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King sees little hope for overturning fluoride mandate

Some groceries!

– Ilene Powell sports the Makin’ Groceries hat she made with an actual grocery bag and were to Taste of N’Awlins.

It’s a saying in NOLA when you go grocery shopping you’re “makin’ groceries.”

Eureka Gras season shifts into high gear this week so make some groceries ahead of time and get ready for the ride!

B ecky G illette Two years ago I filed the “Most of the Sen. Bryan King, who WAA disclosure bill. I represents the District legislators that voted would be interested in 5 area including Eureka for the bill received filing that again, but the Springs, said he doesn’t a campaign donation makeup of the committee see a lot of hope for is not much different. I from Arkansas rescinding the mandate am going to be visiting that all water districts Dental PAC for their with the committee to in Arkansas with more see if we have enough than 5,000 customers add ‘yea’ votes,” Secure votes to get it out of Arkansas said. fluoridation chemicals to committee.” the water.

The group Secure “Some legislators King said he is Arkansas had a statewide personally opposed to the received over $4,000 action alert last weekend mandate, and two years for this one vote.” asking members to call ago sponsored legislation the chairs of the Senate to overturn it. He introduced a Water and House public health committees.

Additives Accountability (WAA) bill According to Secure Arkansas, that would have required more rigorous passage of the fluoride mandate bill is disclosure and testing of substances an example of legislators being paid for added to public water supplies. King their votes. said the makeup of the Senate Public “Most of the legislators that voted Health, Welfare and Labor Committee for the bill received a campaign donation has not changed significantly since the from Arkansas Dental PAC for their ‘yea’ committee refused to allow those bills votes,” Secure Arkansas said. “Some out of committee two years ago. legislators received over $4,000 for this “I’ve always been against the fluoride one vote.” mandate,” King said. “I thought it is Those receiving campaign wrong to put mandates on communities. contributions include members of the Communities should be deciding what Senate health committee. There are only they want to put in their water system.

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This Week’s INDEPENDENT Thinker She wrote a book. Her editor told her to put it aside or rework it.

“I was a first time writer, so I did what I was told,” Harper Lee said.

Lee reworked Go Set a Watchman, and the do-over became To Kill a Mockingbird. It won a Pulitzer Prize for Lee, and was the only novel she ever wrote.

And then? Lee’s lawyer recently found the original Go Set a Watchman manuscript clipped to the original To Kill a Mockingbird manuscript.

And now? Go Set a Watchman will be released this Photo from rampaks.com summer, with Scout Finch all grown up, not the re-worked child we all love.

This is all so perfectly backwards, you know?

Inside the ESI Nursing home fire

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Clean Line

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New interim fire chief

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Guestatorial 12

Planning 4

Independent Lens

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Water line easements

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Independent Art

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Flu season

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Sycamore 15

Circuit Court audit

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Astrology 16

Independent Mail

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Indy Soul

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Editorial 9

Dropping A Line

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INDEPENDENTNews Nursing home fire scare ends safely Prompts praise for employees, dryer safety tips for everyone

C.D. W hite Shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, Eureka Springs Fire and EMS were dispatched to a fire alarm at Brighton Ridge Nursing Home on Hwy. 23S. According to a report filed by ESFD, the crew found a smell of smoke in the nursing home and firefighters found a dryer had caught fire in the laundry room.

The fire had been quickly extinguished by an employee prior to ESFD’s arrival and residents had been safely removed from the smoky area by staff when the alarm sounded. Firefighters set up the department’s large fan and ventilated the area to remove any residual smoke and smell. Only minor damage occurred and there was no structural involvement. No residents were harmed by the light smoke and there were no medical emergencies.

Practice safe drying Considering the fire department has responded to three dryer fires in the past few months, interim Fire Chief Randy Ates was prompted to offer the following safety tips for residential and commercial dryers: Do not use the dryer without a lint filter.

Make sure to clean the lint filter before or after each load and also remove lint that has collected

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around the drum.

Rigid or flexible metal venting material should be used to sustain proper airflow and drying time.

Make sure the air exhaust vent pipe is not restricted and the outdoor vent flap opens when the dryer is operating. Once a year, or more often if you notice it’s taking longer than normal for your clothes to dry, clean out the entire length of the vent pipe.

Keep dryers in good working order. Vibration may cause loosening of gas fittings, so gas dryers should be inspected to make sure the gas line and connection are intact and free of leaks.

Make sure the right plug and outlet are used and the machine is connected properly and not too close to the wall, crushing the electric cord or putting pressure on the outlet and plug.

Follow manufacturer’s operating instructions and don’t overload.

Turn the dryer off if you leave home or when you go to bed.

Extinguishing disaster Ates also praised employees for the fact that three fires in large structures, two hotels and the nursing home, were aborted thanks to the use of a fire extinguisher.

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“Without the quick action of employees at each location a disaster could have occurred,” Ates said.

“This is also a salute to fire marshal Jimmy Kelley’s fire extinguisher classes and the department’s public education efforts; and it’s important to acknowledge the brave individuals who reacted and attacked the fire.

“All the classes in the world are useless if people refuse to act. These three individuals made a difference … a big difference.”

ESFD will offer more short, free fire extinguisher classes this spring including hands-on firefighting with an extinguisher. Watch for details in the Independent.

Attention chocolate lovers ... get your fingers sticky Anyone interested in volunteering their services for the 11th Annual Eureka Springs Chocolate Lover’s Festival are asked to help take tickets, cut up fruit, direct traffic or clean up afterwards on Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center, please email toni@ eurkeaspringschamber.com.

INDEPENDENTNews Ates is new interim fire chief C.D. White Mayor Butch Berry recently appointed Randall Ates, Eureka Springs Fire Department public information officer, to the position of Interim Fire Chief.

Ates was fire chief for the Eudora, Kan., Fire Department from 2006 to 2010, and has 30 years fire and EMS emergency management and disaster command experience. He was frequently tapped for special projects such as agency startups and upgrades, and has a special talent for public relations and personnel development.

He takes the reins from former interim chief, Billy Summers, who held the position for two months. Summers is also an experienced firefighter and a paramedic. As a former business owner and developer, he also has a good head for numbers – an advantage in the chief’s role.

Berry told the Independent, “Billy and Randy’s résumés are both pretty even, with one having better experience and skills in some areas and the other in different areas. I figured they should both have a chance. Mayor Pate appointed Billy and he served for two months, so I’m giving Randy two months as well. At the end of that time, we’ll see which would be the better choice for Eureka Springs and make a decision.”

Meanwhile Randy isn’t holding those reins too tightly. “I could be back to flipping press releases before you know it,” he quipped.

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INDEPENDENTNews Planning discusses how big is too small Nicky Boyette City alderman Terry McClung asked the Planning Commission at its Jan. 27 meeting to look into preparing an ordinance setting a minimum size for new residential construction. He suggested for discussion purposes establishing 600 square feet for new residences in the R-1 zone.

“That’s pretty darn small,” he said.

Right away, alderman Mickey Schneider, who is sitting on Planning until the vacant seat is filled, replied, “Where do you get off telling me how big my house can be?” She insisted the city would be infringing on personal rights.

“If I want to build a tiny building and live in it, why can’t I build it?” she declared.

Commissioner Melissa Greene suggested a ratio of plot size to area of the floor plan might work for McClung’s idea, and commissioner Pat Lujan commented that McClung’s suggestion was worthwhile, and Planning should set guidelines to avoid “the shanty-town effect.”

Chair James Morris asserted the city needs a standard like the one McClung had suggested.

“I’m serious,” Schneider insisted. “Put it on the ballot.

People are so tired of being told what they cannot do.” She said the city should not be telling people what they can or cannot live in “as long as it is appropriate and neat.”

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government is supposed to make regulations regarding construction requirements for the town, and Greene added for a residence to fit the style of a neighborhood it must match in size as well as style.

McClung said a dwelling disproportionate in size negatively affects property values for nearby homeowners.

McClung restated he was just asking for Planning to take a look at the idea, and if the commission could not come up with an ordinance, he might do it himself.

“You might want to hear from the people,” Schneider maintained.

“People want protection,” McClung answered.

“Protection, yes; stepping on toes, no!” Schneider replied.

Lujan said the commission should work on McClung’s idea. “I’m all for keeping it on the agenda,” he said, and the prevailing sentiment on the commission was to agree.

Other business • The commission voted to have Commissioner Woody Acord represent them at the meetings of the Mayor’s Task Force on Economic Development.

• Morris announced he is trying to establish an intercommission forum so various commissions know what each is doing.

• The commission agreed to schedule a workshop to

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discuss designating a light industrial zone for the city.

• Morris also mentioned the city could seek a bond just to pay for resurfacing streets once it is in a position to pursue further bond indebtedness.

• The commission agreed to postpone election of officers until the full commission was present. However, those at the meeting did vote to keep the meeting time and day as 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays.

Next meeting will be Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 6 p.m.

Bible Reading Marathon calls for volunteers The Carroll County Bible Reading Marathon committee is gathering volunteers for the 6th annual Bible Reading Marathon planned for May 3 – 7 in conjunction with National Day of Prayer.

If interested in volunteering or reading, there will be a meeting Monday, Feb. 9, at 6:30 p.m. at The Depot in Green Forest. If you cannot attend, contact coordinator Bonnie Roediger (870) 3500865 for details.

INDEPENDENTNews Storm brews over water line easements Becky Gillette Scott Reed, who lives on Hwy. 23S in Eureka Springs, has concerns similar to those of property owners near Beaver Lake about plans by the Carroll-Boone Water District (CBWD) to purchase permanent easements for a new 36-in. line water line that will parallel the existing 30-in. water line.

CBWD is in the midst of planning to build the new water line, which the district said is necessary to meet future growth needs outside of Eureka Springs, including Berryville, Green Forest and Harrison. Property owners in the path of the new waterline are concerned about how digging in rocky terrain could impact house foundations, water wells and plant life, including old trees.

Reed’s property is located where the water line will go underneath Hwy. 23. Reed, who met recently with representatives of CBWD, said he was offended by being offered only a small amount of money to purchase an additional easement on his property. To purchase an additional 500 by 15 ft. easement for the new line that parallels an existing 24-in. line, he was offered $1,900, including his commercial property.

The district also offered him $457 to rent his nearby property, 60 x 100 ft., for 60 days. That property would be used for heavy equipment needed to install the new water line. Reed said the area that is now a grassy pasture would be damaged, and take years to get back to its original state.

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Scott Reed explains what would happen to his land if CBWD gets its way.

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INDEPENDENTNews Severe flu season causing misery for interviews and audio essays featuring people and happenings that make Eureka Springs and the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and Missouri such an inspiring place. Harvest Hour features small businesses, small farms, artists, musicians, public servants and a few of the cranks who live and operate right next door to where you live. New show every Saturday morning — past shows available all the time.

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Becky Gillette Been under the weather? Join the crowd. Currently both cold and flu viruses are widespread in the area leading to about an eight percent absentee rate at local schools.

“I would say our clinic has been moderately busier than normal,” said John House, MD, of Eureka Springs Family Clinic – Washington Regional.

While some locals have reported a boomerang effect, getting better only to get sick again, House said most patients are experiencing fairly typical recovery from colds and flu.

