Could personal exemptions stop fluoridation? Nicky Boyette Laura Coker addressed the Eureka Springs City Council Monday evening and offered a strategy for preventing the fluoridation of water supplied by Carroll-Boone Water District for Eureka Springs, Berryville, Green Forest and Harrison. Fluoridation is scheduled to begin in January. Coker told council the practice of medicine should be handled by licensed individuals who follow established procedures. Medical therapies require an appropriate diagnosis in order to prescribe appropriate doses. The state legislature is not licensed to prescribe medicine, and she suggested the community ask the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to file an injunction on behalf of the citizens of Eureka Springs. She described typical effects of fluoride including lassitude, passivity and delayed intellectual development in children who ingest fluoridated water over a long period. It is also absorbed through the skin, so a person must filter all incoming water from Carroll-Boone to avoid the fluoride. “But then you could not eat at any local restaurants,” she said. Coker suggested the key to fixing the problem would be to get enough people to ask for personal exemptions. If enough parents asked that their children be exempt, then schools would be in a position of supplying bottled water. Alderman James DeVito said council had heard the facts about fluoride already and had passed a resolution opposing fluoridation two years ago. Alderman Mickey Schneider wanted council to approve her sending the resolution to the ACLU, but alderman David Mitchell said council could not do anything it has not already done. He suggested a grassroots effort getting a stack of personal exemption requests as Coker suggested would be more effective. Council took no action.
Filled the limo! – Now in its 9th year, Fill the Limo has been so successful that the amount of donated food no longer fits in a limo, so a large truck was used to transport the food to Flint Street where students from Jason Hill’s Building Trades class at Eureka Springs High School helped unload the bounty. Organizer Fatima Treuer said the raffle and live auction at the Pied Piper Nov. 20 raised $4,000 – four times their goal – plus a huge amount of food. Treuer sends a big thank you to everyone, especially Hart’s for making food available at cost, and to the businesses that donated raffle and auction items. Photo by Becky Gillette
This Week’s INDEPENDENT Thinkers In 2001, Judy Wicks was running a Philadelphia restaurant and Laury Hammel was running a business in Boston. The women created a network that led to figuring out how there could be a just and sustainable world through business. So they started BALLE (bolly), Business Alliance for Local Living Economies. They believed that the most direct route to change comes from local businesses addressing economic, environmental and societal challenges within their
communities (picnics, potlucks, politics). Local ownership means local accountability, and has morphed into more income for more people by eschewing the old “crush the competition” axiom. Big hearts, good brains, lots of chapters.
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INDEPENDENTNews CAPC workshop unveils marketing plan Nicky Boyette Twelve citizens joined the City Advertising and Promotion Commission at its Nov. 17 workshop in the Auditorium as executive director Mike Maloney unveiled the 2015 budget and marketing plan. He disseminated copies of a chart of activities during the year and an accompanying page showing when and where the CAPC will promote those events and how much it will spend. The chart shows which media and print outlets the CAPC will use, and will be posted on capc.biz. Maloney said television advertising would be a big expense because “TV has been a good friend… it extends our reach.” They will be creating new videos “so people can see a lot of Eureka Springs.” He said they would continue to advertise on two digital billboards in the I-49 corridor, and use radio spots and geofencing. Jack Moyer, general manager of the Crescent and Basin Park Hotels, said the CAPC should identify qualified leads for potential group tours and pass them on to local businesses to follow up. He stated the Great Passion Play is the driver of group tours to Eureka Springs, but commissioner Ken Ketelsen said he is hearing visitors come here for art, not the GPP. Much discussion ensued regarding how difficult it is to gather sufficient information on visitors in
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group tours because individual properties do not want to possibly jeopardize keeping customers. Moyer said getting qualified leads from the CAPC that “the deliverable has been inconsistent.” Randy Wolfinbarger, owner of the Inn of the Ozarks, remarked anyone who gets a lead must follow up often, even monthly, to let potential visitors know what is happening in town. “Stay in contact,” he said. “They respond to the strongest presence.” Kent Butler, representing the GPP, said one night in 1993 there were 55 buses at the GPP. There have been 60 total in 2014. “We have lost the group tour operators,” he said. “Focuses shift,” Wolfinbarger observed, “but we still should not forget that market.” Moyer told Maloney, “Your budget for group travel will not make a big splash in group travel,” and contended religious groups would be the best return on investment. Chair Charles Ragsdell said the city still needs to reach for an increase in both visitor count and number of bus tours even though the group tour industry is waning. Commissioner Robert Schmid asked the larger lodging property owners present if they would be willing to share their contacts with CAPC.
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Moyer replied, “We’ve done this before. I think we would be willing to if you put relative material in their hands twelve months each year.” Butler pointed out many potential visitors have been here before but not in 10 or 15 years. He claimed they would be willing to return with the right enticement. Ragsdell suggested they convene a workshop on group travel in the future. Where the money goes Maloney plans to use both network television ads as well as cable ads in targeted areas. “Dallas-Ft. Worth, for example, is a complex market and cable ads targeted to specific zip codes work well there.” He said he has $38,000 budgeted for co-op advertising alongside ads by the Arkansas Parks and Tourism Commission. He plans to explain co-op advertising opportunities at the Dec. 17 workshop at the Auditorium. He said they have gotten measurable responses from co-op ads. Moyer urged Maloney to spend heavy on the family market. Tim Risley, representing Clear Spring School, agreed with the focus on kids and families. He added, though, if the town wants to attract families there needs CAPC continued on page 23
INDEPENDENTNews Council takes first step for CAPC expansion N icky B oyette City Council approved the first reading of proposed Ordinance 2220 which would permit people who own or manage lodging properties or restaurants in town, but live outside the
Community Thanksgiving dinners Thursday, Nov. 27
11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Community Thanksgiving Dinner, ECHO dining room, US 62 and Rockhouse Road. Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings is provided by Flint Street Fellowship. All are welcome and there is no charge. Please call (479) 253-4945 if you wish to volunteer to help. 1 p.m., 41st Annual Community Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner, in the church building at 17 Elk Street. Doors open 1 p.m., dinner served at 2. Turkeys donated by Eureka Market and Harts Family Center. Bring a place setting, beverage and food to share. For more information phone Oakleaf (479) 253-2582.
city limits, to become eligible to sit on the City Advertising and Promotion Commission. The commission was established to have seven seats, which include two members of city council, one at-large position and four from the tourism industry.
Trains and winter snow make a perfect holiday show The largest privately owned Snow Train Village in the United States continues through Tuesday, Dec. 23 in the shopping center in Gaskins Switch on US 62. The exhibit consists of well over 300 buildings that take you back to the 1930s and ‘50s landscape of small town America. The exhibit is open from 5 – 7 p.m. on Fridays, (1 – 7 p.m. on Nov. 28), 10
a.m. – 6 p.m. on Saturdays and 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Sundays. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for children. This event is a fundraiser for the Eureka Springs Historical Museum and is hosted by Larry and Cathy Handley, owners of the display. For details on dates and hours call (479) 253-9417 or visit www. eurekaspringshistoricalmuseum.org.
Domestic Violence Center Open House Dec. 6
An open house for The Purple Flower, Domestic Violence Resource and Support Center of Carroll County, will be held Saturday, Dec. 6, following the Berryville Christmas Parade at 6:30 p.m.
Hot beverages will be served next door to the Center, 7 N. Springfield Street, across from Hanby Lumber in Berryville. The Purple Flower will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. beginning Dec. 2.
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INDEPENDENTNews Economic development, Part 5 Nicky Boyette The Auditorium lobby was the setting Nov. 19 for a fifth gathering of the minds to discuss economic development for Carroll County. Charles Ragsdell, chair of the city Advertising and Promotion Commission (CAPC), started the conversation by stating the group at its previous meeting had tossed out a goal of increasing tourism revenue by five percent and increasing the visitor count by 8,000 - 10,000. Scott Smith of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge disagreed with Ragsdell’s goals. “I personally will bring 10,000 more by myself,” he said. “Don’t undersell yourself.” He reminded them the Chamber of Commerce had set a goal of increasing visitor count by 100,000, and commented, “To shoot at 100,000 but land 30,000 is not a failure, but 10,000 is not enough. We’re better than that.” Alderman Dee Purkeypile said regardless of the number they set as a goal, the group needs input from local retailers and others, such as representatives of the Crescent and Basin Park Hotels who spend
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“To shoot at 100,000 but land 30,000 is not a failure, but 10,000 is not enough. We’re better than that.” – Scott Smith more on advertising than the CAPC. Errol Severe of Aviation Cadet World northeast of town said he offers a different visitor experience with an array of aircraft and simulations. He explained his goal is to educate and entertain visitors in a way no other attraction in town can offer. Plus, his setting at Silver Wings Field is an underused small airport. Mayor Morris Pate mentioned Carroll County Airport could coordinate with Silver Wings to host fly-ins. Sandy Martin said the group should get beyond setting a number goal and proceed with action ideas about attracting new businesses. She said she and members of the Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee are creating a toolkit which anyone could use for attracting new businesses, and although the CAPC cannot advertise for individual
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businesses, it can connect businesses with advisors from the Northwest Arkansas Tourism Association. Mike Maloney, executive director of the CAPC, agreed he could help in that way but stated the CAPC advertises all local attractions and he plans to reach out to yet untapped markets in Jackson, Miss., Northwest Louisiana and St. Louis. He also will expand his reach into the DallasFt. Worth area. “You can never penetrate a market enough. You have to keep at it,” he said. Pate told the group it is typical for a group of motorcyclists to ride all day to a destination, so cyclists in Dallas would be a viable market. He said he sees cyclists from Tulsa in town often. Smith said local businesses can take advantage of co-op advertising opportunities
to stretch the impact of a dollar spent, but there needs to be a unified message and a way to plan together. Pate suggested the cooperative advertising idea was a good opportunity for businesses to get their word out, yet locals needed a training to be able to take advantage of it. Maloney said he would provide an information-sharing session at the Dec. 17 CAPC workshop. He said, “It could be a great opportunity for retailers to advertise for a few hundred dollars in a big way.” Mayor-elect Butch Berry asked, “But who is our market?” Maloney replied the city still needs to hit the I-49 corridor. He said research shows 75 percent of residents in the Fayetteville to Bentonville area have not visited Eureka Springs. Pate was concerned that Eureka Springs has enough for visitors to do. “If you’re selling Eureka Springs, you’re selling western Carroll County.” He mentioned a nature center might do well in the area. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT continued on page 21
INDEPENDENTNews Parking during special events under fire Nicky Boyette At Monday’s city council meeting, alderman James DeVito said when car shows and other events take up valuable parking spaces near the courthouse on the weekend, merchants suffer. He insisted he does not want to lose the car shows, but downtown businesses need the turnover in parking so more customers can walk the streets. He suggested moving some events either to Center Street, as in the past, or to a space like Pine Mountain Village where there is plenty of parking. He added that the city lost many downtown parking spaces during October weekends when merchants needed them the most. Mayor Morris Pate responded that it matters to event promoters where the event is staged, or they might go elsewhere.
