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Crowd tells legislators ‘just say no’ to SWEPCO power line Becky Gillette A sea of people wearing orange “No SWEPCO” t-shirts greeted Sen. Bryan King and Rep. Bob Ballinger at a forum last Thursday at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center. About 200 people opposed to the proposal by American Electric Power (AEP)/ Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) to install a massive 345-kiloVolt (kV) transmission line running about 50 miles through the Ozark Mountains were united in their resistance.

“I’m excited to see this kind of citizen involvement,” Ballinger said. “Citizen engagement makes for good government.”

He said the citizen opposition that has led to the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) approving a request from Save the Ozarks (STO) for a rehearing has been amazing, and “somewhat unprecedented.”

King agreed, saying most people don’t realize the impacts of a giant project like this until the bulldozers show up, and then it is too late. He spoke of an earlier Entergy power line project near Berryville where only 50 people showed up in opposition, and the project sailed through to approval.

King spoke about two bills legislators plan to file that would deal with citizens facing confiscation of their lands by eminent domain. One would reform eminent domain laws, another would establish an Office of Public Council within the APSC to advocate for citizens impacted by utility projects.

But some in the audience were not satisfied with actions of the two legislators representing this area that would be impacted by a SWEPCO power line that would carry eight to 16 times more electricity than needed in Carroll County. The legislators were asked why they hadn’t taken a position against the project earlier, rather than waiting until now when it has been 14 months since the Save the Ozarks and save us – Save the Ozarks founders Pat Costner (r.) and Doug Stowe go over talking points with State project was announced.

Senator Bryan King, seated, and State Representative Bob Ballinger before a public forum regarding SWEPCO’s proposed King said he had come out against the proposal, and his 345-kiloVolt power line across Carroll County. The meeting that drew about 200 people, to the admitted surprise of the SWEPCO continued on page 22 politicians, was held last Thursday evening at the Inn of the Ozarks.

This Week’s INDEPENDENT Thinker The Chamber of Commerce was contacted by a motorcycle club, Americas Guardians, for advice on their visit to Eureka Springs. Chamber officials suggested the group park at Community First Bank parking lot and CFB graciously agreed. When Dick Titus heard about this he felt it was a good time for the citizen group, Respect Eureka, to get involved.

Members of Respect met the bikers and offered ice water, directions and thanks for parking away from the downtown echo chamber. Michelle McDonald, owner of Eureka Van Tours, and others shuttled bikers downtown and back.

Creating solutions that advance goodwill right here at home makes our hearts whirl.

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Inside the ESI SWEPCO forum wrap-up

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Editorial 11

Mayor’s veto

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Independent Art

Mercy response

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High Falutin’

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CAPC 5

Notes from the Hollow

Planning 6

Astrology 19

Tram tours

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Indy Soul

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Marriage equality

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Nature of Eureka

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Limelight 9

Exploring the Art of Romance

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Independent Mail

Crossword 25

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Another year older. Bet’cha didn’t see that coming.

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Public comments against SWEPCO power line Becky Gillette Many area residents spoke clearly and firmly against the American Electric Power/ Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) power line project at a public meeting June 26. The $117 million project would string about 50 miles of power lines 130 to 160-ft. above the ground over some of the most scenic and environmentally sensitive areas of the Ozarks.

Pat Costner: Utilities running roughshod over the rights of citizens are a longstanding problem in Arkansas, the director of opposition group Save the Ozarks (STO) said. She said the fundamental problem with the Shipe Road to Kings River power line project and other major utility projects in the state is that the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) is a force unto itself that has shown itself to be biased towards the huge utility companies it is supposed to regulate.

Costner said local residents had only 30 days notice to respond to a vague and confusing letter stating their property might be in the path of one of six proposed routes for the power line.

“Some companies like Entergy meet with the public before sending out the first public notice,” Costner said. “SWEPCO doesn’t. We had only 30 days to figure this all out and hire an attorney to represent us.

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INDEPENDENTNews Rock St. dispute unsettled Nicky Boyette On June 23 the Eureka Springs City Council voted 4-2 to approve the third reading of Ordinance 2213 which vacated a portion “an unnamed, unopened street” which intersects property owned by Rachel and Ryan Brix. The following day, Mayor Morris Pate received a letter from Wade Williams, attorney for the owners of Marble Flats, a tract of land adjacent to the Brixes’ property, in which Williams requested that council table its consideration of the ordinance.

Williams’ letter was dated Friday, June 20, and in it he stated he and Matt Bishop, attorney for the Brixes, had “reached an agreement with regard to the Rock Street issue. The only remaining issue is a contingency that requires the city to grant specific easements in favor of Marble Flats.”

Williams went on to state, “I would request that consideration of the presently pending ordinance be tabled to allow for the completion of a survey of the specific centerline of the easement.

Upon completion of the survey, a revised ordinance will be drafted which can be approved by all of the parties and presented for a final reading and approved by council.

The revised ordinance would include a vacating of the portion of Rock Street requested by Mr. and Mrs. Brix.”

After receiving the letter on Tuesday, Pate said he consulted with City Attorney Tim Weaver who advised Pate to veto the ordinance and then, according to Pate, “we can deal with it at the next council meeting.”

“Weaver wants to make sure the attorneys are all on the same page,” Pate

said. He sent his Notice of Veto to City Clerk Ann Armstrong on Tuesday, June 25, stating six reasons for the veto: 1. At the council meeting, Weaver had cautioned, “… Council may wish to postpone the final reading of said ordinance until both attorneys could be present or he could speak with both of them.”

2. Council approved the third reading anyway.

3. Pate received the letter from Williams.

4. Pate showed the letter to Weaver.

5. Weaver responded, “The contents of the letter were true and this is the information he tried to relay to council.”

6. Weaver advised Pate to veto council’s vote until council could get the information contained in Williams’ letter.

Alderman James DeVito said council thought the parties had reached an amicable agreement. He asked, “What new information did the attorney have he did not present to council?” DeVito also said he felt sorry for the Brixes, but added it takes only four votes to override the veto. “There is a lot of conflicting information out there right now,” he said.

Alderman David Mitchell pointed out statements in Williams’ letter conflicted with what Weaver had told council regarding whether there were agreements or not. He also noted the letter was written on Friday before the council meeting but received after the meeting, meaning council could have seen it but did not get the opportunity. Mitchell also said there is still the possibility of a negotiated agreement which would be to everyone’s benefit.

Alderman Terry McClung has opposed the ordinance all along, and said,

“I don’t think the city should have given it up in the first place. That road was set there for a reason.”

“I’m glad it happened,” alderman Mickey Schneider commented regarding Pate’s veto. She said Weaver had cautioned against approving the ordinance “because of illegalities in it,” and she advocated “waiting until it gets worked out properly.”

Alderman Joyce Zeller’s comment on the veto was, “Well, it’s creating quite a stir.

There are aldermen who are upset.” She said they would review the mayor’s veto at the July 14 meeting, and “it takes four votes to override it.”

Zeller said she was elected to watch out for small business owners and “little guys,” meaning those standing up against others with more resources.

“This was unfair to the Brixes,” she stated, and said she had disagreed from the beginning with arguments against the Brixes’ request put forth by Williams on behalf of the owners of Marble Flats. “They MAYOR’S VETO continued on page 25

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INDEPENDENTNews Not Mercy, fire chief says Becky Gillette Jack Deaton, Holiday Island Fire Department chief, denies a statement

by Bob Gage published in the Eureka Springs Independent June 25 that personnel from the HIFD were wearing shirts with Mercy logos on them when they came to the aid of Gage, who had broken his leg after falling off a ladder while helping a friend at his home in Holiday Island in June 2013.

In the article, “Eureka man urges caution regarding chopper ride,” Gage said ambulance workers were wearing shirts with Mercy logos on them, and the air ambulance helicopter had a Mercy logo on it. Gage said he was talked into going to Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo., although he would have preferred going to Washington Regional in Fayetteville.

Gage said the emergency medical technicians told him he had to fly to Springfield because Washington Regional was backed up in surgery,

and they couldn’t get him in for an operation. Then he had to wait 24 hours before his leg was operated on at Mercy Hospital.

Deaton said none of their EMTs wear uniforms with Mercy logos, and neither do EMTs from the Eureka Springs Fire Department.

The Holiday Island Fire Department has a basic life support unit that stabilizes patients who are then transported by the Eureka Springs Fire Department.

“We have our own uniform shirts and Eureka Springs has its own uniforms,” Deaton said. “I don’t know where he came up with the idea we were wearing Mercy uniforms. We are not affiliated with Mercy. I don’t have anything against Mercy, but we would prefer to send patients to Washington Regional because it is 40 miles closer than Springfield. Either place is a great place to go.”

Deaton said Eureka Springs EMTs loaded Gage on an Air Evac helicopter ambulance that did not have Mercy written on it. He said he looked at records from the call regarding Gage’s

accident, and said the reason Gage was transported to Mercy Hospital was his physician was from Mercy Hospital.

“We usually take people to the hospital where their doctor operates,” he said.

Contacted for a response, Gage said all ambulance workers had blue polo shirts with Mercy on them, that his doctor doesn’t practice at Mercy Hospital Springfield, and that the ambulance workers were determined to take him to Mercy Hospital Springfield despite his desire to go to Washington Regional.

Gage said the helicopter had a Mercy logo on it. J. Chris Mattes, emergency services network coordinator for Mercy Life Line Air Medical Service, said the Air Evac Lifeteam has never been associated with Mercy or Life Line. Gage said he was billed $30,000 for the helicopter ride by Air Evac, and feels he didn’t need air ambulance transport for the broken leg, and would have gotten faster surgery by ground ambulance to the hospital of his choice, Washington Regional.

River Stewards lead 2nd protest July 5 Ozark River Stewards are planning a second protest float of the Buffalo River to help spread the word about the dangers of a confined animal feeding operation that was placed within the watershed. They invite all paddlers to join them on Saturday, July 5, at Grinder’s Ferry Access Point. They plan to begin decorating boats around 8 a.m. and will launch once shuttles have been worked out and everyone is ready to go around 9 a.m.

Participants are encouraged to make signs and decorations, but there will be extra to share. Load up your canoes and kayaks, and come Raise Your Paddle to protect the Buffalo River. For more information or weather updates, go to www.

SavetheBuffaloRiver.com or call (870) 480-8644.

Sugar Free – groovin’ at the library

The Sugar Free Allstars are returning to Carroll County Libraries as part of the Fizz! Boom! Read! Summer Reading Program. This high-energy live show is bound to crank out a rock and roll party for all ages. Imagine Deep Purple and Sly and the Family Stone had a love child that grew up in New Orleans listening to Ray Charles, Black Sabbath and Booker T. That child would be the Sugar Free Allstars!

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Kids and families can groove down, Monday, July 7, at the Green Forest Library at 10 a.m., Berryville Library at 1 p.m., and Eureka Springs Carnegie Library at 3 p.m. All programs are free of charge and open to all ages. For further information contact the library in Eureka Springs (479) 253-8754, Berryville (870) 423-2323 or Green Forest (870) 438-6700.

INDEPENDENTNews CAPC airs Aud concerns

Nicky Boyette Chair Charles Ragsdell told the City Advertising and Promotion Commission at its June 25 workshop, “The city must improve our ability to service customers who come to see shows at the auditorium but have difficulty finding a place to park.”

He said parking is the most common complaint he hears from visitors in town, and even extending trolley hours to provide rides for those attending shows would help tremendously.

Another concern he faced during Blues Weekend was having no designated loading zone for performers. He said he personally got a ticket while trying to help a performer unload equipment.

Finance Director Rick Bright added the auditorium has a handy lift for delivering equipment to stage level, but access to it is in a fire zone where no one can park.

“We’re finally getting feature acts at the Auditorium and we’re frustrating promoters who bring acts here,” he said. He asked that they continue this discussion at a workshop and prepare an ordinance regarding the loading zone for city council to consider.

Ragsdell said the Auditorium was another concern because according to the lease, the CAPC must present any requests for changes to city hall by Oct. 1 or the lease automatically renews, which means the CAPC would continue to operate the Auditorium for another year. He said it takes about $300,000 annually, all things considered, to run the building. Not included in that total would be much-needed renovations waiting for attention.

He insisted the CAPC should be focusing on its primary mission, bringing visitors to town, and running the Auditorium is not part of that mission.

He added he is in favor of a commission being set up according to state law to operate the facility, and citizens could vote to finance its operation with a 1/8-cent sales tax. He mentioned that grants might be available, but apparent misuse of grant funds in the past still reverberates with grantors.

The city owns the building, and it is typically the landlord who pays for major repairs, according to Ragsdell.

The city attempted to repair the heating system two years ago, but there are still

plenty of concerns, such as visible leaks and other signs of aging. He mentioned he personally paid for and performed repair to the basement floor, with help from two volunteers.

Ragsdell said a commission with a revenue stream could not only operate the facility and bring in top-notch entertainment, but also help the city develop a long-term plan for renovations and maintenance.

Commissioner Robert Schmid asked, “Why not walk away for a year and see what happens?”

“Without the Auditorium, many local events, like Opera in the Ozarks and schools events, would have to find alternate venues,” Ragsdell replied.

Executive Director Mike Maloney added, “Closure of the auditorium would turn away several thousand people and result in a tremendous loss of revenue.”

Schmid pointed out, “Yes, and that would put pressure on city council.”

Commissioners went through a litany of inconvenient truths about condition of the facility, yet, according to Ragsdell, it remains one of the best venues in the South for seeing a performance. He also pointed out because the CAPC continues to carry the ball, no one else has seriously offered to step up and take over. He added that if better parking were available, they could charge more for tickets.

The commission agreed to discuss the lease situation further and come to consensus about what to do before October.