It has been a severe flu season not just in Carroll County and Arkansas, but across the country. The flu shot and flu strain H3N2 causing the most illness are not well matched. The most dominant strain circulating has “drifted” from the version used to create the vaccine.

“The past few years have been serious in terms of the flu,” said Jennifer Dillaha, MD, medical director for immunizations and medical advisor for health literacy and communication, Arkansas Department of Health. “This past year we had a serious flu season with a larger number of flu-related deaths. We had 76 deaths, which is the most we’ve had in probably three decades. The year before that, we had 61 deaths, which was probably about the second highest in 30 years. This year it is hard to know if we will see that many deaths. But we certainly are seeing an increased rate of hospitalizations.

“And we have seen nationally there have been a large number of hospitalizations related to this H3N2 virus. H3N2 has a reputation for being more severe among adults 65 and older. We have had 20 deaths so far. Fourteen were 65 and older, four were between 46 and 62, and two were between 25 and 44. There have been many deaths among children in the U.S. this year, but not in Arkansas.”

Dillaha encourages people to seek care if they are at high risk for complications.

That would be young children, adults 65 and older, pregnant women or anyone with a chronic illness like diabetes or asthma, or a condition that has weakened their immune system.

“People in these groups could be treated with the anti-viral medication,

which works best if started within 48 hours of the first symptoms,” she said.

Flu comes on more suddenly “They may feel like they have been hit by a Mack truck,” said Dillaha. “They have fever, cough, headaches and are sometimes sick at their stomach. Usually it is a deeper cough because flu viruses affect airways down into the lungs.

“A lot of times people just try to push through it and go about their daily activities even though they feel lousy,” she said. “Stay home if you are sick. Let your body heal.

We recommend drinking plenty of fluids.”

The health department is still encouraging people to get the flu shot, as flu could last well into March. Dillaha said all four strains covered by vaccine are being seen in Arkansas, although H3N2 represents the vast majority of cases. Dry conditions caused by indoor heating can make it easier to catch a cold or the flu.

“Anything that disrupts lining of the sinuses and airways can make a person more vulnerable to infection,” she said.

“That is why when you get a cold or flu, then you can get strep throat or pneumonia. You have bacteria already present, and when the dry air negatively impacts airways, these bacteria have a way to get in. A lot of times people have complications with flu such as pneumonia. H3N2 can put people in the hospital, and pneumonia is one of the ways it does it.”

Call for parade participants Western Carroll County Ministerial Association invites the public to join the annual Celebrate Jesus concert and parade in Eureka Springs on April 3. There will be music in Basin Park from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. and a parade at 2 p.m. with music resuming afterward.

Organizers are looking for Christian musicians and church choirs for the concert and floats, banners and walking groups that edify the Lord for the parade. Call Dale or Laura Nichols (479) 253 8925 or email lardellen@ gmail.com.

INDEPENDENTNews County remains on waiting list for accounting software Mike Ellis Senator Bryan King, who called for a special audit of the Carroll County Circuit Clerk’s office, said Circuit Clerk Ramona Wilson “chose not to use” automating software for collections, but the state office responsible for the software paints a different picture.

King listed Wilson’s failure to automate collections as part of his motivation for ordering the special audit, which cost the state more than $25,000. As explained in the Jan. 21 Independent, King also said he acted on the basis of complaints from prominent Republican politicians with documented opposition to Wilson, stemming from her role in preventing the closure of the Western District Courthouse.

In a December email interview, King said, “My understanding is Ms. Wilson has a accounting system available to her but chose not to use the accounting part of the Contexte program.” The Administrative Office of the Courts has worked for years to install the sophisticated Contexte software

system statewide.

Program Manager Alex Rogers explained the history in a telephone interview, saying the Contexte program has two basic parts, reporting and collections.

The reporting side of the program keeps up with everything from court dates to judges’ rulings to motions and filings. The accounting software tracks collections of fines, costs and restitution, and divides that money among crime victims and a variety of government entities.

Although most counties use the reporting side of Contexte, Rogers said a majority do not use the accounting side of Contexte, as some have other automated programs. Rogers also explained that the state could not compel clerks to adopt the programs. “They’re elected officials,” he said, “use of these platforms is voluntary.”

The state pays the licensing fee for the software and offers it at no cost to counties, along with the training needed to implement the system. Rogers explained that counties still might encounter some

costs in equipment upgrades or extensive hours of training. “It’s a great big effort to implement, especially the accounting system,” he said.

Rogers described the accounting side of the program as “a very robust tracking system,” which channels money automatically to appropriate agencies.

This system also increases communication among various entities. For example, a parole officer can quickly find out if someone fails to keep up with court-ordered payments.

In 2010, Carroll County submitted a request to have the Contexte system installed. “The Fourteenth Judicial District had also requested it at the same time,” Rogers said. The AOC established a central location and trained the staff of five counties at once. Because of staff limitations, Rogers said they could only offer the reporting side of the system. “We ran them all as one project, and if any one county had asked for accounting, we couldn’t have done it,” Rogers explained.

“We didn’t have accounting support for five locations.”

Carroll County may soon have an opportunity to install the Contexte accounting. Washington and Madison counties will implement the program in late spring, and Rogers said the AOC might try to work with Carroll County at the same time.

Biz after hours Feb. 5

Join business friends and neighbors Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Eureka Springs High School as the Eureka Springs School District hosts the year’s first Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours. Enjoy light refreshments, network with the community and

find out what Superintendent David Kellogg has up his sleeve.

There’s plenty of parking at the school, 2 Lake Lucerne Rd., off Greenwood Hollow road. For more information, call the Chamber (479) 253-8737.

Eureka Springs among top 50 Eureka Springs has been named among the Top 50 Small Towns in America

by Best Choice Review. Read about our town and America’s other favorite small towns at www.bestchoicereviews.org!

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Still time to be in the parade …

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The Krewe of Krazo is still taking floats, bands, costumed groups and individuals for this year’s parade with the theme Carnival Around the World.

The fourth annual Night Parade will roll out on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 6 p.m. Floats and walking groups participating in the night parade are asked to be lighted (as opposed to lit).

The Day Parade will roll Saturday, Feb. 14, at 2 p.m. The Krewe of Krazo will bring out its seven permanent theme floats followed by a maze of other corporate and business floats. The Annual Cavalcade of Royals, consisting of convertibles carrying Dukes, Duchesses and past Kings and

Queens of the Realm will be followed by costumers and other units.

Updated information and parade forms are at www.

Krazo.Ureeka.org and www.Parado.Ureeka.org.

Climate Action group Feb. 7 The Citizens Climate Action Progress Committee meets at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the library annex. This meeting will focus on renewable energy opportunities in the Eureka Springs area. For info, contact Jerry Landrum (479) 244-0377.

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Reconsider hospital site proposal

Editor, In the discussion of proposed expenses of Eureka Springs in the Carroll County News, I noted no mention of the proposed water and sewer services to the new hospital site. In view of the very real extensive infrastructure needs of the community, perhaps it might be a good time to revisit Tom Dees’s generous offer of land and services for a Eureka Springs Hospital at Holiday Island.

Dr. John L. Dolce

Give kids and music a chance

Editor, I began my musical career in 1955, singing an opera role in the Eureka Springs auditorium, and have seen personally the incredible opportunities for young people who are building their life skills. Public support has made the difference for the cultural growth.

Carroll County Music Group, a 501©3, sponsors the annual We’ve Got Talent concert to raise funds for students to attend music camps. They have developed an extraordinary event showcasing professional musicians/singers and advanced youth performers in all music genres.

We need the community’s help in alerting friends, businesses patrons and civic clubs to make our 2015 concert a sold out event. Funds from this enable local youth to attend a summer music camp on scholarship and help raise performance levels.

All performers are donating talent and time, and some travel quite a way to participate. This event is an example of adults using talent to open the door for our youth as they discover the importance of music education.

I like this quote from Winston Churchill, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

Please contact me (479) 981-2659 with questions and let’s make a difference in the lives of our youth. Please join our list of supporters!

Jim Swiggart, General Director, Opera in the Ozarks

See a Giant of a movie

Editor, Award winning old movies are being shown at the Auditorium in Eureka Springs at least two Sundays a month. The lobby opens at 6:30 and candy and hot buttered popcorn can be bought for a nominal fee. Beverages of the soft kind can also be purchased, as well as beer and wine, and all these treats can be taken into the concert hall to enjoy while watching the movie.

How much better can it get than to enjoy a fabulous film on the big screen in a beautiful venue with friends and/or family?

So come on down to the Aud and see three James Dean movies. It’s the 60th anniversary of the actor’s death in August, so this is Eureka Classic Movies’ tribute to a talented actor who died way too soon. See why so many of us old geezers still rave about James Dean. Remember all metered parking is free after 6 p.m.

Enid B. Swartz

WEEK’S TopTweets @Chieftwittler: The laziest people always know what you should do. @Unfitz: I play hard to get along with. @hormonella: Broke a light bulb today.

Seven years of bad ideas? @DemetriMartin: Bowling would be more interesting if it were slightly uphill. @Ty_Schutz: Trying to make my teeth whiter, so I bought them a Subaru.

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@adamhess1: I just bumped into my old headmistress who said how weird it is to see me all grown up now. Surely it would be weirder if I was still 9. @rodney_at_large: Some chick told me to get lost so I bought every season on DVD. @swiftenhaal: I just baptized a bale of hay and now I have a Christian Bale. @Nickadoo: Walk up to random strangers on the street and say, “I love your podcast!” You’ll make 3 out of 5 of them very happy.

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Growing Gras

fter 10 years it looks like Eureka Gras is here to stay. In celebration of the event’s 10th anniversary, the Krewe of Krazo set a “Carnival Around the World” theme this year and undertook an advertising campaign covering events for the entire Mardi Gras season.

Some of us who were sucked into the Eureka vortex from more remote nonsouthern regions have been on a learning curve during this decade of annual decadence. An education, we must say, that might never have been necessary had Hurricane Katrina not blown Dan Ellis and some other Louisiana folk our way.

We’ve discovered New Orleans’s Mardi Gras has deeper roots than a parade and wild party, roots grounded in varied traditions, most of them religious and going back centuries.

Carnival means “farewell to flesh,” and refers to the season which begins on the Feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 6, and ends with Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday (also called Shrove Tuesday), the day before Ash Wednesday.

Each facet of Carnival/Mardi Gras has an interesting story. That plastic baby in the King Cake? Look to the baby King who appeared at Epiphany for those origins. Most folks think finding the baby is like winning a prize, but in reality the person who finds the baby should buy the next King Cake. Twirling umbrellas and second lining? Look back to early jazz funerals.

In 1856, six businessmen gathered in the French Quarter to organize a secret society, which would observe Mardi Gras with a formal parade. They founded New Orleans’s first and oldest krewe, the Mystick Krewe of Comus.

In 1875, Louisiana declared Mardi Gras a legal state holiday.

A Google search on Mardi Gras will be rewarding. The history is fascinating, and locals are beginning to learn more about how Mardi Gras really works in the Big Easy. Some are also beginning to realize what a boon this could be to the local tourist economy.