Alderman Mickey Schneider said years ago the antique cars, for example, parked along Spring, Center and Main Sts., so people walked to see the cars but visited the shops along the way. Diane Wilkerson, assistant to the mayor, said they stage the parking near the courthouse as a courtesy to participants so they can walk around downtown and shop. She noted, however, since over the years some events do not take advantage of all the parking and some of it has gone unused at times, the city has begun controlling the situation by limiting how many spaces it makes available. Council agreed it did not want to lose the car shows but would consider alternative arrangements for how to handle parking at special events.
Wrapping it up • Alderman David Mitchell moved to drop from the agenda an ordinance that would have prohibited traveling or exotic wild animal exhibitions. • Kristin Parra, co-owner of the Carson & Barnes Circus, spoke during Public Comments, and thanked the town for its support during a recent performance at Lake Leatherwood City Park. She also asked council to bring concerns about treatment of animals to her so they could discuss it. • Council voted to approve the first reading of Ordinance 2221, which amends the city’s Personnel Handbook to comply with recent IRS changes on per diem compensation for meals during on-duty travel. • Mayor Morris Pate announced he
had named Billy Summers as Interim Fire Chief. Pate said Mayor-elect Butch Berry would name a permanent replacement for Fire Chief Rhys Williams who is retiring at the end of the month. Next meeting will be Monday, Dec. 8, at 6 p.m. This will be the only council meeting in December unless a need arises for another one.
Quorum Court budget trims airport’s wings Nicky Boyette Only ten citizens were in attendance Friday morning to see the penultimate Carroll County Quorum Court meeting of 2014, and only nine of the 11 Justices of the Peace attended to take care of the light agenda. The most significant discussion was about a non-voting item. JP Jack Deaton passed around copies of the proposed 2015 budget and encouraged his peers to study it and prepare for discussion and a vote at the December meeting. He acknowledged there are still questions remaining in the budget regarding Carroll County Airport. Deaton asserted CCA should be a key part of the county’s emergency plans, and emergency equipment ought to be housed there, but stated there are still unfinished issues with the Airport Commission. JP Ron Flake added, “What we did to
the airport won’t solve the problem, but it might contribute toward a solution.” Commissioner Morris Pate of the Airport Commission, had mentioned at the Thursday airport meeting the line item for CCA totaled $48,000, which would be enough for paying the manager and keeping the lights on, but leaves little for maintenance or insurance, thereby possibly jeopardizing compliance with Federal Aviation Administration guidelines. Flake told the court the budget includes a fifty-cent raise across-the-board for county employees, a move he opposed, preferring merit increases. In addition, he told the court raises were possible because the county insurance plan did not get the increase the committee was expecting. He also warned that next year’s insurance plan might exclude doctors in Missouri, a grim
possibility for county employees who see specialists in Springfield, for example. Judge Sam Barr summed up the budgeting experience by observing, “The budget is like a puzzle. All the pieces have to fit.” Other business • The court approved 9-0 the second reading of an ordinance which repeals a previous ordinance establishing the position of a county-wide animal control officer. Flake stated the county had no money to fill the position, and this ordinance takes away any obligation. JP John Reeve pointed out the ordinance would leave residents outside of city limits uncovered, but JP Gaylon Riggs replied state law covers vicious dogs though it does not mention exotic animals. • The annual ordinance “approving QUORUM COURT continued on page 23
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INDEPENDENTNews Airport commission rues 2015 budget
Nicky Boyette The primary conversation at the November 20 Carroll County Airport Commission meeting concerned the proposed 2015 budget being considered by the Quorum Court. Commissioner Morris Pate stated the budget committee had its mind set before their discussion at the budget meeting, and $48,000 is what the county has set aside for operating the airport next year. “That’s not a viable number to run a county facility,” Pate observed.” “I can’t find the logic in it. We can maybe pay a manager and keep the lights on.” “And it won’t cover insurance or maintenance,” added commissioner Perry Evans, which he noted would bring up problems for taking care of the facility as well as other compliance issues with Federal Aviation Administration requirements. Chair Lonnie Clark suggested a contingent from CCA should visit with George Downie of the Arkansas Airport Operators’ Association to seek advice. Commissioners discussed the disconnect with the Quorum Court regarding the airport budget. Clark stated if
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CCA were to close, the county – meaning the Quorum Court – would be on the hook to repay hangar leases, which would be “an astronomical effect on the county budget,” according to Clark. Evans added that just by not being able to pay insurance premiums, the county would be liable for the noncompliance. Commissioners agreed they would not schedule a regular meeting in December but would call a special meeting if there were any developments regarding their budget. Manager’s report Airport manager Dana Serrano told commissioners that in October, CCA had two very busy weekends and then the weather set in. Courtesy cars were in use as much as possible, plus she and office manager Lanna Fletcher gave rides to pilots who would have had to wait for a courtesy car. Justice of the Peace John Reeve asked if there were a way to measure the economic impact of CCA and how does the commission publish the information because apparently it is not well known. Sheila Evans, former airport manager,
said in the past they had shown a PowerPoint presentation on how much the airport has expanded over the years. She said there are naysayers in the county who do not know the impact of the airport, but there is a silent majority who know. She lamented the “sad state of affairs” regarding attempts to communicate with members of the Quorum Court, and Pate agreed to be the public relations liaison for the commission. Projects Dan Clinton, engineer and consultant, said he is working on the design for the runway rehabilitation. The work is being funded by a State Aeronautics grant. He recommended putting the runway extension (adding another 400+ feet to the length to reach 4000 ft.) into the Master Plan once rehab work is done. “If the extension is in the Master Plan, then we can do it.” Clinton said grantors need justification before awarding funds, and if the project is part of the long-range plan and if grantors are inundated with letters of support, the funds might materialize. Next meeting will be Thursday, Jan. 15, at 12 p.m.
INDEPENDENTNews Schools get good reports Nicky Boyette Clair Lesieur, principal of Eureka Springs Elementary School, told the school board Thursday evening that fourth grade teacher Kamisha Watson and computer teacher Molly Rothert had been awarded $10,000 in hardware for the school as part of their participation in the Hour of Code program. According to its website, the goal of the program is “to demystify computer science and show that anybody can learn the basics.” Lesieur also announced the elementary school choir will perform at the Crescent Hotel Dec. 11, and Dec. 18 will put on a non-traditional Christmas performance at the Auditorium. High School Principal Kathy Lavender announced that Sarah Andress had received a Worley Scholarship for a full ride at the University of Arkansas. Wade Carter is a finalist for a scholarship to a major Ivy League school such as Harvard, Yale or Princeton. She told the board that 92 percent of her seniors had applied to college. SCHOOL BOARD continued on page 23
Running on full – Nathan Andress could run across the country and still win. He won Individual Competition at Oaklawn last weekend. Photo by Chrys McClung
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Don’t lump huge companies together
Editor, This is in response to This Week’s Independent Thinker on the front page Nov. 19. Author Naomi Klein’s disparaging remarks concerning “huge companies” calls for the following thoughts. Because of “huge companies” we have steel to build our bridges, buildings, autos, planes, railroad cars, tracks and locomotives. We have construction equipment to build roads and buildings. We have air conditioning and heating units. We have water treatment equipment. We have printing presses. And so on. “Huge companies” have been able to amass the capital so they can afford the sophisticated and expensive equipment to manufacture these things by selling stock to the stockholders. These shareholders expect a return on their investment just as they would from buying government or municipal bonds. The “huge companies” expect to make a profit so they can continue to operate – grow – and add plant space and equipment, give raises and generate dividends for the shareholders. This is the free enterprise system. This is capitalism. Sure, there have been companies large and small that have engaged in unscrupulous, even criminal, practices. Sure, there have been owners and CEOs who are guilty of very bad behavior. But, this is not a reason to condemn all business any more than condemning all of society for the presence of some criminals among us. R.B. McDowell
Drinking fluoride hard to swallow
Editor, We have been talking and talking about fluoride, and the evidence is overwhelming about the dangers of ingesting fluoride. Not
only is the dosage difficult to regulate, but more and more cities and states are taking fluoride out of the water when learning of the dangerous health effects of fluoride additives in our water. Anyone can Google the Fluoride Action Network and read the facts. So much more is being researched and printed, and the fact that the government continues to pass laws saying that we need fluoride is really showing their lack of updated information. We are fortunate to have citizens in this community who understand the dangers and are insistent in wanting the facts. Surely we are finally realizing that fluoride when ingested is harmful, and we are insisting that we not be made to ingest these harmful toxins against our will. I know that people are waking up to the abundant facts against fluoride and speaking out. I am grateful to everyone involved in getting the laws changed to protect all of us. We live in a community of clean water and it is important we keep it clean. There will be a public meeting at the Unitarian Church on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 6:30 in the evening. I really hope all of you will come to the meeting and give us your comments and suggestions. We need to make changes before the first of the year, or we will have a real possibility of fluoride in our drinking water throughout this area. Please come, be involved, and lend support. Jasmine Stanley
Ethical treatment of animals
Editor, Last week’s letter to the editor, View Different than PETA’s, is an example of Goebbels’ propaganda technique during the Third Reich: tell a big lie often enough, people will believe it – “It will not be impossible to prove with sufficient repetition and a psychological understanding of the people concerned that a square is in fact a circle.” This father of Nazism helped
