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Inside the ESI Hog farm response

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CBWD 3 Flu shots

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City Council

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HDC 6 GSHS to vote on expansion

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Main Stage

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Independent Mail

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Independent Guestatorial

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Constables on Patrol

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Independent Art

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Independent Lens

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Shop Locally for the Holidays

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Astrology 18 Sycamore 19 Notes from the Hollow

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Independent Soul

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This Week’s INDEPENDENT Thinker When Kelvin Doe was 13, he taught himself some engineering and created a radio station in his Sierra Leone hometown – using only discarded materials to Photo from en.starafrica.com power it. He broadcasts news and music using a generator he made from a deteriorating voltage stabilizer found in the trash, then added a junked antenna. Voila! He became DJ Focus. “I believe if you focus you can do an invention perfectly,” he said.

MIT invited him to the Visiting Practitioner’s Program in 2012, the first time he had been more than 10 miles from home. Before he left, he combined soda, acid and metal, held together by tape, to provide lights in his neighborhood… and now, at 18, he’s a guest presenter at the Harvard School of Engineering.

Young coders – Teacher Kamisha Watson and her 4th grade students were the recipients of a $10,000 check from the national Hour of Code contest sponsored by Code.com, a non-profit dedicated to expanding computer science in schools. Students were challenged to spend at least one hour a week coding via an online tutorial. Upward of 15 million students are expected to participate in Computer Science Education Week Dec. 8 – 14. Watson said millions of computer science jobs are going begging for lack of trained computer programmers. Her class has been writing code and creating their own applications and computer games. “We definitely have some budding programmers in the class,” she said.

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Environmental victory may have national implications Becky Gillette Environmental groups who filed a federal lawsuit regarding the failure of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to do an adequate environmental study before approving government loan guarantees for a 6,500-head confined animal feeding operation in the Buffalo National River watershed have won a victory not just for the BNR, but possibly for areas affected by similar CAFOs across the country.

D. Price Marshall, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, ruled Dec. 2 that federal agencies arbitrarily and capriciously guaranteed loans to the C&H Hog Farm near the BMR by failing to take a hard look at environmental impacts and not following proper procedures to protect threatened and endangered species.

“We are really excited about this decision,” said

Earthjustice attorney Hannah Chang, one of the attorneys in the lawsuit that resulted in a ruling that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was violated when the SBA and the FSA failed to consider environmental impacts when approving taxpayer funded loan guarantees for the C&H facility. “If they are going to approve loan guarantees like this, they at least have to consider environmental impacts, involve the public and get comments before approving those dollars. That is a big step forward. They should have been doing this all along.”

Chang said if the ruling is not appealed, it would mean that nationwide those agencies will be called to meet certain standards they have not been applying to loan guarantees for CAFOs. “It looks to us based on their arguments that the SBA BUFFALO RIVER RULING continued on page 20

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INDEPENDENTNews Cargill defends C & H hog farm Becky Gillette Cargill, the international ag conglomerate contracted to purchase pork from the C & H Hog Farm located in the Buffalo National River (BNR) watershed, said owners of the 6,500-head swine operation are responsible stewards of the environment.

“The farm is owned by three local families who have resided in rural northwest Arkansas for eight generations, farmed the land for half a century and raised hogs for more than a decade,” Mike Luker, president of Cargill Pork said. “They grew up near the mountain community of Mount Judea, learning to swim in local creeks and fish in local ponds, all the while producing food for others.”

Luker said in 2013, with a stateapproved permit in hand, the three families of C&H expanded hog production by building a farm incorporating the latest design elements, including environmental safeguards exceeding state or federal

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government requirements. The farm houses 2,500 Cargill-owned sows and up to 4,000 piglets. The piglets stay on the farm for about 21 days before being weaned and transported to farms outside Arkansas to be raised for pork.

“Additionally, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency spent three days on the farm, and its report indicated that nothing noteworthy was found,” Luker said.

“C&H has been a model farm for the more than a year it’s been operating.

“Cargill understands the importance of being environmental stewards who protect and conserve resources used to produce food. Last spring, our Cargill Pork leadership team embarked on an outreach effort in Arkansas and met with many people and organizations to hear from them regarding concerns about the farm,” Luker said. “We listened, and learned about the passion for the Buffalo River. We came away believing all sources impacting Buffalo River water quality, present and future, must be addressed. We

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are working with C&H to further enhance the environmental safeguards already in place. Synthetic liners and covers will be added to manure ponds; we have implemented a permanent moratorium on hog facility expansion in the watershed, and we support the state’s approach for

making decisions based on science and facts.”

Luker said at Cargill Pork, they believe various uses of land, water and other resources can continue to successfully coexist in the Buffalo River watershed, as they have for generations.

Christmas Bazaar – Dec. 12 A one-stop Christmas shop

Peachtree Village (5 Park Drive in Holiday island) is hosting a Bazaar from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. so residents, their families and the public will have an opportunity to Shop Local!

Local artists and artisans are invited

to bring a table and set up wares for sale.

All art, crafts and gift items are welcome.

If interested, please call Faith or April (479) 253-9933. Everyone else … just show up and enjoy a great selection of unique Christmas gifts!

Sunday at EUUF

All are welcome at the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 17 Elk St., Sundays at 11 a.m. for a program followed by refreshments. On Dec. 14 Steve Holst and Ed Hejtmanek will talk about their trip to The People’s Climate March last month in New York. Childcare provided. Extra parking at Ermilio’s Restaurant, 26 White Street.

INDEPENDENTNews CBWD getting ready for water transmission line Nicky Boyette The Carroll-Boone Water District convened a special meeting Dec. 3, to consider a resolution allowing issuance of $10 million in water refunding and improvement bonds related to refunding existing bonds and financing Phase 1 of the Master Plan parallel transmission line project.

Goal of the parallel line project is to construct a 36-in. water line alongside the existing 30-in. line from the Freeman-Raney Plant on Beaver Lake to

Harrison. Engineers designed the project to be completed in three phases, and estimated it will be completed by 2033.

Chair Jim Yates announced at the outset the board had held a public hearing on the subject at the courthouse in Berryville that morning, and no one asked to speak.

Yates then introduced Shep Russell of Friday, Eldredge & Clark, bond counsel for the district. Russell explained the gist of the lengthy resolution that authorized

$10 million in bonds. Kevin Faught of Stephens, Inc., bond underwriters, said the interest rate would be 3.58 percent and the due date would be December 1, 2034. Included in the $10 million would be the payoff of a $2.2 million bond plus the expected construction of Phase 1.

The Carroll-Boone board unanimously voted to approve the resolution. Then each county board opened its separate meeting and also approved the resolution.

Homecoming prep underway at ESHS Eureka Springs High School is gearing up for the 2014 Winter Wonderland Homecoming on Dec.12 at 6 p.m. in the gym.

Activities are underway to help welcome Alumni back this year as banners are being busted out of storage and hung for the first time since the school relocated – and the downstairs trophy case is getting filled. Student Council got the banners out for the building trades class to hang, and loaded the trophy case for Alumni to enjoy.

At 6 p.m. on Thurs, Dec. 11, the Booster Club is hosting a bonfire in the high school lower back parking lot.

Senior Girls basketball team will cook and sell hot dogs.

After the Junior Girls and Junior Boys games in the gym, the Homecoming ceremony will be held followed by the Senior Boys and Senior Girls games. To top off an exciting evening, the Eureka Springs Cheerleaders are holding a dance.

Tickets will be sold at the door.

Homecoming prep – Student Council members discuss placement of banners in the gym with Building Trades instructor Josh Hill, and Mike Dwyer.

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INDEPENDENTNews ‘Virus drift’ may outwit flu vaccine

Becky Gillette Heard about that thing called flu virus drift? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced this past week the flu shot might not be a good match for many flu viruses circulating this season due to changes in dominant viruses.

“Drift” refers to small changes in the genes of influenza viruses that happen continually over time as the virus replicates. If the virus drifts too much, it will be different enough from strains used in the flu shot that the shot will not be as effective. Currently 90 percent of the flu viruses circulating are a type known as H3N2. The CDC says 52 percent of the H3N2 strains have drifted or mutated into a virus not included in the vaccine this year.

H3N2 strains have historically been more severe than other strains, causing twice as many hospitalizations and deaths as other flu viruses in the past.

“It may be a severe year for flu,” said Dr. Dan Sherwood, Mercy Clinic, Eureka Springs. “Possibly there will be

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some coverage with the current vaccine, but they don’t know yet. They are worried it is going to be a bad season. I haven’t seen any flu at my office here yet. But it is around.”

About 7.3 percent of all emergency room visits in Arkansas in the past week were for flu-like illness. Eureka Springs Chief Nursing Officer Vicki Andert said there was one hospital patient this past week who tested positive for the flu and one person who tested positive for the flu early in October.

“That is really early, so we got on the ball and had all of our staff vaccinated early,” Andert said.

For most people, the flu “just” means about five days of misery with fever, chills, headaches, a cough, nasal congestion and body aches. But Sherwood said children under two years of age could get really sick, along with people who have diabetes or other health conditions that suppress the immune system.

Sherwood’s advice if you start getting symptoms is to stay home so you don’t get other people sick. Wash hands frequently, and wear a mask if you go to a hospital or doctor’s office during flu season.

Sherwood said normally if you have flu, you only need to go to the doctor for antiviral medications if you have chronic health problems. Anti-virals are only effective if given in the first two days of the illness.

Sherwood recommends zinc supplements for cold care and bronchitis, but said there isn’t good evidence that zinc helps with the flu. He said there is limited evidence that an over-the-counter supplement called Oscillococcinum might shorten the course of the flu.