In a slightly related matter, Ragsdell told commissioners he was informed by city hall the auditorium can be used to store banners for city events only. Ragsdell said there are a few promoters who come back year after year who store banners in an otherwise unused space, and he considered it a goodwill gesture by the city to accommodate them. He said he would do his best to enforce city policies, but hopes he can change this one.

Jackrabbit?

Commissioner Damon Henke came to Wednesday’s meeting with a slideshow presenting advantages of incorporating Jackrabbit, a reservation search engine that enables more direct searches for booking rooms in local lodgings. Henke said taking

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A little help from our friends:

Old high school property rezoned N icky B oyette The Planning Commission held a public hearing June 24 regarding rezoning the old high school property. David Kellogg, superintendent of the Eureka Springs School District, told commissioners a group of interested citizens has been meeting for more than a year to figure out what to do with the old high school property, and regardless of which professional confers with them, the question of zoning always arises. Kellogg requested the property be rezoned from R-1 to C-2-H. No one else spoke, so commissioners closed the Planning meeting and reconvened as the Board of Zoning and Adjustment to consider the request.

Commissioner Ed Leswig moved to rezone the property, and read the property

description into the record. Vote on his motion was 5-0-1, alderman Mickey Schneider voting Present.

Schneider later explained she is sitting on Planning temporarily to help ensure a quorum, and in order to prevent a conflict of interest, she will vote Present on issues that might also appear on the city council agenda.

Multi-family dwelling ordinance going in circles Leswig commented he was not sure why council had sent back the proposed ordinance he crafted requiring the owner of a multi-family dwelling to obtain and maintain a Eureka Springs business license. He suggested they ask the City Clerk to provide copies of the ordinance he had worked from and the one he is proposing, so aldermen could see the changes.

Is that a parking garage?

Commissioner Steve Beacham reported he had made slow but meaningful progress learning about zoning and City Code issues related to parking. He will continue to report back as they prepare to produce an ordinance that would regulate parking garages in town.

Leswig said the subject of a parking garage downtown reappears about every five years, and he heard a garage-building expert say years ago the garage would never pay for itself here, though economic viability is a discussion for council, not Planning.

Chair James Morris announced council had approved Woody Acord to sit on the commission.

Next meeting will be Tuesday, July 8, at 6 p.m.

This Week’s Must-Do Datebook (Short notice for last week’s long notices) Thursday, July 3 Business After Hours/Ribbon Cutting, Horizon Lakeview Restaurant, 5 – 7 p.m., 304 Mundell Road, off Hwy. 187. Food and schmoozing. See www.facebook.com/ HorizonEurekaSprings or phone (479) 253-5525.

Free.

Friday, July 4 Downtown Eureka Springs, Basin Park, 3 – 5 p.m., family games, music & fun. Parade at 2 p.m.

Holiday Island’s 5th Annual 4th of July, Recreation Complex at Holiday Island, 2 p.m. – until after fireworks Fireworks on the lake at Ventris Trail, 8 p.m.

See www.beaverlakeresorts.com.

Saturday, July 5 Ice Cream Social, 1 – 4 p.m. Grassy Knob Community Center, 12037 Hwy. 187. Grassy Knob VFD Auxiliary offers ice cream, cookies, a cool drink and schmoozing. (479) 253-8684.

Donation.

Opera Games, 2 p.m., Eureka Springs auditorium. Various characters from famous operas interact. Colorful, energetic, educational family fun. Free for children, $5 adults.

Fire on the Mountain, Saunders Heights in Berryville, fireworks at dusk.

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Americas Guardians – Linda and Ken Blackington, members of Americas Guardians Motorcycle Club, rode a sweet blue Harley here from Forney, Texas. Ken is a JP and retired police officer, and Linda is a retired nurse. They and some 80 riders in the club who parked at the Community First Bank really appreciated the ride to the Pied Piper and back from members of Respect Eureka. Photo by Gwen Etheredge

Sunday at EUUF Sunday, July 6, at the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 17 Elk St. – Justin Easter, Katie Smith Easter, Brian Manire and Gem Frederick will speak about their recent experience at the 2014 UUA General Assembly in Providence, RI. Program at 11 a.m., childcare provided. Afterward, join us for Salad Sunday meal of salads, bread, sweets, juice, wine, tea and great conversation. Bring something to share if you can. A bargain at $4/adult, $2/children; $10 max per family.

Proceeds go to charity.

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• Cup of Love free dinner, lunch, clothing – Free Mexican dinner Wednesdays at 5 p.m. Hearty soup lunch Fridays 9:30 – 2 p.m. Free clothing. Located in former Wildflower thrift shop (yellow building next to chapel) US 62E. (479) 363-4529.

• First United Methodist Church offers free Sunday suppers – 5:30 – 7 p.m.

Hwy. 23S. Night Church at 6 with short message and music. (479) 253-8987.

• Flint Street Fellowship food pantry, lunch, free clothing – Pantry open 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.

Free lunch Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Free clothes/shoes closet, books and household items. (479) 253-9491 or 253-4945. Leave donations in barrel at entrance if facility is closed.

• Wildflower food pantry, furniture bank and clothing – Wildflower Chapel (US 62E) free food pantry 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on Fridays. Thrift store and used furniture bank (now in big blue barn only) Wednesday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Friday 1 – 6 p.m. Drop off donations Thursday – Saturday 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

• GRIEF SHARE – 13-week grief recovery program. Sundays 2 – 4 p.m.

HI Community Church Fellowship Hall library (188 Stateline Drive). Join at any time. $15 workbook fee. (479) 253-8925, or e-mail lardellen@gmail.com.

• Celebrate Recovery – Soul Purpose Ministries, 801 S. Springfield, Green Forest, 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday.

Potluck meal followed by 12-step Christcentered meetings for those suffering from addiction, habit, hang-up or hurt.

• Coffee Break Al-Anon Family Group Women – Tuesdays, 9:45 a.m., Faith Christian Family Church, Hwy. 23S, (479) 363- 9495.

Meetings at Coffee Pot Club behind Land O’ Nod Inn: • Alateen – Sundays, 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Email alateen1st@gmx.com or phone (479) 981-9977 • Overeaters Anonymous – Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.

Barbara (479) 244-0070 • Narcotics Anonymous – Fridays, 5:30 p.m. (903) 278-5568 • Al-Anon Family Group (AFG) – Sundays, 11:30 a.m., Mondays and Tuesdays 7 p.m. • Eureka Springs Coffee Pot AA Groups Monday – Saturday 12:30 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.; Sunday – Thursday, Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Friday, 8 p.m.

(479) 253-7956 • Al-Anon Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. All other meetings: See www. nwarkaa.org

INDEPENDENTNews Tram tours teach tourists

Becky Gillette For first time visitors, roads in town can be something of a maze. Some are seriously steep, and it doesn’t help that some street names change every few blocks. One popular way to get the lay of the land, and an introduction to the stories behind the sights, is taking a 90-minute, open-air tram tour from the trolley station at 137 W. Van Buren (US 62).

The Historic District Tram Tour is ranked as the #1 activity in Eureka Springs

by TripAdvisor.com.

“Tram tours are very popular this time of year,” Joe Gunnels of Joe Gunnels Tours said. “Our guides this year are Tim Garrison, Dinny Bullard and me. Tim and I are multi-generation natives and Dinny has been here for almost 35 years. He is a great student of history, great public speaker. We are entertaining, but we are also educational. So a tram tour is the right place for someone to start a visit in Eureka Springs.”

Tour guides are happy to talk with people after the tours about activities and places to eat and shop, but don’t see that as their job during the tour.

“People are paying for a historic tour,” said Gunnels, a history buff who has been a tour guide in Eureka Springs since 1978.

“I know we are on the right track by the comments posted on TripAdvisor.com. I love seeing peoples’ faces light up when they are talking to each other and pointing at things saying, ‘Oh, my gosh.’ There is a look of wonder in visitors’ eyes as we go through the historic district.”

Joe Gunnels Tours started in 1988. A few years later the city decided to restrict motor coaches, RVs and big trucks from the narrow downtown streets. Initially the idea was just to have the trams for motor coach visitors, but they decided to open it up to individual travelers, as well.

Gunnels loves to talk about what makes Eureka Springs unique.

“One of the things I like about Eureka Springs is that it is eclectic,” Gunnels said.

“It is definitely a melting pot of people who get along. That doesn’t mean they agree, but they get along. I talk about the Native American history. When warring tribes were around the springs at the same time, they would never fight. They would leave weapons outside of the area because it was a place of peace and healing. They didn’t want to cause the healing spirits to leave.”

He talks about how that tradition continued during the Civil War with both Union and Confederate soldiers coming to a field hospital under a rock bluff near Basin Spring for treatment.

“Both armies could be here at the same time for medical treatment and entertainment, and they wouldn’t fight,” he said.

Gunnels is always looking for new material.

“I continually study Eureka Springs history,” he said. “I try to find something new every year that I didn’t know the year before. I concentrate on the history.

I try to stay as factual and accurate as possible.

“And times change. There was a time when I used to do a lot of humor on my tours. I still throw in a joke or two. But I don’t do as many jokes anymore because there is so much history to discuss, starting in 1829. We have 185 years of history to talk about in 90 minutes. We don’t have time to talk about everything I want to talk about anyhow.”

With the slow pace of the tours and narrow streets, sometimes cars will pile up behind the trams. Most locals are goodnatured about it, but occasionally drivers will be impatient and might even blare their horn and yell when they finally pass.

“The tram drivers are pretty conscious about it,” Gunnels said. “When they are at a location where traffic can go around us, they will pull over and then sometimes I will at that point wave them around. People need to understand that tourism is what we are about here in Eureka Springs.”

While the trams will hold up to 70 people, they’ve done tours for just one person. Larger groups are the norm, and more than 6,000 people took the tours in 2013.

Gunnels is tour guide for the motor coach groups, while the other two guides primarily guide tours for individual travelers.

“I love the groups,” Gunnels said. “I love them laughing. We do make it fun.

But I want to make sure what they get is accurate. Hopefully, you can believe 100 percent of what you hear on a Joe Gunnels Tour.”

Tours run at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. seven days a week from May through October. For more information, see www.

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INDEPENDENTNews Married To Equality reception honors same-sex newlyweds The first city in Arkansas to officially endorse marriage equality, and the first with a Domestic Partnership Registry, will bring back the first same-sex couple married in Arkansas for a weekend vacation and open-to-the-public wedding reception in August.

Jennifer Rambo and Kristen Seaton of Fort Smith, Ark., made history at the Carroll County Courthouse in Eureka Springs when on May 10 they were granted a marriage license the day after the state’s gay marriage ban was declared unconstitutional by a state court. That ruling was later stayed by the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Cheryl K. Maples, the Searcy attorney who won the lawsuit striking down the same-sex marriage prohibition, and former Carroll County Deputy Clerk Jane Osborn, who issued the first marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples, will be guests of honor.

Billed as the “Married To Equality” reception from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. on

August 2, the event will be one of the highlights of the town’s annual Summer Diversity Weekend, Aug. 1-3. Sponsored by the local LGBT travel and visitor website, Out In Eureka, the reception will be hosted by Farm-to-Table FRESH restaurant. “Eureka Springs has long been known as the Wedding Capital of the South,” restaurateur Ken Ketelsen said. “This will be a special event for the celebration of marriage and a time to congratulate all couples who have embarked on that journey.”

Other top restaurants in town will provide appetizers, desserts and multiple wedding cakes. Seaton, 27, and Rambo, 26, will stay in a VIP suite at Heart of the Hills Bed & Breakfast Inn, owned by Eureka Springs alderman David Mitchell.

Rogue’s Manor and DeVito’s restaurants will provide dinners for the couple.

“My sense is that the town wants to acknowledge and celebrate the day Eureka Springs became the first city in in which pioneering same-sex couples

could be married,” Michael Walsh, coowner of the Out In Eureka website, said. “We made a lot of history and headlines on May 10 and this is a good way to commemorate that day.”

While party essentials have been nailed down, anyone who wants to contribute to the effort is welcome to participate.

“This is an opportunity to create a community-based event involving a wide cross-section of the community,” Walsh said. “The CAPC, the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce, retailers, restaurants, hotels, galleries, artists or individuals are invited to help out in any way they see fit. All they need do is call me at (479) 244-5297.”

Oh happy day – Attorney Cheryl K. Maples is flanked by a happy Jennifer Rambo and Kristen Seaton – the first gay couple to be legally married in the State of Arkansas.

Photo by Becky Gillette

NW Arkansas prairie restoration discussion July 6 Dr. David Chapman, professor of Poultry Science at the University of Arkansas, can normally be found researching avian diseases at the Fayetteville campus, but as an active conservationist he is also found volunteering for woodland, meadow, and prairie restorations in northwest Arkansas as well as in the United Kingdom.

Tall-grass prairies once were a prominent feature covering more than 100,000 acres in the northwest Arkansas landscape, but plowing, burning, and the influx of invasive species have changed the landscape immeasurably. Chapman will speak at Hobbs State Park about the 8 |

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success of the Lake Fayetteville prairie restoration program as well as several other northwest Arkansas restorations.

Reestablishing prairie land means more butterflies, more dragonflies, more songbirds, more small mammals and a return to the natural beauty of the combination of native grasses and wildflowers.

Join Dr. Chapman Sunday, July 6, 2 p.m., at Hobbs State Park visitor center on Hwy. 12 just east of the Hwy. 12/War Eagle Road intersection to learn what it takes to restore our lost northwest Arkansas prairieland. There is no charge.

For more info call (479) 789-5000.

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Dancing in the Melonlight – From left are Ayla Thayer, Rachel Gibbons, Maggie Mae, Raymond Ulibarri, Emma Anne and Caia Pattynama. All six dancers are moving to town, and you’ll meet them at a sneak peak performance at Melonlight Dance Studio’s Grand Opening July 19.

