

VEHICLES FOR SALE ’86 FORD BOX TRUCK, 17’ box, runs good. $1500 firm. (479) 253-2853

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DUPLEX FOR RENT $400 + deposit.

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From $375/mo. (479) 253-4385 2BR/2BA HOME w 2-car garage. $750/mo, first/last/security deposit.

Call (479) 253-6283 or (479) 253-6959 2BR/1BA, FIREPLACE, newly painted, new carpenting on 23 wooded acres, lots of parking, fenced in back yard. $700/mo, first/last/security.

School bus stop. (479) 981-1686 LARGE 1BR partially furnished apartment, great location at Spring and King Street. Newly redecorated. $590/ mo + utilities. First/Last month and $75 cleaning deposit. (479) 253-6911

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FANNING’S TREE SERVICE Bucket truck with 65 ft. reach.

Professional trimming, stump grinding, topping, removal, chipper.

Free estimates. Licensed. Insured. (870) 423-6780, (870) 423-8305 HEAVEN SENT HANDYMAN Carpentry-repairs/remodeling, Flooring, Painting, Plumbing, Landscaping. Artistic problem solver, detail oriented, reliable, bondable.

(501) 650-0431 CHIMNEY WORKS Complete chimney services: sweeps, repairs, relining and installation. Call Bob Messer (479) 253-2284 TREE WORKS Skilled tree care: trimming, deadwooding and removals.

Conscientious, professional arborist and sawmiller.

Bob Messer (479) 253-2284

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE LAND FOR SALE

Climate Action Committee meets Dec. 6 Get ahead of rising energy prices! The Citizens’ Action Climate Committee will meet at 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 6 at the Library Annex. Program this month is on free services and financial incentives available for energy assessments, efficiency upgrades and renewable energy projects, both commercial and residential.

Everyone’s welcome to stop by, bring a power bill and sign up for a free energy assessment for home or business. Come at 5 p.m. for snacks and a video program, The Crash Course. The Crash Course provides a baseline understanding of the economy to better appreciate the risks we all face. Call (479) 244-0377 for more information.

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He suggested they could pass the budget by ordinance and settle the issue.

Council voted on the three motions, last to first. Vote on the motion to have the ordinance at the next meeting with an emergency clause was 3-3, DeVito, Berry and Raphael voting No, so it failed.

Vote on including a period of attrition was 6-0.

Vote on asking Weaver to draw up the ordinance and leave a blank for the number of officers was 4-2, Berry and DeVito voting No.

HAPPY 49 YEARS WED

OWNER MUST SELL 3 acre parcel, stunning Beaver Lake view, nearly level, paved road to parcel, private.

Prestigious neighborhood. Make an offer. (479) 899-6428 SEVERAL DIFFERENT MULTIPLE LOT HOME SITES to choose from in the historic district. Also 3 ½ acres near Grandview, Ark., and one lot on Hwy 62 West near Busch.

Owner financing. (479) 253-7030

XOXO

Four originals in HI Singers holiday program The Holiday Island Singers are enthusiastically rehearsing for two performances of their annual holiday concert; Saturday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 16 at 3 p.m. in the Holiday Island Clubhouse Ballroom. This year’s concert will include many seasonal favorites as well as some new pieces.

The Singers are honored to present four songs by local composer Ellen Stephenson, who has collaborated with Director Kerry Hays and the Singers on the presentation

of these pieces, including a touching and unique version of For the Beauty of the Earth.

Also included in the concert is The Twelve Days After Christmas, an oftenneglected part of the holiday season. You won’t want to miss A Celtic Silent Night, one of the prettiest arrangements of Silent Night ever written.

Tickets are $8 for adults (students free) and may be purchased from any Holiday Island Singer or by calling (479) 363-9818.

We wish you a merry –

Carolers, from left, Lavonne St. Clair, Vicky Vander Horn, Georgia Smith and Elinor Kelly sing during Santa Claus’s visit to Basin Park Friday, Nov. 23. The ladies hail from Eureka Springs, Berryville and Holiday Island.

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Turkey talk – Jack Dressler, right, is served a nice Thanksgiving Dinner at the ECHO building Nov. 22. The food was provided by the Flint Street Food Pantry and served by several volunteers including, from left, Doug, Savannah, Sadie and Paula Pfau and Cele Moyse. The Pfaus are from Ardmore, Okla., and volunteered their services by phone. Community Thanksgiving potlucks and dinners were also served at the Unitarian Church, Chelsea’s Corner Cafe and at Holiday Island.

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Ready for home tour –

Mary Weems, foreground, and Carole Martin string a garland over the door at First Baptist Penn Memorial Church in preparation for Saturday’s 30th Annual Christmas Tour of Homes.

The church will be the station for refreshments and a special 100th Anniversary presentation during the tour of homes on Main and Spring Sts. Photo by david frank demPsey

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36 INDIAN WELLS

19 JACKSON ST.

A great 656726 location for this ‘hidden’ cottage right off of Main Street places you right in the heart of Downtown Eureka Springs. This home is zoned commercial and can be used as nightly lodgings or as a residential home. $158,000.

PAUL FAULK 479.981.0668 eurekasprings-realty.com – pbfaulk@cox.net

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52 COPPER ST.