Going natural Dr. Laurell Matthews, a naturopathic doctor in Fayetteville, recommends a homeopathic medicine called Influenzinum as an alternative option for flu prevention.

“Influenzinum is a homeopathic flu product updated each year based on the flu strains predicted by the World Health Organization,” Matthews said.

“It is specially formulated to stimulate the body’s own defense system to resist onset of the season’s flu strains. It has been shown year after year to be highly effective to prevent the flu. Safe and natural, this helps your immune system,

not depress it.”

Matthews takes a dose once a month during flu season and repeats the dose if she has been around sick people. She said the product is not designed as a replacement for a flu vaccination, and has the same “drift” issues at the flu shot.

“It is actually made from this year’s influenza vaccine so it will have the same pitfalls as the flu shot,” Matthews said.

Many natural medicine advocates don’t care for the flu shot, which can contain small amounts of preservatives such as formaldehyde, a carcinogen.

Matthews said she would consider the flu shot mostly for people like her husband’s grandmother who is 85 and undergoing chemo.

“For those of us who are younger and healthier, a good flu might actually be good for our health,” Matthews said.

“There may be some long-lasting benefits to having a fever occasionally. Either way, immune support is what I would consider most important. You can bet I put my husband’s grandmother on something for that.”

Dr. Jim Fain, owner of Fain’s Herbacy in Eureka Springs, said there is still hope that some flu strains may be mitigated by the current vaccine. From a natural health perspective, he suggests people optimize vitamin D levels. For most people, that would be 4000-6000 iu/day.

He also recommends low-dose enteric coated probiotics taken daily, good food, good sleep, plenty of hand washing and staying home if you are feeling ill.

“I strongly suggest elderberry tea, tincture or syrup and 5,000-10,000 mg of monolaurin at symptom onset followed by 5,000 mg/day until symptoms abate,” Fain said.

Francesca Garcia Giri, L.Ac., Flora Roja Community Acupuncture and Apothecary, said at times people think natural remedies don’t work because they don’t take large enough doses early enough and often enough.

“Hit it really hard when you first start getting a wee bit sick with a scratchy throat or headache,” Giri said. “The thing I head for immediately is a tincture of echinacea.

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INDEPENDENTNews Council wraps 2014 –‘It’s been a ride’ N icky B oyette Eureka Springs City Council met Monday for the final time this year, although five of six aldermen will be returning to their seats when the new council is sworn in January 1 by Mayor-elect Butch Berry, who will be sworn in sometime after midnight.

Dee Purkeypile is the only alderman who did not file for re-election, and his seat will be filled by Robert Thomas.

As aldermen got down to business, they amended and unanimously approved the second reading of Ordinance 2220 which would allow owners or managers of lodging properties or restaurants inside the city limits, but who reside outside city limits, to be eligible to be a commissioner on the City Advertising and Promotion Commission.

Council also approved the second reading of proposed Ordinance 2221 that updates language in the Personnel Policy Handbook.

The annual courthouse parking lot agreement resolution was also approved.

However, alderman Mickey Schneider wanted some action taken regarding spots in the parking lot that have been blocked off by barriers because they seem to be sinking. She indicated that owners of the property – the county – should be responsible for the repairs. Purkeypile said he would provide an estimate of what a repair of the spot would entail.

In his final comments at his last council meeting, Mayor Morris Pate commented, “It has been a ride. We tried to do what we could to make a positive impact.”

Next meeting will be Monday, Jan. 12, at 6 p.m.

Santa’s book nook Friends of the Carnegie Public Library will be holding used book sales each Saturday until Christmas at the library annex, 192A Spring Street.

Drop by to find affordable gifts and treasures on Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. through December 20. Prices start at 25¢! For more information contact the library at (479) 253-8754 or info@ eurekalibrary.org.

The Eureka Springs Police Department and Fraternal Order Of Police Lodge #81 invite the public to a drop-in Retirement Reception in honor of Chief Earl Hyatt “Celebrating 29 Years of Dedicated Service” Tuesday, December 16, 3:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Inn Of The Ozarks Convention Center 207 W. Van Buren, Eureka Springs

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INDEPENDENTNews HDC scouting for a commissioner N icky B oyette The Historic District had only two items to consider at its Dec. 3 meeting and both applications were approved.

• 173 S. Main – remove two additions, replace with one addition; replace/enlarge shed • 34 N. Main – add two stories; extend deck over parking area.

The commission approved the Consent Agenda, which included one item: • 288 N. Main – new sign There were no Administrative Approvals.

Chair Dan Hebert announced that, weather permitting, Catherine Barrier, the Arkansas Certified Local Government Coordinator, will attend the Dec. 17 meeting.

He also announced his term as commissioner has expired and he will not be renewing his application, so he appealed to anyone interested in sitting on the commission to contact Glenna Booth at City Hall.

Next meeting will be Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 6 p.m.

Help serve Christmas dinner Flint Street Fellowship is providing Christmas Dinner in the dining room of the ECHO Clinic building at E. Van Buren (US 62) and Rockhouse Road on

Christmas Day between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Everyone is welcome and there is no charge. Please call (479) 981-2379 if you would like to volunteer to help.

This week’s Holiday Happenings Thursday, Dec. 11 Eureka Springs Elementary School Choir, Noon, Crescent Hotel.

Lunchtime concert. Meals 10 percent off for Eureka Springs Appreciation Day. Sounds of the Season 6:30 p.m., Crescent Hotel Friday, Dec. 12 Arkansas Arts Academy, Noon, Crescent Hotel. Lunchtime concert.

Stroll the Springs 5 – 8 p.m. Hundreds of luminarias. Guided walks leave every half hour until 8. Stories, stops for goodies. Tickets: eurekaspringsdowntown. com.

Snow Train Village 5 – 7 p.m. Gaskins Switch Center, $5/adults, $2/children to 12 free/under 5.

Light of the World, 6 – 8 p.m., Great Passion Play grounds. Illuminated drive-through. Donation.

Christmas Traditions with the Holiday Island Singers 7 p.m.. Clubhouse Ballroom, Holiday Island Drive. Adults $10 at the door. 16 & under free.

Saturday, Dec. 13 Snow Train Village 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree 1 – 3 p.m., Basin Park. Games, music, crafts, international characters and photos with Santa.

8th Annual Sweet Treats Tour 1 – 6 p.m. Self-guided tour of bed and breakfast inns serving holiday treats from their kitchens. www.relaxeureka.com Living Windows 3 – 6 p.m. Downtown windows come alive with holiday characters.

Stroll the Springs 5 – 8 p.m., Hundreds of luminarias. Guided walks leave every half hour until 8. Stories, stops for goodies. Caroling in Basin Park. Tickets: eurekaspringsdowntown.com.

Light of the World 6 – 8 p.m., Great Passion Play. Illuminated drive-through.

Donation.

Ozarks Chorale Christmas Concert, 7 p.m., city auditorium. With regional and national guest artists, Hallelujah Chorus Community Sing. $10 at door, students with ID free.

Sunday, Dec. 14 Snow Train Village 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Christmas Traditions with the Holiday Island Singers 2:30 p.m.. Clubhouse Ballroom, Holiday Island Drive. Adults $10 at the door. 16 & under free.

Don’t miss a thing! Pick up a Fun Guide and see the December calendar and details on all events, or read online at www.independentfunguide.com.

Celebrate marriage equality Dec. 18 The Arkansas Supreme Court will hand down a ruling on the Marriage Equality bill by its last 2014 session on Dec. 18, if not before.

To mark the occasion lesbians, gay men and allies are invited to a grand celebration Thursday, Dec. 18, at the Eureka Springs Unitarian Universalist

Fellowship, 17 Elk, from 4 – 6 p.m.

A verdict that the stay is unconstitutional is expected since U.S. District Court judge recently ruled that it was. If for some reason the stay is judged constitutional, we will strategize. Bring snacks and drinks for the celebration if you can.

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beliefs and practices of Northern Europe – at 7 p.m. in the reading room of the Christian Science Church, 68 Mountain St. All are welcome.

INDEPENDENTNews GSHS members vote on expansion Dec. 18

A mail-in ballot was sent to Good Shepherd Humane Society members last week, seeking membership approval for the first major expansion in years of the 40-year-old society’s mission.

The GSHS board has been discussing taking over management of the Berryville Animal Control facility from Go East, Young Dog rescue in an effort to make it sustainable and expand the out-of-state adoption program developed by GEYD. But they did not want to make a large commitment of resources without consulting the membership. Even with membership approval, expansion is contingent on success of a fundraising campaign to cover operating the Berryville facility while programs get up-to-speed.

The goal is set at $35,000 – which must be raised

by January 31. Otherwise, the animal control facility

will revert to city control, under which the animals were traditionally routinely euthanized.

Go East, Young Dog leased the facility almost three years ago, establishing the out-of-state adoption program and operating a no-kill rescue. Nearly 600 dogs have been rescued in that time, most from Animal Control. GEYD founder and director, Bill King, does not want the rescue to revert to a high-kill animal pound. He approached the GSHS board about a potential merger and the board voted to put it to the membership.

GSHS president Dan Bennett said the board is all for saving more animals, but is concerned about the expanded costs. Out-of-state adoption program costs are largely offset by adoption fees, but it will take months before adoptions reach financial sustainability.

Main Stage presents inaugural performance Dec. 18 – 21 K enzie D oss Adapted from Dickens’s novella for the stage by Keith Scales, the script of A Christmas Carol retains most of Dickens’s original language and is sure to put audiences in the true spirit of the season. The wellknown characters of this classic tale are re-imagined for Main Stage Eureka with all the vibrancy and charm befitting the holidays. The production is a fully

costumed, atmospherically lit, staged reading by 8 seasoned performers.