persuade people to support national socialist fascist policies. To say that PETA wants a separation of people from animals is beyond a lie. It makes no sense at all. PETA’s philosophy is that humans can and should treat all animals ethically; this means, for example, no sharp hooks imbedded in elephants’ hides to make them stand on their heads for the amusement of circus-goers; or, a sharp stick that has been poked in the elephant’s eyes so much, they are afraid of anything held in a man’s hand. Some Arkansans mistreat their dogs, cats, horses, etc., beat them, don’t feed or shelter them. Some have ethics and love their animals. The Good Shepherd Humane Society, a non-kill shelter, deals with abused, thrown-away pets every day on a very limited budget. Resist brainwashing and terrorism against animals. Do your own research. Check out the facts. Whole species of wild animals are being destroyed by poachers, men who want ivory potions for their male enhancement products, and the destruction of habitat. What kind of world will we have when they are gone? What are children learning about love and stewardship: the almighty dollar is Supreme? Trella Laughlin
Celebrate having it all
Editor, There is much talk about how to boost the economy in Eureka Springs. I’ve even heard people saying we need new attractions and, heaven forbid, a theme park! I think we already have it all. Natural beauty, historic architecture, and the nicest people you’d ever want to meet. So if we’re doing everything right, why can’t we make enough money to survive? Perhaps just a little shift in thought could change all that. Almost everything we, as humans, do in this world is set up to separate us. MAIL continued on page 23
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alling the goings-on in Ferguson a black and white problem is not black and white. Add a sprinkle of classism and we’re getting somewhere. But we have to be smarter than a beekeeper to understand what’s happened. Why did Darren Wilson not say, immediately, I shot this man, it happened fast, I’m sorry it happened, and this is how it happened. Right at that moment, before the big hand of the clock reached 5. Instead, Wilson wasn’t even identified for days or a week. Rage and destruction could have been avoided if Wilson had just been straight up and honest. But he wasn’t, or his boss or someone who didn’t even know him but was in charge of him, wasn’t. Then a grand jury convened, which as we were taught in 7th grade Civics, meant a pool of people chosen just like any other jury, from voter registration rolls. The purpose was to decide if there was enough evidence to pursue further action, like an arrest. Two men, one armed the other not, one dead the other not. The two men were likely very afraid of each other even though they’d just met. For all we know, they’d both go through it again in hopes of a different result if they could. The rage and disparity of those who live in a neighborhood, and those paid to make sure they act neighborly, is as dark and uncertain as a tornado. The agitation that occurred in Ferguson last night comes from the deep place where anger is justified because of hurt. Both sides are marketing their own victimhood and blaming everyone except the dog for their anger. In the words of the prosecuting attorney who convened the grand jury in Clayton, Mo., sensationalizing this killing is the fault of the media. Yes, the media reported that an unarmed man was shot numerous times and killed, and that American citizens, in their constitutional right to assemble, were a threat worthy of tanks and teargas and automatic weapons. All we can tell from here is that preparing for battle pretty much ensures there will be one. Last August 13, driving into St. Louis in a downpour while trying to find a Ferguson This Way sign, a man on AM talk radio said, “Whites are on bottom now and we need to be back on top.” It was enough to make a girl drive right into that big river they’ve got up there. It was hard to understand whether his statement was about racism or foreplay, either way it was stunning and stupider than filling the washing machine and forgetting to put the clothes in. And yes, we also know white men who have been assaulted by black men in cities – robbed, stripped and left for dead. We blame skin color, poverty, gender, religion and birth sign, everything we can think of, but we always find a righteous place to set our blame. We talk of peace and prepare for war. The earth is moving and the sky is falling, children play Make Believe (an interesting choice of words) and we don’t. Surely there’s a way to overcome that. We’re laboratories of curiosity. We play with the wind while time whistles by and call it going to work. We try to convey information and convince others to be war weary while laughing at the absurdity of even thinking such a thing. Holy cow, we’ve been on the verge of impending ruin forever. Yet we accept elected men who wear preppie neckties with a pastel splash of late-life moodiness full of secrets telling us what to do. It seems most of our fights are planned to present us as heroes, and if that doesn’t work out, we’re good with being victims. So. Thanksgiving. Whatever its history, there’s nothing higher than a day when we simply give thanks. To ourselves. Not to or for friends, family, rioters, kooks, scholars or liars. Just a common Thursday in November when we smile alone and wonder if anything will ever be all right, and if it’s even in our best interest that it be. No Justice. No Peace. Know Justice. Know Peace. Handheld sign in Ferguson, Nov. 24, 2014 MPB
ThePursuitOfHAPPINESS
by Dan Krotz person named Chris Helmssomethingoranother has been named People Magazine’s Sexiest Man of the Year, replacing last year’s Sexiest Man, ‘tater Chumming. I don’t know who either of these birds are, but in the interest of staying au courant, I found out who Kim Kardashian is, and yes, she has an amazing, heart stopping rear end. Ladies, feel free to pound down that second helping of pecan pie. As you can tell, I’ve resolved to keep on top of all the stuff that Americans In the Know! are on top of, preposition intended. Imagine then, my dismay, at being unable to make the three-finger Hunger Games salute. No matter how hard I try, I can’t get my little finger to slide under my thumb. Whether this failure makes me ineligible as a pop-cult-pundit is, thus and obviously, an open question. Thank goodness I can still fly the middle digit. In other news, the President has come out in favor of sunshine and sunrises. Republicans have, in response, vowed to commence a 24-month rain dance while dressed in Washington Redskin T-shirts. “Rain, baby, rain!” will replace “Drill, baby, drill!” as their new convention mantra. That’ll show the Black Guy what’s what, and it reaffirms the Grand Old Party’s Grand Old Masturbation Policy of feeling pretty good while not actually accomplishing anything. That agenda may cancel out any success they’ll have in passing their immigration bill, HR “Go Back to Mexico, Peedrow, and Take Your Damn Kids with You,” but only time will tell. Meanwhile, another septuagenarian Democrat, Jim Webb of Virginia, has thrown his hat into the 2016 presidential campaign ring. I’m sure you heard the tin can clink of it as it hit the ground. Excited operatives from both political parties are already hard at work studying Webb’s potential to beat Hillary in the Iowa, South Carolina, and Aluminum Walker Primaries. Both candidates are intensely passionate about the middleclass and absolutely guarantee that, if elected, every American will make $10 bucks an hour. Yes, there’s much for which to be thankful. You’re not Bill Cosby, and you don’t live in Buffalo, New York.
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• 24-hour Crisis Line for Women – NWA Women’s Shelter serving Carroll County – “Empowering families to live free of violence.” (800) 775-9011 www.nwaws.org • Cup of Love free soup lunches – Hearty soup lunch Fridays from 9:30 a.m. 2 p.m. in front of Wildflower thrift shop (yellow building next to chapel) on US 62E. Cup of Love also provides soup lunches at Flint Street Fellowship Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. (479) 363-4529 • 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. • Celebrate Recovery – Soul Purpose Ministries, 801 S. Springfield, Green Forest, 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday. Potluck meal followed by 12-step Christ-centered meetings for those suffering from addiction, habit, hang-up or hurt. • No high school diploma? Take free GED classes in the Carnegie Library Annex every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 9 a.m. - noon with study and tutoring for the GED test. Open to ages 18 and up. GED classes also in Berryville at Carroll County Center. Some open to ages 16 and 17 per educational requirements. For info: Nancy Wood (479) 981-0482, Carnegie Library (479) 253-8754, Carroll County Center (870) 423-4455). Offered by North Arkansas College with Carnegie Library support. • 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) 9819977 • 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 10 |
INDEPENDENTConstablesOnPatrol November 17 9:41 p.m. – Constables assisted deputies with a male subject who had purportedly taken a hallucinogenic substance. November 18 8:32 a.m. – Motorist told ESPD he had almost been run off the road by a reckless driver. Constable saw the adverse vehicle in a parking lot, found the driver in an establishment and informed him of the complaint. 2:46 p.m. – Onlooker saw a driver westbound on US 62 texting while driving through town, and there was a child in the vehicle. Constables watched for the vehicle. 3:36 p.m. – There was a two-vehicle accident with no injuries toward the east side of town. 7:32 p.m. – A dog had reportedly been running loose on a road in the west part of town for most of the evening. Constable went to the scene but did not see the dog. November 19 11:10 a.m. – A CCSO deputy brought in a suicide letter found inside a book that had been turned in to their office. Constable went to the last known address of the author and found her in good health with family members. Constable learned the letter was probably two years old. November 20 1:48 a.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for his fourth offense of driving on a suspended license. He also had outstanding warrants from Bentonville, Siloam Springs and Prairie Grove. 9:16 a.m. – Innkeeper asked for assistance with a guest who refused to leave or pay. Constable arrived, and the recalcitrant guest agreed to leave by 6:30 p.m., which was okay with the innkeeper. 10:32 a.m. – Dog ran loose in the north part of town. Constable looked for but never found it. 1:03 p.m. – Caller downtown reported a dog barking as though in distress. Constable learned it was the dog missing from the previous item. It had been tied to a stairway. Constable brought it to the kennel. 5:57 p.m. – Resident gave ESPD information about receiving harassing phone. 8:06 p.m. – Guest at a hotel told a constable he had had a dispute with the hotel owner who now refused let him retrieve items from the room. Constable intervened, and the guest got his things but was advised never to return to the premises. 9:20 p.m. – Individual told ESPD she had witnessed a male breaking into her vehicle in an attempt to steal her property. Others at the scene were detaining the culprit. Constables arrived and arrested the subject for criminal trespass, theft of property, public intoxication and possession of a controlled substance. 11:06 p.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for driving on a suspended license, no proof of insurance, and two warrants out of Newton County for failure to appear on a charge of criminal mischief. November 21 10:33 a.m. – Motorist claimed she had turned a corner in a neighborhood and almost ran into the truck of tree trimmers because they had no traffic control. Constable spoke with the crew and advised them to maintain traffic control. 12:10 p.m. – Individual spoke with a constable about suspicious activity near his vehicle. 12:13 p.m. – Another individual reported her vehicle had been vandalized overnight.