Krewes, groups or organization that put on the parades and parties, can range from hyper-exclusive (only relatives and descendants of members) to ultra-inclusive (anyone who can build a float and pay a small fee to join), and can also have a social platform. Float riders often spend hundreds of dollars on throws (beads, cups, doubloons, etc.) which serve as souvenirs of the parade.

Locally, the Krewe of Krazo (Ozark in reverse) currently puts on the local parades and most balls, but anyone can form a krewe and join in. The Krewe of Barkus, for instance, was created by Rachel Brix for dog lovers and owners.

Imagine a Krewe of Horace (Horace Mann, considered founder of public education) made up of teachers and educators. A Krewe of Bacchus consisting of local wine and beer makers and distributors. How about a Krewe of Muir for environmentalists and a Krewe of O’Keeffe for artists? The uniquelyEurekan possibilities are endless. As the number of krewes, and thus support, grows so does the size and scope of Eureka Gras/Mardi Gras.

Some local businesses have grasped the fact that this could eventually become our biggest annual event attraction. Mardi Gras paraphernalia can be found in more places than ever including Eureka and Co., All that Glitters, Mudpie, Celebrations and Traditions, Romancing the Stone, Gift Corner and the New Orleans Hotel, to name a few. Everything from masks and throws to costuming will be available for our visitors.

A krewe could even start a cottage industry around the event. In New Orleans, the more elaborate hand-made throws like the painted coconuts of Zulu and bejeweled, bedecked and bedazzled shoes made all year and given by the Muses Krewe are the rarest and most coveted. Getting a Muses shoe is so desired you can even find old ones at high bids on eBay. The possibilities for growing Mardi Gras into a thriving, profitable regional event are endless. Take your ideas to the next Krewe of Economic Development meeting and let the good times roll! ~ C. D. White

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by Dan Krotz haven’t seen the film American Sniper, and I haven’t read Kris Kyle’s book upon which the film is based, but it is apparently on track to replace Saving Private Ryan as the highest grossing war movie of all time. The film has also become a political litmus test; liberals hate the movie, and some of them are vilifying sniper Kris Kyle as a psychopath. Conservatives love the movie and report feeling a patriotic thrill as they watch it.

What these political animals aren’t getting is that war makes you crazy, crazy with grief, or fear, or from the loss of your humanity. If it doesn’t make you crazy you were probably crazy before you got into it, but it’s hard to draw the line between situational crazy and pure-d evil. People sitting in velour chairs drinking $6 Slurpees probably think they can draw the line, but I doubt it. They’re the same people who whine like kicked dogs whenever they’re asked to share a civic burden.

Liberals have no reason to feel morally superior. I don’t know if Kyle was crazy or not, but I know the Nobel Peace Prize winning Commander in Chief liberals undoubtedly voted for authorized Kyle to shoot at least 160 people, trained him to do it, and asked him to do it over and over again. Now, they’re poised to vote for that tired old Camp Follower, Hillary Clinton, whose record on the war is identical to that of the President’s, and not much different than superhawk Sen. John McCain’s.

President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked Kris Kyle to be an American sniper; they asked him six times. So did you.

And what to say to Conservatives? Our government has borrowed two trillion dollars (and counting) from Chinese Communists to prop up Middle Eastern Organized Crime Families who run theocratic governments that persecute Christians.

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A little help from our friends: • Carroll County Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-844-2473223 (844-24PEACE) is available 24/7. The Purple Flower Domestic Violence Resource and Support Center of Carroll County is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on North Springfield St. in Berryville. (479) 981-1676.

• Grief Share is a weekly seminar and support group for people who are grieving the death of someone close to them. Group meets in the library of the Holiday Island Community Church from 2 – 4 p.m. each Sunday. Contact Dale or Laura Nichols (479) 253-8925 or email lardellen@gmail.com for more information.

• 24-hour NWA 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 – 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) 2539491 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. 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 followed by 12-step Christ-centered meetings for those suffering from addiction, habit, hang-up or hurt.

• No high school diploma? 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: • 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 • AlAnon Family Group (AFG) – Sundays, 11:30 a.m., Mondays and Tuesdays 7 p.m. • Eureka Springs Coffee Pot AA Groups Monday – Saturday 12:30 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.; Sunday – Thursday, Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Friday, 8 p.m. (479) 253-7956 • Al-Anon Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. All other meetings: See www.nwarkaa.org 10 |

INDEPENDENT ConstablesOnPatrol January 26 11:01 p.m. – Girlfriend told ESPD her boyfriend, who had been drinking, had grabbed her arm roughly while they were arguing and was refusing to leave her house. Two constables arrived and convinced the boyfriend to leave for the night.

January 27 5:51 a.m. – Constables assisted a resident with turning off her parking lights.

7:53 a.m. – Constable discovered a burglary alarm at a restaurant had been triggered by delivery workers.

Everything was okay.

1:39 p.m. – Shopkeeper asked for constable assistance because she thought three young people in her shop were acting suspiciously. Constable went there, but did not see anything suspicious.

5:03 p.m. – Burglary alarm sounding at a tourist lodging proved to be a false alarm.

January 28 1:07 a.m. – This time it was a troublesome car alarm singing to the night and the constable helped turn it off.

12:04 p.m. – Resident near downtown told a constable about an argument he had with another male subject.

12:59 p.m. – A caller asked ESPD to pass along a request for a person to call his aunt. Constable went there but no one answered the door.

1:36 p.m. – Motorist claimed a piece of metal sticking out of cement in a parking area downtown had damaged his vehicle as he had been backing out of his parking spot.

8:14 p.m. – Constable responded to a call from an apparently distraught female at a gas station. Clerk at the site told the constable the boyfriend’s father had already picked up the female and the couple were staying apart for the night.

January 29 1:03 a.m. – Roommates had a dispute and called upon a constable for advice. He said their issue would be a civil matter.

7:52 a.m. – One of the disputants in the previous call claimed the female was back again and attempting to get into the apartment. She left before constables arrived and they did not encounter her in the vicinity.

9:02 a.m. – Call regarding an alarm at the Historic Museum was canceled by the alarm company.

11:08 a.m. – There was another alarm going off at a restaurant, but it was cleared by the owner.

12:12 p.m. – Vehicle drove off US 62 into a ditch toward the eastern city limits. No one was injured and the driver called a tow truck.

3:49 p.m. – Constable initiated a traffic stop for speeding but arrested the driver for possession of a controlled substance.

8:27 p.m. – Constables went to ESH to assist with a combative patient.

January 30 10:48 a.m. – ESH requested a constable to speak with a skateboarder on the front sidewalk. Staff

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were concerned for patients entering the building.

Constable went to the scene, but the skateboarder had already rolled away.

11:55 a.m. – Constable assisted with traffic control while a motorist with a flat tire waited for a tow truck.

12:41 p.m. – Shopkeeper asked for a constable to check out a person who seemed to be suspiciously hanging around. The person told the constable he was there to get a tattoo.

12:55 p.m. – Alarm company reported an alarm had been triggered at a residence. Constable went there and found the doors and windows secure, but noticed dogs inside the house.

4:18 p.m. – Constable took a report on a dumpster fire that had occurred the previous evening.

5:20 p.m. – Constables defused a civil matter before it escalated further.

January 31 1:53 a.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for DWI and possession of drug paraphernalia.

10:58 a.m. – Central dispatch issued a warning for a possibly intoxicated driver heading into town on US 62 from the west. Constable stopped a driver matching the description but found the driver was not intoxicated.

8:01 p.m. – Constables were alerted to another possibly intoxicated driver on a city street.

February 1 12:20 a.m. – Constable did encounter a dog reportedly running loose and unattended downtown.

2:37 p.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver on a valid ESPD warrant for failure to pay fines.

11:43 p.m. – Something triggered a front door motion alarm at a business on US 62, but the responding constable found everything secure.

11:52 p.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for DWI.

HI Blood Drive Feb. 9 Holiday Island Community Blood Drive will be held Monday, Feb. 9, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Elks Lodge #1042, 4 Park Cliff Drive, in the Holiday Island Shopping Center. Free cholesterol screening for all donors.

Hikers head for Cobb Cave Monday, Feb. 9, Holiday Island Hikers will meet at Hart’s parking lot at 8:30 a.m. to depart for a 2.3-mile, easy hike in Lost Valley/Eden Falls/Cobb Cave near Harrison. Lunch will be in Harrison. There is a moderate climb to the cave, please bring flashlights. For details phone Dan Kees (660) 287-2082 or email dandtkees@cox. net.

INDEPENDENTNews Clean Line a dirty trick?

Becky Gillette One of the country’s larger grassroots environmental organizations, Sierra Club, has endorsed five long-distance Clean Energy electric transmission lines to move energy generated in the wind-swept plains to eastern areas of the country with less wind power potential. Those include the Plains & Eastern Clean Line segment that would run 720-miles from Texas and Oklahoma through the middle of Arkansas to Tennessee to deliver enough electricity to power a million homes.

“It’s not a standard Sierra Club position to be in favor of transmission projects,” Glen Hooks, director of Arkansas Sierra Club, said. “However, this one is different in our estimation due to the ability to really provide a significant amount of clean power to the grid and displace dirty coal plants. Through Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign, we have been pushing for the development of clean energy for years. This is an opportunity for us to support a project on a large scale that will have a significant positive impact on clean energy. Currently, there is a significant bottleneck when it comes to transmission of clean energy.

The Clean Line project will go a long way toward solving that problem.”

Sierra Club believes it is vital to combat climate change as quickly as possible in order to stave off mass extinctions of animal and plant life.

But as people in Northwest Arkansas learned through the recent successful efforts to stop a proposed SWEPCO effort, there are major drawbacks to large transmission lines.

Opposition has been growing in Arkansas to the Clean Line project, and recently U.S. Rep. Steve Womack expressed concerns about the potential for the federal government to step in and force construction of the line despite that fact that the Arkansas Public Service Commission has denied utility status to Clean Line,

stating it provides no benefit to the state.

“There has been an astounding lack of assurance that my district – and the State of Arkansas – will have any interest in this project at all and no guarantee that Clean Line will supply power to my constituents and my state,” Womack said.

The wind power plot thickened last weekend when it was announced that a company is planning to use a new type of design for a proposed $100-million wind farm near Elm Springs in Northwest Arkansas. Developers propose a new “shrouded turbine” type design they claim would allow wind energy to be produced affordably in areas previously considered marginal for wind power.

Local environmental activists who spent 20 months fighting the SWEPCO proposal feel Sierra Club has made a mistake endorsing the Clean Line projects.

“It’s difficult to grasp the enormity of Arkansas Sierra Club’s transformation,” Pat Costner, director of Save The Ozarks (STO) said. “Isn’t this the same Arkansas Sierra Club that fought so hard to stop construction of the Turk coal-fired plant? Now here it comes, trading on its good name and, not just endorsing, but promoting a Clean Line transmission line project that will take 8,000 acres of land, along with quality of life, from thousands of Arkansans. Why is this once-trusted organization selling a dodgy scheme that will misuse Arkansas as a throughway for carrying Oklahoma wind power to the eastern part of the country?”