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Fundraising will be done both locally and through on-line fundraising sites such as Go Fund Me and Kickstarter. Berryville will provide the facility and some funding in exchange for the taking the city’s stray animals. Governmental support would be new to the society.

For King, the merger would complete a circle. As a former GSHS board president, he learned about the outof-state adoption process and came to believe it was a way to save many more animals. With Diane Ferguson of Unconditional Love Pet Rescue, he tried to establish the program within Good Shepherd, but space was limited and logistics daunting. He established Go East, Young Dog and negotiated a lease with Berryville Mayor Tim McKinney for the city’s facility.

The 5-acre rural facility on Bunch Springs Rd. resolves space and logistic issues, King believes, so Good Shepherd should now be able to operate a successful out-of-state adoption program.

Ballots will be tallied at the GSHS board meeting, Thursday, Dec. 18 at 6 p.m. in the Inn of the Ozarks Pine Room below Myrtie Mae’s. Members may bring ballots to that meeting, and the GSHS board will be available to answer questions. If the member majority supports the merger, fundraising will begin immediately so yearend, tax-deductible, charitable donations can be made.

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Editor, In regards to Steve Ketchersid’s letter in the Nov. 19 edition: As you may know, not everyone who visits ES has mountain road driving experience. I find it difficult to transverse 62 at a competent level due to the fact that I do not wish to drive off the edge or into a semi coming from the opposite direction.

Please excuse me while I drive at a pace that I am sure will get me there alive.

I do not drive at this pace to be a “bully” or enjoy scenery. I drive at this pace because I am not sure enough of the road to drive above the speed limit. I consider bullies to be the ones who have decided that riding my tail will somehow magically make me speed up. I can tell you, it tends to make me drive even slower.

According to the Arkansas Motor Vehicle and Traffic Laws and State Highway Commission Regulations, “No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. In every event, speed shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle, or other conveyance on or entering the highway in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care.”

Also, minimum speed regulation, “No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with the law.”

Nowhere does it say anyone can pull over to let you pass. It does say that if there is a passing lane, this is permissible.

Perhaps those of you who must drive this road daily should leave for your commute a little earlier. Then you might not be so rushed to get down, or up, and won’t get so frustrated with those of us who are just trying to arrive alive.

Della Falbo

Weather or not

Editor, Thank you, Steven Foster, for the story on weather patterns. The making of snow, sleet and freezing rain always intrigues me. But as a conservative who watches Fox News, I also believe that Mother Nature is in total control of winter and the other seasons as well. Especially here in Eureka where we get a little of each every year.

But I don’t believe in fairy tales about manmade global warming or cooling. This planet has been cooling for a while (US Air Force data) and therefore I don’t want to set up left wing organizations to spend billions for global warming. Maybe you could keep on topic next time instead of little jabs. Or, go interview the owner of The Weather Channel. Be careful, I think he watches Fox News too.

Mike Turner

Little old Arkansas matters

Editor, My husband and I met with many concerned citizens last week to discuss our feelings about industrial quality fluoride that will be added to our water during the new year.

This is wrong for our state and especially wrong-minded for a town founded on pure water and the good health it brings. Our water is our livelihood. How

can we run a tourist industry with water that has been poisoned? How will tables in our smart cafés and fine restaurants look with bottled water at each place setting? Who will want to travel to Eureka Springs for a spa weekend when they will have to soak in polluted water? If we allow this sacrilege to take place, we will be cutting our own throats. Welcome back to the 1970s, when our city was a ghost town.

We all must get behind the new group, Carroll-Boone Citizens for Safe Drinking Water and contact our State Sen. Bryan King and Rep. Bob Ballinger to ask what action might be taken in the next legislative session. We need to offer our voices and help to stop this crime against us.

First it’s SWEPCO, then it’s the C&H Hog Farm and now statewide fluoridation.

The government and big business don’t think it matters what they do to little old Arkansas. They think we’re just ignorant rednecks that live in broken down shacks, anyway. So, now’s the time to show these robber barons what we are really made of in the Ozarks. It’s time for the “Mice that Roared.”

Enid B. Swartz

Tea time

Editor, On behalf of the Episcopal Churchwomen of St. James, I sing the praises of everyone who helped to make this year’s Silver Tea simply spectacular!

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@biorhythmist: I can’t face my checkbook so I check my Facebook. @Lakeoconeebldr: So, you’re telling me my credit score should have three digits? @alegna24: With subpar graphics and no discernable plot, TurboTax is, hands down, the worst video game I have ever played. @JPHaddadio: I have lots of great personality traits. Or as my doctor calls them, symptoms. @ryang121: I can’t find my lucky sweatpants. Now I’m going to totally bomb this job interview.

GUESTatorial Fluoridation is ageism at its worst

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uch of the debate about forced fluoridation of water supplies that results in people being medicated without consent has focused on the impacts for children. Most notably, Harvard researchers published a study this year that showed a link between higher fluoride levels and decreased IQ in children.

But now an argument is being made that fluoridation not only has no health benefits for older Americans, but may actually be causing the devastating epidemic of Alzheimer’s disease being seen in the U.S. A recent article was published online at www.PsychologyToday.com by Mario D. Garrett, PhD, “Is Dementia Caused By Aluminum Through Fluoridation? The messy science of fluoridation and its impact on older adults.” The article concludes that the public health argument for fluoridation has never been made for older adults. “Such institutional ageism is bad science and much worse, this is bad public health,” Garrett wrote.

There are conflicting scientific studies on the impact of fluoridation on children.

But since fluoridation of public water supplies is a “one size fits all approach,” why have there been no studies on the health impacts to the elderly? After all, many of them have no teeth left to be supposedly be protected by fluoride. The number of older adults without teeth can range from 20 to 40 percent in different areas of the country. Garrett said when these older adults are forced to drink water that has been fluoridated, there is a clear disregard for older adult health.

There are many reasons for fluoridation, according to Garrett. “However, scientific studies are inconclusive, of poor quality, and in all cases disregard older adults – especially those without teeth. In addition, there is the evangelical fervor from both sides of the argument – public health versus personal choice – which muddy an already complex scientific issue.”

An article published in the International Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease by Masahiro Kawahara and Midori Kato-Negishi is titled, “Link between aluminum and the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease: The Integration of the Aluminum and Amyloid Cascade Hypotheses.”

The article said aluminum is a widely recognized neurotoxin that inhibits more than 200 biologically important functions and causes various adverse effects in plants, animals and humans. The authors point to strong evidence that aluminum is a culprit in forming the amyloid plaques in the brain that are found in AD. “There is growing evidence for a link between aluminum and AD, and between other metals and AD,” the study concludes.

What does this have to do with fluoridation chemicals? A study published in the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health in April 2014 said the fluoridation products studied contained arsenic or arsenic in addition to lead, barium and “a surprising amount of aluminum.” The study concluded that such contaminant content creates a regulatory blind spot that jeopardizes any safe use of fluoride additives.

There is a blood barrier between the body and the brain that stops toxic metals reaching the brain. But in 2013 researchers in Nigeria showed that the relationship between fluoride and aluminum is important in escaping this barrier.

“Fluoride combines with aluminum to form aluminum fluoride, which is then absorbed by the body where it eventually combines with oxygen to form aluminum oxide or alumina,” Garrett said. “Alumina is the compound of aluminum that is found in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease.”

The U.S. consumes more fluoridated water than the rest of the world combined.

AD in the U.S. is the third highest in the world with rates of nearly 25 per 100,000.

That rate is 25 times higher than rates in countries that don’t fluoridate like Honduras, El Salvador, Peru and dozens of other countries. Some Central American countries are advertising for retirees to relocate there because of the low AD rates.

We are not suggesting all AD in the U.S. is caused by fluoridation – a poor diet, rampant air, water and soil pollution and lack of exercise are certainly important factors, as well. But we have a lot of older folks including retirees at Holiday Island and in Eureka Springs. Could you please not poison us with aluminum and fluoride?

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by Dan Krotz ocial contracts are largely unspoken deals among people that organize civic and social life. If a neighbor waves at you, you wave back to affirm neighborliness. The wave signifies a mutual agreement to watch, among other things, one another’s property when one of the parties is away. If you don’t wave, your property could be on its own.

Similarly, the great majority of people choose not to rape, murder or plunder, not because law and political order are natural to man, but because these human inventions – laws and politics – are means to orderly ends. Economic systems, like capitalism, are largely social contract systems. Capitalism works – or doesn’t – based on how well it delivers mutual benefits to the involved parties, labor and capital. Voting is a form of social contracting; political parties succeed or fail based on how well they maintain contracts with constituents.

Curiously, Democrats seem mystified by recent electoral losses. “How can people vote against their own best interests?” they ask. Well, “the people” haven’t. Since 1970, the S&P 500 – capital – has gained more than 1,300%, while wages for working people – labor – have been absolutely flat during the same period. For working men, they’ve gone down nearly 20% since 1980. Democrats are dependable social contractors with identity group voters, but don’t seem to understand, or care, that all Americans, including women, blacks, Hispanics, and LGBT people, need to make a living.

From a policy perspective, the Clinton Administration couldn’t have ignored labor more if it had had a distracting, squirming intern in its lap. In Arkansas, Democrats ran things for 138 years and set the bar so low – “thank God for Mississippi” – that Republicans could run government like an antebellum plantation and not look much worse.

And that may not be a far-fetched agenda. Today’s GOP is so fundamentally sociopathic that they’d positively raise cotton if Charlie Koch told them to. As sociopaths, they are incapable of shame, guilt, appeals to logic or reason, and respond only to rewards and punishments. Democrats may feel sorry for you if you end up on Charlie’s farm but, as it stands today, they won’t do anything about it.

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A little help from our friends:

• 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.