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12:46 p.m. – Person downtown said she had corralled two small dogs running loose on Spring Street. They had out-of-state information on their tags. Animal Control picked up the animals and attempted to make contact with their owner. 2:16 p.m. – Person told ESPD someone sold his vehicle without permission. Constable attempted to talk to all parties to see if the situation constituted theft or a civil matter. 5:28 p.m. – Constable initiated a traffic stop and cited the driver for driving on an expired license. 7:32 p.m. – Candles were burning inside a downtown business, and the constable called the owner to put them out. November 22 2:02 a.m. – Caller complained a tailgate party downtown at which he claimed teenagers were playing loud music and keeping him up. Constables looked for but did not find the party. 3:52 a.m. – Witnesses near ESH saw a female driving a moving truck hit a tree. They were concerned she might be intoxicated, and she was sitting in the truck in the ESH parking lot. The responding constable found out she was not impaired, just nervous and tired. 7:09 a.m. – Person driving a rental truck backed into another vehicle in a parking lot. 9:50 a.m. – As a result of a traffic stop, constable arrested the driver for driving on a suspended license, violation of a protection order, speeding, no liability insurance. The driver also had a valid warrant out of Boone County for failure to appear on violation of protection order. 11:48 p.m. – Central dispatch alerted ESPD to complaint of a woman detaining and using physical force on a male. Constables went to the address, however, and it was a male they arrested for third degree domestic battery, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and threatening a law enforcement officer. November 23 1:45 a.m. – CCSO issued a BOLO for a female last seen four days prior at a residence near Berryville. 4:24 p.m. – Constables performed a welfare check at the request of the sheriff’s office. 4:59 p.m. – Two brothers had had an argument, and one of them asked for constable assistance. After the constable spoke with both parties, the issue was resolved. November 24 12:14 a.m. – Concerned individual said he had not heard from his fiancée, who was with her daughter, for more than two hours. They had last been seen at a restaurant. Constables searched the area to no avail, but the concerned individual later called back to report the fiancée had called him and everything was okay.
Saturday used book sales begin Nov. 29 Friends of the Carnegie Public Library will be holding used book sales on Saturdays until Christmas week! Come by the library annex at 192A Spring Street from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and stock up on affordable gifts and treasures every Saturday through Dec. 20. Prices start at 25¢. For more information contact the library at info@eurekalibrary.org or 253-8754.
Back Our Kids Wednesdays at FRESH
Hospital Guild Christmas lunch
Here’s a great excuse to dine out! Each Wednesday until February 28, Farm-to-Table FRESH, 179 N. Main, offers a dinner special beginning at 4 p.m. Order the Chef’s Special Pasta of the Day with soup or salad for just $10, or receive 20 percent off any menu entrée! In order to be eligible for these great deals, each diner must bring two non-perishable food items for FRESH’s “Flint Street Farm Baskets” to benefit the Flint Street Food Bank and “Back Our Kids.” ‘Tis the season to help those in need through the winter and enjoy no-cook, no-cleanup Wednesday dinners for the whole family!
The public is invited to attend the Hospital Guild’s Christmas lunch at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center. Guild officers for 2015 will be installed, and Dr. John House, a new physician in our community, will be introduced. Eureka Springs middle and high school music students will provide music under the direction of their new music director, Barry Milner. Lunch tickets are $10 and reservations must be confirmed by Friday, Nov. 28. For details and/or to reserve lunch phone Marge Schoenhofer (479) 253-9882 or Mary Dolce (479) 253-4939.
O negative, B positive blood types needed
Visit Santa in the park Nov. 28
The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) has issues a code yellow alert for O negative and B positive blood types. There is currently less than a two-day supply of this type on hospital shelves and donations are needed immediately. Donors to CBCO provide all of the blood for patients at 37 area hospitals. The CBCO will be at the Inn of the Ozarks on Monday, Dec. 1 from 1 – 6 p.m. Each donation will be awarded LifePoints as
a part of CBCO’s donor rewards program. LifePoints may be redeemed online for a variety of gift cards or assigned to causes or charities. More information on the LifePoints program may be found at www. cbco.org. To be eligible to give blood you must weigh at least 110 pounds, be in good health and present valid photo ID. For more information visit www.cbco.org or call tollfree (800) 280-5337.
Safe Drinking Water group Dec. 2 The newly formed Carroll County Citizens for Safe Drinking Water will hold a public meeting Tuesday, Dec. 2, 6:30 p.m., at the church at 17 Elk St. Come discuss strategies for requiring all state laws be followed regarding safe drinking water – including one requiring that contaminants in fluoridation chemicals such arsenic, lead and cadmium be disclosed. A recent scientific study said failure to properly test and certify fluoridation chemicals jeopardizes any safe use of said chemicals. The Carroll Boone Water District is scheduled to begin fluoridating drinking water later this year. More Info: (479) 253-6963.
Tiny paintings make big gifts Just in time to shop for that special gift, Studio 62 is having a Holiday Miniature Painting Sale now through December. Original small paintings by Jody Stephenson are on sale from $50 – $125. Just outside of town on US 62W, Studio 62 is open daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Closed on Wednesdays.
The Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce will welcome Santa in Basin Park Friday, Nov. 28. Santa and his elves are arriving at the park courtesy of Berryville Ford promptly at 5 p.m. Children of all ages are invited to visit with Santa and receive goodie bags until 7 p.m.; and don’t forget your wish list! Enjoy Christmas carols by the Ozarks Chorale from 4:45 to 6:30 and usher in the festive Christmas season with friends and neighbors. Need to know more? Phone (479) 253-8737.
Holiday music begins Nov. 30 at FUMC Festive music accompanies the four Sundays in Advent beginning Nov. 30 at the 10 a.m. service of the First United Methodist Church on Hwy. 23S. Music begins at 10:40 each Sunday with Tatyana Hetzer on organ. On Nov. 30 the choir anthem is Magnum Mysterium by Daniel Pinkham which tells of a great mystery and wondrous sacrament. The anthem was composed in 1958. Highlights of the Advent season include The Friendly Beasts on Dec. 14, and special instrumentals, choir and narration including J.S. Bach’s The Magnificat on Dec. 21. The Christmas Eve service of Lessons and Carols starts at 5:30 p.m. with preservice carols by Sandy Nieves on clarinet. All are most welcome to participate in the season’s words and music.
INDEPENDENT Art & Entertainment Ozark Landscapes now available on Amazon
Dr. Pat Carr will offer the workshop Claiming the Land on Dec. 6 from 1 – 4 p.m. at the Village Writing School, 177 Huntsville Road. Learn how to make settings come alive with sensory details and how to utilize symbols and own the past. Carr has taught writing in colleges across the south, and has published 16 books and over 100 short stories appearing in places such as Yale Review and Best American Short Stories. Cost is $25. Register online at villagewritingschool.com, email alisontaylorbrown@me.com or phone (479) 292-3665.
Sacred Earth Press has announced the interactive imagery book, Ozark Landscapes, by noted photographer and filmmaker Edward C. Robison III, is now available on Amazon and in bookstores. The book is a blend of traditional photography and new technology that brings photo landscapes to life with timelapse video and 3D technology. The first book of its kind, Ozark Landscapes was funded through a Kickstarter campaign. With the aid of a free downloadable app (link provided in the book) viewers see the traditional photographic image and also experience the environment through time-lapse video, ambient sounds and a 3-dimensional view of the location. In addition to Amazon, Ozark Landscapes is available at several local art galleries – Iris at the Basin Park, Eureka Thyme, Allison Art Company – and Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgedale, Missouri.
Eureka Springs Art Bazaar is here!
Casablanca rescheduled for Dec. 7
Claiming the Land with Pat Carr
Shop Small Business Saturday Nov. 29 at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center for a super selection of local and regional handmade art and gifts. Organizer Kate Baer has taken over the former ESSA Fall Art Show in great style and has added some exciting new names to the list of our favorite artists and craftsmen.
Preview some of the vendors on the Eureka Springs Art Bazaar Facebook page, and be on hand for a great show and shopping experience beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday. Admission is two food items for Flint Street Food Bank or $3 per person. For more info, call (870) 861-5135.
Due to a cancellation because of weather threat on Nov. 16, the Eureka Classic Movies Association has rescheduled Casablanca for Sunday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m.. at The Aud. Don’t miss the iconic 1942 classic movie featuring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid. Tickets are $3 adults, children up to 16 free. Sponsored by Nibbles Eatery. www.esINDEPENDENT.com | November 26, 2014 |
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Making the grade(s) – These Eureka Springs Middle School students were honored during the 1st quarter Awards Assembly for all As and A/B Honor Roll. Above are 5th and 6th grade students with 7th and 8th grade honorees shown below.
Holiday cheers for volunteers – Banita Baldwin, left, and Sabina Miller enjoy a celebration for Eureka Springs School of the Arts volunteers hosted by Charles and Sandra Templeton. Photo by Jay Vrecenak
Student of the Month – Eureka Springs High School sophomore, Corinna Campbell-Green, daughter of Pamela Campbell, is the October Eureka Springs Rotary Student of the Month. She has maintained a 4.0 GPA during her Freshman and Sophomore years and has received academic pins each year in every subject. Corinna is the President of the Community Service Branch of Rachel’s Challenge, a national non-profit organization that strives to promote a safe, learning environment in every school. Corinna works with the Eureka Springs Downtown Network through Future Business Leaders of America. She is also a member of the Eureka Springs Rotary Interact and has helped with the Scout Food Drive. She has been active in many sports and received a leadership award in cross country, and the Highlander Award. In addition to her academic, community service and sports achievements, she works at Cafe Amore and is hoping to complete her high school studies in three years to get a head start on her college education.