From limelight to Melonlight Eureka’s newest business dances into town Eric Studer Emma Ann and Ray Ulibarri started dancing together 14 years ago. After 12 years as partners and founders of the successful Melonlight Studios in Denver, Colo., their search for a new home led to the discovery of Eureka Springs. They will open the new Melonlight Dance Studio, Eureka’s first full-service dance and performance studio, on July 15 in The Quarter. The community is invited to a Grand Opening celebration Saturday, July 19, 3 – 9 p.m. featuring their sixmember entourage.

“Ray and I first danced together in high school. He told me the brain is like a ‘melon of creativity,’ so someday, rather than dancing in the limelight, we would be dancing in the melon light. Our business really

started there. After a successful run in Denver, we decided to move out of state for the first time in our search for a new place to live with beautiful and affordable land. After looking at property in Branson, we visited Eureka Springs. We found it to be a ‘magical and welcoming place’ that spoke to our creative hearts. It didn’t take long for us to decide we had found our new home,” Emma said.

And they’re not coming alone. In addition to Emma and Ray, four Denver staff members will also relocate to the Eureka Springs area. “We’ll hold auditions for new ensemble members soon to help with lessons and special events,” Emma added.

Melonlight Dance is a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding minds and bodies through dance

education, public performance, special events and other creative endeavors.

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Where’s Katharine Hepburn reading the Declaration of Independence?

Editor, I found out on June 25 there was not going to be a 4th of July parade in Eureka Springs due to organizer Sue Glave’s health problems. I quickly called city hall and talked to Diane Wilkerson, Mayor Morris Pate’s assistant, and asked if I could pull a permit for the parade in Sue Glave’s honor.

The answer was yes, so I called Sonny Carter who is running for State Rep. District 97, and Eureka Springs Auctions and Market on Hwy. 62, and they put together funding to pay the $25 parade permit. I needed a banner, so I asked James DeVito if he would pay for the banner and he said yes, so I called Master’s Sign Co. and Jamie and Tag put the banner together for me in one day. It was placed above Spring and Main Sts. by Public Works.

I was given no list or guide to go by to invite people to participate. I got out the

yellow pages and started calling everyone and went to Facebook and started connecting with people. The Chamber quickly put the word out and so we have a parade, Friday, July 4, at 2 p.m.

Mayor Morris Pate is our Grand Marshal, Butch Berry Mayor Candidate 2015, Sonny Carter will be represented, Chief Earl Hyatt, the Jerry Landrum Brass Band, The Recycling Bus, American Legion Post #36, trikes driven by Legion riders of Holiday Island, Eureka Springs Fire Department, Holiday Island Fire Department, Uncle Sam, Bridges Family Float, Michael Doss, Save the Ozarks, Good Shepherd dogs and volunteer walkers, Eureka Springs Post Office, Elvis, Eureka Van Tours, A Cup Of Love Ministries, Opera in the Ozarks, Carroll County Cruisers, Art Colony, Arkansas Compassionate Care, Ivan Of the Ozarks, Mark the Balloon Guy, Pine Mountain Jamboree and others.

Following the 4th of July Parade will be fun festivities in Basin Park hosted by the Downtown Network.

Regina Smith

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Insulate and provide jobs

Editor, Last night I attended the SWEPCO forum in Eureka Springs and thank Faith Petit-Shaw, Pat Costner and Doug Stowe for their supreme efforts in organizing a grassroots effort to save the Ozark Mountains from an obsolete system of energy distribution. Their tireless work has produced impressive results and it is the responsibility of all us to continue this massive effort.

Global warming, i.e., climate change, is a real threat to all life on our planet. The oceans are becoming acidified from the burning of coal and fossil fuels and their carbon released into the atmosphere. Currently there is the massive die off of star fish and ocean snails, the base food for all sea life.

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@feministy --- Nobody cares that Viagra is covered by insurance, but the legalities of covering birth control keep going to SCOTUS? This is wrong, America.

@Cheeseboy22 --- Taught a man how to BUY a fish. So much easier. @JaiyeJones --- Here’s an olive branch. Please choke on it. @robfe --- How to make the World Cup more exciting: Refs are on stilts. The ball screams when kicked. Kissing is legal. 1 player gets to use a car. Snakes. @newstart43 --- Frankly auto correct, I’m getting tired of your shirt. @UnicornSyrup --- “I just read last year 4,153,237 people got married. I don’t want to start any trouble, but shouldn’t that be an even number?” @GSElevator --- Checking your phone after someone else pulls out their phone is the yawn of our generation.

@senderblock23 --- Does 50 cent now go by 64 cent due to inflation? The answer may surprise you.

@StephenAtHome --- A new study says schizophrenia and pot smoking are genetically linked – but don’t worry, another study says you’re just being paranoid.

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@Zen_Moments --- Art is when you hear a knocking from your soul – and you answer. ~ Star Rich

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Reduce, Reuse, RECYCLE

GUESTatorial More for less

Restructuring the Arkansas electrical system

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nvestment in energy conservation, energy efficiency and local and community solar generation provides greater benefits at a much lower cost than transmission lines, without destroying the Ozarks’ environment and public health.

Lean thinking and new rules with minimal investment and community participation will improve our economy and electric system. Lean Power is about eliminating waste.

Remote bulk generation with transformers, power stations and transmission lines, create unnecessary waste. Local power generation, one panel at a time, with no wires in the sky, is a superior solution. Energy conservation, energy efficiency and local and community power generation are 21st century solutions.

Restructuring is about changing what we have, incrementally, with simple and effective solutions to solve high priority problems. Minimal investment is needed to remove waste; creative solutions that prevent and eliminate waste have benefits that far exceed their costs.

Case in point: Last October we had outages in NWA due to squirrels looking for shelter. “A squirrel got into power lines, causing an outage Thursday morning, according to Peter Main with SWEPCO. More than 3,000 customers lost power for a little more than half an hour, starting at 9:36 a.m., said Main. Crews were able to unlock the lines and restore power after 10 a.m.” This is a common situation that can be easily solved looking at how squirrels get to power transformers: if you can think like a squirrel, simple, low-cost solutions can be found.

Ice storms are always blamed for power outages. However, if you look around towns and country roads, power lines are hanging low near branches waiting for the next ice storm. This is what we need to fix: an old distribution system, ignored until the power goes out. Power line maintenance is an expense electric cooperatives and SWEPCO don’t want to pay. Instead, they wait until the power is out and send emergency crews in the middle of the night, at high risk and high cost.

Not all public service commissions are alike. Some take an active role planning ways to provide the best service with new technologies. Others make sure utilities follow the mandated process and help utilities expedite approvals. Several bills by Arkansas State Sen. Bryan King and State Rep. Bob Ballinger are in the works, but restructuring of the Arkansas energy system is badly needed.

Transmission expansion is the only strategy Arkansas utilities have had since 2002. Twelve years later, in 2014, adding transmission lines is a failed idea that will not improve grid reliability, it will only make a bad situation worse. With a 12 percent guaranteed return on investment, utilities will request more and more lines.

There are better ways using new technology and new rules. Public service commissions are taking the lead. Bulk remote power generation, an outdated inefficient energy model, was rejected in 2014 by the State of New York Public Service Commission.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utility is “remaking the electric grid as it might have been designed by Steve Jobs: elegant, customer-friendly, and with functionality that was previously unimaginable,” said Paul Gromer, former Massachusetts State Energy commissioner.

The Arkansas Public Service Commission has the opportunity to be the next great state to restructure its electrical system and its economy. Bigger is not better; future electric grids are smaller and aimed at people, businesses, and communities. Today, ratepayers have the resources to get where we need to go, but not if we allow utilities to stack billions of dollars of debt for unnecessary transmission expansion on our shoulders.

Transmission expansion has no role in right-sized solutions that are cost effective and slash deadly carbon dioxide emissions.

Using less energy, eliminating power losses, and finding the root causes of power outages, is a superior strategy for future electric needs. Capital investments, with money we don’t have for unnecessary transmission lines, are not what we need.

Solar systems grow one panel at a time. At less than $2 per watt, less than $12,000 for an average household, grid-tied solar solutions are affordable today. Using microgrids, local and community solar systems, new grid architecture designs are right-sized to match consumer needs.

Dr. Luis Contreras

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by Dan Krotz he church I belong to volunteers at a local food shelf every Friday. I do client intakes: check IDs, income, and residency. Like clockwork, a waltzing, mentally-ill guy shows up to get his stuff. I check him in. He’s on full disability, food stamps, in government subsidized housing, and always makes sure he gets his allotment of chicken.

The guy is notable because he’s loud, and because of what he says. He’s a news buff. Last week the news was that President Obama was “bowing down before foreign kings” and that Mrs. Obama is holding Muslim séances in the family quarters with that old Panther-Commie, Angela Davis. “I didn’t know that,” I say.

He snorts. “Everybody knows that! Where ya been?”

Maybe he’s super nuts. Maybe not. He’s never said that he’s a Libertarian – which would explain the voices he hears – but on previous visits he’s encouraged everyone to vote for Tom Cotton and, on his May visit, he handed out Club for Growth fact sheets describing the model of broom Nancy Pelosi flies.

During the 20 minutes he’s in the building I hear my own voices. It’s my mother. If I saw a bum on the street, I’d sniff, “what a bum.” And Ma would say, “Oh. That’s Jesus in disguise. He’s testing you. You’re not doing too good…”

Obviously, I need help. Maybe Bob Ballinger and Bryan King will come to the food shelf Friday, June 27, 10 a.m. sharp, and meet with the guy. It will be a friendly visit with a fan; just three reality challenged loud guys who think the same way. King and Ballinger can explain to him what getting the Federal government off our backs means – and what he, and the other 19 percent of all Arkansans who depend on government remittances to meet basic needs – can do to help.

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INDEPENDENTNews Waiters take your mark …

But forget the order pads! If you’re good at balancing a tray you’re wanted for the Fleur Delicious Weekend Spring Street Waiters’ Race at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 12.

The course begins at Eureka Grill, 71 Spring, and finishes at Basin Spring Park. No pre-registration required – just be in front of the Eureka Grill by 2:30 p.m. to sign in for the race.

First Place prize is $200 cash from DeVito’s of Eureka Springs. Second Place prize is a $100 gift certificate from

Gaskins Cabin Steakhouse and Third Place is a $50 gift certificate from Farm-to-Table FRESH. Each place winner will also be awarded a bottle of Ciroc Vodka.

After the race, hang around for fantastic post race music in Basin Park with Handmade Moments performing at 3 p.m. and Brave Combo at 6 p.m. For more info and updates, see www.

FleurDeliciousWeekend.com or Fleur Delicious Weekend Eureka Springs, AR on Facebook.

INDEPENDENTConstablesOnPatrol June 23 8:20 a.m. – A father told ESPD his daughter’s boyfriend stole $250 and his cell phone and then drove away in his daughter’s car. The father said he found his phone in the bushes.

2:40 p.m. – Group home for youth in Fayetteville reported a female runaway was in Eureka Springs and had called them asking to go back home. Constable brought her to the station where she waited for a ride to the group home.

June 24 12:16 a.m. – Constables arrested an individual on a CCSO warrant.

2:55 p.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for multiple warrants plus driving on a suspended license, failure to pay registration fee and open container.

9:20 p.m. – A mother asked ESPD to remove her adult son from her premises.

Constables responded and the son left.

9:38 p.m. – Three callers reported a loud boom in the hills east of downtown. Constables scoured the area but could not find the source of the noise.

June 25 10:13 a.m. – There was a one-vehicle accident on Planer Hill. No injuries.

3:11 p.m. – Constable performed a walk-through of a vacated rental property to check for damages or anything illegal.

3:11 p.m. – Two vehicles collided near Lake Lucerne. No injuries.

4:30 p.m. – Driver backed into another vehicle in a downtown parking lot and reported it. No one was injured and the road was clear. Constable arrived to take a report.

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the premises causing trouble because another resident had taken a photo of the non-resident’s license plate. The photographer had suspected the nonresident of possible drug activity.

Constables intervened, and the nonresident went away.

5:19 p.m. – Witness reported an erratic driver at the intersection of Hwy. 23 and US 62. Constables kept watch for the vehicle.

7:11 p.m. – Wife reported her husband was throwing things and he would not leave. A constable went to the scene and escorted the husband to his hotel room for the night.

June 26 3:06 a.m. – A woman on Main St. flagged down a cop and said her husband had been in an altercation and left the scene on foot. Constables looked for did not encounter the husband.

10:28 a.m. – Caller told ESPD his chainsaw and compressor were missing from his shed.

12:55 p.m. – Innkeeper reported the theft of pillows and pillowcases by a guest.

June 27 5 p.m. – One car hit another one in a parking lot. The adverse driver waited a bit for the victim to return, but after awhile left a note and departed. The victim returned and called ESPD to get the adverse driver’s information.

6:01 p.m. – Group staying at a local inn found blood on their sheets. Constable arrived at the scene to mediate and escorted the group to a different motel.

9:35 p.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for driving on a suspended license due to DWI. June 28 7:16 a.m. – Passerby reported seeing a male passed out in the middle of town.

Constable spoke with the individual

and called a taxi for him.

3:41 p.m. – Storeowners reported a man on a bike accidentally put a hole in their window. They asked for a report so he would pay the damages.

Everyone cooperated.

7:05 p.m. – An individual was being loud and uncooperative in a restaurant, but upon the arrival of a constable he made his exit without further ado.

10:42 p.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for possession of a controlled substance.

June 29 12:27 a.m. – Tow truck driver reported there was a dispute over a vehicle he was about to tow. Constable responded and everything worked out fine.

1:54 a.m. – Resident in a neighborhood near downtown reported a male incapacitated in a vehicle parked on the street. Doors of the vehicle were still open and the male would not respond to her husband. Constables arrived and arrested the individual.