Clean Line has revised its plans to provide an offramp for some wind power in Arkansas, but it remains uncertain if Clean Line can obtain customers for the electricity. Costner points out that Arkansas already produces 20 percent more power than the state uses. She added that Arkansas stands to gain far more in jobs and profits by producing its own solar and wind power.

Metafizzies meet Feb. 9 Rebekah Clark will lead the Eureka Springs Metaphysical Society meeting on Monday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. in a session of Divine Singing and Sound Meditation. No vocal experience is necessary. The singing will be led in a call and response style, and chants and mantras from local traditions will be used. All are welcome to join the meeting in the basement reading room of the Christian Science Church at 68 Mountain St.

Doug Stowe said Sierra Club has begun ignoring the basic tenet of the environmental movement: Think global, act local.

“In their hunger to stop global warming, they’re attempting to push a solution onto the Great Plains and all regions between the Great Plains wind farms and the East Coast market for electric power,” Stowe, who is on the board of directors of STO, said. “There are social and economic justice issues involved in that by industrializing the Great Plains. By building a major power transmission corridor across the South, they push the responsibility for power generation off the shoulders of those in the East Coast and place that burden on the poor. We know that the wind potential on the East Coast is equal to that of the Great Plains, but that would put the farms in the views of the elite.”

Stowe said the only need for this transmission line is that large-scale investors

are holding back from investing in wind power because they know the necessary infrastructure to transport that power has not been built.

Womack has raised issues about setting a precedent using Section 1222 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to approve a transmission line. Womack asked how the Department of Energy determines its authority for a partnership with a private entity and the application of supposed rights to eminent domain?

The company that proposes the 80-megawatt wind farm on 311 acres in Elm Springs, Dragonfly Industries International LLC, says it has projects in the United Kingdom and Europe, and Arkansas would its first project in the U.S. “Northwest Arkansas is very underestimated in its ability to produce wind power,” said Jody Davis, Dragonfly’s CEO. “We’re excited about coming to the state.”

Three-car crunch ties up US62 C. D. White Late Monday afternoon, Feb. 2, an accident involving three vehicles left all three disabled but spared drivers and passengers major injury. According to a witness, a late model Chevrolet SUV driven by Jeffrey Lynn Reynolds of Berryville reportedly bolted out of the Caribé parking lot on US 62 heading east, and lost control, hitting and crumpling the rear driver’s side of a 2006 Cadillac being driven west by Stan Shaw of Eureka Springs.

Dylan Jackson, 18, driver of a 2004 Hyundai heading west, said the impact sent the SUV into the guard rail, causing it to go airborne and land on the passenger side of his car. Jackson’s passenger and mother, Darienne Duncan, was transported to Eureka Springs Hospital along with a female passenger from Reynolds’s car.

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GUESTatorial Is Butler Hollow a done deal?

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nce again, the public health and private property of Eureka Springs and the Ozarks is at risk, this time sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service. With few people attending the Cassville “Open House” and District Ranger Joe Koloski in charge of the final decision, it seems a case of “our rules, our way.” Koloski told me at the meeting “there are advantages to having public comments early in the process.” Yes, it makes it easier for the Forest Service to dismiss public comments as irrelevant and write a brief Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) ignoring important topics not in the comments. This is a violation of NEPA guidelines requiring a full comprehensive EIS prior to public comments. It seems the U.S. Forest Service makes the rules!

District Ranger Koloski is young, smart and friendly. The Jan. 27, open house was staffed with rangers from other areas who did not know much about the project, but were glad to chat with anyone. The EPA “expert” ranger told me EPA has no Clean Air regulations in Missouri: you can burn all the trees on your property. That is odd, as the EPA Clean Air Act is a national regulation with carbon dioxide emission rules nationwide. It seems like the Mark Twain Missouri rangers are not worried about Global Climate Change or EPA clean air rules.

Why would anyone want to change a unique natural forest full of native flora and fauna, ignoring people downstream and downwind? What treasures are hidden in the woods? Last week, Norm Camp called me concerned with the Ozark Chinquapin (Castanea ozarkensis) trees the U.S. Forest Service plans to burn to the ground. Here’s the story: they have the flavor of a sweet almond with a peanut-y taste. A combination of logging and the blight had taken its toll. Everyone said they were gone. Then, one day in the woods near the Arkansas border, someone found a Chinquapin tree, and it was like finding dinosaur bones. The Ozark Chinquapin Foundation was established in 2006, and volunteers helped to find more blight-resistant specimens. More than twodozen survivors have been identified.

Unlike California and states with extreme droughts, Mark Twain National Forest has not had wildfires in recent memory. Wildfires are a long shot, unless started when burning 18,000 acres of forest to “go native.”

The pictures of the native “glades” Koloski dreams about, open grass areas with no trees, the natural habitat for scorpions and spiders, reminded me of Arizona landscapes minus the magnificent Saguaro cactus. Wind will carry smoke and carbon particulates for miles. You may want to stay indoors when you smell or see smoke, unless you have to work or do anything else. Butler Creek flashfloods may damage our bridges, public roads and property.

According to the old rules, public comments would be recorded in theAppendix to the EIS, which will be prepared this spring. But with new guidelines, Allan Weathersbee, the project manager, is not 100 percent sure the comments will be posted on the EIS and not somewhere else. There is no place to see them online, but comments are open to the public and recorded in the file.

The deadline to comment is Friday, Feb. 6 by 11:59 p.m., and by commenting now, you will be on the list of people who can comment on the final decision.

Email your comments to: comments-eastern-mark-twain-ava@fs.fed.us to be on the list. Include name, postal address, title of the project, identity of the individual or entity who authored the comments, and signature or other verification of identity upon request.

Guidelines for comments are simple: don’t just say you like evergreens, you have asthma or COPD, are concerned with flash floods, or you would rather keep the forest the way it is today. Be creative and specific with your comments.

Dr. Luis Contreras

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Student of the Month – Corinna Campbell-Green, daughter of Pamela Campbell, was selected Eureka Springs Rotary Student of the Month for October 2014. Corinna, a sophomore at Eureka Springs High School, has maintained a 4.0 GPA during her freshman and sophomore years and received academic pins each year in every subject. Corinna is the President of the Community Service Branch of Rachel’s Challenge, works with the Eureka Springs Downtown Network through Future Business Leaders of America and is also a member of the Eureka Springs Rotary Interact. Corinna has also received the Highlander Award and a leadership award in cross-country. In addition to community service and sports achievements, she works at Café Amore. Corinna hopes to complete high school in three years and get a head start on her college education.

Hams meet at Rowdy Beaver Little Switzerland Amateur Radio Club will meet on Thursday, Feb. 12, at noon at the Rowdy Beaver Restaurant, 417 W. Van Buren, (62W) for lunch

and meeting. Anyone with an interest in Amateur Radio is welcome. Check http://lsarc.us for current information and meeting schedule.

End violence against women Eureka Springs will join in on a worldwide event to end violence against women called One Billion Risin, Feb. 14, 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. in Basin Park. The movement was created by Eve Ensler in March 2011 and the “billion” refers to the UN statistic that one in three women, or about one billion, will be raped, beaten or worse in their lifetime.

According to the National Coalition in Washington D.C. and the University of Arkansas Medical

School study, Arkansas ranks in the top five states for domestic violence and homicide.

The event includes singers Pearl Brick, Rain Equine and Nick Rorick plus speaker, dancing and drumming.

Donations will be accepted for The Purple House, a domestic violence resource center in Berryville. All are welcome to join in for this worldwide event.

See www.onebillionrising.org for more information.

Highlander soccer spaghetti dinner The Eureka Springs High School soccer players will host a spaghetti dinner Feb. 15 from 4 – 8 p.m. at Lookout Cottages. Some local businesses contributing to this event include Hart’s Family Center, Fanning’s Tree Service, Local Flavor, Café Amore, Geraldi’s, Ermilio’s, Autumn Breeze and Crescent Hotel. Tickets are $10 for this fun event $10 from Highlanders soccer players. There will be a limited number of tickets at the door. Call (479) 244-5409 for more information.

Baseball registration open Berryville Parks and Recreation is registering for spring Cal Ripken baseball for ages 7 – 15. Registration forms are available at the Berryville Community Center and are being sent home with Berryville Public School students. Return completed form, copy of the participant’s birth certificate and registration fee to the Berryville Community Center by

Monday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m.

BCC hours of operation are Monday – Friday, 6:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. and Sunday, 12:30 – 5:30 p.m. Registration for girls’ softball, ages 7 – 15 and T-ball/Parent Pitch, boys and girls ages 3 – 6, will be at a later date.

For more information call (870) 4233139.

Find more pics of Eureka Springs’ busy week on our Facebook page!

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It’s Plein to see – Watercolorist Carl Petering spoke to the Holiday Island Art Guild Feb. 3 about Plein Air painting, followed by a drink ’n draw/paint session. Photo by Jay Vrecenak

The Royal Couple arrives – Eureka Gras royalty, King LeRoy Gorrell and Queen Cné Breaux, arrive for the first official event of their reign at Taste of N’Awlins at the Grand Taverne. Photo by Ilene Powell

Author-ized – Harrie Farrow signed copies of her book, Love, Sex and Understanding the Universe, at Brews on Jan. 30.

Photo by Becky Gillette

Art with heart(s) – Nancy Paddock, right, checks out Julie Kahn Valentine’s Valentine card show and sale Jan. 30 at Brews.

Photo by Becky Gillette

Hi Hat – Teresa DeVito looks fetching in this feathery creation at the Taste of N’Awlins on Jan. 31 at the Grand Taverne. Photo by Ilene Powell

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INDEPENDENT Art & Entertainment Don’t miss 2nd Annual Midwinter Hometown Jam The Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce presents the second annual Midwinter Hometown Jam Friday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m. in the auditorium. The event will features six of the area’s top local bands including The Ariels, The Sarah Hughes Band, Kevin Riddle and The Josh Jennings Band. Each band will perform

a twenty minute set before they all join together for a jam session finale.

Tickets are $12 at the door, children under 12 admitted free. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center in Pine Mountain Village for $10. For more info call (479) 253-8737.

It’s Party Gras time!

Got your tickets for the balls? Mask, umbrella, beads, carnival costume?

Boom boom here we go!

Friday, Feb. 6: Mayor’s Ball debuts at the Basin Park Hotel, hosted

by Mayor Butch Berry. Doors open 6 p.m., ball at 7. Cash bar, Kings Cake, hors d’oeuvres, and more. Tickets $25, limited number available at

reserveeureka.com or call (479) 2538737, or at Chamber of Commerce.

Saturday, Feb. 7: Eureka Gras Nite Parade 6 p.m. followed by Second Line street dancing followed by Black Light Ball 9 p.m. at Le Stick Nouveau, 63 Spring St. Tickets $25, limited capacity, purchase in advance via (479) 981-3123 or online at ReserveEureka.com.

Mad Hatter Ball poster winner announced Eureka Springs School of the Arts has chosen a winner for the 2015 Mad Hatter Ball Poster Contest. Jayme Brandt of Eureka Springs was selected from among numerous incredible entries and won the $100 prize from ESSA.

2015 ESSA program listings hot off the press ESSA is thrilled to offer more workshops than ever. With most classes geared toward adult students, ESSA also offers Youth Week to create great summer memories for the kids.