• Free Sunday Night Suppers at St. James Episcopal Church, 28 Prospect, 5 – 6:30 p.m., are once again available to the community, especially those who are out of work during the winter. Suppers will continue Sunday nights through March 29.

• 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 Christcentered 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) 981-9977 • Overeaters Anonymous – Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.

Barbara (479) 244-0070 • Narcotics Anonymous – Fridays, 5:30 p.m. (903) 278-5568 • Al-Anon Family Group (AFG) – Sundays, 11:30 a.m., Mondays and Tuesdays 7 p.m.

• Eureka Springs Coffee Pot AA Groups Monday – Saturday 12:30 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.; Sunday – Thursday, Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Friday, 8 p.m. (479) 253-7956 • AlAnon Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. All other meetings: See www.nwarkaa.org 10 |

INDEPENDENTConstablesOnPatrol December 1 2:09 p.m. – Customer in a restaurant was having a violent conversation on his cell phone about violent things he planned to do to a woman. Constables went to the scene but the man was gone.

2:49 p.m. – Boyfriend reported his girlfriend, whom he called mentally unstable, had not been heard from for two days. After speaking with him, constables advised him to file a missing report in Cuba, Mo. 4:02 p.m. – Customer at a liquor store drove away allegedly intoxicated. Constables watched for but did not encounter his vehicle.

December 2 1:01 a.m. – Male individual told ESPD he had spoken with a female friend whom he feared might do something harmful.

Constables spoke with her, and she seemed fine at the time.

1:10 a.m. – Caller claimed her vehicle had been stolen. She had parked it with the keys in it several hours previous, and when she came back for it, it was gone.

4:19 a.m. – Passerby noticed a crashed vehicle on a rural road southeast of town. Constables determined it was the stolen car from the earlier report. Since the vehicle was out of city limits, a deputy prepared the accident report. A tow truck hauled the vehicle away and the owner said she would file her report after daylight.

10:19 a.m. – Constable went to the elementary school to help with an irate parent. The parent had already left by the time the constable arrived.

10:36 a.m. – Witness reported a male stole items from the front of a restaurant, put them in his vehicle and drove away.

A detective gathered information at the scene.

3:58 p.m. – Constable on patrol performed his duty for a very sick raccoon on a city street in the north part of town.

December 3 8:03 a.m. – One observer was concerned about a person supposedly lurking near a business. Constable spoke to the building owner who stated the person was a manager of a business and not to worry.

8:49 a.m. – Caller reported suspicious activity on a Facebook account.

11:10 a.m. – Individual claimed some business checks had been stolen.

11:39 a.m. – Man on a street near downtown was blowing leaves and claimed a woman across the street yelled from her window that she would call the police and get him fired.

Constable spoke with both parties.

December 4 1:16 p.m. – A grandmother asked for constable assistance with custody issues regarding her grandson. The child was being cared for at the time by unrelated people. The constable brought in the Department of Human Services to determine where the child should go.

2:33 p.m. – Constable was called to the elementary school to help sort out a custody dispute.

10:58 p.m. – Wife told ESPD her intoxicated husband had driven away from their motel and was headed toward Rogers on US 62. Constables did not encounter the vehicle but alerted all other agencies along the route.

December 5 7:09 a.m. – Two alarms sounded at a bank, but constables

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found everything was okay.

1:27 p.m. – Merchant reported she had video evidence showing a shoplifter.

2:18 p.m. – Central dispatch sent out an alert on a vehicle involved in a drive-by shooting in Berryville.

December 6 1:17 a.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for DWI and driving left of center.

2:02 a.m. – Observer reported as many as five individuals were fighting in the parking lot of a motel. Constables went to the scene but there was no fighting at the time.

Witnesses said the combatants had run back to their rooms.

People in those rooms claimed there had been no fighting.

1:56 p.m. – A son had not been able to get in touch with his mother, and asked for constable assistance. Constable found the mother doing well but her cell phone was not charged.

4:16 p.m. – Constable issued a citation for a vehicle blocking access to a business.

9:56 p.m. – Constable initiated a traffic stop and performed a field sobriety test on the driver, whom he arrested for DWI. December 7 12:39 a.m. – One neighbor claimed a nearby neighbor was disturbing the peace. Constables responded and found an intoxicated female causing a scene. She refused to go back inside her home, and they arrested her for public intoxication and disorderly conduct.

2:26 a.m. – A wife reported she and her husband had been at a bar and he had left to go to the restroom but never returned. She and her friends had searched all over town to no avail. Constable on patrol did encounter the husband and delivered him safely to his hotel room.

11:33 a.m. – Several callers reported a female screaming for help on Main Street just below Spring Street. Constables and EMS responded, and a female with visible injuries was transported to ESH. Constables found her husband at their home in Holiday Island where he was arrested for domestic battery, endangering the welfare of a minor and driving on a suspended license.

December 8 6:38 a.m. – Central dispatch reported a driver on US 62 heading to town from the east had seen erratic driving from the driver up ahead. Constable on patrol stopped the vehicle in city limits, and the driver was okay but wondered why someone was following him.

Ham radio Dec. 18 Little Switzerland Amateur Radio Club will meet Thursday Dec. 18, at 6:30 in the physicians building at Mercy Hospital, Berryville. Refreshments will be available. Anyone with an interest in amateur radio is welcome at either meeting.

Of note, the club has a new 440 repeater at frequency 444.250 (+) 100.0 PL. Please use and enjoy. Regular meetings are noon on the second Thursday and at 6:30 p.m. on the third Thursday each month. See www.lsarc. us or email gmjar@outlook.com for locations.

A gift of history Local historians June Westphal and Kate Cooper will sign copies of their books at the Eureka Springs Historical Museum Friday, Dec. 12, from 1 – 4 p.m. If you’re looking for a oneof-a-kind, “Eureka” gift to give, don’t miss this event!

Books for purchase and Kate Cooper autograph include: A Fame not June Westphal Easily Forgotten (hard and soft cover), Eureka Springs: City of Healing Waters, Eureka Springs: A Postcard History and 50 Memory Moments. Museum members receive a10 percent discount.

Just My Style Holiday Sale Dec. 11 - 13

The best gift under the tree this year just might be some fashionable Just My Style recycled sweater art.

Warm, wearable art for giving or keeping can be found at The Studio @ 188, off US 62W between ESSA and the Opera of The Ozarks at 188 Ozark Automotive Road. Turn left on Ozark Automotive Road, 2 blocks on the right.

Sale runs Dec. 11, 12 and 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info call (214) 458-3089 or email ozarklady58@ gmail.com. See it all at justmystylerecycled.etsy.com

INDEPENDENT Art & Entertainment Exhibit brewing for Dec. 13

“Still Life,” a group art exhibit featuring work by Denise Ryan, Mary Springer, Dayton Castleman, John Rankine, Jody Stephenson, Adrian Frost, Diana Harvey, Jeri Stevens and Ron Lutz will be on display through January at Brews.

Opening artists’ reception is Saturday, Dec. 13, from 6 – 9 p.m. during the season’s final Second Saturday Gallery Stroll. Stop

by Brews at the corner of Spring and Pine across from the Eureka Springs Post Office and enjoy art, artists and a brew.

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Friday, Dec. 12 and Sunday, Dec. 14 Christmas Traditions The Holiday Island Singers’ fun concert features the 35-voice choir plus special performers and an elegant Christmas waltz. The concert explores cherished holiday traditions, and offers a new twists on old favorites. “The Twelve Days of Christmas” turns into “A Dozen Days of Christmas” (and you won’t believe what the gifts are).

Concert begins at 7 p.m. in the Holiday Island Clubhouse Ballroom, Holiday Island Drive. Tickets are $10 at the door, or in advance by calling (417) 271-0456. No charge for children under 16. Dec. 14 concert is at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 13 Ozarks Chorale Christmas Concert

Seasonal music begins at 7 p.m. in the city auditorium. Don’t miss a spectacular program of holiday melodies from this outstanding 40-voice choir plus two original pieces by accompanist, Ellen Foncannon. Featured are local and regional guest artists and a special appearance by nationally acclaimed Gammy-winning cellist, Sara Sant’Ambrogio.

The evening concludes with the Hallelujah Chorus Community Sing, and all are welcome to participate. Tickets at the door $10, students with ID free. (479) 366-4996.

Poetluck Dec. 18 Writer-in-residence Michele Irwin will read an excerpt from her first novel, Last Light, which she is revising during her stay at the Writers’ Colony.

Michele earned an MFA from Vermont College and teaches writing at the University of Toronto. In addition to revising her novel, Michele is working on a middle grade series during her residency.

Come hear Michele on Thursday, Dec. 18, and read from your own work for up to four minutes. The literary salon begins with a potluck at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, 515 Spring Street, every third Thursday. Come and dine, listen, and read only if you wish. Bring a dish to share and settle in for a great evening. If it snows, Poetluck will be cancelled.

Sunday with Sara Tickets for this festive afternoon fundraiser are $100 and include a season pass to the 2015 Eureka Springs Into Music festival as well as an invitation to a special evening of Tangos and Tapas with Sara next year. Only a few spaces left – get your ticket now!

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INDEPENDENTLens High flutin’ holidays – John Two-Hawks performs with the Washington Jr. High School Youth Choir from Bentonville during his annual Christmas concert Dec. 6.

Photo by Nora Patterson

There’s an app for that! – The app you download in the future just might be created by an elementary school child. Kamisha Watson’s 4th grade class works on code.com to create applications, computer games and more. Earlier during assembly, the kids watched a video from President Obama encouraging them, “Don’t just download an App, make one!”

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Welcome – Carol Maysom prepares to greet visitors at the former Dairy Hollow House Inn during the 32nd Annual Preservation Society Christmas Tour of Homes Dec. 6. Dairy Hollow is now home to the Writers’ Colony.