11:51 a.m. – Passerby saw a dog roaming free on Magnetic Springs Road. Animal Control went to the scene and discovered the dog was out of city limits and he could not get it to respond anyway. The dog’s owner later called in to say she would try to find it.

7:56 p.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for driving on a suspended license.

9:20 p.m. – Central dispatch alerted ESPD to a vehicle westbound on US 62 carrying passengers throwing things at other vehicles. Constable waited at the city limits, initiated a traffic stop and spoke with the driver.

11:05 p.m. – Constable initiated a stop on a scooter and arrested the driver for driving on a suspended license and no proof of insurance.

INDEPENDENT Art & Entertainment Kick off Fleur Delicious with Sips and Samples Start Fleur Delicious with the delicious part on July 8, 5 – 7 p.m. at The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, 515 Spring. Tease your senses with Fleur d’oeuvres (with Fresh Harvest oils and Spice Boat spices and rubs) from Cordon Bleu Chef Rodney Slane, duck from K.J. Zumwalt of Caribé Restaurant and Cantina, a farm fresh delight from DeVito’s of Eureka Springs and a

decadent dessert from Farmto-Table FRESH. And let’s not forget the libations – all this will be accompanied by a variety of red and white wines!

Tickets are a $15 donation to the Writers’ Colony. Call (479) 253-7444 or email director@ writerscolony.org and don’t miss one scrumptious nibble or sip at this fun(d) raiser for the writing arts.

Swiggart to be honored at gala concert Met star Latonia Moore featured

A Gala Concert saluting General Director Emeritus Jim Swiggart and his wife, Janice, of Opera in the Ozarks, will be held Sunday, July 13, at 4 p.m. at the Arend Arts Center, 1901 SE J Street, in Bentonville.

The concert features an alumna of Opera in the Ozarks, American soprano Latonia Moore, who made an unexpected and triumphant debut at the Metropolitan

Opera in March of 2012 as Aida. The concert will also feature OIO students plus nationally renowned tenor Joel Burcham.

There will also be some truly spectacular items up for bid during a silent auction. Tickets are reasonable for an event of this magnitude, only $27, and can be purchased by calling the OIO box office (479) 253-8595 or by visiting www. opera.org.

Coming up at ESSA Call ESSA at (479) 253-5384 or see www.essa-art.org to register or for more information on any of these great summer workshops.

July 14 – 18 Kandy Jones, Creating a Mad Hatter Marquee for ESSA; Marlene Gremillion, Wire Manipulation to Create Unique Jewelry July 21 – 25 Marlene Gremillion, Realistic Flowers: Painting & Manipulating Watercolor. July 22 – 24

Lyla Allison, Intermediate Metalsmithing July 23 – 25 Lisa Kerpoe, Hidden Treasures: the Art of Upcycling July 28 – 29, Annie Tagg, Beginning Acrylic Painting July 28 – Aug 1 Lew Aytes, Figure Sculpture (scholarship available) Judy Lee Carpenter, Jewelry Basics: Stone Setting July 30 – Aug. 1 Annie Tagg, Acrylic & Mixed Media.

The inimitable Brave Combo

Add some music to your Second-Saturday Gallery Stroll and enjoy Brave Combo, the unpredictable Grammy-winning band of nuclear polka scientists from Denton, Texas, at 6 p.m. in Basin Park on July 12.

Brave Combo celebrates its 35th anniversary with a stop at the Second-Saturday Music in the Park concert series. The group was formed in 1979

by Carl Finch to bring a truly alternative sound with polka music at its core! Brave Combo has toured extensively and had songs featured in myriad motion pictures and television programs.

L ittle J ack M elody , D anny O’B rien , A lan The band’s path to E mert , J effrey B arnes , C arl F inch P hoto by E d S teele P hotography LLC success has always been an unconventional one, often looking to the forgotten, ignored or albums and have more than 2000 songs maligned for inspiration – a great fit for in their vast repertoire. See more at www.

Eureka Springs! They’ve released 40-plus brave.com/bo/.

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Palette to Palate: paint and partake!

It’s the most fun you can have with a paintbrush and a fork without risking jail time.

ESSA’s Fleur Delicious Palette to Palate event at Caribé Restaurant on Friday, July 11, 6 – 9 p.m. is all about art and food. Play with it, arrange it, paint a picture of it and even eat it.

No matter whether you’re a master still life artist or have an I-can’t-sitstill life and have never painted, you have an easel waiting and a place at the table with award winning artist, Denise Ryan. Join her on a grand adventure

and paint your own still life while enjoying savory snacks and a cash bar.

A $40 charge covers all necessary art supplies, and all skill levels are welcome. Bring a friend or two or come solo and meet like-minded connoisseurs of art and delicious food.

Seating is limited, so reserve now by calling ESSA (479) 253-5384 to make reservations and arrange to pay at the door.

Infinite Choices: Character Driven Stories This half-day workshop will be taught

by Pat Carr from 1 – 4 p.m., Saturday, July 12, on topics including getting to know your characters before you start, giving every character a motive, making the reader care and resolving conflict with psychological truth. Receive step-by-step techniques with time to write.

Carr has published 16 books, more than 100 short stories, and has won numerous awards. Workshop is $25 at the Village Writing School, 177 Huntsville Road. Register online at villagewritingschool.com or email alisontaylorbrown@me.com. (479) 2923665.

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INDEPENDENTHIGH (Falutin’) SOCIETY Food Tuesdays – Peggy Pot (left) and Pam Bolerjack did a stir fry food demonstration at the Tuesday Farmers’ Market and offered samples of two delicious, healthy seasonal vegetable dishes – one with noodles and sesame, honeyginger sauce and one with rice and chilimango sauce.

They also shared a delicious basil sorbet.

Don’t miss next Tuesday’s food fun!

Photo by Becky Gillette

Fudge for troops – Denise at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, 5 Spring St., invites everyone to come in and buy a pound of fudge this month. For every pound sold in July, they’ll send a pound to our troops in November. Rocky Mountain’s franchisor also matches the shipments, making this a sweet deal for our troops. Have your chocolate and share it too!

Photo by Gwen Etheredge

Positive idea – The team from Positive Idea Marketing, owner and producer of the I Love Eureka Springs website, puts a portion of all business sales aside for worthy causes. The business recently donated those accumulated proceeds to two local charities. Each receiving a check for $1,000 are Pat Kasner, left, of Flint Street Food Bank and Tracellen Kelly of Good Shepherd Humane Shelter.

Photo by Melanie Myhre

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Good will ambassadors – Several residents turned out to welcome the motorcycle club, Americas Guardians, to town and thanked them for parking outside the Historic District by offering cold water and rides into town. Back row from left, Rick Feutz and Steve Beacham. Front from left, Michelle McDonald, Lori Menichetti, Dick Titus, Judy Montgomery, June Easton and service dog, Magnus.

Photo by Gwen Etheredge

Fancy footwork – Emma Ann and Ray Ulibarri pose in Basin Park during a brochure photo shoot for Melonlight Dance Studio, opening July 19 in The Quarter. The couple, along with some staff from their studio in Denver, recently moved to town and can’t wait to dance with us! Photos submitted

High falutin’ – Ray Ulibarri of Melonlight Dance Studio saves his fancy footwork for the floor and pitches in on a higher level to get the new studio ready for classes on July 15.

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Mutual admiration – John Rankine and Susan Krotz discuss John’s photographic installation, Posy, at Norberta Philbrook Gallery. Fellow photog, Barb Kerbox, calls his unique work the “John’s eye view.”

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Pig – out! – On May 9 a group led by part time local, George Meyer, and his puppet theatre friends marched into Cargill’s headquarters in Hopkins, Minn., to deliver a letter of opposition to the building CAFO hog farms in the fragile karst system of the Ozarks. “You can’t claim to protect the planet while ‘nourishing the world,’ as you claim, yet use dangerous and unreliable technology to dispose of animal waste.” Upstream from a national river. Next to a school. In our home, not yours. Know what we mean?

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Fleur Delicious Celebrates the Senses

Break out your beret and pencil moustache and come touch, see, smell, listen and feast during our French themed week with a street fair atmosphere Wednesday, July 2 Ciroc Vodka Bartender Competition, 5:30 p.m. at New Delhi Café, 2 N. Main.

July 8 – 13 Fresh Harvest and The Spice Boat in Pine Mountain Village shopping center on US 62E are offering tasting and “sniffing” tours, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., for the duration of the six-day celebration.

Practical Magic Art Supply at 34 N. Main invites everyone to wear a beret during Fleur Delicious and receive a free paintbrush. Open 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Tuesday, July 8 Guest Chefs’ Presentation, 5 – 7 p.m. Samplings and sips at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, 515 Spring St. Feast on appetizers from Cordon Bleu Chef Rodney Slane, duck from K.J. Zumwalt’s Caribé Restaurant, a farm-fresh delight from DeVito’s of Eureka Springs and a decadent dessert from Fresh Harvest – all accompanied by a variety of red and white wines. $15 donation. (479) 253-7444, or email director@writerscolony.org.

Tuesday – Thursday, July 8 – 10 Spookalicious Tour and Spirit Tasting 9:30 – 11 p.m.

Crescent Hotel, 75 Prospect Ave. This 1½ hour Spirits Tour of the haunted Crescent Hotel will end in the morgue! There you will be met by the notorious Dr. Norman Baker for a taste of “Secret Remedy No. 5.” Adults $20 plus tax, 12 and under $10. Tickets via Crescent Hotel, mention “Spookalicious,” (479) 253-9766.

Wednesday, July 9 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 6 – 8 p.m. Wednesday Over Water/Fleur Delicious Tasting, 600 Museum Way, Bentonville.

Gaskins Cabin Steakhouse, 5 – 9 p.m. Enjoy a four course wine dinner. 2883 Hwy. 23N, (479) 253-5466.

Thursday, July 10 Eureka Springs Farmers’ Market, 7 a.m. – Noon. Cooking demos with Chef Dave of The Grand Taverne and KJ of Caribé. Pine Mountain Village Center, US 62E. Wine Sensory Experience at Keels Creek Winery with Dr. Renee Threlfal, 3 – 5 p.m.

Explore the scientific process of evaluation using the five senses. Enhance your wine tasting ability and learn the basic aspects of sensory evaluation with tastings of specific wine characteristics. $30 per person. (Must be over 21), 3185 E. Van Buren (US 62E), (479) 253-9463.

KJ’s Caribé Restaurante y Cantina, 5 – 9 p.m. Four course French-themed dinner featuring farmers’ market goods. US 62W. (479) 253-8102.

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Thursday – Sunday, July 10 – 13 DeVito’s of Eureka Springs French Wine Flights and FDW Ciroc Martinis, 5 – 9 p.m. on Thursday and Sunday and 5 – 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 5 Center St. (479) 253-6807.

Friday, July 11 French Café & Pastries at Vintage Cargo, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., 41 Kingshighway Appetizers & Desserts at Déjà Vu, 2 – 4 p.m., 179 N. Main St. ESSA presents Palate to Palette with artist Denise Ryan, 6 – 9 p.m. at KJ’s Caribé. Diane leads and you paint a still life while enjoying savory snacks and a cash bar. $40 charge covers all art supplies. All skill levels welcome. Seating limited. Sip, nosh and make art at this fun event at Caribé Restaurant y Cantina, US 62W. (479) 253-5384 for reservations or pay at the door.

Friday, Saturday – July 11, 12 The Grand Taverne, FDW menu specials and wine pairings, 5 – 9 p.m., 37 N. Main St. (479) 253-6756.

DeVito’s of Eureka Springs, FDW menu specials, 5 – 10 p.m., 5 Center St. (479) 253-6807.

Café Roulant’s Tour de Licious, 6 p.m. for dining trolley departure. A delicious dinner prepared by Farm-toMarket FRESH served while you tour through town in a rolling restaurant. For reservations and menu choices, go to www.RollingCafe.com. Departs from Pine Mtn. Village, US 62E. $49.

Saturday, July 12 White St. Farmers’ Market, 8 – 11:30 a.m.

Farm Fresh dishes prepared by Hana of Oscar’s Café, 26 White St. (479) 981-1436 Fresh Harvest presents Meet the Authors, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Cookbook authors Sheila Reese, Casey Sams and Kim Duhamel will be on hand for samples and signings. Pine Mountain Village, US 62E. Basin Spring Park Concerts, beginning 3 p.m. Enjoy excellent music by Handmade Moments at 3 p.m. followed by Brave Combo at 6 p.m. Spring St. Spring Street Waiter’s Race, 3 p.m. Will your favorite server make it all the way without spilling? One of FDW’s fun events on Spring St. The Grand Bubbly, 4 p.m. Grand Taverne’s educational Seminar and Tasting of French Sparkling Wines and Champagne paired with foods, 37 N. Main St. Reservations. $50. (479) 253-6756.

Eureka Thyme Gallery presents a free food demo with Carrie Marry, 4 – 8 p.m., 19 Spring St.

Sycamore©

– Chapter 8, cont.

Sycamore, written by Constance Wagner and published in 1950 by Alfred A. Knopf, is the story of a sophisticated New York girl who marries a boy from Arkansas.

The Wagners and their daughter lived in Eureka Springs while the novel was written. In addition to five novels, CONSTANCE Constance Wagner WAGNER wrote numerous articles and stories published in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly and Collier’s.

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he car moved through the dust and heat in a succession of staccato lurches. Around them, the forest leaned close against the road, and, on either side, the small trees and underbrush bore a heavy coating of yellow dust.

The air was utterly motionless. No leaf stirred, no bird sang. The place seemed permeated by a kind of stupefaction, as if the sun had laid a spell like death upon the wood. In this doomed silence, there was something painfully irrelevant in the child’s chant. “Snakes and snails and puppy-dog tails –” Jane shuddered inside her constricting net of tight nerves. Shut up, Sally Jo. I don’t want to hear you.