To order a copy of the class and workshop schedule, email essa@essa-art.org, call (479) 253-5384 or visit the new administrative offices at 15731 Highway 62W. Incredible learning opportunities are available for every level of experience, beginner to professional.

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February art to warm your heart Brews: Love is Brewing all sexual visions and fetish philosophies month at Brews, 2 Pine St., with in all mediums of expression and performance. works by Eureka Springs Eureka Fine Art artists Teresa Pelliccio Gallery, Feb. 14.: Arte DeVito, Raven Derge, Erotique - Show and Tell Paula Tyndale, Julie Kahn The artists of Eureka Fine Valentine, Sarah Scissors, Art Gallery invite you to a Regina Smith, Adrian sensual experience of art Frost, Edwige Denyszyn, as the art of love/love of Drew Gentle and John art fills the gallery. Mingle Rankine. Open daily from with the artists and enjoy 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. at 2 ArtiGras the bubbly and chocolates Pine, Eureka Springs. photo by Jay Vrecenak from 5 – 8 p.m. at the Arts Center of the gallery, Spring at Pine Ozarks, Feb. 5 – 27: Catch St. Mary Shafer Smith, A life of Color, paintings by accomplished Eureka Zeek Taylor; and Vox, an all poet, and author of the female art exhibition. Meet international collaboration the artists at a reception of poems and photographs, Feb. 12, 6 – 8 p.m. The Across the Pond, will read Center, 214 South Main in her poems of love on the Springdale, is open 9 a.m. – hour and half hour.

5 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m.

ArtiGras at Caribe, – 3 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Feb. 16: Part of the Sundays.

Eureka Gras celebration, The Space, Feb. the annual ArtiGras art 14: Lovesick: The Erotic show begins at 6 p.m. at Art Experience (for ages Caribe Restaurant, 309 18 and up) will steam up West Van Buren, (US Valentine’s Day from 8 62W). The annual show – 10 p.m. at The Space, showcases Mardi Gras 2 Pine St. This exhibit and this year’s Carnival by a collective group of Around the World theme artists explores intimate psychosocial sexual norms and in tastefully risqué art and masks by definitions, tabooed boundaries, 20 local artists.

We’ve Got Talent is back – community support sought One of the best concerts of the year featuring area talent in all genres of music will be back at the auditorium on March 8 at 2:30 p.m.

This concert is the major fundraiser for sending young area musicians to outstanding summer music camps to enhance their opportunities in music. The goal for this 4th annual concert is to raise $10,000 which will help 40 to 50 students achieve their dream of attending a music camp.

The concert sponsor, Carroll County Music Group, a 501©3, is asking for help from the business community to raise funds and gather a sellout crowd. If you haven’t attended a previous concert, now is the time. You’ll be amazed at the wide variety of musical styles presented by professional and advanced musicians and singers. Each act is five minutes or less, so the program moves quickly and is highly entertaining.

Sign up or sign or your business up at the level at which you can support this incredible program – from Music Lover at $20, or several other levels – all the way to Underwriter at $500. You will be listed in the program and advertising for the event. For details, contact Jim Swiggart (479) 981-2659 or email swig@ipa.net.

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Sycamore©

– Chapter 13, cont.

Sycamore, written by Constance Wagner and published in 1950 by Alfred A. Knopf, is the story of a sophisticated New York girl who marries a boy from Arkansas. The Wagners and their daughter lived in Eureka Springs while the novel was written. In addition to five novels, Constance Wagner wrote numerous articles and stories published in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly and Collier’s.

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ane was stammering apologies.

(Maybe I should pretend I didn’t see it, she thought wretchedly.) But Aunt Willy stood before her, with her hands still under her apron, looking past her now, her face weighted with a wondering, hopeless sorrow. “It doesn’t work,” she said vaguely. “I’ve tried it before.” She came back abruptly to Jane and made a clumsy attempt to save face. “Granny-woman doings.” She tried to manage a laugh.

“Spite-dolls. You wouldn’t understand.”

Walking back to the house, she had cast a sidelong glance at Jane and said hesitantly: “You – wouldn’t say anything?” And Jane, lightly promising, as if it were the most commonplace matter in the world, had thought again how like a hurt child she was, with her transparent little artifices, her doomed attempts to come to terms with life and Floyd.

Now, as she sat back on her heels, she caught sight of Jane coming across the back garden, and sent her diffident smile to meet her. “Tulips,” she said, running her fingers over the pile of fat bulbs. “A whole heap of ‘em. You’ve got a place for them?”

“Yes,” said Jane, wishing that they hadn’t been mixed colors. Willy May’s garden was riotous with bloom all summer. By June, the house appeared smothered under a blanket of flowers and foliation, but she cared nothing for the art of landscaping. Magenta phlox (a pernicious color, to Jane’s mind) stood shoulder to shoulder with flamboyant yellow daisies and orange marigolds, and Willy May loved them all impartially, no

matter how they hated one another. She asked only that they grow sturdily, strike down robust roots in the soil, put forth leaf and blossom in their season, and yield up seed for another year, another root-making.

“Too bad,” Jane said, “the baby won’t be here for the tulips.” When she was with Willy May, she found herself measuring time cyclically, marking it off into seasons of bloom.

“There’ll be lots of Aprils,” said Willy May, gathering the bulbs into a paper bag, handling them tenderly. She held a bulb in her big, earth-stained hand, looking at it, and she added: “All my children were born dead. Seven times.” She appeared to consider this for awhile, her face wearing its habitual look of baffled sadness, then she went on dropping the tuple bulbs into the bag, carefully.

They walked together up the path, and Willy May spoke now of plants and soils and fertilizers, and Jane listened meekly, noticing how safe and sure Willy May became, once she stepped across the boundary into her vegetable world – she who was so lost outside it. Perhaps, in her escape to this amoral plane where things were neither right nor wrong, but simply were, she’d discovered the only real security: an obsessive, gentle madness.

Beside a frame in which she had set biennials for next spring, she paused to point out the cropped tops of campanulas.

“Rabbits,” she said ruefully. “I should have covered ‘em. I wonder how they know enough to leave the foxgloves alone –? Digitalis –poisonous, of course. But

how do they know?”

Jane looked curiously at the rank, floppy leaves of the foxgloves standing up, untouched, among the nibbled stems of Canterbury bells, and shook her head.

“Animal instinct?” she guessed. “Wild animals. Dogs don’t seem to have it.

Decadent …” They moved toward the house, and the wind whipped Jane’s tweed skirt about her legs, tore at Willy May’s old felt hat so she had to hold it on, rattled the bare bones of the grapevine that densely enclosed the arbor by the kitchen door.

“What a sad time of year!” Jane said, touching the blackened heads of chrysanthemums struck down by frost.

“Everything dead or dying.”

Willy May looked at her with her slow smile. “No,” she said. “They don’t die. They go back to the earth and then they live again: different, new. Changing – over and over –” She motioned toward the compost pile, where leaves and flowers and grass cuttings were decomposing, relinquishing their separate forms to become an anonymous mass of fecund, wet decay. “Life for next year’s growing,” she said. “It’s like a circle. No end, no dying.”

It was a confession of faith. And this, too, was a disturbing idea, as Jane called up the picture of Willy May on Sundays, placid and submissive under the thunderous Christianity of Reverend Bundy of the Sycamore Baptist Church – she who apparently had found her way back to a certain green grove near the beginning of Time.

“Walter’s gone off hunting?” she

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’ve always thought that it isn’t the height of her hills that make the Ozarks unique, but rather the depth of her hollows. Twenty years ago, I had been to Seligman, Missouri, via federally funded pavement when I decided to return home using the rough, scenic shortcut through Butler Hollow.

It must have recently rained, because when I drove down a dip in the road and crossed a creek branch, the engine of my little gray Chevy pickup stalled. Because that wasn’t my first dead engine after crossing water, I decided to give it some time to dry out.

I waited and turned the key. No luck.

I tinkered and waited and turned the key. Still no good. Finally, darkness came upon me. Because this happened during that primitive time before widespread cellular communication, I decided to knock on doors and beg assistance.

I walked down the road enjoying the night sounds. With no particular place to be, I was rather enjoying my little adventure. I heard the call of a whip-poor-will and when it came into view, the distinct squat bird was in the middle of the road in a pool of clear moonlight. I tried to skirt the bird the best I could so as not to disturb it, when

asked, when they were inside the kitchen with the shattering wind CONSTANCE shut out. “Floyd WAGNER left on a business trip this morning, too.” She pulled off her disreputable hat and sweater and hung them in the broom closet. “Every time he goes away,” she said, “I’m afraid he won’t come back.”

She stood in the middle of the kitchen, her child’s eyes begging Jane for reassurance, and Jane, who found it hard to imagine Floyd Skelton as indispensable to anyone, was so touched by her troubled face that she said quite sincerely: “Ah, of course he’ll come back.

Always. He really needs you, you know.”

As she said it, she had the illusion of Willy May, like a rock, changeless, and of Floyd, mercurial, slipping and running and shifting, now this way and now that, but returning always to her solidity.

Willy May’s elusive smile appeared, in gratitude, and she said: “That brown dress – the one I wore at the housewarming, you know – I thought maybe you’d help me fix it up, Jane – so it would look a little more – more –” Yes (Jane thinking rapidly). Yes, she had something pretty to smarten up the dress…

Walking back home, she tried to imagine what sort of clothes really would look right on Willy May, but she could not get beyond a fantastic vision of her as a large, middle-aged dryad outfitted in leaves and rough brown bark.

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suddenly it was up off the ground and I felt its body slam into the side of my head. Startled, I ducked down and trotted into the deep shadows of the trees ahead, when the bird slammed into the back of my head. I now ran full speed down the dark country road.

The bird swooped in and landed on top of my head either pecking or clawing.

I escaped alive. Ground nesting birds are either tough or dead, I suppose.

There are a handful of houses along the east side of the road in that Arkansas section of Butler Hollow, but no one seemed to be home, except maybe at the house with the pack

of inhospitable canines. Five miles from where I broke down, I did find Smead Walden at home watching the ten o’clock news. After quizzing me about my family tree, he allowed me to use the telephone. Help arrived and we returned to my pickup. It started up without problem.

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Last week of Mercury Retrograde

his is retrograde Mercury’s last week. Mercury stations direct Wednesday, Feb. 11. Mercury will now retrace all of its retrograde degrees (from 17 degrees to 1 degree & back over them again) until it reaches the original retrograde degree - 17 Aquarius.

This retracing degree is called “Mercury completing its retrograde shadow.” It ends March 4.

While in its “retrograde shadow” Mercury’s not yet quite moving forward with its usual “messenger” speed. That means even though we are no longer under the Mercury retrograde where everything’s upside ARIES: Is there something concerning a group that brings you to a state of sadness, woundedness or restriction? Ponder upon your experiences as part of a group now and groups you’ve participated with in the past. A new reality with groups is being formed. There’s an extraordinary focus on your group participation and leadership. The building of the new world needs initiative and forward-thinking leaders. With both will and love/wisdom.

TAURUS: The same words written for Aries are also you, Taurus (also a leader, but a different type than Aries).