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Chamber awards – Recipients of the Eureka Springs Chamber Awards gathered for a photo at the Awards Dinner Nov. 18. From bottom row, left, are ESPD Chief Earl Hyatt (Civil Service Award), Suzie Bell (Chamber Board’s Special Recognition Award, ECHO), ESFD Chief Rhys Williams (Civil Service Award), LeRoy Gorrell (Man of the Year), Janet Arnett (ECHO), JJ Galyen (Business of the Year, Hart’s Grocery), Fatima Treuer (Woman of the Year) and Jack Moyer (Hospitality Person of the Year). Second row, from left, are Dr. Dan Bell (ECHO), Rex Gustin (accepting posthumous Lifetime Spirit Award for Eugene Gustin), Sandy Martin (Artist of the Year), Scott Smith (Chamber Board Chair), Jay Galyen (Hart’s) and Mike Bishop (Chamber of Commerce Director/CEO). Photo by Rachal Hyatt ‘A-musing – Eureka Janet Alexander, Crescent Dragonwagon and Peggy Kjelgaard listen intently to Tania Knudsen at Eureka Springs School of the Arts’ workshop on How to Succeed as an Artist featuring a panel of Eureka’s finest. Photo by Jay Vrecenak
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Village Chiefs – Hosting the Snow Train Village in the Gaskins Switch Shopping Center this year are Cathy and Larry Handley, owners of the exhibit. Larry treated visitors at the Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting Nov. 19 to a nighttime perspective as he dimmed the lights to reveal a village glowing in holiday cheer, windows lit and trains a’ puffing by. Photo by CD White
Cookies rule – Little Layla Snow White, daughter of Holly White, was far more interested in her Santa train cookie than she was in the Snow Village during the attraction’s ribbon cutting last week. Photo by CD White
Down home pickin’ – Kenny Kincy, Gray Squires and Ronda Littrel provided the perfect atmosphere for the Winona School/Church Building fundraiser on Nov. 20 with some heartfelt singin’. Photo by CD White
Hey, Cookie! – Phyllis McGuire manned the mulled wine and Santa train cookies by Cravings at the Snow Train Village ribbon cutting. Photo by CD White
On the wing – A great blue heron takes flight from its perch on the banks of the White River at Parker Flats in Carroll County. Photo by David Dempsey
Raising a roof – Friends and supporters of the Winona School/Church Building Fund gathered for a pie supper Nov. 20 at ECHO. At center, holding pies, are Fund board members Joetta Littrell (in green), Ratha Lawler and Jennifer McGee. Some pies brought more than $100 in the auction, but more help is needed for a new roof and repairs to the historic building. Donations can be dropped off or sent to the Winona Building Fund at the 1st National Bank of North Arkansas (PO Box 367, Berryville, 72616). Photo by CD White
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Special presentation at Antioch Global Ministries Antioch Global Ministries presents “Impact, Facing the Challenges” with guest speaker Nomie Mills from Branson on Dec. 6 at 1 and 5 p.m. at Airway Church on Carroll County Airport Rd. 380. Special praise and worship service with guest singers at 5 p.m. For more information contact Craig Mills at (417) 230-7211.
Christmas bells are ringing The Holiday Island Community Church presents the Woodward Memorial Concert Series featuring the College of the Ozarks Handbell Choir on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. in the Church Sanctuary at 188 Stateline Dr. This bell choir has made first place in the Missouri Handbell Competition for three years, performing for the Missouri Music Teachers Convention twice and the 5-state Handbell Festival. Their selections will be carols from The Nutcracker, Boar’s Head Carol and arrangements from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. A special feature will be the combined handbell choirs of the Holiday Island Community Church and the College of the Ozarks. Marilyn Droke, choir director, and Holiday Island Community Church invite the public to this free event. For more information contact Bill Branum (479) 981-0153 or Jim Swiggart (479) 981-2659.
Sunday at EUUF All are welcome Sundays at 11 a.m. for a program followed by refreshments at the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 17 Elk St. On Nov. 30, Jillian Guthrie, LCSW, founder of Simplicity Counseling, will attempt to demystify some of the more perplexing aspects of intimate partner relationships with her presentation, “Couplehood: Know what you’ve really agreed to.” Childcare provided. Extra parking at Ermilio’s Restaurant, 26 White Street. 14 |
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Eurekan recalls escape from East Germany Becky Gillette Nelli Clark, who was born in Germany in 1947, recently spent two months in Berlin caring for her hospitalized mother. Her visit coincided with the 25th anniversary of one of the most important events in the modern history of Germany – the fall of the Berlin Wall. Before moving to Arkansas with her GI husband and their three children in 1965, Clark wasn’t really sure what the Berlin Wall was all about. That changed the day she stood atop a tower at the Berlin Wall, and saw someone from East Germany shot trying to escape. And she was only about 10 when her family had a harrowing escape from East Germany. The Berlin Wall was erected in 1961 to cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany. The Eastern Bloc claimed the wall was erected to protect people from Western influences. People in East Germany found the regime so oppressive that millions fled to the West. After Germany lost World War II, there was a severe economic depression. People had little to eat and few jobs. Clark’s family originally lived in an area of Germany where, after the war, Polish people claimed the land. Her family resettled to a farm near Berlin where they were required to share all they produced. “When I was going to school in East Germany, the teachers really drilled you with communism,” Clark said. “They brainwashed you. As a kid, you believe anything you are taught at a school. We were taught to inform the teacher if we saw anyone do so something they weren’t supposed to do. If you informed on a teacher, you got brownie points, which the kids all loved.” One night she heard her parents listening to a radio station from the West when East Germans were only allowed to listen to communist radio. When she informed her teacher the next day, she got brownie points – and a lot more that she didn’t expect. Her father was arrested and questioned by the KGB. “The story gets worse,” Clark said. “The next morning, I got up to go to school again. I was putting on my little uniform I was so proud of, which consisted of a blue skirt, a white blouse and a dark blue scarf with a communist hammer and a sickle on it. I couldn’t find my scarf anywhere. I opened the kitchen door and my dad said, ‘I want you to come up and see what you can do with your scarf.’ He cleaned off his muddy shoe with that scarf and I was in tears screaming for my mom. Mom and dad
ended up in a big argument. My mom was scared for me to go to school, so she kept me home for the day. She was afraid I would go to school and tell them. “That particular night my mom pulled me out of bed, and started putting so many layers of socks and other clothing that I hardly could stand up and walk. I kept asking, ‘Why, how come?’ Mom said, ‘You will see.’” Her mother grabbed a flashlight, and crying, led her daughter through a big potato field. Clark fell repeatedly before they made it to a train track. Her mom told her to sit down so they were hidden in the high corn and told her that after two lights from a train came around the corner, they were to stand up. The freight train had to slow because of a sharp corner. All of the sudden, the door opened up. Her dad jumped off the moving train, grabbed her and threw her on the train and then did the same thing to her mother before getting back in himself and closing the door. “I fell asleep and when I woke up, my dad picked me up and carried me in his arms into an office,” Clark said. “He hugged me and said, ‘Nelli, now we are in the land of freedom.’ Both of them cried. I didn’t really understand until later growing up what was really going on.” Fifty-five years later Clark still feels guilty about turning her parents in for brownie points. It is funny now, but it wasn’t funny at that time. And while her reporting her parents to the teacher was a turning point, her parents had planned their escape for a long time. “The government wanted all communist farmers to share all they produced and my dad said, ‘No, I’m not going to do it. If I work early morning to late at night, it will be for my family,’” Clark said. Often farm families went hungry because they weren’t allowed to keep food they had grown. Being in the “land of the free” initially was very difficult for those living in the refugee camps set up for the millions who ended up fleeing East Germany. Clark’s family first lived in huge factory building with military cots and blankets for families before her parents were finally offered jobs and found a tiny place to live, with no furniture. Clark remembers how embarrassed she was on her first day of school when the kids made fun of the clothes she wore, but gradually, things got better. Clark was aware of the Berlin Wall, but didn’t really understand its significance until one day
she and some friends went on top of a West Berlin tower and saw someone shot trying to escape from East Germany. “We saw this person who got shot falling over and yelling for help,” Clark said. “No one went to help that person. That was the first time I really understood what was going on there. Then I wanted to get educated more about the Wall.” The 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall falling was a huge celebration in Germany. Clark wasn’t able to attend the celebrations, but watched them on television from her mom’s hospital room. She found many of the stories of survivors so compelling, such as two families who escaped in a car that is now in a Berlin museum. There are so many bullet holes in the car that it’s amazing they survived. “I had mixed emotions when I heard stories on TV and the newspaper about people who emigrated the same way we did,” Clark said. “It made me feel good that I was here living in a free country, but I still felt sad about a lot of hardship all these people who emigrated had to go through to be in a free country. When you think how many people got their freedom back, it is something very, very special.”
During the celebration, many stories were recounted of how families escaped. One family dug holes under their houses like a groundhog. “The celebration was very moving,” said Clark, who after being abandoned by her husband, raised her three children in Eureka Springs working as a waitress for 40 years. “There are just no words that can describe the feeling. I was crying the whole entire time I was watching it on TV, but it was more tears of joy. Even my mom being sick lying in the hospital, she was crying watching it. They were all tears of happiness. So many people in the USA never realized living here how good they had it and never realized what was going on over there.”
Thanksgiving week trash pickup schedule For customers/residents/businesses whose trash pickup day is Thursday, Nov. 27, your trash/recycle will be picked up Friday, Nov. 28. If your normal pickup day is Friday, Nov. 28, your trash/recycle pickup will be Saturday, Nov. 29.