I don’t even care to know Tracy’s dark mysteries. I don’t want to talk. Just to

sink, fathoms deep, in cold water. Full fathom five thy father lies…

Tracy parked the car in shade above the lake, and they walked beneath the weight of the sun toward the battered stone building that housed the dressingrooms. No one else was there but Birdie Jessup, dissolving in an immense yawn midway between the rack of broken baskets and the coke machine.

Jane gazed hungrily at the long blue sliver of water below. The forest surged up from the very brink of the lake, and swept back in fold on fold of green hills. Two miles up, on the left, the lake was hemmed in by a gray line of dam. On the right, it dispersed among cattails and little inlets, and vanished behind a clump of cedars and willows.

Directly below, one saw the top of the stone diving-stand with the high board jutting over the water, and the weathered boathouse and pier, looking neglected and forsaken, the boards unpainted and silvered by time. Birdie Jessup, however, before deep summer had reduced her to inertia, had gone to some pains to glorify the stone bathhouse by planting a floral border against its east wall. In savage colors, African marigolds and enormous zinnias stood tall above a lush jungle of leaves. The rank odor of the marigolds hung heavily on the heat, reaching even the shaded porch. Jane wrinkled her nose and fled to the shelter of the dressing-

room.

“I wish,” Tracy said, casting a quick glance toward Jane, stripped and wriggling into her tight suit – “I wish I had a figure like yours. Even having the two kids – I’m perfectly flat. D’you suppose hormone cream –? Sally Jo, you stop peeking. I ought to whip you good…”

Tracy had obviously been startled, the first time they went swimming together, when Jane unthinkingly had peeled off her clothes with no attempt at concealment, and Jane wondered if, in this region, nice women still undressed under shelter of their nightgowns.

Even now, though Tracy had accepted the custom of nudity as she accepted everything else connected with Jane, she seemed a little guilty each time she bared her boy’s breasts and her flat stomach with its long Caesarean scar. Such vestiges of a quaint, forgotten prudery amused Jane, and provided her with an agreeable proof of her own immunity to nastiness.

The children, brown-skinned in their wisps of suits, capered ahead of them down the rough stone steps, hoping to avoid the thistles that thrust up between the rocks. Jane, carrying a towel and cigarettes, ran after them, her eyes on the saving blue water, but Tracy, who never hurried, took the steps at a languid pace.

By the time she reached the bottom, Jane

NOTES from the HOLLOW

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few days ago, we had a nice visit with Paul and Joyce Hull at their large farm outside Eureka Springs. Even though Joyce has recently been ill and in the hospital, some things do not wait.

She was in the process of canning 63 quarts of green beans and 33 pints of beets from their bountiful garden. Last year’s beans had burned up in the heat and drought.

If you aren’t familiar with the Hull farm, the county road enters it at the end of a long ridge, one of the highest points in the Western District of Carroll County. Just before the road drops into the valley there is a spectacular view which often makes me think of the farms of Yorkshire, England, (which stems, I think, from reading the stories of James Herriot in my impressionable youth).

Ham Radio The Little Switzerland Amateur Radio Club will meet at noon Thursday, July 10, at The Ozark Kitchen, 3 Park Cliff Drive, Holiday Island, for monthly lunch and meeting. Anyone with an interest in Amateur Radio is welcome.

Little Switzerland Amateur Radio Club also meets at 6:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month in Berryville. See www.lsarc.us for current information on the location of each meeting. For more info, email gmjar@outlook.com.

had already fastened the tight cap under her chin and dived off the low board.

Tracy banished the children to the ropedoff inlet where a tiny beach shelved down to shallow water, then let herself gingerly down the ladder. “O-oh,” she said, “Cold.”

“Cold?” Jane, rolling ecstatically on her back in the water, laughed in derision. “It’s like a bathtub.”

Tracy pushed off from the ladder and swam to where Jane was afloat.

“Wonderful,” she said, “once you’ve got wet.”

Jane pulled her cap off her ears and looked at Tracy’s wet, small face.

“Complete privacy,” she said, grinning.

“Now you can tell me.”

Tracy began swimming away from her. “It’s nothing,” she called over her shoulder. “I shouldn’t have – and my own kin, too –” Jane reached her with one long stroke and caught at her shoulder. “No, you don’t,” she said. “I’ll duck you.

When you’ve gone that far, you’ve got to finish it.”

Tracy clung to the ladder, looking across the lake, avoiding Jane’s eyes.

“Walter wouldn’t like it,” she muttered – “me telling you things like this. I just supposed he’d have let you in on the town gossip himself.”

“No,” said Jane. “We’re – not alone very much.”

by Steve Weems

What had brought us down to the picturesque Hull farm was the neighborhood story of the damage coyotes had done there. Paul Hull had recently lost a number of lambs and kid goats. Coyotes even killed a grown goat that had put its head through a fence and got stuck.

One morning Paul turned out a nanny goat and kid into a small pasture behind their house. Later, Joyce glanced out the window and saw the big white nanny chasing a coyote that had grabbed her newborn. Coyotes are getting brave indeed when they are grabbing kids in broad daylight within view of the house.

Coyotes weren’t the only thing we talked about that day, though I had meant to ask about their use of Great Pyrenees dogs and donkeys for guarding their livestock, too. As we left, Paul invited us back and said, “People don’t visit like

they used to years ago.”

On a different note, I am saddened to hear that the classic toy store Happy Things is quitting business. It has been open downtown since 1970. Located at 55 Spring Street, it is having a big going out of business sale. It isn’t the place to go, though, if you are looking for cheaply made plastic toys that break the first time you play with them.

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EATINGOUT in our cool little town

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ESOTERICAstrology as news for week July 3 – 9

by Risa

Four Angels Around the Square at the Birthday of the United States

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aturday is Independence Day and the 238th birthday of the United States. The U.S. Sun is 12 degrees Cancer. Sirius, the blue star where Love originates is 13 Cancer. Sirius and the U.S. are aligned. We are in the sign of Cancer now. Cancer receives and distributes Rays 3 and 7. Anchoring (Ray 7, creating new rhythms) the Light (Ray 3, which contains the new information) on Earth (Ray 3) and into the U.S. The number 238 (2+3+8) equals 13 = four (4), the square within the circle, the four directions. The square in astrology means we cannot travel in the same

ARIES: Are there people you must contact, tasks to complete, bills and correspondences calling your attention? Does your car need a tuneup and/or repairs? Do the technologies you use (computer, cell, etc.) need upgrades? Whatever must be done, prepare to work slowly with care and attention, giving yourself and others more time than usual. Have intentions to complete all past work. The Mercury retro shadow lasts two weeks.

TAURUS: Previous financial situations now need your attention.

With all monetary interactions, check and recheck, for there could be mistakes and changes. It will be important to re-evaluate spending.

Know you have many valuable items around which could be sold so you have more capital to work with to meet present financial needs. Soon you will create the new environment you’re being asked to build. When all of the past is over.

GEMINI: You wonder how others see you. It’s important to realize you have leadership abilities. In the next several weeks your thoughts will make you aware of a new self-identity forming.

Allow no criticism to undermine your goodness. There may be a challenge (duality) between your real and your judgmental selves. Someone else may activate this. Know your childhood experiences have given you strength to meet these times.

CANCER: Anxiety may be setting up

direction, which challenges us to make a 90-degree turn. This includes a change of elements.

Squares are purposeful, anchoring. Round and round the square we go until we accomplish our essential spiritual task. In the esoteric blue book, Destiny of the Nations the purpose of the United States, its spiritual task, is to “stand within and lead humanity towards the Light.” There are helpers in the square – four Angels emanating light, a virtue, guidance, direction, protection and a message.

“At the four corners of the square, the Four Angels are seen. Orange they are, veiled in rosy light. Within

housekeeping in your emotional world.

Inform them they are not welcome.

Others can assist if you share with them what’s bothering you. Fear and anxiety can become addictive, looping over and over in the lower mind, metaphorically bringing you to your knees.

Replace fear with the Soul & Great Invocations.

These raise the emotions to the mind where the Soul resides. The Soul soothes and directs.

LEO: Reassessing friendships and social interactions, future goals, hopes, wishes and aspirations are your currents of thought in coming weeks. Re-evaluation keeps us in touch and aware. Whenever we feel tension and longing, know a new need and aspiration is calling. When desires are spiritualized, they become aspirations. Setting us upon a future path. You’re going somewhere!

VIRGO: Your life direction, an important consideration, comes into focus along with who you want to be in the coming years. Sometimes we don’t really know and can’t visualize the future. That’s because it isn’t formed yet. It’s good to ask what you’re striving toward? What life events are most important for you? Do the environments around you reflect your deepest values and ethos?

each form the yellow flame is seen and round each form the blue. Four words they utter forth. Each day the words take form. From the North: Be pure. From the South: I dedicate. From the East, a light divine: Love all. From the West: I serve.”

Purity, dedication, love and service sum up the nature and destiny of the United States. The angels are potent occult forces, dynamic in their incentive and creative in their result. We ponder upon these things.

These are the qualifications of the White Magician leading the Way. We see the four angels lighting candles on the birthday cake of the United States.

LIBRA: There are times we have spiritual experiences leading us to assess our life’s purpose. We refine, redefine, seek new paths, search for new values and structures and wonder if there’s real justice in the world.

There is… hidden beneath the surface of accepted reality.

Ethics become important.

What are your ethics? Remember to radiate Goodwill.

It’s creates a new ethic.

SCORPIO: Money and resources you hold in common with others will be on your mind. Assess and study, ponder upon and discuss what your needs are for the future. Everything must be done with transparency and equanimity. You are part of creating the new sharing economy. Through this task you will learn better how you manage your innate power. Power with (not above) others works best.

SAGITTARIUS: Remembering all relationships may occur the next few weeks. Consider what was gained, what worked, what didn’t and how your beliefs (patterns learned when young) affected outcomes. Something special occurs. Perhaps you understand how love works. It’s not about the other and yet it is. It’s about your intentions for loving and ability to see the life

divine in everyone, everything and each event.

CAPRICORN: Lots of daily work, agendas, interactions with co-workers.

Something appears and it’s through cooperation and intentions for right relations you create a state of harmony surpassing expectations. Home life on a daily basis is changed. A new structure must come forth. Schedules shift constantly. Find the heart of all that matters and invite it in to help you and the family. You’ll be surprised.

AQUARIUS: It’s good to know what helps you be happy, healthy, soothed, comforted and cared for. When we know, we may at first have to sacrifice a previous way of life in order that a new way comes forth – when the Right Path, happiness and joy replace discomfort and ill health. In coming months you will see the past and choose the future. Focus upon the best ways for your increased and vital health. This last is most important.

PISCES: The following issues will be on your mind in the next coming weeks. Mother and mothering, relationships with family, children, especially daughters; concern about home – where and how you live and what the future will bring in terms of home, family, and the quality of nurturing you realize is needed.

There will be conflicts amidst all the realities. Do your very best. What you want is good. But something greater may be available. Ask for help.

Risa, writer, founder & director Esoteric & Astrological Studies & Research Institute, a contemporary Wisdom School studying the Ageless Wisdom teachings. The foundation of the Teachings is Esoteric Astrology. Email: risagoodwill@gmail.com. Web journal: www.nightlightnews.com. Facebook: Risa’s Esoteric Astrology for daily messages. www.esINDEPENDENT.com | July 2, 2014 |

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INDYSoul

by Gwen Etheredge

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utty Rye is a bluegrass band out of Fayetteville that signed with Mudstomp Records (Mountain Sprout’s label) to produce their second album which is anxiously awaited by fans of the fun-loving and funmaking band. Composed of Chooch Meisenbacher–guitar/lead vocals, Adams Collins–banjo/vocals, Payton Easley–lead guitar/vocals and Warren Dietzel–mandolin/vocals, they have

been together for about three years creating an off the wall sound with elements of traditional bluegrass, classic rock and blues. The irresistible

Cutty Rye cuts to the chase tunes will pack the dance floor and according to Peter Read of Nightflying “Cutty Rye entertains from start to finish... and perhaps most important,

leaves you wanting more.”

Hear them at the Pied Piper Pub/ Cathouse Lounge on Friday, July 4, starting at 8 p.m.

THURSDAY – JULY 3 • BALCONY RESTAURANT Maureen Alexander, 5 p.m.

• BLARNEY STONE Eclectic Night w/ Tim Forsythe, 8 p.m.

• CHELSEA’S Mike One Luv, 9 p.m.

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

• JACK’S PLACE Karaoke with DJ Goose, 8 p.m.

• MADAME MEDUSSA’S HOOKAH LOUNGE Underground Electronica BYOB FRIDAY – JULY 4 • BALCONY RESTAURANT Hogscalders, 12 p.m. & 6 p.m.

• BLARNEY STONE JD & the Mudhounds, 8:30 p.m.

• CATHOUSE LOUNGE Cutty Rye, 8 p.m. – midnight • EUREKA LIVE! Red, White & You Drag Event, 9 p.m.

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

• JACK’S PLACE Blew Reed & the Flatheads, 9 p.m.

• LEGENDS SALOON DJ Karaoke – Bike night with prizes, 8 p.m.

• MADAME MEDUSSA’S HOOKAH

LOUNGE Independence Day celebration! BYOB • NEW DELHI Dusty Pearls, 6–10 p.m.

• ROWDY BEAVER Karaoke, 7 p.m.

• ROWDY BEAVER DEN DJ Goose, 9 p.m.

• THE STONE HOUSE Jerry Yester, 6:30–9:30 p.m.

• THE BARN at Holiday Island Live Music, 2 p.m., The Ariels, 5:30 p.m.