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All aboaaard – Eureka Springs Elementary first graders were guests of the Historical Museum and Larry Handley at the Christmas Snow Train Village Friday. It was “The Polar Express” day at school, so students and teachers came in pajamas to see and hear the special Polar Express train, which is a part of the Village exhibit. Children were given a golden ticket and had it punched by Conductor Mark Mallett as they entered. Special engineers John Indlehart and Alex Thurocy were on hand to assist and explain the wonders of this magical village and multiple train exhibits.

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And then there were twelve – The Eureka Springs High School drama department presented the last performance Sunday afternoon of Agathe Christie’s And Then There Were None at the high school auditorium. Performances, under the direction of Rick Mann, were last Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Back row (l. to r.): Wade Wheeler, Heidi Kirk, Rachel Adams, Justin Gall, Simon Larson, Angela Tenan and Kyla Boardman. Middle row: Ashlynn Lockhart, Robert Jones, Wyatt Pavelsek and Kennedy Cash. Tucked under the bearskin rug: Derrick Rassinier.

Photo by Jeremiah Alvarado-Owens

About 250 people attended the Silver Tea Nov. 11 for the benefit of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge. The theme was All Creatures Great and Small in a Winter Wonderland. Clear Spring School’s upper elementary students adopted the tea as a service project and participated as bussers, along with volunteers from TCWR and St. James Episcopal Church. Jane Stephens from St. James turned the faces of all the kids (and a few others) into wild cats.

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Clockwise from top left: Kiddy cats – Clear Spring students Tarra Youngblood and Alena Guillory “pawsed” for a photo.

Silver chords – John Wiley at the piano enhanced the Silver Tea. Best Santa hat – Susan Chamberlain shares a table with Eric Knowles, who sports the best Santa hat we’ve seen this year.

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Blood Drive at ESH Dec. 19

Aligned for the holidays?

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks has issued a Code Yellow Alert for all negative blood types. There is currently less than a two-day supply of this type on hospital shelves and donations are needed immediately. You can help by giving blood at the Eureka Springs Hospital, 24 Norris, on Friday, Dec. 19, any time between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

You must weigh at least 110 pounds, be in good health and present a valid photo ID. For more information visit www.cbco.org or call (800) 280-5337.

Sign up for the Downdog Alignment on Tuesday, Dec. 16 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. and improve the health of your spine through yogic awareness. Have fun, ask questions, be playful … and be at Melonlight Dance Studio in the Quarter!

For costs and to register, phone (720) 278-5672 or email movemantra@gmail.com.

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Wonderful Wednesdays help feed kids Winter can be especially difficult for families that depend on a seasonal economy, especially those with kids in school. As part of the Back Our Kids/Flint Street backpack food-to-take home project, Farmto-Table FRESH, 179 N. Main, is helping make winter meals a little more nourishing for kids at home.

Every Wednesday until Feb. 28, FRESH 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 entree. To get this special deal, simply bring two non-perishable food items per person for FRESH’s Flint Street Farm Baskets. Get a meal, give a meal – and share the holiday spirit with kids whose families need a little help feeding them.

HICC cookie exchange Holiday Island Community Church Ladies Fellowship meets Dec. 15 at 10 a.m. for their annual Christmas cookie exchange. Bring three dozen cookies and take home an assortment to enjoy! Christmas carols and a recitation of the Christmas story highlight the morning at Holiday Island Community Church, 188 Stateline Road, Holiday Island.

For details, Linda (479) 244-5961) or Eula Jean (479) 2538021.

DEPARTURES Maxine L. (Granny) DeClue July 20, 1923 – Dec. 4, 2014 Maxine L. (Granny) DeClue, a resident of Oak Grove, Ark., was born on July 20, 1923, in Oasis, Mo., a daughter of O. C. and Bertha White. She departed this life Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 in her home with her family by her side.

Maxine was a devoted Christian and attended church when she was able. She loved to shop, talk on the phone and visit with anyone. She

dearly loved her family and friends.

She is survived by two daughters, Char (Nance) Blazer and husband John of Oak Grove; and Lanetta (Nance) Matthews and husband, Jim, of Berryville, Ark; one sister, Alta (White) Plott of Blue Eye, Mo.; 14 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, and 19 greatgreat-grandchildren. She is also survived by many other family members and friends.

On May 17, 1980, Maxine was united in marriage to Elmer Amos (Cherokee) DeClue who preceded her in death. She is also preceded in death by one son, Marty Nance; one daughter, Rita Kay (Nance) Davis;

Shirley Mae Beaver Oct. 5, 1946 – Dec. 6, 2014 Shirley Mae Beaver, 68, of Seligman, Mo., died Saturday, Dec. 6 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.

She was born October 5, 1946, at Berryville, Ark., to Cleo Joseph Evans and Rosetta Baker Evans.

She accepted the Lord Jesus Christ, Nov. 13, 2014. She lived in this area most of her life, loved birds, was very skilled in crafts and could do any craft she attempted. She raised her siblings

from the age of 10 after the death of her mother. Because she learned to cook at such a young age, she never used a recipe, and became a fantastic cook, working in several area restaurants and cafes over the years and especially enjoyed cooking for her family.

She loved to dance, meet new people, and never met a stranger. She served as a board member of the Seligman Fire Dept., and also served on the Seligman City Council.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Carl Beaver, and one infant sister, Debbie Evans.

Survivors are a son, Bobby Beaver and wife, Cindy, of Seligman; two daughters, Ronda Owens of Pea Ridge

Nina Mae Howes June 27, 1932 – Dec. 6, 2014

Nina Mae Howes, a resident of Holiday Island, Ark., went to be with her Lord and Savior on Dec. 6, 2014. Nina was born in Frankfort, Kan., on June 27, 1932 to Elmer and Inez Smith.

Nina is survived by her husband of 63 years, William D. Howes of the home; two sons, Donald G. and wife, Jan, of Holiday Island, Ark.; Richard L. and wife, Cheryl, of Lake Lotawana, Mo.; and daughter, Anita L. Fuller of Independence, Mo.; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; sisters, Doris Marie Torkelson of Holton, Kan., and Phyllis Helen Holmes of Shawnee Mission, Kan.; and many wonderful friends in Independence, Mo., where the family resided for many years.

Nina was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Duane Walter Smith. Funeral service is Thursday, Dec. 11, 11 a.m., at the Nelson’s Chapel of the Springs with Chaplin John Pate officiating. Cremation to follow. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to the Circle of Life Hospice, 901 Jones Road, Springdale, AR 72762.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.nelsonfuneral.com.

six infant children who died at birth; her parents; one brother and seven sisters.

Funeral service was Dec. 9 at the Charles M. Nelson Memorial Chapel with Pastor Freddie Blevins officiating. Interment followed in the Hale Cemetery under the direction of Nelson Funeral Service.

Memorial donations may be made to the Maxine DeClue Memorial Account, c/o First National Bank of North Arkansas, P.O. Box 367, Berryville, Arkansas 72616. Online condolences may be made to the family at nelsonfuneral.com. © Nelson Funeral Service, Inc. 2014

and Joni Beaver of Hiwasse; three brothers, Tommy Evans and wife, Diane, and Roger Evans and wife, Debbie, all of Seligman, and Robert Evans and wife, Brenda, of Dover, Ark.; one sister, Edith Ackelson, of Seligman; four grandchildren, Ashley Clark, Samantha Owens, Mariah Beaver and Chevy Beaver; and three great-grandchildren.

Service was Dec. 10 at the Assembly of God Church in Eureka Springs with Pastor Glen Beaver and Pastor B.A. Hyatt officiating, and burial in Fuller Cemetery.

Arrangements are by Sisco Funeral Home of Pea Ridge.

Online condolences may be made at siscofuneralhome.net

David Mitchell Phillips July 27, 1948 – Dec. 5, 2014 David Mitchell Phillips, 66, of Huntsville, Ark., died Dec. 5 at his home.

He was born July 27, 1948 at Flint, Mich., the son of Douglas and Betty Belle Olmstead Phillips. He had retired from the Fisher Body Works in Flint, Mich. and was a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the United States Army.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Joan Kay Runner Phillips. He was also preceded in death by one son, Chris Phillips; his mother; one brother, Rick Phillips; one grandson, Zachary Phillips; and one granddaughter, Sara Ray. Survivors include two sons and

one daughter-in-law, Jason and Tammy Phillips of Eureka Springs, Ark.; and Brian Phillips of Springdale, Ark.; one daughter and son-in-law, Sara and Michael Ray of Nowata, Okla.; his father, Douglas Phillips of Clio, Mich.; one brother, Tom Phillips of Owosso, Mich.; one sister, Pat Phillips of Tennessee; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Private interment was in the Berryville Memorial Park Cemetery.

Arrangements were under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home www. brashearsfuneralhome.net of Huntsville, Arkansas.

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ESOTERICAstrology as news for week Dec. 10 – 16

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Understanding Sagittarius & its Symbols

agittarius is the sign of direction. The arrows of Sag are sharp, pointed in a specific direction. The archer guides the arrows towards a specific goal.

The goal is Truth and Justice – the virtues of Sagittarius.

The Sun transmitting Sagittarius light to Earth has a specific goal – that of Justice, Truth & Right Judgment.

The Sun is the Father aspect. Each of us, son/daughter of the Father, is to follow the Father’s (Sun’s) directions each month (different tasks provided in each sign). In Sag we set goals through our imagination (mind). We gather all energies and previous experiences (the food of life) and aim the arrows of our imagination toward

ARIES: Will you be traveling? Are you considering new professorial ideas, cultures and studies? Do you feel pressured to step up onto the next rung of the ladder?