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ESOTERICAstrology as news for week Nov. 26 – Dec. 2
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Giving Thanks – the Thought-Form of Solution
e are in the time and under the influence of Sagittarius, sign of the wanderer, good food, good music, and the joy (Jupiter as ruler) that occurs from giving to others while simultaneously, from our hearts, also giving thanks. Having the Thanksgiving holiday during the month of Sag is not a mistake. No other sign understands joy (an aspect of the Soul) as Sag (except Pisces when not in despair). “Sag is a beam of directed and focused light. The beam reveals a greater light ahead, illuminating the Way to the center of the Light.” Emitting the Ray of Joyfulness.
ARIES: Something unusual occurs with money or things you hold in common with others. Also, your astrology displays a Pisces flavor – an act of surrender, a revelation, or a feeling of being behind a curtain or veil. You will remember the way your mother (or grandmother) tended and cared for you. You will attempt to recreate their food. You will finally understand praise and thankfulness. Quietly. TAURUS: Hopefully you’re home, with family and friends and you have access to things that nurture. If not, make it so. You will ponder upon your family in the past, remember a time when you felt life was bountiful. It still is. Know this. Do get some peace and quiet amidst all the work you’ll find to do for the world. We’re grateful to you. GEMINI: You’re working internally and externally, thinking and then acting. In the months to come, it will be important to ponder on future plans and goals. It is also most important to create more cooperation between yourself and those around you, balancing your self-interests with those of others. Allow no conflict to arise between life at home and life at work. They are one. Tend to a garden.
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Giving Thanks Thanksgiving is the time for gratitude – in the form of prayers, thoughts, feelings, wishes, hopes and greetings. Gratitude is something we still need to learn. Gratitude creates goodwill. Together, gratitude and goodwill create the “thought-form of solution” for humanity and our world’s problems. Gratitude and goodwill are pre-requisites for the Reappearance of the Christ, the Aquarian World Teacher. In Ancient Wisdom texts it is written, “being grateful is the hallmark of one who is enlightened.” Gratitude comes from the Soul the characteristics of which are Love and Wisdom (Ray 2).
CANCER: You may spend more than you have, be hungrier than usual, and a bit more temperamental and touchy. Ouch! Read what I wrote for Libra. Apply it. Watch for impressions, vivid ideas, thoughts that lead to more independence, further resources, and a set of disciplines that make you feel more safe and secure. A new inner structure and coordination is happening. LEO: Libra’s information also applies to you. Organize your financial information, keep up to date on taxes and insurance, check investments, tend to debts (monetary, emotional), tithe 10% and save 10% for yourself. Be close to family, share with them ideas, plans and fears. They care for you. Be kind in your speech. Remember gratitude. Then magic occurs. VIRGO: Spend time with loved ones and those close by. Compromise and have the intention for Right Relations. As you extend gratitude to everyone and everything in your life, be forgiving in areas where you judge yourself. Remember there is no failure. There are only successive stages of learning. Work calls. Maintain a firm discipline.
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Gratitude is scientifically and occultly (mental not emotional) a releasing agent. Gratitude liberates us and everything around us. Gratitude, which is also a service to others, is deeply scientific in nature, releases us from the past and lays open for us our future path leading to the new culture and civilization, the new Laws and Principles, the rising light of Aquarian, the Age of Friendship and Equality. The Hierarchy lays much emphasis upon gratitude. Let us be grateful this year and this season together. And so now the days of Light illuminating the darkness begin (December’s festivals and feast days). Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I am grateful for all of you, my readers.
LIBRA: Tend carefully to finances; try not to spend on things not needed. Save resources for family members or emergencies. An innovative idea will occur to you concerning how to better save and how to build monetary safety for the future. Think about family wealth (not only money but information, land, a legacy, etc.). Attempt to be prepared when the economic reorientation occurs. Begin now. SCORPIO: After giving profound thanks for all that you have (and all that’s packed away for some eventful and eventual later time) and for your bright and enlightened mind, it may be time to give some attention to your finances and slow down on any new output of monies till previous debts are paid. Abundance will continue. Some (many) things in boxes, hidden away, now need to be sold. SAGITTARIUS: You are vulnerable at this time. Usually, you aren’t, but now you are. And in that vulnerability great ideas appear. Write about them. They contain a power for the future and since your senses are always attuned to humanity, the subject of your ideas is what humanity is interested in. Don’t tell anyone – just one or two. Keep your ideas secret lest they dissolve. New paths emerge. Different ones. CAPRICORN: You would do well to give thanks for all hidden things in your life, all those events and people that completely transformed you. And even those things that made you weary. Something new enters your world. In preparation, tend to everything close to home with care and awareness. Good things always come with gratitude. AQUARIUS: Create a journal of hopes, wishes and future dreams. There will be information as you write that turns
into goals. For now tend to what is most important around you. Clean and clear away what seems confused, unkempt, untidy, disorganized, overflowing or incomplete. Change will occur in the coming new year. Uranus prepares you for a future that is unexpected, filled with love and freedom and community. PISCES: Gratitude propels you forward, releases the past, sets you free. You can be grateful for knowing this. There’s a ladder you’re seeking. Know also that you’re a true leader, that you will eventually serve humanity in ways you better understand. For now it’s time to rest, ponder on new ideas and plans. Refine them. Concentrate on love within relationships. You’ve changed.
Park & ride to the parade Eureka Springs Transit System and the City of Eureka Springs will provide transportation to and from the Christmas Parade on Dec. 5. Trolleys will pick up from 4 p.m. to just before 6 p.m. and make return trips for about an hour after the parade. Fare will be one non-perishable food item each way per person or two food items for a round trip per person. ($2 dollars per boarding per person without a food item.) All food will be divided between Flint Street and Wildflower Food Banks. Pickup points are Planer Hill Park & Ride, the Transit & Welcome Center, the old high school, the Village at Pine Mountain parking lot and trolley stops between those lots and the downtown depot. Anyone wishing to donate and get tickets early can do so at the Transit & Welcome Center, 137 W. Van Buren, on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
The Silver Tea – a seasonal tradition For the 48th time, the women of St. James Episcopal Church will kick off the Christmas season in earnest with their elegant fundraiser for a community nonprofit. This year’s Silver Tea is Thursday, Dec. 4, from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. in the Crystal Dining Room of the Crescent Hotel. The public is cordially invited, and admission is by donation. To complement this year’s recipient, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, the theme in the dining room will be a vision of “All Creatures Great and Small in a Winter Wonderland” with decorations, elegant tea tables and hostesses in period costume. If you’ve never attended a Silver Tea, make sure to add this event to your holiday agenda. Chair Peggy Pot, assisted by Jane Acord and the women of St. James, organize a different theme each year, but always offer a beautiful and bountiful variety of tea sandwiches, cookies and sweet and savory treats along with festive punch, and coffee or tea served from lovely silver service sets. Christmas music is provided by John Wiley
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at the piano. Now one of Eureka’s favorite social events, the tea originated so the women of St. James’ could share with the public the heirloom silver pieces donated to the church by members, and at the same time make a difference in the community by giving people a means to support local non-profits. In recent years funds from the tea have benefited Clear Spring School, Eureka Springs School of the Arts, St. John’s Hospice Care, Carnegie Library, Good Shepherd Humane Society, ECHO (Eureka Christian Health Outreach), the Salvation Army and People Helping People, among others. The event is made possible through the generous support of Elise Roenigk and the staff of the Crescent Hotel. For further information, phone St. James’ Episcopal Church (479) 253-8610.
Metafizzies Meet Dec. 1 The Eureka Springs Metaphysical Society meeting on Monday, Dec. 1, features a video on Ram Dass, formerly Dr. Richard Alpert, who converted from LSD to yoga after
meeting his guru in India. All are welcome at 7 p.m. in the basement reading room of the Eureka Springs Christian Science Church, 68 Mountain Street.
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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 Wagner wrote numerous articles and stories published in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly and Collier’s.
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illy May sat gazing unhappily at the rug. When Jane had managed to draw Floyd’s attention away from her, Roger saw her fumble at her dress and tuck the end of a large safety pin out of sight under her belt. The doctor’s voice came out clearly in a sudden lull, “– before my time – back in the eighties, must’ve been –” his mood reminiscent. “But my father remembered when there was a sporting-house right on the spot where Boak’s beer parlor and filling station stands now. A big, fine place –” He cast his eyes as if he were looking at a three- or four-story building. “Well, seems the girls used to go to Piper Spring to fetch water, and there was a bear had got into the habit of drinkin’ at Piper Spring, too. So, when the girls went down there with their buckets, they run into this bear and it scared the livin’ daylights out of ‘em. After a bit, none of ‘em dared go near Piper Spring, and they had to walk clear down the hill to Miracle, and tote their water back up. So Binnie Winchfield that ran the place got hold of a famous bear-hunter of these parts, and told him he could get a bear at Piper Spring, if he’d
a mind to, and it’d be a help to her if he would. ‘Why, hell,’ he says, ‘Piper Spring, that’s right on the edge o’ town. You find bears back in the woods,’ he says. ‘No bear would come that close in…’ ‘Well, you come take a look,’ says the madam. Them gals can’t all be crazy.’ “So the hunter just laughed, figuring he knew all there was to know about bears and their habits, but to humor her, he paid a visit to the spring, not even taking his gun along, mind you. Well, there’s old Mr. Bear having himself a long, cool drink, just like they said. So he hotfoots it back and gets his gun, and waits for the bear to come back. Well, he came all right, but he came faster and fightinger than he’d looked for – charged right at him, and the feller lost his head, seems like, and rammed the muzzle of the gun right down the bear’s throat. Then he did remember to pull the trigger, and blew the back of the bear’s head off, but not before the bear had chewed the gun. He tried to make Binnie Winchfield pay him eighteen dollars for the damage to the gun, but Binnie held out against it, claimin’ that if a hunter didn’t know his business any better’n to go
around shovin’ a gun into a bear’s mouth, it was none of her lookout.” (Good thing the Dycuses left, Roger thought. Hortense wouldn’t have enjoyed that story about her great-aunt Binnie.) Agnes’s voice cut in, dispassionate but decisive. “Perhaps,” she said, “Jane would play something for us, now she has her own piano?” Jane looked around uncertainly, knowing that Agnes not only took no interest in music, but had an active, though hidden, dislike for it. Roger had sometimes suspected that there was something like fear behind the impassivity of her face when she was subjected to it. But Jane, egged on by a small hullabaloo and outcry from Tracy and Mrs. Williams, moved reluctantly to the corner where the piano stood, opened it and sat down, staring at the black-and-white mathematics of the keyboard. “What shall I play?” she asked, her voice sounding little and lost in the room. Walter said: “Not Bach.” “No,” she agreed on a note of quiet despair. “Not Bach.” She fingered the keys aimlessly for a moment, plunged
disconsolately at last into a Chopin waltz, then – with a CONSTANCE flash of inspiration WAGNER – played Liszt’s Liebestraum. Gladys Williams mewed with ecstasy. Colonel Blake told the room that his taste ran definitely toward classical music, and that a beautiful piece like that fairly tore at his heartstrings. “Like something livelier than myself,” Floyd Skelton announced, teetering up and down the room with a fresh drink he’d managed to find. “How ‘bout something we can dance to?” Tracy, on the bench beside Jane, cast a glance of disdain over her shoulder. “Don’t pay a bit of attention to him, honey.” Her words slurred a little. “They’re all tight, you know. Been in Walter’s study guzzling drinks ever since they got here.” “Lucky them,” Jane said. “Go get us one, Tracy, and I’ll play something for Uncle Floyd to dance to.” She threw back her head, the dark hair descending softly about her shoulder, and she began to weave a quiet and disturbing little pattern of counterpoint on the keyboard.