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down and inside out, where our mind functions more internally than externally (for most of us, but not for natal Mercury retrograde people – those born with Mercury retrograde), we too aren’t thinking or acting or making decisions quite as clearly as usual, either.

We remember that all that occurs on Earth is a smaller reflection of what is occurring in the heavens.

The stars, planets, Sun and Moon provide us with direction. They inform us of right timing, helping us make right choices, so that our daily lives function with ordered and organized rhythms. Few know and

The energies calling to you definitely concern leadership, developed over the years yet still hiding under a mantle of…. what? Shyness, indecision, non selfrecognition, need for partnership, more information, lack of resources?

Whatever the reason(s), it’s (they’re) inaccurate. Stand up, step forward. Humanity’s future stability depends on you.

GEMINI: Are you wondering about travels somewhere, a journey leading to community and a new way of life, or are you wanting adventure?

It’s most important to consider all facets within and types of community. It’s (y) our future. Gemini’s task is to gather and disperse information. You know this. In your “travels” (inner and outer) and readings, in your research and wanderings, share with us what you’ve discovered. So we can all learn.

CANCER: Careful with communication (always a concern). Observe all communication, including your own. There may be difficulties, misunderstandings, misrepresentations.

Observing without judgment builds within a greater capacity to communicate from the heart, which is all that matters.

Lift your shell a bit and allow the Sun to shine into fears and secrets of and wounds). You can do this. Care in travel is advised.

LEO: The Leo/Aquarian planets are directing light into your relationships, intimacy and marriage. Of all the signs at this time your interactions with others will be most unusual, including unusual people, places and events. It’s as if you stepped into the future, took on the mantle of dispassion and detachment and set about learning new realities concerning relationships. A new state of identity is also forming. You’ll need

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understand this. Those who do stand on the threshold of the Aquarian Age, the foundation, the tools and the language of which are astrology (personality-building and Soul/Ray directed).

Aquarius, the sign we are now influenced by for the month; Aquarius, the name of the New Age (an age lasts (2,500 years); Aquarius which is the Age of Humanity and of Flowers; Aquarius the Age of Serving one another, calls us to its tools and language so that we can create the New Era which is the Era of Community and of Sharing. We are all “called.”

new clothes, new hair, new shoes, new everything. A new style.

VIRGO: Although you simply want fun and freedom, there’s also a sense of deep transformations, responsibility and work you feel must be accomplished.

These experiences and feelings persist along with an added sense of obligation. Do what you can and no more. Stand in the Sun, especially at dawn and dusk. Your health must be tended to with daily care.

Careful with knees, ankles and feet. Keep warm.

LIBRA: A great compassion and understanding enters into your intimate relationships. You see things different, more sacredly. Don’t let disappointments mar an idea relationship. Maintain your ethics and values, love and respect for the process of change being encountered.

Be in touch and make contact with those important to you. Contact releases Love.

What you’ve searched for all your life.

SCORPIO: There’s a focus on home and family while you’re also out and about in the world (calling to you). You seek to change something in both places.

Pondering, researching and writing about family assumed great directional.

Now you consider the new family you want to create. As family values change, they come closer to reality. Family is our first community.

SAGITTARIUS: Your mind places you in the future. You wonder how you can maximize your place, identity and work in a future that is unknown to most of us.

You feel change, opposition, revolution and revelations in whatever you do.

There’s no neutralizer for this, no quick fix. You may be irritable and even your appliances and car may be, too. This will pass and something disappears.

Wait, watch, listen with patience and objectivity. Big things ahead.

CAPRICORN: Careful with communication. Observe others listening to you. Are they understanding your words and intentions? You may encounter many different opinions. Allow them, finding your way in and through them.

Make sure the vehicle(s) traveling in are safe. Don’t feel you’re off track or any goals are lost. Transformation’s coming at a fast pace and you’re its point of reference. Create a new beauty with the new resources given to you.

AQUARIUS: Happy Birthday, Aquarius.

During our birthday month we shine like the Sun. You are busy on many levels, attempting new endeavors, enthusiastic, lively, bright and happy. Your Uranian energy makes the rest of us exhausted.

Proceed onward even if you must leave us behind. You’re rushing into the future, preparing it for everyone. You’re the “waters of life poured forth for thirsty humanity.”

PISCES: Pisces is one of the signs that can feel left in the dust when Aquarius rushes by.

That’s ok for now though, because you’re to become quite reclusive, contemplative and private. This is a spiritually and imaginatively important, creative time.

Remember the nightly review prior to sleep.

Review the previous day and see that it was good. The next day becomes clarifying.

Allow no difficulties to deter your path.

Write and paint and thinking about making Valentines.

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. Astrological, esoteric, religious, news, history, geography, art, literature & cultural journalism.

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allowed to build anything on their easement.

“They really cheaped me out,” Reed said. “I told them, ‘You should be ashamed of yourself. You should be offering four or five times as much. You are taking my highway frontage that is valuable for commercial development’.”

Reed said he met with CBWD Manager Barry Connell, and a representative of the district’s engineering company, McGoodwin, Williams and Yates, Inc., Fayetteville.

Reed tried to negotiate on other issues such as leaving in a temporary driveway that will be built for the project. He sees advantages to the driveway being left in, including CBWD having access to the pipeline for repairs and annual maintenance with brush hogging, without running over Reed’s fields. Reed contends that would be cheaper leaving the driveway in than paying to remove it. But he said the CBWD board was unwilling to pay for the expense of leaving in a permanent driveway.

Reed is worried about impacts to his springhouse from the line that will be only about ten feet away, and trees in the path of the project including a prized oak tree that is more than 100 years old.

“Excavating anywhere near a spring can disrupt it,” Reed said. “If they do this work and my well no longer

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works, tough luck.”

Reed also questioned whether the entire area served by CBWD is growing in population enough to necessitate the new line.

“When were the population projections made for this new line?” Reed asked. “Are we certain that this line is really necessary?”

Property owners near the CBWD plant on Beaver Lake have expressed similar concerns. Residents said they were told that if they want to be able to collect damages if the project cracks a home foundation or damages a well, first the homeowner has to pay an expert to certify that the foundation and well are good.

“It is a scary thing,” said homeowner Jody Bascou, who lives on CR 116 above the lake. “You don’t just come put a stake in my yard and say, ‘This is it. We are taking this’.”

CBWD has an existing easement on Bascou’s property and proposes buying an additional easement for the new water line. The proposed new line goes through 500 ft. of her back yard within ten ft. of her well and 25 ft. of her home.

She hasn’t been able to get answers about how they will excavate through the solid rock portion of new easement.

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owners, and instructed their engineer not to speak with the property owners.

She and other homeowners impacted in the area don’t even get water from the line; they are all on private water wells. And although there are fire hydrants on the existing CBWD line, CBWD doesn’t give a key to unlock the hydrants to the volunteer fire department.

Bascou said there was a large fire recently, and volunteers with Grassy Knob Fire Department had to go six miles back and forth to the fire station to reload trucks with water.

“That fire could have damaged a lot of homes,” she said. “It makes no sense to have fire hydrants out there and then have locks on them. Our volunteer firemen did a great job, but if they had been able to use the fire hydrants, they could have put the fire out faster and less acreage would have burned.”

Bascou also said the Eureka Springs residents are getting an increase in rates because of the new water line – but the new water line won’t serve Eureka Springs.

The rate increase from $1.25 per thousand gallons to $1.50 per thousand gallons could begin this spring even though the project has yet to begin.

CBWD did not return phone calls for comment.

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From Colorado to Chelsea’s; from mandolin and Mardi Gras

iel Grove brings his “Grease Folk” from Colorado to Chelsea’s and The Cathouse Lounge this weekend, his first appearances in Eureka Springs.

Bryan Ranney, from St. Louis, plays mandolin at Cathouse Saturday,

THURSDAY, FEB. 5 CHELSEA’S – Kiel Grove, Grease Folk, 9:30 p.m.

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

LEGENDS SALOON – StarSeed, Classic Rock, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY, FEB. 6 CATHOUSE LOUNGE – Kiel Grove, Grease Folk, 8 p.m.

CHELSEA’S – Brian Martin, Americana, 9:30 p.m.

EUREKA LIVE! – DJ and Dancing, 9 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., Melissa and Chip getting Hitched NEW DELHI – Dance Party, 10 p.m.-

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ROWDY BEAVER – Karaoke with Tiny, 7 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER DEN – DJ Goose, 8 p.m.

THE STONEHOUSE – Jerry Yester, Artist’s Choices SATURDAY, FEB 7 EUREKA GRAS MARDI GRAS NIGHT PARADE DOWNTOWN 6 P.M. BREWS – Melissa Carper with Jerry Jones, Americana, 7:30 – 10 p.m.

CATHOUSE LOUNGE – Bryan Ranney, Mandolinist, 8 p.m.

CHELSEA’S – Earl and Them, R&B, 9:30 p.m.

EUREKA LIVE! – DJ & Dancing, 9 p.m.

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

as part of his “Not a UkuleleTour,” exhibiting the differences between the two instruments. Local favorites Earl and Them bring their sax-full R&B heat to Chelsea’s Saturday night.

LEGENDS SALOON – StarSeed, Classic Rock, 8 p.m.

NEW DELHI – Dance Party, 10 p.m.1 a.m.

ROWDY BEAVER – Downday Duo, Classic Rock, 7 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Richard Burnett and Friends, Classic Rock, 12 – 4 p.m., Strange Deranger, Classic Rock, 8 p.m.

SUNDAY, FEB. 8 EUREKA LIVE – DJ, Dancing, and Karaoke, 7- 11 p.m.

OZARK MOUNTAIN TAPROOM – Cards Against Humanity/Board Game Night, 2- 9 p.m.

MONDAY, FEB. 9 CHELSEA’S – Sprungbilly, Bluegrass, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY, FEB. 10 CHELSEA’S – Open Mic WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11 CHELSEA’S – Sage Ahava, Multiinstrumentalist, 9:30 p.m.

LEGENDS SALOON – GG Unleashed, Classic Rock, 7 p.m.

Kiel Grove appears at Chelsea’s Thursday and Cathouse Friday

Thurs., Feb. 5 • 9:30 P.M. – KIEL GROVE Fri., Feb. 6 • 9:30 P.M. – BRIAN MARTIN Sat., Feb. 7 • 9:30 P.M. – EARL & THEM Mon., Feb. 9 • 9:30 P.M. – SPRUNGBILLY Tues., Feb. 10 • 9:30 P.M. – OPEN MIC Wed., Feb. 11 • 9:30 P.M. – SAGE AHAVA

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WCDH welcomes new board members The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow Board of Directors recently welcomed six new members and a new interim president.

Eureka Springs resident, Jill Slane, is new interim board president. She also serves as managing director of Prescription Audio, a New Jersey-based music production company she founded in 2004, and is also a partner in Dreams Beyond Pictures, a London and Copenhagenbased film production company. She has produced documentaries, feature films and commercials, and is a published author and advocate for creative artists of all forms.

New board member and Eureka Springs resident, Tommie Zwernemann, is a retired Senior Economic Development Manager with the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority in south Texas. She lives on a farm in an 1878 rock house that she restored and is an avid cook and Southern food junkie.