Great home on one of Eureka’s unique streets.

Views of downtown from deck & backyard.

Approx. 1,724 sq. ft. 2 bed/2 bath, 2 car garage with additional parking pad. PLUS additional 1 bed/1 bath & workshop, both with separate entrances.

Fireplace, Jacuzzi bath, eat in kitchen and lots of storage. This is a MUST SEE! $153,000.

AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com

a prime retail building, located right on historic Spring St. This building boasts a retail location on street level and a nitely rental unit on the second level with private entrance. Decks on front and back of building provide views! Unlimited possibilities are waiting for you! $490,500.

PAUL FAULK 479.981.0668 eurekasprings-realty.com – pbfaulk@cox.net

15 HOWELL ST.

11 HOWELL STREET

27 DOVE LANE

Nestled in the heart of historic downtown.

Beautiful wraparound porch and luscious gardens hidden behind stone walls.

Recently renovated with 623275 attention to details. 2 oversized bedrooms, hardwood floors, bright and airy.

Off-street parking and much more. $194,900.

OWNER FINANCING. AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com

Heart of ES, prime location,very well maintained on 2 city lots.

Wrought ironed fencing, stamped 665785 concrete patio/ motor court w/ electronic gates, wrap around balcony/ porch. Appraised 1/2012, under appraisal value, must see. Owner agent. Additional guest house & studio and garage available under MLS# 661098. Great in city compound with great privacy factor. $225,000.

AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com

15638–40 HWY. 62 WEST

42 VAUGHN ST.

Fantastic home and cottage or a great business opportunity.

Nestled on Hwy 664676 62 with great white river valley views from rear decks and high traffic visibility. Two individual homes offer multiple use possibilities or that quiet get away family compound.

1457 sq ft house and 910 sq ft cottage each hosting 2 bedrooms and 1 bath in each dwelling. Check it out at roadsidehaven.com. $189,900 AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com

totally renovated with every attention to detail & quality.

Approx. 2448 sq. ft. living space with formal areas, studio, bedrooms both up & down.

Great front & rear porches all nestled in a fabulous downtown location OFF STREET PARKING! $240,000.

AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com

152 CR 140

2 ALEXANDER ST.

Cedar home w/ 624162 guest house on 8.29 (+/-) acres, pond, beautiful mtn. views & land. The home features large open rooms, geothermal heat, generator, large windows, 2-car garage, 1-car carport, detached 3-car carport w/storage, guest house w/kitchenette, bath. POSSIBLE OWNER FINANCING. $449,900. $399,900.

AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com

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36 N. MAIN ST.

Own your own building right on Main St.! This structure currently houses 1 business in 2 spaces on street level and 3 nitely rental units on the 2nd floor. With the pedestrian foot traffic and Main St. location, this building boasts unlimited potential for those looking for that unique building that can make dreams come true!

Live and work is one possibility. Off street parking behind building. Now only $399,900.

AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com

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83 SPRING ST.

Custom built w/ top of the line amenities. Brazilian cherry floors, granite counters, marble vanities, coffered ceilings, crown molding, massive 661286 stone fireplace, wetbar, beech wood cabinets & more. Grand open living space, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, gourmet kitchen... LAKEVIEWS FOR MILES FROM ALL BUT 1 ROOM!!! $499,000.

CHERYL COLBERT 479.981.6249 Cherylcolbert.com – cjceureka@yahoo.com

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3070 CR 152

This charming low maintenance 2 bed/1.5 bath home offers an open floor plan, galley kitchen, bonus family 630241 room, built-in office space, wood burning fireplace & full basement for workshop or storage. Relax on back deck while enjoying nature. Corner lot backs up to green space for additional privacy. $120,000.

CHERYL COLBERT 479.981.6249 Cherylcolbert.com – cjceureka@yahoo.com

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666571 Victorian

641688 1 8 0 0 ’ s

shotgun-style farmhouse nestled on private wooded a c r e a g e offers end of road privacy and endless possibilities. Double parlor, front and back covered porches, upper balcony, garden space and old barn.

Hidden gem waiting to be uncovered. $149,900.

AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com

666355 Rare opportunity to own

NEW 665601 This home boasts an open living/dining area that has a wood burning fireplace. With the split floor plan, provides privacy. A great deck for entertaining and a fenced back yard. 2 car garage. Utility laundry room.

Close to all Holiday Island amenities. $135,000.

AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com

1058 CR 220

NEW

A rare opportunity to own 2 newer homes with 180’ views (see partial view pic) that you can see for MILES! Currently run as nitely rentals gives you the opportunity to live in 666522 one and rent the other. One home is a 2 bedroom 2 bath w/2 car garage. The other a 2 bedroom 1 bath.

Both have decks so you can enjoy the awe inspiring views! Sitting on 2.5 acres, provides privacy and room to grow. $260,000.

AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com

215 CR 301 GREENWOOD HOLLOW

This building currently houses ‘Enthios’. It is being used as a Dance Studio & Performing Arts Venue.

Right side of building is the 657734 dance studio with special flooring. The left side houses 4 suites being used in various artistic venues. The building can be used for any C-1 type of businesses. The building was formerly used as a coffee house. An incredible opportunity for that individual looking to house several different ventures or as a unique home or home business opportunity. $169,900 AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com