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Turkey legs shake to R&B; women play all weekend
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appy Thanksgiving to everyone! Pull yourself off the couch and dance downtown all weekend long. Chelsea’s has local legends Earl and Them Friday night; these guys will keep you dancing to sax and drum powered R&B jams.
THURSDAY, NOV. 27 THANKSGIVING GRAND TAVERNE – Jerry Yester, Grand Piano Dinner Music, 2 p.m. LEGENDS SALOON – StarSeed, Blues Rock, 9 p.m. FRIDAY, NOV. 28 BALCONY RESTAURANT – Hogscalders, Bluegrass, 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. CATHOUSE LOUNGE – Ozark Mountain Maybelles, Americana, 8 p.m. CHELSEA’S – Earl and Them, R&B, 9:30 p.m. EUREKA LIVE! – DJ and Dancing,
Ozark Mountain Maybelles performing at the Cathouse Friday, Nov. 28.
Cathouse Lounge hosts Ozark Mountain Maybelles Friday, two Ozark mavens who sing and play in resplendent mountain harmony. Sunday The Captain Ledge Band plays at the Cathouse, led by a female mandolinist. Shake your turkey legs on down!
8 p.m. GRAND TAVERNE – Arkansas Red, Amplified Acoustic Guitar Dinner Music, 6:30-9:30 p.m. LEGENDS SALOON – DJ and Karaoke with Kara, 8 p.m. NEW DELHI – Josh Jennings Band, Americana, 6- 10 p.m. ROWDY BEAVER – Karaoke with Tiny, 9 p.m. ROWDY BEAVER DEN – DJ Goose Karaoke, 9 p.m. THE STONE HOUSE – Jerry Yester, Artist’s Choices SATURDAY, NOV. 29 BALCONY RESTAURANT – James
White, Classic Rock, 12 p.m., Jeff Lee, Classic Rock, 6 p.m. CATHOUSE LOUNGE – The Captain Ledge Band, Americana, 8 p.m. CHELSEA’S – Brian Martin, Americana, 9:30 p.m., GOBO Events, 8 p.m. EUREKA LIVE! – DJ & Dancing, 8 p.m. GRAND TAVERNE – Jerry Yester, Grand Piano Dinner Music, 6:30-9:30 p.m. LEGENDS SALOON – Rusty Grove Band, Classic Rock, 9:00 p.m. NEW DELHI – GOBO Events, 12 p.m., Shannon Holt Band, Rock, 6- 10 p.m., Dance Party, 11 p.m.-1 a.m. ROWDY BEAVER – Karaoke with Tiny, 9 p.m. ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Terri and Brett, Classic Rock, 9 p.m.
SUNDAY, NOV. 30 BALCONY RESTAURANT – Jeff Lee, Classic Rock, 12 p.m., Tim Forsythe, Singer/Songwriter 5 p.m. CHELSEA’S – Diesel Dean and the 18 Wheelers, Outlaw Country, 7:30 p.m. EUREKA LIVE – DJ, Dancing, and Karaoke, 7- 11 p.m. OZARK MOUNTAIN TAPROOM – mService Industry Sunday, 2- 9 p.m. MONDAY, DEC. 1 BALCONY RESTAURANT – Jeff Lee, Classic Rock, 5 p.m. CHELSEA’S – Sprungbilly, Bluegrass, 8 p.m. TUESDAY, DEC. 2 CHELSEA’S – Open Mic LEGENDS – Jam Night WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3 CHELSEA’S – Candy Lee, Americana, 9:30 p.m.
Safe Drinking Water group Dec. 2
The newly formed Carroll County Citizens for Safe Drinking Water will hold a public meeting Tuesday, Dec. 2, 6:30 p.m., at the church at 17 Elk St. Come discuss strategies for requiring all state laws be followed regarding safe drinking water – including one requiring that contaminants in fluoridation chemicals such as arsenic,
lead and cadmium be disclosed. A recent scientific study said failure to properly test and certify fluoridation chemicals jeopardizes any safe use of said chemicals. The Carroll Boone Water District is scheduled to begin fluoridating drinking water later this year. More info: (479) 253-6963.
White Elephant and Bake Sale
Wed., Nov. 26 • 9:30 P.M. – CHUCKY WAGGS Fri., Nov. 28 • 9:30 P.M. – EARL and THEM Sat., Nov. 29 • 9:30 P.M. – GOBO with BRIAN MARTIN Sun., Nov. 30 • 7:30 P.M. – DIESEL DEAN & the 18 WHEELERS Mon., Dec. 1 • 9:30 P.M. – SPRINGBILLY Tues., Dec. 2 • 9:30 P.M. – OPEN MIC Wed., Dec. 3 • 9:30 P.M. – CANDY LEE
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The Holiday Island Fire Department Auxiliary’s annual White Elephant Sale and Bake Sale is Saturday, Dec. 6 from 7:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Holiday Island Clubhouse. This is the place to shop for Christmas items, furniture, home décor and much more. The bake sale features great homemade items made by the auxiliary. Proceeds benefit the Holiday Island Fire Department and First Responders.
Hi Blood Drive Dec. 8
Holiday Island Community Blood Drive is Monday, Dec. 8, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Elks Lodge #1042, 4 Park Cliff Drive in the Holiday Island Shopping Center. Free cholesterol screening for all donors. Help make a difference in your community during this holiday season by donating blood.
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ell, the cold front did not keep JR from Rogers from getting some fish on Beaver lake Saturday. We fished in the rain and wind which can be rough at times but we found a lot of bait and fish in the Prairie Creek area and caught some nice white bass, spotted bass and a 12-lb. hybrid. We got into fish early close to the surface, then had to go down to 30 ft. when the wind picked up. All fish were caught on shiners about four inches long. Stripers are feeding on smaller bait now, so shiners can out fish big shad in the winter. Water temp is running about 53°, which is still good for fish busting
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the top anytime of day when the wind is not too strong. Fish the top then go deep as then fish go deep. Here at Holiday Island the walleye are liking the cooler water. Have heard reports of some big ones being caught all the way up river past Beaver, along with some big trout. We do get trout on this end of the lake when the water is cool. Crappie are still being caught in the deeper brush from 10 – 20 ft. deep. Bass are feeding shallow with the sun warming the flats, then moving deep if the wind picks up. Topwater baits are still catching fish when calm. When not calm, go deep. Water temp should stay in the 50s,
A two-inch shad, lower left, demonstrates great enthusiasm as it flees its own worst nightmare, a hungry six-inch smallmouth bass capable of pursuing its lunch into the thinnest shallows of Beaver Lake. Photo by David Dempsey
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Ragsdell commented something for kids to do would be a plus, and the CAPC can spend funds on developing a familyoriented entertainment center. Severe mentioned that is exactly what he is trying to create at the Aviation Cadet World. Talk returned to the need for knowing more about who are the visitors in town and how they learned about the area. Berry pointed out there is a new hospitality group at the high school and Ragsdell reminded the group CAPC has a survey ready to go, so maybe the high school kids could be the ones on the street gathering information about tourists.
Rick Bright, CAPC finance director, said one component of their goal should be more 12-month employment for more residents, and they should also consider working toward getting a convention center and industrial park in between Eureka Springs and Berryville. Martin said it would be easier to get money for infrastructure repairs through new businesses than through tourism dollars, so their efforts should be directed at economic development, which means yearround jobs and better housing. “It will be a long, ongoing process,” she said. The group agreed to meet again Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 10 a.m., at the Auditorium.
so get out and get some of that sun if you can. Remember trout are a cold water fish, so if you don’t go out in a boat your best shoreline fishing through the winter are trout, so get some worms and power bait and find a nice sunny spot between the dam and Houseman.
Hope you all have a nice Thanksgiving, and if you have no turkey go get some fish and stuff with dressing and cranberry on the side. Robert Johnson, Johnson Guide Service. www.fishofexcellence.com (479) 253-2258.
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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.
ANNOUNCEMENTS STORE-WIDE SALE! 20%-50% off women’s clothing and accessories! Awesome fashion for all ages! Hurry! Quantities limited. Annie’s Boutique, 61 Spring Street, Eureka.