Do you seek justice, the law, religious or spiritual realities, not quite knowing what to choose? Much of you remains out and about in the world. You’re discovering discernment, discipline, structure, right use of resources and a new direction for relationships. Tend to all of these carefully.

TAURUS: You’re storing resources that last a long time. You need the feeling of safety and security while continuing important future work. Research to choose the best prices. Resources lying about for years now must be dealt with. They’re hiding in closets and drawers, storage units and garages. Bringing them out into the fresh air is productive, to assess their value. You are actually quite rich.

GEMINI: On your mind are relationships, one in particular. Also money and resources held in common, their practical use, and whether to travel or not (careful).

Your relationship is good if tended to a bit more. Money needs a practical reference point, a local credit union, invested in precious metals and land. What are your

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our goals. Our imagination releases a light from our head center. In meditation, Jupiter, the Lord (ruler) of Sag, provides direction, guidance and expansion.

When a sense of direction is rightly developed, purpose comes forth and the personality aligns with the Divine Plan (God’s thoughts). We are not to look hither and thither for direction. We follow the direction (arrows) set for us by the Soul. Thought has power. When the imaginative mind releases (like arrows) such power in a given direction, the goal is reached. Arjuna, a Sagittarius student, was given right direction by Lord Krishna (the Teacher).

(partner’s, friends) thoughts about the present monetary situation? How are you preparing?

CANCER: You’ll find yourself in daily life creating new goals, meeting those goals and discovering others.

Share your goals with others, communicating about them in plain language the practicality of defining goals and future planning.

You’re very concerned about resources and money. After tithing, save money for future goals. What you save will be useful, practical and transformed when you’re ready to step forward.

LEO: Your energy’s unlimited, your color red, and your identity is focused on far-reaching goals. Nothing deters you.

However, you’ll be restrained if physical imbalances or family disharmony occur.

Choose travel as a creative art form. Take camera, art supplies and a horse along.

Several dog companions will do if a horse is unavailable. There’s something you’ve wished to do for a long time. Returning to a place and person your heart remembers.

VIRGO: Create new plans and goals for the home. Are you feeling restrained by

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Consequently Arjuna fulfilled the Plan.

In the Bhagavad-Gita, Krishna (the Teacher) of warrior-student Arjuna says, “I am the month of Sagittarius. I am the Teacher & the Teaching.”

Artemis/Diana are the female Sagittarius deities. Sag is the photographer. Sag’s focus brings forth expanded awareness and consciousness through Jupiter, the planet of great generosity and love (Ray 2) leading to wisdom.

We focus on what presents itself. Sunday, Uranus squares Pluto again (6th time). It’s the revolutionary transformative agent initiating us into the Aquarian Age.

lack of something? You might be spending time and energy on things unseen, unspoken, in the heart and longed for. It would be good instead to concentrate on the season’s festivities, making your home cheerful, bright, warm and welcoming, full of lights and nature. Do things differently this year. Joy then settles in.

LIBRA: Are you considering short distance travel this holiday? A deep transformative change penetrates your heart/mind this season. Many previous beliefs begin to disappear.

Disconcerting at first, you’re actually being led to truths previously not understood. As beliefs break down, a greater capacity to understand, give, love and receive appears. You will then “be of love a little more careful than of everything” (e.e. cummings).

SCORPIO: It’s time to ponder upon goals concerning money and resources.

This makes your future more safe and practical. You don’t want to be wounded by not preparing adequately. Your mind, moving equally between myth/hopes and the real world, needs to concentrate on building adequate resources for times to come. Slowly. These resources will not be only for yourself but others who join you. You have the stamina to face great challenges.

SAGITTARIUS: The entire introduction is about your life. Read it many times so its esoteric significances are absorbed and a new identity can emerge about who you truly spiritually are. As you seek truth and the symphony of the universe, as you seek justice along with joy, it’s most important to acknowledge you are always seeking the goals ahead. What goals can you add?

What would you like them to be? Look

for swans.

CAPRICORN: Inner spiritual realities, not in your control, are affecting your life. You’re aware of many realities, things deeply personal and yet out in the world. Standing in both, you accomplish a great amount of work morning till night.

At day’s end you, exhausted, fall into bed, hoping sleep will bring physical, emotional and mental balance. It does. Eat a bit of protein before sleep so your sleep cycle isn’t interrupted. Drink more water.

Dreams inform your creativity.

AQUARIUS: Our outer reality is connected with our inner reality. What occurs in our outer life is based on what we believe, envision, have intentions for and where we place our focus. You’re aware that humanity, which you represent, is to bring forth the new culture and civilization under the new Aquarian Laws & Principles. The new culture will emerge from our visions. What are your visions for the new world?

PISCES: Each day a new experience and then understanding occurs leading to revelation. That’s actually an esoteric rule – revelation emerges from understanding.

How does understanding come forth?

From suffering, chaos, conflict, loss, grief and despair. From all of these Pisces learns compassion, heals world wounds, finds their way. Keep walking, keep listening.

Risa – writer, founder & director, Esoteric & Astrological Studies & Research Institute, a contemporary Wisdom School studying the Ageless Wisdom teachings.

The foundations of the Teachings are the study & application of Astrology & the Seven Rays. Email: risagoodwill@gmail. com Web journal: www.nightlightnews. com Facebook: Risa’s Esoteric Astrology for daily messages

Sycamore©

– Chapter 12

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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letis Jones switched out the lights behind them, as they left the loan office. “Getting colder,” he said.

“Have to get out the old red flannels.”

His raw, peeled-looking face broke explosively into laughter, and Prentiss Jaffray, beside him on the curb with his neck drawn down inside the collar of a tweed topcoat, smiled civilly.

“Give either of you a lift?” he asked.

Sayre said he would prefer to walk.

Jones indicated breezily that he was the owner of the low-slung, shining sedan at the curb (acquired, like his other possessions, through an intricate network of connivance and duplicity, but of this Jaffray, being a newcomer, was ignorant). Jaffray paused, lighting a cigarette. “Well,” he said, “you boys drop into my office sometime tomorrow, and we’ll go into the details. I think we are on the right track. Certainly appreciate your help. Naturally, being so much better acquainted and all – invaluable –” As the two cars pulled away, Fenton stood on the curb for a moment, surveying the almost-deserted square.

Across from him there were lights in the lobby of the Jeff Davis, the pool-hall, and the drugstore – but, even as he watched, the electric sign saying Dycus Drugs

was swallowed in darkness, and he saw Jody Lee Pringle locking the door from outside. Colonel Blake erupted from the hotel, ushering before him the writinglady from St. Louis. From a festive note in their dress and manner, Sayre knew that they were bound for the party at Walter Knowles’s new house, and this was pleasing to him, since it was the writing-lady who had been instrumental in bringing Jaffray here, with his big ideas and his grandiose plans, and his abysmal, convenient innocence.

He strode up to Corley’s Good Eats – the only lighted windows on that side of the square. Inside, at the scarred wooden counter, he avoided the garrulous handful of regulars always to be found there at that hour and at most other hours: Joe Tillotson, Ray Braithwaite bearing the growth on his neck like a badge of distinction. Virgil Sugg, and Jim Gurley, all aging and frayed, hashing over and over the same dull samples of their wit and their wisdom, while they spilled coffee in saucers. Fenton perched himself of the stool at the far end of the counter, where he could watch the square through the wide window, and ordered coffee.

Mona Jo Gamble filled a stout white cup at the coffeelator and slid it across the

counter in his general direction, followed by the cream pitcher. “Anything else?” she asked out of a vast indifference.

“Not anything you could give me.”

He tipped the black hat well back on his head and tasted the coffee. “Jeesus Christ, when’d you make this? Day before yesterday?”

Mona Jo Gamble planted both fists on her rounded hips and regarded him balefully. She was about thirty, short and plump, and she wore gold caps on all her front teeth, perhaps as an adornment, in the same way that she affected a brilliant spot of orange rouge on either cheekbone, and her hair descending in a superb series of corrugated waves from the crown of her head to a point below her shoulder blades. “I just work here,” she said.

“Speak to Judd if you don’t like it.”

Fenton lifted an eyebrow toward the far corner where Judd Corley, in a soiled white apron and chef’s cap, sat in a somnolent huddle on one of the high stools. “Always kiddin’, ain’t you?” He tasted the coffee again. “Swill,” he said.

“A nickel’s worth of swill. Fitten only for hogs.”

“That’s right,” said Mona Jo pointedly, and added: “You always was too big for your breeches, Fent. Way back

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erhaps one doesn’t hear the name Groblebe around Eureka Springs as often as years ago, but they’re an old local family. They inhabited these hills and hollows before the town did.

Ed Groblebe was born about the same time as Eureka Springs and spent his professional career as an engineer with the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad. Growing up, he worked around sawmills, loading and unloading railroad ties and lumber onto wagons. This kind of work either cripples you or makes you strong. I understand that he was like most Groblebe men – tall and easy going

with a ready grin.

When Ed Groblebe was about 17, he was driving a lumber wagon pulled by two mules up Main Street in Eureka Springs. When he reached the bottom of Planer Hill, a man jumped out and grabbed the reins of one of the mules and yelled, “I’m going to kick you to pieces.”

Or maybe what he said wasn’t quite that polite. Ed Groblebe knew him and had no reason to doubt that he wouldn’t or couldn’t do what he said. The man was known to be a bully and downright mean.

I’ll not repeat his name in case you’re kin: I’m not looking for trouble.

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squirt or two or echinacea every hour or two.”

Some of her favorite remedies are elderberry syrup or tea, which can be combined with honey and other herbs, and hot ginger aide made by slicing up fresh ginger,

in school you was.”

He looked at CONSTANCE her alertly, almost WAGNER smiling but not quite. “Reckon I better get me some bigger ones,” he said.