SATURDAY – JULY 5 • BALCONY RESTAURANT Catherine Reed, 12 p.m. & 6 p.m.

• BLARNEY STONE Ozark Thunder, 8:30 p.m.

• CATHOUSE LOUNGE Jeff Fox, 8 p.m. – midnight • CHELSEA’S Matt Reeves & the All Americans, 9 p.m.

• EUREKA LIVE! Red Party Drag Event, 9 p.m.

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

• JACK’S PLACE Blew Reed & the Flatheads, 9 p.m.

• LEGENDS SALOON Rock-nRoll Live, 9 p.m.

• MADAME MEDUSSA’S HOOKAH

Cutty Rye at the Cathouse – Come stomp to the bluegrass sounds of Cutty Rye on Friday, July 4 at 8 p.m.

Thurs., July 3 • 9 P.M. – MIKE ONE LUV Sat., July 5 • 9 P.M. – MATT REEVES & the All Americans Mon., July 7 • 9 P.M. – SPRINGBILLY Tues., July 8 • 9 P.M. – OPEN MIC Wed., July 9 • 9 P.M. – FELIX LOS GATOS (New Mexico Ranchero Blues)

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LOUNGE Open Jam BYOB • NEW DELHI Sarah Hughes, 12–4 p.m., Pete & Dave, 6–10 p.m.

• ROWDY BEAVER Terri & the Executives, 7:30 p.m.

• ROWDY BEAVER DEN Tightrope, 1–5 p.m. & 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.

SUNDAY – JULY 6 • BALCONY RESTAURANT Jeff Lee, 12 p.m., & 5 p.m.

• EUREKA LIVE! DJ, Dancing & Karaoke, 7–11 p.m.

• LEGENDS SALOON Free Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament with prizes, 6 p.m.

• MADAME MEDUSSA’S HOOKAH LOUNGE Downtempo Chillout BYOB • NEW DELHI Kevin Riddle, 12–4 p.m.

• ROWDY BEAVER DEN Terri & Brett, 1–5 p.m.

MONDAY – JULY 7 • CHELSEA’S SpringBilly, 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY – JULY 8 • CHELSEA’S Open Mic • LEGENDS SALOON Pool Tournament, 6:30 p.m.

• MADAME MEDUSSA’S HOOKAH LOUNGE Game night BYOB • ROWDY BEAVER Hospitality Night WEDNESDAY – JULY 9 • BLARNEY STONE Game night • CHELSEA’S Felix Los Gatos, 9 p.m.

• EUREKA LIVE! VIP Wednesday • MADAME MEDUSSA’S HOOKAH LOUNGE Arabic Break Beat BYOB • NEW DELHI CAFÉ Open Jam • PIED PIPER CATHOUSE LOUNGE Wheat Wednesday Draft Beer Specials • ROWDY BEAVER Wine Wednesday

INDEPENDENTNews Start the 4th at the First-Friday Bazaar Get in the mood for Independence Day festivities with a stop at the First-Friday Island Bazaar and Farmers’ Market on July 4. From 8 a.m. – noon, the Holiday Island Visitor’s Center on Hwy. 23N is chock full of fun.

It’s a flea market, farmers market and art/craft fair all rolled into one. Bring friends and family and browse a variety of arts including local artists’ paintings and jewelry,

Resident of the Month – Peachtree Village resident, Inge Stefanovic, was born in Lingen Erg, Germany. She studied to become a hairstylist, married Milan Stefanovic and had a daughter. The family moved to the U.S. in 1956, settling in Milwaukee, Wis., for 51 years. Inge lived in Holiday Island with her daughter and sonin-law, Vern and David Nanna, from 2007 until moving to Peachtree Village about a year ago. She was chosen Resident of the Month for being such a loving person, always willing to help. Her friends say, “Thank you, Inge, for all you do and for being your beautiful self! We love you.”

crafts, a huge selection of vegetables and fresh baked goods, photography, music – and of course all kinds of flea market goods!

Items and vendors change often so it’s a good idea to visit every week. If you have wares to sell, the space is free.

Setup is first come first serve. Call Janeen (479) 363-6425 for further information.

Jumpin’ for joy – Jamie (left) and Megan Hendrix celebrate at their reception at The Barn in Holiday Island.

The couple married legally in California, but came here for their ceremony and reception because Jamie’s grandparents live in Holiday Island and she spent a lot of happy summers there.

Photo by Melanie Myhre

Tonstant weeder – On June 27, Carroll County Master Gardener Lee Monger took a break at the Eureka Springs Historical Museum after pulling weeds. She was one of three master gardeners who worked on the gardens that day – trimming trees and shrubs and tending to the heritage plants with helpers Doug Miller and Mariellen Griffith.

Photo submitted

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TheNATUREofEUREKA

by Steven Foster

Ginseng’s cross-cultural virility

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hen the first published Western description of ginseng appeared in a French journal in 1713, there was no mention of ginseng’s reputation as an aphrodisiac or virility enhancement, likely because the earliest writers on ginseng were Jesuit priests. In 1725 Pope Benóit XIII received a gift of ginseng from the Chinese Emperor. No comment from the Vatican.

Virginian, Col. William Byrd II (1674-1744), pictured in a 1725 portrait with confident swagger, was an obvious ginseng nibbler. Writing on 31 May 1737 to Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753, British Museum founder), “Insomuch that were I to judge the veracity of the Jesuits by this Instance, I shou’d pronounce them very honest Fellows.

As for the merry Effects ascribd to it towards obliging the Bashfull Sex, the good [Jesuit] Father[s] say nothing of it, nor dos my Experience reach so far.”

In a letter of 20 August 1737, Byrd continues, “I believe ever since the Tree of Life has been so strongly guarded the Earth has never produced any vegetable so friendly to man as Ginseng. Nor do I say this at Random, or by the Strength of my Faith, but by my own Experience. I have found it very cordial and reviving after great Fatigue, it warms the Blood frisks the Spirits strengthens the Stomach and

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position had been printed in a Eureka Springs Independent story in 2013. Later when others were speaking, a woman from the audience called out to King to put down his cell phone and listen. King responded that he was trying to look up the article detailing his objections to the project.

Ilene Powell said 14 months after the SWEPCO attack on Northwest Arkansas, politicians have been non-responsive, non-supportive and somewhat combative.

“We are aware of AEP/SWEPCO contributions to some of those elected officials,” Powell said.

“Thanks for calling this forum, even if we had hoped it would have come sooner. Are you now prepared to work with the community and STO going forward and make a donation to STO? Please clarify how you will proceed to show your support of the constituents you represent.”

Wildlife artist Susan Morrison challenged the legislators to show leadership and that they stand behind the people.

“You need to have your foot on the neck of the Public Service Commission and you are not doing that,” Morrison said. “Every person in this room knows that. Show courage. Do what you need to do.”

“We haven’t heard from you about this,” said Eureka Springs alderman Mickey Schneider. “We need you to stand up and tell them no.”

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to stop the bulldozers.

Both legislators have accepted campaign contributions from SWEPCO in the past, but said they have not accepted any money from SWEPCO since the power line project was announced.

King said he agrees commissions like APSC can end up ignoring the public, and he hoped no one would have to be chained to a tree to stop the project. He said he had been trying to be a liaison for the people with the APSC and worked with APSC Director John Bethel to make sure the public hearing in the summer of 2013 would last as long as needed to get public comments rather than the usual hour-and-ahalf allotted to public comments for a project like this.

The public hearing went on for two days, and still not everyone who wanted to speak was able to do so.

King said he guaranteed that the APSC had never seen this kind of united opposition to the project in the past, and Ballinger said it might be true that he should have been a whole lot louder a whole lot sooner.

“You have been excited and loud, and it has been very effective,” he said.

Later in the meeting he took a picture of the audience that he said he Tweeted. “I’m not as involved as I should have been. I’m against it 100 percent,” he said.

Pole vaulting – Photographer David Dempsey recently got a bird’s eye view from a helicopter of the erected line of high power transmission lines between Flint Creek and Shipe Rd. in Benton County. The 150 ft. tall poles stretch to the notyet-finished sub-station in Centerton. Public opposition to the 50-mile stretch of towers every 600 ft. through Carroll County continues.

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comforts the Bowels exceedingly.

All this it performs without any of those naughty Effects that might make men too troublesome and impertinent to their poor Wives.

Oh, but the mistresses. . .

Some 18th century Dr. Oz probably hawked ginseng root on a London street corner with a wink and a smile to the passerby. But where there’s health claims for herbs, there’s always an all-knowing expert to debunk it, like Scottish physician, William Cullen (1710-1790), in his 1789 Materia Medica, “I have known a gentleman a little advanced in life, who chewed a quantity of this root every day for several years, but who acknowledged that he never found his venereal faculties in the least improved by it.”

Protocol of the famed Dr. Cullen was followed for treatment of George Washington’s sore throat on what became his last day in December 1799: blood letting (124 ounces removed), blistering his throat with an irritating beetle, copious evacuation of the bowels and a dose of mercury, when all else fails.

Maybe the first president would have preferred a Chinese herbalist over learned quackery.

EXPLORING the fine art of ROMANCE...

Ever since our teenage son told us he’s gay we keep wondering what we did wrong. I blame myself because I think I saw signs but ignored them. My husband blames himself for not being around enough. We have a loving, faith-based home. Why did this happen to our child?

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cience indicates that sexual orientation is primarily determined by a combination of genes and biological mechanisms. While there’s not likely a specific gene that causes certain men to excel as wedding planners (politically incorrect stereotype intended), it has been determined that the environment in which a child is raised has no influence on their sexual orientation.

Put simply, there’s nothing “wrong” with your child so there is no blame to be had. Homosexuality is not an affliction, illness or ill-informed choice. Take pride knowing you raised an honest child with the dignity to ask for your support.

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needs to be exercised with this.”

Costner said the bills proposed by King would not help with the current SWEPCO threat.

Fighting to prevent the destruction of their lands and potential devastation of property values, environment, and tourism economy has been expensive. Costner said STO has already raised and spent $150,000 on legal fees.

“We may have to raise another $150,000,” Costner said. “I don’t think so.

But we will not stop. We will prevail.”

Currently the APSC is reconsidering the Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the project. STO expert witnesses have argued the project is not needed, and there are other less expensive and less environmentally damaging alternatives to improving power reliability. The APSC also revoked approval of a route going up into Missouri, and is reconsidering SWEPCO’s preferred Route 33 that goes entirely through Arkansas.

Doug Stowe: “All of us felt like small fuzzy animals caught in a steel trap,” Stowe said of the battle to prevent the power line. Stowe, who is a member of the board of directors of STO, said while he appreciates legislators wanting to change the laws governing the APSC, part of the reason residents are facing this problem from SWEPCO is that the APSC doesn’t follow state law. One example is the failure of SWEPCO Environmental Impact Statement to consider the economic impact on local communities.

“State law requires analysis and no analysis was done,” Stowe said. “They

atypical behaviors but few feel concerned that these are “signs.” Mothers having close relationships with their sons often blame themselves, fearing somehow this made their son un-masculine and therefore gay.

Fathers who are unavailable during child rearing years commonly blame themselves for their son’s homosexuality, fearing they did not provide the necessary strong masculine role model. Research supports none of these notions. More important, self-blame maintains your focus on self-centered fears, leaving no room for you to practice withholding judgment in order to learn what your child truly needs to thrive.

Consider these staggering statistics: Nine out of ten sexual-minority teens report being bullied at school.

They’re five times more likely to miss school because they feel unsafe, and 28 percent feel forced to drop out altogether. Gay teens are four times more likely to attempt suicide than heterosexual teens.

Approximately 30 percent of completed teen suicides are related to sexual identity crises. More

just made the assumption that there was no adverse impact. For the APSC to accept that violates state law. Assumption is not the same thing as analysis.”

Stowe said while he favored the legislation creating an Office of Public Council, he said that wouldn’t help if it isn’t funded adequately. Current law requires the APSC to have a rural and community liaison, but the legislature has failed to fund the position.

“The legislature realized we needed a defense against these powerful utilities, but they failed to fund it,” he said.

Roger Shepperd: SWEPCO claims the huge new power line is needed because of growing power demand in the region. However, quoting from the annual report of Carroll Electric Cooperation Corp. (CECC), Shepperd said there is no evidence that is the case. In the past year, CECC demand increased only .09 percent and system peak demand is down 10.9 percent. CECC reports that its reliability has improved 55 percent since 2008.

“There is no need for this project,” Shepperd said. “Over the past two-year period, the electrical usage is stagnant, definitely not indicative of a need for a new 345-kV transmission line.”

Shepperd got loud applause from the audience after suggesting that one percent of projects like this – more than $1 million in this case – be given to local non-profit organizations for legal and technical representation in opposition to the proposed project.

His other recommendations were: • Increase the period for response to notification from 30 to 180 days to allow

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heart-wrenching, gay teens from rejecting families are 8.4 times more likely to attempt suicide than gay teens who’ve gained their family’s acceptance.

Family rejection is not likely tempered by time and maturity.

Research indicates gay adult males are six times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers.

To be blunt, deal with the potential death of your child or deal effectively with your child’s identity. The choice is obvious. Push past any and all barriers and commit to loving your son unconditionally.

Questions?

Email leslie@esindependent.com.

Leslie Meeker, M.A., L.P.C., is a psychotherapist who has specialized in relational and sex therapy, sexual compulsivity and sexual trauma for the past 15 years, after receiving extensive training in human sexuality at the Masters and Johnson Institute in St. Louis, Mo.

adequate time to organize and prepare.

• Eliminate the ability of entities electing to use eminent domain to declare data secret or proprietary.

• Provide landowners with the option of a “percentage of revenue” from the project that required eminent domain instead of a so-called “fair market value” for the land taken.