Little Rock resident, Adjoa A. Aiyetoro, is currently an Associate Professor of Law and the Director of the Racial Disparities in the Arkansas Criminal

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Justice System Research Project. She chairs the W. Harold Flowers Law Society Social Activism Committee. In 2014 she received the Washington University George Warren Brown School of Social Work’s Distinguished Alumni and the Arkansas ACLU’s Civil Libertarian of the Year awards.

A transplant from Texas, local resident Charles Templeton is a retired school administrator. After a tour of duty with the Marine Corps in Vietnam and service in the Presidential Helicopter squadron he earned a B.A. in History/Psychology and M.Ed. in Public School Administration.

Sign up now for a half year of fresh veggies!

Foundation Farm once again brings its produce subscription program to the table for the 2015 season. Beginning in late May, subscribers will have 25 continuous weeks of delicious farm-fresh food at a cost of $375 ($15/week).

This buys the equivalent of $17 worth of food weekly, a 12 percent discount from the Farm’s regular market prices (three weeks of free produce). Subscriptions are payable between now and Feb. 28.

Park, bark and bonate – Eureka Springs’ Bark Park is really something to yap about!

Recent good weather has filled the parks with dogs having fun and people making new friends. A surprising number of tourists and visitors are using the Bark Park and have said it’s the best they’ve ever been in!

Above, new memorial brick entrances are in place at the large and small parks, and a cute “Bonation” box is ready to receive your loose change and bills. To order a memorial brick, phone (479) 253-9393.

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Each weekly bag contains a selection of freshly harvested produce and herbs, typically six to eight items, adequate for one to two people. Bags can be picked up Tuesdays at the market from 9 a.m. – noon, or at Jim Fain’s store on N. Main from 1 – 5 p.m.

The program is limited to the first 12 families who respond via email to mamakapa@yahoo.com. For more info, see www.foundationfarm.com.

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He serves on the Carnegie Library and Clear Spring School boards. Charles and his wife, Sandra, are active in the Eureka Springs community.

Singer/songwriter and author, Crow Johnson-Evans, is from Gravette and was involved with the Writers’ Colony at its inception in 2000. She rejoins the Colony board after a brief absence.

Crow was awarded the Spirit of Kerrville Award 1993, The World Folk Music Association Kate Wolf Memorial Award 1995 and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the NWAMA in 2002.

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and owner of KJ’s Caribe Restaurant and Cantina. She holds a BBA in business marketing and has been an award-winning restaurateur for more than 20 years. She is known for her support of the arts and artists.

Sharon Spurlin of Berryville has served and supported the Writers’ Colony since 2005 and has served on numerous boards, including Clear Spring School and the Carroll County Community Foundation. She became a personal and small group coach in 1997 and was named one of the 10 outstanding women of Carroll County in 2000.

Sweetheart lunch/eagle watch cruise

Share the wonders of nature with your sweetheart Valentine’s Day weekend by taking an Eagle Watch Cruise on Beaver Lake with lunch at Ventris Trails End Resort. Lunch features bacon wrapped chicken, ranch potatoes, roll, green beans, chocolate cake, coffee and tea.

Sweetheart weekend trips are limited to the first 10 couples or 20 individuals. Cruises are available Saturday and Sunday Feb. 14 and 15 and run 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. For cost and reservations, contact Hobbs State Park Conservation Area Visitor Center (479) 789-5000.

Native plants discussion Feb. 15 Northwest Arkansas Master Naturalists will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, at the Washington County Extension Office, 2536 N. McConnell Avenue in Fayetteville.

Luke Davis, grounds manager at Compton Gardens, will lead a discussion on Native Plants and Our Backyard Gardens. Come learn more about the many beautiful and beneficial native plants you can use in your own backyard garden. The meeting is open to the public.

Space is still available in Master Naturalists Annual Training classes Feb. 21 through May 16. For costs, registration and more information phone (479) 301-2760, email nwamnContact@mn4Arkansas.org or see home.arkansasmasternaturalists.org.

Widen your horizons - host an exchange student Have you ever wondered about being a host family for a foreign exchange student? Every year high school exchange students come from more than 57 countries to live with host families during the school year. These students are enthusiastic about being part of a family, school and community to experience the American way of life.

Host families are varied –­ with or without children, young families, empty nesters and active retired folk. If you have a little extra love to give and receive, you could be the perfect host. The first step on your adventure is to call Jennifer Veblen, Eureka Springs resident and area representative for International Student Exchange at (479) 200-8213 by Feb. 28.

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DEPARTURES Lila Warner March 15, 1927 – Jan. 9, 2015

Lila Warner, age 88, of McHenry, Ill., died Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at her home.

She was born March 15, 1926 in Brantwood, Wis., to Alex and Hilda (Niemi) Halkola.

Raised on the family farm in Brantwood, Lila moved to Chicago immediately following her graduation from high school. She met and married Robert W. Warner in 1948. Following their marriage, she and her husband lived in Chicago until becoming residents of Lombard,

Ill. from 1959 to 1981. From 1982 until 2009, Lila lived in Eureka Springs, Arkansas before moving to McHenry. For the majority of her lifetime, she was a homemaker.

Survivors include five sons, Robert Jr. (Marion) Warner, Thomas (Lili) Warner, Gary (Carol) Warner, Michael (Linda) Warner, and Jack Warner; 12 grandchildren; and a sister, Helen (the late Will) Leys.

Judy Carol Dulin Feb. 28, 1952 – Jan. 24, 2015

Judy Carol Dulin 62, a resident of the Busch community these last 38 years, was born Feb. 28, 1952 in Monticello, Ark. She lost her battle with lung cancer Jan. 24, 2015 at 1:10 a.m. Her husband of 37 years, Chris, and 31 year old son, Seth, were at her side when she passed. “She was one tough hombre and still smiling at the end,” Chris said.

Judy is survived by her parents, James Craig and Jean Tucker both of Monticello, Ark.; three brothers, Glenn Craig and Dennis Craig of Monticello and Bryant Craig of Kentucky; three grandchildren, Chelsea

She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Robert W. Warner on October 29, 2003.

Services and inurnment were private for family only.

Arrangements were entrusted to Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, McHenry, Ill. For information, please call the funeral home at (815) 385-2400, or visit www.justenfh.com, where friends may leave an on-line condolence message for her family.

Williams, Christian Dulin and Marley Dulin of Oklahoma; several nieces and nephews and a host of friends. She will be missed by many who crossed her path.

Judy had worked at numerous places around Eureka Springs over the years, Leta’s Candle Shop, Kinetico in Busch, the Emerald Forest and Spring Street Peddler, Eureka Cutlery which she owned, Brashears Furniture, Sugar Ridge Resort, and her last job as Resort Manager for Beaver Lakefront Cabins. There will be no services at this time. Cremation

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Jonell Powers Sullivan Jan. 8, 1930 – Jan. 27, 2015

Jonell Powers Sullivan, a resident of Eureka Springs, Ark., was born on Jan. 8, 1930 in Uvalde (Campwood), Texas. She was the daughter of William Joseph Powers and Hallie Jewel (McGowan) Powers Chambers. She passed away at her home in Eureka Springs on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at age 85.

She was the owner of Two Dumb Dames Fudge Factory, her passion for the last 35 years.

Jonell is survived by one very special sister/best friend, Barbara Dicks, of Eureka Springs; three daughters, Billie Jo Sullivan, Cherry Lynn Sullivan, Lana Jewel and husband, Tony Walker; and one son, Daniel Peter Lloyd, all of Eureka Springs; seven grandchildren, BJ Lloyd Allee, Amanda

Lloyd Lindsey, Joel David Walker, Bobbie Vaught, all of Eureka Springs, Brandi Wright Phillips of Van Buren, Ark., Jennifer Wright of Hatfield, Ark.; one adopted granddaughter, Darla DanversHubbel of Arlington, Texas; 11 great-grandchildren, Tyler Allee, Tanner Allee, William Allee, AnaBella Allee, Hallie White, Olivia Lindsey, Wyatt Walker, Shelby Vaught, Ashley Wright and Chelsea Abendroth, all of Eureka Springs, and Cameron Wright of Hatfield, Ark.; four great-great-grandchildren, Lyla Wright, Adalynn Pena-Allee, Chase Abendroth and Gracynn Allee; two brothers, Robert Joseph Powers of Corpus Christi, Texas and Clifford Boyd Chambers of Seward,

Alaska; three sisters, JoRaye Powers Polasek, Janie Powers Robbins, and Jackie Powers, all of San Antonio, Texas; many nieces, nephews, and a host of friends she called “her family.”

She was raised on a ranch in the hill country of Texas. She moved to Colorado to raise her family. She successfully ran a knitting & yarn shop. She learned to silversmith and opened a jewelry store in Colorado Springs, which she later moved to Eureka Springs and co-operated as The Chaparral with Sullie for 14 years. She opened Two Dumb Dames in 1980 with her mother, Hallie. Jonell, along with her daughter Lana and granddaughters BJ & Amanda have continued to operate it.

She loved kids and shared her home with many of them that needed a home. Her family, especially her grandchildren, were

her world. She loved them unconditionally every day. Jonell lived her life with grace, compassion and dignity.

Jonell was preceded in death by her former husband, William “Sullie” George Sullivan; her parents; two brothers, Paul William Powers and Jack Donald Powers; and one sister, Evelyn June (Powers) Moore.

Memorial service will be 10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 6 at Nelson’s Chapel of the Springs in Eureka Springs with Pastor Rudy Sanchez officiating.

Memorial donations may be sent to the Flint Street Food Bank, 33 N. Main Street, Eureka Springs, AR 72632 or People Helping People. Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelsonfuneral.com. © Nelson Funeral Service, Inc. 2015

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see there are the votes to get it out of committee,” King said. He also said campaign contributions don’t guarantee a legislator’s vote. “I’ve taken contributions from the Dental PAC and I would vote tomorrow to do away with the mandate and let Eureka Springs decide what they want in their water.”

King said other major issues of interest to the district he represents include eminent domain reform legislation. Even though the hotly opposed SWEPCO high voltage transmission line planned in Northwest Arkansas has been shelved,

he said constituents in the southern part of his district are facing their land being condemned for the proposed 720mile Plains & Eastern Clean Line Plains transmission line designed to move wind energy from Kansas and Oklahoma through Arkansas to Tennessee.

“I plan to file a bill strengthening eminent domain,” King said. “It is in the drafting process right now. I gave my word and I will keep it. I think since the SWEPCO project didn’t go through, it might be more difficult to pass it in the legislature. But with the other Clean Line

project, there are more people looking at eminent domain issues.”

King also said he was considering legislation regarding the Arkansas Public Service Commission giving property owners more time to respond to permit applications that could take land by eminent domain. Members of Save The Ozarks protested being given only 30 days after notification to gear up for a SWEPCO project that had been in the planning stages for years.

Rep. Bob Ballinger is also working on eminent domain reform.

seven members of that committee, so campaign contributions can be targeted there to prevent or help pass legislation.

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his week did not have any trips, so took out Pippy who thought begging would put a fish in the boat.