She shrugged one shoulder, scornfully, and wandered to the far end of the counter to serve Joe Tillotson a limp wedge of huckleberry pie out of the glass case. Fenton sipped the thick coffee, watching the progress of a large, sleek cockroach along the counter, his mind on Prentiss Jaffray and the hour just past, in Jones’s office. The more he saw of Jaffray, the stronger was his conviction that this foreigner was exactly what he had been waiting for. This alien with his smooth, ready words, and dreams behind his uncertain blue eyes – dreams gilt-edged and a trifle soiled from long mishandling. He was about forty, and he suffered from stomach ulcers and myopia, as well as from a certain inner confusion. The strain of split loyalties showed in his amiable, sallow face with its too-quick smile, and he seemed unduly anxious for everyone to like him, as if he could no longer quite like nor believe in himself.

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Fearing for his life, Ed Groblebe jumped down off the wagon and, as he landed, drove his fist into the jaw of the bully as hard as he could. The man promptly fell to the ground as if shot. Stunned by the turn of events, Ed Groblebe felt sure he’d just committed murder. He climbed back on the wagon and left town as fast as possible. He did not show his face in Eureka Springs for a full month.

When he finally returned, the law wasn’t waiting to arrest him for murder.

In fact, his adversary wasn’t even dead. The only thing Ed Groblebe ever

brewing it, and adding lemon or lime, honey and a little cayenne.

“That is just a lovely cold and flu tonic to drink,” she said. “I also really like [author] Rosemary Gladstar’s recipe for hot cider: apple cider vinegar, horseradish,

heard about the incident was that when the local bully was questioned by the attending doctor, he claimed that he’d been kicked by a mule.

lemon, garlic, ginger and cayenne pepper. Add honey after you strain it off. It is sweet, spicy, and pungent.”

Cold care herbs Gladstar recommends include peppermint, elder flowers, yarrow, lemon balm and lemon grass.

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Rebellion playing Saturday at Chelsea’s

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Ozarks Chorale Concert at The AUD, Rebellion Reggae at Chelsea’s

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ureka Springs is alive with Holiday Spirit! Parties and dinners, decorations galore, and plenty of live music to celebrate this special season. Rowdy Beaver Den hosts Toe Jam Band Friday, Rebellion

reggae at Chelsea’s on Saturday, and Ozarks Chorale Christmas Concert at THE AUD Saturday at 7. If dancing is your present to the world, you can show off your moves at Eureka Live!

Underground.

THURSDAY, DEC. 11 EUREKA LIVE! – Country Western Jukebox, 9:00 p.m.

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

LEGENDS SALOON – StarSeed, Rock N Roll, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY, DEC. 12 BALCONY RESTAURANT – Hogscalders, Bluegrass, 12 p.m. and 5 p.m.

CATHOUSE LOUNGE – Septembers End, Americana, 8 p.m.

CHELSEA’S – Nathan Kalish Band, Rock ‘n Roll, 9:30 p.m.

EUREKA LIVE! – DJ and Dancing, 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.

ROWDY BEAVER – Karaoke with Tiny, 8 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Toe Jam Band, 8 p.m.

THE STONE HOUSE – Jerry Yester, Artist’s Choices SATURDAY, DEC. 13 THE AUD – Ozarks Chorale Christmas Concert, 7- 9 p.m.

CATHOUSE LOUNGE – Nathan Kalish Band, Rock ‘n Roll, 8 p.m.

CHELSEA’S – Rebellion, Reggae, 9:30 p.m.

EUREKA LIVE! – DJ & Dancing, 8 p.m.

GRAND TAVERNE – Jerry Yester, Grand

Wed., Dec. 10 • 9:30 P.M. – BRIAN MARTIN Fri., Dec. 12 • 9:30 P.M. – NATHAN KALISH BAND Sat., Dec. 13 • 9:30 P.M. – REBELLION (reggae) Mon., Dec. 15 • 9:30 P.M. – SPRINGBILLY Tues., Dec. 16 • 9:30 P.M. – OPEN MIC Wed., Dec. 17 • 9:30 P.M. – JORI COSTELLO

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Piano Dinner Music, 6:30- 9:30 p.m.

LEGENDS SALOON – StarSeed, Rock N Roll, 9 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER – Third Degree, Classic Rock, 9 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Pieces of Dreams, Classic Rock, 8 p.m.- midnight SUNDAY, DEC. 14 EUREKA LIVE – DJ, Dancing, and Karaoke, 7- 11 p.m.

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didn’t think it was necessary to review environmental impacts,” Chang said. “The judge’s decision says, ‘Actually, you do.’

That should have an impact on similar scenarios around the country. I don’t know how many CAFO loans they are approving.

But to the extent they are approving CAFO loans, they need to follow the law.”

Chang said the court saw the federal government agencies’ actions as a disdain and complete disregard for the laws that protect the environment. “We believe the court’s decision will help to set things straight in this debacle that has put more than $3.6 million in federal taxpayer dollars on the line to support a massive swine factory farm upstream of a treasured national resource.”

Who sued and why The lawsuit was filed by the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, the Arkansas Canoe Club, the Ozark Society and the National Park Conservation Association.

Dane Schumacher, a member of the BRWA board, said the lawsuit was focused on the approval of federal taxpayer money for the purchase of 23 acres and the construction of gestation and farrowing barns for C & H Hog Farm and the gross inadequacies of the environmental assessment required as part of the loan process. These loans were approved without notifying the BNR National Park officials. Few people knew about the large new CAFO until after it was built.

Schumacher said it was a welcome surprise that the Arkansas lawsuit could have national implications for others

OZARK MOUNTAIN TAPROOM – Service Industry Sunday, 2- 9 p.m.

MONDAY, DEC. 15 CHELSEA’S – Sprungbilly, Bluegrass, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY, DEC. 16 CHELSEA’S – Open Mic LEGENDS – Jam Night WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17 CHELSEA’S – Jori Costello, Singer/ Songwriter, 9:30 p.m.

facing similar CAFOs, which produce large amounts of foul smelling wastes that environmentalists contend can contaminate air and groundwater, and harm people’s health.

“This could affect the status quo for CAFOs across the country,” Schumacher said. “The judge’s ruling obviously concurred with what we stated in our claims. Now they have to go back to the beginning and look at any environmental consequences from this swine facility.”

Schumacher said the agencies would have to look at facts such as 9 spray fields located on karst terrain and near a tributary to the Buffalo River, Big Creek. These fields are receiving raw liquid wastes making surface to groundwater contamination a high risk. There are also spray fields located near the Mount Judea School that could impact school children and teachers, and an endangered species of gray bat lives near the facility.

“None of that was included in the environmental assessment,” Schumacher said. “One of the things the federal agencies should have done and didn’t do was provide notice of the proposed loan guarantees in the local paper. Hopefully, now they will open up a comment period, and the public can weigh in and express their opinion on the issue. It means they are going to have to go back and do what they should have done in the beginning.” She said the ruling makes it a very different picture from 2012 when the facility was quietly approved by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ).

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rips are a little slow so I’ve been working on some taxidermy jobs.

If you have a fish in the freezer, the wintertime is the only time I work on them so give me a call if you would rather have him on the wall.

Went out looking on Beaver Lake and Holiday Island last week, marked a lot of bait and fished both lakes. Water temp on both was running about 51° with fish holding around 12 – 20 ft. at Holiday Island and 30 – 40 ft. deep on Beaver lake. Best places to fish are

by Robert Johnson

between Holiday Island and the town of Beaver. On Beaver Lake most the fish and bait are around the Hwy. 12 bridge and upriver to Point 12.

On both lakes, look in the creek arms and flats early and late in the day, then deeper mid-day. Minnows up to four inches long working best for us, and even catching more stripers than using shad since they’re feeding on big schools of small bait now.

If not using live bait, throw topwater when they are shallow, then

go to jigging a spoon or trolling crankbaits when deep.

Well, that’s it for this week, if you get out on your own on this end of Beaver, I have heard good reports of big whites and hybrids being caught in the back of Big Clifty. Also check out Little

Clifty and Indian Creek near the dam.

Good luck and enjoy this nice weather. Looks like a pretty good forecast up to Christmas Eve. Robert Johnson, Johnson Guide Service. www.fishofexcellence.com (479) 253-2258.

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by Bill Westerman

Rainbow’s end – Light tackle fly fisherman Jim Sinclair works to land a fat rainbow trout on a three-weight fly rod on the White River below Beaver Dam. Sinclair, a professional fishing guide who sells fishing tackle at Beaver Dam Store, spends his work breaks … fishing.

Photo by David Frank Dempsey

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as the show. There will be a long intermission, a chance to meet friends old and new, and plenty of delicious seasonal concessions.

The maiden voyage of this new performance and exhibit hall demonstrates the venue’s potential to serve both community and visitors.

Beyond this performance, Main Stage will continue as a creative community center open to future productions and

community gatherings of all sorts.

The production opens at Main Stage Dec. 18 – 20 at 6 p.m. with two performances on Dec. 21 at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Main Stage adult tickets are $15, children $5.

Visit www.reserveeureka.com to book tickets, and if you’d like to be part of this new venture into the future, Main Stage is always looking for volunteers.

Phone (213) 281-0660 for more information.

ACROSS 1. Gal’s pal 4. Indebted 8. Glorifying poem 11. Egyptian goddess 13. Grain husk 14. Chick’s mom 15. “I’ve ___ robbed!”