Kadie Zeld: The youngest person to speak at the meeting, Zeld said she moved to Eureka Springs from a “dead city” in New York because of the natural beauty and clean environment of the Ozarks. She said she is working three jobs saving to build a home in Eureka Springs. She decided to go totally off the grid after learning about the devastation that would be caused by the SWEPCO power line.

Martha Peine: Peine said SWEPCO is primarily interested in profits, not power reliability, and that SWEPCO is guaranteed a return of 11.2 percent on its investment even if the project is eventually abandoned.

Peine said AEP/SWEPCO is moving away from power generation to transmission lines as a profit center, information gleaned from the website Morningstar.com where AEP earnings call transcripts are published.

Peine recommended people look at how SWEPCO used its clout via campaign contributions to legislators to rewrite state laws after SWEPCO lost an appeal of the permit for the controversial Turk coalpowered power plant in southern Arkansas.

“Review the changes SWEPCO made in the law,” Peine said. “Some are not good for our state.”

Doc Contreras: Contreras was critical of the director of the APSC, John

Bethel, for not responding more to many thousands of public comments opposing the project. He said SWEPCO are dealers of coal power.

“We don’t want any more coal,” Contreras, who has installed solar panels at his home, said. “The era of coal power is gone. We don’t need coal. We don’t need SWEPCO. We need you guys to help.”

L.J. Smole: Smole said King and Ballinger should be using social media like Facebook to communicate opposition to the project. She said legislators need to let voters know their position on important issues like this by communicating to a bigger audience.

Sen. Bryan King said he doesn’t use Facebook a lot. His last post on his Facebook page was in early March when he announced he is running unopposed for re-election.

No Facebook page could be found for Rep. Bob Ballinger. Eureka Springs resident Charles “Sonny” Carter is running against Ballinger on a platform to stop SWEPCO and keep the Medicaid private option expansion that Ballinger has voted against.

Ken Brown: Vice president of the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District, said one route proposed would cross the area on a major route into Holiday Island at the intersection of Hwys. 187 and 23.

“That is a beautiful area to destroy,” Brown said. “We need more people to come to Holiday Island. If we have people who are considering moving here go into a power line 150 ft. tall with a 150-ft. rightof-way, they will go somewhere else. We do not need this monstrosity.”

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DEPARTURES James S. Moore Nov. 25, 1950 – June 25, 2014 James S. Moore, of Holiday Island, Arkansas, was born Nov. 25, 1950 in Topeka, Kan., a son of Earl James and Virginia (Burgess) Moore. He departed this life June 25, in Fayetteville, Ark., at age 63.

James proudly served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He served from January 1968 until January 1971. He graduated from Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minn.; attended Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, and was enrolled in the SMP program out of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Mo. Jim retired from the Department of Corrections in California. He was a member MAIL continued from page 10

their stranglehold on society with cheap coal cannot be sustained.

Although solar and wind energy as the main source of energy is still a few years away, we can do something right now. The US Department of Energy has set aside billions of dollars to invest in upgrading the insulation in our homes and businesses.

Imagine not spending $1500 to $2000 a year to heat your home with propane, or using three or four cords of wood during winter.

Imagine cutting that cost in half because of improved insulation.

I ask and challenge Rep. Ballinger and Sen. King to work with me now to bring this program to our county and district. It’s imperative that petty politics are put aside because this does require legislators’ input and efforts. The results would be instant, dramatic and produce good paying, local jobs at the same time.

Sheri Hanson Quorum Court Candidate District 2, Johnson Springs

The times they are a’changin’

Editor, Today (June 30), I found a card stuck in our screen door from a Mr. Robert J. Bacile from the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in Fayetteville.

I called his phone number to find out what this was about, but, as usual, the office would give me no information. They want all of our information, but give out none of theirs.

I gave them my phone number, and, lo and behold, about five minutes later there was a knock at my door!

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of Grace Lutheran Church of Holiday Island, where he served as Deacon and was a Vicar for almost a year.

In April 1978 he was united in marriage with Deana McClain, his wife of 36 years, who survives him of the home. He is also survived by three children: son Marc and wife, Carol Moore, of Lansing, Kan.; daughter, Jamie and husband, Johnnie Thompson, of Huntsville, Ark.; and son, Aaron Moore of Eugene, Ore.; one sister, Pat Christman of San Domingo, Calif.; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and a host of other family and friends.

their credentials as I greeted them on the front porch in my robe.

I said, “I don’t talk to the FBI.” He said, “Will it help you to know that I am not the FBI? I am with the Fayetteville Police Force.”

I replied, “No, I don’t like you, either.”

He said, “Don’t you even want to know what this is about?”

“No.” “I am a retired old woman living here in beautiful Eureka Springs and I know nothing about nothing. You can call my lawyer.” I was polite. And firm. No one has to talk to the FBI! I am not guilty of anything except maybe not loving democracy enough.

Yes, it is frightening and intimidating to have the FBI and Marshal’s office come to your door. They mean it to be. I was quite familiar with their tactics when I lived in Austin and spoke out on TV about police brutality, racist violence and the JTTF. The FBI lied about me to my friends, followed me, broke into my house, wired my car and tapped my phone. I have no idea what this recent harassment is about and do not want to know.

I remember the murder of the American Indian Movement’s Anna Mae Aquash at Wounded Knee, presumably by the FBI, and the murder of Fred Hampton, AfricanAmerican activist at the siege of Chicago, while he was asleep in his bed. Not to mention the harassment of the anti-war movement and the Civil Rights movement.

I say presumably because although everything points to the FBI, how can citizen activists prove it?

Yes, there are “terrorists” to be worried about, especially the lunatic variety who misread the Koran for their own purposes. But, how would you react if your country was dominated by greedy western

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He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Beverly; and his beloved dog, Stella.

Funeral service was June 30 at the Grace Lutheran Church in Holiday Island, with Pastor Kenneth Hayden and Pastor Herring officiating.

Interment followed at the Eureka Springs Cemetery under the direction of Nelson Funeral Service. Memorial donations may be made to the Grace Lutheran Church, 179 Holiday Island Drive, Holiday Island, AR 72631. Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelsonfuneral.com. © Nelson Funeral Service, Inc. 2014

capitalists who stole your resources, carpetbombed your communities, killed women and children with drones flying over villages, invaded your country and alienated your people with economic and cultural arrogance?

We should be very concerned about FBI and NSA surveillance. Why did the Joint Terrorist Task Force assume I knew anything about anyone from 18 years ago?

I will continue to oppose the burgeoning police state by researching, reading, listening, writing and speaking out.

It is hard to believe that fascism is being built, right now. Step by step. It is built when good people say and do nothing.

Trella Laughlin

John Rankine mixes it up

Editor, What can I say other than that the recent “Posy” art show by John Rankine at Norberta Philbrook Gallery, was a complete success! Many of John’s friends and supporters were there and enjoyed a nice evening viewing framed photographs, and he was selling the walls off! When I left just

after 7 p.m., 30 percent were sold already.

Raven Derge and her husband, the gallery owners, were thrilled.

John is a jewel to Eureka. As a fellow photographer, I can say he is truly unique.

Just as important as his passionate fine art photography is his ability to cross over to different mediums – art, writing. He has designed clothing, made sculpture and been involved in starting a newspaper. A man who lives and breathes representing “The People” of this town. He has won first place in the Fall Art show judged by Crystal Bridges and an award from the Arkansas Arts Council. I hope Crystal Bridges makes John the first photographer in their collection from Northwest Arkansas.

In his photographic work he can be documentary, but in my opinion, the topic of the evening’s event, posies, the “John’s eye view,” is shake it up a little bit. You thought you saw something and he twists either the perspective, the horizon line, or just removes the top of something and puts it somewhere else. Always thought provoking. Yeah, he mixes it up. That is being John Rankine.

Barb Kerbox

Wedding officiants, venues sought for database With legalization of same-sex marriage looming on the horizon, the board of directors of the Gay Business Guild of Eureka Springs has decided to establish a database of same-sex wedding vendors. They plan to have the database in place and ready to go for advertising purposes when same-sex marriages are legalized in Arkansas.

Anyone who performs any sort of same-sex wedding function (minister, caterer, lodging, event planning, reception venue) who wants to be included in the database should email fusionsquared@eurekafusion.com for more information.

Also, deadline to be on the list of Summer Diversity events is July 15. Please contact the above email for details.

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acob Cummings had a good day Monday catching some bass. Striped bass on Beaver Lake are here close to the dam and holding down about 28 to 40 ft. deep enjoying the cooler water. We are also picking up bass in the deeper water now off the flats from the dam to Rocky Branch.

Here at Holiday Island look for bass also holding off the flats along with walleye.

Crappie are being caught in the sunken brush about 8 to 12 ft. deep. For shad and fish, a good spot is right under the bridge going on the island. Look for perch in the shoreline brush with worms or crickets.

Hope you all have a good safe 4th.

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advantage of Jackrabbit technology could enhance the eurekasprings.org site and make finding a room within a certain date range easier for visitors.

Henke claimed Eureka Springs loses visitors from its site “because it’s a rigmarole.”

He maintained it would be worth the annual maintenance fee to make things easier on visitors.

Ragsdell observed he had used Jackrabbit to access lodgings in Fayetteville, and it gave him access to fewer than half of the tax collectors in town, but the CAPC must, by law, advertise equally for every tax collector.

Maloney commented Fayetteville pays $5500 annually for the service.

Ragsdell asked how Fayetteville was able to get around the legal requirement that all their tax collectors appear on its site unless Fayetteville paid for Jackrabbit with non-tax funds. He said he was not against the concept because this strategy might improve functionality of the site.

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dance lessons for all ages and no partners are required. Private lessons, group classes – even yoga and Latin cardio – along with special performance opportunities and kids programs are available.

Classes for kids 5 – 11 include ballroom, Latin, swing, hip-hop dance lessons and yoga training. Every few months they’ll perform for the community with a unique theme complete with costumes.

Melonlight also offers classes in flash mob dancing and has already completed two full-length Zombie stage productions (which will resurface in Eureka) as well as

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so they should be included as well.

Henke agreed with Ragsdell that every tax collector must be included equally. He saw the move as a community service, and acknowledged the CAPC might not get a full return on its investment, which could be as much as $8000 annually. However, he still advocated taking advantage of what it offered.

Maloney said he would be talking to Marilyn Heifner of the Fayetteville Visitors Bureau, and could learn more about how Fayetteville uses Jackrabbit.

Henke suggested they dedicate a workshop to this and get representatives of Jackrabbit or other services to attend. Commissioners agreed to table further discussion until Maloney speaks with Heifner.

Media spending Maloney passed around a media-spending plan for the rest of the year, and plans to post it on eurekasprings.org so anyone can see who is watching CAPC ads.

Next meeting will be Wednesday, July 9, at 6 p.m. multiple Zombie flash mobs at Denver’s Annual Zombie Crawl, one of the world’s largest zombie walks There’s a complete schedule of classes on the Melonlight website, and anyone interested in the Zombie production must enroll by August 1.

The studio is located at 121 E. Van Buren, Suite E, in The Quarter (next to Hart’s). Hours are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, from 2 –10 p.m. and Saturdays from 3 – 9 p.m. For details, visit www. melonlightdance.com, see the Melonlight Dance page on Facebook (check out their flash mob at Denver airport posted there), or call (720) 278-5672.

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[Marble Flats owners] didn’t have a good reason. They started out saying they wouldn’t have access to their property. This is not true. Look at the map. There is all kinds of access, so

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they started out not being true.”

When asked for a comment, Rachel Brix simply said, “It’s like what Marcellus said to Horatio, ‘Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.’”

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HELP WANTED

HOLIDAY ISLAND FIRST FRIDAY & FARMERS’ MARKET July 4, 8 a.m. – noon. Located in the parking lot of Holiday Island Visitors Center @ the entrance across from Cornerstone Bank. Local farmers and growers will be there with fresh produce and plants. Beyond the Farmers’ Market you will find vendors with hand-crafted items and lots of “stuff” for sale. Come see us!

EUREKA SPRINGS FARMERS’ MARKET has Fun Food Tuesdays!

From 7 a.m. – noon there’s something new every Tuesday: cooking demo, breakfast with Frank, juicing bar or veggie grill. On Tuesdays only Our Green Acre farm brings you certified naturally grown produce, eggs, chicken, pork and beef – and local maple syrup, honey and all-natural dry goods, too!

Market hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7 a.m. – noon at Pine Mountain Village. See what’s new on the Eureka Springs Farmers Market page on Facebook!

ROCKIN’ PIG SALOON is now hiring servers and cooks. Please apply in person today at Rockin’ Pig Saloon, 2039 E. Van Buren, Eureka Springs.

HOLIDAY ISLAND GOLF COURSE hiring part-time cook. Start at $8.40/hr, plus meals and gratuity. Family golf and recreation benefits included. Apply in person at 1 Country Club Drive, Holiday Island. (479) 253-9511 COOK NEEDED, 36 HRS/WK. Apply Holly House Assisted Living. (479) 253-9800 HOUSEKEEPER NEEDED 10-15 hrs/wk at $12/hr. (479) 244-0171

IF YOU PICKED UP A STRAY DOG around Main Liquor on June 11 around 3 a.m. call (870) 654-3948. Reward if it is Cookie!

FLORA ROJA COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE-providing affordable healthcare for the whole community.

Sliding scale fee. $15-$35 per treatment, with an additional $15 paperwork fee the first visit only. You decide what you can afford to pay! Francesca Garcia Giri, L.Ac. (479) 253-4968, 119 Wall Street SEEKING PROPERTY Want to buy house in Eureka S1prings to Berryville area.

FSBO, owner carry contract, lease to own.