Was a cold slow day at Holiday Island, but getting better every day as the days get longer. Most the talk here is about walleye, which are moving in around the Island and Beaver area since they are the first to go up river.

Jigs and minnows, slow off the bottom, are catching a few bigger females but still more of the smaller males which come in first. Beaver Lake is about the

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same, with most the bait and stripers holding 30 – 40 ft. deep in the mid-lake area from Prairie Creek to the river to Horseshoe Bend. They are feeding on smaller bait so you could even catch them on bass minnows this time of year.

Well, I better go for now, have to get ready for a walleye trip tomorrow, so stay warm. Hopefully will have a good walleye pic for you next week.

Robert Johnson. JOHNSON GUIDE SERVICE. www.fishofexcellence.com (479) 253-2258

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Across 1. Mettle 5. Fuse 9. Juncture 14. Clinton’s attorney general 15. Song in the shower?

16. One partial to solitude 17. Banned spray 18. Follows hanging and drawing 20. Destroy 21. Copper-colored 22. Make the most of 24. Fashionable 28. Sound detectors 29. Actor Catherine ___-Jones 31. Epoch 32. Stupefy 33. Slant 34. Mongrel 35. Was in wonder 36. Cavalry sword 37. Flex 38. Boyz II ___ 39. Whisk 40. Play on the street 41. Computer type 42. Green bean

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43. BFFs 44. State or Trail 46. Brother or sister 49. Root eaten as a vegetable 52. Man without a heart?

53. Stinky 56. Othello hater 57. Mouth wide open 58. Hue 59. Plant stalk 60. Inclined the head 61. Exterminate 62. Measly Down 1. Nibble 2. Kick back 3. Lack of hunger 4. Rocky peak 5. Dense scrub vegetation 6. Blow up 7. Prevaricator 8. Challenge 9. Excess lung fluid 10. Basketball game 11. Cuckoo bird 12. Monetary unit of Brunei, Cambodia and

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Malaysia 13. Work unit 19. The other half of a teeter 21. Foot annoyance 23. Singer DiFranco 25. Compel, require 26. Plastered, smashed 27. Grounds 29. African wild horse 30. Fair 32. Cuss 33. Wizard of Oz author 35. Shotgun shell, e.g.

36. Japanese religion 37. Market type 39. Murky 40. Small sponge cake 43. Hog pen 45. Fumble around for 46. Hot box 47. Saharan country 48. Bearded garden dweller?

50. Creative skills 51. Skin eruption 53. Fairy queen in Romeo and Juliet 54. Then 55. What order relies on 56. Distinct belief

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANTIQUES

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

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.

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

THE 1905 BASIN PARK AND 1886 CRESCENT HOTEL & SPA ARE NOW HIRING FOR SEASON. Individuals hired will start on weekends and gain full-time hours in short order.

WANTED CHEF – Holiday Island Elks club is looking for a chef for breakfast, dinners and special occasions. Duties include cooking, cleaning, serving and ordering food. Must be efficient and a people person. 21 hours per week with additional special occasions. Salary in accordance with experience. Call (479) 363-6416 for interview.

GET STONED AT LAUGHING HANDS MASSAGE! Includes hot stones, essential oils and warm towels.

Laughing Hands always a good location for couples’ massage. Call (479) 244-5954 for appointment.

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 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 LADY EUREKA BOUTIQUE STORE CLOSING SALE – Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6 & 7. All inventory 75% off. Displays for sale. Located in Pine Mountain Village. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

MILITARY BALL Holiday Island’s American Legion Post 36 and Post 77 are hosting the 6TH ANNUAL MILITARY BALL Saturday, March 7 at the Crescent Hotel. $37.50 p.p. Contact Steve Isaacson (479) 363-4458 for tickets.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 9 A.M. – Glassware, China, silver, art pottery dishes, furniture, much more. Crystal Gardens Antiques, 190 Spring. St.

BENEFIT GARAGE SALE

Best Western Inn of the Ozarks in Eureka Springs will be hosting the Eureka Springs Historical Museum’s

1st Annual Garage Sale at the Convention Center

Saturday, Feb. 7 • 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Admission: $2 per person at the door* Do some early Spring cleaning, empty out your garages and closets and help the Historical Museum!

8x10 booth rental is $30, tables are available at no charge on a limited basis.

Set up will be Friday, Feb. 6, 5-8 p.m., and Sat., Feb. 7, 7-9 a.m.

Call the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks at (479) 253-9768 or email sales@ innoftheozarks.com for information and to reserve your space. *All admission proceeds will benefit the Eureka Springs Historical Museum

HELP WANTED PART-TIME LIBRARY ASSISTANT – The Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library is taking applications for part-time employment. Applicants should enjoy working with children and the public, possess good computer and communication skills, have customer service experience, and be able to work some evenings or weekends. Deadline to return completed applications is Friday, February 6 at 5 p.m.

To obtain an application, email, call or come by the library: info@eurekalibrary. org, (479) 253-8754, 194 Spring Street.

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Positions now available are: Ghost Tour Guides Dishwasher Experienced Cooks Entry Line Cook Service Superstars - Servers, Bartender, Food Runner Spa Receptionist Aesthetician Cosmetologist Housekeepers Laundry Attendant Groundskeeper Weekends required.

Individuals of Good Character who will work to support our corporate creed of Protecting the Irreplaceable, Building the Individual, Creating Lifetime Memories and Being Community Minded may Apply in person.

CASA COLINA hiring wait and kitchen staff for 2015 season. Please call Joe, (479) 304-8998.

NOW HIRING FOR ALL POSITIONS. Waitstaff, Bartenders, Cooks, Dishwashers, Bus Person/ Expeditor. Apply within at The New Delhi Café located at 2 North Main St., Monday thru Friday.

LOOKING FOR CLEAN, HAPPY, PUNCTUAL DINING ROOM HELP – Hosting and bussing, bartender experience a plus! Also need smart P/T kitchen help. Call Sarah, (479) 244-0599.

Caribé, opening for season Feb. 5.

WELLNESS CENTER TAKING APPLICATIONS for part to full-time.

Energetic person willing to learn and computer skills helpful. Send resume to MCC, 601 Orchard Dr., Berryville 72616 NOW HIRING FOR ALL POSITIONS – Service, bartenders, cooks, prep cooks.

Apply in person at Rockin’ Pig Saloon or info@rockinpigsaloon.com

REAL ESTATE COMMERCIAL FOR SALE TURNKEY SUCCESSFUL EUREKA RESTAURANT with proven track record. Sale includes real estate, all equipment to operate, and inventory. Owner will finance 50K. Selling price $495K. Serious inquires only (479) 304-8998.

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

New water heater. (479) 253-2924

LOOKING TO BUY HOME WITH IN-LAW SETUP, duplex or separate cabin. Off busy roads.

Quiet area outside Eureka Springs. (860) 301-8856

RENTAL PROPERTIES APARTMENTS FOR RENT

HOLIDAY ISLAND VILLAS & TOWNHOUSES near lake and marina.

Peaceful and quiet, ample parking. From $375/mo. (479) 253-4385 STUDIO APARTMENT, ONEBEDROOM, near downtown, $375. First/ last, $100 security deposit, gas and water paid. (479) 981-0549, (479) 253-7670.

VERY NICE, TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH in quiet area of Eureka. Garage, deck, CH/A and kitchen appliances. $600/mo. 1st/last/deposit. (479) 2536283. (479) 253-6959.

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SERVICE DIRECTORY

ICE CREAM PARLOR – Holiday Island Shopping Center. Tom Dees (479) 981-2203

EUREKA SPRINGS DUET MASSAGE. “A Relaxing Couples Experience.” We come to you! Deep tissue, Swedish, medical/clinical. 17 years’ combined experience. Please call or text (479) 544-4942 or (727) 3663807.

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

SERVICE DIRECTORY MAINTENANCE/ LANDSCAPE/ HOME SERVICES TOM HEARST PROFESSIONAL PAINTING AND CARPENTRY Painting & Wood Finishing, Trim & Repair Carpentry, Drywall Repair & Texturing, Pressure Washing (479) 244-7096 FANNING’S TREE SERVICE Bucket truck with 65 ft. reach.

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

Free estimates. Licensed. Insured.

(870) 423-6780, (870) 423-8305

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Reserve now for St. ‘Lizbeth King Cake Ball St. ‘Lizbeth’s King Cake Ball once again defines Fat Tuesday, Feb 17, with a Cajun Dinner, the state’s largest King Cake, live music and dancing at the St. Elizabeth Parish Center on Passion Play Road. Early reservations are strongly encouraged as this event is always a sellout.

A special treat this year will be an Early Bird Cash Raw Oyster Bar at 5:30. Festivities begin at 6 p.m. with cocktails and boudin ball appetizers.

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East of Eden next classic movie PETS PETSITTING, HOUSESITTING. Holiday Island and Eureka Springs area. 25+ years experience. Reliable, references, insured. Call Lynn (479) 3636676

Eureka Classic Movies presents East of Eden Sunday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. in the city auditorium. This 1955 award-winning film featuring James Dean, Julie Harris and Burl Ives is based on John Steinbeck’s book. The film is the second in a three-show series of James Dean Films. The third, Giant, will be shown on Feb. 22. Tickets for all ECM’s movies are $5 for adults. Children 16 and under admitted free. Metered parking is free after 6 p.m..

Secret Season Cinema begins Feb. 6

The premiere screening of the Eureka Springs Carnegie Library’s foreign film series will be Friday, Feb. 6, at the Library Annex at 192B Springs St. This week’s film, Like Father Like Son, comes from Japan. The revelation that his biological son was switched at birth with the boy he has raised forces a father to examine what defines a family.

This PG-rated film starts at 7 p.m. Free admission and popcorn!

For more information on the films in this series see the Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library page on Facebook.

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

Fabrics & Foam. Free Estimates. No job too small. Call Aaron (785) 213-7150 or abunyar@sbcglobal.net

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

Conscientious, professional arborist and sawmiller. Bob Messer (479) 253-2284

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Cajun dishes followed by imported praline King Cake for dessert.

Dancing begins at 8 p.m. with music by Naturally Brass, returning for their sixth year. The ball ends at 11 p.m. and Lent begins at midnight – so eat and party hearty.

Tickets are $40 per person and available by calling Rod (479) 2538864 or (479) 253-4503. Tickets at the door only if the ball has not sold out.

Check by calling (479) 253-2222 on Feb. 17 between 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. to see if tickets are still available.

This upscale event is not black tie but Mardi Gras fancy dress is suggested.

Costumes encouraged.

Y’all come and get the good times rollin!

Mardi Gras parade Grand Marshal, Mayor Butch Berry, and Chamber CEO, Mike Bishop, personally invite you to the first-ever Eureka Springs Mayor’s Ball Feb. 6 at the 1905 Basin Park Hotel ballroom.

It’s a great big party, and Mardi Gras dress is welcome but optional.

Enjoy King Cakes at every table, wonderful party food and cash bars.

Joe Giles and the Homewreckers will have you swinging, swaying and who knows what else from 7 until 10 p.m. Doors open at 6. Tickets are

$25 at the door or the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce in advance. Call (479) 253-8737 or see reserveeureka.com.

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