16. Tirade 18. Unit of light 20. Millennia 21. Morsel 23. Jamaican music genre 24. Yalie 25. June 6, 1944 27. Bobcat 31. Fruit skin 33. Plant beard 34. 2014, for one 35. Three Kings 36. Heed 38. Extinct bird

39. Large tub 41. Religious dissent 43. Tossed food 46. Inert gas 47. Forth and back 49. Indian stringed instrument 52. Half picas 53. Pizzazz 54. British prep school 55. Take home pay 56. Red gemstone 57. Conclude DOWN 1. Neutered cat 2. Employ 3. Giving way 4. Small museum piece 5. Brown songbird 6. Audio receiver 7. Skulk 8. Toledo’s locale

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9. College official 10. Concludes 12. High-hat 17. _____-mouthed 19. Half-way 21. School year period 22. Pelvic bones 26. Profound wonder 28. Aden native 29. Temple chamber 30. Medical photo 32. Sofa 37. Beer barrel 40. Snake 42. Wander 43. British gun 44. First-rate 45. Endure 46. Riding horse breed 48. Winter ailment 50. Negative prefix 51. In addition

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS

GARAGE SALE

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.

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 onehour 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.

BIG INDOOR GARAGE SALE AT SCENE WORKS, INC. – After 17 years we have accumulated a lot of stuff. Excess inventory: waterwheels; sheds; tools – table saw, band saw, nail guns; tropical decor – thatch, bamboo matting; and various odds and ends. We also have new cedar tables and chairs, some collectibles, furniture and much more. Come check us out at Industrial Park, 504 Spur 62, Berryville, AR. (870) 423-4404. Dec. 11 – 13. Inside and heated. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

HUGE SALE! 20% – 50% off women’s clothing and accessories!

Awesome fashions for all ages! Hurry!

Quantities limited. Annie’s Boutique, 61 Spring Street, Eureka.

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” 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

Annual Christmas Show at LUX WEAVING STUDIO with ELEANOR LUX and DOUG STOWE! 25% off on gem stone necklaces.

Sat., Dec. 13th • 4 to 6 p.m.

18 White St., Eureka Springs Refreshments More info? (479) 253-9636 22 |

MELONLIGHT YOGA WORKSHOP Downdog Alignment Tuesday, Dec. 16, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Improve your spine through yogic awareness. Have fun, ask questions, be playful, be at Melonlight! $40 Register (720) 278-5672/movemantra@gmail.com.

MOVING SALE SATURDAY – 4 Pine Oak, Eureka Springs. Primitives, Aero pilates machine, art, jewelry, furniture, garden items. Call for more info. (479) 244-5162.

OPEN HOUSE

VEHICLES FOR SALE

EUREKA WEST ANTIQUES MARKET HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE – Saturday, Dec. 13, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., 15677 US 62 W. 1 mile west of Angler’s.

(479) 239-4020

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.

ANTIQUES

HELP WANTED

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

JOB CUT BECAUSE OF WINTER LAYOFF? We need your help if you can work hard. Own transportation. $10/hr.

(417) 597-5171

FIREWOOD FOR SALE FIREWOOD – Seasoned hardwood split and ready to burn. Delivery available. $55/rick delivered. Call Steven (479) 981-0840.

PECANS FOR SALE FRESH CROP CRACKED PECANS arrived 12/11/14. John’s Pecans, 128 Spring St. (479) 253-7030, (479) 2535147

GUITAR SALE HOLIDAY GUITAR SALE 20 – 50% OFF! – Call for your personal appointment or come in Saturdays 11a.m. – 6 p.m., Stringed Instrument Peddler, 53 N. Main, (479) 253-7335, (479) 244-9207.

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REAL ESTATE COMMERCIAL FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE

FOR SALE BY OWNER $134,000 114 Shelton Dr. • 479.253.7253

QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT DOWNTOWN, HOME OFFERS A LOT OF SPACE FOR GROWING OR EXTENDED FAMILY. 2,700 SQ. FT. +/- MAIN LEVEL – 2 bedrooms, bath, office, lg. kitchen with breakfast counter, living room, dining room. LOWER LEVEL offers a workshop with own door, utility room with washer/dryer, 3rd bedroom, 2nd bath, TV area, large rec. area, large storeroom (could be 4th bedroom+). A double outside door leading to a fenced yard with a veritable forest behind. Central heat and air. All appliances convey. Some furniture. EXTERIOR – Brick and aluminum, roof new in 2012 with 25 yr. comp shingles. New septic in 2010. New furnance in 2010. Paved area for 40’ RV with 40a elec. and water. House wired for emergency generator (not included). Large paved off road driveway, single car port. ** PRE APPROVED BUYERS AND APPROVED VA LOAN BUYERS MAY BE GIVEN ADDITIONAL PRICE DISCOUNT. **

RENTAL PROPERTIES APARTMENTS FOR RENT

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.

HOLIDAY ISLAND VILLAS & TOWNHOUSES near lake and marina.

Peaceful and quiet, ample parking. From $375/mo. (479) 253-4385

HOMES FOR SALE

RESTAURANT – Holiday Island Shopping Center. Tom Dees (479) 9812203

2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH ON 2 ACRES. Quiet rural area. Some furniture and appliances included. Ample storage.

New water heater. (479) 253-2924

COMMERCIAL FOR LEASE

RETAIL – OFFICE SPACE. Holiday Island Shopping Center. Tom Dees (479) 981-2203

INDEPENDENTClassifieds RENTAL PROPERTIES LOOKING FOR HOUSE TO RENT WANTED, LONG TERM RENTAL. 3 bedroom, 2 bath house with garage. West Eureka, Beaver, Busch area. References.

(707) 246-6452

ROOMS FOR RENT OFF SEASON RATES now apply.

Monthly or weekly. Call Harlee Country Inn (479) 253-1056 for details.

SERVICE DIRECTORY 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.

HOLIDAY HELP WE MAKE YOUR HOLIDAYS BRIGHT – Handsome Holiday Heroes.

Professional Christmas light and decor installation. FREE QUOTES. (479) 310-0553. www. handsomeholidayheroes.com

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

CROSSWORDSolution

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

Excellent references. (479) 981-0125.

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

MASSAGE EUREKA SPRINGS DUET MASSAGE – “A Relaxing Couples Experience.” We come to you! Deep tissue.

Swedish, medical/clinical.

Aromatherapy included for December.

25 years combined experience. Please call or text (479) 544-4942.

PETS PETSITTING, HOUSESITTING. Holiday Island and Eureka Springs area.

25+ years experience. Reliable, references, insured. Call Lynn (479) 363-6676

UPHOLSTERY UPHOLSTERY–RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, CUSTOM BUILT. Furniture repair, antiques, boats, caning.

Fabrics & Foam. Free Estimates. No job too small. Call Aaron (479) 363-6583 or abunyar@sbcglobal.net

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

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Second-Saturday Gallery Strolls end Dec. 13!

Come out and support the art and Robinson and Diana Harvey. Drew artists of Eureka Springs on the final Gentle also has new small drawings.

Gallery Stroll before the New Year!

Join all the gallery artists in celebrating The Jewel Box, 40 Spring: Don’t the season of love and giving Saturday miss silversmith Wayne until 9 p.m. “Thanks Schmidt’s new collection from all of us and Happy of American Turquoise, Holidays from Eureka December’s birthstone.

Fine Art Gallery.”

Turquoise is a copperEureka Thyme, based mineral primarily 19 Spring: Gone to found in the Southwest the Dogs, paintings by and Nevada.

Having Betty Johnson, known worked with turquoise for for her dog portraits – in many years, Wayne was particular her Old Masters surprised to find there were Gone to the Dogs series. several small deposits in Bring well-behaved the Ouachita Mountains in dogs along to enjoy the A merican T urquoise

by W ayne S chmidt Arkansas. show along with treats Wayne pairs stones for canines and humans. with beautiful silver Come meet Betty in the settings to create pendants gallery from 1 to 4 p.m. at and earrings. Not only are 19 Spring Street. they nature-made as well as (Rumor has it Santa handmade, the Jewel Box Claus will be in Eureka Show Special sale makes Thyme following his them yours at 20% off appearance in Basin Park regular prices! Come meet in the afternoon. Enter Wayne at a reception for your photo with Santa the artist from 6 – 9 p.m. on the Eureka Springs The Jewel Box is open Downtown Network daily. (479) 253-7828.

Facebook page for a Eureka Fine Art chance to win prizes!)

Gallery, Spring and Pine: De“Lux” Show, The gallery’s artists have 18 White Street: Lux created very special, small Weaving Studio hosts its works of art for the season annual Christmas Show and are featuring them Dec. 13, 4 – 6 p.m. The at the Gallery Stroll. See The Tall Texan by Diana Harvey show features fiber art John Willer’s new series and jewelry by Eleanor of “button” miniatures and beautiful new Lux and woodcraft by Doug Stowe. small paintings by Ernie Kilman, Barbara Refreshments. Free admission.

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Second, I send a rousing chorus of cheers for the 250+ festive citizens whose presence makes the event sparkle and shine! Thank you for your bright smiles, gay apparel and generous donations to this year’s beneficiary, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge.

In keeping with the tradition of delectable treats that are savored by the attendees, the volunteers from both St. James and Turpentine Creek outdid themselves and there were goodies galore! We also had special assistance from six upper-elementary students from Clear Spring School, who adopted the Silver Tea as a service project. They

worked as bussers, along with volunteers from TCWR and St. James, all of whom had their faces delightfully painted as lions, and tigers and bears… Oh, my! They truly reflected the theme of “All Creatures Great and Small in a Winter Wonderland.”

After last year’s ice and snow, everyone agreed that the thick white fog outside was actually pretty good weather! It felt so seasonal, and lights in the Crystal Dining Room appeared all the brighter, warmly illuminating the exquisite décor provided by both the Crescent Hotel and the Episcopal Churchwomen. The carols John Wiley played so beautifully added just the touch for a truly magical afternoon!

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