Low monthly payments. (817) 681-1447 SALE: GET YOUR INDEPENDENCE ON with 40–70% off. Free People, Born, Choco & more. Check out our great new sales room upstairs at Crazy Jake’s Outlet, 99 Spring Street (next to post office) HOLIDAY ISLAND WELLNESS STUDIO Open house: Friday, July 4th from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the new Holiday Island Wellness Studio, home of Synergy Fitness by Cathy Jackson. Light refreshments & snacks provided. Come learn about our new facility and the services we will be offering when we open late July! 37 Woodsdale Dr., Holiday Island.

IVAN’S ART BREAD - ORGANIC LOCAL Farmer’s Market twice a week - Tue is Golden Gate Sourdough - Thurs Whole Grain Rye and Wheat loaves plus breakfast breads including the celebrated wheat-free artful dodgers! Request line: (479) 244-7112 ivan@loveureka.com

LOST PET

LOST FEMALE TERRIER COCKER MIX; pointed nose; she has one eye; dark reddish-brown and white; long tail with white tip; last seen Pritchard Street, Berryville late June 10. Call (870) 6543948. Reward.

YARD SALES 7-FAMILY SALE! Thurs., Fri. & Sat., 8 a.m. – dusk. 62 E at Rockhouse Road.

Antique furniture, toys, books, architectuals, advertising, Indian jewelry. Lots of cool stuff, come by. For info (479) 981-9580 MULTI-FAMILY SALE–SATURDAY ONLY 8 a.m. – ? Furniture, antiques beveled mirror dresser, wardrobe, painting easel, 1960s Lionel train, general store ribbon cabinet, tramp art frame, glassware, wooden ice box.

Onyx Cave Road–follow signs.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

LAUGHING HANDS MASSAGE announces its summer special – free peppermint foot scrub with a one hour massage. Laughing Hands always a great location for couples massage. Call 479-2445954 for appointment.

DERKSEN PORTABLE BUILDINGS for sale or rent-to-own. Hwy 62 West, across from WalMart, Berryville. No deposit or credit check. Free delivery. (870) 423-1414.

BELLYDANCE CLASSES!! 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday nights. Madam Medusa’s Hookah Lounge. (310) 720-5487

2009 HONDA METROPOLITAN Scooter. Many extras. 100+ MPG. One owner. $1350. (479) 981-1900

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PARTS UNKNOWN, Eureka Springs’ destination for a broad assortment of fine men’s and women’s fashions and accessories, is hiring Part-Time Sales Professionals. If you are a service driven, energetic fashion enthusiast, we’d like to meet with you. Please email your resume to eureka@partsunknown.com or fax to (866) 498-2780

REAL ESTATE LAND FOR SALE

RENTAL PROPERTIES HOME RENTALS 1BR/1BA COTTAGE on Owen Street.

1 parking spot. Easy walk downtown.

Nice yard. No pets, no smoking. Month to month lease. $625/mo + $300 deposit. Includes water & trash. (479) 244-9155 RENTER CHANGED MIND! FOR RENT: large 1BR/1BA house. Small office area. No smoking, no pets. Lease. $725 with utilities. Located on Pine/offstreet parking. Call (479) 799-0517 EXQUISITELY FURNISHED, EFFICIENT 2BR HOUSE. Large bath w/ dbl sinks. Washer/Dryer, dishwasher, hardwood floors. Wooded view from furnished deck w/gas gill. Covered parking. Walking distance to Harts, market and downtown. $850/mo, first/last/security deposit. No pets, no smoking. (479) 244-5427 2BR/2BA HOUSE IN HOLIDAY ISLAND available Aug. 1, $725/mo. CH/A, woodstove. All appliances, W/D hookups. Large front porch and back deck.

Deposit & first months rent prior to movein. Call Michael (870) 423-3498 or (870) 423-3498

DUPLEX RENTALS GREAT LOCATION, beautiful trees.

2 acres M/L. 10 minutes from down- SPACIOUS 1BR/1BA, JACUZZI town Eureka Springs. $11,500 (870) TUB, W/D, CH/A, decks, covered 847-1934 porch, large living room, fireplace.

Quiet, peaceful & wooded at Holiday HOMES FOR SALE Island. $475/mo. (810) 347-8120. Can DOWNTOWN, WELL MAIN- be furnished.

TAINED 2-STORY with lower level APARTMENT RENTALS rental. Ample parking. Established garden. Detached shop/studio with high SMALL EFFICIENCY-COMceiling.Two decks. (479) 253-4963 PLETELY REMODELED. Off-street parking. All utilities paid. Not suitable 2BR/2BA CONDO FOR SALE BY for pets or children. (479) 981-9383 OWNER. 5 White Oak Lane, H.I. leave message. $475/mo., last month & Please call (479) 253-2184 or (479) security deposit required.

981-3793 SPACIOUS APARTMENT IN HISTORIC DISTRICT 3BR/2BA apt. on RENTAL PROPERTIES quiet street. Great deck, front porch, off-street parking, large master BR, HOME RENTALS CH/A, woodstove. $800/month + $800 LARGE HOME DOWNTOWN 2 large deposit. Non-smoker, dog is negotiable bedrooms, 3 baths, library, 2 car garage. with fee. Available 7/1. Contact Karen (479) 981-9578 $950 + utilities. (479) 244-0599

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From $375/mo. (479) 253-4385

SERVICE DIRECTORY BEAUTY ISLAND NAILS NOW OPEN at 3 Parkway Dr., Ste G (near HI Subway.)

Mention this ad for $5 off your first visit.

Featuring: Spa Pedicure, Manicure with OPI gel polish–lasts 2 weeks (compare to Shellac) Call (479) 981-9556 for info on other services and appointments

PETS PETSITTING, HOUSESITTING. Holiday Island, Eureka Springs and surrounding areas. 25+ years experience.

Reliable, references, insured. Call Lynn (479) 363-6676

CLEANING GOT DIRTY WINDOWS? DON’T CUSS, CALL US! Clear Solutions has 10 years of experience cleaning windows, screens, mirrors and light fixtures.

Call (479) 325-8069 for an appointment.

TAYLOR-MAID TO THE RESCUE! Clean freak has openings. References.

Call Angie (479) 981-0125

AUTOMOTIVE I BUY AND REMOVE OLDER CARS & TRUCKS. Reasonable prices paid. Also some scrap and parts vehicles. Call Bill (479) 253-4477

MAINTENANCE/ LANDSCAPE/ HOME SERVICES TOM HEARST PROFESSIONAL PAINTING AND CARPENTRY Painting & Wood Finishing, Trim & Repair Carpentry, Drywall Repair & Texturing, Pressure Washing (479) 244-7096

SERVICE DIRECTORY MAINTENANCE/ LANDSCAPE/ HOME SERVICES 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 REALTORS-PROPERTY MGRSLANDLORDS. I specialize in preparation of properties for showing and/or occupancy. Excellent references.

(479) 981-0125.

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 HEY, IT’S SPRING CLEANING TIME, LET US HELP. Free estimates. All types of clean-ups. Will haul off and dispose of anything. Including tear-downs, furniture restoration and painting. (870) 423-5674 HEAVEN SENT HANDYMAN– Professional carpentry and painting.

Creative and artistic solutions for your remodeling or repairs. Call Jerry (479) 981-0976.

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20th summertime Yards & Yards of Yard Sales The 20th annual summertime Yards & Yards of Yard Sales event sponsored by The Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce is coming up August 1 and 2, (rain dates August 8, 9) from 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. each day, and it’s not too soon to get your sale on the map!

Free yourself from clutter and pocket some cash simply by cleaning out the basement, closet, garage, shed and attic. Stop by the Visitor Info Center at Pine Mountain Village to plot your location on the YYYS map and receive your official YYYS permit sign for $15. Sign-up deadline is July 25 at noon.

For more information call (479) 253-8737 or email welcomedesk@ eurekaspringschamber.com or suzanne@eurekaspringschamber.com. Like the Yards &Yards of Yard Sales of Eureka Springs page on Facebook to get updates.

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On the Second-Saturday Gallery Stroll: Browse our myriad of galleries and meet artists at special receptions on July 12 from 6 – 9 p.m. Here are a few: Norberta Philbrook Gallery, 34 N. Main, celebrates Fleur Delicious weekend with the works of Beth Myers, and hosts a reception open to the public from 6 – 9 p.m. Myers is known for her use of texture and the disconcerting beauty that emerges. (479) 363-6703 Zarks Fine Design Gallery, 67 Spring, welcomes Barbara Kennedy and her work to the gallery with a “Pie in July”Artist Reception. Homemade dessert pies will be served from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. “It’s an honor to have an artist with such phenomenal talent decide to showcase her work at Zarks,” Sallie Overbey, gallery proprietor, said. See preview at barbarakennedystudio.com.

The Eureka Fine Art Gallery, 63 N. Main, features the paintings of Bob Harvey during July. Come say hello to this established and creative artist during his reception from 6 – 9 p.m. Refreshments will be served. The gallery will also feature new works by John Robert Willer during the month of July. The Gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Sweet Spring Studio closes Barbara Kennedy is closing the Sweet Spring Gallery at 123 Spring.

She thanks her customers for their patronage and invites them to view her work at Zarks Fine Design Gallery, 67 Spring. Barbara continues to offer oil painting classes in her home studio. Phone (479) 253-6652 or email barbara@barbarakennedystudio.com.

Annie at the Aud July 6 Eureka Classic Movies Association presents the original 1982 movie version of Annie, the touching story of Little Orphan Annie, which originated from a popular radio show airing from 1930 to 1942.

Over the years that followed Annie was adapted for film and stage play, most notably the 1977 Broadway hit, which ran for six years.

The film stars Albert Finney and Bernadette Peters, as well as Carol Burnett, who plays Miss Hannigan. Aileen Quinn plays the title role for this outstanding movie.

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RIVER, CAVE, SPRING AND TWO HOMES

PRIVACY AND SECLUSION – This cute 2bed/2bath home sits atop Eureka on 1.3 acres! Open floor plan, eat in kitchen, carpet and wood flooring.

Perfect second home in the country. Plenty of room to build a barn/workshop without restrictions. Must see at $128,000 TWO HOMES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!! These two homes are located on 12 acres in the Southern Hills area of Eureka. Property can be divided or kept as two homes. Larger home has carport and fenced in yard.

Both homes have private driveway entrances.

Larger home is 1400 sq. ft and cottage is 800+ sq. ft. Great for family visits or use as investment rental property. Make offer at $199,000

LAKEVIEW LAND … Gorgeous views of Beaver Lake priced from $25,000 to $110,000. Perfect opportunity to build your dream home and enjoy the amenities of the lake.

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PERFECT EUREKA SECOND HOME! This slightly contemporary home perched high in Eureka’s Historic District allows the owner to have a bird’s eye view of all four seasons. Excellent convenient location. Extras include upper level tongue and groove interior ceiling. Beautiful refinished oak floors, open living, dining and kitchen area, master bedroom and full bath on main floor and lower level offering 2 large rooms and half bath. All interior repainted, new ceiling fan, blinds, and new garage door.

Fenced in backyard area for children or pets. One car attached garage! $134,900. MLS 580141.

HOME featuring split bedroom/bath arrangement with large master bedroom and ensuite bath featuring large shower plus deep soaking tub and twin vanities.

Quality carpeting, paint, and bonus of 4 inch crown molding throughout.

Living room has wood burning fireplace. Front covered porch and rear deck.

3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 car garage. Lot 53 is a large vacant lot included in this sale. HISID assessment for this lot is $416 per year. From this home, you are completely private and can see no other homes. Just enjoy trees and the seasons. REDUCED $88,900. MLS 690761.

BEAUTIFUL

BEAVER TOWN CUSTOM HOME Beautifully custom built home circa 2010 with ICF of 11 inch thick walls. All on one level built with large doorways to accommodate possible wheel chair and for moving in large furniture and appliances. Living room features woodburning fireplace with floor-toceiling bookcases flanking it on both sides. Easy care concrete floors. Two heating systems include central heat & air and radiant floor heat. Two bedrooms, one full bath, plus two half baths. Large cultured marble walk-in shower, jetted bathtub in master bath. You will enjoy the butler’s pantry adjacent to kitchen for extra storage. All this on 1.31 acres, past Beaver Town – very secluded and private. $190,000. MLS 693932.

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Bluff-top view for miles creates a lovely homesite for this 2300 sq. ft. home.

Vaulted ceiling in greatroom, riverstone fireplace, hardwood floors, sunroom and 1200 sq. ft. of decking overlooking the WAR EAGLE RIVER. Privacy of end-of-the-road seclusion, yet just outside of town a short drive. 20.45 acres, several CAVES, SPRING, PRIVATE GRAVEL BAR ON THE RIVER. Two-story 2200 sq. ft. guest house/office. 4-car garage and 1800 sq. ft. insulated steel workshop. Separate well. This is truly a special and well-priced property with lots of WATER! $399,000

NEWER HOME ON 10 ACRES WITH BIG VIEW

Country home BARELY LIVED IN! Just minutes to Eureka Springs. Located near the Kings River and the 14,000+ acre Madison County Game Refuge. Very private setting with some of the best views in Carroll County. 1770 sq. ft. home with 732 sq. ft. finished garage was built in 2006.

3 bedrooms, 2 full baths.

Large master suite with French doors to deck. Quaker-style windows with lifetime warranty. Hardwired for security system. Open floor plan living area with vaulted ceilings, many windows. $179,000

CABIN IN THE WOODS

Country Garden Log Cabin located in the Village at Red Bud Valley. “TURN KEY” 1 bedrooms, 1 bath. Fully furnished... move in ready. 3-sided gas fireplace, full kitchen, dining area, media center, front veranda with swing, rockers, and grill. Private back deck. 2 community lakes and a recreation area for cabin owners only. DEER! Located just minutes from downtown Eureka Springs.

Near Kings River and 14,000 acres of Madison County Wildlife Management area. $ 115,000