EUREKA SPRINGS FARMERS’ MARKET starting Dec. 4, every Thursday, 9 a.m. – noon. Vegetables and fruits, cheese, meat, eggs, honey and so much more. Come for the food, music and to be with your friends. Catch us on Facebook. BREAD ~ LOCAL ~ ORGANIC~ SOURDOUGH – Ivan’s Art Bread @ the Farmers’ Market – Thursday: Whole Grain Rye, Whole Wheat Sourdough rustic style and long breads plus specials like Cinnamon Rolls made with organic maple syrup, Fruit Griddle Muffins and more. Request line (479) 244 7112 – Ivan@loveureka.com WINTER IS APPROACHING, HOW ABOUT A LAUGHING HANDS HOT STONE MASSAGE? Great time to stock up on stocking stuffers with a gift certificate or purchase three one-hour massages for the low price of $120. Also, selling t-shirts, short sleeve, long sleeve, as a benefit for the 40th Michigan Womyn’s Festival. Call (479) 244-5954. 22 |
SERVICE DIRECTORY HOLIDAY HELP
HOLIDAY ISLAND VILLAS & TOWNHOUSES near lake and marina. Peaceful and quiet, ample parking. From $375/mo. (479) 253-4385
WE MAKE YOUR HOLIDAYS BRIGHT – Handsome Holiday Heroes. Professional Christmas light and decor installation. FREE QUOTES. (479) 310-0553. www. handsomeholidayheroes.com
HOMES FOR RENT HISTORIC DISTRICT FURNISHED SEASONAL COTTAGE HOUSE, 3 BR, 2 BATH. Deck, Gas Log Fireplace, TVs in all bedrooms & living room. $1,500 a month, $500 deposit, all utilities paid. NO PETS/NO SMOKING. Available Dec. 10th – April 1st. (479) 253-8920. Call for web site photos.
HIFDA WHITE ELEPHANT & BAKE SALE Saturday, Dec. 6 from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Holiday Island Clubhouse. Lots of Christmas, furniture, household goods, home décor, jewelry, antiques and much more – plus homemade goodies at our Bake Sale. Proceeds benefit the Fire Department and First Responders. Established & Effective: SIMPLICITY COUNSELING – improving the health of your friends and neighbors in this community in a relaxed respectful environment since 2010. Depression, Anxiety, Self-Worth, Trauma, Grief, Adjustment & Relationships. Call for professional licensed service. (479) 2445181 “It’s Your Time”
RENTAL PROPERTIES APARTMENTS FOR RENT
HOLIDAY ISLAND 3BD/2BA, $800/ mo. No pets, no smoking. First & last month’s rent. Major appliances included. 27 Dove Ln. Glenda Satterfield Real Estate, (479) 981-1141
ANTIQUES WONDERLAND ANTIQUES buys/ sells antiques, primitives, unique vintage items. Open 10-5. Closed Tuesday & Wednesday. Hwy 62 east of Eureka 3 miles. (479) 253-6900
VEHICLES FOR SALE 1987 SUBURBAN 4X4 with 4 in. lift. Restored. Low miles on new engine/ transmission. New front end. Custom paint. New interior, undercoated. $6,500. (931) 222-9602.
HELP WANTED HELP WANTED with cutting up downed trees and loading it into my truck. $10/hr. (479) 244-6526
REAL ESTATE COMMERCIAL FOR SALE TURNKEY SUCCESSFUL EUREKA RESTAURANT with proven track record. Sale includes real estate, all equipment to operate, and inventory. Owner will finance 50K. Selling price $495K. Serious inquires only (479) 304-8998.
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1 BR/1 BA, 700 SQ. FT. CABIN on Keels Creek. A/C, woodstove, compost toilet, washer. Near town. $575/mo. References, deposit, lease required. (479) 981-9843 call/text.
ROOMS FOR RENT OFF SEASON RATES now apply. Monthly or weekly. Call Harlee Country Inn (479) 253-1056 for details.
SERVICE DIRECTORY COUNSELING PROFESSIONAL, CONFIDENTIAL SETTING in Holiday Island, conducive to reconciling personal, emotional and relational problems. 35 + years experience. Certified and insured. For apt. call (479) 981-6858.
GUITAR LESSONS GUITAR LESSONS for Beginners, Intermediates of all Ages. Anyone looking to broaden their musical palette or hone current skills. Call/text Sam, (479) 530-2249.
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REALTORS-PROPERTY MGRSLANDLORDS. I specialize in preparation of properties for showing and/or occupancy. Excellent references. (479) 981-0125. TOM HEARST PROFESSIONAL PAINTING AND CARPENTRY Painting & Wood Finishing, Trim & Repair Carpentry, Drywall Repair & Texturing, Pressure Washing (479) 244-7096 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 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
PETS PETSITTING, HOUSESITTING. Holiday Island and Eureka Springs area. 25+ years experience. Reliable, references, insured. Call Lynn (479) 363-6676
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SENIOR SOLUTIONS GERIATRIC CARE MANAGEMENT – Licensed social workers guiding families in the care needs of loved ones. Assistance with Medicare enrollment. Piper Allen (479) 981-1856, Susan Hopkins (479) 253-9381. www.seniorsolutionsar.com
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and levying the county, municipal and school real estate and personal property tax millages” was approved unanimously. • The court voted unanimously to approve the voluntary contribution millage of 1.0 mills for the Berryville Cemetery. • Funds already received into the General Fund were appropriated to the Sheriff’s office. The U.S. Army Corps of SCHOOL BOARD continued from page 7
Lavender introduced cross-country coach Kathy Manus and six members of the high school cross-country team. The boys’ team finished fifth in the class AA standings, but Nathan Andress won the individual competition and Matt McClung finished fifth. The girls’ team finished third. Members were asked what their individual accomplishments were, and comments were humble and nonspecific, but clear about the importance of team atmosphere and working with their new coach. Middle School Principal Cindy Holt announced their home access center was operational so parents could access student progress online. More grants for teachers Board member Chris McClung, who also sits on the Carroll County Community Foundation board, announced that three
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Engineers had paid $15,130 for extra patrol by deputies of Beaver Dam. There had also been an insurance settlement of $8442 to pay for a Dodge Durango that had been totaled. • The court approved a resolution confirming the appointment of Robert J. Howle to serve as a commissioner for the Inspiration Point Fire Protection District. Next meeting will be Friday, Dec. 19, at 10 p.m. middle school teachers, Sharon Wesley, Peggy Jones-Poe and William Griffin, had received $500 grants through CCCF as part of the Science Initiative for Middle Schools program. The purpose of the program is “to engage students in hands-on learning in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) fields. McClung said 285 grants were awarded to middle schools around the state totaling $107,000. Other business • The board voted to approve a onetime $1000 bonus for licensed and classified staff. • Board president Jason Morris clarified that the activities bus they recently purchased had cost the district $18,500, and after painting and other work the total came to $27,000. Next meeting will be Thursday, Dec. 18, at 5:30 p.m.
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to be something for kids to do. Jackie Wolven, director of the Eureka Springs Downtown Network, said she would be happy to tell the CAPC what she knows about activities for kids, MAIL continued from page 8
Political parties, religions, sports games – everything is designed to pit me against you and make someone a winner and someone else a loser. What if we become more inclusive in our diversity? What if our religions allow a love of God to unite them rather than focusing on the separation of dogma? What if we open our mind to intuition rather than the strong opinions we have claimed as our own for so long that we don’t even know why? Maybe focusing on what’s right rather than on what’s wrong would make all the difference. It certainly seems worth a try. When people visit our town, if we’re having fun, living joyously, loving out loud, they’re going to come back – and tell their friends. If visitors feel a quiet desperation – or worse, hear a loud one! – they are not going to be inclined to stay here long and certainly won’t come back. We’ve got it all – right here, right now. Let’s celebrate that! Marsha Havens
Frogs and global climate change
Editor, It is freezing outside, what happened to global warming? Local temperature for a given day is unrelated to global climate change. It is all a matter of perspective, time and scale. Our ancestors were convinced Earth was flat and the center of the universe. They knew the sun and the moon are round; that is what they could see. Slow temperature changes are hard to detect; we have short memories. It is told if you put a frog in a pot of room-temperature water, and then bring the water to a boil very, very slowly, the frog will stay happily in the water until it is too late. With NASA satellite data, and the overwhelming consensus of climate scientists, the only questions are: what can we do to mitigate the effects of climate change and what are the best strategies to adapt and survive? Reducing carbon dioxide pollution is a necessary fist step. EPA Administrator Gina McCarty deserves our respect, appreciation and support. Dec. 1 is the deadline to send comments to EPA Clean Power Plan. Please use the EPA link, or mail them to EPA
and Ragsdell suggested they could put a kids activities section on the website. Next meeting will be Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 6 p.m. Next workshop will be Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 4 p.m., at the Auditorium. Docket Center, Mailcode 28221T, Docket OAR–2013-0602, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460. Dr. Luis Contreras
Many to be thankful for
Editor, We at Flint Street Fellowship food pantry and lunchroom, have so much to be thankful for. God has worked mightily through the folks in this area to help our needier friends through their more difficult time of the year. Recently, the Scouts’ food drive and the Pied Piper’s “Fill the Limo” fundraiser were wonderful successes and are helping our friends to have more cheerful holidays. We are grateful to the organizers and workers of these two events and to all the folks who donated food and money to this food ministry through them. We also express our appreciation to restaurants that donated platters of amazing dishes to the Pied Piper’s event. They were delicious! It is also on our hearts to thank all the individuals and groups who have given throughout the year so others may have enough to eat. You are all a great blessing to our community and we pray God richly blesses each one of you. Pat Kasner
It’s so much fun to live here
Editor, I thank all organizations… organizers, worker bees and boards, who have allowed me to have such a great time at events over the years. So much work done in preparation for special events, fundraisers and city activities has come to us from the kindness of others. The genuine concern for others shines bright over so many that it seems impossible that anyone could be honored with the Man of the Year award and have done little more than received so much from so many. Because of the efforts of all of those people I have managed to have more fun than I ever imagined I could in Eureka Springs over the last forty-some years. I am amazed, appreciative and so thankful to have received the Chamber of Commerce’s Man of the Year award. LeRoy Gorrell
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